More Variants - The Allies ride again - No xargun please

[Nomad]

March 23, 1944

Another double hit at Truk

Night Naval bombardment of Truk at 112,108

Allied Ships
BB Resolution
BB Royal Sovereign
BB Revenge

Japanese ground losses:
149 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Runway hits 10

BB Resolution firing at 54th Division
BB Royal Sovereign firing at Truk
BB Revenge firing at 54th Division


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Night Naval bombardment of Truk at 112,108

Allied Ships
BB Wyoming
BB New Mexico

Japanese ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Wyoming
BB Wyoming firing at 54th Division
BB New Mexico firing at 54th Division

Talaud-eilanden was an easy victory

Ground combat at Talaud-eilanden (79,97)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1716 troops, 42 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 82

Defending force 250 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 71

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 71 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Talaud-eilanden !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
372 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 28 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
Yangtze SNLF

At Bangkok, no bombers flew, of course.
I am not sure if the 1127 patch has increased the attacker losses or not. But, the last two
Deliberate Attacks there have resulted in one unit taking at least 90% of the losses
The forts were reduced to 3 so that is a plus. The 26th Indian Division suffered all most all of the losses incurred.
Also note that I did not lose as much as the CR says, but still I lost a lot of devices. It is expected at this stage
of the game with the Japanese dug in good terrain, forts, etc.
All of the losses can be made up, it just takes time.

Ground combat at Bangkok (56,62)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 70707 troops, 1188 guns, 1013 vehicles, Assault Value = 2208

Defending force 80770 troops, 724 guns, 934 vehicles, Assault Value = 2733

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Allied adjusted assault: 2398

Japanese adjusted defense: 13357

Allied assault odds: 1 to 5 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
1628 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 99 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Guns lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Vehicles lost 31 (1 destroyed, 30 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
7026 casualties reported
Squads: 229 destroyed, 258 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 125 disabled
Engineers: 32 destroyed, 66 disabled
Guns lost 196 (18 destroyed, 178 disabled)
Vehicles lost 86 (6 destroyed, 80 disabled)

Assaulting units:
25th Indian Division
Gardner's Horse Regiment
1st New Chinese Corps
150th RAC Regiment
7th Australian Division
Provisionl Tank Brigade
9th Australian Division
IV Indian Corps
33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
8th Medium Regiment
29th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
6th Mixed A/T Mtr Regiment
3rd West African AA Regiment
2/13th Field Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
30th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
12th Indian Heavy AA Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
Guards Tank Division
2nd Guards Division
47th Division
22nd Division
42nd Division
6th RTA Division
43rd Division
1st RTA/B Division
Royal Thai Army
15th Army
36th Field AA Battalion
Thai Aviation Coy
13th Air Fleet /1

[Nomad]

March 24, 1944

another small Naval bombardment of Truk. What makes this different is that it took place from
30,000 yards, within range of the 20cm CD guns on Truk and it took no return fire.

Night Naval bombardment of Truk at 112,108

Allied Ships
BB Pennsylvania

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

OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Pennsylvania
BB Pennsylvania firing at 54th Division

I did something without thinking about the possible outcome and bombed troops on Babeldaob, mostly to find
out if I could get some intel on who is there. I ran into a lot of flak and lost 22 B-25D1 attack bombers in the process.
Bad idea.

More bombing of Truk and Bangkok took place this turn

[BBfanboy]

March 24, 1944

another small Naval bombardment of Truk. What makes this different is that it took place from
30,000 yards, within range of the 20cm CD guns on Truk and it took no return fire.

Night Naval bombardment of Truk at 112,108

Allied Ships
BB Pennsylvania

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

OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Pennsylvania
BB Pennsylvania firing at 54th Division

I did something without thinking about the possible outcome and bombed troops on Babeldaob, mostly to find
out if I could get some intel on who is there. I ran into a lot of flak and lost 22 B-25D1 attack bombers in the process.
Bad idea.

More bombing of Truk and Bangkok took place this turn

That's what I was trying to tell you. At night, the radarless Japanese cannot target you beyond 15K.

[Nomad]

I beg to differ, at 20,000 yards they were putting shells into the superstructure of my BBs and causing extensive system damage.

[BBfanboy]

I beg to differ, at 20,000 yards they were putting shells into the superstructure of my BBs and causing extensive system damage.

That didn't happen in my game, but then I was attacking earlier (1942) and the fortress may not have had the same TOE then. Or I simply had knocked out the guns or targeting equipment before I got close enough for them to shoot back. Anyway, since 30K now seems safe, perhaps 28K next time will be OK? It does seem to improve the damage you do when you move in closer, especially when forts are high. I think the penetration algorithm uses distance in its calculation.

[Nomad]

I have a bombardment going in at 25,000 yards this next turn, so we will see what happens. It could also be a small correction they made in the 1127 exe too.
I don't think anything in the Truk Naval Fortress upgrades, I wonder if he has other units that do. And there is always the idea that my memory is flawed. I do think
I gave up too soon early on with bombarding, so maybe I am not remembering right and I was going in closer than the 15k limit. There is so much I am not sure about
anymore. I have to just plug along.

[BBfanboy]

When I was bombing the units at Truk I did see Coastal Defence Units mentioned. And the first time I played the game where I got to bombard Truk, my BBs got shredded too. Recon showed over 100 guns there - but no way to know how many were pointed out to sea.

[Nomad]

March 25, 1944

Not much happened today. some reorganization and resting.

[Nomad]

March 26, 1944

Not too much happened today.

A PB was found hanging out at Dobo

Morning Air attack on TF, near Dobo at 83,116

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 4
P-38H Lightning x 18

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
PB Okuyo Maru, Shell hits 1, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Dobo at 83,116

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 4
F4U-1 Corsair x 30

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
PB Okuyo Maru, Shell hits 13, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

Bombing of Truk and Bangkok

KB showed up two hexes SE of Mindanao. I have a couple of small TFs at risk, but most are moving out of the area.
I have about 300 fighters up at Sorong. The DS is 30 hexes directly East of Sorong. It is moving at full speed to
Sorong. I have fuel, supply, AKEs, and AOs at Sorong so I can refuel and rearm if necessary. I do not know where
the KB will move to, but I have my aircraft ready. My bombers, both DB and TB can carry bombs/torpedoes to 9 hexes
with drop tanks, so there is a chance there could be an engagement next turn. It all depends on which way KB moves
I also have 100 or more subs in the area and more moving directly at KB. Who knows, maybe one of them will get a shot.

I moved my attack bombers out of Sorong to make room for more fighters. The mouseover showed 540 fighters and only 175 bombers
on KB. IF that is close to true, I want him to lose a good number of fighters against a TF in Sorong.

[BBfanboy]

S/B interesting! Are you sure you can have both drop tanks and torps on your Avengers? I looked at mine but they are still TBFs and it says "Drop Tanks Unavailable", even on the carrier I have in a TF in port. And my SBD-3s don't offer D/Ts at all. Anyway - lotsa luck! Make KB mean Killed Boats!

[Nomad]

March 27, 1944

Not a lot happening today.

Two Naval bombardments of Truk, one from 20,000 yards and the other from 25,000 yards. Both took return fire from the shore.
BB Alabama took a shell hit but it was a belt hit, so no damage

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

31 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB Resolution
BB Ramillies
BB Royal Sovereign
BB Revenge

Japanese ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (7 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 44

BB Resolution firing at Truk
BB Ramillies firing at Truk
BB Royal Sovereign firing at Truk Naval Fortress
Truk Naval Fortress firing at BB Royal Sovereign
Truk Naval Fortress firing at BB Revenge
BB Revenge firing at Truk Naval Fortress


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

25 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB Alabama, Shell hits 1
BB South Dakota
BB Washington

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

OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Alabama
Truk Naval Fortress firing at BB Alabama
BB Alabama firing at Truk Naval Fortress
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota
BB South Dakota firing at 54th Division
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Washington
BB Washington firing at 3rd GEACPS Brigade

SBD-5s can use drop tanks and carry a bomb, the bomb is centerline and the drop tanks are on the wings.
The SB2C-1C can also carry a 1000lb bomb and use drop tanks, but they can not carry the 2 x 250 lb bombs
The TBF-1 can use drop tanks starting in November 1943

KB moved North 5 hexes, the DS(s) will continue at full speed to Sorong and wait and see what KB has in mind.
I have a CVE covering force moving to the area also and I might send in an invasion of Manado soon also.

[Nomad]

March 28, 1944

Another quiet turn, bombing of Truk and Bangkok

KB has disappeared completely.

[Cheesesteak]

March 28, 1944

Another quiet turn, bombing of Truk and Bangkok

KB has disappeared completely.

Working theory on why he showed KB then ran? It feels exploratory and/or hopeful rather than strategic.

[Nomad]

March 28, 1944

Another quiet turn, bombing of Truk and Bangkok

KB has disappeared completely.

Working theory on why he showed KB then ran? It feels exploratory and/or hopeful rather than strategic.

He tends towards risk avoidance. I think when my naval search lit him up, he chickened out.
He knows I have a lot of good fighters( USMC with Corsairs, and USAAF with P-47D25s) and a lot of B-25D1 attack bombers which have caused him problems in the past.
I have something planned for 3 or 4 turns down the road if he stays off the grid

[Nomad]

I should point out that I now have 24 size 90 CVs and 8 CVLs, all USN. They all have F4U-1A or F4U-1D fighters.
And I still have 21 more in the pipeline. Late 44 and 45 will be fun.

I also have just got the first 8 squadrons of B-29s at Aden and they are on the way to Karachi. Fun time starts soon

[Nomad]

March 29, 1944

Another double whack at Truk

Night Naval bombardment of Truk at 112,108

Allied Ships
BB Resolution
BB Ramillies
BB Royal Sovereign
BB Revenge

Japanese ground losses:
231 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 17

BB Resolution firing at Truk
BB Ramillies firing at Truk
BB Royal Sovereign firing at 54th Division
BB Revenge firing at 5th GEACPS Brigade


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Night Naval bombardment of Truk at 112,108

Allied Ships
BB Pennsylvania

Japanese ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Pennsylvania
BB Pennsylvania firing at 54th Division

I will try a DA at Truk to see if I can get the forts down another level

I have moved into Northern Indochina and Vientiane is now mine

Ground combat at Vientiane (62,57)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 10884 troops, 142 guns, 203 vehicles, Assault Value = 428

Defending force 2502 troops, 24 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 71

Allied adjusted assault: 462

Japanese adjusted defense: 73

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

Allied forces CAPTURE Vientiane !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
1126 casualties reported
Squads: 23 destroyed, 31 disabled
Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 14 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Allied ground losses:
155 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
Merrills Marauders Regiment
73rd Motorised Brigade
14th Chindit Brigade

Defending units:
7th RTA/B Division
96th JAAF AF Bn

Bombers hit Bangkok and tomorrow a DA is ordered to try and lower the forts.

My DS(s) are mostly refueled and rearmed, port limits. Tomorrow they should all get filled up and off to do a top secret mission.

[Cheesesteak]

I should point out that I now have 24 size 90 CVs and 8 CVLs, all USN. They all have F4U-1A or F4U-1D fighters.
And I still have 21 more in the pipeline. Late 44 and 45 will be fun.

I also have just got the first 8 squadrons of B-29s at Aden and they are on the way to Karachi. Fun time starts soon

! ! !

Glad i am not responsible for your fleet's logistical needs.

With that size force, I'm guessing aggregating your power can be tricky. I've heard tales of the game engine not being able to handle a '45 DS with regards to number of fighter passes, etc. Then I also recall a day where the Empire lost 1000 planes in a day.

I pity any hex that garners your full attention.

[Nomad]

March 30, 1944

A single Naval bombardment of Truk. Interesting that I had the TF set for a minimum of 33,000 yards
and it still took fire from the coastal guns.

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

24 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB Alabama
BB South Dakota, Shell hits 1
BB Washington

Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Alabama
BB Alabama firing at 54th Division
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota
BB South Dakota firing at Truk Naval Fortress
Truk Naval Fortress firing at BB South Dakota
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Washington
BB Washington firing at 5th GEACPS Brigade

The DA at Truk reduced the forts to 4, I will still do a series of naval bombardments and do it again later.
I originally expected this operation to take 30 - 60 days, but it looks like it will be more like 90 days.
One thing of note is that for the first time he had a negative supply modifier.

Ground combat at Truk (112,108)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 50500 troops, 1220 guns, 1404 vehicles, Assault Value = 1111

Defending force 30394 troops, 328 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 967

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Allied adjusted assault: 1462

Japanese adjusted defense: 5482

Allied assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 4)

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

Japanese ground losses:
896 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 62 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2200 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 92 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 71 disabled
Engineers: 49 destroyed, 24 disabled
Guns lost 59 (4 destroyed, 55 disabled)
Vehicles lost 127 (11 destroyed, 116 disabled)

Assaulting units:
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
192nd Tank Battalion
762nd Tank Battalion
763rd Tank Battalion
3rd Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
1st Marine Division
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
35th Infantry Division
168th Field Artillery Regiment
188th Field Artillery Regiment
181st Field Artillery Regiment
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
III US Corps
30th Field Artillery Regiment
40th Field Artillery Regiment
183rd Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
5th GEACPS Brigade
3rd GEACPS Brigade
54th Division
21st Air Defense AA Regiment
25th Air Defense AA Regiment
Truk Naval Fortress
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
46th JAAF AF Bn

I might have to land more supply in the future, we will see what happens.
Landing supply is a bit costly on LSTs.

The DA at Bangkok reduced the forts to 2, so it will fall soon, need to let the units recover from high disruption, probably 3-4 days.

Ground combat at Bangkok (56,62)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 91886 troops, 1286 guns, 1098 vehicles, Assault Value = 3225

Defending force 78367 troops, 729 guns, 933 vehicles, Assault Value = 2550

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Allied adjusted assault: 2384

Japanese adjusted defense: 6227

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
1334 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 127 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 29 disabled
Guns lost 22 (3 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Vehicles lost 41 (6 destroyed, 35 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
3925 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 433 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 85 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 83 disabled
Guns lost 39 (3 destroyed, 36 disabled)
Vehicles lost 29 (2 destroyed, 27 disabled)

Assaulting units:
17th Indian Division
Provisionl Tank Brigade
75th Chinese Corps
19th Indian Division
267th Armoured Brigade
7th Australian Division
1st New Chinese Corps
2/11th Field Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
30th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/13th Field Regiment
8th Medium Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
12th Indian Heavy AA Regiment
IV Indian Corps
31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd West African AA Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Mixed A/T Mtr Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
29th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
Guards Tank Division
22nd Division
47th Division
42nd Division
2nd Guards Division
43rd Division
6th RTA Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
1st RTA/B Division
Thai Aviation Coy
36th Field AA Battalion
Royal Thai Army
15th Army
13th Air Fleet /1

It is a grind for the Allies to take well defended bases with bad terrain and forts.

Usual bombing of Truk and Bangkok. Now including some units West of Vientiane
For these I am using P40N5s at 100 feet. They have a 500lb bomb and 2 x 100 lb bombs.
I get a lot of them, so I am finding ways to use them

I have my DS(s) set up in 6 different TFs and they all follow a singe surface combat task force. That is the
easiest way to move them, but setting up attacks, escorts and CAP is a bit daunting. I have a base in my sights now
and we will see how things go in 4 or 5 turns. It took longer to refuel at Sorong that I expected, but we are now fully
fueled and on the move

As far as fighter passes, I have seen a problem with them. That is why in a post above somewhere I indicated that I am
not overloading my CVs with fighters, I am trying to take on as many bombers as I can. I am even thinking of having one
CV in each DS with only bombers, no fighters. Since it seems that the number of fighters that can actually take part is limited
then having a larger first strike force might be an advantage.
In the real war, they USN took on 36 F6F and 36 F4U fighters along with 15 DBs and 15 TBs, mostly since the KB was finished and
the F4Us were good at Close Air Support and light bombing of ports and airfields. But, out cyber wars do not always follow
history and we have to make due.

[Nomad]

March 31, 1944

During my down time for mental health reasons, this occurred on February 7, 1944

Sub attack near Dadjangas at 77,94

Japanese Ships
CV Junyo, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
BB Haruna
BB Kongo
CLAA Tatsuta
CLAA Tenryu
DD Hatsuzuki
DD Teruzuki
DD Hamakaze
DD Isokaze
DD Maikaze
DD Niizuki

Allied Ships
SS Cod, hits 13, heavy damage

SS Cod launches 6 torpedoes at CV Junyo
Cod diving deep ....
DD Hamakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Isokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Maikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Niizuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hamakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Isokaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Maikaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Niizuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Maikaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isokaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Maikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Maikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hamakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hamakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hamakaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Hamakaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Hamakaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Hamakaze is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub

CV Junyo is on my sunk ship list, there are now 6 CVs and 2 CVLs on my sunk ship list for Japan.

On to today, off of Bangkok

Submarine attack near Bangkok at 55,63

Japanese Ships
LB-111, Shell hits 3, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KXIV

LB-111 is sighted by SS KXIV
SS KXIV attacking LB-111 on the surface


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Submarine attack near Bangkok at 55,63

Japanese Ships
xAKL Tonegawa Maru, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KXIV, hits 1

xAKL Tonegawa Maru is sighted by SS KXIV
SS KXIV attacking on the surface

And I do love my attack bombers

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bangkok at 56,62

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

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

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 8
B-25D1 Mitchell x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAKL Junpo Maru, Shell hits 22, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Prachuap Khiri Khan at 54,64

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 4

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
LB-101, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-109, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-108, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-107, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

Japanese ground losses:
1162 casualties reported
Squads: 39 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

LB-101 dead in the water ...
LB-109 dead in the water ...
LB-108 dead in the water ...
LB-107 dead in the water ...


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Prachuap Khiri Khan at 54,64

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
LB-106, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-112, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-110
LB-104, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-105, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

Japanese ground losses:
1353 casualties reported
Squads: 31 destroyed, 36 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 10 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

LB-106 dead in the water ...
LB-112 dead in the water ...
LB-104 dead in the water ...
LB-105 dead in the water ...

One bomb, one obliterated large barge.

A single BB bombarded Truk

Night Naval bombardment of Truk at 112,108

Allied Ships
BB Massachusetts

Japanese ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 6 (3 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (3 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 16
Port fuel hits 1

BB Massachusetts firing at Truk

Bombing of Truk and Bangkok continues.

I ordered another DA at Bangkok, my troops have recovered most of their disruption.

[BBfanboy]

You have started to destroy guns fairly often in your BB bombardments. If you can hold off your LST resupply a few more turns that should help reduce losses.