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ORIGINAL: hmota

Hi I noticed a really big amount of Jakes which you lost during campaign, at least from my opinion Is it normal to use them in this big numbers?

No, it's a special and knowing over-use of this particular airframe. It's kind of my do everything plane. It's search, ASW, recon, low naval attack, night search and even CAP in the very early game when I needed something on a dot and didn't have float fighters yet.

I've basically decided to use this airframe in an unlimited capacity while turning off several other things, including many mid-war TK, xAK some subs and all late CVE. I set the production at 80 planes a month and I haven't changed it since 42 even though pools have been at 0-5 planes for most of the war. Most groups are short planes and really it's more about coverage in the mid-war with these float planes.

Any dot base that I could get an AV into south of Japan had Jakes on it, and they were on all warships (other than subs) and at time I'd have to use 10 hex range for long periods> That makes for a lot of ops losses. For me it's worth it because one fuel loaded AO or TK is worth a LOT of Jakes. I've only lost a handful of the big tankers which is highly rare for Japan I think, and I haven't lost many troops on ships anywhere during the war.

So it's like stealing from Peter (HI for airframes and pilots) to pay Paul (extra fuel and HI savings) with, as I see it, interest earnings in-between. [:)]

ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

ORIGINAL: SqzMyLemon
Do you think this can still be done if Japan doesn't advance past a historical perimeter? Han's comment about ahistorical Japanese conquests makes sense, but I'm beginning to feel Japan is almost forced to if they want to delay the Allied advance sufficiently to have any chance of giving a competitive game till 45/46. The fact that it's this easy for the Allies to take out strongholds within weeks when these battles often raged for months historically is worrisome. If you don't have the territorial cushion to build up your rear defences to fort levels 7-9 in time it looks like it gets ugly for Japan and fast.

Expansion is the anthema for most IJ players ... they overexpand and expect to be able to hold that perimeter. You can't. The allies have no reason to conquer each holding, they can bypass and isolate very effectively. Expansion plays to the allies strength and leads to IJ destruction.

IJ can only defend a fairly small perimeter with her assets; call it about a 24 hex circle around wherever you park the KB. The KB is your reaction force. If you can't react within 2 turns, you lose. PzB is that reigning master of predicting and reacting. But even he didn't do it out in the hinterlands ... he did it within the DEI area call it a 35 - 40 hex range. Most players won't be that good, so stay within 24. Anything outside of that range is a write-off. Consider the value of those units and whether they would be better used within your perimeter. Once cut-off, they are lost and cannot serve you further.

The DEI has no value once the oil centers are gone, and those are lost to B-29's once you no longer control Pt Blair and Darwin; neither of which are likely to be held past mid-43. PI, Marianas, Kuriles, and China are your effective defensive zone. The rest? Opportunity to lose a lot of assets to no avail. Look at all the units you have in places outside of there and consider what defense you could establish with the smaller perimeter. How large of a reaction force can you create. Make the PI look like an invasion of the HI for the allies ... you should be able to force them to take a year there .... maybe more ? And they cannot bypass the PI like they can an atoll ... too potent.

This is one area where the much-maligned AI does a better job than many human Japan players. It's a good reason Japanese PBEM players ought to run a quick 3-day GC as the Allies. To see what the inner ring looks like when it's stacked. The AI makes Iwo Jima at least historic hard. In one AI GC I played I won before I ever took Iwo. It was insanely defended. Okinawa can be as well. The AI doesn't go running off to India or Oz. It builds and it fortifies. And at the end it makes a human opponent face thousands and thousands of kamis.

This is what my current game is teaching me as well. I didn't overextend terribly (Noumea, Canton Island and the Aleutians being my farthest conquests) and made a planned retreat from the most distant areas. Still I did not build from the HI outward, which is how it should be done. Secure the most dangerous landings early, give them good units early, don't think there is time later and that the outside perimeter is more important.

PzB even tried to hold too late an extended piece in Christmas Island (Pacific) IMHO. He couldn't hold it. He did have a great reaction force and use of reserves which I have yet to be able to apply.

Each game can also turn on one move. When Jocke went for Sarmi on New Guinea I had him dead to rights. I guessed, the KB was there, and for some still unknown reason I had the worst day of attacks I had all game. He had no CVs and no CAP and about 50 combat ships in 4-5 SAGs with two divisions on transports. The KB ended up 2 hexes from his fleets, put several TT into the New Jersey, Iowa and sank a few smaller ships, but didn't touch the troops. Then I made the choice to high-tail it out. I still kick myself now. If I would have gotten back and still in range of the New Guinea coast his invasion would have likely been crushed. i made the 'safe' choice, and he gained about 4-6 months of position and ability with that bypass and the troops and ships that were not lost.

So each game, no matter the planning, is still dependent on the play of the opponents in those middle years when the Allies must push and the Japanese must play with a calculated and intuitive abandon. With more experience, if I could do it all again, I would have gone all-in.

ORIGINAL: obvert

Each game can also turn on one move. When Jocke went for Sarmi on New Guinea I had him dead to rights. I guessed, the KB was there, and for some still unknown reason I had the worst day of attacks I had all game. He had no CVs and no CAP and about 50 combat ships in 4-5 SAGs with two divisions on transports. The KB ended up 2 hexes from his fleets, put several TT into the New Jersey, Iowa and sank a few smaller ships, but didn't touch the troops. Then I made the choice to high-tail it out. I still kick myself now. If I would have gotten back and still in range of the New Guinea coast his invasion would have likely been crushed. i made the 'safe' choice, and he gained about 4-6 months of position and ability with that bypass and the troops and ships that were not lost.

So each game, no matter the planning, is still dependent on the play of the opponents in those middle years when the Allies must push and the Japanese must play with a calculated and intuitive abandon. With more experience, if I could do it all again, I would have gone all-in.

Ugh, I had the same thing happen in my PBEM against Smeulders when we were battling for Lunga. KB in position and it lays a big turd going after PT's at Ndeni and only sending a few bombers after the invasion covering force damaging a few CA's and DD's. [8|]

ORIGINAL: obvert

This is what my current game is teaching me as well. I didn't overextend terribly (Noumea, Canton Island and the Aleutians being my farthest conquests) and made a planned retreat from the most distant areas. Still I did not build from the HI outward, which is how it should be done. Secure the most dangerous landings early, give them good units early, don't think there is time later and that the outside perimeter is more important.

I've already begun this. Getting my defences close to Japan set up first and then moving progressively outwards. Right now I'm focusing on getting this inner perimeter set up and locked down.

I'd like to say more, but perhaps I need to post my defensive preparations in my own AAR. This game will end before Jocke's and my game, so I don't want to give away all my secrets and plans.

ORIGINAL: SqzMyLemon

ORIGINAL: obvert

Each game can also turn on one move. When Jocke went for Sarmi on New Guinea I had him dead to rights. I guessed, the KB was there, and for some still unknown reason I had the worst day of attacks I had all game. He had no CVs and no CAP and about 50 combat ships in 4-5 SAGs with two divisions on transports. The KB ended up 2 hexes from his fleets, put several TT into the New Jersey, Iowa and sank a few smaller ships, but didn't touch the troops. Then I made the choice to high-tail it out. I still kick myself now. If I would have gotten back and still in range of the New Guinea coast his invasion would have likely been crushed. i made the 'safe' choice, and he gained about 4-6 months of position and ability with that bypass and the troops and ships that were not lost.

So each game, no matter the planning, is still dependent on the play of the opponents in those middle years when the Allies must push and the Japanese must play with a calculated and intuitive abandon. With more experience, if I could do it all again, I would have gone all-in.

Ugh, I had the same thing happen in my PBEM against Smeulders when we were battling for Lunga. KB in position and it lays a big turd going after PT's at Ndeni and only sending a few bombers after the invasion covering force damaging a few CA's and DD's. [8|]

Yeah, I still can't figure it out. Strikes went in uncoordinated and it obviously wasn't distance, it wasn't weather or leaders, it wasn't TF configuration. Sometimes things just fizzle.

My other game also made me gun-shy of surface forces near the KB, and for good reason. Still, I could have flanked out and circled around with waypoints, and that is was my mistake, not the game, nothing my opponent did, but my error. I take all of the blame. That's the way it goes.

ORIGINAL: SqzMyLemon

ORIGINAL: obvert

This is what my current game is teaching me as well. I didn't overextend terribly (Noumea, Canton Island and the Aleutians being my farthest conquests) and made a planned retreat from the most distant areas. Still I did not build from the HI outward, which is how it should be done. Secure the most dangerous landings early, give them good units early, don't think there is time later and that the outside perimeter is more important.

I've already begun this. Getting my defences close to Japan set up first and then moving progressively outwards. Right now I'm focusing on getting this inner perimeter set up and locked down.

I'd like to say more, but perhaps I need to post my defensive preparations in my own AAR. This game will end before Jocke's and my game, so I don't want to give away all my secrets and plans.

Good point! [:)]

I'll be sure to come over and check out the plans.

ORIGINAL: obvert

So each game, no matter the planning, is still dependent on the play of the opponents in those middle years when the Allies must push and the Japanese must play with a calculated and intuitive abandon. With more experience, if I could do it all again, I would have gone all-in.

Ask the IJN how important Midway I. REALLY was in hindsight. [:)]

[font="Times New Roman"]15 - 16 October, 1944[/font]
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These few turns were mostly quiet. Just escaping from the replay of 4E strikes over and over and over. Click. Click. Click.

One major thing happened: KAMIS ARE ACTIVE! [8D]

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]PI:[/font] San Jose is taken by Allied troops, and that activates kamikazes. This should be interesting. As mentioned before, I won't do much about this right away. I like the idea of high-low strikes with Oscars or DB high and 2E bombers low, but we'll see if I get an opportunity. I hope it's a while, meaning no Luzon or other major invasion in the near future.

Jocke's forces still haven't made it to Davao. Taking a long time there because he elected not to use the roads. Fine by me.

Elsewhere, Luzon has almost 4k AV now and every base is building forts. More supply is heading in and the defenses preparing.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]NORTH PACIFIC: [/font] Akutan is invaded, but I still have half a naval guard here. Looks like we might have enough to hold for a while.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]S DEI: [/font] Lautem falls. That sucks as my reinforcements were one day out. They could have held a while, but as is, everything retreats to Dili.

Strangely, one solo group of Hellcats swept Lomblen on the 16th. They suffered as well, losing about 15 planes on the day to our 6.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]BURMA: [/font] Mergui is still holding on. At least it'll be hard to move overland with what he has here now. All tanks.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]CENTRAL PACFIC:[/font] Just bombardments here.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR October 15, 44
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Pre-Invasion action off Akutan Island (171,49)

Allied Ships
DE Reynolds
DE Mitchell
AM Sheldrake
AM Motive
AM Herald
AM Spear
LCI-75
LSI(M) Prince Henry

DE Reynolds fired at enemy troops
DE Mitchell fired at enemy troops
AM Sheldrake fired at enemy troops
AM Motive fired at enemy troops
AM Herald fired at enemy troops
AM Spear fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards


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Amphibious Assault at Akutan Island (171,49)

TF 70 troops unloading over beach at Akutan Island, 171,49

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

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Quinhon at 70,71, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
E Etoforu
E Chiburi
E Kusagaki

Allied Ships
PT-77, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-78, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
PT-79, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
PT-80, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-81, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
PT-82, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
PT-83, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-84, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
PT-111, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
PT-112, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-115, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
PT-116, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 23,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 18,000 yards
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
PT-116 sunk by E Kusagaki at 12,000 yards

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Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 18

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 3
B-25D1 Mitchell x 45
B-25G Mitchell x 6
B-25H Mitchell x 6
B-25J1 Mitchell x 3
F4U-1A Corsair x 10
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6
B-24D1 Liberator x 18
B-24J Liberator x 81
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 4 destroyed on ground
Ki-56 Thalia: 1 destroyed on ground
J2M3 Jack: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
B-24J Liberator: 6 damaged

Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 44

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at San Jose (78,84)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 11138 troops, 151 guns, 124 vehicles, Assault Value = 462

Defending force 97 troops, 0 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 487

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 487 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE San Jose !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 9 (9 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
2nd Marine Division
XXIV US Corps

Defending units:
Gohoku JNAF Base Force /1

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Ground combat at Lautem (72,115)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12164 troops, 140 guns, 425 vehicles, Assault Value = 600

Defending force 4762 troops, 45 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 118

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Allied adjusted assault: 546

Japanese adjusted defense: 113

Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied forces CAPTURE Lautem !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
1731 casualties reported
Squads: 35 destroyed, 60 disabled
Non Combat: 96 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 51 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 16 (14 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 47 (47 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 4

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
1st Army Tank Regiment
2/5th Armoured Regiment
2/6th Armoured Regiment
7th Australian Division
I Australian Corps

Defending units:
124th Infantry Regiment
9th Field AF Construction Battalion
4th Tank Regiment
65th JNAF AF Unit

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Ground combat at Mergui (53,62)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4229 troops, 18 guns, 463 vehicles, Assault Value = 306

Defending force 7378 troops, 89 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 157

Allied adjusted assault: 156

Japanese adjusted defense: 439

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 4)

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

Japanese ground losses:
566 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
18th Cavalry Regiment
50th Tank Brigade
Gardner's Horse Regiment

Defending units:
62nd Infantry Brigade
36th Ind.Mixed Brigade
53rd Const Co
72nd JAAF AF Bn
23rd JNAF AF Unit
1st JAAF AF Coy

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR October 16, 44
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TF 7 encounters mine field at Lomblen (68,113)

Japanese Ships
AMc Tamaura Maru

40 mines cleared

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Night Naval bombardment of Donggala at 68,99

Allied Ships
DD Twiggs
DD Trathen
DD Stembel
DD Sigsbee
DD Sigourney
DD Norman Scott
DD Leutze
DD Healy
DD Erben
DD Beale
DD Charles Ausburne
DD Fletcher

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

Airbase hits 23
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 49
Port hits 26
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 2

DD Twiggs firing at Donggala
DD Trathen firing at Donggala
DD Stembel firing at Donggala
DD Sigsbee firing at Donggala
DD Sigourney firing at Donggala
DD Norman Scott firing at Donggala
DD Leutze firing at 4th Naval Construction Battalion
DD Healy firing at Donggala
DD Erben firing at Donggala
DD Beale firing at Donggala
DD Charles Ausburne firing at Donggala
DD Fletcher firing at Donggala


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TF 7 encounters mine field at Lomblen (68,113)

Japanese Ships
AMc Tamaura Maru

40 mines cleared


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TF 7 encounters mine field at Lomblen (68,113)

Japanese Ships
AMc Tamaura Maru, Mine hits 2, heavy damage Another one. [:(]


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Sub attack near Balabac at 69,83

Japanese Ships
xAP Tenzan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
APD T-5
APD T-1
AK Seattle Maru
AK Yamasimo Maru
xAP Kowa Maru
xAP Kasado Maru
xAP Taizan Maru
xAP Teikyo Maru
xAP Kamo Maru
xAP Asama Maru
E Ishizaki
E Yomogi

Allied Ships
SS Kete

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

SS Kete launches 4 torpedoes at xAP Tenzan Maru
Kete diving deep ....
E Ishizaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Yomogi fails to find sub and abandons search
E Ishizaki attacking submerged sub ....
E Ishizaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishizaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishizaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Morning Air attack on Naga , at 81,81

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 7

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 4 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 31000 feet

CAP engaged:
Zuikaku-1 with N1K1-J George (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 111

No Allied losses

Manpower hits 36
Fires 20720

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 15

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged

Manpower hits 4
Fires 35520

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Lomblen , at 68,113

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 41,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M5 Jack x 8
N1K2-J George x 15
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 11
Ki-84a Frank x 48

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 7 destroyed

CAP engaged:
256 Ku S-1 with J2M5 Jack (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 36910.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
S-306 Hikotai with N1K2-J George (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 35300.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
9th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 17 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 34440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
25th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 34440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes

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Ground combat at Akutan Island (171,49)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 887 troops, 14 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 43

Defending force 718 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

Allied adjusted assault: 18

Japanese adjusted defense: 37

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 4)

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

Japanese ground losses:
113 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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

Assaulting units:
Rocky Mountain Rger Battalion

Defending units:
53rd Nav Gd /2


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Ground combat at Donggala (68,99)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 1205 troops, 58 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 70

Defending force 1724 troops, 16 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 11

Allied adjusted assault: 35

Japanese adjusted defense: 19

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 4)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
11th Airborne Div /1

Defending units:
4th Naval Construction Battalion
41st JNAF AF Unit

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Reinforcements:

[font="Trebuchet MS"]34th Ind.AA Gun Co arrives at Tokyo
MTB G-1003 arrives at Sapporo
103rd AA Regiment arrives at Tokyo
E No.41 arrives at Tokyo

Aircraft Ki-84b Frank advances R&D (1/45)
Aircraft J7W1 Shinden advances R&D (11/45)[/font]

Losses: none.

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Ships Sunk: Not sure what happened here. My Es just found these guys stranded deep in the South China Sea. I'll take it.

[font="Trebuchet MS"]PT-77 is reported to have been sunk near Quinhon on Oct 15, 1944
PT-78 is reported to have been sunk near Quinhon on Oct 15, 1944
PT-79 is reported to have been sunk near Quinhon on Oct 15, 1944
PT-80 is reported to have been sunk near Quinhon on Oct 15, 1944
PT-81 is reported to have been sunk near Quinhon on Oct 15, 1944
PT-82 is reported to have been sunk near Quinhon on Oct 15, 1944
PT-83 is reported to have been sunk near Quinhon on Oct 15, 1944
PT-84 is reported to have been sunk near Quinhon on Oct 15, 1944
PT-111 is reported to have been sunk near Quinhon on Oct 15, 1944
PT-112 is reported to have been sunk near Quinhon on Oct 15, 1944
PT-115 is reported to have been sunk near Quinhon on Oct 15, 1944
PT-116 is reported to have been sunk near Quinhon on Oct 15, 1944[/font]
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[font="Trebuchet MS"]The Shinden began to move forward. [:)][/font]
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I am very interested in seeing how useful you find the kamis

ORIGINAL: catwhoorg

I am very interested in seeing how useful you find the kamis

Me too!

I'm interested in the finding of Captain Cruft that once kamis are activated even normal groups flying conventional missions will very often dive into ships when damaged, effectively giving you some kamis with every attack and keeping some pilots around. We'll see.

[font="Times New Roman"]17 - 18 October 1944[/font]
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[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]SUBS: [/font] I tried to sneak a solo xAK into Babeldaob but the Perch intercepted it just as it arrived, sinking the ship. No supply.

I lost another sub out near Truk and hit another xAK in separate engagements.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]PI:[/font] Illoilo is invested. The Allies will have plenty of bases very close to Luzon soon. Nothing to be done about it but wait. As forces try to replace squads and devices, air groups take replacements, forts build, Luzon is nearly always short on supply. I have to get a big shipment in soon.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]S/SW PAC:[/font] No news. Hard to find any support ships moving around these days.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]NORTH PACIFIC: [/font] I've got Peggys in place and I'll start bombing the Allied troops on Akutan now. See what this provokes.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]S DEI: [/font] A great day down here. For the first time in game Japanese fighters had a positive day against Corsairs flying massed sweeps. About 4-5 groups of them came at Lomblen, and I watched all engagements in their entirety. Our detection was not superb, in spite of three base forces with radars here, getting only 8-9 minutes warning, but the Franks and occasionally Jacks still manage to get above the Corsairs most of the day. There were a lot of 'Frank dives on Corsair' messages followed immediately by a 'distance 1' notice and an exploding Corsair. I take this to mean a lot of good pilots getting the jump and diving unseen on the enemy.

There were also a lot of Corsairs damaged and destroyed in ops losses. It seems having the solid group of 40 Tojos low at 15k, with 100 Franks, 40 Georges and 15 Jacks at 31k (and above after climbing) is the system that is working. So only one bait group. Most often before I would be flying several low to hit bombers. Maybe this caused more losses as Corsairs had a field day diving and then simply bugged out before they could be jumped from above? It's probably also that these groups have a ton of experience, and the massacre of Lightnings and Hellcats recently has only pushed that up farther. This now really helps. I bet some very good Allied pilots were KIA/MIA after this day. Total air losses were 58 for the Allies to our 41! About 35 of those losses were Corsairs (24 A to A and about 10-12 ops losses). [:)]

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]BURMA: [/font] Megui still hanging by a thread. Divisions are in place in Bangkok and Pratchup Kiri Khan.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]CENTRAL PACFIC:[/font] A DA at Guam and at Saipan both lower forts again and inflict slightly higher losses on the Japanese. Looks like some of the Allied troops are at least getting worn down. That's good. Maybe he'll have to take a month or so to recoup. That would give time to Continue fortifying the Bonins, Okinawa and Formosa.

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Submarine attack near Babeldaob at 90,97

Japanese Ships
xAK Hokusin Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Perch II

xAK Hokusin Maru is sighted by SS Perch II
SS Perch II attacking on the surface

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Morning Air attack on Lomblen , at 68,113

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M5 Jack x 9
N1K2-J George x 15
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 18
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8
Ki-84a Frank x 46

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1D Corsair: 4 destroyed

CAP engaged:
256 Ku S-1 with J2M5 Jack (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters to 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
S-306 Hikotai with N1K2-J George (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters to 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
9th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 17 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters to 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
25th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters to 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
25th I.F.Chutai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Lomblen , at 68,113

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M5 Jack x 9
N1K2-J George x 15
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 11
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8
Ki-84a Frank x 45

Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 3 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 31000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Lomblen , at 68,113

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M5 Jack x 9
N1K2-J George x 11
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 9
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4
Ki-84a Frank x 41

Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Lomblen , at 68,113

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 67 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M5 Jack x 7
N1K2-J George x 10
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 6
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3
Ki-84a Frank x 27

Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 56,54 , near Moulmein

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 28
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 8 damaged
B-25H Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
PBJ-1D Mitchell: 1 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 16000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 36th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 53,62 (Mergui)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.III x 13
Liberator B.VI x 26
B-17F Fortress x 11
B-24D1 Liberator x 6
B-24J Liberator x 121
F4U-1 Corsair x 36
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 10

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
121 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 38th Division, at 56,54 , near Moulmein

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Allied aircraft
Wellington B.X x 13
B-25C Mitchell x 12
B-25D1 Mitchell x 10
B-25H Mitchell x 8

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington B.X: 2 damaged
Wellington B.X: 1 destroyed by flak
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
B-25H Mitchell: 2 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Wellington B.X bombing from 16000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Legaspi , at 82,82

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 105
F4U-1A Corsair x 8

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
LB-503, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-501, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-505, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-133, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-131, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-507, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-506, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-135, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-134, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-504, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-502, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-132, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

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

Port hits 25
Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 12000 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Lomblen , at 68,113

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M5 Jack x 7
N1K2-J George x 8
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1
Ki-84a Frank x 19

Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed

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Ground combat at Mergui (53,62)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4265 troops, 18 guns, 463 vehicles, Assault Value = 309

Defending force 7046 troops, 90 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 133

Allied adjusted assault: 283

Japanese adjusted defense: 95

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 4)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3

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

Japanese ground losses:
565 casualties reported
Squads: 30 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Assaulting units:
50th Tank Brigade
18th Cavalry Regiment
Gardner's Horse Regiment

Defending units:
62nd Infantry Brigade
36th Ind.Mixed Brigade
72nd JAAF AF Bn
53rd Const Co
23rd JNAF AF Unit
1st JAAF AF Coy

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Ground combat at Donggala (68,99)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 3437 troops, 58 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 131

Defending force 1596 troops, 15 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 8

Allied adjusted assault: 58

Japanese adjusted defense: 7

Allied assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Donggala !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
283 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 36 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
11th Airborne Div /1

Defending units:
4th Naval Construction Battalion
41st JNAF AF Unit


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Sub attack near Wake Island at 146,98

Japanese Ships
SS I-170, hits 29, heavy damage

Allied Ships
LSM-58
AM Scuffle
APD Knudson
LSD Ashland
AK Elmira Victory
LST-884
LST-665
LST-641
LST-636
LST-635
LST-631
LST-580
LST-120
LCI-776
LCI-771
LCI(G)-438
LCI(R)-73
LSM-97
LSM-57
LSM-52
DE Snyder
DE Walter C. Wann
DE Tabberer
DE Willmarth

Captain of SS I-170 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
DE Snyder attacking submerged sub ....

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Submarine attack near Wake Island at 127,98

Japanese Ships
SS RO-45

Allied Ships
xAK Clevedon, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

xAK Clevedon is sighted by SS RO-45
SS RO-45 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Clevedon

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Ground combat at Guam (106,95)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 43958 troops, 855 guns, 1473 vehicles, Assault Value = 1739

Defending force 30737 troops, 475 guns, 253 vehicles, Assault Value = 722

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Allied adjusted assault: 746

Japanese adjusted defense: 1937

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 4)

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

Japanese ground losses:
2852 casualties reported
Squads: 30 destroyed, 229 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 70 disabled
Engineers: 9 destroyed, 32 disabled
Guns lost 93 (11 destroyed, 82 disabled)
Vehicles lost 59 (14 destroyed, 45 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1598 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 181 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 71 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 50 disabled
Guns lost 82 (1 destroyed, 81 disabled)
Vehicles lost 121 (14 destroyed, 107 disabled)

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Ground combat at Saipan (108,93)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 48052 troops, 1070 guns, 1053 vehicles, Assault Value = 1715

Defending force 28675 troops, 381 guns, 350 vehicles, Assault Value = 434

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Allied adjusted assault: 2471

Japanese adjusted defense: 1295

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
2585 casualties reported
Squads: 30 destroyed, 153 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 77 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 14 disabled
Guns lost 92 (9 destroyed, 83 disabled)
Vehicles lost 17 (1 destroyed, 16 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1398 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 121 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
Guns lost 47 (6 destroyed, 41 disabled)
Vehicles lost 26 (1 destroyed, 25 disabled)

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Ground combat at Iloilo (79,84)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3688 troops, 50 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 310

Defending force 993 troops, 3 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 21

Assaulting units:
2nd Marine/A Division
2nd Marine/B Division

Defending units:
Bandasan SNLF
2nd Air Fleet /1
173rd JAAF AF Bn /1



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Reinforcements:

[font="Trebuchet MS"]52nd Const Co arrives at Tokyo
1st Sasebo SNLF Coy arrives at Tokyo[/font]

Losses:

[font="Trebuchet MS"]Loss of xAK Hokusin Maru on Oct 17, 1944 is admitted
Loss of LB-131 on Oct 17, 1944 is admitted
Loss of LB-132 on Oct 17, 1944 is admitted
Loss of LB-133 on Oct 17, 1944 is admitted
Loss of LB-134 on Oct 17, 1944 is admitted
Loss of LB-135 on Oct 17, 1944 is admitted
Loss of LB-501 on Oct 17, 1944 is admitted
Loss of LB-502 on Oct 17, 1944 is admitted
Loss of LB-503 on Oct 17, 1944 is admitted
Loss of LB-504 on Oct 17, 1944 is admitted
Loss of LB-505 on Oct 17, 1944 is admitted
Loss of LB-506 on Oct 17, 1944 is admitted
Loss of LB-507 on Oct 17, 1944 is admitted[/font]

Ships Sunk:

[font="Trebuchet MS"]LST-88 is reported to have been sunk near Biak on Jun 01, 1944
xAK Clevedon is reported to have been sunk near Wake Island on Oct 18, 1944
LCT-173 is reported to have been sunk near Buna on Jan 19, 1944
Previous report of sinking of CVE Fanshaw Bay incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
CVL Unicorn is reported to have been sunk near Cotabato on Aug 20, 1944[/font]
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[font="Trebuchet MS"]Good day![/font]
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[font="Times New Roman"]19 - 20 October, 1944[/font]
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[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]SUBS: [/font] Some of my decent fleet subs 'upgraded' to SST. These are now useless. Really ticks me off. They still carry TT but only fire them if attacked and I have to set them to a transport mission to get anywhere. Tried sending one to an Allied base and it did fire once attacked, but was then sunk. [8|]

Jocke's subs are getting bold and coming near Indochina. They will pay soon. Three ASW TFs and another air group on the way. Still have oil to get through here.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]PI:[/font] Jocke's troops are finally investing Davao. He complained a bit about the 'time' invested in Mindanao but then chose to walk across country with an entire Army father than using the perfectly good road system that would have takes 1/3 the time.

The Allies are also invading Leyte, and that will fall soon. His ships are a bit exposed there though with no CV/CVE, so I've sent in 2 DB groups and a low naval trained Oscar group with escorts. Lets see if we can do some damage.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]S/SW PAC:[/font] Not sure how he is getting things West now as my search planes are finding nothing moving near New Guinea. Is it all through Cent Pac now?

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]NORTH PACIFIC: [/font] Some interesting findings up here. Lots of small invasion ships in Kodiak (50-60), with only 25 fighters. Several other TFs milling around and suddenly something going on near Chirikof Island with 50+ fighters in base and TFs near the island.

This looks like the perfect opportunity to try out some kamis. I think I'll use the restricted groups and fly them to Adak (General Defense HQ). I'll use some G3M3 first off. The only problem is that it takes up to a week to get the low naval pilots in since these were training TT up until now. Might be able to get one group of 18 ready within a few days. Fun! [:)]

It's also lucky I've prepared a surprise up here!

Some very important KAMI questions below.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]S DEI: [/font] Another round of B-29s hits Soerabaja. I have about 35 Irvings here. For the first time I watched the replay slowly and it mentioned the Irvings couldn't catch the bombers. I wonder how so many are lost if they can't catch them? [;)]

Lost 12 on the day for 4-5 B-29s. I'll take it. Soerabaja has about 130k fires. Not as much damage as I would have suspected.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]BURMA: [/font] Still in a quandry about what to do with the stack near Moulmein. I think I'll have to send them back soon, but then how much to leave at the crossing. Just enough to make him decide to cross I guess. [:)]

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]CENTRAL PACFIC:[/font] Saipan is getting whittled further, but at least is still disabling good numbers of Allied troops.

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Night Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 31
J1N1-Sa Irving x 5

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-S Irving: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 10 damaged
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak

Manpower hits 33
Fires 17850

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 10
J1N1-Sa Irving x 5

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-S Irving: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 6

No Allied losses

Manpower hits 12
Fires 118085

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Sub attack near Basilan at 75,90

Japanese Ships
SST I-180, hits 17, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DE Lovelace
DE George

SST I-180 launches 2 torpedoes at DE Lovelace
I-180 bottoming out ....
DE Lovelace attacking submerged sub ....
Large oil slick appears over area of attack!
Escort abandons search for sub

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Ground combat at Iloilo (79,84)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7492 troops, 101 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 312

Defending force 984 troops, 3 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 20

Allied adjusted assault: 158

Japanese adjusted defense: 5

Allied assault odds: 31 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Iloilo !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
243 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 21 (21 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
2nd Marine/A Division
2nd Marine/B Division

Defending units:
Bandasan SNLF
2nd Air Fleet /1
173rd JAAF AF Bn /1

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Morning Air attack on Rocky Mountain Rger Battalion, at 171,49 (Akutan Island)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 25

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
94 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Saipan (108,93)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 47483 troops, 1064 guns, 1057 vehicles, Assault Value = 1606

Defending force 26790 troops, 373 guns, 349 vehicles, Assault Value = 288

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Allied adjusted assault: 2864

Japanese adjusted defense: 1379

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
2378 casualties reported
Squads: 77 destroyed, 31 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 88 disabled
Engineers: 10 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 44 (9 destroyed, 35 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1068 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 95 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 32 disabled
Guns lost 31 (2 destroyed, 29 disabled)
Vehicles lost 26 (3 destroyed, 23 disabled)

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Ground combat at Guam (106,95)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1882 troops, 171 guns, 126 vehicles, Assault Value = 1496

Defending force 28662 troops, 467 guns, 243 vehicles, Assault Value = 518

Japanese ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

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Ground combat at Mergui (53,62)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 5798 troops, 18 guns, 485 vehicles, Assault Value = 378

Defending force 6614 troops, 89 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 117

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Allied adjusted assault: 237

Japanese adjusted defense: 199

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
285 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Guns lost 11 (3 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
102 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Assaulting units:
50th Tank Brigade
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
18th Cavalry Regiment
Gardner's Horse Regiment

Defending units:
62nd Infantry Brigade
36th Ind.Mixed Brigade
23rd JNAF AF Unit
72nd JAAF AF Bn
53rd Const Co
1st JAAF AF Coy

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Reinforcements: The Sam will begin producing in November, 44, about mid-month! This is fantastic news. At first it wil only be about 140 a month, but if supply allows I will convert George factories to this airframe as soon as possible.

[font="Trebuchet MS"]37th Ind. Engineer Regiment arrives at Tokyo
E Shinnan arrives at Tokyo
E No.36 arrives at Tokyo
E No.66 arrives at Tokyo
LST T-149 arrives at Hirosaki/Aomori

Aircraft A7M2 Sam advances R&D (1/45)[/font] [8D]

Losses: The rest of the SSTs will remain in port waiting to eventually be bombed.

[font="Trebuchet MS"]Loss of SST I-180 on Oct 19, 1944 is admitted[/font]

Ships Sunk: none.

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[font="Trebuchet MS"]KAMI QUESTIONS:

Why do some groups have the upgrade white, and able to be transformed to kamis, while with other groups of the same airframe it's grayed out? [&:]

Can floatplanes become kamis? I haven't found a group that will so far.

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ORIGINAL: obvert
[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]SUBS: [/font] Some of my decent fleet subs 'upgraded' to SST. These are now useless. Really ticks me off. [/color][/font]

Yeah, have to REALLY careful with the upgrade button. Some real loser upgrades that can bite you. Subs are one of the worst .... [:@]

KAMI QUESTIONS:

Why do some groups have the upgrade white, and able to be transformed to kamis, while with other groups of the same airframe it's grayed out?

I think unit to convert to kamikaze need two things

- Morale above 90
- XP below 50


Sorry about subs. You have good results with them recently. How many subs was wasted?

ORIGINAL: koniu

KAMI QUESTIONS:

Why do some groups have the upgrade white, and able to be transformed to kamis, while with other groups of the same airframe it's grayed out?

I think unit to convert to kamikaze need two things

- Morale above 90
- XP below 50


Sorry about subs. You have good results with them recently. How many subs was wasted?

Thanks koniu. I'll make sure to get crappy but happy pilots when I want kamis!

So far only 3 subs have converted in that particular fashion, but as you know that's a pretty good chunk of LI expended on something completely useless. I'l have to look through to make sure it doesn't happen again.

I've only really got enough subs to mass them for maybe two more big strikes against invasions if he comes in the next months. After that I think most will likely be sunk. His ASW just keeps getting better, but they still sneak in for hits before they go down, which is the hope.

I've only really got enough subs to mass them for maybe two more big strikes against invasions if he comes in the next months. After that I think most will likely be sunk. His ASW just keeps getting better, but they still sneak in for hits before they go down, which is the hope.

Are You using them as one big TF or multiple single sub TFs??

The most recent massed use around the Marianas that got at least one sunk CVE, one CV hit and another CVE hit plus a lot of transports hit, was single sub TFs. They were carefully set individually to move in and out of the melee daily, hoping to avoid high DLs, but still most days 2/3 were lit up by his ASW and search. I lost maybe 10-12 subs out of about 30 in the op for those hits, but took out at least a ratio of 1:1 ships per sub. Maybe slightly better.

I was trying to anticipate CV movements and the days I got it right turned out well! [:)]

ORIGINAL: koniu

KAMI QUESTIONS:

Why do some groups have the upgrade white, and able to be transformed to kamis, while with other groups of the same airframe it's grayed out?

I think unit to convert to kamikaze need two things

- Morale above 90
- XP below 50


Sorry about subs. You have good results with them recently. How many subs was wasted?

One more thing about this. There is a number next to the kami button that's grayed out with the top pic above. This number is different in different groups. Any idea what it refers to?

[font="Courier New"]Change to Kamikaze Unit (6)[/font]

[font="Times New Roman"]21 - 22 October 1944[/font]
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[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]SUBS: [/font] I've broken my sub routine rules a bit in the South DEI trying to overload one hex as Jocke moves TFs around to Lautem. It's confirmed what I've thought for a while. Letting any sub sit in one hex is entirely counter productive. I lost one and had another damaged for no hits on the big transport TF moving in the area. So now I'll reduce coverage but hopefully increase chances for sneaking in and getting to something.

Two subs are lost here for no gain. Grrrr.

The Allied subs have returned en masse near Lomblen and one puts a TT into Kiso which has fairly severe damage and can only makes 3 hexes a day. All surface forces will move back until the ASW search can reduce the effectiveness of these subs.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]PI:[/font] At Leyte the strikes are mostly thwarted by very strong flak. The escorts get the bombers by the LR CAP of Corsairs both times thought, which bodes well for the future!

One strike goes for the combat ships, unfortunately, hitting a wall of flak and fast moving ships and getting nothing. About 20 more get to the transports and get damage to five APA/AKA, with two hits on the Athene. All of these are 800kg bombs from Judys, which should really sink any one of these, but I didn't hear any sounds during the turn.

All planes now head back and the remainder of the groups caught on mostly abandoned islands will likely be lost. I flew in a bit of sir support just in case he does attend to them.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]NORTH PACIFIC: [/font] Things are going to most likely get fun up here tomorrow. So far there is no CV presence in sight, but the Allies seem to be pushing ahead again with two TFs moving to near Cold Bay and showing continued movement West. The kami G3M3s are at Kamchitka, Peggy (T) are at Adak with low naval training, and another BIG surprise is moving forward to within three hexes of Dutch tomorrow. [:)]

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]S DEI: [/font] The Kiso will tryo to limp to Soerabaja for a patch job. The other SAGs will steam back a few hexes, likely retreating altogether tomorrow. Tranports dropped more troops at Dili, which is fine, as this means a land advance on Timor. Takes time to walk. [:)]

A bunch of Frances flew without their escort, which sat happily in Lomblen doing nothing. no reason. Only a 4 hex distance to target. Just didn't go, and 18 planes lost.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]BURMA: [/font] Ok. I've made a choice. Mergui has fallen, so I need to ensure my bigger stack of troops near Moulmein aren't caught out completely. A rear guard will likely be shattered, but could ensure the advance forces make it back to Thailand and Indochina. I'll begin to retreat across the river to Moulmein soon. Supply is tough right now around there, but in the field strops are drawing better than in the base. I may leave 3k AV plus some big siege guns there to make that crossing painful should he choose it.

The rest will move slowly with a big stack of AA down the long road to Bangkok. I envision daily 300 bomber ground strikes, Jocke's favorite tool, but he'll pay with the AA that's here. Every time he sends them in he loses 12-15 planes. That's a lot per month. The 4Es are worth a lot of VPs. I need all I can get right now. Plus if they are bombing the troops they are not going for Bangkok itself, so maybe I can hold out there with a big CAP until the new Franks and Sams get online. I think Jocek is very confident in his bombing, judging by how he uses it around Bangkok now at first Tavoy and now at Mergui. I'd like to keep him feeling like he can control the air right up until he finds out the hard way that he might not be able to in the same way he has before. [;)]

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]CENTRAL PACFIC:[/font] no new attacks in the Marianas today. This is becoming a better situation now than I'd anticipated. Saipan still hasn't folded, Guam is at better than 1:3 AV ratio, which means he'll take good losses even while moving forward in his attacks. Time. It's all about time.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR October 21, 44
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Submarine attack near Lautem at 73,115

Japanese Ships
SS RO-110, hits 38, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Phoenix
DE Coolbaugh
DE J. Douglas Blackwood
AM Colac
APA Cambria
APA President Adams
APA John Penn
APA George F. Elliot
AKA Oberon
AKA Algorab
AKA Algol
DD Hammann
DD Sims
DD Satterlee
DD Meade

SS RO-110 is sighted by escort
DD Hammann attacking submerged sub ....
SS RO-110 forced to surface!
DD Hammann firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Sims firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

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Morning Air attack on Eniwetok , at 127,108

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B7A2 Grace x 11

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5A Catalina: 1 damaged
PBY-5A Catalina: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 3000'
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 72,115

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 20

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 14 destroyed [:@]

No Allied losses

CAP engaged:
VF-37 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
VF-60 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes

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Morning Air attack on 36th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 53,62 (Mergui)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 44
B-17F Fortress x 12
B-24D1 Liberator x 6
B-24J Liberator x 89
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 11

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
129 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Tawi Tawi (72,90)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3088 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 113

Defending force 2772 troops, 42 guns, 46 vehicles, Assault Value = 109

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

Assaulting units:
88th Infantry Regiment
227th Naval Construction Battalion

Defending units:
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment

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Ground combat at Mergui (53,62)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 5737 troops, 18 guns, 485 vehicles, Assault Value = 369

Defending force 5911 troops, 85 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 84

Allied adjusted assault: 288

Japanese adjusted defense: 27

Allied assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 2)

Allied forces CAPTURE Mergui !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
2496 casualties reported
Squads: 77 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 92 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 37 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 16 (15 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 5

Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
18th Cavalry Regiment
50th Tank Brigade
Gardner's Horse Regiment

Defending units:
36th Ind.Mixed Brigade
23rd JNAF AF Unit
72nd JAAF AF Bn
53rd Const Co
62nd Infantry Brigade
1st JAAF AF Coy


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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR October 22, 44
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ASW attack near Lautem at 73,115

Japanese Ships
SS I-158, hits 10

Allied Ships
CL Phoenix
DE Coolbaugh
DE J. Douglas Blackwood
AM Colac
APA Cambria
APA John Penn
APA Joseph T. Dickman
AKA Oberon
AKA Algol
DD Hammann
DD Sims
DD Satterlee
DD Meade

SS I-158 is sighted by escort
I-158 diving deep ....
DD Hammann fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sims fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Meade attacking submerged sub ....
DD Meade cannot establish contact with SS I-158
DD Meade fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Submarine attack near Lautem at 73,115

Japanese Ships
SS RO-111, hits 15, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DE J. Douglas Blackwood
CL Phoenix
CL Ceylon
DE Coolbaugh
AM Colac
APA Cambria
APA John Penn
APA William P. Biddle
AKA Oberon
AKA Algol
DD Hammann
DD Sims
DD Satterlee
DD Gillespie

SS RO-111 launches 2 torpedoes at DE J. Douglas Blackwood
RO-111 diving deep ....
DD Hammann attacking submerged sub ....

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Sub attack near Lomblen at 69,112

Japanese Ships
CL Kiso, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Kinu
CL Naka
DD Okikaze
DD Sawakaze
DD Nokaze
DD Hokaze
DD Akikaze

Allied Ships
SS Grayback, hits 1

SS Grayback launches 4 torpedoes at CL Kiso
Grayback diving deep ....
DD Nokaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Guiuan at 82,85

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 105 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 21
D4Y4 Judy x 25
J2M3 Jack x 17
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 16

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 51

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 9 destroyed
D4Y4 Judy: 6 damaged
D4Y4 Judy: 10 destroyed by flak
J2M3 Jack: 8 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1D Corsair: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CL Birmingham
DD Hale
DD McNair
CL Miami
DD Daly
DD Frazier
DD Ammen

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
15 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Guiuan at 82,85

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D4Y4 Judy x 37
J2M3 Jack x 17

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y4 Judy: 12 destroyed, 9 damaged
D4Y4 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak
J2M3 Jack: 6 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
AKA Andromeda, Bomb hits 1
AKA Athene, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD O'Brien
APA Bolivar
DE Thomason
APA Barnstable
APA Cavalier, Bomb hits 1, on fire
LSI(L) Empire Star, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
11 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
3 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Dumaguete at 78,86

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 2
D4Y4 Judy x 4

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
D4Y4 Judy: 2 destroyed

No Allied losses

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Dumaguete at 78,86

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 1,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 9

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 5 destroyed

No Allied losses

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Afternoon Air attack on 23rd Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 79,91 (Davao)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 6
B-24D1 Liberator x 7
B-24J Liberator x 30
B-25C Mitchell x 10
B-25D1 Mitchell x 35
FM-2 Wildcat x 24
F4U-1A Corsair x 9
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 32
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 13

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cotabato at 78,90

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 113 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 33 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D4Y4 Judy x 6
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 12

Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 13
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 38
FM-2 Wildcat x 18
F4U-1 Corsair x 12
F4U-1A Corsair x 10
F6F-5 Hellcat x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y4 Judy: 3 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 4 destroyed

No Allied losses

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Guiuan at 82,85

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D4Y4 Judy x 13
J2M3 Jack x 9

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 42

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y4 Judy: 1 destroyed
J2M3 Jack: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1D Corsair: 1 destroyed

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Ground combat at Davao (79,91)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 23978 troops, 690 guns, 617 vehicles, Assault Value = 731

Defending force 14416 troops, 117 guns, 63 vehicles, Assault Value = 355

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

Assaulting units:
38th Infantry Division
24th Infantry Division
2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
XI Corps Artillery
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
225th Field Artillery Battalion
XIV US Corps
147th Field Artillery Regiment
2nd RAA Jungle Regiment
X Corps Artillery
251st Field Artillery Battalion
33rd Medium Regiment

Defending units:
23rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
68th Brigade
25th Ind. Engr Rgt /2
9th Fleet /2
6th Div /4
188th JAAF AF Bn
23rd Ind. Engr Rgt /2
180th JAAF AF Bn
30th Special Base Force /1
89th Field AA Battalion
48th Ind.Mixed Bde /2
217th Naval Const Bn /2
148th JAAF AF Bn
206th Naval Const Bn /3
205th Naval Const Bn /1
244th JAAF AF Bn
13th Air Fleet /2
216th Naval Const Bn /2
24th Field AF Construction Battalion
248th JAAF AF Bn /3

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Ground combat at Akutan Island (171,49)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 758 troops, 14 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 28

Defending force 664 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Assaulting units:
Rocky Mountain Rger Battalion

Defending units:
53rd Nav Gd /2

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Reinforcements:

[font="Trebuchet MS"]ML G-423 arrives at Hakodate
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy arrives at Tokyo
MTB G-1004 arrives at Yokohama/Yokosuka
ML G-424 arrives at Sapporo
ML G-425 arrives at Yokohama/Yokosuka
I.31-1 arrives at Haiphong
I.37-1 arrives at Haiphong
I/84th Naval Guard Unit arrives at Tokyo[/font]

Losses: Bad day for subs. My own fault here.

[font="Trebuchet MS"]Loss of SS I-44 on Oct 08, 1944 is admitted
Loss of SS RO-110 on Oct 21, 1944 is admitted
Loss of SS RO-111 on Oct 22, 1944 is admitted
E Yaku arrives at Tokyo
E No.138 arrives at Tokyo[/font]

Ships Sunk: Hitting a transport with two 800kg bombs should do it, right? [:)]

[font="Trebuchet MS"]AKA Athene?[/font]
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[font="Trebuchet MS"]I'm not expecting anything from this kami group. Only about 1/3 of the pilots are low naval trained. I do want extra search in the area though, and I do want warning of anything else coming, so I kept them on max range here, likely reducing their effectiveness as well. Fun to try though even if nothing happens. [/font]
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ORIGINAL: obvert

Hitting a transport with two 800kg bombs should do it, right? [:)]

Not necessarilly, sad to say. I think the 800kg are AP and sometimes they seem to pass through ships that are not armored ... anyway, less damage than you would think. So probably, but unless you heard sinking sounds, it might not be. Allies and their damage control!! [:@]