Small airfields with small supply cannot provide drop tanks.
I don't know what the criteria are to ensure they are available.
This will End Badly Rook749 vs AirGriff
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Small airfields with small supply cannot provide drop tanks.
I don't know what the criteria are to ensure they are available.
BBfanboy,
That is a very good point, my understanding is that air field size does not matter but that supply needs to be more double the required amount. The manual is not clear on the requirements [:)] just that the planes consume twice the number of supplies when drop tanks are enabled. Annetrte is currently a size 5 airfield, Anchorage is a size 7 and Dutch Harbor size 1. I don't need drop tanks from Dutch Harbor so I should be good airfield size if it does matter ---- as I just drop a ton of supply off to be safe I should be ok.
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Land movement of restricted units is not prohibited by the software, so it is feasible to rail the air units all the way to Prince Rupert and fly them from there. I consider it ridiculous to thinkORIGINAL: rook749
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Small airfields with small supply cannot provide drop tanks.
I don't know what the criteria are to ensure they are available.
BBfanboy,
That is a very good point, my understanding is that air field size does not matter but that supply needs to be more double the required amount. The manual is not clear on the requirements [:)] just that the planes consume twice the number of supplies when drop tanks are enabled. Annetrte is currently a size 5 airfield, Anchorage is a size 7 and Dutch Harbor size 1. I don't need drop tanks from Dutch Harbor so I should be good airfield size if it does matter ---- as I just drop a ton of supply off to be safe I should be ok.
that Canada would not have allowed transit of US units to NORPAC without political points being expended. After all, NORPAC defences shielded Canada more than the US lower 48 states!
I think movement overland on the continental land mass should not require PP. That includes Asia, from Russia, through Manchukuo, Korea, Mongolia, China, Indo-China, Burma and India.
Back to the drop tank supply requirements - my memory is fuzzy on the requirements and I also could not find it in the manual. I know it was mentioned in the forum somewhere but I could not find it on a search
of "The War Room" where such things are usually dealt with. IIRC, the requirement was much more than just double the minimum supply- perhaps 10K or 25K supply and/or an air HQ within range?
You might ask witpqs who is one of the most knowledgeable forumites.
Meantime, I would not send more than one unit initially to test the route. Don't want to get them all stranded on an island you cannot lift them off without buying them out!
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Land movement of restricted units is not prohibited by the software, so it is feasible to rail the air units all the way to Prince Rupert and fly them from there. I consider it ridiculous to think
that Canada would not have allowed transit of US units to NORPAC without political points being expended. After all, NORPAC defences shielded Canada more than the US lower 48 states!
I agree that this is dumb, but it seems you can't rail from the East Cost to Price Rupert with Air units. It works for land units but not for my air units. That's why I had to start my route in Seattle. See the image below on where I can rail to from the East Coast.
This might be a little extreme, as that may release a lot of Japaneses units for use elsewhere but I would agree the system as it stands now it far from perfect.ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
I think movement overland on the continental land mass should not require PP. That includes Asia, from Russia, through Manchukuo, Korea, Mongolia, China, Indo-China, Burma and India.
Yea, I found several drop tank posts drop tanks but nothing that was definitive on the requirements. Think I will open a thread later today to ask. You are 100% correct that only one unit will try this before the rest make the trip.ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
Back to the drop tank supply requirements - my memory is fuzzy on the requirements and I also could not find it in the manual. I know it was mentioned in the forum somewhere but I could not find it on a search
of "The War Room" where such things are usually dealt with. IIRC, the requirement was much more than just double the minimum supply- perhaps 10K or 25K supply and/or an air HQ within range?
You might ask witpqs who is one of the most knowledgeable forumites.
Meantime, I would not send more than one unit initially to test the route. Don't want to get them all stranded on an island you cannot lift them off without buying them out!
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Land movement of restricted units is not prohibited by the software, so it is feasible to rail the air units all the way to Prince Rupert and fly them from there. I consider it ridiculous to think
that Canada would not have allowed transit of US units to NORPAC without political points being expended. After all, NORPAC defences shielded Canada more than the US lower 48 states!
I agree that this is dumb, but it seems you can't rail from the East Cost to Price Rupert with Air units. It works for land units but not for my air units. That's why I had to start my route in Seattle. See the image below on where I can rail to from the East Coast.
I just railed some SBDs from SFO area to PR. EC is off-map, so that may restrict where you can go from there, but it looks like rail from on-map locations is OK.
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I just railed some SBDs from SFO area to PR. EC is off-map, so that may restrict where you can go from there, but it looks like rail from on-map locations is OK.
Hmm, will have to do some testing to see what my issue it.
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10 July 42 - 15 July 42 Executive Summary
He continues to clean up the Philippines and the NEI. There the air war in Rangoon is on hold still, and Baker Island falls without any issues.
Due to some technial issues we are missing the combat report for the third turn but nothing of note other than an Air Ambush over Wenchow occurs.
Raiding
ASW attack near Ambrym SS RO-66, hits 8 vs DD Duncan
Japanese Ships SS RO-66, hits 1 vs DD McCalla
Japanese Ships SS RO-67, hits 1 vs DD McCalla
His sub force has withdraw from the areas around Pearl Harbor, but is still in force along the Samoa-Fiji-New Caledonia Line.
Allied Naval Forces
Fleet of Doom: USN CAR DIV 1 (Hornet), USN CAR DIV 2 (Yorktown), CAR Div 4 (Wasp) Force H (Illustrious and Formidable), Force Z (Repulse and North Carolina) are supporting the Baker Island Landing. Force Z bombards Baker Island as it was in the area. All these forces are off of Baker Island will withdraw in two days.
CAR DIV 3 (Enterprise): Reaping at Pearl has 43 days in the yard to repair her battle damage.
The USN 1st Bat Div (Maryland, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Warspite): At Luganville to support operations in the SWPAC area. The Santa Cruz Force is also at Luganville (Chester, Quincy and six Dutch DDs).
Force X (Revenge, Royal Sovereign, Ramillies, Resolution): At Colombo.
Lexington and Saratoga in for their June Upgrades (4 days left) at Pearl harbor. Given the Enterprise in the the shop I now should have enough pilots to outfit all of my CVs with 60+ Exp and 70 Skill pilots. The Enterprise ACU's will now shift to training replacements for the reserve pool.
Mini-Doom: The small CVE fleet, in two separate taffys has been formed. Currently it comprises the Long Island with 17 Marine F2A-3 Buffalo fighters (speed 16) in one. The second one contains the CL Hermes (speed 25) with 20 Sea Hurricane Ib. Both of these off of Baker Island.
KB and Mini-KB
Seems the KB was at Rabaul and is now on the move, elements of it or just its replenishment force are South of Truk.
China
He has continued to bombard from the ground and the air at Wenchow to work to burn off my supplies and damage the airfield, supplies stand at 1.3K (dropping). We also have 32K troops in the max stacking of 40K. Two Chinese ACUs (P-43 & H81-A3) ambushed and shot down 10 K-43-Ic Oscar and Ki-49-Ia Helen aircraft for the loss of one H81-A3. The air units will withdraw before he sweeps again.
His army is also prepping for a 42/43 offensive once Wenchow falls. Moving units to hold the areas he is prepping to attack and protect against any Flanking maneuvers. Targets he is prepping for are: Sian, Wuchow, Changsha and Chenchow.
Burma
The ground bombardment continues. Intel Monkey shows the 55th Infantry Bde, 33rd Division, 204th Ship Eng Coy, 21st Med FA Bn, 15th Army, 55th Eng Reg, 112th Infantry Reg and 14th Ind. Art. Mortar Bn prepping for Rangoon. He retakes Pegu so supplies again are following to Rangoon.
At Rangoon to oppose them I have the 1st Burma Infantry Division, the 17th Indian Infantry Division, three Burma Infantry Bn, three base force Bn, the Burma Corps HQc, 25K of Supplies, Fort 5-77%, two P-40E ACU, and four British fighter ACUs. We have 19 more air frames and the base then we can handle with aviation support but air combat swill reduce this at some point. There are four HDML's to provide bombardment cover. He has twenty Land units in Rangoon.
At Mandalay there are 35K of supplies, three Burma Infantry Bn, two base force and Forts 4 - 07%. Three poorly equipped Indian Armored Cav Rgts, the 7th Armored Bde, and the Burma Inf Bde are making their way south to smash from Armored Tank Rgts of his moving toward Mandalay.
At Port Blair there are four HDML, 1 ACM, 148 mines, 2 Base Forces and the 45th Indian Bde, 41K of Supplies and Fort 3-81%. All land units are 100% prep'd and the leader of the 45ht has been upgraded.
The air force is bombing the two Armored Reg moving north of his and has damaged the air field at Toungoo to 51%.
Operation Apple Jacks
One day late and a dollar short, so it is now a battle of attrition to regain Ndeni. The goal is to turn this into a front where we can bring the same amount or more force into play and drain him of planes, supplies and pilots. I want to see if I can use up my current model airplanes before they cannot be used on the front lines in early 1943.
At Vanikoro is a Port level 1, the Airfield 4-66% and the Fort 3, 12 PT Boats and one AGP. Looking to scrounge up an ACM and 150 mines. The 1st Marine Raider Bn and the 8th Marine Def Bn, 1st US Naval Construction Bn , 13th MAG HQ, 2nd USMC Parachute Bn, 2/7 Commando Bn and the Del Monte AAF Base Force are at this location. There is one P-39D ACU, two A-24 ACUs, one F4F-3P ACU, one F2A-2 Buffalo ACU, one F4F-3A Wildcat, one SB2U-3 Vindicator and one PBY-5 ACU located at this base. Additional Marine Fighter and Dive Bomber ACUs are ready to rotate in or base here as the airfield expands.
Luganville is safe with Forts Level 3, Airfield 7-20% two CD LCUs, one ACM, the 2nd Marine Divion + a lot of friends and 148 mines. If I can come up with the PT boats I will also add some here but this may take a while as I have a bunch of them in the Line Islands. The island has 284 Aviation Support and one Air HQ. six B-17E ACUs and one B-17D ACU ready to bomb the Level 2 Airfield at Tulagi (there is one LB-30 ACU that can also hit Tulagi from Koumac along with an F-4 for recon). The air units are standing down to rest for the next round, have three more B-17 ACUs in route and will resume when they are in place.
In the next 30 days or sooner the following will occur to support the advance on Ndeni in Phase 2:
1) The medium range bombers from Pago Pago will deploy to Lugnaville to smash the airfields or Ports that are built on Ndeni, as airfield space is created.
2) The 1st Marine Division, 641st Towed TD Bn, 1 USMC Parachute BN and one FA BN that are now prepping for Ndeni (50% and counting) based at Suva.
3) A trickle down of fighters to the four Marine ACUs at Pago Pago has started. As ACUs with the F2A-2 Buffalo's are filled out they will be added to the air war over the Santa Cruz Islands.
4) There are two US 25 Figher ACU's located at Suva and Pago Pago that can be rotated in as needed for air cover --- along with four 25 Fighter ACU's located at Noumea.
The needed lift is in place in Suva, waiting for the USN 1st Bat Div to arrive to provide surface cover. Once the KB withdraws this operation gets the green light.
Operation Honeycomb
The 147th Sep Inf Reg 11 hexes from Baker is ordered to make a full speed run to land on the island. A Base Group is in route on ADPs, one Eng Bn will also be sent.
The Fleet of Doom and Mini-Doom will cover this landing, for two more days and then withdraw.
Operation Mr. T
The retaking of the Ellice Islands: Vaitupu and Funafuti. Allied high command wants to make sure we keep the pressure on him from both the Southwest and Central Pacific. I think I am going to fall into a very historical Left-Right attack along the MacArthur and Nimitz lines of advance.
From Nadi the 4 FA Bn, 32nd Infantry Div and the 192nd Tank Bn will attack Funafuti, preparation in the mid 80’s. The 754th Tank Bn, Americal Inf Div and the 205th FA Bn will attack from Koumac and take Vaitupu - ~50% prepped and climbing.
Operation Cookie-Crisp
The landing at Tabiteuea and Tarawa. Forces will stage from Pearl will take these islands. At this point it is just planning and prepping. I don’t expect to be able to do this until all the carriers have completed their upgrades.
For Tabiteuea the 27th Infantry Division, the 181st FA Bn, 763rd Tank Bn and the 134th Cmbt Engr Bn are all prepping for this in the low-70s.
For Tarawa the 21st Infantry Rgt (Restricted), 34th Infantry Rgt and the 34th Combat Engr Rgt are all prepping in the mid-70’s.
Operation Super Golden Crisp
Given he now controls Attu as of June 20th 1942, I have decided on an operation to evict him as quickly as possible before the winter sets in. The main purpose of this is more maskirovka than anything else. I want AirGriff to feel threatened in the north in the hopes he starts diverting resources and units to the defensive line in the Kurile's.
The 3rd Marine Division and 3rs Pioneer Bn are in route to Seattle and are prepping for the landing. I may need to scrounge up some additional forces depending on what we find that is guarding the base. These forces will be paired with the landing ships from the Baker Island campaign and the will move to Dutch Harbor for staging. The Fleet of Doom will support the landing from Pearl Harbor to make as much noise as possible.
There is one O-47 Recon ACU now in route to help collect inelegance on the defenses.
1. At Anchorage we have one B-17E ACU, one B-25B ACU and one C-47 ACU.
2. ComAirNoPac HQ-A will relocate from Anchorage to Dutch Harbor and then to Adak.
3. Move two AA units to Adak.
4. Add ACM and 150 mines to Adak.
Japanese Amphibious Landings:
Amphibious Assault at Rekata Bay (113,134)
Japan Conquerors the Following Bases:
Pegu
Panggoe
Namlea
Allies Amphibious Landings:
Baker Island
Allies Conquerors the Following Bases:
Baker Island
Baker Island
He continues to clean up the Philippines and the NEI. There the air war in Rangoon is on hold still, and Baker Island falls without any issues.
Due to some technial issues we are missing the combat report for the third turn but nothing of note other than an Air Ambush over Wenchow occurs.
Raiding
ASW attack near Ambrym SS RO-66, hits 8 vs DD Duncan
Japanese Ships SS RO-66, hits 1 vs DD McCalla
Japanese Ships SS RO-67, hits 1 vs DD McCalla
His sub force has withdraw from the areas around Pearl Harbor, but is still in force along the Samoa-Fiji-New Caledonia Line.
Allied Naval Forces
Fleet of Doom: USN CAR DIV 1 (Hornet), USN CAR DIV 2 (Yorktown), CAR Div 4 (Wasp) Force H (Illustrious and Formidable), Force Z (Repulse and North Carolina) are supporting the Baker Island Landing. Force Z bombards Baker Island as it was in the area. All these forces are off of Baker Island will withdraw in two days.
CAR DIV 3 (Enterprise): Reaping at Pearl has 43 days in the yard to repair her battle damage.
The USN 1st Bat Div (Maryland, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Warspite): At Luganville to support operations in the SWPAC area. The Santa Cruz Force is also at Luganville (Chester, Quincy and six Dutch DDs).
Force X (Revenge, Royal Sovereign, Ramillies, Resolution): At Colombo.
Lexington and Saratoga in for their June Upgrades (4 days left) at Pearl harbor. Given the Enterprise in the the shop I now should have enough pilots to outfit all of my CVs with 60+ Exp and 70 Skill pilots. The Enterprise ACU's will now shift to training replacements for the reserve pool.
Mini-Doom: The small CVE fleet, in two separate taffys has been formed. Currently it comprises the Long Island with 17 Marine F2A-3 Buffalo fighters (speed 16) in one. The second one contains the CL Hermes (speed 25) with 20 Sea Hurricane Ib. Both of these off of Baker Island.
KB and Mini-KB
Seems the KB was at Rabaul and is now on the move, elements of it or just its replenishment force are South of Truk.
China
He has continued to bombard from the ground and the air at Wenchow to work to burn off my supplies and damage the airfield, supplies stand at 1.3K (dropping). We also have 32K troops in the max stacking of 40K. Two Chinese ACUs (P-43 & H81-A3) ambushed and shot down 10 K-43-Ic Oscar and Ki-49-Ia Helen aircraft for the loss of one H81-A3. The air units will withdraw before he sweeps again.
His army is also prepping for a 42/43 offensive once Wenchow falls. Moving units to hold the areas he is prepping to attack and protect against any Flanking maneuvers. Targets he is prepping for are: Sian, Wuchow, Changsha and Chenchow.
Burma
The ground bombardment continues. Intel Monkey shows the 55th Infantry Bde, 33rd Division, 204th Ship Eng Coy, 21st Med FA Bn, 15th Army, 55th Eng Reg, 112th Infantry Reg and 14th Ind. Art. Mortar Bn prepping for Rangoon. He retakes Pegu so supplies again are following to Rangoon.
At Rangoon to oppose them I have the 1st Burma Infantry Division, the 17th Indian Infantry Division, three Burma Infantry Bn, three base force Bn, the Burma Corps HQc, 25K of Supplies, Fort 5-77%, two P-40E ACU, and four British fighter ACUs. We have 19 more air frames and the base then we can handle with aviation support but air combat swill reduce this at some point. There are four HDML's to provide bombardment cover. He has twenty Land units in Rangoon.
At Mandalay there are 35K of supplies, three Burma Infantry Bn, two base force and Forts 4 - 07%. Three poorly equipped Indian Armored Cav Rgts, the 7th Armored Bde, and the Burma Inf Bde are making their way south to smash from Armored Tank Rgts of his moving toward Mandalay.
At Port Blair there are four HDML, 1 ACM, 148 mines, 2 Base Forces and the 45th Indian Bde, 41K of Supplies and Fort 3-81%. All land units are 100% prep'd and the leader of the 45ht has been upgraded.
The air force is bombing the two Armored Reg moving north of his and has damaged the air field at Toungoo to 51%.
Operation Apple Jacks
One day late and a dollar short, so it is now a battle of attrition to regain Ndeni. The goal is to turn this into a front where we can bring the same amount or more force into play and drain him of planes, supplies and pilots. I want to see if I can use up my current model airplanes before they cannot be used on the front lines in early 1943.
At Vanikoro is a Port level 1, the Airfield 4-66% and the Fort 3, 12 PT Boats and one AGP. Looking to scrounge up an ACM and 150 mines. The 1st Marine Raider Bn and the 8th Marine Def Bn, 1st US Naval Construction Bn , 13th MAG HQ, 2nd USMC Parachute Bn, 2/7 Commando Bn and the Del Monte AAF Base Force are at this location. There is one P-39D ACU, two A-24 ACUs, one F4F-3P ACU, one F2A-2 Buffalo ACU, one F4F-3A Wildcat, one SB2U-3 Vindicator and one PBY-5 ACU located at this base. Additional Marine Fighter and Dive Bomber ACUs are ready to rotate in or base here as the airfield expands.
Luganville is safe with Forts Level 3, Airfield 7-20% two CD LCUs, one ACM, the 2nd Marine Divion + a lot of friends and 148 mines. If I can come up with the PT boats I will also add some here but this may take a while as I have a bunch of them in the Line Islands. The island has 284 Aviation Support and one Air HQ. six B-17E ACUs and one B-17D ACU ready to bomb the Level 2 Airfield at Tulagi (there is one LB-30 ACU that can also hit Tulagi from Koumac along with an F-4 for recon). The air units are standing down to rest for the next round, have three more B-17 ACUs in route and will resume when they are in place.
In the next 30 days or sooner the following will occur to support the advance on Ndeni in Phase 2:
1) The medium range bombers from Pago Pago will deploy to Lugnaville to smash the airfields or Ports that are built on Ndeni, as airfield space is created.
2) The 1st Marine Division, 641st Towed TD Bn, 1 USMC Parachute BN and one FA BN that are now prepping for Ndeni (50% and counting) based at Suva.
3) A trickle down of fighters to the four Marine ACUs at Pago Pago has started. As ACUs with the F2A-2 Buffalo's are filled out they will be added to the air war over the Santa Cruz Islands.
4) There are two US 25 Figher ACU's located at Suva and Pago Pago that can be rotated in as needed for air cover --- along with four 25 Fighter ACU's located at Noumea.
The needed lift is in place in Suva, waiting for the USN 1st Bat Div to arrive to provide surface cover. Once the KB withdraws this operation gets the green light.
Operation Honeycomb
The 147th Sep Inf Reg 11 hexes from Baker is ordered to make a full speed run to land on the island. A Base Group is in route on ADPs, one Eng Bn will also be sent.
The Fleet of Doom and Mini-Doom will cover this landing, for two more days and then withdraw.
Operation Mr. T
The retaking of the Ellice Islands: Vaitupu and Funafuti. Allied high command wants to make sure we keep the pressure on him from both the Southwest and Central Pacific. I think I am going to fall into a very historical Left-Right attack along the MacArthur and Nimitz lines of advance.
From Nadi the 4 FA Bn, 32nd Infantry Div and the 192nd Tank Bn will attack Funafuti, preparation in the mid 80’s. The 754th Tank Bn, Americal Inf Div and the 205th FA Bn will attack from Koumac and take Vaitupu - ~50% prepped and climbing.
Operation Cookie-Crisp
The landing at Tabiteuea and Tarawa. Forces will stage from Pearl will take these islands. At this point it is just planning and prepping. I don’t expect to be able to do this until all the carriers have completed their upgrades.
For Tabiteuea the 27th Infantry Division, the 181st FA Bn, 763rd Tank Bn and the 134th Cmbt Engr Bn are all prepping for this in the low-70s.
For Tarawa the 21st Infantry Rgt (Restricted), 34th Infantry Rgt and the 34th Combat Engr Rgt are all prepping in the mid-70’s.
Operation Super Golden Crisp
Given he now controls Attu as of June 20th 1942, I have decided on an operation to evict him as quickly as possible before the winter sets in. The main purpose of this is more maskirovka than anything else. I want AirGriff to feel threatened in the north in the hopes he starts diverting resources and units to the defensive line in the Kurile's.
The 3rd Marine Division and 3rs Pioneer Bn are in route to Seattle and are prepping for the landing. I may need to scrounge up some additional forces depending on what we find that is guarding the base. These forces will be paired with the landing ships from the Baker Island campaign and the will move to Dutch Harbor for staging. The Fleet of Doom will support the landing from Pearl Harbor to make as much noise as possible.
There is one O-47 Recon ACU now in route to help collect inelegance on the defenses.
1. At Anchorage we have one B-17E ACU, one B-25B ACU and one C-47 ACU.
2. ComAirNoPac HQ-A will relocate from Anchorage to Dutch Harbor and then to Adak.
3. Move two AA units to Adak.
4. Add ACM and 150 mines to Adak.
Japanese Amphibious Landings:
Amphibious Assault at Rekata Bay (113,134)
Japan Conquerors the Following Bases:
Pegu
Panggoe
Namlea
Allies Amphibious Landings:
Baker Island
Allies Conquerors the Following Bases:
Baker Island
Baker Island
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KB Spotted - Carrier Battler Warning Issued to all Forces
The KB or possibly just part of it has been spotted in route to Barker Island. All forces in the area will move as noted below. If he wants to fight we will oblige him, but over Canton Island under our LBA. Full turn update will follow tonight.
Baker Island is held by the 147th Sep Inf Reg and the 318th Base Group (11 aviation support and no engineers, just turned on replacements). The base force was just dropped off by my ADP, it has no other fragments so as it takes replacements it will begin work on fixing the base damage --- Port 98, AF Service 83 & AF Runway 01.
Not sure if this is a play to just force a CV battle as he knows the Enterprise is in the shop or if it is an all out bid to take back Baker Island. If he wants Baker, I will let him take it and then come right back after the KB withdraws with 40t Infantry Division and friends that are 100% prepped for the Baker Island.
If he wants to fight a CV battle, he has to come to Canton under my LBA cover or I will simply ignore him. One additional submarine is now in route from Pearl Harbor to join the five on-station.
The KB or possibly just part of it has been spotted in route to Barker Island. All forces in the area will move as noted below. If he wants to fight we will oblige him, but over Canton Island under our LBA. Full turn update will follow tonight.
Baker Island is held by the 147th Sep Inf Reg and the 318th Base Group (11 aviation support and no engineers, just turned on replacements). The base force was just dropped off by my ADP, it has no other fragments so as it takes replacements it will begin work on fixing the base damage --- Port 98, AF Service 83 & AF Runway 01.
Not sure if this is a play to just force a CV battle as he knows the Enterprise is in the shop or if it is an all out bid to take back Baker Island. If he wants Baker, I will let him take it and then come right back after the KB withdraws with 40t Infantry Division and friends that are 100% prepped for the Baker Island.
If he wants to fight a CV battle, he has to come to Canton under my LBA cover or I will simply ignore him. One additional submarine is now in route from Pearl Harbor to join the five on-station.
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16 July 42 - 17 July 42 Executive Summary
He continues to clean up the Philippines and the NEI. There the air war in Rangoon is on hold still, but he launches the 1st attack! It goes very well for the allies (details in separate post).
Raiding
Sub attack near Saishu To SC Ch 3 vs SS Pompano, hits 6 (in route to Pearl for Repair)
Allied Naval Forces
Fleet of Doom: USN CAR DIV 1 (Hornet), USN CAR DIV 2 (Yorktown), CAR Div 4 (Wasp) Force H (Illustrious and Formidable), Force Z (Repulse and North Carolina) are supporting the Baker Island Landing will withdraw to Canton as noted in the post above. Force Z, will cover the fleet.
CAR DIV 3 (Enterprise): Reaping at Pearl has 41 days in the yard to repair her battle damage.
The USN 1st Bat Div (Maryland, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Warspite): At Luganville to support operations in the SWPAC area. The Santa Cruz Force is also at Luganville (Chester, Quincy and six Dutch DDs).
Force X (Revenge, Royal Sovereign, Ramillies, Resolution): At Colombo.
Lexington and Saratoga in for their June Upgrades (2 days left) at Pearl harbor. Given the Enterprise in the the shop I now should have enough pilots to outfit all of my CVs with 60+ Exp and 70 Skill pilots. The Enterprise ACU's will now shift to training replacements for the reserve pool.
Mini-Doom: The small CVE fleet, in two separate taffys has been formed. Currently it comprises the Long Island with 17 Marine F2A-3 Buffalo fighters (speed 16) in one. The second one contains the CL Hermes (speed 25) with 20 Sea Hurricane Ib. Both of these are moving to Canton Island to cover a replenishment taffy.
KB and Mini-KB
See the post above for details, but at least part of the KB is spotted and assumed to be in route to Baker Island.
China
He has continued to bombard from the ground at Wenchow to work to burn off my supplies and damage the airfield, supplies stand at 1.4K (rising). We also have 32K troops in the max stacking of 40K. The air force has withdrawn for now. The CAP game of cat and mouse now has a pause by both sides.
His army is also prepping for a 42/43 offensive once Wenchow falls. Moving units to hold the areas he is prepping to attack and protect against any Flanking maneuvers. Targets he is prepping for are: Sian, Wuchow, Changsha and Chenchow.
Burma
The ground bombardment continues after a failed 1:2 assult. Intel Monkey shows the 55th Infantry Bde, 33rd Division, 204th Ship Eng Coy, 21st Med FA Bn, 15th Army, 55th Eng Reg, 112th Infantry Reg and 14th Ind. Art. Mortar Bn prepping for Rangoon.
At Rangoon to oppose them I have the 1st Burma Infantry Division, the 17th Indian Infantry Division, three Burma Infantry Bn, three base force Bn, the Burma Corps HQc, 21K of Supplies, Fort 4-03%, two P-40E ACU, and four British fighter ACUs. We have 19 more air frames and the base then we can handle with aviation support but air combat swill reduce this at some point. There are four HDML's to provide bombardment cover. He has twenty Land units in Rangoon.
At Mandalay there are 36K of supplies, three Burma Infantry Bn, two base force and Forts 4 - 05%. Three poorly equipped Indian Armored Cav Rgts, the 7th Armored Bde, and the Burma Inf Bde are making their way south to smash from Armored Tank Rgts of his moving toward Mandalay.
At Port Blair there are four HDML, 1 ACM, 148 mines, 2 Base Forces and the 45th Indian Bde, 41K of Supplies and Fort 3-81%. All land units are 100% prep'd and the leader of the 45ht has been upgraded.
The air force is bombing the two Armored Reg moving north of his and has damaged the air field at Toungoo to 38% as it seems he moved in an engineer unit to repair the field.
Operation Apple Jacks
One day late and a dollar short, so it is now a battle of attrition to regain Ndeni. The goal is to turn this into a front where we can bring the same amount or more force into play and drain him of planes, supplies and pilots. I want to see if I can use up my current model airplanes before they cannot be used on the front lines in early 1943.
At Vanikoro is a Port level 1, the Airfield 4-75% and the Fort 3, 12 PT Boats, one ACM and one AGP. Looking to scrounge up 150 mines. The 1st Marine Raider Bn and the 8th Marine Def Bn, 1st US Naval Construction Bn , 13th MAG HQ, 2nd USMC Parachute Bn, 2/7 Commando Bn and the Del Monte AAF Base Force are at this location. There is one P-39D ACU, two A-24 ACUs, one F4F-3P ACU, one F2A-2 Buffalo ACU, one F4F-3A Wildcat, and one one SB2U-3 Vindicator. Additional Marine Fighter and Dive Bomber ACUs are ready to rotate in or base here as the airfield expands.
Luganville is safe with Forts Level 3, Airfield 7-28% two CD LCUs, one ACM, the 2nd Marine Divion + a lot of friends and 148 mines. If I can come up with the PT boats I will also add some here but this may take a while as I have a bunch of them in the Line Islands. The island has 284 Aviation Support and one Air HQ. six B-17E ACUs and one B-17D ACU ready to bomb the Level 2 Airfield at Tulagi (there is one LB-30 ACU that can also hit Tulagi from Koumac along with an F-4 for recon). The air units are standing down to rest for the next round, have three more B-17 ACUs in route and will resume when they are in place. One PBY-5 to the base for Naval Search.
In the next 30 days or sooner the following will occur to support the advance on Ndeni in Phase 2:
1) The medium range bombers from Pago Pago will deploy to Lugnaville to smash the airfields or Ports that are built on Ndeni, as airfield space is created.
2) The 1st Marine Division, 641st Towed TD Bn, 1 USMC Parachute BN and one FA BN that are now prepping for Ndeni (50% and counting) based at Suva.
3) A trickle down of fighters to the four Marine ACUs at Pago Pago has started. As ACUs with the F2A-2 Buffalo's are filled out they will be added to the air war over the Santa Cruz Islands.
4) There are two US 25 Figher ACU's located at Suva and Pago Pago that can be rotated in as needed for air cover --- along with four 25 Fighter ACU's located at Noumea.
The needed lift is in place in Suva, waiting for the USN 1st Bat Div to arrive to provide surface cover. Once the KB withdraws this operation gets the green light.
Operation Honeycomb
The 147th Sep Inf Reg and the 318th Base Group hold the island. Waiting to see how the possible carrier battle plays out. One aviation Eng Bn will also be sent to the island. See the post above for details.
Operation Mr. T
The retaking of the Ellice Islands: Vaitupu and Funafuti. Allied high command wants to make sure we keep the pressure on him from both the Southwest and Central Pacific. I think I am going to fall into a very historical Left-Right attack along the MacArthur and Nimitz lines of advance.
From Nadi the 4 FA Bn, 32nd Infantry Div and the 192nd Tank Bn will attack Funafuti, preparation in the mid 80’s. The 754th Tank Bn, Americal Inf Div and the 205th FA Bn will attack from Koumac and take Vaitupu - ~50% prepped and climbing.
Operation Cookie-Crisp
The landing at Tabiteuea and Tarawa. Forces will stage from Pearl will take these islands. At this point it is just planning and prepping. I don’t expect to be able to do this until all the carriers have completed their upgrades.
For Tabiteuea the 27th Infantry Division, the 181st FA Bn, 763rd Tank Bn and the 134th Cmbt Engr Bn are all prepping for this in the low-70s.
For Tarawa the 21st Infantry Rgt (Restricted), 34th Infantry Rgt and the 34th Combat Engr Rgt are all prepping in the mid-70’s.
Operation Super Golden Crisp
Given he now controls Attu as of June 20th 1942, I have decided on an operation to evict him as quickly as possible before the winter sets in. The main purpose of this is more maskirovka than anything else. I want AirGriff to feel threatened in the north in the hopes he starts diverting resources and units to the defensive line in the Kurile's.
The 3rd Marine Division and 3rs Pioneer Bn are in route to Seattle and are prepping for the landing. I may need to scrounge up some additional forces depending on what we find that is guarding the base. These forces will be paired with the landing ships from the Baker Island campaign and the will move to Dutch Harbor for staging. The Fleet of Doom will support the landing from Pearl Harbor to make as much noise as possible.
1. At Anchorage we have one B-17E ACU, one B-25B ACU and one C-47 ACU.
2. ComAirNoPac HQ-A will relocate from Anchorage to Dutch Harbor and then to Adak.
3. Move two AA units to Adak.
4. Add ACM and 150 mines to Adak.
Japanese Amphibious Landings:
None.
Japan Conquerors the Following Bases:
Dobo
Pakanbaroe
Allies Amphibious Landings:
None.
Allies Conquerors the Following Bases:
None.
He continues to clean up the Philippines and the NEI. There the air war in Rangoon is on hold still, but he launches the 1st attack! It goes very well for the allies (details in separate post).
Raiding
Sub attack near Saishu To SC Ch 3 vs SS Pompano, hits 6 (in route to Pearl for Repair)
Allied Naval Forces
Fleet of Doom: USN CAR DIV 1 (Hornet), USN CAR DIV 2 (Yorktown), CAR Div 4 (Wasp) Force H (Illustrious and Formidable), Force Z (Repulse and North Carolina) are supporting the Baker Island Landing will withdraw to Canton as noted in the post above. Force Z, will cover the fleet.
CAR DIV 3 (Enterprise): Reaping at Pearl has 41 days in the yard to repair her battle damage.
The USN 1st Bat Div (Maryland, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Warspite): At Luganville to support operations in the SWPAC area. The Santa Cruz Force is also at Luganville (Chester, Quincy and six Dutch DDs).
Force X (Revenge, Royal Sovereign, Ramillies, Resolution): At Colombo.
Lexington and Saratoga in for their June Upgrades (2 days left) at Pearl harbor. Given the Enterprise in the the shop I now should have enough pilots to outfit all of my CVs with 60+ Exp and 70 Skill pilots. The Enterprise ACU's will now shift to training replacements for the reserve pool.
Mini-Doom: The small CVE fleet, in two separate taffys has been formed. Currently it comprises the Long Island with 17 Marine F2A-3 Buffalo fighters (speed 16) in one. The second one contains the CL Hermes (speed 25) with 20 Sea Hurricane Ib. Both of these are moving to Canton Island to cover a replenishment taffy.
KB and Mini-KB
See the post above for details, but at least part of the KB is spotted and assumed to be in route to Baker Island.
China
He has continued to bombard from the ground at Wenchow to work to burn off my supplies and damage the airfield, supplies stand at 1.4K (rising). We also have 32K troops in the max stacking of 40K. The air force has withdrawn for now. The CAP game of cat and mouse now has a pause by both sides.
His army is also prepping for a 42/43 offensive once Wenchow falls. Moving units to hold the areas he is prepping to attack and protect against any Flanking maneuvers. Targets he is prepping for are: Sian, Wuchow, Changsha and Chenchow.
Burma
The ground bombardment continues after a failed 1:2 assult. Intel Monkey shows the 55th Infantry Bde, 33rd Division, 204th Ship Eng Coy, 21st Med FA Bn, 15th Army, 55th Eng Reg, 112th Infantry Reg and 14th Ind. Art. Mortar Bn prepping for Rangoon.
At Rangoon to oppose them I have the 1st Burma Infantry Division, the 17th Indian Infantry Division, three Burma Infantry Bn, three base force Bn, the Burma Corps HQc, 21K of Supplies, Fort 4-03%, two P-40E ACU, and four British fighter ACUs. We have 19 more air frames and the base then we can handle with aviation support but air combat swill reduce this at some point. There are four HDML's to provide bombardment cover. He has twenty Land units in Rangoon.
At Mandalay there are 36K of supplies, three Burma Infantry Bn, two base force and Forts 4 - 05%. Three poorly equipped Indian Armored Cav Rgts, the 7th Armored Bde, and the Burma Inf Bde are making their way south to smash from Armored Tank Rgts of his moving toward Mandalay.
At Port Blair there are four HDML, 1 ACM, 148 mines, 2 Base Forces and the 45th Indian Bde, 41K of Supplies and Fort 3-81%. All land units are 100% prep'd and the leader of the 45ht has been upgraded.
The air force is bombing the two Armored Reg moving north of his and has damaged the air field at Toungoo to 38% as it seems he moved in an engineer unit to repair the field.
Operation Apple Jacks
One day late and a dollar short, so it is now a battle of attrition to regain Ndeni. The goal is to turn this into a front where we can bring the same amount or more force into play and drain him of planes, supplies and pilots. I want to see if I can use up my current model airplanes before they cannot be used on the front lines in early 1943.
At Vanikoro is a Port level 1, the Airfield 4-75% and the Fort 3, 12 PT Boats, one ACM and one AGP. Looking to scrounge up 150 mines. The 1st Marine Raider Bn and the 8th Marine Def Bn, 1st US Naval Construction Bn , 13th MAG HQ, 2nd USMC Parachute Bn, 2/7 Commando Bn and the Del Monte AAF Base Force are at this location. There is one P-39D ACU, two A-24 ACUs, one F4F-3P ACU, one F2A-2 Buffalo ACU, one F4F-3A Wildcat, and one one SB2U-3 Vindicator. Additional Marine Fighter and Dive Bomber ACUs are ready to rotate in or base here as the airfield expands.
Luganville is safe with Forts Level 3, Airfield 7-28% two CD LCUs, one ACM, the 2nd Marine Divion + a lot of friends and 148 mines. If I can come up with the PT boats I will also add some here but this may take a while as I have a bunch of them in the Line Islands. The island has 284 Aviation Support and one Air HQ. six B-17E ACUs and one B-17D ACU ready to bomb the Level 2 Airfield at Tulagi (there is one LB-30 ACU that can also hit Tulagi from Koumac along with an F-4 for recon). The air units are standing down to rest for the next round, have three more B-17 ACUs in route and will resume when they are in place. One PBY-5 to the base for Naval Search.
In the next 30 days or sooner the following will occur to support the advance on Ndeni in Phase 2:
1) The medium range bombers from Pago Pago will deploy to Lugnaville to smash the airfields or Ports that are built on Ndeni, as airfield space is created.
2) The 1st Marine Division, 641st Towed TD Bn, 1 USMC Parachute BN and one FA BN that are now prepping for Ndeni (50% and counting) based at Suva.
3) A trickle down of fighters to the four Marine ACUs at Pago Pago has started. As ACUs with the F2A-2 Buffalo's are filled out they will be added to the air war over the Santa Cruz Islands.
4) There are two US 25 Figher ACU's located at Suva and Pago Pago that can be rotated in as needed for air cover --- along with four 25 Fighter ACU's located at Noumea.
The needed lift is in place in Suva, waiting for the USN 1st Bat Div to arrive to provide surface cover. Once the KB withdraws this operation gets the green light.
Operation Honeycomb
The 147th Sep Inf Reg and the 318th Base Group hold the island. Waiting to see how the possible carrier battle plays out. One aviation Eng Bn will also be sent to the island. See the post above for details.
Operation Mr. T
The retaking of the Ellice Islands: Vaitupu and Funafuti. Allied high command wants to make sure we keep the pressure on him from both the Southwest and Central Pacific. I think I am going to fall into a very historical Left-Right attack along the MacArthur and Nimitz lines of advance.
From Nadi the 4 FA Bn, 32nd Infantry Div and the 192nd Tank Bn will attack Funafuti, preparation in the mid 80’s. The 754th Tank Bn, Americal Inf Div and the 205th FA Bn will attack from Koumac and take Vaitupu - ~50% prepped and climbing.
Operation Cookie-Crisp
The landing at Tabiteuea and Tarawa. Forces will stage from Pearl will take these islands. At this point it is just planning and prepping. I don’t expect to be able to do this until all the carriers have completed their upgrades.
For Tabiteuea the 27th Infantry Division, the 181st FA Bn, 763rd Tank Bn and the 134th Cmbt Engr Bn are all prepping for this in the low-70s.
For Tarawa the 21st Infantry Rgt (Restricted), 34th Infantry Rgt and the 34th Combat Engr Rgt are all prepping in the mid-70’s.
Operation Super Golden Crisp
Given he now controls Attu as of June 20th 1942, I have decided on an operation to evict him as quickly as possible before the winter sets in. The main purpose of this is more maskirovka than anything else. I want AirGriff to feel threatened in the north in the hopes he starts diverting resources and units to the defensive line in the Kurile's.
The 3rd Marine Division and 3rs Pioneer Bn are in route to Seattle and are prepping for the landing. I may need to scrounge up some additional forces depending on what we find that is guarding the base. These forces will be paired with the landing ships from the Baker Island campaign and the will move to Dutch Harbor for staging. The Fleet of Doom will support the landing from Pearl Harbor to make as much noise as possible.
1. At Anchorage we have one B-17E ACU, one B-25B ACU and one C-47 ACU.
2. ComAirNoPac HQ-A will relocate from Anchorage to Dutch Harbor and then to Adak.
3. Move two AA units to Adak.
4. Add ACM and 150 mines to Adak.
Japanese Amphibious Landings:
None.
Japan Conquerors the Following Bases:
Dobo
Pakanbaroe
Allies Amphibious Landings:
None.
Allies Conquerors the Following Bases:
None.
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RE: This will End Badly Rook749 vs AirGriff
Rangoon Land War....
This ladies and gentleman is what happens when you get tied down in Singapore, the British have time to recombine, dig in and upgrade all of the Indian Squads to 1942 and flush them the divisions. AirGriff reports that the Imperial Guard Division was "trashed", which would track with the below.
As Long as my forts stay up, I will leave the air force in place. I have one Indian Inf Bde in route over land to see about either reenforcing or holding open an escapee route.
From what I see he either needs to bring in a surface force and clear out the mines and bombard me (120 mines in the harbor) --- or smash me from the air.
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Ground combat at Rangoon (54,53)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 49657 troops, 579 guns, 134 vehicles, Assault Value = 1462
Defending force 31918 troops, 272 guns, 294 vehicles, Assault Value = 868
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4
Japanese adjusted assault: 1353
Allied adjusted defense: 3491
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 4)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
3892 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 586 disabled[X(][X(]
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 51 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 59 disabled
Allied ground losses:
1036 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 32 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 44 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 23 (8 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Assaulting units:
Imperial Guards Division
56th Infantry Regiment
114th Infantry Regiment
55th Infantry Regiment
112th Infantry Regiment
33rd Division
21st Infantry Regiment
23rd Ind Engineer Regiment
55th Engineer Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
18th Mountain Gun Regiment
25th Army
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Field Artillery Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
15th Army
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
Rangoon BAF Battalion
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
RM Viper Force
1st Burma Division
17th Indian Division
107th RAF Base Force
Burma Corps
103rd RN Base Force
221 Group RAF
108th RAF Base Force
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
100th RAF Base Force
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Ground combat at Rangoon (54,53)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 2910 troops, 243 guns, 70 vehicles, Assault Value = 1023
Defending force 31137 troops, 264 guns, 292 vehicles, Assault Value = 816
Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 20 (2 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
This ladies and gentleman is what happens when you get tied down in Singapore, the British have time to recombine, dig in and upgrade all of the Indian Squads to 1942 and flush them the divisions. AirGriff reports that the Imperial Guard Division was "trashed", which would track with the below.
As Long as my forts stay up, I will leave the air force in place. I have one Indian Inf Bde in route over land to see about either reenforcing or holding open an escapee route.
From what I see he either needs to bring in a surface force and clear out the mines and bombard me (120 mines in the harbor) --- or smash me from the air.
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Ground combat at Rangoon (54,53)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 49657 troops, 579 guns, 134 vehicles, Assault Value = 1462
Defending force 31918 troops, 272 guns, 294 vehicles, Assault Value = 868
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4
Japanese adjusted assault: 1353
Allied adjusted defense: 3491
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 4)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
3892 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 586 disabled[X(][X(]
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 51 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 59 disabled
Allied ground losses:
1036 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 32 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 44 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 23 (8 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Assaulting units:
Imperial Guards Division
56th Infantry Regiment
114th Infantry Regiment
55th Infantry Regiment
112th Infantry Regiment
33rd Division
21st Infantry Regiment
23rd Ind Engineer Regiment
55th Engineer Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
18th Mountain Gun Regiment
25th Army
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Field Artillery Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
15th Army
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
Rangoon BAF Battalion
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
RM Viper Force
1st Burma Division
17th Indian Division
107th RAF Base Force
Burma Corps
103rd RN Base Force
221 Group RAF
108th RAF Base Force
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
100th RAF Base Force
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Ground combat at Rangoon (54,53)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 2910 troops, 243 guns, 70 vehicles, Assault Value = 1023
Defending force 31137 troops, 264 guns, 292 vehicles, Assault Value = 816
Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 20 (2 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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RE: This will End Badly Rook749 vs AirGriff
18 July 42 - 19 July 42 Executive Summary
He continues to clean up the Philippines and the NEI. There the air war in Rangoon is on hold still, but the ground bombardment is underway. The KB heads south not east!!!!
Raiding
ASW attack near Vanikoro SSX Ha-10 vs CM Prins van Oranje, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage (sinks, but it did drop off it's mines 1st)
TF 128 encounters mine field at Vanikoro SSX Ha-10, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
Sub attack near Vanikoro SS RO-64 vs PC Swan, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage (sinks, allows SSX Ha-10 a free shot at the CMs)
Allied Naval Forces
Fleet of Doom: USN CAR DIV 1 (Hornet), USN CAR DIV 2 (Yorktown), CAR Div 4 (Wasp) Force H (Illustrious and Formidable), Force Z (Repulse and North Carolina) are south of Canton replenishing from the replenishment taffy.
CAR DIV 3 (Enterprise): Reaping at Pearl has 41 days in the yard to repair her battle damage. CAR DIV 5 and 6 will be formed from the Lexington and Saratoga and will depart this turn from Pearl Harbor to Baker Island.
The USN 1st Bat Div (Maryland, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Warspite): At Luganville to support operations in the SWPAC area. The Santa Cruz Force is also at Luganville (Chester, Quincy and six Dutch DDs).
Force X (Revenge, Royal Sovereign, Ramillies, Resolution): At Colombo.
Mini-Doom: The small CVE fleet, in two separate taffys has been formed. Currently it comprises the Long Island with 17 Marine F2A-3 Buffalo fighters (speed 16) in one. The second one contains the CL Hermes (speed 25) with 20 Sea Hurricane Ib. Both of these south of Canton Island with the Fleet of Doom.
KB and Mini-KB
Went south not east (see image below for details). Unfortunately for him there are no large convoys in the area at this time.As I see it he has four options (1) Return to Truk or Rabul for no real gain (so far two xAKLs sunk). (2) Continue south and port strike something my xAP, ADPs and xAK (ready to lift for Apple Jacks)at Suva, or the xAKLs, DMs, AR, AOs, AGs, and xAPs at Pago Pago. (3) Head west and engage my surface forces under fighter cover at Luganville. 4) Hit the Fleet of Doom and Mini-Fleet of Doom south of Canton.
After this is done he will either withdraw to Rabaul (most likely) or Truk. We are going to go for an intercept of the fleet as he returns to base if he picks option 2 or 3 and returns to Truk. I doubt I will be able to pull this off as we need to wait for the Saratoga and Lexington to catch up and he needs to withdraw to Truk but it's worth a try.
China
He has continued to bombard from the ground and air at Wenchow to work to burn off my supplies and damage the airfield, supplies stand at 1.4K (steady). We also have 32K troops in the max stacking of 40K. The air force has withdrawn for now. The CAP game of cat and mouse now has a pause by both sides. Will wait a turn or two before we send the air force back.
His army is also prepping for a 42/43 offensive once Wenchow falls. Moving units to hold the areas he is prepping to attack and protect against any Flanking maneuvers. Targets he is prepping for are: Sian, Wuchow, Changsha and Chenchow.
Burma
The ground bombardment continues. Intel Monkey shows the 55th Infantry Bde, 33rd Division, 204th Ship Eng Coy, 21st Med FA Bn, 15th Army, 55th Eng Reg, 112th Infantry Reg and 14th Ind. Art. Mortar Bn prepping for Rangoon.
At Rangoon to oppose them I have the 1st Burma Infantry Division, the 17th Indian Infantry Division, three Burma Infantry Bn, three base force Bn, the Burma Corps HQc, 27K of Supplies, Fort 4-07%, two P-40E ACU, and four British fighter ACUs. We have 19 more air frames and the base then we can handle with aviation support but air combat swill reduce this at some point. There are four HDML's to provide bombardment cover. He has twenty Land units in Rangoon.
At Mandalay there are 36K of supplies, three Burma Infantry Bn, two base force and Forts 4 - 06%. Three poorly equipped Indian Armored Cav Rgts, the 7th Armored Bde, and the Burma Inf Bde are making their way south to smash from Armored Tank Rgts of his moving toward Mandalay.
At Port Blair there are four HDML, 1 ACM, 148 mines, 2 Base Forces and the 45th Indian Bde, 38K of Supplies and Fort 3-84%. All land units are 100% prep'd and the leader of the 45ht has been upgraded.
The air force is bombing the two Armored Reg moving north of his and has damaged the air field at Toungoo to 61% as it seems he moved in an engineer unit to repair the field.
Operation Apple Jacks
One day late and a dollar short, so it is now a battle of attrition to regain Ndeni. The goal is to turn this into a front where we can bring the same amount or more force into play and drain him of planes, supplies and pilots. I want to see if I can use up my current model airplanes before they cannot be used on the front lines in early 1943.
At Vanikoro is a Port level 1, the Airfield 4-84% and the Fort 3, 12 PT Boats, one ACM and one AGP. Looking to scrounge up 150 mines. The 1st Marine Raider Bn and the 8th Marine Def Bn, 1st US Naval Construction Bn , 13th MAG HQ, 2nd USMC Parachute Bn, 2/7 Commando Bn, 3rd Naval Const Bn, 9th Cst AA Rgt and the Del Monte AAF Base Force are at this location. There is one P-39D ACU, two A-24 ACUs, one F4F-3P ACU, one F2A-2 Buffalo ACU, one F4F-3A Wildcat, and one one SB2U-3 Vindicator. Additional Marine Fighter and Dive Bomber ACUs are ready to rotate in or base here as the airfield expands.
Luganville is safe with Forts Level 3, Airfield 7-35% two CD LCUs, one ACM, the 2nd Marine Divion + a lot of friends and 148 mines. If I can come up with the PT boats I will also add some here but this may take a while as I have a bunch of them in the Line Islands. The island has 284 Aviation Support and one Air HQ. six B-17E ACUs and one B-17D ACU ready to bomb the Level 2 Airfield at Tulagi (there is one LB-30 ACU that can also hit Tulagi from Koumac along with an F-4 for recon). The air units are standing down to rest for the next round, have three more B-17 ACUs in route and will resume when they are in place. One PBY-5 to the base for Naval Search.
In the next 30 days or sooner the following will occur to support the advance on Ndeni in Phase 2:
1) The medium range bombers from Pago Pago will deploy to Lugnaville to smash the airfields or Ports that are built on Ndeni, as airfield space is created.
2) The 1st Marine Division, 641st Towed TD Bn, 1 USMC Parachute BN and one FA BN that are now prepping for Ndeni (50% and counting) based at Suva.
3) A trickle down of fighters to the four Marine ACUs at Pago Pago has started. As ACUs with the F2A-2 Buffalo's are filled out they will be added to the air war over the Santa Cruz Islands.
4) There are two US 25 Figher ACU's located at Suva and Pago Pago that can be rotated in as needed for air cover --- along with four 25 Fighter ACU's located at Noumea.
The needed lift is in place in Suva, waiting for the USN 1st Bat Div to arrive to provide surface cover. Once the KB withdraws this operation gets the green light.
Operation Honeycomb
The 147th Sep Inf Reg and the 318th Base Group hold Baker Island. Waiting to see how the possible carrier battle plays out. One aviation Eng Bn will also be sent to the island.
Operation Mr. T
The retaking of the Ellice Islands: Vaitupu and Funafuti. Allied high command wants to make sure we keep the pressure on him from both the Southwest and Central Pacific. I think I am going to fall into a very historical Left-Right attack along the MacArthur and Nimitz lines of advance.
From Nadi the 4 FA Bn, 32nd Infantry Div and the 192nd Tank Bn will attack Funafuti, preparation in the mid 80’s. The 754th Tank Bn, Americal Inf Div and the 205th FA Bn will attack from Koumac and take Vaitupu - ~50% prepped and climbing.
Operation Cookie-Crisp
The landing at Tabiteuea and Tarawa. Forces will stage from Pearl will take these islands. At this point it is just planning and prepping. I don’t expect to be able to do this until all the carriers have completed their upgrades.
For Tabiteuea the 27th Infantry Division, the 181st FA Bn, 763rd Tank Bn and the 134th Cmbt Engr Bn are all prepping for this in the low-70s.
For Tarawa the 21st Infantry Rgt (Restricted), 34th Infantry Rgt and the 34th Combat Engr Rgt are all prepping in the mid-70’s.
Operation Super Golden Crisp
Given he now controls Attu as of June 20th 1942, I have decided on an operation to evict him as quickly as possible before the winter sets in. The main purpose of this is more maskirovka than anything else. I want AirGriff to feel threatened in the north in the hopes he starts diverting resources and units to the defensive line in the Kurile's.
The 3rd Marine Division and 3rs Pioneer Bn are in route to Seattle and are prepping for the landing. I may need to scrounge up some additional forces depending on what we find that is guarding the base. These forces will be paired with the landing ships from the Baker Island campaign and the will move to Dutch Harbor for staging. The Fleet of Doom will support the landing from Pearl Harbor to make as much noise as possible.
1. At Anchorage we have one B-17E ACU, one B-25B ACU and one C-47 ACU.
2. ComAirNoPac HQ-A will relocate from Anchorage to Dutch Harbor and then to Adak.
3. Move two AA units to Adak.
4. Add ACM and 150 mines to Adak.
Japanese Amphibious Landings:
Amphibious Assault at Stewart Island (116,139)
Japan Conquerors the Following Bases:
Stewart Island
Allies Amphibious Landings:
None.
Allies Conquerors the Following Bases:
None.
He continues to clean up the Philippines and the NEI. There the air war in Rangoon is on hold still, but the ground bombardment is underway. The KB heads south not east!!!!
Raiding
ASW attack near Vanikoro SSX Ha-10 vs CM Prins van Oranje, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage (sinks, but it did drop off it's mines 1st)
TF 128 encounters mine field at Vanikoro SSX Ha-10, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
Sub attack near Vanikoro SS RO-64 vs PC Swan, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage (sinks, allows SSX Ha-10 a free shot at the CMs)
Allied Naval Forces
Fleet of Doom: USN CAR DIV 1 (Hornet), USN CAR DIV 2 (Yorktown), CAR Div 4 (Wasp) Force H (Illustrious and Formidable), Force Z (Repulse and North Carolina) are south of Canton replenishing from the replenishment taffy.
CAR DIV 3 (Enterprise): Reaping at Pearl has 41 days in the yard to repair her battle damage. CAR DIV 5 and 6 will be formed from the Lexington and Saratoga and will depart this turn from Pearl Harbor to Baker Island.
The USN 1st Bat Div (Maryland, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Warspite): At Luganville to support operations in the SWPAC area. The Santa Cruz Force is also at Luganville (Chester, Quincy and six Dutch DDs).
Force X (Revenge, Royal Sovereign, Ramillies, Resolution): At Colombo.
Mini-Doom: The small CVE fleet, in two separate taffys has been formed. Currently it comprises the Long Island with 17 Marine F2A-3 Buffalo fighters (speed 16) in one. The second one contains the CL Hermes (speed 25) with 20 Sea Hurricane Ib. Both of these south of Canton Island with the Fleet of Doom.
KB and Mini-KB
Went south not east (see image below for details). Unfortunately for him there are no large convoys in the area at this time.As I see it he has four options (1) Return to Truk or Rabul for no real gain (so far two xAKLs sunk). (2) Continue south and port strike something my xAP, ADPs and xAK (ready to lift for Apple Jacks)at Suva, or the xAKLs, DMs, AR, AOs, AGs, and xAPs at Pago Pago. (3) Head west and engage my surface forces under fighter cover at Luganville. 4) Hit the Fleet of Doom and Mini-Fleet of Doom south of Canton.
After this is done he will either withdraw to Rabaul (most likely) or Truk. We are going to go for an intercept of the fleet as he returns to base if he picks option 2 or 3 and returns to Truk. I doubt I will be able to pull this off as we need to wait for the Saratoga and Lexington to catch up and he needs to withdraw to Truk but it's worth a try.
China
He has continued to bombard from the ground and air at Wenchow to work to burn off my supplies and damage the airfield, supplies stand at 1.4K (steady). We also have 32K troops in the max stacking of 40K. The air force has withdrawn for now. The CAP game of cat and mouse now has a pause by both sides. Will wait a turn or two before we send the air force back.
His army is also prepping for a 42/43 offensive once Wenchow falls. Moving units to hold the areas he is prepping to attack and protect against any Flanking maneuvers. Targets he is prepping for are: Sian, Wuchow, Changsha and Chenchow.
Burma
The ground bombardment continues. Intel Monkey shows the 55th Infantry Bde, 33rd Division, 204th Ship Eng Coy, 21st Med FA Bn, 15th Army, 55th Eng Reg, 112th Infantry Reg and 14th Ind. Art. Mortar Bn prepping for Rangoon.
At Rangoon to oppose them I have the 1st Burma Infantry Division, the 17th Indian Infantry Division, three Burma Infantry Bn, three base force Bn, the Burma Corps HQc, 27K of Supplies, Fort 4-07%, two P-40E ACU, and four British fighter ACUs. We have 19 more air frames and the base then we can handle with aviation support but air combat swill reduce this at some point. There are four HDML's to provide bombardment cover. He has twenty Land units in Rangoon.
At Mandalay there are 36K of supplies, three Burma Infantry Bn, two base force and Forts 4 - 06%. Three poorly equipped Indian Armored Cav Rgts, the 7th Armored Bde, and the Burma Inf Bde are making their way south to smash from Armored Tank Rgts of his moving toward Mandalay.
At Port Blair there are four HDML, 1 ACM, 148 mines, 2 Base Forces and the 45th Indian Bde, 38K of Supplies and Fort 3-84%. All land units are 100% prep'd and the leader of the 45ht has been upgraded.
The air force is bombing the two Armored Reg moving north of his and has damaged the air field at Toungoo to 61% as it seems he moved in an engineer unit to repair the field.
Operation Apple Jacks
One day late and a dollar short, so it is now a battle of attrition to regain Ndeni. The goal is to turn this into a front where we can bring the same amount or more force into play and drain him of planes, supplies and pilots. I want to see if I can use up my current model airplanes before they cannot be used on the front lines in early 1943.
At Vanikoro is a Port level 1, the Airfield 4-84% and the Fort 3, 12 PT Boats, one ACM and one AGP. Looking to scrounge up 150 mines. The 1st Marine Raider Bn and the 8th Marine Def Bn, 1st US Naval Construction Bn , 13th MAG HQ, 2nd USMC Parachute Bn, 2/7 Commando Bn, 3rd Naval Const Bn, 9th Cst AA Rgt and the Del Monte AAF Base Force are at this location. There is one P-39D ACU, two A-24 ACUs, one F4F-3P ACU, one F2A-2 Buffalo ACU, one F4F-3A Wildcat, and one one SB2U-3 Vindicator. Additional Marine Fighter and Dive Bomber ACUs are ready to rotate in or base here as the airfield expands.
Luganville is safe with Forts Level 3, Airfield 7-35% two CD LCUs, one ACM, the 2nd Marine Divion + a lot of friends and 148 mines. If I can come up with the PT boats I will also add some here but this may take a while as I have a bunch of them in the Line Islands. The island has 284 Aviation Support and one Air HQ. six B-17E ACUs and one B-17D ACU ready to bomb the Level 2 Airfield at Tulagi (there is one LB-30 ACU that can also hit Tulagi from Koumac along with an F-4 for recon). The air units are standing down to rest for the next round, have three more B-17 ACUs in route and will resume when they are in place. One PBY-5 to the base for Naval Search.
In the next 30 days or sooner the following will occur to support the advance on Ndeni in Phase 2:
1) The medium range bombers from Pago Pago will deploy to Lugnaville to smash the airfields or Ports that are built on Ndeni, as airfield space is created.
2) The 1st Marine Division, 641st Towed TD Bn, 1 USMC Parachute BN and one FA BN that are now prepping for Ndeni (50% and counting) based at Suva.
3) A trickle down of fighters to the four Marine ACUs at Pago Pago has started. As ACUs with the F2A-2 Buffalo's are filled out they will be added to the air war over the Santa Cruz Islands.
4) There are two US 25 Figher ACU's located at Suva and Pago Pago that can be rotated in as needed for air cover --- along with four 25 Fighter ACU's located at Noumea.
The needed lift is in place in Suva, waiting for the USN 1st Bat Div to arrive to provide surface cover. Once the KB withdraws this operation gets the green light.
Operation Honeycomb
The 147th Sep Inf Reg and the 318th Base Group hold Baker Island. Waiting to see how the possible carrier battle plays out. One aviation Eng Bn will also be sent to the island.
Operation Mr. T
The retaking of the Ellice Islands: Vaitupu and Funafuti. Allied high command wants to make sure we keep the pressure on him from both the Southwest and Central Pacific. I think I am going to fall into a very historical Left-Right attack along the MacArthur and Nimitz lines of advance.
From Nadi the 4 FA Bn, 32nd Infantry Div and the 192nd Tank Bn will attack Funafuti, preparation in the mid 80’s. The 754th Tank Bn, Americal Inf Div and the 205th FA Bn will attack from Koumac and take Vaitupu - ~50% prepped and climbing.
Operation Cookie-Crisp
The landing at Tabiteuea and Tarawa. Forces will stage from Pearl will take these islands. At this point it is just planning and prepping. I don’t expect to be able to do this until all the carriers have completed their upgrades.
For Tabiteuea the 27th Infantry Division, the 181st FA Bn, 763rd Tank Bn and the 134th Cmbt Engr Bn are all prepping for this in the low-70s.
For Tarawa the 21st Infantry Rgt (Restricted), 34th Infantry Rgt and the 34th Combat Engr Rgt are all prepping in the mid-70’s.
Operation Super Golden Crisp
Given he now controls Attu as of June 20th 1942, I have decided on an operation to evict him as quickly as possible before the winter sets in. The main purpose of this is more maskirovka than anything else. I want AirGriff to feel threatened in the north in the hopes he starts diverting resources and units to the defensive line in the Kurile's.
The 3rd Marine Division and 3rs Pioneer Bn are in route to Seattle and are prepping for the landing. I may need to scrounge up some additional forces depending on what we find that is guarding the base. These forces will be paired with the landing ships from the Baker Island campaign and the will move to Dutch Harbor for staging. The Fleet of Doom will support the landing from Pearl Harbor to make as much noise as possible.
1. At Anchorage we have one B-17E ACU, one B-25B ACU and one C-47 ACU.
2. ComAirNoPac HQ-A will relocate from Anchorage to Dutch Harbor and then to Adak.
3. Move two AA units to Adak.
4. Add ACM and 150 mines to Adak.
Japanese Amphibious Landings:
Amphibious Assault at Stewart Island (116,139)
Japan Conquerors the Following Bases:
Stewart Island
Allies Amphibious Landings:
None.
Allies Conquerors the Following Bases:
None.
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RE: This will End Badly Rook749 vs AirGriff
As we wait for the turn and the KB....
I've reduced the range of my dive bombers to five hexes, which will bring them under cover of my P-39Ds as well. For some reason my F4F-3A Marine ACU also did not fly escort. Not, to bad one most likely dead APD and one slightly dented for dead DB's that I can replace. This highlights why I need to unleash the bombers on Tulagi as soon as possible, bombing there would have suppressed his fighter cover.
Just need for the three additional B-17 ACUs to unload next turn at Pago Pago and then move to the front.
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There was a small dust up over Steward Island during his landing.
Morning Air attack on TF, near Stewart Island at 116,139
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 10
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10
Allied aircraft
A-24 Banshee x 2
F2A-2 Buffalo x 6
SB2U-3 Vindicator x 18
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
F2A-2 Buffalo: 2 destroyed
SB2U-3 Vindicator: 3 destroyed, 6 damaged
Japanese Ships
APD Fuyo
APD Tachikaze, Bomb hits 1
APD Nadakaze
Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x SB2U-3 Vindicator releasing from 4000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
2 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SB2U-3 Vindicator releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
CAP engaged:
Tainan Ku S-1 Det A with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Raid is overhead
24th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Raid is overhead
89th I.F.Chutai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Raid is overhead
4 planes vectored on to bombers
71st I.F.Chutai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Raid is overhead
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Stewart Island at 116,139
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6
Allied aircraft
A-24 Banshee x 22
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
A-24 Banshee: 6 destroyed, 4 damaged
Japanese Ships
APD Fuyo
APD Tachikaze
APD Nadakaze, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD Karukaya
Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 4000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
2 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 2000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
8 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 4000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 2000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
CAP engaged:
Tainan Ku S-1 Det A with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 116 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes
89th I.F.Chutai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 9000.
Raid is overhead
71st I.F.Chutai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
I've reduced the range of my dive bombers to five hexes, which will bring them under cover of my P-39Ds as well. For some reason my F4F-3A Marine ACU also did not fly escort. Not, to bad one most likely dead APD and one slightly dented for dead DB's that I can replace. This highlights why I need to unleash the bombers on Tulagi as soon as possible, bombing there would have suppressed his fighter cover.
Just need for the three additional B-17 ACUs to unload next turn at Pago Pago and then move to the front.
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There was a small dust up over Steward Island during his landing.
Morning Air attack on TF, near Stewart Island at 116,139
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 10
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10
Allied aircraft
A-24 Banshee x 2
F2A-2 Buffalo x 6
SB2U-3 Vindicator x 18
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
F2A-2 Buffalo: 2 destroyed
SB2U-3 Vindicator: 3 destroyed, 6 damaged
Japanese Ships
APD Fuyo
APD Tachikaze, Bomb hits 1
APD Nadakaze
Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x SB2U-3 Vindicator releasing from 4000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
2 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SB2U-3 Vindicator releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
CAP engaged:
Tainan Ku S-1 Det A with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Raid is overhead
24th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Raid is overhead
89th I.F.Chutai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Raid is overhead
4 planes vectored on to bombers
71st I.F.Chutai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Raid is overhead
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Stewart Island at 116,139
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6
Allied aircraft
A-24 Banshee x 22
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
A-24 Banshee: 6 destroyed, 4 damaged
Japanese Ships
APD Fuyo
APD Tachikaze
APD Nadakaze, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD Karukaya
Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 4000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
2 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 2000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
8 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 4000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 2000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
CAP engaged:
Tainan Ku S-1 Det A with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 116 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes
89th I.F.Chutai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 9000.
Raid is overhead
71st I.F.Chutai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
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RE: This will End Badly Rook749 vs AirGriff
20 July 42 - 21 July 42 Executive Summary
There the air war in Rangoon is on hold still, but the ground bombardment is underway. The KB towards Lugunaville and not much happens at all very anti-climatic.
Raiding
Nothing of note.
Allied Naval Forces
Fleet of Doom: USN CAR DIV 1 (Hornet), USN CAR DIV 2 (Yorktown), CAR Div 4 (Wasp) Force H (Illustrious and Formidable), Force Z (Repulse and North Carolina) are south of Canton replenishing from the replenishment taffy.
CAR DIV 3 (Enterprise): Repairing at Pearl has 38 days in the yard to repair her battle damage.
CAR DIV 5 (Saratoga) and CAR DIV 6 (Lexington) are in route to Baker Island, two to three days out.
The USN 1st Bat Div (Maryland, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Warspite,2 CAs, 9 DDs): At Luganville to support operations in the SWPAC area. The Santa Cruz Force is also at Luganville (Chester, Quincy and 2 DDs).
Force X (Revenge, Royal Sovereign, Ramillies, Resolution): As the KB is fixed, this force is now in route to Moulemin to bombard the airfield.
Mini-Doom: The small CVE fleet, in two separate taffys has been formed. Currently it comprises the Long Island with 17 Marine F2A-3 Buffalo fighters (speed 16) in one. The second one contains the CL Hermes (speed 25) with 20 Sea Hurricane Ib. Both of these are south of Canton Island with the Fleet of Doom.
KB and Mini-KB
He went southwest (see image below for details). There was a small air battle over Lugnaville that I won. Will explore my reaction in a separate post, but it will be painful next turn for one of both of us.
After this is done he will either withdraw to Rabaul (most likely) or Truk. We are going to go for an intercept of the fleet as he returns to base at Truk (very unlikely). I doubt I will be able to pull this off as we need to wait for the Saratoga and Lexington to catch up and he needs to withdraw to Truk but it's worth a try.
China
He has continued to bombard from the ground and air at Wenchow to work to burn off my supplies and damage the airfield, supplies stand at 1.4K (steady). We also have 32K troops in the max stacking of 40K. The air force has withdrawn for now. The CAP game of cat and mouse now has a pause by both sides. Will wait a turn or two before we send the air force back.
His army is also prepping for a 42/43 offensive once Wenchow falls. Moving units to hold the areas he is prepping to attack and protect against any Flanking maneuvers. Targets he is prepping for are: Sian, Wuchow, Changsha and Chenchow.
Burma
The ground bombardment continues. Intel Monkey shows the 55th Infantry Bde, 33rd Division, 204th Ship Eng Coy, 21st Med FA Bn, 15th Army, 55th Eng Reg, 112th Infantry Reg and 14th Ind. Art. Mortar Bn prepping for Rangoon.
At Rangoon to oppose them I have the 1st Burma Infantry Division, the 17th Indian Infantry Division, three Burma Infantry Bn, three base force Bn, the Burma Corps HQc, 24K of Supplies, Fort 4-11%, two P-40E ACU, and four British fighter ACUs. We have 19 more air frames and the base then we can handle with aviation support but air combat swill reduce this at some point. There are four HDML's to provide bombardment cover. He has twenty Land units in Rangoon.
At Mandalay there are 39K of supplies, three Burma Infantry Bn, two base force and Forts 4 - 07%. Three poorly equipped Indian Armored Cav Rgts, the 7th Armored Bde, and the Burma Inf Bde are making their way south to smash from Armored Tank Rgts of his moving toward Mandalay.
At Port Blair there are four HDML, 1 ACM, 148 mines, 2 Base Forces and the 45th Indian Bde, 38K of Supplies and Fort 3-85%. All land units are 100% prep'd and the leader of the 45ht has been upgraded.
The air force is bombing the two Armored Reg moving north of his and has damaged the air field at Toungoo to 61% as it seems he moved in an engineer unit to repair the field.
Operation Apple Jacks
One day late and a dollar short, so it is now a battle of attrition to regain Ndeni. The goal is to turn this into a front where we can bring the same amount or more force into play and drain him of planes, supplies and pilots. I want to see if I can use up my current model airplanes before they cannot be used on the front lines in early 1943.
At Vanikoro is a Port level 1, the Airfield 4-98% and the Fort 3, 12 PT Boats, one ACM, 150 mines and one AGP. The 1st Marine Raider Bn and the 8th Marine Def Bn, 1st US Naval Construction Bn , 13th MAG HQ, 2nd USMC Parachute Bn, 2/7 Commando Bn, 3rd Naval Const Bn, 94th Cst AA Rgt and the Del Monte AAF Base Force are at this location. There is one P-39D ACU, two A-24 ACUs, one F4F-3P ACU, one F2A-2 Buffalo ACU, one F4F-3A Wildcat, one SBC4-Helldiver and one one SB2U-3 Vindicator. Additional Marine Fighter and Dive Bomber ACUs are ready to rotate in or base here as the airfield expands.
Luganville is safe with Forts Level 3, Airfield 7-43% two CD LCUs, one ACM, the 2nd Marine Divion + a lot of friends and 148 mines. If I can come up with the PT boats I will also add some here but this may take a while as I have a bunch of them in the Line Islands. The island has 284 Aviation Support and one Air HQ. four B-17E ACUs, three P-39D ACUs, two P-38E ACUs and one PBY-5 ACU. The bombers are all on naval attack 20,000 feet. At Koumac I have one B-17D ACU, two B-17E ACUs and one LB-30 ACU set for Naval attack at 20,000 feet.
In the next 30 days or sooner the following will occur to support the advance on Ndeni in Phase 2:
1) The medium range bombers from Pago Pago will deploy to Lugnaville to smash the airfields or Ports that are built on Ndeni, as airfield space is created.
2) The 1st Marine Division, 641st Towed TD Bn, 1 USMC Parachute BN and one FA BN that are now prepping for Ndeni (50% and counting) based at Suva.
3) A trickle down of fighters to the four Marine ACUs at Pago Pago has started. As ACUs with the F2A-2 Buffalo's are filled out they will be added to the air war over the Santa Cruz Islands.
4) There are two US 25 Fighter ACU's located at Suva and Pago Pago that can be rotated in as needed for air cover --- along with four 25 Fighter ACU's located at Noumea.
The needed lift is in place in Suva, waiting for the KB to withdraw for this operation to get the green light.
Operation Honeycomb
The 147th Sep Inf Reg and the 318th Base Group hold Baker Island. Waiting to see how the possible carrier battle plays out. One aviation Eng Bn is in route to the island.
Operation Mr. T
The retaking of the Ellice Islands: Vaitupu and Funafuti. Allied high command wants to make sure we keep the pressure on him from both the Southwest and Central Pacific. I think I am going to fall into a very historical Left-Right attack along the MacArthur and Nimitz lines of advance.
From Nadi the 4 FA Bn, 32nd Infantry Div and the 192nd Tank Bn will attack Funafuti, preparation in the mid 80’s. The 754th Tank Bn, Americal Inf Div and the 205th FA Bn will attack from Koumac and take Vaitupu - ~50% prepped and climbing.
Operation Cookie-Crisp
The landing at Tabiteuea and Tarawa. Forces will stage from Pearl will take these islands. At this point it is just planning and prepping. I don’t expect to be able to do this until all the carriers have completed their upgrades.
For Tabiteuea the 27th Infantry Division, the 181st FA Bn, 763rd Tank Bn and the 134th Cmbt Engr Bn are all prepping for this in the low-70s.
For Tarawa the 21st Infantry Rgt (Restricted), 34th Infantry Rgt and the 34th Combat Engr Rgt are all prepping in the mid-70’s.
Operation Super Golden Crisp
Given he now controls Attu as of June 20th 1942, I have decided on an operation to evict him as quickly as possible before the winter sets in. The main purpose of this is more maskirovka than anything else. I want AirGriff to feel threatened in the north in the hopes he starts diverting resources and units to the defensive line in the Kurile's.
The 3rd Marine Division and 3rs Pioneer Bn are in route to Seattle and are prepping for the landing. I may need to scrounge up some additional forces depending on what we find that is guarding the base. The landing ships from Christmas Island are now in-route to pick-up the forces in Seattle. The Fleet of Doom will support the landing from Pearl Harbor to make as much noise as possible.
1. At Anchorage we have one B-17E ACU, one B-25B ACU and one C-47 ACU.
2. ComAirNoPac HQ-A will relocate from Anchorage to Dutch Harbor and then to Adak.
3. Move two AA units to Adak.
4. Add ACM and 150 mines to Adak.
Japanese Amphibious Landings:
None.
Japan Conquerors the Following Bases:
Bacolod
Roxas
Allies Amphibious Landings:
None.
Allies Conquerors the Following Bases:
None.
There the air war in Rangoon is on hold still, but the ground bombardment is underway. The KB towards Lugunaville and not much happens at all very anti-climatic.
Raiding
Nothing of note.
Allied Naval Forces
Fleet of Doom: USN CAR DIV 1 (Hornet), USN CAR DIV 2 (Yorktown), CAR Div 4 (Wasp) Force H (Illustrious and Formidable), Force Z (Repulse and North Carolina) are south of Canton replenishing from the replenishment taffy.
CAR DIV 3 (Enterprise): Repairing at Pearl has 38 days in the yard to repair her battle damage.
CAR DIV 5 (Saratoga) and CAR DIV 6 (Lexington) are in route to Baker Island, two to three days out.
The USN 1st Bat Div (Maryland, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Warspite,2 CAs, 9 DDs): At Luganville to support operations in the SWPAC area. The Santa Cruz Force is also at Luganville (Chester, Quincy and 2 DDs).
Force X (Revenge, Royal Sovereign, Ramillies, Resolution): As the KB is fixed, this force is now in route to Moulemin to bombard the airfield.
Mini-Doom: The small CVE fleet, in two separate taffys has been formed. Currently it comprises the Long Island with 17 Marine F2A-3 Buffalo fighters (speed 16) in one. The second one contains the CL Hermes (speed 25) with 20 Sea Hurricane Ib. Both of these are south of Canton Island with the Fleet of Doom.
KB and Mini-KB
He went southwest (see image below for details). There was a small air battle over Lugnaville that I won. Will explore my reaction in a separate post, but it will be painful next turn for one of both of us.
After this is done he will either withdraw to Rabaul (most likely) or Truk. We are going to go for an intercept of the fleet as he returns to base at Truk (very unlikely). I doubt I will be able to pull this off as we need to wait for the Saratoga and Lexington to catch up and he needs to withdraw to Truk but it's worth a try.
China
He has continued to bombard from the ground and air at Wenchow to work to burn off my supplies and damage the airfield, supplies stand at 1.4K (steady). We also have 32K troops in the max stacking of 40K. The air force has withdrawn for now. The CAP game of cat and mouse now has a pause by both sides. Will wait a turn or two before we send the air force back.
His army is also prepping for a 42/43 offensive once Wenchow falls. Moving units to hold the areas he is prepping to attack and protect against any Flanking maneuvers. Targets he is prepping for are: Sian, Wuchow, Changsha and Chenchow.
Burma
The ground bombardment continues. Intel Monkey shows the 55th Infantry Bde, 33rd Division, 204th Ship Eng Coy, 21st Med FA Bn, 15th Army, 55th Eng Reg, 112th Infantry Reg and 14th Ind. Art. Mortar Bn prepping for Rangoon.
At Rangoon to oppose them I have the 1st Burma Infantry Division, the 17th Indian Infantry Division, three Burma Infantry Bn, three base force Bn, the Burma Corps HQc, 24K of Supplies, Fort 4-11%, two P-40E ACU, and four British fighter ACUs. We have 19 more air frames and the base then we can handle with aviation support but air combat swill reduce this at some point. There are four HDML's to provide bombardment cover. He has twenty Land units in Rangoon.
At Mandalay there are 39K of supplies, three Burma Infantry Bn, two base force and Forts 4 - 07%. Three poorly equipped Indian Armored Cav Rgts, the 7th Armored Bde, and the Burma Inf Bde are making their way south to smash from Armored Tank Rgts of his moving toward Mandalay.
At Port Blair there are four HDML, 1 ACM, 148 mines, 2 Base Forces and the 45th Indian Bde, 38K of Supplies and Fort 3-85%. All land units are 100% prep'd and the leader of the 45ht has been upgraded.
The air force is bombing the two Armored Reg moving north of his and has damaged the air field at Toungoo to 61% as it seems he moved in an engineer unit to repair the field.
Operation Apple Jacks
One day late and a dollar short, so it is now a battle of attrition to regain Ndeni. The goal is to turn this into a front where we can bring the same amount or more force into play and drain him of planes, supplies and pilots. I want to see if I can use up my current model airplanes before they cannot be used on the front lines in early 1943.
At Vanikoro is a Port level 1, the Airfield 4-98% and the Fort 3, 12 PT Boats, one ACM, 150 mines and one AGP. The 1st Marine Raider Bn and the 8th Marine Def Bn, 1st US Naval Construction Bn , 13th MAG HQ, 2nd USMC Parachute Bn, 2/7 Commando Bn, 3rd Naval Const Bn, 94th Cst AA Rgt and the Del Monte AAF Base Force are at this location. There is one P-39D ACU, two A-24 ACUs, one F4F-3P ACU, one F2A-2 Buffalo ACU, one F4F-3A Wildcat, one SBC4-Helldiver and one one SB2U-3 Vindicator. Additional Marine Fighter and Dive Bomber ACUs are ready to rotate in or base here as the airfield expands.
Luganville is safe with Forts Level 3, Airfield 7-43% two CD LCUs, one ACM, the 2nd Marine Divion + a lot of friends and 148 mines. If I can come up with the PT boats I will also add some here but this may take a while as I have a bunch of them in the Line Islands. The island has 284 Aviation Support and one Air HQ. four B-17E ACUs, three P-39D ACUs, two P-38E ACUs and one PBY-5 ACU. The bombers are all on naval attack 20,000 feet. At Koumac I have one B-17D ACU, two B-17E ACUs and one LB-30 ACU set for Naval attack at 20,000 feet.
In the next 30 days or sooner the following will occur to support the advance on Ndeni in Phase 2:
1) The medium range bombers from Pago Pago will deploy to Lugnaville to smash the airfields or Ports that are built on Ndeni, as airfield space is created.
2) The 1st Marine Division, 641st Towed TD Bn, 1 USMC Parachute BN and one FA BN that are now prepping for Ndeni (50% and counting) based at Suva.
3) A trickle down of fighters to the four Marine ACUs at Pago Pago has started. As ACUs with the F2A-2 Buffalo's are filled out they will be added to the air war over the Santa Cruz Islands.
4) There are two US 25 Fighter ACU's located at Suva and Pago Pago that can be rotated in as needed for air cover --- along with four 25 Fighter ACU's located at Noumea.
The needed lift is in place in Suva, waiting for the KB to withdraw for this operation to get the green light.
Operation Honeycomb
The 147th Sep Inf Reg and the 318th Base Group hold Baker Island. Waiting to see how the possible carrier battle plays out. One aviation Eng Bn is in route to the island.
Operation Mr. T
The retaking of the Ellice Islands: Vaitupu and Funafuti. Allied high command wants to make sure we keep the pressure on him from both the Southwest and Central Pacific. I think I am going to fall into a very historical Left-Right attack along the MacArthur and Nimitz lines of advance.
From Nadi the 4 FA Bn, 32nd Infantry Div and the 192nd Tank Bn will attack Funafuti, preparation in the mid 80’s. The 754th Tank Bn, Americal Inf Div and the 205th FA Bn will attack from Koumac and take Vaitupu - ~50% prepped and climbing.
Operation Cookie-Crisp
The landing at Tabiteuea and Tarawa. Forces will stage from Pearl will take these islands. At this point it is just planning and prepping. I don’t expect to be able to do this until all the carriers have completed their upgrades.
For Tabiteuea the 27th Infantry Division, the 181st FA Bn, 763rd Tank Bn and the 134th Cmbt Engr Bn are all prepping for this in the low-70s.
For Tarawa the 21st Infantry Rgt (Restricted), 34th Infantry Rgt and the 34th Combat Engr Rgt are all prepping in the mid-70’s.
Operation Super Golden Crisp
Given he now controls Attu as of June 20th 1942, I have decided on an operation to evict him as quickly as possible before the winter sets in. The main purpose of this is more maskirovka than anything else. I want AirGriff to feel threatened in the north in the hopes he starts diverting resources and units to the defensive line in the Kurile's.
The 3rd Marine Division and 3rs Pioneer Bn are in route to Seattle and are prepping for the landing. I may need to scrounge up some additional forces depending on what we find that is guarding the base. The landing ships from Christmas Island are now in-route to pick-up the forces in Seattle. The Fleet of Doom will support the landing from Pearl Harbor to make as much noise as possible.
1. At Anchorage we have one B-17E ACU, one B-25B ACU and one C-47 ACU.
2. ComAirNoPac HQ-A will relocate from Anchorage to Dutch Harbor and then to Adak.
3. Move two AA units to Adak.
4. Add ACM and 150 mines to Adak.
Japanese Amphibious Landings:
None.
Japan Conquerors the Following Bases:
Bacolod
Roxas
Allies Amphibious Landings:
None.
Allies Conquerors the Following Bases:
None.
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HMS Warspite....
From the Flag of HMS Warspite to the USN 1st BAT Div ---- "England expects that every man will do his duty".
--- RADM Wilhelm Friedell, commander USN 1st BAT Div (ABDA).
The USN 1st BAT DIV is order at full speed to engage the enemy at full speed. All Heavy Bombers are set to Naval Bombing at 20,000 feet.
From the Flag of HMS Warspite to the USN 1st BAT Div ---- "England expects that every man will do his duty".
--- RADM Wilhelm Friedell, commander USN 1st BAT Div (ABDA).
The USN 1st BAT DIV is order at full speed to engage the enemy at full speed. All Heavy Bombers are set to Naval Bombing at 20,000 feet.
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Ships are very hard to hit from 20K feet. I never go above 10K for NavB.
You lose some bombers to flak, but if you can mess up some CAs and even a CVL or two, it is worth it.
OTOH if the idea is to draw the CAP up to 20K while Cats come in with torpedoes at 1000 feet, I am for it!
You lose some bombers to flak, but if you can mess up some CAs and even a CVL or two, it is worth it.
OTOH if the idea is to draw the CAP up to 20K while Cats come in with torpedoes at 1000 feet, I am for it!
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RE: This will End Badly Rook749 vs AirGriff
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Ships are very hard to hit from 20K feet. I never go above 10K for NavB.
You lose some bombers to flak, but if you can mess up some CAs and even a CVL or two, it is worth it.
OTOH if the idea is to draw the CAP up to 20K while Cats come in with torpedoes at 1000 feet, I am for it!
Alas I was not smart enough to add the Cats at 1000', but I will remember this for next time! The plan was to burn off the CAP so that if they wandered near the DBs at 10,000' feet from Vanikoro would have a better shot of clearing.
At tasted of the EPIC turn, still on day 1 of the replay.
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HMS Warspite....
From the Flag of HMS Warspite to ADM Chester Nimitz ---- "We have met the enemy and they are ours!, detail report to follow but short summary of losses below".
--- RADM Wilhelm Friedell, commander USN 1st BAT Div (ABDA).
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 25 destroyed
B5N1 Kate: 13 destroyed, 8 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 5 destroyed, 9 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val: 15 destroyed, 6 damaged
D3A1 Val: 2 destroyed by flak
Japanese Ships
DD Tokitsukaze, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
DD Hagikaze, Shell hits 14, and is sunk
CVL Shoho, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
CV Soryu, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
DD Takanami, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
A-24 Banshee: 1 damaged
A-24 Banshee: 2 destroyed by flak
F2A-2 Buffalo: 1 destroyed
F4F-3A Wildcat: 3 destroyed
SB2U-3 Vindicator: 1 damaged
SBC-4 Helldiver: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 destroyed, 9 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 3 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 188 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 7 destroyed on ground
P-38E Lightning: 73 damaged
P-38E Lightning: 5 destroyed on ground
B-17D Fortress: 4 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 63 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 4 destroyed on ground
Allied Ships
AGP Eridanus, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk
CA New Orleans, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage (later sinks)
From the Flag of HMS Warspite to ADM Chester Nimitz ---- "We have met the enemy and they are ours!, detail report to follow but short summary of losses below".
--- RADM Wilhelm Friedell, commander USN 1st BAT Div (ABDA).
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 25 destroyed
B5N1 Kate: 13 destroyed, 8 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 5 destroyed, 9 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val: 15 destroyed, 6 damaged
D3A1 Val: 2 destroyed by flak
Japanese Ships
DD Tokitsukaze, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
DD Hagikaze, Shell hits 14, and is sunk
CVL Shoho, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
CV Soryu, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
DD Takanami, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
A-24 Banshee: 1 damaged
A-24 Banshee: 2 destroyed by flak
F2A-2 Buffalo: 1 destroyed
F4F-3A Wildcat: 3 destroyed
SB2U-3 Vindicator: 1 damaged
SBC-4 Helldiver: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 destroyed, 9 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 3 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 188 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 7 destroyed on ground
P-38E Lightning: 73 damaged
P-38E Lightning: 5 destroyed on ground
B-17D Fortress: 4 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 63 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 4 destroyed on ground
Allied Ships
AGP Eridanus, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk
CA New Orleans, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage (later sinks)
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Shokaku burning in a gun action - looking forward to this!
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RE: This will End Badly Rook749 vs AirGriff
Concordance via the "Neutral USSR"
"You must be on cloud nine. I am drinking heavily."
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AirGriff,
I can't image how you feel, I recommend only the strong stuff after a combat report like that. I never expected the night ambush to work, much less to be so total. ADM Chester Nimitz has asked for an ETA on the last two Iowa battleships and when can he expect the Montana class to be expedited.
Naval historians will note the sun has not yet set on the age of the battleship.
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"You must be on cloud nine. I am drinking heavily."
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AirGriff,
I can't image how you feel, I recommend only the strong stuff after a combat report like that. I never expected the night ambush to work, much less to be so total. ADM Chester Nimitz has asked for an ETA on the last two Iowa battleships and when can he expect the Montana class to be expedited.
Naval historians will note the sun has not yet set on the age of the battleship.
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Yeah, that did not go as planned at all. Since it obviously doesn't matter anymore, I'll disclose that the whole operation was just a simple plan to nuke Luganville with BB's to try and put a dent in your 4e's. The end around to the east was just a diversion and maybe a little bait to bring in your carriers, but that didn't seem to work.
Your BB's there came as a bit of a surprise, but after a half day of mulling it over I figured, what the heck, if I can time it right I may bag them and the -17s together. Ah, the pitfalls of 2 day turns. My carriers were supposed to meet up with the battleships and stand off just out of Kate range of efate and that other place north of Noumea (lugamville I planned to be mostly out of service). That way they wouldn't get drawn on to one of those deadly CAP traps you are so good at setting.
Well, the carriers were supposed to cover the battleships and vice versa, but I didn't anticipate you gunning for the carriers, plus of course miscalculating the move rates. It all fell apart from the start, as you saw.
To make it worse, my laptop crashed 3/4 the way through the replay, so i had to watch my carriers get creamed all over again. I was stuck in some weird version of AE hell.
Feel free to copy this into your forum. No doubt I'll be pilloried by the pro JFB's out there
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Your BB's there came as a bit of a surprise, but after a half day of mulling it over I figured, what the heck, if I can time it right I may bag them and the -17s together. Ah, the pitfalls of 2 day turns. My carriers were supposed to meet up with the battleships and stand off just out of Kate range of efate and that other place north of Noumea (lugamville I planned to be mostly out of service). That way they wouldn't get drawn on to one of those deadly CAP traps you are so good at setting.
Well, the carriers were supposed to cover the battleships and vice versa, but I didn't anticipate you gunning for the carriers, plus of course miscalculating the move rates. It all fell apart from the start, as you saw.
To make it worse, my laptop crashed 3/4 the way through the replay, so i had to watch my carriers get creamed all over again. I was stuck in some weird version of AE hell.
Feel free to copy this into your forum. No doubt I'll be pilloried by the pro JFB's out there
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