As Rob said, it definitely seems that he has to use rookie pilots already on his Tonies. Your planes will murder them if he continues that !![8D] His carrier pilots are still probably all veterans, but it seems that IJAAF is hit quite badly.
Heh, P-38G will be a nasty surprise indeed...[:D]
PBEM Aztez (A) vs FDRLincoln(J) (Vorsteher and Hawker replaced)
Moderators: wdolson, Don Bowen, mogami
RE: Allies fight continues... massive air operations in China...!
"To meaningless French Idealism, Liberty, Fraternity and Equality...we answer with German Realism, Infantry, Cavalry and Artillery" -Prince von Bülov, 1870-
December 1942 is close... Japanese step up the pressure in China...
I have been really busy IRL so haven't had time to update this AAR. This doesn't mean that the war has slowed down though.
Btw nice going in your PBEM Rob.. I will email you later..
Game date is 21st of November 1942
Thanx for the comments again guys!!! I have now recieved my P38's squadrons and indeed IJN army pilots were hit hard. I have 5 squadrons of AVG and Spitfires cretided with over 100 kills and even Chinese pilots are between 20-60 kills confirmed. That's how hard fough air battles were raging and are again gathering pace.
Here is the situation raport:
India & Burma
2 Japanese divisions were able to block Burma road just below Myithkina... In order to deal with this situation I did send substantial Chinese force there from Myithkina. They were able to dislodge the enemy forces but that seemed to be a "decoy" operation because he has now moved units to Myithkina base itself. So, those units involved with counter offensive are now heading back to Myithkina and hopefully are able to reach it in time.
Also, my british PT boats engaged the enemy outside Rangoon base... they were able to sunk 3 Japanese DD's before finally IJN pilots sunk most of them.
Otherwise I'am still building up forts and shifting supplies in India.
Central & North Pacific
Building up my units in Central Pacific... there are quite a few allied forces stationed in Central Pacific.
Operation Delfine has also commenced sometime ago... I have decieded to my subramarines near Japanese home islands in order to harrash his supply convoys. This has already proven succesfull since I have sunk couple of Japanese AK and AP's. There are even more submarines enroute towards designed operational areas.
US CV's and strong surface TF's are stationed in Pearl Harbour at the moment. It is safe to say with all my LBA and Navy strengths he wohn't be assaulting this base... actually I would like him to try it.
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
Supply and fuel convoys are reaching their targets.
I have kept the pressure on with continued bombings of Luganville, Lautem and Koepang. Also, I have now started bombings of Baker Island and Funafuti Island.
Fiji island chain is now fortified to maxium. I have plenty of ac's there and it is now quite substantial fortress.
China
This is the main battle area... no additional Chinese cities has been captured though. He has now troops just below and just north of Chungking. Totaling propably around +200 000 troops all together... and couple of last turns he has attacked Chungking with his airforce.. this has been costly to his pilot pool as you can see...
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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 41
G4M1 Betty x 128
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 27
Ki-49 Helen x 39
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 17
I-153c x 11
I-16c x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 9 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 11 destroyed, 8 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 20 destroyed
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
I-153c: 12 destroyed
I-16c: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
128 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 98
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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36
G4M1 Betty x 114
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 11
Ki-49 Helen x 33
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 14
I-153c x 2
I-16c x 10
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 11 destroyed, 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 4 destroyed, 7 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
I-153c: 1 destroyed
I-16c: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 90
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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
A6M3 Zero x 14
G4M1 Betty x 82
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 23
Ki-21 Sally x 46
Ki-49 Helen x 34
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 21
P-40E Warhawk x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed
A6M3 Zero: 3 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 6 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 10 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 6 destroyed, 6 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
I-153c: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 120
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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
A6M3 Zero x 11
G4M1 Betty x 76
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 2
Ki-21 Sally x 46
Ki-49 Helen x 32
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 14
P-40E Warhawk x 8
I-153c x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
A6M3 Zero: 7 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 16 destroyed, 10 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 5 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
I-153c: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 82
I guess it is safe to assume that siege and assault againts Chungking has now started.
In the South he still has his troops in Kweiyang... and he has kept bombing Kumming base. This base has become his practise target since there is just not too much I can do about these kind of assaults.
No major ground battles has been fought allthough I think that the ground war is about to start.
Still no sign of of KB nor any other Japanese major surface vessels. That is somewhat disturbing.
I have also been thinking on where to hit him some in 1943. There are couple of options... Burma or South Pacific... also DEI could be juicy target as well... those are the options in my mind.
Btw nice going in your PBEM Rob.. I will email you later..
Game date is 21st of November 1942
Thanx for the comments again guys!!! I have now recieved my P38's squadrons and indeed IJN army pilots were hit hard. I have 5 squadrons of AVG and Spitfires cretided with over 100 kills and even Chinese pilots are between 20-60 kills confirmed. That's how hard fough air battles were raging and are again gathering pace.
Here is the situation raport:
India & Burma
2 Japanese divisions were able to block Burma road just below Myithkina... In order to deal with this situation I did send substantial Chinese force there from Myithkina. They were able to dislodge the enemy forces but that seemed to be a "decoy" operation because he has now moved units to Myithkina base itself. So, those units involved with counter offensive are now heading back to Myithkina and hopefully are able to reach it in time.
Also, my british PT boats engaged the enemy outside Rangoon base... they were able to sunk 3 Japanese DD's before finally IJN pilots sunk most of them.
Otherwise I'am still building up forts and shifting supplies in India.
Central & North Pacific
Building up my units in Central Pacific... there are quite a few allied forces stationed in Central Pacific.
Operation Delfine has also commenced sometime ago... I have decieded to my subramarines near Japanese home islands in order to harrash his supply convoys. This has already proven succesfull since I have sunk couple of Japanese AK and AP's. There are even more submarines enroute towards designed operational areas.
US CV's and strong surface TF's are stationed in Pearl Harbour at the moment. It is safe to say with all my LBA and Navy strengths he wohn't be assaulting this base... actually I would like him to try it.
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
Supply and fuel convoys are reaching their targets.
I have kept the pressure on with continued bombings of Luganville, Lautem and Koepang. Also, I have now started bombings of Baker Island and Funafuti Island.
Fiji island chain is now fortified to maxium. I have plenty of ac's there and it is now quite substantial fortress.
China
This is the main battle area... no additional Chinese cities has been captured though. He has now troops just below and just north of Chungking. Totaling propably around +200 000 troops all together... and couple of last turns he has attacked Chungking with his airforce.. this has been costly to his pilot pool as you can see...
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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 41
G4M1 Betty x 128
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 27
Ki-49 Helen x 39
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 17
I-153c x 11
I-16c x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 9 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 11 destroyed, 8 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 20 destroyed
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
I-153c: 12 destroyed
I-16c: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
128 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 98
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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36
G4M1 Betty x 114
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 11
Ki-49 Helen x 33
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 14
I-153c x 2
I-16c x 10
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 11 destroyed, 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 4 destroyed, 7 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
I-153c: 1 destroyed
I-16c: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 90
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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
A6M3 Zero x 14
G4M1 Betty x 82
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 23
Ki-21 Sally x 46
Ki-49 Helen x 34
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 21
P-40E Warhawk x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed
A6M3 Zero: 3 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 6 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 10 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 6 destroyed, 6 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
I-153c: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 120
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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
A6M3 Zero x 11
G4M1 Betty x 76
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 2
Ki-21 Sally x 46
Ki-49 Helen x 32
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 14
P-40E Warhawk x 8
I-153c x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
A6M3 Zero: 7 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 16 destroyed, 10 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 5 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
I-153c: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 82
I guess it is safe to assume that siege and assault againts Chungking has now started.
In the South he still has his troops in Kweiyang... and he has kept bombing Kumming base. This base has become his practise target since there is just not too much I can do about these kind of assaults.
No major ground battles has been fought allthough I think that the ground war is about to start.
Still no sign of of KB nor any other Japanese major surface vessels. That is somewhat disturbing.
I have also been thinking on where to hit him some in 1943. There are couple of options... Burma or South Pacific... also DEI could be juicy target as well... those are the options in my mind.
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RE: December 1942 is close... Japanese step up the pressure in China...
Great to see you back [:)].. I was thinking you had gone on holiday ..Glad to see RL hasnt stopped you playing. But i guess priority is playing rather than AAR . I know the feeling 
You are getting mobbed in the ait over chungking. how are the squadrons holding up ? the toll of jap a/c is quite phenominal ! congratulations.
As for a counterattack .. getting the shipping route Us-Australia free of japs might be big help and seriously cut down transit times. So get back efate and luganville first .. easily under fighter cover from noumea now. probly done without risking the Cv's as well .. 2 divs a landing and if not enough then noumea is close. use it as a staging post.
Afetr you clear that up .. is pago jap ? bomb it to hell n back from canton .. same with baker .. then the Cv's in pearly can escort invasion troops in thus getting the south pac back to normal.
After that .. if you can get timor imo .. threatens the whole DEI.. and makes a great liberator base for hitting oil centres. also forces him to commit a lot of air assets in previously 'safe' areas.
Meanwhile push in Burma. dont risk any naval invasions though.. just my opinion.
If Burma is secure then china is in a much better postion supply and reinforcement wise.. get the dakaotas from ledo flying in/out troops and use calcutta/dacca as a rest n refit station.
well thats my 2p worth .. again good to see u bac .. bet your glas u didnt throw in in the towel afetr wake now .. remember recon is your freind now that you have a few F5 lightnings.. WAY better than using catalinas.
As ever .. GL
Rob
You are getting mobbed in the ait over chungking. how are the squadrons holding up ? the toll of jap a/c is quite phenominal ! congratulations.
As for a counterattack .. getting the shipping route Us-Australia free of japs might be big help and seriously cut down transit times. So get back efate and luganville first .. easily under fighter cover from noumea now. probly done without risking the Cv's as well .. 2 divs a landing and if not enough then noumea is close. use it as a staging post.
Afetr you clear that up .. is pago jap ? bomb it to hell n back from canton .. same with baker .. then the Cv's in pearly can escort invasion troops in thus getting the south pac back to normal.
After that .. if you can get timor imo .. threatens the whole DEI.. and makes a great liberator base for hitting oil centres. also forces him to commit a lot of air assets in previously 'safe' areas.
Meanwhile push in Burma. dont risk any naval invasions though.. just my opinion.
If Burma is secure then china is in a much better postion supply and reinforcement wise.. get the dakaotas from ledo flying in/out troops and use calcutta/dacca as a rest n refit station.
well thats my 2p worth .. again good to see u bac .. bet your glas u didnt throw in in the towel afetr wake now
.. remember recon is your freind now that you have a few F5 lightnings.. WAY better than using catalinas.As ever .. GL
Rob
sorry for the spelling . English is my main language , I just can't type . and i'm too lazy to edit
RE: December 1942 is close... Japanese step up the pressure in China...
No, my summer vacation was spent over month ago...
The fighters in Chungking are holding up ok... they are suffering losses but are inflicting damage 3:1 ratio so I more than pleased with their performance.
I guess Efate and Luganville are obvisious targets... so he is propably preparing to defend those bases. Granted that those two bases are vital for future operations so I do need to capture them... only thing I haven't decieded is when to do it!?
Pago Pago is in allied hands... his most west ward positions are Funatifuti & Baker islands... oh, and Wake Island ofcourse. Btw are Baker and Funafuti atolls??? I'am not sure about that and I do not want to shock attack again right off the landings!!! I think that Efate and Luganville are islands though???
I agree that I do not make any risky movements in Burma... allthough if I'am able to shutdown his airfields there than I will consider this option again... because I would like to launch 2 massive attacks simultaneously in order to suprise him off guard!
Timor is also key point to consider.. only thing about this is that I do not have enough infantry men stationed in Northern Australia to consider this... So, I'am thinking about coming in from North via Malaya!
I do have few Lightning recon planes but not nearly enough to maintain good intelligence effort.
Game date is 25th of November 1942
Anyway, 4 days has passed again... here is the situation report:
China
Japanese airforce launched assault againts Chungking... and again they suffered heavy lossess. Last two has been quiet and nomore air raid sirens have been heard over the city
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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
A6M3 Zero x 20
G4M1 Betty x 54
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 13
Ki-21 Sally x 78
Ki-49 Helen x 33
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 7
P-40E Warhawk x 18
I-153c x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed
A6M3 Zero: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 2 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 9 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 5 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 4 destroyed, 7 damaged
I-153c: 2 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
151 casualties reported
Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 101
Kumming has been bombed to stoneage... that base is no longer operational base. No ground assaults have been made by either side... I guess he is waiting for reinforcements.
Burma & India
Those Chinese troops marching towards Myithkina are now only 10km away from the base. It is intresting that he has not launched any major assaults againts Myithkina... since he does have 3 units in the base hex.
Chandspur was also "hit"... 6 Bettys flew kamikaze mission againts the city and they were easily shot down by Hurricanes and Spitfires.
I have also now ordered allied bombers to hit Mandalay airfield in cover of night. It is intresting to see what kind of a result this brings.
South Pacific, NZ & Australia
Lautem, Luganville, Funafuti and Baker Island received their daily pounding from allied bombers. These actions are consuming his infantry and supply levels steadily.
43rd US Division has now reached Fiji... so they are now unloading their equipment and are preparing for upcoming events.
Otherwise nothing major to raport.
Central & North Pacific
Operation Delfine is coming along nicely.. I have now large amount of submarines lurking around Japanese home islands.
Pearl Harbour is now fully stockpiled to have fuel and supplies... that will make my job easier to supply my forwards bases.
The fighters in Chungking are holding up ok... they are suffering losses but are inflicting damage 3:1 ratio so I more than pleased with their performance.
I guess Efate and Luganville are obvisious targets... so he is propably preparing to defend those bases. Granted that those two bases are vital for future operations so I do need to capture them... only thing I haven't decieded is when to do it!?
Pago Pago is in allied hands... his most west ward positions are Funatifuti & Baker islands... oh, and Wake Island ofcourse. Btw are Baker and Funafuti atolls??? I'am not sure about that and I do not want to shock attack again right off the landings!!! I think that Efate and Luganville are islands though???
I agree that I do not make any risky movements in Burma... allthough if I'am able to shutdown his airfields there than I will consider this option again... because I would like to launch 2 massive attacks simultaneously in order to suprise him off guard!
Timor is also key point to consider.. only thing about this is that I do not have enough infantry men stationed in Northern Australia to consider this... So, I'am thinking about coming in from North via Malaya!
I do have few Lightning recon planes but not nearly enough to maintain good intelligence effort.
Game date is 25th of November 1942
Anyway, 4 days has passed again... here is the situation report:
China
Japanese airforce launched assault againts Chungking... and again they suffered heavy lossess. Last two has been quiet and nomore air raid sirens have been heard over the city
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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
A6M3 Zero x 20
G4M1 Betty x 54
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 13
Ki-21 Sally x 78
Ki-49 Helen x 33
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 7
P-40E Warhawk x 18
I-153c x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed
A6M3 Zero: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 2 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 9 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 5 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 4 destroyed, 7 damaged
I-153c: 2 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
151 casualties reported
Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 101
Kumming has been bombed to stoneage... that base is no longer operational base. No ground assaults have been made by either side... I guess he is waiting for reinforcements.
Burma & India
Those Chinese troops marching towards Myithkina are now only 10km away from the base. It is intresting that he has not launched any major assaults againts Myithkina... since he does have 3 units in the base hex.
Chandspur was also "hit"... 6 Bettys flew kamikaze mission againts the city and they were easily shot down by Hurricanes and Spitfires.
I have also now ordered allied bombers to hit Mandalay airfield in cover of night. It is intresting to see what kind of a result this brings.
South Pacific, NZ & Australia
Lautem, Luganville, Funafuti and Baker Island received their daily pounding from allied bombers. These actions are consuming his infantry and supply levels steadily.
43rd US Division has now reached Fiji... so they are now unloading their equipment and are preparing for upcoming events.
Otherwise nothing major to raport.
Central & North Pacific
Operation Delfine is coming along nicely.. I have now large amount of submarines lurking around Japanese home islands.
Pearl Harbour is now fully stockpiled to have fuel and supplies... that will make my job easier to supply my forwards bases.
November 1942 ends... Allied HQ confident as the new year approaches...
Game date is 29th of November 1942
Quiet 4 days has again passed... couple of note worthy actions happened though.
China
He has kept bombing Kumming... I have now spotted 1 Japanese unit moving propably towards that base so that propably means that he is planning a divisional size attack there.
My troops just north of Lanchow are gathering their strenghts...They were down 20/100 when they retreated but are now at between 50´-65 in strenght! .. I'am actually thinking about assaulting the Lanchow base with these troops... he has 4 units stationed there and I might even catch him off guard so to speak!!??
No air raids againts Chungking last two days propably to due with poor weather conditions.
India & Burma
My LBA bombers hit Mandalay at night... results were not astonishing nor were they bad....
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Night Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 9
B-17E Fortress x 6
B-24D Liberator x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 2 destroyed
MC-21 Sally: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7
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Night Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 6
B-17E Fortress x 3
B-24D Liberator x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-54 Hickory: 2 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 4
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Night Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 4
B-17E Fortress x 9
B-24D Liberator x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3
I will keep up with this operation at least few more days... oh, and he has now 16 units stationed in Mandalay itself.
South Pacific, NZ & Australia
Nothing major happening... 43rd US Division is now safely in Suva and Noumea recieved 70 000 supplies.
Central & North Pacific
Submarines continue to effective in Japanese home waters... 1 MSW was sunk and another Japanese DD was hit... additional submarines are being dispatched daily to join in with this ongoing operation.
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Sub attack at 64,46
Japanese Ships
MSW W.7, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Shonan Maru #1
DD Minekaze
Allied Ships
SS Silversides
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Sub attack at 61,45
Japanese Ships
DD Kuretake, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Hinode Maru #20
MSW Asahi Maru #2
MSW W.11
Allied Ships
SS Sawfish
Quiet 4 days has again passed... couple of note worthy actions happened though.
China
He has kept bombing Kumming... I have now spotted 1 Japanese unit moving propably towards that base so that propably means that he is planning a divisional size attack there.
My troops just north of Lanchow are gathering their strenghts...They were down 20/100 when they retreated but are now at between 50´-65 in strenght! .. I'am actually thinking about assaulting the Lanchow base with these troops... he has 4 units stationed there and I might even catch him off guard so to speak!!??
No air raids againts Chungking last two days propably to due with poor weather conditions.
India & Burma
My LBA bombers hit Mandalay at night... results were not astonishing nor were they bad....
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Night Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 9
B-17E Fortress x 6
B-24D Liberator x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 2 destroyed
MC-21 Sally: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7
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Night Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 6
B-17E Fortress x 3
B-24D Liberator x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-54 Hickory: 2 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 4
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Night Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 4
B-17E Fortress x 9
B-24D Liberator x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3
I will keep up with this operation at least few more days... oh, and he has now 16 units stationed in Mandalay itself.
South Pacific, NZ & Australia
Nothing major happening... 43rd US Division is now safely in Suva and Noumea recieved 70 000 supplies.
Central & North Pacific
Submarines continue to effective in Japanese home waters... 1 MSW was sunk and another Japanese DD was hit... additional submarines are being dispatched daily to join in with this ongoing operation.
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Sub attack at 64,46
Japanese Ships
MSW W.7, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Shonan Maru #1
DD Minekaze
Allied Ships
SS Silversides
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Sub attack at 61,45
Japanese Ships
DD Kuretake, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Hinode Maru #20
MSW Asahi Maru #2
MSW W.11
Allied Ships
SS Sawfish
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Rob Brennan UK
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RE: November 1942 ends... Allied HQ confident as the new year approaches...
Use the '1' key .. I think that shows the hex terrain .. if it says 'OA' then its and ocean/atoll hex .. well worth checking.
As he cant get supply to efata and noumea ( i suppose ) has he any bases in range that might be flying in supply ? maybe a turn of LR cap from noumea would check. lightnings vs jap transports nasty indeed.
I have been called an agressive player by one opponent and he's probabl right. if i were you .. just load up as much assault as you can at noumea and run straight to efate .. get some slow BB's for shore supression and switch the bombers to port attack to supress the coastal guns .. he must be low on supply and if hes out then hes at 25% combat effectiveness. I ' think' you will just roll over him then mop up for a week and then hit luganville.. no need to risk the carriers at al.
anyway .. ta for the e-mail
GL Rob
As he cant get supply to efata and noumea ( i suppose ) has he any bases in range that might be flying in supply ? maybe a turn of LR cap from noumea would check. lightnings vs jap transports nasty indeed.
I have been called an agressive player by one opponent and he's probabl right. if i were you .. just load up as much assault as you can at noumea and run straight to efate .. get some slow BB's for shore supression and switch the bombers to port attack to supress the coastal guns .. he must be low on supply and if hes out then hes at 25% combat effectiveness. I ' think' you will just roll over him then mop up for a week and then hit luganville.. no need to risk the carriers at al.
anyway .. ta for the e-mail
GL Rob
sorry for the spelling . English is my main language , I just can't type . and i'm too lazy to edit
December 1942 begins...
Actually, I think he using his submarine fleet to bring in supplies and additional troops. That might sound weird but I have now spotted quite a few submarine TF that has 8-12 subs together... and if my intelligence is right than he has 16 000 troops stationed in Luganville and over 12 000 in Efate.
He does not have any bases where to fly supplies... I think Funafuti and Guadacanal are the closest so that is very much unlikely.
I have been thinking about this a lot... and I guess it is time make a move againts Efate and Luganville. I think I will land Luganville first since that kind of cuts Efate completely off.
This operation Titan will commence soon...
1) I need to bring in Australian division that will participate in landings (they are already loading in Brisbane)... also 43rd US Division will also be used with this assault. I think 2-3 Seabee units should be enough and 1 Base force unit... and maybe to have 1 NZ brigade serving as reserve.
2) I have dispatched 1 Surface TF from Pearl Harbour to the South Pacific... (BB Pennsylvania and BB Tennesee + escorts) ..they will also be used with this operation.
3) Should I use Royal Navy also here too? ...I have British CV and strong BB's stationed in Australia so they could take part in this operation. 1 Surface TF is already dispatched to Noumea and they will naval bombard Luganville when this operation starts.
4) I will bring quite a few bombers, fighters and dive bombers to Noumea and Foa Foa... they will bring sufficient air cover for this operation.
That is the outlook and mindset... any comments?
Game date is 5th of December 1942
China
He has now started night air assaults againts Kweiyang and Chungking... these bombings have yet to cause significant damage but most disturbing thing is that 3 squadrons Spitfires set on night duty did absolutely NOTHING!!! That's should not be the case at all...
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Night Air attack on Kweiyang , at 41,35
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
A6M3 Zero x 16
G4M1 Betty x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 59
Ki-48 Lily x 6
Ki-49 Helen x 15
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2
Kumming was bombed as usual and nothing I can do about that at the moment... Those Chinese units in North are gathering strength quite nicely.. most of them are now over 60/100 so I don't know why he lets this happen... or maybe and just maybe he is thinking that they are starving to death!!! ...again maybe an oppurtunity to strike againts Lanchow... 4 units there only...!!!
Burma & India
Japanese forces are now repulsed away from Myithkina... Those 4 units retreated towards Mandalay and this mean that the Burma road is once more open up to traffic.
I have not bombed Mandalay at night... I think that those results did not justify the continuing the operation... well I might change my mind though in near future.
Central & North Pacific
Operation Delfine is ongoing... a lot of submarines vs surface vessels battles are fought in Japanese homewaters...
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Sub attack at 64,46
Japanese Ships
AK Tokyo Maru, Shell hits 1
Allied Ships
SS Silversides, hits 1
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Sub attack at 61,45
Japanese Ships
DD Kuretake
MSW Hinode Maru #20
MSW Asahi Maru #2
MSW W.11
Allied Ships
SS Sawfish, hits 1, on fire
Otherwise I have just kept the pressure on Baker Island... (over 20 000 Japanese stationed here too)
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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92
Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 1
P-38G Lightning x 11
B-17E Fortress x 21
B-24D Liberator x 24
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 33
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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92
Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 2
P-38G Lightning x 10
B-17E Fortress x 21
B-24D Liberator x 17
Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 16
Australia, NZ and South Pacific
As described operation Titan is now in motion... pressure has been kept in Luganville and Lautem. Hopefully these actions will drain his supply levels.
Even more bombers are enroute towards South Pacific.. they will suppress any Japanese activity if and propably when he is trying to intervene with my operations! This included over 100 B25's and Several squadrons of SBD Dauntless dive bombers!
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Day Air attack on Kure 6th SNLF, at 33,78 (these guys are recieving a real pounding in Lautem)
Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 39
B-17E Fortress x 51
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
148 casualties reported
He does not have any bases where to fly supplies... I think Funafuti and Guadacanal are the closest so that is very much unlikely.
I have been thinking about this a lot... and I guess it is time make a move againts Efate and Luganville. I think I will land Luganville first since that kind of cuts Efate completely off.
This operation Titan will commence soon...
1) I need to bring in Australian division that will participate in landings (they are already loading in Brisbane)... also 43rd US Division will also be used with this assault. I think 2-3 Seabee units should be enough and 1 Base force unit... and maybe to have 1 NZ brigade serving as reserve.
2) I have dispatched 1 Surface TF from Pearl Harbour to the South Pacific... (BB Pennsylvania and BB Tennesee + escorts) ..they will also be used with this operation.
3) Should I use Royal Navy also here too? ...I have British CV and strong BB's stationed in Australia so they could take part in this operation. 1 Surface TF is already dispatched to Noumea and they will naval bombard Luganville when this operation starts.
4) I will bring quite a few bombers, fighters and dive bombers to Noumea and Foa Foa... they will bring sufficient air cover for this operation.
That is the outlook and mindset... any comments?
Game date is 5th of December 1942
China
He has now started night air assaults againts Kweiyang and Chungking... these bombings have yet to cause significant damage but most disturbing thing is that 3 squadrons Spitfires set on night duty did absolutely NOTHING!!! That's should not be the case at all...
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Night Air attack on Kweiyang , at 41,35
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
A6M3 Zero x 16
G4M1 Betty x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 59
Ki-48 Lily x 6
Ki-49 Helen x 15
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2
Kumming was bombed as usual and nothing I can do about that at the moment... Those Chinese units in North are gathering strength quite nicely.. most of them are now over 60/100 so I don't know why he lets this happen... or maybe and just maybe he is thinking that they are starving to death!!! ...again maybe an oppurtunity to strike againts Lanchow... 4 units there only...!!!
Burma & India
Japanese forces are now repulsed away from Myithkina... Those 4 units retreated towards Mandalay and this mean that the Burma road is once more open up to traffic.
I have not bombed Mandalay at night... I think that those results did not justify the continuing the operation... well I might change my mind though in near future.
Central & North Pacific
Operation Delfine is ongoing... a lot of submarines vs surface vessels battles are fought in Japanese homewaters...
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Sub attack at 64,46
Japanese Ships
AK Tokyo Maru, Shell hits 1
Allied Ships
SS Silversides, hits 1
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Sub attack at 61,45
Japanese Ships
DD Kuretake
MSW Hinode Maru #20
MSW Asahi Maru #2
MSW W.11
Allied Ships
SS Sawfish, hits 1, on fire
Otherwise I have just kept the pressure on Baker Island... (over 20 000 Japanese stationed here too)
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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92
Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 1
P-38G Lightning x 11
B-17E Fortress x 21
B-24D Liberator x 24
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 33
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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92
Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 2
P-38G Lightning x 10
B-17E Fortress x 21
B-24D Liberator x 17
Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 16
Australia, NZ and South Pacific
As described operation Titan is now in motion... pressure has been kept in Luganville and Lautem. Hopefully these actions will drain his supply levels.
Even more bombers are enroute towards South Pacific.. they will suppress any Japanese activity if and propably when he is trying to intervene with my operations! This included over 100 B25's and Several squadrons of SBD Dauntless dive bombers!
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Day Air attack on Kure 6th SNLF, at 33,78 (these guys are recieving a real pounding in Lautem)
Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 39
B-17E Fortress x 51
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
148 casualties reported
RE: December 1942 begins...
Well, fighters without radar work very poorly at night. P-61 Black Widow, Night Fighter variant of Hellcat and such will actually have some chance to intercept. And I think you need to have radar in base too. Maybe your Chinese base forces have not upgraded yet to radar and are still with Sound Detectors ? If so, don't expect much of interceptions.
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Rob Brennan UK
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RE: December 1942 begins...
As Sadukar says , day fighters on night ops are hopeless. havnt you got a night fighter unit of blenhiems in india? maybe use them instead. also flying night ops will hurt with ops losses and spits are valuable a/c
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1)I find artillery units quite useful in landings to be honest, dont know why they are but they seem great all the same. SeaBees are combat engineers afaik so yes definately as many as possible.
2)Good idea
3)got anything else planned for them ? if not then definately use them .. the a/c can get some experience bombing if no japs turn up. and the RN is very good at night ops if he sends in a surface tf.
4)More the merrier !
Luganville is definately in range of those LR mavis flyboats . and they dont need runways either. If he;s not using them he should .. LR cap it for a turn just to see.
sub will drop off minisclue supply. ignore it , or send some asw DD groups to say hello. If he;s bringing in men hes insane !
DONT forget to send in minesweepers as i would put money on hes using those subs for mine laying. DMS are good .. fast and well defended from subs. make a minewarfare tf and send them up for a look. have retire orders on.
also recon numbers .. that isnt the number of combat troops . i would hazard a guess that only 1/3-1/4 are combat the rest being secondary personel.
The come back has started ! good luck
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1)I find artillery units quite useful in landings to be honest, dont know why they are but they seem great all the same. SeaBees are combat engineers afaik so yes definately as many as possible.
2)Good idea
3)got anything else planned for them ? if not then definately use them .. the a/c can get some experience bombing if no japs turn up. and the RN is very good at night ops if he sends in a surface tf.
4)More the merrier !
Luganville is definately in range of those LR mavis flyboats . and they dont need runways either. If he;s not using them he should .. LR cap it for a turn just to see.
sub will drop off minisclue supply. ignore it , or send some asw DD groups to say hello. If he;s bringing in men hes insane !
DONT forget to send in minesweepers as i would put money on hes using those subs for mine laying. DMS are good .. fast and well defended from subs. make a minewarfare tf and send them up for a look. have retire orders on.
also recon numbers .. that isnt the number of combat troops . i would hazard a guess that only 1/3-1/4 are combat the rest being secondary personel.
The come back has started ! good luck
sorry for the spelling . English is my main language , I just can't type . and i'm too lazy to edit
Game date is December 7th 1942... 1 year anniversary of the war...
Thanx again for the comments as always thoughts and ideas are more than welcome!
Well, I actually don't if my Chinese units have upgraded to having radar but this time around my 17 Spitfires flew and made Japanese pay for their night assault! I guess I still far away from having decent night fighters to my disposal.. anyway I'am also reluctant of bringing in Blenheim squadrons since I do want them to upgrade Beaufighters soon as they can... thought about losing them does not suit my future plans. I might change my mind if Japanese are getting too effective with their bombing campaign.
Game date is 7th of December 1942
China
Night raids continue againts Chungking... as said above this time my Spitfires took off to intercept...
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Night Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
A6M3 Zero x 15
G4M1 Betty x 23
Ki-21 Sally x 33
Ki-49 Helen x 14
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 17
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 18 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 3 destroyed, 16 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 7 damaged
Resources hits 1
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Night Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 9
G4M1 Betty x 21
Ki-21 Sally x 24
Ki-49 Helen x 24
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 21 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 5 destroyed, 10 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 12 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 3 damaged
Also, he is propably moving into Chungking... seems that those 10 units of Japanese just North of Chungking are making their way towards city. I have a total of +150 000 troops entrenched behind level 9 fortifications. Also, I still do have 35 000 supplies in the City so he might be underestimating my defenses.
Lone Japanese unit is making its way towards Kumming... propably will arrive in a week or so... I have also decieded to launch attack againts Lanchow... we will soon find out what are those 4 units he has left garrisoning the city.
Central & North Pacific
Operation Delfine is proving to be effective... 4 separate sub attacks near Japan reported but just one was succesfull...
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Sub attack at 64,47
Japanese Ships
AK Kanaiyama Maru, Shell hits 1
Allied Ships
SS Plunger
BB's Tennesee and Pennsylvania are well on their way towards South Pacific and more submarines are dispatched to lurk in Japanese home waters.
Baker Island airfield is also completely shutdown at the moment.
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
Operation Titan is well on its way... 1 Australian Division is on their way towards Noumea... also 43rd US Division is loading in Suva and heading for Noumea as well as supporting troops (SeaBee units and 1 BaseForce). Unfortunately I do not have a field artillery unit available at the moment (if I remember correctly) but I will ship it with landing troops if I have it... so thanx for the tip Rob.
Strong Royal Navy TF + CV's are heading towards Suva and will stay there if they are not needed... if mini KB shows up than it is time to sunk those Japanese intruders... 1 Surface TF has docked in Noumea however and they will used as a bombardment force.
I will use my MSW and DMS ships... not to worry... and as Rob suggested I bet he is laying mines down there.
I have no timetable when this operation begins but my estimate would be a week or so... so stay tuned.
I did put my P40E's in LRCAP and they reported nothing so he propably isn't using his flying boats here!!!???!!! ...or maybe he has stockpiled a lot of supplies before I started my air campaign againts his troops.
I have also kept bombing Funafuti island, Luganville and Lautem... my bombers are getting quite a lot of experience points.
Burma & India
Actually it has been very quiet... so nothing significant to report from these areas.
Well, I actually don't if my Chinese units have upgraded to having radar but this time around my 17 Spitfires flew and made Japanese pay for their night assault! I guess I still far away from having decent night fighters to my disposal.. anyway I'am also reluctant of bringing in Blenheim squadrons since I do want them to upgrade Beaufighters soon as they can... thought about losing them does not suit my future plans. I might change my mind if Japanese are getting too effective with their bombing campaign.
Game date is 7th of December 1942
China
Night raids continue againts Chungking... as said above this time my Spitfires took off to intercept...
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Night Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
A6M3 Zero x 15
G4M1 Betty x 23
Ki-21 Sally x 33
Ki-49 Helen x 14
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 17
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 18 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 3 destroyed, 16 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 7 damaged
Resources hits 1
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Night Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 9
G4M1 Betty x 21
Ki-21 Sally x 24
Ki-49 Helen x 24
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 21 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 5 destroyed, 10 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 12 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 3 damaged
Also, he is propably moving into Chungking... seems that those 10 units of Japanese just North of Chungking are making their way towards city. I have a total of +150 000 troops entrenched behind level 9 fortifications. Also, I still do have 35 000 supplies in the City so he might be underestimating my defenses.
Lone Japanese unit is making its way towards Kumming... propably will arrive in a week or so... I have also decieded to launch attack againts Lanchow... we will soon find out what are those 4 units he has left garrisoning the city.
Central & North Pacific
Operation Delfine is proving to be effective... 4 separate sub attacks near Japan reported but just one was succesfull...
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Sub attack at 64,47
Japanese Ships
AK Kanaiyama Maru, Shell hits 1
Allied Ships
SS Plunger
BB's Tennesee and Pennsylvania are well on their way towards South Pacific and more submarines are dispatched to lurk in Japanese home waters.
Baker Island airfield is also completely shutdown at the moment.
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
Operation Titan is well on its way... 1 Australian Division is on their way towards Noumea... also 43rd US Division is loading in Suva and heading for Noumea as well as supporting troops (SeaBee units and 1 BaseForce). Unfortunately I do not have a field artillery unit available at the moment (if I remember correctly) but I will ship it with landing troops if I have it... so thanx for the tip Rob.
Strong Royal Navy TF + CV's are heading towards Suva and will stay there if they are not needed... if mini KB shows up than it is time to sunk those Japanese intruders... 1 Surface TF has docked in Noumea however and they will used as a bombardment force.
I will use my MSW and DMS ships... not to worry... and as Rob suggested I bet he is laying mines down there.
I have no timetable when this operation begins but my estimate would be a week or so... so stay tuned.
I did put my P40E's in LRCAP and they reported nothing so he propably isn't using his flying boats here!!!???!!! ...or maybe he has stockpiled a lot of supplies before I started my air campaign againts his troops.
I have also kept bombing Funafuti island, Luganville and Lautem... my bombers are getting quite a lot of experience points.
Burma & India
Actually it has been very quiet... so nothing significant to report from these areas.
RE: Game date is December 7th 1942... 1 year anniversary of the war...
Yeah, dedicated Night Fighters work always better at night. And especially those with radar. One has to check from Plane Database which ones have that, though. It doesn't show in Aircraft Data on Squadron Screen.
One other thing that came to my mind. US have several Tank Battaillons arriving. I use to send them to Karachi since they are not very good in amphibious invasions (you have Amphibious Tank Battaillons later in war for that. But they move quite fast even on trail..and tank units using shock attack are very effective. Perfect for land war in SEAC area.
One other thing that came to my mind. US have several Tank Battaillons arriving. I use to send them to Karachi since they are not very good in amphibious invasions (you have Amphibious Tank Battaillons later in war for that. But they move quite fast even on trail..and tank units using shock attack are very effective. Perfect for land war in SEAC area.
"To meaningless French Idealism, Liberty, Fraternity and Equality...we answer with German Realism, Infantry, Cavalry and Artillery" -Prince von Bülov, 1870-
Year 1943 begins... heavy air to air battles continue... and much more...
Game date is now 2nd January 1943
Thanx for the advice regarding the US Tank batallions!
Sorry for the lack of updates but I have been quite busy in IRL.
The game hasn't stopped though and now the year 1943 has started... also quite a lot has happened since the last AAR update. I guess it is wise to by theatre by theatre and give you an situation report.
India/Burma
Quiet... Quiet... Quiet... Just supplies being shifted and fortifications being build. I have now strenghtened my defenses in India so I feel pretty safe by now.
Only actions has been just few submarine vs ASW battles near Rangoon. Also British PT Boats engaged with enemy TF and managed to sunk 2 Japanese DD's.
Central & North Pacific
Operation Delfine has continued... I have now pretty much my whole submarine fleet in enemy waters. Here are results of this ongoing operation:
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Sub attack at 51,48
Japanese Ships
AK Liverpool Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Yugiri
Allied Ships
SS Tunny
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Sub attack at 55,50
Japanese Ships
AK Toei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
Allied Ships
SS Tuna
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Sub attack at 60,48
Japanese Ships
AK Huzikawa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PC Tama Maru #8
Allied Ships
SS Cuttlefish
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Sub attack at 65,45
Japanese Ships
MSW Fumi Maru #2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wa 1
MSW Wa 4
MSW Wa 5
MSW Atsu Maru
MSW Wa 7
Allied Ships
SS Halibut
Otherwise a lot of ASW vs Submarine combats reported in Japanese home waters... lucky for me the Japanese ASW isn't actually been too effective. More submarines are enroute to hit enemy shipping lanes.
US CVL's reinforcements have also docked in Pearl Harbour... within few days I will also receive CV Essex so I'am building up my strengths down in Central Pacific.
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
Operation Titan is well on its way... however this operation again has been costly for me!!! Largely thanx to the Japanese minelaying capability!!! Damn... I think I have now lost over 30 ships (AK's, DD's, MSW's and SC's) and damaged quite few others!!!
This sux again... since I have about 75 Lightning fighters in LRCAP and quite a few other airplanes in Naval attack! Suprise, suprise, suprise again... KB Showed up propably from Truk/Rabaul... that was expected happening but what was not expected that my P38's did not LRCAP effectively... my B17's, Liberators (propably well over 100 of them) did not even try attack the Death Star!!! Well... what can you say about these kind of things!!! Bad luck somewhat and I would say game engine needs fine tuning...
Unfortunately the KB has now moved back to "north" or at least I would assume so... since last turn he did not strike againts my invasion fleet... that's sucks also since I would have liked him to stay there and fight it out... those LBA's I got stationed in Noumea would have flow eventually and I think he did unterestimate my strengths there... hopefully he will come back so I can take another swing at the Japanese navy. British CV¨'s along with BB Prince of Wales are now in Noumea! I also did receive my first Wildcat V fighters!
Here are some examples from operation Titan:
Things opened up with Nightime Surface combat engament...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Luganville at 72,107
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 2 destroyed
Japanese Ships
CL Jintsu, Shell hits 23, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CL Natori
DD Natsugumo, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Ikazuchi, Shell hits 3
DD Akebono, Shell hits 2
DD Asanagi, Shell hits 3, on fire
Allied Ships
CL Mauritius
CL Glasgow, Shell hits 1
CL Newcastle, Shell hits 1
DD Edsall, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD John D. Edwards, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Fox, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Parrott
DD Banckert
DD Van Ghent
DD Scout
DD Decoy
DD Encounter
DD Express
DD Hotspur, on fire
DD Inconstant
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Aoba island at 73,107
Japanese Ships
CL Natori
DD Natsugumo, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Ikazuchi, Shell hits 4
DD Akebono, Shell hits 1
DD Asanagi, Shell hits 1, on fire
Allied Ships
PT PT-175
PT PT-176
PT PT-177
PT PT-178
PT PT-179
PT PT-180, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
PT PT-181
PT PT-182
PT PT-183
PT PT-184
PT PT-185
PT PT-186
...than Damn those Japanese mines!!!
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TF 1103 encounters mine field at Luganville (72,107)
TF 1103 troops unloading over beach at Luganville, 72,107
Allied Ships
MSW Kingfisher
DD Craven
DD Woodworth
DD Patterson
AK Minnesotan, Mine hits 1
AK Betelgeuse, Mine hits 1
AK Sterope, Mine hits 1, on fire
AK Arkansan, Mine hits 1, on fire
AK Arided, Mine hits 1, on fire
Allied ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Coastal Guns at Luganville, 72,107, firing at TF 1103
144 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
SC SC-641, Shell hits 1
DD Woodworth
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Allied ground losses:
1455 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
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TF 1108 encounters mine field at Luganville (72,107)
Allied Ships
DD Inconstant, Mine hits 1, on fire
DD Scout, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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TF 1031 encounters mine field at Luganville (72,107)
TF 1031 troops unloading over beach at Luganville, 72,107
Allied Ships
MSW Skylark
DD Laffey
SC SC-743, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP George F. Elliot, Mine hits 1, on fire
AP Hunter Liggett, Mine hits 1, on fire
SC SC-740, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SC SC-742, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Coastal Guns at Luganville, 72,107, firing at TF 1031
44 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied ground losses:
199 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 2
..I have NO clue how many mines he has layed but by the looks of things huge amount of them seem to understatement! Since those combat reports above are not the only "mine" hits I have endured!
As said KB also showed up and massacred quite a few AK's and secondary navy vessels! (no AAR reports.. have accidentaly overwritten them)
I have also made couple of naval bombardments againts Luganville...
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Naval bombardment of Luganville, at 72,107
Allied Ships
DD Hotspur
DD Encounter
DD Van Ghent
DD Banckert
DD Parrott
DD Fox
DD John D. Edwards
CL Newcastle
CL Glasgow
CL Mauritius
Japanese ground losses:
100 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 19
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 4
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Naval bombardment of Luganville, at 72,107
Allied Ships
DD Selfridge
DD Downes, on fire
DD Cassin
DD Tucker
DD Stack
DD Maury
DD Edwards
DD Lardner
DD Lansdowne
DD Duncan
DD DeHaven
CLAA Juneau
CA Vincennes
BB Tennessee
BB Pennsylvania
Japanese ground losses:
426 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 23
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 14
The ground combat has now just begun... the odds are still 0-1 in his favour but I would assume that my troops can capture the Japanese base...
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Ground combat at Luganville
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 11468 troops, 126 guns, 5 vehicles
Defending force 10680 troops, 60 guns, 0 vehicles
Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese ground losses:
130 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Allied ground losses:
211 casualties reported
Guns lost 11
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Ground combat at Luganville
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 24418 troops, 229 guns, 6 vehicles
Defending force 10551 troops, 60 guns, 0 vehicles
Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese ground losses:
128 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Allied ground losses:
210 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
.. I have issued to naval bombarments by two TF's... also my ground units will only make a bombardment assault this turn in order to downgrade their distruption and fatigue levels.
Suva and Nandi bases are now fully operational... Lauterm has also been hit with LBA's from Australia.
China
Well.. my opponent has shutdown Yunan airfield completely... I don't think I have the manpower nor supplies to open this airfield again for operational purposes... here are few tastes on Yunan air battles...
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Day Air attack on Yunan , at 38,32
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19
G4M1 Betty x 40
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 18
Ki-21 Sally x 72
Ki-48 Lily x 104
Ki-46-II Dinah x 8
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 12
I-16c x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 7 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 4 destroyed, 9 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged
I-16c: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
SB-2c: 3 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 31
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 89
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Day Air attack on Yunan , at 38,32
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 18
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 63
Ki-48 Lily x 82
Ki-46-II Dinah x 7
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane II: 7 destroyed
SB-2c: 1 destroyed
I-16c: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 132
As of result Yunan nomore is operational airbase.
Also he has kept night bombing on againts Chungking...
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Night Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 7
Ki-21 Sally x 18
Ki-49 Helen x 9
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 21
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 3 damaged
Resources hits 1
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Night Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 14
Ki-21 Sally x 24
Ki-49 Helen x 8
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed
No day raids so far againts the Chinese capital...
In Kweiyang airbattles have now raged in past 4 days... seems to me that he is determined of capturing this Southern chinese city...
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Day Air attack on Kweiyang , at 41,35
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 32
Ki-21 Sally x 84
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 17
P-40E Warhawk x 19
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 29 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 22 destroyed, 25 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 3 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 4 damaged
Allied ground losses:
96 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 21
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Day Air attack on Kweiyang , at 41,35
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36
A6M3 Zero x 18
G4M1 Betty x 76
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 63
Ki-21 Sally x 80
Ki-48 Lily x 114
Ki-49 Helen x 31
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 14
P-40E Warhawk x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 13 destroyed
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 4 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 9 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 8 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
111 casualties reported
Airbase hits 33
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 257
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Day Air attack on Kweiyang , at 41,35
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
A6M3 Zero x 12
G4M1 Betty x 54
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 37
Ki-21 Sally x 75
Ki-48 Lily x 96
Ki-49 Helen x 27
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 8
P-40E Warhawk x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 5 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 4 destroyed, 6 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 13 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 164
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Day Air attack on Kweiyang , at 41,35
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
G4M1 Betty x 51
Ki-27 Nate x 9
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 42
Ki-21 Sally x 71
Ki-48 Lily x 95
Ki-49 Helen x 32
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 28
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 12 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 5 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-27 Nate: 4 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 19 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 17 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 6 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
Spitfire Vb: 3 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
108 casualties reported
Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 173
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Day Air attack on Kweiyang , at 41,35
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
G4M1 Betty x 45
Ki-27 Nate x 11
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 37
Ki-21 Sally x 60
Ki-48 Lily x 74
Ki-49 Helen x 35
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 12 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-27 Nate: 5 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 4 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 12 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 128
These has again been massive air to air combats... I wonder if he is still keen on continuing this adventure of his.
Those troops of my Chinese infantry that entered Lanchow were repelled... they retreated towards Sining base in Northern China.
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Ground combat at Lanchow
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 66163 troops, 730 guns, 7 vehicles
Defending force 41499 troops, 224 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
1493 casualties reported
Guns lost 39
Vehicles lost 5
Allied ground losses:
270 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
This IJN infantry unit was trying to blockade Kweiyang from behind but it was easily beaten and made retreat...
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Ground combat at 40,34
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 20121 troops, 138 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 2684 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Allied assault odds: 28 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Thanx for the advice regarding the US Tank batallions!
Sorry for the lack of updates but I have been quite busy in IRL.
The game hasn't stopped though and now the year 1943 has started... also quite a lot has happened since the last AAR update. I guess it is wise to by theatre by theatre and give you an situation report.
India/Burma
Quiet... Quiet... Quiet... Just supplies being shifted and fortifications being build. I have now strenghtened my defenses in India so I feel pretty safe by now.
Only actions has been just few submarine vs ASW battles near Rangoon. Also British PT Boats engaged with enemy TF and managed to sunk 2 Japanese DD's.
Central & North Pacific
Operation Delfine has continued... I have now pretty much my whole submarine fleet in enemy waters. Here are results of this ongoing operation:
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Sub attack at 51,48
Japanese Ships
AK Liverpool Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Yugiri
Allied Ships
SS Tunny
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Sub attack at 55,50
Japanese Ships
AK Toei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
Allied Ships
SS Tuna
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Sub attack at 60,48
Japanese Ships
AK Huzikawa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PC Tama Maru #8
Allied Ships
SS Cuttlefish
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Sub attack at 65,45
Japanese Ships
MSW Fumi Maru #2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wa 1
MSW Wa 4
MSW Wa 5
MSW Atsu Maru
MSW Wa 7
Allied Ships
SS Halibut
Otherwise a lot of ASW vs Submarine combats reported in Japanese home waters... lucky for me the Japanese ASW isn't actually been too effective. More submarines are enroute to hit enemy shipping lanes.
US CVL's reinforcements have also docked in Pearl Harbour... within few days I will also receive CV Essex so I'am building up my strengths down in Central Pacific.
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
Operation Titan is well on its way... however this operation again has been costly for me!!! Largely thanx to the Japanese minelaying capability!!! Damn... I think I have now lost over 30 ships (AK's, DD's, MSW's and SC's) and damaged quite few others!!!
This sux again... since I have about 75 Lightning fighters in LRCAP and quite a few other airplanes in Naval attack! Suprise, suprise, suprise again... KB Showed up propably from Truk/Rabaul... that was expected happening but what was not expected that my P38's did not LRCAP effectively... my B17's, Liberators (propably well over 100 of them) did not even try attack the Death Star!!! Well... what can you say about these kind of things!!! Bad luck somewhat and I would say game engine needs fine tuning...
Unfortunately the KB has now moved back to "north" or at least I would assume so... since last turn he did not strike againts my invasion fleet... that's sucks also since I would have liked him to stay there and fight it out... those LBA's I got stationed in Noumea would have flow eventually and I think he did unterestimate my strengths there... hopefully he will come back so I can take another swing at the Japanese navy. British CV¨'s along with BB Prince of Wales are now in Noumea! I also did receive my first Wildcat V fighters!
Here are some examples from operation Titan:
Things opened up with Nightime Surface combat engament...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Luganville at 72,107
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 2 destroyed
Japanese Ships
CL Jintsu, Shell hits 23, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CL Natori
DD Natsugumo, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Ikazuchi, Shell hits 3
DD Akebono, Shell hits 2
DD Asanagi, Shell hits 3, on fire
Allied Ships
CL Mauritius
CL Glasgow, Shell hits 1
CL Newcastle, Shell hits 1
DD Edsall, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD John D. Edwards, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Fox, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Parrott
DD Banckert
DD Van Ghent
DD Scout
DD Decoy
DD Encounter
DD Express
DD Hotspur, on fire
DD Inconstant
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Aoba island at 73,107
Japanese Ships
CL Natori
DD Natsugumo, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Ikazuchi, Shell hits 4
DD Akebono, Shell hits 1
DD Asanagi, Shell hits 1, on fire
Allied Ships
PT PT-175
PT PT-176
PT PT-177
PT PT-178
PT PT-179
PT PT-180, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
PT PT-181
PT PT-182
PT PT-183
PT PT-184
PT PT-185
PT PT-186
...than Damn those Japanese mines!!!
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TF 1103 encounters mine field at Luganville (72,107)
TF 1103 troops unloading over beach at Luganville, 72,107
Allied Ships
MSW Kingfisher
DD Craven
DD Woodworth
DD Patterson
AK Minnesotan, Mine hits 1
AK Betelgeuse, Mine hits 1
AK Sterope, Mine hits 1, on fire
AK Arkansan, Mine hits 1, on fire
AK Arided, Mine hits 1, on fire
Allied ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Coastal Guns at Luganville, 72,107, firing at TF 1103
144 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
SC SC-641, Shell hits 1
DD Woodworth
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Allied ground losses:
1455 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
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TF 1108 encounters mine field at Luganville (72,107)
Allied Ships
DD Inconstant, Mine hits 1, on fire
DD Scout, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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TF 1031 encounters mine field at Luganville (72,107)
TF 1031 troops unloading over beach at Luganville, 72,107
Allied Ships
MSW Skylark
DD Laffey
SC SC-743, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP George F. Elliot, Mine hits 1, on fire
AP Hunter Liggett, Mine hits 1, on fire
SC SC-740, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SC SC-742, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Coastal Guns at Luganville, 72,107, firing at TF 1031
44 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied ground losses:
199 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 2
..I have NO clue how many mines he has layed but by the looks of things huge amount of them seem to understatement! Since those combat reports above are not the only "mine" hits I have endured!
As said KB also showed up and massacred quite a few AK's and secondary navy vessels! (no AAR reports.. have accidentaly overwritten them)
I have also made couple of naval bombardments againts Luganville...
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Naval bombardment of Luganville, at 72,107
Allied Ships
DD Hotspur
DD Encounter
DD Van Ghent
DD Banckert
DD Parrott
DD Fox
DD John D. Edwards
CL Newcastle
CL Glasgow
CL Mauritius
Japanese ground losses:
100 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 19
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 4
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Naval bombardment of Luganville, at 72,107
Allied Ships
DD Selfridge
DD Downes, on fire
DD Cassin
DD Tucker
DD Stack
DD Maury
DD Edwards
DD Lardner
DD Lansdowne
DD Duncan
DD DeHaven
CLAA Juneau
CA Vincennes
BB Tennessee
BB Pennsylvania
Japanese ground losses:
426 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 23
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 14
The ground combat has now just begun... the odds are still 0-1 in his favour but I would assume that my troops can capture the Japanese base...
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Ground combat at Luganville
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 11468 troops, 126 guns, 5 vehicles
Defending force 10680 troops, 60 guns, 0 vehicles
Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese ground losses:
130 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Allied ground losses:
211 casualties reported
Guns lost 11
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Ground combat at Luganville
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 24418 troops, 229 guns, 6 vehicles
Defending force 10551 troops, 60 guns, 0 vehicles
Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese ground losses:
128 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Allied ground losses:
210 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
.. I have issued to naval bombarments by two TF's... also my ground units will only make a bombardment assault this turn in order to downgrade their distruption and fatigue levels.
Suva and Nandi bases are now fully operational... Lauterm has also been hit with LBA's from Australia.
China
Well.. my opponent has shutdown Yunan airfield completely... I don't think I have the manpower nor supplies to open this airfield again for operational purposes... here are few tastes on Yunan air battles...
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Day Air attack on Yunan , at 38,32
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19
G4M1 Betty x 40
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 18
Ki-21 Sally x 72
Ki-48 Lily x 104
Ki-46-II Dinah x 8
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 12
I-16c x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 7 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 4 destroyed, 9 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged
I-16c: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
SB-2c: 3 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 31
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 89
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Day Air attack on Yunan , at 38,32
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 18
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 63
Ki-48 Lily x 82
Ki-46-II Dinah x 7
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane II: 7 destroyed
SB-2c: 1 destroyed
I-16c: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 132
As of result Yunan nomore is operational airbase.
Also he has kept night bombing on againts Chungking...
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Night Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 7
Ki-21 Sally x 18
Ki-49 Helen x 9
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 21
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 3 damaged
Resources hits 1
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Night Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 14
Ki-21 Sally x 24
Ki-49 Helen x 8
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed
No day raids so far againts the Chinese capital...
In Kweiyang airbattles have now raged in past 4 days... seems to me that he is determined of capturing this Southern chinese city...
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Day Air attack on Kweiyang , at 41,35
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 32
Ki-21 Sally x 84
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 17
P-40E Warhawk x 19
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 29 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 22 destroyed, 25 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 3 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 4 damaged
Allied ground losses:
96 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 21
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Day Air attack on Kweiyang , at 41,35
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36
A6M3 Zero x 18
G4M1 Betty x 76
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 63
Ki-21 Sally x 80
Ki-48 Lily x 114
Ki-49 Helen x 31
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 14
P-40E Warhawk x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 13 destroyed
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 4 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 9 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 8 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
111 casualties reported
Airbase hits 33
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 257
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Day Air attack on Kweiyang , at 41,35
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
A6M3 Zero x 12
G4M1 Betty x 54
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 37
Ki-21 Sally x 75
Ki-48 Lily x 96
Ki-49 Helen x 27
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 8
P-40E Warhawk x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 5 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 4 destroyed, 6 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 13 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 164
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Day Air attack on Kweiyang , at 41,35
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
G4M1 Betty x 51
Ki-27 Nate x 9
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 42
Ki-21 Sally x 71
Ki-48 Lily x 95
Ki-49 Helen x 32
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 28
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 12 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 5 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-27 Nate: 4 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 19 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 17 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 6 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
Spitfire Vb: 3 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
108 casualties reported
Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 173
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Day Air attack on Kweiyang , at 41,35
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
G4M1 Betty x 45
Ki-27 Nate x 11
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 37
Ki-21 Sally x 60
Ki-48 Lily x 74
Ki-49 Helen x 35
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 12 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-27 Nate: 5 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 4 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 12 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 128
These has again been massive air to air combats... I wonder if he is still keen on continuing this adventure of his.
Those troops of my Chinese infantry that entered Lanchow were repelled... they retreated towards Sining base in Northern China.
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Ground combat at Lanchow
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 66163 troops, 730 guns, 7 vehicles
Defending force 41499 troops, 224 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
1493 casualties reported
Guns lost 39
Vehicles lost 5
Allied ground losses:
270 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
This IJN infantry unit was trying to blockade Kweiyang from behind but it was easily beaten and made retreat...
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Ground combat at 40,34
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 20121 troops, 138 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 2684 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Allied assault odds: 28 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
KB strikes in the South... China sees major air to air battles...
Game date is 10th of January 1943
China
The fight between Japanese and Allied pilots continue... heavy casualties reported to both sides. Heaviest fighting is reported at Kweiyang but Chengtu was hit also for the first time around.
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Day Air attack on Kweiyang , at 41,35
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
A6M3 Zero x 13
G4M1 Betty x 23
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 29
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 11 destroyed
A6M3 Zero: 5 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 9 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
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Day Air attack on Kweiyang , at 41,35
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
A6M3 Zero x 7
G4M1 Betty x 4
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
A6M3 Zero: 3 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Day Air attack on Kweiyang , at 41,35
Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 62
Ki-21 Sally x 83
Ki-48 Lily x 106
Ki-49 Helen x 44
Ki-46-II Dinah x 8
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 8
P-40E Warhawk x 24
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 17 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 9 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 12 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 7 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 17 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 136
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Day Air attack on Kweiyang , at 41,35
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 5
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 53
Ki-21 Sally x 98
Ki-48 Lily x 131
Ki-49 Helen x 49
Ki-46-II Dinah x 9
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 27
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 2 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 12 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 4 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 11 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 12 destroyed, 4 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 8 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 217
These battles raged over Kweiyang... also Chengtu was hit...
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Day Air attack on Chengtu , at 41,29
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 13
Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 13
P-40E Warhawk x 9
I-153c x 13
I-16c x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 4 destroyed, 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 1 damaged
No major ground battles to report but I would think that Japanese are planning to start something very soon.
Central & North Pacific
Operation Delfine continues... few Japanese supply vessels have been reported hit..
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Sub attack at 58,47
Japanese Ships
AK Yoneyama Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Showa Maru #3
Allied Ships
SS Haddo
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Sub attack at 65,45
Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Fumi Maru #2
MSW Atsu Maru
MSW Wa 7
MSW Wa 5
MSW Wa 4
Allied Ships
SS Halibut
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Sub attack at 57,48
Japanese Ships
AK Yoneyama Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Tambor
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Sub attack at 62,58
Japanese Ships
AK Yamamiya Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PG Chokai Maru
Allied Ships
SS Barb
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Sub attack at 61,47
Japanese Ships
AP Yubae Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
MSW W.3
DD Isonami
Allied Ships
SS Tautog
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Sub attack at 57,47
Japanese Ships
TK Kyokuyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Argonaut
I like the results so far... this operation will continue and hopefully it will bring in even more success and sunken merchant ships.
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
Battles to capture Luganville base continue... last turn I did manage to 2:1 odds and fortifications are down to 0... the base should fall to allied hands soon.
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Ground combat at Luganville
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 24939 troops, 245 guns, 6 vehicles
Defending force 8276 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles
Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Luganville base !!! (FOW... The Japanese still occupy the base!!!)
Japanese ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Allied ground losses:
225 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
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Ground combat at Luganville
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 24767 troops, 233 guns, 6 vehicles
Defending force 8111 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
111 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Allied ground losses:
147 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
The real bad news is that the KB came South again with full force... My intelligence reported that Mini KB was lurking around but boy where this information wrong or what... because of this first hand information I did engage my RN CV's and battle fleet... results are yet to be determined... first my PT Boats found out the enemy navy...
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Day Time Surface Combat at 73,104
Japanese Ships
CV Akagi
CV Kaga
CV Hiryu
CV Soryu
CV Shokaku
CV Zuikaku
CVL Ryujo
CVL Zuiho
CVL Ryuho
CA Tone
CA Chikuma
CA Takao
CA Myoko
CA Ashigara
DD Teruzuki
DD Yugumo
DD Takanami
DD Naganami
DD Shiranuhi
DD Urakaze
DD Asashio
DD Arare
DD Kasumi
DD Sagi
Allied Ships
PT PT-115
PT PT-116
PT PT-117
PT PT-118
PT PT-119
PT PT-120
PT PT-121
PT PT-122
PT PT-123
PT PT-124
PT PT-125
PT PT-126, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
This result was unfortunate... but look at the strenght of the enemy!!!
..than my British CV's moved in and engaged the enemy fleet...
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Day Air attack on TF at 69,101
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
A6M3a Zero x 14
Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 39
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 38 destroyed
Japanese Ships
CVE Unyo
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Day Air attack on TF at 70,102
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 118
A6M3a Zero x 18
Allied aircraft
Fulmar x 15
Swordfish x 20
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Fulmar: 15 destroyed
Swordfish: 19 destroyed
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Day Air attack on TF at 71,104
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 70
A6M3a Zero x 9
B5N Kate x 101
Allied aircraft
Fulmar x 20
Wildcat V x 28
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 13 destroyed, 3 damaged
A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed
B5N Kate: 31 destroyed, 39 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Fulmar: 20 destroyed
Wildcat V: 26 destroyed
Allied Ships
CV Formidable, Torpedo hits 1
CV Indomitable, Torpedo hits 3, on fire
BB Prince of Wales
BB Valiant, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CV Illustrious, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
BC Repulse
CA Dorsetshire
CVL Hermes
CL Durban
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Day Air attack on TF at 71,104
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 30
D3A Val x 26
B5N Kate x 19
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 4 destroyed, 15 damaged
B5N Kate: 3 destroyed, 13 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Wildcat V: 2 destroyed
Allied Ships
CVL Hermes
BB Prince of Wales
BC Repulse, Bomb hits 1
CV Illustrious, on fire
BB Valiant, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CV Formidable, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
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Day Air attack on TF at 71,104
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 2
B5N Kate x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 6 destroyed, 10 damaged
Allied Ships
CV Indomitable, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BC Repulse, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CVL Hermes
CV Formidable, on fire
BB Valiant, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 71,104
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 4 damaged
Allied Ships
CV Formidable, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
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Day Air attack on TF at 71,104
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 34
G3M Nell x 20
G4M1 Betty x 44
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 13 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 27 damaged
Allied Ships
CV Illustrious, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
BC Repulse, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CV Formidable, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CV Indomitable, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Valiant, on fire, heavy damage
BB Prince of Wales, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
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Day Air attack on TF at 71,104
Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 16
A6M3a Zero x 2
B5N Kate x 14
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
B5N Kate: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Allied Ships
BC Repulse, on fire, heavy damage
CA Devonshire
BB Valiant, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Prince of Wales, on fire
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Day Air attack on TF at 71,104
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 7
G4M1 Betty x 47
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 19 damaged
Allied Ships
CVL Hermes, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
BB Prince of Wales, Torpedo hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
CA Dorsetshire
Devastating results but the good news is that FOW seems to play major role here... actually none of my British CV's have sunk... and damage are moderate... this battle fleet is ordered to move into Noumea harbour... hopefully they can make it... I think he is following behind this TF with his full force of KB!
Now it would be nice to see my LBA (B17's, Liberator, Hudsons) actually make an naval attack!!!!!! I have propably around 140 B17's and Liberator set on Naval attack and nothing has happened.... Now I did put all my fighters on Escort duty... hopefully those P38's Lightnings, Kittyhawks and P40E's will make the diffrence...
Next turn will be intresting... either I will suffer my second defeat or than again just maybe I can make him pay....
Burma & India
Quiet... Nothing major to report... just two enemy PC's sunk by my Submarine fleet.
China
The fight between Japanese and Allied pilots continue... heavy casualties reported to both sides. Heaviest fighting is reported at Kweiyang but Chengtu was hit also for the first time around.
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Day Air attack on Kweiyang , at 41,35
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
A6M3 Zero x 13
G4M1 Betty x 23
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 29
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 11 destroyed
A6M3 Zero: 5 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 9 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
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Day Air attack on Kweiyang , at 41,35
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
A6M3 Zero x 7
G4M1 Betty x 4
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
A6M3 Zero: 3 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Day Air attack on Kweiyang , at 41,35
Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 62
Ki-21 Sally x 83
Ki-48 Lily x 106
Ki-49 Helen x 44
Ki-46-II Dinah x 8
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 8
P-40E Warhawk x 24
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 17 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 9 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 12 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 7 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 17 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 136
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Day Air attack on Kweiyang , at 41,35
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 5
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 53
Ki-21 Sally x 98
Ki-48 Lily x 131
Ki-49 Helen x 49
Ki-46-II Dinah x 9
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 27
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 2 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 12 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 4 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 11 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 12 destroyed, 4 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 8 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 217
These battles raged over Kweiyang... also Chengtu was hit...
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Day Air attack on Chengtu , at 41,29
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 13
Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 13
P-40E Warhawk x 9
I-153c x 13
I-16c x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 4 destroyed, 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 1 damaged
No major ground battles to report but I would think that Japanese are planning to start something very soon.
Central & North Pacific
Operation Delfine continues... few Japanese supply vessels have been reported hit..
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Sub attack at 58,47
Japanese Ships
AK Yoneyama Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Showa Maru #3
Allied Ships
SS Haddo
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Sub attack at 65,45
Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Fumi Maru #2
MSW Atsu Maru
MSW Wa 7
MSW Wa 5
MSW Wa 4
Allied Ships
SS Halibut
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Sub attack at 57,48
Japanese Ships
AK Yoneyama Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Tambor
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Sub attack at 62,58
Japanese Ships
AK Yamamiya Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PG Chokai Maru
Allied Ships
SS Barb
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Sub attack at 61,47
Japanese Ships
AP Yubae Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
MSW W.3
DD Isonami
Allied Ships
SS Tautog
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Sub attack at 57,47
Japanese Ships
TK Kyokuyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Argonaut
I like the results so far... this operation will continue and hopefully it will bring in even more success and sunken merchant ships.
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
Battles to capture Luganville base continue... last turn I did manage to 2:1 odds and fortifications are down to 0... the base should fall to allied hands soon.
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Ground combat at Luganville
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 24939 troops, 245 guns, 6 vehicles
Defending force 8276 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles
Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Luganville base !!! (FOW... The Japanese still occupy the base!!!)
Japanese ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Allied ground losses:
225 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
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Ground combat at Luganville
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 24767 troops, 233 guns, 6 vehicles
Defending force 8111 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
111 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Allied ground losses:
147 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
The real bad news is that the KB came South again with full force... My intelligence reported that Mini KB was lurking around but boy where this information wrong or what... because of this first hand information I did engage my RN CV's and battle fleet... results are yet to be determined... first my PT Boats found out the enemy navy...
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Day Time Surface Combat at 73,104
Japanese Ships
CV Akagi
CV Kaga
CV Hiryu
CV Soryu
CV Shokaku
CV Zuikaku
CVL Ryujo
CVL Zuiho
CVL Ryuho
CA Tone
CA Chikuma
CA Takao
CA Myoko
CA Ashigara
DD Teruzuki
DD Yugumo
DD Takanami
DD Naganami
DD Shiranuhi
DD Urakaze
DD Asashio
DD Arare
DD Kasumi
DD Sagi
Allied Ships
PT PT-115
PT PT-116
PT PT-117
PT PT-118
PT PT-119
PT PT-120
PT PT-121
PT PT-122
PT PT-123
PT PT-124
PT PT-125
PT PT-126, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
This result was unfortunate... but look at the strenght of the enemy!!!
..than my British CV's moved in and engaged the enemy fleet...
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Day Air attack on TF at 69,101
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
A6M3a Zero x 14
Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 39
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 38 destroyed
Japanese Ships
CVE Unyo
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Day Air attack on TF at 70,102
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 118
A6M3a Zero x 18
Allied aircraft
Fulmar x 15
Swordfish x 20
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Fulmar: 15 destroyed
Swordfish: 19 destroyed
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Day Air attack on TF at 71,104
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 70
A6M3a Zero x 9
B5N Kate x 101
Allied aircraft
Fulmar x 20
Wildcat V x 28
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 13 destroyed, 3 damaged
A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed
B5N Kate: 31 destroyed, 39 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Fulmar: 20 destroyed
Wildcat V: 26 destroyed
Allied Ships
CV Formidable, Torpedo hits 1
CV Indomitable, Torpedo hits 3, on fire
BB Prince of Wales
BB Valiant, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CV Illustrious, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
BC Repulse
CA Dorsetshire
CVL Hermes
CL Durban
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Day Air attack on TF at 71,104
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 30
D3A Val x 26
B5N Kate x 19
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 4 destroyed, 15 damaged
B5N Kate: 3 destroyed, 13 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Wildcat V: 2 destroyed
Allied Ships
CVL Hermes
BB Prince of Wales
BC Repulse, Bomb hits 1
CV Illustrious, on fire
BB Valiant, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CV Formidable, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
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Day Air attack on TF at 71,104
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 2
B5N Kate x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 6 destroyed, 10 damaged
Allied Ships
CV Indomitable, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BC Repulse, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CVL Hermes
CV Formidable, on fire
BB Valiant, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 71,104
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 4 damaged
Allied Ships
CV Formidable, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
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Day Air attack on TF at 71,104
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 34
G3M Nell x 20
G4M1 Betty x 44
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 13 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 27 damaged
Allied Ships
CV Illustrious, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
BC Repulse, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CV Formidable, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CV Indomitable, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Valiant, on fire, heavy damage
BB Prince of Wales, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
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Day Air attack on TF at 71,104
Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 16
A6M3a Zero x 2
B5N Kate x 14
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
B5N Kate: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Allied Ships
BC Repulse, on fire, heavy damage
CA Devonshire
BB Valiant, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Prince of Wales, on fire
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Day Air attack on TF at 71,104
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 7
G4M1 Betty x 47
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 19 damaged
Allied Ships
CVL Hermes, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
BB Prince of Wales, Torpedo hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
CA Dorsetshire
Devastating results but the good news is that FOW seems to play major role here... actually none of my British CV's have sunk... and damage are moderate... this battle fleet is ordered to move into Noumea harbour... hopefully they can make it... I think he is following behind this TF with his full force of KB!
Now it would be nice to see my LBA (B17's, Liberator, Hudsons) actually make an naval attack!!!!!! I have propably around 140 B17's and Liberator set on Naval attack and nothing has happened.... Now I did put all my fighters on Escort duty... hopefully those P38's Lightnings, Kittyhawks and P40E's will make the diffrence...
Next turn will be intresting... either I will suffer my second defeat or than again just maybe I can make him pay....
Burma & India
Quiet... Nothing major to report... just two enemy PC's sunk by my Submarine fleet.
RE: KB strikes in the South... China sees major air to air battles...
Game date is 14th of January 1943
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
Allied forces now occupy the Luganville base... there are still some Japanese resistance in the island but those troops are expected to be captured or destroyed soon...
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Ground combat at Luganville
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 24431 troops, 237 guns, 6 vehicles
Defending force 8191 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles
Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese ground losses:
199 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Allied ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
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Ground combat at Luganville
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 25239 troops, 247 guns, 6 vehicles
Defending force 7582 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles
Allied assault odds: 14 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
276 casualties reported
Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
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Ground combat at Luganville
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 25243 troops, 243 guns, 6 vehicles
Defending force 6991 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Allied assault odds: 28 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
150 casualties reported
Allied ground losses:
112 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Now that we do hold Luganville base... future operations are on their way to strenghten this base and make it fully operational for upcoming missions.
No sign of KB anymore... I think he did retreat further North towards Rabaul and Truk... Those British CV's and BB's reported heavily damaged couple of days before are doing just fine... Actually most of them are 100% operational as we speak. FOW is sometimes a good thing...!
Otherwise just being bombing Lautem with my LBA's... 1 Japanese Tank regiment has taken a quite of pounding there!
Burma & India
Quiet... shifting supplies to Myithkina and China.
I'am ordered to withdraw 1 CV + 2 DD's this month but I think I rather pay Political Points!
China
Quiet... He has kept massive bombing ongoing againts Yunan and Kumming. Otherwise nothing to report.
Central & North Pacific
Operation Delfine has resulted couple more succesfull submarine hits...
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Sub attack at 55,42
Japanese Ships
AK Ina Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PG Fukui Maru
Allied Ships
SS Runner
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Sub attack at 63,46
Japanese Ships
AP Terukuni Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PG Shinko Maru #1
PG Nagata Maru
PG Aso Maru
Allied Ships
SS Scamp
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Sub attack at 64,44
Japanese Ships
AP Tatuta Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Pompon
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Sub attack at 65,46
Japanese Ships
MSW Musashi Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW W.22
MSW W.21
MSW W.19
Allied Ships
SS Haddock
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
Allied forces now occupy the Luganville base... there are still some Japanese resistance in the island but those troops are expected to be captured or destroyed soon...
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Ground combat at Luganville
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 24431 troops, 237 guns, 6 vehicles
Defending force 8191 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles
Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese ground losses:
199 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Allied ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
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Ground combat at Luganville
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 25239 troops, 247 guns, 6 vehicles
Defending force 7582 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles
Allied assault odds: 14 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
276 casualties reported
Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
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Ground combat at Luganville
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 25243 troops, 243 guns, 6 vehicles
Defending force 6991 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Allied assault odds: 28 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
150 casualties reported
Allied ground losses:
112 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Now that we do hold Luganville base... future operations are on their way to strenghten this base and make it fully operational for upcoming missions.
No sign of KB anymore... I think he did retreat further North towards Rabaul and Truk... Those British CV's and BB's reported heavily damaged couple of days before are doing just fine... Actually most of them are 100% operational as we speak. FOW is sometimes a good thing...!
Otherwise just being bombing Lautem with my LBA's... 1 Japanese Tank regiment has taken a quite of pounding there!
Burma & India
Quiet... shifting supplies to Myithkina and China.
I'am ordered to withdraw 1 CV + 2 DD's this month but I think I rather pay Political Points!
China
Quiet... He has kept massive bombing ongoing againts Yunan and Kumming. Otherwise nothing to report.
Central & North Pacific
Operation Delfine has resulted couple more succesfull submarine hits...
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Sub attack at 55,42
Japanese Ships
AK Ina Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PG Fukui Maru
Allied Ships
SS Runner
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Sub attack at 63,46
Japanese Ships
AP Terukuni Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PG Shinko Maru #1
PG Nagata Maru
PG Aso Maru
Allied Ships
SS Scamp
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Sub attack at 64,44
Japanese Ships
AP Tatuta Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Pompon
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Sub attack at 65,46
Japanese Ships
MSW Musashi Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW W.22
MSW W.21
MSW W.19
Allied Ships
SS Haddock
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RE: KB strikes in the South... China sees major air to air battles...
Good to see an update ! missed this AAR ..
I'd say your slaughtering the japs in the air in china ! .. ok he has a lot more than you but the losses overall look better than 5-1 in your favour .. apart from one or 2 bad days ( hurricanes suck vs tonies)
I was having palpitations reading the brit fleet hits .. glad that was FOW .. but the brits vs the KB was a bit hopeful imo.
also congratulations of getting back luganville .. mopping up efate next i assume .. but a long trip to guadalcanal if your planning on that route .. maybe PM ?? bomb the snot out of it from cooktown with your heavies at least.
as to LBA esp. 4E heavies attacking carriers , dont happen much . and its probably quite historical in that regard although frustrating from a gaming view. I 'think' it all hinges on the size of the cap .. and that KB has a lot of cap..placing the p38's on escort is a better idea too . i find LR CAP to be very inefficient and causes a lot of ops losses and fatigue. only really use it for hitting suspected jap air transports.
Also the mines .. sorry mate you NEED more than one minesweeper per taskforce ,, much more .
anyway .. glad its seems to be going your way for now .. i suspect that he tninks the brit fleet is sinking/sunk .. maybe he'll send down an invasion group to get luganville back and you can give him a suprise
anyway .. as ever good luck !
Rob
I'd say your slaughtering the japs in the air in china ! .. ok he has a lot more than you but the losses overall look better than 5-1 in your favour .. apart from one or 2 bad days ( hurricanes suck vs tonies)
I was having palpitations reading the brit fleet hits .. glad that was FOW .. but the brits vs the KB was a bit hopeful imo.
also congratulations of getting back luganville .. mopping up efate next i assume .. but a long trip to guadalcanal if your planning on that route .. maybe PM ?? bomb the snot out of it from cooktown with your heavies at least.
as to LBA esp. 4E heavies attacking carriers , dont happen much . and its probably quite historical in that regard although frustrating from a gaming view. I 'think' it all hinges on the size of the cap .. and that KB has a lot of cap..placing the p38's on escort is a better idea too . i find LR CAP to be very inefficient and causes a lot of ops losses and fatigue. only really use it for hitting suspected jap air transports.
Also the mines .. sorry mate you NEED more than one minesweeper per taskforce ,, much more .
anyway .. glad its seems to be going your way for now .. i suspect that he tninks the brit fleet is sinking/sunk .. maybe he'll send down an invasion group to get luganville back and you can give him a suprise
anyway .. as ever good luck !
Rob
sorry for the spelling . English is my main language , I just can't type . and i'm too lazy to edit
RE: KB strikes in the South... China sees major air to air battles...
Well, B-17Es do attack even KB since they don't need escort. But it's not as common as them attacking other TFs without air cover. They need to be quite experienced to achieve any results anyway. And large CAP can drive them away..but sometimes CAP is depleted... Few 500 lb bombs on IJN CV deck can save the day..or even better..later in war 2000 lb (patch 1.6) [:D]
"To meaningless French Idealism, Liberty, Fraternity and Equality...we answer with German Realism, Infantry, Cavalry and Artillery" -Prince von Bülov, 1870-
Allied occupy Luganville base... Operation Delfine continues...
Again, just been busy IRL... new job... new born closing in, etc... here is the newest update on how the war is going.
As you said Rob... I have managed to inflict a lot of damage in China againts his airforce. It intresting to see that Spitfires, P40E's and even the Chinese fighters can inflict such a damage.
I was also "shocked" to combat replay about the Royal Navy.. thank god it was just FOW! I did not have any intensions of attacking KB with RN... the idea was to go ahead againts Japanese mini KB but my intelligence was "foggy" at best.
I haven't decieded what to do once Luganville is captured... Efate would seem obvious target... but whether to againts Guadacanal or Port Moresby or maybe even shift the operational area completely... that is the key question.
You are propably right about the CAP too... I think he can mass over 200 fighters into air so that is propably why my LBA's did not attack.. frustrating but what can you do. Also, it seems that he has retired towards North with his CV's or at lest it seems so.
Oh, I did had several minesweepers attached to TF's but I guess he had layed so many mines that you could walk your way to shore.
Hmmm... that is also an good point Sardaukar... I think that I have my B17's experience wise in high 70's or low 80's.
Game date is 18th of January 1943
Burma & India
Quiet... Shifting supplies... organazing defenses... nothing significant to report.
China
Japanese airforce keeps bombing Kumming and Yunan bases... unfortunately I don't have a chance to stop these campaigns.
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Day Air attack on Kunming , at 39,33
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
A6M3 Zero x 34
G4M1 Betty x 44
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 59
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 damaged
Manpower hits 20
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 37
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Day Air attack on Yunan , at 38,32
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 85
Ki-48 Lily x 107
Ki-49 Helen x 44
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 204
He did not launch anykind of an attack againts Chungking nor Kweiyang last two turns. I think he is licking his wounds so to speak.
Central & North Pacific
Just the operation Delfine is ongoing... here are latest submarine vs ASW reports from past 4 days...
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Sub attack at 65,46
Japanese Ships
PG Magan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Kyo Maru #3
MSW Kyo Maru #1
DD Tachikaze
Allied Ships
SS Haddock
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Sub attack at 64,46
Japanese Ships
AK Komaki Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Pogy
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Sub attack at 65,46
Japanese Ships
MSW W.19, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Musashi Maru
MSW W.22
MSW W.21
Allied Ships
SS Haddock
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Sub attack at 64,46
Japanese Ships
AP Terukuni Maru
PG Shinko Maru #1
PG Nagata Maru
PG Aso Maru
Allied Ships
SS Pogy, hits 2, on fire
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Sub attack at 65,46
Japanese Ships
MSW Tamozono Maru #2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Fumi Maru
PG Zuiko Maru
PG Yoshida Maru
PG Shinko Maru #2
MSW Toshi Maru #8
MSW Toshi Maru #5
MSW Tamozono Maru #1
MSW Sonobe Maru
MSW Misago Maru #11
MSW Keinan Maru
MSW Fukeui Maru #7
MSW Fuji Maru
MSW Choyo Maru #2
Allied Ships
SS Haddock
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Sub attack at 57,50
Japanese Ships
AK Yoneyama Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Gudgeon
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Sub attack at 65,46
Japanese Ships
MSW Kyo Maru #1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PG Magan Maru
MSW Kyo Maru #3
DD Tachikaze
Allied Ships
SS Haddock, hits 3, on fire
Otherwise quiet... CV Essex will soon reach Pearl Harbour where it is set to link up with rest of the US CV's.
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
Operation Titan will soon end... We have now captured the Luganville base and allied forces are mopping up the island.
This operation was not "cheap"... I did loose quite a few transport AK's along with some valuable DD's ships... but despite that it was a success in terms that allied captured the Luganville base... that will boost our moral.
Also, it was good news that the British fleet reached Noumea safely... I did not lose single BB or CV ship... Even BB Pennylvania reached harbour and did not sunk.
He seems to have a lot of LBA's stationed near Guadacanal... since he did launch an air assault againts the troops in Luganville...
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36
A6M3a Zero x 17
G3M Nell x 52
G4M1 Betty x 117
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed
G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk I: 6 destroyed
Hudson I: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
103 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 83
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 32
A6M3a Zero x 16
G3M Nell x 42
G4M1 Betty x 100
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
G3M Nell: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk I: 2 destroyed
Hudson I: 2 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 32
There are still propably +- 10000 Japanese troops that refuse to surrender in Luganville... stubborn defenders but they should be annihilated soon enough.
Now the question stands... what is next... Port Moresby, Guadacanal or something completely diffrent...??? Well, Efate seems quite obvious target but that base will be dealt with soon.
Also, I have kept bombing Timor from Darwin...
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Day Air attack on 14th Tank Regiment, at 33,78
Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 40
B-17E Fortress x 60
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
136 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 11
Nothing else major to report...
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RE: Allied occupy Luganville base... Operation Delfine continues...
congratulations on getting luganville back .. actually a major strategic advance in securing the US-Oz supply lines.
As to next operation, Guadalcanal is a LONG way from luganville and imo frankly worthless. consolidate noumea and luganville. get more aviation support to luganville and send in a LOT of fighters in one go .. don't feed them in piecemeal. alos makes a nice LR bomber base to annoy guadalcanal.
Hows the situation in the rest of the pacific ? if the canton/pago/suva/noumea chain is yours maybe think of nibbling at the marshall islands .. invade from baker island as its closest. also with the short ranges yo can use slower ships , like the old US BB's
Another alternative would be port moresby .. massive assault from townsville whit heavies from cooktown and cairns flatten the airfields and port .. maybe a bit too adventurous though.
and another idea may be timor ?? i guees it would suprise him and if to send the ships up from perth he'll have no clue your coming .. you can recon from broome easily .. hudsons can reach koepang and give you some ides of enemy strength but much better to use F5's if you have any locally
also i'd recon everything you can so you dont give away any clue as to your real intentions.
Timor is close to N australia so damaged ships can retire and sort out flooding locally before u send them to the yards at Perth. may take a while but marching troops up to darwin/broome .. the others too would probably not be noticed by the japs either and those bases can support a LOT of allied airpower ( quite big)
anyway just my 2p worth
numbers are crushing u in china .. i guess there isnt much you can do except extract as heavy a price as you can . and frankly your doing a good jot at than
As ever good luck !
and thank god the brits are ok ..
As to next operation, Guadalcanal is a LONG way from luganville and imo frankly worthless. consolidate noumea and luganville. get more aviation support to luganville and send in a LOT of fighters in one go .. don't feed them in piecemeal. alos makes a nice LR bomber base to annoy guadalcanal.
Hows the situation in the rest of the pacific ? if the canton/pago/suva/noumea chain is yours maybe think of nibbling at the marshall islands .. invade from baker island as its closest. also with the short ranges yo can use slower ships , like the old US BB's
Another alternative would be port moresby .. massive assault from townsville whit heavies from cooktown and cairns flatten the airfields and port .. maybe a bit too adventurous though.
and another idea may be timor ?? i guees it would suprise him and if to send the ships up from perth he'll have no clue your coming .. you can recon from broome easily .. hudsons can reach koepang and give you some ides of enemy strength but much better to use F5's if you have any locally
also i'd recon everything you can so you dont give away any clue as to your real intentions.
Timor is close to N australia so damaged ships can retire and sort out flooding locally before u send them to the yards at Perth. may take a while but marching troops up to darwin/broome .. the others too would probably not be noticed by the japs either and those bases can support a LOT of allied airpower ( quite big)
anyway just my 2p worth
numbers are crushing u in china .. i guess there isnt much you can do except extract as heavy a price as you can . and frankly your doing a good jot at than
As ever good luck !
and thank god the brits are ok ..
sorry for the spelling . English is my main language , I just can't type . and i'm too lazy to edit
Operation Titan ends... February 1943 starts...
Thanx Rob... Luganville is essential as now I have secured my supply lines to Australia... Only Efate remains in Japanese hands and I will invade that small island soon enough. There is also a small recon base (Norfolk Island) and that has to be dealt with soon too.
Pago-Pago, Canton, Palmyra and Fiji's are safely in allied hands... so he does not have any vital forwards bases left there.
Hmmm... Baker Island could be useful... I have actually flown recon planes towards that base and it seems he has stacked 11 Units to that small Atoll. That is somewhat concerning... also he does have KB around (propably somewhere near Truk) ... or at least I think so and that makes this kind of operation dangerous at the moment.
Port Moresby... I would love to invade this base but I think it is too adventorous... He has way too many operational airfields in the area and those bases have to be dealt with before this kind of operation begins.
Guadacanal... yes, it's a long way from Luganville/Efate islands... but I think I should take these bases sometime in the future... since these bases can be used as jumping board towards Guinea and that is one obvious target...!
Timor... I think this operation could be done... but it requires quite a lot of time to get this kind of operation rolling... and I think I would have commit my CV's at least partially. Intresting idea...
Burma... This is one of the ideas I have been thinking... I really would love to do this... it would relieve pressure from Chinese and clear the way towards Malaya peninsula and thus making oilfields in DEI region in danger. Only problem is that I do not have any clue what kind of forces 200 000, 300 000 or more Japanese have there?!
..yeah... not much I can do about Kumming nor Yunan.. those airfields will remain shutdown.
Game date is 30th of January 1943
China
Japanese airforce has kept bombing the airfields at Kumming and Yunan. No major air to air combats have been fought.
On the bright side of things... Chinese bombers have upgraded to B25J's... that does give a lot of new options.. should I start bombing campaigns of my own or still use these AC's as supply shifters.
Also, nothing to report from ground... it seems that everything is quiet and maybe just too quiet!
Burma & India
Quiet as "usual"... as said above I would like to destroy all the Japanese forces occupying Burma but unfortunately I don't know what kind of strenght he has here... and it is propably too soon since it's only beginning of 1943.
Otherwise, nothing major to report from here.
Central & North Pacific
The Japanese navy has increased their ASW strentghs near Japan... this is due to the fact operation Delfine has proven to be somewhat effective.
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Sub attack at 60,47
Japanese Ships
AK Koho Maru, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
Allied Ships
SS Harder
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ASW attack at 64,46
Japanese Ships
PC Fumi Maru
PG Zuiko Maru
PG Magan Maru
MSW Musashi Maru
MSW W.22
MSW W.21
MSW W.19
DD Tachikaze
Allied Ships
SS Pogy, hits 2, on fire
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Sub attack at 62,50
Japanese Ships
AK Kenkon Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Trout
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ASW attack at 66,46
Japanese Ships
DD Wakaba
DD Hatsushima
DD Suzukaze
DD Kawakaze
DD Tanikaze
DD Hamakaze
Allied Ships
SS Scorpion, hits 2, on fire
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Sub attack at 63,57
Japanese Ships
AP Hokoku Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PG Shinko Maru #1
PG Nagata Maru
PG Aso Maru
Allied Ships
SS Grenadier
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Sub attack at 60,47
Japanese Ships
AP Uga Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW W.24
MSW Wa 104
MSW Wa 8
Allied Ships
SS Harder
Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Rest of the Central Pacific is peacefull at the moment...
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
Operation Titan draws to close... Luganville is now clear of any enemy forces. Allthough this operation was costly it was a victory and that is what the allied needed at the moment. Japanese seem to have quite a lot of AC's stationed near Shortlands since these kind of raids have been launched againts Luganville...
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 110
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 19
P-38G Lightning x 15
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
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Next stop will Efate.. There are 3 enemy units occupying that base and those troops need to be annihilated.
I also made couple of probing LBA attacks againts Kendari and Amboina.. to see what kind of forces he has there...
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Day Air attack on Kendari , at 33,71
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
A6M3a Zero x 12
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 64
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed, 5 damaged
A6M3a Zero: 5 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 4 destroyed
Ki-57-II Topsy: 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 11 destroyed, 41 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 21
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Day Air attack on Kendari , at 33,71
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16
A6M3a Zero x 12
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 55
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 9 destroyed, 29 damaged
Runway hits 2
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Day Air attack on Amboina , at 39,73 (Targeted the Oil resources here)
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 78
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 21 damaged
Oil hits 3
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Day Air attack on Amboina , at 39,73
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 27
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed, 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 7
Allied troops are now resting for a bit... I need to deciede what my next moves are at this region.
Pago-Pago, Canton, Palmyra and Fiji's are safely in allied hands... so he does not have any vital forwards bases left there.
Hmmm... Baker Island could be useful... I have actually flown recon planes towards that base and it seems he has stacked 11 Units to that small Atoll. That is somewhat concerning... also he does have KB around (propably somewhere near Truk) ... or at least I think so and that makes this kind of operation dangerous at the moment.
Port Moresby... I would love to invade this base but I think it is too adventorous... He has way too many operational airfields in the area and those bases have to be dealt with before this kind of operation begins.
Guadacanal... yes, it's a long way from Luganville/Efate islands... but I think I should take these bases sometime in the future... since these bases can be used as jumping board towards Guinea and that is one obvious target...!
Timor... I think this operation could be done... but it requires quite a lot of time to get this kind of operation rolling... and I think I would have commit my CV's at least partially. Intresting idea...
Burma... This is one of the ideas I have been thinking... I really would love to do this... it would relieve pressure from Chinese and clear the way towards Malaya peninsula and thus making oilfields in DEI region in danger. Only problem is that I do not have any clue what kind of forces 200 000, 300 000 or more Japanese have there?!
..yeah... not much I can do about Kumming nor Yunan.. those airfields will remain shutdown.
Game date is 30th of January 1943
China
Japanese airforce has kept bombing the airfields at Kumming and Yunan. No major air to air combats have been fought.
On the bright side of things... Chinese bombers have upgraded to B25J's... that does give a lot of new options.. should I start bombing campaigns of my own or still use these AC's as supply shifters.
Also, nothing to report from ground... it seems that everything is quiet and maybe just too quiet!
Burma & India
Quiet as "usual"... as said above I would like to destroy all the Japanese forces occupying Burma but unfortunately I don't know what kind of strenght he has here... and it is propably too soon since it's only beginning of 1943.
Otherwise, nothing major to report from here.
Central & North Pacific
The Japanese navy has increased their ASW strentghs near Japan... this is due to the fact operation Delfine has proven to be somewhat effective.
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Sub attack at 60,47
Japanese Ships
AK Koho Maru, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
Allied Ships
SS Harder
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ASW attack at 64,46
Japanese Ships
PC Fumi Maru
PG Zuiko Maru
PG Magan Maru
MSW Musashi Maru
MSW W.22
MSW W.21
MSW W.19
DD Tachikaze
Allied Ships
SS Pogy, hits 2, on fire
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Sub attack at 62,50
Japanese Ships
AK Kenkon Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Trout
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ASW attack at 66,46
Japanese Ships
DD Wakaba
DD Hatsushima
DD Suzukaze
DD Kawakaze
DD Tanikaze
DD Hamakaze
Allied Ships
SS Scorpion, hits 2, on fire
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Sub attack at 63,57
Japanese Ships
AP Hokoku Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PG Shinko Maru #1
PG Nagata Maru
PG Aso Maru
Allied Ships
SS Grenadier
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Sub attack at 60,47
Japanese Ships
AP Uga Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW W.24
MSW Wa 104
MSW Wa 8
Allied Ships
SS Harder
Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Rest of the Central Pacific is peacefull at the moment...
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
Operation Titan draws to close... Luganville is now clear of any enemy forces. Allthough this operation was costly it was a victory and that is what the allied needed at the moment. Japanese seem to have quite a lot of AC's stationed near Shortlands since these kind of raids have been launched againts Luganville...
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 110
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 19
P-38G Lightning x 15
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
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Next stop will Efate.. There are 3 enemy units occupying that base and those troops need to be annihilated.
I also made couple of probing LBA attacks againts Kendari and Amboina.. to see what kind of forces he has there...
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Day Air attack on Kendari , at 33,71
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
A6M3a Zero x 12
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 64
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed, 5 damaged
A6M3a Zero: 5 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 4 destroyed
Ki-57-II Topsy: 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 11 destroyed, 41 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 21
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Day Air attack on Kendari , at 33,71
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16
A6M3a Zero x 12
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 55
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 9 destroyed, 29 damaged
Runway hits 2
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Day Air attack on Amboina , at 39,73 (Targeted the Oil resources here)
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 78
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 21 damaged
Oil hits 3
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Day Air attack on Amboina , at 39,73
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 27
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed, 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 7
Allied troops are now resting for a bit... I need to deciede what my next moves are at this region.
Japanese assault Kweiyang... Allied submarines succesfull again... February 1943 starts...
Game date is 3rd of February 1943
Central & North Pacific
Here are the latest combat reports from operation Delfine...
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Sub attack at 67,46
Japanese Ships
DD Tachikaze
MSW Musashi Maru
MSW Hinode Maru #20
MSW Asahi Maru #2
MSW W.22
MSW W.21
MSW W.19
MSW W.11
DD Kuretake
Allied Ships
SS Gato, hits 1
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Sub attack at 58,48
Japanese Ships
TK Akatsuki Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Hasu
Allied Ships
SS S-46
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Sub attack at 72,47
Japanese Ships
AK Asuka Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Oshio
Allied Ships
SS Grayling
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Sub attack at 61,47
Japanese Ships
PG Kiso Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Tautog
Otherwise nothing note worthy to report from this sector.
India & Burma
Just one succesfull submarine assault made by SS Truant...
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Sub attack at 26,36
Japanese Ships
AK Sagami Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Truant
Myithkina is also now level 5 Airbase... that is good for upcoming operations.
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
A lot of AC's upgrades happening here... soon I will have quite a few solid long range bomber squadrons available.
Luganville has been quiet... just again those +100 Betty's flew againts the base... neither side reported any casualties!
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 116
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 19
P-38G Lightning x 15
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
That's odd result at least to my eyes!
Timor has been hit hard again by allied bombers...
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Day Air attack on 14th Tank Regiment, at 33,78
Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 33
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 3
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Day Air attack on Kure 6th SNLF, at 31,77
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 43
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Also Efate has been bombed again...
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Day Air attack on Efate , at 73,109
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 24
No Allied losses
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3
Couple of damaged allied battle ships are enroute towards Sydney where they will hit docks and get their damage repaired.
China
Just the usual raids againts Kumming and Yunan... but what is intresting that he did try to launch offensive againts my troops in Kweiyang.. and he paid the price for it in big time!
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Ground combat at Kweiyang
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 116533 troops, 1154 guns, 536 vehicles
Defending force 246626 troops, 1402 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 9)
Japanese ground losses:
9462 casualties reported [8D][:D][:'(]
Guns lost 143
Vehicles lost 11
Allied ground losses:
297 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
I don't know whether this the start of an new offensive but I do like the odds and casualty levels that I got...!!! [:D]
Central & North Pacific
Here are the latest combat reports from operation Delfine...
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Sub attack at 67,46
Japanese Ships
DD Tachikaze
MSW Musashi Maru
MSW Hinode Maru #20
MSW Asahi Maru #2
MSW W.22
MSW W.21
MSW W.19
MSW W.11
DD Kuretake
Allied Ships
SS Gato, hits 1
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Sub attack at 58,48
Japanese Ships
TK Akatsuki Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Hasu
Allied Ships
SS S-46
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Sub attack at 72,47
Japanese Ships
AK Asuka Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Oshio
Allied Ships
SS Grayling
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Sub attack at 61,47
Japanese Ships
PG Kiso Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Tautog
Otherwise nothing note worthy to report from this sector.
India & Burma
Just one succesfull submarine assault made by SS Truant...
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Sub attack at 26,36
Japanese Ships
AK Sagami Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Truant
Myithkina is also now level 5 Airbase... that is good for upcoming operations.
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
A lot of AC's upgrades happening here... soon I will have quite a few solid long range bomber squadrons available.
Luganville has been quiet... just again those +100 Betty's flew againts the base... neither side reported any casualties!
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 116
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 19
P-38G Lightning x 15
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
That's odd result at least to my eyes!
Timor has been hit hard again by allied bombers...
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Day Air attack on 14th Tank Regiment, at 33,78
Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 33
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 3
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Day Air attack on Kure 6th SNLF, at 31,77
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 43
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Also Efate has been bombed again...
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Day Air attack on Efate , at 73,109
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 24
No Allied losses
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3
Couple of damaged allied battle ships are enroute towards Sydney where they will hit docks and get their damage repaired.
China
Just the usual raids againts Kumming and Yunan... but what is intresting that he did try to launch offensive againts my troops in Kweiyang.. and he paid the price for it in big time!
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Ground combat at Kweiyang
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 116533 troops, 1154 guns, 536 vehicles
Defending force 246626 troops, 1402 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 9)
Japanese ground losses:
9462 casualties reported [8D][:D][:'(]
Guns lost 143
Vehicles lost 11
Allied ground losses:
297 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
I don't know whether this the start of an new offensive but I do like the odds and casualty levels that I got...!!! [:D]