The End

Dear Paul

How is it going? Sorry I haven't been in touch for a while, but I'll explain everything when we meet next week. So to tell you something about this week, so you won't feel like I don't care, I do, I have just been busy. So as I was going to Nikolai worrying about is he good and things like that, I saw him. Driving on a model of IS, he told me it was IS-7, and it does have great turret. And we all meet and chatted, and he finally met my crew, Misty, Radley, John, Richtofen and me. Nikolai and John hit it off quickly, and I though I saw Radley looking at Misty in a diffrent way, but I won't bother you about that. So yes, I hope to see you next week in Sweden, and don't forget to drinks, you're in charge this year.
Bye
Daniel


*this is end of season(?). I don't know. If you have any ideas, feel free to comment, and I'll try to continue it, but after few months. Just say if you want more of that. I  might create another version of it(1.st person) but I'll see about that. So, yeah, let me know if you want me to continue writing this, and if you would like to see first person approach.

The Prototype

Dear Nikolai,
I have good news. We'll be at your city in about 1 week. So excited to see you again. And I gotta praise my new tank, so good. So this week we were driving to your town, but suddently, a wild gigantic prototype tank appears. We were shocked, because it was few times bigger then our churchill. But suprisingly, Misty acctually knew something about that tank. It was like a desing for a superheavy tank, something like that, I didn't really care, but what I did notice was that it had the same gun as we. Except a shitton more armor then we. Nothing could really hurt him, but Misty said to aim for it's lower plate, and a shot went in. We were all like whaaaaaaat!!??? It was awesome. So after some time we finally came round it put a finishing shot in him. So yeah, that's it. I'll tell you everything next week, when we meet.
Bye
Daniel

The New Start

Dear Nikolai

This was a good week. And I gotta say, I love that new tank. It is fantastic. So we got surrounded by a bunch of enemy tanks, again. But this time it was diffrent. Not because we didn't have support from artillery of planes, but because they couldn't hurt us. They just couldn't penetrate us. Armor was that thick. And it was kinda funny seeing all those shells just bounce of us. And that 128 mm gun is brutal. Just brutal. I mean, there was a Tiger 1 on their team, and we just went straght through it's frontal armor. No problem. Just wow. And most of other crew members in other tanks weren't happy that we had a girl in our tank, but she was doing a great job. So in the end of the day, we got a new mission, go to your town, and prepare to defend it. It won't be hard. And we also got 3 marks on barell. I think Sam would be proud.
Bye
Daniel

The Rebirth

Dear Nikolai

This was a good week. And a lot has happened. So I'll start from begging. We were driving to this town when we saw what it looked like a Tiger II. So we decided to flank him, but as we got closer we realized this wasn't a Tiger. It didn't have a machine gun in front of the tank, so we were really confused. And the barell of the gun was diffrent, it wasn't regular 10,5 cm, it was 128 mm, which is the caliber we never seen before. So we checked it and it was empty, we thought because it didn't work. So we build a camp in city and I decided to look around, see what I can find. And boy, did I find something. As I was entering the room, a women attacked me and started beating me up. She then realized that I wasn't german and wasn't going to kill her. We started talking and she told me she was a radio-operator in her tank but the tank was destroyed by a Tiger. So as we were talking, artilery strike started. We hided under a desk. It didn't last long, but it did more then it should. Richtofen ran toward me to tell me the worst possible news. The shell hit top of our Firefly and detonated the ammo rack. Our beutifull firefly, lost in ashes. Oh and yeah, her name is Misty. Good name. So she told me that the prototype was fully funtional, and that we could take it. Of course I was against it, but the general told us that enemys are preparing another assault to try to take the town. So we agreed to give the tank a test ride. Luckily, as I mentioned, John learned to drive on German tanks, so it was easier for him to drive this new tank. We got used to it, but a place was empty. Place for Sam. So I suggested to take Misty, she was a radio-operator. Others we're so happy about that, but they gave a chance. After we settled in our positions, we decided to pain this tank, so that we could be reconized, and not mistaken for a Tiger. I got barell of that big ass 128 mm gun, Radley got top, he wrote freedom, John got front, he wrote unite, Richtofen got sides, and he wrote something, I can't remember. I said, in honour of Sam, we keep our tradition, so that he may never be forgoted. We will keep puting circles around barell for every tank we destroy. Misty of course didn't know why we do that, but she ran with it. And boy does this gun fire. You really need to hear it. It sounds fantastic. So wow, this is a big letter. Like I said, a lot has happened.
Bye
Daniel

The Aftermath

Dear Nikolai

This wasn't a very good week, not much has happend. We did get our new orders, but it just won't be the same without Sam. We gave him the burial he deserved, so most of the week we remember our times together, so it wasn't very interesting. Bradley was particularly devasted by his death, probably because they got very close in few weeks. Sorry for the short letter, but not much has happend. I'll try to keep them longer in future.

Bye
Daniel

The Moment

Dear Nikolai

This wasn't a good week. The thing I feared has happend. Our young radio-operator Sam has died. We were surrounded by enemy tanks, we weren't expecting them, and they shoot near us. One of the pieces went straight through Sams heart. We weren't ready. So I ran towards him, but he had no chance of surviving. With his last breath he asked me to tell his fiance not to worry, but to smile, because he is going to better place. Jack was in his M4 so he quickly ended tank that kill Sam, but it was too late. Sam died. The artilery finished enemys assault, and we spend the day giving him a proper burial. He didn't deserve to die, he had entire life ahead of him. He needed to get married, to have kids, to live a life, and not die by these, these monsters. We are now at course for small city west of us, they said we won't encounter any enemy vehicles, but I don't buy it. I'll never forget the look on his face right before he left us, it was a mixture of sadness and pain and hope and everything. That's it. This was the main thing that happend this week. We didn't laugh, we were just there, knowing it should have been you that should've died, not him.

Hope to hear from you soon,

Daniel

The Defend

Dear Nikolai

It turns out my fears were right. We got surrounded by enemy tanks. If it weren't for our planes we would die. General said we'll have to stay there for another week, but I don't think they will attack again, not after the losses they suffered this week. So in other news we got 3 marks on the gun barrel, which is great. Jack found a bottle of whiskey in his tank, so it was great. I also found my joke book, so it was hilarious to listen those old jokes. Wow I don't really have much to write this week do I? Oh, I also found out Sam has a fiance, so we teased him a little.

Well that all, see you next time.

Daniel

The Encounter

Dear Nikolai

Sorry this one is a bit late, but a lot has happened. We got on our first mission. Finally we got to shoot that 76.2 mm gun. So about the mission, we needed to go to small town and set a camp there. It was going great untill a wild VK 30.01 H appeared. Luckily, our churchill 1 was drawing his fire while we flanked him. 2 good shots was all it took. Rest of the way we keept our eyes wide open and Sam was great at calming us all down. Who would know a private could calm us down. We got to town safe and set a camp. Weird thing was there were no enemy troops. Jack in his M4 said they probably ran away when they saw us. But I have a bad feeling about this, because what if that VK reported our position and tell then where we were going.

Well that's all for now, I'll try not to be late with next one.

The Start

Dear Nikolai

I have finnaly arrived to boot camp. People there are pretty nice and I think this is going to be great.
I have met my new tank crew. Commader of my new tank Sherman Firefly is going to be Richtofen, quite a shy guy, but a good person. Next, we have radio-operator. In charge of that is Sam, who was really nervous because he was never outside him home town, but I think he'll fit in. Loader will be a guy named Bradley, strong guy, he can take care of himself. And finally we have driver named John, who has learned to drive german tanks, but they are similar. I can't wait to start shooting that 76.2 mm gun on Firefly. It's so good. I asked the general if we put put some paint on our tank, you know, to personalized it. I got a left side of a tank to paint, and I wrote believe in fireflies, Sam got a gun, and he said that for each tank we kill, we will draw a circle around gun barrel. Bradley wrote in big letters on top of the tank: "FREEDOM." John was little more modest, as he wrote: "Unite" on front of the tank. And finally, Richtofen wrote: "Search for light." Small, but cool.
Next week, we're going on our first mission together, I'll let you know how that works out.
Bye
Daniel