Im not going to post too much during the first few turns...I mean everyone has seen pretty much all the variants of the Japanese initial moves. Im just going to highlight a couple of things here.
First...Pearl Harbor
Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 114,72
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 40
D3A2 Val x 137
B5N2 Kate x 157
Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
D3A2 Val: 12 destroyed, 93 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 17 destroyed, 89 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 8 destroyed
SB2U Vindicator: 4 destroyed
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 4 destroyed
C-47 Dakota: 2 destroyed
P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed
PBY Catalina: 12 destroyed
B-18A Bolo: 6 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
B-17D Fortress: 2 destroyed
A-20B Boston: 2 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
P-26A: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 13, Torpedo hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
BB Maryland, Bomb hits 12, on fire
BB West Virginia, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1
BB California, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
BB Arizona, Bomb hits 11, Torpedo hits 3, on fire
DM Pruitt, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Nevada, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
CL Helena, Torpedo hits 1
DD Ralph Talbot, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Tern, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Pennsylvania, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AV Curtiss, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA New Orleans, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
ML Oglala, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Hirondelle, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CA San Francisco, Bomb hits 1
CL Phoenix, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Antares, Bomb hits 1
BB Tennessee, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AR Argonne, Bomb hits 1
DD Cassin, Bomb hits 1
DD Case, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Honolulu, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CL Detroit, Torpedo hits 1
DD Bagley, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
137 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Airbase hits 37
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 178
It kinda irks me that one or maybe two of his BBs will be in working order within a couple of months.
Day Air attack on TF, near Ormoc at 44,56
Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 15
B5N2 Kate x 24
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 2 destroyed, 14 damaged
Allied Ships
CL Boise, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
This makes me happy though. I am very happy to see this one taken out of battle.
Naval bombardment of Balikpapan, at 31,64
Japanese Ships
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
Allied Ships
ML Soemenep, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Van der Bosch, Shell hits 2, on fire
AD Black Hawk, Shell hits 1, on fire
AK Maetsuycker, Shell hits 1, on fire
TK Anastasia, Shell hits 1, on fire
AP Mijer, Shell hits 1
Allied ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 4
Port supply hits 1
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Naval bombardment of Balikpapan, at 31,64
Japanese Ships
DD Sawakaze
DD Mikazuki
CL Kinu
BB Hyuga
BB Ise
BB Nagato
Allied Ships
TK Benakat, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AD Black Hawk, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AP Mijer, Shell hits 3, on fire
TK Anastasia, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
ML Soemenep, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
TK P. J. Duinker, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Maetsuycker, Shell hits 5, on fire
AK Van der Bosch, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
113 casualties reported
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 12
Port fuel hits 1
I want to secure Balikpapan as soon as possible to use it as a staging point for the attack on Java. I have played a PBEM where the allied player (me) managed to turn Java into a veritable fortress by bringing in 18th UK division together with several Australian brigades. In that game the japanese player (2ndACR) failed to get a beachhead on Java because he postponed his invasion to Feb 42. By then I had more than 200 combat factors in all base hexes, as well as over 500 aircraft on the island. That proved to be a too tough nut to crack for the japanese player.
So Im going to avoid that risk by making sure I have boots on the ground in Java before the end of december.
