ORIGINAL: aztez
You are doing an good job [:)]
I have been busy and it will continue still few weeks but I have been reading this AAR everytime I have had chance.
It is shame that BB Revenge got blastered but she was an old and obsolete BB anyway [:D]
" i may decide to re-take that
little island in the south pacific. looks like 12k men though " ... [:D][:D][:D][:D]
hehe yeah im having second thought about it .. ill build up a nearby one and bomb it for practise [;)]
Revenge is still floating ! .. need to get the flood down quick as japanese advancing up central java and tjiljap is empty ( bar the CD unit).. I'll try and hold the woods outside soerbaja before falling back. need a bit more time to get the forts to level 9. also dont like giving up kragen for free either.
wee update 1st then plans for the next few days in the java area
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/18/42
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Sub attack at 29,49
Japanese Ships
AP Enju Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire
Allied Ships
SS Sargo, hits 4
Bizarre shell trading going on here . sargo lost her 4inch deck gu early on and strafed
the AP with mg fire while getting hit by 3inch shells .. oddly her damage is 5/3 .. basically
nothing although the gun is missing and torps almost out. back for a refit
Japanese a/c from singaore hit a homeward TK convoy that got too close to the west coast of sumatra
Day Air attack on TF at 13,52
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
TK Empire Airman, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
AK Hatterlock
MSW Patna, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage SANK
This is a timely reminder as the brit CV's are closeby .. see picture at bottom
Finally the ducth/brits got a torp hit on something useful
Day Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 20,55
Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 2
Blenheim IV x 3
Wellington III x 3
Martin 139 x 5
Beaufort V-IX x 9
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
Martin 139: 1 damaged
Beaufort V-IX: 9 damaged
Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma
CA Kumano
CA Kako, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Satsuki
CA Chokai
DD Matsukaze
CA Aoba
the a/c in batavia are knackered, so i moved up more from soerbaja to take the strain for a
day or 2. Strangely batavia supply is awful ! down to 5k for no reason i can see.
the chinese IL4 anti shipping slowly pics off 1 ship at a time
Day Air attack on TF at 39,44
Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 6
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AK Yamayuri Maru
AK Bangkok Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
not dangerous but must be annoying for japan [:D]
the japanese daylight bombardment of palembang was nasty
Naval bombardment of Palembang, at 20,55
Japanese Ships
CA Kako, on fire
CA Mikuma
CA Aoba
CA Ashigara
CA Chikuma
CA Kumano
CA Chokai
CA Maya
Allied Ships
AK Malda, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage SANK .. but was a wreck anyway
Allied ground losses:
713 casualties reported OUCH
Guns lost 14
Vehicles lost 6
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 44
Port hits 11
Port fuel hits 13
Port supply hits 5
Clarke still holds .. oddly .. must the be out of base combat model , which i now firmly
believe as ron has pointed out before , is bust.
Scots happy to carry on here using it as a free training ground .. his fighters daily strafe
the allied troops. those oscars must be good by now. and no danger of me getting a few like in china
. Got 13 oscars doing ground attack here 2-3 days ago..
His numbers increase in changsha . but then so do mine
Ground combat at Changsha
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 316092 troops, 3431 guns, 30 vehicles
Defending force 190580 troops, 1247 guns, 0 vehicles
Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
back upto a level 9 again now .. looks fine imo.
Im doing a bit of manouvering north of yenen .. basically messing around trying to
get a jap cav unit blocking the road to russia ( do i get supply from the russkies ?).
Righy ho back to java .. and i overwrote the piccie folder DOH ..
Basically i have 3 brit cvs that could interfere with the palembang landings .. im 10 hexes from launch ( poss high speed run). but i doubt id have op points for a launch and im bound to be discovered. instead all 3 staying grouped and moving a bit closer 1st. his CV's seem to be retiting NE .. BUT they are in range if they make a quick turn around .. so i'll be cautious.
American CV's are due to refuel in 1 day directly west of tjiljap.
also following the brit CV's are 2 more R CLass BB's .. im guessing 3 days for another bombardment of tjiljap and keep it closed .. cant have betties here .. ouch ..I'll detach some american CA's for this duty too.
before entering combat I plan on splitting the CV's into individual TF's .. brit ones will be a bit short on escorts .. but much safer from massed air attack. same with the yankee ones but more cruiser types.
as a distraction im sending the hornet to hit that little jap held base in the S Pacific .. along with a BB group from suva .. make it look like im taking it seriously .. wheras my main power is miles away.
I cant dally round jave very long , one good suprise attack would make my day , then run for cover.
again the next few days will be interesting .. hopefully fun . but could end in disaster. HOWEVER the chance to seriusly hurt the japanese cruiser force and if im lucky the BB groups too is too good to missout on .. even better would be sinking a jap div at sea. [:D]
