War in the Pacific AAR Thread - ML vs JFranzen

Molon Labe · 06-10-22, 07:14 AM

17 January 1943

A pair of light cruisers shelled the airbase at Chittagong, India, but were not effective. One of them took a hit from a coastal battery. I have 3 new attack squadrons coming online near here: Vengeance dive bombers, Beaufighters, and a night-fighter Beaufighter variant. I'm hoping the night fighters in particular might be able to do something about these raids. I had two subs along the expected path and they got nothing.
USS Runner torpedoed and sank a troop-carrying Std-C class cargo ship (2900 tons) near Naha, Okinawa. Like the Kingfish yesterday, Runner re-engaged the stricken ship to make sure it went down.
I've resumed Hudson raids on Rabaul due to lack of fighter protection there.
We lost 2 medium bombers today, a B-25 near Mandalay and a Wellington near Wenchow, China.

06-10-22, 07:14 AM	#11
Molon Labe Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Along the Watchtower Posts: 3,810 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 5	17 January 1943 A pair of light cruisers shelled the airbase at Chittagong, India, but were not effective. One of them took a hit from a coastal battery. I have 3 new attack squadrons coming online near here: Vengeance dive bombers, Beaufighters, and a night-fighter Beaufighter variant. I'm hoping the night fighters in particular might be able to do something about these raids. I had two subs along the expected path and they got nothing. USS Runner torpedoed and sank a troop-carrying Std-C class cargo ship (2900 tons) near Naha, Okinawa. Like the Kingfish yesterday, Runner re-engaged the stricken ship to make sure it went down. I've resumed Hudson raids on Rabaul due to lack of fighter protection there. We lost 2 medium bombers today, a B-25 near Mandalay and a Wellington near Wenchow, China. __________________