Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe (J)

[obvert]

[font="Times New Roman"]Feb 26, 1942[/font]

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A Singers bombardment reveals two more divisions in the base. The IJA AV is up to 2258. It'll probably top 2,400 by the time troops are back to normal after the crossing. How long will it take for him to try again?
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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4623 troops, 361 guns, 172 vehicles, Assault Value = 2258

Defending force 59745 troops, 602 guns, 449 vehicles, Assault Value = 1283

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 24 (8 destroyed, 16 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Assaulting units:
114th Infantry Regiment
5th Division
38th Division
56th Infantry Regiment
55th Division
16th Infantry Regiment
56th Division
55th Infantry Regiment
III./4th Infantry Battalion
2nd Engineer Regiment
22nd Recon Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
18th Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
2nd Field Artillery Regiment
92nd JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
1st Mysore Battalion
3rd Cavalry Regiment
22nd Australian Brigade
27th Australian Brigade
3rd SSVF Battalion
2nd Loyal Battalion
1st Malay Battalion
FMSV Brigade
2/17 Dogra Battalion
2nd Gordons Battalion
1st Hyderabad Battalion
11th Indian Division
5/14th Punjab Battalion
SSVF Brigade
2nd Malay Battalion
9th Indian Division
2nd ISF Base Force
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
2/15 Punjab Bn /1
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Malaya Army
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
Singapore Base Force
224 Group RAF /2
Singapore Fortress
III Indian Corps
1st ISF Base Force
109th RAF Adv Base Force
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
113th RAF Adv Base Force
223 Group RAF
Malayan Air Wing
AHQ Far East
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
110th RAF Adv Base Force
112th RAF Adv Base Force
109th RN Base Force /1

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[obvert]

[font="Times New Roman"]Feb 26, 1942[/font]

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The attack near Sunwu and Heiho is now on! Day one went well forcing the retreat of the garrison there. I think they have low experience and not many field arty. We took a lot of disabled though. That's bad since these units have to take the next fort plus garrison as well.

Hailar is fully secured. Now these forces march south.

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Ground combat at 114,31 (near Blagoveshchensk)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 22234 troops, 294 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 770

Defending force 6274 troops, 46 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 198

Allied adjusted assault: 657

Japanese adjusted defense: 245

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1457 casualties reported
Squads: 34 destroyed, 42 disabled
Non Combat: 32 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Allied ground losses:
748 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 103 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
204th Rifle Division
94th Rifle Division

Defending units:
8th Garrison Unit
13th Border Defense Fortress

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Ground combat at Hailar (107,30)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 15612 troops, 243 guns, 1396 vehicles, Assault Value = 856

Defending force 557 troops, 0 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 529

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 529 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender:
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
549 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 117 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 20 (20 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
3rd Motorized Rifle Regiment
7th Mongolian Cavalry Division
82nd Tank Battalion
7th Mongolian Motor Brigade
33rd Tank Battalion
9th Armored Car Brigade
61st Tank Division
3rd Mongolian Tank Regiment
17th Army
185th Cannon Regiment
102nd Engineer Battalion
150th/387th PVO AA Battalion
10th/132nd PVO AA Battalion
262nd/264th PVO AA Battalion
629th Cannon Regiment
85th VVS Base Force

Defending units:
6th Army

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[obvert]

[font="Times New Roman"]Feb 27, 1942[/font]

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Four separate subs made contact with and fired on the Minekaze, and out of 10 fish there were no hits. Oh, well. At least she was in the Georgetown area which means if she disbands we might still get a chance at her there.

All TFs at Sabang were given orders to break for the IO, but unfortunately the most important one took a bit too long pulling up ramps and stowing cranes. The TF dropped the Aussie Brigade and Cavalry units was located by the Mutsu and Haruna TF and engaged at 12k yards! Yikes!! [:(]

Luckily the quick ships managed to break away, even after taking some hits from the big Pagoda platforms, and only the two xAKs and one smaller xAP were lost. A lot of troops were picked (at least a message told me so) and it looks like guns, support and some vehicles were lost. Not bad considering the Aquitania took 11 hits!! She is still doing 18 knots and has only 15 float and 35 system damage. Amazing. Sign her up to the RN, get some decent guns on her and a few tubes, and lets do this again! [:D]

So not good for the Allied cause, but better than I'd thought it would turn out. Tomorrow, if these ships are coming again and hanging around, they'll find some extra air forces deployed and hopefully pay for their brazen aggressiveness!
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Sabang at 44,70, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 1
DD Hamakaze
DD Yamagumo
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Shigure
DD Yudachi

Allied Ships
PC Indus
xAP Aquitania, Shell hits 11, on fire
xAP Tilawa
xAP Amra, Shell hits 2
xAP Khandalla
xAP Chilka, Shell hits 1
xAP Santhia, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Clan Lamont, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
xAK Salween, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
918 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 78 destroyed, 76 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 61 (53 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 92 (31 destroyed, 61 disabled)

Improved night sighting under 89% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 89% moonlight: 12,000 yards

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[obvert]

[font="Times New Roman"]Feb 27, 1942[/font]

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RN cruisers hit Singers again. Good results. Two different divisions being hit too.
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Night Naval bombardment of Singapore at 50,84

Allied Ships
CA Exeter
CA Cornwall
CA Dorsetshire

Japanese ground losses:
231 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

CA Exeter firing at 55th Division
Walrus II acting as spotter for CA Cornwall
CA Cornwall firing at 38th Division
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[obvert]

[font="Times New Roman"]Feb 27, 1942[/font]

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After the AVG and LR CAPing Hurris again wear out the KB groups at Magwe, the bombers continue to pound the oil. Another 16 hits on the day. [8D]
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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 2

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 17
Hurricane IIb Trop x 5
B-17E Fortress x 5
B-26 Marauder x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged

Oil hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 12000 feet
City Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 3
B-17E Fortress x 4
LB-30 Liberator x 5
B-26 Marauder x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged

Oil hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 12000 feet *
City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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[obvert]

[font="Times New Roman"]Feb 27, 1942[/font]

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At Lashio the IJA attacks again, and this time the defenders hold with no loss of forts at 1:2. Yes!! Now the extra troops arriving should make this a very tough base to take for the Japanese. He'll need to bring in the air forces, but we have some good fighters here already, so that will be tough for a while. I'd like to hold this position until more Indian troops can hold the ground from Ledo to Myikyina to Lashio, and another Chinese corps can be bought out to move to Lashio. If I can do that and continue to build forts before summer 42, this might never fall. Fingers crossed.
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Ground combat at Lashio (62,46)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 25126 troops, 208 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 741

Defending force 14584 troops, 81 guns, 59 vehicles, Assault Value = 371

Japanese adjusted assault: 434

Allied adjusted defense: 823

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
660 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 47 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
508 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 42 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled

Assaulting units:
Imperial Guards Division
33rd Division
15th Army

Defending units:
BFF Brigade
1st Burma Div /1
5th Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps /1
102nd RAF Base Force
Burma Command
13th Burma Rifles Battalion
100th RAF Base Force

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[font="Times New Roman"]Feb 28, 1942[/font]

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Russian subs have been nearly as bad as the USN for misses/duds in the opening days here. Another one this turn "elected not to fire" at two ASW PBs and got four DCs dropped on itself. Doh!

Two CL lead a decent bombardment of Sabang. This does some damage, but I can live with it, especially considering it could have been CA or BB. I wonder what size ammo he can reload at Georgetown? I also wonder if I put some hurt on the port if that will make it harder to reload. That would be fantastic. Okay, so another goal for the already overworked bombers!

Our CAs deliver a poor result at Singers. Wonder why? All good captains and high experience ships. Hmmmmmm.

Tambor does come through with a hit on a TK cruising toward Honshu. Works for me.
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Night Naval bombardment of Sabang at 44,70

Japanese Ships
CL Yura
CL Sendai
DD Tsuga
DD Minazuki
DD Kawakaze
DD Yamakaze
TB Kari
TB Hayabusa

Allied ground losses:
78 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 10
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 2

CL Yura firing at Sabang
E7K2 Alf acting as spotter for CL Sendai

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Night Naval bombardment of Singapore at 50,84

Allied Ships
CA Exeter
CA Cornwall
CA Dorsetshire
DD Tenedos
DD Bagley

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

CA Exeter firing at 5th Division
Walrus II acting as spotter for CA Cornwall

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Sub attack near Iwo-jima at 104,83

Japanese Ships
TK Meizan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Senyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Tambor

SS Tambor launches 4 torpedoes at TK Meizan Maru
Tambor diving deep ....
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[obvert]

[font="Times New Roman"]Feb 28, 1942[/font]

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Although I held back the sweeps today thinking the defenders were wearing down, the IJN groups still put up a good fight, downing 2 B-26 over Magwe. The bombers all did get through though, and another 5 oil hits seem to result in about 15 points more damage, if the recon is to be believed. It looks like over 110 destroyed oil points so far in less than a week of bombing at Magwe, plus the weakening of THREE fighter groups from the KB. Double the fun!! [:'(]

The very real benefit of this is that I can also begin to shoot amphibs into Benkolen without too much worry about the KB showing up. Granted he could use LBA groups landed on the CVs, and no doubt will, but those will also have to come from somwhere. The most likely close spot is Palembang, so that is the next big challenge. Wreck the airfields and incapacitate the 110+ fighters stationed there.
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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 1

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 16
B-26 Marauder x 17

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed
B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Oil hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 12000 feet
City Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 1

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 9
B-17E Fortress x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 12000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 1

Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 2 damaged

Oil hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 12000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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[font="Times New Roman"]Feb 28, 1942[/font]

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I set the Albacores to ready this turn, and stationed the 2 CV RN TF just along the coast of Sumatra opposite Medan. They found some targets, but only scored one hit and sunk that one DD, the Asagao. A decent result, but there were cruisers here and they flew afternoon and evening, and there was NO CAP. Grrrrrrr! [:@]

All pilots are the best that exist right now at around 50-55 exp and 60-65 torp skill. I'll have to pull back due to likely Nettie swarms next turn, but at least he has to be slightly fearful for those BBs stuck in the straits now.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Langsa at 46,74

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
Albacore I x 16
Fulmar II x 9

Allied aircraft losses
Albacore I: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Ushio
DD Asagao, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Karukaya
CL Yubari

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Albacore I launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Langsa at 46,74

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Albacore I x 15
Fulmar II x 9

Allied aircraft losses
Albacore I: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Yubari
DD Karukaya

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Albacore I launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo
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[font="Times New Roman"]Feb 28, 1942[/font]

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A good Japanese bombardment at Singers. Considering trying to update the divisions to 25 pounders, even though this means those guns are likely lost when the base does eventually fall.
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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 33456 troops, 598 guns, 241 vehicles, Assault Value = 2292

Defending force 59831 troops, 600 guns, 447 vehicles, Assault Value = 1281

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

Allied ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Assaulting units:
5th Division
55th Division
114th Infantry Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment
22nd Recon Regiment
56th/B Division
38th/A Division
56th/C Division
III./4th Infantry Battalion
56th/A Division
38th/B Division
2nd Engineer Regiment
56th Infantry Regiment
16th Infantry Regiment
55th Infantry Regiment
38th/C Division
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
18th Mountain Gun Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
2nd Field Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
92nd JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
2nd Loyal Battalion
5/14th Punjab Battalion
27th Australian Brigade
2nd Gordons Battalion
22nd Australian Brigade
1st Malay Battalion
FMSV Brigade
3rd Cavalry Regiment
1st Mysore Battalion
2/17 Dogra Battalion
2nd Malay Battalion
3rd SSVF Battalion
1st Hyderabad Battalion
11th Indian Division
SSVF Brigade
9th Indian Division
Malaya Army
Singapore Base Force
109th RN Base Force /1
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
AHQ Far East
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd ISF Base Force
2/15 Punjab Bn /1
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
Singapore Fortress
109th RAF Adv Base Force
Malayan Air Wing
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
III Indian Corps
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
224 Group RAF /2
223 Group RAF
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
113th RAF Adv Base Force
1st ISF Base Force
110th RAF Adv Base Force
112th RAF Adv Base Force /2

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[BBfanboy]

I wonder if weather affected the results that Exeter et al achieved on their last bombardment?
What's the pilot fatigue like on the float planes doing the recon for the bombardment?

EDIT: PS - modern Japanese DDs are gold. I think sinking Asagao rather than Yubari is probably to your benefit in the long run.

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

I wonder if weather affected the results that Exeter et al achieved on their last bombardment?
What's the pilot fatigue like on the float planes doing the recon for the bombardment?

EDIT: PS - modern Japanese DDs are gold. I think sinking Asagao rather than Yubari is probably to your benefit in the long run.

Could be weather. No idea about those pilots, but I have two FP groups set to recon, since no one needs to night search here.

The DD losses will really matter later, I agree. It's just now that it would be nice to eliminate another bombardment-capable ship in the straits.

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[font="Times New Roman"]March 1, 1942[/font]

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A new month brings the F4F-4 online at 45 a month, which is great. Although the wildcat gets a lot of stick in this game, it's a decent defensive plane in 42 and I've got groups in place that can use them around the map. It also has decent range for this point in the war and is service 1. That is a real benefit.

The Soviet sector is getting pretty interesting. I've got to expel a brigade at Alexandrovsk, and now have 450AV in place to do that. Should be enough. It'll be interesting to see the choice he makes here. I have a feeling he'll fly a few out, let the others hold long enough that the next invasion to Shikuka can go in against only what is there now. There is only a month of the invasion bonus left, so he has to make some clear choices. Even spots in the DEI could get harder after he has to prep for them.

In the central Soviet area several long battles are taking place with lots of manoeuvre going on. Near Koutou the IJA has moved out and look to be moving toward the NW, avoiding the main block to the West. That could leave an opportunity. I've started restricting hex sides and will begin to move two divisions forward soon.

This is a map of the Soviet sector currently.

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[font="Times New Roman"]March 1, 42, 1942[/font]

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I send the DDs in to Alexandrov on the night of the 1st. The IJN has been brazenly keeping two fleet CVs and a CVL here with a few small SCTFs to protect. From the North 3 DDs raced in and 6 arrived from across the strait. Thunderstorms in the hex severely limited visibility, so the battles turned into knife fights. One DD ate a long lance in the first round in a battle that started a 1k yards!

Next the Russians got in shots on DD Yugao and put her on fire for no return injuries.

The 3 DD from the North then snuck in and got to the CVs and engaged from 2k yards!! Unfortunately they hadn't gotten torps reloaded. Damn. Still they got shots in on CVL Shoho that left her with fires. Always good against the Japanese.

They got one more shot but didn't land any major hits and took some significant damage in return. During the day there were two more battles with the IJN CL led mini-TFs. The Soviets likely sank Mursame and damaged a few more ships. On the day it looks like 2-3 IJN DDs lost for 2 Soviet DDs, plus Shoho and Oi damaged. I'd like to have a few more of these DDs!! [&o]
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Alexandrovsk at 126,41, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Oi
DD Murasame
DD Kuri, Shell hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Ryanyj
DD Rastoropnyj
DD Reshitelnyj
DD Revnostnyj, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Rekordnyj
DD Raziashchij

Reduced visibility due to Thunderstorms with 100% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 100% moonlight: 1,000 yards

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Alexandrovsk at 126,41, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Kitakami
DD Yugao, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
TB Otori

Allied Ships
DD Ryanyj
DD Rastoropnyj
DD Reshitelnyj
DD Rekordnyj
DD Raziashchij

Reduced visibility due to Thunderstorms with 100% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 100% moonlight: 1,000 yards

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Alexandrovsk at 126,41, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CV Shokaku
CV Zuikaku
CVL Shoho, Shell hits 4, on fire
CS Mizuho
CS Chitose
CL Nagara
DD Isokaze
DD Shiranui
DD Arare, Shell hits 1
DD Kasumi
DD Matsukaze
DD Sanae

Allied Ships
DD Rezvyj
DD Retivyj, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Redkij, Shell hits 1, on fire

Poor visibility due to Thunderstorms with 100% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 100% moonlight: 2,000 yards

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Alexandrovsk at 126,41, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CV Shokaku
CV Zuikaku, Shell hits 1
CVL Shoho
CS Mizuho
CS Chitose
CL Nagara
DD Isokaze
DD Shiranui
DD Arare
DD Kasumi
DD Matsukaze
DD Sanae

Allied Ships
DD Rezvyj, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Retivyj
DD Redkij, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage

Reduced visibility due to Thunderstorms
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms: 7,000 yards

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Alexandrovsk at 126,41, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Oi, Shell hits 6
DD Murasame, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Kuri, Shell hits 6, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Ryanyj, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Rastoropnyj, Shell hits 1
DD Reshitelnyj, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Rekordnyj
DD Raziashchij

Low visibility due to Thunderstorms
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms: 5,000 yards

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Alexandrovsk at 126,41, Range 4,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Oi
DD Murasame, Shell hits 3, on fire

Allied Ships
DD Ryanyj, on fire
DD Rastoropnyj
DD Reshitelnyj, on fire
DD Rekordnyj
DD Raziashchij

Poor visibility due to Thunderstorms
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms: 5,000 yards

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Alexandrovsk at 126,41, Range 6,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Oi, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Murasame, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Ryanyj, on fire
DD Rastoropnyj
DD Reshitelnyj, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Rekordnyj
DD Raziashchij, Shell hits 1

Poor visibility due to Thunderstorms
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms: 7,000 yards
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
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[witpqs]

Nice intercept!

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Down South the hunt for oil continues. Sweeping Hurris paved the way today for the 4Es to hit Magwe for a total of 3 more hits. The later sweeps downed a good crop of worn out defenders as well.
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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 16

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 9

Allied aircraft
Hudson IIIa x 5
B-17E Fortress x 4
LB-30 Liberator x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson IIIa: 1 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 2 damaged

Oil hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hudson IIIa bombing from 12000 feet
City Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 4

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 2
Hurricane IIb Trop x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 3 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 31000 feet
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ORIGINAL: witpqs

Nice intercept!

Those Ruskies are quick and pack a punch. [8D]

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Oscars intercepted our run on Koutou today. The sheer numbers of little fighters and masses of bombers eventually wore them down! [;)]
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Morning Air attack on 4th Border Defense Fortress, at 116,42 (Kotou)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 26

Allied aircraft
I-15bis x 38
I-153 x 9
I-16m24 x 6
SB-2 x 67

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
I-15bis: 3 destroyed
I-153: 1 destroyed
SB-2: 2 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x SB-2 bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 4th Border Defense Fortress, at 116,42 (Kotou)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 7

Allied aircraft
I-16m24 x 19
SB-2 x 39

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
SB-2: 13 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x SB-2 bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 4th Border Defense Fortress, at 116,42 (Kotou)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
I-153 x 2
I-16m24 x 16
SB-2 x 28

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x SB-2 bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb
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In the straits we had a bit more luck with small annoying raids on IJN movements. The Vildebeests scored, the Dorniers scored twice on two different CLs (!) and the B-17s caught CA Chikuma in port for three 500 pound special deliveries. [&o]

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Georgetown at 49,74

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Allied aircraft
Do-24K-1 x 2

Allied aircraft losses
Do-24K-1: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Yura, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Do-24K-1 bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 300 kg SAP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Georgetown , at 49,74

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 4
B-17D Fortress x 2
B-17E Fortress x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 3

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

Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Georgetown at 49,74

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
Do-24K-1 x 2

Allied aircraft losses
Do-24K-1: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Sendai, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Do-24K-1 bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 300 kg SAP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Langsa at 46,74

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
Vildebeest III x 2

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CL Yubari, Bomb hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Vildebeest III bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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The Japanese try their first attack in the Soviet theatre, but it doesn't go well for them. Swamps make this division a Bear. [:D]

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Ground combat at Fuchin (115,41)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 27851 troops, 248 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value = 823

Defending force 10191 troops, 147 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 340

Japanese adjusted assault: 504

Allied adjusted defense: 268

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
408 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 73 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled

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

Assaulting units:
29th Division
24th Division
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
53rd Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
35th Rifle Division
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