Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, Docup(A)-Koniu(J)

[koniu]

9 DEC 41

Air losses
We have tie I lost 14 he lost 13 planes

Ship losses

[koniu]

10 DEC 41

KB
KB is sailing to Malaya are to support Mersing invasion.

Philippines
Sea
I have found CA Houston. With 6 other ships his sailing between Celebes and Borneo. My 4xDD TF was surprised by enemy and nigh battle start. No damage on my side 4 reported hits on enemy side. East of Philippines my 2xDD attack enemy cargo ships demaging 5 xAKL. I will hunt them in next turn.
Air
I have bombarded LCU`s in Lingayen to support invasion forces. AF attack in Clark Field and Manila. Few planes damaged on ground. Zero activity of enemy planes. I am sure that thy do not leave any ware. Probably they are grounded by heavy AF and plane damage
Land
Invasion in Lingayen begin today

North Philippines map

[koniu]

South part of Philippines

[koniu]

Ambon Invasion

[koniu]

Dutch East Indies
I have landed in Miri. I will take it in next turn. And send suplies to star repair asap.

SE Pacific
Nauru and Tarawa are captured. I will star again Ocean isl. invasion. I have landed in Guam and will take it tomorrow. I think my opponent retreat His CV TF toward PH.

China
No changes in land situation. All units arrive to HK.
I lost few Ki-51 in Air battle. For now i have opposition in air.
I have deliberate attack HK

Burma
No actions.

Malaya
Some air mission. I attack AF and ground units
Mersing invasion will land in two days. I will start marching south.

[koniu]

Morning Air attack on 37th Chinese Corps, at 83,52 , near Changsha

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 12

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 23


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-51 Sonia: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged

No Allied losses

Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 90 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 44
G4M1 Betty x 42


Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-35A: 4 damaged
P-35A: 1 destroyed on ground
P-26A: 2 damaged
P-26A: 1 destroyed on ground
P-40B Warhawk: 6 damaged


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


Airbase hits 28
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 79

Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 21379 troops, 321 guns, 218 vehicles, Assault Value = 631

Defending force 6612 troops, 132 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 227

Japanese adjusted assault: 458

Allied adjusted defense: 369

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
918 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 78 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Guns lost 17 (2 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Vehicles lost 15 (2 destroyed, 13 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
556 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 84 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Night Time Surface Combat, near Donggala at 68,97, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Kawakaze
DD Umikaze, Shell hits 1
DD Suzukaze
DD Shiokaze

Allied Ships
CA Houston, Shell hits 1
CL Marblehead
DD Barker
DD Bulmer, Shell hits 2
DD Paul Jones, Shell hits 1
DD Parrott
DD Stewart

ASW attack near Kota Bharu at 51,75

Japanese Ships
DD Ayanami

Allied Ships
SS KXII, hits 10, heavy damage

Day Time Surface Combat, near Siargao at 83,90, Range 18,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Sazanami
DD Ushio

Allied Ships
xAKL Dos Hermanos, Shell hits 1
xAKL Elcano, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Escalante R, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Sarangami, Shell hits 4, on fire
xAKL Taurus, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage

[koniu]

Only one ship sunk today

Dutch SS KXII

Air losses

[koniu]

11 DEC 41

KB
They are sialing toward Malaya. They will protect Mersing invasion and hutn ships fleeing from Singapore

Philippines
Sea
few minor battles i have sunk 4 xAK and 2 xAKL. Lingayen invasion attack by MTB`s no hits.I will send few DD to hunt them.
Air
I have bombarded LCU`s north from Lingayen to slow them down. They are cut off from Manila. Recon intel telling my they have 7k men over there. I am sending there 4 brgd. of tanks to attack them
Land
Lingayen captured

China
no change from last turn


Burma
No actions.

Malaya
I moved my units to the south. Plan is to push enemy south but not to fast.In next or in 2 turns i will land in Mersing. Plan is to cut off as many enemy LCUs as i can. second wave is already on ships but they will arrive to Mersing no sooner than in 6 days.
Enemy TF 2CL and 3DD attack my 3DD south of Singapore. No damage for both sides. In next turn(i need wait for air protection from KB) i will send there CA with few DD to intercept them. I need to very cautious. I do not know where Force Z is.


Dutch East Indies
Miri capured

SE Pacific
no actions

Home Islands, Manchuria, Korea
no actions. In two turns resources convoy system will start

Hawaii
no actions

Ambon Inwasion

Disaster. My SC TF not menage to intercept enemy forces and they attack my invasion TF.
It was massacre. I have lost 50% of ships including 2xCS, DD and 3AMC. I lost almost 75% of lcu`s on ships (2000 men die). On PM day phase Kate`s from mini KB attack and s heavily damage 2 US DD.
Ambon invasion end before begins. I have small advantage in combat ships so i will try to hunt and sunk enemy around ambon. Mini Kb will go north to hunt for ship escaping from Philippines. I will live 2DD behind to protect Mini KB back.

[koniu]

Day Time Surface Combat, near Ambon at 76,109, Range 19,000 Yards

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 2 destroyed
F1M2 Pete: 8 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CS Mizuho, Shell hits 26, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
CS Chitose, Shell hits 31, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DD Yamakaze, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DMS W-7, Shell hits 14, and is sunk
DMS W-8, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
AMc Ataka Maru
AMc Kyo Maru #1, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
AMc Takasago Maru, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PB Edo Maru, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
PB Myoken Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire
PB Saiko Maru, Shell hits 18, and is sunk
PB Gamitsu Maru #1, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
PB Nichi Maru #1, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PB Showa Maru #3, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PB Showa Maru #5, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Myoko Maru, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Shinanogawa Maru, Shell hits 1
xAK Shinryu Maru
xAK Kanko Maru, Shell hits 1
xAK Yasukawa Maru
xAK Hasuna Maru, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Meigen Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK Yamafuku Maru
xAKL Kakyu Maru, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Haruna Maru

Allied Ships
CL Boise, Shell hits 2
DD Alden, Shell hits 1, heavy fires
DD Edsall
DD John D. Edwards
DD Whipple

Japanese ground losses:
1762 casualties reported
Squads: 26 destroyed, 42 disabled
Non Combat: 42 destroyed, 54 disabled
Engineers: 10 destroyed, 17 disabled
Guns lost 15 (2 destroyed, 13 disabled)

[PaxMondo]

Oh that hurts. Those Chitose class CS are some of my favorite ships .... OUCH. [:(]

[koniu]

12 DEC 41

KB
They are now few hexes East from Singapure. They will protect Mersing invasion and hunt ships fleeing from Singapore

Philippines
Sea
I have sunk 1 xAKL south of Davao.
Air
I have bombarded LCU`s north from Lingayen to slow them down.
Land
No actions, i set my units on rest. I send one unit to Iba to capture it. No Allied units there so i will capture it without fight
I have landed in Atimonan

China
no change from last turn. Few small battles, but nothing worth to say.I will start to bombard HK.


Burma
No actions.

Malaya
Units from Signora Will move south, objective is to secure Alor Star, Gorgetown and Taiping.
Second attack will go from Kota Bharu, their first objective is to secure Temuloh. I sending unrestricted units from Indochina in strategic mode to Kota Bharu. This units will reach Kota Bharu in 2-3 day + three more days to change to combat mode

Dutch East Indies
I have landed in Brunei

SE Pacific
no actions

Home Islands, Manchuria, Korea
one more turn before resources convoy system will start

Hawaii
no actions

Ambon Inwasion

Force Z go down.
After Ambon disaster from last turn i have decided to abandon this invasion( i will back here later) and go home. I have set mini KB to go north, and i have send 2DD TF to protect mKB back. I am worried about Allied SC TF from Ambon and i do not know where CA Huston is.
Battle start in night when Force Z surprise my 2DD. It was great IJN victory. PoW and Repulce were hit by torpedoes. Heavy damage for both Battleships. In morning 12 B5N1 bombers launch from mKB. 7 of 12 torpedoes score hit. PoW, Repulce and one DD sunk in minutes.

[koniu]

Night Time Surface Combat, near Morotai at 80,100, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Asagumo, Shell hits 1
DD Murasame, Shell hits 2, on fire

Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BC Repulse, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Danae
DD Vampire
DD Tenedos
DD Electra
DD Express, Shell hits 2, on fire


Morning Air attack on TF, near Djailolo at 78,101

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N1 Kate x 12



Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Walrus II: 3 destroyed

Allied Ships
BC Repulse, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
BB Prince of Wales, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
DD Electra, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

[koniu]

13 DEC 41

KB
Planes from KB heavy damage(probably sunk) aroud Palembang 1 allied CL and 4 DD`s

Philippines
Sea
DD Tenedos(one of the last Force Z ships) attack at night invasion fleet around Davao. He manage to hit 4 time one of the xAK`s. xAK Nanrei Maru sunk next morning. Few hours later DD Tenedos surprise mKB, both TF`s withdraw. On morning planes from mKB attack DD Tenedos but no hits. DD Tenedos now is fleeing south. I will send 4 DD to sunk him.
Air
Air Attack in San Fernando and near Tuguegarao. For now i am attacking allied units north east of manila. They tray to reach Manila i will tray to stop them.
Small enemy air activity mostly CAP.
Land
I have capture Tuguegarao, San Fernando, Davao, Atimonan.
Heavy losses to allied units defending San Fernando.
Japanise unit arrive to Iba, i will capture it tomorrow (no allied units heare)

China
All allied units south east of Changsha, and unit from china coast are retreating toward Changsha

Burma
No actions.

Malaya
Air
Heavy air attack on allied units in north part of Malaya peninsula.
Land
Units from Singora and Kota Bharu are heading south.
Mersing invasion start. On first day almost 15k man have landed. Reinforcment are on move. in 4 days i will have in Mersing 35k man and over 1000 assault strength. 50% of this units i will send west to close all retreat paths for allied units north of Mersing
Sea
I sane SC TF to Palembang, On morning they attack Enemy fleet near Palembang allied CL sunk, few hours later they attack another enemy TF. Short battle small damage to allied CL.
Both of this allied TF are attak later that day by planes from KB. All of them was probably sunk in this attack

Dutch East Indies
I am unloading supplies in Miri and Brunei. I want to start repair oil centers asap

SE Pacific
Guam liberated

Home Islands, Manchuria, Korea
I need to wait one more turn before resources convoy system will start

Hawaii
no actions

Ambon region
Units retreating from Ambon area, sunk 3 enemy ships PC, TK, xAKL.

[PaxMondo]

ORIGINAL: koniu

Night Time Surface Combat, near Morotai at 80,100, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Asagumo, Shell hits 1
DD Murasame, Shell hits 2, on fire

Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BC Repulse, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Danae
DD Vampire
DD Tenedos
DD Electra
DD Express, Shell hits 2, on fire


Morning Air attack on TF, near Djailolo at 78,101


Allied Ships
BC Repulse, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
BB Prince of Wales, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
DD Electra, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

BANZAI!!!

[koniu]

14 DEC 41

Philippines
Sea
I have found DD Tenedos near Waigeo but after short battle he manage to escape

Land
every day i am closer to Manila and Clark Field i will be ready to attack in 5 maybe 7 days. I still waiting for reinforcement from Japan.

Malaya
Air
I have sweep Singapore. 5 confirmed kills
Land
Mersing captured.
Sea
SC TF (CA and 3DD) attack ships loading cargo in Palembang 6 xAKL`s go down

Dutch East Indies
I need to retreat my ships from Miri and Brunei i have spotted enemy ships around Sandakan. I think they are trying to sneak around my fleet on Celebes Sea and attack unprotected cargo ships around north Borneo.

[koniu]

15-19 DEC 41

KB
Last 5 days KB stay around Singapore to protect Mersing invasion. On 18 Dec KB sail south and on 19 he bombard Batavia port. I have sunk few AMc and xAKL`s. I sent Val bombers to naval search and i found that KB i surrounded by 8 cargo TF`s. Tomorrow i will send all my planes to naval attack. We will see what will happens. I have created 2 SC TF from KB (2xDD each) i hope they will attack and sunk some of the enemy ships around KB, major target to them are MTB south west of KB, survived ships will be attacked on morning from air.

Mini KB is in Japan, I will upgrade planes on deck and join other small CV`s in 10 days mKB should be in fight again

Situation after 19 DEC

[koniu]

15-19 DEC 41

Malaya
Air
Heavy air attack on allied units in north part of Malaya peninsula. I sweeping Singapore every day and losses are almost 3:1. On 17 I have night bombard Sing airfield, next day no allied planes in air, but i think they will return soon. I am rebasing planes from Thailand to Malaya
Land
Units from Singora and Kota Bharu are heading south.I have 600AV on north and that should be oriund 3:1 on my favor. in south I have 1100 AV around Mersing (another 450AV will arrive in 3-4 days making it 1550AV)
Sea
After good 14 DEC when i sunk 6 ships in Palembang I have bad day. TF returning from Palembang was hit by mines 3DD and CA was hit. They manage to return to Saigon. They need 16 day in drydock for DD`s. CA will need to return to Japan( at lest 1 month in dock)

Situation after 19 DEC

[koniu]

15-19 DEC 41

Philippines
Sea
Allies try to sneak around my blockade of Manila. I have count more that 12 TF heading south. I have send my ships to intercept, i catch most of them but i cant be everywhere and some manage to escape. On 17 i have sent big SC TF (4CA,2CL,6DD) to Ambon sector in 3-4 days they will be fallowed by my second attempt to take Ambon. Later I will send some of DD`s from this TF to hunt for enemy south of Soerebaja
EDIT
A will send single DD to scout Makassar Strait, if i find there something interesting i will send SC TF from Ambon and maybe KB to intercept.
Area is out of range of my search planes and its only place where CA Huston can hide. I he is not tghere that will mean that he run south
Air
Most of attack will focus on Clark Field. Allies are regrouping there. I have bombarded Clark Field at night. 5 planes reported destroyed and over 50 reported damaged
Land
I am preparing to attack Clark Field. Allies are regrouping there. I think they will leave Manila and will focus on defense of Clark Field and Battan. I hope i will take Manila without a fight an entire 1900AV will attack Clark field

Situation after 19 DEC

[koniu]

15-19 DEC 41

China
All allied units south east of Changsha, and unit from china coast are retreating toward Changsha
On 17 HK fall in my hands

Burma
No actions.

Dutch East Indies
I am unloading supplies in Miri and Brunei. Troops are loading on ships Thailand, they target will be Kuching area. I am transporting troops from Japan to reinforce units in Pabeldaob. Later they will land on east coast of Borneo

South Pacific
I need to start doing something in Truk area and maybe Wake and maybe go more south on south east Pacific. Any advise will be appreciated


Home Islands, Manchuria, Korea
I have start convoy system
I need any advise what land unit are good to sped on them PP`s an change HQ to them


Hawaii
Only one thing to tell. On morning 19 DEC SS I-20 score 1 torpedo hit to BIG E. I have few more SS in area and i hope that they will manage to find BIG E before hi escape to PH

Sub attack near Hilo at 180,119

Japanese Ships
SS I-20

Allied Ships
CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 1
CA Salt Lake City
DD Gridley
DD Balch
DD Fanning
DD Dunlap
DD Ellet

[koniu]

War summary 7-19 DEC

Allied ship losses:

BB x1
BC x1
CL x3
DD x10
xAP x4
xAK x7
xAKL x22
AO x1
TK x3
SS x14
AS x3
AVD x3
AMc x8
CMc x1
Pat. x5

Japan ship losses

CS x2
DD x2
xAP x1
xAK x12
xAKL x1
AMC x3
AMc x2
DMS x3
PB x6

Air losses