August 2, 3, 4 :
Invasion fleet approaching Palmyra!!
Mr Tojo is not the uber-fighter [;)]
Noumea hit again [:D]
Key: TT = Torpedo; bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; AV = Assault Value; DC = Depth Charged;
(*) = destroyed aircraft;
Subs: No successful attacks.
CVs: Lexington and Saratoga have completed repairs and leave for Palmyra.
India/Burma:[>:][>:]
China: - more air attacks than normal
Yenan - Up to 25 Sally hit the AF daily
the daily ground bb attacks continue at 85, 43 (2 hexes due west of Loyang on trail)
Changsha -
2nd - 17 Sonia hit the AF = 14b, 3s, 26r;
3rd - 17 Sonia hit the AF again = 1b, 3s, 11r;
4th - Chinese fighters moved in
Sian -
3rd - 37(2) Ann, 5 Lily, 9 Sonia hit the AF = 8b, 1s, 18r; 20(1) Lily = 6b, 2s, 11r;
4th - Chinese fighters moved in
Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58) on 3rd
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 71057 troops, 581 guns, 123 vehicles, Assault Value = 2113
Defending force 13746 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 421
Japanese adjusted assault: 640
Allied adjusted defense: 1366
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
3444 casualties reported
Squads: 62 destroyed, 287 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 35 disabled
Engineers: 10 destroyed, 25 disabled
Guns lost 26 (6 destroyed, 20 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (3 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
273 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
35th Division
110th Division
15th Division
27th Division
17th Ind.Mixed Brigade
36th Division
Defending units:
100th Chinese Corps
25th Group Army
Still standing tall. [;)]
Wenchow -
4th - 23 Ann, 21 Lily, 15 Sonia hit the AF = 5b, 2s, 11r;
Australia:
Roto -
2nd - 40 Tojo come in at 25k to find 25(1) P-40s on CAP; 62(4) Helen come in @ 6k and flak takes a toll = 4b, 2s, 16r;
3rd - 32(7) Tojo sweep in and find a stronger CAP than yesterday - 6(1) Spitfire Vc Trop, 20(1) P-39s, 16(1) P-40s [:D]; 3(1) Tojo vs 2 Spitfire, 7 P-39s, 3 P-40s;
4th - 37(4) Tojo sweep in to find my mixed CAP of 15(1) Spitfire, 20 P-39s, 35(1) P-40s; a second sweep of 37(2) Tojo still find a large CAP of 11 Spitfire, 13(1) P-39s, 23(2);
Broken Hill - the empty base falls on 2nd
4th - He has now moved in over 70 fighters; 32 Tojo are ordered to sweep my troops one hex to SE; this is followed by 19 Helen attacking the 5th Aussie Div = 46c; 6th Aus Cav Brigade is then targeted by 37 Oscar with 36(1) Helen = 41c; x 36
Ground combat at 80,161 (near Broken Hill) on 4th
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 546 troops, 0 guns, 123 vehicles, Assault Value = 200
Defending force 43264 troops, 762 guns, 993 vehicles, Assault Value = 1278
Japanese adjusted assault: 0
Allied adjusted defense: 887
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 99
Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 99 (76 destroyed, 23 disabled) OUCH!! [:D]
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
5th Tank Regiment
6th Tank Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
10th Tank Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
5th Guards Cav Regiment
Defending units:
Americal Infantry Division
762nd Tank Battalion
6th Australian Division
3rd Motor Brigade
763rd Tank Battalion
2/5th Armoured Regiment
2/4th Armoured Regiment
6th Aus Cav Brigade
7th RAAF Base Force
30th Base Group
202nd Coast AA Regiment
134th Field Artillery Battalion
Northern Territory Corps
208th Coast AA Regiment
204th Coast AA Regiment
109th Anti Tank Regiment
2nd US Naval Construction Battalion
I've learned my lesson about trying to retreat in Move Mode when this close to his large stacks. Especially, when I know he likes to send out his tanks to attack ahead of the infantry.
Ground combat at 62,150 (near Esperance) on 4th
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 768 troops, 0 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 76
Defending force 287 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 76
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 76 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(-), disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Allied ground losses:
289 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
8th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
Defending units:
12th RAAF Base Force
The last of the retreating forces from western Australia is destroyed. [:(]
South Pacific:
Suva -
3rd - Two SC TFs are spotted between here and Noumea, but still move than a days move away; in response I move in 3 DB groups (SBD-1, SBD-2, & SB2U) and the P-39s are armed with drop tanks with everybody set for 6 hexes max @ 12k; 100 B-17s & LB-30s are ordered to hit the port of Noumea from 10k;
4th - One of the SC TF (4 ships) is now 9 hexes to west of base; the other SC TF of 10 ships is now 11 hexes to SW @ 126, 169;
Tongatapu - After the 4th turn, I move the SBD-1 (16 planes) from Suva here to join the 12 PBY-5;
Vava'u - After 4th turn, the recently convert SB2U to Avenger TBs moves from Aukland to here (somewhat trained in NavT, but not as good as I like); two groups of A-24 Banshee move from Pago Pago and set to 8 hexes for all three; ships are formed in an Escort TF and ordered east; subs head west
Wellington - After 4th turn, a SC TF (2x "R" Class BBs, 2 CLs, 7 DDs) are ordered to head NE towards Vava'u;
Noumea -
4th -
Morning Air attack on Noumea , at 115,160
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 72 Nice to see them go in as one big group!!
LB-30 Liberator x 3
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
CM Okinoshima, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
AKE Tokiwa Maru, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
AD Shintoku Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
SS I-7, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
PB Shinko Maru #5, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Sinko Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AS Rio de Janiero Maru, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
AGP Kofuku Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Ikunta Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AG Mamiya, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 2
This is his second lesson....don't leave ships disbanded in a port within 4e bomber range of a size 5 AF or larger (in my other game as Japan, I learned this at Rabaul by B-24s from Cooktown). [:D] 75 of 100 went in this strike.
Morning Air attack on Noumea , at 115,160
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 4
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
PB Sinko Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Ikunta Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
AD Shintoku Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
ACM Shonan Maru #8, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
CM Okinoshima, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
AGP Kofuku Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Port hits 3
So much for all those support ships stationed here.
Central Pacific:
Palmrya - Gilbert invasion ships except for my 2 CVs leaving Pearl this turn and the 2nd Marine Div on transports to the east of Canton should arrive on 5th and then orders to head west will be given after some re-organization.
Notes:
A2A Losses on 3rd = 20J & 8A with 17 Tojo shot down; on 4th = 25J & 12A with 21 Tojo lost [:)]
1 August 42 - Note to Japanese players unfamiliar with Allied OOB. This is when most of the American bomber groups re-size. Those of my B-17s and other 4e bomber groups go from 8 to 12. The other bomber groups mainly go to 16.
