Nemesis...
Moderators: wdolson, MOD_War-in-the-Pacific-Admirals-Edition
RE: Nemesis... FatR PROHIBITED !!!!
Anxious to see how Naha goes for you. Good luck.
Life is tough. The sooner you realize that, the easier it will be.
RE: Nemesis... FatR PROHIBITED !!!!
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 21, 45
A laggardly update.... The attack went as expected and planned. A bloody nose for Japan which sets up a long-term battle and the growing committment of more and more Japanese forces as Japan struggles to overcome this American outpost. Ideally the Americans will get sucked into this battle also. That's the plan anyways. The number of kamis I have gathered within one hop of Okinawa is continuing to grow.
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ASW attack near Nago at 95,64
Japanese Ships
MGB G-467
MGB G-462
MGB G-240
MGB G-237
Allied Ships
SS Plaice
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ASW attack near Nago at 95,64
Japanese Ships
MGB G-467
MGB G-462
MGB G-240
MGB G-237
Allied Ships
SS Plaice
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ASW attack near Oki Shoto at 109,54
Japanese Ships
LST T-158
LST T-152
LST T-144
LST T-139
E No.83
Allied Ships
SS Muskallunge, hits 2
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Submarine attack near Guam at 106,93
Japanese Ships
SS I-400, hits 27, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
DD Young
DD Yarnall
DD Wadsworth
SS I-400 is sighted by escort
I-400 diving deep ....
DD Young attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yarnall attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-400 forced to surface!
Glug, glug!
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TF 285 encounters mine field at Naha (95,66)
Allied Ships
PT-116, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
The I-120s continue to shuttle more mines into Naha.
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Sub vs Sub: SS Croaker attacking SS Ha-D-138 at 101,63 - near Tanegashima
Japanese Ships
SS Ha-D-138
Allied Ships
SS Croaker
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 95,66, Range 1,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
ML G-211
ML G-319
ML G-320
ML G-428
ML G-429
ML G-438, Shell hits 1
ML G-601
ML G-602
ML G-611
ML G-612
Allied Ships
PT-61
PT-82, Shell hits 1
PT-112
PT-114
PT-115
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 95,66, Range 3,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
Allied Ships
PT-61
PT-82
PT-112, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
PT-114
PT-115, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
The reason the Shinyos did so much better is that each Shinyo "DD" actually represents a flotilla of 9 suicide MKBs ( Motor Kamikaze Boats ). So, there were 144 MKBs facing the 5 USN PT boats in this clash.
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 95,66, Range 1,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
Allied Ships
PT-122, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-124
PT-125
PT-126
PT-127
PT-128, Shell hits 14, and is sunk
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ASW attack near Nago at 96,63
Japanese Ships
DD Take
DD Hanekimo
DD Tawa
DD Hishi
DD Kuzu
Allied Ships
SS Angler, hits 25, heavy damage
This portion of the narrative speaks of my desire to close the airbase. Having failed to close it with air raids the IJN is now tasked to run very dangerous and potentially costly missions directly into the maws of the enemy. Of course the real risk being run by these ships is much, much less than the risk that they appear to be running. They are covered by LRCAP and they are running in and out through waters which have been aggressively swept by my only mission-capable ASW squadron and multiple Escort-based ASW TFs.
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ASW attack near Naha at 95,66
Japanese Ships
DD Hanekimo
DD Tawa
DD Kuzu
DD Yaezakura
Allied Ships
SS Gurnard, hits 10
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ASW attack near Kuroshima at 99,61
Japanese Ships
E No.215
E No.207
E No.205
E No.118
Allied Ships
SS Boarfish, hits 13, heavy damage
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Night Air attack on Tinian , at 108,94
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 155 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-264 Angel x 61
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 13
F6F-3N Hellcat x 5
F6F-5N Hellcat x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-264 Angel: 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed
F6F-5N Hellcat: 1 destroyed
B-29-25 Superfort: 4 destroyed on ground
Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 13
9 more B-29s went up in flames. This is really beginning to annoy my opponent who is suggesting we go with changes to bomber modelling we've been discussing for some time:
1. We're going to halve gun accuracy on 4-engined bombers again. We're going to leave it the same for twin-engined bombers for now as they seem pretty vulnerable to fighters still.
2. We're replacing the individually-modelled bombs with "sticks" of 4 bombs. So a Ki-264 won't roll 20 times for a hit. Instead it will roll 5 times for hits but each hit will have 4 times the explosive power.
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Night Air attack on Naha , at 95,66
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 28
G4M2 Betty x 14
G4M2a Betty x 3
G4M3a Betty x 27
Allied aircraft
P-61C Black Widow x 14
F4U-1A Corsair x 11
F6F-5N Hellcat x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
G4M2a Betty: 1 destroyed
G4M3a Betty: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
No Allied losses
Airbase supply hits 1
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Night Air attack on Naha , at 95,66
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G4M2 Betty x 20
G4M2a Betty x 19
Allied aircraft
P-61C Black Widow x 10
F4U-1A Corsair x 10
F6F-5N Hellcat x 21
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 3 damaged
G4M2a Betty: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
No Allied losses
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Night Air attack on Naha , at 95,66
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 20
Allied aircraft
P-61C Black Widow x 10
F4U-1A Corsair x 6
F6F-5N Hellcat x 17
Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
P1Y2 Frances: 1 destroyed by flak
Once the navy begins its operations I can begin stepping down these operations at an increasing rate. The narrative will have been satisfied.
No Allied losses
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Night Air attack on Naha , at 95,66
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 6
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 6
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 8
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 11
Allied aircraft
P-61C Black Widow x 10
F4U-1A Corsair x 6
F6F-5N Hellcat x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 3 damaged
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-61C Black Widow: 7 damaged
P-61C Black Widow: 1 destroyed on ground
P-47N Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed on ground
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 4
IJAAF bombers will continue the attacks once the IJNAF bombers have been withdrawn for training in naval attack.
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Night Air attack on Naha , at 95,66
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 106 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 33 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 4
Allied aircraft
P-61C Black Widow x 10
F4U-1A Corsair x 6
F6F-5N Hellcat x 14
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 damaged
No Allied losses
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Night Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 159 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 49 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 24
J1N1-Sa Irving x 5
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 13
Ki-102c Randy x 18
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 144
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 5 damaged
Manpower hits 11
Fires 10200
Weirdly enough bomber defensive fire seems to be even more effective at night. Neither side's night-fighters can get close to the bombers at night without being damaged or shot down by fire.
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Night Air attack on Nago , at 95,65
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 158 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 54 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 125
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Runway hits 6
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Night Air attack on Nago , at 95,65
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 163 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 56 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 57
No Allied losses
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Night Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 16
J1N1-Sa Irving x 5
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 13
Ki-102c Randy x 17
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged
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Night Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 16
J1N1-Sa Irving x 5
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 6
Ki-102c Randy x 16
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 6
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged
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Submarine attack near Naha at 95,66
Japanese Ships
DD Shinyo, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Caiman
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Night Naval bombardment of Naha at 95,66
Japanese Ships
DD Hanekimo
DD Tawa
DD Hishi
DD Kuzu
DD Yaezakura
DD Hatsuzakura
DD Keyaki
DD Kaede
DD Take
DD Hanekimo firing at Naha
DD Tawa firing at Naha
DD Hishi firing at 97th Infantry Division
DD Kuzu firing at Naha
DD Yaezakura firing at Naha
DD Hatsuzakura firing at 93rd Infantry Division
DD Keyaki firing at Naha
DD Kaede firing at Naha
DD Take firing at Naha
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Night Naval bombardment of Naha at 95,66
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground
Japanese Ships
DD Murakaze
DD Kiyokaze
DD Kawagiri
DD Namikaze
DD Yukaze
DD Yakaze
DD Ushio
Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 41
DD Murakaze firing at Naha
DD Kiyokaze firing at Naha
DD Kawagiri firing at Naha
DD Namikaze firing at Naha
DD Yukaze firing at 93rd Infantry Division
DD Yakaze firing at 97th Infantry Division
DD Ushio firing at 97th Infantry Division
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 96,66, Range 8,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
DD Take
DD Kaede
DD Keyaki
DD Hatsuzakura
DD Yaezakura
DD Kuzu
DD Hishi
DD Tawa
DD Hanekimo
Allied Ships
PT-61
PT-82
PT-114, Shell hits 1
PT-115, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
Ineffective missions but tonight the BB joins the show. That should have more impact plus, of course, these missions will continue to be run over time both to degrade the Allies and also to aid the narrative and act as bait for the USN CVs. I want to try to hit a medium-sized USN CV TF with my Oscar Kamikaze Corps.
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 96,66, Range 3,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
DD Take
DD Kaede
DD Keyaki
DD Hatsuzakura
DD Yaezakura
DD Kuzu
DD Hishi
DD Tawa
DD Hanekimo
Allied Ships
PT-124
PT-125, Shell hits 1
PT-126
PT-127, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
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ASW attack near Tokara Retto at 99,62
Japanese Ships
E No.45
E No.215
E No.207
E No.205
E No.118
Allied Ships
SS Archerfish, hits 5
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Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 98,65
Japanese Ships
DD Hishi
DD Hatsuzakura
DD Keyaki
DD Kaede
DD Take
DD Hanekimo
DD Tawa
DD Kuzu
DD Yaezakura
Allied Ships
SS Hammerhead, hits 2
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Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 99,62
Japanese Ships
E No.207
E No.45
E No.215
E No.205
E No.118, Shell hits 1
Allied Ships
SS Archerfish, hits 14, on fire, heavy damage
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Morning Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 46,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 70
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 50
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 38 destroyed
No Allied losses
Ouch, I had only trainee A6M5s here with 40 Exp pilots. The P-51Hs ate them alive. Tomorrow I'll bring in 100 or so fighters and see if he sweeps again. The A6M5s will go to Kobe to join the 400+ fighters already there.
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Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 25
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 44,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 16
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Laoag at 80,71
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 3,100 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Sen Baku x 2
Small raids sometimes get through no matter what. In this case one got shot down by fighters while the other dived on an AM. It missed but it showed small raids can work. I have multiple 9-plane kamikaze units in the area trying to hit shipping in the northern Phillipines.
Allied aircraft
P-51D Mustang x 7
F4U-1D Corsair x 11
F4U-4 Corsair x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Sen Baku: 1 destroyed
No Allied losses
Allied Ships
AM Kingfisher
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x A6M2 Sen Baku flying as kamikaze
Kamikaze: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Babuyan at 84,71
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 4,100 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes
Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 4
Allied aircraft
F4U-4 Corsair x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
B4Y1 Jean: 3 destroyed
This raid was less lucky and the escorts were randomised to its height.
From tomorrow in game-time we began using the update which fixed this bug. My kamikazes became significantly more effective immediately.
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on Hengchun , at 84,67
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 123 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes
Allied aircraft
A-26C Invader x 60
B-25J11 Mitchell x 60
P-51H Mustang x 14
Allied aircraft losses
B-25J11 Mitchell: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 23
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 290
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Afternoon Air attack on Hayashi Detachment , at 82,72 , near Aparri
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter 21 x 48
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
117 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
I'm still flying these guys out. In another fortnight I should have finished pulling them all out. 900 AV evacuated from under the nose of the Allies. Not bad!!!
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Beaufighter 21 bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
24 x Beaufighter 21 bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking Takachiko Det. ...
Also attacking Hayashi Detachment ...
Also attacking Takachiko Det. ...
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Afternoon Air attack on Amami Oshima , at 98,64
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 180 NM, estimated altitude 45,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 51 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 19
No Allied losses
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ASW attack near Guam at 106,93
Japanese Ships
SS I-402, hits 1
Allied Ships
DD Young
DD Yarnall
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Ground combat at Naha (95,66)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 91592 troops, 861 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 2843
Defending force 83754 troops, 551 guns, 1802 vehicles, Assault Value = 1695
Japanese adjusted assault: 1213
Allied adjusted defense: 4853
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 4 (fort level 4)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
11625 casualties reported
Squads: 56 destroyed, 683 disabled
Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 266 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 45 disabled
Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
2358 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 68 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 316 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 43 disabled
Vehicles lost 65 (5 destroyed, 60 disabled)
A nice result. I took losses but nothing so bad that I can't attack again whenever I wish. In addition experience levels have grown hugely. Troops which were 30 Exp when they came ashore are now in the high 40s to low 50s. Another 2 or 3 attacks and I'll have 70 Exp troops making attacks... and available for defensive disposition in 2 months when Okinawa finally falls ( that's my timeline ).
Assaulting units:
355th Division
109th Ind.Mixed Brigade
2nd Amphibious Brigade
103rd Division
3rd Guards Division
77th Division
66th Ind.Mixed Brigade
21st Ind.Mixed Regiment
102nd Division
303rd Division
17th Ind.Mixed Brigade
126th Ind.Mixed Brigade
107th Division
312th Division
40th Army
16th Area Army
56th Army
Defending units:
296th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
97th Infantry Division
Tenth Army Combat Engineer Regiment
541st Parachute Regiment
503rd Parachute Regiment
193rd Tank Battalion
28th Airborne Tank Battalion
93rd Infantry Division
148th USA Base Force
V US Fighter Cmnd
36th Aviation Base Force
230th USN Base Force
Fifth USAAF Eng Engineer Aviation Battalion
212th Coast AA Regiment
6th USMC Air Wing Base Force
Southwest Pacific
II US Corps
35th USN Naval Construction Regiment
229th USN Base Force
33rd Aviation Base Force
46th Construction Regiment
14th Marine AA Battalion
178th USAAF Base Force
177th USAAF Base Force
V US Bomber Cmnd
151st USA Base Force
165th Field Artillery Battalion
Tenth US Army
36th USN Naval Construction Regiment
77th Coast AA Regiment
54th TC Wing
232nd USN Base Force
5th USMC Air Wing Base Force
Tenth Army Engineer Aviation Battalion
462nd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
So, all going according to plan so far. Really all I'm doing now is upgrading the IJAAF and IJNAF fighter squadrons, training up the huge numbers of poor pilots I have and waiting for the Allies to return to Okinawa so I can test my kamikazes against them.
A laggardly update.... The attack went as expected and planned. A bloody nose for Japan which sets up a long-term battle and the growing committment of more and more Japanese forces as Japan struggles to overcome this American outpost. Ideally the Americans will get sucked into this battle also. That's the plan anyways. The number of kamis I have gathered within one hop of Okinawa is continuing to grow.
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ASW attack near Nago at 95,64
Japanese Ships
MGB G-467
MGB G-462
MGB G-240
MGB G-237
Allied Ships
SS Plaice
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ASW attack near Nago at 95,64
Japanese Ships
MGB G-467
MGB G-462
MGB G-240
MGB G-237
Allied Ships
SS Plaice
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ASW attack near Oki Shoto at 109,54
Japanese Ships
LST T-158
LST T-152
LST T-144
LST T-139
E No.83
Allied Ships
SS Muskallunge, hits 2
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Submarine attack near Guam at 106,93
Japanese Ships
SS I-400, hits 27, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
DD Young
DD Yarnall
DD Wadsworth
SS I-400 is sighted by escort
I-400 diving deep ....
DD Young attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yarnall attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-400 forced to surface!
Glug, glug!
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TF 285 encounters mine field at Naha (95,66)
Allied Ships
PT-116, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
The I-120s continue to shuttle more mines into Naha.
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Sub vs Sub: SS Croaker attacking SS Ha-D-138 at 101,63 - near Tanegashima
Japanese Ships
SS Ha-D-138
Allied Ships
SS Croaker
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 95,66, Range 1,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
ML G-211
ML G-319
ML G-320
ML G-428
ML G-429
ML G-438, Shell hits 1
ML G-601
ML G-602
ML G-611
ML G-612
Allied Ships
PT-61
PT-82, Shell hits 1
PT-112
PT-114
PT-115
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 95,66, Range 3,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
Allied Ships
PT-61
PT-82
PT-112, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
PT-114
PT-115, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
The reason the Shinyos did so much better is that each Shinyo "DD" actually represents a flotilla of 9 suicide MKBs ( Motor Kamikaze Boats ). So, there were 144 MKBs facing the 5 USN PT boats in this clash.
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 95,66, Range 1,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
Allied Ships
PT-122, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-124
PT-125
PT-126
PT-127
PT-128, Shell hits 14, and is sunk
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ASW attack near Nago at 96,63
Japanese Ships
DD Take
DD Hanekimo
DD Tawa
DD Hishi
DD Kuzu
Allied Ships
SS Angler, hits 25, heavy damage
This portion of the narrative speaks of my desire to close the airbase. Having failed to close it with air raids the IJN is now tasked to run very dangerous and potentially costly missions directly into the maws of the enemy. Of course the real risk being run by these ships is much, much less than the risk that they appear to be running. They are covered by LRCAP and they are running in and out through waters which have been aggressively swept by my only mission-capable ASW squadron and multiple Escort-based ASW TFs.
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ASW attack near Naha at 95,66
Japanese Ships
DD Hanekimo
DD Tawa
DD Kuzu
DD Yaezakura
Allied Ships
SS Gurnard, hits 10
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ASW attack near Kuroshima at 99,61
Japanese Ships
E No.215
E No.207
E No.205
E No.118
Allied Ships
SS Boarfish, hits 13, heavy damage
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Night Air attack on Tinian , at 108,94
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 155 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-264 Angel x 61
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 13
F6F-3N Hellcat x 5
F6F-5N Hellcat x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-264 Angel: 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed
F6F-5N Hellcat: 1 destroyed
B-29-25 Superfort: 4 destroyed on ground
Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 13
9 more B-29s went up in flames. This is really beginning to annoy my opponent who is suggesting we go with changes to bomber modelling we've been discussing for some time:
1. We're going to halve gun accuracy on 4-engined bombers again. We're going to leave it the same for twin-engined bombers for now as they seem pretty vulnerable to fighters still.
2. We're replacing the individually-modelled bombs with "sticks" of 4 bombs. So a Ki-264 won't roll 20 times for a hit. Instead it will roll 5 times for hits but each hit will have 4 times the explosive power.
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Night Air attack on Naha , at 95,66
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 28
G4M2 Betty x 14
G4M2a Betty x 3
G4M3a Betty x 27
Allied aircraft
P-61C Black Widow x 14
F4U-1A Corsair x 11
F6F-5N Hellcat x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
G4M2a Betty: 1 destroyed
G4M3a Betty: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
No Allied losses
Airbase supply hits 1
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Night Air attack on Naha , at 95,66
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G4M2 Betty x 20
G4M2a Betty x 19
Allied aircraft
P-61C Black Widow x 10
F4U-1A Corsair x 10
F6F-5N Hellcat x 21
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 3 damaged
G4M2a Betty: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
No Allied losses
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Night Air attack on Naha , at 95,66
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 20
Allied aircraft
P-61C Black Widow x 10
F4U-1A Corsair x 6
F6F-5N Hellcat x 17
Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
P1Y2 Frances: 1 destroyed by flak
Once the navy begins its operations I can begin stepping down these operations at an increasing rate. The narrative will have been satisfied.
No Allied losses
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Night Air attack on Naha , at 95,66
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 6
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 6
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 8
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 11
Allied aircraft
P-61C Black Widow x 10
F4U-1A Corsair x 6
F6F-5N Hellcat x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 3 damaged
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-61C Black Widow: 7 damaged
P-61C Black Widow: 1 destroyed on ground
P-47N Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed on ground
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 4
IJAAF bombers will continue the attacks once the IJNAF bombers have been withdrawn for training in naval attack.
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Night Air attack on Naha , at 95,66
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 106 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 33 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 4
Allied aircraft
P-61C Black Widow x 10
F4U-1A Corsair x 6
F6F-5N Hellcat x 14
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 damaged
No Allied losses
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Night Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 159 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 49 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 24
J1N1-Sa Irving x 5
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 13
Ki-102c Randy x 18
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 144
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 5 damaged
Manpower hits 11
Fires 10200
Weirdly enough bomber defensive fire seems to be even more effective at night. Neither side's night-fighters can get close to the bombers at night without being damaged or shot down by fire.
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Night Air attack on Nago , at 95,65
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 158 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 54 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 125
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Runway hits 6
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Night Air attack on Nago , at 95,65
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 163 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 56 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 57
No Allied losses
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Night Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 16
J1N1-Sa Irving x 5
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 13
Ki-102c Randy x 17
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged
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Night Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 16
J1N1-Sa Irving x 5
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 6
Ki-102c Randy x 16
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 6
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged
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Submarine attack near Naha at 95,66
Japanese Ships
DD Shinyo, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Caiman
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Night Naval bombardment of Naha at 95,66
Japanese Ships
DD Hanekimo
DD Tawa
DD Hishi
DD Kuzu
DD Yaezakura
DD Hatsuzakura
DD Keyaki
DD Kaede
DD Take
DD Hanekimo firing at Naha
DD Tawa firing at Naha
DD Hishi firing at 97th Infantry Division
DD Kuzu firing at Naha
DD Yaezakura firing at Naha
DD Hatsuzakura firing at 93rd Infantry Division
DD Keyaki firing at Naha
DD Kaede firing at Naha
DD Take firing at Naha
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Night Naval bombardment of Naha at 95,66
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground
Japanese Ships
DD Murakaze
DD Kiyokaze
DD Kawagiri
DD Namikaze
DD Yukaze
DD Yakaze
DD Ushio
Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 41
DD Murakaze firing at Naha
DD Kiyokaze firing at Naha
DD Kawagiri firing at Naha
DD Namikaze firing at Naha
DD Yukaze firing at 93rd Infantry Division
DD Yakaze firing at 97th Infantry Division
DD Ushio firing at 97th Infantry Division
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 96,66, Range 8,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
DD Take
DD Kaede
DD Keyaki
DD Hatsuzakura
DD Yaezakura
DD Kuzu
DD Hishi
DD Tawa
DD Hanekimo
Allied Ships
PT-61
PT-82
PT-114, Shell hits 1
PT-115, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
Ineffective missions but tonight the BB joins the show. That should have more impact plus, of course, these missions will continue to be run over time both to degrade the Allies and also to aid the narrative and act as bait for the USN CVs. I want to try to hit a medium-sized USN CV TF with my Oscar Kamikaze Corps.
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 96,66, Range 3,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
DD Take
DD Kaede
DD Keyaki
DD Hatsuzakura
DD Yaezakura
DD Kuzu
DD Hishi
DD Tawa
DD Hanekimo
Allied Ships
PT-124
PT-125, Shell hits 1
PT-126
PT-127, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
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ASW attack near Tokara Retto at 99,62
Japanese Ships
E No.45
E No.215
E No.207
E No.205
E No.118
Allied Ships
SS Archerfish, hits 5
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Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 98,65
Japanese Ships
DD Hishi
DD Hatsuzakura
DD Keyaki
DD Kaede
DD Take
DD Hanekimo
DD Tawa
DD Kuzu
DD Yaezakura
Allied Ships
SS Hammerhead, hits 2
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Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 99,62
Japanese Ships
E No.207
E No.45
E No.215
E No.205
E No.118, Shell hits 1
Allied Ships
SS Archerfish, hits 14, on fire, heavy damage
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Morning Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 46,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 70
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 50
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 38 destroyed
No Allied losses
Ouch, I had only trainee A6M5s here with 40 Exp pilots. The P-51Hs ate them alive. Tomorrow I'll bring in 100 or so fighters and see if he sweeps again. The A6M5s will go to Kobe to join the 400+ fighters already there.
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Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 25
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 44,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 16
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Laoag at 80,71
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 3,100 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Sen Baku x 2
Small raids sometimes get through no matter what. In this case one got shot down by fighters while the other dived on an AM. It missed but it showed small raids can work. I have multiple 9-plane kamikaze units in the area trying to hit shipping in the northern Phillipines.
Allied aircraft
P-51D Mustang x 7
F4U-1D Corsair x 11
F4U-4 Corsair x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Sen Baku: 1 destroyed
No Allied losses
Allied Ships
AM Kingfisher
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x A6M2 Sen Baku flying as kamikaze
Kamikaze: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Babuyan at 84,71
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 4,100 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes
Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 4
Allied aircraft
F4U-4 Corsair x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
B4Y1 Jean: 3 destroyed
This raid was less lucky and the escorts were randomised to its height.
From tomorrow in game-time we began using the update which fixed this bug. My kamikazes became significantly more effective immediately.
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on Hengchun , at 84,67
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 123 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes
Allied aircraft
A-26C Invader x 60
B-25J11 Mitchell x 60
P-51H Mustang x 14
Allied aircraft losses
B-25J11 Mitchell: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 23
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 290
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Afternoon Air attack on Hayashi Detachment , at 82,72 , near Aparri
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter 21 x 48
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
117 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
I'm still flying these guys out. In another fortnight I should have finished pulling them all out. 900 AV evacuated from under the nose of the Allies. Not bad!!!
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Beaufighter 21 bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
24 x Beaufighter 21 bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking Takachiko Det. ...
Also attacking Hayashi Detachment ...
Also attacking Takachiko Det. ...
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Afternoon Air attack on Amami Oshima , at 98,64
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 180 NM, estimated altitude 45,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 51 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 19
No Allied losses
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ASW attack near Guam at 106,93
Japanese Ships
SS I-402, hits 1
Allied Ships
DD Young
DD Yarnall
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Ground combat at Naha (95,66)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 91592 troops, 861 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 2843
Defending force 83754 troops, 551 guns, 1802 vehicles, Assault Value = 1695
Japanese adjusted assault: 1213
Allied adjusted defense: 4853
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 4 (fort level 4)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
11625 casualties reported
Squads: 56 destroyed, 683 disabled
Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 266 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 45 disabled
Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
2358 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 68 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 316 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 43 disabled
Vehicles lost 65 (5 destroyed, 60 disabled)
A nice result. I took losses but nothing so bad that I can't attack again whenever I wish. In addition experience levels have grown hugely. Troops which were 30 Exp when they came ashore are now in the high 40s to low 50s. Another 2 or 3 attacks and I'll have 70 Exp troops making attacks... and available for defensive disposition in 2 months when Okinawa finally falls ( that's my timeline ).
Assaulting units:
355th Division
109th Ind.Mixed Brigade
2nd Amphibious Brigade
103rd Division
3rd Guards Division
77th Division
66th Ind.Mixed Brigade
21st Ind.Mixed Regiment
102nd Division
303rd Division
17th Ind.Mixed Brigade
126th Ind.Mixed Brigade
107th Division
312th Division
40th Army
16th Area Army
56th Army
Defending units:
296th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
97th Infantry Division
Tenth Army Combat Engineer Regiment
541st Parachute Regiment
503rd Parachute Regiment
193rd Tank Battalion
28th Airborne Tank Battalion
93rd Infantry Division
148th USA Base Force
V US Fighter Cmnd
36th Aviation Base Force
230th USN Base Force
Fifth USAAF Eng Engineer Aviation Battalion
212th Coast AA Regiment
6th USMC Air Wing Base Force
Southwest Pacific
II US Corps
35th USN Naval Construction Regiment
229th USN Base Force
33rd Aviation Base Force
46th Construction Regiment
14th Marine AA Battalion
178th USAAF Base Force
177th USAAF Base Force
V US Bomber Cmnd
151st USA Base Force
165th Field Artillery Battalion
Tenth US Army
36th USN Naval Construction Regiment
77th Coast AA Regiment
54th TC Wing
232nd USN Base Force
5th USMC Air Wing Base Force
Tenth Army Engineer Aviation Battalion
462nd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
So, all going according to plan so far. Really all I'm doing now is upgrading the IJAAF and IJNAF fighter squadrons, training up the huge numbers of poor pilots I have and waiting for the Allies to return to Okinawa so I can test my kamikazes against them.
John Dillworth: "I had GreyJoy check my spelling and he said it was fine."
Well, that's that settled then.
Well, that's that settled then.
RE: Nemesis... FatR PROHIBITED !!!!
Yes but they have limited numbers of bombs. That'd be too simple. In return they got an additional 10 or so Essex class CVs, about 5 or 6 more divisions of troops and suchlike.
The USN can take a lot more losses in this scenario.
The USN can take a lot more losses in this scenario.
John Dillworth: "I had GreyJoy check my spelling and he said it was fine."
Well, that's that settled then.
Well, that's that settled then.
RE: Nemesis... FatR PROHIBITED !!!!
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 22, 45
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TF 13 encounters mine field at Naha (95,66)
Japanese Ships
MGB G-236, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
My daily tithe to the minefield gods.
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Sub attack near Nago at 95,64
Japanese Ships
LB-528
LB-530
LB-529
LB-524
LB-519
PB Chohakusan Maru
Allied Ships
SS Blueback
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 95,66, Range 4,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
MGB G-224
MGB G-226
MGB G-229
MGB G-234
MGB G-239
MGB G-461
MGB G-468
Allied Ships
PT-124
PT-125
PT-126
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 95,66, Range 3,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
MGB G-224
MGB G-226
MGB G-229
MGB G-234
MGB G-239
MGB G-461
MGB G-468
Allied Ships
PT-61
PT-82
PT-114
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Sub attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 100,60
Japanese Ships
CM Wakataka, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CM Niizaki
CM Itsukushima
Allied Ships
SS Odax, hits 2
The mining efforts along the Kagoshima to Amami Oshima route are costly in terms of lots minelayers but with 600 mines per base already I've now created a nice barrier Allied submarines can't penetrate along 60% of the route, greatly reducing the risk to my shipping.
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Sub attack near Nago at 95,64
Japanese Ships
LB-527
LB-530
LB-529
LB-524
LB-519
PB Chohakusan Maru
Allied Ships
SS Blueback
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Sub attack near Naha at 95,66
Japanese Ships
MGB G-466
MGB G-236, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Caiman, hits 1
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Night Air attack on Aparri , at 82,73
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 151 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-264 Angel x 66
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-264 Angel: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 destroyed on ground
F4U-4 Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground
F6F-5P Hellcat: 1 destroyed on ground
P-61C Black Widow: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 10
Just flitting around with my Ki-264 targetting. Even if they only ever destroyed 10 planes on the ground per day that's 300 planes per month and helps attrit the Allies.
I've only hit airfields for a while though so it is time to begin hitting Manilla seriously. I want to begin taking a toll on the CVEs there.
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Night Air attack on Naha , at 95,66
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 28
G4M2a Betty x 11
Allied aircraft
P-61C Black Widow x 14
F4U-1A Corsair x 10
F6F-5N Hellcat x 24
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
No Allied losses
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Night Air attack on Naha , at 95,66
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G4M3a Betty x 20
Allied aircraft
P-61C Black Widow x 12
F4U-1A Corsair x 10
F6F-5N Hellcat x 21
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M3a Betty: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
No Allied losses
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Night Air attack on Naha , at 95,66
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 22
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 4
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 17
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 8
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 6
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 6
Allied aircraft
P-61C Black Widow x 11
F4U-1A Corsair x 9
F6F-5N Hellcat x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 7 damaged
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-61C Black Widow: 2 damaged
P-61C Black Widow: 1 destroyed on ground
P-51H Mustang: 2 destroyed on ground
P-47N Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed on ground
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 12
The IJAAF does good work again. It should be noted that only my inferior squadrons are being committed here. My good squadrons are all upgrading to the Ki-67b and sitting in the rear training. When a pivotal period is reached I'll commit the better bombers and should surprise my opponent with the sudden jump in numbers and effectiveness of my strikes. Right now though it suits me to get him to base some 400 planes at Okinawa and feel pretty comfortable there. Taking them out now won't give me a major opportunity for anything strategically important. When he brings his entire CV fleet in close in order to cover a major supply run and is relying on those airfields to provide CAP.... then that's the time to strike.
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Night Air attack on Naha , at 95,66
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 110 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 3
Allied aircraft
P-61C Black Widow x 10
F4U-1A Corsair x 7
F6F-5N Hellcat x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed
No Allied losses
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Night Air attack on Manila , at 79,77
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-264 Angel x 12
Allied aircraft
P-61C Black Widow x 12
F6F-3N Hellcat x 7
F6F-5N Hellcat x 7
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-264 Angel: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-61C Black Widow: 2 destroyed
F6F-3N Hellcat: 2 destroyed
F6F-5N Hellcat: 2 destroyed
Allied Ships
xAK Brown Victory, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CVE Sitkoh Bay, Bomb hits 1
CVE Prince William, Bomb hits 1
BB Tennessee, Bomb hits 1
BB Maryland, Bomb hits 1
Ah, my first test raid achieved beyond expectations. Two CVEs hit.... Time to commit the rest of the force over the next few days...
Also, note the crazy kill rate of fighters. Today this group of 12 planes lost its FIRST plane of the war. 3 of the remaining 11 pilots are ACES and the Chutai has suffered 1 loss in return for 32 A2A kills.
Needless to say this Chutai is one major reason we are looking at trimming defensive bomber accuracy even more. It is just far too lethal.
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1
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Night Air attack on Daito Shoto , at 98,69
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 16
No Allied losses
Runway hits 1
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Night Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 157 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 48 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 25
J1N1-Sa Irving x 5
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 13
Ki-102c Randy x 18
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 126
B-29B Superfort x 32
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
B-29B Superfort: 6 damaged
Heavy Industry hits 1
Manpower hits 21
Fires 11920
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Night Air attack on Nago , at 95,65
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 38 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-32 Dominator x 25
Allied aircraft losses
B-32 Dominator: 2 damaged
Runway hits 6
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Night Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 158 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 49 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 17
J1N1-Sa Irving x 2
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 9
Ki-102c Randy x 11
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 81
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged
Heavy Industry hits 2
Manpower hits 15
Fires 18656
My fighters couldn't intercept them. They were all just driven off by concentrated defensive fire. I think the night time A2A algorithms assume combat boxes and give a combat box bonus whereby multiple B29s fire at the attacking aircraft just like in the daytime.
Current date addendum: I've looked into this closely since this turn and my conclusion is that the night-time bomber model uses the daytime A2A combat model and thus instead of 1 night-fighter trying to amush 1 bomber you are getting night-fighters attacking into a combat box with all the defending bombers firing at them, just like in daytime. That is why we are seeing night-fighters being so ineffective. I'm going to post to michaelm about this this week once I marshall the full, necessary examples.
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Night Air attack on Nago , at 95,65
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 157 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 54 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 178
No Allied losses
Runway hits 5
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Night Air attack on Nago , at 95,65
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 141 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 48 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 37
No Allied losses
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Sub attack near Hirosaki/Aomori at 117,53
Japanese Ships
E No.83
LST T-174
LST T-156
LST T-147
LST T-142
LST T-137
Allied Ships
SS Lapon, hits 4, heavy damage
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Night Naval bombardment of Naha at 95,66 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
P-61C Black Widow: 3 destroyed on ground
F6F-5N Hellcat: 1 destroyed on ground
F4U-4 Corsair: 2 destroyed on ground
P-51H Mustang: 1 destroyed on ground
F-6D Mustang: 1 destroyed on ground
P-47N Thunderbolt: 6 destroyed on ground
About 30 planes destroyed on the ground. Not a bad result. Note the high prevalence of fighters. He is obviously CAPing with F4U4s and P-47Ns and sweeping with the P-51Hs.
Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
CA Takao
CL Sakawa
Oops, I forgot to have the DDs bombard as well. Ah well, there's always next time.
Allied ground losses:
187 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)
I was surprised at the size of the ground losses. 22 squads, 2 guns and 8 vehicles DESTROYED by a bombardment is a result I'm not used to. It is welcome but unexpected.
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 25
F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for BB Nagato
BB Nagato firing at Naha
CA Takao firing at 232nd USN Base Force
232nd USN Base Force firing at CA Takao
CL Sakawa firing at 93rd Infantry Division
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 96,66, Range 20,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
CA Takao
CL Sakawa
DD Hibiki
DD Maki
DD Kiri
DD Sugi
DD Kashi
DD Kaya
DD Nara
DD Tsubaki
DD Yanagi
DD Nire
DD Hagi
DD Kaki
DD Shii
DD Sumire
DD Odake
DD Kaba
DD Hatsuume
DD Tochi
DD Kamikaze
DD Harukaze
DD Sawakaze
DD Shiokaze
Allied Ships
PT-61
PT-82
PT-114, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
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Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 97,63
Japanese Ships
E Habuto
E Io
E Urumi
E Otsu
E Shisaka
E Takane
Allied Ships
SS Spot, hits 26, heavy damage
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ASW attack near Naga at 82,79
Japanese Ships
SS I-58, hits 12
Allied Ships
DD O' Brien II
DD Preston II
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Okinoerabushima at 96,65, Range 20,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
CA Takao
CL Sakawa
DD Hibiki
DD Maki
DD Kiri
DD Sugi
DD Kashi
DD Kaya
DD Nara
DD Tsubaki
DD Yanagi
DD Nire
DD Hagi
DD Kaki
DD Shii
DD Sumire
DD Odake
DD Kaba
DD Hatsuume
DD Tochi
DD Kamikaze
DD Harukaze
DD Sawakaze
DD Shiokaze
Allied Ships
PT-61
PT-82
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Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 98,63
Japanese Ships
CL Sakawa
BB Nagato
CA Takao
DD Tochi
DD Hatsuume
DD Kaba
DD Shii
DD Kaki
DD Hagi
DD Nire
DD Tsubaki
DD Nara
DD Kaya
DD Kashi
DD Kiri
DD Maki
DD Hibiki
DD Shiokaze
DD Sawakaze
DD Harukaze
DD Kamikaze
Allied Ships
SS Cavalla, hits 5
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Morning Air attack on Amami Oshima , at 98,64
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 42,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-100-I Tony x 1
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 9
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
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Afternoon Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 45,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Because of the strangely low warning time despite a maximum altitude sweep very few of my planes got into the air and the Americans got off lightly.
Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 8
J7W1 Shinden x 15
N1K5-J George x 10
Ki-94-II x 11
Ki-201 Karyu x 11
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 50
Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 3 destroyed
J7W1 Shinden: 2 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-94-II: 1 destroyed
Ki-201 Karyu: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-51H Mustang: 2 destroyed
When I look in the air losses screen I see about 14 P-51Hs lost... Overall I lost about 1:1 over Nagoya, which is pretty much in line with expectations. Weirdly the N1K5J did the best of all my planes even though the Ki-94II and Ki-201 should, technically, have done better.
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ASW attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 100,60
Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
CA Takao
DD Tochi
DD Hatsuume
DD Kaba
DD Kaki
DD Nire
DD Tsubaki
DD Nara
DD Kaya
DD Kashi
DD Kiri
DD Maki
DD Hibiki
DD Shiokaze
DD Sawakaze
DD Harukaze
DD Kamikaze
Allied Ships
SS Odax, hits 7
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Submarine attack near Naga at 82,79
Japanese Ships
SS I-58, hits 27, and is sunk
Allied Ships
DD Laffey II
DD Monssen II
DD Jarvis II
Below is the air losses tab from today. Not bad, the Allies are losing more than me. Actually this understates their losses as the air loss POINTS tab shows they have actually lost 1999 planes as of today. So, this understates their losses by 10%
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TF 13 encounters mine field at Naha (95,66)
Japanese Ships
MGB G-236, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
My daily tithe to the minefield gods.
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Sub attack near Nago at 95,64
Japanese Ships
LB-528
LB-530
LB-529
LB-524
LB-519
PB Chohakusan Maru
Allied Ships
SS Blueback
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 95,66, Range 4,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
MGB G-224
MGB G-226
MGB G-229
MGB G-234
MGB G-239
MGB G-461
MGB G-468
Allied Ships
PT-124
PT-125
PT-126
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 95,66, Range 3,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
MGB G-224
MGB G-226
MGB G-229
MGB G-234
MGB G-239
MGB G-461
MGB G-468
Allied Ships
PT-61
PT-82
PT-114
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Sub attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 100,60
Japanese Ships
CM Wakataka, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CM Niizaki
CM Itsukushima
Allied Ships
SS Odax, hits 2
The mining efforts along the Kagoshima to Amami Oshima route are costly in terms of lots minelayers but with 600 mines per base already I've now created a nice barrier Allied submarines can't penetrate along 60% of the route, greatly reducing the risk to my shipping.
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Sub attack near Nago at 95,64
Japanese Ships
LB-527
LB-530
LB-529
LB-524
LB-519
PB Chohakusan Maru
Allied Ships
SS Blueback
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Sub attack near Naha at 95,66
Japanese Ships
MGB G-466
MGB G-236, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Caiman, hits 1
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Night Air attack on Aparri , at 82,73
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 151 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-264 Angel x 66
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-264 Angel: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 destroyed on ground
F4U-4 Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground
F6F-5P Hellcat: 1 destroyed on ground
P-61C Black Widow: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 10
Just flitting around with my Ki-264 targetting. Even if they only ever destroyed 10 planes on the ground per day that's 300 planes per month and helps attrit the Allies.
I've only hit airfields for a while though so it is time to begin hitting Manilla seriously. I want to begin taking a toll on the CVEs there.
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Night Air attack on Naha , at 95,66
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 28
G4M2a Betty x 11
Allied aircraft
P-61C Black Widow x 14
F4U-1A Corsair x 10
F6F-5N Hellcat x 24
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
No Allied losses
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Night Air attack on Naha , at 95,66
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G4M3a Betty x 20
Allied aircraft
P-61C Black Widow x 12
F4U-1A Corsair x 10
F6F-5N Hellcat x 21
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M3a Betty: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
No Allied losses
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Night Air attack on Naha , at 95,66
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 22
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 4
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 17
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 8
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 6
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 6
Allied aircraft
P-61C Black Widow x 11
F4U-1A Corsair x 9
F6F-5N Hellcat x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 7 damaged
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-61C Black Widow: 2 damaged
P-61C Black Widow: 1 destroyed on ground
P-51H Mustang: 2 destroyed on ground
P-47N Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed on ground
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 12
The IJAAF does good work again. It should be noted that only my inferior squadrons are being committed here. My good squadrons are all upgrading to the Ki-67b and sitting in the rear training. When a pivotal period is reached I'll commit the better bombers and should surprise my opponent with the sudden jump in numbers and effectiveness of my strikes. Right now though it suits me to get him to base some 400 planes at Okinawa and feel pretty comfortable there. Taking them out now won't give me a major opportunity for anything strategically important. When he brings his entire CV fleet in close in order to cover a major supply run and is relying on those airfields to provide CAP.... then that's the time to strike.
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Night Air attack on Naha , at 95,66
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 110 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 3
Allied aircraft
P-61C Black Widow x 10
F4U-1A Corsair x 7
F6F-5N Hellcat x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed
No Allied losses
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Night Air attack on Manila , at 79,77
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-264 Angel x 12
Allied aircraft
P-61C Black Widow x 12
F6F-3N Hellcat x 7
F6F-5N Hellcat x 7
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-264 Angel: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-61C Black Widow: 2 destroyed
F6F-3N Hellcat: 2 destroyed
F6F-5N Hellcat: 2 destroyed
Allied Ships
xAK Brown Victory, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CVE Sitkoh Bay, Bomb hits 1
CVE Prince William, Bomb hits 1
BB Tennessee, Bomb hits 1
BB Maryland, Bomb hits 1
Ah, my first test raid achieved beyond expectations. Two CVEs hit.... Time to commit the rest of the force over the next few days...
Also, note the crazy kill rate of fighters. Today this group of 12 planes lost its FIRST plane of the war. 3 of the remaining 11 pilots are ACES and the Chutai has suffered 1 loss in return for 32 A2A kills.
Needless to say this Chutai is one major reason we are looking at trimming defensive bomber accuracy even more. It is just far too lethal.
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1
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Night Air attack on Daito Shoto , at 98,69
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 16
No Allied losses
Runway hits 1
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Night Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 157 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 48 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 25
J1N1-Sa Irving x 5
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 13
Ki-102c Randy x 18
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 126
B-29B Superfort x 32
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
B-29B Superfort: 6 damaged
Heavy Industry hits 1
Manpower hits 21
Fires 11920
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Night Air attack on Nago , at 95,65
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 38 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-32 Dominator x 25
Allied aircraft losses
B-32 Dominator: 2 damaged
Runway hits 6
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Night Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 158 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 49 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 17
J1N1-Sa Irving x 2
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 9
Ki-102c Randy x 11
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 81
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged
Heavy Industry hits 2
Manpower hits 15
Fires 18656
My fighters couldn't intercept them. They were all just driven off by concentrated defensive fire. I think the night time A2A algorithms assume combat boxes and give a combat box bonus whereby multiple B29s fire at the attacking aircraft just like in the daytime.
Current date addendum: I've looked into this closely since this turn and my conclusion is that the night-time bomber model uses the daytime A2A combat model and thus instead of 1 night-fighter trying to amush 1 bomber you are getting night-fighters attacking into a combat box with all the defending bombers firing at them, just like in daytime. That is why we are seeing night-fighters being so ineffective. I'm going to post to michaelm about this this week once I marshall the full, necessary examples.
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Night Air attack on Nago , at 95,65
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 157 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 54 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 178
No Allied losses
Runway hits 5
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Night Air attack on Nago , at 95,65
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 141 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 48 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 37
No Allied losses
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Sub attack near Hirosaki/Aomori at 117,53
Japanese Ships
E No.83
LST T-174
LST T-156
LST T-147
LST T-142
LST T-137
Allied Ships
SS Lapon, hits 4, heavy damage
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Night Naval bombardment of Naha at 95,66 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
P-61C Black Widow: 3 destroyed on ground
F6F-5N Hellcat: 1 destroyed on ground
F4U-4 Corsair: 2 destroyed on ground
P-51H Mustang: 1 destroyed on ground
F-6D Mustang: 1 destroyed on ground
P-47N Thunderbolt: 6 destroyed on ground
About 30 planes destroyed on the ground. Not a bad result. Note the high prevalence of fighters. He is obviously CAPing with F4U4s and P-47Ns and sweeping with the P-51Hs.
Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
CA Takao
CL Sakawa
Oops, I forgot to have the DDs bombard as well. Ah well, there's always next time.
Allied ground losses:
187 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)
I was surprised at the size of the ground losses. 22 squads, 2 guns and 8 vehicles DESTROYED by a bombardment is a result I'm not used to. It is welcome but unexpected.
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 25
F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for BB Nagato
BB Nagato firing at Naha
CA Takao firing at 232nd USN Base Force
232nd USN Base Force firing at CA Takao
CL Sakawa firing at 93rd Infantry Division
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 96,66, Range 20,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
CA Takao
CL Sakawa
DD Hibiki
DD Maki
DD Kiri
DD Sugi
DD Kashi
DD Kaya
DD Nara
DD Tsubaki
DD Yanagi
DD Nire
DD Hagi
DD Kaki
DD Shii
DD Sumire
DD Odake
DD Kaba
DD Hatsuume
DD Tochi
DD Kamikaze
DD Harukaze
DD Sawakaze
DD Shiokaze
Allied Ships
PT-61
PT-82
PT-114, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
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Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 97,63
Japanese Ships
E Habuto
E Io
E Urumi
E Otsu
E Shisaka
E Takane
Allied Ships
SS Spot, hits 26, heavy damage
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ASW attack near Naga at 82,79
Japanese Ships
SS I-58, hits 12
Allied Ships
DD O' Brien II
DD Preston II
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Okinoerabushima at 96,65, Range 20,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
CA Takao
CL Sakawa
DD Hibiki
DD Maki
DD Kiri
DD Sugi
DD Kashi
DD Kaya
DD Nara
DD Tsubaki
DD Yanagi
DD Nire
DD Hagi
DD Kaki
DD Shii
DD Sumire
DD Odake
DD Kaba
DD Hatsuume
DD Tochi
DD Kamikaze
DD Harukaze
DD Sawakaze
DD Shiokaze
Allied Ships
PT-61
PT-82
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Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 98,63
Japanese Ships
CL Sakawa
BB Nagato
CA Takao
DD Tochi
DD Hatsuume
DD Kaba
DD Shii
DD Kaki
DD Hagi
DD Nire
DD Tsubaki
DD Nara
DD Kaya
DD Kashi
DD Kiri
DD Maki
DD Hibiki
DD Shiokaze
DD Sawakaze
DD Harukaze
DD Kamikaze
Allied Ships
SS Cavalla, hits 5
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Morning Air attack on Amami Oshima , at 98,64
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 42,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-100-I Tony x 1
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 9
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
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Afternoon Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 45,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Because of the strangely low warning time despite a maximum altitude sweep very few of my planes got into the air and the Americans got off lightly.
Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 8
J7W1 Shinden x 15
N1K5-J George x 10
Ki-94-II x 11
Ki-201 Karyu x 11
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 50
Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 3 destroyed
J7W1 Shinden: 2 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-94-II: 1 destroyed
Ki-201 Karyu: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-51H Mustang: 2 destroyed
When I look in the air losses screen I see about 14 P-51Hs lost... Overall I lost about 1:1 over Nagoya, which is pretty much in line with expectations. Weirdly the N1K5J did the best of all my planes even though the Ki-94II and Ki-201 should, technically, have done better.
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ASW attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 100,60
Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
CA Takao
DD Tochi
DD Hatsuume
DD Kaba
DD Kaki
DD Nire
DD Tsubaki
DD Nara
DD Kaya
DD Kashi
DD Kiri
DD Maki
DD Hibiki
DD Shiokaze
DD Sawakaze
DD Harukaze
DD Kamikaze
Allied Ships
SS Odax, hits 7
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Submarine attack near Naga at 82,79
Japanese Ships
SS I-58, hits 27, and is sunk
Allied Ships
DD Laffey II
DD Monssen II
DD Jarvis II
Below is the air losses tab from today. Not bad, the Allies are losing more than me. Actually this understates their losses as the air loss POINTS tab shows they have actually lost 1999 planes as of today. So, this understates their losses by 10%
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RE: Nemesis... FatR PROHIBITED !!!!
I'm lazy. But, I also have an inquiring mind. What is a Ki 264 Angel? Is it a bomber, a fighter or a fighter/bomber? Is it a jet propelled AC? I haven't studied the very late war much, but did this AC actually go into production? It seems very capable. Range info, armament info, please? Thanks.
RE: Nemesis... FatR PROHIBITED !!!!
Supposedly, this would have been modeled after the German M-264 Heavy Bomber (one or two prototypes were produced).
Never Underestimate the Power of a Small Tactical Nuclear Weapon...
RE: Nemesis... FatR PROHIBITED !!!!
Regarding gunners, Nemo: the twin machine guns in Allied 4Es, B-25, B-26, A-20, Wellington etc. Do you know if the "dice roll" for hits is calculated per each mount or each gun? I see the number of hits they score at extreme ranges skyrocket in relation to gun, not mount, numbers. I have never seen a G4M or G3M score a hit with the 20mm cannon, but Allied bombers with the 4 to 8 50 cals facing the attacker more often than not hit the attacker before it even gets to shoot back.
Experimenting with "twin/quad mounted" guns with doubled or quadrupled effect of the gun but same penetration, range and accuracy(adjusted in bombers) could be worth the try.
Experimenting with "twin/quad mounted" guns with doubled or quadrupled effect of the gun but same penetration, range and accuracy(adjusted in bombers) could be worth the try.
RE: Nemesis... FatR PROHIBITED !!!!
The Ki-264 is a Japanese-produced variant of the Amerika bomber ( Me-264 ) designed to bomb New York from bases in Germany.
Basically the Ki-264 required 6 engines ( reduced to 4 engines about 1 week into October because we ran into an issue where we had to up and downgrade bomber squadrons to get the changes we made to bomber loadouts take hold. The Allies repaired their bombers within a week or so. In that time a total of 16 Ki-264s were repaired out of about 150. I postulated that that was due to the number of engines so we reduced the number of engines and reduced the maintenance rating from 5 to 4. So far the changes look to result in more reasonable repair times. ) and had its range hugely reduced in order to model a large bombload, need for slightly shorter runways and heavy defensive armament. It is basically the Japanese answer to the B-29-25 being almost identical in many respects.
The G9M is a postulated torpedo-carrier carrying 6 torpedoes in internal torpedo bays and is a sort of specialised carrier-killer really. I felt that it was a reasonable extrapolation of the IJNAF war-fighting philosophy trading 50% of its range in order to be even more heavily armed and armoured and to serve as a heavy torpedo bomber, able to fight its way into the core of USN CV TFs. It actually can't really do that though as the USN fighters just gang up on them and nibble away a them BUT if you get 60 G9Ms into a major CVE TF with 6 to 8 CVEs then utter carnage follows.
Historical? No. A possible what if? Possible but not likely. The Japanese did look at long-range Junkers and Heinkels but never progressed too far with those plans.
Other changes we've made so far:
1. Increased USAAF P-61C production.
2. Added P-61As to the Allied arsenal and fixed the upgrade paths.
3. Fixed the upgrade paths for Ohkas which were broken by M6.
4. Added a troop transport capability to the Shinyos to simulate each Shinyo being able to carry about 1/10th of an IJN DD's troop load. Also added the ability to carry 1 Type 3 mine per Shinyo. Some of the IJN and IJA suicide boats were designed to use the majority of an IJN mine as their payload, detonatable by contact rods being rammed into the side of the enemy ship.
5. Reduced all bomber defensive fire accuracy by another 50%
6. Replaced the individual bombs on 4-engined bombers with STICKs of 4 bombs each. So the B-29 gets 4 sticks of 500lb bombs. Penetration and anti-armour effect remains the same while explosive effect is quadrupled. This should prevent the over-accuracy vs HI and other industrial targets whilst still preserving effectiveness vs infantry and airfields etc.
7. Modded the Ki-264 to have 4 engines and reliability of 4 vice 5 given the really weird inability to repair we found when we upgraded/downgraded them in order to get them to take the new STICK bomb loadout.
Erkki,
I have found it is much more related to number of mounts and number of bombers than guns per mount. This would jibe with the idea that the "box formation" bonus is somehow being over-applied. I have theories on why but nothing for sure yet.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 23, 45
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TF 31 encounters mine field at Naha (95,66)
Japanese Ships
MTB G-872, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
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Sub vs Sub: SS Blueback attacking SS Ha-D-153 at 95,64 - near Nago
Japanese Ships
SS Ha-D-153, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Blueback
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Night Air attack on Manila , at 79,77
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 153 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-264 Angel x 61
Allied aircraft
P-51D Mustang x 13
P-61C Black Widow x 12
F6F-5N Hellcat x 8
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-264 Angel: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-51D Mustang: 2 destroyed
P-61C Black Widow: 1 destroyed
F6F-5N Hellcat: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
CVE Thetis Bay, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Ah, CVEs....
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Night Air attack on Daito Shoto , at 98,69
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 16
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3
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Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 97,64
Japanese Ships
LB-528
LB-530
LB-523
LB-518
PB Chohakusan Maru
Allied Ships
SS Springer
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Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 99,63
Japanese Ships
E No.49, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
E No.118
E No.45
E No.215
E No.207
E No.205
Allied Ships
SS Bumper, hits 16, on fire, heavy damage
SS Bumper launches 4 torpedoes at E No.49
Bumper diving deep ....
E No.207 attacking submerged sub ....
SS Bumper forced to surface!
E No.205 firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves
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Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 100,63
Japanese Ships
E No.37
E No.118
E No.215
E No.207
E No.205
Allied Ships
SS Baya, hits 25, and is sunk
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Sub attack near Calayan at 82,71
Japanese Ships
SS RO-50, hits 11
Allied Ships
APD Crosley
PF Brownsville
LST-911
DD Charles Hughes
DD Hilary Jones
PF Poughkeepsie
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ASW attack near Tanegashima at 101,63
Japanese Ships
E No.118
E No.215
E No.207
E No.205
Allied Ships
SS Croaker, hits 2
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Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 25
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 44,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 14
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Aparri at 82,73
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 3,100 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Sen Baku x 25
Kamikazes into the Northern Phillipines. I got lucky with the CAP altitude this time....
Allied aircraft
F4U-4 Corsair x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Sen Baku: 14 destroyed
A6M2 Sen Baku: 1 destroyed by flak
No Allied losses
Allied Ships
CL Trenton, Kamikaze hits 4, on fire
DD Metcalfe
DD Murray
DD Mertz
Trenton later sank. First CL kill of the game.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Aparri at 82,73
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 1,100 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes
Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 5
Allied aircraft
F4U-4 Corsair x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
B4Y1 Jean: 1 destroyed
B4Y1 Jean: 2 destroyed by flak
No Allied losses
Allied Ships
CL Trenton, on fire, heavy damage
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Morning Air attack on 23rd Div Remnants , at 82,72 , near Aparri
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter 21 x 48
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
80 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 193 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 66 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 125
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 42
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Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 140 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 42 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
A-26C Invader x 63
B-25J11 Mitchell x 60
P-38L Lightning x 56
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
A-26C Invader: 1 destroyed by flak
B-25J11 Mitchell: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 36
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 235
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Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 208 NM, estimated altitude 45,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 60 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 2
No Allied losses
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Ground combat at Naha (95,66)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 84895 troops, 912 guns, 109 vehicles, Assault Value = 3152
I'll attack again when this is over 4,000. That should take about 9 days as I am flying in 100 AV a day and should be bringing in another 100 AV per day by say in October and onwards. I'll detail how this is being achieved later.
Defending force 81613 troops, 550 guns, 1791 vehicles, Assault Value = 1612
Japanese ground losses:
304 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
78 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
126th Ind.Mixed Brigade
355th Division
26th Tank Regiment
Hirohito Armored Division
17th Ind.Mixed Brigade
66th Ind.Mixed Brigade
312th Division
303rd Division
8th SP Gun Battalion
77th Division
4th Tank Division
21st Ind.Mixed Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
1st SP Gun Battalion
102nd Division
2nd Amphibious Brigade
107th Division
Kamikaze Armored Division
3rd Guards Division
103rd Division
109th Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Ind.Tank Brigade
5th Ind.Tank Brigade
56th Army
17th Hvy.Artillery Regiment
40th Army
16th Area Army
54th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
541st Parachute Regiment
Tenth Army Combat Engineer Regiment
28th Airborne Tank Battalion
193rd Tank Battalion
296th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
97th Infantry Division
503rd Parachute Regiment
93rd Infantry Division
151st USA Base Force
Fifth USAAF Eng Engineer Aviation Battalion
212th Coast AA Regiment
33rd Aviation Base Force
177th USAAF Base Force
Tenth Army Engineer Aviation Battalion
165th Field Artillery Battalion
36th USN Naval Construction Regiment
Tenth US Army
232nd USN Base Force
5th USMC Air Wing Base Force
V US Fighter Cmnd
14th Marine AA Battalion
229th USN Base Force
35th USN Naval Construction Regiment
178th USAAF Base Force
77th Coast AA Regiment
6th USMC Air Wing Base Force
Southwest Pacific
36th Aviation Base Force
46th Construction Regiment
54th TC Wing
230th USN Base Force
148th USA Base Force
V US Bomber Cmnd
II US Corps
462nd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
Basically the Ki-264 required 6 engines ( reduced to 4 engines about 1 week into October because we ran into an issue where we had to up and downgrade bomber squadrons to get the changes we made to bomber loadouts take hold. The Allies repaired their bombers within a week or so. In that time a total of 16 Ki-264s were repaired out of about 150. I postulated that that was due to the number of engines so we reduced the number of engines and reduced the maintenance rating from 5 to 4. So far the changes look to result in more reasonable repair times. ) and had its range hugely reduced in order to model a large bombload, need for slightly shorter runways and heavy defensive armament. It is basically the Japanese answer to the B-29-25 being almost identical in many respects.
The G9M is a postulated torpedo-carrier carrying 6 torpedoes in internal torpedo bays and is a sort of specialised carrier-killer really. I felt that it was a reasonable extrapolation of the IJNAF war-fighting philosophy trading 50% of its range in order to be even more heavily armed and armoured and to serve as a heavy torpedo bomber, able to fight its way into the core of USN CV TFs. It actually can't really do that though as the USN fighters just gang up on them and nibble away a them BUT if you get 60 G9Ms into a major CVE TF with 6 to 8 CVEs then utter carnage follows.
Historical? No. A possible what if? Possible but not likely. The Japanese did look at long-range Junkers and Heinkels but never progressed too far with those plans.
Other changes we've made so far:
1. Increased USAAF P-61C production.
2. Added P-61As to the Allied arsenal and fixed the upgrade paths.
3. Fixed the upgrade paths for Ohkas which were broken by M6.
4. Added a troop transport capability to the Shinyos to simulate each Shinyo being able to carry about 1/10th of an IJN DD's troop load. Also added the ability to carry 1 Type 3 mine per Shinyo. Some of the IJN and IJA suicide boats were designed to use the majority of an IJN mine as their payload, detonatable by contact rods being rammed into the side of the enemy ship.
5. Reduced all bomber defensive fire accuracy by another 50%
6. Replaced the individual bombs on 4-engined bombers with STICKs of 4 bombs each. So the B-29 gets 4 sticks of 500lb bombs. Penetration and anti-armour effect remains the same while explosive effect is quadrupled. This should prevent the over-accuracy vs HI and other industrial targets whilst still preserving effectiveness vs infantry and airfields etc.
7. Modded the Ki-264 to have 4 engines and reliability of 4 vice 5 given the really weird inability to repair we found when we upgraded/downgraded them in order to get them to take the new STICK bomb loadout.
Erkki,
I have found it is much more related to number of mounts and number of bombers than guns per mount. This would jibe with the idea that the "box formation" bonus is somehow being over-applied. I have theories on why but nothing for sure yet.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 23, 45
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TF 31 encounters mine field at Naha (95,66)
Japanese Ships
MTB G-872, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
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Sub vs Sub: SS Blueback attacking SS Ha-D-153 at 95,64 - near Nago
Japanese Ships
SS Ha-D-153, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Blueback
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Night Air attack on Manila , at 79,77
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 153 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-264 Angel x 61
Allied aircraft
P-51D Mustang x 13
P-61C Black Widow x 12
F6F-5N Hellcat x 8
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-264 Angel: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-51D Mustang: 2 destroyed
P-61C Black Widow: 1 destroyed
F6F-5N Hellcat: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
CVE Thetis Bay, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Ah, CVEs....
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Night Air attack on Daito Shoto , at 98,69
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 16
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3
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Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 97,64
Japanese Ships
LB-528
LB-530
LB-523
LB-518
PB Chohakusan Maru
Allied Ships
SS Springer
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Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 99,63
Japanese Ships
E No.49, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
E No.118
E No.45
E No.215
E No.207
E No.205
Allied Ships
SS Bumper, hits 16, on fire, heavy damage
SS Bumper launches 4 torpedoes at E No.49
Bumper diving deep ....
E No.207 attacking submerged sub ....
SS Bumper forced to surface!
E No.205 firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves
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Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 100,63
Japanese Ships
E No.37
E No.118
E No.215
E No.207
E No.205
Allied Ships
SS Baya, hits 25, and is sunk
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Sub attack near Calayan at 82,71
Japanese Ships
SS RO-50, hits 11
Allied Ships
APD Crosley
PF Brownsville
LST-911
DD Charles Hughes
DD Hilary Jones
PF Poughkeepsie
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ASW attack near Tanegashima at 101,63
Japanese Ships
E No.118
E No.215
E No.207
E No.205
Allied Ships
SS Croaker, hits 2
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Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 25
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 44,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 14
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Aparri at 82,73
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 3,100 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Sen Baku x 25
Kamikazes into the Northern Phillipines. I got lucky with the CAP altitude this time....
Allied aircraft
F4U-4 Corsair x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Sen Baku: 14 destroyed
A6M2 Sen Baku: 1 destroyed by flak
No Allied losses
Allied Ships
CL Trenton, Kamikaze hits 4, on fire
DD Metcalfe
DD Murray
DD Mertz
Trenton later sank. First CL kill of the game.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Aparri at 82,73
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 1,100 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes
Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 5
Allied aircraft
F4U-4 Corsair x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
B4Y1 Jean: 1 destroyed
B4Y1 Jean: 2 destroyed by flak
No Allied losses
Allied Ships
CL Trenton, on fire, heavy damage
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Morning Air attack on 23rd Div Remnants , at 82,72 , near Aparri
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter 21 x 48
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
80 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 193 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 66 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 125
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 42
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Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 140 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 42 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
A-26C Invader x 63
B-25J11 Mitchell x 60
P-38L Lightning x 56
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
A-26C Invader: 1 destroyed by flak
B-25J11 Mitchell: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 36
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 235
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Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 208 NM, estimated altitude 45,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 60 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 2
No Allied losses
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Ground combat at Naha (95,66)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 84895 troops, 912 guns, 109 vehicles, Assault Value = 3152
I'll attack again when this is over 4,000. That should take about 9 days as I am flying in 100 AV a day and should be bringing in another 100 AV per day by say in October and onwards. I'll detail how this is being achieved later.
Defending force 81613 troops, 550 guns, 1791 vehicles, Assault Value = 1612
Japanese ground losses:
304 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
78 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
126th Ind.Mixed Brigade
355th Division
26th Tank Regiment
Hirohito Armored Division
17th Ind.Mixed Brigade
66th Ind.Mixed Brigade
312th Division
303rd Division
8th SP Gun Battalion
77th Division
4th Tank Division
21st Ind.Mixed Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
1st SP Gun Battalion
102nd Division
2nd Amphibious Brigade
107th Division
Kamikaze Armored Division
3rd Guards Division
103rd Division
109th Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Ind.Tank Brigade
5th Ind.Tank Brigade
56th Army
17th Hvy.Artillery Regiment
40th Army
16th Area Army
54th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
541st Parachute Regiment
Tenth Army Combat Engineer Regiment
28th Airborne Tank Battalion
193rd Tank Battalion
296th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
97th Infantry Division
503rd Parachute Regiment
93rd Infantry Division
151st USA Base Force
Fifth USAAF Eng Engineer Aviation Battalion
212th Coast AA Regiment
33rd Aviation Base Force
177th USAAF Base Force
Tenth Army Engineer Aviation Battalion
165th Field Artillery Battalion
36th USN Naval Construction Regiment
Tenth US Army
232nd USN Base Force
5th USMC Air Wing Base Force
V US Fighter Cmnd
14th Marine AA Battalion
229th USN Base Force
35th USN Naval Construction Regiment
178th USAAF Base Force
77th Coast AA Regiment
6th USMC Air Wing Base Force
Southwest Pacific
36th Aviation Base Force
46th Construction Regiment
54th TC Wing
230th USN Base Force
148th USA Base Force
V US Bomber Cmnd
II US Corps
462nd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
John Dillworth: "I had GreyJoy check my spelling and he said it was fine."
Well, that's that settled then.
Well, that's that settled then.
RE: Nemesis... FatR PROHIBITED !!!!
Nemo and friends. A couple of observations.
!. Japanese ASW seems overly effective in the few turns observed thus far. I realize that they did get better as the war progressed, but my impression (as it has been awhile since I read extensively on the subject) is that the IJN never got that good with surface ASW. Their aircraft got most the kills of the 52 Allied (or is that American?) subs lost in the Pacific if memory serves me well.
2. The Japanese did receive blueprints/plans for the Me-262. Do you guys plan to introduce an equivalent Japanese jet fighter?
!. Japanese ASW seems overly effective in the few turns observed thus far. I realize that they did get better as the war progressed, but my impression (as it has been awhile since I read extensively on the subject) is that the IJN never got that good with surface ASW. Their aircraft got most the kills of the 52 Allied (or is that American?) subs lost in the Pacific if memory serves me well.
2. The Japanese did receive blueprints/plans for the Me-262. Do you guys plan to introduce an equivalent Japanese jet fighter?
RE: Nemesis... FatR PROHIBITED !!!!
The Ki-201 is the Japanese jet fighter. As for escorts, I personally haven't reached super E's yet, so I won't comment. Kudos for the very interesting and thoughtful AARs Nemo. Your downfall ones are some of my favorite reads.
RE: Nemesis... FatR PROHIBITED !!!!
The E type escorts are definitely too lethal, as is USN ASW. The problem is, again, that when you have 14 depth charges dropped they EACH roll to hit ( same as for the bombs ). What would make sense is to change them to PATTERNs and model them that way. It is on the list of things for me to change as I do agree that ASW is completely unrealistic right now in the game.
Of course if I changed it I would be changing ALL ships in the game, not just the E class escorts so that's a non-trivial task. Doable but it would take a night and, right now, my opponent has enough submarines he doesn't appear too bothered about the ASW. He has requested the changes to night-fighters and bomber defensive armament ( which I've implemented above and agreed to ). If he asks for subs I'll do it quicker but, for right now, it is a change which will come over the next week or so of gametime when I find time for it.
The Ki-201 is the Japanese version of the Me-262. I've modded it a little as I think it was under-rated vs the P-80 which had hugely superior manoeuvre ratings which I don't see as being justified based on the reading I've done. Just to be safe though I haven't tweaked it too much, just a bit. I've also reduced the P-80 manoeuvre ( which at 28 at all altitude bands simply wasn't justified... It didn't out-turn dedicated turn fighters from anything I've read. )
Kapitanma,
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoy them.
Of course if I changed it I would be changing ALL ships in the game, not just the E class escorts so that's a non-trivial task. Doable but it would take a night and, right now, my opponent has enough submarines he doesn't appear too bothered about the ASW. He has requested the changes to night-fighters and bomber defensive armament ( which I've implemented above and agreed to ). If he asks for subs I'll do it quicker but, for right now, it is a change which will come over the next week or so of gametime when I find time for it.
The Ki-201 is the Japanese version of the Me-262. I've modded it a little as I think it was under-rated vs the P-80 which had hugely superior manoeuvre ratings which I don't see as being justified based on the reading I've done. Just to be safe though I haven't tweaked it too much, just a bit. I've also reduced the P-80 manoeuvre ( which at 28 at all altitude bands simply wasn't justified... It didn't out-turn dedicated turn fighters from anything I've read. )
Kapitanma,
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoy them.
John Dillworth: "I had GreyJoy check my spelling and he said it was fine."
Well, that's that settled then.
Well, that's that settled then.
RE: Nemesis... FatR PROHIBITED !!!!
Don't recall what exactly they did, but have a look at DaBabes. There was much discussion about stock and then they made some adjustments in DaBabes.
Intel Monkey: https://sites.google.com/view/staffmonkeys/home
RE: Nemesis... FatR PROHIBITED !!!!
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 24, 45
The reinforcement chain to Okinawa is beginning to come together now. Basically xAKLs and APDs bring the troops and equipment to Tokarra Retto where they unload under cover of 200 first-line fighters Ki-94 IIs, J7W1s, Ki-100IIs and A7M2s.
Barges and DD flotillas then move the troops and equipment to Amami Oshima and from there barges escorted by SCs move the forces to Okinawa. All in all I can deliver about two divisions a week this way at the moment and I'm hoping to increase that to 4 divisions a week by the end of the first week of October. My plan is to begin tightening the noose a little. I'm seeing signs of enemy CVE TFs gathering at Manilla and am expecting an invasion or resupply effort in the next fortnight.
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Sub attack near Kuroshima at 99,61
Japanese Ships
DD Kawagiri
DD Yakaze
DD Murakaze
DD Kiyokaze
Allied Ships
SS Trumpetfish, hits 4
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 95,66, Range 2,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
DD Doryu
DD Doryu
DD Doryu
Allied Ships
PT-124
PT-125
PT-126, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 95,66, Range 1,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
DD Doryu
DD Doryu
DD Doryu
Allied Ships
PT-61
PT-82
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Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 99,62
Japanese Ships
MGB G-231
MGB G-465
MGB G-463
MGB G-233
Allied Ships
SS Sirago
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Submarine attack near Amami Oshima at 98,63
Japanese Ships
E Otsu
E Io
E Urumi
Allied Ships
SS Flasher, hits 14, and is sunk
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Night Air attack on Manila , at 79,77
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 165 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-264 Angel x 55
Allied aircraft
P-51D Mustang x 13
P-61C Black Widow x 13
F6F-5N Hellcat x 7
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-264 Angel: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed
P-61C Black Widow: 2 destroyed
Allied Ships
CVE Kalinin Bay, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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Night Air attack on Daito Shoto , at 98,69
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 14
No Allied losses
Runway hits 1
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ASW attack near Kuroshima at 98,61
Japanese Ships
E No.76
E No.12
E No.150
E No.132
E No.52
Allied Ships
SS Plaice
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Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 97,64
Japanese Ships
LB-5014, Shell hits 2, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Springer
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Sub attack near Nago at 96,64
Japanese Ships
LB-519
Allied Ships
SS Haddo
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Submarine attack near Nago at 96,64
Japanese Ships
LB-520
Allied Ships
SS Haddo
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ASW attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 99,60
Japanese Ships
E No.194
E No.160
E No.80
E No.217
E No.192
E No.190
Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon, hits 19, heavy damage
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Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 97,62
Japanese Ships
E No.12
E No.50
E No.8
E No.150
E No.132
E No.76
E No.52
Allied Ships
SS Gato
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Morning Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 44,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 60
A6M8 Zero x 61
A7M2 Sam x 46
J2M2 Jack x 8
J7W1 Shinden x 77
N1K1-J George x 18
N1K5-J George x 32
Ki-84a Frank x 26
Ki-94-II x 41
Ki-100-II Tony x 13
Ki-201 Karyu x 32
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 50
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed
A6M8 Zero: 5 destroyed
A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed
J7W1 Shinden: 2 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 4 destroyed
Ki-100-II Tony: 1 destroyed
Ki-201 Karyu: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-51H Mustang: 3 destroyed
Sigh, a bad day to be a Japanese fighter pilot. Sometimes you eat the bear, sometimes the bear eats you. Anyways, it is all good attrition of the P-51Hs.
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Morning Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 42,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 40
A6M8 Zero x 38
A7M2 Sam x 38
J2M2 Jack x 6
J7W1 Shinden x 65
N1K1-J George x 15
N1K5-J George x 27
Ki-84a Frank x 15
Ki-94-II x 46
Ki-100-II Tony x 8
Ki-201 Karyu x 31
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed
A6M8 Zero: 2 destroyed
A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed
J7W1 Shinden: 1 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-51H Mustang: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 44,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 23
A6M8 Zero x 22
A7M2 Sam x 32
J2M2 Jack x 3
J7W1 Shinden x 58
N1K1-J George x 11
N1K5-J George x 23
Ki-84a Frank x 10
Ki-94-II x 44
Ki-100-II Tony x 5
Ki-201 Karyu x 29
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed
A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed
A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed
J7W1 Shinden: 1 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed
Ki-201 Karyu: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-51H Mustang: 2 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on 23rd Div Remnants , at 82,72 , near Aparri
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 1,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter 21 x 48
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 210 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 65 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 18
A6M8 Zero x 17
A7M2 Sam x 28
J2M2 Jack x 2
J7W1 Shinden x 56
N1K1-J George x 9
N1K5-J George x 22
Ki-84a Frank x 8
Ki-94-II x 43
Ki-100-II Tony x 4
Ki-201 Karyu x 27
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 583
Japanese aircraft losses
J7W1 Shinden: 1 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 16 damaged
Heavy Industry hits 31
Manpower hits 25
Fires 16816
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Morning Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 10
A6M8 Zero x 14
A7M2 Sam x 25
J2M2 Jack x 2
J7W1 Shinden x 48
N1K1-J George x 4
N1K5-J George x 15
Ki-84a Frank x 5
Ki-94-II x 37
Ki-100-II Tony x 3
Ki-201 Karyu x 22
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 18
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Heavy Industry hits 6
Fires 15913
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Morning Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 162 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 50 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 10
A6M8 Zero x 13
A7M2 Sam x 25
J2M2 Jack x 2
J7W1 Shinden x 46
N1K1-J George x 3
N1K5-J George x 15
Ki-84a Frank x 3
Ki-94-II x 37
Ki-100-II Tony x 3
Ki-201 Karyu x 21
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 24
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 3 destroyed, 9 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Ishigaki , at 90,66
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 41 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 124
P-38L Lightning x 14
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4
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Morning Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 183 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 57 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 3
A6M8 Zero x 5
A7M2 Sam x 17
J2M2 Jack x 2
J7W1 Shinden x 32
N1K1-J George x 3
N1K5-J George x 10
Ki-84a Frank x 2
Ki-94-II x 23
Ki-100-II Tony x 3
Ki-201 Karyu x 13
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 13
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 2 destroyed, 11 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 45,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 2
A6M8 Zero x 5
A7M2 Sam x 12
J2M2 Jack x 1
J7W1 Shinden x 27
N1K1-J George x 2
N1K5-J George x 5
Ki-84a Frank x 2
Ki-94-II x 20
Ki-100-II Tony x 3
Ki-201 Karyu x 9
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 50
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M8 Zero: 2 destroyed
A7M2 Sam: 2 destroyed
J7W1 Shinden: 3 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 3 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed
Ki-94-II: 1 destroyed
Ki-100-II Tony: 1 destroyed
Ki-201 Karyu: 1 destroyed
No Allied losses
16 to 0. Go Japan !!! Oh, wait !!
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Ground combat at Naha (95,66)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 85010 troops, 911 guns, 109 vehicles, Assault Value = 3235
Defending force 82284 troops, 551 guns, 1800 vehicles, Assault Value = 1623
Japanese ground losses:
288 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Assaulting units:
4th Tank Division
21st Ind.Mixed Regiment
17th Ind.Mixed Brigade
102nd Division
77th Division
126th Ind.Mixed Brigade
26th Tank Regiment
66th Ind.Mixed Brigade
2nd Amphibious Brigade
312th Division
11th Tank Regiment
109th Ind.Mixed Brigade
1st SP Gun Battalion
355th Division
Kamikaze Armored Division
107th Division
Hirohito Armored Division
4th Ind.Tank Brigade
8th SP Gun Battalion
103rd Division
7th Ind.Tank Brigade
3rd Guards Division
303rd Division
5th Ind.Tank Brigade
56th Army
40th Army
16th Area Army
17th Hvy.Artillery Regiment
54th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
541st Parachute Regiment
28th Airborne Tank Battalion
193rd Tank Battalion
97th Infantry Division
296th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
503rd Parachute Regiment
Tenth Army Combat Engineer Regiment
93rd Infantry Division
Tenth Army Engineer Aviation Battalion
54th TC Wing
232nd USN Base Force
Fifth USAAF Eng Engineer Aviation Battalion
148th USA Base Force
6th USMC Air Wing Base Force
46th Construction Regiment
177th USAAF Base Force
14th Marine AA Battalion
33rd Aviation Base Force
178th USAAF Base Force
35th USN Naval Construction Regiment
165th Field Artillery Battalion
V US Fighter Cmnd
229th USN Base Force
212th Coast AA Regiment
Tenth US Army
36th Aviation Base Force
77th Coast AA Regiment
II US Corps
5th USMC Air Wing Base Force
Southwest Pacific
151st USA Base Force
V US Bomber Cmnd
36th USN Naval Construction Regiment
230th USN Base Force
462nd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
So, it'll be quiet for another week and then we'll probably see some invasion TFs nosing into the Okinawa area and I'll unleash the kamis wholesale. That should get interesting.
The reinforcement chain to Okinawa is beginning to come together now. Basically xAKLs and APDs bring the troops and equipment to Tokarra Retto where they unload under cover of 200 first-line fighters Ki-94 IIs, J7W1s, Ki-100IIs and A7M2s.
Barges and DD flotillas then move the troops and equipment to Amami Oshima and from there barges escorted by SCs move the forces to Okinawa. All in all I can deliver about two divisions a week this way at the moment and I'm hoping to increase that to 4 divisions a week by the end of the first week of October. My plan is to begin tightening the noose a little. I'm seeing signs of enemy CVE TFs gathering at Manilla and am expecting an invasion or resupply effort in the next fortnight.
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Sub attack near Kuroshima at 99,61
Japanese Ships
DD Kawagiri
DD Yakaze
DD Murakaze
DD Kiyokaze
Allied Ships
SS Trumpetfish, hits 4
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 95,66, Range 2,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
DD Doryu
DD Doryu
DD Doryu
Allied Ships
PT-124
PT-125
PT-126, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 95,66, Range 1,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
DD Doryu
DD Doryu
DD Doryu
Allied Ships
PT-61
PT-82
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Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 99,62
Japanese Ships
MGB G-231
MGB G-465
MGB G-463
MGB G-233
Allied Ships
SS Sirago
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Submarine attack near Amami Oshima at 98,63
Japanese Ships
E Otsu
E Io
E Urumi
Allied Ships
SS Flasher, hits 14, and is sunk
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Night Air attack on Manila , at 79,77
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 165 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-264 Angel x 55
Allied aircraft
P-51D Mustang x 13
P-61C Black Widow x 13
F6F-5N Hellcat x 7
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-264 Angel: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed
P-61C Black Widow: 2 destroyed
Allied Ships
CVE Kalinin Bay, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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Night Air attack on Daito Shoto , at 98,69
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 14
No Allied losses
Runway hits 1
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ASW attack near Kuroshima at 98,61
Japanese Ships
E No.76
E No.12
E No.150
E No.132
E No.52
Allied Ships
SS Plaice
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Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 97,64
Japanese Ships
LB-5014, Shell hits 2, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Springer
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Sub attack near Nago at 96,64
Japanese Ships
LB-519
Allied Ships
SS Haddo
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Submarine attack near Nago at 96,64
Japanese Ships
LB-520
Allied Ships
SS Haddo
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ASW attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 99,60
Japanese Ships
E No.194
E No.160
E No.80
E No.217
E No.192
E No.190
Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon, hits 19, heavy damage
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Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 97,62
Japanese Ships
E No.12
E No.50
E No.8
E No.150
E No.132
E No.76
E No.52
Allied Ships
SS Gato
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Morning Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 44,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 60
A6M8 Zero x 61
A7M2 Sam x 46
J2M2 Jack x 8
J7W1 Shinden x 77
N1K1-J George x 18
N1K5-J George x 32
Ki-84a Frank x 26
Ki-94-II x 41
Ki-100-II Tony x 13
Ki-201 Karyu x 32
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 50
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed
A6M8 Zero: 5 destroyed
A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed
J7W1 Shinden: 2 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 4 destroyed
Ki-100-II Tony: 1 destroyed
Ki-201 Karyu: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-51H Mustang: 3 destroyed
Sigh, a bad day to be a Japanese fighter pilot. Sometimes you eat the bear, sometimes the bear eats you. Anyways, it is all good attrition of the P-51Hs.
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Morning Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 42,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 40
A6M8 Zero x 38
A7M2 Sam x 38
J2M2 Jack x 6
J7W1 Shinden x 65
N1K1-J George x 15
N1K5-J George x 27
Ki-84a Frank x 15
Ki-94-II x 46
Ki-100-II Tony x 8
Ki-201 Karyu x 31
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed
A6M8 Zero: 2 destroyed
A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed
J7W1 Shinden: 1 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-51H Mustang: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 44,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 23
A6M8 Zero x 22
A7M2 Sam x 32
J2M2 Jack x 3
J7W1 Shinden x 58
N1K1-J George x 11
N1K5-J George x 23
Ki-84a Frank x 10
Ki-94-II x 44
Ki-100-II Tony x 5
Ki-201 Karyu x 29
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed
A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed
A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed
J7W1 Shinden: 1 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed
Ki-201 Karyu: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-51H Mustang: 2 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on 23rd Div Remnants , at 82,72 , near Aparri
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 1,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter 21 x 48
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 210 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 65 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 18
A6M8 Zero x 17
A7M2 Sam x 28
J2M2 Jack x 2
J7W1 Shinden x 56
N1K1-J George x 9
N1K5-J George x 22
Ki-84a Frank x 8
Ki-94-II x 43
Ki-100-II Tony x 4
Ki-201 Karyu x 27
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 583
Japanese aircraft losses
J7W1 Shinden: 1 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 16 damaged
Heavy Industry hits 31
Manpower hits 25
Fires 16816
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Morning Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 10
A6M8 Zero x 14
A7M2 Sam x 25
J2M2 Jack x 2
J7W1 Shinden x 48
N1K1-J George x 4
N1K5-J George x 15
Ki-84a Frank x 5
Ki-94-II x 37
Ki-100-II Tony x 3
Ki-201 Karyu x 22
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 18
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Heavy Industry hits 6
Fires 15913
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Morning Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 162 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 50 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 10
A6M8 Zero x 13
A7M2 Sam x 25
J2M2 Jack x 2
J7W1 Shinden x 46
N1K1-J George x 3
N1K5-J George x 15
Ki-84a Frank x 3
Ki-94-II x 37
Ki-100-II Tony x 3
Ki-201 Karyu x 21
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 24
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 3 destroyed, 9 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Ishigaki , at 90,66
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 41 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 124
P-38L Lightning x 14
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4
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Morning Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 183 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 57 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 3
A6M8 Zero x 5
A7M2 Sam x 17
J2M2 Jack x 2
J7W1 Shinden x 32
N1K1-J George x 3
N1K5-J George x 10
Ki-84a Frank x 2
Ki-94-II x 23
Ki-100-II Tony x 3
Ki-201 Karyu x 13
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 13
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 2 destroyed, 11 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 45,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 2
A6M8 Zero x 5
A7M2 Sam x 12
J2M2 Jack x 1
J7W1 Shinden x 27
N1K1-J George x 2
N1K5-J George x 5
Ki-84a Frank x 2
Ki-94-II x 20
Ki-100-II Tony x 3
Ki-201 Karyu x 9
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 50
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M8 Zero: 2 destroyed
A7M2 Sam: 2 destroyed
J7W1 Shinden: 3 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 3 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed
Ki-94-II: 1 destroyed
Ki-100-II Tony: 1 destroyed
Ki-201 Karyu: 1 destroyed
No Allied losses
16 to 0. Go Japan !!! Oh, wait !!
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Ground combat at Naha (95,66)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 85010 troops, 911 guns, 109 vehicles, Assault Value = 3235
Defending force 82284 troops, 551 guns, 1800 vehicles, Assault Value = 1623
Japanese ground losses:
288 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Assaulting units:
4th Tank Division
21st Ind.Mixed Regiment
17th Ind.Mixed Brigade
102nd Division
77th Division
126th Ind.Mixed Brigade
26th Tank Regiment
66th Ind.Mixed Brigade
2nd Amphibious Brigade
312th Division
11th Tank Regiment
109th Ind.Mixed Brigade
1st SP Gun Battalion
355th Division
Kamikaze Armored Division
107th Division
Hirohito Armored Division
4th Ind.Tank Brigade
8th SP Gun Battalion
103rd Division
7th Ind.Tank Brigade
3rd Guards Division
303rd Division
5th Ind.Tank Brigade
56th Army
40th Army
16th Area Army
17th Hvy.Artillery Regiment
54th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
541st Parachute Regiment
28th Airborne Tank Battalion
193rd Tank Battalion
97th Infantry Division
296th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
503rd Parachute Regiment
Tenth Army Combat Engineer Regiment
93rd Infantry Division
Tenth Army Engineer Aviation Battalion
54th TC Wing
232nd USN Base Force
Fifth USAAF Eng Engineer Aviation Battalion
148th USA Base Force
6th USMC Air Wing Base Force
46th Construction Regiment
177th USAAF Base Force
14th Marine AA Battalion
33rd Aviation Base Force
178th USAAF Base Force
35th USN Naval Construction Regiment
165th Field Artillery Battalion
V US Fighter Cmnd
229th USN Base Force
212th Coast AA Regiment
Tenth US Army
36th Aviation Base Force
77th Coast AA Regiment
II US Corps
5th USMC Air Wing Base Force
Southwest Pacific
151st USA Base Force
V US Bomber Cmnd
36th USN Naval Construction Regiment
230th USN Base Force
462nd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
So, it'll be quiet for another week and then we'll probably see some invasion TFs nosing into the Okinawa area and I'll unleash the kamis wholesale. That should get interesting.
John Dillworth: "I had GreyJoy check my spelling and he said it was fine."
Well, that's that settled then.
Well, that's that settled then.
RE: Nemesis... FatR PROHIBITED !!!!
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 25, 45
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TF 13 encounters mine field at Naha (95,66)
Japanese Ships
MGB G-229, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
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Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 97,64
Japanese Ships
ML G-217
ML G-432
ML G-316
Allied Ships
SS Springer
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 95,66, Range 2,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
MGB G-225
MGB G-227
MGB G-230
MGB G-235
MGB G-237
MGB G-240
MGB G-462
MGB G-467
Allied Ships
PT-61
PT-82, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
PT-124, Shell hits 2, on fire
PT-125, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
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TF 48 encounters mine field at Naha (95,66)
Japanese Ships
MGB G-240, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
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ASW attack near Tokara Retto at 99,63
Japanese Ships
SC CHa-28
SC CHa-12
xAKL Yurishima Maru
xAKL Tatsumaki Maru
xAKL Miyakawa Maru #4
xAKL Kaino Maru
SC CHa-36
SC CHa-35
SC CHa-34
SC CHa-33
Allied Ships
SS Plaice
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ASW attack near Amami Oshima at 98,62
Japanese Ships
E No.194
E No.158
E No.48
E No.217
E No.192
Allied Ships
SS Bream, hits 33, heavy damage
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ASW attack near Naha at 95,66
Japanese Ships
MGB G-468
MGB G-239
Allied Ships
SS Caiman, hits 3
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Night Air attack on Naha , at 95,66
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 12
G4M2 Betty x 19
G4M2a Betty x 48
Allied aircraft
P-61C Black Widow x 12
F4U-1A Corsair x 11
F6F-5N Hellcat x 24
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
G4M2a Betty: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
No Allied losses
Runway hits 1
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Night Air attack on Naha , at 95,66
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-67-Ib Peggy x 3
Allied aircraft
P-61C Black Widow x 11
F4U-1A Corsair x 8
F6F-5N Hellcat x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-67-Ib Peggy: 1 destroyed
No Allied losses
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Night Air attack on Naha , at 95,66
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 103 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 3
Allied aircraft
P-61C Black Widow x 11
F4U-1A Corsair x 7
F6F-5N Hellcat x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
No Allied losses
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Night Air attack on Naha , at 95,66
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 15
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 6
Allied aircraft
P-61C Black Widow x 10
F4U-1A Corsair x 6
F6F-5N Hellcat x 17
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
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Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 98,63
Japanese Ships
SC CHa-22
SC CHa-31
SC CHa-26
xAKL Yurishima Maru
xAKL Takeshijima Maru
xAKL Meito Maru
SC CHa-36
SC CHa-35
SC CHa-34
SC CHa-33
Allied Ships
SS Tinosa
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Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 97,64
Japanese Ships
LB-526
LB-5012
LB-5007
LB-5002
LB-530
LB-527
SC Ch 41
Allied Ships
SS Springer
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Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 99,63
Japanese Ships
xAKL Daietsu Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
PB Kantori Maru
xAKL Mayara Maru
xAKL Kaimyo Maru
xAKL Higashiyama Maru
PB Nishho Maru
PB Kyo Maru #10
PB Kure Maru #5
Allied Ships
SS Plaice
To be fair, at this point, the Allies are losing more subs than I am xAKLs in the waters around Tokara Retto.
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Submarine attack near Tokara Retto at 99,62
Japanese Ships
E No.154
E No.217, Shell hits 1, on fire
E No.194
E No.192
E No.190
Allied Ships
SS Sirago, hits 9, and is sunk
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Aparri at 82,73
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 5,100 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
B6N2 Jill x 8
Allied aircraft
F4U-4 Corsair x 10
F6F-5 Hellcat x 10
Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 4 destroyed
No Allied losses
Allied Ships
DE French
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B6N2 Jill flying as kamikaze
Kamikaze: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
The CAP killed 7 and the 8th missed.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hengchun at 84,67
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 111 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 48 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-4 Corsair x 10
SB2C-5 Helldiver x 48
Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-5 Helldiver: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Doryu, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
DD Doryu, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
DD Doryu, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hengchun at 84,67
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 51 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
Mosquito FB.40 x 24
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 134 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
A-26C Invader x 63
B-25J11 Mitchell x 60
P-38L Lightning x 62
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-25J11 Mitchell: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 11
Runway hits 118
Same old same old. In preparation for the coming invasion I'm pulling more and more bombers from the night-time attacks on Okinawa and beginning serious training and upgrading.
Right now I'm looking at upgrading all of my actual combat units to the B7A2 and using the D4Y4s as kamikazes mainly. That'll boost my monthly kamikaze supply to about 1200 planes which should be enough to significantly degrade the Allies.
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TF 13 encounters mine field at Naha (95,66)
Japanese Ships
MGB G-229, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
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Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 97,64
Japanese Ships
ML G-217
ML G-432
ML G-316
Allied Ships
SS Springer
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 95,66, Range 2,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
MGB G-225
MGB G-227
MGB G-230
MGB G-235
MGB G-237
MGB G-240
MGB G-462
MGB G-467
Allied Ships
PT-61
PT-82, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
PT-124, Shell hits 2, on fire
PT-125, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
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TF 48 encounters mine field at Naha (95,66)
Japanese Ships
MGB G-240, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
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ASW attack near Tokara Retto at 99,63
Japanese Ships
SC CHa-28
SC CHa-12
xAKL Yurishima Maru
xAKL Tatsumaki Maru
xAKL Miyakawa Maru #4
xAKL Kaino Maru
SC CHa-36
SC CHa-35
SC CHa-34
SC CHa-33
Allied Ships
SS Plaice
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ASW attack near Amami Oshima at 98,62
Japanese Ships
E No.194
E No.158
E No.48
E No.217
E No.192
Allied Ships
SS Bream, hits 33, heavy damage
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ASW attack near Naha at 95,66
Japanese Ships
MGB G-468
MGB G-239
Allied Ships
SS Caiman, hits 3
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Night Air attack on Naha , at 95,66
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 12
G4M2 Betty x 19
G4M2a Betty x 48
Allied aircraft
P-61C Black Widow x 12
F4U-1A Corsair x 11
F6F-5N Hellcat x 24
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
G4M2a Betty: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
No Allied losses
Runway hits 1
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Night Air attack on Naha , at 95,66
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-67-Ib Peggy x 3
Allied aircraft
P-61C Black Widow x 11
F4U-1A Corsair x 8
F6F-5N Hellcat x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-67-Ib Peggy: 1 destroyed
No Allied losses
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Night Air attack on Naha , at 95,66
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 103 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 3
Allied aircraft
P-61C Black Widow x 11
F4U-1A Corsair x 7
F6F-5N Hellcat x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
No Allied losses
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Night Air attack on Naha , at 95,66
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 15
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 6
Allied aircraft
P-61C Black Widow x 10
F4U-1A Corsair x 6
F6F-5N Hellcat x 17
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
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Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 98,63
Japanese Ships
SC CHa-22
SC CHa-31
SC CHa-26
xAKL Yurishima Maru
xAKL Takeshijima Maru
xAKL Meito Maru
SC CHa-36
SC CHa-35
SC CHa-34
SC CHa-33
Allied Ships
SS Tinosa
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Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 97,64
Japanese Ships
LB-526
LB-5012
LB-5007
LB-5002
LB-530
LB-527
SC Ch 41
Allied Ships
SS Springer
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Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 99,63
Japanese Ships
xAKL Daietsu Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
PB Kantori Maru
xAKL Mayara Maru
xAKL Kaimyo Maru
xAKL Higashiyama Maru
PB Nishho Maru
PB Kyo Maru #10
PB Kure Maru #5
Allied Ships
SS Plaice
To be fair, at this point, the Allies are losing more subs than I am xAKLs in the waters around Tokara Retto.
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Submarine attack near Tokara Retto at 99,62
Japanese Ships
E No.154
E No.217, Shell hits 1, on fire
E No.194
E No.192
E No.190
Allied Ships
SS Sirago, hits 9, and is sunk
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Aparri at 82,73
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 5,100 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
B6N2 Jill x 8
Allied aircraft
F4U-4 Corsair x 10
F6F-5 Hellcat x 10
Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 4 destroyed
No Allied losses
Allied Ships
DE French
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B6N2 Jill flying as kamikaze
Kamikaze: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
The CAP killed 7 and the 8th missed.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hengchun at 84,67
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 111 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 48 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-4 Corsair x 10
SB2C-5 Helldiver x 48
Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-5 Helldiver: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Doryu, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
DD Doryu, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
DD Doryu, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hengchun at 84,67
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 51 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
Mosquito FB.40 x 24
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 134 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
A-26C Invader x 63
B-25J11 Mitchell x 60
P-38L Lightning x 62
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-25J11 Mitchell: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 11
Runway hits 118
Same old same old. In preparation for the coming invasion I'm pulling more and more bombers from the night-time attacks on Okinawa and beginning serious training and upgrading.
Right now I'm looking at upgrading all of my actual combat units to the B7A2 and using the D4Y4s as kamikazes mainly. That'll boost my monthly kamikaze supply to about 1200 planes which should be enough to significantly degrade the Allies.
John Dillworth: "I had GreyJoy check my spelling and he said it was fine."
Well, that's that settled then.
Well, that's that settled then.
RE: Nemesis... FatR PROHIBITED !!!!
Well I'm going to try to bring this up to date as my opponent appears to have suffered a "Catastropic Morale Failure" when launching his first amphibious invasion and is considering quitting if his emails are a sign of his morale.... Personally I don't understand it, he lost a few BBs in invading one of my islands but he has about 30 or so BBs in reserve, more than enough to get the job done.
After 1 month of war he has lost 1 CV, 4 BBs, 1 CVE, 3 to 4 BBs, 1 to 2 CAs and 2 CLs. He has also lost about 20 DDs. In return I've lost about 10 DDs. Proportionally speaking my losses are much heavier than his so I really don't see why these losses are causing a morale failure. I've offered to swap sides and play on as the Americans if he wishes to play as Japan. We'll see what happens. Alternately I'll ask if anyone wants to take over. The Americans are still incredibly strong and I see no reason they won't win, in the end.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 26, 45
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 95,66, Range 2,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
DD Ushio
DD Take
DD Kaede
DD Keyaki
DD Enoki
DD Hatsuzakura
DD Yaezakura
DD Kuzu
DD Hishi
DD Yakaze
DD Yukaze
DD Namikaze
DD Tawa
DD Hanekimo
DD Kawagiri
DD Kiyokaze
DD Murakaze
Allied Ships
PT-61
PT-124, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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Submarine attack near Calayan at 82,71
Japanese Ships
SS RO-50
Allied Ships
LST-911
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Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 97,63
Japanese Ships
APD T-21
APD T-16
APD T-11
APD T-6
APD T-28
APD T-27
APD T-26
APD T-25
Allied Ships
SS Tench
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Night Naval bombardment of Naha at 95,66
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
F6F-5N Hellcat: 1 destroyed on ground
Japanese Ships
DD Murakaze
DD Kiyokaze
DD Kawagiri
DD Hanekimo
DD Tawa
DD Namikaze
DD Yukaze
DD Yakaze
DD Hishi
DD Kuzu
DD Yaezakura
DD Hatsuzakura
DD Enoki
DD Keyaki
DD Kaede
DD Take
DD Ushio
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 29
Just building the narrative again.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Nago at 95,65
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 42,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 25
No Allied losses
Most of the Allied heavy blows are just hitting thin air. This is allowing me to build up my air force and by the end of the 1st week in October I reckon I will have enough fighters to commit 600 to the Okinawa/Tokarra Reto axis and cover some significant resupply convoys to Okinawa with CAP.
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Morning Air attack on 805/1878th Engineer Aviation Battalion, at 80,74 (San Fernando)
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 96 NM, estimated altitude 41,370 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-74-I Patsy x 4
Allied aircraft
F6F-5 Hellcat x 8
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Nago at 95,65
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 129 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 56 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-4 Corsair x 12
SB2C-5 Helldiver x 22
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
MTB G-627
MTB G-306
MTB G-10
MTB G-203
MTB G-407, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
MTB G-620
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Morning Air attack on 23rd Div Remnants , at 82,72 , near Aparri
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter 21 x 48
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
136 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
I figure about 100 AV won't get out. That means over 800 AV has been rescued from under the noses of the Allies. Not bad at all.
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Nago at 95,65
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 159 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 69 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 25
F4U-4 Corsair x 12
SB2C-5 Helldiver x 22
Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-5 Helldiver: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
APD T-24, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD T-18, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD T-15
APD T-8, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
APD T-14, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD T-7
APD T-28, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
I don't actually know how this happened. My ships had more than enough time to get in, unload and get out.... or so I thought. Ah well, sh*t happens.
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Afternoon Air attack on Takao , at 84,65
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 217 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 64 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
A-26C Invader x 48
B-25J11 Mitchell x 48
P-38L Lightning x 56
P-51H Mustang x 10
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-25J11 Mitchell: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 157
A quiet day. Yet more CVEs are showing up at Manilla. I omitted the endless bombing of Naha from the CR to save a bit of space.
After 1 month of war he has lost 1 CV, 4 BBs, 1 CVE, 3 to 4 BBs, 1 to 2 CAs and 2 CLs. He has also lost about 20 DDs. In return I've lost about 10 DDs. Proportionally speaking my losses are much heavier than his so I really don't see why these losses are causing a morale failure. I've offered to swap sides and play on as the Americans if he wishes to play as Japan. We'll see what happens. Alternately I'll ask if anyone wants to take over. The Americans are still incredibly strong and I see no reason they won't win, in the end.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 26, 45
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 95,66, Range 2,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
DD Ushio
DD Take
DD Kaede
DD Keyaki
DD Enoki
DD Hatsuzakura
DD Yaezakura
DD Kuzu
DD Hishi
DD Yakaze
DD Yukaze
DD Namikaze
DD Tawa
DD Hanekimo
DD Kawagiri
DD Kiyokaze
DD Murakaze
Allied Ships
PT-61
PT-124, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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Submarine attack near Calayan at 82,71
Japanese Ships
SS RO-50
Allied Ships
LST-911
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Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 97,63
Japanese Ships
APD T-21
APD T-16
APD T-11
APD T-6
APD T-28
APD T-27
APD T-26
APD T-25
Allied Ships
SS Tench
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Night Naval bombardment of Naha at 95,66
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
F6F-5N Hellcat: 1 destroyed on ground
Japanese Ships
DD Murakaze
DD Kiyokaze
DD Kawagiri
DD Hanekimo
DD Tawa
DD Namikaze
DD Yukaze
DD Yakaze
DD Hishi
DD Kuzu
DD Yaezakura
DD Hatsuzakura
DD Enoki
DD Keyaki
DD Kaede
DD Take
DD Ushio
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 29
Just building the narrative again.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Nago at 95,65
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 42,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 25
No Allied losses
Most of the Allied heavy blows are just hitting thin air. This is allowing me to build up my air force and by the end of the 1st week in October I reckon I will have enough fighters to commit 600 to the Okinawa/Tokarra Reto axis and cover some significant resupply convoys to Okinawa with CAP.
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Morning Air attack on 805/1878th Engineer Aviation Battalion, at 80,74 (San Fernando)
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 96 NM, estimated altitude 41,370 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-74-I Patsy x 4
Allied aircraft
F6F-5 Hellcat x 8
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Nago at 95,65
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 129 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 56 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-4 Corsair x 12
SB2C-5 Helldiver x 22
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
MTB G-627
MTB G-306
MTB G-10
MTB G-203
MTB G-407, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
MTB G-620
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Morning Air attack on 23rd Div Remnants , at 82,72 , near Aparri
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter 21 x 48
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
136 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
I figure about 100 AV won't get out. That means over 800 AV has been rescued from under the noses of the Allies. Not bad at all.
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Nago at 95,65
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 159 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 69 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 25
F4U-4 Corsair x 12
SB2C-5 Helldiver x 22
Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-5 Helldiver: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
APD T-24, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD T-18, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD T-15
APD T-8, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
APD T-14, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD T-7
APD T-28, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
I don't actually know how this happened. My ships had more than enough time to get in, unload and get out.... or so I thought. Ah well, sh*t happens.
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Afternoon Air attack on Takao , at 84,65
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 217 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 64 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
A-26C Invader x 48
B-25J11 Mitchell x 48
P-38L Lightning x 56
P-51H Mustang x 10
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-25J11 Mitchell: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 157
A quiet day. Yet more CVEs are showing up at Manilla. I omitted the endless bombing of Naha from the CR to save a bit of space.
John Dillworth: "I had GreyJoy check my spelling and he said it was fine."
Well, that's that settled then.
Well, that's that settled then.
RE: Nemesis... FatR PROHIBITED !!!!
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 27, 45
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Submarine attack near Amami Oshima at 97,63
Japanese Ships
APD T-8, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Tench
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TF 139 encounters mine field at Naha (95,66)
Allied Ships
SS Caiman, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 95,66, Range 2,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
CA Takao
CL Sakawa
DD Hibiki
DD Maki
DD Kiri
DD Sugi
DD Kashi
DD Kaya
DD Nara
DD Tsubaki
DD Yanagi
DD Nire
DD Hagi
DD Kaki
DD Shii
DD Sumire
DD Odake
DD Kaba
DD Hatsuume
DD Tochi
DD Kamikaze
DD Harukaze
DD Sawakaze
DD Shiokaze
Allied Ships
PT-61
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Night Naval bombardment of Naha at 95,66 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
F4U-4 Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground
P-47N Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed on ground
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground
SB2C-5 Helldiver: 3 destroyed on ground
F6F-5N Hellcat: 2 destroyed on ground
Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
CA Takao
CL Sakawa
DD Shiokaze
DD Sawakaze
DD Harukaze
DD Kamikaze
DD Tochi
DD Hatsuume
DD Kaba
DD Odake
DD Sumire
DD Shii
DD Kaki
DD Hagi
DD Nire
DD Yanagi
DD Nara
DD Kaya
DD Kashi
DD Sugi
DD Kiri
DD Maki
DD Hibiki
Allied ground losses:
131 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Airbase hits 16
Runway hits 37
F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for BB Nagato
BB Nagato firing at 232nd USN Base Force
232nd USN Base Force firing at BB Nagato
CA Takao firing at Naha
CL Sakawa firing at Naha
DD Shiokaze firing at Naha
DD Sawakaze firing at Naha
DD Harukaze firing at 97th Infantry Division
DD Kamikaze firing at Naha
DD Tochi firing at Naha
DD Hatsuume firing at 93rd Infantry Division
DD Kaba firing at Naha
DD Odake firing at 93rd Infantry Division
DD Sumire firing at Naha
DD Shii firing at Naha
DD Kaki firing at Naha
DD Hagi firing at Naha
DD Nire firing at 93rd Infantry Division
DD Yanagi firing at Naha
DD Nara firing at Naha
DD Kaya firing at Naha
DD Kashi firing at 97th Infantry Division
DD Sugi firing at Naha
DD Kiri firing at Naha
DD Maki firing at Naha
DD Hibiki firing at 93rd Infantry Division
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Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 98,63
Japanese Ships
E No.52
E No.46
E No.150
E No.132
E No.76
Allied Ships
SS Tinosa, hits 5
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TF 284 encounters mine field at Naha (95,66)
Allied Ships
PT-61, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
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Sub vs Sub: SS RO-67 attacking SS Angler at 85,68 - near Hengchun
Japanese Ships
SS RO-67
Allied Ships
SS Angler, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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Submarine attack near Naha at 95,66
Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-41
Allied Ships
PT-61, heavy damage
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Amami Oshima at 98,64
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 127 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-100-I Tony x 3
Allied aircraft
F4U-4 Corsair x 19
SB2C-5 Helldiver x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-5 Helldiver: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Takao at 84,65
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 95 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 41 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 10
SB2C-5 Helldiver x 48
Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-5 Helldiver: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
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Morning Air attack on 23rd Div Remnants , at 82,72 , near Aparri
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter 21 x 72
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
102 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Takao at 84,65
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 163 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 44 minutes
Allied aircraft
Mosquito FB.40 x 24
Allied aircraft losses
Mosquito FB.40: 8 damaged
Mosquito FB.40: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese Ships
DD Shinyo, Shell hits 6
DD Shinyo, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
DD Shinyo, Shell hits 4
DD Shinyo, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
DD Shinyo
This was an attempt by me to get Shinyos into a couple of TFs loading at Aparri. I think he is loading troop convoys ( LSTs, LCIs etc ) there for an invasion of the Ishigaki islands or to reinforce Okinawa. Unfortunately his air cover is too good and I was spotted.
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Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 137 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
A-26C Invader x 63
B-25J11 Mitchell x 60
P-38L Lightning x 70
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
A-26C Invader: 1 damaged
B-25J11 Mitchell: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 253
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Takao at 84,65
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 51
No Allied losses
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Takao at 84,65
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 214 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 93 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 10
SB2C-5 Helldiver x 47
Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-5 Helldiver: 18 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Shinyo, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Takao at 84,65
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 168 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 45 minutes
Allied aircraft
Mosquito FB.40 x 16
Allied aircraft losses
Mosquito FB.40: 16 damaged
Mosquito FB.40: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese Ships
DD Shinyo, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo, Shell hits 3
DD Shinyo, Shell hits 3
DD Shinyo
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Ground combat at Naha (95,66)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 102849 troops, 1003 guns, 2265 vehicles, Assault Value = 3968
Defending force 83106 troops, 556 guns, 1808 vehicles, Assault Value = 1642
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3
Japanese adjusted assault: 2340
Allied adjusted defense: 2073
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
7877 casualties reported
Squads: 49 destroyed, 537 disabled
Non Combat: 64 destroyed, 660 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 44 disabled
Vehicles lost 253 (43 destroyed, 210 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
2802 casualties reported
Squads: 18 destroyed, 86 disabled
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 269 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 33 disabled
Vehicles lost 59 (4 destroyed, 55 disabled)
Assaulting units:
3rd Guards Division
Hirohito Armored Division
21st Ind.Mixed Regiment
2nd Amphibious Brigade
303rd Division
46th Division
103rd Division
4th Tank Division
56th Infantry Brigade
5th Ind.Mixed Brigade
109th Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Ind.Tank Brigade
70th Infantry Brigade
126th Ind.Mixed Brigade
17th Ind.Mixed Brigade
26th Tank Regiment
66th Ind.Mixed Brigade
107th Division
102nd Division
312th Division
8th SP Gun Battalion
7th Ind.Tank Brigade
Kamikaze Armored Division
355th Division
11th Tank Regiment
1st SP Gun Battalion
77th Division
96th Ind.Mixed Brigade
5th Ind.Tank Brigade
17th Hvy.Artillery Regiment
16th Area Army
56th Army
40th Army
54th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
97th Infantry Division
503rd Parachute Regiment
28th Airborne Tank Battalion
541st Parachute Regiment
193rd Tank Battalion
Tenth Army Combat Engineer Regiment
296th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
93rd Infantry Division
232nd USN Base Force
229th USN Base Force
77th Coast AA Regiment
Tenth Army Engineer Aviation Battalion
V US Fighter Cmnd
33rd Aviation Base Force
36th USN Naval Construction Regiment
5th USMC Air Wing Base Force
212th Coast AA Regiment
II US Corps
151st USA Base Force
14th Marine AA Battalion
Tenth US Army
36th Aviation Base Force
165th Field Artillery Battalion
46th Construction Regiment
148th USA Base Force
177th USAAF Base Force
V US Bomber Cmnd
Southwest Pacific
6th USMC Air Wing Base Force
54th TC Wing
230th USN Base Force
178th USAAF Base Force
Fifth USAAF Eng Engineer Aviation Battalion
35th USN Naval Construction Regiment
462nd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
Damn, I got 1:1 far too early. I'll let it go at least a week before i attack again so he can build his fortifications back to Level 4. Then I'll drop them and mount attacks a little more closely together to begin a wearing down as I replace burnt out divisions with new units pulled from mainland Japan. The husks will, later, go to defend the second defensive line while the units which aren't burnt out will man the first defensive line. By the time the Allies break through that my disablements will be fixed and the second defensive line will be strong enough to hold for some time.
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Ground combat at 82,72 (near Aparri)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 9126 troops, 126 guns, 135 vehicles, Assault Value = 346
Defending force 4843 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 123
Allied adjusted assault: 202
Japanese adjusted defense: 121
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), supply(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
406 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
187 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
24th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
1st Filipino Inf Regiment
Defending units:
Hayashi Detachment
23rd Div Remnants
So, all in all things are going well although I'm going to have to slow down at Naha lest it become too threatened too quickly. I'd rather lure him into invading somewhere else around Ishigaki so I can get another garrison of hostages before I take Naha BUT if he does try to seriously reinforce Naha then I'll just have to attack repeatedly until it falls.
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Submarine attack near Amami Oshima at 97,63
Japanese Ships
APD T-8, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Tench
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TF 139 encounters mine field at Naha (95,66)
Allied Ships
SS Caiman, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 95,66, Range 2,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
CA Takao
CL Sakawa
DD Hibiki
DD Maki
DD Kiri
DD Sugi
DD Kashi
DD Kaya
DD Nara
DD Tsubaki
DD Yanagi
DD Nire
DD Hagi
DD Kaki
DD Shii
DD Sumire
DD Odake
DD Kaba
DD Hatsuume
DD Tochi
DD Kamikaze
DD Harukaze
DD Sawakaze
DD Shiokaze
Allied Ships
PT-61
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Night Naval bombardment of Naha at 95,66 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
F4U-4 Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground
P-47N Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed on ground
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground
SB2C-5 Helldiver: 3 destroyed on ground
F6F-5N Hellcat: 2 destroyed on ground
Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
CA Takao
CL Sakawa
DD Shiokaze
DD Sawakaze
DD Harukaze
DD Kamikaze
DD Tochi
DD Hatsuume
DD Kaba
DD Odake
DD Sumire
DD Shii
DD Kaki
DD Hagi
DD Nire
DD Yanagi
DD Nara
DD Kaya
DD Kashi
DD Sugi
DD Kiri
DD Maki
DD Hibiki
Allied ground losses:
131 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Airbase hits 16
Runway hits 37
F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for BB Nagato
BB Nagato firing at 232nd USN Base Force
232nd USN Base Force firing at BB Nagato
CA Takao firing at Naha
CL Sakawa firing at Naha
DD Shiokaze firing at Naha
DD Sawakaze firing at Naha
DD Harukaze firing at 97th Infantry Division
DD Kamikaze firing at Naha
DD Tochi firing at Naha
DD Hatsuume firing at 93rd Infantry Division
DD Kaba firing at Naha
DD Odake firing at 93rd Infantry Division
DD Sumire firing at Naha
DD Shii firing at Naha
DD Kaki firing at Naha
DD Hagi firing at Naha
DD Nire firing at 93rd Infantry Division
DD Yanagi firing at Naha
DD Nara firing at Naha
DD Kaya firing at Naha
DD Kashi firing at 97th Infantry Division
DD Sugi firing at Naha
DD Kiri firing at Naha
DD Maki firing at Naha
DD Hibiki firing at 93rd Infantry Division
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Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 98,63
Japanese Ships
E No.52
E No.46
E No.150
E No.132
E No.76
Allied Ships
SS Tinosa, hits 5
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TF 284 encounters mine field at Naha (95,66)
Allied Ships
PT-61, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
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Sub vs Sub: SS RO-67 attacking SS Angler at 85,68 - near Hengchun
Japanese Ships
SS RO-67
Allied Ships
SS Angler, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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Submarine attack near Naha at 95,66
Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-41
Allied Ships
PT-61, heavy damage
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Amami Oshima at 98,64
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 127 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-100-I Tony x 3
Allied aircraft
F4U-4 Corsair x 19
SB2C-5 Helldiver x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-5 Helldiver: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Takao at 84,65
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 95 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 41 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 10
SB2C-5 Helldiver x 48
Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-5 Helldiver: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
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Morning Air attack on 23rd Div Remnants , at 82,72 , near Aparri
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter 21 x 72
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
102 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Takao at 84,65
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 163 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 44 minutes
Allied aircraft
Mosquito FB.40 x 24
Allied aircraft losses
Mosquito FB.40: 8 damaged
Mosquito FB.40: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese Ships
DD Shinyo, Shell hits 6
DD Shinyo, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
DD Shinyo, Shell hits 4
DD Shinyo, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
DD Shinyo
This was an attempt by me to get Shinyos into a couple of TFs loading at Aparri. I think he is loading troop convoys ( LSTs, LCIs etc ) there for an invasion of the Ishigaki islands or to reinforce Okinawa. Unfortunately his air cover is too good and I was spotted.
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Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 137 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
A-26C Invader x 63
B-25J11 Mitchell x 60
P-38L Lightning x 70
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
A-26C Invader: 1 damaged
B-25J11 Mitchell: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 253
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Takao at 84,65
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 51
No Allied losses
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Takao at 84,65
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 214 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 93 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 10
SB2C-5 Helldiver x 47
Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-5 Helldiver: 18 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Shinyo, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Takao at 84,65
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 168 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 45 minutes
Allied aircraft
Mosquito FB.40 x 16
Allied aircraft losses
Mosquito FB.40: 16 damaged
Mosquito FB.40: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese Ships
DD Shinyo, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
DD Shinyo
DD Shinyo, Shell hits 3
DD Shinyo, Shell hits 3
DD Shinyo
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Ground combat at Naha (95,66)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 102849 troops, 1003 guns, 2265 vehicles, Assault Value = 3968
Defending force 83106 troops, 556 guns, 1808 vehicles, Assault Value = 1642
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3
Japanese adjusted assault: 2340
Allied adjusted defense: 2073
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
7877 casualties reported
Squads: 49 destroyed, 537 disabled
Non Combat: 64 destroyed, 660 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 44 disabled
Vehicles lost 253 (43 destroyed, 210 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
2802 casualties reported
Squads: 18 destroyed, 86 disabled
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 269 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 33 disabled
Vehicles lost 59 (4 destroyed, 55 disabled)
Assaulting units:
3rd Guards Division
Hirohito Armored Division
21st Ind.Mixed Regiment
2nd Amphibious Brigade
303rd Division
46th Division
103rd Division
4th Tank Division
56th Infantry Brigade
5th Ind.Mixed Brigade
109th Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Ind.Tank Brigade
70th Infantry Brigade
126th Ind.Mixed Brigade
17th Ind.Mixed Brigade
26th Tank Regiment
66th Ind.Mixed Brigade
107th Division
102nd Division
312th Division
8th SP Gun Battalion
7th Ind.Tank Brigade
Kamikaze Armored Division
355th Division
11th Tank Regiment
1st SP Gun Battalion
77th Division
96th Ind.Mixed Brigade
5th Ind.Tank Brigade
17th Hvy.Artillery Regiment
16th Area Army
56th Army
40th Army
54th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
97th Infantry Division
503rd Parachute Regiment
28th Airborne Tank Battalion
541st Parachute Regiment
193rd Tank Battalion
Tenth Army Combat Engineer Regiment
296th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
93rd Infantry Division
232nd USN Base Force
229th USN Base Force
77th Coast AA Regiment
Tenth Army Engineer Aviation Battalion
V US Fighter Cmnd
33rd Aviation Base Force
36th USN Naval Construction Regiment
5th USMC Air Wing Base Force
212th Coast AA Regiment
II US Corps
151st USA Base Force
14th Marine AA Battalion
Tenth US Army
36th Aviation Base Force
165th Field Artillery Battalion
46th Construction Regiment
148th USA Base Force
177th USAAF Base Force
V US Bomber Cmnd
Southwest Pacific
6th USMC Air Wing Base Force
54th TC Wing
230th USN Base Force
178th USAAF Base Force
Fifth USAAF Eng Engineer Aviation Battalion
35th USN Naval Construction Regiment
462nd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
Damn, I got 1:1 far too early. I'll let it go at least a week before i attack again so he can build his fortifications back to Level 4. Then I'll drop them and mount attacks a little more closely together to begin a wearing down as I replace burnt out divisions with new units pulled from mainland Japan. The husks will, later, go to defend the second defensive line while the units which aren't burnt out will man the first defensive line. By the time the Allies break through that my disablements will be fixed and the second defensive line will be strong enough to hold for some time.
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Ground combat at 82,72 (near Aparri)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 9126 troops, 126 guns, 135 vehicles, Assault Value = 346
Defending force 4843 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 123
Allied adjusted assault: 202
Japanese adjusted defense: 121
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), supply(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
406 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
187 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
24th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
1st Filipino Inf Regiment
Defending units:
Hayashi Detachment
23rd Div Remnants
So, all in all things are going well although I'm going to have to slow down at Naha lest it become too threatened too quickly. I'd rather lure him into invading somewhere else around Ishigaki so I can get another garrison of hostages before I take Naha BUT if he does try to seriously reinforce Naha then I'll just have to attack repeatedly until it falls.
John Dillworth: "I had GreyJoy check my spelling and he said it was fine."
Well, that's that settled then.
Well, that's that settled then.
RE: Nemesis... FatR PROHIBITED !!!!
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 28, 45
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Submarine attack near Kochi at 106,61
Japanese Ships
E No.217
Allied Ships
SS Raton
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TF 80 encounters mine field at Naha (95,66)
Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-33, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
The minefield gods demand a sacrifice every now and then. I think I've finally cleared all the USN PT boats etc out of Naha. So, clear runs for the bombardment fleets --- but I need to stop them as I don't want it to fall too quickly, plus my spidey-sense tells me his CVs are at sea and I don't want my single BB ambushed and lost to airpower. I'll stage a small sacrifice of old DDs at Okinawa and use that as a reason to call of further bombardments. He'll buy that and losing some of my precious DDs will convince him it wasn't planned. After all who would lose 10% of their DDs and real combat power in order to maintain a deception? Well, I would. It'll also provide a pretext for me basing fighters into the Okinawa region again.
The necessary orders have been given.
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Sub attack near Nago at 96,64
Japanese Ships
LB-5001
SC Ch 41
LB-5013
LB-5008
LB-5003
LB-530
LB-528
LB-523
SC CHa-40
Allied Ships
SS Haddo
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Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 43,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 46
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 46,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 15
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 47,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
Spitfire F.XIV x 14
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Amami Oshima at 98,64
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 218 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 94 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-47N Thunderbolt x 36
SB2C-5 Helldiver x 19
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
MTB G-1011
MTB G-554, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
MTB G-1030
MTB G-1029
MTB G-1008, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
MTB G-1012, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
MTB G-1017
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Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 132 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 39 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
A-26C Invader x 60
B-25J11 Mitchell x 60
P-38L Lightning x 71
P-51H Mustang x 10
F4U-4 Corsair x 17
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
A-26C Invader: 3 damaged
B-25J11 Mitchell: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 109
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Afternoon Air attack on Ishigaki , at 90,66
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-4 Corsair x 17
No Allied losses
Hmm, Ishigaki sweeps. 1 week to 10 days from invasion either here (or the two neighbouring islands ) or a reinforcement run into Naha.
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Afternoon Air attack on 805/1878th Engineer Aviation Battalion, at 80,74 (San Fernando)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 178 NM, estimated altitude 41,370 feet.
Estimated time to target is 49 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-74-I Patsy x 3
Allied aircraft
F4U-4 Corsair x 2
F6F-5 Hellcat x 3
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
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Afternoon Air attack on Ishigaki , at 90,66
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 62 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes
Allied aircraft
SB2C-5 Helldiver x 48
Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-5 Helldiver: 12 damaged
Runway hits 2
These are from a land base, not CVs or CVEs.
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Afternoon Air attack on Hayashi Detachment , at 82,72 , near Aparri
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter 21 x 48
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Ground combat at Naha (95,66)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 100804 troops, 1060 guns, 126 vehicles, Assault Value = 3353
Defending force 81040 troops, 547 guns, 1808 vehicles, Assault Value = 1538
Japanese ground losses:
135 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Ground combat at 82,72 (near Aparri)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 8920 troops, 126 guns, 135 vehicles, Assault Value = 332
Defending force 4246 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 87
Allied adjusted assault: 129
Japanese adjusted defense: 25
Allied assault odds: 5 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
486 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
151 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
24th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
1st Filipino Inf Regiment
Defending units:
Hayashi Detachment
23rd Div Remnants
Same old, same old. It looks like he is beginning to look at reducing Ishigaki though. So, he'll land on one of the three Ishigaki Chain islands or reinforce Naha.
I have a major upgrade cycle for Ohkas coming on 1st October but I'll try and get that done quickly and be ready for combat by 3rd or 4th October - which will be the earliest he'll invade the Ishigaki chain. Naha should take him an additional 3 days which gives an ETA of 6th to 7th October at the earliest. If he goes for Naha I'll hit him with 600 Ohkas--- which will devastate him.
Really though he should invade Daito Shoto and use transport planes and flying boats to fly his troops into Naha. That would give him numbers, AV and would allow him to reinforce Naha without risking his shipping to my Ohkas. It would also mean he'd only face my Ki-43 kamikazes instead of the Ohkas he'll face at either the Ishigaki chain or Okinawa ( and the Ohkas are immeasurably more deadly than Ki-43s.... but only have a range of 1 hex so can be easily avoided.
No sign of any preparation around Daito Shoto though... He might be luring me into a false sense of security obviously but I've already placed an additional division there as I think it is by far the best place for him to invade now.
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Submarine attack near Kochi at 106,61
Japanese Ships
E No.217
Allied Ships
SS Raton
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TF 80 encounters mine field at Naha (95,66)
Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-33, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
The minefield gods demand a sacrifice every now and then. I think I've finally cleared all the USN PT boats etc out of Naha. So, clear runs for the bombardment fleets --- but I need to stop them as I don't want it to fall too quickly, plus my spidey-sense tells me his CVs are at sea and I don't want my single BB ambushed and lost to airpower. I'll stage a small sacrifice of old DDs at Okinawa and use that as a reason to call of further bombardments. He'll buy that and losing some of my precious DDs will convince him it wasn't planned. After all who would lose 10% of their DDs and real combat power in order to maintain a deception? Well, I would. It'll also provide a pretext for me basing fighters into the Okinawa region again.
The necessary orders have been given.
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Sub attack near Nago at 96,64
Japanese Ships
LB-5001
SC Ch 41
LB-5013
LB-5008
LB-5003
LB-530
LB-528
LB-523
SC CHa-40
Allied Ships
SS Haddo
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Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 43,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 46
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 46,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 15
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 47,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
Spitfire F.XIV x 14
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Amami Oshima at 98,64
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 218 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 94 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-47N Thunderbolt x 36
SB2C-5 Helldiver x 19
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
MTB G-1011
MTB G-554, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
MTB G-1030
MTB G-1029
MTB G-1008, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
MTB G-1012, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
MTB G-1017
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Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 132 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 39 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
A-26C Invader x 60
B-25J11 Mitchell x 60
P-38L Lightning x 71
P-51H Mustang x 10
F4U-4 Corsair x 17
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
A-26C Invader: 3 damaged
B-25J11 Mitchell: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 109
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Afternoon Air attack on Ishigaki , at 90,66
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-4 Corsair x 17
No Allied losses
Hmm, Ishigaki sweeps. 1 week to 10 days from invasion either here (or the two neighbouring islands ) or a reinforcement run into Naha.
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Afternoon Air attack on 805/1878th Engineer Aviation Battalion, at 80,74 (San Fernando)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 178 NM, estimated altitude 41,370 feet.
Estimated time to target is 49 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-74-I Patsy x 3
Allied aircraft
F4U-4 Corsair x 2
F6F-5 Hellcat x 3
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
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Afternoon Air attack on Ishigaki , at 90,66
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 62 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes
Allied aircraft
SB2C-5 Helldiver x 48
Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-5 Helldiver: 12 damaged
Runway hits 2
These are from a land base, not CVs or CVEs.
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Afternoon Air attack on Hayashi Detachment , at 82,72 , near Aparri
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter 21 x 48
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Ground combat at Naha (95,66)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 100804 troops, 1060 guns, 126 vehicles, Assault Value = 3353
Defending force 81040 troops, 547 guns, 1808 vehicles, Assault Value = 1538
Japanese ground losses:
135 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Ground combat at 82,72 (near Aparri)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 8920 troops, 126 guns, 135 vehicles, Assault Value = 332
Defending force 4246 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 87
Allied adjusted assault: 129
Japanese adjusted defense: 25
Allied assault odds: 5 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
486 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
151 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
24th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
1st Filipino Inf Regiment
Defending units:
Hayashi Detachment
23rd Div Remnants
Same old, same old. It looks like he is beginning to look at reducing Ishigaki though. So, he'll land on one of the three Ishigaki Chain islands or reinforce Naha.
I have a major upgrade cycle for Ohkas coming on 1st October but I'll try and get that done quickly and be ready for combat by 3rd or 4th October - which will be the earliest he'll invade the Ishigaki chain. Naha should take him an additional 3 days which gives an ETA of 6th to 7th October at the earliest. If he goes for Naha I'll hit him with 600 Ohkas--- which will devastate him.
Really though he should invade Daito Shoto and use transport planes and flying boats to fly his troops into Naha. That would give him numbers, AV and would allow him to reinforce Naha without risking his shipping to my Ohkas. It would also mean he'd only face my Ki-43 kamikazes instead of the Ohkas he'll face at either the Ishigaki chain or Okinawa ( and the Ohkas are immeasurably more deadly than Ki-43s.... but only have a range of 1 hex so can be easily avoided.
No sign of any preparation around Daito Shoto though... He might be luring me into a false sense of security obviously but I've already placed an additional division there as I think it is by far the best place for him to invade now.
John Dillworth: "I had GreyJoy check my spelling and he said it was fine."
Well, that's that settled then.
Well, that's that settled then.
RE: Nemesis... FatR PROHIBITED !!!!
A word on defensive plans for the Ishigaki/Okinawa/Daito Shoto region.
1. Anti-amphibious kamis: Ohkas with a range of 1 will base on the islands which may be invaded and will sortie to attack escorting BBs, CAs and whichever AKAs and APAs are present. With their large warhead size any hit on a transport should equal a kill.
2. Val/Kate/Zero kamis: These are medium range kamis which will sortie out to maximum range at low level ( 100 feet ). Their job will be to get in under Allied radar and launch surprise attacks on the amphibious TFs and covering CV TFs. I don't expect these to be too successful as they are rather slow and open to interception but I'll use them while I have them. Down the road I anticipate replacing A6M2 variants and Vals and Kates with A6M7s, Jacks and JIlls and Judys. I'll keep the Grace in reserve to outfit both my dive-bomber and torpedo-bomber groups.
3. I have built a Level 7 Airfield in south-western Japan and have prepped it with huge numbers of torpedoes in various Air HQs ready to receive my 132 G9Ms. All of the possible invasion sites are within range of that airfield and will be subject to attacks by the G9Ms. Range will be limited to prevent the G9Ms attacking enemy CV TFs. Right now I just want to kill BBs and amphibious ships. Once enough BBs are killed my kamikazes will have a much better chance of expending themselves vs CVs instead of BBs when they attack the CV TFs over the next year.
As regards the G9M my math is that for every 36 G9Ms committed to action I can expect 8 torpedo hits vs enemy BBs/CVs. I can expect probably twice as many vs CVEs. If my G9Ms sortie in strength I could be looking at 32 torpedo hits - which I estimate is enough to sink 4 BBs and 2 CAs for the 132 G9Ms which would sortie. Losses to the G9Ms would average about 50% which would mean that in that battle I'd lose 2 months worth of production ( I make 40 per month ). That's a trade I'd happily take though. If escorted losses would, obviously, be a lot lower but I don't have any escorts to waste here. I need every plane I have to upgrade the defences in the Home Islands - right now I still have one of my best IJA fighter groups flying Ki-43 III Oscars over Tokyo and innumerable IJAAF and IJNAF airgroups flying CAP over the Home Islands in Ki-61s or A6M5s.
4. MTBs and Shinyos are standing ready to counter any attempt to reinforce Okinawa. If they try that I can literally flood Okinawa with 100+ MTBs/ Shinyo Flotillas and expect to cause significant carnage. If he makes for the Ishigaki region or Daito Shoto things will be tougher but I have placed Shinyos so they can attack on the first night after amphibious landings begin. If I'm lucky they might hit some BBs and transports.
5. The IJN is holding itself in readiness in Shimosoeki and Nagasaki and will sortie once the enemy fleet is committed to an invasion. It will gather at either Amami Oshima or Okinawa under strong CAP ready to dash in for a night-time raid on Okinawa ( from Amami Oshima ) or the Ishigaki chain/Daito ( from Okinawa ).
6. My best IJNAAF single and twin-engined torpedo bomber squadrons stand ready to fly into Okinawa and/or Formosa in order to fly night-time torpedo bomber attacks on the enemy fleet ( including CV TFs ).
ALL Japan's flying boats and ALL of my Fast Transports are arrayed in south-western Japan ready to fly troops in irrespective of losses. Once the Allied amphibious forces have been removed from the scene ( after unloading their troops ) the APDs will dash in delivering 1/3rd of a division every 2 days from Okinawa ( where I have gathered a reserve of over 1,000 AV with which to fight this upcoming battle.... I'm sure my opponent has no idea my local reserve is so sizeable... Wherever he lands needs to survive for 4 days on its own and then he'll have to retire in the face of continuous kamikaze attacks and I'll reinforce whatever island he has landed in with 1 division every 4 days by sea and air.
He SHOULD invade Daito Shoto but I think he is much more likely to invade Ishigaki or reinforce Okinawa. In order to help lure him into the Ishigaki chain - which is where I want him to attack, I have purposely only reinforced two of the three islands. The third, Miyako-jima, I have left unreinforced. It has, in effect, the appearance of having been forgotten. Instead it is actually perfectly positioned to be within Oscar range of Okinawa and Formosa and is the island in the Ishigaki chain my slow BB can reach during the night-time phase if it steams at full speed from Okinawa.... Since I'd like to give my BB a chance of surviving the upcoming battle I want it to arrive at night and depart by daytime. Hence I'm trying to lure him towards Miyako-jima by making it very inviting.
1. Anti-amphibious kamis: Ohkas with a range of 1 will base on the islands which may be invaded and will sortie to attack escorting BBs, CAs and whichever AKAs and APAs are present. With their large warhead size any hit on a transport should equal a kill.
2. Val/Kate/Zero kamis: These are medium range kamis which will sortie out to maximum range at low level ( 100 feet ). Their job will be to get in under Allied radar and launch surprise attacks on the amphibious TFs and covering CV TFs. I don't expect these to be too successful as they are rather slow and open to interception but I'll use them while I have them. Down the road I anticipate replacing A6M2 variants and Vals and Kates with A6M7s, Jacks and JIlls and Judys. I'll keep the Grace in reserve to outfit both my dive-bomber and torpedo-bomber groups.
3. I have built a Level 7 Airfield in south-western Japan and have prepped it with huge numbers of torpedoes in various Air HQs ready to receive my 132 G9Ms. All of the possible invasion sites are within range of that airfield and will be subject to attacks by the G9Ms. Range will be limited to prevent the G9Ms attacking enemy CV TFs. Right now I just want to kill BBs and amphibious ships. Once enough BBs are killed my kamikazes will have a much better chance of expending themselves vs CVs instead of BBs when they attack the CV TFs over the next year.
As regards the G9M my math is that for every 36 G9Ms committed to action I can expect 8 torpedo hits vs enemy BBs/CVs. I can expect probably twice as many vs CVEs. If my G9Ms sortie in strength I could be looking at 32 torpedo hits - which I estimate is enough to sink 4 BBs and 2 CAs for the 132 G9Ms which would sortie. Losses to the G9Ms would average about 50% which would mean that in that battle I'd lose 2 months worth of production ( I make 40 per month ). That's a trade I'd happily take though. If escorted losses would, obviously, be a lot lower but I don't have any escorts to waste here. I need every plane I have to upgrade the defences in the Home Islands - right now I still have one of my best IJA fighter groups flying Ki-43 III Oscars over Tokyo and innumerable IJAAF and IJNAF airgroups flying CAP over the Home Islands in Ki-61s or A6M5s.
4. MTBs and Shinyos are standing ready to counter any attempt to reinforce Okinawa. If they try that I can literally flood Okinawa with 100+ MTBs/ Shinyo Flotillas and expect to cause significant carnage. If he makes for the Ishigaki region or Daito Shoto things will be tougher but I have placed Shinyos so they can attack on the first night after amphibious landings begin. If I'm lucky they might hit some BBs and transports.
5. The IJN is holding itself in readiness in Shimosoeki and Nagasaki and will sortie once the enemy fleet is committed to an invasion. It will gather at either Amami Oshima or Okinawa under strong CAP ready to dash in for a night-time raid on Okinawa ( from Amami Oshima ) or the Ishigaki chain/Daito ( from Okinawa ).
6. My best IJNAAF single and twin-engined torpedo bomber squadrons stand ready to fly into Okinawa and/or Formosa in order to fly night-time torpedo bomber attacks on the enemy fleet ( including CV TFs ).
ALL Japan's flying boats and ALL of my Fast Transports are arrayed in south-western Japan ready to fly troops in irrespective of losses. Once the Allied amphibious forces have been removed from the scene ( after unloading their troops ) the APDs will dash in delivering 1/3rd of a division every 2 days from Okinawa ( where I have gathered a reserve of over 1,000 AV with which to fight this upcoming battle.... I'm sure my opponent has no idea my local reserve is so sizeable... Wherever he lands needs to survive for 4 days on its own and then he'll have to retire in the face of continuous kamikaze attacks and I'll reinforce whatever island he has landed in with 1 division every 4 days by sea and air.
He SHOULD invade Daito Shoto but I think he is much more likely to invade Ishigaki or reinforce Okinawa. In order to help lure him into the Ishigaki chain - which is where I want him to attack, I have purposely only reinforced two of the three islands. The third, Miyako-jima, I have left unreinforced. It has, in effect, the appearance of having been forgotten. Instead it is actually perfectly positioned to be within Oscar range of Okinawa and Formosa and is the island in the Ishigaki chain my slow BB can reach during the night-time phase if it steams at full speed from Okinawa.... Since I'd like to give my BB a chance of surviving the upcoming battle I want it to arrive at night and depart by daytime. Hence I'm trying to lure him towards Miyako-jima by making it very inviting.
John Dillworth: "I had GreyJoy check my spelling and he said it was fine."
Well, that's that settled then.
Well, that's that settled then.
RE: Nemesis... FatR PROHIBITED !!!!
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 29, 45
Sometimes when you want to make a sacrifice it ends up costing more than you though... Read on.
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TF 115 encounters mine field at Naha (95,66)
Japanese Ships
DD Hatsuzakura, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
DD Namikaze, Mine hits 1
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ASW attack near Amami Oshima at 97,64
Japanese Ships
LB-208
LB-203
LB-522
LB-517
SC CHa-5
Allied Ships
SS Springer
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ASW attack near Amami Oshima at 97,63
Japanese Ships
DD Ushio, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Yaezakura
DD Take
DD Murakaze
DD Hanekimo
DD Tawa
DD Yukaze
Allied Ships
SS Tench, hits 2
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Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 44,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 50
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 14 NM, estimated altitude 45,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 16
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on 871st Engineer Aviation Battalion, at 80,74 (San Fernando)
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 108 NM, estimated altitude 43,370 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-74-I Patsy x 3
Allied aircraft
F6F-5 Hellcat x 4
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
These are just CAP recon really. I'm very impressed with the Ki-74s ability to not be intercepted though. I am thinking of beginning a production line of some 50 per month in order to provide enough planes to outfit a single Kamikaze Chutai --- which can launch a kamikaze mission every week. The long range would make for excellent harrassment and they would be effective if I selectively filled that group with partially trained pilots with Exp in the 40s or 50s - as opposed to the 10s and 20s which are going into most of my kamikaze groups.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Nago at 95,65
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 264 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 115 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-47N Thunderbolt x 38
F4U-4 Corsair x 10
SB2C-5 Helldiver x 20
Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-5 Helldiver: 2 damaged
SB2C-5 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese Ships
DD Namikaze, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
DD Kawagiri, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Kiyokaze, Bomb hits 2, on fire
Ouch, my LRCAP didn't fly. We're already up to 6 DDs sunk or damaged and it only gets worse.
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Nago at 95,65
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 255 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 111 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-4 Corsair x 23
SB2C-5 Helldiver x 18
Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-5 Helldiver: 1 damaged
SB2C-5 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese Ships
DD Kiyokaze, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Kawagiri, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Hatsuzakura, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
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Afternoon Air attack on Takao , at 84,65
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 207 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 62 minutes
Allied aircraft
A-26C Invader x 48
B-25J11 Mitchell x 48
P-38L Lightning x 51
P-51H Mustang x 10
Allied aircraft losses
A-26C Invader: 2 damaged
B-25J11 Mitchell: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 19
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 123
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Ground combat at Naha (95,66)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 101624 troops, 1067 guns, 129 vehicles, Assault Value = 3441
Defending force 79390 troops, 549 guns, 1808 vehicles, Assault Value = 1542
Japanese ground losses:
115 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
109th Ind.Mixed Brigade
5th Ind.Mixed Brigade
303rd Division
26th Tank Regiment
70th Infantry Brigade
4th Tank Division
7th Ind.Tank Brigade
Kamikaze Armored Division
8th SP Gun Battalion
77th Division
11th Tank Regiment
96th Ind.Mixed Brigade
103rd Division
1st SP Gun Battalion
4th Ind.Tank Brigade
46th Division
126th Ind.Mixed Brigade
66th Ind.Mixed Brigade
3rd Guards Division
2nd Amphibious Brigade
Hirohito Armored Division
56th Infantry Brigade
107th Division
21st Ind.Mixed Regiment
102nd Division
355th Division
17th Ind.Mixed Brigade
312th Division
5th Ind.Tank Brigade
56th Army
17th Hvy.Artillery Regiment
16th Area Army
40th Army
54th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
296th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
193rd Tank Battalion
541st Parachute Regiment
97th Infantry Division
28th Airborne Tank Battalion
Tenth Army Combat Engineer Regiment
93rd Infantry Division
178th USAAF Base Force
54th TC Wing
77th Coast AA Regiment
36th Aviation Base Force
151st USA Base Force
230th USN Base Force
229th USN Base Force
Tenth US Army
14th Marine AA Battalion
165th Field Artillery Battalion
46th Construction Regiment
35th USN Naval Construction Regiment
148th USA Base Force
232nd USN Base Force
36th USN Naval Construction Regiment
II US Corps
33rd Aviation Base Force
6th USMC Air Wing Base Force
177th USAAF Base Force
Fifth USAAF Eng Engineer Aviation Battalion
212th Coast AA Regiment
Tenth Army Engineer Aviation Battalion
Southwest Pacific
462nd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
A quite day overall but the loss of 4 DDs and two more seriously damaged was a bit more than I had been planning on. Ah well, I can spin the losses as the reason why I amn't bombarding anymore and thus lessen his reason to question why I'm holding the BB and CA back.
Sometimes when you want to make a sacrifice it ends up costing more than you though... Read on.
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TF 115 encounters mine field at Naha (95,66)
Japanese Ships
DD Hatsuzakura, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
DD Namikaze, Mine hits 1
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ASW attack near Amami Oshima at 97,64
Japanese Ships
LB-208
LB-203
LB-522
LB-517
SC CHa-5
Allied Ships
SS Springer
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ASW attack near Amami Oshima at 97,63
Japanese Ships
DD Ushio, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Yaezakura
DD Take
DD Murakaze
DD Hanekimo
DD Tawa
DD Yukaze
Allied Ships
SS Tench, hits 2
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Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 44,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 50
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 14 NM, estimated altitude 45,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 16
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on 871st Engineer Aviation Battalion, at 80,74 (San Fernando)
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 108 NM, estimated altitude 43,370 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-74-I Patsy x 3
Allied aircraft
F6F-5 Hellcat x 4
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
These are just CAP recon really. I'm very impressed with the Ki-74s ability to not be intercepted though. I am thinking of beginning a production line of some 50 per month in order to provide enough planes to outfit a single Kamikaze Chutai --- which can launch a kamikaze mission every week. The long range would make for excellent harrassment and they would be effective if I selectively filled that group with partially trained pilots with Exp in the 40s or 50s - as opposed to the 10s and 20s which are going into most of my kamikaze groups.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Nago at 95,65
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 264 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 115 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-47N Thunderbolt x 38
F4U-4 Corsair x 10
SB2C-5 Helldiver x 20
Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-5 Helldiver: 2 damaged
SB2C-5 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese Ships
DD Namikaze, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
DD Kawagiri, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Kiyokaze, Bomb hits 2, on fire
Ouch, my LRCAP didn't fly. We're already up to 6 DDs sunk or damaged and it only gets worse.
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Nago at 95,65
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 255 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 111 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-4 Corsair x 23
SB2C-5 Helldiver x 18
Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-5 Helldiver: 1 damaged
SB2C-5 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese Ships
DD Kiyokaze, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Kawagiri, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Hatsuzakura, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
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Afternoon Air attack on Takao , at 84,65
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 207 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 62 minutes
Allied aircraft
A-26C Invader x 48
B-25J11 Mitchell x 48
P-38L Lightning x 51
P-51H Mustang x 10
Allied aircraft losses
A-26C Invader: 2 damaged
B-25J11 Mitchell: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 19
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 123
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Ground combat at Naha (95,66)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 101624 troops, 1067 guns, 129 vehicles, Assault Value = 3441
Defending force 79390 troops, 549 guns, 1808 vehicles, Assault Value = 1542
Japanese ground losses:
115 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
109th Ind.Mixed Brigade
5th Ind.Mixed Brigade
303rd Division
26th Tank Regiment
70th Infantry Brigade
4th Tank Division
7th Ind.Tank Brigade
Kamikaze Armored Division
8th SP Gun Battalion
77th Division
11th Tank Regiment
96th Ind.Mixed Brigade
103rd Division
1st SP Gun Battalion
4th Ind.Tank Brigade
46th Division
126th Ind.Mixed Brigade
66th Ind.Mixed Brigade
3rd Guards Division
2nd Amphibious Brigade
Hirohito Armored Division
56th Infantry Brigade
107th Division
21st Ind.Mixed Regiment
102nd Division
355th Division
17th Ind.Mixed Brigade
312th Division
5th Ind.Tank Brigade
56th Army
17th Hvy.Artillery Regiment
16th Area Army
40th Army
54th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
296th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
193rd Tank Battalion
541st Parachute Regiment
97th Infantry Division
28th Airborne Tank Battalion
Tenth Army Combat Engineer Regiment
93rd Infantry Division
178th USAAF Base Force
54th TC Wing
77th Coast AA Regiment
36th Aviation Base Force
151st USA Base Force
230th USN Base Force
229th USN Base Force
Tenth US Army
14th Marine AA Battalion
165th Field Artillery Battalion
46th Construction Regiment
35th USN Naval Construction Regiment
148th USA Base Force
232nd USN Base Force
36th USN Naval Construction Regiment
II US Corps
33rd Aviation Base Force
6th USMC Air Wing Base Force
177th USAAF Base Force
Fifth USAAF Eng Engineer Aviation Battalion
212th Coast AA Regiment
Tenth Army Engineer Aviation Battalion
Southwest Pacific
462nd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
A quite day overall but the loss of 4 DDs and two more seriously damaged was a bit more than I had been planning on. Ah well, I can spin the losses as the reason why I amn't bombarding anymore and thus lessen his reason to question why I'm holding the BB and CA back.
John Dillworth: "I had GreyJoy check my spelling and he said it was fine."
Well, that's that settled then.
Well, that's that settled then.
RE: Nemesis... FatR PROHIBITED !!!!
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 30, 45
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TF 80 encounters mine field at Naha (95,66)
Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-40, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
I've removed the large number of Allied fighter sweeps and IJAAF and IJNAF night bombing raids on Naha.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Pescadores at 84,63
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 138 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 60 minutes
Allied aircraft
SB2C-5 Helldiver x 14
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
LB-222, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-224, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
LB-229, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-227, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-232, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-223, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-221, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-226, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
He's definitely trying to clear the waters around Formosa. It is looking more and more like he'll hit Ishigaki. I'm flying more reinforcements in to two of the islands but leaving Miyoka unreinforced and tempting...
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Morning Air attack on Hayashi Detachment , at 82,72 , near Aparri
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter 21 x 48
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Hayashi Detachment , at 82,72 , near Aparri
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter 21 x 24
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 237 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 70 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25J11 Mitchell x 50
P-47N Thunderbolt x 40
F4U-4 Corsair x 24
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
SS Ha-D-139, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
SSX Ha-16, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL Daiten Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Daijukyo Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Sankao Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Dainiti Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Heiku Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
SS Ha-D-152, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL Kurama Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Kiyokaze, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Daihachikyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
These were all pretty much xAKs and xAKLs which had had to dock from damage sustained during the initial landing. The subs were damaged by mines or US ASW and the DD was damaged yesterday.
Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Port hits 6
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1
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Afternoon Air attack on Ishigaki , at 90,66
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 124 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 53 minutes
Allied aircraft
F6F-5 Hellcat x 10
SB2C-5 Helldiver x 62
Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-5 Helldiver: 13 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 51
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Ground combat at 82,72 (near Aparri)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 8777 troops, 126 guns, 135 vehicles, Assault Value = 321
Defending force 2911 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 29
Allied adjusted assault: 194
Japanese adjusted defense: 4
Allied assault odds: 48 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(+), fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
345 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 51 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
24th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
1st Filipino Inf Regiment
Defending units:
Hayashi Detachment
23rd Div Remnants
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TF 80 encounters mine field at Naha (95,66)
Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-40, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
I've removed the large number of Allied fighter sweeps and IJAAF and IJNAF night bombing raids on Naha.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Pescadores at 84,63
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 138 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 60 minutes
Allied aircraft
SB2C-5 Helldiver x 14
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
LB-222, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-224, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
LB-229, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-227, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-232, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-223, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-221, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-226, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
He's definitely trying to clear the waters around Formosa. It is looking more and more like he'll hit Ishigaki. I'm flying more reinforcements in to two of the islands but leaving Miyoka unreinforced and tempting...
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Morning Air attack on Hayashi Detachment , at 82,72 , near Aparri
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter 21 x 48
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Hayashi Detachment , at 82,72 , near Aparri
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter 21 x 24
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 237 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 70 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25J11 Mitchell x 50
P-47N Thunderbolt x 40
F4U-4 Corsair x 24
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
SS Ha-D-139, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
SSX Ha-16, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL Daiten Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Daijukyo Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Sankao Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Dainiti Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Heiku Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
SS Ha-D-152, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL Kurama Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Kiyokaze, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Daihachikyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
These were all pretty much xAKs and xAKLs which had had to dock from damage sustained during the initial landing. The subs were damaged by mines or US ASW and the DD was damaged yesterday.
Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Port hits 6
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1
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Afternoon Air attack on Ishigaki , at 90,66
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 124 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 53 minutes
Allied aircraft
F6F-5 Hellcat x 10
SB2C-5 Helldiver x 62
Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-5 Helldiver: 13 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 51
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Ground combat at 82,72 (near Aparri)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 8777 troops, 126 guns, 135 vehicles, Assault Value = 321
Defending force 2911 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 29
Allied adjusted assault: 194
Japanese adjusted defense: 4
Allied assault odds: 48 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(+), fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
345 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 51 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
24th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
1st Filipino Inf Regiment
Defending units:
Hayashi Detachment
23rd Div Remnants
John Dillworth: "I had GreyJoy check my spelling and he said it was fine."
Well, that's that settled then.
Well, that's that settled then.