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cantona2 -> RE: From Here to Eternity 1275psi (J) vs Cantona2 (A) (3/13/2020 8:52:10 PM)
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27th January 1942
The night was dark and still, the storms that had blasted the area around Bataan and Subic Bay had expended their energy leaving an unsettling calm. PFCs Miller and Jacobson stood guard looking over the calm and ebony sea grateful from a break from the incessant bombing from the air the Japanese had been subjecting positions on Bataan too. They smoked cigarettes, cupped in their hands to hide the glows, and chatted quietly about what their likely fate might be. A conversation that was cut short by an almighty explosion followed by a bright wave of light bathing both young soldiers.
Its source was out at sea. Rising from behind the impromptu cover of several palm trees Miller and Jacobson were treated to a pyrotechnics display that rivalled anything they had witnessed on any 4th of July. More explosions permeated the night and both began to wonder if ships had strayed onto the minefields protecting Manila Bay? The sound of gunfire now broke through the night as shore defences, especially those on Corregidor, opened up; star shells now revealing several vessels floundering offshore. Vessels that were begining to return fire as they sought to disentangle themselves from the minefield.
Both privates had a grandstand view of the action and both were awed by the sheer pwer unleashed by the shore guns. Hit after hit was witnessed on the enemy vessels and soon a plethora of cheers joined the two voices of Miller and Jacobsen as they revelled in the woes the Japanese ships found themselves in. It was a welcome joy for soldiers who had now suffered intensive Japanese aerial bombing for the past fortnight.
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Naval Gun Fire at Bataan - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
94 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CL Natori, Shell hits 2, Mine hits 2, heavy damage
DD Hatakaze, Shell hits 10, Mine hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Harukaze, Shell hits 12, Mine hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Nagatsuki, Shell hits 1, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Fumizuki, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Minazuki, Shell hits 2, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Satsuki, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
TF 14 encounters mine field at Bataan (78,77)
Japanese Ships
CL Natori, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hatakaze, Mine hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
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OT - this was a very uncharacteristic move by Herb. Either he misclicked plotting his orders or his surface task force reacted into the hex due to my MTBs attacking Iba.
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