Sangeli
Matrix Elite Guard

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April 2nd 1944 Having landed enough troops at Boela to take the base, I decided to pull my navy back save for a cruiser fleet which I sent to bombard Ternate. They didn't actually bombard the base because they encountered Japanese ships: quote:
Night Time Surface Combat, near Batjan at 78,105, Range 8,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Hatsuharu DD Ariake DD Akatsuki, Shell hits 1 DD Isonami, Shell hits 2 Allied Ships CA Northampton CA Canberra II, Shell hits 2 CL Richmond, Shell hits 1 CL Marblehead, Shell hits 2 CL Columbia DD DeHaven, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Picking DD Pringle DD Remey DD Gansevoort, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Frankford, Shell hits 1 Improved night sighting under 71% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 71% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards Not a very good outing for my cruiser fleet as once again radar failed to detect the Japanese at range. But they would redeem themselves against those IJN destroyers: quote:
ght Time Surface Combat, near Batjan at 78,105, Range 8,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Hatsuharu, Shell hits 4, and is sunk DD Ariake DD Akatsuki, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Isonami, Shell hits 14, and is sunk Allied Ships CA Northampton CA Canberra II CL Richmond CL Marblehead CL Columbia, Shell hits 1 DD DeHaven, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Picking DD Pringle DD Remey, Shell hits 1 DD Frankford Improved night sighting under 71% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 71% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Batjan at 78,104, Range 8,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Ariake, Shell hits 18, and is sunk DD Akatsuki, Shell hits 9, and is sunk Allied Ships CA Northampton CA Canberra II, Shell hits 1 CL Richmond CL Marblehead CL Columbia DD DeHaven, heavy fires DD Picking DD Pringle DD Remey DD Frankford, on fire Improved night sighting under 71% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 71% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards Allies open fire on surprised Japanese ships at 8,000 yards Even though they smashed the IJN fleet here, the performance of my radar was abysmal. Three encounters with the Japanese and not once did my radar detect them. Pretty pathetic. After destroying this fleet, they encountered a convoy unloading at Ternate: quote:
Night Time Surface Combat, near Ternate at 78,102, Range 10,000 Yards Japanese Ships PB Kenkon Maru, Shell hits 5, and is sunk PB Taiko Maru, Shell hits 13, and is sunk xAK Ume Maru, Shell hits 21, and is sunk xAK Yuzan Maru, Shell hits 29, and is sunk xAK Yosida Maru #3, Shell hits 28, and is sunk Allied Ships CA Northampton CA Canberra II CL Richmond CL Marblehead CL Columbia, Shell hits 1 DD DeHaven, heavy fires DD Picking DD Pringle DD Remey DD Frankford, on fire Japanese ground losses: 3127 casualties reported Squads: 68 destroyed, 89 disabled Non Combat: 89 destroyed, 42 disabled Engineers: 17 destroyed, 3 disabled Guns lost 74 (47 destroyed, 27 disabled) Vehicles lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied Ships Reported to be Approaching! Japanese TF suspends unloading operations and begins to get underway Improved night sighting under 71% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 71% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 27,000 yards... Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 21,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 15,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards This time radar worked and I easily sunk all ships and passengers onboard. My subs also helped out today: quote:
Sub attack near Tockangbesi-eilanden at 71,109 Japanese Ships CA Iwaki, Torpedo hits 2 DD Samidare DD Urakaze Allied Ships SS Sealion, hits 1 Doubtful the CA Iwaki is sunk but as I've mentioned before, putting a ship into the shipyard for months is almost as good at this point. And Boela fell easily on the first attack: quote:
Ground combat at Boela (80,110) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 19226 troops, 497 guns, 207 vehicles, Assault Value = 660 Defending force 2710 troops, 41 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 58 Allied adjusted assault: 1026 Japanese adjusted defense: 19 Allied assault odds: 54 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied forces CAPTURE Boela !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-) fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 761 casualties reported Squads: 21 destroyed, 49 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 13 destroyed, 7 disabled Guns lost 38 (3 destroyed, 35 disabled) Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 168 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Assaulting units: I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion 1st Marine Division 30th Australian Brigade 4th Field Artillery Battalion I Australian Corps Wake (Det.) Defense Battalion 131st Field Artillery Battalion 12th Marine Defense Battalion 98th Field Artillery Battalion 2nd RAA Jungle Mountain Gun Regiment Defending units: 1st Para Assault/A Division 1st Naval Construction Battalion 108th JAAF AF Bn
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