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VADM Halsey hammers IJN few times:

Morning Air attack on TF, near Salamaua at 98,127

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
Ki-27b Nate x 12

Allied aircraft
F4F-3A Wildcat x 9
F4F-3 Wildcat x 11
SBD-2 Dauntless x 15
SBD-3 Dauntless x 44
TBD-1 Devastator x 30

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3A Wildcat: 1 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
xAK Hokusei Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Mito Maru, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Kashii Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Daijukyo Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
xAK Teiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Tempei Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Alaska Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Melbourne Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Shonon Maru #10
AG Soya

Japanese ground losses:
2929 casualties reported
Squads: 32 destroyed, 69 disabled
Non Combat: 65 destroyed, 163 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Salamaua at 98,127

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
Ki-27b Nate x 10

Allied aircraft
F4F-3A Wildcat x 8
F4F-3 Wildcat x 9
SBD-3 Dauntless x 29
TBD-1 Devastator x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3A Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
xAK Hokusei Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
SC Ch 23, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
AG Soya, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Misaki Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
xAK Teiyo Maru, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk

Japanese ground losses:
2797 casualties reported
Squads: 36 destroyed, 77 disabled
Non Combat: 72 destroyed, 144 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Finschhafen at 100,126

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 15

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Syoka Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Umboi Island at 100,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
Ki-27b Nate x 2

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 9
SBD-3 Dauntless x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
xAK Iwaki Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
xAK Midori Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
xAK Zyunyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
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On a side note, AI in this script uses relatively lot of night air attacks. Some of them are even moderately and annoyingly effective.

Another bad day for IJN/IJA:

Night Time Surface Combat, near Noumea at 115,160, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
AG Muroto, Shell hits 31, heavy fires, heavy damage
AG Noshima, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Heito Maru, Shell hits 5, heavy fires
xAK Ishikari Maru, Shell hits 5, on fire
xAK Ryuko Maru, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
xAK Tasmania Maru
xAK Ikoma Maru, Shell hits 2
xAK Kusuyama Maru, Shell hits 1
xAK Yuri Maru, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Anderson
DD Mustin
DD Russell
DD Mugford
DD Ralph Talbot

KEEP YOUR DIRTY FINGERS OFF MY NOUMEA! [:D]

Singapore did fall March 29, 1942, ending the resistance and causing the loss of 37 000+ Allied soldiers.

Java:

Burma:

Strategic map and Bataan area (Philippines will fall soon):

Intel:

Japanese have lost quite a lot of shipping to subs, air attacks and surface combat.

Save from March 31, 1942 in this link, slot 11.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/k6j5uiezskbe0 ... 1.pws?dl=0

For early 1942, 157 IJ ships lost is a lot! Well done!

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

For early 1942, 157 IJ ships lost is a lot! Well done!

Including CV Akagi, CVL Shoho, CVL Zuiho and BB Nagato, no less. [8D] Allied subs have been MEAN even when US subs have bad torpedoes...but they shoot A LOT!

5 hevily damaged US BBs (from PH raid at start) are now moving to SF and Seattle to unclog PH Shipyard. 2 BBs will remain in PH.

ORIGINAL: Sardaukar

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

For early 1942, 157 IJ ships lost is a lot! Well done!

Including CV Akagi, CVL Shoho, CVL Zuiho and BB Nagato, no less. [8D] Allied subs have been MEAN even when US subs have bad torpedoes...but they shoot A LOT!

5 hevily damaged US BBs (from PH raid at start) are now moving to SF and Seattle to unclog PH Shipyard. 2 BBs will remain in PH.

In one of my games against the AI, after the initial flock of IJN subs around PH and the WC USA returned to their bases to replenish, a few came back to stake out patrols off the channels leading to Seattle/Vancouver, Portland, and Prince Rupert. IIRC that was around March 1942.

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: Sardaukar

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

For early 1942, 157 IJ ships lost is a lot! Well done!

Including CV Akagi, CVL Shoho, CVL Zuiho and BB Nagato, no less. [8D] Allied subs have been MEAN even when US subs have bad torpedoes...but they shoot A LOT!

5 hevily damaged US BBs (from PH raid at start) are now moving to SF and Seattle to unclog PH Shipyard. 2 BBs will remain in PH.

In one of my games against the AI, after the initial flock of IJN subs around PH and the WC USA returned to their bases to replenish, a few came back to stake out patrols off the channels leading to Seattle/Vancouver, Portland, and Prince Rupert. IIRC that was around March 1942.

IJN subs have been very aggressive in my game. I hope they'd disappear [:D] They have been constant threat.

My problem is that I just don't have enough escorts for all my convoys.

April 11, 1942:

Slowly losing control of Java.

April 12, 1942:

Lesson here is: USE YOUR SUBMARINES!

Fulmars were pretty effective this time, they are set to Naval Attack 1000 ft:

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Moulmein at 55,55

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
Fulmar II x 12
Hurricane I Trop x 7

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Nagisan Maru, Shell hits 4, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Teikoku Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Shofuku Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
xAK Hakusika Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 8 (4 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Fulmar II bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
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Just arrived 6th AUS Div saved the day:

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 16941 troops, 193 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 591

Defending force 33787 troops, 346 guns, 400 vehicles, Assault Value = 1103

Japanese adjusted assault: 622

Allied adjusted defense: 679

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
3863 casualties reported
Squads: 118 destroyed, 227 disabled
Non Combat: 40 destroyed, 51 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 26 disabled
Guns lost 52 (20 destroyed, 32 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
1121 casualties reported
Squads: 27 destroyed, 51 disabled
Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 14 (7 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
III./143rd Infantry Battalion
1st RTA Division
113th Infantry Regiment
55th Cavalry Regiment
112th Infantry Regiment
I./143rd Infantry Battalion
3rd Infantry Regiment
55th Engineer Regiment
2nd RTA Division
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
RTA Cav Div /3

Defending units:
13th Burma Rifles Battalion
4th Assam Rifles Battalion
Railway BAF Battalion
6th Australian Division
BFF Brigade
4th Burma Rifles Battalion
Mandalay BMP Battalion
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
Upper Burma BAF Battalion
1st Burma Division
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
Tenasserim BAF Battalion
9th Burma Rifles Battalion
10th Burma Rifles Battalion
36th Chinese Division
Burma Corps
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Sad demise of brave and effective Dutch sub:


Submarine attack near Toboali at 51,94

Japanese Ships
DD Yukikaze
DD Mikazuki
DD Kikuzuki
DD Uzuki

Allied Ships
SS KXIV, hits 16, and is sunk
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I am getting pretty good with interdicting landings with SCTFs...

Day Time Surface Combat, near Denpasar at 59,108, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
xAK India Maru, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Hokusin Maru, Shell hits 39, and is sunk
xAK Kiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Zuisyo Maru, Shell hits 43, and is sunk
xAK Kyokko Maru, Shell hits 33, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Sumatra, Shell hits 1
CL Tromp
DD Piet Hein, Shell hits 1
DD Kortenaer
DD Witte de With
DD Van Nes
DD Banckert
DD Van Ghent

Japanese ground losses:
12986 casualties reported
Squads: 135 destroyed, 618 disabled
Non Combat: 167 destroyed, 576 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 106 (95 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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I did rectify my past mistakes of letting Japanese having Port Blair...it is actually important base regarding Rangoon...

7th AUS and 20th Indian arriving soon.

18th UK Div has been holding the "hinge" NE of Pegu.

Diggers and more Indians into fray...

April 16, 1942...Clark Field falls...

Is there nothing else that'd satisfy this evil AI empire....? Hands off from my Java!