The Allied Juggernaut just started. Cav Corp(J) V Dean(A)

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Nov 11th 42,

Invasion of Ponape commences the idea behind this is too severe the link between Truk and the Marshalls plus get in range to bomb Truk.

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Nov 12th 42,

Another attack at Rangoon.

Ground combat at Rangoon (54,53)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 70677 troops, 1025 guns, 1913 vehicles, Assault Value = 2322

Defending force 65778 troops, 841 guns, 529 vehicles, Assault Value = 1485

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Allied adjusted assault: 2460

Japanese adjusted defense: 8659

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
1354 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 92 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 44 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled

Allied ground losses:
5682 casualties reported
Squads: 43 destroyed, 468 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 129 disabled
Engineers: 21 destroyed, 73 disabled
Guns lost 95 (10 destroyed, 85 disabled)
Vehicles lost 248 (13 destroyed, 235 disabled)

the first attack at Ponape my opponent must of air transported this snlf unit in as I invaded.

round combat at Ponape (119,113)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2844 troops, 46 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 86

Defending force 902 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 29

Allied adjusted assault: 35

Japanese adjusted defense: 25

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
12th Australian Brigade

Defending units:
Ponape Naval Fortress
Combined 8th SNLF /2

attack at Lashio

Ground combat at Lashio (62,46)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 26927 troops, 343 guns, 511 vehicles, Assault Value = 1120

Defending force 7072 troops, 133 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 64

Allied adjusted assault: 290

Japanese adjusted defense: 127

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
535 casualties reported
Squads: 38 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 20 (3 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
204 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)

ssaulting units:
70th British/B Division
43rd Cavalry Regiment
23rd Indian Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
34th Indian Division
70th British/C Division

Defending units:
3rd RTA/C Division
1st Guards RTA/C Division
35th Field AA Battalion
91st JAAF AF Bn
25th JNAF AF Unit
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
22nd JAAF AF Bn
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
21st JAAF AF Bn
26th Fld AA Gun Co
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
5th JAAF AF Coy

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Nov 13th 42,

Japs catch some support troops unloading at Arorae

Night Time Surface Combat, near Arorae at 138,137, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Yahagi
CL Sendai

Allied Ships
AM Adroit, Shell hits 14, and is sunk
AM Advent, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
AM Conflict, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
xAP Klipfontein, Shell hits 23, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAP James Schureman, Shell hits 22, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied ground losses:
1693 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 77 destroyed, 91 disabled
Engineers: 32 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 25 (18 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 170 (110 destroyed, 60 disabled)

Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2774 troops, 46 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 78

Defending force 1105 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 41

Allied adjusted assault: 25

Japanese adjusted defense: 19

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
78 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Ground combat at Lashio (62,46)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 26766 troops, 343 guns, 510 vehicles, Assault Value = 1092

Defending force 6619 troops, 130 guns, 64 vehicles, Assault Value = 50

Allied adjusted assault: 241

Japanese adjusted defense: 130

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
228 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 25 (7 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Vehicles lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
103 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

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Nov 14th 42,

Lashio should fall any day now.

Ground combat at Lashio (62,46)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 31763 troops, 452 guns, 585 vehicles, Assault Value = 1083

Defending force 6201 troops, 121 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value = 32

Allied adjusted assault: 212

Japanese adjusted defense: 88

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
682 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 52 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 24 (11 destroyed, 13 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
110 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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Nov 15th 42,

Japanese send in a TF to try and intercept my landings at Ponape,

Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BC Haruna
CA Nachi, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
CLAA Tama, Shell hits 3
DD Hamakaze, Shell hits 1
DD Michishio, Shell hits 1
DD Natsugumo
DD Usugumo, Shell hits 1
DD Ushio, Shell hits 2, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CA Louisville, Shell hits 6
CL De Ruyter, Shell hits 1
CLAA Raleigh, Shell hits 1
DD Talbot, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Dent, Shell hits 14, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Humphreys, Shell hits 1
DD King, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Oreleck, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Kingston, Shell hits 1
DD Kimberly
DD Jupiter, Shell hits 5, heavy fires

my carriers strike at what ships might have got left behind.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Ponape at 117,111

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Allied aircraft
Swordfish II x 12
Albacore I x 11
Seafire IIc x 10
F4F-4 Wildcat x 36
SBD-3 Dauntless cvl x 29

Allied aircraft losses
Albacore I: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Nachi, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
CLAA Tama, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Ushio, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
DD Usugumo, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Lashio captured

Ground combat at Lashio (62,46)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 31699 troops, 451 guns, 585 vehicles, Assault Value = 1071

Defending force 5592 troops, 107 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

Allied adjusted assault: 304

Japanese adjusted defense: 58

Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Lashio !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
2089 casualties reported
Squads: 23 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 143 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 23 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 79 (74 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 61 (61 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 12
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
147 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

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Noth 16th 42,

Allied ground attack at Rangoon had high casualties but reduced the fort.

Ground combat at Rangoon (54,53)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 67289 troops, 1016 guns, 1894 vehicles, Assault Value = 1886

Defending force 63832 troops, 837 guns, 527 vehicles, Assault Value = 1359

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Allied adjusted assault: 1331

Japanese adjusted defense: 3699

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

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1574 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 164 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 47 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
Guns lost 54 (5 destroyed, 49 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
4079 casualties reported
Squads: 96 destroyed, 288 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 112 disabled
Engineers: 19 destroyed, 21 disabled
Guns lost 46 (11 destroyed, 35 disabled)
Vehicles lost 128 (18 destroyed, 110 disabled)

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Nov 17th 42,

nothing to report

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Nov 18th 42,

Japanese put their cap back over Rangoon Mosquitos and P-38s sweep them away.

they also have been suffering heavy flak losses over Rangoon.

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Nov 19th-20th 42,

nothing much

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Nov 21st 42,

Amphibious operation against Milne Bay making sure he can't spy on my movements near Townsville and such.

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Nov 22nd 42,

Milne Bay was captured it seems I put too many combat troops here.

Ground combat at Milne Bay (101,133)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2940 troops, 64 guns, 189 vehicles, Assault Value = 291

Defending force 6214 troops, 76 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 66

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Allied adjusted assault: 165

Japanese adjusted defense: 7

Allied assault odds: 23 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Milne Bay !!!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K1 Emily: 3 destroyed
A6M2-N Rufe: 1 destroyed

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

Japanese ground losses:
1315 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 85 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 36 (31 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 17 (17 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
194 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled

Assaulting units:
1st Armoured Brigade
182nd Vol Infantry Regiment
34th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
2/11th A/Car Regiment
13th Armoured Regiment
2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
188th FA Bn /1

Defending units:
16th Engineer Regiment
25th Ind Engineer Regiment
III/84th Naval Guard Unit
32nd Special Base Force
5th Base Force
7th Air Defense AA Regiment
33rd Ind.AA Gun Co
304th Ship Eng Coy
13th Ind.AA Gun Co
4th Port Unit

25th Ind Engineer Regiment Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!!

7th Air Defense AA Regiment Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!!

16th Engineer Regiment Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!!

33rd Ind.AA Gun Co Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!!

III/84th Naval Guard Unit Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!!

304th Ship Eng Coy Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!!

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Nov 23rd 42,

Reinforcement landings at Ponape,

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Nov 24th-25th 42,

Nothing of much to report cleaning up operations in Burma/Minle bay.

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Nov 26th-27th 42,

Nothing much to report

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Nov 28th 42,

another brutal attack for me at Rangoon going to rest my air and troops for a few days.

Ground combat at Rangoon (54,53)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 73684 troops, 1229 guns, 1923 vehicles, Assault Value = 1763

Defending force 79746 troops, 974 guns, 545 vehicles, Assault Value = 1783

Allied adjusted assault: 968

Japanese adjusted defense: 6175

Allied assault odds: 1 to 6 (fort level 2)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
759 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 107 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 54 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Guns lost 74 (3 destroyed, 71 disabled)
Vehicles lost 53 (8 destroyed, 45 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
4908 casualties reported
Squads: 320 destroyed, 98 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 133 disabled
Engineers: 30 destroyed, 24 disabled
Guns lost 88 (36 destroyed, 52 disabled)
Vehicles lost 139 (9 destroyed, 130 disabled)

Well, my next invasion TF is launched in the next few posts you will find out where I'm heading.

here are the ships escorting my invasion.

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Nov 19th 42,

I sent a Crusier TF and DD TF into Rangoon in hope of sinking shipping into the base I wasn't disappointed.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Rangoon at 54,53, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
TB RTN Chandraburi, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
TB RTN Surasdra, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Devonshire
CL Yelverton, Shell hits 1
DD Ph.van Almonde
DD Voyager
DD Griffin
DD Jupiter

Night Time Surface Combat, near Rangoon at 54,53, Range 3,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PG Hai Can 12
APD Minazuki
APD Kikuzuki
APD Okikaze
APD Shimakaze, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
PC PB-56
PB Narita Maru, Shell hits 5, on fire
xAP Shanghai Maru, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Naminoue Maru
xAP Ukishima Maru
xAP Teifu Maru
PG RTN Sukhothai, Shell hits 6, on fire

Allied Ships
DD Paul Jones
DD Tjerk Hiddes, Shell hits 1
DD Van Galen
DD Le Toulon
DD Lively

Night Time Surface Combat, near Rangoon at 54,53, Range 3,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
TK Nanrei Maru, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
TK Sanju Maru, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
TK Shinfuku Maru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
PB RTN Chow Praya, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
PG RTN Dhonburi, Shell hits 2, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Devonshire
CL Yelverton, Shell hits 1
DD Ph.van Almonde
DD Voyager
DD Griffin
DD Jupiter

Night Time Surface Combat, near Rangoon at 54,53, Range 6,000 Yards

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
E Yasoshima, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Shell hits 20, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Tosei Maru, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Oridono Maru, Shell hits 10, on fire
xAK Asaka Maru #3, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Syokyu Maru, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
xAK Tosei Maru, Shell hits 11, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Devonshire
CL Yelverton
DD Ph.van Almonde, Shell hits 2
DD Voyager
DD Griffin
DD Jupiter

Night Time Surface Combat, near Rangoon at 54,53, Range 5,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
xAK Tosei Maru, Shell hits 15, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Oridono Maru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Syokyu Maru, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CA Devonshire
CL Yelverton
DD Ph.van Almonde
DD Voyager, Shell hits 1
DD Griffin
DD Jupiter

Night Time Surface Combat, near Rangoon at 54,53, Range 4,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
APD Minazuki
APD Kikuzuki
APD Okikaze
APD Shimakaze, on fire
PB Narita Maru, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
xAP Naminoue Maru, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Ukishima Maru, Shell hits 1
xAP Teifu Maru, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
CA Devonshire
CL Yelverton
DD Ph.van Almonde
DD Voyager, Shell hits 1
DD Griffin
DD Jupiter

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Nov 30th 42,

Nothing much

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Dec 1st 42,

my reinforcements for Ponanpe arrive in a nick of time carriers have a turkey shoot.

Morning Air attack on 147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment, at 119,113 (Ponape)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3b Zero x 15

Allied aircraft
Fulmar Mk. II x 8
Seafire IIc x 54
F4F-4 Wildcat x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3b Zero: 5 destroyed

No Allied losses

Morning Air attack on 147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment, at 119,113 (Ponape)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3b Zero x 14
G3M3 Nell x 27
G4M2 Betty x 44

Allied aircraft
Fulmar Mk. II x 8
Seafire IIc x 53
F4F-4 Wildcat x 34

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3b Zero: 2 destroyed
G3M3 Nell: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
G4M2 Betty: 11 destroyed, 4 damaged

No Allied losses

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

Morning Air attack on 147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment, at 119,113 (Ponape)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3b Zero x 1
G4M2 Betty x 20

Allied aircraft
Fulmar Mk. II x 6
Seafire IIc x 43
F4F-4 Wildcat x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 12 destroyed

No Allied losses

Morning Air attack on 147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment, at 119,113 (Ponape)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M2 Betty x 15

Allied aircraft
Fulmar Mk. II x 4
Seafire IIc x 40
F4F-4 Wildcat x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 5 destroyed

No Allied losses

Morning Air attack on 147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment, at 119,113 (Ponape)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M2 Betty x 17

Allied aircraft
Fulmar Mk. II x 4
Seafire IIc x 35
F4F-4 Wildcat x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 10 destroyed

No Allied losses

overall a great day my opponent using his valuable long-range bombers on the ground attack made them easy pickings.
On another note, this also helps because in the next few days my invasion TF will land on Kwejelin and I hope to have marshalls islands cleaned up in the next few months.

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Dec 2nd 42,

Nothing much

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Dec 3rd 42,

So in an email by my opponent, he admits his commanders made some errors and didn't follow his order and they suffered for that by getting too close to Ponape.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Ponape at 119,111

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
Swordfish II x 12
Seafire IIc x 12
Swordfish I x 16
F4F-4 Wildcat x 36
SBD-3 Dauntless cvl x 31

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish II: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
APD Satsuki, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
APD Fuji, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD Asakaze, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
APD Fumizuki
APD Mikazuki

Japanese ground losses:
1001 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 44 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 6 disabled
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Morning Air attack on TF, near Truk at 112,113

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Allied aircraft
Swordfish II x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Yasukawa Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Durban Maru
xAK Awajisan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
405 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Morning Air attack on TF, near Truk at 112,113

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Allied aircraft
Albacore I x 11

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Awajisan Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Yasukawa Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
SC Ch 33, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk

Japanese ground losses:
1673 casualties reported
Squads: 28 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 64 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 35 (24 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Vehicles lost 12 (12 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ponape at 119,111

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
Seafire IIc x 16
SBD-3 Dauntless cvl x 22

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless cvl: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
APD Mikazuki, Bomb hits 1, on fire
APD Fumizuki, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
69 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

some torpedo bombers from my invasion TF launched against ships in marshalls

Morning Air attack on TF, near Mili at 136,121

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 48

Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
APD Hayate, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD Nadakaze
APD Yunagi
APD Yakaze

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kwajalein Island at 132,115

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
A6M3-N Rufe x 3

Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 28

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 6 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Chile Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
xAK London Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire
xAK Anzan Maru #2, Bomb hits 2
xAK Terukawa Maru
xAK England Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire
xAP Hakone Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Mili at 136,121

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 19

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
APD Hayate, Bomb hits 8, and is sunk
APD Yakaze
APD Nadakaze