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This is to be a report of a PBEM campaign between me; the indomitable DivePac (The Emu/Kiwi Bird) commanding the Japanese empire, and formidable vettim89 (The Walleyed Pike) commanding the Allied Coalition. We are also both committed to fighting this campaign to the bitter-end (promise).

We are playing this campaign in the DaBigBabes version B scenario 28 mod. I would also like to thank JWE and his crew for their hard work on this excellent mod.

Our rules are limited, and reasonably standard. But we are both experienced and fair players, so there is little need of extensive rules.

- restricted units pay PPs to cross national boundaries.
- no strategic bombing within or from China till 1944.
- no non-base invasions.
- No 4E bombers on naval attack below 10,000 ft.
- I get 1 port attack turn 1.
- Allied player turn one can move Chinese ground units and TFs already at sea. Everything else is fixed.
- No night bombing with less than 50% moonlight.
- Fighters max altitude is the band with their second highest MAN rating.

The game seetings.

-combat reports on
-auto sub ops off
-TF move radius on
-plane move radius on
-fac to expand off
-ships/air groups upgrade off
-accept air/ground rep off
-turn cycle 1
-AI historical

-show combat anim on
-show combat sum on
-show clouds on

-fog of war on
-advan weather on
-allied dam control on
-PDU on
-hist 1st turn off
-dec 7th surp on
-rel USN torps off
-real R&D on
-no unit withdraw off
-reinforcements fixed

So here we go;

December 7,

Pearl Harbor raid-

Midget Sub attack inside harbor of Pearl Harbor!!!

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-24

Allied Ships
BB Maryland, Torpedo hits 1

Midget Sub attack inside harbor of Pearl Harbor!!!

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-14

Allied Ships
BB Oklahoma, (miss I think)

Morning Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 180,107

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 118 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 44 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 73
B5N2 Kate x 117
D3A1 Val x 132

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 9 damaged
D3A1 Val: 11 damaged
D3A1 Val: 2 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5 Catalina: 119 damaged
PBY-5 Catalina: 10 destroyed on ground
A-20A Havoc: 28 damaged
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
B-17E Fortress: 9 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed on ground
B-17D Fortress: 32 damaged
B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed on ground
SBD-1 Dauntless: 23 damaged
SBD-1 Dauntless: 2 destroyed on ground
B-18A Bolo: 28 damaged
B-18A Bolo: 4 destroyed on ground
P-40B Warhawk: 46 damaged
P-40B Warhawk: 7 destroyed on ground
C-33: 2 damaged
F4F-3 Wildcat: 2 damaged
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed on ground
P-36A Mohawk: 13 damaged
P-36A Mohawk: 3 destroyed on ground
R3D-2: 5 damaged
R3D-2: 1 destroyed on ground
O-47A: 4 damaged
O-47A: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
BB Tennessee, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
BB Pennsylvania, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2
BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
BB Nevada, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AV Wright, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
CL Phoenix, Bomb hits 2, on fire
BB California, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
BB West Virginia, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
BB Arizona, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DMS Wasmuth, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CL Raleigh, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AD Rigel, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
CL St. Louis, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
BB Maryland, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CL Helena, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Henley, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Bagley, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Allied ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Airbase hits 33
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 68
Port hits 8
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 4

Afternoon Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 180,107

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 85 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 55
B5N2 Kate x 27



Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 8 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 3 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
BB California, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
BB Arizona, Torpedo hits 2
BB Oklahoma, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB West Virginia, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Maryland, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
BB Pennsylvania, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
CA New Orleans, Torpedo hits 1



Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 2


Excellent results from the raid on Pearl Harbor, and are the best that I can recall having in all my games. I especially liked the fact that the 27x B5N2s from Zuikaku that missed the morning raid, made their strike in the afternoon phase. I will still launch another full air strike on Pearl Harbor tomorrow (8th Dec), as it was already planned, and I never completely trust the reports.

I also launched air raids on the Allied Airfields at Manila, Clark Field, and Iba on Luzon, plus Hong Kong, and Alor Star, Georgetown, Kota Bharu, and Kuantan in Malaya. All these raid were quite successfully, and achieved the desired results apart from the raid on Clark Field. The other group of Ki-21-IIa bombers, and the escort of Ki-43-Ic fighters did not take-off and join this raid. So I will have to give Clark Field a good working over tomorrow, and I hope Tim doesn’t disperse his aircraft at Clarke before then.


Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 18


Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Warhawk: 1 damaged


Runway hits 7

The highlight of the day was a two naval-attack strikes from Ryujo, on that damn USN cruiser.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Jolo at 73,91

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 7
B5N1 Kate x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate: 1 damaged
B5N1 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
CL Boise, Torpedo hits 1


Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Jolo at 73,91

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 10
B5N1 Kate x 14

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CL Boise, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Magazine explodes on CL Boise

I have landed troops at Kota Bharu in Malaya (most of the 18th division), also on Guam (Sasebo 1stSNLF), and expect that both objectives will be secured easly tomorrow.



Air-loss Statistics for the day -

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Wow. What results. I have never had any where near those destroyed aircraft counts. Whatever you did, you did it right!

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December 8th,

Pearl Harbor Raid.

The second air strike on Pearl Harbor didn’t take place today, as the Carriers of Kido Butai were unable to launch any air-strikes, because of the weather. Which was a damn shame as his airfields would still have been damaged, along with some of his fighters.

Also Zuikaku who was the duty carrier today, lost 3 of her air-search B5N2s to fighters, out to 2 hexes around Pearl Harbor today. So I now know he probably has a strong fighter force left, and will have more tomorrow.

So I have decided to try for another raid on Pearl Harbor, as I really don’t have much choice. I need Tim’s Battleships out of the war for a couple of years, and I also need to destroy as many of thoughts P-40s and PBYs as I can.

Luzon.

The combined JAAF/JNAF raid I launched on Clark Field today, proved somewhat underwhelming results to say the least. As you can see I launched an escort heavy raid, which had the express purpose of destroying enemy fighters. But with the net result of 1 downed P-40, a couple of casualties, and a few hits on the airfield is a bit depressing.

Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 45
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 30



Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 24
P-40E Warhawk x 22


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 12

Also a detachment of JNAF G3M2 launched a naval strike without fighter escort, on some light craft off Bataan today with predictable results.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bataan at 78,77

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 9



Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 7


Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
AM Tanager
AM Quail

Malaya.

But I had some better results with a fighter raid on Georgetown, by the JAAF/JNAF operating from Thailand.

Morning Air attack on Georgetown , at 49,74

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 30



Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 11


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 5 destroyed

Also the RAF launched several raids on my shipping off the landings at Kota Bharu and Singora, losing 4 aircraft and scoring no hits on any ships.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Kota Bharu at 51,75

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 6



Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 6
Hudson I x 3


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
Hudson I: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
BB Kongo

On the Ground.

Guam, Kota Bharu, and Tarawa all fell to me today, but I must admit that I used overwhelming force in three assaults.

Ground combat at Kota Bharu (51,75)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13075 troops, 93 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 434

Defending force 4000 troops, 38 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 99

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 243

Allied adjusted defense: 47

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kota Bharu !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 8 destroyed
Vildebeest III: 3 destroyed
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

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


Allied ground losses:
2694 casualties reported
Squads: 105 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 114 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 28 (26 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2
Units destroyed 1


Assaulting units:
114th Infantry Regiment
55th Infantry Regiment
56th Infantry Regiment
12th Engineer Regiment
302nd Ship Eng Coy
21st JAAF AF Bn
5th Field Construction Battalion
5th JAAF AF Coy

Submarines

Submarine attack near Palembang at 49,90

Japanese Ships
SS I-121

Allied Ships
TK Merula, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Submarine attack near Lingga at 51,87

Japanese Ships
SS I-154

Allied Ships
xAP Dominion Monarch, Torpedo hits 1

Submarine attack near Muntok at 51,89

Japanese Ships
SS I-121

Allied Ships
AMC Kanimlba, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Submarine attack near Muntok at 51,89

Japanese Ships
SS I-121

Allied Ships
CM Willem v d Zaan, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

End

December 9th,

Pearl Harbor Raid.

Not a good day for DivePac Command in the Hawaiian Islands today, with most of Kido Butai’s naval and port air-strikes going in uncoordinated. With the net result of very heavy aircraft and crew losses to my carrier air-groups, for some more damage and shipping losses to the American forces. Anyway there was not alternative other than launching the second attack, and my air-groups can be rebuilt.

Morning Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 180,107

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 73



Allied aircraft
P-36A Mohawk x 27
P-40B Warhawk x 51
F4F-3 Wildcat x 6


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-36A Mohawk: 3 destroyed
P-40B Warhawk: 2 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
18 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 18000 feet

Morning Air attack on TF, near Pearl Harbor at 180,107

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 107 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 31
D3A1 Val x 31



Allied aircraft
P-36A Mohawk x 20
P-40B Warhawk x 39
F4F-3 Wildcat x 2


Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val: 16 destroyed, 2 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CL Phoenix
DD Bagley, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CM Oglala, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Ward
CL St. Louis
DD Schley

Morning Air attack on TF, near Lihue at 178,106

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 14



Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 11


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
YO-43
YO-31
xAKL Hirondelle, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
YO-21, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
PG Sacramento, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Florence D., Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Afternoon Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 180,107

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 115 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 43 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 50
B5N2 Kate x 101
D3A1 Val x 98



Allied aircraft
P-36A Mohawk x 20
P-40B Warhawk x 43
F4F-3 Wildcat x 2


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 6 destroyed, 5 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val: 7 destroyed, 22 damaged
D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
P-36A Mohawk: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed
PBY-5 Catalina: 1 destroyed on ground
B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
CL St. Louis, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Ward
PC Tiger, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AG Antares, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
BB Nevada, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
xAP St. Mihel, Bomb hits 2, on fire
CL Phoenix
DD Chew, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Manini, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
PC Reliance, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
BB Arizona, Bomb hits 2
AO Ramapo
BB Tennessee, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Schley, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AG Aries, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk



Repair Shipyard hits 5
Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 19
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 1

Tim had two escorted medium bomber strike launch on Kido Butai in the morning, and one managed to get passed the fighter CAP, making runs to some of my ships (Damn scary).

Morning Air attack on TF, near Niihau at 175,106

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 35



Allied aircraft
B-18A Bolo x 9
P-36A Mohawk x 12
P-40B Warhawk x 18
F4F-3 Wildcat x 2


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-18A Bolo: 8 damaged
P-36A Mohawk: 2 destroyed
P-40B Warhawk: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CV Soryu
CV Shokaku
CA Tone

Morning Air attack on TF, near Niihau at 175,106

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 30



Allied aircraft
B-18A Bolo x 2
P-36A Mohawk x 6
P-40B Warhawk x 4


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed
P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed


Peleliu Islands.

Tim launched a B-17 heavy bomber raid on the port at the base on Babeldaob, but didn’t do any damage thankfully.

Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97

Weather in hex: Light cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15



Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 16


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 7 damaged

Also southeast of the Peleliu Islands, off Satawal in the Caroline Islands. The light cruiser Nagara which is transiting to Truk sighted and Attacked an American minesweeper overnight. I think this is maybe the vessel that was in port at Guam, when I landed there.


Night Time Surface Combat, near Woleai at 103,106, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Nagara

Allied Ships
AM Penguin, Shell hits 3


Luzon.

I began landing at Vigan on Luzon today, with the first wave consisting of an infantry regiment, and 3 JAAF AF battalions. Tim also had some strikes launch on my shipping off Vagan, and his fighter-bombers managed to get some hits.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Vigan at 80,73

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-35A x 17


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Shinko Maru
xAK Sanko Maru, Bomb hits 1
xAK Yuzan Maru
xAK Anzan Maru #2
xAK Bunzan Maru
xAK Kazuura Maru

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

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Vigan at 80,73

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-35A x 17


Allied aircraft losses
P-35A: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Brisbane Maru, Bomb hits 1
xAK Hawaii Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
xAK Keiyo Maru
xAK Bunzan Maru
DD Nagatsuki

Japanese ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Malaya.

The RAF also struck at my shipping off the landing at Kota Bharu, but again my luck held, and no hits were scored.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Kota Bharu at 51,75

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 2



Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 10
Hudson I x 2


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
BB Kongo

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kota Bharu at 51,75

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 2



Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 10


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna

Also in Malaya I had My JAAF units operating from Thailand work over the RAF air-station at Georgetown again. I want the airfields at Georgetown completely closed down ASAP, so he can’t transfer aircraft north to Burma.

Morning Air attack on Georgetown , at 49,74

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 39
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 26



Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 6


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 damaged
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed on ground



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

Afternoon Air attack on Georgetown , at 49,74

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 24



Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 3


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed


Submarine Minelayers.

TF 560 encounters mine field at 49,90

Allied Ships
TK Britannia, Mine hits 1, on fire

TF 635 encounters mine field at 49,90

Allied Ships
TK Aldegonda, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Submarines.

Submarine attack near Tambelan-eilanden at 53,91

Japanese Ships
SS I-166

Allied Ships
AGP Wega, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

Submarine attack near Tawi Tawi at 71,89

Japanese Ships
SS I-123

Allied Ships
xAP Candesa, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage


Air-loss statistics for day/to date.

As you can see it was a very bad day for Kido Butai’s D3A1 Val air-groups, and they have been decimated. But the situation is not as bad as it seems, as the A6M2 Zero, and B5N2 Kate air-groups are mainly up to strength. So Kido Butai is still combat capable, and can launch a heavy anti-shipping strike. While the D3A1 Val air-groups can be bought up to maybe 60-80% strength with the spare airframes and crews available.

December 10,

Sulu Sea.

In the afternoon our light carrier Ryujo, which is operating in the Celebes Sea, air-search sighted the American aviation ship Langley, and a strike was launched against this enemy vessel.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tawi Tawi at 72,90

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

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

Japanese aircraft
B5N1 Kate x 14



No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AV Langley, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage


Luzon.

Overnight there an engagement off the landings at Vigan between some American torpedo boats, and my covering cruiser force. But the enemy force did not close, and disengaged after a short long-range firefight.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Vigan at 80,73, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Maya
CA Chokai
CL Naka
DD Natsugumo
DD Yamagumo
DD Minegumo
DD Asagumo

Allied Ships
PT Q-111
PT Q-112
PT Q-113

Also overnight JNAF attack bombers operating from Formosa struck at the Port of Manila, and damaged the floating dock there.

Night Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 23



No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
ARD YFD-1 Dewey, Bomb hits 1

Then in the morning JAAF Formosa based aircraft launched a major raid on Clark Field, suffering heavy losses in escorting Ki-43-Ic Oscars to the defending American P-40 fighters.

Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 45
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 31



Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 10
P-40E Warhawk x 28


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 6 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
P-40B Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed
O-47A: 1 destroyed on ground


Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

Also during the day the American’s launched two heavy bomber raids against our shipping off Vigan, which resulted in the damage to some ships.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Vigan at 80,73

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 16


Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Yuzan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Oigawa Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Naka
DD Minegumo
xAK Arizona Maru
xAK Keiyo Maru

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Vigan at 80,73

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 5


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Keiyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Natsugumo

Also in the morning an enemy fighter-bomber raid struck at one of our troop convoys off Laoag, but thankfully no hits were scored.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Iba at 75,70

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-35A x 17


Allied aircraft losses
P-35A: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Seian Maru
xAK Sinkyo Maru
xAK Azuma Maru

Then Finally at sea off Laoag an enemy submarine attacked, and sunk one of our minesweepers escorting a troop convoy.

ASW attack near Laoag at 82,70

Japanese Ships
DMS W-17, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Taiko Maru
xAP Husimi Maru
xAK Sugiyama Maru
xAK Daisin Maru
TB Tomozuru
TB Hatsukari
TB Manazuru
TB Chidori

Allied Ships
SS S-36

Malaya.

A JNAF night raid by attack bombers operating from Saigon, on the RAF base at Singapore achieved some success last night.

Night Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 11



Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 7 damaged
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed on ground
Vildebeest III: 4 damaged
Vildebeest III: 1 destroyed on ground
Buffalo I: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 8

Then during the day the RAF launched three raids on my shipping off Kota Bharu, but again scored no hits.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Kota Bharu at 51,75

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 4



Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 8


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kota Bharu at 51,75

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 4



Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 3
Hudson I x 2


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 3 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged
Hudson I: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
CL Jintsu

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kota Bharu at 51,75

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 3



Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 7


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo

Mine.

TF 662 encounters mine field at 49,90

Allied Ships
TK Juno, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Submarine.

Submarine attack near Tawi Tawi at 72,89

Japanese Ships
SS I-123

Allied Ships
xAP Elcano, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Submarine attack near Lingga at 51,88

Japanese Ships
SS I-153

Allied Ships
xAP Perak, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

End.

December 11,

Central Pacific.

Naval troops landed on, and took the Island of Tabiteuea in the Southern Gilbert’s today. I intend to build Tabiteuea up as a forward defensive hub, supporting forward bases on Baker and Nanumea Atolls. There is a chance that Tim may try and interfere with this landing, with maybe his heavy cruisers, or even carriers. So as soon as the unloading is complete, the landing, and supporting force will withdraw.

South Seas.

Naval infantry and naval aviation troops landed at Aitape on the East Coast of New Guinea today, and will secure the area tomorrow. I have planned to build up Aitape as a support and fall-back base for the main area hub base of Rabaul. There is a small support force (1 cruiser,2 destroyers) covering this landing, but it is unlikely that Tim will interfere here.

Peleliu Islands.

Tim had launched two B-17 Fortress raids launch at my two carrier forces in this area today. The first was on the Ryujo force which is returning to Babeldaob for replenishment, from raiding in the Celebes Sea. The second was on the light carrier Zuiho and two destroyers just arriving from the Home Islands for deployment in this area.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Babeldaob at 85,96

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 6



Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 2


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVL Ryujo

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Babeldaob at 90,97

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8



Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 3


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVL Zuiho

Luzon Area.

American submarines were busy overnight in the northern approaches to Luzon, attacking our damaged shipping withdrawing from the Vigan.

ASW attack near Laoag at 80,71

Japanese Ships
xAK Yuzan Maru, on fire
xAK Hawaii Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Shonan Maru #17

Allied Ships
SS S-41

Sub attack near Laoag at 80,71

Japanese Ships
xAK Keiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Sanko Maru
PB Shonan Maru #17

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise

American motor torpedo boats again tried to interfer with our shipping off Vigan, but were again driven off by the supporting force.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Vigan at 80,73, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Maya
CA Chokai
CL Naka
DD Natsugumo
DD Yamagumo
DD Minegumo
DD Asagumo

Allied Ships
PT Q-111
PT Q-112
PT Q-113

In the air today over Luzon, I launched an offensive JNAF fighter sweep against Clark Field with some success.

Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36



Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 10


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed

Also Tim had the USAAF launch anti-shipping strikes on our shipping off Vigan again today, but I now have some defending fighters based there.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Vigan at 80,73

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 14



Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 12
P-35A x 17
P-40B Warhawk x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 6


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Tsuyama Maru
xAK Yasuteru Maru
xAK Aki Maru
xAK Ueizuru Maru

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Vigan at 80,73

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 12



Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 2
P-35A x 13


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-35A: 1 destroyed

Malaya.

I launched another airfield suppression raid on Georgetown again today, and with only three RAF fighters left, I don’t think it will be long until I shut this base down.

Morning Air attack on Georgetown , at 49,74

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 47
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 18



Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 3


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed on ground



Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 26

Submarines.

Submarine attack near Pontianak at 54,89

Japanese Ships
SS I-165

Allied Ships
xAP Rochambeau, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage

Submarine attack near Jolo at 74,88

Japanese Ships
SS I-123

Allied Ships
TK Manatawny, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Submarine attack near Batu Pahat at 49,82

Japanese Ships
SS I-155

Allied Ships
xAP Kelantan, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

End.

I see damaged planes, during airfield bombardment, and report of destroyed on ground, during base fall. That means this is one of the latest beta.

Is it already include land combat modification (that support squad have only 10% chance of being targeted)? If so, can you put results of larger land combats (also not won by any of sides) into report? I would like to see how it works "live".

A piece of advice:
If you use few air units for sweep same base, put them on different altitudes. You actually want them to NOT coordinate. That way enemy can win first battle, but with time less, and less fighters will be on CAP, and pilots will be more, and more fatigued. When your bombers come, most of the planes will be already on ground refueling/rearming.

December 12,

Central Pacific.

In the morning phase today my Merchant Raider Aitoku Maru, which was patrolling a line between Jarvis Island, and Starbuck Island was discovered by American Carrier task forces. The Aitoku Maru was attacked by a morning air-strike from what appears to be two enemy carriers (F2A-3,and F4F-3A fighters), and was so badly damaged she sunk later in the day.

But the Raider’s Alf float-plane did manage to get a good sighting of two enemy task forces, heading northeast toward the Line Islands. So I will assume that these are the two American carrier task forces that were operating from Pearl Harbour. Also that these enemy task forces appear to be heading toward Pearl Harbour, or the US West Coast. But just in case I have thinned-out my shipping in the Tarawa/Tabiteuea area only to the ships that are still unloading.


Morning Air attack on TF, near Jarvis Island at 170,149

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
F2A-3 Buffalo x 11
F4F-3A Wildcat x 11
SBD-3 Dauntless x 15


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AMC Aikoku Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage



Aircraft Attacking:
15 x SBD-3 Dauntless bombing from 15000 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AMC Aikoku Maru


Mindanao.

I had JNAF medium bombers operating from Babeldaob, raid the American airbase at Cagayan this morning. This was in reaction to the numinous B-17 fortress raids that Tim has been launching from this base. Because Cagayan is outside the range of fighter escort from Babeldaob, I did take the chance that there could have been some fighter defence. But luckily there wasn’t, and the raid did prove to be very successful.

Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 24



Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 15 damaged
B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed on ground


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 26

Luzon.

Mayhem and destruction at sea off the Vigan landings last night, as the American motor torpedo boats again strike, but this time they got passed the covering force. These attacks lead to the sinking of four of my ships, but luckily (because of my settings) the convoys continued to unload. For tonight I have thinned-out my shipping here to the vessels still unloading troops. But unfortunately they are the large high-value transports, fingers crossed for tonight.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Vigan at 80,73, Range 5,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Natori
DD Satsuki
DD Minazuki
DD Fumizuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Nagatsuki
DMS W-15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DMS W-16
PB Chohakusan Maru
PB Rokko Maru #2
xAK Arizona Maru
xAK Akiura Maru
xAK Kazuura Maru, Shell hits 1
xAK Nagara Maru
xAK Matsukawa Maru
xAK Takao Maru, Shell hits 1
xAK Bunzan Maru, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Shinko Maru
xAK Ohio Maru
xAK Anzan Maru #2
xAKL Kurama Maru
xAKL Fukuei Maru, Shell hits 1
xAKL Korei Maru

Allied Ships
PT-31
PT-32
PT-33
PT-34
PT-35
PT-41

Night Time Surface Combat, near Vigan at 80,73, Range 3,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Natori
DD Satsuki
DD Minazuki
DD Nagatsuki
DMS W-16
PB Chohakusan Maru
PB Rokko Maru #2
xAK Arizona Maru, Torpedo hits 1
xAK Akiura Maru
xAK Kazuura Maru
xAK Nagara Maru
xAK Matsukawa Maru
xAK Takao Maru
xAK Shinko Maru
xAK Ohio Maru
xAK Anzan Maru #2
xAKL Kurama Maru
xAKL Fukuei Maru
xAKL Korei Maru

Allied Ships
PT Q-111
PT Q-112
PT Q-113

During the day I had the JAAF operating from Formosa raid Clark Field again, with good results.

Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 34
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 24



Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 7
P-40E Warhawk x 14


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
P-35A: 1 destroyed on ground


Allied ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled


Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 18

Hong Kong.

I launched the first ground attack on Hong Kong today, and was pleased with the results, as my losses were not as high as I expected. I will rest the troops for two days, and continue to pound Hong Kong with artillery and from the air.


Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 23650 troops, 262 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 754

Defending force 8076 troops, 132 guns, 72 vehicles, Assault Value = 231

Japanese adjusted assault: 263

Allied adjusted defense: 329

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1206 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 88 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled


Allied ground losses:
580 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 47 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled


Assaulting units:
1st Ind.Inf.Group
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
67th Ind.Infantry Battalion
68th Ind.Infantry Battalion
38th Division
66th Infantry Regiment
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion

Defending units:
1st Middlesex Battalion
Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion
Rifles of Canada Battalion
Kowloon Brigade
102nd RN Base Force
Hong Kong Fortress

Malaya.

We unexpectedly occupied Alor Star to day, so all combat units are now jumping forward to there as fast as possible. I am also entraining field engineer and JAAF airfield battalions to move to Alor Star, as I intend to use the airfield there as my main bomber base for the bombardment of Singapore.

Also the JAAF raided the RAF station at Georgetown again to suppress the airfield.

Morning Air attack on Georgetown , at 49,74

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 54
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 19



Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 4


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

Submarines.

Submarine attack near Billiton at 53,92

Japanese Ships
SS I-164

Allied Ships
TK Josefina, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

Sub attack near Tawi Tawi at 72,89

Japanese Ships
SS I-123

Allied Ships
TK Manatawny, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage



SS I-123 launches 4 torpedoes

End.

December 13,

Eastern Pacific.

After reconnoitring Wake Island since December the seventh, with G4M1 Betty aircraft from Roi-Namur, and seeing no sign of any aircraft based there. I launched a raid on the Island to neutralize the airfield, before my upcoming landing operation. So you can imagine my surprise when F4F-3 Wildcats tried to intercept my attacking G3M2 Nell's. But luckily it appears that the Wildcats were as surprised as I was, and all my aircraft managed to return to base.

Afternoon Air attack on Wake Island , at 136,98

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 20



Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 4


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Runway hits 4


Southern Seas.

The merchant cruiser Hokoku Maru which is operating Raoul and Norfolk Islands, incepted two enemy transports during the day. In the resulting engagement the raider scored numerous hit the the enemy ships, which sunk at least one of them.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Raoul Island at 126,173, Range 15,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
AMC Hokoku Maru

Allied Ships
xAP Mildura, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Murada, Shell hits 6, on fire


Luzon.

The air-campaign continues over Luzon again today, with an offensive fighter sweep over Clark Field. The airfield suppression operation against Clark Field is starting to have results, with only around twenty enemy fighters engaged today. That is compared with the fifty or so fighters that were being encountered only a few days ago.

Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 19



Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 8
P-40E Warhawk x 14


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed

Again the decline of Tim’s air-power on Luzon is noted with only four of his P-35A fighter-bombers attempting to attack my shipping off Vigan.


Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Vigan at 80,73

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 13



Allied aircraft
P-35A x 4


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-35A: 1 destroyed

China.

I started the air-campaign in China today, with a raid on the enemy bomber field at Changsha. The object of this raid is the suppression of the Chinese air-power in the Changsha area. With the long term aim is to destroy, or force Tim to withdraw his air-power from this area.

Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 18
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 17



Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
SB-III: 3 damaged


Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 12

End.

Air loss statistics to date -

Brutally successful PT attacks. I haven't ever seen them so successful. Bad Luck ...

Your A2A losses though are running better than 2:1. So you're doing good there.

BANZAI!!!

Hi Pax, love you're avatar, she is a beauty. [;)]

Yes Tim's torpedo boat attacks have been very affective, after a slow start. So I think that maybe he gave them better squadron commanders after the early ineffectual strikes. I have also been wondering if he has a tender at Subic Bay (which is added to the DaBabes Map), which is allowing him to reload his torpedoes.

Where I am happy with the air-kill ratio, it could have been better, as most of my losses are from the second strike on Pearl Harbor.

ORIGINAL: DivePac88

Hi Pax, love you're avatar, she is a beauty. [;)]

thought something was needed for the JFB's. [:D]

December 14,

Eastern Pacific.

Kota Butai was to have launched a series of air-strikes on the airfield and defences on Wake Island today. But because of the weather conditions was only able to launch morning reconnaissance missions, and a fighter sweep.

Morning Air attack on Wake Island , at 136,98

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18



Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 4


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Mindanao and Celebes Sea.

Landing operations began overnight at the Port of Davao on Mindanao, and Jolo Island at the northern exits of the Celebes Sea. There was a night engagement off Davao, when my cruiser covering force sighted a enemy Transport and escort vessel.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Davao at 79,91, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba
CA Kinugasa
CA Furutaka
CA Kako
CL Kuma
DD Sagiri
DD Amagiri
DD Oboro, Shell hits 1
DD Akebono
DD Sazanami
DD Ushio

Allied Ships
AVD Childs, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAP President Madison, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Then in the morning the light carrier force, which is operating in the Celebes Sea in support of the operations at Davao and Jolo, sunk a enemy freighter.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Davao at 82,92

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
B5N2 Kate x 11



No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAK John Lykes, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

I also launched another JNAF bombing raid on the American airfield at Cagayan, with the aim of keeping the B-17 fortress bombers there grounded. This raid seems to have succeeded, as there were no raids by these aircraft on my landings at Davao or Jolo.

Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 21



Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 10 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 8

Hong Kong.

I launched another assault on Hong Kong today, and even though my losses were higher that Tim’s, I was happy with the results.

Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 25355 troops, 272 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 678

Defending force 7637 troops, 131 guns, 72 vehicles, Assault Value = 177

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 270

Allied adjusted defense: 201

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
1656 casualties reported
Squads: 34 destroyed, 72 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled


Allied ground losses:
567 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 38 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)


Assaulting units:
67th Ind.Infantry Battalion
68th Ind.Infantry Battalion
1st Ind.Inf.Group
38th Division
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
66th Infantry Regiment
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
23rd Army
2nd Mortar Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion

Defending units:
Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion
1st Middlesex Battalion
Rifles of Canada Battalion
Kowloon Brigade
102nd RN Base Force
Hong Kong Fortress

China.

I launched another raid on the airfield at Changsha today, and was happy with the results. But it is only a matter of time until some AVG fighters turn-up I think. But that is what I want, and will just slowly wear them down over time.

Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 14
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 19



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

Submarines.

Submarine attack near Jolo at 73,88

Japanese Ships
SS I-124

Allied Ships
xAKL Fortuna, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Submarine attack near Toboali at 50,95

Japanese Ships
SS I-162

Allied Ships
xAKL Circe, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage

End.

The Situation map of the landing operations in the Southern Philippines.

Note; The Second landing Force off Jolo is carrying a JNAF air flotilla HQ, and some JNAF airfield and engineer units. This force is to land after the SNLF company has secured the Island, so that Tim thinks there is a just small SNLF force there. There are Search float-planes, torpedo bombers and fighters standing-by to transfer to Jolo as soon as the airfield is operational. Thus with a naval strike airfield operational on Jolo, the Southern communications with Luzon will be severed.

December 15,

Eastern Pacific.

Kota Butai hit Wake Island with a fighter sweep and an airfield strike today, this is in support of the landing operation, which begins tonight. I only lost 1x A6M2 Zero over the target, which was shot down by a F4F-3 Wildcat. But Kota Butai had a ‘bad hair day’ when landing-on the returning Strikes, and had 6x aircraft damaged, some which were later written-off.

D3A1 Val from Soryu-2 crashes on landing
D3A1 Val from Soryu-2 is damaged on landing
A6M2 Zero from Hiryu-1 crashes on landing
B5N2 Kate from Shokaku-3 is damaged on landing
D3A1 Val from Zuikaku-2 is damaged on landing
B5N2 Kate from Zuikaku-3 crashes on landing

Morning Air attack on Wake Island , at 136,98

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12



Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 3


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

Afternoon Air attack on Wake Island , at 136,98

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 59
B5N2 Kate x 35
D3A1 Val x 70



Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 2


Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged
D3A1 Val: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
167 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 22

Mindanao, and Celebes Sea.

Jolo Island was secured overnight by the SNLF company that landed there yesterday, and the JNAF airfield and engineer units will start unloading tonight. Meanwhile today the infantry regiment that had landed at Davao, successfully assaulted the port and forced the 2x defending enemy units to retreat.

Ground combat at Davao (79,91)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3847 troops, 32 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 116

Defending force 655 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18

Japanese adjusted assault: 24

Allied adjusted defense: 4

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Davao !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-4 Catalina: 1 destroyed

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

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


Allied ground losses:
384 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 2


Assaulting units:
146th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
1st /101st PA Battalion
505th Base Sqdn

Luzon, and Formosa.

Tim launched a squadron of his infernal motor torpedo boats into the harbor at Takao last night, with what I am sad to say great success. I did have patrols out to guard against this sort of attack, but they were to the south and east of the port, The torpedo boats slipped easily past these patrols, and only lost 1x boat to the defending minefields. All my ships that took torpedos later sank, and the three convoys in the port scattered after the attack. Luckily these convoys were the third-lift to Luzon, and were carrying support units, but it is still going to take some time to sort-out.

TF 436 encounters mine field at Takao (84,65)

Allied Ships
MTB 26, Mine hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage


Day Time Surface Combat, near Takao at 84,65, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
AMc Choun Maru #7
PB Choun Maru #18
PB Kyo Maru #12
PB Kyo Maru #13
xAK Sydney Maru
xAK Anyo Maru
xAK Kumagawa Maru
xAK Tatukami Maru
xAK Okiyu Maru
xAK Kosei Maru
xAK Kotoku Maru
xAK Keisho Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Hokuan Maru
xAK Maya Maru
xAK Takaoka Maru
xAK Atlas Maru
xAK Kamoi Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
xAK Shinyubari Maru
xAK Shirogane Maru
xAK Tenzan Maru
xAK Yamadori Maru
xAK Karachi Maru
xAK Pacific Maru
xAK Kuwayama Maru
xAK Siraha Maru
xAK Chuko Maru

Allied Ships
MTB 7
MTB 8, Shell hits 1, on fire
MTB 9
MTB 10
MTB 11
MTB 12
MTB 26, Shell hits 1
MTB 27, Shell hits 3, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Day Time Surface Combat, near Takao at 84,65, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
AMc Choun Maru #7
PB Choun Maru #18
PB Kyo Maru #12
PB Kyo Maru #13
xAK Sydney Maru
xAK Anyo Maru
xAK Kumagawa Maru
xAK Tatukami Maru
xAK Okiyu Maru
xAK Kosei Maru
xAK Kotoku Maru
xAK Keisho Maru, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Hokuan Maru
xAK Maya Maru
xAK Takaoka Maru
xAK Atlas Maru
xAK Kamoi Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Shinyubari Maru
xAK Shirogane Maru
xAK Tenzan Maru
xAK Yamadori Maru
xAK Karachi Maru
xAK Pacific Maru
xAK Kuwayama Maru
xAK Siraha Maru
xAK Chuko Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
MTB 7
MTB 8, on fire
MTB 9
MTB 10
MTB 11
MTB 12
MTB 26, Shell hits 1, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
115 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 11 (5 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 31 (13 destroyed, 18 disabled)

Day Time Surface Combat, near Takao at 84,65, Range 4,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
AMC Asaka Maru
xAK Kano Maru
xAK Tamon Maru
xAK Yamaura Maru
xAK Lima Maru
xAK Tokiwa Maru
xAP Kokuryu Maru
xAP Kongo Maru

Allied Ships
MTB 7
MTB 8, heavy fires
MTB 9
MTB 10
MTB 11
MTB 12
MTB 26, heavy fires

I continued the campaign for air-superiority over Luzon today with a JAAF raid on Clark Field, and was pleased with the results.

Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 19



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 5


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground
O-47A: 1 destroyed on ground


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 30

Hong Kong.

I launched another assault on Hong Kong today, and was very pleased with the results. The assault today reduced the forts to 1, and with my infantry still in good condition, it is only a matter of days till the city falls.

Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 24333 troops, 272 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 601

Defending force 7203 troops, 130 guns, 72 vehicles, Assault Value = 136

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 503

Allied adjusted defense: 197

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
500 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled


Allied ground losses:
511 casualties reported
Squads: 21 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 16 (6 destroyed, 10 disabled)


Assaulting units:
66th Infantry Regiment
1st Ind.Inf.Group
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
68th Ind.Infantry Battalion
38th Division
67th Ind.Infantry Battalion
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
23rd Army
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion

Defending units:
Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion
Rifles of Canada Battalion
Kowloon Brigade
1st Middlesex Battalion
102nd RN Base Force
Hong Kong Fortress

Malaya.

I launched the first JAAF offensive fighter sweep against Singapore today, from the captured RAF airfield at Kota Bharu, which is now back in full operation. This is the opening move in the campaign for air-superiority over Singapore, and will be joined by JAAF medium bombers and escorting fighters operating from Alor Star in a few days.

Afternoon Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 27



Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 27


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 6 destroyed

Also another JAAF raid on the RAF airfield at Georgetown today, launched from my airfields in Thailand. I am gaining the upper hand here, and it is only a matter of a few days till Tim will have to withdraw his surviving aircraft.

Morning Air attack on Georgetown , at 49,74

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 42
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 22



Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 7


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

End.

January 16,

Eastern Pacific.

Wake Island falls to me today after a successful landing operation, that began in the early hours of the morning. I must admit that I did come heavy-handed, but I didn’t want a protracted ground operation here. The only setback was the loss of the large transport Kashima Maru, which ran aground and sunk off Wake Island.

xAP Kashima Maru runs onto reef while attempting to unload at Wake Island

Ground combat at Wake Island (136,98)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 5632 troops, 50 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 183

Defending force 1352 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18

Japanese adjusted assault: 109

Allied adjusted defense: 2

Japanese assault odds: 54 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Wake Island !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 3 destroyed

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

Japanese ground losses:
122 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
1946 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 113 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 31 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 31 (31 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2


Assaulting units:
Maizuru 2nd SNLF /1
61st Nav Gd /1
Maizuru 1st SNLF /1

Defending units:
141st USN Stn Base Force
Wake (Det.) Defense Battalion

Mindanao.

A detachment of JNAF medium bombers operating from my base on Babeldaob raided enemy shipping off Cagayan today. Problem is these aircraft should have been armed with torpedoes, but someone forgot to equip the Air Flotilla there with them.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cagayan at 79,89

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 12



No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAKL Isla Filipinas, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Kanlaon II

Formosa.

Formosa base aircraft spent the day attacking Tim’s damaged, and undamaged motor torpedo boats withdrawing from the attack on the Port of Takao.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Takao at 82,66

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 5,100 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 4


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
MTB 11, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
MTB 9


Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Takao at 82,66

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 3,100 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11


No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
MTB 7, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
MTB 12, Shell hits 2, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
MTB 9, Shell hits 2, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk


Hong Kong.

The big news today is the fall of Hong Kong, which was captured by my forces today with the third assault on the fortress. The successful assault was supported by heavy artillery, and heavy air-support from aircraft at Canton, and on Formosa.

Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 23988 troops, 272 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 578

Defending force 6875 troops, 124 guns, 72 vehicles, Assault Value = 108

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 307

Allied adjusted defense: 145

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Hong Kong !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
385 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Allied ground losses:
8768 casualties reported
Squads: 102 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 557 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 27 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 177 (177 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 75 (75 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 6


Assaulting units:
68th Ind.Infantry Battalion
1st Ind.Inf.Group
66th Infantry Regiment
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
38th Division
67th Ind.Infantry Battalion
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
23rd Army
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion

Defending units:
Rifles of Canada Battalion
1st Middlesex Battalion
Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion
Kowloon Brigade
102nd RN Base Force
Hong Kong Fortress

Malaya.

I launched another JAAF medium bomber raid on Georgetown today, as air-reconnaissance still shows enemy fighter present. I would have thought that Tim would have withdrawn his aircraft from Georgetown by now, as my ground forces are only a few days away.

Morning Air attack on Georgetown , at 49,74

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 48
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 22



Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 2


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed



Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 15

Submarines.

Submarine attack near Pontianak at 54,89

Japanese Ships
SS I-165

Allied Ships
AG Vyner Brooke, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage

End.


Airframe and Engine factory build to-date.

NB. Some people will question me building Ki-43-Ic and Ib Oscars, but the reason I do this is it gives me two fully equipped Ki-43-Ib Sentai in the early game (normally deployed in Malaya).

December 14.

Eastern Pacific.

Tim has had some submarine-mines laid off Kwajalein overnight, but I had a local patrol out. These patrol boats detected, then have cleared some of the mines. But I will reroute some incoming convoys to Roi-Namur for a few days. I have also noticed that enemy submarine sightings around my Pacific bases has picked up in the last few days. So I will step-up the local ASW patrols on all my main bases in this area.

Southern Seas.

Have started regular long-range recon flights over Rabaul today from Truk, with a detachment of G4M1 Betty's transferred from Roi-Namur. When I am positive that there are no enemy fighters present, I will launch long-range, and unescorted bombing raids on the airfield and port at Rabaul. This is to soften-up the Australian base for an up-coming landing operation, which forces are now gathering at Truk for, and will go ahead when Dai Ichi Kido Butai (number 1 carrier force)arrives from Wake.

Mindanao and Celebes Sea.

In the morning Dai Ni Kido Butai (Number 2 carrier force) found two American troop transports in the Celebes Sea, then sunk one and damaged the other with an air-strike.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Jolo at 73,93

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
B5N2 Kate x 12



No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAP Candioa, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Regulus, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage


Two JNAF raids on Cagayan In the afternoon against the airfield and shipping in the harbor, found American P-40 fighters now protecting this base. The first raid was by G4M1 Betty’s operating from Babeldaob, which game in low, taking the enemy by surprise. But the second raid by carrier aircraft from the Dai Ni Kido Butai found the enemy fully alerted, and suffered heavy losses.

Afternoon Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 26



Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 2


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed on ground


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 31

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cagayan at 79,89

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
B5N2 Kate x 12



Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 2


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 3 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
xAKL Kanlaon II
xAKL Surigao, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Malaya.

I launched another offensive JAAF fighter sweep against the defending RAF fighters over Singapore today, and again shot-down several enemy fighters.

Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 29



Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 30


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 4 destroyed

Burma.

I launched the first offensive fighter sweep against the enemy fighter defences over Rangoon today. This was conducted by JNAF A6M2 Zero fighters operating from Bangkok, and succeeded in downing three RAF and American fighters.

Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16



Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 8
Buffalo I x 8


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 1 destroyed
Buffalo I: 2 destroyed

End.

Here is my JAAF airframe research and development set-up to-date.

Also here is my JNAF airframe research and development set-up to-date.

December 18,

Celebes Sea.

My forward JNAF airfield on Jolo Island is now up and running, and B5N1 Kate torpedo armed bombers operating from there today sunk four of Tim’s xAXL’s. The purpose behind the establishment of this base on Jolo, is to cut communications with Luzon from the south. The upcoming landing operation to take Kuching (beginning in two days) on the Sarawak coast, will cut the other line of communication with Luzon from the West.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Tawi Tawi at 71,91

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
B5N1 Kate x 10


No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAKL Mauban, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Montanes, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Siquijor at 76,87

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
B5N1 Kate x 10


No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAKL Princess of Cebu, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Princessa, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk

Luzon.

The JAAF launched another airfield suppression raid on Clark Field this morning, with a noticeable drop in the number of defending enemy fighters.

Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 19



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 6


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground
O-47A: 1 destroyed on ground



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 13

There was some ground action at San Fernando today, when the 48th division attacked and retreated an American blocking force there. The 48th division will now hold here, unit the 65th Brigade now landing at Vagan joins it. Meanwhile the 21st division has begun unloading at Aparri today, and will advance down the east coast of Luzon.

Ground combat at San Fernando (80,74)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13684 troops, 133 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 427

Defending force 4258 troops, 59 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 144

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 311

Allied adjusted defense: 25

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE San Fernando !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
191 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
2294 casualties reported
Squads: 22 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 81 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 28 (28 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
47th Infantry Regiment
1st Formosa Inf. Regiment
2nd Formosa Inf. Regiment
48th Engineer Regiment
48th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
11th PA Infantry Division

Submarines.

Submarine attack near Bandjermasin at 60,102

Japanese Ships
SS I-122

Allied Ships
TK Petronella, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

End.


Here is a shot of the base set-up on Jolo Island.