Erkki -> RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) - no lookin'! (11/7/2011 8:30:53 PM)
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April 8th East Indies and Indian Ocean: Here we go! Japanese cruiser TF bombards Kendari, hitting pretty hard the airfield and port but no planes are destroyed. Hmm. Against orders, most escort DDs did not bombard and the bombardment squadron went in too fast, arriving before daybreak. During daylight, Allies flew lots of naval air search. 9 139WHs from Kendari tried to attack CA Suzya TF but were shot down by Zero-LRCAP from Makassar Kaga and Ryujo undetected, they arrive at their station tomorrow and will then turn to West, towards map edge(and Cape Town). Timor Sea raiders undetected, they will be at the southern coast of Timor tomorrow and will be able to attack any Allied surface units trying to directly engage the invasion fleet or CarDiv5. On Borneo, Balikpapan falls! Oil wells and refineries are 4/5 intact. South Pacific: 3 CVs arrive at Truk tomorrow. Allied subs attack 3 more times but incredibly, especially for Dutch and British subs, they only score 2 duds and lots of misses.
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