Sardaukar's another Newbie Campaign 3rd take)

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Now officially out of surface forces in Java....

Have only 2 damaged DDs left.

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On other note...Port Moresby:

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April 20, 1942...Manila falls, 25k+ Allied troops are lost....

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April 25, 1942...Bataan falls, effectively ending Allied resistance on Phi. Islands.

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And DEI is not pretty view either...

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Points and note the Japanese heavy air losses:

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And always check your submarine commanders... as a "pro-tip". [8D]

Always try to get guys with 55+ Naval and 55+ Aggressiveness. Sub commanders with aggressiveness in 20's are pretty much useless.

It is easy to do when you set up SS TF. I use exclusively "Patrol around target"-button. Lot easier if not into total micromanagement...

Even with 80% dud rate, you tend to get lot of hits with good commanders. Brits and Dutch obviously have dud rate of 10% from start.

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April 30, 1942 save here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xgkwg98ztdnsc ... 3.pws?dl=0

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Examples of aggressive use of light forces. DDs are hard to hit, just beware, human opponent usually have SF TF covering landing forces. But it might often be "worth the shot".

Day Time Surface Combat, near Mataram at 59,109, Range 16,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Shonon Maru #11, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Bordeaux Maru, Shell hits 46, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Piet Hein
DD Kortenaer
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Mataram at 59,109, Range 16,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Kanko Maru, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
xAKL Ganges Maru, Shell hits 6, heavy fires
xAKL Shinnan Maru, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
xAKL Hokuan Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAKL Nagaragawa Maru, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
xAKL Kennichi Maru, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Piet Hein
DD Kortenaer
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Enemy got thrown out from Pegu:

Ground combat at Pegu (55,53)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 32246 troops, 357 guns, 370 vehicles, Assault Value = 1117

Defending force 9462 troops, 110 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 227

Allied adjusted assault: 1609

Japanese adjusted defense: 298

Allied assault odds: 5 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
4157 casualties reported
Squads: 94 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 93 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 44 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 8
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
646 casualties reported
Squads: 35 destroyed, 49 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (4 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
4th Burma Rifles Battalion
Railway BAF Battalion
Upper Burma BAF Battalion
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
6th Australian Division
BFF Brigade
9th Burma Rifles Battalion
Tenasserim BAF Battalion
1st Burma Division
Mandalay BMP Battalion
36th Chinese Division
10th Burma Rifles Battalion
Burma Corps
4th Assam Rifles Battalion

Defending units:
55th Engineer Regiment
3rd Infantry Regiment
55th Cavalry Regiment
2nd RTA Division
1st RTA Division
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
112th Infantry Regiment
I./143rd Infantry Battalion
RTA Cav Div /3
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Low level ships I didn't bother to withdraw from Batavia...

Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 39
G4M1 Betty x 41

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
xAK Sommelsdijk, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Weltevreden, Bomb hits 1
xAP Van Heemskerck, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
AMc Digoel, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
AMc Salak, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAP Mijer, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CM Rigel, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AMc Lawoe, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Lematang, Bomb hits 1
HDML P 9, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Toendjoek, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
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Same:

Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CM Rigel, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Poelau Bras, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Jarapa, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AG Vyner Brooke, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
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And some USN CV action near Port Moresby:

Morning Air attack on TF, near Deboyne Islands at 103,134

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4F-3A Wildcat x 13
F4F-3 Wildcat x 10
SBD-3 Dauntless x 58
TBD-1 Devastator x 15

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso, Bomb hits 4
DD Mutsuki, Bomb hits 1, on fire
BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 15, heavy fires
CL Oi
DD Usugumo, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Uranami, Bomb hits 1
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Deboyne Islands at 103,134

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Allied aircraft
TBD-1 Devastator x 15

Allied aircraft losses
TBD-1 Devastator: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro, heavy fires
BB Fuso, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
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[BBfanboy]

Hope you can follow up on those damaged BBs! The AI might not get LRCAP in place over them before you hit again. [:)]

[Sardaukar]

Good thing I did not follow... Things got BIT hairy...

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Woodlark Island at 104,132

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 38

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 10
SBD-3 Dauntless x 26

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 8 destroyed, 1 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
CV Akagi
CV Kaga
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,135

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
B5N2 Kate x 35
D3A1 Val x 15

Allied aircraft
F4F-3A Wildcat x 13
F4F-3 Wildcat x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val: 4 damaged
D3A1 Val: 2 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3A Wildcat: 1 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales, Torpedo hits 1
CA Chester
BC Repulse, Torpedo hits 1
CV Yorktown
CV Enterprise
DD Perkins
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 100,134

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4F-3A Wildcat x 13
TBD-1 Devastator x 15

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CL Abukuma, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,135

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
TBD-1 Devastator x 7

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Yukaze, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

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I think it was pretty even, though PoW and Repulse have quite bit of flooding and nearest Repair yard is in PH...

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Apparently also at least CV Soryu is around too.

BC Repulse got few more bomb hits...

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May 9, 1942

Repulse will make it to Townsville to R&R a bit...[:'(]

This was bit bad for IJN...they sailed through Soerabaja CD guns and minefields to go to Malang...

Naval Gun Fire at Soerabaja

8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 6, Shell hits 3, Mine hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Tientsin Maru
xAKL Nittatsu Maru, Shell hits 2, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAKL Gozan Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAKL Kokuei Maru, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
xAKL Matsutan Maru, Shell hits 5, Mine hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Chosen Maru
xAKL Bokuei Maru
xAKL Gyokurei Maru
xAKL Nichiryo Maru
xAKL Tatibana Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAKL Taiyo Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAKL Kasui Maru
xAKL Jokuja Maru
xAKL Keizan Maru
xAKL Kamishima Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAKL Buyo Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAKL Koyu Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAKL Zuiko Maru, Mine hits 1, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (6 destroyed, 1 disabled)

[BBfanboy]

8 Coastal Gun shots and 10 hits ... that's good shooting! [:D]

[Sardaukar]

Here is a save from May 30, 1942

https://www.dropbox.com/s/nw9tb185srvs1 ... 4.pws?dl=0

Some interesting things:

CV Akagi, that I though I had sunk month ago reappeared...dammit.

And Allies had 2 indecisive CV vs CV battles near Port Moresby. Basically minor damage and decimated both sides carrier planes.

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Port Moresby has now been scene of lot of naval combat. 2 CV vs CV battles and several of my CV interdictions against IJN surface forces.

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Pegu holds, with 2380 AV, with 1701 more in Rangoon.

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DEI will be lost in June, because of lack of supply. Only Batavia has still reasonably supply.

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China is reasonably static now. Here is the score:

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When I get my carriers repaired, I need to get more troops and base forces into PM. It seems to be AI's point of interest right now.

CV Hornet has arrived, but I have chronic lack of destroyers to escort her and heavy units to PH from Balboa.