Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (Spoilers))

[PaxMondo]

Ouch, only 11/day. Yeah, you are really working the "ebb&flow" to keep your groups full. [X(]



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[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

Ouch, only 11/day. Yeah, you are really working the "ebb&flow" to keep your groups full. [X(]



[:D][:D][:D]

Yep, both filling the squadrons and training pilots are a real struggle. And that is with a super slow expansion. Not resizing air squadrons is a real eye opener.[:)]

[Lowpe]

April 30, 1942

More clashes off Java...the Antartica is a CL class E ship.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Batavia at 49,98

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 15
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 27

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 9
SO3C-3 Seacat x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 7 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 3 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
xAP Devonshire, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AMC R. E. Lee, Bomb hits 1
xAK Penrith Castle, Bomb hits 3, on fire

[Lowpe]

Some very nasty dive bomber attacks on the fast transport fleets near Lae, luckily bad weather and some Zeroes from Rabaul fight them off...

[Lowpe]

Tough day in the air again...

[Lowpe]

IJN cruiser fleet is pretty banged up...

[Lowpe]

May 1st, 1942

G3M3 Nell arrives, will make 30 a month once we get 500 Ha33 engines stockpiled

More fireworks at Java...including the first sweep of Batavia
Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 31

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 12
P-35A x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 3 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 19000 feet

CAP engaged:
2-Vl.G.IV with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 21000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes
3-VI.G.V with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
21st PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 63 minutes
34th PS with P-35A (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes

[Lowpe]

8 Kingfishers destroyed.[:)]

[Lowpe]

May 2nd, 1942

Java....

[Lowpe]

Working on the New Guinea expansion...

[Lowpe]

May 3, 1942

Interesting attack in the SRA...Whipple is of course an old American Friend, but the Light Cruisers are the nasty French.

Sub attack near Semarang at 52,101

Japanese Ships
SS I-159

Allied Ships
CL La Galissonniere
CL Cyclades
DD Edsall
DD Schley
DD Whipple

SS I-159 launches 8 torpedoes at CL La Galissonniere
DD Schley fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Whipple fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

[Lowpe]

Then, what is seemingly our daily skirmish around Kal...

Night Time Surface Combat, near Kalidjati at 50,99, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma, Shell hits 1
CA Suzuya, Shell hits 4
DD Hatsuharu

Allied Ships
DD Kortenaer, Shell hits 1
DD Hatfield, Shell hits 1
CL Agamemnon
CL Argonaute, Shell hits 5

Improved night sighting under 96% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 96% moonlight: 12,000 yards

[Lowpe]

And another, with two CBs![X(] And the 2nd Carrier Division is somewhere around, escorting troop ships...
Night Time Surface Combat, near Kalidjati at 50,99, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma
CA Suzuya, Shell hits 10, on fire
DD Hatsuharu, Shell hits 3

Allied Ships
DD Edsall
DD John D. Edwards
DD Whipple, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
DD Schley
CL La Galissonniere
CL Montcalm
CL Aurora, Shell hits 1
CL Cyclades, Shell hits 1
CB Socrates
CB Zenon, Shell hits 4, on fire

Improved night sighting under 96% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 96% moonlight: 12,000 yards
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
Rice P. crosses the 'T'
CB Zenon engages CA Suzuya at 8,000 yards
CB Zenon engages CA Mikuma at 8,000 yards
CB Zenon engages DD Hatsuharu at 8,000 yards
CA Suzuya engages CL Aurora at 8,000 yards
DD Hatsuharu engages DD Schley at 8,000 yards
DD Hatsuharu engages DD Whipple at 8,000 yards
DD Hatsuharu engages DD John D. Edwards at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
CB Zenon engages CA Suzuya at 2,000 yards
CB Socrates engages CA Suzuya at 2,000 yards
DD Whipple engages DD Hatsuharu at 2,000 yards
CA Suzuya engages CL Aurora at 2,000 yards
CA Suzuya engages CL Montcalm at 2,000 yards
CA Suzuya engages CL La Galissonniere at 2,000 yards
Magazine explodes on DD Whipple
DD Whipple sunk by DD Hatsuharu at 2,000 yards
DD John D. Edwards engages DD Hatsuharu at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 7,000 yards
CB Zenon engages CA Suzuya at 7,000 yards
CB Socrates engages CA Suzuya at 7,000 yards
CA Suzuya engages CL Cyclades at 7,000 yards
CA Suzuya engages CL Aurora at 7,000 yards
CA Suzuya engages CL La Galissonniere at 7,000 yards
DD John D. Edwards engages DD Hatsuharu at 7,000 yards
DD Hatsuharu engages DD Edsall at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
CB Zenon engages CA Suzuya at 10,000 yards
CB Zenon engages CA Mikuma at 10,000 yards
CA Mikuma engages CL Cyclades at 10,000 yards
CA Suzuya engages CL Aurora at 10,000 yards
CA Mikuma engages CL La Galissonniere at 10,000 yards
DD Hatsuharu engages DD Schley at 10,000 yards
DD Hatsuharu engages DD John D. Edwards at 10,000 yards
DD Hatsuharu engages DD Edsall at 10,000 yards
Kimura, Susumu orders Japanese TF to disengage
Task forces break off...

[Lowpe]

Near Balikpapan

Day Time Surface Combat, near Bandjermasin at 62,102, Range 24,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
DD Ariake, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
TB Sagi

Allied Ships
xAP Empire Pride, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Cosgrove, Shell hits 2, on fire
ML No. 311

Allied ground losses:
134 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Day Time Surface Combat, near Bandjermasin at 62,102, Range 20,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
DD Ariake, heavy fires
TB Sagi

Allied Ships
AM Kalgoorlie
DD Futurist
xAP Montoro



Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tioman Island at 52,84

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Trojan
AP Henry T. Allen, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
KV Nightshade, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
200 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 5 (3 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

[Lowpe]

Vals on Java get shredded by CB float fighters...

Morning Air attack on TF, near Kalidjati at 51,99

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 115 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 43 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 16
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 46

Allied aircraft
Spitfire 1F x 51

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 9 destroyed
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 15 destroyed

No Allied losses

[Lowpe]

Futurist?

[Lowpe]

Look at the concentrated Allied naval operations in SRA! [X(] Really has taken me by surprise that they keep coming. Nothing spotted heavier than a CB, so no Prince of Wales yet...

I have a strong heavy cruiser presence at Balikpapan, a destroyer flotilla at Brunei which cannot stand up to the incoming threats, nothing at Kuching, and I am definitely running out of ships from Singapore and to Java axis.

There are 112 CV planes on Carrier Division 2, but they would get shredded by the excellent Spitfire float fighter...

At the heavily damaged yard at Singers, is 1 BB, 1CA, and 4 CL, and 2 DD undergoing repairs. North of Bangka Straits another group of damaged: Light Cruiser, destroyer and torpedo boat...plus one heavy cruiser at Saigon that will free up in 5 days. Kalidjati has a damaged heavy cruiser and damaged destroyer.

We are hard pressed![:)]

[Lowpe]

A partial listing of the assumed sunk recently...

[PaxMondo]

[Andy Mac]

I actually think you are doing really well in minimising your losses

The challenge now is probably the number of damaged ships you have