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Molon Labe · 10-21-21, 09:14 PM

15 June 1942
Tanker Goyo Maru sunk near Miri, more submarines lurking on Enterprise's path

South China Sea
The S-37 missed a shot at a tanker convoy departing Miri consisting of the San Clemente Maru and Goyo Maru-- both very large and fast--and a PB escort. But a few hours later the same convoy ran into the KXVIII, and the Dutch sub put two fish into the Goyo, setting its fuel cargo ablaze. The convoy left the Goyo behind to burn, so the KXVIII put two more into it to be sure. The Goyo is a 10,000 ton Type-N, they only had 8 of them, so this is a major loss.

Coral Sea & Australian coast
Submarines were detected, engaged, and damaged off Brisbane and Cooktown. The Cooktown one is close to the Enterprise and was detected by its advance ASW escort--we're rerouting around it.

No contact with Rabaul's scoutplanes this turn.

SIGINT reports that a Shokaku-class carrier is headed for Rabaul. I interpret that to mean the whole KB. By the way, the Shokaku and Zuikaku are due for refits that would take them out of service for 3 weeks. Kaga, Akagi, and Hiryu will be due for a similar upgrade in July.

I had to scuttle Noumea's repair tender. It was damaged so severely in the KB's attack that it wasn't going to be useful for the rest of the war unless I got it to a repair shipyard. Very little of the damage was flotation, so with really nothing to lose, I ordered it to Brisbane. But because the system damage was so high, the little bit of water in the people tube quickly became a lot of water, and there was no way it was going to even make it back to Noumea. The lack of a repair tender at Noumea means that most of the damaged ships there are basically done. I only have one other, and it's needed where it's at.

China
They didn't waste any time crossing the bridge when my flank guards fell back to block the wide flanking force. So it looks like they intend to mount a counteroffensive here. I think they have more troops than me here, but if I play smart defensively I should be able to hold. My recon is better than it used to be, but not great, so I'm mostly guessing about this.

Malaya
Our Wirraways bombed another cargo ship in Mersing. A shame these bombs are so small, it's probably going to be fine.

Thailand
2 more P-40s down with nothing to show for it. The air campaign here is just brutal for us. I wish I could just take Bangkok and let the army blow up these Oscars on the ground.

We attacked their roadblock but didn't budge it, casualties were even and light on both sides. We'll have more units to try again tomorrow.

Reinforcements
The Wasp has arrived on the West coast. We transitioned VT-71 to Avengers.
AM Junee arrives at Sydney
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion arrives at San Francisco

10-21-21, 09:14 PM	#273
Molon Labe Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Along the Watchtower Posts: 3,810 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 5	15 June 1942 Tanker Goyo Maru sunk near Miri, more submarines lurking on Enterprise's path South China Sea The S-37 missed a shot at a tanker convoy departing Miri consisting of the San Clemente Maru and Goyo Maru-- both very large and fast--and a PB escort. But a few hours later the same convoy ran into the KXVIII, and the Dutch sub put two fish into the Goyo, setting its fuel cargo ablaze. The convoy left the Goyo behind to burn, so the KXVIII put two more into it to be sure. The Goyo is a 10,000 ton Type-N, they only had 8 of them, so this is a major loss. Coral Sea & Australian coast Submarines were detected, engaged, and damaged off Brisbane and Cooktown. The Cooktown one is close to the Enterprise and was detected by its advance ASW escort--we're rerouting around it. No contact with Rabaul's scoutplanes this turn. SIGINT reports that a Shokaku-class carrier is headed for Rabaul. I interpret that to mean the whole KB. By the way, the Shokaku and Zuikaku are due for refits that would take them out of service for 3 weeks. Kaga, Akagi, and Hiryu will be due for a similar upgrade in July. I had to scuttle Noumea's repair tender. It was damaged so severely in the KB's attack that it wasn't going to be useful for the rest of the war unless I got it to a repair shipyard. Very little of the damage was flotation, so with really nothing to lose, I ordered it to Brisbane. But because the system damage was so high, the little bit of water in the people tube quickly became a lot of water, and there was no way it was going to even make it back to Noumea. The lack of a repair tender at Noumea means that most of the damaged ships there are basically done. I only have one other, and it's needed where it's at. China They didn't waste any time crossing the bridge when my flank guards fell back to block the wide flanking force. So it looks like they intend to mount a counteroffensive here. I think they have more troops than me here, but if I play smart defensively I should be able to hold. My recon is better than it used to be, but not great, so I'm mostly guessing about this. Malaya Our Wirraways bombed another cargo ship in Mersing. A shame these bombs are so small, it's probably going to be fine. Thailand 2 more P-40s down with nothing to show for it. The air campaign here is just brutal for us. I wish I could just take Bangkok and let the army blow up these Oscars on the ground. We attacked their roadblock but didn't budge it, casualties were even and light on both sides. We'll have more units to try again tomorrow. Reinforcements The Wasp has arrived on the West coast. We transitioned VT-71 to Avengers. AM Junee arrives at Sydney 627th Tank Destroyer Battalion arrives at San Francisco __________________ Last edited by Molon Labe; 10-22-21 at 12:57 PM.