prince and me start our PBEM (orginal matrix version..no MODs) with the following HRs (thanks to chris):
-only one port attack on turn one, no overabuse of the turn one movement bonus (means no landings on turn 7 in Australia or something like that)
-max. aircraft on airfield max. 50*airfield size (+about 10%) eg size 4 = max around 220 planes (around means perhaps 223 but not 238!! )
-max. aircraft in sea hex = "around 450" (= 5 Essex carriers or the equivalent size 9 airfield). Can be adjusted to around 550 also if you like.
-Japanese are not allowed to do strategic bombing in China! Far too easy to destroy all the ressources, HI and OIL. Japanese may bomb everything else of Allied territory.
-Allied are not allowed to do strategic bombing of JAPANESE OCCUPIED ALLIED territory. This should prevent the Allied player to do suicide attacks e.g. with carriers to destroy some oil facilities (which I´ve seen enough) and for the reasons mentioned under above point. Allied may bomb everything in Japan, Korea, eastern China, Thailand = everything Japan held at 1941/12/7. If you want to starve Japan, take the bases or sink the ships!
-B29 aren´t allowed on naval attack
-B29 only on level 6 or 7+ airfields, this should limit them to places that were big enough in real life.
-4Es on nav attack min alt 15.000 ft
-ASW TF max 6 ships
-PT boats max 6 at a base (1x6 PT TF or 2x3 PT TF. Not 6 TFs with single PTs!)
-no sub invasions
-no mini para drops. As many para drops allowed as wished but they should involve at least 500-1000 men at min.
-cutting off units only with "real" combat units, not some 10 assault point base forces
-no use of dozens of small barge, MSW, ... TFs to guard ports (engine can´t handle dozens of small TFs in one hex)
-no exploit of dozens invasion TFs going at one base, means: if you need 300 ships for an invasion, put them into 5, 6 or 7 TFs but not in 60 TFs with 5 ships each.
-RAF units are not allowed to use US-equipment. means that british units in burma/india will fly british planes.
-a maximum of 2-3 divisions at atols like iwo jima, midway, wake...
first action report from the HQ of kimmel tomorrow. hopefully it does exist after the expected japanese attack on PH.
edit:
as the allied player, i did the following things to keep the game as realistic as possible:
-no building of new TF. all ships remain in the ports where they are at turn december 7. also, i only moved exixting Tfs which are at sea.
-no escape of the air units from malaya, philipines, PH, australia, "indonesia".
the great war starts with an air attack on singapore. the strike force of 22 fighters and 99 bombers manage to destroy 9 planes and cause light damage to the AF. the japanese (IJN units) lost 2 nells.
several small air attacks on manila port from "mini-KB" manage to destroy 2 SS, 1 DD, 1 MSW, 1 AK.
the big attack on the philipines focused the AF at clark field. 66 fighters and 90 bombers manage to destroy 32 planes and lose 2 of their owns. the AF took some serious damage.
at PH, KB started 76 zeros, 126 vals and 143 kates to attack the port and AF there. the japanese lose 28 planes to the flak and manage to destroy 120 US planes mostyl on ground. then they head for the battlefleet and manage to cause heavy damage to 4 BB and 20 other ships.
the biggest allied air attack was started from singapore. 24 vildbeests manage to put only one torpedo into a japanese AP causing light damage. most other attacks were small and uncoordinated attacks which targeted the japanese battlefleet causing no damage while the air strikes had some causalties because of the heavy AA.
japanese troops land on wake, guam, tarawa, gasmata, gili gili, menado, amboina, sorong, hollandia, biak, morotai, khota bharu, apari, vigan, legaspi, batan, mersing, toboali, jesselton, kuching and tawi tawi.
seems that prince wants to capture the whole pacific in one turn.
day 2 of the new war saw some small allied victories:
a small STF surprised a japanese landing fleet near menado and sunk at least one AP.
Night Time Surface Combat, near Menado at 39,67
Japanese Ships
ML Ikitsushima
ML Yaeyama, Shell hits 7
AP Africa Maru
AP Anrugu Maru, Shell hits 19, on fire, heavy damage
AP Astuga Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire
AP Atsuta Maru
AP Dainiunyo Maru
AP Eiko Maru
AP Gotake Maru
AP Gyoko Maru
AP Hakone Maru, Shell hits 1
AP Hie Maru
AP Hiyoshi Maru
Allied Ships
CL Marblehead, Shell hits 3
DD Barker
DD Bulmer
DD Paul Jones
DD Parrott
DD Stewart, Shell hits
the japanese naval and army air force attacked clark field and destroyed even more aircrafts. the allied air force at the philipines is totaly destroyed, but by concentrating at the AF, prince gave nearly 30 SS the chance to escape from manila.
Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 73
G4M1 Betty x 48
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2
Allied aircraft
P-26A x 1
P-40B Tomahawk x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 12
Japanese Ships
DD Kari
CL Isuzu, Torpedo hits 1
AP Sanura Maru, Torpedo hits 1
AP Miike Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
AP Hinko Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported
in the Pm phase, the same strike group managed to put a fish into the CL Isuzu and one more Ap, setting both on fire. also, the brave dutch airmen in their outdated planes managed to damage 3 japanese AP heavily near borneo and i doubt that all of them will make it back to the port.
KB is spotted NW of PH and it seems to move back to japan.
beside the intense air attacks, the japanese had some more succes on the ground:
thats alot, but at least, the aussie and indian troops repulsed a japanese attack at Mersing:
Ground combat at Mersing
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 21511 troops, 251 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 464
Defending force 9113 troops, 96 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 191
Japanese max assault: 218 - adjusted assault: 11
Allied max defense: 198 - adjusted defense: 105
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 3)
Japanese ground losses:
454 casualties reported
Guns lost 9
Allied ground losses:
109 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
all in all, the start wasnt that bad for the allied. espacialy the 30 intact SS who managed to leave manila, should cause some pain for the japanese shipping in the next turns.
KB came back and started a port attack from a position NE of PH. 104 kates managed to put some bombs on 4 BB causing medium damage. major bauer (a P-40 pilot) shot down 1 zero and 1 kate and has now 3 kills after 2 missions.
-philipines:
several air attacks on clark field which caused light damage and destroyed few AC. the AF is closed since the beginning of the japanese aggression. between philpipnes and borneo, a fleeing transport TF run into.....BB mustu without any escort! we lost 1 AK and all SS in the area are directed into the last known position of the japanese BB. there are 20 SS hunting the mutsu and the mini KB (1 CVL, 1 CVE) actualy.
-malaya/borneo:
thats where the action is at the moment. brave airmen from singapore flew several attacks on japanese ship concentration at mersing. CL isuzu and 2 AP recived some torpedos and went down! we lost 14 bombers to the japanese CAP (navy zero fighters over mersing) but sunk our first japanese capital ship.
the japanese captured:
-tawi tawi
-makin
-hong kong (we lost 17.000 POW)
-morotai
the ground forces at mersing fought well again and killed 700 japanese troops in the defense. reinforcements are on the way to mersing, because if prince can capture this base, he can advance through malaya and cut off my troops N of mersing.
in this turn, the japanese lost 20 AC while we lost 38.
quiet turn here. KB is hanging around PH. maybe a trap to get my ships when they move bach to pearl.
south pacific:
quiet turn here.
-PH:
several small strikes from mini KB between borneo and PH. we lost 1 MSW and 1 AK after torpedo hits.
-DEI:
i saw a japanese transport TF at Amboina in the last turn and orderd the ABDA force (consisting CA, CL and DD) to intercept them. unfortunary, the transport TF wasnt at Amboina at the next morning. instead of defenceless AP and APD we found very lethal betty and nells there. they started several attacks on my SCTF and managed to sink DD Parrott and CL Marblehead.
-malaya:
the heroic defence of mersing countinues and after a worthless japanese shock attack, around 1000 japanese soldiers will never see their homeland again. we lost 26 men.
the japanese managed to capture:
-Menado
-Hollandia
the empire lost 13 AC and we lost 23 in this turn.
some BB have repaird floating damage at pearl and will head for the west coast asap. the KB is out of strike distance in a position NW of pearl.
south pacific:
small japanese invasions in the bismarck achipel. otherwise no activities.
PH:
army P-40 operating from manila managed to initiate a dive attack on a japanese strike force of 23 bettys without escort! the army pilots did an excellent job shoting down 8 bettys and damageing 3 other. the surviving bombers caused no damage on the airbase at manila. the P-40 FG at manila has 14 kills now....not bad for outdated and outnumberd fighters.
the japanese forces are SE of manila and N of clarck field while we have strong positions in both locations.
some japanese carrier elements started several small attacks on the fleeling allied fleet between PH and borneo. they sunk 1 DD, 1 AK and managed to damage 3 mord AK and 1 TK.
DEI:
japanese airborne? troops (500) landed in central malaya. my troops N of them are in danger and will head to the south what means that we give up the defence of north malaya and concentrate on positions N of singapore. at mersing, the japanese division there (21.000 troops spotted) was the target of a bombardement attack by several allied brigades.
japanese BB, CA and DD (for sure also the KB) are 700 miles NW of pearl. they seem to wait for something. otherwiese, it was quiet there. the air force at pearl is repaired and got new planes as replacement. we have now over 400 AC at pearl.
south pacific:
no further japanese atatcks there.
PH:
the P-40 FG at manila has 22 kills now! with several pilots haveing 3 kills. it will not take a long time to see the first allied ACE in this young war. but will it be a army pilot or the wildcat pilot major bauer at pearl?
in the last turn, 1 zero and 2 bettys were shot down for 2 damaged US fighters. the moral of the unit is at 91 now! and their leader has a 73 A2A skill. japanese troops are at manila (1 division) and N of clarck field (at least 40.000 men), but we still hold both bases.
-malaya:
british aircraft from singapore managed to put 3 bombs into 2 japanese AP Khota Bharu. escorting buffalos shot down 2 oscars while loseing 2 of their own. at mersing, the japanese got reinforcement and attacked with 19.000 men. they lost 650 and the allied lost 41 men and hold the line.
the small japanese unit (500 men) which landed at Malacca behind my troops in N malaya wass eliminated after a shock attack with 6000 troops.
more allied fighters will be deployed at rangoon to counter the japanese army air force in burma.
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Day Air attack on Georgetown , at 23,44
the outdated british buffalos got 3 kills over singapore. but more important are the 3 lost expert japanese bomber crews.
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Day Air attack on Singkawang , at 25,57
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 18
Ki-32 Mary x 8
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 3 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 20
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 3 damaged
the famous USAAF 24 FG holds the position at manila. the US still have air superiority over the city.
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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
G3M Nell x 3
G4M1 Betty x 15
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Allied ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 11
i am quiet happy that my opponent does not arrive with such a zero escort over manila. that would cause some big problems for the air defence over manila.
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Day Air attack on 5th New Chinese Corps, at 50,26
Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 20
Ki-51 Sonia x 16
Ki-15 Babs x 1
again, the 24 FG gets one kill after the other. in this encounter, CPT. mahony (88 XP) shoot down 2 japanese bombers and is the first allied ace of the new war with now 6 kills over manila. PO jones (78 XP) got also 2 japs and has 5 kills as the 2nd ace of the war. the preformance of this few pilots raises the moral in the states. the FG has 42 kills now!
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Day Air attack on TF, near Khota Bharu at 24,45
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 7
Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 3
Blenheim I x 5
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Kogyo Maru
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Day Air attack on TF, near Brunei at 32,57
Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 3
Martin 139 x 2
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
DD Kari
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Day Air attack on TF at 29,56
Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 2
Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
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Day Air attack on TF at 25,45
Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 6
Blenheim I x 5
Hudson I x 4
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Iburi Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Hokusho Maru
the maru is hit hard with 2 bombs and will be out of action at least for a while. 2 other marus sunk near saigon. they were damaged in the air strikes 2 days ago near malaya. the tiny british air foece at singapore is doing a great job and is inspired by the heroic deeds of the handfull US pilots at manila.
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Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 17
Ki-30 Ann x 8
Allied aircraft
I-16c x 7
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1
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Day Air attack on Kendari , at 33,71
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
G3M Nell x 8
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 3
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Day Air attack on TF, near Kavieng at 61,86
Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 5
Hudson I x 3
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Juko Maru
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Ground combat at Kavieng
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 6474 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 134
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese max assault: 140 - adjusted assault: 270
Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 270 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Kavieng base !!!
the japanese come closer to rabaul. i think we will see their attack there soon and there is nothing i can do against that.
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Ground combat at Yenen
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 93135 troops, 1136 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 1977
Defending force 52046 troops, 348 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1372
Allied ground losses:
182 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Mersing
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 18451 troops, 160 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 258
Defending force 10976 troops, 89 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 246
Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
the allied brigades hold the front at mersing. at least one japanese division is nailed there and is out of action as long mersing offers resistance.
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Ground combat at Manila
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 6702 troops, 36 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 741
Defending force 37461 troops, 313 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 597
after the attack yesterday which the japanese paid with 700 casualties, they were more carefull today.
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Ground combat at Yenen
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 43712 troops, 333 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1371
Defending force 93135 troops, 1136 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 1977
Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
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Ground combat at Cotabato
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 2909 troops, 27 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 94
Defending force 569 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14
AVG in action. after a reorgaisation of the FG (divided them into 3 units with highly skilled A2A leaders) they face japanese army fighters and DB over rangoon and shoot down 6 planes without any own loses. although thats a victory, its only a matter of time until the japanese burma army decides to send some improved oscar fighters to rangoon or even to ask the navy with its zeros for help. until then, the allied still have the air superiority over burma.
Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 2
USAAF B-17 attack the large japanese AF at amboina for the 2nd day. as expected the japanese CAP is too weak and ineffective against this heavy bombers so they can deliver their bombs all and destroy one lethal japanese nell on the ground. its better to kill them on the ground then to let them preform their torpedo attack.
the japanese have now more fightery covering their transport ships near malaya. so the brave singapore air force will have to fight against greater and greater resistance to reach their targets. todays attack was ineffective because of the strong japanese CAP.
the 24 FG left manila yesterday. i simply dont want such great pilots with their 42 kills to become POW. they will try to help the ABDA air force defending the DEI and then move to australia for R&R.
TF 44 troops unloading over beach at Green Island, 63,89
Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
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TF 90 troops unloading over beach at Lamon Bay, 44,52
Japanese ground losses:
188 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Yenen
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 93015 troops, 1136 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 1975
Defending force 51826 troops, 346 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1370
Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Mersing
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 18606 troops, 162 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 264
Defending force 10977 troops, 91 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 246
Japanese max assault: 251 - adjusted assault: 51
Allied max defense: 244 - adjusted defense: 371
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 3)
Japanese ground losses:
367 casualties reported
Guns lost 11
Allied ground losses:
89 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
mersing still hold the allied right flank in malaya. the japanese forces had great loses in the past turns and without reinforcement they will not be able to capture the base. and if they try to land some units there, their landing TF will be in range of the torpedo bombers at singapoore.
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Ground combat at Brunei
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 6436 troops, 79 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 132
Defending force 410 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese max assault: 135 - adjusted assault: 32
Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 3
Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Brunei base !!!
Allied ground losses:
1063 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Georgetown
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 4924 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 49
Defending force 2442 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 52
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4
Japanese max assault: 50 - adjusted assault: 49
Allied max defense: 44 - adjusted defense: 49
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 4)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Allied ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
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Ground combat at Manila
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 6702 troops, 36 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 753
Defending force 38607 troops, 314 guns, 64 vehicles, Assault Value = 631
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Ground combat at Green Island
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 401 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese max assault: 26 - adjusted assault: 8
Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Green Island base !!!
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Ground combat at Dagua
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 409 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese max assault: 13 - adjusted assault: 8
Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Dagua base !!!
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Ground combat at Yenen
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 43726 troops, 333 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1370
Defending force 93015 troops, 1136 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 1975
Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Mersing
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 10159 troops, 78 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 239
Defending force 18104 troops, 145 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 240
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Ground combat at Cotabato
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 2841 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 89
Defending force 536 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 13
Allied max assault: 178 - adjusted assault: 166
Japanese max defense: 11 - adjusted defense: 3
Allied assault odds: 55 to 1
Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
rabaul seems to be the next japanese target in the south. it should be a short fight because its nearly impossible to reinforce and to defend it with what you have in australia at the beginning.
that was the big attack of the day. the japanese army air force called for help and the navy sent over its zeros to support the attacks at rangoon. but 2 groups of the AVG managed to put 26 fighters in the air and get the first attack on the japanese formation...with a deadly outcome for the japanese. the AVG got its first ace in this air battle.
large japanese attack on snigapore AF. the outclassed british fighters were ineffective and so some allied planes are destroyed on the ground. the singapore air force lost 50% of its strength in the last turns.
the first japanese attack on australia! wirraways are no match for the japanese navy pilots and so the bombers manage to initiate the attack but with minor damage to the base.
the air war in china finaly starts after several quiet days before. this chinese I-16 did a good job and escorted the bombers well through the japanese CAP. unfortunary, the low XP of the chinese bomber pilots cause no real damage to the japanese AF.
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Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 4
Ki-30 Ann x 10
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
at the same time, they visit rahaeng with a large air armada. the bombers manage to go through the CAP with great support of the AVG fighters and kill some japs while causeing no damage to the japanese AF. AVG pilots shot down 5 japanese fighters while loseing 3 of their own.
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Day Air attack on Rahaeng , at 31,35
the RAF tries to divert the IJA CAP to help the rangoon AF with their attack but with little succes. the buffalos are simply no match for the japanese dogfighters. i cant wait to get hurricans or even spitfires in burma.
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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50
Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 15
japanese navy pilots visit singapore and destroy even more allied planes in A2A combat or on the ground, but they pay a price to the heavy AA fire over the city.
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Day Air attack on Singkawang , at 25,57
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 18
Ki-32 Mary x 7
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3
japanese milk run...
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Day Air attack on Amboina , at 39,73
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-17C Fortress: 2 damaged
Runway hits 1
US army bombers attack the japanese AF here and destroy one of the precious japanese mavis while loseing one B-17.
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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 7
Ki-48 Lily x 12
Ki-15 Babs x 1
the main action is in burma where a intense air battle for the supremacy is going on with larger and larger fights each turn.
in the last turn, we say 2 japanese attacks on the rangoon AF. the attacking forces consisted:
-41 fighters (first class zero and oscars)
-11 DB.
-16 LB.
out of this strike force, the japanese lost 10 fighters and 2 bombers with their expert pilots. the allied (better said the AVG) lost 13 P-40B while most of the pilots were able to bail out. and thats the most important point for me: flying defensive missions and saveing my pilots while shooting down japanese pilots over allied territory.
the AVG will upgrade to the P-40E asap and will stay at rangoon as long as possible. rangoon has a large number of ENg INF and AA units and in the last turn, a big convoy from karatchi was able to unload supply there without japanese attacks.
in china, we have a "Phoney War" and most of the DEI is still under ABDA control.
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Sub attack at 107,72
Japanese Ships
SS I-171, hits 1
Allied Ships
AP Hugh L. Scott, on fire
MSW Turkey
MSW Robin
MSW Tern
MSW Rail
DMS Chandler
DMS Long
DMS Perry
DMS Hopkins
there are alot of japanese sub contacts around PH. more then 100 LBA and 4 hunter-killer groups are dealing with this nasty subs with minor succes.
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Naval bombardment of Rabaul, at 61,88
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 1 destroyed
Japanese Ships
DD Amatsukaze
DD Hayashio
DD Natsushio
DD Hatsukaze
DD Oyashio
DD Kuroshio
CA Nachi
CA Haguro
CA Myoko
Allied ground losses:
96 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 32
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 2
rabaul should be under the control of the empire soon.
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Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34
the good old AVG manages to inflict heavy loses to the japanese raiders. this guys are the only air defence of burma at the moment, because the british buffalos are training tools for japanese zeros and oscars.
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Day Air attack on TF at 24,56
Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 4
Brewster 339D x 5
Martin 139 x 20
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
MSW Senyu Maru #2
MSW Kongo Maru #2
TK Itukusima Maru
TK Nisshin Maru #2
20 bombers attack at 5K and...hit nothing. the reason must be the low XP of the dutch pilots. otherwise, i cant explain that. they are well rested and supplied.
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Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 74
Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 7
P-40B Tomahawk x 17
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 12 destroyed, 1 damaged
that was the jackpot! this unescorted attacks are crazy but as napoleon said:"if you see your enemy makeing a mistake, dont interrupt him. fighter pilot charles older shoot down 4! nells and got his 9th kill of the war. the bad news is: he was wounded during this intercept maneuver. hopefully, he will be back in action again soon.
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Day Air attack on TF at 24,56
Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 3
Martin 139 x 8
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
MSW Takashima Maru
MSW Kongo Maru #2
this dutch pilots are the completly anticlimax to the AVG guys...they hit nothing.
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TF 16 troops unloading over beach at Butuan, 43,60
Japanese ground losses:
111 casualties reported
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TF 17 troops unloading over beach at Sansapor, 44,74
Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Manila
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 74910 troops, 662 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 1333
Defending force 43809 troops, 369 guns, 81 vehicles, Assault Value = 769
Japanese max assault: 1020 - adjusted assault: 278
Allied max defense: 839 - adjusted defense: 2009
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese ground losses:
2211 casualties reported
Guns lost 26
Vehicles lost 2
Allied ground losses:
221 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
bloody day for the empire in the urban area of manila.
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Ground combat at Yenen
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 118643 troops, 1352 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 2428
Defending force 49299 troops, 339 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1368
Allied ground losses:
540 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
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Ground combat at Tuguegarao
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 27892 troops, 265 guns, 130 vehicles, Assault Value = 548
Defending force 582 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2
Japanese max assault: 457 - adjusted assault: 415
Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 415 to 1 (fort level 3)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Tuguegarao base !!!
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Allied ground losses:
540 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
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Ground combat at Siador
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 288 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 9
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese max assault: 6 - adjusted assault: 3
Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Siador base !!!
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Ground combat at Admiralty Islands
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 344 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 13
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese max assault: 11 - adjusted assault: 2
Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Admiralty Islands base !!!
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Ground combat at Yenen
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 43821 troops, 320 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1360
Defending force 118643 troops, 1352 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 2428
Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Rabaul
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1288 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 76
Defending force 6708 troops, 79 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 151
Remember that for killing subs near PH...
The old 4 stack DDs are the best (at this point in the war)...I think they start off at
4 in Jan go up to 8.....Very nasty. Also there is one PG that starts in SF or PH that is an
8.....
ASW bombers only have a real chance if they are at least 70 in exp.
You can gain exp (up to 79) by flying supply to the base that you are in. A cheap/sleazy way to train your
bombers to a competent level...They go up quickly to 60, take some time to get to 70...And go slow up from there....That said, I am in mid Feb and all of my original bomber units that have been able to do that from turn 1 are around 74-76 exp....
To quote from Evans/Peattie`s {Kaigun}
"Mistakes in operations and tactics can be corrected, but
political and strategic mistakes live forever". The authors were refering to Japan but the same could be said of the US misadventure in Iraq
