Australia Invaded!! NY59Giants (A) vs Olorin (J)

[ny59giants]

August 30, 31,.
Ndeni Captured.
The disaster at Esperance begins.

Key: TT = Torpedo; bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits; AV = Assault Value; DC = Depth Charged; (*) = destroyed aircraft; If odds are underlined, they are the Allies; BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons); FG fighter group = 25 fighter planes if American

Subs:
S-41 at Esperance gets a TT hit on AMC. Later, a TT hit on an AK.
Skipjack hit twice off Albany by DD.

CVs:
Mine are off Ndeni, but headed east.
Almost all of Japan's are off Albany/Esperance area.

India/Burma:
55,47 (2 SE of Akyab) - important trail hex to clear
30th -
2 of 14 Tojo are destroyed vs 22 P-38s.
31st -
One group of P-38s sweep the empty skies.

Ground combat at 55,47 (near Akyab)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 18406 troops, 205 guns, 535 vehicles, Assault Value = 701

Defending force 4308 troops, 32 guns, 74 vehicles, Assault Value = 102

Allied adjusted assault: 898

Japanese adjusted defense: 67

Allied assault odds: 13 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
1291 casualties reported
Squads: 34 destroyed, 39 disabled
Non Combat: 58 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 6 (3 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 69 (69 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Allied ground losses:
200 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 26 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Vehicles lost 20 (1 destroyed, 19 disabled)

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
50th Tank Brigade
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
XV Corps Engineer Battalion
17th Indian Division
1st Indian Light AA Regiment
2/1st Med Regiment
14th Indian Light AA Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
85th British AT Gun Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
2nd Indian AA Bde

Defending units:
9th Tank Regiment
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment

This hex is now clear and the break out from Ramree will happen soon as I head south for Prome which at this time shows only ONE LCU.

Ramree Island -
One hex east -
30th -
15 Tojo sweep.
4 Tojo with 16 Helens face off against my leaky CAP of 20 Hurricanes and 11 P-40s = 3 Helens lost vs 2 of mine.
31st -

Ground combat at 55,48 (near Ramree Island)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 5132 troops, 90 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 181

Defending force 3687 troops, 17 guns, 31 vehicles, Assault Value = 136

Allied adjusted assault: 64

Japanese adjusted defense: 103

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), fatigue(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
167 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
297 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Assaulting units:
44th Indian Brigade
50th Indian Para Brigade

Defending units:
7th Burma Militia Regiment
9th Armored Car Co
3rd RTA/B Division

No break out from Ramree yet, but help is on the way (all three combat commands of the 9th Aussie Div are marching from Ramree).

base -
30th -

Morning Air attack on Ramree Island , at 54,48

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 29

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 8
Hurricane IIc Trop x 40
P-38H Lightning x 31
P-40N1 Warhawk x 45
F4U-1 Corsair x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 2 destroyed
P-40N1 Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 30000 feet

I still have over 150 of the Hurricane IIc in my pools with the Spitfire VIII coming out in 11/43.

3 of 28 Tojo are lost in another sweep vs just one Hurricane.
12 Tojo, 61 Oscars, and 29 Helens still find a CAP of 103 fighters. I lose just one P-40 vs 22 planes. [:)]
7 of 16 Helens are shot down as they come in without escort.
31st -
42 Tojo find only 35 Hurricanes and 8 P-40s on CAP. We each lose 2 planes. I have had to pull out highly damaged groups by LST and xAKs back to Akyab or bases further north to recover. My fighters at Akyab that were on LRCAP also were resting. A calculated risk.

China:
Sining (2 NW of Lanchow) - 12 Oscars escort up to 35 Sally daily.

Sian - 9 Sonia hit AF. 10 H81s shoot down 2 on 31st.

Australia:
Horn Island -
30th - Two groups of P-38s sweep.

Esperance -
30th -
1 of 10 PT sunk vs 3 CA, 4 DD
3 E vs 10 PT = just shell hits
10 PT vs 8 PB = 6 PT & 1 PB sunk
7 of 10 PT sunk vs 2 CA, 2 CL, 6 DD

Naval bombardment of Esperance at 56,153

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 22 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 2 destroyed on ground
PBY-5 Catalina: 1 damaged
Mitchell II: 29 damaged
Mitchell II: 1 destroyed on ground
Hudson III (LR): 5 damaged
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 9 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 12 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground
F-5A Lightning: 4 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 2 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground
P-39N1 Airacobra: 3 damaged
P-39N1 Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground
F6F-3 Hellcat: 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Atago
CA Takao
CL Jintsu
CL Naka

Allied ground losses:
372 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 43 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 26

Not that bad and most are still operational.

Here they come!!!

Afternoon Air attack on Esperance , at 56,153

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 159 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 41 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 13
A6M5b Zero x 175
B5N2 Kate x 45
B6N2 Jill x 172
D4Y1 Judy x 128
D4Y3 Judy x 18
E13A1 Jake x 2
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 10
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 14

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 14
P-39N1 Airacobra x 19
P-40K Warhawk x 64
F4U-1 Corsair x 35

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M5b Zero: 12 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 11 destroyed, 2 damaged
B6N2 Jill: 21 destroyed, 4 damaged
D4Y1 Judy: 27 destroyed, 21 damaged
D4Y1 Judy: 6 destroyed by flak
D4Y3 Judy: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
D4Y3 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-39N1 Airacobra: 2 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged
Mitchell II: 1 destroyed on ground
PV-1 Ventura: 4 destroyed on ground
F6F-3 Hellcat: 3 destroyed on ground
Hudson III (LR): 1 destroyed on ground
PBY-5 Catalina: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
APA Hunter Liggett, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PT-63, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
PT-174, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
PT-62, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
PT-65, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
PT-64, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

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

Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 38
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Landings start after afternoon air phase - 5 & 6 Gds ID, 1 & 2 Tank Div, 5 Amphib Bde.
NOTE - The 90mm DP guns take their toll over the next few days. To AFB, make sure you monitor which LCUs get these devices.
31st -
Landings continue - 4 Gds ID, 37 ID, 56 ID. YIKES!![X(]
2 of 11 PT sunk, but get 4 TT hits into an AMC which sinks quickly.

Night Naval bombardment of Esperance at 56,153

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Mitchell II: 18 damaged
Mitchell II: 3 destroyed on ground
SBD-3 Dauntless: 12 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed on ground
PV-1 Ventura: 31 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 13 destroyed on ground
PBY-5 Catalina: 15 damaged
PBY-5 Catalina: 3 destroyed on ground
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 6 damaged
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 3 destroyed on ground
F-5A Lightning: 2 damaged
F-5A Lightning: 2 destroyed on ground
P-39N1 Airacobra: 14 damaged
P-39N1 Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground
Beaufort VIII: 9 damaged
Beaufort VIII: 4 destroyed on ground
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground
F6F-3 Hellcat: 5 damaged
F6F-3 Hellcat: 3 destroyed on ground
SBD-5 Dauntless: 10 damaged
SBD-5 Dauntless: 4 destroyed on ground
F4U-1 Corsair: 10 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 3 destroyed on ground
P-40K Warhawk: 19 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 4 destroyed on ground
Hudson III (LR): 2 damaged
Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Ise
CL Yura
CL Isuzu

Allied ground losses:
311 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Airbase hits 20
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 35

Night Naval bombardment of Esperance at 56,153

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Mitchell II: 33 damaged
Mitchell II: 2 destroyed on ground
PV-1 Ventura: 18 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 6 destroyed on ground
P-40K Warhawk: 26 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 7 destroyed on ground
F4U-1 Corsair: 24 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 5 destroyed on ground
PBY-5 Catalina: 9 damaged
PBY-5 Catalina: 2 destroyed on ground
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 34 damaged
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 6 destroyed on ground
Beaufort VIII: 34 damaged
Beaufort VIII: 5 destroyed on ground
SBD-3 Dauntless: 25 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 destroyed on ground
P-39N1 Airacobra: 9 damaged
P-39N1 Airacobra: 2 destroyed on ground
Hudson III (LR): 2 damaged
Hudson III (LR): 1 destroyed on ground
PBY-5 Catalina: 1 damaged
F-5A Lightning: 7 damaged
F-5A Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground
Spitfire Vc Trop: 15 damaged
Spitfire Vc Trop: 3 destroyed on ground
F6F-3 Hellcat: 12 damaged
F6F-3 Hellcat: 3 destroyed on ground
SBD-5 Dauntless: 17 damaged
SBD-5 Dauntless: 6 destroyed on ground
P-40E Warhawk: 8 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
BB Yamato
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato
CL Oi
CL Kitakami

Allied ground losses:
265 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 31

Night Naval bombardment of Esperance at 56,153

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 6 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground
PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 25 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 destroyed on ground
P-39N1 Airacobra: 2 damaged
P-39N1 Airacobra: 2 destroyed on ground
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 14 damaged
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed on ground
P-40K Warhawk: 12 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground
SBD-5 Dauntless: 5 damaged
SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 destroyed on ground
Spitfire Vc Trop: 7 damaged
Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
Beaufort VIII: 8 damaged
Beaufort VIII: 1 destroyed on ground
PBY-5 Catalina: 6 damaged
PBY-5 Catalina: 1 destroyed on ground
F6F-3 Hellcat: 20 damaged
F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed on ground
Mitchell II: 6 damaged
Mitchell II: 1 destroyed on ground
P-40E Warhawk: 2 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
CA Kinugasa
CA Aoba
CA Maya

Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 19

Night Naval bombardment of Esperance at 56,153

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 10 damaged
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed on ground
P-39N1 Airacobra: 3 damaged
P-39N1 Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground
F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 damaged
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed on ground
P-40K Warhawk: 6 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 4 destroyed on ground
PV-1 Ventura: 12 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 3 destroyed on ground
SBD-3 Dauntless: 7 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed on ground
Hudson III (LR): 3 damaged
Hudson III (LR): 1 destroyed on ground
Beaufort VIII: 6 damaged
Beaufort VIII: 3 destroyed on ground
SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged
SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 destroyed on ground
F4U-1 Corsair: 5 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground
P-40E Warhawk: 3 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground
PBY-5 Catalina: 1 damaged
Mitchell II: 6 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
BB Kongo

Allied ground losses:
170 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 7

7 of 9 PT sunk by 2 DD & 4 E during the day.
84 Nells add to the damage as the AF was closed down by the BB TF and NO fighters rise up for the Allies.
87 Kates, 40 Judy, 143 Helens follow in multiple strikes.

Ground combat at Esperance (56,153)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 39411 troops, 487 guns, 886 vehicles, Assault Value = 2751

Defending force 38768 troops, 424 guns, 482 vehicles, Assault Value = 298

Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Assaulting units:
20th Ind Engr Rgt /1
5th Amphibious Brigade
1st Tank Division
37th Division
5th Guards Division
4th Guards Division
2nd Tank Division
6th Guards Div /4
1st Engineer Co
56th Div /2
1st Ind.AA Gun Co
206th Ship Eng Coy
5th RF Gun Battalion
13th Field Construction Battalion
2nd Area Army
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
21st Army

Defending units:
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
30th Australian Brigade
1st Australian/A Div /1
32nd MAG
15th Marine Defense Battalion
2/542nd Boat&Shore Engineer Battalion
30th USN Special Construction Battalion
863rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
31st MAG
30th Base Group
21st Base Maint Engineer Battalion
29th USN Special Construction Battalion
73rd RAAF Supt Wing
1/542nd Boat&Shore Engineer Battalion
3rd RAN Base Force
Southwest Pacific
871st Aviation Engineer Battalion
3/542nd Boat&Shore Engineer Battalion
81st RAAF Supt Wing
19th Base Maint Engineer Battalion
603rd Coast AA Regiment
7th RAAF M/W Sqn
49th Base Group
86th Coast AA Regiment
43rd Base Group
93rd Coast AA Regiment
7th USN Naval Construction Regiment

Kalgoorlie - 31st

Ground combat at Kalgoorlie (56,147)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 27553 troops, 262 guns, 154 vehicles, Assault Value = 900

Defending force 35289 troops, 633 guns, 754 vehicles, Assault Value = 1024

Japanese ground losses:
353 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (5 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Assaulting units:
48th Division
3rd Ind Engineer Regiment
21st Ind Engineer Regiment
18th Division
8th JAAF AF Bn
25th JNAF AF Unit
45th Field AA Battalion
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
21st Ind.AA Gun Co
14th Army
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
14th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
2/7th Armoured Regiment
2/6th Armoured Regiment
6th Australian Division
34th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
2/9th Armoured Regiment
32nd Infantry Division
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
2nd Medium Regiment
1st Medium Regiment
2nd RAA Jungle Regiment
168th Field Artillery Battalion
70th Coast AA Regiment
134th Field Artillery Battalion
181st Field Artillery Battalion
II Australian Corps
1st RAA Jungle Regiment

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Ground combat at 55,147 (near Kalgoorlie)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 28683 troops, 285 guns, 190 vehicles, Assault Value = 955

Defending force 30841 troops, 585 guns, 886 vehicles, Assault Value = 1118

Japanese ground losses:
151 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 24 (10 destroyed, 14 disabled)

Assaulting units:
2nd Guards Division
3rd Tank Regiment
5th Division
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
30th Fld AA Gun Co
4th Field Construction Battalion
39th Field Const Co
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
40th Field AA Battalion
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
19th Field AA Machinecannon Company

Defending units:
763rd Tank Battalion
193rd Tank Battalion
4th Australian Division
754th Tank Battalion
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
1st Marine Division
762nd Tank Battalion
3rd NZ Armoured Sqn
97th Coast AA Regiment
216th Coast AA Regiment
217th Coast AA Regiment

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Ground combat at 54,147 (near Kalgoorlie)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14733 troops, 123 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 528

Defending force 16265 troops, 426 guns, 251 vehicles, Assault Value = 416

Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Assaulting units:
9th Infantry Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
65th Brigade
7th Ind.Tank Brigade
23rd AA Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
31st Fld AA Gun Co

Defending units:
Americal Infantry Division
102nd Cmbt Engineer Regiment
98th Coast AA Regiment
64th Coast AA Regiment
251st Coast AA Regiment

New Guinea: [>:]

South Pacific & Solomons:
Tulagi -

Ndeni -
30th

Ground combat at Ndeni (120,143)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 18168 troops, 214 guns, 214 vehicles, Assault Value = 493

Defending force 2960 troops, 33 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

Allied adjusted assault: 145

Japanese adjusted defense: 7

Allied assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 2)

Allied forces CAPTURE Ndeni !!!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 4 destroyed

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

Japanese ground losses:
1561 casualties reported
Squads: 87 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 46 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 26 (25 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
40th Infantry Division
110th Cmbt Engineer Battalion
39th Port Maint Engineer Battalion
3/532nd Boat&Shore Engineer Battalion
ComAirSoPac
1st AmphTrac Engineer Battalion
14th Base Maint Engineer Battalion
212th Coast AA Regiment
2/532nd Boat&Shore Engineer Battalion
475th Base Group
1/532nd Boat&Shore Engineer Battalion
8th US Naval Construction Battalion
Thirteenth USAAF
35th Base Maint Engineer Battalion
226th Field Artillery Battalion
15th US Naval Construction Battalion
16th US Naval Construction Battalion

Defending units:
Kure 5th SNLF
19th Naval Guard Unit
50th JNAF Coy


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Kure 5th SNLF Wiped Out at Ndeni by attrition!!!

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19th Naval Guard Unit Wiped Out at Ndeni by attrition!!!

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50th JNAF Coy Wiped Out at Ndeni by attrition!!!

Engineering: Vanua Lava AF3; Coen F5; Vanikoro AF3; Alliford Bay P2;

Notes:
Learning curve - As in real life, the best teacher is not our successes, but our failures. Rather than pull out my planes from Esperance after the 30th, I send the PV-1 and Mitchell bombers that are undamaged to Port Augusta and Adelaide. I send in some SBDs and Avengers and restrict everybody, including my fighters to one hex hoping to hit his transports. Wrong move !! [:-][:-]

Air losses on 31st = 275 Allied vs 65 Japan. [X(][:@]

Allied Intel Reports - Ignore them daily at your peril. I have!?!

Who said the Japanese BB TF cannot close down your base?? Not me!! The troops at Esperance will die soon.

[JocMeister]

So, what is the plan? Tricky situation!

[ny59giants]

Sept 1, 2 .
The disaster at Esperance ends quickly.

Key: TT = Torpedo; bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits; AV = Assault Value; DC = Depth Charged; (*) = destroyed aircraft; If odds are underlined, they are the Allies; BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons); FG fighter group = 25 fighter planes if American

Subs:
Gar is hit once to west of Albany.
Sculpin is hit near where Gar is hit.

CVs:
Mine are at Ellice Islands.
Almost all of Japan's are probably near Perth now.

India/Burma:
Ramree Island -
One hex east -

base -
1st -
4 of 34 Tojo shoot down vs 26 Hurricanes, 7 P-40s, & 6 Hellcats. I lose 2 fighters.

Magwe - On 2nd...
Only 8 Nick rise up while many of his Tojo are left on the ground to be destroyed as the Allied air power in Burma/India is focused on this base. Wave after wave hit the AF with 50 P-40N5, 139 B-25s, 48 Blenheim, 97 B-24s, 28 Liberator IIs, 16 Wellington. The P-38s sweep AFTER the bombers all have gone in. [8|]

China:
Sining (2 NW of Lanchow) - 12 Oscars escort up to 35 Sally daily.
The base falls on the 2nd,

Ground combat at Sining (80,32)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 40495 troops, 431 guns, 128 vehicles, Assault Value = 1108

Defending force 11802 troops, 74 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 204

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 549

Allied adjusted defense: 217

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Sining !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
1610 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 129 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 21 (1 destroyed, 20 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units pursuing 1

Allied ground losses:
3434 casualties reported
Squads: 131 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 111 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 21 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 12 (12 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
34th Division
27th Division
3rd Division
15th Tank Regiment
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
8th Ind Engineer Regiment
5th Mongol Cavalry Division

Defending units:
82nd Chinese Corps
5th Chinese Base Force

Sian -
1st - 4 of 9 Sonia are shoot down by 12 H81s.

Australia:
Horn Island -


Esperance -
1st -
Landings continue, but my 6" CD guns and the 90mm DP guns get regular hits on his transports and few warships embedded in TFs.
1 of 2 PT sunk vs CM and 4 PBs. I do get numerous shell hits on CM.
1 of 2 PT sunk vs CL & 3 DD
2 CA & 2 CL bombard the base during night
78 Nells, 178 Jills, 99 Judy hit the AF with over 170 fighters on escort and/or LRCAP from bases and CVs.
25 Kates, 140 Helens attack the troops.

Ground combat at Esperance (56,153)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 80261 troops, 808 guns, 1000 vehicles, Assault Value = 2891

Defending force 39069 troops, 430 guns, 481 vehicles, Assault Value = 302

Japanese adjusted assault: 4289

Allied adjusted defense: 180

Japanese assault odds: 23 to 1 (fort level 6)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Esperance !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Mitchell II: 9 destroyed
Hudson III (LR): 2 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 17 destroyed
F4U-1 Corsair: 21 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 11 destroyed
P-39N1 Airacobra: 8 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed
PBY-5 Catalina: 1 destroyed
PV-1 Ventura: 8 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 24 destroyed
SBD-5 Dauntless: 10 destroyed
Spitfire Vc Trop: 7 destroyed
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 9 destroyed
PBY-5 Catalina: 3 destroyed
Beaufort VIII: 5 destroyed
F-5A Lightning: 4 destroyed

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

Japanese ground losses:
2878 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 251 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 41 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 77 disabled
Guns lost 34 (5 destroyed, 29 disabled)
Vehicles lost 20 (1 destroyed, 19 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
40622 casualties reported
Squads: 191 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 1205 destroyed, 40 disabled
Engineers: 420 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 537 (527 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 468 (463 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Units retreated 3
Units destroyed 24

Assaulting units:
5th Guards Division
56th Division
1st Tank Division
37th Division
4th Guards Division
5th Amphibious Brigade
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
1st Engineer Co
2nd Tank Division
6th Guards Div /4
5th RF Gun Battalion
2nd Area Army
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
13th Field Construction Battalion
206th Ship Eng Coy
1st Ind.AA Gun Co
21st Army

Defending units:
30th Australian Brigade
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
1st Australian/A Div /1
2/542nd Boat&Shore Engineer Battalion
81st RAAF Supt Wing
15th Marine Defense Battalion
3/542nd Boat&Shore Engineer Battalion
49th Base Group
93rd Coast AA Regiment
3rd RAN Base Force
29th USN Special Construction Battalion
32nd MAG
7th RAAF M/W Sqn
73rd RAAF Supt Wing
31st MAG
43rd Base Group
19th Base Maint Engineer Battalion
21st Base Maint Engineer Battalion
863rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
Southwest Pacific
30th USN Special Construction Battalion
871st Aviation Engineer Battalion
1/542nd Boat&Shore Engineer Battalion
86th Coast AA Regiment
603rd Coast AA Regiment
30th Base Group
7th USN Naval Construction Regiment

This was a quick and painful lesson for me. I spend almost 1000 PP on buying back some of the 24 LCU (all that I can) and the air groups in the order phase later. Morale at Allied HQ hits an all time low and brief thoughts of surrender are expressed in a short email to Nick, but within an hour or two, I rally enough to continue the fight. The Allied fleet is mostly intact to help raise morale.

Kalgoorlie -
The troops here and the next two hexes to west are attacked by 48 Kates, 23 Judy. My AA does well to keep them at bay, but the disruption levels on the divisions steadily grows. Nick launches daily ground bombardment attacks. The two stacks to west are ordered to march SE and go about 5 miles per day.


2nd Marine Div stack is 4 NW of Esperance. They are 'trying' to head east to relative safety. 9 Kates attack them on 1st. 5 of 28 Nells are shot down by AA on 2nd. They tried to target the big NZ AA Bde. [:D] 2 of 9 Judy are lost trying to do the same.

New Guinea: [>:]

South Pacific & Solomons:
Tulagi -

Engineering: Ramree F1 & 2;

Notes:
Air losses for 1st are bad. I lose 259 vs 74 for Japan. I had flown out those airframes that were undamaged and sent almost all the pilots from the stranded airgroups into the "Reserve" pools. Three highly skilled Corsair, two P-47, and three P-40Ks groups lose almost all their airframes. This hurts the most as any Allied player known. In two days, I lose over 500 planes. Most are from Esperance. Attempting to reinforce the lone AF vs withdrawing everybody before the 7 BBs hit the base was a bone headed move on my part. That is in language I can use here. [;)]

[ny59giants]

The 2nd Marine Div and troops stacked 4 hexes to NW of Esperance. I have already come to accept that they will probably not make to it to safety as Japan has 7 divisions at Esperance to block the way.

[veji1]

What is the force disposition in this corner of Oz and what are you of risk of losing. That stack in the Wilderness, ie 35K troops + 500 guns is a goner I agree. What do you have at Kalgoorlie ? The situation is very bleak too for those and what is the stack just north of esperance, can expect to pin it down and surround it too (quite likely with2 tank divisions..) All in all what are you about too lose ? 120k ? more ? how many divs ?

[comsolut]

Wow.

Tough being on the end of this disaster, but try to focus on the journey and stress less about the final outcome.

[ny59giants]

Veji1 - look at the posting for Kalgoorlie on the 31st and it will show those troops at the base and the two hexes to the west of it. I'm thinking the stack with the Americal Div may also be lost. Those troops are moving at 5 miles per day and I should know whats up in about 2 weeks.

[ny59giants]

Carrier Capable Corsairs - I get these nasty planes very soon. How do AFB deploy them on their CV/CVL/CVEs??

[JocMeister]

Initially I used them on the CVLs as the groups are smaller and easier to upgrade. Lately I have them on the CVs as well. But only on groups doing CAP work. Don´t have the luxury of wasting Corsairs on Escort...yet! [;)]

But to be fair Hellcats can probably do the job almost as well as it will mostly be vs. Zeroes. I have a hunch using Corsairs foremost (when they are scarce) in LBA groups might be most beneficial as your CVs won´t be seeing combat very often. But you will certainly use your LBA. I use two of the 28 plane replenishment groups with Corsairs as Sweepers to great effect.

[BBfanboy]

No doubt losses like that hurt, but I think he has made a strategic mistake bringing so many IDs to Australia at this stage in the war. The Allies are getting lots of reinforcements and if you keep the move up the Solomons and Northern NG coast, the Australian invasion will have to withdraw.

All you need in Oz is enough to hold him out of southern areas. Maybe this time he will cross the Line of Death for real! Your bombers should have an advantage bombing him in clear terrain.

[ny59giants]

Sept 3, 4 .
It 'appears' that Japan is pulling out of the northern Irrawaddy River bases - Mandalay, Magwe, and Meiktila.

Key: TT = Torpedo; bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits; AV = Assault Value; DC = Depth Charged; (*) = destroyed aircraft; If odds are underlined, they are the Allies; BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons); FG fighter group = 25 fighter planes if American

Subs: [>:]

CVs:
Mine are at Funafuti (Ellice Islands).

India/Burma:
Ramree Island - Port will be at 3 in the next one or two days.
One hex east - [>:]
base - Nothing for both days which allows damaged fighters to recover.

4 hexes SSE of Lashio has a Chinese Corp in it. 14 Oscars with 18 Helens hit it daily.

Magwe -
3rd - The stack to west is hit. Only 3(1) Tojo on LRCAP vs my 10 P-38 on LRCAP and 16 Blenheim. My second wave sees a larger leaky CAP of 3 Nick and 19 Tojo vs 20 P-38s, 12 B-25, 16 Blenheim. I lose 4 to 2, but the infantry gets hit. The leaky CAP builds up by the third wave as 4 Nick and 31 Tojo face 10 P-38s, 48 B-24s, 24 Lib IIs. I get 2 for 1 of my fighters. I lose 4 of 50 P-40N5s as escort with 24 B-24s vs his still strong CAP of 8 Nick and 35(1) Tojos. Another 21 B-25s with 25 P-40s vs 25 Tojo and 6 Nick. no planes are shoot down. 12 P-38s are still on LRCAP with 12 B-24s get 4:1 in kills vs 16 Tojo. The trickle of bombers continue as 30 B-25s get through without losses. Final group of 12 B-24s. I don't get more than one large bomber group, but that seems to be the norm now.
4th - 64 B-25s, 16 Blenheim, 16 Lib, 12 B-24s go after the troops to SW of base while 9 B-25s, 30 Blenheim, 12 Lib, 71 B-24, 16 Wellington hit the troops to the west. No enemy fighters encountered.

China:
Sian -
4th - 3 of 27 sweeping Oscars are shoot down vs 1 of 17 H81s. A battle of '41/42 airframes.[:D]

Kukong -
This base is back on the target list as of the 4th as 26 Helens hit the AF.

Kungchang -
Another base without supplies is hit on 4th by 12 Oscars and 39 Sally.

Australia:
Horn Island -
4th -
CL, 3 DD vs 11 PT = nothing
3 groups of P-38s sweep empty skies.

Esperance -
39 Nells hit the troops to NE on 4th.

Kalgoorlie -
The troops here and the next two hexes to west are attacked.
3rd - Two hexes to west sees 16 Zeros escort in 40(3) Kates, 7(1) Kates, 14(1) Kates, and 4 Judy. 142(2) Helens go after the 1st Marine Div just one hex to west. 7 Nell hit troop at base. Both stacks to west are ground bombarded.
4th - 3 of 137 Helens are downed by flak as they go after both divisions 1 hex west. Only 5 Nells hit troops at base.

2nd Marine Div stack is 4 NW of Esperance -
Left alone on 3rd, but not on 4th as 30 Zeros escort in 19 Nell, and 32 Kates. I get 4 Kates and then 2 of 9 Judy.

New Guinea: [>:]

South Pacific & Solomons:
Tulagi -

Engineering: Ndeni AF3; Vanua Lava P1 & AF4; Shemya F3

Notes:
Recon shows the three bases in northern Burma are now empty while the LCU count at both Prome and Toungoo both go up quickly. I need to win in the hex due east of Ramree to allow the almost 60,000 in supplies to flow out.

In Burma, I need to get the supplies to flow out of Ramree. Then, to get a base with over 20k to allow some upgrades and some replacement of devices. Meanwhile, I will focus on Prome as I have four Indian divisions plus both types of HQ near or 100% prepped. I don't have much prepped for Toungoo and that is a jungle hex.

[ny59giants]

Sept 5, 6 .
Invasion TFs loaded and moving for Efate and Kirakira

Key: TT = Torpedo; bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits; AV = Assault Value; DC = Depth Charged; (*) = destroyed aircraft; If odds are underlined, they are the Allies; BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons); FG fighter group = 25 fighter planes if American

Subs: Those from western Australia are headed for repairs at either Adelaide or Melbourne while those that are SoPac are back at Tabiteuea for their 8/43 upgrades (12 days).

CVs:
Mine are at Funafuti (Ellice Islands).

India/Burma:
4 hexes SSE of Lashio has a Chinese Corp in it. 24 Oscars with 27 Helens hit it daily.

Ramree Island -
One hex east - 6th...

Ground combat at 55,48 (near Ramree Island)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12128 troops, 170 guns, 314 vehicles, Assault Value = 559

Defending force 3775 troops, 17 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 135

Allied adjusted assault: 184

Japanese adjusted defense: 160

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), fatigue(-), morale(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
236 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 35 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 26 (26 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
484 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 61 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled

Assaulting units:
44th Indian Brigade
50th Indian Para Brigade
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
50th Tank Brigade
9th Australian/A Division

Defending units:
7th Burma Militia Regiment
9th Armored Car Co
3rd RTA/B Division

Both Nick and myself are surprised that his Thai unit holds. I order another attack.

Mandalay - A large Chinese Corp enters empty base on 6th.

Magwe -
5th - I thought I had rested all my bombers. I forgot the 2 groups of Blenheim at Kalemyo as they hit the troops due west of base across the river.

Ground combat at 56,47 (near Magwe)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 50139 troops, 447 guns, 920 vehicles, Assault Value = 2078

Defending force 2160 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10

Allied adjusted assault: 1095

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 1095 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
2613 casualties reported
Squads: 99 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 161 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 21 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 24 (24 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
BFF Brigade
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
39th Indian Division
268th Motorised Brigade
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
22nd (East African) Brigade
255th Armoured Brigade
254th Armoured Brigade
5th Chinese Corps
III Indian Corps
1st West African AA Regiment
17th Indian Light AA Regiment
95th Heavy AA Regiment
2nd West African AA Regiment
163rd Light AA Regiment
170 RAF Base Force
3rd West African AA Regiment

Defending units:
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment

China:
Kukong - Up to 26 Helens hit base daily.

Kungchang -
5th - 12 Oscars with 46 Sally in two waves.

Tienshui -
6th - 12 Oscars with 13 Sally hit AF.

Australia:
Horn Island -
5th - Two groups of P-38s sweep. The 77 B-25s follow.
6th -

Night Naval bombardment of Horn Island at 91,128 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

6 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CL Helena
CL St. Louis
DD Isaac Sweers
DD Perkins
DD Dunlap
DD Craven
DD Patterson
DD Henley
DD Blue

Japanese ground losses:
513 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 40 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 12
Port hits 17
Port supply hits 1

CL Helena firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at CL Helena
CL St. Louis firing at Horn Island
DD Isaac Sweers firing at 62nd Inf Group Brigade
DD Perkins firing at Horn Island
DD Dunlap firing at 62nd Inf Group Brigade
DD Craven firing at Horn Island
DD Patterson firing at 62nd Inf Group Brigade
DD Henley firing at Horn Island
DD Blue firing at Horn Island

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Night Naval bombardment of Horn Island at 91,128

Allied Ships
DD Saufley
DD Jenkins
DD Cony
DD Conway
DD Aulick
DD Abbot

Japanese ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled

Runway hits 4
Port hits 6

DD Saufley firing at Horn Island
DD Jenkins firing at 62nd Inf Group Brigade
DD Cony firing at 62nd Inf Group Brigade
DD Conway firing at Horn Island
DD Aulick firing at 62nd Inf Group Brigade
DD Abbot firing at 62nd Inf Group Brigade

Two groups of P-38s sweep to be followed by a total of 88 B-25s.

Esperance -
5th - The Aussie Bde is 1 NE of base and is attacked by 41 Nells.

Ground combat at 57,152 (near Esperance)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 2996 troops, 94 guns, 175 vehicles, Assault Value = 714

Defending force 2175 troops, 32 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

Japanese adjusted assault: 218

Allied adjusted defense: 2

Japanese assault odds: 109 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units pursuing 3

Allied ground losses:
1083 casualties reported
Squads: 34 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 54 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 15 (15 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
1st Tank Division
2nd Tank/A Division
2nd Tank/B Division
2nd Tank/C Division
1st Ind.AA Gun Co
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th RF Gun Battalion

Defending units:
30th Australian Brigade
1st Australian/A Div /1

6th -

Ground combat at 56,151 (near Esperance)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2452 troops, 36 guns, 135 vehicles, Assault Value = 590

Defending force 1378 troops, 12 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Japanese adjusted assault: 114

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 114 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
Units pursuing 2

Allied ground losses:
294 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 44 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Units destroyed 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
1st Tank Division
2nd Tank/B Division
2nd Tank/C Division

Defending units:
1st Australian/A Div /1
30th Australian Brigade

Kalgoorlie -
5th - The stack two hex west is hit by 14(2) Kates and 4 Judy. The stack one hex west is hit by two waves of 130(4) Helens.
6th - Total of 116(1) Helens attack troops one hex to west. 9 Nell attack the base.
Supplies - The troops at base and one hex due west have full supplies at end of 6th while the stack two due west has none for the AA units. My 24 Coronados at Ceduna are going to try to use their max range (21) to get supplies all the way. Meanwhile, two 8 plane PBY groups at Suva upgrade to Coronado.

2nd Marine Div stack is 3 NW of Esperance -
5th - 9 Georges escort in 9(1) Judys. This is followed by 19 Zero with 26(5) Kates.
6th - A total of 30(5) Kates and 34(2) Nells attack my troops.

New Guinea: [>:]

South Pacific & Solomons:
Tulagi - 9 LCUs [15480/161/21] - 156 fighters

Lunga - 7 LCUs [9780/63/36] - 18 fighters, 17 Aux

Engineering: Ramree P3;

Notes:
Flak - Nick is adjusted the altitude of his bombers in western Australia to between 15 to 20k to try to lower losses.

Invasions - Efate TFs are 4 days out. Kirakira TFs have just left Vava'u and are about a week away. Both Koumac and Rennell Island will follow this month.

CVL Cowpen arrives at Panama

Screenshot shows Nick has moved two units out of Kalgoorlie. I now order almost half of those at base to SE to ensure I'm not cut off.

[ny59giants]

Sept 7, 8 .
B-24s use Buna's AF for target practice.

Key: TT = Torpedo; bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits; AV = Assault Value; DC = Depth Charged; (*) = destroyed aircraft; If odds are underlined, they are the Allies; BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons); FG fighter group = 25 fighter planes if American

Subs: [>:]

CVs:
Mine are at Funafuti (Ellice Islands), but are ordered to head west to support upcoming invasion of Kirakira.

India/Burma:
4 hexes SSE of Lashio has a Chinese Corp in it. Up to 23 Sally attack.

Ramree Island -
One hex east - On 7th...

Ground combat at 55,48 (near Ramree Island)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3398 troops, 18 guns, 374 vehicles, Assault Value = 507

Defending force 3445 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 103

Allied adjusted assault: 73

Japanese adjusted defense: 97

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), morale(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
384 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
44th Indian Brigade
50th Indian Para Brigade
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
50th Tank Brigade
9th Australian/A Division

Defending units:
7th Burma Militia Regiment
3rd RTA/B Division

That was a very poor adjusted AV. [:(] I have help on the way so I'll rest until the 9th. I did order a shock attack for 9th.

Prome - recon flights show 8 LCUs [34780/297/39]

Toungoo - recon flights show 16 LCUs [52400/441/681]

Rangoon - recon flights show 22 LCUs [27840/235/181] - 243 fighters & 98 bombers

Mandalay - The empty base becomes Allies on 7th. Chinese Corp on way to an empty Meitkila.

China:
Kukong - Up to 20 Helens hit base daily.

Kienko -
7th & 8th - 13 Sally hit AF. It seems that I will now see roving bombing attacks in the northern part of the country.

Australia:
Horn Island -
7th - 61 B-25s hit AF. I have less than full numbers attacking here as some are at Coen upgrading to the D1 model due to others at Townsville switching over to the newly arriving A-20s.
8th - Only 18 Hellcats show up all day.

Esperance -
7th - Retreating Aussie Bde is attacked and push down trail to east.
8th - The whole 1st Tank Div attacks and eliminates the Aussie Bde. Only a TD Battalion is left from Esperance now. [:(]

Kalgoorlie -
7th - One hex due west sees 123(1) Helens followed by ground bb attack. The stack two hexes due west and the base itself sees just a ground bb attack.
8th - similar to 7th.

2nd Marine Div stack is 3 NW of Esperance -
7th - 13(2) Kate and 19(3) Nell attack stack
8th - 10(2) Kate and 20(2) Nell attack. See a pattern here?? [:D]

New Guinea:
Buna -
8th - The fully operational "Death Star" flexes its muscles here...B-24s
93 B-24s & 12 B-17s hit the AF that has NO CAP!! This is followed by smaller waves (9) with another 85 B-24s. 74 planes are destroyed on ground and the AF is almost closed down. 76 P-38s sweep AFTER the bombers crater the AF.

South Pacific & Solomons:
Efate - Invasion TFs will arrive on 9th

Kiraira - Invasion TFs are 26 hexes away.

Engineering: Hilo AF6; Ndeni AF4 & P2; Vanikoro AF4 & P1; Hobart AF8; Corvallis F6

Notes:
B-24s - The "J" model just came into full production at 65 per month until the end of the war. I know Nick and other JFBs hate these planes. [:)]

[ny59giants]

Sept 9, 10 .
Efate Invaded.
Tennant Creek and Meiktila switches over to Allies. Both were empty.
Western Australia seems to show I may lose everything (1st & 2nd Marine Div, 4th & 6th Aus Div, 32 ID, Americal Div). [:(] See screenshot.

Key: TT = Torpedo; bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits; AV = Assault Value; DC = Depth Charged; (*) = destroyed aircraft; If odds are underlined, they are the Allies; BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons); FG fighter group = 25 fighter planes if American

Subs:
S-31 takes two phases to put 3 TT into an xAK two hexes west of Merauke.

CVs:
Mine are to east of Santa Cruz Islands along with SC TF and Amph TFs

India/Burma:
4 hexes SSE of Lashio has a Chinese Corp in it. Up to 27 Sally attack.

Ramree Island -
base - supplies are now at 83k.
One hex east - On 9th...

Ground combat at 55,48 (near Ramree Island)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 13627 troops, 262 guns, 483 vehicles, Assault Value = 1087

Defending force 3263 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 79

Allied adjusted assault: 563

Japanese adjusted defense: 37

Allied assault odds: 15 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), morale(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
2341 casualties reported
Squads: 149 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 31 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 12 (9 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Allied ground losses:
201 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
44th Indian Brigade
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
9th Australian/A Division
50th Indian Para Brigade
17th Indian Division
XV Corps Engineer Battalion
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
50th Tank Brigade
9th Australian/B Division
14th Indian Light AA Regiment
1st Indian Light AA Regiment
2/1st Med Regiment
85th British AT Gun Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
2nd Indian AA Bde

Defending units:
7th Burma Militia Regiment
3rd RTA/B Division

Now I can push on towards Prome and await the supplies to flow out of base.

Taung Gyi - 10th...

Ground combat at 60,48 (near Taung Gyi)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 562 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 903

Defending force 120 troops, 10 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Assaulting units:
3rd New Chinese Corps
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
48th Light AA Regiment

Defending units:
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion


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Ground combat at 59,47 (near Mandalay)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10801 troops, 132 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 403

Defending force 2038 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 50

Assaulting units:
23rd Indian Division

Defending units:
55th Engineer Regiment
55th Mountain Gun Regiment

China:
Kukong - Up to 25 Helens hit base daily.

Kienko -
9th & 10th - Up to 14 Sally hit AF. I place fighters from Chungking on LRCAP for 11th.

Australia:
Horn Island -
9th - 18 F6Fs sweep and 18 Beauforts cannot hit the AF.

Kalgoorlie -
9th - 117 Helens attack troops one hex due west. 30 Nells attack troops still at base.
10th -

Ground combat at Kalgoorlie (56,147)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 27704 troops, 260 guns, 145 vehicles, Assault Value = 1122

Defending force 33490 troops, 633 guns, 435 vehicles, Assault Value = 842

Japanese ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 8 (4 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
124 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (3 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
18th Division
48th Division
21st Ind Engineer Regiment
7th Ind.Tank Brigade
3rd Ind Engineer Regiment
Guards Tank/C Division
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
8th JAAF AF Bn
21st Ind.AA Gun Co
25th JNAF AF Unit
45th Field AA Battalion
14th Army
14th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
32nd Infantry Division
6th Australian Division
34th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
70th Coast AA Regiment
134th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd RAA Jungle Regiment
1st Medium Regiment
II Australian Corps
168th Field Artillery Battalion
181st Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Medium Regiment
1st RAA Jungle Regiment


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Ground combat at 54,147 (near Kalgoorlie)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15045 troops, 123 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 446

Defending force 15804 troops, 420 guns, 249 vehicles, Assault Value = 398

Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
9th Infantry Regiment
65th Brigade
20th Infantry Regiment
23rd AA Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
31st Fld AA Gun Co

Defending units:
Americal Infantry Division
102nd Cmbt Engineer Regiment
98th Coast AA Regiment
64th Coast AA Regiment
251st Coast AA Regiment


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Ground combat at 55,147 (near Kalgoorlie)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 28691 troops, 285 guns, 190 vehicles, Assault Value = 1159

Defending force 29874 troops, 582 guns, 845 vehicles, Assault Value = 1013

Allied ground losses:
157 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
Guards Tank/A Division
5th Division
2nd Guards Division
Guards Tank/B Division
40th Field AA Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
39th Field Const Co
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
30th Fld AA Gun Co
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
4th Field Construction Battalion
19th Field AA Machinecannon Company

Defending units:
4th Australian Division
754th Tank Battalion
1st Marine Division
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
762nd Tank Battalion
193rd Tank Battalion
763rd Tank Battalion
3rd NZ Armoured Sqn
97th Coast AA Regiment
216th Coast AA Regiment
217th Coast AA Regiment

2nd Marine Div stack is 3 NW of Esperance - 5 of 15 Kates are lost in two days.

New Guinea:

South Pacific & Solomons:
Efate - Landings commenced.

Kiraira - Invasion TFs are 3 days away.

Engineering: Rockhampton P6; Paoshan F4; Bundaberg AF9; Lord Howe F5; Changteh AF6; Vanua Lava P2;

Notes:
Burma - It seems that I will have my next major barrier to cross from Prome to Toungoo. The troops around Taung Gyi seem to be retreating. I will follow as best I can while hoping to rotate troops in Burma to a base that gets supplies from Ramree to upgrade devices and rest them.

Western Australia - Looks like I've lost the hexside control on a few key bases in the greater Kalgoorlie area.

[obvert]

So how has this all changed your strategic planning for the mid-war? Where will you hit in the Pacific? Will you aim for anything in the DEI?

[ny59giants]

The rest of '43 will be moving up the Solomons. Then, isolate Truk and I'm thinking that I may need to follow the northern coast of New Guinea to the Philippines.

[ny59giants]

Here are the warship I have under repairs. I still have some BBs from Pearl Harbor attack at bases around San Fran repairing and going through lengthy upgrades.

[ny59giants]

Despite the disaster that is called "Western Australia" the Allied Fleet is in good shape and getting better. [8D]

6 CVs (plus Sara and Lex in yards) plus CV Victorious (due to withdraw in 34 days)
5 CVLs
12 CVE (plus 2 more in yards)
5 fast BBs and 6 BBs
21 CAs
31 CLs (14 modern)
6 CLAA
51 Fletcher DDs

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Here are the warship I have under repairs. I still have some BBs from Pearl Harbor attack at bases around San Fran repairing and going through lengthy upgrades.

CV Lexington - 86 days at PH? Is there a chance that the repair yard there is overtasked and that is slowing down some of the repairs? I would put CVE Nassau on low priority and see if that helps Lex's repair time. Depends how bad you need the other ships in PH yards, but Lex could also go high priority or emergency repair, unless some of that time is because of upgrades that cannot be advanced.

[ny59giants]

CV Lexington - 86 days at PH? Is there a chance that the repair yard there is overtasked and that is slowing down some of the repairs? I would put CVE Nassau on low priority and see if that helps Lex's repair time. Depends how bad you need the other ships in PH yards, but Lex could also go high priority or emergency repair, unless some of that time is because of upgrades that cannot be advanced.

I've got the Lex down to 51 days now. Thanks!![:)]