Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))

[Lowpe]

Nov 2,1943

Eliminating minefields the hard way...but the PT boats sink a few....

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 50,84, Range 3,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
xAK Keiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Dakar Maru, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Sekiho Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL Misaki Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
PT-74
PT-188
PT-191
PT-235
PT-372
PT-373
PT-376
PT-377

Reduced sighting due to 17% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 17% moonlight: 3,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards...

[BBfanboy]

What caliber gun are the PTs using to cause so much damage to that last freighter?

[Lowpe]

What caliber gun are the PTs using to cause so much damage to that last freighter?

When I get the turn, I will take a look. My guess is they might have a bofors...but I wouldn't get excited as it was a junk...a dababes small junk even 50 caliber would do damage.

[RangerJoe]

Against the AI, I have sunk xAKs using the 50 Calibers on the PT Boats. I think one time that it only took one hit with the fuel cargo burning.

Otherwise, it would depend upon other damage to the ship.

[Lowpe]

Some had 20mm bofors, but others were like this. Is this a dababes buff?

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[RangerJoe]

Some had 20mm bofors, but others were like this. Is this a dababes buff?

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I don't think so, that is the same 80' Elco Boat with that upgrade in the Beta that I am playing.

One PT Boat also put a 37mm ATG on the front of it! It was numbered as PT-109 if I remember correctly. The crews when fighting those steel barges would add whatever additional heavier weapons that they could acquire as long as it would fit and they could find ammo for the weapons.

[BBfanboy]

Historically crews modified their PTs with heavier weapons, but I doubt the hull could take the weight of both a 40MM Bofors (usually mounted aft) and a 37mm A/T gun (usually mounted on the bow. That's a lot of topside weight!

[Lowpe]

Nov 4, 1943

Digging out these two IJA divs has been tough in the x3 terrain, but should be done by tomorrow and into the clear weather. A late Brigade arriving without forts got shredded today...About 5k AV on the way to Hanoi....

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Ground combat at 66,58 (near Vinh)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 36805 troops, 676 guns, 1715 vehicles, Assault Value = 1526

Defending force 21285 troops, 164 guns, 85 vehicles, Assault Value = 256

Allied adjusted assault: 736

Japanese adjusted defense: 487

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
3298 casualties reported
Squads: 137 destroyed, 71 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 32 (30 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
173 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Vehicles lost 44 (5 destroyed, 39 disabled)

Assaulting units:
2/9th Armoured Regiment
255th Armoured Brigade
7th Infantry Division
767th Tank Battalion
4th USMC Tank Battalion
50th Tank Brigade
1st Marine Division
254th Armoured Brigade
766th Tank Battalion
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
1st Army Tank Regiment
3rd Cavalry Regiment
15th Marine Defense Battalion
2nd Medium Regiment
145th Field Artillery Battalion
131st Field Artillery Battalion
2/1st Med Regiment
14th Marine Defense Battalion
2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
134th Field Artillery Battalion
97th Field Artillery Battalion
33rd Medium Regiment
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
3rd (Special Force) Division

Defending units:
17th Division
32nd Division
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Infantry Brigade

PS travelling for a few days...

[Lowpe]

Back from my trip...managed to get in a turn or two...

Miri: got a 4-1 knocking forts down to 3, should fall soon.

Roadblock on Vinh to Hanoi road: One more attack will see a breakthru....tried to game it and have all the armor exploit the attack in pursuit mode but just missed two to one.

IJN sorties out of Java to the northeast...lots of subs attacks but miss any heavy warships.

More later.

[Lowpe]

Nov 6, 1943

Synch problems today....to be expected as I ran the turn with improper pw files....which I have fixed now.

Our Subs are doing well near Balikpapen....four to five ships hit, here is the best a junky 5 vp tanker:

Submarine attack near Balikpapan at 63,100

Japanese Ships
TK Nishi Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Pogy

TK Nishi Maru is sighted by SS Pogy
SS Pogy launches 2 torpedoes at TK Nishi Maru

[Lowpe]

Oops, this didn't show up on the replay:

ASW attack near Miri at 64,87

Japanese Ships
SS I-1

Allied Ships
BB Nevada, Torpedo hits 3, heavy damage
DE Kane

SS I-1 launches 4 torpedoes at BB Nevada

[Lowpe]

PT boats skirmish with the IJN off Balikpapen....in the replay we hit an IJN CL with a torp but here in the battle report we struggle against merchant ships:

Day Time Surface Combat, near Balikpapan at 63,99, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Choun Maru #18, Shell hits 2
PB Shonan Maru #17

Allied Ships
PT-196
PT-220, Shell hits 2, on fire
PT-221
PT-222
PT-237
PT-239

Reduced visibility due to Thunderstorms
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms: 2,000 yards

[Lowpe]

Another skirmish:

Day Time Surface Combat, near Balikpapan at 63,99, Range 3,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
xAK Chicago Maru, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Imizu Maru
xAK Seian Maru
xAK Mito Maru
xAK Teihoku Maru, Shell hits 1
PB Akagane Maru, Shell hits 6
xAK Holland Maru
xAK Hukusei Maru
xAK Kotohira Maru
xAK Teisen Maru
xAK Midori Maru

Allied Ships
PT-196
PT-220, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
PT-221
PT-222
PT-237
PT-239

Low visibility due to Thunderstorms
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms: 3,000 yards

[Lowpe]

Another one:

Day Time Surface Combat, near Balikpapan at 63,99, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Aso Maru #3
PB Hakkaisan Maru
PB Keijo Maru
AO Erimo, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
AO Naruto
TK Hishi Maru #2
TK Juko Maru
TK Kozui Maru
TK Ogura Maru #1, Shell hits 17, heavy fires
TK Ose Maru, Shell hits 8, heavy fires
TK Samui Maru
TK Shiranesan Maru
TK Hofuku Maru
TK Kyokuho Maru
TK Bushu Maru
TK Akane Maru
TK Kakoruta Maru

Allied Ships
PT-196
PT-221
PT-222
PT-237
PT-239, Shell hits 1

Reduced visibility due to Thunderstorms
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms: 3,000 yards

[Lowpe]

Again:

Day Time Surface Combat, near Balikpapan at 63,99, Range 3,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Nikkai Maru
PB Yamahagi Maru #3
PB Kinsyo Maru #4
xAK Norway Maru
xAK Eihuku Maru, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Nagato Maru, Shell hits 6
xAK Ada Maru, Shell hits 2
xAK Tyoyo Maru, Shell hits 6
xAK Yamahagi Maru, Shell hits 5
xAK Amakusa Maru, Shell hits 4

Allied Ships
PT-33
PT-48
PT-119
PT-189
PT-190, Shell hits 2

Low visibility due to Thunderstorms
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms: 3,000 yards

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[Lowpe]

Hellcats can still sweep against Frank Rs....as long as they are on LRCAP duty.

Morning Air attack on 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment, at 66,58 , near Vinh

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 7
Ki-61-Id Tony x 1
Ki-84r Frank x 14

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M8 Zero: 3 destroyed
Ki-61-Id Tony: 1 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed

[Lowpe]

The second day in a row of IJA attacks at Nanning....

Ground combat at Nanning (72,55)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 34974 troops, 501 guns, 1023 vehicles, Assault Value = 1321

Defending force 18344 troops, 399 guns, 650 vehicles, Assault Value = 757

Japanese adjusted assault: 667

Allied adjusted defense: 661

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1303 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 112 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Vehicles lost 50 (5 destroyed, 45 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 92 (44 destroyed, 48 disabled)

Assaulting units:
116th Division
3rd Tank Division
18th Tank Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
57th Infantry Brigade
72nd Infantry Brigade
Guards Tank Division
56th JAAF AF Bn
37th JAAF AF Bn
41st Ind.AA Gun Co
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
11th Air Fleet /2
15th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
65th JNAF AF Unit
3rd Air Army /2

Defending units:
2/8th Armoured Regiment
Guides Cavalry Regiment
3rd NZ Armoured Sqn
2/4th Armoured Regiment
192nd Tank Battalion
Gardner's Horse Regiment
33rd Infantry Division
1st (Spec) Cav Div /6
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
205th Coast AA Regiment
198th Field Artillery Battalion
148th Field Artillery Battalion
113th Australian Lt AA Regiment

[Lowpe]

Progress on the road to Hanoi...although one unit fails to retreat:

Ground combat at 66,58 (near Vinh)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 37558 troops, 694 guns, 1726 vehicles, Assault Value = 1519

Defending force 17466 troops, 135 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 105

Allied adjusted assault: 764

Japanese adjusted defense: 91

Allied assault odds: 8 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
6628 casualties reported
Squads: 252 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 253 destroyed, 68 disabled
Engineers: 14 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 35 (27 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 26 (20 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Units retreated 2
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
220 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
1st Marine Division
767th Tank Battalion
255th Armoured Brigade
50th Tank Brigade
4th USMC Tank Battalion
766th Tank Battalion
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
2/9th Armoured Regiment
1st Army Tank Regiment
7th Infantry Division
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
254th Armoured Brigade
3rd Cavalry Regiment
14th Marine Defense Battalion
134th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Medium Regiment
145th Field Artillery Battalion
15th Marine Defense Battalion
131st Field Artillery Battalion
2/1st Med Regiment
33rd Medium Regiment
55th Coastal Artillery Battalion
97th Field Artillery Battalion
3rd (Special Force) Division

Defending units:
17th Division
32nd Division
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Infantry Brigade

[Lowpe]

And Miri falls, lots of oil production and refineries survive (c130 or so each)

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Ground combat at Miri (64,87)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 10569 troops, 379 guns, 140 vehicles, Assault Value = 452

Defending force 13359 troops, 100 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 258

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Allied adjusted assault: 160

Japanese adjusted defense: 29

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

Allied forces CAPTURE Miri !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
3995 casualties reported
Squads: 96 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 118 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 34 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 50 (50 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 26 (26 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 4

Allied ground losses:
189 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
8th Australian Division
4th Marine Div /2
226th Field Artillery Battalion
168th Field Artillery Battalion
98th Field Artillery Battalion
181st Field Artillery Battalion
16th USN Naval Construction Regiment

Defending units:
38th Division
13th JNAF AF Unit
7th Field Construction Battalion
22nd Port Unit
21th JNAF AF Unit

[Lowpe]

Will be in Hanoi very quickly now -- in open terrain tanks will really speed their way there abusing pursuit mode!

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