1EyedJacks
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Joined: 3/12/2006 From: The Eastern Sierras Status: offline
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Burma Theatre The 5th Guards Cavalry of the 21st Army arrives @ Bangkok by way of sea and they are unloading. A TF of xAP plus an aV arrive @ Cam Ranh Bay in preparation of transporting the 4th Guard Division of the 21st Army that will arrive on the board in a few days. Enemy LCU @ Sandakar 2 enemy LCU I beat up earlier in my occupations are sitting at Sandakar which is owned by Japan. I’m sending a TF to Puerto Princesa to ferry the 91st Naval Guard unit over to give them another good bashing. It would do my soul good to destroy a couple of his units like he did my 55th Cavalry that died in Burma. Sea Wasp There’s a TF I always build with the CA Maya, the two CLs Kitakami & Oi, plus 2 or 3 DD with long legs (this iteration I have 2 DD assigned). There’s just something about Long Lance Broadsides that makes my thing ping. I sent them the Sea Wasp TF to Truk by way of the Banda Sea, through the Arafura Sea, past the Torres Strait, and into the Coral Sea B4 heading north to Truk. Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 96,134, Range 24,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Maya CL Kitakami CL Oi DD Shirayuki DD Yugiri Allied Ships AM Bunbury, Shell hits 7, and is sunk xAKL Patris, Shell hits 33, and is sunk Allied ground losses: 208 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 96,134, Range 25,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Maya CL Kitakami CL Oi DD Shirayuki DD Yugiri Allied Ships xAK Johanne Justesen, Shell hits 20, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Allied ground losses: 639 casualties reported Squads: 21 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 18 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... So I assume the disabled units are floating about in the Coaral Sea in itty-bitty dingys while praying not to hear the theme music from the movie JAWS? New Dirt Manokwari & Palopo proudly raise the flag of the Rising Sun. A new age has begun. Odds and Ends The 33rd Division arrives @ Lolaka & will D-Atk. I’m keeping the Tainan air group stood down for another turn due to fatigue. I’m loading the 7th Independent SNLF Coy @ Tarawa 4 an assault of Tabiteuea I’m loading a construction unit plus supplies @ Tokyo for deployment @ Tarawa In the PI I switched air targets to ground units from the airbase @ Bataan I recombined the 48th Division @ Clark. This is part of 1518AV that are marching upon Bataan. I sent a mine-clearing TF to Bataan to see what happens. A BB TF and a CA TF are en route to the area. If I can clear the mines I’ll bombard. Does anyone know if, during a bombardment, I stay at long range, is the TF still susceptible to mines? Palembang Sweep did much better with a single air group of 36 Zero with good pilots and low fatigue. Bombers again fail to fly…
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TTFN, Mike
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