Mission Impossible? Hades1001(A) vs Hongye(J)

hades1001 · Post by **hades1001** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:32 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 08, 43

There are so many Jap engineers at Portland Road that there that they repair the runway right away and Jap CAP is flying again totay! Our bombers went in before sweep and take some heavy losses. In the first 10 days of the Northeastern Australia Campaign we lost over 80 4E bombers. And our 4E fleet is crippled by now.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tarawa at 138,129

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D4Y1 Judy x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
DD O'Bannon, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Aulick, Bomb hits 1, on fire

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tarawa at 138,129

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D4Y1 Judy x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
DD Aulick, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk

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Morning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 10
N1K1-J George x 20
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 101
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2

Allied aircraft
Martlet IV x 23
Beaufighter VIc x 12
Spitfire Vc Trop x 24
B-25C Mitchell x 55
P-39D Airacobra x 25
P-40K Warhawk x 65

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed on ground
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed, 22 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 7 destroyed on ground
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed on ground
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Martlet IV: 8 destroyed
Beaufighter VIc: 3 destroyed
Spitfire Vc Trop: 2 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 11 destroyed, 21 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 2 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 18

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Morning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 6
N1K1-J George x 13
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 44

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 6
B-17F Fortress x 11
B-24D Liberator x 69
B-24D1 Liberator x 41
P-39D Airacobra x 18
P-40K Warhawk x 61

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 6 damaged
J2M2 Jack: 2 destroyed on ground
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged
N1K1-J George: 6 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed, 42 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 12 destroyed on ground
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 3 destroyed on ground
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 4 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 2 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 22
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 53

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Morning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 5
N1K1-J George x 10
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 35

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 22
P-38G Lightning x 14
P-39D Airacobra x 18
P-40K Warhawk x 53

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 3 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 2 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 2
N1K1-J George x 3
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 21

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 21
P-38G Lightning x 26
P-39D Airacobra x 10
P-40K Warhawk x 73

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vc Trop: 2 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 1
N1K1-J George x 2
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 16
P-38G Lightning x 37
P-39D Airacobra x 10
P-40K Warhawk x 82

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

hades1001 · Post by **hades1001** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:32 pm

Apr 09, 43

Sub in action!
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Submarine attack near Christmas Island at 180,129

Japanese Ships
SS I-30

Allied Ships
xAK West Notus, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

xAK West Notus is sighted by SS I-30
SS I-30 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK West Notus

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Submarine attack near Christmas Island at 180,129

Japanese Ships
SS I-30

Allied Ships
xAK Am. Builder, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

xAK Am. Builder is sighted by SS I-30
SS I-30 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Am. Builder

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Sub attack near Christmas Island at 180,129

Japanese Ships
SS I-30

Allied Ships
xAK West Notus, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

SS I-30 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK West Notus

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Sub attack near Kwajalein Island at 132,116

Japanese Ships
xAK Tonegawa Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Tinosa

hades1001 · Post by **hades1001** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:34 pm

Apr 11, 43

OZ

Both Allies and Japs are desperately to shutdown each other's first line airfields, by all means.
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Night Naval bombardment of Normanton at 86,138

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 16 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed on ground
B-25C Mitchell: 6 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 14 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground
P-38E Lightning: 9 damaged
P-38E Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground
B-26B Marauder: 12 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Ishikaze
DD Hikokaze
DD Takakaze
DD Arikaze
DD Tadeshiwa
DD Umikaze
DD Kawakaze
DD Samidare
DD Murasame
DD Kiyonami
DD Onami
DD Susuzuki

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 63
Port hits 6
Port supply hits 4

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Morning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 6
B-26 Marauder x 20
B-26B Marauder x 6
P-38E Lightning x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed on ground
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 19

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Morning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 15
B-24D Liberator x 57
B-24D1 Liberator x 39

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed on ground
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 5 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 8 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
B-24D1 Liberator: 7 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 15

16 Nells were shot down today over Baker Island.
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Morning Air attack on Baker Island , at 149,136

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 52 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 20

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 5 destroyed

No Allied losses

hades1001 · Post by **hades1001** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:35 pm

Apr 12, 43

Another day of battle.
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Night Naval bombardment of Normanton at 86,138

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-38E Lightning: 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Takao
CL Teshio
CL Kuma
CL Agano

Allied ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 31
Port hits 5
Port supply hits 1

CA Takao firing at Normanton
CL Teshio firing at Normanton
CL Kuma firing at Normanton
CL Agano firing at Normanton

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Sub attack near Raoul Island at 128,177

Japanese Ships
AK Panama Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Kaikei Maru
AK Katuragi Maru
E W-14
E W-4
PB Kyo Maru #10, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
SS Skipjack, hits 8, heavy damage

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Morning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 15
B-24D Liberator x 51
B-24D1 Liberator x 36

Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 10 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 8 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 10 damaged

Japanese Ships
ACM Muro Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
ACM Seiko Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 20
Port hits 1

hades1001 · Post by **hades1001** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:38 pm

Apr 13, 43

US 25th and 40th Division marched into Portland Roads with all Aussie tank regiments and some US tank units.
The first attack was quite satisfying though we only have 1:2 odd.

It's surprising that Japs have built up lv7 forts there. If we can keep up the attrition we should be able to take Portland Roads by the current forces.

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Morning Air attack on Cooktown , at 92,137

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 79
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 25
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 49

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 5 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 7 damaged
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 11 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-35A: 16 damaged
P-35A: 1 destroyed on ground
P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground
P-39D Airacobra: 10 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground
Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 damaged
Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 24
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 93

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Ground combat at Portland Roads (91,132)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 35885 troops, 523 guns, 2202 vehicles, Assault Value = 1794

Defending force 34148 troops, 489 guns, 683 vehicles, Assault Value = 902

Allied adjusted assault: 1843

Japanese adjusted defense: 3823

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2130 casualties reported
Squads: 28 destroyed, 160 disabled
Non Combat: 57 destroyed, 33 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
Guns lost 33 (5 destroyed, 28 disabled)
Vehicles lost 132 (77 destroyed, 55 disabled)
Units destroyed 3

Allied ground losses:
872 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 100 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 100 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Guns lost 26 (2 destroyed, 24 disabled)
Vehicles lost 275 (35 destroyed, 240 disabled)

Assaulting units:
2/8th Armoured Regiment
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
2/6th Armoured Regiment
193rd Tank Battalion
192nd Tank Battalion
40th Infantry Division
2/10th Armoured Regiment
25th Infantry Division
2/7th Armoured Regiment
2/4th Armoured Regiment
2/9th Armoured Regiment
194th Tank Battalion
754th Tank Battalion
2/11th Armoured Car Battalion
2/5th Armoured Regiment
2nd Army Tank Brigade
4th Marine Defense Battalion
2/2nd Heavy AA Regiment
205th Coast AA Regiment
217th Coast AA Regiment
3rd Marine Defense Battalion
2/1st Heavy AA Regiment
2/3rd Light AA Regiment

Defending units:
18th Tank Rgt /1
13th Garrison Unit
1st Indpt SNLF Coy
4th Tank Regiment
I./124th Infantry Battalion
2nd Tank Rgt /1
Yokosuka 4th SNLF
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
1st Raiding Regiment
8th Recon Regiment
1st Recon Battalion
14th Tank Rgt /1
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
Guards Tank Div /4
23rd Nav Gd Unit /1
Kure 2nd SNLF
2nd Recon Regiment
24th Nav Gsn Unit
16th Guards Rgt /3
2nd Air Defense AA Regiment
12th Air Defense AA Battalion
57th JNAF AF Unit
39th Road Const Co
8th JNAF AF Unit /3
7th Ind. Engineer Regiment
12th Ind. AA Battalion
5th JNAF AF Unit /3
40th JAAF AF Bn
56th Recon Rgt /1
3rd Shipping Engineer Regiment
4th Air Defense AA Regiment
7th JNAF AF Unit /3
7th Field AF Construction Battalion
23rd Air Defense AA Regiment
5th Field AF Construction Battalion
13th JAAF Base Force /2
6th Field AF Construction Battalion
30th JNAF AF Unit
6th Air Defense AA Regiment
2nd Shipping Engineer Regiment
43rd JNAF AF Unit
34th Field AA Battalion
41st JNAF AF Unit
21st Ind.AA Gun Co
1st Mobile AA Battalion
5th Air Defense AA Regiment
3rd Air Defense AA Regiment
21st Air Defense AA Regiment
3rd Air Army
25th Air Defense AA Regiment
15th Base Force /1

hades1001 · Post by **hades1001** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:43 pm

In India, over 600,000 Jap troops are marching towards Karachi. They are covered by tons of AA's and even a level bombing at 20,000 ft will cause Allies 10-20 bombers each turn. Very costly to bomb them right now. And we don't have many bombers producing right now.

hades1001 · Post by **hades1001** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:08 pm

Apr 14, 43

CenPAC

Operation Galvanic

On Mar 28, 43, two US subs was lost to supreme air ASW force near Tokyo Bay. And my experience in NZ campaign told me that this kind of ASW power can only be delivered by KB. And Jap capital ships are planning to have a major upgrade at Apr, 43.

Based on those intelligence I draw the conclusion that KB returned to Tokyo to upgrade and won't be operational for the next whole month.

So I jump started my long prepared Operation Galvanic.
Starting from beginning of Apr, I launched the Northeastern Australia Campaign to draw Japs attention and tried to destroyed Jap fighters as many as possible at all cost. This is a feint though. And I successfully draw Japs' attention. Most of the fighters on CenPAC islands were transferred to the Port Moresby Area.

It took me 2 weeks to get everything in place, still not fully ready yet, but we can't afford to wait any longer.
So today, my 4 fleet carriers(Lexington, Enterprise, Wasp and Illustrious) and 10 CVEs, total 500 AC Jump into Gilbert Islands and shut down Makin lv4 airfield.

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Afternoon Air attack on Makin , at 136,125

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 34
SBD-3 Dauntless x 33
TBF-1 Avenger x 114

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y1 Judy: 5 destroyed on ground
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 26
Airbase supply hits 15
Runway hits 55

hades1001 · Post by **hades1001** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:15 pm

Second Attack at Portland Roads are really disappointing. And the Jap strength is keeping growing there.
I'm afraid that I have to pull out my troops.

This is a feint anyway. I didn't plan to take Portland Roads with just those forces.
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Ground combat at Portland Roads (91,132)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 34874 troops, 519 guns, 2168 vehicles, Assault Value = 1579

Defending force 32103 troops, 489 guns, 630 vehicles, Assault Value = 724

Allied adjusted assault: 971

Japanese adjusted defense: 3045

Allied assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 7)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1198 casualties reported
Squads: 45 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 45 (19 destroyed, 26 disabled)
Vehicles lost 24 (3 destroyed, 21 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2471 casualties reported
Squads: 18 destroyed, 226 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 100 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Guns lost 67 (2 destroyed, 65 disabled)
Vehicles lost 210 (16 destroyed, 194 disabled)

Assaulting units:
25th Infantry Division
2/4th Armoured Regiment
194th Tank Battalion
2/7th Armoured Regiment
40th Infantry Division
2/9th Armoured Regiment
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
193rd Tank Battalion
2/8th Armoured Regiment
2/6th Armoured Regiment
754th Tank Battalion
2/11th Armoured Car Battalion
192nd Tank Battalion
2/10th Armoured Regiment
2/5th Armoured Regiment
2nd Army Tank Brigade
3rd Marine Defense Battalion
2/1st Heavy AA Regiment
2nd Australian Army
217th Coast AA Regiment
2/2nd Heavy AA Regiment
205th Coast AA Regiment
4th Marine Defense Battalion
2/3rd Light AA Regiment

Defending units:
23rd Nav Gd Unit /1
16th Guards Regiment
1st Recon Battalion
Yokosuka 4th SNLF
I./124th Infantry Battalion
2nd Tank Rgt /1
1st Raiding Regiment
14th Tank Rgt /1
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
13th Garrison Unit
Kure 2nd SNLF
24th Nav Gsn Unit
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
8th Recon Regiment
2nd Recon Regiment
Guards Tank Div /4
39th Road Const Co
2nd Shipping Engineer Regiment
2nd Air Defense AA Regiment
3rd Shipping Engineer Regiment
40th JAAF AF Bn
30th JNAF AF Unit
21st Air Defense AA Regiment
12th Air Defense AA Battalion
12th Ind. AA Battalion
1st Mobile AA Battalion
34th Field AA Battalion
13th JAAF Base Force /2
43rd JNAF AF Unit
5th Field AF Construction Battalion
57th JNAF AF Unit
41st JNAF AF Unit
5th JNAF AF Unit /3
25th Air Defense AA Regiment
56th Recon Rgt /1
6th Air Defense AA Regiment
7th Field AF Construction Battalion
4th Air Defense AA Regiment
23rd Air Defense AA Regiment
7th Ind. Engineer Regiment
7th JNAF AF Unit /3
6th Field AF Construction Battalion
3rd Air Defense AA Regiment
5th Air Defense AA Regiment
3rd Air Army
21st Ind.AA Gun Co
15th Base Force /1

hades1001 · Post by **hades1001** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:21 pm

Apr 16, 43

USMC 2nd Division, which was eliminated in Noumea 4 months ago, has reached its full strength and 100 prepared for the largest atoll among Gilbert Islands, the Tabiteuea.(5(3) airfield. 0(1) port, 60,000 garrison limit. Perfect for a hub base in CenPAC)

Together with US 24th Division, we took Tabiteuea in one day bloody fight. Over 6,000 Japs were killed in this short battle. And about 40 Georges were torched while we took the airfield.

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Night Naval bombardment of Tarawa at 136,128

Allied Ships
CA Exeter
CA Shropshire
CA Wichita
CA Vincennes
DD Morris
DD Meade
DD Caldwell
DD Bancroft
DD Bailey
DD Woodworth
DD Barton

Japanese ground losses:
276 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 46
Port hits 10
Port supply hits 3

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Night Naval bombardment of Tabiteuea at 137,134

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 42 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Quincy
CA San Francisco
CA Minneapolis
CA Astoria
CA Chicago
CA Louisville
CA Chester
CA Northampton
CA Portland
DD Farenholt
DD McCalla
DD Lardner
DD Lansdowne
DD Duncan
DD Buchanan
DD Aaron Ward

Japanese ground losses:
131 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 37 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 26
Port hits 22
Port supply hits 3

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Ground combat at Tabiteuea (137,134)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 17998 troops, 527 guns, 333 vehicles, Assault Value = 817

Defending force 2406 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43

Allied adjusted assault: 269

Japanese adjusted defense: 2

Allied assault odds: 134 to 1 (fort level 2)

Allied forces CAPTURE Tabiteuea !!!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 19 destroyed

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(-), disruption(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
2500 casualties reported
Squads: 65 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 173 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 23 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 27 (25 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units destroyed 2

Allied ground losses:
97 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
24th Infantry Division
2nd Marine Division
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
165th Field Artillery Battalion
223rd USN Base Force
3rd USN Naval Construction Regiment

Defending units:
51st Naval Guard Unit
17th JNAF AF Unit
22nd JNAF AF Unit

hades1001 · Post by **hades1001** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:25 pm

The whole amphibious attack was a total success except one thing...

Our minelayers come in one day early than plan and laid some mines before the action. And 4 US DD were sunk, 5 more heavily damaged, and BB Massachusetts and BB Washington also moderately damged and need some yard time.

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TF 106 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)

Allied Ships
DD Nicholas, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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TF 162 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)

Allied Ships
DD Cushing, Mine hits 1, heavy damage

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TF 106 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)

Allied Ships
DD DeHaven, Mine hits 1, heavy damage

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TF 45 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)

Allied Ships
DD Monssen, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Grayson, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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TF 106 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)

Allied Ships
DD DeHaven, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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TF 106 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)

Allied Ships
BB Massachusetts, Mine hits 1

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TF 106 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)

Allied Ships
BB Massachusetts, Mine hits 1
BB Washington, Mine hits 1

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TF 162 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)

Allied Ships
DD Conyngham, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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TF 106 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)

Allied Ships
DD Abbot, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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TF 45 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)

Allied Ships
DD Gwin, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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TF 106 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)

Allied Ships
DD Conway, Mine hits 1, heavy damage

hades1001 · Post by **hades1001** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:28 pm

Apr 18, 43

CenPAC

Tarawa(AF 4) and Maiana(AF 3) are shut down my our naval forces.

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Night Naval bombardment of Tarawa at 136,128

Allied Ships
CA Vincennes
CA Quincy
CA San Francisco
CL Santa Fe
CL Denver
CL Montpelier
CL Cleveland
DD Doyle
DD Carmick
DD Strong
DD Saufley
DD Radford

Japanese ground losses:
340 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 23 disabled

Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 59
Port hits 23
Port supply hits 6

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Night Naval bombardment of Maiana at 135,129

Allied Ships
CA Minneapolis
CA Astoria
CL St. Louis
CL Raleigh
CL Richmond
CL Danae
DD Downes
DD Perkins
DD Case
DD Lamson
DD Cummings

Japanese ground losses:
261 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 38 disabled

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 30
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 1

The remaining Jap troops on Tabiteuea are cleared. A total of 8,000 Japs were eliminated in this battle.
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Ground combat at Tabiteuea (137,134)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 20729 troops, 541 guns, 437 vehicles, Assault Value = 812

Defending force 590 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied adjusted assault: 376

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 376 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
820 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 91 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
24th Infantry Division
2nd Marine Division
165th Field Artillery Battalion
223rd USN Base Force
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
3rd USN Naval Construction Regiment

Defending units:
22nd JNAF AF Unit

India

In India, 600,000 Japs are now in bombing range and the result of first day bombing is pretty good.

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Morning Air attack on 27th Division, at 45,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 27
Blenheim VD x 26
Hudson IIIa x 27
Hurricane FR.IIb x 12
Lysander II x 13
CW-22 Falcon x 27
DB-7B x 11
B-25C Mitchell x 56
B-25D1 Mitchell x 9

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim VD: 7 damaged
Blenheim VD: 1 destroyed by flak
Hudson IIIa: 3 damaged
Hudson IIIa: 1 destroyed by flak
Lysander II: 4 damaged
CW-22 Falcon: 6 damaged
CW-22 Falcon: 1 destroyed by flak
DB-7B: 6 damaged
DB-7B: 1 destroyed by flak
B-25C Mitchell: 14 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed by flak
B-25D1 Mitchell: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
881 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

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Morning Air attack on 40th Division, at 45,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 9
B-25D1 Mitchell x 20

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 8 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 15 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese ground losses:
332 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

hades1001 · Post by **hades1001** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:17 pm

Apr 19, 43

India

There are 3 Jap Divisions are not covered by massive AA and they were bombed today. Over 2,000 casualties on the open road hex.
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Morning Air attack on 54th Division, at 46,8 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 7
Blenheim IV x 50
Blenheim VD x 17
Hudson IIIa x 9
Lysander II x 12
Vengeance I x 20
139WH-3 x 9
CW-22 Falcon x 14
L-212 x 8
DB-7B x 12
B-25C Mitchell x 55
B-25D1 Mitchell x 18

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim VD: 2 damaged
DB-7B: 3 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 7 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 9 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
1584 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 106 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 54 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled

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Morning Air attack on 11th Division, at 46,8 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 8
Hudson IIIa x 18
Hurricane FR.IIb x 12
Vengeance I x 36

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson IIIa: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
286 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled

hades1001 · Post by **hades1001** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:18 pm

And according to my statistics Japs now own over 30 Divisions, 40 Brigade/regiments and the total mobile AV is over 26,000 now!

hades1001 · Post by **hades1001** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:19 pm

Apr 21, 43

India

We lost 20-30 bombers to massive Japan AA for today's bombing action.
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Sub attack near Kuria at 135,131

Japanese Ships
SS I-180

Allied Ships
LCI-23, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

SS I-180 launches 2 torpedoes

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Sub attack near Merauke at 89,124

Japanese Ships
PB Daibu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Kenkon Maru
CM Itsukushima
CM Tsugaru
xAK Taiko Maru
xAK Sensan Maru
xAK Kohoku Maru
PB Nikkai Maru
PB Nanpo Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-31, hits 6

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Morning Air attack on 36th Division, at 45,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 42
Blenheim IV x 39
Blenheim VD x 25
Hudson IIIa x 27
Hurricane IIb Trop x 48
Lysander II x 10
Mohawk IV x 24
Vengeance I x 61
139WH-3 x 9
CW-22 Falcon x 20
L-212 x 8
DB-7B x 12
B-25C Mitchell x 50
B-25D1 Mitchell x 24
P-39D Airacobra x 25
P-40E Warhawk x 49

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 9 damaged
Blenheim IV: 2 destroyed by flak
Blenheim VD: 8 damaged
Blenheim VD: 1 destroyed by flak
Hudson IIIa: 3 damaged
Hudson IIIa: 1 destroyed by flak
Vengeance I: 20 damaged
Vengeance I: 2 destroyed by flak
139WH-3: 4 damaged
CW-22 Falcon: 4 damaged
CW-22 Falcon: 1 destroyed by flak
L-212: 3 damaged
DB-7B: 4 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 9 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
B-25D1 Mitchell: 6 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese ground losses:
514 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 42 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 44 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

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Morning Air attack on 15th Division, at 45,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-66 Vanguard x 4
Blenheim IV x 9
Hudson IIIa x 9
Hurricane IIb Trop x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 6

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 3 damaged
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed by flak
Hudson IIIa: 2 damaged
Hudson IIIa: 1 destroyed by flak
B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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Morning Air attack on 15th Division, at 45,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 12
Hurricane IIb Trop x 7
B-25D1 Mitchell x 6

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

hades1001 · Post by **hades1001** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:20 pm

Apr 22, 43

A lot of sub and ASW action today.
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Submarine attack near Nakadori-jima at 101,56

Japanese Ships
xAK Tatsuho Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Runner

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Submarine attack near Nikunau at 139,134

Japanese Ships
SS RO-107, hits 1

Allied Ships
LCI-62, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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Submarine attack near Onotoa at 137,135

Japanese Ships
SS I-39

Allied Ships
LCI-22, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

LCI-22 is sighted by SS I-39
SS I-39 launches 2 torpedoes

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ASW attack near Nikunau at 143,132

Japanese Ships
SS RO-103, hits 5, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD MacDonough
DD Hull

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Submarine attack near Beru at 138,134

Japanese Ships
SS I-39

Allied Ships
LCI-21, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

hades1001 · Post by **hades1001** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:21 pm

Apr 23, 43

Allies took Tarawa. The atoll is very lighted defended, unlike it was historically.
And now most of the Gilbert Islands are in Allies hands.

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Night Naval bombardment of Tarawa at 136,128

Allied Ships
CA Exeter
CA Sussex
CA Shropshire
CA Chicago
CA Louisville
CA Chester
CA Northampton
CA Portland
DD Lamson
DD Cummings
DD Maury
DD McCall
DD Gridley
DD Craven
DD Bagley

Japanese ground losses:
348 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 37 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 10 disabled
Vehicles lost 8 (3 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 28
Port hits 14
Port supply hits 7

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Night Naval bombardment of Tarawa at 136,128

Allied Ships
CL Caradoc
CL Concord
CL Marblehead
CL Raleigh
CL Richmond
CL Danae
CL Hobart

Japanese ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 9
Port hits 9
Port supply hits 5

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Afternoon Air attack on 15th Ind. Engineer Regiment, at 136,128 (Tarawa)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 245
F6F-3 Hellcat x 41
SBD-3 Dauntless x 89

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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Ground combat at Tarawa (136,128)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 8981 troops, 265 guns, 118 vehicles, Assault Value = 454

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Allied adjusted assault: 341

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 341 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Tarawa !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+)

Assaulting units:
1st Marine Division
763rd Tank Bn /1
45th USN SeaBees /1
41st USN SeaBees /1
11th Marine Def Bn /1
14th Marine Def Bn /1
209th FA Bn /1
36th Aviation Base Force
48th USN SeaBees /1

hades1001 · Post by **hades1001** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:23 pm

And our recon shows that Japs have moved CAP fighters at Noumea to some where else but there still some valuable ships in the port. So our 4E paid a visit. Pretty good results.

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Morning Air attack on Noumea , at 115,160

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 48
B-24D1 Liberator x 19

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AD Meiten Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
AD Nissen Maru #3, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
AS Heian Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
ACM Okuyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
ACM Mejima Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Port hits 16
Port supply hits 2

hades1001 · Post by **hades1001** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:24 pm

Apr 26, 43

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Ground combat at Abemama (136,130)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 2182 troops, 68 guns, 64 vehicles, Assault Value = 73

Defending force 48 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 9

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Abemama !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender:
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
24th Infantry/B Div /1

Defending units:
82nd Nav Gd /7

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ASW attack near Abemama at 136,131

Japanese Ships
SS RO-100, hits 10, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CL Columbia
DD Chevalier
DD Waller
DD Taylor
DD Radford
DD Philip

hades1001 · Post by **hades1001** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:25 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 29, 43

15 unescorted Betty were shot down and Central Australia today.
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Morning Air attack on Tennant Creek , at 76,137

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 52

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 31

hades1001 · Post by **hades1001** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:27 pm

May 01, 43

Championzhao set up a LRCAP trap for us at Karachi, and we lost about 100 fighters and bombers in a day.
He used about 400 fighters to LRCAP from 6 hexes away but LRCAP still works really well I would say.

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bhaunagar at 37,14

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 19
N1K1-J George x 62
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 38

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 46
SBD-3 Dauntless x 46

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 10 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 22 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Tatsukaze
DD Tawakaze
DD Minekaze
DD Urukaze
DD Hokaze
DD Kyukaze
DD Okikaze
DD Hakaze, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bhaunagar at 37,14

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 18
N1K1-J George x 60
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 33

Allied aircraft
Swordfish I x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish I: 3 destroyed

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bhaunagar at 37,14

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 18
N1K1-J George x 60
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 31

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 8
F4F-4 Wildcat x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 3 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
DD Minekaze
DD Sawakaze

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bhaunagar at 37,14

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 17
N1K1-J George x 55
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 24

Allied aircraft
Albacore I x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Albacore I: 7 destroyed

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bhaunagar at 37,14

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 6
N1K1-J George x 52
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 19

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
DD Sawakaze
DD Kyukaze

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Sub attack near Kangean at 59,106

Japanese Ships
DD Ikazuchi, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
DD Fubuki

Allied Ships
SS Pickerel

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