Bruce vs Terminus using Terminus' Mare Bellum Mod

[BrucePowers]

Aircraft in Darwin

[BrucePowers]

The Solomons....

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Burma/Eastern India....

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Russia....

[BrucePowers]

AP Chaumont with parts of Americal Div sunk 100 miles east of Suva. TF will put into Suva until adequate escort is available for move to Noumea.

SS I-80 sunk north of Tricomolee

ASW attack at 17,23

Japanese Ships
SS I-80, hits 12, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DE Jasmine
DE Cyclamen
DE Genista
DE Fritillary
DD Panther
DD Pakenham
DD Stronghold

IJN CVs moved further south than I expected and hit shipping in Tjilitjap

Day Air attack on TF, near Tjilitjap at 19,62

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 43
D3A Val x 43
B5N Kate x 17

Allied aircraft
Hawk 75A x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hawk 75A: 3 destroyed

Allied Ships
AP Meigs, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
AP Ormiston, Bomb hits 10, on fire, heavy damage

Both vessels sink

I have identified the carriers

Day Air attack on TF at 23,62

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 46

Allied aircraft
Hawk 75A x 6
Hurricane II x 9
Martin 139 x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hawk 75A: 6 destroyed
Hurricane II: 7 destroyed
Martin 139: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVL Zuiho
CV Shokaku

I am considering moving my carriers in if this forces continues south
See map below

[BrucePowers]

It is now April 5.

Russia is starting to bend under the strain.

Palembang fell 2 days ago.

A carrier TF disappeared into the Indian Ocean 2 days ago and showed up off of Trincomolee today. See attached map. Columbo is empty save 1 squadron of fighters and ground units. My damaged BB and carrier are in Columbo under as much air cover as I could gather. There were 4 squadrons of hurris on Ceylon prior to the carrier disappearence. I moved in more immediately.

There is a small transport TF moving toward Java. I have moved 120 or so aircraft on rest in Northern Austrailia back to Batavia and Sorejaba. We will see if the rest helped any.

My subs had some success today:

Sub attack at 24,57

Japanese Ships
AP Konan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PG Taiko Maru
PG Okuyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS KXV

Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported

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Sub attack at 30,50

Japanese Ships
AK Yuki Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
ML Hoko

Allied Ships
SS O24

Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported

As did the AVG

Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 36
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 72
Ki-21 Sally x 72

Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 9
P-40B Tomahawk x 42

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 11 destroyed
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 26 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 5 destroyed, 9 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane II: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 11 destroyed, 21 damaged





Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 29

[BrucePowers]

The situation in the DEI

[BrucePowers]

The April 6 turn went well also. Moving rested air power back in to Java suprised Terminus a little, I think

Of course this will most likely generate a response in the form of heavy air raids. However, my units have achieved moderate success.

Day Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 20,55


Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 9
A-20B Boston x 37


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 2 damaged
A-20B Boston: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
APD APD-39
DD Michishio
DD Shiratsuyu
AK Arimasan Maru, Torpedo hits 1
CL Isuzu
AP Haguro Maru
PG Kiso Maru
DD Asashio
AP Eihuku Maru

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported


Day Air attack on TF, near Pontianak at 25,58


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 3
Hudson I x 5


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Kiyama Maru, Bomb hits 1
AK Sagara Maru

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 2000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 3000 feet
2 x Hudson I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 20,55


Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 5
A-20B Boston x 32


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 2 damaged
A-20B Boston: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Haguro Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Shiratsuyu, Bomb hits 1
APD APD-39
AK Awazisan Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Michishio

Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Swordfish launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 2000 feet
1 x A-20B Boston bombing at 2000 feet
4 x A-20B Boston bombing at 2000 feet
4 x Swordfish launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x A-20B Boston bombing at 2000 feet
4 x A-20B Boston bombing at 2000 feet
4 x A-20B Boston bombing at 2000 feet
4 x A-20B Boston bombing at 2000 feet
4 x A-20B Boston bombing at 2000 feet
4 x A-20B Boston bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Pontianak at 25,58


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 6
Hudson I x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Kiyama Maru
AP Konan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kofuku Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Blenheim IV bombing at 3000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 2000 feet
4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 3000 feet
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Sub attack near Morotai at 43,68

Japanese Ships
AP Chowa Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW W.16
MSW W.15
MSW W.2

Allied Ships
SS S-35, hits 3

The S-35 took light damage (sys 12) and is moving to patrol further east.

I am learning - do not leave your subs in one place too long.

Also Betties based in Wake have bombed Midawy.

I will post some maps for this one.

[BrucePowers]

The Midway Raid:

[niceguy2005]

Any idea where his next major attack will be Bruce?

[BrucePowers]

No. 1 group of carriers just left the Indian Ocean (sinking only 2 transports) and 1 group is in the north Pacific having just raided a Soviet base on Shakalin(sp?).

He needs to hit Java soon, I think.

He has finally made some air raids on Port Moresby.

We have progressed to April 13. I will update tomorrow.

[niceguy2005]

It seems that you are doing a great job Bruce. It looks like Terminus is well behind schedule...I would be nervous about that if I was him.

[BrucePowers]

He is about to take Petrolvask. This is close to the Aleutians. I will need to move ground and air to Dutch Island, Kodiak and Anchorage.

Maps to follow (right after dinner[8D])

[BrucePowers]

The game has progressed to April 14.
An invasion TF will land in Petropavlask tomorrow. An IJN base here will threaten the Aleutians.

[BrucePowers]

I still hold all of Java.

I have a very large naval force in Northern Austrailian waters.

A raid on Amboina is planned before he can move in air units.

B24Ds in Darwin have raided Amboina twice. Air strength there is still weak.

[Roger Neilson II]

Really like the 'radar' style highlighting of forces on your maps!

Roger

[goodboyladdie]

Me too. If you have time please could you say how you do it and which tools you need to produce such great maps? I have been tempted to do an AAR but know creating an excellent one with maps like these is a bit beyond me.

I am amazed he did not isolate Java by landing on Timor and Bali. It would have made it impossible for you to get the shorter legged bombers and fighters back in.

[BrucePowers]

I use PhotoshopElements. It is much cheaper than Photoshop (about 25 percent of the price). I use the layers feature to overlay the maps with arrows, comments and special effects. I then save the file as a JPEG at about level 4. This has never gone over the size limits.

[BrucePowers]

I have a large naval force headed towards Amboina.

If the SC task forces can remain hidden for 48 hours I will bombard.

Aircraft in Kendari Menado and Bulla are on naval search.

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Also the carriers near Petrovlask have not moved closer to invade. See previous North Pacific map. Was this a trap to try and draw my carriers north?

All of his other carriers have disappeared.