A screen shot that you will not see in ANY other PBEM, unless its against John 3rd. [:-] [:D]
May 17:
China - Changsha hit hard again; minor air attacks at Kukong and NE of Chuhsien;
Esperance - 2/3 of KB moves to 7 SE of base...
Afternoon Air attack on Esperance , at 56,153
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 94
B5N1 Kate x 11
B5N2 Kate x 87
D3A1 Val x 86
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 6 damaged
D3A1 Val: 14 damaged
Allied Ships
xAP Van Swoll, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Taiyuan, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAKL Patras, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL De Klerk, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAP Rochussen, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK GG Van Vollenhoven, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
AM Ipswitch, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Siberg, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Ulooloo, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
CM Bungaree, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Koomilya, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAP Van Rees, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Time, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Laos, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Kwangtung, Bomb hits 1, on fire
PC Wilcannia, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Prominent, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAP Van Spilbergen, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Cagou, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Woolgar, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
PC Bingera, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAKL Kolambugan, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Gorgon, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK GG Maurice Long, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
xAK Bantam, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Ipoh, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
AM Cairns, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAP Van Neck, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL De Haan, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
PC Yandra, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
PC Kybra, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Lowana, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAP Candioa, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAP Van Overstraten, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
xAKL Loyaute, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Alexandre Varenne, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAKL Princessa, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAP Taroona, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Ping Wo, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Orne, Bomb hits 1
xAK Tasman, Bomb hits 1
xAP Bontekoe, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAKL Loa Koeloe, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAP Pijnacker Hordijk, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAP Le Maire, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AM Colac, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Chungking, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AR Castor, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Camphuys, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAKL Meroendoeng, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
Port hits 12
Port fuel hits 4
Port supply hits 1
Lots of these ships are survivors of DEI and Manila. I'm now without any ARs which is hard to believe. I should have moved most of them back towards Adelaide a long time ago.
Pearl - my French FPs get recon info of 26F, 51B, 39Aux, 18 LCU, and 53 ships
Ships Sunk - 5 xAKL, 2 xAK, 6 xAP, AR, AVP, AM, CM, PC with lots more damaged as you can see.
May 18:
Subs - another day of frustration as SS Skipjack finds a big xAP 4 north of Darwin, she fires ALL her torpedoes and gets NO explosions!! [:@] [:@]
China - Changsha hit hard; sweeps over Hengyang; light bombing of Kukong and NE of Chuhsien;
Australia - 16 Vindicators miss the 3 DD TF 3 WNW of Adelaide in AM phase, but get two bomb hits on one DD in PM phase; 80 bombers from KB find my ARDs that were already at sea when this all started to NW of Ceduna; 2 AVPs are sunk at Carnarvon by Betty from Broome; in PM phase another part of KB hits Esperance again;
SW map corner - I should know from all my years of knowing John, that no part of the map is off limits from his raids to satisfy his thirst of Allied shipping. [X(] I should see TFs off of Port Stanley in the months ahead.
Morning Air attack on TF, near Busselton at 8,171
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 38
B5N2 Kate x 9
D3A1 Val x 17
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 2 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied Ships
TK Inge Maersk, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
CL Emerald, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
TK Athelmonarch, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Busselton at 8,171
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 38
B5N2 Kate x 27
D3A1 Val x 21
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged
D3A1 Val: 4 damaged
Allied Ships
TK Mobilfuel, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
TK Britannia, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
DD Foxhound, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
TK India, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
TK Basilea
TK Marina, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Ferncastle, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Fenris, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Inconstant
TK Athelduke, Torpedo hits 1
Ships Sunk - CL, AVP, 4 ARD, 8 TK, 2 AMc, 2 xAP, 3 xAK, 8 xAKL
EDIT - Forgot to include Intel Report of elements of 38th ID loading for Carnarvon
NOTES:
SERIOUSLY!!! [X(] [:@] Going to the very corner of map to chase down shipping is a 'John thing.' I should expect just about everything from John by this point as my ships sunk total hits 450 for game. The most I've ever lost this early.
Screen shot - my surviving TKs may not make it tomorrow. My damaged CVL is on east part of screen shot and will reverse course for Tasmania.
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