Graveyard in the East China Sea
January 11, 2023
Time: 22:00 JST

Yet another sweeping success for the Nippon navy.

Nippon’s main strike group, led by the carrier IJN Amaterasu and screened by heavy destroyers and corvettes, intercepted a major Shina naval convoy en route to reinforce the southern Taiwan front. The convoy, protected by a significant escort of Shina People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) surface warships, was attempting to push through under cover of darkness and light air overwatch. It failed.

After nearly eight hours of radar-guided maneuver warfare, anti-ship missile salvos, and surgical airstrikes from Nippon carrier-based jets, the waters were decisively claimed by Nippon.

Several Shina ships sank into the waters; thousands of Shina sailors drowned. Tens of thousands of Shina soldiers went into the water and failed to be rescued.

Shina losses are heavy:
>4 Type 052D Luyang III-class destroyers
>17 Type 054A Jiangkai II-class light frigates
>3 Type 056A Jiangdao-class corvettes
>1 Type 055 Renhai-class missile cruiser
>30 Yuzhao-class and Yuting-class troop transports

Nippon quickly is establishing a tradition of success in this war. Her fleets and armies are thus far undefeated in the water and field.

Let the record show:
Shina tried to take the sea. The sea took them instead.