Game date is 21st of November 1944
India & Burma
Saigon was heavily bombed once more....
Day Air attack on Saigon , at 31,46
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 1
Ki-84-Ia Frank x 3
Ki-102a Randy x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 42
B-29 Superfortress x 208
Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-S Irving: 1 damaged
Ki-84-Ia Frank: 3 damaged
Ki-102a Randy: 1 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 16 destroyed
A6M5 Zeke: 12 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
B-29 Superfortress: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Fusemi Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
PT Gyoraitei #2, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AG AG-2091, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Toyohara Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AG AG-2088, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Naniwa Maru, Bomb hits 1
AK Canton Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
504 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 222
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 3
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Day Air attack on Saigon , at 31,46
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 1
Ki-84-Ia Frank x 4
Ki-102a Randy x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 37
B-29 Superfortress x 211
Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-S Irving: 1 damaged
Ki-84-Ia Frank: 2 destroyed
A6M5 Zeke: 14 destroyed
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 16 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed
B-29 Superfortress: 2 destroyed, 9 damaged
Japanese Ships
AK Naniwa Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Canton Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Fusemi Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kazan Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AG AG-2526, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
362 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 206
Port hits 3
The ZOC "bug" cancelled all my troop movement toward Bangkok. I have set their destination to friendly base 60 miles north of Bangkok.
The Saigon operation is temporarily on hold. B29's are flown to Chungking where they will conduct an airstrike againts Japanese home islands. More about this operation later on this report.
China
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Central & North Pacific
Quite a lot of CV action around Iwo Jima and Wake Island.
First Allied CV TF found some enemy shipping near Wake Island...
Day Air attack on TF at 82,62
Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 11
F6F Hellcat x 21
SB2C Helldiver x 29
TBM Avenger x 43
Allied aircraft losses
TBM Avenger: 4 damaged
Japanese Ships
AK Singapore Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
PC PC-56, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
PC PC-54, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PC PC-53, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PC PC-64, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tyoko Maru, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 82,62
Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 10
F6F Hellcat x 16
SB2C Helldiver x 29
TBM Avenger x 16
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
PC PC-64, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tyoko Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Singapore Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
...and quite a lot of CV action was reported near Iwo Jima.
Day Air attack on Iwo Jima , at 63,53
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 18
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 9
Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 58
SB2C Helldiver x 162
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 13 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged
SB2C Helldiver: 9 destroyed, 43 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Asagiri, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hatsukaze, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Kishinami, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
278 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
Port hits 8
Port supply hits 2
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Day Air attack on TF, near Iwo Jima at 63,53
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 3
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 7
Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 94
F6F Hellcat x 151
Hellcat II x 17
Corsair IV x 9
TBM Avenger x 61
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 3 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
TBM Avenger: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
MSW W.23, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Akita Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
MSW W.29
AK Amagisan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on Iwo Jima , at 63,53
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 9
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 8
Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 36
SB2C Helldiver x 144
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 5 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
SB2C Helldiver: 12 destroyed, 56 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Kishinami, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
128 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Port hits 6
Port supply hits 4
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
The 2 CV TF's I sent towards Palau caught huge amount of empty Japanese AP's near Palau. This resulted to total massacre...
Day Air attack on TF at 53,66
Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 22
F6F Hellcat x 50
F4U-1D Corsair x 6
SB2C Helldiver x 28
TBM Avenger x 62
Allied aircraft losses
TBM Avenger: 4 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Taimei Maru
AP Kagi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Kaifuku Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tenpei Maru
AP Tama Maru #2, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Shoun Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Sunten Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Unkai Maru #6, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Daitei Maru
AP Michiyu Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Sainan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Shinai Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tainichi Maru
AP Taizin Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Shinyo Maru
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Day Air attack on TF at 53,66
Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 6
TBM Avenger x 17
Allied aircraft losses
TBM Avenger: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Tama Maru #2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tafuku Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Shoun Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Kagi Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 53,66
Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 2
F6F Hellcat x 5
TBM Avenger x 42
Allied aircraft losses
TBM Avenger: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Shoun Maru, on fire
AP Taimei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Taizin Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tafuku Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kagi Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Heizan Maru, Torpedo hits 1
AP Unkai Maru #6, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 53,66
Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 18
SB2C Helldiver x 55
TBM Avenger x 53
Allied aircraft losses
TBM Avenger: 3 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Tainichi Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Tafuku Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Taimei Maru, on fire
AP Kagi Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tenpei Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Shinai Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Taizin Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Nigitsu Maru
AP Ronsan Maru
PG Kamitsu Maru
AP Shinyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tateyama Maru
AP Rakuto Maru
AP Heizan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Unkai Maru #6, on fire, heavy damage
AP Shoun Maru, on fire
AP Osaka Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 53,66
Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 42
F6F Hellcat x 82
F4U-1D Corsair x 6
SB2C Helldiver x 72
TBM Avenger x 162
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Taizin Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Shinai Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Unkai Maru #6, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Heizan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tafuku Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Rakuto Maru, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Taimei Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tainichi Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Sainan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tenpei Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Shoun Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kagi Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Shinyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Osaka Maru, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 52,63
Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 20
F6F Hellcat x 40
F4U-1D Corsair x 6
TBM Avenger x 78
Allied aircraft losses
TBM Avenger: 3 damaged
Japanese Ships
PG Kamitsu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Daitei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
AP Reiyo Maru
AP Ronsan Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tateyama Maru, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Nigitsu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
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Day Air attack on TF at 52,63
Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 7
F6F Hellcat x 11
SB2C Helldiver x 28
TBM Avenger x 8
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Reiyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
PG Kamitsu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Nigitsu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 52,63
Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 32
TBM Avenger x 60
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Reiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PG Kamitsu Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Nigitsu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Daitei Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
...Ouch! According to FDR these transports were empty since they had dropped garrison reinforcements into Palau! Too bad but those losses shoud hurt!
Allied LBA bombers pulverized Saipan also...
Day Air attack on Saipan , at 63,64
Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 37
B-24J Liberator x 95
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 3 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 6 destroyed
D4Y Judy: 9 destroyed
Ki-51 Sonia: 4 destroyed
F1M2 Pete: 1 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 7 destroyed
A6M5 Zeke: 12 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 125
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Day Air attack on Saipan , at 63,64
Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 50
B-24J Liberator x 93
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 3 destroyed
D4Y Judy: 9 destroyed
A6M5 Zeke: 13 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 11 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 8 destroyed
Ki-48 Lily: 1 destroyed
F1M2 Pete: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 89
These actions totalled +50 enemy ships confirmed sunk and +300 aircraft either lost in the ground or air.
Next turn should be intresting! Why? If my intel is correct Osaka has +450 enemy ships docked and Propably has BB Yamamoto + co. there too.
This has resulted into operation Lightning!!! Allied CV Fleet will strike againts Osaka next turn and B29's will make an harbour attack from China too! Either this is huge victory for me or total disaster!!! [8|] ...We shall see soon.
