PzB74
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Agree ny59, I need a research plan! The Frank is 5-6 months away, maybe we can accelerate it next. For Navy fighters I'm not sure, the next Zero model maybe. I've not spotted any major convoys to Oz from the Central Pacific, me thinks Andy is supplying the area via Perth and New Zealand, Sydney. Last time one of our raiders encountered and sank a single merchant in the Central Pacific it expended enough ammo to abort mission and RTB!!! - Raiders there don't work, can at most sink 1-2 ships if you're really lucky. Developing bases close to PM isn't a good idea, the large number of Allied bases in Northern Oz can easily suppress them. Why I use Lae to a limited extent is that it's at the extreme end of Allied escort fighters range. Tony's and George fighters have high service ratings, so they have to be kept rather stationary at major air complexes and used as bomber interceptors and air supremacy fighters. Having them in the pools is ok as long as we keep the good pilots, there will be a need for them...soon! When we get an opportunity to fight in a favorable geographical and tactical position I will employ the Air Force en masse, like in Burma. It's also possible to deploy the KB to boost CAP over bases like PM; sending in 300 A6M5 Zero's would make lots of holes in the enemy bomber streams - Still a potentially dangerous and wasteful way to use the elite pilots. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 26, 43 Sub-ASW Attacks ASW attack near San Francisco at 218,70 Japanese Ships SS I-36, hits 6 Allied Ships AM Constant TK Gulfwave TK David McKelvy xAK Singu xAK Oakbank xAK Nurmahal xAK Kutsang xAK Comliebank xAK Nisqually xAK General Fleisher xAK Santa Isabel xAK Cape John xAK Trade Wind xAK Nancy Lykes xAK Alcoa Planter xAK West Portal xAK San Angelo xAK Maliko xAK Makena xAK Corrales xAK Dorothy Luckenbach xAK Steel Scientist xAK Mobile City xAK Dakotan DD Edsall KV New Westminster AM Firm SS I-36 is sighted by escort DD Edsall fails to find sub, continues to search... KV New Westminster fails to find sub and abandons search AM Firm fails to find sub and abandons search DD Edsall attacking submerged sub .... SS I-36 eludes ASW attack from DD Edsall DD Edsall fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Edsall fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Edsall attacking submerged sub .... DD Edsall cannot establish contact with SS I-36 DD Edsall fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near San Francisco at 218,70 Japanese Ships SS I-36 Allied Ships xAK Exchange, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Exchange is sighted by SS I-36 SS I-36 attacking xAK Exchange on the surface -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Combat Night Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 7 J1N1-S Irving x 2 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 22 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10 Allied aircraft Wellington Ic x 19 Wellington B.X x 4 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Wellington Ic: 6 damaged Oil hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Wellington Ic bombing from 7000 feet City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x Wellington Ic bombing from 7000 feet City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x Wellington B.X bombing from 7000 feet City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: Endo Det with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 13th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 10 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 64th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 22 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 8000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes 282 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 7000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 30 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 7 J1N1-S Irving x 1 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 22 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10 Allied aircraft Wellington GR.VIII x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Wellington GR.VIII: 5 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Wellington GR.VIII bombing from 7000 feet City Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: Endo Det with J1N1-S Irving (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Raid is overhead 13th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 10 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead 64th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 22 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 8000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 282 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 7000 Raid is overhead Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Allied aircraft B-17F Fortress x 3 B-24D Liberator x 39 B-24D1 Liberator x 28 B-25D1 Mitchell x 12 B-26B Marauder x 10 P-38G Lightning x 17 P-38H Lightning x 25 Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-17F Fortress x 12 B-24D1 Liberator x 3 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Runway hits 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 11 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasions - Ground Combat Amphibious Assault at French Frigate Shoal TF 344 troops unloading over beach at French Frigate Shoal, 170,101 Allied ground losses: Guns lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled) Vehicles lost 19 (0 destroyed, 19 disabled ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at French Frigate Shoal (170,101) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 246 troops, 3 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 50 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 3 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE French Frigate Shoal !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: op mode(-), shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-) Assaulting units: 762nd Tank Bn /24 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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