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July 26, 1943

IJN surface ships seem to sally forth from Cam Ranh Bay looking for a 8 ship merchant fleet to the south...while our fleets go hither and thither. Our minesweeper at Cam Ranh Bay blunders into 2 mines, while a destroyer hits another.

The big girls clears Cam Ranh Bay runways....we hope.

Catch and sink a DD...

The destroyer that hit a mine, and her escort...blunder into the returning IJN warships...

Our bombardment task force, low on ammo from the warships, tangles with the IJN...the DMS that hit a mine gets hit again, and sinks later in the day...

Japan then heavily sweeps Quinhon...but our carriers are at Sea...they run into land based air until it eventually is exhausted.

Its a donnybrook!

Looking good. Are you worried about his troop levels at Cam Ranh and Tourane or elsewhere in Indochina? Can you show us a screenie of your ground forces in Quinhon?

Cheers,
CB

CaptBeefheart wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 2:48 am Looking good. Are you worried about his troop levels at Cam Ranh and Tourane or elsewhere in Indochina? Can you show us a screenie of your ground forces in Quinhon?

Cheers,
CB

Sure, when I get the turn and not just the replay.

13k troops at Cam Ranh Bay, 11 units around 100 guns...from memory.

I think Japan is in tough, tough position. I have bypassed so many troops, and too much are in China and Burma, Darwin, and islands in the SRA.

Yes, well played on making a good chunk of his army irrelevant. The deep move stuff is reminiscent of Nemo.

I was looking up modern names to see where I've been, and it turns out Quinhon = Quy Nhon and Tourane = Danang. There's a nice beach town called Nha Trang between Cam Ranh and Quinhon, which didn't make the cut as a base. Nha Trang is where Capt Willard received his orders to "terminate with extreme prejudice" Col. Kurtz's command.

Cheers,
CB

Sweeps came last over a CAP trap in Burma, and I lost quite a few British Divebombers...but pools are healthy with over 170 and have troops in the hex they bombed, so probably didn't lose as many pilots...pushing our transports hard right now too.

Attacking Japanese runways hither and thither in an attempt to get engineers working, damage the runways, and destroy supplies.

Ramree Island is now a size 3 port!
The LRPs are wiped out and the 4th Infantry Division will continue on the trains to arrive in Phnom Penh in 2 days and then 2 days to unload -- unless another paradrop can slow them.

D-Day at Quinhon was on the 24th, and Japan has suffered some decent ship losses....probably one more Light Cruiser, and the Atago isn't sunk....

Lowpe wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 12:25 pm D-Day at Quinhon was on the 24th, and Japan has suffered some decent ship losses....probably one more Light Cruiser, and the Atago isn't sunk....

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Five destroyers for five destroyers plus 4 light cruisers and other ships make that a nice victory for you.

Of course, now you have to resupply your lodgement . . .

July 27, 1943

Clash of the heavyweights! Santa Fe is really abused....while Kongo will go down.

Unfortunately, the IJN keeps coming!

Day Time Surface Combat, near Cam Ranh Bay at 67,72, Range 15,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Hatsukaze
DD Urakaze, Shell hits 1
CL Teshio, Shell hits 3
CL Ninaru, Shell hits 6, on fire

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina, Shell hits 11, on fire
CL Richmond, Shell hits 6, heavy fires
CL Santa Fe, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Aaron Ward, on fire
DD Bailey, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Henley, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Gridley, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Reduced visibility due to Rain
Maximum visibility in Rain: 15,000 yards

And coming!

Day Time Surface Combat, near Cam Ranh Bay at 67,72, Range 15,000 Yards

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 3
DD Asagiri
DD Akebono
DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 1
DD Hakaze
DD Kyukaze, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina, Shell hits 7, heavy fires
CL Richmond, Shell hits 6, heavy fires
CL Santa Fe, and is sunk
DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
DD Bailey, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage

Sitrep:

Burma

Convoys are doing the base jump....from one base to the next.