>>>>>Lets imagine that you are somewhere cut off from any chance of seeing a Priest and you fear you
are about to die..... and you know you have some sins, can you Pray to God directly and get forgiveness
directly? <<<<<
Yes.
The Church's teaching about confession (or reconciliation, as it's more frequently called now) is neither unreasonable nor cruel. An act of perfect contrition suffices. Should you survive the peril, a meeting with a priest is in order.
God forgives sins. He is the Father of mecies. The priest absolves. The forgiveness comes from above. The priest himself goes (-or should go) to confession regularly. (And in case you've ever wondered, a priest cannot absolve himself, nor may he absolve anyone whose sin he was a party to. For example, if a priest slept with a congregant, he could neither absolve her--or him, as the case may be--or himself.)