Marshall Islands:
My Vals were set to Night Attack hoping to catch some CVEs and it worked... partially.
Night Air attack on TF, near Ailinglaplap at 133,117
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 62 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 2 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied Ships
CVE Prince William
CVE Sangamon
CVE Chenango
So my Vals flew at night and went right for the CVEs !!! Unfortunately they all missed. A single 250kg hit on one of those CVE has a decent chance of disabling air ops for that ship.. They are a threat to those lightly armored ships. So we will see if Nomad does anything. The Vals are still set to night attack again this turn.
Xargun
More Variants - The End of Western Imperialism - No Nomad please (Feb 1944)
Moderators: wdolson, MOD_War-in-the-Pacific-Admirals-Edition
May 14th, 1943
No combat actions happened this turn.
Xargun
Xargun
May 15th, 1943
Sub Warfare:
S-35 fires two torpedoes at DD Samidare and misses. In return the DD reports minor damage inflicted on the enemy sub.
Marshall Islands:
My night-flying Vals strike out at a pair of enemy DDs at Ailinglaplap. Only 5 Vals fly (makes no sense) and miss both targets.
Xargun
S-35 fires two torpedoes at DD Samidare and misses. In return the DD reports minor damage inflicted on the enemy sub.
Marshall Islands:
My night-flying Vals strike out at a pair of enemy DDs at Ailinglaplap. Only 5 Vals fly (makes no sense) and miss both targets.
Xargun
May 16th, 1943
Sub Warfare:
SS Gar launches two torpedoes at xAK Okiyu Maru with one hitting eventually sinking her. Escorts report minor damage inflicted on sub.
Xargun
SS Gar launches two torpedoes at xAK Okiyu Maru with one hitting eventually sinking her. Escorts report minor damage inflicted on sub.
Xargun
May 17th, 1943
No combat events this turn...
Xargun
Xargun
May 18th, 1943
No combat events this turn.
My two newest CVs are 1 and 3 days from being finished with their upgrades - then they can join the fleet. Another CV arrives in like 12 days and another one behind it in less than 30 days - with another CVL between the two. A7M2 Sams just flipped to 12/43 !!! They are on track to be in production sometime in late july.
Xargun
My two newest CVs are 1 and 3 days from being finished with their upgrades - then they can join the fleet. Another CV arrives in like 12 days and another one behind it in less than 30 days - with another CVL between the two. A7M2 Sams just flipped to 12/43 !!! They are on track to be in production sometime in late july.
Xargun
May 19th, 1943
Sub Warfare:
O16 is sighted in the Straights of Malacca and hammered by DD Sagiri. Multiple near misses and two direct hits for O16 to the surface just as DD Sagiri runs out of depth charges !! After several sprays of 25mm fire into the sub, it slips beneath the waves and a crushing noise is heard !!
Marshall Islands:
B-25s attack ground troops at Mili inflicting some losses.
Xargun
O16 is sighted in the Straights of Malacca and hammered by DD Sagiri. Multiple near misses and two direct hits for O16 to the surface just as DD Sagiri runs out of depth charges !! After several sprays of 25mm fire into the sub, it slips beneath the waves and a crushing noise is heard !!
Marshall Islands:
B-25s attack ground troops at Mili inflicting some losses.
Xargun
May 20th, 1943
Marshall Island:
B-25s bomb the Naval Fortress at Mili. Looks like this will be his next target. The fortress at Ponape did some damage to his ships so he is trying to avoid the same fate.
Xargun
B-25s bomb the Naval Fortress at Mili. Looks like this will be his next target. The fortress at Ponape did some damage to his ships so he is trying to avoid the same fate.
Xargun
May 21st, 1943
Marshall Island:
B-25s bomb the Naval Fortress at Mili.
After sitting still for a couple months undergoing upgrades and repairs my CVs are at sea again.
Xargun
B-25s bomb the Naval Fortress at Mili.
After sitting still for a couple months undergoing upgrades and repairs my CVs are at sea again.
Xargun
May 22nd, 1943
China:
Enemy Corps arrives at Ansi and bombards to see what I have. The attack does no damage to my 3 Tank units.
Marshall Islands:
B-25s strafe my Naval Fortress at Mili again. The fortress only has a couple squads left active - everything else is disabled. Figure 1-3 days before he bombs it into oblivion. Wish we could buy these units back.
Xargun
Enemy Corps arrives at Ansi and bombards to see what I have. The attack does no damage to my 3 Tank units.
Marshall Islands:
B-25s strafe my Naval Fortress at Mili again. The fortress only has a couple squads left active - everything else is disabled. Figure 1-3 days before he bombs it into oblivion. Wish we could buy these units back.
Xargun
May 23rd, 1943
Burma:
My Nells finally flew an attack mission at the dozens of ships I have spotted at Cox's Bazar - my escorts even flew with them. But for an unknown reason they carried bombs instead of Torpedoes. WTF ?? Their HQ is at the base and has 200 torpedoes, so why the hell are my Nells not carrying them ?
China:
My tanks attacked the Chinese Corps at Ansi inflicting decent losses.
Ground combat at Ansi (80,23)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1845 troops, 0 guns, 249 vehicles, Assault Value = 129
Defending force 13140 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 471
Japanese adjusted assault: 80
Allied adjusted defense: 81
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
260 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 29 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
31st Tankette Co
Defending units:
85th Chinese Corps
Xargun
My Nells finally flew an attack mission at the dozens of ships I have spotted at Cox's Bazar - my escorts even flew with them. But for an unknown reason they carried bombs instead of Torpedoes. WTF ?? Their HQ is at the base and has 200 torpedoes, so why the hell are my Nells not carrying them ?
China:
My tanks attacked the Chinese Corps at Ansi inflicting decent losses.
Ground combat at Ansi (80,23)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1845 troops, 0 guns, 249 vehicles, Assault Value = 129
Defending force 13140 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 471
Japanese adjusted assault: 80
Allied adjusted defense: 81
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
260 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 29 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
31st Tankette Co
Defending units:
85th Chinese Corps
Xargun
May 24th, 1943
Sub Warfare:
RO-34 fired two torpedoes at LST-458 with both hitting. Sinking noises were heard after the combat !! The sub escaped without damage as well. No troops reported lost but not sure what else an LST would be carrying. My guess is an invasion TF heading for Japanese held Merauke.
Sub attack near Horn Island at 89,127
Japanese Ships
SS RO-34
Allied Ships
LST-458, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
SC-639
AM Launceton
AM Geelong
APA Hunter Liggett
APA W.A. Holbrook
LST-460
DD Hale
DD Bamback
DD Lockard
SC-640
Burma:
My Nells attacked the ships at Cox's Bazar again this turn and Hurricanes were waiting for us. The Zero's flying cap kept the enemy fighters off the Nells until they made their runs, then the fighters shot down multiple Nells. But we landed 3 torpedo hits on two xAKLs sinking them both.
Xargun
RO-34 fired two torpedoes at LST-458 with both hitting. Sinking noises were heard after the combat !! The sub escaped without damage as well. No troops reported lost but not sure what else an LST would be carrying. My guess is an invasion TF heading for Japanese held Merauke.
Sub attack near Horn Island at 89,127
Japanese Ships
SS RO-34
Allied Ships
LST-458, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
SC-639
AM Launceton
AM Geelong
APA Hunter Liggett
APA W.A. Holbrook
LST-460
DD Hale
DD Bamback
DD Lockard
SC-640
Burma:
My Nells attacked the ships at Cox's Bazar again this turn and Hurricanes were waiting for us. The Zero's flying cap kept the enemy fighters off the Nells until they made their runs, then the fighters shot down multiple Nells. But we landed 3 torpedo hits on two xAKLs sinking them both.
Xargun
May 25th, 1943
Burma:
Knowing there were Hurricanes flying cap at Cox's I sent in my super-sized Frank Sentai. I lost 4 Franks - 2 to A2A and to 2 ops. Reports indicate 9 Hurricanes shot down and 8 more lost to ops.
Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 75
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 32
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 8 destroyed
China:
My tanks attacks the Chinese Corps at Ansi again and got much better results - more what I expect.
Ground combat at Ansi (80,23)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1845 troops, 0 guns, 247 vehicles, Assault Value = 126
Defending force 12817 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 431
Japanese adjusted assault: 57
Allied adjusted defense: 102
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Allied ground losses:
242 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
23rd Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
31st Tankette Co
Defending units:
85th Chinese Corps
Marshall Islands:
B-25s finished off the Naval Fortress at Mili this turn. The base will probably auto flip to allies next turn.
SRA:
The enemy amphib TF my sub took a piece of last turn arrives at Merauke and unloads. Not sure if anything made it to shore in good condition as the amphib results look bad and there was now enemy unit at Merauke on the display.
Amphibious Assault at Merauke (89,124)
TF 52 troops unloading over beach at Merauke, 89,124
Allied ground losses:
267 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 48 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 42 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 16 (0 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Vehicles lost 16 (0 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Xargun
Knowing there were Hurricanes flying cap at Cox's I sent in my super-sized Frank Sentai. I lost 4 Franks - 2 to A2A and to 2 ops. Reports indicate 9 Hurricanes shot down and 8 more lost to ops.
Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 75
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 32
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 8 destroyed
China:
My tanks attacks the Chinese Corps at Ansi again and got much better results - more what I expect.
Ground combat at Ansi (80,23)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1845 troops, 0 guns, 247 vehicles, Assault Value = 126
Defending force 12817 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 431
Japanese adjusted assault: 57
Allied adjusted defense: 102
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Allied ground losses:
242 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
23rd Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
31st Tankette Co
Defending units:
85th Chinese Corps
Marshall Islands:
B-25s finished off the Naval Fortress at Mili this turn. The base will probably auto flip to allies next turn.
SRA:
The enemy amphib TF my sub took a piece of last turn arrives at Merauke and unloads. Not sure if anything made it to shore in good condition as the amphib results look bad and there was now enemy unit at Merauke on the display.
Amphibious Assault at Merauke (89,124)
TF 52 troops unloading over beach at Merauke, 89,124
Allied ground losses:
267 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 48 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 42 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 16 (0 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Vehicles lost 16 (0 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Xargun
May 26th, 1943
China:
My tanks attacked the Chinese Corps at Ansi again and took some losses this time but inflicted large losses on the Chinese.
Ground combat at Ansi (80,23)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1813 troops, 0 guns, 247 vehicles, Assault Value = 125
Defending force 12537 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 398
Japanese adjusted assault: 77
Allied adjusted defense: 219
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
508 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 64 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Assaulting units:
23rd Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
31st Tankette Co
Defending units:
85th Chinese Corps
Burma:
My helens bombed some allied troops in the jungle and lost 8 aircraft to ops and flak.
SRA:
Allied troops capture Merauke. My surface Combat TF arrived during the night but the allied TF had fled. Unfortunately I thought that might happen as we were spotted 4 hexes away last turn.
Marshall Islands:
Those damn B-25s wiped out the Naval Fortress at Jaluit this turn. Apparently forts mean nothing.
Xargun
My tanks attacked the Chinese Corps at Ansi again and took some losses this time but inflicted large losses on the Chinese.
Ground combat at Ansi (80,23)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1813 troops, 0 guns, 247 vehicles, Assault Value = 125
Defending force 12537 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 398
Japanese adjusted assault: 77
Allied adjusted defense: 219
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
508 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 64 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Assaulting units:
23rd Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
31st Tankette Co
Defending units:
85th Chinese Corps
Burma:
My helens bombed some allied troops in the jungle and lost 8 aircraft to ops and flak.
SRA:
Allied troops capture Merauke. My surface Combat TF arrived during the night but the allied TF had fled. Unfortunately I thought that might happen as we were spotted 4 hexes away last turn.
Marshall Islands:
Those damn B-25s wiped out the Naval Fortress at Jaluit this turn. Apparently forts mean nothing.
Xargun
May 27th, 1943
Sub Warfare:
RO-34 is spotted by enemy ships and sunk.
China:
My tanks attack at Ansi, but the Chinese have slipped in another Corps and an army HQ. We suffer minor losses but inflict decent losses.
Ground combat at Ansi (80,23)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1768 troops, 0 guns, 244 vehicles, Assault Value = 124
Defending force 23619 troops, 127 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 782
Japanese adjusted assault: 60
Allied adjusted defense: 132
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
267 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
31st Tankette Co
Defending units:
12th Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps
3rd Group Army
Marshall Islands:
B-25s have shifted their attacks to Maloelap. Looks like they are going to wipe out each fortress in turn.
Xargun
RO-34 is spotted by enemy ships and sunk.
China:
My tanks attack at Ansi, but the Chinese have slipped in another Corps and an army HQ. We suffer minor losses but inflict decent losses.
Ground combat at Ansi (80,23)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1768 troops, 0 guns, 244 vehicles, Assault Value = 124
Defending force 23619 troops, 127 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 782
Japanese adjusted assault: 60
Allied adjusted defense: 132
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
267 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
31st Tankette Co
Defending units:
12th Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps
3rd Group Army
Marshall Islands:
B-25s have shifted their attacks to Maloelap. Looks like they are going to wipe out each fortress in turn.
Xargun
May 28th, 1943
South Pacific:
As my SC TF moved southeast towards Ponape for some reason it separated from its CV TF escorts. As an ill advised time as allied CVs west of Ponape spotted them and launched an attack. Strange in many ways... The attack consisted of only 69 bombers against multiple BBs and escorts. No fighter escort. In two waves the enemy bombers landed numerous bombs on BB Kongo starting some fires. The ship is fine and has no danger of currently sinking. My CVs reacted towards the enemy but didn't do anything. I am truly at my wits end on CV behavior.
Xargun
As my SC TF moved southeast towards Ponape for some reason it separated from its CV TF escorts. As an ill advised time as allied CVs west of Ponape spotted them and launched an attack. Strange in many ways... The attack consisted of only 69 bombers against multiple BBs and escorts. No fighter escort. In two waves the enemy bombers landed numerous bombs on BB Kongo starting some fires. The ship is fine and has no danger of currently sinking. My CVs reacted towards the enemy but didn't do anything. I am truly at my wits end on CV behavior.
Xargun
May 29th, 1943
Marshall Islands:
Regiment B of the 40th US Infantry Division comes ashore at Mili and captures it in an atoll shock attack against no defenders.
B-25s hit the naval fortress at Maloelap again inflicting decent losses.
South Pacific:
My SC and CV TF head north away from the allied DS and it did not pursue.
Xargun
Regiment B of the 40th US Infantry Division comes ashore at Mili and captures it in an atoll shock attack against no defenders.
B-25s hit the naval fortress at Maloelap again inflicting decent losses.
South Pacific:
My SC and CV TF head north away from the allied DS and it did not pursue.
Xargun
May 30th, 1943
Marshall Islands:
B-25s attacked the Maloelap naval fortress enmass and found some 5c Zeros waiting for them !! Intel reports 9 B-25s shot down. The Naval Fortress still got hammered, but fighters over here should give him pause now.
C Regiment of the 40th Infantry Division lands and captures Jaluit.
Xargun
B-25s attacked the Maloelap naval fortress enmass and found some 5c Zeros waiting for them !! Intel reports 9 B-25s shot down. The Naval Fortress still got hammered, but fighters over here should give him pause now.
C Regiment of the 40th Infantry Division lands and captures Jaluit.
Xargun
May 31st, 1943
Marshall Islands:
B-25s make a night time raid on the airfield at Roi-Namur hoping to catch some fighters there but due to darkness they find very little except death. Six B-25s are lost - 4 to flak and 2 to ops. They scored minimal hits and did not damage a single plane.
Xargun
B-25s make a night time raid on the airfield at Roi-Namur hoping to catch some fighters there but due to darkness they find very little except death. Six B-25s are lost - 4 to flak and 2 to ops. They scored minimal hits and did not damage a single plane.
Xargun
June 1st, 1943
Marshall Islands:
Enemy Corsairs sweep the skies over Roi-Namur finding no fighters in the air.
Xargun
Enemy Corsairs sweep the skies over Roi-Namur finding no fighters in the air.
Xargun