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January 6, 1942 Report
The Thunda in the Sunda
- About 17000 enemy troops landed at Oosthaven in the night
- Then followed the first naval engagement: CLs Dragan and Durban vs. Enemy Invasion Fleet
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Japanese Ships
CL Sendai, Shell hits 6
DD Hibiki, Shell hits 4
DD Isonami, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Uranami, Shell hits 2
DD Shikinami, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Ayanami, Shell hits 2
DMS W-2, Shell hits 2
DMS W-4, Shell hits 1, heavy fires
DMS W-5, Shell hits 2, on fire
DMS W-6, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
PB Eifuku Maru
PB Sozan Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAK Syoto Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAK Nanko Maru
xAK Seizan Maru, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Yahiko Maru
xAK Tamaki Maru
xAK Kyokko Maru
xAK Teisen Maru
xAK Kuroshio Maru, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
xAK Meisho Maru, Shell hits 1
xAK Nansin Maru
xAK Nojima Maru
xAK Nittei Maru
xAK Ryujo Maru, Shell hits 1
xAK Sanuki Maru, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
xAK Shoho Maru
xAK Taibun Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAK Tatsuho Maru, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
xAK Tone Maru, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Uyo Maru, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Ume Maru
xAK Yuzan Maru, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Azuchisan Maru
xAK Amakusa Maru
Allied Ships
CL Dragon, Shell hits 4
CL Durban, Shell hits 19, on fire
DD Vampire, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Van Nes, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Evertsen, Shell hits 1
DD Van Ghent, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
Durban has only moderate damage. Vampire will sink (actually was already reported sunk...even those she hasn't yet). Van Ghent will be ok but needs a repair yard bad. Dragon has only minor damage but is low on ammo (Durban has nothing but AA left).
- Then followed the second battle when Houston's posse rode up to the party:
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Japanese Ships
CL Sendai, Shell hits 37, and is sunk
DD Hibiki, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
DD Isonami, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
DD Uranami, Shell hits 3
DMS W-2, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
DMS W-5, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
PB Eifuku Maru, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
xAK Syoto Maru, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Nanko Maru, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Yahiko Maru, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Tamaki Maru, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
xAK Kyokko Maru, Shell hits 1
xAK Teisen Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire
xAK Meisho Maru, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
xAK Nansin Maru, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Nojima Maru
xAK Nittei Maru
xAK Ryujo Maru, Shell hits 3
xAK Shoho Maru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Ume Maru
xAK Azuchisan Maru, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Amakusa Maru, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
Allied Ships
CA Houston
CL Leander, Shell hits 2
CL Achilles, Shell hits 4, on fire
CL Marblehead
CL Boise
DD Barker, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Bulmer, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD John D. Edwards, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
No major damage, but Houston and Marblehead are low on long range ammo. Boise is still looking good. The destroyers are mostly out.
- Force Z did not make it in time, but she is now in the hex where the battles took place. The Japanese heavy SAG (at least 2 BBs) is 5 hexes away to the west ("moving west"). Meanwhile another enemy SAG which contains CAs Mogami and Suzuya is headed NW toward Toboali. I'm a little unsure of what to do with Force Z. If the rest of my fleets had lots of ammo, I would be inclined to leave them here to deal with leftovers and those BBs, but Force Z is mostly alone now. On the other hand, a return to Soerabaja is a bit risky at the moment as well (see Timor/Darwin below).
- Had a lot of unsuccessful Naval Attacks from LBA. My fighters on LRCAP shot down some floaters but there was no major LBA naval attacks out of Billiton. I expect that will change next turn.
The Bering Sea Debacle
- CL Honolulu, abandoned to her fate in the Adak port, has 87 days worth of repairs and about an hour to do it in. DD Brooks fled in the wrong direction and is at 95 FLT damage in any case. *taps*
- CA Minneapolis and the refugee DD/DMS/AVP types were unmolested in their flight to the east. They will continue another day and then either head north to Kodiak or SE to the repair yards at Seattle. His carriers can still give chase and probably catch the AVPs but I'm optimistic that Minneapolis has survived this mess.
- Adak will fall in short order. 2 good ENG units lost there. Lesson learned.
Timor/Darwin
- To my dismay, the enemy carrier group (that I'm calling KBb until I learn otherwise) did not retire to the North toward Mindinao but took a cruise SW toward Timor. It was probably luck that he didn't run into Force Z/Houston or my transport fleets along the way. Today he made a half hearted air attack against an AM on the Aussie coast which is what alerted me to his presence.
- This is a pretty bad deal. Another day and I would have had the Lark Bn. in his grasp from the east and the Singapore transports coming into his grasp from the NW. Not. Good.
- NOTE: This makes the second or third time that his carriers have been revealed to me by what appear to be premature, unplanned air attacks on meaningless targets. The same thing happened in the Aleutians, NW of Wake, and now just SW of Timor. I think these are mistakes on his part.
- The carrier group is reportedly heading east which may indicate that it is homeward bound. I'm not going to risk it, though.
Elsewhere
- In about 3 days, I will have completed the assembly of my CVs. 1 is out for a month and a half for repairs. The other three can link up and go somewhere, but I'm unsure where to send them. Pago Pago perhaps? Depends on where the KB goes, I suppose.
- I'm proud to say that the DDs Jupiter and Isis put 12 hits on the Jap sub that tried to take a swipe at my Aussie transports (near Soerabaja). I don't think she'll make it home.
- Deliberate attack in Johore Bharu lowered the Forts to 2 with heavier squad lost/disabled for the Allies compared to the Japs. We had 33/82 while he had 6/97.
- The turn started with a 2nd day of bombardment against Port Moresby. Later in the day, he landed a sufficient number of troops to take the base. I will try to get my transport squadrons out, but they may be lost entirely. The only thing left there is the 15th RAAF Base Force and the Port Moresby Brigade.
I feel like there hasn't been a lot of push in Burma. His unit that was east of Pegu finally got to the rail hex to cut it off. I'm hesitant to attack that unit as a much larger stack is in the tile SE of Pegu waiting to pounce. I have my finger hovering over the "Flee Burma" button, but it seems like it is taking forever for him to move here. In contrast to that, he is making a big push to cut Java off. Kendari is taken, I know he has his eyes on Ambon, and now a carrier is spotted off of Koepang. Add in the fact that he has been rapidly snatching up bases in the Solomons and I'm left with the feeling that Australia is his Phase 2 goal. But it's too early to tell, I think.
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