SierraJuliet
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Joined: 2/23/2009 From: Brisbane, Australia Status: offline
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After our short hiatus Ambassador and I are back into it. We are still having some animation issues but I am hopeful we can sort them out and we will both be getting what we want from this game. I only have time for one short snippet of the events of 9 December 1941. Force Z sorties and makes a night time appearance off Khota Bharu. Standing off the beaches to protect the fleet of transports are the heavy cruisers Mogami, Mikuma, Suzuya and Kumano and destroyers Maikaze, Nowaki, Arashi and Hagikaze. It is not long before the well trained Japanese seamen; trained to perfection in night time fighting, identify their opposite numbers as being Prince of Wales, Repulse, the light cruiser Danae and destroyers Vampire, Vendetta, Tenedos, Electra and Express. What follows is a wild night of action. The Japanese long lace torpedoes are let loose and ships match up and start slugging it out. In the early hours of the morning it is Force Z that breaks off and retreats although both sides have been hit hard. Damage reports flood in and the Japanese Admiral considers the cost with Mogami reporting 5 large calibre shell hits, fires raging and heavy damage, Mikuma reports 1 shell hit and Suzuya 7 shell hits. Of the destroyers Arashi reports 3 shell hits, fires and heavy damage and Hagikaze 7 shell hits and fires. The assessment of damage caused to the Force Z is that Prince of Wales received 2 shell hits, 3 torpedoes, was seen to be on fire and was believed to have suffered heavy damage. Repulse was believed to have taken 3 shell hits, 2 torpedoes and was also on fire. Danae was reported as being hit 4 times and was on fire; Vampire took 2 hits and 1 torpedo, was on fire and believed to be heavily damaged. Vendetta and Express were each reported as being hit twice and fires could be seen. Electra was hit twice, was hit by 1 torpedo, had fires burning and appeared to have been heavily damaged. The approach of dawn would tell the true extent of the damage.
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