RHSEBO Test 11E vs PDavis: Allied Air Power Works (When Unopposed)

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Only rarely do I have enough turns to process. After the first few turns it is possible to process a turn every hour (for me anyway) - so I always look for more games.

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11 Dec 1941 (Hawaii) 12 Dec (Tokyo/Manila)

The night turn began with BB Nevada hitting a mine at Molokai

Dutch sub KXVII missed an AP in the Gulf of Thailand

Ro-29 shelled, torpedoed and probably sank AK Berouw at Muntok, Banka Island

I-157 shelled, torpedoed and sank AK Capillo in the Philippine Sea

I-8 torpedoed a PC unit in an ASW TF at Bombay

A major surface action group (Nagato, Mutsu and Yamato plus CL Kiso and 8 DD) met PG Genessee and 4 AK North of Jolo - sinking the lot in a night surface battle. 11 torpedoes and 36 shells hit the 5 ships.
Immediately thereafter the same group engaged a very different group - with somewhat different results. USN PT-42/43/44 torpedoed BB Mutsu in an otherwise one sided action. DD John D Ford and DD Pope were sunk by 5 torpedoes and 16 shell hits. AS Canopus and AK St Quentin were sunk by 3 torpedoes and 20 shell hits. The Asiatic Fleet LCM unit escaped unharmed.

4 Cruisers (led by CA Chokai and CA Maya) shelled Rabaul. 96 casualties, 1 gun lost, 1 vehicle lost, 16 other hits.

Ro-27 torpedoed and sank AP Mapia near Singapore

I-172 torpedoed CA San Francisco at PH

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The day turn began with 11 Blenheims and 3 Buffalos raided Singora, Thailand - met 9 Ki-43s and 4 Petes on CAp - and gave up when 3 of the bombers were damaged.

43 Zeros swept Manila - met 8 P-40s on CAP - and shot 3 down before the rest bugged out. A Ki-46 took photos during the action.

A JAAF raid on the 47th Guerilla Regiment caused 27 casualties and 1 gun lost. Another on the 51st Guerilla Regiment caused 6 casualties.
Two other raids on the Hopei Militia Regiment near Tsingtao were ineffective.

2 B-17s raided Lahaina - and were shot down by massive CAP protecting the ships there. They managed to shoot down 4 fighters of 3 types,
and damaged one more. We used to say (in UV days) "the best fighter is a B-17".

3 Dutch B-10s missed BB Nagato NE of Borneo. They were opposed by 2 preproduction Rufes and 2 Petes. All three were damaged by fighters or AAA.
3 B-10s missed AV Sanyo Maru in the same area.

3 B-18s put 3 bombs into AP Hakusan Maru SE of Oahu
3 B-17s missed DD Kisaragi in the same area
4 B-18s raided Lahaina - unescorted - met over 70 fighters of 4 types on CAp - 1 was lost and the rest bugged out. 3 fighters were damaged.
7 Vindicators put 2 large bombs into ML Syoka Maru, setting it on fire, SE of Oahu
Finally AI got its act together - and sent in 7 B-17s - escorted by 9 fighters of 2 types - to Lahaina. Met by 75 fighters of 4 types on CAP, 4 B-17s and 7 Allied fighters were destroyed. 1 Me-109 was lost and 2 Zeros were damaged.

9 Vildebeeste torpedoed AK Eisho Maru in the Gulf of Thailand. Later they missed 3 DD at Saigon.
6 Dutch B-10s missed an AK in the same hex

2 B-10s, 8 SBDs and 3 TPDs missed one AP, torpedoed another AP, and bombed a third AP SW of PH

3 Ki-49 bombers, 23 Kates and 16 Vals - escorted by 44 Zeros, 30 Me-109s, 4 Ki-44s - attacked a TF at PH with 3 cruisers and 3 DD. CA Minneapolis and CL Phoenix were torpedoed and bombed - and the other 4 ships missed. 3 torpedo hits and 5 bomb hits. 1 Val and 7 Kates lost, 4 Allied fighters shot down.

10 Ki-51s put 4 small bombs into AP Legazpi in the Visayas. Later they missed a PG and a DD. Later still 2 put 2 bombs into AK Soochow at Manila.

2 Ki-48s missed DM Pruitt near PH - but no longer were any CAP flying over PH.
3 Ki-49s missed CA San Francisco at PH.
6 Ki-48s missed BB Nevada at PH.

16 Me-109s - with bombs - missed AK Dumaguet near Celebes

3 Ki-48s missed AK Churruca in the Visayas

3 B-17s raided Singora - met 9 Ki-43s and 4 Petes - but there was no effect of any sort on either side.
3 Blenheims raided Singora - met the same CAP - 1 was shot down by CLAA Kashii

5 B-18s raided Lahaina - met 67 fighters of 4 types on CAP - 2 were lost (and 2 Ki-44s were damaged).

3 B-17s missed at AP SE of Hawaii

6 B-18s missed BB Haruna NE of Borneo

3 Blenheims missed an AP in the Gulf of Thailand

3 Ki-48s missed BC de Zeven Provincian in North Borneo

3 Ki-49s missed AK Kuala near Johnston Island

12 Ki-51s put 8 bombs into 1 AP, 1 TK and 1 DMS at Manila. 1 of the 5 Ki-27s on escort was lost to 5 P-40s on CAP.

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16 Ki-21s - 9 Ju-88s - escorted by 13 Ki-43s - put 3 bombs into AE Poyang - 9 bombs into AK Darvel - and mised AO Pleidon -
near Singapore.

8 Ki-51s missed ML Redstart near HK

6 Ki-49s missed DMS Zane near Johnston Island

34 Ki-48s put a bomb into AK Bhamo, 4 bombs into the Second Burma Barge Group - and missed 3 other AKs near Prome

12 Nells torpodoed and sink AK Lipis - causing 49 casualties and 1 gun lost - near Malacca Malaya.

2 Ju-88s put 1 bomb in to ML van der Zaan near Sinkap Island

4 Ki-49s put four 50 kg bombs into CL Phoenix at PH. Only 1 P-36 on CAP faced 31 Zeros, 19 Me-109s and 3 Ki-44s - but it survived.

15 Ki-21s put 7 bombs into ML Kung Wo near Malacca

3 Ki-48s missed AK Fortuna near the Visayas
3 Ju-88s put a bomb into TK Mei An in the same area

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I-162 was missed by an unidentified AS attacker

Ro-24 torpedoed AK Dayak near Singapore

I-9 torpedoed, shelled and sank TK CW River Tanker No 2 near Rangoon

A ground attack on a Chinese Guerilla Regiment near the Indochina Border resulted in it retreating
17 casualties, 2 guns lost for Japan, 39 casualties, 4 guns lost for China

5441 Japanese troops engaged 7953 Chinese - failed to achieve odds - suffered 185 casualties, 8 guns, 1 vehicle lost -
92 casualties 4 guns lost for the China

40 000 Japanese troops attacked 14 000 Allies at HK - achieved 7:1 odds - captured it. 7 P--40s, 1 C-32 and 1 Qalrus lost.
252 casualties, 6 guns lost, 1 vehicle lost - 18819 Allied casualties, 143 guns lost, 834 vehicles lost.

Another attack on a Chinese Guerilla Regiment achieved 23:1 odds - caused 162 casualties to it - but it held its ground.

Allied bombardment at Rabaul was ineffective.

Undefended Raheng Thailand fell to ground assault
Undefended Chang Mai Thailand fell to ground assault

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This is an educational game. Paul wanted to learn from an experienced player - and I suppose it ends when he gets tired of it. We do have an unusual problem in the save game file: some Japanese ship images are for some reason not visible during some combats - yet you can call them up just fine if you look at the same ships.

 
Hi.
 
I experienced similar problems in the past. I found the fix in the "Standardized Artwork Set" thread, page nine.
 
Post 257 describes the problem:
 

 Having a little problem with the new artwork, which is likely caused by my installation error (I am no computer expert). When the Allied art came out a couple of weeks ago, I downloaded it, replaced the old artwork and everything worked fine. This weekend, I downloaded the revised Allied artwork and the new Japanese artwork and installed it. I am currently playing as Japan vs the AI. During the orders phase, everything is OK. The new artwork shows up (and looks great), but when I run the combat, the ships do not show up in the combat animations. The background is there and the script tells what is going on, but no ships or subs. If it is an air attack on ships, the planes are there, but not the ships. Any suggestions on what I did wrong or on a fix? Thanks.

 
And post 267 came up with the fix that worked for me:
 

 Hi Guys I'm new to WitP, and came across this standardized art set which I must say is stunning [X(], After I zipped the the new files into the relevent folders and restarted the game I also had the same problem as duncan, on checking the content of the original JapShip_Back and JapShipShill_Transp files to the new ones I noticed that the files JnSide0000.bmp and JnShill0000.bmp were missing, on copying the files from the original folders to the new Standardized art work folders, the problem was cured.

 
Hope this helps. If I am misunderstanding your problem, please except my apologies.

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12 Dec 1941 (Hawaii) 13 Dec (Tokyo Manila)

The night turn began with AK Kota Radja hitting a sub laid mine at Merak/Serang (that is, in the Sunda Strait).

An Allied PC unit detected mines at Muntok, Banka Island - but didn't hit any - nor clear any.

AK Bicol was sunk at Jolo in surface action with Nagato, Yamato, a CL and 7 DDs (duh). The SAG then bombarded Jolo causing 118 casualties, 2 guns lost, 1 vehicle lost, and 21 other hits.

CL Adelaide bombarded Rabaul (very bold movement) causing 21 casualties, 1 gun lost and 1 vehicle lost for the Japanese.

CD guns on Molokai fired 45 shots and scored 5 hits on 2 LCVP units - badly damaging both - causing 145 casualties, 4 guns lost and 1 vehicle lost. Later in the night they fired 30 more shots and got 3 more hits on an LCVP unit - resulting in a further 107 casualties. These are basically CD units defending - although one of them should be in bad shape - having retreated from Lahaina after engaging a brigade.

CD guns at Davao fired 74 shots, but scored only one minor hit on DM Kyosai. 307 Japanese casualties during landings. Later in the night they fired 8 more shots - and got 2 hits on Ishizaki. Good night for Allied CD guns.

USN SS Gudgeon torpedoed ML Syoka Maru near Hawaii.

Ro-37 torpedoed a PC unit at Palembang. Later she missed an ML - and the PC unit escorting failed to score as well.

CA Louisville hit a mine at Canton Island. Later she was torpedoed and sunk by I-13.

I-8 torpedoed one unit of an apparent AS TF at Bombay.

Ro-24 torpedoed and sank AK Joan Moller at Singapore.

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The day turn began with a sweep of Manila - where only 2 P-40s flew CAP - one was shot down and the other bugged out.

7 B-17s scored one Port hit on Aparri - in spite of 6 Claudes on CAP - but 2 bombers were damaged.

A large JAAF attack out of Singapore caused 183 casualties and 6 guns lost to the Szechwan 20th Field Army on the main rail line NE of Pakhoi.
A small one caused 12 casualties to the 51st Guerilla Regiment in South China.
Another failed to harm the Hopei Militia Regiment in East China.

16 Nells out of Truk caused 31 casualties to the Lark Force Battalion at Rabaul.

3 Hudsons missed CVE Unyo at Davao. 1 Me-109 was damaged by their defensive fire. Then 3 B-10s missed at AK at the same place - and
the 10 fighters of 3 types on CAP failed to score again.

2 Ki-51s put a tiny bomb into AK Legazpi in the Visayas - in spite of 5 P-40s on LRCAP.

12 Ki-48s out of Pisanoluke Thailand put 2 bombs into the Burma 4th Barge Group on the Irrawaddy near Bassein. Later 8 more put 7 bombs into the Burma 2nd Barge Group in the same hex.

20 Nells out of Indochina put 3 torpedoes into the Hong King Junk group - but missed a PT unit in company.

4 Nells missed the Philippine Army PT boat unit in the Visayas.

35 Ki-48s and 35 Ki-43s raided Rangoon - met no CAP - caused 16 casualties and 33 hits related to airfields.

5 Blenheims failed to penetrate CAP of 10 fighters of 2 types at Singora. So did 3 B-17s. Later 7 B-10s escorted by 4 Dutch Buffalos missed CA Furutaka - but there were no air casualties in spite of 10 fighters of 2 types on CAP.

3 B-17s and 2 A-20s put a bomb into BB Hiei at Lahaina - in spite of 12 fighters of 2 types on CAP - half of them new Ki-44s. 1 bomber was damaged.

9 bombers of 3 types escorted by 7 fighters of 2 types missed DE Hato near Hawaii. 44 fighters of 2 types were on CAP - one Zero being shot down. 1 bomber destroyed, 1 damaged, and 6 Allied fighters shot down. Later 10 unescorted bombers of 3 types did better - putting a bomb into AP Hakusan Maru in the same hex. 1 B-17 and 1 SB2U-2 destroyed, as was 1 Me-109.

3 B-10s missed DD Usagumo in the South China Sea.

6 B-10s escorted by 3 Dutch Buffalos missed CVE Hosho at Davao - 1 bomber and 2 fighters shot down by 18 fighters of 2 types on CAP.

3 B-10s put a bomb into AP Nihonkai Maru in the Gulf of Thailand.

3 Ju-88s put 2 bombs into PG Tutulia in the Philippines.

7 Nells torpedoed AK Anakan near Mindinao. 6 more torpedoed AK Princess of Negros and PG Oahu in the same area.

12 Ki-51s out of Legaspi went to Manila to put 11 bombs into AO Trinity, AK Maayo and the gunboat Isabel (which had tried and failed to start the war before Dec 7).

12 Nells missed 2 DD at Miri - revealing a bold raid about to come in on Brunei - 2 bombers lost, 2 more damaged in the effort.

I-171 was missed by 2 DD near Oahu.

I-13 delivered the coup de grace to CA Louisville at Canton Island - she was already damaged by a mine hit.

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At the end of the day a wholly Dutch surface TF based on BC de Zeven Provencien - with CL Kijkduin, De Ruyter and Tromp - and 2 destroyers - beat up the Yamato/Nagato TF - scoring 16 hits on 6 ships - setting 5 on fire - and badly damaging DD Arare. The larger IJN force of 2 BB, 1 Cl and 7 DD scored only 8 gun hits - and set only CL Kijkduin on fire. This battle in the Visayas.

Dutch sub KXVII missed an AP in the Gulf of Thailand.

I-166 torpedoed CL Adelaide at Rabaul. She sank - with 29 casualties - indicating she had loaded troops on board.

I-155 torpedoed DMS Ballarat and Warnambool - hitting each with a torpedo - at Darwin.

35 000 Japanese attacked 13 000 Chinese on the rail line NE of Pakhoi - causing the 3 Field Armies to retreat off the line to Pakhoi. 410 Japanese casualties and 10 guns lost to 99 Chinese casualties and 4 gun lost. 4:1 odds.

An attack by 7600 Japanese on a Chinese Guerilla Regiment failed - in spite of 39 to 1 odds - 16 Japanese casualties to 37 Allied casualties - the Allies did not retreat. I love the Chinese guerilla units.

15 000 Japanese attacked 6 000 Filipinos at Lucena Luzon - forcing them to retreat to Manila. We are now beside Manila - and in a position to stop production there (by moving into it). 42:1 odds. 112 Japanese casualties, 1 gun lost, 1 vehicle lost to 45 Allied casualties, 4 guns lost.

24 000 Japanese attacked 32 000 Allies (including supply sink) at Alor Star - it did not fall. 1:1 odds. 246 Japanese casualtis and 20 guns lost to 124 Allied casualties, 4 guns lost and 1 vehicle lost. Attacking units not demoralized - so we attack again tomorrow - with more air support.

Allied bombardment at Davao was ineffective.

Undefended Khorat Thailand fell - making supplies flow more efficiently.

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13 Dec 1941 (Hawaii Time) 14 Dec (Tokyo/Manila Time)

The night turn began with 7 IJN DD attacking - and missing - Dutch sub KXII in the Gulf of Thailand. Later KXII attacked and missed Thai AK Anthong.

I-124 torpedoed and sank ML Pro Patria at Muntok, Banka Island.

USN sub SS Gudgeon torpedoed CVL Chitose SW of Lahaina. In turn she was attacked - and hit - by 3 DD and CA Atago.

Ro-37 torpedoed and sank ML William van der Zaan at Palembang.

Ro-32 torpedoed and sank AK Schwartenkonsk at Jahore Bahru - but she didn't sink immediately.

BB Yamato and BB Nagato, CL Kiso, and 6 DD engaged in the first of a long series of night and day surface actions. They had been in action vs the same force the day before - and got the worst of it - so they entered this series ammo depleted and damaged. The first action was vs the same Dutch force - BC de Zeven Provencien, 3 Cl and 2 DM - as had beat them up the night before. It too was ammo depleted and damaged. This time the IJN got the better outcome - scoring 35 hits on 5 ships - CL Kijkduin being heavily damaged and CL De Ruyter set on fire. The Dutch only scored 3 hits - on Nagato - achieving little. All these actions at Brunei.

Next four old USN WWI era four pipers ran in - and scored 11 hits on 5 ships. IJN scored 76 hits on all four ships - sinking Edwards and Whipple outright - and badly damaging DD Alden.

I-155 torpedoed AK Vyner Brooke at Darwin. A PC unit attacked and missed the sub - both at the time of the attack and again later in the night.

DD Encounter and DD Jupiter attacked and missed I-7 at Columbo.

HMAS Adelaide bombarded Rabaul again - causing 8 casualties and 1 gun lost - in spite of being torpedoed the day before.

USN sub SS Swordfish was detected and missed by an unidentified AS unit.

USN DD Flusser and DD Lamson detected, localized, attacked and hit I-15 at Palmyra.

I-8 torpedoed a PC unit at Bombay.

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The day turn began with a sweep of Manila by Zeros - but there was no CAP to engage.

3 JAAF attacks on the Hopei Militia Regiment caused 0, 0 and 2 casualties plus 1 gun lost.

10 Ju-88s, 30 Ki-21s and 27 Ki-51s caused 70 casualties and 6 guns lost to the Indian Army 15th Brigade in Malaya.

6 Ki-48s caused 2 casualties and 1 gun lost to the USAAF 117th Base Force on Molokai. 1 bomber was lost.

16 Nells attacked Lark Force Battalion at Rabaul - achieving nothing.

17 Ki-48s attacked the RAF No 2 Forward Air Station in the Isthmus of Kra - causing 9 casualties and 1 gun lost.

2 A-20s missed an AP SW of Lahaina.

4 Hudsons missed CVE Taiyo at Davao. 18 fighters of 2 types on CAP achieved nothing - except maybe to spoil the aim of the bombers.

6 B-10s out of Jolo caused 9 casualties at Cagayan. 3 Zeros on CAP achieved nothing.

3 A-20s and 3 B-17s put a bomb in ML Ginyo Maru - and missed DE Kari - SW of Lahaina.

3 Blenheims missed CA Kako at Singora. All were lost to CAP or AAA - 20 fighters of 3 types were on CAP.

3 B-18s ran in on Lahaina unescorted - and 1 was shot down by 89 fighters of 4 types on CAP.
3 B-17s repeated that process exactly.
Then 9 B-17s and 3 P-36s came in - 1 of each was lost and the rest bugged out - 3 Me-109s were damaged by defensive fire.

6 Blenheims missed 2 APs in the Gulf of Thailand.

6 USN dive bombers of 2 types put 2 bombs into already damaged DE Ootori SW of Hawaii. The thousand pound bombs did severe damage.

2 Ki-51s put a small bomb into AP Legazpi at the mouth of Manila Bay.

4 Nells torpedoed AVD Heron at Tawi Tawi Island (beside Jolo).
6 Nells torpedoed AK Hanyang at Puerto Princessa (Palawan).

3 Ki-49s and 9 Vals - escorted by 78 fighters of 3 types put a bomb into DM Pruitt and 7 more into an MSW unit at PH. These came from land and also carrier TFs at Lahaina.

18 Ki-48s put a small bomb into AK Magwe - apparently sinking her - as she could not be found thereafter. They missed another small river AK - both at Rangoon.

10 Ki-51s and 3 Ju-88s out of Legaspi - escorted by 5 Ki-27s - put 3 bombs into AK Soochow and 8 more into AP Adriane Moller at Manila.

4 Nells missed CL Durban at Brunei. This turned out to be unfortunate - as we will see.

18 Nells torpedoed and sank AK Vitorlock in the middle of the South China Sea.

6 Kates from a retiring CVE force did a long range strike East of Celebes. Surprisingly they put half their fish into targets:
2 into DD Pillsbur and 1 in to MSW Bittern and Tinch.

2 Blenheims missed CA Aoba at Singora. 24 fighters of three types on CAP achieved nothing

I-165 torpedoed and sank DMS Bunbury & Mildura at PM.

Japanese bombardment at Kota Bahru caused 29 casualties and 3 guns lost.

An SNLF captured Lamon Bay - coming in overland.

An attack on the main rail LOC West from Shanghai by 38 000 Japanese troops achieved 9:1 odds vs 13 000 Allies achieved 9:1 odds - Allies driven from hex. 349 Japanese casualties and 8 gusnl lost. 799 Chinese casualties, 39 gun slost. The Allies were driven from the hex.

10 000 Japanese attacked and captured undefended Ilagan.

Japanese bombardment at Alor star was ineffective.

Allied bombardment at Davao was ineffective.

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The afternoon air turn began with a strike on Lahaina by 5 B-17s of two types and 3 A-20s. 86 fighters of 4 types met them in the air. 3 A-20s and 3 B-17s were shot down - and the rest bugged out. 2 fighters were damaged by defensive fire.

3 B-10s missed an AK in the South China Sea.
3 more missed CA Furutaka at Singora.
12 more missed 3 cruisers at the same location.
6 more missed an AV and a DD near Borneo.
You cannot fault him for not trying - these are fairly good numbers for the Dutch

7 ROCAF SB-2s missed 2 transports at Swatow. These flew all the way from Chunking.

Thai AK Anthong was missed again - this time by 3 B-10s.

9 Vincents out of Kuala Lumpur torpedoed AP Neikai Maru and APD Patrol Boat No 45 at the tip of Indochina. They missed another AP.

3 B-18s missed an AK SW of Hawaii.
3 B-17s missed BB Kirishima - which shot down 1 with AAA fire - in the same area.

6 ki-48s missed an AK in the Bay of Bengal.
3 more put 3 bombs into the Burma 4th Barge Group near Bassein.

3 Ju-88s put two 50 kg bombs into ML Redstart in the Celebes Sea.

10 Ki-51s put 5 bombs into gunboat Tutuila at the Mouth of Manila Bay. They had 5 Ki-27s in escort and 4 P-40s on CAP achieved nothing.

Ro-37 torpedoed and sank a PC unit at Palembang.

A LONG surface action occured at Brunei between the same Yamato led SAG and a fresh pair of Allied cruisers - CL Dragon and Durban. Both were sunk - by 75 and 91 medium and light shell hits respectively. They scored 28 shell hits on all 9 IJN ships present - sinking CL Kiso, DD Oshio and DD Arashio. Only Yamato herself and DD Minigumo are not on fire or badly damaged.

7 DD arrived at Palmyra - and detected I-15 - hitting her twice - once badly - setting her on fire.

Ground assault at Kota Bahru failed to achieve odds: 396 Japanese casualties, 26 guns lost and 1 vehicle lost - in spite of combined arms - air support and arrival overland (no disorganization for landing). 25 Allied casualties. About 18 000 troops on both sides.

The Hopei Militia Regiment finally surrendered. 7600 Japanese troops achieved 92:1 odds - and lost 26 casualties and 1 gun. 1808 Allied casualties and 7 guns lost.

Ground assault at Davao reduced fortificatios to zero. 378 Japanese casualties and 21 guns lost. 25 Allied casualties and 1 gun lost.

Ground assault at Alor Star also failed to achieve odds. Over 25, 000 Japanese faced 32, 000 Allies (some of them in a supply sink). 214 casualties and 18 guns lost. 145 Allied casualties.

Allied bombardment at Davao was ineffective.

Shock attack by half a tank brigade on the Kra Isthmus achieved 812 to 1 Odds -- the 62 survivors of an RAF support unit retreated without losses. I think they just flat out ran - as would I in the circumstances. They are blocking the main Thai rail line and supplies for Malaya.

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14 Dec 1941 (Hawaii) 15 Dec (Tokyo/Manila)

The night turn began with Ro-30 torpedoing, shelling and proobably dooming AK Tarakan at Singapore.

Ro-33 torpedoed and sank AO Empire Baron at the mouth of Manila Bay. The ship was already damaged.

CD guns on Molokai fired 9 shots vs a LCM unit - causing 3 hits - 95 casualties and 1 gun lost.]

DM Saishu detected but failed to engage USN sub Seadragon in the narrows between Borneo and Celebes.

S-171 missed DM Pruitt at PH.

TK Manvantara hit a mine at Soerabaja.

I-157 was detected by an unspecified ship - but not engaged.

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The day turn began with 11 Blenheims and 4 Buffalos raiding Singora. 23 fighters of 3 types on CAP. 2 Buffalos and 1Blenheim lost.
1 Port Supply hit scored.

A JAAF attack on the ROC 50th Guerilla Regiment. No effect.

A JAAF raid on the USAAF 117th Base Force on Molokai caused 14 casualties.

16 Nells out of Truk caused 7 casualties to the Lark Force Battalion at Rabaul.

2 Dutch B-10s escorted by 2 Dutch Buffalos missed AV Sanuki Maru NE of Borneo.

8 B-17s and 3 B-18s, escorted by a pair of P-36s and a pair of P-40s - raided Lahaina. Meeting 15 Me-109s and 4 Ki-44s, 1 B-17, 1 B-17 and 1 P-40 were destroyed, while 4 B-17s were damaged. 1 Me-109 was also damaged. BB Yamashiro was missed - but BB Fuso was hit by two one thousand pound bombs (one deck hit, one turret hit). 4 fires were set. In spite of this, the ship suffered almost no damage: no floatation and only 3 system damage points. Nevertheless, a series of raids did wear down the CAP until it became ineffective - and the absense of carriers reduced the number - as did something else: far fewer flew than should have done.
The next Lahaina raid had 3 B-18s fail to penetrate - 1 was lost.
Next 4 B-17s of 2 types missed 2 BB - but did kill an Me-109.

3 Blenheims missed an AK at Singora. 23 fighters of 3 types were on CAP - and they got 1 Blenheim. The same thing applies here - a long series of raids eventually caused CAP to become ineffective.
The next Singora raid had 3 B-10s miss an AK.
Next 2 Blenheims missed a DD.
Then 7 Blenheims missed a CLAA and a DD.
Then 5 Swordfish, 3 B-10s and 3 Dutch Buffalos put 2 bombs into AK Asakasan Maru and also missed CLAA Yubari and CA Kinugasa.
Then 20 B-10s all penetrated, and missed 2 CA and 2 CLAA.

3 B-10s missed an AK in the Gulf of Thailand.

3 Ansons missed an ML at Kavieng.

1 B-17 and 2 SB2U-2s missed 2 DD SW of PH.

KB found and sank DM Pruitt NW of Niihu Island. The Vals left nothing for the Kates to torpedo (7 hits).

6 Vildebeestes went almost to Saigon to put 2 bombs into AK Kumagawa Maru. 14 troop casualties and 1 gun lost.

15 Ki-48s put 5 bombs into AK Makassar in the Bay of Bengal. 42 troop casualties, 4 guns lost, 2 vehicles lost.

6 Ki-48s put 5 bombs into already damaged AK 4th Burma Barge Group.

The CVE force missed a DD and an MSW near the Eastern tip of Celebes. These are tired air units.

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S-11 torpedoed and sank AK Empire Eagle at Brisbane.

Unescorted BB Yamato engaged and sank DD Alden with three 16.1 inch hits NW of Brunei. [This Yamato is a twelve gun version - using the
same guns as Nagato - but in three quad turrets - so she looks a lot like Yamato]. Next she engaged CL Kikldiom - also destroying an aircraft when she went down. These two ships were fleeing the battles at Brunei and are properly part of that action - the score of which is now somewhat better than it at first seemed to be.

Ground assault failed to achieve odds at Kota Bahru - 23 000 combined arms troops in good order engaged over 18 000 Allies - and this was enough to stop them. 121 Japanese casualties, 2 guns lost, 1 vehicle lost. 36 Allied casualties, 2 guns lost.

6200 troops in a brigade also failed to achieve odds vs 3500 Filipinos in a "division" at Davao. 420 Japanese casualties and 14 guns lost. 38 Filipino casualties and 3 guns lost.

Japanese bombardment at Alor Star caused 23 casualties.

Allied bombardment at Davao was ineffective.

Ground assault by only 3010 men captured Molokai from 1515 Allies. This position had not been reinforced - which it needs to hold. In spite of being mountains - there is not enough infantry in the base forces to hold the island. 31 Japanese casualties. 2522 Allied casualties, 6 guns lost, 8 vehicles lost. Both the base force from Lahaina and the base force stationed on Molokai surrendered.

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15 Dec 1941 (Hawaii) 16 Dec (Tokyo/Manila)

The night turn began with Dutch sub KXII attacking Kinzyosan Maru - missing - and being missed by 4 ASW units escorting her. This in the Gulf of Thailand.

3 MSW units cleared mines at HK.

I-162 torpedoed Adelaide again - near the Western End of New Britain. This ship had already taken a sub torpedo at Rabaul and probably is going to flood out or burn out. 24 casualties and 1 gun lost imply it had troops on board - almost certainly Lark Force Battalion survivors.

DD Reid attacked - and missed - I-1 near San Francisco.

Dutch sub KXVII did better than KXII did - in the same area: she torpedoed AK Shinrei Maru. The was counterattacked by 5 As units - and hit once - by Shumushu - which often comes up first as a good AS unit.

Ro-51 missed an AP near Celebes.

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The day turn began with a raid by 9 Blenheim night fighters escorted by 2 Buffalos on Singora. Met by 7 Zeros, 13 Ki-41s and 4 Petes,
2 bombers were destroyed in the air. 1 port supply hit.

64 Ki-21 bombers, 3 Nell recon planes and 12 Zeros raided Georgetown. The Zeros were unable to engage the 2 Buffalos on CAP - these and AA managed to damage 4 bombers. 1 Swordfish destroyed on the ground. 53 casualties, 1 gun lost. 22 Airbase hits, 3 airbase supply hits and 63 runway hits.

32 Zeros swept Singapore - met 7 Buffalos on CAP - and shot down 3.

46 Zeros swept Manila - met no CAP - and retired.

34 Ki-27s out of Bangkok caused 16 casualties to the RAF No 2 Forward Air Station remnant on the trail to Three Pagoda's Pass.

9 bombers of 3 types attacked an AP, new CL Agano and converted CLAA Tatsuta far SW of Oahu - missing all of them. 1 B-17 damaged.

3 Blenheims missed an AK at Ban Don Thailand on the Kra isthmus.
Later 3 more put 3 bombs into AP Kusui Maru at the same location.

3 B-18s raided Lahaina - met 24 fighters of 2 types on CAP - and retired with 1 bomber damaged.

3 B-10s out of Jolo missed AO Shiretoko at Cagayan.
3 more missed an AK at sea in the same area.
Later 6 more caused 9 casualties to the ground support elements at Cagayan. 3 Zeros on CAP achieved nothing.

10 Ki-48s missed and AK in Burma.

10 Ki-51s put 8 bombs into AO Trinity at Manila. 16 fighters of 2 types escorted them - but no enemy fighters found.

6 Kates from the retiring CVE force made a long range strike on ships fleeing South past Celebes toward Amboina.
They sank DD Pilsbury with two fish and hit MSW Bittern & Finch with another. 1 bomber damaged.

2 Blenheims missed CA Aoba at Singora. 24 fighters of 3 types on CAP achieved nothing. Aoba herself damaged a Blenheim with AA.

I-165 torpedoed and sank DMS Bunbury & Mildura at PM.

Ro-39 missed TK Angelina at Darwin.

Japanese ground bombardment at Kota Bahru caused 29 casualties and 3 guns lost.

Undefended Lemon Bay was captured by an SNLF.

Two Chinese Field Armies were driven from the last hex of the E-W RR line from Singapore - 38 000 Japanese achieved 9:1 odds vs 12 000 Chinese - 349 Japanese casualties and 8 guns lost - 799 Chinese casualties and 39 guns lost. This outcome probably partly driven by inadequate Chinese supplies in the area - and the fact these field armies had previously been defeated - and persumably demoralized and disrupted - and considerable air strikes.

An IJA Division of 26,000 men - after many days march into the wilderness West of Chinting in North China - engaged a Chinese guerilla regiment of 776 men - achieved 18:1 odds on the first attack - and drove it farther West - where it does not threaten so many RR LOC hexes.
[No less than 5 of 6 hexes around this hex have rail lines in them] 103 Allied casualties and 4 guns lost. This battle may also have been influenced by a lack of nearby supply for the Chinese - the unit was wholly dependent on its internal supply - which means it tends to max out about 33 per cent below full size.

The 48th (Division) Brigade - 10,000 strong - captured undefended Ilagan (Luzon). A patrol (i.e the AI) also captured undefended Vigan/Benguid - directly to its West on the island - earlier in the day.

Japanese troops at Alor Star - recovering from a failed assault - caused 14 casualties by bombardment attack.

Allied bombardment at Davao caused 10 Japanese casualties and 1 gun lost - also 2 Allied casualties and 1 gun lost. This engagement revealed the "division" of Filipinos had 3405 men - while the Japanese brigade in the city has 5694 men.

[el cid again]

His best mini campaign is in Malaya. The IJN offensive naturally starts out slow given my strategy - land everything at Singora and march overland (in good order). But he won both tricks (opening battles) at KL and Alor Star - very unusual. And that was his fault - he did what players rarely do: defend forward. Vs my strategy it works very well. Fears of being flanked are not well founded: there is no way to get to the West Coast - and the East Coast is not on a main LOC. So the IJA is going to come down the rail lines - and you can do what he is doing here - slow them up. I expect to capture both towns tomorrow - on the second assault - but that is the worst performance of all time for an invasion of Malaya by me - even if we capture them.

His second best mini campaign must be the Central Pacific. Savage fighting - and major transfer in of long range bombers - caused me to delay landing schedules or even be forced from landing areas. I never did get a foothold on the big island. But the key islands of Lahaina and Molokai have fallen - this is the very first time I ever captured Molokai - and I expect to repeat the opening strike on PH tomorrow: too many ships are in port where they can be devastated by 800 kg bombs - too many bombers (and only 12 fighters) are on the airfields - where they can be devastated by dive bombers. The problem is - his AAA is too strong - and we will lose planes - but it is worth it. He is expending supplis feeding both divisions on Oahu - and in many mostly fruitless bomber strikes - so it will fall sooner than plan - I think. Still - I have many damaged battleships - and I don't leave em forward if damaged - and even a damaged CVL - making her run to repair tomorrow - now we got fires out. In the end he lost too much of The United States Fleet - but it did exact a price - and only slight variations in operational management of planes and ships - and putting infantry in mountanous Molokai - might have been decisive. And Lexington got away clean - while Sara never did appear anywhere - so he has a core carrier force somewhere in the Eastern Pacific (probably).

China - the heart of the war IMHO (not the usual WITP player focus - but the historical reason for war in the first place) - has at least been contested. He is on my LOC right beside Nanking with a Field Army - and he has a guerilla regiment on a vital rail LOC hex. In spite of this - I have taken the entire 4 hex E-W rail line west from Shanghai - earlier than ever before - and am in trouble nowhere. We will wipe out the guerilla regiment and the Field Army on our LOCs in a few days - and be in a position to plan a true offensive after that. HK has fallen - and the campaign in the South is proceeding nicely.

His worst showing must be in Luzon. Here he has imitated Mac - evacuating mountainous and resource rich Baguio City altogether - retiring on Bataan - failing to defend Manila from the East (my main thrust) - and evacuating most of the North - even Linguyan has no troops. We have just barely got started in the North - but went from one hex to three today - and will go to five or six in a day or two - due to light or nil opposition. A premature advance by major units into Manila is now underway - and we may try to capture it a month earlier than plan. It isn't evacuated - but there are only a few units present. It is already not producing. Farther South - Davao is invested and will fall in a few days - and an SNLF left port to invade Jolo in a few days.

The war in what the Japanese call the Southeast - the Rabaul area - is proceeding pretty well - and it is time to start thinking about the invasion of PM. I will come by sea - using a dribbling technique - constantly increasing pressure - but never risking a lot of losses in one sea battle. This is a true "operation shoestring" (the USMC nickname for it six months later) - with minimal forces - but it matters to get it early. We will go for Thursday Island - and for Tulagi - and then we will see what is possible? My goal is New Caledonia, Fiji and Samoa - to cut the Allied SLOC- and to get the resources of New Caledonia - if possible.

The early airborne offensive into Burma is about to take off big time. No one has come up with a defense against this - but he is doing as well as can be done by holding onto Moulmein and Rangoon. Schwebo fell today - in an effort to panic him - and mess up his supplies and line of retreat.

[el cid again]

16 Dec 1941 (Hawaii) 17 Dec (Tokyo/Manila)

The night turn began with 3 MSW units clearing the huge minefield at HK.

Dutch sub KXV missed BB Yamato at Brunei - DD Kasumi missed KXV in turn.

31 Zeros out of Soc Trang, Cochin China (Indochina) raided Singapore. 14 Buffalos on CAP. 6 shot down.

[el cid again]

The day turn begain with 6 Blenheim Night Fighters attacking Singora. 2 Buffalos on escort. 9 Ki-43s and 4 Petes on CAP. 1 Buffalo shot down. 1 port supply hit.

KB - SW of Oahu - and Lahaina - SE of Oahu - launched a coordinated attack on PH airfields and port. 9 Zeros, 15 Me-109s and 5 Ki-44s escorted 78 Vals, 146 Kates, 12 Ki-48s and 11 Ki-49s (about 3 of the latter being recon variants). There were NO Allied fighters on CAP: apparently the dozen fighters at PH are all damaged - none flew escort either:


Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val: 11 destroyed, 11 damaged
B5M/B5N/Ki-47 Kate: 13 destroyed, 10 damaged
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E/F Fortress: 4 destroyed
TBD Devastator: 4 destroyed
A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed
C-32/36/39/40+BT-32: 3 destroyed
C-47/R4D-5 Skytrain: 5 destroyed
PBY-5 Catalina: 3 destroyed
B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 2 destroyed
P-36A Mohawk: 4 destroyed
B-18A/B-23/F-2 Bolo: 2 destroyed
SB2U-2 Vindicator: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB Nevada, Bomb hits 17, Torpedo hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
CA San Francisco, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AVD Thornton, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Helena, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AVD Hulbert, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SS Gudgeon, Bomb hits 1, on fire


Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported

Airbase hits 39
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 57
Port hits 6
Port supply hits 1

USS Nevada is reported sinking later in the turn. If the US ends up with Hawaii - there can be a USS Nevada memorial in place of the USS Arizona memorial. The other big ships were all lost in deep water.