PzB74
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The enemy carriers moved just a few hexes to Bonin Isl. The island got 4 af and 250 AS, but I prefered to protect Home Island bases and not risk a suicide run. It's impossible to launch enough ac from size 4 bases to penetrate the enemy Uber CAP. The results of the extreme a2a and CAP routines mean that enemy carriers can move almost wherever they like as long as they stay > 6 hexes from any size >7 base. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/21/44 Sub/ASW Attacks USS Baya reported sunk! 1 PG and 2 small msw's sunk by subs in return. Sub attack at 36,53 Japanese Ships PG Saiko Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage PG Kyo Maru #10 PG Koei Maru PG Ikunta Maru PG Chosa Maru PG Uji PG Saga MSW Hinode Maru #18 Allied Ships SS Cabrilla -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 41,46 Japanese Ships MSW Tomozono Maru #3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage MSW Tasei Maru MSW Tamaura Maru MSW Sonobe Maru MSW Shonan Maru #8 Allied Ships SS Sealion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 41,46 Japanese Ships MSW Sonobe Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage MSW Tasei Maru MSW Tamaura Maru MSW Shonan Maru #8 Allied Ships SS Sealion ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Combat Andy's carriers moved just south of Bonin and struck the now empty transports! By a little miracle we managed to unload under the nose of a strong enemy cv force. Day Air attack on TF, near Bonin at 65,52 Allied aircraft F6F Hellcat x 82 F4U-1D Corsair x 34 SB2C Helldiver x 41 TBM Avenger x 11 Allied aircraft losses SB2C Helldiver: 1 damaged Japanese Ships AP Kitano Maru, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AP Kisogawa Maru, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AP Kamikaze Maru, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AP Bokuyo Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Bonin at 65,52 Allied aircraft F6F Hellcat x 56 F4U-1D Corsair x 15 SB2C Helldiver x 39 TBM Avenger x 4 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AP Kisogawa Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage AP Bokuyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AP Kamikaze Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage AP Kitano Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Long range bombers from Malaya hit an empty tanker convoy of Saigon. Need some CAP here. Not sure if I should dare another convoy run, think I'll wait until things cool down a bit. Little crude left at Palembang anyway, perhaps we can run the crude from Batavia to India. Day Air attack on TF, near Saigon at 31,46 Allied aircraft Mosquito FB.VI x 12 B-25J Mitchell x 7 Allied aircraft losses Mosquito FB.VI: 1 damaged Japanese Ships MSW Shawa Maru #10 TK Yamazuru Maru TK Kyuei Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire TK Tachibana Maru TK Ogurasan Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Saigon at 31,46 Allied aircraft Mosquito FB.VI x 6 B-25J Mitchell x 8 No Allied losses Japanese Ships TK Nanei Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire TK Tachibana Maru TK Akane Maru MSW Fukeui Maru #7, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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"The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without" - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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