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Only time I have seen that sort of thing is when my amphib landing aborted (enemy strength or damage to amphibs) and reloaded the troops still alive during the same turn.vettim89: AMPH units were seen unloading at Moulmein but when I opened the turn - no Japanese units - odd.
thenNight Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 11,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CL Yura, Shell hits 2
CL Tama, Shell hits 9, heavy fires
CL Kiso, Shell hits 2
CL Oi, Shell hits 5, heavy fires
DD Kuroshio, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Urakaze, Shell hits 1
DD Shigure
DD Yamakaze
Allied Ships
CA Australia, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA Canberra, Shell hits 4
CL Perth, Shell hits 2
CL Adelaide, Shell hits 6, on fire
DD Isis
DD Hatfield, Shell hits 3
ThenNight Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 10,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu, Shell hits 2
DD Nenohi
DD Sazanami, Shell hits 1
Allied Ships
CA Australia, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Adelaide, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Isis, Shell hits 4, on fire
Then Nells form Rabaul descended on the remnantsDay Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 23,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CL Yura, Shell hits 12, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Kiso, Shell hits 1
DD Kuroshio, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Urakaze
Allied Ships
CA Canberra, Shell hits 1
CL Perth, Shell hits 2
DD Hatfield, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
S-42 applies the final blow in this day long running battleMorning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 25
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Walrus II: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
DD Isis, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
CL Adelaide, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CA Australia, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
IT was a risk but I just couldn't give up PM without some sort of a fight. Canberra and Perth are retiring towards SyndneySubmarine attack near Port Moresby at 97,131
Japanese Ships
CL Yura, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS S-42
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 6
B-17E Fortress x 7
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
PB Chitose Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Kuroshio, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Nichiryo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Runway hits 1
And in the area of absurdity, KB drifts further west only to bag a single TK south of Diego Garcia. We have a house rule about not camping off map exit areas and this is coming close to that. I will raise the issue if he doesn't pull back soon. Somewhere out there there has to be a juicy RPL TF. Beyond my NavSearch rangeGround combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 36949 troops, 378 guns, 393 vehicles, Assault Value = 1233
Defending force 13535 troops, 96 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 489
Japanese adjusted assault: 864
Allied adjusted defense: 637
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
525 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 56 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Vehicles lost 23 (2 destroyed, 21 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1485 casualties reported
Squads: 24 destroyed, 139 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled
Guns lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Assaulting units:
5th Armored Car Co
15th Tank Regiment
37th Division
41st Division
12th Tank Regiment
8th Ind.Mixed Brigade
2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
7th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Army
12th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
Defending units:
34th Regional Army Corps
33rd Regional Army Corps
43rd Regional Army Corps
8th Group Army