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My son and his wife are expecting their second child, but here six weeks early she has been in and out of the hospital, currently in under observation, and of course they are half the country away....so my game pace has slowed down this past week. Just got off a turn, hope I didn't make too many mistakes. Normally this is where I get hammered.

Jan 4, 1944

Only have the replay,

Foochow is a really nice base, already somewhat built up.

Amoy will fall with the next attack...


Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1332 troops, 9 guns, 263 vehicles, Assault Value = 147

Defending force 1352 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 53

Allied adjusted assault: 149

Japanese adjusted defense: 3

Allied assault odds: 49 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied forces CAPTURE Foochow !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
1081 casualties reported
Squads: 44 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 9 (6 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
4th USMC Tank Battalion
766th Tank Battalion
767th Tank Battalion

Defending units:
1st RGC Route Brigade
2nd RGC Route Brigade

Lowpe wrote: Mon May 27, 2024 8:04 pm My son and his wife are expecting their second child, but here six weeks early she has been in and out of the hospital, currently in under observation, and of course they are half the country away....so my game pace has slowed down this past week. Just got off a turn, hope I didn't make too many mistakes. Normally this is where I get hammered.

Sorry to hear this. I hope your daughter-in-law and her baby come through just fine. I wouldn't worry about keeping this up while you have real concerns like that.

Cheers,
CB

Will combine our small task forces into larger ones to protect against surface raiders....not much IJA forces at Ningpo, Chuisen, Wenchow etc...if our tanks can move fast enough, before some of the IJA destroyed divisions respawn at Tokyo I should be able to get quite a bit closer to Honshu.

losses for the day

CaptBeefheart wrote: Tue May 28, 2024 1:09 am

Lowpe wrote: Mon May 27, 2024 8:04 pm My son and his wife are expecting their second child, but here six weeks early she has been in and out of the hospital, currently in under observation, and of course they are half the country away....so my game pace has slowed down this past week. Just got off a turn, hope I didn't make too many mistakes. Normally this is where I get hammered.

Sorry to hear this. I hope your daughter-in-law and her baby come through just fine. I wouldn't worry about keeping this up while you have real concerns like that.

Cheers,
CB

My wishes as well for a good outcome.

Real life comes first. If you have to slow down your game, just let your opponent know if you have not done so. This AAR is the least of your concerns. Take care and again, best wishes.

Jan 5, 1944
First Kamikaze strike today...

More good progress, Chinese coastline bases are almost all ours now. Our repair ships are moving forward, and it seems like steady supply moving.

Losses

Synch bug....replay has the destroyer sinking, but the actual report is only one hit....first kamikaze strike

Morning Air attack on TF, near Hong Kong at 77,62

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 12
D4Y1-C Judy x 7

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIf x 2
Beaufighter VIc x 3
Beaufighter TF.X x 2
P-38H Lightning x 2
F6F-3 Hellcat x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M8 Zero: 2 destroyed
D4Y1-C Judy: 4 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
DD Terry, Kamikaze hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x D4Y1-C Judy flying as kamikaze

CAP engaged:
VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 1000 , scrambling fighters to 4000.
Raid is overhead
VRF-3F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
1 planes vectored on to bombers
No.27 Sqn RAF with Beaufighter VIc (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000.
Raid is overhead
No.89 Sqn RAF with Beaufighter VIf (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000.
Raid is overhead
No.211 Sqn RAF with Beaufighter TF.X (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.

Biggest engagement of the night....several skirmishes with three different IJN SAG. The other two SAGS was a 5 ship destroyer and the other had 3-4 light cruisers plus destroyers.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Taihoku at 87,63, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Kumano, Shell hits 5
DD Fujinami
DD Kishinami
DD Hamanami, Shell hits 31, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Taylor, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
DD Wadsworth
DD Gansevoort, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
DD Kalk, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Ellet

Low visibility due to Rain with 64% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Rain and 64% moonlight: 1,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
Range closes to 2,000 yards...
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
Wogan, T.L. crosses the 'T'
CA Kumano engages DD Kalk at 1,000 yards
CA Kumano engages DD Kalk at 1,000 yards
DD Hamanami engages DD Gansevoort at 1,000 yards
DD Wadsworth engages DD Hamanami at 1,000 yards
DD Taylor engages DD Hamanami at 1,000 yards
Range increases to 2,000 yards
DD Ellet engages DD Hamanami at 2,000 yards
DD Hamanami engages DD Kalk at 2,000 yards
DD Kishinami engages DD Gansevoort at 2,000 yards
DD Gansevoort engages DD Fujinami at 2,000 yards
DD Hamanami sunk by DD Taylor at 2,000 yards
CA Kumano engages DD Gansevoort at 2,000 yards
DD Kishinami engages DD Kalk at 2,000 yards
DD Fujinami engages DD Gansevoort at 2,000 yards
DD Fujinami engages DD Taylor at 2,000 yards
Wogan, T.L. orders Allied TF to disengage
Task forces break off...

Lowpe wrote: Fri May 31, 2024 10:54 am Jan 5, 1943
First Kamikaze strike today...

You might want to check that date since the date that you posted and the date on the picture are different.

I wonder how much more damage that the kamikaze did compared to a Judy with a bomb hit. Although for older aircraft, it might be a good way to use up the planes.

You are paying attention.

Lowpe wrote: Fri May 31, 2024 12:55 pm You are paying attention.

I was trained to be observant! Other things with that job were fun!

One time, I received a letter from a government worker dated on a certain date which referenced a meeting that occurred the next day. I showed it to someone, she did not see what was wrong with the letter until I pointed out the date of the letter and the date of the meeting. The postmark on the envelope was also a day before the meeting!

Jan 6th, 1944

Our shore bombardments do good work...follow up sweeps by corsairs.
Night Naval bombardment of Taihoku at 87,63

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M8 Zero: 41 damaged
A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed on ground
Ki-84r Frank: 1 damaged
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed on ground
F1M2 Pete: 5 damaged
F1M2 Pete: 1 destroyed on ground
J2M2 Jack: 6 damaged
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-15-II Babs: 5 damaged
Ki-15-II Babs: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
CA Louisville
CA Northampton
DD Murray
DD Jenkins
DD Hale
DD Conway
DD Chevalier

Japanese ground losses:
356 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)

Manpower hits 5
Light Industry hits 1
Resources hits 2
Fires 1324
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 63
Port hits 26
Port supply hits 2

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Louisville
CA Louisville firing at Taihoku
CA Northampton firing at Taihoku
DD Murray firing at Taihoku
DD Jenkins firing at Taihoku
DD Hale firing at Taihoku
DD Conway firing at Taihoku
DD Chevalier firing at 31st Ind.Mixed Brigade

Night Naval bombardment of Takao at 84,65

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N1 Jill: 10 damaged
E13A1 Jake: 9 damaged
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-84r Frank: 5 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Frobisher
CA Australia
CA Shropshire
CA Chicago

Japanese ground losses:
396 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 14 (3 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Resources hits 1
Manpower hits 2
Fires 718
Airbase hits 23
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 29
Port hits 5

CA Frobisher firing at 52nd Division
Seagull V acting as spotter for CA Australia
CA Australia firing at Takao

final two:

Night Naval bombardment of Pescadores at 84,63

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 4 damaged
A6M5b Zero: 3 destroyed on ground
A6M8 Zero: 4 damaged
A6M8 Zero: 2 destroyed on ground
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 3 damaged
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
BB Indiana

Japanese ground losses:
193 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Indiana
BB Indiana firing at Pescadores


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Night Naval bombardment of Kagi at 85,64

Allied Ships
CL Trenton
DD Farragut
DD Case
DD Frankford
DD Baldwin
DD Satterlee
DD Caldwell
DD Lansdowne

Japanese ground losses:
181 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Manpower hits 1
Fires 32
Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 28
Port hits 13
Port fuel hits 1

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Trenton
CL Trenton firing at Kagi
DD Farragut firing at Kagi

IJN raider operating outside of Luzon...

Day Time Surface Combat, near Busuanga at 77,79, Range 18,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CL Marblehead
DD Aaron Ward
DD Buchanan, Shell hits 2, on fire

Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...

Poor mans sweep....flying the Hellcats high above the Avengers....I think we get a favorable trade against his fighters, but a plain sweep with Corsairs would have worked better.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hong Kong at 77,61

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1
A6M5c Zero x 1
A6M8 Zero x 48
N1K1-J George x 3
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 1
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 16
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1
Ki-61-Id Tony x 12
Ki-84r Frank x 2

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 33
TBF-1 Avenger x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M8 Zero: 4 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-61-Id Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed
TBF-1 Avenger: 6 destroyed

CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with A6M8 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 7000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
1 planes vectored on to bombers
26th Sentai Det A with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 7000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
1 planes vectored on to bombers
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5c Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 7000.
Raid is overhead
Yokosuka Ku S-2 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, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
254 Ku S-1 with A6M8 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
253 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 7000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 7000.
Raid is overhead
87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (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 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
1 planes vectored on to bombers
50th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (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 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes
1 planes vectored on to bombers
59th 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 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes
1001 Ku U-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
251 Ku S-1 Det A with A6M8 Zero (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 7000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 7000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers
202 Ku S-1 Det B with A6M8 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 7000.
Raid is overhead
958 Ku T-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 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 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers
54th 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, 10 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
1 planes vectored on to bombers
78th Sentai with Ki-61-Id Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 10 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes
6 planes vectored on to bombers
282 Ku S-1 Det A with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 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 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
265th Sentai with Ki-61-Id Tony (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 7000.
Raid is overhead
1 planes vectored on to bombers
Unyo-1 with A6M8 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
Chuyo-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
20th Sentai with Ki-43-IV Oscar (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 35000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 35000.
Raid is overhead
1 planes vectored on to bombers

losses

Moving forward in China....