GreyJoy
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A day that could have meant the end of the japanese CA supremacy...ended up with a minor japanese victory... We sniffed that Rader was going to raid Milne Bay again...so we went undetected with our best SCTF...2 fast BBs, 1 modern CA, 3 modern CL, 2 old CA and several Fletchers.... our CVs were in cover 2 hexes south of Milne...undetected...ready to smash him the next morning... He arrived...with CAs and DDs...we suprised him...crossed the T with Lane (my second best SCTF commander) and closed the ranks...we started to hit with our modern CLs...at 2,000...so our hits were penetrating the CAs...then, suddenly...his CAs started to fire torps...2 torps immediately hit CA Witchita...leaving her dead on the water...then 2 hit CL Cleveland... we fired back...but our BBs didn't even engage...:-( ...he kept of firing against my wrechted Cruisers... our DDs came in and sunk 2 of his DDs, damaging 2 more...but not a single torp against his CAs...nothing! However...the battle ended with 1 Allied CA sunk, 1 CL sunk, 2 CLs damaged on our side... 2 DDs sunk, 2 damaged and possibly a CA sunk (6 jakes reported downed on the ground...) with 2 more damaged... It wasn't a defeat...but considering what we had...the surprise...the T...it should have been defenetly better... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 29, 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 3,000 Yards Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 2 destroyed Japanese Ships CA Tone CA Atago CA Chokai, Shell hits 5, on fire CA Myoko CA Haguro, Shell hits 16, heavy fires CA Mikuma, Shell hits 6 CA Furutaka, Shell hits 12, heavy fires, heavy damage *possibly sunk* DD Shimakaze DD Kishinami, Shell hits 2 DD Hayanami DD Kiyonami DD Hamanami DD Harusame, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Yudachi, Shell hits 2 DD Hatsuharu, Shell hits 3 DD Takakaze, Shell hits 6, and is sunk DD Hikokaze, Shell hits 2, on fire Allied Ships BB North Carolina BB Indiana CA Quincy CA Wichita, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk CA Australia CL Cleveland, Shell hits 3, on fire CL Montpelier, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage CL Santa Fe, Shell hits 4, on fire DD Fletcher DD Abbot DD Aulick DD Bache DD Beale DD Saufley DD Meredith, Shell hits 1 Poor visibility due to Rain with 7% moonlight Maximum visibility in Rain and 7% moonlight: 2,000 yards Range closes to 24,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards Range closes to 18,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards Range closes to 12,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 9,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 5,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards Lane N. crosses the 'T' CA Furutaka engages CA Wichita at 3,000 yards CA Mikuma engages CL Santa Fe at 3,000 yards CA Haguro engages CA Wichita at 3,000 yards CA Haguro engages CA Wichita at 3,000 yards CA Wichita engages CA Chokai at 3,000 yards CA Mikuma engages CL Santa Fe at 3,000 yards CL Montpelier engages CA Haguro at 3,000 yards DD Hikokaze engages CA Wichita at 3,000 yards DD Takakaze engages DD Meredith at 3,000 yards DD Hatsuharu engages DD Meredith at 3,000 yards DD Yudachi engages DD Beale at 3,000 yards DD Harusame engages DD Beale at 3,000 yards DD Harusame sunk by DD Aulick at 3,000 yards DD Hikokaze engages DD Abbot at 3,000 yards DD Fletcher engages DD Hikokaze at 3,000 yards DD Meredith engages DD Kishinami at 3,000 yards DD Shimakaze engages DD Fletcher at 3,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards CA Furutaka engages CL Santa Fe at 2,000 yards CA Furutaka engages BB North Carolina at 2,000 yards CA Wichita sunk by CA Haguro at 2,000 yards CA Chokai engages CL Montpelier at 2,000 yards CL Montpelier engages CA Atago at 2,000 yards CL Montpelier engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards CL Cleveland engages CA Haguro at 2,000 yards DD Yudachi engages DD Meredith at 2,000 yards DD Hikokaze engages DD Saufley at 2,000 yards DD Saufley engages DD Yudachi at 2,000 yards Magazine explodes on DD Takakaze DD Takakaze sunk by DD Bache at 2,000 yards DD Meredith engages DD Kiyonami at 2,000 yards Range increases to 4,000 yards CA Furutaka engages CL Montpelier at 4,000 yards CA Mikuma engages CL Cleveland at 4,000 yards CA Haguro engages CL Montpelier at 4,000 yards CL Cleveland engages CA Myoko at 4,000 yards CL Santa Fe engages CA Chokai at 4,000 yards CL Montpelier engages CA Atago at 4,000 yards CA Haguro engages CL Cleveland at 4,000 yards DD Meredith engages DD Shimakaze at 4,000 yards DD Fletcher engages DD Hatsuharu at 4,000 yards DD Yudachi engages DD Aulick at 4,000 yards DD Hamanami engages DD Bache at 4,000 yards DD Aulick engages DD Hikokaze at 4,000 yards DD Fletcher engages DD Hayanami at 4,000 yards DD Hikokaze engages DD Fletcher at 4,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards CA Furutaka engages CL Santa Fe at 2,000 yards CL Montpelier engages CA Mikuma at 2,000 yards CA Haguro engages CL Santa Fe at 2,000 yards CA Myoko engages CA Quincy at 2,000 yards CA Chokai engages CL Santa Fe at 2,000 yards CL Montpelier engages CA Atago at 2,000 yards CL Santa Fe engages CA Tone at 2,000 yards DD Kishinami engages DD Meredith at 2,000 yards DD Hatsuharu engages DD Fletcher at 2,000 yards DD Yudachi engages DD Beale at 2,000 yards DD Hatsuharu engages DD Bache at 2,000 yards DD Aulick engages DD Yudachi at 2,000 yards DD Aulick engages DD Hayanami at 2,000 yards DD Bache engages DD Kishinami at 2,000 yards DD Meredith engages DD Shimakaze at 2,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Fergusson Island at 103,132 SS Robalo hit the CA Haguro...torp didn't explode... Japanese Ships CA Haguro, heavy fires CA Chokai CA Atago DD Hatsuharu DD Yudachi Allied Ships SS Robalo His CAs ended up by the end of the day at 7 hexes from my CVs...but they were under heavy showers and we didn't launch......useless to say the next day they slipped away towards the safety of Rabaul... In India our tank corp decided not to go south east and suddenly turned east, crossing the river and exposing itself to his air attacks...f**k!! It could really cripple my army if those damned tanks do not come back fast and in health.......
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