AcePylut
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Dec 14th: Today was a good action-ey day. Of note: My plan to intercept the 2CL 6 DD fleet worked. 3 hexes North of Koepang, Force Z intercepted the fleet - which had 1 CL and 5DD - and engaged in a 2 action battle. The first round was inconclusive, the BB POW and CL Mauritius each took one insignificant hit, no damage to the IJ. Fleets disengaged, but then drew battle in the next hex to the North West. A running duel beginning at 5k yards, decreasing to 2k, the to 7k, then 5k, then 12k, the disengagement saw the IJ CL Nagara slip under the waves. 2 IJ DD each took a hit. The BC Repulse took a torpedo. Force Z: BB Prince of Wales, Shell hits 2 BC Repulse, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1 CL Mauritius CL Marblehead DD Barker DD Bulmer DD Paul Jones, Shell hits 1 DD Parrott DD Stewart DD Stronghold DD Tenedos IJ Fleet: CL Nagara, Shell hits 6, and is sunk DD Yukikaze DD Yamakaze DD Kawakaze, Shell hits 1 DD Umikaze, Shell hits 1 DD Suzukaze The Repulse ended up with 19 Sys Damage and 17 Float damage. She'll retire and not be a factor in the DEI any longer. The IJ DD's ended up at Makassar. They will most likely run the Balikpapan corridor and risk running over 6 Allied subs, or they will make a dash between Java and Borneo to Kuching. I have a small Dutch CL/DD fleet in this corridor that will attempt an engagement. Next, at Kavieng, CA's Louisville and Canberra, CL's Perth and Adelaide, and DD's Voyager and Triomphant met 3 PB, 1xAK, and 7 xAKL and sank all of them. 468 IJ troops want to the bottom with those transports. Banzai! My fleet skirted across the north of New Britian and will attempt to engage an IJ fleet unloading at Lae. I suspect there's at least one cruiser as I believe I saw a ship based scout plane report something around Lae in the last turn. In other happenings of note: A Chinese Corps entered Canton and was immediately booted. I should have waited a couple of days to enter with 2-3 corps and they it would hold for a while. Luganville was invaded today.
< Message edited by AcePylut -- 10/7/2018 12:48:19 AM >
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