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ASW attack near Amami Oshima at 98,62
Japanese Ships
PB Seki Maru #3
PB Toko Maru #4
Allied Ships
SS Sailfish
SS Sailfish is sighted by escort
PB Seki Maru #3 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Toko Maru #4 attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub
while we really respect IJN DDs (accounted for two subs sunk so far) and IJN mines of course, we don´t really respect IJN PBs. They do drive our subs off lots of times of course or act as targets that usually aren´t sunk, so IMO they are quite effective in their task, they are not at all effective in sinking (not even damaging) our subs...
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Sub attack near Hengchun at 85,68
Japanese Ships
DD Matsukaze
BB Fuso
DD Asakaze
DD Yukaze
DD Sawakaze
Allied Ships
SS Pike, hits 1
SS Pike launches 2 torpedoes at DD Matsukaze
Pike diving deep ....
DD Yukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Sawakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Sawakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
and yet another hit but no bang...
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Submarine attack near Truk at 110,103
Japanese Ships
xAKL Yamamizu Maru, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Silversides
xAKL Yamamizu Maru is sighted by SS Silversides
SS Silversides launches 4 torpedoes
hit but no bang...
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Morning Air attack on Lusu War Area , at 92,49
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
B5M1 Mabel x 5
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 25
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 11 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 15
Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Also attacking Manila Bay Defenses ...
Also attacking Bataan ...
the usual daily air attacks...
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Morning Air attack on Zuid KNIL Battalion, at 48,91 (Palembang)
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 68
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 33
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 13 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 17 damaged
Allied ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
Also attacking Palembang Base Force ...
Also attacking Teloekbetoeng Base Force ...
Also attacking Palembang Base Force ...
Also attacking Zuid KNIL Battalion ...
and a big strike against Palembang, coming from Malaya... looks like the IJA has by far not the same coordination problems we have if we try to launch three dozen heavy bombers against Port Moresby or even worse when on nav attack... Perhaps Rainer has more air HQs in range of his bombers which we more or less lack completely... there are just none available yet...
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Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 7 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 26
Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Teloekbetoeng Base Force, at 48,91 (Palembang)
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 15
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
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Sub attack near Truk at 110,103
Japanese Ships
xAKL Yamamizu Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Silversides
SS Silversides launches 6 torpedoes
and the next six torps at the crappy xAKL... and the next duds...
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Amphibious Assault at Sandakan
TF 162 troops unloading over beach at Sandakan, 70,88
I´m amazed how many useless bases are mopped up by Rainer already as I wouldn´t really care about them until I would have more time to do so...
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Ground combat at Lashio (62,46)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1112 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese adjusted assault: 11
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Lashio !!!
Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)
Assaulting units:
III./143rd Infantry Battalion
no more supplies to China via the Burma road...
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Ground combat at Daly Waters (76,131)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1025 troops, 4 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 38
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese adjusted assault: 38
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 38 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Daly Waters !!!
Combat modifiers
Attacker:
Assaulting units:
2nd Recon Regiment
looks like Rainer is sending a mot unit to pursue my fleeing units from Darwin... we´re off the road to Tennant Creek already and while I´m pretty sure the Recon Rgt will be faster than we are, I don´t consider it much of a threat with it´s 38 assault value as we still have more than 100 within our units that are moving South. So as long we have all our units moving together, the Recon Rgt should not be a threat.
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Ground combat at Taberfane (82,117)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 342 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese adjusted assault: 9
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Taberfane !!!
Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)
Assaulting units:
1st Indpt SNLF Coy
another non important base...
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Ground combat at Palembang (48,91)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 2028 troops, 15 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 89
Defending force 10010 troops, 102 guns, 89 vehicles, Assault Value = 306
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
Zuid KNIL Battalion
So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion
Djambi Base Force
Teloekbetoeng Base Force
Palembang Base Force
Defending units:
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
12th JAAF Base Force
Rainer has brought reinforcements and fields 300+ av but he´s not attacking yet... why?
and here´s the most important news of this turn. KB showed up. I´m not surprised at all to see it in this position today because with redoing a turn the Japanese had one more day to react and obviously did this with hindsight. I had some hindsight too in thinking it would be better to bail out with my carriers as I was sure that if KB would be at Truk it would have been set to move South at the day we had to redo. And with KB´s position today, it seems I was right. My carriers are far enough away not to be in real danger and full speed moves over more than one or max two days isn´t really possible in AE anyway. And KB would need at least two more days at full speed to catch my carriers. We´ve spotted KB and I told Rainer that we did so I wonder where KB will move to. He only told me: "perhaps KB will find some other targets". Nothing but a couple of small xAKLs around that were heading to their targets alone to bring some supplies. At the moment I can´t see one of my major convoys being in danger of ending up with KB anytime soon. And if you think about KB´s normal speed of 4+4 hexes each turn then it will take some time to get KB into position to catch my convoys that are moving at 3+3 each turn.
One more thing I wonder is how much fuel does the IJN have at Truk and how long can KB sustain operations South of Truk. Probably enough fuel and enough time to cause trouble. But so far the trouble only means to reroute some convoys.
