More Variants - The Allies ride again - No xargun please

[CaptBeefheart]

That's going to be tough, but best of luck! Plenty of shore bombardment will be key. I assume Truk's airfield and port are out of action from B-17/B-24 raids. I would be sure of that before sending slow BBs to bombard in case they don't make it out of air range by dawn.

Cheers,
CB

[Nomad]

September 13, 1943

CaptBeefheart, I am moving my 10 CVE cover fleet up to provide air cover for bombarding TFs.
I had to move some recon around and will get a picture of Truk this turn. If he has put aircraft there again, I will bomb them.
I have 6 squadrons of B-17Es available in the area and 74 replacements. I am willing to bomb both night and day attacks.

Here is an excerpt from the Pacific Timeline

September 4, 1943 - Allies recapture Lae-Salamaua, New Guinea.
October 7, 1943 - Japanese execute approximately 100 American POWs on Wake Island.
October 26, 1943 - Emperor Hirohito states his country's situation is now "truly grave."
November 1, 1943 - U.S. Marines invade Bougainville in the Solomon Islands.
November 2, 1943 - Battle of Empress Augusta Bay.
November 20, 1943 - U.S. Troops invade Makin and Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands.
November 23, 1943 - Japanese end resistance on Makin and Tarawa.
December 15, 1943 - U.S. Troops land on the Arawe Peninsula of New Britain in the Solomon Islands.
December 26, 1943 - Full Allied assault on New Britain as 1st Division Marines invade Cape Gloucester.
1944
January 9, 1944 - British and Indian troops recapture Maungdaw in Burma.
January 31, 1944 - U.S. Troops invade Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands.
February 1-7, 1944 - U.S. Troops capture Kwajalein and Majura Atolls in the Marshall Islands.
February 17/18 - U.S. Carrier-based planes destroy the Japanese naval base at Truk in the Caroline Islands.
February 20, 1944 - U.S. Carrier-based and land-based planes destroy the Japanese base at Rabaul.
February 23, 1944 - U.S. Carrier-based planes attack the Mariana Islands.
February 24, 1944 - Merrill's Marauders begin a ground campaign in northern Burma.
March 5, 1944 - Gen. Wingate's groups begin operations behind Japanese lines in Burma.
March 15, 1944 - Japanese begin offensive toward Imphal and Kohima.
April 17, 1944 - Japanese begin their last offensive in China, attacking U.S. air bases in eastern China.
April 22, 1944 - Allies invade Aitape and Hollandia in New Guinea.
May 27, 1944 - Allies invade Biak Island, New Guinea.

As you can see, I have accomplished much of this by September 1943

On to the fun stuff

Wake Island is liberated

Ground combat at Wake Island (136,98)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 5693 troops, 80 guns, 328 vehicles, Assault Value = 263

Defending force 126 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 185

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 185 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Wake Island !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
187 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 30 (30 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
752nd Tank Battalion
756th Tank Battalion
40th Infantry/A Div /1

Defending units:
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion

A lot of bombers hit Toungoo airfield and troops, and again bad weather limited the results.

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[Nomad]

September 14, 1943

A pretty quiet day. Weather scrubbed a lot of air flights in both NG and Burma.

Recon of Truk shows no fighters or bombers there, only a few aux aircraft.

[Nomad]

September 15, 1943

First turn since Wednesday morning

Not much happening. Most of my air strikes were scrubbed, probably weather, lots and lots of clouds on the map.

Of course, he was able to bomb a number of Chinese positions.

I do have a Chinese Corps trapped North of Paotow. But it is not a big deal, much of it will return when it respawns in Chunking
in a month. But in the meantime, it is holding up his troops while mine are racing down the road. If they can hold out a few
turns maybe I can catch up to some of his units.
I have moved into the hex Southwest of Nanning with 3 Corps and he has one unit, I have no idea how big that unit is but I am
going to do a DA this turn. If they retreat then off to Hanoi I go.

[Nomad]

September 16, 1943

Meiktila falls to the Allies.

Ground combat at Meiktila (58,47)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 33627 troops, 298 guns, 564 vehicles, Assault Value = 1993

Defending force 4881 troops, 51 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 161

Allied adjusted assault: 1182

Japanese adjusted defense: 23

Allied assault odds: 51 to 1 (fort level 4)

Allied forces CAPTURE Meiktila !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), op mode(-), leaders(+), preparation(-)
fatigue(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2906 casualties reported
Squads: 36 destroyed, 122 disabled
Non Combat: 53 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 15 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 33 (15 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (12 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Allied ground losses:
156 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
268th Motorised Brigade
267th Armoured Brigade
8th Chinese Corps
254th Armoured Brigade
50th Tank Brigade
255th Armoured Brigade
5th Chinese Corps
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment

Defending units:
5th Amphibious Brigade

One hex SW of Nanning, a push. I will not be able to retreat this division at this tiime

Ground combat at 72,56 (near Nanning)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 46164 troops, 205 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1705

Defending force 12546 troops, 102 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 455

Allied adjusted assault: 488

Japanese adjusted defense: 679

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+)
Attacker: disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
1176 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 114 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1270 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 139 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled

Assaulting units:
25th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps

Defending units:
32nd Division

It is not looking good for my trapped unit North of Paotow
I may not be able to hold out long enough, time will tell

Ground combat at 92,32 (near Paotow)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 25018 troops, 284 guns, 633 vehicles, Assault Value = 928

Defending force 11894 troops, 104 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 357

Japanese adjusted assault: 521

Allied adjusted defense: 15

Japanese assault odds: 34 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
141 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1108 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 124 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled

Assaulting units:
15th Division
3rd Tank Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade

Defending units:
97th Chinese Corps

Bombers hit Truk, Taung Gyi, and Toungoo, airfields and troops

[Nomad]

September 17, 1943

Not a particularly fun turn. I had a bad feeling about the naval bombardment mission to Truk.
The actual bombardment went fairly well, there were a lot of SSX subs there, one of them scored a pair of hits and
one DD hit a mine, but these were not a large problem.

Sub attack near Truk at 112,108

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-16, hits 4, heavy damage

Allied Ships
BB Maryland, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
BB California
BB Pennsylvania
BB Arizona
BB Oklahoma
BB Nevada
DD Jarvis
DD Henley
DD Ralph Talbot
DD Helm
DD Phelps
DD Porter

SSX Ha-16 launches 2 torpedoes at BB Maryland
Ha-16 bottoming out ....
DD Phelps fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Porter attacking submerged sub ....
Large oil slick appears over area of attack!
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Truk at 112,108

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-10, hits 5, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Balch
DD Clark

SSX Ha-10 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Balch
DD Clark attacking submerged sub ....
Underwater explosion, debris and oil appear on surface!
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Truk at 112,108

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-23, hits 8, heavy damage

Allied Ships
BB Maryland, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
DD Phelps

SSX Ha-23 launches 2 torpedoes at BB Maryland
Ha-23 bottoming out ....
DD Phelps fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Phelps fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Phelps attacking submerged sub ....
Large oil slick appears over area of attack!
Escort abandons search for sub

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Submarine attack near Truk at 112,108

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-21, hits 23, and is sunk

Allied Ships
BB California
BB Pennsylvania
BB Arizona
BB Oklahoma
BB Nevada
DD Jarvis
DD Henley
DD Ralph Talbot
DD Helm
DD Porter

DD Gridley
DD Craven

SSX Ha-21 is sighted by escort
DD Porter fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Gridley attacking submerged sub ....
SSX Ha-21 forced to surface!
DD Gridley firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Craven firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Porter firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Gridley firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Craven firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Porter firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Craven firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

The bombardment

Night Naval bombardment of Truk at 112,108 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K2 Emily: 12 damaged
H8K2 Emily: 1 destroyed on ground

26 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB Tennessee
BB California
BB Pennsylvania, Shell hits 2
BB Arizona
BB Oklahoma, Shell hits 2
BB Nevada

Japanese ground losses:
191 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 16 (8 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (5 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Airbase hits 24
Runway hits 30
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 1

BB Tennessee firing at Truk
BB California firing at Truk
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Pennsylvania
BB Pennsylvania firing at Truk Naval Fortress
Truk Naval Fortress firing at BB Pennsylvania
BB Arizona firing at Truk
BB Oklahoma firing at Truk Naval Fortress
Truk Naval Fortress firing at BB Oklahoma
BB Nevada firing at Truk

But on the way back to Ponape

Sub attack near Ponape at 116,111

Japanese Ships
SS I-170

Allied Ships
BB Oklahoma, Torpedo hits 3, heavy damage
BB California
BB Pennsylvania
BB Arizona
BB Nevada
DD Jarvis
DD Henley
DD Ralph Talbot
DD Helm
DD Porter
DD Gridley
DD Craven

SS I-170 launches 4 torpedoes at BB Oklahoma
I-170 diving deep ....
DD Porter fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Gridley fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Craven fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Porter fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Porter fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Ponape at 116,111

Japanese Ships
SS I-170, hits 1

Allied Ships
BB Oklahoma, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Porter

SS I-170 launches 4 torpedoes at BB Oklahoma
I-170 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-170 eludes DD Porter by diving deep
Escort abandons search for sub

So, BB Oklahoma is lost, BB Maryland is damaged and does not bombard.

My subs did some good work this turn

Sub attack near Sansapor at 86,103

Japanese Ships
TK Yamazuru Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
TK Kyoko Maru
PB Takunan Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Growler
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Sub attack near Etorofu at 128,48

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 38, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Heian Maru
xAK Italy Maru
xAK Bengal Maru
SC Ch 39

Allied Ships
SS Whale
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Sub attack near Babeldaob at 93,98

Japanese Ships
PB Gamitsu Maru #1, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Tokuho Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Balao

Heavy bombers hit Truk airfield
Medium bombers hit troops in hex outside Bhamo
And ground combat there

Bombers hit airfield and troops at Taung Gyi, my next Burma target

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[Nomad]

September 18, 1943

In the hex just East of Katha I retreat a pair of small Japanese units

Ground combat at 62,43 (near Katha)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1009 troops, 7 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 38

Defending force 1284 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 32

Allied adjusted assault: 32

Japanese adjusted defense: 11

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
408 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 2

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

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
2/1 AIF Pioneer Battalion

Defending units:
85th Naval Guard Unit
1st RTA/A Division

I am following, they retreated to the hex SE of Katha.

Lots of air activity, for me it was mostly airfield and troops at Taung Gyi
2 Chinese and a British fighter squadrons did a LRCAP over my Chinese LCUs SW of Nanning.
They shot down 7 Helen and 4 Ann bombers plus 5 A6M2 Zeros. 3 other Helens were lost to ops.
My guys lost 2 P-66 and 2 Hurricane IIc fighters. Basically 4 to 1, got to love that since 11 of the kills
were by the Chinese.

[Nomad]

September 19, 1943

Sub activity

Sub attack near Yap at 94,97

Japanese Ships
xAK Sinko Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Seia Maru
PB Konsan Maru

Allied Ships
SS Cisco

ASW activity

Submarine attack near Manus at 103,118

Japanese Ships
SS I-1, hits 11, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DE Express
DE Electra

SS I-1 is sighted by escort
DE Express attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-1 forced to surface!
DE Express firing on surfaced sub ....
DE Electra firing on surfaced sub ....
DE Express firing on surfaced sub ....
DE Electra firing on surfaced sub ....
DE Express firing on surfaced sub ....
DE Electra firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

Most of my air strikes in Burma were cancelled by weather.
The 1st Raiding Regiment is in Bassein NW of Rangoon, clear terrain

Morning Air attack on 1st Raiding Regiment, at 54,52 (Bassein)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
Fulmar II x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Fulmar II bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 1st Raiding Regiment, at 54,52 (Bassein)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25G Mitchell x 13

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-25G Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
2 x B-25G Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 1st Raiding Regiment, at 54,52 (Bassein)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25G Mitchell x 7

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-25G Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Truk is hit again by heavy bombers.

My unit North of Paotow is not going to survive much longer, it will return.

[Nomad]

September 20, 1943

Another bad day for the Allies.

The inevitable occurred today, the 97th Chinese Corps was eliminated today, they will be back in 30 days or so

Ground combat at 92,32 (near Paotow)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 38262 troops, 405 guns, 746 vehicles, Assault Value = 1380

Defending force 6838 troops, 61 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3

Japanese adjusted assault: 941

Allied adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 313 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
8684 casualties reported
Squads: 372 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 550 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 39 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 73 (73 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Division
3rd Tank Regiment
4th NCPC Infantry Brigade
23rd Tank Regiment
8th Mongol Cavalry Division
41st Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
3rd NCPC Infantry Brigade
15th Division
26th RGC Temp. Division
5th RGC Route Brigade

Defending units:
97th Chinese Corps

A miscalculation of mine cost some LCIs and SCs at Sarmi

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sarmi at 91,114

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 92 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 74

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 8 damaged

Allied Ships
LCI-216, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
SC PC-1081, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-223, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-222, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
LCI-219, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-63, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-85, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-217, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-218, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-330, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-84, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
SC PC-780, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-75, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-62, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
SC PC-782

Allied ground losses:
3436 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 180 destroyed, 159 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
14 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
29 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sarmi at 91,114

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
SC PC-782, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

And again, a vast over statement of my loses. I went back and counted, this was the second load of a USA Base Force,
and there were only 83 support and 16 aviation support loaded.
I thought they would move to Sarmi, unload and depart, I was wrong.

At Taung Gyi Xargun did a bombardment attack

Ground combat at Taung Gyi (59,48)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 47138 troops, 386 guns, 95 vehicles, Assault Value = 1742

Defending force 66376 troops, 858 guns, 1478 vehicles, Assault Value = 2643

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

Assaulting units:
47th Division
43rd Division
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
22nd Division
6th RTA Division
35th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
50th Tank Brigade
267th Armoured Brigade
254th Armoured Brigade
8th Chinese Corps
255th Armoured Brigade
11th (East African) Division
11th Indian Division
5th Chinese Corps
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment

Most of my bombers hit troops and airfield at Taung Gyi. It will take about 10-12 days to get
enough troops to see about taking the base.

Truk continues to be hit with bombers.
Recons shows a number of 1 and 2 ship TFs at Truk, I suppose those are more SSXs

[CaptBeefheart]

Maybe barges weren't practical at Sarmi, but I've found they usually don't get hassled by air.

Cheers,
CB

[Nomad]

September 21, 1943

But, LCIs are not barges, they are Landing Ship, Infantry. According to the manual they were made LCI to not confuse players with the British LSI series of ships.

Having seen subs about in the Rabaul - Kavieng - Manus area, I activated some of my minesweepers in the area and found mines at Mussau Island, Manus and Kavieng.
I am surprised that my size 300 minefields at Kavieng and Manus did not catch a sub laying mines.

Last turn I made a mistake in orders, this turn is was time for Xargun. He says he had all his bombers on a portion of KB stood down
This was lucky for me, my DS-Lite composed of 3 British CVs and a CVL probably would not have stood up too well.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Little Andaman at 40,53

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 38
A7M2 Sam x 117

Allied aircraft
Avenger I x 55
Corsair II x 76
SBD-3 Dauntless x 39

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5c Zero: 3 destroyed
A7M2 Sam: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Avenger I: 29 destroyed, 1 damaged
Avenger I: 1 destroyed by flak
Corsair II: 5 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 23 destroyed, 2 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
CVL Genjiko
CV Akagi
CV Unryu
CV Amagi

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
2 x Avenger I launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo
1 x Avenger I launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo
1 x Avenger I launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo

CAP engaged:
Akagi-1 with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 15 on standby, 5 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 17000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
Ryujo-1 with A6M5c Zero (0 airborne, 26 on standby, 0 scrambling)
12 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
Taiho-1 with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 15 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
Goroda - 1 with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 23 on standby, 0 scrambling)
11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
11 planes vectored on to bombers
Genjiko - 1 with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 23 on standby, 0 scrambling)
11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Little Andaman at 40,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 32
A7M2 Sam x 97

Allied aircraft
Avenger I x 7
Corsair II x 51
SBD-3 Dauntless x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5c Zero: 3 destroyed
A7M2 Sam: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Avenger I: 4 destroyed
Corsair II: 5 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 destroyed

CAP engaged:
Akagi-1 with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 15 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 17000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
11 planes vectored on to bombers
Ryujo-1 with A6M5c Zero (0 airborne, 22 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
6 planes vectored on to bombers
Taiho-1 with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
Goroda - 1 with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 18 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
9 planes vectored on to bombers
Genjiko - 1 with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 20 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
10 planes vectored on to bombers

I am surprised how well the Corsairs did on escort, the total was 23 A7M2 and 11 A6M5c Zeros shot down
for 16 Corsair IIs shot down. The Corsairs did suffer 8 ops writeoffs, but only 4 pilots were lost. Of course I lost
a lot of bombers, but that is to be expected and there were no hits.

Bombings of Truk and Taung Gyi continue. And now the 1st Raiding Regiment seems to have left Bassein. I will wait until
I have both a Base Force and AA unit before moving my small A/C unit into the hex

He is bombing my troops in Eastern China and I am now moving them to better terrain and further away from his bases. I have
no bases that I can use for LRCAP over the units.

[Nomad]

September 22, 1943

I was able to move my Mini-DS out of the area, so no new sunk ships there.

SS Pargo found one of those hated CMs

Sub attack near Woleai at 102,103

Japanese Ships
CM Yaeyama, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CM Itsukushima
DD Tanikaze

Allied Ships
SS Pargo

Between Truk and Ponape I sent an ASW TF of 2 PFs to try and track down an enemy sub

Sub attack near Truk at 115,112

Japanese Ships
SS I-21, hits 7

Allied Ships
PF Honomu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PF Lahaina

Surprisingly, the PF did not yet sink. It has extensive float damage, but no fires and sys damage is light.
She might make it back. The 7 hits on the sub included 1 direct hit and 6 damage hits.

None of my Truk bound bombers flew today.
Some bombing of Taung Gyi and troops.
More bombing of the 2 small enemy units SE of Katha.

[Nomad]

September 23, 1943

Weather intervened today all over the map. So some of my bombers went in without any morning sweeps and no escort.
21 Wellingtons pay the price. No bombers flew to Truk and only a few to Taung Gyi and those didn't do much given the bad weather
and small sortie size. Wellingtons have a problem if they are opposed, they do not have many guns for defense.

My PF did not sink or incur any more damage, just a couple more days and it will make it to port

[Nomad]

September 24, 1943

Quiet turn, bombing of Truk and Taung Gyi continue

My PF that took a torpedo is still afloat and has not added any damage

[Nomad]

September 25, 1943

The Silent Service strikes again

Sub attack near Babeldaob at 92,100

Japanese Ships
PB Tokuho Maru #5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Balao

SS Balao launches 2 torpedoes
Balao diving deep ....
Sub escapes detection

Not much else, some bombing of Taung Gyi and Truk, many units didn't fly, weather related.

Since we upgraded to the new exe, I have been having more trouble with the morale of my air units.
As far as I can tell, there was no indication of this, but it certainly seems to be the case.
I wonder if it is related to item 5
5. Tweak group training mission not getting many op losses for low experience pilots (increased fatigue of low experienced pilots and aircraft)

[Nomad]

September 26, 1943

Interesting turn. Most of my sweeps flew over Taung Gyi and it was good since Xargun put up 71 Ki-83r Franks as CAP

Afternoon Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 71

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84r Frank: 7 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 5 destroyed

CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (0 airborne, 19 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
999th Ku T-1 with Ki-84r Frank (0 airborne, 34 on standby, 0 scrambling)
12 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes



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Afternoon Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 50

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84r Frank: 12 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
999th Ku T-1 with Ki-84r Frank (4 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
21 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes

Then the bombers arrived, there was still some CAP up

Afternoon Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 25

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 8
B-24D Liberator x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84r Frank: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 5 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged

Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
2 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
999th Ku T-1 with Ki-84r Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 13 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes

Also attacking 22nd Division ...
Also attacking 47th Division ...
Also attacking Taung Gyi ...
Also attacking 43rd Division ...


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Afternoon Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 19

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6
B-24D1 Liberator x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 111 minutes
999th Ku T-1 with Ki-84r Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 13 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes

According to Tracker the total losses today
are not bad

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At this point I am not terribly worried about USAAF pilot losses, concerned but I have a good amount of 70/70/70 pilots in the pool
so it is not a big problem and I have my training program working in high gear.
The air frame losses are always a problem, but manageable for now. P-47D2 are now obsolete air frames so some losses of them are not
a huge problem. I lost about 16 total pilots today, fighter and bomber.

Some bombing at Truk, my flak and ops losses are higher than I can sustain for the time being. I might just not bomb Truk for a while.
I expect his forts are already up to about 9 now so it doesn't really make a lot of difference. It looks like I will just land with every thing
I have and hope for the best. But it will be a few months, there is no real reason to hurry that landing. Mid 1944 is time enough.

3 more turns and the DAs at Taung Gyi start, it will probably be a bit brutal on my troops, but is it required. One thing the Allies have to
accept is that there will be losses, no way around it. Having to attack units fortified in bases in cover terrain just has to be done and it costs.
My goal at this time is to take Rangoon before the end of the year and then move on to Thailand/Indochina and Malaya. Singapore before the
end of 1944 would be nice.

[Nomad]

September 27, 1943

The Silent Service strikes again

Sub attack near Woleai at 101,103

Japanese Ships
PB Tama Maru #8, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Toshi Maru #3

Allied Ships
SS Pogy, hits 2

The weather is playing havoc with my air strikes, some do go right.

Sweeps over Taung Gyi meet no opposition, as expected.

Night bombing of Rangoon

Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 64 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5c Zero: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M5c Zero: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 2 damaged
Wellington Ic: 1 destroyed by flak

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 5

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 4 damaged

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 14 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed on ground

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 4000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 3

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 2 damaged

Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

And then morning sweeps of Rangoon

Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 14 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 10
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 10

Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5c Zero: 4 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 5 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Corsair II sweeping at 36000 feet

CAP engaged:
253 Ku S-1 with A6M5c Zero (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
999th Ku S-1 with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 1
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1

Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Corsair II sweeping at 36000 feet

CAP engaged:
253 Ku S-1 with A6M5c Zero (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 6000 , scrambling fighters to 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
999th Ku S-1 with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (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 6000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes

6 A6M5c Zeros and 9 Ki-44-IIc Tojos shot down for 1 Corsair II lost in air-2-air

Another 12 Zeros and a Tojo destroyed on the ground.
3 Bombers were lost to flak( 1 Wellington Ic, 1 B-24D, and 1 B-24D1 )

Sweeps were flown over enemy units SE of Katha, but no bombers flew.

More thunderstorms predicted for tomorrow.

[Nomad]

September 28, 1943

A fairly quiet turn. I tried night bombing Rangoon and Moulmein with no real results.

I swept Rangoon and Taung Gyi, no opposition. Tomorrow I will do my first DA at Taung Gyi. I have set all my medium and heavy bombers to bomb troops at Taung Gyi.
I have no idea what will happen. I have two more divisions that are moving into Taung Gyi, one will be there tomorrow and one will take 2 days. Rain is the forcast
for the region, I hope it does not interfere with my bombing too much.

I am sending 3 squadrons of P-38Hs from Hollandia to sweep Dobo where recon shows 73 fighters. My pilots are very experienced with excellent stats in air and def.

[Nomad]

September 29, 1943

Some good, some not so good.

Sweeps over Dobo go well

Morning Air attack on Dobo , at 83,116

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 65

Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
998th Ku T-1/A with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 5 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
998th Ku T-1/B with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
998th Ku T-1/C with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Dobo , at 83,116

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 44

Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed

No Allied losses

CAP engaged:
998th Ku T-1/A with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 36000 and 38000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
998th Ku T-1/B with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 36000 and 39000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
998th Ku T-1/C with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (4 airborne, 2 on standby, 5 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Dobo , at 83,116

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 36

Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 6 destroyed

No Allied losses

CAP engaged:
998th Ku T-1/A with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 12 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
998th Ku T-1/B with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (4 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 36000 and 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
998th Ku T-1/C with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 36740 and 44000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Dobo , at 83,116

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 11

Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 4 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet

CAP engaged:
998th Ku T-1/A with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 34000 and 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
998th Ku T-1/B with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters to 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes

Tracker says Xargun lost 52 Ki-44-IIc Tojo( 48 air-2-air and 4 ops)
and that I lost 6 P-38H Lightning fighters( 5 air-2-air and 1 ops ) I show I only lost 1 pilot.

The not so good was the results of my DA at Taung Gyi, it appears to me he got a very good set of die rolls
But I knew it would be a bloody affair. I will have to wait a few turns, I will continue to bomb his troops
and see how fast I can rally the troops.

Ground combat at Taung Gyi (59,48)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 113626 troops, 1535 guns, 2029 vehicles, Assault Value = 4263

Defending force 48146 troops, 396 guns, 95 vehicles, Assault Value = 1733

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Allied adjusted assault: 5680

Japanese adjusted defense: 8269

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 5)

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

Japanese ground losses:
1861 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 160 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled

Allied ground losses:
4448 casualties reported
Squads: 33 destroyed, 525 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 152 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 127 disabled
Guns lost 96 (12 destroyed, 84 disabled)
Vehicles lost 134 (11 destroyed, 123 disabled)

Assaulting units:
267th Armoured Brigade
11th (East African) Division
14th Indian Division
6th Australian Division
XXXIII Corps Engineer Battalion
XV Corps Engineer Battalion
255th Armoured Brigade
8th Chinese Corps
50th Tank Brigade
5th Chinese Corps
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
11th Indian Division
254th Armoured Brigade
9th Australian Division
29th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
XV Indian Corps
8th Belfast Heavy AA Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
20th Indian Heavy AA Regiment
2/13th Field Regiment
X' Force
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment

Defending units:
47th Division
43rd Division
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
22nd Division
6th RTA Division
35th JAAF AF Bn

[Nomad]

September 30, 1943

Pushed the two small units from the hex SE of Katha in Burma into the next hex

Ground combat at 62,44 (near Katha)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 1020 troops, 7 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 39

Defending force 796 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 13

Allied adjusted assault: 52

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 52 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
218 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 2

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

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
2/1 AIF Pioneer Battalion

Defending units:
85th Naval Guard Unit
1st RTA/A Division

A lot of bombers hit troops and airfield at Taung Gyi

I sent B-25D1 attack bombers at low altitude to Dobo. He must have one of his heavy AA units there. I lost 10 bombers.
I will try B-24Ds at high altitude and see what kind of result I get