moore4807
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Joined: 6/2/2000 From: Punta Gorda FL Status: offline
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 12, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apologies to all for slacking, little busy around the house this week. Larry's bringing a world of hurt to Midway. A BBTF, covered by a CVTF, and I guess the invasion fleet coming soon? Night Time Surface Combat, near Midway Island at 158,91, Range 22,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Kongo CA Tone CL Kitakami CL Oi CL Tatsuta DD Hayashio Allied Ships DD Henley, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Patterson, heavy damage This sub was lurking figuring some IJN subs were coming back - Now even subs are getting damage @ Midway! ASW attack near Midway Island at 158,91 Japanese Ships DD Hayashio Allied Ships SS Salmon, hits 3 Removing all doubt... Night Time Surface Combat, near Midway Island at 158,91, Range 10,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Kongo CA Tone CL Kitakami CL Oi CL Tatsuta DD Hayashio Allied Ships DD Henley, Shell hits 4, and is sunk DD Patterson, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Not much else you can do here...Larry's got his BBTF in place, just matter of time. Night Naval bombardment of Cebu at 80,86 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Japanese Ships BB Hyuga BB Haruna CA Aoba CL Abukuma CL Yura CL Jintsu CL Sendai DD Umikaze DD Hamakaze Allied ground losses: 213 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 39 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Manpower hits 2 Fires 205 Runway hits 7 Efate, Efate, SCTF of 2 IJN DD's - oh and a RO sub there too, an advance party ya think? , Day Time Surface Combat, near Efate at 119,155, Range 3,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Kagero DD Isokaze Allied Ships xAKL Wawa, Shell hits 13, and is sunk xAKL Vichy, Shell hits 14, and is sunk One less MSW to worry about... Sub attack near Oosthaven at 48,96 Japanese Ships DMS W-20, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage Allied Ships SS O24 I figure Larry's got a CV and maybe 2 CVL/CVE in his CVTF... Not that I can do anything about it! Morning Air attack on Midway Island , at 158,91 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 24 Allied aircraft F2A-3 Buffalo x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses F2A-3 Buffalo: 3 destroyed I cannot figure out why Larry doesnt move some fighters around here to at least bleed me down some? Morning Air attack on 31st Chinese Corps, at 74,55 (Liuchow) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 3 Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 7 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 destroyed No Allied losses Like this... The Buffalo is NO match for the Zero, but I really have no other options. Afternoon Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 7 G4M1 Betty x 8 Allied aircraft Blenheim IF x 2 Buffalo I x 12 Hurricane IIb Trop x 10 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IF: 1 destroyed Buffalo I: 2 destroyed I'll stick with my CVTF #'s assessment, but he must be putting every plane up that can fly... Afternoon Air attack on Midway Island , at 158,91 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 37 D3A1 Val x 34 Allied aircraft F2A-3 Buffalo x 2 Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val: 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses F2A-3 Buffalo: 1 destroyed Allied Ships AR Medusa, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AE Mauna Loa, Bomb hits 1 Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 1 OK, I'm a bit puzzled, Kate's so far have only bombed, no torps? Not that I'm complaining, ships are going down anyway. Afternoon Air attack on Midway Island , at 158,91 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 10 B5N2 Kate x 2 Allied aircraft F2A-3 Buffalo x 1 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Allied Ships AR Medusa, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage At least the silent service is trying... ASW attack near Midway Island at 158,91 Japanese Ships CL Tatsuta DD Hayashio CA Tone Allied Ships SS Salmon SS Salmon launches 4 torpedoes at CL Tatsuta Ouch, dadgumit! ASW attack near Banjoewangi at 57,107 Japanese Ships PB Shoei Maru Allied Ships SS O20, hits 3 A little good news in China... Ground combat at 86,49 (near Sinyang) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 7471 troops, 62 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 274 Defending force 13434 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 412 Surprisingly little in way of IJA troops - I have no means or desire to hold the city, just gave him a bloody nose! Ground combat at Sinyang (86,48) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 21925 troops, 119 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 636 Defending force 2892 troops, 24 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 90 Allied adjusted assault: 613 Japanese adjusted defense: 45 Allied assault odds: 13 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied forces CAPTURE Sinyang !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), op mode(-), preparation(-) experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 698 casualties reported Squads: 41 destroyed, 47 disabled Non Combat: 36 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 21 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 18 (8 destroyed, 10 disabled) Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 4 Allied ground losses: 298 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 35 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Yes, I'm hitting his units that I have a chance to defeat, bleeding him before he masses... Ground combat at 84,48 (near Ichang) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 21712 troops, 161 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 671 Defending force 1272 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 53 Allied adjusted assault: 248 Japanese adjusted defense: 7 Allied assault odds: 35 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 628 casualties reported Squads: 17 destroyed, 20 disabled Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled) Units retreated 1 Allied ground losses: 61 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled For those who are thinking I'm not going to retreat in China, I will as soon as Larry starts showing he is getting serious there. Til then I'm going to try and make him use up his resources repairing his armies. PS: Larry I'm reading your having your AKE's shuttling supplies? If you disband the AKE's into port they can draw from the port using the "load tenders" button. This way your AK/AKL's can run the risk of being torp'd and your AKE's stay relatively safe in port.
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