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

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[font="Times New Roman"]March 30, 1942[/font]

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Up North more bombing of Arshaan, Sunwu and Heiho. Tanks escape the stalemate hex and will move to Sunwu. I'l have about a 5:1 AV advantage there in a few days, and will wait to strike until all is in place.

The 24th A/division is being mercilessly pounded by air, and will be attacked by tanks tomorrow. There is a chance it'll surrender, leaving the IJA with an incomplete division. [:)]
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Ground combat at Sunwu (113,34)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7596 troops, 100 guns, 708 vehicles, Assault Value = 390

Defending force 10157 troops, 37 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 295

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
72nd Tank Brigade
9th Armored Car Brigade
7th Mongolian Motor Brigade

Defending units:
1st Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
4th Garrison Unit
5th Border Defense Fortress
11th Tank Regiment
4th Army
207th JAAF AF Bn

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[MakeeLearn]

Black Oil, looking bad for IJ. How goes the Beans and Bullets?

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ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn


Black Oil, looking bad for IJ. How goes the Beans and Bullets?

Well I can't speak of rate other side, but we've got about 70k supplies now on Sumatra, and there are another 50k casing in plus more on the way in the next two weeks. I've also topped up Java which doesn't have much industry without refineries making supplies in DBB.

Singers just got popup and is steady at 55k. I'll have to continue this every couple of weeks so getting Palembang and hopefully taking the island bases nearby would really make the transit easier. Next infusion I should bring in 25k at least. I just have to watch it now that the KB is around. For 14 knot ships it is a 3 day journey along the less vulnerable coastline.

Elsewhere Beans and Bullets are flush. The Aleutians are fully stocked, the Soviets have a nice reserve, and India ia overflowing.

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[font="Times New Roman"]Black Oil[/font]

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A little accounting.

Here is a map of the damaged oil centres of the SRA and Burma, either those starting off damaged or subsequently hit by air and naval strikes. Some seem to be repairing fairly quickly, like Balikpapan. Others are the same as they were after the last strikes.

At present in the bases owned by the Japanese there are around 888 damaged oil well points, with about 1116 producing. These include Palembang and Djambi though, which are under siege and threat from constant air strikes to wipe out most if not all remaining oil. If we don't count these bases, the Japanese are only producing around 605 oil points a turn from this area with another 1399 destroyed or unavailable, and ~480 yet to be taken. Not good for Lowpe's reserves.

I just looked on the Japanese side of my other Scenario 1 game, and it looks like there I've got 2880 oil centres producing. I know Magwe has been destroyed so add 300 to that.

So I'm guessing I can get over half of the possible IJ oil production centres damaged. I remember when this happened to my economy in the Wild Sheep Chase game with Jocke in the late game, and it really didn't take long to get through the reserves once he flow started to be reduced.

I've got a lot more thinking to do about what this will do to the Japanese economy. I need to research to find out the starting reserves, HI use and typical ship usage/day in the beginning then a lot of the fleet is in action. I then need to think about what this will mean for the future, and whether it will affect R & D, supply, and his ability to fight on land, int he air and in the oceans. Let me know if you have any thoughts of figures on this stuff.

[BBfanboy]

Only thought I had was that any refuelling he does from the areas with captured oil + refinery should not be counted against his home reserve usage. What matters is what reaches Japan, not what gets used up from other gas (petrol, to you!) stations.

So the hard part of the equation is how much hauling capacity does he have and how much is it actually being used to haul fuel/oil back to Japan? Some of the haulers will be servicing far flung bases rather than feeding industry.

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[font="Times New Roman"]March 31, 1942[/font]

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Somebody dropped a few gifts near Singers on a shallow hex. DD Patterson cleared two while moving by in the night, and I’ll send in the AMs to take care of the rest.

The USN gets a good bombardment at Palembang again. Nice to note n the reports that we're hitting 4th C/division. His AV is still going up and troops still flying in somehow, in spite of the LR CAP from 1 hex at multiple altitude bands. He has a penchant for going extra high and I wonder how this works with transport. Either way, I'll bomb the s*** out of these troops soon once the oil is gone.

Speaking of the bombing, the strikes had huge impact today. In total 78 oil points damaged at Palembang and another 24 hit at Djambi.

On the downside, a large group of A6M2 from the CVs swept and crushed some LR CAPing P-39Ds on Sumatra. About 11 planes lost and Kates sank an xAK just after. Only a few pilots KIA though which is good.
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TF 293 encounters mine field at 49,85

Allied Ships
DD Patterson

2 mines cleared

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Night Naval bombardment of Palembang at 48,91

Allied Ships
CA Astoria
CA Louisville
CA Chester

Japanese ground losses:
485 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 52 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Manpower hits 1
Resources hits 2
Fires 67
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 12
Port hits 4

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Astoria
CA Astoria firing at Palembang
CA Louisville firing at Palembang
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Chester
CA Chester firing at 4th/C Division

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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
DB-7B x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 9
Vincent I x 7
A-20A Havoc x 3
B-26 Marauder x 29

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged

Oil hits 44
Fires 36

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 3
Vincent I x 3
B-26 Marauder x 10
F4F-4 Wildcat x 9

Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged

Oil hits 23
Fires 27

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x 139WH-3 bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 3 x 300 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 9
A-24 Banshee x 13

No Allied losses

Oil hits 11
Fires 26

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x A-24 Banshee bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Djambi , at 48,88

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged

Oil hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Djambi , at 48,88

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged

Oil hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Tandjoengbalai , at 47,78

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 29

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 17

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 6 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet

CAP engaged:
24th PG/20th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 6 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tandjoengbalai at 47,78

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 15
B5N2 Kate x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAK Elmdale, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
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This shot shows the bombing took another ~100 off of Palembang. I might need only a few more days at this rate to completely shut it down. I am leaning toward as total a destruction as possible there since the Medan fuel seems to be flowing as far as Oosthaven right now, which is awesome. [:)]

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Only thought I had was that any refuelling he does from the areas with captured oil + refinery should not be counted against his home reserve usage. What matters is what reaches Japan, not what gets used up from other gas (petrol, to you!) stations.

So the hard part of the equation is how much hauling capacity does he have and how much is it actually being used to haul fuel/oil back to Japan? Some of the haulers will be servicing far flung bases rather than feeding industry.

Shi usage per day is pretty easy to figure out using tracker shots from my previous games. I think I can find out roughly what he'd be using for ships, subtract that from the reserves plus daily oil and resulting fuel produced. It'll all be an estimate because if he realises the oil is a problem he could start shutting down HI and also running less convoys far afield. In fact he'll definitely have fewer ships moving than usual since he'll only need half as many oilers. [;)]

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[font="Times New Roman"]March 31, 1942[/font]

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The Soviet biplanes got their asses handed to them today. A massive Oscar and Zero LR CAP over Arshaan hit our strikes, but luckily only fighters were affected. They made the ultimate sacrifice to get the bombers through, and although I lost 24 in A to A on the day, a lot of pilots were rescued and only 4 total bombers destroyed.

As I'd hoped, the rogue 24th A/division is bombed into submission and summarily wiped out by Soviet tanks. So that helps things immensely in the Southern area. [:)]

The main body is nearly to Sunwu, and I'll not start in until we have over 2,000 AV in hex in case the forts are as high here as the level 6 at Heiho.
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Morning Air attack on Arshaan , at 105,33

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 34

Allied aircraft
I-153 x 48
DB-3M x 32
SB-2 x 25

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

Allied aircraft losses
I-153: 16 destroyed
DB-3M: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
SB-2: 2 damaged

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

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x SB-2 bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Ground combat at 114,40 (near Kiamusze)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 9855 troops, 90 guns, 1169 vehicles, Assault Value = 657

Defending force 355 troops, 10 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 936

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 936 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
338 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
6th Ussurii Tank Brigade
2nd Ussurii Tank Brigade
3rd Ussurii Tank Brigade
4th Ussurii Tank Brigade
5th Ussurii Tank Brigade
87th VVS Base Force

Defending units:
24th/A Division

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Ground combat at Sunwu (113,34)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7654 troops, 101 guns, 709 vehicles, Assault Value = 798

Defending force 11075 troops, 79 guns, 359 vehicles, Assault Value = 299

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

Assaulting units:
9th Armored Car Brigade
77th Tank Brigade
3rd Amurskaya Tank Brigade
75th Tank Brigade
72nd Tank Brigade
7th Mongolian Motor Brigade

Defending units:
1st Tank Regiment
4th Garrison Unit
9th Tank Regiment
5th Border Defense Fortress
11th Tank Regiment
11th Air Defense AA Battalion
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
4th Army
20th Fld AA Machinecannon Company
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
207th JAAF AF Bn

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[obvert]

[font="Times New Roman"]March 31, 1942[/font]

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In Burma Lashio holds again! [8D]
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Ground combat at Lashio (62,46)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 28685 troops, 239 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 748

Defending force 18482 troops, 141 guns, 59 vehicles, Assault Value = 353

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 485

Allied adjusted defense: 637

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
500 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 79 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled

Allied ground losses:
677 casualties reported
Squads: 47 destroyed, 30 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled

Assaulting units:
Imperial Guards Division
33rd Division
1st RTA Division
15th Army
29th Field AA Machinecannon Company

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

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

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Invasion Bonus over!!

A huge day for the Allies, and so many places yet to land for the IJA. The unload rates will be much longer, allowing some interdiction possibilities, or evacuation options, and Japanese forces will now need to prep. That is huge. Even lightly defended bases can be difficult to invade without prep.

Allied forces are still flowing into Sumatra, and soon if I can achieve a victory at Palembang, will look at other options. [:)]

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

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Subs continue to bring back good intelligence on ship movements even when they can't get a hit. The Oi TF here may be planning to break out the ultra damaged Myoko, or just protecting her from bombardments.

A couple of underwhelming bombardments by RN forces at Sinkep and Mersing. No transports appear to be at Mersing now, which is interesting.

Another stellar day of strikes on the oil. The 4Es try for Saigon port, but the CAP distracts them enough that nothing hits. About 20 ships are listed in port here, so it must at least get Lowpe a bit nervous.
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ASW attack near Pontianak at 56,90

Japanese Ships
DD Shigure
CL Oi
DD Wakatake
DD Oite

Allied Ships
SS KXIII, hits 4

SS KXIII launches 2 torpedoes at DD Shigure
KXIII bottoming out ....

Night Naval bombardment of Singkep at 49,87

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Resolution
BB Ramillies
BB Royal Sovereign
BB Revenge

Resources hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11
Port hits 8

Walrus II acting as spotter for BB Resolution
BB Resolution firing at Singkep
BB Ramillies firing at Singkep
BB Royal Sovereign firing at Singkep
BB Revenge firing at Singkep


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Night Naval bombardment of Mersing at 51,82

Allied Ships
CA Cornwall
CA Dorsetshire

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

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

Walrus II acting as spotter for CA Cornwall
CA Cornwall firing at 4th/B Division
Walrus II acting as spotter for CA Dorsetshire
CA Dorsetshire firing at Mersing

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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 16
P-40E Warhawk x 31
F4F-4 Wildcat x 9

No Allied losses

Oil hits 4
Fires 4

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 3 x 300 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
DB-7B x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 15
Vincent I x 10
A-20A Havoc x 3
B-26 Marauder x 27
P-39D Airacobra x 7
P-40E Warhawk x 2

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Oil hits 34
Fires 4

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 6
B-26 Marauder x 15

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged

Oil hits 17
Fires 5

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
A-24 Banshee x 26
F4F-4 Wildcat x 9

Allied aircraft losses
A-24 Banshee: 2 damaged

Oil hits 3
Fires 4

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x A-24 Banshee bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 6
P-40E Warhawk x 6
F4F-4 Wildcat x 9

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged

Oil hits 8
Fires 4

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
A-20A Havoc x 9
P-40E Warhawk x 6
F4F-4 Wildcat x 9

No Allied losses

Oil hits 6
Fires 4

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A-20A Havoc bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Saigon , at 60,71

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 10

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 10

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

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 8 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet *
Port Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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[font="Times New Roman"]April 1, 1942[/font]

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In the North Soviets continue to surround Sunwu. In the Aleutians SBDs find two xAPs near Attu and likely sink both, while Bolos attacking Attu hit AMC Aka Maru leaving her on fire with heavy damage! [:)]

I'm considering landing up here, but I may have to set out some exploratory picket ships to the West to make sure no CVs are hanging around. I do have three SBD groups int he area though, and about 100 fighters, so if they get too close they could find a bit of a surprise. [:)]
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Morning Air attack on Attu Island , at 153,49

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-18A Bolo x 2

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-18A Bolo bombing from 8000 feet *
Port Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Agattu Island at 154,50

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 14

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAP Rakuyo Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Kokuryu Maru, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
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[font="Times New Roman"]April 2, 1942[/font]

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A quiet turn in the seas today, but bombers continue their work. Some of the best strikes yet. [8D]

Up North a rare IJAAF strike against Soviet troops caught in the clear. The AA does well though, and on the day it looks like 6-8 Sallys lost. The Arshaan march is going strong and should be ready to attack in a few days.
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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
DB-7B x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 3
Vincent I x 7
A-20A Havoc x 12
B-26 Marauder x 15
F4F-4 Wildcat x 9

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 3 damaged

Oil hits 51

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 9
A-24 Banshee x 26
B-26 Marauder x 6
P-40E Warhawk x 8
F4F-4 Wildcat x 9

Allied aircraft losses
A-24 Banshee: 2 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged

Oil hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x A-24 Banshee bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 8th Cavalry Division, at 114,40 , near Kiamusze

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 46

Allied aircraft
I-153 x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
I-153: 4 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet

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Morning Air attack on 35th Rifle Division, at 114,40 , near Kiamusze

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 53

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 22 damaged
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied ground losses:
244 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 39 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 31 (2 destroyed, 29 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 7000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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[font="Times New Roman"]April 3, 1942[/font]

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Today the Japanese moved a CA led surface force into the opening area to Palembang, probably aiming to catch bombardment TFs. I sent them to Singkep in the hope they could hit troops there before an attack by the small Dutch unit there. None of that went well, but on the good side, we didn't tangle with the IJN either. If we have to fight the CAs I need to be prepared and send the right TFs, and lots of them.

One group of USMC DBs flew and were crushed by LR CAP from landed CV groups probably operating from Muntok.

An S-boat shows that the TF near Palembang is the Maya, Chikuma and company, but can't get a hit.
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Night Naval bombardment of Singkep at 49,87

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 2 damaged
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
CA Astoria
CA Chester

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3
Port hits 2

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Astoria
CA Astoria firing at Singkep

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Night Naval bombardment of Singkep at 49,87

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 damaged
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
CA Cornwall
CA Dorsetshire

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5
Port hits 2

CA Cornwall firing at Singkep

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 49,90

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 25

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 6
SBD-3 Dauntless x 10

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 7 destroyed

CAP engaged:
Shoho-1 with A6M2 Zero (21 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(21 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
21 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000.
Raid is overhead
Kaga-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000.
Raid is overhead

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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 16
P-40E Warhawk x 20
F4F-4 Wildcat x 9

No Allied losses

Oil hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 3 x 300 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
DB-7B x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 12
B-26 Marauder x 13
P-40E Warhawk x 7

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged

Oil hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 9
B-26 Marauder x 10
P-40E Warhawk x 6
F4F-4 Wildcat x 9

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged

Oil hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Pontianak , at 56,90

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
Ki-27b Nate x 2

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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ASW attack near Palembang at 49,90

Japanese Ships
DD Kikuzuki
CA Maya
CA Chikuma
DD Okikaze
DD Asanagi

Allied Ships
SS S-23

SS S-23 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Kikuzuki
S-23 bottoming out ....

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Ground combat at Singkep (49,87)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 714 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17

Defending force 760 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

Allied adjusted assault: 6

Japanese adjusted defense: 19

Allied assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 0)

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

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

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

Assaulting units:
Riouw Cdo

Defending units:
I/124th Infantry Battalion
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[font="Times New Roman"]April 3, 1942[/font]

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The Soviets attacked with a DA at Sunwu and got a 1:1 while lowering forts to 5. So both of these bases had made level 6!! Our casualties aren't too bad, so we'll keep this going and see what happens. More units will be active tomorrow after just moving in as well. The IJA mostly lost tanks and motorised support from the looks of it. If this base falls then Heiho will be completely surrounded, but there is an experienced and tough division in there, too. It won't be easy.
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Ground combat at Sunwu (113,34)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 50830 troops, 897 guns, 3005 vehicles, Assault Value = 2382

Defending force 11097 troops, 79 guns, 359 vehicles, Assault Value = 299

Allied adjusted assault: 1508

Japanese adjusted defense: 1043

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 6)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 5

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

Japanese ground losses:
150 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 132 (30 destroyed, 102 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
928 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 149 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 40 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 31 (6 destroyed, 25 disabled)
Vehicles lost 105 (11 destroyed, 94 disabled)

Assaulting units:
3rd Motorized Rifle Regiment
36th Motor Rifle Division
74th Tank Brigade
77th Tank Brigade
9th Armored Car Brigade
72nd Tank Brigade
3rd Amurskaya Tank Brigade
73rd Tank Brigade
57th Motor Rifle Division
399th Rifle Division
75th Tank Brigade
7th Mongolian Motor Brigade
262nd/264th PVO AA Battalion
624th Cannon Regiment
390th Cannon Regiment
185th Cannon Regiment
629th Cannon Regiment
1141st Cannon Regiment
10th/132nd PVO AA Battalion
150th/387th PVO AA Battalion

Defending units:
9th Tank Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
4th Garrison Unit
5th Border Defense Fortress
11th Tank Regiment
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
20th Fld AA Machinecannon Company
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
4th Army
11th Air Defense AA Battalion
207th JAAF AF Bn

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[font="Times New Roman"]April 4, 1942[/font]

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Near Medan Kates venture out bravely without escort and hit an xAK loading fuel for Singers. The CAP here was hit a few turns ago and the group had to be sat down for a while. Eventually I'll be able to add more into this area. I'd like to get a steady stream from Medan to Singers.

Massive hits to the oil and we're near to reaching our goal. I may stop soon in case while trying to take the base even more damage is piled on the oil facilities. I'd like a bit here to use, but not enough to be attractive to take the base back. Djambi still has 80+ wells active though, so that could be used if Palembang is completely destroyed.

Troops have built to just over the stacking limits before attacking, with roughly 1,500AV of balanced infantry, armor, engineers and arty here.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Medan at 46,76

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 16

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAK Pellicula, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 12
P-40E Warhawk x 7
F4F-3 Wildcat x 3

No Allied losses

Oil hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 3 x 300 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
DB-7B x 9
A-20A Havoc x 12
A-24 Banshee x 13
B-26 Marauder x 13
P-40E Warhawk x 3
F4F-3 Wildcat x 3
F4F-4 Wildcat x 9

Allied aircraft losses
A-24 Banshee: 2 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged

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

Oil hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 7
B-25C Mitchell x 9
B-26 Marauder x 10

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed by flak

Oil hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x 139WH-3 bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 3 x 300 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 18
P-40E Warhawk x 7
F4F-3 Wildcat x 3

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged

Oil hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 5000 feet
City Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 6
P-40E Warhawk x 7

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged

Oil hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 5000 feet
City Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 13
F4F-3 Wildcat x 3

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

Oil hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Palembang (48,91)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21272 troops, 304 guns, 296 vehicles, Assault Value = 1552

Defending force 14581 troops, 205 guns, 86 vehicles, Assault Value = 318

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

Assaulting units:
16th Australian Brigade
45th Indian Brigade
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
754th Tank Battalion
13th Australian Brigade
17th Australian Brigade
25th Australian Brigade
255th Armoured Brigade
182nd Infantry Regiment
21st Australian Brigade
10th LH Cav Regiment
17th Indian Division
2nd RAA Med Arty Regiment
1st RAA Med Arty Regiment
21/22 Field Arty Regiment

Defending units:
23rd Ind Engineer Regiment
41st Nav Gd /1
4th/C Division
4th/A Div /2
Yokosuka 4th SNLF
4th/B Div /1
4th Ind Engineer Regiment
15th Ind Engineer Regiment
11th Garrison Unit /1
Sasebo 8th SNLF /1
7th Field Construction Battalion
202nd Ship Eng Coy
302nd Ship Eng Coy
3rd Air Division
102nd Ship Eng Coy
31st Field AA Battalion
33rd Field Const Co
26th Fld AA Gun Co
15th Const Co
43rd Const Co
2nd Ship Engineer Regiment
47th Const Co
34th Field AA Battalion
9th JAAF AF Coy
34th Field Const Co
33rd JAAF AF Coy
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The IJA looks vulnerable here, with an overabundance of engineers but fragments of fighting units and probably not much arty since the majority were flown in. I'd like to have a positive ground bombardment followed by some air and sea strikes on the IJA troops before launching a DA.

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[font="Times New Roman"]Oil Status[/font]

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Here is a shot showing the state of things around here. Oil at around 200. Fields still messed up. Mini-KB disappeared.

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[font="Times New Roman"]April 4, 1942[/font]

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Soviets take Sunwu!!

On the second DA they lower the forts to 4 and take the base with a whopping 9:1 result. Nice work.

The IJa pulled two tank regiments before this battle, so I'll have to face them again in Heiho I think. Hopefully a bit beat up though. Most of the vehicles and tanks here are wiped out at least. The units did retreat South, so they should escape. I'll not pursue into the clear to face IJAAF air strikes.

The division southeast of Sunwu is still sitting there facing off against a damaged tank division. I'll leave it for the moment and concentrate on Heiho.
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Ground combat at Sunwu (113,34)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 52736 troops, 903 guns, 3375 vehicles, Assault Value = 2605

Defending force 10234 troops, 79 guns, 217 vehicles, Assault Value = 212

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Allied adjusted assault: 1714

Japanese adjusted defense: 177

Allied assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 4)

Allied forces CAPTURE Sunwu !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
4216 casualties reported
Squads: 60 destroyed, 98 disabled
Non Combat: 135 destroyed, 44 disabled
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 41 (29 destroyed, 12 disabled)
Vehicles lost 190 (182 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Units retreated 8

Allied ground losses:
558 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 83 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled)
Vehicles lost 86 (9 destroyed, 77 disabled)

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
399th Rifle Division
9th Armored Car Brigade
3rd Motorized Rifle Regiment
73rd Tank Brigade
3rd Amurskaya Tank Brigade
74th Tank Brigade
77th Tank Brigade
57th Motor Rifle Division
36th Motor Rifle Division
75th Tank Brigade
111th Tank Division
72nd Tank Brigade
7th Mongolian Motor Brigade
390th Cannon Regiment
10th/132nd PVO AA Battalion
1141st Cannon Regiment
262nd/264th PVO AA Battalion
624th Cannon Regiment
629th Cannon Regiment
185th Cannon Regiment
150th/387th PVO AA Battalion

Defending units:
4th Garrison Unit
5th Border Defense Fortress
11th Tank Regiment
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
4th Army
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
11th Air Defense AA Battalion
20th Fld AA Machinecannon Company
207th JAAF AF Bn
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[font="Times New Roman"]April 5, 1942[/font]

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Whoah Nelly!! In spite of the rollover saying Palembang was 98 percent damaged last turn, with a 9/10 recon reading, the base suddenly fills with an angry swarm of zeros and oscars!!

Our milk runs end up being a bit more costly this turn, but somehow, miraculously, still make it through for over 30 points of damage to the oil. Not sure how that happened. The 2Es took a bit of a hit, but only the Marauders (12 A to A and 3 ops losses) will be critically missed. Our Hurri sweeps absolutely cleaned up against huge odds, while the P-40Es traded about equally.

A good number of A6M2 (28 A to A and 11 ops losses) and some Oscar Ic (8 A to A and 3 ops losses) are lost, and this probably hurts him much more than our bomber losses since the Kaga, Soryu, Shoho, Hiryu and Zuiho groups are present here, leaving the KB a bit short. More than that, with capture of Palembang imminent, will he be able to get them out of the base if it's closed down, which it just might be tomorrow?

So in spite of the shock and the hit to the striking forces here it feels like this is the time for an all-in move that could really turn the tables for a while. I'm sending all available surface cruisers to bombard Palembang tomorrow. The 3 available USN CAs (2 others are just finishing some repairs at Singers) will form the main bombardment group, protected by the 2 RN CAs, with a solid CL bombardment TF and another small CL surface force, all coming from Singers. From Batavia I'll send in CA Canberra and 3 more CLs. The RN BBs will stay in port. Not ideal to send them into a night mission possibly against IJN CAs.
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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 96
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 22

Allied aircraft
DB-7B x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 9
A-20A Havoc x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 8

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

Allied aircraft losses
DB-7B: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed

Oil hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 90
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 16

Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 7
B-26 Marauder x 6
P-40E Warhawk x 3
F4F-3 Wildcat x 2
F4F-4 Wildcat x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 4 destroyed
B-26 Marauder: 2 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 33,390 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 87
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 16

Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed


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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 83
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 14

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 79
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 61
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 25

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

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed

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[font="Times New Roman"]April 5, 1942[/font]

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In other news it seems that Arshaan is very lightly held, and even in this good territory should fall within the week. I'll DA tomorrow ,and don't even have to risk the air force to help out.
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Ground combat at Arshaan (105,33)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 25174 troops, 395 guns, 864 vehicles, Assault Value = 971

Defending force 6346 troops, 66 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 140

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

Assaulting units:
7th Mongolian Cavalry Division
226th Rifle Brigade
246th Rifle Brigade
33rd Tank Battalion
6th Mongolian Cavalry Division
46th Engr-Sapper Bde
82nd Tank Battalion
1st Ussurii Tank Brigade
51st Cavalry Division
3rd Mongolian Tank Regiment
405th/414th AA Battalion
1134th Howitzer Regiment
1192nd BM Howitzer Regiment
1233rd Cannon Regiment
273rd Cannon Regiment
199th BM Howitzer Regiment
3rd Mongolian Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
4th Manchukuo Cav Brigade
Arshaan Fortress
6th Manchukuo Cav Brigade
46th Const Co
55th Field AA Battalion
49th Const Co
40th Const Co
51st JAAF AF Bn

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