At dawn we slept...in the cab on the way back from Olongapo

[Cap Mandrake]

It's a definitional thing. While there is no "AI' in a head to head, there are still code-based "decisions" by the software. [;)]

You put 200 mines at Darwin and the Japs sail 10 ships right up to the doorstep and nobody hits a mine. But you put TWO mines at Batu Phat and a DD plows into the thing. [:)] I've seen this over an over again. It's as if it is a surprise. [:)] It isn't just an offensive vs defensive minefield either because I have seen an enemy base mined and 200 ships come and go without a hit.

[Cap Mandrake]

It works even in coastal hexes which are not bases or dot hexes.

[Cap Mandrake]

I think it has to do with whether the task force is in transit or reaching their target or destination. I predict this is not in the rule book which I have never read.

[Cap Mandrake]

PI:

Morning Air attack on Malaybalay , at 80,90

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 23,560 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 17

Allied aircraft
Hurricane XIIb x 3
Kittyhawk III x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

[Cap Mandrake]

Big attack at Clark. Forts hold.

Attacking force 35360 troops, 458 guns, 403 vehicles, Assault Value = 1073

Defending force 34851 troops, 442 guns, 533 vehicles, Assault Value = 906

Japanese adjusted assault: 361

Allied adjusted defense: 2221

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 6 (fort level 1)

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

Japanese ground losses:
2874 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 241 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 30 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 15 disabled
Guns lost 28 (2 destroyed, 26 disabled)
Vehicles lost 44 (5 destroyed, 39 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
613 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 38 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Vehicles lost 52 (6 destroyed, 46 disabled)

Assaulting units:
10th Division
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
33rd Division
2nd Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
1st Art.Mortar Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
25th Army
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
194th Tank Battalion
192nd Tank Battalion
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
91st PA Infantry Division
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
1st Constabulary Regiment
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
45th PS Infantry Regiment
51st PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
71st PA Infantry Division
762nd Tank Battalion
4th Constabulary Regiment
Clark Field AAF Base Force
1st USMC AA Battalion
4th PAAC Avn Sup
209th Field Artillery Battalion
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
165th Field Artillery Battalion
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
501st Coast AA Regiment
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
III/Prov'nl SPM Grp
24th PS FA Regiment
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
35th Avn Sup
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

[Cap Mandrake]

Solomons: Massive port attack at Tulagi. An SC in the harbor gets trashed. This is just spillover CAP from Rennell and Kirakira. Two days ago there were 20 ships here.

Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 30
A6M3a Zero x 27
G3M3 Nell x 30

Allied aircraft
Hurricane XIIb x 3
F4F-4 Wildcat x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed
G3M3 Nell: 1 damaged
G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane XIIb: 1 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
SC-709, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 1

and

Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 109 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 30
A6M3a Zero x 43
G3M3 Nell x 24

Allied aircraft
Hurricane XIIb x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
G3M3 Nell: 3 damaged

No Allied losses

Port hits 7
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 1

[Cap Mandrake]

That's 130 Zeke sorties and 54 Nell sorties.

[Cap Mandrake]

68 medium bombers over Buka as well.

[Cap Mandrake]

Wow, 27 Zekes over Lunga? They must be coming from Auki or Buin. I sent the less capable bombers back to Noumea.

Morning Air attack on 10th Garrison Unit , at 114,138 (Lunga)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27

Allied aircraft
Bolingbroke IV x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 13

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

[Cap Mandrake]

Confirmed, Zekes at Buin.

Morning Air attack on Buin , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground

No Allied losses

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

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 9

[Cap Mandrake]

This is a transport group that turned around at Rekata two days ago but is not yet fully unloaded at Kirakira. A Marine CD unit and aviation support. Lots of trucks to get off the boats.

Clearly this is more than one small CV and a CVL

Allied aircraft
Hurricane XIIb x 4
P-40B Warhawk x 1
P-40K Warhawk x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane XIIb: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
xAP Stephen J. Field, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires
xAP Pierre S. Dupont
xAP William Dawes, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP George Vancouver, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled)

[Cap Mandrake]

Fuel barges left out at Tulagi to absorb attacks. [;)] The "AI" loves to attack "tanker" task forces.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Tulagi at 114,137

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 101 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 37 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
A6M3a Zero x 64
D3A1 Val x 15

Allied aircraft
Hurricane XIIb x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 2 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
YO-21, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
YO-31, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk

[Cap Mandrake]

Hehe. KB wasting torps on YO's. [:)]

Morning Air attack on TF, near Auki at 115,136

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 4
A6M2 Zero x 21
B5N2 Kate x 10
D3A1 Val x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
YO-43, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
YO-44, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

[Cap Mandrake]

At least one AP lost. Probably more. One hopes most of the lads got ashore.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Kirakira at 116,140

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
B5N2 Kate x 8
D3A1 Val x 11

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
xAP Stephen J. Field, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP William Dawes, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAP Pierre S. Dupont, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
xAP George Vancouver, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
PG Charleston, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
SC PC-582, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 29 (10 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Vehicles lost 30 (18 destroyed, 12 disabled)

[Cap Mandrake]

Sundas: The Jap BB's come out to play. PoW is near Saumlaki

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 75,110

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 11

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 18
TBF-1 Avenger x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Ise
BB Nagato

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

It's a definitional thing. While there is no "AI' in a head to head, there are still code-based "decisions" by the software. [;)]

You put 200 mines at Darwin and the Japs sail 10 ships right up to the doorstep and nobody hits a mine. But you put TWO mines at Batu Phat and a DD plows into the thing. [:)] I've seen this over an over again. It's as if it is a surprise. [:)] It isn't just an offensive vs defensive minefield either because I have seen an enemy base mined and 200 ships come and go without a hit.

I meant the date - *******************January 1, 1942(e)********************* [X(]

[Cap Mandrake]

Oh [:)]

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Oh [:)]

Go any further back and the USS Monitor will come out of the fog. [:D]

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

It's a definitional thing. While there is no "AI' in a head to head, there are still code-based "decisions" by the software. [;)]

You put 200 mines at Darwin and the Japs sail 10 ships right up to the doorstep and nobody hits a mine. But you put TWO mines at Batu Phat and a DD plows into the thing. [:)] I've seen this over an over again. It's as if it is a surprise. [:)] It isn't just an offensive vs defensive minefield either because I have seen an enemy base mined and 200 ships come and go without a hit.

Alfred would call this "anecdotal" - which has something to do with him adoring your neck. I think it's because he'd like to wring it for your avoidance of the 'good book'! [:D]

[Disco Duck]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Meanwhile JJ have over 150 bombers at Rabaul and 100 fighters. These appear to be most of the Zekes and Netties from Kendari, whcih is not well protected now. [:)]

I suspend all the landing operations at Terapo because it's not safe with all those Netties at Rabaul.

Vee haff vays uff making you answer - "Is it safe?"

Yes, the two biggist fears of Americans. Nazi's and Dentists