Re: "We want the big ones!" DBB-C vs IdahoNYer (J): Darwin recaptured [closed]

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June 24/25, 1942

Highlights: Dutch sub sinks a tanker

Bases lost:
-

Bases liberated:
-

Allied ships lost:
-

Enemy ships sunk:
TK Eiyo Maru

Japanese Home Islands:
-

Japanese SRA:
Bombings and bombardments as usual at Manila, Bandoeng, Sintang.

CBI:
Having found the route of the Burma convoys, Dutch SS KXVIII bags tanker TK Eiyo Maru near Victoria Point, while HMS Trusty torpedoes DD Tachikaze.
Hurricanes swept empty air over Katha. P-40s of US Tenth Airforce swept empty air over Myitkyina.
I-9 detected off Karachi.

Western Australia:
-

Northern Australia:
-

SWPac:
Warhawks swept Horn Island again - 5 P-40 vs 6 Zeros traded. B-26s obtain one lousy port hit at Horn Island.

SoPac:
4 USN DDs bombard Koumac, optaining 3 port hits and intel about troops present - Sasebo 5th SNLF and 14th/B Division. Sub S-27 encounters CM Itsukushima near La Foa but is forced to dive without attacking.

CentPac:
-

NoPac:
-

Homefront / Rear areas:
-

Intel:
-

Selected action reports:
-

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June 26/27, 1942

Highlights: Japanese AMC raiding in the IO

Bases lost:
-

Bases liberated:
-

Allied ships lost:
xAK Loch Ranza

Enemy ships sunk:
-

Japanese Home Islands:
-

Japanese SRA:
The usual bombings and bombardments.

CBI:
Hurricanes and P-40s kept sweeping empty air - but at least gain some xp

Western Australia:
Betties with Zero escort bombed the 2/6th Armoured Regiment, at 50,131 near Carnarvon, destroying one vehicle.

Northern Australia:
-

SWPac:
Horn Island swept again - 4 P-40s vs 2 Zeros

SoPac:
B-17s bomb Tana for a change, inflicting a few casualties. Big difference between atolls and jungle-covered islands. Intel obtained on troops present: 89th Naval Guard Unit, 45th Const Co.

CentPac:
-

NoPac:
-

Homefront / Rear areas:
SC-519 atatcks and hits I-1 off San Francisco six times

Intel:
-

Selected action reports:

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Addu at 7,48, Range 4,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
AMC Hokoku Maru

Allied Ships
xAK Alice Moller
xAK Clan Maciver
xAK E Sang, Shell hits 1
xAK Egra
xAK Ekma
xAK Loch Ranza, Shell hits 15, heavy fires, heavy damage

Reduced visibility due to Thunderstorms
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms: 4,000 yards
Range closes to 19,000 yards...
Range closes to 17,000 yards...
Range closes to 15,000 yards...
Range closes to 13,000 yards...
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 4,000 yards
Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 4,000 yards
AMC Hokoku Maru launches Torpedoes at xAK Loch Ranza at 4,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
AMC Hokoku Maru engages xAK Loch Ranza at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 3,000 yards
AMC Hokoku Maru engages xAK Loch Ranza at 3,000 yards
Range increases to 6,000 yards
AMC Hokoku Maru engages xAK Loch Ranza at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 8,000 yards
AMC Hokoku Maru engages xAK Loch Ranza at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
AMC Hokoku Maru engages xAK Loch Ranza at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
AMC Hokoku Maru engages xAK E Sang at 9,000 yards
AMC Hokoku Maru engages xAK E Sang at 9,000 yards
AMC Hokoku Maru engages xAK E Sang at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 11,000 yards
AMC Hokoku Maru engages xAK Loch Ranza at 11,000 yards
AMC Hokoku Maru engages xAK E Sang at 11,000 yards
Task forces break off...

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June 28/29, 1942

Highlights: Luzon under complete Japanese control - Manila falls

Bases lost:
Manila

Bases liberated:
-

Allied ships lost:
-

Enemy ships sunk:
-

Japanese Home Islands:
-

Japanese SRA:
The usual bombings of Manila, Bandoeng, Sitang - Manila being on that list for the last time, the base finally fell this turn after six months of siege. Last remaining base in the PI under Allied control is Cebu.

CBI:
The Flying Tigers and British Hurricanes swept Akyab and encountered Oscars on CAP - 4 Ki-43-Ic downed against one P-40. After the sweeps, 2Es hit Akyab and caused minimum damage to the RTA Cavalry Division. Escorts traded one P-40for one Oscar. On the ground, our advance force has reached Akyab. Betties with Zero escort bombed them promptly, but causing no damage.

Western Australia:
Betties with Zero escort tried another attack on the Aussie tanks advancing on Exmouth, this time meeting Kittyhawks on LRCAP. One Zero and one Betty downed for no losses.

Northern Australia:
-

SWPac:
Night attacks on Horn Island airbase by a B-26 squadron destroyed two Zeros on the ground.
Another night attack by another B-26 squadron on Port Moresby encountered Ki-45s on CAP - no losses, no damage caused either.
During daylight, P-39s and P-400 from Coen (the P-40s rotated back to Cooktown for a rest) swept Horn Island, trading 2 P-400 and one P-39 for 3 Zeros.

SoPac:
USS Tautog torpedoed PB Ikunta Maru near Kavieng

CentPac:
B-17s switched to Funafuti again, causing about 200 casualties.

NoPac:
-

Homefront / Rear areas:
USS Lexington and DD escorts due for upgrades have reached Mare Island. Fixing the torpedo damage on Lady Lex plus her scheduled upgrades will keep her for 74 days in the repair yard.

Intel:
With the fall of Manila, 4 IJA divisions will be available shortly for operations elsewhere. With Allied forces "front-loaded" and arrayed for counteroffensives in Burma, Western Australia and the Horn Island / PM area, the worst that may happen would be an invasion in the lightly held rear areas - Ceylon or Calcutta, Perth, or south of Townsville for example. I hope intel will provide some warning.

At least Canada seems to be safe from invasion - with all those units scheduled to withdraw out of theater parked "out of the way":

Selected action reports:

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Ground combat at Manila (79,77)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 61384 troops, 647 guns, 689 vehicles, Assault Value = 1531

Defending force 51201 troops, 500 guns, 249 vehicles, Assault Value = 707

Japanese adjusted assault: 1574

Allied adjusted defense: 421

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Manila !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
1448 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 98 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 34 disabled
Engineers: 9 destroyed, 30 disabled

Allied ground losses:
58427 casualties reported
Squads: 2265 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2095 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 90 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 705 (705 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 258 (258 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 25

Assaulting units:
16th Division
3rd Ind Engineer Regiment
48th Division
10th Garrison Unit
21st Division
38th Division
21st Ind Engineer Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
11th Garrison Unit
7th Tank Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
14th Army
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
192nd Tank Battalion
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
31st PA Infantry Division
71st PA Infantry Division
51st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
102nd PA Infantry Division
61st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Infantry Division
11th PA Infantry Division
41st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
91st PA Infantry Division
45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
4th Marine Regiment
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
2nd PA Constabulary Division
USAFFE
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
21st PA Infantry Division
II Philippine Corps
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
I Philippine Corps
Cavite USN Base Force

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June 30/ July 01, 1942

Highlights: US Omaha class "scouts" earned their pay

Bases lost:
Pakhoi

Bases liberated:
-

Allied ships lost:
-

Enemy ships sunk:
-

Japanese Home Islands:
-

Japanese SRA:
Bandoeng bombed and bombarded, Sintang bombed.

CBI:
Dutch DD Isaac Sweers bombarded Akyab once again, quite nicely this time. Hurricanes and Warhawks swept Akyab, no resistance encountered. Bombers followed to bomb the RTA Cavalry Division in multiple waves, but caused only 35 casualties. British ground forces arrived and bombardment has confirmed that only a few enemy cavalrymen are present.
Wellingtons night-bombing Magwe got deflected by Nicks and Oscars on CAP.
In China, Japanese troops capture the coastal city of Pakhoi.

Western Australia:
British SAG (2 CA, 3 CL, 7 DD) operating near Geralton escaped an attack by I-164.

Northern Australia:
Tennant Creek airbase now at level 3, supply flow has improved but a far cry from what is required for an overland campaign against Darwin.

SWPac:
A small US bombardment force (CL Marblehead, 4 DD, DMS) heading from Townsville to Horn Islands and back had to run a gauntlet of sub, I-170 near Cairns, RO-61 near Cooktown twice on, the way out and back. Several TFS of 4 APDs each on Fast Transport duty running supplies to Portland Roads also ran into these subs. Question of time before a torpedo connects.

SoPac:
B-17s from Suva bombed the III/84th Naval Guard Unit at Efate. CL Trenton bombarded Tanna, CL Raleigh bombarded Funafuti.

CentPac:
-

NoPac:
-

Homefront / Rear areas:
The three Yorktown class carriers entered the yards at Sydney for a week of upgrades.

Intel:
-

Selected action reports:
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Night Naval bombardment of Akyab at 54,45

Allied Ships
DD Isaac Sweers

Manpower hits 7
Fires 183
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11
Port hits 7
Port supply hits 1

DD Isaac Sweers firing at Akyab

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Night Naval bombardment of Tanna at 120,157

Allied Ships
CL Trenton

Japanese ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Port hits 7
Port supply hits 2

CL Trenton firing at Tanna

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Night Naval bombardment of Funafuti at 138,147

Allied Ships
CL Raleigh

Port hits 8
Port supply hits 1

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Raleigh
CL Raleigh firing at Funafuti

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Night Naval bombardment of Horn Island at 91,128

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 8 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Marblehead

Japanese ground losses:
142 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 12

CL Marblehead firing at Horn Island

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Ground combat at Pakhoi (72,58)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 12744 troops, 104 guns, 56 vehicles, Assault Value = 365

Defending force 2076 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 77

Japanese adjusted assault: 325

Allied adjusted defense: 4

Japanese assault odds: 81 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Pakhoi !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
151 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1960 casualties reported
Squads: 67 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 10 (6 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
17th Division

Defending units:
64th Chinese/B Corps

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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1047 troops, 10 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 511

Defending force 2602 troops, 14 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 73

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

Assaulting units:
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
18th British Division
2/17 Dogra Battalion
III Indian Corps
35th Light AA Regiment

Defending units:
RTA Cavalry Division

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July 02/03, 1942

Highlights: The offensive down the Arakan continues

Bases lost:
-

Bases liberated:
Akyab

Allied ships lost:
S-40

Enemy ships sunk:
-

Japanese Home Islands:
-

Japanese SRA:
Bandoeng, Sintang bombed - more aircraft than usual hitting Bandoeng, apparently reinforcements have arrived after the fall of Manila.

CBI:
DD Isaac Sweers once again makes the short run from Calcutta to bombard Akyab, just before the base was recaptured. Blenheims bombed the fleeing enemy ground forces in a neighboring hex, discovering elements of the 33rd IJA division.

Western Australia:
Beauforts bombing Japanese ground forces at Exmouth have been intercepted by Rufes, losing one. Kittyhawks escorting a follow-on strike of Wirraways downed one Rufe but lost a Kittyhawk and three Wirraways. Betties with Zero escorts bombed our ground forces which have arrived at Exmouth, causing 127 casualties and destroying 2 tanks.

Northern Australia:
-

SWPac:
I-170 off Cooktown missed APD Bulmer. RO-62 near Portland Roads sighted a large USN bombardment force - several BBs plus escorts. Counting on LRCAP from Coen, the TF has been ordered to proceed. S-40 has been sunk by aircraft off Cooktown.

SoPac:
The ex-luxury liner Matsonia escaped being torpedoed by I-4 near Auckland.
B-17s bombed Efate again.

CentPac:
-

NoPac:
-

Homefront / Rear areas:
-

Intel:
11th Tank Regiment is loaded on xAK Huzikawa Maru moving to Rabaul.
8th Ind Engineer Regiment is located at Port Moresby(98,130).
Radio call sign of SS RO-34 detected at 51,125.

Selected action reports:

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Night Naval bombardment of Akyab at 54,45

Allied Ships
DD Isaac Sweers

Manpower hits 1
Fires 43
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 3
Port hits 1

DD Isaac Sweers firing at Akyab

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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13436 troops, 230 guns, 173 vehicles, Assault Value = 510

Defending force 2602 troops, 14 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 73

Allied adjusted assault: 524

Japanese adjusted defense: 5

Allied assault odds: 104 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied forces CAPTURE Akyab !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), preparation(-)
morale(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1228 casualties reported
Squads: 22 destroyed, 41 disabled
Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1

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

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
18th British Division
2/17 Dogra Battalion
III Indian Corps
35th Light AA Regiment

Defending units:
RTA Cavalry Division

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Morning Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 55,45 , near Akyab

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 53

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 2000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
14 x Blenheim IV bombing from 2000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 2000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x Blenheim IV bombing from 2000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x Blenheim IV bombing from 2000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x Blenheim IV bombing from 2000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 34th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 3rd Mortar Battalion ...
Also attacking 33rd/B Division ...
Also attacking RTA Cavalry Division ...

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July 04/05, 1942

Highlights: USS Colorado torpedoed

Bases lost:
-

Bases liberated:
-

Allied ships lost:
APD John D. Ford sunk by I-170 near Cooktown

Enemy ships sunk:
-

Japanese Home Islands:
-

Japanese SRA:
Sintang, Bandoeng and Cebu bombed.

CBI:
Shoddy staff work failed to give new orders to the Blenheim groups after the fall of Akyab. Local commanders sent them to bomb enemy ground forces near Akyab - which have been covered by Oscars. 2 Blenheims lost.

Western Australia:
The British cruiser TF bombarded Exmouth, then encountered and damaged I-164 on the way back to Perth. Betties with Zero escort again bombed Aussie ground forces at Exmouth, trading a Zero for a Kittyhawk and inflicting 92 casualties. Our ground forces have supply issues, a small xAKL has been ordered to land supplies near Exmouth.

Northern Australia:
-

SWPac:
Horn Islands bombed by an entire Marauder group, causing heavy damage to the airfield.
As feared, the large USN bombardment group on its way to Horn Island did attract Netties - and the LRCAP provided from Coen was not enough - BB Colorado suffered a torpedo hit, but shrugged it of with superficial damage.
An APD running supplies to Portland Roads - which has reached airbase and port size 1 - was sunk by a Japanese sub near Cooktown.
Ground troops are gathering at Cooktown for use against Horn Island, but Portland Roads need a bigger airbase before we can launch the operation.

SoPac:
B-17s bombing Efate have been intercepted by Ki-45s, suffering a number of damaged bombers.
CL Trenton bombarded Efate, CL Raleigh bombarded Tanna.
I have lots of troops in the Fidjis - 2 Marine divisions, several US Army regiments, three Kiwi brigades plus lots of support - prepping for Noumea, Tanna, Efate, Luganville, Funafuti. With KB intact, I will probably have to wait for all six prewar US carriers to become available again after repairs/upgrades - which will be in 72 days plus travel time from CONUS to Fidji.

CentPac:
-

NoPac:
-

Homefront / Rear areas:
While some merchant ships have finished their June upgrades and are back on convoy duty, there are still numerous ships - including all US TKs and AOs - heading back from the POA to CONUS for their upgrades - traffic will be very reduced well into August. Consequently fuel starts to run low in the SoPac and in Australia.

Intel:
-

Selected action reports:
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Portland Roads at 92,132

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19
G3M2 Nell x 6
G4M1 Betty x 13

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 5
P-400 Airacobra x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
G3M2 Nell: 5 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
BB Idaho
BB Maryland
BB Pennsylvania
BB Colorado, Torpedo hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
13 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

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Night Naval bombardment of Efate at 120,154

Allied Ships
CL Trenton

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

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Trenton
CL Trenton firing at III/84th Naval Guard Unit

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Night Naval bombardment of Tanna at 120,157

Allied Ships
CL Raleigh

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Raleigh
CL Raleigh firing at 89th Naval Guard Unit

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Night Naval bombardment of Exmouth at 50,129

Allied Ships
CA Exeter
CA Devonshire
CA Dorsetshire
CL Capetown
CL Newcastle
CL Mauritius
CL Ceres
CL Dauntless

Japanese ground losses:
352 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Port hits 64
Port supply hits 18

CA Exeter firing at Exmouth
CA Devonshire firing at Exmouth
Walrus II acting as spotter for CA Dorsetshire
CA Dorsetshire firing at Exmouth
CL Capetown firing at Exmouth
CL Newcastle firing at Kure 2nd SNLF
CL Mauritius firing at Exmouth
CL Ceres firing at Exmouth
CL Dauntless firing at Exmouth

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Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Army Tank Brigade, at 50,129 (Exmouth)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
A6M2-N Rufe x 3
G4M1 Betty x 10

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
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ASW attack near Cooktown at 93,138

Japanese Ships
SS I-170

Allied Ships
APD John D. Ford, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
APD Paul Jones

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July 06/07, 1942

Highlights: Horn Island bombarded by BBs but Army CAP SNAFUed and the Navy paid the price

Bases lost:
-

Bases liberated:
-

Allied ships lost:
APDs Alden, Barker and Parrott nettied between Portland Roads and Cooktown.

Enemy ships sunk:
DD Arashio sunk in port at Horn Islands

Japanese Home Islands:
US subs still searching for enemy convoys in the area between China, Formosa and the HI, but no luck.

Japanese SRA:
Usual bombings of Bandoeng, Sintang and Cebu.

CBI:
With several IJA divisions now available after the fall of Manila, it is important to occupy them with defensive duty instead of seeing them debarking in Australia or the SoPac Islands. The idea is to attract them to Burma - as far as possible from Japan and at the end of a long supply line. For this purpose, the British, Indian and Chinese forces in Burma will make noise around Akyab, Katha and Myitkyina, while engineering assets continue to expands bases on the railroad to Ledo, primarily in order to raise supply caps.

Western Australia:
Being supplied over the beaches, a ground attack at Exmouth reduces forts to 0 and causes heavy casualties on the Japanese side. Betties try to lend a hand, trading a Betty for a Kittyhawk on LRCAP.

Northern Australia:
-

SWPac:
Avoiding an attack by RO-67 just short of the destination, the US BBs bombarded Horn Island with average results, but find a Japanese DD in port - apparently a cripple. In the meantime multiple APDs dropped-off supplies at Portland Roads, avoiding attack by RO-68. Alas, shoddy staff work concerning the LRCAP air cover over the returning TFs resulted in a complete SNAFU (I shouldn't do turns at night, half asleep I botched the orders). The US fighters at Coen swept Horn Islands - witnessing the demise of DD Arashio - instead of protecting the fleet units. Netties promptly put torpedoes into APDs Alden, Barker and Parrott - all sunk - as well as into BB Mississippi, BB Idaho, BB Pennsylvania (2). None in danger of sinking, but they will be retiring southwards in "jumps" from base to base in the coming turns, this time under LRCAP. With Colorado having been hit last turn, 4 US BBs will need to go back to Pearl or CONUS for full repairs - *grrrr*.

SoPac:
-

CentPac:
-

NoPac:
-

Homefront / Rear areas:
-

Intel:
-

Selected action reports:

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Night Naval bombardment of Horn Island at 91,128

Japanese Ships
DD Arashio, Shell hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
BB Mississippi
BB Idaho
BB Pennsylvania
BB Nevada
BB Maryland
CA Louisville

Japanese ground losses:
626 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 40 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 8
Port hits 21
Port supply hits 5

BB Mississippi firing at Maizuru 1st SNLF
BB Idaho firing at Maizuru 1st SNLF
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Pennsylvania
BB Pennsylvania firing at Horn Island
BB Nevada firing at Horn Island
BB Maryland firing at Horn Island
CA Louisville firing at Horn Island

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Morning Air attack on Horn Island , at 91,128

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Arashio, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-400 Airacobra sweeping at 10000 feet *
3 x P-400 Airacobra sweeping at 10000 feet *

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Coen at 92,134

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
G4M1 Betty x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
APD Edsall
APD Alden, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
APD Barker, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
APD Parrott, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

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

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
G3M2 Nell x 11
G4M1 Betty x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 10 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
BB Mississippi, Torpedo hits 1
BB Idaho, Torpedo hits 1
BB Pennsylvania, Torpedo hits 1
BB Nevada

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
11 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 20000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Nevada
BB Pennsylvania, Torpedo hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

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Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Army Tank Brigade, at 50,129 (Exmouth)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
A6M2-N Rufe x 4
G4M1 Betty x 14

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed

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

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Invasion Support action off Exmouth (50,129)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

7 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
xAKL Kaiping

xAKL Kaiping fired at enemy troops

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Ground combat at Exmouth (50,129)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 5437 troops, 77 guns, 456 vehicles, Assault Value = 312

Defending force 2980 troops, 45 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 75

Allied adjusted assault: 138

Japanese adjusted defense: 63

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
285 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Assaulting units:
2/6th Armoured Regiment
2/5th Armoured Regiment
2/10th Armoured Regiment
3rd Army Tank Brigade
2/9th Field Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment

Defending units:
1st Ind Engineer Regiment
Kure 2nd SNLF
9th RF Gun Battalion
9th JNAF Coy
10th JAAF AF Coy

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Ground combat at Exmouth (50,129)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 5347 troops, 77 guns, 454 vehicles, Assault Value = 295

Defending force 2583 troops, 45 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 68

Allied adjusted assault: 48

Japanese adjusted defense: 22

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: supply(-)

Japanese ground losses:
375 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 35 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
2/10th Armoured Regiment
2/5th Armoured Regiment
2/6th Armoured Regiment
3rd Army Tank Brigade
2/9th Field Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment

Defending units:
Kure 2nd SNLF
9th RF Gun Battalion
9th JNAF Coy
10th JAAF AF Coy

[LargeSlowTarget]

July 08/09, 1942

Highlights: USN fails off Port Moresby, RN shines in the IO.

Bases lost:
-

Bases liberated:
Exmouth

Allied ships lost:
DD Helm, DD Ralph Talbot, DD Henley sunk by surface action at Port Moresby
PC Bingera and xAKL Kaiping sunk by air attack off Exmouth

Enemy ships sunk:
CVE Taiyo, AMC Awata Maru, E Shimushu sunk by British carrier air between Perth and Cape Town
SS I-164 sunk by ASW near Geralton

Japanese Home Islands:
-

Japanese SRA:
Usual bombings at Bandoeng

CBI:
Making noise in Burma involves air attacks at Warazup, still held by a IJA Tank regiment - B-25s and Warhawks hit the tanks at low-level causing very slight damage.

Western Australia:
Exmouth liberated, one PC and one xAKL shuttling supplies to that base sunk by Betties. A bombardment force led by three R-class BBs plus cruisers and DDs coming up from Perth won't be needed, but made a dent in the IJN submarine force. The British carrier TF - CV Formidable, CV Illustrious, CVL Hermes escorted by British, Australian and Dutch CLs, CLAA and DDs - patrolling in the IO on the Perth - Cape Town track was finally rewarded for weeks of dull going back and forth when spotting and attacking a IJN raiding force build around CVE Taiyo - the poor Japanese carrier didn't even had a chance to strike back.

Northern Australia:
-

SWPac:
Having spotted enemy TFs at Port Moresby the turn before, I have sent a DD strike force and a cover force lead by a CL on a raid - going full-speed from Cooktown to PM to arrive at night, with low threat tolerance. But surprise - night surface battles of the "fire torps and run" kind are not the strong point of the US Navy at this point of the war. 3 DD lost and nothing to show for. The US Air Corps as well wanted show what they cannot do yet - B-26s with pilots in the 70+ skill range for naval bombing attacked into CAP, lost 9 and hit nothing.

SoPac:
Noumea hit hard by US light cruisers.

CentPac:
Funafuti seems to be void of troops, a quick grab might be possible.

NoPac:
Adak Island has reached size 4 port and size 3 airbase and has become the main base in the area, being home of the 28th Composite airgroup and various tenders to support the trip-wire "Yippies" patrolling the Midway - Aleutians gap and the subs patrolling the northern part of the HI. The Dewey ARD provide heavy repair capacities at safer Kodiak for the NoPac striking force - the old and lightly armoured sisters CA Pensacola and Salt Lake City plus the Porter class DDs with their single-purpose 5-inchers. In the lousy weather and with enemy air bases far away, this is the right place for DDs lacking DP guns.

Homefront / Rear areas:
Some reinforcements - BB North Carolina, CV Wasp, bunch of CLAAs and DDs are crossing the Pacific on the way to the front. Ground reinforcements - mostly base forces and engineering assets - start to pile-up in Conus due to lack of shipping available - most ordinary merchies are tied-up with upgrades, the valuable amphib shipping (future APA and AKA) is being repaired and readied in Auckland and Sydney for upcoming ops. BB Royal Sovereign - torpedoes three weeks ago - has fixed all fixable damage at Sydney and left for Cape Town to repair the remaining major damage.

Intel:
-

Selected action reports:

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Takao, Shell hits 1
CA Atago
CA Maya
CA Kako
CL Tama
DD Akigumo
DD Natsugumo
DD Fubuki, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Usugumo
DD Isonami
DD Uranami
DD Matsukaze

Allied Ships
DD Bagley, Shell hits 4
DD Blue
DD Helm, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
DD Mugford
DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Henley, Shell hits 11, and is sunk

Reduced sighting due to 25% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 25% moonlight: 11,000 yards
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
Magazine explodes on DD Henley
DD Henley sunk by CA Atago at 5,000 yards
DD Helm sunk by CA Atago at 12,000 yards

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Takao
CA Atago
CA Maya
CA Kako
CL Tama
DD Akigumo
DD Natsugumo
DD Fubuki, heavy fires
DD Usugumo
DD Isonami, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Uranami
DD Matsukaze

Allied Ships
CL Marblehead, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Patterson, Shell hits 2
DD Jarvis
DD Craven
DD Gridley
DD McCall

Reduced sighting due to 25% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 25% moonlight: 11,000 yards
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
Tanaka, Raizo crosses the 'T'

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Takao
CA Atago
CA Maya
CA Kako
CL Tama
DD Akigumo
DD Natsugumo
DD Usugumo
DD Uranami
DD Matsukaze

Allied Ships
DD Mugford, Shell hits 1
DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage > sank soon after

Reduced sighting due to 14% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 14% moonlight: 10,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
Task forces break off...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 25

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 7 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Takao
CL Kuma

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 2000 feet *
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
5 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 2000 feet *
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Kako

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 2000 feet *
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on 14th Tank Regiment, at 63,41 (Warazup)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 9
P-40E Warhawk x 22

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 2000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
22 x P-40E Warhawk bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 14th Tank Regiment, at 63,41 (Warazup)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 53

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-40E Warhawk bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 2000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
25 x P-40E Warhawk bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb
25 x P-40E Warhawk bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Naval bombardment of Noumea at 115,160

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 18 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M2 Zero: 5 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
ACM Hagoromo Maru, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CL Nashville
CL Phoenix
CL Honolulu
CL Helena
CL St. Louis
CLAA San Diego
DD Tucker
DD Reid
DD Cassin
DD Downes
DD Flusser
DD Shaw
DD Conyngham
DD Case
DD Lamson
DD Drayton
DD Cummings
DD Mahan

Japanese ground losses:
727 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 89 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 15 disabled
Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Vehicles lost 18 (1 destroyed, 17 disabled)

Airbase hits 24
Airbase supply hits 14
Runway hits 107
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Nashville
CL Nashville firing at 14th/C Division
CL Phoenix firing at 14th/C Division
CL Honolulu firing at 14th/C Division
CL Helena firing at Noumea
CL St. Louis firing at Noumea
CLAA San Diego firing at 14th/C Division
DD Tucker firing at Noumea
DD Reid firing at Noumea
DD Cassin firing at 14th/C Division
DD Downes firing at Noumea
DD Flusser firing at Noumea
DD Shaw firing at Noumea
DD Conyngham firing at 14th/C Division
DD Case firing at Noumea
DD Lamson firing at Noumea
DD Drayton firing at Noumea
DD Cummings firing at 14th/C Division
DD Mahan firing at Noumea

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Exmouth at 50,129

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 11

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
PC Wanaka
PC Melinga
PC Bingera, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Exmouth at 50,129

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
G4M1 Betty x 8

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
xAKL Kaiping, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

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Ground combat at Exmouth (50,129)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 5265 troops, 77 guns, 456 vehicles, Assault Value = 281

Defending force 2262 troops, 41 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 38

Allied adjusted assault: 133

Japanese adjusted defense: 13

Allied assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Exmouth !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
501 casualties reported
Squads: 26 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 27 (20 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
2/6th Armoured Regiment
2/10th Armoured Regiment
2/5th Armoured Regiment
3rd Army Tank Brigade
2/9th Field Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment

Defending units:
Kure 2nd SNLF
9th JNAF Coy
9th RF Gun Battalion
10th JAAF AF Coy

NOTE: We have a house rule prohibiting massed Panzer blitzkrieg, i.e. large "tanks only" stacks of multiple tank regiments attacking on their own are not allowed. A lone tank unit can be used as maneuvre unit, for mopping-up stragglers, attacking undefended or lightly defended bases and as recon-in-force for example. But if two or more tank units are involved, a "combined arms" approach must be used, i.e. infantry must participate in the attack. The 3rd Army Tank Brigade is a tank unit by name only, it is in fact an infantry unit.

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Ground combat at Exmouth (50,129)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 5271 troops, 77 guns, 456 vehicles, Assault Value = 280

Defending force 1708 troops, 22 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 17

Allied adjusted assault: 159

Japanese adjusted defense: 7

Allied assault odds: 22 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
484 casualties reported
Squads: 39 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
2/5th Armoured Regiment
2/6th Armoured Regiment
2/10th Armoured Regiment
3rd Army Tank Brigade
2/9th Field Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment

Defending units:
Kure 2nd SNLF
9th RF Gun Battalion
9th JNAF Coy
10th JAAF AF Coy

Kure 2nd SNLF Wiped Out at Exmouth by attrition!!!

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ASW attack near Geraldton at 48,138

Japanese Ships
SS I-164, hits 5, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
BB Resolution
CA Dorsetshire
CL Newcastle
CL Dauntless
DD Decoy
DD Arrow
DD Van Nes
DD Inconstant
DD Hotspur
DD Griffin
DD Foxhound

SS I-164 is sighted by escort
DD Inconstant fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hotspur fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Griffin attacking submerged sub ....
DD Foxhound fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Inconstant fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Griffin fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Griffin fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Griffin fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Griffin fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Griffin attacking submerged sub ....
Sounds of submarine breaking up detected!
Escort abandons search for sub

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Perth at 30,147

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7

Allied aircraft
Albacore I x 6
Martlet II x 28
Swordfish I x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Martlet II: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CVE Taiyo, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
AMC Awata Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Swordfish I launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo
6 x Albacore I launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo

CAP engaged:
Chitose Ku S-1/A with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Perth at 30,147

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
Albacore I x 12
Martlet II x 26
Swordfish I x 15

Allied aircraft losses
Albacore I: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Mutsuki
E Shimushu, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Yayoi

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Swordfish I launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo
6 x Albacore I launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo
6 x Albacore I launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo

[LargeSlowTarget]

July 10/11, 1942

Highlights: Pretty quiet.

Bases lost:
-

Bases liberated:
-

Allied ships lost:
-

Enemy ships sunk:
None.
But the potential was there this turn:
SS Sargo fails to attack a convoy at Port Moresby
SS Trigger launches 2 torpedoes at PB Santos Maru near Nauru
SS S-46 launches 2 torpedoes at E Hashidate near Milne Bay
SS Tambor launches 2 torpedoes at DD Akigumo near Rabaul
SS Saury launches 2 torpedoes at xAKL Tenposan Maru near Auki
SS Growler launches 2 torpedoes at DD Susuki near Fukue-jima
SS Trout launches 2 torpedoes at DD Isonami near Merauke
SS Growler launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 30 near Fukue-jima
SS Seal launches 2 torpedoes at APD Tade near Kirakira
SS Tambor launches 2 torpedoes at E Uji near Rabaul
Not a single "boom" of an exploding torpedo - guess that's why it is called the "Silent Service"...

Japanese Home Islands:
-

Japanese SRA:
Usual bombings of Bandoeng, Sintang, Cebu.

CBI:
Bombing and strafing of 14th Tank Rgt continues at Warazup with little effect.

Western Australia:
Japanese remnants at Exmouth eliminated.

Northern Australia:
-

SWPac:
B-26s bomb Horn Island, about 250 casualties inflicted on on Maizuru 1st SNLF but one bomber destroyed by flak

SoPac:
Viti Levu in the Fidjis is slowly sinking into the sea from the weight of all the troops, equipment and supplies piled onto the island - max tropp levels reached at Nandi and Suva.

CentPac:
-

NoPac:
-

Homefront / Rear areas:
The three Yorktowns at Sydney have finished the short July upgrade, Saratoga needs a week to finish, by that time Wasp should have arrived as well. Lexington won't be fixed and available before October. In the meantime the IJN should have gained Hiyo, Junyo and a CVL or two. Noumea looks too risky at the moment. I think I first will launch operations against Horn Island, Terapo and PM in order to benefit from nearby LBA - if I don't forget to set LRCAP again...

Intel:
-

Selected action reports:

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Ground combat at Exmouth (50,129)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 5253 troops, 77 guns, 456 vehicles, Assault Value = 280

Defending force 623 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12

Allied adjusted assault: 118

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 118 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender:
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
599 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 43 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2

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

Assaulting units:
2/10th Armoured Regiment
2/5th Armoured Regiment
2/6th Armoured Regiment
3rd Army Tank Brigade
2/9th Field Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment

Defending units:
9th JNAF Coy
10th JAAF AF Coy

[BBfanboy]

Nice work on that CVE TF off Perth! A morale booster for sure.
You must have gotten some bad die rolls on the TBs hitting your DDs around NG. DDs should be nimble enough and have enough AA to spoil their aim. Really hurts to lose so many DDs in 1942. [:(][:@]

LargeSlowTarget: B-26s bomb Horn Island, about 250 casualties inflicted on on Maizuru 1st SNLF but one bomber destroyed by flak

In assessing the trade-off of bombers vs. enemy troop/device losses, I count only the destroyed squads/devices since the disabled ones can recover. The only time disabled devices count is if an attack by my LCUs is happening during the same turn. My general rule of thumb for 2-engined bombers is 10 destroyed squads/devices for one bomber. For 4-e bombers, more enemy assets must be destroyed. How many sort of depends on the aircraft model, since I get lots of some models but not so many of others.

[LargeSlowTarget]

July 12/13, 1942

Highlights:
Noumea bombed and bombarded and small convoy sunk

Bases lost:
-

Bases liberated:
-

Allied ships lost:
-

Enemy ships sunk:
PB Choko Maru #2, PB Takuna Maru #6, xAK Ryunan Maru at Noumea

Japanese Home Islands:
-

Japanese SRA:
Bandoeng, Cebu, Sintang bombed as usual

CBI:
Allied fighter repeatedly swept the skies over enemy troop concentrations spotted at at 59,44 , near Shwebo. 11 Oscar-Ic downed for no losses. Warhawks escorting a bunch of 2Es added two more Oscars, the bombers inflicted light casualties on Imperial Guards/A Division

Western Australia:
-

Northern Australia:
-

SWPac:
Horn Island bombed by B-26s, light casualties inflicted on Maizuru 1st SNLF.

SoPac:
B-17s hit Noumea but lose 3 planes to Ki-45s on CAP and AA, 1 Nick shot down.

CentPac:
-

NoPac:
-

Homefront / Rear areas:
-

Intel:
-

Selected action reports:

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Luganville at 120,150, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Choko Maru #2, Shell hits 53, and is sunk
PB Takuna Maru #6, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Ryunan Maru, Shell hits 23, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Shinsei Maru, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CL Concord
CL Raleigh
CL Trenton
DMS Litchfield
DMS Southard

Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 0% moonlight: 8,000 yards

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Night Naval bombardment of Luganville at 120,150

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 14 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed on ground
G4M1 Betty: 13 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed on ground
A6M2 Zero: 3 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
CL Trenton
CL Raleigh
CL Concord

Japanese ground losses:
143 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 28
Port hits 12
Port supply hits 2

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Trenton
CL Trenton firing at Luganville
CL Raleigh firing at Luganville
CL Concord firing at Luganville

[LargeSlowTarget]

July 14/15, 1942

Highlights: Left-right punch - PM and Noumea bombarded by USN

Bases lost:
-

Bases liberated:
-

Allied ships lost:
AGP Niagara sunk by SS RO-64 near Cooktown
xAK Liloa sunk by SS I-16 near Manihiki

Enemy ships sunk:
-

Japanese Home Islands:
-

Japanese SRA:
Bandoeng, Cebu, Sintang got their usual dose of Japanese bombs.

CBI:
Allied fighters swept enemy troop concentrations at 57,45 , near Magwe. Oscars-IC and Tojos-IIa encountered, 8 Oscars, 7 Tojos, 9 Hurricanes lost.
2Es bombed the Imperial Guards/B Division, Imperial Guards/C Division and 55th Division at 57,45 near Magwe - 2 Tojos downed for 4 Warhawk escorts lost, light ground casualties.
Wellingtons bombed ground forces at Katha, the 29th Fld AA Gun Co lost 2 guns destroyed.

Western Australia:
-

Northern Australia:
-

SWPac:
B-26s bombed Horn Island, 1 destroyed by flak

SoPac:
-

CentPac:
SS Trigger transferring from PH to Brisbane found but missed a convoy on the way near Nauru Island. The convoy included a TK, which is pretty unusual for this area - unless some fuel-hungry warship needs to be fed. Might indicate upcoming AMC or CV raiding activities in the SoPac?

NoPac:
-

Homefront / Rear areas:
-

Intel:
-

Selected action reports:

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Night Naval bombardment of Port Moresby at 98,130

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 16 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground
E13A1 Jake: 2 damaged
D3A1 Val: 5 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 5 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
CA Vincennes
CA San Francisco
CA Minneapolis
CA Astoria
CA New Orleans
CA Chester
CA Northampton
CA Indianapolis
CA Portland

Japanese ground losses:
375 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 19 (1 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 19
Port hits 14
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Vincennes
CA Vincennes firing at Port Moresby
CA San Francisco firing at Port Moresby
CA Minneapolis firing at Port Moresby
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Astoria
CA Astoria firing at 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
CA New Orleans firing at 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
CA Chester firing at Port Moresby
CA Northampton firing at Port Moresby
CA Indianapolis firing at Port Moresby
CA Portland firing at 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade

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Night Naval bombardment of Noumea at 115,160

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 3 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
CL Nashville
CL Phoenix
CL Honolulu
CL Helena
CL St. Louis
CLAA San Diego
DD Tucker
DD Reid
DD Cassin
DD Downes
DD Flusser
DD Shaw
DD Conyngham
DD Case
DD Lamson
DD Drayton
DD Cummings
DD Mahan

Japanese ground losses:
620 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 48 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 49
Port hits 24
Port supply hits 8

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Nashville
CL Nashville firing at Noumea
CL Phoenix firing at Noumea
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Honolulu
CL Honolulu firing at 14th/C Division
CL Helena firing at Noumea
CL St. Louis firing at 14th/C Division
CLAA San Diego firing at 14th/C Division
DD Tucker firing at 14th/C Division
DD Reid firing at 14th/C Division
DD Cassin firing at Noumea
DD Downes firing at 14th/C Division
DD Flusser firing at 14th/C Division
DD Shaw firing at Noumea
DD Conyngham firing at 14th/C Division
DD Case firing at 14th/C Division
DD Lamson firing at 14th/C Division
DD Drayton firing at Noumea
DD Cummings firing at Noumea
DD Mahan firing at Noumea

[LargeSlowTarget]

July 16/17, 1942

Highlights: USN submarines have numerous contacts - no hits.

Bases lost:
-

Bases liberated:
-

Allied ships lost:
-

Enemy ships sunk:
-

Japanese Home Islands:
-

Japanese SRA:
USN subs fail to score against numerous targets found around Empire waters, including fat tankers.

CBI:
Bad weather and recent losses force a break in air activities.

Western Australia:
Consolidating and base-bulding at Carnarvon and Exmouth.

Northern Australia:
-

SWPac:
Two B-26s lost over Horn Island to unexpected CAP trap by Rufe float-fighters, but escorting Airacobra down 3 Rufes in return.
The PM bombardment forces returning to Townsville ran over I-175 - DD Monssen caught a fish and the survival is in doubt.

SoPac:
Noumea bombarded again.

CentPac:
-

NoPac:
-

Homefront / Rear areas:
-

Intel:
-

Selected action reports:

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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 99,58

Japanese Ships
CS Mizuho
PB Teimei Maru
PB Sensan Maru
TK Tonan Maru #3
TK Toa Maru
TK Nisshin Maru #2
TK Kyokuyo Maru
TK Kuroshio Maru
TK Akatsuki Maru
xAK Hakonesan Maru
xAK Teihoku Maru
xAK Kozui Maru
xAK Kotoku Maru
xAK Kosei Maru
xAK Nichiyu Maru
xAK Yamagiri Maru
xAK Yamazato Maru
xAK Kenyo Maru
xAK Nankai Maru
DD Susuki
DD Tsuga
E Chidori

Allied Ships
SS Thresher

SS Thresher launches 6 torpedoes at CS Mizuho
Thresher diving deep ....
DD Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tsuga fails to find sub and abandons search
E Chidori fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Susuki fails to find sub and abandons search
E Chidori fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Chidori fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Chidori fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Chidori fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Chidori fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Chidori fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Night Naval bombardment of Noumea at 115,160

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Trenton
CL Raleigh
CL Concord

Japanese ground losses:
139 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 8
Port hits 12
Port supply hits 3

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Trenton
CL Trenton firing at 14th/C Division
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Raleigh
CL Raleigh firing at Noumea
CL Concord firing at Noumea

[Q-Ball]

Good hit on that CVE off Perth.....I assume that TF was waiting for a Cape Town to Perth AK convoy or something, and instead found the RN. Did you know it was there, or was that pure luck?

Those bombardments of PM....a reminder that base can be a trap for Japan. Basing planes there puts them at risk for exactly that type of bombardment.....

[LargeSlowTarget]

The British carriers have been patrolling the triangle between the Perth - CT transit route and the Carnarvon area for weeks, partly to guard against another raider intrusion (have suffered from that before) partly to provide distant support for the operation against Exmouth. TBH, I knew something had to be out there coming south when my CT-Pert convoys no longer made beelines but doglegs - bit cheesy but that's how the game works. The British carriers were close enough to take a look-see in the area north of the doglegs, and promptly found the raiders.

[LargeSlowTarget]

July 18/19, 1942

Highlights: Sub actions

Allied ships lost:
CM Abdiel
AM Deloraine

Japanese Home Islands:
SS Pike torpedoed xAKL Shun Yuan near Ominato - heavy damage, maybe sunk

Japanese SRA:
Bandoeng, Cebu, Sintang bombed as usual

CBI:
I-157 torpedoed and sank CM Abdiel near Cox's Bazar, the fast minelayer was on a supply run to Akyab escortyed by DD Isaac Sweers

SWPac:
Horn Island bombarded by CA Louisville and DD/DMS escorts, light damage.
SS Gar torpedoed PB Ansyu Maru near Fergusson Island - heavy damage, maybe sunk
SS I-26 torpedoed and sank AM Deloraine near Newcastle

[LargeSlowTarget]

July 20/21, 1942

Highlights: Sub actions

Allied ships lost:
xAKL Mabella

CBI:
SS I-157 continues to target the Akyab supply runs, sinking xAKL Mabella

SWPac:
PB Ansyu Maru torpedoed last turn is still afloat, missed by SS Searaven near Normanby Island.
I-26 operating of Coffs Harbour sighted and engaged three times by DDs escorting forces heading from Sydney to Townsville - the majority of the USN surface and amphib is concentrating in Queensland for upcoming operations.

SoPac:
B-17s from Suva bomb Noumea, keeping the airbase cratered

[LargeSlowTarget]

July 22/23, 1942

Highlights: Noumea bombarded yet again

Sub contacts all over the map, mostly with ASW forces

SoPac:
Three Omaha class CLs bombard Noumea once more, causing a few casualties among the 14th/C Division and adding a few holes in the runways of the local airbase.

[LargeSlowTarget]

July 24/25, 1942

Highlights: Cocos Is. bombarded

Enemy ships sunk:
PB Seikyo Maru

CBI:
Cocos Island bombarded by the entire RN Eastern Fleet

SWPac:
I-3 discovered by ASW forces off Sydney - incoming convoy rerouted to Melbourne.
PB Ansyu Maru still afloat, this time missed by SS Sargo near Woodlark Island.
PB Seikyo Maru torpedoed by SS S-36 at Horn Island, and again, and again - should be sunk.
Horn Island bombed by the airgroup of USS Lexington which has pulled land-based duty while their mothership is being repaired and upgraded in the States - 49 days to go. Also escorting were Marine fighter squadrons. However, the handful of Rufe float-fighters encountered and outnumbered more than 10:1 punched above their weight - 3 Allied planes lost for one Rufe downed. WTF?

SoPac:
Mines laid by SS Dolphin in the approached to Guadalcanal at Thousand Ships Bay are promptly discovered and swept by enemy APDs - I wonder how the Allies got that information incliuded in the After Action Reports...

Selected action reports:
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Naval bombardment of Cocos Islands at 33,101

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 4 damaged
G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
BB Resolution
BB Ramillies
BB Revenge
CA Exeter
CA Devonshire
CA Dorsetshire
CL Capetown
CL Newcastle
CL Mauritius
CL Ceres
CL Dauntless

Japanese ground losses:
214 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 30
Port hits 16
Port supply hits 6

BB Resolution firing at Cocos Islands
BB Ramillies firing at Cocos Islands
BB Revenge firing at Cocos Islands
CA Exeter firing at Cocos Islands
CA Devonshire firing at Cocos Islands
CA Dorsetshire firing at Cocos Islands
CL Capetown firing at Cocos Islands
CL Newcastle firing at 22nd Air Flotilla
CL Mauritius firing at Cocos Islands
CL Ceres firing at Cocos Islands
CL Dauntless firing at Cocos Islands

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Sub attack near Horn Island at 91,128

Japanese Ships
PB Seikyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1

Allied Ships
SS S-36

SS S-36 launches 2 torpedoes
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Sub attack near Horn Island at 91,128

Japanese Ships
PB Seikyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-36

SS S-36 launches 2 torpedoes
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Submarine attack near Horn Island at 91,128

Japanese Ships
PB Seikyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-36

PB Seikyo Maru is sighted by SS S-36
SS S-36 launches 2 torpedoes
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Sub attack near Horn Island at 91,128

Japanese Ships
PB Seikyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-36

SS S-36 launches 2 torpedoes

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Afternoon Air attack on Maizuru 1st SNLF, at 91,128 (Horn Island)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 8

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 89
SBD-3 Dauntless x 31

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed

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

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Afternoon Air attack on Maizuru 1st SNLF, at 91,128 (Horn Island)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 2

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 27
TBF-1 Avenger x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

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

[BBfanboy]

LST: I wonder how the Allies got that information included in the After Action Reports...

I figure that is abstracted coastwatcher info that does not fit into the ship sighting reports because it is not happening at the port.