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July 10, 1945 Naga

Intel

7th Air Division is planning for an attack on Davao.
49th Construction Battalion is located at Changchun.
38th Division is located at Camranh Bay.
135th Division is located at Mutanchiang.
140th Division is located at Tokyo.
155th Division is located at Takamatsu.
33rd Army is located at Bangkok.
Iki Fortress is located at Ikitsuki.
9th Division is located at Mutanchiang.
Imperial Guards Division is located at Maizuru.
37th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Krung Thep.
Elements of the 26th Division are located at Chengting.
211846 men are based at Masan.
6025 men are based at Pusan.
354th Division is located at Tokyo.
Elements of the 32nd Division are located at Sian.
17th Division is planning for an attack on Kweiyang.
24549 men are based at Seoul.

Recon

PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Tokyo 7 X AP, 3 X AK, 63 LCUs
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Sapporo 9 LCUs 1100/3/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Pescadores 2 LCUs 9160/66/0
Tu-2S takes recon photos of Harbin 31 LCUs
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Victoria Point 7 LCUs 11900/60/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Songkhia 1 LCUs 0/6/150
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Jesselton 1 LCU
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Kendari 4 aux, 3 LCUs 8160/21/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Clark Field 12 LCUs 81020/679/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Hengchow 6 LCUs 63640/758/9
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Pisanuloke 4 LCUs 6100/14/0

Combat

The SS Hackleback attacked a PG and 6 PCs 159 miles S of Camranh Bay, hitting a PC with a torpedo that caused it to sink.

The SS Pickerel attacked an AK being escorted by 5 PCs 26 miles NE of Matsue, hitting the freighter with a fish that triggered a fire. The escorts hunted, found and attacked the sub who unsuccessfully tried to evade them. The relentless attack killed the Pickerel.

The SS Gudgeon, 80 miles SE of Belitung, located and attacked a lone AK, hitting it with a torpedo that did heavy damage to the vessel and caused a fire to break out. Later the sub attacked the same AK, scoring with 3 torpedoes that doomed it.

Nagaoka was bombed by 178 X B-29 who caught the Japanese sleeping. The Mitsubishi engine plant took heavy damage and all of the planes departed unscathed.

Pescadores had it's port lightly damaged and some secondary explosions were observed in an air attack that saw a Liberator take damage. Another air raid saw 2 Mitchells take damage as the Allied planes caused a secondary explosion.

Tavoy was raided by Allied planes who accounted for very light damage to the airstrip at the cost of a Mosquito FB.VI and 3 Beaufighter Mk 21s getting damaged.

Georgetown had 16 Zekes flying when 64 X Mosquito FB.VI, 13 X P-47D, 48 X Thunderbolt II and 11 X Spitfire VIII arrived. 5 Zekes were shot down and 2 were damaged as they vainly tried to reach the bombers. The airfield was moderately damaged, there were a few secondary explosions claimed and casualties were thought to have been very light. All of the Allied aircraft departed safely.

Naga was attacked by 39 X B-24D (1 damaged) and 34 X B-24J who moderately damaged the airfield, triggered some secondary explosions and there were moderate personnel losses. The IJA 43rd Division had heavy casualties from 2 air attacks made on it. A pair of Invaders went down and 32 took damage and 4 Mitchells also were damaged in the attacks. The usual artillery exchanges brought the usual results of heavy Japanese losses and no casualties for the Allied forces.

Manila was hit by 31 X B-24J (4 damaged) for light airstrip damage, a few secondary explosions and moderate casualties.

Clark Field was hammered by 38 X B-17E (6 damaged), 81 X B-24D (1 downed, 6 damaged) and 37 X P-38J for moderately heavy airfield damage, a secondary explosion was seen and troop losses were heavy. The IJA 54th Ind. Mixed Brigade had very heavy casualties from Allied planes and 15 Mitchells took damage in the attack. Allied artillery inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese defenders.

At Gili Gili the IJA 21st Division had heavy casualties from an air raid in which all of the Allied planes left intact.

Kuala was jumped by 17 X Avenger II and 14 X Hellcat II who did extremely light damage to the airstrip.

The CL Helena glides through the water as her TF covers a convoy bound for Formosa. Jeff is excited by the prospect of combat as the ships move towards their destination. He hopes that he can do his job up to the high levels expected of him. His thoughts turn to the balky radar and he reminds himself to check in on how things are going with the set after his watch ends.

Harry asks why the troops are not already attacking at Clark Field and when he's told that the reinforcements haven't arrived there yet he fumes and demands to know why they're moving a slow as molasses. The President is beginning to have a growing dislike for a certain pompous Army general in the PIs.

Jay watches the front, trying to keep his eyes open, fighting off the sleep that he never can get enough of. He has promised himself that after the war he's going to have a wonderful meal, desert and when he can't eat anything else he's going to bed and if anyone awakens him they'll be in deep stuff. He yawns and pinches himself, looking at his watch he rubs the face to clear the moisture and sees that he has another hour to go before he can try to grab some sleep.

Victory Points Allied 84871 (12522 Strategic) Japanese 43686

July 11, 1945 Pittsburgh

Intel

25th AA Regiment is located at Osaka/Kobe.
6th Division is located at Hong Kong.
148th Division is located at Tokyo.
44th Division is located at Osaka/Kobe.
103rd IJN Base Force is located at Etorofo Jima.
202nd Division is located at Gumma.
296089 men are based at Osaka/Kobe.
8th Heavy Artillery Brigade is located at Mutanchiang.
4th Aviation Rgt is located at Nanning.
134th Division is located at Mutanchiang.
2nd Area Army is located at Soerabaja.
50679 men are based at Kadina.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Pescadores 2 LCUs 9080/64/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Swatow 3 LCUs 9720/95/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Alor Star 5 LCUs 8800/32/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Medan 3 aux, 1 LCU 7600/0/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Brunei 1 X AP, 1 X DD, 13 fighters, 17 bombers, 29 aux, 2 LCUs 4020/0/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Kendari 3 LCUs 8120/16/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naga 10 LCUs 116540/1123/12
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Clark Field 12 LCUs 80920/656/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 1 LCU
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Tokyo 9 X AP, 1 X AK, 63 LCUs
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Manila 11 LCUs 59260/258/0

Combat

The SS Sabalo attacked an AK 93 miles S of Banjarmasin traveling all by itself. The target ate 2 fish , sinking it.

Pescadores was hit by Allied planes for moderate airfield damage, a secondary explosion, very light casualties and 2 B-24Js were damaged in the attack.

Georgetown was struck by Allied aircraft and 9 Zekes tried to stem the tide. A Thunderbolt II was damaged and 6 Zekes went down as the bombers inflicted moderate damage on the airstrip, a secondary explosion was reported and personnel losses were extremely light.

Naga was bombed by 40 X B-24D (1 damaged) and 40 X B-24J (3 damaged) for light port damage, a couple of secondary explosions were seen and casualties were extremely light. Artillery exchanges did no harm to the Allies and the Japanese had heavy losses.

Manila was hit by 30 X B-24J (14 damaged) for moderate airfield damage, a secondary explosion and moderate troop losses.

Rabaul underwent a raid by Liberator VIs that couldn't find their target due to heavy, low lying cloud cover.

At Gili Gili the IJA 21st Division suffered moderate casualties from an air strike.

Allied artillery barrages at Clark Field caused very heavy Japanese personnel losses.

Sam's squad has done nothing but grumble about having to play soldier. This made Sam grin as he knows his guys will knuckle down and be ready for whatever is thrown their way.

Tomorrow the Pirates open a home stand and Elaine will be going to Forbes Field with her father, as promised. She's in a grumpy mood as there hasn't been a letter from Gil so far this week. Her father gave her sister $5 and told her to take Elaine out for an ice cream and see a movie to try and cheer her up.

Gil got another letter from home. This time his sister wrote of nothing concerning his father and that made Gil a very surprised person. She told him of servicemen starting to trickle back from Europe and this only depresses him. “How can they go home when there's still a war on?” he asks the guys and they agree with him. The guys are of the opinion that if the Army would bring all of those divisions to Japan the war would be over very quickly.

Victory Points Allied 84910 (12522 Strategic) Japanese 43801

July 12, 1945 Formosa

Intel

71772 men are based at Krung Thep.
Tsugaru Fortress is located at Aomori.
Tsushima Fortress is located at Masan.
17th Reserve Coastal Artillery Regiment is located at Niigata.
68th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Naha.
1708 men are based at Fushan.
60158 men are based at Sendai.
6th Reserve Tank Regiment is located at Osaka/Kobe.
128th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Tavoy.
129th IJA Base Force is located at Ominato.
145th Division is located at Kitakyushu.
Shimbu Force is located at Kadina.
41st AA Regiment is located at Changchun.
15th AA Regiment is located at Sapporo.

Recon

PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Gumma 9 LCUs 840/43/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Pescadores 2 LCUs 8040/70/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Swatow 3 LCUs 1320/13/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Kweilin 7 LCUs 41440/422/70
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Taan 1 LCU 1240/3/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Taiping vacant
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Kuala 1 LCU 220/0/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Brunei 1 X AP, 1 X DD, 2 LCUs 15200/135/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Soerabaja 5 X DE, 1 X CV, 5 X AP, 2 X TK, 3 X APD, 2 X CA, 1 X BB, 74 bombers, 22 aux, 14 LCUs 20180/161/1
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Kendari 3 LCUs 7800/21/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naga 10 LCUs 117500/1069/12
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Manila 11 LCUs 57600/245/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Clark Field 12 LCUs 80020/680/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 1 LCU
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Ominato 2 X DE, 19 LCUs 5040/18/0

Combat

The SS Jallao attacked an hit a TK with 2 torpedoes at 37 miles E of Camranh Bay, breaking the ship in two. Both sections slipped under quickly.

A naval bombardment of Pescadores was conducted by some of the Old Gals. The airstrip was moderately damaged, the port was heavily damaged, there were some secondary explosions reported and casualties were very heavy.

The SS Ronquil, 21 miles NW of Sasebo, attacked a lone TK and hit it with a pair of fish that set the ship on fire.

Nagoya was swept by 121 X P-51D who swooped in on 20 X Frank and 20 X Tony. All of the Japanese fighters were shot down and 2 Mustangs met their demise. A short time later 141 X B-29 arrived and the AA fire damaged 4 of them as they unloaded on the Mitsubishi engine plant for very heavy damage. Another wave of 126 X B-29 then came on and the flak damaged 2 of them as they hit the Nakajima engine plant for heavy damage. A third wave of 149 X B-29 then caused very heavy damage to the heavy industry.

Bangkok was bombed by 150 X Liberator VI (18 damaged). The planes accounted for very heavy port damage, a huge number of secondary explosions were claimed and personnel losses were thought to have been very heavy.

Georgetown was flying a CAP of 13 X Zeke who managed to intercept 55 X Mosquito FB.VI and 34 X Thunderbolt II. The Thunderbolts downed 4 Zekes and damaged another before the Japanese broke off and hightailed it for the clouds. There was sporadic and inaccurate AA fire, which did no harm to the bombers as they inflicted moderate damage on the airfield, triggered a few secondary explosions and there were extremely light casualties.

Balikpapan underwent a fighter sweep made by 71 X P-38J who bounced 5 X Zeke and 1 X Tony. All of the Japanese planes were splashed at no cost to the Americans.

Naga's airstrip was lightly damaged by an Allied strike and troop losses were moderate. Another attack resulted in moderately light damage to the port, some secondary explosions were reported and casualties were moderate. A B-24D was trailing smoke as it departed. Allied artillery inflicted very heavy losses on the Japanese.

Manila was struck by Allied aircraft and the flak damaged 12 X B-24J as they dumped their bombs on the port for light damage, a few secondary explosions and moderate personnel losses.

Rabaul underwent an air raid that accomplished nothing.

At Gili Gili the IJA 21st Division suffered heavy casualties in an air attack.

Toyohara's AA defenses damaged 2 Invaders as an Allied raid inflicted light airfield damage and a few secondary explosions.

At Clark Field Allied artillery caused very heavy Japanese losses.

Ed wonders how long his luck will hold. He has adequate fuel and munitions and short runs from base to target. There are no mines, subs haven't been around and Japanese planes are virtually nonexistent. He doubts that the Japanese will continue to allow him a free hand and he makes a mental note to himself that the next meeting of his ship captains he'll remind them to keep on their toes, not that it's really necessary.

Gil tosses down his shot of whiskey and shuffles off happy to have survived another mission over Japan. He never imagined that fighting a war could be so boring. Today's mission was typical as the flight to and from Nagoya was long and boring. The bomb run itself was short and terrifying as the flak always scares the hell out of the guys. He also wonders why nobody invents a way for them to bomb a target where they don't have to fly level and straight for so long as that's what gets people killed.

Chris will be flying over Pescadores tomorrow as the USN is going to throw some planes at the defenders to help soften up the island for the pending invasion. He saw troops boarding ships as the Yorktown sailed. This is the final phase of Operation Noose.

Victory Points Allied 85585 (13092 Strategic) Japanese 43828

July 13, 1945 Naga

Intel

120 aircraft are based at Harbin.
17th Reserve Coastal Artillery Regiment is located at Niigata.
60th Construction Battalion is located at Tarakan.
7th Heavy AA Battalion is planning for an attack on Hailar.
Elements of the Mongol Cavalry Division are located at Linhsi.
50723 men are based at Kadina.
2nd AA Regiment is located at Tokyo.
113th IJA Base Force is located at Nanking.
123647 men are based at Camranh Bay.

Recon

PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Shanghai 2 X AK, 1 X APD, 7 LCUs 5260/37/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Swatow 3 LCUs 1500/12/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Brunei 1 X AP, 1 X DD, 48 fighters, 42 bombers, 60 aux, 2 LCUs 22040/138/1
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Kendari 3 LCUs 7680/20/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naga 10 LCUs 116020/1054/13
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Manila 11 LCUs 5960/222/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 1 LCU
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Paramushiro Jima 6 LCUs 2100/4/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naha 12 LCUs 5300/27/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Pescadores 2 LCUs 8760/61/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Wuchow 3 LCUs 11600/113/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Kiungahan vacant
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Soerabaja 7 X AP, 10 X DE, 1 X TK, 1 X PC, 3 X APD, 2 X CA, 93 bombers, 31 aux, 14 LCUs 30420/245/3
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Clark Field 12 LCUs 80760/672/0

Combat

The SS Sturgeon, 71 miles NE of Johore Bharu, tried to line up an attack on 3 DDs who turned the tables on her.

The SS Cod was attacked by 5 DDs 64 miles E of Teloekbetoeng, but she managed to avoid being harmed. The DDs then reacquired her a few hours later and the cat and mouse game resumed. Once more the Cod avoided damage. Around noon the Cod hit a DD with a fish that caused heavy damage and fires, but the other tin cans hammered her for it. Now with moderate systems damage and moderate flooding the sub will make for a friendly port for repairs and then it'll be off to a yard for the serious work.

29 miles E of Johore Bharu the SS Blackfish attacked 2 AKs and 5 MSWs, hitting an AK with a torpedo that ignited a fire.

Gumma was struck by 176 X B-29 who were greeted by 4 X Zeke, 16 X Shinden, 61 X Frank and 25 X Tony. The fighters lost a Zeke (1 damaged), a Shinden (5 damaged), 9 Franks (39 damaged) and 5 Tonys (11 damaged) in their attacks. The AA fire added to the mayhem and 35 bombers were lost and 73 were damaged as they managed to do negligible damage to the heavy industry.

Asahigawa was raided by 64 X B-24D, 24 X P-51D and 42 X P-38J for light damage to the Mitsubishi engine plant.

Pescadores had moderate airfield damage and some secondary explosions from an air raid.

Ichang had a lone George flying when 77 X B-25J (6 damaged) and 45 X P-40N arrived. The Chinese Warhawks disposed of the George and the airfield took moderately heavy damage, a secondary explosion was claimed and casualties were moderate.

Bangkok's airfield was hammered by 69 X Liberator VI (1 downed, 15 damaged) for heavy damage, there were a very large number of secondary explosions observed, 3 X Topsy were trashed and heavy personnel losses.

Naga had moderate airstrip damage, a few of secondary explosions and extremely light casualties from 2 strikes made by Allied planes. 3 Liberators were damaged. The Allied artillery barrages accounted for heavy Japanese losses.

Gili Gili had it's airstrip lightly damaged and the IJA 21st Division sustained moderate troop losses in a couple of air raids. In the late afternoon another strike arrived and the Japanese absorbed moderate casualties from the Allied attack.

Toyohara was hit by Allied planes and the defenders managed to damage a Mitchell. The airstrip had negligible damage, there were some secondary explosions seen and personnel losses were negligible.

At Clark Field Allied artillery inflicted heavy casualties on the Japanese.

Today Elaine sat through a game that the Pirates won. They defeated the Phillies 3-2. She didn't go to yesterday's game as her father was visited by a buddy and they went together, enjoying a 4-0 Pirates win over the Phils. She had a bag of peanuts, a hot dog and some pop. Now her stomach is rumbling and she can't wait to get home to be close to the bathroom, if she needs it. The time spent with her father was nice and when she got home there were 3 letters from Gil waiting for her.

Jay busily sharpens his bayonet while wondering if he'll ever have to use it. The thought of being stabbed or slashed scares him more than a bullet for some reason. Today was a fairly decent day as the Japanese didn't lob any ordinance his way and the sun was actually out for a good part of the day.

Red listens to some music as there's nothing else for him to do. Lucky lies by his feet, snoring. Today some of the crew had a good laugh when the dog broke wind and quickly turned his head to see where the noise came from. There's not much to provides laughs as the routine aboard the Palawan is mind numbing. At least he gets to listen in on things and he usually has a visitor or 2 who want to hear the news or some music. Red has also taken to keeping the latest results of the baseball games played and the current standings as most of the guys want to know how their teams are doing.

Victory Points Allied 85633 (13102 Strategic) Japanese 43776

July 14, 1945 Tori Shima

Intel

14th Area Army is located at Truk.
24560 men are based at Kanazawa.
29138 men are based at Shimuzu.
117 aircraft are based at Harbin.
6th Reserve AA Regiment is located at Wonsan.
6th Army is located at Changchun.
Maizuru Fortress is located at Maizuru.
Nagasaki Fortress is located at Nagasaki.
Yongfung Bay Fortress is located at Wonsan.
3rd Heavy AA Battalion is planning for an attack on Hailar.
Yura Fortress is located at Takamatsu.
50th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Bangkok.
52nd Construction Battalion is located at Changchun.
5th Engineer Regiment is located at Changkufeng.
165 aircraft are based at Mukden.
2nd Reserve AA Regiment is located at Tokyo.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Pescadores 2 LCUs 8680/62/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Shanghai 2 X AK, 1 X APD, 7 LCUs 10400/85/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Wuchow 4 LCUs 32400/274/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Hong Kong 2 X AP, 1 X CA, 11 LCUs 2420/6/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Kiungahan 1 LCU 2440/6/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Miri 19 fighters, 8 aux, 1 LCU
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Soerabaja 10 X AP, 1 X AK, 1 X PC, 8 X DE, 4 X APD, 2 X CA, 128 bombers, 39 aux, 14 LCUs 39900/336/5
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Amboina 4 LCUs 18580/31/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naga 10 LCUs 114260/1075/7
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Manila 11 LCUs 57620/217/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Clark Field 12 LCUs 80260/691/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 1 LCU
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 6 LCUs 2600/4/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naha 17 fighters, 31 bombers, 20 aux, 12 LCUs 8340/51/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Wakkanai 1 X CA, 2 LCUs
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Taiping vacant
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Kuala 1 LCU 320/0/0

Combat

The SS Ronquil started her day with a bang as she attacked a lone AK at dawn 27 miles NW of Sasebo. She hit her target twice with the deck gun and 3 torpedoes also found the mark causing the ship to sink. In the late afternoon the sub encountered an unescorted TK and hit it with 2 torpedoes for heavy damage and fires.

The SS Barbel tried to get an attack in on a lone destroyer 32 miles NE of Taan, but failed to score a hit.

Kitakyushu was struck by 168 X B-29 for heavy damage to the heavy industry. The AA was extremely light and wildly inaccurate.

Pescadores was raided by Allied planes and the defenders managed to damage a B-24J. The airfield was heavily damaged, there were a couple of secondary explosions and casualties were very light. The Peng Hu Fortress, had light losses and 3 Jugs were damaged in an air attack. The Bako Base Force had moderate losses and 4 Mitchells were damaged in yet another air attack. In 2 late afternoon strikes 1 Dauntless, 1 Helldiver, 1 TBF and 1 TBM were damaged as they caused moderate airstrip damage, moderate port damage, a secondary explosion was reported and casualties were very light. A naval bombardment of Pescadores caused moderate airfield damage, moderate damage to the port, some secondary explosions were observed and personnel losses were very heavy.

Ichang was hit by 67 X B-25J (11 damaged) and 45 X P-40N who accounted for moderate airfield damage, many secondary explosions, a burning Sonia and light personnel losses.

Amboina was raided by Allied aircraft who inflicted light damage on the airfield and some secondary explosions were seen. 4 Invaders were damaged in an attack that triggered some secondary explosions.

Naga was hit for light port damage, some secondary explosions and light casualties by Allied planes in two separate attacks in which a B-24D was damaged. The IJA 43rd Division was struck by Allied planes 4 times today for very heavy losses and 23 Invaders (2 downed) and 11 Mitchells were damaged in the attacks. The IJA 55th Ind. Mixed Brigade had very light casualties and 2 Invaders were damage in an attack. Allied artillery inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese.

Clark Field's flak batteries damaged 16 X B-24D as they attacked the airfield for heavy damage, a couple of secondary explosions were claimed and troop losses were placed at heavy. The IJA 54th Ind. Mixed Brigade had moderate casualties and the Allies had 15 Mitchells damaged in an air strike. The IJA 58th Ind. Mixed Brigade was hit for moderate losses and 11 Mitchells were damaged in another raid. An Allied bombardment attack inflicted heavy casualties on the Japanese.

At Gili Gili the airfield was lightly damaged in an air raid. The IJA 21st Division sustained moderate casualties from another raid.

Toyohara was struck for light port damage and very light losses in an air attack.

At Manila a Helldiver was destroyed and 7 more were damaged in a strike that resulted in moderate casualties.

At Sian Japanese artillery inflicted heavy losses on the Chinese who in turn caused moderate casualties for the Japanese.

The Kiwis and Aussies are loading troops onto ships at Darwin and Ulithi with an eye on a few islands that they believe are ripe for the picking.

The British continue to stockpile supplies at Sabang in preparation for the next move in their attempt to flank the Japanese in Malaya.

Gene's group are very busy chasing down new ideas for welding that will allow advances in construction of submarines. Every now and then Gene has to remind somebody that it's a long, hard road that they're on and that they can't leave any stone unturned because who know where lightning will strike. He finds the work challenging, but has a dislike for all of the reports he must file.

Sam is frantic as he can't find Frankie anywhere. The guys in the squad join him in the ever widening search for the dog and before long the whole platoon has joined in. Sam never realized at just how large Tori Shima actually was until now. The guys are everywhere and they even got the MPs at the airstrip to help out. Night comes and Sam heads back to his hut dismayed that the dog still hasn't turned up.

After being informed of what's next on the agenda after the PIs and the Pescadores fall Harry asks about invading Japan itself. A hush comes over the room and when he prompts them an officer leaves and returns a short while later with a folder. He begins his presentation and by the time he's done Truman is holding his head with both hands and he says, “That bad, huh?”

This is the first Bastille Day in 5 years celebrated by the French people.

Victory Points Allied 85947 (13392 Strategic) Japanese 43912

July 15, 1945 Pescadores

Intel

3376 men are based at Akita.
21st Mortar Battalion is located at Nanning.
25th Division is located at Harbin.
117th Division is located at Tientsin.
43rd Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Sapporo.
102nd IJN Base Force is located at Paramushiro Jima.
13050 men are based at Aomori.
1st Mixed Brigade is located at Mutanchiang.
72nd Aviation Unit is located at Gumma.
25th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Palembang.
157th IJN Base Force is located at Clark Field.
1438 men are based at Kratie.
22nd AA Regiment is located at Osaka/Kobe.
59th Division is located at Kweilin.
119th Division is planning for an attack on Sunwu.
20th Division is located at Hungnam.

Recon

PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Wakkanai 1 X CA, 2 LCUs 2200/34/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Wuchow 4 LCUs 37700/238/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Kiungahan 1 LCU 3720/7/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Padang vacant
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Jambi vacant
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Tarakan 2 LCUs 820/0/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Malang 8 LCUs 14580/52/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Pomala vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naga 10 LCUs 115860/1076/10
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Manila 11 LCUs 58660/231/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Clark Field 12 LCUs 78720/694/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 1 LCU
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Kadina 13 LCUs 8940/88/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 6 LCUs 2280/10/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Shanghai 1 X DE, 1 X APD, 1 X AK, 7 LCUs 9740/90/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Hong Kong 2 X AP, 1 X CA, 11 LCUs 2720/7/0

Combat

The SS Gar was patrolling 63 miles W of Belitung when 3 DDs happened by, found and attacked her. A short while later 5 more DDs joined the fight as the original 3 tin cans departed. The sub was subjected to a devastating pounding and with heavy systems damage and heavy flooding it's doubtful that the sub will survive long enough to reach a port.

The Old Gals conducted a naval bombardment of Pescadores before returning to base and the CA Alaska was struck twice by the coastal guns. The airfield was moderately damaged, the port was heavily damaged, there were a couple of secondary explosions observed and casualties were placed at moderate. Allied troops stormed ashore taking extremely heavy casualties. The CL Phoenix was hit by 11 shells, the CL Oklahoma was hit 10 times, the CL Amsterdam was hit 5 times, the DE Finnigan was hit 6 times and was on fire, the DD Stormes was struck for 2 hits and she sank, the MSW Saunter was hit 6 times for heavy damage and was burning, the MSW Buoyant ate 6 shells for heavy damage and fires and many LCIs sustained multiple hits (many were heavily damaged and were on fire), 3 of them went down and another 5 were scuttled before the day ended. Return naval gunfire was thought to have inflicted moderate Japanese personnel losses. Many transports were damaged by the AA fire over Pescadores as they disgorged the paratroopers. The Bako Base Force was bombed for light casualties. The USN threw it's aircraft into the fight and they did moderate damage to the airstrip, moderate port damage, there was a secondary explosion claimed and troop losses were placed at extremely light. 3 SBDs and a Helldiver were damaged in the attack. The Allied assault swept aside the Japanese defenders and they seized the base. The Japanese had very heavy casualties and the Americans sustained heavy losses of their own. The Japanese have now been virtually wiped out and the island has been declared secured.

The SS Sawfish hit a DD with a torpedo 20 miles W of Hong Kong. Later the sub attacked the damaged DD again and hit it with a torpedo, adding to the ship's woes.

The SS Salmon, 71 miles NE of Pusan, came across a very large number of Japanese ships and hit a TK with a torpedo that set it ablaze. The Salmon tried another attack on the ships later on, but failed to inflict any harm.

Tokyo was swept by 50 X P-51D who bounced 21 X Zeke, 55 X Shinden, 19 X Tony and 38 X Frank. The planes tumbled from the sky as the Japanese lost 10 Zekes, 17 Shindens (1 damaged), 19 Tonys, and 24 Franks. The Americans headed home with empty guns, 21 planes had been shot down and 2 others were limping along.

Ichang was raided by 34 X B-25J and 27 X P-40N and the AA fire damaged 4 of the bombers. The airfield was lightly damaged, there were a couple of secondary explosions claimed, a Sonia was burning and casualties were moderate.

Georgetown was attacked by 64 X Mosquito FB.VI, 9 X P-47D, 45 X Thunderbolt II and 6 X Spitfire VIII who were met by 15 X Zeke. The Japanese fighters made a half hearted attempt to repel the Allied planes losing 3 Zekes and 2 others were damaged before they retired. The airfield took light damage, there were a couple of secondary explosions observed and troop losses were very light.

Amboina was struck by 28 X B-24J and 92 X P-38J for very light airstrip damage, some secondary explosions were reported and light casualties. Another air strike was made in the afternoon and it lightly damaged the port, triggered a fuel tank explosions and there were 4 A-26Bs damaged by the ground fire.

Naga's port was bombed by Allied aircraft twice for light damage, a few secondary explosions, negligible losses and 2 B-24Js were damaged. The IJA 43rd Division was struck by aircraft 3 times for moderate losses and 17 Invaders and 6 Mitchells were damaged in the strikes. The IJA 55th Ind. Mixed Brigade was attacked and had heavy casualties and the Americans sustained 2 damaged A-26Bs. Allied artillery dished out heavy losses to the Japanese today.

Clark Field was hit by 34 X B-24J (8 damaged) for moderate airfield damage and heavy casualties. Allied artillery barrages inflicted very heavy losses on the Japanese defenders.

Naha was swept by 55 X P-51D who pounced on 35 X Zeke, destroying 31 of them at the cost of the loss of 1 Mustang and 3 others damaged.

Gili Gili was raided twice for light airfield damage and very light losses while the IJA 21st Division sustained heavy casualties.

Toyohara was tagged for a secondary explosion and very light casualties from an air raid that had an Invader damaged.

At Manila a Helldiver was lost and 5 others were damaged as they hit the port for light damage, a secondary explosion and heavy personnel losses.

84 miles S of Banjarmasin the SS O21 attacked a lone AK and hit it with 2 fish that did heavy damage and caused the eruption of fires.

At Sian the Japanese artillery inflicted moderate casualties on the Chinese who stormed the defenses. Both sides had extremely heavy losses, with the Chinese getting the short end of the stick.

Lt Kurt Wirth stepped off of the transport and is now at his new home, Tori Shima. He's a green replacement pilot for the 51st Fighter group. Today is not the day you want to arrive here as the group lost 14 pilots in a sweep of Tokyo and the remaining pilots aren't feeling all that warm and fuzzy. Kurt was taken to HQs where he checked in and was told where he would find his home, a Quonset Hut. He didn't know which cot would be his so he just stuck his duffel bad in a corner, figuring that somebody would arrive soon and show him. When the guys arrived he quietly stayed out of their way as they silently took care of somebody's things and then one of them asked if he was the new replacement. When Kurt answered he was told that that was now his cot. Nobody bothered asking for his name or offered to tell him theirs. He just quietly stashed his gear and followed them for chow later on. They all ate and Kurt felt like he was invisible, but he kept his mouth shut and figured that sooner or later somebody would talk to him. Hours later he was staring at the ceiling while the other guys decided that they would start a poker game. One of them asked Kurt if he felt like losing some money and Kurt joined them. After playing cards for a couple of hours he started to feel a bit better as chatter around the table eased him into the group. One of the guys announced that he was tired and was going to sleep, “Besides,” he said, “The new guy cleaned me out.” There was some laughter and Kurt sheepishly laughed too. He had managed to win tonight. Not only did he make some money, which they told him he would lose back later on, but they also know his name now.

Victory Points 86450 (13392 Strategic) Japanese 43865

July 16, 1945 Naga

Intel

18th Reserve Coastal Artillery Regiment is located at Toyama.
18th Naval Guard Unit is located at Singapore.
63rd Division is located at Chengting.
141st IJA Base Force is located at Marcus Island.
84413 men are based at Naha.
18th Reserve Coastal Artillery Regiment is located at Toyama.
2nd Hvy Gun Regiment is planning for an attack on Tsitsihar.
21st Engineer Regiment is planning for an attack on Lunga.
59th Division is located at Kweilin.
124th Division is located at Mutanchiang.
167754 men are based at Changchun.
276488 men are based at Ominato.
53rd Heavy AA Battalion is located at Mutanchiang.
58th Construction Battalion is located at Takamatsu.

Recon

PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Hong Kong 2 X AP, 1 X CA, 11 LCUs 3160/15/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Singapore 2 X CA, 1 X AE, 7 X AP, 19 LCUs
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Sandakan vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Pomala vacant
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Sinkep Island vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naga 10 LCUs 117400/1046/11
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Manila 11 LCUs 58460/234/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Clark Field 12 LCUs 80100/697/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 1 LCU 6100/73/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 5 fighters, 2 aux, 6 LCUs 4600/15/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Wakkanai 1 X CA, 2 LCUs 2060/35/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Shanghai 1 X DE, 1 X APD, 1 X AK, 7 LCUs 6540/46/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Wuchow 4 LCUs 38040/275/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Kiungahan 1 LCU 3300/5/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Malang 8 LCUs 14260/46/0

Combat

The SS Blackfish, 32 miles E of Singapore, attacked 3 PGs and a PC, hitting a PG with a torpedo that did heavy damage and triggered fires.

The SS Ronquil attacked an unescorted AK 29 miles NW of Sasebo, hitting it with a torpedo.

Australian troops unloaded over beach at Namlea taking very heavy casualties.

Aussie troops came ashore at Sorong, absorbing very heavy losses.

The SS Escolar failed in her attack of a lone AK 83 miles E of Pamakasan.

Bangkok was bombed by 128 X Liberator VI, 24 of which were damaged by the AA fire. The port was devastated, there were a huge number of secondary explosions claimed and casualties were very heavy.

Georgetown was raided by 52 X Mosquito FB.VI (1 downed, 1 damaged) and 31 X Thunderbolt II. The fighters engaged the 14 X Zeke that intercepted the raid, downing 3 Zekes and damaging 2 others. The airstrip was moderately damaged, a couple of secondary explosions were reported and personnel losses were very light.

Amboina was hit by 26 X B-24J and 93 X P-38J for moderate airfield damage and extremely light casualties. Another strike was made by 10 X PB4Y (1 damaged) for extremely light damage to the airfield. Another attack failed to do any damage and 3 Invaders were damaged.

Naga was attacked by Allied planes for moderate airfield damage, a couple of secondary explosions and very light troop losses. The IJA 43rd Division had moderate casualties and 3 Invaders were damaged in an air strike. The Japanese absorbed moderately heavy losses from Allied artillery barrages.

Manila was struck by Allied aircraft for light casualties and 4 B-24Js took damage.

Gili Gili was hit by 2 air raids that caused extremely light airstrip damage and the IJA 21st Division took heavy losses.

At Clark Field the IJA 54th Ind. Mixed Brigade was hit by Allied air power twice for very heavy casualties. 2 Mitchells (13 damaged) and 1 Invader (9 damaged) were lost in the raid. The IJA 58th Ind. Mixed Brigade had heavy losses and a Mitchell went down and 13 took damage in an air attack. Allied artillery attacks caused heavy Japanese casualties.

At Sian the 22nd Chinese Corps was hit for extremely light casualties by 3 Peggys. The 8th Chinese Corps was jumped by 4 Peggys and 3 Franks for very light losses. Japanese artillery dished out moderately heavy Chinese casualties.

Toyohara's air defenses damaged an A-26B and the attackers missed their target.

Near Batavia the SS Stonehenge hit an AP with 2 torpedoes for a raging fire and heavy damage. The attending PG never found the sub.

The SS Gar lost her fight against the sea when a bulkhead gave way and the boat rapidly filled with water.

Red is listening to some music over the radio, for a change and when one of the guys entered the radio room he coughed and fanned the smoke with his hands. “Red, somebody could think that this place was on fire the smoke's so thick.” Red smiles and tells him to open the port hole for some ventilation. Then realizes how bad it must be as Lucky isn't there.

Sandy got a few letters from Bill today and she had read and reread them. She's happy to get them, but she wonders why the war in the Pacific isn't over yet. All of the news has been good about this place and that falling to the victorious Allies, but still the Japanese fight on. Do they really think that they won't get crushed by the rest of the world?

Jay heard the scuttlebutt that the big push will start soon and that while they work their way towards Manila another large force will also be moving that way with the Japs caught in between. “It all sounds so simple except that we're the ones that have to push them out of their holes and keep them running then,” he says to his pal.

The first A bomb exploded at 5:30AM at Los Alamos, Nevada.

Victory Points Allied 86534 (13392 Strategic) Japanese 43904

July 17, 1945 Sorong

Intel

14th Field Artillery Regiment is located at Canton.
72nd Division is located at Sendai.
115th IJNAF Base Force is located at Seoul.
Elements of the 58th Division are located at Lanchow.
3214 men are based at Anshan.
344 aircraft are based at Tsitsihar.
7th Construction Battalion is planning for an attack on Chungking.
Ryojun Fortress is located at Port Arthur.
24th Engineer Regiment is planning for an attack on Chiamussu.
93rd Division is located at Nagoya.
344 aircraft are based at Tsitsihar.
65th Construction Battalion is located at Kagoshima.
Shimbu Force is located at Kadina.
26795 men are based at Mishan.

Recon

PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Nagasaki 4 X AP, 6 X DE, 1 X PC, 2 X AK, 4 LCUs 740/16/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Osaka/Kobe 2 X AP, 1 X SS, 15 LCUs 8740/144/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Victoria Point 7 LCUs 19920/102/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Malang 8 LCUs 15520/55/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Pomala vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naga 10 LCUs 116360/1135/9
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Clark Field 12 LCUs 80380/662/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 1 LCU 6000/70/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Alor Star 4 LCUs 1720/4/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Balikpapan 5 LCUs 1340/3/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 6 LCUs 5020/22/0

Combat

The SS Plunger and a PC played cat and mouse 83 miles SW of Balikpapan with the PC never pinning the location of the sub down.

The SS Blackfish attacked a PC and 3 MSWs 32 miles E of Johore Bharu, hitting one of the later with a torpedo that killed it.

An AK was on fire after striking a mine at Batavia. Later a report came in confirming that the ship was no more.

Amboina had is airstrip very lightly damaged and there were a couple of secondary explosions from an air raid.

At Gili Gili a couple of air strikes did extremely light airfield damage and inflicted extremely light casualties. The South Seas Det. absorbed very heavy losses.

The SS Barbel, 16 miles S of Pakhoi, hit a lone AK with a pair of fish that caused the vessel to rapidly sink.

The Aussies assaulted Sorong's defenses and captured the base.

Namlea was attacked by the Australian troops and it is now in Allied hands.

At Clark Field Allied artillery administered heavy losses to the Japanese.

At Naga the Allied big guns caused heavy Japanese casualties.

Bill is itching for something to do other than pushing all of this paper every day. He wonders how Ed is doing as he must have much more paper to deal with, but a staff to do it for him. Well he figures that as long as he pushes his officers to better themselves they can do a bit more of his work load too.

Kurt was checked out today. He flew for about an hour and then returned to base. Later on he was informed that he'd be flying some CAP missions starting tomorrow. He's heard about the sweeps over Japan and is itching for a crack at flying 1 of those, but he figures not to press things as his time will come, especially with so many replacement pilots needed here.

Jay's squad leader had a talk with the boys and told them that something was in the air and that he wanted them to stay sharp. When asked what was up he said, “Your guess is as good as mine. I'd be willing to bet that we'll be attacking our friends on the next hill really soon though.”

The 3 Power Summit Conference opened at Postdam.

Victory Points Allied 86565 (13392 Strategic) Japanese 44004

July 18, 1945 Nagasaki

Intel

20847 men are based at Paramushiro Jima.
50th Construction Battalion is located at Kyoto.
21st Reserve Engineer Regiment is located at Shimuzu.
12th Aviation Rgt is located at Singapore.
56th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Tarakan.
138th IJA Base Force is located at Truk.
Iki Fortress is located at Ikitsuki.
14th Division is planning for an attack on Hailar.
154th Division is located at Kagoshima.
206th Division is located at Kagoshima.
Elements of the 1st Mongolian Cavalry Division are located at Paotang.
29th Air Flotilla is located at Tokyo.
12th Army is located at Hanoi.
128th Division is located at Mutanchiang.
64th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Kadina.
21st Air Flotilla is planning for an attack on Tainan.
20th Army is located at Mutanchiang.

Recon

PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Kitakyushu 9 X AP, 4 X AK, 2 X DE, 2 X APD, 3 LCUs
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Kagoshima 8 X AP, 1 X APD, 3 X CA, 5 X DE, 13 LCUs 17980/123/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Hong Kong 1 X DE, 1 X AP, 11 LCUs 3280/9/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Camranh Bay 5 LCUs 19280/202/5
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Saigon 3 X AP, 1 LCU 4120/17/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Pomala vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naga 10 LCUs 114900/1073/11
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Manila 11 LCUs 57760/260/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 1 LCU
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Victoria Point 7 LCUs 22840/119/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Kendari 2 aux, 3 LCUs 5180/8/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Clark Field 12 LCUs 79080/695/0

Combat

The SS Plunger hit a lone AK with a torpedo 72 miles SW of Balikapan, doing heavy damage and causing fires.

The SS Sabalo, 81 miles NE of Batavia, was attacked by 5 DDs. She managed to escape before any real damage was done to her.

Nagasaki was swept by 10 X P-51D who encountered 11 X Shinden, 3 X Tony and 15 X Frank. 4 Franks were splashed and 2 Mustangs were lost, another took damage. The American pilots were more than a little miffed as they were supposed to be part of a much larger group of fighters that never appeared. Then 88 X B-24J and 130 X P-38J arrived and were intercepted by 11 X Shinden, 3 X Tony and 10 X Frank. The fighters whirled and swirled about and all of the Japanese planes were shot down. 7 Lightnings were lost and another was limping home. The AA fire damaged 14 of the bombers who attacked the port doing heavy damage to it, there were some secondary explosions seen and casualties were thought to have been moderate. Ships in the harbor were also pounded.
AK Horaizan Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AP Otori Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire, heavy damage
AK Namba Maru 5 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Eisho Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kuramasan Maru 6 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Daikyu Maru 4 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Dowa Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AP Ayatosan Maru 5 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Ryuyu Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire
AP Kyuma Maru 1 bomb hit, heavy damage
AK Joosan Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AK Teiyu Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire, heavy damage
AP Minto Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hatsushima 1 bomb hit, on fire, heavy damage
AK Rizan Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire, heavy damage
Allied HQs thinks that some of these ships were damaged in prior raids. An hour later 40 X P-51D arrived and bounced 15 X Frank, destroying 11 of them at the cost of 1 lost Mustang.

Amboina had it's airstrip moderately damaged, a couple of secondary explosions were claimed and personnel losses were extremely light. A Liberator was damaged by flak. Another strike arrived a short time later and 2 PB4Ys were damaged as they added extremely light damage to the airfield. Another raid did extremely light damage to the airfield and the cost was 1 A-26B Invader damaged and 1 PB4Y Liberator destroyed.

Gili Gili was hit for very light airfield damage and the IJA 21st Division absorbed moderate casualties in a pair of air strikes.

At Clark field the IJA 58th Ind. Mixed Brigade had very heavy losses from an air raid in which 5 X B-24J, 6 X PB4Y and 6 X TBM were damaged. An Allied assault gained no ground and both sides sustained extremely heavy losses, with the Japanese having about twice as many casualties as the Allied attackers.

The 39th Chinese Corps, 32 miles W of Sian, was attacked by 26 X Frances, 24 X Judy and 24 X Zeke for moderate casualties.

At Naga Allied artillery dished out heavy losses.

The SS Blackfish was struck by a bomb and now will head for a shipyard for repairs with light systems damage and moderately light flooding.

The British, Indian and American troops continue loading at Sabang and Andaman Island for the long awaited Operation Swift Sword.

Gil got 2 letters from Elaine today and he found a semi quiet spot and read them. He can't wait for this damned war to be over with and he's almost to the point of wishing that they could bomb Japan every day.

Jay heard the scuttlebutt about Clark Field being assaulted and later on Sarge stops by and when asked he confirmed that it was true. “So remember what I told you guys. I want you ready because we're next to get out of these holes that throw the bums all the way back to Tokyo.”

Truman was happy to hear that finally what is hoped to be the final offensive in the PIs has begun. He turned paled when he asked and was told about casualties. The people are getting war weary and the troops in Europe are restless, wanting to go home as “their” war is over. Those troops want nothing to do with fighting the Japanese.

Victory Points Allied 86631 (13392 Strategic) Japanese 44035

I'm sorry about the irregular postings of late, but my ISP is delivering awful speeds or not being there at all lately.

July 19, 1945 Clark Field

Intel

17th Area Army is located at Tokyo.
1717 men are based at Fushan.
Yura Fortress is located at Takamatsu.
27th Engineer Regiment is located at Mutanchiang.
46th Road Construction Battalion is located at Changkufeng.
6th Construction Battalion is located at Harbin.
Najin Fortress is located at Changkufeng.
1st Reserve Tank Regiment is located at Kitakyushu.
64th Construction Battalion is located at Nagasaki.
69th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Osaka/Kobe.

Recon

PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Wenchow 1 X AK, 2 LCUs 760/3/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Amoy 2 LCUs 2660/6/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Samarinda vacant
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Bali vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naga 10 LCUs 115240/1076/11
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Manila 10 LCUs 55340/202/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Clark Field 13 LCUs 84840/664/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 1 LCU
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Luang Prabang 1 LCU 6600/0/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Pisanuloke 4 LCUs 7000/6/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Sakashima 1 LCU

Combat

The SS O16 was attacked by 5 X PC 24 miles S of Singapore. In the late afternoon the sub found a DD and mounted an unsuccessful attack 23 miles N of Muntok. The sub will now head back to her base for repairs to her light systems damage.

Not far away from where the O16 was attacked the SS Blackfish got some pretty rough treatment from 5 PCs. The Blackfish managed to escape, but not much time elapsed before 3 PGs and a PC found and attacked her. In the afternoon the Blackfish's rotten day continued as a PG and 5 PCs added to her misery. Considering that the Blackfish was already heading to a yard for repairs her skipper considers them lucky to still be in one piece.

The SS Ronquil, 77 miles NW of Nagasaki, was attacked by 2 PGs and 3 PCs. The sub took very minor damage and managed to elude her attackers. An hour later the 5 PC acquired the sub and gave her a horrific pounding. Just after dark the Ronquil was attacked once more by 2 PGs and 3 PCs, adding to the sub's miseries. It'll take lots of hard work and more than a little bit of luck to get the boat to a friendly port to save her.

89 miles SE of Banjarmasin the SS S-38 spotted and attacked a lone AK, hitting it with 3 torpedoes that tore out the port side of the ship, sinking it.

Shimuzu was bombed by 93 X B-29 and they were intercepted by 36 X Myrt. 3 Myrts were shot down and 16 were damaged as they tried in vain to defend the Mitsubishi engine factory, which was moderately damaged. None of the Superforts were harmed. Then 16 X Myrt tried to stop a strike of 103 X B-29 and 3 Myrts were downed and 6 damaged. The heavy industry took moderate damage in the attack and no B-29s were damaged. A third attack was made by 173 X B-29 and 15 X Myrt threw themselves at the big bombers. 3 Myrts went down and another was damaged as the American bombers caused heavy damage to the Nakajima engine factory.

Akita was raided by 171 X B-29 (5 damaged), 50 X B-24D (1 downed, 4 damaged), 24 X P-51D and 7 X P-38J who did heavy damage to the oil facilities there.

Bangkok's port was lightly damaged by a strike made by 27 X Liberator VI (3 downed, 16 damaged). There were some secondary explosions seen and casualties were placed at heavy. The another wave of 123 X Liberator VI appeared and the AA fire damaged 15 of them. The airfield was very heavily damaged, there was a large number of secondary explosions observed, 4 X Topsy were destroyed and personnel losses were thought to have been very heavy.

Amboina was hit by an air raid for moderate damage to the airstrip, a couple of secondary explosions and light casualties. Another strike in which a PB4Y was damaged by ground fire added very light damage to the airfield. Another raid did light airfield damage and the flak damaged 3 Invaders and a PB4Y.

Gili Gili was hit twice for light airfield damage

At Tavoy the IJA 128th Ind. Mixed Brigade took moderate losses and 7 Mosquito FB.VIs were damaged in the attack.

At Clark Field the IJA 54th Ind. Mixed Brigade was jumped by Allied planes and took extremely heavy casualties and 5 Invaders, 6 Mitchells, 2 Jugs and 2 Lightnings (1 downed) were damaged. The IJA 58th Ind. Mixed Brigade was hit by Allied aircraft and a Helldiver was downed and 7 others were damaged as the unit absorbed light losses. An Allied assault on the Japanese defenders didn't gain any ground, but the Japanese had extremely heavy losses and the Americans suffered very heavy casualties of their own.

4 IJN PCs 138 miles N of Tori Shima were attacked by 14 X PB4Y (4 damaged) and 47 X P-38J. A bomb struck 1 of the PCs, setting it on fire. PC Ikino

Tokyo was swept by 113 X P-51D who pounced on a gaggle of 26 X Zeke, 38 X Shinden, 33 X Frank and 19 X Tony. 24 Zekes, 30 Shindens, 31 Franks and 19 Tonys were blasted from the sky. The Americans lost 18 Mustangs and 6 more were damaged.

At Naga the Allied artillery bombardments caused moderate Japanese losses.

The Lucky 11 rode over for the debriefing in a truck that broke down. By the time they arrived Hoppy said, “I hope they gave away all of the rot gut and have the good stuff for us.” The guys shared a laugh and then went through the debriefing. Unfortunately there was plenty of rot gut so they got some for their shots. “If we were officers they wouldn't give us this,” said Landy. Then they went for some chow. After eating Gil went back to the hut and hit the hay.

Not that they're in a hurry, but the guys are restless knowing that any time now they'll be ordered to hit the Japanese positions. Jay wonders what it's like to get pounded by the artillery and planes on an almost nonstop basis. He's ready to go and has managed to obtain another canteen and bandolier of ammo. He's learned that you can never have to much water or ammo and that being out of either one is not a pretty picture.

Victory Points Allied 87078 (13682 Strategic) Japanese 44088

July 20, 1945 Tori Shima

Intel

26 ships are based at Osaka/Kobe.
142nd Division is located at Hakodate.
234th Division is located at Tokyo.
6th Reserve AA Regiment is located at Wonsan.
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment is located at Changchun.
3rd FF Construction Battalion is located at Anshan.
1860 men are based at Okayama.
Iki Fortress is located at Ikitsuki.
7th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Changchun.
4th Air Division is located at Malang.
68th Construction Battalion is located at Hamamatsu.

Recon

PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Shanghai 1 X DE, 1 X APD, 7 LCUs 7000/36/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Khota Bharu vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Singapore 10 X AP, 1 X AG, 5 X CA, 1 X SS, 8 X DE, 1 X PC, 1 X DD, 1 X TK, 88 fighters, 165 bombers, 255 aux, 19 LCUs 14740/17/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Samarinda vacant
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Pamakasan vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naga 10 LCUs 118680/1082/15
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Clark Field 12 LCUs 81340/736/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 1 LCU
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Ishieak vacant

Combat

The SS O16 was hunted by 5 X PC 33 miles S of Singapore, but she managed to avoid an attack.

The SS Roncador was pounded by 3 PGs and 2 PCs 87 miles W of Nagasaki and the sub and all of her crew were lost.

Matsuyama was under the protection of 7 X Frank when 142 X B-29 arrived. A Frank was destroyed and 2 damaged in their attack on the bombers who then faced the flak. All told 5 Superforts were damaged and they hit the Mitsubishi engine plant for light damage.

Amboina was struck for light airfield damage, a secondary explosion and very light casualties. A second attack caused negligible airstrip damage.

Gili Gili was visited by 2 waves of Allied planes who inflicted very light damage on the airfield and moderate losses to the IJA 21st Division. Later a third attack caused moderate Japanese casualties.

At Tavoy the IJA 128th Ind. Mixed Brigade suffered very light losses and managed to destroy a Mosquito FB.VI, damaging 2 others and damaging 4 Beaufighter Mk 21s.

The 18th USA Engineer Regiment, 29 miles N of Toyohara, was attacked by 11 Irvings, but 8 P-47Ds intercepted them and shot down 4 of the Japanese planes. Then another attack was made by 4 X Irving, 33 X Grace, 12 X Betty, 11 X Frances, 12 X Peggy and 35 X Frank on the 197th USA Regimental Combat Team. 8 X P-47D and 8 X FM-2 attacked the Japanese planes destroying an Irving, 2 Peggys and 10 Franks, there was a Grace and a Frances damaged too. 2 Jugs were damaged and 2 Wildcats went down (4 damaged) and the unit took moderate casualties.

At Hong Kong the USN's air power was flexed as they attacked the port and did very heavy damage to it, triggered many secondary explosions, and there were moderate personnel losses. A Helldiver and a TBF were damaged by AA fire. Japanese ships in the harbor were also struck.
PG Shosei Maru 7 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
DD Tamanami 12 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
PC Ch 12 6 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
Later on another wave of planes attacked and 2 SBDs, 1 SB2C, 3 TBFs and a TBM were damaged by the flak. The port had additional heavy damage, some more secondary explosions were reported, moderate casualties and the Japanese ships were hit once again.
PG Shosei Maru 5 bomb hits, sunk
DD Tamanami 12 bomb hits, sunk
PC Ch 12 2 bomb hits, sunk
TK Zuiyo Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage

At Clark Field the Allied artillery bombardment attack caused moderate Japanese losses.

At Naga the Allied artillery barrages inflicted heavy casualties on the Japanese.

Word has reached the guys that the attack the other day at Clark faced the same as they have experienced here at Naga. “Pound them into dust with bombs and artillery and then we'll have another go,” said one of the replacements. Jay tells him to shut up as the next attack will teach him to respect the enemy, if he lives through it. Jay hasn't been around as long as some, but longer than others and he's smart enough to know that just staying alive is all due to luck. He won't take any foolish chances, but won't leave his pals either.

Sam gave Frankie a bath today and wonders how the dog can manage to get so filthy. Of course the dog loves to roll around in the dirt and one of the docs told him that the dirt kills parasites. Sam muttered something about maybe he should take up the same habits as the dog.

Jim hangs around with nothing to do and he watches some of the guys taking scraps of metal and fashioning them into bracelets and other trinkets to sell and trade to the thousands of guys who are just as bored as he is.

Kurt flew a CAP mission today and tried to remember everything he's been taught and told to do. When they landed his flight leader told him that he'd have to learn to hold his position in the formation better or some Japanese pilot would be picking him off one of these days.

Victory Points Allied 87156 (13722 Strategic) Japanese 44115

the attack the other day at Clark faced the same as they have experienced here at Naga.

Did you mean "fared the same"?

Kudos for keeping the AAR going. It looks like you won't have to use a nuke!

Capt. Harlock thanks for the pat on the back. It hasn't been easy between ral life, not being in the mood, writer's block, etc. to keep after this AAR. It's a possibility.

July 21, 1945 Naga

Intel

28975 men are based at Mishan.
15613 men are based at Hakodate.
Kitachishima Fortress is located at Paramushiro Jima.
Tsugaru Fortress is located at Aomori.
51st Division is located at Hong Kong.
25th Division is located at Harbin.
103rd IJA Base Force is located at Changchun.
1st Army is located at Sian.
North Chishima Fortress is located at Paramushiro Jima.
11th AA Regiment is located at Osaka/Kobe.
197 aircraft are based at Chiamussu.
256166 men are based at Changkufeng.

Recon

OS2U-3 Kingfisher takes recon photos of Toyohara 7 LCUs 2920/2/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Shanghai 1 X DE, 1 X APD, 1 X AK, 7 LCUs 7300/39/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Saigon 3 X AP, 1 LCU 7580/31/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Bangkok 5 aux, 30 LCUs
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Alor Star 39 fighters, 51 aux, 5 LCUs 23580/201/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Singapore 1 X AG, 10 X AP, 10 X DE, 3 X CA, 1 X APD, 1 X MSW, 85 fighters, 160 bombers, 262 aux, 19 LCUs 19620/40/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Clark Field 12 LCUs 81460/684/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Ishieak vacant
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Pamakasan vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Kendari 3 LCUs
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Manila 11 LCUs 57160/195/0

Combat

The Kiwis unloaded over beach at Amboina taking very heavy casualties. 2 Invaders were damaged as they hit for light airstrip damage, light damage to the port, a secondary explosion and very light casualties.

The SS S-38 hit an AK with a torpedo 71 miles E of Soerabaja doing heavy damage to the ship.

The SS Tunny, 17 miles E of Batavia, was attacked by 3 tin cans, but managed to elude them before any real harm was done.

Matsuyama was struck by 102 X B-29 for light heavy industry damage.

Georgetown was jumped by Allied planes for moderate airfield damage, a couple of secondary explosions, a destroyed Zeke and moderate personnel losses.

Gili Gili had very light airstrip damage, heavy casualties and the IJA 21st Division had heavy losses from a few air attacks.

At Tavoy the IJA 31st Division took moderate casualties and the Allies had 2 Mosquito FB.VIs and 3 Beaufighter Mk 21s damaged.

At Clark Field the IJA 54th Ind. Mixed Brigade absorbed heavy losses and there were 2 TBMs, 5 Mitchells, 2 PB4Ys and 1 B-24J damaged. Next up was the IJA 58th Ind. Mixed Brigade and it had very heavy casualties. 8 Lightnings, 3 Jugs (1 downed), 8 Mitchells and 9 Invaders were damaged. Allied artillery chipped in for very heavy Japanese casualties.

The 197th USA Regimental Combat Team, 26 miles N of Toyohara, was attacked by 33 X Grace, 12 X Betty, 11 X Frances, 12 X Peggy and 22 X Frank who were intercepted by 6 X FM-2. A Grace and a Frank were downed as was a Wildcat was damaged while the unit had moderate losses. Questions will be asked about where the P-47Ds were that were assigned to LRCAP duties in that area.

At Naga the Japanese had heavy casualties from the Allied artillery.

Sandy was on one of her hikes and her mind was far away and she forgot all about the time. When she finally got home Dave was sitting on the front porch having a beer, waiting for her. He told her that wandering around the mountains in the dark is dangerous and “For your punishment you'll now have to eat what I prepared for dinner. Wash up and I'll heat up the food.” She just said sorry and OK and headed off to the bathroom wondering what kind of concoction he whipped up.

“So they keep telling us to be ready to go and then they never tell us anything except to be ready,” says Jay's pal. “I'm telling you this army is screwed up. I want to get home and I'm not dumb enough to believe that sitting here in this hole is going to get me there.” Jay agrees though he's leery of the assault on the Japanese positions on the next hill.

Red and Cookie discuss the message sent to them from their lawyer in Honolulu. “What the hell,” said Cookie, “We're so far in debt now what difference does any more make?” Red agrees and they both share the attitude that they can always sell some land to clear the debts if need be. “Our lawyer has thrown some more of his own money into the bottomless pit so he'll either sink of swim with us.” They go to the Captain and Red asks for permission to send a message to the company's Honolulu office so they can send it on to the lawyer and Captain Demasa gives his OK.

Victory Points Allied 87252 (13750 Strategic) Japanese 44138

July 22, 1945 Clark Field

Intel

17th Area Army is located at Tokyo.
2501 men are based at Ikitsuki.
Tsushima Fortress is located at Masan.
23rd Engineer Regiment is located at Inch'on.
26th Aviation Unit is located at Truk.
112th Division is planning for an attack on Mishan.
North China Area Army is located at Wuchow.
3rd Fleet is located at Soerabaja.
6018 men are based at Pusan.
4th Fleet is planning for an attack on Wake Island.
6th Reserve AA Regiment is located at Wonsan.
32nd Special Base Force is located at Malang.
21 aircraft are based at Mishan.
12th AA Regiment is located at Peking.

Recon

OS2U-3 Kingfisher takes recon photos of Toyohara 7 LCUs 29180/164/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Camranh Bay 5 LCUs 24060/195/3
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Krung Thep 8 LCUs 44760/432/4
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Pamakasan vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Kendari 3 LCUs 3200/18/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naga 10 LCUs 116780/1031/7
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Manila 11 LCUs 57460/236/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 1 LCU
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Shanghai 1 X APD, 2 X AK, 7 LCUs 6700/37/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Georgetown 1 fighter, 1 aux, 5 LCUs 15640/14/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Padang vacant
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Clark Field 12 LCUs 80840/656/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Ishieak vacant

Combat

A PBM Mariner spotted an AG-104 at Johore Bahru and claimed a hit.

78 miles E of Teloekbetoeng the SS Sabalo was attacked by 5 X PC who gave her a horrible pounding. The sub will make for port to have her light systems damage repaired.

A naval bombardment of Toyohara resulted in extremely light damage to the airfield and heavy Japanese casualties. The Karafuto Mixed Brigade was being protected by 5 X Irving, 23 X Frank and 2 X Randy when 156 X B-29, 57 X B-24D, 47 X B-25J, 9 X A-26B and 24 X P-51D arrived on the scene. The Mustangs lost 3 planes trying to protect their charges and the AA fire and the fighters that broke through their defense bagged 1 X B-24D (6 damaged) and 3 B-25Js (2 damaged). 5 B-29s and 3 A-26s were also damaged. The unit sustained very heavy losses.

The SS Salmon was brutalized by 4 PCs about 145 miles N of Matsue and the sub was sunk.

The SS S-38 tracked and attacked an AK 16 miles E of Soerabaja, hitting it with 2 torpedoes that destroyed the vessel.

Gili Gili had very light damage done to it's airstrip and had a couple of secondary explosions from 12 X Liberator VI. Another raid later on in the day caught the IJA 21st Division for moderately heavy losses.

At Naga the IJA 43rd Division was hit for moderate casualties and 5 Invaders were damaged. Allied artillery inflicted very heavy losses on the Japanese.

The 197th USA Regimental Combat Team, 16 miles N of Toyohara, was attacked by 32 X Grace, 10 X Betty, 15 X Frances, 10 X Peggy and 25 X Frank. The raiders were intercepted by 51 X P-38J, 35 X P-47D and 12 XFM-2 and they shredded the attackers by splashing 26 X Grace, 10 X Betty, 15 X Frances, 10 X Peggy and 16 X Frank. The Americans had 5 Jugs and 2 Wildcats destroyed and 2 Lightnings and 2 Wildcats were damaged. The unit suffered no harm.

Georgetown was swept by 11 X P-47D who came up empty.

Amboina was bombed by Allied planes who inflicted negligible casualties and had 2 A-26Bs damaged. The Kiwis attacked the Japanese positions, taking some ground and sustaining moderate losses while the Japanese had light casualties.

Near Tokyo 95 X P-51D, some of whom roared in low above the waves to attack the destroyers there and the others were flying shotgun. 8 X Zeke, 25 X Shinden, 28 X Frank and 27 X Tony had other ideas and the furball raged. The Japanese had 6 Zekes, 12 Shindens, 11 Franks and 12 Tonys (1 damaged) shot down and the Americans lost 20 Mustangs (4 damaged) to the Japanese fighters and the flak thrown up by the IJN ships.
DD Kaba 8 shell hits
DD Tochi 16 shell hits
DD Hatsuume 8 shell hits
DD Hatsuzakura 4 shell hits
DD Yadake 4 shell hits
DD Yaezakura 4 shell hits

At Clark Field an Allied assault managed to take no ground, but absorbed very heavy casualties. The Japanese sustained extremely heavy losses, but held their line.

London has been informed that many of the ships for Operation Swift Sword are sailing before dawn. When the news is passed to Churchill he seems to be very happy. He wants very badly to accomplish some big things before the war closes , if for no other reason than to demonstrate to Washington that the UK is not to be disregarded.

“They attacked the Jap lines again today and still haven't been able to make a dent in them?” asks the private. Jay has it all figured out and if he's right then the Japanese know too. Once progress at Clark is made the attacks will begin here at Naga. This doesn't offer him any comfort as he knows that despite the bombings and shellings the Japanese are waiting and determined to make the Americans pay for every inch of ground that they take.

Kurt got to fly a CAP mission today while the more seasoned pilots were off attacking the Japanese ships. Sooner or later he figures that he'll be in on those offensive missions. All he needs to do is keep his nose clean and learn.

Victory Points Allied 87412 (13750 Strategic) Japanese 44205

July 23, 1945 Amboina

Intel

9th Ind. Brigade is located at Changsha.
25th Division is located at Harbin.
138th Division is located at Tokyo.
13th Army is located at Nanning.
4311 men are based at Kyoto.
7th Aviation Rgt is located at Medan.
62nd Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Nanking.
2nd Area Army is located at Soerabaja.
3242 men are based at Anshan.
14528 men are based at Hanoi.
57th Construction Battalion is located at Maizuru.
12th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Nagoya.
110th Division is located at Ichang.

Recon

OS2U-3 Kingfisher takes recon photos of Toyohara 7 LCUs 29220/148/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Saigon 3 X AP, 1 LCU 7780/45/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Tavoy 8 LCUs 77480/760/16
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Padang vacant
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Macassar vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Kendari 3 LCUs 5820/17/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naga 10 LCUs 113400/1027/10
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Clark Field 12 LCUs 81320/664/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 1 LCU
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Sasebo 6 X AK, 1 X DE, 4 LCUs
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Shanghai 1 X APD, 1 X AK, 7 LCUs 6620/36/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Manila 11 LCUs 56700/218/0

Combat

A PBM spotted an AK near Henchow and claimed a hit. In the afternoon 16 X PB4Y attacked the 4 Japanese APs. 2 bombers were damaged and 2 APs each ate a bomb, 1 ship was burning.

Australian troops unloading over beach at Amboina took heavy casualties. An air raid caused a couple of secondary explosions at the cost of a downed A-26B and another damaged. The Kiwis and Aussies assaulted the Japanese defenders taking some more ground, inflicting heavy casualties on the Japanese while having negligible losses of their own.

Okayama had 5 X Frank flying when 124 X B-29 arrived with 45 X P-51D escorts. 4 Franks were shot down and the others fled. The AA fire downed a Superfort and damaged 4 others as they inflicted moderately heavy heavy industry damage. Another wave of 151 B-29s arrived and 2 were damaged by the flak as they caused heavy damage to the heavy industry.

Toyohara was being protected by 4 X Irving, 8 X Frank and 2 X Randy and they managed to chase away a snooping Kingfisher, who escaped without damage. The 15th Engineer Regiment had heavy losses from a pair of air strikes and the CAP was nowhere to be found. In the afternoon the CAP again chased away a Kingfisher without managing to harm it. Allied artillery opened up on the defenders and there were light Japanese losses as a result. Japanese transports flying into and out of Toyohara were intercepted by Allied fighters.

Nagasaki's port was the target for 16 X B-24J (1 downed, 5 damaged) and 21 X P-38J who bulled through 5 Tonys (2 splashed) and 11 Franks (3 destroyed). The port took moderate damage, there was a secondary explosion and personnel losses were placed at extremely light. The Japanese ships in the harbor also caught some bombs.
AK Teiyu Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kyuma Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tatsubato Maru 2 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage
AP Otori Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire, heavy damage
AK Dowa Maru 1 bomb hit, on fire, heavy damage
AP Ayatosan Maru 1 bomb hit, heavy damage
DD Hatsushima 1 bomb hit, on fire, heavy damage

Alor Star had 27 X Zeke, 9 X George and 12 X Jack up when 64 X Mosquito FB.VI and 46 X Thunderbolt II arrived. The Allied fighters destroyed 18 Zekes, 7 Georges and 11 Jacks at the cost of 2 damaged Jugs. The bombers had 3 planes damaged by ground fire as they hit the airstrip for light damage, some secondary explosions, a burning Emily and light casualties.

Georgetown was swept by 17 P-47Ds and they chased, but didn't catch 2 Zekes that were in the area.

Naga was bombed by 44 X B-24D and 41 X B-24J (2 damaged) for moderate airfield damage, light damage to the port, a large number of secondary explosions were reported and troop losses were heavy. The IJA 43rd Division shot down an Invader and damaged 5 others as the Allied planes dumped their bombs off target. Another attack on the same unit 45 minutes later caused very heavy casualties and 11 Invaders and a Liberator were damaged. 3 PB4Ys were damaged as a raid hit for negligible damage to the airfield, a secondary explosion was seen and personnel losses were extremely light. An assault by the Allies gained some ground while inflicting extremely heavy casualties on the Japanese and sustaining very heavy losses of their own.

At Tavoy the IJA 31st Division sustained moderate casualties from an air raid in which a Mosquito FB.VI and a Beaufighter Mk 21 were damaged.

At Clark Field the Allied troops attacked and again failed to gain any ground. The Japanese had extremely heavy casualties and the Allies had heavy losses.

The Yorktown dropped anchor at Takao and Chris' war slows down as the ship replenishes her fuel bunkers, ammo lockers and all of the other things she needs to operate. The first thing he wants to do is get a little time ashore just to walk around with bare feet.

Winston paces, nervous about Operation Swift Sword. This operation must not fail and the RN is throwing just about everything into it. He's still upset that Washington wouldn't even send him some oilers. This Truman fellow is tougher towards Stalin, but Franklin helped his friends more readily.

Jay's unit returned to the line after they had a hot meal and the morning off. He was glad to learn that his company has been placed in reserve and that they missed the attack on the Japanese. He watches the sobering sight of all of the men being transported back to the aid stations and knows that things didn't go so well. Reserve or not it won't be long before they get throw into the meat grinder.

Victory Points Allied 87965 (14214 Strategic) Japanese 44239

July 24, 1945 Naga

Intel

12th Army is located at Hanoi.
145 aircraft are based at Gumma.
22nd Heavy AA Battalion is located at Canton.
8th Ind. Brigade is located at Nanning.
7th Aviation Rgt is located at Medan.
34th Division is located at Kweilin.
8th Division is located at Harbin.
5th Division is located at Soerabaja.
Southeast Fleet is located at Rabaul.

Recon

Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Haiphong 3 X AG, 1 X AP
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Luang Prabang 1 LCU 820/0/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Alor Star 18 fighters, 34 aux, 5 LCUs 27660/259/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Johore Bahru 3 X AG
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Macassar vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Kendari 3 LCUs 4320/13/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naga 10 LCUs 115880/1059/9
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 1 LCU
OS2U-3 Kingfisher takes recon photos of Toyohara 7 LCUs 31160/181/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Tokyo 6 X AK, 6 X AP, 1 X SS, 1 X CA, 63 LCUs
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Kagoshima 3 X AP, 1 X AK, 6 X DE, 1 X CA, 1 X APD, 13 LCUs 1720/18/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Clark Field 12 LCUs 80220/650/0

Combat

Australian troops unloaded over beach at Amboina taking moderately light casualties. An air strike caused a secondary explosion and extremely light losses. The assault gained more ground today with the Japanese having moderate casualties and the Allied forces took light losses.

Okayama was under an umbrella of 29 X Frank when 142 X B-29 arrived. The fighters made a fast slashing attack and then were gone. 2 Franks were shot down and 12 were damaged and then the AA fire took over. 2 B-29s were destroyed and 16 were damaged and the heavy industry took moderate damage.

Toyohara's LRCAP of 4 Irvings, 7 Franks and a Randy were engaged by 6 P-51Ds. In the brief running fight an Irving was splashed and a Mustang was damaged. The Karafuto Mixed Brigade was struck by 80 X TBM (1 damaged), 45 FM-2 (3 downed, 1 damaged)) and 8 F4F-4. First the attackers fought their way through 4 X Irving, 7 X Frank and 1 X Randy and the Japanese lost 4 Irvings and 4 Franks. The attack produced light casualties for the Japanese unit. Later another strike on the Karafuto Mixed Brigade was made by 155 X B-29, 50 X B-24D, 40 X B-25J, 9 X A-26B and 31 X P-38J (1 downed) and 3 Franks and a Randy were killed opposing it. This time around the unit had very heavy losses. The 53rd USA Regimental Combat Team was attacked by 24 X Grace and 12 X P-51D and 9 X FM-2 downed 14 of them, a Mustang was damaged and the unit absorbed extremely light casualties. Then the 197th USA Regimental Combat Team was hit by 13 X Grace, 3 X Betty, 3 X Frances, 4 X Peggy and 19 X Frank. 12 X P-51D, 15 X FM-2 and 6 X F4F-4 intercepted them destroying 1 Grace, 1 Betty (1 damaged), 1 Frances (1 damaged), 3 Peggys and 6 Franks. A Mustang (2 damaged) and a Wildcat (5 damaged) were destroyed and the unit had negligible losses. An air strike caused light port damage and negligible Japanese casualties. Allied artillery barrages failed to harm the Japanese troops. Japanese transports flying into and out of the base were intercepted by roving Mustangs.

Nagasaki was swept by 55 P-38J who attacked 3 X Tony and 8 X Frank. All of the Japanese planes were killed and a Lightning went down and another was damaged.

Bangkok's port was hit for heavy damage, many secondary explosions and very heavy personnel losses. 9 Liberator VIs, 3 Mosquito FB.VIs and 4 Beaufighter Mk 21 were damaged in the attack. Almost immediately after that attack 156 X Liberator VI (14 damaged) unloaded on the airfield for very heavy damage, a huge number of secondary explosions were seen, 4 Topsys were trashed and there were very heavy casualties.

Naga was raided unsuccessfully due to overcast and the planes departed, never finding their target. Another strike a couple of hours later managed to do moderate airfield damage, moderate port damage, a very large number of secondary explosions were claimed and casualties were moderate, 3 B-24Ds and 2 B-24Js were damaged. The IJA 43rd Division was struck twice by Allied planes for very heavy losses and a B-24D and a B-25J were damaged. The IJA 55th Ind. Mixed Brigade was saved from harm by low lying cloud cover and the Allied planes departed the area. A Liberator was damaged as a raid did very light damage to the airstrip. The Allied ground attack gained ground with both sides having extremely heavy casualties.

Gili Gili had light airstrip damage and very light troop losses.

At Clark Field the IJA 54th Ind. Mixed Brigade was hit 2 times by Allied aircraft for very heavy casualties. 6 Mitchells, 1 TBM, 4 PB4Ys and 1 B-24J were damaged. The IJA 58th Ind. Mixed Brigade was jumped by marauding Allied planes for heavy losses. A pair of liberators were damaged. Allied artillery caused heavy Japanese casualties.

Near Haichow 6 X PB4Y attacked a pair of APs, hitting 1 of them with 2 bombs that started a fire. Another 4 X PB4Y arrived later and hit an AP with2 bombs, doing heavy damage and triggering fires. 17 X PB4Y arrived in the late afternoon and 1 was damaged as an AP was hit by a bomb and 2 others were hit 4 times each by bombs for heavy damage and raging fires.

Manila was attacked by 24 Helldivers (1 downed, 10 damaged) who did extremely light damage to the airfield, caused a secondary explosion and inflicted moderate casualties.

The British ships continue to steam towards their destination. More ships will follow, but this is a mightiest force that the RN has assembled since D-Day. So much depends on each arm of the military in this operation.

Excitement runs through Bill's veins as he reads his orders. The Mighty Mo is to make ready to depart Cotabato and sail for Ulithi. Escorting vessels are on their way for her and the New Jersey. Maybe the proper repairs can now get done to his ship.

Jay can't believe that his unit's time as a reserve was up and they went forward in the afternoon as his division tried to sustain a little momentum. What they got was 2 guys in the squad wounded. One of them looks like his war is over, if he survives while the other guy is expected back tomorrow or the next day.

Sam continues to hear all kinds of scuttlebutt about the 25th being pulled off of Tori Shima to go fight here or there. We're still here though, he thinks. As he stares at the ceiling of the hut he knows that for an infantryman in a war this is luxury. Just then, from under his cot, Frankie breaks breeze and the guys in the next cots all complained about the smell.

Victory Points Allied 88086 (14260 Strategic) Japanese 44295

July 25, 1945 Naga

Intel

93042 men are based at Sapporo.
216th Division is located at Maizuru.
Elements of the 2nd Mongolian Cavalry Division are located at Tsingtao.
25th Engineer Regiment is located at Sendai.
46th Construction Battalion is located at Harbin.
129th IJA Base Force is located at Ominato.
144th IJA Base Force is located at Pisanuloke.
6th Army is planning for an attack on Hailar.
55 ships are based at Tokyo.
12034 men are based at Pisanuloke.
28446 men are based at Iwo Jima.
Ankei SNLF is located at Changsha.
12th Ind. Mixed Regiment is planning for an attack on Wake Island.
35th Division is planning for an attack on Kweiyang.
8th Hvy Gun Regiment is located at Harbin.

Recon

OS2U-3 Kingfisher takes recon photos of Toyohara 7 LCUs 31900/176/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Osaka/Kobe 2 X AP, 15 LCUs 7020/113/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Balikpapan 5 LCUs 3720/15/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Macassar vacant
A-26B Invader takes recon photos of Amboina 4 LCUs 19060/28/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naga 10 LCUs 114040/1044/11
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Manila 11 LCUs 57540/229/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Clark Field 12 LCUs 79860/696/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 1 LCU

Combat

A PBM Mariner spotted an AK at Takamatsu and claimed a hit.

A naval bombardment of Toyohara caused moderate damage to the airfield, heavy port damage, an impossibly huge number of secondary explosions were observed and casualties were extremely heavy. An air attack on the Karafuto Mixed Brigade was met by 1 Irving, 15 Franks and 3 Randys. All of the Japanese fighters were destroyed except for the 7 Franks who ran for home. 1 TBM was damaged, 13 FM-2s went down and 3 dash 4 Wildcats were splashed. The unit had light losses. The 53rd USA Regimental Combat Team was attacked by 15 X Grace, 7 X Betty, 6 X Peggy and 13 X Frank who were greeted by 13 X P-51D and 11 X FM-2. A Grace, 5 Bettys, and 4 Franks were splashed and 2 Peggys were damaged. 2 Wildcats were downed and 2 more damaged and the unit had moderate casualties. 5 Franks tried to thwart a raid by planes and died for their efforts. The port was lightly hit and a couple of secondary explosions were seen. Allied artillery added light Japanese losses to today's tally. Japanese transport planes were intercepted by Allied fighters.

Aussie troops unloading over beach at Amboina had heavy losses. The 15th Engineer Regiment had heavy casualties from 2 air attacks. The Allied assault took more ground and the Japanese had heavy losses while their attackers had very light casualties.

Bangkok was raided by Allied planes and the port had light damage, some secondary explosions were observed and casualties were moderate.

At Clark Field the IJA 54th Ind. Mixed Brigade was jumped on by Allied planes for heavy losses. 1 Jug went down (1 damaged), 4 Lightnings were damaged, 2 Mitchells took damage and an Invader was also damaged. The IJA 58th Ind. Mixed Brigade was attacked twice by planes for extremely heavy casualties. 5 Mitchells, 3 Invaders, 1 Thunderbolt and 6 Lightnings were damaged. The Allied forces attacked the Japanese positions and again failed to take any ground. The Japanese had extremely heavy losses as did the Allies. Intel said the Japanese suffered 3 times the casualties that the Americans did in the fighting.

The 89th Chinese Corps, 39 miles W of Sian, was hit by 6 X Peggy and 11 X Frank for moderate losses.

At Naga an air raid did negligible damage to the airstrip and caused a couple of secondary explosions. An Allied assault took ground and both sides had extremely heavy casualties.

The SS Hawkbill, 77 miles N of Batavia, managed to elude 5 PCs that were hunting her before they could do any harm.

Churchill is driving the Admiralty crazy as he's constantly fretting about Operation Swift Sword. He's aware that the latest intel from the US indicates that it is thought that there are anywhere from 2 to 5 BBs in the CBI. “Where are these ships and are we ready for them if they suddenly appear?” he asks. Despite efforts to sooth him Winston is still fretting as he finally leaves.

The Mighty Mo sailed for Ulithi today. Bill stood on the bridge as a LT JG took the ship out of the harbor. He thought to himself that this kid is a natural who can go far, if he applies himself. Thinking of the young man as a kid makes him wonder if the weight of command makes other skippers feel so old too. He leaves the bridge and takes some time to write a letter to Sandy.

Jay flops into the freshly dug hole and announces that the first person to wake him up risks bodily harm. The other guys left in the squad just smile because they feel the same way. Nobody got hurt today, but the Japanese held their line so the stalemate continues as the bloodletting goes on.

Victory Points Allied 88156 (14260 Strategic) Japanese 44336

July 26, 1945 Naga

Intel

2nd AA Regiment is located at Tokyo.
8th Construction Battalion is located at Sining.
29th Division is located at Harbin.
15th Tank Regiment is located at Kweilin.
34th Construction Battalion is planning for an attack on Tsitsihar.
7th AF Construction Battalion is located at Soerabaja.
Imperial Guards Division is located at Maizuru.
Hensui Construction Battalion is located at Sasebo.
15th Mixed Brigade is located at Hong Kong.
48th Division is located at Brunei.
Imperial Guards Division is located at Maizuru.
8th Ind. Brigade is planning for an attack on Chungking.
125th Division is located at Tokyo.

Recon

Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Hanoi 6 LCUs 7100/30/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Siemrem Reap vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Samarinda vacant
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Clark Field 14 LCUs 101460/866/0
OS2U-3 Kingfisher takes recon photos of Toyohara 7 LCUs 30420/104/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Macassar vacant

Combat

A PBM Mariner spotted an AK at Okayama, claiming a hit.

Australian troops unloading over beach at Amboina had moderate casualties. The Allied assault took more ground and they had light losses while the Japanese defenders sustained moderate casualties.

Near Batavia the SS Escolar stalked and then attacked an AP and a PG. She hit the AP with 2 torpedoes that caused heavy damage and triggered fires.

At Gili Gili an air raid caused light damage to the airstrip and a secondary explosion. The IJA 21st Division had heavy losses in another air attack.

At Toyohara the Karafuto Mixed Brigade took moderate casualties from a raid made by 92 X TBM, 52 X FM-2 (2 downed, 1 damaged) and 7 X F4F-4. 5 Franks and 2 Randys opposed them and both Randys were splashed., the Franks declining to give battle. The 15th Engineer Regiment was hit by 6 X B-24J, 6 X PB4Y, 3 X Invader and 3 X P-38J for moderate losses. Another strike by 8 X PB4Y heaped on moderate losses for the unit. The 53rd USA Regimental Combat Team was hit by 14 X Grace, 3 X Betty, 9 X Peggy and 13 X Frank. They were intercepted by 17 X P-38J and 8 X FM-2 who splashed 5 X Grace, 1 X Betty (1 damaged), 1 X Peggy (1 damaged) and 6 X Frank. A Lightning was damaged and a Wildcat went down and another was damaged while the LCU was unharmed. Later 3 Franks tried to stop a raid and 2 were shot down and though no facilities were damaged there were a couple of secondary explosions seen. Japanese transport planes were intercepted by Allied fighters. An Allied ground attack swept aside the defenders, taking the base with the Japanese suffering very heavily, as did the Allies.

At Naga the IJA 43rd Division had very heavy casualties from 2 air attacks in which 3 X P-38J were damaged. The IJA 55th Ind. Mixed Brigade had heavy losses from a strike by Allied planes. Ground was taken by the Allied ground attack with both sides having extremely heavy casualties.

At Clark Field the IJA 58th Ind. Mixed Brigade was hit from the air for very heavy casualties and 2 Lightnings, 7 Jugs, 2 Mitchells and 2 Invaders were damaged in the attack. The Allied troops stormed the Japanese positions, taking some ground while absorbing extremely heavy losses. The Japanese had extremely heavy casualties and intel thought they had suffered twice as much as the attackers.

The 89th Chinese Corps, 38 miles W of Sian, was attacked by 4 Peggys and 11 Franks. A LRCAP of 10 P-40Ns knocked down a Peggy and lost 6 fighters in the process. Negligible losses were taken by the LCU.

Word was passed to President Truman that the British have elected a new PM. He wonders what dealing with this man will be like and returns his focus to the briefing being given for an operation named Thunder. This operation will we the final move prior to an invasion of Japan itself, Operation Lightning.

Jay flops down and his pal tosses him a can of something or other to eat. Jay doesn't care what it is and it really doesn’t even register as he's so worn out. The sarge got hit today and nobody knows if he'll be returning to them. The thought of a new man coming in and taking charge doesn't sit real well with the guys, but at this rate it doesn't really matter as they'll all get wounded or worse.

Clement Attle was elected PM of Great Britain.

Victory Points Allied 88781 (14260 Strategic) Japanese 44373

Game Declares Allied Decisive Victory! Japanese Refuse To Surrender!

Game Declares Allied Decisive Victory! Japanese Refuse To Surrender!

Congratulations! (And for once the Japanese being stubborn is a good thing, since we may get to see Operation Swift Sword.)

Though I'm very please to have been awarded a victory, I believe that Steve and I were both winners in our war as we've had years of challenges and enjoyment.

July 27, 1945 West Of Bankha

Intel


91st Division is located at Sapporo.
230th Division is located at Hiroshima/Kure.
Elements of the 8th Mongolian Cavalry Division are planning for an attack on Tabun-Nur.
12036 men are based at Pisanuloke.
41st AA Regiment is located at Changchun.
7th Ind. Brigade is located at Changsha.
53rd Heavy AA Battalion is located at Mutanchiang.
8th Division is located at Harbin.
7th Tank Regiment is located at Singapore.
107th IJA Base Force is located at Pusan.
7th AA Regiment is located at Gumma.
22nd Heavy AA Battalion is planning for an attack on Chungking.
7th Heavy AA Battalion is planning for an attack on Hailar.
10th Construction Battalion is planning for an attack on Tsitsihar.
5th Army is located at Harbin.
56631 men are based at Nagoya.

Recon

PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Nagoya 11 X AP, 7 LCUs
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Nanning 21 fighters, 28 aux, 10 LCUs 46280/469/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Kompong Trach vacant
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Macassar vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Naga 10 LCUs 113820/1019/9
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Manila 9 LCUs 34480/35/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Clark Field 14 LCUs 101600/846/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lamon Bay 1 LCU
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Samarinda vacant

Combat

Shimuzu’s heavy industry took moderately heavy damage from 255 X B-29 and all of the planes departed unharmed.

Nagasaki was attacked by 90 X B-29 and AA fire damaged 7 of them as they unloaded on the heavy industry doing moderate damage.

Bangkok was being protected by 49 X Frank and 27 X Tony when 146 unescorted Liberator VIs arrived. 14 Franks (22 damaged) and 6 Tonys (15 damaged) were lost by the Japanese. After bulling their way through the fighters the flak took it's toll and 27 Liberator VIs were destroyed and 83 were damaged from all causes. The airfield was heavily damaged, there were many secondary explosions reported, 9 Peggys and 6 Topsys were destroyed on the ground and casualties were very heavy.

Gili Gili had extremely light airfield damage and very light personnel losses. Then the South Seas Det. was hit for very heavy casualties.

Near Toyohara the Karafuto Mixed Brigade had moderate casualties from an air attack. Japanese forces were attacked and both sides took very heavy losses.

At Amboina the 15th Engineer Regiment had extremely light losses from an air raid. An Allied assault gained ground and the Japanese had moderate casualties and the Allies light losses.

At Naga IJA 43rd Division was struck from the air 4 times for extremely heavy casualties. 1 F4U-1, 1 TBM, 1 A-26B, 1 PB4Y, 1 B-24D, 1 B-24J and 4 P-38Js were damaged in the attacks. The IJA 55th Ind. Mixed Brigade was jumped twice by Allied aircraft for heavy losses, 3 Lightnings were damaged in the strikes. The Allies assaulted the Japanese positions and broke the defensive lines, but didn't take the base. Both sides sustained extremely heavy casualties in the fighting.

At Clark Field the IJA 58th Ind. Mixed Brigade had very heavy casualties from an air attack in which a Mitchell and 4 PB4Ys were damaged. The IJA 61st Ind. Mixed Brigade had extremely heavy losses from 3 air strikes. 3 Lightnings, 1 Thunderbolt and a PB4Y were damaged in the attacks. The Allied attack gained ground today and both sides took extremely heavy casualties, but intel thought the loss ratio was 2:1 in the Allies favor.

39 miles W of Sian the 89th Chinese Corps was attacked by 4 Peggys and 11 Franks who were met by 10 Warhawks. A P-40N was downed as was a Peggy (1 damaged). The unit escaped harm.

The IJN ships about 205 miles W of Bankha were attacked by 70 X Avenger II (1 downed, 16 damaged), 24 X Barracuda (7 damaged), 10 X Firefly, 61 X Corsair IV and 25 X Hellcat II with the following results.
BB Ise 6 torpedo hits, sunk
BB Fuso 5 torpedo hits, sunk
Another strike of 9 X Avenger II and 8 X Corsair IV did no harm. A little later 9 X Avenger II and 14 X Hellcat II also managed to do no harm. Then 9 X PB4Y (3 damaged), 53 X Mosquito FB.VI (1 downed, 1 damaged), 48 X Thunderbolt II and 20 X P-47D arrived and the CA Aoba took a bomb hit despite the masterful handling by her skipper, who evaded the rain storm of bombs. 17 X Irving arrived on the scene in time to be shot down by the CAP of of 14 X Firefly, 80 X Corsair IV (1 damaged) and 38 X Hellcat II. Another 6 X Irving were present in the afternoon and the CAP of 80 Corsair IV, 38 X Hellcat II (1 damaged) and 14 X Firefly splashed them all. The Aoba's luck ran out when 68 X Avenger II (2 downed, 34 damaged), 15 X Barracuda (12 damaged), 59 X Corsair IV, 31 X Hellcat II and 10 X Firefly attacked her and the other Japanese ships present. The Aoba was struck by 4 torpedoes that left her a twisted and burning hulk that broke in two and disappeared. Then 6 X PB4Y, 34 X Mosquito FB.VI (1 damaged), 24 X Thunderbolt II and 9 X P-47D attacked, but missed their targets. Later 6 X Mosquito FB.VI, 21 X Thunderbolt II and 8 X P-47D arrived and accomplished nothing. Then a surface encounter happened.
Japanese Ships
CL Yahagi 2 shell hits
CL Oi 1 shell hit
DD Kiyoshimo
DD Tsubaki 1 shell hits, on fire
DD Tachibana
DD Sumire 1 shell hit
Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales 1 shell hit
BB Howe
BB King George V
BB Anson
CA Norfolk
CA Dorsetshire
CL Bermuda
DD Verulam
DD Kempenfelt
DD Whirlwind
DD Wizard
DD Wrangler
DD Myngs
The Japanese tried to disengage, but the RN wouldn't allow it and the guns erupted once again.
Japanese Ships
CL Yahagi 1 shell hit
CL Oi 1 s hell hit
DD Kiyoshimo 7 shell hits, on fire, heavy damage
DD Tsubaki 9 shell hits, on fire, heavy damage
DD Tachibana 6 shell hits, on fire, heavy damage
DD Sumire 3 shell hits, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales 1 shell hits
BB Howe
BB King George V
BB Anson
CA Norfolk
CA Dorsetshire
CL Bermuda
DD Verulam
DD Kempenfelt
DD Whirlwind
DD Wizard, Shell hits 1
DD Wrangler
DD Myngs
Again the IJN tried unsuccessfully to break free, but the RN managed to prevent it from happening.
Japanese Ships
CL Yahagi
CL Oi 1 shell hits
DD Kiyoshimo 1 shell hits, on fire, heavy damage
DD Tsubaki sunk
DD Tachibana 1 shell hits, on fire, heavy damage
DD Sumire 1 shell hit, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales
BB Howe
BB King George V
BB Anson
CA Norfolk
CA Dorsetshire
CL Bermuda
DD Verulam
DD Kempenfelt
DD Whirlwind
DD Wizard
DD Wrangler
DD Myngs
The RN continued the fight and once more stopped the IJN from fleeing.
Japanese Ships
CL Yahagi
CL Oi
DD Kiyoshimo 2 shell hits, on fire, heavy damage
DD Tachibana on fire, heavy damage
DD Sumire 2 shell hits, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales
BB Howe
BB King George V
BB Anson
CA Norfolk
CA Dorsetshire
CL Bermuda
DD Verulam
DD Kempenfelt
DD Whirlwind
DD Wizard
DD Wrangler
DD Myngs
The Japanese commander must have realized that by now there was going to be no tomorrow for his ships as the RN once more blasted away.
Japanese Ships
CL Yahagi 2 shell hits, on fire, heavy damage
CL Oi 1 shell hit
DD Kiyoshimo sunk
DD Tachibana 1 shell hit, sunk
DD Sumire on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales
BB Howe
BB King George V
BB Anson
CA Norfolk
CA Dorsetshire
CL Bermuda
DD Verulam
DD Kempenfelt
DD Whirlwind
DD Wizard
DD Wrangler
DD Myngs
Then another RN surface combat TF arrived and got into the act.
Japanese Ships
CL Yahagi 3 shell hits, on fire, heavy damage
CL Oi 1 shell hit
DD Sumire 2 shell hits, sunk
Allied Ships
BB Nelson
BB Valiant
BB Queen Elizabeth
CA London
CL Swiftsure
DD Teazer
DD Tenacious
DD Termagant
DD Terpsichore
DD Troubridge
DD Tumult
The dwindling Japanese fleet continued to be pounded by the RN.
Japanese Ships
CL Yahagi 4 shell hits, on fire, heavy damage
CL Oi
Allied Ships
BB Nelson
BB Valiant
BB Queen Elizabeth
CA London
CL Swiftsure
DD Teazer
DD Tenacious
DD Termagant
DD Terpsichore
DD Troubridge
DD Tumult
The British wouldn't be happy without a completed job.
Japanese Ships
CL Yahagi 12hell hits , on fire, heavy damage
CL Oi
Allied Ships
BB Nelson
BB Valiant
BB Queen Elizabeth
CA London
CL Swiftsure
DD Teazer
DD Tenacious
DD Termagant
DD Terpsichore
DD Troubridge
DD Tumult
The RN continued with the carnage despite looming darkness.
Japanese Ships
DD Kusunoki 9 shell hits, sunk
Allied Ships
BB Nelson
BB Valiant
BB Queen Elizabeth
CA London
CL Swiftsure
DD Teazer
DD Tenacious
DD Termagant
DD Terpsichore
DD Troubridge
DD Tumult

Near Haichow 6 X PB4Y hit an AP with 4 bombs that wrecked the ship. Another 6 X PB4Y arrived and they hit an AP with 2 bombs for heavy damage and fires and another AP with 4 bombs that did heavy damage and triggered fires.

Admiral Vian has ordered the ships to return to Sabang as he won't chance continuing the mission when his BBs are almost out of ammunition. Later in his cabin with a few of his closest confidants he curses his luck and the lack of ammunition that is forcing him to come about. “The PM will have my throat for this decision, but if we continue and the Japanese throw more ships at us he'll have my throat and I'll be responsible for many dead lads. If we get lucky the Japanese will have virtually nothing to try and stop us with when we return after replenishing at Sabang. Let Admiral Sommerville know immediately as his BBs' lack of ammunition is probably worrying him to death.”

Jay's company was held in reserve today and wasn't thrown into the fight. The guys are immune to the sights, smells and sounds surrounding them. Their world is in chaos and even when in reserve they were pressed into duty as stretcher bearers. There weren't enough stretchers for all of the wounded and the collection points were crowded while the wounded awaited transport to aid stations. Once the day was done Jay was exhausted and then they were told that they'd be back in the fighting after their breather. “They think that today was a rest?” asks Jay. “Are they joking? The only difference is that we weren't shooting back at them today. Another member of the squad was hit today as the Japanese paid special attention to the stretcher bearers.

Pete sips on a cup of tea as he reads the newspaper about all of the fighting going on in some places that he's never heard of. Later Sylvia and Pearl stop by to say hi to him just before the afternoon crowd pops by. Pearl is 15 months old and she's showing signs of walking. Everybody's told the proud parents that as soon as Pearl is walking they'll never have a moments peace.

Victory Points Allied 89301 (14322 Strategic) Japanese 44444