Moderators: wdolson, MOD_War-in-the-Pacific-Admirals-Edition
[/center]ORIGINAL: ny59giants
Only 6th Armored Div is below 50 experience in LA. That is a good sign. [8D]
I like your two SC TF composition - 6 to 8 DDs and then the larger warships. I try to do that as much as possible.
Feb '43 - next generation B-25s and B-24s coming.
TF 5 encounters mine field at Santa Barbara (223,76)
Japanese Ships
CL Tama, Mine hits 1
CL Kiso, Mine hits 1
TF 177 encounters mine field at Santa Barbara (223,76)
Japanese Ships
DD Makigumo, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Morning Air attack on Los Angeles , at 225,76
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 34
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 2
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 1
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 29000 feet
Morning Air attack on Los Angeles , at 225,76
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 158 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 62 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 13
G3M2 Nell x 29
G4M1 Betty x 31
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 27
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 1
No Japanese losses
Manpower hits 5
Fires 344
Morning Air attack on Santa Ana , at 226,76
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 11 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 15
Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-38F Lightning: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet
Morning Air attack on Santa Ana , at 226,76
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 8
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet
Morning Air attack on Santa Ana , at 226,76
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 22
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-39D Airacobra sweeping at 15000 feet
Ground combat at San Diego (227,78)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1128 troops, 160 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 2122
Defending force 54994 troops, 764 guns, 640 vehicles, Assault Value = 1347
Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 47 (43 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 52 (47 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Units destroyed 3 [X(]
Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Assaulting units:
14th Division
5th Guards Division
1st Tank Division
48th/B Division
2nd Division
21st Division
48th/A Division
48th/C Division
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Bn /1
31st Air Defense AA Battalion
15th Medium FA Rgt /1
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Bn /1
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
8th Area Army
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Art.Mortar Regiment
2nd Hvy.Artillery Rgt /1
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Bn /1
Defending units:
25th Infantry Division
22nd Marine Regiment
192nd Tank Battalion
37th Infantry Division
43rd Infantry Division
31st Infantry Rgt /1
30th Field Artillery Regiment
11th Naval District
Camp Pendleton
14th Marine Defense Battalion
Camp Pendleton Base Force
San Diego USN Base Force
SD Harbor Defense
ComAirFMFPac
Day Time Surface Combat, near Little Andaman at 44,59, Range 11,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CA Takao, Shell hits 4
CA Ashigara, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Suzuya, Shell hits 6, on fire
CL Natori, Shell hits 6, on fire
CL Kinu, Shell hits 2
DD Arashi, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Oshio, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
Allied Ships
BB Washington, Shell hits 4
BB Prince of Wales, Shell hits 3
BC Repulse, Shell hits 4
DD Meredith
DD Gwin, Shell hits 1
DD Electra, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
DD Express, Shell hits 1
DD Foxhound, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Inconstant, Shell hits 1
DD Isis, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Blair at 46,58
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
G3M2 Nell x 6
Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 20
F4F-4 Wildcat x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
G3M2 Nell: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed
Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Blair at 46,58
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 30
Ki-48-IIb Lily x 17
Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 15
F4F-4 Wildcat x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-48-IIb Lily: 3 destroyed, 6 damaged
Ki-48-IIb Lily: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
CL Capetown
CL Hobart
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Little Andaman at 45,60
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 7
F4F-4 Wildcat x 7
SBD-3 Dauntless x 60
TBF-1 Avenger x 26
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 damaged
TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
CL Kinu, Bomb hits 1
CL Natori, Bomb hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Arashi, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Suzuya
CA Takao, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Ashigara, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
ORIGINAL: Lokasenna
IJA divisions have built-in combat engineers. Not a lot, but some. Not enough to get from forts 9 to 0, probably.
I think you have enough defenders to hold San Diego. His AA is very limited, only the 31st Air Defense AA Bn, so you should be able to cause some serious discomfort with ground strikes on his LCUs in clear terrain. He brought a lot of artillery, but he will be at a decided disadvantage to counterbattery fire given the disparate fort levels. If you have the PP to spare you might want to look at your LCU commanders. You might prefer to use anyone with high Aggression in L.A. and focus on Land and Admin in S.D. since you won't be doing much attacking in S.D.ORIGINAL: JocMeister
ORIGINAL: Lokasenna
IJA divisions have built-in combat engineers. Not a lot, but some. Not enough to get from forts 9 to 0, probably.
How depressing...
I really wish SD would have been Light Urban at least...[:@]
ORIGINAL: paullus99
If that's what he's going to face on bombardments, his artillery isn't going to last too long.
I wouldn't necessarily be too concerned about SD - wait until you seen the results of his first attack. If you kill off a bunch of engineer squads, he's not going to be able to replace them.
Also, depending on what happens at LA, he might be in serious trouble here within the next few turns. You've really started whittling down his air groups.
ORIGINAL: poodlebrain
[/center]ORIGINAL: ny59giants
Like in chess, the Allied player can get up one or two pawns and trade down to the end game. One of his BBs for one of your BBs sounds good to me! [;)]
