Jim D Burns
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12 – 13 July 42
12 July proves to be a very quiet turn. Sub ops consisted of the Gar attacking and missing a Japanese ML at Rabaul. Later in the turn a Japanese ASW attack on the Gar misses the sub.
The only other thing of note to occur today was the land bombardment phase. I’ll simply post the bombardment text rather than summarize it.
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Ground combat at Nanchang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 98305 troops, 513 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2266
Defending force 103598 troops, 540 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2970
Allied ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Ichang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 74279 troops, 342 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1753
Defending force 77507 troops, 317 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2192
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Ground combat at Townsville
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 8044 troops, 167 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3078
Defending force 88130 troops, 564 guns, 278 vehicles, Assault Value = 1635
Allied ground losses:
109 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Nanchang
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 96250 troops, 539 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2970
Defending force 112177 troops, 525 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2266
Japanese ground losses:
174 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
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Ground combat at 47,36
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 106416 troops, 568 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 3357
Defending force 122188 troops, 472 guns, 83 vehicles, Assault Value = 2554
Japanese ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Sub ops for 13 July start off bad when the US sub SS Saury gets intercepted in the Java Sea while transiting to a new port and is hit hard by a Japanese ASW attack. With 80 float damage and a very long voyage to the nearest allied port, I doubt the sub will survive.
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ASW attack at 27,66
Japanese Ships
DD Nenohi
DD Hatsuharu
DD Urakaze
Allied Ships
SS Saury, hits 1, on fire
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Then in the Indian Ocean Japanese sub I-11 makes an attack on my fast AP’s returning to Aden, but misses its target. I’ve detached the escorts from this fleet this turn and sent them as an ASW task force to escort the convoy of float planes in the much slower task force.
At Rabaul the Gar attacks the ML again but again misses its target.
Finally the Dutch sub KXV targets a Japanese AK in the Malacca Strait and scores a hit. Minor damage is caused to the sub in the ensuing counter-attack.
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Sub attack at 21,47
Japanese Ships
AK Kaimei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PC Ch 24
PC Ch 23
PC Ch 19
PC Sonan Maru #6
PC Kyo Maru #11
PC Kyo Maru #2
Allied Ships
SS KXV, hits 1
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22 Japanese Sally’s bomb Hengchow today but score no hits. 1 bomber is shot down by flak.
Then 38 Japanese zeroes fly a sweep mission over Mandalay. The well rested zeros are untouchable as they shred through 22 of my equally well rested hurricanes flying CAP over the base. 7 Hurricanes are shot down and 8 are damaged while not 1 zero is even damaged in return.
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,29
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 35
A6M3 Zero x 3
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 22
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 7 destroyed, 8 damaged
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If my opponent rests up his zeros before attacks like this, I simply cannot touch them.
Japan and the allies continue to trade land bombardments in China, nothing else of note to report except that Rockhampton reached a level 7 airfield today.
I’ve scheduled a large raid to hit Cairns tomorrow. If everything syncs up and I get good coordination rolls, there should be almost 200 bombers hitting the base, half of which will be heavy bombers from Rockhampton.
Jim
< Message edited by Jim D Burns -- 3/2/2008 6:13:37 PM >
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RE: 7 - 8 July 42 - 
, 6 Rufes, 4 Helens, 4 Val’s and 1 Mavin were lost today at Cairns. Most of these were destroyed on the ground. 
I would set some of your bomber with a Primary mission of Naval Attack and a Secondary mission of AF attack and set the desired AF for your target. If they don't find any naval targets, they will hit the AF. 
, just the Beaufort V-IX's. But I do have 5 Dutch torpedo planes at Sydney, I'll send them north. 
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