More Variants - The Allies ride again - No xargun please

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 6:47 pm

May 14, 1943

Nothing

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 11:41 pm

May 15, 1943

Nothing

The Med is open now

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Oct 01, 2022 12:56 am

May 16, 1943

SS Gar finds a working Mk-14

Sub attack near Pagan at 110,88

Japanese Ships
xAK Okiyu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Nitiran Maru
xAK Akiura Maru
SC Ch 7

Allied Ships
SS Gar, hits 4

SS Gar launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Okiyu Maru
SC Ch 7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 7 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

She takes some damage, but not much, she will stay on station for a while to see what happens.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Oct 01, 2022 5:08 pm

May 17, 1943

Nothing

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Oct 01, 2022 8:31 pm

May 18, 1943

Nothing

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Oct 01, 2022 11:15 pm

May 19, 1943

Some action today.

Sadly, O-16 was lost

Submarine attack near Malacca at 49,82

Japanese Ships
DD Sagiri
DD Asagiri

Allied Ships
SS O16, hits 15, and is sunk

SS O16 is sighted by escort
DD Sagiri attacking submerged sub ....
DD Sagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sagiri attacking submerged sub ....
DD Sagiri is out of ASW ammo
SS O16 forced to surface!
DD Asagiri firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

Xargun still has his Vals at Roi-Namur set for a secondary target of Ailinglaplap, to their determint.

Afternoon Air attack on 70th Coast AA Regiment, at 133,117 (Ailinglaplap)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 16

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 8 destroyed

No Allied losses

CAP engaged:
13rd PS (P)/B with P-40E Warhawk (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
13rd PS (P)/C with P-40E Warhawk (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes

More than 8 were shot down, not sure how many. The game says 21, but there were only 16 on the mission according to the CR.
Tracker shows 16 shot down, so I will assume there were 16 downed.

B-25D1 Attack Bombers finally launch from Makin

Morning Air attack on Mili Naval Fortress, at 136,121 (Mili)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 30

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
106 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Mili Naval Fortress, at 136,121 (Mili)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Mili Naval Fortress, at 136,121 (Mili)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Mili Naval Fortress, at 136,121 (Mili)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Mili Naval Fortress, at 136,121 (Mili)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Mili Naval Fortress, at 136,121 (Mili)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

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

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Not many squads destroyed this turn, but there were a good number of disablements and they will turn
into destroyed squads in the near future.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sun Oct 02, 2022 2:37 am

May 20, 1943

The only action is the B-25D1s bombing Mili again
I should note that these pilots are not well trained on low ground bombing. But, they are gaining on that skill
everyday, plus their strafing skill and their experience. OJT is needed sometimes.

Morning Air attack on Mili Naval Fortress, at 136,121 (Mili)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 54

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 6 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese ground losses:
115 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Mili Naval Fortress, at 136,121 (Mili)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Mili Naval Fortress, at 136,121 (Mili)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Mili Naval Fortress, at 136,121 (Mili)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sun Oct 02, 2022 3:09 pm

May 21, 1943

More OJT at Mili
About 40-50% of my pilots are getting a LowG skill increase each turn with about 30-40% of them getting a strafe skill increase
and 1 or 2 are getting an experience gain

Afternoon Air attack on Mili Naval Fortress, at 136,121 (Mili)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 23

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Mili Naval Fortress, at 136,121 (Mili)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak

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

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Mili Naval Fortress, at 136,121 (Mili)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Mili Naval Fortress, at 136,121 (Mili)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Mili Naval Fortress, at 136,121 (Mili)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sun Oct 02, 2022 7:36 pm

May 22, 1943

More OJT at Mili

Morning Air attack on Mili Naval Fortress, at 136,121 (Mili)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 63

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
113 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 16 (12 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Mili Naval Fortress, at 136,121 (Mili)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 27

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sun Oct 02, 2022 9:58 pm

May 25, 1943

Not much

Mili bombing raids scrubbed, probably weather

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Mon Oct 03, 2022 12:16 am

May 24, 1943

An intriguing turn.

During the night I lost an LST with supplies by Horn Island
the sad thing is that my 52 ASW could not score an type of hit on the sub.
The 3 DDs are Fletcher subs.

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

My air missions to Mili were again scrubbed.

Xargun had some Nells attack a supply TF at Cox's Bazar, but I don't think it was worth it

Morning Air attack on TF, near Cox's Bazar at 54,43

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36
G3M3 Nell x 18

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
G3M3 Nell: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
xAKL Nanchang, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL St. Quentin, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

CAP engaged:
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (5 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
No.615 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (5 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes

The two xAKLs were small 2 point ships. Tracker says he lost 8 Nells and 3 Zeros for those two ships and
I lost 1 hurricane IIc.

Then on the ground he did a bombardment attack at Changsha, he has not done anything there for a while

Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 127912 troops, 1712 guns, 1234 vehicles, Assault Value = 4289

Defending force 144079 troops, 744 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4829

Japanese ground losses:
772 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 68 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled

Allied ground losses:
128 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Assaulting units:
24th Division
59th Infantry Brigade
35th Division
40th Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
60th Infantry Brigade
3rd Tank Division
3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
3rd Division
1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
6th Division
13th Division
12th Indpt Infantry Regiment
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8th Mountain Gun Regiment
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
13th Mortar Battalion
22nd AA Regiment
10th Mortar Battalion
4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Ind. Field Artillery Regiment
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
7th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
11th Field Artillery Regiment
22nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion

Defending units:
57th Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
24th Chinese Corps
50th Chinese Corps
79th Chinese Corps
46th Chinese Corps
60th Chinese Corps
65th Chinese Corps
73rd Chinese Corps
86th Chinese Corps
1st Artillery Regiment
29th Group Army
6th War Area
34th Group Army
18th Artillery Regiment
13th Chinese Base Force
3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment
26th Group Army
11th Chinese Base Force
22nd Artillery Regiment
49th AA Regiment

This popped up in tracker and they also show in the game sunk ship list
535 Ship TK Nissyo Maru Enemy ship sunk Collision at 95,58 near Shanghai Information
535 Ship TK Rikko Maru Enemy ship sunk Collision at 98,58 near Fukue-jima Information

If true, it would be a real bonus.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Mon Oct 03, 2022 3:37 pm

May 25, 1943

Something I should have expected and done different, Xargun swept Cox's Bazar with Franks

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

Aircraft Attacking:
66 x Ki-84r Frank sweeping at 31000 feet

CAP engaged:
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
No.615 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes

But it was not a real disaster, I lost 22 Hurricanes but 6 were write offs and of the 16 air-2-air losses I only
lost 6 pilots. He lost 4 Franks, 2 air-2-air and 2 ops.

It would appear I have eliminated all enemy forces on Mili, after todays bombing there is no LCU icon showing
and all my bomber squadrons reverted to commanders choice. So off to bomb Jaluit and a regiment to land at
Mili and claim it for the Allies.

Forces landed at Merauke. There is an enemy TF icon showing a bit NW of Merauke, so I will suspend unloading
supply and move South while I attack.

He did a DA at Ansi and I lost a few troops, but I do have more arriving soon

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

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Mon Oct 03, 2022 9:24 pm

May 26, 1943

Xargun tried bombing some of my troops in the jungle East of Akyab

Morning Air attack on 23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment, at 55,45 , near Akyab

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 5 damaged
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment, at 55,45 , near Akyab

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 8 damaged
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on B Sqn 3rd Hussars Regiment, at 55,45 , near Akyab

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 90 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 2 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

9 Helen bombers lost

Merauke is taken

Ground combat at Merauke (89,124)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3348 troops, 46 guns, 43 vehicles, Assault Value = 88

Defending force 378 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

Allied adjusted assault: 38

Japanese adjusted defense: 11

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

Allied forces CAPTURE Merauke !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), preparation(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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

Assaulting units:
3rd Australian/B Division

Defending units:
8th Indpt SNLF Coy

Another DA by Xargun at Ansi

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

From all appearances what ever enemy forces were on Jaluit are now gone
There is no LCU icon and once more my bombers target is reset to commanders choice.

Morning Air attack on Jaluit Naval Fortress, at 134,120 (Jaluit)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 51

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
265 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Jaluit Naval Fortress, at 134,120 (Jaluit)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 15

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Jaluit Naval Fortress, at 134,120 (Jaluit)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Jaluit Naval Fortress, at 134,120 (Jaluit)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

There is a TF 9 hexes NE of Truk that shows as 3 x CA. I am unsure what it might be
since it is 14 hexes from Ponape and that is my closest PBYs. I have not seen KB is a while
and it would be like Xargun to made a quick dash into the Marshall Islands and try to
sink a few ships. I have dispatched the DS to investigate.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Tue Oct 04, 2022 12:35 am

May 27, 1943

Got another sub near Horn Island

Submarine attack near Horn Island at 90,126

Japanese Ships
SS RO-34, hits 11, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Fanning
DD Dunlap
SC-738

SS RO-34 is sighted by escort
RO-34 bottoming out ....
DD Fanning fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fanning fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fanning attacking submerged sub ....
SS RO-34 forced to surface!
DD Dunlap firing on surfaced sub ....
SC-738 firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Fanning firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Dunlap firing on surfaced sub ....
SC-738 firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Fanning firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Dunlap firing on surfaced sub ....
SC-738 firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Dunlap firing on surfaced sub ....
SC-738 firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Dunlap firing on surfaced sub ....
SC-738 firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Fanning firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Dunlap firing on surfaced sub ....
SC-738 firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Fanning firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Dunlap firing on surfaced sub ....
SC-738 firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

Grinding down the defenders at Merauke

At Ansi

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

The 12th Chinese Corps and the 3rd Group Army HQ just arrived, they did not partake
in the defense as far as I know, they were in reserve mode. Both Corps will do a DA tomorrow
and we will see if I can evict the interlopers from my base.

Attack bombers at Maloelap

Morning Air attack on Maloelap Naval Fortress, at 136,117 (Maloelap)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 42

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
129 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Maloelap Naval Fortress, at 136,117 (Maloelap)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Maloelap Naval Fortress, at 136,117 (Maloelap)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Maloelap Naval Fortress, at 136,117 (Maloelap)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Maloelap Naval Fortress, at 136,117 (Maloelap)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

At the end of the month I will do a screenshot of the Marshall Islands

BBfanboy · Post by **BBfanboy** » Tue Oct 04, 2022 1:02 pm

I think doing a DA against 3 armoured units at Ansi would be unsuccessful, maybe even a disaster. The Chinese have a few 2 pounder A/T guns per unit but they are mostly used in defensive role, not in attacks. And Ansi does not have any urban terrain to help the attackers get close to the tanks.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Tue Oct 04, 2022 6:46 pm

May 28, 1943

The only disaster was to Japan

Ground combat at Ansi (80,23)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 22365 troops, 127 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 759

Defending force 1737 troops, 0 guns, 243 vehicles, Assault Value = 124

Allied adjusted assault: 675

Japanese adjusted defense: 56

Allied assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Ansi !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(-), preparation(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 229 (219 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Units retreated 3

Allied ground losses:
705 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 96 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
12th Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps
3rd Group Army

Defending units:
3rd Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
31st Tankette Co

that will put a dent in his tanks numbers.

Still grinding the enemy forces at Merauke

At sea near Ponape a situation has arrisin.
The TF in the green square hex is one I just attacked

Morning Air attack on TF, near Ponape at 118,108

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 38 minutes

Allied aircraft
Avenger I x 36
SBD-3 Dauntless x 33

Allied aircraft losses
Avenger I: 2 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
BB Kongo, Bomb hits 9, heavy fires
DD Arare
CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 1
DD Amagiri
CA Kako

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Avenger I bombing from 4000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
12 x Avenger I bombing from 4000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
23 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
12 x Avenger I bombing from 4000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
9 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
1 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb

Carrier support unable to supply air cover..
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring BB Kongo

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ponape at 118,108

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
Avenger I x 12

Allied aircraft losses
Avenger I: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
BB Haruna
DD Akebono
DD Amagiri

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Avenger I bombing from 4000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

Carrier support unable to supply air cover..
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring BB Kongo

The TF in the red square hex is KB, as shown in the second picture.
I am not sure why, but my air units attacked his BB TF instead of KB. It may have been weather
since he did not launch either. The BBs were 7 hexes away and no torpedoes were carried.

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I am not sure what I will do yet, I need to think on it.

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Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Tue Oct 04, 2022 7:11 pm

Xargun and I have discussed this turn on Discord. I think we have a serious problem with CV - CV engagements. This is the second time that
my attack has gone pear shaped. And the second time his CV TF has reacted to close the range and then not launched an attack.
Notice that I had no fighters escort my attack but I have fighters set for escort 0% CAP, 13,000 feet and range 10.

At this time I am going to wait until later, Xargun is going to delete his game directory and reinstall his copy of the game. I feel that it must
be his install because that is where the turn is resolved.

If anyone has any ideas I would love to hear about them

Well, after a couple of tests, it seems like maybe my exe was at fault, we have both reinstalled the game and we are pressing on

CaptBeefheart · Post by **CaptBeefheart** » Wed Oct 05, 2022 2:22 am

No idea, but good luck!

Cheers,
CB

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Wed Oct 05, 2022 3:29 am

May 29, 1943

We are not completely sure, but we think we have fixed our problem.

KB moved away, I have no idea where, I have no DL on it at all.

Mili was taken this turn, no opposition.

At Merauke, all enemy forces have been eliminated.

Bombing of forces on Maloelap continues.

BBfanboy · Post by **BBfanboy** » Wed Oct 05, 2022 3:37 pm

Nomad wrote: Tue Oct 04, 2022 7:11 pm Xargun and I have discussed this turn on Discord. I think we have a serious problem with CV - CV engagements. This is the second time that
my attack has gone pear shaped. And the second time his CV TF has reacted to close the range and then not launched an attack.
Notice that I had no fighters escort my attack but I have fighters set for escort 0% CAP, 13,000 feet and range 10.

At this time I am going to wait until later, Xargun is going to delete his game directory and reinstall his copy of the game. I feel that it must
be his install because that is where the turn is resolved.

If anyone has any ideas I would love to hear about them

Well, after a couple of tests, it seems like maybe my exe was at fault, we have both reinstalled the game and we are pressing on

Your Avengers were bombing from 4000 feet and your SBDs were releasing at 2000 or 3000 feet (no indication of approach altitude other than detection estimate of 10K). At 13,000 feet your fighters were too high to escort the bombers.