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there is a lot of PT boat engagements around Namlea....but we can't hit with our torpedoes...but they are causing chaos. Every engagement causes wear and tear, fuel and op point losses, etc....

Satterlee and Jenkins do go work against a large tanker convoy....

Even our assault bombers can hit cripples at night...

It is a holistic attack, because our subs play a very important role whether it is intelligence, or DAMAGE!
Submarine attack near Namlea at 76,108

Japanese Ships
BB Yamato, Torpedo hits 3, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Runner

BB Yamato is sighted by SS Runner
SS Runner launches 6 torpedoes at BB Yamato

And, very fittingly, it is those mad dashing PT boats that cause the skipper of the Yamato to stress her ship enough to cause her to founder....very sweet.

More sub goodness:

And the PT boats get another ship to go down....

Subs keep cleaning up:

Radford Group, part of our Pincer DESRONs...finds some more shipping! They already have finished off the Durban Maru...
Day Time Surface Combat, near Obi at 77,106, Range 17,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Shonan Maru #1, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PB Shonan Maru #2, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Karachi Maru, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
xAK Pacific Maru, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
xAK Kuwayama Maru, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Siraha Maru
xAK Kyokusei Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Seisyo Maru, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Tazan Maru, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Hokko Maru, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Radford
DD Schroeder
DD Trathen

And some more sub strikes:

Our aviators strike:

Morning Air attack on TF, near Obi at 77,106

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 1,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 14

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Pacific Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Hokko Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Seisyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Tazan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.

And again:

Morning Air attack on TF, near Obi at 77,106

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 15
TBF-1 Avenger x 26

Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Karachi Maru, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Kuwayama Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Kyokusei Maru, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Hokko Maru, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.

And one more from the flight deck of the Benedict Arnold:

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bara at 73,107

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 19
SBD-3 Dauntless x 28

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Siraha Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk

The situation:

Coming up....my blunder of the day! Stay tuned!

Our convoys split with the CVEs going closer to Haiphong, while the transports stay closer to Hainan, and a second CVE force leaves and makes Pakhoi giving the Japanese a sliver and they capitalize with only a few groups getting hit by our fighters. My bad...but nothing seriously lost and our two divisions are left unscratched and should land tomorrow without a problem. There is about four or five attacks...

Morning Air attack on TF, near Pakhoi at 71,59

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N1 Jill x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N1 Jill: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
xAP Jalajaran, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Oakbank, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Pasha, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Matsonia, Bomb hits 2, on fire

Allied ground losses:
446 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 26 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 16 (9 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B6N1 Jill bombing from 3000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
9 x B6N1 Jill bombing from 3000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Morning Air attack on TF, near Pakhoi at 71,59

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D4Y2 Judy x 16

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAP Jalajaran, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AM Sonavati, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAP Pasha, Bomb hits 3, on fire
xAP Taroona, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
AM Kalavati, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk

Allied ground losses:
685 casualties reported
Squads: 33 destroyed, 46 disabled
Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 62 (49 destroyed, 13 disabled)

And then a convoy of liberty ships wanders off the New Guinea coast and pays the price:

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wewak at 97,118

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
xAK Benjamin Franklin, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk
xAK Edgar Allan Poe, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
xAK John C. Fremont, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

Too bad about those transports getting hit but that does happen in the game.

But I really like how your PT boats scared the Yamato and a destroyer to death!

Losses for the day

IJN weakened substantially this last month, an IJN CVL isn't listed yet. These are victories that were enabled by our mad landing at Quinhon and the followup at Soc Trang: