CHS - Treespider (IJ) vs Spence (Allies)

[spence]

Allied bombers from Akyab paid a visit to Rangoon harbor on the 15th. Numerous vessels' repairs were somewhat complicated....

Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 26

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 8
B-25C Mitchell x 30

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 3 destroyed, 24 damaged

Japanese Ships
PG Shinko Maru #1, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hatsushimo, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Natsugumo, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Shinko Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage
APD Patrol Boat No. 38, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
167 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 1000 feet
5 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 1000 feet
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 1000 feet
2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 1000 feet
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 1000 feet
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 1000 feet
2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 1000 feet

The Allied base at Akyab is apparently becoming rather annoying. The Japanese have instituted almost daily sweeps of the air over the base by large numbers of fighters. Outclassed Allied fighters still manage to give as good as they take on most occasions.
The occasional bombing raid usually leaves a trail of downed bombers all the way back to Rangoon.

10/13

Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,28

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 24

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

10/13

Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,28 (afternoon)

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 18
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 33

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 2 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 4 destroyed

10/14

Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,28

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 14
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3
Ki-49 Helen x 18

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 7
P-40E Warhawk x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 2 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 16 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 5000 feet
7 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 5000 feet

10/16

Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,28

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 26

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 8
P-40E Warhawk x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

[treespider]

[font=arial]Japanese Aviators gain the upperhand for a day in Burma...[/font]
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,28
 
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 20
 
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 9
P-40E Warhawk x 8
 
No Japanese losses
 
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 4 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed
 
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,28
 
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 20
 
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 5
P-40E Warhawk x 3
 
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed
 
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 2 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed
 
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[treespider]

Another decent day in the Skies over Burma...the Allies attempted to shutdown Magwe ...the daily sweep over Akyab must have been annoying....and the Oscar II makes a successful debut....

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/18/42
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,33

Allied aircraft
Liberator III x 4

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator III: 4 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Liberator III bombing at 1000 feet
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Day Air attack on Magwe , at 31,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 30

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 51
Liberator III x 24
A-20B Boston x 33
B-25C Mitchell x 15
B-17E Fortress x 30
B-24D Liberator x 12
P-66 Vanguard x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 6 destroyed, 13 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 8 destroyed, 4 damaged
Liberator III: 13 damaged
A-20B Boston: 6 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 14 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
P-66 Vanguard: 7 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 34

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 1000 feet
9 x A-20B Boston bombing at 1000 feet
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 1000 feet
12 x A-20B Boston bombing at 1000 feet
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 1000 feet
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 1000 feet
10 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 1000 feet
9 x Liberator III bombing at 1000 feet
6 x Liberator III bombing at 1000 feet
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 1000 feet
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 1000 feet
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 1000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 1000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 1000 feet
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 1000 feet
3 x Liberator III bombing at 1000 feet
3 x Liberator III bombing at 1000 feet
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 1000 feet
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 1000 feet
3 x Liberator III bombing at 1000 feet
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 1000 feet
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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Allied aircraft
P-43A Lancer x 8

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 24
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 37

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 4
B-25C Mitchell x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 3 damaged
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 3 destroyed, 10 damaged

Japanese Ships
AV Sanyo Maru, Bomb hits 1,  on fire
TK Manei Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 1000 feet
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 1000 feet
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 1000 feet
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O 201912Z OCTOBER 42
FM: CTF ONE TWO ONE SEVEN
TO: COMNORPAC
BT
C O N F I D E N T I A L//N12345//
1. ENGAGED AND SANK JAPANESE SUBMARINE I-36 68 MILES SW DUTCH HARBOR. TWO SURVIVORS, A CHIEF PETTY OFFICER MACHINIST AND A NON RATED MAN, RECOVERED.
2. SURVIVORS APPEAR APPRECIATIVE OF RESCUE AND COOPERATIVE.
3. ETA POINT QUEBEC APPROX 210230Z OCT.
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That would be I-boat number 20 sunk.

[treespider]

ORIGINAL: spence

That would I-boat number 20 sunk.

And their not sitting still either....

[spence]

As October comes to a close relative calm reigns on most fronts. Japanese advances in Southeast China, even with heavy air support, have pretty much run in to a brick wall at Luichow and Kweilin.
Chinese artillery has even managed to give back better than it has received from the Japanese. The Chinese Air Force and flak have been steadily attriting the Japanese bomber forces.

On October 27th 10th Air Force sent a large bomber force from Chittagong to hit industry in Hanoi. Chinese bombers participated as well from Chinese bases. Facing no fighter opposition the bombers inflicted serious damage on their industrial targets halving the productive capacity of the Indochinese city.

Meanwhile on the 28th, 5th Air Force units struck the Japanese base at Buna in New Guinea. Heavy damage was done to the base and numerous Japanese fighters downed by both the bombers and American P-38s.

A Japanese submarine unsuccessfully attacked Allied merchants ships near Cairns. The submarine was subsequently seriously damaged by the escort.

Also on the 28th the Japanese Minelayer Odate was sunk near Darwin by Australian Beauforts.

[spence]

This is kind of old news but the thread about convoy composition brought it to mind. I'd originally not said anything herein cause the troopies were still in danger and then just forgot about it. Found Treespider's lovely map and added an extra detail or two.

6TH DIVISION A.I.F. SAVED BY GALLANT CHARGE OF THE BRITISH CARRIERS. I figured if I went straight at em they'd at least react away from the convoy.

[spence]

Now why did that turn black?

[treespider]

The skies over Burma prove to be a death trap for the sons of Nipon and boys from the west...
 
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/31/42
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Day Air attack on Meiktila , at 32,31
 
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 47
Ki-61-Ib Tony x 16
 
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 27
P-40E Warhawk x 48
B-25C Mitchell x 30
 
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 11 destroyed, 8 damaged
Ki-61-Ib Tony: 4 destroyed
 
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 14 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 25 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 5 destroyed, 20 damaged
 
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6
 
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 4000 feet
 9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 2000 feet
 3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 2000 feet
 2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 4000 feet
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Day Air attack on Meiktila , at 32,31
 
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 31
Ki-61-Ib Tony x 9
 
Allied aircraft
Liberator III x 32
A-20B Boston x 24
B-25C Mitchell x 12
B-17E Fortress x 27
B-24D Liberator x 30
 
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 6 destroyed, 12 damaged - Who needs escorts?
Ki-61-Ib Tony: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged
 
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator III: 3 destroyed, 11 damaged
A-20B Boston: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
 
Japanese ground losses:
230 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
 
Airbase hits 25
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 55
 
Aircraft Attacking:
 9 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 4000 feet
 9 x A-20B Boston bombing at 4000 feet
 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 4000 feet
 4 x A-20B Boston bombing at 4000 feet
 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 4000 feet
 8 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 4000 feet
 2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 4000 feet
 2 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 4000 feet
 5 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 4000 feet
 6 x Liberator III bombing at 4000 feet
 5 x Liberator III bombing at 4000 feet
 6 x Liberator III bombing at 4000 feet
 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 4000 feet
 3 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 4000 feet
 6 x A-20B Boston bombing at 4000 feet
 2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 4000 feet
 6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 4000 feet
 1 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 4000 feet
 3 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 4000 feet
 2 x Liberator III bombing at 4000 feet
 5 x Liberator III bombing at 4000 feet
 3 x Liberator III bombing at 4000 feet
 3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 4000 feet
 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 4000 feet
 2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 4000 feet
 3 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 4000 feet
 2 x Liberator III bombing at 4000 feet
 3 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 4000 feet
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Day Air attack on Chittagong , at 31,25
 
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 18
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 67
Ki-49 Helen x 120
 
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 21
P-39D Airacobra x 4
P-40B Tomahawk x 3
 
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 9 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 21 destroyed, 72 damaged - Most of these are from Allied AA 
 
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 14 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 8 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 4 destroyed
A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed
F-4 Lightning: 1 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed
 
 
Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported
 
Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 43
 
Aircraft Attacking:
 8 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 5000 feet
14 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 5000 feet
16 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 5000 feet
 9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 5000 feet
14 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 5000 feet
 9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 5000 feet
 4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 5000 feet
 4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 5000 feet
 4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 5000 feet
 6 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 5000 feet
 2 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 5000 feet
 3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 5000 feet
 2 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 5000 feet
 2 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 5000 feet
 2 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 5000 feet
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5 November 1942

Two squadrons of P-38s swept the skies above Lae, New Guinea knocking down a dozen Japanese fighters including several of Japan's most modern types.

Day Air attack on Lae , at 56,90

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 3
A6M3a Zero x 7
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 23
Ki-61-Ib Tony x 28

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 24
P-38F Lightning x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 2 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 6 destroyed
Ki-61-Ib Tony: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 3 destroyed, 6 damaged
P-38F Lightning: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

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While the cat's away the mice will play (the P-38s had been flying CAP at Portland Roads).

Meanwhile a large force of Japanese bombers wreaked havoc on Allied freighters unloading supplies at Portland Roads. Fortunately most of the supplies had already been unloaded from the small cargo ships and construction of the airbase continues to proceed unhindered.

Day Air attack on TF, near Portland Roads at 49,94

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 5
G4M1 Betty x 32

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Bingera, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Townsville, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Lauralaba, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Lakatoi, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Balus, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PG Yarra, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
1 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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Allied forces reached the outskirts of Myitkina in northern Burma on Nov 2rd. In an effort to set up a block on the Allied supply line from Ledo a large force from the IJA's 1st Parachute Regt landed in the jungle NW of the city on the 3rd where they were immediately engaged by 48th Gurkha Bde and Chinese units. After two days fighting the last of the Japanese troops were annihilated.

[treespider]

The P-38's over New Guinea are nasty. Unfortunately I think I am a victim of not enough pilot experience and possibly a lack of radar. I'll check when I get the next turn. Most of my guys in this theater are in the low 70's-high 60's for experience. Not sure who is flying the P-38's but they continually trounce my Tony's.
 
What is even more problematic for me is how to contend with the endless bomber streams flying at 2000'-6000' over Burma and not as often over New Guinea. I can handle the Hurricanes and P-40E's over Burma but it is the massed 4E and 2E bomber attacks day after day that are killing my fighters and rendering the airfields as swiss cheese.

[jwilkerson]

I've been hanging on in Burma, though I haven't had to face P-38s yet.

In no particular order, here are some of the things I've been doing.

(1) Don't expose any really valuable targets - because on any given day you might not be able to protect any particular spot. Note this is more of a "expectation setter" than an action item [:D].

(2) Rotate your units. I routinely send my beat up fighter units back to Bangkok to rest up and they stay out of the fight for a least a week.

(3) Sparing use of LR CAP. LR CAP can throw off the enemy calculations, but it is expensive in fatigue and operational losses. But I do use it some. In the last turn I shot down a pile of planes over Akyab with "bleed over" CAP. This is CAP you don't order, but because you are within 2 hexes of the base being bombed you fly some CAP anyway. This is a double edged sword but gives you some useful CAP without the fatigue expense of ordering it yourself. You can order general LR CAP (no target) but I don't see this as helping any more than bleed over CAP does, so I don't use it except for covering TFs.

(4) Be unpredicatble. I think this is perhaps #1. If you can expoit the enemies patterns and not let him exploit yours, then this will give you another small edge. Of course a 100% methodical Allied player who tracks every piece of mouse over data every turn will be able to gain a significant advantage here, but by being unpredictable yourself, you can at least mitigate some of the Allied player advantages. This also means, that no (enemy) target in Burma should be "precious" to you. You must be willing to "not defend" any target to retain full flexability.

(5) Be mobile. Move your groups around, not too far, but 2 hex to 6 hex hops don't gain too much fatigue and moving around will help with (4) above.

(6) Spread out. You will be more likely to take heavy casualties if you concentrate. I've spreadout and, in general shot down more than I've lost. This probably seems counter-intuative - but read my AAR and watch it working.

Just this last turn, our Tony/Tojo have showed up in Burma and I expect to have a brief period of improvement before the P-38s show up. But every day we can hold Akyab, Mytchina, Lashio, Mandalay, etc. is a day we don't have to worry about getting our big resource and industry centers farther back bombed.

We're hoping the Jack's will help spell the Tony/Tony against the P-38s but this is my first PDU on game, so I don't have much experience with Jacks. But they look pretty good on paper.

I'm dredding late '43 .. I don't see anything that will keep us competive by that point. At least not until the Franks show up. So there is at least six months of disaster to get through.

[treespider]

ORIGINAL: jwilkerson

I've been hanging on in Burma, though I haven't had to face P-38s yet.

In no particular order, here are some of the things I've been doing.

(1) Don't expose any really valuable targets - because on any given day you might not be able to protect any particular spot. Note this is more of a "expectation setter" than an action item [:D].

(2) Rotate your units. I routinely send my beat up fighter units back to Bangkok to rest up and they stay out of the fight for a least a week.

(3) Sparing use of LR CAP. LR CAP can throw off the enemy calculations, but it is expensive in fatigue and operational losses. But I do use it some. In the last turn I shot down a pile of planes over Akyab with "bleed over" CAP. This is CAP you don't order, but because you are within 2 hexes of the base being bombed you fly some CAP anyway. This is a double edged sword but gives you some useful CAP without the fatigue expense of ordering it yourself. You can order general LR CAP (no target) but I don't see this as helping any more than bleed over CAP does, so I don't use it except for covering TFs.

(4) Be unpredicatble. I think this is perhaps #1. If you can expoit the enemies patterns and not let him exploit yours, then this will give you another small edge. Of course a 100% methodical Allied player who tracks every piece of mouse over data every turn will be able to gain a significant advantage here, but by being unpredictable yourself, you can at least mitigate some of the Allied player advantages. This also means, that no (enemy) target in Burma should be "precious" to you. You must be willing to "not defend" any target to retain full flexability.

(5) Be mobile. Move your groups around, not too far, but 2 hex to 6 hex hops don't gain too much fatigue and moving around will help with (4) above.

(6) Spread out. You will be more likely to take heavy casualties if you concentrate. I've spreadout and, in general shot down more than I've lost. This probably seems counter-intuative - but read my AAR and watch it working.

Just this last turn, our Tony/Tojo have showed up in Burma and I expect to have a brief period of improvement before the P-38s show up. But every day we can hold Akyab, Mytchina, Lashio, Mandalay, etc. is a day we don't have to worry about getting our big resource and industry centers farther back bombed.

We're hoping the Jack's will help spell the Tony/Tony against the P-38s but this is my first PDU on game, so I don't have much experience with Jacks. But they look pretty good on paper.

I'm dredding late '43 .. I don't see anything that will keep us competive by that point. At least not until the Franks show up. So there is at least six months of disaster to get through.

Thanks for the tips...I've been trying my best to do just what you suggested. The problem I am having is I now have two airfields off-line - Mandalay and Meiktila. Repair parties have been slow - must be the malaria.

Spence obviously knows what he is doing by studying the airbalance numbers he can discern when a base just has recon planes and where my fighters are. I think I tripped him up a month or so ago when I spread out and that is when he started ascribing to the US Grant approach. He seems to be willing to suffer losses at 2 and 3 to 1 just to attrit my aircraft. He has been targetting the bases where I am the strongest and I believe he has realized that he will shoot down a half dozen fighters with his bomber stream in exchange for a bunch of damaged bombers. Eventually the attrition gets to a point where i am forced to withdraw and he obliterates the airfield. The sad part is my AA guns are relatively ineffective, even with two AA Battalions and an AA Regt in place over and above the base forces AA.

I am suffering from a lack of first line aircraft and not necessarily from pilots which are tight but not a problem. I almost wonder whether my Nakajima engined plants are producing at times. The reports say I have c 1500 Nakajima engines in pool and require c 950 and am producing c750 with c 250 in repair. Yet it seems my A6M3a's are lagging when it comes to filling up their pools. I need to start tracking this a little closer to see if I am having a problem. Well enough for now...

[jwilkerson]

There have been several times when Moses kicked my ass and I had 2-3 of my airbases shut down. But I abandoned them and waited for the weather to shut him down, then came back in. That's one of the points, you have to be able to "walk way".

My whole purpose for being in Burma with the fighters was to protect Akyab which had several Allied LCU bearing down on it. And with no air cover the 33ID was getting pummelled just about every turn and would not have been able to stand off an attack. So we had a purpose and we have accomplished that purpose. But now with the Tony.Tojo comming in. For a while, we can shut he down far enough that we can build up the bases a bit more, so that by the time the P-38s come in we will have a few forts here and there and maybe mostly l4 Afs. But keep your objective in mind. You aren't there just for the hecque of it. And if bombs your resources in Burma, then you bomb his in China, at least until he stops.

[spence]

Relative calm has prevailed over the last few days.

The Japanese have been bombing unarmed Chinese peasants with the usual aplomb. Occasionally a bomber is brought down by patrolling Chinese fighters. More often though, some Japanese pilot makes ace gunning one or more of their obsolete planes from the sky. Japanese ground assaults at Luichow and Northwest of Changsha haven't gone so well with several thousand Japanese mothers, wives and sweethearts joining the roles of those mourning their loved ones.


In Burma, the Allies have been bombing airfields in North Burma. Myitkyina, Mandalay, Magwe and Meitkila are pretty much smoking crater fields. Two large convoys reached Chittagong. The Japanese submarine I-32 was attacked and damaged near Diamond harbor. A Japanese ASW group operating in the Straits of Malacca had some minor success.


In the Aleutians, weather (Blizzards) pretty much closed down operations over much of the area most of the time. Allied minelayers planted a few surprise packages near Kiska and the Japanese CL Tatsuta found one on the night of the 9th of November. The following day the weather cleared just enough so that a flight of USAAF A-29s spotted her through a hole in the clouds and hit her with a 250 lb bomb. Before dawn the next morning, alone in frigid, gray sea, HIJMS Tatsuta slipped beneath the waves taking her entire crew with her. As Tatsuta died 5 American battleships pummelled Japanese held Attu Island. BB Tennessee and CL Honolulu suffered minor damage from enemy shore batteries.
The converted Destroyer-Minesweeper Trevor was heavily damaged in the same engagement. Scuttled the following day, most of her crew was rescued.


A Japanese TF briefly threatened Northern Australia on the 6th of November but retired after coming under attack from USAAF B-26s and RAAF Vengeances. Several ships were hit but probably not seriously damaged. A fighter sweep by American P-38s over Lae on the 10th resulted in heavy losses for both sides though the Allied airmen did get the better of the deal (9 Tonies, 4 Oscar IIa's, 1 A6M3a, and 1 Rufe for 9 P-38Gs).

[spence]

November 14th, 1942

Japanese forces launched several multi-division attacks in South Central China in an apparent pincer movement on the Chinese forces there. Both attacks were blunted with heavy casualties suffered by the assaulting units.

[treespider]

Imperialist lies!
 
 

[spence]

She shot up a barge on the 13th, then another one on the 14th, then nailed an empty tanker on the 15th. Apparently that made enough noise to wake these guys up.

Sub attack near Pago Pago at 96,113

Japanese Ships
SS I-171

Allied Ships
TK Matinicock, Torpedo hits 2 (BOOM!, BOOM!!!), on fire, heavy damage (sinks)
SC SC-519
SC Quesnel
SC Edmundston

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ASW attack near Pago Pago at 96,113

Japanese Ships
SS I-171, hits 10, on fire, heavy damage (SINKS)

Allied Ships
DD Le Triomphant ("En avance, a la bayonette...et tous ces autres choses!!!!!")
DD Phelps ('Huh")
DD Preston ("set charges for 150 feet.....roll 1, roll 2, roll 3, roll 4"
DD Bagley ("Huh")
DD O'Brien ("Huh")
DD Russell ("roll 1, roll 2,....debris and oil sir, 30 degrees forward of the port beam"

[spence]

Starting to get a bit crowded in the Submariners Wing at the Yakusuni





AND YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET!!!

[treespider]

ORIGINAL: spence


AND YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET!!!

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/16/42

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Sub attack at 139,56

Japanese Ships
SS I-26

Allied Ships
AR Steel Seafarer

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Sub attack at 139,56

Japanese Ships
SS I-26

Allied Ships
TK L. P. St. Clair, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Chaumont