Spidery
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Joined: 10/6/2012 From: Hampshire, UK Status: offline
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April 6th 1942 Air Losses: 5 Japanese, 1 Allied, 3 Pilots Japanese occupy: Djailolo Allies occupy: Cox's Bazaar(auto) Japanese land at: Australia B-17E hit the 14th Division at Katherine, they do little damage and 1 plane is shot down by flak. My bombing of Katherine airfield attracts no flak. Pacific In the waters between Australia and New Zealand a small CA task force finds a large slow convoy. Unfortunately, they mostly use the torpedoes against the small DD targets and not the lumbering floating docks. My ships have a long way to get to Noumea and thence to somewhere to fix them. DD Sukukaze is the only one that has damage at a risky level (54/13/25 with 5 fires). The main risk is that Allied carriers may be in a position to attack. Confirmed sunk are 2 xAK and 2 AG but more sinking sounds in the following repair phase so at least 1, maybe 2, more Allied ships are sunk. quote:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Stewart Island at 94,185, Range 22,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 4 CA Kako, Shell hits 5, on fire DD Shiratsuyu, Shell hits 4 DD Yamakaze, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Suzukaze, Shell hits 3, heavy fires Allied Ships CL Java, Shell hits 6, heavy fires DD Voyager, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Piet Hein, Shell hits 1 DD Kortenaer DD Evertsen DD Witte de With, Shell hits 1 DD Van Nes, Shell hits 1 DD Banckert, Shell hits 1 DD Van Ghent, Shell hits 2, heavy fires AS Platypus ARD Tandjong Kv-1 ARD Tandjong Kv-2 ARD Tjilitlap Kv ARD Soerabaja Kv AG Wanaka, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk AG Pulganbar, Shell hits 2, and is sunk AVP Pollux, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage AGP Eridanus, Shell hits 1, on fire AVP Fazant AG Willebrord Snellius xAK Bengalen, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAP Cremer, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Maetsuycker, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Swartenhondt xAP Tanimbar xAK Enggano xAK American xAK Carolinian xAK Challenger, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAK Lancaster, Shell hits 1 xAK Lena Luckenbach xAK Mathew Luckenbach, Shell hits 7, and is sunk China Day strikes against LI at Chungking destroy 10 factories for the cost of 4 planes lost to flak. I am bombing from 10000 feet and accuracy is poor but flak is quite heavy. More cut off Chinese surrender. DEI Ineffectual attack against a Dutch sub in the Malacca straits. Engineering Amchitka Island airfield to 1, Kavieng to 1, Ichang to 5, Magwe to 6. Allies expand Suva to 6, Kunming to 4.
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