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With Japanese combined fleet being pottentially twice the size of Allied carrier force no amphibious operations planned untill August but by August we will have ;

Also we will have F6F Hellcat , SBD-5 and SB2C dive bombers on carriers instead of F4F Wildcats and SBD-3's.

A day after Mizuho was sunk another carrier showed up to the West , near Perth and sank a patrolling DD

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Perth at 15,147

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 15
B5N1 Kate x 17
D4Y1 Judy x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate: 1 damaged
D4Y1 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
DD Nestor, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Napier, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied armored spearhead catches IJA tanks on trains

Ground combat at Maryborough (96,157)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12607 troops, 114 guns, 2009 vehicles, Assault Value = 2457

Defending force 7552 troops, 170 guns, 914 vehicles, Assault Value = 542

Allied adjusted assault: 953

Japanese adjusted defense: 259

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

Allied forces CAPTURE Maryborough !!!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E8N2 Dave: 1 destroyed

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), preparation(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
3376 casualties reported
Squads: 40 destroyed, 73 disabled
Non Combat: 121 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 40 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 68 (36 destroyed, 32 disabled)
Vehicles lost 333 (319 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Units retreated 4

Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 53 (9 destroyed, 44 disabled)

Assaulting units:
10th Light Horse Battalion
193rd Tank Battalion
757th Tank Battalion
2/5th Armoured Regiment
763rd Tank Battalion
2nd Recce Battalion
2/9th Armoured Regiment
5th Armoured Division
2/10th Armoured Regiment
754th Tank Battalion
762nd Tank Battalion
1st USMC Tank Battalion
2nd Army Tank Brigade
2nd Armored Division
2/7th Armoured Regiment
2/4th Armoured Regiment
2/6th Armoured Regiment
1st Motor Brigade
3rd Army Tank Brigade

Defending units:
12th Tank Division
3rd Tank Regiment
Guards Tank/B Division
21st Army

20 January 1943

I forgot to give orders to a tanker convoy leaving Perth for Capetown. It was too late when i noticed it
Last months Allied ship casualties


Other than the raid , game has slowed down a bit but it will get crazy in 10 turns when Burma front ceasefire ends

February 1st 1943
Ceasefire in Burma front ends. My coop partner put a large but not large enough airforce to Akyab , this attracted attention of entire IJ Air force. Resulted with hundreds of planes Sweeping and over 200 Heavy bombers hitting airfield.
Results;


Some combat highlights from turn;

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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 94
N1K1-J George x 36

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 7
Hurricane IIa Trop x 5
Hurricane IIb Trop x 18
P-39D Airacobra x 19
P-400 Airacobra x 12
P-40E Warhawk x 3
P-40K Warhawk x 12
Spitfire Vc Trop x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIb Trop: 3 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 5 destroyed
P-400 Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed
Spitfire Vc Trop: 4 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x A6M8 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet *
63 x A6M8 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-85 x 74

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 4
Hurricane IIa Trop x 5
Hurricane IIb Trop x 11
P-39D Airacobra x 9
P-400 Airacobra x 10
P-40E Warhawk x 2
P-40K Warhawk x 10
Spitfire Vc Trop x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-85: 3 destroyed, 41 damaged
Ki-85: 4 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 7 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 3 destroyed on ground
Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed
DB-7T: 3 destroyed on ground
B-25C Mitchell: 8 destroyed on ground
B-17E Fortress: 5 destroyed on ground
Beaufort I: 6 destroyed on ground
DB-7B: 4 destroyed on ground
PBY-5 Catalina: 5 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 28
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 45

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-85 bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x Ki-85 bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x Ki-85 bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 250 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-85 bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 112 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 38 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G8N1 Rita x 104
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 15

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G8N1 Rita: 40 damaged
G8N1 Rita: 2 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 8 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 3 destroyed on ground
DB-7B: 13 damaged
DB-7B: 6 destroyed on ground
PBY-5 Catalina: 3 damaged
PBY-5 Catalina: 1 destroyed on ground
Dewoitine D.790: 9 damaged
Dewoitine D.790: 3 destroyed on ground
Breguet Br697: 35 damaged
Breguet Br697: 9 destroyed on ground
B-25C Mitchell: 44 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 10 destroyed on ground
Hurricane IIb Trop: 9 damaged
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
B-17E Fortress: 20 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 8 destroyed on ground
P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground
Beaufighter Ic: 42 damaged
Beaufighter Ic: 5 destroyed on ground
Morane MS450: 21 damaged
Morane MS450: 6 destroyed on ground
DB-7T: 13 damaged
DB-7T: 3 destroyed on ground
Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
Beaufort I: 20 damaged
Beaufort I: 5 destroyed on ground
P-400 Airacobra: 10 damaged
P-400 Airacobra: 3 destroyed on ground
P-40E Warhawk: 2 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 20
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 38

Aircraft Attacking:
43 x G8N1 Rita bombing from 13000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 250 kg GP Bomb
32 x G8N1 Rita bombing from 13000 feet
Airfield Attack: 16 x 250 kg GP Bomb
27 x G8N1 Rita bombing from 13000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-85 x 54

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-85: 31 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Breguet Br697: 15 damaged
Breguet Br697: 4 destroyed on ground
Beaufort I: 1 destroyed on ground
Beaufighter Ic: 10 damaged
Beaufighter Ic: 2 destroyed on ground
B-17E Fortress: 11 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground
Hurricane IIa Trop: 4 damaged
Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground
Morane MS450: 1 destroyed on ground
Dewoitine D.790: 10 damaged
Dewoitine D.790: 3 destroyed on ground
DB-7B: 1 damaged
DB-7T: 4 damaged
DB-7T: 1 destroyed on ground
Hurricane IIb Trop: 4 damaged
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-85 bombing from 15000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
27 x Ki-85 bombing from 15000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-85 x 36

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-85: 23 damaged
Ki-85: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
Morane MS450: 3 destroyed on ground
P-39D Airacobra: 2 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground
DB-7B: 3 damaged
DB-7B: 2 destroyed on ground
PBY-5 Catalina: 5 damaged
Beaufighter Ic: 4 damaged
Beaufighter Ic: 1 destroyed on ground
Breguet Br697: 9 damaged
Breguet Br697: 2 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
35 x Ki-85 bombing from 15000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

He lost a lot of Tojos . . .

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

He lost a lot of Tojos . . .

Gotta break some eggs to make omelette , at the end of the day he won todays air engagement [:D]

Noticed i forgot to post House rules ;
1)Fighter altitude limit on all missions 20k untill 6/42 , 25k 6/42 to 01/43 , 30k 01/43 to 01/44 , no limit on 45
2)No night strat bombing untill 44
3)Glen subs to use glen's only
4)6 Ships minimum per task force if you have multiple task forces in a hex
5)4E bombers at 10k minimum on naval strike

10 February 1943
We have been hitting the oil fields at Magwe for a few days , resistance was minimal and Allied bombers destroyed most of the oil with massed day bombings.

But today Andy has had enough and put up a cap near 700 strong

Normally i stop offensive operations every few turns to not get cap trapped but it seems Andy Mac caught me this time [:D]

Poor Chinese DB-3's took the brunt of enemy cap but at least they were a good bullet sponge , weakened enemy cap significantly , which led to later sweeps mopping the floor with Japanese

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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 7
N1K1-J George x 9
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 36
Ki-44-IId Tojo x 64
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 3

Allied aircraft
P-43A-1 Lancer x 3
P-38G Lightning x 57
P-43A-1 Lancer x 18
P-50A Skyrocket x 52
SNCASE SE.102 14R x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 6 destroyed
Ki-44-IId Tojo: 7 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-50A Skyrocket: 1 destroyed


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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 5
N1K1-J George x 4
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 25
Ki-44-IId Tojo x 45
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 2

Allied aircraft
P-43A-1 Lancer x 5
P-43A-1 Lancer x 3
P-50A Skyrocket x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 4 destroyed
Ki-44-IId Tojo: 3 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-43A-1 Lancer: 1 destroyed
P-50A Skyrocket: 2 destroyed

Feb 26 1943
Last turn recon over Port Moresby found 200 Fighters , 200 bombers at the airfield so i tought ; I have more heavy bombers than he has fighters lets not waste time and go in before fighters are in position
Australia airforce has been pretty dormant in the last month as Japanese are fully evacuating so we caught Japanese by surprise.

Feb 27 1943
Combined Allied Carrier force left Los Angeles for Pearl Harbor a week ago.
While approaching to Pearl harbor Death Star got spotted at 34 hexes from Pearl , almost made my cancel the strikes but lack of reaction from Andy Mac made me think maybe he isnt paying too much attention so i carried on , at 22 hexes Allied task forces swapped over to full speed and closed into 7 hexes from Pearl Harbor. Results are mixed , we got some ships but airwings took pretty heavy beating too.








I also got a large invasion force following behind by a day coming for Lahaina , weakest link in the Hawaii chain after Niihau Atoll but Lahaina can be built up to level 9 airfield. I am not sure if i should carry on with the invasion after carrier wings took pretty heavy losses

March 2 1943
Allied doomstack arrived at Lahaina , at night a Japanese DD got through the surface combat forces and sank a CVE with torpedo strike. As main carrier force is sitting 1 hex NE of Lahaina , it was up to CVE's to protect the invasion forces at Lahaina , losing 1 CVE lead to more planes getting through the CAP and 4 more CVE's got hit by Japanese airstrikes 1 sank , 3 crippled.
We have landed 3400 AV at Lahaina all combat troops have low fatigue and disruption and they are ready to do a shock attack against 1 Japanese regiment , there is also 14 AA regiments , 500 engineers and 200 engineer vehicles , i plan to turn Lahaina into impregnable fortress to grind down Japanese forces at Hawaii

My partner Dutchy noticed Andy Mac was hitting troops around Akyab without any escort or sweeps so he setup a cap trap with heavy fighters , which worked very well even against Japanese Heavies

And Australian airforce continues hitting Port Moresby airfield with massed bomber formation

Air Losses;


Ship losses;



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Lahaina at 182,108

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 114 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
A6M8 Zero x 5
D4Y1 Judy x 36

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 132
F6F-3 Hellcat x 5
F5F Skyrocket x 2
F5F-2 Skyrocket x 47
Dewoitine D.550 x 1
F4F-3S Wildcatfish x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed
D4Y1 Judy: 14 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
CVE Altamaha
CVE Nassau
CVE Pocomoke, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lahaina at 182,108

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 83 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 13
G4M1 Betty x 10

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
F6F-3 Hellcat x 3
F5F-2 Skyrocket x 17
F4F-3S Wildcatfish x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M8 Zero: 2 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed
F4F-3S Wildcatfish: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CVE Altamaha, Torpedo hits 1

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lahaina at 182,108

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 119 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 41 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 1
G4M1 Betty x 31

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 27
F6F-3 Hellcat x 2
F5F-2 Skyrocket x 10
F4F-3S Wildcatfish x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 21 destroyed, 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CVE Suwannee
CVE Long Island, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CVE Sangamon, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
6 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lahaina at 182,108

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 112 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 38 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 1
G8N1 Rita x 7

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 13
F6F-3 Hellcat x 2
F5F-2 Skyrocket x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
G8N1 Rita: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
F5F-2 Skyrocket: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CVE Sangamon, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CVE Altamaha

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x G8N1 Rita bombing from 11000 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

There were a few more strikes before these but they arent too relevant

March 3 1943
Today Allied warships bombarded most of the Hawaii island chain , grounding all of IJAF. Followed by a port strike from Carriers to finish of remaining ships at Pearl Harbor.

Night Naval bombardment of Pearl Harbor at 180,107

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 36 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed on ground
H8K3A Emily: 24 damaged
H8K3A Emily: 3 destroyed on ground
A6M8 Zero: 34 damaged
A6M8 Zero: 2 destroyed on ground
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 9 damaged
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground
G3M2 Nell: 15 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
CL Honolulu
CL St. Louis
DD Gansevoort
DD Bancroft
DD Bailey
DD Woodworth

Japanese ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 64

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Night Naval bombardment of Pearl Harbor at 180,107

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 16 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed on ground
H8K3A Emily: 7 damaged
A6M8 Zero: 25 damaged
A6M8 Zero: 2 destroyed on ground
G3M3 Nell: 3 damaged
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 5 damaged
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground
G3M2 Nell: 21 damaged
D4Y1 Judy: 2 damaged
J1N1-C Irving: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CL British Columbia
CL Denver
DD Reid
DD Preston
DD Smith
DD Perkins

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Airbase hits 22
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 22

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Night Naval bombardment of Pearl Harbor at 180,107

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K3A Emily: 16 damaged
H8K3A Emily: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M8 Zero: 9 damaged
A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
G4M1 Betty: 18 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 5 damaged
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground
G3M2 Nell: 20 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed on ground
G3M3 Nell: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Rome
CA Burlington
DD Trippe
DD Mayrant
DD Paulding
DD Clark

Japanese ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16

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Night Naval bombardment of Pearl Harbor at 180,107

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 29 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 7 damaged
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground
H8K3A Emily: 70 damaged
H8K3A Emily: 1 destroyed on ground
G4M1 Betty: 17 damaged
A6M8 Zero: 35 damaged
A6M8 Zero: 2 destroyed on ground
J1N1-C Irving: 2 damaged
D4Y1 Judy: 2 damaged
G3M3 Nell: 4 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Chicago
CA Louisville
CA Chester
CA Northampton
DD Gillespie
DD Farenholt
DD McCalla
DD Lardner

Japanese ground losses:
158 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 51

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Night Naval bombardment of Pearl Harbor at 180,107

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K3A Emily: 58 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 23 damaged
A6M8 Zero: 12 damaged
A6M8 Zero: 3 destroyed on ground
J1N1-C Irving: 1 damaged
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 10 damaged
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground
G3M2 Nell: 29 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
CA Quincy
CA Minneapolis
CA Astoria
CA Salt Lake City
DD Mustin
DD Hammann
DD Kalk
DD Hobby

Japanese ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 15

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Night Naval bombardment of Pearl Harbor at 180,107

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 5 damaged
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground
H8K3A Emily: 5 damaged
A6M8 Zero: 17 damaged
A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
G3M3 Nell: 1 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 3 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed on ground
G4M1 Betty: 5 damaged
J1N1-C Irving: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
CA Duquesne
CA Exeter
CA Devonshire
CA Vincennes

Japanese ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

Also gave valuable intel , IJA 2nd and 4th Divisions are garriosining Pearl Harbor and there is no coastal guns or mines.I believe a naval invasion is possible real soon

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Night Naval bombardment of Lahaina at 182,108

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M8 Zero: 15 damaged
A6M8 Zero: 2 destroyed on ground
D4Y1 Judy: 6 damaged
D4Y1 Judy: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales
BB Washington
BB North Carolina
DD Salak
DD Noble
DD Swan
DD Pakenham
DD Aylwin
DD Dale
DD Hull
DD Lamson
DD Drayton
DD Mahan
DD Fanning
DD Dunlap

Japanese ground losses:
224 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)

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Night Naval bombardment of Kona at 182,111

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G8N1 Rita: 105 damaged
G8N1 Rita: 11 destroyed on ground
A6M2 Zero: 3 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed on ground
H8K3A Emily: 54 damaged
H8K3A Emily: 7 destroyed on ground
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed on ground
D4Y1 Judy: 2 damaged
D4Y1 Judy: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
BC Ranger
BC King Frederick
BC King William
DD Balch
DD Selfridge
DD Porter
DD Cassin
DD Case
DD Ellet
DD Benham

Japanese ground losses:
335 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 18
Port hits 15

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Night Naval bombardment of Kona at 182,111 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K3A Emily: 48 damaged
H8K3A Emily: 5 destroyed on ground
G8N1 Rita: 39 damaged
G8N1 Rita: 8 destroyed on ground
A6M2 Zero: 9 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
D4Y1 Judy: 8 damaged
D4Y1 Judy: 2 destroyed on ground
G4M1 Betty: 11 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed on ground

7 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CA Indianapolis
CA Portland
DD Lansdowne
DD Duncan
DD Buchanan
DD Aaron Ward

Japanese ground losses:
95 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 47
Port hits 8
Port supply hits 2

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Night Naval bombardment of Hilo at 183,111

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 7 damaged
D4Y1 Judy: 8 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Cleveland
CL Nashville
DD Anderson
DD Hughes
DD Sims
DD Carmick

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

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20
Port hits 3

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Night Naval bombardment of Hilo at 183,111

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y1 Judy: 24 damaged
D4Y1 Judy: 1 destroyed on ground
G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Montpelier
CL Belfast
DD Laffey
DD Monssen
DD Grayson
DD Gwin

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 33
Port hits 13
Port supply hits 1
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Morning Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 180,107

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Firefly F.I x 7
Hellcat I x 8
Martlet II x 8
F4F-4 Wildcat x 76
F6F-3 Hellcat x 22
SBD-3 Dauntless x 270
F5F Skyrocket x 11
F5F-2 Skyrocket x 38
Dewoitine D.550 x 14
Dewoitine D.790 x 14
Dewoitine D.791 x 7
LN.42 x 40

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 12 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Minami, Bomb hits 11, and is sunk
DD Takanobu, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk
E Aotaka, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
DD Kaguya, Bomb hits 8, and is sunk
DD Takeichi, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
SS I-109, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
ACM Sonobe Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
DD Morimasa, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
SS I-173, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
SS I-124, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk
SS I-83, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk

Repair Shipyard hits 4
Port hits 9
Port fuel hits 5
Port supply hits 1

Air Losses;


Also we got some very valuable intell this turn ,
CV Namika is moving to Wake Island (136,98). I believe Andy Mac is bringing all his carriers together for a counter strike , question is do we fight them with Land based air support or just retreat with majority of the fleet and leave it to 14 AA regiments stationed on Lahaina [:D]

March 4-10 1943
As the initial invasion action is dying down , Hawaii turned into minefield stand off. 4 Japanese submarines hit and sunk by mines at Pearl harbor while Allies lost a CL and DD to mines.
While bombarding Pearl Harbor BC Ranger hit an allied mine and took a lot of damage , she is now getting minor repairs. Large allied floating docks will arrive soon , i will send them to Lahaina for major repairs untill Pearl Harbor is captured.

A Japanese carrier force is approaching Johnston island i am not sure about the size but from amount of ASW strikes its flying against my subs i am gonna guess its the main combined fleet. Lahaina has 600 fighters at the moment i am bringing fighters halfway with carriers and flying them off to the base. Airfield level is 6 and increasing every few days , i believe we are ready for a fight at Lahaina if combined fleet comes in

ORIGINAL: Evoken

March 4-10 1943
As the initial invasion action is dying down , Hawaii turned into minefield stand off. 4 Japanese submarines hit and sunk by mines at Pearl harbor while Allies lost a CL and DD to mines.
While bombarding Pearl Harbor BC Ranger hit an allied mine and took a lot of damage , she is now getting minor repairs. Large allied floating docks will arrive soon , i will send them to Lahaina for major repairs untill Pearl Harbor is captured.

A Japanese carrier force is approaching Johnston island i am not sure about the size but from amount of ASW strikes its flying against my subs i am gonna guess its the main combined fleet. Lahaina has 600 fighters at the moment i am bringing fighters halfway with carriers and flying them off to the base. Airfield level is 6 and increasing every few days , i believe we are ready for a fight at Lahaina if combined fleet comes in

It would be a mistake to bring your floating drydocks (ARDs) to the Hawaiian Islands before you have soundly defeated the IJN Carrier force. If they win a Carrier clash they can do to your port what you just did to PH.

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: Evoken

March 4-10 1943
As the initial invasion action is dying down , Hawaii turned into minefield stand off. 4 Japanese submarines hit and sunk by mines at Pearl harbor while Allies lost a CL and DD to mines.
While bombarding Pearl Harbor BC Ranger hit an allied mine and took a lot of damage , she is now getting minor repairs. Large allied floating docks will arrive soon , i will send them to Lahaina for major repairs untill Pearl Harbor is captured.

A Japanese carrier force is approaching Johnston island i am not sure about the size but from amount of ASW strikes its flying against my subs i am gonna guess its the main combined fleet. Lahaina has 600 fighters at the moment i am bringing fighters halfway with carriers and flying them off to the base. Airfield level is 6 and increasing every few days , i believe we are ready for a fight at Lahaina if combined fleet comes in

It would be a mistake to bring your floating drydocks (ARDs) to the Hawaiian Islands before you have soundly defeated the IJN Carrier force. If they win a Carrier clash they can do to your port what you just did to PH.

Lahaina is a proper fortress , as airfield levels are increasing i am bringing more fighters in , there is a lot of surface combat task forces it is almost impsosible to bombard with ships and there is also 14 AA regiments each armed with 16x90mm AA guns , 32x40mm bofors and 48x.50 cal AA guns , this is without counting the AA from base forces and other units. When it reaches level 9 airfield it will be very hard to get through the combat air patrol with carrier force alone , the whole island chain is getting bombarded daily (laying mines at Pearl harbor was a mistake from me 2 more CL and 1 CA hit friendly mines this turn)

Ouch , 2 CL and 1 CA are pretty badly damaged
I guess i will have to stop bombarding Pearl Harbor because Mk16 mines really hurt.
All the enemy mines around Pearl have been swept , i have a dedicated minesweeper there but cant seem to sweep my own mines. I have deployed over 800 mines at Pearl is there anyway to stop my ships from hitting my own mines or did i just do a huge blunder and give enemy a minefield i cant do anything about ? [:D]

Usually your own ships know about your minefield the day after you lay it - but I have never made a minefield that large. Or should I say minefields - 800 is a lot to lay in one go, so you have probably been laying mines every day for some time. Every day you lay a minefield your ships must wait a day to become aware of it. The AI keeps track of minefields by the date they are laid, the type and the numbers laid or decayed.

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Usually your own ships know about your minefield the day after you lay it - but I have never made a minefield that large. Or should I say minefields - 800 is a lot to lay in one go, so you have probably been laying mines every day for some time. Every day you lay a minefield your ships must wait a day to become aware of it. The AI keeps track of minefields by the date they are laid, the type and the numbers laid or decayed.

I brought a lot of minelaying ships with me , laid it all in one go.My ships hit mines on 3 seperate days too , i think i made a huge mistake here [:D]
Also KB is coming out to play , pacific ocean itself is a living minefield filled with submarines , its only a matter of time

Looks like KB will go to Johnston Is. to refuel before heading to the PH area.

March 14 1943
The Great PT boat slaughter
I had 72 PT Boats at Lahaina , i have set them up to intercept enemy ships if they come close to Pearl , i did the same thing for the surface combat task forces ; all on patrol order with 6 reaction range , agressive leaders , direct routing and absolute threat tolerance , a lot of planes for both night and day naval search (30+ planes for each phase all with radar). PT Boats reacted to enemy and engaged the enemy while my surface ships sat on their asses at Lahaina in both day and night phases , enemy came in and parked at Lanai 1 hex from Lahaina and they still didnt react. As a result enemy have sunk about 50 PT Boats and got into pearl harbor to rearm. I am seriously annoyed by this , if my ships reacted properly it was my best chance to do massive damage to Japanese surface fleet.

Anyways we are going all out assault on Pearl to try to bombard it , Andy Mac parked about 1400 planes there in 1 turn , if i cant bombard it this turn it will make Hawaii opeartion really hard as Lahaina is not level 9 airfield yet and its already overstacked to hell cant risk bringing more planes.

Also when you have crazy amount of airplanes on both sides it seems sweeping is really important as escorts against cap doesnt work too well , as you can see both sides took very heavy losses on bombers ;


this is more of a mod problem as we are dealing with 1945 amount of planes in 1943