Back and Better Than Ever Vettim 89(A) vs Greasylake(J)

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Biggest events over this five day period were air drops on Dili and Badjermasin (sp??)

But.......

Every once in a while a plan comes together just as you planned it. I have been working hard to get the air bases in Bengal built up. I also have been training the RAF and USAAF pilots like crazy. I figured after Rangoon fell I could expect air activity to shift to this region. Came through today

Morning Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,45

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 45
G3M2 Nell x 13

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 32
P-38E Lightning x 5
P-40E Warhawk x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed
G3M2 Nell: 7 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38E Lightning: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
xAKL Haiyang

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

Then

Morning Air attack on TF, near Chittagong at 55,41

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 11

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 11
Hurricane IIc Trop x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 7 destroyed

No Allied losses

They came back in the afternoon

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,45

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 32
G3M2 Nell x 5

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 28
P-38E Lightning x 5
P-40E Warhawk x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Up north I was bringing my BBs up to hit the Aleutian bases. I thought the IJN had pulled back. Spotted the carriers last turn and I knew this was a fairly weak CVTF (CVE and CVL). So instead of retreating I sent them to Unmak Island and upped the cap to 80%

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Umnak Island at 169,51

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 115 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 49 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
B5N2 Kate x 12

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 39

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB Warspite
BB Idaho
BB New Mexico

PM attack. The hit on Warspite was non-penetrating and did less damage than cruising a few thousand miles

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Umnak Island at 169,51

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
B5N2 Kate x 3

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 37

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 2 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
BB Warspite, Bomb hits 1

The two remaining Dutch Martin squadrons attacked a TF NW of Dili for no hits.

No all good news. Larry figured out the hulk of Perth was still parked at Milne Bay and finished her off

Afternoon Air attack on Milne Bay , at 101,133

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36
G3M2 Nell x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 6 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Perth, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage (sunk)

Port hits 21
Port supply hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 9000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Air losses for the day make me happy

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The RNN has largely been inactive as far as the surface fleet goes so far in this game. I just felt like they needed to represent. Cannot say the results of this battle are disappointing considering the forces present for both sides

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 9,000 Yards

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Atago
CA Chokai, Shell hits 1, on fire
CA Nachi, Shell hits 3
CA Aoba, Shell hits 2
DD Makigumo, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Isokaze
DD Murasame
DD Fubuki
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Kikuzuki
DD Nagatsuki

Allied Ships
CL Sumatra, Shell hits 6, on fire
CL De Ruyter, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CL Tromp, Shell hits 1
DD Banckert
DD Witte de With
DD Kortenaer
DD Piet Hein

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Simultaneous invasions occur at Lautem, Cebu and Pakhoi. I am not sure what is going on at the last one - AV seems weak

Ground combat at Pakhoi (72,58)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6030 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 262

Defending force 3657 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 158

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

Assaulting units:
64th Regional Army Corps

Defending units:
14th Div /4

Lautem falls

Ground combat at Lautem (72,115)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8414 troops, 87 guns, 33 vehicles, Assault Value = 284

Defending force 443 troops, 43 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 3

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 118

Allied adjusted defense: 5

Japanese assault odds: 23 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Lautem !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
117 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
172 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 45 (21 destroyed, 24 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
18th Division
6th Field AF Construction Battalion
42nd JNAF AF Unit

Defending units:
2nd KNIL AA Battalion
Lautem Base Force

Samarinda falls

Ground combat at Samarinda (65,96)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3842 troops, 42 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 118

Defending force 1883 troops, 42 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Japanese adjusted assault: 72

Allied adjusted defense: 12

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Samarinda !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5 Catalina: 2 destroyed

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

Japanese ground losses:
203 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
658 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 51 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 22 (21 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 4

Assaulting units:
144th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
Samarinda KNIL Battalion
VI KNIL Battalion
Balikpapan Base Force

I shock attacked at Cebu figuring the Filipinos should go down in a blaze of glory

Ground combat at Cebu (80,86)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 2524 troops, 60 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 159

Defending force 2586 troops, 23 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 64

Allied adjusted assault: 82

Japanese adjusted defense: 57

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
205 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

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

Assaulting units:
81st PA Infantry Division
Cebu USN Base Force

Defending units:
2nd Formosa Inf. Regiment

US BBs hit Adak Island

Night Naval bombardment of Adak Island at 162,52

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 14 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed on ground
E13A1 Jake: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Warspite
BB Mississippi
BB New Mexico
BB Idaho
BB Colorado
CA Pensacola
CA Houston
CL Boise

Japanese ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 22
Port hits 9

Oddly the IJA unit marching towards Terapo from Lae disappeared/pulled back. New unit now marching from PM. If it weren't for the fact that getting supplies into Terapo is nearly impossible I would reinforce there. Still contemplating this one. My few C-47 SQN are occupied with trying to keep Milne Bay supplied.

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The Chinese shock attack at Pakhoi. That was ugly

Ground combat at Pakhoi (72,58)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 6097 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 263

Defending force 5484 troops, 52 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 225

Allied adjusted assault: 55

Japanese adjusted defense: 58

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
2102 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 182 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled

Assaulting units:
64th Regional Army Corps

Defending units:
14th Division

Possible IJN SCTF inbound to Unmak Island. Mouse over intel is a little weird

The missing unit reappeared and has arrived at Terapo. Will see what he brought

Best day of the game for my subs. Interesting that the first attack is listed as an ASW Attack

ASW attack near Donggala at 70,96

Japanese Ships
APD Fuji, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
xAP Kobe Maru
xAP Katori Maru
xAP Teia Maru
xAK Huzikawa Maru
xAK Johore Maru
APD Tade

Allied Ships
SS Perch

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

Sub attack near Agattu Island at 153,51

Japanese Ships
xAK Nitii Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
SC Ch 20

Allied Ships
SS Salmon

Sub attack near Rabaul at 106,124

Japanese Ships
xAK Havana Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
PB Shuko Maru #5
xAK Eizan Maru
xAK Oregon Maru
DD Susuki

Allied Ships
SS S-45

Sinking audio after all three of these attacks

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IJN BBs are now protecting Adak Island. The USAAF at Unmak Island took some runs at them for no hits. So is this force just escorting reinforcements or is this going to be a standing force to keep my own SCTF out of Adak? I can say this is the first time in this game when I have Larry reacting to me

Pakhoi falls. Should have resisted the attempt to force the issue here. So I have no idea if the 14th ID is unrestricted at the beginning of the game in this mod or did my opponent buy it out. It came by sea which means one way or another, it was an unrestricted unit.

Ground combat at Pakhoi (72,58)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8833 troops, 117 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 234

Defending force 4530 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 72

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 199

Allied adjusted defense: 41

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Pakhoi !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-)
Attacker:

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

Allied ground losses:
1035 casualties reported
Squads: 72 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 55 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 18 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 9 (9 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
14th Division

Defending units:
64th Regional Army Corps

For whatever reason certain squadrons won't take replacements at their current locale despite there being ample supply, and within range of their HQ. I had a B-25 squadron at Comilla that would not take replacements; transferred it to Calcutta and <tada> replacements available

IJA bombards at Terapo. I don't think he brought enough but supplies are at a critical stage here.

Ground combat at Terapo (96,127)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1459 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58

Defending force 1807 troops, 26 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 75

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

Assaulting units:
67th Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
9th Australian Brigade
15th RAAF Base Force

Larry has been bombing a stack of Chinese units in the mountains near Chengting. One thing I find interesting is that Larry has done almost no counter air operations in China. The CAF could likely be made ineffective if he concentrated on it.

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IJN BBs hit Unmak Island. Damage will be repaired in 2-0 days max. PTs did nothing other than lose one of their number. May needed to keep my own BBs up here permanently

Night Naval bombardment of Umnak Island at 169,51

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 5 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed on ground
B-26B Marauder: 5 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato
CL Kiso
CL Tama
CL Abukuma

Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19
Port hits 1

The big blob of IJA units that has been raising a ruckus in norther China has reappeared. I have two units with roughly 400 AV in the hex. Sorry for the poor image but I had a hard time picking a type color that would even show up. THe big stack below the mountain hex has 11 units. There are 3 IJA units in the hex Trying to apply some LRCAP from Yenen but so far no luck

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Quiet turns until the 24th.

IJAAF continues its air offensive in northern China.

Larry reinforced at Cebu but has not taken the base

Ground combat at Cebu (80,86)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2321 troops, 60 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 120

Defending force 12776 troops, 143 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 320

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

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
81st PA Infantry Division
Cebu USN Base Force

Defending units:
10th Division
2nd Formosa Inf. Regiment

I hit PM. I think the Nicks are from Lae. Counting the days until I get P-38G

Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 12
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 9

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 17
B-17F Fortress x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 16 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged

Runway hits 2

and

Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 4
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged

Runway hits 1

Big air battle in Burma. I looked at the air loss screen and it said he lost 30 Oscars and 20 Zeroes, but it also said I lost 20 Hurricanes. Well I lost 4 so I think we may have some overclaiming

Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 45

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 2
Hurricane IIb Trop x 48
Hurricane IIc Trop x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 4 destroyed
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet

Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 23

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 4
Hurricane IIb Trop x 32
Hurricane IIc Trop x 10
P-38E Lightning x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet

Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 42

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 2
Hurricane IIb Trop x 23
Hurricane IIc Trop x 10
P-38E Lightning x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 4 destroyed
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 9
Hurricane IIc Trop x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed

My fighters were scheduled to escort a raid on Magwe but they were all spent after the morning air battles. Bombers went in alone without opposition

Afternoon Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 32

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged

Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 9

Afternoon Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 16
Wellington Ic x 32
B-25C Mitchell x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-15-II Babs: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed by flak

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

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 44

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More sweeps at Akyab. Lots of damaged airframes but very few destroyed. moving some squadrons around to put fresh airframes in to action. This is not like six months ago when Larry shut down Rangoon in a few days. I have more units available to rotate in and out plus there is a lot more experience in the pilot pools

Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 35

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 6
Hurricane IIb Trop x 16
Hurricane IIc Trop x 8
P-38E Lightning x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 8 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 37

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 8
Hurricane IIc Trop x 2
P-38E Lightning x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38E Lightning: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet

The Chinese are forced back up north but they retreat into another mountain hex.

Ground combat at 92,38 (near Chengting)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 50513 troops, 508 guns, 462 vehicles, Assault Value = 1823

Defending force 12373 troops, 76 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 377

Japanese adjusted assault: 1287

Allied adjusted defense: 97

Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
378 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
3806 casualties reported
Squads: 105 destroyed, 100 disabled
Non Combat: 133 destroyed, 66 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 24 (8 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
15th Tank Regiment
17th Division
37th Division
12th Tank Regiment
8th Ind.Mixed Brigade
69th Division
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade
12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
7th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion

Defending units:
35th Regional Army Corps
13th Group Army

Cebu holds for another turn or two

Ground combat at Cebu (80,86)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12807 troops, 143 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 324

Defending force 4283 troops, 68 guns, 54 vehicles, Assault Value = 121

Japanese adjusted assault: 138

Allied adjusted defense: 93

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
93 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
191 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Assaulting units:
10th Division
2nd Formosa Inf. Regiment

Defending units:
81st PA Infantry Division
Cebu USN Base Force

Milne Bay has its yellow "!" removed. Those C-47 pilots are earning their pay

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The game moves on. North Pacific is where all the action is right now. You know, I would be perfectly happy to let this theater be a backwater but my opponent seems to want to play here. A CVTF with CVL/CVE is south of Dutch harbor just out of range of the B-25/B-26 units based at Unmak. My forces try to attack some merchant shipping of Adak but can't break through the Zero CAP. IJN BBs come to pay a call at Unmak and pay a price this time

Night Time Surface Combat, near Umnak Island at 169,51, Range 6,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
BB Mutsu, Torpedo hits 1
CL Abukuma
CL Tama
CL Kiso
CL Kitakami
CL Oi
DD Naganami
DD Yukikaze
DD Amatsukaze
DD Kasumi
DD Murakumo
DD Fumizuki

Allied Ships
PT-20
PT-21
PT-22, Shell hits 2, and is sunk

Bombardment goes through. Base is only mildly damage and I have plenty of engineers. My bombers try to hit Mutsu on the egress but miss

Night Naval bombardment of Umnak Island at 169,51

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-38E Lightning: 15 damaged
P-38E Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 7 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed on ground
B-26B Marauder: 6 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed on ground
B-17E Fortress: 6 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato
CL Oi
CL Kitakami
CL Kiso
CL Tama
CL Abukuma

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

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 23

SCTF hits Milne Bay again. Rinse and repeat. This SCTF ran over half a dozen S--boats, and no one was interested in taking a shot. My CVTF has just finished escorting troops to Lugainville. Would be tempting to try to interrupt one of the Milne Bay runs but the timing would need to be almost perfect.

Night Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
CA Suzuya
CA Mogami
CA Haguro

Allied ground losses:
95 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13
Port hits 9

Cebu still holds

Ground combat at Cebu (80,86)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2426 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 300

Defending force 3774 troops, 67 guns, 54 vehicles, Assault Value = 47

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

Assaulting units:
10th Division
2nd Formosa Inf. Regiment

Defending units:
81st PA Infantry Division
Cebu USN Base Force

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The last units retreating out of Burma have reached Akyab. Now the long slog up to Chittagong. At least they are in supply now.

US CAs bombard PM just to make my opponent question his life choices.

Night Naval bombardment of Port Moresby at 98,130

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 10 damaged
A6M2-N Rufe: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
CA Quincy
CA New Orleans
CA Salt Lake City

Japanese ground losses:
260 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 18
Port supply hits 2

Then they encounter an odd TF that I suspect was trying to get supplies to Terapo

Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 26,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Chiyo Maru #4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
PB Fukui Maru, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
PB Shoei Maru, Shell hits 19, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Salt Lake City
CA New Orleans
CA Quincy
DD Lansdowne
DD Maury
DD Lang
DD Stack
DD Sterett

A US convoy encounters I-6 on the way to Not-Bora Bora. The first attack had a penetrating hit with fires started. The second was followed by the sub sinking audio

ASW attack near Eiao at 188,154

Japanese Ships
SS I-6, hits 2

Allied Ships
xAP Ormiston
xAP Klipfontein
xAP Idomeneus
xAK Doryssa
DD Jarvis
DD Ralph Talbot

SS I-6 is sighted by escort
I-6 diving deep ....
DD Jarvis fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Ralph Talbot attacking submerged sub ....
DD Ralph Talbot fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ralph Talbot fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ralph Talbot fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ralph Talbot attacking submerged sub ....
DD Ralph Talbot cannot reach attack position over SS I-6
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Eiao at 188,154

Japanese Ships
SS I-6, hits 7, heavy damage

Allied Ships
xAP Ormiston
xAP Klipfontein
xAP Idomeneus
xAK Doryssa
DD Jarvis
DD Ralph Talbot

SS I-6 is sighted by escort
DD Jarvis attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-6 eludes DD Jarvis by hugging bottom
DD Ralph Talbot fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Jarvis fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Jarvis fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Jarvis attacking submerged sub ....
Large oil slick appears over area of attack!
Escort abandons search for sub

Cebu finally falls. Just two days short of August. Can't complain

Ground combat at Cebu (80,86)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 12666 troops, 142 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 312

Defending force 3775 troops, 66 guns, 54 vehicles, Assault Value = 49

Japanese adjusted assault: 427

Allied adjusted defense: 65

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Cebu !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
251 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled

Allied ground losses:
2859 casualties reported
Squads: 187 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 199 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 70 (70 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 58 (58 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2

Assaulting units:
10th Division
2nd Formosa Inf. Regiment

Defending units:
81st PA Infantry Division
Cebu USN Base Force

IJA units are spotted across the river from Palembang. Suspect this base is next

[RangerJoe]

No dates!

Maybe raisins instead!?

[vettim89]

As the calendar flips to 1 August, all the USAAF bomber SQN increase their size. This has created a bit of a pilot crisis. Well experienced squadrons now have 4-5 newbies in their ranks.

July 31st has my pig boats hit three separate TK in the Sulu Sea! Only one hit per attack which is probably not enough to sink any of them. All were set on fire.

Plans for August are to continue moving troops up to Lugainville. Once that base and some of the surrounding ones are developed, I can let my CVs do other things. I decided to lightly reinforce Terapo. I think Larry is having a hard time getting supplies over the mountains.

[vettim89]

No dates!

Maybe raisins instead!?

All my posts are dated in the heading

[RangerJoe]

No dates!

Maybe raisins instead!?

All my posts are dated in the heading

Thank you, I see it now!

[vettim89]

Northing happened of not on the 1st or 2nd.

Sent my BBs to hit Adak again as the area seemed to be free of CVs. Well it wasn't and it also wasn't a CVE/CVL TF. At least part of KB was present. No ships sunk (yet) but it wasn't pretty. However my opponent made a comment about the AAA so I think at least some of these losses are real. The complete lack of recon units that are unrestricted allowed him to sneak Bettys into Adak. Only Mississippi is at risk at the moment. Will the IJN Pursue and risk running into the CAP from Unmak? Next turn will tell

Morning Air attack on TF, near Atka Island at 163,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
G4M1 Betty x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
BB Warspite
BB Mississippi, Torpedo hits 1

Morning Air attack on TF, near Atka Island at 163,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 2 damaged
D3A1 Val: 3 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
BB New Mexico
BB Warspite

Morning Air attack on TF, near Atka Island at 163,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 4 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Idaho

Morning Air attack on TF, near Atka Island at 163,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
BB New Mexico
BB Colorado

Morning Air attack on TF, near Atka Island at 163,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 82 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 35 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 39
B5N2 Kate x 25
D3A1 Val x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 13 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 6 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val: 8 damaged
D3A1 Val: 2 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
BB Colorado, Bomb hits 6, on fire
BB Idaho, Torpedo hits 1
BB New Mexico, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CA Pensacola
BB Warspite

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Atka Island at 163,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 111 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 38 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
G4M1 Betty x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
BB Mississippi, Torpedo hits 1
BB Warspite

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Atka Island at 163,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 92 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 39 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 38
B5N2 Kate x 19
D3A1 Val x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 16 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val: 15 damaged
D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
BB Warspite, Bomb hits 3
BB Idaho, Bomb hits 2
BB Mississippi, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
BB Colorado
CA Pensacola
BB New Mexico, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CL Boise

Air losses for the day. Probably some overclaiming but I think I hurt the Sea Eagles

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The Japanese have arrived at Koepang. The Dutch get one last hit in before withdrawing to Oz

Morning Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 68,116

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 12

Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
LSD Shinshu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAP Hakone Maru
xAP Kashima Maru

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

A SCTF task force escorted some sort of supply convoy into PM. None of the Oz based air made an attack. Trying to move some units in to interfere but I have to be careful as the mouseover intel says BBs are present

[vettim89]

BB Mississippi is disbanded at a dot hex west of Unmak. Hopefully KB withdraws soon. They do some light damage today. I try to counterattack Adak. Air loss screen says he lost more than 20 Zeros - doubt it. USSAF at Unmak is pretty beat up. Will take several weeks or more to get things back in order. Larry has a lot of Zeros up at Adak

Morning Air attack on Adak Island , at 162,52

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 44

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 6
B-26B Marauder x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Runway hits 2

Morning Air attack on Adak Island , at 162,52

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 32

Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 3 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Adak Island , at 162,52

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 25

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged

Runway hits 1

Adak Bettys and KB A/C do some damage to my retreating SCTF. CAP from Unmak defends

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Chuginadak Island at 168,53

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
G4M1 Betty x 6

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 30

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CA Houston
CA Pensacola

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Chuginadak Island at 167,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
D3A1 Val x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
BB New Mexico, Bomb hits 1

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Chuginadak Island at 168,53

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 98 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 39
B5N2 Kate x 4
D3A1 Val x 22
D3A2 Val x 6

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 29

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed
D3A1 Val: 10 damaged
D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed by flak
D3A2 Val: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB Idaho, Bomb hits 1
BB Warspite, Bomb hits 2
BB Colorado, Bomb hits 2
CA Pensacola, Bomb hits 1

Larry broke his SCTF away form PM and hits and empty convoy at Portland Roads

Night Time Surface Combat, near Portland Roads at 91,132, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Haguro
CA Mogami
CA Suzuya
CA Furutaka
DD Maikaze
DD Yamagumo
DD Minegumo
DD Shigure
DD Samidare
DD Yugure, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Ariake
DD Hibiki
DD Amagiri

Allied Ships
DD Voyager, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Van Nes
DD Evertsen
DD Encounter
xAP Sin Kheng Seng
xAP Camphuys, Shell hits 1
xAKL Elout
xAP Le Maire
xAKL Parigi
xAP Pijnacker Hordijk
xAKL Schouten
xAKL Sigli
xAKL Silindoeng
xAP Speelman
xAP Matang
xAP Kajang
xAP Kepong
xAKL Bordvik

Daylight mauling

Day Time Surface Combat, near Portland Roads at 91,133, Range 23,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Haguro
CA Mogami, Shell hits 2
CA Suzuya
CA Furutaka
DD Maikaze, Shell hits 1
DD Yamagumo
DD Minegumo
DD Shigure
DD Samidare, Shell hits 1
DD Yugure
DD Ariake
DD Hibiki
DD Amagiri, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Voyager, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Van Nes, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
DD Evertsen, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
DD Encounter, Shell hits 14, and is sunk
xAP Sin Kheng Seng, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
xAP Camphuys, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Elout, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
xAP Le Maire, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
xAKL Parigi, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
xAP Pijnacker Hordijk, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
xAKL Schouten, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
xAKL Sigli, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
xAKL Silindoeng, Shell hits 16, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Speelman, Shell hits 14, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Matang, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAP Kajang, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
xAP Kepong, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
xAKL Bordvik, Shell hits 7, heavy fires

Day Time Surface Combat, near Portland Roads at 92,132, Range 20,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Haguro
CA Mogami
CA Suzuya
CA Furutaka
DD Maikaze
DD Yamagumo
DD Minegumo
DD Shigure
DD Samidare
DD Yugure
DD Ariake
DD Hibiki
DD Amagiri

Allied Ships
DD Voyager, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
xAKL Silindoeng, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
xAP Speelman, and is sunk
xAKL Bordvik, Shell hits 9, and is sunk

I have over 100 A/C on naval attack within range and this is the total

response. But first sighting of Tojos

Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 97,130

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8

Allied aircraft
A-24 Banshee x 13

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
A-24 Banshee: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya
CA Furutaka

Troops continue to unload at Koepang and are now at Tandjoengselor

Hoping the weather clears in northern Oz and maybe we can hit the IJN in the Coral Sea

[vettim89]

After a hectic two turns, things calm down

Unloading continues in the DEI but no IJA attacks at either Koepang or Tandjoengselor (that is a copy/paste name if there ever was one)

An I-boat sinks the crippled CL Java off Cooktown. She had been damage by Betties south of Ambon and I was trying to nurse her back to a shipyard. With Koepang likely to fall I thought the east coast route was the safer route - WRONG!

IJN still at PM. I notice the damage levels are falling. I suspect the convoy had some engineers. Still no response by Oz based medium bombers

Only single attack from Adak and it is brushed away. BB Mississippi is island hopping back towards Dutch Harbor. KB seems to be withdrawing west but I've seen that before. Will slowly withdraw my SCTF towards the WCUSA. I think once my heavy bomber units rebuild after the 1 August expansion to 12 planes per squadron, I am going to mass them at Unmak and try to reduce Adak. That will take time

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Umnak Island at 169,51

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
G4M1 Betty x 7

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
BB Idaho
BB Colorado

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

In India the BFs I pulled out of Burma and resting and refitting at Chittagong. Most of them are in remarkable good shape as far as their device counts go, but morale is horrible as you can imagine. One unit has a morale of 8. Hopefully a couple of months of hot food and a soft bed will perk these guys up

[RangerJoe]

You might want to check your air leaders, especially their aggression ratings.

[vettim89]

Jeesh Louise my luck continues to suck!. I had all four us CVs just south of Milne Bay. Should have been a devastating strike except that most of the squadrons turned back due to weather!

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,135

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 42
SBD-2 Dauntless x 12
SBD-3 Dauntless x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-2 Dauntless: 1 damaged
SBD-2 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Minegumo
CA Suzuya
DD Ariake
CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 1
DD Shigure

Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,135

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 1

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 14
SBD-3 Dauntless x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya, Bomb hits 1
CA Mogami, on fire
CA Haguro, Bomb hits 1

Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,135

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Ariake
DD Yugure
CA Furutaka, Torpedo hits 1
CA Haguro, on fire

For those of you keeping score, of 280 SBDs, 34 attacked. Of 60 TBF, 12 attacked. @#*&^#&*(^)!

IJA Bombards at Palembang. Should fall quickly

Ground combat at Palembang (48,91)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14900 troops, 165 guns, 198 vehicles, Assault Value = 583

Defending force 4456 troops, 47 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 185

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

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

Assaulting units:
4th Tank Regiment
5th Division
7th Tank Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion

Defending units:
Zuid KNIL Battalion
Riouw KNIL Battalion
Pakanbaroe Det.
So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion
Palembang Base Force

[vettim89]

Before I explode. Koepang fell with an air assault to top it off. Tandjoengselor falls also. Only bombardment at Palembang
but.....

How just how?????? I will let you try to explain to me how a 4:1 CAP to Escort ration leads to these results

Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 99,134

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19
G3M2 Nell x 24

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 84

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
G3M2 Nell: 15 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 2 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CV Wasp, Torpedo hits 1
CV Lexington, Torpedo hits 1
CA Indianapolis, Torpedo hits 1

and

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 99,134

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 62 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 44
G3M2 Nell x 13

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 69

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed
G3M2 Nell: 5 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed

Allied Ships
CV Wasp, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
CV Lexington

I did strike back but not at the retreating cruisers

Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 14
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 22

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 56
SBD-2 Dauntless x 28
SBD-3 Dauntless x 19
TBF-1 Avenger x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed
SBD-2 Dauntless: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 damaged
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK China Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Ryunan Maru, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
CL Jintsu
DD Asagumo
CL Sendai, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 8
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 32
SBD-2 Dauntless x 11
SBD-3 Dauntless x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 2 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Jintsu
DD Asagumo
CL Sendai, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Buna at 99,129

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 14
SBD-2 Dauntless x 10
SBD-3 Dauntless x 25
TBF-1 Avenger x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
SBD-2 Dauntless: 2 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Kyosei Maru, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Zinzan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Kosei Maru, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk
DD Asashio, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk

The US CVs are officially out of the war. Lexington will need yard time and she is too big for Sydney (at least I think she is). Enterprise and Hornet can escort troop transports if needed but I am done with offensive action. CAP can't even push aside 20 lousy Nells. Torpedo aircraft are no way near vulnerable enough in this game. The remainder of Wasp's air group did land so I guess I bought some naval attack forces to use

#$%& ME!!!