October 25, 1945 Ulithi
Intel
7380 men are based at Toyama.
47th Division is located at Naha.
81st Division is located at Tokyo.
62nd Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Nanking.
5th Air Fleet is located at Tokyo.
4th Air Army is located at Tokyo.
66th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Peking.
1851 men are based at Okayama.
1000 ships are based at Takao.
7th Division is located at Wakkanai.
65th Construction Battalion is located at Kagoshima.
4th Engineer Regiment is planning for an attack on Naga.
2nd Area Army is located at Djokjakarta.
Recon
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 9 LCUs 131380/1457/45
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Kaifeng vacant
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Wuchow 3 LCUs 9560/76/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Luang Prabang 1 LCU 1160/0/0
Combat
Near Toyama a PBM Mariner spotted and attacked an AK, claiming a hit.
Padang was visited by 4 Helens who were making a nocturnal raid in which nobody suffered any harm.
Near Mersing the SS Entemedor hit an AK once with her deck gun and the merchant ship hit the sub too.
Okayama was under the protection of 25 X Frank who attacked 33 X B-29 (3 downed, 11 damaged). A Frank went down and 5 were damaged and then the flak opened up on the bombers. The armament assembly complex was lightly damaged.
Hamamatsu was raided by 94 X B-29 and a lone Zeke got itself damaged because it strayed a bit to close to the bombers who suffered 6 damaged planes from the ground fire. The heavy industry was moderately damaged.
Mutanchiang was swept by 54 X Yak-3 who tangled with 9 X Tojo and 10 X Tony. 5 Tojos and 8 Tonys were shot down and 5 Yaks were lost in the furball. Later on a reduced CAP of 3 X Tojo and 1 X Tony was faced with 8 X Tu-2S and all of the bombers were damaged. The airstrip took negligible damage, a secondary explosion was seen and casualties were extremely light. In the afternoon 4 X Tojo and 2 X Tony were up and they were tasked with facing an inbound raid made up of 115 X B-24D (14 damaged), 36 X P-51D and 98 X P-38J (1 downed, 3 damaged). All of the Japanese fighters were splashed, the airfield took very heavy damage, there were many secondary explosions observed, 1 Tojo, 1 Tony and 6 Sallys were destroyed and personnel losses were heavy. Another sweep by 51 X Yak-9D came up empty in the afternoon.
Harbin was hit by 86 X Pe-2 (4 damaged), 92 X Tu-2S (3 damaged) and 19 X Yak-3 for very heavy airfield damage, a secondary explosion was reported, a Tony and a Frank were burning and casualties were very light. The Japanese bombardment attack was responsible for negligible Russian losses. The Russians assaulted the Japanese positions and took some ground with both sides sustaining extremely heavy casualties. The Japanese were thought to have taken twice the losses that the Russians did.
Bangkok was struck by 131 X Liberator VI (17 damaged) for heavy port damage, an extremely large number of secondary explosions were seen and troop losses were heavy. The IJA 23rd Division had negligible losses and the Russians had 5 X P-63A and 4 X P-39Q damaged.
Pontianak was hit by Allied planes for a secondary explosion and then the ships were punished.
CA Haguro 5 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Toyooka Maru 1 bomb hit, sunk
AK Joshu Go 1 bomb hit, on fire, heavy damage
Another strike in the late afternoon did light port damage and the CA Haguro was hit by 3 more bombs that caused the stubborn ship to finally die.
Balikpapan was visited by Allied aircraft twice today and had very light airstrip damage and extremely light losses while a Liberator was damaged.
At Kweiyang the IJA 27th Division damaged a Mitchell as the unit absorbed light casualties. The IJA 35th Division damaged 3 Mitchells and had moderate losses. The Chinese artillery caused moderate Japanese casualties.
At Gili Gili the IJA 21st Division took negligible casualties from an air strike.
At Naha the IJA 47th Division suffered moderately heavy losses and a Liberator was damaged in the attack. The IJA 53rd Ind. Mixed Brigade took moderate casualties and 3 Liberators were damaged in an air strike. The IJA 68th Ind. Mixed Brigade had moderate losses inflicted on it by Allied planes who had 4 Liberators damaged in 2 attacks.
Palembang was raided by Allied aircraft who did light damage to the port, caused a couple of secondary explosions and the CL Jintsu was hit by a bomb adding to her already heavy damage and a fire continued burning. A Mosquito FB.VI was damaged in the action.
Malang was struck by Allied planes who suffered 5 Helldiver, 11 TBMs (1 downed) and 1 Avenger II damaged in return for the extremely lightly damaged airstrip, 3 secondary explosions and moderate casualties. The Japanese artillery caused negligible Allied losses.
23 miles SE of Linhsi the Russians attacked across the river forcing the Japanese to retreat towards Chihfeng. Both sides had very light casualties.
The Palawan's convoy will get underway late tonight. The pool is large as everybody aboard is in it, including Lucky. Some of the crew are already bemoaning the fact that the dog is in it, but when Cookie reminds them that the dog brings luck to their ship the grumbling stops and somebody said, “It's Red who brings us the luck too.”
Ed sits in his office, tilted back, staring at the ceiling. He's wondering if Thunder will bring Japan to it's knees and if he has covered all of his bases or is there something he's forgotten. He's decided that when the war ends he's going to resign his commission and retire from the Navy. He's tired and feels that the younger up and comers, such as Bill, are ready to take over. He hopes that there isn't a next war, but believes that it's always lurking just around the corner if you let your guard down.
Victory Points Allied 112039 (23962 Strategic) Japanese 47422
The Battle Under: The Allies Fight Back
Moderators: wdolson, Don Bowen, mogami
RE: The Luck
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: Afraid To Get Close
October 26, 1945 Saipan
Intel
12th Army is planning for an attack on Chungking.
Hoyo Fortress is located at Osumi.
6th Field Artillery Regiment is planning for an attack on Chungking.
1st Mortar Battalion is planning for an attack on Chungking.
112th IJA Base Force is located at Yenen.
4314 men are based at Kyoto.
2nd Fleet is located at Kagoshima.
1849 men are based at Okayama.
8437 men are based at Matsue.
33rd Road Construction Battalion is located at Changsha.
Southeast Fleet is located at Rabaul.
Recon
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 9 LCUs 129200/1400/44
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Wuchow 3 LCUs 11840/118/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Hong Kong 10 LCUs 137740/1487/6
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Luang Prabang 1 LCU 1620/0/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Tokyo 19 X AP, 8 X AK, 9 X DE, 3 X CA, 2 X TK, 71 LCUs
Combat
6 Helens appeared at 2:45 AM over Padang and dropped their bombs 1 mile from the airstrip and then departed.
Near Mersing the SS Rock made a predawn surface attack on an unescorted AK hitting it with the deck gun 7 times and 3 torpedoes blew out her port side causing the ship to rapidly sink . In the afternoon the Rock tried in vain to line up another AK.
Mutanchiang was attacked by 9 X Pe-2 (1 downed, 6 damaged), 36 X Tu-2S (4 damaged) and 6 X Yak-3 who hit the airfield. Shortly afterwards 21 X Tu-2S (10 damaged) arrived and also hit the airfield. These raids caused light damage to the airfield, a secondary explosion was seen, 4 Tonys and 1 Babs were trashed and casualties were very heavy.
Harbin was bombed by 91 X Pe-2 (2 damaged), 91 X Tu-2S and 44 X Yak-3 for very heavy airfield damage, a few secondary explosions were claimed, a Tony was burning and personnel losses were negligible. The Soviets took light casualties from the Japanese artillery. The Red Army assaulted the Japanese positions, taking a bit of ground and both sides sustained extremely heavy losses, though intel suspects that the Japanese had 4 times the casualties that the Russians did.
Bangkok was struck by 113 X Liberator VI (23 damaged) for extremely heavy port damage, a huge number of secondary explosions were observed and casualties were placed at heavy.
Balikpapan was hit by Allied planes for light damage to the airstrip and moderate troop losses. 3 B-24Js were damaged in the attack.
At Gili Gili the IJA 21st Division absorbed moderate casualties from an air strike.
The Japanese PC 167 miles N of Tori Shima was attacked by 6 X PB4Y and 28 X P-38J who failed to harm the craft, but did give it a good shower with some misses.
Sapporo was attacked by 74 X B-25J (1 downed, 5 damaged), 9 X A-26B (1 damaged) and 89 X P-38J which resulted in moderate airfield damage, a secondary explosion, 2 Graces and a Frances were destroyed and personnel losses were heavy.
Malang was raided by 2 X SB2C (1 downed), 26 X Barracuda (1 downed, 3 damaged), 8 X TBF (2 damaged), 51 X TBM (1 downed, 2 damaged), 24 X Avenger II (5 damaged), 28 X F6F Hellcat, 15 X FM-2, 15 X F4F-4, 23 X Hellcat II and 18 X Corsair IV who easily dealt with the Frank and Tony that were on patrol. The port was lightly damaged, there were a few secondary explosions reported and casualties were moderately heavy. Japanese artillery barrages resulted in negligible Allied losses. The Allied artillery inflicted heavy casualties on the Japanese defenders.
83 miles NW of Padang 9 X Peggy tried to penetrate the CAP of 4 X Hellcat II and 33 X Corsair IV in a vain effort to get to the ships. All of the Peggys were splashed as a Hellcat and 2 Corsairs were damaged.
At Kweiyang the Chinese artillery caused heavy Japanese casualties.
77 miles N of Teloekbetoeng an Allied attack over the river produced moderately heavy Japanese losses and heavy casualties for the Allies.
The Lucky 11 have just learned that they are scheduled to hit Hiroshima tomorrow. Nobody is happy about the target as they'll have to fly over Japan for a while to get there. This puts them at risk for an extended amount of time concerning the possibility of being intercepted by Japanese fighters. “I tell ya those Shindens and Reppus are scary,” says Donny. Their bomb group has managed to be credited with downing some planes, but the Lucky 11 sit on a goose egg. Donny is questioned about this and he says, “We gunners on Jake's Jalopy are so good the Japs are afraid to get close.” Gil says that great by him.
Cookie teases the crewmen about nobody knowing where they are bound yet. “You might as well give your money to the dog as you all know he's Lucky.” This brings some chuckles and comments ranging from “It would figure the dog would win in this crazy world” to “I'm already figuring out what I'm going to do with all that money.”
Sam is playing with Frankie in their favorite spot when suddenly an explosion rocks the area. A plane had a mishap and is now a burning pile of junk. Sam wonders if the pilot suffered and shakes his head to clear those thoughts from it. This is a war and people get hurt, badly, both mentally and physically. Soon he'll get out of here and the Army will ship him off to another battle.
Victory Points Allied 112080 (23962 Strategic) Japanese 47450
Intel
12th Army is planning for an attack on Chungking.
Hoyo Fortress is located at Osumi.
6th Field Artillery Regiment is planning for an attack on Chungking.
1st Mortar Battalion is planning for an attack on Chungking.
112th IJA Base Force is located at Yenen.
4314 men are based at Kyoto.
2nd Fleet is located at Kagoshima.
1849 men are based at Okayama.
8437 men are based at Matsue.
33rd Road Construction Battalion is located at Changsha.
Southeast Fleet is located at Rabaul.
Recon
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 9 LCUs 129200/1400/44
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Wuchow 3 LCUs 11840/118/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Hong Kong 10 LCUs 137740/1487/6
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Luang Prabang 1 LCU 1620/0/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Tokyo 19 X AP, 8 X AK, 9 X DE, 3 X CA, 2 X TK, 71 LCUs
Combat
6 Helens appeared at 2:45 AM over Padang and dropped their bombs 1 mile from the airstrip and then departed.
Near Mersing the SS Rock made a predawn surface attack on an unescorted AK hitting it with the deck gun 7 times and 3 torpedoes blew out her port side causing the ship to rapidly sink . In the afternoon the Rock tried in vain to line up another AK.
Mutanchiang was attacked by 9 X Pe-2 (1 downed, 6 damaged), 36 X Tu-2S (4 damaged) and 6 X Yak-3 who hit the airfield. Shortly afterwards 21 X Tu-2S (10 damaged) arrived and also hit the airfield. These raids caused light damage to the airfield, a secondary explosion was seen, 4 Tonys and 1 Babs were trashed and casualties were very heavy.
Harbin was bombed by 91 X Pe-2 (2 damaged), 91 X Tu-2S and 44 X Yak-3 for very heavy airfield damage, a few secondary explosions were claimed, a Tony was burning and personnel losses were negligible. The Soviets took light casualties from the Japanese artillery. The Red Army assaulted the Japanese positions, taking a bit of ground and both sides sustained extremely heavy losses, though intel suspects that the Japanese had 4 times the casualties that the Russians did.
Bangkok was struck by 113 X Liberator VI (23 damaged) for extremely heavy port damage, a huge number of secondary explosions were observed and casualties were placed at heavy.
Balikpapan was hit by Allied planes for light damage to the airstrip and moderate troop losses. 3 B-24Js were damaged in the attack.
At Gili Gili the IJA 21st Division absorbed moderate casualties from an air strike.
The Japanese PC 167 miles N of Tori Shima was attacked by 6 X PB4Y and 28 X P-38J who failed to harm the craft, but did give it a good shower with some misses.
Sapporo was attacked by 74 X B-25J (1 downed, 5 damaged), 9 X A-26B (1 damaged) and 89 X P-38J which resulted in moderate airfield damage, a secondary explosion, 2 Graces and a Frances were destroyed and personnel losses were heavy.
Malang was raided by 2 X SB2C (1 downed), 26 X Barracuda (1 downed, 3 damaged), 8 X TBF (2 damaged), 51 X TBM (1 downed, 2 damaged), 24 X Avenger II (5 damaged), 28 X F6F Hellcat, 15 X FM-2, 15 X F4F-4, 23 X Hellcat II and 18 X Corsair IV who easily dealt with the Frank and Tony that were on patrol. The port was lightly damaged, there were a few secondary explosions reported and casualties were moderately heavy. Japanese artillery barrages resulted in negligible Allied losses. The Allied artillery inflicted heavy casualties on the Japanese defenders.
83 miles NW of Padang 9 X Peggy tried to penetrate the CAP of 4 X Hellcat II and 33 X Corsair IV in a vain effort to get to the ships. All of the Peggys were splashed as a Hellcat and 2 Corsairs were damaged.
At Kweiyang the Chinese artillery caused heavy Japanese casualties.
77 miles N of Teloekbetoeng an Allied attack over the river produced moderately heavy Japanese losses and heavy casualties for the Allies.
The Lucky 11 have just learned that they are scheduled to hit Hiroshima tomorrow. Nobody is happy about the target as they'll have to fly over Japan for a while to get there. This puts them at risk for an extended amount of time concerning the possibility of being intercepted by Japanese fighters. “I tell ya those Shindens and Reppus are scary,” says Donny. Their bomb group has managed to be credited with downing some planes, but the Lucky 11 sit on a goose egg. Donny is questioned about this and he says, “We gunners on Jake's Jalopy are so good the Japs are afraid to get close.” Gil says that great by him.
Cookie teases the crewmen about nobody knowing where they are bound yet. “You might as well give your money to the dog as you all know he's Lucky.” This brings some chuckles and comments ranging from “It would figure the dog would win in this crazy world” to “I'm already figuring out what I'm going to do with all that money.”
Sam is playing with Frankie in their favorite spot when suddenly an explosion rocks the area. A plane had a mishap and is now a burning pile of junk. Sam wonders if the pilot suffered and shakes his head to clear those thoughts from it. This is a war and people get hurt, badly, both mentally and physically. Soon he'll get out of here and the Army will ship him off to another battle.
Victory Points Allied 112080 (23962 Strategic) Japanese 47450
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: Won't Be Easy Or Normal
October 27, 1945 California
Intel
13th Army is planning for an attack on Chungking.
Nanking Naval Guard Unit is located at Nanking.
48th Division is located at Brunei.
120th IJNAF Base Force is located at Takamatsu.
24th Air Flotilla is located at Truk.
14th Field Artillery Regiment is planning for an attack on Chungking.
81st Division is located at Tokyo.
Elements of the Mongol Cavalry Division are located at Shanghai.
64 ships are based at Okayama.
15626 men are based at Hakodate.
5th Reserve AA Regiment is located at Mutanchiang.
156th IJNAF Base Force is located at Naha.
16th Army is located at Rabaul.
Recon
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 10 LCUs 129160/1438/36
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Canton 14 LCUs 14480/214/57
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Camranh Bay 6 fighters, 4 bombers, 23 aux, 3 LCUs 12080/81/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Pisanuloke 1 LCU 3900/12/0
Combat
Padang underwent it's usual night raid, this time by 4 Helens, who as usual did no harm.
The RN conducted a naval bombardment of Malang and the Japanese fired back.
CL Birmingham
CL Nigeria
CL Mauritius
CL Dauntless
CL Durban
CL Danae 1 shell hit
CA Suffolk
BB Royal Sovereign
BB Revenge 5 shell hits
The airfield was very lightly damaged, there were some secondary explosions reported and casualties were very heavy. The Japanese coastal guns hit out at the unloading ships.
AP Du Page 1 shell hit
In the late morning 26 X Barracuda (3 damaged), 23 X Avenger II (4 damaged), 18 X Hellcat II and 18 X Corsair IV attacked doing light port damage. Japanese artillery barrages resulted in extremely light Allied troop losses. The Allied assault on the Japanese positions resulted in very heavy Japanese casualties and extremely heavy Allied losses. There was virtually no ground taken.
Niigata was attacked by 114 X B-29 and 50 X P-51D who were intercepted by 5 X Nick and 25 X Frank. 4 Nicks and 15 Franks were splashed by the Mustangs who lost a plane and the AA fire damaged 8 of the Superforts. The heavy industry took moderate damage. A PB2Y spotted an AK and claimed a hit.
Nagasaki was raided by 106 X B-29, 81 X B-24J and 87 X P-51D. The Japanese threw 17 X Frank at them and lost 5 as the Mustangs chased them away. A Mustang was shot down and 8 B-29s and 6 Liberators were damaged by the flak as they hit the Naval shipyard for extremely heavy damage.
Tokyo was swept by 63 X P-51D who ripped into 2 X Reppu, 16 X Shinden, 114 X Frank and 16 X Tony. In the deadly dance the Allies lost 34 Mustangs and the Japanese had 4 Shindens, 58 Franks and 10 Tonys splashed.
Hiroshima/Kure had a CAP of 3 X Shinden up when 123 X B-29 and 33 X P-51D arrived on the scene. All of the Shindens were destroyed at the cost of 3 Mustangs lost. The ground fire damaged 12 of the Superforts who hit the heavy industry. Another wave made up of 37 X B-29 (6 damaged) and also struck the heavy industry. The 2 raids caused extremely heavy damage to the heavy industry.
Sapporo was visited by 49 X B-24J (9 damaged) and 36 X P-38J for light damage to the heavy industry. In the afternoon 60 X B-25J (10 damaged), 10 X A-26B (1 damaged) and 88 X P-38J struck for moderate airfield damage, a secondary explosion was reported, a Grace was trashed and casualties were extremely light.
Mutanchiang was blasted by 10 X Pe-2 (6 damaged), 33 X Tu-2S (1 downed, 4 damaged) and 52 X Yak-3 x 52. The airfield was lightly damaged, there were some secondary explosions claimed, 3 Sallys and a Tony were destroyed and personnel losses were very heavy. Another strike of 18 X Tu-2S added very light damage to the airstrip, a secondary explosion, a Sally was trashed and casualties were heavy.
Shanghai was attacked by 89 X B-25J (1 downed, 6 damaged) for heavy port damage and negligible troop losses.
Hong Kong was hit by an air raid made up of 48 X B-25J (1 downed, 2 damaged), 15 X A-26B (1 damaged) and 19 X P-38J who did extremely heavy damage to the port, triggered a very large number of secondary explosions and there were heavy casualties.
At Harbin the IJA 1st Division was attacked by 47 X P-63A (5 damaged) and it escaped harm. The IJA 24th Division was jumped by by Russian planes and 4 P-63As were damaged as the unit had moderate losses. The IJA 23rd Division damaged a P-63A, a Pe-2 and 2 Tu-2Ss as it suffered heavy casualties from 2 air strikes. The Japanese artillery caused extremely light Russian losses.
Gili Gili was raided and the IJA 21 Division had moderate casualties.
At Naha the IJA 51st Ind. Mixed Brigade had heavy losses from 2 air attacks in which 5 Liberators were damaged. The IJA 47th Division damaged a Liberator as it was bombed for moderate casualties. The IJA 53rd Ind. Mixed Brigade took moderate losses and it damaged an Invader in an air attack.
About 84 miles W of Tori Shima 15 X Betty were all destroyed by the CAP of 453 X F6F and 84 X F4U-1D. 2 Hellcats were damaged protecting the fleet.
Tavoy was hit by 48 X Mosquito FB.VI (1 downed, 3 damaged) and 12 X Thunderbolt II for light airstrip damage, some secondary explosions were observed and casualties were very light.
Palembang was raided by 12 X Mosquito FB.VI (2 damaged), 9 X Thunderbolt II and 9 X Spitfire VIII and the CL Jintsu was hit by a bomb, adding to her already heavy damage and fires.
Pontianak was struck by Allied planes and the port was lightly damaged, a secondary explosion was reported and the AK Joshu Go ate 2 bombs that sent her to the bottom.
At Kweiyang Chinese artillery barrages inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese.
The Lucky 11 were elated to see the Mustangs, who kept the Japanese fighters a bay. It isn't a sight that they get to enjoy often enough. They all agreed that there's no sight better than Mustangs on a mission.
Slim has his lads back at a range, reminding them that all Marines are riflemen first and foremost. A new lad asks Slim during their march back to camp what it's like fighting the Japs and Slim tells him that they are tough soldiers and that they should always be respected. “If you remember your training, listen to the vets and don't get stupid you'll be just fine,” he told the lad.
Sandy got 4 letters from Bill today and after reading them she prepared dinner. A short time later Dave came home and during the meal they discussed the future. He told her that Bill is already married to the Navy and that if they end up getting married, as she'd like, then she'll be home alone for extended periods of time. “Even when you're together the Navy will be moving him around and you'll either have to follow or not. It won't be an easy or normal life until he finally retires from the Navy.” Sandy quietly ponders this.
Victory Points Allied 112407 (24144 Strategic) Japanese 47542
Intel
13th Army is planning for an attack on Chungking.
Nanking Naval Guard Unit is located at Nanking.
48th Division is located at Brunei.
120th IJNAF Base Force is located at Takamatsu.
24th Air Flotilla is located at Truk.
14th Field Artillery Regiment is planning for an attack on Chungking.
81st Division is located at Tokyo.
Elements of the Mongol Cavalry Division are located at Shanghai.
64 ships are based at Okayama.
15626 men are based at Hakodate.
5th Reserve AA Regiment is located at Mutanchiang.
156th IJNAF Base Force is located at Naha.
16th Army is located at Rabaul.
Recon
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 10 LCUs 129160/1438/36
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Canton 14 LCUs 14480/214/57
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Camranh Bay 6 fighters, 4 bombers, 23 aux, 3 LCUs 12080/81/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Pisanuloke 1 LCU 3900/12/0
Combat
Padang underwent it's usual night raid, this time by 4 Helens, who as usual did no harm.
The RN conducted a naval bombardment of Malang and the Japanese fired back.
CL Birmingham
CL Nigeria
CL Mauritius
CL Dauntless
CL Durban
CL Danae 1 shell hit
CA Suffolk
BB Royal Sovereign
BB Revenge 5 shell hits
The airfield was very lightly damaged, there were some secondary explosions reported and casualties were very heavy. The Japanese coastal guns hit out at the unloading ships.
AP Du Page 1 shell hit
In the late morning 26 X Barracuda (3 damaged), 23 X Avenger II (4 damaged), 18 X Hellcat II and 18 X Corsair IV attacked doing light port damage. Japanese artillery barrages resulted in extremely light Allied troop losses. The Allied assault on the Japanese positions resulted in very heavy Japanese casualties and extremely heavy Allied losses. There was virtually no ground taken.
Niigata was attacked by 114 X B-29 and 50 X P-51D who were intercepted by 5 X Nick and 25 X Frank. 4 Nicks and 15 Franks were splashed by the Mustangs who lost a plane and the AA fire damaged 8 of the Superforts. The heavy industry took moderate damage. A PB2Y spotted an AK and claimed a hit.
Nagasaki was raided by 106 X B-29, 81 X B-24J and 87 X P-51D. The Japanese threw 17 X Frank at them and lost 5 as the Mustangs chased them away. A Mustang was shot down and 8 B-29s and 6 Liberators were damaged by the flak as they hit the Naval shipyard for extremely heavy damage.
Tokyo was swept by 63 X P-51D who ripped into 2 X Reppu, 16 X Shinden, 114 X Frank and 16 X Tony. In the deadly dance the Allies lost 34 Mustangs and the Japanese had 4 Shindens, 58 Franks and 10 Tonys splashed.
Hiroshima/Kure had a CAP of 3 X Shinden up when 123 X B-29 and 33 X P-51D arrived on the scene. All of the Shindens were destroyed at the cost of 3 Mustangs lost. The ground fire damaged 12 of the Superforts who hit the heavy industry. Another wave made up of 37 X B-29 (6 damaged) and also struck the heavy industry. The 2 raids caused extremely heavy damage to the heavy industry.
Sapporo was visited by 49 X B-24J (9 damaged) and 36 X P-38J for light damage to the heavy industry. In the afternoon 60 X B-25J (10 damaged), 10 X A-26B (1 damaged) and 88 X P-38J struck for moderate airfield damage, a secondary explosion was reported, a Grace was trashed and casualties were extremely light.
Mutanchiang was blasted by 10 X Pe-2 (6 damaged), 33 X Tu-2S (1 downed, 4 damaged) and 52 X Yak-3 x 52. The airfield was lightly damaged, there were some secondary explosions claimed, 3 Sallys and a Tony were destroyed and personnel losses were very heavy. Another strike of 18 X Tu-2S added very light damage to the airstrip, a secondary explosion, a Sally was trashed and casualties were heavy.
Shanghai was attacked by 89 X B-25J (1 downed, 6 damaged) for heavy port damage and negligible troop losses.
Hong Kong was hit by an air raid made up of 48 X B-25J (1 downed, 2 damaged), 15 X A-26B (1 damaged) and 19 X P-38J who did extremely heavy damage to the port, triggered a very large number of secondary explosions and there were heavy casualties.
At Harbin the IJA 1st Division was attacked by 47 X P-63A (5 damaged) and it escaped harm. The IJA 24th Division was jumped by by Russian planes and 4 P-63As were damaged as the unit had moderate losses. The IJA 23rd Division damaged a P-63A, a Pe-2 and 2 Tu-2Ss as it suffered heavy casualties from 2 air strikes. The Japanese artillery caused extremely light Russian losses.
Gili Gili was raided and the IJA 21 Division had moderate casualties.
At Naha the IJA 51st Ind. Mixed Brigade had heavy losses from 2 air attacks in which 5 Liberators were damaged. The IJA 47th Division damaged a Liberator as it was bombed for moderate casualties. The IJA 53rd Ind. Mixed Brigade took moderate losses and it damaged an Invader in an air attack.
About 84 miles W of Tori Shima 15 X Betty were all destroyed by the CAP of 453 X F6F and 84 X F4U-1D. 2 Hellcats were damaged protecting the fleet.
Tavoy was hit by 48 X Mosquito FB.VI (1 downed, 3 damaged) and 12 X Thunderbolt II for light airstrip damage, some secondary explosions were observed and casualties were very light.
Palembang was raided by 12 X Mosquito FB.VI (2 damaged), 9 X Thunderbolt II and 9 X Spitfire VIII and the CL Jintsu was hit by a bomb, adding to her already heavy damage and fires.
Pontianak was struck by Allied planes and the port was lightly damaged, a secondary explosion was reported and the AK Joshu Go ate 2 bombs that sent her to the bottom.
At Kweiyang Chinese artillery barrages inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese.
The Lucky 11 were elated to see the Mustangs, who kept the Japanese fighters a bay. It isn't a sight that they get to enjoy often enough. They all agreed that there's no sight better than Mustangs on a mission.
Slim has his lads back at a range, reminding them that all Marines are riflemen first and foremost. A new lad asks Slim during their march back to camp what it's like fighting the Japs and Slim tells him that they are tough soldiers and that they should always be respected. “If you remember your training, listen to the vets and don't get stupid you'll be just fine,” he told the lad.
Sandy got 4 letters from Bill today and after reading them she prepared dinner. A short time later Dave came home and during the meal they discussed the future. He told her that Bill is already married to the Navy and that if they end up getting married, as she'd like, then she'll be home alone for extended periods of time. “Even when you're together the Navy will be moving him around and you'll either have to follow or not. It won't be an easy or normal life until he finally retires from the Navy.” Sandy quietly ponders this.
Victory Points Allied 112407 (24144 Strategic) Japanese 47542
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: Frustrated
October 28, 1945 Tori Shima
Intel
23rd Division is located at Harbin.
109th Division is located at Alor Star.
69th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Osaka/Kobe.
31st Army is located at Tokyo.
1st Heavy AA Battalion is located at Tokyo.
15th Field Artillery Regiment is planning for an attack on Kweiyang.
13593 men are based at Takamatsu.
57th Division is located at Mukden.
Tone Hvy Gun Regiment is located at Changkufeng.
72nd Ind. Mixed Brigade is planning for an attack on Rangoon.
35th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Krung Thep.
201st Division is located at Gumma.
31st Army is located at Tokyo.
10558 men are based at Hanoi.
Recon
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 13 LCUs 149460/1705/59
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Canton 14 LCUs 23080/326/90
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Saigon 3 X AP, 1 LCU 7000/26/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Krung Thep 9 LCUs 36600/281/0
Combat
A PBM Mariner spotted an AK in Tokyo Bay and claimed a hit.
Padang was raided by 8 Helens in the middle of the night. No harm was done as the bombs fell far from any facilities.
Hiroshima/Kure was swept by 72 X P-51D who found no Japanese aircraft. Within minutes of the Mustangs arrival 143 X B-29 (4 damaged) arrived and targeted the heavy industry for very heavy damage.
Mutanchiang was attacked by 9 X Pe-2 (1 downed, 7 damaged), 19 X Tu-2S (1 damaged) and 55 X Yak-3 bombed the airfield. A little later 16 X Tu-2S (4 damaged) showed up and they also hit the airfield. Then 111 X B-24D (11 damaged) and 48 X P-38J added their weight hitting the airfield. These attacks resulted in heavy airstrip damage, many secondary explosions were claimed, 7 Sallys and a Babs were destroyed and casualties were very heavy. The IJA 7th Mixed Brigade was struck by 3 Tu-2Ss for no harm.
Balikpapan was visited by 27 X B-24J in the morning and 10 X PB4Y (1 downed) and 4 X Kittyhawk III attacked later in the day resulting in light airfield damage, a secondary explosion was seen and personnel losses were moderate.
At Harbin the IJA 28th Division was hit twice by Soviet planes for very heavy casualties and 2 P-63As (1 downed), 4 P-39Qs and a Pe-2 were damaged in the attacks. Japanese artillery caused extremely light Soviet losses and the Soviet barrages inflicted extremely heavy casualties on the Japanese.
At Naha the IJA 51st Ind. Mixed Brigade had light losses from an air raid. The IJA 47th Division sustained moderate casualties from an air strike in which 3 Liberators were damaged. The IJA 53rd Ind. Mixed Brigade took moderate losses from Allied planes and 2 Liberators were damaged. The IJA 68th Ind. Mixed Brigade had moderate casualties from Allied planes and an Invader was damaged.
At Linhsi the 3rd Guards Artillery Division was attacked by 19 X Sally (4 damaged) and 13 X Randy (2 downed, 4 damaged) for moderate losses.
The 6th Chinese Cavalry Corps, about 146 miles SE of Chungking, was hit by 23 X Judy and 3 X Zero for moderate casualties. This was the first time in a week that Warhawks weren't protecting the area.
Malang was pelted by Allied planes and a Helldiver and a TBM (6 damaged) were shot down. There were a couple of secondary explosions and troop losses were moderate. Japanese artillery made noise and did no harm.
79 miles NW of Tori Shima 8 Bettys tried to penetrate the CAP of 434 X F6F, 80 X F4U-1D and 3 X P-51D. All of the Mustangs were damaged and all of the Bettys were splashed long before they could even get close to the ships.
At Kweiyang the Chinese artillery pounded away at the Japanese positions throughout the day causing moderate casualties.
78 miles N of Teloekbetoeng an Allied assault across the river caused the Japanese moderate losses and very heavy casualties for the Allied attackers.
Sam is frustrated by the fact that half of the division has been loaded onto ships for transport away from here and he's not one of them. He does take comfort knowing that more ships are on the way and whatever is going to happen the division will reform before shipping out to rejoin the war.
Phil stares at the orders and smiles. He's just been transferred and is effective 1 November, 1945 commander of DesRon 12. He scrambles to make travel arrangements to get to Ulithi and then luckily is on a flight that will get him there with time to spare.
Knowing where they are heading the pot is now Lucky's. Everyone is laughing about it and asking how many steaks it'll buy for the hungry beast. The men are also concerned and are hiding their fears as Palawan is sailing ever closer to where the war is hot.
Victory Points Allied 112498 (24176 Strategic) Japanese 47569
Intel
23rd Division is located at Harbin.
109th Division is located at Alor Star.
69th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Osaka/Kobe.
31st Army is located at Tokyo.
1st Heavy AA Battalion is located at Tokyo.
15th Field Artillery Regiment is planning for an attack on Kweiyang.
13593 men are based at Takamatsu.
57th Division is located at Mukden.
Tone Hvy Gun Regiment is located at Changkufeng.
72nd Ind. Mixed Brigade is planning for an attack on Rangoon.
35th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Krung Thep.
201st Division is located at Gumma.
31st Army is located at Tokyo.
10558 men are based at Hanoi.
Recon
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 13 LCUs 149460/1705/59
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Canton 14 LCUs 23080/326/90
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Saigon 3 X AP, 1 LCU 7000/26/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Krung Thep 9 LCUs 36600/281/0
Combat
A PBM Mariner spotted an AK in Tokyo Bay and claimed a hit.
Padang was raided by 8 Helens in the middle of the night. No harm was done as the bombs fell far from any facilities.
Hiroshima/Kure was swept by 72 X P-51D who found no Japanese aircraft. Within minutes of the Mustangs arrival 143 X B-29 (4 damaged) arrived and targeted the heavy industry for very heavy damage.
Mutanchiang was attacked by 9 X Pe-2 (1 downed, 7 damaged), 19 X Tu-2S (1 damaged) and 55 X Yak-3 bombed the airfield. A little later 16 X Tu-2S (4 damaged) showed up and they also hit the airfield. Then 111 X B-24D (11 damaged) and 48 X P-38J added their weight hitting the airfield. These attacks resulted in heavy airstrip damage, many secondary explosions were claimed, 7 Sallys and a Babs were destroyed and casualties were very heavy. The IJA 7th Mixed Brigade was struck by 3 Tu-2Ss for no harm.
Balikpapan was visited by 27 X B-24J in the morning and 10 X PB4Y (1 downed) and 4 X Kittyhawk III attacked later in the day resulting in light airfield damage, a secondary explosion was seen and personnel losses were moderate.
At Harbin the IJA 28th Division was hit twice by Soviet planes for very heavy casualties and 2 P-63As (1 downed), 4 P-39Qs and a Pe-2 were damaged in the attacks. Japanese artillery caused extremely light Soviet losses and the Soviet barrages inflicted extremely heavy casualties on the Japanese.
At Naha the IJA 51st Ind. Mixed Brigade had light losses from an air raid. The IJA 47th Division sustained moderate casualties from an air strike in which 3 Liberators were damaged. The IJA 53rd Ind. Mixed Brigade took moderate losses from Allied planes and 2 Liberators were damaged. The IJA 68th Ind. Mixed Brigade had moderate casualties from Allied planes and an Invader was damaged.
At Linhsi the 3rd Guards Artillery Division was attacked by 19 X Sally (4 damaged) and 13 X Randy (2 downed, 4 damaged) for moderate losses.
The 6th Chinese Cavalry Corps, about 146 miles SE of Chungking, was hit by 23 X Judy and 3 X Zero for moderate casualties. This was the first time in a week that Warhawks weren't protecting the area.
Malang was pelted by Allied planes and a Helldiver and a TBM (6 damaged) were shot down. There were a couple of secondary explosions and troop losses were moderate. Japanese artillery made noise and did no harm.
79 miles NW of Tori Shima 8 Bettys tried to penetrate the CAP of 434 X F6F, 80 X F4U-1D and 3 X P-51D. All of the Mustangs were damaged and all of the Bettys were splashed long before they could even get close to the ships.
At Kweiyang the Chinese artillery pounded away at the Japanese positions throughout the day causing moderate casualties.
78 miles N of Teloekbetoeng an Allied assault across the river caused the Japanese moderate losses and very heavy casualties for the Allied attackers.
Sam is frustrated by the fact that half of the division has been loaded onto ships for transport away from here and he's not one of them. He does take comfort knowing that more ships are on the way and whatever is going to happen the division will reform before shipping out to rejoin the war.
Phil stares at the orders and smiles. He's just been transferred and is effective 1 November, 1945 commander of DesRon 12. He scrambles to make travel arrangements to get to Ulithi and then luckily is on a flight that will get him there with time to spare.
Knowing where they are heading the pot is now Lucky's. Everyone is laughing about it and asking how many steaks it'll buy for the hungry beast. The men are also concerned and are hiding their fears as Palawan is sailing ever closer to where the war is hot.
Victory Points Allied 112498 (24176 Strategic) Japanese 47569
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: Slaughtered
October 29, 1945 Formosa
Intel
1436 men are based at Kratie.
7th Construction Battalion is located at Sining.
15th Aviation Rgt is located at Batavia.
35986 men are based at Tori Shima.
62nd Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Nanking.
54th Division is located at Kitakyushu.
1st Reserve Tank Regiment is located at Kitakyushu.
51st Division is located at Swatow.
14886 men are based at Matsuyama.
Recon
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 13 LCUs 178560/1965/219
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Tientsin 7 LCUs 20660/221/0
Combat
Near Niigata the SS Cachalot attacked an AK and 2 MSWs, hitting the AK with 2 torpedoes that did heavy damage to the ship and triggered fires. This makes the crew a happy lot to have gotten rid of their load of mines and having made a successful attack too.
Takamatsu was attacked by 172 X B-29 and the flak damaged 7 of the big birds as they inflicted very heavy damage on the heavy industry.
Nagasaki had 16 X Frank intercept an inbound raid of 23 X B-29 who had no escorts. 3 Franks were damaged and 8 Superforts were damaged by the fighters and ground fire. The heavy industry took moderate damage.
Hiroshima/Kure was raided by 126 X B-29 (5 damaged) for very heavy damage to the heavy industry.
Mutanchiang was hit by 25 X Tu-2S (11 damaged) for extremely light airfield damage, a couple of secondary explosions were claimed and casualties were heavy. The IJA 19th Division was pounced on by 7 X Tu-2S (3 damaged) for moderate losses.
Palembang was struck by Allied planes and the AA fire damaged a Mosquito FB.VI. The port was lightly damaged.
Naha had it's airfield pounded for very heavy damage, there were lots of secondary explosions seen and casualties were heavy.
At Harbin the IJA 28th Division was attacked by 43 X Tu-2S (4 damaged) for heavy losses. The IJA 11th Division took heavy casualties from 3 air raids, 3 Tu-2Ss, 9 P-62A (2 downed and 3 P-39Q were damaged. Japanese artillery barrages inflicted moderate losses on the Soviet troops. The Red Army's big guns heaped extremely heavy casualties on the Japanese.
At Gili Gili the IJA 21st Division had moderate losses from and air attack.
At Naha the IJA 47th Division damaged 3 Mitchells and had moderate casualties. The IJA 53rd Ind. Mixed Brigade damaged an Invader and had light losses from an air attack. The IJA 68th Ind. Mixed Brigade had heavy casualties and 2 B-25Js were damaged in a pair air attacks.
At Linhsi the 18th Guards Rifle Corps was struck by 11 X Sally (9 damaged) and 10 X Randy (1 downed, 8 damaged). The unit absorbed moderate losses.
The 6th Chinese Cavalry Corps, about 158 miles SE of Chungking, was hit by 26 X Judy for moderate casualties.
The 7th Armoured Tank Brigade, 77 miles NW of Teloekbetoeng, was jumped on by 35 X Frances and 6 X Frank. 5 Thunderbolt IIs intercepted the Japanese planes, but neither side had any losses. The LCU sustained heavy casualties. The Allied assault on the Japanese positions resulted in both sides having heavy casualties and no ground changed hands.
24 miles E of Tokyo 24 X SBD, 18 X TBF and 15 X TBM attacked the Japanese ships causing mayhem.
TK Toei Maru 2 torpedo hits, on fire
AO Shiriya 2 bomb hits, 1 torpedo hit, on fire, heavy damage
AO Naruto 1 torpedo hit, on fire, heavy damage
AO Sunosaki 1 torpedo hit, sunk
AO Ondo 2 torpedo hits, on fire, heavy damage
AO Hayamoto 6 bomb hits, 1 torpedo hit, sunk
AO Sata 3 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AO Tsurumi 1 torpedo hit, on fire
TK Shinkoku Maru 1 torpedo hit, on fire, heavy damage
Then another strike of 56 X SB2C and 18 X TBF arrived and added their muscle to the Japanese misery.
AO Hayamoto 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
TK Shinkoku Maru 4 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AO Takasaki 3 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AO Notoro 8 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AO Ondo 4 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AO Sata 2 torpedo hits, on fire, heavy damage
Another attack was made by 18 X TBM in the early afternoon.
AO Notoro 2 torpedo hits, sunk
AO Tsurumi 1 torpedo hit, on fire, heavy damage
AO Shiriya 1 torpedo hit, sunk
TK Shinkoku Maru 1 torpedo hit, sunk
In the late afternoon 15 TBF attacked the helpless Japanese ships.
AO Takasaki 1 torpedo hit, on fire, heavy damage
AO Ondo 1 torpedo hit, sunk
The Japanese had 2 PCs 36 miles SE of Aomori and they were attacked by 21 X B-25J, 9 X A-26B and 60 X P-38J for the following results.
PC Oki 1 bomb hit, on fire
PC Amakusa 6 bomb hits, sunk
In Tokyo Bay 78 X TBF were moving in for the kill on a lone DD when they were suddenly jumped by 1 X Reppu, 14 X Shinden, 142 X Frank and 22 X Tony. Lacking their promised fighter cover the torpedo bombers suffered a massacre and only 1 plane managed to escape the slaughter. 3 Franks suffered damage in the lopsided fight. The CAP over the bay was 20 X Shinden, 127 X Frank and 18 Tony in the afternoon when 249 X F6F (95 downed, 15 damaged) and 50 X F4U-1D (3 downed, 4 damaged) arrived. This might have been the single bloodiest air battle of the war. The Japanese suffered the loss of all of their fighters and the 2 DDs caught hell.
DD Azura 7 bomb hits, sunk
DD Kuzu 2 bomb hits, on fire
Then 60 X SBD, 100 X SB2C (3 damaged), 82 X TBF (3 damaged) and 82 X TBM (4 damaged) arrived and they swept in on the Japanese destroyers present.
DD Mochizuki 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hasu 6 bomb hits, sunk
DD Katsura 2 torpedo hits, sunk
DD Sanae 4 bomb hits, 1 torpedo hit, sunk
DD Kuretake 4 bomb hits, sunk
DD Fumizuki 4 bomb hits, sunk
29 miles SE of Sendai 30 X TBF (1 downed, 2 damaged) and 15 X TBM (3 damaged) struck the Japanese ships.
AP Anyo Maru 3 torpedo hits, on fire, heavy damage
AP Katsuura Maru 2 torpedo hits, on fire, heavy damage
Later 52 X SB2C, 36 X TBF (3 damaged) and 25 X F6F showed up to finish the job.
AP Otake Maru 6 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AP Nakagawa Maru 5 bomb hits, 1 torpedo hit, sunk
AP Mogamigawa Maru 1 bomb hit, 2 torpedo hits, on fire, heavy damage
AP Ikomasan Maru 10 bomb hits, sunk
AP Anyo Maru 1 torpedo hit, sunk
AP Ryoyu Maru #21 1 torpedo hit, on fire, heavy damage
AP Katsuura Maru 2 torpedo hits, sunk
The USN then sent in another strike of 76 X SBD, 18 X TBF, 33 X TBM, 276 X F6F and 59 X F4U-1D that clobbered the battered Japanese ships.
AK Hisagawa Maru 14 bomb hits, sunk
AK Taigyo Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire
AK Yoshu Maru 2 torpedo hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kishu Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire
AK Yulin Maru 4 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Yamanami Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire
AK Houlee 2 torpedo hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Nichinan Maru 5 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kimigayo Maru 2 torpedo hits, sunk
Incredibly the USN still wasn't done with these ships as 26 X SBD, 18 X TBM and 17 X F6F rolled in on them.
AK Kimigayo Maru 5 bomb hits, sunk
AK Houlee 7 bomb hits, sunk
AK Okinoyama Maru 4 bomb hits, on fire
AK Yoshu Maru 1 torpedo hit, on fire, heavy damage
17 X TBM struck in the late afternoon getting a plane damaged and failing to hit anything. At almost the same time 23 X SBD arrived and they too failed to do any harm.
Near Padang 8 X Betty, 8 X Peggy and 23 X Frank attacked the unloading Allied ships. 7 X Thunderbolt II and 7 X Spitfire VIII engage the Japanese planes. 3 Bettys were damaged, 7 Peggys went down and 7 Franks were splashed while a Spit was lost and a Jug was damaged. The AK Empire Clive had a Peggy dive into it and the result was heavy damage and fires. Later in the afternoon 6 X Betty, 15 X Peggy and 45 X Frank arrived and 10 X Thunderbolt II and 3 X Spitfire VII gave battle. 2 Bettys were splashed (2 damaged), 15 Peggys were destroyed and 16 Franks were lost. A Jug and a Spit went down in the fight. Then the ships caught it.
AK Empire Gambia 2 Kamikaze hits, on fire, heavy damage
TK Empire Onyx 1 Kamikaze hit, on fire, heavy damage
The AK Empire Clive has moderate systems damage, heavy flooding and moderate fires, the Empire Gambia has heavy systems damage, very heavy flooding and light fires and the Empire Onyx is suffering from heavy systems damage, heavy flooding and moderate fires. The picture for these ships is gloomy and as much of their loads will be unloaded as possible before they are lost.
Sapporo was raided by 56 X B-25J (9 damaged), 14 X A-26B (1 damaged) and 74 X P-38J for moderate airfield damage, a secondary explosion was reported, 3 Graces and a Frances were destroyed and casualties were very light.
Pontianak underwent an air raid that triggered a secondary explosion.
Balikpapan's defenses damaged 3 PB4Ys during a raid that caused moderate damage to the airstrip, some secondary explosions were seen, an Ida was destroyed and personnel losses were moderate.
Malang was hit by Allied planes for light damage to the port, a few secondary explosions were claimed and casualties were moderate. A TBM was downed and 5 more took damage in the attack. Japanese artillery made lots of noise and did no harm. The Allied artillery inflicted moderate losses on the Japanese. Japanese transports were intercepted by Allied fighters.
At Kweiyang the Chinese artillery caused moderate Japanese losses.
Chris wearily got out of his cockpit for the third time today. He now has bagged 14 Japanese planes, but all he wants is some food, a shower and sleep. He heard lots of chatter over the radio and wonders how he could do in his Hellcat against those new, hot Japanese fighters that were seen in limited numbers today. The Corsairs did OK, but the Hellcats seemed to have troubles with them. He also heard about a raid that was bounced by the Japanese and no fighters were there to protect them.
Due to the extremely heavy air losses the USN has ordered it fleet to withdraw so that they may replenish and join in Operation Thunder, which will be getting started shortly.
As Operation Thunder enters a new phase Ed's Old Gals set sail to bombard Naha.
Victory Points Allied 113204 (24454 Strategic) Japanese 47810
Intel
1436 men are based at Kratie.
7th Construction Battalion is located at Sining.
15th Aviation Rgt is located at Batavia.
35986 men are based at Tori Shima.
62nd Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Nanking.
54th Division is located at Kitakyushu.
1st Reserve Tank Regiment is located at Kitakyushu.
51st Division is located at Swatow.
14886 men are based at Matsuyama.
Recon
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 13 LCUs 178560/1965/219
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Tientsin 7 LCUs 20660/221/0
Combat
Near Niigata the SS Cachalot attacked an AK and 2 MSWs, hitting the AK with 2 torpedoes that did heavy damage to the ship and triggered fires. This makes the crew a happy lot to have gotten rid of their load of mines and having made a successful attack too.
Takamatsu was attacked by 172 X B-29 and the flak damaged 7 of the big birds as they inflicted very heavy damage on the heavy industry.
Nagasaki had 16 X Frank intercept an inbound raid of 23 X B-29 who had no escorts. 3 Franks were damaged and 8 Superforts were damaged by the fighters and ground fire. The heavy industry took moderate damage.
Hiroshima/Kure was raided by 126 X B-29 (5 damaged) for very heavy damage to the heavy industry.
Mutanchiang was hit by 25 X Tu-2S (11 damaged) for extremely light airfield damage, a couple of secondary explosions were claimed and casualties were heavy. The IJA 19th Division was pounced on by 7 X Tu-2S (3 damaged) for moderate losses.
Palembang was struck by Allied planes and the AA fire damaged a Mosquito FB.VI. The port was lightly damaged.
Naha had it's airfield pounded for very heavy damage, there were lots of secondary explosions seen and casualties were heavy.
At Harbin the IJA 28th Division was attacked by 43 X Tu-2S (4 damaged) for heavy losses. The IJA 11th Division took heavy casualties from 3 air raids, 3 Tu-2Ss, 9 P-62A (2 downed and 3 P-39Q were damaged. Japanese artillery barrages inflicted moderate losses on the Soviet troops. The Red Army's big guns heaped extremely heavy casualties on the Japanese.
At Gili Gili the IJA 21st Division had moderate losses from and air attack.
At Naha the IJA 47th Division damaged 3 Mitchells and had moderate casualties. The IJA 53rd Ind. Mixed Brigade damaged an Invader and had light losses from an air attack. The IJA 68th Ind. Mixed Brigade had heavy casualties and 2 B-25Js were damaged in a pair air attacks.
At Linhsi the 18th Guards Rifle Corps was struck by 11 X Sally (9 damaged) and 10 X Randy (1 downed, 8 damaged). The unit absorbed moderate losses.
The 6th Chinese Cavalry Corps, about 158 miles SE of Chungking, was hit by 26 X Judy for moderate casualties.
The 7th Armoured Tank Brigade, 77 miles NW of Teloekbetoeng, was jumped on by 35 X Frances and 6 X Frank. 5 Thunderbolt IIs intercepted the Japanese planes, but neither side had any losses. The LCU sustained heavy casualties. The Allied assault on the Japanese positions resulted in both sides having heavy casualties and no ground changed hands.
24 miles E of Tokyo 24 X SBD, 18 X TBF and 15 X TBM attacked the Japanese ships causing mayhem.
TK Toei Maru 2 torpedo hits, on fire
AO Shiriya 2 bomb hits, 1 torpedo hit, on fire, heavy damage
AO Naruto 1 torpedo hit, on fire, heavy damage
AO Sunosaki 1 torpedo hit, sunk
AO Ondo 2 torpedo hits, on fire, heavy damage
AO Hayamoto 6 bomb hits, 1 torpedo hit, sunk
AO Sata 3 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AO Tsurumi 1 torpedo hit, on fire
TK Shinkoku Maru 1 torpedo hit, on fire, heavy damage
Then another strike of 56 X SB2C and 18 X TBF arrived and added their muscle to the Japanese misery.
AO Hayamoto 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
TK Shinkoku Maru 4 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AO Takasaki 3 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AO Notoro 8 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AO Ondo 4 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AO Sata 2 torpedo hits, on fire, heavy damage
Another attack was made by 18 X TBM in the early afternoon.
AO Notoro 2 torpedo hits, sunk
AO Tsurumi 1 torpedo hit, on fire, heavy damage
AO Shiriya 1 torpedo hit, sunk
TK Shinkoku Maru 1 torpedo hit, sunk
In the late afternoon 15 TBF attacked the helpless Japanese ships.
AO Takasaki 1 torpedo hit, on fire, heavy damage
AO Ondo 1 torpedo hit, sunk
The Japanese had 2 PCs 36 miles SE of Aomori and they were attacked by 21 X B-25J, 9 X A-26B and 60 X P-38J for the following results.
PC Oki 1 bomb hit, on fire
PC Amakusa 6 bomb hits, sunk
In Tokyo Bay 78 X TBF were moving in for the kill on a lone DD when they were suddenly jumped by 1 X Reppu, 14 X Shinden, 142 X Frank and 22 X Tony. Lacking their promised fighter cover the torpedo bombers suffered a massacre and only 1 plane managed to escape the slaughter. 3 Franks suffered damage in the lopsided fight. The CAP over the bay was 20 X Shinden, 127 X Frank and 18 Tony in the afternoon when 249 X F6F (95 downed, 15 damaged) and 50 X F4U-1D (3 downed, 4 damaged) arrived. This might have been the single bloodiest air battle of the war. The Japanese suffered the loss of all of their fighters and the 2 DDs caught hell.
DD Azura 7 bomb hits, sunk
DD Kuzu 2 bomb hits, on fire
Then 60 X SBD, 100 X SB2C (3 damaged), 82 X TBF (3 damaged) and 82 X TBM (4 damaged) arrived and they swept in on the Japanese destroyers present.
DD Mochizuki 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hasu 6 bomb hits, sunk
DD Katsura 2 torpedo hits, sunk
DD Sanae 4 bomb hits, 1 torpedo hit, sunk
DD Kuretake 4 bomb hits, sunk
DD Fumizuki 4 bomb hits, sunk
29 miles SE of Sendai 30 X TBF (1 downed, 2 damaged) and 15 X TBM (3 damaged) struck the Japanese ships.
AP Anyo Maru 3 torpedo hits, on fire, heavy damage
AP Katsuura Maru 2 torpedo hits, on fire, heavy damage
Later 52 X SB2C, 36 X TBF (3 damaged) and 25 X F6F showed up to finish the job.
AP Otake Maru 6 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AP Nakagawa Maru 5 bomb hits, 1 torpedo hit, sunk
AP Mogamigawa Maru 1 bomb hit, 2 torpedo hits, on fire, heavy damage
AP Ikomasan Maru 10 bomb hits, sunk
AP Anyo Maru 1 torpedo hit, sunk
AP Ryoyu Maru #21 1 torpedo hit, on fire, heavy damage
AP Katsuura Maru 2 torpedo hits, sunk
The USN then sent in another strike of 76 X SBD, 18 X TBF, 33 X TBM, 276 X F6F and 59 X F4U-1D that clobbered the battered Japanese ships.
AK Hisagawa Maru 14 bomb hits, sunk
AK Taigyo Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire
AK Yoshu Maru 2 torpedo hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kishu Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire
AK Yulin Maru 4 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Yamanami Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire
AK Houlee 2 torpedo hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Nichinan Maru 5 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kimigayo Maru 2 torpedo hits, sunk
Incredibly the USN still wasn't done with these ships as 26 X SBD, 18 X TBM and 17 X F6F rolled in on them.
AK Kimigayo Maru 5 bomb hits, sunk
AK Houlee 7 bomb hits, sunk
AK Okinoyama Maru 4 bomb hits, on fire
AK Yoshu Maru 1 torpedo hit, on fire, heavy damage
17 X TBM struck in the late afternoon getting a plane damaged and failing to hit anything. At almost the same time 23 X SBD arrived and they too failed to do any harm.
Near Padang 8 X Betty, 8 X Peggy and 23 X Frank attacked the unloading Allied ships. 7 X Thunderbolt II and 7 X Spitfire VIII engage the Japanese planes. 3 Bettys were damaged, 7 Peggys went down and 7 Franks were splashed while a Spit was lost and a Jug was damaged. The AK Empire Clive had a Peggy dive into it and the result was heavy damage and fires. Later in the afternoon 6 X Betty, 15 X Peggy and 45 X Frank arrived and 10 X Thunderbolt II and 3 X Spitfire VII gave battle. 2 Bettys were splashed (2 damaged), 15 Peggys were destroyed and 16 Franks were lost. A Jug and a Spit went down in the fight. Then the ships caught it.
AK Empire Gambia 2 Kamikaze hits, on fire, heavy damage
TK Empire Onyx 1 Kamikaze hit, on fire, heavy damage
The AK Empire Clive has moderate systems damage, heavy flooding and moderate fires, the Empire Gambia has heavy systems damage, very heavy flooding and light fires and the Empire Onyx is suffering from heavy systems damage, heavy flooding and moderate fires. The picture for these ships is gloomy and as much of their loads will be unloaded as possible before they are lost.
Sapporo was raided by 56 X B-25J (9 damaged), 14 X A-26B (1 damaged) and 74 X P-38J for moderate airfield damage, a secondary explosion was reported, 3 Graces and a Frances were destroyed and casualties were very light.
Pontianak underwent an air raid that triggered a secondary explosion.
Balikpapan's defenses damaged 3 PB4Ys during a raid that caused moderate damage to the airstrip, some secondary explosions were seen, an Ida was destroyed and personnel losses were moderate.
Malang was hit by Allied planes for light damage to the port, a few secondary explosions were claimed and casualties were moderate. A TBM was downed and 5 more took damage in the attack. Japanese artillery made lots of noise and did no harm. The Allied artillery inflicted moderate losses on the Japanese. Japanese transports were intercepted by Allied fighters.
At Kweiyang the Chinese artillery caused moderate Japanese losses.
Chris wearily got out of his cockpit for the third time today. He now has bagged 14 Japanese planes, but all he wants is some food, a shower and sleep. He heard lots of chatter over the radio and wonders how he could do in his Hellcat against those new, hot Japanese fighters that were seen in limited numbers today. The Corsairs did OK, but the Hellcats seemed to have troubles with them. He also heard about a raid that was bounced by the Japanese and no fighters were there to protect them.
Due to the extremely heavy air losses the USN has ordered it fleet to withdraw so that they may replenish and join in Operation Thunder, which will be getting started shortly.
As Operation Thunder enters a new phase Ed's Old Gals set sail to bombard Naha.
Victory Points Allied 113204 (24454 Strategic) Japanese 47810
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: Swept Aside
October 30, 1945 Chihfeng
Intel
67th Construction Battalion is located at Gumma.
23rd Engineer Regiment is located at Inch'on.
15th Field Artillery Regiment is located at Canton.
55th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Hungnam.
64th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Kadina.
17th Army is located at Tokyo.
270730 men are based at Sasebo.
7 men are based at Haiphong.
Yongfung Bay Fortress is located at Wonsan.
Ominato Base Force is located at Ominato.
27th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Merak.
Elements of the 70th Division are located at Nanchang.
Yosu Fortress is located at Masan.
21st Engineer Regiment is planning for an attack on Lunga.
Recon
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Hanoi 4 LCUs 9160/22/0
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 15 LCUs 181680/2044/223
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Tientsin 7 LCUs 25780/294/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Bandou vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Kadina 13 LCUs 6360/61/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naha 12 LCUs 82380/838/0
Combat
A PB2Y spotted an AK near Niigata and claimed a hit. In the afternoon a PB2Y spotted an AK in the same area and it too claimed a hit. It was thought to have been a different ship. A CAP was up of 6 X Nick and 15 X Frank when 186 X B-29 and 71 X P-51D showed up. The Japanese fighters tried to get at the bombers, but the Mustangs splashed all of them except for 2 lucky Franks. 3 Mustangs were lost in the fight and another was damaged. The AA fire downed a Superfort and damaged 13. The heavy industry was lightly damaged in the attack.
21 miles SE of Aomori the SS Corvina attacked a lone AK, hitting it with 3 torpedoes. The ship was settling by the stern and then broke in two. A short time later 4 X B-25J attacked a PC and hit it with a bomb for heavy damage and a fire. A little later 3 more B-25Js arrived in the area and found an AK which they hit with 3 bombs for heavy damage and fires. In the afternoon 26 X B-25J (1 damaged), 5 X A-26B (1 damaged) and 60 X P-38J arrived and attacked the Japanese shipping.
AK Tatsushiro Maru 5 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Syohei Maru 1 bomb hit
AK Borneo Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire, heavy damage
AK Chinkai Maru 8 bomb hits, sunk
AK Ryochi Maru 3 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Atago Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire
As the sun started to set the SS Corvina hit a PC with 2 fish, sinking it.
Mutanchiang was raided by 19 X Tu-2S and flak damaged 3 of them. The airfield was very lightly damaged, a secondary explosion was seen and casualties were heavy.
Hong Kong was struck by 48 X B-25J (2 damaged), 15 X A-26B (2 damaged), 12 X P-51D and 15 X P-38J. The heavy industry was lightly damaged.
Balikpapan was hit by 26 X B-24J (3 damaged) for moderate airfield damage, a couple of secondary explosions and very light personnel losses. In the afternoon 12 X PB4Y and 4 X Kittyhawk III dropped by and did very light damage to the airstrip.
Naha was attacked by Allied aircraft and a Liberator went down and 5 more were damaged. Another strike had a Liberator damaged as the port was hit again .The port was very heavily damaged, there were a great many secondary explosions reported and casualties were moderate.
At Kweiyang the IJA 35th Division was pounced on by Chinese planes and 5 B-25Js were damaged as they inflicted heavy losses on the unit. The IJA 36th Division was also hit by the Chinese aircraft and 8 Mitchells were damaged. The unit took moderately heavy casualties. The IJA 69th Division downed a Mitchell and damaged 7 as it absorbed moderate losses from the strike. Chinese artillery heaped heavy casualties on the Japanese.
At Gili Gili the IJA 21st Division suffered through it's daily air strike that inflicted moderate troop losses.
At Linhsi the Soviet 49th Rifle Corps was pounced on by 7 X Sally (4 damaged) and 12 X Randy (7 damaged). The unit had very light casualties.
The 6th Chinese Cavalry Corps, 165 miles SW of Chungking, was struck by 26 X Judy for moderate losses.
77 miles N of Teloekbetoeng the 7th Armoured Tank Brigade was attacked by 39 X Frances and 2 X Frank. 19 X Thunderbolt II and 16 X P-47D tore into the Japanese planes just after they had finished with their attack. The unit had moderately heavy casualties, the Japanese lost 21 X Frances and 2 X Frank and the Allies had 4 Thunderbolts damaged. As more Allied troops stormed across the river they took very heavy losses and the Japanese had moderate casualties.
28 miles E of Aomori 3 X A-26B went after an AK, but failed to hit it. Later 15 X B-25J and 3 X P-38J attacked 3 AK, hitting one of them with a bomb that started a fire. In the late afternoon 17 X B-25J (1 damaged) and 3 X A-26B attacked the Japanese shipping in the area.
AK Nichiman Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire
AK Menado Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire
The SS Permit failed in it's attempt to attack an AK and 2 MSWs as the sun set.
Near Padang the unloading ships were attacked by 4 X Betty, 9 X Peggy and 18 X Frank who were intercepted by 8 X Spitfire VIII, 12 X Thunderbolt II and 6 X Mosquito FB.VI. A Betty (2 damaged), 9 Peggys and 4 Franks will never bother anybody ever again and 2 Spitfires, 2 Thunderbolts and 2 Mosquitoes were damaged. The TK Empire Onyx was hit by a Kamikaze Peggy and was sinking.
Palembang was raided by 27 X Mosquito FB.VI (2 damaged), 12 X Barracuda (1 damaged) and 12 X Thunderbolt II for light airstrip damage, a couple of secondary explosions were observed, 4 Tinas were destroyed and troop losses were placed at very light.
Near Ominato a Rufe was on patrol when 6 X A-26B and 52 X P-38J arrived. The Rufe was shot down and the bombers attacked 2 PCs, hitting each with a bomb that triggered a fire on one of them. Later 12 X B-25J and 8 X P-38J attacked a PC, hitting it with 6 bombs that clobbered the vessel, sending it to the bottom.
At Malang both sides traded artillery barrages with the Japanese taking moderate casualties and the Allies having light losses.
At Harbin the Japanese artillery inflicted light losses on the Russians who replied with their big guns dishing out very heavy casualties to the Japanese .
At Chihfeng the Russian assault took the base as the Japanese defenders were swept aside. The Japanese had moderately heavy losses and the Soviets took moderate casualties. The Japanese retreated towards Jehol.
Recon flights off of the Japanese coast report that there were sinking ships from yesterday's air attacks.
Stalin looks over the reports and orders some vodka to celebrate the victory over the Japanese. Some of the officers stare at one another and nod knowing that the Japanese force evicted from Chihfeng was simply overpowered by a hugely superior force. They wonder what's going to happen if the defenses at Harbin don't crumble soon.
Sam is sitting under a tree overlooking the airfield, like he usually does. The difference is that this time he's crying as he says, “They left us here. They just up anchored and left.” Frankie sits looking at Sam and licks at the tears running down his cheeks. A quick glance would confirm that there are no ships at Tori Shima today and Sam had held hopes of leaving this island finally
Jay and Al have escaped from KP duties and Jay tells Al again that they don't need any more trouble. “Hell, with the war and all the last thing we need is you getting creative and landing us in any more hot water.” No sooner has Jay stopped talking than Al breaks out in a big grin and produces a few cans of peaches. Jay rolls his eyes and suggests that they hurry back to their area and share the spoils with the rest of the squad.
Victory Points Allied 113404 (24494 Strategic) Japanese 47867
T-34/85
Intel
67th Construction Battalion is located at Gumma.
23rd Engineer Regiment is located at Inch'on.
15th Field Artillery Regiment is located at Canton.
55th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Hungnam.
64th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Kadina.
17th Army is located at Tokyo.
270730 men are based at Sasebo.
7 men are based at Haiphong.
Yongfung Bay Fortress is located at Wonsan.
Ominato Base Force is located at Ominato.
27th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Merak.
Elements of the 70th Division are located at Nanchang.
Yosu Fortress is located at Masan.
21st Engineer Regiment is planning for an attack on Lunga.
Recon
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Hanoi 4 LCUs 9160/22/0
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 15 LCUs 181680/2044/223
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Tientsin 7 LCUs 25780/294/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Bandou vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Kadina 13 LCUs 6360/61/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naha 12 LCUs 82380/838/0
Combat
A PB2Y spotted an AK near Niigata and claimed a hit. In the afternoon a PB2Y spotted an AK in the same area and it too claimed a hit. It was thought to have been a different ship. A CAP was up of 6 X Nick and 15 X Frank when 186 X B-29 and 71 X P-51D showed up. The Japanese fighters tried to get at the bombers, but the Mustangs splashed all of them except for 2 lucky Franks. 3 Mustangs were lost in the fight and another was damaged. The AA fire downed a Superfort and damaged 13. The heavy industry was lightly damaged in the attack.
21 miles SE of Aomori the SS Corvina attacked a lone AK, hitting it with 3 torpedoes. The ship was settling by the stern and then broke in two. A short time later 4 X B-25J attacked a PC and hit it with a bomb for heavy damage and a fire. A little later 3 more B-25Js arrived in the area and found an AK which they hit with 3 bombs for heavy damage and fires. In the afternoon 26 X B-25J (1 damaged), 5 X A-26B (1 damaged) and 60 X P-38J arrived and attacked the Japanese shipping.
AK Tatsushiro Maru 5 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Syohei Maru 1 bomb hit
AK Borneo Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire, heavy damage
AK Chinkai Maru 8 bomb hits, sunk
AK Ryochi Maru 3 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Atago Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire
As the sun started to set the SS Corvina hit a PC with 2 fish, sinking it.
Mutanchiang was raided by 19 X Tu-2S and flak damaged 3 of them. The airfield was very lightly damaged, a secondary explosion was seen and casualties were heavy.
Hong Kong was struck by 48 X B-25J (2 damaged), 15 X A-26B (2 damaged), 12 X P-51D and 15 X P-38J. The heavy industry was lightly damaged.
Balikpapan was hit by 26 X B-24J (3 damaged) for moderate airfield damage, a couple of secondary explosions and very light personnel losses. In the afternoon 12 X PB4Y and 4 X Kittyhawk III dropped by and did very light damage to the airstrip.
Naha was attacked by Allied aircraft and a Liberator went down and 5 more were damaged. Another strike had a Liberator damaged as the port was hit again .The port was very heavily damaged, there were a great many secondary explosions reported and casualties were moderate.
At Kweiyang the IJA 35th Division was pounced on by Chinese planes and 5 B-25Js were damaged as they inflicted heavy losses on the unit. The IJA 36th Division was also hit by the Chinese aircraft and 8 Mitchells were damaged. The unit took moderately heavy casualties. The IJA 69th Division downed a Mitchell and damaged 7 as it absorbed moderate losses from the strike. Chinese artillery heaped heavy casualties on the Japanese.
At Gili Gili the IJA 21st Division suffered through it's daily air strike that inflicted moderate troop losses.
At Linhsi the Soviet 49th Rifle Corps was pounced on by 7 X Sally (4 damaged) and 12 X Randy (7 damaged). The unit had very light casualties.
The 6th Chinese Cavalry Corps, 165 miles SW of Chungking, was struck by 26 X Judy for moderate losses.
77 miles N of Teloekbetoeng the 7th Armoured Tank Brigade was attacked by 39 X Frances and 2 X Frank. 19 X Thunderbolt II and 16 X P-47D tore into the Japanese planes just after they had finished with their attack. The unit had moderately heavy casualties, the Japanese lost 21 X Frances and 2 X Frank and the Allies had 4 Thunderbolts damaged. As more Allied troops stormed across the river they took very heavy losses and the Japanese had moderate casualties.
28 miles E of Aomori 3 X A-26B went after an AK, but failed to hit it. Later 15 X B-25J and 3 X P-38J attacked 3 AK, hitting one of them with a bomb that started a fire. In the late afternoon 17 X B-25J (1 damaged) and 3 X A-26B attacked the Japanese shipping in the area.
AK Nichiman Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire
AK Menado Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire
The SS Permit failed in it's attempt to attack an AK and 2 MSWs as the sun set.
Near Padang the unloading ships were attacked by 4 X Betty, 9 X Peggy and 18 X Frank who were intercepted by 8 X Spitfire VIII, 12 X Thunderbolt II and 6 X Mosquito FB.VI. A Betty (2 damaged), 9 Peggys and 4 Franks will never bother anybody ever again and 2 Spitfires, 2 Thunderbolts and 2 Mosquitoes were damaged. The TK Empire Onyx was hit by a Kamikaze Peggy and was sinking.
Palembang was raided by 27 X Mosquito FB.VI (2 damaged), 12 X Barracuda (1 damaged) and 12 X Thunderbolt II for light airstrip damage, a couple of secondary explosions were observed, 4 Tinas were destroyed and troop losses were placed at very light.
Near Ominato a Rufe was on patrol when 6 X A-26B and 52 X P-38J arrived. The Rufe was shot down and the bombers attacked 2 PCs, hitting each with a bomb that triggered a fire on one of them. Later 12 X B-25J and 8 X P-38J attacked a PC, hitting it with 6 bombs that clobbered the vessel, sending it to the bottom.
At Malang both sides traded artillery barrages with the Japanese taking moderate casualties and the Allies having light losses.
At Harbin the Japanese artillery inflicted light losses on the Russians who replied with their big guns dishing out very heavy casualties to the Japanese .
At Chihfeng the Russian assault took the base as the Japanese defenders were swept aside. The Japanese had moderately heavy losses and the Soviets took moderate casualties. The Japanese retreated towards Jehol.
Recon flights off of the Japanese coast report that there were sinking ships from yesterday's air attacks.
Stalin looks over the reports and orders some vodka to celebrate the victory over the Japanese. Some of the officers stare at one another and nod knowing that the Japanese force evicted from Chihfeng was simply overpowered by a hugely superior force. They wonder what's going to happen if the defenses at Harbin don't crumble soon.
Sam is sitting under a tree overlooking the airfield, like he usually does. The difference is that this time he's crying as he says, “They left us here. They just up anchored and left.” Frankie sits looking at Sam and licks at the tears running down his cheeks. A quick glance would confirm that there are no ships at Tori Shima today and Sam had held hopes of leaving this island finally
Jay and Al have escaped from KP duties and Jay tells Al again that they don't need any more trouble. “Hell, with the war and all the last thing we need is you getting creative and landing us in any more hot water.” No sooner has Jay stopped talking than Al breaks out in a big grin and produces a few cans of peaches. Jay rolls his eyes and suggests that they hurry back to their area and share the spoils with the rest of the squad.
Victory Points Allied 113404 (24494 Strategic) Japanese 47867
T-34/85
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RE: Tense Stacking Swivel
October 31, 1945 Formosa
Intel
6028 men are based at Pusan.
8th Engineer Regiment is planning for an attack on Chungking.
57th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Hungnam.
North Chishima Fortress is located at Paramushiro Jima.
1st Reserve Tank Regiment is located at Kitakyushu.
156th Division is located at Kagoshima.
Elements of the 3rd Mongolian Cavalry Division are located at Homan.
3247 men are based at Anshan.
118th IJA Base Force is located at Ichang.
4th Air Division is located at Bandoeng.
Recon
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 15 LCUs 196240/2301/226
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Hengchow 2 LCUs 12320/75/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Songkhia 1 LCU 0/8/115
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Kadina 13 LCUs 50420/509/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naha 12 LCUs 81600/841/16
Combat
The SS Corvina attacked an AK 26 miles E of Aomori, but failed to hit the already damaged vessel.
Ed's Old Gals conducted a naval bombardment of Naha that caused negligible to the airstrip, light port damage, a couple of secondary explosions were observed and casualties were extremely heavy. The IJA 51st Ind. Mixed Brigade, had very light losses from an air strike. The IJA 47th Division took heavy casualties from Allied planes who hit it twice.
23 miles SE of Aomori the SS Permit attacked an AK, hitting it with 2 torpedoes, sinking it. In the afternoon 16 X B-25J jumped the ships in the area.
AP Mogamigawa Maru 4 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AP Otake Maru 4 bomb hits, sunk
Then another strike composed of 17 X B-25J, 9 X A-26B (1 damaged) and 29 X P-38J hit the shipping.
AK Okinoyama Maru 4 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Nichinan Maru 4 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Yamanami Maru 9 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Taigyo Maru 3 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
Hamamatsu had a single Zeke up when 36 X B-29 arrived. The Zeke stayed a healthy distance from the big bombers and the AA fire damaged 2 of them as they hit the Nakajima engine plant. Then another wave of bombers, 78 X B-29, arrived a short time later and the Zeke stayed away as the flak damaged 1 big silver bird. This attack was also on the Nakajima engine plant. A third strike of 38 X B-29 came on and the Zeke watched them from a afar and the ground fire was ineffective this time around. Overall the Nakajima engine plant was heavily damaged.
Mutanchiang was raided by 6 X Tu-2S (2 damaged) for negligible airfield damage, a secondary explosion was claimed and personnel losses were heavy. Later in the morning 112 X B-24D (1 downed, 17 damaged) and 42 X B-24J (5 damaged) arrived on the scene and they clobbered the airfield for extremely heavy damage, a huge number of secondary explosions were seen and casualties were very heavy.
Bangkok was attacked by 48 X Mosquito FB.VI (2 downed, 16 damaged) and 11 X Thunderbolt II in the morning and in the afternoon 135 X Liberator VI (18 damaged) hit and combined the heavy industry was moderately damaged.
Palembang was hit by 27 X Liberator VI (1 downed, 1 damaged) and 27 X Thunderbolt II for extremely light airstrip damage, 2 Tinas were left burning and troop losses were negligible. In the late afternoon 25 X Mosquito FB.VI (1 damaged), 12 X Barracuda (2 damaged) and 12 X Thunderbolt II hit for light airfield damage, a few secondary explosions were reported, 2 Tinas were trashed and casualties were light.
Kadina was struck by Allied planes twice and the AA fire damaged 4 Liberators in return for very heavy port damage, a very large number of secondary explosions and moderate casualties.
At Kweiyang the IJA 36th Division damaged 8 B-25Js as it took moderate losses in an air attack. The IJA 59th Division downed a Mitchell and damaged 4 others as it absorbed moderate casualties. The Japanese had heavy losses from the Chinese artillery.
The 6th Chinese Cavalry Corps, 140 miles SE of Chungking, was jumped by 26 X Judy who inflicted light losses on the unit.
Near Ominato 4 X B-25J hit an MSW with 2 bombs that did heavy damage and triggered fires. A short time later 3 X A-26B hit an AP with 2 bombs with similar results. At around midday 32 X B-25J (2 damaged), 5 X A-26B and 66 X P-38J arrived and they raised hell with the Japanese shipping.
AK Tatsuju Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Esashi Maru 1 bomb hit
AK Kusuyama Maru 1 bomb hit
AK Aoki Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Takatsu Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire
AK Terukawa Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
In the afternoon 9 X B-25J and 3 X P-38J got in on the action.
AK Nichiman Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire
AK Kagu Maru 3 bomb hits, on fire
AK Shiretoko Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
The Americans then threw 3 X B-25J into the battle, but they came up empty.
At Tokyo a gaggle of 1 X Reppu, 2 X Shinden, 48 X Frank and 29 X Tony were attacked by 101 X P-51D and the bloodbath was over within minutes. A Reppu, a Shinden, 44 Franks and 21 Tonys were splashed while 8 Mustangs were shot down and another was damaged.
At Malang both sides traded artillery barrages with the Japanese having moderate losses and the Allies took light casualties. Japanese transport planes were intercepted by Allied fighters.
The artillery exchanges at Harbin saw the Soviets taking very light losses and the Japanese had extremely heavy casualties.
77 miles N of Teloekbetoeng the Japanese artillery did no harm despite their best efforts. Then the Allied troops attacked, forcing the Japanese to retreat towards Palembang. The Japanese had very heavy losses and the Allied troops took moderate casualties.
“I can't believe it. The dog really is lucky. What's the beast going to spend his money on?” Those were some of the comments as the convoy split up and the Palawan plods on to Lucky's pick in the pool. Cookie suggests that the dog will probably give his money to Red for investment after buying something special for his 4 legged friend.
Stalin is angry. “Where did the Japanese learn that we were going to attack? How did they move 250,000 men into Harbin before were could get there? I was told that their pullback gave us the advantage and that taking Harbin would be easy.” A general is quietly escorted from the room by a pair of security men. A brave colonel speaks up and says that with a little luck Harbin can be turned into Japan's Stalingrad. Stalin asks the man to expand on his thoughts.
Slim is listening to the snow job being shoveled at the meeting as he rubs his stacking swivel. The tension is unbearable, but now he knows that the 2nd Marine Division will not be a part of Operation Thunder. They will be the tip of the spear for an Operation called Lightning. Eventually they'll get the dope on that, probably when they're en route and not before because of security concerns. Like he or the lads would even have a chance of talking to somebody that could leak word of what they were up to.
Sam stares at the planes flying in an out of Tori Shima and decides that being a pilot, though not without risk, is better than being a foot soldier. When he returns to his squad a debate begins about who is better off. “The Navy has great chow,” says one of the guys and another says that when a ship gets hit you have to survive that just to get into the water and then you need to survive that too. “Pilots have it easy as they always get to sleep in a decent place,” says somebody else. Then the argument about getting shot down begins as making it to the ground is only part of surviving. “What if you're behind enemy lines or over water when you go down?” asks someone else. “I should've been in tanks,” says yet another of the guys and they agree that the Japs aren't to good at killing the Army's armor as long as the infantry is around to protect them. Sam finally says that despite it all he'd rather be a civilian, having a cold beer and sleeping in a clean, dry place all of the time. They all nod at that and the conversation turns to when they'll get off of Tori Shima.
Victory Points Allied 113691 (24638 Strategic) Japanese 47905
Fishing a downed pilot out of the water.
Intel
6028 men are based at Pusan.
8th Engineer Regiment is planning for an attack on Chungking.
57th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Hungnam.
North Chishima Fortress is located at Paramushiro Jima.
1st Reserve Tank Regiment is located at Kitakyushu.
156th Division is located at Kagoshima.
Elements of the 3rd Mongolian Cavalry Division are located at Homan.
3247 men are based at Anshan.
118th IJA Base Force is located at Ichang.
4th Air Division is located at Bandoeng.
Recon
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 15 LCUs 196240/2301/226
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Hengchow 2 LCUs 12320/75/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Songkhia 1 LCU 0/8/115
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Kadina 13 LCUs 50420/509/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naha 12 LCUs 81600/841/16
Combat
The SS Corvina attacked an AK 26 miles E of Aomori, but failed to hit the already damaged vessel.
Ed's Old Gals conducted a naval bombardment of Naha that caused negligible to the airstrip, light port damage, a couple of secondary explosions were observed and casualties were extremely heavy. The IJA 51st Ind. Mixed Brigade, had very light losses from an air strike. The IJA 47th Division took heavy casualties from Allied planes who hit it twice.
23 miles SE of Aomori the SS Permit attacked an AK, hitting it with 2 torpedoes, sinking it. In the afternoon 16 X B-25J jumped the ships in the area.
AP Mogamigawa Maru 4 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AP Otake Maru 4 bomb hits, sunk
Then another strike composed of 17 X B-25J, 9 X A-26B (1 damaged) and 29 X P-38J hit the shipping.
AK Okinoyama Maru 4 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Nichinan Maru 4 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Yamanami Maru 9 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Taigyo Maru 3 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
Hamamatsu had a single Zeke up when 36 X B-29 arrived. The Zeke stayed a healthy distance from the big bombers and the AA fire damaged 2 of them as they hit the Nakajima engine plant. Then another wave of bombers, 78 X B-29, arrived a short time later and the Zeke stayed away as the flak damaged 1 big silver bird. This attack was also on the Nakajima engine plant. A third strike of 38 X B-29 came on and the Zeke watched them from a afar and the ground fire was ineffective this time around. Overall the Nakajima engine plant was heavily damaged.
Mutanchiang was raided by 6 X Tu-2S (2 damaged) for negligible airfield damage, a secondary explosion was claimed and personnel losses were heavy. Later in the morning 112 X B-24D (1 downed, 17 damaged) and 42 X B-24J (5 damaged) arrived on the scene and they clobbered the airfield for extremely heavy damage, a huge number of secondary explosions were seen and casualties were very heavy.
Bangkok was attacked by 48 X Mosquito FB.VI (2 downed, 16 damaged) and 11 X Thunderbolt II in the morning and in the afternoon 135 X Liberator VI (18 damaged) hit and combined the heavy industry was moderately damaged.
Palembang was hit by 27 X Liberator VI (1 downed, 1 damaged) and 27 X Thunderbolt II for extremely light airstrip damage, 2 Tinas were left burning and troop losses were negligible. In the late afternoon 25 X Mosquito FB.VI (1 damaged), 12 X Barracuda (2 damaged) and 12 X Thunderbolt II hit for light airfield damage, a few secondary explosions were reported, 2 Tinas were trashed and casualties were light.
Kadina was struck by Allied planes twice and the AA fire damaged 4 Liberators in return for very heavy port damage, a very large number of secondary explosions and moderate casualties.
At Kweiyang the IJA 36th Division damaged 8 B-25Js as it took moderate losses in an air attack. The IJA 59th Division downed a Mitchell and damaged 4 others as it absorbed moderate casualties. The Japanese had heavy losses from the Chinese artillery.
The 6th Chinese Cavalry Corps, 140 miles SE of Chungking, was jumped by 26 X Judy who inflicted light losses on the unit.
Near Ominato 4 X B-25J hit an MSW with 2 bombs that did heavy damage and triggered fires. A short time later 3 X A-26B hit an AP with 2 bombs with similar results. At around midday 32 X B-25J (2 damaged), 5 X A-26B and 66 X P-38J arrived and they raised hell with the Japanese shipping.
AK Tatsuju Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Esashi Maru 1 bomb hit
AK Kusuyama Maru 1 bomb hit
AK Aoki Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Takatsu Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire
AK Terukawa Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
In the afternoon 9 X B-25J and 3 X P-38J got in on the action.
AK Nichiman Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire
AK Kagu Maru 3 bomb hits, on fire
AK Shiretoko Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
The Americans then threw 3 X B-25J into the battle, but they came up empty.
At Tokyo a gaggle of 1 X Reppu, 2 X Shinden, 48 X Frank and 29 X Tony were attacked by 101 X P-51D and the bloodbath was over within minutes. A Reppu, a Shinden, 44 Franks and 21 Tonys were splashed while 8 Mustangs were shot down and another was damaged.
At Malang both sides traded artillery barrages with the Japanese having moderate losses and the Allies took light casualties. Japanese transport planes were intercepted by Allied fighters.
The artillery exchanges at Harbin saw the Soviets taking very light losses and the Japanese had extremely heavy casualties.
77 miles N of Teloekbetoeng the Japanese artillery did no harm despite their best efforts. Then the Allied troops attacked, forcing the Japanese to retreat towards Palembang. The Japanese had very heavy losses and the Allied troops took moderate casualties.
“I can't believe it. The dog really is lucky. What's the beast going to spend his money on?” Those were some of the comments as the convoy split up and the Palawan plods on to Lucky's pick in the pool. Cookie suggests that the dog will probably give his money to Red for investment after buying something special for his 4 legged friend.
Stalin is angry. “Where did the Japanese learn that we were going to attack? How did they move 250,000 men into Harbin before were could get there? I was told that their pullback gave us the advantage and that taking Harbin would be easy.” A general is quietly escorted from the room by a pair of security men. A brave colonel speaks up and says that with a little luck Harbin can be turned into Japan's Stalingrad. Stalin asks the man to expand on his thoughts.
Slim is listening to the snow job being shoveled at the meeting as he rubs his stacking swivel. The tension is unbearable, but now he knows that the 2nd Marine Division will not be a part of Operation Thunder. They will be the tip of the spear for an Operation called Lightning. Eventually they'll get the dope on that, probably when they're en route and not before because of security concerns. Like he or the lads would even have a chance of talking to somebody that could leak word of what they were up to.
Sam stares at the planes flying in an out of Tori Shima and decides that being a pilot, though not without risk, is better than being a foot soldier. When he returns to his squad a debate begins about who is better off. “The Navy has great chow,” says one of the guys and another says that when a ship gets hit you have to survive that just to get into the water and then you need to survive that too. “Pilots have it easy as they always get to sleep in a decent place,” says somebody else. Then the argument about getting shot down begins as making it to the ground is only part of surviving. “What if you're behind enemy lines or over water when you go down?” asks someone else. “I should've been in tanks,” says yet another of the guys and they agree that the Japs aren't to good at killing the Army's armor as long as the infantry is around to protect them. Sam finally says that despite it all he'd rather be a civilian, having a cold beer and sleeping in a clean, dry place all of the time. They all nod at that and the conversation turns to when they'll get off of Tori Shima.
Victory Points Allied 113691 (24638 Strategic) Japanese 47905
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RE: Hit Hard
November 1, 1945 Near Naha
Intel
6657 men are based at Saigon.
Kwantung Defense Brigade is located at Changchun.
104th IJN Base Force is located at Osumi.
Elements of the 1st Mongolian Cavalry Division are located at Paotang.
5053 men are based at Wonsan.
3rd FF Construction Battalion is located at Anshan.
9th Division is located at Mukden.
Tone Hvy Gun Regiment is located at Changkufeng.
105th IJA Base Force is located at Mukden.
31st Heavy AA Battalion is located at Aomori.
54th Division is located at Kitakyushu.
Recon
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 15 LCUs 198500/2286/191
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Nanning 9 fighters,6 aux, 3 LCUs 6200/75/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Krung Thep 9 LCUs 40640/371/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Palembang 1 X CA, 1 X AP, 11 fighters, 15 aux, 10 LCUs 26160/232/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Soerabaja 6 LCUs 6740/53/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Kadina 13 LCUs 50360/524/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naha 12 LCUs 82080/828/17
Combat
The SS Bumper was attacked 19 miles SE of the Amami Group by 2 DDs who gave her a rough time of it. The sub will now make for port with moderate systems damage and heavy flooding.
Near Naha a night time surface engagement erupted when the IJN suddenly appeared and mixed it up with Ed's Old Gals.
Japanese Ships
BB Hiei 2 shell hits
BB Kirishima 6 shell hits, 2 torpedo hits, on fire
CA Ashigara 3 shell hits
CA Mogami
CL Sendai 1 shell hit
CL Isuzu 1 shell hit
DD Teruzuki
DD Yoizuki
DD Haruzuki 9 shell hits, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
BB Maryland 2 shell hits
BB Colorado 3 shell hits, on fire
BB Nevada 4 shell hits
BB Oklahoma 2 shell hits
BB Arizona 2 shell hits
BB Pennsylvania
BB Tennessee 4 shell hits
CA Vincennes 3 shell hits
CL Honolulu 2 shell hits
DD Conway 5 shell hits, on fire, heavy damage
DD Daly 3 shell hits, on fire
DD Evans
DD Foote
DD Franks 3 shell hits
DD Albert Grant
Ed was roaring curses as he knew that his orders were to linger and bombard again in at dawn. His ships entered the engagement low on ammunition and now they failed to break contact.
Japanese Ships
BB Hiei 4 shell hits, on fire
BB Kirishima 4 shell hits, on fire, heavy damage
CA Ashigara 1 shell hit
CA Mogami 5 shell hits, on fire
CL Sendai
CL Isuzu
DD Teruzuki
DD Yoizuki 3 shell hits, on fire, heavy damage
DD Haruzuki 14 shell hits,sunk
Allied Ships
BB Maryland 3 shell hits, on fire
BB Colorado 3 shell hits, on fire
BB Nevada 1 shell hit
BB Oklahoma 1 shell hits
BB Arizona
BB Pennsylvania
BB Tennessee 3 shell hits
CA Vincennes 2 shell hits
CL Honolulu
DD Conway, on fire, heavy damage
DD Daly, on fire, heavy damage
DD Evans
DD Foote
DD Franks 1 shell hit
DD Albert Grant
At Naha the IJA 47th Division was struck by 35 X B-24D and 109 X B-24J for heavy casualties.
The SS Permit, 41 miles SE of Ominato, attacked a lone AK, scoring with 2 torpedo hits that caused the ship to sink. In the late morning the sub found and attacked a TK that was without an escort. A torpedo hit home and caused it to break in two, both parts sinking in short order.
The SS Sawfish was detected and attacked by 6 DDs 24 miles N of the Amami Group. She is now heading for port with very light systems damage and some sprung valves. In the late morning 15 X PB4Y (11 damaged) and 13 X P-51D attacked and hit what was thought to have been the CVE Chigusa Maru with 3 bombs that started some fires.
Hamamatsu was struck by 75 X B-29 and the Zeke that was on patrol tried to attack them only to get damaged by the concentrated defensive fire of the bombers. The AA damage 12 of the big planes and they dropped their bombs on the Nakajima engine factory doing moderate damage to it.
Hiroshima/Kure was caught unawares by 24 X B-29 who hit the heavy industry for moderate damage.
Mutanchiang was raided by 7 X Tu-2S (4 damaged) for extremely light airstrip damage and moderate casualties. The IJA 19th Division had light losses and a Tu-2S was damaged in an air attack.
Bangkok was hit by 132 X Liberator VI (1 downed, 11 damaged) for extremely light damage to the heavy industry.
Kadina had it's port take moderate damage in an air strike and there were lots of secondary explosions seen.
Near Kweiyang the IJA 36th Division damaged 4 Mitchells and absorbed moderate casualties. The IJA 59th Division suffered an air raid in which it damaged 5 Mitchells, but had moderate losses. The Chinese poured out of their defensive positions and assaulted the Japanese. Both sides sustained extremely heavy casualties with some of the Japanese pulling up stakes and retreating towards Kweilin.
At Harbin the IJA 11th Division was pounced on by 31 X Pe-2, 31 X P-39Q (1 downed, 4 damaged), 77 X P-63A (3 damaged) and 50 X MiG-3 for heavy troop losses. Later 11th Division was pounded by 45 X Tu-2S (1 damaged), 49 X Pe-2 (2 damaged), 24 X P-63A (1 downed, 3 damaged) and 46 X Yak-3. The unit was then attacked by 56 X Tu-2S (1 damaged) for a combined net of very heavy casualties. The 108th Division was attacked by 18 X Pe-2, 6 X Tu-2S, 9 X P-63A (3 damaged) and 15 X Yak-3 for moderately heavy losses. The Japanese artillery caused extremely light Russian casualties. The Soviet response inflicted very heavy losses on the Japanese with a huge bombardment.
At Linhsi the 49th Rifle Corps was raided by 13 X Sally (6 damaged) and 11 X Randy (4 damaged) and the unit absorbed moderate casualties.
142 miles SE of Chungking the 6th Chinese Cavalry Corps was hit by 23 X Judy for moderate losses.
Near Ominato 3 X B-25J attacked an AP, but failed to hit it. Nearby 3 X A-26B had similar luck with an AK. A short time later 19 X B-25J, 4 X A-26B and 46 X P-38J attacked Japanese shipping.
AK Kusuyama Maru 3 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Nitiyu Maru 4 bomb hits, on fire
In the afternoon 9 X B-25J (1 damaged) hit an AK with 2 bombs for heavy damage and fires. A little later 3 X B-25J hit an AK with 3 bombs that caused it to sink. In the late afternoon 3 X B-25J hit a PC with a bomb that triggered fires and caused heavy damage. At about the same time 9 X B-25J attacked a pair of PCs nearby, but failed to hit the wildly maneuvering craft. Then 4 X A-26B and 39 X P-38J attacked and hit a PC with a bomb that started a fire and did heavy damage. Within sight of this 5 X B-25J jumped an AK and hit it with a bomb that started a fire. Then 3 X A-26B attacked an AK, hitting it with a bomb for heavy damage and fires. Just over the horizon 14 X B-25J and 2 X P-38J attacked a pair of AKs, failing to hit either of the previously damaged vessels. A PB2Y spotted and AK and claimed a hit that killed the ship.
41 miles E of Kadina 11 X PB4Y and 5 X P-51D attacked the IJN warships, but didn't score any hits.
252 miles NW of Tori Shima 13 X Betty tried to penetrate the CAP over the American fleet. 638 X F6F and 118 F4U-1D made short work of them and 3 Hellcats were damaged. At almost the same time 12 X Grace made an attempt on a different axis of attack on to be thwarted by the CAP. All of the Japanese planes were splashed. Within a few minutes another raid made up of 13 X Grace and 12 X Betty valiantly tried for the American warships. The CAP shot down all of the Graces and 8 of the Bettys in return for 4 damaged Hellcats. Then the Japanese threw 6 X Grace at the fleet only to lose all of them for no return. Later 8 X Judy tried and died. Just before sundown 11 X Betty made a half hearted attempt and lost 2 planes as they ran when intercepted. A Hellcat was damaged.
Near Padang 3 X Betty and 21 X Frank went after the unloading Allied ships. 13 X Thunderbolt II, 10 X Spitfire VIII and 13 X Mosquito FB.VI were up and intercepted them. 3 Bettys and 5 Franks were destroyed and a Thunderbolt was lost, but the ships weren't harmed.
87 miles NW of Naha 21 X Judy attacked Ed's Old Gals and hit the BB Colorado with a bomb that started a fire. 2 Judys were shot down and 9 were damaged. Ed fumed about the lack of the promised fighter cover.
Malang was hit by Allied planes and the defensive fire damaged a Helldiver, a TBF and 10 TBMs as they failed to damage any facilities. There were some secondary explosions reported and casualties were placed at moderate. The Japanese artillery caused negligible Allied losses and they in turn took moderate casualties from the Allied barrages.
33 miles SE of Matsuyama 107 X SBD (1 damaged), 50 X SB2C, 96 X TBF (1 downed), 64 X TBM (3 damaged), 202 X F6F and 39 X F4U-1D struck a CVL pegged as the Chiyoda with 10 bombs and 2 fish spelling doom for the ravaged ship. A little later 12 X SBD, 15 X TBM and 12 X F6F arrived, but there was nothing around to attack. The DDs were gone as was the CVL. Nearby 12 X SBD, 55 X SB2C (1 damaged), 36 X TBF, 18 X TBM and 32 X F6F found a retiring DD and managed a bomb hit for heavy damage and a fire. Her skipper masterfully avoided the bombs and torpedoes with a generous dose of luck thrown in.
19 miles NW of Naha 11 X Judy attacked and hit the DD Conway with 2 bombs that heavily damaged her and ignited some fires the ultimately cost the ship her life as the crew had to scuttle her.
Japanese transport flights into and out of Palembang were intercepted by Allied fighters.
In the surface action Ed was seriously wounded as the bridge took a couple of smaller caliber rounds. He refused to leave the bridge until he knew that the Maryland was OK and that command was reestablished with the TF. The toll on his TF was not pretty.
BB Maryland moderate systems damage, moderate flooding and light fires
BB Colorado moderate systems damage, light flooding and very light fires
BB Oklahoma negligible systems damage and a very small fire
BB Tennessee very small fire
DD Daly heavy systems damage, moderate flooding and moderate fires
The extent of Ed's injuries aren't fully known, but he is now drifting in and out of consciousness. Once they reach port he will be transferred to a proper medical facility.
The AK Empire Gambia was scuttled and her crew rowed to the nearby Pagai Island to await pickup. The captain of the ship hasn't been seen since the men took to the boats.
Reports of sinking Japanese ships flowed in throughout the day from patrol aircraft.
Bill can't believe it as the Navy finally remembered that his ship and the New Jersey have been rusting away and now they have sailing orders. Later Bill heard about the battle between the IJN and Ed's ships and he hopes that Ed is OK after hearing that the Maryland, his flagship, was hit hard. He tried to find out more, but there is nothing available at the present time and he has much to do before the Mighty Mo departs. He makes a point of passing the word about getting mail ashore before they sail. He has no time to write to Sandy, but that'll keep.
British intelligence reported that Hitler probably committed suicide on April 30th after marrying Eva Braun.
Victory Points Allied 114073 (24642 Strategic) Japanese 47714
Intel
6657 men are based at Saigon.
Kwantung Defense Brigade is located at Changchun.
104th IJN Base Force is located at Osumi.
Elements of the 1st Mongolian Cavalry Division are located at Paotang.
5053 men are based at Wonsan.
3rd FF Construction Battalion is located at Anshan.
9th Division is located at Mukden.
Tone Hvy Gun Regiment is located at Changkufeng.
105th IJA Base Force is located at Mukden.
31st Heavy AA Battalion is located at Aomori.
54th Division is located at Kitakyushu.
Recon
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 15 LCUs 198500/2286/191
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Nanning 9 fighters,6 aux, 3 LCUs 6200/75/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Krung Thep 9 LCUs 40640/371/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Palembang 1 X CA, 1 X AP, 11 fighters, 15 aux, 10 LCUs 26160/232/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Soerabaja 6 LCUs 6740/53/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Kadina 13 LCUs 50360/524/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naha 12 LCUs 82080/828/17
Combat
The SS Bumper was attacked 19 miles SE of the Amami Group by 2 DDs who gave her a rough time of it. The sub will now make for port with moderate systems damage and heavy flooding.
Near Naha a night time surface engagement erupted when the IJN suddenly appeared and mixed it up with Ed's Old Gals.
Japanese Ships
BB Hiei 2 shell hits
BB Kirishima 6 shell hits, 2 torpedo hits, on fire
CA Ashigara 3 shell hits
CA Mogami
CL Sendai 1 shell hit
CL Isuzu 1 shell hit
DD Teruzuki
DD Yoizuki
DD Haruzuki 9 shell hits, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
BB Maryland 2 shell hits
BB Colorado 3 shell hits, on fire
BB Nevada 4 shell hits
BB Oklahoma 2 shell hits
BB Arizona 2 shell hits
BB Pennsylvania
BB Tennessee 4 shell hits
CA Vincennes 3 shell hits
CL Honolulu 2 shell hits
DD Conway 5 shell hits, on fire, heavy damage
DD Daly 3 shell hits, on fire
DD Evans
DD Foote
DD Franks 3 shell hits
DD Albert Grant
Ed was roaring curses as he knew that his orders were to linger and bombard again in at dawn. His ships entered the engagement low on ammunition and now they failed to break contact.
Japanese Ships
BB Hiei 4 shell hits, on fire
BB Kirishima 4 shell hits, on fire, heavy damage
CA Ashigara 1 shell hit
CA Mogami 5 shell hits, on fire
CL Sendai
CL Isuzu
DD Teruzuki
DD Yoizuki 3 shell hits, on fire, heavy damage
DD Haruzuki 14 shell hits,sunk
Allied Ships
BB Maryland 3 shell hits, on fire
BB Colorado 3 shell hits, on fire
BB Nevada 1 shell hit
BB Oklahoma 1 shell hits
BB Arizona
BB Pennsylvania
BB Tennessee 3 shell hits
CA Vincennes 2 shell hits
CL Honolulu
DD Conway, on fire, heavy damage
DD Daly, on fire, heavy damage
DD Evans
DD Foote
DD Franks 1 shell hit
DD Albert Grant
At Naha the IJA 47th Division was struck by 35 X B-24D and 109 X B-24J for heavy casualties.
The SS Permit, 41 miles SE of Ominato, attacked a lone AK, scoring with 2 torpedo hits that caused the ship to sink. In the late morning the sub found and attacked a TK that was without an escort. A torpedo hit home and caused it to break in two, both parts sinking in short order.
The SS Sawfish was detected and attacked by 6 DDs 24 miles N of the Amami Group. She is now heading for port with very light systems damage and some sprung valves. In the late morning 15 X PB4Y (11 damaged) and 13 X P-51D attacked and hit what was thought to have been the CVE Chigusa Maru with 3 bombs that started some fires.
Hamamatsu was struck by 75 X B-29 and the Zeke that was on patrol tried to attack them only to get damaged by the concentrated defensive fire of the bombers. The AA damage 12 of the big planes and they dropped their bombs on the Nakajima engine factory doing moderate damage to it.
Hiroshima/Kure was caught unawares by 24 X B-29 who hit the heavy industry for moderate damage.
Mutanchiang was raided by 7 X Tu-2S (4 damaged) for extremely light airstrip damage and moderate casualties. The IJA 19th Division had light losses and a Tu-2S was damaged in an air attack.
Bangkok was hit by 132 X Liberator VI (1 downed, 11 damaged) for extremely light damage to the heavy industry.
Kadina had it's port take moderate damage in an air strike and there were lots of secondary explosions seen.
Near Kweiyang the IJA 36th Division damaged 4 Mitchells and absorbed moderate casualties. The IJA 59th Division suffered an air raid in which it damaged 5 Mitchells, but had moderate losses. The Chinese poured out of their defensive positions and assaulted the Japanese. Both sides sustained extremely heavy casualties with some of the Japanese pulling up stakes and retreating towards Kweilin.
At Harbin the IJA 11th Division was pounced on by 31 X Pe-2, 31 X P-39Q (1 downed, 4 damaged), 77 X P-63A (3 damaged) and 50 X MiG-3 for heavy troop losses. Later 11th Division was pounded by 45 X Tu-2S (1 damaged), 49 X Pe-2 (2 damaged), 24 X P-63A (1 downed, 3 damaged) and 46 X Yak-3. The unit was then attacked by 56 X Tu-2S (1 damaged) for a combined net of very heavy casualties. The 108th Division was attacked by 18 X Pe-2, 6 X Tu-2S, 9 X P-63A (3 damaged) and 15 X Yak-3 for moderately heavy losses. The Japanese artillery caused extremely light Russian casualties. The Soviet response inflicted very heavy losses on the Japanese with a huge bombardment.
At Linhsi the 49th Rifle Corps was raided by 13 X Sally (6 damaged) and 11 X Randy (4 damaged) and the unit absorbed moderate casualties.
142 miles SE of Chungking the 6th Chinese Cavalry Corps was hit by 23 X Judy for moderate losses.
Near Ominato 3 X B-25J attacked an AP, but failed to hit it. Nearby 3 X A-26B had similar luck with an AK. A short time later 19 X B-25J, 4 X A-26B and 46 X P-38J attacked Japanese shipping.
AK Kusuyama Maru 3 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Nitiyu Maru 4 bomb hits, on fire
In the afternoon 9 X B-25J (1 damaged) hit an AK with 2 bombs for heavy damage and fires. A little later 3 X B-25J hit an AK with 3 bombs that caused it to sink. In the late afternoon 3 X B-25J hit a PC with a bomb that triggered fires and caused heavy damage. At about the same time 9 X B-25J attacked a pair of PCs nearby, but failed to hit the wildly maneuvering craft. Then 4 X A-26B and 39 X P-38J attacked and hit a PC with a bomb that started a fire and did heavy damage. Within sight of this 5 X B-25J jumped an AK and hit it with a bomb that started a fire. Then 3 X A-26B attacked an AK, hitting it with a bomb for heavy damage and fires. Just over the horizon 14 X B-25J and 2 X P-38J attacked a pair of AKs, failing to hit either of the previously damaged vessels. A PB2Y spotted and AK and claimed a hit that killed the ship.
41 miles E of Kadina 11 X PB4Y and 5 X P-51D attacked the IJN warships, but didn't score any hits.
252 miles NW of Tori Shima 13 X Betty tried to penetrate the CAP over the American fleet. 638 X F6F and 118 F4U-1D made short work of them and 3 Hellcats were damaged. At almost the same time 12 X Grace made an attempt on a different axis of attack on to be thwarted by the CAP. All of the Japanese planes were splashed. Within a few minutes another raid made up of 13 X Grace and 12 X Betty valiantly tried for the American warships. The CAP shot down all of the Graces and 8 of the Bettys in return for 4 damaged Hellcats. Then the Japanese threw 6 X Grace at the fleet only to lose all of them for no return. Later 8 X Judy tried and died. Just before sundown 11 X Betty made a half hearted attempt and lost 2 planes as they ran when intercepted. A Hellcat was damaged.
Near Padang 3 X Betty and 21 X Frank went after the unloading Allied ships. 13 X Thunderbolt II, 10 X Spitfire VIII and 13 X Mosquito FB.VI were up and intercepted them. 3 Bettys and 5 Franks were destroyed and a Thunderbolt was lost, but the ships weren't harmed.
87 miles NW of Naha 21 X Judy attacked Ed's Old Gals and hit the BB Colorado with a bomb that started a fire. 2 Judys were shot down and 9 were damaged. Ed fumed about the lack of the promised fighter cover.
Malang was hit by Allied planes and the defensive fire damaged a Helldiver, a TBF and 10 TBMs as they failed to damage any facilities. There were some secondary explosions reported and casualties were placed at moderate. The Japanese artillery caused negligible Allied losses and they in turn took moderate casualties from the Allied barrages.
33 miles SE of Matsuyama 107 X SBD (1 damaged), 50 X SB2C, 96 X TBF (1 downed), 64 X TBM (3 damaged), 202 X F6F and 39 X F4U-1D struck a CVL pegged as the Chiyoda with 10 bombs and 2 fish spelling doom for the ravaged ship. A little later 12 X SBD, 15 X TBM and 12 X F6F arrived, but there was nothing around to attack. The DDs were gone as was the CVL. Nearby 12 X SBD, 55 X SB2C (1 damaged), 36 X TBF, 18 X TBM and 32 X F6F found a retiring DD and managed a bomb hit for heavy damage and a fire. Her skipper masterfully avoided the bombs and torpedoes with a generous dose of luck thrown in.
19 miles NW of Naha 11 X Judy attacked and hit the DD Conway with 2 bombs that heavily damaged her and ignited some fires the ultimately cost the ship her life as the crew had to scuttle her.
Japanese transport flights into and out of Palembang were intercepted by Allied fighters.
In the surface action Ed was seriously wounded as the bridge took a couple of smaller caliber rounds. He refused to leave the bridge until he knew that the Maryland was OK and that command was reestablished with the TF. The toll on his TF was not pretty.
BB Maryland moderate systems damage, moderate flooding and light fires
BB Colorado moderate systems damage, light flooding and very light fires
BB Oklahoma negligible systems damage and a very small fire
BB Tennessee very small fire
DD Daly heavy systems damage, moderate flooding and moderate fires
The extent of Ed's injuries aren't fully known, but he is now drifting in and out of consciousness. Once they reach port he will be transferred to a proper medical facility.
The AK Empire Gambia was scuttled and her crew rowed to the nearby Pagai Island to await pickup. The captain of the ship hasn't been seen since the men took to the boats.
Reports of sinking Japanese ships flowed in throughout the day from patrol aircraft.
Bill can't believe it as the Navy finally remembered that his ship and the New Jersey have been rusting away and now they have sailing orders. Later Bill heard about the battle between the IJN and Ed's ships and he hopes that Ed is OK after hearing that the Maryland, his flagship, was hit hard. He tried to find out more, but there is nothing available at the present time and he has much to do before the Mighty Mo departs. He makes a point of passing the word about getting mail ashore before they sail. He has no time to write to Sandy, but that'll keep.
British intelligence reported that Hitler probably committed suicide on April 30th after marrying Eva Braun.
Victory Points Allied 114073 (24642 Strategic) Japanese 47714
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: Have Some Fun
November 2, 1945 Madioen
Intel
1st Reserve Tank Regiment is located at Kitakyushu.
109th Division is located at Alor Star.
Elements of the 9th Mongolian Cavalry Division are planning for an attack on Tabun-Nur.
Elements of the 1st Ind. Brigade are located at Canton.
1st Guards Division is located at Wakkanai.
34471 men are based at Hamamatsu.
14th Area Army is planning for an attack on Eniwetok.
14838 men are based at Matsuyama.
24th AA Regiment is located at Nagasaki.
23rd Engineer Regiment is located at Inch'on.
13610 men are based at Nagaoka.
68th Construction Battalion is located at Hamamatsu.
Recon
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Wuchow 3 LCUs 14160/147/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Tavoy 11 LCUs 70320/675/7
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Soerabaja 5 fighters, 20 bombers, 7 aux, 6 LCUs 8720/62/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Kadina 13 LCUs 51500/501/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naha 12 LCUs 84520/772/13
Combat
Near Ominato a PB2Y spotted an AK and claimed a hit. Later another Coronado attacked an AK and also reported a hit. In the afternoon a PBM attacked an AK, claiming a hit. A PBM Mariner spotted a PC, attacked and hit it with a bomb. A PB2Y spotted, attacked and hit a previously damaged AK. In the late afternoon a PB2Y attacked and hit an AK in the same area. Ominato was hit by 104 X B-24D (17 damaged) and 57 X P-38J. The bombers hit the harbor area hard for heavy port damage, some secondary explosions were observed, light personnel losses and the ships got pounded too.
AK Tatebe Maru 5 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
MSW W.19 12 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Kongo Maru #2 8 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wa 5 4 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Kyo Maru #5 8 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
MSW W.18 12 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wa 103 5 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
MSW W.8 11 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wa 13 4 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
MSW W.2 4 bomb hits, sunk
Another strike made up of 30 X B-24J (11 damaged), 61 X P-51D and 36 X P-38J visited in the late morning and caused moderate damage to the port, triggered a couple of secondary explosions, inflicted negligible casualties and pounded the ships.
AK Tatebe Maru 3 bomb hits, sunk
MSW W.19 1 bomb hit, on fire, sunk
MSW Kyo Maru #5 5 bomb hits, sunk
MSW Kongo Maru #2 5 bomb hits, sunk
MSW Wa 5 1 bomb hit, sunk
MSW W.18 3 bomb hits, sunk
MSW W.8 3 bomb hits, sunk
MSW Wa 13 2 bomb hits, sunk
MSW Wa 103 3 bomb hits, sunk
Near Niigata a PBM Mariner attacked and hit an AK.
The SS Nautilus, 148 miles W of Nagasaki, ran afoul of 11 DDs who detected her and prosecuted a deadly attack. A little later 7 X B-25J (6 damaged) and 8 X P-38J attacked the BB Hiei, but failed to hit the ship. The Nautilus is heading for home with heavy systems damage and heavy flooding.
The SS Entemedor, 82 miles E of Johore, was hunted and attacked by 1 X PG and 5 X PC. The sub endured a pounding and found an opening to attack and hit the PG with a torpedo that did heavy damage and ignited fires. The PCs continued with their attacks. She is now making for home with light systems damage and minimal flooding.
Allied troops landed at Madioen taking extremely heavy casualties.
16 miles W of Kadina the SS Sawfish was stalked by 6 DDs, but the sub managed to evade detection and eluded her would be attackers.
12 miles W of Sinkep Island the SS Blueback caught hell from 3 PCs who sank the sub. Nearby 10 X Barracuda (1 damaged), 9 X Spitfire VIII, 13 X Corsair IV and 6 X Firefly hit a PG with a torpedo that triggered a blaze. Another strike followed made up of 2 X Mosquito FB.VI, 6 X Corsair IV and 3 X Firefly, but they failed to achieve any hits.
Changchun was attacked by 164 X B-29 and the CAP of 1 X Zeke, 1 X Frank and 8 X Tony tried to stop them. A Zeke, 2 Tonys (4 damaged) were shot down and a Frank was damaged in the fight. 2 B-29s were lost and 17 were damaged by the fighters and flak. The heavy industry was heavily damaged. The Japanese took heavy losses from the Soviet artillery barrages. The 7th Guards Mechanized Corps was attacked by 21 X Ann (10 damaged), 12 X Sonia (1 downed, 8 damaged), 7 X Sally (4 damaged) and 11 X Randy (1 downed). The unit had moderate losses.
Hiroshima/Kure was bombed by 143 X B-29 (10 damaged) for heavy damage to it's heavy industry.
Mutanchiang was raided by 9 X Tu-2S (1 downed, 2 damaged) and they caused negligible damage to the airstrip, a secondary explosion was claimed and troop losses were moderate. The IJA 7th Mixed Brigade damaged 5 X Tu-2S and had extremely light casualties.
Bangkok was blasted by 121 X Liberator VI (14 damaged) for very heavy airfield damage, some secondary explosions were reported and casualties were very heavy.
Kadina felt the wrath of 111 X B-24J who did heavy damage to the port, ignited a very large number of secondary explosions and inflicted moderate losses.
At Kweiyang the IJA 35th Division damaged 2 Mitchells as the Chinese planes dished out light casualties to the unit. The IJA 36th Division also damaged a pair of B-25Js as it absorbed negligible losses. The Japanese had heavy casualties from the Chinese artillery.
At Harbin the IJA 11th Division was attacked by Russian aircraft twice and they damaged 17 P-63As and 6 P-39Qs while taking moderate losses. The IJA 108th Division had moderate casualties from an air strike that suffered 2 P-63As lost and 4 damaged and 3 P-39Qs were also damaged.
At Gili Gili the IJA 21st Division took moderate casualties from an air attack.
Near Kadina 111 X B-25J (2 downed, 15 damaged), 60 X A-26B (1 downed, 10 damaged), 18 X P-51D, 4X P-47D and 98 X P-38J went after the IJN TF for the following results.
BB Hyuga 7 bomb hits, on fire
BB Yamato 12 bomb hits, on fire
BB Mutsu 7 bomb hits, on fire
A short time later 2 X PB4Y (2 damaged), 7 X P-51D and 11 X P-38J hit the Mutsu with a bomb. Another strike hit just before noon as the 23 X PB4Y (2 damaged) and 8 X P-51D rained their loads onto the big ships.
BB Mutsu 4 bomb hits, on fire
BB Yamato, on fire
BB Hyuga 1 bomb hit, on fire
Then 11 X PB4Y came on and 3 took damage as they hit the BB Hyuga with 2 bombs.
Near Padang 3 X Betty went after the Allied ships and 3 X Spitfire VIII, 6 X Thunderbolt II and 6 X Mosquito FB.VI gave chase, destroying a Betty. The TK Empire Airman suffered a torpedo hit and was on fire with heavy damage.
Malang was struck by Allied planes and 2 Helldivers and 15 Avengers were damaged as they inflicted moderate troop losses on the Japanese. Japanese artillery accounted for very light Allied casualties and they in turn took moderate losses from the Allied artillery.
The Japanese TF about 193 miles E of Wenchow was attacked by 24 X B-25J (10 damaged).
CL Sendai
CA Ashigara 1 bomb hit
CL Isuzu 1 bomb hit, on fire
Another strike came in on the ships and a Mitchell went down and 4 more were damaged.
DD Ume
DD Tochi
DD Kuwa 5 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
DD Shii 5 bomb hits, sunk
DD Kaba 1 bomb hit, on fire
DD Hatsuume
DD Yaezakura
Near Sinkep Island 25 X Mosquito FB.VI (2 damaged) attacked some Japanese ships.
AK Shinyubari Maru 1 bomb hit
PG Tamo Maru #6 1 bomb hit
AK Sakae Maru 3 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
PG Takunan Maru #3
AK Hachirogata Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire
91 miles NW of Kadina 26 X PB4Y (2 downed, 9 damaged), 12 X P-51D and 10 X P-38J appeared and the BB Kirishima was struck 8 times by bombs. The ship is heavily damaged and burning. Looking for the kill 15 X B-29 (4 damaged), 16 X P-51D and 7 X P-38J hit the Kirishima with 7 more bombs. All B-29s were assigned to stand down or are on city attack status. Why this happens occasionally is a mystery.
Artillery exchanges at Harbin caused the Japanese very heavy losses and very light Soviet casualties.
Patrol aircraft reported sinking ships along the Japanese coast.
Ed is carefully carried from the Maryland to a shore hospital at Takao. The extent of his injuries won't be fully known until later today. He is slipping in and out of consciousness and he asks about his men and his ships.
The Mighty Mo and the New Jersey along with their escorts steam on a NNW heading. Nothing in the orders alluded to anything other than relocating the ships to Takao. Bill knows that it's wrong to assume, but everything points to operations where the fast BBs will either be screening the CVs or that a battle fleet is being assembled to deal with the newly aggressive IJN. One or the other, Bill doesn't care as he expected to be called on because things are practically on Japan's doorstep and if the Japanese don't fight now they never will.
Elaine sets the letter from Gil aside and wonders if he'll ever come back. It seems so long since they last saw each other. Tonight she's going out with some friends and her sister. She needs to get out of the house and have some fun.
Victory Points Allied 114183 (24680 Strategic) Japanese 48019
Intel
1st Reserve Tank Regiment is located at Kitakyushu.
109th Division is located at Alor Star.
Elements of the 9th Mongolian Cavalry Division are planning for an attack on Tabun-Nur.
Elements of the 1st Ind. Brigade are located at Canton.
1st Guards Division is located at Wakkanai.
34471 men are based at Hamamatsu.
14th Area Army is planning for an attack on Eniwetok.
14838 men are based at Matsuyama.
24th AA Regiment is located at Nagasaki.
23rd Engineer Regiment is located at Inch'on.
13610 men are based at Nagaoka.
68th Construction Battalion is located at Hamamatsu.
Recon
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Wuchow 3 LCUs 14160/147/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Tavoy 11 LCUs 70320/675/7
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Soerabaja 5 fighters, 20 bombers, 7 aux, 6 LCUs 8720/62/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Kadina 13 LCUs 51500/501/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naha 12 LCUs 84520/772/13
Combat
Near Ominato a PB2Y spotted an AK and claimed a hit. Later another Coronado attacked an AK and also reported a hit. In the afternoon a PBM attacked an AK, claiming a hit. A PBM Mariner spotted a PC, attacked and hit it with a bomb. A PB2Y spotted, attacked and hit a previously damaged AK. In the late afternoon a PB2Y attacked and hit an AK in the same area. Ominato was hit by 104 X B-24D (17 damaged) and 57 X P-38J. The bombers hit the harbor area hard for heavy port damage, some secondary explosions were observed, light personnel losses and the ships got pounded too.
AK Tatebe Maru 5 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
MSW W.19 12 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Kongo Maru #2 8 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wa 5 4 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Kyo Maru #5 8 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
MSW W.18 12 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wa 103 5 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
MSW W.8 11 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wa 13 4 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
MSW W.2 4 bomb hits, sunk
Another strike made up of 30 X B-24J (11 damaged), 61 X P-51D and 36 X P-38J visited in the late morning and caused moderate damage to the port, triggered a couple of secondary explosions, inflicted negligible casualties and pounded the ships.
AK Tatebe Maru 3 bomb hits, sunk
MSW W.19 1 bomb hit, on fire, sunk
MSW Kyo Maru #5 5 bomb hits, sunk
MSW Kongo Maru #2 5 bomb hits, sunk
MSW Wa 5 1 bomb hit, sunk
MSW W.18 3 bomb hits, sunk
MSW W.8 3 bomb hits, sunk
MSW Wa 13 2 bomb hits, sunk
MSW Wa 103 3 bomb hits, sunk
Near Niigata a PBM Mariner attacked and hit an AK.
The SS Nautilus, 148 miles W of Nagasaki, ran afoul of 11 DDs who detected her and prosecuted a deadly attack. A little later 7 X B-25J (6 damaged) and 8 X P-38J attacked the BB Hiei, but failed to hit the ship. The Nautilus is heading for home with heavy systems damage and heavy flooding.
The SS Entemedor, 82 miles E of Johore, was hunted and attacked by 1 X PG and 5 X PC. The sub endured a pounding and found an opening to attack and hit the PG with a torpedo that did heavy damage and ignited fires. The PCs continued with their attacks. She is now making for home with light systems damage and minimal flooding.
Allied troops landed at Madioen taking extremely heavy casualties.
16 miles W of Kadina the SS Sawfish was stalked by 6 DDs, but the sub managed to evade detection and eluded her would be attackers.
12 miles W of Sinkep Island the SS Blueback caught hell from 3 PCs who sank the sub. Nearby 10 X Barracuda (1 damaged), 9 X Spitfire VIII, 13 X Corsair IV and 6 X Firefly hit a PG with a torpedo that triggered a blaze. Another strike followed made up of 2 X Mosquito FB.VI, 6 X Corsair IV and 3 X Firefly, but they failed to achieve any hits.
Changchun was attacked by 164 X B-29 and the CAP of 1 X Zeke, 1 X Frank and 8 X Tony tried to stop them. A Zeke, 2 Tonys (4 damaged) were shot down and a Frank was damaged in the fight. 2 B-29s were lost and 17 were damaged by the fighters and flak. The heavy industry was heavily damaged. The Japanese took heavy losses from the Soviet artillery barrages. The 7th Guards Mechanized Corps was attacked by 21 X Ann (10 damaged), 12 X Sonia (1 downed, 8 damaged), 7 X Sally (4 damaged) and 11 X Randy (1 downed). The unit had moderate losses.
Hiroshima/Kure was bombed by 143 X B-29 (10 damaged) for heavy damage to it's heavy industry.
Mutanchiang was raided by 9 X Tu-2S (1 downed, 2 damaged) and they caused negligible damage to the airstrip, a secondary explosion was claimed and troop losses were moderate. The IJA 7th Mixed Brigade damaged 5 X Tu-2S and had extremely light casualties.
Bangkok was blasted by 121 X Liberator VI (14 damaged) for very heavy airfield damage, some secondary explosions were reported and casualties were very heavy.
Kadina felt the wrath of 111 X B-24J who did heavy damage to the port, ignited a very large number of secondary explosions and inflicted moderate losses.
At Kweiyang the IJA 35th Division damaged 2 Mitchells as the Chinese planes dished out light casualties to the unit. The IJA 36th Division also damaged a pair of B-25Js as it absorbed negligible losses. The Japanese had heavy casualties from the Chinese artillery.
At Harbin the IJA 11th Division was attacked by Russian aircraft twice and they damaged 17 P-63As and 6 P-39Qs while taking moderate losses. The IJA 108th Division had moderate casualties from an air strike that suffered 2 P-63As lost and 4 damaged and 3 P-39Qs were also damaged.
At Gili Gili the IJA 21st Division took moderate casualties from an air attack.
Near Kadina 111 X B-25J (2 downed, 15 damaged), 60 X A-26B (1 downed, 10 damaged), 18 X P-51D, 4X P-47D and 98 X P-38J went after the IJN TF for the following results.
BB Hyuga 7 bomb hits, on fire
BB Yamato 12 bomb hits, on fire
BB Mutsu 7 bomb hits, on fire
A short time later 2 X PB4Y (2 damaged), 7 X P-51D and 11 X P-38J hit the Mutsu with a bomb. Another strike hit just before noon as the 23 X PB4Y (2 damaged) and 8 X P-51D rained their loads onto the big ships.
BB Mutsu 4 bomb hits, on fire
BB Yamato, on fire
BB Hyuga 1 bomb hit, on fire
Then 11 X PB4Y came on and 3 took damage as they hit the BB Hyuga with 2 bombs.
Near Padang 3 X Betty went after the Allied ships and 3 X Spitfire VIII, 6 X Thunderbolt II and 6 X Mosquito FB.VI gave chase, destroying a Betty. The TK Empire Airman suffered a torpedo hit and was on fire with heavy damage.
Malang was struck by Allied planes and 2 Helldivers and 15 Avengers were damaged as they inflicted moderate troop losses on the Japanese. Japanese artillery accounted for very light Allied casualties and they in turn took moderate losses from the Allied artillery.
The Japanese TF about 193 miles E of Wenchow was attacked by 24 X B-25J (10 damaged).
CL Sendai
CA Ashigara 1 bomb hit
CL Isuzu 1 bomb hit, on fire
Another strike came in on the ships and a Mitchell went down and 4 more were damaged.
DD Ume
DD Tochi
DD Kuwa 5 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
DD Shii 5 bomb hits, sunk
DD Kaba 1 bomb hit, on fire
DD Hatsuume
DD Yaezakura
Near Sinkep Island 25 X Mosquito FB.VI (2 damaged) attacked some Japanese ships.
AK Shinyubari Maru 1 bomb hit
PG Tamo Maru #6 1 bomb hit
AK Sakae Maru 3 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
PG Takunan Maru #3
AK Hachirogata Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire
91 miles NW of Kadina 26 X PB4Y (2 downed, 9 damaged), 12 X P-51D and 10 X P-38J appeared and the BB Kirishima was struck 8 times by bombs. The ship is heavily damaged and burning. Looking for the kill 15 X B-29 (4 damaged), 16 X P-51D and 7 X P-38J hit the Kirishima with 7 more bombs. All B-29s were assigned to stand down or are on city attack status. Why this happens occasionally is a mystery.
Artillery exchanges at Harbin caused the Japanese very heavy losses and very light Soviet casualties.
Patrol aircraft reported sinking ships along the Japanese coast.
Ed is carefully carried from the Maryland to a shore hospital at Takao. The extent of his injuries won't be fully known until later today. He is slipping in and out of consciousness and he asks about his men and his ships.
The Mighty Mo and the New Jersey along with their escorts steam on a NNW heading. Nothing in the orders alluded to anything other than relocating the ships to Takao. Bill knows that it's wrong to assume, but everything points to operations where the fast BBs will either be screening the CVs or that a battle fleet is being assembled to deal with the newly aggressive IJN. One or the other, Bill doesn't care as he expected to be called on because things are practically on Japan's doorstep and if the Japanese don't fight now they never will.
Elaine sets the letter from Gil aside and wonders if he'll ever come back. It seems so long since they last saw each other. Tonight she's going out with some friends and her sister. She needs to get out of the house and have some fun.
Victory Points Allied 114183 (24680 Strategic) Japanese 48019
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: Have Some Fun
91 miles NW of Kadina 26 X PB4Y (2 downed, 9 damaged), 12 X P-51D and 10 X P-38J appeared and the BB Kirishima was struck 8 times by bombs. The ship is heavily damaged and burning. Looking for the kill 15 X B-29 (4 damaged), 16 X P-51D and 7 X P-38J hit the Kirishima with 7 more bombs.
And it isn't confirmed sunk yet? I'm impressed.
Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?
--Victor Hugo
--Victor Hugo
RE: Madioen Falls
Remember that 500 pound bombs were GP and did little damage to anything other than the upper works of a ship from heavy cruisers on up because of the armor.
November 3, 1945 Madioen
Intel
Tsushima Fortress is located at Masan.
73rd Division is located at Nagoya.
231st Division is located at Matsue.
Elements of the 9th Mongolian Cavalry Division are planning for an attack on Tabun-Nur.
45462 men are based at Gumma.
21st Engineer Regiment is located at Pakhoi.
Kyuko Naval Guard Unit is located at Sian.
211803 men are based at Masan.
57th Construction Battalion is located at Maizuru.
Recon
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Kadina 13 LCUs 48720/502/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naha 12 LCUs 80340/822/20
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 15 LCUs 200440/2259/197
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Wuchow 3 LCUs 15500/146/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Tavoy 11 LCUs 88860/855/7
Combat
Near Niigata a PB2Y Coronado spotted an AK, reporting a hit. It wasn't to long before 3 X PB4Y were greeted by 2 X Frank as the bombers went after an MSW. No damage was done to any of the participants.
Near Ominato a PB4Y spotted an AK and claimed a hit. Then all hell broke loose as 3 X PB4Y (1 damaged) attacked an AP, but failed to score any hits. A little later 12 X B-25J Mitchell rolled in and they hit an AK with 5 bombs that sank the ship and another AK was hit twice leaving it burning. In the afternoon 13 X B-25J, 6 X A-26B and 39 X P-38J attacked the ships in the area and hit an AK with 2 bombs for fires and another was left burning from a bomb hit. Another strike made up of 3 X B-25J and 5 X PB4Y hit a pair of AKs. One ate 4 bombs that killed it and the other was hit once and was burning. Another attack was made by 3 X B-25J and an AK was hit by a bomb for heavy damage and a fire.
At Madioen landing Allied troops sustained very heavy casualties. The Allied assault took the base and now the Allies have the toehold that they hope will enable them to secure all of Java.
85 miles SE of Taipei 4 USN DDs attacked an IJN sub and many hits were claimed. Later a kill was awarded.
Near Muntok the SS Pomfret attacked an AK, hitting it with a torpedo that ignited a fire, caused heavy damage and troops were seen going into the water. The 3 DDs, 4 PGs and 4 PCs hunted the sub, but they were unable to locate her.
79 miles NW of Sasebo the SS Trigger almost had a CL lined up, but the prey zigged where it was expected that she would zag.
Okayama was bombed by 144 X B-29 and 86 X P-51D. 18 X Frank and 8 X Tony valiantly attempted to get to the bombers only to have the Mustangs splash 17 Franks and 8 Tonys. The Americans had 2 Mustangs shot down and the AA fire downed a Superfort and damaged 9. The heavy industry was very heavily damaged.
Despite a snow storm Mutanchiang was struck by 30 X Pe-2 (1 downed, 11 damaged) and 35 X Tu-2S (5 damaged) for moderate airfield damage, a large number of secondary explosions were claimed and personnel losses were very heavy. A short time later 9 X Tu-2S (3 damaged) arrived and added negligible damage to the airfield and heaped heavy casualties on the Japanese.
Palembang was under a CAP of 15 X Frank when 24 X Liberator VI, 2 X P-47D and 6 X Thunderbolt II roared in. The fighters dueled and 2 Franks were shot down and a Thunderbolt II was damaged. 4 bombers were damaged by all causes. The port was lightly damaged, a couple of secondary explosions were reported and the CL Jintsu was hit by 3 bombs for heavy damage and raging fires.
At Harbin the IJA 11th Division was pounced on by 57 X Pe-2 (2 damaged), 56 X Tu-2S (2 damaged), 62 X P-63A (11 damaged) and 40 X Yak-3 who inflicted heavy losses on the unit. Nearby the IJA 127th Division was jumped by 10 X Pe-2 (1 downed), 10 X Tu-2S, 3 X P-63A (1 damaged) and 3 X Yak-3 for heavy casualties. Artillery was active on both sides, but the Japanese failed to harm the Russians while they had very heavy losses inflicted on them by the Soviet big guns.
At Changchun the 6th Guards Artillery Division was hit by 18 X Ann (3 downed, 11 damaged), 11 X Sonia (4 downed, 3 damaged) and 6 X Sally (6 damaged). The unit had moderate losses. Soviet artillery accounted for moderate Japanese casualties.
211 miles SE of the Bonin Group 13 X SB2C (4 damaged) attacked a pair of IJN DDs, hitting 1 with 4 bombs that tore the ship apart and the other was hit once and was burning. Another strike of 7 X SB2C arrived and they attacked another DD, hitting it with 2 bombs that set it ablaze and did heavy damage. In the early afternoon 22 X PB4Y (2 damaged), 14 X B-25J and 72 X P-38J arrived and hit 2 DDs with 7 bombs each sinking them both.
Near Muntok 13 X Mosquito FB.VI, 10 X Barracuda, 12 X P-47D, 25 X Thunderbolt II and 4 X Spitfire VIII were hunting for Japanese shipping and they located and hit a PG with a torpedo that caused heavy damage and left the vessel going under by the bow.
94 miles SE of Shanghai 37 X B-25J (2 damaged) and 126 X P-38J attacked the Japanese DDs, hitting 2 with a bomb each for fires. Shortly thereafter 19 X PB4Y (6 damaged), 10 X P-51D and 32 X P-38J struck and hit 2 DDs. One ate a bomb that caused it to sink and the other was hit 3 times for heavy damage and fires.
67 miles SW of Saigon the SS Carp attacked a PG and hit it with 2 fish that ravaged the vessel, causing it's demise.
At Malang both sides traded artillery barrages with the Allies taking heavy casualties and the Japanese absorbing moderate losses.
At Kweiyang the Chinese assaulted the Japanese positions taking extremely heavy casualties and dishing out extremely heavy losses on the Japanese. Unfortunately the Chinese lost more than twice the number of men that the Japanese did as the attack was repulsed.
Sam watches as more ships arrived in the harbor area and troops from the 25th Division embarked on them. His unit still hasn't had orders so he knows that the answer to his prayers is not being answered, yet.
Ed's condition has been stabilized, but he's in bad shape. A fragment of metal is lodged in his neck and x-rays showed that it rests between 2 of his vertebrae. Another piece of metal was removed from his shoulder and he did something to his head because it's suspected that he was thrown into a bulkhead.
Elaine feels guilty that she had such a good time last night. She met a man that had just returned from Europe and they danced the night away. Now she and her sister are discussing it.
Victory Points Allied 114480 (24800 Strategic) Japanese 48028
B-29s can't swim
November 3, 1945 Madioen
Intel
Tsushima Fortress is located at Masan.
73rd Division is located at Nagoya.
231st Division is located at Matsue.
Elements of the 9th Mongolian Cavalry Division are planning for an attack on Tabun-Nur.
45462 men are based at Gumma.
21st Engineer Regiment is located at Pakhoi.
Kyuko Naval Guard Unit is located at Sian.
211803 men are based at Masan.
57th Construction Battalion is located at Maizuru.
Recon
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Kadina 13 LCUs 48720/502/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naha 12 LCUs 80340/822/20
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 15 LCUs 200440/2259/197
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Wuchow 3 LCUs 15500/146/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Tavoy 11 LCUs 88860/855/7
Combat
Near Niigata a PB2Y Coronado spotted an AK, reporting a hit. It wasn't to long before 3 X PB4Y were greeted by 2 X Frank as the bombers went after an MSW. No damage was done to any of the participants.
Near Ominato a PB4Y spotted an AK and claimed a hit. Then all hell broke loose as 3 X PB4Y (1 damaged) attacked an AP, but failed to score any hits. A little later 12 X B-25J Mitchell rolled in and they hit an AK with 5 bombs that sank the ship and another AK was hit twice leaving it burning. In the afternoon 13 X B-25J, 6 X A-26B and 39 X P-38J attacked the ships in the area and hit an AK with 2 bombs for fires and another was left burning from a bomb hit. Another strike made up of 3 X B-25J and 5 X PB4Y hit a pair of AKs. One ate 4 bombs that killed it and the other was hit once and was burning. Another attack was made by 3 X B-25J and an AK was hit by a bomb for heavy damage and a fire.
At Madioen landing Allied troops sustained very heavy casualties. The Allied assault took the base and now the Allies have the toehold that they hope will enable them to secure all of Java.
85 miles SE of Taipei 4 USN DDs attacked an IJN sub and many hits were claimed. Later a kill was awarded.
Near Muntok the SS Pomfret attacked an AK, hitting it with a torpedo that ignited a fire, caused heavy damage and troops were seen going into the water. The 3 DDs, 4 PGs and 4 PCs hunted the sub, but they were unable to locate her.
79 miles NW of Sasebo the SS Trigger almost had a CL lined up, but the prey zigged where it was expected that she would zag.
Okayama was bombed by 144 X B-29 and 86 X P-51D. 18 X Frank and 8 X Tony valiantly attempted to get to the bombers only to have the Mustangs splash 17 Franks and 8 Tonys. The Americans had 2 Mustangs shot down and the AA fire downed a Superfort and damaged 9. The heavy industry was very heavily damaged.
Despite a snow storm Mutanchiang was struck by 30 X Pe-2 (1 downed, 11 damaged) and 35 X Tu-2S (5 damaged) for moderate airfield damage, a large number of secondary explosions were claimed and personnel losses were very heavy. A short time later 9 X Tu-2S (3 damaged) arrived and added negligible damage to the airfield and heaped heavy casualties on the Japanese.
Palembang was under a CAP of 15 X Frank when 24 X Liberator VI, 2 X P-47D and 6 X Thunderbolt II roared in. The fighters dueled and 2 Franks were shot down and a Thunderbolt II was damaged. 4 bombers were damaged by all causes. The port was lightly damaged, a couple of secondary explosions were reported and the CL Jintsu was hit by 3 bombs for heavy damage and raging fires.
At Harbin the IJA 11th Division was pounced on by 57 X Pe-2 (2 damaged), 56 X Tu-2S (2 damaged), 62 X P-63A (11 damaged) and 40 X Yak-3 who inflicted heavy losses on the unit. Nearby the IJA 127th Division was jumped by 10 X Pe-2 (1 downed), 10 X Tu-2S, 3 X P-63A (1 damaged) and 3 X Yak-3 for heavy casualties. Artillery was active on both sides, but the Japanese failed to harm the Russians while they had very heavy losses inflicted on them by the Soviet big guns.
At Changchun the 6th Guards Artillery Division was hit by 18 X Ann (3 downed, 11 damaged), 11 X Sonia (4 downed, 3 damaged) and 6 X Sally (6 damaged). The unit had moderate losses. Soviet artillery accounted for moderate Japanese casualties.
211 miles SE of the Bonin Group 13 X SB2C (4 damaged) attacked a pair of IJN DDs, hitting 1 with 4 bombs that tore the ship apart and the other was hit once and was burning. Another strike of 7 X SB2C arrived and they attacked another DD, hitting it with 2 bombs that set it ablaze and did heavy damage. In the early afternoon 22 X PB4Y (2 damaged), 14 X B-25J and 72 X P-38J arrived and hit 2 DDs with 7 bombs each sinking them both.
Near Muntok 13 X Mosquito FB.VI, 10 X Barracuda, 12 X P-47D, 25 X Thunderbolt II and 4 X Spitfire VIII were hunting for Japanese shipping and they located and hit a PG with a torpedo that caused heavy damage and left the vessel going under by the bow.
94 miles SE of Shanghai 37 X B-25J (2 damaged) and 126 X P-38J attacked the Japanese DDs, hitting 2 with a bomb each for fires. Shortly thereafter 19 X PB4Y (6 damaged), 10 X P-51D and 32 X P-38J struck and hit 2 DDs. One ate a bomb that caused it to sink and the other was hit 3 times for heavy damage and fires.
67 miles SW of Saigon the SS Carp attacked a PG and hit it with 2 fish that ravaged the vessel, causing it's demise.
At Malang both sides traded artillery barrages with the Allies taking heavy casualties and the Japanese absorbing moderate losses.
At Kweiyang the Chinese assaulted the Japanese positions taking extremely heavy casualties and dishing out extremely heavy losses on the Japanese. Unfortunately the Chinese lost more than twice the number of men that the Japanese did as the attack was repulsed.
Sam watches as more ships arrived in the harbor area and troops from the 25th Division embarked on them. His unit still hasn't had orders so he knows that the answer to his prayers is not being answered, yet.
Ed's condition has been stabilized, but he's in bad shape. A fragment of metal is lodged in his neck and x-rays showed that it rests between 2 of his vertebrae. Another piece of metal was removed from his shoulder and he did something to his head because it's suspected that he was thrown into a bulkhead.
Elaine feels guilty that she had such a good time last night. She met a man that had just returned from Europe and they danced the night away. Now she and her sister are discussing it.
Victory Points Allied 114480 (24800 Strategic) Japanese 48028
B-29s can't swim
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Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: Needs Better Facilities
November 4, 1945 Palembang
Intel
50751 men are based at Wakkanai.
31st Heavy AA Battalion is located at Aomori.
51st Road Construction Battalion is planning for an attack on Chungking.
46th Road Construction Battalion is located at Changkufeng.
7th AA Regiment is located at Gumma.
23rd Engineer Regiment is located at Inch'on.
1st Air Division is located at Ichang.
1446 men are based at Kratie.
5th AA Regiment is located at Gumma.
63rd Division is located at Peking.
30th Division is located at Bangkok.
Recon
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 15 LCUs 199780/2299/224
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Canton 14 LCUs 30660/409/105
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Pisanuloke 2 LCUs 7320/18/0
Walrus takes recon photos of Palembang 1 X CA, 1 X AP, 19 aux, 12 LCUs 36780/293/65
Combat
Near Ominato a PB2Y spotted and attacked an AK, claiming a hit, sinking it. Not to far away an A-26B spotted, attacked and claimed a hit on an AK In the afternoon an A-26B spotted an AK and claimed hitting it. Another A-26B spotted an AK and reported hitting it.
147 miles E of the Bonin Group a PBM Mariner spotted an AK and reported a hit. Later 7 X SB2C (6 damaged) and 11 X F4U-1 jumped a DD, but failed to hit it as the destroyer displayed wild maneuvers. Shortly thereafter 15 X PB4Y (2 damaged), 9 X B-25J and 87 X P-38J struck and a DD was hit by a bomb and was on fire while another ate 4 bomb strikes for heavy damage and fires. Later 3 Helldivers and 11 Corsairs went after a damaged DD, but missed it. In the late afternoon 11 X PB4Y (5 damaged), 13 X B-25J (3 damaged) and 77 X P-38J hit a DD with a couple of bombs that added to the already heavy damage and fires.
An IJN DD discovered that Iwo Jima was protected by mines, the hard way as it hit 2 mines that caused heavy damage and turned the ship into an inferno that was extinguished with a loud hissing sound as the ship went under. Alerted that danger lurked an IJN DD was engaged by 3 X PT. PT-220 was hammered and went down and the DD was struck by 2 torpedoes that heavily damaged the ship and triggered fires. The stricken tin can was then engaged by 6 X PT who hammered their target with 5 shell hits and another 2 torpedoes that sent the ship to the bottom.
79 miles W of Nagasaki the SS Swordfish eluded 4 X PC that were hunting her.
131 miles W of Sasebo the SS Halibut hit a DD with 2 fish for heavy damage and fires. The other 2 DDs then located and attacked the sub.
Near Muntok the SS Dorado hit an AK with a torpedo that started fires and did heavy damage to the ship. The 4 PGs escorting the victim tried, but couldn't find the sub.
16 miles N of Muntok the SS Pomfret attacked 4 X PG and hit one of them with a torpedo that inflicted heavy damage on the vessel. A little while later the sub attacked an already damaged AK, hitting it with a torpedo that caused the target to break up and sink.
Mutanchiang's airfield was hit first by 29 X Pe-2 (2 downed, 9 damaged) and 32 X Tu-2S (1 downed, 7 damaged) and then by 6 X Tu-2S (2 damaged). There was moderate airfield damage, some secondary explosions and very heavy casualties.
Harbin had it's airfield attacked by 86 X Pe-2 (4 damaged), 92 X Tu-2S (1 downed) and 60 X Yak-3 for extremely heavy airfield damage, many secondary explosions and negligible personnel losses. The IJA 11th Division was pounced on by 73 X Tu-2S (7 damaged) for heavy losses. The Russians had light casualties from the Japanese artillery and the Japanese took very heavy casualties from the Russian shellings of their positions.
Tavoy was struck by 46 X Mosquito FB.VI (1 downed, 8 damaged) and 13 X Thunderbolt II for moderate airfield damage, a couple of secondary explosions were reported and casualties were extremely light.
Palembang had 17 X Frank flying when 21 X Liberator VI arrived. The fighters made a single, half hearted pass at the bombers getting 4 planes damaged. 5 Liberators were damaged from all causes and they did light port damage, hit a fuel storage tank and the CL Jintsu was hit by a bomb. Not to far away an AK was hit by a torpedo that did heavy damage and triggered fires. The pair of Barracudas departed unharmed. Then all hell broke loose as 26 X Mosquito FB.VI (1 downed), 35 X Avenger II (4 damaged), 13 X Barracuda (6 damaged), 10 X Hellcat II, 20 X Corsair IV, 17 X Firefly, 29 Thunderbolt II, 9 X Spitfire VIII and 9 X P-47D arrived.
DD Kagero 1 torpedo hit, on fire
DD Hamakaze 1 bomb hit, 2 torpedo hits, sunk
AK Akashi Maru 1 bomb hit, sunk
PG Keiko Maru 2 torpedo hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Daishu Maru 1 torpedo hit, on fire, heavy damage
PG Hirotama Maru 2 torpedo hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Urashio Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
PC Shonon Maru #3 2 torpedo hits, sunk
AK Fuki Maru 2 torpedo hits, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese troops were seen going into the water.
In the late afternoon 10 X Frank greeted 26 X Mosquito FB.VI (2 damaged), 12 X Barracuda (2 damaged), 9 X Avenger II (1 damaged), 8 X Hellcat II, 11 X Corsair IV, 6 X Firefly, 9 X Spitfire VIII, 13 X Thunderbolt II and 5 X P-47D. 2 Franks were splashed as they tried to flee.
PG Hirotama Maru 2 bomb hits, sunk
AK Urashio Maru 3 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
DD Ikazuchi 1 bomb hit, 3 torpedo hits, sunk
AK Tone Maru 1 torpedo hit, on fire
Japanese soldiers went into the water to avoid the carnage.
Soerabaja was visited by 8 X SB2C, 11 X TBF (2 downed, 1 damaged), 24 X TBM and 4 X F6F who in turn were intercepted by 6 Franks and 2 Tonys. The Japanese fighters never pressed home an attack and departed the scene. The airstrip was moderately damaged, 4 Graces were destroyed and troop losses were moderate.
At Malang the IJA shellings inflicted moderate losses on the Allies and the Allied barrages caused the Japanese moderate casualties.
At Changchun the Soviets had very heavy losses and the Japanese had moderate casualties from artillery duels.
At Kweiyang the Japanese had heavy losses from the Chinese artillery barrages.
Bill looks at the paperwork piled on his desk and proceeds to tackle it. He's thankful that most of it has been attended to by his exec, but some things require more than just his signature. He misses the feeling of motion that smaller ships give, but them again in a storm the tin can drivers have all they can do to keep their top heavy ships going. His mind drifts back to a hurricane that he went through and how they didn't have time to top off with fuel so they used sea water to lend stability to the ship. It was a ride that he could certainly do without again.
The doctors are debating if they should send Ed back to Pearl by plane or by ship and finally they agree on the speedy way. One of them mutters that they're passing the buck and that he's willing to bet that Ed ends up Stateside. His condition is not good and they feel that Ed needs better facilities and specialists that just aren't on Formosa.
Victory Points Allied 114586 (24800 Strategic) Japanese 48062
Intel
50751 men are based at Wakkanai.
31st Heavy AA Battalion is located at Aomori.
51st Road Construction Battalion is planning for an attack on Chungking.
46th Road Construction Battalion is located at Changkufeng.
7th AA Regiment is located at Gumma.
23rd Engineer Regiment is located at Inch'on.
1st Air Division is located at Ichang.
1446 men are based at Kratie.
5th AA Regiment is located at Gumma.
63rd Division is located at Peking.
30th Division is located at Bangkok.
Recon
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 15 LCUs 199780/2299/224
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Canton 14 LCUs 30660/409/105
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Pisanuloke 2 LCUs 7320/18/0
Walrus takes recon photos of Palembang 1 X CA, 1 X AP, 19 aux, 12 LCUs 36780/293/65
Combat
Near Ominato a PB2Y spotted and attacked an AK, claiming a hit, sinking it. Not to far away an A-26B spotted, attacked and claimed a hit on an AK In the afternoon an A-26B spotted an AK and claimed hitting it. Another A-26B spotted an AK and reported hitting it.
147 miles E of the Bonin Group a PBM Mariner spotted an AK and reported a hit. Later 7 X SB2C (6 damaged) and 11 X F4U-1 jumped a DD, but failed to hit it as the destroyer displayed wild maneuvers. Shortly thereafter 15 X PB4Y (2 damaged), 9 X B-25J and 87 X P-38J struck and a DD was hit by a bomb and was on fire while another ate 4 bomb strikes for heavy damage and fires. Later 3 Helldivers and 11 Corsairs went after a damaged DD, but missed it. In the late afternoon 11 X PB4Y (5 damaged), 13 X B-25J (3 damaged) and 77 X P-38J hit a DD with a couple of bombs that added to the already heavy damage and fires.
An IJN DD discovered that Iwo Jima was protected by mines, the hard way as it hit 2 mines that caused heavy damage and turned the ship into an inferno that was extinguished with a loud hissing sound as the ship went under. Alerted that danger lurked an IJN DD was engaged by 3 X PT. PT-220 was hammered and went down and the DD was struck by 2 torpedoes that heavily damaged the ship and triggered fires. The stricken tin can was then engaged by 6 X PT who hammered their target with 5 shell hits and another 2 torpedoes that sent the ship to the bottom.
79 miles W of Nagasaki the SS Swordfish eluded 4 X PC that were hunting her.
131 miles W of Sasebo the SS Halibut hit a DD with 2 fish for heavy damage and fires. The other 2 DDs then located and attacked the sub.
Near Muntok the SS Dorado hit an AK with a torpedo that started fires and did heavy damage to the ship. The 4 PGs escorting the victim tried, but couldn't find the sub.
16 miles N of Muntok the SS Pomfret attacked 4 X PG and hit one of them with a torpedo that inflicted heavy damage on the vessel. A little while later the sub attacked an already damaged AK, hitting it with a torpedo that caused the target to break up and sink.
Mutanchiang's airfield was hit first by 29 X Pe-2 (2 downed, 9 damaged) and 32 X Tu-2S (1 downed, 7 damaged) and then by 6 X Tu-2S (2 damaged). There was moderate airfield damage, some secondary explosions and very heavy casualties.
Harbin had it's airfield attacked by 86 X Pe-2 (4 damaged), 92 X Tu-2S (1 downed) and 60 X Yak-3 for extremely heavy airfield damage, many secondary explosions and negligible personnel losses. The IJA 11th Division was pounced on by 73 X Tu-2S (7 damaged) for heavy losses. The Russians had light casualties from the Japanese artillery and the Japanese took very heavy casualties from the Russian shellings of their positions.
Tavoy was struck by 46 X Mosquito FB.VI (1 downed, 8 damaged) and 13 X Thunderbolt II for moderate airfield damage, a couple of secondary explosions were reported and casualties were extremely light.
Palembang had 17 X Frank flying when 21 X Liberator VI arrived. The fighters made a single, half hearted pass at the bombers getting 4 planes damaged. 5 Liberators were damaged from all causes and they did light port damage, hit a fuel storage tank and the CL Jintsu was hit by a bomb. Not to far away an AK was hit by a torpedo that did heavy damage and triggered fires. The pair of Barracudas departed unharmed. Then all hell broke loose as 26 X Mosquito FB.VI (1 downed), 35 X Avenger II (4 damaged), 13 X Barracuda (6 damaged), 10 X Hellcat II, 20 X Corsair IV, 17 X Firefly, 29 Thunderbolt II, 9 X Spitfire VIII and 9 X P-47D arrived.
DD Kagero 1 torpedo hit, on fire
DD Hamakaze 1 bomb hit, 2 torpedo hits, sunk
AK Akashi Maru 1 bomb hit, sunk
PG Keiko Maru 2 torpedo hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Daishu Maru 1 torpedo hit, on fire, heavy damage
PG Hirotama Maru 2 torpedo hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Urashio Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
PC Shonon Maru #3 2 torpedo hits, sunk
AK Fuki Maru 2 torpedo hits, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese troops were seen going into the water.
In the late afternoon 10 X Frank greeted 26 X Mosquito FB.VI (2 damaged), 12 X Barracuda (2 damaged), 9 X Avenger II (1 damaged), 8 X Hellcat II, 11 X Corsair IV, 6 X Firefly, 9 X Spitfire VIII, 13 X Thunderbolt II and 5 X P-47D. 2 Franks were splashed as they tried to flee.
PG Hirotama Maru 2 bomb hits, sunk
AK Urashio Maru 3 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
DD Ikazuchi 1 bomb hit, 3 torpedo hits, sunk
AK Tone Maru 1 torpedo hit, on fire
Japanese soldiers went into the water to avoid the carnage.
Soerabaja was visited by 8 X SB2C, 11 X TBF (2 downed, 1 damaged), 24 X TBM and 4 X F6F who in turn were intercepted by 6 Franks and 2 Tonys. The Japanese fighters never pressed home an attack and departed the scene. The airstrip was moderately damaged, 4 Graces were destroyed and troop losses were moderate.
At Malang the IJA shellings inflicted moderate losses on the Allies and the Allied barrages caused the Japanese moderate casualties.
At Changchun the Soviets had very heavy losses and the Japanese had moderate casualties from artillery duels.
At Kweiyang the Japanese had heavy losses from the Chinese artillery barrages.
Bill looks at the paperwork piled on his desk and proceeds to tackle it. He's thankful that most of it has been attended to by his exec, but some things require more than just his signature. He misses the feeling of motion that smaller ships give, but them again in a storm the tin can drivers have all they can do to keep their top heavy ships going. His mind drifts back to a hurricane that he went through and how they didn't have time to top off with fuel so they used sea water to lend stability to the ship. It was a ride that he could certainly do without again.
The doctors are debating if they should send Ed back to Pearl by plane or by ship and finally they agree on the speedy way. One of them mutters that they're passing the buck and that he's willing to bet that Ed ends up Stateside. His condition is not good and they feel that Ed needs better facilities and specialists that just aren't on Formosa.
Victory Points Allied 114586 (24800 Strategic) Japanese 48062
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: The Stink Below Decks
November 5, 1945 Harbin
Intel
77769 men are based at Mukden.
Elements of the 3rd Mongolian Cavalry Division are located at Homan.
1st Guards Mixed Brigade is located at Tokyo.
10th Aviation Rgt is located at Changchun.
Maizuru Fortress is located at Maizuru.
8th Ind. Brigade is located at Nanning.
Elements of the 70th Division are located at Ichang.
Elements of the 18th Mixed Brigade are located at Anking.
11th AA Regiment is located at Osaka/Kobe.
48th Division is located at Brunei.
144th Division is located at Osaka/Kobe.
1st Air Fleet is located at Tokyo.
7th Air Division is planning for an attack on Davao.
Recon
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 15 LCUs 198620/2230/203
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Camranh Bay 2 fighters, 3 bombers, 12 aux, 3 LCUs 12440/90/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Victoria Point 7 LCUs 17340/94/0
Walrus takes recon photos of Palembang 1 X CA, 1 X AP, 1 fighter, 26 aux, 12 LCUs 33280/270/123
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Kadina 13 LCUs 49360/490/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naha 12 LCUs 82880/854/16
Combat
Near Ominato a PB2Y spotted an AK and claimed a hit. Nearby an A-26B spotted a PC and reported hitting it. In the afternoon a PB2Y spotted an AK and reported a hit. A little later an A-26B spotted, attacked a ship and said they hit an AK. Later a PB2Y spotted an AK and claimed a hit. Not to far away an A-26B spotted a PC and reported hitting it. In the afternoon a PB2Y spotted an AK and reported a hit. A little later an A-26B spotted, attacked and said they hit an AK. 3 PB4Ys struck an AK and hit it with 3 bombs that did heavy damage and there were raging fires. Nearby 3 more A-26Bs failed to harm a PC. A little later 14 X B-25J and 3 X P-38J struck some Japanese ships.
AP Ryotaku Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire
AP Mitsu Maru #3 1 bomb hit, on fire
Another raid of 3 PB4Ys (1 damaged) and 3 B-25Js arrived and they went ship hunting.
AK Setsuzan Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire
AK Kinmon Maru 3 bomb hits, on fire
18 miles N of Muntok the SS Dorado attacked an unescorted AK and hit it with a torpedo that caused fires and heavy damage. Later 2 X Mosquito FB.VI and 2 X P-47D attacked a lone AK, hitting it with 2 bombs that did heavy damage and ignited fires.
Hamamatsu was attacked by 141 X B-29 (2 damaged) and 39 X P-51D. A lone Zeke was flying and the Mustangs took care of it. The heavy industry took heavy damage.
Nagasaki was under a CAP of 23 X Frank when 47 X B-24J (1 downed, 11 damaged) and 85 X P-51D (1 downed) arrived. The Franks tried to avoid the Mustangs, but lost 6 planes and another was damaged. Moderate damage was done to the harbor facilities, there were many secondary explosions and the ships there were treated roughly.
AK Teiyu Maru 3 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AP Ayatosan Maru 3 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
TK Hosei Maru 5 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Maruko Maru 5 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Daikyu Maru 4 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tatsubato Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire, heavy damage
AK Joosan Maru 6 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AP Amoy Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Horaizan Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Gakujo Maru 5 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kunuki Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
Mutanchiang was raided by 15 X Tu-2S (3 damaged) who caused negligible damage to the airfield, triggered a secondary explosion and casualties were heavy.
Harbin was hammered by 92 X Pe-2, 97 X Tu-2S (1 damaged) and 60 X Yak-3 for extremely heavy airfield damage, some secondary explosions were seen and personnel losses were moderate. The IJA 11th Division had heavy casualties from a pair of air attacks made on it. 3 P-63As were downed, 9 were damaged and 2 TU-2Ss were also damaged. The IJA 108th Division downed an attacking Tu-2S as it took heavy losses. The Russians had light casualties and the Japanese took very heavy losses in artillery exchanges.
Palembang was struck by 20 X Liberator VI (3 damaged) for light damage to the port, some secondary explosions were reported, the CL Jintsu was hit by a bomb and casualties were light.
At Gili Gili the IJA 21st Division helplessly absorbed moderate losses from an Allied air strike.
About 248 miles SE of Tori Shima 91 X P-38J bombed and strafed an IJN DD scoring 65 shell hits and 5 bomb hits that did heavy damage and caused many fires to erupt. Suddenly, in a huge fireball the ship disintegrated. Then 5 Mitchells (2 damaged) and 5 Lightnings went after an IJN DD that they hit with 2 bombs that did heavy damage and caused fires.
Near Palembang Allied planes struck the Japanese ships.
PC Ch 5 2 torpedo hits, on fire, heavy damage
PG Keiko Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
A Barracuda was damaged in the attack. Then more planes arrived and they too tried hit the ships, but failed to harm any. Later another raid appeared and an Avenger II was damaged as an AK ate 2 fish that sent her to the bottom. More planes came on later, but failed to do any harm.
441 miles NE of Brunei 28 X PB4Y attacked the Japanese ships that had been detected.
AK Havana Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire
AK Hirokawa Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Mansei Maru 1 bomb hit
AK Koki Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire
AK Soyo Maru 1 bomb hit
AK Heiei Maru #7 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
In the late afternoon 15 X PB4Y (4 damaged) attacked and added to the mayhem.
AK Oyashima Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire
AK Gosyu Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire
Soerabaja was attacked by Allied planes and 7 Franks and a Tony made a feeble attempt to stop them losing 2 Franks before they ran. 2 TBMs were damaged by flak as the planes caused moderate airfield damage, destroyed 2 Graces and inflicted heavy troop losses.
Near Niigata 3 PB4Ys swept past 2 Franks who kept their distance from the bombers and the attack on an AP bore no fruit.
20 miles E of Jambi Allied planes swooped in on a pair of AKs, hitting 1 with a bomb that did heavy damage. Another strike was made on some PCs, but that failed to produce any favorable results. Then 8 X Barracuda (2 damaged) arrived and they hit a PC with 3 torpedoes that obliterated the craft. As the sun began to set the SS Pomfret hit an AK with 3 torpedoes that did catastrophic damage and ignited horrible fires that ended up sinking the ship.
Near Nagato the SS Bashaw played cat and mouse with a pair of IJN DDs. Neither side was able to harm the other.
At Malang artillery duels caused heavy Allied casualties and moderate Japanese losses.
At Changchun the Soviets took very heavy casualties from the Japanese artillery. The Japanese suffered heavy losses from the Soviet barrages.
At Kweiyang the Chinese artillerymen busily pounded away at the Japanese inflicting very heavy casualties on them.
Patrol planes filed reports of many sinking ships from prior actions.
Stalin is pressing his generals about the Red Army being stalled in front of the Japanese defenses. He chides them to get things moving and when a general mentions the bad weather Stalin silences him by coughing.
Gil and the guys down their shots and trudge off for some chow. Already scuttlebutt has them resting for a big raid on a new target. Gil laughs when he hears it and says, “Does anyone here have any doubts about us going out on more missions? Resting is part of the cycle that they have us on because the planes need work. They really don't care about us so much other than they need us because we're trained and that gives us value. Hoppy lets out a low whistle and asks Gil what's eating him.
Sam can't believe the stink below decks. They're not allowed to wander about the ship so he just lies in his bunk having a smoke. One of the guys in the squad suggested to a guy with a bottom bunk that he would appreciate it if he would trade with the Sarge. They guy relented when the rest of the squad gave him dirty looks. Now Sam can manage Frankie easier. He can't believe that there are still some guys of the 25th Division still on Tori Shima. He's just glad to finally get off of that island. He hears a commotion and somebody is complaining about Franking relieving himself. One of the guys from the squad who was keeping an eye on the dog told the complainer that he stunk worse than the dog's dump and then proceeded to clean it up. Sam loves his squad and can't imagine having to go into battle without them. They always take care of one another and now they are taking care of the dog on a rotating basis. Sometimes Sam thinks about how much he'll miss them when this stinking war finally ends.
Victory Points Allied 114679 (24812 Strategic) Japanese 48104
Intel
77769 men are based at Mukden.
Elements of the 3rd Mongolian Cavalry Division are located at Homan.
1st Guards Mixed Brigade is located at Tokyo.
10th Aviation Rgt is located at Changchun.
Maizuru Fortress is located at Maizuru.
8th Ind. Brigade is located at Nanning.
Elements of the 70th Division are located at Ichang.
Elements of the 18th Mixed Brigade are located at Anking.
11th AA Regiment is located at Osaka/Kobe.
48th Division is located at Brunei.
144th Division is located at Osaka/Kobe.
1st Air Fleet is located at Tokyo.
7th Air Division is planning for an attack on Davao.
Recon
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 15 LCUs 198620/2230/203
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Camranh Bay 2 fighters, 3 bombers, 12 aux, 3 LCUs 12440/90/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Victoria Point 7 LCUs 17340/94/0
Walrus takes recon photos of Palembang 1 X CA, 1 X AP, 1 fighter, 26 aux, 12 LCUs 33280/270/123
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Kadina 13 LCUs 49360/490/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naha 12 LCUs 82880/854/16
Combat
Near Ominato a PB2Y spotted an AK and claimed a hit. Nearby an A-26B spotted a PC and reported hitting it. In the afternoon a PB2Y spotted an AK and reported a hit. A little later an A-26B spotted, attacked a ship and said they hit an AK. Later a PB2Y spotted an AK and claimed a hit. Not to far away an A-26B spotted a PC and reported hitting it. In the afternoon a PB2Y spotted an AK and reported a hit. A little later an A-26B spotted, attacked and said they hit an AK. 3 PB4Ys struck an AK and hit it with 3 bombs that did heavy damage and there were raging fires. Nearby 3 more A-26Bs failed to harm a PC. A little later 14 X B-25J and 3 X P-38J struck some Japanese ships.
AP Ryotaku Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire
AP Mitsu Maru #3 1 bomb hit, on fire
Another raid of 3 PB4Ys (1 damaged) and 3 B-25Js arrived and they went ship hunting.
AK Setsuzan Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire
AK Kinmon Maru 3 bomb hits, on fire
18 miles N of Muntok the SS Dorado attacked an unescorted AK and hit it with a torpedo that caused fires and heavy damage. Later 2 X Mosquito FB.VI and 2 X P-47D attacked a lone AK, hitting it with 2 bombs that did heavy damage and ignited fires.
Hamamatsu was attacked by 141 X B-29 (2 damaged) and 39 X P-51D. A lone Zeke was flying and the Mustangs took care of it. The heavy industry took heavy damage.
Nagasaki was under a CAP of 23 X Frank when 47 X B-24J (1 downed, 11 damaged) and 85 X P-51D (1 downed) arrived. The Franks tried to avoid the Mustangs, but lost 6 planes and another was damaged. Moderate damage was done to the harbor facilities, there were many secondary explosions and the ships there were treated roughly.
AK Teiyu Maru 3 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AP Ayatosan Maru 3 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
TK Hosei Maru 5 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Maruko Maru 5 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Daikyu Maru 4 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tatsubato Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire, heavy damage
AK Joosan Maru 6 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AP Amoy Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Horaizan Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Gakujo Maru 5 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kunuki Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
Mutanchiang was raided by 15 X Tu-2S (3 damaged) who caused negligible damage to the airfield, triggered a secondary explosion and casualties were heavy.
Harbin was hammered by 92 X Pe-2, 97 X Tu-2S (1 damaged) and 60 X Yak-3 for extremely heavy airfield damage, some secondary explosions were seen and personnel losses were moderate. The IJA 11th Division had heavy casualties from a pair of air attacks made on it. 3 P-63As were downed, 9 were damaged and 2 TU-2Ss were also damaged. The IJA 108th Division downed an attacking Tu-2S as it took heavy losses. The Russians had light casualties and the Japanese took very heavy losses in artillery exchanges.
Palembang was struck by 20 X Liberator VI (3 damaged) for light damage to the port, some secondary explosions were reported, the CL Jintsu was hit by a bomb and casualties were light.
At Gili Gili the IJA 21st Division helplessly absorbed moderate losses from an Allied air strike.
About 248 miles SE of Tori Shima 91 X P-38J bombed and strafed an IJN DD scoring 65 shell hits and 5 bomb hits that did heavy damage and caused many fires to erupt. Suddenly, in a huge fireball the ship disintegrated. Then 5 Mitchells (2 damaged) and 5 Lightnings went after an IJN DD that they hit with 2 bombs that did heavy damage and caused fires.
Near Palembang Allied planes struck the Japanese ships.
PC Ch 5 2 torpedo hits, on fire, heavy damage
PG Keiko Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
A Barracuda was damaged in the attack. Then more planes arrived and they too tried hit the ships, but failed to harm any. Later another raid appeared and an Avenger II was damaged as an AK ate 2 fish that sent her to the bottom. More planes came on later, but failed to do any harm.
441 miles NE of Brunei 28 X PB4Y attacked the Japanese ships that had been detected.
AK Havana Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire
AK Hirokawa Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Mansei Maru 1 bomb hit
AK Koki Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire
AK Soyo Maru 1 bomb hit
AK Heiei Maru #7 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
In the late afternoon 15 X PB4Y (4 damaged) attacked and added to the mayhem.
AK Oyashima Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire
AK Gosyu Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire
Soerabaja was attacked by Allied planes and 7 Franks and a Tony made a feeble attempt to stop them losing 2 Franks before they ran. 2 TBMs were damaged by flak as the planes caused moderate airfield damage, destroyed 2 Graces and inflicted heavy troop losses.
Near Niigata 3 PB4Ys swept past 2 Franks who kept their distance from the bombers and the attack on an AP bore no fruit.
20 miles E of Jambi Allied planes swooped in on a pair of AKs, hitting 1 with a bomb that did heavy damage. Another strike was made on some PCs, but that failed to produce any favorable results. Then 8 X Barracuda (2 damaged) arrived and they hit a PC with 3 torpedoes that obliterated the craft. As the sun began to set the SS Pomfret hit an AK with 3 torpedoes that did catastrophic damage and ignited horrible fires that ended up sinking the ship.
Near Nagato the SS Bashaw played cat and mouse with a pair of IJN DDs. Neither side was able to harm the other.
At Malang artillery duels caused heavy Allied casualties and moderate Japanese losses.
At Changchun the Soviets took very heavy casualties from the Japanese artillery. The Japanese suffered heavy losses from the Soviet barrages.
At Kweiyang the Chinese artillerymen busily pounded away at the Japanese inflicting very heavy casualties on them.
Patrol planes filed reports of many sinking ships from prior actions.
Stalin is pressing his generals about the Red Army being stalled in front of the Japanese defenses. He chides them to get things moving and when a general mentions the bad weather Stalin silences him by coughing.
Gil and the guys down their shots and trudge off for some chow. Already scuttlebutt has them resting for a big raid on a new target. Gil laughs when he hears it and says, “Does anyone here have any doubts about us going out on more missions? Resting is part of the cycle that they have us on because the planes need work. They really don't care about us so much other than they need us because we're trained and that gives us value. Hoppy lets out a low whistle and asks Gil what's eating him.
Sam can't believe the stink below decks. They're not allowed to wander about the ship so he just lies in his bunk having a smoke. One of the guys in the squad suggested to a guy with a bottom bunk that he would appreciate it if he would trade with the Sarge. They guy relented when the rest of the squad gave him dirty looks. Now Sam can manage Frankie easier. He can't believe that there are still some guys of the 25th Division still on Tori Shima. He's just glad to finally get off of that island. He hears a commotion and somebody is complaining about Franking relieving himself. One of the guys from the squad who was keeping an eye on the dog told the complainer that he stunk worse than the dog's dump and then proceeded to clean it up. Sam loves his squad and can't imagine having to go into battle without them. They always take care of one another and now they are taking care of the dog on a rotating basis. Sometimes Sam thinks about how much he'll miss them when this stinking war finally ends.
Victory Points Allied 114679 (24812 Strategic) Japanese 48104
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: The Stink Below Decks
November 6, 1945 Harbin
Intel
14590 men are based at Nagasaki.
2502 men are based at Ikitsuki.
52nd Construction Battalion is located at Changchun.
6th Aviation Rgt is located at Changkufeng.
42nd Division is located at Sendai.
128th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Tavoy.
1st Mixed Regiment is located at Amoy.
117th Division is located at Tientsin.
Elements of the 20th Mixed Brigade are located at Kuikang.
14th Field Artillery Regiment is located at Canton.
1686 men are based at Fushan.
Recon
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Maizuru 25 X AP, 1 X TK, 23 X DE, 12 X AK, 1 X PC, 8 X CA, 1 X CV, 26 fighters, 23 bombers, 41 aux, 9 LCUs 49200/597/5
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 15 LCUs 202040/2154/238
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Luang Prabang 1 LCU 1160/0/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Saigon 1 X AP, 4 X DE, 1 LCU
Walrus takes recon photos of Palembang 1 X CA, 2 X AP, 1 fighter, 18 aux, 12 LCUs 35660/296/112
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Kadina 13 LCUs 49360/490/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naha 12 LCUs 82460/814/19
Combat
Numerous sighting reports and some claims of hits on APs and AKs in the Ominato area continue to pour in. A strike was made by 120 X B-24D (15 damaged) and 72 X P-38J and the airfield was very heavily damaged, a large number of secondary explosions were claimed, 3 Sally, 11 Franks, 3 Topsys, 7 Graces, 6 Peggys, 1 Dave, 8 Tinas and 3 Tabbys were destroyed and casualties were heavy. Another attack followed later on as 40 X B-24J (15 damaged), 12 X P-51D and 37 X P-38J added moderate damage to the airstrip, caused some more secondary explosions, trashed a Tabby and inflicted moderate personnel losses. 3 PB4Ys (1 damaged) hit a PC with a bomb that did heavy damage and started fires. Nearby 3 X PB4Y and 3 X B-25J hit an MSW with 5 bombs, sinking it. Allied planes clobbered some Japanese ships.
AK Mikage Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Norfolk Maru 8 bomb hits, sunk
AK Celebes Maru 3 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
More Allied planes hunted, found and hit some Japanese ships.
AK Ryochi Maru 3 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Borneo Maru 1 bomb hit, sunk
AK Syohei Maru 3 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
Another strike hit an AK with a bomb that did heavy damage and triggered a fire. The Allied planes continued to rove in the area hitting an AK with 2 bombs for heavy damage and fires. An AP was hit with 3 bombs for heavy damage and a raging blaze. An AK was heavily damaged and burning from a bomb hit.
13 miles E of Jambi the SS Dorado attacked a pair of PCs, hitting 1 with 2 torpedoes. Later the sub tried and failed to mount an attack on a DD, 2 PGs and 2 PCs. On the bright side the Japanese never knew she was there. In the afternoon the Dorado failed in an attempt on a PC. In the late afternoon the sub tried to attack a pair of PCs and failed to get into position as the PCs detected and hunted her.
At Maizuru 139 X B-29 ran into 7 X George, 35 X Jack and 17 X Tony. A George (4 damaged), 4 Jacks (26 damaged) and a Tony (10 damaged) were shot down and the Americans lost 9 Superforts to all causes and had 50 more damaged. Another strike followed a bit later as 139 X B-29 braved the reduced CAP of 4 Georges, 15 Jacks and 11 Tonys. A George (1 damaged), 5 Jacks (5 damaged) and 2 Tonys (5 damaged) were splashed and the Americans lost 4 bombers and 30 others were damaged. A third wave of 212 X B-29 was escorted by 36 X P-51D. 5 X George, 18 X Jack and 14 X Tony tried and failed to reach the bombers as they lost 4 Georges, 15 Jacks and 9 Tonys to the Mustangs. 3 Mustangs were shot down in the furball. 1 B-29 was lost and 26 were damaged by the intense AA fire. The Nakajima engine plant was subjected to extremely heavy damage in the raids.
Mutanchiang was hit by 18 X Tu-2S (4 damaged) and another strike was made by 9 X Tu-2S (1 downed, 2 damaged). Light airstrip damage, a couple secondary explosions were seen and casualties were very heavy from these attacks.
Harbin was pounded by 85 X Pe-2 (1 downed), 83 X Tu-2S and 61 X Yak-3 for extremely heavy airfield damage, a secondary explosion and extremely light troop losses. Russian planes attacked causing moderate casualties as they lost a P-63A (1 damaged) and a P-39Q (3 damaged). The IJA 11th Division was hit twice by Soviet planes for heavy losses as 3 Tu-2Ss were damaged. The IJA 108th Division managed to destroy 2 P-63As (17 damaged), 1 Tu-2S (3 damaged) and 3 P-39Qs were damaged in 3 air strikes. The unit had heavy casualties from these attacks. Then the IJA 127th Division was hit for heavy losses and 6 B-29s were damaged. The Russians had light casualties from the Japanese artillery. The Russians surged forwards and took some ground as both sides had extremely heavy losses in the battle.
Palembang was hit by Allied planes who caused moderate port damage, a secondary explosion was observed, a Frank was shot down and casualties were extremely light. A Liberator VI was damaged in the attack.
Kadina was blasted by 129 X B-24J for very heavy port damage, a huge number of secondary explosions were reported and casualties were moderate.
Naha was bombed by 45 X B-24D and 151 X B-24J for moderate airfield damage, very heavy port damage, some secondary explosions were claimed and casualties were moderate.
At Kweiyang the IJA 36th Division was hit by Chinese aircraft for heavy losses. A Mitchell was lost and 5 took damage in the attack.
At Soerabaja the IJA 8th Hvy Field Artillery Regiment was jumped by Allied planes. 5 Franks and 2 Tonys ran and 2 Helldivers took damage as the unit sustained light losses. The IJA 51st Heavy AA Battalion was attacked a little later and this time the CAP didn't escape as 3 Franks and 2 Tonys were splashed. A TBM was damaged and an Avenger II was destroyed as the unit absorbed heavy casualties. An Allied attack stalled with the attackers having moderate losses and the Japanese light casualties.
At Changchun the Soviet 49th Rifle Corps was struck by 3 X Randy (2 damaged), 5 X Ann (2 downed, 1 damaged), 3 X Sonia (3 damaged) and 6 X Sally (3 downed). The unit had moderate losses. A Japanese artillery bombardment inflicted very heavy casualties on the Soviets. A Soviet assault on the Japanese positions failed with both sides absorbing extremely heavy losses.
18 miles N of Muntok Allied planes struck a couple of Japanese ships.
PG Keiko Maru 5 bomb hits, sunk
AK Daishu Maru 1 torpedo hit, sunk
21 miles E of Jambi Allied planes struck a PC with 2 bombs for heavy damage and fires. Then another PC came under attack, but evaded the falling bombs.
139 miles E of Tori Shima Allied aircraft attacked an IJN DD, hitting it with a torpedo that sank the already damaged ship. A TBM was damaged.
Palembang was raided by 8 X Barracuda, 1 damaged, and no damage was done to the base. Another strike arrived and a fuel explosion was reported.
Balikpapan had it's port lightly damaged by 5 PB4Ys.
143 miles N of Jesselton 43 X PB4Y swooped in on some Japanese ships.
AK Kenryu Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire
AK Nichizui Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire
AK Myoko Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire
AK Havana Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire
AK Ryoka Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire
DD Kasasagi 1 bomb hit, on fire
6 more PB4Ys attacked later, but failed to hit anything.
72 miles E of Pusan the SS Sculpin tried but couldn't get into position to attack an AP.
At Malang artillery exchanges cost the Allies moderate losses and the Japanese had heavy casualties.
At Kweiyang Chinese artillery dished out very heavy Japanese losses.
Stalin rages and issues orders for his troops to fall back to positions that they may winter in. He demands to know why this winter offensive is stalled.
The Lucky 11 can't believe their ears and then they start praying for rain. The mission was brutal with heavy losses and now they want to send they group out again on short rest, again.
Bill scans the horizon and is comforted knowing that his small TF has now joined up with a CVTF, making them a tough nut sailing around with a chip on their shoulder and looking for trouble.
Ed was placed on a medical flight to be transported back to Ulithi. From Ulithi he will be flown back to Pearl Harbor and then the doctors there will decide what to do with him. Ed is out of it most of the time and in extreme pain so the doctors have prescribed heavy doses of medication to kill the pain.
The transport brings Sam and Frankie ever closer to their destination. The smell on the transport is a mixture of sweat, tobacco and vomit. One of the guys comes back and asks Sam why the Navy calls it the head and Sam says that he doesn't know. “Anyway,” the man continues, “The head is backed up and things are going to get a lot worse in here before we get to where we're going.” Sam thanks him for the great news and announces that he's going for a walk. With that Sam whistles and Frankie comes at a run and the two of them head topside. During the days the men are allowed on the deck, but at night they are supposed to stay below and now a sailor tells Sam he can't come topside to which Sam tells him about the stench and that, “Unless you're going to shoot me you're not stopping me.” The sailor says OK, but that Sam can't smoke and the two of them talk while the sailor plays a bit with Frankie.
Molotov announced that Russia will soon have the A bomb.
Victory Points Allied 115198 (25100 Strategic) Japanese 48209
PB4Y-2
Intel
14590 men are based at Nagasaki.
2502 men are based at Ikitsuki.
52nd Construction Battalion is located at Changchun.
6th Aviation Rgt is located at Changkufeng.
42nd Division is located at Sendai.
128th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Tavoy.
1st Mixed Regiment is located at Amoy.
117th Division is located at Tientsin.
Elements of the 20th Mixed Brigade are located at Kuikang.
14th Field Artillery Regiment is located at Canton.
1686 men are based at Fushan.
Recon
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Maizuru 25 X AP, 1 X TK, 23 X DE, 12 X AK, 1 X PC, 8 X CA, 1 X CV, 26 fighters, 23 bombers, 41 aux, 9 LCUs 49200/597/5
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 15 LCUs 202040/2154/238
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Luang Prabang 1 LCU 1160/0/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Saigon 1 X AP, 4 X DE, 1 LCU
Walrus takes recon photos of Palembang 1 X CA, 2 X AP, 1 fighter, 18 aux, 12 LCUs 35660/296/112
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Kadina 13 LCUs 49360/490/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naha 12 LCUs 82460/814/19
Combat
Numerous sighting reports and some claims of hits on APs and AKs in the Ominato area continue to pour in. A strike was made by 120 X B-24D (15 damaged) and 72 X P-38J and the airfield was very heavily damaged, a large number of secondary explosions were claimed, 3 Sally, 11 Franks, 3 Topsys, 7 Graces, 6 Peggys, 1 Dave, 8 Tinas and 3 Tabbys were destroyed and casualties were heavy. Another attack followed later on as 40 X B-24J (15 damaged), 12 X P-51D and 37 X P-38J added moderate damage to the airstrip, caused some more secondary explosions, trashed a Tabby and inflicted moderate personnel losses. 3 PB4Ys (1 damaged) hit a PC with a bomb that did heavy damage and started fires. Nearby 3 X PB4Y and 3 X B-25J hit an MSW with 5 bombs, sinking it. Allied planes clobbered some Japanese ships.
AK Mikage Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Norfolk Maru 8 bomb hits, sunk
AK Celebes Maru 3 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
More Allied planes hunted, found and hit some Japanese ships.
AK Ryochi Maru 3 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Borneo Maru 1 bomb hit, sunk
AK Syohei Maru 3 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
Another strike hit an AK with a bomb that did heavy damage and triggered a fire. The Allied planes continued to rove in the area hitting an AK with 2 bombs for heavy damage and fires. An AP was hit with 3 bombs for heavy damage and a raging blaze. An AK was heavily damaged and burning from a bomb hit.
13 miles E of Jambi the SS Dorado attacked a pair of PCs, hitting 1 with 2 torpedoes. Later the sub tried and failed to mount an attack on a DD, 2 PGs and 2 PCs. On the bright side the Japanese never knew she was there. In the afternoon the Dorado failed in an attempt on a PC. In the late afternoon the sub tried to attack a pair of PCs and failed to get into position as the PCs detected and hunted her.
At Maizuru 139 X B-29 ran into 7 X George, 35 X Jack and 17 X Tony. A George (4 damaged), 4 Jacks (26 damaged) and a Tony (10 damaged) were shot down and the Americans lost 9 Superforts to all causes and had 50 more damaged. Another strike followed a bit later as 139 X B-29 braved the reduced CAP of 4 Georges, 15 Jacks and 11 Tonys. A George (1 damaged), 5 Jacks (5 damaged) and 2 Tonys (5 damaged) were splashed and the Americans lost 4 bombers and 30 others were damaged. A third wave of 212 X B-29 was escorted by 36 X P-51D. 5 X George, 18 X Jack and 14 X Tony tried and failed to reach the bombers as they lost 4 Georges, 15 Jacks and 9 Tonys to the Mustangs. 3 Mustangs were shot down in the furball. 1 B-29 was lost and 26 were damaged by the intense AA fire. The Nakajima engine plant was subjected to extremely heavy damage in the raids.
Mutanchiang was hit by 18 X Tu-2S (4 damaged) and another strike was made by 9 X Tu-2S (1 downed, 2 damaged). Light airstrip damage, a couple secondary explosions were seen and casualties were very heavy from these attacks.
Harbin was pounded by 85 X Pe-2 (1 downed), 83 X Tu-2S and 61 X Yak-3 for extremely heavy airfield damage, a secondary explosion and extremely light troop losses. Russian planes attacked causing moderate casualties as they lost a P-63A (1 damaged) and a P-39Q (3 damaged). The IJA 11th Division was hit twice by Soviet planes for heavy losses as 3 Tu-2Ss were damaged. The IJA 108th Division managed to destroy 2 P-63As (17 damaged), 1 Tu-2S (3 damaged) and 3 P-39Qs were damaged in 3 air strikes. The unit had heavy casualties from these attacks. Then the IJA 127th Division was hit for heavy losses and 6 B-29s were damaged. The Russians had light casualties from the Japanese artillery. The Russians surged forwards and took some ground as both sides had extremely heavy losses in the battle.
Palembang was hit by Allied planes who caused moderate port damage, a secondary explosion was observed, a Frank was shot down and casualties were extremely light. A Liberator VI was damaged in the attack.
Kadina was blasted by 129 X B-24J for very heavy port damage, a huge number of secondary explosions were reported and casualties were moderate.
Naha was bombed by 45 X B-24D and 151 X B-24J for moderate airfield damage, very heavy port damage, some secondary explosions were claimed and casualties were moderate.
At Kweiyang the IJA 36th Division was hit by Chinese aircraft for heavy losses. A Mitchell was lost and 5 took damage in the attack.
At Soerabaja the IJA 8th Hvy Field Artillery Regiment was jumped by Allied planes. 5 Franks and 2 Tonys ran and 2 Helldivers took damage as the unit sustained light losses. The IJA 51st Heavy AA Battalion was attacked a little later and this time the CAP didn't escape as 3 Franks and 2 Tonys were splashed. A TBM was damaged and an Avenger II was destroyed as the unit absorbed heavy casualties. An Allied attack stalled with the attackers having moderate losses and the Japanese light casualties.
At Changchun the Soviet 49th Rifle Corps was struck by 3 X Randy (2 damaged), 5 X Ann (2 downed, 1 damaged), 3 X Sonia (3 damaged) and 6 X Sally (3 downed). The unit had moderate losses. A Japanese artillery bombardment inflicted very heavy casualties on the Soviets. A Soviet assault on the Japanese positions failed with both sides absorbing extremely heavy losses.
18 miles N of Muntok Allied planes struck a couple of Japanese ships.
PG Keiko Maru 5 bomb hits, sunk
AK Daishu Maru 1 torpedo hit, sunk
21 miles E of Jambi Allied planes struck a PC with 2 bombs for heavy damage and fires. Then another PC came under attack, but evaded the falling bombs.
139 miles E of Tori Shima Allied aircraft attacked an IJN DD, hitting it with a torpedo that sank the already damaged ship. A TBM was damaged.
Palembang was raided by 8 X Barracuda, 1 damaged, and no damage was done to the base. Another strike arrived and a fuel explosion was reported.
Balikpapan had it's port lightly damaged by 5 PB4Ys.
143 miles N of Jesselton 43 X PB4Y swooped in on some Japanese ships.
AK Kenryu Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire
AK Nichizui Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire
AK Myoko Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire
AK Havana Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire
AK Ryoka Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire
DD Kasasagi 1 bomb hit, on fire
6 more PB4Ys attacked later, but failed to hit anything.
72 miles E of Pusan the SS Sculpin tried but couldn't get into position to attack an AP.
At Malang artillery exchanges cost the Allies moderate losses and the Japanese had heavy casualties.
At Kweiyang Chinese artillery dished out very heavy Japanese losses.
Stalin rages and issues orders for his troops to fall back to positions that they may winter in. He demands to know why this winter offensive is stalled.
The Lucky 11 can't believe their ears and then they start praying for rain. The mission was brutal with heavy losses and now they want to send they group out again on short rest, again.
Bill scans the horizon and is comforted knowing that his small TF has now joined up with a CVTF, making them a tough nut sailing around with a chip on their shoulder and looking for trouble.
Ed was placed on a medical flight to be transported back to Ulithi. From Ulithi he will be flown back to Pearl Harbor and then the doctors there will decide what to do with him. Ed is out of it most of the time and in extreme pain so the doctors have prescribed heavy doses of medication to kill the pain.
The transport brings Sam and Frankie ever closer to their destination. The smell on the transport is a mixture of sweat, tobacco and vomit. One of the guys comes back and asks Sam why the Navy calls it the head and Sam says that he doesn't know. “Anyway,” the man continues, “The head is backed up and things are going to get a lot worse in here before we get to where we're going.” Sam thanks him for the great news and announces that he's going for a walk. With that Sam whistles and Frankie comes at a run and the two of them head topside. During the days the men are allowed on the deck, but at night they are supposed to stay below and now a sailor tells Sam he can't come topside to which Sam tells him about the stench and that, “Unless you're going to shoot me you're not stopping me.” The sailor says OK, but that Sam can't smoke and the two of them talk while the sailor plays a bit with Frankie.
Molotov announced that Russia will soon have the A bomb.
Victory Points Allied 115198 (25100 Strategic) Japanese 48209
PB4Y-2
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Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: A Proper Manner
November 7, 1945 Formosa
Intel
223665 men are based at Changkufeng.
31st Division is located at Tavoy.
115th IJN Base Force is located at Sendai.
108th IJA Base Force is located at Yenen.
29148 men are based at Shimuzu.
Northern Area Force is located at Etorofo Jima.
270743 men are based at Sasebo.
70 aircraft are based at Mukden.
303rd Division is located at Kagoshima.
Elements of the 3rd Mongolian Cavalry Division are located at Homan.
1st Reserve AA Regiment is located at Kyoto.
Recon
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Hanoi 4 LCUs 5840/25/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Maizuru many ships, 34 fighters, 22 bombers, 50 aux, 9 LCUs 50000/628/8
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 15 LCUs 200760/2197/210
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Krung Thep 9 LCUs 44620/403/0
Walrus takes recon photos of Palembang 1 X CA, 1 X AP, 24 aux, 12 LCUs 34520/285/110
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Nagasaki 5 X AP, 3 X AK, 5 LCUs
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Sasebo 2 X TK, 1 X AK, 5 LCUs 2580/19/0
Combat
In the Ominato area Japanese ships continue to be spotted and attacked by recon patrols.
Near Nagato a pair of IJN DDs attacked the SS Bashaw, but did no harm. Then 4 X PC showed up and the sub got clobbered. She will now try for a friendly port as she has very heavy systems damage and heavy flooding.
17 miles E of Jambi the SS Pomfret ambushed a PC and hit it with 2 torpedoes that blew the vessel apart. Later Allied planes attacked a pair of PCs, losing a Barracuda and another was damaged.
PC PC-25 1 bomb hit, on fire, heavy damage
PC Kume 1 bomb hit
149 miles SW of Inch'on the SS Sterlet was lining up an attack on 4 DDs when they detected her and turned the tables on the sub. In the afternoon a CA and some DDs found and attacked her.
Kanazawa was struck by 48 X B-29 (3 damaged) and the bombers caused light damage to the Nakajima engine plant.
Tokyo was subjected to a fighter sweep made by 114 X P-51D who tore into 2 X Reppu, 3 X Shinden, 136 X Frank and 18 X Tony. 2 Reppus, 115 Franks and 17 Tonys were splashed at the cost of 30 Mustangs lost and 4 damaged.
Mutanchiang was hit twice by Soviet planes for light airfield damage and very heavy casualties. 12 X Tu-2S were damaged and another was destroyed.
Bangkok was attacked by Allied planes and the defenses downed 2 Mosquito FB.VI2 and damaged a dozen more. The airfield was moderately damaged, there were some secondary explosions reported and personnel losses were moderate. Then the Liberators arrived and 10 were damaged as they damaged the port very heavily, there were a very large number of secondary explosions claimed and casualties were heavy.
Palembang was raided by Allied aircraft and a Frank engaged them only to be shot down. 4 Liberators were damaged and the port was lightly damaged and a couple of secondary explosions were seen. In the afternoon another air attack produced a secondary explosion.
At Soerabaja the IJA 8th Hvy Field Artillery Regiment was pounced on by Allied planes for heavy losses. A Helldiver, a TBF and an Avenger II were damaged in the attack. Allied artillery accounted for light Japanese casualties.
At Changchun the Soviet 2nd Rifle Corps was jumped by Japanese planes resulting in the unit having negligible casualties. An Ann (1 damaged) and a Sally (2 damaged) were downed and a Randy and 2 Sonias were also damaged. Then the 7th Guards Mechanized Corps was attacked, but escaped harm. A Sally went down (1 damaged) and a Randy, 4 Anns and 2 Sonias were damaged. Then the 49th Rifle Corps was hit for light losses. An Ann was shot down (12 damaged) and 6 Randys, 5 Sonias and 2 Sallys were damaged. The Japanese artillery caused very heavy Soviet losses.
At Malang Japanese artillery barrages inflicted moderate casualties on the Allied forces. The Allied shelling of the Japanese positions caused heavy losses for the Japanese.
At Harbin the Russians had moderate losses from the Japanese artillery.
At Kweiyang the Japanese had very heavy casualties thanks to the Chinese artillery.
Ed was knocked out the entire flight from Formosa to Manila and then ultimately to Ulithi. The doctors and nurses on the plane were constantly keeping an eye on him.
Jay spent a day at the range and he chided Al about not being able to hit the broad side of a barn from the inside. Al told him that he saves himself for combat. The platoon sergeant didn't see things Al's way and told him that he'd get to march back to the range tomorrow and every day afterwards, with full combat gear, until he used his weapon in a proper manner.
Chris spent the day lazing around in the ready room with nothing to do. He wrote some letters and spent the rest of the time playing cards and shooting the breeze with the guys.
Victory Points Allied 115474 (25210 Strategic) Japanese 48255
Intel
223665 men are based at Changkufeng.
31st Division is located at Tavoy.
115th IJN Base Force is located at Sendai.
108th IJA Base Force is located at Yenen.
29148 men are based at Shimuzu.
Northern Area Force is located at Etorofo Jima.
270743 men are based at Sasebo.
70 aircraft are based at Mukden.
303rd Division is located at Kagoshima.
Elements of the 3rd Mongolian Cavalry Division are located at Homan.
1st Reserve AA Regiment is located at Kyoto.
Recon
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Hanoi 4 LCUs 5840/25/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Maizuru many ships, 34 fighters, 22 bombers, 50 aux, 9 LCUs 50000/628/8
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 15 LCUs 200760/2197/210
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Krung Thep 9 LCUs 44620/403/0
Walrus takes recon photos of Palembang 1 X CA, 1 X AP, 24 aux, 12 LCUs 34520/285/110
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Nagasaki 5 X AP, 3 X AK, 5 LCUs
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Sasebo 2 X TK, 1 X AK, 5 LCUs 2580/19/0
Combat
In the Ominato area Japanese ships continue to be spotted and attacked by recon patrols.
Near Nagato a pair of IJN DDs attacked the SS Bashaw, but did no harm. Then 4 X PC showed up and the sub got clobbered. She will now try for a friendly port as she has very heavy systems damage and heavy flooding.
17 miles E of Jambi the SS Pomfret ambushed a PC and hit it with 2 torpedoes that blew the vessel apart. Later Allied planes attacked a pair of PCs, losing a Barracuda and another was damaged.
PC PC-25 1 bomb hit, on fire, heavy damage
PC Kume 1 bomb hit
149 miles SW of Inch'on the SS Sterlet was lining up an attack on 4 DDs when they detected her and turned the tables on the sub. In the afternoon a CA and some DDs found and attacked her.
Kanazawa was struck by 48 X B-29 (3 damaged) and the bombers caused light damage to the Nakajima engine plant.
Tokyo was subjected to a fighter sweep made by 114 X P-51D who tore into 2 X Reppu, 3 X Shinden, 136 X Frank and 18 X Tony. 2 Reppus, 115 Franks and 17 Tonys were splashed at the cost of 30 Mustangs lost and 4 damaged.
Mutanchiang was hit twice by Soviet planes for light airfield damage and very heavy casualties. 12 X Tu-2S were damaged and another was destroyed.
Bangkok was attacked by Allied planes and the defenses downed 2 Mosquito FB.VI2 and damaged a dozen more. The airfield was moderately damaged, there were some secondary explosions reported and personnel losses were moderate. Then the Liberators arrived and 10 were damaged as they damaged the port very heavily, there were a very large number of secondary explosions claimed and casualties were heavy.
Palembang was raided by Allied aircraft and a Frank engaged them only to be shot down. 4 Liberators were damaged and the port was lightly damaged and a couple of secondary explosions were seen. In the afternoon another air attack produced a secondary explosion.
At Soerabaja the IJA 8th Hvy Field Artillery Regiment was pounced on by Allied planes for heavy losses. A Helldiver, a TBF and an Avenger II were damaged in the attack. Allied artillery accounted for light Japanese casualties.
At Changchun the Soviet 2nd Rifle Corps was jumped by Japanese planes resulting in the unit having negligible casualties. An Ann (1 damaged) and a Sally (2 damaged) were downed and a Randy and 2 Sonias were also damaged. Then the 7th Guards Mechanized Corps was attacked, but escaped harm. A Sally went down (1 damaged) and a Randy, 4 Anns and 2 Sonias were damaged. Then the 49th Rifle Corps was hit for light losses. An Ann was shot down (12 damaged) and 6 Randys, 5 Sonias and 2 Sallys were damaged. The Japanese artillery caused very heavy Soviet losses.
At Malang Japanese artillery barrages inflicted moderate casualties on the Allied forces. The Allied shelling of the Japanese positions caused heavy losses for the Japanese.
At Harbin the Russians had moderate losses from the Japanese artillery.
At Kweiyang the Japanese had very heavy casualties thanks to the Chinese artillery.
Ed was knocked out the entire flight from Formosa to Manila and then ultimately to Ulithi. The doctors and nurses on the plane were constantly keeping an eye on him.
Jay spent a day at the range and he chided Al about not being able to hit the broad side of a barn from the inside. Al told him that he saves himself for combat. The platoon sergeant didn't see things Al's way and told him that he'd get to march back to the range tomorrow and every day afterwards, with full combat gear, until he used his weapon in a proper manner.
Chris spent the day lazing around in the ready room with nothing to do. He wrote some letters and spent the rest of the time playing cards and shooting the breeze with the guys.
Victory Points Allied 115474 (25210 Strategic) Japanese 48255
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: Stand Down
November 8, 1945 Washington DC
Intel
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment is located at Changchun.
61st Division is located at Tokyo.
355th Division is located at Hamamatsu.
159th IJA Base Force is located at Tokyo.
4th Air Division is located at Bandoeng.
16th Aviation Rgt is located at Wuhan.
118th Division is located at Kaigan.
Elements of the 9th Mongolian Cavalry Division are planning for an attack on Tabun-Nur.
24752 men are based at Kanazawa.
104th Division is located at Hong Kong.
17th Area Army is located at Ominato.
Recon
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Nagasaki 7 X AP, 1 X TK, 3 X AK, 5 LCUs 6140/94/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Sasebo 1 X CV, 1 X TK, 1 X AK, 6 LCUs 6800/53/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Maizuru 1 X AP, 1 LCU
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 15 LCUs 202720/2206/115
Walrus takes recon photos of Palembang 1 X CA, 2 X AP, 19 aux, 13 LCUs 35700/286/115
Combat
Air patrols in Japanese waters continue to spot and attack Japanese shipping.
94 miles N of Niigata the SS Cobia stalked and attacked 3 PC, hitting one of them with 3 torpedoes that obliterated the vessel in a huge fireball.
Changchun was bombed by 54 X Tu-2S (4 downed, 10 damaged) and were opposed by 1 Frank and 12 Tonys (3 damaged). They did very light damage to the oil facilities. The 6th Guards Artillery Division was pounced by by Japanese planes for extremely light losses. 2 Anns and a Sonia were shot down and a Randy, 2 Anns, a Sonia and 2 Sallys were damaged. The 49th Rifle Corps was also hit by Japanese aircraft and had negligible casualties. 3 Anns (3 damaged) and a Sonia (4 damaged) were downed. Japanese artillery inflicted heavy losses on the Soviet troops.
Hakodate was attacked by 39 X B-24J (5 damaged), 62 X P-51D and 34 X P-38J (1 downed, 1 damaged). The escorts dealt with the 17 Tonys, splashing 15 of them. The Nakajima engine plant was lightly damaged.
Tokyo was raided by 180 X B-29 and the promised escorts never arrived. 2 X Reppu, 5 X Shinden, 90 X Frank and 5 X Tony tore into the bomber formations and then the AA defenses went to work. 34 Superforts were lost and 66 were damaged. A Shinden, 48 Franks and 2 Tonys were damaged and 13 Franks were shot down. Bombs were never dropped on target. Another wave of 94 X B-29 (22 downed, 50 damaged) arrived and ran the gauntlet doing very light damage to the Nakajima engine works. A Reppu and 11 Franks were destroyed and 3 Shindens, 25 Franks and 3 Tonys were damaged.
Harbin was attacked by Soviet planes and then another strike bored in. The airfield was subjected to extremely heavy damage, there were a couple of secondary explosions reported and casualties were moderate. While all of this was happening the IJA 11th Division was jumped twice for extremely light personnel losses and 3 P-63As were downed and 6 were damaged. Japanese artillery inflicted heavy casualties on the Russians.
At Soerabaja the 8th Hvy Field Artillery Regiment was subjected to heavy casualties from an air strike in which an Avenger II was damaged. The 2 Franks up ran for their lives rather than fight. The Allied artillery made noise, but did no harm to the Japanese.
At Malang the 4th Australian Division was attacked by Japanese planes and had heavy losses. The Allied artillery was ineffective and the Japanese rose out of their positions screaming “Banzai!” as they hurled themselves against the Allied lines. The Allied forces had heavy casualties as they mowed down the fanatic Japanese who absorbed extremely heavy losses for no useful purpose.
At Kweiyang the Chinese artillery pounded the Japanese lines for heavy casualties.
Much to the relief of the Lucky 11 they didn't fly today and the word was that the bombers that did hit Tokyo were chopped to pieces. Then they got more good news as their target for their mission scheduled for tomorrow was shifted from Tokyo to Toyama.
“So Gumma it is and let's hope that this thing works as they said it will,” says Harry. Tomorrow the first A bomb is scheduled to be used. “Forget Operations Thunder and Lightning and let's try and stop this damned war before Stalin grabs half of Asia.” So with these words the troops about to board transports for the invasion of Okinawa stand down.
Victory Points Allied 115607 (25246 Strategic) Japanese 48355
Intel
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment is located at Changchun.
61st Division is located at Tokyo.
355th Division is located at Hamamatsu.
159th IJA Base Force is located at Tokyo.
4th Air Division is located at Bandoeng.
16th Aviation Rgt is located at Wuhan.
118th Division is located at Kaigan.
Elements of the 9th Mongolian Cavalry Division are planning for an attack on Tabun-Nur.
24752 men are based at Kanazawa.
104th Division is located at Hong Kong.
17th Area Army is located at Ominato.
Recon
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Nagasaki 7 X AP, 1 X TK, 3 X AK, 5 LCUs 6140/94/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Sasebo 1 X CV, 1 X TK, 1 X AK, 6 LCUs 6800/53/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Maizuru 1 X AP, 1 LCU
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 15 LCUs 202720/2206/115
Walrus takes recon photos of Palembang 1 X CA, 2 X AP, 19 aux, 13 LCUs 35700/286/115
Combat
Air patrols in Japanese waters continue to spot and attack Japanese shipping.
94 miles N of Niigata the SS Cobia stalked and attacked 3 PC, hitting one of them with 3 torpedoes that obliterated the vessel in a huge fireball.
Changchun was bombed by 54 X Tu-2S (4 downed, 10 damaged) and were opposed by 1 Frank and 12 Tonys (3 damaged). They did very light damage to the oil facilities. The 6th Guards Artillery Division was pounced by by Japanese planes for extremely light losses. 2 Anns and a Sonia were shot down and a Randy, 2 Anns, a Sonia and 2 Sallys were damaged. The 49th Rifle Corps was also hit by Japanese aircraft and had negligible casualties. 3 Anns (3 damaged) and a Sonia (4 damaged) were downed. Japanese artillery inflicted heavy losses on the Soviet troops.
Hakodate was attacked by 39 X B-24J (5 damaged), 62 X P-51D and 34 X P-38J (1 downed, 1 damaged). The escorts dealt with the 17 Tonys, splashing 15 of them. The Nakajima engine plant was lightly damaged.
Tokyo was raided by 180 X B-29 and the promised escorts never arrived. 2 X Reppu, 5 X Shinden, 90 X Frank and 5 X Tony tore into the bomber formations and then the AA defenses went to work. 34 Superforts were lost and 66 were damaged. A Shinden, 48 Franks and 2 Tonys were damaged and 13 Franks were shot down. Bombs were never dropped on target. Another wave of 94 X B-29 (22 downed, 50 damaged) arrived and ran the gauntlet doing very light damage to the Nakajima engine works. A Reppu and 11 Franks were destroyed and 3 Shindens, 25 Franks and 3 Tonys were damaged.
Harbin was attacked by Soviet planes and then another strike bored in. The airfield was subjected to extremely heavy damage, there were a couple of secondary explosions reported and casualties were moderate. While all of this was happening the IJA 11th Division was jumped twice for extremely light personnel losses and 3 P-63As were downed and 6 were damaged. Japanese artillery inflicted heavy casualties on the Russians.
At Soerabaja the 8th Hvy Field Artillery Regiment was subjected to heavy casualties from an air strike in which an Avenger II was damaged. The 2 Franks up ran for their lives rather than fight. The Allied artillery made noise, but did no harm to the Japanese.
At Malang the 4th Australian Division was attacked by Japanese planes and had heavy losses. The Allied artillery was ineffective and the Japanese rose out of their positions screaming “Banzai!” as they hurled themselves against the Allied lines. The Allied forces had heavy casualties as they mowed down the fanatic Japanese who absorbed extremely heavy losses for no useful purpose.
At Kweiyang the Chinese artillery pounded the Japanese lines for heavy casualties.
Much to the relief of the Lucky 11 they didn't fly today and the word was that the bombers that did hit Tokyo were chopped to pieces. Then they got more good news as their target for their mission scheduled for tomorrow was shifted from Tokyo to Toyama.
“So Gumma it is and let's hope that this thing works as they said it will,” says Harry. Tomorrow the first A bomb is scheduled to be used. “Forget Operations Thunder and Lightning and let's try and stop this damned war before Stalin grabs half of Asia.” So with these words the troops about to board transports for the invasion of Okinawa stand down.
Victory Points Allied 115607 (25246 Strategic) Japanese 48355
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: Over And Done With
November 9, 1945 Washington DC
Intel
136th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Harbin.
11th Army is located at Canton.
6th Reserve AA Regiment is located at Wonsan.
Elements of the 4th Mongolian Cavalry Division are planning for an attack on Linhsi.
36 ships are based at Nagoya.
6th Ind. Brigade is located at Sian.
Elements of the 5th Mongolian Cavalry Division are located at Tientsin.
12th Air Fleet is located at Hakodate.
Shimonoseki Fortress is located at Nagato.
18th Reserve Coastal Artillery Regiment is located at Toyama.
23rd Engineer Regiment is located at Inch'on.
2nd Parachute Regiment is located at Kweilin.
23rd Engineer Regiment is located at Pisanuloke.
8th Division is located at Mukden.
70th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Bangkok.
Recon
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Maizuru many ships, 45 fighters, 22 bombers, 59 aux, 9 LCUs 50480/582/1
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 17 LCUs 201180/2159/213
Walrus takes recon photos of Palembang 1 X CA, 1 X AP, 10 aux, 13 LCUs 34100/306/129
Combat
162 miles S of Camranh Bay the SS Pipefish attacked an unescorted AK, hitting it with a torpedo that set it ablaze and caused heavy damage.
The SS Cobia, 88 miles NW of Niigata, was subjected to an extremely violent attack made by 3 X PC which sent her to a watery grave.
The SS Blackfish attacked a lone AK 71 miles SE of Saigon. She hit the target with a fish that caused a a huge explosion that sank the ship. A couple of hours later the sub struck another AK with 3 torpedoes that sent it to the bottom.
Toyama was bombed by 146 X B-29 who were greeted by 6 X Tony. A Tony was shot down and 4 others were damaged before they broke off. The AA fire was fairly light and inaccurate as it damaged 5 bombers. The heavy industry was moderately damaged.
Changchun was raided by 62 X Tu-2S and they were intercepted by 1 X Frank and 11 X Tony. A Tony was damaged and 4 X Tu-2S went down (9 damaged) from all causes. The oil facilities were lightly damaged. Japanese artillery inflicted heavy losses on the Soviets.
Mutanchiang was hit by 10 X Tu-2S (1 downed, 5 damaged) for extremely light airstrip damage, a secondary explosion was claimed and casualties were heavy.
Harbin was hit by Soviet aircraft and a Pe-2 and a Tu-2S (1 damaged) went down. The airfield was subjected to extremely heavy damage, a couple of secondary explosions were seen and personnel losses were moderate. The Russians had moderate casualties from Japanese artillery barrages.
At Gili Gili the South Seas Det. Had heavy casualties from an air raid.
At Kweiyang the IJA 36th Division was jumped by Chinese planes for moderately heavy losses. 2 Mitchells were lost and 2 more were damaged. The IJA 62nd Division absorbed moderate casualties and the Chinese lost a Mitchell and 5 others were damaged in an air strike. The Chinese artillery inflicted very heavy losses on the Japanese.
Palembang was bombed by Allied planes who did light port damage, a few secondary explosions were reported, troop losses were light and the CL Jintsu was burning and was ravaged by yet another bomb hit on her twisted wreckage of a superstructure.
At Malang the Allies assaulted the Japanese defensive line and took a fair amount of ground while inflicting very heavy casualties on the defenders. The attackers also took very heavy losses.
At Soerabaja Allied artillery caused no harm to the Japanese.
“Mr. President the reason the attack was not made was due to problems loading the bomb onto the aircraft.” Truman sits there listening and the says, “Well at least nobody is making up lame excuses. Is the plane ready to go now?” he asks. The answer is yes. “Good,” says Harry who then adds, “Operation Thunder may proceed as planned. Start them loading. I want this war over and done with.”
The Palawan has orders to start loading supplies. This is not going to be a cargo mission as the loading orders are for an amphibious operation. Cookie and Red stare in disbelief as suddenly this place has come alive like they've never seen it before. Amphibious assault craft of all types load and then move off so another can take it's place. It like a well rehearsed ballet says Cookie.
The Lucky 11 have made it through another mission. 2 planes were write offs from damage and 1 was lost along with it's crew, that was from another BG though. Gil wonders if he'll ever be the same again as he was before he entered the Army. Very little bothers him now and even less makes him emotional.
Victory Points Allied 115690 (25282 Strategic) Japanese 48283
Intel
136th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Harbin.
11th Army is located at Canton.
6th Reserve AA Regiment is located at Wonsan.
Elements of the 4th Mongolian Cavalry Division are planning for an attack on Linhsi.
36 ships are based at Nagoya.
6th Ind. Brigade is located at Sian.
Elements of the 5th Mongolian Cavalry Division are located at Tientsin.
12th Air Fleet is located at Hakodate.
Shimonoseki Fortress is located at Nagato.
18th Reserve Coastal Artillery Regiment is located at Toyama.
23rd Engineer Regiment is located at Inch'on.
2nd Parachute Regiment is located at Kweilin.
23rd Engineer Regiment is located at Pisanuloke.
8th Division is located at Mukden.
70th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Bangkok.
Recon
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Maizuru many ships, 45 fighters, 22 bombers, 59 aux, 9 LCUs 50480/582/1
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 17 LCUs 201180/2159/213
Walrus takes recon photos of Palembang 1 X CA, 1 X AP, 10 aux, 13 LCUs 34100/306/129
Combat
162 miles S of Camranh Bay the SS Pipefish attacked an unescorted AK, hitting it with a torpedo that set it ablaze and caused heavy damage.
The SS Cobia, 88 miles NW of Niigata, was subjected to an extremely violent attack made by 3 X PC which sent her to a watery grave.
The SS Blackfish attacked a lone AK 71 miles SE of Saigon. She hit the target with a fish that caused a a huge explosion that sank the ship. A couple of hours later the sub struck another AK with 3 torpedoes that sent it to the bottom.
Toyama was bombed by 146 X B-29 who were greeted by 6 X Tony. A Tony was shot down and 4 others were damaged before they broke off. The AA fire was fairly light and inaccurate as it damaged 5 bombers. The heavy industry was moderately damaged.
Changchun was raided by 62 X Tu-2S and they were intercepted by 1 X Frank and 11 X Tony. A Tony was damaged and 4 X Tu-2S went down (9 damaged) from all causes. The oil facilities were lightly damaged. Japanese artillery inflicted heavy losses on the Soviets.
Mutanchiang was hit by 10 X Tu-2S (1 downed, 5 damaged) for extremely light airstrip damage, a secondary explosion was claimed and casualties were heavy.
Harbin was hit by Soviet aircraft and a Pe-2 and a Tu-2S (1 damaged) went down. The airfield was subjected to extremely heavy damage, a couple of secondary explosions were seen and personnel losses were moderate. The Russians had moderate casualties from Japanese artillery barrages.
At Gili Gili the South Seas Det. Had heavy casualties from an air raid.
At Kweiyang the IJA 36th Division was jumped by Chinese planes for moderately heavy losses. 2 Mitchells were lost and 2 more were damaged. The IJA 62nd Division absorbed moderate casualties and the Chinese lost a Mitchell and 5 others were damaged in an air strike. The Chinese artillery inflicted very heavy losses on the Japanese.
Palembang was bombed by Allied planes who did light port damage, a few secondary explosions were reported, troop losses were light and the CL Jintsu was burning and was ravaged by yet another bomb hit on her twisted wreckage of a superstructure.
At Malang the Allies assaulted the Japanese defensive line and took a fair amount of ground while inflicting very heavy casualties on the defenders. The attackers also took very heavy losses.
At Soerabaja Allied artillery caused no harm to the Japanese.
“Mr. President the reason the attack was not made was due to problems loading the bomb onto the aircraft.” Truman sits there listening and the says, “Well at least nobody is making up lame excuses. Is the plane ready to go now?” he asks. The answer is yes. “Good,” says Harry who then adds, “Operation Thunder may proceed as planned. Start them loading. I want this war over and done with.”
The Palawan has orders to start loading supplies. This is not going to be a cargo mission as the loading orders are for an amphibious operation. Cookie and Red stare in disbelief as suddenly this place has come alive like they've never seen it before. Amphibious assault craft of all types load and then move off so another can take it's place. It like a well rehearsed ballet says Cookie.
The Lucky 11 have made it through another mission. 2 planes were write offs from damage and 1 was lost along with it's crew, that was from another BG though. Gil wonders if he'll ever be the same again as he was before he entered the Army. Very little bothers him now and even less makes him emotional.
Victory Points Allied 115690 (25282 Strategic) Japanese 48283
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: Malang Falls
November 10, 1945 Malang
Intel
Soya Fortress is located at Wakkanai.
54th Division is located at Kitakyushu.
Maizuru 2nd SNLF is located at Tokyo.
China Expeditionary Army is planning for an attack on Kweiyang.
1858 men are based at Okayama.
28th Army is located at Krung Thep.
6th Field Artillery Regiment is located at Sian.
Elements of the 18th Mixed Brigade are located at Anking.
51st Division is located at Swatow.
Recon
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Okayama many ships, 1 LCU 1500/14/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Kitakyushu 3 X AP, 2 X AK
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 17 LCUs 217340/2425/208
Walrus takes recon photos of Palembang 1 X CA, 1 X AP, 13 aux, 13 LCUs 34420/273/100
Combat
23 miles SE of Saigon the SS Rock hunted an AK, which was hit by 2 torpedoes that ignited fires and did heavy damage to the ship. The Rock reloaded her tubes with the intent of finishing off her prey and 2 more torpedoes slammed into the hapless target, further battering her. The stubborn AK refused to go down so the Rock served up 2 more fish that finally did the ship in.
Near Saigon the SS Carp caught an AK all by itself and attacked, hitting it with 2 torpedoes that ignited fires and inflicted heavy damage on the target. Not to long after reloading her tubes the sub located another lone AK and hit it with 2 fish that did heavy damage and triggered fires. In the afternoon the SS Carp found another AK and 2 torpedoes struck home for heavy damage and fires. The sub's skipper was heard to remark that they were in a target rich environment. The sub's luck was stretched to the limit as she tried to attack an AK at sunset. This ship was being escorted by a DD and 2 PCs who located the sub and then they attacked her, but the Carp's luck held and she evaded harm.
The SS Jack was on patrol 19 miles S of Inch'on when she spotted and attacked an unescorted AP. 2 torpedoes struck the target which went down within minutes of the attack.
Gumma was swept by 56 X P-51D who tore into 3 X Zeke, 23 X Frank and 29 X Tony. The furball ended quickly with 2 Zekes, 22 Franks and 19 Tonys shot down at the cost of 3 Mustangs lost.
Changchun was attacked by 54 X Tu-2S (6 downed, 12 damaged) and they were intercepted by 1 X Frank (1 damaged) and 11 Tonys (2 damaged). The planes dropped their loads off target and limped home.
Hanoi was bombed by 151 X Liberator VI (1 damaged) and the AA fire was extremely light and inaccurate. The heavy industry absorbed extremely heavy damage.
Hakodate was attacked by 75 X B-25J (9 damaged) and 74 X P-38J. The escorts spotted and engaged 7 X Tony, splashing 6 of them. The Nakajima engine plant was lightly damaged.
Sendai was struck by 127 X B-24D (12 damaged) who caused moderate damage to the heavy industry.
Harbin was hit by 41 X Pe-2, 18 X Tu-2S and 54 X MiG-3 for very light airstrip damage and very light casualties.
Shanghai was raided by 93 X B-24J (6 damaged), 44 X B-29 (4 damaged) and 85 X P-51D who attacked the heavy industry. Then 79 X B-29 (1 damaged) and 116 X B-25J (4 damaged) arrived and they too hit the heavy industry. These attacks resulted in extremely heavy damage on the heavy industry.
Hong Kong was pounded by 117 X B-29 (1 downed, 6 damaged), 24 X P-51D and 21 X P-38J for moderate heavy industry damage.
At Gili Gili the IJA 21st Division took moderate losses from an air attack.
At Soerabaja the 8th Hvy Field Artillery Regiment was attacked by Allied planes who lost a TBM and had a Helldiver and an Avenger II damaged. The unit absorbed heavy casualties. At virtually the same time the 51st Heavy AA Battalion was also struck by Allied aircraft. A Helldiver was trailing smoke as it departed the area and the unit sustained moderately heavy losses. An Allied assault on the defenses failed to take any ground and both sides took heavy casualties.
At Kweiyang the IJA 59th Division took heavy casualties from an airstrike. The unit downed a Mitchell and damaged 6 others. The Chinese artillery inflicted heavy personnel losses on the Japanese.
At Naha the IJA 51st Ind. Mixed Brigade had moderate losses from an air attack. The IJA 53rd Ind. Mixed Brigade was jumped twice by Allied planes that resulted in the unit having heavy casualties.
At Changchun the Red Army's 3rd Guards Mechanized Corps was pounced on by Japanese planes for light losses. The Japanese lost an Ann and another Ann and a Randy were damaged in the action.
At Palembang and Allied air attack caused light port damage, a secondary explosion and very light casualties.
At Malang the Allied troops surged forward and broke through the Japanese defenses, taking the base. The Japanese had very heavy troop losses as did the Allied forces.
President Truman demands to know why the A bomb attack on Gumma didn't fly this time. “Sir the weather prevented the attack. The cloud cover over the target was to heavy for us to proceed. We need to be able to see the damage the bomb does.” Promises are made that if the weather holds in 2 days Gumma will be destroyed.
Ships continue to load and then move off as men, machines and supplies are loading in masses that Red and Cookie have never seen. They debate about starting a new pool about where the invasion will hit, but decide that there aren't enough places left that make sense. “Even the Japs must know that Okinawa is going to get hit sooner or later,” says Cookie.
Victory Points Allied 115879 (25320 Strategic) Japanese 48194
Intel
Soya Fortress is located at Wakkanai.
54th Division is located at Kitakyushu.
Maizuru 2nd SNLF is located at Tokyo.
China Expeditionary Army is planning for an attack on Kweiyang.
1858 men are based at Okayama.
28th Army is located at Krung Thep.
6th Field Artillery Regiment is located at Sian.
Elements of the 18th Mixed Brigade are located at Anking.
51st Division is located at Swatow.
Recon
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Okayama many ships, 1 LCU 1500/14/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Kitakyushu 3 X AP, 2 X AK
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 17 LCUs 217340/2425/208
Walrus takes recon photos of Palembang 1 X CA, 1 X AP, 13 aux, 13 LCUs 34420/273/100
Combat
23 miles SE of Saigon the SS Rock hunted an AK, which was hit by 2 torpedoes that ignited fires and did heavy damage to the ship. The Rock reloaded her tubes with the intent of finishing off her prey and 2 more torpedoes slammed into the hapless target, further battering her. The stubborn AK refused to go down so the Rock served up 2 more fish that finally did the ship in.
Near Saigon the SS Carp caught an AK all by itself and attacked, hitting it with 2 torpedoes that ignited fires and inflicted heavy damage on the target. Not to long after reloading her tubes the sub located another lone AK and hit it with 2 fish that did heavy damage and triggered fires. In the afternoon the SS Carp found another AK and 2 torpedoes struck home for heavy damage and fires. The sub's skipper was heard to remark that they were in a target rich environment. The sub's luck was stretched to the limit as she tried to attack an AK at sunset. This ship was being escorted by a DD and 2 PCs who located the sub and then they attacked her, but the Carp's luck held and she evaded harm.
The SS Jack was on patrol 19 miles S of Inch'on when she spotted and attacked an unescorted AP. 2 torpedoes struck the target which went down within minutes of the attack.
Gumma was swept by 56 X P-51D who tore into 3 X Zeke, 23 X Frank and 29 X Tony. The furball ended quickly with 2 Zekes, 22 Franks and 19 Tonys shot down at the cost of 3 Mustangs lost.
Changchun was attacked by 54 X Tu-2S (6 downed, 12 damaged) and they were intercepted by 1 X Frank (1 damaged) and 11 Tonys (2 damaged). The planes dropped their loads off target and limped home.
Hanoi was bombed by 151 X Liberator VI (1 damaged) and the AA fire was extremely light and inaccurate. The heavy industry absorbed extremely heavy damage.
Hakodate was attacked by 75 X B-25J (9 damaged) and 74 X P-38J. The escorts spotted and engaged 7 X Tony, splashing 6 of them. The Nakajima engine plant was lightly damaged.
Sendai was struck by 127 X B-24D (12 damaged) who caused moderate damage to the heavy industry.
Harbin was hit by 41 X Pe-2, 18 X Tu-2S and 54 X MiG-3 for very light airstrip damage and very light casualties.
Shanghai was raided by 93 X B-24J (6 damaged), 44 X B-29 (4 damaged) and 85 X P-51D who attacked the heavy industry. Then 79 X B-29 (1 damaged) and 116 X B-25J (4 damaged) arrived and they too hit the heavy industry. These attacks resulted in extremely heavy damage on the heavy industry.
Hong Kong was pounded by 117 X B-29 (1 downed, 6 damaged), 24 X P-51D and 21 X P-38J for moderate heavy industry damage.
At Gili Gili the IJA 21st Division took moderate losses from an air attack.
At Soerabaja the 8th Hvy Field Artillery Regiment was attacked by Allied planes who lost a TBM and had a Helldiver and an Avenger II damaged. The unit absorbed heavy casualties. At virtually the same time the 51st Heavy AA Battalion was also struck by Allied aircraft. A Helldiver was trailing smoke as it departed the area and the unit sustained moderately heavy losses. An Allied assault on the defenses failed to take any ground and both sides took heavy casualties.
At Kweiyang the IJA 59th Division took heavy casualties from an airstrike. The unit downed a Mitchell and damaged 6 others. The Chinese artillery inflicted heavy personnel losses on the Japanese.
At Naha the IJA 51st Ind. Mixed Brigade had moderate losses from an air attack. The IJA 53rd Ind. Mixed Brigade was jumped twice by Allied planes that resulted in the unit having heavy casualties.
At Changchun the Red Army's 3rd Guards Mechanized Corps was pounced on by Japanese planes for light losses. The Japanese lost an Ann and another Ann and a Randy were damaged in the action.
At Palembang and Allied air attack caused light port damage, a secondary explosion and very light casualties.
At Malang the Allied troops surged forward and broke through the Japanese defenses, taking the base. The Japanese had very heavy troop losses as did the Allied forces.
President Truman demands to know why the A bomb attack on Gumma didn't fly this time. “Sir the weather prevented the attack. The cloud cover over the target was to heavy for us to proceed. We need to be able to see the damage the bomb does.” Promises are made that if the weather holds in 2 days Gumma will be destroyed.
Ships continue to load and then move off as men, machines and supplies are loading in masses that Red and Cookie have never seen. They debate about starting a new pool about where the invasion will hit, but decide that there aren't enough places left that make sense. “Even the Japs must know that Okinawa is going to get hit sooner or later,” says Cookie.
Victory Points Allied 115879 (25320 Strategic) Japanese 48194
Todd
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RE: Malang Falls
the SS Rock hunted an AK, which was hit by 2 torpedoes that ignited fires and did heavy damage to the ship. The Rock reloaded her tubes with the intent of finishing off her prey and 2 more torpedoes slammed into the hapless target, further battering her. The stubborn AK refused to go down so the Rock served up 2 more fish that finally did the ship in.
The skipper needs to be reminded what deck guns are for. [:-]
Congratulations on taking Malang!
Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?
--Victor Hugo
--Victor Hugo
RE: Feeling Guilty
Tomorrow I'll be admitted to the hospital for some surgery to be done the next day. I'll be hospitalized for about 4 days and then sent home. When I'm up to it I'll resume work on the AAR, but until then this will be my last posting for a while. Thanks for reading and I'm sorry about the impending delay to it's continuance.
November 11, 1945 Pittsburgh
Intel
13872 men are based at Nagaoka.
11th AA Regiment is located at Osaka/Kobe.
23rd Engineer Regiment is located at Pisanuloke.
114th Division is located at Swatow.
North China Area Army is located at Ichang.
104th IJA Base Force is located at Fushan.
65th Construction Battalion is located at Kagoshima.
13th Ind. Brigade is located at Sian.
Recon
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Okayama many ships, 1 LCU 1380/11/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Kitakyushu 3 X AP, 2 X AK
Catalina I takes recon photos of Alor Star 5 LCUs 5000/15/0
Walrus takes recon photos of Palembang 1 X CA, 1 X AP, 17 aux, 13 LCUs 35340/295/124
Combat
Near Saigon the SS Rock attacked a lone AK, hitting it with 2 torpedoes that started fires and did heavy damage to the ship.
Aomori was raided by 36 X B-24J (3 damaged) and 22 X P-51D who did very light damage to the heavy industry.
Harbin was bombed by Soviet aircraft who caused very light damage to the heavy industry. Then another strike hit the airfield for moderate damage and a secondary explosion was seen.
Shanghai had heavy damage done to it's heavy industry from 2 air raids in which a Liberator was downed and 4 took damage and a Mitchell was lost and 7 others were damaged.
Hong Kong was attacked by Allied planes 4 times in which the Americans had 5 Superforts, 2 Mitchells damaged. The heavy industry was heavily damaged.
At Kweiyang the IJA 36th Division took moderate casualties and damaged 7 B-25Js in an air strike made on it. The IJA 69th Division downed a Mitchell and damaged 1 as it took light losses in the air attack. The Japanese had heavy casualties from the Chinese artillery barrages.
At Gili Gili the IJA 21st Division absorbed moderate losses from and air attack.
At Naha the IJA 47th Division took moderate casualties from an air raid.
At the crossroads the 20th Chinese Corps was pounced on by 15 X Frances who inflicted extremely light losses on the unit.
Palembang had it's harbor lightly damaged and there were 2 fuel tank explosions seen. All of the Allied planes departed unscathed.
At Malang an Allied assault on the regrouping Japanese resulted in both sides having very heavy casualties and the Japanese were forced to pull back once again.
At Soerabaja Allied troops hit the Japanese fortifications managing no gains as they were repulsed with heavy troop losses. The Japanese defenders also lost heavily.
Slim is surprised that the 2nd Marine Division has no orders for movement, not even a peep about anything. Maybe they will be used in some other way, but still he's surprised.
Ed's condition continues to remain stable, but there is no improvement and this is worrying the doctors. He will be sent back to the States for treatment.
Bill stands on the bridge sipping on a mug of hot coffee. He hasn't been sleeping much lately and he knows that it's a must because he can't make the proper decisions if he's over tired. A few hours later he retired to his cabin where he wrote a letter to Sandy before turning in.
Elaine is feeling guilty as she saw the same guy again last night and they had a great time. He's supposed to come to the house soon and then they are going to take a walk together in Schenley Park. She misses Gil, but he's not here and she's lonely.
Victory Points Allied 115921 (25334 Strategic) Japanese 48001
November 11, 1945 Pittsburgh
Intel
13872 men are based at Nagaoka.
11th AA Regiment is located at Osaka/Kobe.
23rd Engineer Regiment is located at Pisanuloke.
114th Division is located at Swatow.
North China Area Army is located at Ichang.
104th IJA Base Force is located at Fushan.
65th Construction Battalion is located at Kagoshima.
13th Ind. Brigade is located at Sian.
Recon
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Okayama many ships, 1 LCU 1380/11/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Kitakyushu 3 X AP, 2 X AK
Catalina I takes recon photos of Alor Star 5 LCUs 5000/15/0
Walrus takes recon photos of Palembang 1 X CA, 1 X AP, 17 aux, 13 LCUs 35340/295/124
Combat
Near Saigon the SS Rock attacked a lone AK, hitting it with 2 torpedoes that started fires and did heavy damage to the ship.
Aomori was raided by 36 X B-24J (3 damaged) and 22 X P-51D who did very light damage to the heavy industry.
Harbin was bombed by Soviet aircraft who caused very light damage to the heavy industry. Then another strike hit the airfield for moderate damage and a secondary explosion was seen.
Shanghai had heavy damage done to it's heavy industry from 2 air raids in which a Liberator was downed and 4 took damage and a Mitchell was lost and 7 others were damaged.
Hong Kong was attacked by Allied planes 4 times in which the Americans had 5 Superforts, 2 Mitchells damaged. The heavy industry was heavily damaged.
At Kweiyang the IJA 36th Division took moderate casualties and damaged 7 B-25Js in an air strike made on it. The IJA 69th Division downed a Mitchell and damaged 1 as it took light losses in the air attack. The Japanese had heavy casualties from the Chinese artillery barrages.
At Gili Gili the IJA 21st Division absorbed moderate losses from and air attack.
At Naha the IJA 47th Division took moderate casualties from an air raid.
At the crossroads the 20th Chinese Corps was pounced on by 15 X Frances who inflicted extremely light losses on the unit.
Palembang had it's harbor lightly damaged and there were 2 fuel tank explosions seen. All of the Allied planes departed unscathed.
At Malang an Allied assault on the regrouping Japanese resulted in both sides having very heavy casualties and the Japanese were forced to pull back once again.
At Soerabaja Allied troops hit the Japanese fortifications managing no gains as they were repulsed with heavy troop losses. The Japanese defenders also lost heavily.
Slim is surprised that the 2nd Marine Division has no orders for movement, not even a peep about anything. Maybe they will be used in some other way, but still he's surprised.
Ed's condition continues to remain stable, but there is no improvement and this is worrying the doctors. He will be sent back to the States for treatment.
Bill stands on the bridge sipping on a mug of hot coffee. He hasn't been sleeping much lately and he knows that it's a must because he can't make the proper decisions if he's over tired. A few hours later he retired to his cabin where he wrote a letter to Sandy before turning in.
Elaine is feeling guilty as she saw the same guy again last night and they had a great time. He's supposed to come to the house soon and then they are going to take a walk together in Schenley Park. She misses Gil, but he's not here and she's lonely.
Victory Points Allied 115921 (25334 Strategic) Japanese 48001
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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