                              07/14/1990  

                              FIELD DAY
 
                       GIUKRW03 BY BASHI BAZOUK

 It's a fine summer day outside of the officers club at the Norfolk
Naval base and Admiral Torrissi has a audience of young officers.  He is 
telling them the story how the navy sent its boats on a field day in late 
January 1993 during the NATO conflict....

 The Pentagon staff was at odds as how to win the war in Europe.
So many bothersome trouble spots had popped up through out the Pacific and 
Asia by every guerrilla force taking advantage of the chaos to overthrow 
their governments.  The White House ordered that the World political 
structure before the NATO conflict must be preserved at all cost. 
The only changes were to be for the good.  The exact status quo is 
still confidential to this day.  This added burden stretched the strength of 
the military forces capacity to win the NATO conflict.  The European front 
had turned into a stalemate with the slight advantage going to the Russians 
due to the fact that the lines of communications were very long for NATO 
forces.  Convoy NATO2789 prevented the total defeat of Europe, but it is 
hanging on by a thread due to the stretched forces being used in the 
pacific and lack of convoys to supply enough materials for the NATO forces 
to go on the offensive. 
 
 The war strategy planning staff at the Pentagon figured that if 
something wasn't done to turn the tide.  There will be total defeat in 
Europe.  A young commander named Salvatore Torrissi spent hours going over 
the situation and came up with a few boats not assigned a mission or just 
had completed one in the Norwegian and Barents Seas.  He suggested that 
they be turned lose on all shipping most specially merchant and support 
types.  As in WWII the subs should be able to cripple and block the 
Russian sea-lanes.  This would hinder their advance and weaken their 
offensive.  If effective enough turn the tide of the war.  The staff 
caught on to the idea and it was put to the computers. 

 The computers calculated that with an additional four boats to the 
ones already on station.  A crippling blow could be inflicted on the 
Russians ability to supply the Norwegian Sea theatre offensive by sinking 
ten ships and inflicting 40% damage to five others.
( VICTORY CONDITIONS 10 SHIPS SUNK AND FIVE SHIPS 40% DAMAGE ) The 
Russians have been using the captured Bodo airfield as its hub to 
distribute war supplies to the offensive in Scandinavia by shipping 
supplies over the sea-lanes and then airlifting them to the front lines.
If this link could be broken the Russian armies would be defeated.

 Satellite recon shows some capital ships grouping in the White Sea 
for a possible new task force.  With at least two convoys enroute to Bodo. 
Four Los Angeles subs have been dispatched at flank speed to help engage 
the convoys.  Commander Torrissi has been airlifted to board the SSN 
Boston to insure that the plan "FIELD DAY" is properly implemented.  All 
Boats have been given orders to sink anything that floats flying a red 
flag.  Standing orders have not changed.  No nuclear weapons to be used 
unless the Russians make first use.  The computer calculates that the 
Russians only need to get five ships on station at Bodo ( Red victory 
conditions  5 ships on station at Bodo for ten hours).

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