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15th January -45[/font]
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Again the only action is in and around the South China Sea
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Saigon
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I sent in a Fletcher TFs with some DMS embedded to try and avoid the mines. I did avoid the mines but Erik had some CD guns at Saigon that ripped my poor DMS to shreds. Same problem as I have at Bataan. Mines and CD guns in combination. I don´t know how to counter this. Any ideas?
We did find some nice targets though! [:)]
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Saigon at 60,71, Range 7,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
E W-19, Shell hits 1
E W-27
E W-34
SC Ch 1
SC Ch 3
TK Kyokuyo Maru
TK Tonan Maru #2
TK Tonan Maru #3, Shell hits 12, heavy fires
AV Canberra Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
TK Matsushima Maru
TK Munakata Maru, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Amato Maru, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Palembang Maru, Shell hits 11, heavy fires
TK Ryoei Maru, Shell hits 8, heavy fires
Allied Ships
DD Hudson
DD Ingersoll
DD Richard P. Leary, Shell hits 1
DD Leutze
DMS Wasmuth, Shell hits 1
DMS Macomb
DMS Elliot
DD Walke II
DD Laffey II
DD O' Brien II
DD Ingraham II
DD Barton II
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Saigon at 60,71, Range 7,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
E W-19
E W-27, Shell hits 1
E W-34, Shell hits 6, on fire
SC Ch 1
SC Ch 3, Shell hits 2
TK Kyokuyo Maru, Shell hits 7, heavy fires
TK Tonan Maru #2, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AV Canberra Maru, Shell hits 5, on fire
TK Matsushima Maru, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
Allied Ships
DD Hudson
DD Ingersoll
DD Richard P. Leary
DD Leutze, Shell hits 1
DMS Elliot, Shell hits 1
DD Walke II
DD Laffey II
DD O' Brien II
Almost every hit resulted in a "oil cargo burning" message. I guess thats a death sentence to any tanker. [:D]
Sadly the DMS decided to start sweeping mines between the first and second attack.
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TF 127 encounters mine field at Saigon (60,71) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
143 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DMS Elliot, Shell hits 3, on fire
DMS Macomb, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
DMS Wasmuth, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
Cape St.Jaques Fortress firing at DMS Elliot
DMS Elliot firing at Cape St.Jaques Fortress
Cape St.Jaques Fortress firing at DMS Macomb
DMS Macomb firing at Cape St.Jaques Fortress
Cape St.Jaques Fortress firing at DMS Wasmuth
18 mines cleared
Only the Elliott survives the CD fire. Dang! [:(]
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Indochina
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As indicated in a post earlier the crossing towards Vihn did not result in a shock attack. Good news. The road to Vinh should be opened tomorrow! [&o]
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Luzon
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Troops has recover almost completely. But I decided to wait one more turn for the FAT drop into single digits. AV is now up to 3932.
I don´t know if it was intentional or not but two Kami strikes flew against the shipping at Batangas (1 hex outside Manila). They flew unescorted and only in two raids. Only 4 manage to get through the CAP.
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Batangas at 79,78
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes [X(]
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 31
Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 36
P-38L Lightning x 24
P-51D Mustang x 160
F4U-1D Corsair x 24
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 10 destroyed
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 1 destroyed by flak
No Allied losses
Allied Ships
DE Lawrence
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-43-IIIa Oscar flying as kamikaze
Kamikaze: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Batangas at 79,78
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 148 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-61-Id Tony x 46
Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 35
P-38L Lightning x 22
P-51D Mustang x 159
F4U-1D Corsair x 24
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61-Id Tony: 16 destroyed
75 Oscars and Tonys are reported shot down or crashed.
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Superstack
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Erik again launched an attack. This time a DA. Still no units destroyed!
Ground combat at 55,59 (near Tavoy)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 59335 troops, 928 guns, 1700 vehicles, Assault Value = 158
Defending force 50719 troops, 696 guns, 414 vehicles, Assault Value = 1405
Japanese adjusted assault: 1
Allied adjusted defense: 8167
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 8167
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
3520 casualties reported
Squads: 186 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 196 disabled
Engineers: 30 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 32 (23 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Vehicles lost 44 (6 destroyed, 38 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
114 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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