Episode 9 - HS






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When Gunzou was still standing on the beach it already started to look like he wouldn't be pulling off any really fancy tactics this time. And indeed he proceeded relying more on his gambler's side than master tactician's. I suppose it paid off, in a manner of speaking, but to be realistic the odds were far too much against him. It was just his lonely sub, Takao, and crippled Hyuuga against a whole fleet of fully supplied Fog ships. Kind of interesting he still decided not to use Iona's supergravity cannon for anything. When you are badly outmatched, it's risky to try to keep an ace up your sleeve just in case and not put it on the table; after all, you might lose before you had the chance to play it.

One noteworthy thing here was how Gunzou had no interest in trying to sink enemy ships. Perhaps it would have been arrogant, but in the end submarines, especially, are all about attack. At least he naturally had the decency to risk his own life most of all in his high gamble. It's rather interesting that never visited Kongou's mind, despite Kongou preaching the Fog ships and mental models are nothing but expendable weapons with no other priority but to follow orders, no matter the cost. She clearly didn't expect Gunzou to be able of the same.