wobbly
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A bit of a shock when a jap sub manages to find my carrier group. Fortunately the escorts find the sub and manage to damage it with depth charges before driving it off.
The minesweepers make it back into Dobadura harbour and clear more of the pesky nuisances, no ships hit mines today - phew.
8 ships are sent back to Pearl today with varying levels of damage. One of which is the BB North Carolina - holy hell - they don't half take a lifetime to be repaired: 299 days for
55 sys damage.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/01/42
Weather: Partly Cloudy
Sub attack at 17,38
Japanese Ships
SS I-6, Shell hits 1, on fire
Allied Ships
DD Balch
CL Helena
Only Herbie-san knows the level to which we hurt it.
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Air attack on Gasmata , at 17,32
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 10
Hudson x 15
B-26B Marauder x 28
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate x 3 destroyed
B5N Kate x 2 damaged
D3A Val x 2 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 16
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 24
Attacking Level Bombers:
9 x Hudson at 6000 feet
4 x B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet
3 x Hudson at 6000 feet
3 x B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet
8 x B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet
4 x B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet
3 x B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet
3 x Hudson at 6000 feet
3 x B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet
3 x B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet
This appears to have been a very good move. The airfield is loaded with bombers and fighters - his lack of CAP allows me to damage the runways and destroy a few planes. They are returning tomorrow and the Avengers are going to join them.
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Air attack on Port Moresby , at 10,40
Japanese aircraft
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIC x 24
B-25D Mitchell x 16
B-26B Marauder x 52
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero x 1 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 191
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 44
Attacking Level Bombers:
6 x B-25D Mitchell at 6000 feet
16 x B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet
3 x B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet
4 x B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet
4 x B-25D Mitchell at 6000 feet
11 x B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet
15 x B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet
3 x B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet
6 x B-25D Mitchell at 6000 feet
More bombing of PM to keep the airfield closed - he still has some aircraft there so this will also keep them grounded. They rest this turn.
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Herbie-san was very unhappy with this turn: most specifically with his ACs for not attacking (if I am deciphering the code properly). He also thinks his airforces days are numbered now, the only way I can see this is if he thinks I am going to keep surpressing gasmata and then invade. I just don't have the lift capacity at the moment.
To this end though the APs that delivered the Dobadura invasion force have retired this turn, I set a sqd of Kittyhawks to take over from the wildcats at LRCAPing this retreating force.
The next force of ships carrying supplies is approaching dobadura - it is going to be LRCAPed by another sqd of Kittyhawks.
I retire the wildcats that have given me great service and replace them with some Warhawks.
The heavies are going to hit Buna this turn, he has based some planes there again - hopefully I don't loose any of the big fellas.
A reasonably large force of APDs and DDs at GG go on FT duty and move one of the smaller air base units to Dobabdura: it has no airstrip damage anymore (but about 75% air service damage).
My Carrier continue to retire, the Wasp is still at 11 Sys and the other two are at 9 and 10 sys, they need a break. Last time I did this though the Japs went on the rampage.
GG is almost size 5 though so more fighters to defend the bases; 350 ACs wait in townsville for usage.
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