Yamamoto's dream (tomamars J VS Sundowners A)

[tomamars]

MALAYAN THEATER:

Bad news as we lose more AOs to those damn Dutch:

Submarine attack near Singkawang at 56,88

Japanese Ships
AO Notoro, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KXVI

AO Notoro is sighted by SS KXVI
SS KXVI launches 4 torpedoes

Blockade of Singapore goes on:

Day Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 49,85, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
TB Manazuru
TB Hatsukari

Allied Ships
HDML 1062, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
HDML 1063, Shell hits 3, and is sunk

Poor visibility due to Rain
Maximum visibility in Rain: 14,000 yards

In act of total lunacy, commander of Sally squadron flies his entire group into the teeth of Singapore flak on the orders of Ground attack on 5000 feet:

Morning Air attack on Singapore Base Force, at 50,84 (Singapore)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 60

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 37 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 7 destroyed by flak

Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb


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Morning Air attack on Singapore Base Force, at 50,84 (Singapore)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 18 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Our Thai allies have taken abandoned Tavoy this turn.

[tomamars]

30.12.1941 PALEMBANG IS A GO!

CENT.PAC. AREA

Our Glenns have spotted small Allied naval concentration around Canton Island s we sent a flotilla to investigate:

Night Time Surface Combat, near Canton Island at 153,143, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Tama
CL Tenryu
CL Yubari
DD Sazanami
DD Ushio

Allied Ships
DD Benham, Shell hits 1

Improved night sighting under 89% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 89% moonlight: 11,000 yards


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Canton Island at 153,143, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Tama
CL Tenryu
CL Yubari
DD Sazanami
DD Ushio

Allied Ships
DMS Southard, Shell hits 2

Improved night sighting under 96% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 96% moonlight: 11,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards...

Our subs are again doing their job well:

Submarine attack near Pago Pago at 148,161

Japanese Ships
SS I-10

Allied Ships
AG Sirius, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

AG Sirius is sighted by SS I-10
SS I-10 launches 2 torpedoes

[tomamars]

PI AREA:

Our cruiser force is sent to clear the waters around Balikpapan but is doing less than stellar job...

Night Time Surface Combat, near Bandjermasin at 60,99, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Myoko
CA Haguro
CA Nachi
DD Kuroshio
DD Oyashio
DD Hatsukaze

Allied Ships
PT TM-4
PT TM-5
PT TM-6
PT TM-7
PT TM-8
PT TM-9

Improved night sighting under 89% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 89% moonlight: 12,000 yards

Enemy subs continue taking their toll on our merchant fleet:

Submarine attack near Takao at 84,65

Japanese Ships
TK Eiyo Maru, Shell hits 3, heavy fires

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon

TK Eiyo Maru is sighted by SS Sturgeon
SS Sturgeon attacking TK Eiyo Maru on the surface
Wright, W.L. decides to submerge SS Sturgeon due to damage

Manado operation gets some serious aid by our CAs:

Night Naval bombardment of Manado at 75,99

Japanese Ships
CA Ashigara
CA Maya
CL Kuma
CL Sendai
DD Matsukaze
DD Asakaze
DD Ayanami

Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 47
Port hits 11
Port fuel hits 1

Later that day we made another DA on Manado and manage to drop it’s forts to 0. We’ll take the base is next few days:

Ground combat at Manado (75,99)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2933 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 120

Defending force 1605 troops, 5 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 58

Japanese adjusted assault: 38

Allied adjusted defense: 25

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
Sasebo 2nd SNLF
15th Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
Manado Garrison Battalion
Manado Base Force

Tarakan operation is supported also but with CVL and CS:

Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 6
B4Y1 Jean x 8
E13A1 Jake x 12
F1M2 Pete x 12

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 12

Those Petes and Jakes must’ve made quite an impression on defenders because they gave up after DA later this day:

Ground combat at Ternate (78,102)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1451 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 60

Defending force 57 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 55

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 55 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Ternate !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Do-24K-1: 2 destroyed

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

Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
16th Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
Ternate Det. Base Force

Enemy still standing in clear terrain of Batangas got bombed hard:

Morning Air attack on 41st PA Infantry Division, at 79,78 (Batangas)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 3000 feet


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Afternoon Air attack on 41st PA Infantry Division, at 79,78 (Batangas)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 40

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
173 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 3000 feet

Our tanks rolled in and took Batangas. Now Manila lies open to our troops from both sides and also we got nice size 3 port for reinforcements and AKEs - we’ll attempt to wear down defenders of Bataan with combination of BB bombardments, air bombing and infantry attacks. Hope it doesn’t take too long.

[tomamars]

MALAYAN THEATER:

Nates are proving their worth in strafing - mind I say, they are doing better job than in air combat...

Morning Air attack on 223 Group RAF , at 49,80 , near Malacca

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 50

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Zeros swept Singapore this turn and cleared the way for continuation of airfield bombing:

Afternoon Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 14

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 4 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet

Our landing forces are closing to Palembang with some CA and CL screen and Zeros flying overhead. No Bettys or Nells since they are still parked in Saigon, waiting to bomb Singers. Singkawang has turned into real fortress with almost 30.000 supplies and plenty of Miri fuel.

CHINA:

Enemy attempts to infiltrate yer another of our bases and ends up the same as with few previous occasions:

TF 323 encounters mine field at Port Arthur (99,44)

Allied Ships
SS Sargo, Mine hits 1

Enemy still standing in clear terrain near Nanchang got bombed hard:

Afternoon Air attack on 49th Chinese Corps, at 84,55 , near Nanchang

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 3000 feet

Elsewhere in China, our light bombers are continuing their bombing campaign VS Chinese airfields.

[tomamars]

31.12.1941 BATTLE OF KARIMATA STRAIT

HOME ISLANDS

Enemy sub tries to penetrate Japan’s inner waters:

TF 327 encounters mine field at Tsushima (103,56)

Allied Ships
SS Sailfish, Mine hits 1, on fire

CENT.PAC. AREA

Our Canton operation continues with even more US ships sunk or damaged:

Day Time Surface Combat, near Canton Island at 153,143, Range 15,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Tama
CL Tenryu
CL Yubari
DD Sazanami
DD Ushio

Allied Ships
DMS Southard, Shell hits 3, on fire

Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards


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Day Time Surface Combat, near Canton Island at 153,143, Range 18,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Tama
CL Tenryu
CL Yubari
DD Sazanami
DD Ushio

Allied Ships
DMS Long, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
xAK Laida, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Allied TF begins to get underway
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards

[tomamars]

PI AREA:

Manado operation goes on as we bomb defenders with low flying Betties:

Morning Air attack on Manado Garrison Battalion, at 75,99 (Manado)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Later that day our DA manages to break enemy will to resist and Manado falls together with 5 Dutch aircraft:

Ground combat at Manado (75,99)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2909 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 116

Defending force 1508 troops, 3 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 48

Japanese adjusted assault: 33

Allied adjusted defense: 13

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Manado !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 2 destroyed
B-339D: 3 destroyed

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

Japanese ground losses:
86 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1854 casualties reported
Squads: 87 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 108 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2

Assaulting units:
Sasebo 2nd SNLF
15th Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
Manado Garrison Battalion
Manado Base Force

Finally we got some luck in Cagayan where our DA managed to get 1:1 and reduce its forts to 0. Cagayam will be open to serious air bombing from now on to capitalize its lack of forts.

Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6368 troops, 74 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 156

Defending force 8402 troops, 79 guns, 47 vehicles, Assault Value = 241

Japanese adjusted assault: 111

Allied adjusted defense: 111

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
438 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (6 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Assaulting units:
146th Infantry Regiment
144th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
103rd PA Infantry Regiment
102nd PA Infantry Regiment
2nd/101st PA Battalion
3rd PA Constabulary Regiment
102nd PA Infantry Division
Cagayan USAAF Base Force
Mindanao Force Corps

[tomamars]

MALAYAN THEATER:

As our invasion fleet approaches Palembang, small forward detachment finds a minefield:

TF 10 encounters mine field at Palembang (48,91)

Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome
DD Hagikaze
TB Kari
E Shimushu

7 mines cleared

Amphibious Assault is less than stellar:

TF 10 troops unloading over beach at Palembang, 48,91

Japanese ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

[tomamars]

Unbeknown to us, Allies have detected our invasion fleet and decided to intervene with all its naval assets in the area. Luckily we’ve placed several layers of screens in all possible approaches to Palembang so Allies bumped into them, one by one:



Day Time Surface Combat, near Toboali at 50,92, Range 22,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu, Shell hits 18, heavy fires
DD Asagumo

Allied Ships
CA Cornwall, Shell hits 3
CA Exeter, Shell hits 1
CL Hobart
CL Enterprise
CL Dauntless
CL Ceres, Shell hits 1
CL Glasgow
CL Caledon
CL Capetown
CL Colombo
DD Electra
DD Jupiter, Shell hits 2

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards


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Day Time Surface Combat, near Toboali at 50,92, Range 25,000 Yards

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu, Shell hits 62, and is sunk
DD Asagumo, Shell hits 2, on fire

Allied Ships
CA Cornwall, Shell hits 5, on fire
CA Exeter
CL Hobart
CL Enterprise
CL Dauntless
CL Ceres
CL Glasgow
CL Caledon
CL Capetown
CL Colombo
DD Electra
DD Jupiter, on fire

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards

This was all but fair fight but still CL Isuzu managed to drain Allied fleet.

[tomamars]

Next in line is CA Takao TF:



Day Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 48,91, Range 21,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Takao, Shell hits 53, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Jintsu
DD Fubuki, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Usugumo, Shell hits 6, heavy fires
DD Shirayuki
DD Hatsuyuki, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
CA Cornwall, Shell hits 16, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Exeter, Shell hits 2, on fire
CL Hobart
CL Enterprise, Shell hits 1
CL Dauntless
CL Ceres, Shell hits 4, on fire
CL Glasgow, Shell hits 3, on fire
CL Caledon, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
CL Capetown, Shell hits 2
CL Colombo, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Electra, Shell hits 2
DD Jupiter, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards

Unfortunately CA Takao did not live to fight another day, but it did perform it’s duty: enemy fleet was stopped just short of its objective, the invasion fleet.

[tomamars]

As enemy fleet was retreating back into its base, it bumped into our rear guard:



Day Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 48,91, Range 23,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Jintsu, Shell hits 7
DD Shirayuki
DD Hatsuyuki, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
CA Exeter, Shell hits 3
CL Hobart
CL Enterprise
CL Dauntless
CL Ceres
CL Glasgow
CL Caledon
CL Capetown, Shell hits 1
DD Electra, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards

Although we were outgunned, enemy clearly had no ammo left so we managed to leave the scene with minimal damage.

[tomamars]

Tomorrow we are sending second CA fleet to block enemy route of retreat towards Java and also bunch of subs to create a wall in front of Batavia. This is the situation around Palembang on New Year's Eve:

[tomamars]

This is a result of this slugfest:



Takao will be missed, but enemy naval assets are dangerously thin in Western part of the map after today. 1942 will be walk in the park for us.

[tomamars]

In air part of operation Palembang, our Zeros have swept Singapore:

Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet

Nates have successfully strafed retreating enemy columns outside of Malacca:

Morning Air attack on 223 Group RAF , at 49,80 , near Malacca

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 51

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
41 x Ki-27b Nate bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb

Air cover of our Palembang invasion fleet does a good job:

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 48,91

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11

Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 5 destroyed


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 48,91

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5

Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
AK Kinka Maru
CL Jintsu
xAK Nankai Maru
AK Tosan Maru

[tomamars]

CHINA:

A tragic loss of one of our biggest tankers:

Submarine attack near Swatow at 79,63

Japanese Ships
TK Nisshin Maru #2, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Shark

TK Nisshin Maru #2 is sighted by SS Shark
SS Shark launches 2 torpedoes at TK Nisshin Maru #2


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Submarine attack near Swatow at 79,63

Japanese Ships
TK Nisshin Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Shark

TK Nisshin Maru is sighted by SS Shark
SS Shark launches 2 torpedoes at TK Nisshin Maru

[Bif1961]

Is this the 2nd unscorted Tanker to be attacked by US subs in 2 days?

[tomamars]

I'm afraid so. Those tankers were sent on short trip from Takao to Hong Kong and it was my mistake not to send them on flank speed. Also no sub presence was notced by nav search on this area so I guessed it was safe. I guess I was wrong...

[tomamars]

1.1.1942 BATTLE OF KARIMATA STRAIT 2

CENT.PAC. AREA

Our adventure against Allied shipping around Canton Island came to an abrupt end after Allied fleet intervenes. Good thing our commander manages to pull crossing the ‘T’:

Night Time Surface Combat, near Gardner Island at 149,142, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Tama
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
CL Yubari
DD Sazanami
DD Ushio

Allied Ships
CA Pensacola, Shell hits 4, on fire
CL Leander
CL Achilles, Shell hits 1
DD Cushing, Shell hits 1

Improved night sighting under 100% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 100% moonlight: 11,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
Totoh, M. crosses the 'T'

[tomamars]

Later in the night Allies return the favor:

Night Time Surface Combat, near Gardner Island at 147,141, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Tama
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
CL Yubari, Shell hits 1
DD Sazanami
DD Ushio

Allied Ships
CA Pensacola, Shell hits 1, on fire
CL Leander
CL Achilles
DD Cushing

Improved night sighting under 100% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 100% moonlight: 11,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
Calloway U. crosses the 'T'

[tomamars]

Despite their success during night, US CA TF keeps pressing on like pack of hungry wolves in daytime phase as well:

Day Time Surface Combat, near Baker Island at 144,138, Range 22,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Tama, Shell hits 7
CL Yubari, Shell hits 2
DD Sazanami
DD Ushio, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
CA Pensacola, Shell hits 2
CL Leander, Shell hits 2, on fire
CL Achilles, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Cushing, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards

[tomamars]

Here’s the situation after today’s three battles. Hope we’ll get out of this mess with no more losses: