PzB vs Wobbly - Clash of Steel

[PzB74]

The carriers from Truk have to pass through a sub infested area tomorrow - doesn't like it.
The CVE group and troop convoy for Balikpapan will be re-directed around the Makassar Strait.
Have to send in the zero clean squads first!

Anyone remember the game Syndicate? A bunch of dudes in gestapo coats takes care of..problems.
Called them zero clean squads [;)]

The Kaga has already repaired 4-5 sys damage points. Good progress!
Tomorrow 3 destroyers will move to Shanghai to escort the newly repaired Maya and Yamashiro to Tokyo.
The Nagato is also fit for battle again.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/29/43

Sub/ASW Attacks

More bloodshed... The tankers heading away from Makassar were attacked again!
Fortunately damage was slight and the victim could be directly disbanded into a size 3 port.
A damaged tanker foundered at her morrings in Tarakan though.

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Sub attack at 36,61

Japanese Ships
TK Kaizyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
TK Eiyo Maru
PG Kogyoku Maru
PG Kiso Maru
PG Kanko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Pompon
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ASW attack at 62,60 - this group follows the CS group - which spotted the SS Shad!

Japanese Ships
DD Ikazuchi
DD Wakaba
DD Nenohi
DD Shigure
DD Michishio
DD Onami

Allied Ships
SS Shad, hits 3, on fire - 3 bins are usually enough...
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ASW attack at 60,47

Japanese Ships
PC Sado
PC Ch 6
PC Ch 3
PC Showa Maru #3
MSW Seki Maru #3
PC Matsuwa

Allied Ships
SS Pollack
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TF 1090 encounters mine field at Torokina (63,92) - Ken is hunting my barges

Allied Ships
PT PT-296, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage *sinks*
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Air Combat

Buin is hit again and again... Tabby's from Rabaul are keeping the place in supplies
and an additional 85 squad naval garrison is now in place.

Day Air attack on Buin , at 64,92

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 6
SBD Dauntless x 32
TBF Avenger x 7

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
16 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
7 x TBF Avenger bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Buin , at 64,92

Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 30
P-38G Lightning x 10


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
16 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Situation map: War on terror

[pauk]

ORIGINAL: PzB



The USS Grampus was hit again by asw ac today and sank. Cause: 250kg bomb [8D]
In all 31 Allied subs have been sunk thus far. Perhaps it's possible to defeat them.
I'll give it a try! Experienced Army bombers (Lily's and Sally's) have been ordered on asw
duty.

Yes it is a more than possible[;)]. You are on the right way to quits with this problem - your composition of ASW forces is good - one DD (with aggresive commander) and rest aux. vessels.

In my PBEM game, only great success is ASW. I think i sunk 12 enemy subs in just little more than one month. My opponent sunk just two I-boats (i learned from previous games about allied ASW and deployed them in other way - primary as a defansive weapon and for previously damaged ships - thanks PzB!).

my favourite ASW ships are APD's - and some of them already at 50 or more exp. level:


ASW attack near Menado at 39,67

Japanese Ships
DD Yugure
APD APD-39
APD APD-38
APD APD-37
APD APD-36
APD APD-35
APD APD-34
APD APD-33
APD APD-32

Allied Ships
SS Pike, hits 5, on fire, heavy damage

what can i say? I love this APD's with 95 DC!

I've already noticed that enemy subs are'n parked near my bases anymore...

you may want to protect your precious TK's. Except putting escorts in transport fleet, you may form ASW group - usual composition: DD and aux. vessels, but with one slow (10 knots) ship (MSW). Send them in front of your conwoy(one hex) and give order to conwoy to follow. them.
I've heard that some people give "follow" order to the ASW TF but i did not tried yet.

Also, the key of the success is route... plot your route in shallow waters

EXAMPLE: Palembang - Singapore - Khota Baru - Kompong Trach - Saigon - Camrah Bay - China - Japan... or alongside Borneo, Phillipines....

Try this and you wont be dissapointed[;)]

and, keep the good work!

[WhoCares]

In my game vs. AI I operated with hubs for resource and oil transports. Obvious choice is Singapore, collecting Resources and Oil from Sumatra, northern Java and Borneo. As southwestern hub I used Davao, collecting from southern Borneo, Ambiona, Kendari southern Java and whereever else down there. About once to twice a month huge convoys head for the homeland, Singapore - Hong Kong - Formosa Strait - Sasebo, while convoys from Davao go straight for a Honshu size 10 port.
When I say huge I mean 100k+ Resources and 100k+ Oil (sometimes more tham 200k of each), with an AV, a fair number of various escort vessels, and some kind of old CL (prob. best the Katoris) as torpedo bait [8|] Esp. for the Singapore route I sometimes used one or more additional ASW TF to clear the way ahead.

Ships were assigned to operate for the respective hub, so transports collect from the surrounding bases and escorts perform ASW while no big convoy is setup/underway.

Of course this works better vs. AI - once a human opponent stumbles across such huge convoys and increased traffic around some bases he will soon smell what's going on and starts to besiege the hubs itself... [:(]

[PzB74]

Thx for the input Pauk and WhoCares!
I think it's a good idea to keep an aggressive destroyer in any asw group - this also makes it the prime target but
it's always give and take. As you know we got a limit on 6 ships in asw tf's for 43 - in 44 it will increase to 7.

Is it so that ships with less than 50 exp can successfully depth charge a sub now? This wasn't the case in UV...

Need to pay more attention to shallow water - and convoys in general. This hasn't been necessary so far, but more and
better Allied subs means that more care has to be taken.

Very interesting idea WhoCares! [8D] I will try to create a few pools of my own and protect them vigoursly. Japan can't
afford to guard all of her convoys strongly so it is a good idea to concentrate our capabilities and make the hunter the hunted!
It was this that stopped the German subs in the Atlantic in May 43!

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/30/43

The usual air strikes today and a fast transport mission brought a coastal defensive and aa
unit to Buin. Assault strength has been doubled during the last week or so. Tomorrow Ken's dive
bombers should meet more red hot steel than they appreciate...

Sub/ASW Attacks

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ASW attack at 34,63

Japanese Ships
DD Kisaragi
DD Karukaya
PC Shonon Maru #3
PC Shonan Maru #7
PC Toshi Maru #3
APD APD-2

Allied Ships
SS Gato
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ASW attack at 34,63

Japanese Ships
DD Kisaragi
DD Karukaya
PC Shonon Maru #3
PC Shonan Maru #7
PC Toshi Maru #3
APD APD-2

Allied Ships
SS Gato - lucky, lucky...
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ASW attack at 64,87

Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu
CA Suzuya
DD Nowaki
DD Hamakaze
DD Makinami
DD Natsushio
DD Arashi
DD Asagumo

Allied Ships
SS S-28, hits 1, heavy damage
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[pauk]

ORIGINAL: PzB

Is it so that ships with less than 50 exp can successfully depth charge a sub now? This wasn't the case in UV...

Yes, but you have to be patient...[;)]

[String]

ORIGINAL: pauk

ORIGINAL: PzB

Is it so that ships with less than 50 exp can successfully depth charge a sub now? This wasn't the case in UV...

Yes, but you have to be patient...[;)]

indeed.. where's my turn!!! [:D]

[WhoCares]

ORIGINAL: PzB
...
Very interesting idea WhoCares! [8D] I will try to create a few pools of my own and protect them vigoursly. Japan can't
afford to guard all of her convoys strongly so it is a good idea to concentrate our capabilities and make the hunter the hunted!
It was this that stopped the German subs in the Atlantic in May 43!
...

Well, I can't claim to be the originator of that idea - it was already discussed in length about a year ago - big convoys vs. small TFs. Some say it's ahistorical as the japanese didn't operate such big convoys, but that must have been the allied fanboys [:'(]

Regarding Davao I am actually not sure, I think there was some kind of rumour that you might lose oil when you drop it into a port that has no resources or HI, can't say that I noticed it but I didn't really watched that carefully vs. the AI... However, it might be hard to find many alternatives but Manila, plenty of shallow water around there

AVs obviously of the multiple plane type if they fly missions while on sea (and I say they do).

Regarding the collection of resources and oil from the surrounding bases I often used bigger TFs than actually neccessary for the stock of that base to accellerate loading, esp. for bases in range of enemy LBA (Kendari, Amboina, Bulla) - of course, this might be considered exploiting game mechanics (many ships loading simultaneously in small port)...

[PzB74]

Perhaps I can have 5-6 escort groups that goes back and forth between 2 hubs. Each time a convoy
is loaded it will simply wait for an escort group to appear. 2-3 convoys can thus be moved at the same
time.

Yes, we know that the Japs didn't use big convoys - big mistake. Any Allied fanboy would probably like
their opponent to repeat this mistake [:'(] We won't do that, will we <G>

In the meanwhile this new super schlager has been released in Germany and distributed throughout the
Axis to strengthen morale Super schlager [;)]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/31/43

Nothing much happening.. Moving troops from Burma to India. These reinforcements
goes to Panaji, Trivandrum, Madras and Colombo. Still need more troops, but the defense
is getting better and better.

Sub/ASW Attacks

Another one bites the dust! [8D]
This time a minelaying TF runs over a sub on their way back from a mission to the
Marianas. I'm now mining the chain - want it to be done while it's not an hazard.
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ASW attack at 64,75

Japanese Ships
ML Takashima

Allied Ships
SS Searaven, hits 2, on fire, heavy damage *sinks*
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[PzB74]

Another quiet turn..!

A convoy has again been spotted between PB and the WC - all 3 subs will attempt
to intercept this time.

In the DEI Balikpapan, Kendari and Soerabaja have been turned into key bastions.
I'm unsure about how soon I should deploy a fresh division to Timor. Can't wait too long
but an early deployment means that the regiments will be worn down by malaria, low supply
levels and enemy bombing raids.

It's another 73 days until 'reinforcement week' - called so because 2 Home Defense, 2 Chinese and
3 southern/norhtern area divisions are released together with 4-5 amph brigades and regiments.
One month after reinforcement week we have SNLF week [8D]

All these reinforcements will be poored into holes in the defensive perimeter.

I also noticed that only a further 17 big fleet destroyers will be delivered for the remainder of
the war...the rest are small cheapo class destroyers. Grumble, not good!

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/01/43

Sub/ASW Attacks

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ASW attack at 49,46

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 30
PC Ch 15
PC Ch 9
PC Takunan Maru #5
PC Takuna Maru #7

Allied Ships
SS Kingfish
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[PzB74]

Found an aviation regiment in Manchukuo that could be spared - preparing it for the Marianas.
I have to boost ac capacity here!

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/02/43

Sub/ASW Attacks

The S-28 was reported sunk not far from Lunga today. This was the 35 Allied
sub that's been sunk so far!

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ASW attack at 63,57

Japanese Ships
DD Ikazuchi
DD Wakaba
DD Nenohi
DD Shigure
DD Michishio
DD Onami

Allied Ships
SS Grayling
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[PzB74]

Rather quiet days! The bulk of the KB has reached Tokyo and several ships have
received much needed upgrades. The Akagi now got an 940 aa rating while the Junyo's got 666.
The first of the Kirishima fast battleships also received a surface radar and additional aa guns.

In a month most ships of the Combined Fleet should be in perfect working order. Only 4 days until
the Amagi arrvies. Also have to work out how many ships I should leave in Japan to protect against
a threat from the Kuriles. If Ken chooses this approach it will be an 110% effort - so perhaps heavy forts
and additional army units will be enough until the cavalry can arrive!

I've also undertaken a dull job: there are dozens of fragmented units on the map. One sound detector here
and a base force there [:'(] I'll try to bring these units together. I will however keep small fragments of units
that are placed in dangerous places. If they're wiped out they'll be rebuilt.

We continue to follow the asw effort:

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/03/43

Sub/ASW Attacks

Not a lot to report - the O-24 was hit by an asw ac of Balikpapan.

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ASW attack at 49,46

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 30
PC Ch 15
PC Ch 9
PC Takunan Maru #5
PC Takuna Maru #7

Allied Ships
SS Kingfish
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/04/43

Sub/ASW Attacks

A sub is hit by Sally's just north of Truk. Several other asw attacks are made
but the subs are lucky today.

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ASW attack at 34,64

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 8
PC Shonon Maru #3
PC Shonan Maru #7
PC Toshi Maru #3
APD APD-2
DD Kisaragi

Allied Ships
SS S-35
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ASW attack at 62,75

Japanese Ships
PC Kunashiri
APD APD-39
DD Oite
DD Minazuki
DD Uzuki
DD Sagiri

Allied Ships
SS Gar
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ASW attack at 64,70

Japanese Ships
ML Takashima

Allied Ships
SS Runner
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Sub attack at 46,44

Japanese Ships
AK Hirokawa Maru *hit by dud*
PC Ch 17

Allied Ships
SS Steelhead
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Air Combat

Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32 - 19 enemy ac were destroyed on the ground in this attack

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 52

Allied aircraft
I-16c x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 9 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 5 destroyed
SB-2c: 4 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
All Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Buin , at 64,92

Japanese aircraft - the Zero's based at Buka provided CAP for Buin (against my wish) - swooped through the F4U escort and shot down an SBD
A6M2 Zero x 9

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 7
SBD Dauntless x 9
TBF Avenger x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
7 x TBF Avenger bombing at 10000 feet
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[WhoCares]

ORIGINAL: PzB
...
Also have to work out how many ships I should leave in Japan to protect against
a threat from the Kuriles. If Ken chooses this approach it will be an 110% effort - so perhaps heavy forts
and additional army units will be enough until the cavalry can arrive!
...

You can set some ENG units to build up some airfileds and/or ports - he will get the reports of their expansion which might be sufficient to tell him that you are already prepared in that theater.

Intel is a mighty weapon - especially the fake intel you intentionally give the enemy [:'(]
Other 'sources' for such directed intel are LCU preparation and loaded LCUs vectored to specific bases. However, you won't know about the effectiveness of the latter two. But it doesn't really hurt and costs you nothing if you command some Manchukuo, Home Defense or Indian Garrison Divisions to prepare for Tinian/Guam/Saipan/Eniwetok/PNG/Amboina/Shika/Wake/[put random name of potential enemy invasion here] as long as you do not forget to revert the preparation some time in '44/45 before the russian activation

It is the basic 'Appear strong where you are weak...' ala Sun Tzu. But don't forget the second part '... appear weak where you are strong.'
For the japanese game in this phase I would actually go as far and say 'Don't be too strong where you want to be attacked.' What you want him to do in the future is to attack as many of your outposts as possible - what sense do make 200k troops in Kwajalein if he just bypasses it. 60k on the otherhand might be weak enough to make him attack but still be strong enough to bind strong forces for months.

[PzB74]

Good point WhoCares[:D]
Yesterday Shikka increased its af size and Paramushiro island will expand shortly as well - so Ken already knows that some poor sods are hard at work up in the cold...)
The only islands that will receive more than 50k troops are key bastions like Rabaul, Truk, Kwajalein and Soerabaja + all the bases in the Marianas.

Ken has to invade many of my islands and atolls with 9 forts and lots of troops to get to the Marianas. It is possible that he will try an alternative approach throgh Northern Guinea, Timor and Java/Borneo
inestead. So this is were our main effort will be directed in the coming months. Heck, even Iwo Jima and Bonin island have 9 forts and are all but ready.

The Allies are ahead of schedule in the Gilberts and Solomons compared to history, but it has come at a price - will be very interesting to see how it all turns out!

[Mynok]

that some poor sods are hard at work up in the cold...

Aren't you Norwegian? Isn't this...well...self-incriminating? [:D]

[PzB74]

LOL! True - but I just applied for a job in Saudia Arabia, so perhaps I'll get rid of the cold soon.-)
I can also assure you that I don't live anywere near North Cape either [;)]

[Honda]

Don't melt.

[PzB74]

I wouldn't mind swetting out for 6-12 months [8D]

Continued to sort out fragmented units today - the worst example is a naval guard unit
that's spread over 4 different bases all over the Pacific...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/05/43

I didn't 'see' the following happening before I pasted in this report!!
A group of DMS swept some mines at Shortlands and it looks like the coastal defence unit
gave Ken another bloody nose <G> He's not going to like this [:D]

Surface Combat

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TF 1157 encounters mine field at Shortlands (63,93) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

101 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DMS Chandler, Shell hits 3, on fire
DMS Long, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
DMS Zane, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DMS Hopkins, Shell hits 14, on fire, heavy damage

Sub/ASW Attacks

The SS Nautilus was reported hit 2-3 times by asw ac of Truk today, it could
sink anytime. The Gar was also hit while survivors from the SS Shad were picked up.
Good riddance to yet another pesky sub!
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ASW attack at 35,62

Japanese Ships
PG Shotoku Maru
PG Shosei Maru
MSW Hakata Maru #7
MSW Fumi Maru #2
MSW Choun Maru #21
MSW Choun Maru #6

Allied Ships
SS S-35
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ASW attack at 62,71

Japanese Ships
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Natsugumo
DD Amatsukaze
DD Shiranuhi
DD Yukikaze
DD Hatsukaze

Allied Ships
SS S-36
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Air Combat

Again my Oscars stayed home, and an angry little I-16 shot down one bomber
and damaged 2 others - annoying [:'(]

Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 62

Allied aircraft
I-16c x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-16c: 1 damaged
SB-2c: 4 destroyed (7 reported destroyed)

Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
All Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet
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P-39's have been harassing my barges - big time!

Day Air attack on TF at 62,90

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 65

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AG AG-2053, Shell hits 8, on fire
AG AG-370, Shell hits 4, on fire
AG AG-5189, Shell hits 20
AG AG-5188, Shell hits 8
AG AG-2054, Shell hits 4
AG AG-5051, Shell hits 4
AG AG-102, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AG AG-105, Shell hits 8
AG AG-2094, Shell hits 12
AG AG-5141, Shell hits 12, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
All P-39D Airacobra attacking at 100 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 62,90 - today the P-39's got to close to Rabaul and Tojo's
swept out of the sun and the remains of 12 fighter-bombers rained down on the
grinning barge drivers! The rest turned head over heel [:D]

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 13

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 63

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 11 destroyed, 4 damaged
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[PzB74]

Ken said he learned a new lesson regarding mine sweeping Tf's and coastal defense units [;)]
I learned that coastal defensive units are 'offensive' in nature when I lost a bunch of Jap PT boats of Singapore
in the early days of this game!

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/06/43

Sub/ASW Attacks

The hunter killer group gets its first kill today: for a week it has been hunting down
a sub in the area between Iwo Jima and the Marianas. The seaplane carriers helped pinpoint
the sub while the asw group attacked. The USS Grayling was sent to the bottom with all hands today!

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Sub attack at 63,57

Japanese Ships
DD Michishio
DD Ikazuchi
DD Wakaba
DD Nenohi
DD Shigure
DD Onami

Allied Ships
SS Grayling
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ASW attack at 63,57

Japanese Ships
DD Ikazuchi
DD Wakaba
DD Nenohi
DD Shigure
DD Michishio
DD Onami

Allied Ships
SS Grayling, hits 4, on fire, heavy damage *sinks*
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Air Combat

Really heavy air strikes against Lae, Buin and especially - Shortland.
Guess it has become a thorn in Ken's side again [:)]

Day Air attack on Shortlands , at 63,93

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 15
Kittyhawk I x 12
P-38G Lightning x 18
B-25C Mitchell x 60
PB4Y Liberator x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombersl bombing at 12000 feet
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Day Air attack on Shortlands , at 63,93

Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 123
PB4Y Liberator x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
202 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 41
Port hits 12
Port supply hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 12000 feet
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[PzB74]

It's quiet before the storm - the situation is much like the one in Europe during the
Spring of 1943. Status Quo...

In Tokyo the carrier Unryo has arrived and can carry 65 ac. I will most likely add more
fighters and boost her complement to 74 ac. Just a few days more and her sister, the Amagi
arrives. Then it will be another month before the Katsuragi arrives. These carriers have a modest
deck armor (24) but a high speed (34kts). 5 fast carriers would provide a really good hit and run
striking force.

I've already accelerated the carrier Kasagi and the Aso will follow suit when the Amagi arrives.
Then the Ikoma will be accelerated as Katsuragi arrives. This leaves only the light carrier Ibuki which
can be accelerated when the Chitose has finished her convertion.

The KB will continue to pose a threat against the Allies for at least another year and a half!

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/07/43

Sub/ASW Attacks

Another sub was hit by an asw ac, otherwise quiet.

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ASW attack at 64,70

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 8

Allied Ships
SS Runner
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/08/43

Both SS-35 and SS-36 were hit by asw ac today.

Air Combat

A sweep of naval bombers pounce upon an unprotected Allied fast transport of
the east coast of NG! Unfortunately only a dud hit is scored [:(]

Day Air attack on TF, near Buna at 55,90

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Perth
CL Concord

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet

[wernerpruckner]

but I just applied for a job in Saudia Arabia,

if you go there you will probably not be able to get into this forum any longer, the Saudis are blocking many chatrooms - and this is one of them as far as I have heard from a friend who was working there for several years.

Werner