Unfortunately, we lose CL Montpelier to a mine hit and then 2 mini-sub torpedoes after the bombardment phase. However, we sink 4 more of the SSX's. He only gets 86 of these (I think), and we've already sunk somewhere in the 50's. He's going to run out before we get to 1945 at this rate.
We bombard Lautem with all 3 SC TFs. It is essentially shut down. Japan loses another 202 aircraft on the day, with the sweeps continued against Lautem and some all the way over in Burma.
There's also this:
Submarine attack near Sepandjang at 61,106
Japanese Ships
CLAA Tenryu
CS Mizuho
DD Hatsuharu
DD Urakaze
Allied Ships
SS Spearfish, hits 15, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
SS Spearfish sighted by escort [8|]
Why hello MKB...
Which is not too far from this:
Morning Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 69,119
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet
Estimated time to target is 45 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 45
G3M3 Nell x 27
J2M3 Jack x 18
N1K2-J George x 20
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 72
F6F-3 Hellcat x 179
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 9 destroyed
G3M3 Nell: 18 destroyed
J2M3 Jack: 2 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 69,119
Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 25
D4Y2 Judy x 31
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 70
F6F-3 Hellcat x 173
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 8 destroyed
D4Y2 Judy: 21 destroyed
No Allied losses
My CAP was set to 25K, 15K, 24K, 27K, 28K, 17K, 15K, and 7K for possible strato-torpedoes.
Others shot down at Babar, where my cruisers retired to after bombarding Lautem.
