[font="Trebuchet MS"][/font]2/3 Jun 42 Thunderstorms... as usual. Oh well, at leat Me pilots are getting some rest. Night -
Allies continue sweeping mines out of the Santa Cruz District... I suppose I could hope they sweep them into the Barrier Reef, but that may be too must to ask for.
Another allied sub #S39 fires at my Tanker in Finschafen port but missed.
Daylight brings another Allied sub to my doorstep, #S-38. It fires at AP Akibasan unloading troops at Dobadura beach. The blast kills 15 Japs belonging to 84th NG.
Does this guy have any surface ships??? SS Grenadier sneaks into Guadalcannal harbor and fires at a gunboat. It missed and the gunboat tries to depth charge the intruder.
Meanwhile back at the replacement ranch... the 4th Crossed Swords Commando (Maizuru) regiment departs with orders to subjugate Malaita.
Sergeant v. Wissooner (Scn #12)
RE: Sergeant v. Wissooner (Scn #12)
[font="Courier New"][/font]4 Jun 42 RAIN.....
Jap sub I1 attacks DMS Zane, but Zanes sister ship DMS Hovey fires 4 rnds into sub. Santa Cruz district is overrun by the Allies as I1 sinks.
Morning brings 8 B25D Mitchells - which bomb Saidor port. PC Takunan
takes a 500 llb bomb in the shorts from 4k feet. The subchaser is missed.
Due to rain - CAP did not fly...
19 Wirraway and 3 B25D attack ships in port at Gili-Gili. AV Sanyo Maru takes 6 hits from 4k Feet.
6 B25 attack ships at Hoskins port and miss suffering 2 dmg planes due to flak again at 4k feet.
4th of June CONTINUED...
Three Wirraway from PM attack a tanker docked at Buna - one plane is damaged and the tanker takes two bomb hits.
Meanwhile back at Guadalcannal seaman Tanaka's Diary is interrupted when an allied sub 'Grenedier' fires at his gunboat. Fortunate the torp was a dud - just many Yankee torps... [:D] Wish more were duds like that one.
Just as Tanaka sits down to a hardy bowl of rice & squid the air around him cracks like thunder & lightning as an allied raiding party of 6 cruisers & destroyers cruise into the harbor using its targeting radar to open up at 23k yards. The gunboats are damaged & out of range to fire back. Most of the IJN sailors jump over-board & swim for the beach.
The raders come on fast opening up again at 18k yards on DD Uzuki doing escort duty. She goes down with 26 hits before she can even change facing! [X(]
The raiders now turn their guns on AP Daifuku Maru from 16k yards hiting it 10 times. Supplies are scattered all over the harbor. Next they turn their attention to the juicy tanker Gonyo Maru moored with fuel lines that the sub missed earlier. Tanaka's gunboat had been guarding this prize. Five shells slam into his gunboat leaving the tanker untouched. The crew on the beach is spotted and the big guns turn on them. Three of his buddies disappear in a flash. Tanaka tries to burrow into the sand like a sandcrab. The guns then inflict 1 AB hit, 2 Supply hits and 2 port hits. Suddenly the shore batteries open up on the intruders scoring an estimated 2 hits on DD Lang and 1 hit on DD Conningham. The raiders lay smoke and slip out of the harbor... all is deafly quiet except for the sounds of secondary explosions & crackling of a dozen fires. [:@]
Over by Gili-Gili an air search plane sights a battlegroup 60 miles to south east.
But for the moment.... the worst is over!
Jap sub I1 attacks DMS Zane, but Zanes sister ship DMS Hovey fires 4 rnds into sub. Santa Cruz district is overrun by the Allies as I1 sinks.
Morning brings 8 B25D Mitchells - which bomb Saidor port. PC Takunan
takes a 500 llb bomb in the shorts from 4k feet. The subchaser is missed.
Due to rain - CAP did not fly...
19 Wirraway and 3 B25D attack ships in port at Gili-Gili. AV Sanyo Maru takes 6 hits from 4k Feet.
6 B25 attack ships at Hoskins port and miss suffering 2 dmg planes due to flak again at 4k feet.
4th of June CONTINUED...
Three Wirraway from PM attack a tanker docked at Buna - one plane is damaged and the tanker takes two bomb hits.
Meanwhile back at Guadalcannal seaman Tanaka's Diary is interrupted when an allied sub 'Grenedier' fires at his gunboat. Fortunate the torp was a dud - just many Yankee torps... [:D] Wish more were duds like that one.
Just as Tanaka sits down to a hardy bowl of rice & squid the air around him cracks like thunder & lightning as an allied raiding party of 6 cruisers & destroyers cruise into the harbor using its targeting radar to open up at 23k yards. The gunboats are damaged & out of range to fire back. Most of the IJN sailors jump over-board & swim for the beach.
The raders come on fast opening up again at 18k yards on DD Uzuki doing escort duty. She goes down with 26 hits before she can even change facing! [X(]
The raiders now turn their guns on AP Daifuku Maru from 16k yards hiting it 10 times. Supplies are scattered all over the harbor. Next they turn their attention to the juicy tanker Gonyo Maru moored with fuel lines that the sub missed earlier. Tanaka's gunboat had been guarding this prize. Five shells slam into his gunboat leaving the tanker untouched. The crew on the beach is spotted and the big guns turn on them. Three of his buddies disappear in a flash. Tanaka tries to burrow into the sand like a sandcrab. The guns then inflict 1 AB hit, 2 Supply hits and 2 port hits. Suddenly the shore batteries open up on the intruders scoring an estimated 2 hits on DD Lang and 1 hit on DD Conningham. The raiders lay smoke and slip out of the harbor... all is deafly quiet except for the sounds of secondary explosions & crackling of a dozen fires. [:@]
Over by Gili-Gili an air search plane sights a battlegroup 60 miles to south east.
But for the moment.... the worst is over!
RE: Sergeant v. Wissooner (Scn #12)
Great game so far! I'm just about getting my ass kicked in mine. [:'(]
When do plan to unveil the imperial death star???
When do plan to unveil the imperial death star???
In time of war the first casualty is truth. - Boake Carter
RE: Sergeant v. Wissooner (Scn #12)
[font="Trebuchet MS"][/font][:)] Thanks... Actually I'm about a week behind in my AAR writing... I think I may have cracked one of my ribs & it gets a little painful to sit here and type at any legnth of time. VA nurse told me on phone she doesn't believe its cracked -- but I'm not convinced! [:@]
Not certain I know what you mean by Imperial Death Star... I recall seeing it mentioned before but could never figure out what it was... [&:]
Enlighten me.... Enjoying your AAR humor & visual affects. Do you need special equipment to create those?
Well I better finish the 4th of Jun AAR - I didn't finish it & need to edit.
You don't appear to be getting that badley mauled... I've lost 24 ships and my oponent has only lost two! Now that's what I call getting mauled! [:(]
Not certain I know what you mean by Imperial Death Star... I recall seeing it mentioned before but could never figure out what it was... [&:]
Enlighten me.... Enjoying your AAR humor & visual affects. Do you need special equipment to create those?
Well I better finish the 4th of Jun AAR - I didn't finish it & need to edit.
You don't appear to be getting that badley mauled... I've lost 24 ships and my oponent has only lost two! Now that's what I call getting mauled! [:(]
RE: Sergeant v. Wissooner (Scn #12)
[font="Trebuchet MS"][/font]5 June 1942, Partly Cloudy. A large bright moon peeks through the clouds of the night sky as 15 Nell bombers out of Lae swoop in low at 3k feet to drop their eggs on Port Morsby. Flak is light but 2 are still damaged. BDA indicates 1 AB hit and 5 runway hits. Meanwhile at Gili-Gili port the injured AV Sanyo Maru gives up the ghost and sinks in port.
Morning breaks with 13 Betty and 12 Zeros bombing PM again from 12k feet. One Betty takes a flak hit. No cap puts the Zero pilots in a bad mood - that's a long flight from Rabaul. BDA fails to show any damage on the ground.
Perhaps the lack of damage is due to absence of Allied aircraft. They took off early and are now hitting Saidor with 15 Mitchells from 4k feet. They proudly unleash 4 five hundred pound bombs onto a poor subchaser #17.
About an hour earlier 21 Wirraway, 13 Mitchells, and 15 Havocs attack ships at Buna. DD Oite takes 6 hits. Again the allies show up at 4k feet which appears to be their favorite altitude.
Lunch time arrives with the Japanese 81st NG capturing Tassafaronga atoll. Mid afternoon the 84th NG captures Dobadura beach.
Allied subs are spotted snorkling at near Buna and Gili-Gili... The sub menace must be dealt with soon!
Morning breaks with 13 Betty and 12 Zeros bombing PM again from 12k feet. One Betty takes a flak hit. No cap puts the Zero pilots in a bad mood - that's a long flight from Rabaul. BDA fails to show any damage on the ground.
Perhaps the lack of damage is due to absence of Allied aircraft. They took off early and are now hitting Saidor with 15 Mitchells from 4k feet. They proudly unleash 4 five hundred pound bombs onto a poor subchaser #17.
About an hour earlier 21 Wirraway, 13 Mitchells, and 15 Havocs attack ships at Buna. DD Oite takes 6 hits. Again the allies show up at 4k feet which appears to be their favorite altitude.
Lunch time arrives with the Japanese 81st NG capturing Tassafaronga atoll. Mid afternoon the 84th NG captures Dobadura beach.
Allied subs are spotted snorkling at near Buna and Gili-Gili... The sub menace must be dealt with soon!
RE: Sergeant v. Wissooner (Scn #12)
ORIGINAL: Sergeant
[font="Trebuchet MS"][/font][:)] Thanks... Actually I'm about a week behind in my AAR writing... I think I may have cracked one of my ribs & it gets a little painful to sit here and type at any legnth of time. VA nurse told me on phone she doesn't believe its cracked -- but I'm not convinced! [:@]
Not certain I know what you mean by Imperial Death Star... I recall seeing it mentioned before but could never figure out what it was... [&:]
Enlighten me.... Enjoying your AAR humor & visual affects. Do you need special equipment to create those?
Well I better finish the 4th of Jun AAR - I didn't finish it & need to edit.
You don't appear to be getting that badley mauled... I've lost 24 ships and my oponent has only lost two! Now that's what I call getting mauled! [:(]
The Imperial Death Star - comes in 2 varieties. The first is the Standard model: All 6-7 IJN CVs in one TF, roaming the sea at will blasting things left right and center. Sometimes the allies can counter this with a death star of their own, but it isn't nearly as effective till '43. The second is the Super model: All 7 IJN CVs (+ Hiyo if avail), plus 3 CVLs, plus additional Zero sqds on the CVLs as additional CAP in place of their strike sqds (who needs more than 200 Vals and Kates anyway?). AFAIK, this is pretty much unbeatable until the late '43.
[&o]
I'm about a week behind in my AAR as well, and trust me, i'm getting trashed
I've lost close to 500 aircraft in 2 months, and the ships points loss ratio is 8:1. For the pictures - I just use photoshop and google. Gald you'r enjoying it!PS: Sorry to hear about your ribs. How did it happen?
In time of war the first casualty is truth. - Boake Carter
RE: Sergeant v. Wissooner (Scn #12)
"PS: Sorry to hear about your ribs. How did it happen?"
[font="Trebuchet MS"][/font][>:] Embarassingly enough I must say that I simply fell (or was pushed) out of bed & bounced off a chair. So I got up walked into living room sat down in Me recliner & promptly proceeded to fall out of it too. Personally, I think Me cat pushed me!
Anyway.... Back to the war.
6 June 1942 (Thunderstormes) Night...
The allied sub 'Grenedier' fires at one of my PCs (CH10) and missed. This occured north of GC in The Slot.
Grenedier's Captain upset with his aim waits til morning and tries again - this time with a larger target silouetted against a rising sun (AP Asakasan). He missed again! [:D]
IJN Commander feeling sorry for the old bloke & his defective torpedoes promptly orders PC Takaenan Maru to sink while it is moored at Finschafen. [>:]
The Allied commander is unimpressed... Very well -- five DD under command of RADM Kobayahi depart from Truk to deal with the sub menace.
7 June 1942. The night is quiet. Little or nothing happens worth reporting.
Daylight, on the other hand.... Allied sub# S47 shoots at AP Kaiko Maru at Goodenough Island and manages to hit 1 time.
A Pete float plane does recon on Port Morsby while the 82d NG Goodenough Island's green dot into a red one. Operation Stop Light seems to be going well. [8D]
Tokyo News Flash... Our glorious meatball flag has been raised over Nanru Island east of Truk. BANZAI BANZAI BANZAI Applications for licences to sell souveniers & transister radios may be filed with the ministry of capitalistic commerse. [&o]
IJN Commander (Me [8D] ) has decided to launch an air strike on Port Morsby in an effort to reduce its number of AA guns there.
IJN Campaign update; Bases = [font="Trebuchet MS"][/font]20 IJN v. 14 USN.
[font="Trebuchet MS"][/font][>:] Embarassingly enough I must say that I simply fell (or was pushed) out of bed & bounced off a chair. So I got up walked into living room sat down in Me recliner & promptly proceeded to fall out of it too. Personally, I think Me cat pushed me!
Anyway.... Back to the war.
6 June 1942 (Thunderstormes) Night...
The allied sub 'Grenedier' fires at one of my PCs (CH10) and missed. This occured north of GC in The Slot.
Grenedier's Captain upset with his aim waits til morning and tries again - this time with a larger target silouetted against a rising sun (AP Asakasan). He missed again! [:D]
IJN Commander feeling sorry for the old bloke & his defective torpedoes promptly orders PC Takaenan Maru to sink while it is moored at Finschafen. [>:]
The Allied commander is unimpressed... Very well -- five DD under command of RADM Kobayahi depart from Truk to deal with the sub menace.
7 June 1942. The night is quiet. Little or nothing happens worth reporting.
Daylight, on the other hand.... Allied sub# S47 shoots at AP Kaiko Maru at Goodenough Island and manages to hit 1 time.
A Pete float plane does recon on Port Morsby while the 82d NG Goodenough Island's green dot into a red one. Operation Stop Light seems to be going well. [8D]
Tokyo News Flash... Our glorious meatball flag has been raised over Nanru Island east of Truk. BANZAI BANZAI BANZAI Applications for licences to sell souveniers & transister radios may be filed with the ministry of capitalistic commerse. [&o]
IJN Commander (Me [8D] ) has decided to launch an air strike on Port Morsby in an effort to reduce its number of AA guns there.
IJN Campaign update; Bases = [font="Trebuchet MS"][/font]20 IJN v. 14 USN.
RE: Sergeant v. Wissooner (Scn #12)
[font="Trebuchet MS"]8 June 1942 - Partly Cloudy - Night[/font]:
Seven Nell bombers drop out of the clouds on a cloudy night sky and level off at 12k fee. Their mission is Ground Attack on Port Morsby. BDA is inconclusive.
Down below the allied sub Greenling fires at Tanker Shinkoku Maru at Base Saidor's port but missed.
Daylight
The Pete located on Buna does a recon on Port Morsby, while a Mavis out of Lunga does recon on Efate Port Villa. Nothing much reported at PM but Efate has a CAP up. Hmmm... is he worried that I can strike that far yet? Also they report that a large buildup of troops - about 5 brigades, minesweepers, destroyers and Destroyer escorts. In prot appears to be a battle grp of 11 ships including a BB. Airfield level is now a 5 with 86F, 120B, and 99aux parked on tarmac. Intelligence officer Sanuki says "Aasoo this is definately a threat to our survival - may I take leave now? Have business to attend in Tokyo!".
Seventeen Betty(s) launch another ground attack on Port Morsby again from 12k feet.
Meanwhile a friendly tanker sinks in deep water off Finschafen.
I have ordered the sub pickets to surround Efate Port Villa.... they should arrive on station in a few days. I've also directed that a battle group should raid Port Morsby.
Seven Nell bombers drop out of the clouds on a cloudy night sky and level off at 12k fee. Their mission is Ground Attack on Port Morsby. BDA is inconclusive.
Down below the allied sub Greenling fires at Tanker Shinkoku Maru at Base Saidor's port but missed.
Daylight
The Pete located on Buna does a recon on Port Morsby, while a Mavis out of Lunga does recon on Efate Port Villa. Nothing much reported at PM but Efate has a CAP up. Hmmm... is he worried that I can strike that far yet? Also they report that a large buildup of troops - about 5 brigades, minesweepers, destroyers and Destroyer escorts. In prot appears to be a battle grp of 11 ships including a BB. Airfield level is now a 5 with 86F, 120B, and 99aux parked on tarmac. Intelligence officer Sanuki says "Aasoo this is definately a threat to our survival - may I take leave now? Have business to attend in Tokyo!".
Seventeen Betty(s) launch another ground attack on Port Morsby again from 12k feet.
Meanwhile a friendly tanker sinks in deep water off Finschafen.
I have ordered the sub pickets to surround Efate Port Villa.... they should arrive on station in a few days. I've also directed that a battle group should raid Port Morsby.
RE: Sergeant v. Wissooner (Scn #12)
[font="Trebuchet MS"]9 Jun 42 Clear Night[/font]...
Five Jake(s) bomb Port Morsby causing 1 supply and 2 runway hits, and suffering 1 Jake destroyed. Shortly afterwards 7 Nells from Lae bomb the base causing another runway hit from 10k feet. [:)]
At sea, the allied sub Greenling fires at a tanker at Base Saidor... and missed. [>:]
About the same time a Japanese battle group sails into Port Morsby and opens up on the airfield destroying 1 Havoc and 2 Wirraway on the ground. 4 USN sailors are also KIA when the base take 9 hits and the runway is hit 26 times. [:D]
AP Diafuku sinks in port at Tulagi. [:(]
... Hey How do I start a new page - or will this thing automaticaly start a second page? [&:]
Daylight... Allied sub SS Tautog shoots AP Jusan Maru near Rabaul using a 20mm Orilikon gun and two torpedoes. She scores 29 hits and the AP is sunk. [:@]
Meanwhile a Pete scout plane does recon on Port Morsby while 16 VAL(s) hit it destroying 1 Wirraway on the ground and inflicting 4 KIA from 2 AB hits, and 6 runway hits. While this is happening a MAVIS flies recon over Efate Port Ville and encounters wildcats on cap. It reports 90f, 136B, and a 107 Aux aircraft on the tarmac. It also spots more ships than it is able to count in the harbor. [X(]
... the 10th of June is uneventful. [>:]
Five Jake(s) bomb Port Morsby causing 1 supply and 2 runway hits, and suffering 1 Jake destroyed. Shortly afterwards 7 Nells from Lae bomb the base causing another runway hit from 10k feet. [:)]
At sea, the allied sub Greenling fires at a tanker at Base Saidor... and missed. [>:]
About the same time a Japanese battle group sails into Port Morsby and opens up on the airfield destroying 1 Havoc and 2 Wirraway on the ground. 4 USN sailors are also KIA when the base take 9 hits and the runway is hit 26 times. [:D]
AP Diafuku sinks in port at Tulagi. [:(]
... Hey How do I start a new page - or will this thing automaticaly start a second page? [&:]
Daylight... Allied sub SS Tautog shoots AP Jusan Maru near Rabaul using a 20mm Orilikon gun and two torpedoes. She scores 29 hits and the AP is sunk. [:@]
Meanwhile a Pete scout plane does recon on Port Morsby while 16 VAL(s) hit it destroying 1 Wirraway on the ground and inflicting 4 KIA from 2 AB hits, and 6 runway hits. While this is happening a MAVIS flies recon over Efate Port Ville and encounters wildcats on cap. It reports 90f, 136B, and a 107 Aux aircraft on the tarmac. It also spots more ships than it is able to count in the harbor. [X(]
... the 10th of June is uneventful. [>:]
RE: Sergeant v. Wissooner (Scn #12)
[font="Trebuchet MS"]11 June 1942 on a Clear Night[/font]...
That pesky allied sub Tautog is still skulking around. It shoots at my sea plane carrier Chitose but the torpedo is a dud. [:'(] On the other hand one of my Aviation ships sinks 60 miles from Rabaul. [:(]
On a Clear Day you can see for Miles...
Twenty four Hudsons out of PM bomb Gili-Gili port causing 1 supply his and 1 hit on AP Kaiko Maru while suffering only 3 Hudsons damaged by flak at 16k feet. I thought I had a CAP up - guess I was wrong! [8|] Hmmm....??? Afterwards, 21 B17(s) bomb Gili-Gili for 1 port hit and 23 soldiers KIA again from 16k feet. [:o]
PBY(s) are doing recon on my bases at Lunga and Gili-Gili. He always does recon before he attacks.... Hmmmm [:-]
The 4th (maizaru) Crossed Swords Commando unit takes Manu Beach on Malaita. [:D]
That pesky allied sub Tautog is still skulking around. It shoots at my sea plane carrier Chitose but the torpedo is a dud. [:'(] On the other hand one of my Aviation ships sinks 60 miles from Rabaul. [:(]
On a Clear Day you can see for Miles...
Twenty four Hudsons out of PM bomb Gili-Gili port causing 1 supply his and 1 hit on AP Kaiko Maru while suffering only 3 Hudsons damaged by flak at 16k feet. I thought I had a CAP up - guess I was wrong! [8|] Hmmm....??? Afterwards, 21 B17(s) bomb Gili-Gili for 1 port hit and 23 soldiers KIA again from 16k feet. [:o]
PBY(s) are doing recon on my bases at Lunga and Gili-Gili. He always does recon before he attacks.... Hmmmm [:-]
The 4th (maizaru) Crossed Swords Commando unit takes Manu Beach on Malaita. [:D]
RE: Sergeant v. Wissooner (Scn #12)
[font="Trebuchet MS"]12 Jun 42 The night is Partly Cloudy[/font]...
DMS Southard locates the minefield N.E. of Nomea and clears a path.
Meanwhile north of Efate Villa, I-29 fires at SC# 637 but missed. [:(]
Higher up at about 8k feet 7 Nells from Lae bomb Charter Towers, Australia scoring 5 runway hits. Why? Because I can! [8D]
DAWN ...A new day finds allied sub# 47 shooting two torps into AP Gosei Maru while it off-loads troops.
It is now daylight and the DMS Southard continues its mine clearing mission.
Japanese 82d NG captures Fergusson Island. [:D]
Somewhere in the Pacific I-29 runs out of ammo and is ordered back to port.
AP Gosei Maru, too heavily damaged to make port is scuttled off Fergusson Island. The 82 NG is once again stranded waiting for a taxi. [X(]
My DD grp goes sub hunting...
The HQ for 2d Division, and 38th Divsion departs Truk for New Guinea. Aircraft today are being grounded due to weather.
DMS Southard locates the minefield N.E. of Nomea and clears a path.
Meanwhile north of Efate Villa, I-29 fires at SC# 637 but missed. [:(]
Higher up at about 8k feet 7 Nells from Lae bomb Charter Towers, Australia scoring 5 runway hits. Why? Because I can! [8D]
DAWN ...A new day finds allied sub# 47 shooting two torps into AP Gosei Maru while it off-loads troops.
It is now daylight and the DMS Southard continues its mine clearing mission.
Japanese 82d NG captures Fergusson Island. [:D]
Somewhere in the Pacific I-29 runs out of ammo and is ordered back to port.
AP Gosei Maru, too heavily damaged to make port is scuttled off Fergusson Island. The 82 NG is once again stranded waiting for a taxi. [X(]
My DD grp goes sub hunting...
The HQ for 2d Division, and 38th Divsion departs Truk for New Guinea. Aircraft today are being grounded due to weather.
RE: Sergeant v. Wissooner (Scn #12)
[font="Trebuchet MS"]13 Jun 42 Stormy Night[/font]...
A dozen DMS and MSW are sighted north of Nomea clearing the minefield IJN left there for them.
Below the waves -- USN sub# S-37 fires at AP Unkai Maru at Lunga, but missed. [:-]
An IJN Patrol Gunboat sinks in The Slot. Don't recall how they got damaged -- maybe the crew was just drunk! [8|]
Daylight and the weather is still bad.
USN continues to clear mines, while S-37 tries again -- firing this time at tanker Toei Maru.
You guessed it... He missed again! [:D]
Of course teh IJN Sub services isn't having much luck either today. I-28 fired at DD Swanson near Efate Ville and missed.[X(] Out of ammo she heads for home.
A dozen DMS and MSW are sighted north of Nomea clearing the minefield IJN left there for them.
Below the waves -- USN sub# S-37 fires at AP Unkai Maru at Lunga, but missed. [:-]
An IJN Patrol Gunboat sinks in The Slot. Don't recall how they got damaged -- maybe the crew was just drunk! [8|]
Daylight and the weather is still bad.
USN continues to clear mines, while S-37 tries again -- firing this time at tanker Toei Maru.
You guessed it... He missed again! [:D]
Of course teh IJN Sub services isn't having much luck either today. I-28 fired at DD Swanson near Efate Ville and missed.[X(] Out of ammo she heads for home.
RE: Sergeant v. Wissooner (Scn #12)
[font="Trebuchet MS"]14/15 Jun 42 on a Rainy night[/font]...
Allied mine clearing operations appear to be continueing. Then S-37 finally scores 2 hits at Lunga harbor on a lonely tanker (Toei Maru).
Next Day -- Mine clearing ops still in works for allies north of Nomea. Must be an important supply route. An Allied airstrike is launched on my base at Buna hitting AP Hokoriku Maru 7 times and AP Hinko Maru 6 times from their favorite altitude of 4k feet.
Not much else occurs considering the weather...
Allied mine clearing operations appear to be continueing. Then S-37 finally scores 2 hits at Lunga harbor on a lonely tanker (Toei Maru).
Next Day -- Mine clearing ops still in works for allies north of Nomea. Must be an important supply route. An Allied airstrike is launched on my base at Buna hitting AP Hokoriku Maru 7 times and AP Hinko Maru 6 times from their favorite altitude of 4k feet.
Not much else occurs considering the weather...
RE: Sergeant v. Wissooner (Scn #12)
[font="Trebuchet MS"]16 Jun 42 On a Partly Cloudy Night[/font]...
Four Nells from Lae bomb Port Morsby = 1 Rnwy hit from 7k feet.
The Allies attack Port Gili-Gili by sea... scoring 3 port hits, 2 fuel hits (Ouch) 1 supply hit and 40 South Seas Detatchment soldiers give up the ghost when their barracks is hit. The attacking ships slip out of port as quickly and quietly as they came and are never identified. [:(]
[font="Trebuchet MS"]Daylight[/font]...
Nineteen Betty Bombers attack Port Morsby at breakfast time from 19k feet. All the egg yokes were broken in the mess tent!
After breaksfast and southeast of Malaita, An Allied Carrier launches a strike on my DD group performing early morning anti-sub manuevers at GuadalCannal... DD Harukaze = 2 hits, DD Tachikaze = 1 hit, DD Arashi takes 4 hits.
Midmorning a bomber force lifts off from Port Morsby and strikes at Salamaua Beach where 2d Division IJA are landing. Dauntless', Mitchells, and Havocs scream overhead at just 4k feet (as usual), and AP Kamishima takes two hits, AP Sangestu take 3 hits, and only 2 Dauntless were damaged by FLak. This convoy was unscorted and had no air support. Consequently 58 IJA soldeirs are layed out in a body count. It is discovered that CAP was over Buna! [:@]
The IJN 84th NG captures Darubia Atoll just in time for Lunch near Gili-Gili. [8D] operation Stoplight is proving to be a success.
After Lunch in a joyful ceremony Troops of 38th Div., raise the meatball flag over Nassau Beach. [:D]
Meanwhile two Sacrifice PC(s) move towards enemy CV group to try and get Intell on it. All available subs are also diverted towards it.
Four Nells from Lae bomb Port Morsby = 1 Rnwy hit from 7k feet.
The Allies attack Port Gili-Gili by sea... scoring 3 port hits, 2 fuel hits (Ouch) 1 supply hit and 40 South Seas Detatchment soldiers give up the ghost when their barracks is hit. The attacking ships slip out of port as quickly and quietly as they came and are never identified. [:(]
[font="Trebuchet MS"]Daylight[/font]...
Nineteen Betty Bombers attack Port Morsby at breakfast time from 19k feet. All the egg yokes were broken in the mess tent!
After breaksfast and southeast of Malaita, An Allied Carrier launches a strike on my DD group performing early morning anti-sub manuevers at GuadalCannal... DD Harukaze = 2 hits, DD Tachikaze = 1 hit, DD Arashi takes 4 hits.
Midmorning a bomber force lifts off from Port Morsby and strikes at Salamaua Beach where 2d Division IJA are landing. Dauntless', Mitchells, and Havocs scream overhead at just 4k feet (as usual), and AP Kamishima takes two hits, AP Sangestu take 3 hits, and only 2 Dauntless were damaged by FLak. This convoy was unscorted and had no air support. Consequently 58 IJA soldeirs are layed out in a body count. It is discovered that CAP was over Buna! [:@]
The IJN 84th NG captures Darubia Atoll just in time for Lunch near Gili-Gili. [8D] operation Stoplight is proving to be a success.
After Lunch in a joyful ceremony Troops of 38th Div., raise the meatball flag over Nassau Beach. [:D]
Meanwhile two Sacrifice PC(s) move towards enemy CV group to try and get Intell on it. All available subs are also diverted towards it.
RE: Sergeant v. Wissooner (Scn #12)
raise the meatball flag
[:D]
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RE: Sergeant v. Wissooner (Scn #12)
[font="Trebuchet MS"]17 Jun 42 on a partley cloudy night[/font]...
Six Nell bombers from Lae appear in the night sky over Port Morsby shadowed by the moon. A few moments later the peaceful night is broken by the blasts of bombs striking the runway from 6k feet. Then... all is quiet again.
Down below the waves Allied sub #S38 is detected and chased out of the area at Ferguson Island.
As daylight approaches...
Early morning recon flights over Japanese controlled bases reveal that the Allies are using B25 Mitchell(s) to conduct their recon. Or, are they just looking for targets of opportunity? Hmmm... Suddenly, breakfast at LAE is interrupted by 9 x A24 Dauntless, 8 x B25 Mitchells, and 11 A20 Havoc(s) attacking ships in port with 500 and 1k pound bombs. AP Owigawa Maru takes 2 hits, AP Kenryu Maru takes 5 hits. Of course the enemy is flying at their favorite altitude of 4k feet, and only one A24 Dauntless suffers flak damage. [:(]
On the other side of the map - things are very different around Guadalcannal...
At Tulagi Lieutenant Tanaka settles down for his breakfast of fish he caught himself. It's a bright morning & fishing was good off the side of his new Gunboat. He looks West and wonders about the flashes of light & distant rumble at his old base Lunga, that he observed at 4am before the sun came up. He remembers the Allied raiders from a few weeks earlier & the devestation they caused & how he almost lost his own life. Were they raiding Luga again as they did before?
Tanaka opens his Guadalcannal diary & prepares to write a new passage... suddenly he hears the approach of low flying aircraft loud & close butr coming from the East. Fear grips him for an instant but then cheers go up on the beach and at the base as he realizes they are Japanese planes. The sound is deafening as 67 Kates scream over his head at tree top level heading towards Lunga. The sun glints off their wings & the infamous red meatball painted large and proud on them. Tanaka starts to shout "BANZAI BANZAI" as the sun is momentarily darkened by wave after wave of planes; 33 A6M2 Zero fighters at high, 53 D3A Val Dive Bombers at medium, and 67 B5n Kates at low altitudes fill the sky as far as he can see - all headed in one direction with one purpose... The Raiders' day of reckoning has come! Tanaka's voice becomes strained from shouting at the planes. He watches them disappear out of sight & waits. Sweat drips from his brow as he waits. Impatiently he reaches for a cigarette. 10 minutes, 20 minutes... then he can just barely hear the low rumble of a battle taking place over 60 miles away. Tanaka runs to his radio room as other seamen gather to listen to the battle reports as they come in from Lunga.
He learns that their carrier group was lurking off the coast of Malaita waiting for the right moment over a 100 miles away....
The radio reports come fast & excited... 4 hits on CL Nashville, 9 hits on CA Portland, 1 hit on DD Henley, 3 hits on CA Chester, 2 hits on DD Grayson, 1 hit on DD Mahan. Heavy flak ... smoke is everywhere making visibility difficult. Everyone becomes silent as the casulty report is made... 4 VAL bombers have gone down in flames and 8 Kates exploded before they could reach their targets. All is silent for about 15 minutes, then it is reported that some Kates have attacked an Allied submarine #42 but its condition is unknown.
A second wave of planes fly over... the pilots cannot find any targets - the smoke and cloud cover is too heavy in the area over Lunga so they turn back disappointed...
Tanaka, thinking the battle is over returns to where he left his fish & diary. He is startled half out of his wits when 39 Kates so low you could spit on'm streak over head accompanied by 23 Val bombers at a respectable altitude. Why do those Kate pilots have to fly so low? Tanaka scratches his head thinking any lower & they could give him a haircut! He runs back to the radio room on the gunboat.
CA Chester has taken 2 more hits, 4 hits on the Pensacoala they missed earlier, 3 hits on DD Swanson, 1 hit on DD Gwin. [only DD Porter escapes unscathed!] 2 VAL and 1 Kate were shot down. The rest of the morning is uneventful. At lunch the base commander announces that IJN has raised the Rising Sun over Pompesi Island east of Truk. More shouts of BANZAI BANZAI. Tanaka settles down to write his Guadalcannal Diary once again.
Six Nell bombers from Lae appear in the night sky over Port Morsby shadowed by the moon. A few moments later the peaceful night is broken by the blasts of bombs striking the runway from 6k feet. Then... all is quiet again.
Down below the waves Allied sub #S38 is detected and chased out of the area at Ferguson Island.
As daylight approaches...
Early morning recon flights over Japanese controlled bases reveal that the Allies are using B25 Mitchell(s) to conduct their recon. Or, are they just looking for targets of opportunity? Hmmm... Suddenly, breakfast at LAE is interrupted by 9 x A24 Dauntless, 8 x B25 Mitchells, and 11 A20 Havoc(s) attacking ships in port with 500 and 1k pound bombs. AP Owigawa Maru takes 2 hits, AP Kenryu Maru takes 5 hits. Of course the enemy is flying at their favorite altitude of 4k feet, and only one A24 Dauntless suffers flak damage. [:(]
On the other side of the map - things are very different around Guadalcannal...
At Tulagi Lieutenant Tanaka settles down for his breakfast of fish he caught himself. It's a bright morning & fishing was good off the side of his new Gunboat. He looks West and wonders about the flashes of light & distant rumble at his old base Lunga, that he observed at 4am before the sun came up. He remembers the Allied raiders from a few weeks earlier & the devestation they caused & how he almost lost his own life. Were they raiding Luga again as they did before?
Tanaka opens his Guadalcannal diary & prepares to write a new passage... suddenly he hears the approach of low flying aircraft loud & close butr coming from the East. Fear grips him for an instant but then cheers go up on the beach and at the base as he realizes they are Japanese planes. The sound is deafening as 67 Kates scream over his head at tree top level heading towards Lunga. The sun glints off their wings & the infamous red meatball painted large and proud on them. Tanaka starts to shout "BANZAI BANZAI" as the sun is momentarily darkened by wave after wave of planes; 33 A6M2 Zero fighters at high, 53 D3A Val Dive Bombers at medium, and 67 B5n Kates at low altitudes fill the sky as far as he can see - all headed in one direction with one purpose... The Raiders' day of reckoning has come! Tanaka's voice becomes strained from shouting at the planes. He watches them disappear out of sight & waits. Sweat drips from his brow as he waits. Impatiently he reaches for a cigarette. 10 minutes, 20 minutes... then he can just barely hear the low rumble of a battle taking place over 60 miles away. Tanaka runs to his radio room as other seamen gather to listen to the battle reports as they come in from Lunga.
He learns that their carrier group was lurking off the coast of Malaita waiting for the right moment over a 100 miles away....
The radio reports come fast & excited... 4 hits on CL Nashville, 9 hits on CA Portland, 1 hit on DD Henley, 3 hits on CA Chester, 2 hits on DD Grayson, 1 hit on DD Mahan. Heavy flak ... smoke is everywhere making visibility difficult. Everyone becomes silent as the casulty report is made... 4 VAL bombers have gone down in flames and 8 Kates exploded before they could reach their targets. All is silent for about 15 minutes, then it is reported that some Kates have attacked an Allied submarine #42 but its condition is unknown.
A second wave of planes fly over... the pilots cannot find any targets - the smoke and cloud cover is too heavy in the area over Lunga so they turn back disappointed...
Tanaka, thinking the battle is over returns to where he left his fish & diary. He is startled half out of his wits when 39 Kates so low you could spit on'm streak over head accompanied by 23 Val bombers at a respectable altitude. Why do those Kate pilots have to fly so low? Tanaka scratches his head thinking any lower & they could give him a haircut! He runs back to the radio room on the gunboat.
CA Chester has taken 2 more hits, 4 hits on the Pensacoala they missed earlier, 3 hits on DD Swanson, 1 hit on DD Gwin. [only DD Porter escapes unscathed!] 2 VAL and 1 Kate were shot down. The rest of the morning is uneventful. At lunch the base commander announces that IJN has raised the Rising Sun over Pompesi Island east of Truk. More shouts of BANZAI BANZAI. Tanaka settles down to write his Guadalcannal Diary once again.
RE: Sergeant v. Wissooner (Scn #12)
[font="Trebuchet MS"]18 June 42 on a Clear Night[/font]...
S.E. of Guadalcannal DD Grayson is fleeing for her life. Gunboat Choko Maru gives chase and opens up at 6k yards. Grayon is struck twice but her spead is greater than the Gunboat & she manages to limp out of sight.
I-27 waits beneath still waters. Along comes the wounded DD Grayson tying to flee the slaughter of the earlier day. As she slips noisily thru the water heading for the Malaita Straights -- I27 fires a torpedo at her from Starboard. Grayson is struck midship but continues to flee though the straights. As Grayson exits teh straights badley damaged she promptly strikes a Japanese mine and Sinks like a lead weight! [:D]
Meanwhile in the clear night sky over Port Morsby 8 Nells at 5k feet unload their bombs onto the base below for 1 runway hit.
Near Guakcannal, DD Hazekaze sinks near Tulagi and AP(s) Kenyu Maru and Hinko Maru sink off the shores of Buna. [:(]
In the Santa Cruz district a night bombardment raid by Japanese Battle group TOJO is made on the Allied PBY base at Gavigamana Atoll with no known damge to the base or planes.
Finally, A Jap DD chases an Allied sub #S40 away from off-loading operations at Salamaua Beach twice.... [:-]
DAYLIGHT...
Allied sub #S42 plugs two torpedos into DD Tachikaze in Tulagi Port & sinks her. [:o]
Recon reports an unidentified allied task force in the Coral Sea. Then bombers from Port Morsby return to Salamaua Beach (15 x B25 Mitchell, 8 A20 Havoc) hitting AP Kiyozumi 4 times and AP Kimishima 4 times from 4k feet. Hmmm... [8|]
A group of DD(s) alerted by S42's attack chase the sub out of Tulagi Harbor.
Finally, the 4th SNLF (commando) captures Suairo, Malaita. [8D] (operation stop light)
S.E. of Guadalcannal DD Grayson is fleeing for her life. Gunboat Choko Maru gives chase and opens up at 6k yards. Grayon is struck twice but her spead is greater than the Gunboat & she manages to limp out of sight.
I-27 waits beneath still waters. Along comes the wounded DD Grayson tying to flee the slaughter of the earlier day. As she slips noisily thru the water heading for the Malaita Straights -- I27 fires a torpedo at her from Starboard. Grayson is struck midship but continues to flee though the straights. As Grayson exits teh straights badley damaged she promptly strikes a Japanese mine and Sinks like a lead weight! [:D]
Meanwhile in the clear night sky over Port Morsby 8 Nells at 5k feet unload their bombs onto the base below for 1 runway hit.
Near Guakcannal, DD Hazekaze sinks near Tulagi and AP(s) Kenyu Maru and Hinko Maru sink off the shores of Buna. [:(]
In the Santa Cruz district a night bombardment raid by Japanese Battle group TOJO is made on the Allied PBY base at Gavigamana Atoll with no known damge to the base or planes.
Finally, A Jap DD chases an Allied sub #S40 away from off-loading operations at Salamaua Beach twice.... [:-]
DAYLIGHT...
Allied sub #S42 plugs two torpedos into DD Tachikaze in Tulagi Port & sinks her. [:o]
Recon reports an unidentified allied task force in the Coral Sea. Then bombers from Port Morsby return to Salamaua Beach (15 x B25 Mitchell, 8 A20 Havoc) hitting AP Kiyozumi 4 times and AP Kimishima 4 times from 4k feet. Hmmm... [8|]
A group of DD(s) alerted by S42's attack chase the sub out of Tulagi Harbor.
Finally, the 4th SNLF (commando) captures Suairo, Malaita. [8D] (operation stop light)
RE: Sergeant v. Wissooner (Scn #12)
[font="Trebuchet MS"]19 Jun 42 Night Partly Cloudy[/font]...
Fifteen Nells from Lae bomb Port Mosby. One Havoc is destroyed on the ground, 2 hits on base and 3 on runway using the enemy's favorite altitude of 4k feet.
Allied sub# S40 puts a fish into AP Sado Maru at Salamaua beach. Thirteen officers of the 2d Division HQ are KIA.
A MAVIS patrol sights DDSwanson south of Malaita.
Eleven A20 Havocs attack ships at Basiliki Island East of Gili-Gili but missed their targets from their usual 4k feet. [:-]
Four Destroyers are sighted at the allied base of Nomea.
The day is uneventful except for the afore-mentioned sightings. [>:]
Fifteen Nells from Lae bomb Port Mosby. One Havoc is destroyed on the ground, 2 hits on base and 3 on runway using the enemy's favorite altitude of 4k feet.
Allied sub# S40 puts a fish into AP Sado Maru at Salamaua beach. Thirteen officers of the 2d Division HQ are KIA.
A MAVIS patrol sights DDSwanson south of Malaita.
Eleven A20 Havocs attack ships at Basiliki Island East of Gili-Gili but missed their targets from their usual 4k feet. [:-]
Four Destroyers are sighted at the allied base of Nomea.
The day is uneventful except for the afore-mentioned sightings. [>:]
RE: Sergeant v. Wissooner (Scn #12)
[font="Trebuchet MS"]20 Jun 42 Night Thunderstorms[/font]...
Operation Wau begins.
Sergeant Ishikawa stops his dinner preperation in the mess hall at Nassau Bay Resort... err Base. The building appears to be shaking & he hears a loud rumbling outside. Upon arriving at the mess hall's doorway he sees 8000 troops in formation marching out of the base behind a formation of tanks. They appear to be headed up the mountain that rises gently above the base. These are all 38th Division troops. Flashes of lightning reveals the tanks in the distance taking up the lead. He asks a passing Sergeant where they're headed & is told the airfield at Wau must be captured & that the base there will be used as the jumping off point for the assault on Port morsby. Disgusted that they did not see fit to tell him that the troops would be pulling out in the night he goes back to his food preperations & starts shutting everything down. Guess nobody wants to eat tonight. He opens a bottle of Sake & kicks back to watch the endless formation of troops passing the open door.
suddenly the the room fills with noisy engineers demanding to be fed... it seems the HQ and the engineers have stayed behind to construct the port facilities.
Off shore the allies have attacked a supply convoy on the surface near Darubia with CA New Orleans leading 5 DDs in teh attack. DD Yugiri is sunk immediately with 57 hits, but the AP Kamoi Maru makes a run for it & escapes into the night. Yugiri manages to land two hits on the New Orleans before slipping beneath the waves. [:o]
Meanwhile DD Kazagumo attacks allied sub# S40 scoring 2 hits down the beach at Salamaua where a landing of 2d Div trps is taking place. S-40 ceases to be a menace to shipping. [8D]
Daylight...
SS44 shoots at AP Kirishima Maru Near Lae but missed. [:-]
In The Slot PC 24 grounds itself on the rocks & sinks.
Finally a Mavis Patrol spots Submarine Tautog but it dives to escape attack Near Luganville.
Operation Wau begins.
Sergeant Ishikawa stops his dinner preperation in the mess hall at Nassau Bay Resort... err Base. The building appears to be shaking & he hears a loud rumbling outside. Upon arriving at the mess hall's doorway he sees 8000 troops in formation marching out of the base behind a formation of tanks. They appear to be headed up the mountain that rises gently above the base. These are all 38th Division troops. Flashes of lightning reveals the tanks in the distance taking up the lead. He asks a passing Sergeant where they're headed & is told the airfield at Wau must be captured & that the base there will be used as the jumping off point for the assault on Port morsby. Disgusted that they did not see fit to tell him that the troops would be pulling out in the night he goes back to his food preperations & starts shutting everything down. Guess nobody wants to eat tonight. He opens a bottle of Sake & kicks back to watch the endless formation of troops passing the open door.
suddenly the the room fills with noisy engineers demanding to be fed... it seems the HQ and the engineers have stayed behind to construct the port facilities.
Off shore the allies have attacked a supply convoy on the surface near Darubia with CA New Orleans leading 5 DDs in teh attack. DD Yugiri is sunk immediately with 57 hits, but the AP Kamoi Maru makes a run for it & escapes into the night. Yugiri manages to land two hits on the New Orleans before slipping beneath the waves. [:o]
Meanwhile DD Kazagumo attacks allied sub# S40 scoring 2 hits down the beach at Salamaua where a landing of 2d Div trps is taking place. S-40 ceases to be a menace to shipping. [8D]
Daylight...
SS44 shoots at AP Kirishima Maru Near Lae but missed. [:-]
In The Slot PC 24 grounds itself on the rocks & sinks.
Finally a Mavis Patrol spots Submarine Tautog but it dives to escape attack Near Luganville.
RE: Sergeant v. Wissooner (Scn #12)
[font="Trebuchet MS"]INSERT COMMENT[/font]
I'm actually quite behind in my reporting... the game as actually advanced well into the month of July where several large sea battles took place south of Guadalcannal. In fact the depressing facts are that the IJN has lost Six Carriers without scoring a single hit on the Allied carriers. The fuel hogs were waiting for an oiler to arrive - but instead the Allies arrived & they brought their whole gang with them! It would be best if the crew puts me off on a small atoll somewhere with a bottle of Sake and a case of MREs where I can sit out the rest of the war in shame.
But the war does continue, owing to the general order that there be no surrender so long as there is a means to fight. Still... the heavy loss of ships & planes earned me no respect from the Emperor, whom I sure has ordered my demise by now.
Well -- maybe I can pull a kangeroo out my hat or somethng... I'll leave the rabits to the Allies!
[&o] Please boss man Emperor - I need more oilers to handle these fuel hogs. Hmmmm....
Oh well.... back to the war.
I'm actually quite behind in my reporting... the game as actually advanced well into the month of July where several large sea battles took place south of Guadalcannal. In fact the depressing facts are that the IJN has lost Six Carriers without scoring a single hit on the Allied carriers. The fuel hogs were waiting for an oiler to arrive - but instead the Allies arrived & they brought their whole gang with them! It would be best if the crew puts me off on a small atoll somewhere with a bottle of Sake and a case of MREs where I can sit out the rest of the war in shame.
But the war does continue, owing to the general order that there be no surrender so long as there is a means to fight. Still... the heavy loss of ships & planes earned me no respect from the Emperor, whom I sure has ordered my demise by now.
Well -- maybe I can pull a kangeroo out my hat or somethng... I'll leave the rabits to the Allies!
[&o] Please boss man Emperor - I need more oilers to handle these fuel hogs. Hmmmm....
Oh well.... back to the war.