Immortal PZB vs Bwheatley

[bwheatley]

In tonights turn nothing crazy just repulsed his attacks at davao & Clarkfield. I choose to hold clark instead of manila. I know its not urban hex but the extra forts and the extra retreat hex make me feel happy

[bwheatley]

Well today i saw the first AK's a few hexes out from midway thanks to my subs. I have evaced bits of both enginerring units on the subs so they will be able to regen at pearl hopefully.

His attacks were once again repulsed at clark for the 2nd day in a row. Forts are 77% towards level 5. I prefer Clark over manilla just becuase it gets more supply and its got a better fallback position to lvl 4 forts at bataan

[bwheatley]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/26/26

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ASW attack at 92,61

Japanese Ships
AP Daigen Maru
DD Tsuta
DD No. 16

Allied Ships
SS S-27

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ASW attack at 93,61

Japanese Ships
DD Numakaze
DD Momi
DD Shimakaze
DD Keyaki
DD Maki
DD Kaede
DD Kusunoki
CA Tokiwa
DD Umi

Allied Ships
SS S-9, hits 2


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Ground combat at Lamon Bay

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 11794 troops, 140 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 1128 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Lamon Bay base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
112 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Allied ground losses:
1569 casualties reported
Guns lost 11


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Ground combat at Clark Field

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 13470 troops, 194 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 42329 troops, 198 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 4)


Japanese ground losses:
740 casualties reported
Guns lost 25

Allied ground losses:
167 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Ground combat at Clark Field

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 13470 troops, 194 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 42329 troops, 198 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 4)


Japanese ground losses:
740 casualties reported
Guns lost 25

Allied ground losses:
167 casualties reported
Guns lost 8


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Ground combat at Clark Field

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 24148 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 114537 troops, 637 guns, 30 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
141 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Davao

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7364 troops, 52 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 33472 troops, 219 guns, 0 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Butuan

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 5913 troops, 116 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 111 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Butuan base !!!

[bwheatley]

3rd day of shock attacks in clark field and my forts are still closing on 5 and he is taking heavy loses. An attack at midway was also repulsed. I am organizing my fleets are pearl. I will have 5 different BB's Tf's to group my 16in, 14in, 12/13inc together.

Glad to see he's finally landing at midway i was starting to think he wouldnt do it.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/27/26

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ASW attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
AP Anzan Maru
DD No. 16

Allied Ships
SS S-15

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ASW attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
AP Anzan Maru
DD No. 16

Allied Ships
SS S-15

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Coastal Guns at Midway, 95,61, firing at TF 46
TF 46 troops unloading over beach at Midway, 95,61


16 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
51 casualties reported

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Coastal Guns at Midway, 95,61, firing at TF 46
TF 46 troops unloading over beach at Midway, 95,61


4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DD No. 16

Japanese ground losses:
84 casualties reported

TF 46 troops unloading over beach at Midway, 95,61


4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DD No. 16

Japanese ground losses:
84 casualties reported

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Sub attack near Pearl Harbor at 112,68

Japanese Ships
SS No. 47

Allied Ships
MSW Eider
MSW Partridge
MSW Oriole
MSW Cardinal

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Sub attack near Pearl Harbor at 112,68

Japanese Ships
SS No. 47

Allied Ships
MSW Eider
MSW Partridge
MSW Oriole
MSW Cardinal

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Sub attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
AP Anzan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD No. 16

Allied Ships
SS S-15

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Sub attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
AP Anzan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD No. 16

Allied Ships
SS S-15

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Clark Field

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 104147 troops, 655 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 42875 troops, 209 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 4)


Japanese ground losses:
1539 casualties reported
Guns lost 52

Allied ground losses:
191 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Davao

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 33469 troops, 219 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 7445 troops, 52 guns, 0 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Clark Field

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 24335 troops, 190 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 114172 troops, 582 guns, 30 vehicles



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Ground combat at Davao

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7289 troops, 49 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 33429 troops, 216 guns, 0 vehicles



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Ground combat at Midway

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 528 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 3327 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 3)


Japanese ground losses:
334 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

[bwheatley]

Davao falls and Clark field is reduced to level 3 forts.
I guess i made a mistake by taking clark over manilla but oh well.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/01/26

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TF 12 encounters mine field at Wake Island (82,63)

Japanese Ships
DD Umikaze


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Ground combat at Clark Field

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 112731 troops, 439 guns, 51 vehicles

Defending force 42760 troops, 216 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 3)


Japanese ground losses:
2627 casualties reported
Guns lost 29
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
364 casualties reported
Guns lost 8


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Ground combat at Davao

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 33088 troops, 222 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 7008 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Davao base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
305 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
9911 casualties reported
Guns lost 19


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Ground combat at Clark Field

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22248 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 108826 troops, 384 guns, 44 vehicles

[bwheatley]

It looks like hes brewing something i just assigned the Marine Rgt in mare to lahania and i will be shipping it out it is only 100+ AP but hopefully it will give him a suprise if he tries to take lahania and its being heavily mined.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/04/26

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Sub attack at 49,46

Japanese Ships
AK Lima Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Isokaze
DD Tokitsukaze
AK Kagu Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-34

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Sub attack at 49,46

Japanese Ships
AK Lima Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Isokaze
DD Tokitsukaze
AK Kagu Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-34

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TF 61 encounters mine field at Wake Island (82,63)

Japanese Ships
MSW Ayanami

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Sub attack at 49,45

Japanese Ships
TK Manju Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
TK Kuroshio Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-39

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Sub attack at 49,45

Japanese Ships
TK Manju Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
TK Kuroshio Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-39

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ASW attack at 109,68

Japanese Ships
SS U-46 (O2)


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Ground combat at Clark Field

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 109873 troops, 445 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 41912 troops, 219 guns, 0 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
100 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Clark Field

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22569 troops, 192 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 124999 troops, 445 guns, 49 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
164 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

[bwheatley]

Just got this from him...

Defied your guns at Bataan and landed a cavalry division behind your
lines... Cost me all the transports and I'm
not sure I got ashore enough troops to capture the place. But can you
get rid of me and clear a retreat path for your men at Clark?

we'll find out in a sec how bad it was.

[bwheatley]

Wow pzb is one crazy mofo I did not expect that. After myself landing on bataan i didn't think an experienced player would throw his fleet to the wind like that. I know japs start with a big transport fleet but those 14 inch shells are nothign to laugh at when hitting a BBs hull.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/05/26

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Naval Gun Fire at Bataan (42,51) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

148 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
AK Arimasan Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Johore Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Hakonesan Maru, Shell hits 23, on fire, heavy damage
AK Hakodate Maru, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
AK Bordeaux Maru, Shell hits 24, on fire, heavy damage
AK Asakaze Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Aobasan Maru, Shell hits 14, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hinoki, Shell hits 14, on fire, heavy damage
BB Mishishima, Shell hits 3
BB Shikishima, Shell hits 8

Japanese ground losses:
1771 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Allied ground losses:
134 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Coastal Guns at Bataan, 42,51, firing at TF 81
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TF 81 encounters mine field at Bataan (42,51)

TF 81 troops unloading over beach at Bataan, 42,51


404 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
BB Mishishima, Shell hits 10
AK Arimasan Maru, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AK Johore Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AK Hakodate Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Asakaze Maru, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
617 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Clark Field

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 109282 troops, 446 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 42151 troops, 227 guns, 0 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
159 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Clark Field

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22668 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 125410 troops, 446 guns, 51 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
372 casualties reported
Guns lost 6


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Ground combat at Bataan

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1810 troops, 35 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 729 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles

[bwheatley]

I was already rushing an engineer to Bataan now i'm also rushing a cav division he only put 780 men on the ground so hopefully i can wipe him out quickly and that will keep him from trying that again.

[bwheatley]

A few hits on some subs.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/07/26

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TF 48 encounters mine field at Wake Island (82,63)

Japanese Ships
DD Shimakaze
DD Keyaki

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ASW attack at 112,67

Japanese Ships
SS UC-90 (O4)

Allied Ships
DD Trever
DD Farenholt
DD Edwards
DD Turner
DD Hovey
DD Upshur
DD Aaron Ward
DD Montgomery
DD Radford
DD Lea
DD Mugford
DD Yarborough
DD MacDonough
DD McCawley
DD Shubrick
DD Aulick
DD Stansbury
DD O'Bannon
DD Lamberton
DD Roper
DD Claxton
DD Tatnall

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Sub attack near Lahaina at 113,69

Japanese Ships
SS U-46 (O2)

Allied Ships
DD Renshaw
DD Decatur
DD Morris
DD Long
DD Thatcher
DD Tarbell
DD Jacob Jones
DD Evans
DD Corry
DD Crosby
DD Kennison
DD Babbitt
DD Rathburne
DD Howard
DD Mackenzie
DD Greer
DD Ward
DD Boggs
DD Philip
DD Kilty
DD Buchanan
DD Dent
DD Wickes
DD Crane
MSW Tanager

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ASW attack at 112,67

Japanese Ships
SS UC-90 (O4)

Allied Ships
DD Trever
DD Farenholt
DD Edwards
DD Turner
DD Hovey
DD Upshur
DD Aaron Ward
DD Montgomery
DD Radford
DD Lea
DD Mugford
DD Yarborough
DD MacDonough
DD McCawley
DD Shubrick
DD Aulick
DD Stansbury
DD O'Bannon
DD Lamberton
DD Roper
DD Claxton
DD Tatnall

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ASW attack near Lahaina at 113,69

Japanese Ships
SS U-46 (O2), hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Decatur
DD Morris
DD Long
DD Renshaw
DD Thatcher
DD Tarbell
DD Jacob Jones
DD Evans
DD Corry
DD Crosby
DD Kennison
DD Babbitt
DD Rathburne
DD Howard
DD Mackenzie
DD Greer
DD Ward
DD Boggs
DD Philip
DD Kilty
DD Buchanan
DD Dent
DD Wickes

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Sub attack near Sasebo at 58,41

Japanese Ships
TK Azuma Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
SS S-41

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ASW attack at 112,67

Japanese Ships
SS UC-90 (O4)

Allied Ships
DD Trever
DD Farenholt
DD Edwards
DD Turner
DD Hovey
DD Upshur
DD Aaron Ward
DD Montgomery
DD Radford
DD Lea
DD Mugford
DD Yarborough
DD MacDonough
DD McCawley
DD Shubrick
DD Aulick
DD Stansbury
DD O'Bannon
DD Lamberton
DD Roper
DD Claxton
DD Tatnall

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ASW attack at 112,67

Japanese Ships
SS UC-90 (O4)

Allied Ships
DD Trever
DD Farenholt
DD Edwards
DD Turner
DD Hovey
DD Upshur
DD Aaron Ward
DD Montgomery
DD Radford
DD Lea
DD Mugford
DD Yarborough
DD MacDonough
DD McCawley
DD Shubrick

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ASW attack at 112,67

Japanese Ships
SS UC-90 (O4), hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Trever
DD Farenholt

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ASW attack at 112,67

Japanese Ships
SS UC-90 (O4)

Allied Ships
DD Trever
DD Farenholt
DD Edwards
DD Turner
DD Hovey


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Ground combat at Clark Field

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 107853 troops, 395 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 41673 troops, 220 guns, 0 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
130 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Clark Field

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 18857 troops, 171 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 122633 troops, 395 guns, 46 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
227 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Bataan

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1810 troops, 35 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 773 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[bwheatley]

He keeps trying to get supplies to bataan and then manilla. My guns at bataan are killing him. He has 780 troops at bataan and they are all support but i dont have any troops to send over to bataan from manilla.

So i released the 15th us RGT from shanghai and am fast transporting it with the DD fleet to bataan hopefully it can destroy the invaders and open up a retreat path if required.

It was nice to see his ships get ripped up though

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/07/22

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TF 17 encounters mine field at Bataan (42,51)

Japanese Ships
MSW Katoku Maru
MSW Ashikazi Maru


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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 193492 troops, 890 guns, 57 vehicles

Defending force 62614 troops, 380 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 0)


Japanese ground losses:
3965 casualties reported
Guns lost 57
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
846 casualties reported
Guns lost 21


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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 43009 troops, 345 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 195653 troops, 813 guns, 56 vehicles

[bwheatley]

Johnston has fallen to the enemy.

This is the map of current PH defenses.


Map of the area


The ships in port.

As you see my sub line i am recalling all of them to PH i will fill the waters between Johnston & PH with subs to engage him. I suspect he'll go for kona or hilo first. I have a rgt of marines offloading in lahaina in a day or two
and i have about 1000 mines being put in lahania too. I will do my best to make sure my navy can interdict him but i wont have them leave PH unless its a big target. That way they can just disband into port to hopefully save them.

I have a CV & a BB fleet out west of johnston about 5 hexes south of midway i was reconning to see if i could spot anything. I am going to have the CV & bb make a 2 hex loop around johnston i am hoping i might be able to bag some unescorted AKs in the waters where he feels safest. II have a couple hold bb's protecting the CV group in order ot make sure langley doesnt go under Wish me luck the war is on


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/13/26

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ASW attack at 113,66

Japanese Ships
SS UC-90 (O4)

Allied Ships
MSW Sandpiper
MSW Ortolan
MSW Auk

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ASW attack at 115,64

Japanese Ships
SS U-46 (O2)

Allied Ships
DM Rizal
DM Hart

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ASW attack at 113,66

Japanese Ships
SS UC-90 (O4), hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Trever
DD Yarborough
DD Farenholt
DD MacDonough
DD McCawley
DD Shubrick
DD Edwards
DD Turner
DD Aulick
DD Hovey
DD Stansbury
DD O'Bannon
DD Roper
DD Upshur
DD Claxton
DD Aaron Ward
DD Tatnall
DD Montgomery
DD Radford
DD Lamberton
DD Lea
DD Mugford

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ASW attack at 114,64

Japanese Ships
SS U-55 (O3)

Allied Ships
DM Rizal
DM Hart

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Sub attack at 113,66

Japanese Ships
SS No. 44

Allied Ships
DD Edwards
DD Trever
DD Yarborough
DD Farenholt
DD MacDonough
DD McCawley
DD Shubrick
DD Turner
DD Aulick
DD Hovey
DD Stansbury
DD O'Bannon
DD Roper
DD Upshur
DD Claxton
DD Aaron Ward
DD Tatnall
DD Montgomery
DD Radford
DD Lamberton
DD Lea
DD Mugford

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TF 62 troops unloading over beach at Johnston Island, 102,74


Japanese ground losses:
1901 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Clark Field

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 92975 troops, 376 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 40831 troops, 207 guns, 0 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
194 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Clark Field

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22353 troops, 188 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 119814 troops, 377 guns, 47 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
687 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Johnston Island

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 4266 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 90 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Johnston Island base !!!

[bwheatley]

My Carrier found what i was hoping for TANKERS!
My BB fleet is going to try to intercept them. My Planes will hopefully launch a strike. Hopefully i can cripple his fuel supply before he launchs his attack. Only 4 TK's too thats hardly enough to sustain all the fuel those thirsty BB's will use. He obviously is not used to WPO yet in terms of fuel usage. Wish my luck boys.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/15/26

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ASW attack near Nagasaki at 58,42

Japanese Ships
DD Kashiwa
DD Kaba
DD Kagero
DD No.1

Allied Ships
SS S-40

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ASW attack near Johnston Island at 102,74

Japanese Ships
DD No.13
DD No.11
DD No.9
DD No.7

Allied Ships
SS R-2

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ASW attack near Johnston Island at 102,74

Japanese Ships
DD No.13
DD No.11
DD No.9
DD No.7

Allied Ships
SS R-2


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Ground combat at Clark Field

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 83283 troops, 406 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 39502 troops, 178 guns, 0 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
190 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Clark Field

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22038 troops, 169 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 122682 troops, 406 guns, 45 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
332 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 1

[Matto]

Did he spotted your spotters (if yes, he will probably change location of his tankers) ? And which hex you will choice for BBs attack ? Looking foward for next turn ... [8D]

[bwheatley]

How can i tell if he spotted my spotters? I figured as soon as my planes spotted him he spotted me. Isn't that how it works? if not how do you know when they see your planes?

Good news and not so good news. Good news I intercepted his fleet with 6 AO's & 1 AE...
bad news i only sunk 6 Destroyers the rest bugged out. Other not so good news my CV reacted away from enemy carriers so no planes launched. But that did tell me he has his carriers in the area too. The bb's were set to retire so they are retreating at flank speed to PH from the north. The CV bugged out to the south and her DD escorts are running low on fuel so i've put in a course for palmyra. There is 2500 gallons of fuel there i will load up and then return to pearl. I have recalled all my subs and now they are in a screen to the West & SOUTH of Pearl for 4 hexes in those directions now. I just put out 200 mines at lahania and i also just landed a marine RGT at lahania 111 AP. Forts are at 3 on lahania. 1200 mines are a few days away to reinforce lahania. I hope to bleed his units when he lands on lahania. And then use my fleet to engage.

John told me he was sad that we missed a big fleet battle It would not have gone in my favor just from sheer numbers. I got lucky in this fight i counted 8 torpedoes that missed their mark on me while i hit him with all 4 i fired. And they were big 22inchers .
I did what i had hoped i would have a shot to do.

1) Catch john off guard
2) Hit a weak fleet (hopefully sink some tankers ) and retreat without engaging his main battle line

It was just dumb luck that had me out there. Right time right place i guess.
No reason to get cocky yet. But it think its more of a psych advantage then military .
He's been hit when he wasn't expecting it. Though he did have a hell of a guard for those AO's they will be his lifeline. I have a different strategy. I don't really want to engage his battlefleet if i dont have to. I would rather strangle his supply line. His BB"s can be in tip top shape but they still use fuel even to sit in dock and wait for me.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/16/26


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Night Time Surface Combat at 100,74

Japanese Ships
DD Nadakaze
DD Namikaze, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
DD Kaya, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
DD Kiku, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Minazuki, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Kikuzuki, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
DD Urunami
DD Isonami, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AE Kashino
AO Ondo
AO Sata
AO Shiretoko
AO Tsurumi
AO Sunosaki Maru
AO Noshima

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina, Shell hits 3
BB Maryland
BB Colorado
BB Washington
DD Schley
DD Champlin
DD Chew
DD Hazelwood

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ASW attack near Johnston Island at 102,74

Japanese Ships
DD No.13
DD No.11
DD No.9
DD No.7
BB Kaga

Allied Ships
SS R-2, hits 2


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Ground combat at Clark Field

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 82968 troops, 413 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 39915 troops, 185 guns, 0 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
354 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


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Ground combat at Clark Field

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22157 troops, 173 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 123533 troops, 414 guns, 47 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
360 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Bataan

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1860 troops, 36 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 1032 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported

[bwheatley]

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR 07/16/26

Avro 504L reports suspected submarine at 58,41
Martin SC-1 sighting report: 9 Japanese ships at 100,73 , Speed 5 , Moving East
Heinkel HD25 reports suspected submarine at 102,74
Vought UO-1H sighting report: 6 Japanese ships at 102,74 , Speed 7 , Moving East
Vought UO-1H has spotted Owari at 102,74
Nagasaki expands airfield to size 6
Luang Prabang expands airfield to size 1
Midway expands airfield to size 1
Borzya expands airfield to size 2

[bwheatley]

Nothing much on the sigint but i'm curious to know how i can tell if he spots my planes that spotted him?

[Matto]

From my WitP experience I can say, that if spotting report is in Opertional Report, your planes were spotted ... or your opponent can find it in Operational Report = he will propably change location or heading of spotted TF. On the other way, I know situations, when report was not in the Operational Report but TF was spotted (and displayed on the map). So I'm not sure, but then I expect, that spotter was not spotted ...
Any similar experience ?

[bwheatley]

Ahh that makes sense i guess. But regardless of wether you are spotted or not if you see something it will show up on the plane spotting cycles right??

IE 2 Japanese ships blah blah

Either way i'm happy my intercept went ok i just wish i could have banged up those AO's those are the only 6 he starts with and i had my chance to screw him over. But to me bringing the AO's and AE's out says he's going to have them halfway between pearl & johnston as a midarea refueling group. Maybe i will leave Langley at palmyra and come up and hit him when he moves his main fleet in for the kill. Though i dont know. I'd be tempted to leave a fleet of BB's to guard them because they are so valuable. But leaving a fleet to guard them would leave me weaker so i might not.

Btw AE's let you rearm in the middle of the ocean right?

[Matto]

Yeah, you will know the infomation from last day afternoon usually, it means, you can compute where spotted ship will be during night turn and than after day turn ... with bigger probability of mistake

Btw AE's let you rearm in the middle of the ocean right?

Really not sure ... it is in WitP from 1944 I think. So it will doesnt work I suppose, AEs ships will help you rearm gig ships in small harbors ...