Andy Mac v the Co-Op

[Lowpe]

That will sting![:D][&o]

[RangerJoe]

No escorts for Allied bombers? [&:]

Congratulations!

[Andy Mac]

Low on fuel so having to pull back a bit

[Andy Mac]

Day 2 I got too close to Soerbaja bad bad air losses will take time to replenish


Starts off well

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 23, 42
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Sub vs Sub: SS I-108 attacking SS S-40 at 77,107 - near Obi

Japanese Ships
SS I-108

Allied Ships
SS S-40, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

SS I-108 launches 2 torpedoes at 2,000 yards


SCTF's go into Soerbaja

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Soerabaja at 56,104, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Arashi
DD Oshio
DD Okaze
DD Biwa

Allied Ships
DD Kleber, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CL Gloire
CL Georges Leygues
CL Montcalm
DD Fortune, Shell hits 1
CL Jean de Vienne, Shell hits 1
DD Le Casque, Shell hits 1



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Night Time Surface Combat, near Soerabaja at 56,104, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Atago, Shell hits 1
BC Takasago
BC Yoshino, Shell hits 5
DD Okitsugumo, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Fuyukaze
DD Kitakaze, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
CL Gloire
CL Georges Leygues, Shell hits 2
CL Montcalm, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Fortune, Shell hits 1
CL Jean de Vienne, Shell hits 2
DD Le Casque, Shell hits 1



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Night Time Surface Combat, near Soerabaja at 56,104, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BC Takasago, Shell hits 2
BC Yoshino, Shell hits 1
DD Fuyukaze
DD Kitakaze, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
CVL Jura, Shell hits 1
DD Forbin, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
CLAA Gelderland
CLAA Eenhoorn, Shell hits 1
CLAA Graaf Willem



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Night Time Surface Combat, near Soerabaja at 56,104, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BC Takasago
BC Yoshino, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Fuyukaze, Shell hits 1
DD Kitakaze

Allied Ships
BB Lorraine, Shell hits 8, on fire



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Night Time Surface Combat, near Soerabaja at 56,104, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BC Takasago
BC Yoshino, on fire
DD Fuyukaze
DD Kitakaze

Allied Ships
DD Terrible, Shell hits 2, on fire






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Night Time Surface Combat, near Soerabaja at 56,104, Range 8,000 Yards

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Potez 452: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BC Takasago
BC Yoshino, on fire
DD Fuyukaze
DD Kitakaze, on fire

Allied Ships
CVL Toulon, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
BB Provence, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
CVL Bearn, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Basque
CVL Rousillon
DD Guepard, Shell hits 1


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Day Time Surface Combat, near Soerabaja at 56,104, Range 20,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Atago
DD Okitsugumo, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CVL Jura
CLAA Gelderland
CLAA Eenhoorn
CLAA Graaf Willem



AIR ATTACKS WERE BRUTAL SHREDDED MY AIR GROUPS

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Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 13
Hurricane IIb Trop x 14
B-339D x 39
CW-21B Demon x 51
P-40B Warhawk x 70
F2A-3 Buffalo x 6
H-75A-4P x 10
Morane MS410 x 23
F2A-3P Buffalo x 37
Breguet Br697 x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed
B-339D: 1 destroyed
P-40B Warhawk: 4 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Malang at 55,105

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
D3A1 Val x 9

Allied aircraft
F2A-3P Buffalo x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
F2A-3P Buffalo: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CVL Jura, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
CLAA Graaf Willem

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Ammo storage explosion on CVL Jura
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVL Jura

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Soerabaja at 56,104

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 42
B5N1 Kate x 18
B5N2 Kate x 24
D3A1 Val x 17

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 9
Hurricane IIb Trop x 13
B-339D x 32
CW-21B Demon x 45
P-40B Warhawk x 63
F2A-3 Buffalo x 4
H-75A-4P x 9
Morane MS410 x 23
F2A-3P Buffalo x 34
Breguet Br697 x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
B5N1 Kate: 10 destroyed, 1 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 16 destroyed
D3A1 Val: 8 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-339D: 2 destroyed
P-40B Warhawk: 3 destroyed
Morane MS410: 1 destroyed
F2A-3P Buffalo: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB Lorraine
CL Jean de Vienne
CL Montcalm, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Georges Leygues


Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Montcalm


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Soerabaja at 56,104

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 40
B5N2 Kate x 9
D3A1 Val x 26

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 6
Hurricane IIb Trop x 9
B-339D x 24
CW-21B Demon x 40
P-40B Warhawk x 53
F2A-3 Buffalo x 4
H-75A-4P x 7
Morane MS410 x 21
F2A-3P Buffalo x 29
Breguet Br697 x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 5 destroyed
D3A1 Val: 14 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-339D: 2 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 2 destroyed
P-40B Warhawk: 2 destroyed
H-75A-4P: 1 destroyed
Morane MS410: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
DD Fortune
DD Terrible, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AMc Merapi, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
AMc Tjerimai, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
AMc Rindjani, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
AMc Slamat, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
AMc Smeroe, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
AMc Merbabo


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Malang at 55,105

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 21
D3A1 Val x 16

Allied aircraft
F2A-3P Buffalo x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 6 destroyed, 2 damaged
D3A1 Val: 2 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CVL Jura, heavy fires, heavy damage
CLAA Graaf Willem



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Malang at 55,105

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 43
D3A1 Val x 19

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 17
CW-21B Demon x 20
F2A-3P Buffalo x 39

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed
D3A1 Val: 7 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
CW-21B Demon: 4 destroyed
F2A-3P Buffalo: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
CLAA Eenhoorn
CVL Jura, on fire, heavy damage
CLAA Graaf Willem


Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVL Jura


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Afternoon Air attack on 18th Australian Division, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
B5N2 Kate x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
4 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kangean at 59,106

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 73
E13A1 Jake x 1
F1M2 Pete x 1

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 25

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 7 destroyed



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kangean at 59,106

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 70
E13A1 Jake x 1
F1M2 Pete x 1

Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 27
P-40E Warhawk x 24
TBD-1 Devastator x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed
TBD-1 Devastator: 15 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Atago

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x TBD-1 Devastator launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Soerabaja at 55,103

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
B5N1 Kate x 3
B5N2 Kate x 16

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 17
B-339D x 13
CW-21B Demon x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 5 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-339D: 3 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CVL Rousillon
CVL Toulon, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Soerabaja at 55,103

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
B5N2 Kate x 21
D3A1 Val x 13

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 4
B-339D x 1
CW-21B Demon x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CVL Rousillon, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CVL Toulon, on fire, heavy damage
DD Guepard





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Ground combat at Padang (44,85)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 566 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44

Defending force 85 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3

Japanese adjusted assault: 34

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 34 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Padang !!!

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

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

Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 1st SNLF /2
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /1

Defending units:
Padang Garrison Bn /3

[Andy Mac]

Day 1 Tally

SUNK BB Jean Bart, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 3
DAMAGED BB Provence, Bomb hits 10, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage (SUNK Day 2)

SUNK CVL Hermes, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
DAMAGED CVL Bearn, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires (SUNK Day 2)
DAMAGED CVL Jura, Bomb hits 1 (SUNK Day 2)
DAMAGED CVL Toulon, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage (DAMAGED Again Day 2)
SUNK CVL Languedoc, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk
SUNK CVL Nike, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
DAMAGED CVL Rousillon, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires

DAMAGED DD Fantasque, Bomb hits 1, on fire
SUNK CLAA Salamander, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
DAMAGED DD Triomphant, Bomb hits 3, on fire


Ok based on damage below from day 2 I would assume
DAMAGED BB Lorraine, Shell hits 8, on fire
SUNK BB Provence, Shell hits 5, and is sunk

SUNK CVL Jura, Shell hits 1, 2 Bomb Hits heavy fires, heavy damage
DAMAGED CVL Toulon, Shell hits 1, Bomb Hits 1, heavy damage
SUNK CVL Bearn, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
SUNK CVL Rousillon, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

SUNK SS S-40, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SUNK DD Kleber, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DAMAGED DD Fortune, Shell hits 2
DAMAGED CL Jean de Vienne, Shell hits 3
DAMAGED DD Le Casque, Shell hits 2
DAMAGED CL Georges Leygues, Shell hits 2
SUNK CL Montcalm, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
SUNK DD Forbin, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
DAMAGED CLAA Eenhoorn, Shell hits 1
SUNK DD Terrible, Shell hits 2, on fire, Torpedo Hits 1
DAMAGED DD Guepard, Shell hits 1

[Andy Mac]

So based on the replays only I think I have sunk

2 Battleships the Jean Bart and Provence
6 CVL's
3 Cruisers, 2 Destroyers and a Sub.

CVL Toulon and BB Lorraine may also sink so far decisive if only my betties had flown its cost me 200 irreplaceable KB air crew !!!

[Andy Mac]

Still no sign of US Carriers which is worrying 3 - 4 undamaged fresh US CV's could cause mayhem right now until I can replace my strike groups

[RangerJoe]

I think that you did very well. [&o]

The Allies probably put every fighter on CAP over those ships yet you did score some good hits. You can replace air crew and aircraft a lot easier than the Allies can build ships to replace the ones that were lost.

[PaxMondo]

entertaining. I have no idea of the OOB's in this mod, so just watching and enjoying. That you gave better than you got, obvious. That it was a win? No idea … no idea what replacements the allies get nor you, so no input. But great fun reading!!! Keep it up!!!

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo



entertaining. I have no idea of the OOB's in this mod, so just watching and enjoying. That you gave better than you got, obvious. That it was a win? No idea … no idea what replacements the allies get nor you, so no input. But great fun reading!!! Keep it up!!!

The mod has definitely been beefed up since I meddled with it way back when. Good job.

[jdsrae]

What stood out to me was the 18th Aus Div!

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: jdsrae

What stood out to me was the 18th Aus Div!

Maybe the Territorials emigrated!

[jdsrae]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: jdsrae

What stood out to me was the 18th Aus Div!

Maybe the Territorials emigrated!

The Govt in this parallel universe must have reduced the minimum age for volunteers to 13, and or called up the Boer War veterans!

[CV10]

It could be a ploy to make the Japanese overestimate the size of the Australian Army. Either that, or they've been recruiting emus as elite shock troops...

[Andy Mac]

It looks like this is an additional Militia Div and appears to be the only addition and it has been committed to PM which I don't think he can hold.

Andy

[Andy Mac]

What is killing me is the sheer number of Catalina strike aircraft he has ultra long range operate from poor airfields and kill me they are a never ending thorn in my side

It blindsided me and I am losing 1 or 2 ships a day to these pests its either cover EVERY TF at all times or take the attritonal losses until I can push his bases back

Not fun

[RangerJoe]

Unless the Catalina production is increased, it will cause problems in the long run. But I am sure that it is annoying.

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: Andy Mac

What is killing me is the sheer number of Catalina strike aircraft he has ultra long range operate from poor airfields and kill me they are a never ending thorn in my side

It blindsided me and I am losing 1 or 2 ships a day to these pests its either cover EVERY TF at all times or take the attritonal losses until I can push his bases back

Not fun

Ironic, no? They are just not Dorniers![:D][:)]

[Andy Mac]

Yeah but I didn't give the AI 100+ per month of the damned things

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: Andy Mac

Yeah but I didn't give the AI 100+ per month of the damned things

Seems that way, I have destroyed 450 Dorniers and Catalinas thru June.[;)] Not to mention those uber nasty Brigands and Beaufighters