The Zuikaku is finally down to 10 sys damage: the port got some 500 ship repair points now with 3 Naval HQs.
That SHOULD be enough to reduce damage with at least 1 point a day. I want a new pair of dice....
Just a few more days and we'll receive our last capital ship reinforcement of the war, a light cruiser.
It will join a sister ship and the newly repaired cruiser Naka and 4 destroyers and rejoin the fleet. Heavy cruiser
Chokai and 2 new destroyers will follow suit.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/16/44
Air Combat
I'll leave all air strikes on Singapore so you can see how many supplies they claimed!
Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50
Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 5
B-25J Mitchell x 93
B-24J Liberator x 29
Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
80 casualties reported
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 103
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1
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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 19
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 30
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Day Air attack on 6th Coastal Gun Regiment, at 23,50
Allied aircraft
TBM Avenger x 3
Beaufighter VIC x 3
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 3
P-38J Lightning x 15
No Allied losses
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Day Air attack on 56th/C Division, at 23,50
Allied aircraft
SB2C Helldiver x 58
TBM Avenger x 47
Boomerang II x 8
Spitfire VIII x 9
P-40N Warhawk x 15
Allied aircraft losses
SB2C Helldiver: 2 damaged
P-40N Warhawk: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
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Andy moved a cvl - possible cv and cvl? into the China Sea and this strike came as
a surprise without the enemy being spotted! The first strike torched 4 loaded tankers
and hit some escorts!
Day Air attack on TF at 33,52
Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 41
F4U-1D Corsair x 12
SB2C Helldiver x 29
TBM Avenger x 22
Allied aircraft losses
SB2C Helldiver: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
PC Aguni, Bomb hits 1, on fire
TK Arita Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
TK Kenwa Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
TK Kyoie Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
PC PC-9, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Okinawa, Bomb hits 1, on fire
TK Akebono Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
TK Otowasan Maru
PC Kume
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The 2nd strike failed to hit a single ship! [&o]
Day Air attack on TF at 33,52
Allied aircraft
TBM Avenger x 17
Allied aircraft losses
TBM Avenger: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged
Japanese Ships
PC PC-8
TK Omurosan Maru
TK Otowasan Maru
TK Hakko Maru
PC PC-13
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The 3rd strike ALL concentrated on the single msw escort TF! As I told you, msw's attract
attention like honey do bees! [:D]
Day Air attack on TF at 33,52
Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 39
F4U-1D Corsair x 12
SB2C Helldiver x 27
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
MSW W.6, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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The Andy tried to sneak the heavily damaged cve Marcus Island out of Malaya.
My dive bombers in a small siz 2 af have been waiting patiently for weeks, and now they
struck! With an avg exp of 76 it should be a turkey shoot...
Day Air attack on TF at 21,47
Japanese aircraft
D4Y Judy x 13
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships - NO HITS! Grrr...
CVE Marcus Island, heavy damage
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In the afternoon the Judys were back after a pep-talk and scored no less than 7 hits,
dooming the already scorched cve!
Day Air attack on TF at 21,47
Japanese aircraft
D4Y Judy x 12
Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 1
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Allied Ships
CVE Marcus Island, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
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Action in the South China Sea
As you can see, lots of action today. No less than 10!! fully ladden tankers got away from Andy's strike, and
I'm not letting him get a second try. The 4 that caught fire will head for Camranh Bay and Brunei.
Singapore burned some 600 supplies in total today: If Andy continues at this pace it will take him 3-4 months to reduce
supplies to a red level. We'll be well into 45 by then...and I doubt Andy will hold his army back until then, they're all
suffering in a malaria zone.
