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Molon Labe · 10-27-21, 10:58 AM

21 June 1942

Coral Sea
The KB detacted its heavies and bombarded Port Moresby:
B-26 Marauder: 10 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed on ground
Beaufighter Ic: 16 damaged
Beaufighter Ic: 3 destroyed on ground
P-40E Warhawk: 6 damaged
Hudson III (LR): 13 damaged
Hudson III (LR): 1 destroyed on ground
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 destroyed on ground

Although I'm guessing he was looking for the Hornet in port. The detachment made for Rabaul, passing my Milne and drawing a PT boat attack. He sank two, we never got close enough to shoot.

N. Australia
Some evacuating ships came under Nell attack, which fortunately missed. We'll have a CAP tomorrow.

East China Sea
With the enemy committed to a major ground offensive around Kaifeng, centered around a 100k-plus soldier death star unit, he's going to be sucking supply in China like never before in this campaign. With that in mind, I've ordered several subs into the dangerously shallow East China Sea to try to interdict supply lines from Japan to Shanghai and other bases further north up the coast. We got our first kill of that operation with the sinking of an AKL by the USS Gar.

Hawaii
I'm about to have another cargo ship successfully dock at Pearl undetected. With enough supply to operate Kingfishers, I've noted that there is some merchant traffic here and identified its route of approach. Some of my subs supplying Pearl will be retasked to interdicting these merchant runs. The "big" cargo run is still several days off. If successful, I'll probably have battleships--Arizona and Nevada in the lead--and phibs on the way next.

Burma and Thailand
We got 6 Oscars (one by flak) l in the enemy's second attempt on my Rangoon area shipping--this time going after cargo ships, with one Hurricane lost. They also lost an Oscar trying to stop my bombers in the Raheng area.

I'd been supplying Port Blair to make it capable of sustaining air ops in the future if I needed it. Betties took advantage, sinking one of 3 cargo ships unloading there. I had actually considered moving fighters here for this turn, but I decided against it since the attacks on Rangoon were occurring while this raid was just something I thought might happen, so I missed a chance at unescorted Betties.

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Molon Labe Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Along the Watchtower Posts: 3,810 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 5	21 June 1942 Coral Sea The KB detacted its heavies and bombarded Port Moresby: B-26 Marauder: 10 damaged B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed on ground Beaufighter Ic: 16 damaged Beaufighter Ic: 3 destroyed on ground P-40E Warhawk: 6 damaged Hudson III (LR): 13 damaged Hudson III (LR): 1 destroyed on ground LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged LB-30 Liberator: 1 destroyed on ground Although I'm guessing he was looking for the Hornet in port. The detachment made for Rabaul, passing my Milne and drawing a PT boat attack. He sank two, we never got close enough to shoot. N. Australia Some evacuating ships came under Nell attack, which fortunately missed. We'll have a CAP tomorrow. East China Sea With the enemy committed to a major ground offensive around Kaifeng, centered around a 100k-plus soldier death star unit, he's going to be sucking supply in China like never before in this campaign. With that in mind, I've ordered several subs into the dangerously shallow East China Sea to try to interdict supply lines from Japan to Shanghai and other bases further north up the coast. We got our first kill of that operation with the sinking of an AKL by the USS Gar. Hawaii I'm about to have another cargo ship successfully dock at Pearl undetected. With enough supply to operate Kingfishers, I've noted that there is some merchant traffic here and identified its route of approach. Some of my subs supplying Pearl will be retasked to interdicting these merchant runs. The "big" cargo run is still several days off. If successful, I'll probably have battleships--Arizona and Nevada in the lead--and phibs on the way next. Burma and Thailand We got 6 Oscars (one by flak) l in the enemy's second attempt on my Rangoon area shipping--this time going after cargo ships, with one Hurricane lost. They also lost an Oscar trying to stop my bombers in the Raheng area. I'd been supplying Port Blair to make it capable of sustaining air ops in the future if I needed it. Betties took advantage, sinking one of 3 cargo ships unloading there. I had actually considered moving fighters here for this turn, but I decided against it since the attacks on Rangoon were occurring while this raid was just something I thought might happen, so I missed a chance at unescorted Betties. __________________ Last edited by Molon Labe; 10-27-21 at 11:07 AM.