castor troy
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 10, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 3,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Yamashiro BB Hyuga CA Atago CA Myoko DD Umikaze DD Suzukaze DD Hatsuharu DD Isonami DD Sagiri DD Amagiri Allied Ships PT-44 PT-45 PT-46 PT-47 PT-48 PT-59, Shell hits 2, and is sunk enemy SAG coming in to bombard Port Moresby once more but still no invasion convoy spotted... with the enemy fighting at Clark, a div on Timor, one at Palembang and probably some still resting at Singapore I doubt there will be an invasion soon anyway... if I would have to guess I would say IJ recon over PM is telling Cuttlefish I've got something like 200,000 troops there, he knows I've got loads of mines and CD so I think the chance to see the Japanese to even try for PM is small or nil... gotta say I would really like to see him attacking there... the PT squadron achieved nothing even though the engagement started at close range... pity... Reduced sighting due to 28% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 28% moonlight: 3,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... Range closes to 3,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards DD Isonami engages PT-59 at 3,000 yards DD Hatsuharu engages PT-59 at 3,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards BB Hyuga engages PT-59 at 2,000 yards DD Isonami engages PT-59 at 2,000 yards DD Hatsuharu engages PT-59 at 2,000 yards DD Umikaze engages PT-59 at 2,000 yards Range increases to 5,000 yards BB Hyuga engages PT-59 at 5,000 yards PT-59 sunk by BB Yamashiro at 5,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards PT-44 engages DD Isonami at 6,000 yards Range increases to 8,000 yards BB Hyuga engages PT-48 at 8,000 yards CA Atago engages PT-45 at 8,000 yards DD Amagiri engages PT-48 at 8,000 yards DD Isonami engages PT-45 at 8,000 yards DD Umikaze engages PT-48 at 8,000 yards Walton P. orders Allied TF to disengage Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 191 encounters mine field at Port Moresby (98,130) Japanese Ships DD Amagiri DD Suzukaze DD Umikaze CA Myoko, Mine hits 1 5 mines cleared and then there is Myoko running on a mine... I am not aware that mine effect has been changed in Babes but so far my mines really never hurt the enemy... when I think about the three or four DD that ran onto (US) mines at PM, all of them happily sailed back to Rabaul... and those US mines really should have quite a bang... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 6,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Nagato BB Mutsu BB Fuso CA Takao DD Hayashio DD Amatsukaze DD Asashio DD Shiratsuyu DD Shigure DD Hibiki Allied Ships PT-37 PT-38 PT-39, Shell hits 1, and is sunk PT-40 PT-42 PT-43 spotted only one of the BB task forces yesterday but there is another one coming in, no less than five BB operating against Port Moresby... Cuttlefish is once more either overconfident, careless or takes quite some risk because there is no sign of KB being around so these two BB task forces got no air cover at all... Townsville is my main fleet base in the area and I could as well have my carriers stationed here (had them there not long in the past) but due to reaching April I have my carriers in the shipyard for upgrades which I decided to do just a week or so ago and that wasn't a clear decision of mine... if I would have decided different Cuttlefish's BBs would have ended up in range of 4 USN and 2 RN carriers tomorrow... Reduced sighting due to 28% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 28% moonlight: 6,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards Kogure, Gunji* crosses the 'T' PT-43 engages BB Fuso at 6,000 yards PT-39 engages CA Takao at 6,000 yards DD Shigure engages PT-38 at 6,000 yards DD Asashio engages PT-38 at 6,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards BB Mutsu engages PT-39 at 3,000 yards DD Shigure engages PT-39 at 3,000 yards DD Amatsukaze engages PT-39 at 3,000 yards MacDonald N. orders Allied TF to disengage Range increases to 4,000 yards BB Nagato engages PT-43 at 4,000 yards CA Takao engages PT-43 at 4,000 yards DD Shigure engages PT-39 at 4,000 yards DD Asashio engages PT-39 at 4,000 yards Range increases to 8,000 yards PT-39 sunk by BB Mutsu at 8,000 yards BB Mutsu engages PT-38 at 8,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 28,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Nagato BB Mutsu BB Fuso CA Takao DD Hayashio DD Amatsukaze DD Asashio DD Shiratsuyu DD Shigure DD Hibiki Allied Ships PT-37 PT-38 PT-40 PT-42 PT-43 now this is really strange, the enemy SAGs sprinted in during the night but there were no nav bombardments and they are still there during the day... is this going to be a day bombardment? Wow, Cuttlefish seems to feel absolutely save... hopefully he stays in that mood as this would sure offer me a possibility to really hurt him soon again... thought he would be a little more careful after his disasters with his heavy cruisers and light carriers early on already... Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 23,000 yards Allied TF attempts to evade combat Range increases to 28,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 28,000 yards Allied PT Boat TF evades combat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 23,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Yamashiro BB Hyuga CA Atago CA Myoko DD Umikaze DD Suzukaze DD Hatsuharu DD Isonami DD Sagiri DD Amagiri Allied Ships PT-44 PT-45 PT-46 PT-47 PT-48 Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards Range closes to 23,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 23,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 23,000 yards Range closes to 21,000 yards Range increases to 23,000 yards BB Hyuga engages PT-46 at 23,000 yards Range increases to 24,000 yards BB Hyuga engages PT-48 at 24,000 yards Range increases to 26,000 yards BB Hyuga engages PT-48 at 26,000 yards Range increases to 27,000 yards CA Myoko engages PT-48 at 27,000 yards Walton P. orders Allied TF to disengage Range closes to 24,000 yards CA Atago engages PT-48 at 24,000 yards Range increases to 28,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Milne Bay at 101,135 Japanese Ships DD Hatsuharu BB Hyuga CA Myoko CA Atago DD Isonami DD Suzukaze DD Umikaze DD Amagiri DD Sagiri Allied Ships SS S-36 hmmm... did he have his settings wrong? Surface combat instead of bombardment perhaps? His BB moved in during the night and moved out during the day without firing a single shell at Port Moresby... all they achieve today was sinking two PT boats which is a rather bad outcome for the fuel spent travelling from Truk to PM... not to talk about the risk he takes moving through an area where over a dozen subs are patrolling... SS S-36 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Hatsuharu DD Amagiri attacking submerged sub .... DD Sagiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Amagiri fails to find sub and abandons search DD Sagiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sagiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sagiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sagiri fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 29 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 42 No Japanese losses Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 9000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 23 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 9000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Palembang Base Force, at 48,91 (Palembang) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion ... Also attacking Palembang Base Force ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kendari , at 70,106 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 30 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 15 back to back attack on Kendari in heavy rain with only a coule of Sallies being damaged, the undamaged ones flew out already... we lost again two B-17E to ops, so in the end those two attacks against an undefended target has cost us 5 B-17E for 5 enemy aircraft destroyed on the ground... heck, thos B-17 really are indestructable... no flak, no fighters, just flying to the target, drop some bombs, fly back and land results in 5 bombers lost out of something like 65 attacking... nerf those Allied 4E pls... Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 109 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 34 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 28 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Runway hits 24 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 15 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Milne Bay at 101,135 Japanese Ships DD Umikaze BB Hyuga CA Myoko CA Atago DD Amagiri DD Isonami DD Suzukaze DD Sagiri DD Hatsuharu Allied Ships SS S-36 about time to see one of the subs firing at a worthwhile target again... the BBs aren't escorted by that many destroyers so there should be a chance to get a shot at some point, especially when I consider over how many of my subs those BB have to run over... SS S-36 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Umikaze S-36 diving deep .... DD Sagiri fails to find sub and abandons search DD Hatsuharu fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatsuharu fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatsuharu fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatsuharu fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatsuharu fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatsuharu fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Ontong Java (115,131) TF 255 troops unloading over beach at Ontong Java, 115,131 Japanese ground losses: 20 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost overboard during unload of 1st Sasebo SNLF Coy 17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost in surf during unload of 1st Sasebo SNLF Coy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Palembang (48,91) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 11496 troops, 125 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 260 Defending force 3698 troops, 37 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 79 Japanese adjusted assault: 98 Allied adjusted defense: 85 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 419 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Allied ground losses: 120 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 23 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled) Assaulting units: 21st Division 15th Ind. Engineer Regiment 56th Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: Zuid KNIL Battalion So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion Teloekbetoeng Base Force Palembang Base Force even though we are going to lose this battle for sure, when I look at the enemy division it will really take some time to recover... it's April, the amphib bonus ended, the enemy is stuck at Clark Field and hasn't been landing on Java yet with a good number of his frontline divisions needing time to recover, I really wonder if Cuttlefish will go for any real target the Japanese didn't take real life... if I would have to bet, I would say no... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2590 troops, 162 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 2004 Defending force 72253 troops, 965 guns, 657 vehicles, Assault Value = 2536 Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) Vehicles lost 8 (7 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 87 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 16th Division 11th Division 2nd Tank Regiment 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 38th Division 4th Tank Regiment 48th Division 7th Tank Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 3rd Mortar Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment 14th Army 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 31st PA Infantry Division 45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 194th Tank Battalion 91st PA Infantry Division 61st PA Infantry Division 71st PA Infantry Division 4th Marine Regiment 21st PA Infantry Division 31st Infantry Regiment 41st PA Infantry Division 81st PA Infantry Division 14th PS Engineer Regiment 51st PA Infantry Division 1st PA Infantry Division 11th PA Infantry Division 192nd Tank Battalion 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 2nd PA Constabulary Division 803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion Clark Field USAAF Base Force I Philippine Corps 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment Provisional GMC Grp USAFFE 301st Construction Battalion Far East USAAF 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion 201st PA Construction Battalion Manila USAAF Base Force 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment PAF Aviation 1st PI Base Force II Philippine Corps Asiatic Fleet 202nd PA Construction Battalion 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 56,89 (near Pontianak) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3737 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 138 Defending force 792 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16 Japanese adjusted assault: 57 Allied adjusted defense: 5 Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: leaders(+), fatigue(-) Allied ground losses: 397 casualties reported Squads: 14 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 7 (4 destroyed, 3 disabled) Units retreated 4 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 124th Infantry Regiment Defending units: 2/15 Punjab Battalion Singkawang Base Force Sambas Base Force 106th RN Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ontong Java (115,131) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 525 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 18 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 18 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Ontong Java !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 1st Sasebo SNLF Coy
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