Last Stop Tokyo: Terminus vs Durrant

[DuckofTindalos]

Imperial officers of the Expeditionary Brigade took the surrender of the USN 120th Base Force at Cebu today, securing control of the island, along with just under 3,000 PoW's.

[Bill Durrant]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/17/22

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TF 8 troops unloading over beach at Cebu Island, 42,58


Japanese ground losses:
487 casualties reported

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TF 8 troops unloading over beach at Cebu Island, 42,58


Japanese ground losses:
187 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Cebu Island

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 4732 troops, 64 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 1946 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 26 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Cebu Island base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
2332 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

[DuckofTindalos]

Grmbl... Picture this: two turns ago, one of my ships noticed a British Cuckoo airplane overflying it about 100 miles east of Hong Kong, which told me that the carrier Argus was nearby. Now, lacking a few hundred Nells and Betties to take care of the problem, I assembled a surface combat task force to go hunt for her, led by the same four veteran battleships that had savaged the Allied cruiser force at Hong Kong a while back. Last night, they found the Argus and her escort of about a dozen destroyers southwest of Batan Island and attacked.

Did they score as much as a single hit on the Argus? Nooo... Did they sink even one destroyer? Nooo...

Then, come daybreak, did the Argus launch her torpedo planes, which subsequently managed to put a fish into the battleship Settsu? You bet!

Well, that's friction for you... The Settsu should be able to make port, and my ship crews are thirsting for revenge now. [:@]

In other news, I've done a little summary of the ships sunk on either side to date:

IJN: 1 BB, 1 CL, 10 DD, 1 MSW, 2 SS, 1 AD, 5 AP, 1 AK, 4 TK.

Allied: 1 BB, 4 CL, 15 DD, 7 PG, 3 SC, 1 SS, 1 AO, 1 AE, 2 MSW, 2 AK.

[Bill Durrant]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/18/22

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Sub attack near Takao at 48,45

Japanese Ships
DD Hagi
DD Kagero
DD Kuri

Allied Ships
SS L-1

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Night Time Surface Combat at 45,46

Japanese Ships
BB Settsu
BB Satsuma
BB Shikishima
BB Fuji
BB Okinoshima, Shell hits 2
BB Mishishima
CA Aso
CA Idzumo
CL Chitose
DD Hamakaze
DD Kawakaze
DD Akikaze
DD Shiokaze
DD Numakaze

Allied Ships
CV Argus
DD Stewart
DD Pillsbury
DD John D. Ford, Shell hits 2
DD Truxton
DD Reuben James
DD Barry
DD Hopkins
DD Preble, Shell hits 1
DD Sicard
DD Hulbert
DD Noa
DD Fox, Shell hits 2
DD Humphreys
DD Kane

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Day Air attack on TF at 44,44


Allied aircraft
Sopwith 2F1 Camel x 3
Sopwith Cuckoo x 7
Fairey IIID x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Sopwith Cuckoo: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Settsu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
BB Fuji

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Sopwith Cuckoo launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x Fairey IIID bombing at 4000 feet
4 x Sopwith Cuckoo launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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ASW attack near Takao at 48,45

Japanese Ships
DD Hagi
DD Kagero
DD Kuri
DD Nire
DD Umikaze

Allied Ships
SS L-1
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ASW attack near Takao at 48,45

Japanese Ships
DD Hagi
DD Kagero
DD Kuri
DD Nire
DD Umikaze

Allied Ships
SS L-1

[DuckofTindalos]

A small measure of payback today for the Settsu, as submarine No.15 slammed a torpedo into the flank of the British cruiser Weymouth south of Hong Kong. The chase continues...

[Bill Durrant]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/19/22

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Sub attack at 42,43

Japanese Ships
SS No. 15, hits 1

Allied Ships
CL Weymouth, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Rival
DD Relentless
DD Ready
DD Campbell

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Sub attack at 42,43

Japanese Ships
SS No. 15

Allied Ships
DD Rival
DD Relentless
DD Ready
DD Campbell

[DuckofTindalos]

Disaster struck at the main Japanese fleet anchorage at Takao today. The battleship Settsu, hit a few days ago by a British aerial torpedo limped into port in the early hours of the morning, only to be set upon by Royal Navy submarine L-1, which hit her with two torpedoes. Her crew struggled valiantly throughout the day to save her, but at 1630 hours the captain was forced to order Abandon Ship, and 25 minutes later she rolled over and sank, becoming the third battleship to be lost in this war.

This was only slightly ameliorated when one of the forces sent to hunt for the Argus came upon a small Allied squadron off Hong Kong, consisting of the French cruiser Desaix and a quartet of Royal Navy destroyers. After a long engagement, the Desaix withdrew burning along with one surviving British ship, whilst the other three slipped beneath the waves. Little damage was suffered by our ships.

[Bill Durrant]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/20/22

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Sub attack near Takao at 48,45

Japanese Ships
DD Umikaze
DD Hagi

Allied Ships
SS L-1

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Sub attack near Takao at 48,45

Japanese Ships
BB Settsu, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Numakaze

Allied Ships
SS L-1

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ASW attack near Takao at 48,45

Japanese Ships
DD Tsubaki
DD Urukaze
DD Yanagi
DD Warabi

Allied Ships
SS L-1

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Hong Kong at 43,42

Japanese Ships
BB Satsuma
BB Shikishima, Shell hits 1
BB Fuji, Shell hits 4
BB Okinoshima, Shell hits 5
BB Mishishima, Shell hits 5
CA Aso
CA Idzumo, Shell hits 3
CL Chitose
DD Hamakaze
DD Kawakaze, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Akikaze
DD Shiokaze, Shell hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Campbell, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
DD Ready, Shell hits 19, and is sunk
DD Relentless, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
DD Rival, Shell hits 2, on fire
CA Desaix, Shell hits 26, on fire

[DuckofTindalos]

The Argus had another narrow squeak today, as our ships found the enemy carrier force south of Hong Kong. Apparently all those escorting destroyers make far juicier targets. [:@]

After this night action, the USS Pillsbury and Noa are at the bottom of the sea, joined by Japanese destroyer Shiokaze.

[BossGnome]

hey airplanes can actually DO something in this game!!

[DuckofTindalos]

Yeah, they can![;)] In some of the other AAR's of later scenarios, they've been downright successful.

[Bill Durrant]

Sorry for the delay - first day back at work after xmas[:@][:@]
[:@]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/21/22

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Night Time Surface Combat at 42,43

Japanese Ships
BB Satsuma, Shell hits 20
BB Shikishima
BB Fuji
BB Okinoshima
BB Mishishima, Shell hits 1
CA Aso, Shell hits 8
CA Idzumo, Shell hits 3
CL Chitose
DD Hamakaze
DD Akikaze
DD Shiokaze, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CV Argus
DD Stewart, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Pillsbury, Shell hits 48, and is sunk
DD John D. Ford, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Truxton
DD Reuben James, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Barry, Shell hits 1
DD Hopkins, Shell hits 1
DD Preble, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Sicard, Shell hits 1
DD Hulbert, Shell hits 2
DD Noa, Shell hits 47, and is sunk
DD Fox, Shell hits 1
DD Humphreys
DD Kane

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ASW attack near Takao at 48,45

Japanese Ships
DD Hagi
DD Kagero
DD Kuri
DD Nire
DD Umikaze

Allied Ships
SS L-16

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ASW attack near Takao at 48,45

Japanese Ships
DD Tsubaki
DD Urukaze
DD Yanagi
DD Warabi

Allied Ships
SS L-16

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Sub attack at 42,43

Japanese Ships
SS No. 31, hits 3

Allied Ships
DD Truxton
DD Kane
DD Humphreys
DD Fox
DD Hulbert
DD Hopkins
DD Barry
DD Reuben James

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ASW attack at 42,43

Japanese Ships
SS No. 31

Allied Ships
DD Kane
DD Humphreys
DD Fox
DD Hulbert
DD Hopkins
DD Barry
DD Reuben James
DD Truxton

[DuckofTindalos]

Aside from submarine and ASW actions at Hong Kong and Takao, nothing important happened today.

[DuckofTindalos]

Another ho-hum day. We seem to have lost contact with the Allied forces in the ocean areas off Hong Kong.

[Bill Durrant]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/23/22

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[DuckofTindalos]

As I was falling asleep watching this turn, my ASW groups at Wake actually managed to score a hit on the American submarine R-17. After that, I actually DID fall asleep.

[Bill Durrant]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/24/22

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ASW attack near Wake Island at 82,63

Japanese Ships
DD Katsura
DD Kashiwa
DD Tachibana

Allied Ships
SS R-17, hits 1

Sys Damage of 3[:)]

[DuckofTindalos]

ZZZZZZZ...

[Bill Durrant]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/25/22

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ASW attack near Wake Island at 82,63

Japanese Ships
DD Katsura
DD Kashiwa
DD Tachibana
DD Maki

Allied Ships
SS R-17

[DuckofTindalos]

SNLF forces landed at Taytay today, whilst at Saigon, the final French subchaser was sunk by Imperial ships.