Jon_Hal
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Dec 8th 1941 The Japanese struck east of Pearl. Hammering the fleet for the second straight day. Fleeing units barely missed the KB, I don’t know why strikes weren’t launched on these east bound units but I’m glad. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 112,68 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 19 D3A Val x 100 B5N Kate x 123 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 1 P-26A x 2 P-36A Mohawk x 1 P-40B Tomahawk x 2 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val: 15 destroyed, 33 damaged B5N Kate: 6 destroyed, 52 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-3 Wildcat: 2 destroyed P-26A: 2 destroyed P-36A Mohawk: 2 destroyed P-40B Tomahawk: 9 destroyed, 4 damaged B-17E Fortress: 4 destroyed, 7 damaged PBY Catalina: 2 destroyed B-18A Bolo: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged SBD Dauntless: 2 destroyed Allied Ships BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage CL Honolulu, Bomb hits 1, on fire ML Ogalala, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage BB Pennsylvania, Torpedo hits 1 DD Dewey, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CL Helena, Bomb hits 2, on fire Allied ground losses: 86 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Repair Shipyard hits 3 Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 54 Port hits 2 Port supply hits 1 Strange as it may sound but Pearl Harbor was not the most important action of the day. In Malaya Force Z departed Singapore to meet their destiny. Mersing was still under heavy attack by Japanese Surface forces. Force Z moved in to relieve the pressure. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Mersing at 23,49 Japanese Ships BB Kongo, Shell hits 3, on fire BB Haruna, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 2 CA Takao, Shell hits 4 CA Atago, Shell hits 2 CL Jintsu DD Asashio DD Oshio DD Michishio, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Arashio, Shell hits 1 DD Akatsuki DD Hibiki Allied Ships BB Prince of Wales, Shell hits 2 BC Repulse, Shell hits 1 CL Danae, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk CL Mauritius, Shell hits 1 DD Vampire, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Vendetta, Shell hits 3, on fire DD Stronghold, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Tenedos, Shell hits 1 DD Electra, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Express DD Jupiter, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Force Z makes it past the Japanese Battleships only to run into more Nip Cruisers With disastrous results. ----- Night Time Surface Combat, near Mersing at 23,49 Japanese Ships CA Mogami, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage CA Mikuma, Shell hits 2, on fire CA Suzuya, Shell hits 1 CA Kumano DD Maikaze DD Nowaki, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Arashi, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Hagikaze Allied Ships BB Prince of Wales, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk BC Repulse, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1 CL Mauritius DD Vendetta, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage DD Stronghold, on fire DD Tenedos DD Electra, on fire DD Express DD Jupiter, and is sunk ----- Night Time Surface Combat, near Mersing at 23,49 Japanese Ships CA Mogami, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage CA Mikuma, Shell hits 3, on fire CA Suzuya, Shell hits 1 CA Kumano DD Maikaze, Shell hits 2 DD Nowaki, Shell hits 5, and is sunk DD Arashi, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Hagikaze Allied Ships BC Repulse, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, on fire CL Mauritius, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Vendetta, Shell hits 1, and is sunk DD Stronghold, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Tenedos, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Electra, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Express I hate those stupid long Lance torps… To add insult to injury as the survivors withdrew the sailed into the sights of I-121 ----- Sub attack at 22,51 Japanese Ships SS I-121 Allied Ships BC Repulse, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Express All told only 2 destroyers make it out with the Repulse. Disastrous but they fought bravely. Things aren’t completely bad today. The Lexington strikes the invading fleet off of Wake Island. USN Aviators show why they are some of the world’s best. ----- Day Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 82,63 Allied aircraft F2A Buffalo x 14 SBD Dauntless x 34 Allied aircraft losses SBD Dauntless: 3 damaged Japanese Ships CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage CL Tenryu, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage DD Mochizuki, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AP Kinryu Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage ----- Day Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 82,63 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 16 Allied aircraft losses SBD Dauntless: 3 damaged Japanese Ships CL Tenryu, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage CL Tatsuta, Bomb hits 1, on fire ----- Day Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 82,63 Allied aircraft F2A Buffalo x 14 SBD Dauntless x 11 No Allied losses Japanese Ships PG Chokai Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage PG Fukui Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire The Lexington scores well but incoming Subs will probably drive the Lexington’s group south to meet up with Enterprise and hide from KB. The Lexington isn’t in time though.. Wake falls Ground combat at Wake Island Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 2111 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 1713 troops, 37 guns, 1 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Wake Island base !!! Japanese ground losses: 426 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Allied ground losses: 1737 casualties reported Guns lost 38 In the Philippines the light Cruiser Boise strikes out on her own and finds a Japanese Convoy. ----- Night Time Surface Combat, near Jolo at 38,59 Japanese Ships AP Ayaha Maru AP Chihaya Maru AP Huso Maru AP Kisogawa Maru, Shell hits 26, and is sunk Allied Ships CL Boise, Shell hits 1 Also an ASW mission is successful ASW attack at 30,65 Japanese Ships SS I-165, hits 6, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Stewart DD Parrott DD Paul Jones DD Bulmer The Japanese also capture Brunei. While fighting continues at Mersing, Tuguegarao and Naga Large Air Strikes over Clark’s Field, Hong Kong and Singapore continue. While the AVG surprises the Japanese at Khota Bharu and shoots down several of the attacking bombers. ----- Day Air attack on Khota Bharu , at 24,45 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 9 Ki-48 Lily x 13 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 11 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged Ki-48 Lily: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 9 It was a long bloody day for both sides but Grraven has a lot more toys to play with then I do at this point. Jon Out
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