The Cautionaries: jwilkerson vs Capt(re-started)

[jwilkerson]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/11/22

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TF 1069 encounters mine field at Eniwetok (76,74)

Allied Ships
MSW Ortolan
MSW Seagull
MSW Kingfisher
MSW Brant
MSW Partridge

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TF 1052 encounters mine field at Eniwetok (76,74)

Allied Ships
MSW Lapwing
MSW Oriole
MSW Tern
MSW Whippoorwill
MSW Penguin
MSW Turkey
MSW Tanager Despite all this activity, we still have over 3000 mines in the target hex, appareltly his MSW's are better ASW ships than they are MS ! [:D]

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ASW attack near Palembang at 20,55

Japanese Ships
DD Nara We could finally afford to send an ASW group to stand off one of the Neutral ports and try to protect our merchantmen.
DD Enoki
DD Tsubaki

Allied Ships
SS S-16

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
DD Sakura, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Sakura sacrifices herself - to try to help wear out their MSW covering forces

Allied Ships
DD Boggs, on fire
DD Delphy, Shell hits 1
DD Corry

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
DD Sakura, Shell hits 3, and is sunk Banzaii !!

Allied Ships
DD Boggs, on fire
DD Delphy
DD Corry

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Naval bombardment of Bataan, at 42,51

Allied Ships
DD Dorsey
BB Monadnock
DD Barker
DD Hovey
DD Smith Thompson
DD Alden
DD Long

Japanese ground losses:
92 casualties reported

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TF 1052 encounters mine field at Eniwetok (76,74)

Allied Ships
MSW Lapwing
MSW Oriole
MSW Tern
MSW Whippoorwill
MSW Penguin
MSW Turkey
MSW Tanager


Allied ground losses:
105 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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TF 1069 encounters mine field at Eniwetok (76,74)

Allied Ships
MSW Ortolan
MSW Seagull
MSW Kingfisher
MSW Brant
MSW Partridge Still 3000+ mines at Eni !
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Sub attack near Singapore at 23,50

Japanese Ships
AK Okitu Maru, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire No cover for these guys yet ... but she might make it home ..

Allied Ships
SS S-3


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Ground combat at Bataan

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 110085 troops, 455 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 56311 troops, 379 guns, 32 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 7

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 7)


Japanese ground losses:
3584 casualties reported
Guns lost 57

Allied ground losses:
527 casualties reported Hopefully we burned some supply on his side ...
Guns lost 20


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Ground combat at Bataan

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13167 troops, 211 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 113946 troops, 356 guns, 0 vehicles At least his arty has been neutralized by ours ...



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Ground combat at Davao

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4933 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 18015 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

[jwilkerson]

Main points are, we have a CL/DD group going in to Eniwetok tonight ( well I hope they go in ) we're hoping to hit the MSW's ...we'll see ...

And out BC group has finished refueling and rearming at Saipan and will be steaming for the area tonight. The AOs departed yesterday to get a head start. The BB dreadnoughts are about 3 days to the West of Saipan.

[jwilkerson]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/12/22

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TF 1052 encounters mine field at Eniwetok (76,74)

Allied Ships
MSW Lapwing
MSW Oriole
MSW Tern
MSW Whippoorwill
MSW Penguin
MSW Turkey
MSW Tanager

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TF 1069 encounters mine field at Eniwetok (76,74)

Allied Ships
MSW Ortolan
MSW Seagull
MSW Kingfisher
MSW Brant
MSW Partridge

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
CL Tama, Shell hits 1
CL Kiso, Shell hits 1
DD Hatsushimo
DD Yayoi
DD Hibicki

Allied Ships
DD Corry, Shell hits 17, on fire, heavy damage CAPT see & CAPT do ... he left a Banzai guy back .. and he blcked me from getting at the MSWs ... we will go back refuel and try again ( with less torps ... Kwaj cannot rearm surface ship torps )
Our BC group are on the way, about 3 days I'd estimate .. but his invasion force should arrive tonight ( 1 hex out I think )
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
CL Tama
CL Kiso
DD Hatsushimo
DD Yayoi
DD Hibicki

Allied Ships
DD Corry, Shell hits 24, and is sunk

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Naval bombardment of Bataan, at 42,51

Allied Ships
BB Monadnock
DD Dorsey
DD Barker
DD Hovey
DD Smith Thompson
DD Alden
DD Long

Japanese ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Sub attack near Singapore at 23,50

Japanese Ships
TK Yamazuru Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage And this one was scuttle with 86 Flot

Allied Ships
SS S-8

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Sub attack near Palembang at 20,55

Japanese Ships
DD Tsubaki
DD Nara
DD Enoki

Allied Ships
SS S-16

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Sub attack at 77,74

Japanese Ships
SS No. 35

Allied Ships
MSW Seagull
MSW Ortolan
MSW Brant
MSW Partridge

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ASW attack at 77,74

Japanese Ships
SS No. 35

Allied Ships
MSW Ortolan
MSW Seagull
MSW Brant
MSW Partridge
At end of turn mines are down to 2894 - still enought to be detectable for an invasion .. but not the "ship killer" that 7000 can be ... we have another sub minelayer enroute ...


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Ground combat at Bataan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 86239 troops, 365 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 55543 troops, 359 guns, 32 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
216 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Bataan

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13188 troops, 211 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 114679 troops, 365 guns, 0 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Davao

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4953 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 17934 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported

[jwilkerson]

A look at Bataan, we attacked last turn with 1619 AV took us down to 1395 AV, now back to 1432 ... fort levels went down 1 ( to 7 ) so I'd like to attack again fairly soon to see if attacking with less AV will work .. main objecitves are to reduce the fort levels again and to use up his supply.

[jwilkerson]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/13/22

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ASW attack near Lingayen at 44,50

Japanese Ships
DD Nire
DD Hokaze
DD Yukaze
DD Shiokaze
DD Akikaze

Allied Ships
SS S-4

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ASW attack at 78,74 His mineweepers are pulling out of Eniwetok and heading back East ?

Japanese Ships
SS No. 42

Allied Ships
MSW Ortolan
MSW Seagull
MSW Brant
MSW Partridge

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Sub attack at 46,43

Japanese Ships
AK Kohuku Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-33

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Naval bombardment of Bataan, at 42,51

Allied Ships
DD Rathburne
DD Dorsey
BB Monadnock
DD Barker
DD Hovey
DD Smith Thompson
DD Alden
DD Long

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported

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Sub attack near Kwajalein at 79,79

Japanese Ships
ML Tsugaru

Allied Ships
SS R-25


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Ground combat at Bataan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 86665 troops, 376 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 55339 troops, 358 guns, 32 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
210 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Bataan

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13207 troops, 212 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 115291 troops, 376 guns, 0 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported We seem to have slight Arty advantage ...
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Davao

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4964 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 17950 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[jwilkerson]

Ok another view of the Marshalls. By my calculations and based on the spots, he should have started unloading this turn in Eniwetok. But instead it looks like he is backing off and retiring to the East !? Did my "smoke and mirrors" defense fool him into canceling the attack ? I doubt it - but he must be waiting on something, most likely his dreadnought BBs - but should I assume he planned to make major landing with bulk of fleet and didn't time it such that the BBs would be present during the landing ? That assumption seems like a stretch to me - but there must be some explanation. We did torpedo an AP several days back headed straight West for Eniwetok and got "bodies in the water" and he had two groups of MSW supported by 2 groups of DD. This is evidence for a major landing. We did probably drive off the 2 groups of DD covering the MSW and maybe that is why he pulled back temporarily. But nah that doesn't work - if the landing was to go in this turn several surface task forces should have been on hand. So, I guess I'm mystified !!! [&:][&:][&:]

We will continue to operate based on assumption that landing will occur any turn and all planned operations will proceed.

The sub minelayer group went in this turn and built Eniwetok mine field back up to 3011.

The Kwajalein CL/DD group will do another high speed pass at Eniwetok tonight but the DDs are Torp-less so we had probably better head back to Saipan to rearm ( the AE is there ) after this one.

In 3 days the BC group will be at Eniwetok with a CA/DD group 1 day behind .. the AOs are in support. The dreadnought BBs are 2 days west of Saipan.

[jwilkerson]

Yup they're totally gone ( from the Marshalls ) four US subs at Eniwetok otherwise empty. We'll keep running our ops for a few more days .. but gee .. is it "nap time" again ?

Eniwetok mine total is 2999, we will keep running in one of the sub mine layers to keep freshening the field.

Meanwhile over on Bataan our AV count is 1456 ( up from 1419 last turn ) will probably attack again at 1500 .. probabably 2 days ...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/14/22

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Sub attack near Saipan at 63,64

Japanese Ships
BB Fuji
CL Hirado
DD Yamakaze
DD Matsu

Allied Ships
SS R-24

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Sub attack near Singapore at 23,50

Japanese Ships
DD Nara
DD Enoki
DD Tsubaki

Allied Ships
SS S-8


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Ground combat at Bataan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 87380 troops, 382 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 54944 troops, 357 guns, 32 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
215 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Bataan

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13097 troops, 211 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 116190 troops, 382 guns, 0 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
152 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Davao

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4934 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 17986 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
87 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported

[jwilkerson]

So I get my first hit on a "BB/BC" unit in a campaign game against a human ... but I always like to be "different" so my first hit was against the Monadnock [8|]

Unfortunately the Monadock and her task force accomplished their mission by breaking through the Manilla blocade yet again ... at least one AK got through though it took some hits ... bodies in the water ...

[jwilkerson]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/15/22

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Sub attack at 42,52

Japanese Ships
SS No. 39

Allied Ships
BB Monadnock, Torpedo hits 1, on fire First sub hit on a BB/BC by Joe in a campaign game against a human .. but it had to be against a ship that was commissioned in Feb 96 - whereas this is Aug 22
DD Long

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Night Time Surface Combat at 42,52 The US breaking the blocade at Manilla ... I guess we need to send the BtlFlt over here [8|][8|][:@]

Japanese Ships
DD Kagero
DD Ashi
DD Tsuta, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Warabi, Shell hits 3

Allied Ships
BB Monadnock, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Dorsey, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Hovey, Shell hits 2
DD Long, Shell hits 1
DD Alden, Shell hits 1
DD Smith Thompson, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Barker, Shell hits 1
PG Elcano, Shell hits 1

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Sub attack near Marcus Island at 75,56

Japanese Ships
AP Yawata Maru, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage This one went down but we brought 2 spares

Allied Ships
SS R-13

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Sub attack at 42,52

Japanese Ships
SS No. 39

Allied Ships
AK Ensley City, Shell hits 3 The blocade runner herself ... at least we winger her ... but she did get through [:@]


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

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ASW attack at 42,52

Japanese Ships
SS No. 39

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Sub attack at 42,52

Japanese Ships
DD Warabi
DD Ashi
DD Tsuta, on fire
DD Kagero

Allied Ships
SS S-15

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ASW attack near Marcus Island at 75,56

Japanese Ships
PC Ch04
PC Ch03
PC Ch02
PC Ch01

Allied Ships
SS R-13, hits 1 Our brand new escort group, actually got a hit !
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ASW attack near Marcus Island at 75,56

Japanese Ships
PC Ch04
PC Ch03
PC Ch02
PC Ch01

Allied Ships
SS R-13


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Ground combat at Bataan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 88600 troops, 414 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 54872 troops, 352 guns, 33 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
188 casualties reported We are at 1483 AV now ... so we will attack tomorrow.Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Bataan

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13107 troops, 210 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 117496 troops, 414 guns, 0 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Davao

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4941 troops, 30 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 17919 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[jwilkerson]

They're Back !!!

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/16/22

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ASW attack at 42,52

Japanese Ships
DD Aoi
DD Kiku
DD Nashi

Allied Ships
SS S-15

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ASW attack near Bataan at 42,51

Japanese Ships
SS No. 29

Allied Ships
DD Hovey

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Sub attack near Bataan at 42,51

Japanese Ships
SS No. 29

Allied Ships
DD Hovey

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Naval bombardment of Bataan, at 42,51

Allied Ships
DD Dorsey
DD Barker
DD Hovey
DD Smith Thompson, heavy damage
DD Alden
DD Long

Without the services of the Monadnock ( under repair at Bataan ) the daily bombardment lacks teeth ...
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ASW attack at 79,73

Japanese Ships
SS No. 45 Ah, the US minesweepers are returning to Eniwetok !
Allied Ships
MSW Ortolan
MSW Seagull
MSW Brant
MSW Partridge

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Sub attack near Palembang at 20,55

Japanese Ships
AK Clyde Maru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Scuttled

Allied Ships
SS S-2

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Sub attack at 79,74

Japanese Ships
SS U-55 (O3)

Allied Ships
AP St. Mihel, Torpedo hits 1, on fire Ah, transports spotted heading towards Eniwetok !!!


Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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ASW attack at 42,52

Japanese Ships
DD Aoi
DD Kiku
DD Nashi

Allied Ships
SS S-15


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Ground combat at Bataan

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 108295 troops, 429 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 55149 troops, 349 guns, 57 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 6

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 6)


Japanese ground losses:
1859 casualties reported Half the casualties we sufffered last time ... and we got another fort level ... this is the first time I've thought we might have a chance to take this sucker b4 its too late !Guns lost 57

Allied ground losses:
313 casualties reported
Guns lost 12


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Ground combat at Davao

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4936 troops, 30 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 18002 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[jwilkerson]

The USN is returning to invade Eniwetok and we will resist with several surface groups ... mine total is 2989 ... we do not expect to be able to halt the invasion, perhaps it is beyond hope .. but our real hope is to be able to sink or seriously damage a dreadnought, nothing else really matters ( well sinking a full division at sea would be ok ).

[jwilkerson]

Eniwetok Over

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/17/22

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TF 1014 encounters mine field at Eniwetok (76,74)

Allied Ships
AP President Polk, Mine hits 1 The mine field is working as designed ... [:)]


Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported

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TF 1063 encounters mine field at Kwajalein (79,79)

Allied Ships
DM Stribling, Mine hits 1

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TF 1069 encounters mine field at Eniwetok (76,74)

Allied Ships
MSW Ortolan
MSW Seagull
MSW Kingfisher
MSW Brant
MSW Partridge

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ASW attack at 79,74

Japanese Ships
SS U-55 (O3)

Allied Ships
DD MacDonough
DD Meade
DD Henshaw
DD Ballard
DD Greene
DD McFarland
DD Walker

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TF 1092 encounters mine field at Eniwetok (76,74)

Allied Ships
DD Ballard, Mine hits 1, on fire

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Sub attack near Singapore at 23,50

Japanese Ships
DD Enoki
DD Nara
DD Tsubaki

Allied Ships
SS S-8

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ASW attack near Singapore at 23,50

Japanese Ships
DD Nara
DD Enoki
DD Tsubaki

Allied Ships
SS S-8

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Eniwetok at 76,74 The BC group engages the DD covering force
Japanese Ships
BC Kongo, Shell hits 6
BC Hiei, Shell hits 1
BC Kirishima, Shell hits 6
BC Haruna, Shell hits 3
CL Kitakami, Shell hits 1
CL Oi, Shell hits 1
DD Hishi
DD Sumire
DD Yomogi
DD Tade, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
DD Walker
DD McFarland, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Greene, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Ballard, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Meade, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Henshaw
DD MacDonough

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Eniwetok at 76,74 We finally break through to hit one of the mine layer groups [8D]

Japanese Ships
BC Kongo, Shell hits 1
BC Hiei
BC Kirishima
BC Haruna
CL Kitakami
CL Oi
DD Hishi
DD Sumire
DD Yomogi
DD Tade, on fire

Allied Ships
MSW Partridge, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
MSW Brant
MSW Kingfisher
MSW Seagull, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
MSW Ortolan, Shell hits 9, and is sunk

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Eniwetok at 76,74 The DD covering force re-engages or BC group to its demise [8D]

Japanese Ships
BC Kongo
BC Hiei
BC Kirishima
BC Haruna
CL Kitakami
CL Oi
DD Hishi, Shell hits 1
DD Sumire
DD Yomogi
DD Tade, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Walker, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
DD McFarland, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
DD Greene, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
DD Ballard, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
DD Meade, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Henshaw
DD MacDonough, Shell hits 1, on fire

However, then our Admiral breaks off without hitting the second MSW group !!! [:@]
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ASW attack near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
SS No. 22

Allied Ships
DD MacDonough, on fire
DD Henshaw

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TF 1014 encounters mine field at Eniwetok (76,74)

TF 1014 troops unloading over beach at Eniwetok, 76,74


Allied Ships
AP Republic, Mine hits 1
AP President Polk, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported

Coastal Guns at Eniwetok, 76,74, firing at TF 1014
28 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AP President Polk, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
193 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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TF 1014 encounters mine field at Eniwetok (76,74)

TF 1014 troops unloading over beach at Eniwetok, 76,74


Allied Ships
AP President Polk, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported

Coastal Guns at Eniwetok, 76,74, firing at TF 1014
22 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AP Republic, Shell hits 2, on fire


Allied ground losses:
210 casualties reported

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ASW attack at 79,74

Japanese Ships
SS U-55 (O3)

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TF 1069 encounters mine field at Eniwetok (76,74)

Allied Ships
MSW Kingfisher
MSW Brant

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ASW attack near Singapore at 23,50

Japanese Ships
DD Nara
DD Enoki
DD Tsubaki

Allied Ships
SS S-8

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Sub attack at 77,74

Japanese Ships
SS No. 47

Allied Ships
AD Prarie, Torpedo hits 1, on fire AD's to the front !!! ( this is 1 hex from Eniwetok !? ) [;)]
PC Eagle 7
PC Eagle 6

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Naval bombardment of Eniwetok, at 76,74 3 US dreadnoughts perform daylight bombardment ...

Allied Ships
BB New Mexico
BB Idaho
BB Arizona

Japanese ground losses:
389 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

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Sub attack near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
SS No. 22

Allied Ships
MSW Kingfisher
MSW Brant


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Ground combat at Bataan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 86289 troops, 357 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 54598 troops, 335 guns, 68 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
301 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Bataan

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9527 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 114621 troops, 357 guns, 0 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
71 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Eniwetok

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 2076 troops, 17 guns, 5 vehicles

Defending force 1156 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied assault odds: 17 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Eniwetok base !!! Our AV = 0 baseforce bows to the US Marines ! [;)]


Japanese ground losses:
239 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

[jwilkerson]

The BC force first engages the DD Covering force ... there was also a third engagement again with this DD force in which 4 of them were sunk ... as indicated ...

[jwilkerson]

And we did hit one of the minesweeper groups ... but broke off before we could finish off the second one ..

[jwilkerson]

Here is view of our Bataan force, we will attack again day after tomorrow.

[jwilkerson]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/18/22

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TF 1069 encounters mine field at Eniwetok (76,74)

Allied Ships
MSW Kingfisher
MSW Brant

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ASW attack at 78,74

Japanese Ships
SS No. 42

Allied Ships
DM Rizal

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TF 1059 encounters mine field at Eniwetok (76,74)

Allied Ships
PC Eagle 6
PC Eagle 7

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Naval bombardment of Bataan, at 42,51

Allied Ships
BB Monadnock Gee - the repairs from the torpedo hit didn't take very long - must have scratched the paint
DD Rathburne
DD Dorsey
DD Barker
DD Long
DD Hovey
DD Alden

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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TF 1069 encounters mine field at Eniwetok (76,74)

Allied Ships
MSW Kingfisher
MSW Brant


Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported

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Sub attack near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
SS No. 22

Allied Ships
BB Nevada I think this is my 9th miss out of 9 shots on USN dreadnought BB in this game ( by subs ) [:@][:@][:@]
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Sub attack near Kwajalein at 79,79

Japanese Ships
DD Tade, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage This ship was just barely afloat anyway ... [:(]

Allied Ships
SS R-9


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Ground combat at Bataan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 87090 troops, 366 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 54335 troops, 336 guns, 67 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
352 casualties reported
Guns lost 5


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Ground combat at Bataan

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9547 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 115434 troops, 366 guns, 0 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
58 casualties reported We definitely have the Arty advantage - this is good
Guns lost 1

[jwilkerson]

View of Marshalls ... Our 5 Dreadnought BB are 2 days from the replenishment group or about 3 days from possible engagement - they are only to engage under favorable circumstances.
The BC group will refuel but only has about 60% ammo, so will only engage if indicated. One CA/DD group will try to roll up to the East some of their fleet train - we see tankers to the east.
One CL/DD group will top off and prepare to raid their fleet train. While there dreadnoughts are camped on Eniwetok their vulnerabilies remain at sea to the east. And our subs give us targeting data.

[Helpless]

What is that shifted-meatball--jap-flag mod you are using? [:)]

Nice AAR, btw. Think you spent less time on actual turns... [:)]

[jwilkerson]

Finally !!!

The first hit on a dreadnought BB in any campaign game against a human by my subs !!!
There have been 9 prior misses in this game.

Best we can hope for is about 35 Sys, but if so - then she will be OOA for while anyway. Our primary mission in the Marianas campaign is to sink or damage dreadnoughts, they are the arbiters of power.

[jwilkerson]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/19/22

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TF 1069 encounters mine field at Eniwetok (76,74)

Allied Ships
MSW Kingfisher
MSW Brant

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Sub attack near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
SS No. 45

Allied Ships
MSW Brant

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ASW attack near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
SS No. 45

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ASW attack near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
SS No. 45

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TF 1069 encounters mine field at Eniwetok (76,74)

Allied Ships
MSW Kingfisher
MSW Brant

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Sub attack near Singapore at 23,50

Japanese Ships
DD Tsubaki, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage We dispatched 3 more ASW DD to Singapore from PescadoresDD Nara
DD Enoki

Allied Ships
SS S-9

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ASW attack at 82,74 Several hexes East of Eniwetok

Japanese Ships
SS U-46 (O2)

Allied Ships
DD Bulmer
DD Roper
DD Babbitt
DD Radford
DD Lea

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Sub attack near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
SS No. 45

Allied Ships
BB Arizona, Torpedo hits 1, on fire YEA !!! [8D][8D][8D]

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ASW attack near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
SS No. 45

Allied Ships
MSW Brant


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Ground combat at Bataan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 87693 troops, 380 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 53949 troops, 327 guns, 67 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
211 casualties reported We ordered attack for tomorrow
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Bataan

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9546 troops, 184 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 116127 troops, 380 guns, 0 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Guns lost 3