Despite being perfectly positioned, and plenty of targets our CV crews barely fly. The CV's aren't overloaded... don't know what happened
Our land based air also largely gets scoked in, but more do fly.Indicators and Warnings
No other movements of note.
Subs
A mixed result, we loose a sub but will probably sink the CLAA!
Sub attack near Trinkat at 45,65
Japanese Ships
DD Natsugumo
DD Arashi
Allied Ships
SS Sailfish, hits 1
Sub attack near Little Andaman at 43,59
Japanese Ships
SS I-123, hits 17, heavy damage
Allied Ships
DD Barton
CLAA San Diego
DD Saufley
DD Farenholt
Sub attack near Little Andaman at 44,60
Japanese Ships
SS I-155
Allied Ships
CLAA San Juan, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Burma
He sweeps Shwebo, we launch air attacks in support from Toungoo, while he bombards the forward airbases, then launches a ground attack... not long to go now...
Ground combat at Shwebo (59,45)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 59373 troops, 1219 guns, 1631 vehicles, Assault Value = 2073
Defending force 20023 troops, 355 guns, 554 vehicles, Assault Value = 499
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3
Allied adjusted assault: 1690
Japanese adjusted defense: 561
Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 3)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), preparation(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
3196 casualties reported
Squads: 44 destroyed, 194 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 47 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 71 disabled
Guns lost 80 (25 destroyed, 55 disabled)
Vehicles lost 35 (11 destroyed, 24 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
605 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 119 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled
Guns lost 38 (2 destroyed, 36 disabled)
Vehicles lost 43 (6 destroyed, 37 disabled)
DEI
He tries to intercept our forces with a CL force which doesn't find us. In the morning abut 50% of our land based air attacks the TF.
Morning Air attack on TF, near Trinkat at 45,64
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 23
G4M1 Betty x 29
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 16 damaged
G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak
G4M1 Betty: 14 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied Ships
CL Newcastle
DD Maury, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD McCall
CL Kenya, Torpedo hits 1
CL Helena, Torpedo hits 1
Morning Air attack on TF, near Trinkat at 45,64
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 10 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied Ships
CL Newcastle, Bomb hits 1
CL Kenya, on fire
DD Smith
Our CV's do only these small launches. He has grouped all his remaining CV forces under the cover of Little Andaman Is, while his other TF flee towards Seylon (see map).
Morning Air attack on TF, near Little Andaman at 43,59
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 12
A6M5b Zero x 81
B5N2 Kate x 11
Allied aircraft
Martlet IV x 2
F6F-3 Hellcat x 30
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M5b Zero: 6 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 4 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak
Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed
Allied Ships
CVE Nassau
CV Yorktown
CVE Sangamon
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Little Andaman at 43,59
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 15
A6M5b Zero x 24
B5N2 Kate x 10
D4Y1 Judy x 6
Allied aircraft
Martlet IV x 2
P-40K Warhawk x 4
F6F-3 Hellcat x 36
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 7 destroyed
A6M5b Zero: 7 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged
D4Y1 Judy: 4 destroyed
No Allied losses
Allied Ships
CVE Sangamon
CVE Nassau
BB Indiana
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Little Andaman at 42,58
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 67 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 20
B5N2 Kate x 10
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 10
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
We continue to sweep Little Andaman at long range to try to use up his sorties from the island. It hurts us a lot though.
Afternoon Air attack on Little Andaman , at 44,59
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 14
Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 8
F6F-3 Hellcat x 37
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed
No Allied losses
Afternoon Air attack on Little Andaman , at 44,59
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 29
Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 7
F6F-3 Hellcat x 36
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 5 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed
Afternoon Air attack on Little Andaman , at 44,59
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 191 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 57 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 3
Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 4
F6F-3 Hellcat x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed
No Allied losses
OZ
Pacific
China
We loose 90 aircraft today, mostly fighters esorting the small strikes or sweeping Little Andaman. He has concentrated under the cover of Little Andaman... we need to do something a bit clever....
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I hate CLAA ships.