Avec un jour de retard, nos cuirassés bombardent Port Moresby causant de lourds dégâts à la base et endommageant de nombreux appareils ennemis...
On remarquera l'absence de tir de riposte de l'artillerie ennemie...
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Night Naval bombardment of Port Moresby at 98,130
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
P-400 Airacobra: 28 damaged
P-400 Airacobra: 2 destroyed on ground
Kittyhawk IA: 6 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 20 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground
S.23 Empire: 6 damaged
Catalina I: 4 damaged
Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground
P-40E Warhawk: 35 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground
Japanese Ships
BB Fuso
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato
CA Kako
CA Furutaka
Allied ground losses:
277 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 13 (4 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 31
Port hits 13
Port supply hits 2
Notre groupe aeronaval a mis le cap au sud pour tenter de rattraper les navires alliés qui fuient les apporches de Port Moresby
La plupart de nos stock de torpilles épuisés, les Kates sont désormais armés de bombes de de 250kgs
1 Transport est coulé et un autre gravement endommagé tandis que plusieurs autres destroyers subissent le même sort
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cooktown at 95,136
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
B5N1 Kate x 36
B5N2 Kate x 25
D3A1 Val x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged
D3A1 Val: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Piet Hein, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
DD Vampire, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
DD Pillsbury, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Vendetta, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAP Kota Tjandi, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Kota Pinang, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
Allied ground losses:
96 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Des navires ennemis sont repérés encore plus au sud, et leur équipage pensent sans doute etre épargnés alors que le port australien de Townsville et tout proche...
Mais c'est sans compter le long rayon d'action de nos appareils...
De nouveaux destroyers et autres transports sont coulés...
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Palm Island at 94,142
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
B5N1 Kate x 11
D3A1 Val x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Phelps
xAP Van Cloon, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Kota Radja, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Evertsen
Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 24 (12 destroyed, 12 disabled)
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Palm Island at 94,142
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Phelps, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Paul Jones
DD Evertsen
xAP Glenapp, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 10 (4 destroyed, 6 disabled)
A Bornéo, la 65th Brigade a débarqué a Samarinda et s'empare de la base...
Les champs de mines et l'artillerie côtière de Balikpapan nous ont dissuadé d'y effectuer un débarquement, et nous prendrons donc l'important centre pétrolier par la terre en venant du Nord, même si cela prendra un peu plus de temps...
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Ground combat at Samarinda (65,96)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 10228 troops, 59 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 367
Defending force 796 troops, 21 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 18
Japanese adjusted assault: 164
Allied adjusted defense: 5
Japanese assault odds: 32 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Samarinda !!!
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
B-339D: 1 destroyed
Combat modifiers
Defender: morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
414 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 22 (8 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2
Dans le port de Singapour, maintenant nettoyé de toutes mines ennemies, nous repérons un sous marin hollandais, le KIX
Peut etre que son commandant n a pas été averti que la ville est désormais sous notre contrôle, quiqu'il en soit il est immédiatement pris à partie par nos SubChaser, des petites embarcations dédiés à la lutte anti sous marine...
Sévèrement endommagé, le KIX est obligé de faire surface et est alors achevé par le tir de nos canons...
le SC CH-8, sister ship du SC Ch-3
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Submarine attack near Singapore at 50,84
Japanese Ships
SC Ch 3
SC Ch 2
SC Ch 1
Allied Ships
SS KIX, hits 7, heavy damage
SS KIX is located by SC Ch 3
KIX bottoming out ....
SC Ch 3 attacking submerged sub ....
SS KIX forced to surface!
