Ahoy...
What is up with responses to targets sighted..???
Sighted 2 groups, 1st was off to the north of Aparri, sent off a radio dispatch on them, only to get back from ComSubAfl, the following:
Lucrative target X forces dispatched to attack X safely disengage & resume current assignment or RTB for resupply or Repairs X
2nd group I run into has 2 Kongo BB's, 2 Heavy Cruisers, some merchants & a number of DD escorts of varying classes (that I got sight of), not counting some that hadn't gotten into viz range at the time.
I send off a flash message & get that same message above, YET again..???
What the..??
I ran into that 2nd group, making an end run to Mariveles, to see if I can resupply, before the fall of the Philippines. Fuel wise I'm alright, torps are kinda on the light side.
On another note, trying to figure out the current objective I got.. Leave base, with orders to patrol Lamon Bay, for 10 days, en route there, though the San Bernardino Passage, I run into a small task force consisting of 2 DD's (a Kamikaze & a Minekazi), a heavy Minelayer Okinoshima & a Seaplane Tender Chitose. I sank the Minekazi, 1st torp missed due to them evading, but... they didn't get away from the 2nd fish. The Kamikaze, went down by luck of getting tagged with the fish that the Minekazi evaded... talk about sheer luck.
, which left Me the Minelayer & the Seaplane Tender. Sank the Mine layer with 1 fish, the Tender, took 3 to sink it.. having sank them completed the add on objective for that.
Made the Lamon Bay, & outside of that report by Me earlier, poked around in there for 5 days & then got messaged saying i had completed the objective for there...
5 days out of 10 & it's completed... something don't add up...
After that, had a green circle of approximate same size as the Lamon Bay area, showed up around Aparri, completed at minimum of 5 days after getting up there... at this point, a new, LARGE green circle showed up, encompassing the completed Lamon Bay inside it.
While in the Aparri area, I ran into that 1st group that I got messaged to disengage from... after doing so, I ran into an Aden Maru, sent it to Davey with 3 torps... 1 impact, 1 miss & then the 3rd which finished it off.
At this stage am not sure what is going on... can only assume, that I have to go another 5 days around Aparri (since I didn't get any message about that area, after Lamon Bay completed after only 5 out of 10 days... & no message about that large circle around the same general area of Lamon Bay.
So... after doing 5 days there around Apari, I decided to hot foot it back & try to get in a resupply, before the Philippines fall. & that, is when I ran into that 2nd group that led to this post. Date is now 25/12/41...
So... at this point in time, trying to make heads or tails out of all this.
M. M.
Ok, trying to figure out the mission objectives... disregard that portion...
Was able to make Mariveles, resupply, then hot footed it back to Aparri.
Not long after doing so, got message of that area completed rough 5 days, guess I missed hitting the 5 days right off as I thought I did.
That said, am to NOW... patrol that BIG green circle area, in the general Lamon Bay area this time, again time belled for 10 days like the Lamon Bay itself... unless that knocks out in 5 days as did patrolling the bay ended... 5 days ahead of schedule...
Guess I'll find out, soon enough... Onward & upwards... as the saying goes...
Cry havoc... & let slip the dawgs of WAR.!
M. M.