Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Turn 2 Battle Report - Sector 41

The following is a report from Rikugan Kaii Yamaji, squadron commander of the 17th Fighter Squadron, Imperial Army Air Force.

Our squadron of Ki-45 Fighters was assigned to meet with 3 flights of Naval bombers for a strike mission.  We arrived in the sector mid-day and quickly found the enemy formation consisting of an Aircraft Carrier, a light battleship, and a destroyer.  We immediately scanned the skies around us, looking for enemy fighters, but found none.  We had caught the enemy completely unaware and without their air support!  Our squadron flew low and poured heavy fire into the destroyer, leaving it burning.  The German anti-air was heavy, though, and we saw most of the bombers veer away.  One of them, however, landed a bomb in the middle of the light battleship, causing light damage.  Short on fuel we returned to base.

-----------------------------------

Japanese Forces
Ki-45 'Nick'
H8K1 'Emily'
G3M 'Nell'
G4M 'Betty'

German Forces
Graf Zeppelin
LΓΌtzow
Z-20 Karl Galster

Losses
Z-20 Karl Galster - crippled

No comments:

Post a Comment