Burma:
RAF P-47s sweep the skies over Toungoo again finding no one there to play.
A Chinese unit is seen on the trails heading towards Taung Gyi from Lashio so some Helens are sent to say hi. The 75th Chinese/C Corp takes mild losses from the 100+ Helen visit.
SRA:
USAAF bombers still striking at my cut off unit in the jungles west of Aitape.
Xargun
More Variants - The End of Western Imperialism - No Nomad please (Feb 1944)
Moderators: wdolson, MOD_War-in-the-Pacific-Admirals-Edition
August 31st, 1943
Burma:
Surface Action off Ramree Island !!! I snuck a pair of BBs and escorts up from Singapore but they had 2/2 recon on them last turn but I sent them to Ramree anyways. We ran right into a heavy RN TF and they got the drop on us initially due to better radar it looks like. The fight wasn't much of a slugfest as I thought it would have been and my torpedo attacks were nearly useless even though we closed range to 3,000 yards... In the fight its hard to say who won - pretty even.
Day Time Surface Combat, near Ramree Island at 54,48, Range 5,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CA Mogami, Shell hits 5
CA Mikuma, Shell hits 10
CA Aoba
DD Kagero
DD Hamakaze
DD Harukaze
DD Hatakaze, Shell hits 5, on fire
BB Yoshi, Shell hits 4
BB Minowara
DD Mike Solli
DD Port Moresby, Shell hits 2
DD Gentai, Shell hits 1
DD Daitei, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Bomb Sponge, Shell hits 2
DD Can't Touch This
Allied Ships
BB Warspite, Shell hits 5, heavy fires
CA Shropshire
CL Ceres, Shell hits 6, heavy fires
CL Kenya, Shell hits 1
CL Birmingham, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Meredith, Shell hits 1
DD Gwin
DD Grayson
DD Monssen, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
DD Anderson
DD Pakenham
DD Paladin, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Panther
DD Redoubt
After the naval fight - and the RN force withdrew leaving me at Ramree by myself, the RAF showed up. I was expecting this and had 100+ fighters assigned to LR CAP over the TF but at best 15 or so showed up at any one time... The RAF Strikes were escorted by high flying P-38s which beat on my CAP and the B-25s flew in low hammering my ships with gunfire and 500# bombs. After multiple strikes in the morning and afternoon, CA Mikuma and DD Daitei were sunk.
BBs Minowara and Yoshi absorbed a lot of gunfire and bomb hits but their damage is not that bad - but being big BBs they will take a couple months in Singapore to repair it all. I will probably lose 1 more DD escaping - it has 30 fire and we all know how well IJN fire control is... Everything else should escape unless we run over a sub or the ships don't get out of air strike range.
My Helens paid another visit to the 75th Chinese/C Corp inflicting 200 or so losses on them on the jungle trails.
Xargun
Surface Action off Ramree Island !!! I snuck a pair of BBs and escorts up from Singapore but they had 2/2 recon on them last turn but I sent them to Ramree anyways. We ran right into a heavy RN TF and they got the drop on us initially due to better radar it looks like. The fight wasn't much of a slugfest as I thought it would have been and my torpedo attacks were nearly useless even though we closed range to 3,000 yards... In the fight its hard to say who won - pretty even.
Day Time Surface Combat, near Ramree Island at 54,48, Range 5,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CA Mogami, Shell hits 5
CA Mikuma, Shell hits 10
CA Aoba
DD Kagero
DD Hamakaze
DD Harukaze
DD Hatakaze, Shell hits 5, on fire
BB Yoshi, Shell hits 4
BB Minowara
DD Mike Solli
DD Port Moresby, Shell hits 2
DD Gentai, Shell hits 1
DD Daitei, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Bomb Sponge, Shell hits 2
DD Can't Touch This
Allied Ships
BB Warspite, Shell hits 5, heavy fires
CA Shropshire
CL Ceres, Shell hits 6, heavy fires
CL Kenya, Shell hits 1
CL Birmingham, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Meredith, Shell hits 1
DD Gwin
DD Grayson
DD Monssen, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
DD Anderson
DD Pakenham
DD Paladin, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Panther
DD Redoubt
After the naval fight - and the RN force withdrew leaving me at Ramree by myself, the RAF showed up. I was expecting this and had 100+ fighters assigned to LR CAP over the TF but at best 15 or so showed up at any one time... The RAF Strikes were escorted by high flying P-38s which beat on my CAP and the B-25s flew in low hammering my ships with gunfire and 500# bombs. After multiple strikes in the morning and afternoon, CA Mikuma and DD Daitei were sunk.
BBs Minowara and Yoshi absorbed a lot of gunfire and bomb hits but their damage is not that bad - but being big BBs they will take a couple months in Singapore to repair it all. I will probably lose 1 more DD escaping - it has 30 fire and we all know how well IJN fire control is... Everything else should escape unless we run over a sub or the ships don't get out of air strike range.
My Helens paid another visit to the 75th Chinese/C Corp inflicting 200 or so losses on them on the jungle trails.
Xargun
September 1st, 1943
Welcome to September !!
Sub Warfare:
My fleeing ships from Ramree encountered a pair of subs. The first, SS KVII fired two torpedoes at DD Hatakaze but missed. The second, SS KXII, is sighted by my escorts and attacked before it could launch. One confirmed hit and another near miss may be enough to send that sucker home for repairs.
Burma:
My Helens paid a visit to two Chinese Corps east of Mandalay inflicting minor damage to them.
My fleeting ships outdistanced the attacking RAF aircraft, but Nomad struck at Rangoon while I was protecting my fleeing ships. P-47D2s swept the few Sams I had on CAP over Rangoon and then every RAF bomber unit in the theater came to pay a visit. Roughly 100 aircraft (mostly fighters) were destroyed on the ground as the RAF plastered Rangoons level 9 AF closing it in one day. Service damage is at 100 and runways are at 74. I was quite disappointed by the 5 or so AA units at Rangoon that seemingly did nothing - despite the RAF bombers coming in low.
If that wasn't bad enough, RN CVs moved just north of Andaman Island and caught my fleeing TF. Dive and Torpedo bombers escorted by Corsairs blew through my CAP and landed 14 torpedoes upon 4 ships. DD Kagero caught a torpedo and sunk. BB Minowara caught 7 torpedoes and 6 1000# bombs and sunk. BB Yoshi and was hit by 6 bombs and 3 torpedoes. CA Mogami was hit by 1 bomb and 3 torpedoes. After the combat the Mogami sunk and odds are Yoshi will not make Rangoon due to damage - let alone the RN CVs are 150 miles west and well within range to launch another strike and I have nothing in the area for air defense.
I should have know I would lose the whole force - every time I try to be aggressive in this game I get smacked around. I'm sure its something I'm doing wrong - as many Japanese players are very aggressive and seem to always get lucky....
Xargun
Sub Warfare:
My fleeing ships from Ramree encountered a pair of subs. The first, SS KVII fired two torpedoes at DD Hatakaze but missed. The second, SS KXII, is sighted by my escorts and attacked before it could launch. One confirmed hit and another near miss may be enough to send that sucker home for repairs.
Burma:
My Helens paid a visit to two Chinese Corps east of Mandalay inflicting minor damage to them.
My fleeting ships outdistanced the attacking RAF aircraft, but Nomad struck at Rangoon while I was protecting my fleeing ships. P-47D2s swept the few Sams I had on CAP over Rangoon and then every RAF bomber unit in the theater came to pay a visit. Roughly 100 aircraft (mostly fighters) were destroyed on the ground as the RAF plastered Rangoons level 9 AF closing it in one day. Service damage is at 100 and runways are at 74. I was quite disappointed by the 5 or so AA units at Rangoon that seemingly did nothing - despite the RAF bombers coming in low.
If that wasn't bad enough, RN CVs moved just north of Andaman Island and caught my fleeing TF. Dive and Torpedo bombers escorted by Corsairs blew through my CAP and landed 14 torpedoes upon 4 ships. DD Kagero caught a torpedo and sunk. BB Minowara caught 7 torpedoes and 6 1000# bombs and sunk. BB Yoshi and was hit by 6 bombs and 3 torpedoes. CA Mogami was hit by 1 bomb and 3 torpedoes. After the combat the Mogami sunk and odds are Yoshi will not make Rangoon due to damage - let alone the RN CVs are 150 miles west and well within range to launch another strike and I have nothing in the area for air defense.
I should have know I would lose the whole force - every time I try to be aggressive in this game I get smacked around. I'm sure its something I'm doing wrong - as many Japanese players are very aggressive and seem to always get lucky....
Xargun
September 2nd, 1943
Burma:
Heavy RAF fighter sweeps over Rangoon paving the way for the heavy bombers. The heavies came in plastering the airfields again and a little damage to the port. My engineers there are working hard trying to keep the runways working, but damage is now 100% service, 75% runways and 12% port. No aircraft was destroyed on the field as I moved them all out of Rangoon after the initial attack.
The RN Carrier Force moved southeast into the Andaman Sea and finished off the crippled DD and BB. The rest of the force sprinted south at full speed to escape.
Xargun
Heavy RAF fighter sweeps over Rangoon paving the way for the heavy bombers. The heavies came in plastering the airfields again and a little damage to the port. My engineers there are working hard trying to keep the runways working, but damage is now 100% service, 75% runways and 12% port. No aircraft was destroyed on the field as I moved them all out of Rangoon after the initial attack.
The RN Carrier Force moved southeast into the Andaman Sea and finished off the crippled DD and BB. The rest of the force sprinted south at full speed to escape.
Xargun
September 3rd, 1943
Burma:
Chinese bombers hit my fleeing troops in the jungle sw of Lashio.
RAF pounded Rangoon for the third day in a row, targetting the airfields with a few hits on the port. My engineers are keeping up with the new damage, but it will still take them a week or more to put everything back to working order once the RAF stop.
The RN CVs hang out in the Andaman Sea - I have two single ship TFs at Rangoon that they don't seem to want to hit. Which is fine by me - just one of those things about the AI where it won't target single ship TFs very often for carrier ops - which is not good... With nothing else in range, they should hit any target they can.
China:
I moved some Sallies into China from Manchuria for some on the job training and they attacked two Chinese Corps near Ningsia inflicting 200+ losses.
Xargun
Chinese bombers hit my fleeing troops in the jungle sw of Lashio.
RAF pounded Rangoon for the third day in a row, targetting the airfields with a few hits on the port. My engineers are keeping up with the new damage, but it will still take them a week or more to put everything back to working order once the RAF stop.
The RN CVs hang out in the Andaman Sea - I have two single ship TFs at Rangoon that they don't seem to want to hit. Which is fine by me - just one of those things about the AI where it won't target single ship TFs very often for carrier ops - which is not good... With nothing else in range, they should hit any target they can.
China:
I moved some Sallies into China from Manchuria for some on the job training and they attacked two Chinese Corps near Ningsia inflicting 200+ losses.
Xargun
September 4th, 1943
Burma:
Chinese bombers hit my fleeing troops in the jungle sw of Lashio.
RAF pounded Rangoon for the fourth day in a row, targeting the airfields with a few hits on the port.
RAF Bombers hit my troops at Prome - in what I can only guess is a softening up manuver before the British horde crosses the river. Not many casualties but disruption is high.
The RN CVs have disappeared. I saw some reports of my TFs are Rangoon being spotted but since I pulled my NavSearch I don't have eyes on the RN Carrier TF. Once the planes get set back up in their new home I will get eyes on them again.
Xargun
Chinese bombers hit my fleeing troops in the jungle sw of Lashio.
RAF pounded Rangoon for the fourth day in a row, targeting the airfields with a few hits on the port.
RAF Bombers hit my troops at Prome - in what I can only guess is a softening up manuver before the British horde crosses the river. Not many casualties but disruption is high.
The RN CVs have disappeared. I saw some reports of my TFs are Rangoon being spotted but since I pulled my NavSearch I don't have eyes on the RN Carrier TF. Once the planes get set back up in their new home I will get eyes on them again.
Xargun
September 5th, 1943
Burma:
RAF pounded Rangoon for the fifth day in a row, targeting the airfields with a few hits on the port.
RAF Bombers hit my troops at Prome again.
Xargun
RAF pounded Rangoon for the fifth day in a row, targeting the airfields with a few hits on the port.
RAF Bombers hit my troops at Prome again.
Xargun
September 6th, 1943
Burma:
Heavy RAF Fighter sweeps over Rangoon and Prome still clearing the way for the bombers hitting troops at Prome in what is definitely a preparation for the British horde crossing the river - recon shows they are on the move. Bombers hit Rangoon airfield and port. My AA at Rangoon is damaging roughly 10 or so bombers each day and actually getting a couple kills other than Ops losses.
I moved a Nav Guard east of Taung Gyi to check the river crossing and we found a Chinese unit sitting 2 hexes east of the river. The Nav Guard is on the east side of the river when we spotted it. Helens have been tasked to hit this unit and reveals it is the 54th Chinese/A Corps. This unit is far from any friendly bases so I will continue to hit them every turn unless I have a better target.
China:
My bombers continue to hit some Chinese troops as they chase my troops out of Northern China.
SRA:
USAAF bombers continue to strike at my isolated troops in the jungle west of Aitape. As before only the B-25s on strafe missions seem to be causing any damage.
Xargun
Heavy RAF Fighter sweeps over Rangoon and Prome still clearing the way for the bombers hitting troops at Prome in what is definitely a preparation for the British horde crossing the river - recon shows they are on the move. Bombers hit Rangoon airfield and port. My AA at Rangoon is damaging roughly 10 or so bombers each day and actually getting a couple kills other than Ops losses.
I moved a Nav Guard east of Taung Gyi to check the river crossing and we found a Chinese unit sitting 2 hexes east of the river. The Nav Guard is on the east side of the river when we spotted it. Helens have been tasked to hit this unit and reveals it is the 54th Chinese/A Corps. This unit is far from any friendly bases so I will continue to hit them every turn unless I have a better target.
China:
My bombers continue to hit some Chinese troops as they chase my troops out of Northern China.
SRA:
USAAF bombers continue to strike at my isolated troops in the jungle west of Aitape. As before only the B-25s on strafe missions seem to be causing any damage.
Xargun
September 7th, 1943
Burma:
Heavy RAF Fighter sweeps over Rangoon followed by a hundred plus bombers striking the Airfield and Port. A couple smaller strikes were at ground troops but other than facilities no damage was done.
My Helens hit the Chinese troops on the trail south of Lashio.
China:
My bombers continue to hit some Chinese troops as they chase my troops out of Northern China.
SRA:
USAAF bombers continue to strike at my isolated troops in the jungle west of Aitape. As before only the B-25s on strafe missions seem to be causing any damage.
Xargun
Heavy RAF Fighter sweeps over Rangoon followed by a hundred plus bombers striking the Airfield and Port. A couple smaller strikes were at ground troops but other than facilities no damage was done.
My Helens hit the Chinese troops on the trail south of Lashio.
China:
My bombers continue to hit some Chinese troops as they chase my troops out of Northern China.
SRA:
USAAF bombers continue to strike at my isolated troops in the jungle west of Aitape. As before only the B-25s on strafe missions seem to be causing any damage.
Xargun
September 8th, 1943
Burma:
Heavy RAF Fighter sweeps over Rangoon and Prome
Some Franks sweep the skies over Ramree Island finding some Corsair IIs there. The Corsairs are beat up - intel says we shot down 9 to losing only 2 Franks.
My Helens hit the mass of British troops NW of Prome but do not do much damage. They came in at 13k feet and still took a lot of flak.
RAF bombers concentrate on my troops at Prome hammering them hard in the open base despite level 5 forts. The British force crosses the river and shock attacks into Prome capturing the base and forcing my troops to retreat.. And I think the leaders of the retreat were blind as instead of retreating south towards the safety of the large base at Rangoon, they retreated east along the road into the jungle with nothing nearby
Ground combat at Prome (55,50)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 56932 troops, 988 guns, 1328 vehicles, Assault Value = 2023
Defending force 18690 troops, 162 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 589
Allied adjusted assault: 2970
Japanese adjusted defense: 222
Allied assault odds: 13 to 1 (fort level 5)
Allied forces CAPTURE Prome !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
4319 casualties reported
Squads: 389 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 215 destroyed, 88 disabled
Engineers: 38 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 128 (123 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 39 (39 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2
Allied ground losses:
636 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 67 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 34 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 21 disabled
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
73rd Motorised Brigade
18th British Division
9th Indian Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
Gardner's Horse Regiment
42nd Cavalry Regiment
7th Armoured Brigade
2nd British Division
5th Indian Division
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Defending units:
61st Infantry Group
2nd Guards Division
53rd JNAF AF Unit
China:
My bombers continue to hit some Chinese troops as they chase my troops out of Northern China.
SRA:
An enemy SC discovers my sub-laid minefield at Gove the hard way and sinks later in the turn.
USAAF bombers continue to strike at my isolated troops in the jungle west of Aitape. As before only the B-25s on strafe missions seem to be causing any damage.
Xargun
Heavy RAF Fighter sweeps over Rangoon and Prome
Some Franks sweep the skies over Ramree Island finding some Corsair IIs there. The Corsairs are beat up - intel says we shot down 9 to losing only 2 Franks.
My Helens hit the mass of British troops NW of Prome but do not do much damage. They came in at 13k feet and still took a lot of flak.
RAF bombers concentrate on my troops at Prome hammering them hard in the open base despite level 5 forts. The British force crosses the river and shock attacks into Prome capturing the base and forcing my troops to retreat.. And I think the leaders of the retreat were blind as instead of retreating south towards the safety of the large base at Rangoon, they retreated east along the road into the jungle with nothing nearby
Ground combat at Prome (55,50)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 56932 troops, 988 guns, 1328 vehicles, Assault Value = 2023
Defending force 18690 troops, 162 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 589
Allied adjusted assault: 2970
Japanese adjusted defense: 222
Allied assault odds: 13 to 1 (fort level 5)
Allied forces CAPTURE Prome !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
4319 casualties reported
Squads: 389 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 215 destroyed, 88 disabled
Engineers: 38 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 128 (123 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 39 (39 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2
Allied ground losses:
636 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 67 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 34 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 21 disabled
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
73rd Motorised Brigade
18th British Division
9th Indian Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
Gardner's Horse Regiment
42nd Cavalry Regiment
7th Armoured Brigade
2nd British Division
5th Indian Division
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Defending units:
61st Infantry Group
2nd Guards Division
53rd JNAF AF Unit
China:
My bombers continue to hit some Chinese troops as they chase my troops out of Northern China.
SRA:
An enemy SC discovers my sub-laid minefield at Gove the hard way and sinks later in the turn.
USAAF bombers continue to strike at my isolated troops in the jungle west of Aitape. As before only the B-25s on strafe missions seem to be causing any damage.
Xargun
September 9th, 1943
Burma:
Enemy fighter sweeps over my fleeing troops east of Prome followed up by a ton of bombers hitting them in the jungle. Four British units have also entered the hex from Prome - must be mechanized / tank units.
My Helens attempted to hit the Chinese unit on the trails south-east of Taung Gyi, but ran into a few P-38s flying LR CAP. We still inflicted a little damage but lost half a dozen Helens.
China:
My Sallies continue to hit the Chinese troops chasing my fleeing men in the open in Northern China.
SRA:
Allied AMs begin clearing the minefield at Gove. Looks like only 1 AM but it won't take more than 1-2 days to clear the mines.
USAAF aircraft continue to attack my troops in the jungle west of Aitape.
Xargun
Enemy fighter sweeps over my fleeing troops east of Prome followed up by a ton of bombers hitting them in the jungle. Four British units have also entered the hex from Prome - must be mechanized / tank units.
My Helens attempted to hit the Chinese unit on the trails south-east of Taung Gyi, but ran into a few P-38s flying LR CAP. We still inflicted a little damage but lost half a dozen Helens.
China:
My Sallies continue to hit the Chinese troops chasing my fleeing men in the open in Northern China.
SRA:
Allied AMs begin clearing the minefield at Gove. Looks like only 1 AM but it won't take more than 1-2 days to clear the mines.
USAAF aircraft continue to attack my troops in the jungle west of Aitape.
Xargun
September 10th, 1943
Burma:
Enemy fighter sweeps over my fleeing troops east of Prome followed up by a ton of bombers hitting them in the jungle. The British troops in the hex attacked getting 2:1 odds and forcing my troops to retreat again - this time they went east again into the base at Toungoo. One British unit followed.
With P-38s flying cap over the Chinese unit I sent some Sams on a sweep mission. They shot down multiple P-38s without losing any aircraft.
My sweep over Ramree Island today cost me 8 Franks as they ran into P-38s and P-47s on cap.
China:
My Sallies continue to hit the Chinese troops chasing my fleeing men in the open in Northern China.
SRA:
A pair of new allied AMs arrive at Gove to help with the mines and one runs right into a mine, explodes and sinks !!
Enemy troops come ashore at Sarmi. Looks like a Fast Transport TF as when my Nells arrived then only found DDs and APDs. Unfortunately the Nells missed with all torpedoes.
USAAF aircraft continue to attack my troops in the jungle west of Aitape.
Xargun
Enemy fighter sweeps over my fleeing troops east of Prome followed up by a ton of bombers hitting them in the jungle. The British troops in the hex attacked getting 2:1 odds and forcing my troops to retreat again - this time they went east again into the base at Toungoo. One British unit followed.
With P-38s flying cap over the Chinese unit I sent some Sams on a sweep mission. They shot down multiple P-38s without losing any aircraft.
My sweep over Ramree Island today cost me 8 Franks as they ran into P-38s and P-47s on cap.
China:
My Sallies continue to hit the Chinese troops chasing my fleeing men in the open in Northern China.
SRA:
A pair of new allied AMs arrive at Gove to help with the mines and one runs right into a mine, explodes and sinks !!
Enemy troops come ashore at Sarmi. Looks like a Fast Transport TF as when my Nells arrived then only found DDs and APDs. Unfortunately the Nells missed with all torpedoes.
USAAF aircraft continue to attack my troops in the jungle west of Aitape.
Xargun
September 11th, 1943
Burma:
My troops at Toungoo said hello to the British unit that chased my troops here from Prome. It was not pretty on the British side.
Ground combat at Toungoo (57,50)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 68462 troops, 695 guns, 1430 vehicles, Assault Value = 2849
Defending force 3950 troops, 64 guns, 159 vehicles, Assault Value = 114
Japanese adjusted assault: 1464
Allied adjusted defense: 15
Japanese assault odds: 97 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
fatigue(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
135 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
1608 casualties reported
Squads: 98 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 30 destroyed, 37 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 37 (15 destroyed, 22 disabled)
Vehicles lost 59 (27 destroyed, 32 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
116th Division
56th Division
1st Tank Division
42nd Division
52nd Division
2nd Guards Division
Guards Tank Division
26th Air Flotilla
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
15th Army
61st Infantry Group
25th JNAF AF Unit
53rd JNAF AF Unit
94th JAAF AF Bn
Defending units:
73rd Motorised Brigade
That is most likely a devastated Brigade. It will take a while for it to recover from that beating. This frees the rail up again so troops can flee from the northern bases to the south.
China:
My Sallies beat on two Chinese Corps near Dalan Dzadagad again inflicting 92 casualties.
SRA:
USAAF bombers attack my isolated troops in the jungle west of Aitape inflicting some losses.
The allies auto-capture Sarmi this turn. The Fast Transport TF is not spotted by recon, so I think it fled the area.
A line of enemy subs is forming south of Babeldaob in what has been a typical move by Nomad to begin blocking off an area he plans on invading. There are a couple dot bases there and then Sorong which has been built up to level 3 port, level 4 airfield and level 6 forts. Should he drop off more than 2 divisions of troops I probably can't hold as I only have roughly 1 division of troops at the base. But he may invade one of the dot bases to the east and use that to build up a size 4 or 5 airfield to contest the skies -- otherwise he has to bring his CVs here.
Xargun
My troops at Toungoo said hello to the British unit that chased my troops here from Prome. It was not pretty on the British side.
Ground combat at Toungoo (57,50)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 68462 troops, 695 guns, 1430 vehicles, Assault Value = 2849
Defending force 3950 troops, 64 guns, 159 vehicles, Assault Value = 114
Japanese adjusted assault: 1464
Allied adjusted defense: 15
Japanese assault odds: 97 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
fatigue(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
135 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
1608 casualties reported
Squads: 98 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 30 destroyed, 37 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 37 (15 destroyed, 22 disabled)
Vehicles lost 59 (27 destroyed, 32 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
116th Division
56th Division
1st Tank Division
42nd Division
52nd Division
2nd Guards Division
Guards Tank Division
26th Air Flotilla
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
15th Army
61st Infantry Group
25th JNAF AF Unit
53rd JNAF AF Unit
94th JAAF AF Bn
Defending units:
73rd Motorised Brigade
That is most likely a devastated Brigade. It will take a while for it to recover from that beating. This frees the rail up again so troops can flee from the northern bases to the south.
China:
My Sallies beat on two Chinese Corps near Dalan Dzadagad again inflicting 92 casualties.
SRA:
USAAF bombers attack my isolated troops in the jungle west of Aitape inflicting some losses.
The allies auto-capture Sarmi this turn. The Fast Transport TF is not spotted by recon, so I think it fled the area.
A line of enemy subs is forming south of Babeldaob in what has been a typical move by Nomad to begin blocking off an area he plans on invading. There are a couple dot bases there and then Sorong which has been built up to level 3 port, level 4 airfield and level 6 forts. Should he drop off more than 2 divisions of troops I probably can't hold as I only have roughly 1 division of troops at the base. But he may invade one of the dot bases to the east and use that to build up a size 4 or 5 airfield to contest the skies -- otherwise he has to bring his CVs here.
Xargun
September 12th, 1943
Burma:
Heavy fighter sweeps over Toungoo followed by all the bombers - by all the bombers I mean the following:
Wellington Ic x 111
B-25B Mitchell x 51
B-25C Mitchell x 60
Liberator II x 16
B-17F Fortress x 9
B-24D Liberator x 38
B-24D1 Liberator x 24
B-25D1 Mitchell x 10
Not sure, but this maybe every bomber in Burma / India within range - thats a lot of bombers. The hit the airfield a little bit but mostly concentrated on troops. With level 6 forts and +2 for jungle, they dropped a lot of bombs but did little damage. The airfield took some damage, but it is single digits.
I swept the skies over Prome with some Sams and got mauled by high-flying Spitfire Vcs and P-47D25s.
British armor, backed up with Chinese Troops, crossed the river and captured Mandalay from the Thai unit holding it.
China:
My Sallies hit the Chinese again inflicting 283 casualties.
SRA:
USAAF continues to bomb my trapped troops in the jungle, slowly wearing them down.
I sent some CVs into the area around Sarmi looking for some allied shipping but everything has withdraw back at least to Hollandia.
Xargun
Heavy fighter sweeps over Toungoo followed by all the bombers - by all the bombers I mean the following:
Wellington Ic x 111
B-25B Mitchell x 51
B-25C Mitchell x 60
Liberator II x 16
B-17F Fortress x 9
B-24D Liberator x 38
B-24D1 Liberator x 24
B-25D1 Mitchell x 10
Not sure, but this maybe every bomber in Burma / India within range - thats a lot of bombers. The hit the airfield a little bit but mostly concentrated on troops. With level 6 forts and +2 for jungle, they dropped a lot of bombs but did little damage. The airfield took some damage, but it is single digits.
I swept the skies over Prome with some Sams and got mauled by high-flying Spitfire Vcs and P-47D25s.
British armor, backed up with Chinese Troops, crossed the river and captured Mandalay from the Thai unit holding it.
China:
My Sallies hit the Chinese again inflicting 283 casualties.
SRA:
USAAF continues to bomb my trapped troops in the jungle, slowly wearing them down.
I sent some CVs into the area around Sarmi looking for some allied shipping but everything has withdraw back at least to Hollandia.
Xargun
September 17th, 1943
I haven't posted for a few days and the turns have been slow - Holidays are busy times. Not a whole lot happened over the past few turns so I will pick up with the turn I just sent back to Nomad.
Sub Warfare:
Lots of it this turn.
My PB ASW TF locates SS Cisco but fails to attack.
SS Growler launches 4 torpedoes at TK Yamazuru Maru, hitting with one sinking her. Luckily she was empty heading to Sorong for some oil.
My Minelayer TF heading back to Babeldaob runs over SS Sailfish and the escorts report 5 hits - including one direct hit.
SS Whale fires 2 torpedoes at an IJN SC, hitting with one sinking the SC.
SS Balao fires 2 torpedoes at an IJN ASW PB, hitting with one sinking the ship.
Truk:
A lot happened here this turn. First action was allied ships arriving and DD Balch hitting one of my mines. Not sure if the DD sunk or not, but later they were spotted with an escort heading back to Ponape -- its a long way for mine damage on such a small ship.
The US Bombardment TF arrives at Truk and heads in to bombard, not noticing the horde of midget subs waiting there !! SSX Ha-16 sneaks in close and launches all of her torpedoes, hitting BB Maryland with both setting her on fire !! Unfortunately the escorts hammer the midget sub sending her to the bottom -- well worth it.
Another Midget fires at DD Balch missing the crippled ship. Balch's escort sinks SSX Ha-10.
The allied TF finally closes in to Truk and bombards inflicting light losses. Truk Naval Fortress returns fire landing 2 hits on BB Pennsylvania and 2 on BB Oklahoma - but no evident damage.
On their way out of Truk harbor, BB Maryland is caught by SSX Ha-23 and two more torpedoes are slammed into the side of the enemy capital ship. Unfortunately the Maryland's escort sinks Ha-23.
Ha-21 tries to close in to the fleeing allied TF but is spotted and sunk by escorts.
Near Ponape, the allied bombardment TF runs over SS I-170. The IJN subs launches 4 torpedoes at BB Oklahoma, hitting with 3 of them !!! I-170 then escapes unharmed.
As the crippled Oklahoma tries to make it back to Ponape, I-170 catches her again and hits with 3 more torpedoes. This time I-170 takes minor damage while escaping. I did hear sinking noises after this attack so I think BB Oklahoma is gone.
US heavy bombers strike Truk airfield inflicting minor damage.
Burma:
Heavy RAF Fighter sweeps over Toungoo paves the way for large numbers of bombers hitting the airfield and troops there. The airfield is hit hard, but between the forts and the jungle very little troops are wounded.
China:
My Sallies and some old Idas strike a cutoff Chinese Corps inflicting decent damage.
So overall we lost a handful of midget subs, but possibly sunk 2 old US BBs.
Xargun
Sub Warfare:
Lots of it this turn.
My PB ASW TF locates SS Cisco but fails to attack.
SS Growler launches 4 torpedoes at TK Yamazuru Maru, hitting with one sinking her. Luckily she was empty heading to Sorong for some oil.
My Minelayer TF heading back to Babeldaob runs over SS Sailfish and the escorts report 5 hits - including one direct hit.
SS Whale fires 2 torpedoes at an IJN SC, hitting with one sinking the SC.
SS Balao fires 2 torpedoes at an IJN ASW PB, hitting with one sinking the ship.
Truk:
A lot happened here this turn. First action was allied ships arriving and DD Balch hitting one of my mines. Not sure if the DD sunk or not, but later they were spotted with an escort heading back to Ponape -- its a long way for mine damage on such a small ship.
The US Bombardment TF arrives at Truk and heads in to bombard, not noticing the horde of midget subs waiting there !! SSX Ha-16 sneaks in close and launches all of her torpedoes, hitting BB Maryland with both setting her on fire !! Unfortunately the escorts hammer the midget sub sending her to the bottom -- well worth it.
Another Midget fires at DD Balch missing the crippled ship. Balch's escort sinks SSX Ha-10.
The allied TF finally closes in to Truk and bombards inflicting light losses. Truk Naval Fortress returns fire landing 2 hits on BB Pennsylvania and 2 on BB Oklahoma - but no evident damage.
On their way out of Truk harbor, BB Maryland is caught by SSX Ha-23 and two more torpedoes are slammed into the side of the enemy capital ship. Unfortunately the Maryland's escort sinks Ha-23.
Ha-21 tries to close in to the fleeing allied TF but is spotted and sunk by escorts.
Near Ponape, the allied bombardment TF runs over SS I-170. The IJN subs launches 4 torpedoes at BB Oklahoma, hitting with 3 of them !!! I-170 then escapes unharmed.
As the crippled Oklahoma tries to make it back to Ponape, I-170 catches her again and hits with 3 more torpedoes. This time I-170 takes minor damage while escaping. I did hear sinking noises after this attack so I think BB Oklahoma is gone.
US heavy bombers strike Truk airfield inflicting minor damage.
Burma:
Heavy RAF Fighter sweeps over Toungoo paves the way for large numbers of bombers hitting the airfield and troops there. The airfield is hit hard, but between the forts and the jungle very little troops are wounded.
China:
My Sallies and some old Idas strike a cutoff Chinese Corps inflicting decent damage.
So overall we lost a handful of midget subs, but possibly sunk 2 old US BBs.
Xargun
September 18th, 1943
Burma:
More RAF Fighter sweeps over Toungoo and Taung Gyi. He is using P-47s at 42k feet - far above what my planes can operate efficiently.
A mixture of RAF and Chinese bombers - most likely operating from Lashio - bomb some isolate troops near Katha.
RAF bombers mass at Taung Gyi (200+ bombers) inflicting light damage on the troops there.
China:
My Sallies and a Chutai of Idas bomb the trapped Chinese unit and my troops attack mauling the unit. The Chinese unit is near being wiped out.
Ground combat at 92,32 (near Paotow)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 25030 troops, 285 guns, 636 vehicles, Assault Value = 976
Defending force 9370 troops, 100 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 88
Japanese adjusted assault: 698
Allied adjusted defense: 11
Japanese assault odds: 63 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
137 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Allied ground losses:
835 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 90 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 21 (1 destroyed, 20 disabled)
Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Regiment
2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
3rd Tank Division
15th Division
23rd Tank Regiment
Defending units:
97th Chinese Corps
Xargun
More RAF Fighter sweeps over Toungoo and Taung Gyi. He is using P-47s at 42k feet - far above what my planes can operate efficiently.
A mixture of RAF and Chinese bombers - most likely operating from Lashio - bomb some isolate troops near Katha.
RAF bombers mass at Taung Gyi (200+ bombers) inflicting light damage on the troops there.
China:
My Sallies and a Chutai of Idas bomb the trapped Chinese unit and my troops attack mauling the unit. The Chinese unit is near being wiped out.
Ground combat at 92,32 (near Paotow)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 25030 troops, 285 guns, 636 vehicles, Assault Value = 976
Defending force 9370 troops, 100 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 88
Japanese adjusted assault: 698
Allied adjusted defense: 11
Japanese assault odds: 63 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
137 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Allied ground losses:
835 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 90 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 21 (1 destroyed, 20 disabled)
Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Regiment
2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
3rd Tank Division
15th Division
23rd Tank Regiment
Defending units:
97th Chinese Corps
Xargun
September 19th, 1943
Sub Warfare:
SS Cisco attacks a resource convoy near Yap, hitting - and sinking - an xAK carrying resources and oil.
I-1 is located and sunk near Manus after dropping off a load of mines there.
Burma:
Allied Fulmars and medium bombers hit the Regiment at Bassein. Its in the open and will need to move out before the British troops spotted to the north engage and destroy it. The regiment is a light Paratrooper unit.
South Pacific:
USAAF bombers return to Truk, further cratering the airfield there. My AA damages some heavies - hopefully some crash on the way home in the Rabaul area.
Xargun
SS Cisco attacks a resource convoy near Yap, hitting - and sinking - an xAK carrying resources and oil.
I-1 is located and sunk near Manus after dropping off a load of mines there.
Burma:
Allied Fulmars and medium bombers hit the Regiment at Bassein. Its in the open and will need to move out before the British troops spotted to the north engage and destroy it. The regiment is a light Paratrooper unit.
South Pacific:
USAAF bombers return to Truk, further cratering the airfield there. My AA damages some heavies - hopefully some crash on the way home in the Rabaul area.
Xargun
September 20th, 1943
Burma:
Allied Fulmars and medium bombers hit the Regiment at Bassein. Its in the open and will need to move out before the British troops spotted to the north engage and destroy it. I have airlifted most of the surviving squads of the regiment out of Bassein and will airlift whatever survives this next turn out.
Enemy bombers hit my fleeing troops in the jungle near Katha.
Heavy air attack at Taung Gyi inflicts minor damage on airfield and troops.
Enemy units are at Taung Gyi so I ordered an artillery bombardment to scout what is there. Will be interesting to see how this enemy force does against level 6 forts in a jungle. Only thing is the RAF has the advantage in the air as they can sweep and use LR CAP and I cannot sweep his LR CAP. Wish they would fix that.
Ground combat at Taung Gyi (59,48)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 47138 troops, 386 guns, 95 vehicles, Assault Value = 1742
Defending force 66376 troops, 858 guns, 1478 vehicles, Assault Value = 2643
Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
47th Division
43rd Division
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
22nd Division
6th RTA Division
35th JAAF AF Bn
Defending units:
50th Tank Brigade
267th Armoured Brigade
254th Armoured Brigade
8th Chinese Corps
255th Armoured Brigade
11th (East African) Division
11th Indian Division
5th Chinese Corps
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment
China:
IJA bombers hit multiple Chinese Corps along the trails in northern China. My mass of fleeing troops hit the trapped Chinese Corps hard and it crumples, surrendering to my forces.
South Pacific:
USAAF bombers return to Truk, further cratering the airfield there. My AA damages some heavies - hopefully some crash on the way home in the Rabaul area.
SRA:
Unprotected enemy transports spotted at Sarmi and 83 Nells launch from Ambon to attack in two groups. It is a slaughterhouse. My Nells come in at 200ft dropping torpedoes. Every hit is a kill as the LCIs and SCs are obliterated by the massive Type 91 torpedoes. Watching this I was excited to know if those LCIs were empty or full.... They were fully loaded !!!
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sarmi at 91,114
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 92 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 74
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 8 damaged
Allied Ships
LCI-216, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
SC PC-1081, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-223, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-222, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
LCI-219, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-63, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-85, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-217, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-218, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-330, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-84, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
SC PC-780, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-75, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-62, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
SC PC-782
Allied ground losses:
3436 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 180 destroyed, 159 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sarmi at 91,114
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 9
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
SC PC-782, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
Unfortunately it looks like I caught some AV or ENG unit here. Not sure on either, as it only shows non Combat squads lost - no engineers, guns or vehicles... Maybe an allied Air HQ ? Not sure what devices those are composed of.
Xargun
Allied Fulmars and medium bombers hit the Regiment at Bassein. Its in the open and will need to move out before the British troops spotted to the north engage and destroy it. I have airlifted most of the surviving squads of the regiment out of Bassein and will airlift whatever survives this next turn out.
Enemy bombers hit my fleeing troops in the jungle near Katha.
Heavy air attack at Taung Gyi inflicts minor damage on airfield and troops.
Enemy units are at Taung Gyi so I ordered an artillery bombardment to scout what is there. Will be interesting to see how this enemy force does against level 6 forts in a jungle. Only thing is the RAF has the advantage in the air as they can sweep and use LR CAP and I cannot sweep his LR CAP. Wish they would fix that.
Ground combat at Taung Gyi (59,48)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 47138 troops, 386 guns, 95 vehicles, Assault Value = 1742
Defending force 66376 troops, 858 guns, 1478 vehicles, Assault Value = 2643
Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
47th Division
43rd Division
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
22nd Division
6th RTA Division
35th JAAF AF Bn
Defending units:
50th Tank Brigade
267th Armoured Brigade
254th Armoured Brigade
8th Chinese Corps
255th Armoured Brigade
11th (East African) Division
11th Indian Division
5th Chinese Corps
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment
China:
IJA bombers hit multiple Chinese Corps along the trails in northern China. My mass of fleeing troops hit the trapped Chinese Corps hard and it crumples, surrendering to my forces.
South Pacific:
USAAF bombers return to Truk, further cratering the airfield there. My AA damages some heavies - hopefully some crash on the way home in the Rabaul area.
SRA:
Unprotected enemy transports spotted at Sarmi and 83 Nells launch from Ambon to attack in two groups. It is a slaughterhouse. My Nells come in at 200ft dropping torpedoes. Every hit is a kill as the LCIs and SCs are obliterated by the massive Type 91 torpedoes. Watching this I was excited to know if those LCIs were empty or full.... They were fully loaded !!!
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sarmi at 91,114
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 92 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 74
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 8 damaged
Allied Ships
LCI-216, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
SC PC-1081, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-223, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-222, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
LCI-219, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-63, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-85, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-217, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-218, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-330, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-84, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
SC PC-780, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-75, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCI-62, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
SC PC-782
Allied ground losses:
3436 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 180 destroyed, 159 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sarmi at 91,114
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 9
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
SC PC-782, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
Unfortunately it looks like I caught some AV or ENG unit here. Not sure on either, as it only shows non Combat squads lost - no engineers, guns or vehicles... Maybe an allied Air HQ ? Not sure what devices those are composed of.
Xargun
September 21st, 1943
Sub Warfare:
SS Cisco attacks DD Shiranui near Yap and misses. DD Urakaze pounces on her damaging her with 4 hits - including 1 direct hit !!
Mine Warfare:
Allied mine sweepers start clearing all my sub laid mines in the South Pacific - Kavieng, Manus and Mussau Island. So far I have claimed 2 enemy ships hitting the mines so its worth it.
Bay of Bengal:
I slipped a CV TF into the bay - it just moved north from south of Andaman Island this turn and ended up 3 hexes from the RN CV TF !!! As normal, the allies launched first - but they ran straight into a wall of 5c Zeros and Sams... Only 8 bombers made it through and they all missed.
In the afternoon the RN launched what they had left and no bombers made it through my CAP. So where were my launches ??? Nothing... Nadda... Zip... So when the turn was over I checked and all my bombers - and some fighters - were all stood down and in training mode
They must have been accidently set that way before they left Singapore - I must have hit the 'Set All' button instead of whatever I was trying to do. Once more I screw up something and waste a great chance to sink multiple RN capital ships - recon reports multiple CV and CVEs, along with several BBs in the RN TF and me sitting with over 200 bombers capable a sinking them all -- Jills and Judys (with 800 kg bombs). Only good thing is I completely mauled his bomber force and his CVs will need to run away -- if I guess correctly I can maybe catch them next turn.
CV Engagement Losses:
Avenger Is 86 lost - 85 to A2A; 1 to Flak
SBD-3 Dauntless 32 lost - 30 to A2A; 1 to Flak; 1 to Ops
Corsair IIs 27 lost - 20 to A2A; 7 to Ops
A7M2 Sams 23 lost - 23 to A2A
A6M5c Zeroes 12 lost - 11 to A2A; 1 to Ops
My pilot losses were at 5; his should be complete since they were over my TF and most lost in A2A.
Burma:
Allied Fulmars and medium bombers hit the Regiment at Bassein. My transports airlift the rest of the paratroopers out of Bassein.
Enemy bombers hit my fleeing troops in the jungle near Katha.
Heavy air attack at Taung Gyi inflicts minor damage on airfield and troops.
China:
IJA bombers hit multiple Chinese Corps along the trails in northern China.
South Pacific:
USAAF bombers return to Truk, further cratering the airfield there. My AA shots down a couple heavies and damages more,
Xargun
SS Cisco attacks DD Shiranui near Yap and misses. DD Urakaze pounces on her damaging her with 4 hits - including 1 direct hit !!
Mine Warfare:
Allied mine sweepers start clearing all my sub laid mines in the South Pacific - Kavieng, Manus and Mussau Island. So far I have claimed 2 enemy ships hitting the mines so its worth it.
Bay of Bengal:
I slipped a CV TF into the bay - it just moved north from south of Andaman Island this turn and ended up 3 hexes from the RN CV TF !!! As normal, the allies launched first - but they ran straight into a wall of 5c Zeros and Sams... Only 8 bombers made it through and they all missed.
In the afternoon the RN launched what they had left and no bombers made it through my CAP. So where were my launches ??? Nothing... Nadda... Zip... So when the turn was over I checked and all my bombers - and some fighters - were all stood down and in training mode
They must have been accidently set that way before they left Singapore - I must have hit the 'Set All' button instead of whatever I was trying to do. Once more I screw up something and waste a great chance to sink multiple RN capital ships - recon reports multiple CV and CVEs, along with several BBs in the RN TF and me sitting with over 200 bombers capable a sinking them all -- Jills and Judys (with 800 kg bombs). Only good thing is I completely mauled his bomber force and his CVs will need to run away -- if I guess correctly I can maybe catch them next turn.CV Engagement Losses:
Avenger Is 86 lost - 85 to A2A; 1 to Flak
SBD-3 Dauntless 32 lost - 30 to A2A; 1 to Flak; 1 to Ops
Corsair IIs 27 lost - 20 to A2A; 7 to Ops
A7M2 Sams 23 lost - 23 to A2A
A6M5c Zeroes 12 lost - 11 to A2A; 1 to Ops
My pilot losses were at 5; his should be complete since they were over my TF and most lost in A2A.
Burma:
Allied Fulmars and medium bombers hit the Regiment at Bassein. My transports airlift the rest of the paratroopers out of Bassein.
Enemy bombers hit my fleeing troops in the jungle near Katha.
Heavy air attack at Taung Gyi inflicts minor damage on airfield and troops.
China:
IJA bombers hit multiple Chinese Corps along the trails in northern China.
South Pacific:
USAAF bombers return to Truk, further cratering the airfield there. My AA shots down a couple heavies and damages more,
Xargun
September 22nd, 1943
Sub Warfare:
SS Pargo launches 4 torpedoes at CM Yaeyama near Woleai, hitting with two sinking the ship.
I-21 launches 4 torpedoes at PF Honomu near Truk, hitting with one. I-21 escapes with mild damage and is on her way back to port for repairs.
Mine Warfare:
Allied mine sweepers remove the last of the mines at Mussau Island and Manus.
Burma:
RAF bombers attack troops at Taung Gyi inflicting negligible losses. The airfield is hit there as well to prevent further fort building.
My CVs in the Bay of Bengal lose sight of the RN CVs and find no targets.
Xargun
SS Pargo launches 4 torpedoes at CM Yaeyama near Woleai, hitting with two sinking the ship.
I-21 launches 4 torpedoes at PF Honomu near Truk, hitting with one. I-21 escapes with mild damage and is on her way back to port for repairs.
Mine Warfare:
Allied mine sweepers remove the last of the mines at Mussau Island and Manus.
Burma:
RAF bombers attack troops at Taung Gyi inflicting negligible losses. The airfield is hit there as well to prevent further fort building.
My CVs in the Bay of Bengal lose sight of the RN CVs and find no targets.
Xargun