Ooops, I did it again (Lowpe (J) vs ?(A)

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Several enemy task forces sighted moving north up the straits...will the Tone intercept?

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Dutch subs of Saigon...the IJN planned for this.

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In the Straits north of Singers...

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RN Destroyers...

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Daytime engagement, and the warships protect the baby carrier nicely...

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Attacking on the surface during the day!

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It looks bad for Thanet and Thracian...stuck near Samah and low on ammunition.[X(]

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The IJN Commander reacts from Samah, to chase the RN ships...

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I thought I turned off all Betty attacks near Luzon...but one squadron didn't get the orders and 14 or so Betties fly into CAP at Manilla...

But over Singers, most of the Allied fighters are at Singers...and our sweeps work very well so far.

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All attacks successful.[:)]

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Disappointing losing the Betties, and the IJN Destroyer got nailed by stringbeans...all the British planes attacked to the north and ignored the KB.

[PaxMondo]

Ach, these things happen in the friction of war. Hate losing the pilots more than the planes, and of course you never, ever have enough DD's as IJN ...

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NJP will probably use some of this against me![X(][:D]

The Singers situation...

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Philippine Sea maneuvers...

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Chokai a little worse for wear after dancing with Boise and Houston. I suspect Houston is much worse off...

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Dec 9th 1941

A solid turn for Japan, if nothing too fancy.

Pincering the Thundering Herd...

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Tabiteuea taken.

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Looks good here...

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Happy with butchers bill for the day.

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Lots of bombing raids on Chinese troops, also lightly bombed Kunming, and bombarded Wenchow.

I like the progress so far...still 2 squadrons of Flying Tigers to worry about.