GreyJoy
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Oct 25 -26 1942 Two unlucky days. After the fall of Multan i had ordered a mass bombing of the base...want to keep that damned AF closed for good! The 25th begun with storms all over India...not a single air mission was flown on either side. A TF composed of 7 jap DDs approached Karachi by night...my subs managed to distract them and they arrived at one hex from Karachi when the dawn came...but those bastards hide under the storms and my bombers didn't find them...then the night arrived and they entered in my harbour...we faced them with 5 DDs and a CLAA...i had one of the best commander and they didn't achieve surprise...nonetheless we ended up with 2 brit DDs torpedoed and sunk while they went away unscacthed... Night Time Surface Combat, near Karachi at 40,8, Range 2,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Akizuki, Shell hits 1 DD Yugumo DD Akatsuki DD Asagiri DD Oboro, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Tadeshiwa DD Tatsuyuke Allied Ships CLAA Van Heemskerck DD Scout DD Decoy DD Griffin DD Nestor, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Norman, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk Poor visibility due to Thunderstorms with 96% moonlight Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 96% moonlight: 3,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... Range closes to 4,000 yards... Range closes to 2,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards ...luckly my subs slowed them down again on their retourn path and my B-25s managed to put 3 bombs on 3 of them...better than nothing! Morning Air attack on TF, near Surat at 35,17 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 2,100 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 14 Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 7 damaged Japanese Ships DD Asagiri DD Akizuki, Bomb hits 2, on fire DD Tadeshiwa, Shell hits 1, Bomb hits 1, on fire DD Tatsuyuke, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires Then the day came and 70 of my 4Es, along with 32 Wellingtons, bombed Multan AF without opposition. He sent the usual sweeps of Tojos and zeros, followed by 100 Netties escorted by 100 Oscars (I and II)...again the Netties managed to get through and sunk another DD... then he came with 180 Helens heavily escorted...we shot down some of them but our power is slowly fading away... Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 40,8 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 109 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 43 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 45 A6M3 Zero x 21 A6M3a Zero x 29 G3M2 Nell x 37 G4M1 Betty x 52 Allied aircraft Fulmar II x 6 Sea Hurricane Ib x 11 Hurricane IIa Trop x 12 Hurricane IIb Trop x 5 Hurricane IIc Trop x 32 Spitfire VIII x 31 Kittyhawk IA x 4 P-38F Lightning x 18 P-38G Lightning x 5 P-39D Airacobra x 21 P-40E Warhawk x 16 P-40K Warhawk x 38 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed G3M2 Nell: 7 destroyed, 7 damaged G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged No Allied losses Allied Ships DD Fortune CLAA Van Heemskerck DD Encounter DD Nizam DD Griffin DD Isis, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk DD Napier DD Foxhound At the end of the turn we count 128 enemy planes shot down, against only 22 of ours in India...but those 22 are priceless while he has tons of everything However...now we're waiting for his advance over Multan...will be a matter of days... In the pacific the KB, along with the replenish TF and a strong SCTF, is parked between Canton and Christmas...what is he doing there???? it's been four days now since he hasn't spotted a ship of mine...and he's clearly burning fuel for no real gain...pretty strange i'd say. In the Solomons we're noticing a huge numbers of ships in the bay of Buka (north of bouganville)...ordered a recon for tomorrow...is he really starting noticing this theatre just now??...we're now pretty safe i'd say at Guadalcanal... Intel says at Iwo another Regiment has arrived...so now we have 2 regiments, 1 mortar unit, 1 Army HQ and one base force confirmed...
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