At dawn we slept...in the cab on the way back from Olongapo

[Cap Mandrake]

I think this Kittyhawk is actually flying from Taytay. Well, that does it. AF is closed.

Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 5
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 3
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 35
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 7
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 36

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 8 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk III: 1 damaged
Kittyhawk III: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6

[Cap Mandrake]

Defenseless

Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 15

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 1

[Cap Mandrake]

Supply is just trickling over from Bataan. Most of our arty is out of ammo. It's bad. This is their most effective attack yet.

Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 29056 troops, 386 guns, 156 vehicles, Assault Value = 796

Defending force 34094 troops, 558 guns, 315 vehicles, Assault Value = 831

Japanese adjusted assault: 986

Allied adjusted defense: 1132

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
1809 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 168 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
861 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 92 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 20 (3 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Vehicles lost 26 (6 destroyed, 20 disabled)

Assaulting units:
10th Division
16th Division
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Art.Mortar Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
54th British Brigade
4th Marine Regiment
51st PA Infantry Division
57th PS Infantry Regiment
45th PS Infantry Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
2nd Constabulary Regiment
31st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Infantry Regiment
762nd Tank Battalion
91st PA Infantry Division
4th Constabulary Regiment
24th PS FA Regiment
Clark Field AAF Base Force
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
103rd PA Infantry Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
III/Prov'nl SPM Grp
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
165th Field Artillery Battalion
501st Coast AA Regiment
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

[Cap Mandrake]

I start everyone on the march back to Bataan. We will have too many hungry troops in Bataan but it is at least level 3 forts.

[Cap Mandrake]

Even some crappy Sonias

Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 54 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 22
Ki-51 Sonia x 18
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 1

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk III: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1

[Cap Mandrake]

New Guinea: Building up Biak to level 2 AF (and eventually level 8). Sarmi is up to level 4 1/2 and will be able to launch heavy bomber raids on Beazalbob soon.

Manokwari landing force embarking.

[Cap Mandrake]

****************************May 10, 1943(e)************************

Sumatra: "Rear guard" survivors of the Padang defeat are pushed back.

Ground combat at 46,84 (near Sawahloento)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 11726 troops, 99 guns, 37 vehicles, Assault Value = 797

Defending force 997 troops, 3 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

Japanese adjusted assault: 172

Allied adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 57 to 1

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

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

Allied ground losses:
375 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
38th Division
5th Division

Defending units:
19th Australian Bde /5
117th RAF Base Force

[Cap Mandrake]

LARP'ers have a bad day at Benkoelen. They need some AAA

Morning Air attack on 111th LRP Brigade, at 45,91 (Benkoelen)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 3
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 28

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (3 destroyed, 3 disabled)

[RangerJoe]

Bring in some AAA to Bataan.

You can either have the amphibious TF stop one hex away or in the same hex as the target but "Do Not Unload" on set. Then let them unload.

Be ready to invade Bataan or even send a unit to Clark from Bataan at the same time his start to move. Set them on "Reserve" mode so they will move relatively fast but not be involved in combat.

[Cap Mandrake]

Ichiki Detachment at Sabang just gets murderized. Multiple raids with heavys and dive bombers from the Andamans.

Morning Air attack on Ichiki Det. , at 44,70 (Sabang)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 7
B-24D Liberator x 20
B-24D1 Liberator x 51

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
225 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

[Cap Mandrake]

That "reserve" idea is interesting. So, if I set the low supply units at Clark to "reserve" during the retreat they will move faster?

[RangerJoe]

Yes. They will move at the "Move" rate I do believe but only if they do not engage in combat. Personally, at this stage of the game, I would not abandon Clark. Do anything that you can to get supplies to Bataan. Remember, CVEs full of fighters on CAP are not affected by being in a base. [;)]

[Cap Mandrake]

As for AAA, I did manage to get one dedicated AAA unit from Midway to Luzon some time ago but they are at Clark and half-disabled.

I don't think anything big is likely to get through. They have recon and subs blocking the Bonins-Marianaras gap, plus Vals at Pagan. I tried getting some LCT's up between the Moluccas and Beazalbob.....no way..shut down by naval bombers.

[Cap Mandrake]

Bataan is at 9500 to 10500 supply but then it has to trickle overland by trail to Clark. Bataan is mostly getting supplied by subs. I have no less that FIFTY subs involved plus more that are transitioning back to New Guinea for fuel. Say, on average 50 tons per sub load...so that's 2500 tons...but they have to back and forth to Palawan, load, unload, etc. I think that is about a 5 day round trip...so perhaps 500 tons a day. It's not enough with all the air raids and ground assaults at Clark. I have a few LCT's and LCM's at Taytay and one LST loading up in Mindanao but it is looking bad until we take Guam.

[Cap Mandrake]

Using CVE's as a floating AF in Bataan Harbor is interesting but they would have to GET there first. If we win the carrier battle around Guam then we can shower Bataan with luxuries and cold beer.

[RangerJoe]

What about a massive airlift with 4E bombers carrying supplies? Even just one turn?

Are you making plans to punch a way for your relief TFs to go to Luzon? Clark is a nice place for Strategic bombing of the Home Islands.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

What about a massive airlift with 4E bombers carrying supplies? Even just one turn?

Are you making plans to punch a way for your relief TFs to go to Luzon? Clark is a nice place for Strategic bombing of the Home Islands.

The airlift thing with B-24's is a good idea. I could stage maybe 70 B-24's at Cagayan and send them to Clark in a mass resupply raid.

I wonder how much supply a B-24 can carry at 13 hexes? If I could open the AF at Clark again then the emergency would be not over but delayed. Clark AF is now undamaged again.

[RangerJoe]

Check the load. Any fraction of 2,000 is still a unit of supplies if I remember correctly. I would have to look at the manual.

[Alfred]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I'm asking for a friend.

The pandemic has necessitated downsizing by eliminating all middle management and co-[:)]opting a "friend" to do their work on a voluntary basis?[:)]

1. TFs load/unload early in the Night Phase. All dependent on having OPs available to undertake the load/unload.

2. Aircraft transport 1 supply point per 2000lb load capacity (rounded down). Therefore an aircraft with a load capacity of 6600lb will transport 3 supply points.

Alfred

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Alfred

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I'm asking for a friend.

The pandemic has necessitated downsizing by eliminating all middle management and co-[:)]opting a "friend" to do their work on a voluntary basis?[:)]

1. TFs load/unload early in the Night Phase. All dependent on having OPs available to undertake the load/unload.

2. Aircraft transport 1 supply point per 2000lb load capacity (rounded down). Therefore an aircraft with a load capacity of 6600lb will transport 3 supply points.

Alfred

There you have it! The entrails have been spread and die has been cast! The oracle of the Matrix has spoken.

1) Indeed, the trick to a night TF amphibious unload is to be very close the unload point at the start of the night phase to preserve op points. This makes sense because that is what "op points" are simulating..time to do some task.

2) B-24D/D1 ..8000 lbs payload so that is 4 supply point per aircraft. If you assume a full payload (which may not be true at Davao which is still level 6)...70 bombers can deliver 280 supply points in one day (assuming no losses)

I don't think that can work. It will be like Goering at Stalingrad..with General Paulus and his men down to 800 calories a day.

Plus, you can't expect 72 AF service pts at Davao to keep 70 B-24's running.