Gorn to be wild. vontiger(J) vs geofflambert(A) rematch

[geofflambert]

1/4/42

[geofflambert]

1/4/42 bases only shown

[vontiger]

12/31/1941

Reported losses for this day are as follows:
Land-
Attack 88,41- 127 IJA to 3243 Chinese, Chinese Retreat
Attack Bandjermasin- 3 IJN to 114 Dutch, Dutch held
bombardment Hong Kong- 282 IJA to 432 Allies, Allies Held, 1st Middlesex Batt Des
Attacked Djambi- 14 IJA
Captured Kukong- 80 IJA to 1274 Chinese, Chinese retreat
Captured Tawau
Captured Temuloh- 13 IJA to 305 UK

Air
Regular Chinese ground bombings-
Regular Malay ground/af bombings-
Regular Filipino ground/af bombings
Bomb Wake- 32 US + 1 F4F-3 Des
Sweep Changsha- 1 Ki44+ 1 Ki51
Bomb Changsha- 1 H81-A3 Des, 1 Dam
CAP on TF Billiton- 2 139WH-3 Air + 1 Flak

Navy
Amphibious- Balikpapan
near Singkep- AK Shinkuang 18 shell + 1 torp sunk

Sub
SS I-157 AKL Louisianan 1 torp on fire, heavy dam
SS I-172 1 hit from AM Turkey
SS Cuttlefish 5 hits from PB Tonon Maru

[vontiger]

01/01/1942- New Month/New Year

Reported losses for this day are as follows:
Land-
Attack 54,57- 87 UK, UK Retreat
Captured Balikpapan- 54 IJA to 672 Dutch
Capture Bandjermasin- 181 Dutch
Attack Hong Kong- 148 IJA to 357 Allies, Allies Held
Captured Namatanai- 49 Australians, 2/1st Ind Coy Des

Air
Regular Chinese ground bombings-
Regular Malay ground/af bombings- 103 Allies Malacca
Regular Filipino ground/af bombings
Bomb Wake- 29 US + 1 F4F-3 Des
Port Manila- SS Sealion 3 bomb sunk, Seawolf 1 bomb massive explosion- I will believe that when I see it they both have been sunk 3-4 times

Navy

Sub- Allied Subs are in wolf packs
SS Spearfish 1 hit from AK AnsyuMaru 4 shell and 1 torp heavy dam
SS Saury AK Zuiho Maru 1 torp on fire heavy dam
SS RO-64 4 hits from AKL James Cook 2 shell 2 torps on fire heavy dam

[vontiger]

01/02/1942

Reported losses for this day are as follows:
Land-
Attack 67,87- 42 IJA to 28 UK, UK Retreat
Attacked Djami- 30 IJA to 37 Dutch- Dutch held
Attack Hong Kong- 44 IJA to 248 Allies, Allies Held
Captured Sambas- 21 IJA to 405 Allied

Air
Regular Chinese ground bombings-
Regular Malay ground/af bombings-
Regular Filipino ground/af bombings
Sweep Changsha- 1 H81-A3
Bomb Wake- 29 US + 1 F4F-3 Des
Port Manila- , Seawolf 1 bomb heavy dam

Navy

Sub
SS I-171 1 torp on DMS Lamberton, heavy dam
RO-67 1 hit from AKL Darvel 11 hits + 2 torps heavy dam

[vontiger]

01/03/1942

Reported losses for this day are as follows:
Land-
Bombardment Changsha- 17 Chinese
Captured Hong Kong- 46 IJA to 3151 Allies
Captured Iloilo
Captured Kweilin
Attacked Wake- 257 IJN

Air
Regular Chinese ground bombings-
Regular Malay ground/af bombings- 129 Malacca
Regular Filipino ground/af bombings
Sweep Changsha- 1 Ki42 Ic to 3 H81-A3
Bomb Wake- 74 US
Sweep Soerabaja- 2 CW-21B + 2 75A-7 Hawk- Losses were higher then that
CAP Billiton- 1 139WH-3
Naval strike Singapore- HDML 1096 1 torp sunk

Navy
Naval Engagement 49,81- ML No.310 2 hits sunk + ML No. 311 1 shell sunk
Naval Engagement Tandjoengpinang- AM Ballarat 9 shell sunk

Sub
SS Stingray CM Tokiwa 1 torp hit
SS KXV 2 hits from DD Hatakaze
SS I-124 AK Tarifa 1 torp on fire heavy dam + AK Marpessa 6 shell 1 torp on fire heavy dam

[vontiger]

01/04/1942

Reported losses for this day are as follows:
Land-
Bombardment Changsha- 13 IJA to 9 Chinese
Attacked Djambi- 21 IJA to 26 Dutch

Air
Regular Chinese ground bombings-
Regular Malay ground/af bombings- 105 Malacca
Regular Filipino ground/af bombings
Sweep Changsha- 1 H81-A3
Bomb Wake- 74 US
Sweep Soerabaja- 5 CW-21B + 1 75A-7 Hawk
CAP Billiton- 1 139WH-3
Naval strike near Malacca- AKL Garland 3 torp sunk + HDML 1104 1 torp sunk

Navy
Naval Engagement 78,64- DD Shirayuki 1 hit to MTB 11 3 shell sunk
Naval Engagement near Malacca- AKL Memphis City 9 shell on fire + AKL Kalarand 4 shell (IJN ships 4 PB)
Sub
SS Sargo CM Tokiwa 2 torp hit, heavy dam
SS I-122 AKL Memphis City 1 torp on fire heavy dam
SS I-2 2 hits from AM Wasaga

[vontiger]

Review December 1941
Points- More use of mines on both sides

Land
Captured most of Boreno, Some of New Guinea, Kavieng, Rabual, Rangoon. Still need to capture Hong Kong (fell early Jan), Wake.
Troops at Chengchow, Changsha. Cut 9-12 untis from Singapore and they are holed up in Malacca- I am stopping supply atm and my troops are closing in to finish them off.
My attention now turns to the DEI, Battles in the Phillipines.- See Geoffs Screen shots

Air
Air battles over Changsha- AVG rolled in got some kills on Oscars and only 1 on a Tojo but for it I would suspect 30 loses for 5-8 most of which were the Nates earlier on
Ar Battles over Billiton- No losses for 20+ fighters and 20+ bombers
Otherwise bombings of AFs etc. Allied planes withdrew back quickly

Naval
Allied ship losses 122+ except for PH and Singapore the rest are AKL, AK, HDML etc. I did hit a few AO/TK/AP/AS fleeing from the Philippines- I got alot of the ships fleeing from the Philippines.
Some Allied subs were sunk while they were in there wolf packs hunting my ports
My losses fairly low for the month

[geofflambert]

1/10/42 Two days back, Malacca fell. I don't have the casualty figures (I'm sure vontiger will post them soon) but they were awful.
I don't think I'll be showing you anything he doesn't pretty much know already.

[geofflambert]

I never was able to get any supplies to them, and lost several ships trying.

[vontiger]

01/05/1942

Reported losses for this day are as follows:
Land-
Attacked 51,78- 12 IJA to 327 Indian, Indians Retreat
Attacked 54,58- 71 British, British retreat
Bombardment Changsha- 1 IJA gun to 8 Chinese

Air
Regular Chinese ground bombings-
Regular Malay ground/af bombings-
Regular Filipino ground/af bombings
Sweep Changsha- 1 Ki43Ic to 1 H81-A3
Sweep Soerabaja- 1 Ki43Ic to 1 CW-21B + 1 75A-7 Hawk
CAP TF near Billiton- 4 139WH-3 + 2 CW-22 (losses were higher)

Navy

Sub
SS KXV 4 hits from PB Tatsumiya Maru
SS I-3 1 hit from DMS Chandler
SS Stingray 3 hits from PB Santos Maru
SS Swordfish hits PB Santos Maru 1 torp heavy dam
SS I-123 hits AKL Ipoh 4 shell heavy dam

[vontiger]

01/06/1942

Reported losses for this day are as follows:
Land-
Attacked 85,54- 280 IJA to 1892 Chinese, Chinese Retreat
Attacked 87,41- 219 IJA to 1225 Chinese, Chinese retreat
Bombardment Changsha- 6 IJA to 7 Chinese
Attacked Djambi- 27 IJA to 74 Dutch
Captured Malacca- 190 IJA to 3356 Allied, 6 Units retreated 3 destroyed (See Geoffs previous post for piccys)
Captured Pucheng

Air
Regular Chinese ground bombings-
Regular Malay ground/af bombings-
Regular Filipino ground/af bombings
Bombed Wake- 106 US
Sweep Changsha- 1 H81-A3
Sweep Soerabaja- 1 CW-21B + 1 75A-7 Hawk


Navy

Sub
SS KXIV 8 hits from SC Ch 9
SS I-1 1 hit from DD Patterson

[vontiger]

01/07/1942

Reported losses for this day are as follows:
Land-

Bombardment Changsha- 12 IJA to 24 Chinese
Attacked Djambi- 8 IJA to 38 Dutch
Captured Malacca- 190 IJA to 3356 Allied, 6 Units retreated 3 destroyed (See Geoffs previous post for piccys)
Attacked Wake- 155 IJN to 57 US

Air
Regular Chinese ground bombings-
Regular Malay ground/af bombings-
Regular Filipino ground/af bombings
Bombed Wake- 106 US
Sweep Changsha- 1 H81-A3 (night bombing- forgot to mention after AVG moved in all bombers went to night bombing)
Sweep Soerabaja- 1 75A-7 Hawk
Naval bombing Tavoy- AKL Nam Yong 1 bomb, heavy dam and fires

Navy
Naval Bombardment Wake- 83 US

Sub
SS KXIV 5 hits from DD Hatakaze + 7 hits from PB Higashiyama Maru
SS Perch 5 hits from Nagata Maru

[vontiger]

01/08/1942

Reported losses for this day are as follows:
Land-
Bombardment Changsha- 1 IJA gun to 9 Chinese
Attacked 52,64- 113 British, British retreated
Attacked 79,56- 313 IJA to 88 Chinese, Chinese held
Shock Attack 88,46- 188 Chinese, Chinese retreat
Attacked Djambi- 39 IJA to 77 Dutch
Attacked Wake- 22 IJN to 39 US

Air
Regular Chinese ground bombings-
Regular Malay ground/af bombings-
Regular Filipino ground/af bombings
Sweep Changsha- (night bombing) 1 sqn day bomb 1 Ki-43-Ic lost- bombers got through small amount of AF dam
Sweep Soerabaja- 1 A6M2 to 1 CW-21B
Allied Naval bomb Kendari- 1 PBY-5 shot down
Naval bomb- AKL Mabella 1 bomb on fire

Navy
Amphibious Kalidjati- troops landed
Surface combat- 4 IJN DD - 7 MTB all MTB bar MTB 8 sunk

Sub (3 Allied subs reported sunk)
SS Permit 1 mine hit buna on fire
SS Tarpon 1 mine hit buna on fire, heavy dam
SS Sturgeon 4 hits from PB Takuna Maru
SS I-123 hits AKL Marudu 1 torp heavy dam

[vontiger]

01/09/1942

Reported losses for this day are as follows:
Land-
Attacked 54,59- 16 RTA to 112 Britsh, British retreat
Captured Beaufort- 12 IJN to 52 British
Bombardment Changsha- 14 Chinese
Captured Chengchow- 568 IJA to 6623 Chinese
Captured Kalidjati

Air
Regular Chinese ground bombings-
Regular Malay ground/af bombings-
Regular Filipino ground/af bombings
Sweep Changsha- (1 Sqn night bombing) 1 H81-A3 down, 3 sqns day attack- good hits on AF
Sweep Soerabaja- 1 75A-7 Hawk
Allied Naval bomb- 5 B-339D+3 139WH-3 des 4 dam + 1 CW-22 Falcon + 1 dam (losses higher) bombers got to ships no hits
Naval Bomb Vic Point- AKL Nanchang 3 bomb sunk

Navy

Sub
SS Pickerel 1 hit AKE Nagisan Maru 12 shell hits
SS I-6 DD MaCdonough 1 torp heavy dam

[vontiger]

01/10/1942

Reported losses for this day are as follows:
Land-
Attacked Djami- 5 IJA to 67 Dutch
Bombardment Changsha- 5 IJA to 12 Chinese
Attacked Kendari- 53 IJN to 60 Dutch
Attacked Kuantan- 82 Indian, 8th Indian Brigade Des
Captured Prome
Captured Toungoo

Air
Regular Chinese ground bombings-
Regular Malay ground/af bombings-
Regular Filipino ground/af bombings
Bombed Wake- 57 US
Bombed Changsha- All day bombing no sign of AVG

Navy

Sub
SS I-121 2 hits from AKL Kaiping 9 shell heavy fire and dam

[vontiger]

01/11/1942

Reported losses for this day are as follows:
Land-
Shock Attack 87,46- 176 Chinese, Chinese retreat
Attacked Djami- 9 IJA to 68 Dutch
Bombardment Changsha- 7 IJA to 31 Chinese
Captured Kendari- 22 IJN to 255 Dutch
Captured Wake- 74 IJN to 632 US, Wake USN CPNAB + 1st Marine Def Bat des

Air
Regular Chinese ground bombings-
Regular Malay ground/af bombings-
Regular Filipino ground/af bombings
Bombed Wake- 98 US
Bombed Changsha- Light hits on AF Ki-21-Ic Sally lost to flak

Navy
Amphibious Kolaka

Sub
SS I-26 hits TK Falkefjell 1 torp on fire, heavy dam

[moore4807]

vontiger - any secrets you can share on how you are getting at least one SS encounter (and good hits) nearly every turn? I am most impressed!

[geofflambert]

Moo, you should ask instead how I successfully place targets dead ahead of vontiger, daring him to fire his torpedoes. I am the impressive one. Now, I would like to know from your own AAR where you placed those mines, how many and when. I wish to learn from you.

[vontiger]

ORIGINAL: moore4807

vontiger - any secrets you can share on how you are getting at least one SS encounter (and good hits) nearly every turn? I am most impressed!

The secret is to know where his army intends to defend. He will have supply ships going that way. Just set your subs up there. I have also been lucky as I have hit a few ships around northern Australia, some out of the US and a couple of ASW ships as well.