moses
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Battle of North Bornio Kuching is a key target for Japan early on as it is a size 4 airbase which allows Japan's Nells and Betties to range over large parts of the DEI. Since this is an historical start, Japan's 35th Brigade, (preped for Kuching), sits at Camrahn Bay. It will have to spend a day loading and then travel 660 miles to Kuching which means its earliest arrival is on the 12th. My goal was to stop this invasion. I would have 12 good subs, (all dutch and s-class with good torpedoes). I would move 4 PT's to Kuching and hide a destroyer at Brunie to attempt a mid-ocean intercept of his transports. Finally I would move my fleet of Vildabeasts to Kuching. My hope is that he Japan would come to Kuching with a weakly supported force and be crushed. 11 Dec: My subs attack multiple TF's headed toward the coast: ---AP Hokuhi Maru, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SS KXIV Japanese ground losses: 105 casualties reported Guns lost 3 ---AP Choko Maru, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SS KXIV Japanese ground losses: 26 casualties reported Guns lost 3 ---AP Choko Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SS KXIV Japanese ground losses: 49 casualties reported Guns lost 1 ---AP Kaiko Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS KXIII Japan retaliates:ASW attack at 29,53 Japanese Ships PG Uji PG Saga PG Hashidate MSW W.5 Allied Ships SS KXIII, hits 3 But some bad news, It becomes clear that Japan has brought some force. Multiple BB's and CA's are sighted 240 miles off coast. I have to assume that a big bombardment is in store and I don't want my Vildabeasts to be destroyed on their airstrips. I make the decision to pull them out. It was the wrong call. He does not bombard (which would have allowed my PT's a good chance). Instead he sends the heavy ships in as a surface force. I send my DD Thracien to attempt to intercepts part off his transport fleet. Its not conceived as a suicide mission. It plans to depart from Brunie, intercepts at night, and then withdraw to the SW where I have LR CAP set up for it. 12Dec: ----Night Time Surface Combat at 28,55 Japanese Ships BB Kongo BB Haruna CA Takao CA Atago CL Jintsu DD Asashio DD Oshio DD Michishio DD Arashio DD Akatsuki DD Hibiki Allied Ships DD Thracian, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk----Well that didn't work!! -----AP Kaishi Maru, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SS O16 ----------Day Time Surface Combat, near Kuching at 28,56 Japanese Ships BB Kongo BB Haruna CA Takao CA Atago CL Jintsu DD Asashio DD Oshio DD Michishio DD Arashio DD Akatsuki DD Hibiki Allied Ships PT TM-4, Shell hits 18, and is sunk PT TM-5 PT TM-6 PT TM-7, Shell hits 1, and is sunk ----------Day Time Surface Combat, near Kuching at 28,56 Japanese Ships BB Kongo BB Haruna CA Takao CA Atago CL Jintsu DD Asashio DD Oshio DD Michishio DD Arashio, Shell hits 1 DD Akatsuki DD Hibiki Allied Ships PT TM-5, Shell hits 1, and is sunk PT TM-6, Shell hits 7, and is sunk How come my PT's never do as well as in some threads I read? I think its because here he was not bombarding. He went in as a surface force in the daytime and swept my PT's aside. ---------Coastal Guns at Kuching, 28,56, firing at TF 115 TF 115 troops unloading over beach at Kuching, 28,56 49 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships AP Teiun Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire Japanese ground losses: 521 casualties reported Guns lost 2 The battle is essentially over. My subs did their job, but the PT's and my DD raid both failed. Finally I chickened out with my torpedo bombers. My opponent handled his ships well and so what can you do. I get in one more shot: AP Haguro Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SS KXII Japanese ground losses: 58 casualties reported And the base fell on the 13TH to a 76 to 1 shock attack. It wasn't even close. Miri also fell that day. Brunei on the 15th.
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