Focus Pacific: Through the lens of Japan (No BillBrown please)

[durnedwolf]

• 16-17FEB42
Aleutian Islands
® Kiska island flipped to Japan this turn.

China
® Kiuchuan falls to my Mongol troops. Once they get resupplied I will continue to spread the love in Northern China.
® I just rebuilt the 69th Division @ Peiping. It is packing to railroad to Tsiaotso and will march upon Sian from there.

Malaya
® Amphibious TF1 @ Sendai is almost finished with the loading of the 2nd Division for transport to Singora.
® My DATK @ Singapore dropped Forts down to level 2. My units will rest for a day or three.

Sumatra
® So the enemy TF I see in the Straight of Makassar is at Medan. It was not attacked on the 15th.
® My 41st Regiment successfully routed the Langsa Base Force, which retreated to Medan. The 41st is now in route to Medan.

Burma
® Mt DATK near Lashio did nothing. I was banking on Bill's unit being in movement as I see the little tic on the icon. Woods defensive modifier rules. Still, the 33rd should arrive next turn and I think I might-could bottle him up if he doesn't have more than 10 corps of Chinese infantry.

Borneo
® I'm doing another DATK @ Singkawang.
® I'm also attacking the ground units from the air with light bombers from Kuching.

PI
® I formed Amphibious TF193 @ Kanazawa and it is now loading the 52nd Division for transport to Lingayen.
® I'm doing another DATK @ Clark Airfield.

DEI
® Fast TF114 is loaded with the 142nd Indian Mixed Rgt and in route to Hollandia.
® Amphibious TF137 @ Tokyo is loading the 38th JNAFAF Unit for transport to Hollandia.

Pacific
® Cargo TF206 is in route to Roi-Namur from Truk with 19k of supplies.
® Cargo TF166 is in route to Kwajalein Isle from Truk with 15k of supplies

Economy
® Tanker TF85 is now CS TF85, running oil from Shikuka to Ominato.

Naval Ops
® The PB Naruto Maru #3 took a torpedo last turn while on patrol near Cam Ranh Bay. 19/43/1 damage and only two hexes from Cam Ranh Bay, which has a repair yard. Torpedoes are funny creatures. I watched three of them sink the Yorktown while a patrol boat is able to limp home after eating just one…

From the J-Ops Report:
Japanese forces CAPTURE Kiuchuan !!!
Mojave expands airfield to size 3
Bangalore expands airfield to size 3
Loyang expands airfield to size 3
Silchar expands airfield to size 3
Delayed planes for the aircraft pool:
2 (2) x MC-21 Sally
12th Sentai arrives at Chiang Mai
62nd Sentai arrives at Chiang Mai
Pontianak Engineer Battalion arrives at Tokyo


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 16, 42
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ASW attack near Sydney at 91,168

Japanese Ships
SS I-87

Allied Ships
DD Porter
xAP Lurline

SS I-87 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Porter
I-87 diving deep ....
DD Porter fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Porter fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Porter fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Porter fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Porter attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-87 eludes ASW attack from DD Porter
SS I-87 eludes DD Porter by diving deep
DD Porter loses contact with SS I-87
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Babeldaob at 92,93

Japanese Ships
PB Keiko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sargo

SS Sargo is located by PB Keiko Maru
Sargo diving deep ....
PB Keiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Keiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Keiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Keiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Keiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub vs Sub: SS Shark attacking SS I-154 at 63,75 - near Cam Ranh Bay

Japanese Ships
SS I-154

Allied Ships
SS Shark

SS Shark launches 2 torpedoes at 3,000 yards


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Sub attack near Mussau Island at 105,118

Japanese Ships
PB Fukui Maru
PB Koei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Tuna

SS Tuna launches 2 torpedoes at PB Fukui Maru
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Mussau Island at 104,119

Japanese Ships
PB Koei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Cuttlefish

SS Cuttlefish is located by PB Koei Maru
Cuttlefish diving deep ....
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,74

Japanese Ships
PB Naruto Maru #3, Torpedo hits 1
PB Tokotsu Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-38

SS S-38 launches 2 torpedoes at PB Naruto Maru #3
S-38 diving deep ....
PB Tokotsu Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Tokotsu Maru cannot reach attack position over SS S-38
PB Tokotsu Maru cannot reach attack position over SS S-38
PB Tokotsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokotsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokotsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokotsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 40

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
40 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 31

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32

No Japanese losses

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



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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 15
G4M1 Betty x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 8 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak
G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 13000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 13000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 13000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 9 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 13000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
9 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 13000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Asiatic Fleet , at 79,76 (Clark Field)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ...
Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ...


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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Singkawang , at 56,88

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 2 damaged

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

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 12000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Ankang , at 82,42

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 15
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 10
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 31

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking Ankang ...


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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5M1 Mabel x 47

Japanese aircraft losses
B5M1 Mabel: 6 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
47 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 30th Chinese Corps, at 82,42 (Ankang)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 9

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 30th Chinese Corps, at 82,42 (Ankang)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 6

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 1 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 12
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Langsa Base Force, at 45,75 , near Medan

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 5 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20
Ki-43-Id Oscar x 18

No Japanese losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 12000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 65th Chinese Corps, at 62,46 (Lashio)

Weather in hex: Light rain

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
Ki-30 Ann x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 60th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 65th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 60th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 65th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Port Blair Fortress, at 46,58 (Port Blair)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 8000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Port Blair , at 46,58

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 8000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking Port Blair Fortress ...
Also attacking Port Blair ...
Also attacking Port Blair Fortress ...
Also attacking Port Blair ...
Also attacking Port Blair Fortress ...


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Morning Air attack on Kunming , at 69,48

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 10
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 10

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Port Blair , at 46,58

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged

Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Kuala Lumpur , at 49,79

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6

No Allied losses

Light Industry hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 3000 feet
City Attack: 12 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Kuala Lumpur , at 49,79

Weather in hex: Light rain

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

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6

No Allied losses

Light Industry hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 3000 feet
City Attack: 12 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Kuala Lumpur , at 49,79

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 3000 feet
City Attack: 12 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 14
Ki-43-Id Oscar x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 9 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 12000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Singkawang , at 56,88

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 45

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 13000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 13000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 13000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Singkawang , at 56,88

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 13000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
G4M1 Betty x 48

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AGP Eridanus, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

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

Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
48 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 12000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Singapore Base Force, at 50,84 (Singapore)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 43

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 11 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak

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

Aircraft Attacking:
43 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 12000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 109th RN Base Force ...
Also attacking Singapore Base Force ...
Also attacking 109th RN Base Force ...
Also attacking Singapore Base Force ...
Also attacking 109th RN Base Force ...
Also attacking Singapore Base Force ...


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Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3

No Japanese losses

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



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Morning Air attack on Singapore Fortress, at 50,84 (Singapore)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 33

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 8 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak

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

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Singapore Fortress, at 50,84 (Singapore)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 32

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet



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Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 31

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet



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Afternoon Air attack on Subic Bay Defenses , at 79,76 (Clark Field)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 6 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Subic Bay Defenses , at 79,76 (Clark Field)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
G4M1 Betty x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

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

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on 4th Chinese Cavalry Corps, at 88,37 (Yenan)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20
Ki-30 Ann x 16
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 34

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
8 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 42nd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 19th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 4th Chinese Cavalry Corps ...
Also attacking 42nd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 19th Chinese Corps ...


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Afternoon Air attack on Yenan , at 88,37

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20
Ki-30 Ann x 9

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 38

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 81st Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking Yenan ...
Also attacking 81st Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking Yenan ...
Also attacking 81st Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking Yenan ...


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Afternoon Air attack on Asiatic Fleet , at 79,76 (Clark Field)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 55 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 12000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb
17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 12000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking Clark Field USAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ...
Also attacking Clark Field USAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ...
Also attacking Clark Field USAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ...
Also attacking Clark Field USAAF Base Force ...


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Afternoon Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
Ki-30 Ann x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 9000 feet *
Ground Attack: 1 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on 59th Chinese Corps, at 82,42 (Ankang)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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ASW attack near Sorong at 84,103

Japanese Ships
PB Hakata Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS KX

SS KX is sighted by escort
KX diving deep ....
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Suva at 132,160

Japanese Ships
SS I-81, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Ellet
DD L'Indomptable

SS I-81 is located by DD Ellet
I-81 bottoming out ....
DD L'Indomptable fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD L'Indomptable attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-81 eludes DD L'Indomptable by hugging bottom
DD L'Indomptable cannot establish contact with SS I-81
DD L'Indomptable fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD L'Indomptable fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD L'Indomptable fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Kiuchuan (82,26)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 25974 troops, 226 guns, 300 vehicles, Assault Value = 978

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 990

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 990 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kiuchuan !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:

Assaulting units:
4th Cavalry Division
1st Cavalry Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
1st Ching An Tui Brigade
2nd Ching An Tui Brigade
3rd Ching An Tui Brigade
4th Mongol Cavalry Division
6th Mongol Cavalry Division
Mongol Garrison Army


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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 134410 troops, 1387 guns, 691 vehicles, Assault Value = 4308

Defending force 65094 troops, 764 guns, 858 vehicles, Assault Value = 850

Japanese adjusted assault: 2441

Allied adjusted defense: 1471

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
8275 casualties reported
Squads: 21 destroyed, 465 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 51 disabled
Engineers: 20 destroyed, 147 disabled
Vehicles lost 22 (3 destroyed, 19 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2645 casualties reported
Squads: 84 destroyed, 90 disabled
Non Combat: 57 destroyed, 131 disabled
Engineers: 9 destroyed, 45 disabled
Guns lost 45 (13 destroyed, 32 disabled)
Vehicles lost 21 (8 destroyed, 13 disabled)

Assaulting units:
4th Guards Division
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
56th Division
6th Guards Division
14th Tank Regiment
38th Division
18th Division
6th Tank Regiment
21st Division
4th Division
5th Division
98th Division
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
Imperial Guards Division
80th Division
41st Guard Division
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
7th Guards Division
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
5th Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
53rd Const Engineer Regiment

Defending units:
27th Australian Brigade
2/17 Dogra Battalion
2nd Malay Battalion
2nd Gordons Battalion
11th Indian Division
3rd Cavalry Regiment
9th Indian Division
AHQ Far East
SSVF Brigade
113th RAF Base Force
Singapore Fortress
111th RAF Base Force
223 Group RAF
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
Malayan Air Wing
2nd ISF Base Force
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
224 Group RAF
Malaya Army
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
112th RAF Base Force
III Indian Corps
Singapore Base Force
109th RAF Base Force
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
110th RAF Base Force
1st ISF Base Force
109th RN Base Force


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Ground combat at 61,46 (near Lashio)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13008 troops, 120 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 513

Defending force 10341 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 317

Japanese adjusted assault: 156

Allied adjusted defense: 475

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3

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

Japanese ground losses:
436 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 35 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
229 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 46 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
33rd Division
RTA Division

Defending units:
94th Chinese Corps


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Ground combat at 45,75 (near Medan)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3876 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127

Defending force 696 troops, 3 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 126

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 126 to 1

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

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

Allied ground losses:
363 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
41st Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
Langsa Base Force

[Enforcer]

Bif,

I know that the 800kg bombs were a mainstay on Japanese carriers.. For instance I know the Taiho carried 90..

Enforcer

[durnedwolf]

21FEB42
Sumatra
- At Georgetown I'm loading the Yokosuka Assault SNLF and the 81st Naval Guard Unit for transport to Langsa.
- My bombardment of the enemy troops at Medan on the 20th revealed 3 small enemy units - the Langsa Base Force that I routed into that hex plus the Medan Base Force and the Medan Coastal Gun Bn. I have ordered a DATK for the 21st. Additionally, the 91st Naval Guard Unit at Langsa is moving down to Medan and is 20/92m out.

Malaya
- I rested my troops at Singapore over the 20th. I also added several more bomber groups to attack the Singapore AF as I think Bill has been able to do repairs so he could build on his forts faster than I was able to keep his airfields/Ports in the red for damage.
- Bill brought in B-17s to attack my resources at Johore Bahru. B-17s have 500 lb. bombs… Japan won't have anything that carries 500 lbs. or better for bombing until the Judy dive bomber in early 1943. The saving grace for Japan VS the allied 4E bombers is their Service Rating of 4. So I have been a little lax in my base CAP. Bill going after my bases forces me to increase my fighter CAP so this is a good move on Bill's part. Also, I have three AAA units at Johore Bahru but they are all Field AA Gun Companies with a half-dozen 75mm guns. While it looks, from the Combat Report of the 20th, I'm sure the defense regiments with the 88mm guns would do better against the allied 4E bombers.
- The 41st and 42nd Air Defense AA Regiments plus the 41st Air Defense AA Bn. Are all at Shanghai. I reassigned them to the Southern Army and will transport them to Malaya.
§ TF240 is in route to Shanghai from Pescadores to pick up the three AA units.
- I've increased CAP for some of my fighter groups for Johore Bahru to help VS future 4E attacks. It's interesting to me that he is flying so low with those 4E bombers. Most allied players treat those bomber like gold for a reason.
- From 20FEB42 Combat Report:
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Morning Air attack on Johore Bahru , at 50,83

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 8 damaged

Resources hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 3000 feet
City Attack: 12 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 3000 feet
City Attack: 12 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Johore Bahru , at 50,83

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged

Resources hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 3000 feet
City Attack: 12 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Philippines
- At Aparri Cargo TF127 is unloading 25k of supplies.
- South of Saishu To, Amphibious TF193 is loaded with the 52nd Division and in route to Lingayen.
- On the 20th I did a DATK and received 1:1 odds while forts were at level 0. Still, my supplies for my troops are good and most of the units are in fair shape. I'm doing a Shock Attack on the 21st.
- From 20FEB42 Combat Report:
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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 84950 troops, 862 guns, 330 vehicles, Assault Value = 1994

Defending force 35535 troops, 761 guns, 914 vehicles, Assault Value = 449

Japanese adjusted assault: 702

Allied adjusted defense: 556

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
1793 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 148 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 39 disabled
Guns lost 19 (1 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Vehicles lost 19 (15 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1164 casualties reported
Squads: 40 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 23 (14 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Vehicles lost 16 (2 destroyed, 14 disabled)

[durnedwolf]

I was looking at payloads of Japan's bombers and I see I don't have anything that can carry a 500 lb. bomb until the Judy arrives.

Also - Bill did an update to the database of our game resulting in Japan receiving an additional 15,000+ victory points... I've asked if he wants to change that back as my WAG is that the VP change was not his intent.

Corrected a typo from 1,500+ vp to 15,000+ vp. Sometimes those zeros add up... [:D]

[durnedwolf]

Check this out:

Another few turns like this and I think I'll win... [:D][:D][:D] That last spike of almost 5k points is me capturing Singapore, Jolo, and Medan.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: durnedwolf

I was looking at payloads of Japan's bombers and I see I don't have anything that can carry a 500 lb. bomb until the Judy arrives.

Also - Bill did an update to the database of our game resulting in Japan receiving an additional 15,000+ victory points... I've asked if he wants to change that back as my WAG is that the VP change was not his intent.

Corrected a typo from 1,500+ vp to 15,000+ vp. Sometimes those zeros add up... [:D]

No one told you about kilograms? Look closely at the Val's bomb load.

[durnedwolf]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: durnedwolf

I was looking at payloads of Japan's bombers and I see I don't have anything that can carry a 500 lb. bomb until the Judy arrives.

Also - Bill did an update to the database of our game resulting in Japan receiving an additional 15,000+ victory points... I've asked if he wants to change that back as my WAG is that the VP change was not his intent.

Corrected a typo from 1,500+ vp to 15,000+ vp. Sometimes those zeros add up... [:D]

No one told you about kilograms? Look closely at the Val's bomb load.

ROFL - I hate to be that stupid.

[durnedwolf]

22-25FEB 1942

Singapore and Medan fell on the 22nd. For Singapore I've moved a lot of AAA into the base plus engineers to repair damage. I'm in the process of moving fighters and bombers to begin operations for capturing Palembang.

In regards to Medan, I've stopped there as I shuttle over more troops from Georgetown to push up and down the coast.

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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 162980 troops, 1731 guns, 899 vehicles, Assault Value = 3920

Defending force 62041 troops, 739 guns, 868 vehicles, Assault Value = 678

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 5228

Allied adjusted defense: 1427

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Singapore !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
6324 casualties reported
Squads: 40 destroyed, 200 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 51 disabled
Engineers: 14 destroyed, 103 disabled
Guns lost 38 (4 destroyed, 34 disabled)
Vehicles lost 42 (11 destroyed, 31 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
66912 casualties reported
Squads: 1009 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 6442 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 483 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 931 (931 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 902 (902 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 30



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Ground combat at Medan (46,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3680 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 109

Defending force 1902 troops, 47 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

Japanese adjusted assault: 38

Allied adjusted defense: 9

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Medan !!!

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


On the 23rd I made my first attack at Davao. Forts are at level 3 here. I'm waiting a few turns as more troops come up and then I'll hit it again.

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Ground combat at Davao (79,91)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7025 troops, 49 guns, 103 vehicles, Assault Value = 282

Defending force 7953 troops, 54 guns, 210 vehicles, Assault Value = 128

Japanese adjusted assault: 141

Allied adjusted defense: 202

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
323 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled

Allied ground losses:
178 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 24 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

On the 25th I hit Wenchow with a good-sized stack and dropped forts down from level 2 to level 1.

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Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 40914 troops, 270 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344

Defending force 26330 troops, 120 guns, 104 vehicles, Assault Value = 580

Japanese adjusted assault: 973

Allied adjusted defense: 367

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1738 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 128 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled

Allied ground losses:
768 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 65 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Notes from Operational Reports:

The 22nd:
Great Falls expands airfield to size 3
Laoag expands airfield to size 9
Jolo expands fortifications to size 1
Suva expands airfield to size 4
Vava'u expands airfield to size 4
Lahore expands airfield to size 2
Previous report of sinking of SS S-37 incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service

The 23rd:
Basilan is occupied by the Japanese
Fresno expands airfield to size 7
Kavieng expands airfield to size 1
SS I-27 arrives at Hiroshima/Kure
1001 Ku U-1 arrives at Chiang Mai

The 24th:
Umnak Island is occupied by the Japanese
Ichang expands airfield to size 7
Seward expands airfield to size 2
Taung Gyi expands fortifications to size 2
Vava'u expands port to size 4
Karachi expands port to size 6
Pondicherri expands port to size 5
Silchar expands airfield to size 5
Device Kawasaki Ha-60 advances R&D
10th Garrison Division arrives at Nagoya
11th Garrison Division arrives at Kumamoto
16th Guards Regiment arrives at Cam Ranh Bay

The 25th:
Ansi is occupied by the Japanese
Cam Ranh Bay expands airfield to size 7
Sacramento expands airfield to size 7
Spokane expands airfield to size 7
Jolo expands fortifications to size 2
Niue expands airfield to size 1
Kalemyo expands airfield to size 1
Nakhodka expands port to size 2

So my current plans are to:

- Push along the Aleutian Isles so I have a good chain of close-knit bases that I can reasonably put up a good defense, interlocking air support, and serve as support for subs and naval operations.
- In Burma it looks like Bill is really pushing Chinese troops into Lashio. He has 15 units there as I type. I'm bombing the snot outta the base and hitting his troops. He has to have supply problems along that flimsy chain so I'm hoping that I can bomb him into next week while I work to move additional troops into the Burma region.
- In Sumatra I'm pushing up and down from Langsha with troops. And I'm ferrying more across from Georgetown. That whole barge thing from Georgetown to Langsha is kinda cool. I'm also pushing support to Singapore and Singkawang to start the pounding of Palembang.
- I'm also pushing troops to Pontianak. I'll start flooding south into the Java Sea while my troops recover from Singapore operations and then drive a stake into Palembang and Batavia.
- Operations in the PI and Mindanao will heat up soon too, as I start driving all along that front and into Southern Borneo.

[PaxMondo]

ORIGINAL: durnedwolf

So I continue to bombard Kota Bharu while landing troops.

At Pearl Harbor I do get in that second day of attacks but there really wasn't much meat on the bone. And Bill's sub, the Plunger, plunged a torpedo into my AO Nippon Maru. In the end, I don't think I came out much ahead at PH.

I wonder why some TB fly with 800kg SAP and others with 250kg SAPs? It wasn't a range thing…

2 major criteria in that decision:
leadership: if you lost your original leader in the first day attack, then your replacement was likely lower quality
DL: after the first day, DL again becomes quite relevant in load-out decision.

[durnedwolf]

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

ORIGINAL: durnedwolf

So I continue to bombard Kota Bharu while landing troops.

At Pearl Harbor I do get in that second day of attacks but there really wasn't much meat on the bone. And Bill's sub, the Plunger, plunged a torpedo into my AO Nippon Maru. In the end, I don't think I came out much ahead at PH.

I wonder why some TB fly with 800kg SAP and others with 250kg SAPs? It wasn't a range thing…

2 major criteria in that decision:
leadership: if you lost your original leader in the first day attack, then your replacement was likely lower quality
DL: after the first day, DL again becomes quite relevant in load-out decision.

I thought for Carrier Ops it was the carrier leader that had primary impact on those rolls. For influencing DL, I had RECON air groups plus FP from some of my capitol ships. TB and DB had a 10% Search for every other group. What I've never been really sure of is that if say, I have groups A, B, & C all set to 10% Search, and group B sees an enemy contact, does it report the contact to group A and C? Because sometimes, from watching the movie, it seems like the other two groups don't always get the message from B...

[durnedwolf]

27FEB-1MAR42
I had a TF of DMS arrive @ Singapore and they were clearing mines. Bill came up with a brilliant raid into Singapore and sent my mine sweepers down to join the mythical fleet of sunken ships residing in Davy Jones Locker.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 50,84, Range 5,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DMS W-1, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
DMS W-2, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DMS W-3, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
DMS W-5, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
DMS W-6, Shell hits 19, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Marblehead
DD Barker
DD Bulmer
DD Paul Jones
DD Parrott
DD Stewart

In China at hex 84,42 reinforcements arrived to bolster my troops. I did a bombardment on the 27th to verify his troops and have ordered a DATK for 1MAR42. I also tossed in GATK runs from all bombers in the area plus LRCAP and Escort to that hex.

At Clark Field in the PI another division arrived to bolster my forces there. I have a DATK planned for Clark too.

In Burma additional units seem to be arriving all the time at Lashio according to mouse-intel. I'm stacking more troops as a roadblock just south of Lashio to dig in and I'm pounding the AF and the ground troops. I've pretty much maxed out my air support engineers and bases in the surrounding region.

In the Aleutians I'm going after Dutch Harbor and then I think I'll sit there and build up the nearby base airfields. Most of the close-by dot hexes have AF0(3) so I should be able to do a good job of interlocking CAP and still fly strikes and serve as a service port for refueling my subs and an occasional SCTF or carrier group.

At Johore Bahru I've moved most of my LCU that were in combat operations at Singapore and am working to rebuild them to full strength prior to redeploying them to future combat operations.

[PaxMondo]

ORIGINAL: durnedwolf

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

ORIGINAL: durnedwolf

So I continue to bombard Kota Bharu while landing troops.

At Pearl Harbor I do get in that second day of attacks but there really wasn't much meat on the bone. And Bill's sub, the Plunger, plunged a torpedo into my AO Nippon Maru. In the end, I don't think I came out much ahead at PH.

I wonder why some TB fly with 800kg SAP and others with 250kg SAPs? It wasn't a range thing…

2 major criteria in that decision:
leadership: if you lost your original leader in the first day attack, then your replacement was likely lower quality
DL: after the first day, DL again becomes quite relevant in load-out decision.

I thought for Carrier Ops it was the carrier leader that had primary impact on those rolls. For influencing DL, I had RECON air groups plus FP from some of my capitol ships. TB and DB had a 10% Search for every other group. What I've never been really sure of is that if say, I have groups A, B, & C all set to 10% Search, and group B sees an enemy contact, does it report the contact to group A and C? Because sometimes, from watching the movie, it seems like the other two groups don't always get the message from B...

TF leader Air skill provides bonus to most CV air operational decisions. however, group leader skills are still involved in most (all?) of the checks with respect to launch, load out, etc.

As for sharing the search info between groups, I don't ever recall the devs commenting on that. My anechdotal evidence agrees with yours: sharing between groups definitely happens, but not 100% of the time. However, this could also just be an outcome of each groups launch checks that are done in any case influenced by the DL which we know is a huge influencer.

[durnedwolf]

4MAR42 Notes\Orders

Burma
Mouse-intel shows 70 fighters @ Lashio and airfield damage at 6… No bombing runs were made against the AF due to weather. I'm feeling a trap being set by Bill.
I stopped all bombing runs for Lashio this turn and will sweep heavily from Magwe, Pegu, Rangoon, and Chiang Mai.

Sumatra
My attack at Sabang on the 3rd resulted in a 1:2 ratio due to the enemy base forts being level 3. I'll lick wounds and await reinforcements.

@ 46,77 - just north of Tandjoengbalia - my 41st Rgt and the Yokosuka 2nd SNLF catch up with Joe's LCUs we kicked out of Medan. I'll DATK this turn.

Amphibious TF13 @ Cam Ranh Bay is loading the 5th Guards Division of the 21st Army for transport to Medan. For TF15 I've set Home Port to Rangoon.

Malaya
TF240 is in route with 3 AAA Air Defense Units. I want some 88s in place for the next time Bill visits me with 4E in that theatre.

Mindanao
The 140th Indian Mixed Bde arrives @ Davao to help bolster my strength. I've ordered a DATK.

Odds-N-Ends
I formed CS Cargo TF81@ Tokyo to transport 137,630 tons of supplies to Cam Ranh Bay. It will return to Tokyo with Resources.

I formed another ASW TF to patrol Cam Ranh Bay-Singora-Singapore.

I'm assigning the 21st Army for Sumatra/Java/NW Borneo theatre operations.


I'm assigning the 16th Army to theater operations in the Philippines, Mindanao, and S. Borneo.

I'm assigning the 25th Army to theatre operations in Burma and India.

General replacements note: My units in Malaya and the Philippines are quickly coming back to full strength. Those with the lowest combat damage are now ready to be redeployed. In China by Anakang and near Sian I'm on a long supply route so the rebuilding process is not as fast.

3MAR42 Report
An attack at Sabang resulted in 1 to 2 odds.

In Borneo @ Pontianak my bombardment attack shows little on the defensive forces side for that base. I've ordered a DATK.

My Air-2-Ground attacks at Bataan are ramping up.

Changchun expands airfield to size 6
Chittagong expands airfield to size 2
Hyderabad expands airfield to size 5
Port Augusta expands port to size 3
Portland expands airfield to size 3


2MAR42 Report
My bombing of Bataan is catching a lot of flak. I've bounced my altitude for bombing up to 14k.

Mojave expands airfield to size 4
Annette Island expands airfield to size 3
Guam expands airfield to size 4
Johore Bahru expands airfield to size 8
Singapore expands fortifications to size 2
Nadi expands port to size 2
Vava'u expands airfield to size 5
Cawnpore expands airfield to size 2
Sorong expands airfield to size 6
Device Mitsubishi Ha-43 advances R&D

[durnedwolf]

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

ORIGINAL: durnedwolf

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo



2 major criteria in that decision:
leadership: if you lost your original leader in the first day attack, then your replacement was likely lower quality
DL: after the first day, DL again becomes quite relevant in load-out decision.

I thought for Carrier Ops it was the carrier leader that had primary impact on those rolls. For influencing DL, I had RECON air groups plus FP from some of my capitol ships. TB and DB had a 10% Search for every other group. What I've never been really sure of is that if say, I have groups A, B, & C all set to 10% Search, and group B sees an enemy contact, does it report the contact to group A and C? Because sometimes, from watching the movie, it seems like the other two groups don't always get the message from B...

TF leader Air skill provides bonus to most CV air operational decisions. however, group leader skills are still involved in most (all?) of the checks with respect to launch, load out, etc.

As for sharing the search info between groups, I don't ever recall the devs commenting on that. My anechdotal evidence agrees with yours: sharing between groups definitely happens, but not 100% of the time. However, this could also just be an outcome of each groups launch checks that are done in any case influenced by the DL which we know is a huge influencer.

So regarding Group leader ratings: The top 3 are Leadership, Inspiration, and Air - right? My WAG is that Leadership would impact DL rolls, Inspiration helps the rest of the pilots, and Air is the leader's primary check for a group advantage (like diving out of the sun. I once had a cheat-sheet that someone shared that talked about the skills and ratings for leaders. I can't for the life of me find it. Looks like I need to go on another convoluted dig into the forum responses of the past - lol.

[durnedwolf]

4MAR42 Movie
- So at Lashio Bill did do a CAP trap. My whine is that all of my Oscar fighter Groups went in first, followed late in the turn by my Zeroes… My Zeroes would have made a killing - instead… Even-Steven as I compare my actual losses to what is reported of the allies.

- Bill hit me a few turns back with PBY flying a long-range naval attack in which he sank an xAK. He had caught me as I was moving fighter groups around between Malaya, Sumatra, and Burma. Now I have my inter-locking CAP back up.

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kota Bharu at 51,75

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Id Oscar x 30

Allied aircraft
PBY-5 Catalina x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5 Catalina: 3 destroyed

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-43-Id Oscar (10 airborne, 20 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes



- The Boise and a few DD made a raid at Rabaul. Ouch. I have bombers at Rabaul but failed to set their ordinance to Torpedoes… Double ouch.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Rabaul at 106,125, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Chiyo Maru #4, Shell hits 32, and is sunk
PB Fukui Maru, Shell hits 25, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Boise
DD Kleber
DD Desaix
DD Le Casque
DD Le Hardi

Improved night sighting under 96% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 96% moonlight: 12,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 12,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
DD Le Hardi engages PB Fukui Maru at 12,000 yards
DD Desaix engages PB Fukui Maru at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
DD Le Hardi engages PB Fukui Maru at 8,000 yards
DD Le Casque engages PB Fukui Maru at 8,000 yards
DD Desaix engages PB Fukui Maru at 8,000 yards
DD Kleber engages PB Fukui Maru at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 4,000 yards
CL Boise engages PB Fukui Maru at 4,000 yards
DD Kleber engages PB Fukui Maru at 4,000 yards
Hojo, A. orders Japanese TF to disengage
Range closes to 2,000 yards
CL Boise engages PB Fukui Maru at 2,000 yards
CL Boise engages PB Chiyo Maru #4 at 2,000 yards
DD Le Casque engages PB Chiyo Maru #4 at 2,000 yards
DD Desaix engages PB Fukui Maru at 2,000 yards
DD Kleber engages PB Fukui Maru at 2,000 yards
CL Boise engages PB Chiyo Maru #4 at 2,000 yards
DD Desaix engages PB Chiyo Maru #4 at 2,000 yards
Hojo, A. orders Japanese TF to disengage
PB Chiyo Maru #4 sunk by CL Boise at 2,000 yards
Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Rabaul at 106,125, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Karii, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
TK Akatsuki Maru, Shell hits 14, and is sunk
TK Hoyo Maru, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
TK Itukusima Maru, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
TK Nisshin Maru #2, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
TK San Clemente Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
TK Tonan Maru #3, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
TK Okayama Maru, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
E Aotori, Shell hits 19, and is sunk
E Midoritori, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
E Kasshokutori, Shell hits 1, on fire
E Kurosakana, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
E Midorisakana, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
E Haiirosakana, Shell hits 8, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Boise, Shell hits 3
DD Kleber
DD Desaix
DD Le Casque
DD Le Hardi

Allied Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Japanese TF suspends unloading operations and begins to get underway
Improved night sighting under 96% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 96% moonlight: 12,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 12,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
CL Boise engages DD Karii at 12,000 yards
CL Boise engages E Haiirosakana at 12,000 yards
CL Boise engages E Midorisakana at 12,000 yards
DD Desaix engages DD Karii at 12,000 yards
DD Karii engages DD Kleber at 12,000 yards
DD Le Hardi engages DD Karii at 12,000 yards
CL Boise engages E Midorisakana at 12,000 yards
DD Desaix engages DD Karii at 12,000 yards
DD Kleber engages E Aotori at 12,000 yards
DD Kleber engages TK Tonan Maru #3 at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards
DD Le Hardi engages DD Karii at 10,000 yards
CL Boise engages E Haiirosakana at 10,000 yards
DD Le Casque engages DD Karii at 10,000 yards
CL Boise engages E Kurosakana at 10,000 yards
CL Boise engages E Midoritori at 10,000 yards
DD Le Casque engages TK Nisshin Maru #2 at 10,000 yards
DD Desaix engages TK Itukusima Maru at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
DD Kleber engages DD Karii at 9,000 yards
CL Boise engages E Kurosakana at 9,000 yards
CL Boise engages E Aotori at 9,000 yards
DD Le Hardi engages TK Tonan Maru #3 at 9,000 yards
DD Le Casque engages TK San Clemente Maru at 9,000 yards
DD Le Hardi engages TK Itukusima Maru at 9,000 yards
DD Le Casque engages TK Hoyo Maru at 9,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
CL Boise engages TK Itukusima Maru at 7,000 yards
DD Karii engages DD Le Hardi at 7,000 yards
DD Le Hardi engages E Midorisakana at 7,000 yards
Massive explosion on E Kurosakana
CL Boise engages E Kurosakana at 7,000 yards
CL Boise engages E Aotori at 7,000 yards
DD Le Hardi engages TK San Clemente Maru at 7,000 yards
DD Kleber engages TK Nisshin Maru #2 at 7,000 yards
DD Kleber engages TK Hoyo Maru at 7,000 yards
DD Le Hardi engages TK Akatsuki Maru at 7,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
DD Karii sunk by CL Boise at 6,000 yards
CL Boise engages E Haiirosakana at 6,000 yards
CL Boise engages E Midorisakana at 6,000 yards
E Kurosakana sunk by CL Boise at 6,000 yards
DD Kleber engages E Kasshokutori at 6,000 yards
DD Desaix engages E Aotori at 6,000 yards
DD Desaix engages TK Itukusima Maru at 6,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards
CL Boise engages TK Tonan Maru #3 at 3,000 yards
CL Boise engages E Midorisakana at 3,000 yards
CL Boise engages E Kasshokutori at 3,000 yards
DD Desaix engages TK Tonan Maru #3 at 3,000 yards
E Aotori sunk by CL Boise at 3,000 yards
DD Le Casque engages TK Akatsuki Maru at 3,000 yards
DD Le Hardi engages E Midorisakana at 3,000 yards
DD Le Casque engages TK Tonan Maru #3 at 3,000 yards
CL Boise engages E Midoritori at 3,000 yards
DD Kleber engages TK Okayama Maru at 3,000 yards
DD Kleber engages TK San Clemente Maru at 3,000 yards
DD Desaix engages TK Nisshin Maru #2 at 3,000 yards
TK Itukusima Maru sunk by DD Kleber at 3,000 yards
DD Kleber engages TK Akatsuki Maru at 3,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
Massive explosion on E Haiirosakana
E Haiirosakana sunk by CL Boise at 2,000 yards
CL Boise engages E Midorisakana at 2,000 yards
DD Le Casque engages TK San Clemente Maru at 2,000 yards
CL Boise engages E Midoritori at 2,000 yards
TK San Clemente Maru sunk by DD Kleber at 2,000 yards
DD Le Casque engages TK Hoyo Maru at 2,000 yards
CL Boise engages E Midorisakana at 2,000 yards
DD Le Hardi engages E Midoritori at 2,000 yards
E Midoritori sunk by DD Le Casque at 2,000 yards
TK Hoyo Maru sunk by DD Desaix at 2,000 yards
CL Boise engages E Midorisakana at 2,000 yards
E Midorisakana sunk by DD Le Hardi at 2,000 yards
DD Le Casque engages TK Okayama Maru at 2,000 yards
DD Desaix engages TK Okayama Maru at 2,000 yards
DD Kleber engages TK Okayama Maru at 2,000 yards
Turner C. orders Allied TF to disengage
Range increases to 4,000 yards
CL Boise engages E Kasshokutori at 4,000 yards
DD Le Casque engages TK Okayama Maru at 4,000 yards
DD Desaix engages TK Okayama Maru at 4,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
DD Le Hardi engages TK Okayama Maru at 10,000 yards
DD Le Casque engages TK Okayama Maru at 10,000 yards
DD Desaix engages TK Okayama Maru at 10,000 yards
DD Kleber engages TK Okayama Maru at 10,000 yards
DD Kleber engages TK Okayama Maru at 10,000 yards
Task forces break off...

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36
G4M1 Betty x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
CL Boise
DD Desaix

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 9000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

[durnedwolf]

I was wondering...

Chung King is the primary location for China to receive supplies - right?

China has a lot of mouths to feed. I'm thinking that if I capture Chungking, most of his troops will start hurting for supplies and fight at a disadvantage. Does this sound legit?

[durnedwolf]

Sorry, it's been a bit since I posted. I had shoulder surgery on my dominant arm in mid-December and had it in a sling. All I can say is that it's nice to get the arm back; much easier to type.

My plan is to pick a section of the map each time I post and get all three of you that read this up to date.

Burma
So I can see Bill is evacuating China. He's pushing troops from Paoshan to Myitkyina. That kinda caught me by surprise but now I'm pushing my troops from Lang Son to Saigon and then the do a quick march to Phnom Penh before railing it up to Chiang Mai. I've got 6 divisions in the pipe-line with more making their way to Lang Son.

Another surprise has been the P-38E, which has been slicing through my A6M2 and Oscar-Id like a hot knife through butter. Bill is also executing a bombing campaign - in force - on my airfields. When my fighters do engage his bombers it's a handful VS 30+.

Mandalay is 95/97 Service/Runway damage. I've got a single beat-up recon AC at the base so it shows the airplane icon.
Magwe was the same about 3 turns ago but is now 21/0 Service/Runway damage. No icons here.
Meiktila is my shining bastion of airpower. AF is rated as 1(7) Exp 34% but I have a pair of fighter groups there that can't get enough planes in the sky to get a numerical advantage.

I've got four air groups of fighters beefing up @ Rangoon with additional groups coming up from Malaya. If I can get Magwe through another day, I'll plink 150 fighters there in layered CAP and double-dawg dare him to bring his P-38 fighters. At this point my WAG is that I need to bleed his fighters as the allies have no production they can manipulate. If I can get a numerical advantage - say 3:1 VS - his P-38E I think I can dwindle down what he has on hand to throw at me.

More engineer groups with air support are in route to Burma. And AAA units. Tik-toc. Tik-toc.
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So what happened on the 8th of April? Besides me losing a lot of fighters in Burma, I mean.

Near Victoria my SS I-26 took 3 hits. One was a doozy so I'm sending the I-26 to Truk for repairs. Truk has a repair yard.

Near Toboali my I-160 took on an xAKL in a night-time surface battle. The xAKL Palawan took 10 shell hits and has heavy fires and damage.

In the PI I'm massing troops at Clark for a push against Bataan.

In China, I'm driving towards the lightly defended Chungking. I'll be taking a big point increase once I eat up China, and that will let me defend Burma in-depth and drive an ugly land-war into India.

I'm sending over a couple of engineer units with air support to Woleai to build my air bridge for the Pacific.

[RangerJoe]

I am glad that you are better.

[durnedwolf]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

I am glad that you are better.

Thanks - I've still got a ways to go with rehab but it's really-really nice to have the wing outta the sling.

[durnedwolf]

Notes on the Philippines
At Clark Field I have six divisions plus a brigade, a pair of combat engineer units, and an arty unit all following the 14th Army Corps HQ to Bataan. It'll be crowded there as Bill has 33 units with mouse-intel showing 90k of troops, 970 guns and 1260 AFVs.

From Aparri I have a pair of medium bomber groups with a fighter escort that are pounding the port of Bataan. And I've got an air unit of Babs flying Recon. From Takao I have another 3 medium bomber groups that will come to play.

I've got a 3-BC bombardment TF leaving Hong Kong this turn to come visit Bataan.

And TF156 is unloading the 55th Independent Bde @ Lingayen as I type.

I've got another four divisions of infantry plus some arty and an armored unit sitting at Manila. They stare down at Batangus, where Bill has 9 allied units (some that ran from my Manila campaign) that are, I assume, rebuilding.





So what else is going on this turn?

At Burma - no air attacks by Bill at all this turn. Wow. I've moved about 100 fighters @ Magwe. Another 100 @ Saigon that will go up next turn. And 70 that just arrived @ Rangoon.

Bill flew a flight of SBD-3 at Sorong port. They spanked a couple of PB that I think will live to tell the tale. If fire teams can put out the blazes…

I just sent off a bombardment TF for Dutch Harbor.

In China everyone is moving West…

I'm working to rebuild the 1st Tank Division at Mukden (where a majority of the units are or will arrive at). Final units arrive on the board in 75 days. To that end the 1st Tank Rgt. @ Singapore is loading aboard TF266 for transport to Shanghai. From there the 1st Tank Bn can use the rail system to Mukden. And the 2nd Mobile AA Bn @ Mangan is moving to Kalgan where it can use the rail system to Mukden.