The Mighty Maus in 1/72 and Slightly Pink.The Deadly Six are finished: Japanese 1/3000 CV's.The Mighty Maus in 1/72 : Dirty and Yellow.The Battle of the Java Sea: ABDA The Dutch.The Battle of the Java Sea: ABDA The British a.The Battle of the Java Sea: ABDA The USN.
The Battle of the Java Sea: The Scenario.The Battle of the Java Sea: IJN revealed [Left Cou.The Battle of the Java Sea: IJN revealed [Middle C.The Battle of the Java Sea: A mighty big melee.The Battle of the Java Sea: The Maelstrom.Next: What lurks beneath the IJN counters? The dummy would disappear if sighted by an enemy ship.Īn immediate annoyance for the ABDA commander was the sight of Japanese (float) planes on the horizon, an asset he was without. The ABDA commander was given two real and one dummy counters to represent his forces. The ABDA player could see three IJN counters, one of which was assumed to be the convoy, the others probably escorts. To try and introduce an element of the "fog-of-war" a set of counters represented the sides formations until direct visual contact was made. The American WWI destroyers are kept to the rear as a reserve force and try desperately to keep up with the more modern elements of the ABDA task force. The ABDA Fleet heads out with a fan of the five RN and Dutch modern destroyers screening a cruiser line of battle:
The Japanese escorting force has been caught napping as the IJN did not expect a concentration of Allied assets so rushes all of its available forces to defend the convoy crammed full of troops.īecause of the multi-national nature of his fleet, the Dutch Rear Admiral Doorman has but one tactical command in his itinerary, literally "Follow Me". The head of the convoy points directly at Java. The ABDA fleet does an about turn in sight of their own harbour and heads straight for the vulnerable Japanese invasion force spread out in an unseemly, non-military gaggle for some twenty miles. A case of looking in the right place but at the wrong time. Returning from a fruitless patrol a reconnaissance plane reports sighting the IJN fleet, ironically exactly where the ABDA fleet has just come from. The ABDA Fleet has been concentrated to counter the threat of a Japanese amphibious invasion.