The Battle Under: The Allies Fight Back

tocaff · Post by **tocaff** » Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:41 pm

July 28, 1945 Naga

Intel

20th Army is located at Mutanchiang.
8086 men are based at Matsue.
2nd Hvy Gun Regiment is planning for an attack on Tsitsihar.
21st Engineer Regiment is located at Pakhoi.
28th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Soerabaja.
54th Division is located at Kagoshima.
Shanghai SNLF is located at Kweilin.
46th Road Construction Battalion is located at Changkufeng.
45th Construction Battalion is located at Harbin.
2nd Division is located at Ominato.
6th Division is located at Hong Kong.
27th Engineer Regiment is located at Mutanchiang.
1st Aviation Rgt is located at Georgetown.
12th Aviation Rgt is located at Singapore.
124th IJA Base Force is located at Bangkok.
15th Army is located at Pisanuloke.

Recon

PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Samarinda vacant
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Clark Field 14 LCUs 100480/789/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Nagoya 8 X AP, 2 X AK, 7 LCUs 620/1/0

Combat

Shimuzu was bombed by 96 X B-29, who came in unopposed and caused moderate damage to the Mitsubishi engine factory. 15 minutes later 134 X B-29 struck the Nakajima engine plant for very light damage. A third wave of 72 X B-29 came on 10 minutes later and did moderate damage to the heavy industry.

Wuhan was swept by 22 X P-38J who found an unlucky Zeke who was immediately blasted out of the sky.

Bangkok was swept by 30 X Thunderbolt II, but the Japanese had no planes in the area.

Naha was swept by 17 X P-51D who found and attacked 11 X Zeke, 4 of whom were splashed.

At Clark Field the IJA 58th Ind. Mixed Brigade had very heavy casualties from 2 air attacks in which 2 Mitchells, 1 Lightning and 3 Thunderbolts were damaged. The IJA 61st Ind. Mixed Brigade found itself under attack from the air twice and the unit absorbed very heavy losses. 3 Mitchells (1 downed), 3 B-24Js and 2 PB4Ys were damaged. An Allied assault gained more ground today and the Japanese had extremely heavy casualties and the Allies had very heavy losses.

About 39 miles W of Sian the 89th Chinese Corps was hit by 3 X Peggy and 11 X Frank who ran into 10 X P-40N. A Peggy and 2 Franks were shot down and 4 Warhawks were destroyed, 2 damaged. The unit had extremely light casualties.

73 miles SE of Sabang 3 X Peggy bought the farm as they tried to attack the Allied ships being protected by 5 X Hellcat II, 5 X Corsair IV, 2 X Spitfire VIII, 8 X Thunderbolt II and 2 X P-47D. A Hellcat, a Corsair, a Spit, 3 Thunderbolt IIs and a P-47D were damaged (a very strange an improbable result).

208 miles S of Sabang 5 X Emily were destroyed by the CAP of 24 X Hellcat II, 70 X Corsair IV and 14 X Firefly, 1 of which was damaged. Then 3 X Irving made an attempt and were all splashed and a Firefly was damaged.

Shanghai was under an umbrella of 19 X George when an inbound raid of 52 X B-25J (3 damaged) and 101 X P-38J (2 damaged) arrived. All of the Georges died trying to get to the bombers. The airfield took light damage, 2 Helens, 2 Hickorys, 2 Dinahs and a Betty were destroyed.

Alor Star had 10 X Zeke, 2 X George and 3 X Jack up when 54 X Mosquito FB.VI (1 downed, 3 damaged), 37 X Thunderbolt II and 12 X P-47D arrived. 7 Zekes, 2 Georges and a Jack went down as the airstrip was lightly damaged, there were a couple of secondary explosions and personnel losses were moderate.

The SS Flasher, 26 miles E of Batavia, tried to attack 5 PCs only to have them locate her and she became the hunted. The sub now has light systems damage and her skipper has decided to terminate the patrol and return to base.

At Amboina an Allied attack swept through the shredded Japanese defensive line and took the base. Both sides had moderate casualties. The defeated Japanese retreated towards Bulla.

At Naga the Allied forces assaulted the Japanese positions and achieved a stunning victory, taking the base. The Japanese had extremely heavy losses and the survivors were retreating towards Manila. The Allies had very heavy casualties.

At Toyohara the Allied troops hit the Japanese for very heavy losses while taking heavy casualties of their own. The attack compressed the pocket that the surviving Japanese are squeezed in.

Harry sits at his desk in the Oval Office wondering about his dealings with other world leaders. He's just reread a folder about PM Clement Attlee. Will this man be as anti Stalin as Churchill was?

Jay stands in the shade offered by a shattered tree taking a drink of water. The attack today started out like the other and then suddenly the Japanese line seemed to shatter. Of course the individual Japanese soldiers fought to the death, but the organized defense collapsed and they made a very big advance today. Later on he learns that the Japanese have been pushed back all along the front and that they were retreating. He tries not to be to happy as he knows that they'll be chasing the Japanese and that the next big fight will probably be for Manila. What will fighting in a city be like, he wonders.

Stalin has had a change of heart and orders that troops be sent to the East on an accelerated timetable. “I want the option of crushing the Japanese available to me,” he said. Nobody says a word, they just scurry off to make changes in orders to facilitate what Stalin wants.

Victory Points Allied 89787 (14364 Strategic) Japanese 44481

tocaff · Post by **tocaff** » Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:20 pm

July 29, 1945 London

Intel

58th Construction Battalion is located at Takamatsu.
15th Field Artillery Regiment is planning for an attack on Kweiyang.
3rd Heavy AA Battalion is planning for an attack on Hailar.
122nd Division is planning for an attack on Chiamussu.
Iki Fortress is located at Ikitsuki.
2nd Mixed Regiment is located at Hangchow.
5th AF Construction Battalion is located at Singapore.
3374 men are based at Akita.
56th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Harbin.
8th Hvy Field Artillery Regiment is located at Soerabaja.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Luang Prabang 1 LCU 1460/0/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Bangkok 12 LCUs 39000/101/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Pomala vacant
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Manila 10 LCUs 39420/46/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Clark Field 14 LCUs 100240/838/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Maizuru 15 X AP, 2 X AK, 4 X DE, 9 LCUs 1320/25/0

Combat

Shimuzu was attacked by 61 X B-29 who caused moderate damage to the Mitsubishi engine works. A second wave of 113 X B-29 arrived and did similar damage to the Nakajima engine plant. Then 176 X B-29 then appeared and clobbered the heavy industry for heavy damage.

Nagasaki was caught sleeping as 79 X B-29 and 63 X P-38J arrived and the AA fire, which was light and inaccurate, managed to damage 2 of the big silver birds. The heavy industry took moderate damage.

Kendari's airstrip was the target of 13 X PB4Y and 9 X Kittyhawk III. Negligible damage was done, but there were 2 secondary explosions. Another raid of 31 X B-24J (2 damaged), 12 X A-26B (1 damaged) and 91 X P-38J followed a short time later and moderate damage was done to the airfield, there were some secondary explosions claimed and casualties were extremely light.

Kadina was visited by 4 X P-51D, but no Japanese planes were found in the air.

Gili Gili had light airfield damage and the IJA 21st Division had moderate losses from a pair of air attacks.

37 miles SE of Manila the IJA 16th Division was hit by Allied planes for heavy casualties. Nearby the IJA 4th Engineer Regiment was also struck and that unit sustained moderate losses. Also the IJA 43rd Division was jumped twice for heavy casualties. The IJA 103rd Division also caught the attention of Allied aircraft resulting in very heavy losses for the unit.

At Clark Field the IJA 61st Ind. Mixed Brigade was pounced on by Allied planes two times for extremely heavy casualties. 1 Avenger, 1 Lightning, 3 Thunderbolts, 5 PB4Ys, 2 B-24Js, 3 Mitchells (1 downed) and 2 Invaders were damaged in the strikes. The Allied attack took some ground and both sides had extremely heavy losses.

39 miles W of Sian the 89th Chinese Corps was attacked by 6 X Peggy and 12 X Frank who were greeted by 9 X P-40N. A Peggy was damaged and 3 Franks went down as the Chinese lost a Warhawk trying to protect the unit which sustained moderate losses. Another strike arrived later in the day and 9 X P-40N tried to stop the 24 X Judy, 19 X Frances and 19 X Reppu. All of the Warhawks were shot down and the Japanese lost a Frances and 2 Reppus as the unit took moderately heavy casualties. The Japanese attacked the Chinese troops, forcing them to retreat towards Chungking with very heavy losses. The Japanese had heavy casualties.

27 miles N of Krung Thep the Japanese surged across the river and smashed into the British lines. The attackers had extremely heavy losses and the defenders took very heavy casualties.

Near Toyohara Allied artillery accounted for heavy Japanese losses.

Another mission done and still in 1 piece, thinks Gil. He didn't even feel like having his shot after the debriefing, but took it anyway. Now he's sitting in the mess hall staring at the food and wondering what Elaine is doing right now.

Jay's unit had 2 hot meals today and he managed to grab enough ammo to carry him through the next fight, he hopes. He'd really love to be able to wash himself and shave, but that's not going to happen any time soon. Tomorrow they'll hit the road, keeping in close contact with the retreating Japanese. They're supposed to push them all the way back to Manila where the plan is to link up with the troops fighting at Clark Field. This time the Japanese have little, if any wiggle room and it's going to be a bloodbath, he thinks.

Clement Attlee has appealed to Truman for help in retaking Singapore, but Harry politely turned him down. The British PM was told that the forces of the United States are already committed to helping the Aussies and Kiwis and that there are some other operations planned to bring Japan to her knees.

Victory Points Allied 89889 (14420 Strategic) Japanese 44551

Clement Attlee

tocaff · Post by **tocaff** » Thu Oct 24, 2013 9:32 pm

July 30, 1945 Clark Field

Intel

14th Army is located at Victoria Point.
20th Division is located at Hungnam.
21st Engineer Regiment is located at Pakhoi.
68th Construction Battalion is located at Hamamatsu.
7th Engineer Regiment is located at Mutanchiang.
59th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Changchun.
111th IJA Base Force is located at Hong Kong.
134th IJA Base Force is located at Victoria Point.
14th Army is located at Victoria Point.
Tsushima Fortress is located at Masan.
48th Construction Battalion is located at Kratie.
13587 men are based at Takamatsu.
113243 men are based at Camranh Bay.

Recon

Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Tavoy 9 LCUs 444204040
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Pisanuloke 3 aux, 4 LCUs 9400180
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Manila 34 LCUs
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 1 LCU
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Maizuru 10 X AP, 1 X AK, 9 LCUs 2920580

Combat

The SS Lagarto caught an AK 149 miles E of Muntok just before sunrise. She hit her prey with the deck gun once and 3 torpedoes also struck the doomed vessel, which disintegrated with a huge explosion. Then before she could even effect a full reload another AK presented itself. The deck gun scored 7 times and a torpedo hit also. The ship was sinking in minutes. In the early evening the sub attacked an AK, hitting it with 3 fish that caused it to sink. The crew had a very busy and fruitful day.

Asahigawa was attacked by 190 X B-29, 63 X B-24D, 20 X P-51D and 55 X P-47D for very heavy damage to the Mitsubishi engine plant. All the planes departed intact.

Nagasaki's port was raided by 85 X B-24J (16 damaged) and 23 X P-51D. Though no facilities were damaged there was a secondary explosion seen and some ships caught some bombs.
AK Daia Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire
AK Eisho Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hatsushima 6 bomb hits, sunk
AK Ryuyu Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire
AK Horaizan Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Teiyu Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
TK Sarawak Maru 1 bomb hit
AP Kyuma Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire, heavy damage
AK Joosan Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire, heavy damage

Kendari was raided by 11 X PB4Y (1 downed, 1 damaged) and 9 X Kittyhawk III for negligible airfield damage. Another attack by 29 X B-24J (1 damaged), 10 X A-26B and 34 X P-38J scored moderate airfield damage and a secondary explosion was claimed. An afternoon strike added light airfield damage, a secondary explosion was claimed and an Ida was destroyed.

Gili Gili had negligible damage done to it's airstrip from an air raid. The IJA 21st Division was hit later in the day by Allied planes for moderate losses.

30 miles S of Manila the Sasebo 1st SNLF escaped harm by Allied planes due to heavy cloud cover. The 4th Engineer Regiment also escaped because of the weather. The IJA 43rd Division wasn't as lucky as 2 air strikes caused moderate casualties later in the day as the cloud cover had broken up.

The IJA 6th Ind. Brigade, 37 miles W of Sian, was struck by 20 X B-25J (20 damaged) and 10 X P-40N for heavy casualties. The IJA 115th Division had heavy losses and a Mitchell went down and 21 others were damaged in the air attack.

At Manila the 28th Special Base Force was jumped by Allied aircraft and 4 Liberators were damaged. Another attack on the unit saw 7 more Liberators damaged and the unit had very heavy losses today. The 125th IJNAF Base Force damaged 6 Liberators, but still had very heavy casualties.

27 miles N or Krung Thep the IJA 45th Ind. Mixed Brigade was being protected by 6 X Zeke, 9 X Frank and 7 X Tony when 67 X Liberator VI and 11 X Spitfire VIII arrived. 4 Zekes were damaged, a Frank went down (5 damaged) and 2 Tonys were splashed (2 damaged). 11 of the bombers were damaged in the battle and the unit took very heavy casualties. Then the IJA 70th Ind. Mixed Brigade was attacked by 45 X Liberator VI and 1 X Spitfire VIII who ran afoul of 6 X Zeke, 8 X Frank and 5 X Tony. A Zeke and 2 Tonys were damaged as were 3 Liberators. The unit had heavy losses. The 18th UK Division was being snooped on by a Myrt and a Dinah when 5 Spitfire VIIIs arrived and chased them away. A few hours later that same scene replayed itself.

The 89th Chinese Corps, 74 miles W of Sian, was attacked by 6 X Peggy and 9 X Frank and 9 X P-40N downed a Peggy and 2 Franks while loosing 5 Warhawks. The unit took negligible casualties.

Near Sabang 3 Peggys tried for the Allied ships only to discover a CAP of 60 X Hellcat II, 83 X Corsair IV, 6 X Firefly, 3 X Spitfire VIII, 12 X Thunderbolt II and 3 X P-47D. The Japanese planes never stood a chance. Somehow 3 Corsairs, 2 Spits and 7 Thunderbolts (1 downed) were damaged.

Krung Thep was swept by 32 X Thunderbolt II, but the Japanese planes were nowhere to be found.

Near Kunashiri Jima the Japanese ships were attacked by 32 X B-29, 48 X B-24D, 10 X PB4Y, 18 X P-51D and 6 X P-38J.
AK Genoa Maru 20 bomb hits, sunk
AP Aiyo Maru 12 bomb hits, sunk
AK Junyo Maru 8 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Akasisan Maru 6 bomb hits, sunk
The B-29s and B-24s were under orders to execute a city attack.

The Allied troops at Clark Field surged forward and broke the Japanese lines, taking the base. Both sides had extremely heavy losses and the Japanese survivors retreated towards Manila.

Near Toyohara Allied artillery inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese.

“Why am I not excited that tomorrow our march on Manila begins,” says Jay. The other guys in the squad are in agreement that it would be just fine with them to let the Japanese have Manila and starve them out there. The fact that their march was delayed by a day was a welcomed event. Just before chow some replacements arrived and they were distributed among the platoons that were the weakest. Nobody is paying attention to the kid who has joined their squad. Jay feels bad for him and tells him to just do what he's told to do and everything will be fine.

Stick sits silently listening to the intel officer saying that there are no known Japanese aircraft concentrations within the range of the Corsairs and that reduces them to CAPs, escort and ground attack missions that promise little if any Japanese opposition in the air. Stick silently curses his luck.

US, British and French troops entered Vienna today.

Victory Points Allied 90707 (14476 Strategic) Japanese 44513

tocaff · Post by **tocaff** » Fri Oct 25, 2013 8:26 pm

July 31, 1945 San Jose

Intel

1st Mortar Regiment is located at Sasebo.
11th Division is located at Mutanchiang.
29th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Kratie.
113268 men are based at Camranh Bay.
29th Division is located at Harbin.
13th Naval Construction Battalion is located at Naha.
15584 men are based at Hakodate.
3rd Construction Battalion is planning for an attack on Chungking.
2nd RF Gun Battalion is planning for an attack on Kweiyang.
8th Ind. Brigade is planning for an attack on Chungking.
128th IJA Base Force is planning for an attack on Darwin.
4549 men are based at Wakkanai.

Recon

PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Maizuru 11 X AP, 3 X AK, 7 X DE, 37 fighters, 41 aux, 9 LCUs 7880/125/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Bangkok 1 fighter, 12 LCUs 38920/108/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Krung Thep 18 fighters, 11 aux, 10 LCUs 46960/542/601
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 1 LCU

Combat

Night time surface combat near Kunashiri Jima happened when 2 X CA, 1 X CL and 6 X DD arrived and found an AK which took 7 shells hits and was sunk. The waters near Japan aren't safe to sail now that the USN has forward bases on the Japanese doorstep.

Allied troops unloaded over beach at San Jose taking moderate casualties.

Kendari underwent an air raid that caused very light damage to the airfield and a secondary explosion.

Manila's airfield was bombed by 2 waves of Liberators (11 damaged) for heavy damage, some secondary explosions were observed and personnel losses were very heavy. The IJA 16th Division had light casualties and 3 Mitchells were damaged in a raid. The IJA 43rd Division had moderate losses from 3 air strikes in which 6 Invaders and 2 Mitchells were damaged. The IJA 103rd Division was hit twice by aircraft for moderate casualties and 2 Mitchells were damaged.

Gili Gili had very light airstrip damage from an air strike. The South Seas Det. was hit for moderately heavy casualties by Allied aircraft. The 21st Division was also struck by planes for moderately heavy losses.

Near Toyohara the Karafuto Mixed Brigade was hit for moderate casualties by Allied planes. Allied artillery accounted for additional light losses for the Japanese.

The IJA 60th Division, 40 miles W of Sian, was being protected by 6 X Reppu when 16 X B-25J and 12 X P-40N arrived. 2 Mitchells (9 damaged) and 2 Warhawks were lost and the Japanese suffered 2 damaged Reppus and the unit had light losses. Then the IJA 115th Division was attacked by 15 X B-25J and 8 X P-40N who were met by 6 X Reppu. 2 Mitchells were destroyed and 11 more damaged as the Japanese had 2 Reppus splashed and the unit took very light casualties.

Alor Star was attacked by 64 X Mosquito FB.VI (2 damaged), 14 X P-47D and 37 X Thunderbolt II and 6 X Zeke, 1 X George and 3 X Jack tried to stop them. 5 Zekes and 2 Jacks were shot down and the airstrip was very lightly damaged, a couple of secondary explosions were claimed and troop losses were light.

Bouncing along the road in the back of the truck the guys are laughing at the new guy who is sick as a dog and throwing up until there's nothing left. Jay moved away from him so he wouldn't get any on him and now he's looking at himself and realizes that his uniform is little more than rags. Sarge assures him that they are going to make some stops along the way to Manila and they should be able to get some new gear then.

Chris was sitting on the beach gazing out at the fleet that stretches into the distance when one of the other pilots found him and gave him a letter from home. Chris opened it and his mother told him that the family dog had died. She went on to say that the dog would spend hours every day by the door and she was sure that the dog was waiting for him to come home. Chris just sits there looking out at the water with tears rolling down his face. “She was a great dog,” he says aloud to himself.

Truman was overjoyed at the news of the advance on Manila and he tries to temper it with the knowledge of the next battle for the city itself. The discussion with his staff then turns to dealing with the latest requests from London and then Operation Thunder.

The French collaboration trials have resulted in the following to date: 1,629 death sentences, 757 hard labor for life, 5,328 hard labor, 1,136 solitary confinement, 11,073 prison sentences, 22,137 national degradation and 3,564 acquitted.

Victory Points Allied 90784 (14476 Strategic) Japanese 44537

tocaff · Post by **tocaff** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 9:44 pm

August 1, 1945 San Jose

Intel

40th Division is located at Soochow.
54th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Mutanchiang.
53rd Aviation Unit is located at Osaka/Kobe.
11th Ind. Mixed Regiment is located at Paramushiro Jima.
Kembu Force is located at Kadina.
40th Division is located at Soochow.
2nd Mixed Regiment is located at Hangchow.
7th Heavy AA Battalion is planning for an attack on Hailar.
67th Construction Battalion is located at Gumma.
Sasebo Base Force is located at Sasebo.
23rd Division is planning for an attack on Heiho.
10th Aviation Rgt is located at Changchun.
58th Construction Battalion is located at Takamatsu.

Recon

Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Saigon 3 X AP, 1 LCU 4460/34/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Tavoy 14 LCUs 50200/479/96
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Makale vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 1 LCU
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Osaka/Kobe 7 X AP, 15 LCUs 5920/93/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Balikpapan 5 LCUs 4520/30/0

Combat

3 IJN MSWs encountered a mine field at Ominato and immediately went to work on it.

Kendari 's defenses damaged 2 Invaders in an attack that caused moderate airfield damage, a secondary explosion and moderate casualties. In the afternoon 23 X PB4Y did light airfield damage, trashed an Ida and inflicted extremely light losses.

Manila was bombed by 91 X B-24D (4 damaged), 40 X B-24J (4 damaged) and 50 X P-38J for extremely heavy airfield damage, a huge number of secondary explosions were observed and personnel losses were extremely heavy. Another wave of 58 X B-24J (8 damaged) and 43 X P-38J added heavy damage to the airfield, another secondary explosion and heavy casualties. A third strike of 48 X B-24D (5 damaged) and 45 X B-24J (4 damaged) arrived and heaped on very heavy damage to the airfield, there were many more secondary explosions and personnel losses were heavy. The IJA 16th Division was hit by planes, 1 A-26B damaged, for moderate casualties. The IJA 43rd Division had heavy losses from 3 air attacks in which 6 Mitchells and 6 Invaders were damaged. The IJA 103rd Division sustained heavy casualties in 2 air raids. 4 TBMs and 2 A-26Bs were damaged in the attacks.

Gili Gili had moderate damage done to it's airstrip in an air raid.

Near Toyohara the Karafuto Mixed Brigade was pounced on by USN aircraft for moderate casualties. Then the Army Air Corps struck the unit for moderately heavy losses. Allied artillery caused moderately heavy Japanese casualties.

The 18th UK Division, 32 miles S of Rahaeng, was attacked by 6 X Betty, 3 X Frances and 2 X Myrt and they were met by 13 X Thunderbolt II. 2 X Betty and 3 X Frances were shot down, a Thunderbolt was damaged and the unit took negligible casualties.

Alor Star was flying 2 X Zeke, 1 X George and 1 X Jack when 63 X Mosquito FB.VI and 28 X Thunderbolt II arrived. A Jack was downed and 2 Mosquitoes were damaged by the AA fire as they caused moderate airstrip damage, a few secondary explosions and light troop losses.

Allied troops unloaded over beach at Bulla, taking heavy casualties.

At San Jose the Allied force took the base against virtually no opposition.

Sam hears of the big offensive in the PIs and wonders if his outfit has been forgotten. They are supposed to be relieved, but they hear nothing about it.

Ed looks over the reports and nods to himself as he sees the build up of the bases, supplies and fuel stocks. He has been told that Formosa will sink under the weight of all of the men, machines, etc. that ultimately will be there for an operation that as far as he knows is yet to be named.

Victory Points Allied 90822 (14476 Strategic) Japanese 44543

tocaff · Post by **tocaff** » Sun Oct 27, 2013 7:28 pm

August 2, 1945 Bulla

Intel

17th Army is planning for an attack on Clark Field.
1st Guards Mixed Brigade is located at Tokyo.
20th Division is located at Hungnam.
7th Ind. Brigade is located at Changsha.
128th IJNAF Base Force is located at Toyohara.
Hensui Construction Battalion is located at Sasebo.
7th Mixed Brigade is located at Mutanchiang.
107th IJA Base Force is located at Pusan.
Elements of the 58th Division are located at Kungchang.
1st Reserve Tank Regiment is located at Kitakyushu.
128th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Tavoy.
61st Division is located at Tokyo.
37th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Krung Thep.
124th IJN Base Force is located at Canton.
65th Division is located at Nanning.
Elements of the 4th Mongolian Cavalry Division are planning for an attack on Tabun-Nur.

Recon

Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Camranh Bay 7 fighters, 39 bombers, 66 aux, 4 LCUs 30060/260/5
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Balikpapan 5 LCUs 11600/98/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Makale vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 1 LCU 8760/120/0

Combat

A PBM Mariner spotted an AK at Haichow and claimed a hit. Within minutes of that attack the SS Carp, on patrol nearby, hit an AP with a torpedo, doing heavy damage and setting it ablaze. After reloading her tubes she hit another AP with her deck gun and a torpedo. In the late afternoon the sub attacked another AP, possibly one damaged earlier in the day, hitting it with 2 fish that caused it to sink.

The SS Hawkbill, 72 miles W of Belitung, attacked 5 PCs, hitting 1 with a torpedo that caused it to disappear in a fireball. The other 4 vessels hunted, found and pounded the sub. She'll now make for a port with moderate systems damage and moderate flooding that'll keep the crew very busy.

Krung Thep was swept by 13 X Thunderbolt II who encountered 3 X Zeke, 6 X Frank and 4 X Tony. The Japanese planes ran, but a Frank and a Tony will never take to the sky again.

Kendari was raided twice by Allied planes who caused moderate damage to the airfield, a secondary explosion seen, there were light casualties and a Liberator was damaged. In the afternoon another raid hit the airstrip which took negligible damage and a Myrt was destroyed while the flak damaged a PB4Y.

Manila was hit twice by Allied aircraft for very heavy port damage, light airfield damage, a huge number of secondary explosions were claimed and there were extremely heavy personnel losses for the cost of 4 B-24Ds and 8 B-24Js which were damaged, The IJA 43rd Division had moderate casualties as a result of 4 air attacks made on it. 2 Mitchells and 6 Invaders were damaged in the attacks. The IJA 103rd Division took moderately heavy losses from 3 air raids in which 2 TBMs, 5 A-26Bs and 3 Mitchells were damaged.

Gili Gili was hit by Allied planes for extremely light airfield damage. The IJA 21st Division had moderate casualties from another air strike.

Near Toyohara the Karafuto Mixed Brigade was jumped by USN planes and then the AAC struck too for additional light casualties. Allied artillery inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese throughout the day.

The IJA 49th Division, 28 miles N of Krung Thep, took heavy losses and the Allies had a Mosquito FB.VI downed and 2 Liberator VIs damaged.

The 89th Chinese Corps, 89 miles W of Sian, was attacked by 4 X Peggy and 10 X Frank who were intercepted by 6 X P-40N. No planes were damaged in the action and the LCU absorbed very light casualties.

The Allied ships about 81 miles SE of Taipei were attacked by 28 X Grace, 13 X Betty and 4 X Mary who were received by the CAP of 227 X F6F and 21 X F4U-1D. All save for 1 Betty were destroyed and 2 Hellcats were damaged. Then 3 X Betty and 2 X Helen were destroyed by the CAP of 220 F6Fs, 21 Corsairs and 19 Thunderbolts, 1 of which was damaged.

At Alor Star 2 Zekes and a George were up when 61 X Mosquito FB.VI and 20 X Thunderbolt II arrived. The Japanese fighters ran and the AA destroyed 2 Mosquitoes and damaged 4 more. The airstrip was very lightly damaged, a couple of secondary explosions were observed and troop losses were negligible.

139 miles W of Wakkanai 5 IJN DDs and the SS Bashaw played cat and mouse for a couple of hours with neither side firing a shot.

At Bulla the Allied troops seized the base against no opposition.

The Army is pushing forward with their plans for Operations Thunder and Lightning. The Navy is being pressured into placing almost the entire fleet into these operations. President Truman has given his OK for Thunder and depending on how that goes Lightning will be next. In the meantime Manila is the main focus and then the combat units involved will need time to rest and refit. Washington keeps an eye on the British and smugly many note that for a change the speed of Swift Sword is anything but.

Chris' mother sent him a package that finally caught up to him. He's the most popular guy in the Squadron because cookie crumbs are better than nothing.

Sam killed the day with exercises and a march around the island with full battle gear. All of the guys were moaning and groaning, but Frankie loved it. When they returned to their area and fell out it was a tired and sore squad he had on his hands. After chow they did manage to find the energy to have a card game.

Victory Points Allied 90908 (14476 Strategic) Japanese 44556

tocaff · Post by **tocaff** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 9:10 am

August 3, 1945 Not Far From Formosa

Intel

16th Army is located at Rabaul.
28594 men are based at Wakkanai.
Soya Fortress is located at Wakkanai.
65th Construction Battalion is located at Kagoshima.
28th Division is located at Changchun.
Chichijima Fortress is located at Niigata.
104th Division is located at Hong Kong.
25th Division is located at Harbin.
36th Division is located at Wuchow.
33rd Road Construction Battalion is located at Changsha.
139th Division is planning for an attack on Chiamussu.
Elements of the 32nd Division are located at Sian.
65th Construction Battalion is located at Kagoshima.
14th Army is located at Victoria Point.
24546 men are based at Seoul.

Recon

PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Osaka/Kobe 11 X AP, 15 LCUs 6360/106/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Makale vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 1 LCU 9080/103/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Balikpapan 5 LCUs 7700/61/0

Combat

The SS Kraken attacked a TK 16 miles W of Toboali, striking it with a torpedo that set it on fire. The 5 PGs and 5 PCs hunted, but failed to locate the sub. The Japanese vessels continued to hunt the Kraken throughout the morning in vain, but no matter what the sub tried to do they couldn't make a clean getaway.

Takamatsu was bombed by 113 X B-29 and the AA fire damaged 6 of the bombers as they unloaded on their target. A second strike consisting of 107 X B-29 came on and the flak damaged 3 of them as they contributed to the mayhem below. All told the heavy industry was heavily damaged.

Nagaoka's Mitsubishi engine plant was attacked by 235 X B-29 who moderately damaged it. All of the aircraft retired unharmed.

Kitakyushu was struck by 93 X B-24J and 24 X P-51D who hit their target unmolested. Another strike of 91 X B-29 and 71 X P-38J then arrived and they too had a clear run in and out. A third wave of 117 X B-29 B-29 added their punch to the devastation below and then they headed home unharmed. All told the heavy industry suffered very heavily.

Tokyo underwent a fighter sweep made by 123 X P-51D who sliced into a huge gaggle of Japanese fighters. 11 X Zeke, 31 X Shinden, 61 X Frank and 45 X Tony engaged the Mustangs and the furball was on. 10 Zekes, 29 Shindens, 60 Franks and 30 Tonys fell from the sky at the cost of 28 Mustangs destroyed and 6 others damaged.

Krung Thep was swept by 13 X Thunderbolt II who ran into 6 X Zeke, 9 X Frank and 5 X Tony. The Thunderbolts splashed a Zeke and 2 Franks (1 damaged) as the Japanese planes tried to avoid a fight. All of the big Allied fighters departed safely. Later on 144 X Liberator VI, 33 X Spitfire VIII and 9 X Thunderbolt II attacked and the Japanese had 5 X Zeke, 7 X Frank and 5 X Tony up. This time the Japanese fighters attacked and 4 Zekes, 6 Franks and 5 Tonys were shot down as they tried to stem the tide at the cost of a Jug downed and another damaged. The ground fire damaged 4 of the bombers who inflicted very heavy damage to the airfield, there was an extremely large number of secondary explosions observed and casualties were heavy.

Kendari was raided by Allied planes and a PB4Y was damaged as the port took light damage. A second attack had an A-26B and a B-24J damaged as they hit the airstrip for moderate damage, a secondary explosion and extremely light personnel losses. An afternoon raid caused very light airfield damage and negligible casualties.

Manila was hit by Allied air power repeatedly. 8 B-24Ds and 7 B-24Js were damaged as the port was on the receiving end of extremely heavy damage, a large number of secondary explosions were claimed and casualties were placed at very heavy. The IJA 16th Division sustained heavy casualties from 2 air strikes in which 2 TBMs, 2 B-25Js and 3 A-26Bs were damaged. The IJA 43rd Division had light losses from an air attack in which 3 Mitchells and 3 Invaders were damaged. The IJA 103rd Division had moderate casualties and 7 A-26Bs were damaged in the air strike. Allied artillery caused very heavy Japanese losses.

Naha was under the protection of 8 Zekes who were all splashed when 51 X A-26B, 44 X B-25J, 69 X P-51D and 54 X P-38J arrived on the scene. A Mustang was lost fending off the Zekes and the flak downed 2 Invaders and damaged 5 others and 6 Mitchells were also shot up. The airfield had moderately heavy damage, there were some secondary explosions seen, 1 Sonia, 1 Grace, 1 Mary and 2 Bettys were destroyed and troop losses were light.

Gili Gili was raided by Allied aircraft for very light airfield damage. The IJA 21st Division was also hit and the unit took moderate casualties.

Near Toyohara the Karafuto Mixed Brigade had heavy casualties from a pair of air strikes made by the USN and another by the land based planes. Allied artillery inflicted additional moderate losses.

The IJA 35th Brigade, 26 miles N of Krung Thep, was hit for heavy losses by Allied aircraft.

The Allied ships 137 miles NE of Taipei were under a CAP of 343 X F6F and 21 X F4U-1D when 36 X Grace and 1 X Betty attacked. 10 of the Graces managed to escape the blazing guns of the USN fighters and no ship was ever in danger. 2 Hellcats were damaged in the lopsided fight.

At Alor Star 2 Zekes and a George were shot down facing 50 X Mosquito FB.VI, 36 X Thunderbolt II and 13 X P-47D. The AA damaged 2 Mosquito FB.VIs. The airstrip was lightly damaged, there were some secondary explosions reported and casualties were placed at very light.

Stick has 111 missions under his belt and a goose egg is still his kill total. He's gotten so used to never seeing a Japanese plane that he finds himself getting careless when flying, like the rest of the flying Deuces. The squadron skipper reamed them out today for this and then admitted that even he was guilty. They are now to observe each other and watch for extended level flight. It is hoped that this will get them back to rubbernecking to scan the sky and not wanting to get caught sleeping by the other guys.

Chris was in the air when the Japanese tried for the ships, but his flight was off in a different sector and he had nothing to do other than listen in on the radio traffic as nothing ever came their way. He feels very detached from what's been going on lately, but the funny thing is that he automatically is alert when flying. When discussing this with other pilots they all seem to agree that some guys are born to be fighter pilots and others will never be naturals, no matter how hard they try.

Victory Points Allied 91843 (15170 Strategic) Japanese 44617

tocaff · Post by **tocaff** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:08 am

August 4, 1945 Manila

Intel

6899 men are based at Inch'on.
6th Aviation Rgt is located at Changkufeng.
14th Army is located at Victoria Point.
Kembu Force is located at Kadina.
8105 men are based at Matsue.
31st Heavy AA Battalion is located at Aomori.
50th Construction Battalion is located at Kyoto.
Ominato Base Force is located at Ominato.
China Expeditionary Army is planning for an attack on Kweiyang.
10th Construction Battalion is located at Harbin.
115th IJN Base Force is located at Sendai.
2nd AA Regiment is located at Tokyo.
Maizuru Base Force is located at Maizuru.

Recon

Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Soerabaja 23 X AP, 1 X TK, 1 X PC, 1 X CL, 6 X DE, 1 X AK, 1 X CA, 3 X APD, 14 LCUs 39660/335/7
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Makale vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 1 LCU 10240/109/0
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Rabaul 7 LCUs 2140/0/0

Combat

A Dauntless spotted an AK near Nagasaki and reported a hit. Then a Helldiver also spotted and attacked an AK in the same area. It is suspected, but unconfirmed that this was the same ship. Later on an AP was attacked by the USN and the hapless vessel absorbed 5 bombs and a torpedo, sinking it.

The SS Pipefish tried to attack 3 PCs 79 miles SE of Kagoshima, but failed.

Takamatsu was struck by 110 X B-29 for moderate damage to the heavy industry. The AA fire damaged 8 of the big bombers.

Nagaoka's Mitsubishi engine factory was subjected to moderate damage when it was attacked by 205 X B-29, all of whom departed unscathed.

Bangkok had 5 X Tony aloft when 139 X Liberator VI arrived. 3 of the Tonys were downed in their attack on the bombers and then the flak gunners went to work. All told 1 Liberator was destroyed and 14 damaged. The airfield was heavily damaged, there were many secondary explosions observed and casualties were heavy.

Krung Thep was swept by 13 X Thunderbolt II who pounced on a Zeke and a Frank. The Zeke blew up in midair while the Frank made it to the clouds.

Kendari was struck three times for moderate damage to the airstrip and a secondary explosion.

Manila was repeatedly attacked by Allied planes for light airfield damage, heavy port damage, some secondary explosions and heavy personnel losses. 5 B-24Js, 3 B-24Ds were damaged in the attacks. The IJA 16th Division was hit for very light casualties and 3 Invaders and a Liberator were damaged. The IJA 43rd Division was hit twice for heavy losses and the Allies had 2 TBMs, 5 Mitchells and 10 Liberators damaged. The IJA 103rd Division was struck two time and it had moderately heavy casualties as a result. 2 B-25Js, 3 A-26Bs, 2 B-24Ds and 2 B-24Js were damaged. Allied artillery chipped in for heavy Japanese losses.

Gili Gili was hit for light airfield damage.

Near Toyohara the Karafuto Mixed Brigade was subjected to an air strike and the unit sustained moderate casualties. The Allied artillery barrages caused heavy Japanese losses.

The IJA35th Brigade, 29 miles N of Krung Thep, had moderate losses from an air raid.

The 18th UK Division, at Rahaeng, was attacked by 27 X Betty and 3 X Frances. 6 Spitfire VIIIs managed an intercept and downed 10 Bettys, damaging 4 others. The unit had extremely light casualties.

About 138 miles W of Nagasaki 24 Judys and 13 Franks tried to penetrate the CAP of 223 X F6F and 21 X F4U-1D. The Japanese lost 13 Judys and 12 Franks, never getting close to the ships. Later 37 X Grace, 2 X Betty and 22 X Judy tried and were dealt with by 327 X F6f and 18 X F4U-1D. 22 Graces, 2 Bettys and 22 Judys were splashed in return for 6 damaged Hellcats. Once more the ships were never in peril.

203 miles W of Medan 13 X Frances tried to attack the Allied fleet only to be greeted by 130 X Corsair IV, 73 X Hellcat II and 13 X Firefly. All of the Japanese planes were shot down and 4 Corsairs were damaged.

The SS Guavina, 76 miles W of Belitung, was attacked by 4 PCs who gave her a rough time of it. The sub now has light systems damage and light flooding so the patrol will be curtailed and the next destination is a yard for repairs.

Once again Chris' flight was off in a distant sector when the Japanese raids against the fleet were made. They were vectored to intercept an incoming raid that turned out to be false returns on the radar. Chris is content with that as he knows that kills mean dead people and there could always be leakers that penetrate the CAP and hit the ships. The small raids the Japanese are mounting don't make sense to him. Later in the squadrons ready room the pilots discuss this and wonder why the Japanese don't try to overwhelm the CAP.

Gil wearily gulps his shot down and heads off to their hut with the rest of the Lucky 11. Their group lost a crew today and 2 other planes were so damaged that they are write offs. Supposedly the brass is keeping their targets aimed at points of the least expected resistance. Gil wonders what happens when they run out of these type of targets and why would the Japanese no have planes up in vast numbers to protect themselves. The war in a confusing and horrible thing as far as he's concerned and he's glad that he's not fighting on the ground.

Jay has a new hole to live in for a while as he listens to the shells rumble and scream their way towards the Japanese. The sound is like a continuous rumble and he wonders how the already defeated Japanese Army can continue to fight on in the face of such overpowering firepower. Suddenly more Allied planes roar by overhead to dump their destruction on the Japanese. As bad as the war is for him he still believes that it's 10 times worse for the Japanese. He sighs and thinks of the old adage of “better him than me.”

Victory Points Allied 92004 (15208 Strategic) Japanese 44653

tocaff · Post by **tocaff** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:03 pm

August 5, 1945 Outside of Manila

Intel

14th Base Force is located at Gili Gili.
110th IJA Base Force is located at Haichow.
Shimonoseki Fortress is located at Nagato.
Chichijima Fortress is located at Niigata.
17th Division is located at Hong Kong.
Sasebo 3rd SNLF is planning for an attack on Broome.
10th Area Army is located at Chengting.
15610 men are based at Hakodate.
14th Field Artillery Regiment is located at Canton.
7th Construction Battalion is planning for an attack on Chungking.
11th Ind. Mixed Regiment is located at Paramushiro Jima.
488619 men are based at Tokyo.

Recon

Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Hengchow 4 LCUs 27460/299/1
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Victoria Point 7 LCUs 11340/51/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Banjarmasin vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Pinrang vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 1 LCU 9700/112/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Nagoya 1 X AP, 7 LCUs

Combat

A PB2Y Coronado spotted an AK at Ominato and claimed a hit.

The SS Requin stalked a pair of DDs 34 miles S of Tokyo, but before she could attack them they detected and attacked her, driving the sub deep.

Sapporo was bombed by 170 X B-29 (3 damaged), 63 X B-24D (5 damaged) and 15 X P-51D. A couple of Zekes were up and they ran, but the Mustangs managed to down one. The heavy industry took moderately heavy damage.

Tavoy was hit by 125 X Liberator VI (1 downed, 7 damaged) and 22 X Spitfire VIII. The airfield was heavily damaged, there were many secondary explosions reported and casualties were moderate.

Kendari was raided a few times for light port damage, moderate airstrip damage and a secondary explosion. 3 PB4Ys and 1 Invader were damaged in the attacks.

Manila was subjected to some bombings that caused light airfield damage, moderate damage to the port, a few secondary explosions were seen and there were heavy personnel losses. 3 B-24Js and 4 B-24Ds were damaged in the attacks. The IJA 16th Division was hit for negligible losses and an Invader took some damage. The IJA 43rd Division was struck a few times for light casualties and 2 TBMs, 1 A-26B and 2 Liberators were damaged. The IJA 103rd Division had heavy losses from 2 air raids in which 2 Mitchells, 1 Invader (1 downed) and 4 Liberators were damaged. The 125th IJNAF Base Force was hit for very light casualties and an A-26B was damaged. Allied artillery barrages accounted for very heavy Japanese troop losses.

Gili Gili was hit for negligible airfield damage. The IJA 21st Division was hit for moderate casualties.

Near Toyohara the Karafuto Mixed Brigade sustained heavy casualties from an air attack. The Japanese unit had moderate losses thanks to the Allied artillery.

The Allied fleet, 143 miles E of Shanghai, was attacked by 12 X Judy and 4 X Frank who ran afoul of 206 X F6F and 18 X F4U-1D. 8 Judys and 2 Franks were splashed and a Hellcat was damaged. Then 25 X Grace, 3 X Betty and 4 X Judy tried and all were shot down except for 3 very lucky Graces. 4 Hellcats took damage.

Alor Star was hit for light airfield damage and 2 Mosquito FB.VIs were damaged.

With Manila virtually surrounded, seemingly low on supply as the return fire from the Japanese troops is light and the Japanese units reeling from their recent defeats the Americans are confident of a speedy victory.

Jay is a combat veteran despite his young age and recent arrival in the Army. The replacements quietly talk amongst themselves, looking at the vets in awe. They are scared to death of the Japanese and even more so of themselves and how they'll act under fire. Jay wants to tell them that they're all scared, but instead he silently keeps to himself.

Sam spent the day watching the flights going in and out of Tori Shima. Tomorrow will be a bit busier as his company will spend some time in the morning on the range expending ammunition in an effort to knock the rust off. At least this training is something to do as it helps to combat the boredom known as Tori Shima. What Sam doesn't know is that the 25th Infantry Division is slated for Operation Thunder and then will in all likelihood Operation Lightning.

Victory Points Allied 92172 (15304 Strategic) Japanese 44672

tocaff · Post by **tocaff** » Fri Nov 01, 2013 11:14 am

August 6, 1945 Moscow

Intel

5th Fleet is located at Ominato.
34073 men are based at Hamamatsu.
15th AA Regiment is located at Sapporo.
15th Tank Regiment is located at Kweilin.
Arshan Garrison Regiment is located at Changchun.
34th Construction Battalion is planning for an attack on Tsitsihar.
24731 men are based at Kanazawa.
1725 men are based at Fushan.
209036 men are based at Port Arthur.
31st Heavy AA Battalion is located at Aomori.
Nakajo-wan Fortress is located at Kadina.
Yokosuka Reserve Coastal Artillery Regiment is located at Tokyo.
126th Division is located at Mutanchiang.
147th Division is located at Tokyo.
2nd Reserve AA Regiment is located at Tokyo.

Recon

Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Banjarmasin vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Pinrang vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 1 LCU 10120/123/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Nagoya 8 X AP, 3 X AK, 7 LCUs 240/10/0

Combat

Shanghai was flying 8 X George who had the misfortune to meet up with 64 X B-25J and 107 X P-38J. The Lightnings splashed all of the Georges and the AA fire damaged 3 of the Mitchells. The airfield was heavily damaged, there were some secondary explosions observed, 5 Georges, a Peggy and 2 Hickorys were trashed at their revetments and casualties were negligible.

Tavoy was struck by Allied planes for moderate airfield damage, some secondary explosions and negligible personnel losses. 8 Liberator VIs were damaged by the ground fire.

Kendari had light port damage from an air raid.

Naha's airstrip took light damage, a couple of secondary explosions were claimed and a Grace and a Betty were destroyed. The defenders damaged 10 Invaders.

Gili Gili was raided for light airfield damage. The IJA 21st Division was hit later for moderate losses.

Near Toyohara the Karafuto Mixed Brigade escaped harm thanks to low lying clouds that obscured it from Allied aircraft. Another strike arrived later after the cloud cover had broken up and delivered moderately heavy casualties. Allied artillery inflicted moderate losses on the Japanese.

At Manila the IJA 16th Division sustained very light losses and damaged an A-26B. The IJA 103rd Division took heavy casualties from 3 air attacks in which 8 Mitchells, 4 Invaders and 11 Liberators (1 downed) were damaged. Allied artillery dished out very heavy losses.

49 miles S of Moulmein the 28th NLF had heavy casualties from an air raid.

At Rahaeng the 18th UK Division was attacked by 9 X Betty and 3 X Frances, but 11 X Spitfire VIII and 2 X Thunderbolt II managed to intercept and down 4 of the Bettys, damaging another. 2 Spits and a Thunderbolt were damaged and the 18th had negligible losses.

The Allied fleet, 189 miles NW of Kadina, was attacked by 8 X Judy, 8 X Grace, 2 X Betty and 2 X Frank who ran into 201 X F6F and 21 X F4U-1D. 3 Judys escaped and 2 Hellcats were damaged in the fight that saw the Japanese planes die in vain as they never got close enough to even see the ships.

Jay marvels at the amount of men and material gathered around Manila. The number of artillery shells thrown at the Japanese is staggering. All of that and the sky always seems to have Allied planes overhead, making bomb runs on the enemy. He'd half expect the Japanese to crumble, but he knows better than that. They are hopelessly outnumbered and outgunned with no chance. That doesn't matter though as bitter assaults and house to house fighting loom. One of the new guys didn't listen or just forgot as last night he got himself killed. It'll never be known if the Japanese got him or if it was friendly fire. Today the Sarge reamed the guys, reminding them to stay in their holes at night and to keep alert. No matter most of the new guys will be killed or wounded before the fighting in the PIs is over. It's just a fact of life, he thinks.

Ed has new orders for his Old Gals to stand down and await the opening of Operation Thunder. He has been recalled to Guam for a staff meeting of senior commanders concerning this operation and he looks forward to finding out more about it. It'll also be nice to see some old and friendly faces.

Stalin isn't content with the thought of a Spring Offensive and he chides his generals about it. “We kicked the Nazis all the way back to Berlin and our most effective times against them were in the winter. Why wouldn't this work against the Japanese? What to they have that would stand up to our armor? They can't match our artillery either. Instead of acting like old women you should draft an operational plan that would commence in October. I expect to see a rough draft of this plan within the next few days.” With that he seems to have had a change of heart about waiting for the Americans and British to finish off the Japanese. He has serious doubts about Truman and Attlee letting him get what he considers his due once the Japanese collapse. It angers him that the French look to keep Indochina and the British their possessions, but the territories lost by the Czarists to the Japanese might not be returned to Russia.

The Belgians announced that 2,117 collaborators have been sentenced to death out of 16,000 found guilty.

Victory Points Allied 92252 (15304 Strategic) Japanese 44687

tocaff · Post by **tocaff** » Sat Nov 02, 2013 8:45 pm

August 7, 1945 Manila

Intel

73967 men are based at Mishan.
6903 men are based at Inch'on.
Kwantung Defense Brigade is located at Changchun.
65th Division is located at Nanning.
9th Ind. Mixed Regiment is located at Paramushiro Jima.
256149 men are based at Changkufeng.
28448 men are based at Iwo Jima.
61st Aviation Unit is located at Camranh Bay.
72nd Air Flotilla is located at Tokyo.
13th AA Regiment is located at Maizuru.
22nd AA Regiment is located at Osaka/Kobe.
26th Division is located at Sian.
16th Army is located at Rabaul.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Luang Prabang 1 LCU 1200/0/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Banjarmasin vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Pinrang vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 1 LCU 9500/103/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Saigon 3 X AP, 1 LCU 4360/22/0

Combat

19 X Frank met with 16 X P-40N over the crossroads 147 miles NW of Chungking. Both sides were tentative and as a result 1 Frank and 4 Warhawks (1 damaged) were shot down. A short time later 9 X Reppu and 7 X Warhawks spotted one another, but both sides declined the fight.

Hamamatsu was attacked by 132 X B-29 who were intercepted by 27 X Zeke. The bombers downed 6 Zekes and damaged another 15. The Japanese fighters and AA fire combined to shoot down 3 Superforts and damage 27. The heavy industry was moderately damaged. A fighter sweep arrived 45 minutes after the bombers had left and the 60 X P-51D attacked the 7 X Zeke aloft. All of the Japanese fighters were shot down.

Kitakyushu was targeted by 92 X B-24J and 24 X P-51D who hit their target and then departed unharmed, About 15 minutes later 92 X B-29 came on and they too dumped their bombs on target and left without a scratch. A third attack was made by 118 X B-29 about 10 minutes later and once more the Japanese had nothing to throw at them. The 3 raids combined to do extremely heavy damage to the heavy industry.

Tavoy's airstrip took light damage and there were extremely light casualties from an air raid in which a Liberator VI was destroyed and another was damaged. The IJA 2nd Tank Div was jumped by 37 X Mosquito FB.VI (2 downed, 6 damaged) and 10 X Thunderbolt II for heavy personnel losses.

Gili Gili was struck for extremely light airfield damage.

At Manila the IJA 16th Division was hit twice for heavy losses and the Allies had 1 TBM, 5 B-25Js (1 downed) and 6 A-26Bs damaged. The 28th Special Base Force was visited by Allied aircraft and the unit had light casualties as a result.
The IJA 43rd Division was attacked 2 times and the unit sustained heavy troop losses while the Allies had 4 Mitchells, 1 Invader and 6 Liberators damaged. The IJA 103rd Division damaged an Invader and took extremely light casualties from an Allied air attack. The 125th IJNAF Base Force took heavy losses and 2 A-26Bs were damaged in an air strike. Allied artillery hammered away at the Japanese defenders throughout the day causing very heavy casualties.

At Rahaeng the 18th UK Division was pounced on by 13 X Betty and 3 X Frances. The unit had moderate casualties and as the Japanese planes were departing 10 X Spitfire VIII jumped them, downing 2 fleeing Bettys.

Shanghai was raided by 58 X B-25J (1 downed and 9 damaged) and 17 X P-38J who attacked the port for heavy damage, a couple of secondary explosions and some ships at anchor suffered.
PG Kaikei Maru 4 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AP Nikki Maru 3 bomb hits, on fire
PG Yoshida Maru 3 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage

2 Graces tried to attack the Allied ships 78 miles N of Ishieak,, but the CAP of 198 X F6F and 20 X F4U-1D had other ideas and the Graces were splashed long before they could even detect the ships.

Near Toyohara the Japanese had heavy losses from the Allied big guns.

The British fleet has been constantly under the eye of Japanese snoopers since they departed Sabang, but nothing has come of it and their own searches have come up empty. Admiral Vian suspects the IJN still have a card up their sleeves so vigilance is the order of the day.

The Lucky 11 have completed another mission over Japan and when they learn that the other 2 bomb groups took heavy losses they just look at each other and wonder how much longer their luck will hold. The shot burned it's way down Gil's throat and he was off for some chow when Hoppy produced a whiskey bottle and the guys headed to their hut for a nip before eating. Their nerves are shot and the booze helps them to unwind.

Jay's squad was lucky enough to get chosen for a patrol. Jay was uncomfortably in the middle of the line and after no contact with the enemy Sarge led them back to their own lines. “No need getting ourselves shot for nothin',” he said. Nobody in the squad would argue with that. “Those were about the dumbest orders we ever got,” he continued. “Like we don't know that there's plenty of Japs out there waitn' for us.”

Victory Points Allied 92479 (15490 Strategic) Japanese 44731

tocaff · Post by **tocaff** » Sun Nov 03, 2013 7:15 pm

August 8, 1945 Tori Shima

Intel

Shobu Force is located at Singapore.
167720 men are based at Changchun.
112th Division is located at Mutanchiang.
Elements of the 8th Mongolian Cavalry Division are planning for an attack on Tabun-Nur.
3rd Army is located at Hungnam.
3243 men are based at Anshan.
3rd Ind. Brigade is planning for an attack on Chungking.
106th IJA Base Force is located at Anshan.
4th AA Regiment is located at Gumma.
13th Aviation Rgt is located at Mukden.
133rd Division is located at Hangchow.
110th IJN Base Force is located at Hangchow.
211837 men are based at Masan.
6661 men are based at Saigon.

Recon

PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Hamamatsu 6 fighters, 7 aux, 4 LCUs 30340/289/3
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Camranh Bay 8 fighters, 11 bombers, 47 aux, 3 LCUs 13060/83/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Pisanuloke 4 aux, 2 LCUs 4860/12/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Pamakasan vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Makale vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 1 LCU 9520/101/0
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Paramushiro Jima 6 LCUs 880/0/0

Combat

Above the crossroads, 147 miles NW of Chungking, 18 Franks and 16 Warhawks met and though the Japanese declined the fight they lost a plane. Later about 15 miles S of the crossroads the Chinese had moderate casualties from a Japanese artillery bombardment.

Hamamatsu was attacked by 140 X B-29 and they were bounced by 6 Zekes. A Zeke went down and 3 were damaged and then the AA took over. 5 Zekes engaged the second wave of 248 B-29s and 95 Mustangs. All of the Zekes ran and were damaged. All told 8 Superforts and a Mustang were damaged and the heavy industry was subjected to extremely heavy damage.

Rahaeng was raided by 18 X Betty and 5 X Frances and they were intercepted by 12 X Spitfire VIII. 8 X Betty (3 damaged) and 1 Frances (1 damaged) were shot down as 2 Spits were damaged. The airstrip took negligible damage.

At Manila there were air attacks throughout the day. The IJA 16th Division had extremely light casualties, the 43rd Division took light losses, the 103rd Division absorbed moderate casualties and the 55th Ind. Mixed Brigade was subjected to very light losses all at the cost of 3 B-24Ds, 6 B-24Js, 1 TBM, 5 A-26Bs (1 downed) damaged. Allied artillery caused very heavy casualties among the Japanese defenders.

Near Georgetown 9 X PB4Y (2 damaged), 61 X Mosquito FB.VI (5 downed, 18 damaged), 52 X Thunderbolt II and 21 X P-47D attacked the Japanese ships and hit a CA with a bomb and the BB Haruna with 13 bombs, starting some fires.

At Shanghai 3 X George tried to turn away 96 X B-25J (1 downed, 8 damaged) and 96 X P-38J. A George was splashed and another damaged and then the port was hit for very heavy damage, a couple of secondary explosions and some ships at anchor were struck.
PG Kaikei Maru 9 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AP Nikki Maru 4 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
MLE Shinfuku Maru 1 bomb hit
PG Yoshida Maru 3 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage

Near Toyohara the bottled up Japanese forces sustained heavy losses from the Allied big guns.

Admirals Sommerville and Vian have agreed that with the discovery of BB Haruna on the other side of Sumatra that their way should be clear to the objective, this time. The planes come and go from predawn to after sunset in an effort to find the Japanese ships that must be out there. To be surprised wouldn't be good for one's career or lifespan for that matter.

Jay has obtained a couple of extra pineapples and when the new guy questions this Jay just shrugs and says that next he wants some more ammo for his M1. Sarge comes by and the new guy asks him and he answers that Jay is a killing machine and that the only thing that scares him is running out of Japanese. Everybody in earshot has troubles not breaking into laughter, most of all Jay himself.

Bill cut through the usual amount of administrative BS today and then managed to find the time to write a letter to Sandy. After he's done with the letter he puts it aside to be mailed tomorrow. He wonders about the O'Bannon and the Helena. He knows that they're in capable hands, but he misses the element of a smaller crew and it's closeness of the destroyer and even the light cruiser compared to the mass of men on the Mighty Mo. He tries to know as many of the men as he can under his command, but on this ship it's more than a tall task.

Knowing that they'll be relieved is great, but wanting to know when is killing them. Sam can't find out a thing about it at all and when the guys in the squad question him he just says that, “Frankie knows more about it than anybody I know.”

Victory Points Allied 92660 (15626 Strategic) Japanese 44762

tocaff · Post by **tocaff** » Mon Nov 04, 2013 6:51 pm

August 9, 1945 Manila

Intel

25th Engineer Regiment is located at Sendai.
Arshan Garrison Regiment is located at Changchun.
48th Construction Battalion is located at Kratie.
105 aircraft are based at Mutanchiang.
Iki Fortress is located at Ikitsuki.
25th Engineer Regiment is located at Sendai.
7th Construction Battalion is located at Sining.
10th Hvy Gun Regiment is located at Harbin.
1861 men are based at Okayama.
10th Mortar Battalion is located at Mutanchiang.
112th Division is planning for an attack on Mishan.
44th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Kadina.
11th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Osaka/Kobe.

Recon

Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Bangkok 22 LCUs
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Krung Thep 9 LCUs 50660/470/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Soerabaja 5 X AP, 5 X DE, 1 X CL, 1 X PC, 14 LCUs 32720/299/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 1 LCU 9220/130/0

Combat

The SS Tantalus was attacked by a pair of DDs 21 miles S of Malacca. The sub will head for the barn to get the light systems damage repaired. In the late afternoon 3 X Mosquito FB.VI attacked a PG, which managed to evade the bombs through it's wild maneuvering.

Aomori was bombed by 141 X B-29, 62 X B-24D, 20 X P-51D and 12 X P-38J. The fighters had nothing to do except to mill about and watch the bombers do their deadly job. The AA fire brought down a B-29 and damaged 5 others in addition to damaging 4 Liberators. The heavy industry was lightly damaged.

Near Toyohara the Karafuto Mixed Brigade had negligible casualties from an air raid. An hour later the Allies threw another strike at the unit and this time around it had moderately heavy losses. The unit took moderate casualties from the Allied artillery.

At Manila the IJA 16th Division was hit 3 times by Allied aircraft for moderate casualties costing 10 Mitchells, 2 Invaders and 4 Liberators damaged in the actions. The IJA 43rd Division absorbed moderate casualties from 3 air strikes made on it in which 2 Avengers, 4 Invaders, 2 Mitchells and 7 Liberators were damaged. The IJA 103rd Division took extremely light losses in 3 air attacks made on it and the Allies had 5 Liberators damaged. Allied artillery caused heavy Japanese casualties.

13 miles E of Malacca 10 X PB4Y (1 downed, 3 damaged), 40 X Mosquito FB.VI (1 downed, 4 damaged), 50 X Thunderbolt II and 21 X P-47D Thunderbolt attacked the Japanese ships present.
CL Agano 2 bomb hits, on fire
CA Chokai 5 bomb hits
DD Akebono 1 bomb hit, on fire, heavy damage
In the afternoon Allied planes returned and 6 X PB4Y (1 downed, 2 damaged), 17 X Mosquito FB.VI (9 damaged), 18 X Thunderbolt II and 7 X P-47D hit a pair of cruisers.
CL Agano 1 bomb hit, on fire
CA Chokai 3 bomb hits, on fire
A short time later 9 X Mosquito FB.VI, 26 X Thunderbolt II and 8 X P-47D arrived on the scene, but they failed to score any hits.

139 miles NW of Padang 3 X Frances attempted to pierce the CAP of 97 X Corsair IV, 50 X Hellcat II and 14 X Firefly only to all be blasted from the air long before they had a chance to do any damage to the ships. Another 3 X Frances also tried a bit later only to meet with the Allied fighters. A Frances managed to evade and run for home while the others were splashed.

Shanghai was raided by 82 X B-25J and 5 X George intercepted them. 2 Georges were downed and then the flak chipped in with the Allies suffering 3 B-25Js shot down and 6 damaged. The port was moderately damaged and there were a few secondary explosions claimed. Ships at anchor were also hit.
AP Nikki Maru 6 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
PG Yoshida Maru 3 bomb hits, sunk

15 miles S of the crossroads a Japanese attack was repulsed with heavy Chinese casualties and moderately heavy Japanese losses.

Jay busily cleans his rifle and then attends to the rest of his gear as soon there will be the opening assault on Manila. He knows that the Japanese have nowhere to go so that any ground gained will be paid for in blood. The new guy has taken to following Jay around like a lost puppy. Finally Jay tells the guy to cut it out. “Stop following me everywhere I go. You're giving me the creeps.” The guy apologizes and tells Jay that he's scared to death and nobody else in the squad even acknowledges that he's alive except for Sarge. Jay says, “What's your name?” The guy tells him and Jay continued, “Look, nobody's going to call you that so how about Al?” The new guy nods and Jay says, “Besides Alvaro it's to damned long.” With that Jay extends his hand and they shake. “Now, you have to know we're all scared to death. I'm not so scared of getting hurt anymore, because if it happens, it happens and there's nothing you can do about it other than not doing stupid things. What I'm scared of is letting the guys down.” The 2 of them continue to jaw for a while and then the Sarge stops by and tells them that they're now to share a hole. That night Jay tells Al that the first watch is his and that when he wakes Jay up he should call softly to him unless it's an emergency. Al nods and Jay reminds him that if he can't keep his eyes open that he should “Wake me up early because you never know and stupid gets people killed.”

The guys in the pub are having an argument about the war and if Australians should sit back and take it easy now that Japan is looking beaten or if they should go for the kill. They argue some more and finally they ask Pete for his opinion. “I think that there's been way to much killing in this war, but to kick the Japanese out of where they don't belong is a great service to those folks who are being ruled by them.” Some of the men nod in agreement and others just shrug.

President Truman broadcasts from Washington telling the people about the Postdam Conference.

Victory Points Allied 92985 (15746 Strategic) Japanese 44799

tocaff · Post by **tocaff** » Tue Nov 05, 2013 4:58 pm

August 10, 1945 Manila

Intel

28 ships are based at Osaka/Kobe.
32nd Heavy AA Battalion is located at Aomori.
Hensui Construction Battalion is located at Sasebo.
1st Amphibious Brigade is planning for an attack on Wake Island.
49th Construction Battalion is planning for an attack on Hailar.
68th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Naha.
20th Engineer Regiment is located at Hong Kong.
63rd Division is located at Chengting.
108th Division is located at Harbin.
6028 men are based at Pusan.
6th Field Artillery Regiment is planning for an attack on Chungking.
Hunchun Garrison Regiment is located at Changkufeng.
1st Tank Div is located at Changchun.
Elements of the 10th Ind. Brigade are located at Yenen.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Tavoy 13 LCUs 74500/695/12
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Singapore 3 X BB, 5 X CA, 3 X AP, 19 LCUs 20760/80/65
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Soerabaja 23 X AP, 1 X PC, 1 X CL, 6 X DE, 3 X APD, 1 X CA, 14 LCUs 46240/398/8
OS2U-3 Kingfisher takes recon photos of Wakkanai 2 LCUs
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 1 LCU 9680/103/0

Combat

At Tavoy 44 X Mosquito FB.VI and 13 X Thunderbolt II raided the airfield. The AA fire damaged 6 of the bombers who dished out light damage to their target, a secondary explosion was reported and casualties were very light.

Kendari was hit twice by aircraft for very light damage to the airstrip and a couple of secondary explosions were seen. The flak damaged 2 PB4Ys.

Gili Gili was struck by Allied planes for light airfield damage, a secondary explosion and light personnel losses. In another attack the IJA 21st Division had moderate casualties.

Near Toyohara the Karafuto Mixed Brigade sustained moderate losses from an air strike. The Japanese had heavy casualties thanks to the Allied artillery.

16 miles S of the crossroads the IJA 110th Division was jumped by 36 Chinese B-25Js and the unit had heavy losses. Nearby another air attack was made by 20 X B-25J on the 17th Aviation Rgt which had moderate casualties. Japanese artillery inflicted moderate losses on the Chinese.

At Manila the 28th Special Base Force took moderate casualties and the ground fire damaged 4 Liberators. The IJA 103rd Division had heavy losses from 3 air attacks in which 7 Mitchells (1 downed), 2 Invaders and 2 Liberators were damaged. The Japanese defenders absorbed very heavy casualties from the Allied artillery barrages.

Tokyo was swept by 117 X P-51D who dove out of the sun into a gaggle of 12 X Zeke, 11 X Shinden, 45 X Frank and 51 X Tony. 12 Zekes, 10 Shindens, 38 Franks and 16 Tonys (4 damaged) were shot down at the cost of 14 Mustangs lost and 2 damaged.

Kadina was bombed by 35 X A-26B and 56 X P-38J for negligible airfield damage and the AA fire damaged 6 of the Invaders.

The Japanese PCs 14 miles W of Malacca were jumped by 3 X PB4Y, 17 X Mosquito FB.VI, 27 X Thunderbolt II and 13 X P-47D.
PC Ch 22 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
PC Ch 11 4 bomb hits, sunk

The RN's ships about 91 miles NW of Padang were attacked by 2 X Frances and the CAP of 102 X Corsair IV (1 damaged), 79 X Hellcat II and 15 X Firefly did their deadly work killing both of the Japanese intruders long before they posed a threat.

Chris can't believe that the Japanese continue to throw 2 or 3 planes at them instead of larger strikes. Could it be that they just don't have the aircraft or are they saving them for the expected invasion of Japan itself? He managed to bag a Jap plane shadowing the fleet today and his tally now stands at 14. The ships take their turns topping off their fuel bunkers and then move in turn to replenishing their supplies of food, spare parts and ammo. He watches this dangerous ballet in awe of how the huge ships are handled so close to one another. He shudders to think of what could happen if the ships get to close and collide.

Red and Cookie lean on the rail watching as some APDs arrive at the port. Dadjangas has seen an influx of these vessels and troops for days now and the two men idly discuss what could be up. With the Palawan being forgotten the boredom of having little to do has made the crew surly and any type of distraction is a welcomed event.

Al drops into the hole and presents Jays with the additional bandolier of ammo that he wanted. Jay thanks him and then Al tosses him a carton of Camels. “I won't even ask how you got a hold of these,” said Jay. “Anything else in that sack of goodies?” Al dumps the contents on the ground and Jay stares in disbelief. “You're a real scrounger aren't you? I'll tell you what. When word about your skills get out you'll probably become the most popular guy in the platoon.” Al asks that it be kept their secret for now.

Victory Points Allied 93085 (15746 Strategic) Japanese 44832

tocaff · Post by **tocaff** » Thu Nov 07, 2013 11:48 am

After being without the internet for the last day and 1/2 I'm back.

August 11, 1945 The Crossroads

Intel

11th AA Regiment is located at Osaka/Kobe.
Chichijima Fortress is located at Niigata.
1st AA Regiment is located at Tokyo.
Tone Hvy Gun Regiment is located at Changkufeng.
6th Construction Battalion is located at Harbin.
North Chishima Fortress is located at Paramushiro Jima.
Elements of the 19th Mixed Brigade are located at Kweilin.
279824 men are based at Ominato.
4th Reserve AA Regiment is located at Kagoshima.
70th Division is located at Nanchang.
28443 men are based at Iwo Jima.
Hunchun Garrison Regiment is located at Changkufeng.
21st Engineer Regiment is planning for an attack on Lunga.
159th IJN Base Force is located at Osaka/Kobe.
Tsushima Fortress is located at Masan.

Recon

SOC-3 Seagull takes recon photos of Wakkanai 2 LCUs 1700/19/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Tarakan 2 LCUs 3340/39/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Djokjakarta vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 1 LCU
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Bangkok 24 LCUs
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Malacca vacant

Combat

Kitakyushu was attacked by 92 X B-29 who made their runs totally unopposed and they caused moderately heavy damage to the heavy industry.

Tavoy's AA defense damaged 1 Liberator VI and 2 Mosquito FB.VIs during an air raid that did moderately heavy damage to the airfield, triggered some secondary explosions and inflicted light casualties.

Kendari was attacked twice for moderate airstrip damage, a few secondary explosions and moderate personnel losses.

Gili Gili had light airfield damage from an air attack. The South Seas Det. took very heavy casualties from an air strike. Then the IJA 21st Division took extremely light losses from Allied planes.

Near Toyohara the Karafuto Mixed Brigade was struck 2 times by planes for very heavy losses. The Japanese sustained heavy casualties from the Allied artillery.

Above the crossroads the IJA 12th Ind. Brigade was jumped by 58 X B-25J and 18 X P-40N who were in turn attacked by 9 X Frank. The unit had heavy casualties, a Frank went down and another was damaged, a Mitchell was shot down and 3 Warhawks were lost, another damaged. The Japanese artillery boomed throughout the day, but accomplished nothing.

At Manila the IJA 16th Division was pounded by 4 air attacks for very heavy losses and the Allies had 3 Mitchells, 1 Lightning and 7 Liberators damaged. The 28th Special Base Force was clobbered by 4 air strikes and sustained very heavy casualties while the Allies had 1 Invader, 2 Avengers and 8 Liberators damaged. The IJA 43rd Division was pounced on 4 times by Allied aircraft and took very heavy losses and the Allies had 1 Mitchell, 2 Invaders, 12 Liberators and 2 Lightnings take damage. The IJA 103rd Division was tagged by planes 3 times for heavy casualties and 1 Invader and 2 Liberators were damaged and 1 Lightning was downed. 4 attacks on the port and airfield caused light damage to the former and negligible damage to the later, there was a secondary explosion and heavy losses on the defenders were taken. 3 PB4Ys were damaged in the attacks. The Japanese had very heavy casualties from the Allied artillery.

At Shanghai 8 Georges were up when 100 X B-25J and 126 X P-38J arrived. 5 Georges went down and 3 Mitchells and a Lightning were damaged. The port was heavily damaged, a couple of secondary explosions were reported, troop losses were very light and a couple of moored ships ate some bombs.
MLE Shinfuku Maru 1 bomb hit, heavy damage
AP Nikki Maru 9 bomb hits, sunk

Kadina was raided by 34 X A-26B (1 downed, 4 damaged) and 53 X P-38J who caused very light damage to the airstrip, a couple of secondary explosions were seen and casualties were placed at very light.

Near Alor Star 6 X PB4Y, 26 X Mosquito FB.VI (1 damaged), 41 X Thunderbolt II and 21 X P-47D attacked 3 IJN DDs.
DD Suzukaze 1 bomb hit, on fire
DD Makinami 1 bomb hit
DD Kishinami 1 bomb hit, on fire

Near Ominato 35 X Frank and 4 X Rufe were on patrol when 4 X PB4Y (1 downed, 1 damaged), 36 X P-38J (2 downed, 1 damaged) and 17 X P-51D (2 downed) showed up. 19 Franks and 2 Rufes were splashed, but they did manage to insure the safety of the DD that was the target.

Slim leads his lads onto the LST bound for another fight with the Japanese, this time at Manila. It's the 2nd Marine Division and the 43rd Infantry Division being ferried from Formosa to San Marcelino to help out in the fight. Slim is indifferent to the job ahead of them knowing that if it's not at Manila it'll just be somewhere else.

Stalin asks about the progress in the relocation of his forces and the shipment of men and material from Europe. He reminds his staff that they are not to weaken there force in Europe past the point they agreed to. “The fools in Washington and London want to disarm as fast as they can, but we will be needing our great Army once again and soon. We will never be caught sleeping again like were were when the Nazis invaded the Rodina. Never, not as long as I'm alive.”

Sam tries, but keeps running into the same old answer of nobody knows when. He tries to take comfort in knowing that plans to get the 25th Division off of Tori Shima are in the works. The waiting is what's killing them.

Victory Points Allied 93287 (15836 Strategic) Japanese 44867

tocaff · Post by **tocaff** » Fri Nov 08, 2013 7:08 pm

August 12, 1945 Manila

Intel

5th RF Gun Battalion is planning for an attack on Chungking.
36th Division is located at Wuchow.
24th Engineer Regiment is planning for an attack on Chiamussu.
45th Road Construction Battalion is located at Harbin.
2nd Hvy Gun Regiment is located at Harbin.
196 aircraft are based at Chiamussu.
120th Division is located at Tokyo.
133rd Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Tokyo.
111th Division is located at Mutanchiang.
Kitachishima Fortress is located at Paramushiro Jima.
1st Mixed Regiment is located at Amoy.
28th Division is located at Changchun.
7th Air Division is planning for an attack on Davao.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Sandakan vacant
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Haiphong 2 X AG, 1 X AP
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Victoria Point 7 LCUs 10960/53/0

Combat

Near Haichow the SS Skate hit an AP with a torpedo, setting it on fire. A few hours later the sub unsuccessfully attacked the same AP. After some more of chasing the ship Skate launched a third attack and 2 fish struck home finally sinking the vessel.

Allied troops unloading over beach at Padang had heavy casualties.

Kitakyushu was attacked by 91 X B-24J and 24 X P-51D and the bombers made an unmolested run doing moderate damage to the heavy industry.

Bangkok was struck by 145 X Liberator VI (16 damaged) for heavy airfield damage, a very large number of secondary explosions were reported and personnel losses were very heavy.

Kendari was raided twice by Allied aircraft and sustained light damage to the airstrip.

Gili Gili was hit by planes for moderate airfield damage and a secondary explosion. The IJA 21st Division had moderate casualties from an air raid.

Near Toyohara the Karafuto Mixed Brigade took heavy casualties from 2 air attacks. Allied artillery added heavy losses to today's tally suffered by the Japanese in their small, isolated pocket.

At Manila the IJA 116th Division had moderate losses and 4 Liberators were damaged in the air raid. The IJA 16th Division was struck twice for heavy casualties and 2 Liberators and a Lightning were damaged. The IJA 43rd Division took heavy losses from Allied air power and 2 Mitchells and a Liberator were damaged. The IJA 103rd Division was attacked by planes who missed the target and 2 Liberators were damaged. The IJA 55th Ind. Mixed Brigade took moderate casualties and an Invader was damaged in the air strike. Moderate port damage, very light airstrip damage and heavy casualties were done by 2 air attacks and 7 PB4Ys were damaged. Allied artillery inflicted very heavy losses on the Japanese defenders.

At Shanghai 3 Georges ran when 87 X B-25J and 119 X P-38J arrived. A George was splashed and 7 bombers were damaged by the AA fire as they hit the airfield for moderately heavy damage, there were a couple of secondary explosions and personnel losses were very light.

29 miles NW of Malacca the RN caught up to the 3 IJN DDs that were on the receiving end of an air attack yesterday. The engagement occurred in mid morning.
Japanese Ships
DD Makinami 13 shell hits, sunk
DD Kishinami 3 shell hits, on fire, heavy damage
DD Suzukaze 9 shell hits, sunk
Allied Ships
BB Revenge
BB Royal Sovereign
CA Suffolk
CA Cumberland
CL Ceylon
CL Mauritius 1 shell hit
CL Birmingham
CL Newcastle
DD Rapid
DD Redoubt
DD Relentless
DD Grenville
DD Ulster
DD Ulysses
DD Urania

At the crossroads the Japanese artillery inflicted moderate casualties on the Chinese forces.

88 miles N of Kweilin the Japanese attacked the Allied troops and suffered extremely heavy losses while the Chinese absorbed heavy casualties.

During the night there was the constant chatter of machine guns and small arms fire as both sides nervously faced one another. Jay was able to catch a catnap and that amazed AL as the massive Allied force will attack the Japanese defenders in an effort to liberate Manila tomorrow morning. Jay has heard that this will be the largest Allied ground assault against the Japanese to date.

Slim stands at the rail of the LST that is taking him and his lads to join the goings on around Manila. He quietly hopes that by the time that the 2nd Marine Division arrives the Japanese will have been crushed.

Sam watches planes come and go wondering if he'll ever escape from this awful place. His company CO told him to be careful what he wishes for because at least here he's relatively safe. Safe that is unless the Japanese decide to try and take this place back.

Victory Points Allied 93398 (15892 Strategic) Japanese 44888

tocaff · Post by **tocaff** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 4:04 pm

August 13, 1945 Manila

Intel

11296 men are based at Nagaoka.
15602 men are based at Hakodate.
Tsushima Fortress is located at Masan.
Yokosuka Reserve Coastal Artillery Regiment is located at Tokyo.
Sasebo 7th SNLF is located at Victoria Point.
86th Division is located at Sapporo.
108th Division is located at Harbin.
122nd Division is located at Mutanchiang.
157th Division is located at Niigata.
South Seas Det. is located at Gili Gili.
3rd Cavarly Brigade is planning for an attack on Mishan.
107th Division is planning for an attack on Hailar.

Recon

Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Hanoi 2 aux, 5 LCUs 8220/33/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Bandou vacant
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Sandakan vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 35 LCUs

Combat

Allied troops continued unloading over beach at Padang absorbing very light casualties.

The SS Truculent attacked a pair of DDs 87 miles NW of Merak, hitting 1 of them with a torpedo.

The SS Kraken, 81 miles E of Batavia, struck a TK with 2 fish that caused it to sink. The 3 PGs and 5 PCs escorting the TK located and attacked the sub. The sub is heading for home with light systems damage and very light flooding.

16 X Frank and 16 X P-40N met in the air over the 16th Group Army, at the crossroads. 3 Franks and 2 Warhawks went down in the furball.

Kitakyushu was struck by 108 X B-29 for heavy heavy industry damage.

Tavoy's air defenses damaged 4 Liberator VIs and a Mosquito as they hit the airfield for moderate damage, many secondary explosions and extremely light personnel losses.

Kendari's airstrip was bombed and took light damage, the port was also lightly damaged and there were a few secondary explosions seen, 3 Liberators were damaged in the 2 attacks.

Gili Gili sustained light airfield damage and light casualties from an air raid. The IJA 21st Division was also hit and it had heavy losses.

Near Toyohara the Karafuto Mixed Brigade had light troop losses from an air attack. The Allied bombardment attack inflicted very heavy casualties on the Japanese forces.

At Manila the IJA 16th Division was attacked 4 times by Allied aircraft and it sustained moderate casualties as the Allies had 1 Corsair, 1 Avenger and a Liberator damaged. The IJA 43rd Division absorbed very heavy losses from 4 air strikes. 1 Invader, 1 Mitchell (1 downed), 3 Liberators (1 downed) and 10 Lightnings were damaged in the attacks. The IJA 103rd Division had moderate casualties from being pounced on by Allied planes and a Corsair was damaged. The IJA 55th Ind. Mixed Brigade damaged 3 Lightnings as the aircraft inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese unit. The 125th IJNAF Base Force had heavy casualties and an Invader and a Liberator were damaged in the attack. The port was moderately damaged and heavy personnel losses were taken in 2 air raids that saw 3 Liberators damaged. The Allied assault on the Japanese defensive line was like a giant wave that swept over and through the defenses capturing Manila. The Japanese had extremely heavy casualties, as did the Allies. The defeated Japanese units retreated towards Lamon Bay where they expect to do their final duty to the Emperor.

7 Peggys attacked the Manchuria Adv Corps, 14 miles SE of the crossroads, with both sides getting off scott free.

22 miles E of Kuala 6 X PB4Y (2 damaged), 39 X Mosquito FB.VI (1 downed, 2 damaged), 28 X Avenger II (2 downed, 14 damaged), 6 X Barracuda (2 downed, 2 damaged), 20 X Thunderbolt II, 12 X Spitfire VIII, 16 X P-47D, 55 X Corsair IV and 36 X Hellcat II attacked the Japanese ships who threw up a prodigious barrage which blackened the sky. Despite the ships radical maneuvering 2 were hit.
CA Mikuma 8 bomb hits 8, 2 torpedo hits, on fire, heavy damage
DD Sakura 1 bomb hit, on fire
Another strike composed of 6 X Avenger II (5 damaged), 1 X Corsair IV and 2 X Hellcat II arrived about 10 minutes later and they added another torpedo hit to the Mikuma's woes. 9 X Avenger II (6 damaged) arrived 5 minutes later, but they scored no hits. A few minutes later 4 X Avenger II, all of whom were damaged, arrived and they hit the Mikuma with a fish. Later, in the early afternoon the cleanup crew consisting of 7 X PB4Y, 25 X Mosquito FB.VI (1 damaged), 13 X Avenger II (1 downed, 5 damaged), 3 X Barracuda, 19 X Hellcat II, 25 X Corsair IV, 5 X Spitfire VIII, 20 X Thunderbolt II and 8 X P-47D arrived on the scene and they attacked the Japanese ships.
DD Niizuki 2 bomb hits, on fire
DD Sakura 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
DD Ikazuchi 1 bomb hit
DD Isokaze 3 bomb hits, 1 torpedo hit, sunk
In the late afternoon 9 X Mosquito FB.VI, 23 X Hellcat II, 29 X Corsair IV, 6 X Spitfire VIII 19 X Thunderbolt II and 13 X P-47D attacked the battered Japanese ships.
CA Mikuma 1 bomb hit, on fire, heavy damage

Near Kuala Lumpur a DD was jumped by 3 X PB4Y, 3 X Mosquito FB.VI and 5 X P-47D. The ship was hit by 4 bombs for heavy damage and fires.

Shanghai was raided by 73 X B-25J and they ran into 2 Georges who turned tail and ran. The flak claimed 2 Mitchells destroyed and another 7 damaged. The airfield was moderately damaged, a secondary explosion was observed and a Peggy and 2 Hickorys were destroyed.

139 miles W of Benkolen 74 X Avenger II (1 downed, 1 damaged), 36 X Barracuda (2 damaged), 65 X Corsair IV, 24 X Hellcat II and 18 X Firefly attacked a pair of IJN DDs.
DD Asashio 4 torpedo hits, sunk
DD Kisaragi 2 torpedo hits, sunk
The stragglers then arrived and the 8 X Avenger II missed. A short time later 17 X Avenger II and 2 Hellcat II also arrived on the scene and they too missed. 16 X Avenger II attacked in the afternoon and came up empty.

Near Benkolen 13 X Barracuda and 11 X Avenger II attacked a PC, hitting it with 3 fish that caused the craft to disappear in a huge fireball.

78 miles NW of Changsha the Japanese assaulted the Chinese, forcing the defenders to retreat. The Japanese had very heavy losses and the Chinese took heavy casualties in the fight.

14 miles SE of the crossroads Japanese artillery shelled the Chinese who had moderately heavy losses.

Padang's nonexistent defenses were easily overcome and the base is now in Allied hands.

Harry Truman smiles as he listens to the news report on the radio. “The people need good news to buoy their spirits as this damned war drags on and on.”

Jay advanced following in the path of a Sherman tank. By the time they had stopped moving forward he realized that he hadn't even fired a shot and Manila had fallen. The bad news is that they must chase down and kill the Japanese anyway because somebody left the back door unguarded.

Slim is scratched his head wondering what the hell is going on as the convoy came about and they are told that they're returning to Formosa. Later on the company CO gathered all of the noncoms and told them to pass the word to the lads that Manila has fallen. Slim passed the word and added that the Japanese ran because they heard that the 2nd Marine Division was on it's way. The lads laughed a laugh of relieved tension, but Slim knows that they will be in on something soon enough. He feels it in his bones.

Victory Points Allied 95633 (15922 Strategic) Japanese 44920

tocaff · Post by **tocaff** » Sun Nov 10, 2013 4:45 pm

August 14, 1945 London

Intel

53825 men are based at Krung Thep.
25th Division is located at Harbin.
17th Construction Battalion is located at Mutanchiang.
48th Division is located at Brunei.
6025 men are based at Pusan.
5th Reserve AA Regiment is located at Harbin.
16th AA Regiment is located at Krung Thep.
33rd Road Construction Battalion is located at Changsha.
7th Mixed Brigade is located at Mutanchiang.
6th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Harbin.
56th Construction Battalion is located at Georgetown.
2nd Division is located at Ominato.
35th Army is located at Lamon Bay.

Recon

Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Nanning 7 fighters, 11 aux, 10 LCUs 59760/564/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Songkhia 1 LCU 0/7/146
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Soerabaja 21 X AP, 8 X DE, 1 X PC, 1 X CL, 3 X APD, 14 LCUs 41120/388/2
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 35 LCUs

Combat

A Jake attacking the SS Bluefish 79 miles E of Singapore and the sub reported being hit.

A naval bombardment of the Toyohara area caused very heavy Japanese casualties. Allied artillery added heavy losses to the toll.

Once again 16 Franks and 16 Warhawks mixed it up in the sky over the crossroads. 2 Franks and 4 P-40Ns were shot down.

Niigata was attacked by 180 X B-29 and 21 X P-51D and they were intercepted by 21 X Nick. 4 Nicks were splashed and 9 Superforts were damaged by the AA fire. The oil production facility was heavily damaged.

Tavoy was struck by Allied planes for extremely heavy airfield damage, a very large number of secondary explosions and heavy personnel losses. 5 Liberator VIs were damaged by the flak.

Rahaeng was raided by 11 X Betty and 3 X Frances who ran into 9 X Spitfire VIII. 3 X Betty (1 damaged) and 2 X Frances were downed and a Spit took some damage as the Japanese were unable to drop their bombs on target.

At Gili Gili the airstrip was lightly damaged and there was a secondary explosion seen and then more planes hit the IJA 21st Division for heavy casualties.

The Manchuria Adv Corps, 15 miles SE of the crossroads, was attacked by 6 X Peggy who missed their target. Japanese artillery hit for light Chinese losses.

Near Padang the Allied ships were attacked by 14 X Betty, 35 X Frances, 15 X Sally, 31 X Peggy, 11 X Zero, 17 X Oscar, 61 X Frank and 16 X Tony. There were 12 X Thunderbolt II on CAP and they did their job well as 15 X Peggy (1 damaged) 3 X Zero, 10 X Oscar and 15 X Frank (1 damaged) were destroyed and 3 X Frances and a Sally were damaged. 4 Thunderbolts were lost and another was damaged and the ships took a pounding.
AK Empire Galveston 2 bomb hits, 2 torpedo hits, on fire, heavy damage
TK Pleiodon 2 torpedo hits, 1 Kamikaze hit, sunk
AK Samadre 1 torpedo hit, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Gallant 1 torpedo hit, 3 Kamikaze hits, sunk
AK Samfoyle 1 torpedo hit, on fire
AK Samtrusty 2 bomb hits, on fire
TK Empire Diplomat 1 torpedo hit, on fire, heavy damage
In the afternoon 10 X Betty, 15 X Frances, 17 X Sally, 7X Peggy, 7 X Oscar, 31 X Frank, 6 X Tony and 5 X Zero arrived and 8 X Thunderbolt II did the best that they could. A Jug went down and 2 others took damage as they killed 1 X Sally, 4 X Peggy, 2 X Oscar, 3 X Frank and 2 X Tony. 2 X Betty and a Frances were damaged. Once more the ships were hit.
TK Empire Diplomat 1 torpedo hit, sunk
AK Samfairy 1 Kamikaze hit, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Galveston 1 torpedo hit, sunk
AK Samfoyle 1 torpedo hit, on fire, heavy damage

93 miles S of Padang 4 X Betty attacked the Allied ships only to be destroyed by the CAP of 146 X Hellcat II, 187 X Corsair IV and 27 X Firefly. 4 Corsairs were damaged. 3 more Bettys arrived and they too were promptly dealt with. Later 5 X Frances came on and all were splashed at the cost of a damaged Corsair. Later 4 X Frances met their doom trying to penetrate the RN's CAP. A Hellcat and a Corsair were damaged.

14 miles E of Medan 9 X Mosquito FB.VI, 13 X P-47D Thunderbolt, 17 X Thunderbolt II and 7 X Spitfire VIII attacked a DD hitting it with 2 bombs. The ship was heavily damaged and burning. Another strike of 13 X Mosquito FB.VI, 4 X P-47D, 9 X Thunderbolt II and 3 X Spitfire VIII arrived and they attacked another DD nearby. That tin can took 2 bomb hits and was sunk.

President Truman has been assured that the Japanese are boxed in at Lamon Bay and pose no threat as they're battle worn, in very poor supply at best and unprepared to fight there. The American force moving there is expected to quickly crush all opposition.

The PM is fuming at the loss of so many lives and ships. He's simply told that the RN and the RAF have the capability to do only so much and the Japanese simply overwhelmed the forces allocated.

Jay and Al walk along the side of the road as a steady stream of trucks loaded with everything under the sun rumble by. When their unit takes 5 another outfit passes them by. Jay hopes that the entire Allied force in the PIs gets to the Japanese be fore he does. Al questions this because taking Manila was a piece of cake. Jay then tells Al all about Naga and how there just isn't anything right about fighting to the death when it serves no purpose. “The Japs aren't going to go down without a fight and when they have nowhere to go we'll have to dig them out and kill them all.”

Stick asks if anybody has an inkling of the next big operation now that the PIs are all but wrapped up. “Do you think that the Deuces will get pushed forward again?” he asks nobody in particular.

Victory Points Allied 95910 (16080 Strategic) Japanese 44970

tocaff · Post by **tocaff** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 9:58 am

August 15, 1945 Lamon Bay

Intel

24th Air Flotilla is located at Truk.
4th Reserve AA Regiment is located at Kagoshima.
21st Reserve Engineer Regiment is located at Shimuzu.
23rd Engineer Regiment is located at Inch'on.
15th Aviation Rgt is located at Batavia.
24th Air Flotilla is planning for an attack on Kwajalein.
2936 men are based at Nagato.
41st AA Regiment is located at Changchun.
1st Parachute Regiment is located at Bangkok.
1st Reserve AA Regiment is located at Kyoto.
1st Mixed Brigade is located at Mutanchiang.
5th Engineer Regiment is located at Changkufeng.
1st Mixed Regiment is located at Amoy.

Recon

Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Wuchow 3 LCUs 24280/221/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Luang Prabang 1 LCU 560/0/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 35 LCUs

Combat

A Betty spotted the AK Samadre unloading at Padang and the ship was hit by a bomb. The base was hit by 9 X Helen, 41 X Frank, 6 X Oscar and 9 X Zero who were warmly received by 14 X Hellcat II, 28 X Corsair IV and 3 X Thunderbolt II. In the ensuing furball 3 Helens (1 damaged), 25 Franks, 6 Oscars and 7 Zeros were shot down at the cost of a Hellcat and a Thunderbolt. The airstrip took negligible damage. Then 3 X Betty, 5 X Frances, 9 X Sally, 6 X Helen, 10 X Peggy, 3 X Zero, 6 X Oscar and 8 X Frank attacked the unloading ships. Once more the Allied fighters on CAP duty swung into action and they downed 4 X Peggys (1 damaged), 5 X Oscar and 3 X Frank and damaged 2 X Frances at the cost of 1 Hellcat (1 damaged) lost and 3 Corsairs damaged. The ships were hit despite the fighter's best efforts.
TK Empire Tagealand 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Samadre 1 torpedo hit, on fire, heavy damage, was later scuttled by her crew who then waded ashore with the hope of embarking on a ship for safer places.
The AK Samfairy was also scuttled due to her severe flooding.

Over the crossroads 17 Franks and 14 Warhawks tangled with a Frank and 9 P-40Ns going down.

Tavoy had it's airstrip attacked for moderate damage, a couple of secondary explosions were seen and casualties were moderate. The Allies lost a Mosquito FB.VI and 10 more were damaged by the ground fire.

Rahaeng was attacked by 8 X Betty x and 2 X Frances who were intercepted by 12 X Spitfire VIII. 5 Bettys were shot down and the airfield was negligibly damaged, but an F-5C was destroyed.

Gili Gili's airstrip took light damage and there was a secondary explosion observed and the IJA 21st Division was also hammered and it had moderate losses.

Near Toyohara the Karafuto Mixed Brigade was subjected to a pair of air attacks that cost the unit heavy losses. Allied artillery accounted for heavy Japanese casualties.

14 miles SE of the crossroads the IJA 12th Ind. Brigade was attacked by Chinese aircraft for very heavy casualties. The Japanese artillery did no harm today. The Manchuria Adv Corps escaped harm as the 6 Peggys attacking it dropped their bombs short of the mark.

At Lamon Bay the IJA 32nd Ind. Mixed Brigade suffered through 2 air attacks that resulted in the unit sustaining very heavy casualties. The IJA 58th Ind. Mixed Brigade was hit for moderate troop losses. The IJA 61st Ind. Mixed Brigade was also hit and it had moderate casualties.

The Allied ships about 28 miles E of Benkolen were attacked by 7 X Peggy and all were splashed by the CAP of 69 X Hellcat II, 88 X Corsair IV and 15 X Firefly. 2 Hellcats and 5 Corsairs were damaged. A little later 3 more Peggys arrived and they too were killed. Then 2 Bettys were blasted from the sky.

15 miles N of the crossroads the Japanese caused moderate Chinese losses with their artillery barrages.

After a hot meal and Jay finds himself on the march once again. The benches on the deuce and a half aren't the most comfortable thing in the world, but they sure beat having to walk. It was a welcomed relief when they boarded the trucks this morning. The bad part is that they'll arrive in time to be involved in the fighting. The pursuit of the Japanese is taking him to a place called Lamon Bay and supposedly it's going to be a mop up operation as the Japs have been beaten to a pulp. He wonders if that means lots of bunkers, hidden fire pits and a fanatical defense as usual. In the distance he can hear the faint rumble of explosions and planes are constantly passing overhead.

Red slumps in his seat listening to some music over the radio, There's nothing of any interest going on other than the big fight around the Manila area. For those living aboard the Palawan the monotony of daily life is stifling. Cookie stops by and hands Red a couple of biscuits, one of which gets flipped to Lucky who devours it in a flash and is then looking for more.

Elaine's father is listening to the Pirates game while mowing the grass in the back yard. He actually is getting updates from Elaine as he's to far from the window to hear the radio most of the time. He's happy as the Bucs won the first game of the doubleheader and are doing well in the second game too against the New York Giants. Considering that it's a Wednesday it seems strange to Elaine that her father is at home and the team is playing 2 games like this. Usually a twin set is reserved for Sundays. A short time later her sister hands her a letter from Gil that just arrived. Elaine eagerly tears it open and reads it. Her father asks what's going on in the game and she answers that she doesn't know. He shakes his head and finishes off the grass and heads off to bathe before dinner.

Victory Points Allied 96069 (16080 Strategic) Japanese 44983

Capt. Harlock · Post by **Capt. Harlock** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 5:15 pm

the ships took a pounding.
AK Empire Galveston 2 bomb hits, 2 torpedo hits, on fire, heavy damage
TK Pleiodon 2 torpedo hits, 1 Kamikaze hit, sunk
AK Samadre 1 torpedo hit, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Gallant 1 torpedo hit, 3 Kamikaze hits, sunk
AK Samfoyle 1 torpedo hit, on fire
AK Samtrusty 2 bomb hits, on fire
TK Empire Diplomat 1 torpedo hit, on fire, heavy damage
In the afternoon 10 X Betty, 15 X Frances, 17 X Sally, 7X Peggy, 7 X Oscar, 31 X Frank, 6 X Tony and 5 X Zero arrived and 8 X Thunderbolt II did the best that they could. A Jug went down and 2 others took damage as they killed 1 X Sally, 4 X Peggy, 2 X Oscar, 3 X Frank and 2 X Tony. 2 X Betty and a Frances were damaged. Once more the ships were hit.
TK Empire Diplomat 1 torpedo hit, sunk
AK Samfairy 1 Kamikaze hit, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Galveston 1 torpedo hit, sunk
AK Samfoyle 1 torpedo hit, on fire, heavy damage

It looks like the ships hit were all cargo/transports. Wasn't there any warship escort?

The Battle Under: The Allies Fight Back

RE: Naga Falls

RE: Naga Falls

RE: Clark Field Falls

RE: The Way To Manila

RE: The Way To Manila

RE: Bulla Falls

RE: Get Caught Sleeping

RE: Better Him Than Me

RE: Virtually Surrounded

RE: Stalin Is Upset With His Allies

RE: Waitin' For Us

RE: Tall Order

RE: Stupid Gets People Killed

RE: Scrounger

RE: Killing Them

RE: Tomorrow They Go

RE: Manila Falls

RE: Simply Overwhelmed

RE: The Pounding Resumes

RE: Simply Overwhelmed