(RA) IJN refloated Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A)

[soulsilver]

November 12th

Dean has unleashed the sub swarm on India. the Kido butai ended up spotting a bunch of subs pouring out of the off map a few days ago, so if dean actually is paying attention and reads his operation log he should see that they are being spotted by carrier planes. If that wasn't enough a sub bumped into one of the carrier TF but only spotted the escorts so he knows I have ships up here and probably can put the pieces together to know that I have carriers waiting over here. The TF will retire to Surat north of Bombay and wait. I the mean time I'm gonna move some more float planes over here to conduct anti sub spotting. Once I have some sallies saved up I'll switch some of the k-48 ASW squadrons I have over to the sally.

In the Solomon Islands area Dean swept an empty base with p-38s and attacked shipping with PBYs, but this time I was ready and shot down around 5 flying boats. This is the first time he has swept with p-38s in this area so I'm gonna need to be on my toes.


Morning Air attack on TF, near Tagula Island at 104,137

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 11

Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 1 destroyed
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rennell Island at 113,140

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 5

Allied aircraft
PBY-5 Catalina x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5 Catalina: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Milne Bay , at 101,133

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 22

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 20000 feet *

[soulsilver]

November 13th

It looks like dean is gearing up for a supply delivery run on Adak, CVEs and 2 BBs were spotted along with a wealth of escorts and AKs.

In other news several allied cargo ships were torpedoed today.

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Submarine attack near Pearl Harbor at 181,105

Japanese Ships
SS I-23

Allied Ships
xAKL Nebraskan, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

xAKL Nebraskan is sighted by SS I-23
SS I-23 launches 2 torpedoes at xAKL Nebraskan

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Submarine attack near Perth at 45,147

Japanese Ships
SS I-159

Allied Ships
xAK Empire Raja, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

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Submarine attack near Perth at 46,147

Japanese Ships
SS I-165

Allied Ships
xAK Singu, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

xAK Singu is sighted by SS I-165
SS I-165 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Singu

[soulsilver]

November 20th
the allies do not appear to have launched a supply run but are still sitting their CVEs in port in Kodiak for some reason. Carrier Division 3 and a BB TF are parked near Attu to potentially intercept any attempts to reinforce Adak.

Main news today was a sweep of Milne bay that came in lower than expected. Ive had a bunch of my fighters flying low cap to counter his high altitude fighter sweeps, but his 10k sweeps are still pretty effective. I'm not losing many pilots buts its still annoying to be losing more planes.

Morning Air attack on Milne Bay , at 101,133

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 17
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 17

Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M8 Zero: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38F Lightning: 2 destroyed

In china a Chinese Corps south of Chungking surrenders.... Dean apparently found a way to starve his own troops of supply outside of the city, as he still have 20k supply in Chungking apparently. I guess this makes my job of cleaning up these troops on the roads south of the capital easier, I just wish they would retreat into the city rather than surrender.

Ground combat at 75,47 (near Chungking)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 56312 troops, 436 guns, 395 vehicles, Assault Value = 1847

Defending force 2670 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 1755

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 1755 to 1

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

Allied ground losses:
2696 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 251 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
12th Tank Regiment
13th Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
6th Division
17th Tank Regiment
3rd Division
34th Division
39th Division

Defending units:
28th Chinese Corps

[soulsilver]

Update on the Solomon Islands area

[soulsilver]

Gilberts and Marshals

Tarawa almost has level 5 forts and will keep building till level 6. Mili and Maloelap also have level 4 forts but I'm unsure if I will increase them any further.

[soulsilver]

Wake and Marcus

[soulsilver]

Aleutians
forgot to mention earlier that Dean has two Division on Adak along with a whole host of Engineer and artillery units. I believe he has the 4th Marine Division, and the 27th Division?

[soulsilver]

SRA defense

[soulsilver]

I'm gonna be pretty busy for the next 20 days with final papers, so I doubt much will happen for a while. After school is done I'm gonna try and give a comprehensive explanation of the deployment of my fleets, as I haven't been very good about keeping you guys updated on my ship dispositions.

[soulsilver]

November 20th

In India I launched a reasonable attack on Karachi today, but it failed to reduce the forts. Either the naval bombardment beforehand did its job, or I got lucky with the dice rolls.

Ground combat at Karachi (40,8)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 193924 troops, 2150 guns, 2152 vehicles, Assault Value = 6164

Defending force 176231 troops, 2381 guns, 1798 vehicles, Assault Value = 4014

Japanese adjusted assault: 3887

Allied adjusted defense: 17355

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 4 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
15207 casualties reported
Squads: 40 destroyed, 1363 disabled
Non Combat: 109 destroyed, 244 disabled
Engineers: 130 destroyed, 119 disabled
Guns lost 119 (8 destroyed, 111 disabled)
Vehicles lost 204 (26 destroyed, 178 disabled)
Units destroyed 2 (2 engineer units)

Allied ground losses:
8349 casualties reported
Squads: 44 destroyed, 756 disabled
Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 366 disabled
Engineers: 25 destroyed, 140 disabled
Guns lost 166 (13 destroyed, 153 disabled)
Vehicles lost 86 (6 destroyed, 80 disabled)

Over in the Solomon's things arnt looking as good, around 90 heavy bombers attacked Port Moresby today and half the planes were on LCAP over Milne bay. Dean wasn't spotting Port Moresby so I guess he just got lucky here, idk. He destroyed around 50 planes on the ground while lossing 3 heavies. I'm gonna fly out the planes that can, and try and evac the rest via small xakLs.

Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 32

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 35
B-17F Fortress x 3
B-24D Liberator x 33

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-57-II Topsy: 9 destroyed on ground
Ki-57-I Topsy: 5 destroyed on ground
A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 5 damaged

[soulsilver]

November 26th

Dean and I have been pretty slow the past few days, and Ive been too busy to write in the AAR. After finishing one of my papers I feel I have the leeway to fill you guys in on what happened. In response to Deans intense bombing raids up in the Solomons I've moved over 2 Nick units from India, along with a Tojo unit from China, and 2 Zero sentai from Japan, along with the air support necessary to keep them flying. I also have 4 AA units arriving from India where they are unneeded, along with 3 AA units from Japan.
My plan to evacuate the planes at Port moresby via small Aks was a failure as dean intercepted the small convoy with 2 CLs. Unfortunately for dean both cruisers received 6 bomb hits each resulting in CL concord being left a blazing hulk, and CL Birmingham being heavily damaged but able to escape south. I have a sub waiting along the northern coast of Aussi hoping to pick it off while it retires along with a minefield.

yesterday I got a heavy radio signal in a sea tile that looks suspicious as it was too far west to be heading to Kodiak. In response to the intel I've moved the Shokaku sisters into position west of Adak to prevent a resupply. Today a convoy was spotted that is either heading for Adak or Dutch harbor. 2 sentai of G4M and a sentai of Vals are in position to strike if the convoy goes past Dutch harbor and continues towards Adak. The sighting reported 4 BC and 6 TK..... so it could possibly be an AO tf sent to drop off fuel at Dutch Harbor? TKs are also commonly mistaken for CVEs and vice versa so my recon could potentially be very wrong. We will see tomorrow.

On the ground bombardment of the American troops on Adak went unreplied, so I don't think his troops have much if any supply. Adak is basically a reverse Guadal Canal right now.

Edited: (me and dean to dean and I)

[RangerJoe]

Me and dean?

Where is Guadal Canal? Is it used by barges or ships? Or has it been turned into a thing for pleasure boats?

[soulsilver]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

Me and dean?

Where is Guadal Canal? Is it used by barges or ships? Or has it been turned into a thing for pleasure boats?

You caught me, you can tell its just how I talk since I keep writing it.

in regards to Guadal Canal of the Aleutians, there have not been any attempted pleasure cruises to the island for quite a while. The allied tourism industry to Adak is really suffering right now. Unless the industry gets a covid relief convoy, they are gonna go out of business soon.

[soulsilver]

December 2nd

R&D for the N1K1 advanced to 2/43 today, and will advance to 1/43 before the end of the month. Once N1K1 is moved to 1/43, 9 factories will go to N1K2 with the engine bonus, and 3 will remain on N1K1. If my math is right, with engine bonus I should be able to advance the N1K2 by 18% per day allowing me to accelerate the airframe by 540% per month. The arrival date of N1K2 is 8/44 so I expect to have the airframe around the time the Hellcat arrives in 4/43.

Another attack went into Karachi, and personally I'm not confident that I can take Karachi unless his supply runs out. Dean occasionally streams his turn to me on discord, and I know for certain that Karachi has 320k supply left from its initial 520k when the siege began. That progress but I dont think these attacks are making much of an impact. I have failed to reduce forts on the last 2 attacks... Todays attack was the largest I've launched thus far will all 17 Divisions stationed in India sans the 55th, participating. I'm gonna pull half my best troops and most my heavy arty out and leave a blocking force entrenched in Karachi, and send the rest to go take Bombay. 6 Divisions plus change in 2x terrain and with some forts should hopefully be enough to keep him bottled up here long enough for me to take Bombay and clean up the rest of Northeast India in the meantime. Once Bombay falls (and thats almost a certainty considering it only has 33k troops in it) I'll leave 2-3 Divisions of the bombay victors plus the tanks for defense of India and ship the rest to defend positions in the SRA, SWPac and NoPac.

Ground combat at Karachi (40,8)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 217317 troops, 2420 guns, 2218 vehicles, Assault Value = 6932

Defending force 174718 troops, 2466 guns, 1859 vehicles, Assault Value = 3899

Japanese adjusted assault: 3215

Allied adjusted defense: 13627

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 4 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), disruption(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
25354 casualties reported
Squads: 554 destroyed, 1544 disabled
Non Combat: 89 destroyed, 420 disabled
Engineers: 170 destroyed, 150 disabled
Guns lost 273 (67 destroyed, 206 disabled)
Vehicles lost 424 (98 destroyed, 326 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
9957 casualties reported
Squads: 132 destroyed, 260 disabled
Non Combat: 93 destroyed, 377 disabled
Engineers: 10 destroyed, 53 disabled
Guns lost 234 (20 destroyed, 214 disabled)
Vehicles lost 113 (25 destroyed, 88 disabled)
Units destroyed 3

Aleutians situation

[soulsilver]

Ok its been pretty tense between me and dean the past few days. Essentially what happened is bad weather, and my poor choice to take offensive actions in the Bering sea resulted in a carrier engagement and night battle that resulted in the loss of 2 fleet carriers. To be transparent Ill post the full report below for a change without any editing.

Suffice to say I asked for a mulligan, as compensation for the mulligan that I gave to dean several months ago. You can call me a sore loser, and I probably am but I insisted on the mulligan and have thus far gotten my way. As part of the agreement I promised to give dean 3 days to unload supply on adak/ another Island owned by dean uncontested to simulate my surprise, and promised to post on the forum in good time. Dean will probably argue that his mulligan was to prevent his from surrendering which is true, but he lost 2 fleet carriers in a similarly one sided fashion, and I feel that saving 2 American fleet carriers for 2 Japanese carriers via mulligan is a fair trade.

After the turn, Dean wanted to see what happened if the night naval engagement did not happen so he rerolled the turn and did not send his BBs into the engagement. The result was functionally the same with both fleet carriers either being outright sunk or soon to be abject losses, so I don't really see much of a difference. Although surprisingly the Japanese fighters did savage his strike shooting down around 40 fighters and 20 strike planes for almost no losses of their own. Obviously being on defense was a major factor but it appears that Japanese Carrier fighters and pilots are still far superior to their allied equivalents.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 42
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TF 142 encounters mine field at Adak Island (162,52)

Allied Ships
SS S-33, Mine hits 1, heavy damage



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Night Time Surface Combat, near Nome at 166,40, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M8 Zero: 13 destroyed
D4Y1 Judy: 9 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 9 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CV Shokaku, Shell hits 4
CV Zuikaku, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
CVL Zuiho, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Niizuki, Shell hits 1
DD Wakazuki
DD Shimozuki
DD Fuyuzuki
DD Hanazuki
DD Yoizuki

Allied Ships
BB Washington, Shell hits 6
BB South Dakota
DD Duncan
DD Caldwell
DD Gansevoort, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Gillespie

Poor visibility due to Thunderstorms with 0% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 0% moonlight: 2,000 yards
Range closes to 21,000 yards...
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
Fuel storage explosion on CV Zuikaku
Ammo storage explosion on CV Zuikaku
CV Zuikaku sunk by BB Washington at 1,000 yards
BB Washington engages CVL Zuiho at 1,000 yards
DD Gansevoort sunk by DD Yoizuki at 1,000 yards
DD Niizuki engages BB Washington at 1,000 yards
Range increases to 2,000 yards
BB Washington engages CV Shokaku at 2,000 yards
DD Niizuki engages DD Gillespie at 2,000 yards
DD Niizuki engages DD Caldwell at 2,000 yards
DD Niizuki engages DD Duncan at 2,000 yards
DD Wakazuki engages DD Gillespie at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 5,000 yards
BB South Dakota engages CV Shokaku at 5,000 yards
BB Washington engages CVL Zuiho at 5,000 yards
DD Gillespie engages DD Yoizuki at 5,000 yards
DD Fuyuzuki engages DD Duncan at 5,000 yards
DD Duncan engages DD Niizuki at 5,000 yards
Range increases to 7,000 yards
BB South Dakota engages DD Yoizuki at 7,000 yards
Ammo storage explosion on CVL Zuiho
Fuel storage explosion on CVL Zuiho
BB Washington engages CVL Zuiho at 7,000 yards
DD Duncan engages DD Yoizuki at 7,000 yards
DD Fuyuzuki engages DD Duncan at 7,000 yards
DD Shimozuki engages DD Caldwell at 7,000 yards
DD Wakazuki engages DD Gillespie at 7,000 yards
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
Task forces break off...


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ASW attack near Dutch Harbor at 171,50

Japanese Ships
SS I-36, hits 7

Allied Ships
BC Dunkerque, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
SC-643
AM Wasaga
AM Mirimichi
AK Arcturus
xAP George Ross
xAP Talisse
xAP Noordam
xAP Boschfontein
xAP Jalarashmi
xAK Jalayamuna
xAK Demosthenes
KV Wetaskiwin
KV Quesnel
SC Daring
SC-645

SS I-36 launches 6 torpedoes at BC Dunkerque
I-36 bottoming out ....
KV Wetaskiwin fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Quesnel fails to find sub and abandons search
SC Daring fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-645 fails to find sub and abandons search
KV Wetaskiwin attacking submerged sub ....
SC Daring fails to find sub and abandons search
KV Wetaskiwin fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Wetaskiwin fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Wetaskiwin attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub


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TF 142 encounters mine field at Adak Island (162,52)



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TF 167 encounters mine field at Adak Island (162,52)



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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 10

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 15000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 27
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 37

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Baker Island at 149,136

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 13

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
xAP Varsova

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

CAP engaged:
VMF-441 with F4F-3 Wildcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Baker Island at 149,136

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
H6K4 Mavis x 9

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
xAP Varsova, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Clan Macbrayne

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x H6K4 Mavis launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

CAP engaged:
VMF-441 with F4F-3 Wildcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Akutan Island at 169,44

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 13
B5N2 Kate x 15
D4Y1 Judy x 19

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 85

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M8 Zero: 2 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
D4Y1 Judy: 10 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 6 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB West Virginia
BC Strasbourg
CVE Nassau

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
3 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
VRF-1F with F4F-4 Wildcat (4 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
VRF-2F with F4F-4 Wildcat (5 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VRF-5F with F4F-4 Wildcat (4 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
9 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-105 with F4F-4 Wildcat (5 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
13 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-104 with F4F-4 Wildcat (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
10 planes vectored on to bombers
VMF-211 with F4F-4 Wildcat (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers



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Morning Air attack on Punjab Division, at 55,10 (Lahore)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 4
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 53

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 12000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
27 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 12000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
4 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 227 (T) Group RAF ...
Also attacking Punjab Division ...
Also attacking 227 (T) Group RAF ...
Also attacking Punjab Division ...


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Morning Air attack on Punjab Division, at 55,10 (Lahore)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 18
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 20

No Japanese losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 68th Chinese Corps, at 76,50 , near Chihkiang

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 11
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 10

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 63rd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 68th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on 83rd Chinese Corps, at 90,39 , near Taiyuan

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 8

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Bombay , at 36,24

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 16

No Japanese losses

Manpower hits 21
Fires 5879

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Bombay , at 36,24

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 45

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 3 damaged

Manpower hits 18
Fires 9851

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 11000 feet
City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 11000 feet
City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Punjab Division, at 55,10 (Lahore)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 29

No Japanese losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Umnak Island , at 169,51

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 24

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 2

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet *

CAP engaged:
343rd FG/18th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes



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Morning Air attack on 75th Chinese Corps, at 76,50 , near Chihkiang

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 12
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Adak Island at 162,43

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 14

Allied aircraft
Albacore I x 9
F4F-4 Wildcat x 42
SBD-3 Dauntless x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Hanazuki
DD Onami
DD Shimozuki
DD Fuyuzuki
CL Ayase

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Albacore I bombing from 5000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
21 x SBD-3 Dauntless bombing from 5000 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
3 x SBD-3 Dauntless bombing from 5000 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
3 x F4F-4 Wildcat sweeping at 15000 feet
10 x F4F-4 Wildcat sweeping at 15000 feet
7 x F4F-4 Wildcat sweeping at 15000 feet
5 x F4F-4 Wildcat sweeping at 15000 feet

CAP engaged:
Shokaku-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 32870.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Shokaku


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Adak Island at 162,43

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 10

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 14
SBD-3 Dauntless x 26
TBF-1 Avenger x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires
CL Ayase, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Fuyuzuki, Bomb hits 1
DD Shimozuki
DD Wakazuki, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Onami
DD Yugumo

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
3 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
5 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
3 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
3 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
2 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
Shokaku-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Shokaku
Ammo storage explosion on CV Shokaku


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Adak Island at 162,43

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 14 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 4

Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 11

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
CV Shokaku, heavy fires
DD Wakazuki, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.

CAP engaged:
Shokaku-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes



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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Light cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 14
A6M5 Zero x 9
A6M8 Zero x 5

Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 1 destroyed
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed
A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38F Lightning: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 10000 feet

CAP engaged:
Kure Ku T-1 with A6M2-N Rufe (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
251 Ku S-1 Det A with A6M8 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000.
Raid is overhead
202 Ku S-1 Det A with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
202 Ku S-1 Det B with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 3000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 3000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
Nagasaki-3 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 3000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 3000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes



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Afternoon Air attack on 188th Field Artillery Battalion, at 162,52 (Adak Island)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 1
G3M3 Nell x 13
G4M1 Betty x 17
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
13 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 802nd Cmbt Engineer Battalion ...
Also attacking 188th Field Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking 802nd Cmbt Engineer Battalion ...
Also attacking 188th Field Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking 802nd Cmbt Engineer Battalion ...
Also attacking 188th Field Artillery Battalion ...


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Baker Island at 149,136

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 15

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed

No Allied losses

CAP engaged:
VMF-441 with F4F-3 Wildcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes



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Afternoon Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 27
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 29

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
27 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Nome at 163,41

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 4

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 34
SBD-3 Dauntless x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 2
BB Yamato, Bomb hits 2
BB Nagato, Bomb hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x SBD-3 Dauntless bombing from 5000 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
Otonase-1 with E13A1 Jake (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 6000.
Raid is overhead
Jintsu-1 with E13A1 Jake (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes
Nagara-1 with E13A1 Jake (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
Natori-1 with E13A1 Jake (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 6000.
Raid is overhead



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Adak Island at 162,43

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 13
SBD-3 Dauntless x 9

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Hanazuki
CL Ayase, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Kiso, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
1 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

Carrier support unable to supply air cover..
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Kiso


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Nome at 163,41

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 9
TBF-1 Avenger x 8

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged
TBF-1 Avenger: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Natori
BB Yamato
BB Mutsu
CL Otonase, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
8 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

Carrier support unable to supply air cover..


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ASW attack near Dutch Harbor at 171,50

Japanese Ships
SS I-36

Allied Ships
BC Dunkerque, heavy damage
SC-643
AM Wasaga
AM Mirimichi
AK Arcturus
xAP George Ross
xAP Talisse
xAP Boschfontein
xAP Jalarashmi
xAK Jalayamuna
xAK Demosthenes
KV Wetaskiwin
KV Quesnel
SC Daring
SC-645

SS I-36 is sighted by escort
KV Wetaskiwin fails to find sub and abandons search
KV Quesnel fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Daring fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-645 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

[Bif1961]

In my current PBEM contest I am the Japanese and we are in May 44. I lost a carrier battle in Jan 42 losing 2 CVs and a CVL for nothing lost for the Allies. Then I won the next two carrier battles that gave me superiority for for 6 months or so but after his carrier pipeline kicked in he went of the offensive by late 43 and a carrier battle occurred that I was trying to avoid by staying afloat but at Truk, but for some reason my ships decided to go after his carriers and our carriers both reacted even though we had both set reactions to zero and they were out of range to each other at the time they reacted into range. Suffice it to say I came out on the losing end of it as he outnumbered me 900-600 aircraft. So after he lost 4-6 CVEs recently and one CV to a combined sub-long range torpedo attacks, we are close to historical Allied advantage for this period. We did no redoes as we just chalked up to the outcomes as fortunes of war. However, we did discuss the one that neither of us wanted nor planned for but decide to press on. That occurred several months back. The war goes on as I am sure we both want it to go the distance.

[soulsilver]

December 8th

Today the first attack on Chungking went in, and it was bloody for sure. Thankfully the forts were reduced. Defensive forts for the troops attacking were level 2 and fatigue and disruption were low.

Ground combat at Chungking (76,45)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 216986 troops, 1984 guns, 1255 vehicles, Assault Value = 6849

Defending force 159853 troops, 801 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4841

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Japanese adjusted assault: 1517

Allied adjusted defense: 20273

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 13 (fort level 5)

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

Japanese ground losses:
50849 casualties reported
Squads: 2048 destroyed, 3722 disabled
Non Combat: 367 destroyed, 998 disabled
Engineers: 280 destroyed, 287 disabled
Guns lost 476 (190 destroyed, 286 disabled)
Vehicles lost 492 (213 destroyed, 279 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
3622 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 131 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 163 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled

Over at Baker Island south of the Gilberts a Tf is spotted unloading and some G4M1s and H8K1s attack. They come in three waves, and end up sinking 2 converted APs and 1 AM for the loss of 6 betties and 3 H8K1s.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Baker Island at 149,136

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 15

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
AM Constant
xAP Thomas Nelson
xAK Borgfred
xAP Tawali
xAP Wing Sang, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Baker Island at 149,136

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
H6K4 Mavis x 9

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed
H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
xAP Anglo Canadian
xAP Turing Mary, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk

[soulsilver]

December 16th

Dean looks like he is finally going to land his supply convoy up north in the Aleutians in a few days, and then the 3 day grace period for dean will begin.

He has been sweeping Adak the last few days with P-38s and F4Fs from his carriers, and has lost around 20 Carrier fighters and 15 p-38s trading around even with my Tojos and K-45s. If he keep sweeping with his carriers thats good for me, since I know that his F4F pools are small, and he makes later betty strikes easier.

Over in the Solmons yesterday hes swept the base with around 60 P-38s which came in 3 groups and got eaten up by my Cap, but losses were around even overall. aprox 20 p-38s were lost for an even amount of A6m5, Tojo, and k-45.

Over in Aussi, a tank Battalion occupied Daly waters, I was just moving up some troops to garrison it, Hopefully the SNLF assualt Division plus 2 At Gun Battalions can take back the base and hold it until both sides reinforcements arrive.I Am gonna move the Division from Rabaul over to Darwin, to reinforce the area. The next Division bought out from Manchuria/Japan will take its place.

Over in India I've halted the siege of Karachi for the time being, and moved 9 of the 16 Divs over to Bombay to take the city from the single Indian Division guarding the City. I spotted the Wasp and Yorktown passing south of Australia heading east, so All carriers in india are moving back to Japan. He could possibly be planning something in the Solomons, or the Aleutians.

[soulsilver]

December 17th

Dean attempted to resupply Karachi today with ships moving from the off map base of Karachi. The problem is that he had no air cover to protect them. At least some of the TF was carrying fuel for some reason and thus was easily set aflame. Movement of the Division at Rabual to Darwin has begun, with the first third of the Division expected to arrive in a week. The rest will arrive once more cargo ships arrive to pick them up. Guards Mixed brigade will also be moved to Darwin and replaced with the 65 Brigade from Java. This should give me a large enough force to guard my rear and push back allied troops operating at the edge of their supply lines at Daly waters.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 40,8

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 45 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 22
G4M1 Betty x 4
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 33

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAK Tornus, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires
xAK Fresno City II
KV Fritillary, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK City of Lille, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
PC Yarra, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
KV Genista, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Appleleaf, Bomb hits 1, on fire

[soulsilver]

December 20th, I'm officially done with school for the semester so I will be able to update the AAR more frequently for the time being.

Yesterday Dean landed the 2/8th Ind Coy at port Hedland which was ungarrisoned, and occupied the hex. I intend to recapture the base before it can be reinforced and built up into a thorn in my side. To this end, carrier division 1,and 4, along with the SRA defense fleet consisting of 2 CA, 1 CL and 12 DDs will recapture the base by landing the guards mixed Brigade. Dean appears to walking the company to the dox hex containing resources to south, so I might just be able to land a JAAF unit and reoccupy the hex without needing to land a large regiment sized unit.

I've moved 2 Tojo units, 2 betty/Nell units and 1 sally sentai over to northern Aussi to assist in offensive operations. I will probably need to send more Fighters over here, and possibly move some AA over. I've decided to build up Wyndham as a secondary airfield which is more defensible than Darwin but I wont build it past level 3-4.

Up in the Aleutians allied unloading operations have been in full swing for the past few days, with 2 mini subs being sunk in defense of the base. Thus far the coastal guns have sunk at least one cargo ship which was hit 26 times, but no other allied losses have been taken. A CVE and the North Carolina were hit by sub torps but they appear to have done minimal damage.