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A little mop-up action in North Borneo. Only a couple more remnants to chase down and destroy.

It seems as though I landed at Loemadjang with a tad too few troops. A second installment of troops might be in order here.

Another attack like this one and the Allies will probably drive the Japs out of Port Moresby. D'oh.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 31, 42
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SOMEWHERE there is a SCTF supposedly going to "aid" my AP's...

Night Time Surface Combat, near Canton Island at 153,143, Range 10,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
DD Shigure
DD Ikazuchi

Allied Ships
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AP President Jackson, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AP President Monroe, Shell hits 1


Yeah I left her in the oven a bit too long... [:(]

ASW attack near Palembang at 48,91
Japanese Ships
xAKL Saiho Maru
PB Muro Maru

Allied Ships
SS O19, hits 5


6 YP and 2 PB's all within reaction range of the Kansan, yet she goes down... [:@]

Submarine attack near San Francisco at 218,72
Japanese Ships
SS I-26

Allied Ships
xAK Kansan, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage


Soon as I clear out these pesky LYB's, its time to move some more P-40's back to PM!

Morning Air attack on 53rd Australian Battalion, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 105 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 16



Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged


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


I really thought Larry would try sweeping first at Singers???

Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
G4M1 Betty x 3

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IF x 4
Buffalo I x 21
Hurricane IIb Trop x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 damaged


The AVG hasnt hit a thing, but if Larry's reacting to it - it must be good!

Morning Air attack on 14th Tank Regiment, at 55,55 (Moulmein)
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 19

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x H81-A3 bombing from 100 feet

Also attacking 15th Army ...
Also attacking 14th Tank Regiment ...


That Zero pilot must be good, and my B-17 gunners must be bad!

Morning Air attack on 144th Infantry Regiment, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 5 damaged

Meanwhile next door in Salamaua, angry Zeroes down thier second B-17.

Morning Air attack on 45th AA Battalion, at 98,127 (Salamaua)
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged


Need one more day to get my P-40's in the air again at Clark Field...

Afternoon Air attack on 31st Infantry Regiment, at 79,76 (Clark Field)
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 109 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged


Must...get...CAP...to...higher...altitude... AND doesn't Larry know 1E bombers generally don't do well bombing above 5K???

Afternoon Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 5
Ki-51 Sonia x 3

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 9

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 20000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb


And for tonight's Warcenter broadcast, "Can you BELIEVE this?"

Afternoon Air attack on Singkawang , at 56,88
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
Do-24K-1 x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AKE Kiyozumi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

I figured it was my all or nothing shot, now just chase them out and bring in the P-40's...

Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 8464 troops, 69 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 260
Defending force 4432 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 148

Allied adjusted assault: 192
Japanese adjusted defense: 61

Allied assault odds: 3 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
944 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 79 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
370 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 53 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled)

Meanwhile Orphan Anne is warming up her pipes...Oh thats right we didnt lose any bases this turn!

Okie dokie.....it's Tuesday 18Sep2012 13:47 and I've received Jim's moves so here's the latest combat results:

Here's some Tracker alerts. Notice the sunk DMS ships.

Here's the latest Tracker economics chart. The number of oil refineries producing is less this time because I've turned off the refineries
at Palembang, Balikpapan, and Miri because Palembang was getting into the fuel spoilage and the other two were getting close. Just as
soon as I can ship some of that fuel out of there I'm going to turn them back on again.

Here's a report on the spoilage places:

DMS-10 is having a rough day. I'm not surprised that it sunk.

My DD's hung around to finish off the stragglers from yesterday's ambush. I think that takes care of that Allied TF.

This is the first of two night naval bombardments.

This is the second of two night naval bombardments. This one puts the cap on the damage the first one did.

This is surely a surprise. I had no idea that I could hit his sub hunters. NOT.

There was a mis-communication somewhere. Those DMS ships weren't supposed to go in alone. I had some surface ships to go with
them. I thought. I guess I had a brain fart and the surface ships were given a different task entirely. Ooops.

And here's an Allied sub finishing off the straggler. That about wraps it up for that TF.

Here's an action from Operation SKIDDING CAR Two where the goal is to eliminate the Allied squadron operating there. In this action
I managed to re-damage an already damaged SB-3. Hurray for our side.

Operation BEAT DOWN continues at Manila. Only six more months of this and the Allies will surrender. Probably.

I predict that following this attack there will be a B-17 raid and a shock attack by the Allies.

I've got some ground units headed for Clark Field even as we speak. I expect some major resistance when they get there. It seems Jim
has moved the major proportion of his forces onto Clark Field and has left a skeleton force at Bataan. I'm toying with the idea of moving
on Bataan and clearing the mine field so as to allow the ships in to Manila harbour to do some ship-to-shore bombardment and leaving
Clark Field till last. It might work. Maybe.

Jim's AVG group is shooting down my Lilly's. I'll have to look into the possibility of moving some Oscar's in for escorts or something.

Jim is still treating the P-40's of the AVG as if they were bombers. And at 100' no less.