The Allies look lie they're hedging bets and land on another island, Iriomote near Formosa with a Marine ID. They tried a small APD drop earlier but I reinforced. The Marines will defeat the regiment there now, but there are 5 forts, so it may take a few days. This base has fields 2 and port 1 so will be more serviceable, ad farther from the HI.
A few short range strikes suddenly are enveloped by DS CAP as again the mob zags back South. I'll just turn everything off for a while. This is his goal of course. It's all meant to eat up strikes and entice me to turn them off so ops can move freely even without DS cover. This turn lost 90 strike and escort to about 25 for the Allies.
The one caveat is that all of this takes time. We're nearly 1/3 through May 45 and the IJ still holds a 2k+ VP lead. Completely beyond my expectations for this game.
Where will the Allies land the BIG ONE?
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 8, 1945
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Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 98,68
Japanese Ships
E No.37, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
E No.49
Allied Ships
SS Boarfish, hits 15, heavy damage
SS Boarfish launches 6 torpedoes at E No.37
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Iriomote at 89,65
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes
Japanese aircraft
B6N2a Jill x 29
N1K2-J George x 17
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 22
Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 9
FM-2 Wildcat x 9
F4U-1A Corsair x 10
F4U-1D Corsair x 29
F6F-5 Hellcat x 34
Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2a Jill: 10 destroyed, 5 damaged
B6N2a Jill: 1 destroyed by flak
N1K2-J George: 4 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 8 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1D Corsair: 2 destroyed
Allied Ships
DE Richard W. Suesens
xAK Cape Saunders, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
APA Feland
LSI(L) Empire Pride
APA Ormsby
LSI(L) Australia Star
Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B6N2a Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
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Amphibious Assault at Iriomote (89,65)
TF 582 troops unloading over beach at Iriomote, 89,65
Allied ground losses:
190 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 47 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 49 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 17 (1 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (0 destroyed, 10 disabled)
0.5in M2HB AAMG x4 dropped into water during unload of 6th Marine Div /6
13 troops of a USMC Rifle Squad 44 lost in surf during unload of 6th Marine Div /13
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Ground combat at Iriomote (89,65)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 2492 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 73
Defending force 22573 troops, 297 guns, 201 vehicles, Assault Value = 695
Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
41st Ind.Mixed Regiment
III/84th Naval Guard Unit
Defending units:
503rd Parachute Rgt /2
XI Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
6th Marine Div /3
2/16th Field Rgt /1
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