Wild Sheep Chase - obvert (J) vs JocMeister (A)

GreyJoy · Post by **GreyJoy** » Mon Nov 05, 2012 9:32 am

ORIGINAL: obvert

original Empire101

The die roll modifier for experience is extremely puzzling.

On the up side though, they did not even dent your fortifications.
Let us hope with your added reinforcements flying in over the next few days it will be enough to hold.
Looking at what he has committed, and the stealth he employed in hiding them, all points to him not stopping for anything now.
I'd be surprised if more Allied landings at PM don't start soon.

Yes, me too. He's got all kinds of ships still sitting at Portland Roads. I am betting within the week there will be another invasion coming. Probably lots of smaller ships this time with many major SAGs to support. I have some ideas of how to get the IJN involved, but it'll take some time to get things in place.

I've got 3 Netty units, one Frances that just arrived and is fleshing out still, and 2 Jill groups. He has at least 12-15 groups that can LR CAP Prot Moresby though, producing a CAP of almost 50 very good planes that looked like this last time around;

[font="Trebuchet MS"]P-38G Lightning x 20
P-38H Lightning x 14
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 3
F4F-4 Wildcat x 2
F6F-3 Hellcat x 13 [/font]

That in addition to the fact that I can't use the fields there, so have to LR CAP my own forces, makes strikes less supported by escort. The fields I have to launch Netties from are very vulnerable. All in range of the 4Es. Luckily I have a lot of them. I'm trying to top up supplies in each now so I can move things around at will. Most of the fighter groups are hard pressed to keep 60% of fighter ready on any given day. I'm also getting low in IJN fighter pilots pools. All as should be expected for Japan, but I have to keep contesting if I want this to potentially drag out for a while. Luckily the IJAAF pools are deep and getting deeper as Burma stays quiet.

Why don't you simply put your Netties at Truk for the moment (or out of 4Es range anyway) and boost your nav search. When he moves, i bet he cannot move everything in a single night. Don't bother with LRCAP. Use a big escort (say 150 Oscars) as ablative armour....they will die in droves, but the biggest part of your bombers should be able to get through. Use Rabaul as a starting base... keep it capped with Nicks and Georges untill you smell something...then move in 200 Netties and 150 Zeros/Oscars for purely escort duties.
His LRCAP will not be enough

Empire101 · Post by **Empire101** » Mon Nov 05, 2012 10:52 am

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

My understanding is that the modifiers shown apply to individual units, not necessarily all units. So, your 31st Fld Gun AA might only be 40 EXP ... and then the modifier will show ... but it only applies to that unit, not all of them. As I understand these ...

Ahhhh!!....now that makes far more sense.....thanks Pax.

obvert · Post by **obvert** » Mon Nov 05, 2012 11:09 am

[font="Times New Roman"]5 - 7 September 1943[/font]
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Port Moresby holds!

(for now)

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]SOUTH PACIFIC:[/font] Another DA at Port Moresbey fails to drop forts and achieves a 1:2 result. This time the Allies suffered more casualties. They lost a good number of squads and vehicles to disablements. I'm sure there is a ton of supply onshore though, and that hey can make these up soon, but it just puts another few weeks in the schedule for him. The longer it takes the more I can reinforce. The supply situation will be dire after two more weeks of bombing and any more attacks, though. In a week it has gone from 12k+ to 8k. That's with two big DAs on the base though.

Question: How much does supply flow from Buna and Milne Bay? Milne is stocked up with 27k now, and Buna is set to have a top-up to about the same level within the week.

I had to give up control of the air for at least a few days over the base beginning on the 7th. On the 5th and 6th our fighters fought valiantly, but his numerous sweeps followed by large 4E raids sapped the strength of nearby groups. I've pulled most back to repair planes, replenish, upgrade. Several new Jack equipped and George units will be ready soon. Two Tojo groups will shuttle in and out of the area for our Service 1 fighter. The A6M5 units will mostly be used for local base CAP and escort for strike planes. Prt Morseby fields are open after the 7th, but just barely at 45 damage and 62 service damage. I didn't move fighters in today, but if he keeps targeting troops I will tomorrow. It'll probably be in vain as 4-5 sweeps are coming in before raids now plus a few after.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]SUBS: [/font] No sub attacks lately. He has really scaled back his efforts for some reason in my convoy paths. Not that I mind, but I'm wondering what the next big strategic submarine warfare plan will be.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]NORTH PACIFIC: [/font] Only a few weeks left before winter rules. I've allocated a construction battalion for Shemya to build forts. This will be a last holdout in the Aleutians due to the B-29 capable base. All other units will be gradually sent back to man the Kuriles closer to spring deadline. He'll be able to quickly run the table on these once he has CVs ready and the winter ends.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]WEST OZ: [/font] A sweep came into Exmouth, and in spite of catching the IJAAF group updating to Tojos we still easily handled the P-40s there. Once the base force from Carnarvon arrives the two fighter groups here should hold pretty well unless he bring 4Es back in. The forts are nearly to level 5 now at Exmouth.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]BURMA: [/font] Nothing happening. I have recon continually on Akyab and Kalemyo, where the majority of troops are concentrated. I have been watching a division move around from Kalemyo that now seems to be railing to the coast to head toward Akyab. As if he needs more there.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR September 5, 43
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 24
J2M2 Jack x 3
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 9

Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
204 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
331 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 24000
Raid is overhead
Akagi-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
85th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000
Raid is overhead

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 15
J2M2 Jack x 2
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

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

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 8
J2M2 Jack x 2
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1

Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 22

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

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 33000 feet

CAP engaged:
204 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 84 minutes
85th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters to 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

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

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 21

No Allied losses

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

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Morning Air attack on 1st Motor Brigade, at 82,127 (Gove)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 17

No Japanese losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 22nd Division, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Allied aircraft
Mitchell II x 20
B-17E Fortress x 48
LB-30 Liberator x 3
B-24D Liberator x 43
B-24D1 Liberator x 66
F6F-3 Hellcat x 41
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 10

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 91st Infantry Regiment, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 7

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 22nd Division, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 29
B-25D1 Mitchell x 61

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet

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Morning Air attack on 22nd Division, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 8

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 14th Garrison Unit , at 98,130 (Port Moresby)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 62 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 11

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 22nd Division, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6

No Allied losses

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 53
P-38H Lightning x 9

No Allied losses

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

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 3

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 33000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 22

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR September 6, 43
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 10
J2M2 Jack x 3

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 31000 feet *

CAP engaged:
331 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
Akagi-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

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

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 14 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 22

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 3

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 31000 feet *

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Morning Air attack on 22nd Division, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 70 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Allied aircraft
Mitchell II x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 36
B-25D1 Mitchell x 60
F6F-3 Hellcat x 16

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak

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

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 22nd Division, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
Mitchell II x 13
B-25D1 Mitchell x 11

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 67 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 28
P-38H Lightning x 3

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet
3 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet
3 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet

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Morning Air attack on 22nd Division, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 11

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Exmouth , at 50,129

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 8
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 5

Allied aircraft
P-40N1 Warhawk x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40N1 Warhawk: 4 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x P-40N1 Warhawk sweeping at 15000 feet

CAP engaged:
253 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 23000 , scrambling fighters to 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
26th Sentai with Ki-44-IIb Tojo (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 21000 , scrambling fighters to 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR September 7, 43
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 5

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed

No Allied losses

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

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 22

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 33000 feet

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Morning Air attack on 1st Motor Brigade, at 82,127 (Gove)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 17

No Japanese losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 3

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 31000 feet *

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Morning Air attack on 22nd Division, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 47
LB-30 Liberator x 3
B-24D Liberator x 35
B-24D1 Liberator x 77
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 6

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

Japanese ground losses:
93 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 22nd Division, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 61 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Allied aircraft
Mitchell II x 22
B-25C Mitchell x 47
B-25D1 Mitchell x 69
F6F-3 Hellcat x 16

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 22nd Division, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 7

Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 3
P-38H Lightning x 22

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet
3 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 3

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 33000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 22

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 31000 feet *

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Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 22105 troops, 442 guns, 476 vehicles, Assault Value = 947

Defending force 23113 troops, 207 guns, 73 vehicles, Assault Value = 806

Allied adjusted assault: 373

Japanese adjusted defense: 1043

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 5)

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

Japanese ground losses:
1011 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 69 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Guns lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1916 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 236 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 46 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Guns lost 47 (3 destroyed, 44 disabled)
Vehicles lost 85 (8 destroyed, 77 disabled)

Assaulting units:
1st Marine Division
754th Tank Battalion
25th Infantry Division
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
1st USMC Tank Battalion
I US Amphib Corps /1

Defending units:
14th Garrison Unit
47th Engr Rgt /1
6th Garrison Unit
22nd Division
91st Infantry Rgt /1
30th Fld AA Gun Co
16th AA Regiment
31st Fld AA Gun Co
22nd JNAF AF Unit
6th Shipping Engr Rgt /1

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Reinforcements: Every baseforce and DD is cause for celebration right now.

[font="Trebuchet MS"]TK Ryoei Maru arrives at Hiroshima/Kure
DD Kishinami arrives at Nagoya
66th JNAF AF Unit arrives at Tokyo[/font]

Losses: None. [:)]

Ships Sunk: Nothing recent here.

[font="Trebuchet MS"]AM Cootamundra is reported to have been sunk near Luganville on May 10, 1943
SC PC-578 is reported to have been sunk near Kodiak on Sep 04, 1942[/font]
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[font="Trebuchet MS"]It's been hard to keep a lot of bases going and in supply, with enough air support and with the need for LR CAP causing extreme fatigue to nearly every fighter group. [/font]
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obvert · Post by **obvert** » Mon Nov 05, 2012 11:21 am

original: Greyjoy

Why don't you simply put your Netties at Truk for the moment (or out of 4Es range anyway) and boost your nav search. When he moves, i bet he cannot move everything in a single night. Don't bother with LRCAP. Use a big escort (say 150 Oscars) as ablative armour....they will die in droves, but the biggest part of your bombers should be able to get through. Use Rabaul as a starting base... keep it capped with Nicks and Georges untill you smell something...then move in 200 Netties and 150 Zeros/Oscars for purely escort duties.
His LRCAP will not be enough

This was similar to the original plan. During the first invasion I had three Nettie groups, 1DB and 3 TB groups in the Solomons with 1 Oscars and 5 zero groups to use for escorts, plus 2 Tojo, 1 George and 2 Jack groups for sweeps/LR CAP/bomber defense. Seemed like a good amount.

He got everything in during one day! Two divisions, 2 tank battalions, engineers, all of it. It looks like some units were minus some of their mechanized support, as they showed as fragments in the first bombardments.

Anyway, I was set with all of that for day 2, but no go. He was back in Portland Roads under 400 fighters. So now I have to have some on for day 1. I also have one Betty unit on night attack, hoping once at least it will fly, but no go yet.

My mistake is not having CD guns here I think. I needed something to slow the unloading process. MTBs and midgets might have been nice as well. None of those for a while now.

If he comes again I bet it will be all LST/LCI ships, zillions of them. Naval search is good. Recon shows two major SAGs and several smaller at Portland Roads, plus a few TFs of landing ships. It could be any day. I'll keep trying to make this better, but it's a steep learning curve to go against this kind of machine the Allies have in later 43. I'm not confident I can stop what he'll bring even if I do hit the ships.

Empire101 · Post by **Empire101** » Mon Nov 05, 2012 11:44 am

ORIGINAL: obvert

[font="Times New Roman"]5 - 7 September 1943[/font]
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Port Moresby holds!

(for now)

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Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 22105 troops, 442 guns, 476 vehicles, Assault Value = 947

Defending force 23113 troops, 207 guns, 73 vehicles, Assault Value = 806

Allied adjusted assault: 373

Japanese adjusted defense: 1043

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 5)

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

Japanese ground losses:
1011 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 69 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Guns lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1916 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 236 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 46 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Guns lost 47 (3 destroyed, 44 disabled)
Vehicles lost 85 (8 destroyed, 77 disabled)

Assaulting units:
1st Marine Division
754th Tank Battalion
25th Infantry Division
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
1st USMC Tank Battalion
I US Amphib Corps /1

Defending units:
14th Garrison Unit
47th Engr Rgt /1
6th Garrison Unit
22nd Division
91st Infantry Rgt /1
30th Fld AA Gun Co
16th AA Regiment
31st Fld AA Gun Co
22nd JNAF AF Unit
6th Shipping Engr Rgt /1

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Ok. He has got assault odds down to 1-2, but still not a dent in your fortifications, plus his disabled losses are far more substantial this time around.
I'd be surprised if he goes for a third round, his fatigue and disruption will be quite high now and the troops will need resting.

Good Luck!!

obvert · Post by **obvert** » Tue Nov 06, 2012 9:07 am

[font="Times New Roman"]8 - 9 September 1943[/font]
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[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]SUBS: [/font] An unusual occurrence during the turn on the 8th. The I-177 actually hit an Allied ASW patrol! It put one fish into the Stronghold, and even more rare, it got away unscathed. Especially good since the British destroyers are still among the best in ASW at this point. Banzai!

The Ray is found by the Yugiri near Roxas in the shallows on the 8th. It is hit 12 times during the first attack, then found again and hit 4 times. Most of these were the near miss causing the sub to take on water, but still it can't be doing well after that many hits.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]SOUTH PACIFIC:[/font] The Betty group on night attack actually flew on both the 8th and the 9th. It didn't carry TT on the 8th for some odd reason, but did on the 9th. It found some good targets but couldn't put any ordnance into them. I turned them off for tomorrow to rest.

Hellcats swept in 5 groups on the 8th, but no bombers flew to Port Moresby. On the 9th it was one Corsair group and 4 of P-38s, then about 80 B-25s mostly coordinated and targeting troops. They had little effect again agains the dug-in formations, with disruption only rising in the AA units.

I've moved Tojos back to the partially damaged fields at Milne Bay, so we'll see what ind of response this brings. I've kept the Port Moresby fields empty for at least one more day, as even a weak bombardments by sea would throw them over 50 damage again and leave the planes sitting on the ground vulnerable.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]NORTH PACIFIC: [/font] No build-up is seen as yet in Kodiak. Just about 15 ships here of the small varieties. Unless something big is coming from Pearl, it looks like the goal of holding the entire Aleutian chain until winter of 43 will be reached. Once it is winter I will bring in small transports and begin moving some troops back.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]WEST OZ: [/font] Georges and Tojos swept over Carnarvon today, but no Allied fighters came up to play. I'll sweep one more day, then send in bombers to see what I can hit.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]BURMA: [/font] Nothing happening but forts slowly going up.

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ASW attack near Roxas at 79,83

Japanese Ships
DD Yugiri

Allied Ships
SS Raton, hits 12

SS Raton is sighted by escort
DD Yugiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugiri attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yugiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Night Air attack on TF, near Portland Roads at 91,132

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 9 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
CA Northampton
DD Carmick
APA Wharton
CA Salt Lake City

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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ASW attack near Roxas at 79,83

Japanese Ships
DD Yugiri

Allied Ships
SS Raton, hits 4

SS Raton is located by DD Yugiri
Raton bottoming out ....
DD Yugiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugiri attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yugiri is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Portland Roads at 95,132

Japanese Ships
SS I-177

Allied Ships
DD Stronghold, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Voyager

SS I-177 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Stronghold
I-177 diving deep ....
DD Voyager fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR September 9, 43
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Night Air attack on TF, near Portland Roads at 91,132

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Northampton
CA Salt Lake City

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

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Morning Air attack on 22nd Division, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hudson III (LR) x 9
Mitchell II x 22
B-25C Mitchell x 36
B-25D1 Mitchell x 51
F6F-3 Hellcat x 16

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak

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

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Mitchell II bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Reinforcements: The Frank moves ahead again. It will definitely be ready by November 43. Another Yugumo class DD also arrives.

[font="Trebuchet MS"]xAKL Higane Maru arrives at Osaka/Kyoto
xAKL Fukuju Maru arrives at Hiroshima/Kure
DD Okinami arrives at Maizuru

Aircraft D4Y3 Judy advances R&D (2/44)
Aircraft Ki-84a Frank advances R&D (12/43)[/font]

Losses: None.

Ships Sunk: [:)]

[font="Trebuchet MS"]DD Stronghold is reported to have been sunk near Portland Roads on Sep 08, 1943[/font]
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[font="Trebuchet MS"]This old boat was still very useful for the Allies. I know they get too many DDs over time for losing any one to be much celebrated, but I do take pleasure in the smallest successes as the game swings decidedly in their favor in late 43. [/font]
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obvert · Post by **obvert** » Thu Nov 08, 2012 6:37 am

[font="Times New Roman"]10 - 14 September 1943[/font]
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Another landing!

I wanted to post this yesterday, but i felt a bit ill after the response to this landing was so ineffectual, and at such cost. I feel I've learned something, so it's slightly better today.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]SUBS: [/font] Sub vs Sub! I love it. The I-153 takes out Pike near Port Moresby. Although the Japanese subs are at a disadvantage now with Allied ASW as good as it is, they are still contributing. I am finding bulk use to be effective down here, with 15 subs within a three hex area, close enough to my attack planes that any concentrated ASW would be dangerous.

Jocke put Albacore in the Woodlark hex and likely lost that sub as well. I had an ASW of three good DDs there protecting a supply run and they nailed the sub for 8 hits and 'heavy damage,', at least three direct shots, oil on the surface, etc.

Then, for the best moment of the past few turns, I-11 nailed BB South Dakota with two TT for a 'heavy damage' report near Sydney! This will likely not sink the ship, but at least it will be out for a good several months. That'll limit his fast BB TF for a bit.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]SOUTH PACIFIC:[/font] After a few days of sweeping uncontested skies and hitting the fields at Port Moresby, the Allies went in again, this time for Terapo. I got a bit sick at this one. I was ready for him this time, and my strike planes flew, only someone forgot to notify the escort of the invasion!

Three groups lost 60% of their planes! [:(] We did score one hit on a US CL, which is nice but nothing to justify the loss of 60 planes. At least this was over our base so 'only' 25 pilots were lost. These groups will obviously head back to replenish. I had over 60 planes set to escort from 2 bases in range, but alas, such is the weather, (or whatever caused them not to go). If we had had escort, these attacks could have devastated that fleet with the small amount of CAP up over them. [:@]

His troops landed and it won't be long at Terapo. I decided not to heavily garrison the place because I realized I couldn't supply it. Maybe one regiment added might have held for a while, but the 70 AV there now will fall in a few days. He has a Cavalry division there. Luckily that will have trouble moving anywhere else from that base. It's not going over the Owen Stanley easily or quickly at least. This lace does have a good field though that he will build up.

Okinoshima and Tokino drop over 200 mines at Port Moresby. I'm not sure still how they were able to get in there, but they did it. Okinoshima ran over the S-39 on the way in and put a hit on the sub, then dashed in to drop the gifts. They shot back along the coast and made it safely with no other issues.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]NORTH PACIFIC: [/font] Nothing.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]WEST OZ: [/font] A series of sweeps over Carnarvon found nothing for days. I then took a few off, then on the 14th got what I was looking for. Georges and Tojo IIb took out a bunch of Allied fighters, at a 4:1 ratio. Banzai!

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]BURMA: [/font] Nothing.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR September 10, 43
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Sub vs Sub: SS I-153 attacking SS Pike at 97,132 - near Port Moresby (I love this header!!)

Japanese Ships
SS I-153

Allied Ships
SS Pike, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

SS I-153 launches 2 torpedoes at 3,000 yards

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hudson III (LR) x 9
Mitchell II x 22
B-25C Mitchell x 36
B-25D1 Mitchell x 74
F6F-3 Hellcat x 16

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson III (LR): 2 damaged
Mitchell II: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 3 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 5 damaged

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

Airbase hits 19
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 102

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Mitchell II bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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ASW attack near Woodlark Island at 104,133

Japanese Ships
DD Uranami

Allied Ships
SS Albacore, hits 8, heavy damage

SS Albacore is sighted by escort
Albacore bottoming out ....
DD Uranami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uranami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uranami attacking submerged sub ....
Large oil slick appears over area of attack!
Escort abandons search for sub

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR September 12, 43
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ASW attack near Port Moresby at 99,132

Japanese Ships
CM Okinoshima

Allied Ships
SS S-39, hits 1

SS S-39 is sighted by escort
CM Okinoshima attacking submerged sub ....
CM Okinoshima fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR September 13, 43
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Invasion Support action off Terapo (96,127)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

15 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CA Salt Lake City
CA Northampton
DD Frankford
DD Doyle
DD Meade
DD Monssen
DD Gwin
APA Barnett

CA Salt Lake City firing at Maizuru 1st SNLF
CA Northampton firing at 51st Road Const Co
DD Frankford firing at Maizuru 1st SNLF
DD Doyle firing at Maizuru 1st SNLF
DD Frankford fired at enemy troops
DD Doyle fired at enemy troops
DD Monssen fired at enemy troops
DD Gwin fired at enemy troops
75mm Infantry Gun battery firing at APA Barnett

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Terapo at 96,127

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 3

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 6
P-38H Lightning x 5
F6F-3 Hellcat x 16

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Terapo at 96,127

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N2 Jill x 17
G4M1 Betty x 19

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 6
P-38H Lightning x 5
F6F-3 Hellcat x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 11 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 4 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CL St. Louis, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Frankford
CA Salt Lake City
CA Northampton

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Terapo at 96,127

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y1 Frances x 21

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 2
P-38H Lightning x 3
F6F-3 Hellcat x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y1 Frances: 13 destroyed, 1 damaged
P1Y1 Frances: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CA Northampton
CA Salt Lake City

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x P1Y1 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Terapo at 96,127

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 6

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 6
P-38H Lightning x 5
F6F-3 Hellcat x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Terapo at 96,127

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y1 Frances x 4

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 6
P-38H Lightning x 5
F6F-3 Hellcat x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y1 Frances: 1 destroyed

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Invasion Support action off Terapo (96,127)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

9 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
APA Barnett
CA Northampton
CA Salt Lake City

75mm Infantry Gun battery firing at APA Barnett

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Ground combat at Terapo (96,127)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1952 troops, 22 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 81

Defending force 8685 troops, 106 guns, 166 vehicles, Assault Value = 383

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
Maizuru 1st SNLF
I/84th Naval Guard Unit
51st Road Const Co

Defending units:
1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR September 14, 43
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ASW attack near Sale at 87,173

Japanese Ships
SS I-4, hits 11

Allied Ships
BB South Dakota, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
BB Prince of Wales
BB Massachusetts
DD Cony
DD Clark
DD Balch
DD Nicholas
DD LaVallette

SS I-4 launches 4 torpedoes at BB South Dakota
DD Nicholas attacking submerged sub ....
DD Nicholas fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Afternoon Air attack on Carnarvon , at 49,133

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 29

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 8
P-39N1 Airacobra x 12
P-40N1 Warhawk x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vc Trop: 3 destroyed
P-39N1 Airacobra: 3 destroyed
P-40N1 Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 31000 feet

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Afternoon Air attack on Carnarvon , at 49,133

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 32

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 1
P-39N1 Airacobra x 3
P-40N1 Warhawk x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed
P-39N1 Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-40N1 Warhawk: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo sweeping at 31000 feet

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Ground combat at Terapo (96,127)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8769 troops, 106 guns, 167 vehicles, Assault Value = 389

Defending force 2104 troops, 22 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 72

Allied adjusted assault: 191

Japanese adjusted defense: 41

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3

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

Japanese ground losses:
617 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 40 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division

Defending units:
Maizuru 1st SNLF
I/84th Naval Guard Unit
51st Road Const Co

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Ground combat at Daly Waters (76,131)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 151 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 10

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Daly Waters !!!

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

Assaulting units:
3rd Raiding Rgt /4

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Reinforcements: This HQa will head to Hollandia.

[font="Trebuchet MS"]xAK Amagi Maru #2 arrives at Nagasaki/Sasebo
27th Air Flotilla arrives at Hakodate
101st Machine Canno AA Battalion arrives at Tokyo
102nd Machine Canno AA Battalion arrives at Tokyo
1st Ind. Field Artillery Battalion arrives at Nagoya
62nd Field AA Battalion arrives at Tokyo
E W-29 arrives at Tokyo
SST Yu-8 arrives at Kobe
xAK Esashagawa Maru arrives at Cam Ranh Bay
xAKL Tasuku Maru arrives at Yokohama/Yokosuka
SC CHa-66 arrives at Hakodate
502 Ku K-1 arrives at Oita
Temp.Fight.Chutai arrives at Tokyo
7th Tpt.Chutai arrives at Mukden
8th Tpt.Chutai arrives at Mukden
9th Tpt.Chutai arrives at Mukden[/font]

Losses: None. His subs are rarely in my fuel transport lanes anymore. I thought he was doing well there, but I guess he either didn't like the occasional losses or he has other plans for them.

Ships Sunk: Good to get a few confirmed sub kills.

[font="Trebuchet MS"]
SS Albacore is reported to have been sunk near Woodlark Island on Sep 12, 1943
SS Pike[/font]
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[font="Trebuchet MS"]The South Dakota. I hope this is goodbye for a long while![/font]
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obvert · Post by **obvert** » Thu Nov 08, 2012 8:12 am

[font="Times New Roman"]UPGRADE NEEDED[/font]
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I am just having a moment of mourning for my defenses of New Guinea. It is really knawing at me that those attacks went in alone, without escort. Now I realize one very large potential contributing factor to this is the extra Allied info on Japanese air group movement pre-turn. The air symbol showing that has now been fixed by recent patches. Of course we upgraded, then downgraded after the coordination problems, and haven't upgraded yet until the details have been worked out again. This issue has been working at my psychology I now realize, and how I allow myself to operate in front-line areas.

Now that MichaelM has more or less figured things out ([&o][&o][&o]) I will insist we upgrade effective immediately. I have been not stationing groups back to empty bases close to the action because I know this info then makes them vulnerable to 4E pounding the next turn, as well as being targets for sweeps and making him aware a strike could be imminent. I have also been keeping Jake group on bases where I'd like to station fighters in and out even though there is not enough support for both groups, simply due to the issue with extra Allied pre-turn recon. This results in a lot of damaged planes, stressed base forces and low moral fighter and search groups. Another contributing factor to escorts flying/not flying.

The culminating event was a bunch of MB and TB nailed with no escort flying. The groups set to escort were farther back from the front lines and close-in bases had not been filled due to the extra recon problem. I will be able to pop units in and out at will once this is solved, and this is exactly what was needed in this attack. If I'd had a group on one of the 3 closest bases, Lae, Salamua or Wau, they would have been much more likely to support the attack than those flying from 7-10 hexes away and trying to coordinate from different bases.

Anyway. I'm learning as I go. No strike package would have saved Terapo, they would have just made the price higher and the psychology altered for future strikes. At least now he has the confidence to try these kind of things again, and maybe I can make it all work better next time.
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GreyJoy · Post by **GreyJoy** » Thu Nov 08, 2012 10:27 am

Ouch...Terapo is a weak spot. I strongly suggest you to let him have it, then sweep and bomb it to submission. Use everything you have but keep it shut!!! Don't let him to have a close cover for his troops at PM
 
And yes, always have escort at the same starting base of the bombers. Coordination from different bases is really really hard to get

obvert · Post by **obvert** » Thu Nov 08, 2012 12:20 pm

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

Ouch...Terapo is a weak spot. I strongly suggest you to let him have it, then sweep and bomb it to submission. Use everything you have but keep it shut!!! Don't let him to have a close cover for his troops at PM

And yes, always have escort at the same starting base of the bombers. Coordination from different bases is really really hard to get

You are correct sir. I agree.

It was really tough to get escort form the bases I was flying bombers from as the support wouldn't allow it. I needed the bombers in those bases to get them close enough to be likely to fly. If I stacked over support levels too far they wouldn't be as likely to fly, moral would go down as well, and they would be more vulnerable to attack. In one case, the Frances were back 14-15 hexes from Terapo, and so only the A6M3a would have been able to escort at max range anyway.

All of this teaches me how to better set-up my defenses for the future. I now have some ideas about supporting bases and the levels of support necessary to make them system work. Part of the issue is that I still control so much territory and I have to spread everything thin right now. I look at your game with rader and I have no idea how he could support the number of planes he did in the South Pacific. He must have had half the base forces and HQs on the map down there.

obvert · Post by **obvert** » Fri Nov 09, 2012 9:28 am

[font="Times New Roman"]NO UPGRADE[/font]
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After changing over Jocke got the jitters about this patch. He may be right that there are still issues that are unresolved with air coordination and air support for large bases.

This brought up some interesting issues. Obviously I don't want the extra intel to be given to the Allies every turn about whether my air groups have moved to previously empty bases. Every Japanese player has been dealing with this since the beginning, and some have figured out ways of using it to their advantage. It's incredibly important to be able to surprise the Allied forces in order to combat their better quality and numbers. So I'll now have to get creative about how I do this.

The other stuff would have really helped both of us. You could argue that the coastal routing benefits the Japanese more, but really it could help the Allies quite a bit as the game moves on in terms of being sneaky.

I may be a bit confused about differences for level 9 bases in the new versions of the beta. I had thought they were supposed to reduce the number of planes able to stack at a level 9 base, helping fix the overstocking issue. Maybe it's just the support that was fixed, making it necessary to have more than the 250 air support for these bases? Anyway, I'll have to get some counsel about this.

Jocke doesn't think having 400+ fighters, 250 2E bombers (and at times 100+ 4E bombers) plus 150 auxiliary planes at Portland Roads to be overstocking. I may be wrong in saying this kind of place is not plausible. What to you guys think? I know at least this kind of situation has caused problems in the past. For both sides. Thoughts? Were there Allied bases that handled up to 800 or 1,000 planes? Maybe the Marianas bases? I looked online for numbers but couldn't find any.

So, for now back to normal. The next turn is sent again in the official patch.

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GreyJoy · Post by **GreyJoy** » Fri Nov 09, 2012 9:44 am

I'd say that the latest beta have not touched the administrative stacking levels of the air bases, they just have doubled the aviation support when a level 8 AF is reached. So yes, you now no longer can count of the 250 AV support limit (was too cheese indeed) but for big bases (level 8>) the aviation support you actually have is doubled by default, so provided you don't overstack, you are gonna have easier times to support a large plane concentration.
 
I have imposed to myself to never overstack and to always keep the aviation support in reasonable terms. Which doesn't mean it never goes "red", but, for example, if i have 48 AV points (2 base forces in DBB scenario OOB), i tend to place in that base not more than 60 engines.
 
Brad seems to be doing the same, even if this hasn't been coded in a precise HR. Having seen in my previous game what happens when you try to "game the game", i cannot but be happy about this selfimposed HR. Our Air battles, till now, have been scarse, but very realistic. Fewer planes involved, much more realistic results.
 
So yes, i strongly suggest you both to upgrade.
 
Also i'm not experiencing any of the coordination problems Joc seems to be having. With the very latest beta my bombers do never coordinate at 100%, but the 60/70 % of them do and that is a pretty reasonable result if you ask me.
 
 

obvert · Post by **obvert** » Fri Nov 09, 2012 10:08 am

Thanks for the clear explanation of the change. I have trouble with these things as I rarely ever have the need (yet) to max out a big base, and I do realize the penalties for doing this at a smaller place. I've tried to keep myself in the same territory as you here. Not too much outside of a support unit's ability. The moral change can really suck when it also affects your fighters.

Glad to hear no coordination issues. I'll check in my test scenarios. I have it all loaded up now so it's easy to input and run through 10 or so in an hour.

obvert · Post by **obvert** » Fri Nov 09, 2012 2:22 pm

[font="Times New Roman"]15 - 16 September 1943[/font]
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[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]SUBS: [/font] A bad few days. Two midgets are lost and one fleet sub. To be expected. He finally came out with ASW to hit one of the far-ranging subs that moved to get in lanes to Terapo after that invasion.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]SOUTH PACIFIC:[/font] Bettys again sortied at night, again got to target, and again dropped bombs on water. Any idea why the same group would use bombs one day and TT the next, when TT are available and no settings are changed?

I had moved a group into Port Moresby to try to get this base re-opened. Three Jacks groups were here for day one to take the brunt of Allied sweeps with lots of help from LR CAP. The Jacks took the brunt of the Allied attacks, and I lost 25 of them. The other fighters did get to the Corsairs for the first time though, and 22 are listed lost on the day, 19 in A to A. Getting CAP up in numbers and unannounced is obviously key.

He sent waves of bombers to Buna today though, and that base is now closed. They came in low though, and the barrage-balloons took out a good number of 4E and some 2E bombers. On the day about 22 4E are listed as losses! Over 50 were damaged in the attack by balloons or flak.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]NORTH PACIFIC: [/font] Nothing.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]WEST OZ: [/font] Nothing going on over here. Allied fighters moved back from Carnarvon

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]BURMA: [/font] Nothing moving.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR September 15, 43
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ASW attack near Vanua Lava at 121,148

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-38, hits 4, heavy damage

Allied Ships
LCT-327
LCT-325
LCT-158
LCT-153
LCT-128
LCT-63
AM Kapunda

SSX Ha-38 is sighted by escort
AM Kapunda attacking submerged sub ....
Sounds of submarine breaking up detected!
Escort abandons search for sub

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Night Air attack on TF, near Portland Roads at 91,132

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 7

Allied aircraft
P-70 Havoc x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CA Salt Lake City

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 2000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
15th FG/6th NFS with P-70 Havoc (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes

Some CAP have air radar

Night Air attack on TF, near Portland Roads at 91,132

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 8

Allied aircraft
P-70 Havoc x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CA Salt Lake City

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 2000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
15th FG/6th NFS with P-70 Havoc (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead

Some CAP have air radar

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 20
J2M2 Jack x 49
N1K1-J George x 10
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 23
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 3 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 4 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 17
J2M2 Jack x 24
N1K1-J George x 7
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 23
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed
J2M2 Jack: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 8
J2M2 Jack x 17
N1K1-J George x 6
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 21
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 29
LB-30 Liberator x 3
B-24D Liberator x 53
B-24D1 Liberator x 92
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 21 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 29 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 damaged

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

Airbase hits 42
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 108

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Hudson III (LR) x 9
Mitchell II x 22
B-25C Mitchell x 38
B-25D1 Mitchell x 70

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Mitchell II: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 5 damaged

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 33

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 20
J2M2 Jack x 39
N1K1-J George x 7
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 23
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 4
J2M2 Jack x 11
N1K1-J George x 5
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 20

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed

Ground combat at Terapo (96,127)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8787 troops, 106 guns, 167 vehicles, Assault Value = 391

Defending force 1673 troops, 21 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 27

Allied adjusted assault: 357

Japanese adjusted defense: 21

Allied assault odds: 17 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Terapo !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
778 casualties reported
Squads: 22 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 3

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

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division

Defending units:
Maizuru 1st SNLF
I/84th Naval Guard Unit
51st Road Const Co

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR September 16, 43
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Submarine attack near Portland Roads at 94,130

Japanese Ships
SS I-159, hits 16, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Doyle
DD Frankford
DD Carmick

SS I-159 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Doyle
I-159 diving deep ....
DD Frankford attacking submerged sub ....
DD Doyle fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Doyle attacking submerged sub ....
Massive explosion on SS I-159
DD Doyle attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-159 forced to surface!
DD Carmick firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Carmick firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

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ASW attack near Canton Island at 153,143

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-11, hits 7, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Stuart

SSX Ha-11 is sighted by escort
Ha-11 bottoming out ....
DD Stuart attacking submerged sub ....
Sounds of submarine breaking up detected!
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Terapo at 94,129

Japanese Ships
SS RO-34, hits 4, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Meade
DD Frankford
DD Doyle

SS RO-34 is sighted by escort
DD Frankford attacking submerged sub ....
DD Doyle fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Frankford attacking submerged sub ....
DD Frankford is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub

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Reinforcements: A few more E arrive, plus another IJAAF fighter group. This one is going to be a special naval attack unit. I'd like to try this out. It's a 36 plane group and I've just filed it with 50 exp 70 skill low nav pilots. I'm hoping against small craft especially this could work well.

[font="Trebuchet MS"]E Kanju arrives at Tokyo
73rd Sentai arrives at Osaka/Kyoto
E Mikura arrives at Tokyo

Aircraft Ki-61-Id Tony advances R&D/color][/font]

Losses: Not a good few days for subs.

[font="Trebuchet MS"]Loss of SSX Ha-38 on Sep 15, 1943 is admitted
Loss of SS I-159 on Sep 16, 1943 is admitted
Loss of SSX Ha-11 on Sep 16, 1943 is admitted[/font]

Ships Sunk: Ha!

[font="Trebuchet MS"]AM Outarde is reported to have been sunk near Kodiak on Jun 28, 1943
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[font="Trebuchet MS"]The KB is warming up it's engines. I've quietly (I hope) gathered the entire available carrier strength of the Japanese Navy (minus Akagi repairing in Hiroshima) and they will move tomorrow into strike range. Banzai![/font]
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GreyJoy · Post by **GreyJoy** » Fri Nov 09, 2012 4:34 pm

I like those a2a ratios. Keep it up: rotate your units and keep on ambushing him. His numbers won't be able to sustain too many days of these losses!
 
Now you need to sweep Terapo to death. And bomb it every day with everything you have.
 
Against Rader the first time i conquered back PM with 2 divisions, he simply swept it to oblivion and then bomb it everyday with hundreds of bombers, killing all my supplies...then he marched 5 divisions from Buna and crushed me.
Don't say you should do the same, but as long as you keep Terapo shut, he won't be able to reinforce PM and provide a close CAP over his troops there

obvert · Post by **obvert** » Mon Nov 12, 2012 9:27 am

[font="Times New Roman"]17 - 18 September 1943[/font]
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[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]SUBS: [/font] On the 17th the elite sub-hunter group of E that I've sent to the South Pacific takes out another US fleet sub near Port Moresby. The Grenadier is forced to surface and soon 'slips beneath the waves.' This is their second confirmed kill in a month.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]SOUTH PACIFIC:[/font] Well, the strike I had planned to Portland Roads to hit the BBs, CAs and other ships of value there was developed for several weeks and perfectly executed except for one thing. Most of the KB didn't move into range. I had refueled and checked at Taberfane to see that DDs didn't need a top-up, based them within 20 hexes of the destination at Darwin, and sent each individually (no follow orders, which I don't trust) to their strike zone. Instead of moving the 9 required hexes two of the three TFs went 7 and 8 hexes, staying out of range but at least adding to CAP over the other ships that did make the rendezvous point. Still not sure what happened. Next time I will burn the fuel and use flank speed. Live and learn.

So a measly strike went in to Portland Roads and got butchered. It would have been bloody if the whole package had arrived as well, and as it turns out, the US BBs look to have departed. Several high value targets like modern CA/CL look to have still been around, but maybe they weren't worth losing half of the KB strike package over anyway.

The good part is that the Allies lost more planes on the day than we did. The total was about 115 to 95. Several SBD strikes went in over the CVEs and BBs sitting 7 hexes out from Portland Roads, but a CAP of over 100 A6M5 plus a handful of Georges ate them up. All of them! Only one strike came unescorted, the first viewing of Helldivers so far. Although the A6M5 is outclassed vs fighters, against 1E bombers it does quite well with the 20mm and higher durability than earlier models. I was surprised not to see more TB out here, especially the Aussie ones.

On the 18th I sent a CL/DD SAG to hunt PTs, but it only got one in two engagements in good moonlight conditions. Disappointing. I also sent DDs to hunt the contingent of landing vessels at Normanton. They got to a clutch of LCVP but missed the other TF of LCT. Grrrr.

On the 18th I kept the KB near Merauke to help protect a fast transport to top up there, but an errant strike (Judys I forgot to turn off) actually flew to Portland Roads and got through during storms to take down some LCTs and AMs. Strange and anti-climactic, but I'll take it. The I-153 finished off LCT-22 after it had already been hit from the air.

Luckily in the two days here I didn't lose more than 50 pilots. I think having a sub in the destination hex saved a good number of them.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]NORTH PACIFIC: [/font] Nothing.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]WEST OZ: [/font] I just realized that there is an army heading for Exmouth. It should arrive in a week or just slightly more. I've got bombardment on the way and a Helen group moving in. Doesn't look like any fighters are nearby. Exmouth forts are above 5 and moving slowly toward level 6. Not sure they'll get there though. His supply will not be good way out in the desert, so I have to start pounding these forces to make sure this at least takes as long as possible.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]BURMA: [/font] Still no movement. He must be waiting until the end of the monsoon. Forts are still going up. Happy about that part.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR September 17, 43
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Morning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 25

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 19
P-38G Lightning x 28
P-38H Lightning x 36
P-39D Airacobra x 13
P-39N1 Airacobra x 27
P-40K Warhawk x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 12 destroyed

No Allied losses

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Morning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 154 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 46 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 65

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 19
P-38G Lightning x 28
P-38H Lightning x 36
P-39D Airacobra x 12
P-39N1 Airacobra x 27
P-40K Warhawk x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
38 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 31000 feet *
16 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 31000 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 180 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 49 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 32

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 19
P-38G Lightning x 28
P-38H Lightning x 36
P-39D Airacobra x 12
P-39N1 Airacobra x 27
P-40K Warhawk x 33

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

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 31000 feet *

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Portland Roads at 91,132

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 18
B6N2 Jill x 12

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 18
P-38G Lightning x 28
P-38H Lightning x 36
P-39D Airacobra x 12
P-39N1 Airacobra x 26
P-40K Warhawk x 33

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 9 destroyed
B6N2 Jill: 5 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CL Phoenix
DD Gillespie

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Portland Roads at 94,131

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N2 Jill x 11
J2M2 Jack x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 6 damaged
B6N2 Jill: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
DD Walke
DD Porter

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Merauke at 87,125

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 98
N1K1-J George x 9

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 28
SBD-5 Dauntless x 45

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 4 destroyed
SBD-5 Dauntless: 18 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CVE Kaiyo
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Merauke at 87,125

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 56
N1K1-J George x 5

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 18
F6F-3 Hellcat x 8
SBD-5 Dauntless x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed
SBD-5 Dauntless: 6 destroyed

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Portland Roads at 91,132

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 13
B6N2 Jill x 18

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 18
P-38G Lightning x 27
P-38H Lightning x 35
P-39D Airacobra x 13
P-39N1 Airacobra x 25
P-40K Warhawk x 30

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 5 destroyed
B6N2 Jill: 11 destroyed

No Allied losses

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Merauke at 87,125

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 41
N1K1-J George x 4

Allied aircraft
SB2C-1C Helldiver x 23

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-1C Helldiver: 14 destroyed

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Submarine attack near Milne Bay at 101,134

Japanese Ships
E Fukue
E Asagao
E Mutsure
E Tsushima

Allied Ships
SS Grenadier, hits 33, and is sunk

SS Grenadier is located by E Fukue
Grenadier diving deep ....
E Mutsure attacking submerged sub ....
E Tsushima fails to find sub and abandons search
E Mutsure fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Mutsure attacking submerged sub ....
SS Grenadier forced to surface!
E Tsushima firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR September 18, 43
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Horn Island at 90,127, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Natori
CL Kiso
DD Kamikaze
DD Hatakaze
DD Yunagi

Allied Ships
PT-238
PT-239
PT-240
PT-241
PT-242
PT-243
PT-244
PT-245
PT-246
PT-247
PT-248
PT-249, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Improved night sighting under 82% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 82% moonlight: 11,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards
PT-249 sunk by CL Natori at 10,000 yards
CL Kiso engages PT-240 at 7,000 yards
CL Natori engages PT-238 at 7,000 yards
Task forces break off...

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Sub attack near Truk at 110,103

Japanese Ships
xAKL Yosyu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SC CHa-65
SC CHa-12
xAKL Tensyo Maru
PB Menado Maru

Allied Ships
SS Scamp

SS Scamp launches 2 torpedoes at xAKL Yosyu Maru
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Night Air attack on Terapo , at 96,127

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 25

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 19 damaged
F6F-3 Hellcat: 4 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 5000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Terapo , at 96,127

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 9

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 5000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Terapo , at 96,127

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 8

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 1000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Terapo , at 96,127

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 5

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 damaged

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 5000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Terapo , at 96,127

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 6

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 5000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Sub attack near Truk at 110,103

Japanese Ships
xAKL Yamayuri Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SC CHa-65
SC CHa-12
xAKL Zuiho Maru
xAKL Yamabuki Maru
xAKL Shuko Maru
PB Menado Maru

Allied Ships
SS Scamp

SS Scamp launches 2 torpedoes at xAKL Yamayuri Maru
Scamp diving deep ....
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Menado Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Normanton at 86,138, Range 18,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Yugumo
DD Suzunami

Allied Ships
LCVP 532F, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
LCVP 532G, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
LCVP 532H, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
LCVP 532J, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
LCVP 532K, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
LCVP 532L, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
LCVP 532M, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
LCVP 532N, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
LCVP 532P, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 18,000 yards
Range closes to 15,000 yards
LCVP 532P sunk by DD Yugumo at 15,000 yards
Massive explosion on LCVP 532H
Range closes to 3,000 yards
LCVP 532J sunk by DD Yugumo at 3,000 yards
LCVP 532K sunk by DD Yugumo at 3,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Portland Roads at 94,131

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N2 Jill x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 4 damaged
B6N2 Jill: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
DD Porter, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Walke

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Portland Roads at 91,132

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 107 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 6
D4Y1 Judy x 43

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 19
P-38G Lightning x 64
P-38H Lightning x 53
P-39D Airacobra x 13
P-39N1 Airacobra x 26
P-40K Warhawk x 33
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
D4Y1 Judy: 8 destroyed, 7 damaged
D4Y1 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
LCT-364
AM Junee, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
LST-22, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
LST-19
AM Jan van Amstel, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
LST-20
AM Stawell, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
LST-17, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
6 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 1000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
8 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 2000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
6 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 2000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

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Submarine attack near Portland Roads at 91,132

Japanese Ships
SS I-153

Allied Ships
LST-22, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

LST-22 is sighted by SS I-153
SS I-153 launches 2 torpedoes at LST-22

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Reinforcements: These two HQa will round out our New Guinea defenses.

[font="Trebuchet MS"]13th Air Fleet arrives at Saigon
28th Air Flotilla arrives at Saigon
North China Gsn Brigade arrives at Peiping[/font]

Losses: These two xAKLs are the first losses to Allied subs in a while.

[font="Trebuchet MS"]Loss of xAKL Yosyu Maru on Sep 18, 1943 is admitted
Loss of xAKL Yamayuri Maru on Sep 18, 1943 is admitted[/font]

Ships Sunk: Nice to get the decent US DD and the confirmed sub. The rest obviously just means less mouse-clicking for Jocke! [:D]

[font="Trebuchet MS"]SS Grenadier is reported to have been sunk near Milne Bay on Sep 17, 1943
SS Hoe is reported to have been sunk near Batan Island on Jul 17, 1943
Previous report of sinking of SS Haddo incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
DD Porter is reported to have been sunk near Portland Roads on Sep 18, 1943
LST-22 is reported to have been sunk near Portland Roads on Sep 18, 1943
PT-249 is reported to have been sunk near Horn Island on Sep 18, 1943
LCVP 532F is reported to have been sunk near Normanton on Sep 18, 1943
LCVP 532G is reported to have been sunk near Normanton on Sep 18, 1943
LCVP 532H is reported to have been sunk near Normanton on Sep 18, 1943
LCVP 532J is reported to have been sunk near Normanton on Sep 18, 1943
LCVP 532K is reported to have been sunk near Normanton on Sep 18, 1943
LCVP 532L is reported to have been sunk near Normanton on Sep 18, 1943
LCVP 532M is reported to have been sunk near Normanton on Sep 18, 1943
LCVP 532N is reported to have been sunk near Normanton on Sep 18, 1943
LCVP 532P is reported to have been sunk near Normanton on Sep 18, 1943[/font]

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[font="Trebuchet MS"]After all is finished during these two turns, at least there were no disasters. This confirmed that it is still very difficult to dent the KB with LBA as long as I keep it together and support with my own LBA. [/font]
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GreyJoy · Post by **GreyJoy** » Mon Nov 12, 2012 9:58 am

Well, in these cases i wonder if those (like Castor Troy), who argue it's always the best option to have a single CVTF, are really right.
And i also discovered the TFs in "mission speed" mode, very seldom do what you expect them to do... at least at full speed you know they're gonna run as best as they can

obvert · Post by **obvert** » Mon Nov 12, 2012 10:23 am

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

Well, in these cases i wonder if those (like Castor Troy), who argue it's always the best option to have a single CVTF, are really right.
And i also discovered the TFs in "mission speed" mode, very seldom do what you expect them to do... at least at full speed you know they're gonna run as best as they can

Yes. Flank speed. This is my latest lesson learned. I must have always had good luck with mission speed run-ins previously, so I never considered this outcome.

I would love them to be in the same TF but I think at this point they would coordinate less effectively and I have the rather positive issue of having too many CVs to do this practically. [:)]

obvert · Post by **obvert** » Mon Nov 12, 2012 11:16 am

[font="Times New Roman"]19 - 20 September 1943[/font]
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Canton Island Invasion Repulsed!

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]SUBS: [/font] Midget subs warned of the oncoming tide at Canton Island. Two were smothered in DCs by Allied escorts and perished, but not before giving some good intel.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]CENTRAL PACIFIC:[/font] As Jocke picks up the pace Canton Island is invaded. I had noticed some ships here a few days previous, and began getting air assets ready for a response. Due to plans to attack Portland Roads little was available. I began moving some down from the HI, but they didn't arrive in time. Jocke flooded in on the 20th with a full invasion force.

Fortunately our troops did very well here! He looks to have done all he could, with bombardments on the day and good troops here, but the invasion was brutally repulsed, with what I believe to be one tank battalion completely destroyed! One failing may have been that no air assault was launched here.

This means the base will decisively hold. The question is should I counter-attack? I will not tomorrow, but I'm interested to see what state the troops are in here. He may simply withdraw, which seems his best option. If not, do we have enough to not just survive but win the battle here? Likely not, but considering the state Allied troops must be in, I think we have more raw AV, virtually no disruption and only one unit fatigued in the 30s. It could be possible to push them back into the sea.

Anyway, tomorrow will likely be quiet, but then I'll have to see what course to take here. As it is, a minor but very satisfying success!

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]SOUTH PACIFIC:[/font] Sweeps hit Terapo on both days and a bombing run went in on the 20th, getting very lucky he had his CAP set so high. We got under to land some hits on the fields and hopefully slow building here. The sweeping turned out evenly, but we're getting to a lot of the 2nd generation fighters here and at Port Moresby. A layered CAP of A6M5 does surprisingly well against the P-38s, getting to at least 15-17 of them on the day for 23 losses.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]NORTH PACIFIC: [/font] Nothing happening.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]WEST OZ: [/font] The Aussies moved within one hex of Exmouth. The BBs are a few days out and bombing should commence in two days from the air.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]BURMA: [/font] Nothing.

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ASW attack near Canton Island at 154,144

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-9, hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Braine
CA Minneapolis
CA Chester
CLAA San Juan
CLAA San Diego
DD Claxton
AM Tumult
AM Strive
AM Pursuit
APA Custer
APA Bolivar
APA La Salle
APA Warren
APA Zeilin
AKA Centarus
DD Foote
DD Dyson
DD Dashiell
DD Converse

SSX Ha-9 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Braine
Ha-9 diving deep ....
DD Foote fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Foote fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Foote fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Foote attacking submerged sub ....
Large oil slick appears over area of attack!
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Peleliu at 88,100

Japanese Ships
TK Katsukawa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
TK Kinrei Maru
PB Kogyoku Maru

Allied Ships
SS Trout

SS Trout launches 2 torpedoes at TK Katsukawa Maru
Trout diving deep ....
PB Kogyoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Canton Island at 153,143

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-10

Allied Ships
DD Stuart
SC-750

SSX Ha-10 is located by DD Stuart
Ha-10 bottoming out ....
DD Stuart fails to find sub and abandons search
SC-750 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-750 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Night Air attack on Townsville , at 92,144

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 5

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 5000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Townsville , at 92,144

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 6

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 4 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed on ground
B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged
SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged
SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 5000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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ASW attack near Canton Island at 153,143

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-10, hits 7, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Stuart
SC-750

SSX Ha-10 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Stuart
Ha-10 bottoming out ....
DD Stuart fails to find sub and abandons search
SC-750 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-750 attacking submerged sub ....
Large oil slick appears over area of attack!
Escort abandons search for sub

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Morning Air attack on Terapo , at 96,127

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 23

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Terapo , at 96,127

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 24

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 11

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

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 31000 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Terapo , at 96,127

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 3

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 31000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Terapo , at 96,127

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 3

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 1

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x J2M2 Jack sweeping at 20000 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Terapo , at 96,127

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 31000 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Terapo , at 96,127

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 32

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x J2M2 Jack sweeping at 20000 feet *

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR September 20, 43
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ASW attack near Canton Island at 153,143

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-8, hits 2, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CA Minneapolis
CA Chester
CLAA San Juan
CLAA San Diego
DD Claxton
AM Tumult
AM Strive
AM Requisite
APA Custer
APA La Salle
APA Wayne
APA Zeilin
AKA Centarus
DD Foote
DD Dyson
DD Dashiell
DD Converse

SSX Ha-8 is sighted by escort
DD Foote fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Foote fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Foote attacking submerged sub ....
Debris floats to surface in area of attack!
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Canton Island at 153,143

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-15, hits 8, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Bush
DD Brownson
DD Pringle
DD Hutchins

SSX Ha-15 is sighted by escort
DD Pringle fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hutchins attacking submerged sub ....
Underwater explosion, debris and oil appear on surface!
Escort abandons search for sub

Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 41
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 3 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 28

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 3 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 12

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed

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

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 3

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

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

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Morning Air attack on Terapo , at 96,127

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 15

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 25
F6F-3 Hellcat x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed

No Allied losses

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Morning Air attack on Terapo , at 96,127

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 18
J2M2 Jack x 35

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 23
F6F-3 Hellcat x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed
J2M2 Jack: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 3 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x J2M2 Jack sweeping at 20000 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Terapo , at 96,127

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 35

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 17
F6F-3 Hellcat x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 5 damaged
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Terapo , at 96,127

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 17
F6F-3 Hellcat x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed

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Ground combat at Canton Island (153,143)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4511 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 194

Defending force 7239 troops, 103 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 325

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

Assaulting units:
5th Armored Car Co
4th Garrison Unit
52nd Naval Guard Unit
53rd Construction Battalion
50th JNAF Coy

Defending units:
767th Tank Battalion
766th Tank Battalion
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
21st Marine Regiment

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Ground combat at Canton Island (153,143)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 5919 troops, 100 guns, 271 vehicles, Assault Value = 325

Defending force 5407 troops, 26 guns, 31 vehicles, Assault Value = 190

Allied adjusted assault: 0

Japanese adjusted defense: 232

Allied assault odds: 1 to 99 (fort level 5)

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

Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 14 (4 destroyed, 10 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1819 casualties reported
Squads: 64 destroyed, 88 disabled
Non Combat: 92 destroyed, 56 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 9 disabled
Guns lost 57 (14 destroyed, 43 disabled)
Vehicles lost 258 (196 destroyed, 62 disabled) [X(]
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
767th Tank Battalion
766th Tank Battalion
21st Marine Regiment

Defending units:
5th Armored Car Co
4th Garrison Unit
52nd Naval Guard Unit
53rd Construction Battalion
50th JNAF Coy

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Reinforcements: These two subs will head to the Central Pacific. Nothing out there now.

[font="Trebuchet MS"]SS RO-104 arrives at Hiroshima/Kure
SS RO-105 arrives at Kobe

Aircraft P1Y2 Frances advances R&D (7/44)
Device Mitsubishi Ha-43 advances R&D[/font]

Losses: Well, I knew the midgets would suffer. I just hoped they would hit something in their last moments. There are still 3 left at Canton Island.

[font="Trebuchet MS"]Loss of TK Katsukawa Maru on Sep 19, 1943 is admitted
Loss of SSX Ha-9 on Sep 19, 1943 is admitted
Loss of SSX Ha-10 on Sep 19, 1943 is admitted
Loss of SSX Ha-8 on Sep 20, 1943 is admitted
Loss of SSX Ha-12 on Sep 20, 1943 is admitted
Loss of SSX Ha-15 on Sep 20, 1943 is admitted[/font]

Ships Sunk: Hmmmmm. Pretty sure Hermes should be a goner.

[font="Trebuchet MS"]Previous report of sinking of CVL Hermes incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
Previous report of sinking of SS Puffer incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
Previous report of sinking of SS Scorpion incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service[/font]
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[font="Trebuchet MS"]Allied tanks did not fare well today. I'm not sure how they did so poorly considering none of the units here had anti-tank weapons. [/font]
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Yaab · Post by **Yaab** » Mon Nov 12, 2012 12:52 pm

Probably half of the "tank" losses went to motorized support, wich are vehicles too.

Wild Sheep Chase - obvert (J) vs JocMeister (A)

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