GreyJoy
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My wildcats are doing badly also because i'm using them as a second category fighter...LRCAP or escort...when i really need fighters i use P-40K, Kittihawk or P-39s which perform a little bit better Anyway...a strange turn the last one... 24, 25 Feb 1943 Japan arrived during the night of 24th in force at Tulagi, bringing 1 HUGE SCTF...but he arrived just few hours later not being able to catch my minelayers who laid mines all over the Solomons ...2 CAs hit mines and also an APD moving troops to Thousand got struck...another DD got damaged during a collision after the first mine hit by the main ship. He's bringing LOTS of big units (intel says a regiment and an Eng regiment) to Thousand Ships Bay...It's being a race to reinforce the Solomons! However his big SCTF sunk 8 PTs...nothing more...then with the daylight got back to Shortlands one of my APD TFs was found and hit by his Vals while it was delivering a marine Defence unit to Tassafaronga...luckly i had divided the main TF in 3, giving them 3 different routes... Another FA units is being unloading at Tassafaronga right now... while more supplies are flowing to Tulagi which, however, is really difficult to keep supplied...they dropped from 20k to 16k in 2 days We made another big effort against Russell Island, with 10 Corsairs, 15 P-38s, 30 P-40k and some 10 P-39s on sweep from tassafaronga. We found a stiff opposition...not less than 60 japanese planes on LRCAP...the fight was brutal and we managed to shot down in 2 days 60 enemy planes, losing 25 of my own...then the 4Es assured that the field remained closed. I need to recover my 4Es and get them at max strenght...but i need them to close his AFs and i don't have any reserve left... Kirakira reached level 2 AF despite the visit of 88 Helens today...the base is developed enough to be fullfilled with 100 fighters who will guarantee the CAP to my ships approaching Lunga and Tulagi. Tomorrow we'll move a big convoy to Tulagi. 150 fighters are moved at Tulagi to provide cover and 2 important SCTF will be moved there too. 60 SDBs and 20 torpedo bombers, along with 50 fighters on escort will be moved at Lunga just in case -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 64 encounters mine field at Thousand Ships Bay (114,136) Japanese Ships APD Kuri, Mine hits 1, heavy damage Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 353 encounters mine field at Tulagi (114,137) Japanese Ships CA Haguro, Mine hits 1 CA Myoko, Mine hits 1
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