Scenario 8 Variant's Deaniks(J) V Andy(A)

[deaniks]

Nov 18th 42,

Allied carrier sneak up and hit one of my cruiser TFs,

Morning Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 115,160

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
Avenger I x 22
SBD-3 Dauntless x 34
TBF-1 Avenger x 13

Allied aircraft losses
Avenger I: 2 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
DD Shiranui
CA Kako, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
CA Jintsu, Bomb hits 3, on fire
DD Tsuga
CA Chokai, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
DD Asanagi

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 115,160

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 1
F4F-4 Wildcat x 10
SBD-3 Dauntless x 30
TBF-1 Avenger x 11

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 damaged
TBF-1 Avenger: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Jintsu, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Chokai, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Numakaze
DD Arashi, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Asagao
DD Sawakaze
DD Kuroshio
DD Nokaze
DD Shiranui

fternoon Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 115,160

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Allied aircraft
Avenger I x 27
Sea Hurricane Ib x 7
Martlet II x 13
F4F-4 Wildcat x 20
F6F-3 Hellcat x 8
SBD-3 Dauntless x 32
TBF-1 Avenger x 12

Allied aircraft losses
Avenger I: 3 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged
TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Jintsu, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Numakaze
DD Shiratsuyu, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
DD Kuroshio, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Hatsushima
DD Sawakaze
DD Asanagi
CA Chokai, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Asagao
DD Shiranui, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Fuyo
DD Yukikaze
DD Arashi, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk

2 Ca's and 2 DDs sunk.

[deaniks]

Nov 19th 42,

I sent a couple of TFS into Colombo to find out what's their

Night Time Surface Combat, near Colombo at 29,48, Range 3,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Tama, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1
DD CHa-23
DD Tagonami, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Minami
CL Ibi

Allied Ships
BB Indiana
CA Wichita, Shell hits 2
CA Frobisher, Shell hits 19, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CL Columbia
DD Barton
DD Decoy
DD Hotspur
DD Nepal
DD Paladin
DD Samuel Benbow
DD Moresby

Day Time Surface Combat, near Colombo at 29,48, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Chikuma, Shell hits 2
CA Isuzu, Shell hits 24, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Kinu, Shell hits 25, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DD Mutsuki
DD Manazuru, Shell hits 8, heavy fires

Allied Ships
BB Indiana, Shell hits 38, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Wichita, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CL Columbia, Shell hits 27, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Barton, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
DD Decoy, Shell hits 15, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Hotspur, Shell hits 1
DD Nepal, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Paladin
DD Samuel Benbow, Shell hits 18, and is sunk
DD Moresby, Shell hits 2, and is sunk

Overall total Jap losses 2 Cas 1 DD
Allied losses 2 cas, 1 CL, 3 DDs with a 4 possibly sinking.
Also, Indiana is crippled.

[deaniks]

Nov 20th-24th 42,

Nothing much happened very quite.

[deaniks]

Nov 25th 42,

I tried sweeping madras to bomb some ships in port didn't go so well.

Morning Air attack on Madras , at 35,40

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 34

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 16
Hurricane IIb Trop x 15
Hurricane IIc Trop x 46
Spitfire Vc Trop x 33
P-40K Warhawk x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5c Zero: 10 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 2 destroyed
Hurricane IIc Trop: 3 destroyed
Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Madras , at 35,40

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 94 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 30
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 29
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 29

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 8
Hurricane IIb Trop x 5
Hurricane IIc Trop x 23
Spitfire Vc Trop x 17
P-40K Warhawk x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 12 destroyed, 6 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 5 destroyed, 8 damaged
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 2 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
xAKL Honolulan, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Fortune, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SS KIX, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL Wosang, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAKL Yarra, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAKL Wollongbar, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Port hits 1

on the other hand, recon reported some AOs and subs in Perth I paid them a visit today.

Morning Air attack on Perth , at 49,147

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 29

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
SS S-35, Bomb hits 1
SS Gudgeon, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
AO TAN 6, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
SS Thresher, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage
SS KXII, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
SS Tambor, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage

[deaniks]

Nov 26th-27th 42

Nothing much

[deaniks]

Nov 28th 42,

I was looking for some payback from my opponent's previous engagement against my Cas.
Recon over Melbourne finally reported the carriers in port 2 turns ago and they were dispanded in port the last turn. I flanked and got some nice strikes. sadly my sweeps didn't go off or it could have been a lot worse for him.

Morning Air attack on Melbourne , at 82,170

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 40
B5N2 Kate x 78
D4Y4 Judy x 116

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 13
P-40E Warhawk x 47
F4F-4 Wildcat x 36
F6F-3 Hellcat x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5c Zero: 3 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 14 destroyed, 1 damaged
D4Y4 Judy: 18 destroyed, 14 damaged
D4Y4 Judy: 5 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 6 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
CV Saratoga, Bomb hits 1
BB Arizona, Bomb hits 2
BB Revenge, Bomb hits 2
CB Danae, Bomb hits 3, on fire
CVL Tangier, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
BB Valiant, Bomb hits 1
CVL Curtiss, Bomb hits 1, on fire
BB Idaho, Bomb hits 1
CA Quincy, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CVL Long Island, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CA Chester, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CL Glasgow, Bomb hits 1

Repair Shipyard hits 1
Port hits 6
Port supply hits 1

Training flight from No.31 Sqn RAAF has been caught up in attack
Fuel storage explosion on CVL Tangier
Ammo storage explosion on CV Wasp

he did try to attack my CVS

Morning Air attack on TF, near Jervis Bay at 89,170

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
A6M5c Zero x 131

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 5
SBD-3 Dauntless x 30

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 18 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
CVL Sagara Maru

reports showed 42 hellcats as opp losses so I'm thinking at least 1 CVL might be dead or had to ditch all her aircraft.

Also another funny note Andy told me when he sent me this he just repaired Wasp so it looks like she's out for another few months.

[deaniks]

Nov 29th 42,

just some heavys trying to intercept my carriers.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Kembla at 91,173

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
A6M5c Zero x 163

Allied aircraft
B-339D x 6
B-17E Fortress x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-339D: 4 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CV Shokaku

[deaniks]

Hello folks I seem to keep losing track of time by forgetting about these things.
Well April 18 43 and so far Ceylon has been recaptured and Auckland as well but nothing much else has happened Andy has started his operation against North Aussie



I plan on attacking the stack south of Darwin so far he outright lost an armed regiment.

I have 2 tank Div, 2 inf Div's 1 inf Brigade 2 arm regiment's trying to drive him out of the region.

Naval air will try and intercept his invasion TF.

In the India region a large Convoy launched from Colombo about 6 days ago 500 ships and like 97 units were spotted in port. Today 100 ships and 91 units are in port KB is sailing from Singer. CVEs and CVLs are in Pearl and his carriers were last reported near Aussie so they can be near the North Aussie region or supportin this TF time will tell.

[deaniks]

April 18th 43,

Darwin has been active recently my opponent has sent an army to retake darwin some supply ship it seems were unguarded and have been killed.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Broome at 63,123

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M3a Betty x 6
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAK Mary Livanos, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Kooringa, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Morning Air attack on TF, near Broome at 63,123

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D4Y4 Judy x 20

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAK Chios, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
xAK Michael Livanos, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk

forward units of his darwin attack have been pushed back.

Ground combat at Fenton (76,126)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 18743 troops, 252 guns, 502 vehicles, Assault Value = 835

Defending force 20118 troops, 204 guns, 552 vehicles, Assault Value = 686

Japanese adjusted assault: 682

Allied adjusted defense: 43

Japanese assault odds: 15 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Fenton !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
646 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 59 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Vehicles lost 14 (3 destroyed, 11 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2064 casualties reported
Squads: 151 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 544 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 48 (48 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 517 (517 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 5

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
12th Division
2nd Tank Division

Defending units:
2/9th Armoured Regiment
2/4th Armoured Regiment
2nd Australian Division
2/10th Armoured Regiment
4th Australian Division

[deaniks]

April 19th

Nothing much

[deaniks]

April 20th 43,

for the last few months, we have been on two-day turns to speed thing's along today he's asked me to go back to one-day turns it seems it was the right time as his TF I spotted my carriers ran into to. It seems he had a lot more with this invasion than I initially thought.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Trinkat at 43,64

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 33 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 109
B7A2 Grace x 35
D4Y4 Judy x 35

Allied aircraft
Firefly F.I x 9
Martlet II x 150
Martlet IV x 39
F4U-1A Corsair x 15
F6F-3 Hellcat x 288

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5c Zero: 9 destroyed
B7A2 Grace: 14 destroyed, 5 damaged
B7A2 Grace: 3 destroyed by flak
D4Y4 Judy: 20 destroyed
D4Y4 Judy: 2 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
Martlet II: 2 destroyed
Martlet IV: 2 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 4 destroyed

Allied Ships
CA Portland
CV Saratoga
CVL Long Island
CA Vincennes
CL Helena
CV Enterprise
CVL Curtiss

Morning Air attack on TF, near Trinkat at 45,65

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 128

Allied aircraft
Avenger I x 49
Firefly F.I x 9
Martlet II x 25
Martlet IV x 24
F6F-3 Hellcat x 60
SBD-3 Dauntless x 100
TBF-1 Avenger x 62

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Avenger I: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged
Avenger I: 1 destroyed by flak
Firefly F.I: 4 destroyed
Martlet II: 9 destroyed
Martlet IV: 5 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 11 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 29 destroyed, 20 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
TBF-1 Avenger: 12 destroyed, 19 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVL Shoho, Bomb hits 1
CVL Sagara Maru, Torpedo hits 1
CV Shokaku
CVL Shinyo
BB Fuji
CA Chikuma
DD Shimakaze
BB Kongo, Bomb hits 2, on fire
CA Abukuma
CV Zuikaku, Torpedo hits 1
CVL Chuyo, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CVL Kiyokawa Maru
BB Kaimon
DD Kuretake
CV Soryu
DD Suresushio
DD Sonan Maru #6
DD Hatsuyuki
CA Naka
CVL Sanuki Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Trinkat at 45,65

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 116
F1M2 Pete x 3

Allied aircraft
Avenger I x 52
Firefly F.I x 5
Martlet II x 44
Martlet IV x 17
F6F-3 Hellcat x 45
SBD-3 Dauntless x 59
TBF-1 Avenger x 41

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5c Zero: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Avenger I: 12 destroyed, 5 damaged
Firefly F.I: 2 destroyed
Martlet II: 8 destroyed
Martlet IV: 7 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 7 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 17 destroyed, 4 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
TBF-1 Avenger: 7 destroyed, 7 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, Torpedo hits 1
CVL Sanuki Maru
CVL Kiyokawa Maru
CV Shokaku, Torpedo hits 1
CV Zuikaku, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA Kuma
CVL Shoho, Bomb hits 2, on fire
CVL Shinyo
CA Aoba
CVL Chuyo, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
CA Naka
DD Kuretake

1 CVl and CV dead my carriers will flank back to Singer's from where he's going I suspect an invasion of northern Java or Burma coast.

[deaniks]

Apr 21st 43,

a CA TF was sent out to mabey catch some of his ships unaware.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Great Nicobar at 43,65, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Chikuma, Shell hits 2
CA Naka
CA Kuma, Shell hits 4
DD CHa-23, Shell hits 15, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Downes, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
DD Porter
DD Selfridge, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Vampire
DD Arunta
DD Isaac Sweers
DD Piet Hein
DD Herald

Night Time Surface Combat, near Great Nicobar at 43,65, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Chikuma
CA Naka
CA Kuma

Allied Ships
DMS Elliot, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
AM Herald, Shell hits 3
LST-28, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LST-30, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
xAK Juan de Fuca, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
xAK Leslie M. Shaw, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Lewis Cass, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
xAK Louis Joliet, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied ground losses:
915 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 56 destroyed, 35 disabled
Engineers: 21 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 19 (17 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 45 (30 destroyed, 15 disabled

Night Time Surface Combat, near Great Nicobar at 43,65, Range 6,000 Yards

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Chikuma, Shell hits 1
CA Naka, Shell hits 2
CA Kuma, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
CA Quincy, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DD Strong, Shell hits 1
DD Taylor, Shell hits 3
DD Waller, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Mahan, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
SC PC-1080, Shell hits 1
xAKL Nevadan
xAKL White Wing
xAKL Morazan
xAKL Prusa
xAP Malda
xAP Tilawa
xAK Wing Sang
xAK Appleleaf
xAK City of Agra
xAK City of Hankow
xAK City of Hereford
xAK City of Lille
xAK Clan Cameron
xAK Clan Macfadyen
xAK Clan Macquarrie
xAK Clan Mactaggart
xAK Clan Macwhirter
xAK Dalgoma
xAK Empire Condor
xAK Empire Curlew
xAK Empire Grenfell
xAK Gamaria
xAK Governor
xAK Lulworth Hill
xAK Markhor
xAK Mendoza
xAK San Alvaro
xAK Scottish Chief
xAK Shirala
xAP Felix Roussel
xAP Cap St Jacques
xAK Alphard, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
xAK Slemmestad
xAK Tarifa, Shell hits 5, heavy fires
xAK Vera
KV Thyme
KV Genista
xAP Rangatira
xAP Raranga
xAP Wahine
xAP Merkur
xAK Aeon
xAK Rona

Allied ground losses:
112 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 24 (11 destroyed, 13 disabled)

Sub attack near Sabang at 45,70

Japanese Ships
CA Naka, Torpedo hits 2, on fire

Allied Ships
SS Lapon

ASW attack near Langsa at 46,73

Japanese Ships
CA Chikuma, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-37

Sub attack near Sabang at 45,70

Japanese Ships
CA Naka, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-23

Sub attack near Medan at 47,76

Japanese Ships
CVL Sagara Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
BB Kurama
BB Kongo
CA Abukuma
DD Naganami
DD Suresushio
DD Sonan Maru #6
DD Murasame
DD Asagumo

Allied Ships
SS Pompon, hits 18, heavy damage

[deaniks]

April 22nd 43,

Submarine attack near Langsa at 47,74

Japanese Ships
CA Chikuma, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Trusty
Submarine attack near Tandjoengbalai at 47,79

Japanese Ships
BB Kurama
CA Abukuma
DD Urakaze
DD Suresushio
DD Sonan Maru #6
DD Murasame
DD Asagumo

Allied Ships
SS Balao, hits 22, and is sunk

with defeats near Medan victorys near Darwin.

Ground combat at 76,127 (near Katherine)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 18546 troops, 252 guns, 503 vehicles, Assault Value = 808

Defending force 12792 troops, 144 guns, 115 vehicles, Assault Value = 410

Japanese adjusted assault: 515

Allied adjusted defense: 18

Japanese assault odds: 28 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), disruption(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

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

Allied ground losses:
3859 casualties reported
Squads: 161 destroyed, 26 disabled
Non Combat: 193 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 21 (16 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 24 (20 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
12th Division
2nd Tank Division

Defending units:
2nd Australian Division
4th Australian Division

[deaniks]

April 23rd 43,

Raids from singers try and intercept ships but cap stops most planes from getting through.

it seem's he's invading Georgetown or near it.

Amphibious Assault at Alor Star (49,73)

TF 219 troops unloading over beach at Alor Star, 49,73

Observor Corps damaged beyond repair during unload of 166 Wing
Observor Corps accidentally lost during unload of 168 Wing /

[deaniks]

April 24th 43,

TF has been sent out to hopefully engage CVs or Transports.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Tandjoengbalai at 48,78, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Kurama, Shell hits 1
CL Minami
DD Shiroyara
DD Akayara

Allied Ships
DD Pakenham
DD Paladin, Shell hits 1
DD Panther, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Deloraine, Shell hits 1
DD Townsville, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Warrego
DD Formalhaut, Shell hits 1
DD Le Triomphant, Shell hits 7, and is sunk

Night Time Surface Combat, near Kuala Kangsar at 48,76, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso, Shell hits 6, on fire
DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Manazuru

Allied Ships
BB Indiana, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 14, on fire
CL Montpelier
CL Denver, Shell hits 1
DD McCalla
DD Farenholt
DD Bailey
DD Bancroft
DD Caldwell, Shell hits 1
DD Meade
DD Case
DD Conyngham
DD Shaw
DE Hotspur

atleast one carrier tf was intercepted

Night Time Surface Combat, near Kuala Kangsar at 48,76, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba
CA Yura, Shell hits 6
DD Susuzuki
DD Naganami
DD Urakaze, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
CVL Hermes
BB Mississippi
BB North Carolina
BB Washington
CLAA San Diego
CLAA San Juan
CLAA Oakland
CA Detroit
CA Trenton
CA Concord
CL Honolulu
CL Santa Fe
DD O'Bannon
DD John D. Edwards
DD Fox
DD Paul Jones
DD Waters
DD Dent
DD Kilty
DD Hatfield
CVL Tangier
CV Enterprise, Shell hits 4
CV Theodore Roosevelt, Shell hits 4, on fire
CVL Saint Mihiel
CVL Argonne

Submarine attack near Langkawi at 48,72

Japanese Ships
SS I-121

Allied Ships
xAK Rizwani, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

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



Sub attack near Phuket at 47,69

Japanese Ships
SS I-154

Allied Ships
DD Paladin, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
DD Pakenham
DD Warrego, on fire
DD Townsville

Sub attack near Phuket at 47,70

Japanese Ships
SS I-123

Allied Ships
xAK Clan Macilwraith, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

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

more air attacks by me today nothing much happens because of them.

however, we landed an 800kg bomb on the victorious but it bounced off the deck armor which is super annoying as I've seen 800kg bombs penetrate BB deck armor.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Kuala Kangsar at 48,76

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 18
Ki-45 KAIe Nick x 17
Ju-88 P-2 x 18

Allied aircraft
Firefly F.I x 4
Martlet II x 12
Martlet IV x 2
F4U-1A Corsair x 3
F6F-3 Hellcat x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 3 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIe Nick: 4 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-45 KAIe Nick: 3 destroyed by flak
Ju-88 P-2: 7 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ju-88 P-2: 2 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
Firefly F.I: 1 destroyed
Martlet II: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB Idaho
CV Saratoga, Bomb hits 1
BB Royal Sovereign
CV Indomitable
CV Hornet
DD Gilmer, Shell hits 2
CA Shropshire, Bomb hits 1
CVL Long Island
DD Sacramento

counter strike suffer at least 3 Ca's dead.

[deaniks]

April 25th 43,

More TF's sent out.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Tandjoengbalai at 48,78, Range 12,000 Yards

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Fuji, Shell hits 1
BB Kaimon, Shell hits 5
CL Ibi, Shell hits 1
DD Kuroyara, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
CL Montpelier, Shell hits 1
CL Denver, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
DD McCalla
DD Farenholt
DD Bailey
DD Bancroft, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Caldwell
DD Meade
DD Case
DD Conyngham
DD Shaw, Shell hits 2
DE Hotspur

Night Time Surface Combat, near Tandjoengbalai at 48,78, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Fuji, Shell hits 1
BB Kaimon
CL Ibi
DD Kuroyara, Shell hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Cushing, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
DD Perkins, Shell hits 1
DD Smith, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
DD Reid
DD Tucker, Shell hits 1
DD Witte de With
DD Jupiter

Day Time Surface Combat, near Malacca at 48,81, Range 28,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Fuji, Shell hits 12, on fire
BB Kaimon, Shell hits 4
CL Ibi, Shell hits 3
DD Kuroyara, Shell hits 2

Allied Ships
BB Royal Sovereign, Shell hits 1
CA Durban, Shell hits 5
DD Pillsbury
DD Sacramento, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
DD Little
DD Talbot
DD Humphreys

more air attack's by me and nothing so far. but he tried to attack ships sent out and was cap trapped at Singers.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 50,84

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 27
A6M2s Zero x 1
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 25
Ki-84a Frank x 71

Allied aircraft
Avenger I x 3
Firefly F.I x 22
Martlet II x 29
Martlet IV x 19
F4U-1A Corsair x 5
F6F-3 Hellcat x 51
SBD-3 Dauntless x 7
TBF-1 Avenger x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Avenger I: 2 destroyed
Firefly F.I: 5 destroyed
Martlet II: 5 destroyed
Martlet IV: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 4 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed
TBF-1 Avenger: 7 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato

at least one bomb on Hermes deck penetration.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tandjoengbalai at 47,79

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 119 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 47
Ju-88 P-2 x 24

Allied aircraft
Firefly F.I x 1
Martlet II x 6
Martlet IV x 5
F4U-1A Corsair x 1
F6F-3 Hellcat x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ju-88 P-2: 4 destroyed, 7 damaged
Ju-88 P-2: 6 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
Martlet II: 1 destroyed
Martlet IV: 1 destroyed
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 3 destroyed

Allied Ships
CVL Hermes, Bomb hits 1
CV Indomitable
DD Durraween
CVL Argonne
CV Enterprise
BB North Carolina
CVL Tangier
BB Washington

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 50,84

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 62 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 23
A6M2s Zero x 1
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 18
Ki-84a Frank x 63

Allied aircraft
Firefly F.I x 12
Martlet II x 16
Martlet IV x 14
F4U-1A Corsair x 3
F6F-3 Hellcat x 48
SBD-3 Dauntless x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 2 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Firefly F.I: 1 destroyed
Martlet II: 2 destroyed
Martlet IV: 2 destroyed
Martlet IV: 1 destroyed by flak
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed by flak
F6F-3 Hellcat: 5 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed by flak
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed

I crossed the river into Katherine to find 3k av waiting for me I got hit pretty badly.

Ground combat at Katherine (76,128)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 18524 troops, 252 guns, 502 vehicles, Assault Value = 804

Defending force 105530 troops, 1557 guns, 2410 vehicles, Assault Value = 3050

Japanese adjusted assault: 118

Allied adjusted defense: 1389

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 11 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), op mode(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
5302 casualties reported
Squads: 32 destroyed, 463 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 60 disabled
Engineers: 17 destroyed, 84 disabled
Guns lost 84 (7 destroyed, 77 disabled)
Vehicles lost 160 (9 destroyed, 151 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
275 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 26 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Assaulting units:
12th Division
2nd Tank Division

Defending units:
2nd Australian Division
3rd Australian Division
2/11th Armoured Car Battalion
3rd Army Tank Brigade
2/10th Armoured Regiment
8th Australian Division
4th Australian Division
2/4th Armoured Regiment
35th Infantry Division
2/8th Armoured Regiment
5th Australian Division
2nd Recce Battalion
3rd Motor Brigade
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
13th Australian Brigade
6th Aus Cav Brigade
7th Mot Infantry Division
94th Coast AA Regiment
1st Medium Regiment
16th Field Regiment
NW Australia Base Force
Darwin RAAF Base Force
Wyndham RAAF Base Force
III US Corps
109th Anti Tank Regiment
Northern Territory
1st Fgtr RAAF Wing
Derby RAN Base Force
11th RAAF Base Force
Tennant Creek RAAF Base Force
NW Aus Aviation Rgt
9 RAAF Base Force
2nd KNIL AA Battalion
Ocean Det.
4th Australian Lt AA Regiment
2/9th Armoured Regiment
Southwest Pacific
Katherine RAAF Base Force
21st Light AA Regiment

Taiping and geoerge town lost.

[deaniks]

April 26th 43,

this could have been a great battle if it wasn't for low visibility.Night Time Surface Combat, near Tandjoengbalai at 47,79, Range 29,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Katori
CA Tenryu
DD Shiokaze
DD Yakaze
DD Yukaze
DD Hokaze
DD Tachikaze
DD Nokaze

Allied Ships
CV Victorious
CV Indomitable
CA Shropshire
CA Sussex
CL Caradoc
DD Hinau
DD Manuka
DD Rimu
DD Tawhai
DD Mohican
DD Mohawk
DD Cree
DD Wasaga
DD Armentieres
CL Gorgon

but I had even greater success with another TF

Day Time Surface Combat, near Georgetown at 48,75, Range 15,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Abukuma
CA Kuma, Shell hits 2, on fire
CA Tama, Shell hits 1
DD Kuretake
DD Kuroyara
DD Shiroyara

Allied Ships
DE Griffin, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
APA Harris, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AK Draco, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AK Leonis, Shell hits 41, and is sunk
AKA Virgo, Shell hits 24, and is sunk
LST-16, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LST-17, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LST-18, Shell hits 38, and is sunk
LST-19, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
xAK Arizonan
xAK Californian
xAK Dakotan, Shell hits 3
xAK Delawarean, Shell hits 17, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Kansan
xAK Puerto Rican
xAK West Isleta
xAK Sagadahoc, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Santa Rita, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK Fairfield City, Shell hits 16, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Steel Maker
xAK Steel Mariner
xAK Florence Luckenbach, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Rajula, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Santhia, Shell hits 23, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Jacalope
xAK Benrinnes
xAK Birchbank
xAK Cairo City
xAK Clan Macbean
xAK Clan Macbrayne
xAK Clan Macindoe
xAK Clan Macinness
xAK Daisy Moller, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
xAK Esperance
xAK Harmonides
xAK Historian
xAK Steaua Romania
xAK Varela, Shell hits 1
xAK Turing Mary
LSI(L) Empire Battleaxe, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
xAK Allara
xAK Aroona
xAK Beltana
xAK Corio
xAK Dundula
xAK Echunga
xAK Iron Knob, Shell hits 3, on fire
xAK Koomilya, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Momba, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Moonta, Shell hits 3
xAK Mundalla, Shell hits 8, and is sunk

Allied ground losses:
6707 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 455 destroyed, 376 disabled
Engineers: 57 destroyed, 48 disabled
Guns lost 361 (195 destroyed, 166 disabled)
Vehicles lost 391 (308 destroyed, 83 disabled)

Day Time Surface Combat, near Georgetown at 49,74, Range 17,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Abukuma, Shell hits 3, on fire
CA Kuma, Shell hits 1, heavy fires
CA Tama, Shell hits 14, heavy fires
DD Kuretake, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Kuroyara, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
DD Shiroyara, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
BB Ramillies, Shell hits 4
CA San Francisco
CA Devonshire
CL Perth, Shell hits 2
CA Enterprise
CA Raleigh, Shell hits 1, on fire
CL Boise, Shell hits 1
DD Bulmer
DD Van Galen
DD Tjerk Hiddes, Shell hits 1
DD Arrow
DD Electra, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Nepal
DD Nizam
DD Sicard
DD Pieter de Bitter, Shell hits 1
DD Jackson, heavy damage
DD Zeeman

[deaniks]

April 27th 43,

Allies push down the coast toward's singers.

[deaniks]

April 28th 43,

More Tf are sent out

Day Time Surface Combat, near Georgetown at 49,74, Range 25,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato, Shell hits 14
DD Hatsuzuki, Shell hits 12, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Onami, Shell hits 7, heavy fires

Allied Ships
CL Emerald
DD Norman, Shell hits 3
CL Abdiel, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Korowa
DD Durraween
DD Goonambee, Shell hits 1
DD Olive CamDay Time Surface Combat, near Georgetown at 49,74, Range 29,000 Yards

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
F1M2 Pete: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Ise, Shell hits 13, on fire
CL Oyodo, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
DD Arikaze, Shell hits 1
DD Takakaze, Shell hits 2, on fire

Allied Ships
BB Revenge, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
BB Ramillies, Shell hits 12
CA San Francisco
CA Canberra, Shell hits 7
DD Grayson
DD Buchanan
DD Lansdowne
DD Lardner
DD Sims
DD Anderson
DD Electra
SC-517
SC-518
SC-644
APA John Penn
xAP West Point
AK Electra
SC PC-1077
SC PC-1078
SC PC-1079
xAK Arizonan
xAK Californian
xAK Dakotan
xAK Kansan
xAK Puerto Rican
xAK West Isleta
xAK Santa Rita
xAK Steel Maker
xAK Steel Mariner
xAK Nightingale, Shell hits 1
xAK Alcoa Prospector
xAP Queen Mary
xAP Arundel Castle
xAP Dunnatar Castle
xAP Dominion Monarch
xAP Empress ' Scotland
xAP Empress ' Australia
xAP Empress ' Asia
xAK African Prince
xAK Bhima
xAK Catrine
xAK Indira
xAK Itola
xAK Jalayamuna
xAK Shillong
xAK Jacalope
xAK Benrinnes
xAK Birchbank
xAK Cairo City
xAK Clan Macbean
xAK Clan Macbrayne
xAK Clan Macindoe
xAK Clan Macinness, Shell hits 1
xAK Empire Peregrine
xAK Esperance
xAK Harmonides
xAK Dundula, Shell hits 1, on fire
CB Endurance, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Iron Knob, and is sunk

Day Time Surface Combat, near Georgetown at 49,74, Range 23,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Katori, Shell hits 7, on fire
CA Tenryu, Shell hits 9, on fire
DD Shiokaze, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Yakaze, Shell hits 1
DD Yukaze, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Hokaze, Shell hits 6
DD Tachikaze, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
DD Nokaze, Shell hits 2, heavy fires

Allied Ships
CA Devonshire, Shell hits 4
CL Perth, Shell hits 1
CA Enterprise, Shell hits 1
CA Raleigh, Shell hits 4, on fire
CL Boise, Shell hits 1
DD Bulmer, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Van Galen, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Tjerk Hiddes, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Arrow, Shell hits 1
DD Nepal
DD Nizam, Shell hits 2
DD Sicard
DD Pieter de Bitter, Shell hits 2, on fire

Day Time Surface Combat, near Georgetown at 49,74, Range 24,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Manazuru, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
BB Kurama, Shell hits 24, on fire
BB Kaimon, Shell hits 1
CL Minami
CL Ibi, Shell hits 3

Allied Ships
CA Devonshire, Shell hits 1, on fire
CL Perth, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Enterprise
CA Raleigh, Shell hits 12, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Boise, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Bulmer, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Tjerk Hiddes, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Arrow, Shell hits 1
DD Nepal, Shell hits 1
DD Nizam, Shell hits 3
DD Sicard, Shell hits 1
DD Pieter de Bitter, on fire

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Alor Star at 49,73

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 28
Ju-88 P-2 x 11

Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 3
Martlet II x 10
Mosquito FB.VI x 8
Mosquito AB.VI x 6
F4U-1A Corsair x 1
F6F-3 Hellcat x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ju-88 P-2: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Sea Hurricane Ib: 1 destroyed
Martlet II: 1 destroyed
Mosquito FB.VI: 1 destroyed
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
DD Frazier
xAK Liran
xAK Lorrain, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Shinkuang
xAK Kiangsu, Bomb hits 1
xAKL Karuah

[deaniks]

in 8 day's losses for me have been.

900 airframes.

1 CV, 1 CVL, 6 CAs, 1 CL, 9 DDs, 1 SS

Allies have lost

300 airframes.

1 CB, 1 Ca, 1 CL, 5 DD, 1 DE, 1 DMS, 6 LST, 1 APA, 1 AKA, 1 LSI(L), 2 AK 18 Xak, 2 SS

so some of these Xaks are unconfirmed but due to damage received and how ships ladened with supply die easier, I believe they sank.