Don Quijote against the Japanese Windmills. Seydlitz (J) against traskott (A). Allied side AAR

[traskott]

Yes, my idea is keep pressing as much as I can in China (altough now I bet I'll be forced to stop a bit)...and, as all his main naval assets are at Java, tried to capture as much islands as I can at Marshalls... 

[traskott]

2th, August:

SS STINGRAY got 'the guy who dud' awards: PB YANKO MARU and xAK HINO MARU#3 got 2 fishes but noone exploded.

Night bombardment at Oosthaven by the following BBs: YAMASHIRO, HIEI, HARUNA, YAMATO (oh, she is on the air, now!), and KONGO. Some casualties and AF and Port are closed but not too much disruption.

HORN ISLAND is bombarded by B-25s, B-24s and B-17s.....

At TARAWA my ships are about to unload the last LCUs and will go back to Pago Pago.  Several convoys will sail to the zone to add more troops to this hub.

KB spotted two hexes SW of Oosthaven. SS'packs on route.

Enemy LCUs spotted at Oosthaven: 21th Division, 53rd Division, 48 and 16 Recon Rgt, plus 4 regiments. Soon the aussies and Desert Rats will have their hands full!!.

It's "funny" because there is one unit (3rd of Hussars) with 16 Valentines ( a good fast unit ) which will disappear at 20 days... xDD I dunno what to do with them...

CHINA:

SEYDLITZ at COUNTERATTACK !!! At Henchow he has 5.500 AV fighting with 3.300 mines... and he is trying to trap the mines !!! However, my advances by the sides make the following days very interesting. Should I have to stand and fight, or even retreat ?. I have a lot of units there, if they are trapped, Iwould lose 3.300, and that HURTs. Dunno, dunno..[:(]

[traskott]

[center]PHOTOS OF THE PACIFIC ( AUGUST 1942 )[/center]

[offenseman]

WoW!  8/3/42 and so much of the map is allied.....   Trust me, he has a lot of issues to deal with.  All you have to do is make him waste supply because he is going to have issues keeping industry working very soon.  My guess is that he is down to 150-160 days oil on Honshu and 60-80 days fuel.  Soerabaja takes a while to get fuel or oil coming out because he will need a lot of fuel there to support his naval activities. Balikpapan is the only strong resource he has.  Bomb it, Bombard it, intercept convoys with cruisers, etc to take some of that away.  Your efforts in China will cause him to burn a lot of supply- supply that he cannot replace given the coming shortage of liquid cargoes. 

[traskott]

By H.R. I can't bombard DEI strategically til 1/43...However, at this pace, I can't see unforseeable begin 1943 with a nice carpet bombing !!!

[traskott]

3th, August, 1942.

SS KXIV suffer 5 hits attacking DD MAKIGUMO.

SS S-38 suffer 2 hits attacking a troop convoy.

CV HIRYU and CVL RYUJO attacked by dutch airplanes at night got no hits.

AK KINKA MARU reported sunk by a torpedo of the SS S-38.

SS SPEARFISH damaged by ASW air assets...

Horn Island closed by my FF: Airbase supply hits 5, Runway hits 23, Airbase hits 1.

22 Vals over Oosthaven, 3 Vals destroyed, 16 damaged [:D].

SS S-39 : xAK KUROSHIO MARU. One torpedo. On fire. Heavy damage.

Tarawa get AF1 !!!! [:)]

CHINA: My units have flee of Hankow....now we'll see...

[traskott]

4th August, 1942

More troops at Oosthaven !!! A deliberate attacks got 1-1 and down my forts to level3 !!! Well..at least, he has got 1332 casualtias ( incluiding 85 combat squads disabled ). Post attack are 741 to 374. Tomorrow we'll see how much can the aussies hold the line...

Several night attacks got nothing and nexts nights moonlight will made air operations impossible.

Two attacks of Vals over the target got 2 destroyed and 11 damaged...one week ago he launched waves of 100 Vals...

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25 Warhawks straffed japanese positions at Toungoo....wow.. 5 casualties... xDDD

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SS S-39 attacks on surface xAK KYOSEI MARU. -> 1 torpedo. 12 shell hits. Presumed sank. S-39 is turning back to OZ for more torpedos and shells...

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Kalemyo hits Airforce Level 2.

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I'm about to arrive at RANGOON...

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Hanchow evacuated. But next turn I have a little gift for him...

[traskott]

5th August 1942

CL DANAE and CL ENTERPRISE bombard RANGOON. Several hits achieved at port and airfield.

SS GAR blow up PB FUMI MAR#3 near MOPPO.

Japanese air attacks over Oosthaven: Lot of Bettys, Vals and Zeros. A good number of Zeros downed by flak (6, acording to intel).

Air attack over Hankow. WHERE ARE MY ESCORTS?? 3 SB-III downed...

xAP KAMAKURA MARU hit by 2 bombs at Oosthaven. . Excellent. It's a big xAP.

Disaster over Toungoo. My Escorts didn't fly and I lose 12 Blenheims and 8 Wellingtons...

At Oosthaven a new deliberate attack got another 1-1. 1.000 allied casualties, to 1697 japanese, incluidin 62 combat squads destroyed...

LUCHOW FALLs !!!... China is getting HOT

[traskott]

6th August, 1942

Oosthaven is getting hot with a lot of girls called YAMATO, HIEI, KIRISHIMA and so, knocking my door....

SS GAR sunk by a 250 kgs air bomb near Port Arthur... [:@]

3 Oscars and 1 Nick downed to one P-40E at Toungoo...

At Singapore Port, a "fast raid" got the following results:

  xAK SURABAYA MARU: 2 bombs hits, heavy fire, heavy damage.
  PC NIRE: 1 bomb hit. Heavy fires, heavy damage.
  SS I-9: 1 bomb hit.
  SS I-159: 1 bomb hit. Heavy dmg ( bomb of 500lbs)
  SS I-28: 1 bomb hit ( 500lb too).

 Port Moresby and Horn Island smashed by about 50 american LB... Excellent !!!

 Rangoon down to forti0....

 SS 024 damaged while attacking CA KINUGASA.... 4 hits...

7th August, 1942.

Recon over JALUIT:

 LCUs : 4 1460 troops. Guns: 7

SS 023: two hits by the good asw cover of the japanese near Oosthaven.

25 P-400 attack Horn Island. 10 casualties... xDDDD

Another deliberate attack at Oosthaven put my forts to ZERO. Time to run boys !!!! 93 japanese combat squads destroyed !! This is 1/3 of a japanese division !!!

Nanyang hits forti6,and Abemama port1. My seebee rocks !!!!

[traskott]

8/8/42

SS STURGEON blows  up SC CHa-24 with 2 torpedos.

P-40s over Toungoo, in the whole day I lose a full sqn...I won't transcribe my notes but they are not...delicate..

LCU at Horn Island identificated as 62 NGU.

xAP ASAMA MARU torpedoed by my cats. On fire. It is not sunk.

More suicide Blenheims over Singapore...another full sqn which have to witdraw... [:@][:@].

Japanese shock attack at Oosthaven: The town is about to fall....

At China, I'm destroying isolated japanese units. If not destroyed, at least will be left "crippled".

Cats over MALOELAP: Identificated 2 LCUs, 520 troops, 4 guns...

[traskott]

9th August, 1942

More recons over MALOELAP: 3 LCUs, 2920 troops, 30 guns...omg!!! . Three more recons and the whole IJA will be there [:)].

Night bombardment over MEDAN...well...I hope they dmg something...it would be interesting..6 BBs reported here..

xDDD CL JAVA bombard Makassar. 6 runway hits, 1 port supply hit.

SS STURGEON sinks !! Air ASW is VERY strong...I must redeploy my SS.... I have lost around 1'1 SS per month...

SS GRUNION torpedoed xAK YAMAZATO MARU. 1 hit. On fire.

SS I-172 reported HIT near Cooktown.

Terapo AF ( near P.M. ) closed by my 4E.

xAP KOBE MARU torpedoed by Cats, and later by SS KXIV. She should sank !!!

Oosthaven falls [:o]. The worst happen when one aussie brigade SURRENDERS !!  [X(][X(][X(]. I want my money back !! I would have deployed scottish troops if I would have now this !!!... Well....

4.800 casualties, it's a lot, but overall is the brigade, the others troops are fleeing in good order to Palembang where they should rest to be ready for action again...

xDD BTW, an armoured dutch LCU at Palembang has began to replaze its obsolete ovelwagen for M3 Lees !!! xDDDD Fantastic !!!!

[traskott]

10th August, 1942

PEGU falls !!! [&o][&o] Rangoon is isolated, and soon will be on my hands again !!! It's time to push my troops as far as I can...

No much things on this turn, sorry...besides I have a little hangover (of the size of the Yamato) and I need to sleep...

[traskott]

11/8/1942

Chinese H81-A3 shut down 4 Helens over the 10th Chinese Corps...I have really good chinese fighter pilots !!! ( There is something wrong at Matrix ).

6 Zeros over Horn Island face 11 B-25 and 25 P-400. I've lost 3 of this last for 2 japaneses...hummm..well.

4Es and two british CL bombard the 112th inf. regiment, isolated at Rangoon. I hope to destroy it in a few days.

SS GROWLER reported hit!!. Humm..no dmg...hummm

ANKING FALLS !!! [&o][&o] A big japanese army is isolated in the middle of China...

At TAIYUAN 8 armored regiments try to push out my troops, but they only got 1-1... 2.600 vs 2.700 casualties...Yeah, we have a deal [:D].

Abebama hits AF1....In a few weeks, I'll have the whole 7th Air Force near Marschalls, and it'll be FUNNY... [;)]

[traskott]

12/8/42

RANGOON FALLS !!!!! 112th Inf. Regiment repulsed, and isolated...Now it's time to press the 33rd Division, isolated at Toungoo....

A night bombardment at Mili by an small cruiser TF reveals the Miri Base Force and no more little..

My P-38 sweep over Port Moresby and face no oposition....

DMS W-18 reported hit near Palembang...

xAK SHUNWA MARU and xAK KISARAGUI MARU hits by torpedos launched by my cats...they carried troops.

Intel signals: Imperial Guards Division is sailing to Bangkok.. Looks like Seydlitz wants to estabilice the Burma Front... BUT Palembang is still on my hands !!!

Port Moresby hit by my 4Es: Runways 24, Airfield suppy hits 5, and Airfield service 3... no CAP...

[traskott]

13th August 1942

SS GRUNION sanks xAK BANSHU MARU with one torpedo. She is damaged later by asw attacks...

AM BOBLINK attacks I-160 near NOUMEA. No effect.

SS RO62 puts one torpedo at AP GEORGE ELLIOT. She made Noumea, and will repair min damage there.

Cats at Oosthaven make the torpedo feast: xAK NICHIRAN MARU: 1 torpedo. Sunk. xAK KURETAKE MARU, 2 torpedos. Sunk. xAK KUREHA MARU#3. 2 torpedos (probably sunk).

AM RAIL sank near NOUMEA by SS I-160.. Retaliation got 2 hits...

5 Blenheims destroyed over Toungoo.. Where [:@][:@]·$%$ was my escorts ??

SIAN got fort6. [;)]

[traskott]

14/8/1942

My R class battleships bombard MOULMEIN. 3 Oscars destroyed. Airbase hits 5. Airbase suppy hits 1. Runway hits 18. Fires 25, Port hits 1. Port fuel hits 1. Port supply hits 1.

xAK MISAKU MARU sunk at Oosthaven by Cats --> 35 vehicules destroyed.

xAK KOYO MARU sunk at Oosthaven by Cats and B-25s....

4 A-20 Havoc, based at KENDARI, sank the AMC AKAGI MARU with 7 bombs. Sunk not confirmed, but 7 bombs are LOT of bombs...

3rd Hussars make a "kami-attack" and arrives at Oosthaven. Enemy here is the same as 5 days ago. The LCU is destroyed. Well, it had to withdraw in 3 days, so....

[traskott]

15/8/1942

Once again, RL hits Seydlitz, so the PBEM will go more slowly.

 SS I-24 sank AKE NISQUALLY with one torpedo [:@][:@][:@].

 SS SEAL puts one torpedo at xAK SYOKYO MARU.

 xAK MADRAS MARU sunk by two torpedos by Cats placed on Palembang..

 112 inf. regiment, isolated at BASSEIN and bombarded by my bombers every day...

 A japanese SS reported HIT near NOUMEA:

 xAK KISARAGI MARU sunk by one torpedo, at Oosthaven ( the new Iron Botton of this PBEM [:D][:D] ). Where are his Zeros ?? [&:].

 SS TRUSTY damaged by enemy DD, will go to Colombo.

 Finally Aden get port9. xDDD Now transport of troops will be done at high speed...

[traskott]

16/8/1942

SS TROUT turn xAKL KONSAN MARU onto a burning wreck shelling her with 42 hits....

SS KXV damaged near Oosthaven. Time to go back to port.

B-25Cs and Cats tried to attack an small DMS convoy ( 2 reported ). Several Cats downed. The B-25cs are sturdy and make their bomber runs but achieve no hits.

Some units began a redeployment in order to push MORE presure to the Seydlitz troubles'list.

[traskott]

17/8/1942

A new shock attacks made by the Burma Corps ( BFF Brigade and 17th Indian Division ) destroys the 6th Tank Regiment and left the 21 Medium Field Artillery Bon damaged. I'm next to Moulmein, which be pummeled in a few days by my Eastern Fleet. Besides, as a japanese indian offensive is now almost impossible, 18th and 2nd UK Divisions plus two UK brigades have received orders to be redeployed at Burma Front. With Rangoon in my hands again, several new options show themselves....The only downside of the turn is the sinking of the CL JAVA by the SS I-10 near Java. With orders of raid a "moping up TF", was torpedoed at night with 3 fishes and hit the bottom at full speed.

Tarawa is now fort 3, and Pago Pago has a new AF level 6 ( now with the front 600 miles away [8|] ).

[traskott]

19/8/42

SS HALIBUT sinks xAK KISO MARU with two torpedos.

B-25s over Balikpapan got Port hits 5 and Port fuel hits 4.

A new raid over P.M. got 4 Zeros destroyed .

A japanese mopping up TF (2 AMC) has been attacked by my Havocs. AMC KIYOSUMI MARU got 1 bomb hits, and the AMC KONJO MARU two bombs... 226 casualties reported...