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ORIGINAL: Feurer Krieg

Akagi is a tough old ship. I've taken a couple 1000lb bombs and only had 3 pts of flood damage. Zuikaku is probably in danger due to the ammo explosions, and the amount of bomb hits. It is much more fragile than Akagi in my opinion.

Agreed that Zuikaku is most likely toast. Akagi I would give 50/50 odds on sinking.
I use witpqs's advice that an Ammo Storage Explosion is about the equivalent of three X 1000 lb. bomb hits. It seems
to accurately reflect results. BTW, a FSE is about two bomb hits.

Enterprise is not that badly damaged [thanks to small bombs and Allied DC] and if Noumea is in any danger of air strikes or bombardment I would not put her there.
She should be able to limp down to Auckland or over to Sydney. If you are worried about getting the fires under control, I
can understand putting her in port at Noumea, but would move her as soon as the fires are out. Minesweeping and ASW should
precede the move.

ORIGINAL: rook749

Aftermath at New Caledonia

The plan is for the the two undamaged CV Taffy's to move from Point B to Point A. Point A will be held by the surface forces left over from the Enterprise Taffy. After two more days of combat all the carriers will withdraw for more fuel and ammo to Suva or Pago Pago.

The Enterprise Air units that were forces to land at Noumera will also continue to fight on, and defend their carrier if she makes port here and does not sink. One US Army Inf Battalion is now in route from Pago Pago along with 1/3 of the Americal Division form Brisbane to help hold the base in the face of whatever else has landed with this 21st Infantry division.

The Australian Surface forces will close in from the north at Koumac in 4 -5 five days from Townsville. Force Z still headed by the Repulse will be in Brisbane in two days to refuel (coming from Perth) and will move out to the area from there.

The questions of the day are:

1) Did I win or lose?
2) Did his two CV's go down?
3) Will the Enterprise survive?
4) Am I stupid for sticking around to try and smash the landing force?

I think you won - Only one US CV badly damaged while he has at least one sunk, one HD and Soryu with moderate damage.
The 56 Kates must represent nearly half his torpedo bombers and he lost a good chunk of his Vals too.
If you still have good numbers of fighter at Noumea to help cover your TF, you can take another chunk of his naval air fleet.
If he sends that BB/CA fleet around toward Point A to try hit you in a night attack, he will find you at Point B on the way by.
I would have at least three SCTFs between my CVs and them.
Can he operate Netties as far as Noumea yet?

Its a win for the Allies. Enterprise isn't damaged much at all in my opinion. You have him in a tough spot I think. If he leaves, you might be able to stymie his attempt to take Noumea, but if he stays, he has to worry about losing even more carriers.

Am I seeing the map correctly that he didn't take Luganville before hitting Noumea? That's a mistake in my opinion.

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
I think you won - Only one US CV badly damaged while he has at least one sunk, one HD and Soryu with moderate damage.
The 56 Kates must represent nearly half his torpedo bombers and he lost a good chunk of his Vals too.
If you still have good numbers of fighter at Noumea to help cover your TF, you can take another chunk of his naval air fleet.
If he sends that BB/CA fleet around toward Point A to try hit you in a night attack, he will find you at Point B on the way by.
I would have at least three SCTFs between my CVs and them.
Can he operate Netties as far as Noumea yet?

I have around 30 land bases fighters at Noumera, so I should be ok with fighter cover. Yea I he may still be able to get me into a surface combat but he will have to pass though one CA SAG and two DD SAGs to do it, do if it happens it happens. No, without Luganville he can't operate LBA that far south.

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: Feurer Krieg

Akagi is a tough old ship. I've taken a couple 1000lb bombs and only had 3 pts of flood damage. Zuikaku is probably in danger due to the ammo explosions, and the amount of bomb hits. It is much more fragile than Akagi in my opinion.

Agreed that Zuikaku is most likely toast. Akagi I would give 50/50 odds on sinking.
I use witpqs's advice that an Ammo Storage Explosion is about the equivalent of three X 1000 lb. bomb hits. It seems
to accurately reflect results. BTW, a FSE is about two bomb hits.

Enterprise is not that badly damaged [thanks to small bombs and Allied DC] and if Noumea is in any danger of air strikes or bombardment I would not put her there.
She should be able to limp down to Auckland or over to Sydney. If you are worried about getting the fires under control, I
can understand putting her in port at Noumea, but would move her as soon as the fires are out. Minesweeping and ASW should
precede the move.

I am sending her to Noumea to hide from any SAGs and hope the fires go out for a couple of days. After that we will see where it makes the most amount of sense to get her fixed.

ORIGINAL: Feurer Krieg

Its a win for the Allies. Enterprise isn't damaged much at all in my opinion. You have him in a tough spot I think. If he leaves, you might be able to stymie his attempt to take Noumea, but if he stays, he has to worry about losing even more carriers.

Am I seeing the map correctly that he didn't take Luganville before hitting Noumea? That's a mistake in my opinion.

Yes, he bypassed Luganville and I also agree that was a mistake. This was a strategic surprise for him as he lost track of my carriers around 30 days ago and I don't think he thought I was that much of a maniac to take on the KB before I got my F4F-4s.

Yea, if he pulls back I will save Noumea and if he sticks around unless he gets me into a night surface fight I think I have all of the advantages. Not really sure what I would do in his shoes.....

How good do you feel about the intelligence reporting 31 fighters for the IJN? If you feel it is reliable, then you should definitely stick around for another go at the Japanese carriers. If they withdraw you settle for whatever is left within range.

ORIGINAL: poodlebrain

How good do you feel about the intelligence reporting 31 fighters for the IJN? If you feel it is reliable, then you should definitely stick around for another go at the Japanese carriers. If they withdraw you settle for whatever is left within range.

Given his air losses last turn I feel very good about the number.

Battle for Java?
Not sure if this will pan out or not but, the goal being to slow down any advance into Java. If this is just a BB raid by him then it won't make a huge difference but if there is a landing force coming right behind I might be able to crush it before it gets ashore. All Dutch air units are set to escort/cap/Search/naval and ready to die for the king.

There are 12 MTB's that will move out to Point "2" to cover the Dutch Forces.There are 10 HDML's that will move out to Point "3" to cover the Dutch Forces. As the Moonlight is 64% this could be a lot of fun. [:D]

Force H
Indomitable, Hermes, 1 x CA, 2 x CL, 6 x DD. Will move to Batavia to refuel and then to Point "1". From here it will withdraw to Colombo. The Hermes will head all the way back and but the Indomitable will head to Perth and then on to Brisbane. 33 Fulmar II's, 18 Albacore I's & 12 Swordfish I's are on board.

Force G
Revenge, Royal Sovereign, 2 x CA, 3 x CL, 8 x DD's will refuel and rearm at Batavia then proceed to Soerabaja. From there it will withdraw to Colombo.

Dutch Forces
3 x CL's & 10 DD's. These will all withdraw to Soerabaja and hide.

Anyone have any thoughts now that I have sent the turn in to Japan? Too much hutzpa?

08 Mar 42 - 09 Mar 42 Executive Summary

The KB runs from the area but his battleship taffy charges and intercepts both of my carrier taffy's (details below). [X(][X(][X(]. Other than some nice Japanese pilot attrition the battle off of Java does not occur. He has one land unit of unknown type and size at Noumea. 1750 tons of Supplies arrive at Singapore and supplies are now back to 12k.

Japanese Amphibious Landings:
Amphibious Assault at Baker Island (149,136)

Japan Conquerors the Following Bases:
Japanese forces CAPTURE Baker Island !!!
Watampone

Night Battle of New Caledonia
I can't imagine that AirGriff is a happy campers as he found both Carrier Taffy's and got nothing out of it. Both Taffy's did however run back to their base of operation Auckland. I have been upgrading my ship captains and I think this and the fact that my ships are close to the max XP for day/night saved my but.....

Night Time Surface Combat, near Noumea at 116,160, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CS Chitose
BB Hiei, Shell hits 1
BB Kirishima
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2
CA Tone
CL Abukuma
DD Akigumo
DD Kagero
DD Kikuzuki
DD Yuzuki

Allied Ships
CV Yorktown, Shell hits 3
CA Minneapolis
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 1
DD Walke, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Balch
DD Dent


Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 64% moonlight: 8,000 yards
Range closes to 21,000 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...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
Sasaki, Hankyu crosses the 'T'
CV Yorktown engages CS Chitose at 8,000 yards
BB Hiei engages CV Yorktown at 8,000 yards
CA Tone engages CV Yorktown at 8,000 yards
DD Kikuzuki engages DD Balch at 8,000 yards
DD Kagero engages DD Balch at 8,000 yards
BB Mutsu engages CA San Francisco at 8,000 yards
BB Hiei engages CV Yorktown at 8,000 yards
DD Kagero engages DD Balch at 8,000 yards
DD Kagero engages DD Walke at 8,000 yards
DD Yuzuki engages DD Walke at 8,000 yards
DD Kagero engages DD Walke at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 9,000 yards
BB Mutsu engages CV Yorktown at 9,000 yards
CA San Francisco engages CS Chitose at 9,000 yards
BB Hiei engages CA Minneapolis at 9,000 yards
DD Dent engages DD Kagero at 9,000 yards
DD Balch engages DD Kagero at 9,000 yards
CV Yorktown engages CS Chitose at 9,000 yards
DD Yuzuki engages DD Dent at 9,000 yards
DD Walke sunk by DD Akigumo at 9,000 yards
BB Mutsu engages CV Yorktown at 9,000 yards
CA San Francisco engages CA Tone at 9,000 yards
BB Mutsu engages CA Minneapolis at 9,000 yards
CA Tone engages CV Yorktown at 9,000 yards
CL Abukuma engages CV Yorktown at 9,000 yards
DD Akigumo engages DD Dent at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
BB Mutsu engages CV Yorktown at 12,000 yards
BB Kirishima engages CV Yorktown at 12,000 yards
BB Mutsu engages CA Minneapolis at 12,000 yards
CA Tone engages CV Yorktown at 12,000 yards
CL Abukuma engages CV Yorktown at 12,000 yards
DD Yuzuki engages DD Dent at 12,000 yards
DD Kagero engages DD Balch at 12,000 yards
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
Task forces break off...


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Noumea at 116,160, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CS Chitose, Shell hits 3
BB Hiei
BB Kirishima
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 5
CA Tone, Shell hits 1, on fire
CL Abukuma, Shell hits 2
DD Akigumo
DD Kagero, Shell hits 1
DD Kikuzuki
DD Yuzuki

Allied Ships
CV Saratoga
CA Salt Lake City, Shell hits 4
CA New Orleans, Shell hits 5
CL Detroit
DD Hughes
DD Clark, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Crane


Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 64% moonlight: 8,000 yards
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 13,000 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
BB Mutsu engages CA New Orleans at 8,000 yards
CA New Orleans engages CA Tone at 8,000 yards
CA Tone engages CA Salt Lake City at 8,000 yards
CA Tone engages CA Salt Lake City at 8,000 yards
DD Crane engages CL Abukuma at 8,000 yards
BB Mutsu engages DD Clark at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
BB Mutsu engages CA New Orleans at 2,000 yards
BB Kirishima engages CA New Orleans at 2,000 yards
CL Abukuma engages CA Salt Lake City at 2,000 yards
CL Abukuma engages CA Salt Lake City at 2,000 yards
DD Clark engages CS Chitose at 2,000 yards
DD Kikuzuki engages DD Clark at 2,000 yards
DD Clark engages DD Kagero at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 6,000 yards
CS Chitose engages CV Saratoga at 6,000 yards
CA Tone engages CA New Orleans at 6,000 yards
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Abukuma at 6,000 yards
CL Abukuma engages DD Crane at 6,000 yards
CV Saratoga engages CS Chitose at 6,000 yards
DD Hughes engages DD Yuzuki at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 11,000 yards
CV Saratoga engages CS Chitose at 11,000 yards
BB Kirishima engages CA New Orleans at 11,000 yards
BB Hiei engages CA Salt Lake City at 11,000 yards
CL Detroit engages CA Tone at 11,000 yards
CL Abukuma engages CA New Orleans at 11,000 yards
DD Clark engages DD Kikuzuki at 11,000 yards
DD Yuzuki engages DD Clark at 11,000 yards
DD Kikuzuki engages DD Clark at 11,000 yards
DD Kagero engages DD Crane at 11,000 yards
DD Akigumo engages DD Crane at 11,000 yards
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
Task forces break off...

KB Parting Shot....
Any day the KB wants to fight my land based air is a good day for me.

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Morning Air attack on Noumea , at 115,160

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
B5N2 Kate x 6

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 4
F4F-3A Wildcat x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 13000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
2 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet *

CAP engaged:
VF-6 with F4F-3A Wildcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
49th PG/7th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes

Also attacking 5th RAN Base Force ...

Parting Shots from Allied CV's and the Enterprise's Planes at Noumea

More ships and supplies of his to the bottom. No troops it seems [:@] .
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Morning Air attack on TF, near La Foa at 114,159

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4F-3A Wildcat x 4
SBD-2 Dauntless x 2

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-2 Dauntless: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAP Kitano Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x SBD-2 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near La Foa at 114,159

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 2
TBD-1 Devastator x 4

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Nissyu Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x TBD-1 Devastator bombing from 5000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Nissyu Maru

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Morning Air attack on TF, near La Foa at 114,159

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
F2A-3 Buffalo x 4
F4F-3 Wildcat x 12
SBD-3 Dauntless x 34

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 6 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAP Kitano Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
xAP Terukuni Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Yayoi
DD Mutsuki
xAK Tatutaki Maru, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Nissyu Maru, heavy fires

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
9 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
5 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Terukuni Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Kitano Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Tatutaki Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Nissyu Maru

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near La Foa at 114,159

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 1
F4F-3A Wildcat x 3
SBD-2 Dauntless x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAP Atsuta Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
xAK Keisho Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x SBD-2 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near La Foa at 114,159

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
TBD-1 Devastator x 5

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Mutsuki, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x TBD-1 Devastator bombing from 5000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Battle off of Java
Well it seems that BB force of his was not hunting my Dutch Surface force and his force turned north and all four of my surface forces did not engage him. I did however get to bleed his air forces over my British CV's.

British CV force will withdraw west of Java and then split to send the Hermes to Colombo and the rest of the force to Perth and then on to Sydney. The Britsh BB force will withdraw to Colombo.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Batavia at 49,98

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
G3M2 Nell x 10

Allied aircraft
Fulmar II x 19
B-339D x 11
CW-21B Demon x 6
75A-7 Hawk x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
G3M2 Nell: 6 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Fulmar II: 2 destroyed

CAP engaged:
No.803 Sqn FAA with Fulmar II (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
No.806 Sqn FAA with Fulmar II (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 3000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
1 planes vectored on to bombers
1-Vl.G.IV with 75A-7 Hawk (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
6 planes vectored on to bombers
2-Vl.G.IV with CW-21B Demon (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
6 planes vectored on to bombers
1-VI.G.V with B-339D (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
2-VI.G.V with B-339D (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
No.800 Sqn FAA with Fulmar II (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 5 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
9 planes vectored on to bombers



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Batavia at 49,98

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 11

Allied aircraft
Fulmar II x 13
B-339D x 9
CW-21B Demon x 6
75A-7 Hawk x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 6 destroyed

No Allied losses

CAP engaged:
No.803 Sqn FAA with Fulmar II (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
1-Vl.G.IV with 75A-7 Hawk (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
2-Vl.G.IV with CW-21B Demon (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
1-VI.G.V with B-339D (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
2-VI.G.V with B-339D (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
No.800 Sqn FAA with Fulmar II (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
No.806 Sqn FAA with Fulmar II (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes

Singapore - Holds
The forts are down to level 2 again but we hold. One xAKL arrives to deliver 1750 supplies and two more are in route. Supplies are back up to 12K but still falling. If I can keep it supplied I can hold for another 30 days unless he brings in more force. He has five units of some type in the hex north, I assume they are resting and rebuilding.

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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 49420 troops, 639 guns, 146 vehicles, Assault Value = 1227

Defending force 59865 troops, 639 guns, 431 vehicles, Assault Value = 850

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 1990

Allied adjusted defense: 2491

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
6079 casualties reported
Squads: 29 destroyed, 346 disabled
Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 104 disabled
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 20 disabled
Guns lost 56 (4 destroyed, 52 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1711 casualties reported
Squads: 78 destroyed, 32 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 64 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled
Guns lost 32 (2 destroyed, 30 disabled)
Vehicles lost 29 (4 destroyed, 25 disabled)

Enterprise 42(0)-38(14)-30(4) and Noumea
The fires are out and the Big E will now make for Sydney from Noumea by heading three hexes south and then west. It has one DD escort with two DDs and one CA that will meet up with it in route. ASW is also searching the sea are along it's route. Good thing we hid in port as with the fires at night I expect it would have been toast if the Jap BB force found it.

He has a land unit of unknown size now in the hex of Noumea which I assume is the 21st Infantry Division. If I can hold the hex for four days I have the following Landing -

Landing in 1.5 Days: 1/3 of the Americal Division
Landing in 2 Days: 2/5 Ind Coy
Ladning in 4 Days: 1 US INF BAT
Landing in 6 Days: 1 US ART BAT

At the base I have Level 3 Forts -
4th Aus Lt AA Reg
5th RAN Base Force
New Caledonia Det
Sparrow Aus Inf Bat
Bull Aus Inf Bat

It will be a near run thing.... If the US 1/3 US INF Division arrives in Time I think I can hold but I could be wrong.

I have moved all of the aircraft from the air units on the island away but I 55 aircraft at the base down for repair with only 33 Aviation support.....

Two CV's Down....
Intel and the Victory Point count shows he lost two CV's but I am not sure its really accurate given is two CV's that should not have taken that much damage compared to some of the others.

ORIGINAL: rook749

Two CV's Down....
Intel and the Victory Point count shows he lost two CV's but I am not sure its really accurate given is two CV's that should not have taken that much damage compared to some of the others.

Name of the ship sunk is very often FOW. Zuikaku and Akagi are likely gone. The ship loss VPs seem to indicate two CVs larger than Soryu.

Next Round at New Caledonia
Here is what is in route for the next round, if I can't hold Noumea I will make sure he can't get the supplies and any extra troops shore. The fall back is to send all the reinforcements to Koumac which is currently held by Heron Det, 2/4 Ind Coy and the 2/3 Ind Coy - Forts Level 1-90%.

Force Z
Repulse, Houston, 2 x CL, 6 x DD.

OZ Force
Pensacola, Australia, Canberra, 3 x CL, 3 x DD.

US CAR DIV 2
Saratoga, Salt Lake City, CL, 2 x DD. There are 42-F, 36 DBs and 8 TB aircraft on board.

10 Mar 42 -11 Mar 42 Executive Summary

The good news is that we held the first attack Noumea (more details below). It appears the Mini-KB is at Tulagi --- not sure if it will venture south but need to keep an eye on it. Force Z and the OZ Surface force bag one damaged DD trying to feel Noumea.

CV Indomitable is now in route to Perth after making is presence know at Batavia again.

Japanese Amphibious Landings:
None.

Japan Conquerors the Following Bases:
Siaeo