Skirmishes at the South East

the south east skirmish
06/19/1942
the japanese fleet were sighted near the island of borneo. the japanese 9th fleet is compose mostly of destroyers and cruiser, the target is probably one of the indonesian base.
the combined strikeforce of the balikpapan and burnai airforces manage to land bombs on the starboardside of the cruiser mogami, causing a slight damage and putting it in flames.
06/22/1942the japanese 6th fleet was sighted near singapore base, general percival have launch a strikeforce to sink the japanese fleet, itnis a very weak fleet, compose mostly of destroyers.
one kagero class destroyers was sunk in the air raid. by the singapore af.
06/24/1942
the japanese 6th fleet have been decimated by the singapore af
the makasar base have sighted the japanese 2nd fleet. it is compose of 2 carriers and four battleships.
the english 17th fleet have encountered a junsen c class sub, a dept charges from one of the light cruisers manage to hit the sub and probably seriously damaaging it.
06/27/1942
after resupplying at the townsville base, the 17th english fleet steam towards the gilbert base, a japanese junsen b class sub spotted and engage the english fleet, fortunately, a dept charge from the cruiser escort manage to sunk the japanese sub.
06/28/1942
kinkaids 4th fleet have manage to tail the japanese 2nd fleet, after the singapore airforce sunk all the carriers of the enemy fleet, kinkaid engaged them in a skirmish that cause the enemy fleet 3 battleships.
oklahoma offer the nail on the battleships coffin, hitting every shots. but the destroyer group also did a great deal of damage that cause the sinking of the ise class battleships. the destroyer mugford was one of the ships initially sunk by the japanese battleships, the destroyer downes followed the mugford when they recieved the shells from the ise class guns. the cruiser raeigh also got a beating before sinking. the 4th fleet destroyers manage to send several torpedoes that hit the japanese battleships causing them to sink or sustain serious damage, specifically the fuso class that manage to escape. it was the battle ship under the fuso class that sunk the destroyer cushing and helm.

Axis Sunk Ship
CVL Hosho

CVL Zuiho

BB Fuso

BB Ise

BB Hyuga

Allied Sunk Ship
CL Raleigh

DD downes

DD Cushing

DD Helm

DD Mugford

06/30/1942

the singapore airforce have completely destroyed the japanese 2nd fleet

axis sunk ship
BB Yamashiro

CL Ohi
07/02/1942
the 3rd japanese fleet no longer have any flag carrier after the sinking of the huge carrier zuikaku, the singapore airforce made sure that the japanese would no longer have any capacity to conduct a sea borne air raids with the sinking of its last known super carrier.
07/07/1942
the japanese fleet is sighted near the singapore base, the singapore af have conducted a raid, sinking a myoko class cruiser, a nagara light cruiser and 2 kamikaze destroyer
both balikpapan and palembang af have conducted an airstrike to the japanese 9th fleet and manage to do slight damage to the cruiser of mogami class
it was the squadron of the 13th fleet airforce that did a huge damage to the japanese 9th fleet, sinking 2 cruisers.

axis sunk ship
CA Ashigara

CA Kumano

DD azakaze

DD Hatakaze

07/08/1942
the japanese 10th fleet have attacked the singapore base, compose only of a kamikaze type destroyer they manage to land a faction of the 8th japanese marines.
07/10/1942
the 9th fleet is also spotted between java and borneo island, the combined strikeforce from balikpapan, burnai, makasar conducted and palembang, sinking the cruiser mogami and damaging the other cruiser.
the japanese 12th fleet also was attacked by the veteran airforce from singapore, they manage to sink a myoko class cruiser and two kagero class destroyers.

Axis sunk ship
CA Mogami

CA Natori

DD Yukikaze

DD Tokitsukaze

07/11/1942
the japanese 8th marines was driven out of singapore base.
07/13/1942
the japanese is trying to invade singapore via land, they have already overwhelmed the english post of kotabaru...
the us combined carfrier strikeforce compose of the us 3rd, 5th and 13th fleet have sent a squadron of dive bombers to harass the invading japanese.
the bombing have cause the invading forces a huge loss, they will be wiped out the moment they reach the singapore base.
07/14/1942
the japanese 1st fleet have been spotted by turner's 5th fleet, due to the rain, they were not able to send bomber squadron to the enemy fleet, fearing that what they saw is the dreadnought yamato, turner decided to engage the enemy fleet. hoping they could cripple or damage it enough to be able to prevent it from shelling the singapore base. led by the cruiser vincennes, the cruiser rain fire to the carriers immediately sinking them
then the destroyers engage the enemy destroyers and sunk one yugomo class destroyer. the yamato suffer several hit on its starboardsides before it retreated, but not until it shell manage to hit the cruiser chicaco and sink it at the coast of the malay peninsula.

Axis sunk ship

DD Makigumo

CV Junyo

CVL Shoho

Allied Sunk Ship

CA Chicago

07/15/1942
the combined efforts of the singapore airforce, palembang airforces and the 13th fleet have successfully neutralized the japanese fleet, sinking the great yamato battleship when it took several bombs on both starboardside and stern...

Axis Sunk Ship
DBB Yamato

DD Kazagumo

The Route to Colombo

route to Colombo
04/27/1942
the japanese fleet, daring as it is, slip thru the singapore blockade and manage to reach calcutta, capturing it un oppose, the next target is most probably colombo.
the 17th and 18th english fleet have been mobilized and wait for the worse...
05/03/1942
the english 7th division have surredered to the japanese, brunei is now occupied, widening the gap between allied control bases and singapore...
05/26/1942
the english colombo base have been attacked by the japanese airstrike coming from the japoanese 4th fleet
05/27/1942
the english colombo base have also been siege by the australian fleet.
05/29/1942
the colombo AF base have sighted th australian fleet and made a raid to weaken its ranks.
the attack manage to damage 4 of the cruisers under the kent and perth class. it was the engagement with the formidable english 18th fleet that end the career of the australian 21st fleet.
the enemy cruisers recieved several long range shots before finally sinking to the ocean.
Enemy Sunk ships:
CA AustraliaCA CanberraCL PerthCL sydneyCL HobartDD Vampire
06/17/1942
halseys 6th fleet were detected by the enemy airforces, an air raid have commenced
but no damage have been made to the ships of the 6th fleet.
06/18/1942
halsey have successfully landed an invading forces to the calcutta base. the 24th army have waded to the beach of calcutta under the cover of halseys guns. pounding the japanese defenders and reducing their strenght.
the japanese 8th marines have suffered a quarter of a loss.
06/20/1942
the japanese 8th marines was almost decimated by reinforcement have arrived to the beliguered base of calcutta
06/21/1942
the combined efforts of halseys fleet and the heroic struggle of the 24th army division have captured the base in calcutta.
07/04/1942
with the landing of the 24th division under general eichelberg, rangoon would be captured within days due to the fact it suffer a great deal of loss when the 6th fleet under admiral halseys conducted several air raid on their defenses.
07/06/1942
the calcutta base have been recaptured by the japanese, it is safe to assume that they will be re inforcing the rangoon base.

The Defense of Australia

The Defense of the Australia
05/05/1942the japanese 4th fleet launch an airstrike to the base at port darwin.
the 8th marines suffer minimal losses.

05/10/1942
the japanese 14th fleet lead by admiral inoue have been sighted steaming towards port darwin base, the us 4th fleet under admiral kinkaid gave chase and manage to engage them in a gun battle, with the battleship pennsylvania and oklahoma, the japanese fleet is out gunned but it doesnt mean they are an easy target. using the range advantage, oklahoma and pennsylvania pour shells to the japanese fleet... fearing they might escaped, kinkaid sent his destroyers and the cruiser raleigh and detroit to intercept the 14th japanese fleet. detroit and cushing manage to sink 2 furutaka class heavy cruiser while raleigh manage to sink the light cruiser tenryu who recieved shell fire from the us battleship earlier in the engagement. raleigh manage to sunk another light cruiser with his torpedoes. an aoba class also sunk after recieving two shell fire from oklahoma and pennsylvania.
the last aoba class were sunk by kinkaids destroyers taking its admiral inoue with them
Japanese Ships sunk/damaged:
CA furutakaCA kakoCA aobaCA kingasaCL tenryuCL tatsuta
US Ships sunk/ damaged:
DD Mugford (portside damage)
the port darwin base also recieved shelling from a unknown fleet that manage to slip kinkaid's patrol.
and manage to land an invading forces the japanese 6th marines.
05/13/1942
Fletchers 13th fleet have send a squadron to assist the defense of port darwin, causing massive loss to the invading japanese forces. by the end of the day, the port darwin defenders manage to wipe them out.
05/14/1942
fletchers 13th fleet were spotted by the wekwak airforce, they send a squadron but failed to cause any damage.
05/16/1942
the US 5th and 8th fleet have been merged.
05/18/1942
the us 6th fleet spotted the japanese 10th fleet compose of 2 cruisers and 3 destroyers, the target is unknown.
Halsey 6th fleet launch an airstrike to stop the japanese 10th fleet from its mission.
port moresby also launch an airstrike to the japanese fleet. causing serious damage to the cruiser myoko
Halseys assualt cause the sinking of several transports of the japanese 10the fleet.
05/19/1942
the japanese 3rd fleet was spotted near e santo base.
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port moresby launch an air strike to the spotted japanese 6th fleet, causing minimal damages to its ships.
e santo airforces engage the squadron escort of the japanese 3rd fleet.
05/23/1942
port moresby attack on the japanese 6th fleet manage to sunk a cruiser under the takao class.
Japanese Sunk Ship:
CA Takao
05/24
port moresby attack on the japanese 6th fleet manage to sunk a cruiser under the takao class.
Japanese Sunk Ship:
CA Atago
05/25
port moresby attack on the japanese 6th fleet manage to seriously damage a takao class cruiser... it sunk afterwards due to the damages incurred.
Japanese Sunk Ship:
CA Maya
05/26/1942
Reports have beeen recieved that a japanese fleet have attack the auckland base, no casualty have been reported by the base incurred damages.
06/05/1942
the japanese 11th fleet have been spotted at celebes sea, the US 7th fleet engage it for it has the speed to intercept the steaming japanese fleet.
with experience sailors and range advantage, the cruiser northampton, chester and boise hammer the japanese 11th fleet and its destoyer manage to send several torpedoes to insure hat the entire ship will rest in the bottom of the sea.
they lost all ships along with their commander, admiral nishimura.
but the 7th fleet lost the destroyer monssen when it was hit by a torpedo fired by a shiratsuyo class destroyer.

Sunk ship
Axis:
DD KageroDD KasumiDD ArareDD MinegumoDD NatsugumoDD AsagumoDD SamidareCL Abukuma
06/15/1942
the japanese 8th fleet have made a bold strike, tring to land an invasion force to port darwin australian base. if they captured the base, it will severe the supply route to the entirity of the indonesian archipelago bases, including singapore.
the us 6th marines tried to defend port darwin, but the japanese 4th marines were successfully landed.
061/16/1942the japanese have conducted another raid to the port darwin base, the us 7th fleet is in th area and the english 18th fleet.
due to rain that is why the us forces could not find the enemy fleet.
06/16/1942
the 6th marines have suffered a huge loss from the japanese 4th marines and the shelling of the still undetected 8th fleet, they were relieved by the 7th and 3rd marines.
06/21/1942
he invading forces have been weaken severely, the japanese will be wiped out in matter of days.
06/29/1942
auckland have been captured by the us 2nd fleet.

The Indonesian Campaign

The Indonesia Campaign
05/27
the us 13th fleet have sucessfully captured makasar base.
05/28/1942
the combined strikeforce of the weaken fleet of the 11th and the 7th made a decisive effort to weaken the defenses of palembang base. in anticipation for the upcoming invasion of the indonesian island bases.
the strikeforce manage to weaken the japanese 9th marines by 22%.
05/30/1942
the japanese palembang and batavia base have conducted an air raid against montgomery's fleet...
they manage to sink the destroyer barker.
06/01/1942
the us task force conducted an airstrike to the balikpapan base to reduce its defenders to give way to the land troops that landed on may 1942
06/02/1942
the brunei and the batavia af send thier planes to attacked the 13th US fleet, damaging the carrier wasp.
menado have been captured in the end of the month of may.
06/03/1942
the balikpapan have been captured while the japanese 11th fleet have been spotted steaming nearby, it is not clear where it is heading but with the precense of the us carrier force in the area
06/07/1942
the batavia fleet have spotted kinkaids 4th fleet, an airstrike were launch and manage to slightly damage the battleship oklahoma.
06/08/1942
the joint invaison forces of the 4th and 14th fleet commenced and successfully landed 4 land division att the batavia base.
06/09/1942
batavia have been captured.
06/10/1942
the us 13th fleet have launch an airstrike to the burnai base, after engaging in a dogfight, the bombers manage to strike the burnai airfield destroying several planes.
palembang finally falls when the 5th fleet manage to have a sucessful landing to the dutch base.
06/11/1942
another assualt from the us 13th fleet have rendered the burnai airfield useless, completely destroying it along with several planes.
the sub stingray was lost to sea.
06/12/1942
burnai have been captured.

The Stand of singapore

Singapore Stand
04/19/1942
the japanese 5th fleet were sighted at the south china sea near the malaysian peninsula, commander percival launch an air strike and manage to sunk the 3 warship that include two kongo class battleships.
05/05/1942
the soviet fleet were sighted in the coast of singapore...
general percival launch a strike force sinking the lone light cruiser into the sea.
05/06/1942
the japanese airforce have detected the us 11th fleet, an airstrike have been launched
the 11th is compose of destroyers, with no air cover, the DD parrott were sunk.
05/16/1942
the dutch palembang airforce spotted the us 7th fleet, manage to seriously damaging the cruiser northompton
05/18/1942
the palembang airforce have spotted the 11th us fleet, they manage to cause a slight damage to the destroyer bulmer.
05/20/1942
the palembang airforce have spotted the 11th us fleet, sinking the destroyer bulmer.
Allied Sunk ship
DD Bulmer
05/21/1942
the singapore airforce have spotted the japanese 12th fleet, general percival have launch an airstrike sinking two myoko class cruiser and slightly damaing another.
the english 17th fleet have conduct an inland shelling to the enemy post at madrascausing massive loss o th ranks of the japanese 4th marines and 8th army division.
05/23/1942
the english 17th fleet manage to destroy the japanese 4th marines stationed at madras post.
06/04/1942
the singapore airforce have sighted the japanese remaining carrier force, the 4th fleet... an airstrike was launch, a soryu class have been damaged and sunk
the carrier hiryu have also been damaged.
the sub stingray and shark also spotted the battered fleet, but managed to sunk the submarine shark when it engaged.
the hiryu carrier capitulate to its amaged and finally sunk.
this incident marks the greatest blow to the japanese carrier group.
Sunk Ship:
CV SoryuCV Hiryu
06/05/1942
the singapore AF relentlessly attacked the battered japanese fleet, sinking what is left of it except for a lone destroyer
Sunk ship:
CL NakaDD MurasameDD YudachiDD Harusame
06/06/1942
the japanese fleet have been annihilated, taking with it its admiral and its final ship, the destoryer samidare.

Coral sea campaign and Australian Invasion

04/01/1942
the port moresby airforce sighted the japanese fleet compose of cruisers and destroyer with carrier...
they conducted a strike force but the japanese airforce manage to veer them off.
The sydney Invasion
04/08/1942
the US 8th fleet manage to approach the syndey base undetected and tried to land the 11th marine division to capture the base.
fortunately, the enemy has only 1 division guarding the capital of the australian country.
the landing was succesful and the 8th fleet manage to destroy more than 40 planes in the attacked and downed the enemy division to 75% of its strenght.
04/09/1942
the 4th fleet made a follow up land invasion to the sydney base, wreaking havok to the japanese 8th marines and destroying the sydney airforce... they manage to land 2 army division to intesify the campaign to capture the enemy base.
the 11th marines faught a bitter fight with the japanese 8th marines and the soviet regiment...
the 8th fleet also conducted a follow up shelling but lost a destroyer king in the process.
the 4th fleet is now low in fuel, thuse making the capture of sydney more essential.
04/10/1942
the combined strikeforce of the 8th and 4th fleet conducted both air and sea borne strike that resulted to the almost destruction of the japanese 8th marine in sydney. the 13th fleet under Admiral fletcher is nearby... a reinforce air strike would be conducted to hasten the capture of sydney.
04/11/1942
the us force have capture the sydney base.
04/14/1942
brisbane were captured with no resistance by the 11th marines.
04/20/1942
the 8th and 11th marine diviosn have already reach the base at townsville along with the landing of the 20th army division, assisted by the 4th naval fleet... the japanese 30th and 3rd army division is waiting at the beachhead when the invasion started.
no damage were done to any of the ships lead by admiral kinkaid.
04/21/1942
the follow up shelling of the 4th fleet have greatly reduce the enemy 30th division to conduct a good defense, they were eliminated by the combined efforts of the 8th and 11th marines and the 20th army division lead by general kenney.
spy report:
a carrier taskforce have left the island fortress of Truk, the target seems to be the english base of calcutta.
4/22/1942
the invading forces in townsville have greatly reduce the opposition presented by the australian 3rd army division. townsville will fall in the next two days if it recieve no reinforcement.
4/23/1942
fletchers 13th fleet encounter an attacked squadron while approaching the enemy base of townsville
04/28/1942
port darwin have been captured by the 8th marines

The Pearl Harbor seige

03/27/1942
The Pearl Harbor seige
It was an almost complete surprise that the axis dutch 20th fleet manage to slip bind enemy lines to make an attacked to the hawaii base, the airforce was manage to scramble and sunk all the 20th fleets transport and a light cruiser under the de ruyter class
US 5th fleet under commander Turner engage the enemy fleet sinking both cruiser under java and tromp class...but the cruiser quincy suffer a slight damage from the shells of the dutch ships.
3/28/1942
on the dawn of the 28t of march, the 15th fleet were also found by scouts...
the hawaii airforce fearing an invasion is in progress, sunk all transports... rendering the invading fleet powerless to conduct a land invasion.
the US 5th fleet engage the enemy 15th fleet, sinking all of its destroyers under the mutsuki class, where the cruiser vincennes firing the first shots and damaging one of the destroyers. the combined guns of the heavy cruiser manage to sink most of the destroyers and the livermore scoring a hit with its torpedoes...before getting hit also from enemy torpedoes and sinking to the ocean.
both the destroyer hammann and ward were also sunk in exchange of torpedoes with the the japanese destroyers.
the cruiser yubari manage to escape the engagement.
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special communique: the dava base is going to be over run.
3/30/1942
the light cruiser yubari were sunk by the coastal guns of hawaii defenders. but not until it managed to destroy several planes...