43 - The Mouse bites back. Rob vs Littlejoe 43+
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RE: 43 - The Mouse bites back. Rob vs Littlejoe 43+
Don't be too sure he has not spotted you at Wake. The best time to strike with KB is when your are actually unloading your troops... [:(] ..Fingers crossed and good luck.
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Rob Brennan UK
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RE: 43 - The Mouse bites back. Rob vs Littlejoe 43+
He's generally honest when chatting, and seriously i have seen zero search a/c for 2 weeks or so.
Bust Busy turn .. subs again rule the waves :-
Sub attack at 47,54
Japanese Ships
AK Kotoku Maru
DD Suzukaze
Allied Ships
SS Escolar
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Sub attack near Kwajalein at 79,79
Japanese Ships
AP Nanrei Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SUNK
Allied Ships
SS Burrfish
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Sub attack at 36,61
Japanese Ships
TK Sanraku Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage OIL CARGO BURNING -- SUNK
TK Tennan Maru
DD Satsuki
DD Wakaba
DD Nenohi
DD Makigumo
Allied Ships
SS Capelin
Capelin is prowling the many islands of the PI , so thats where he's routing the TK convoys eh ?
Once wake is over allies will have many many subs to flood the area, just a shame its shallow
waters. I'll try and concentrate the remaining S boats as well as brit and smaller dutch subs
here.
Useless naval bombardment of Munda means this place is still a thorn
Naval bombardment of Munda, at 64,95
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 6 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed
G4M2 Betty: 2 destroyed
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
BB Nevada
BB Idaho
BB Oklahoma
BB Colorado
Japanese ground losses:
342 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 24
Allied Liberators from Thursday island hit out at finchafen/sag sag and wewak to see whats
happening further up the PNG coast . the answer is nowt .. odd .
That jpanese bridage in burma got hammered badly -
Day Air attack on 4th Mixed Regiment, at 32,34
Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 13
Thunderbolt II x 14
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Thunderbolt II bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th Mixed Regiment, at 32,34
Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 9
Thunderbolt II x 14
Vengeance I x 59
Beaufighter VIC x 10
P-40N Warhawk x 29
F-5A Lightning x 2
B-25J Mitchell x 112
B-17E Fortress x 37
B-24J Liberator x 10
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
235 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet
16 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet
14 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet
26 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 11000 feet
7 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 11000 feet
48 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
33 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
14 x Thunderbolt II bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 11000 feet
2 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet
2 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 11000 feet
3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
28 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th Mixed Regiment, at 32,34
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIC x 47
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 14
P-40E Warhawk x 12
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet
14 x Beaufighter Mk 21 bombing at 2000 feet
9 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet
14 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th Mixed Regiment, at 32,34
Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 3
Liberator VI x 89
Beaufighter VIC x 5
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 11
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
then sent packing back to raheng . well done lads !
Ground combat at 32,34
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 6075 troops, 32 guns, 85 vehicles, Assault Value = 211
Defending force 6552 troops, 25 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 156
Allied max assault: 408 - adjusted assault: 288
Japanese max defense: 97 - adjusted defense: 43
Allied assault odds: 6 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 3
Allied ground losses:
126 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 1
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Chinese Bombers make life hellish for the japanese AP's unloading/approaching Hainan ( i had sent
the local subs to blockade saigon
Day Air attack on TF, near Taan at 37,41
Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 3
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Kotobuki Maru #5, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25J Mitchell attacking at 100 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Taan at 37,41
Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 7
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Katsuragisan Maru
AP Haisho Maru, Shell hits 8, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Japanese ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Day Air attack on TF, near Taan at 37,41
Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 6
Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Haisho Maru, on fire
AP Marsue Maru, Shell hits 8 NICE TO KNOW MG's KILL MEN ON SHIPS - never knew it for certain
Japanese ground losses:
76 casualties reported
This is just representative btw .. many more attacks on day 2.
SS grenadier has a tough time at truk while SKXII misses an easy kill (already damaged DD)
Sub attack near Truk at 63,78
Japanese Ships
DD Nokaze
DD Okikaze
DD Isonami
DD Yamagumo
DD Takanami
DD Makinami
Allied Ships
SS Grenadier, hits 7
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Sub attack near Kendari at 33,71
Japanese Ships
DD Hamakaze, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS KXII -- she gets her revenge day 2 though
The speculative attack on lunga leads me to believe we might just overcome it with the 3 divs
in place- the australian tanks backed by artillery took very few losses indeed
Ground combat at Lunga
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 30995 troops, 310 guns, 89 vehicles, Assault Value = 810
Defending force 30752 troops, 165 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 450
Allied max assault: 44 - adjusted assault: 80
Japanese max defense: 376 - adjusted defense: 1561 (he's in supply unfortunately)
Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 7)
Japanese ground losses:
195 casualties reported
Guns lost 11
Allied ground losses:
143 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
thinking about this in the light of day (did the turn last night after 1 too many beers )
may have made a serious error in attacking lunga .. whoops .. time will tell.
DAY 2 - AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/10/43
Sub attack near Catanduanes at 45,55
Japanese Ships
AK Okuni Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
Allied Ships
SS Sculpin
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Night Air attack on Kunming , at 39,33
Japanese aircraft
Ki-48 Lily x 12
No Japanese losses
Manpower hits 1 ?? no point trying to stop this imo ..
Sub attack near Kwajalein at 79,79
Japanese Ships
AP Nanrei Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage SINKS
Allied Ships
SS Burrfish
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Sub attack near Catanduanes at 45,55
Japanese Ships
AK Okuni Maru, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SINKS
Allied Ships
SS Sculpin, hits 1
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Sub attack near Kendari at 33,71
Japanese Ships
DD Shirakumo BB group here by the looks of it .. 2 BB's according to naval recon
DD Uranami
DD Natsugumo
DD Arashio
Allied Ships
SS KXII
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Sub attack near Tokyo at 66,43
Japanese Ships
AP Kasui Maru
Allied Ships
SS Gunnel Snuck into tokyo bay and missed .. unlucky sod
chinese skip bombers have a field day !
Day Air attack on TF at 38,40
Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 7
Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
AK Clyde Maru, Shell hits 8, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Urashio Maru, Shell hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25J Mitchell attacking at 100 feet
3 x B-25J Mitchell attacking at 100 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 38,40
Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 9
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Kaijo Maru #2, Shell hits 4, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Amakasu Maru #1, Shell hits 8
AP Siraha Maru, Shell hits 12, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-25J Mitchell attacking at 100 feet
3 x B-25J Mitchell attacking at 100 feet
4 x B-25J Mitchell attacking at 100 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 38,40
Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 9
Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Katsuragisan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Koshu Maru #2, Shell hits 12, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
AK Noborikawa Maru, Shell hits 12
and the unclosed Munda field launches another damaging attack ( although no long term damage )
Day Air attack on TF, near Tassafaronga at 66,97
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 11
G4M2 Betty x 3
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 13
Ki-48 Lily x 6
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 10
F4U-1 Corsair x 13
Kittyhawk III x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed
G4M2 Betty: 1 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 3 destroyed
Ki-48 Lily: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 damaged
Kittyhawk III: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Matar, Torpedo hits 1
More sub action before the day runs out :-
Sub attack near Catanduanes at 45,55
Japanese Ships
AK Houn Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire Almost out of torpedoes now
Allied Ships
SS Sculpin, hits 4 Sculpin has had a good 4 days [:D]
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Sub attack near Kendari at 33,71
Japanese Ships
DD Hamakaze, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage HIT this time ! Sunk
Allied Ships
SS KXII
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Sub attack near Eniwetok at 76,74
Japanese Ships
AK Kyokuzan Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage SUNK
Allied Ships
SS Sand Lance, hits 1
Bust Busy turn .. subs again rule the waves :-
Sub attack at 47,54
Japanese Ships
AK Kotoku Maru
DD Suzukaze
Allied Ships
SS Escolar
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Sub attack near Kwajalein at 79,79
Japanese Ships
AP Nanrei Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SUNK
Allied Ships
SS Burrfish
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Sub attack at 36,61
Japanese Ships
TK Sanraku Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage OIL CARGO BURNING -- SUNK
TK Tennan Maru
DD Satsuki
DD Wakaba
DD Nenohi
DD Makigumo
Allied Ships
SS Capelin
Capelin is prowling the many islands of the PI , so thats where he's routing the TK convoys eh ?
Once wake is over allies will have many many subs to flood the area, just a shame its shallow
waters. I'll try and concentrate the remaining S boats as well as brit and smaller dutch subs
here.
Useless naval bombardment of Munda means this place is still a thorn
Naval bombardment of Munda, at 64,95
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 6 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed
G4M2 Betty: 2 destroyed
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
BB Nevada
BB Idaho
BB Oklahoma
BB Colorado
Japanese ground losses:
342 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 24
Allied Liberators from Thursday island hit out at finchafen/sag sag and wewak to see whats
happening further up the PNG coast . the answer is nowt .. odd .
That jpanese bridage in burma got hammered badly -
Day Air attack on 4th Mixed Regiment, at 32,34
Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 13
Thunderbolt II x 14
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Thunderbolt II bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th Mixed Regiment, at 32,34
Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 9
Thunderbolt II x 14
Vengeance I x 59
Beaufighter VIC x 10
P-40N Warhawk x 29
F-5A Lightning x 2
B-25J Mitchell x 112
B-17E Fortress x 37
B-24J Liberator x 10
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
235 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet
16 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet
14 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet
26 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 11000 feet
7 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 11000 feet
48 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
33 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
14 x Thunderbolt II bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 11000 feet
2 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet
2 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 11000 feet
3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
28 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th Mixed Regiment, at 32,34
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIC x 47
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 14
P-40E Warhawk x 12
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet
14 x Beaufighter Mk 21 bombing at 2000 feet
9 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet
14 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th Mixed Regiment, at 32,34
Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 3
Liberator VI x 89
Beaufighter VIC x 5
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 11
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
then sent packing back to raheng . well done lads !
Ground combat at 32,34
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 6075 troops, 32 guns, 85 vehicles, Assault Value = 211
Defending force 6552 troops, 25 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 156
Allied max assault: 408 - adjusted assault: 288
Japanese max defense: 97 - adjusted defense: 43
Allied assault odds: 6 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 3
Allied ground losses:
126 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 1
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Chinese Bombers make life hellish for the japanese AP's unloading/approaching Hainan ( i had sent
the local subs to blockade saigon
Day Air attack on TF, near Taan at 37,41
Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 3
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Kotobuki Maru #5, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25J Mitchell attacking at 100 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Taan at 37,41
Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 7
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Katsuragisan Maru
AP Haisho Maru, Shell hits 8, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Japanese ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Day Air attack on TF, near Taan at 37,41
Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 6
Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Haisho Maru, on fire
AP Marsue Maru, Shell hits 8 NICE TO KNOW MG's KILL MEN ON SHIPS - never knew it for certain
Japanese ground losses:
76 casualties reported
This is just representative btw .. many more attacks on day 2.
SS grenadier has a tough time at truk while SKXII misses an easy kill (already damaged DD)
Sub attack near Truk at 63,78
Japanese Ships
DD Nokaze
DD Okikaze
DD Isonami
DD Yamagumo
DD Takanami
DD Makinami
Allied Ships
SS Grenadier, hits 7
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sub attack near Kendari at 33,71
Japanese Ships
DD Hamakaze, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS KXII -- she gets her revenge day 2 though
The speculative attack on lunga leads me to believe we might just overcome it with the 3 divs
in place- the australian tanks backed by artillery took very few losses indeed
Ground combat at Lunga
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 30995 troops, 310 guns, 89 vehicles, Assault Value = 810
Defending force 30752 troops, 165 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 450
Allied max assault: 44 - adjusted assault: 80
Japanese max defense: 376 - adjusted defense: 1561 (he's in supply unfortunately)
Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 7)
Japanese ground losses:
195 casualties reported
Guns lost 11
Allied ground losses:
143 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
thinking about this in the light of day (did the turn last night after 1 too many beers )
may have made a serious error in attacking lunga .. whoops .. time will tell.
DAY 2 - AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/10/43
Sub attack near Catanduanes at 45,55
Japanese Ships
AK Okuni Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
Allied Ships
SS Sculpin
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Night Air attack on Kunming , at 39,33
Japanese aircraft
Ki-48 Lily x 12
No Japanese losses
Manpower hits 1 ?? no point trying to stop this imo ..
Sub attack near Kwajalein at 79,79
Japanese Ships
AP Nanrei Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage SINKS
Allied Ships
SS Burrfish
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sub attack near Catanduanes at 45,55
Japanese Ships
AK Okuni Maru, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SINKS
Allied Ships
SS Sculpin, hits 1
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Sub attack near Kendari at 33,71
Japanese Ships
DD Shirakumo BB group here by the looks of it .. 2 BB's according to naval recon
DD Uranami
DD Natsugumo
DD Arashio
Allied Ships
SS KXII
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Sub attack near Tokyo at 66,43
Japanese Ships
AP Kasui Maru
Allied Ships
SS Gunnel Snuck into tokyo bay and missed .. unlucky sod
chinese skip bombers have a field day !
Day Air attack on TF at 38,40
Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 7
Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
AK Clyde Maru, Shell hits 8, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Urashio Maru, Shell hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25J Mitchell attacking at 100 feet
3 x B-25J Mitchell attacking at 100 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 38,40
Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 9
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Kaijo Maru #2, Shell hits 4, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Amakasu Maru #1, Shell hits 8
AP Siraha Maru, Shell hits 12, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-25J Mitchell attacking at 100 feet
3 x B-25J Mitchell attacking at 100 feet
4 x B-25J Mitchell attacking at 100 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 38,40
Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 9
Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Katsuragisan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Koshu Maru #2, Shell hits 12, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
AK Noborikawa Maru, Shell hits 12
and the unclosed Munda field launches another damaging attack ( although no long term damage )
Day Air attack on TF, near Tassafaronga at 66,97
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 11
G4M2 Betty x 3
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 13
Ki-48 Lily x 6
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 10
F4U-1 Corsair x 13
Kittyhawk III x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed
G4M2 Betty: 1 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 3 destroyed
Ki-48 Lily: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 damaged
Kittyhawk III: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Matar, Torpedo hits 1
More sub action before the day runs out :-
Sub attack near Catanduanes at 45,55
Japanese Ships
AK Houn Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire Almost out of torpedoes now
Allied Ships
SS Sculpin, hits 4 Sculpin has had a good 4 days [:D]
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Sub attack near Kendari at 33,71
Japanese Ships
DD Hamakaze, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage HIT this time ! Sunk
Allied Ships
SS KXII
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Sub attack near Eniwetok at 76,74
Japanese Ships
AK Kyokuzan Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage SUNK
Allied Ships
SS Sand Lance, hits 1
sorry for the spelling . English is my main language , I just can't type . and i'm too lazy to edit 
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Rob Brennan UK
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RE: 43 - The Mouse bites back. Rob vs Littlejoe 43+
Good news and bad news ..
Good News .. Wake fell almost without a fight .. no forts at all !
Ground combat at Wake Island
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 43616 troops, 638 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1329
Defending force 21088 troops, 175 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 449
Allied max assault: 1252 - adjusted assault: 353
Japanese max defense: 303 - adjusted defense: 33
Allied assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Wake Island base !!!
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 4 destroyed
H8K Emily: 3 destroyed
A6M2-N Rufe: 14 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
2859 casualties reported
Guns lost 39
Allied ground losses:
975 casualties reported
Guns lost 32
Well stone the crows [;)]. i expected it to be tougher than that .. Aztez .. looking good for a
smash and grab for marcus as i have 2 completely untouched divisions and the ones that
landed are pretty much in good shape ..
The bad news .. Lunga is tough !
Ground combat at Lunga
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 31046 troops, 314 guns, 89 vehicles, Assault Value = 803
Defending force 30365 troops, 147 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 442
Allied max assault: 754 - adjusted assault: 569
Japanese max defense: 353 - adjusted defense: 667
Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 7)
Japanese ground losses:
568 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Allied ground losses:
1164 casualties reported
Guns lost 29
Vehicles lost 2
going to be a while before i get a 2-1 here. really do need the extra men and the HQ here.
Will do supplemantary landings at tulagi and russel island for more airfields sooner rather
than later .. about 1 week . Newly arrived 2 CVE and one CVL at rennel for forward protection.
Also in this theatre we will be landing at lae / sag sag and possibly finchafen within
6-8 days .. minimal CV support from 3 CVE's .. but good LBA if the weather holds out.
Many air attacks cost the allies 6 LCT's no biggie .. and japanese tried to hit my
AK's reloading some engineers to concentrate them for use in the future landings (lae etc.)
summary of air losses covers it better than a ream of combat reports .. also the convoy to
Hainan was hit by 3 sub attacks (3 sinkings ) and chinese skip bombing damaged 4 more quite
heavily .. i doubt if any of these AP's and AK's will survive for much longer.
PS spotted the CV Hiryu with a sub at kendari .. thats bad news for the sumatran operation.
Still no idea where the bulk of the japanese carriers are .. i was hopeing they would fight for
wake but joe isn't that daft .. maybe recon from wake can find them ..
Good News .. Wake fell almost without a fight .. no forts at all !
Ground combat at Wake Island
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 43616 troops, 638 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1329
Defending force 21088 troops, 175 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 449
Allied max assault: 1252 - adjusted assault: 353
Japanese max defense: 303 - adjusted defense: 33
Allied assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Wake Island base !!!
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 4 destroyed
H8K Emily: 3 destroyed
A6M2-N Rufe: 14 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
2859 casualties reported
Guns lost 39
Allied ground losses:
975 casualties reported
Guns lost 32
Well stone the crows [;)]. i expected it to be tougher than that .. Aztez .. looking good for a
smash and grab for marcus as i have 2 completely untouched divisions and the ones that
landed are pretty much in good shape ..
The bad news .. Lunga is tough !
Ground combat at Lunga
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 31046 troops, 314 guns, 89 vehicles, Assault Value = 803
Defending force 30365 troops, 147 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 442
Allied max assault: 754 - adjusted assault: 569
Japanese max defense: 353 - adjusted defense: 667
Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 7)
Japanese ground losses:
568 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Allied ground losses:
1164 casualties reported
Guns lost 29
Vehicles lost 2
going to be a while before i get a 2-1 here. really do need the extra men and the HQ here.
Will do supplemantary landings at tulagi and russel island for more airfields sooner rather
than later .. about 1 week . Newly arrived 2 CVE and one CVL at rennel for forward protection.
Also in this theatre we will be landing at lae / sag sag and possibly finchafen within
6-8 days .. minimal CV support from 3 CVE's .. but good LBA if the weather holds out.
Many air attacks cost the allies 6 LCT's no biggie .. and japanese tried to hit my
AK's reloading some engineers to concentrate them for use in the future landings (lae etc.)
summary of air losses covers it better than a ream of combat reports .. also the convoy to
Hainan was hit by 3 sub attacks (3 sinkings ) and chinese skip bombing damaged 4 more quite
heavily .. i doubt if any of these AP's and AK's will survive for much longer.
PS spotted the CV Hiryu with a sub at kendari .. thats bad news for the sumatran operation.
Still no idea where the bulk of the japanese carriers are .. i was hopeing they would fight for
wake but joe isn't that daft .. maybe recon from wake can find them ..
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RE: 43 - The Mouse bites back. Rob vs Littlejoe 43+
wow...no forts at Wake in late 1943. A single BF there would've had level 9 forts there by now.
RE: 43 - The Mouse bites back. Rob vs Littlejoe 43+
ORIGINAL: KDonovan
wow...no forts at Wake in late 1943. A single BF there would've had level 9 forts there by now.
Could not agree more. I thought it would have level 9 fortifications, etc.
Oh, well... good for you though! [;)] Next stop Marcus Island?
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Rob Brennan UK
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RE: 43 - The Mouse bites back. Rob vs Littlejoe 43+
ORIGINAL: aztez
ORIGINAL: KDonovan
wow...no forts at Wake in late 1943. A single BF there would've had level 9 forts there by now.
Could not agree more. I thought it would have level 9 fortifications, etc.
Oh, well... good for you though! [;)] Next stop Marcus Island?
Same here as with both of you .. utterly mystified by that one , but not complaining.
Just wishing i'd launched the invasion before the inf regiment arrived (would have been
a walk over and 2 moths sooner ) but no way to prdeict no forts [&:]
probably marcus .. will recon when ready to go so not signalling intentions. will be badly prepped
for it though , BUT if its as badly garrisoned as wake [&o].. fingers crossed.
sorry for the spelling . English is my main language , I just can't type . and i'm too lazy to edit
RE: 43 - The Mouse bites back. Rob vs Littlejoe 43+
Yeah. The Wake Island operation could have ended in disaster had Joe fortified it and made an naval interception during the landings... but as said that was definately good for you! [;)]
I suggest you go for Marcus Island if it seems "defended"! That base will cause a lot of harm to Joe if you manage to grab it.
Good luck!
I suggest you go for Marcus Island if it seems "defended"! That base will cause a lot of harm to Joe if you manage to grab it.
Good luck!
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Rob Brennan UK
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RE: 43 - The Mouse bites back. Rob vs Littlejoe 43+
I'm starting to recon palembang and the south base for invasion (3 weeks ). palembang only has
2 units on it .. could i para drop the USA and indian regiments and force a quick grab ?
Would be pretty much unsupportable though .. humm have to think on that one .
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/13/43
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ASW attack near Tokyo at 66,43
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Sub attack near Truk at 63,78
Japanese Ships
PC Ch 11
PC Ch 6
PC Ch 5
PC Ch 4
Allied Ships
SS Tautog, hits 2
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Night Air attack on Kunming , at 39,33
Japanese aircraft
Ki-48 Lily x 6
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Sub attack near Rabaul at 61,88
Japanese Ships
AK Lyons Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Dolphin
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ASW attack near Truk at 63,78
Japanese Ships
PC Ch 11
PC Ch 6
PC Ch 5
PC Ch 4
Allied Ships
SS Tautog
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sub attack at 62,84
Japanese Ships
AK Yuri Maru, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS S-28
Japanese ground losses:
86 casualties reported
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Sub attack near Palembang at 20,55
Japanese Ships
DD Amatsukaze
Allied Ships
SS Porpoise
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Sub attack at 65,47
Japanese Ships
AP Ginyo Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage CARRYING MEN .. good
Allied Ships
SS Harder, hits 2
Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
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Sub attack near Kwajalein at 79,79
Japanese Ships
DD Kikuzuki, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SUNK
DD Harukaze
DD Fumizuki
DD Ushio
DD Yugiri
Allied Ships
SS Puffer, hits 6, on fire Badly damaged
I'll trade sub for DD anyday .
Joe set up an ambush over the burma front line, considering ive been bombing it regularly
there is no great suprise. lots and lots of ariel combat . overall though the beaufighters
from Akyab took the brunt. Japanese fighters were eventually worn down.
Day Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 30,34
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 7
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 16
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 26
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 6
F-5A Lightning x 1
B-25J Mitchell x 64
B-17E Fortress x 15
B-24J Liberator x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 2 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 2 destroyed, 9 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 2 destroyed
B-25J Mitchell: 3 destroyed, 7 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
177 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 31
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 15
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 39
F-5A Lightning x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 8 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
Beaufighter Mk 21: 23 destroyed OUCH ! ...
Japanese ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Several more LCT's were sunk off the coast of newguinea. most of the LR CAP failed to fly
because of weather. does not bode well for the future invasions.
Day Air attack on TF at 56,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 5
A6M3a Zero x 4
G3M Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 11
G4M2 Betty x 3
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed
G3M Nell: 2 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed
G4M2 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
LCT LCT-176
LCT LCT-330
LCT LCT-167
LCT LCT-375, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
LCT LCT-361, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
LCT LCT-175
LCT LCT-354, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
LRCAP workes well when the weather cleared during the afternoon .
Day Air attack on TF at 56,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 11
A6M3a Zero x 12
G3M Nell x 6
G4M1 Betty x 3
G4M2 Betty x 3
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 7
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 6
P-38G Lightning x 23
P-38J Lightning x 7
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 8 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 11 destroyed
G3M Nell: 4 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed
G4M2 Betty: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 damaged
Beaufighter Mk 21: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied Ships
LCT LCT-464, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
LCT LCT-160
Cleaning up wake continues apace .. and well too:-
Ground combat at Wake Island
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 47602 troops, 643 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1547
Defending force 12711 troops, 45 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 228
Allied max assault: 1698 - adjusted assault: 1686
Japanese max defense: 143 - adjusted defense: 8
Allied assault odds: 210 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
4229 casualties reported EXCELLENT .. should be clear soon .. then no free intel for japan.
Guns lost 28
Allied ground losses:
503 casualties reported
Guns lost 24
DAY 2 .. the standard attacks on kai island were bounced by zeros for teh first time .. and again
the beaus took a beating .
Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 19
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 19
A-20G Havoc x 31
PB4Y Liberator x 15
B-24D Liberator x 35
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 5 destroyed, 4 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter Mk 21: 9 destroyed, 1 damaged
A-20G Havoc: 3 destroyed
PB4Y Liberator: 1 destroyed
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 29
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 3
The rest if day 2 was similar to what happened before .. almost a dead repeat .. excep the
japanese fighters over burma were badly worn away by the spits from rangoon and the
PBY's from akyab were hurt when the few beaus remaining failed to escort. resting for a few
days (badly needed).
OK .. lost the piccie when i started to cut and paste whoops .. BUT .. seems as though japanese
CA's spotted near marcus .. the american CV fleet sent north to investigate .. CVL and CVE coverage
of wake continues. one more turn and wake will be 100% operational with 150 fighters based here
till it builds to a level 4 .. also the port is tiny (1).. japan really didnt do anything here.
Those CA's ar matcus might be CV's ? am i walking into a trap ? .. we will see.
2 units on it .. could i para drop the USA and indian regiments and force a quick grab ?
Would be pretty much unsupportable though .. humm have to think on that one .
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/13/43
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ASW attack near Tokyo at 66,43
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Sub attack near Truk at 63,78
Japanese Ships
PC Ch 11
PC Ch 6
PC Ch 5
PC Ch 4
Allied Ships
SS Tautog, hits 2
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Night Air attack on Kunming , at 39,33
Japanese aircraft
Ki-48 Lily x 6
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sub attack near Rabaul at 61,88
Japanese Ships
AK Lyons Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Dolphin
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ASW attack near Truk at 63,78
Japanese Ships
PC Ch 11
PC Ch 6
PC Ch 5
PC Ch 4
Allied Ships
SS Tautog
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sub attack at 62,84
Japanese Ships
AK Yuri Maru, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS S-28
Japanese ground losses:
86 casualties reported
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Sub attack near Palembang at 20,55
Japanese Ships
DD Amatsukaze
Allied Ships
SS Porpoise
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Sub attack at 65,47
Japanese Ships
AP Ginyo Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage CARRYING MEN .. good
Allied Ships
SS Harder, hits 2
Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
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Sub attack near Kwajalein at 79,79
Japanese Ships
DD Kikuzuki, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SUNK
DD Harukaze
DD Fumizuki
DD Ushio
DD Yugiri
Allied Ships
SS Puffer, hits 6, on fire Badly damaged
I'll trade sub for DD anyday .
Joe set up an ambush over the burma front line, considering ive been bombing it regularly
there is no great suprise. lots and lots of ariel combat . overall though the beaufighters
from Akyab took the brunt. Japanese fighters were eventually worn down.
Day Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 30,34
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 7
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 16
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 26
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 6
F-5A Lightning x 1
B-25J Mitchell x 64
B-17E Fortress x 15
B-24J Liberator x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 2 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 2 destroyed, 9 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 2 destroyed
B-25J Mitchell: 3 destroyed, 7 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
177 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 31
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 15
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 39
F-5A Lightning x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 8 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
Beaufighter Mk 21: 23 destroyed OUCH ! ...
Japanese ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Several more LCT's were sunk off the coast of newguinea. most of the LR CAP failed to fly
because of weather. does not bode well for the future invasions.
Day Air attack on TF at 56,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 5
A6M3a Zero x 4
G3M Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 11
G4M2 Betty x 3
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed
G3M Nell: 2 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed
G4M2 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
LCT LCT-176
LCT LCT-330
LCT LCT-167
LCT LCT-375, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
LCT LCT-361, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
LCT LCT-175
LCT LCT-354, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
LRCAP workes well when the weather cleared during the afternoon .
Day Air attack on TF at 56,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 11
A6M3a Zero x 12
G3M Nell x 6
G4M1 Betty x 3
G4M2 Betty x 3
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 7
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 6
P-38G Lightning x 23
P-38J Lightning x 7
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 8 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 11 destroyed
G3M Nell: 4 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed
G4M2 Betty: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 damaged
Beaufighter Mk 21: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied Ships
LCT LCT-464, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
LCT LCT-160
Cleaning up wake continues apace .. and well too:-
Ground combat at Wake Island
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 47602 troops, 643 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1547
Defending force 12711 troops, 45 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 228
Allied max assault: 1698 - adjusted assault: 1686
Japanese max defense: 143 - adjusted defense: 8
Allied assault odds: 210 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
4229 casualties reported EXCELLENT .. should be clear soon .. then no free intel for japan.
Guns lost 28
Allied ground losses:
503 casualties reported
Guns lost 24
DAY 2 .. the standard attacks on kai island were bounced by zeros for teh first time .. and again
the beaus took a beating .
Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 19
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 19
A-20G Havoc x 31
PB4Y Liberator x 15
B-24D Liberator x 35
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 5 destroyed, 4 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter Mk 21: 9 destroyed, 1 damaged
A-20G Havoc: 3 destroyed
PB4Y Liberator: 1 destroyed
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 29
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 3
The rest if day 2 was similar to what happened before .. almost a dead repeat .. excep the
japanese fighters over burma were badly worn away by the spits from rangoon and the
PBY's from akyab were hurt when the few beaus remaining failed to escort. resting for a few
days (badly needed).
OK .. lost the piccie when i started to cut and paste whoops .. BUT .. seems as though japanese
CA's spotted near marcus .. the american CV fleet sent north to investigate .. CVL and CVE coverage
of wake continues. one more turn and wake will be 100% operational with 150 fighters based here
till it builds to a level 4 .. also the port is tiny (1).. japan really didnt do anything here.
Those CA's ar matcus might be CV's ? am i walking into a trap ? .. we will see.
sorry for the spelling . English is my main language , I just can't type . and i'm too lazy to edit
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Rob Brennan UK
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- Joined: Sat Aug 24, 2002 8:36 pm
- Location: London UK
RE: 43 - The Mouse bites back. Rob vs Littlejoe 43+
Well it wasnt a trap at marcus it was one DD and 2 support ASW ships. Needless to say they
were sunk with extreme predjudice [;)]. well ok the 1st wave was a disater !
Day Air attack on TF, near Marcus Island at 75,56
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 33
Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 10
SBD Dauntless x 51
TBM Avenger x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 4 destroyed, 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
SBD Dauntless: 4 destroyed, 7 damaged
TBM Avenger: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Japanese Ships
PC Tsushima, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
DD Shiokaze, Bomb hits 1, on fire
PC Wakamiya
V Poor escort and the japanese appeared to be far better pilots than the usual run of the mill
ones , taking down severeral F6's before hitting the dive bombers badly. day 2 raids on am
and pm phases had escort of 100+ F6's and took most of the jap fighters down for no allied
losses. all 3 ships have been sunk. Recon will build up a picture of eniwetok and marcus
to keep japan guessing. taking eniwetok would sever the japenese SW Pacific holdings rather nicely.
OK . main event was the revenge by the RAF against the japanese fighters in burma ! (Piccie).
Day Air attack on Moulmein , at 29,35
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 12
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 17
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 5
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 14
Spitfire Vb x 17
Spitfire VIII x 8
Thunderbolt II x 9
P-40N Warhawk x 25
F-5A Lightning x 5
B-25J Mitchell x 97
B-17E Fortress x 32
B-24J Liberator x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 11 destroyed
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 27 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 12 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 3 destroyed
Thunderbolt II: 2 destroyed
P-40N Warhawk: 2 destroyed
B-25J Mitchell: 6 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
215 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 22
Airbase supply hits 19
Runway hits 123
2 more visits encountered a solo zero in the skies and plenty of burning wreckage on the ground.
down to the SW Pacific ..
Gasmata bomber runs flew unescorted into nasty cap (weather stopped the escort). 72 lightnings
normall escort from the same field (goodnenough is.) but they are resting up for LR cap duty next
turn.
Day Air attack on Gasmata , at 59,90
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 9
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 7
Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 59
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 6 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 8 destroyed, 10 damaged
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 8
day 2 went better as clear wether allowed escorts from closer bases :-
Day Air attack on Gasmata , at 59,90
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 10
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 7
Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 17
P-38G Lightning x 16
B-25J Mitchell x 52
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Boomerang II: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed
B-25J Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 59
OK its hardly front line fighters for the allies but i have a pool of them so might as well
use bommers 2's as they are way better then the original flying coffin of the same name.
Staying in theatre . Aliies will land at russel/tulagi/lae/sag sag and possibly gasmata in 4 days.
the transports are loading up and LR fighters resting. 3CVE's cover the lae landings by far
the largest ) while CVL+2CVE cover tulagi landings. LR CAP will supplement but i dont think i have
enough to do gasmata as well.
breakdown
Lae (20,000 men heavily bombed)
9th aussie inf div
58th RCT
37thRCT
32nd RCT
3rd USMC
1st USA CAV
HQ 1st amphib corps
Sag Sag 1200 men reported.
2nd USMC
30th USA artillery
Gasmata (possibly ,, recon says 2k men)
1st USMC
147 RCT
12th aussie inf brigade
HQ us 6th Army
Russel island (one unit SLF )
lark force
24th RCT
26th USA artillery
Tulagi ( least reconned 4 units no numbers )
161 RCT
102 RCT
2nd aussie AT brigade
also aded to this list is a possible attack from darwin to Kai island
sparrow force
Barisan rgt
6th dutch inf regiment (with virtually no combat men but has heavy arty and support)
Kai is also where i suspect enemy CVs; (kandari) to pounce .. so need a fast unload
and run like hell .. LRCAP flown from the 2 island off of darwin and darwin itself P38's.
any thoughts ? also any comments on the use of bold text , would anyone prefer colour ? just don't
ask me to do better piccies , me and FXfoto hate each other [;)]
PS .. 2 dutch subs badly damaged off sulawesi for the loss of one AK .. back for repairs (long ones)
Meanwhile subs in the china sea and a small raid from chinese bombers sank a large AP and damaged 2
more, all carrying men. In addition AP sunk at rabaul allowed me to find out the 61st japanese
inf division is unloading here.( SS Dolphin is a great wee sub .. also has started a collection of
cap badges as momentos [:D])
were sunk with extreme predjudice [;)]. well ok the 1st wave was a disater !
Day Air attack on TF, near Marcus Island at 75,56
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 33
Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 10
SBD Dauntless x 51
TBM Avenger x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 4 destroyed, 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
SBD Dauntless: 4 destroyed, 7 damaged
TBM Avenger: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Japanese Ships
PC Tsushima, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
DD Shiokaze, Bomb hits 1, on fire
PC Wakamiya
V Poor escort and the japanese appeared to be far better pilots than the usual run of the mill
ones , taking down severeral F6's before hitting the dive bombers badly. day 2 raids on am
and pm phases had escort of 100+ F6's and took most of the jap fighters down for no allied
losses. all 3 ships have been sunk. Recon will build up a picture of eniwetok and marcus
to keep japan guessing. taking eniwetok would sever the japenese SW Pacific holdings rather nicely.
OK . main event was the revenge by the RAF against the japanese fighters in burma ! (Piccie).
Day Air attack on Moulmein , at 29,35
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 12
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 17
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 5
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 14
Spitfire Vb x 17
Spitfire VIII x 8
Thunderbolt II x 9
P-40N Warhawk x 25
F-5A Lightning x 5
B-25J Mitchell x 97
B-17E Fortress x 32
B-24J Liberator x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 11 destroyed
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 27 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 12 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 3 destroyed
Thunderbolt II: 2 destroyed
P-40N Warhawk: 2 destroyed
B-25J Mitchell: 6 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
215 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 22
Airbase supply hits 19
Runway hits 123
2 more visits encountered a solo zero in the skies and plenty of burning wreckage on the ground.
down to the SW Pacific ..
Gasmata bomber runs flew unescorted into nasty cap (weather stopped the escort). 72 lightnings
normall escort from the same field (goodnenough is.) but they are resting up for LR cap duty next
turn.
Day Air attack on Gasmata , at 59,90
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 9
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 7
Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 59
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 6 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 8 destroyed, 10 damaged
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 8
day 2 went better as clear wether allowed escorts from closer bases :-
Day Air attack on Gasmata , at 59,90
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 10
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 7
Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 17
P-38G Lightning x 16
B-25J Mitchell x 52
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Boomerang II: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed
B-25J Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 59
OK its hardly front line fighters for the allies but i have a pool of them so might as well
use bommers 2's as they are way better then the original flying coffin of the same name.
Staying in theatre . Aliies will land at russel/tulagi/lae/sag sag and possibly gasmata in 4 days.
the transports are loading up and LR fighters resting. 3CVE's cover the lae landings by far
the largest ) while CVL+2CVE cover tulagi landings. LR CAP will supplement but i dont think i have
enough to do gasmata as well.
breakdown
Lae (20,000 men heavily bombed)
9th aussie inf div
58th RCT
37thRCT
32nd RCT
3rd USMC
1st USA CAV
HQ 1st amphib corps
Sag Sag 1200 men reported.
2nd USMC
30th USA artillery
Gasmata (possibly ,, recon says 2k men)
1st USMC
147 RCT
12th aussie inf brigade
HQ us 6th Army
Russel island (one unit SLF )
lark force
24th RCT
26th USA artillery
Tulagi ( least reconned 4 units no numbers )
161 RCT
102 RCT
2nd aussie AT brigade
also aded to this list is a possible attack from darwin to Kai island
sparrow force
Barisan rgt
6th dutch inf regiment (with virtually no combat men but has heavy arty and support)
Kai is also where i suspect enemy CVs; (kandari) to pounce .. so need a fast unload
and run like hell .. LRCAP flown from the 2 island off of darwin and darwin itself P38's.
any thoughts ? also any comments on the use of bold text , would anyone prefer colour ? just don't
ask me to do better piccies , me and FXfoto hate each other [;)]
PS .. 2 dutch subs badly damaged off sulawesi for the loss of one AK .. back for repairs (long ones)
Meanwhile subs in the china sea and a small raid from chinese bombers sank a large AP and damaged 2
more, all carrying men. In addition AP sunk at rabaul allowed me to find out the 61st japanese
inf division is unloading here.( SS Dolphin is a great wee sub .. also has started a collection of
cap badges as momentos [:D])
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RE: 43 - The Mouse bites back. Rob vs Littlejoe 43+
Hi Rob. Hope you feel better soon.
Personally I would prefer you to continue using bold type.
Marcus looks rather quiet.Dual recce targets will hopefully dissipate any Jap concentration.
Re: SW PAC I would not go for Gasmata quite yet.See how the other 3 attacks go. May need reinforcements somewhere. If not use forces from first target to fall-air cover permitting.
PS I would use Marcus as target training for the CV`s.THe crews havnt been used hardly at all and should need some extra exp if you are going to face the KB - which will happen sometime.
Any chance of a screenshot of current CV`s and CVL`s ??.
Personally I would prefer you to continue using bold type.
Marcus looks rather quiet.Dual recce targets will hopefully dissipate any Jap concentration.
Re: SW PAC I would not go for Gasmata quite yet.See how the other 3 attacks go. May need reinforcements somewhere. If not use forces from first target to fall-air cover permitting.
PS I would use Marcus as target training for the CV`s.THe crews havnt been used hardly at all and should need some extra exp if you are going to face the KB - which will happen sometime.
Any chance of a screenshot of current CV`s and CVL`s ??.
RE: 43 - The Mouse bites back. Rob vs Littlejoe 43+
I would suggest to go with original plan and grab Marcus Island quickly! Yeah, it could be used as an training for CV pilots but.... by grabbing the place you will ease up pressure on other fronts which is always good. (Joe cannot let you get so close to Home Islands)
RE: 43 - The Mouse bites back. Rob vs Littlejoe 43+
Hi Rob
Hi AZtec
I agree with you. Certainly attack Marcus now but involve the CV`s as cover/support.A bit of action wouldnt do them any harm.I guess the replacement levels are high. Also recon on Wake as soon as poss.
But then again I think Im just telling Grandma how to suck eggs.[:)]
Hi AZtec
I agree with you. Certainly attack Marcus now but involve the CV`s as cover/support.A bit of action wouldnt do them any harm.I guess the replacement levels are high. Also recon on Wake as soon as poss.
But then again I think Im just telling Grandma how to suck eggs.[:)]
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RE: 43 - The Mouse bites back. Rob vs Littlejoe 43+
I'm back ! .. ben an awful few days with a broken computer internet connection . fixrd it 15 mins ago.
How i fixed it ? is definately open to interpretation. Told my puter to use remote connectivity
(which i don't have) as a last resort , bingo ! worked .. and yup its definately NOT remote enabled.
anyhoo.. did the turn a few days ago and have forgotten most of what happened (in detail).
so short update :-
As you will be aware japanese subs are as rare as hens teeth .. well there is one fewer
hens tooth in the world and its nothing to do with me. SS R)-34 rams a japanese mine and SINKS ! [:D]
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/17/43
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TF 163 encounters mine field at Vella Lavella (64,94)
Japanese Ships
SS RO-34, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage oooooh how i laughed !
Allied subs had a poor 2 days .. one AP and a msw for one lost and 3 damaged .. had better days.
Medium bombers from PM and dive bombers from goodenough island finish off the japanese
TF that 'was' heading to Lae (never got there).
Day Air attack on TF, near Talasea at 59,88
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 6
B-25J Mitchell x 44
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AK Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
AK Erie Maru HIT AND SUNK BY LATER ATTACKS
AK Hide Maru, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
Day Air attack on TF at 60,88
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 16
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 11
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 7
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 9
Kittyhawk I x 7
Kittyhawk III x 9
Vengeance I x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 3 destroyed
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 3 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 damaged
Kittyhawk I: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Kittyhawk III: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
Vengeance I: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
AK Minato Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
japanese annoyance raids (at night) over kuala apparently hits a CL (no damage)
Night Air attack on Kuala , at 20,43
Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 23
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
Allied Ships
CL Enterprise, Bomb hits 1
And this blasted DD at tulgi just will NOT sink
Day Air attack on Tulagi , at 68,96
Allied aircraft
PB4Y Liberator x 73
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
DD Sagiri, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
133 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 2
Not much else happened.
however Lae invasion and russel island invasions have set off. the original plan to land
at 3 bases around PNG and 2 in the solomons just got so so confusing ! .. so going with one at a
time for now on, also makes it less likely mistakes will be made with LBA and LRCAP .
How i fixed it ? is definately open to interpretation. Told my puter to use remote connectivity
(which i don't have) as a last resort , bingo ! worked .. and yup its definately NOT remote enabled.
anyhoo.. did the turn a few days ago and have forgotten most of what happened (in detail).
so short update :-
As you will be aware japanese subs are as rare as hens teeth .. well there is one fewer
hens tooth in the world and its nothing to do with me. SS R)-34 rams a japanese mine and SINKS ! [:D]
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/17/43
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TF 163 encounters mine field at Vella Lavella (64,94)
Japanese Ships
SS RO-34, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage oooooh how i laughed !
Allied subs had a poor 2 days .. one AP and a msw for one lost and 3 damaged .. had better days.
Medium bombers from PM and dive bombers from goodenough island finish off the japanese
TF that 'was' heading to Lae (never got there).
Day Air attack on TF, near Talasea at 59,88
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 6
B-25J Mitchell x 44
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AK Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
AK Erie Maru HIT AND SUNK BY LATER ATTACKS
AK Hide Maru, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
Day Air attack on TF at 60,88
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 16
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 11
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 7
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 9
Kittyhawk I x 7
Kittyhawk III x 9
Vengeance I x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 3 destroyed
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 3 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 damaged
Kittyhawk I: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Kittyhawk III: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
Vengeance I: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
AK Minato Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
japanese annoyance raids (at night) over kuala apparently hits a CL (no damage)
Night Air attack on Kuala , at 20,43
Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 23
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
Allied Ships
CL Enterprise, Bomb hits 1
And this blasted DD at tulgi just will NOT sink
Day Air attack on Tulagi , at 68,96
Allied aircraft
PB4Y Liberator x 73
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
DD Sagiri, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
133 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 2
Not much else happened.
however Lae invasion and russel island invasions have set off. the original plan to land
at 3 bases around PNG and 2 in the solomons just got so so confusing ! .. so going with one at a
time for now on, also makes it less likely mistakes will be made with LBA and LRCAP .
sorry for the spelling . English is my main language , I just can't type . and i'm too lazy to edit
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RE: 43 - The Mouse bites back. Rob vs Littlejoe 43+
Landed at rennel ! . one hex out from Lae
Well thats the turn summary [;)]
Kidding [:D]
SS Tally ho (has to be a brit sub with that name )sinks a MSW at singapore and survives 3 naval ASW
attacks and 2 air attacks .. time to move on methinks .
SS o23 limping home sights another MSW 60 miles off kendari and promptly sinks it ! not bad for
a sub over 50% damaged
Sub attack at 34,72
Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 10, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Toroshima Maru
MSW Takasago Maru
Allied Ships
SS O23
Allied shelling softens up the russel landings zones :-
Naval bombardment of Russell Islands, at 66,96
Allied Ships
DD Caldwell
DD Cummings
DD Mahan
DD Frazier
DD Blue
DD Hughes
DD Gillespie
CA Shropshire
CA Astoria
CA Indianapolis
CA Portland
BB Colorado
Japanese ground losses:
134 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
The troops landed without too much trouble (no coastal shelling ) and are ordered to attack next
turn as the defenders are as patrhetic as recon had indicated .
Japan sent in 3 air attacks against the russel landings, 2 were shot down completely only one
made a launch. this one .. :-
Day Air attack on TF, near Russell Islands at 66,96
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 6
G4M2 Betty x 3
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 14
Ki-48 Lily x 3
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 24
FM-2 Wildcat x 22
F6F Hellcat x 13
F4U-1 Corsair x 16
P-38J Lightning x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 5 destroyed
G4M2 Betty: 3 destroyed
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 6 destroyed
Ki-48 Lily: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 2 destroyed
P-38J Lightning: 7 damaged
Allied Ships
CVE Liscome Bay PHEW !
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Landings at Lae will begin tomorrow and with 19000 men there it may be more of a challenge,
however its been bombed into a cratered ruin so shouldnt be too bad unless KB intervenes.
Aditional LR CAP has been tasked from 5 seperate bases so the weather gods would have to truly
hate me if they all get rained off [:D]
Back up in SEAC theatre allied fighter sweeps over the malayan peninsula have little result as
japan seemed not even to be flying CAP over singapore itself, day 2 i found some Zeros but they
appear to be leakers from elsewhere
Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 5
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 62
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 8 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-38J Lightning: 1 damaged
China has been on the backburner for ages . BUT Japan has sent in more forces to try and take ichang
while i've been sneaking a multi corps sized force to try and get my men back who have been
trapped in mongolia for over a year. Phase one went well, cleared the crossroads north of
Yenen from 24th/A div (regiment for all intents and purposes). Sent packing back home with its
collective tail between its legs ..
Ground combat at 51,23
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 54918 troops, 301 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1520
Defending force 7369 troops, 85 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 156
Allied max assault: 2996 - adjusted assault: 2545
Japanese max defense: 150 - adjusted defense: 16
Allied assault odds: 159 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
936 casualties reported
Guns lost 23
Allied ground losses:
406 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Piccie (hopefully) SW PAC and i/m certain japanese ships were sighted NE of the solomons. Allies
to retire to the safety of rennel island just in case.
Wee update since doing the turn .
Commonwealth are loaded and sailing to the west map edge for the sumatran invasion. oddly one of my
subs detected some japanese transports sailing to the west of sumatra . is joe trying to defend the
coast I dont intend to attack ?
Also invasion of Kai island (north australian theatre) will commence tomorrow . LRCAP will try and
cover but its all loaded on 6 old merchant ships escorted by one Mine sweeper ! .. talk about
a real shoestring operation ! .. lets see if that works . frankly im not really expecting it to.
But it will make him think im going at him from all angles ..
Well thats the turn summary [;)]
Kidding [:D]
SS Tally ho (has to be a brit sub with that name )sinks a MSW at singapore and survives 3 naval ASW
attacks and 2 air attacks .. time to move on methinks .
SS o23 limping home sights another MSW 60 miles off kendari and promptly sinks it ! not bad for
a sub over 50% damaged
Sub attack at 34,72
Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 10, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Toroshima Maru
MSW Takasago Maru
Allied Ships
SS O23
Allied shelling softens up the russel landings zones :-
Naval bombardment of Russell Islands, at 66,96
Allied Ships
DD Caldwell
DD Cummings
DD Mahan
DD Frazier
DD Blue
DD Hughes
DD Gillespie
CA Shropshire
CA Astoria
CA Indianapolis
CA Portland
BB Colorado
Japanese ground losses:
134 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
The troops landed without too much trouble (no coastal shelling ) and are ordered to attack next
turn as the defenders are as patrhetic as recon had indicated .
Japan sent in 3 air attacks against the russel landings, 2 were shot down completely only one
made a launch. this one .. :-
Day Air attack on TF, near Russell Islands at 66,96
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 6
G4M2 Betty x 3
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 14
Ki-48 Lily x 3
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 24
FM-2 Wildcat x 22
F6F Hellcat x 13
F4U-1 Corsair x 16
P-38J Lightning x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 5 destroyed
G4M2 Betty: 3 destroyed
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 6 destroyed
Ki-48 Lily: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 2 destroyed
P-38J Lightning: 7 damaged
Allied Ships
CVE Liscome Bay PHEW !
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Landings at Lae will begin tomorrow and with 19000 men there it may be more of a challenge,
however its been bombed into a cratered ruin so shouldnt be too bad unless KB intervenes.
Aditional LR CAP has been tasked from 5 seperate bases so the weather gods would have to truly
hate me if they all get rained off [:D]
Back up in SEAC theatre allied fighter sweeps over the malayan peninsula have little result as
japan seemed not even to be flying CAP over singapore itself, day 2 i found some Zeros but they
appear to be leakers from elsewhere
Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 5
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 62
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 8 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-38J Lightning: 1 damaged
China has been on the backburner for ages . BUT Japan has sent in more forces to try and take ichang
while i've been sneaking a multi corps sized force to try and get my men back who have been
trapped in mongolia for over a year. Phase one went well, cleared the crossroads north of
Yenen from 24th/A div (regiment for all intents and purposes). Sent packing back home with its
collective tail between its legs ..
Ground combat at 51,23
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 54918 troops, 301 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1520
Defending force 7369 troops, 85 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 156
Allied max assault: 2996 - adjusted assault: 2545
Japanese max defense: 150 - adjusted defense: 16
Allied assault odds: 159 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
936 casualties reported
Guns lost 23
Allied ground losses:
406 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Piccie (hopefully) SW PAC and i/m certain japanese ships were sighted NE of the solomons. Allies
to retire to the safety of rennel island just in case.
Wee update since doing the turn .
Commonwealth are loaded and sailing to the west map edge for the sumatran invasion. oddly one of my
subs detected some japanese transports sailing to the west of sumatra . is joe trying to defend the
coast I dont intend to attack ?
Also invasion of Kai island (north australian theatre) will commence tomorrow . LRCAP will try and
cover but its all loaded on 6 old merchant ships escorted by one Mine sweeper ! .. talk about
a real shoestring operation ! .. lets see if that works . frankly im not really expecting it to.
But it will make him think im going at him from all angles ..
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/21/43
I had the combat replay but no 'turn' yet so cannot comment on any damage inflicted or how many
men left to unload etc.
OK .. the day was interesting . Lets call it the "day of the handbag" visualise to weak old women
slapping each other with the aforementioned appareil , then imagine one of them is unable to
throw her bag far enough to hit the enemy. Thats a metaphor for the CVE vs CVL? off of Lae.
In witp terms he stayed at 5 hexes throwing in 'small' attack raids while the allies at
"do not retire/react" orders stayed put ( and were out of range ). looks like minor damage
from the reports for 2 CVE's and one LST sank.
raids were :- (including some LBA attacks from Rabaul , all of which attacked the LST convoy
for some odd reason ??? ).
Day Air attack on TF at 55,88
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 24
A6M3a Zero x 9
G3M Nell x 3
G4M2 Betty x 9
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 33
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 60
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 12 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 3 destroyed
G4M2 Betty: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 17 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 21 destroyed, 6 damaged OUCH , 1st atack and 1/3 of CAP died
Allied Ships
LCT LCT-143, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage [&:]
LCT LCT-152
LCT LCT-142
Day Air attack on TF at 55,88
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 16
A6M3a Zero x 6
G4M2 Betty x 5
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 19
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 28
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 3 destroyed
G4M2 Betty: 1 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 11 destroyed, 1 damaged
DAY 2 and the japanese CVL's ??? arrived !
Day Air attack on TF at 55,88
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 12
B6N Jill x 12
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 24
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 3 destroyed
B6N Jill: 7 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
Allied Ships
CVE Suwannee
BB Tennessee
Day Air attack on TF at 55,88
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 2
D4Y Judy x 27
B6N Jill x 18
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 21
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 1 destroyed
D4Y Judy: 13 destroyed, 1 damaged
B6N Jill: 9 destroyed
Allied Ships
CVE Sangamon, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CVE Chenango, Bomb hits 1
CVE Suwannee, Bomb hits 1
Day Air attack on TF at 55,88
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 14
A6M3a Zero x 6
G4M2 Betty x 3
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 14
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 4 destroyed
G4M2 Betty: 1 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
LCT LCT-148
Day Air attack on TF at 55,88
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 15
D4Y Judy x 2
B6N Jill x 4
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 4 destroyed
D4Y Judy: 1 destroyed
B6N Jill: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied Ships
CVE Suwannee
BB Tennessee
Time to leg it back to cover ! .. buna if in need of flood pumping . otherwise Gili gili for
replacement planes and pilots ( looks like the F4's got a LOT better on day 2 so i'm assuming
for now that darwinian selection weeded out the duffers on day 1 ). LR CAP over the landing beach
at Lae scared off all japanese planes who naturally veered toward the CVE's.
Also landing ak Kai island gave me a shock, 46th infantry division was listed as a defending unit.
EEK .. light dutch and british raiding units seemed to be doomed. However it transpired that its
just a fragment (size unknown). BUT also appears i don't have enough men to shift him off
of here, only time will tell.
In other news the barracudas secretely based in sumatra sank 2 japanese minelayers at singapore
Again no japanese CAP over malaya and japan paid the price. also nil enemy a/c over timor as the
P38's encountered no opposition.
Japan also sent a few light carriers to try and hit the russel island forces , fortunately i
withdrew while the troops capture the base and send the japs into the jungle. Continued
shock attacks should hopefully finish them off in a few days.
In china the northern attack force encountered a japanese tank division and sent it packing
with interest ! .. excellent ( rubs hands together mr Burns style ).
Ground combat at 51,23
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 54345 troops, 281 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1479
Defending force 6449 troops, 85 guns, 264 vehicles, Assault Value = 229
Allied max assault: 2902 - adjusted assault: 2004
Japanese max defense: 230 - adjusted defense: 45
Allied assault odds: 44 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
805 casualties reported
Guns lost 20
Vehicles lost 7
Allied ground losses:
390 casualties reported
Guns lost 13
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Ground combat at Russell Islands
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 7193 troops, 90 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 166
Defending force 1570 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 47
Allied max assault: 310 - adjusted assault: 367
Japanese max defense: 39 - adjusted defense: 7
Allied assault odds: 52 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Russell Islands base !!!
Japanese ground losses:
207 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Allied ground losses:
186 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Sig Int finally threw me a bone :-
8th Area Army is loaded on AP,Taiten Maru moving to Bangkok...
Lets send the sobs to patrol round Bangkok and see if we can get lucky . also if we do spot it
time to send out the liberators from rangoon currently resting as morale is shot )
more when i get the turn .. looking good so far though.
I had the combat replay but no 'turn' yet so cannot comment on any damage inflicted or how many
men left to unload etc.
OK .. the day was interesting . Lets call it the "day of the handbag" visualise to weak old women
slapping each other with the aforementioned appareil , then imagine one of them is unable to
throw her bag far enough to hit the enemy. Thats a metaphor for the CVE vs CVL? off of Lae.
In witp terms he stayed at 5 hexes throwing in 'small' attack raids while the allies at
"do not retire/react" orders stayed put ( and were out of range ). looks like minor damage
from the reports for 2 CVE's and one LST sank.
raids were :- (including some LBA attacks from Rabaul , all of which attacked the LST convoy
for some odd reason ??? ).
Day Air attack on TF at 55,88
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 24
A6M3a Zero x 9
G3M Nell x 3
G4M2 Betty x 9
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 33
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 60
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 12 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 3 destroyed
G4M2 Betty: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 17 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 21 destroyed, 6 damaged OUCH , 1st atack and 1/3 of CAP died
Allied Ships
LCT LCT-143, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage [&:]
LCT LCT-152
LCT LCT-142
Day Air attack on TF at 55,88
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 16
A6M3a Zero x 6
G4M2 Betty x 5
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 19
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 28
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 3 destroyed
G4M2 Betty: 1 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 11 destroyed, 1 damaged
DAY 2 and the japanese CVL's ??? arrived !
Day Air attack on TF at 55,88
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 12
B6N Jill x 12
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 24
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 3 destroyed
B6N Jill: 7 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
Allied Ships
CVE Suwannee
BB Tennessee
Day Air attack on TF at 55,88
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 2
D4Y Judy x 27
B6N Jill x 18
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 21
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 1 destroyed
D4Y Judy: 13 destroyed, 1 damaged
B6N Jill: 9 destroyed
Allied Ships
CVE Sangamon, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CVE Chenango, Bomb hits 1
CVE Suwannee, Bomb hits 1
Day Air attack on TF at 55,88
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 14
A6M3a Zero x 6
G4M2 Betty x 3
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 14
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 4 destroyed
G4M2 Betty: 1 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
LCT LCT-148
Day Air attack on TF at 55,88
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 15
D4Y Judy x 2
B6N Jill x 4
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 4 destroyed
D4Y Judy: 1 destroyed
B6N Jill: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied Ships
CVE Suwannee
BB Tennessee
Time to leg it back to cover ! .. buna if in need of flood pumping . otherwise Gili gili for
replacement planes and pilots ( looks like the F4's got a LOT better on day 2 so i'm assuming
for now that darwinian selection weeded out the duffers on day 1 ). LR CAP over the landing beach
at Lae scared off all japanese planes who naturally veered toward the CVE's.
Also landing ak Kai island gave me a shock, 46th infantry division was listed as a defending unit.
EEK .. light dutch and british raiding units seemed to be doomed. However it transpired that its
just a fragment (size unknown). BUT also appears i don't have enough men to shift him off
of here, only time will tell.
In other news the barracudas secretely based in sumatra sank 2 japanese minelayers at singapore
Again no japanese CAP over malaya and japan paid the price. also nil enemy a/c over timor as the
P38's encountered no opposition.
Japan also sent a few light carriers to try and hit the russel island forces , fortunately i
withdrew while the troops capture the base and send the japs into the jungle. Continued
shock attacks should hopefully finish them off in a few days.
In china the northern attack force encountered a japanese tank division and sent it packing
with interest ! .. excellent ( rubs hands together mr Burns style ).
Ground combat at 51,23
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 54345 troops, 281 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1479
Defending force 6449 troops, 85 guns, 264 vehicles, Assault Value = 229
Allied max assault: 2902 - adjusted assault: 2004
Japanese max defense: 230 - adjusted defense: 45
Allied assault odds: 44 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
805 casualties reported
Guns lost 20
Vehicles lost 7
Allied ground losses:
390 casualties reported
Guns lost 13
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Ground combat at Russell Islands
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 7193 troops, 90 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 166
Defending force 1570 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 47
Allied max assault: 310 - adjusted assault: 367
Japanese max defense: 39 - adjusted defense: 7
Allied assault odds: 52 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Russell Islands base !!!
Japanese ground losses:
207 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Allied ground losses:
186 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Sig Int finally threw me a bone :-
8th Area Army is loaded on AP,Taiten Maru moving to Bangkok...
Lets send the sobs to patrol round Bangkok and see if we can get lucky . also if we do spot it
time to send out the liberators from rangoon currently resting as morale is shot )
more when i get the turn .. looking good so far though.
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RE: 43 - The Mouse bites back. Rob vs Littlejoe 43+
Ouch. You almost got burned in South Pacific! [:-][:D]
Thankfully it was not the KB that hit you...!
What other operations are ongoing... Marcus Island?... You really need to somehow lower the pressure at Solomons before something "nasty" happens.
Thankfully it was not the KB that hit you...!
What other operations are ongoing... Marcus Island?... You really need to somehow lower the pressure at Solomons before something "nasty" happens.
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Rob Brennan UK
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RE: 43 - The Mouse bites back. Rob vs Littlejoe 43+
Marcus attack is loaded and has been sent 120 miles off wake just to make sure that all the taskforces actually behave themselves.
As for getting burned in the SWPAC .. hehe .. CVE's are expendable imo. but i'll try not to be careless with them in the future. Besides they did draw the enemy away from the landing forces so thier job was completed as designed. I'll need the turn back before i can assess how much longer the transports need to stay at LAE (all valuable AP's too ) AK's carrying supply and LST's also hauling some forward.
Solomons are a potential danger when I go for Tulagi .. but the air bases i have in the area are pretty uselss (really want clarke field ) . Also most of my larger units are prepped for lunga so havnt much to throw forward to be honest. Paln is to just creep forward here and throw the main attack up the new guinea coast which appears lightly defended as far as i can tell. Lae also makes a great airfield ! , Planning on landing on the bismark ? islands
sooner rather thn later (the island with rabaul at the east end)
this would leave japan with a very overextended "empire" in the marshalls and gilberts ( which i plan on ignoring unless some overwhelming need arises)
While on the subject of plans, SEAC looks to be the least conventional approach. after securing sumatra what to do next ?
I'm thinking about going for Java to completely deny the DEI for japan.
what about malaya ? humm .. i'm not too sure a tavoy or victoria point invasion would work as japan has large forces in the area (by which it appears and i'm guessing here, that the DEI is lightly defeneded).
okey dokey everyone,any idea for future plans ? all comments and conjecture is most welcome ..
As for getting burned in the SWPAC .. hehe .. CVE's are expendable imo. but i'll try not to be careless with them in the future. Besides they did draw the enemy away from the landing forces so thier job was completed as designed. I'll need the turn back before i can assess how much longer the transports need to stay at LAE (all valuable AP's too ) AK's carrying supply and LST's also hauling some forward.
Solomons are a potential danger when I go for Tulagi .. but the air bases i have in the area are pretty uselss (really want clarke field ) . Also most of my larger units are prepped for lunga so havnt much to throw forward to be honest. Paln is to just creep forward here and throw the main attack up the new guinea coast which appears lightly defended as far as i can tell. Lae also makes a great airfield ! , Planning on landing on the bismark ? islands
sooner rather thn later (the island with rabaul at the east end)
this would leave japan with a very overextended "empire" in the marshalls and gilberts ( which i plan on ignoring unless some overwhelming need arises)
While on the subject of plans, SEAC looks to be the least conventional approach. after securing sumatra what to do next ?
I'm thinking about going for Java to completely deny the DEI for japan.
what about malaya ? humm .. i'm not too sure a tavoy or victoria point invasion would work as japan has large forces in the area (by which it appears and i'm guessing here, that the DEI is lightly defeneded).
okey dokey everyone,any idea for future plans ? all comments and conjecture is most welcome ..
sorry for the spelling . English is my main language , I just can't type . and i'm too lazy to edit
RE: 43 - The Mouse bites back. Rob vs Littlejoe 43+
Definately go through CenPac... at least grab Marcus as the initial plan has been for ages. That will force Joe to reorganize his defenses and propably will draw units out of South Pacific meat grinder. That would ease the pressure there.
So, Joe has strong forces in Burma??? ...or are those stack units just divided to make look stronger than actual size??? If so than I would conduct an landing there and try to split his forces in two. Allthough, you do need strong army to do so.
I would prioritize those two operations. How is the supply levels at China. A good push there would give Joe a huge headache... or at least I would assume so.
Overall threaten to isolate large number of ground units in Pacific. That really is going make him think twice. You don't need to capture everything... [:-][;)]
So, Joe has strong forces in Burma??? ...or are those stack units just divided to make look stronger than actual size??? If so than I would conduct an landing there and try to split his forces in two. Allthough, you do need strong army to do so.
I would prioritize those two operations. How is the supply levels at China. A good push there would give Joe a huge headache... or at least I would assume so.
Overall threaten to isolate large number of ground units in Pacific. That really is going make him think twice. You don't need to capture everything... [:-][;)]
RE: 43 - The Mouse bites back. Rob vs Littlejoe 43+
that is why i love this AAR so much!
(leaving this AAR and runing WiTP - first step: reinforcing Wake, second step: reinforcing Marcus) [:D]
Keep up the good work!
(leaving this AAR and runing WiTP - first step: reinforcing Wake, second step: reinforcing Marcus) [:D]
Keep up the good work!
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RE: 43 - The Mouse bites back. Rob vs Littlejoe 43+
LOL Pauk , I'm learning by andys example too on reading your and PzB's AARs. IE USN pilot shortages, F6 shortages (keep CVE's with F4/F2 etc. ) lots of nice tips .. just hope Joe dosent follow your example [;)]
Aztez . Marcus indeed .. 4 divisions loading/loaded , also tanks arty and engineers and the ACG with
an HQ (all badly prepped though). Still havnt left Wake as the level 2 port is slooooow loading men
and more importantly supply. I have 3 AK's and about 2 dozen tankers free in the indian ocena
right now as virtually every ship is needed for the sumatran adventure. Joe did run in a small NLF
to the west of sumatra (the AK's spotted last turn). as its not where i'm landing we should
have a suprise here. 'll do a list of whats prepped for tavoy (all will be 100% by the time i get
the transports back from operation "GONAD" , swift kick in the middle regions containing vital
centres [:D]
To update the combat reports the CVE's at lae , worst hurt is only 16% sys damage ( think i got away
very lightly but one CVE is down to 4 F4's ! .. in total 21 of the original 63 are alive (not good )
so running back to gili at flank speed for new planes. roughly 20 pilots died (about 1/2).The
tired P38's will have to continue for 2 more days. Most men have debarked now and the AP's should
start withdrawing tonight, RCT will conduct preliminary artillery shelling to estimate the enemy
numbers. for some odd reason a small part of the 2nd USMC landed [&:](not prepped at all) and
should never have been loaded in the forst place. returning AK's collet the stragglers for
return to GG.
Operation GONAD,
80,000 men
140,000 tons of supply
backup 170,000 tons supply and 140,000 tons fuel (coming from karachi when i have air cover present).
heres GONAD in all its glory [;)]
all packed into 10 or so taskforces.
Concerning china, supply is an issue to be honest, everywhere is in the orange bar chungking, I
have been skimping on the transports for quite a long time as allies have 140 commandoes in
sabang ferrying troops up and down sumatra as the sea isnt safe here one bit. 3 more 64 plane
transport wings arrived in colombo (from america) to help out in china. That was rather far
sighted of me i admit, suprised myself [:D].
Trying to move out the BFF brigade and the 15th indian division from medan is taking ages ! ..
and annoyingly today all the C46's had pick up the BFF command for about 6 days and there is 1
yup 1 disabled mortar piece that refuses to fly ! .. bah humbug .. also more of the 15th indian
had appeared magically in medan (should be in rangoon with the SEAC HQ afaik) and 1/2 the c46's
tasked with collecting these strays. Fragments seem to appear randomly at times. Just
looking at the SW Pacific makes my internal logistician wince [:@]. Never mind though one day
when i get really really bored and have several A4's to burn I'll start making lists of what
needs to go from where to where .. can't say i am looking forward to it though .. [8D]
next few weeks should be interesting . Tulagi invasion lunched today should land day 2 next turn.
thanks for the replies all
Aztez . Marcus indeed .. 4 divisions loading/loaded , also tanks arty and engineers and the ACG with
an HQ (all badly prepped though). Still havnt left Wake as the level 2 port is slooooow loading men
and more importantly supply. I have 3 AK's and about 2 dozen tankers free in the indian ocena
right now as virtually every ship is needed for the sumatran adventure. Joe did run in a small NLF
to the west of sumatra (the AK's spotted last turn). as its not where i'm landing we should
have a suprise here. 'll do a list of whats prepped for tavoy (all will be 100% by the time i get
the transports back from operation "GONAD" , swift kick in the middle regions containing vital
centres [:D]
To update the combat reports the CVE's at lae , worst hurt is only 16% sys damage ( think i got away
very lightly but one CVE is down to 4 F4's ! .. in total 21 of the original 63 are alive (not good )
so running back to gili at flank speed for new planes. roughly 20 pilots died (about 1/2).The
tired P38's will have to continue for 2 more days. Most men have debarked now and the AP's should
start withdrawing tonight, RCT will conduct preliminary artillery shelling to estimate the enemy
numbers. for some odd reason a small part of the 2nd USMC landed [&:](not prepped at all) and
should never have been loaded in the forst place. returning AK's collet the stragglers for
return to GG.
Operation GONAD,
80,000 men
140,000 tons of supply
backup 170,000 tons supply and 140,000 tons fuel (coming from karachi when i have air cover present).
heres GONAD in all its glory [;)]
all packed into 10 or so taskforces.
Concerning china, supply is an issue to be honest, everywhere is in the orange bar chungking, I
have been skimping on the transports for quite a long time as allies have 140 commandoes in
sabang ferrying troops up and down sumatra as the sea isnt safe here one bit. 3 more 64 plane
transport wings arrived in colombo (from america) to help out in china. That was rather far
sighted of me i admit, suprised myself [:D].
Trying to move out the BFF brigade and the 15th indian division from medan is taking ages ! ..
and annoyingly today all the C46's had pick up the BFF command for about 6 days and there is 1
yup 1 disabled mortar piece that refuses to fly ! .. bah humbug .. also more of the 15th indian
had appeared magically in medan (should be in rangoon with the SEAC HQ afaik) and 1/2 the c46's
tasked with collecting these strays. Fragments seem to appear randomly at times. Just
looking at the SW Pacific makes my internal logistician wince [:@]. Never mind though one day
when i get really really bored and have several A4's to burn I'll start making lists of what
needs to go from where to where .. can't say i am looking forward to it though .. [8D]
next few weeks should be interesting . Tulagi invasion lunched today should land day 2 next turn.
thanks for the replies all
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