The Cautionaries: jwilkerson vs Capt(re-started)

[jwilkerson]

And after that re-start ... more changes were made to improve the starting options for both sides ... and so .. finally with version 1.4 we re-start again ... and begin the AAR from June 5th at the point the landings in the P.I. are initiated.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/06/22

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Sub attack near Lingayen at 44,50

Japanese Ships
AK Hirota Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-3

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ASW attack near Lingayen at 44,50

Japanese Ships
DD Nire
DD Tachikaze
DD Hokaze
DD Yukaze
DD Shiokaze

Allied Ships
SS S-3

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Sub attack near Bataan at 42,51

Japanese Ships
SS No. 27

Allied Ships
PG Marie Duque, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage The Mary Duck sinks

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Naga at 44,54

Japanese Ships
BB Ise
BB Hyuga
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro
DD Yakaze
DD Nadakaze
DD Shimakaze
DD Akikaze

Allied Ships
AK Kanlaon II
AK Latouche, Shell hits 15, on fire, heavy damage
AK Luzon, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AK Magallanes


Allied ground losses:
190 casualties reported One of our BB training runs against the eastern PI runs into some AK probably pulling out some troops both of those AK hit finally sank [:)]
Guns lost 5

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ASW attack near Lingayen at 44,50

Japanese Ships
DD Nire
DD Tachikaze
DD Hokaze
DD Yukaze
DD Shiokaze

Allied Ships
SS S-2

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Naval bombardment of Naga, at 44,54 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

11 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DD Akikaze, Shell hits 2
DD Shimakaze
DD Nadakaze
DD Yakaze
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 1
BB Fuso
BB Hyuga
BB Ise


Allied ground losses:
125 casualties reported the intended training
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 6

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TF 29 troops unloading over beach at Lingayen, 44,50


Japanese ground losses:
277 casualties reported

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TF 30 troops unloading over beach at Lingayen, 44,50


Japanese ground losses:
946 casualties reported

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Sub attack at 45,56

Japanese Ships
SS No. 29 seond miss of this ship as it departs the PI

Allied Ships
MLE MLE 01

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ASW attack near Lingayen at 44,50

Japanese Ships
DD Nire
DD Tachikaze

Allied Ships
SS S-2, hits 1 we'll take what we can get

[jwilkerson]

In the PI our landings at Lingayen have begun. And we have one CL group and several subs manning the Manilla blocade.

[jwilkerson]

So far the ship losses have gone our way. A critical victory was catching the two fast minelayers based at Manilla attempting to sow their first field at Lingayen ... this happened on the 2nd day of the war by one of our CA/DD groups.

[jwilkerson]

The most fun we had this turn ... was one of our BB training missions ( BBs start with low EXP especially at night ) going in to naga ... and hitting pay .. dirt ...

[jwilkerson]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/08/22

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TF 37 troops unloading over beach at Guam, 62,66


Japanese ground losses:
1453 casualties reported Wow .. jumpin' off the boats sure does hurt ... and these guys had 100% planning ! [:@]
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ASW attack near Lingayen at 44,50

Japanese Ships
DD Nire
DD Tachikaze
DD Hokaze
DD Yukaze
DD Shiokaze

Allied Ships
SS S-2

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Night Time Surface Combat at 43,49

Japanese Ships
DD Isokaze, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Hamakaze
DD Kawakaze, Shell hits 20, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
A series of night DD battles ... we face 12 DDs with 4 ... and lose 3 for 1 .. I guess we call it attrition - WAD

Allied Ships
DD Rathburne
DD Southard
DD Hovey, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Long
DD Broome
DD Alden

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Night Time Surface Combat at 43,49

Japanese Ships
DD Isokaze, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Hamakaze

Allied Ships
DD Rathburne
DD Southard, Shell hits 1
DD Hovey, on fire, heavy damage
DD Long, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Broome
DD Alden

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Night Time Surface Combat at 43,49

Japanese Ships
DD Isokaze, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DD Tokitsukaze, Shell hits 3
DD Hamakaze, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Barker
DD Peary, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Zane, Shell hits 1
DD Pruitt, Shell hits 1
DD William B. Preston

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Night Time Surface Combat at 43,49

Japanese Ships
DD Tokitsukaze, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Hamakaze, Shell hits 18, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Barker
DD Peary, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Zane, Shell hits 2
DD Pruitt
DD William B. Preston

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Sub attack near Bataan at 42,51

Japanese Ships
SS No. 41

Allied Ships
PG Bobol

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Sub attack near Bataan at 42,51

Japanese Ships
SS No. 41

Allied Ships
PG Bobol

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TF 37 troops unloading over beach at Guam, 62,66


Japanese ground losses:
339 casualties reported

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Sub attack near Batan Island at 47,47

Japanese Ships
AK Hirota Maru, Torpedo hits 1

Allied Ships
SS S-15

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ASW attack near Bataan at 42,51

Japanese Ships
SS No. 41

Allied Ships
DD Alden
DD Southard

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ASW attack near Lingayen at 44,50

Japanese Ships
DD Yanagi
DD Hinoki
DD Kashi

Allied Ships
SS S-2

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Day Air attack on TF, near Guam at 62,66


Allied aircraft
Vought VE-7SF x 6


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Tatumiya Maru
AP Palao Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Vought VE-7SF attacking at 100 feet
4 x Vought VE-7SF attacking at 100 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Guam at 62,66


Allied aircraft
Vought VE-7SF x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Vought VE-7SF: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Tsugaru

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Vought VE-7SF attacking at 100 feet
4 x Vought VE-7SF attacking at 100 feet
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Sub attack near Batan Island at 47,47

Japanese Ships
AK Hirota Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-15

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Sub attack near Bataan at 42,51

Japanese Ships
SS No. 41

Allied Ships
PG Quiros, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
I guess this is the "use PGs as torpedo magnets so other ships can't be hit" tactic ... unfortunately it is working pretty well ... so far"
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Day Time Surface Combat at 42,52 Our Manilla blocading forces engage

Japanese Ships
CL Hirado
CL Yahagi
CL Chikuma
CL Kuma
CL Tama

Allied Ships
AK Legazpi, Shell hits 2, on fire
AK Lepus, Shell hits 2, on fire
AK Mauban, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Montanes, Shell hits 2, on fire


Allied ground losses:
230 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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ASW attack near Bataan at 42,51

Japanese Ships
SS No. 41

Allied Ships
MSW Avocet
MSW Heron
MSW Bittern
MSW Finch

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ASW attack near Bataan at 42,51

Japanese Ships
SS No. 41

Allied Ships
MSW Avocet
MSW Heron
MSW Bittern
MSW Finch

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Sub attack near Lingayen at 44,50

Japanese Ships
DD Tachikaze
DD Nire
DD Hokaze
DD Yukaze
DD Shiokaze

Allied Ships
SS S-2, hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
Yea - we finally hit one ! [8D]
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[jwilkerson]

Our DDs stop 12 USN DDs from gettting to the landings .. but at a cost of 3 of their number ...

[jwilkerson]

Our blocading forces engage but cannot stop the blocade runners from getting through ... but at least we throw a few rocks at them as they go bye ...

[jwilkerson]

Today, there are numerous small battles at the entrances to Manilla Bay ( interestingly on this map the mouth of Manilla Bay is 2 hexes across or 120 miles, versus the real world distance of 12 miles ... it certainly makes the blocade more difficult !!! )

We succeed in picking off 2 USN DD stragglers from yesterdays, DD battles and also bump into a number of other freighters attemting to bring in troops and supplies.



AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/09/22

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TF 37 troops unloading over beach at Guam, 62,66


Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported

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Sub attack near Bataan at 42,51

Japanese Ships
SS No. 43

Allied Ships
AK Don Jose, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1

Maybe he is running out of PG torpedo magnets !
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ASW attack near Batan Island at 47,47

Japanese Ships
DD Tsuga
DD Kuri
DD Kaki
DD Take
DD Nokaze

Allied Ships
SS S-15

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Night Time Surface Combat at 41,51

Japanese Ships
DD Ushio
DD Nenohi
DD Kisaragi
DD Hatsushimo
DD Yugure
DD Harukaze
DD Shigure
DD Hatsuharu

Allied Ships
DD Hovey, Shell hits 4, and is sunk

Got one straggler off the mouth of Manilla Bay [8D]

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Night Time Surface Combat at 42,52

Japanese Ships
CL Hirado
CL Yahagi
CL Chikuma
CL Kuma
CL Tama

Allied Ships
AK Escalante R, Shell hits 1, on fire
AK Governor Wright
AK Sarangami, Shell hits 19, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AK Taurus, Shell hits 1, on fire

Giving some blocade runners a hard time on their way by [8D]

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Night Time Surface Combat at 41,51

Japanese Ships
DD Ushio
DD Nenohi
DD Kisaragi
DD Hatsushimo
DD Yugure
DD Harukaze
DD Shigure
DD Hatsuharu

Allied Ships
AK Escalante R, Shell hits 13, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Governor Wright
AK Taurus, Shell hits 6, on fire

More tough times for the blocade runners, trying another way through ...

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ASW attack near Lingayen at 44,50

Japanese Ships
DD Yanagi
DD Hinoki
DD Kashi
DD Momo

Allied Ships
SS S-3

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ASW attack near Batan Island at 47,47

Japanese Ships
DD Tsuga
DD Kuri
DD Kaki
DD Take
DD Nokaze

Allied Ships
SS S-15

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Day Air attack on TF, near Guam at 62,66


Allied aircraft
Vought VE-7SF x 6


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Tatumiya Maru
AP Senkai Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Vought VE-7SF attacking at 100 feet
4 x Vought VE-7SF attacking at 100 feet
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Sub attack at 43,49

Japanese Ships
AP Yubae Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

An empty headed home ... probably won't make it ..


Allied Ships
SS S-4

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Sub attack near Batan Island at 47,47

Japanese Ships
DD Tsuga, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage A hunter mauled by the wolf !
DD Kuri
DD Kaki
DD Take
DD Nokaze

Allied Ships
SS S-15

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Day Time Surface Combat at 41,51

Japanese Ships
DD Ushio
DD Nenohi
DD Kisaragi
DD Hatsushimo
DD Yugure
DD Harukaze
DD Shigure
DD Hatsuharu

Allied Ships
DD Peary, Shell hits 6, and is sunk

Got another straggler [8D]

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Day Time Surface Combat at 42,52

Japanese Ships
CL Hirado
CL Yahagi
CL Chikuma
CL Kuma
CL Tama

Allied Ships
AK Legazpi, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Lepus, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Mauban, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
AK Montanes, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Oh Boy ... another batch of blocade runners ... [8D]

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ASW attack near Bataan at 42,51

Japanese Ships
SS No. 43

[jwilkerson]

Area of primary activity is aroudn Luzon. We have CL, DD and subs trying to blocade Manilla Bay and our main landings going in at Lingayen. Enemy are trying to bring in supplies to Bataan and opposing our landings with subs.

[jwilkerson]

6/10 was relatively quiet ... 6/11 sees 2 cruiser/destroyers actions one near Lingayen and again the USN DDs try to break through to the transports and another at the Northern entrance to Manilla Bay as the USN tries to Break the blocade. And though the USN suceeds in driving off our light ODD force, a fresh CA/DD group arrives on station in that hex at the end of the turn.

We lose 3 ODD for one new USN DD sunk but there are cripples on both sides ...



AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/11/22

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ASW attack at 43,49

Japanese Ships
DD Yanagi
DD Hinoki
DD Kashi
DD Momo

Allied Ships
SS S-7

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Night Time Surface Combat at 43,49

Japanese Ships
CA Kasuga
CA Nisshin
CA Adzuma
CA Aso, on fire
CA Idzumo
DD Momo
DD Kashi, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Hinoki
DD Yanagi

At Western entrance to Lingayen Gulf .. we win this one though Aso winds up with 33 sys damage.

Allied Ships
DD Waters, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Dorsey
DD Smith Thompson

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Night Time Surface Combat at 43,49

Japanese Ships
CA Kasuga
CA Nisshin
CA Adzuma
CA Aso, on fire
CA Idzumo
DD Momo
DD Kashi, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Hinoki
DD Yanagi

Allied Ships
DD Waters, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Dorsey
DD Smith Thompson

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Night Time Surface Combat at 41,51

Japanese Ships
DD Ushio, Shell hits 12, on fire
DD Nenohi, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Kisaragi
DD Hatsushimo
DD Yugure, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
DD Harukaze, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
DD Shigure, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hatsuharu

Of the above 3 heavily damaged ones sinks and we scuttle the other two

Allied Ships
DD Rathburne, Shell hits 1
DD Southard, Shell hits 1
DD Broome
DD Alden, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Barker, Shell hits 1
DD Zane, Shell hits 3
DD William B. Preston, Shell hits 4

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Night Time Surface Combat at 43,49

Japanese Ships
CA Kasuga
CA Nisshin
CA Adzuma
CA Aso, Shell hits 1, on fire
CA Idzumo, Shell hits 1
DD Momo
DD Kashi, on fire
DD Hinoki
DD Yanagi

Allied Ships
DD Waters, Shell hits 18, and is sunk got one anyway
DD Dorsey
DD Smith Thompson, Shell hits 6, on fire

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Naval bombardment of Cebu Island, at 42,58

Japanese Ships
DD Susuki
DD Hagi
DD Aoi
DD Kiku
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato


Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported

Port hits 6
Port supply hits 4

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Naval bombardment of Cebu Island, at 42,58

Japanese Ships
DD Susuki
DD Hagi
DD Aoi
DD Kiku
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato


Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported

Port hits 6
Port supply hits 4

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Sub attack near Lingayen at 44,50

Japanese Ships
DD Tanikaze
DD Urukaze
DD Sugi
DD Nashi

Allied Ships
SS S-3, hits 1

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Sub attack at 43,49

Japanese Ships
DD Hayakaze
DD Matsukaze
DD Shirayuki
DD Yudachi

Allied Ships
SS S-7

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ASW attack near Batan Island at 47,47

Japanese Ships
DD Kuri
DD Kaki
DD Take
DD Nokaze

Allied Ships
SS S-16


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Ground combat at Clark Field

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 40315 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 259 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Clark Field base !!!

[jwilkerson]

This is the Cruiser/Destroyer action near Lingayen ... one of the USN DDs are sunk, our Aso takes 33 sys damage ...

[jwilkerson]

This is the DD action at the Northern entrance to Manilla Bay ... we lose three ODD and damage some of the USN DD ... a fresh CA/DD group arrives on station at the end of the turn, to replace the ODD unit.

It is diffficult to maintain a sufficiently tight blocade, continuously, this far from base ( Pescadores ).

[jwilkerson]

Kind of posting every other day now ... 12th was pretty quiet ... 13th is more of the same ... blocade and coutner-blocade efforts around Manilla, we continue to unload cargo at Lingayen. The Felixstowe Patrol unit is now active at Lingayen, commanded by non-other than M. Fuchida ! Once they train up a bit, they will ease the pressure on our forces from the enemy subs based at Manilla.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/13/22

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Sub attack near Bataan at 42,51

Japanese Ships
SS No. 27

Allied Ships
PG Cebu

USN continues to use PG to soak off our submarine attacks in Manilla ... it continues to work ..

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ASW attack at 43,49

Japanese Ships
DD Matsukaze
DD Yudachi

Allied Ships
SS S-9

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ASW attack near Lingayen at 44,50

Japanese Ships
DD Urukaze
DD Sugi
DD Nashi
DD Tanikaze

Allied Ships
SS S-14

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Naval bombardment of Legaspi, at 44,55

Japanese Ships
DD Katsura
DD Matsu
DD Kaba
BB Kashima
CA Ikoma
CA Ibuki
CA Kurama

Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 2


Training continues
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Sub attack at 43,49

Japanese Ships
AK Heimei Maru
DD Hakaze
DD Okikaze
DD Sawakaze
DD Minekaze

Allied Ships
SS S-9, hits 1

Pinpricks hopefully add up over time ...

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Sub attack near Bataan at 42,51

Japanese Ships
SS No. 27

Allied Ships
PG Callao

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Sub attack near Bataan at 42,51

Japanese Ships
SS No. 27

Allied Ships
PG Villalobos, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Got one !

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ASW attack near Lingayen at 44,50

Japanese Ships
DD Urukaze
DD Sugi
DD Nashi
DD Tanikaze

Allied Ships
SS S-14

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Sub attack at 42,52

Japanese Ships
SS No. 40

Allied Ships
AK Princess of Negros, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Off Manilla

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ASW attack near Bataan at 42,51

Japanese Ships
SS No. 27

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ASW attack near Bataan at 42,51

Japanese Ships
SS No. 27

Allied Ships
MSW Avocet
MSW Heron
MSW Bittern
MSW Finch

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Day Time Surface Combat at 42,52

Japanese Ships
CL Hirado
CL Yahagi
CL Chikuma
CL Kuma
CL Tama

Allied Ships
AK Anakan, Shell hits 7, on fire
AK Bisayas, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
AK Capillo, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
AK Compagnia Filipinas, Shell hits 13, on fire, heavy damage
AK Corregidor
AK Ethel Edwards
AK Palawan, Shell hits 2
AK Princess of Negros, on fire, heavy damage
AK Regulus, Shell hits 16, on fire, heavy damage


A pile of supply ships run our blocade ... we tap a few on the sides as they hurry by ...

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Sub attack at 42,52

Japanese Ships
CL Chikuma, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage counter blocade action ...

Allied Ships
SS S-6

[Rysyonok]

It's amazing how much damage you were able to inflict on all those AKs rushing to Bataan. How?

[jwilkerson]

ORIGINAL: Rysyonok

It's amazing how much damage you were able to inflict on all those AKs rushing to Bataan. How?

Well considering none of them sank .. hence all of them made it into port .. and thus all of them will probably deliver at least some if not all of their cargoes ... we'd have to call this a major defeat ... but how did we get hits ? By firing our multitudinous medium and small caliber cruiser weapons at the essentially defenseless ( armed with MGs only ) merchant ships as they steamed by ... in the bright sun light !!!

Of course, I can't explain why our 20 knot ships couldn't run down their 10 knot ships ... [&:]

( IRL I would've expected to have sunk all but 1 or 2 of them ... but hey .. this is a game !!! So we didn't sink any of them .... [;)] )

[Rysyonok]

Fascinating

In my game with CAPT I sent all armed vessels to Lingayen, starting a major 4-day engagement. As a result, I haven't seen a single Japanese surface vessel near Manila and most of my transports made it to Bataan unscathed... save for a couple bruised by torpedoes.

[jwilkerson]

More blocade / counter-blocade action around Manilla ... this turn sees the Manilla based gun boats coming out to play, to hasten their ultimate demise. We are ok with that !



AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/14/22

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Sub attack at 42,52

Japanese Ships
DD Maki, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage can't win em all
DD Kaya
DD Momi
DD Keyaki

Allied Ships
SS S-6

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ASW attack near Bataan at 42,51

Japanese Ships
SS No. 27

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Night Time Surface Combat at 41,51

Japanese Ships
CL Hirado
CL Yahagi
CL Kuma
CL Tama, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
PG Callao, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
PG Pampagna, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
PG Samar

Ultimately all these are sunk

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Night Time Surface Combat at 41,51

Japanese Ships
CL Hirado
CL Yahagi
CL Kuma
CL Tama

Allied Ships
PG Pampagna, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
PG Samar, Shell hits 6, and is sunk

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Night Time Surface Combat at 41,51

Japanese Ships
CL Hirado
CL Yahagi
CL Kuma
CL Tama

Allied Ships
PG Pampagna, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
PG Samar, Shell hits 6, and is sunk

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Night Time Surface Combat at 41,51

Japanese Ships
CL Hirado
CL Yahagi
CL Kuma
CL Tama

Allied Ships
PG Bobol, Shell hits 11, and is sunk

And another one
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Night Time Surface Combat at 42,50

Japanese Ships
CL Chikuma, Shell hits 24, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
This cripple would not have made it home anybway ... [:(]


Allied Ships
DD Rathburne
DD Dorsey
DD Southard
DD Broome
DD Barker
DD Zane

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ASW attack near Lingayen at 44,50

Japanese Ships
DD Urukaze
DD Sugi
DD Nashi
DD Tanikaze

Allied Ships
SS S-14, hits 3

Now that the Felixstowe air unit is up and running at Lingayen ... we are starting to have more success against the USN subs based there

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ASW attack near Bataan at 42,51

Japanese Ships
SS No. 27, hits 1

Allied Ships
MSW Avocet

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Sub attack at 40,54

Japanese Ships
SS No. 15

Allied Ships
AK Taurus, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

This one sank - one blocade runner that did not make it

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Day Time Surface Combat at 41,51

Japanese Ships
DD Maki, on fire, heavy damage

crippled DD trying to run away ...

Allied Ships
PG Cebu

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Sub attack near Bataan at 42,51

Japanese Ships
SS No. 27

Allied Ships
PG Romblon, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage


And another one - that makes 5 total this turn ! [8D]
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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 20568 troops, 102 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 446 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Manila base !!! [8D][8D]

[jwilkerson]

Battle of the Giants !
Today was the day the USN "Banzai-ed" with their Manilla based gunboats ... not sure why .. they were doing a good job of using their hulls to protect shipping in the Bay .. but we won't argue with the results, 5 of the pesky suquers went down today.

[jwilkerson]

And some good news from Lingayen as we start to be able to control the USN submarines activities there ...

[jwilkerson]

More blocade/counter-blocade battles around Luzon ... our over all plan here is to use "expendables" ( CA/CL/DD ) to try to control the sea around Luzon .. while training up the BBs with milk run bombardment/interdiction runs in the central and Southern Solomons. We are moving all available Divisions, Artillery and CE Regiment to Luzon and using the 2 available Naval Infantry Units to start invading the Central and Southern PI. At the same time, minelaying activities around begining in the Marshalls with about half of the minelayers, while the other half continue to defensively mine Formosa.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/15/22

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ASW attack at 41,51

Japanese Ships
SS No. 40

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Sub attack near Bataan at 42,51

Japanese Ships
SS No. 42

Allied Ships
PG Cebu

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Sub attack at 42,52

Japanese Ships
CA Yakumo
DD Kaya
DD Momi
DD Keyaki
CA Iwate

Allied Ships
SS S-6, hits 3 This was off the mouth of Manilla Bay ... we welcome putting this guy out of action he has been a pain in the butticus[8D]



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Night Time Surface Combat at 42,52

Japanese Ships
CA Iwate, Shell hits 3
CA Asama, Shell hits 2
CA Tokiwa, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CA Yakumo, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1
DD Keyaki, Shell hits 2
DD Momi, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Kaya, Shell hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Rathburne
DD Dorsey, Shell hits 4
DD Southard
DD Broome, Shell hits 1
DD Barker
DD Zane

Very frustrating result, we have them out numbered and out gunned but get stomped [:@]

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Sub attack at 43,49

Japanese Ships
DD Keyaki, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage cripple trying to drift home, later scuttled

Allied Ships
SS S-9

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Sub attack near Bataan at 42,51

Japanese Ships
SS No. 42

Allied Ships
MSW Heron, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Avocet
MSW Bittern
MSW Finch


Well the PGs are mostly gone now - so I guess we need to start working on the MSWs ( in Manilla Bay )
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TF 13 troops unloading over beach at Cagayan, 42,59


Japanese ground losses:
231 casualties reported