|
Nomad -> June 2, 1943 (2/22/2022 3:32:55 PM)
|
June 2, 1943
First, I got a sub
Submarine attack near Kendari at 71,106
Japanese Ships
SS I-30, hits 18, heavy fires, heavy damage
Allied Ships
CA Louisville
CA Houston
CA Northampton
CLAA San Juan
DD Woodworth
DD Aaron Ward
DD Flusser
DD Smith
DD Conyngham
DD Frazier
SS I-30 forced to surface!
/snipped out a bunch of lines
Sub slips beneath the waves
--------------------------
A different sub tagged one of my good BBs
Sub attack near Kendari at 71,106
Japanese Ships
SS I-11
Allied Ships
BB Massachusetts, Torpedo hits 1
BB South Dakota
DD Drayton
DD Cummings
DD Downes
DD Cassin
DD Shaw
SS I-11 launches 6 torpedoes at BB Massachusetts
I was lucky, one torp was a DOINK.
BB Massachusetts is damaged, but should make port with no problems
================================================================
Landed the 9th Australian Infantry Division at Kendari
As expected there were a good amount of disabled troops
I am not sure I have enough right now to take the base. Here is
his bombardment attack
Ground combat at Kendari (70,106)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1153 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 74
Defending force 10029 troops, 134 guns, 130 vehicles, Assault Value = 301
Assaulting units:
48th Naval Guard Unit
3rd Base Force
Defending units:
9th Australian Division
I have a small Naval Bombardment TF that will hit the base tonight
and I will let the unit try and get some of the disabled back into
fighting shape.
The entire division did unload and it has plenty of supply but I will be
landing another 12,000+ supply tonight
=========================================================
I did not expect bombers at Sorong, but there were a few.
Morning Air attack on TF, near Boela at 80,110
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 7
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
APA W.A. Holbrook, Bomb hits 3
APA Harris
Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
---------------------------------------------
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Boela at 80,110
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
AM Shepparton, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
APA Harris, Bomb hits 3, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
I lost an AM, but the two APAs are damaged but able to make 3 hexes per phase
so they will return back to safety. They did unload the entire unit and enough
supply for the next couple of weeks.
----------------------------
My SBDs from Namlea launched against a surface TF
I did not really expect them, but there are BBs there.
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sorong at 82,107
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 13
Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 9 damaged
Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, Bomb hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
2 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
10 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
---------------------------------------------
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sorong at 82,107
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 15
Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 damaged
Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
BB Kongo
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
--------------------------------
I am working on a response, I have options
Even though one of my modern BBs took a Torp, there are still 2 more modern
BBs in that TF, I might try and get into a surface combat.
Information to keep in mind. I sank I-30 which is a seaplane carrying sub
The lost aircraft report for today lists 2 Jakes. It looks like he is putting
Jakes on his subs. We are playing with no house rules so no fault, just info
that he has a very large search radius with his subs.
|
|
|
|
