Well Moses and I have been turning the turns around pretty quickly - 5 more days have gone by - pretty much same ole - same ole.
In the Solomons/Papua area we continue to try to suppress PM. Moses conducted some kind of raid on Gili-Gili but mostly offered our Betty's a distraction from bombing PM. Several of his ships were holed, I think one sank later. We now have some Emily's operating from Gili-Gili.
The first pic is of the Java area - the invasion flottia is now formed and moving towards Java. However, our airstrikes have still been pretty much shut down by the weather. I think over the past 10 days, the KB airstrikes have gone in twice and the Landbased air at Banjarmasin maybe 3 times. This has greatly increased the risk to the invasion, but waiting won't necessarily make it better - as we have seen!!! So we go forward. The landings should happen in about 3 days.
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In Burma we have some forces starting to move towards Akyab and just this turn we inagurated some airstrikes against Akyab. Trying to use just Oscars and Sallys in the first round [:D] but given that we achieved operational surprise, we didn't do too badly ... a few Zeros are on the way, but most of them are tied up in the Java campaign.
In China, two of Moses stacks involved in his central offensive have backed off a hex, well one stack totally, the other has just pulled two of four members back to Ichang. Our bombing campaign against Ichang and Honan has been useful and gotten some damage on both bases. This will hopefully take the edge off his supply situation which would seem to be strained by a full offensive with so many troops. But the big stack that crossed the river West of Wuhan is still sitting omminously still. In the mean time, we've pulled back in the North one hex. But we still want to cut the road North out of Sian to see what kind of reaction that brings. Maybe we are just settling down into a complex stalemate - at least for a while. But we should know in a few turns if he starts advancing in the center or continues to pull back.
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Other Ships: 5xAO, 10xTK, Numerous AP and AK, 6 Submarines nearby.
Military:
38ID, 23IB, 3xTank Rgts, 1 IER, 1 Av Rgt, 1 Spec BF, 12 Army HQ, 1 Mortar Rgt.
Scheme of Maneuver.
We will land at Kragen and the Tank Rgts will pursue off the Beach Head to try to quickly take Madoien for which they have significant prep points. Madoien will then be occupied by the Av Rgt and we will move in some land based planes to control the airspace on the Island, thus relieving KB of this duty.
The Infantry will advance to Soerabaja(for which they have significant prep points) and launch a probing attack. Based on those results we will reinforce. The 56IB and 35IB are near at hand and will be the first reinforcements. The 1&3 YOK are also near at hand if needed.
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Sub attack at 53,100 This is happening several hexes to the South of Gili-Gili ... his carrier force is operating down there ... not real sure what they're up to .. but they're down there. My subs that were chasing the damaged ships from his last bombardment run into Gili-Gili keep running into these carriers.
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Naval bombardment of Kragen, at 22,63 This is the Java invasion support bombardment group
Japanese Ships
DD Yugure
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Kamikaze
DD Shigure
CL Kitakami
BB Yamashiro
CL Oi
BB Fuso
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 2
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Naval bombardment of Gili Gili, at 56,94 Well looks like the USN is learning how to perform bombardments [;)]
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
H8K Emily: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
DD Benham
CA Chester
CA Chicago
CA Astoria
Japanese ground losses:
110 casualties reported
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 4
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TF 52 troops unloading over beach at Kragen, 22,63 This is our troops going ashore at Kragen ...
Japanese ground losses:
256 casualties reported
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TF 52 troops unloading over beach at Kragen, 22,63
Japanese ground losses:
63 casualties reported
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TF 88 troops unloading over beach at Kragen, 22,63
Japanese ground losses:
219 casualties reported
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TF 103 troops unloading over beach at Kragen, 22,63
Japanese ground losses:
207 casualties reported
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TF 104 troops unloading over beach at Kragen, 22,63
Japanese ground losses:
97 casualties reported
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Day Air attack on Palembang , at 20,55 Our daily air strikes against Palembang and several bases on Java ...
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged
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Day Air attack on Batavia , at 19,59
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 3
Buffalo I x 2
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
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Day Air attack on Madioen , at 21,64
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Malang , at 22,66
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
E13A1 Jake x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 damaged
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 He still has a small B-24 force flying out of Manilla .. but he can't hit anything .. and we can't hit him ... hope the B-24s are eating well [:D]
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 20
Ki-15 Babs x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged
Allied ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Runway hits 6
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
5 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51 We moved a moderate EXP Sally unit in to supplement the Betty and Nell groups that have been bombing Luzon since the beginning of the war. They need another friend so they can rotate. Boy the Betty and Nell units EXP are almost up to 90 .. but their morale is in the 20-30 range .. hence they aren't getting many hits even though they are flying ...
Allied ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 28
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 31,29 This is the 15Army heading to Akyab ... we're gonna have to find a way to add stress to these 4EB runs ... can't spare many zeros but that is all that will help I fear ...
Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 5
LB-30 Liberator x 16
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
10 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
6 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 50th Chinese Corps, at 43,40 In China we are using Nates to train up the pilots ... and we've already rotate two erstwhile Oscar units back to China and changed their aircraft back to Nates and filled them up with low EXP pilots ... we wil try to use Nates for training Army fighter pilots in China as long as we can.
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 32
Ki-51 Sonia x 11
Ki-15 Babs x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
11 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 7th Chinese Corps, at 48,34
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 68
Ki-51 Sonia x 36
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
32 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
36 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 58th Chinese Corps, at 49,30
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 36
Ki-51 Sonia x 12
Ki-15 Babs x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 3 damaged
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
12 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th Dutch Regiment, at 21,64 Well ... bad news ... we put a few Kates aboard KB on ground strike with commanders discretion ... this is what we hit ... the 4th Dutch Regiment on the move at Madoien ... this is good because now we know Madoien will be defended .. but bad because now we know Madoien will be defended ... we may have to use the 23IB to besiege Soerabaja and even toss in the 38ID, Army HQ and the Mortar Rgt to take Madoien. We will also to shift more aircraft to bomb ground targets at Madoien ...
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
B5N Kate x 41
E8N Dave x 1
E13A1 Jake x 1
E7K2 Alf x 2
Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x B5N Kate bombing at 6000 feet
24 x B5N Kate bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 15th DAF Base Force, at 20,43
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 8
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 23,50 Well inadvertantly we have not adequately protected our shipping at Singapore ... but this has also been a plus because he has kept a large number of effective bombers up at Palembang and gotten them attrited doing no tremendous harm. We have lost one AK ... and had another 2 damaged as well as a AP and a DD ... but he has lost a number of B-26 and Beauforts in the process ... our defense is getting stronger now that the zeros have flown down and then finally ... [:D] ... been ordered to fly some CAP missions !!! [:)]
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Allied aircraft
Beaufort V-IX x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 3
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Day Air attack on TF at 25,55
Allied aircraft
Beaufort V-IX x 2
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AK Montreal Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Tjilitjap at 19,62 We also have some KB Kates on Anti-Shipping ...
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
B5N Kate x 21
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Success, Bomb hits 14, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B5N Kate bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B5N Kate bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B5N Kate bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B5N Kate bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B5N Kate bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B5N Kate bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Palembang , at 20,55
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23
G3M Nell x 19
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 3 damaged
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
7 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on Batavia , at 19,59
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
G4M1 Betty x 12
Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 2
Buffalo I x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged
Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 Shifting over to the Papua/Solomons area ... our Zeros from Lae conduct a daily sweep over Port Moresby ... as usual .. no one comes up ...
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 And ... our almost daily bombing run goes in ... we're having to carefully rotate units ... breaking the most stressed down to Chutai to facilitate rotation and morale recovery ... they will fly .. due to the HQ .. but they won't hit ... the fatigue and morale must be managed .. and rotation is the only way ... as we cannot stop the pressure or we will see 150 fighers and 150 bombers appear and that will be that ... well it will happen one day no matter what ... but hopefully not until the fall ... when the P-38s arrive ...
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
G3M Nell x 19
G4M1 Betty x 31
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 22
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
4 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
12 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 23,50
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
Allied aircraft
Beaufort V-IX x 2
B-25C Mitchell x 3
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 6000 feet
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Naval bombardment of Kragen, at 22,63
Japanese Ships
DD Yugure
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Kamikaze
DD Shigure
CL Kitakami
BB Yamashiro
CL Oi
BB Fuso
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 10
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 1
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ASW attack at 54,100
Japanese Ships
SS RO-67
Allied Ships
DD Benham
CA Astoria
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Ground combat at Manila
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 23950 troops, 311 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 970
Defending force 27823 troops, 323 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 448
Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Bulla
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 789 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44
Defending force 2574 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 24
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Well Moses troops in Central China have returned to their lairs, so I guess we can declare his first "major offensive" to be over, and yes it was in fact just a "smoke and mirrors" offensive, but it accomplished something. It deflected our attack in the North, causing us to pull back, though we have now reversed direction yet again. But he has sortied a large group to break my road block North of Sian and not much we can do about it. Had we not pulled back, it would have been risky for him to split his forces this way, but he has time now. So the effect of his offensive? To enable nullification of the Sian road block - not sure that was his intention - was that was the effect. Also we may have over-reacted and reinforced the center too much. We will probably start pulling some of this back out now. So at this point the IJA considers China to be stalemated, at least until either side can reinforce significantly. The main constraint on China is supply, the main constraint on Japan is troops.
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One quiet day passed, then today we had some excitement. Not much has changed visually, so no screen shots, but I will do an annotated combat report.
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ASW attack at 61,81 Our ASW planes saw a couple of Allied subs around the Bismarks, so we sent some ASW TFs out to prosecute ... no joy in this case ...
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ASW attack at 58,82 No joy in this casae either ...
Japanese Ships
PC Shonon Maru #15
PC Tama Maru #8
PC Toshi Maru #3
PG Seikai Maru
APD APD-2
APD APD-1
Allied Ships
SS Sculpin
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Sub attack at 53,92 But our sub off Port Morseby took some "rattles" as a herd rolled by ...
Japanese Ships
SS I-10, hits 2
Allied Ships
AK Jefferson Myers
DD Benham
CA Astoria
CA Chicago
DD Drayton
DD Dunlap
DD Worden
DD MacDonough
DD Sims
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Sub attack at 7,90 We replaced our lurker off Shark's Bay ... seems to be good huntin' there ...
Japanese Ships
SS I-3
Allied Ships
AK Poelau Bras, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30 Still keeping the central Chinese cities suppressed ... might not be necessary any more but we'd have to move the planes to train somewhere else, so we'll keep it up here until we need to move ...
Aircraft Attacking:
26 x B5N Kate bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 12
Ki-30 Ann x 4
Ki-21 Sally x 25
Ki-48 Lily x 52
Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
15 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
15 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
10 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
6 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
2 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Ichang , at 47,33
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 12
Ki-51 Sonia x 11
Ki-48 Lily x 17
Ki-15 Babs x 1
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
7 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34 The Sally's we had here flew back to Bangkok to recover morale ... we will fly a rested unit up tomorrow ... we seem to have the "rhythm over here ...
Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 3
B-17E Fortress x 28
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 8 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 11
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 11000 feet
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29 But to keep 'em guessing we will still do a light attack on Akyab ... first a close by sweeper goes in ...
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 12
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29 Then a longer range sweeper from Rangoon ...
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 36
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29 Then a long range attack from Moulmein ...
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 12
Ki-21 Sally x 17
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
10 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65 The Sally's from Banjarmsin are doin' there job keeping the airfields around Soerabaja suppressed.
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 41
Ki-21 Sally x 51
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged
Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
10 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 We're suppressing Manilla but taking casualties in the process ...
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 22
Ki-15 Babs x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 8
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87 Ok, the big excitement of the day was in the air over Papua ... the Allies lead it off with an SBD strike from PM against Lae ...
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
2 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 We counter with a sweep from Lae against PM ... and boy do we run into a hornet's nest!! 7 of our elite Pee-Lohs go down ...
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 30
P-39D Airacobra x 40
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Day Air attack on 5th Ind. Brigade, at 46,23
Allied aircraft
I-153c x 14
SB-2c x 27
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
11 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
9 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Chinese Temp. Division, at 49,31
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 36
Ki-51 Sonia x 11
Ki-15 Babs x 1
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
11 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 65th Chinese Corps, at 43,40
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 34
Ki-51 Sonia x 11
Ki-15 Babs x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
34 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
11 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 44th Chinese Corps, at 47,35
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 12
Ki-27 Nate x 72
Ki-51 Sonia x 36
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
36 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
36 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
12 x B5N Kate bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on 99th Chinese Corps, at 46,26
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 9
Ki-15 Babs x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 1 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91 Back to the action over Papua .. next we send in a big strike against the escorts of a newly arrived convoy ... thanks to the work done by the previous sweepers, we do some serious damage to the CAP .. before the Betty's put some holes in some of the Allies warships in the harbor...
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 58
G4M1 Betty x 51
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 29
P-39D Airacobra x 31
Allied Ships
CA Chicago, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
CA Chester, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CA Astoria, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Sims
DD MacDonough
DD Worden
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91 A smaller strike comes in from Lae and hits one of the supply ships ...
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
G4M1 Betty x 13
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 4
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed
Allied Ships
AK Honomu, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on Batavia , at 19,59 Meanwhile our aircraft on Western Borneo still not having much of an impact on the Allies around Batavia ...
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
G3M Nell x 13
Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 3
Buffalo I x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 6
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
2 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 Finally the Betty's get silly and come in unescorted Port Morseby .. but the Allied fighters are so worn out - they only shoot down one ...
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 11
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 12
P-39D Airacobra x 14
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 damaged
Runway hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
1 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 21,58 An allied tanker gets too close to KB in the Java sea ...
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
B5N Kate x 21
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
TK Empire Steel, Bomb hits 13, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B5N Kate bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B5N Kate bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B5N Kate bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B5N Kate bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B5N Kate bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B5N Kate bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91 Afternoon strikes from Lae .. the Betty's are now too worn out to do anything ... but the Zeros knock a few fighters down ...
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 39
G4M1 Betty x 6
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 12
P-39D Airacobra x 14
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91 Same story with the afternoon strikes from Rabaul ... the Betty's don't do much ... but the fighters get a few more .. the Allied fighters are essentially combat ineffective at this point ...
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 59
G4M1 Betty x 17
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed
Allied Ships
CA Astoria, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CA Chester, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Sub attack at 33,47 Alllied subs reappear off Camh Ranh Bay ... guess we'd better come up with some escorts for this area - eh?
Japanese Ships
AP Tama Maru #2, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon
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Ground combat at Manila
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 24071 troops, 309 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 975
Defending force 27901 troops, 324 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 456
Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Bulla
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1396 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 39
Defending force 2340 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18
Japanese max assault: 35 - adjusted assault: 20
Allied max defense: 12 - adjusted defense: 7
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Manila
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 21128 troops, 309 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 456
Defending force 46439 troops, 560 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 975
Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Here's a view I haven't done yet - the Home Islands. We have spent some valuable PP dollars in releasing a number of the float plane units that start in Japan. These have been strung across two primary convoy routes, the one shown in the picture, which actually feeds both the South Pacific and on into the Celebes area. And the other, not shown, which moves along the China Coast and down to Camh Ranh Bay and beyond. Both of these routes are also supported by small PC/PG/MSW ASW TFs which can prosecute contacts provided by the float planes. Kind of a poor man's solution and it hasn't been seriously challenged yet, but maybe we're seeming the beginnings of some sniffing. Generally in games, once a key route gets figured out by the enemy, I will try to alter the route, though altering the route to Truk would not be too easy. There are more options on the West side of the map.
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Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36 Moses moved a huge stack of Chinamen onto "Wuhan" ... so we're shifting our bombing to Changsha to try to mess up the supplies there. The Chinese have bodies - but they are weak on supply - so we hit them where they are weak.
Japanese aircraft
Ki-48 Lily x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 5 damaged
Runway hits 10
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 9000 feet
6 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36 And while we're disrupting their offensive ops .. we're also training up our air crews .. that's the strategy in China ...
Aircraft Attacking:
27 x B5N Kate bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30
Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 4
Ki-21 Sally x 36
Ki-48 Lily x 26
Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
27 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
10 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Ichang , at 47,33
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 10
Ki-51 Sonia x 11
Ki-15 Babs x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 destroyed
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 19
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
2 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30 The Allies don't seem to know what targets to bomb in Burma ... our troops advancing on Akyab have been popular targets for awhile ... also our bomber bases farther to the rear have been popular .. but now he is returning to his original favorite target, Mandalay.
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
11 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29 Meanwhile, we continue to pound on Akyab .. there is no secret that it is our next target .. so we might as well keep the construction suppressed and accelerate the Allied supply burn rate ...
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 12
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 9
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Palembang , at 20,55 Our Palemband invasion force - the 18ID and some supporting units - have loaded up and are heading out ...
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
G3M Nell x 16
G4M1 Betty x 35
Ki-15 Babs x 3
Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Runway hits 6
Port hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
13 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
12 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
13 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65 The Sally's doing there thing around Soerabaja ... we're letting the AI run this air campaign. We've got the Sally's on "Bomb Airfield - Commander's Descretion - and the AI is rotating the targets nicely !!! All we have to do is rest some of the units now and then ...
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
16 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
13 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 16
Ki-15 Babs x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 9 damaged
Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10
Aircraft Attacking:
13 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51
Allied ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1
Runway hits 38
Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 And over at PM, we're continuing to try to resuppress the AF ... but at the same time trying to rest some of our worn out units ...
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
9 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th Mongolian Cavalry Division, at 46,24
Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 21
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
9 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 50th Chinese Corps, at 43,40
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 68
Ki-15 Babs x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
32 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 44th Chinese Corps, at 48,35
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 108
Ki-32 Mary x 27
Ki-51 Sonia x 36
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-32 Mary bombing at 2000 feet
36 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
36 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
36 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
36 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 44th Chinese Corps, at 48,35
Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 24
Ki-36 Ida x 1
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 28
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 12
Ki-21 Sally x 20
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Batavia , at 19,59
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
G3M Nell x 4
Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Brewster 339D: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
1 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
G3M Nell x 17
G4M1 Betty x 11
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
16 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
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Ground combat at 49,31
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 5214 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 102
Defending force 3642 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127
Japanese max assault: 94 - adjusted assault: 43
Allied max defense: 105 - adjusted defense: 47
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
128 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Allied ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
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Ground combat at Manila
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 23981 troops, 310 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 970
Defending force 28303 troops, 324 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 468
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Bulla
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1397 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 37
Defending force 2184 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16
Japanese max assault: 32 - adjusted assault: 40
Allied max defense: 10 - adjusted defense: 5
Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Wuhan
Allied Bombardment attack Wow - he does have a huge stack there ... and if we were in the clear - we'd be in big trouble .. but fortunately we are in an urban hex with a level 9 fort - so we'd actually welcome a shock attack attempt here !!!
Attacking force 6611 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3861
Defending force 186856 troops, 2251 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 3433
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Ground combat at Manila
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 2976 troops, 76 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 468
Defending force 46273 troops, 560 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 970
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Here's a view I haven't done yet - the Home Islands. We have spent some valuable PP dollars in releasing a number of the float plane units that start in Japan. These have been strung across two primary convoy routes, the one shown in the picture, which actually feeds both the South Pacific and on into the Celebes area. And the other, not shown, which moves along the China Coast and down to Camh Ranh Bay and beyond. Both of these routes are also supported by small PC/PG/MSW ASW TFs which can prosecute contacts provided by the float planes. Kind of a poor man's solution and it hasn't been seriously challenged yet, but maybe we're seeming the beginnings of some sniffing. Generally in games, once a key route gets figured out by the enemy, I will try to alter the route, though altering the route to Truk would not be too easy. There are more options on the West side of the map.
Supplies at Tokyo? Uh, those were needed somewhere else, sir!!
[:D]
Well, one little "battle" South of the Bonins. An Allied pre-damaged merchantman trying to run back to Pearl from the P.I. Our Patrol Craft were unable to close the range, during a daylight action. Hum, we'll need to talk to the designers about that one!
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The 12A will launch a hasty attack against Soerabaja: 38ID, 23IB and 12A .. both infantry formations have 100 prep points for Soerabaja.
Enroute to Soerabaja are the 23rd IER and 1st Mortars. Farther back (just unloaded) is the 56IB. All are prepping for Soerabaja, I think the 56IB is in its 20s. And still over on Borneo is the 35IB also prepping for Soerabaja, we will pick in up in 2-3 days, arrival on Java in a week and then reaching Soerabaja a few days later. So "worst case" we hope to have Soerabaja in 2 weeks. At that point, we can finally release KB for the East.
He seems to have "given up" in Java, we're not getting challenged in the air at all. Nothing flying but recon & patrols (oh and that one beefalow that comes up over Batavia).
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Ok, I think we're fast forwarding through a couple of turns. And it is time again for month end reports.
But we'll lead off with an annotated combat report.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/28/42
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Coastal Guns at Palembang, 20,55, firing at TF 65
TF 65 troops unloading over beach at Palembang, 20,55 The 18ID is unloading at Palemband, so there will be a number of these messages as our guys skin their knees while unloading off their landing craft...
37 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
294 casualties reported
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Coastal Guns at Palembang, 20,55, firing at TF 71
TF 71 troops unloading over beach at Palembang, 20,55
Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported
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Coastal Guns at Palembang, 20,55, firing at TF 65
TF 65 troops unloading over beach at Palembang, 20,55
29 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
104 casualties reported
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Coastal Guns at Palembang, 20,55, firing at TF 71
TF 71 troops unloading over beach at Palembang, 20,55
Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30 Meanwhile back in China we continue our bombing missions against enemy group troops and bases, purpose is as always to kill some of their supply and train up our pilots.
Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Palembang , at 20,55
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
G3M Nell x 25
G4M1 Betty x 50
Ki-15 Babs x 3
Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 34
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
25 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
18 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
13 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
9 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Malang , at 22,66 I've let the "AI" run these Sally's based at Banjarmasin for some time now. Setting them to attack airfields, but letting the AI decide which one. It has done a great job of selecting from among the three targets, Madioen, Soerabaja and Malang and keeping all three of them out of action. All I have to do is decide which ones to rest and which ones to put back on operational status.
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
Ki-21 Sally x 54
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
14 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Both the Bettys and Sallys in Luzon are worn out ... so I've broken them down to facilitate recovery and Chutai level rotations.
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 8
Ki-15 Babs x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 5 damaged
Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 6
Ki-15 Babs x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Runway hits 7
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 At Moresby we're going pretty minimalize in our attacks, trying to keep some damage on the AF ... but trying to rotate and rest the aircrews. The 9 hex missions from Rabaul especially add lots of fatigue and detract lots from Morale.
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on 4th Mongolian Cavalry Division, at 46,24
Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 7
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 43,40 You'll start to notice some Claude's training up in China ... Army fighter units fly Nates while training in China. Navy Fighter units will fly Claude's, this will preserve the front line planes for the front line and provide something for the older planes to do.
Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 18
Ki-27 Nate x 72
Ki-15 Babs x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
A5M4 Claude: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
36 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
18 x A5M4 Claude bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 74th Chinese Corps, at 49,31
Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 21
Ki-15 Babs x 1
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
12 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 21,58 We get a few shipping attacks around Batavia ...
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
G3M Nell x 6
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
TK Manvantara, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 35
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 27
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Batavia , at 19,59
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Runway hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
2 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Merak at 18,59
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
G3M Nell x 3
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Norse Carrier, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
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Ground combat at Soerabaja
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 36953 troops, 391 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 1006
Defending force 9873 troops, 40 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 107
Japanese max assault: 1420 - adjusted assault: 1312
Allied max defense: 99 - adjusted defense: 379
Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 3)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Excellent result!!! The forts are reduced and casualties are light. Soerabaja will probably fall on the morrow. Once the airbase is repaired and stocked with aircraft, the KB will repair to the East ...
Japanese ground losses:
292 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
Vehicles lost 1
Allied ground losses:
228 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
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Ground combat at Manila
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 24124 troops, 311 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 973
Defending force 28345 troops, 328 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 473
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Bulla A stack of four enemy units we're trying to kill on board Ceram ...
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1415 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 36
Defending force 1827 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11
Japanese max assault: 30 - adjusted assault: 33
Allied max defense: 6 - adjusted defense: 5
Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
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Ground combat at 46,24
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 14660 troops, 101 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 405
Defending force 4510 troops, 30 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 97
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Ground combat at Palembang
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 2021 troops, 46 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 51
Defending force 20212 troops, 121 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 327
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Ground combat at Manila
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 2987 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 473
Defending force 46307 troops, 559 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 973
Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1
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Ground combat at Gasmata Some survivors from Rabaul are staggering out of the Jungle at Gasmata - we offered terms but the Aussie units must be to worn out to comprehend the alternatives [&:]
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 165 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6
Defending force 20 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese max assault: 4 - adjusted assault: 4
Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1
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Our major offensive activity is in Burma as we try to complete the campaign by capturing Akyab. We've commited the main force for the 15th Army:
15th Army HQ
33ID
55ID
12 NLF
2 Para
The Army HQ and 33ID have reached Akyab. The 55ID isn't far behind. The 12NLF is walking the trail from Rangoon to provide an overland trace. And the 2nd Para is staging back to Rahaeng in readiness to drop on Akyab to support the attack.
In China, the Giant stack that walked over to Wuhan is now pulling back. There is a 5 unit stack advancing out of Honan, we're keeping our eye on that one.
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In the Northern Oz area ... we are moving in some engineers to Timor. It is most important to get started building up there. The purpose of the invasion of Northern Oz was to buy time for this. So we have a number of BF and CE enroute.
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Our landbased air continues to dominate the area, in part due to the January carrier strike by the USN which left the Lex and Sara knocked out. While Enterprise, Yorktown and Hornet are certainly available, the USN have not ventured a replay of their earlier effort. In the mean time we are using the opportunity to "flood" engineers and BFs into the area.
While our air campaign has been successful to date, we really need yet more bombers to be able to sustain even this level of activity. It takes a looog time to recover from a 35 morale.
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The Industry screen. Our Heavy Industry is holding at 50K in the reserve, this is about 3 days!!!
But we're trying to really pump out the planes at this point, so we're riding the edge of what we can produce.
The Naval and Merchant ship points are also right on the edge, we have to deaccelerate or even halt ships on a turn by turn basis to keep the high priority ships moving forward.
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As usual this view is fairly misleading since we have a lot of production turned off. In particular most Zero production is off now. We have a decent reserve and we need to spend the HI available where it is needed the most. But we certainly have some "surge" capability for the Zeros.
Also much of the Oscar and Transport production is off right now. We're focusing on Betty's and Sally's. The reserves of each are about 160 for Betty/Nell and about 180 for Sally. This is adequate and production levels are now catching up to attrition, but we do get in some new units, so we are still expanding capacity in this area and that is sucking up the supply and HI we have available.
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Not sure what this screen should be called. Might make sense to call it the "Victory Point" screen. But I remind our readers that Moses and I have declared, in our house rules, that we are ignoring victory points for this game. We're playing for "bragging rights"! Which really means we're just trying to have a good game and figure we will know if someone wins or loses without having to add up VP.
Air to Air losses are running at about 2.5 to 1 .. this still isn't the 3:1 I strive for this early in the game, but it is better than the flat 2:1 we were heading towards last month. The initial air battles between KB and the airfields on Java helped boost the ratio in our favor for the month of February.
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