Austria rules the seas - Castor Troy vs Swift

[wernerpruckner]

and the next bad days....I will see many of those in the next future [:(]

Enemy forces are bombarding Kuantan and Rabaul with heavy losses on my side.
Once again a huge airstrike ( 150 A/C ) against Singapore, with heavy ground losses for my AirForces.

Several attacks against my shipping:
Nell => AK Ethel Edwards, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage ( near Miri )
Nell => AK Don Jose, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage ( South China sea )
Betty & Sally => AK Palawan, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage ( near Sandakan )
Kate => DD Witte de With, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage ( at Balikpapan )
Kate => attack against a small transport TF near Buru Islands:
AVD William B. Preston, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AK Mauban, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Montanes, Bomb hits 1, on fire

and another small Transport TF got hit near Legaspi:
TK Manatawny, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Escalante R, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Dos Hermanos, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Elcano, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage

and now the worst part of the day:
I sent two 5 ship ASW groups to Johnson Island, because there are several enemy subs around there......they got attacked by the KB.....all DDs are sunk or scuttled [:(]
DD MacDonough, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Worden, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
DD Litchfield, Bomb hits 10, on fire, heavy damage
DD Dale, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
DD Monaghan, Bomb hits 13, on fire, heavy damage
DD MacDonough, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
DD Dale, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
DD Conyngham, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Cummings, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Case, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Reid, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Case, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Shaw, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Conyngham, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Cummings, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
DD Reid, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Shaw, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Case, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Reid, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
DD Cummings, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
DD Shaw, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

[X(][:(]
another bad newsflash.......Georgetown was lost with 17+k troops
also Victoria point was lost

positive side of the game:

Midway still holds [8|]

Subs vs shipping:
SS Gudgeon => AK Malacca Maru, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SS Gudgeon => AK Hitati Maru, Shell hits 4
SS Trusty => AK Tetsuzan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

A/C vs shipping:
Fortress => MSW Wa 14, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage ( at Amboina )
Hudson => AP Kyuma Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
Hudson => MSW Wa 14, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

I do not know his reasons for not attacking/invading Amboina ??

[wernerpruckner]

A Japanese bombardment force visited Balikpapan and they did sink some ships:
AK Paz, Shell hits 27, and is sunk
DD Witte de With, Shell hits 39, and is sunk
AK Siantar, Shell hits 3, on fire
TK Anastasia, Shell hits 3
AD Black Hawk, Shell hits 3, on fire
AP Mijer, Shell hits 1


Sally bomber attacked a TF near Legaspi - I should only use single ship TFs in dangerous areas....
AK Escalante R, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
TK Manatawny, Bomb hits 10, on fire, heavy damage
AK Dos Hermanos, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage


positive: Midway is still in Allied hands.... but there are only 3500 Allied troops vs 8500+ Japanese troops on that island.

[wernerpruckner]

An undefended base....and now there are some Paratroopers at the door of Singapore.....ahhhh why did I do that....


In preparation of his paradrop Chris bombarded Johore Bahru and later he let them jump on the baseforce there and now he has this base in his little yellow fingers....[X(][:(]

The long awaited invasion at Amboina started this turn....the Japanese found some mines there [:D], also the Combined Air Forces did their best to disturb the landings here:
AP Daitei Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire
Hudson => AP Ujigawa Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Shikano Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire

Japanese MiniKB found the MSW Tanager ( trying to escape the PI ) and sunk it.
And near Singapore a supply ship ( AK Bisayas ) was sunk by the battlegroup that bombarded Johore Bahru .

The SS Triton found a huge convoy north of the PI, but it did not attack the TKs...no, it went for a goddamn MSW [X(]
MSW Toshi Maru #7, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage


Hudson bomber found a transport convoy at Kuching:
AK Ryuto Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
and B-17 attacked
AK Hankow Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

And at Menado there was a single MSW
Hudson => MSW Toroshima Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire



Midway still holds ( he is resting his division....)

I will try to intercept the Invasion forces at Amboina with the force Z !!!

[wernerpruckner]

mixed feeling with this turn

I surprised transports at Amboina, but my battlegroup only attacked one:
AP Daitei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
The bombardment of the enemy troops at Amboina hopefully disrupted them enough.

Once again a big air attack against Singapore - I will fly out my remaining planes...a part will go south and a part to Burma

Another action also was successful:
My CV TFs are around Lunga and attacked an transport TF:
AK Korei Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tsuneshima Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

I know that KB is still around Johnson Island - I will continue my hunting trip with my CVs.

Mini KB or island based Kates sunk the AK Latouche - a ship suposed to bring supplies to the PIs

Hudson bombers were able to hit the AP Yuzan Maru with one bomb around Singapore

SS S-39 => AK Liverpool Maru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage ( in the Celebes Sea )

[wernerpruckner]

a quiet turn.....

Force Z was not fast enough to bombard some more enemy positions and got whacked by some Sally and Kate bombers:
BC Repulse, Bomb hits 6
BB Prince of Wales, Bomb hits 3

nothing too important was hit


My CV TFs continue their tour and sunk two AKs:
AK Tsuneshima Maru, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
AK Korei Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

The two TFs are now low on fuel and will withdraw to Brisbane

Not a single sub was able to hit something this turn.
Also my fly boys did not do much:

Martin 139 =>
AK Ryuzan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage ( near Jambi )

[wernerpruckner]

heavy Japanese bombardments of Balikpapan, Rabaul and Midway !
Force Z bombards the enemy troops at Amboina once again.

Enemy airstrikes against Singapore, Balikpapan and Clark A/F.

Enemy landing at Talasea.

Allied counter action:
SS Pompano => AP Marsue Maru, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage (near Wake, sinks )
SS Trusty => DD Wakaba, Torpedo hits 1, on fire ( at Johore Bahru )
B-17C Fortress => APD APD-37, Bomb hits 1, on fire ( at Aparri )

Heavy combat at Johore Baru - I moved 3 Regimnents here after I lost this base,
this time they retreat in the right direction => Singapore [&o]
Now I have some Infantry support at Singapore....but not enough...maybe I can do this again.

Malacca was lost this turn.

Heavy combat at Midway.....I still hold this island [8D]

[wernerpruckner]

Landing at Samarinda - there is also a small minefield around [:)]
AP Sangetsu Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire
I will try to counterattack here - there are "only" 1k enemy troops here.

Once again heavy bombing of Singapore and Clark A/F

A few enemy ships were hit by Dutch Martin 139 around Jambi:
AP Yamato Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Kisogawa Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Boko Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire

Talasea was lost today.


I have moved the AVG and the heavy China bomber unit to HK for some Anti shipping missions.
I also moved a Wildcat and a divebomber squadron to Johnson Island...maybe they surprise the KB...who knows

[wernerpruckner]

A Japanese cruiser TF bombards Samarinda.

Daily air attack on Clark Field

Enemy invasion fleet found near Johnson Island:
SBD Dauntless => AK Norfolk Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire ( 65 casualties reported )

Dutch Martin 139 attack shipping around Jambi:
AP Manila Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Kenkoku Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire ( 13 casualties reported, Vehicles lost 1 )

The IL-4C from HK attacked shipping at Pescadores:
AK Tamishima Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Also at Pescadores the SS KXVII found some shipping:
AK Atlas Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire


My counterattack at Samarinda failed.

Enemy landings at Sag Sag and Sandakan

Vigan and Lingayen are now in enemy hands.

Next turn I will try to attack more shipping around Johnson Island ( 6 subs are around there now )
I also will continue the antishipping missions from HongKong.

[wernerpruckner]

I am now sure that he will go for PH.....
at least there was no enemy sub activity on the supply lines to PH....2 convoys have arrived, three others are on their way to PH....heavy mining of all islands of Hawaii!!

Landings at Johnston Island:
PC Takuna Maru #6, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Nitiyu Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire
SBD Dauntless => AK Syohei Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

I was sure that KB was still around Wake.....[X(] but it wasn´t my surface TF that was trying to intercept the landings got whacked:
CL Detroit, Bomb hits 4, on fire
DD Waters, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CL Concord, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
CL Concord, Bomb hits 21, on fire, heavy damage
CL Detroit, Bomb hits 22, on fire, heavy damage
DD Downes, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Cassin, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Waters, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Patterson, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
CL Concord, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
CL Concord, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
DD Ward, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
DD Waters, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

6000+ enemy troops attacked my small base force.....Johnston lost... at least the two Marine squadrons were not the full units,....they will be nursed back at PH - if the time will permit it!!!

At Wake the DD Yuzuki found a cookie from a minelaying sub:
DD Yuzuki, Mine hits 1, on fire

Enemy landing at Toboali

Chris moves into HK - time to move AVG and the bomber units back to China

Bases lost: Samarinda, Sag Sag, Sandakan

[anarchyintheuk]

You're not going to be welcomed at any cl or dd reunions. Do you even have enough to screen your cvs?

[wernerpruckner]

CL Concord could not be rescued and sunk 5 hexes out of PH

Japanese MSW Senyu Maru #2 is de-mining Johnston....my subs try to interfer....
SS S-27 => MSW Senyu Maru #2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage ( and sinks )

B-17 from PH try to damage the A/F at Johnston with little sucess.

The Dutch Air Force Martin bomber made a few nice attacks:
near Jambi:
PG Hayakafuku Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kachisan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
near Singkawang:
AP Gosei Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Also one of my subs were able to hit something:
SS O16 => AP Yamato Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage ( and sinks )

I will stop my supply runs to PI after the last few losses:
AP Yamato Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage by Kates near Talibu

heavy ground combat at
Homan and Midway
I am happy that Midway still holds [8D]

Toboali was lost today

[wernerpruckner]

ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk

You're not going to be welcomed at any cl or dd reunions. Do you even have enough to screen your cvs?

Yes, they wont be happy with me.
And I still have enough to screen my CVs:
Enterprise + CA Northampton+Chester+Salt Lake City + 9DD
Lexington + CA Portland+Chicago+Astoria + 5 DD
Saratoga + many units.....transfering fighters to PI....original air units are at PH


Cruiser losses so far:
CA Houston
CL Tromp, Dragon, Durban, Detroit, Concord, Boise

damaged cruisers:
CA Canbera
CL Raleigh, Leander ( both red, all others between 14 and 49 ) DeRuyter, Marblehead, Phoenix, Java

[wernerpruckner]

Allied ship losses:
1x CA
1x CL
33x DD
25x SS ( only one not at Manila!!)
12x MSW
1x ML
1x DM
3x PG
8x PT
2x AVD
1x AV
3x AS
4x AP
23x AK
2x AO
2x TK


Japanese losses:
4x DD
2x PC
11x MSW
3x APD
1x AV
7x AP
10x AK
and hopfully tens of damaged units.....

[wernerpruckner]

heavy bombardment at Palembang - he wants to get heavy damaged ports...he will get them [:'(]

My IL-4C attack at the port of Taan failed due to heavy AA ( 2 A/C destroyed all other damaged...)

The usual daily attack at Manila - I started to evacuate the air units this turn....

B-17 hit Johnston Island...no KB near it so my Fortresses scored 6 (!) runway hits...

Also at Johnston - and I think Chris will love it [:D]:
SS S-35 => TK Ken'yo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
this one is important, because with low fuel he will have to shorten his stay with the KB here.

other news:
landings at Gasmata and Dadjangas
Homan was lost this turn

[wernerpruckner]

bad day.....Singapore lost in 1941 [:(] that sucks, but Chris attacked with 170+k troops ( 3 full divisions and many other units ).

I lost 30k troops here and Singapore is worth 2k [X(]


I also lost the DDs Thanet and Scott after an supply run, ASW attack ( slowed them down) due to attacks by 70+ Nells.

Manila was attacked once again by japanese bombers.

In Burma a small Japanese tank regiment was hit by my Burma Infantry and it retreated - the first Allied ground battle won !! [8|]

I also lost Gasmata and Dadjangas today.

postive aspects of the turn:
SS KXIII => AP Nichiran Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire ( at Tarakan)
SS KXIII => AP Nichiran Maru, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage (and sunk)
IL-4c attack on Taan port => AP Tatuta Maru, Bomb hits 1
IL-4c attack on Taan port => AP Mogamigawa Maru, Bomb hits 1
Martin 139 => PG Shosei Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire ( near Sinkep Island )
Martin 139 => PG Shinko Maru #1, Bomb hits 1, on fire ( near Sinkep Island )

[wernerpruckner]

heavy bombardements of Singkawang and Palembang ( in both bases heavy ground losses ! )

SS I-165 => AK Pasir, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage ( I try to get the damaged ships out of Java )
SS I-165 => TK Angelina, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

heavy combats at HK, but the British still hold the base !!
some supplies have reached Midway [:)]

[wernerpruckner]

SS Chachalot tried twice to attack the KB.....no real ASW by KB.....but also only a halfhearted attack by the sub captain [:(]

Chris is still mine-sweeping at Johnston Island.....I will try to smuggle some sub laid mines in [:'(]

Heavy bombardements of Rabaul and Amboina, and more troops landing at Amboina....I think my forces there will be lost soon.

SS Trout => AK Singapore Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
SS I-155 => TK Angelina, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Palembang and Arawe were lost today!

[wernerpruckner]

a new year has started.

SS KX => AP Neikai Maru, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

no hits by planes....
enemy landings at Bulla....B17 from Darwin ( ex PI bomber force ) attacks on two occations...but no hits....


Chris is bombarding Midway once again....now the little supply that was flown in is lost:
CA Aoba, Shell hits 3
CA Kako, Shell hits 5

so far my forces at Midway are a brave troop!!

[wernerpruckner]

Midway was lost this turn......but they took some enemies with them:
TF 100 encounters mine field at Midway (95,61) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

TF 100 troops unloading over beach at Midway, 95,61


16 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
MSW Takasago Maru
MSW Ataka Maru, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
CA Kako, Mine hits 1

Coastal Guns at Midway, 95,61, firing at TF 100
869 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
MSW Takasago Maru, Shell hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 15
AK Yasukawa Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire
AP Ural Maru, Shell hits 12, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tatuwa Maru, Shell hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kanko Maru, Shell hits 3

Japanese ground losses:
1223 casualties reported
Guns lost 22

Allied ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

and later:

TF 100 encounters mine field at Midway (95,61)

TF 100 troops unloading over beach at Midway, 95,61


Japanese Ships
MSW Takasago Maru, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Ataka Maru, on fire, heavy damage
CA Kako, Mine hits 1
AK London Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Coastal Guns at Midway, 95,61, firing at TF 100
300 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 25, on fire
AP Tonan Maru, Shell hits 6, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
210 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Naval bombardment of Midway, at 95,61 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Ise, Shell hits 6


Allied ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1
Port supply hits 2

The SS Tambor tried to attack at Midway...but the ASW ships attacked her twice.

and at the end of the turn Midway was lost:
Ground combat at Midway

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 12569 troops, 107 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 287

Defending force 2854 troops, 56 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 26

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

islandJapanese max assault: 494 - adjusted assault: 138

Allied max defense: 13 - adjusted defense: 5

Japanese assault odds: 27 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Midway base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
399 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Allied ground losses:
4062 casualties reported
Guns lost 81
Vehicles lost 1

Japanese MSWs are still mine sweeping at Singapore - why Chris includes PCs??? maybe he wants to besure that every mine is cleared:
PC Ch 8, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

The Dutch Air Force was also busy:
Martin 139 => AP Tutukami Maru, Bomb hits 1
Martin 139 => AP Maya Maru, Bomb hits 2 ( 54 casualties reported )

And at Johnston Island a sub was lucky:
SS S-18 => AK Satsuki Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Heavy combat at Hongkong and Mersing

Bulla was lost today

Enemy landing at Goodenough island

[wernerpruckner]

SS S-34 => AK Muko Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire ( johnston Island )

Bombardments of Amboina and Balikpapan.

G3M Nell => AK Steel Engineer, Torpedo hits 2, on fire ( near Padang, was on the way to evacuate some Dutch forces )

enemy landing at Palmyra.

Amboina and Goodenough Island were lost today

Annoying retreat in Burma - 2 Burma INF units retreated southwards and and not towards Rangoon [:(]



I do not know what Chris is after??
Hawaii ??
only one sub sighted so far between US and PH
3 convoys went to PH without any problems
all Hawaii islands have 2000+ mines now !!
all bases have now at least a CD unit at them ( just in case he wants to sweep mines )

all other Pacific Islands:
at the moment he can go whereever he wants, but he will - maybe - find 2 CV TFs
There is an additional HQ, baseforce and ART unit at Noumea, a Inf unit is on the way

DEI:
still a long way to go

China:
????
Box of Pandora

Burma / India:
he has 3 Divisons and 20+troops around Singapore - maybe he goes north or naybe he uses it to clear the DEI
So far there is one INF division and one tank unit in combat on the Burmese Front.


Aussieland/NZ
too soon to say