20 June 1942
Junyo detached from KB
Coral Sea
He's really got it in for my 3 destroyers running south (just 2 now, the worst damaged split off from them). They suffered a sub attack that missed yesterday that wasn't worth mentioning. Now, the Junyo has detacted from the KB and sprinted south, hitting these damaged ships with an airstrike:
DMS Trevor, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Edsall, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk
The main KB raided Milne and sank a minesweeper, and also severely damaged two cargo ships that have been desperately trying to clear the area for several days.
N. Australia
Darwin is coming under air attack again. I had been returning ships there that had evacuated with the Yamato was spotted. That was a bad call...I'm clearing them out again, maybe permanently. Some of the fighters that had been supporting Hornet and Enterprise are working their way back here to put up a defense.
Burma and Thailand
Oscars are being used in the attack role, trying to hit my small ASW boats at Rangoon. We shot down 5 with Hurricanes and got one more with flak with the loss of one Hurricane.
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