Tokyo Wars! Jeffs (a) vs Senkatana (j) - Nik Mod 5.02

[jeffs]

Very, Very nasty attack destroys 30 planes on the ground at Palenberg...
Given the size/composition of the attackers I am fairly surprised at the damage.
No two ways about it..I got reamed
 
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> Day Air attack on Palembang , at 20,55
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> Japanese aircraft
> A6M2 Zero x 39
> Ki-21 Sally x 58
> Ki-48 Lily x 54
>
> Allied aircraft
> Hawk 75A x 9
> P-40E Warhawk x 6
>
> Japanese aircraft losses
> A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
> Ki-21 Sally: 4 damaged
> Ki-48 Lily: 4 damaged
>
> Allied aircraft losses
> Hawk 75A: 12 destroyed
> P-40E Warhawk: 4 destroyed
> Brewster 339D: 6 destroyed
> Vildebeest IV: 2 destroyed
> Martin 139: 1 destroyed
>
>
> Allied ground losses:
> 42 casualties reported
> Vehicles lost 1
>
> Airbase hits 16
> Airbase supply hits 6
> Runway hits 80
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> Day Air attack on Brunei , at 32,57
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> Allied aircraft
> Martin 139 x 12
> B-17C Fortress x 8
>
> No Allied losses
>
> Oil hits 5
>
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> Day Air attack on Brunei , at 32,57
>
> Allied aircraft
> Martin 139 x 8
>
> No Allied losses
>
> Oil hits 5
>
Some revenge...Oil down to 222 units.
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> Ground combat at Singapore
>
> Japanese Bombardment attack
>
> Attacking force 66784 troops, 501 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1434
>
> Defending force 46269 troops, 262 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 611
>
>
>
> Allied ground losses:
> 100 casualties reported
After yet another repulse last turn, he settles in for a seige.
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> Ground combat at Mandalay
>
> Japanese Bombardment attack
>
> Attacking force 20891 troops, 188 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 411
>
> Defending force 17465 troops, 177 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 406
>
>
>
> Allied ground losses:
> 20 casualties reported
> Guns lost 1
>
Nothing exciting
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> Ground combat at Clark Field
>
> Allied Deliberate attack
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> Attacking force 55529 troops, 552 guns, 178 vehicles, Assault Value = 1547
>
> Defending force 816 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25
>
> Allied max assault: 1649 - adjusted assault: 1541
>
> Japanese max defense: 24 - adjusted defense: 1
>
> Allied assault odds: 1541 to 1
>
>
> Japanese ground losses:
> 534 casualties reported
> Guns lost 2
>
> Allied ground losses:
> 6 casualties reported
>
>
> Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
A small stray wanders onto clark and pays the price!
 
Well needless to say, I withdrew as much as possible from Palenberg..many planes damaged...It seems rather effective given the composition and size of the attack.....

[jeffs]

Not much today..Palembang hit again...Minor revenge taken.
Nothing major.

Day Air attack on Palembang , at 20,55
 
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 38
Ki-21 Sally x 52
Ki-48 Lily x 54
Ki-15 Babs x 2
 
Allied aircraft
no flights
 
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 6 damaged
 
Allied aircraft losses
Hawk 75A: 4 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 3 destroyed
Vildebeest IV: 1 destroyed
 
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 50
 
Those hawks are fragile...Something like 16 of them are damaged.....
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Day Air attack on Brunei , at 32,57
 
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
 
Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 8
B-17C Fortress x 5
 
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
 
Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-17C Fortress: 2 damaged
 
Oil hits 1
 
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Day Air attack on Brunei , at 32,57
 
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
 
Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 6
 
No Japanese losses
 
Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 2 damaged
 
Oil hits 4
 
A small bit of revenge...Oil at Brunei down to 210.

Day Air attack on 51st Chinese Corps, at 47,36
 
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 32
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
 
Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 6
I-153c x 6
 
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 2 destroyed
Ki-51 Sonia: 13 damaged
 
Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 6 damaged
I-153c: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
 
Will move out the Chines, will put in another small AVG unit
 

Day Air attack on TF at 27,54
 
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
 
Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 8
 
No Japanese losses
 
Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
 
Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
CA Mikuma
 
A waste of fine swordfish
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Day Air attack on TF, near Kuching at 28,56
 
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
 
Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 3
 
No Japanese losses
 
Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 2 damaged
 
Japanese Ships
AP Teiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire
 
Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
 
Small revenge
 

Ground combat at Singapore
 
Japanese Bombardment attack
 
Attacking force 70760 troops, 508 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1463
 
Defending force 47191 troops, 281 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 621
 
 
 
Allied ground losses:
90 casualties reported
 
 

[jeffs]

He has a battleline and bunch of transports a day out from Palembang...
 
Force Z will sorte from Batavia!![:'(]
 
Might take 2 turns to get there though......Will be LRCAPed by massive amounts of Buffs...
 
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/24/42

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Day Air attack on Palembang , at 20,55
 
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 38
Ki-21 Sally x 22
Ki-48 Lily x 50
 
Allied aircraft
no flights
 
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 7 damaged
 
Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 1 destroyed
Vildebeest IV: 1 destroyed
 
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 21
 
The usual pain
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Day Air attack on Miri , at 31,57
 
Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 14
 
No Allied losses
 
Manpower hits 1
 
OOPS....Forgot to switch to oil...Bonehead!!

Day Air attack on 1st Tank Regiment, at 32,30
 
Allied aircraft
Vildebeest IV x 12
Blenheim IV x 8
Hudson I x 6
 
No Allied losses
 
Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 3
My defense in Malaya....?

Day Air attack on TF at 23,51
 
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
Ki-27 Nate x 9
 
Allied aircraft
T.IVa x 5
 
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
Ki-27 Nate: 1 damaged
 
Allied aircraft losses
T.IVa: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
 
Japanese Ships
AP Haisho Maru
 
Guts, but no glory
 
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Day Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 23,50
 
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 21
 
No Japanese losses
 
Allied Ships
AK Elout, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
AK Silindoeng, Torpedo hits 5,  on fire,  heavy damage
AK Boelongan, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire
 
Not surprised probably got around 2000 supply points in...Obviously Silindoeng donates itself to reef diving.
 
 
Ground combat at Singapore
 
Japanese Shock attack
 
Attacking force 97853 troops, 517 guns, 335 vehicles, Assault Value = 1541
 
Defending force 47761 troops, 295 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 647
 
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 5
 
Japanese max assault: 1502 - adjusted assault: 718
 
Allied max defense: 656 - adjusted defense: 1026
 
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 5)
 
 
Japanese ground losses:
2413 casualties reported
Guns lost 35
Vehicles lost 7
 
Allied ground losses:
2529 casualties reported
Guns lost 43
Vehicles lost 2
 
That hurts...Forts down to five...That said, they are at 86% so I will gain back that level soon.
 
 
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Ground combat at Mandalay
 
Japanese Bombardment attack
 
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Ground combat at Mandalay
 
Allied Bombardment attack
 
Attacking force 14277 troops, 142 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 509
 
Defending force 20940 troops, 192 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 413
 
 
Japanese ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
 
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
 
I have a small upper hand at Mandalay
 
Well next turn should be interesting...Also he has a bunch (around 4) of SS around Nomeau...Am bringing in mediums for ASW work.

[jeffs]

In response to the immenint attack on Palembank, Force Z has set sail to counterattack.
 
Singapore holds off a poorly done IJA attack.[8D]
 
And and S boat gets the Q boat treatment [X(]
 
> Sub attack near Rabaul  at 61,88
>
> Japanese Ships
> AP Tafuku Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
>
> Allied Ships
> SS S-35, hits 4,  on fire
[&o]?@My sub surface attack takes pain....I guess the IJN copied the Brit Q boats....[:-]
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> TF 144 encounters mine field at Johore Bahru (22,49)
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> Japanese Ships
> PC Shonan Maru #6
> PG Sozan Maru
> AP Kisogawa Maru, Mine hits 1,  on fire
>
> Japanese ground losses:
> 13 casualties reported
> Guns lost 1
A very small smile
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> Day Air attack on Brunei , at 32,57
>
> Allied aircraft
> Martin 139 x 9
> B-17C Fortress x 10
>
> No Allied losses
>
> Oil hits 4

Not much real damage..Oil prod at 210 vs 90 disabled.
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> Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87
>
> Allied aircraft
> Hurricane IIb x 9
> P-39D Airacobra x 21
>
> No Allied losses
Just trying to gain experience
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> Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 33,30
>
> Japanese aircraft
> Ki-27 Nate x 4
>
> Allied aircraft
> Mohawk IV x 9
> Buffalo I x 12
> P-40B Tomahawk x 4
>
> Japanese aircraft losses
> Ki-27 Nate: 4 destroyed
>
> Allied aircraft losses
> Buffalo I: 4 damaged
Die Nates

> Day Air attack on TF at 23,54
>
> Allied aircraft
> T.IVa x 8
>
> Allied aircraft losses
> T.IVa: 4 damaged
>
> Japanese Ships
> BB Haruna
[:@] The dumbest part is they were out of torpedo range...If it was in torpedo range I would be disappointed but not upset.
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> Ground combat at Singapore
>
> Japanese Shock attack
>
> Attacking force 22145 troops, 262 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 1821
>
> Defending force 44741 troops, 238 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 615
>
> Japanese max assault: 412 - adjusted assault: 42
>
> Allied max defense: 618 - adjusted defense: 1261
>
> Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 5)
>
>
> Japanese ground losses:
> 843 casualties reported
> Guns lost 22
> Vehicles lost 4
>
> Allied ground losses:
> 336 casualties reported
> Guns lost 6

Something weird..It seems not all of his forces attacked...Not that I am complaining!
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> Ground combat at Mandalay
>
> Allied Deliberate attack
>
> Attacking force 18192 troops, 178 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 508
>
> Defending force 20839 troops, 187 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 412
>
> Allied max assault: 466 - adjusted assault: 211
>
> Japanese max defense: 339 - adjusted defense: 259
>
> Allied assault odds: 0 to 1
>
>
> Japanese ground losses:
> 234 casualties reported
> Guns lost 8
> Vehicles lost 1
>
> Allied ground losses:
> 218 casualties reported
> Guns lost 5
>
Just testing.....Not a failure..But far from a success.

[jeffs]

In the end a rather mediocre, but not disasterous day...
 
TF 8 encounters mine field at Muntok (21,55)
 
Japanese Ships
DD Ayanami, Mine hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
CL Sendai, Mine hits 1
 
The minefield next to Palembank pays dividends...Would be nice if the Ayanami sinks..
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 20,55
 
Japanese Ships
CA Takao, Shell hits 3
CA Mogami, Shell hits 1
CA Suzuya, Shell hits 1
CA Kumano, Shell hits 7
DD Maikaze, Shell hits 8,  on fire,  heavy damage
DD Nowaki
DD Arashi, Shell hits 4,  on fire
DD Hagikaze
DD Shirayuki
DD Hatsuyuki
 
Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales
BC Repulse, Shell hits 2
CL De Ruyter
CL Danae, Shell hits 3,  on fire
CL Durban, Shell hits 1
DD Vendetta
DD Witte de With, Shell hits 2,  on fire
DD Kortenaer
DD Piet Hein, Shell hits 2,  on fire
DD Van Ghent, Shell hits 1
DD Tenedos
DD Electra
DD Express
 
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 20,55
 
Japanese Ships
CA Takao, Shell hits 1,  on fire
CA Mogami, Shell hits 3
CA Suzuya, Shell hits 1
CA Kumano, Shell hits 2
DD Maikaze, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DD Nowaki
DD Arashi, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Hagikaze, Shell hits 2
DD Shirayuki, Shell hits 2
DD Hatsuyuki
 
Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire
BC Repulse, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire
CL De Ruyter, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage
CL Danae, Shell hits 3,  on fire
CL Durban, Shell hits 2,  on fire
DD Vendetta, Shell hits 4,  on fire
DD Witte de With, Shell hits 5,  on fire,  heavy damage
DD Kortenaer
DD Piet Hein, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
DD Van Ghent, Shell hits 1,  on fire
DD Tenedos, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
DD Electra
DD Express
 
As usual, the long lances ruin the party...That said, only 1 DD is in danger of sinking...
Repulse needs an overhaul badly(38 damage) but POW is in good shape exept for flooding. 2 turns in Batavia port should fix it (2-30-3)..... Am sending over some new CAs, CLs and some DDs....Takao eats a big shell but is only somewhat damaged...But 2 modern IJN DDs are gonzo.

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Naval bombardment of Palembang, at 20,55
 
Allied aircraft
no flights
 
Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest IV: 1 destroyed
 
Japanese Ships
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Shirayuki
DD Hagikaze
DD Nowaki
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
CA Mogami
 
 
Allied ground losses:
328 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 2
 
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 12
Port hits 11
Port fuel hits 8
Port supply hits 8
 
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TF 146 encounters mine field at Palembang (20,55)
 
TF 146 troops unloading over beach at Palembang, 20,55
 
 
Japanese Ships
AP Nikki Maru, Mine hits 1
 
Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
 
Coastal Guns at Palembang, 20,55, firing at TF 146
88 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
882 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
 
 
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Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87
 
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 16
 
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 2 damaged
 
Again, trying to get experience up, no losses, but half the unit is damaged.
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Day Air attack on Buna , at 55,90
 
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 16
 
No Allied losses
 
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7
Samething.
 
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Day Air attack on 39th Chinese Corps, at 47,36
 
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 32
Ki-51 Sonia x 16
Ki-15 Babs x 1
 
Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 12
 
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
 
Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 4 damaged
 
 
Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
 
Very unexciting...
 
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Day Air attack on TF at 23,57
 
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
 
Allied aircraft
Beaufort V-IX x 3
 
No Japanese losses
 
Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort V-IX: 1 damaged
 
Japanese Ships
AK Asakasan Maru
 
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Day Air attack on TF at 23,57
 
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
 
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 16
T.IVa x 6
Beaufort V-IX x 3
 
No Japanese losses
 
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 2 damaged
T.IVa: 1 damaged
 
Japanese Ships
AP Amakusa Maru
AP Higashiyama Maru
AK Sado Maru
AK Bandoeng Maru, Shell hits 4
AK Asakasan Maru
AP Tatumiya Maru
AK Cheribon Maru, Shell hits 4
 
Japanese ground losses:
131 casualties reported
 
Bummed no torpedoes hit..Only damage due to strafing...[>:]
 
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Day Air attack on TF at 22,54
 
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3
 
No Japanese losses
 
Allied Ships
AK Elout, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage (sunk)
 
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Day Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 21,55
 
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3
 
No Japanese losses
 
Allied Ships
DD Piet Hein, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
 
Probably a goner, but might make port..But I doubt I can get it out of port
 

Ground combat at Singapore
 
Japanese Shock attack
 
Attacking force 106235 troops, 697 guns, 334 vehicles, Assault Value = 1815
 
Defending force 45221 troops, 260 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 636
 
Japanese max assault: 1081 - adjusted assault: 338
 
Allied max defense: 656 - adjusted defense: 729
 
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 5)
 
 
Japanese ground losses:
2776 casualties reported
Guns lost 42
Vehicles lost 11
 
Allied ground losses:
2092 casualties reported
Guns lost 21
 
Nice defense! Level 5 forts hold...Upgrade to level 6 now at 90%.
 

Ground combat at Palembang
 
Allied Bombardment attack
 
Attacking force 1625 troops, 44 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 94
 
Defending force 10580 troops, 87 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 354
 
 
Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
 
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Wow, he landed a lot of troops...Bummer.

[jeffs]

I have a bunch of damaged ships? Where should I send them?
Sidney....Columbo, Karachi, Diamond Head? Spread them around all the ones mentioned?[&:]
 
Thanks for any suggestions

[jeffs]

First line should be.

I have a bunch of damaged ships in the DEI.

[ctangus]

ORIGINAL: jeffs

I have a bunch of damaged ships? Where should I send them?

This might not be the best advice in the world, but here's what I do:

US ships end up in E Oz as the start of the 7th fleet, so damaged US ships I send to Sydney.

Brit ships go to Ceylon or Bombay. Diamond Harbor can be port attacked from Burma, so I don't send anything there.

There's 3 or so Dutch DDs with good AA, but short legs. I use these as escorts for Hermes, freeing up the Brit DDs for other duties. The other Dutch DDs go to Oz, as the ANZO navy is short on DDs. There's also 2 Aussie DDs in the DEI (the ones whose names start with "N") which I also send to the Sydney/Brisbane area.

The Dutch CLs, if not diving attractions, I send to wherever I think needs reinforcing. I might send 1 to Perth to have some sort of naval presence there.

You're kicking some ---- in the Phillipines. Do you have any resupply efforts underway? It sounds like you could make it a real nightmare for your opponent.

[jeffs]

Thanks for the idea...
 
As for supply/resupply...
I have about 24,000 between Clark and Bataan (this does not include supplies with the units)..
I can not imagine getting much by on the surface as he has About 50 Nell/Betties in South Philipine bases...
 
Am thing of moving B-17s to China to do resupply....Also I want to use subs, but what size base is necessary. I tried to put supplies into subs at Kendari  and no supplies were put in....So I am pretty confused on that.

[jeffs]

Well the big news of the day was that POW (holed up in Batavia Harbor getting flooding down) got hit by
an 800 KG bomb dropped by a Betty.[:@][X(][:-]
 
That seems total BS...I know at PH the IJN used that bomb, but never after that...Damage went from 3 to 26...Totally bogus.
 
>> TF 177 encounters mine field at Johore Bahru (22,49)
>
> Japanese Ships
> AK Hikosan Maru, Mine hits 1
>
> Japanese ground losses:
> 33 casualties reported
 
The o-19 and 0-20 are just awesome as minelayers.....Outrageous.
>
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> Day Air attack on Brunei , at 32,57
>
> Japanese aircraft
> A6M2 Zero x 20
>
> Allied aircraft
> Brewster 339D x 12
>
> No Japanese losses
>
> Allied aircraft losses
> Brewster 339D: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
 
Errr..OOPS
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> Day Air attack on Brunei , at 32,57
>
> Japanese aircraft
> A6M2 Zero x 20
>
> Allied aircraft
> Martin 139 x 11
> B-17C Fortress x 10
>
> Japanese aircraft losses
> A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged
>
> Allied aircraft losses
> Martin 139: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
> B-17C Fortress: 1 damaged
>
> Oil hits 1
>
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> Day Air attack on Batavia , at 19,59
>
> Japanese aircraft
> G4M1 Betty x 21
>
> Allied aircraft
> Hawk 75A x 3
> CW-21B Demon x 6
> Brewster 339D x 2
> P-40B Tomahawk x 4
> P-40E Warhawk x 2
>
> Japanese aircraft losses
> G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 17 damaged
>
> Allied aircraft losses
> Hawk 75A: 1 damaged
> CW-21B Demon: 1 damaged
> P-40B Tomahawk: 1 damaged
> P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged
>
> Allied Ships
> BB Prince of Wales, Bomb hits 1,  on fire
 
This is the bogus attack...My fighters were pretty mediocre (better than useless, but not much) but the
killer was the 800 KG bomb...How can they use it?
>
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> Ground combat at Singapore
>
> Japanese Shock attack
>
> Attacking force 103252 troops, 689 guns, 327 vehicles, Assault Value =
> 1610
>
> Defending force 41354 troops, 234 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 571
>
> Japanese max assault: 673 - adjusted assault: 403
>
> Allied max defense: 591 - adjusted defense: 761
>
> Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 5)
>
>
> Japanese ground losses:
> 1790 casualties reported
> Guns lost 39
> Vehicles lost 8
>
> Allied ground losses:
> 2220 casualties reported
> Guns lost 20
>
Singapore under pressure...He is not hesitating to shock me to death.....I am now taking more casualties than him...In spite of a level 5 (soon to be 6) forts...That said, he is losing 2000 guys a turn..Most might come back, but some of them should be dead....

> Ground combat at Palembang
>
> Japanese Bombardment attack
>
> Attacking force 19905 troops, 195 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 616
>
> Defending force 7316 troops, 68 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 93
>
>
>
> Allied ground losses:
> 22 casualties reported
> Guns lost 1
>
He is being careful

[jeffs]

After the previous turn disaster of seeing 800 kg bombs on the POW, I was hoping for some
revenge via Beauforts...And I got it, but only a little. In spite of being with in (4 hexes ) of torpedo range,
my flyboys were only dropping bombs? What the hell is going on???
 

TF 72 encounters mine field at Johore Bahru (22,49)
 
Japanese Ships
MSW W.19
MSW W.16
MSW W.15
AP Unkai Maru #6, Mine hits 1,  on fire
 
Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
 
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Some enjoyment for me.

Day Air attack on 1st Tank Regiment, at 32,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 3
 
Allied aircraft
Lysander I x 16
Mohawk IV x 6
Vildebeest IV x 12
Blenheim IV x 11
Hudson I x 6
P-40B Tomahawk x 3
 
No Japanese losses
 
Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest IV: 2 damaged
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged
 
Japanese ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2
 
Well I am killing 2 tanks almost everyday.

Day Air attack on TF at 25,54
 
Allied aircraft
Beaufort V-IX x 6
 
No Allied losses
 
Japanese Ships
AP Niitaka Maru
AP Nagano Maru, Bomb hits 1,  on fire
 
Torpedo range, but only a bomb [&o]
 
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Day Air attack on TF at 23,54
 
Allied aircraft
Beaufort V-IX x 3
 
No Allied losses
 
Japanese Ships
AP Meizan Maru, Bomb hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage
Torpedo range, but only a bomb [&o]
But 2 bomb hits might sink it
 

Day Air attack on TF at 25,53
 
Allied aircraft
Beaufort V-IX x 4
 
No Allied losses
 
Japanese Ships
AP Kisogawa Maru, Bomb hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
Torpedo range, but only a bomb [&o]
 
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Ground combat at Singapore
 
Japanese Shock attack
 
Attacking force 119388 troops, 888 guns, 320 vehicles, Assault Value = 1996
 
Defending force 39781 troops, 228 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 556
 
Japanese max assault: 1732 - adjusted assault: 1342
 
Allied max defense: 573 - adjusted defense: 1102
 
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 5)
 
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4
 
 
Japanese ground losses:
1759 casualties reported
Guns lost 21
Vehicles lost 7
 
Allied ground losses:
2228 casualties reported
Guns lost 35
Vehicles lost 1
 
That hurts..But forts back up to level 5
He wants Singapore gone and gone quickly.
 
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Ground combat at Palembang
 
Japanese Bombardment attack
 
Attacking force 28801 troops, 305 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 615
 
Defending force 7349 troops, 64 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 92
 
 
 
Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
 
 

[Nikademus]

check the aircraft database.

[ny59giants]

Is the airfield at level 4??
If not, no torpedoes. [:(]
I assume that supply is OK also.

[jeffs]

Aaahhh, Level 3 airport.
 
But Betties dropping 800 kg? That was not realist was it?
At least let half my whines be valid!

[jeffs]

>check the aircraft database.
 
I did. The default is a torpedo. If long range then 2 x 250 kg bombs...I do
not see anything about an 800 KG....
 
Also, a couple of quick questions....
 
When do US divebombers get the good 1000 lb bomb?
 
How many Nells/Bettys can Japan at max production make a month?
 
Thanks.

[Nikademus]

the reason your planes dropped bombs was due to the level 3 base. You need min level 4 for 2E LBA to use normal loads, otherwise they use extended loads. In the newer version of the mod, the Beufort V does have bombs as the normal load.

I don't believe the USN Dive bombers ever default to the 100lb AP bomb device...its avail. is set to 12/41 though it should be oct 42.

Nell Betty production - depends on how much you tinker with your industry. I don't mess much with production so i don't know how far it can be tweaked.

[jeffs]

I thought at Midway the SBds used 1000 lb bombs....

[jeffs]

Well Palembang got overwhelmed today...Not much of shock..The big bummer is my engineers did not damage..I assume he will transport in planes, but I have a decent size pummelling planned anyway...
 
Singapore is down to a level 3 fort...Not much I can do given how many troops he is throwing at it....
 
That said, I did some minor fleet damage.
 
 
 

Night Time Surface Combat, near Kuching at 28,56
 
Japanese Ships
PC Ch 6
PC Ch 12
AP Kansan Maru
 
Allied Ships
PT TM-4
PT TM-5
PT TM-6
PT TM-7
 
I finally attack, but my guess are wankers.
 
Day Air attack on Miri , at 31,57
 
Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 10
B-17C Fortress x 8
 
No Allied losses
 
Oil hits 1
 
Not as much damage as I would like

Day Air attack on Menado Garrison Battalion, at 39,67
 
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
D3A Val x 8
B5N Kate x 18
 
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 2 damaged
 
 
Allied ground losses:
60 casualties reported
 
A mini Kb covering an invasion..Not much I can do.
 

Day Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 20,55
 
Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 2
 
No Allied losses
 
Japanese Ships
AK Cheribon Maru, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire
 
Yeah

Day Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 20,55
 
Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 10
Hurricane IIb x 14
T.IVa x 8
Beaufort V-IX x 4
 
Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged
T.IVa: 8 damaged
Beaufort V-IX: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
 
Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
CA Atago, Shell hits 8
CA Mikuma, Torpedo hits 1
DD Arashio, Shell hits 4
 
Not much damage, but nice to hurt a CA, even a little
 
Day Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 20,55
 
Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 5
Hurricane IIb x 9
Beaufort V-IX x 3
 
Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 3 damaged
Hurricane IIb: 2 damaged
Beaufort V-IX: 2 damaged
 
Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, Torpedo hits 1
DD Hibiki
CA Atago, Shell hits 4
CA Mikuma, Shell hits 8,  on fire
 
The Kongo eats a torpedo..And Mikuma on fire from the previous torpedo... Nothing devastating, but still fun.

Ground combat at Singapore
 
Japanese Shock attack
 
Attacking force 124380 troops, 861 guns, 318 vehicles, Assault Value = 1868
 
Defending force 36903 troops, 187 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 529
 
Japanese max assault: 1840 - adjusted assault: 1042
 
Allied max defense: 540 - adjusted defense: 818
 
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 4)
 
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3
 
 
Japanese ground losses:
1707 casualties reported
Guns lost 28
Vehicles lost 6
 
Allied ground losses:
782 casualties reported
Guns lost 13
 
Not much I can do when he has 4x troops to me.
 
 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Palembang
 
Japanese Deliberate attack
 
Attacking force 40435 troops, 420 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 854
 
Defending force 6483 troops, 44 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 75
 
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2
 
Japanese max assault: 865 - adjusted assault: 851
 
Allied max defense: 53 - adjusted defense: 51
 
Japanese assault odds: 16 to 1 (fort level 2)
 
Japanese forces CAPTURE Palembang base !!!
 
 
Allied aircraft
no flights
 
Allied aircraft losses
Brewster 339D: 2 destroyed
Hawk 75A: 5 destroyed
Vildebeest IV: 1 destroyed
 
Japanese ground losses:
259 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
 
Allied ground losses:
260 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
 
 He threw the kitchen sink at it.....And gets it.
 
 

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: jeffs

I thought at Midway the SBds used 1000 lb bombs....

They did, 1000lb General Purpose or more commonly termed "HE" (High explosive) bombs. They also used 500lb GP bombs. At war's start there were only a limited number of AP bombs, converted from 14inch battleship shells, but they were rare....Enterprise had some, but only enough for half a strike and their extreme weight (1600lb) would have required lighting the weight of the SBD's which could just barely lug one into the air. Prewar USN doctrine placed the heavy anti ship role on the torpedo squadrons. Later in the war (10/42ish) a dedicated purpose built 1000lb AP bomb was developed and deployed to US CV's but the GP bomb continued to be the mainstay because of it's greater utility. (useful against many ships with lighter armor....merchants and of course, ground targets)

[jeffs]

Thanks...So in reality from 10/42 we should see the AP bomb (assuming the game was modeled correctly)? I assume in AV the SBDs are dropping AP bombs (by the way the rip up battleships other than the Yamato class).