East Wind Gives Me the Chills - Chuck vs. Pat - Allied Side

[ctangus]

5/29/42

Quick update. Kaga was definitively spotted near New Caledonia, but the Japanese fleet appears to be withdrawing. [&:]

[ctangus]

5/30/42

I'll try to do more of a comprehensive update tonight.

Something seems to have scared of the Jap invasion convoys, but Car Div 1 is still hanging about. Maybe we'll have a CV battle in a day or two, or maybe it will just be more cat & mouse.

[ctangus]

5/31/42

More of an update once I finish the turn.

If anyone reads this in the next hour or so, thoughts are welcome. For the 3rd time this game we've wound up with CVs 300 miles from eachother.

I'm debating whether to charge right in or play a safer course of staying closer to my LBA.

My carrier planes should outnumber his about 160 - 130, though his still outclass mine. I have a group of B-25s escorted by a group of P-40Bs (range 7) at Koumac. He's in a single TF, my 2 CVs are in single-ship TFs with a BB TF as another target.

I'm leaning towards the right-hand track. There's less chance of an engagement, but if we end up in range he's likely to react into my LBA. If I had a third CV on hand I might go the left-hand route.

A couple other things to note: I'm not defending anything important here, so don't feel I have to act. At the same time, I don't think he knows I have carriers nearby so I might have a good chance of an ambush. Plus carrier battles are fun.

[VSWG]

Right-hand route. Play it safe (fight under your air umbrella), you're already winning this war in the DEI.

You could even retreat your carriers due east, and then hunt his replenishment TF. Those carriers are heading to the Australian East coast? Maybe you'll find some AOs/TKs in the Coral Sea.

[ctangus]

ORIGINAL: VSWG

Right-hand route. Play it safe (fight under your air umbrella), you're already winning this war in the DEI.

Yea, I think you're right. I've now finished the turn with those orders, but I'm going to hold onto the turn for now. I'll be thinking of carrier battles while I'm buying my groceries. [:)]

[ctangus]

5/29 - 5/31/42

In So Pac I'm playing it safe & taking the right-hand route. But there's been action in other theaters over the last 3 days also:

SW PAC

Air raids against Port Moresby & Lae have continued. The last Jap raid agaisnt Moresby was the 30th - I scored 8:4 in my favor. On the 31st I scored 10:0 in my raid against Lae:

05/31/42
Day Air attack on Lae , at 56,90
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 16
Beaufort V-IX x 5
A-20B Boston x 20
B-17E Fortress x 32
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort V-IX: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
196 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 22 Per recon planes, about 40% of the runways have significant bomb holes in them

China

For 3 days in a row, IL-4s flew port attacks against Hong Kong, where recon reports a Jap battleship. No hits were scored. I'll stand down for a day or two & then put them onto naval attack based at Nanchang.

Japan

In the East China Sea near the coast of Kyushu SS Haddock put a single torp into two different Jap APs. The captain of Haddock reported that he saw drowning troops after each hit.

Burma

There's been no further Japanese offensive activity against Akyab, either on the ground or in the air.

I continue to plaster Magwe - the airfield's reported at 76% damage now.

Mandalay should be a level 4 airfield in a day, at most two, and then I'll start to work on closing down Rangoon, also. My Wellingtons are proving more effective than my B-17s in this mod. They not only carry a larger payload, but they also can keep flying more often.

DEI

The biggest news is here. Additional Jap landings continued at Palembang & my LBA had no success against it.

On the 31st Palembang fell. Two dutch battalions & some rear-area troops held against 2 Jap Divs, 1 brigade, 1 tank regiment & assorted units for 55 days. I'm pleased. There's some good news & bad news with the fall, however.

The bad: I had just flown in a squadron of TIVas & a squadron of Hawks to try to attack the nearby shipping. Not only did they not launch, but they were lost permanently with the fall of Palembang. [:(]

The good: The oil & resources there were 100% damaged! [X(][:)]

[ctangus]

Monthly update

The good news: Cannon-armed Hurricanes, F-5As and Seafires (Yea! [:)]) go into production. The bad news: The admiralty wants a CV in the Med & I think I'm going to grant the request & send Illustrious back.



I wanted to kill both more Jap planes & troops on the ground this month. I've largely succeeded with that - increasing the troop losses over 50% (581 up to 882) and over doubling the aircraft losses (56 up to 139).

Air losses for the month were 628 allied lost vs. 624 Japanese. I had hoped to get better than 1:1 again, but the ratio isn't bad & the high attrition should be to my benefit.

Zero losses: 164 total destroyed, 102 of which were air-to-air losses. A highest ever in this game for both.

22 Jap ships were sunk vs. 12 allied. Here's the breakdown:

Code: Select all

      Japs      Allied
 CVL  1 (+1)
 BB   1
 CA             1
 CL             1
 DD   14        4 (+1)
 APD  2 (+1)    1
 AP   76 (+12)  7
 AK   47 (+5)   56 (+7)
 AO             1
 TK   9         3
 SS   19 (+3)   5 (+1)
 Aux            7
 Mine 14        13 (+2)
 Pat  13        19 (+1)
 

The total points ratio is 1.41:1 in the Japanese favor. Not bad for the end of May, 1942, if I do say so myself.

[ctangus]

Logistics/Economy

While I'm sure I could do better, I think I'm doing well here, too.

Jap Economy

I did hand over about 420K oil and 50-60K resources to the Japanese when I lost Palembang. However, between both evacs & holding out at Palembang, I've cost the Japanese at least 740K oil just between Palembang, Batavia & Soerabaja. I'm continuing to pull oil & resources from the last two - they're essentially empty.

I did some rough calculations. Within 6-9 months I think the Japanese economy will be hurting greatly. That's greatly added by Palembang being 100% trashed. When I have some time I'll attempt some more detailed calculations.

China Supply

I've been tracking the supply in China monthly:

December - 68K
January - 95K
February - 122K
March - 131K
April - 131K It actually went down 134 supply points
May - 149K
June - 178K

Since Feb or so I've had replacements on for selected units. I just order them on for all units - I'll reevaluate that in a month depending on the supply situation then.

Overall Supply

Here's a look at my best-supplied bases. Again it could be better, but it's building up. I'm pleased that San Francisco is nowhere yet near being maxed out - that means to me that I'm moving supplies & fuel from there relatively efficiently.

[stldiver]

You are correct in that the Japanese player will be hurting, whether he realizes it or not, he has already lost the war. Just keep a cool head and patience and you might rap this up by the end of 43.

[ctangus]

ORIGINAL: stldiver

You are correct in that the Japanese player will be hurting, whether he realizes it or not, he has already lost the war. Just keep a cool head and patience and you might rap this up by the end of 43.

Thanks for the vote of confidence! [:)] Though I did prove in my next turn that I can still manage to screw things up... [:'(]

[ctangus]

6/1/42

"Oops" sums up the day quite well.

South Pac

We did have a CV battle, and everything that could go wrong did go wrong. I was hit at range 5 & neither his nor my CVs reacted so I didn't get in a counter-strike. The Jap CVs were one hex out of range for my B-25s at Koumac. (7 hexes away - Koumac's only size 3 so the bombers can only fly 6 hexes.) Both Enterprise & Hornet will be in the body & fender shop for quite a while - if I can save Enterprise. There's a small silver lining in that I massacred Jap naval air.

Here's the morning strikes:

06/01/42
Day Air attack on TF at 62,113
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
D3A Val x 36
B5N Kate x 41
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 54 Set on 30% CAP for offensive punch, but with no missions every fighter scrambled
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed
D3A Val: 15 destroyed, 6 damaged
B5N Kate: 14 destroyed, 13 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed, 4 damaged
Allied Ships
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 13, on fire, heavy damage Ouch
CA Chester, Bomb hits 3
CA Indianapolis, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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06/01/42
Day Air attack on TF at 62,113
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
D3A Val x 10
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 39
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
D3A Val: 6 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
CA Chester, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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06/01/42
Day Air attack on TF at 62,113
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
D3A Val x 22
B5N Kate x 24
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 50
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
D3A Val: 6 destroyed, 10 damaged
B5N Kate: 5 destroyed, 12 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed, 8 damaged
Allied Ships
CV Hornet, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage Ouch, again
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 1 Bounces - damage is 2/0/0
CLAA Atlanta
CA Vincennes

One lone strike launched in the afternoon:

06/01/42
Day Air attack on TF at 62,113
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
D3A Val x 10
B5N Kate x 28
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 2 damaged
B5N Kate: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 13, on fire, heavy damage Too painful to watch

The good news is that since it was range 5, the Kates weren't carrying torps & the float damage isn't too bad. He'll have to come into B-25 range to chase, though subs might be a problem. Damage reports:

Enterprise - 99/39/49 - 4 days from safe harbor at Noumea
Hornet - 67/19/44 - 2-3 days from Noumea
Indianapolis - 36/7/14 - 1 day from Noumea
Chester - 22/10/9 - 1 day from Noumea

Also, my Wildcat pilots did a fine job. They obviously didn't turn every bomber away, but probably stopped at least half of them. AA scored some kills, too. 7 F4F4s were lost while the Jap losses were:

32 Vals (25 A2A, 7 Flak)
25 Kates (17 A2A, 6 Flak, 2 Ops)
9-15 Zeros (10 A2A & 5 Flak losses for the day, though some of those losses may have been elsewhere)

Total aircraft losses for the day were 13 Allied vs. 90 Japanese. If it weren't for the minor matter of 2 crippled carriers, I'd be ecstatic. [:'(]

Elsewhere

I continue to pound the airfields at Lae & Magwe. Mandalay just hit size 4 & Wellingtons are re-deploying there.

S-44 put a torp into a Jap troopship north of the Solomons. SS Haddock attacked another AP in the East China Sea - her forward tubes are now empty so she's headed back to Trincomalee for a reload.

[ctangus]

6/2/42

Barring subs or an additional Jap CV attack, Hornet will definitely make it. Enterprise probably will, but I can't be sure...

Damaged CV Report

Enterprise - 99/50/18 - +0/+11/-31 - 3 days from port
Hornet - 79/32/18 - +12/+13/-26 - 1 or 2 days from port

I think the sub threat is low. About 2-3 weeks ago there were 2 or 3 Jap subs in the area, but I believe I've driven them off with my earlier ASW efforts. Just in case there's 7 DDs in the screen of each CV in addition to a dedicated ASW TF following each.

A follow-up CV attack would almost certainly sink both, but would be costly for the Japanese. 100+ land-based fighters & fighter-bombers are flying CAP over each TF. He'd have to put his CVs in range of my LBA, which he's been reluctant to do. I have a group of B-25s & now a group of B-17s set on naval attack. Any significant damage I might cause would probably prove fatal as he's far from a safe port.

Noumea's now a size 8 port (+44%). There was an AR at Sydney, which is now rushing to the scene. It will take at least 8 days to get to Noumea, more if the Jap CVs linger.

If Enterprise does make it, this engagement might prove useful. It will certainly slow me down short-term, but I've killed a large number of Japan's best naval aviators. Pat doesn't do on-map training, so they're essentially irreplacible.

Elsewhere

I lost a bunch of Wirraways over Lae. Killed a few more zeros both there & over Palembang. A Jap AP hits a mine at Lunga.

SS Haddock attacks again, emptying her rear tubes but missing with both attacks. An earlier victim, AP I-forget-the-name Maru, sank. Bodies floating in the water had the insignia of the 70th Japanese Division.

[VSWG]

OK: from now on, everytime I say "Yes, I think this is a good idea" - DO THE OPPOSITE!

This will certainly slow you down, but "Fortress Java" is not endangered by this battle. Where are your other carriers?

[ctangus]

ORIGINAL: VSWG

OK: from now on, everytime I say "Yes, I think this is a good idea" - DO THE OPPOSITE!

LOL - Maybe I should. That's twice, now... [;)]

In truth, I still think your advice was sound. If the Jap carriers had reacted (which happens more often than not, despite orders to the contrary), I probably would have lost one CV by now to torpedo hits. However, my LBA & carrier-based air would have both struck against the Japs. Even moderate damage might have proven fatal to both Kaga & Akagi, considering how far they are from port & the S-boats that could intercept on the way home. I think if we played this turn 10 times, I'd come out the winner at least 7 of them.

Certainly this has been a setback, but I'm still having fun.

This will certainly slow you down, but "Fortress Java" is not endangered by this battle. Where are your other carriers?

Yep, Java's still strong. It's easier to send a division to Koepang, too, since my CV damage has postponed indefinitely my lunge against Lunga.

Other carriers:

Yorktown - Near Christmas Island, heading towards Pearl for upgrades.
Sara & 2 Brit CVs - Derby, ready to contest further moves towards Java or elsewhere in the DEI.
Lady Lex - Sydney. 34 sys damage. Will be heading to the west coast as soon as she can steam 2 hexes per phase.
1 Brit CV (Illustrious) - Colombo. Despite the recent battle I'll probably still send her back to the Med at the request of the Admiralty.
Wasp - Somewhere in the Atlantic. ETA San Francisco is 42 days.

[ctangus]

6/3/42

Pretty quiet, in fact.

Damaged CV Report

Enterprise - 99/65/5 - +0/+15/-13 - Two days from port. That flt damage is growing too quickly for my liking.

Hornet - 88/50/11 - +21/+33/-7 - 60 miles from port. She incurred a lot more damage than I expected, but still should live.

Elsewhere

Pretty quiet in fact. 6 allied planes lost vs. 4 Japanese. 60% were ops losses.

An attack against Rangoon's airfields is ordered for tomorrow.

[ctangus]

6/4 - 6/5/42

Another two quiet days.

Damaged CV Report

Enterprise

99/71/2
99/75/0 disbands into port

Hornet

98/55/6 disbands into port
99/50/0 Yea! Flood damage is going down

An AR is now 4-5 days away. The Jap CVs are retiring from the area. Perhaps even more important than the flight decks themselves, I've now gotten the planes (and pilots!) safely ashore.

So Pac

Some brave, but reckless zero pilots attack Noumea on their own. (Pat told me he was checking the range to the base & forgot to re-set the orders.)

06/04/42
Day Air attack on Noumea , at 66,117
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 15
Kittyhawk I x 14
P-39D Airacobra x 46
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed More dead elite pilots
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
Kittyhawk I: 2 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 4 destroyed, 3 damaged

Burma

Looks like it's going to take some effort to close Rangoon down:

06/05/42
Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,33
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 10
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3
Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 17
Wellington III x 28
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
L2D2 Tabby: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 5 destroyed, 3 damaged
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 19 damaged Standing down for now
Japanese ground losses:
204 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

I'm starting to prep units for my counter-offensives in Burma & Thailand. I'll probably wait for the IND IV Corps & 25th Indian Div which arrive in 71 days. The tentative date for the launch is Sept 15th - my minus 27th birthday.

I may launch the paradrop into Thailand before then. I haven't quite decided yet. I have several Chindit brigades arriving soon & I like the idea of using them behind the lines.

[ctangus]

6/6 - 6/7/42

Quiet days ahead I think, until Pat's ready to move deeper into the DEI. That'll be bloody.

Damage CV Report

Enterprise

99/64/0 -11 flt
99/70/0 +6

Hornet

99/51/0 +1 flt
99/43/0 -7

The AR is now 2 days away.

North Pac

CVL Shoho is spotted up near the Aleutians.

Cent Pac

Patrolling Coronados successfully engage & sink SS I-10.

DEI

The Japanese have started landing at Bankha on Sumatra. I have a whopping 37 AV there, but the forts are 4. I hope to hold 3-4 days since there's some fighter pilots stranded their with some damaged Hurricanes & P-40s.

[ctangus]

6/8 - 6/9/42

More quiet turns...

Damaged CV Report

The AR docks on the 9th & seems to make a difference:

Enterprise

99/64/0 -6
99/47/0 -17!

Hornet

99/47/0 +4
99/29/0 -18!

No Pac

In addition to CVL Shoho, CVE Taiyo has also now been spotted near the Aleutians.

Cent Pac

Another Jap sub (I-175) sinks from earlier damage.

South Pac

I've now loaded the Americal Div for Koepang. With Lae closed (I'm bombing it daily) it should be safe to go through the Torres Strait.

DEI

Japanese continue to unload at Bankha, but there's been no ground assault yet. I've now successfully evac'd all the damaged planes (& their pilots) which were there.

I forgot to fly CAP over some transports unloading supply. Oops:

06/08/42
Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 29,77
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 8
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Lake, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
AK Empire Scout, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

China

IL-4s (based in Nanchang) put 2 bombs into an AK off Formosa.

I think after my jaunt into Indo-China I'm going to take some bases on the coast near Shanghai. It will threaten more of the waters near Japan. This is merely in the speculation stage right now - it would be nice to hold them by Jan '43 when the first PB4Y squadrons start arriving.

[ctangus]

6/10/42

Is it just me, or do turns seem to either arrive all at once or not at all? So a one day update since I'm bored. [:)]

Damaged CV report

Enterprise - 99/43/0 -8 Flt
Hornet - 99/27/0 -2

Full combat report

The sub war was a little more active today, but otherwise another quiet day. I won't always do this, but I'm going to post the full combat report, as it will show some of the small-scale action going on that I don't normally report:

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/10/42

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TF 5 troops unloading over beach at Bankha, 20,47

In addition to the brigade already landed, the 56th Division is also landing

Japanese ground losses:
502 casualties reported

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Sub attack at 88,95 Between Tarawa & Baker

Japanese Ships
AK Ushio Maru, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Narwhal She was on a minelaying mission & got lucky

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TF 5 troops unloading over beach at Bankha, 20,47

Japanese ground losses:
70 casualties reported

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Sub attack at 53,72 Near Palau - my subs have been chasing transports retreating from So Pac

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

Allied Ships
SS Stingray

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported Wicked - a troopship
Guns lost 1

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Sub attack at 52,71

Dud torpedos

Japanese Ships
AP Tatsuta Maru

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise

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Day Air attack on Magwe , at 31,29

Sweep mission - stood down for tomorrow

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 2

Allied aircraft
Mohawk IV x 16
Hurricane IIb x 32
F.K.51 x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged
F.K.51: 1 damaged

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Day Air attack on Bankha , at 20,47

A daily event in support of his landings

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 12
Ki-21 Sally x 70
Ki-49 Helen x 94

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 5 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 4 damaged

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 14000 feet
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Day Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 30,28

Another daily event, in support of Akyab's defense. However, he hasn't attacked for almost 3 weeks (since the 22nd of May) & I'm beginning to suspect he's withdrawing


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 35
P-39D Airacobra x 21


Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 1 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Wirraway bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Makassar Garrison Battalion, at 33,71 This is at Kendari

Another milk run. There are Japanese at the base, but they haven't attacked since May 20th. I suspect they're low on supply, as otherwise they could have taken it by now.

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 18
Ki-30 Ann x 12
Ki-32 Mary x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 2 damaged
Ki-32 Mary: 3 damaged


Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-32 Mary bombing at 2000 fee
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Day Air attack on TF, near Taihoku at 49,44 Taiwan


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 6


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Sydney Maru
AK Zogen Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire Nice!

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x IL-4c bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Shanghai at 52,39


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
TK Moji Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x IL-4c bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Bandjermasin , at 27,64

Another milk run. It's not closed yet, but the Japanese seem to have mostly abandoned it. I want to close it completely before any invasion of Java occurs. (One less threat.) I'm also slowly building up experience.

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 14
Kittyhawk I x 16
CW-22 Falcon x 1
Beaufort V-IX x 35
B-26B Marauder x 42

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 35

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lae , at 56,90

Yet another daily occurance. Lae is closed, but I need to keep it closed - I plan to send several TFs through the Torres Strait in the near future.

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 4
Hurricane IIb x 9
Kittyhawk I x 9
Beaufort V-IX x 35
P-40E Warhawk x 9
A-20B Boston x 43

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort V-IX: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
98 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A-20B Boston bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on TF, near Taihoku at 49,44 Taiwan, again


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 4


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Fuki Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage [:)]

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x IL-4c bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Taihoku at 49,44


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Tamishima Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x IL-4c bombing at 10000 feet
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ASW attack at 52,71 Near Palau

Japanese Ships
DD Oite
DD Mikazuki
DD Ushio

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise

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Sub attack at 118,86

Sigint helped me find this sub, but no luck so far

Japanese Ships
SS I-9

Allied Ships
DMS Boggs
MSW Wasaga
DMS Zane

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Ground combat at Canton

Daily I'm taking casualties, and my troops here won't gain any more experience (already at 59 or more) but I want to continue to keep the Japanese pinned here.

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 54027 troops, 640 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1037

Defending force 46794 troops, 267 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1111

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Bankha

It will fall soon, but I'm glad it's required a division plus to take

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 16506 troops, 224 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 310

Defending force 5016 troops, 29 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 55

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese max assault: 295 - adjusted assault: 168

Allied max defense: 44 - adjusted defense: 63

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3


Japanese ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
106 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Ground combat at Yenen

Another daily event. I want to keep some attrition occuring here & there's one LCU that recently arrived that I'm still training up.

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9459 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1253

Defending force 111135 troops, 808 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 2255

Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Akyab

Still another daily occurance. There's no more training to do, but I want to keep the attrition going, even if it's very small.

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 19360 troops, 215 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 442

Defending force 44564 troops, 369 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 833

Japanese ground losses:
83 casualties reported

Pic for the day

Japanese transports on their way to Palau. I expect they'll be re-routed to the DEI shortly - probably Java. I'm sending out some picket subs to the west of Palau to hopefully give me a little advanced notice.

[ctangus]

6/11 - 6/12/42

I have new plans for my counter-offensives.

Damaged CV report

Enterprise

99/39/0
99/42/0 Wrong direction! Fortunately Noumea's now 90% of the way to being a level 9 port

Hornet

99/23/0
99/20/0

Cent Pac

Japs get by my CAP & attack transports unloading supply at French Frigate Shoal:

06/12/42
Day Air attack on TF, near French Frigate Shoal at 106,69
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 13
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged
Allied Ships
PG Dawson, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Sarangami
AK Florence D., Torpedo hits 1

SW Pac

Porpoise, Stingray & S-41 each successfully put a torp into 3 different Jap transports near Palau. There are two other attacks by S-41 - one misees & one has duds.

DEI

2 AKs trying to bring supply to Kai Island are torpedoed. [:(]

Additionally, an attempt to start to close Palembang airfield doesn't do too well:

06/12/42
Day Air attack on Palembang , at 20,55
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6
Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 20
Brewster 339D x 8
Martin 139 x 22
B-25C Mitchell x 14
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
CW-21B Demon: 8 destroyed, 4 damaged
Brewster 339D: 2 damaged
Martin 139: 5 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

Burma

My suspicions that the Japanese are abandoning the attack at Akyab are confirmed - one division has left the hex: