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RE: it goes on... - 7/11/2009 10:19:21 AM

Miller

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If bigbaba does not pick up those troops at Makin, he will have nothing left to go on the offensive with for at least a year, I should know

Why did I go for Makin? Looking back it was the wrong decision, but my reasons were:

1) I honestly thought I could take it in 3-4 days with the troops I had involved, Canton Is had fallen in 3 days with less troops involved.

2) I expected to take heavy shipping losses, however Makin has a level 4 port, therefore I thought I could disband heavily damaged ships there without having to send them all the way back (hence the inclusion of ARs in the invasion fleets).

3) With Makin secure there would have been plenty of targets within range of escorted 4E bombers, including Kwajalein.

When I saw that seven divs could not even dent the modest defences (a brigade and a few SNLFs) I knew the game was up.

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RE: it goes on... - 7/11/2009 11:45:04 AM

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Well, I guess you'll be able to play on for two more weeks as AE is finally coming!

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RE: it goes on... - 7/11/2009 2:21:18 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Miller

If bigbaba does not pick up those troops at Makin, he will have nothing left to go on the offensive with for at least a year, I should know

Why did I go for Makin? Looking back it was the wrong decision, but my reasons were:

1) I honestly thought I could take it in 3-4 days with the troops I had involved, Canton Is had fallen in 3 days with less troops involved.

2) I expected to take heavy shipping losses, however Makin has a level 4 port, therefore I thought I could disband heavily damaged ships there without having to send them all the way back (hence the inclusion of ARs in the invasion fleets).

3) With Makin secure there would have been plenty of targets within range of escorted 4E bombers, including Kwajalein.

When I saw that seven divs could not even dent the modest defences (a brigade and a few SNLFs) I knew the game was up.

we obviously both learnt from your Canton invasion. You thought the same Army that took out Canton Island easily would be also enough to take out Makin (and there�s not much reason to think different anyway) while I learnt that 500 av on an atoll meant nothing as I�ve never seen an atoll falling as easily as Canton did. Therefore I increased my defensive av to 800 - 1000 on the most important places, which Makin was one of those.

What you should have done in any case would have been RECON. You�ve got Ligthnings for recon and you�ve got patrols, you should have used them. No matter if this alerts me or not, the Gilberts were on my list anyway for an upcoming Allied invasion.

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RE: it goes on... - 7/13/2009 11:37:08 AM

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BB Tennessee was confirmed sunk today! This is the 8th Allied BB being sunk. BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/28/43

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 121
D3A Val x 24
A6M5c Zeke x 47
A6M3a Zero x 35
B5N Kate x 43
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 47

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 112
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 47
Liberator VI x 12
B-25J Mitchell x 69

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 95

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on Petropavlovsk , at 84,32

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 9

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 15000 feet

Kiska also has bombers now...

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Day Air attack on 40th Division, at 21,3

Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 14
Spitfire Vb x 8
Liberator VI x 6
Hurricane IIc x 9

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 5
Hurricane IIc x 5

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 6th Ind. Brigade, at 21,3

Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 3

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 47th Division, at 43,32

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 18
Hurricane IIc x 14

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 39
P1Y Frances x 38
Ki-49 Helen x 241

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Makin

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 43716 troops, 313 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1035

Defending force 52440 troops, 199 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 923

Allied ground losses:
170 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 107442 troops, 1088 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 2242

Defending force 94226 troops, 1116 guns, 315 vehicles, Assault Value = 1777

Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 373478 troops, 4451 guns, 1348 vehicles, Assault Value = 9386

Defending force 147199 troops, 1848 guns, 212 vehicles, Assault Value = 3017

Allied ground losses:
329 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22621 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3438

Defending force 309956 troops, 743 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 8622

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Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 41578 troops, 396 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 861

Defending force 52037 troops, 479 guns, 210 vehicles, Assault Value = 904

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6628 troops, 223 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3904

Defending force 124386 troops, 873 guns, 426 vehicles, Assault Value = 2084

Allied ground losses:
355 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22574 troops, 240 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1282

Defending force 126150 troops, 214 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2447

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 72298 troops, 976 guns, 313 vehicles, Assault Value = 1777

Defending force 110622 troops, 1088 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 2242

Japanese ground losses:
305 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 107498 troops, 1699 guns, 134 vehicles, Assault Value = 3006

Defending force 457345 troops, 4504 guns, 3380 vehicles, Assault Value = 9386

Japanese ground losses:
187 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

in two weeks we will have all our assault troops at Irkutsk, probably 13.000 av. This will then mean we either take the base, or withdraw into save positions and stay there...

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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 45113 troops, 471 guns, 175 vehicles, Assault Value = 904

Defending force 41578 troops, 396 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 861

Japanese ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17384 troops, 167 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2447

Defending force 63121 troops, 657 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1282

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 106901 troops, 928 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 3261

Defending force 98849 troops, 1125 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 2043

Japanese ground losses:
219 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 91768 troops, 845 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 2076

Defending force 195470 troops, 2210 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 3904

Japanese ground losses:
298 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 36630 troops, 430 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1057

Defending force 238601 troops, 2052 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 3869

Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported

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RE: it goes on... - 7/13/2009 11:51:33 AM

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Heavy cruiser HMS Frobisher sunk due to heavy battle damage. Another one of the obsolete Hawkins class cruiser sunk. BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!

H. M. S. F R O B I S H E R

"Improved BIRMINGHAM" Class Cruiser built by HM Dockyard, Devonport and laid down on 2nd August 1916. and launched on 20th March 1920 as the first RN warship to carry the name of the well known Elizabethan seaman. The ship was completed on 3rd October 1924. After serving in the Far East and the Mediterranean she reduced to Reserve at Chatham in 1930 and was converted for use as a Cadet Training ship where she served in between 1932 and 1937. Transferred to Portsmouth this cruiser was used as Gunnery Training Ship. In 1939 she was re-armed. During WW2 she was adopted by the civil community of Rochdale, Lancashire following a successful WARSHIP WEEK National Savings campaign in March 1942.

B a t t l e H o n o u r s

NORMANDY 1944

H e r a l d i c D a t a

Badge: On a Field White, a Griffin's bead black, rising out

of waves Gold and Blue.

M o t t o

Semper triuaphans: 'Ever triumphant'

D e t a i l s o f W a r S e r v i c e

1 9 3 9

September In reserve at Portsmouth.

Selected for re-arming and refit.

October Taken in hand for refit at Portsmouth.

November Under Refit

to

December

1 9 4 0

January Under refit

February Transferred to Devonport for re-arming.

March Under refit at Devonport.

to (Note: Two 7.5in mountings removed and replaced by four single 4in with

December 2pdr Pom-Pom for Close Range AA defence against air attack.

1 9 4 1

January Under refit.

to (Note: New centimetric surface warning Radar Type 271 installed abaft compass platform

November and fire control Radar Type 285 for main armament.

An aircraft warning Radar Type 281 using two aerials units fitted at each masthead

was also installed,

For details of the development and use of radar in RN see RADAR AT SEA by

D Howse.)

December Carried out Post Refit trials.

1 9 4 2

January Commissioned at Devonport manned by Portsmouth Division ship�s company

Post refit trials in continuation.

February Nominated for service in Eastern Fleet with 4th Cruiser Squadron

Completed Sea Trials and calibrations.

March Passage to Scapa Flow to work-up with Hone Fleet.

4th Arrived at Scapa Flow and commenced work-up with ships of Home Fleet..

Deployed to meet US Battleship USS WASHINGTON and US Aircraft Carrier USS WASP

in NW Approaches During passage to Scapa Flow to reinforce Hone Fleet during allied

landings in Madagascar (Operation IRONCLAD}.

April Completed work-up and prepared for foreign service.

19th Joined Ocean Escort for military convoy WS18 to Durban with HM Cruiser GAMBIA, HM

Escort Destroyer TETCOTT and Dutch Destroyer VAN GALEN.)

(Note: HM Depot Ship HECLA was one of the ships in the convoy.

Local Escort was provided by destroyers of Western Approaches Command.

This convoy was part of build up for landings in Madagascar.

29th Called at Freetown.

May

3rd Sailed for Capetown with WS18

(Note: HM Seaplane Carrier ALBATROSS joined WS18 at Freetown.

6th Detached during passage to escort merchant ship to Halvia Bay for defect repair.

15th Sailed from Walvis Bay due to boiler room steam leak.

18th Took passage with HM Seaplane Carrier ALBATROSS as escort for convoy.

Mat HM Battleship RESOLUTION and four ship convoy off Durban.

27th Detached from WS18 as escort for rms LLANDAFF CASTLE to Kilindini.

(Note: One source records ship went to Diego Suarez but this is to be confirmed)

June

1st Under repair at Durban.

2nd Escorted convoy to Kilindini.

When released from IRONCLAD deployed with H M Aircraft Carrier INDOMITABLE

Interception of blockade runners and supply ships and convoy defence.

25th Passage to Durban for convoy escort.

July

2nd Escorted convoy for passage from Durban to Indian ports.

7th Detached on relief by HM Battleship ROYAL SOVEREIGN off Diego Suarez and took

passage to Kilindini with screen of 3 destroyers.

14th Escorted convoy from Kilindini to Durban.

30th Joined Ocean Escort for military convoy WS20 as relief for HM Cruiser GAMBIA.

August

1st Detached from WS20 when convoy split and deployed as Ocean Escort for WS20A

during passage to Aden,

6th Detached from WS20A on arrival at Aden.

20th Escorted convoy from Aden to Persian Gulf.

24th Detached for repair at Colombo.

27th Taken in hand for repair.

September Under repair

22nd Carried out trials off Colombo after completion of work

October Resumed convoy defence duty and patrol in Indian Ocean.

Withdrawn for repair of machinery defect.

13th Arrived at Kilindini using only one shaft.

15th Under repair.

23rd Carried out Trials on completion.

November Convoy defence duty in continuation.

December

6th Joined Ocean Escort for rms ATHLONE CASTLE and rms STIRLING CASTLE taking

troops to Bombay.

(Note: These ships were part of WS24 which had been subject to unusual routing in Atlantic

with an escort by US Navy ships.)

12th Relieved by HM Cruiser MAURITIUS off Seychelles.

17th Joined escort in Indian Ocean for rms HIGHLAND MONARCH and sa EMPIRE TROOPER

taking 1st South African Division to Durban from Suez.

24th Detached to refuel at Diego Suarez and rejoined on 25th.

31st Arrived at Durban with convoy.

1 9 4 3

January Convoy defence in Indian Ocean in continuation.

to

February

March Passage to join military convoy WS26 during transit from Capetown.

10th Joined escort, for WS26 during passage from Durban.

11th Detached from WS26 as escort, for ships destined for Aden and designated WS26A.

(Note: Ships destined for Bombay were re-designated WS26B)

15th Detached from W526A on arrival off Aden and took passage to join WS27.

29th Joined military convoy WS27 during passage from Durban to Aden.

April

9th Detached from WS27 on relief by HM Cruiser DURBAN during passage.

Resumed Indian Ocean interception and trade defence duties.

Passage to Simonstown.

Taken in hand for refit by HM Dockyard Simonstown

May Under refit in Simonstown.

(Note: Radar Type 282 for AA fire control may have been fitted by this time).

June

5th On completion carried out post refit trials and took passage to Kilindini with HM Battleship

RESOLUTION

27th Arrived at Kilindini

July Took part in Eastern Fleet exercises with H M Cruisers NEWCASTLE, SUSSEX and

SUFFOLK.

28th Resumed convoy defence duties in Indian Ocean.

August

4th Joined military convoy WS31 during passage from Capetown to Bombay.

(Note: Relieved m Cruiser DESPATCH, HM Destroyers QUADRANT and REDOUBT as

the Ocean Escort.)

13th Detached from WS31 on arrival at Bombay.

Resumed interception and trade defence duties in Indian Ocean. Indian Ocean duties based

at Kilindini.

September Indian Ocean trade defence in continuation

to

November

December

3rd Passage to Kilindini from Seychelles.

5th Passage from Kilindini to Ceylon

5th Diverted to Addu Atoll.

8th Despatched from Addu Atoll to assist Free French destroyer TRICMPHANT which was

disabled 1000 miles to the south.

10th Took TRIOMPHANT in tow until relieved by tug PRUDENT..

16th Arrived at Diego Suarez.

24th Taken in hand for refit at Durban.

1 9 4 4

January Under refit

February

4th Carried out Post refit trials.

On completion took passage to Kilindini to resume convoy defence duty.

20th Escorted convoy from Kilindini to Ceylon with HM Destroyers PATHFINDER, NORMAN,

RELENTLESS, ROTHERHAM and three corvettes.

March Withdrawn from Eastern Fleet to return to UK for duty with 1st Cruiser Squadron Home

Fleet in support of Normandy landings (Operation NEPTUNE).

5th Arrived at Colombo.

9th Took passage to UK with calls at Aden and Alexandria.

24th Diverted at Alexandria for escort of convoy to Salerno with H M Cruiser CALEDON and

four HUNT Class Escort Destroyers.

26th Detached from convoy to resume passage to UK.

Called at Algiers and Gibraltar.

April Allocated for duty with Bombardment Force "D" of Eastern Task Force for support

of assault on SWORD Beach (Force "S").

2nd Arrived at Greenock and taken in hand for repair.

24th On completion sailed to join Squadron at Scapa Flow.

30th Joined HM Battleships DUKE OF YORK and ANSON, HM Aircraft Carriers

VICTORIOUS, FURIOUS and ARGUS with HM Cruisers BERWICK, KENT, JAMAICA

and ARETHUSA for Home Fleet training exercises prior to support of Normandy landings.

May Detached for duty with Bombardment Force "D".

Allocated to Convoy S6 with 40th Minesweeping Flotilla and ships of Force "D" during

passage from Solent to SWORD Area Bombardment positions.

10th Carried out bombardment training with HM Battleship WARSPITE.

26th Took part in joint exercises with ships of Force "D"

(Note: Other ships in Force were HM Battleships WARSPITE and RAMILLIES, HM

Cruisers MAURITIUS, ARETHUSA, ORP DANAE (Polish) and ORP DRAGON

(Polish).

Allocated initial target was battery of six 155mm guns at Ouistreham.

To be re-deployed as a Depot Ship on completion of Assault Phase.

June

2nd Sailed with Bombardment Force D ships to Assembly area off Isle of Wight.

(For details of the naval support of allied larding operations in Normandy see LANDINGS

IN NORMANDY, June 1944 (HMSO) and OPERATION NEPTUNE by K. Edwards).

5th HM Monitor ROBERTS joined Bombardment Force D in Assembly Area.

Took passage to SWORD Area in Convoy S6 escorted by HM Destroyers SAUMAREZ and

SWIFT, HM Frigates ROWLEY, HOLMES, Norwegian destroyers SVENNER and STORD

6th Under attack by E-Boats when assembling in bombardment position during which HM

Norwegian Destroyer SVENNER was sunk.

Bombarded Ouistreham 1 Battery as part of Fire Plan.

Provided naval gunfire support during assault and embarked wounded.

7th Gunfire support role of SWORD BEACH assault in continuation and slightly damaged

by splinters from return shore fire.

8th Returned to Portsmouth to replenish ammunition after continuing gunfire support.

9th Prepared for deployment as depot ship at Mulberry B.

(Note: 100 of ships company replaced by landing craft crews.

11th Took up depot ship duty off Arromanches in Mulberry B with ss THYSVILLE.

July Depot ship duty in continuation.

18th Hit by bomb on blast shield of B Turret from single aircraft with six killed and

and 12 wounded.

23rd Transferred to new position off Courseulles in JUNO area.

August

3rd Embarked survivors from HM Escort Destroyer QUORN which had been attacked by an

Explosive Motor Boat (LINSEN) off Le Havre and sunk.

8th Hit forward by long range circling torpedo (T3D DACKEL) fired by an E-Boat.

Damage caused anchors to be released which damaged cradle of B Gun mounting.

9th Took passage to Chatham for temporary repair.

10th Arrived at Chatham

September Transferred to Rosyth for permanent repair.

Selected to be converted for use as Cadet training ship.

October Under repair and conversion at Rosyth.

to December

1 9 4 5

January Under repair and conversion.

to March

April Carried out post refit trials.

7th On completion of dockyard work prepared for training duties.

May Deployed in Home waters.

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RE: it goes on... - 7/13/2009 11:57:58 AM

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BB Tennessee, another victim of IJNAF long range torpedo bombers, another ship that was lost due to the Allied CVs just retreating instead of covering the rest of the TFs in this area.

copied from wikipedia so no guarantee about it...

USS Tennessee (BB-43), the lead ship of her class of battleship, was the third ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 16th US state.[1]

Her keel was laid down on 14 May 1917 at the New York Navy Yard. She was launched on 30 April 1919, sponsored by Miss Helen Lenore Roberts, daughter of Tennessee governor Albert H. Roberts, and commissioned on 3 June 1920, Captain Richard H. Leigh in command.

Service history

[edit] Inter-War period
Tennessee and her sister ship, California, were the first American battleships built to a "post-Jutland" hull design. As a result of extensive experimentation and testing, her underwater hull protection was much greater than that of previous battleships; both her main and secondary batteries had fire-control systems. The Tennessee-class, and the three ships of the Colorado-class that followed, were identified by two heavy cage masts supporting large fire-control tops. This feature was to distinguish the "Big Five" from the rest of the battleship force until World War II. Since Tennessee's 14 in (360 mm) turret guns could be elevated to 30� rather than only to the 15� of earlier battleships, her heavy guns could extend an additional 10,000 yd (9,100 m). Because battleships were then beginning to carry airplanes to spot long-range gunfire, Tennessee's ability to shoot "over the horizon" had a practical value.

After fitting out, Tennessee conducted trials in Long Island Sound from 15 October to 23 October 1920. While Tennessee was at New York City, one of her 300 kW ship's-service generators exploded on 30 October, completely destroying the turbine end of the machine and injuring two men. Undaunted, the ship's force, navy yard craftsmen, and manufacturers' representatives labored to eliminate the "teething troubles" in Tennessee's engineering system, enabling the battleship to depart New York on 26 February 1921 for standardization trials at Guantanamo Bay. She next steamed north for the Virginia Capes and arrived at Hampton Roads on 19 March. Tennessee carried out gunnery calibration firing at Dahlgren, Virginia and was drydocked at Boston before full-power trials off Rockland, Maine. Two of the original 14 5 in (130 mm)/51 cal guns were removed.[2] After touching at New York, she steamed south, transited the Panama Canal, and on 17 June arrived at San Pedro, California, her home port for the next 19 years.

Here, she joined the Battleship Force, Pacific Fleet. In 1922, the Pacific Fleet was re-designated the Battle Fleet (renamed the Battle Force in 1931), United States Fleet. For the next 20 years, the battleship divisions of the Battle Fleet were to include the preponderance of the Navy's surface warship strength. Tennessee was to serve here until World War II.

Peacetime service with the battleship divisions involved an annual cycle of training, maintenance, and readiness exercises. Her yearly schedule included competitions in gunnery and engineering performance and an annual fleet problem, a large-scale war game in which most or all of the United States Fleet was organized into opposing forces and presented with a variety of strategic and tactical situations to resolve. Beginning with Fleet Problem I in 1923 and continuing through Fleet Problem XXI in April 1940, Tennessee had a prominent share in these battle exercises. However, her individual proficiency was not neglected. During the competitive years 1922 and 1923, she made the highest aggregate score in the list of record practices fired by her guns of various caliber and won the "E" for excellence in gunnery. In 1923 and 1924, she again won the gunnery "E" as well as the prized Battle Efficiency Pennant for the highest combined total score in gunnery and engineering competitions. In 1925, she took part in joint Army-Navy maneuvers to test the defenses of Hawaii before visiting Australia and New Zealand. Subsequent fleet problems and tactical exercises took Tennessee from Hawaii to the Caribbean and Atlantic and from Alaskan waters to Panama. The original 3 in (76 mm) anti-aircraft battery was replaced by eight 5 in (130 mm)/25 cal guns in 1929�1930.[2]

Fleet Problem XXI was conducted in Hawaiian waters during the spring of 1940. At the end of this problem, the battleship force did not return to San Pedro; but, at President Franklin D. Roosevelt's direction, its base of operations was shifted to Pearl Harbor in the hope that this move might deter Japanese expansion in the Far East. Following an overhaul at the Puget Sound Navy Yard after the conclusion of Fleet Problem XXI, Tennessee arrived at her new base on 12 August 1940. Due to the increasing deterioration of the world situation, Fleet Problem XXII, scheduled for the spring of 1941, was canceled. Thus, Tennessee's activities during these final months of peace were confined to smaller scale operations.

[edit] World War II

[edit] 1941 to 1943
Main article: USS Tennessee (BB-43) 1941-1943

Japanese torpedo attack on "Battleship Row", Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. Tennessee is in the foreground, third group from the left, nearest the shore. West Virginia is next to her.On the morning of 7 December 1941, Tennessee was moored starboard side to a pair of masonry "mooring quays" on Battleship Row, the name given to a line of deep water berths located along the southeast side of Ford Island, Pearl Harbor.

During the Attack on Pearl Harbor, Tennessee manned her anti-aircraft guns and attempted to defend the harbor as well as she could. Tennessee was struck by two armor-piercing bombs which detonated low-order.[3] The first hit the center gun of turret 2 and made all three guns inoperable.[3] The second went through the roof of turret 3 and damaged the left gun.[3] Tennessee was showered with debris when Arizona's magazine exploded and the stern was engulfed in flame from Arizona's burning fuel oil.[3] After preliminary repairs at Pearl Harbor, Tennessee headed for Puget Sound Navy Yard for permanent repairs.

In addition to repairing her, crews upgraded her anti-aircraft abilities and installed search and fire control radars. Other modifications improved the battleship's habitability.

On 26 February 1942, Tennessee departed Puget Sound with the work complete. Upon arriving at San Francisco, California, she began a period of intensive training operations with Rear Admiral William S. Pye's Task Force 1 (TF 1), made up of the Pacific Fleet's available battleships and a screen of destroyers.

With the change of naval battles from conventional surface-ship actions to long-range duels between fast carrier striking forces, the older battleships � Tennessee and her kin � were simply too slow to keep up with the carriers.

Tennessee spent some time with TF 1, which streamed areas of the Pacific in the expectation that part of the Japanese fleet might attempt an "end run" raid on the US Pacific coast.

On 1 August, Tennessee again sailed from San Francisco with TF 1. After a week of exercises, the battleships joined Hornet on her way to the South Pacific to support the Guadalcanal operation, and escorted the carrier as far as Hawaii.

Arriving at Pearl Harbor on 14 August, Tennessee returned to Puget Sound on the 27th for modernization.

Tennessee after 1943 rebuildBy the time Tennessee emerged from Puget Sound Navy Yard on 7 May 1943, she bore virtually no resemblance to her former self. Her appearance was nearly identical to that of West Virginia and California (which were rebuilt after the Pearl Harbor Attack to resemble South Dakota-class battleships). The work increased protection against torpedoes, internal compartmentation was rearranged and improved, a new compact superstructure designed to provide control facilities while offering less interference to anti-aircraft guns was installed and upgraded anti-aircraft guns and fire-control radars were installed. The original secondary battery of 5 in (130 mm)//51 cal guns and the anti-aircraft battery of 5 in (130 mm)/25 cal guns was replaced by 16 5 in (130 mm)/38 cal guns in eight twin mounts controlled by four Mk 37 directors.[2]

On 31 May 1943, she headed to Alaska and a fight in the Aleutian Islands. While providing sea protection to the landing forces was a job of major importance, the Japanese Navy did not challenge the American forces. Instead, Tennessee found her duty was to use her formidable guns to support the ground troops by bombarding enemy land positions. It was a task she would perform throughout the war.

The Aleutian Islands back in American hands, she headed back home reaching San Francisco on 31 August. Tennessee then began an intensive period of training.

Tennessee's next mission was to support the attack of Betio in the Battle of Tarawa. From 20-23 November 1943, the main fighting went on, supported by Tennessee's guns. Tennessee also joined other ships in the sinking of Japanese submarine I-35.

At dusk on 3 December, Tennessee departed the area for Pearl Harbor and then San Francisco. There she was quickly repainted in a "dazzle" camouflage scheme.

On 29 December 1943, Tennessee began intensive bombardment practice, pounding San Clemente Island in rehearsal for the invasion of the Marshall Islands.

[edit] 1944
Main article: USS Tennessee (BB-43) 1944

USS Tennessee at steamIn the early morning of 13 January 1944, Tennessee set her course for Hawaii with Task Unit 58.5.1 (TU 58.5.1) and anchored in Lahaina Roads off Maui on 21 January. That day, the ship was inspected by a group headed by Undersecretary of the Navy James Forrestal. On 29 January, Tennessee, with Forrestal on board, headed for the Marshalls.

Arriving 31 January 1944, Tennessee bombarded the islands, helping the ground forces and destroying numerous shore batteries and detonating a Japanese ammunition dump on Namur.

During nighttimes, Army troops called several times for illumination. Destroyers played their searchlights over Japanese-held areas, while Tennessee's 5 in (130 mm) guns fired large numbers of star shells.

At times, Tennessee was firing at so short a range that, during the afternoon of 20 February, she was able to take on beach defenses with her 40 mm guns.

On 23 February 1944, Tennessee sailed for Majuro. Here, she joined New Mexico, Mississippi, and Idaho. Under the command of Rear Admiral Robert M. Griffin, the battleships sortied from Majuro on 15 March with two escort carriers and a screen of 15 destroyers.

Their objective was the Japanese air and naval base at Kavieng, at the northern end of New Ireland. The Bismarck Archipelago, the two large islands of New Britain and New Ireland, lie just to the east of New Guinea. Rabaul, the by-now legendary Japanese operating base, is at the eastern end of New Britain, just across a narrow channel from New Ireland. About 240 mi (390 km) northwest of Rabaul, across the Bismarck Sea, is the small Admiralty Islands group.

Once again, Tennessee's big guns pounded away at Japanese positions, destroying shore batteries and helping the ground forces rout the enemy as well as shelling the Japanese airfield and shore facilities.

Operation Forager, the assault on the Mariana Islands, was planned as a two-pronged thrust. Vice Admiral Richmond K. Turner's TF 51 was organized into a Northern Attack Force (TF 52), under his command, and a Southern Attack Force (TF 53) under Rear Admiral Richard L. Conolly.

The Northern Attack Force assembled at Hawaii in mid-May 1944. After rehearsals off Maui and Kahoolawe, Fire Support Group One sailed for Kwajalein while the transports staged at Eniwetok. On 10 June, Tennessee and her task group departed Kwajalein, bound for Saipan.

At Saipan, in addition to providing protection for the fleet, Tennessee began a methodical bombardment of the selected landing area, the southern portion of Saipan's west coast, in support of minesweepers carrying out an assault sweep on the landing zone.

Underwater demolition teams (UDT) approached the beach in small craft to reconnoiter the landing beaches and to plant radar beacons which would provide reference points to the next day's landing. Tennessee closed to 3,000 yd (2,740 m) of Agingan Point and opened up with 14 in (360 mm), 5 in (130 mm), and 40 mm batteries. Some smoldering powder grains from the 5 in (130 mm) guns fell on the port side of the battleship's quarterdeck and burst into flame, but were quickly extinguished.

Japanese guns dropped shells near the UDTs as mortars and machine guns joined in and projectile splashes began to appear near the supporting ships as batteries on nearby Tinian opened fire. Cleveland was straddled, and California and Braine took hits. Tennessee aimed counterbattery fire at the defenders who were opposing the UDTs, and her turret guns fired at Tinian. Shortly before noon, she moved to the northwest to bombard Japanese fortifications on Afetna Point, near the center of the landing zone.

Tennessee's assault station was off the southern end of the landing beach. During the first wave's approach, her guns enfiladed that end of the objective to prepare the way for the right-hand elements of the 4th Division. She checked fire as the troops neared the beach, resuming it a few minutes later as the Marines fought to establish themselves ashore. Japanese 4.7 in (120 mm) field guns, emplaced in a cave on Tinian, opened on Tennessee. The battleship commenced counterbattery fire, but the third enemy salvo scored three hits, all of which burst on impact. One projectile knocked out a 5 in (130 mm) twin gun mount; the second struck the ship's side, while the third tore a hole in the after portion of main deck and sprayed fragments into the wardroom below. An intense fire inside the disabled gun mount was subdued in two minutes by repair parties and men from nearby gun crews; the hit to the hull damaged external blister plating, but was prevented from inflicting further damage by the battleship's heavy belt armor. Eight men were killed by projectile fragments, while 26 more were wounded by fragments and flash burns. Tennessee's damages did not prevent her from delivering call fire to help break up a developing Japanese counterattack near Agingan Point before leaving the firing line to make emergency repairs. During the afternoon and night, she took station to screen assembled transports. Four Japanese dive bombers attacked nearby ships at 1846, and Tennessee's 5 in (130 mm) guns briefly engaged them but claimed no hits. That evening, Tennessee buried her dead. Tokyo radio claimed victory in the battle for Saipan, stating that they had sunk a battleship which they identified as "probably the New Jersey."

The "sunken" Tennessee returned to Saipan Channel early the next day. Several Japanese counterattacks had been stopped during the night, and Tennessee's supporting fire assisted the marines in organizing and consolidating their beachhead.

On the night of 22 June, Tennessee got underway for Eniwetok where Hector repaired her battle damage as the fight for Saipan ground to its end on 9 July. Her next destination was Guam.

On 20 July, she joined in a systematic bombardment begun on 8 July, which was carefully planned to soften up the enemy's defenses while avoiding harm to the island's friendly Chamorro population. Once again, Tennessee delivered supporting fire by day and star shell by night for the troops battling to take the island.

The Palaus were to be Tennessee's next objective. This group was not an atoll, but an elongated cluster of islands just north of the equator and at the western end of the Caroline Islands.

The battle for Peleliu was to be one of the most bitter of the Pacific war, and organized resistance was not eliminated until November, at a heavy cost in lives. Tennessee's target was the smaller island of Angaur, a few miles south of Peleliu. On the morning of 12 September, Tennessee and Pennsylvania, with four light cruisers and five destroyers, began a prolonged bombardment as carrier aircraft did their share.

A prominent masonry lighthouse on the west coast of Angaur was ordered destroyed to keep the Japanese from using it as a gunfire observation point. 12 14 in (360 mm) rounds were aimed at it, scarring the area and scoring three hits, but the tower remained standing. Other targets absorbed Tennessee's attention for the next three days. Tennessee stood by off Peleliu during the morning of 15 September in case her guns should be needed to assist the assault landing. When this work was completed, she returned on the evening of 16 September to finish off the stubborn tower before the next morning's scheduled landings.

Tennessee weighed anchor on 12 October and set her course for Leyte Gulf, Under the supreme command of General MacArthur, Vice Admiral Thomas Kinkaid's 7th Fleet carried two Army corps toward the invasion area.

At 0609 on the morning of 18 October, Tennessee, with her fire-support unit, entered the channel between Homonhon and Dinagat islands. Paravanes streamed from her bows, and Marines were stationed in her upperworks to sink or explode floating mines. The minesweepers continued their work as the heavy ships moved slowly up Leyte Gulf.

The landings were scheduled for 20 October, and at 0600, Tennessee opened neutralization fire on the beaches. Tennessee continued her work off the beachhead until her fire support was no longer required and the increasing tempo of Japanese air activity in the area required her to place herself where her antiaircraft guns could assist in the defense of the assembled transports and cargo ships.

In the evening of 21 October, while lying dead in the water in a smoke screen laid to protect the shipping from attacking planes, Tennessee was rammed near the stern by the transport War Hawk. No one was injured, and the battleship's tough hull was little harmed, but her orders for a night fire-support mission were canceled.

While Tennessee had been working Leyte, the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters had noted the scale of the operation being mounted and had decided to make that island the focus of a decisive naval counterstroke � the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Under the Japanese plan, dictated by a combination of geography, logistics, and the lack of adequate carrier aviation, four widely separated forces were to converge on the area of Leyte Gulf in an effort to destroy, at whatever cost, the American invasion force.

A relatively small force, commanded by Vice Admiral Shoji Nishimura, turned to the south of Palawan and crossed the Sulu Sea to pass between Mindanao and Leyte. Nishimura's force would meet a number of assorted American ships, Tennessee among them, in the Battle of Surigao Strait.

As they passed the cape of Panaon Island on the evening of 24 October and morning of the 25th, the Japanese forces ran into a deadly trap set for them by the American 7th Fleet Support Force. Rear Admiral Jesse Oldendorf had six battleships (Mississippi, Maryland, West Virginia, Tennessee, California, and Pennsylvania, all but Mississippi having been resurrected from Pearl Harbor), eight cruisers (heavy cruisers Louisville (Flagship), Portland, Minneapolis and HMS Shropshire, light cruisers Denver, Columbia, Phoenix, Boise), 28 destroyers and 39 PT boats.

Onboard Tennessee, observers had seen distant flashes of gunfire, star shells, and searchlights as the torpedo boats and destroyers engaged the Japanese. Soon explosions could be heard. At 0302, the battleship's radar picked up Nishimura'a approach at nearly 44,000 yd (40,000 m) and began to track the lead ship. This was the flagship, Yamashiro. With the cruiser Mogami and destroyer Shigure, she was all that remained of the first Japanese force. At 0351, Oldendorf ordered the flanking cruisers to open fire, and at 0356, the battleships let fly from 20,600 yd (18,800 m).

Radar fire control allowed the American battleships to hit targets from a distance at which the Japanese could not reply because of their inferior fire control systems. Japanese ships Yamashiro and Mogami were crippled by a combination of 14 in (360 mm) and 16 in (410 mm) armor-piercing shells. Shigure turned and fled, but lost steering and stopped dead. Yamashiro sank at 0419. The Battle of Surigao Strait was, to date, the final line battle in naval history. Yamashiro was the last battleship to engage another in combat, and one of very few to have been sunk by another battleship during World War II. Of Nishimura's seven ships, only Shigure survived.

The next several days were quiet ones for Tennessee, though the Japanese sent numerous land-based air strikes against Leyte Gulf. On 29 October, the battlewagon's crew was told that their next destination was to be the Puget Sound Navy Yard. This refit made no remarkable changes in Tennessee's appearance. Her main battery directors received improved models of the Mark 8 radar, and the Mark 4 radars used with the 5 in (130 mm) gun directors were replaced by the newer combination of paired Mark 12 and Mark 22 dual-purpose equipment. Tennessee's usefulness as an anti-aircraft ship was enhanced by the addition of a model SP height-finding radar. Her pattern camouflage scheme was replaced by a dark gray finish which was calculated to provide a less conspicuous aiming point for kamikaze planes, introduced during the recapture of the Philippines and becoming more and more of a fact of naval life during the winter of 1944 and 1945.

[edit] 1945
Main article: USS Tennessee (BB-43) 1945
On 2 February 1945, Tennessee headed back toward the western Pacific.

While Tennessee was being refitted, landings had been made in the Central Philippines and on Luzon; and the liberation of the Philippines was nearly accomplished. Steaming by way of Pearl Harbor and Saipan, she was just in time to join Rear Admiral W.H.P. Blandy's Iwo Jima bombardment force.

Early on 16 February 1945 the Tennessee's assigned firing course took her along the southeastern shore of Iwo Jima, and her 14 in (360 mm) guns struck the slopes of Mount Suribachi while the secondaries aimed at the high ground at the north end of the beach. While the heavier guns fired from ranges varying from 2,200-6,000 yd (2,012-5,490 m), the 40 mm battery raked other targets on cliffs at the north end of the beach and shot up the wrecks of several Japanese ships beached near the shore; these had been used as havens for snipers and machine gunners at Tarawa and in later landings, and were always treated as potential threats. Several fires were started ashore; an ammunition dump exploded spectacularly and burned for several hours.

The next morning beginning at 0803, Tennessee, with Idaho and Nevada, closed to 3,000 yd (2,740 m) and began firing. The ships were so close to the shore that at some point the Tennessee was struck by return fire from a Japanese coastal gun on one of her 5 in (130 mm) guns, which killed Seaman First Class Leon Andrew Giardini and wounded four others. At 1025, the battleships were ordered to the rear to make way for the invasion troops.

It had been found that single-gun salvoes at close range, using "pointer fire" (in which the gun is directly aimed by telescopic sight), were the most precise and effective. The notion of using a 14 in (360 mm) naval rifle for sniping was rather new, but it seemed to work very well.

Ground fighting on Iwo Jima continued until 26 March, as the stubborn Japanese were slowly rooted out or the positions that they continued to defend to the last. Tennessee was a part of this struggle until 7 March, when she sailed for Ulithi.

Tennessee left the area having deposited 1,370 rounds of main-battery fire on Iwo Jima along with 6,380 5 in (130 mm) and 11,481 40 mm projectiles. At Ulithi, she began to prepare for the Okinawa operation.

Tennessee bombarding Okinawa with her 14"/50 main battery guns, as LVTs in the foreground carry troops to the invasion beaches, 1 April 1945.The pattern of life off Okinawa during the grueling weeks to come, as the "fleet that came to stay" battled to see the land battle through while keeping itself alive, consisted of shore bombardment and fighting off kamikaze attacks. Long hours at general quarters kept all hands tense and tired as the ships prowled off the island firing at every likely target while reports of suicide attacks piled up.

The island was not secured until 21 June. In the meanwhile, the Navy battled by day and night against the unremitting kamikaze offensive. On the afternoon of 12 April, Tennessee, instead of taking up a fire-support station, was steaming in air-defense formation. Five kamikazes picked Tennessee and came in through puffs of shell bursts and the heavy smoke from the burning destroyer Zellars. Four were shot down, the last three only hundreds of yards from the battleship. The last diver came down on the bow at a 45� angle, was set aflame by 5 in (130 mm) fire, and plunged into the water. At the same time, an Aichi D3A "Val" dive bomber, flying low on the starboard bow, headed directly for Tennessee's bridge. Lookouts spotted the "Val" at 2,500 yd (2,290 m), and every automatic weapon that could bear opened up. One of the plane's fixed wheels was torn off, and its engine began to smoke.

Heading at first for Tennessee's tower foremast, the Japanese pilot swerved slightly and crashed into the signal bridge. The burning wreck slid aft along the superstructure, crushing anti-aircraft guns and their crews, and stopped next to Turret Three. It had carried a 250 lb (110 kg) bomb which, with what was left of the plane, went through the wooden deck and exploded. 22 men were killed or fatally wounded, with another 107 injured.

This was not enough to put Tennessee out of action. The dead were buried at sea, and the wounded transferred the following day to the casualty-evacuation transport Pinkney. The ship's company turned to on emergency repairs; and, by 14 April, the ship was back on the firing line. Tennessee remained off Okinawa for two more weeks.

On 1 May, Admiral Deyo shifted his flag to a cruiser, and Tennessee set her course for Ulithi. Here, the repair ship Ajax made repairs, cutting away damaged plating and installing new guns to replace those lost. On 3 June, the ship sailed for Okinawa, arriving on 9 June.

By now, the worst was over. Army troops were making a final drive to clear the island, and Tennessee's gunfire again helped to clear the way. With the other old battlewagons, she remained in support until organized resistance was declared at an end on 21 June.

Vice Admiral Oldendorf was subsequently placed in command of naval forces in the Ryukyus, and Tennessee flew his flag as she covered minesweeping operations in the East China Sea and patrolled the waters off Shanghai for Japanese shipping as escort carriers sent strikes against the China coast. This was Tennessee's station until V-J Day brought an end to the war in the Pacific. When this glad day came, the big ship was operating out of Okinawa and preparing to take part in the planned invasion of Japan.

[edit] End of World War II
The battleship's final assignment of the war was to cover the landing of occupation troops at Wakayama, Japan. She arrived there on 23 September, then went on to Yokosuka. Tennessee's crew had the chance to look over the Japanese Imperial Navy's big shipyard and operating base and do some sightseeing before she got underway for Singapore on 16 October. At Singapore Oldendorf shifted his flag to the cruiser Springfield, and Tennessee continued her long voyage home by way of the Cape of Good Hope.

On the fourth anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Tennessee moored at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. During those years, she had fired 9,347 14 in (360 mm) rounds at the enemy, with 46,341 shells from her 5 in (130 mm) guns and more than 100,000 rounds from her antiaircraft battery.

that was really interesting and amazing for me

[edit] Post war and beyond
The process of trimming the wartime Navy down to postwar size was already well underway. Tennessee was one of the older, yet still useful, ships selected for inclusion in the "mothball fleet;" and, during 1946, she underwent a process of preservation and preparation for inactivation. The work went slowly; there were many ships to lay up and not enough people to do it. Finally, on 14 February 1947, Tennessee's ensign was hauled down for the last time as she was placed out of commission.

Tennessee remained in the inactive fleet for another 12 years. By then, time and technology had passed her by; on 1 March 1959, her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register. On 10 July of that year, she was sold to the Bethlehem Steel Company for scrapping.

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TF 1022 encounters mine field at Suva (86,114)

Allied Ships
AK Cape Constantine, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

I�m quite happy with my sub laid mines so far, they�ve inflicted far more damage than hundred thousand ML laid mines so far... a pity one of my mine layer subs was lost already...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
A6M5 Zeke x 121
D3A Val x 24
A6M5c Zeke x 47
A6M3a Zero x 89
B5N Kate x 43
P1Y Frances x 22
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 67
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 109

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 135
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Tarawa , at 85,91

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 10
B-17E Fortress x 22
B-24D Liberator x 30
B-24J Liberator x 71

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 49

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 47
Liberator VI x 12
B-25J Mitchell x 97

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 104

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 61
Liberator VI x 36
Ventura V x 6
PB4Y Liberator x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed
E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 5 damaged
Liberator VI: 2 damaged
Ventura V: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 37

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ventura V bombing at 15000 feet

only a single damaged Dinah III left on the island...

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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 41
P1Y Frances x 39
Ki-49 Helen x 258

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

as you can see, IJNAF long range torpedo bomber daitais have already taken up training after being decimated during the battle in the Gilberts...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Finschafen at 55,87

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 5

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AG AG-2098, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AG AG-2082, Shell hits 4, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Beaufighter Mk 21 attacking at 100 feet
4 x Beaufighter Mk 21 attacking at 100 feet

I don�t like those Beaufighters... funny thing is that their 20mm cannons can�t penetrate the barges� belt. Is this a flaw or what? Or were those barges armored?

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 107338 troops, 1077 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2244

Defending force 94221 troops, 1117 guns, 315 vehicles, Assault Value = 1777

Allied ground losses:
96 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 373518 troops, 4451 guns, 1347 vehicles, Assault Value = 9388

Defending force 147221 troops, 1852 guns, 212 vehicles, Assault Value = 3022

Allied ground losses:
192 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

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Ground combat at Makin

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 41572 troops, 311 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1043

Defending force 52541 troops, 202 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 939

Allied ground losses:
158 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22670 troops, 264 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3439

Defending force 309249 troops, 735 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 8603

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 41603 troops, 397 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 862

Defending force 51990 troops, 475 guns, 211 vehicles, Assault Value = 903

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6628 troops, 223 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3914

Defending force 124350 troops, 861 guns, 426 vehicles, Assault Value = 2087

Allied ground losses:
389 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22609 troops, 239 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1284

Defending force 126629 troops, 217 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2464

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 72373 troops, 977 guns, 313 vehicles, Assault Value = 1777

Defending force 110438 troops, 1077 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2244

Japanese ground losses:
503 casualties reported
Guns lost 16
Vehicles lost 1

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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 107729 troops, 1700 guns, 134 vehicles, Assault Value = 3017

Defending force 457168 troops, 4504 guns, 3376 vehicles, Assault Value = 9388

Japanese ground losses:
93 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 45108 troops, 467 guns, 175 vehicles, Assault Value = 903

Defending force 41603 troops, 397 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 862

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17407 troops, 170 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2464

Defending force 63294 troops, 660 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1284

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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 106851 troops, 928 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 3261

Defending force 98621 troops, 1119 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 2030

Japanese ground losses:
133 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 91792 troops, 832 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 2074

Defending force 196268 troops, 2239 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 3914

Japanese ground losses:
242 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 36684 troops, 432 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1061

Defending force 239354 troops, 2067 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 3911

Japanese ground losses:
60 casualties reported

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TF 1036 encounters mine field at Canton Island (98,99)

Allied Ships
AK John J. Ingalls, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

more Type88 mine hits, Ingalls being damaged already went down like a stone...

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ASW attack at 84,87

Japanese Ships
DD Sagiri
DD Asagiri
DD Ayanami
DD Uranami
DD Shirakumo
DD Kawakaze

Allied Ships
SS Corvina

While Miller�s subs moved around nearly every turn, bigbaba doesn�t care and we�ve spotted half a dozen remaining subs within the Marshalls at the same location for at least three days... Not moving subs...

but he get�s away with it as the IJN DDs surely aren�t killers...

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Sub attack at 84,87

Japanese Ships
AP Heiku Maru
MSW Takasago Maru
MSW Tama Maru
MSW Shonan Maru #8
MSW Senyu Maru #2
MSW Seki Maru #3
MSW Hanata Maru #6
MSW Banshu Maru #8
MSW Ataka Maru
MSW Wa 20
MSW Wa 10

Allied Ships
SS Corvina

not just has this sub been spotted daily, we have an ASW TF in the hex and no less than 10 escorts... all that doesn�t help you. The torps failed to detonate though...

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Day Air attack on Malir , at 22,4

Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 9
Barracuda x 16
Sunderland x 4
Spitfire Vb x 7
Vengeance I x 16
Liberator VI x 27
Hurricane IIc x 10

Allied aircraft losses
Barracuda: 1 damaged
Sunderland: 1 damaged
Vengeance I: 8 damaged
Liberator VI: 4 damaged

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Barracuda bombing at 15000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
A6M3a Zero x 54
P1Y Frances x 24
Ki-61 Ic x 62

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 87
Port fuel hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 2nd Reserve AA Regiment, at 46,103

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 6
Ventura V x 3
PV-1 Ventura x 4
B-25C Mitchell x 84
B-25J Mitchell x 28
F4U-1 Corsair x 4
B-17E Fortress x 5

Allied aircraft losses
Ventura V: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 22 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
254 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 15000 feet
2 x Ventura V bombing at 15000 feet

if this goes on like that then my AA units will be wiped out in no time...

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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 25th Division, at 69,23

Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 4

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Pe-2 bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 30th Division, at 46,103

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 8
B-25C Mitchell x 62
B-25J Mitchell x 10
B-24D Liberator x 8
B-24J Liberator x 9

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 3 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
191 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 15000 feet

while bigbaba attacked at a more or less dangerous alt of 10.000ft, he�s gone up to 15k now...

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Day Air attack on 42nd Division, at 46,103

Allied aircraft
Ventura V x 3
PV-1 Ventura x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 59
B-25J Mitchell x 19
B-17E Fortress x 3

Allied aircraft losses
Ventura V: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 3 destroyed, 10 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 4 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
128 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 15000 feet

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Day Air attack on 47th Division, at 43,32

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 11

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 40
P1Y Frances x 45
Ki-49 Helen x 268

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on TF, near Makin at 85,89

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 52
SBD Dauntless x 51
TBM Avenger x 27

Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 5 damaged
TBM Avenger: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Harukaze, Bomb hits 1
DD Hayate, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Oite
DD Amagiri, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Hatakaze, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Oboro

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
2 x TBM Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet

damn my recon! Last turn we spotted a couple of TFs half a dozen hexes South of the Gilberts heading North East. The first thing I�ve thought was that bigbaba is moving transport TFs back to Pearl as we haven�t spotted any carriers or other capitol ships. I�ve thought this would be careless playing once again as those TFs would be far too close to my bases. Well, this turn convinced me that an Allied evac attempt is starting with the carriers a couple of hexes North of the transport TFs following. Unfortunately I wasn�t cautios enough after spotting TFs yesterday and one of the three ASW TFs that were sent out from Kwajalein arrived at Makin exactly this turn and ends up 4 hexes from the enemy carriers. Bad luck it seems. Luckily enough that only one DD sank immedietely and not the whole TF annihilated. All remaining DDs will try to run but I guess I will lose at least one more. DDs are precious...

With the Allied coming in again, let�s see what we can do...

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Day Air attack on Ulan-Ude , at 61,10

Allied aircraft
Yak-9D x 214

No Allied losses

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 106890 troops, 1049 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 2239

Defending force 93976 troops, 1114 guns, 313 vehicles, Assault Value = 1773

Allied ground losses:
117 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 373315 troops, 4450 guns, 1347 vehicles, Assault Value = 9385

Defending force 147698 troops, 1854 guns, 212 vehicles, Assault Value = 3027

Allied ground losses:
191 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Ground combat at Makin

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 41828 troops, 314 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1049

Defending force 52689 troops, 201 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 949

Allied ground losses:
198 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22670 troops, 264 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3438

Defending force 308450 troops, 721 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 8600

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Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 41542 troops, 400 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 860

Defending force 51773 troops, 472 guns, 210 vehicles, Assault Value = 901

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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6648 troops, 225 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3912

Defending force 124070 troops, 841 guns, 426 vehicles, Assault Value = 2080

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22600 troops, 237 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1288

Defending force 127079 troops, 219 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2473

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 72308 troops, 976 guns, 312 vehicles, Assault Value = 1773

Defending force 109850 troops, 1049 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 2239

Japanese ground losses:
972 casualties reported
Guns lost 27
Vehicles lost 1

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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 108023 troops, 1705 guns, 134 vehicles, Assault Value = 3025

Defending force 457125 troops, 4501 guns, 3376 vehicles, Assault Value = 9385

Japanese ground losses:
101 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 44861 troops, 464 guns, 174 vehicles, Assault Value = 901

Defending force 41542 troops, 400 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 860

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17483 troops, 172 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2473

Defending force 63253 troops, 657 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1288

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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 112257 troops, 988 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 3395

Defending force 77865 troops, 897 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 1596

Japanese ground losses:
115 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 91907 troops, 829 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 2079

Defending force 195236 troops, 2216 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 3912

Japanese ground losses:
252 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 36774 troops, 432 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1069

Defending force 230563 troops, 2079 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 3884

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

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RE: it goes on... - 7/13/2009 4:55:46 PM

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Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
From: Austria
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/31/43

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ASW attack at 85,86

Japanese Ships
DD Kamikaze
DD Mikazuki
DD Kikuzuki
DD Satsuki
DD Sazanami
DD Akebono

Allied Ships
SS Pargo

My DDs in the Marshalls and Gilberts are heading full speed back to Kwajalein, one stumbles over a sub and achieves nothing. I�ve got quite some TFs in the Marshalls now, all are trying to make it out of the dangerous area but the transport TFs are slooow...

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Day Air attack on Heiho , at 69,22

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 36

Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 Ic: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged

no idea what this attack should be for as it was obvious that I have fighters here...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
A6M5 Zeke x 166
D3A Val x 24
A6M3a Zero x 89
B5N Kate x 16
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 109

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 232
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Makin , at 85,89

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 44
B-24D Liberator x 110

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 3 destroyed, 13 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 39

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 15000 feet

the enemy CVs and transport TFs are going in and to be honest, bigbaba should now knock those airfields in the Gilberts out with attacks from 10.000ft to really close them down. 39 hits on the level 4 airfield won�t close it when I have 130 engineers there...

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Day Air attack on Tarawa , at 85,91

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 20
B-24D Liberator x 36
B-24J Liberator x 68

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
78 casualties reported

Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 99

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 15000 feet

this attack is sufficient to close the already damaged level 6 airfield though...

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Day Air attack on Woodlark Island , at 59,94

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 48
PV-1 Ventura x 64
PB4Y Liberator x 12

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 5 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 15000 feet

PM�s bombers are now also attacking from save alt, they don�t achieve much and those attacks aren�t much more than training raids. Especially if bigbaba changes the target daily...

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 48
Liberator VI x 12
B-25J Mitchell x 103

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 12
Runway hits 129

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 72
Liberator VI x 47
Ventura V x 15
PB4Y Liberator x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Liberator VI: 2 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 50

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ventura V bombing at 15000 feet

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Day Air attack on Petropavlovsk , at 84,32

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 9

No Allied losses

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 15000 feet

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Day Air attack on Ulan-Ude , at 61,10

Allied aircraft
Yak-9D x 319

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on 22nd Division, at 59,6

Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 28
Yak-1 x 13
IL-2 Shturmovik x 26

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 2 destroyed, 22 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
86 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x IL-2 Shturmovik bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 4th Ind. Brigade, at 21,3

Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 16
Barracuda x 24
Spitfire Vb x 5
Vengeance I x 9
Liberator VI x 16
Hurricane IIc x 7

Allied aircraft losses
Barracuda: 2 destroyed, 10 damaged
Vengeance I: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged
Liberator VI: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Barracuda bombing at 15000 feet

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Day Air attack on 6th Ind. Brigade, at 21,3

Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 2
Liberator VI x 7

Allied aircraft losses
Vengeance I: 1 destroyed
Liberator VI: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet

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Day Air attack on 11th Division, at 59,6

Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 56
Yak-1 x 27
IL-2 Shturmovik x 53

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 24 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
104 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x IL-2 Shturmovik bombing at 2000 feet

lot�s of ground attacks again today...

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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 48
P1Y Frances x 66
Ki-49 Helen x 205

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on TF, near Siador at 54,85

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 7

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AG AG-2527, Shell hits 8
AG AG-2530, Shell hits 4, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Beaufighter Mk 21 attacking at 100 feet

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 105904 troops, 1011 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 2209

Defending force 93796 troops, 1101 guns, 315 vehicles, Assault Value = 1769

Allied ground losses:
81 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 373100 troops, 4442 guns, 1346 vehicles, Assault Value = 9381

Defending force 147945 troops, 1851 guns, 211 vehicles, Assault Value = 3040

Allied ground losses:
105 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Makin

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 42079 troops, 322 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1058

Defending force 52691 troops, 203 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 966

Allied ground losses:
46 casualties reported

there�s no doubt anymore that the Allied are going to attempt an evacuation of the stranded troops on Makin...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22687 troops, 264 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3438

Defending force 308339 troops, 720 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 8605

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Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 41653 troops, 401 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 863

Defending force 51654 troops, 470 guns, 206 vehicles, Assault Value = 901

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6612 troops, 223 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3916

Defending force 124351 troops, 850 guns, 426 vehicles, Assault Value = 2085

Allied ground losses:
208 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22638 troops, 240 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1291

Defending force 127282 troops, 221 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 2484

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 72178 troops, 964 guns, 313 vehicles, Assault Value = 1769

Defending force 108764 troops, 1011 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 2209

Japanese ground losses:
128 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 108282 troops, 1710 guns, 133 vehicles, Assault Value = 3040

Defending force 456978 troops, 4495 guns, 3379 vehicles, Assault Value = 9381

Japanese ground losses:
108 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 4

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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 44780 troops, 464 guns, 172 vehicles, Assault Value = 901

Defending force 41653 troops, 401 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 863

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17515 troops, 173 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2484

Defending force 63404 troops, 660 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1291

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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 153666 troops, 1114 guns, 1090 vehicles, Assault Value = 3484

Defending force 93466 troops, 1078 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 1920

Allied max assault: 3758 - adjusted assault: 3318

Japanese max defense: 1711 - adjusted defense: 6009

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
2196 casualties reported
Guns lost 138
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
5313 casualties reported
Guns lost 73
Vehicles lost 33

bigbaba still has to learn what combat in urban areas means...

I doubt he will be able to dislodge me, especially when I�ve got a division in reserve at Malir, just one hex on the rail South East of Karachi...

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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 91935 troops, 832 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 2081

Defending force 196216 troops, 2261 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 3916

Japanese ground losses:
118 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Allied ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 36826 troops, 432 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1074

Defending force 231312 troops, 2099 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 3910

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported

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RE: it goes on... - 7/13/2009 5:27:23 PM

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Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/01/43

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TF 26 troops unloading over beach at Hollandia, 49,79

Japanese ground losses:
155 casualties reported

there are still a couple of bases left on New Guinea that I have to take out and build up... guess I�ve still got plenty of time to do that...

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Day Air attack on Heiho , at 69,22

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 33

Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 Ic: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 2 damaged

only bad morale saves the Russian bombers...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
A6M5 Zeke x 166
D3A Val x 24
A6M3a Zero x 89
B5N Kate x 16
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 112

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 232

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Makin , at 85,89

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 10
B-24D Liberator x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 15000 feet

most of the bombers missed the target and Makin is still operational... but without ac at the base...

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Day Air attack on Siador , at 54,85

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 41

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 37
P-38J Lightning x 158

PV-1 Ventura x 53
PB4Y Liberator x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 Ic: 36 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 7 destroyed, 9 damaged
P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed, 30 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 15000 feet

boy oh boy... the Cap/escort feature works great again... as long as bombers are going to attack uncapped targets, they are only escorted by a handfull fighters, as soon as you (the Japanese) has fighters somewhere the game sends all available fighters to escort (except the percentage of what the Cap was set). If they don�t escort, they get a huge Cap of course, due to having a low percentage of Cap set, but total radar coverage at the base. This attack was pure luck I guess as I have had this af filled with a couple of dozen search plane for days and moved in the fighters exactly today to take out some Beaufighters attacking my barges that arrived here today...

Well, what can I say about the combat... the enemy is on escort, the enemy of course get�s the never ending bounce as this base still seems to be in Allied radar range. We were flying at 25.000ft, the enemy escorts came in at 18.000ft. Does that matter? No, of course not. Our mid 80 exp pilots are shot out of the sky and two Tony sentais are wrecked. Looks like we can not compete with the US land based fighters at all anymore, no matter what exp our pilots have. Reason for this is once again the super doper Allied bounce feature even if they come in lower than our fighters are flying. That�s it, withdraw to at least 12 hexes again as the Lightning has 11 hexes range... 14 Lightnings are lost for 36 Tonies, a kill ratio not worth it for us, especially if we are fighting over our own base and the enemy being on escort...

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 47
Liberator VI x 11
B-25J Mitchell x 99

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 148

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 61
Liberator VI x 43
Ventura V x 14
PB4Y Liberator x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Liberator VI: 4 damaged
Ventura V: 2 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 36

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ventura V bombing at 15000 feet

looks like bigbaba has learnt a bit from his really badly performed withdrawel from the Gilberts that cost him a lot of ships and what could have been easily avoided... he now closes my airfields at least...

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Day Air attack on Petropavlovsk , at 84,32

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 6

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th Ind. Brigade, at 21,3

Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 6

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on 6th Ind. Brigade, at 21,3

Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 11
Spitfire Vb x 7
Liberator VI x 16
Hurricane IIc x 7

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 46,103

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 9
Liberator VI x 7
Ventura V x 3
PV-1 Ventura x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 68
B-25J Mitchell x 41
F4U-1 Corsair x 4
B-17E Fortress x 5

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 2 damaged
Ventura V: 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 22 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 6 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
303 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on 30th Division, at 46,103

Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 3
PV-1 Ventura x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 39
B-25J Mitchell x 11
B-17E Fortress x 3

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 3 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 16 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
115 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 15000 feet

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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 52
P1Y Frances x 67
Ki-49 Helen x 245

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Mili at 84,85

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 216

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 54
SBD Dauntless x 34
TBM Avenger x 72

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 Ic: 11 destroyed, 27 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 54 destroyed
SBD Dauntless: 32 destroyed
TBM Avenger: 62 destroyed

Japanese Ships
AK Daishu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Gyoun Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x TBM Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet

and now the real action of the day starts. I can�t believe how the enemy is going to attempt this evacuation. After being lucky yesterday and ending up in max bomber range to my DDs, bigbaba seemed to become greedy as it looks like he wanted to take out my transport TFs that were fleeing from the Gilberts. At least that�s what I�ve first thought. He told me in his reply that he forgot to limit his bomber�s range. This is the strike from one CV TF (three have been spotted in two hexes, both North East of Makin) that got totally shredded. Needless to say that we didn�t get the bounce of course, fighting over our own base once again means nothing. In this case it isn�t as severe as it�s against the Lightnings as the Tony isn�t absolutely outclassed by the Hellcat. None of the Hellcats returns and most of the bombers shot down for one hit on my transports, that are fully loaded with 35.000 supplies and three AA rgts for Makin. This was the combined Cap from Mili and Majuro, in total something around 430 fighters.

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Day Air attack on TF, near Mili at 84,85

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 98

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 40
SBD Dauntless x 77
TBM Avenger x 45

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 Ic: 13 destroyed, 22 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 33 destroyed
SBD Dauntless: 41 destroyed
TBM Avenger: 24 destroyed

Japanese Ships
AK Daishu Maru, on fire
AK Takao Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
AK Teikin Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Anbo Maru
AK Tone Maru
MSW Mejima Maru
AK Akagane Maru
MSW Noshiro Maru #2, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Choyo Maru #2

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x TBM Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
8 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

another strike in the morning phase, being more of a threat but the Tonies fought well again. I�m pretty sure there were far more of my fighters in the air as the Cap numbers are well off when you have set LRCAP.

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Day Air attack on TF, near Mili at 84,85

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 260

Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 41
TBM Avenger x 22

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 41 destroyed
TBM Avenger: 21 destroyed

then during the afternoon, unfortunately we first got three messages of Avengers failing to locate this target, otherwise our Tonies would have got a shot at far more aircraft I guess. What we want to take down are Hellcats, taking down bombers is nice, but the Hellcats are our number one target. Cap in the afternoon was even better than in the morning despite the losses we suffered in the morning. This fault could give us the opportunity to strike hard at the enemy. Our carriers (all that we have available, also the CVEs have taken position 8 hexes North West of Makin and are waiting for the order to strike) are combined in two TFs, we can field something like 800 aircraft. Which is about the same I expect the Allied to have in the region at the moment. But we can also sport some 1000 land based ac, alone 400 Tonies in range of Makin. The rest are A6M3s, Betties and lots of Frances. This could really get messy for the Allied. "Only" 87 Hellcats shot down today but also 230 bombers. The Tonies achieved a 3:1+ against the Hellcats on escort which is absolutely a dream for us as the Hellcats should be equal in experience considering their long time training near New Caledonia. We have ordered our LBA to strike tomorrow. The carriers will stay in reserve, same as we�ve done near Darwin and exactly how our tactic for carrier engagements always was.

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Day Air attack on TF, near Siador at 54,85

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 10

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 21

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter Mk 21: 7 damaged

Japanese Ships
AG AG-2531, Shell hits 16
AG AG-2085, Shell hits 4
AG AG-2530, Shell hits 16, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AG AG-2526, Shell hits 4, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AG AG-2095

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Beaufighter Mk 21 attacking at 100 feet

The Beaufighters come in in the afternoon to kill a couple of barges, the remaining Tonies achieved nothing. Not one kill... Wouldn�t have the Lightnings slaughtered our Tonies over Siador, this day would have been a complete victory in the air. I shouldn�t complain, it still looks good.

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Day Air attack on TF at 82,87

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 46
SBD Dauntless x 16

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Amagiri, Bomb hits 10, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

one of our DDs is sunk, makes it two DDs from my ASW TF at Makin lost so far...

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 106027 troops, 1020 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2218

Defending force 93570 troops, 1101 guns, 315 vehicles, Assault Value = 1766

Allied ground losses:
57 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 373129 troops, 4443 guns, 1344 vehicles, Assault Value = 9383

Defending force 148440 troops, 1855 guns, 212 vehicles, Assault Value = 3049

Allied ground losses:
416 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

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Ground combat at Makin

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 42359 troops, 329 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1065

Defending force 52784 troops, 201 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 980

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22630 troops, 261 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3436

Defending force 307462 troops, 712 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 8594

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Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 41698 troops, 406 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 862

Defending force 51493 troops, 466 guns, 205 vehicles, Assault Value = 902

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6606 troops, 223 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3916

Defending force 124204 troops, 846 guns, 426 vehicles, Assault Value = 2090

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22681 troops, 241 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1293

Defending force 127454 troops, 223 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 2489

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 72123 troops, 964 guns, 313 vehicles, Assault Value = 1766

Defending force 108827 troops, 1020 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2218

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 108439 troops, 1702 guns, 134 vehicles, Assault Value = 3043

Defending force 456859 troops, 4496 guns, 3366 vehicles, Assault Value = 9383

Japanese ground losses:
257 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 44661 troops, 457 guns, 172 vehicles, Assault Value = 902

Defending force 41698 troops, 406 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 862

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17532 troops, 175 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2489

Defending force 63486 troops, 663 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1293

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 106304 troops, 850 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2958

Defending force 69425 troops, 744 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 1394

Japanese ground losses:
224 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 87317 troops, 827 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2090

Defending force 196319 troops, 2271 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 3916

Japanese ground losses:
184 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 36874 troops, 434 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1078

Defending force 230795 troops, 2088 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 3937

Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported

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RE: it goes on... - 7/13/2009 5:53:01 PM

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Wow. Congrats for your victory in the first battle of Makin. And I might not take too many risks in congratulating for the second one.

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RE: it goes on... - 7/13/2009 6:08:26 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/02/43

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TF 1045 encounters mine field at Mili (84,85)

Allied Ships
DD Cassin, Mine hits 1, on fire

that�s no good sign...

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Naval bombardment of Mili, at 84,85

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 Ic: 24 destroyed

Allied Ships
CL Cleveland
CL Honolulu
CL Boise
CL Phoenix
BB Massachusetts

Japanese ground losses:
2477 casualties reported

Guns lost 23

Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 153

well, I was pretty sure that would happen, but I had to keep my Tonies at the base just for the case the Allied would not get a nuke. I�m dumb to think that because in 9 out of 10 bombardments, the Allied do get a nuke in this PBEM. Strange but that�s how it was so far and it seems it won�t change. There wasn�t a single recon nor Kingfisher over this base yesterday, the base is 100% nuked nevertheless. I wonder why only 48 Tonies were destroyed on the ground. Once again I have to laugh about the well working FOW feature in WITP, as the ground losses from bombardments always have to be doubled.

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Naval bombardment of Mili, at 84,85

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 Ic: 5 destroyed
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CL Santa Fe
CL Columbia
CL Nashville
CL Helena
CA Louisville
BB Mississippi
BB New Mexico
BB Idaho

Japanese ground losses:
2080 casualties reported
Guns lost 20

Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 191

and another one with even more hits. That�s getting quite stupid but I can�t do anything against it. Or haven�t I done enough with laying 15.000 mines at this base? With 354 hits on the runway I was amazed that we�ve only lost 1/3 of the fighters at the base. Another "stupid" thing is the fact that airfields get damaged more than 100% even if it only displays "100%". The game is already more than a week ahead and the 300+ engineers at the base were still not able to get the damage below 100% 3 days after this attack. And no, they are not all disabled...

ok, this means the plan with Mili launching 180 Tonies for the first strike of the day against the Allied CVs has fallen apart even before the sun set...

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Day Air attack on Heiho , at 69,22

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 30

Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
A6M5 Zeke x 186
D3A Val x 24
A6M3a Zero x 89
B5N Kate x 16
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 80

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 185
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Makin , at 85,89

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 21
B-24D Liberator x 61

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 11 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 51

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 15000 feet

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Day Air attack on Tarawa , at 85,91

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 24
B-24D Liberator x 34
B-24J Liberator x 60

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 8 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 127

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 15000 feet

Makin and Tarawa are more or less closed, the eng there are doing a good job though. Too dangerous to move in aircraft yet though. Apamama also looks like we could use it...

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Day Air attack on Gasmata , at 59,90

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 29
P-38J Lightning x 17
PV-1 Ventura x 56
PB4Y Liberator x 9

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 15000 feet

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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 64
Liberator VI x 41
Ventura V x 14
PB4Y Liberator x 19

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 5 damaged
Liberator VI: 2 damaged
Ventura V: 2 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 57

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ventura V bombing at 15000 feet

no chance to get Baker�s af running again with only some 50 eng there and daily attacks...

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Day Air attack on Petropavlovsk , at 84,32

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 9

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 15000 feet

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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th Ind. Brigade, at 21,3

Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 6

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on 6th Ind. Brigade, at 21,3

Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 15
Spitfire Vb x 5
Liberator VI x 8
Hurricane IIc x 7

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 8 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on 7th Heavy AA Battalion, at 46,103

Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 6
PV-1 Ventura x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 59
B-25J Mitchell x 4
B-24D Liberator x 6
B-24J Liberator x 7

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 3 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 15 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
235 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 15000 feet

stop bombing my AA units please...

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Day Air attack on 42nd Division, at 46,103

Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 3
PV-1 Ventura x 2
B-25C Mitchell x 32
B-25J Mitchell x 18
B-17E Fortress x 3

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
195 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 15000 feet

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Day Air attack on 43rd Division, at 46,103

Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 6
PV-1 Ventura x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 69
B-25J Mitchell x 7
B-24D Liberator x 6
B-24J Liberator x 6

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 3 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 13 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
276 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet

even though those ongoing strikes against my ground units near Townsville don�t do much damage and some bombers are shot down every day, the downside of those attacks is that all those bomber squadrons will probably soon hit 90 exp as they�ve seen combat for months without suffering many losses... this coupled with P-38Js means trouble...

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Day Air attack on 46th Division, at 46,103

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 9
Ventura V x 3
PV-1 Ventura x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 61
B-25J Mitchell x 24
F4U-1 Corsair x 5
B-17E Fortress x 3

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 18 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
269 casualties reported
Guns lost 16

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 15000 feet

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Day Air attack on 47th Division, at 43,32

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 5

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 36
P1Y Frances x 62
Ki-49 Helen x 177

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 56,85

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 18

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AG AG-2095, Shell hits 4
AG AG-2096, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AG AG-2526, Shell hits 8, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AG AG-2528, Shell hits 20, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Beaufighter Mk 21 attacking at 100 feet

looks like I can�t use my barges anymore... too many losses...

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Day Air attack on TF at 84,89

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
DD Cassin, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 30510 feet

I�m trying my "fighter sweep" on the enemy carriers with very few bombers set to nav attack but with a huge escort. Unfortunately 3 of the dozen bombers try to attack the DD that hit a mine during the night... thank god the 200 Tonies didn�t escort this strike...

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Day Air attack on TF at 85,92

Japanese aircraft
P1Y Frances x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Cape Fear, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

three Frances from Kwajalein sink a small AK at Makin... I really would prefer seeing several big and escorted strikes against the enemy carriers, preferable against the single one...

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Day Air attack on TF at 85,92

Japanese aircraft
P1Y Frances x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Arizona, Torpedo hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

don�t know why such strikes are even launched... spotted BBs could atract more bombers IMO. Looks good but the hit surely was only FOW because there was only the hit and nothing else, no further damage, no flooding, nothing... FOW hit...

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Day Air attack on TF at 85,92

Japanese aircraft
P1Y Frances x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Nevada

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

another useless attack... attacking BB TFs with less than 50 bombers doesn�t make much sense if you want to go in for a kill...

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,88

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 81
P1Y Frances x 50

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 82

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 53 destroyed
P1Y Frances: 8 destroyed, 34 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 13 destroyed, 56 damaged

Allied Ships
CVL Cowpens, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Sigsbee
CV Lexington, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
BB North Carolina, Torpedo hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

and here comes the first bigger strike, no idea why, but the Kwajalein strike goes in first, even though it�s the one from max range... I planned to see the Tonies first, going in from my two closest bases... planning is senseless eh?

Thank god we attack the CV TF that is alone in the hex and after yesterdays Hellcat losses we manage to get most of the bombers through, even though the Zeros get badly mauled. 4:1 kill rate for the Hellcats against 80+ exp Zeros proves that the Zeros are completely outdated. But it�s the only way to get my bombers escorts from 11 hexes. They did their job even though the bombers didn�t achieve much when i think about their high exp also. Problem again was the high number of targets. But Lexington heavily damaged is a good start... more to come...

not the nice number of damaged Hellcats though, this will hurt the Allied as this means that there will be nearly 70 Hellcats less in the afternoon...

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,88

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 23
P1Y Frances x 31

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 49

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
P1Y Frances: 2 destroyed, 27 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 9 destroyed, 17 damaged

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina
CVL Monterey, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CLAA Ceres, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CVL Cowpens, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

another strike out of the Marshalls, the second strike easily managed to get through and we put some more torps into the enemy carriers. CVL Cowpens should be in real trouble already after taking three torp hits...

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Day Air attack on TF at 87,88

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 192
Ki-49 Helen x 6

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 262

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 Ic: 117 destroyed
Ki-49 Helen: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 65 destroyed, 132 damaged

Allied Ships
CV Intrepid

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 30510 feet

and here comes what I wanted to see as the first strike. That�s the only way I know of dealing with a huge carrier Cap without losing a hundred bombers together with the hundred+ fighters you lose anyway. Not unexpected, we lose a lot of fighters, I didn�t even expect to see nearly half of the fighters surviving. A nearly 2:1 for the Hellcats isn�t that bad for us, even though we�ve just shredded more than 5 high exp Tony sentais. Even 3 of the Helens managed to get through, making their sightseeing trip over the enemy Armada. When you look at the losses of this engagement you can clearly see the difference between the Allied and Japanese fighters. While all our fighters were shot down, 132 Hellcats were just damaged. This is due to the Allied fighters carrying a real punch and being highly durable, while the IJNAAF fighters carry a weaker armament and are less durable. The high number of damaged Allied fighters are deciding though as I doubt that more than two dozen of them will be repaired until tomorrow. This means that this really costly attack (for us) can have an absolute deciding impact on the coming days as the Allied just "lost" 160+ Hellcats from those two CV TFs for tomorrow.

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Day Air attack on TF at 84,89

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 8
Ki-49 Helen x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
BB Idaho
BB New Mexico

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 30510 feet

one of our fighter sweeps attacking the wrong target. This is what was left at the base the big strike against the carrier came from...

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Day Air attack on TF at 84,89

Japanese aircraft
P1Y Frances x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 6 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Mississippi, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

another small strike against the BBs, but causing damage...

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,88

Japanese aircraft
P1Y Frances x 12

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 10 damaged

Allied Ships
CV Lexington, on fire, heavy damage
CVL Cowpens, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

just look at was is left of the Cap over the Lexington/Enterprise and Co TF...

A pity the bombers missed...

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,88

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 7
Ki-49 Helen x 8

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CV Enterprise, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 30510 feet

small "fighter sweep" in the afternoon, totally useless as the Tonies didn�t even engage the remaining Hellcats...

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,88

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 17
P1Y Frances x 26

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 1 destroyed, 18 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CVL Monterey, on fire
BB North Carolina, Torpedo hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

modern BB takes a torp, won�t be really impressed I guess...

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,88

Japanese aircraft
P1Y Frances x 13

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina
CA Vincennes
CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

BANZAI! Enterprise takes another one...

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Day Air attack on TF at 87,88

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 26
Ki-49 Helen x 3

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 125

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 Ic: 6 destroyed, 12 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged

wow, I�m more than impressed about the high number of Hellcats over the other two CV TFs...

the day was over and we nearly lost 300 aircraft today, nearly 250 high experienced pilots are dead. But all this not without inflicting losses within the Allied and IMO the only thing the Allied have to do now is RUN. RUN as fast as you can with everything that is able to run. Why? Because the Allied commander just has to expect more LBA strikes tomorrow but even more so, he has to expect KB being in the area. And that�s what we�ve ordered for tomorrow. KB will move in close to Makin with the other "support CV TF" being one hex further away to the North West. I don�t expect the damaged enemy CVs being able to move further than four hexes so we should end up three hexes from them. Without all the Hellcats needed, it would be a real mistake to keep the undamaged CVs in the area and bigbaba should know that, so those are expected to move full speed South, being out of range tomorrow. This should enable us to sink the damaged carriers while not having to fear a lot. We will stay 12 hexes away from the atolls South of the Gilberts because I don�t want to end in 4E bomber range that can be escorted by Lightnings. We will see...

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 106201 troops, 1029 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2227

Defending force 93239 troops, 1097 guns, 314 vehicles, Assault Value = 1765

Allied ground losses:
148 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 373148 troops, 4449 guns, 1346 vehicles, Assault Value = 9374

Defending force 148197 troops, 1849 guns, 210 vehicles, Assault Value = 3047

Allied ground losses:
301 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

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Ground combat at Makin

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 42458 troops, 332 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1071

Defending force 15358 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 167

Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22583 troops, 261 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 3433

Defending force 306944 troops, 704 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 8584

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Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 41735 troops, 413 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 861

Defending force 51105 troops, 458 guns, 203 vehicles, Assault Value = 898

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6628 troops, 225 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3908

Defending force 124546 troops, 862 guns, 426 vehicles, Assault Value = 2096

Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Hollandia

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 477 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese max assault: 11 - adjusted assault: 24

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 24 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Hollandia base !!!

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22692 troops, 243 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1293

Defending force 127646 troops, 221 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2487

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 71962 troops, 961 guns, 313 vehicles, Assault Value = 1765

Defending force 109001 troops, 1029 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2227

Japanese ground losses:
173 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 108473 troops, 1694 guns, 132 vehicles, Assault Value = 3038

Defending force 456704 troops, 4502 guns, 3371 vehicles, Assault Value = 9374

Japanese ground losses:
143 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 44398 troops, 451 guns, 172 vehicles, Assault Value = 898

Defending force 41735 troops, 413 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 861

Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17565 troops, 173 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2487

Defending force 63483 troops, 666 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1293

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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 106783 troops, 870 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 3006

Defending force 69271 troops, 730 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 1390

Japanese ground losses:
143 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 82919 troops, 831 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 2096

Defending force 195052 troops, 2220 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 3908

Japanese ground losses:
236 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 36930 troops, 436 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1082

Defending force 231192 troops, 2105 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 3959

Japanese ground losses:
88 casualties reported

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RE: it goes on... - 7/13/2009 6:09:09 PM

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ORIGINAL: Ambassador

Wow.� Congrats for your victory in the first battle of Makin.� And I might not take too many risks in congratulating for the second one.

thanks, more interesting things to come...

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RE: it goes on... - 7/14/2009 12:26:16 PM

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After last round bigbaba seemed to be even satisfied how it turned out as he stated he would just have a couple of damaged carriers but he took down hundreds of my aircraft. Well, I�ve lost something like 225 high experienced pilots and if none of the carriers would be sunk it wouldn�t reall be worth it for me, even though we�ve also took out 350+ Allied carrier based ac so far. But that was after last turn and like I�ve said, the only right thing to do for the Allied is leave the damaged carriers behind and run with all you�ve got left...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/03/43

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Sub attack at 85,96

Japanese Ships
SS I-124, hits 8, on fire

Allied Ships
DD Fox, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Turkey
MSW Tanager
MSW Velocity
DE Wileman
DE Burden R. Hastings

oh no... While mine layer sub I-124 probably kills a DD, it�s dead also. 94 flt damage...

doesn�t even show up as heavily damaged...

the sub sank at the end of the turn and that�s not really fun. It�s my second mine layer sub that was sunk, only two remaining...

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Day Air attack on Tsitsihar , at 65,24

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 18
Ki-61 Ic x 15

Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 Ic: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 2 damaged

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 221
D3A Val x 24
A6M3a Zero x 89
B5N Kate x 16
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 82

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 201

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Makin , at 85,89

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 44
Ki-61 Ic x 41

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 10
B-24D Liberator x 39

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 11 damaged
Ki-61 Ic: 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 destroyed
B-24D Liberator: 6 destroyed, 27 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 15000 feet
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 15000 feet

like I�ve mentioned earlier, bigbaba should knock out the airfields in the Gilberts completely. As you can see here, he wasn�t able to do that so far, even though he probably has a couple of hundred 4E bombers in range of my airfields. Only 49 bombers are going in today (looks like there aren�t really a lot operational at the moment) and while I moved in Tonies to fly Cap to have this airfield open to use it for my bombers (if needed) I was more than amazed to see Zekes too. I wasn�t just amazed, I was shocked to be honest as the Zekes were identified as KB daitais. I�ve moved in KB and the support carrier TF to one respectively two hexes off Makin to attack the probably damaged and retreating Allied carriers. Therefore I wanted to see my Zeroes either flying Cap over KB or escorting my bombers and not leaking to Makin to intercept a couple of dozen bombers that mostly turned back anyway after my Tonies attacked. Not a real good start it seems...

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Day Air attack on Apamama , at 86,92

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 14
B-24D Liberator x 26
B-24J Liberator x 53

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 51

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 15000 feet

Apamama is closed though but the engineers are working overtime... no strike against Tarawa...

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Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 28
P-38J Lightning x 13
PV-1 Ventura x 60
PB4Y Liberator x 12

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 destroyed, 23 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 8 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 47

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 15000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 46
Liberator VI x 12
B-25J Mitchell x 98

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 191

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 40
Liberator VI x 24
Ventura V x 11
PB4Y Liberator x 7

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 3 damaged
Liberator VI: 6 damaged
Ventura V: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 30

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ventura V bombing at 15000 feet

Baker gets it�s daily visit...

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Day Air attack on 5th Division, at 46,103

Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 3
PV-1 Ventura x 2
B-25C Mitchell x 15
B-25J Mitchell x 3
B-24J Liberator x 3

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 3 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 15000 feet

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Day Air attack on 46th Division, at 46,103

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 6
Liberator VI x 6
Ventura V x 3
PV-1 Ventura x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 58
B-25J Mitchell x 24
F4U-1 Corsair x 5
B-17E Fortress x 3

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 2 damaged
Ventura V: 2 destroyed
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 13 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
138 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 15000 feet

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Day Air attack on 46th Division, at 46,103

Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 3
PV-1 Ventura x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 63
B-25J Mitchell x 4
B-24D Liberator x 3
B-24J Liberator x 3

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:

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and now the interesting part of the day starts...

Day Air attack on TF at 83,89

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 104

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 47
SBD Dauntless x 69
TBM Avenger x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 13 destroyed, 13 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 30 destroyed
SBD Dauntless: 15 destroyed, 37 damaged
TBM Avenger: 5 destroyed, 9 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVE Unyo
CVE Chuyo, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CV Unryu
CV Junyo, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
CVL Ryujo
DD Nowaki, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CVE Shinyo, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CV Hiyo

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
1 x TBM Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet

to my absolute surprise (or shouldn�t I be surprised anymore?), the Allied carriers were all put into one hex, taking position just one hex South of Makin, bringing them into three hex range to my support carrier TF (which is attacked here) and two hexes away from KB. Two things to keep in mind: the Allied didn�t run after taking serious losses (and damaged Hellcats) after yesterdays bloody attacks, this is a HUGE mistake and I�m saying I�m surprised because this is just something you can�t overlook, no matter if you�re experienced or not...

This must be a wet dream and it took some time until I really could believe what the Allied commander has ordered. Secondly, putting all carriers into one hex means that there IMO surely more than 500 carrier based ac in the hex now, which clearly violates the rule about no more than around 450 carrier based ac per hex. I�m going in with two CV TFs in two separate hexes, would I send them in alltogether (which is what I�m facing now in regards to the Allied carriers) then I would be able to easily fend off all attacks with my heavy Cap. Oh well...

The Cap of my support carrier TF is of course not what KB�s Cap looks like and 130+ incoming enemy aircraft are just too many to be handled. More than 70 bombers attack and they seem to be coming in very high as they mostly drop their loads in groups of 9. CV Junyo is hit hard and due to the fact that the SBDs drop 1000lb GP bombs this of course means that this small fleet carrier is dead. When looking at it, it shows up with 83 sys, 92 flt and 39 fires. Makin can be reached within one turn but there�s no hope that the carrier could make it. Amazingly enough, the two CVEs and the DD have fair chances to make it. Makin is a level 4 port, we have ordered to fly in a nav HQ and two ARs are set to flank speed moving in from Kwajalein. The nav HQ will be there within one turn, the ARs need two turns.

I guess until this stage of the day, bigbaba was quite satisfied to have surely sunk the first IJN carrier of the war.

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Day Air attack on TF at 83,89

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 55

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 6
SBD Dauntless x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 4 destroyed
SBD Dauntless: 3 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CVE Chuyo, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

another very small strike goes in against the support carriers but two SBDs manage to get through the Cap. With some luck, this could have finished Chuyo...

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,90

Japanese aircraft
P1Y Frances x 25

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 182

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 9 destroyed, 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 4 damaged

then the start of completely stupid unescorted attacks when the AI once again proves to be completely thinking out of the a$$. All the bases where I had Frances have at least 81 Zeros, nevertheless the bombers go in unescorted against the enemy carriers. Due to all carriers now being in one hex, we meet a massive Cap again... at least low morale saved most of my bombers...

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,90

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 3
P1Y Frances x 69

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 182

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 3 destroyed
P1Y Frances: 45 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 41 damaged

totally stupid AI again... boy how I hate those stupid routines. This time my bombers get shredded... where the hell are the escorts you bloody stupid programme???

those bomber losses for no gain aren�t necessary...

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,90

Japanese aircraft
P1Y Frances x 3

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 110

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 1 damaged

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,90

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 26
D3A Val x 24
D4Y Judy x 24
A6M3a Zero x 51
B5N Kate x 21
P1Y Frances x 10

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 182

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 26 destroyed
D3A Val: 18 destroyed
D4Y Judy: 15 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 50 destroyed
B5N Kate: 10 destroyed, 1 damaged
P1Y Frances: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 45 destroyed, 78 damaged

Allied Ships
CV Intrepid, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CVL Belleau Wood
CV Bunker Hill
CV Saratoga, Torpedo hits 1
CLAA Oakland, Bomb hits 1
BB Washington, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet

then a combined strike out of Tarawa with A6M3s and Frances and a small contingent from my carriers. Even though this is the fifth strike against the carrier Cap already, the Hellcats do a good job again. The Zeroes are dead meat, the Zekes do better. The Frances all turned back, the carrier bombers managed to get half of their numbers through but they mostly miss their targets. Flak fire seemed to be insane over the enemy ships. More to come...

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,90

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 42
D3A Val x 68
B5N Kate x 49

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 55

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 16 destroyed, 10 damaged
D3A Val: 21 destroyed, 26 damaged
B5N Kate: 12 destroyed, 25 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 36 destroyed

Allied Ships
DD DeHaven
BB Washington
CV Intrepid, Bomb hits 4, on fire
CVL Belleau Wood
CA Astoria, Bomb hits 1
CV Saratoga, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CV Bunker Hill
CL Leander
CLAA Oakland

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet

another carrier launched strike, this time well sized. The Cap was out of position and weakened now and this seems to be the start of an upcoming disaster for the Allied now. No effective Cap anymore means muchos problemas... the Zekes on escort took down twice as many Hellcats as they�ve lost Zekes and most of the bombers went in to dive on the enemy carriers. Flak fire was murderous (we�ve lost more bombers to flak today than to the Hellcats!

) and the hit rate of the bombers was pathetic. I guess this is the worst result of high experienced carrier based bombers I�ve experienced so far. I was quite enthusiastic when looking at the bomber numbers that went in to attack, but was quite disappointed about the damage done... But... it�s not over yet. One of the problem we face is the fact that we achive too many belt hits on the carriers. The CVLs and the Essex class CVs have too much belt armor for our 250kg AP bombs and they just bounce off... This means that we can only rely on the torpedo bombers because a deck armor penetrating 250kg AP bomb doesn�t do extreme damage to an Essex class. Damaging bomb hits are nevertheless very important as this slows the cariers down and makes them easier targets for the torp bombers.

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,90

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 6
D3A Val x 24
B5N Kate x 24

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 37

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 4 destroyed
D3A Val: 6 destroyed, 12 damaged
B5N Kate: 5 destroyed, 14 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 9 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Astoria
CV Intrepid, on fire
BB Washington, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CV Bunker Hill, Bomb hits 1
CV Saratoga, Bomb hits 2, on fire
CVL Belleau Wood

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
2 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet

Cap is getting weaker and weaker but my uncoordinated strikes are also not what I�m thinking off well sized strikes. Not many of the bombers return undamaged. Saratoga takes some damage, the bomb hits on Washington don�t cause damage of course. Bunker Hill suffered a non penetrating belt hit.

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,90

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 5
D4Y Judy x 21
B5N Kate x 38

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 37

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
D4Y Judy: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
B5N Kate: 5 destroyed, 16 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 3 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied Ships
CV Saratoga, on fire
CV Bunker Hill, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
CVL Belleau Wood, Torpedo hits 1
CLAA Oakland, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CV Intrepid, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
CL Leander, Bomb hits 2, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x D4Y Judy bombing at 2000 feet

must have been a pain to watch for bigbaba as it seemed that my carriers didn�t stop launching strikes. We are still in the morning phase! This strike achieved more of what I am thinking of a good strike. Many damaging bomb hits this time and Bunker hill is hit hard by two torps. Intrepid doesn�t look good anymore either.

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,90

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 4
D3A Val x 44
D4Y Judy x 21
B5N Kate x 17

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 37

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
D3A Val: 5 destroyed, 6 damaged
D4Y Judy: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
B5N Kate: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 6 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied Ships
CV Bunker Hill, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
BB Washington, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CV Intrepid, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CV Saratoga, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CVL Belleau Wood, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet

those dispersed strikes could really wreck our carrier based ac if the enemy would still have effective fighter cover over the fleet. Bunker Hill took 4 penetrating deck hits and two useless belt hits but is burning heavily now too. Saratoga is in big trouble now I guess while Intrepid could still make port if not further hit...

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,90

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 44
P1Y Frances x 48

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 33

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 13 destroyed, 11 damaged
P1Y Frances: 2 destroyed, 9 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 19 destroyed

Allied Ships
CV Saratoga, on fire, heavy damage
CVL Belleau Wood, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CV Bunker Hill, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CV Intrepid, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

this is still in the morning phase, ubelievable number of strikes flown against the carriers. This time the Frances get escorts, but at that stage they aren�t as important anymore as they have been in the beginning when a hundred Frances went in unescorted to die for nothing. The hit rate is absolutely pathetic though, guess fatigue could be an issue. Two torp hits on already heavily damaged carriers when three dozen high experienced bombers do their attack runs isn�t something to cheer about. When our land and carrier based ac all have returned to their carriers at midday, the area covered by the enemy fleet was full of heavily burning Allied carriers and the day wasn�t over yet. The Allied are directly running into a disaster when the remaining operational Japanese aircraft were refuelled and rearmed to launch in the afternoon...

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,90

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 6
B5N Kate x 19

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 64

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 3 damaged
B5N Kate: 9 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 4 destroyed, 6 damaged

Allied Ships
CV Formidable
CVL Langley

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet

First afternoon strike coming from the carriers, the enemy Cap has recovered strenght again and nearly twice as many Hellcats are in the air than there were at the end of the morning. The couple of Zekes did quite well and half of the Kates managed to get through the Cap. The first attack on what seems to be a mixed UK/US carrier strike force. Don�t know exactly but I guess Formidable is the last British carrier afloat (perhaps there�s another one). It seems that bigbaba has more or less every CV/CVL that he had available near the Gilberts. At that point I had preferred seeing more attacks going in against the damaged Essex class CVs to finish them off as I wasn�t sure how many strikes we would be able to launch after the bloody battles in the morning. But the afternoon was still young...

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,90

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 27
P1Y Frances x 17

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 60

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
P1Y Frances: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 11 destroyed, 16 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Canberra

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

LBA strike that had a nice impact with 11 Hellcats downed for just one Zeke. All but two bombers turned back due to low morale though. Nothing to achieve against the agile heavy cruiser...

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Day Air attack on TF at 84,90

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 103

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 2
SBD Dauntless x 19
TBM Avenger x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 2 destroyed
SBD Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged
TBM Avenger: 4 destroyed

and here comes the Allied strike! This time against KB! I was more or less shocked by the low number of fighters in the air as we�ve set our daitais to 80% Cap. Seems like too many were being launched to escort strikes the whole day. But when looking at the size of the enemy strike I didn�t fear anything to be honest. Everything that was incoming was either shot down or forced to turn back. And that�s ALL the Allied carriers could offensively launch against our fleet. This will be the biggest victory within all our victories so far. The enemy carriers are mostly reduced to floating wrecks and we won�t stop until most of them are sunk. BANZAI!

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,90

Japanese aircraft
P1Y Frances x 6

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 13

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 1 damaged

the bombers damage a Hellcat and turn back... a dozen Hellcats won�t help the enemy anymore...

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,90

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 29
D3A Val x 12
D4Y Judy x 28
B5N Kate x 47

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 4 destroyed, 7 damaged
D3A Val: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged
D4Y Judy: 6 destroyed, 16 damaged
B5N Kate: 11 destroyed, 25 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 5 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied Ships
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
CV Yorktown, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
CVL Princeton, Bomb hits 2
BB Indiana, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
CVL Independence, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet

our carriers are still able to launch heavy strikes that are now also doing real damage. This is the so far most effective attack of the day. Flak fire is still very intense but fighter defense over the fleet isn�t existing anymore which means our bombers can pick their targets at will. Our torpedo bomber pilots took out Indiana for sure, Yorktown is a goner, Wasp and Indepence are floating wrecks...

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,90

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 21
D3A Val x 33
B5N Kate x 21

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 1 damaged
D3A Val: 2 destroyed, 12 damaged
B5N Kate: 2 destroyed, 17 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 5 destroyed

Allied Ships
CVL Independence, on fire, heavy damage
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Indiana, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CV Yorktown, on fire, heavy damage
CVL Princeton, Bomb hits 2
DD Daly, Bomb hits 2, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet

another strike at the same TF as above, Yorktown was confirmed sunk already, as was Independence, while the modern BB Indiana took torp hits 6-8. No chance that this BB will survive. Wasp should be finished now too. Banzai!

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,90

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 3
B5N Kate x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CV Yorktown, on fire, heavy damage
CL Perth
BB Indiana, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet

not a single Allied figther is encountered anymore, the Allied carrier force is completely trashed. 8 Kates tried to attack the already sunk Yorktown and Indiana, 4 engaged Perth but missed...

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,90

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 25
P1Y Frances x 45

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 20 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB Indiana, on fire, heavy damage
CV Wasp, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CVL Independence, on fire, heavy damage
CVL Princeton
CV Yorktown, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

two Hellcats in the air to oppose this strike, they are shot down before they could engage our bombers. Wasp takes another hit, most of the bombers tried to attack ships that have gone down already... Princeton is one of the few flight decks of the Allied that is still undamaged. The CV TF with Formidable also didnt take damage so far...

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,90

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 9
P1Y Frances x 4

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CV Wasp, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

must have been hard to hit this floating wreck... guess another torp will sink Was for sure, otherwise the chances for the ship aren�t good anyway... this day completely wrecked the Allied carriers but most of them are still afloat. Guess the Allied aren�t happy anymore, even though they�ve took out one of my carriers and nearly 400 aircraft today. If things go right then there won�t be many of the Allied flight decks returning to their homeport.

This day was a clear Japanese victory! BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!

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Ground combat at Makin

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 45770 troops, 349 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1075

Defending force 15540 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 180

Japanese max assault: 971 - adjusted assault: 724

Allied max defense: 166 - adjusted defense: 64

Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
1936 casualties reported
Guns lost 64

Allied ground losses:
1296 casualties reported
Guns lost 13

as you can see, the Allied were able to bring out more than 30.000 troops (including all divisions that were landed). But at what cost? Two RCTs and a eng rgt are still on the island, bigbaba complained that the TFs didn�t take up all the troops even though there was enough capacity available. IMO, not enough ships and probably not each LCU loaded separately like you should do it with the screwed loading routine. Guess those troops left will be destroyed for sure.

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 106214 troops, 1035 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 2226

Defending force 93031 troops, 1095 guns, 313 vehicles, Assault Value = 1764

Allied ground losses:
151 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 373239 troops, 4444 guns, 1347 vehicles, Assault Value = 9386

Defending force 148393 troops, 1837 guns, 210 vehicles, Assault Value = 3051

Allied ground losses:
383 casualties reported
Guns lost 11
Vehicles lost 1

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22580 troops, 262 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 3434

Defending force 306444 troops, 693 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 8578

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Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 41779 troops, 416 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 862

Defending force 50918 troops, 448 guns, 203 vehicles, Assault Value = 894

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22699 troops, 246 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1293

Defending force 127793 troops, 222 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2491

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 71874 troops, 959 guns, 312 vehicles, Assault Value = 1764

Defending force 108994 troops, 1035 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 2226

Japanese ground losses:
97 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 108534 troops, 1681 guns, 132 vehicles, Assault Value = 3044

Defending force 457136 troops, 4495 guns, 3379 vehicles, Assault Value = 9386

Japanese ground losses:
126 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 44252 troops, 441 guns, 172 vehicles, Assault Value = 894

Defending force 41779 troops, 416 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 862

Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17593 troops, 174 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2491

Defending force 63462 troops, 667 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1293

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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 149739 troops, 1000 guns, 1188 vehicles, Assault Value = 3096

Defending force 90194 troops, 962 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 1830

Allied max assault: 2734 - adjusted assault: 1593

Japanese max defense: 1667 - adjusted defense: 4945

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
1611 casualties reported
Guns lost 70

Allied ground losses:
6120 casualties reported
Guns lost 141
Vehicles lost 44

bigbaba just don�t want to accept that he can�t achieve something in this urban hex...

And I haven�t even employed the reserve division I have at Malir...

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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 83066 troops, 834 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 2105

Defending force 194695 troops, 2228 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 3909

Japanese ground losses:
425 casualties reported
Guns lost 28
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 36958 troops, 437 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1087

Defending force 230899 troops, 2099 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 3983

Japanese ground losses:
126 casualties reported

At the end of the day with have CV Yorktown, CVL Independence and BB Indiana have been confirmed sunk. BANZAI!

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RE: it goes on... - 7/14/2009 1:49:25 PM

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Unbelieveable performance by your A6M5's considering those Hellcats pilots were an average of 80 exp. Assuming your pilots were high 80's exp, it just shows how important WITP considers pilot exp over a/c stats.

No doubt you sent the KB south to finish off all of his carriers. Dont know why bigbaba has chosen this course of action, makes a mockery of all the effort that went into the game in my opinion

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RE: it goes on... - 7/14/2009 3:38:49 PM

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Unbelieveable performance by your A6M5's considering those Hellcats pilots were an average of 80 exp. Assuming your pilots were high 80's exp, it just shows how important WITP considers pilot exp over a/c stats.

No doubt you sent the KB south to finish off all of his carriers. Dont know why bigbaba has chosen this course of action, makes a mockery of all the effort that went into the game in my opinion

The average exp of the Zekes probably was mid 80. There were still 90 exp daitais around (Hiryu for example), those started the game with 90 and still were at that level due to never have taken losses (our first and so far only carrier engagement saw nearly no losses within my fighter daitais). So we might have had an average exp edge of around 5 points over the Hellcats. The Hellcats would have shot down my Zekes on escort on a 2:1+ (probably 3:1) if there would be one or only two strikes. As soon as there are a lot of follow on strikes, the Cap becomes vulnerable. My bombers could definetely have performed better but the strikes nearly not ending took a toll on the Hellcats.

Like I�ve said before, everything else than running away for the Allied after day one was a mistake. Heck, the whole operation was a mistake. It�s easy to be a smart ass but seriously, an IMO pooryl thought out operation. It takes me five minutes to come up with a plan and another hour to give the orders for it. The Allied must have five or six dozen cruisers and probably two hundred DDs. So what can those ships do? They can perform FAST TRANSPORT missions, perfectly suited to evacuate those troops from Makin. If you put a dozen cruisers with 13 DDs into one fast transport TF you can pick up a lot of troops. Probably 10-12 such fast transport missions would have been enough to pick up all remaining 50.000 troops from Makin. Place the carriers five hexes South of Makin (the fast transport TFs have a range of 6) and just perform those missions. Everything evacuated in a timeframe of max 10 days. Use the 4Es (and if needed the Avengers from the carriers) to surpress Makin, Tarawa and Apamama - which is a more than easy task - and you evacuate all those troops for no loss. The only "threat" would be mines at Makin that didn�t hit a single ship during the invasion.

If I would send Zero escorted Frances bombers I could only use Mili as everything else is too far away. Would I do that? Of course not, there�s no sense sending those aircraft into their 100% sure death. Would it be that hard to think about a fast transport evac? Guess not. Would it be that hard to notice that the carriers are in trouble after a couple of them were damaged the first day? Guess not. Would it be that hard to retreat with everything undamaged as fast as possible? Guess not.

All in all, everything the Allied commander has done since taking over the game again was plain wrong. Sorry, but that�s a fact. I don�t want to think about all the unescorted capitol ships that returned from the Gilberts that didn�t even have carrier cover because the carriers retreated first (for an unknown reason).

I don�t know, this is just too easy. And it�s not over yet. And you are correct, it really makes a mockery of all the effort that went into the game so far. No idea how the game will go on...

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RE: it goes on... - 7/14/2009 3:49:08 PM

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USS Yorktown reported sunk off the Gilberts after being under constant attack by IJNAF aircraft. BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!

USS Yorktown (CV-5), 1937-1942

USS Yorktown, a 19,800 ton aircraft carrier built at Newport News, Virginia, was commissioned on 30 September 1937. Operating in the Atlantic and Caribbean areas until April 1939, she then spent the next two years in the Pacific. In May 1941 Yorktown returned to the Atlantic, patrolling actively during the troubled months preceding the outbreak of war between the United States and the Axis powers.

Two weeks after the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Yorktown transited the Panama Canal to reinforce the badly damaged Pacific Fleet. The carrier's first combat operation was the Marshalls-Gilberts raid in early February 1942. Yorktown then steamed to the South Pacific, where she participated in a series of raids and other operations that climaxed in the Battle of Coral Sea in early May. In this action, in which she was damaged by enemy bombs, her planes attacked two Japanese aircraft carriers, helping to sink Shoho and damaging Shokaku.

Quick repairs at Pearl Harbor put Yorktown into good enough condition to participate in the Battle of Midway on 4-6 June 1942. During this great turning point of the Pacific War, her air group fatally damaged the Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu and shared in the destruction of the carrier Hiryu and cruiser Mikuma. However, successive strikes by dive bombers and torpedo planes from Hiryu seriously damaged Yorktown, causing her abandonment during the afternoon of 4 June. Two days later, while salvage efforts were underway, the Japanese submarine I-168 torpedoed both the damaged carrier and the destroyer Hammann, sinking the latter immediately and Yorktown shortly after daybreak on 7 June 1942. USS Yorktown's wreck was discovered and examined in May 1998, in surprisingly good condition after fifty-six years beneath more than three miles of sea water.

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RE: it goes on... - 7/14/2009 4:03:40 PM

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Isn't this the second time you sink Yorktown in this game ?

Anyway, congrats, I've again lost the track of the ships that were sunk. But this time, between Yorktown, Saratoga, Intrepid, Bunker Hill and Wasp (if they're all confirmed sunk later), and several CVLs, and Indiana, even at the cost of one of your "small fleet carriers" you come up far ahead. And there're a few more carriers left, and BB Washington took a torpedo hit : if slowed, it could be sent down too tomorrow.

Well, well, well. More interesting to come, again ?

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RE: it goes on... - 7/14/2009 4:35:37 PM

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USS Indiana, the next confirmed sinking near the Gilberts. Succumbed after being hit by 8 aerial launched torpedos from carrier based Kate bombers. BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!

USS Indiana, a 35,000-ton South Dakota class battleship built at Newport News, Virginia, was commissioned in April 1942. After shaking down in the Atlantic, she joined the war against Japan, operating in the South Pacific from late November 1942 into October 1943. Indiana then moved to the Central Pacific, where she participated in the invasions of the Gilbert Islands in November 1943 and the Marshalls in January 1944. While engaged in the latter operation on 1 February 1944, she was damaged in a night collision with USS Washington (BB-56).

In April and May 1944, following repairs, Indiana escorted carriers in raids on Japanese positions in the Carolines. Beginning in June, she took part in the the Marianas campaign, including pre-invasion bombardment of Saipan and the Battle of the Philippine Sea. The battleship screened the fast carriers into the Autumn of 1944, assisting in strikes on the Palaus and Philippines. After an overhaul, Indiana returned to the Western Pacific in January 1945, in time to participate in the invasion of Iwo Jima, carrier raids on the Japanese Home Islands and the Ryukyus invasion. She passed through a typhoon in June and used her sixteen-inch guns to shell targets in Japan during the last weeks of the Pacific War. Returning to the U.S. soon after the Japanese surrender, Indiana was placed in reserve status in September 1946 and formally decommissioned a year later. She saw no further active service and was sold for scrapping in October 1963.

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RE: it goes on... - 7/14/2009 4:37:08 PM

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quote:

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Isn't this the second time you�sink Yorktown in this game ?

Anyway, congrats, I've again lost the track of the ships that were sunk.� But this time, between Yorktown, Saratoga, Intrepid, Bunker Hill and Wasp (if they're all confirmed sunk later), and several CVLs, and Indiana, even at the cost of one of your "small fleet carriers" you come up far ahead.� And there're a few more carriers left, and BB Washington took a torpedo hit : if slowed, it could be sent down too tomorrow.

Well, well, well.� More interesting to come, again�?

I will take a screenshot of the ship loss list later today if I don�t forget to do so. IIRC Yorktown showed up as Essex class in the combat replay.

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RE: it goes on... - 7/14/2009 4:40:31 PM

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CVL Independence sunk near the Gilberts after heavy air attacks. BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!

USS Independence, lead ship of a class of nine 11,000 ton small aircraft carriers, was built at Camden, New Jersey. Begun as the light cruiser Amsterdam (CL-59), she was converted to a carrier before launching and commissioned in January 1943 with the hull number CV-22. In July 1943, following shakedown operations in the Caribbean, Independence joined the Pacific Fleet and was redesignated CVL-22. During the rest of 1943, she took part in raids on the Japanese bases at Marcus, Wake and Rabaul and in the campaign to seize the Gilbert Islands. She was damaged by a Japanese aerial torpedo attack on 20 November, while operating off the Gilberts, and had to return to the United States for repairs.

Independence returned to the Pacific operational area in July 1944 and trained to serve as a night carrier. She participated in the Palaus operation in September 1944, air strikes in the Philippines and Okinawa and the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October, and further offensive operations in the Western Pacific during November-December 1944 and January 1945. After an overhaul, Independence rejoined the fast carrier task force in March. Over the next six months, she took part in the Ryukyus campaign and conducted strikes against targets in the Japanese Home Islands. Following Japan's capitulation in mid-August 1945, the carrier supported occupation operations and helped bring U.S. service veterans home as part of Operation "Magic Carpet". In 1946, Independence was assigned to target duty as part of the atomic bomb tests at Bikini. She was badly damaged by the 1 July 1946 air burst and further contaminated by radioactivity in the 25 July underwater test. Formally decommissioned in August 1946, she was later used as a radiological research hulk. USS Independence was sunk as a target off the California coast in January 1951.

Amazing to me how small those CVLs really were compared to the aircraft they carried.

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RE: it goes on... - 7/14/2009 5:02:02 PM

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Sure he went over the 450 plane hr? Looks like he had 6 CVs (one RN) and 4 CVLs in those two task forces at hex 86,90 on 11/03. Approximately 600 ac max, including previous losses of the Enterprise, Lexington and Cowpens that's only 830 ac max. He lost 300+ carrier ac on 11/01 and 92 hellcats on 11/02. I doubt he broke the 450 plane hr or if he did, he didn't by much. I counted only 182 hellcats on cap and 146 ac in strikes for 11/03.

Why he decided to stay is another question. Congrats on the huge victory.

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RE: it goes on... - 7/14/2009 5:03:33 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/04/43

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TF 1079 encounters mine field at Nanomea Atoll (87,101)

Allied Ships
DD Decoy, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

sub laid Type 88 mine...

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TF 1033 encounters mine field at Nanomea Atoll (87,101)

Allied Ships
MSW Oriole
MSW Penguin

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TF 1043 encounters mine field at Nanomea Atoll (87,101)

Allied Ships
DD Braine
DD Bennett
DD Charles Ausburne

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 224
D3A Val x 24
A6M3a Zero x 89
B5N Kate x 16
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 82

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 208
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Makin , at 85,89

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 103

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3
PB4Y Liberator x 12
B-24D Liberator x 31

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 Ic: 31 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 10 destroyed
B-24D Liberator: 6 destroyed, 19 damaged

bigbaba missed the chance to close down Makin�s level 4 airfield completely and the heavily damaged CV Junyo together with the two heavily damaged CVEs and the heavily damaged DD were disbanded into port. CV Junyo won�t make it, though due to having the carrier in port we were able to save all three daitais aboard, each with a maximum of 17 aircraft. Those come in handy as I will have 51 carrier trained aircraft to be used as soon as they have trained up again. The chance to save the CVEs is absolutely given, also the DD looks to have a good chance to make it. Makin isn�t in range of Allied fighters and I guess my Tonies will be able to keep the 4Es honest, especially as they really have low morale. We could need radar though as this would enable us to get more fighters into the air...

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Day Air attack on Apamama , at 86,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 31

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 18
PB4Y Liberator x 10
B-24D Liberator x 21
B-24J Liberator x 58

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 2 destroyed, 25 damaged
P1Y Frances: 1 destroyed
B5N Kate: 3 destroyed
D3A Val: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 12 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 15 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 25 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 33

Aircraft Attacking:

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 48
Liberator VI x 12
B-25J Mitchell x 103

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 201

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 61
Liberator VI x 38
Ventura V x 9
PB4Y Liberator x 10

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 5 damaged
Liberator VI: 7 damaged
Ventura V: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 50

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ventura V bombing at 15000 feet

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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 47th Division, at 43,32

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 43
G4M1 Betty x 49
P1Y Frances x 69
Ki-49 Helen x 187

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

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And there we go again!

Day Air attack on TF at 87,92

Japanese aircraft
P1Y Frances x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 6 damaged

Allied Ships
CV Wasp, on fire, heavy damage
BB North Carolina
CLAA Juneau
CV Lexington, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

this should mean trouble for Lexington...

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Day Air attack on TF at 87,92

Japanese aircraft
P1Y Frances x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

yeah baby! Enterprise won�t make it... the fact that the enemy carriers can�t even put up a single Hellcat anymore really helps...

Boy, those carriers got really trashed the last couple of turns...

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Day Air attack on TF at 87,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 4
P1Y Frances x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 8 damaged

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina, Torpedo hits 2
CV Wasp, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

another modern BB hit...

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Day Air attack on TF at 87,92

Japanese aircraft
P1Y Frances x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CV Intrepid, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

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Day Air attack on TF at 87,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 67
P1Y Frances x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CV Bunker Hill, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CVL Cowpens, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

as you can see, there�s nearly no flak fire anymore, this means due to the ongoing air attacks of a thousand land based and 800 carrier based ac the enemy CV TFs ran out of AA amunition... We are finishing off the enemy at will today... The enemy CVs have no chance anymore...

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,94

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 19
D3A Val x 6
B5N Kate x 2
P1Y Frances x 11

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
D3A Val: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
B5N Kate: 2 damaged
P1Y Frances: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged

Allied Ships
CVL Monterey
CV Formidable, Bomb hits 1
CL Leander
CVL Cabot

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet

we have moved our carriers further South as we wanted to knock out the enemy completely. What is the enemy doing? He has one CV TF left that took no damage, but also this TF didn�t move away at flank speed, it was just two hexes further South as the floating wrecks formerly known as Essex class CVs... a non penetrating 250kg AP bomb hit on the armored flight deck of the British CV...

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,94

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 30
D3A Val x 40
D4Y Judy x 24
B5N Kate x 27

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
D3A Val: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged
D4Y Judy: 10 damaged
B5N Kate: 2 destroyed, 14 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 7 destroyed

Allied Ships
CVL Princeton, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CV Formidable
CVL Langley, Bomb hits 3
BB Washington, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CVL Monterey
CVL Cabot

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet

our carriers based daitais are far from what I would call perfect shape but we still get enough bombers together to launch dangerous strikes...BB Washington suffers, and also the CVLs are hit. But not all hits on the CVLs were damaging hits as we�ve seen some bombs bouncing off the belt armor again...

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Day Air attack on TF at 87,92

Japanese aircraft
P1Y Frances x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 2 destroyed, 14 damaged

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina
CV Wasp, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CV Enterprise, on fire, heavy damage
CA Canberra
CV Lexington, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

if there would be just a couple of Hellcats in the air, all our bombers would turn back due to absolutely bad morale. No fighters engaging anymore and even though the bomber crews are totally fatigued, they still achieve a hit now and then. Very important hits so to say as one torp more or less can mean a capitol ship will make it or will sink...

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Day Air attack on TF at 87,92

Japanese aircraft
P1Y Frances x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CVL Cowpens, on fire, heavy damage
CVL Belleau Wood, on fire, heavy damage
CV Saratoga, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

so many Allied fight decks going down...

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,94

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 4
P1Y Frances x 3

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 4

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
BB Washington, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 86,94

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 17
D3A Val x 11
D4Y Judy x 15
B5N Kate x 62

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
D3A Val: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
D4Y Judy: 2 damaged
B5N Kate: 9 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied Ships
CV Formidable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
CVL Princeton, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
CVL Cabot, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CVL Langley
CL Leander
CVL Monterey, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Bush, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
3 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet

YES! Seems like we�ve sent most of our remaining torp bombers on KB against the bomb prove Formidable TF. This is the end of Formidable, Princeton, Cabot, Monterey and Bush... BANZAI!

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,94

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 3
D3A Val x 3
B5N Kate x 7

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 1 damaged
B5N Kate: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Leander, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
CVL Langley, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CVL Princeton, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet

small strike but not without effect...

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,94

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 4
B5N Kate x 5

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 1

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CVL Monterey, on fire, heavy damage
CV Formidable, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet

the ships are still afloat...

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,94

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 10

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
CVL Princeton, on fire, heavy damage
CVL Langley, on fire
CV Formidable, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet

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Day Air attack on TF at 86,94

Japanese aircraft
P1Y Frances x 18

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 4 damaged

Allied Ships
CVL Princeton, on fire, heavy damage
CLAA San Diego
CVL Langley, on fire
CL Perth
CV Formidable, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

that was it for today. At the end of the day we get confirmed sinkings of:

CV Enterprise, CV Wasp, CV Bunker Hill, CV Saratoga, CV Formidable, CVL Cowpens, CVL Princeton, CVL Monterey

I doubt that CVL Cabot will make it and we probably won�t get confirmation of all ships we actually put down. What to say, the last couple of days seem to lead to the biggest victory I have ever achieved in a PBEM, not to talk about the date when all this happens. Not due to brilliant play of mine though, more a result of totally wrong decisions of the Allied player...

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Ground combat at Makin

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 42773 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 943

Defending force 13630 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 149

Allied ground losses:
278 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 106313 troops, 1044 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 2229

Defending force 92599 troops, 1087 guns, 312 vehicles, Assault Value = 1757

Allied ground losses:
59 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 376909 troops, 4448 guns, 1347 vehicles, Assault Value = 9389

Defending force 148438 troops, 1825 guns, 208 vehicles, Assault Value = 3057

Allied ground losses:
261 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22614 troops, 262 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 3438

Defending force 306149 troops, 681 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 8567

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 41789 troops, 420 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 862

Defending force 50612 troops, 441 guns, 199 vehicles, Assault Value = 890

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22697 troops, 248 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1292

Defending force 128007 troops, 223 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2492

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 71645 troops, 950 guns, 311 vehicles, Assault Value = 1757

Defending force 109133 troops, 1044 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 2229

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 108780 troops, 1674 guns, 132 vehicles, Assault Value = 3047

Defending force 460756 troops, 4500 guns, 3378 vehicles, Assault Value = 9389

Japanese ground losses:
517 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 44086 troops, 434 guns, 172 vehicles, Assault Value = 890

Defending force 41789 troops, 420 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 862

Japanese ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17661 troops, 175 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2492

Defending force 63410 troops, 668 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1292

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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100683 troops, 719 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2528

Defending force 88070 troops, 871 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 1766

Japanese ground losses:
98 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 37039 troops, 436 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1095

Defending force 231390 troops, 2116 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 4005

Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported

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RE: it goes on... - 7/14/2009 5:11:30 PM

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As I expected. A damn shame to see all those carriers to go down for no reason.

Totally pointless for bigbaba to continue now. At least you dont have to wait long for AE to come out to take this games place.

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RE: it goes on... - 7/14/2009 5:25:11 PM

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ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk

Sure he went over the 450 plane hr? Looks like he had 6 CVs (one RN) and 4 CVLs in those two task forces at hex 86,90 on 11/03. Approximately 600 ac max, including previous losses of the Enterprise, Lexington and Cowpens that's only 830 ac max. He lost 300+ carrier ac on 11/01 and 92 hellcats on 11/02. I doubt he broke the 450 plane hr or if he did, he didn't by much. I counted only 182 hellcats on cap and 146 ac in strikes for 11/03.

Why he decided to stay is another question. Congrats on the huge victory.

there were surely more than 6 CVs, I guess I�ve even sunk more than six.

And surely more than 4 CVLs also. Didn�t spot any CVEs though. When looking at how it turned out it doesn�t matter anymore. But when it comes down to such things in "extreme" situations you can easily forget about such things like hrs.

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RE: it goes on... - 7/14/2009 5:26:54 PM

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What was that we've been hearing about nuclear bombardments, uber flak, and so on?

How about a little bitching about overpowered Jap torp planes and their magic photon torpedos?.

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RE: it goes on... - 7/14/2009 5:27:10 PM

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Grats on the victory though!

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RE: it goes on... - 7/14/2009 5:29:27 PM

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ORIGINAL: Miller

As I expected. A damn shame to see all those carriers to go down for no reason.

Totally pointless for bigbaba to continue now. At least you dont have to wait long for AE to come out to take this games place.

The performance in this Allied evac operation was pretty bad, it was easy playing for me. I know AE will come out the next days but it would have been great to get this game far into 45 to be honest. How this should work without all those carriers (that come back mid 45 though

) is beyond me. I�ve told bigbaba that he has lost quite some flight decks and got as reply: "I don�t need them anyway, I can advance within my LBA range" LOL, I�ve replied with: "have fun and all the best doing that".

Seriously, the Allied are in an unnecassary bad situation now.

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RE: it goes on... - 7/14/2009 5:30:33 PM

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ORIGINAL: AcePylut

What was that we've been hearing about nuclear bombardments, uber flak, and so on?

How about a little bitching about overpowered Jap torp planes and their magic photon torpedos?.

I could perfectly live with Kates dropping two bombs each if an Allied CV wouldn�t take 25 bomb hits to sink in WITP.

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RE: it goes on... - 7/14/2009 5:34:45 PM

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CV Enterprise confirmed sunk! BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!

USS Enterprise (CV-6, later CVA-6 and CVS-6), 1938-1958

USS Enterprise, a 19,800-ton Yorktown class aircraft carrier, was built at Newport News, Virginia. Commissioned in May 1938, she made a shakedown cruise to South America, then operated in the Caribbean. In April 1939, Enterprise was ordered to the Pacific, where she was to play an unparalleled role in the great sea war that began with Japan's 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.

At the time of that raid, Enterprise was at sea. On 10 December, her planes sank a Japanese submarine, the first of many enemy ships that would fall victim to her air group. Later in December, she participated in the abortive Wake Island relief expedition. In February 1942, after escorting convoys to the South Pacific, Enterprise attacked Japanese positions in the Marshalls. During the following three months, she hit Wake and Marcus islands, covered the Doolittle raid on Japan and was en route to the South Pacific when the Battle of the Coral Sea took place in early May.

In June 1942, Enterprise played a vital role in the Battle of Midway, in which her planes sank or helped sink three Japanese aircraft carriers and a cruiser. She was next involved in the Guadalcanal Campaign, including the landings there in early August, the Battle of the Eastern Solomons later in that month and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in October. Badly hit by Japanese bombs in August and October, Enterprise was the only available fleet carrier in the area in November and, despite her damaged condition, launched her air group against enemy ships during the climactic Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. Remaining in the Solomons area into the Spring of 1943, she received the Presidential Unit Citation for her exploits there.

In late 1943 and early 1944 Enterprise participated in the Gilberts and Marshalls invasions and in attacks on Japanese bases in the Central and Southern Pacific. In June and July, she took part in the Marianas operation and the Battle of the Philippine Sea. From August to December, her planes joined in more raids and again engaged enemy ships during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in late October. At the end of 1944 Enterprise received a special night operations air group, with which she took part in the Luzon campaign, strikes in the South China Sea, the Iwo Jima invasion, raids on the Japanese home islands and the Okinawa campaign. She was repaired locally for bomb damage received on 13 March 1945 and Kamikaze damage on 11 April, but had to the return to the U.S. after being badly hit by another Kamikaze on 14 May.

Enterprise's repairs were finished in September 1945, after the Japanese surrender. She helped return servicemen from the war zones and was present for the Fleet Review off New York City in October 1945. Inactive after early 1946, Enterprise decommissioned in February 1947. While laid up, she was redesignated CVA-6 in October 1952 and CVS-6 in August 1953. After the failure of efforts to make her into a memorial, USS Enterprise was sold for scrapping in July 1958.

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