Spidery
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February 10th 1942 Air Losses: 1 Japanese, 1 Allied, 1 Pilots Japanese occupy: Kaimana(auto), Sepandjang(air drop), Noumea, Batavia Japanese land at: A teaser: quote:
xAP Queen Elizabeth, Bomb hits 2, on fire xAP Queen Elizabeth, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage Philippines A DD hits a mine during the bombardment attack against Manila. It survives and is docked at Batangas with 63 float damage. Manila AV has been reduced to 1780. China A bombardment attack at Tuyun shows good odds for launching an attack tomorrow. Again fail to dislodge the Chinese from the mountains. DEI Batavia falls. Only 1 point of HI and 1 of LI survives. Of the 6 divisions present 3 are immediately combat ready and 3 need R&R, but only one of those needs replacements. Supply jumps by 16000 on Java for the day so that was useful captured supplies. New Caledonia Noumea is easily taken and the French defenders surrender. No damage to facilities. The KB had moved SW to near Norfolk Island and it lucked out and found a convoy of xAP (empty) some 120 miles away and inflicted, AM: quote:
Allied Ships xAP Mungana, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAP Limerick, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk xAP Rangitata, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk xAP Mildura, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Ormiston, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk xAP Montoro, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Queen Elizabeth, Bomb hits 2, on fire PG Moresby, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAP Sarpedonia xAP Duntroon, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires xAP Murada, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage PC Warrego xAP Rangitiki, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk PM: quote:
Allied Ships xAP Duntroon, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk xAP Queen Elizabeth, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Sarpedonia, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage PC Warrego, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk There were additional sinking noises and after the end of turn no task forces is visible on the map so it may be a clean sweep. Noticeable during the attack is that about a dozen Kates targeted the Queen Elizabeth but all torpedoes missed. This is a nice hall of VP and a cramp in the Allied ability to move troops in 1942. Australia I-123 attacks the xAP Macdhui in the Bass Strait, puts a torpedo in it, and may have sunk it - too many ships sinking to know what exactly sunk. Glens spot a number of task forces heading into Melbourne. Engineering Muroran port expands to 5 which should be enough to start lowering resource stocks on Hokkaido. Loyang airfield expands to size 2. Giving another base to attack Sian from. Victory Points VP ratio leaps to 2.36:1 on the back of taking 2 high Allied VP bases (Noumea and Batavia), a 1000 LCU VP gained and the ships sunk. Planning The three divisions at Batavia need to be re-allocated. One is prepping for Darwin so will head for that. Not sure what to do with the others. Bases still needing invading are Horn Island and Cocos Islands. I have no recon on either of them. Also, I would like to send 2 divisions into China from Burma to take Paoshan and threaten Kunming from that direction. Otherwise, Manila is a possibility or just starting on setting up defenses.
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