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Molon Labe · 09-20-21, 12:34 PM

22 April 1942

Japan
USS Sculpin spotted a small tanker off Toyohara but missed its torpedo shot. More important, we've located a tanker lane.

Hawaii and Line Islands
A midget sub was spotted and depth charged. The destroyer attacking it got a solid hit with the last pattern it had ammo to fire, which forced it to the surface to be gunned down by the cruiser that was probably its target.

Marshall Islands
USS Narwhal shot up an unescorted troop-carrying cargo ship, likely sinking it.

Solomons
USS Gato torpedoed the heavy cruiser Nachi off the Shortlands. It's not in danger of sinking but I'm sure it will need extensive repairs.

Luganville
Carrier-based Zeroes appeared over Luganville again, but were met by a wave of my P-39s---4 Zeroes down with 1 P-39 lost. We continued to bomb the port trying to get the cruiser, but we can't even confirm it's there anymore. I'm sure he felt the same frustration trying to clear out all the ships at Singapore and Pearl. This situation will hopefully improve once most of my bomber crews are recon trained (they use the recon skill on the way off of target, kinda like BDA), but for now, no such luck.

Thailand
We got 2 Oscars trying to stop our bombers near Raheng. His troops are apparently tired of being bombed and don't have the appetite for an opposed river crossing; they're turning around. I expect the front lines to stabilize now until someone is able to reinforce in mass. Also, we spotted some enemy troops coming through the mountains towards Burma. I've got recon monitoring them but a least for now they don't look like they have enough troops to be a threat.

Java and Sumatra
We got one or two P-40s airborne--for nothing--one shot down with no victories. Enemy bombing continued.

A Kingfisher on ASW duty off Oosthaven spotted an enemy DMS and hit it with a small bomb.

My scouts found a small troop convoy between Borneo and Sumatra and referred it to my Fulmars for a low-altitude gun and bomb attack. A CM escorting the convoy took a bomb hit for moderate damage, and a light cargo ship took 4 bombs plus several strafing runs, likely sinking it.

Enemy troops attacked Surabaya, reducing fortifications to level 3. Casualties 937 to 664 favoring us.

Indian Ocean
Repairs for the Indomitable completed at Columbo as the surface task force, including the damaged BB Ramillies and the CVL Hermes, arrived. Hermes is going to be demoted to a training carrier now that the Brits have 2 real carriers in theatre. We got an estimate on the time to repair Ramillies, and it makes more sense to send it to South Africa for the bigger yard there, despite the distance and even at half speed.

09-20-21, 12:34 PM	#206
Molon Labe Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Along the Watchtower Posts: 3,810 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 5	22 April 1942 Japan USS Sculpin spotted a small tanker off Toyohara but missed its torpedo shot. More important, we've located a tanker lane. Hawaii and Line Islands A midget sub was spotted and depth charged. The destroyer attacking it got a solid hit with the last pattern it had ammo to fire, which forced it to the surface to be gunned down by the cruiser that was probably its target. Marshall Islands USS Narwhal shot up an unescorted troop-carrying cargo ship, likely sinking it. Solomons USS Gato torpedoed the heavy cruiser Nachi off the Shortlands. It's not in danger of sinking but I'm sure it will need extensive repairs. Luganville Carrier-based Zeroes appeared over Luganville again, but were met by a wave of my P-39s---4 Zeroes down with 1 P-39 lost. We continued to bomb the port trying to get the cruiser, but we can't even confirm it's there anymore. I'm sure he felt the same frustration trying to clear out all the ships at Singapore and Pearl. This situation will hopefully improve once most of my bomber crews are recon trained (they use the recon skill on the way off of target, kinda like BDA), but for now, no such luck. Thailand We got 2 Oscars trying to stop our bombers near Raheng. His troops are apparently tired of being bombed and don't have the appetite for an opposed river crossing; they're turning around. I expect the front lines to stabilize now until someone is able to reinforce in mass. Also, we spotted some enemy troops coming through the mountains towards Burma. I've got recon monitoring them but a least for now they don't look like they have enough troops to be a threat. Java and Sumatra We got one or two P-40s airborne--for nothing--one shot down with no victories. Enemy bombing continued. A Kingfisher on ASW duty off Oosthaven spotted an enemy DMS and hit it with a small bomb. My scouts found a small troop convoy between Borneo and Sumatra and referred it to my Fulmars for a low-altitude gun and bomb attack. A CM escorting the convoy took a bomb hit for moderate damage, and a light cargo ship took 4 bombs plus several strafing runs, likely sinking it. Enemy troops attacked Surabaya, reducing fortifications to level 3. Casualties 937 to 664 favoring us. Indian Ocean Repairs for the Indomitable completed at Columbo as the surface task force, including the damaged BB Ramillies and the CVL Hermes, arrived. Hermes is going to be demoted to a training carrier now that the Brits have 2 real carriers in theatre. We got an estimate on the time to repair Ramillies, and it makes more sense to send it to South Africa for the bigger yard there, despite the distance and even at half speed. __________________ Last edited by Molon Labe; 09-20-21 at 01:04 PM.