Xargun
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Joined: 2/14/2004 From: Near Columbus, Ohio Status: offline
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Well a much better turn this time around... First action of the turn was I-5 putting a torp into an allied AK near Christmas Islands I think. The Ak did not sunk :( Next action was 2 allied DDs sinking I-170 as it tracked crippled allied ships making for the West Coast. 4 Depth charges reportedly hit the sub, sending it to the bottom in a hurry. Next a fighter sweep over Lanchow. My 9 zeros ran into 18 P-40Es and were beat up. 3 zeors and 1 P-40 were shot down. Poor showing for my men, but hey they were outnumbered 2:1. My air raid on Dacca came next. 49 bombers and 27 zeros arrived in the skies over Dacca, finding nothing in the air but the clouds and birds. The Nells and Betties made their runs at 8000 feet taking very mild damage (1 damaged of each). They claimed 1 Liberator destroyed, 7 damaged, 15 brits, 1 gun as well as 5 airbase, 2 supply and 14 runway hits. Not bad, but a shame they didn't hit more planes. Now they will be pulled back to Bangkok to rest and relax. My bombers at Truk did there mission fine. 77 Nells and 20 Betties arrived over the skies at Port Moresby. 10 Wirraways were in the air, but they managed only a single Nell shot down. Flak accounted for 1 Betty and 5 more Nells damaged - no other losses. My raid claimed 40 men as well as 2 airbase, 2 supply, 8 runway, 2 port and 1 port supply hits. They also claimed 1 B-17s killed on the ground. Most of the planes were on airfield attack, but 1 group was set to hit the port trying to finish off the damaged ships that I think are still there. Next thing up was my baby CV air raids on Broome.. I was surprised to find no fighters or any allied aircraft attacking back as I assumed Rob spotted me coming South past Timor.. Maybe he misjudged the distance or forgot, or had nothing to spare :) Either way good. All told 14 zeroes and 63 Kates attacked the port. 5 Kates were reported destroyed and another 17 damaged. They dropped bombs on 3 MSWs and 2 AKs setting them all on fire and doing heavy damage. My air raids in china claim 68 troops and 1 gun. B-17s appeared over the skies at Admiralty Island 11 B-17s struck at the cargo TF sitting there, landing a bomb on 3 of the ships (2 AKs and 1 TK). The ships will survive, but need to drop their load and move to Truk. My idea of splitting off the cruisers from my CVs worked splendidly. The 3 cruisers (2 CA and 1 CL) dahed into Noumea harbor and caught plenty of AKs lounging around and blasted them all. Some Hudsons from Noumea tried to hit the cruisers with some bombs, and actually scored a hit on the CL. The total damage was 4 sys and 1 fire from the bomb... Pointless - and I was worried... In all my 3 cruisers sunk 5 AKs, and sent over 1000 US troops into the sea And those are just the numbers I know about. My CV got into the action a bit hitting several AKs all around, including 2 at Noumea, that my surface force finished off. The Kates from the CVs actually put 2 torps into an AK sinking it. So far the air groups here are being outdone by the cruisers. I-153 located an allied AK north of Oz and put 1 torpedo and 2 shell hits into it. Dead men came spilling out. Unfortunately the ship escaped before the sub could finish it off, but I have another sub entering the area to help finish it off. In China, my troops at Amoy have captured a portion of the 44th Chinese Corps. In all 2484 chinese troops were hauled off in prison camps. Now only 2 partials chinese units exist in the area. Plus the stubborn corps bwteen Nanning and Hanoi that won't die. Now the best news of the day... Bataan Falls !!!! 86000 Japanese troops assaulted the place at dawn and by noon it was all over. over 44000 allied troops were taken as prisoners, along with 186 guns and 75 tanks. Luzon is now mine.. I have already sent all arty back to Lingayan to board ships to singapore. With the success here, my attacks on singapore will be postponed a week waiting for these new troops to arrive.. They they will really hammer singapore with arty shells as my 5 divisions attack.
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