Speedy vs Fabertong: Death to the Penguin!

[Speedysteve]

Hi all,

Fabertong somehow slipped into Attu an SC group led by Yamato no less:

Day Time Surface Combat, near Attu Island at 92,34

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
BB Yamato
CA Kumano
CA Kako
CL Sendai
CL Jintsu
DD Urakaze
DD Suzukaze
DD Wakaba
DD Inazuma
DD Uranami
DD Mutsuki
DD Yayoi
DD Uzuki

Allied Ships
DD Crosby, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Kennison, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
MSW Skylark, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
MSW Swallow
SC SC-699, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
SC SC-700
AP Chaumont, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
AK Fomalhaut
AK Alhena, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AK Adhara
AK Electra, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
MSW Ungava, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
MSW Wasaga, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
527 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 1

Not good. I lost a lot of ships and 2/3 of the 112USN BF.....

These are retiring NE and then back to Dutch Harbour.

The good news is that PBY's from Dutch can airlift men into Attu. So far 15% of the 108th USN BF has been airlifted onto Attu Island.

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I now think there are at least 2 TF's out thewre. My reasoning is thus. The SC group is still at Attu BUT throughout the day SS S-28 was attacked by Jake's once again. She is about 600 miles away from Attu = too far to be from the SC group. My guess it's probably CV's.

Ok you want to play. Lets play. In 17 days I receive CV Essex. She'll move upto the Aleutians with 2 x CVE's. Then we'll play under cover of my LBA.

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I need to get Attu operational. Damage hardly decreased yesterday.

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Yorktown sank today after a terrifc fight. Well done men [8D]

[Speedysteve]

Hi all,

As suspected KB is around.

On the 20th Vals and Kates screamed down attacking my 5 fleeing ships from Attu. They sank the SC and heavily damaged every other ship.

I'm keeping my ships at Dutch under cover of LBA. If he comes near there they'll be hell to pay from my CV's and LBA.

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SS Finback attacked an AK 120 miles SE of Batan Island but failed to hit it [:-]

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Attu Island's engineers repaired 10% of the runway damaged today. Come on men work faster!

[Speedysteve]

Hi all,

Interesting. The CD Rgt at Attu was evac'd by Faber on the 21st. Seems he's pulling it back to Kiska. I have a flotilla of PT boats that reached Attu yesterday. They siphoned off fuel from some of the undamaged silo's and will race to Kiska tomorow to try and intercept enemy shipping there.

KB is still on station. I assume to either protect is evacuation or facilitate a re-invasion of Attu.

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On Attu itself the runways are down to 66% damage. Come on boys keep working.

I have 100's of ships and planes just waiting at Dutch Harbour to begin the next move.............

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China - Faber has moved in the south. 28 units marched towards the defences of Festung Kweiyang. One of the key battles for China is about to begin.

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Here's a snapshot of due air reinforcements. Oh goody. Look a Corsair squadron in 23 days time. It will be going to the Aleutians unless Faber pulls out [8D]

[Speedysteve]

Hi all,

A couple more days have passed which have been relatively quiet compared to the previous couple of weeks. I assume it's the calm before another lashing of the storm!

The usual air raids by me on Myitkyina from Imphal, Dimapur and Ledo.

In China we are fairly evenly matched at Kweiyang. 200,000 IJA vs 220,000 Chinese. If I can keep in supply i'll be ok. 10,000 supply currently there. If worst comes to worst i'll bug out and retreat back to Kunming for a final stand in the south.

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Aleutians -

Strange. I was expecting a heavy assault on Attu but it hasn't happened. No air raids from either KB or from Kiska. No more sea bombardments. Strange.

One downer has been that KB sank the rest of the fleeing transport TF on it's way to Dutch = the whole of the 112USN BF is gone too [:(]

Attu itself is almost partly operational. Runway damage is down to 53. Hopefully on the 24th P38's will be able to fly CAP [:)]

On the ground my men have been sending scouting/hunting groups in to the mountains to hunt for the Japanese. Fights have been local but vicious with 50-100 casualties on both sides most days. I'm happy with this. I'll starve him out all being wlel. I think he is still evac'ing stuff though since intel detected barges yesterday.

IF I can get Attu's airfield fully operational ovrer the next week. I may well move out from Dutch with my CV's, SC groups + supply TF's bound for Attu......

[Speedysteve]

Hi all,

PT's at Attu into action!

Whilst patrolling around the island of Attu on the evening of the 23rd my 9 x PT boat squadron encountered 2 IJN Destroyers. The Asashio and the Natsugumo. It was a frantic, close and short lived battle in the icy waters.

The Asashio blew PT-82 out of the water with a few well aimed salvo's. PT-116 in turn hit DD Natsugumo with a torpedo which almost instantaneously blew the bow off of the destroyer lighting up the sky with a mirage of colours.

Very soon after DD Asashio was hit by a torpedo and immediately disengaged rightly fearing for her own safety.

A victory for the USN [8D]

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By 11.30AM the airfields of Attu were open for business. The first 3 planes ot leave were Catalina's sent out to scout for the enemy. Interestingly 4 enemy TF's were spotted heading towards Paramushito Jima -presumably KB + transport TF's either having delivered or brought out stuff from Kiska.

Tomorrow the few serviceable SBD's are under orders to attack anty enemy shipping in the area. Some potential light enemy vessels were detected at Kiska (barges/DD/APDs?)

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SS Finback patrolling 120 miles SE of Batan Island was discovered by 3 Patrol Craft. They attempted to locate the Gato class sub but failed in doing so.

PT-116 strikes home!

[rtrapasso]

Don't know if you've seen Fabertong's new flag:

[rtrapasso]

or the tag (license plate) on his car...

[Speedysteve]

Excellent stuff Robert......excellent [:D]

I need to find one of penguin's being squished [;)]

[Terminus]

Happy X-Mas![:D]

[Nikademus]

you need to send me a turn so i can continue squashing your penquin bases. [:D]

[Speedysteve]

Hi all,

Christmas day of the year 1942 has come and gone. It wasn't very Chrismassy for the crew of the Japanese transport Keiyo Maru..........

SS Truant found her escorted by a lone destroyer in the Malacca Strait. She lined herself up and hit the empty transport with 2 torpedo's one fore and the other midships. She was left heavily listing to starboard..........

On the other side of hre globe. SS S-45 patrolling 120 miles west of Attu also attacked a transport but failed to achieve any hits [:-]

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Good news in CHina. Faber had advanced some of his units towards Chungking. I decided this force would be beaten back which it was[:D]:

Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 217703 troops, 410 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 61780 troops, 764 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
2465 casualties reported
Guns lost 84

Allied ground losses:
3455 casualties reported
Guns lost 64


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

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On Attu i'm trying something different tomorrow. I've ordered the P38's to patrol over Kiska and attempt to intercept any enemy planes in the area. A H6K2L was reported lost today. I wonder if he is shipping in/out stuff by air?

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Here's SS Truant leaving Trincomalee before her recent success in the Malacca Strait

[Nikademus]

this looks like a good place to get myself within 90 posts of pizza time and insult Speedy all in one stroke.

You suck......no matter what AAR you are in. [:D]

[wernerpruckner]

oh, nika-demuz,
Steven isn´t that bad
he is just sssssssslllllllllllllllllooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwlllllllllyyyyyyyy

[Nikademus]

i agreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee slo.........

(I think he's also just afraid to send the next turn too...cuz he gets his a$$ kicked so much)

[wernerpruckner]

hehehe [:D]

[Speedysteve]

SPAM SPAM SPAM

Quit your whining swift. Turn is with you....[;)]

Nik will have to wait his turn tomorrow....swift was first chronologically

Goodnight spammers [8D]

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Speedy

SPAM SPAM SPAM

Quit your whining swift. Turn is with you....[;)]

Nik will have to wait his turn tomorrow....swift was first chronologically

Goodnight spammers [8D]

goodnight...

[Speedysteve]

Hi all,

A day pf mixed fortunes in the Pacific War.

The Allies lost a submarine to enemy activity today. SS S-33 patrolling 240 miles west of Attu was surprised by several enemy destroyers and despite making an emergency dive was hit several times by DC's and quickly sank...........this forces was later identified as also containing Battleships and Cruisers = a probable bombardment group for Attu.

On the positive side AP Keiyo Maru hit yesterday was confirmed sunk today nearing Singapore. She was carrying war material for the Empire [:)]

SS Haddo patrolling near Camranh BAy spotted a small troop convoy aopproaching at dawn and fired a set of 4 torpedo's at a unsuspecting AP......All appeared fine but the fish failed to detonate[:@]

SS Hake moving from the Attu region to patrol near Paramushiro Jima detected barges during the night. Rather than wasting torpedo's on these low value targets the Commander used his guns and sank AG-5115.

SS Whale moving towards Formosa deteced a convoy 120 miles south of Shikoku. She dived lined up and fired a fulkl spread AP Koshu Maru. All fish missed [:@]

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My PT's at Attu saw further action today intercepting a barge convyo bound for Attu. They had fun:

Night Time Surface Combat, near Attu Island at 92,34

Japanese Ships
AG AG-5029, Shell hits 1
AG AG-5030, Shell hits 3, on fire
AG AG-5031, Shell hits 1
AG AG-5032, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
AG AG-5033
AG AG-5048, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AG AG-5049
AG AG-5050, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AG AG-5051
AG AG-5052
AG AG-5067
AG AG-5068
AG AG-5069
AG AG-5070
AG AG-5071

Allied Ships
PT PT-83
PT PT-84
PT PT-115
PT PT-116
PT PT-117
PT PT-118
PT PT-120
PT PT-121

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The P38's flying patrol over Kiska found nothing............

The SBD's have been ordered to strike enemy shipping.

[Speedysteve]

Hi all,

Yamato & Co visited Attu as I thought they might do. The PT's steamed straight towards the beats but after losing 2 of their number wisely pulled back

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Unfortunately weather was attrocious oveR Attu during the day so SBD's could be launched to attack enemy shipping. Every day rthe base becomes more operational though. Now down to 33 Runway damage [:)]

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Faber is still pulling troops out of Attu. I can only assume by barges that aren't being intercepted. eVery day the number of his men decrease and only 4 units remain on the island.

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SS S-40 patrolling 120 miles south of Port Moresby found and attacked a convoy. She hit AK Yoko Maru with 2 torpedo's leaving her heavily burning [8D].

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Here's a sit rep of the Aleutians. Note I believe the 3 TF's moving towards Attu are either an invasion force or a supply force for Kiska escported by KB. Hold on boys! Just 9 more days until Essex arrives!

[Speedysteve]

Hi all,

Today will be remembered for 2 factors:

1. The Sub War -

Several sub contacts were made today, most unsuccessful:

1. SS Argonaut patrolling near Tori Shima found what appeared to be an unescorted Tanker and rose to use her substantial gun armament to attack the blighter. A couple of 6" shells hit the hull of the tanker when all of a sudden a 3" shell came screaming through the air destroying the aft 6" gun within the first 5 minutes of firing [X(] With all torpedo's depleted the captain withdrew and made for PH. SS Nautilus is leaving Midway to replace Argonaut on station.

2. Both SS Pogy (patrolling inbetween Pagan and Marcus Island) and SS Scamp (near Okinawa) fired torpedo's at AK's all missing.........[:-]

3. In th Aleutians both SS S-30 and SS Hake (patrolling inbetween Attu and Paramushiro encountered heavy IJN traffic throughout the day and were subjected to DC attack by fleet destroyers. SS Hake received minor damage from a near miss.

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The 2nd factor is that Attu's SBD's flew their first offensive mission today against the Super Battleship Musashi 280 miles west of Attu!

It was a small strike of 6 SBD's...no hites were achieved and the heavy flak shot down 4 of my brave crew:

Day Air attack on TF at 88,34


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 2
SBD Dauntless x 6
P-38G Lightning x 23


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 3 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Musashi

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
1 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet