Alpha77 (IJ) vs. Allied player (A) PBM scen2

Alpha77 · Post by **Alpha77** » Mon Jun 03, 2019 4:30 pm

Jan´43 continued:

I post the complete combat report, maybe someone can figure out the lackluster performance (leaders and exp of our ships are GOOD)

Night Time Surface Combat, near Russell Islands at 113,136, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima
CA Mikuma
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 1
CA Kako
CLAA Tenryu
CLAA Tatsuta
DD Akigumo
DD Urakaze
DD Hamakaze
DD Yamagumo
DD Kasumi
DD Uranami, Shell hits 1
DD Tachikaze

Allied Ships
CL Columbia, Shell hits 6, on fire
DD Chevalier
DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 2
DD Bailey
DD Russell

Improved night sighting under 82% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 82% moonlight: 11,000 yards
Range closes to 27,000 yards...
Range closes to 25,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 25,000 yards
Range closes to 23,000 yards...
Range closes to 21,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 21,000 yards
Range closes to 19,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 19,000 yards
Range closes to 17,000 yards...
Range closes to 15,000 yards...
Range closes to 13,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 13,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
BB Kirishima engages CL Columbia at 11,000 yards
CL Columbia engages CA Kako at 11,000 yards
CL Columbia engages CA Kinugasa at 11,000 yards
BB Kirishima engages DD Aaron Ward at 11,000 yards
DD Aaron Ward engages DD Yamagumo at 11,000 yards
BB Kirishima engages CL Columbia at 11,000 yards
DD Kasumi engages DD Russell at 11,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages CL Columbia at 11,000 yards
CA Mikuma engages CL Columbia at 11,000 yards
DD Chevalier engages DD Tachikaze at 11,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Chevalier at 11,000 yards
DD Akigumo engages DD Aaron Ward at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
BB Kirishima engages CL Columbia at 8,000 yards
DD Russell engages CA Kako at 8,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages CL Columbia at 8,000 yards
CA Mikuma engages CL Columbia at 8,000 yards
DD Tachikaze engages DD Chevalier at 8,000 yards
CL Columbia engages CLAA Tenryu at 8,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Chevalier at 8,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Aaron Ward at 8,000 yards
DD Akigumo engages DD Russell at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
BB Kirishima engages CL Columbia at 6,000 yards
CA Kako engages CL Columbia at 6,000 yards
DD Bailey engages DD Kasumi at 6,000 yards
CA Mikuma engages CL Columbia at 6,000 yards
CLAA Tatsuta engages CL Columbia at 6,000 yards
CLAA Tenryu engages CL Columbia at 6,000 yards
DD Aaron Ward engages DD Yamagumo at 6,000 yards
DD Russell engages DD Hamakaze at 6,000 yards
DD Russell engages DD Urakaze at 6,000 yards
DD Akigumo engages DD Aaron Ward at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 9,000 yards
BB Kirishima engages CL Columbia at 9,000 yards
CL Columbia engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards
DD Bailey engages DD Yamagumo at 9,000 yards
CA Mikuma engages CL Columbia at 9,000 yards
DD Chevalier engages CLAA Tatsuta at 9,000 yards
CLAA Tenryu engages CL Columbia at 9,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Russell at 9,000 yards
DD Urakaze engages DD Chevalier at 9,000 yards
DD Akigumo engages DD Aaron Ward at 9,000 yards
Task forces break off... Mh.
The TF sinks 3 small SCs later
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Sub attack near Iriomote at 88,68

Japanese Ships
APD Hishu, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage (sunk)
E Numakaze

Allied Ships
SS Growler
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A6m5s sweep Tulagi - no CAP [:@]
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Russell Islands at 112,136

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 37
B5M1 Mabel x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AM Starling, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AM Requisite, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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13 Jakes on low nav in 2 strikes catch 2 FLetcher classes but score 0 hits [:(]
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Albacores take out 3 barges near Rekata 1 hex above Russel
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Munda at 111,134

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 10
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 8
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 18
SBC-4 Helldiver x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CMc Kurokami, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
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Flak at Tassa destroys a B26
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ASW attack near Hengchun at 85,68

Japanese Ships
E Hayabusa

Allied Ships
SS Harder, hits 7 (quite good actually)
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Sub attack near Hengchun at 85,68

Japanese Ships
DD Mochizuki

Allied Ships
SS Harder, hits 3 (I guess even for the lots of hits the sub is not sunk, we got many "unsunk" messages for enemy subs
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Allies clear the mines at Tulagi which claimed a PT boat earlier
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Afternoon Air attack on Munda , at 111,134

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 59 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 24

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 18
B-24D Liberator x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 10 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 8 damaged

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

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 28
Only some Oscars at Munda which do not very good...another wave comes in shutting runway down
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SS I178 is hit twice by SCs off Sidney
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1 more B26 claimed by AA over Tassa, they still have supply
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SS Seawolf hit by 3xDCs near Balikpapan
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Russell Islands at 113,136, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
BB Hiei
BB Kirishima
CA Kinugasa
CA Kako
DD Akigumo
DD Makigumo
DD Urakaze
DD Hamakaze
DD Yamagumo
DD Kasumi
DD Uranami

Allied Ships
KV Wetaskiwin, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
KV Vancouver, Shell hits 14, and is sunk
AM Wasaga, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
The TF bombards Russel for medium effect
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Vaitupu at 138,145, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Arikaze
DD Satsukaze
DD Hikokaze

Allied Ships
AM Dash, Shell hits 1
AM Direct, Shell hits 2, on fire
LST-446, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
LST-447, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-63
SC PC-581
YP Oak
YP Heath
YMS-126
YP-284
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SS Seawolf did not care about the earlier 3 DC hits, if they were real at all, and sinks a TK near Balikpapan. Not sure of the size of this TK but it was loaded
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Vaitupu at 139,144, Range 18,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Arikaze
DD Satsukaze
DD Hikokaze

Allied Ships
LCI-63, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
YP Oak, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
YP Heath, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
YMS-126
YP-284, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
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6 "KAI Dinah" try to hit DD Duncan with their only 37mm cannon but miss at 100ft
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Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 8
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 12

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 10
B-17F Fortress x 20
B-24D Liberator x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 4 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5
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Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 1
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 9

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3
B-17F Fortress x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
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3 Dinah from the "special assault unit" again fail to hit a DD. So their mission is now air combat instead low nav as they do not hit with the 37mm
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Alpha77 · Post by **Alpha77** » Mon Jun 03, 2019 5:01 pm

So here the catastrophe for the Allies, I rated the ill fated surface combat where we lost 1CA,1CL and 2 DDs as one for the IJN described above. For January the big Allied one was this:

Major part of KB hang out undetected in the Allied shipping lines or what I thought where they would be. But they did not find prey, was already quite disappointed for all the fuel and effort sailing the KB. However on 16. and 17. of January they found something, an US CVE fleet. 3 CVEs sunk as well Juneau an AA cruiser. I think 2 DDs also. On the 2nd day they even found some smaller cargo ships portion of which were sunk. 3-5 or so. KB lost quite some planes and retired after the now succesful raid to refuel and replenish.

Ship losses Allies: 3 CVE, 1 CLAA, 2-3 DD, 3-5 cargo ships. Ship losses IJ: none

Bif1961 · Post by **Bif1961** » Tue Jun 04, 2019 11:22 am

Welcome back! As the xAP Edgar Allan Poe was slipping beneath the waves the hiss of the rising steam made a sound like the words, never more, never more.

Alpha77 · Post by **Alpha77** » Wed Jun 05, 2019 5:15 pm

Bif1961, thanks.

February 1943

US DDs sank a bunch of barges in the Salomones
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S-44 is hit by 4 DCs it says heavy damage
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SS Suary hits a TK with one torp, not sure if ship sank and how big it was (Akatuki Maru)
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SS Grenadier hit by 6 DSCs...hv dam, SS Saury & Trout hit by 2 DCs each.
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Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 62 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 5
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 5
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 14
Ki-46 KAI Dinah x 3

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 8
B-24D Liberator x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1
Tojos did mot of the damage...
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Tassa still in our hands beginning of Feb. is still bombed regulary and now the Allied attacks take down the forts 1 for 1:
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Ground combat at Tassafaronga (113,137)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 57550 troops, 1315 guns, 1077 vehicles, Assault Value = 1988

Defending force 29267 troops, 323 guns, 158 vehicles, Assault Value = 766

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Allied adjusted assault: 1109

Japanese adjusted defense: 4525

Allied assault odds: 1 to 4 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1749 casualties reported
Squads: 20 destroyed, 79 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 78 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Guns lost 54 (12 destroyed, 42 disabled)
Vehicles lost 23 (1 destroyed, 22 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
3687 casualties reported
Squads: 88 destroyed, 117 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 93 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 80 disabled
Guns lost 56 (22 destroyed, 34 disabled)
Vehicles lost 68 (6 destroyed, 62 disabled)
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Night Naval bombardment of Russell Islands at 113,136 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 4 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground

18 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima
BB Hiei
BB Kongo
CA Kako
CA Kinugasa

Allied ground losses:
218 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 4 disabled

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 7
Port hits 7
Port supply hits 1
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US lands additional forces and supply at Tassa which triggers auto bombardements and the IJA takes higher damages and supply get eaten
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SS Trout sinks a PB
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Afternoon Air attack on Munda , at 111,134

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 32
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 5
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 9
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 4
Ki-46 KAI Dinah x 3

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIb Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 2 destroyed
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1 day later another small Corsair sweep arrives and we shoot 1 down, for no loss
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B24s start to bomb Horn Isl again
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More bombs rain on Tassa and Horn
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Another DA takes Tassa forts down one more, we suffer now higher losses and also get in supply problems
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SS Tautog hit by 2 DCs, and in 3 attacks US subs make all their torps miss (which now is rare)
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US CA fleet with Fletchers bombard Tassa and another DA takes forts down to 2, big losses for us
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Russell Islands at 113,136, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Arikaze
DD Takakaze
DD Satsukaze
DD Hikokaze
DD Susukaze
DD Ishikaze

Allied Ships
PT-77, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
PT-118, Shell hits 1
They could not sink the other boat, lackluster.....
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Russell Islands at 113,136, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Agano
CL Nagara
CL Yura
CL Tama
CL Oi
CL Yubari
DD Yugumo
DD Hamakaze
DD Yudachi
DD Asakaze
CL Teshio, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1 [:@]
DD Tadeyame

Allied Ships
PT-73
PT-78
PT-83
PT-152
PT-153
PT-154
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Night Naval bombardment of Russell Islands at 113,136 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 16 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground

22 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CL Yubari
CL Oi
CL Tama
CL Yura
CL Nagara
CL Agano

Allied Ships
ACM Maple, Shell hits 1, on fire
YMS-134, Shell hits 1

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 13
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Our RO60 sub hit by 9 DCs heavy dam
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Allied ships again hit Tassa
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1 PB sunk by SS Salmon
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Truscott at 67,123

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 5 damaged

Allied Ships
xAK Mahimahi, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Makua
SC-704
SC-703
xAK Mana, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAP Jalarashmi, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Steel Voyager, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
SC-699

Allied ground losses:
347 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 52 destroyed, 35 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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A Helen unit bombs Patna hits not much
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Much mineclearing near Russel by Allied sweepers
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Munda at 111,135, Range 6,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Arikaze
DD Takakaze
DD Satsukaze
DD Hikokaze
DD Susukaze
DD Ishikaze

Allied Ships
AM Shepparton, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
YMS-98, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
YMS-134, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
At least these DD fleet can sink small slow ships.....
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Morning Air attack on Patna , at 54,30

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 34000 feet
Another unit sweeps but Hurries are gone
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Alpha77 · Post by **Alpha77** » Mon Jun 17, 2019 11:37 am

02 / 1943 brought also a big and some smaller catastrophes for the IJ, here text describing it:

- lost a med size tanker to sub

- a big fast AO was hit by MK14, ca. 70 damage, out for at least 1-2 month even if good escorts present

- in India Allies bombed troops without much resistance, somehow they find troops in the jungle/rough

- in China in the far north old I16s destroy light tanks on 100ft which was a surprise also Hami is defended by 6 units, IJA did not bring enough troops there

- part of KB was routed the wrong way over some coastal hexes over the Munda base, cause the ceo was scarred of subs in the deep water. However the Allies had sent a PT fleet of 6 PTs none of our ships was hit, but the CV fleet was "panicked" by 2 encounters with the PTs and took the opposite direction then ordered. Now the CVs were in good range of the Allied Salomons bases complex. And they launched strikes - most were shot down by the CAP. The air losses are bad, ca. 60 planes. And most of the pilots and modern planes like Jills and Judys were shot down even if they rolled from the assembly line only 1-2 weeks ago. 60 planes + perhaps 50 pilot losses are of course a catastrophe which should be avoided. But a over sensitive commander gave the wrong routing option scarred by 2-3 subs. And did not take into account that the Allies could send surface fleets in direction Munda (coastal hexes). A handful PTs were enough to override the original movement target - which was planned to lay exactly outside the bombers range to the big enemy salomones bases. So planes would not launch in the face of strong enemy land based CAP.

- the CEO let a 2 divisions plus support units be totally isolated at Tassafaronga. One of the div is an elite one. He also was too inactive to delay or stop the building of the Russel island base which now isolated the Tassafaronga base even more.

- lots of seaplanes and transports were shot down or damaged by AA and CAP as soon the Allies took Tassa. The transports suceeded in pulling out some troops but failed to deliver enough supply. The IJ transport plane fleet took serious losses - reminding on a small scale Stalingrad air operation where also the German air supply effort failed - as well many transports were lost. As soon Tassa fell to the enemy suddenly his AA guns came to bear on the transport planes. The turn after this also the CAP. The flights should have been stopped earlier. Contrary to that we where able to save more troops at the northern Australien withdrawal. Some of them by seaplanes, BUT they were outside a base at the coast. Seaplanes are not allowed to "pick up" troops when a enemy base is present as is the case now at Tassa.

- A big fast cargo ship was lost to "accident"

- P38 sweep at Munda gets a 1-3 in their favor mostly Oscars IIbs destroyed these are not anymore competent for CAP duties.

- some HI locations ran out of fuel and stopped production. The ceo did pull out too much fuel and he thought it might be replenished by fuel traveling from Malaya / Indochina however the route in this game does not work. Even if most China is taken and every base in central and southern China only in the north enemy bases remain. Probably a patch changed this so IJ must transport everything by ships. The ceo failed to notice the lack of fuel early to stop drawing out more to the home islands.

- Severall "unsink" messages in the OP report of enemy subs mostly and 2-3 DDs. Seems our guys claim too many, sinking subs is quite difficult even IJN ones. Probably a bit too difficult compared to reality.

- Our by sea bombardements where only minor effective. Allied engineers which are masses could repair the damage quite fast. We sank a few small ships though mostly minesweepers and SCs.

Alpha77 · Post by **Alpha77** » Mon Jun 17, 2019 4:22 pm

February, some more combat reports for this month:

Fast 6xShimakaze "reaction force" sinks 3 AMcs that the Allies regulary send to Munda
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Sub attack near Perth at 46,147

Japanese Ships
SS I-176

Allied Ships
xAP Malda, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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Tojos sweep Patna - no CAP
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Russell Islands at 113,136

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 7
B5M1 Mabel x 18

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed
B5M1 Mabel: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
AMc Merapi, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AMc Merbabo, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B5M1 Mabel launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

Costly attack but still good targeting on the small boats
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Nicks fail to hit PTs at 100ft
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Ground combat at Tassafaronga (113,137)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 60624 troops, 1430 guns, 1473 vehicles, Assault Value = 2240

Defending force 24766 troops, 288 guns, 151 vehicles, Assault Value = 504

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Allied adjusted assault: 1083

Japanese adjusted defense: 3034

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
2911 casualties reported
Squads: 87 destroyed, 43 disabled
Non Combat: 66 destroyed, 79 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 75 (66 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Vehicles lost 20 (7 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
876 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 107 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 40 disabled
Guns lost 34 (3 destroyed, 31 disabled)
Vehicles lost 32 (22 destroyed, 10 disabled)

We had still a good combat value then
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Morning Air attack on Horn Island , at 91,128

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 20

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1
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Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 6
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 19
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 7
Ki-46 KAI Dinah x 5

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 3 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Ki-46 KAI Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet

Some more P38s arrive later and shoot down 1 more Oscar
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We sweep and bomb a unit that appeared near Sambalpur, I had withdrawn a complete division which was stationed there as this seemed to be a remote outpost that can be cut off. There were a small tank unit and 2 engineer fragments send instead a good division. The unit is the 45th recce which will withdraw
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1 PB sunk by SS Snook and 1 CM by Pike and 1 more PB by Pompano
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SS S-42 hits our mine at Munda
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Ground combat at Tassafaronga (113,137)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 61862 troops, 1494 guns, 1357 vehicles, Assault Value = 2185

Defending force 22658 troops, 240 guns, 146 vehicles, Assault Value = 462

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Allied adjusted assault: 956

Japanese adjusted defense: 784

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
2629 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 152 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 59 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 27 disabled
Guns lost 38 (8 destroyed, 30 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
794 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 167 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 36 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
Guns lost 49 (1 destroyed, 48 disabled)
Vehicles lost 25 (1 destroyed, 24 disabled)
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E W26 hits SS Blackfish with 4 DCs
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Munda at 111,135, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Arikaze
DD Takakaze, Shell hits 1
DD Satsukaze
DD Hikokaze
DD Susukaze
DD Ishikaze, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
DD Duncan, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Barton
DD Bancroft, Shell hits 3
DD Flusser
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Many US bombers hit our troops at Tassa this time only ground attacks as prep for the capture:
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Ground combat at Tassafaronga (113,137)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 59147 troops, 1487 guns, 1271 vehicles, Assault Value = 2041

Defending force 19807 troops, 224 guns, 146 vehicles, Assault Value = 268

Allied adjusted assault: 642

Japanese adjusted defense: 214

Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Tassafaronga !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
1539 casualties reported
Squads: 80 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 163 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 28 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 98 (98 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 102 (102 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
230 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 18 (4 destroyed, 14 disabled)

Assaulting units:
762nd Tank Battalion
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
1st Marine Division
24th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
3rd Marine Division
24th Infantry Division
37th Infantry Division
Auckland (Mtd) Rifl Regiment
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
754th Tank Battalion
11th NZ Brigade
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
2nd Marine Division
8th NZ Brigade
4th Field Artillery Battalion
249th Field Artillery Battalion
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
226th Field Artillery Battalion
97th Field Artillery Battalion
198th Field Artillery Battalion
193rd Tank Battalion
205th Field Artillery Battalion
147th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
16th Division
48th Division
83rd Nav Gd /2
4th Mortar Battalion
15th Air Defense AA Regiment
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Air Flotilla /1
47th Field AA Battalion
6th JNAF AF Unit /1
4th JNAF AF Unit
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
62nd Naval Guard Unit
4th Shipping Engineer Regiment
Maizuru 2nd SNLF
1st JNAF AF Unit
14th Army /1

CaptBeefheart · Post by **CaptBeefheart** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 3:52 am

Welcome back, Alpha77. Regarding surface combat, the prevailing wisdom is that it's better to keep fast BBs, slow BBs, CAs and CLs in separate TFs (referring to the below battle):

Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima
CA Mikuma
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 1
CA Kako
CLAA Tenryu
CLAA Tatsuta
DD Akigumo
DD Urakaze
DD Hamakaze
DD Yamagumo
DD Kasumi
DD Uranami, Shell hits 1
DD Tachikaze

Allied Ships
CL Columbia, Shell hits 6, on fire
DD Chevalier
DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 2
DD Bailey
DD Russell

If you had separate TFs (with DD escorts, of course), you probably would have handled the Allied TF quite well.

Cheers,
CB

Alpha77 · Post by **Alpha77** » Thu Jun 20, 2019 6:18 pm

ORIGINAL: CaptBeefheart

If you had separate TFs (with DD escorts, of course), you probably would have handled the Allied TF quite well.

Cheers,
CB

Thanks CB, I think you might be right, there was a thread in the main forum about this.

Allies had captured Tassa and are now clearing the mines and the IJ troops stranded in the jungle. A lift out of some troops by seaplanes did not work cause the enemy has the base. Lesson learned.

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US DDs sink a couple of barges and a SC near Vella Lavella, ca. 100 men are lost
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Russell Islands at 112,136

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 15
D4Y1 Judy x 6

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
SC-739
SC-632

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Treasury Islands at 108,133

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 6
B5N2 Kate x 9
B6N1 Jill x 12
D4Y1 Judy x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
D4Y1 Judy: 2 damaged
D4Y1 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
DD Russell, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Monssen
DD Waller, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Chevalier
DD O'Bannon, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Treasury Islands at 108,133

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 17
B5N2 Kate x 27
B6N1 Jill x 47
D4Y1 Judy x 50

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y1 Judy: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Chevalier, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
DD Monssen, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Waller, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Seems this DD fleet somehow ended up in range of these CV bombers, maybe commander too aggressive or the opponent missclicked. They were perhaps chasing after more barges/cargos
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Munda at 111,134, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CV Kaga
CV Akagi
CVL Zuiho
CS Mizuho
CS Nisshin
CA Mikuma
CLAA Tenryu
CLAA Tatsuta
DD Teruzuki
DD Susuzuki
DD Naganami
DD Hagikaze
DD Samidare
DD Suzukaze
DD Wakaba
DD Sagiri

Allied Ships
PT-73
PT-78
PT-83
PT-152
PT-153, Shell hits 1
PT-154, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Munda at 111,134, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CV Kaga
CV Akagi
CVL Zuiho
CS Mizuho
CS Nisshin
CA Mikuma
CLAA Tenryu
CLAA Tatsuta
DD Teruzuki
DD Susuzuki
DD Naganami
DD Hagikaze
DD Samidare
DD Suzukaze
DD Wakaba
DD Sagiri

Allied Ships
YMS-100
YMS-113
YMS-129
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Sub attack near Sangi at 78,96

Japanese Ships
AO Kyokuto Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Asakasan Maru
E Hiyodori

Allied Ships
SS Skipjack
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Munda at 111,135, Range 22,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CV Kaga
CV Akagi
CVL Zuiho
CS Mizuho
CS Nisshin
CA Mikuma
CLAA Tenryu
CLAA Tatsuta
DD Teruzuki
DD Susuzuki
DD Naganami
DD Hagikaze
DD Samidare
DD Suzukaze
DD Wakaba
DD Sagiri

Allied Ships
PT-73
PT-78
PT-83
PT-152
PT-153

AAARGHH... routing error by me, I choose "coastal route" to avoid some subs, but did forget about these small surface craft which totally frightened/confused the CV fleet, so it basically reversed course and so ended up in range of the big US bases at Tulagi/Guadalcanal.
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Morning Air attack on 8th Armored Car Co , at 48,34 (Sambalpur)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 32

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 17 (3 destroyed, 14 disabled)

Allied India airforce launches severall attacks at Sambalpur
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tassafaronga at 113,137

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 59 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 12
D4Y1 Judy x 13

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 9
P-39D Airacobra x 13
P-40E Warhawk x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed
D4Y1 Judy: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
D4Y1 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CL Cleveland

Aaargh, CV due to be frightened by small US TFs ends up launching strikes where most of the planes are slaughtered, ca. 60 lost in total
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 110 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 12
D4Y1 Judy x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y1 Judy: 1 damaged
D4Y1 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
xAK Hawaiian, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAK American, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Pennsylvanian
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 112,133

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 15
A6M5 Zero x 24

Allied aircraft
Albacore I x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Albacore I: 3 destroyed
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Russell Islands at 113,136

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 18
D4Y1 Judy x 18

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 10
P-40E Warhawk x 6
P-40K Warhawk x 24
F4F-4 Wildcat x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed
D4Y1 Judy: 7 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
xAP Carlisle
DMS Trevor
xAP Van Riebeek
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tulagi at 114,137

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 117 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 38 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N1 Jill x 24
E13A1 Jake x 19

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 9
P-39D Airacobra x 10
P-40E Warhawk x 4
P-40K Warhawk x 12
F4U-1 Corsair x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N1 Jill: 8 destroyed
B6N1 Jill: 1 destroyed by flak
E13A1 Jake: 3 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
xAK Fairland, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Crown City
xAK Unicoi

Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 108 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D4Y1 Judy x 23

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 8
P-39D Airacobra x 7
P-40E Warhawk x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y1 Judy: 7 destroyed
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ASW attack near Rekata Bay at 112,135

Japanese Ships
SS RO-107, hits 6

Allied Ships
DD Barton
DD Flusser
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ASW attack near Exmouth at 53,127

Japanese Ships
SS RO-100, hits 4

Allied Ships
AM Wallaroo
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Sub attack near Jesselton at 67,84

Japanese Ships
xAK England Maru, Torpedo hits 1
DD Karii
PB Tenzan Maru
PB Konsan Maru
AO Naruto
TK Tatibana Maru
TK San Diego Maru
TK Ryuei Maru
TK Kyoko Maru
xAK Holland Maru
E Yakaze
PB Toyotu Maru
PB Tomitu Maru

Allied Ships
SS Greenling, hits 3
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Morning Air attack on Russell Islands , at 113,136

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 40

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 19
P-40K Warhawk x 23
F4F-4 Wildcat x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 4 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Russell Islands , at 113,136

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 88 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 4

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 7
P-40K Warhawk x 18
F4F-4 Wildcat x 24

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Russell Islands , at 113,136

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 108 NM, estimated altitude 38,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 41

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 5
P-40K Warhawk x 18
F4F-4 Wildcat x 21

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

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 3 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 5 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on 94th JAAF AF Bn , at 48,34 (Sambalpur)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 16

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Ground combat at Tassafaronga (113,137)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 55219 troops, 1423 guns, 1316 vehicles, Assault Value = 2085

Defending force 16930 troops, 127 guns, 57 vehicles, Assault Value = 243

Allied adjusted assault: 921

Japanese adjusted defense: 439

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1753 casualties reported
Squads: 63 destroyed, 72 disabled
Non Combat: 30 destroyed, 72 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 44 (31 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
267 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 51 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)
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Ro107 6xDChit by DD Flusser, Cha27 sunk by Tautog
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Remaining IJ troops elliminated at Tassa, big loss
Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Tassafaronga
Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Tassafaronga by attrition!!!
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Munda at 111,134, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Arikaze
DD Satsukaze
DD Hikokaze
DD Susukaze

Allied Ships
DD Barton, Shell hits 3
DD Bancroft
DD Flusser, Shell hits 1
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Munda at 111,134, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Arikaze
DD Satsukaze
DD Hikokaze
DD Susukaze

Allied Ships
YMS-100, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
YMS-113, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
YMS-129, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Munda at 111,135, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Arikaze, Shell hits 1
DD Satsukaze
DD Hikokaze
DD Susukaze

Allied Ships
DD Barton
DD Bancroft
DD Flusser, Shell hits 1
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Sub attack near Woodlark Island at 107,134

Japanese Ships
CV Hiryu
CA Suzuya
CA Chokai
CA Maya
DD Amatsukaze
DD Yukikaze
DD Kazegumo
DD Akizuki
DD Tagonami
DD Kosugiri
DD Akebono
DD Usugumo

Allied Ships
SS KX, hits 3

SS KX launches 2 torpedoes at CV Hiryu
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Alpha77 · Post by **Alpha77** » Sat Jun 22, 2019 7:21 pm

Feb´43 con´t:

Morning Air attack on Patna , at 54,30

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 28
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 58
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 5 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed by flak
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled

Runway hits 2
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I 15s bomb and strafe our troops far in the Chinese north, it is noted the town Hami has some more troops as defenders, so we turn our small army back. We lost some stuff to the I15s
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Morning Air attack on 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment, at 109,131 (Shortlands)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 64 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 58
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18

Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 3 destroyed
B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

For sure a mishap by the opponent above attack
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Our fast reaction force / 5 x Shimakaze engages 5 x PTs twice but no hit on either side
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Darwin at 76,124, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Harukaze
DD Hatakaze
DD Hakaze

Allied Ships
xAK Cleveland Abbe, Shell hits 8, on fire
xAK Edwin M. Stanton, Shell hits 22, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Gideon Welles, Shell hits 26, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Night Time Surface Combat, near Darwin at 76,124, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Harukaze
DD Hatakaze
DD Hakaze

Allied Ships
xAK Cleveland Abbe, Shell hits 31, and is sunk
xAK Edwin M. Stanton, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Therefore this raid was better....
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Munda at 111,135, Range 20,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Arikaze
DD Takakaze
DD Satsukaze
DD Hikokaze
DD Susukaze

Allied Ships
PT-145
PT-146
PT-147
PT-150, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
PT-165
PT-168, Shell hits 2, and is sunk

And the 3rd attempt sinks 2 pesky PTs
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Morning Air attack on 73rd Motorised Brigade, at 48,33 , near Sambalpur

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 14
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 26
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 24

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Turns out the enemy 3 units that moved to Sambalpur are all to be withdrawn...
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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 31
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 7

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
xAK John Hart, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires

Port fuel hits 1

Not hit much but steep losses, A small Zero unit was supposed to sweep before but did not fly
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Sub attack near Nanumea at 131,143

Japanese Ships
SS I-33, hits 2

Allied Ships
TK British Chemist, Torpedo hits 1
SC PC-1078
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Sub attack near Duff Islands at 128,143

Japanese Ships
SS I-34

Allied Ships
TK British Chemist, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 12

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed

Forgot to turn sweep mission off and now the Zeros swept but for twice the enemy losses.
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Our AA mgs in the Chinese north army group finally take an I15 down
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Russell Islands at 113,136, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Arikaze
DD Takakaze
DD Satsukaze
DD Hikokaze
DD Susukaze

Allied Ships
PT-145, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
PT-146
PT-147
PT-152
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Russell Islands at 113,136, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Arikaze
DD Takakaze
DD Satsukaze
DD Hikokaze
DD Susukaze

Allied Ships
SC-640, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
AO TAN 5, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AO TAN 6, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Russell Islands at 113,136, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Arikaze
DD Takakaze
DD Satsukaze
DD Hikokaze
DD Susukaze

Allied Ships
AMc Rindjani, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
AMc Smeroe, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
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Night Naval bombardment of Russell Islands at 113,136 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 7 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed on ground
P-39D Airacobra: 7 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 4 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 damaged

23 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
DD Hikokaze
DD Satsukaze
DD Takakaze
DD Arikaze

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 9
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Anns and Helens bomb more of the soon to be withdrawn troops and cause light damage, the units are 45th recce, 73th motor and 267th armor
----------
Night Time Surface Combat, near Russell Islands at 113,136, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Agano
CL Nagara
CL Yura
CL Tama
CL Yubari
DD Yugumo
DD Hamakaze
DD Yudachi
DD Asakaze
DD Tadeyame

Allied Ships
PT-146
PT-147
PT-152, Shell hits 1
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Night Naval bombardment of Russell Islands at 113,136 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 12 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed on ground
P-38G Lightning: 11 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground
F4U-1 Corsair: 2 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged

19 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CL Yubari
CL Tama
CL Yura
CL Nagara
CL Agano

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 23
Port supply hits 1
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Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 10
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 32
Ki-46 KAI Dinah x 5

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-46 KAI Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 10
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 18
Ki-46 KAI Dinah x 2

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 9
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 7
Ki-46 KAI Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-46 KAI Dinah: 1 destroyed
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Ground combat at Sambalpur (48,34)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4729 troops, 72 guns, 359 vehicles, Assault Value = 137

Defending force 398 troops, 8 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Allied adjusted assault: 36

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 36 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Sambalpur !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
115 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 14 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 7 (4 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 20 (20 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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

Assaulting units:
73rd Motorised Brigade
267th Armoured Brigade
45th Recce Regiment

Still the 3 units have enough power after the bombings to take the lightly defended base
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Tambor hit by 4 DCs, small CL/DD force in the Salomones hit and sink 4 PTs in 3 engagements.
Kingfish hits and sinks a small AG, Finback hits a med sized AK once
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Sub attack near Torokina at 108,129

Japanese Ships
DD Takanami
ACM Himejima Maru
E Kamo
CM Tokiwa, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-35, hits 17, and is sunk

SS S-35 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Takanami
S-35 diving deep ....
DD Takanami attacking submerged sub ....
DD Takanami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Takanami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Takanami attacking submerged sub ....
SS S-35 forced to surface!
E Kamo firing on surfaced sub ....
CM Tokiwa firing on surfaced sub ....
E Kamo firing on surfaced sub ....
CM Tokiwa firing on surfaced sub ....
E Kamo firing on surfaced sub ....
E Kamo firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Takanami firing on surfaced sub ....
E Kamo firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Takanami firing on surfaced sub ....
E Kamo firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

Most amazing sub so far, shot 2 torps at DD and missed, was forced to surface and there it fired 3 more torps 2 of which sunk a golden ship the Tokiwa. WIth mines on board even [:(]
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Alpha77 · Post by **Alpha77** » Mon Jun 24, 2019 3:40 pm

The last 2 days of Feb 43:

Day Time Surface Combat, near Munda at 111,134, Range 21,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
xAKL Ujigawa Maru, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
SC CHa-24, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Richmond
CL Cleveland
DD Bancroft
DD Conyngham
DD Flusser
DD Cassin
DD Downes
DD Evertsen
DD Kortenaer
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We bomb the units that took Sambalpur for minor damage
-----------
Some Jills from raiding CVs missed some sub chasers
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We lose 2 small ships 1 ACM near Munda to TPs and a AMc to sub near Soerabaya
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cooktown at 92,137

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 27
G3M2 Nell x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
TK Iris, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
SC-708

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

Recon reported a bunch of more AKs there but perhaps they were gone, also only 1/3 of the Nell unit did fly at all

Alpha77 · Post by **Alpha77** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 4:00 pm

March 43:

CL fleet meets a PT fleet near Munda and no one scores any hit, but then the fleet found this:

Night Time Surface Combat, near Munda at 111,134, Range 6,000 Yards

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CL Agano, Shell hits 1, on fire
CL Nagara, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
CL Yura, Shell hits 1
CL Tama, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
CL Yubari, Shell hits 1
DD Takanami, Shell hits 2
DD Hamakaze, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Yudachi, Shell hits 2
DD Mutsuki
DD Kisaragi
DD Asakaze
DD Tadeyame, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
CL Richmond, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
CL Cleveland, Shell hits 7
DD Bancroft
DD Conyngham, Shell hits 13, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Cassin
DD Downes, Shell hits 1
DD Evertsen
DD Kortenaer, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage

The CLeveland alone dished out a lot of penetrating hits on my CLs really good ship class, however Japanese CLs are quite weak anyway only their torpedoes are good.
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SS Kingfish adn Halibut launch torps on an AK and a PB but both miss, we hit Kingfish with 3 near hits and no damage shown to sub
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Munda at 111,134

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 7
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4
Ki-46 KAI Dinah x 3

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 4
F4U-1 Corsair x 5

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

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
AMc Ceram, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
AMc Bogor
AMc Currell, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Munda at 111,134

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 7
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1
Ki-46 KAI Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46 KAI Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
AMc Bogor, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
AMc Cosgrove, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x E13A1 Jake bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Jakes with weak escort underfly most of the enemy LR CAP with good result
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Allied units near Sambalpur destroy parts of 2 aux units I forgot to withdraw down to Cuttack, but the small armor unit escaped.
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5xShimakaze sink 2 TPs, I thought they would be better at this cause of their speed and 6 x 12cm guns.....

Alpha77 · Post by **Alpha77** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 4:36 pm

We lose a CM to sub with only a near DC hit on the attacker in return
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Morning Air attack on 267th Armoured Brigade, at 47,35 , near Sambalpur

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 20
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 17

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 8
P-40E Warhawk x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 5 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 38000 feet

We sweep over the enemy troops now 1 hex south of Sambalpur with brandnew Georges, we later send also Helen bombers in, the weakened CAP takes down 1 Tojo of the escort for 1 P40E of their own. We do minor damage to the troops.
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Ground combat at 55,38 (near Dacca)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 3531 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 119

Defending force 2267 troops, 26 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 24

Japanese adjusted assault: 176

Allied adjusted defense: 121

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

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

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

Allied ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

We try to destroy a wandering fort William, which was isolated behind our lines. It was at Calcutta before thrown out. Strangely the fort troops seems to have no supply minus at all. In no combat a supply minus is shown for them
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Russell Islands at 113,136, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
BB Hiei
BB Kirishima
CA Kinugasa
CA Kako
DD Yugumo
DD Akigumo
DD Makigumo
DD Urakaze
DD Yamagumo
DD Kasumi
DD Uranami
DD Kisaragi
DD Asakaze

Allied Ships
AM Cromarty, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
AO Kurumba, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Russell Islands at 113,136, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
BB Hiei
BB Kirishima
CA Kinugasa
CA Kako
DD Yugumo
DD Akigumo
DD Makigumo
DD Urakaze
DD Yamagumo
DD Kasumi
DD Uranami
DD Kisaragi
DD Asakaze

Allied Ships
PT-83, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-153
PT-170, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
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SS I19 hit 2x by US DCs back to base
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Night Naval bombardment of Rekata Bay at 113,134

Allied Ships
CA Wichita
CA San Francisco
CA Chicago
DD Kilty
DD Radford
DM Ramsay
DM Lawrence
DM Barker

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

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 55
Port hits 34
Port supply hits 5

Strongest enemy fleet so far, they did good damage to our minor base at Rekata
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Night Naval bombardment of Russell Islands at 113,136 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 36 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 6 destroyed on ground
P-38E Lightning: 43 damaged
P-38E Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground
F4F-4 Wildcat: 46 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed on ground
F4U-1 Corsair: 52 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 3 destroyed on ground

7 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima
BB Hiei
BB Kongo
CA Kako
CA Kinugasa

Allied ground losses:
136 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 9 disabled
Vehicles lost 8 (4 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 69

Also our strongest fleet in the area, this time the result is good.Some new fighters hit
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Night Naval bombardment of Russell Islands at 113,136 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 13 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed on ground
P-38G Lightning: 10 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground
F4U-1 Corsair: 10 damaged
P-38E Lightning: 7 damaged

12 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
DD Susukaze
DD Hikokaze
DD Satsukaze, Shell hits 1
DD Takakaze
DD Arikaze

Allied Ships
ACM Sage, Shell hits 1
AGP Eridanus, Shell hits 1

Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 22
Port hits 1

And the DDs want to shoot also [:)]
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Amphibious Assault at Rekata Bay (113,134)

TF 118 troops unloading over beach at Rekata Bay, 113,134

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Turns out they land at Rekata - they probably changed their target from Munda, as this is was still good defended with mines and some fighters plus some AA units. Rekata for him is an easier target.
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The BB TF sinks 1 more PT on the way home and 2 of our barges give report of one of the invasion fleets:
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Rekata Bay at 113,134, Range 15,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
LB-502
LB-508

Allied Ships
SC-741
SC-742
xAP Republic
xAP President Madison
xAP President Tyler
xAP President Taylor
xAP Alcoa Polaris
xAP Alcoa Pennant
xAK Aspasia Nomikos
xAK Theofano Livanos
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Morning Air attack on Cuttack , at 48,37

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 20

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 13

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 7 destroyed, 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Liberator II bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
Hosho-1 with N1K1-J George (4 airborne, 10 on standby, 6 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes

Aihara N. in a N1K1-J George makes head on attack ... forces Liberator II out of formation

Enemy commander launches3 x 4E attacks at Cuttack, however this is the base of the George unit in India, they take down ca. 12-13 bombers but lose also in the 3rd attack 2 of their own probably now fatigued. In one of the planes was an ace who is KIA sadly. But bombers are disrupted enough to not hit much of the airfields and no fighter on the ground.
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3-4 waves of 4Es then bomb the few ground troops at Rekata, we have no CAP there
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We had sent 2 mini subs to Tulagi, one them hits a mine the other sunk by sub chasers, I had/have no luck with SSX
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Lone DD Mutsuki send to recoiniter the enemy landing at Rekata Bay is found by 6 PTs, but Mutsuki skillfully evades, no hits
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3 CLs bombard enemy at Rekata which shows 1 tank bat and 1 inf. reg, no losses
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Some carrier mistakely (my staffs mistake of cause) lauches some planes to land bomb some units at Ndeni and lose 3 fighters downed and a Jill ops loss to some P39s on training flights [:(]
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Morning Air attack on 44th Naval Guard Unit, at 113,134 (Rekata Bay)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 10
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 10

Allied aircraft
Hurricane XIIb x 7
B-17E Fortress x 16
B-17F Fortress x 12
B-24D Liberator x 12
B-24D1 Liberator x 11
P-39D Airacobra x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane XIIb: 1 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

We put LR Cap over Rekata but lose ca. 10 fighters [:@] Yes the distance is bit high from Shortlands.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ndeni at 120,143

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 94 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 24
D4Y1 Judy x 26

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 2 destroyed
D4Y1 Judy: 1 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
xAK Cape Fairweather, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Am. Manufacturer, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Cape Flattery, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Iron King, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk

This time a better raid at Ndeni.....even if Allies have many AKs, Cape Flattery and an SC are also sunk later
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Ground combat at Rekata Bay (113,134)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 937 troops, 4 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 89

Defending force 1213 troops, 18 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 39

Allied adjusted assault: 76

Japanese adjusted defense: 58

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
129 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 9 (6 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Alpha77 · Post by **Alpha77** » Wed Jul 03, 2019 1:19 pm

From above surface combat "CL Tama, Shell hits 4, heavy fires":

Quite some damage from hits by the Cleveland

Alpha77 · Post by **Alpha77** » Wed Jul 03, 2019 1:29 pm

March 1943 cont:

xAK Nansin Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage (by Sealion)
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Single DD Mutsuki meets the Cleveland and 6 DDs but skillfully evades and then meets 5 PTs and sinks one PT - CLeveland & Co. sink 3 barges and later a small CM

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Rekata Bay at 113,134, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Shimakaze
DD Arikaze
DD Takakaze
DD Hikokaze, Shell hits 2
DD Susukaze, Shell hits 3, on fire

Allied Ships
CL Cleveland, Shell hits 2
DD DeHaven
DD Saufley
DD Strong
DD Barton, Shell hits 1
DD Bancroft
DD Cassin, Shell hits 1
DD Evertsen, Shell hits 1
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CMc Ma 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk by Albacores and SS KXV, hits 4 by DD Kikuzuki
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4 Es hit troops at Rekata and we fly in some 47mm AT guns and part of a para unit
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Ground combat at Rekata Bay (113,134)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 897 troops, 4 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 84

Defending force 1384 troops, 18 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 45

Allied adjusted assault: 27

Japanese adjusted defense: 16

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
160 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
223 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Assaulting units:
102nd(Sep) Infantry Regiment
3rd USMC Tank Bn /3

Defending units:
2nd Raiding Rgt /1
44th Nav Gd /1
15th Const Co
9th RF Gun Bn /1
11th Air Fleet /4
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3 x Kongo BB bombard above troops at Rekata, not much damage shown but they are shaken, as we hold another time there:
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Ground combat at Rekata Bay (113,134)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 744 troops, 4 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 48

Defending force 1534 troops, 24 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 47

Allied adjusted assault: 8

Japanese adjusted defense: 70

Allied assault odds: 1 to 8 (fort level 1)

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

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

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Russell Islands at 112,135, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Sendai
CL Naka
DD Takanami
DD Kikuzuki
CL Ninaru

Allied Ships
SC-518, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
SC-631, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
SC-637, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
SC-641, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
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At Rekata: SSX Ha-33, hits 7, and is sunk SSX Ha-28, hits 8, heavy damage and PB Kogane Maru, Shell hits 30, and is sunk by 7 x Allied DD fleet
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Russell Islands at 112,137, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Sendai
CL Naka
DD Takanami
DD Kikuzuki
CL Ninaru

Allied Ships
SC-630, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
SC-634, Shell hits 3
SC-749, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tassafaronga at 113,137, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Sendai
CL Naka
DD Takanami
DD Kikuzuki
CL Ninaru

Allied Ships
SC-634, Shell hits 3, and is sunk

They wasted too much ammo on these small ships as the main target is Tassa harbour for them, where recon said a lot of ships are located. Next encounter is a PT fleet - 1 PT sunk more ammo gone
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tassafaronga at 113,137, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Sendai
CL Naka
DD Takanami
DD Kikuzuki, Shell hits 1
CL Ninaru

Allied Ships
DM Paul Jones, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DMS Lamberton, Shell hits 1
AM Wagga, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
SC-645, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
xAP Wallingford
xAP Am. Builder
xAP Am. Packer
xAP Nightingale, Shell hits 2
xAP Jaladuta
xAP Jalajaran, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAP Surada
xAP Tai Sang
xAP Varsova
xAP Wanaka
xAP Clan Macnaughton, Shell hits 4
xAP Clan Macneil, Shell hits 4
xAP Dalgoma
xAP Ganges
xAP Nova Scotia
xAP Rajput, Shell hits 1
xAP Kota Radja
xAP Kota Agoeng, Shell hits 9, heavy fires
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tassafaronga at 113,137, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Sendai
CL Naka
DD Takanami
DD Kikuzuki
CL Ninaru

Allied Ships
xAK Anshun
xAK Dumosa
xAK Kauri
xAK Kekerangu
xAK Marion Moller, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
xAK Ping Wo
xAK Taiyuan
xAK Talune
xAK Whangpu
xAK Wulin, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAK Yochow, Shell hits 3
xAK Yunnan, Shell hits 1
xAK Gorgon
xAK Kiangsu
xAK Shinkuang
xAK Lorrain
xAK Liran, Shell hits 5
xAK Ravnaas, Shell hits 2
xAK Woolgar, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Moonta, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Mundalla, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Ulooloo, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Elisavet, Shell hits 32, and is sunk

Of course this mission was quite risky there could have been heavier surface ships or my fleet delayed and hit by air if to much time and ops wasted. But as said above IJN CLs are not the best, so better use them to hurt the Allies early. They do not get much worthy updates anyway
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Night Naval bombardment of Russell Islands at 113,136

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-38E Lightning: 12 damaged
P-38E Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground
P-38G Lightning: 14 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 10 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed on ground
F4U-1 Corsair: 26 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
CA Kako
CA Kinugasa

Allied Ships
AM Matai, Shell hits 1

Allied ground losses:
203 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19
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One AMc send to investigate for mines at Rekata sunk by PTs and anohter SSX sunk by DDs
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Russell Islands at 112,135, Range 22,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Kinugasa
CA Kako
DD Shimakaze
DD Yudachi
DD Kisaragi
DD Arikaze
DD Takakaze

Allied Ships
PT-178
PT-179, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-180, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-181, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-182
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We find out that Allies want to land more stuff at Rekata...
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 24
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
xAP Republic
xAP Alcoa Pennant, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Aspasia Nomikos
xAK Theofano Livanos, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
944 casualties reported
Squads: 26 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 73 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 35 (35 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 17 (17 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 7

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
xAK Theofano Livanos, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP President Taylor, Bomb hits 2, on fire

Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 25 (5 destroyed, 20 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x E13A1 Jake bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 18

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 8 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
SC-741
xAP Republic, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAP Alcoa Polaris
xAP President Madison
xAP President Tyler, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk

Allied ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 7
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
SC-741

Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
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Alpha77 · Post by **Alpha77** » Sun Jul 14, 2019 2:51 pm

March 43 con´t:

The enemy seems to be serious in his actions in India, severall units are observed, at least 3 divisions identified. So this is finally the big offensive. I wanted not to defend Sambalpur hard at first, cause it is so isolated. However it seems the 3 Allied mobile units left the base and we send a division and a heavy art unit to re-conquer the town. I am not sure if this was a good idea for above reasons....
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We bombs some of the troops in India but our bombers for some reason are not as effective as the Allied 2Es like Mitchels. We use the best we have which are Helen IIa and IIb. The enemy troops are in clear terain. One of my arty units was totally destroyed in a clear hex, while we only seem to "dent" their units.
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Rekata Bay at 113,134, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Shimakaze
DD Arikaze
DD Takakaze
DD Satsukaze
DD Hikokaze, Shell hits 1
DD Ishikaze

Allied Ships
PT-118, Shell hits 1
PT-127
PT-160
PT-171
PT-173, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-174
PT-175
PT-176, Shell hits 2
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The above DDs bombard the 2 enemy units at Rekata but seem not to do much damage
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Carnarvon at 45,133

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 20
B6N1 Jill x 12
D4Y1 Judy x 18

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 5
Kittyhawk IA x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
B6N1 Jill: 2 damaged
D4Y1 Judy: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
D4Y1 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter Ic: 2 destroyed
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CA Frobisher
DD Arrow
CA Hawkins, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Nepal

A small CV fleet finds some ships but they are LR capped
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ASW attack near Auki at 114,135

Japanese Ships
SS I-158, hits 8

Allied Ships
DD Bagley, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
DD Kilty
DD Nestor
DD Stronghold

Whow a hit by our sub that is rare......
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Allies deliberate at Rekata we still hold but have higer losses
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We saw some ships at Rennel I. and send a sub it torpedoes 1 small AKl and shoots some shell at another one
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RO61 is sunk by US surface fleet near Rekata
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We lose an APD to SS Growler near Hengchun
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We bomb some more troops in India for soso effect, but lose a Helen and several more are damged to AA (even if they fly above Bofors ceiling), the US bombs our troops at Rekata with better effect
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We lose a CMc to US fleet near Rekata and then they find a fast transport mission of ours:
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Rekata Bay at 114,134, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Yura, Shell hits 13, on fire
DD Mutsuki

Allied Ships
CL Cleveland
CL Columbia, Shell hits 1
DD DeHaven
DD Nicholas
DD Radford
DD Saufley
DD Strong
DD Bancroft
DD Flusser
DD Cassin

Japanese ground losses:
105 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Rekata Bay at 113,134, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Shimakaze, Shell hits 1
DD Arikaze
DD Takakaze, Shell hits 1
DD Satsukaze, Shell hits 1
DD Hikokaze, Shell hits 2
DD Ishikaze, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
CL Cleveland
CL Columbia, Shell hits 3
DD DeHaven
DD Nicholas, Shell hits 1
DD Radford
DD Saufley
DD Strong
DD Bancroft
DD Flusser
DD Cassin, Shell hits 1
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We lose a tanker to SS Salmon [:(]
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Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 70 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 10
B-17F Fortress x 6
B-24D1 Liberator x 30

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
ACM Hinode Maru #20, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
ACM Hagoromo Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-159, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-162, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-157, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-158, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

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

Port hits 9
Port fuel hits 2

Surprise strike at the port at Munda sinks worthy ACMs... we had not much fighters there for fear of ship bombardements.
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Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 12
B-24D Liberator x 10

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 6 damaged

Port hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 11000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 11000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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US subs hit again, a good AK sunk, but our subs find nothing but are hit by DCs en masse, this time SS I166 is heavily damaged, and 2 lousy small DC hits on SS Harder
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Truscott at 68,123

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 10

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAK Henry Villard, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
xAK James Gordon Bennett
xAK Jane Addams, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 32

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9
B-17F Fortress x 19
B-24D Liberator x 8
B-24D1 Liberator x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 2 destroyed, 15 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak

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

Port hits 6

Munda got more fighters which take down some 4Es.. allied player said he forgot to take them off the mission - 2 more 4Es are shot down in later waves
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One more of our tankers hit by US subs this time "only" a small one but still....
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SS Tarpoon sunk by our escorts near Puerto, this time a sure sinking. We get almost in every 2nd Ops report unsunk messages of subs and also of 2 DDs and 1 BB (California)
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AK Nissan Maru hit by SS Tinosa, it survives and shelters in a small port....
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Exmouth at 49,126

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 112 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 20
B6N1 Jill x 6
D4Y1 Judy x 18

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 12
Kittyhawk IA x 7
Kittyhawk III x 10
P-39D Airacobra x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 8 destroyed
B6N1 Jill: 4 damaged
D4Y1 Judy: 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter Ic: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
DD Warramunga
CA Frobisher, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Nepal
DD Arrow, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Again a TF found, but we lose many planes and pilots...this small CV TF is to weak and returns to base after this event. And the Zero pilots were good, we lost some of them.
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Rekata Bay at 113,134, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Naka
CL Oi, Shell hits 1
CL Yubari, Shell hits 1
DD Kisaragi
DD Asakaze
CL Ninaru
DD Arikaze, Shell hits 1
DD Takakaze, Shell hits 1
DD Satsukaze

Allied Ships
CL Cleveland
CL Columbia, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Abbot
DD Aulick
DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Lardner
DD Barton
DD Woodworth
DD Bancroft
DD Flusser
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Rekata Bay at 113,134, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Naka, Shell hits 1
CL Oi, Shell hits 1
CL Yubari
DD Kisaragi
DD Asakaze
CL Ninaru, Shell hits 2
DD Arikaze
DD Takakaze
DD Satsukaze, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
CL Cleveland, Shell hits 1
CL Columbia, on fire
DD Abbot
DD Aulick, Shell hits 1
DD Lardner
DD Barton, Shell hits 1
DD Woodworth, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Bancroft
DD Flusser, Shell hits 2
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Rekata Bay at 113,134, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Naka
CL Oi
CL Yubari, Shell hits 2
DD Kisaragi, Shell hits 1
DD Asakaze
CL Ninaru, Shell hits 1
DD Arikaze, Shell hits 1
DD Takakaze
DD Satsukaze, Shell hits 2, on fire

Allied Ships
DD Fletcher, Shell hits 1
DD DeHaven, Shell hits 1
DD Nicholas
DD Radford, Shell hits 10, heavy fires
DD Saufley, Shell hits 2
DD Strong
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Rekata Bay at 113,134, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 1
CA Kako
DD Takanami, Shell hits 1
DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
DD Kikuzuki
DD Tadeyame

Allied Ships
DD Fanning
DD Downes, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Vendetta, Shell hits 1
DD Stronghold
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Rekata Bay at 113,134, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Naka
CL Oi
CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Kisaragi
DD Asakaze
CL Ninaru
DD Arikaze, Shell hits 1
DD Takakaze
DD Satsukaze

Allied Ships
AM Tanager
LST-17, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
LST-19, Shell hits 23, heavy fires, heavy damage
LST-448, Shell hits 24, and is sunk
LST-449, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
LST-450, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
LST-451, Shell hits 22, heavy fires, heavy damage
LST-454, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
PG Charleston, Shell hits 2

Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 90 (58 destroyed, 32 disabled
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2 old CAs bombard troops at Rekata but seem not to hit much
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Rekata Bay at 114,134, Range 29,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 5
CA Kako, Shell hits 1
DD Takanami
DD Kikuzuki, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
DD Tadeyame

Allied Ships
CL Cleveland
CL Columbia
DD Abbot, Shell hits 2
DD Aulick, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Lardner, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Barton
DD Woodworth, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
DD Bancroft
DD Flusser, Shell hits 1
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Ground combat at 52,32 (near Ranchi)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4737 troops, 64 guns, 243 vehicles, Assault Value = 204

Defending force 14608 troops, 137 guns, 239 vehicles, Assault Value = 563

Allied adjusted assault: 98

Japanese adjusted defense: 1341

Allied assault odds: 1 to 13

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

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
380 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 56 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 37 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 85 (17 destroyed, 68 disabled)

Assaulting units:
44th Cavalry Regiment
268th Motorised Brigade

Defending units:
7th Ind.Tank Brigade
4th Guards Division

4th guards arrived just in time in the hex to stop the attack cold
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Alpha77 · Post by **Alpha77** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 1:40 pm

March con´t:

The US starts to sweep Rekata with P38s (plus the usual bombing), we have no CAP. We could send LR CAP but the distance is quite high..
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We bomb the 2nd British div plus some more in the hex, but we got Flak losses, he has send 2 base forces too - which have heavy AA so even above 10k we take some hits. Bombing result only soso.
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Ground combat at 52,32 (near Ranchi)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 14944 troops, 166 guns, 262 vehicles, Assault Value = 559

Defending force 4152 troops, 62 guns, 221 vehicles, Assault Value = 109

Japanese adjusted assault: 280

Allied adjusted defense: 95

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1

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

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

Allied ground losses:
620 casualties reported
Squads: 33 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 42 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 17 (4 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Vehicles lost 67 (47 destroyed, 20 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
7th Ind.Tank Brigade
4th Guards Division
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
44th Cavalry Regiment
268th Motorised Brigade

The 2 mot. units are thrown out of the hex [:)]
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Munda at 111,135, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Susukaze, Shell hits 1
DD Ishikaze, Shell hits 3

Allied Ships
DD Fletcher, Shell hits 16, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD DeHaven, Shell hits 1
DD Strong, Shell hits 1
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Russell Islands at 112,135, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Susukaze, Shell hits 1
DD Ishikaze, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
DD DeHaven, Shell hits 2

Sadly we cannot sink a DD from them, but we also survive even if less ships....
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Spits sweep Horn but we have no CAP the island is still damaged, also new bombing of Horn by 4Es. We cannot do much against it
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Some clean up actions in China....as the Chinese are out of supply no problem there
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SS Flying Fish launches (only) 2 torps at a Tonan Whaler.. whose are good escorted but luckily they miss
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SS Haddo launches 2 torps at an E but they miss too [:'(]
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Tojos sweep over some British units in India, but find no (LR) Cap
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Morning Air attack on 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment, at 48,33 , near Sambalpur

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim VD x 16
Liberator II x 5
DB-7B x 5
B-25C Mitchell x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 48

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 41 (22 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Vehicles lost 39 (17 destroyed, 22 disabled)

Later some more 4Es bomb this arty unit out of existance [:(]
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Our Helens disable up to 25 vehicles of the Carabiniers regiment
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The US lands more troops at Rekata (2 arty units) and gets supply. We do not contest cause we found a CM with heavy DD escort there. They mined the base this CM has 200 mines alone. So we send no ships there.
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6 Nicks launch at the Amphib TF but 3 of them are shot down by P40Ks and F4s - we get no hits. These small attacks are quite useless. Either a full effort or nothing seems to be better.
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Rekata Bay at 114,134, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Kako
CL Sendai, Shell hits 1
CL Naka, Shell hits 1
CL Natori, Shell hits 1
DD Makigumo
DD Tanikaze
DD Ariake
DD Asakaze, Shell hits 1
DD Tadeyame, Shell hits 2

Allied Ships
CL Cleveland, Shell hits 1
CL Denver, Shell hits 3
DD Barton
DD Bancroft
DD Caldwell, Shell hits 1
DD Gridley
DD Fanning, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Cassin
DD Vendetta

CA Kako seemed to no fire at all.......[:(]
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Auki at 114,135

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 27
TBF-1 Avenger x 18

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Ariake
DD Makigumo
CL Sendai, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Kako
DD Tanikaze
DD Tadeyame, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Natori, Torpedo hits 1

UGHHH, either myself or the TF commander screwed up and this fleet did not return to base but loitered around Rekata and 2 CLs plus 1 DD are sunk [:@]
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Auki at 114,135

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Natori, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
CL Sendai, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DD Ariake
DD Asakaze
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Ground combat at 49,33 (near Ranchi)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3416 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127

Defending force 383 troops, 0 guns, 78 vehicles, Assault Value = 41

Japanese adjusted assault: 112

Allied adjusted defense: 22

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1

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

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

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 28 (18 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
41st Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
3rd Carabiniers Regiment

Our elite regiment trashes the Carabineriers
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More terrible shipping losses, this time a Kagero class is hit by 1 torp (but lives) and 2 (!) of our subs are sunk by dozens of DCs and forced to surface [:(]
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Morning Air attack on 41st Infantry Regiment, at 49,33 , near Ranchi

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 6
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 25
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 5
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 5
B-25C Mitchell x 9
B-24D Liberator x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 32

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

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 10 destroyed, 10 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
321 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

We guesses right, that the enemy would try to also destroy the elite regiment which had thrown back the Carabiniers before. Lots of B25s and Blens shot down for a change...
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Morning Air attack on 41st Infantry Regiment, at 49,33 , near Ranchi

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 6
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 14
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2

Allied aircraft
Blenheim VD x 16
Liberator II x 6

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

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim VD: 8 destroyed, 1 damaged
Liberator II: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
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Afternoon Air attack on 41st Infantry Regiment, at 49,33 , near Ranchi

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 5
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 19
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 4
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 16

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

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 4 destroyed
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Afternoon Air attack on 41st Infantry Regiment, at 49,33 , near Ranchi

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 5
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 14
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 2 destroyed

And some Hurris but we lose some pilots among them one of the rare aces
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Alpha77 · Post by **Alpha77** » Mon Jul 22, 2019 6:45 am

Last days of March 43

Night Time Surface Combat, near Munda at 111,135, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Shimakaze
DD Takakaze
DD Susukaze

Allied Ships
DD Abbot, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD DeHaven, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Nicholas
DD Saufley
DD Strong, Shell hits 3, on fire
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Munda at 111,134, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Shimakaze
DD Takakaze, Shell hits 1
DD Susukaze

Allied Ships
DD Abbot, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
DD DeHaven, on fire
DD Nicholas
DD Saufley, Shell hits 1
DD Strong, on fire

Shimakazes do ok vs. Fletchers, but fail to concentrate their fire to possibly sink of them...
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TK Takane Maru sunk by US sub
Sub attack near Balabac at 68,81

Japanese Ships
TK Takane Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
PB Ansyu Maru
PB Seikai Maru
PB Nishho Maru
xAK Matsue Maru
DD Urukaze
E Hato
PB Nanrei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Pike

Even lots of escort do not prevent Allied subs from sinking ours but they are sunk themselves:

Sub attack near Donggala at 68,98

Japanese Ships
PC Ashi, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Toshi Maru #3
AO Ogura Maru #2
E Teiko

Allied Ships
SS Seawolf
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P38s still sweep Rekata, no CAP anymore
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Helens bomb British troops but do not do much damage, the pilots are good. I wonder why Allied bombers seem to better in bombing troops ? I mean outside 4Es
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The US lands more at Rekata with small ships (LCIs etc.) 1 mine hit
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SS Peto hit by 4 DCs but no damage shown[:(] in turn 1 of our SCs is sunk
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2 PTs hit by mine at Rekata
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Ground combat at Sambalpur (48,34)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 5900 troops, 36 guns, 579 vehicles, Assault Value = 370

Defending force 13309 troops, 124 guns, 120 vehicles, Assault Value = 498

Allied adjusted assault: 204

Japanese adjusted defense: 3133

Allied assault odds: 1 to 15 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
348 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Vehicles lost 25 (6 destroyed, 19 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
94 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)

Assaulting units:
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
255th Armoured Brigade
43rd Cavalry Regiment
267th Armoured Brigade
45th Recce Regiment
3rd Central India Base Force

Defending units:
56th Division
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
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1 bigger xAK sunk near Truk by SS Scamp
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Ground combat at Sambalpur (48,34)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6755 troops, 52 guns, 504 vehicles, Assault Value = 345

Defending force 12972 troops, 139 guns, 114 vehicles, Assault Value = 466

Allied adjusted assault: 135

Japanese adjusted defense: 5377

Allied assault odds: 1 to 39 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
288 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (3 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
176 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 26 (2 destroyed, 24 disabled)

Assaulting units:
267th Armoured Brigade
43rd Cavalry Regiment
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
255th Armoured Brigade
45th Recce Regiment
3rd Central India Base Force

Defending units:
56th Division
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Bn /1
5th RF Gun Bn /1
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USN SC 742 hits mine at Rekata and more landings there
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Ground combat at Sambalpur (48,34)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4551 troops, 25 guns, 442 vehicles, Assault Value = 327

Defending force 12771 troops, 154 guns, 113 vehicles, Assault Value = 446

Allied adjusted assault: 99

Japanese adjusted defense: 1073

Allied assault odds: 1 to 10 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
167 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 25 (1 destroyed, 24 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (4 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
193 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 23 (2 destroyed, 21 disabled)

Assaulting units:
43rd Cavalry Regiment
255th Armoured Brigade
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
267th Armoured Brigade
45th Recce Regiment
3rd Central India Base Force
2nd West Coast Base Force

Defending units:
56th Division
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Bn /1
5th RF Gun Bn /1
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Alpha77 · Post by **Alpha77** » Tue Nov 19, 2019 7:13 pm

Will continue to write down some major events

1. April - 10. April 43

- Lose a bunch of barges and 1 AMc near Rekata
- Rekata swept by P38s, we lose a 3 Zero and a Jack (this must have been LR CAP as Rekata was damaged) and is bombed, we shoot down 1xA20
- B24s bomb Port Moresby port, we had no CAP (stood down or training?) but no ships in port
- Rekata taken by enemy:

Ground combat at Rekata Bay (113,134)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2395 troops, 48 guns, 110 vehicles, Assault Value = 135

Defending force 2115 troops, 35 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 63

Allied adjusted assault: 110

Japanese adjusted defense: 22

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

Allied forces CAPTURE Rekata Bay !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
255 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 41 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 12 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 19 (14 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

- Stranded troops at Rekata + HornI. bombed severly and those at R. wiped out

- We try to bomb the besiegers at SambalPOOR but POOR results:

Morning Air attack on 27th Infantry Division, at 48,34 (Sambalpur)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 12
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 23
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 25
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 47

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 5 damaged
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 7 damaged

Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

- Order of battle there:

Ground combat at Sambalpur (48,34)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 39537 troops, 671 guns, 1285 vehicles, Assault Value = 1436

Defending force 12958 troops, 174 guns, 111 vehicles, Assault Value = 456

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Allied adjusted assault: 870

Japanese adjusted defense: 895

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
629 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 57 (8 destroyed, 49 disabled)
Vehicles lost 21 (9 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
329 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 56 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Vehicles lost 14 (2 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Assaulting units:
25th Indian Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
43rd Cavalry Regiment
2nd British Division
27th Infantry Division
255th Armoured Brigade
267th Armoured Brigade
45th Recce Regiment
XXXIII Indian Corps
3rd Central India Base Force
2nd West Coast Base Force

Defending units:
56th Division
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Bn /1
5th RF Gun Bn /1
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Even poorer results, but our escorts take down some LR CAP:

Morning Air attack on 25th Indian Division, at 48,34 (Sambalpur)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 19
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 42
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 25
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 47

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 7
P-40K Warhawk x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 4 damaged
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 4 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 4 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

- Allies switch to Munda, sweeps and heavy bombing, some planes destroyed on ground, only damaged some 4Es (perhaps for 2-3 Ops losses)

Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 42
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8

Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38E Lightning: 3 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 35
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 5 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 2 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 17
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 6 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

Will not post the bombing raids.....

- Another DA takes forts down to 1 at Sambalpur

- YMS sweeping mines at Munda, Jakes sink 2 of them even if Wildcats were there for CAP but to high

- More bombs on Munda, destroying 6-7 Tojos, no CAP anymore

- More bombs on Horn, disabling most of the nav guards unit

- Allied offensive towards Ranchi sees heavy air + ground battles:

Morning Air attack on 55th Division, at 51,32 (Ranchi)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 39

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 16
Liberator II x 8
P-40E Warhawk x 4
DB-7B x 5
B-25C Mitchell x 9
B-24D Liberator x 12
B-25C Mitchell x 21

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

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 6 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 19 (4 destroyed, 15 disabled)

Morning Air attack on 4th Tank Regiment, at 51,32 (Ranchi)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27

Allied aircraft
Blenheim VD x 16
Liberator GR.III x 4
B-25C Mitchell x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim VD: 4 damaged
Liberator GR.III: 4 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged (1 more B25 shot down later)

- We hold however in the jungle near Ranchi:

Ground combat at 52,32 (near Ranchi)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 43685 troops, 821 guns, 936 vehicles, Assault Value = 1653

Defending force 15252 troops, 178 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 567

Allied adjusted assault: 1048

Japanese adjusted defense: 1021

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
354 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 20 (11 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Vehicles lost 79 (9 destroyed, 70 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2076 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 259 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 40 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 33 disabled
Guns lost 43 (5 destroyed, 38 disabled)
Vehicles lost 20 (3 destroyed, 17 disabled)

Assaulting units:
18th British Division
44th Cavalry Regiment
7th Australian Division
268th Motorised Brigade
84th Indian Brigade
9th Australian Division
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
IV Indian Corps
XV Indian Corps
28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
172 Wing

Defending units:
7th Ind.Tank Brigade
4th Guards Division
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

- One more DA at Sambalpur grinds down our troops (1:4 losses in favour of the Allies

- Our Shimakaze fleet sinks 1 YMS near Munda, enemy Fletcher fleet sinks 2 barges, enemy CL+DD fleet sinks 2 more, Fletchers and Shimakazes meet each other:

Day Time Surface Combat, near Vella Lavella at 110,133, Range 3,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Shimakaze, Shell hits 3
DD Arikaze, Shell hits 6, on fire
DD Takakaze, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Satsukaze, Shell hits 2
DD Hikokaze, Shell hits 8, heavy fires
DD Susukaze, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Conway, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Cony, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Jenkins, Shell hits 2
DD LaVallette, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Nicholas, Shell hits 2
DD Philip, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Saufley, Shell hits 3
DD Taylor, Shell hits 6

- Tojos sweep Patna finding Hurris, but only take 1 down for 1 of their own

- We bomb troops near Ranchi soso effect

- We put a small LR CAP of Jacks and Georges over Munda, sweeping P38s not finding them it seems, but we only shoot down 1 4E, with others being damaged. 2 planes of ours lost.

- Allies stubbornly try another DA near Ranchi, but our reeinforcements arrived making the attack a disaster:

Ground combat at 52,32 (near Ranchi)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 41920 troops, 816 guns, 895 vehicles, Assault Value = 1428

Defending force 28130 troops, 325 guns, 275 vehicles, Assault Value = 954

Allied adjusted assault: 403

Japanese adjusted defense: 3463

Allied assault odds: 1 to 8

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

Japanese ground losses:
534 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 119 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 17 (1 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
3215 casualties reported
Squads: 28 destroyed, 309 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 42 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 74 disabled
Guns lost 61 (2 destroyed, 59 disabled)
Vehicles lost 23 (1 destroyed, 22 disabled)

- We lose 1 PB + xAK to subs, 1 SSX to DDs

- 20 George sweep Raipur shooting down 1 Hurry from 6

- P38+Corsair sweep Munda finding no one in the air, more bombs fall

- Sambalpur taken by enemy, losses high to ours:

Ground combat at Sambalpur (48,34)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 39782 troops, 700 guns, 1323 vehicles, Assault Value = 1384

Defending force 11173 troops, 118 guns, 97 vehicles, Assault Value = 286

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Allied adjusted assault: 1591

Japanese adjusted defense: 635

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Sambalpur !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
4356 casualties reported
Squads: 122 destroyed, 39 disabled
Non Combat: 136 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 43 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 76 (66 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 71 (71 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 3

Allied ground losses:
352 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 46 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Vehicles lost 37 (2 destroyed, 35 disabled)

- Lost 2 TKs (medium size) to subs, we hit an S boat 4x in return

- More bombs/sweeps on Munda, not much left there from airfield

- Lost 2 barges and a PB to subs

- Lots of surface actions erupt in the upper Salomones:

Night Time Surface Combat, near Panggoe at 111,133, Range 1,000 Yards

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CL Naka
DD Teruzuki
DD Takanami, Shell hits 2
DD Arashi
DD Kasumi, Shell hits 5, heavy fires
DD Kisaragi
CL Teshio
CL Ninaru, Shell hits 2

Allied Ships
CL Cleveland, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
CL Montpelier
DD Barton, Shell hits 2
DD Bancroft
DD Caldwell, Shell hits 1
DD Gridley, Shell hits 1
DD Flusser, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Cassin
DD Stronghold, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Nestor, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Night Time Surface Combat, near Rekata Bay at 113,134, Range 3,000 Yards

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CL Naka, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
DD Teruzuki
DD Takanami
DD Arashi
DD Kisaragi
CL Ninaru, Shell hits 5

Allied Ships
CL Ceres
DD Doyle, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Vendetta
DD Kilty

Night Time Surface Combat, near Rekata Bay at 113,134, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Kinugasa
CA Kako
DD Makigumo
DD Wakaba
DD Ariake
DD Mochizuki
DD Yunagi

Allied Ships
PT-176
PT-178
PT-182
PT-191
PT-196, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
PT-220, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Night Naval bombardment of Rekata Bay at 113,134

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 10 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
CA Kako
CA Kinugasa

Allied Ships
AMc Djombang, Shell hits 1, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
321 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 27

Day Time Surface Combat, near Rekata Bay at 114,134, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Teruzuki
DD Takanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Arashi, Shell hits 1
DD Kisaragi
CL Ninaru

Allied Ships
CL Ceres, Shell hits 3
DD Doyle, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage
DD Vendetta, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Kilty, Shell hits 5, heavy fires

Day Time Surface Combat, near Rekata Bay at 113,134, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Kinugasa
CA Kako
DD Makigumo
DD Wakaba
DD Ariake
DD Mochizuki, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Yunagi, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
PT-176
PT-178, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
PT-182
PT-191, Shell hits 4, and is sunk

Day Time Surface Combat, near Rekata Bay at 114,134, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Kinugasa
CA Kako
DD Makigumo
DD Wakaba
DD Ariake
DD Mochizuki, on fire
DD Yunagi

Allied Ships
PT-176
PT-182, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

- Small CL fleet bombards Darwin (wanted to intercept some cargos spotted by recon, but they were not found)- 1 fighter destroyed, minor damage to base

- M5 Zeros sweep Rekata, 2 P40K downed, Georges sweep too=4 P40K

- Corsairs sweep Vella, finding a ranged CAP (for ships protection) totally out of place/surprised, and down at least 5 Nick and 8 Jacks, for perhaps some OPs losses to the Corsairs.

- B24s return to PM this time bombing the fields, but find 19 high exp M5s on CAP which down up to 4 bombers and the Flak another one, minor damage to base

Alpha77 · Post by **Alpha77** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 9:54 am

11. April - 15. April 43

- 2 of our subs hit hard by Fletchers - one makes it back
- More 4E bombing and sweeping of Munda
- we hit CM Keokuk and DD Lardner with 1 sub torp each and next day Keokuk eats 2 more fish and a YMS too
- Allied attention now turns to Vella LaVella also - some B24 reported "damaged" but by what we have no Flak there to reach them?

- Ill fated air attack by Jills:

Morning Air attack on TF, near Panggoe at 111,133

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N1 Jill x 24

Allied aircraft
Hurricane XIIb x 4
P-40K Warhawk x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N1 Jill: 17 destroyed
B6N1 Jill: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
DD Kalk
xAP Wahine, Torpedo hits 1

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

Night Time Surface Combat, near Panggoe at 111,133, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
BB Hiei, Shell hits 1
BB Kirishima
DD Niizuki, Shell hits 1
DD Yugumo
DD Akigumo
DD Urakaze
DD Yamagumo, Shell hits 1
DD Uranami
DD Sagiri

Allied Ships
DD Aulick, Shell hits 8, on fire
DD Bache, Shell hits 2
DD DeHaven
DD Jenkins, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Nicholas, Shell hits 2
DD Saufley

At this time we still get decent surface combat results - later we have more trouble dealing with Fletchers and PTs...

- DD Aulick is damaged from above combat and then sunk by sub with 1 fish (I guess it must go under at least)

- xAP Wahine hit by 1 torp and a small CMc from ours is sunk by S class sub

- Above fleet meets a PT fleet also but no one scores any hit and next day meets also SS Pollack which is hit 12 times perhaps being sunk?

- P38s sweep Vella and Georges Pangoe but no cap at both places. Horn and Vella bombed at Horn not much is left by now..

- xAK Yamagata Maru hit by 1 torp near Calayan and is sunk (medium sized cargo ship)

Alpha77 · Post by **Alpha77** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 11:35 am

16. April - 20. April 43

- Lots of sub action but only 1 PB of ours is hit and sunk

Not sure what this allied attack was against a full div of ours in India:

Ground combat at 50,34 (near Jamshedpur)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1573 troops, 7 guns, 139 vehicles, Assault Value = 76

Defending force 13809 troops, 124 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 464

Allied adjusted assault: 56

Japanese adjusted defense: 1121

Allied assault odds: 1 to 20

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+)
Attacker:

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

Allied ground losses:
106 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 18 (2 destroyed, 16 disabled)

Assaulting units:
267th Armoured Brigade

Defending units:
18th Division

Night Time Surface Combat, near Panggoe at 111,133, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Oi
CL Yubari
DD Teruzuki
DD Kisaragi
DD Yunagi

Allied Ships
AM Strahan
LST-458, Shell hits 12, heavy fires, heavy damage
LST-463, Shell hits 1
LST-465
AM Kelowna, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

Night Time Surface Combat, near Panggoe at 111,133, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Oi, Shell hits 2
CL Yubari
DD Teruzuki
DD Kisaragi, Shell hits 1
DD Yunagi, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
DD Bache
DD LaVallette, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Nicholas
DD Saufley
DD Taylor

Night Time Surface Combat, near Rekata Bay at 112,133, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Shimakaze
DD Takakaze
DD Satsukaze, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Bache
DD LaVallette, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Nicholas, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Saufley
DD Taylor

- an LST hit by 1 sub torp and probably sunk, our Ì28 hit 14x by DCs but has survived

Ground combat at 50,34 (near Jamshedpur)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1456 troops, 7 guns, 137 vehicles, Assault Value = 66

Defending force 14106 troops, 153 guns, 66 vehicles, Assault Value = 458

Allied adjusted assault: 13

Japanese adjusted defense: 2129

Allied assault odds: 1 to 163

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

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

Allied ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 26 (5 destroyed, 21 disabled)

Assaulting units:
267th Armoured Brigade

Defending units:
18th Division
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment

In theory Allied losses should be higher considering the odds, but seems their tanks are hard nuts to crack..

TF 275 encounters mine field at Panggoe (111,133)

Japanese Ships
DD Asashio, Mine hits 1, on fire [:(]

- A dutch sub only lightly damaged by 3 DC hits

Ground combat at 50,34 (near Jamshedpur)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 14116 troops, 153 guns, 66 vehicles, Assault Value = 459

Defending force 1317 troops, 5 guns, 132 vehicles, Assault Value = 39

Japanese adjusted assault: 451

Allied adjusted defense: 11

Japanese assault odds: 41 to 1

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

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

Allied ground losses:
166 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 42 (29 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
18th Division
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
267th Armoured Brigade

Night Time Surface Combat, near Munda at 111,134, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Wakaba
DD Ariake, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
DMS Trevor, Shell hits 1
DMS Hamilton
DMS Lamberton

Somehow these ships ended up in bomber range? Only luck prevented them being hit I guess

Night Air attack on TF, near Shortlands at 109,131

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 13

Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 9 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Hiei
BB Kongo

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo

Sub attack near Nanumea at 131,143

Japanese Ships
SS I-21, hits 3

Allied Ships
TK British Energy, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
SC-750

- US paras take an empty dot base: Chosieul Bay upper salomones

I was under the impression we had not talked about night bombing so it was still forbidden - the Allies seemed to have missunderstood this:

Night Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 112,133

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 12

Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 6 damaged

Japanese Ships
CM Tsugaru
DD Takakaze
DD Niizuki, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo

Night Air attack on Torokina , at 109,130

Weather in hex: Light rain

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed on ground
D4Y1-C Judy: 2 destroyed on ground
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
D4Y1 Judy: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 4 damaged

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17

Night Air attack on Torokina , at 109,130

Weather in hex: Light rain

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y1 Judy: 1 destroyed on ground
J2M2 Jack: 2 destroyed on ground
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 9

Submarine attack near Choiseul Bay at 111,132

Japanese Ships
SS I-15, hits 18, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Lansdowne
CL Denver
CL Columbia
DD Caldwell
DD Stronghold
DD Evertsen
DD Cassin
DD Gridley

Day Time Surface Combat, near Rekata Bay at 112,133, Range 19,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CM Tsugaru
DD Arashi

Allied Ships
PT-176
PT-222
PT-223, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-225
PT-226
PT-227

Sub attack near Choiseul Bay at 111,132

Japanese Ships
SS I-175, hits 5

Allied Ships
CM Weehawken, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage (should be sunk)
AM Strive

- we lose a mini sub and 2 LBs - had not much luck with SSX

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