Luskan
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Joined: 7/11/2002 From: Down Under Status: offline
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MWHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!! Ok - so I'm a liar. It is the least of my sins. yes I lost some kates, oh boo hoo hoo. I'm so depressed I'm sending my cvs back to japan, oh boo hoo hoo *sarcasm*. Yes I need to send them back for refit and more kates, but the bit I lied about was where my surface tfs were. Anyone should have picked up on my little lie! Operation banana kiss involved landing troops at Madras. although it is now cancelled, do you really think I'd have sent transports into madras without surface combat units screening them? Or how about a bombardment before they land? Please, how stupid am i supposed to be here?????? Well, I am sending my cvs back and so for a little while I needed to negate raver's surface fleet. So I sent the banana kiss transports home, and they Hosagaya, Tanaka, Kono and Shimizu took the heavies into Trincomalee with orders to bombard. I'd hoped that Raver would have disbanded his ships into port and made them easy easy targets (CD unit or not!) but he had them out waiting for me (so he probably knew I was coming). It cost me 1 dd outright, and I'll loose another 2 dds and a CL, maybe 2 cls before it is all over, but it cost Raver a whole lot more. Not to mention the amount of damage I handed out. I should have thought to take a few screenies of 14 inch shells smacking into the Royal Sov. Now Raver will think twice before he sends any transports east of Colombo! Bit annoyed that raver sank 4 of my subs in 1 turn, but I made up for it. I SOOOO made up for it. Those kates are now officially avenged. Enjoy the combat report. Soon I hope to see yet another allied BB on the sunk ship list, while mine sail on serenely. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/04/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 105,67 Japanese Ships SS RO-64, hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Monaghan DD Worden DD Farragut -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Trimcomalee at 15,25 Japanese Ships CL Kitakami DD Kuroshio DD Arashi DD Hatsukaze DD Hagikaze Allied Ships SS Trusty -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 105,67 Japanese Ships SS I-171, hits 7, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Monaghan DD Worden DD Farragut DD Morris DD Walke DD Russell DD Mustin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Trimcomalee at 15,25 Tanaka leads his ships into the harbour first (the smaller, faster TF always enters first if their speed is higher). His mission is not to destroy the enemy, but to daamge them badly enough to set them on fire - allowing my heavies to come in and spot the allied ships flames from far away. That way, my bbs will get surprise because the allies get spotted so early on.) Tanaka, as you can see, did an excellent job, his flagship Kumano landed all 4 8 inch shell hits into the Royal Sovereign and then one of my dds put a nice fat torp into her to seal the battle. From this point on my ships would have the advantage of surprise. Pity the Naka got caught out by a defensive torp. Japanese Ships CA Kumano, Shell hits 1 CL Naka, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CL Isuzu, Shell hits 6, on fire CL Kitakami, Shell hits 4, on fire DD Kuroshio, Shell hits 1 DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 1 DD Arashi DD Hagikaze, Shell hits 1 DD Kamo Allied Ships BB Royal Sovereign, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire Love the long lances! CA Dorsetshire, Shell hits 1 CA Exeter, Shell hits 1 CL Mauritius, Shell hits 1 CLAA Caledon CLAA Capetown DD Vampire, Shell hits 1 DD Vendetta DD Stronghold, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Tenedos, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Electra DD Encounter DD Express, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Jupiter DD Pakenham DD Paladin DD Panther -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Trimcomalee at 15,25 Hosagaya gets surprise. Japanese Ships BB Kongo, Shell hits 4 BB Haruna, Shell hits 1 CA Takao, Shell hits 1 CA Chokai, Shell hits 2 DD Namikaze, Shell hits 1, heavy damage DD Otori DD Kasasagi DD Kiji Allied Ships BB Royal Sovereign, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage CA Dorsetshire CA Exeter, Shell hits 15, on fire, heavy damage CL Mauritius, Shell hits 3, on fire CLAA Caledon, Shell hits 2 CLAA Capetown DD Vampire, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Vendetta, Shell hits 3, on fire DD Stronghold, Shell hits 11, and is sunk DD Tenedos, and is sunk DD Electra DD Encounter, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Express, Shell hits 6, and is sunk DD Jupiter, Shell hits 4, on fire DD Pakenham DD Paladin DD Panther, Shell hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Trimcomalee at 15,25 Japanese Ships BB Nagato CA Suzuya CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1 CA Kako DD Hayashio DD Oshio, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Akatsuki DD Hokaze Allied Ships BB Royal Sovereign, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CA Dorsetshire, Shell hits 1 CA Exeter, on fire, heavy damage CL Mauritius, on fire CLAA Caledon CLAA Capetown DD Vampire, on fire, heavy damage DD Vendetta, on fire DD Electra DD Encounter, on fire DD Jupiter, on fire DD Pakenham DD Paladin DD Panther -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Trimcomalee at 15,25 Japanese Ships BB Nagato, Shell hits 5 CA Suzuya, Shell hits 1 CA Furutaka, Shell hits 4, on fire CA Kako DD Hayashio DD Oshio, Shell hits 3, on fire DD Akatsuki DD Hokaze Allied Ships BB Royal Sovereign, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage - she's got to sink now. Come on! CA Dorsetshire CA Exeter, Shell hits 4, and is sunk CL Mauritius, Shell hits 1, on fire CLAA Caledon, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CLAA Capetown, Shell hits 1 DD Vampire, on fire, heavy damage DD Vendetta, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Electra DD Encounter, on fire DD Jupiter, Shell hits 11, on fire, heavy damage DD Pakenham DD Paladin DD Panther -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Trimcomalee at 15,25 Japanese Ships DD Hayashio DD Oshio, on fire DD Akatsuki CA Suzuya Allied Ships SS Trusty -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Trimcomalee, at 15,25 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Allied aircraft Allied aircraft losses Hurricane II: 9 destroyed, 4 damaged 77 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Atago, Shell hits 1 BB Hyuga, Shell hits 2 BB Mutsu DD Natsushio DD Oboro, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage - drat. DD Sagiri DD Hibiki Allied Ships MSW Cromer, Shell hits 1, on fire CL Danae, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage - CA Cornwall, Shell hits 12, on fire, heavy damage - PG Nigella, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK Empire Patrol, Shell hits 2, on fire Allied ground losses: 278 casualties reported Guns lost 8 Vehicles lost 5 Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 10 Port hits 4 Port fuel hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 31st USA Regimental Combat Team, at 43,51 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 E7K2 Alf x 1 Ki-48 Lily x 19 Japanese aircraft losses E7K2 Alf: 1 damaged Ki-48 Lily: 4 damaged Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 7000 feet 11 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 7000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 4th USMC Regiment, at 43,51 Japanese aircraft E7K2 Alf x 1 Ki-48 Lily x 10 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48 Lily: 4 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 7000 feet 3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 7000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 142,51 Japanese Ships SS I-6, hits 4, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Lawrence So the question is - should I have canx operation banana kiss???? Too late now, I've already decided where I'm going to attack in Burma. I'm not going to recon it so as not to telegraph, all I can do is hope Raver has left it empty.
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With dancing Bananas and Storm Troopers who needs BBs?
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