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31 May 1942
Subs
Bugger

Sub attack near Koggala at 28,50

Japanese Ships
SS I-28

Allied Ships
DD Fortune
BB Revenge
CA Devonshire
DD Express
DD Foxhound

Burma
BB Tf 2 comes in:

Night Naval bombardment of Akyab at 54,45

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort I: 1 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
CA Suzuya
CL Kinu
CL Natori
CL Isuzu
CL Jintsu
DD Mikazuki
DD Fumizuki
DD Yugiri
DD Shirayuki
DD Usugumo
DD Hibiki
DD Akatsuki


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

Manpower hits 2
Fires 1293
Runway hits 12
Port supply hits 2

No fighters rise against our sweeps, our bombers don't fly.

DEI
Landing at Pamakasan, just off Sorebaya, where a Dutch unit is still in residence...

Pre-Invasion action off Pamekasan (57,105)

Japanese Ships
CL Sendai
APD Tade
DMS W-2



CL Sendai firing at Barisan KNIL Regiment
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards


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Amphibious Assault at Pamekasan (57,105)

TF 246 troops unloading over beach at Pamekasan, 57,105

Japanese ground losses:
385 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 55 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 9 (0 destroyed, 9 disabled)




Pacific
All quiet, KB is moving out, as are most of our spare shipping, units are settling into garrisons. Need to get more troops to Port Moresby which is slowly repairing the port.


China
No change.

01 Jun 1942

Subs
Sub attack near Colombo at 27,49

Japanese Ships
SS I-28, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Griffin
DD Hotspur

Sub attack near Donggala at 68,97

Japanese Ships
PB Zosen Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Takunan Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS KXIV

Sub attack near Perth at 48,147

Japanese Ships
SS I-24, hits 4

Allied Ships
PG Swan, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PG Moresby


Burma
Our sweeps meet some opposition.

Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 33,810 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22

Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Their CV's are moving back into the Bay of Bengal, we will continue the BB runs into Akyab, and vector in lots of subs to their likely path...

Our CV's need abouy 10 days more to fully reapir. Then we will come out swinging. The strike groups are filling up nicely.



DEI
Ground combat at Pamekasan (57,105)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3142 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 93

Defending force 676 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 46

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 46 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Pamekasan !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
morale(-), supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-)


Allied ground losses:
993 casualties reported
Squads: 60 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 60 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1


Assaulting units:
55th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
Barisan KNIL Regiment
Pacific
No Chnage

China
No Change.

02 Jun 1942

Subs
Sub attack near Perth at 48,147

Japanese Ships
SS I-24, hits 3

Allied Ships
PG Clive
PG Moresby

Burma
Our Sweeps meet more oposition:

Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 66



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 4
P-400 Airacobra x 9


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

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed
P-400 Airacobra: 1 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 41



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 1


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed

DEI
More arty is moving on Bandoeng... lots of heavy guns to soften up for the attack which will come soon.

The Regt that took Pamakasan will move with 2 TK regts to take Derby soon and throw back the enemy from in front of Broome.

Pacific
Ships are heading home, fuel is coming in.


China

No change.

Again behind, overall not much is happending except in two theatres so I'll cover each of those in a post covering 03 Jun-07 Jun 1942.

Burma 03 Jun 1942

Durng this period the enemy mankes a concerted push to lang troops and supplies? into Akyab.

First their CV's track in towards Calcutta. We track them with betties and try in intercept with subs, this being the closest.

Sub attack near Cuttack at 49,39

Japanese Ships
SS I-155, hits 3 She is off to the yards

Allied Ships
CVL Hermes
CA Cornwall
CL Newcastle
CL Glasgow
CL Mauritius
CLAA Van Heemskerck
DE John D. Edwards
DE Edsall
DD Norman
DD Arrow

While that is happening we bombard Akyab.

Night Naval bombardment of Akyab at 54,45

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-400 Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro
BB Nagato
CA Furutaka
DD Yamakaze
DD Naganami
DD Makigumo


Allied ground losses:
188 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (3 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Manpower hits 2
Fires 2112
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 38
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 1

Our fighters sweep without opposition...

04 Jun 1942
Our second bombardment force comes in, Akyab is nicely trashed...

Night Naval bombardment of Akyab at 54,45

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-400 Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground
Albacore I: 1 destroyed on ground
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
CA Suzuya
CL Kinu
CL Natori
CL Isuzu
CL Jintsu
DD Mikazuki
DD Fumizuki
DD Yugiri
DD Shirayuki
DD Usugumo
DD Hibiki
DD Akatsuki


Allied ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled


Manpower hits 5
Fires 628
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 63
Port hits 5
Port supply hits 2

Bad weather stops any further action, however we sight the enemy moving towards Akyab taking a position with their CV's to the rear of Akyab.


05 Jun 1942
Our subs tray to tag the CV's...

ASW attack near Cox's Bazar at 54,42

Japanese Ships
SS I-170, hits 1

Allied Ships
DE Edsall
CL Newcastle
CL Glasgow
CL Mauritius
CLAA Van Heemskerck
DE John D. Edwards
DD Arrow
DD Isaac Sweers

Submarine attack near Akyab at 54,45

Japanese Ships
SS I-122

Allied Ships
xAKL Selma City, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

The enemy shipping has moved one hex behind Akyab! xAKL's escorted by BB's... a novel approach!

Morning Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,45

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 143 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 56 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
G3M2 Nell x 21
G4M1 Betty x 24
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 23



Allied aircraft
Fulmar II x 8
Martlet II x 18
Hurricane I Trop x 3
Hurricane IIa Trop x 3
Kittyhawk IA x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 7


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
G3M2 Nell: 2 destroyed, 13 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 4 destroyed by flak
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 6 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Fulmar II: 1 destroyed
Martlet II: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB Royal Sovereign
KV Genista, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
BB Ramillies
BB Revenge
BB Resolution
xAKL Santa Ana
xAKL Louisianan, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Oklahoman

Our sweeps of Akyab find the the enemy.

Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 205 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 70 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 58



Allied aircraft
Fulmar II x 2
Martlet II x 7
Hurricane IIa Trop x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 4


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Fulmar II: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 47



Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 2


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Martlet II: 1 destroyed

06 Jun 1942
The ships now come into Akyab and begin to unload, a maximum effort is called by both sides!

Submarine attack near Akyab at 54,45

Japanese Ships
SS I-122

Allied Ships
xAKL Oklahoman, Shell hits 1

Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 41



Allied aircraft
Fulmar II x 5
Martlet II x 11
Hurricane I Trop x 3
Hurricane IIa Trop x 3
Hurricane IIb Trop x 3
Kittyhawk IA x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 7


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Fulmar II: 1 destroyed
Hurricane I Trop: 1 destroyed
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 41



Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 5
Hurricane IIa Trop x 1
Hurricane IIb Trop x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 2


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Martlet II: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed

Morning Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,45

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 129 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 51 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 11
G4M1 Betty x 39



Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 8 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 20 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
BB Royal Sovereign
xAKL Santa Ana, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
BB Ramillies, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
xAKL Oklahoman, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
CL Sumatra
xAKL Washingtonian, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
BB Revenge
xAKL Memphis City, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 157 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 51 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 49
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 40



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort I: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7


Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,45

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 46



Allied aircraft
Fulmar II x 2
Martlet II x 8
Hurricane IIb Trop x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 2


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Fulmar II: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

With all the transports sunk we focus on the BB's...

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,45

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 140 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 8
G4M1 Betty x 44



Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 7 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 15 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
BB Ramillies, Torpedo hits 3, heavy damage
BB Revenge, Torpedo hits 1
BB Royal Sovereign, Torpedo hits 2
BB Resolution

07 Jun 1942
The enemy retires, as our BB TF steams in finding straggelers only...

Night Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 54,45, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
BB Yamashiro
CA Furutaka
DD Makigumo
DD Naganami
DD Yamakaze
DD Hayate
DD Asanagi

Allied Ships
BB Ramillies, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Foxhound, Shell hits 2

Then we hit Akyab itself

Night Naval bombardment of Akyab at 54,45 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro
BB Nagato
CA Furutaka
DD Asanagi
DD Hayate
DD Yamakaze
DD Naganami
DD Makigumo


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


Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11

Our fighters don't find any opposition, and the bombers come in:

Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 206 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 67 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 37
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 57



Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort I: 1 destroyed on ground

Runway hits 15

The enemy is limping away, their air arm depleted. We own the seas, and in two days our CV's come out of refit with two new BB's, including the pride of the Navy, the Yamato!

Our losses have been about equal in the air overall, but their Navy is badly shock up.

03-07 Jun DEI

Our troops have moved into Bandoang. A massive arty force hammers away, but doesn't do a loyt of damage

Ground combat at Bandoeng (50,100)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3781 troops, 254 guns, 265 vehicles, Assault Value = 1077

Defending force 21277 troops, 321 guns, 211 vehicles, Assault Value = 636

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


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


Assaulting units:
42nd Infantry Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
56th Infantry Regiment
114th Infantry Regiment
12th Engineer Regiment
5th Recon Regiment
22nd Recon Regiment
11th Infantry Regiment
21st Infantry Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
5th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
18th Mountain Gun Regiment
25th Army
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
1st Regt Cavalerie
4th KNIL Regiment
1st KNIL Regiment
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
Mobiele Eenheid Battalion
2nd KNIL Regiment
Afdeling Ritman
KNIL Army Command
Merak Base Force
Tjilitap Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
3rd KNIL AA Battalion
Kalidjati Base Force
Bandoeng Base Force

03-07 Jun 1942 OZ
The enemy advance on Broome, but turn around. a CL TF hits Derby several times, then they begin to withdraw soon after we change 2 TK regt and an Inf Regt to Derby... maybe SIGINT gave us away?

We still plan to counter attack here... but no point at the moment.

Darwin continues to be bombed on a daily basis keeping it 100% damaged. No more supply ships have been detected for several weeks, supply must be low.

Off Perth our subs are being harassed.

Off Melbourne we hit some large xAK's, probably sinking them, and several ASW TF are hunting us, we get one AM in return.

03-07 Jun 1942 Pacific
P-38 appear over PM and slaughter first around 12 Rufe, then around 10 Zero. We can't generate enough aircraft at the moment. They look to be flying from Cooktown, time for the CA's to do some work.

A large reinforcement convoy is heading into PM to unload infantry and engineers, it is escourted by Mini KB. The forts are now 1.5.

On the way home KB detects some raiders around Marcus island, bad weather and good luck means we haven't caught them... yet!

More fuel, troops and supplies are landing at Rabaul, troops are moving out from their to the defensive locations.

08 Jun 1942

Subs
No hits.

Burma
We hit Akyab with another BB TF.
Night Naval bombardment of Akyab at 54,45

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
Albacore I: 1 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
CA Suzuya
CL Kinu
CL Natori
CL Isuzu
CL Jintsu
DD Mikazuki
DD Fumizuki
DD Yugiri
DD Shirayuki
DD Usugumo
DD Hibiki
DD Akatsuki


Allied ground losses:
138 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Manpower hits 4
Fires 329
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 36
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 1

Fighter Sweeps find no Opposition, bombers hit the target.

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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 127 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 41 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 26
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 45



Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-400 Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground

Runway hits 3

DEI
No change.

OZ
We try to get some P-38's... This should scare them away while we bring more troops and supplies into Port Moresby.

Night Naval bombardment of Cooktown at 92,137

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
CA Ashigara
CA Haguro
CA Myoko
CA Maya
DD Harusame
DD Murasame
DD Shigure
DD Shiratsuyu


Allied ground losses:
194 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled


Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 54
Port hits 9
Port supply hits 2

Pacific
We are chasing the raiding force with KB, we detect them in searches but KB aircraft fail to launch due to weather on range. However we have a slight positional advantage, they have to flee towards Japan as we are a few hex SE of them.

9 Jun 1942

Subs

Sub attack near Colombo at 28,46

Japanese Ships
SS I-27, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Griffin
DD Hotspur

Submarine attack near Colombo at 28,47

Japanese Ships
SS I-27

Allied Ships
TK Athelmonarch, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage


Burma

Over Akyab we meet a solitary P-400 with our sweeps.

Their fleet has retired back to Calcutta.

Our CV's leave Singapore, we may get to Ceylon before they can slip through...


DEI

Pacific

We still don't catch the raiders, but they are nearing Japan, Nells are put on Naval attack...

In the deep south our CS's detect a convoy but miss.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Mangaia at 149,202

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 10



Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
TK Gulfcoast
AMC Westralia
TK Osthav
DM Breese

Troops and supplies unload at PM.

10 Jun 1942

Subs
We survived this... our luck will start changing in this area, we have had several TK hit, but when empty (as these were too) and so have made port and are repairing:

Sub attack near Sangi at 78,96

Japanese Ships
TK Itukusima Maru
PB Kohuku Maru
TK Tatekawa Maru
TK Goyo Maru
TK Akebono Maru
PB Marei Maru
PB Kensin Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sargo

Burma
Over Akyab only light opposition, next turn a BB TF will Hit Cox's Bazaar instead of trashing Akyab more. Our bombers (3 Daitai Helen) are hitting Akyab nicely at the moment so should be able to keep fully damaged.

Our CV's are near Sabang, a time and space calulation indicates we should be in a position to intercept turn after next. 40 Kate are flown onto Rjuyo (which fills here up) and Zero are flown onto the CVE. In total the CV TF has 36 Zero (2 x 18), 27 Val (15 and 12) 46 Kate (40 and 6), all with goo tovery good experiance. I doubt they have filled up their squadrons, but they probably have LR CAP support.

G3M3 Nell (the long range ones) are now operating over Ceylon. Next time we wouldn't increase Betty production, but build more Nell instead.



DEI
No Change the Divs from the Pacific are coming into the area.

OZ
They have withdrawn from Derby back to Nookanbah at least. Broome is very safe again.

On the East coast Recce from PM is showing a lot of fighters and bombers at Townsville/Cooktown area.

Pacific
Jakes find their targets It is an intersting mix of "stuff" in the TF.


Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
TK Agwiworld
AMC Prince Robert
TK Gulfcoast, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
AO Bishopdale, Bomb hits 2

We just come into range of the raiders near Japan. Netty fail to find the targets, but these Kates find, identify but miss We continue to pursue.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Shimushiri-jima at 134,56

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 130 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
B5N2 Kate x 13



Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CL St. Louis
DD Patterson


China
Starting to concentrate forces for an attack in a few days...

11 Jun 1942

Subs
Ouch, looks like they are brining in more supplies towards Cox's Bazaar/Akyab
ASW attack near Diamond Harbour at 51,39

Japanese Ships
SS I-158, hits 7

Allied Ships
DD Decoy
CL Enterprise
DD Foxhound
xAKL Kalgan
DD Norman
DD Napier


ASW attack near Colombo at 28,48

Japanese Ships
SS I-28, hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Griffin


Burma
We bombard Cox's Bazaar causing light damage. The BB's shot all their ammo and they had spotter support, not sure why... maybe well dub in?

Night Naval bombardment of Cox's Bazar at 54,43 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro
BB Nagato
CA Furutaka
DD Asanagi
DD Hayate
DD Yamakaze
DD Naganami
DD Makigumo


Allied ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Otherwise no change.


DEI
No Change

Pacific
They raiders are again just out of range. Netties launch but don't find the target... but they have come right up against the Northern Islands, so some Nells (Bombs only) are bought in... maybe we can damage and slow them down?

Here is the CV situation near Ceylon. We are 1 hex "offmap" to the south, so should intercept nicely... almost like it was planned Our CV's are undetected, so it should be a suprise. Pity one of our CV's is in Dry dock.

A few days ago we reviewed our air production, partially in light of information appearing in the main forums, and partly because as the "short game" bit of expansion was up it was time to think more long term.

Overall we have done well to date, we probably overbuilt Zero production a bit, and the Lilly's should have been moved to Helen earlier (but engines were lacking), and buit more Nells, not Betty's for the G3M3 version. Oscars and the other key aircraft are about right. Engines are still tight and are our real constraint.

We are now preparing for bringing Tojo on line (But no Tonies), with Frank and George our real focus to try and bring forward. We have dropped some A6M2 production to increase the M3 version, then will switch the others to M3a.

You have two naval transport planes - Tina and Mavis
You will soon have two naval patrol planes - Emily and Mavis
IMO, you need to reduce them both to just one each.

Kuriles - This may be considered gamey, but I did it in my game. I moved a small AA unit to a base. This allowed me to use PP to change it from 5th Fleet back to the restricted Home Island command. Then, I changed the Kurile island base to a the Home Islands restricted command. Now I can base the Home Island restricted air units on that particular base in the Kuriles. It seems strange that those Home Island air units can be transferred to Formosa, if they have the range, but not the Kuriles. This is my work around. I know others have done this before.

12 Jun 1942

Subs

Burma
Well the ambush of the enemy CV's happens almost as expected... we didn't get a single hit Our attack was broken up a bit due to bad weather. Lots of aircraft lost on both sides, and no damage. Some more Zero and Kates are flown out, we will pull back a couple of hexes and see if we can pick something off...

Morning Air attack on TF, near Koggala at 31,52

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 116 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 49 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
B5N2 Kate x 36
D3A1 Val x 11



Allied aircraft
Fulmar II x 6
Martlet II x 18


Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 11 destroyed, 7 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 3 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Fulmar II: 1 destroyed
Martlet II: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CV Illustrious
CVL Hermes
CV Formidable

Morning Air attack on TF, near Koggala at 32,55

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16



Allied aircraft
Albacore I x 18
Martlet II x 4
Swordfish I x 13


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Albacore I: 4 destroyed, 4 damaged
Albacore I: 2 destroyed by flak
Martlet II: 3 destroyed
Swordfish I: 8 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CVL Ryujo
CVE Unyo
BB Fuso
CA Mogami

Morning Air attack on TF, near Koggala at 31,52

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 14



Allied aircraft
Fulmar II x 4
Martlet II x 10


Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 6 destroyed, 3 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CVL Hermes
CV Formidable


Morning Air attack on TF, near Koggala at 31,52

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 6



Allied aircraft
Fulmar II x 1
Martlet II x 5


Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CV Illustrious

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Koggala at 31,52

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 134 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 57 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
B5N2 Kate x 15



Allied aircraft
Fulmar II x 4
Martlet II x 10


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
Fulmar II: 1 destroyed
Martlet II: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CV Formidable

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Koggala at 32,55

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 58 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16



Allied aircraft
Albacore I x 3
Martlet II x 7


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Albacore I: 2 damaged
Albacore I: 1 destroyed by flak
Martlet II: 3 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso

Pacific
The enemy raiders disappear, a very disapointing chase

But we still get some hits down south...

Morning Air attack on TF, near Raoul Island at 134,197

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 10



Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AMC Prince Robert, Bomb hits 1
DM Sicard, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires


Otherwise no change.

Very annoyed that we didn't get a single hit...

Thanks, yes they will be rationalised... but we wanted some Tina for some of the land based aircraft units.

Thanks On the Kuriles... happy to leave it as it is though.

Cheers

Rob

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

You have two naval transport planes - Tina and Mavis
You will soon have two naval patrol planes - Emily and Mavis
IMO, you need to reduce them both to just one each.

Kuriles - This may be considered gamey, but I did it in my game. I moved a small AA unit to a base. This allowed me to use PP to change it from 5th Fleet back to the restricted Home Island command. Then, I changed the Kurile island base to a the Home Islands restricted command. Now I can base the Home Island restricted air units on that particular base in the Kuriles. It seems strange that those Home Island air units can be transferred to Formosa, if they have the range, but not the Kuriles. This is my work around. I know others have done this before.

You have two naval transport planes - Tina and Mavis
You will soon have two naval patrol planes - Emily and Mavis
IMO, you need to reduce them both to just one each.

Kuriles - This may be considered gamey, but I did it in my game. I moved a small AA unit to a base. This allowed me to use PP to change it from 5th Fleet back to the restricted Home Island command. Then, I changed the Kurile island base to a the Home Islands restricted command. Now I can base the Home Island restricted air units on that particular base in the Kuriles. It seems strange that those Home Island air units can be transferred to Formosa, if they have the range, but not the Kuriles. This is my work around. I know others have done this before.

Bummer, but such is lady luck.

13 Jun 1942

Subs
ASW attack near Colombo at 28,48

Japanese Ships
SS I-32, hits 1

Allied Ships
DE John D. Edwards
CL Newcastle
CL Glasgow
CLAA Van Heemskerck
DE Edsall
DD Arrow
DD Isaac Sweers

Sub attack near Rabaul at 106,125

Japanese Ships
xAK Yamahuku Maru
CL Tama
DD Urakaze
DD Amatsukaze
CM Itsukushima
CM Tsugaru
CM Tokiwa
xAP Naminoue Maru
xAP Ural Maru
xAP Taizan Maru
xAK Yamahagi Maru
DD Sanae
DD Kawakaze
DD Minegumo

Allied Ships
SS Thresher, hits 9

Sub attack near Colombo at 28,48

Japanese Ships
SS I-32, hits 4, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CL Newcastle, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Glasgow
CLAA Van Heemskerck
DE John D. Edwards
DE Edsall
DD Arrow

ASW attack near Rabaul at 106,125

Japanese Ships
DD Hatsuharu
DD Wakaba
DD Ushio
DD Akebono
DD Ayanami

Allied Ships
SS Tuna, hits 4

Burma
Over Burma they come out to play to protect a convoy...

We Attack Akyab as normal.

Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 41

Allied aircraft
Hurricane I Trop x 4
P-40E Warhawk x 15


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 3 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 132 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 43 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 50
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 58

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 3


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed on ground


Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 26

And they attack Mandalay, which stops it from reaching a level 5 afld this turn.

Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 25

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 25


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 4 destroyed

No Allied losses

Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged

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



Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 8

However they attempt to protect a large convoy at Cox's Bazaar fails... although we take moderate losses.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Cox's Bazar at 54,43

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 143 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 56 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 19
G4M1 Betty x 52



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 7


Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 2 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 9 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CL Enterprise
CL Ceres, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
DD Decoy
CL Dauntless, Torpedo hits 1
DD Foxhound
xAKL Elout

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cox's Bazar at 54,43

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 123 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 48 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 19
G4M1 Betty x 50



Allied aircraft
Hurricane I Trop x 3
Hurricane IIb Trop x 7
P-40E Warhawk x 9


Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 3 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 9 destroyed, 6 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CL Enterprise
DD Foxhound
CL Dauntless, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Napier


Next turn the Yamato will arrive to clear up anything that is left. While this day cost us a lot of aircraft we are whittling away the Brit Navy. 2 CL lost and another badly damaged by a sub attack.

DEI

Pacific
They dumped a lot of mines at Rabaul Shoho will need a month at least in the yards.

TF 211 encounters mine field at Rabaul (106,125)

Japanese Ships
CVL Zuiho
DD Ushio
DD Akebono
CVL Shoho, Mine hits 1



3 mines cleared

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Raoul Island at 134,197

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 10



Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
AMC Prince Robert, Bomb hits 3, on fire
DD Monaghan
DD Aylwin

14 Jun 1942, Yamatos first ride.

Subs

Burma
Yamato comes in The Brit CL takes a lot of damage. I think Yamato's shells passed right through her!

Night Time Surface Combat, near Cox's Bazar at 54,43, Range 10,000 Yards

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
BB Yamato
CA Atago, Shell hits 2
CA Chokai
CL Oi
DD Takanami
DD Shinonome
DD Shirakumo
DD Mutsuki
DD Kisaragi, Shell hits 1
DD Nagatsuki

Allied Ships
CL Enterprise, Shell hits 23, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk
DD Decoy, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Foxhound
DD Napier, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Norman, Shell hits 2
xAKL Kalgan, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Elout, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
xAKL Lematang, Shell hits 1
xAKL Meroendoeng, Shell hits 2, on fire

Otherwise their aircraft don't come out to play this turn.

Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 174 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 57 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 40
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 58



Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 damaged

No Allied losses


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


Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13

Despite the two lots of Naval Bombardment Cox's Bazaar reaches a Lvl 1 airfield. Slowly they will out build us. Need to finish off Java to free up the bombers. Another Air HQ and more air support is on the way to Burma. Mandalay makes a level 5 airfield (it is a 4 fort).

DEI
The Divs from the SWPAC begin to unload.

Pacific
We clear LOTS of mines at Rabaul. They have lots of aircraft and shipping at Townsville.

Port Moresby is at 2.5 forts and 270AV.

China
We sneek up and hit this unit... we shock attack next turn with air support. This is part of the strategy of picking on isolated units to create a weakness.

Ground combat at 80,57 (near Kanhsien)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 16218 troops, 114 guns, 323 vehicles, Assault Value = 672

Defending force 5307 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 225

Japanese adjusted assault: 507

Allied adjusted defense: 339

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
279 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Allied ground losses:
778 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 55 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 33 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled


Assaulting units:
102nd Infantry Regiment
19th Ind.Mixed Brigade
51st Recon Regiment
8th Armored Car Co
13th Tank Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
104th/C Division

Defending units:
50th Chinese Corps


Off Ceylon our CV Tf lurks, we detect a ASW? TF approaching... we may get some practice next turn.

Otherwise the Bay of Begal is ours... even if they don't realise it!

With 5 BB's in theatre I'm tempted to run in on Columbo which is full of shipping!

There are too many targets.

15 Jun 1942

Subs

Sub attack near Sepandjang at 61,107

Japanese Ships
PB Teimei Maru, Torpedo hits 1
TK Nisshin Maru #2
PB Tenzan Maru

Allied Ships
SS KVIII

Burma
No real action. Our BB TF is 2 days from hitting Cox's Bazaar.

DEI
Unloading continues. We are forming an assault shipping capability capable of supporting 2 divs. The 14th Army is preping for Perth...


Pacific
We clear lots of mines at Rabaul...

China

Our strategy pays off and we evict the enemy with large losses.

Ground combat at 80,57 (near Kanhsien)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 15945 troops, 114 guns, 323 vehicles, Assault Value = 656

Defending force 4764 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 183

Japanese adjusted assault: 818

Allied adjusted defense: 59

Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 26 (1 destroyed, 25 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
2693 casualties reported
Squads: 61 destroyed, 63 disabled
Non Combat: 54 destroyed, 59 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 5 disabled
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
13th Tank Regiment
19th Ind.Mixed Brigade
51st Recon Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
102nd Infantry Regiment
8th Armored Car Co
104th/C Division

Defending units:
50th Chinese Corps