GreyJoy
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Guys, Crsutton is absolutely right. I've already tested myself the power of 3/400 Helens on isolated units...during the early stages of the japanese indian campaign i lost several units this way. No thanks. So i need to keep my AA united...i only see the chance of dividing my army in 3 different corps, each with a decent AA corp in it...not more. Jodpur? what you mean? he has 40 AA units at Jodpur behind 9 forts...i've already impaled my 4Es on Jodpur many months ago and i'm not willing to try it back...lost several 4Es even at 22k...those jap AA units, if massed, are deadly! SEP 26, 27 1943 I always screw things a little bit... Only one of my TF bombed Munda...the other one bombed Tulagi , while a DD division bombed on the second night Rekata Bay. 40 planes destroyed on the ground and, above all, we advanced the line behind which Rader can feel secure with his planes... My 4Es striked Thousands and this time no LRCAP was found...nice! My BBs got back to Tulagi unmolested...tomorrow we'll bomb Auki and we'll get back to Ndeni, while his KB is reported again north of Kavieng... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Munda at 111,134 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses D4Y3 Judy: 83 damaged D4Y3 Judy: 5 destroyed on ground Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 84 damaged Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed on ground H6K4 Mavis: 65 damaged H6K4 Mavis: 4 destroyed on ground Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 33 damaged Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed on ground E13A1 Jake: 13 damaged E13A1 Jake: 3 destroyed on ground Ki-46-II Dinah: 4 damaged Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground Allied Ships BB Indiana BB Washington CA Australia CA Quincy CL Santa Fe CL Cleveland CL Richmond DD Meredith DD Saufley DD Bache DD Aulick DD Abbot Japanese ground losses: 317 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 23 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Airbase hits 14 Airbase supply hits 10 Runway hits 37 Port hits 21 Port supply hits 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Rekata Bay at 113,134 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 18 damaged Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground N1K1 Rex: 2 damaged N1K1 Rex: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 8 damaged H6K4 Mavis: 3 damaged N1K1-J George: 2 damaged Allied Ships DD Perkins DD Cushing DD Conyngham DD Case Airbase hits 7 Runway hits 13 Port hits 2 Port supply hits 1 DD Perkins firing at Rekata Bay DD Cushing firing at Rekata Bay DD Conyngham firing at Rekata Bay DD Case firing at Rekata Bay -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Thousand Ships Bay , at 114,136 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft Boomerang C-12 x 7 B-24D Liberator x 15 B-24D1 Liberator x 143 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 84 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Airbase hits 33 Airbase supply hits 11 Runway hits 67 Then in India my LRCAP performed poorly. I had 50 P-47s and 36 Corsairs on 50%LRCAPPING my Eastern Army...just 15 planes showed up and got obviously overwhelmed...we destroyed 16 planes in A2A against 6 planes of mine (2 KIA,2 WIA)...not bad but i hoped to get more planes in the air...but on LRCAP at 6 hexes of distance is difficult to achieve a decent number... Morning Air attack on 14th Army, at 45,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 32 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 10 F4U-1 Corsair x 5 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 214th Coast AA Regiment, at 45,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 35 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 5 F4U-1 Corsair x 2 No Japanese losses No Allied losses etc etc etc.... Then the bombers arrived, after 4 more groups of 40 Tojos and obviously found no opposition... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 511th Coast AA Regiment, at 45,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 60 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 110 Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 28 damaged Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses We then decided to try the forming Indian Bombing Army (still organizing it) against a lightly defended target...We attacked the troops at Ahmedabad...results were not entirely satisfying but still my bombing force is growing every day... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 12th JAAF Base Force, at 41,18 (Ahmedabad) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator II x 28 Liberator GR.III x 16 Wellington Ic x 45 Wellington GR.VIII x 15 Wellington B.X x 18 B-24D Liberator x 12 B-24D1 Liberator x 50 B-24J Liberator x 30 B-25C Mitchell x 30 B-25D1 Mitchell x 18 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 427 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 102 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled Vehicles lost 59 (3 destroyed, 56 disabled)
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