Downfall: The end of all bad things

[AcePylut]

2 days to safety... time to send forward a couple ARs to Amami Oshima to patch her up pending an eventual departure to Pearl's docks. If she can make it to base, I think I can save her - Amami Oshima is now mine and I will air transport a couple of 90 Av Support Base Forces to her juicy lvl 3 Airfield this turn.

[AcePylut]

Tomorrow, 48 Corsairs and 36 Hellcats fly into base to provide cap to support troop tf's. SeaBee's are on the way to turn this into a lvl 6 af as fast as possible. This is a good base because of the 2E bomber coverage over Japan... as can be witnessed by this range 10 sketch,

[AcePylut]

From the start of the game, I've been moving CV's (with enough AO replenishment to remain on patrol a long time) towards the Kuriles in effort to cut off any possible chance the KB could get 'behind my lines' in the only way it could, through the North Pac.

I detailed 6 CV, 6 CVL, and 7 CVE to perform this task. I've been keeping 4CV and 4 CVL forward while a 2CV 2CVL tf runs back a little for some gasoline. In this instance, it's the Enterprise and Saratoga that just refueled and are coming back to the front line.

Cruft will either suicide his remaining carriers on my fleet - or pull them back and sweat them being in B29 port attack destruction range. My orders are simple, all CV's and CVL's move N/NE (or in the Ent and Sara's case, NW) to cover the 'breakout' move. The CVE's remain put and cover the southern approach at a distance his CV's can't reach without going through my CV's. MY CVE's will remain far enough back that a 'wraparound' move going behind Hokkaido and through the Ominata straights is just too much travel to get there in time.

[BBfanboy]

If your CVs/CVLs are protecting the CVEs, what role do you have for them? Are they there for ASW? To catch small surface raiders like DDs? To add CAP to the CV fleet?

[AcePylut]

[font=calibri]I believe that Japan has 5-6 CV’s in this scenario – and I wanted to have 2x as many planes for my CV Hunter Killer forces  than the KB has, but didn’t want to use any more of my heavy carriers for the task.  Should the KB and my HunterKiller CV groups clash, and should I get all the bad die rolls and my heavies get smooshed, I wanted more CV support to A) Protect the Aleuts and B) act as a deterrent to keep the KB behind Japan.  [/font]
 
I figure that a KB vs. HunterKiller clash that turned out bad for me would at the least, butcher the KB’s airgroups.  By having another 250 AC on station in CVE’s , it would keep the KB bottled up should disaster occur to my heavies.

The CVE’s came forward to this hex because over the last couple of turns there have been some thrust and parry between his CV’s and my CV’s – in that he’s trying to tempt me to come closer to Japan and it’s LBA, but I’ve been trying to dodge and strike when given the opportunity, and I wanted more airgroups in the area -  as the KB by itself outnumbers each independent 2CV/2CVL (this is the first time all game that I’ve had more then 2CV and 2CVL in a hex up in the North Pac – so it’s kind of an anomaly).  My CV’s are wayyy to far from a decent allied port to *not* come with overwhelming force.  An equal CV clash between us would probably not turn out as well for me, as for him, as he’s a couple hexes from his ports and I’m a thousand million miles away from Addu.

Also, The CVE’s are going to say put just incase the KB is *bait* to draw my CV’s north in effort to get a couple of Japanese SCTF behind my lines.
 
[font=calibri]My plans for North Pacific are as follows… I call it “keeping Cruft honest”….  I’m going to grab a few of the Kurile islands and begin developing them.  This will allow put search coverage over the rest of the straights that bottle up the KB behind Japan, and give me a couple bases to stage aircraft for search, CAP, 1E, 2E’s.  Who knows I might get a couple isles that can goto level 7 or 8 and base some 4E’s there.  [/font]
 
By building up 2,3, or 4 airfields in the Kuriles, I accomplish a few things…. I won’t need to detail any CV’s to perform the “keep my interior safe” mission.  A few bases in the Kuriles give me complete “normal range” fighter coverage over all of Japan.  By “showing” major force around Kyushu while trying to be all sneaky in grabbing a few Kuriles – and making an invasion of Northern Japan a possibility, I force Cruft to keep some forces in Northern Japan, instead of moving everything to Southern Japan and the ‘obvious’ invasion locations.  Also, be taking a couple of the Kuriles, I open the back side of Japan to invasion and force Cruft to consider the possibility of an invasion on the west coast of Japan.

[BBfanboy]

Keeping the CVEs for a mobile reserve - nice![8D]
Re: the Kuriles - there are 9 bases or dot hexes that can be developed. Only the closest island to Hokkaido can have a level 8 AF. There are three that can have level 7 AFs, but Paramushiro Jima [in the full campaign at least] has a nasty fortress. The remainder of the bases can be built to level 6 AFs except Ketoi Jima [lvl 5 max].
I recommend Onnetonkan Jima [east end] and Shimushiri Jima [central Kuriles] for their level 7 potential and because they could mutually support while being spread out enough to cover a lot of search area. If you feel strong enough you could add another base closer to Hokkaido to seal the area. Good luck!

[AcePylut]

I want to get the bases closest to Hokkaido - as those are the ones that can be built up, and the ones that will provide the shortest range to Northern Japan.  Some recon by a couple of CA reinforced Fast Raider fleets shows these isles empty, for the most part.  I figure that when my CV's retire to Adak to replenish sorties, their last act will be to move up close and perform a quick recon of all the islands, just enough recon to see what, if anything, he's done to reinforce the islands.

[BBfanboy]

I have never started up this scenario but I must say I am very surprised that those islands are so weakly held at the scenario start - a huge open door for the allies. From your progress so far it looks as if Japan has enough handicaps without having to also plug that hole!

I also thought you might have more headaches from Japanese air attacks but it appears that they have significantly fewer aircraft, even fewer modern ones, and less skilled pilots as compared with Scenario 2. I have been reading Greyjoy's "Power of Inexperience" AAR which stalled at the shores of Honshu because there was no way to defend against the hoards of aircraft attacking. I guess I assumed this scenario would be somewhat like that in terms of air battles. If you are confident you can deal with his air forces, taking the islands closest to Hokkaido is definitely the best option.
I will be ....

[AcePylut]

Air losses for 9/11/45...

[AcePylut]

My ship losses to date

[AcePylut]

I just captured Amami Oshima, and saw this in the sunk ships report... what's it mean?

[Historiker]

ORIGINAL: AcePylut

I just captured Amami Oshima, and saw this in the sunk ships report... what's it mean?

propably that these ships would've been built in Amami Oshima?
Meaning you captured them in the shipyard.

[BBfanboy]

Right! "Cancelled" means construction was planned or even underway in the early stages. If you happen to capture a base where a ship is close to completion it will say something like "destroyed on the slipway". I think you get more VPs for the latter.
Things get really weird when the IJN gets new ships "completed" and arriving at a base without a shipyard and perhaps even behind your lines! If, for example the AI has a DD reinforcement planned to arrive in Takao, when the appropriate amount of HI points is applied - POOF - there she be! Most of the time these remote appearances are things like SCs and xAKLs that could conceivably be built locally.

[AcePylut]

Here's the CR for 9/10, I'll try and comment on it later... my turn is almost completed and ready to go back to Cap'n Cruft... in short:


Fukue-Jima and Amami Oshima are mine and the invasion fleets are departed. CV fleets are retiring to rest and replenish. During this time of heavy naval action, I've been reloading for another Heavy Industry attack, and now is the time. My B17 and B24 groups have relocated to Clark and Manila and will attempt to destroy the remaining 100HI at Hong Kong. With the dl at 9/10 and only 20 fighters spotted, I shouldn't be bothered by his airforce. We'll see.

I have a choice with my B29's: Tokyo (Detection level 7/16, 733(2200)HI, 252 Fighters, 454 Bombers, 100 Aux), Osaka (dl 9/12, 2200(0) HI, 150 Fighters, 100 bombers, 30 aux), or, I could send them back to Fusan and clean up whatever survived from before.

Over Fusan/Nagasaki/Tsushima the last couple of turns, my sweeps have encountered Shindens and Me-262's, derp, Ki-201 Karyu's. Obviously, these are his best pilots and he's defending this area hard, so Fusan is out.

Between Tokyo and Osaka is a no brainer. Osaka has three times as much HI, half the fighters, and more detection level than Tokyo. P51Hs from Iwo will sweep in the morning phase. B29s escorted by P47Ns will arrive in the afternoon. (It seems that due to the distances involved, with Iwo being shorter range these planes usually go in in the AM. The mariana's being much farther away, seem to have their air groups arrive in the PM)

One last note on the pending Heavy Industry assaults on Hong Kong and Osaka. For every airgroup detailed to attack, sweep, or escort, I looked through the group's plane data and noted how many aircraft were above 10 fatigue. The numbers ranged between 10 and 20% of total... so I set all groups to rest at 30% (just to have a little safety factor thrown in there) - but fear not - there should be a lot of planes coming in barring bad weather.

[AcePylut]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Right! "Cancelled" means construction was planned or even underway in the early stages. If you happen to capture a base where a ship is close to completion it will say something like "destroyed on the slipway". I think you get more VPs for the latter.
Things get really weird when the IJN gets new ships "completed" and arriving at a base without a shipyard and perhaps even behind your lines! If, for example the AI has a DD reinforcement planned to arrive in Takao, when the appropriate amount of HI points is applied - POOF - there she be! Most of the time these remote appearances are things like SCs and xAKLs that could conceivably be built locally.

Does this mean I get the VP's for them? I thought that this feature (getting VPs for ships not built) was eliminated in a previous patch, due to the Japanese rushing Ceylon in the GC to knock out those two Brit CV's that arrive in 45.

[BBfanboy]

All I know is there are points showing for all those cancelled ships - I assume they get added to your total. When I took Nagasaki in my game I destroyed Yamato* on the slipway and got points for it, but less than the full amount she is worth when completed.

How'd I get Yamato still under construction? Having just got the game and playing my first full campaign, I wanted to find out how things really work - e.g. if a CV gets a "fuel storage explosion" what damage does that actually do, etc. So to treat it as a simulator I played a head-to-head game and I handled both sides, making the Japanese do crazy things just to see what results were.[:D] I had both their navy and air force out of the way when I invaded Japan because I didn't want to wait until 1945 to see what was needed there to handle garrison requirements. The good news is that some significant bases like Fukuoka have low garrison requirements but the bad news is that Tokyo requires 1160AV, Osaka around 1020 and Nagoya IIR about 1020. Good thing I had the Russians in the game to hold down those bases.

Handling both sides is not exciting [since there are no surprise attacks] but as a learning tool it was great to get a feel for what goes on. I monitored the results of bombardments, for example, and noted that even when the Combat Report does not show disablements or destroyed squads, troops still suffer an increase in fatigue and disorganization. If you sustain the bombardment over weeks they start to get increasing numbers of disablements and then the destroyed squads figure rises dramatically. Strangely enough, guns are hard to knock out with bombardments and usually only get destroyed after most of the troops and vehicles are gone. Also, marching troops that have been bombarded so that their disorganization and fatigue is 70+ may still show a significant AV but when they attack that gets adjusted to near zero.

I also got a better feel for the survivability of IJN ships. I hit CVL Ryujo with a couple of bombs in the South China Sea and the fires that started were out by next turn [one day turns]. As she headed for Cam Rahn Bay for repairs a sub put two torps in her causing a fuel storage explosion. Next day the fires were out and she was headed for Hong Kong for drydock. Another sub hit her with one torp causing an ammo storage explosion. Next day, the fires were out but she was creeping along at one hex/day because of the flooding and engine damage. System damage was also pretty high so the flooding increased and she foundered two days later just before making it to Hong Kong. The IJN damage repair may not be as good as the Allies but their ships are built pretty tough to start with so they can take a lot of punishment. Another example - BB Hyuga took 5 sub torps in three different attacks before she sank.

[AcePylut]

I'm really excited to see what happens in Osaka. I put ~20 B29 groups (800-1000 planes) on Heavy Industry attack at Osaka escorted by 150 P47Ns, after its swept by 150 P51H (I hope)

[BBfanboy]

When you assign HI attack do you get some city fires starting because of misses and the like? I think I saw something in one of the other AARs that said fires are the only thing that can permanently eliminate industries. Of course if it is points you are after, you can get more by damaging them multiple times rather than eliminating them early. [:D]

[AcePylut]

Well the turn came back and my B29's didn't fly. Neither did my P47Ns or P51H's (except for 1 group that swept Chiba - 1 hex SE of Tokyo. Interesting - I swear I didn't have any groups set to fly against Chiba this turn)



BAT EVENTS FOR 09/11/45

SS Tautog sinks....

:::::::: a Japanese MTB is reported HIT
:::::::: a Japanese MTB is reported HIT
:::::::: a MTB T1 class MTB is reported HIT

Amphibious TF 218 offshore of Tanegashima

Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Fukue-jima

Tokunoshima expands airfield to size 3
Manila expands airfield to size 8
Butuan expands airfield to size 2


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 11, 45
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Sub attack near Nakadori-jima at 101,56

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-64

Allied Ships
DMS Southard



SSX Ha-64 launches 2 torpedoes
Sub escapes detection


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Izu Oshima at 113,63, Range 30,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Yanagi
DD Nire
DD Tsuta
DD Hagi

Allied Ships
DD Isherwood
DD Izard



Reduced sighting due to 25% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 25% moonlight: 6,000 yards
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
Allied TF attempts to evade combat
Range increases to 9,000 yards...
Range increases to 10,000 yards...
Range increases to 11,000 yards...
Range increases to 12,000 yards...
Range increases to 13,000 yards...
Range increases to 14,000 yards...
Range increases to 15,000 yards...
Range increases to 16,000 yards...
Range increases to 17,000 yards...
Range increases to 18,000 yards...
Range increases to 19,000 yards...
Range increases to 20,000 yards...
Range increases to 21,000 yards...
Range increases to 22,000 yards...
Range increases to 23,000 yards...
Range increases to 24,000 yards...
Range increases to 25,000 yards...
Range increases to 26,000 yards...
Range increases to 27,000 yards...
Range increases to 28,000 yards...
Range increases to 29,000 yards...
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
Allied Surface Combat TF evades combat

I was out of ammo on on the way back for ammo.

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Sub attack near Iki-shima at 102,56

Japanese Ships
E Kurahashi
E Yashiro

Allied Ships
SS Picuda, hits 4



SS Picuda launches 2 torpedoes at E Kurahashi
E Yashiro fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Yashiro fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Yashiro attacking submerged sub ....
E Yashiro fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Yashiro fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

At least I got off a pair of torps before the dreaded E boats power commences.

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Night Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 111 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 41 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 36



Allied aircraft
P-61C Black Widow x 8
F4U-1A Corsair x 13
F6F-5N Hellcat x 4


Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CVE Nehenta Bay, Bomb hits 1, on fire



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
3 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
4 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 9000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
13 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 9000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
VMF-351 with F4U-1A Corsair (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 2 scrambling)
11 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
VMF(N)-543 with F6F-5N Hellcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes
426th NFS with P-61C Black Widow (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes

Some CAP have air radar

I had planes set for 6k, 9k, and 13k cap (50%cap/50%rest) on all groups and a CVE took a bomb. I bet this will embolden Cruft to try again, with more bombers. His planes are flying out of Indochina – so I will find and destroy these planes o the ground. This is the only night air attack Cruft did that hit something important


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Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 110 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-74-I Patsy x 24



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-74-I Patsy bombing from 9000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
4 x Ki-74-I Patsy bombing from 9000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Thus begins the night attacks on Fukue-Jima. All these planes were coming from a direction pointing right at Tokyo. With yesterdays notice of the #’s of ac at Tokyo (500+ a/c), I might have to visit Tokyo at night. I shied away from doing too many night attacks because it can be so devastating, but maybe I’ll have to teach Cruft a lesson on the power of 500 B29’s at 11k on a night airfield attack against Tokyo.

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Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 62 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-67-Ib Peggy x 27



No Japanese losses



Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-67-Ib Peggy bombing from 7000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 5



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 9



No Japanese losses


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


Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Night Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 6



Allied aircraft
P-61C Black Widow x 8
F4U-1A Corsair x 13
F6F-5N Hellcat x 4


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 9000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
VMF-351 with F4U-1A Corsair (11 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
11 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
VMF(N)-543 with F6F-5N Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead
426th NFS with P-61C Black Widow (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000
Raid is overhead

Some CAP have air radar


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Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 7



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 6



No Japanese losses



Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 4



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Nothing I can’t handle at Fukue-jima with the engineers I have on base. Cruft is too afraid to fly against this base in daytime. Too bad, as the damage I did to Fukue-jima assaulting it will be repaired in a day or two, and then my cap will be able to fly 100% effectively.


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Sub attack near Hirosaki/Aomori at 118,52

Japanese Ships
PB Kantori Maru
PB Kure Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Lapon



SS Lapon launches 2 torpedoes at PB Kantori Maru
PB Kure Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kure Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kure Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kure Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kure Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-D-111

Allied Ships
APD Bunch



SSX Ha-D-111 launches 2 torpedoes at APD Bunch
Ha-D-111 diving deep ....
APD Bunch fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Moppo at 100,54

Japanese Ships
MTB G-1027

Allied Ships
SS Flasher



SS Flasher cannot acquire firing solution on enemy MTB
Flasher bottoming out ....
Sub escapes detection


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Sub attack near Hirosaki/Aomori at 116,53

Japanese Ships
CV Katsuragi
CA Myoko
CL Sakawa
DD Susuzuki
DD Haruzuki
DD Yoizuki

Allied Ships
SS Tautog, hits 24, and is sunk


SS Tautog launches 6 torpedoes at CV Katsuragi
Tautog diving deep ....
DD Haruzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yoizuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Haruzuki attacking submerged sub ....
SS Tautog forced to surface!
DD Haruzuki firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Yoizuki firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Haruzuki firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Yoizuki firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Yoizuki firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

This tf was in Sea of Japan, and I got the shot off, all 6 of them, missed, and paid for it. Dang – would have been nice to put a torp into another carrier!



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Sub attack near Shimonoseki at 105,56

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 14, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
SC Ch 22
SC Ch 43

Allied Ships
SS Cero, hits 1



Massive explosion on SC Ch 14
SS Cero launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 14
Cero diving deep ....
SC Ch 43 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 43 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 43 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 43 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 43 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Shimonoseki at 104,56

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-41
SC CHa-45
SC CHa-44

Allied Ships
SS Spearfish, hits 4



SS Spearfish is located by SC CHa-41
SC CHa-45 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-44 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-44 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-44 attacking submerged sub ....
SC CHa-44 is out of ASW ammo
SC CHa-44 is out of ASW ammo
SC CHa-44 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-44 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-44 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Now we begin todays Heavy Industry attacks. As noted, nothing flew against Osaka, but everything flew against Hong Kong....

Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 10
Ki-61-Id Tony x 16



Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 21


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed
Ki-61-Id Tony: 10 destroyed

No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 22000 feet *

CAP engaged:
47th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
25th Sentai with Ki-61-Id Tony (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 10 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes

As suspected, he only had about 20 fighters on CAP. My Corsairs blew right through them. No more cap.


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Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-51D Mustang x 12


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 25000 feet *



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Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 11


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 7000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 18


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
18 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 21000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
Mosquito FB.40 x 3
P-51D Mustang x 3


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 25000 feet *



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Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 3


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 7000 feet

6 waves of sweeps cleared the skies of Hong Kong, and opened the way for the bombers – I put all my bombers at 17-21k (including the 2E’s, even though I know they probably won’t do much on my part. Stupid of me, I should have flown the 2E’s at 8-12k.

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Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
Mosquito FB.40 x 2
B-32 Dominator x 24
F4U-1A Corsair x 2


No Allied losses



Heavy Industry hits 5 That’s 5 HI hits on HK.

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B-32 Dominator bombing from 17000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-32 Dominator x 30


No Allied losses



Heavy Industry hits 13 5+13 = 18HI

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x B-32 Dominator bombing from 17000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Chiba , at 114,61

Weather in hex: Light rain

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 2
A6M7 Zero x 4
N1K1-J George x 13
N1K2-J George x 8
N1K5-J George x 3
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 8



Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 37


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M7 Zero: 2 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 7 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 3 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 5 destroyed

No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
30 x P-51H Mustang sweeping at 20000 feet

CAP engaged:
Yokosuka Ku S-1 with N1K5-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
S-303 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
S-304 Hikotai with N1K2-J George (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
S-310 Hikotai with A6M7 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
S-601 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (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
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
302 Ku S-1 with A6M5c Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
5th Sentai with Ki-43-IV Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
246th Sentai with Ki-43-IV Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes

Not sure, I know I checked my P51 groups at Iwo like 5 times and had them set to sweep Osaka. I’m guessing there was bad weather over Osaka (as my B29s didn’t fly against Osaka, not a one of them) and this group and it’s aggressive commander diverted to Chiba (nice of him, that’s where I would have gone) and once again cleared the skies of Japs. I am racking up the kills on my P51 squads, I know that.

Ok, knowing that none of my B29s flew against Osaka – and I find it unlikely that bad weather would keep all 3 of my Mariana’s B29 bases shut down at the same time, and that no planes flew against Osaka from Iwo either – I conclude that Osaka had terrible weather. That’s ok – it gives all my aircraft another days rest, and tomorrow I will either hit Osaka or night bomb Tokyo’s airfield. I’m leaning towards the HI, because the long term effect will be better I think.


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Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 61


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged



Heavy Industry hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 23000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 23000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
27 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 23000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Up to 23 noted HI hits

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Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 24


No Allied losses




Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet *
City Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet *
City Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Hmm, my Mitchells were ordered in at 19k feet, but looks like they might have dropped down to 13k feet to hit nothing at all.

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Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
Mosquito FB.40 x 12
A-26C Invader x 79


Allied aircraft losses
A-26C Invader: 2 damaged



Heavy Industry hits 12 + 23 = 35

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x A-26C Invader bombing from 20000 feet *
City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
35 x A-26C Invader bombing from 20000 feet *
City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x A-26C Invader bombing from 20000 feet *
City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Looks like A26’s can hit from 20k feet

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Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
A-26C Invader x 24


Allied aircraft losses
A-26C Invader: 1 damaged




Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A-26C Invader bombing from 20000 feet *
City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

maybe not

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Morning Air attack on Pescadores , at 84,63

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 3
N1K5-J George x 1
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3



Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 6


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-38L Lightning: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 15000 feet *

CAP engaged:
S-901 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
S-301 Hikotai with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes

Gonna do something here in a week or two, probably port attack

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Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17G Fortress x 90


Allied aircraft losses
B-17G Fortress: 1 damaged



Heavy Industry hits 5 + 35 = 40

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x B-17G Fortress bombing from 17000 feet *
City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
41 x B-17G Fortress bombing from 17000 feet *
City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-17G Fortress bombing from 17000 feet *
City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
25th Sentai with Ki-61-Id Tony (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead

Training flight from 25th Sentai has been caught up in attack

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Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17G Fortress x 18


No Allied losses



Heavy Industry hits 4 + 40 = 44

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x B-17G Fortress bombing from 17000 feet *
City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 52


No Allied losses



Heavy Industry hits 1 + 44 = 45

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 25000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
25 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 25000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Chiba , at 114,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 4
A6M7 Zero x 6
N1K1-J George x 11
N1K2-J George x 8
N1K5-J George x 2
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 11



Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 40


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5c Zero: 3 destroyed
A6M7 Zero: 4 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 6 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 2 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 5 destroyed

No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
35 x P-51H Mustang sweeping at 20000 feet

CAP engaged:
Yokosuka Ku S-1 with N1K5-J George (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
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes
S-303 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
S-304 Hikotai with N1K2-J George (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
S-310 Hikotai with A6M7 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
S-601 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
302 Ku S-1 with A6M5c Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
5th Sentai with Ki-43-IV Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
246th Sentai with Ki-43-IV Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes

This group enjoyed the morning target shoot so much, they decided to come back for the afternoon

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Afternoon Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 8
Ki-61-Id Tony x 1



Allied aircraft
Mosquito FB.40 x 12
B-29-25 Superfort x 59
P-38L Lightning x 25


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 5 destroyed

No Allied losses

Heavy Industry hits 10 + 45 = 55 HI hits on Hong Kong. First attack of the afternoon and Cruft was able to throw up a very meager cap that did nothing but get shot down, but that’s really all he could have done.

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 16000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
32 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 16000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
47th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
25th Sentai with Ki-61-Id Tony (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead

Well, I put 55 HI hits on Hong Kong today. One more day of this and HK will be done as a Heavy Industry center (all 120ish HI of it), and I will move on to the next base. Now that I own and am developing 2E bases in range of Japan and don’t have to use my 4E’s for amphibious assault support, I won’t have to pull my strat bombers from their main task as much – and they can focus on shutting down Japans HI.

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Pre-Invasion action off Tanegashima (102,62) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

94 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB Arkansas, Shell hits 4
CA Wichita, Shell hits 1
CA Tuscaloosa
CL Amsterdam
CL Nashville
CL Phoenix
DD Cassin
DD Smith, Shell hits 1
DD Conyngham, Shell hits 1
DD Lamson
DD Drayton, Shell hits 1
AP Gen. H.W.Butner, Shell hits 2
AP Gen. W.P.Richardson
DD Flusser

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


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


BB Arkansas firing at 10th Garrison SNLF
10th Garrison SNLF firing at BB Arkansas
CA Wichita firing at 10th Garrison SNLF
10th Garrison SNLF firing at CA Wichita
CA Tuscaloosa firing at 10th Garrison SNLF
10th Garrison SNLF firing at CA Tuscaloosa
10th Garrison SNLF firing at CL Nashville
CL Nashville firing at 10th Garrison SNLF
10th Garrison SNLF firing at DD Cassin
10th Garrison SNLF firing at DD Smith
10th Garrison SNLF firing at DD Conyngham
10th Garrison SNLF firing at DD Lamson
DD Lamson firing at 10th Garrison SNLF
DD Drayton firing at 10th Garrison SNLF
10th Garrison SNLF firing at DD Drayton
10cm T98 DP Gun Battery engaging AP Gen. H.W.Butner at 19,000 yards
DD Cassin fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards

This island to the South of Kyushu. Between this Isle and Fukue-jima, I broaden the shoulders of my invasion.


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Amphibious Assault at Tanegashima (102,62)

TF 218 troops unloading over beach at Tanegashima, 102,62


Allied ground losses:
468 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 76 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 46 (1 destroyed, 45 disabled)
Vehicles lost 32 (0 destroyed, 32 disabled)


13 troops of a USA Rifle Squad lost overboard during unload of 41st Infantry Div /3
81mm M1 Mortar accidentally lost during unload of 41st Infantry Div /5
5 troops of a US MMG Section lost in surf during unload of 41st Infantry Div /7

Lots of disablements, but that’s what I get for going in unprepped. I don’t care, I can’t wait 2 months to get up to 100% prep for these islands. I’ll rest and recover then attack when ready.
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Ground combat at Tanegashima (102,62)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3103 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 106

Defending force 3442 troops, 143 guns, 97 vehicles, Assault Value = 66

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



Assaulting units:
10th Garrison SNLF

Defending units:
41st Infantry Div /8
Good – I shouldn’t need more then 2-3 days of heavy ground-attack from my 2E’s, and a couple of deliberate attacks to take them out.

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Ground combat at Fukue-jima (101,58)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6006 troops, 127 guns, 188 vehicles, Assault Value = 528

Defending force 1005 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied adjusted assault: 57

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 57 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled



Assaulting units:
33rd Infantry Division
25th Infantry/A Division
25th Infantry/B Division
25th Infantry/C Division
235th USN Base Force
167th USA Base Force
139th USA Base Force
XIII US Fighter Cmd
233rd USN Base Force
212th Cst AA Rgt /4

Defending units:
11th Garrison SNLF


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Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Fukue-jima

Now I can get on with resting up disablements and replenishing my units. I’m now in landing craft invasion range of many places – with 2 Divisions on the Isle


Location of Tanegashima:

[AcePylut]

Ya know, of all the things to consider, I forgot about weather over the target. Sure enough, severe storms at Osaka.