Ocean of (Allied) Blood.

[bigred]

In the central pacific on the same days...
1. Allies shelled Nairu and Mili
2. Overkill at Tab and Beru.


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Ground combat at Beru (138,134)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 11150 troops, 285 guns, 423 vehicles, Assault Value = 571

Defending force 2404 troops, 15 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 61

Allied adjusted assault: 101

Japanese adjusted defense: 9

Allied assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 6)

Allied forces CAPTURE Beru !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
1513 casualties reported
Squads: 41 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 79 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 42 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 15 (15 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (9 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2


Allied ground losses:
224 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
4th Marine Raider Bn /2
767th Tank Battalion
766th Tank Battalion
41st Infantry Div /9
16th USN Naval Const Rgt /1
A Det USN Port Svc
6th USA Def Bn /1
17th USN Naval Const Rgt /1
97th Cst AA Rgt /1
USN AirCenPac /1
221st USN Base Force /3
872/873rd EAB /1
86th Coast AA Regiment
65th Coast AA Regiment
6th USN SeaBees /2
14th Marine Defense Battalion
7th USN SeaBees /2
24th USN Naval Const Rgt /1

Defending units:
65th Naval Guard Unit
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
38th JNAF AF Unit /1


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Ground combat at Tabiteuea (137,134)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 15366 troops, 419 guns, 363 vehicles, Assault Value = 692

Defending force 4158 troops, 34 guns, 77 vehicles, Assault Value = 77

Allied adjusted assault: 298

Japanese adjusted defense: 4

Allied assault odds: 74 to 1 (fort level 6)

Allied forces CAPTURE Tabiteuea !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
2601 casualties reported
Squads: 76 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 91 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 24 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 39 (19 destroyed, 20 disabled)
Vehicles lost 48 (46 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units destroyed 1


Allied ground losses:
308 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 29 disabled
Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)


Assaulting units:
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
627th TD Bn /3
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
2nd Marine Div /13
223rd USN Base Force
154th USA Base Force
217th Coast AA Regiment
1st USMC AA Bn /1
119th USAAF Base Force
26th USN Naval Const Rgt /1
8th Marine Defense Battalion
9th Marine Defense Battalion
30th FA Rgt /1
Pacific Ocean Areas /1
23rd USN Naval Construction Battalion
I US Corps /1

Defending units:
41st Naval Guard Unit
4th JAAF Base Force
44th JNAF AF Unit

[bigred]

What was interesting was the naval shore gunfire at Mili as I had a CLTF do a noght AF bombardment. Damn, look at the hits on my DDs.

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Night Naval bombardment of Mili at 136,121 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2a Betty: 52 damaged
G4M2a Betty: 5 destroyed on ground
G4M2 Betty: 25 damaged
G4M2 Betty: 3 destroyed on ground
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 12 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 destroyed on ground
P1Y1 Frances: 14 damaged
P1Y1 Frances: 3 destroyed on ground
A6M5b Zero: 15 damaged
A6M5b Zero: 2 destroyed on ground

406 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CL Richmond
DD Thatcher, Shell hits 6, on fire
DD Stanly, Shell hits 7, on fire
DD Spence, Shell hits 1
DD Ringgold
DD Renshaw
DD Pringle

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)



Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 62
Port hits 1

OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CL Richmond
CL Richmond firing at Mili
Mili Naval Fortress firing at DD Thatcher
DD Thatcher firing at Mili Naval Fortress
Mili Naval Fortress firing at DD Stanly
DD Stanly firing at Mili Naval Fortress
Mili Naval Fortress firing at DD Spence
DD Spence firing at Mili Naval Fortress
DD Ringgold firing at Mili
Mili Naval Fortress firing at DD Renshaw
DD Renshaw firing at Mili Naval Fortress
DD Pringle firing at Mili


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Night Naval bombardment of Nauru Island at 127,128

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 7 damaged
G4M2a Betty: 4 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Quincy

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



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 6

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Quincy
CA Quincy firing at Nauru Island


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[bigred]

The Air battle in Burma has shifted from Mandalay to Pegu...

[bigred]

Part of the losses came from an allied effort to shut down IJN resupply of NG.

[bigred]

and more, this attack hurt myself. I may have to stop interdiction around NG until I figure out how to get air superiority.


Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Saidor at 99,124

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 37 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 19
N1K1-J George x 11
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 42



Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IV x 3
Kittyhawk IV x 8
P-40K Warhawk x 11
P-40N5 Warhawk x 12
TBF-1 Avenger x 67


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk IV: 1 destroyed
Kittyhawk IV: 2 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 5 destroyed
P-40N5 Warhawk: 4 destroyed
TBF-1 Avenger: 18 destroyed, 8 damaged

Japanese Ships
AK Brisbane Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DD Yakaze
xAP Kanzyu Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Hie Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 11 (8 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (4 destroyed, 2 disabled)

[bigred]

Razio Tanaka meets Arliegh Burke. The Burke TF was the DD Flotilla that sank all those Eboats at Madang last turn. Instead of direct return to MB Burke was ordered to sail around Kavieng and Rabaul before return. Burke is alive w/ one DD Boyd. I do believe the transports FatR was looking for at MB arrived after this fight.
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 6,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CB Kawachi
CA Maya
CA Mogami, Shell hits 1
CA Mikuma, Shell hits 1
CA Aoba, Shell hits 4
DD Takanami, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Kiyonami
DD Michishio, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Uranami, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Shikinami
DD Ayanami, Shell hits 1, heavy fires
DD Asagiri
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 14, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Yunagi

Allied Ships
DD Boyd
DD Conway, Shell hits 5, heavy fires
DD Fullam, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Harrison, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
DD Hutchins, Shell hits 7, and is sunk



Reduced visibility due to Rain with 35% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Rain and 35% moonlight: 6,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 6,000 yards
Allies open fire on surprised Japanese ships at 6,000 yards
DD Hutchins fires at CB Kawachi at 6,000 yards
DD Hutchins fires at CA Aoba at 6,000 yards
DD Hutchins fires at CA Mikuma at 6,000 yards
DD Harrison launches Torpedoes at DD Yugiri at 6,000 yards
DD Harrison fires at DD Asagiri at 6,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
CB Kawachi engages DD Harrison at 2,000 yards
CA Aoba engages DD Harrison at 2,000 yards
CA Mikuma engages DD Hutchins at 2,000 yards
DD Conway engages DD Yugiri at 2,000 yards
CA Maya engages DD Hutchins at 2,000 yards
DD Ayanami engages DD Hutchins at 2,000 yards
Burke, Arleigh A. orders Allied TF to disengage
Range increases to 4,000 yards
DD Hutchins engages DD Ayanami at 4,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Harrison at 4,000 yards
CA Mikuma engages DD Fullam at 4,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Conway at 4,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DD Boyd at 4,000 yards
DD Fullam engages DD Ayanami at 4,000 yards
DD Michishio engages DD Hutchins at 4,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards
DD Ayanami engages DD Hutchins at 3,000 yards
CA Aoba engages DD Hutchins at 3,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Fullam at 3,000 yards
DD Ayanami engages DD Conway at 3,000 yards
DD Michishio engages DD Boyd at 3,000 yards
DD Hutchins engages DD Yunagi at 3,000 yards
DD Conway engages DD Yugiri at 3,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Hutchins at 3,000 yards
DD Michishio engages DD Harrison at 3,000 yards
DD Hutchins engages DD Kiyonami at 3,000 yards
DD Harrison engages DD Takanami at 3,000 yards
Range increases to 6,000 yards
DD Hutchins sunk by CB Kawachi at 6,000 yards
DD Fullam engages DD Yugiri at 6,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Conway at 6,000 yards
DD Ayanami engages DD Boyd at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 9,000 yards
CB Kawachi engages DD Harrison at 9,000 yards
CA Aoba engages DD Harrison at 9,000 yards
CA Mikuma engages DD Conway at 9,000 yards
CA Mogami engages DD Boyd at 9,000 yards
DD Yunagi engages DD Harrison at 9,000 yards
DD Harrison engages DD Yugiri at 9,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
DD Harrison engages DD Yugiri at 8,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Fullam at 8,000 yards
CA Mikuma engages DD Conway at 8,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Boyd at 8,000 yards
DD Boyd engages DD Shikinami at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
CB Kawachi engages DD Harrison at 10,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Fullam at 10,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Conway at 10,000 yards
DD Kiyonami engages DD Boyd at 10,000 yards
DD Takanami engages DD Harrison at 10,000 yards
Burke, Arleigh A. orders Allied TF to disengage
Range closes to 8,000 yards
CB Kawachi engages DD Harrison at 8,000 yards
CA Aoba engages DD Harrison at 8,000 yards
DD Conway engages DD Yugiri at 8,000 yards
CA Mogami engages DD Harrison at 8,000 yards
DD Ayanami engages DD Conway at 8,000 yards
DD Harrison engages DD Michishio at 8,000 yards
DD Kiyonami engages DD Harrison at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
CB Kawachi engages DD Harrison at 12,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Conway at 12,000 yards
DD Boyd engages DD Yugiri at 12,000 yards
DD Ayanami engages DD Harrison at 12,000 yards
DD Harrison engages DD Kiyonami at 12,000 yards
CB Kawachi engages DD Conway at 12,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Fullam at 12,000 yards
CA Mikuma engages DD Harrison at 12,000 yards
CA Mogami engages DD Harrison at 12,000 yards
CA Maya engages DD Harrison at 12,000 yards
DD Yunagi engages DD Conway at 12,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Harrison at 12,000 yards
Burke, Arleigh A. orders Allied TF to disengage
Range closes to 10,000 yards
CB Kawachi engages DD Harrison at 10,000 yards
CA Aoba engages DD Fullam at 10,000 yards
Magazine explodes on DD Harrison
DD Harrison sunk by CA Mikuma at 10,000 yards
DD Yunagi engages DD Boyd at 10,000 yards
Range increases to 13,000 yards
CB Kawachi engages DD Fullam at 13,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Conway at 13,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Boyd at 13,000 yards
Range closes to 12,000 yards
CB Kawachi engages DD Fullam at 12,000 yards
CA Aoba engages DD Fullam at 12,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Boyd at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
CB Kawachi engages DD Conway at 8,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Conway at 8,000 yards
CA Mikuma engages DD Fullam at 8,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Conway at 8,000 yards
DD Takanami engages DD Conway at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 5,000 yards
CB Kawachi engages DD Fullam at 5,000 yards
CA Aoba engages DD Conway at 5,000 yards
DD Ayanami engages DD Boyd at 5,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DD Conway at 5,000 yards
DD Kiyonami engages DD Fullam at 5,000 yards
DD Fullam engages DD Takanami at 5,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards
DD Yunagi collides with DD Asagiri at 101 , 133
CB Kawachi engages DD Fullam at 3,000 yards
CA Aoba engages DD Fullam at 3,000 yards
DD Boyd engages DD Takanami at 3,000 yards
CA Maya engages DD Fullam at 3,000 yards
DD Michishio engages DD Boyd at 3,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
DD Fullam engages DD Yugiri at 2,000 yards
DD Ayanami engages DD Conway at 2,000 yards
DD Boyd engages DD Yugiri at 2,000 yards
DD Fullam engages DD Kiyonami at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 3,000 yards
CA Aoba engages DD Conway at 3,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Boyd at 3,000 yards
DD Fullam sunk by CA Mogami at 3,000 yards
Range increases to 6,000 yards
CB Kawachi engages DD Conway at 6,000 yards
CA Aoba engages DD Boyd at 6,000 yards
CA Maya engages DD Conway at 6,000 yards
DD Conway engages DD Shikinami at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 7,000 yards
DD Ayanami engages DD Conway at 7,000 yards
CA Aoba engages DD Conway at 7,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Boyd at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 13,000 yards
CB Kawachi engages DD Conway at 13,000 yards
CA Aoba engages DD Conway at 13,000 yards
CA Maya engages DD Conway at 13,000 yards
DD Conway engages DD Shikinami at 13,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Boyd at 13,000 yards
Task forces break off...

[bigred]

43-12-21/22: All quiet in NG. Recovery w/enemy subs moving into Beru centpac area. Burma is the wild frontier w/ the japs losing +100 planes more than the allies as the allies lose carrier support w/ 2xsunk Brit CVEs near Pego.

This is a look at Mandalay.

[bigred]

And the prep at Rangoon which arrived on day 2.

[bigred]

The late air unsupported air support had this effect on my ground attack. Turn one was ok but problems w/ the turn 2 attack.

Could be jap airlift of Guards BDE is having an effect. not sure.

[LoBaron]

Wow, thats a lot of hardware down the drink in a few turns. How was the ground win/loss ratio at Rangoon?

[bigred]

ORIGINAL: LoBaron

Wow, thats a lot of hardware down the drink in a few turns. How was the ground win/loss ratio at Rangoon?

turn 1---
Ground combat at Rangoon (54,53)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 22025 troops, 440 guns, 268 vehicles, Assault Value = 892

Defending force 12444 troops, 165 guns, 202 vehicles, Assault Value = 267

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Allied adjusted assault: 1326

Japanese adjusted defense: 789

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 5)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 5

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
490 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 98 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 24 (1 destroyed, 23 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
1011 casualties reported
Squads: 35 destroyed, 44 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 24 disabled
Guns lost 11 (3 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)


Assaulting units:
2/3 AIF Pioneer Battalion
8th Australian Division
209th Combat Engineer Battalion
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
7th Australian Division
1st USMC Parachute Bn /1
2/13th Field Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
8th Medium Regiment

Defending units:
1st INA Subhas Regiment
1st RTA/A Division
8th Engineer Regiment
Guards Mixed Bde /1
2nd JAAF Base Force
9th RF Gun Battalion
21st Air Defense AA Regiment
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
11th Shipping Engineer Regiment
Burma Area Army
8th RF Gun Battalion
35th JAAF AF Bn

[bigred]

ORIGINAL: bigred

ORIGINAL: LoBaron

Wow, thats a lot of hardware down the drink in a few turns. How was the ground win/loss ratio at Rangoon?

turn 1---
Ground combat at Rangoon (54,53)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 22025 troops, 440 guns, 268 vehicles, Assault Value = 892

Defending force 12444 troops, 165 guns, 202 vehicles, Assault Value = 267

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Allied adjusted assault: 1326

Japanese adjusted defense: 789

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 5)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 5

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
490 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 98 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 24 (1 destroyed, 23 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
1011 casualties reported
Squads: 35 destroyed, 44 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 24 disabled
Guns lost 11 (3 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)


Assaulting units:
2/3 AIF Pioneer Battalion
8th Australian Division
209th Combat Engineer Battalion
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
7th Australian Division
1st USMC Parachute Bn /1
2/13th Field Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
8th Medium Regiment

Defending units:
1st INA Subhas Regiment
1st RTA/A Division
8th Engineer Regiment
Guards Mixed Bde /1
2nd JAAF Base Force
9th RF Gun Battalion
21st Air Defense AA Regiment
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
11th Shipping Engineer Regiment
Burma Area Army
8th RF Gun Battalion
35th JAAF AF Bn

turn2---
Ground combat at Rangoon (54,53)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 21269 troops, 435 guns, 267 vehicles, Assault Value = 783

Defending force 12244 troops, 167 guns, 202 vehicles, Assault Value = 211

Allied adjusted assault: 241

Japanese adjusted defense: 475

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 5)

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

Japanese ground losses:
287 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 35 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled
Guns lost 14 (3 destroyed, 11 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
636 casualties reported
Squads: 35 destroyed, 54 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 9 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)


Assaulting units:
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
7th Australian Division
8th Australian Division
1st USMC Parachute Bn /1
I Australian Corps
2/3 AIF Pioneer Battalion
2/13th Field Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
209th Combat Engineer Battalion
8th Medium Regiment

Defending units:
1st INA Subhas Regiment
1st RTA/A Division
8th Engineer Regiment
Guards Mixed Bde /1
8th RF Gun Battalion
2nd JAAF Base Force
Burma Area Army
11th Shipping Engineer Regiment
21st Air Defense AA Regiment
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
9th RF Gun Battalion
35th JAAF AF Bn

[bigred]

Decision process options at Rangoon.
1. Jap Fleet is one turn (2days) away from ship bombardment support but might get left in the rangoon estuary(where I hope something bad happens to him(secret).
2. Ground options-paradrop plus ground attack again.
3. Ground attack w/out para drop, deliberate attack or shock attack the question.
4. Continue and /or increase the air support(if increased then a cut to the mandalay air attack).
5. Any naval gunfire support from now forward is subject to surface naval interdiction. 2xFuso class BBs and 2x CVs spotted coming into area.
6. Lost one CA and both CVEs this turn, I.e. I lost my fleet air cover except w/in about 2 hexes of the coast(which may be ok).
7. FatR has no choice but to commit the kitchen sink. If he loses Burma now he will lose 8 divisions between Tongu and Mandalay.
8. From post 769 I note a AV loss of 25% on the IJ defense at Rangoon. I attribute this to my air bombardment and maybe the arrival of the AUS 1st Corp into the hex which gave the IJ a (-)leadership..

9. Basically the AUS 1st Corp is the anvil and the Brit 14th army at Mandalay is the Hammer

[bigred]

Another battle is the coming move by the Br 14th army into Mandalay. FatR knows it is coming and I dropped 200 bombers on it last turn. I was reading a AAR by Nemo and he was challenged by a reader about the ability of the allies to take a level 6 fort w/ 120000 troops. Nemo said he used 500 dive bombers for one week to soften the hex for the ground attack. So I hope me 200 plane mix(w/ 100 b24s) will do the job.

[bigred]

Sub report:

ASW attack near Medan at 48,76

Japanese Ships
CA Ashigara
CA Nachi
CA Haguro
DD Umikaze
DD Hamakaze
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Fubuki

Allied Ships
SS Triton, hits 1
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ASW attack near Medan at 48,76

Japanese Ships
BB Ise
BB Yamashiro
DD Akigumo
DD Akizuki
DD Fujinami
DD Suzunami
DD Makigumo
DD Kazegumo

Allied Ships
SS Triton, hits 11, heavy damage

[bigred]

43dec23: Situation at Rangoon Critical. IJN has arrived at Pegu and sunk my resupply transports this turn.

[bigred]

In addition the Yamato TF is sitting on Pegu as amphib transports look to be arriving next turn. Combat replay showed 4x 1000pb bomb hits on Yamato and 5 on the Musashi. But no listing on the saved combat report.

[bigred]

In SoPac we sneaked into Gasmata.

[bigred]

and the Japs react!!!!

[janh]

Wow, the move on Rangoon was quite a gambit. Daring, but if it works out, it will mean real trouble for FatR. I do have the impression he has been wasting some of his assets recently quite uncautiously -- I am think especially of those CAs and battlewagons in the NG/Solomons AO, or the supply convoys. The Milne-Bay fighting reminds too much of Guadalcanal, and that didn't go to well for the Japanese either. Too bad he isn't posting his side of things anymore.

Still following your AAR with excitement... keep it going and thumbs up!