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Molon Labe · 02-15-22, 10:02 AM

13 December 1942
Wasp, Seawolf, and Beaufighters sink a few merchants as KB vanishes

South China Sea
HMS Truant picked off a lone fuel-carrying cargo ship near Sinkawang, Borneo.

Side note: The game often gives a sinking ship soundeffect when a ship sinks outside of combat--which is most of the time they sink. We got two of those SFXs after this, and I'm pretty sure the last ship I seriously damaged was the Shoho, so that's more or less confirmation. I'll try to confirm via aircraft losses as well. [EDIT: yes, the intel screen shows 3 Zeroes and 4 Kates "destroyed on the ground" this turn, and that defintely wasn't a result of bombing an airbase, so I'll take that as confirmation--the Shoho is gone.]

China
A heavy cruiser and a destroyer shelled Foochow. I've been noticing a building of transports on the other side of the strait. An attack on Foochow is a bit late now that his armies are all gone... so, is he softening this base up for a landing?

Philippine Sea
USS Seawolf is stationed near the exit of one of those "shallow water routes" through the Philippines, this one near Legaspi. It approached one well-escorted convoy of tankers (3 TK, 2 DD, 1 TB, 1 E, 1 PB), but was spotted and driven off.

Well, kudos to the captain, because he broke contact, sprinted back ahead of them, and tried again in the afternoon, this time scoring a hit on the Nisshin Maru #2 (Tonan Whaler class, 13340 tons), which was quickly engulfed in flames thanks to its volatile cargo. The Seawolf was briefly picked up by the TB escort but got away undamaged.

Burma
The enemy CAP over Magwe is including an increasing number of Nicks and Tojos, which are proving effective against our heavy bombers. We lost 5 today to the CAP, one more to flak. The bombers shot down 1 Nick, a later P-40 sweep got 3 Nicks and an Oscar. We also lost a Hurricane over Mandalay that was trying to reach enemy Sallies but was shot down by a Zero.

Enemy bombers are probably split 1:6 Mandalay:Raheng right now. We might actually have local force superiority at Raheng/Uttaradir thanks to all the evacuating troops arriving, but an attack would be really risky due to the amount of bombers hitting the troops, and the persistent supply shortages.

New Britain and the Solomons
I think my bombing of Rabaul is offending him, because he's moved in more to bomb. A Nick and a Tojo tried to fight off the B-17s, which had P-38 escorts this time (who were actually on bomber escort duty in the event the KB approached Port Moresby, but that didn't happen, so good call on the AI commanders I guess). We ended up trading a P-38 for the Nick. We destroyed a Betty and a Tina (transport) on the ground.

Yesterday, we'd detected a troop transport convoy approaching Tulagi/Guadalcanal. For today, I split a raid of B-17s from Efate between both ports hoping to catch them at one of them, but that raid came up empty. That was followed up by Beaufighters from Rossel Island, after scoutplanes reacquired the convoy at Guadalcanal. They strafed an escorting minelayer and put 3 bombs into a cargo ship. USS Wasp, which had been steaming towards the Arafura Sea to reinforce the Lexington and Saratogo, sprinted north from Noumea to participate in this attack as well. Sadly, the Wasp's reduced aircraft compliment was felt here, we managed just 27 SBD-3s in this raid, not enough to wipe the convoy out. But lots of damage:
CM Takashima, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Hokutai Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Atutasan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAP Shanghai Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
xAK Canberra Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Shinanogawa Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Ryuzan Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Kamakura Maru
There are no troop casualties being reported here, which probably means he wanted to pull troops out of Guadalcanal and move them somewhere else. Like Babar.

I'd love to let the Wasp follow this up to wipe the convoy out, but without knowing where the KB went, she needs to bug out.

Banda Sea
Perhaps the result of a too-aggressive range setting on my Beaufighters, they attacked a troop convoy near Timor, running into a CAP of 5 Oscars. Fortunately that was within their ability to handle, each side lost 2 and we made it to the ships. They hit one troop-carrying cargo ship with 2 bombs and several cannon bursts, 83 casualties were reported and it's likely the ship will go down.

Reinforcements
DD Hobby arrives at San Francisco
AM Motive arrives at Alameda
317th TCG/39th TCS arrives at Eastern USA (transport aircraft, training for now)

02-15-22, 10:02 AM	#517
Molon Labe Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Along the Watchtower Posts: 3,810 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 5	13 December 1942 Wasp, Seawolf, and Beaufighters sink a few merchants as KB vanishes South China Sea HMS Truant picked off a lone fuel-carrying cargo ship near Sinkawang, Borneo. Side note: The game often gives a sinking ship soundeffect when a ship sinks outside of combat--which is most of the time they sink. We got two of those SFXs after this, and I'm pretty sure the last ship I seriously damaged was the Shoho, so that's more or less confirmation. I'll try to confirm via aircraft losses as well. [EDIT: yes, the intel screen shows 3 Zeroes and 4 Kates "destroyed on the ground" this turn, and that defintely wasn't a result of bombing an airbase, so I'll take that as confirmation--the Shoho is gone.] China A heavy cruiser and a destroyer shelled Foochow. I've been noticing a building of transports on the other side of the strait. An attack on Foochow is a bit late now that his armies are all gone... so, is he softening this base up for a landing? Philippine Sea USS Seawolf is stationed near the exit of one of those "shallow water routes" through the Philippines, this one near Legaspi. It approached one well-escorted convoy of tankers (3 TK, 2 DD, 1 TB, 1 E, 1 PB), but was spotted and driven off. Well, kudos to the captain, because he broke contact, sprinted back ahead of them, and tried again in the afternoon, this time scoring a hit on the Nisshin Maru #2 (Tonan Whaler class, 13340 tons), which was quickly engulfed in flames thanks to its volatile cargo. The Seawolf was briefly picked up by the TB escort but got away undamaged. Burma The enemy CAP over Magwe is including an increasing number of Nicks and Tojos, which are proving effective against our heavy bombers. We lost 5 today to the CAP, one more to flak. The bombers shot down 1 Nick, a later P-40 sweep got 3 Nicks and an Oscar. We also lost a Hurricane over Mandalay that was trying to reach enemy Sallies but was shot down by a Zero. Enemy bombers are probably split 1:6 Mandalay:Raheng right now. We might actually have local force superiority at Raheng/Uttaradir thanks to all the evacuating troops arriving, but an attack would be really risky due to the amount of bombers hitting the troops, and the persistent supply shortages. New Britain and the Solomons I think my bombing of Rabaul is offending him, because he's moved in more to bomb. A Nick and a Tojo tried to fight off the B-17s, which had P-38 escorts this time (who were actually on bomber escort duty in the event the KB approached Port Moresby, but that didn't happen, so good call on the AI commanders I guess). We ended up trading a P-38 for the Nick. We destroyed a Betty and a Tina (transport) on the ground. Yesterday, we'd detected a troop transport convoy approaching Tulagi/Guadalcanal. For today, I split a raid of B-17s from Efate between both ports hoping to catch them at one of them, but that raid came up empty. That was followed up by Beaufighters from Rossel Island, after scoutplanes reacquired the convoy at Guadalcanal. They strafed an escorting minelayer and put 3 bombs into a cargo ship. USS Wasp, which had been steaming towards the Arafura Sea to reinforce the Lexington and Saratogo, sprinted north from Noumea to participate in this attack as well. Sadly, the Wasp's reduced aircraft compliment was felt here, we managed just 27 SBD-3s in this raid, not enough to wipe the convoy out. But lots of damage: CM Takashima, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Hokutai Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Atutasan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAP Shanghai Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk xAK Canberra Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAK Shinanogawa Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Ryuzan Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Kamakura Maru There are no troop casualties being reported here, which probably means he wanted to pull troops out of Guadalcanal and move them somewhere else. Like Babar. I'd love to let the Wasp follow this up to wipe the convoy out, but without knowing where the KB went, she needs to bug out. Banda Sea Perhaps the result of a too-aggressive range setting on my Beaufighters, they attacked a troop convoy near Timor, running into a CAP of 5 Oscars. Fortunately that was within their ability to handle, each side lost 2 and we made it to the ships. They hit one troop-carrying cargo ship with 2 bombs and several cannon bursts, 83 casualties were reported and it's likely the ship will go down. Reinforcements DD Hobby arrives at San Francisco AM Motive arrives at Alameda 317th TCG/39th TCS arrives at Eastern USA (transport aircraft, training for now) __________________ Last edited by Molon Labe; 02-15-22 at 11:43 AM.