West Wind, Clear - Rybka (J) vs. Skipjack (A)

[Skipjack_]

6/26/44: Mop-up operations conducted in Java ... air duels between the japanese-held southern Philippines and the allied bases from Palau to Celebes ... B29s continue to work over Nagoya ... British BBs bombard Jap holdouts at Timor.

Losses (Jap/Allied)
Squads 47/4
AFVs 24/0
Guns 143/12
Aircraft 207/129
Ships 3/0

7/3/44: 56th Group eliminated in Surabaya ... mop-up operations assisted with bombardment on Timor, Kendari ... Guam receives a preliminary softening up from the Pacific Fleet ... Timor defenders eliminated at the end-of-turn.

Losses (Jap/Allied)
Squads 212/1
AFVs 34/0
Guns 205/10
Aircraft 197/119

7/10/44: Guam invaded by the 6th U.S. Army and wrested away from the IJA defenders (2 Divisions + 1 Bde) ... 66th IJA Div continues to resist in Kendari ...

Losses (Jap/Allied)
Squads 201/41
AFVs 15/4
Guns 147/4
Aircraft 431/230

7/17/44: Morotai invaded and taken from the IJA 1/24 Bde ... Acting on intelligence that indicates Sumatra and Malaya are lightly defended, the allies launch invasions from the DEI. The U.S. 33rd Div takes Palembang (undefended), 14th Army lands 3 Divisions and an Armored Bde in KL to begin a lightning campaign to retake the Peninsula.

Losses (Jap/Allied)
Squads 140/2
AFVs 19/0
Guns 54/6
Aircraft 376/264

[Capt. Harlock]

The U.S. 33rd Div takes Palembang (undefended)

That's got to hurt both the National Oil Reserve and the VP's for bases controlled. Nice play.

[Skipjack_]

ORIGINAL: Capt. Harlock

That's got to hurt both the National Oil Reserve and the VP's for bases controlled. Nice play.

Yes, when SIGINT showed very little defenses, I felt like a door had been left open and I needed to "rush in" [:D]

[Skipjack_]

7/24/44: Operation Malaysian Lightning: Thanks to the VC2 Victory AK, troops landed in Kuala Lumpur arrived with supplies, and quickly fan out to gobble up territory. Americal Div takes Kuantan, 1st Marine Div takes Jitra, 33rd U.S. Inf Div takes Oosthaven, 254 Arm Bde takes Singapore over the 10th IJA division defending - the only base in the Malaya/Sumatra operation that has yet to be found defended. [8D]

Meanwhile resupply efforts are sent to Moratai, bombardment supplements continued operations on Guam and Kendari (66th IJA Div has been reborn tough, it just will not give up), IJN transports hit exiting Singapore - 2 MCS/APs sunk. Goonie birds based in Java are busy flying supplies to Sumatra and Singapore.

Losses (Jap/Allied)
Squads 54/19
AFVs 8/0
Guns 32/8
Aircraft 413/148
Ships 2/0

[Capt. Harlock]

Thanks to the VC2 Victory AK, troops landed in Kuala Lumpur arrived with supplies, and quickly fan out to gobble up territory. Americal Div takes Kuantan, 1st Marine Div takes Jitra, 33rd U.S. Inf Div takes Oosthaven, 254 Arm Bde takes Singapore over the 10th IJA division defending - the only base in the Malaya/Sumatra operation that has yet to be found defended.

Nice work -- but an Armoured brigade overpowering a dug-in division? The electron gods were kind to you.

And are those Amercan LCU's now attached to the British 14th army? Well, Slim probably makes a better commander than MacArthur.[:D]

[Skipjack_]

ORIGINAL: Capt. Harlock

Nice work -- but an Armoured brigade overpowering a dug-in division? The electron gods were kind to you.

And are those Amercan LCU's now attached to the British 14th army? Well, Slim probably makes a better commander than MacArthur.[:D]

The IJA Division must have just arrived - no entrenchments and readiness of 9 [X(].
Marines under British command - MacArthur is no doubt upset, but he will just have to get over it. [:'(]

[Skipjack_]

7/31/44: CINCPAC declares Guam secure, as all but a few fanatic holdouts are wiped out - they will not surrender until 1972 ... 1st Marine Division takes Bangkok (undefended), the jarheads remark working for the Brits ain't all bad, Malaya has been a milk run so far ... Marcus Island attacked by U.S. Airborne Div, SIGINT inaccurate, it was actually heavily defended, despite bombardment and CV support, the beaches were a bloody disaster, after 4 days of fighting, the remenents of the division fight inland and take the base ... Invasion of Pagan Island goes smoother, taken with relatively low losses as CV and BB bombardment plus a multi-division attack roll over the defenders.

Losses (Jap/Allied)
Squads 512/288
AFVs 52/20
Guns 158/28
Aircraft 504/208
Ships 5/0

[Skipjack_]

8/7/44: 66th IJA Div wiped out in Kendari ... supplies are escorted in to Pagan ...

Losses (Jap/Allied)
Squads 66/0
AFVs 12/0
Guns 48/12
Aircraft 360/211

8/14/44: 10th IJA Inf Div wiped out in Singapore ... Singora and Khota Bharu taken by NZ Bdes ... U.S. Pacific Fleet launches a raid on Tokyo! But first the IJN reacts and strikes at them off Marcus Island - U.S. CVs win the air duel with TF1 and sink the Kaga plus a CVE, Akagi damaged ... IJN SCTF also reacts and the last Jap BBs duel with the latest U.S. BBs, 2 Kongo BBs sunk plus and Agano CL, U.S. lose 2 DDs with 2 CAs damaged - 1 heavily. U.S. TFs arrive off Japan and strikes port facilities, sinking 28 MCS and 8 Tankers.

[Skipjack_]

8/14/44 continued - but Rybka was ready for an incursion like this, Kamis strike back - a fearsome wave of 177 G4M/A6Ms flies in and claims the Ticonderoga, plus damaging the Hancock [:@]

[Capt. Harlock]

Needed more CAP -- I guess your exchange with the Japanese CV's weakened your defense. Nice BB exchange, though!

[Rybka]

[font="times new roman"]Because IJN is evidently crushed, I tack some details to last battles.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]The battle of aircraft carriers[/font]
[font="times new roman"]The first Japanese wave got through CAP successfuly and (despite heavy flak) scored one hit. I didn´t expect more. US/UK strike lost nearly half of bombers in fights with defending Reisens (if I remember correctly), but those remaining scored some hits. Then Japanese prepared second strike - 100 bombers and only handful of Reisens. They should stay on the ships instead. Only 3 bombers got through CAP. Second allied strike scored another hits. After that both fleets lost contact and headed home. Japanese commander felt satisfied, because he stopped allied TF and didn´t lost any ships. Of course, every CV was damaged and Akagi and one CVE burnt fiercely, but salvage operations went on well.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Then a disaster came.[/font]
[font="times new roman"]Remaining Reisens had to land for refueling and rearming. Suddenly rumbling noise of aircraft engines fill the air. Americans are coming again! Absolutely unmolested, they could choose the best target. The first was burning CVE and they sank her quickly. Then they concentrated on Soryu. Only 1 or 2 hits before they had to come back to Marcus Island, but that was enough. Soryu stopped dead in the water and fire broke out. Despite heavy effort, she exploded later.[/font]
[font="times new roman"]Even damaged Akagi didn´t escape her fate. Next turn, she was sunk by submarine.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Surface combats[/font]
[font="times new roman"]It was clear defeat. My last BBs Yamato, Nagato and Kongo were crushed by Iowa and 2-3 South Dakota class BBs. Only Yamato was able to fight back, but Iowa class BB was better. And only Yamato survived.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]There was one more surface combat. Or slaughter more likely. Another allied SCTF surprised CVL Mizuho with bunch of DDs near Tokyo bay. Mizuho fought well, but she was shoot to pieces literally. DDs was sunk too, naturally.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]If I remember correctly, in this allied raid participated 4 carr. TFs and 3 SCTFs. Carr. TF attacked by Betties didn´t participate in the battle with carriers, it was simply the smallest one.[/font]

[Capt. Harlock]

It was clear defeat. My last BBs Yamato, Nagato and Kongo were crushed by Iowa and 2-3 South Dakota class BBs. Only Yamato was able to fight back, but Iowa class BB was better. And only Yamato survived.

Still, at least they went out fighting.[;)]

[Skipjack_]

ORIGINAL: Rybka

[font="times new roman"]Because IJN is evidently crushed, I tack some details to last battles.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]The battle of aircraft carriers[/font]
[font="times new roman"]The first Japanese wave got through CAP successfuly and (despite heavy flak) scored one hit. I didn´t expect more. US/UK strike lost nearly half of bombers in fights with defending Reisens (if I remember correctly), but those remaining scored some hits. Then Japanese prepared second strike - 100 bombers and only handful of Reisens. They should stay on the ships instead. Only 3 bombers got through CAP. Second allied strike scored another hits. After that both fleets lost contact and headed home. Japanese commander felt satisfied, because he stopped allied TF and didn´t lost any ships. Of course, every CV was damaged and Akagi and one CVE burnt fiercely, but salvage operations went on well.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Then a disaster came.[/font]
[font="times new roman"]Remaining Reisens had to land for refueling and rearming. Suddenly rumbling noise of aircraft engines fill the air. Americans are coming again! Absolutely unmolested, they could choose the best target. The first was burning CVE and they sank her quickly. Then they concentrated on Soryu. Only 1 or 2 hits before they had to come back to Marcus Island, but that was enough. Soryu stopped dead in the water and fire broke out. Despite heavy effort, she exploded later.[/font]
[font="times new roman"]Even damaged Akagi didn´t escape her fate. Next turn, she was sunk by submarine.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Surface combats[/font]
[font="times new roman"]It was clear defeat. My last BBs Yamato, Nagato and Kongo were crushed by Iowa and 2-3 South Dakota class BBs. Only Yamato was able to fight back, but Iowa class BB was better. And only Yamato survived.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]There was one more surface combat. Or slaughter more likely. Another allied SCTF surprised CVL Mizuho with bunch of DDs near Tokyo bay. Mizuho fought well, but she was shoot to pieces literally. DDs was sunk too, naturally.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]If I remember correctly, in this allied raid participated 4 carr. TFs and 3 SCTFs. Carr. TF attacked by Betties didn´t participate in the battle with carriers, it was simply the smallest one.[/font]

Interesting how different the VCR was - I didn't see the Mizuho surface combat. Thanks for posting the other side of the story.

[Skipjack_]

Some updates:

8/21/44: U.S. Task forces return to port, otherwise fairly quiet ...

Losses (Jap/Allied)
Squads 12/0
AFVs 2/0
Guns 36/10
Aircraft 293/140

8/28/44: 6th Army lands in 4 waves on Cagayan and takes it ... 8th Army lands in 2 waves and secures Davao ... 14th Army lands with Australian and U.S forces on Tricomolee and take it from the 2/INA Bde ...

Losses (Jap/Allied)
Squads 425/230
AFVs 85/14
Guns 242/30
Aircraft 725/299

9/4/44: Medan taken (undefended) ... supplies brought in to Cagayan & Davao ...

Losses (Jap/Allied)
Squads 80/12
AFVs 13/1
Guns 76/4
Aircraft 736/433

[Koniev]

Hmmm - seems your a little behind historically, Skip.  How 'bout a score and a ship sunk pic?

[Skipjack_]

ORIGINAL: Koniev

Hmmm - seems your a little behind historically, Skip.  How 'bout a score and a ship sunk pic?

Well, I made it back to the Philipines before October 44 - but I bypassed more than in history [;)]

Here are the sunk and score screens:

[Skipjack_]

9/11/44:

1st Marine Div takes Rangoon (undefended) ... Jap airstrike from Luzon hits Cagayan but loses over 100 aircraft, for 38 defenders lost ... Osaka, Nagoya, Tokyo hit by B29 night raids ... supplies are escorted in to Cagayan and Davao ... transports arrive in Tricomolee ...

Losses (Jap/Allied)
Squads 40/0
AFVs 12/0
Guns 53/6
Aircraft 516/308

[Skipjack_]

9/18/44:

8th Army attacks in Davao, eliminating the 1/38th IJA Bde ... 3rd AUS Div and the 4th AUS Armoured Bde attack in Colombo, but cannot take it from the 1/1 INA Bde ... Phnom Phen taken by a NZ Bde ... Cagayan airfield struck from Luzon for a 2nd week, with similar results.

Allies decide to launch several landings at once, in a a shotgun approach to grab territory in Celebes, Borneo and the Phillipines ... The 5th Indian Div takes Maccassar (undefended) ... 2/4 IJA Inf Bde on Cebu withstands the assault of the 6th U.S. Div ... 45th Ind Bde overcome by the 32nd U.S. Div at Leyte, it retreats to Samar ... the 4th Marine Div takes Negros (undefended) ... 3rd Marine Div takes Panay (undefended) ... 38th U.S. Div takes Jolo (undefended) ...

Losses (Jap/Allied)
Squads 243/101
AFVs 27/6
Guns 96/14
Aircraft 458/302

[Skipjack_]

9/25/44: Kamis from Miri sink 2 APAs bringing supplies to Jolo ... Transport TF hit by Kamis bringing supplies to Negros; Fletcher & Tribal DDs sunk, 2 AMC class APs sunk ... CVE damaged off Balikpapan, but the 5th Indian Div takes the base ... 9th AUS Inf Div takes the Andaman Islands (undefended) ... British 36th Div and Cdo Bde attempt Tarakan with CV and BB support, but SNLF and 1/1 Tank Bde hold them off ... U.S. CVs finally arrive to help cover supply operations in the Phillipines, but they are too late help. However, they manage to lose the CVL Independence sunk and CV Franklin damaged [:(] ...

Losses (Jap/Allied)
Squads 72/9
AFVs 77/0
Guns 91/12
Aircraft 806/439

[Skipjack_]

10/2/44: Assisted by BB and CV bombardment, the 1/Sabeso 5 Bn and 1/54 Bde are defeated on Jaluit Island by the 81st U.S. Inf Division, as rear area mop-up operations begin. CINCPAC has finally allocated resources to this effort ... supplies delivered to Negros despite Kamikaze attacks (2 CVEs sunk) ... supplies ferried into Maccassar also ...

Losses (Jap/Allied)
Squads 134/49
AFVs 18/11
Guns 95/19
Aircraft 558/449

10/9/44: Japanese defenders in Cagayan eliminated by 6th Army attack ... 32nd U.S. Inv Div takes Samar, eliminating the IJA 45th Indep Bde ...

Losses (Jap/Allied)
Squads 354/6
AFVs 102/16
Guns 158/22
Aircraft 505/421