This will End Badly Rook749 vs AirGriff

[rook749]

Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)

Hmm, seem the clean up in China has started. Not sure if I should ride this out or run away?

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 20921 troops, 165 guns, 66 vehicles, Assault Value = 625
Defending force 15923 troops, 44 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 439

Japanese adjusted assault: 1071
Allied adjusted defense: 733

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1401 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 144 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 18 disabled

Allied ground losses:
587 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 60 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled

Assaulting units:
22nd Division
2nd Ind Engineer Regiment
60th Infantry Brigade
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
13th Army
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
100th Chinese Corps
25th Group Army
14th Chinese Base Force


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Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 19574 troops, 165 guns, 66 vehicles, Assault Value = 505

Defending force 15493 troops, 44 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 395

Japanese adjusted assault: 515

Allied adjusted defense: 2077

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 4 (fort level 0)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
486 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 32 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled

Allied ground losses:
477 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 71 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled

Assaulting units:
60th Infantry Brigade
2nd Ind Engineer Regiment
22nd Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
13th Army
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
100th Chinese Corps
25th Group Army
14th Chinese Base Force

[rook749]

Ground combat at Noumea (115,160)

I got my wish, the first attack goes in at 1:2 so there is no second day. The 1/3 of the Americal Division and the 2/5 Aus Ind Coy. In route now I have 1 US INF BAT, 1 US ART BAT, NZ Medium Art Reg and NZ Queen Alexandra's (Mtd) Reg.

After we complete unloading the supplies from the Americal Division the xAPs will go back and get the rest of the division. Given the odds, I will be holding one Marine Fighter unit, the scattered remnants of the Enterprise's air wing (minus the TB which were sent to the pool as I am short of Devastators right now). I will also be sending the A-24's to the area as well.

Now he has added four other units to the 21st Division but I don't think they have much in the way of Combat power. My hope is that he attacks again and get mauled and then I will drive him into the sea.

I am going to be mean/sneaky and send the 2/5 Ind Coy to take La Foa next turn, to cut his retreat path.

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12131 troops, 98 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 380
Defending force 6085 troops, 106 guns, 56 vehicles, Assault Value = 122

Japanese adjusted assault: 274
Allied adjusted defense: 358

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
458 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Allied ground losses:
141 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Assaulting units:
21st Division

Defending units:
Sparrow Battalion
Gull Battalion
New Caledonia Det
5th RAN Base Force
4th Australian Lt AA Regiment

[rook749]

11 Mar 42 - 12 Mar 42 Executive Summary

The great news is that we held the second attack Noumea (more details below). It no longer appears the Mini-KB is at Tulagi --- not sure if it will venture south but need to keep an eye on it or if it left the area. Force Z (Sydney) and the OZ Force (Brisbane) forces are withdrawing to rearm and refuel.

Carries
He did get a submarine location of the Saratoga off Auckland before it made port but the sub missed. I have little ASW in the port but I have more in route. The Lexington (4 days to repair) and Saratoga will base here with the fighters offloaded to the port for protection until the Hornets Force arrives in 10 - 15 days. The Lexington is now at full aircraft strength but the Saratoga has taken no replacements from the battle, no F4F-4 have been used from the pool as of yet. After juggling and disbanding the Enterprise air detachments I should have enough TBs to bring the Lexington, Saratoga and Hornet to full strength.

Indomitable
CV Indomitable is now in route to Perth and 1/3 there from Java.

Base Building
Savii is building to a max level port 1(2)70% and airfield 1(3)70% - this is within bomber range of Canton Island at 16 hexes. Canton will be the next target of the forces that hit Christmas Island. Suva and Nadi are also buding to the max port and airfield to support the defense of New Caledonia. Suva Port 3(2)72% Airfield 3(7)74%. Fanning Island Port 1(0)90% Airfield 3(3)16% - the second it goes to level 4 the B-17's will arrive to the max level that can be supported to bomb Christmas Island.

Japanese Amphibious Landings:
None.

Japan Conquerors the Following Bases:
Tablas

[rook749]

Ground combat at Noumea (115,160)

I again got my wish and the second attack goes in at 1:5 --- there is no second day. The 1/3 of the Americal Division and the 2/5 Aus Ind Coy arrived and were key to the battle. In route now I have 1 US INF BAT(4 Days), 1 US ART BAT(4 Days), NZ Medium Art Reg(unloading),NZ Q Alexandra's Mtd) Reg(unloading) and 1 US ARM Batt (8 days).

There is one marine fighter units providing air cover. I will also be sending the A-24's to the area as well as needed. After I get the lift back to Brisbane I will send the rest of the Americal Division and then if all still looks good counter attack.

Now he has added four other units to the 21st Division --- including the 144th Inf Reg last see at Fiji but it was not nearly enough. Unless something drastically changes I will drive him into the sea in the next 60 days at the latest.

I am mean/sneaky and sent the 2/5 Ind Coy to take La Foa, to cut his retreat path.

Ground combat at Noumea (115,160)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 18471 troops, 182 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 516
Defending force 9291 troops, 167 guns, 78 vehicles, Assault Value = 222

Japanese adjusted assault: 164
Allied adjusted defense: 955
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 5 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
925 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 108 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled

Allied ground losses:
283 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 26 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Assaulting units:
21st Division
144th Infantry Regiment
Sasebo 8th SNLF
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Botanko Hvy Gun Rgt /7

Defending units:
Sparrow Battalion
2/5th Ind Coy
Gull Battalion
New Caledonia Det
Americal Infantry/C Division
5th RAN Base Force
4th Australian Lt AA Regiment

[rook749]

A little over 100 days....

At this point we have been fighting for a little over 100 days and so far I really can't complain. As I wait for the turn I will be posting some of the air losses, ship losses and other notes on where we stand. I am going to try and do this every one to three months as a review for anyone that is reading this and to help me stay focused my long terms goals for each area. The overall plan is to cost him supply, resources, fuel an oil any time possible. This may not have an effect today or next month but over time it will put him in a position to not be able to swarm me with land and air units in 1944-1946.

Given that I have won the two major navel engagements for the war and I won four of the five land campaigns I contested ---- I am a very happy camper.

Battle of Borneo (won)
Lost the BB Price of Wales, CL Dragon & CL Boise for the reported loss (gain of salt taken) BB Kongo, BB Haruna, CL Katori, CL Jintsu, DD Oyshio. He may also have lost some xAKs but this is not confirmed, but at least one other BB and two other CAs will also need some major yard time. His invasion then pauses from the 22nd of December in the NEI until the 7th of January when the Mini-KB arrived from Truk for air cover.

Battle of Wake (lost)
We lost the CA Portland, CA Chicago, CA Astoria and the DD Allen. The Lexington and still needs 32 days in the yard for repair. We reported sunk the CL Tenryu and the DD Kisaragi. The Lexington hit the surface force on day 1 and sunk the CL and DD, we missed the second invasion task force sent to Wake and then on day two was supposed to run away. The AI task force commander instead reacted southwest of Wake which allowed the KB to catch us on day 3. Supplies and one Mar Def Art unit did make it ashore and his landing was wiped out.

Battle of Christmas Island (lost/win)
In the long run I think this will hurt him far more than it helps him. We lost around 4 TKs, 15 xAKs, 4 Aps and 5 DDs. We stopped the first invasion of Christmas Island cold by catching it trying to land with a DD force. I think his plan was to take all three Islands which would have been great but he had to divert the other landings to Christmas to take it, which he now holds. My goal now is to take this back in ’42 in a war of attrition.

Battle of New Caledonia (won)
Two Japanes CV's sunk Kaga and Soryu reported by Tracker but I suspect they are in fact the Akagi and Shokaku given the combat reports. The trade was the Enterprise with heavy damage.

CV Zuikaku, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
Ammo storage explosion on CV Zuikaku
CV Akagi, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
Ammo storage explosion on CV Akagi
CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires
CV Soryu, Torpedo hits 1

Burma
Rangoon is held by the 1st Burma Infantry Division and the 17th Indian Division along with an assortment of Infantry Battalions and Engineering units. One AVG Fighter unit and two British Fighter unit are providing air cover. The goal is to hold as long as possible, making him take the time and supply to drive me out.

India
Ready the army and air force for a drive back into Burma starting October 1st of 1943. I want to start fighting if only a battle of maneuver at the end of 1943 to start burning supply. If he had to move overland supply some of it gets lost over the poor roads. If he ships it in I snip away at the ships and it costs him fuel. Early I start this drain greater the long term outlook for me is. The USAF will be bases out of Chittagong and the CWAF out of Dimapur. The goal is to hold all of the bases on the Indian side of the Burma boarder by the end of 1943, or be advancing out of them if they never fall.

Australia
For some reason I thought he might try a landing at Darwin/Perth but this does not seem to be the case. I still hold Horn Island and Port Moresby (58K of supply). I had not planned on trying hard to defend these but I have just routed one AUS Art unit and additional supply to this base. I am going to send additional AUS units as they become available to Port Moresby.

NEI
DIP (Die in Place) orders have been issued. The plan is to hold Batavia & Soerabaja as long as possible. Baravia and Soerabaja have all of their land units at each base. The Dutch Surface forces are still at Soerbaja keeping him honest.

PHI
All that is left is 60K of troops in Bataan troops and no supply. We traded at 2:3 in the air and I was able to win a battle vs and infantry and armor regiment at Clark Field when they ran into my defensive wall.

Singapore
The contraction continues, at this point we simply DIP Singapore, supplies at 11K and falling. Two shipments of 1750 supplies will try and slip though.

Pago Pago/Suva/Noumea
Pago is my forward base in the area, fuel at 25K and supplies at 200K and climbing. Looking to add Mines and PTs boats as soon as possible.

Line Islands
Palmyra/Fanning are still held (Christmas Island is lost) and will be built up massively to facilitate an attack to retake Christmas Island and then Canton. There are two US Inf Divisions, 2 US Combat Eng Bat, 2 US Art Bat at Fanning Island prepping to take Christmas Island.

Wake
We still Hold! There is one USN Std Base Force, 2 Mar Def Art, Cost AA Reg, 3 Fort, ~16K of supplies and 20 Aircraft of all types from the Lexington on the Island. The island is almost max stacked if it looks like it will hold into '43 I will send 150 mines, ACM, PT Boats and swap some of the ART units for base forces to base my bombers from.

New Caledonia
Baring a dramatic change in force allocation he is toast and will be kicked off the island in the next 60 days.

Enterprise
Will make port in Sydney in one day and then upgrade/repair its battle damage. Enterprise 43(0) - 38(14) - 30(4). Its organic air units will defend the hex along with 122 Wirraway's in case the KB comes calling. There will also be three CV's at Auckland that can come over as needed.

[rook749]

Japanese Ships Sunk

[rook749]

Allied Ships Sunk

[rook749]

Victory Points

[rook749]

Questions for the Readers

Given my losses of Ships, the Japanese wiliness to use surface raiders and the loss of Christmas Island I am looking at using a lot of off map transport to free up escorts and reduce any chance he has to find me. Can anyone point to a good link or provide a description of the East Cost to Port Stanley route?

My thoughts are the following -

1) Use all of the 8K Range Tankers and Transports to keep Pearl and the Line Islands in supply.
2) Base the 14 Speed xAK/TK, the 12 Speed 11K+ range xAK and all of the xAPs with 15+ Speed at Port Stanley.
3) Use the remaining xAKs, xAKLs and TKs to run supply and troops to Port Stanley/Cape Town.
4) Use the ships from item # 2 to run troops, fuel and supplies to Pago Pago.

Given I have reinforced Penrhyn Island with PBY's and troops --- plus the fact I have a decent search arch from Pearl, to the Line Islands, to Penrhyn, to Pago Pago, to Fiji and in New Caledonia. I figure a route south of Penrhyn will be very safe especially if I keep a small surface force at Penrhyn to react from.

Or is this a bad idea?

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: rook749

Questions for the Readers

Given my losses of Ships, the Japanese wiliness to use surface raiders and the loss of Christmas Island I am looking at using a lot of off map transport to free up escorts and reduce any chance he has to find me. Can anyone point to a good link or provide a description of the East Cost to Port Stanley route?

My thoughts are the following -

1) Use all of the 8K Range Tankers and Transports to keep Pearl and the Line Islands in supply.
2) Base the 14 Speed xAK/TK, the 12 Speed 11K+ range xAK and all of the xAPs with 15+ Speed at Port Stanley.
3) Use the remaining xAKs, xAKLs and TKs to run supply and troops to Port Stanley/Cape Town.
4) Use the ships from item # 2 to run troops, fuel and supplies to Pago Pago.

Given I have reinforced Penrhyn Island with PBY's and troops --- plus the fact I have a decent search arch from Pearl, to the Line Islands, to Penrhyn, to Pago Pago, to Fiji and in New Caledonia. I figure a route south of Penrhyn will be very safe especially if I keep a small surface force at Penrhyn to react from.

Or is this a bad idea?

The idea is sound if you have enough capacity to make up for the extra time this roundabout route will take.

EC to Pt. Stanley is direct and off-map. No fuel is used nor damage incurred. You can even move at full speed if you are sure this will not p.o. your opponent.
The bad news - it will take a while. I have never done the whole route direct but EC to Panama is about three weeks and Panama to PS is about three weeks.
Never done PS to on-map, so I don't know the time there. Panama to on-map is about two weeks so PS could be 3 weeks. From there you have your on-map time which
you can calculate. Don't forget to change any ships using full speed to get to PS to use mission speed to get on-map!

Another unknown - troop fatigue during the long voyage. I don't know if it accumulates during the EC-PS leg but it would during the PS-on map leg. You should plan to
deposit your troops on a base somewhere to rest up before an assault.

Seems to me the EC-Capetown-Oz route would take about the same time and be easier to manage.

[rook749]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

The idea is sound if you have enough capacity to make up for the extra time this roundabout route will take.

EC to Pt. Stanley is direct and off-map. No fuel is used nor damage incurred. You can even move at full speed if you are sure this will not p.o. your opponent.
The bad news - it will take a while. I have never done the whole route direct but EC to Panama is about three weeks and Panama to PS is about three weeks.
Never done PS to on-map, so I don't know the time there. Panama to on-map is about two weeks so PS could be 3 weeks. From there you have your on-map time which
you can calculate. Don't forget to change any ships using full speed to get to PS to use mission speed to get on-map!

Another unknown - troop fatigue during the long voyage. I don't know if it accumulates during the EC-PS leg but it would during the PS-on map leg. You should plan to
deposit your troops on a base somewhere to rest up before an assault.

Seems to me the EC-Capetown-Oz route would take about the same time and be easier to manage.

Thanks BBfanboy not 100% sure I am going to make the change or not but its something I need to think about as he has between one and three CA/CL raiders trying to catch me as I run around the edge of the map from San Diego to a point far south of Christmas Island and then back west to Pago Pago. With my scouting PBY's he had not found anything but its something I need to think about.

[rook749]

13 Mar 42 - 17 Mar 42 Executive Summary

At this point not much has happened. There was another ground attack at Singapore that went my way but the supplies are now less than 10K. He has made no further moves at Noumea.

Southwest Pacific Fleet
I have a massive shortage of DDs/CLs/CAs for the carriers out of Auckland due to damage and loss from the battles at the Line Islands/Wake/New Caledonia. Right now I am working to fill out three Carrier Ttaffy's built around the Saratoga(19 days from Upgrade @ Auckland), Yorktown (ready) and Hornet (11 days from Auckland). Many DD's and CLs have been sent to the area from all over the map. I think sufficient DDs and CLs are in route from the British and Americans to all flush out three US CV Taffy's, Force Z (Repulse), the OZ Force and Force H (2 CVs). Each of these will be 15 ships taffy's minus the April '42 upgrades that will take some of them out for a period of time.

Bay of Bengal
There will be a six ship British CVL Force and a 15 Surface Taffy(4 BBs) held to cover this area.

Pearl & the Line Islands
US 1st Batt Division (4 BBs, 9 DMS & 4 DM) will continue to bombard Christmas Island from Palmyra over and over again. A couple of DDs and CLs will also be left over at Peal, unknown the quantities at this time.

Java
The Dutch Force is still in the area and will be held here until it is no longer safe. Not sure if it will withdraw to India or Australia will keep an open mind.

I am still thinking/looking for advice on the convoys but other than that not much going on.

Japanese Amphibious Landings:
None.

Japan Conquerors the Following Bases:
Djambi
Long Island
Namatanai

[rook749]

Singapore --- Still Holds!

The battle for Singapore goes into the Epic Stage. I continue to do more damage to him each round, the Forts are Level 3-19%. Supplies are 9386 and falling. The good news is that 1750 supplies will off load this turn and 1750 more may make it in three days.

At this point I may hold until the middle of April.

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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 48103 troops, 649 guns, 146 vehicles, Assault Value = 1189
Defending force 59159 troops, 636 guns, 426 vehicles, Assault Value = 802

Japanese adjusted assault: 1339
Allied adjusted defense: 3521
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
3026 casualties reported
Squads: 48 destroyed, 470 disabled
Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 46 disabled
Engineers: 23 destroyed, 17 disabled
Guns lost 57 (7 destroyed, 50 disabled)
Vehicles lost 15 (6 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
1202 casualties reported
Squads: 27 destroyed, 44 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 83 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 24 (2 destroyed, 22 disabled)
Vehicles lost 22 (1 destroyed, 21 disabled)

Assaulting units:
15th Ind Engineer Regiment
11th Infantry Regiment
23rd Ind Engineer Regiment
114th Infantry Regiment
Imperial Guards Division
55th Infantry Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
42nd Infantry Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
16th Infantry Regiment
4th Ind Engineer Regiment
21st Infantry Regiment
56th Infantry Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
25th Army
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
56th Field Artillery Regiment
5th Field Artillery Regiment
12th Engineer Regiment
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Engineer Regiment
18th Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
2nd Loyal Battalion
3rd Cavalry Regiment
2nd Gordons Battalion
27th Australian Brigade
22nd Australian Brigade
2/17 Dogra Battalion
11th Indian Division
SSVF Brigade
9th Indian Division
Malaya Army
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
Malayan Air Wing
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
113th RAF Adv Base Force
223 Group RAF
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
1st Mysore Battalion
2nd ISF Base Force
1st Manchester Battalion
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
1st Hyderabad Battalion
Singapore Fortress
112th RAF Adv Base Force
109th RAF Adv Base Force
AHQ Far East
224 Group RAF
110th RAF Adv Base Force
2nd Malay Battalion
1st ISF Base Force
Singapore Base Force
111th RAF Adv Base Force
III Indian Corps
1st Malay Battalion
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
109th RN Base Force

[rook749]

18 Mar 42 - 19 Mar 42 Executive Summary

Well the end is near in Bataan after two days and two attacks. But we have won another major victory at Singapore. It also appears that he has scrapped together some sort of landing force to take an island or two between Fiji and New Caledonia.

Japanese Amphibious Landings:
None.

Japan Conquerors the Following Bases:
None.

[rook749]

Singapore - Victory Again!

After dropping off 3500 supplies we are at 10997, up some but still a small climb after just one day of combat. However, the combat went really well - it seems that replacing all of the leaders for each combat unit, the III Corps and the Army HQ has really paid off.

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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 45955 troops, 644 guns, 140 vehicles, Assault Value = 1055
Defending force 58749 troops, 632 guns, 424 vehicles, Assault Value = 788

Japanese adjusted assault: 935
Allied adjusted defense: 2309

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
5589 casualties reported
Squads: 168 destroyed, 323 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 139 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 22 disabled
Guns lost 50 (25 destroyed, 25 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
499 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 36 disabled
Non Combat: 32 destroyed, 45 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 19 disabled
Guns lost 23 (1 destroyed, 22 disabled)
Vehicles lost 32 (28 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
114th Infantry Regiment
21st Infantry Regiment
42nd Infantry Regiment
23rd Ind Engineer Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
4th Ind Engineer Regiment
11th Infantry Regiment
56th Infantry Regiment
16th Infantry Regiment
55th Infantry Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
Imperial Guards Division
24th Infantry Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Engineer Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Engineer Regiment
18th Mountain Gun Regiment
25th Army
5th Field Artillery Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
56th Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
3rd Cavalry Regiment
22nd Australian Brigade
2nd Gordons Battalion
11th Indian Division
27th Australian Brigade
2/17 Dogra Battalion
SSVF Brigade
2nd Loyal Battalion
9th Indian Division
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
2nd ISF Base Force
Singapore Base Force
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
1st ISF Base Force
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
2nd Malay Battalion
Malaya Army
1st Mysore Battalion
1st Malay Battalion
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
1st Manchester Battalion
109th RAF Adv Base Force
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
113th RAF Adv Base Force
110th RAF Adv Base Force
AHQ Far East
Malayan Air Wing
Singapore Fortress
111th RAF Adv Base Force
112th RAF Adv Base Force
III Indian Corps
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
223 Group RAF
224 Group RAF
1st Hyderabad Battalion
109th RN Base Force

[rook749]

Bataan - Soon to Fall [:(]

The title says it all......

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Ground combat at Bataan (78,77)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 39756 troops, 366 guns, 272 vehicles, Assault Value = 1231
Defending force 40033 troops, 363 guns, 204 vehicles, Assault Value = 940

Japanese adjusted assault: 494
Allied adjusted defense: 241

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 3)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
5719 casualties reported
Squads: 67 destroyed, 287 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 44 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 35 disabled
Guns lost 25 (5 destroyed, 20 disabled)
Vehicles lost 31 (2 destroyed, 29 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2870 casualties reported
Squads: 98 destroyed, 230 disabled
Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 42 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 31 (6 destroyed, 25 disabled)
Vehicles lost 20 (18 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
I./4th Infantry Battalion
47th Infantry Regiment
21st Ind Engineer Regiment
II./4th Infantry Battalion
48th Recon Regiment
1st Formosa Inf. Regiment
64th Naval Guard Unit
Kanno
48th Engineer Regiment
65th Brigade
7th Tank Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
2nd Engineer Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
23rd Nav Gd Unit
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
48th Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
14th Army
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
91st PA Infantry Division
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
194th Tank Battalion
Manila Bay Defenses
31st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
41st PA Infantry Division
51st PA Infantry Division
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
31st Infantry Regiment
4th Marine Regiment
11th PA Infantry Division
45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
71st PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
14th PS Engineer Regiment
2nd PA Constabulary Division
Nichols Field AAF Base Force
201st PA Construction Battalion
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Asiatic Fleet
II Philippine Corps
Clark Field AAF Base Force
202nd PA Construction Battalion
301st Construction Battalion
Provisional GMC Grp
USAFFE
192nd Tank Battalion
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
Bataan USN Base Force
I Philippine Corps
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Far East USAAF
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment


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Ground combat at Bataan (78,77)

Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 35586 troops, 365 guns, 272 vehicles, Assault Value = 865

Defending force 36855 troops, 348 guns, 187 vehicles, Assault Value = 694
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 404
Allied adjusted defense: 177

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2347 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 198 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 33 disabled
Guns lost 17 (2 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Vehicles lost 21 (1 destroyed, 20 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1239 casualties reported
Squads: 73 destroyed, 141 disabled
Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 48 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Guns lost 28 (7 destroyed, 21 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
9th Infantry Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
1st Formosa Inf. Regiment
65th Brigade
47th Infantry Regiment
64th Naval Guard Unit
20th Infantry Regiment
Kanno
48th Engineer Regiment
21st Ind Engineer Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
48th Recon Regiment
I./4th Infantry Battalion
2nd Engineer Regiment
II./4th Infantry Battalion
23rd Nav Gd Unit
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
48th Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
14th Army
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
31st Infantry Regiment
41st PA Infantry Division
4th Marine Regiment
Manila Bay Defenses
11th PA Infantry Division
45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
51st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constabulary Division
91st PA Infantry Division
Nichols Field AAF Base Force
II Philippine Corps
Provisional GMC Grp
71st PA Infantry Division
Bataan USN Base Force
201st PA Construction Battalion
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
Asiatic Fleet
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Clark Field AAF Base Force
I Philippine Corps
192nd Tank Battalion
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
21st PA Infantry Division
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
14th PS Engineer Regiment
Far East USAAF
USAFFE
301st Construction Battalion
202nd PA Construction Battalion
31st PA Infantry Division
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

[rook749]

New Caledonia and Fiji

Seems he will grab one or two of the empty islands between Fiji and New Caledonia. As I only have one CV and two CA's ready to fight for the next ten days I will let him land. I have the A-24's split between Fiji and New Caledonia and fighter cover at both so I pretty sure these are safe.

I have 40 heavy bombers at Suva ready to prevent him building airbases at any of the islands. If he is really smart he will take Efate or the islands north. As Tanna is within ranger of the B-25's and Hudson's as well as the HBs.

[rook749]

20 Mar 42 - 23 Mar 42 Executive Summary

Bataan falls. There is are several rounds of combat where the Japanese gets the upper hand at Palembang but nothing is lost. Singapore is bombarded and the supplies are now just over 9K. He is starting to bomb Port Moresby - will look at setting up some fighter traps here but he has 40 - 50 Zeros and Oscar's Sweeping so not sure if I have the units in place for it.

The landing force heading to the New Caledonia area was nothing of the sort --- it has evacuated the forces from Noumea and I assume they are heading home now (they could land somewhere else but unless is Luganville it would be a mistake for him from my point of view.

Japanese Amphibious Landings:
None.

Japan Conquerors the Following Bases:
Japanese forces CAPTURE Bataan !!!
Misool
Palopo

[rook749]

Ground combat at Bataan (78,77)
Well it falls, it might have held for a little longer if I had not made my mistake at Clark Field but to fall in March is something I won't complain too much about as Singapore still holds. I expect the 14th Army to head to the Southwest Pacific and anything that can be spared from garrison to head to Singapore.

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 35355 troops, 363 guns, 272 vehicles, Assault Value = 853
Defending force 33900 troops, 323 guns, 183 vehicles, Assault Value = 506

Japanese adjusted assault: 616
Allied adjusted defense: 139
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Bataan !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2822 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 168 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 14 destroyed, 41 disabled
Guns lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
37264 casualties reported
Squads: 1315 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1993 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 77 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 410 (410 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 248 (248 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 32

Assaulting units:
20th Infantry Regiment
Kanno
2nd Engineer Regiment
65th Brigade
9th Infantry Regiment
21st Ind Engineer Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
48th Recon Regiment
1st Formosa Inf. Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
48th Engineer Regiment
II./4th Infantry Battalion
64th Naval Guard Unit
47th Infantry Regiment
I./4th Infantry Battalion
23rd Nav Gd Unit
48th Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
31st Infantry Regiment
4th Marine Regiment
2nd PA Constabulary Division
201st PA Construction Battalion
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
91st PA Infantry Division
II Philippine Corps
51st PA Infantry Division
41st PA Infantry Division
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Clark Field AAF Base Force
14th PS Engineer Regiment
192nd Tank Battalion
Provisional GMC Grp
71st PA Infantry Division
202nd PA Construction Battalion
21st PA Infantry Division
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
USAFFE
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
Bataan USN Base Force
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
Manila Bay Defenses
I Philippine Corps
11th PA Infantry Division
Asiatic Fleet
Far East USAAF
31st PA Infantry Division
301st Construction Battalion
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

[rook749]

Surface Combat Palembang

Japan wins a tactical victory here as they did more damage and I did not catch any merchant ships but if nothing else this will keep him on his toes and slow down any attempt to move fuels from this area.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 48,91, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Sendai, Shell hits 1
DD Oyashio
DD Usugumo
DD Isonami
DD Uranami, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
CL Java, Shell hits 1
CL De Ruyter, Shell hits 1
DD Barker
DD Bulmer, Shell hits 1
DD Paul Jones
DD Parrott
DD Piet Hein
DD Kortenaer
DD Witte de With
DD Banckert
DD Van Ghent
DD Tenedos


Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 39% moonlight: 11,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards
Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 10,000 yards
CL Sendai launches Long Lance Torpedoes at CL De Ruyter at 10,000 yards
CL Sendai launches Long Lance Torpedoes at CL Java at 10,000 yards
CL Sendai fires at DD Tenedos at 10,000 yards
DD Oyashio launches Long Lance Torpedoes at DD Van Ghent at 10,000 yards
DD Oyashio launches Long Lance Torpedoes at DD Witte de With at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
CL De Ruyter engages CL Sendai at 7,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Barker at 7,000 yards
DD Tenedos engages DD Uranami at 7,000 yards
DD Van Ghent engages DD Uranami at 7,000 yards
DD Oyashio engages DD Witte de With at 7,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Witte de With at 7,000 yards
Range closes to 5,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL De Ruyter at 5,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Witte de With at 5,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages DD Kortenaer at 5,000 yards
DD Banckert engages DD Oyashio at 5,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Piet Hein at 5,000 yards
DD Oyashio engages DD Bulmer at 5,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards
CL De Ruyter engages CL Sendai at 3,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Barker at 3,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Tenedos at 3,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages DD Barker at 3,000 yards
DD Oyashio engages DD Banckert at 3,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Parrott at 3,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Paul Jones at 3,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Bulmer at 3,000 yards
Range increases to 6,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL De Ruyter at 6,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL Java at 6,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Van Ghent at 6,000 yards
DD Oyashio engages DD Van Ghent at 6,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Banckert at 6,000 yards
DD Oyashio engages DD Witte de With at 6,000 yards
DD Kortenaer engages DD Uranami at 6,000 yards
DD Oyashio engages DD Paul Jones at 6,000 yards
DD Bulmer engages DD Isonami at 6,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Barker at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 9,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL De Ruyter at 9,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Tenedos at 9,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages DD Tenedos at 9,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages DD Banckert at 9,000 yards
DD Oyashio engages DD Bulmer at 9,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Bulmer at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 11,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL Java at 11,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Witte de With at 11,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Banckert at 11,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages DD Tenedos at 11,000 yards
DD Oyashio engages DD Witte de With at 11,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Parrott at 11,000 yards
DD Barker engages DD Oyashio at 11,000 yards
Task forces break off...


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 48,91, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Sendai, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Oyashio, Shell hits 3
DD Usugumo
DD Isonami, Shell hits 1
DD Uranami

Allied Ships
CL Java
CL De Ruyter
DD Barker, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Bulmer
DD Paul Jones, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Parrott
DD Piet Hein
DD Kortenaer
DD Witte de With
DD Banckert
DD Van Ghent, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Tenedos, Shell hits 3, on fire


Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 50% moonlight: 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 9,000 yards
Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 9,000 yards
CL Sendai fires at CL De Ruyter at 9,000 yards
DD Uranami fires at CL Java at 9,000 yards
DD Isonami fires at CL Java at 9,000 yards
DD Isonami fires at DD Van Ghent at 9,000 yards
DD Isonami fires at DD Paul Jones at 9,000 yards
DD Uranami fires at DD Barker at 9,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
CL De Ruyter engages CL Sendai at 6,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL Java at 6,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Tenedos at 6,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages DD Van Ghent at 6,000 yards
DD Banckert engages DD Oyashio at 6,000 yards
DD Oyashio engages DD Barker at 6,000 yards
Range closes to 4,000 yards
CL Java engages CL Sendai at 4,000 yards
CL Java engages DD Uranami at 4,000 yards
DD Tenedos engages DD Isonami at 4,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages DD Van Ghent at 4,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Bulmer at 4,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL Java at 2,000 yards
CL Java engages DD Uranami at 2,000 yards
DD Tenedos engages DD Oyashio at 2,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Van Ghent at 2,000 yards
DD Tenedos engages DD Oyashio at 2,000 yards
DD Witte de With engages DD Usugumo at 2,000 yards
DD Piet Hein engages DD Oyashio at 2,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages DD Parrott at 2,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Barker at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 5,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL Java at 5,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Paul Jones at 5,000 yards
DD Oyashio engages DD Tenedos at 5,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages DD Van Ghent at 5,000 yards
DD Banckert engages DD Isonami at 5,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Witte de With at 5,000 yards
DD Kortenaer engages DD Oyashio at 5,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Paul Jones at 5,000 yards
Range increases to 6,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL De Ruyter at 6,000 yards
DD Tenedos engages DD Uranami at 6,000 yards
DD Barker engages DD Isonami at 6,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages DD Paul Jones at 6,000 yards
DD Oyashio engages DD Banckert at 6,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Bulmer at 6,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages DD Barker at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 9,000 yards
CL De Ruyter engages CL Sendai at 9,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Paul Jones at 9,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Tenedos at 9,000 yards
DD Tenedos engages DD Usugumo at 9,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages DD Banckert at 9,000 yards
DD Kortenaer engages DD Uranami at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
CL De Ruyter engages CL Sendai at 12,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Tenedos at 12,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Barker at 12,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Van Ghent at 12,000 yards
DD Tenedos engages DD Oyashio at 12,000 yards
DD Witte de With engages DD Usugumo at 12,000 yards
DD Bulmer engages DD Isonami at 12,000 yards
Task forces break off...

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 49,90, Range 21,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Sendai, Shell hits 3
DD Oyashio, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Usugumo, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Isonami, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Uranami

Allied Ships
CL Java
CL De Ruyter, Shell hits 1
DD Bulmer, Shell hits 2
DD Parrott, Shell hits 1
DD Piet Hein
DD Kortenaer

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 21,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 21,000 yards
CL Java engages CL Sendai at 21,000 yards
CL Sendai engages DD Bulmer at 21,000 yards
Range closes to 17,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Kortenaer at 17,000 yards
DD Oyashio engages DD Bulmer at 17,000 yards
Range closes to 13,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL De Ruyter at 13,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL Java at 13,000 yards
DD Kortenaer engages DD Uranami at 13,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages DD Parrott at 13,000 yards
DD Parrott engages DD Oyashio at 13,000 yards
DD Oyashio engages DD Bulmer at 13,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL De Ruyter at 11,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL Java at 11,000 yards
DD Bulmer engages DD Isonami at 11,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages DD Piet Hein at 11,000 yards
DD Oyashio engages DD Kortenaer at 11,000 yards
DD Bulmer engages DD Uranami at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL De Ruyter at 8,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL Java at 8,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Piet Hein at 8,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Piet Hein at 8,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Parrott at 8,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Bulmer at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL Java at 10,000 yards
CL Java engages DD Isonami at 10,000 yards
DD Kortenaer engages DD Isonami at 10,000 yards
DD Piet Hein engages DD Uranami at 10,000 yards
DD Oyashio engages DD Kortenaer at 10,000 yards
DD Bulmer engages DD Oyashio at 10,000 yards
Range increases to 13,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL De Ruyter at 13,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL Java at 13,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Parrott at 13,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages DD Piet Hein at 13,000 yards
DD Piet Hein engages DD Oyashio at 13,000 yards
DD Bulmer engages DD Uranami at 13,000 yards
Range increases to 15,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL Java at 15,000 yards
DD Kortenaer engages DD Uranami at 15,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Kortenaer at 15,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages DD Parrott at 15,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages DD Parrott at 15,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Bulmer at 15,000 yards
Range increases to 18,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL De Ruyter at 18,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Kortenaer at 18,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Piet Hein at 18,000 yards
DD Piet Hein engages DD Oyashio at 18,000 yards
DD Piet Hein engages DD Oyashio at 18,000 yards
DD Bulmer engages DD Isonami at 18,000 yards
Range increases to 20,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL De Ruyter at 20,000 yards
DD Kortenaer engages DD Uranami at 20,000 yards
DD Kortenaer engages DD Isonami at 20,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages DD Piet Hein at 20,000 yards
Task forces break off...

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Damage Summary
CL Sendai, Shell hits 6, on fire
DD Isonami, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Oyashio, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Uranami, Shell hits 1,
DD Usugumo, Shell hits 1, on fire

CL Java, Shell hits 1
CL De Ruyter, Shell hits 2
DD Bulmer, Shell hits 3
DD Barker, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Paul Jones, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Van Ghent, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Tenedos, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Parrott, Shell hits 1