toraq
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Thanks Juggalo. Yes, I agree with you, the combined fleet is the most powerful asset that I have. But I canīt ride Noumea or any major base if he detects me before. His YPB-24 are always on naval search and spots everything at once. If I raid Noumea or any allied base, then Iīll be within range of marines SDBs and F4U...the end of my CVs. Now, Iīm trying to close to the supply lines of PM & Lunga, which force Timtom to retire his ships...so I get time. And this is my objective. Even attacking enemy warships is useless. Iīve practise it and this was the result: 20 planes lost (only due to flak) for 6 torpedoes in various ships, none of them in danger of going down to the sea. Also XP among my naval bombers is not very high...I think Iīll lost a carrier battle. Anyway, things are difficult but Iīll try to do my best. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/02/43 Weather: Rain Today I made 2 mistakes and I paid for them. I lost one AP, and 2 DD due to a tremendous mistake in Madang. Also, I left my Zeros to escort Nells to attack enemy shipping and the result was demoralizing: 7 Zeroes lost, including my 2 of my top aces. At the same time I was unlucky, and weather prevented the raid against GG. Just to worse the situation, two of my subs were hit by PBY-24 Liberator. Iīm thinking of asking Timtom to change/limit the naval search missions of this plane. For me itīs unrealistic that these Liberator have hit, while flying naval search missions, 1 CA, 1 CL, 4 Subs, various AGs... This has been a major disaster for my morale. Fortunately. Timtom is not coming back until Sunday, so I have some time to recover myself. Submarine warfare No luck against his ships. DMS Southard keeps cleaning mines, escorted by 5 DDs, one of them struk a mine. As I said before 2 of my subs were hit by Liberators, 1 of them, maybe will sink. Sub attack at 33,36 Japanese Ships SS I-16 Allied Ships DMS Southard Madang disaster My first mistake, I left my Oscar flying LCAP over a AP which left the port. So Madang was unprotected, together with the ships that were unloading supplies. Look how accurate are his planes... Allied aircraft A-20G Boston x 2 Japanese Ships AP Hokkai Maru, Bomb hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Allied aircraft B-25J Mitchell x 9 Japanese Ships AP Hokkai Maru, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage***100% of hits*** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Madang at 7,30 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 6 B-25J Mitchell x 34 A-20G Boston x 3 Allied aircraft losses B-25J Mitchell x 13 damaged Japanese Ships DD Akikaze, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage ***sunk*** DD Minazuki, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage***scuttled*** DD Shiratsuyu DD Nokaze, Shell hits 4 Crack datai destroyed over Lambeti This is the reason why I donīt want to attack the bases protected by F4U. Even agaiunst my best pilots, this is the result: Air attack on TF, near Lambeti at 33,37 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 11 G3M Nell x 4 Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 34 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero x 8 destroyed ***7 lost*** G3M Nell x 1 destroyedl x 3 damaged 1LT K. Ford of VMF-121 is credited with kill number 3***no F4U has been lost in ATA combat*** PO1 C.Chiyoshima of F2/204th Daitai is KILLED***this was my best pilot*** AGs mauled Again my mistake. I left them withouth air cover Allied aircraft A-20G Havoc x 9 P-39D Airacobra x 24 Beaufighter VIC x 22 A-20G Boston x 3 Japanese Ships AG 375, Shell hits 4 AG 358, Shell hits 8 AG 5051, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AG 373, Shell hits 8, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AG 5032, Shell hits 4, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AG 374, Shell hits 8, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AG 5070, Shell hits 12, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage AG 5031, Shell hits 16, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AG 5029, Shell hits 4, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AG 5067, Shell hits 20, on fire The only good news of the day DD Pringle, previously damaged a couple of days ago, sunk in Tulagiīs port.
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