European Pacific. Durnedwolf vs Me

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18th Feb 42

Just before 0100 on Feb 17th CPT Bufton's TFs open up on the Japanese troops on Singapore Island. Spotters report 317 casualities. They then reload and head south to hide from enemy bombers. Captains of various transport ships get their orders to start moving towards Singapore from where ever they were at. Transport planes have been moving to Palembang or already there moving troops. An xAKL is sunk just off Palembang by a German sub. The harbor master watches as bombers come over the harbor and take aim the HMS Imperieus. Seven bombs hit the ship, in just a few hours the ship will be able to leave port and head south to safety. Workers move around fixing the light damage done to the harbor. Ground troops are cleaning weapons building more fortifications, for the next attack.

Scuttlebutt starts making its rounds about the big air raid on Bangkok harbor. They say heavy American bombers with some British medium bombers hit the harbor with around 26 ships at anchor. Two Tsukuba class CB's where present and took over 50 bomb hits, 3 TB's are reported hit and 2 might have been sunk, around 6 xAK's were also reported hit, with light damage to the port itself. More information leaks out from Percival's HQ. Soldiers are hearing about another big air battle over Pegu today. Fighter pilots are reporting that they have shot down 18 Ann's, 8 Bf 109's, 5 Nates for only 2 Hurricanes. Information is also release about the naval bombardment of Pegu killing 120 Japanese. The last bite of good news is that American bombers attacked Djambi's oil destroying 20 wells.

As CPT Bufton's bombardment TFs start heading south from bombarding Singapore again they get the distress call from HMS Imperieus, she was listing to the starboard side after she took a torpedo from a Jap sub. Several DDs were able to pick up the survivors of the Imperieus. Although the bombardment killed 348, the mood was somber, everyone had a friend on the Imperieus. Percival looks out his bunker as the Japanese make a deliberate attack on his forces. The Japs breach his final line of fortifications. Lt Saidi's unit stands up againist another attack. The first wave is stopped with heavy casualties to the enemy. His adhoc unit is eventually over ran. The 2n Loyal Bn is rushed into the gap, they stop the advance but at the expense of everyone in the Bn. Witness's say that the Japanese took out their anger on Lt Saidi's body for the large number of causalities his unit caused. Witnesses say that the Japanese hung him upside down and used his body for bayonet practice.

Gen Li CO at Kunming China watched as Japanese forces attacked his troops. The firs attack happened on the Feb 17 the attack was repulsed with no loses to any Chinese troops and 214 to the Japanese. the 21st Mixed BDE attacked again on the morning of the 18th, this time they did reach the main line of defense of the Chinese. They fell back quickly, Gen Li is reporting that Japanese troops are leaving the area quickly. The second AVG flew into Kunming on the 17th after some bombers bombed the troops. They scored big on the 18th shooting down 15 Liz bombers and 5 lilly's. Tsiaotso is attacked again by Axis forces. Gen Fu watched his forces stand tall against an overwhelming attack. He has watched his troop go from green peasants to hardened veterans. He is now seeing some elite troops start to form. He doubts that the Axis forces will attack again anytime soon.

Gen Wainwright reports that one Seagull was lost when they attacked some shipping near Guam. Supply is holding around 40k.

Gen Ter Poorten the commanding officer of the KNIL. He is handed a report by his AM. he reads the report: Fighters 400, Heavy Bombers 29, Med Bombers 85, Dive Bombers 88, Torpedo bombers 34 with more close by and coming. He asks for a report on ground troops.



My Thoughts

Singapore is lost on the next attack. Around 26,500 causalities have been suffered by the Japanese since they attack Johore Bahru. My transports should reach Singapore on the next turn. If he hasn't taking it by then, I will load up one of the Indian Divisions and sail south to Java. Both are in decent shape, the 11th is in pretty good shape. It looks like when all this is said and done 8 divisions and a tank division will need some time to fix disablements and draw replacements. This will give me more time to prepare Java. I don't think he will land troops at Palembang, I bet he will use Djambi to offload the troops and use the Italian and ACEH troops to try and take Palembang More later.

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Current date 22nd Feb 42

Gen Percival paced around his bunker, reports where coming in that the Japanese were gearing up for another attack. Orders had been issued, ammunition passed out. Every Tom, Dick, and Harry was on the line with a rifle. Everyone knew that this was probably their last battle. Everyone prayed that the Japanese would rest for one more day. Men cheered as CPT Bufton's TF opened up on Jap positions during the night. Everyone was hoping for an extra large body count, only 240 were reported killed. Percival watched as tanks drove straight up the center of Singapore with infantry following. The tanks broke through the last fortified positions. Soldiers of the 9th and 11th Indian divisions fought to the last man. By 1600 the battle was over, most of the Allied forces had been killed, the rest surrendered. On the night of the 19th CPT Bufton's TFs steam into Singapores harbor and open up a can of whoop arse, 920 Japanese soldiers are killed in the barrage. French BC Strasbourg runs into a mine while leaving. It has light damage but will leave the area to repair with several other ships. Col Carmichael the leader of American heavy bomber section bombed Sinapore's AFs on the 21st and 22nd, he reports encountering Italain fighters and doing light damage to the AF. Maj Born of the American Medium bombers that attacked Singapore along with the heavy bombers reported the same thing. No US bombers were lost, but a few were damaged. Singapore's industrial centers were left mostly intact, the air fields and harbor was lightly damaged and the repair yard was moderately damaged. Around 32k Japanese lost their lives taking Singapore from the British.

Just south of Singapore, outside of Palembang, the crew of the AM Ballart gets 6 light hits on I-166. West of Sydney Am Wollongong had been dueling with a Jap sub for several weeks. Today all hands were lost when the Am took a torpedo.

USAAC's 34th squadron were tasked with sweeping Djambi on the 19th before Maj Born's medium bombers attack the oil fields again. Maj Ellis's fighters claim 7 Oscars for the loss of 4 P40E's, 48 oil wells are hit over 2 days. Col Carmichael's heavy bombers hit the AF at Djambi and cause moderate damage.

TF 253 bombard Pegu several nights killing around 270 Thai's. AM Stevenson's fighters rise up to meet Nate and BF 109 fighter sweeps. At the end of the day 7 BF 109s, 6 Nates, 5 Ro 57s, and 3 Zeros are reported lost for 5 Hurricanes. ACEH submarines are harassing shipping around Rangoon. 2 KV's are dispatched to deal with the subs. ACEH sub sinks a small TK near Rangoon.

Gen Chaing Kai Shek gets reports of daily bombings. He is lunch is interrupted with news of a major battle at Tsiaotso. Gen Fu watches as his soldiers repel attack after attack. He now see's that the 80th Corp is turning into an elite unit.

ABCA command receive intel that the Japanese is sending a base force to Ternate aboard warships. Adm Doorman has 2 BC's and 2 CL with a bunch of DDs in 2 TFs, they will run into Ternate tonite. The suspected fast transport TF is 6 hex's north of Ternate.

[Bif1961]

At least the Chinese caused 4-1 in loses against the Japanese.

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Bif1961: Yes, the Chinese have done very well for themselves. A little more supply and fewer disablements in this mod.

24th Feb 42

Adm Doormans TF steams into Ternates coastal waters and finds its prey. Japanese lookouts spots the Dutch ships first and opens fire first. The French DD Mameluck, has no luck and eats a torpedo fired from the CL Oi right off the bat. Both TFs elect to withdraw from combat. Before the Dutch ships could get out of range DD Kortner is hit by a 15cm shell from CL Tama French DD Bison II is also hit by a 15cm shell while withdrawing from the battlefield. ADM Doorman dispatches the wounded DDs and brings in 2 CLs and a few DDs. He elects to head back to Ternate expecting the TF to return the next night. He was happy when his lookouts spot the Japanese TF. Japanese Cruiser Chishmia opens fires on the Dutch ships. CL Rotterdam's crew lands the first shot on CL Oi. The crew of the Rotterdam hits the Oi several times along with 2 other ships. They also became the main target of the Japanese ships. She only took 3 hits but the last hit struck her boiler room and put out her engines. BC Batavier hit the CA Chishmia and CS Miraglia with its 35cm guns. DD Mayrant lands shots on multiple ships as it trys to screen Rotterdam. Japanese TF breaks off, Adm Doorman orders all ships to move towards Ambon and air cover. Rotterdam's crew desperately tries to get the engines going again, then Japanese bombers are sighted and attack. She takes 6 bombs before she slips under the waves. B 26 torpedo bombers fly past the limits of its fighter escorts to attack the damaged Japanese TF, they are greeted by Jap fighters. Only one of them is able to get its torpedo to strike home, CS Miraglia is the unlucky ship, but 16 B26 bombers and 2 French Bre 694's are lost. Three CVL's are close by, and are moving into strike position. All subs in the area smell the blood aand are heading towards the TF. The USMC with its new fighter P50 will see its first combat with a sweep of Ternate tomorrow.

Bf 109's sweep Pegu, British Hurricanes flying CAP tangle with them. At the end of the day 5 Hurri's are lost, to no German planes. German U boat 33 is spotted by a Dutch PF and takes 2 near misses.

On the 23rd of Feb Japanese ground troops launch 2 land attacks in China. Tsiaotso and Chenchow, at both bases Chinese troops fought bravely carried the day, but the writing is on the wall. They can not hold their positions for much longer. They will hold for as long as they can and then make an order withdraw to positions around Sian.

[BBfanboy]

Interesting that the Japanese have discovered a way to load 15cm shells into their 14cm guns ....[;)]

Too bad CL Rotterdam had such poor luck, but if that IJN CA and CL sunk it is more than worth it. And a torpedo hit on that CS should have resulted in a lot more troop losses, even if the CS did not sink.

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BBfanyboy: You are right, it is 14cm. CS took a TT hit from bombers. I will have to look up to see if any troops were lost.

25th Feb 42

Gen Wainright, looks up at the Betty bombers bombing the AF. He watches as the AAA Gunners damage about half the attacking bombers. Yet they still keep coming. Supply is under 40K, sub transport has helped a lot, but it can't keep them in the green. He hopes the transports sent can reach the island, as he looks out to see.

Gen MacArthur, reads his daily reports about bombings of Clark and Manila AF's. Japanese troops are just to the North of Clark AF and Manila. No sign of them attacking south, yet.

Gen Farwell, watched as allied bombers flew overhead, He watched in horror as Axis fighters dove at the bombers. The first wave of bombers drop their bombs and exit the are before the fighters can get at them. The other waves weren't so lucky. Farwell sent out patrols to rescue downed air crews. Soldiers were able to find 5 of the 6 air crews. One of them is missing, 2 are dead, and 2 are wounded. The bombers where able to kill 100 Thai soldiers.

Ternate was quiet today. Search planes report 3 Alf float planes floating along with a lot of debris north of Ternate(I have 3 Alfs reported as ground loses, also a CL is reported as sunk). These same search planes report CS Mirglia is 2 hexs north of Ternate and by itself. Cpt Deleusess has ordered his 3 CVL's to move north between Ternate and Peileiu. They made the move around Ternate unnoticied. Now they will be ready to strike the remnants of the fast transport TF tomorrow.

Gen Hu watched as Japanese forces attack again. His troops had done well for the past attacks. Today he watched the Jap's breach his fortifications, and his troops panic and flee for their lives back to Loyang.

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28th Feb 42

Nav search planes report DMS's at Singapore sweeping mines, on the 26th of Feb. CPT Hewitt of the CL Dauntless speeds into Singapore Harbor and runs into 2 mine sweeping TFs. The frist one had 2 DMS's in it, W-4 took 6 hits and was reported as having heavy fires, with heavy damage. While the other DMS took 1 shell hit. CPT Hewitt reported that it had a mixture of DMS and SC's, he reported that he left 2 SCs on fire from one hit apiece and hitting one more DMS with a single shell, before heading form home.

Recon pilots from the Dutch V.K. A3 squadron have reported fighters at Djambi. 34th PS squadron (from Guam) got the task of sweeping the fighters. Lt Mahoney calls out his 18th kill, on the day the 34th shoots down 12 G 50 Bis for the loss of none.

Outside of Ternate several subs take shots at CL Kuma and CS Mirgilia, both miss. Bombers from the British CVL's manage to hit both CL Kuma, and DD Yugure with 500 pounders each. Unconfirmed intel reports that DD Yugure and CS Mirgilia have sunk at Pelieu. On the 27th USMC Skyrocket's makes its debut. USMC VMO 10 takes on Zeros and Oscars over Ternate. Marines claim 7 Zero's and 1 Oscar, for the loss of 4 Skyrockets.

Gen Wainwright scans the ocean to the west of Guam, as bombers bomb the AF behind him.

Gen MacArthur sent out a message that Jap units have been seen marching towards Clark Airfield, from 2 different directions.

Gen Wilson watches as his 24th Inf Division unloads at Tjilatjap. He gets word that the 9th Australian Inf Division will so been departing Darwin for Tjilatjap in a few days. The 7th Australian Inf Division is boarding ships for Rangoon.

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1st March 42

Lookout aboard the PC Yara, spots I-159. I-159 is hit with one depth charge out side of Palembang. Fighters of the 34th, 20th, and 13th PS groups sweep Djambi and shoot down 5 more G-50 planes. Lt Gibbons claims his 5th and 6th kills, making him the USAAC's newest ace.

Zeros on low nav attack 2 DDs on ASW patrol outside Rangoon, both DDs take a single 20mm cannon shell for little damage. They have requested fighter support from the No. 17 squadron. Air raid sirens scream all around Rangoon, as Bf 109 fighters sweep the skies. No allied fighters are on CAP. DD Imogen, one of the DD's struck by the Zero's, sighted and struck ACEH sub near Rangoon with 6 near misses.

MacArthur reads his situation reports, as bombs drop on Clark AF. He wonders how large a force is moving on Clark Field. Should he move forces from Manila to help defend Clark?

Wainright happily watches Jap bombers bomb his AFs. Damage is light on the AFs. Eng's almost have the AF open.

Gen Hu at Cheghow orders fighters to fly down for a day. After several days of bombings he is tired of it. No fighters have been seen with the bombers. He expects good results from the Chinese fighters. LTC Cheah commander of Kiuchuan base reports that a Japanese unit is outside his fortifications. Gen Sun of the 41st Chinese Corp is ordered to go reinforce Kiuchuan.

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Gen Ter Pooten, looks over reports and Maps of the Dutch East Indies. He was told at the beginning of the war that he would receive help from everyone in the Pacific. He doubted it at first. Now, he see's that promises are being fulfilled. Word is that the 24th US Inf Div is offloading at Tjilatjap. Two US Art units are already at Java along with, 55th Inf Rgt, 119th Mot Rgt, 115th Cav Rgt, 3 AAA units, and some engineers. He was told that maybe more US units will be heading his way.

He looks at what the British and Indians has sent the 18th Inf Division, 45th and 46th Indian BDE's, 2/15h Indian Bn, 42nd Cav Rgt, 3 Heavy AAA,and 2 Light AAA units. They have also promised more in the future. The Australians have promised the 8 Australian Inf Division, but there seems to be a problem combining the unit. It is unknow if they will make the fight, maybe another division will be in its place.

He looks at the ground troop totals. He has 505 AV of Dutch infantry, a mixture of 741 of Dutch infantry with Armor. Morale is improving and training is helping them gain experience. He looks at what the Allies have sent 1583 AV of infantry. In all he has 2,829 AV on Java. He would like to have 4,000 with a few more solid Infantry Division. but not many of those are around.

He glances at the air assets in the area. AFs are being built within the defensive line zone on Java. Attention is being placed on one that can't be hit by naval bombardment. He has at the moment: fighters 281, Dive bombers 97, Medium Bombers 137, Heavy Bombers 76, Torpedo Bombers 75 along with nav search planes and transports.

He is told that naval assets will vary depending on what the Axis do with their navy. He will have around 35 subs, Probably 2 or so battleships, 3 to 5 battlecruisers, 8 or so heavy cruisers, 7 light cruisers, and a bunch of destroyers. Carriers will be dependent upon Jap CVs. No one knows where they are at the moment. Ter Pooten takes a deep sigh and closes his eye, will this be enough.

[Anachro]

If well-supplied, Batavia can hold out for a while with the Urban terrain. From the picture shown, I doubt it will be enough to hold off a concerted effort from the IJN/IJA. Depending on where he lands, however, you can concentrate your forces.

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Anachro: Thanks for the advice. I am also building forts at Bandoeng just in case. I have my forces scattered around for support and supply. I'm also short on eng's so some of them are being used to help build forts or AF's.

2nd Mar 42

Ens Kline of the VP-71 spots a TF at Tulagi on the 1st of March. CPT Getting of the CA Canberra with 2 DD's answer the call and move at full speed to greet the Japanese TF. Just before dawn lookouts spot the Canberra at 11k yards. Then all hell breaks loose. Canberra scores 2 direct hits with her opening salvo on a PB. The 5 PBs do their job and protect the 4 xAK's. Two PBs are sunk outright with another in sinking condition. One xAK is left with heavy fires, and heavy damage. Also answering the call was 2 CAV's. They were to far out to attack today, but they are moving further north in hopes of catching the surivors and sinking them. A French CL Jenne De Vienne was detached and will also move after the TF.

At Hengyang, 3 Vanguard fighters on CAP spot 8 Vals, the brave pilots dive down on the Vals. FO Chiong scores his 7th and 8th kills. All 8 Vals are shot down. At Luichow 11 Sallys attack ground troops, Chinese pilots dive down on them shooting down 7.

Allied bombers attack Djambi's AF, causing moderate damage. Bombers are order to hit it again tomorrow. P-40 fighter squadrons are order to sweep the AF just in case.

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3-4 Mar 42

P-40's sweep Djambi on the 3rd and find a few Tojos flying LRCAP. Two Tojos are shot down with no loses to the P-40's. On the 4th Whirlwinds sweep and find nothing but a damaged AF with 7 G.50 planes burning. After two days of bombing Dutch recon shows the AFs as closed. Bombers will stand down for a few days for rest and repairs.

FO Chiong spots Val bombers on the 3rd and shoots one down making him the leading Chinese ace with 9 kills. Not to be out done Lt Ming shoots down one Sally bomber giving him a total of 9 tying Chiong. Chinese corps finally catch up to the 21st Ind BDE and part of the 1st raiding rgt that attack Kunming. They attacked lost 473 soldiers to 250 of the Japanese. During the night Japanese forces slip away from the Chinese. Chinese forces are now following them again.

Near Buin Island British and French bombers catch the fleeing Jap transports. xAK Venice Maru takes 3 1000 pound bombs. All ships are told to head back to base to rearm and refuel. With no idea whats out there its not work the chance.

Bombardments resume at Pegu. Just under 170 Japanese soldiers are killed during the bombardment.

MacArthur sends a telegram on the 3rd reporting 20 Japanese units is outside Clark Field. He notices that Cabanatuan is only guarded by one unit. A bomber will attack on the 5th to see what the unit is.

On the night of the 3rd Gen Wainright walks down to the coastal artillery batteries and has a talk with everyone. He said, Make Sure of Your Target, Don't Shoot any Friendly Ships, and walked off. Everyone thought he had flipped his lid. Then one observer watching the Japanese ASW TF search for US subs, say are those US Destroyers? Then a Jap PB takes a 5in shell straight to the bow. Soldiers start cheering from all around the island. They watch the one sided battle unfold. One PB and two SC's are left with heavy fires and heavy damage as another PB escapes with only one hit and on fire. Six xAKL's sail peacefully into Guam's harbor. Sailors are standing on the pier waiting on them. Wainwright watches on from his command car. He knows its only 4000 tons of supply, but it is a victory. At the end of the day Ju 87 DBs attack Cl De Ryuter. All warships will fuel up and head out ASAP. xAKL's will unload and try to hide out in the harbor. I wished I would of sent ships with a bigger cargo capacity. I would of never guessed they would of made it.

[BBfanboy]

4000 pounds? We don't DO pounds for ship loads in this game. Let the Air jockeys brag about hauling mere pounds, mariners work in tons!

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BB I need to hire you as my editor[:D]

[Bif1961]

He sent 4,000 British pounds?

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This is a tough crowd.

5th-7th Mar 42

CPT Haughton guides his bombardment TF to Pegu on the nights of the 5,6,and 7th. In route to Pegu on the night of the 7th they run across the German sub U-112 the big gun cruiser and put 3 depth charge hits on it, one penetrates the hull. In all they leave a mess of Japanese bodies behind. Reports say they killed 380 soldiers of the 55th and 33rd Divisions. Gen farewell request fighter support for the Bf 109's that have been sweeping the hex. American P 39s with British Hurricanes fly CAP over the Allied soldiers. Everyone watches the giant furball erupt, 17 or so Bf 109's are shot down(I forgot to write down how many was lost) vs 2 P 39s and 1 Hurri's.

Wainwright watches as the 4,000 tons (of British pounds) are offloaded during the night of the 4th. The next morning they are attacked by Ju 87 DB's, all bombs miss the ships. On the 6th Betty's arrive and hit 4 of the ships with torpedos. The other two try and sneak away due south of Guam. One is sunk by a Jap sub, they other runs into the old BC Ibuki and 4 DDs. The surviving crew members will be given a rifle and taught how to use it. Supply is over 38k, morale is high on the island.

Three squadrons of P40Es sweep Djambi on the 7th. Flight leaders call out all kinds of bogey's. Three different sweeps happen all with great results for the Allies. Lt Mahoney does it again as he downs his 19th Kill. One more and he will be rotated home for a war bonds tour. At the end of the day 7 P 40's are lost for 16 Zero's, 4 Me 110's, 4 Oscars, 4 Hawk III and 2 50's. Three units are reported at Djambi with a little under 19k men. It is believed from intel that all the fighters were on LRCAP mission from Padang. (Wolf says that the P 39 and P 40 are to strong. I agree with him on the P 39, I never touched the P 40, it is being flown by my best pilots that survived Guam. They should chew up the G 50 and Me 110's to a point. The Oscar and Zero should give the P 40 a run fo its money, well the Zero should eat it for lunch. I'm not for sure whats going on with the P 40.)

On the 5th MacArthur hears the Japanese artillery barrage at Clark Field. Scouts report that the Japanese have 3 Inf Div, 2 Eng units, 1 tank rgt, and abunch of artillery and AA units. Gen MacArthur touts a great victory at Cabanatuan, his 2 PI Divisons route a Jap SNLF coy unit. The Divisions start moving on Lingayen. The next day Japanese units are seen moving back towards Lingayen. Mac tells reporters that the Japanese are withdrawing from his superior PI soldiers.

I don't know whats going on with the P 40. Anyone got any idea's. I don't know the pilot exp/fatigue or even if they are LRCAPing. I don't want this mod an AFB dream. Hell it may be and I can't see it.

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This was an email from wolf. I will put in my thought someone please tell me if I'm wrong.

lol - screw opsec - I want the mod to be good.



@ Djambi all of the fighters were LRCAP from Singapore @ 100%. Zero Fat was 15ish @ 11k alt, the Oscars were around 25 fat @ 31k, the Hawks were @ 30 fat @ 6k, and the 1ME-10s were 5ish @ 11000k alt. Pilot EXP vary from high 40s to mid 70s.

MY THOUGHTS: So its a 4 hex LRCAP. My fighters swept at 25k. Zeros seem to have slightly high fatigue, Oscars, Hawks have high fatigue to me. To me the fatigue and range hurt the pilots performance. Also depends on the experience of the pilots. ANY THOUGHTS ON THIS.


The P40B has:

2x50cal centre mounted with 58 accuracy

4x30cal with 35 accuracy

Armor 1




P40E has:

6x50cal @ 29 accuracy

Armor 1

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A6M2 has:

2x7.7 Centre mounted with an accuracy of 54. This won't penetrate the armor...

2x20mm with 22 accuracy

Armor 0




BF 109 has:

1x 30mm centre mounted with an accuracy of 30.

2x 20mm with an accuracy of 22

2 x 13mm with an accuracy of 26. I think this is equivalent to a 50cal? I'm not sure this penetrates armor.

Armor 1

SR=2




Hawk II has:

2x30cal centre mounted with an accuracy of 70. This won't penetrate armor

Armor 0




Oscar Ic has:

2x12.7mm centre mounted with an accuracy of 58. I'm not sure but I don't think this will penetrate armor

Armor 0




ME 110C has:

2x 20mm centre mount with a 32 accuracy

4x 7.9mm centre mount with a 66 accuracy. This won't penetrate armor

1x 7.9mm TR with a 33 accuracy. This seems weird to me that a tail gunner is more accurate than a pair of centre mounted 20mm cannon...







I really-really thought the BF 109 would kick some butt but so far that's not been my experience... I've lost a lot of fighters so my pilot pool is running a bit lite for experience.

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8th-12 Mar 42

Gen Selleck watches as Japanese medium bombers attacks the two PI infantry divisions under his command. He sends a runner back to MacArthur for fighter support. Jap bombers are causing major problems for the two divisions. On the 10th all the fighters PI had fly CAP over Cabanatuan. Fighters catch the bombers without fighter escort and slaughter them. 35 Betty's, 7 Liz, 5 Sally, 4 110C, 3 Nicks, and 3 Lilys are lost to the brave PI fighter pilots. Only 5 P 36 fighters are lost on the PI side. The Castillo brothers both become aces on the same day. Lt's Crespo and Salas both end the day with 9 kills. Gen Selleck's troops reach Lingayin on the 11th and perform a recon art attack. The attack shows only one infantry unit an SNLF coy. Orders for the morning are to attack. During the night Japanese are able to bring in a 2 full Naval Guard units and a good portion of another unknown to the allies. The attack goes awry. 636 PI soldiers are killed vs 65 of the Japanease. Another division is ordered to Lingayin.

Pegu see's two naval bombardments from the CL's, on the 12th DD Imogen hits a freshly laid mine. CDR Williamson of the Imogen is nursing his stricken ship back to Rangoon. The crew is working miracles to keep the ships afloat, no fires are reported but heavy damage is. On the 10 Fighters rise to meet the almost daily Bf 109 sweeps. The 109's over power the Hurri's. 7 Hurricanes are lost for just one BF 109.

Reports to ABDA command give mostly the same info as the previous days. Bombings in China, Guam and other locations.

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13th-17th Mar 42

Gen Stevensons lunch was interrupted by air raid sirens. He rushed to the window to see Japanese medium bombers attacking Rangoon's harbor. All the fighters had been stood down the day before. Three CLs are struck by bombs. CL Capetown takes suffers moderate damage, the other CLs need a new paintjob. Minutes later Zero's come in nap of the earth and attack 3 small tankers. All 3 are sunk by the Zero's 60kg bombs. At the same time he receives word that the newly arrived Australian infantry division attacked the Axis troops, without orders. The causality report lists 1600 allied KIA to 440 axis.

MacArthur listens to the signs of combat at Clark Field on the morning of the 13th, his troops fight bravely. Japanese lose 2000 troops to the PI 600. Forts are reduced to 2. With the 2 PI divisions attacking at Lingayen, the Japanese bombers have been busy attacking them instead of Clark and Manila. On the 17th engineers have repaired the AF and are back to building some fortifications. On the 14th Japanese soldiers shock attack the two battered PI divisions and one Bn. Gen Segunda's division holds the line while the other division and Bn escapes back to Cabanatuan. On the 15th Segunda's division pays the price for staying behind. After two days of battle PI loses are 3500 KIA to 800 Japanese. At the same time smaller PI units are infiltrating the rear of the Japanese, hoping to raise some hell.

Wainwright watches as bombers attack the AF's. Waiting for the amphibious attack.

In China Japanese 8th recon regiment is destroyed by Chinese forces at Kiuchaung.

Else were Japanese subs sink 2 xAKs, xAKL, and damage another xAK.