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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 12, 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 270 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84) Allied Ships AM Toowoomba AM Ballarat 17 mines cleared I guess the number of mines cleared is pretty much FOW as there were only two subs laying mines and we´ve already cleared more mines that they can carry... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Miri at 65,86 Japanese Ships xAKL Hakka Maru PB Kantori Maru Allied Ships SS Skipjack SS Skipjack is sighted by escort PB Kantori Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub a single escort probably reduces the chances of a succesful sub attack by 50%... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Aparri at 82,73 Japanese Ships DD Satsuki DD Hatakaze Allied Ships SS Tarpon SS Tarpon is sighted by escort Tarpon bottoming out .... DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatakaze attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub at least my subs normally get away -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Balabac at 68,83, Range 8,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Chokai CL Isuzu DD Sagiri TB Kari Allied Ships xAKL Shinai, Shell hits 8, and is sunk Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 35% moonlight: 8,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards Japanese launch Long Lance torpedoes at 8,000 yards before allies detect Japanese presence Range closes to 6,000 yards CA Chokai engages xAKL Shinai at 6,000 yards xAKL Shinai sunk by CL Isuzu at 6,000 yards xAKL Shinai sunk by CL Isuzu at 6,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... not my transports though that are all spotted during the night (by whatever) and then the usual react and find feature jumps in... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Clark Field at 78,76, Range 2,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Hatsuharu DD Nenohi DD Hatsushima DD Wakaba Allied Ships AM Finch, Shell hits 18, and is sunk xAK Yu Sang, Shell hits 22, and is sunk Poor visibility due to Thunderstorms with 35% moonlight Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 35% moonlight: 2,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... Range closes to 4,000 yards... Range closes to 2,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 2,000 yards DD Wakaba fires at AM Finch at 2,000 yards DD Hatsushima fires at AM Finch at 2,000 yards DD Wakaba engages AM Finch at 2,000 yards DD Hatsushima engages AM Finch at 2,000 yards DD Nenohi engages AM Finch at 2,000 yards AM Finch sunk by DD Hatsuharu at 2,000 yards DD Hatsushima engages xAK Yu Sang at 2,000 yards DD Nenohi engages xAK Yu Sang at 2,000 yards Range increases to 4,000 yards DD Wakaba engages xAK Yu Sang at 4,000 yards DD Hatsushima engages xAK Yu Sang at 4,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards DD Wakaba engages xAK Yu Sang at 6,000 yards DD Hatsushima engages xAK Yu Sang at 6,000 yards xAK Yu Sang sunk by DD Wakaba at 6,000 yards xAK Yu Sang sunk by DD Wakaba at 6,000 yards Task forces break off... what follows is the next "ghosts spot ships, SC TFs react, find and destroy"-marathon... can´t say I 100% like this new feature as it´s more or less bullet prove. The main problem is that the TFs are always spotted, even though there´s nothing searching for them. Then the react and find again feature is working too often too good too. All in all, have some of your TFs within 4 hexes of the enemy and you can bet you will be in trouble. How that works is beyond me, but it´s definetely too effective. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Clark Field at 78,76, Range 2,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Hatsuharu DD Nenohi DD Hatsushima DD Wakaba Allied Ships xAKL Halldor, Shell hits 11, and is sunk Low visibility due to Thunderstorms with 35% moonlight Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 35% moonlight: 2,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... Range closes to 4,000 yards... Range closes to 3,000 yards... Range closes to 2,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards DD Wakaba engages xAKL Halldor at 2,000 yards DD Hatsushima engages xAKL Halldor at 2,000 yards DD Wakaba engages xAKL Halldor at 2,000 yards xAKL Halldor sunk by DD Wakaba at 2,000 yards xAKL Halldor sunk by DD Wakaba at 2,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... boom -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Clark Field at 78,76, Range 1,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Hatsuharu DD Nenohi DD Hatsushima DD Wakaba Allied Ships xAK Haraldsvang, Shell hits 22, and is sunk Low visibility due to Thunderstorms with 35% moonlight Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 35% moonlight: 2,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... Range closes to 3,000 yards... Range closes to 1,000 yards... DD Nenohi engages xAK Haraldsvang at 1,000 yards DD Hatsuharu engages xAK Haraldsvang at 1,000 yards Range increases to 2,000 yards DD Nenohi engages xAK Haraldsvang at 2,000 yards DD Nenohi engages xAK Haraldsvang at 2,000 yards DD Wakaba engages xAK Haraldsvang at 2,000 yards DD Wakaba engages xAK Haraldsvang at 2,000 yards DD Nenohi engages xAK Haraldsvang at 2,000 yards DD Nenohi engages xAK Haraldsvang at 2,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... boom boom -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Hengchun at 82,68 Japanese Ships SC Ch 18 Allied Ships SS Perch SS Perch is sighted by escort Perch diving deep .... SC Ch 18 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub damn escort -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Laoag at 81,71 Japanese Ships xAK Izumo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DMS W-20 Allied Ships SS Seadragon SS Seadragon launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Izumo Maru Seadragon diving deep .... DMS W-20 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub two exploding MK14 sink a transport... if every sub I´ve got on station sinks two enemy ships during their patrol then I´m happy... the Dutch, British and S-class subs have to work hard to compensate the poor performance of US fleet subs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Wake Island at 136,98 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 11 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Kako CA Furutaka CA Kinugasa CA Aoba Allied ground losses: 63 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled) CA Kako firing at 1st Marine Defense Battalion CA Furutaka firing at 1st Marine Defense Battalion CA Kinugasa firing at 1st Marine Defense Battalion CA Aoba firing at 1st Marine Defense Battalion wow, some heavy force attacking Wake, no doubt invasion will follow... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Shortlands TF 114 troops unloading over beach at Shortlands, 109,131 Solomons are getting mopped up, no TFs around Tulagi yet... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Tarawa TF 116 troops unloading over beach at Tarawa, 136,128 Japanese ground losses: 47 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 53rd Nav Gd 17 troops of a SNLF Squad accidentally lost during unload of 53rd Nav Gd /1 10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 53rd Nav Gd /3 Tarawa will be Japanese too at the end of the day... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Oosthaven at 46,96 Japanese Ships SS I-155 Allied Ships AMc Djombang, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage AMc Ceram AMc Alor AMc Ardjoeno xAK Liran xAKL Sinabang xAKL Benkoelen xAKL Kwangtung SS I-155 launches 8 torpedoes at AMc Djombang I-155 diving deep .... Sub escapes detection another (wrong) 8 torp attack kills an AMc... expendable ship though... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Davao at 83,92, Range 1,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Myoko CA Haguro DD Kuroshio DD Oyashio Allied Ships xAK Governor Wright, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk xAK Ravnaas, Shell hits 6, and is sunk Reduced visibility due to Thunderstorms Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms: 1,000 yards Range closes to 23,000 yards... Range closes to 21,000 yards... Range closes to 19,000 yards... Range closes to 17,000 yards... Range closes to 15,000 yards... Range closes to 13,000 yards... Range closes to 11,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... Range closes to 4,000 yards... Range closes to 3,000 yards... Range closes to 2,000 yards... Range closes to 1,000 yards... xAK Governor Wright sunk by CA Haguro at 1,000 yards Range increases to 3,000 yards DD Kuroshio engages xAK Ravnaas at 3,000 yards xAK Ravnaas sunk by CA Haguro at 3,000 yards Task forces break off... another spot, react, kill engagement... as ridicoulos as the super effective night engagements, visibility was 1000 yards and there were thunderstorms... try to find ships at this circumstances... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Laoag at 82,70 Japanese Ships DMS W-20 Allied Ships SS S-38 SS S-38 is sighted by escort S-38 diving deep .... DMS W-20 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub lots of escorts around but nearly no transports left it seems... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 65,71 Japanese Ships xAP Hakozaki Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAK Okuni Maru Allied Ships SS O16 SS O16 launches 4 torpedoes at xAP Hakozaki Maru Escort abandons search for sub good to see a troop transport hit... should be dead... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Aparri at 82,73 Japanese Ships DD Satsuki DD Hatakaze Allied Ships SS Tarpon, hits 3 SS Tarpon is sighted by escort Tarpon bottoming out .... DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatakaze attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub Tarpon is one of the preferred targets of IJN ASW efforts... 3 near misses but damage is accumulating, Tarpon is ordered home... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 40 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 35 Allied aircraft P-26A x 4 P-35A x 9 P-40B Warhawk x 16 P-40E Warhawk x 35 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-26A: 1 destroyed P-35A: 3 destroyed P-40B Warhawk: 2 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 9 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 2 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet CAP engaged: 24th PG/3rd PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 13 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes 24th PG/17th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 11 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes 24th PG/20th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 15 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 35th PG/21st PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 11 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes 35th PG/34th PS with P-35A (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 9 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes 6th PS PAAC with P-26A (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 24th PG/Hq Sqn with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes what can I say, the Zeroes achieve a 6:1 overall kill rate in this campaign, also against my best (cough) fighters (P-40). No matter what I do, no matter what alt they fly. It stays like it began, sweeps are the ultimate weapon to take out my fighters and it will be stratosphere fighting in the end in AE. The higher the better. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 C5M2 Babs x 1 Allied aircraft no flights No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 1 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet CAP engaged: 24th PG/20th PS with P-40B Warhawk (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Raid is overhead 35th PG/21st PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes 24th PG/Hq Sqn with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes nothing left... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 38 G4M1 Betty x 21 Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 1 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 5 damaged Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Airbase hits 14 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 52 Aircraft Attacking: 21 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 23 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 9 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet CAP engaged: 24th PG/Hq Sqn with P-40B Warhawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Raid is overhead the only way to kill Japanese fighters are op losses and perhaps some bombers are killed by flak... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 10 Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 1 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet 4 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet CAP engaged: 24th PG/Hq Sqn with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Subic Bay Defenses , at 79,76 (Clark Field) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 Ki-27b Nate x 18 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 14 Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 4 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 18 x Ki-27b Nate sweeping at 10000 feet * CAP engaged: 24th PG/Hq Sqn with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes IMO, Rainer should concentrate on Clark and Manila... In the end, the kill rate will be 10:1 for the Japanese in the Philipinese... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 21st PA Infantry Division, at 79,76 (Clark Field) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9 Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 1 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Allied ground losses: 38 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 4 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 9 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: 24th PG/Hq Sqn with P-40B Warhawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 29 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 14 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged Airbase hits 13 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 76 Aircraft Attacking: 29 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb I don´t know what I should think about those attacks, guess this is only enhanced training? I would bomb Singapore instead... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 160 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 53 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 C5M2 Babs x 1 Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 1 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet CAP engaged: 24th PG/Hq Sqn with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 64 minutes 64 min left to engage the raid but we don´t have anything left that could be put into the air... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Dinagat at 81,87 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft B5N1 Kate x 11 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAKL Corregidor, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk xAKL Anakan, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAKL Compagnia Filipinas, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B5N1 Kate bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Corregidor Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Compagnia Filipinas 11 Kates, 13 bomb hits... pff... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Abemama at 137,130 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft F4F-3A Wildcat x 7 SBD-2 Dauntless x 36 SBD-3 Dauntless x 18 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Kamikaze Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage CM Tokiwa, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Tenyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage PB Nagata Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage CM Okinoshima, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires Japanese ground losses: 1519 casualties reported Squads: 32 destroyed, 43 disabled Non Combat: 44 destroyed, 60 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless diving from 3000' Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Kamikaze Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CM Tokiwa Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Tenyo Maru but we strike back for the first time. Lexington and Enterprise were in the area and were waiting for further Japanese TFs after the Japs took Makin and Tarawa. Guess this TF was either heading towards Baker or further to Canton. Nothing will arive at it´s target and we´ve pretty much sunk something like a nav guard unit. A nice first success... Also two of the minelayer cruisers are hit hard, nice... same as in WITP, even though Japanese players know that two US CVs start out South West of Pearl that usually are ordered towards Australia, there are still Japanese amphib TFs sent into their way... in this case it´s always better to wait at least a week before sending TFs into the Gilberts... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Abemama at 137,130 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft TBD-1 Devastator x 10 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Kamikaze Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Tenyo Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 10 x TBD-1 Devastator bombing from 10000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Kamikaze Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Tenyo Maru even the obsolete TBDs hit something... most of them are tasked to do nav search... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Dinagat at 81,87 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 6 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAKL Elcano xAKL Sarangami Aircraft Attacking: 6 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb rare happening when half a dozen Betties don´t achieve a single hit... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 1st Marine Defense Battalion, at 136,98 (Wake Island) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 7 B5N2 Kate x 117 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 8 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 4 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 225 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 34 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 25 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 9000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: VMF-211 Det with F4F-3 Wildcat (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes Also attacking Wake USN CPNAB ... Also attacking 1st Marine Defense Battalion ... Also attacking Wake USN CPNAB ... Also attacking 1st Marine Defense Battalion ... Also attacking Wake USN CPNAB ... Also attacking 1st Marine Defense Battalion ... Also attacking Wake USN CPNAB ... Also attacking 1st Marine Defense Battalion ... Also attacking Wake USN CPNAB ... Also attacking 1st Marine Defense Battalion ... KB attacks Wake, where will it head next? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Jolo at 74,94 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 6 B5N1 Kate x 11 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAKL Luzon, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk xAKL Magallanes, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B5N1 Kate bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Luzon Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Magallanes 11 Kates, 9 bomb hits... they seem to not need any maintenance nor do they suffer any op losses at any time... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near San Luis Obispo at 214,88 Japanese Ships SS I-8, hits 1 Allied Ships CV Saratoga, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage DD Preston DD Smith SS I-8 launches 6 torpedoes at CV Saratoga I-8 diving deep .... DD Preston attacking submerged sub .... DD Preston cannot establish contact with SS I-8 SS I-8 eludes ASW attack from DD Preston DD Preston cannot establish contact with SS I-8 DD Smith fails to find sub and abandons search DD Preston fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Preston attacking submerged sub .... SS I-8 eludes DD Preston by diving deep DD Preston cannot reach attack position over SS I-8 Escort abandons search for sub god damn what a f*cking turn... not only do we lose two dozen Warhawks today (heck, that´s only a monthly replacement ) also this happens. This is as bad as the Pearl Harbour attack, if we lose the carrier, it would be even worse. What a damned lucky attack, this nearly two dozen hexes South West of LA, I´ve even set waypoints for the CV TF to keep it off the usual shipping lanes leaving LA. Either we stumbled just over the sub or it´s one of those ghost spottings and react thing. 6 DDs in the TF weren´t able to help either. It´s not sure at all if Saratoga will make it back to LA, the carrier is in a very bad state and I´m sure every IJN sub in the area is ordered to intercept the carrier. Very well done Rainer! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,73 Japanese Ships AV Sagara Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage xAK Gosei Maru PB Eiko Maru Allied Ships SS O16 SS O16 launches 2 torpedoes at AV Sagara Maru PB Eiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Eiko Maru attacking submerged sub .... PB Eiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub we have to rely on our Dutch subs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Wake Island at 136,98 Japanese Ships CA Kako CA Furutaka CA Kinugasa CA Aoba Allied ground losses: 42 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 42 Port hits 1 CA Kako firing at Wake Island CA Furutaka firing at Wake Island CA Kinugasa firing at Wake Island CA Aoba firing at Wake Island -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Vigan at 80,73 Japanese Ships xAK Seikai Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage PB Toko Maru #4 Allied Ships SS Shark Japanese ground losses: 18 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled SS Shark launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Seikai Maru Shark bottoming out .... PB Toko Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub a USN fleet sub was lucky too today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Jolo TF 120 troops unloading over beach at Jolo, 74,90 Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 6 troops of a SNLF HMG Squad lost in surf during unload of 15th Nav Gd Jolo is on the list too... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Zamboanga Japanese Ships TB Hayabusa APD Hagi Allied ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled TB Hayabusa firing at enemy troops APD Hagi firing at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Zamboanga TF 121 troops unloading over beach at Zamboanga, 75,89 Japanese ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 37mm Type 01 AT Gun dropped into water during unload of 16th Nav Gd /1 13.2mm T93 AAMG lost overboard during unload of 16th Nav Gd /1 17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost in surf during unload of 16th Nav Gd /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Legaspi TF 183 troops unloading over beach at Legaspi, 82,82 8 Naval Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 3rd Base Force 10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 3rd Base Force /2 8 Naval Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 3rd Base Force /3 8 Naval Support troops lost in surf during unload of 3rd Base Force /3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 20805 troops, 321 guns, 218 vehicles, Assault Value = 597 Defending force 5721 troops, 130 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 174 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 352 Allied adjusted defense: 301 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 640 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 38 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 49 disabled Vehicles lost 5 (0 destroyed, 5 disabled) Allied ground losses: 417 casualties reported Squads: 37 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 40 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 12 (10 destroyed, 2 disabled) Assaulting units: 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment 38th Division 66th Infantry Regiment 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 5th RF Gun Battalion 2nd RF Gun Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Defending units: 1st Middlesex Battalion Hong Kong Fortress Rifles of Canada Battalion Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion Kowloon Brigade 102nd RN Base Force Hong Kong fights off a shock attack, good work. The longer Hong Kong holds and the more losses we inflict the longer will the Philipinese hold out as I expect the troops assaulting Hong Kong going to the Philipinese afterwards... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Legaspi (82,82) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 4039 troops, 51 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 172 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 107 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 107 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Legaspi !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: Kimura Det Kure 1st SNLF 1st Naval Construction Battalion 3rd Base Force /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Brunei (65,87) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 495 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21 Defending force 355 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 16 Allied adjusted defense: 3 Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Brunei !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 21 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 133 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: I/81st Naval Guard Unit Defending units: 107th RN Base Force that´s it for Brunei... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tarawa (136,128) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 1401 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 57 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 27 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 27 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Tarawa !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 53rd Nav Gd /4 would have been great if my carriers would have shown up a day earlier near Tarawa, this would have meant to probably kill this invasion force too...
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