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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

What a meat grinder at Chunking.

Lots of bloody noses for the Allies elsewhere.

Very good work.

Thanks, I keep trying. [:)] Working on testing a deep bombardment to hit those island based B17s.

10/2/45 Nakajima 45 engine productions starts tonight.[:)] My best Frank A factory is at 25 repaired 5 damaged.

Early October, 1942

Allies love their minefields, and are set to lay some at Sitkin, the site of many a naval skirmish. Several small destroyer only task forces are heading in for a night time skirmish with the ubiquitous PT boat TFs and then hopefully the CMs preferably before the minefield is sown.

While the Allies think I am focusing on Sitkin, 9 CA split into two SAGs are heading on a circuitous route to bombard Umnak, the home of the B17 scourge. Can they get within striking range undetected?

Showing the extreme Allied buildup, at least to me for this date, in the Great Cold Northern waters.

It is kind of funny, I was willing to cede these waters to the Allies, but then they went in with such a big force at Attu (2 div) I had to surround and destroy them. If they had gone in very small, or slower, I probably would never have bothered.

The Allies were sending multiple divisions against my pitifully out classed JNAF ENG units...talk about disparity of force.

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

An interesting case study here, in Luzon.

The Allies like to park a sub right in Manila harbor...so I transferred an excellent (skill 70 ASW) Lilly squadron and set them to ASW at 80% 0 range. They can spot the sub, but don't attack, and I noticed the altitude was set at 5k. Now, several years back I ran some very unscientific tests to check if altitude had any bearing on the number of attacks generated, and then I concluded that it didn't seem to.

But, I lowered them down this turn to 2k.

Also in the hex is a squadron of three 15knot SC, pretty good for Japan at this point in the game, and today I swapped two commanders out.

Will be curious to see if they can nail this sub.

Morning detection:

Ki-48-Ib Lily reports submarine at 79, 77 near Manila
Ki-48-Ib Lily reports oil slick at 79, 77 near Manila
Ki-48-Ib Lily reports object under water at 79, 77 near Manila
Ki-48-Ib Lily reports object near surface at 79, 77 near Manila
Ki-48-Ib Lily reports periscope wake at 79, 77 near Manila
Ki-48-Ib Lily reports shape below surface at 79, 77 near Manila
Ki-48-Ib Lily reports shadow in water at 79, 77 near Manila
Ki-48-Ib Lily reports suspected submarine at 79, 77 near Manila
Ki-48-Ib Lily reports conning tower at 79, 77 near Manila
Ki-48-Ib Lily reports possible submarine at 79, 77 near Manila
Ki-48-Ib Lily reports periscope at 79, 77 near Manila
Ki-48-Ib Lily reports possible submarine at 79, 77 near Manila

Ki-48-Ib Lily from 208th Sentai attacking a O19 Class class SS at 125,48 (I put this here, to show that I do get attacks)

Afternoon reports

Ki-48-Ib Lily reports shadow in water at 79, 77 near Manila
Ki-48-Ib Lily reports turbulence in water at 79, 77 near Manila
Ki-48-Ib Lily reports shadow in water at 79, 77 near Manila
Ki-48-Ib Lily reports turbulence in water at 79, 77 near Manila
Ki-48-Ib Lily reports possible submarine at 79, 77 near Manila
Ki-48-Ib Lily reports possible submarine at 79, 77 near Manila
Ki-48-Ib Lily reports shadow in water at 79, 77 near Manila
Ki-48-Ib Lily reports object near surface at 79, 77 near Manila
Ki-48-Ib Lily reports object under water at 79, 77 near Manila
Ki-48-Ib Lily reports submarine wake at 79, 77 near Manila

Where did this image come from? What are the numbers?

Tracker and turn numbers?

Load tracker with maps, select maps, filter for sub sightings. A great, great tool. Those are turn numbers where enemy subs were spotted.

I have posted this image several times before in my AARs...

[&o]
another lesson learned.
(or relearned).

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Load tracker with maps, select maps, filter for sub sightings. A great, great tool. Those are turn numbers where enemy subs were spotted.

I have posted this image several times before in my AARs...

Apparently I missed it.

Does it work only off of enemy subs that are actually detected on the map on a given turn? If so, it will be missing out on some that were spotted momentarily during the replay but then moved (and reset their minimum DL, although not necessarily their max DL) during the rest of the turn resolution, no?

Three squadrons of 3 destroyers each steam into Sitkin, at least those are their orders. One squadron wanders into Adak, and its big minefield, and surprise...no mines are hit. I guess our recon has been doing their job...and this spells opportunity.

Meanwhile the destroyers that make Sitkin find PT boats and SC sinking a few, while one destroyer blunders into a mine...we missed the accursed Allied minelayers...but the damaged destroyer retreats into Adak...where it is not aerially attacked.

So, the next day, three Kongo's and their blessed 30kt speed run into Adak to deliver some IJN justice on the planes there, but first they are surprised to see Raleigh and many destroyers...

A torpedo hit registers in the opening salvo...unfortunately, I didn't have the ships to send in a screening SAG. But the old WW1 Omaha is sent to the bottom.[:)]

Night Time Surface Combat, near Adak Island at 162,52, Range 4,000 Yards

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
BB Hiei
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 1
BB Ise, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Uzuki
DD Satsuki
DD Kikuzuki
DD Sawakaze, Shell hits 1
DD Yukaze
DD Hokaze
DD Tachikaze, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Namikaze

Allied Ships
CL Raleigh, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
DD Woodworth, Shell hits 1
DD Sims
DD Hughes
DD Anderson, Shell hits 2
DD Hammann
DD Mustin
DD Walke, Shell hits 1
DD Mugford, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

The Kongo's don't disappoint, and it was a good thing I didn't get greedy and bombard with destroyers because the bombardment force tangled with the SAG destroyer group sans Mugford and Raleigh again, plus a new destroyer group.


Night Naval bombardment of Adak Island at 162,52

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 26 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 6 destroyed on ground
PBY-5 Catalina: 4 damaged
PBY-5 Catalina: 2 destroyed on ground
R4D-1 Skytrain: 3 damaged
R4D-1 Skytrain: 1 destroyed on ground
C-47 Skytrain: 3 damaged
C-47 Skytrain: 1 destroyed on ground
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 destroyed on ground
P-38F Lightning: 4 damaged
P-38F Lightning: 2 destroyed on ground
P-40K Warhawk: 8 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground
P-39D Airacobra: 20 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground
P-400 Airacobra: 5 damaged
P-400 Airacobra: 2 destroyed on ground
P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
BB Ise
BB Kirishima
BB Hiei
BB Haruna

Allied ground losses:
344 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Airbase hits 11
Runway hits 13
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

BB Ise firing at 25th Infantry Division
BB Kirishima firing at Adak Island
F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for BB Hiei
BB Hiei firing at Adak Island
BB Haruna firing at 25th Infantry Division


The escape...

Day Time Surface Combat, near Adak Island at 162,52, Range 17,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
BB Hiei
BB Kirishima
BB Ise, Shell hits 4
DD Uzuki
DD Satsuki
DD Kikuzuki
DD Sawakaze, Shell hits 1
DD Yukaze
DD Hokaze
DD Tachikaze, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Namikaze

Allied Ships
DD Woodworth, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Sims
DD Hughes, Shell hits 1
DD Anderson
DD Hammann
DD Mustin
DD Walke

Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards
Range closes to 17,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 17,000 yards



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Day Time Surface Combat, near Adak Island at 162,52, Range 16,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna, Shell hits 1
BB Hiei, Shell hits 1
BB Kirishima
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2
DD Satsuki
DD Kikuzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Sawakaze, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Yukaze, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Sims
DD Hughes
DD Anderson
DD Hammann
DD Mustin, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Walke, Shell hits 1

Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 16,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 16,000 yards

The bold plan...the belly of the beast...the home of the bomber scourge! Severe storms envelop and cover the Cruiser force, for now.

Iboat reports, a little dated, have the Allied CVs and BB on the West Coast...but we could easily blunder into some battleships or worse here.

Japan is using her battleships very hard this game...Ise will head back for repairs.

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

The bold plan...the belly of the beast...the home of the bomber scourge! Severe storms envelop and cover the Cruiser force, for now.

Iboat reports, a little dated, have the Allied CVs and BB on the West Coast...but we could easily blunder into some battleships or worse here.

Use waypoints to get rid of that extra hex movement.

Xargun

Too late[&:], did the turn too early in the morning I guess....I hope they don't dither.

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Too late[&:], did the turn too early in the morning I guess....I hope they don't dither.

Use the F6 hot key to turn on hex side terrain - maybe the base cannot be reached from the NW side of the island?

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Too late[&:], did the turn too early in the morning I guess....I hope they don't dither.

Use the F6 hot key to turn on hex side terrain - maybe the base cannot be reached from the NW side of the island?

That was my guess when I saw it.

Looks like Port Blair - you can only approach that base from one side of the island.

Moonlight only 7%, weather is rain, and Task Force 8, with three heavy cruisers steam in to Unmak Harbor...and promptly sink several destroyers and one destroyer minesweeper.[:)]

Night Time Surface Combat, near Umnak Island at 169,51, Range 4,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Takao, Shell hits 4
CA Atago, Shell hits 1
CA Chokai
DD Asanagi
DD Minekaze
DD Yomogi
DD Yanagi

Allied Ships
DD Russell, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
DD Helm, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
DD Sterett, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
DMS Fox, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
DMS Perry

Poor visibility due to Rain with 7% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Rain and 7% moonlight: 6,000 yards

Daylight arrives, and the bombarding six heavy cruisers haven't made their night bombardment schedule, but there is a hint of smoke to the north, but Task Force 8 gets down to some serious destruction when they launch the Long Lances at unsuspecting merchant ships!

Leaving port, survivors clinging to flotsam and jetsam in the cold waters, Task Force 8 looks to make a retreat from the very large Allied runways that are fully operational. Uh-oh!

Day Time Surface Combat, near Umnak Island at 170,50, Range 15,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Takao
CA Atago
CA Chokai
DD Asanagi
DD Minekaze
DD Yomogi
DD Yanagi

Allied Ships
PC Morris, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
PC Bonham, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
xAK Californian, Shell hits 14, and is sunk
xAK Hawaiian, Shell hits 14, and is sunk
xAK Kansan
xAK Chickasaw City, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
xAK Julia Luckenbach, Shell hits 21, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Unicoi, Shell hits 14, and is sunk
xAK Cold Brook, Shell hits 19, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Poor visibility due to Rain
Maximum visibility in Rain: 15,000 yards
Range closes to 21,000 yards...
Range closes to 19,000 yards...
Range closes to 17,000 yards...
Range closes to 15,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 15,000 yards
Japanese launch Long Lance torpedoes at 15,000 yards before allies detect Japanese presence
CA Atago launches Long Lance Torpedoes at xAK Cold Brook at 15,000 yards
CA Takao launches Long Lance Torpedoes at xAK Cold Brook at 15,000 yards