GreyJoy
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Dec 2, 3 1942 As always things didn't go as we wished. First of all my CVs were sailing between NZ and New Caledonia and they were attacked by at least 15 subs!!...how could they know so exactly where we were?!!? There was no sightings in the previous turns, nor any of my SDBs spotted a sub or something like that that could reveal my position... The damned wolfes sunk a DD and put a fish into the Hornet...luckly the ship was only lighlty damaged (14 sys and 11 flt) but she'll be forced to stay in port for a month at least......now my ships are sorrounded by subs and i pray the Gods for their safety....we sunk a RO class sub but that is a terrible exchange rate for me.... Then at PM... The complete silence about the operation gave us a complete surprise upon Rader. We didn't recon the base nor we attacked (by air or by sea) before the invasion....Clearly he was not waiting for us! We managed to get 550 AVs ashore before the end of the 2nd day...Japan only had 67 AVs with that big SNLF unit but...but...but we were unlucky this time. Bad weather (despite the forecast was "extreme overcast") over PM prevented any bombing ooperation during the first day so my bombers didn't attack and my paras went in and got mauled...so the base didn't fall...but now we have enough forces ashore with enough supplies in order to conquer the base tomorrow (hopefully)...now all the airports in the opposite coast of NG are full of planes...so no more bombing missions ordered...my ships will run back to OZ (the precious APs and AKs must be saved!) and my DDs will act as a screen...even sacrifying themself if needed...i expect a strong response by Rader...probably he'll send bombers to attack my troops and some reinforcements lifted by air transports...let's see... We were also lucky because there were no enemy planes on naval attack in the proximity....my CVE L.I. encountered during the process of getting close to PM a TF composed of 5 PBs...they didn't engage but the coward commander of the Air TF got scared and ordered to steam back to Cairns.......so my landing ships went in without any air cover...thank God we achieved a complete surprise... The KB remains still near Rabaul...they are probably working in conjunction with those damned subs...lurking for my CVs in order to provide a combined operation against Lunga...well, now we gave to Rader another front (PM) to worry about! ASW attack near Norfolk Island at 122,170 Japanese Ships SS I-160, hits 4 Allied Ships CA Astoria CLAA San Juan CLAA San Diego DD Grayson DD Gwin DD Downes DD Cassin DD Flusser DD Preston SS I-160 is sighted by escort DD Downes fails to find sub and abandons search DD Cassin fails to find sub and abandons search DD Flusser attacking submerged sub .... DD Preston attacking submerged sub .... DD Flusser fails to find sub and abandons search DD Preston fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Preston fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Preston fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Preston fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Preston attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Norfolk Island at 122,170 Japanese Ships SS I-160, hits 2 Allied Ships DD Mustin, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage BB Revenge BB Warspite BB New Mexico BB Colorado CA Hawkins CL Concord CL Trenton CL Raleigh DD Benham DD Van Galen DD Arunta DD Pillsbury DD Sterett SS I-160 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Mustin I-160 diving deep .... DD Van Galen fails to find sub and abandons search DD Arunta fails to find sub and abandons search DD Pillsbury attacking submerged sub .... SS I-160 eludes ASW attack from DD Pillsbury DD Sterett fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Pillsbury fails to find sub and abandons search DD Sterett fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sterett attacking submerged sub .... DD Sterett fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sterett fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sterett attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Raoul Island at 123,170 Japanese Ships SS RO-33, hits 14, and is sunk Allied Ships CV Hornet, Torpedo hits 1 CA Houston CLAA Atlanta DD Frazier DD Lamson DD Drayton DD Cummings DD Mahan SS RO-33 launches 4 torpedoes at CV Hornet DD Lamson fails to find sub and abandons search DD Drayton fails to find sub and abandons search DD Cummings fails to find sub and abandons search DD Mahan attacking submerged sub .... SS RO-33 forced to surface! DD Mahan firing on surfaced sub .... DD Lamson firing on surfaced sub .... DD Drayton firing on surfaced sub .... DD Cummings firing on surfaced sub .... DD Mahan firing on surfaced sub .... DD Lamson firing on surfaced sub .... DD Drayton firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves
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