the 1st of may has arived
and a lot of british a/c have upgraded .. at long last.
Most blenhiems to wellingtons ( i love those a/c they look so nice and a good payload too)
lysanders to hurricanes. hurrah
this boosts both the defensive and offensive capability of the british in india.
in java .. wildebeest to swordfish ( 28 in total)..
I'm keeping some buffalos and hudsons for the range which is lovely.
anyway reports from yesterday
Japan bombarded kandari as expected
Naval bombardment of Kendari, at 33,71
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
T.IVa: 1 destroyed
Japanese Ships
CL Nagara
CA Kinugasa
CA Furutaka
CA Nachi
Allied ground losses:
251 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 5
Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 68
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 1
that ok .. 6 TIV are ready to launch tomorrow and his BB's havnt retired . fingers crossed
how do i know he hit me with BB's well some martins attacked in the afternoon
Day Air attack on TF, near Kendari at 33,71
Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 8
Martin 139 x 4
Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 3 damaged
Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
Around singapore . the limping AP got clobbered by a/c from sumatra
Day Air attack on TF at 24,50
Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 9
Martin 139 x 9
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Awa Maru, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage ,,will surely sink now
Scotty also seems unable to restrain some of his more agressive generals [:D]
Ground combat at Clark Field
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 101422 troops, 536 guns, 139 vehicles
Defending force 55540 troops, 136 guns, 103 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
1009 casualties reported [:D][:D][:D]
Guns lost 7
Vehicles lost 11
Allied ground losses:
539 casualties reported
dear dear .. poor old japs im the PI .. they really dont have any luck
he's moved into manilla for the squishing of the CD unit . probably tomorrow.
but it is still going to take him time to clear the PI . and his units are broken badly.
I really have nowt to fear from them for several months. the ex singapore units are another
matter however. seemed in ok shape .. i imagine i 1-2 weeks invasion sumatra from here.
hence the AP build up in singapore.
subs vectored into the likey approaches.
also a massive sub transport group is now operating out of darwin. Ill try and rescue some
isolated dutch from borneo who are at present providing free live fir exercises for the
japanese.
as its a months start losses :-
i seem to have ditched the last results so here is the totals
allies japan
Ca/CL 5 1
DD 12 4
Transports 62 37
TK 15 2
SS 5 5
aux 40 9
To qualify some of the results . 16 allied PT boats are included in the aux amount
and transports are both AP and AK losses.
Looking at raw figures his asw has improved .. lost 2-3 subs this month mostly 2 dutch ones
which is annoying. Japanese transport losses will not stop him at all, as i just started a jap
game i know how many japan has at the start. yikes !
The only really good thing is that losses overall have been light on both sides
look at the air losses in the points score below. i seem to have many more P40E's
than usual. although they are fragile given the crummy replacements. even hurricanes
are now scarce from the upgrading british a/c. 1 month till spits however so im not woried
about the pool too much. and the pilot pools are very healthy ( bar dutch and chinese)
