NOT JUST Submarines in the Pacific: FDRLincoln (Japan) vs. Bakerman (Allies)

[FDRLincoln]

Submarine attack near Kona at 180,113

Japanese Ships
SS I-173

Allied Ships
AP Hugh L. Scott, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

AP Hugh L. Scott is sighted by SS I-173
Massive explosion on AP Hugh L. Scott
SS I-173 launches 4 torpedoes at AP Hugh L. Scott
AP Hugh L. Scott reported sunk

[FDRLincoln]

Submarine attack near Patani at 52,73

Japanese Ships
xAK Teihoku Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KXI

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

xAK Teihoku Maru is sighted by SS KXI
SS KXI launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Teihoku Maru

[FDRLincoln]

THE TONNAGE WAR

US Subs: 0
Dutch Subs: 1 AK (6400 tons)
Japan Subs: 1 AP (10040 tons)
1 AVD (1315 tons)

Japan tonnage by sub
I-21 (1315)
I-173 (10040)

[FDRLincoln]

ASW search reports two Allied submarines prowling around the Sea of Japan. ASW forces are already patrolling the choke-off points. Are these fleet boats or did he send some Sugars here looking for unescorted targets?

[FDRLincoln]

Hugh L. Scott, torpedoed and sunk by I-173, December 15, 1941.

[FDRLincoln]

December 16 Japan: Submarine I-157 struck a mine near Singapore and sank with the loss of all hands. No other contacts. Other than the midget subs lost at Pearl Harbor, this is the first submarine loss of the war for me.

December 16 Allies: An Ann bomber on ASW patrol near Pescadores claims to have bombed and hit a "Dolphin class" US submarine. The class is obviously misidentified but this could be a fleet boat, if it was hit at all.

[FDRLincoln]

Non-submarine items:

A6Ms shot down 12 P40Es in exchange for 2 of their own yesterday in a sweep over Manila. This cleared the way for Nells and Betties to hammer the airfield. Another sweep over Clark shot down the sole P40B that rose to challenge the Zeros. A forward probe conducted by a tank regiment had reached Clark and reports about 50,000 enemy soldiers. More tanks, infantry, and artillery will arrive tomorrow at Clark and also at Manila.

Landings at Brunei and the southwestern tip of Borneo will commence in 48 hours. This will be covered by the First Battlecruiser Squadron and supporting heavy cruisers and destroyers. All Nell and Betty units in the area are set to Naval Attack to assist in any battles.

My troops continue to slog through the jungles of Malaya, wiping out each small Allied unit they encounter. So far, he is not retreating everything to Singapore as far as I can tell. He is conducting a forward defense. I may land at Mersing to outflank him but I want the southwest Borneo bases first and I really want to draw his fleet out first.  IJA bombers continue to hammer his air bases to try and burn up his supply. Oscars and Nates are effective at suppressing Buffalos, but the weak armanent results in a lot of damaged Allied fighters but not too many shootdowns. I am micromanaging my pilots, keeping morale up and fatigue down. I have a steady program of upgrading Oscar-1a and 1b units to 1c as the better fighters come off the production line, with the weaker marks of Oscar then handed down to Nate units.
 
I don't have any aces yet, but a LOT of pilots both IJA and IJN with 1-3 kills.

[FDRLincoln]

December 17 Japan: None of my submarines saw anything. Where is his fleet? Does he have convoys going anywhere?

December 17 Allies: No submarine contacts today. However, my AK Teihoku Maru finally sank...she took a torpedo from KXI two days ago. I thought I could save her but alas, it was not to be.

TONNAGE WAR: 
US Subs: 0 ships, 0 tons sunk
Dutch Subs: AK-6400 tons
                 AK-6475 tons
                 Total: 12875 tons
Japanese Subs: AP-10400
                     AVD-1315

[FDRLincoln]

In other news, he is going to make his Phillipines stand at Clark. I had four tank regiments that got to Clark ahead of the infantry and he attacked them, throwing them back with heavy casualties (to me). I am going to lick my wounds and bring more troops up. He is evacuating Manila and I should be able to take that soon. Heavy air attacks and sweeps on Clark resulted in destruction of 8 P40s, in exhange for two damaged A6Ms. Over 100 bombers hit Clark airfield and destroyed six allied aircraft of various types on the ground.

KB arrived at Kwajalein today. Refuelled and now heading off to Truk. From there I will either send them south to support Rabaul landings, or west to support attacks in the DEA. I made landings on the western tip of New Guinea today. My Main Battle Fleet of six BBs is in the area hoping he sends his cruisers to intervene. My ships shrugged off a couple of Dutch air attacks but he knows I have BBs in the area now.

[FDRLincoln]

Oscar sweeps in Malaya shot down four Buffalos for no loss. I have about 80 Oscars with good pilots that will sweep Singapore tomorrow.

[FDRLincoln]

In China, he is going to make an attempt to seal off the Ichang pocket. I didn't get my reinforcements up quickly enough here and he will probably succeed.

[FDRLincoln]

On the positive side in China, I am closing in on Wenchow.

I wish I could get my computer to take screenshots properly.

[PaxMondo]

Printscreen won't work?  Then Paint to resize and crop.

[FDRLincoln]

Nope...print screen does nothing, it doesn't respond at all. It has been messed up on this computer for months.

[FDRLincoln]

I will start running turns on the other computer tomorrow and will hope to so some screenshots then

[FDRLincoln]

Night Time Surface Combat, near Sorong at 81,107, Range 11,000 Yards
 
Japanese Ships
      BB Nagato
      BB Mutsu
      BB Fuso
      BB Yamashiro
      BB Ise
      BB Hyuga
      CL Yura
      CL Kitakami
      DD Hatsukaze
      DD Natsushio
      DD Hayashio
      DD Amatsukaze
      DD Yamagumo
      DD Shiratsuyu
      DD Shigure
      DD Yugure
      DD Ariake
      DD Tadeshiwa
 
Allied Ships
      xAKL Bintoehan, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
      PC Zeeman, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
      AVP Reiger, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
 
 
 
Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 0% moonlight: 12,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards
Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 11,000 yards
PC Zeeman sunk by BB Hyuga at 11,000 yards
AVP Reiger sunk by BB Ise at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages xAKL Bintoehan at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
xAKL Bintoehan sunk by BB Hyuga at 7,000 yards
xAKL Bintoehan sunk by BB Hyuga at 7,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
 

[FDRLincoln]

Today's hot ASW action

ASW attack near Babeldaob  at 89,95
 
Japanese Ships
      DD Wakatake
      DD Sanae
 
Allied Ships
      SS Pike
 
 
 
SS Pike is located by DD Wakatake
DD Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
 
 
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ASW attack near Kona  at 180,113
 
Japanese Ships
      SS I-8
 
Allied Ships
      DD Cassin
      DD Conyngham
 
 
 
SS I-8 is sighted by escort
I-8 diving deep ....
DD Cassin fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Conyngham fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Conyngham fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Conyngham fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Conyngham fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Conyngham attacking submerged sub ....
DD Conyngham cannot establish contact with SS I-8
SS I-8 eludes DD Conyngham by diving deep
DD Conyngham cannot reach attack position over SS I-8
DD Conyngham cannot reach attack position over SS I-8
SS I-8 eludes DD Conyngham by diving deep
DD Conyngham cannot establish contact with SS I-8
DD Conyngham fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
 
 
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ASW attack near Hengchun  at 83,68
 
Japanese Ships
      DD Matsukaze
 
Allied Ships
      SS S-37
 
 
 
SS S-37 is located by DD Matsukaze
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

[FDRLincoln]

Submarine I-166 takes out a small Allied freighter using her deck gun. Why waste a torpedo? No confirmation on sinking as of yet.

Submarine attack near Pontianak  at 54,89
 
Japanese Ships
      SS I-166
 
Allied Ships
      xAKL Shinai, Shell hits 26,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
 
 
 
xAKL Shinai is sighted by SS I-166
SS I-166 attacking on the surface
SS I-166 low on gun ammo, Nojima K. breaks off surface engagement and submerges
 

[FDRLincoln]

I finally find a US fleet boat. Thankfully the torps missed.

Sub attack near Kochi  at 107,62
 
Japanese Ships
      AMC Bankok Maru
      CL Tama
      DD Tatsuyuke
      DD Yugao
 
Allied Ships
      SS Searaven
 
 
 
SS Searaven launches 4 torpedoes at AMC Bankok Maru
Searaven diving deep ....
DD Tatsuyuke fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugao attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yugao cannot establish contact with SS Searaven
DD Yugao cannot establish contact with SS Searaven
DD Tatsuyuke attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tatsuyuke loses contact with SS Searaven
DD Tatsuyuke cannot reach attack position over SS Searaven
DD Tatsuyuke cannot establish contact with SS Searaven
DD Yugao fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tatsuyuke fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsuyuke attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tatsuyuke cannot establish contact with SS Searaven
DD Tatsuyuke cannot establish contact with SS Searaven
DD Tatsuyuke fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

[EUBanana]

Kinda weird you're playing the Japanese if you're a sub fanboy! Unless you are some sort of masochist looking forward to 1944 and being unable to leave port...

Does your love of the sub war extend to the Japanese subs as well then? I confess to not knowing much of their activities...