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THE STORM BEGINS: FIFTH FLEET BACK ON THE OFFENSIVE - 6/9/2013 10:43:32 PM   
racndoc


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CBI


Temth Air Force and the RAF city bomb Mergui and completely destroy all its resources.

The brand new B-29-1 Superfortress goes into action for the 1st time in a long range city bombing of HI at Singapore. Seven points of HI are damaged at Singapore.

Next turn Tenth Air Force will city bomb LI at Saigon. The bombers will be going in unescorted as Allied fightwers dont have sufficient range.



FIFTH FLEET ON THE OFFENSIVE



FIFTH FLEET safely unloads nearly 3 divisions at Djailolo.

Fifth Air Force hammers the Japanese garrison on Manado and also completely knocks out the Japanese level 4 AFs at Ternate, Sangi, Davao and Malaybalay. Dave still has an opearational level 5 AF on Mindanao at Surigao so the medium bombers on Talaud-eilanden are ordered to knock it out. Meanwhile....an inordinate number of Fifth Air Force medium and heavy bombers will be tasked with knocking out the level 4 AF on Babeldaob. Dave has nearly 200 fighters and bombers on Babeldaob and Im sure they are positioned to deliver a naval airstrike against Fifth Fleet.

Allied LRCAP turns back the inevitable reinforceing transport AC at Manado and II Australian Corps delivers a knockout blow:



Ground combat at Manado (75,99)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 6002 troops, 83 guns, 43 vehicles, Assault Value = 288

Defending force 1703 troops, 45 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Allied adjusted assault: 267

Japanese adjusted defense: 25

Allied assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Manado !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
728 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 32 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 21 (21 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 3


Allied ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
8th Australian Brigade
3rd Australian Brigade

Defending units:
Kure 7th SNLF
38th Div /3
64th JNAF AF Unit


Allied PBYs and float plane transports will begin airlifting seabees and construction engineers into Manado next turn to get the level 4 AF there repaired and operational. Now that we have captured Talaud-eilanden and Manado...the Malaccas are isolated and cut off from the rest of Japanese held DEI.


Fifth Fleet....currently positioned just NW of Djailolo....will invade at Mindanao next turn. Adm Hill's amphib TF will land over 3 divisions at Dadjangas in the largest Allied amphib operation to date. One CVE TF with 7 CVEs will detach from Fifth Fleet to cover the landings. The remainder of Fifth Fleet will standby just to the east of Dadjangas.


Dave sent a group of small IJN carriers...probably 4-5 CVLs/CVEs to a position 10 hexes of the northern coast of New Guinea to hit Allied shipping:

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hollandia at 95,114

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 35
D4Y1 Judy x 20



No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Caelum, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
SC-1069, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LST-75, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
3 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 2000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
9 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 1000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AK Caelum


I think that this is just a diversion..... Dave is trying to get me to split up my carrier forces and possibly delay the invasion of Mindanao. I staged over 200 SBD-5s, TBFs and B-25D1s to Sarmi, Hollandia and Dagua. If Dave's carriers stay anywhere near the northern coast of New Guinea next turn he will lose them.

Ive heavily damaged/knocked out as many Japanese level 4 AFs in the DEI and the Philippines as I could and now I have a small window of opportunity to get ashore on Mindanao before the AFs can be repaired. Dave still has many more level 4 AFs to the north of Mindanao in the Philippines but the deep Allied bombing missions have caused Dave to pull the bulk of his air forces back to the Luzon. If I can get safely ashore at Dadjangas next turn it will be the beginning of the end for Japan on Mindanao.... and that will be the beginning of the end for Japan in the Philippines.




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THE STORM ARRIVES: INVASION MINDANAO - 6/11/2013 12:17:06 AM   
racndoc


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SUBS


SS Seawolf sinks TK Palembang Maru off Billiton.

SS Sealion sinks PB Sonan maru near Toyohara.

SSX Ha-45 is sunk by amphib TF's escorts at Dadjangas.



CBI


Heavy bombers of Tenth Air Force and the RAF hit LI at Saigon.



FIFTH FLEET ON THE OFFENSIVE: INVASION MINDANAO


Fifth Fleet hits Dadjangas with multiple naval bombardments before Sixth Army storms ashore:


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 20, 44
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Dadjangas at 78,93, Range 4,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
MTB G-544

Allied Ships
BB California
BB Idaho
CA Chicago
CA New Orleans
CA Astoria
CL Newcastle
CL Birmingham
CL Caradoc
DD Claxton
DD Haggard
DD Wadsworth
DD Patterson
DD Phelps
DD Hull
DD Thracian
DD Norman
DD Racehorse



Low visibility due to Rain with 14% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Rain and 14% moonlight: 2,000 yards
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
Range closes to 12,000 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...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 4,000 yards
Allies open fire on surprised Japanese ships at 4,000 yards
DD Phelps fires at MTB G-544 at 4,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards
Range increases to 8,000 yards
DD Norman engages MTB G-544 at 8,000 yards
Task forces break off...


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Night Naval bombardment of Dadjangas at 78,93 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

7 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-50, hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
ML G-206, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
ML G-212, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
ML G-203, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
ML G-201, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
MTB G-158, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
MTB G-161, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
ML G-211, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
ML G-213, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
ML G-217, Shell hits 2, heavy damage
ML G-202, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
ML G-214, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
ML G-209, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
BB Idaho
BB California
CA Astoria
CA New Orleans
CA Chicago
CL Caradoc
CL Birmingham
CL Newcastle
DD Racehorse
DD Norman
DD Thracian
DD Hull
DD Phelps
DD Patterson
DD Wadsworth
DD Haggard
DD Claxton

Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled



Airbase hits 44
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 80
Port hits 11
Port fuel hits 8
Port supply hits 2

OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Idaho
BB Idaho firing at Dadjangas
BB California firing at Dadjangas
CA Astoria firing at Dadjangas
Massive explosion on ML G-201
CA New Orleans firing at Dadjangas
CA Chicago firing at Dadjangas
CL Caradoc firing at Dadjangas
CL Birmingham firing at Dadjangas
CL Newcastle firing at Dadjangas
DD Racehorse firing at Dadjangas
DD Norman firing at Dadjangas
DD Thracian firing at 25th Special Base Force
DD Hull firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at DD Hull
DD Phelps firing at Dadjangas
Massive explosion on ML G-209
DD Patterson firing at Dadjangas
DD Wadsworth firing at Dadjangas
DD Haggard firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at DD Haggard
DD Claxton firing at Dadjangas


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Night Naval bombardment of Dadjangas at 78,93 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-50, hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CA Sussex
CA Chester
CL Boise
DD Henley
DD Morris
DD Taylor

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)



Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 4
Port supply hits 1

CA Sussex firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at CA Sussex
CA Chester firing at Dadjangas
CL Boise firing at Dadjangas
25th Special Base Force firing at DD Henley
DD Henley firing at 25th Special Base Force
DD Morris firing at Dadjangas
DD Taylor firing at Dadjangas


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Night Naval bombardment of Dadjangas at 78,93

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-50, hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CA Boston
CA Vincennes
CA Quincy
DD Mahan
DD Maury
DD Gridley
DD Jarvis

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 29
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 5
Port supply hits 1

CA Boston firing at Dadjangas
CA Vincennes firing at Dadjangas
CA Quincy firing at Dadjangas
DD Mahan firing at Dadjangas
DD Maury firing at Dadjangas
DD Gridley firing at Dadjangas
DD Jarvis firing at Dadjangas


Night Naval bombardment of Dadjangas at 78,93 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

6 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CA Boston
CA Vincennes
CA Quincy
DD Mahan
DD Maury
DD Gridley
DD Jarvis

Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 8
Port hits 5
Port supply hits 1

CA Boston firing at Dadjangas
CA Vincennes firing at Dadjangas
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Quincy
CA Quincy firing at Dadjangas
DD Mahan firing at Dadjangas
DD Maury firing at Dadjangas
DD Gridley firing at Dadjangas
DD Jarvis firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at DD Jarvis


Day Time Surface Combat, near Dadjangas at 78,93, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
MTB G-544

Allied Ships
BB California
BB Idaho
CA Chicago
CA New Orleans
CA Astoria
CL Newcastle
CL Birmingham
CL Caradoc
DD Claxton
DD Haggard
DD Wadsworth
DD Patterson
DD Phelps
DD Hull
DD Thracian
DD Norman
DD Racehorse



Low visibility due to Rain
Maximum visibility in Rain: 2,000 yards
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
Range closes to 12,000 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...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 4,000 yards
Range increases to 8,000 yards
Japanese PT Boat TF evades combat



Amphibious Assault at Dadjangas (78,93)

TF 206 troops unloading over beach at Dadjangas, 78,93





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Pre-Invasion action off Dadjangas (78,93) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

123 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB Tennessee, Shell hits 2
BB Arizona
CA Canberra II
CA Louisville, Shell hits 2
CA Houston, Shell hits 1
CL Detroit
CL Raleigh
DD John D. Edwards
DD Bulmer
DD Perkins
DD Mustin
DD Sampson
DD Frazier
DD Caldwell
DD Waller
DD Isherwood
DD Hutchins
DD Eaton, Shell hits 1
DD Cowell
DD Converse
APA Knox
DD Warrington
DD Reid

Japanese ground losses:
125 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


BB Tennessee firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at BB Tennessee
BB Arizona firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at BB Arizona
CA Canberra II firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at CA Canberra II
CA Louisville firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at CA Louisville
CA Houston firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at CA Houston
25th Special Base Force firing at CL Detroit
CL Detroit firing at 25th Special Base Force
CL Raleigh firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at CL Raleigh
DD John D. Edwards firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at DD John D. Edwards
25th Special Base Force firing at DD Bulmer
DD Bulmer firing at 25th Special Base Force
DD Perkins firing at 24th Air Defense AA Regiment
DD Mustin firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at DD Mustin
DD Sampson firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at DD Sampson
25th Special Base Force firing at DD Frazier
DD Frazier firing at 25th Special Base Force
DD Caldwell firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at DD Caldwell
DD Waller firing at 1st South Seas Det.
DD Isherwood firing at 1st South Seas Det.
DD Hutchins firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at DD Eaton
DD Eaton firing at 25th Special Base Force
DD Cowell firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at DD Cowell
DD Converse firing at 1st South Seas Det.
DD John D. Edwards fired at enemy troops
DD Bulmer fired at enemy troops
DD Caldwell fired at enemy troops
DD Isherwood fired at enemy troops
DD Hutchins fired at enemy troops
DD Cowell fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards


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Amphibious Assault at Dadjangas (78,93)

TF 384 troops unloading over beach at Dadjangas, 78,93


Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 8 (0 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (4 destroyed, 5 disabled)


Motorized Support lost in surf during unload of 7th Infantry Div /3
Motorized Support lost overboard during unload of 7th Infantry Div /4
Motorized Support lost in surf during unload of 32nd Infantry Div /27
5 troops of a US MMG Section lost in surf during unload of 3rd Marine Rgt /1
105mm M2 Howitzer dropped into water during unload of 9th Marine Rgt
105mm M2 Howitzer lost in surf during unload of 9th Marine Rgt
13 troops of a USMC Rifle Squad 44 accidentally lost during unload of 9th Marine Rgt
10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 14th Australian Bde
Motorized Support lost in surf during unload of 9th Marine Rgt /3


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Pre-Invasion action off Dadjangas (78,93) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

42 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
LST-203
LST-207, Shell hits 1
DD Conway
LST-202, Shell hits 1



25th Special Base Force firing at LST-203
DD Conway firing to suppress enemy battery at 4,000 yards
8cm T88 DP Gun Battery engaging LST-207 at 4,000 yards
DD Conway firing to suppress enemy battery at 4,000 yards
LST-203 fired at enemy troops
LST-207 fired at enemy troops
DD Conway fired at enemy troops
8cm T88 DP Gun battery firing at LST-202


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Amphibious Assault at Dadjangas (78,93)

TF 435 troops unloading over beach at Dadjangas, 78,93





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Pre-Invasion action off Dadjangas (78,93) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

112 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CL St. Louis
CL Richmond
DD Aylwin
DD MacDonough, Shell hits 1
DD Dewey, Shell hits 1
DD Farragut
DD Cassin, Shell hits 1
DD Tucker
DD Bailey
LST-27, Shell hits 1
LST-26
LST-31
DD Selfridge
LST-32


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


CL St. Louis firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at CL St. Louis
CL Richmond firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at CL Richmond
DD Aylwin firing at 1st South Seas Det.
DD MacDonough firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at DD MacDonough
DD Dewey firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at DD Dewey
DD Farragut firing at 25th Special Base Force
DD Cassin firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at DD Cassin
DD Tucker firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at DD Tucker
DD Bailey firing at 25th Special Base Force
8cm T88 DP Gun Battery engaging LST-27 at 12,000 yards
DD Farragut firing to suppress enemy battery at 12,000 yards
DD MacDonough fired at enemy troops
DD Cassin fired at enemy troops
DD Tucker fired at enemy troops
DD Bailey fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards


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Amphibious Assault at Dadjangas (78,93)

TF 436 troops unloading over beach at Dadjangas, 78,93


Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled




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Pre-Invasion action off Dadjangas (78,93)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

31 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
DMS Boggs
AK Chatham, Shell hits 1



DMS Boggs fired at enemy troops
8cm T88 DP Gun battery firing at AK Chatham


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Amphibious Assault at Dadjangas (78,93)

TF 457 troops unloading over beach at Dadjangas, 78,93





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Pre-Invasion action off Dadjangas (78,93)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

29 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
AK Triangulum
AK Ganymede
AK Bootes
DD Stevens



AK Triangulum firing at 25th Special Base Force
AK Triangulum fired at enemy troops
AK Ganymede fired at enemy troops
AK Bootes fired at enemy troops
88mm Type 99 AA Gun battery firing at AK Bootes
8cm T88 DP Gun battery firing at AK Bootes


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Amphibious Assault at Dadjangas (78,93)

TF 615 troops unloading over beach at Dadjangas, 78,93





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Pre-Invasion action off Dadjangas (78,93)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

32 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
AM Finch
AK Aludra, Shell hits 1



AM Finch fired at enemy troops
88mm Type 99 AA Gun battery firing at AK Aludra
8cm T88 DP Gun battery firing at AK Aludra


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Amphibious Assault at Dadjangas (78,93)

TF 617 troops unloading over beach at Dadjangas, 78,93





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Pre-Invasion action off Dadjangas (78,93)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

31 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
DM Preble
AK Prince Georges



DM Preble fired at enemy troops
8cm T88 DP Gun battery firing at AK Prince Georges


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Amphibious Assault at Dadjangas (78,93)

TF 620 troops unloading over beach at Dadjangas, 78,93





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Pre-Invasion action off Dadjangas (78,93)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

33 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
AM Rail
AK De Grasse, Shell hits 4



AM Rail fired at enemy troops
88mm Type 99 AA Gun battery firing at AK De Grasse
8cm T88 DP Gun battery firing at AK De Grasse


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Amphibious Assault at Dadjangas (78,93)

TF 624 troops unloading over beach at Dadjangas, 78,93



AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 21, 44

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Invasion Support action off Dadjangas (78,93) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

88 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB Tennessee
BB Arizona
CA Canberra II
CA Louisville
CA Houston
CL Detroit
CL Raleigh
DD John D. Ford
DD John D. Edwards
DD Bulmer
DD Reid
DD Perkins
DD Waller
DD Isherwood
DD Hutchins
DD Dortch
DD Converse
APA Knox
LSI(L) Empire Star
DD Warrington
DD Shaw

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


CA Canberra II firing at 25th Special Base Force
CA Louisville firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at CA Houston
25th Special Base Force firing at CL Detroit
CL Detroit firing at 25th Special Base Force
DD John D. Ford firing at 25th Special Base Force
DD Bulmer firing at 1st South Seas Det.
DD Waller firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at DD Waller
25th Special Base Force firing at DD Isherwood
DD Hutchins firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at DD Hutchins
DD Dortch firing at 25th Special Base Force
DD Converse firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at DD Converse
DD John D. Ford fired at enemy troops
DD Bulmer fired at enemy troops
DD Reid fired at enemy troops
DD Perkins fired at enemy troops
DD Isherwood fired at enemy troops
DD Hutchins fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards


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Invasion Support action off Dadjangas (78,93) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

47 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CL St. Louis
CL Richmond
DD Aylwin
DD MacDonough
DD Dewey
DD Farragut
LST-26
DD Selfridge
LST-27



25th Special Base Force firing at CL St. Louis
CL St. Louis firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at CL Richmond
CL Richmond firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at DD Aylwin
25th Special Base Force firing at DD MacDonough
DD Farragut firing at 4th Tank Regiment
DD MacDonough fired at enemy troops
DD Dewey fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards


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Invasion Support action off Dadjangas (78,93)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

17 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
APD Waters
APD Stringham
LCI-218
LCI-62
LCI-329



APD Waters fired at enemy troops
APD Stringham fired at enemy troops


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Invasion Support action off Dadjangas (78,93) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

23 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
DD Conway
LST-207
LST-202, Shell hits 1, on fire



DD Conway firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at DD Conway
8cm T88 DP Gun Battery engaging LST-202 at 5,000 yards
DD Conway fired at enemy troops


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Invasion Support action off Dadjangas (78,93)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

19 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
DMS Boggs
AK Chatham



DMS Boggs fired at enemy troops


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Invasion Support action off Dadjangas (78,93)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

30 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
AK Triangulum
AK Ganymede
AK Bootes
DD Stevens



AK Triangulum fired at enemy troops
AK Ganymede fired at enemy troops
AK Bootes fired at enemy troops
88mm Type 99 AA Gun battery firing at AK Bootes
8cm T88 DP Gun battery firing at AK Bootes


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Invasion Support action off Dadjangas (78,93)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

16 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
AM Finch
AK Aludra



AM Finch fired at enemy troops


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Invasion Support action off Dadjangas (78,93)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

19 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
DM Preble
AK Prince Georges



DM Preble fired at enemy troops


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Invasion Support action off Dadjangas (78,93)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
AM Rail
AK De Grasse



AM Rail fired at enemy troops


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Dadjangas at 78,93, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
MTB G-544

Allied Ships
BB California
BB Idaho
CA Chicago
CA New Orleans
CA Astoria
CL Newcastle
CL Birmingham
CL Caradoc
DD Claxton
DD Haggard
DD Wadsworth
DD Patterson
DD Phelps
DD Hull
DD Thracian
DD Norman
DD Racehorse



Reduced sighting due to 7% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 7% moonlight: 2,000 yards
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
Range closes to 12,000 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...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
BB Idaho engages MTB G-544 at 2,000 yards
DD Thracian engages MTB G-544 at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 3,000 yards
Range increases to 7,000 yards
Task forces break off...



Carrier Avengers pound the Japanese garrison at Dadjangas from above. By the end of the turn all of Sixth Army is ashore:


Ground combat at Dadjangas (78,93)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1101 troops, 10 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 164

Defending force 44476 troops, 740 guns, 1032 vehicles, Assault Value = 1471

Japanese ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Assaulting units:
4th Tank Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
1st South Seas Det.
69th Construction Battalion
21st Air Defense AA Battalion
25th Special Base Force
24th Air Defense AA Regiment
66th JNAF AF Unit /1

Defending units:
32nd Infantry Division
14th Australian Brigade
3rd Marine Regiment
21st Marine Regiment
9th Marine Regiment
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
5th USMC Tank Battalion
7th Infantry Division
Sixth US Army
I US Amphib Corps



Strangely....there is virtually no Japanese aerial response to the invasion at Dadjangas. Maybe the Allied airfield bombing campaign forced Dave to pull back his naval attack squadrons out of range of Allied bombers. As far as KB is concerned....I wouldnt be surprised if Dave is holding them out of action until the new version of the Judy arrives in April 1944. The new Judy has an 8 hex range and if Dave positions KB just right he could launch a full strike on Fifth Fleet and be out of range of an Allied counter strike. Holding the IJN carriers out of action would also allow Dave to train up his pilots as KB took grievous losses in A2A combat during the Naval Battle of the Moluccas last month.

Allied medium bombers at talaud-eilanden shut down the level 5 Japanese AF at Surigao. A massive number of Fifth Air Force mdium and heavy bombers shut down the level 4 Japanese AF at Babeldaob.


Fifth Fleet launches an airstrike on an IJN convoy off Baybay:


Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Baybay at 81,86

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 3



Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 11
F6F-3 Hellcat x 42
SBD-5 Dauntless x 34


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-5 Dauntless: 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Yamabato Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Taiko Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Tenzan Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
E No.20, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
12 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
17 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
902 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Yamabato Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Taiko Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Tenzan Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring E No.20


This almost makes me wonder if the turn of Fifth Fleet to the north to Mindanao after landing troops at Djailolo caught Dave by surprise.

Fifth Fleet has now landed over 7 divisions in a period of 3 turns at Manado, Djailolo and Dadjangas without suffering significant damage. I think that its time now for Fifth Fleet to retire and pick up more reinforcements for the Mindanao campaign.

The 3 1/2 divisions of Sixth Army will shock attack next turn at Mindanao.







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SS Corvina is sunk by an IJN surface TF off Agrihan.



CBI


Dave sends in a small surface TF to bombard our AF at Rangoon but they get tied up instead with Allied MTBs:


Night Time Surface Combat, near Rangoon at 54,53, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Kumano
DD Kuroshio
DD Nowaki
DD Shigure

Allied Ships
MTB 275
MTB 276
MTB 277
MTB 278
MTB 280
MTB 281
MTB 282
MTB 283
MTB 284
MTB 291



Low visibility due to Thunderstorms with 0% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 0% moonlight: 2,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 12,000 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
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
DD Nowaki engages MTB 284 at 2,000 yards
DD Kuroshio engages MTB 278 at 2,000 yards
DD Kuroshio engages MTB 291 at 2,000 yards
DD Shigure engages MTB 291 at 2,000 yards
DD Nowaki engages MTB 278 at 2,000 yards
DD Kuroshio engages MTB 282 at 2,000 yards
DD Nowaki engages MTB 277 at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 5,000 yards
DD Kuroshio engages MTB 291 at 5,000 yards
CA Kumano engages MTB 280 at 5,000 yards
Range increases to 6,000 yards
DD Shigure engages MTB 291 at 6,000 yards
DD Nowaki engages MTB 291 at 6,000 yards
CA Kumano engages MTB 282 at 6,000 yards
Task forces break off...


Day Time Surface Combat, near Rangoon at 54,54, Range 6,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Kumano
DD Kuroshio
DD Nowaki
DD Shigure

Allied Ships
MTB 275
MTB 276, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
MTB 277
MTB 278
MTB 280
MTB 281
MTB 282
MTB 283, Shell hits 1
MTB 284, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
MTB 291, Shell hits 1, and is sunk



Poor visibility due to Thunderstorms
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms: 6,000 yards
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
Range closes to 12,000 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...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards
MTB 291 sunk by CA Kumano at 6,000 yards
CA Kumano engages MTB 278 at 6,000 yards
CA Kumano engages MTB 277 at 6,000 yards
CA Kumano engages MTB 276 at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 7,000 yards
CA Kumano engages MTB 284 at 7,000 yards
DD Shigure engages MTB 284 at 7,000 yards
DD Nowaki engages MTB 284 at 7,000 yards
CA Kumano engages MTB 281 at 7,000 yards
DD Nowaki engages MTB 278 at 7,000 yards
CA Kumano engages MTB 277 at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 8,000 yards
MTB 284 sunk by CA Kumano at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 11,000 yards
DD Shigure engages MTB 283 at 11,000 yards
CA Kumano engages MTB 277 at 11,000 yards
CA Kumano engages MTB 276 at 11,000 yards
orders Allied TF to disengage
DD Shigure engages MTB 283 at 11,000 yards
DD Nowaki engages MTB 283 at 11,000 yards
CA Kumano engages MTB 278 at 11,000 yards
DD Nowaki engages MTB 276 at 11,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
CA Kumano engages MTB 283 at 12,000 yards
DD Shigure engages MTB 283 at 12,000 yards
DD Nowaki engages MTB 283 at 12,000 yards
CA Kumano engages MTB 280 at 12,000 yards
Range increases to 13,000 yards
CA Kumano engages MTB 283 at 13,000 yards
DD Shigure engages MTB 283 at 13,000 yards
CA Kumano engages MTB 281 at 13,000 yards
DD Kuroshio engages MTB 280 at 13,000 yards
CA Kumano engages MTB 278 at 13,000 yards
CA Kumano engages MTB 276 at 13,000 yards
orders Allied TF to disengage
Range closes to 12,000 yards
DD Kuroshio engages MTB 283 at 12,000 yards
CA Kumano engages MTB 278 at 12,000 yards
CA Kumano engages MTB 277 at 12,000 yards
CA Kumano engages MTB 276 at 12,000 yards
Range increases to 14,000 yards
CA Kumano engages MTB 283 at 14,000 yards
CA Kumano engages MTB 282 at 14,000 yards
DD Nowaki engages MTB 283 at 14,000 yards
DD Kuroshio engages MTB 283 at 14,000 yards
MTB 276 sunk by CA Kumano at 14,000 yards
orders Allied TF to disengage
Range increases to 16,000 yards
CA Kumano engages MTB 283 at 16,000 yards
CA Kumano engages MTB 281 at 16,000 yards
DD Shigure engages MTB 278 at 16,000 yards
DD Shigure engages MTB 275 at 16,000 yards
Range increases to 18,000 yards
DD Shigure engages MTB 283 at 18,000 yards
DD Nowaki engages MTB 283 at 18,000 yards
DD Shigure engages MTB 280 at 18,000 yards
Range increases to 19,000 yards
DD Shigure engages MTB 283 at 19,000 yards
DD Shigure engages MTB 275 at 19,000 yards
orders Allied TF to disengage
Range increases to 20,000 yards
DD Shigure engages MTB 282 at 20,000 yards
DD Nowaki engages MTB 283 at 20,000 yards
Task forces break off...



Ive got probably over 50 AC on naval search and oved 60 AC on naval attack at Rangoon but I still dont spot the IJN bombardment TF either coming or going. Im going to bomb every port withinn a 10 hex radius of Rangoon next turn in case the IJN surface TF is hiding out.

Im also going to move some cruisers from Calcutta to Akyab this turn and then have them patrol Rangoon on subsequent turns.


Dave bombards us at both Wuchang and Lang Son but otherwise its quiet in China:


Ground combat at Wuchang (84,51)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 85789 troops, 990 guns, 382 vehicles, Assault Value = 3203

Defending force 131291 troops, 1110 guns, 463 vehicles, Assault Value = 3956


Allied ground losses:
151 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
5th Ind.Infantry Brigade
41st Infantry Regiment
77th Infantry Regiment
17th Ind.Mixed Brigade
30th Recon Regiment
1st Cavalry Brigade
74th Infantry Regiment
22nd Division
30th Engineer Regiment
1st Ching An Tui Brigade
12th RGC Ind. Brigade
101st NCPC Route Brigade
12th Ind.Infantry Brigade
27th Division
59th Division
25th RGC Temp. Division
RGC Capital Brigade
14th RGC Temp. Division
69th Division
24th NCPC Route Brigade
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
30th Field Artillery Regiment
5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
57th Field AA Battalion
22nd AA Regiment
49th Field AA Battalion
2nd Ind. Field Artillery Regiment
11th Field Artillery Regiment
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
28th Fld AA Gun Co
27th Fld AA Gun Co
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4th Mortar Battalion
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
15th AA Regiment
13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
71st Mountain Gun Regiment
54th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
20th Chinese/A Corps
20th Chinese/B Corps
94th Chinese/A Corps
94th Chinese/B Corps
84th Chinese/A Corps
73rd Chinese/A Corps
22nd Chinese/A Corps
56th Chinese/B Corps
82nd Chinese/C Corps
58th Chinese/B Corps
20th Chinese/C Corps
16th Canadian Brigade
48th Chinese/B Corps
18th Chinese/B Corps
18th Chinese/C Corps
74th Chinese/A Corps
48th Chinese/A Corps
74th Chinese/B Corps
79th Chinese/C Corps
79th Chinese/B Corps
37th Chinese/B Corps
58th Chinese/C Corps
48th Chinese/C Corps
14th Chinese/A Corps
37th Chinese/C Corps
73rd Chinese/C Corps
58th Chinese/A Corps
79th Chinese/A Corps
37th Chinese/A Corps
18th Chinese/A Corps
73rd Chinese/B Corps
84th Chinese/B Corps
74th Chinese/C Corps
92nd Chinese/B Corps
84th Chinese/C Corps
77th Heavy AA Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st West African AA Regiment
7th Artillery Regiment
8th Medium Regiment
19th Group Army
48th Light AA Regiment
18th Artillery Regiment
22nd Artillery Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
137/155th Field Regiment
9th War Area
12th Indian Heavy AA Regiment
8th Belfast Heavy AA Regiment
29th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th War Area
2/13th Field Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
17th Indian Light AA Regiment
78th Light AA Regiment
28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
41st AA Regiment


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Ground combat at Lang Son (70,56)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1995 troops, 85 guns, 193 vehicles, Assault Value = 1417

Defending force 39629 troops, 217 guns, 91 vehicles, Assault Value = 1485


Allied ground losses:
127 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled


Assaulting units:
11th Division
18th Division
2nd Division
25th Air Defense AA Regiment
23rd JAAF AF Bn
3rd Ind.AA Gun Co
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
4th RF Gun Battalion
10th JAAF AF Coy

Defending units:
2nd Prov Chinese Corps
Gardner's Horse Regiment
96th Chinese Division
111th Chindit Brigade
2nd Chinese Cavalry/C Corps
82nd Chinese/A Corps
55th Prov Chinese Division
54th Chinese/B Corps
64th Chinese/C Corps
78th Chinese/C Corps
27th Group Army
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment



Tenth Air Force and the RAF continue to knock out LI at Saigon. Dave massed a lot of Nicks at Saigon and shot up the heavy bombers pretty good this turn so Im going to stop the strategic bombing for a bit and repair and reorganize the damaged bombers.



FIFTH FLEET ON THE OFFENSIVE: INVASION DADJANGAS


Im pulling Fifth Fleet back to port at Sansopar to both reload and avoid a potential Japanese naval airstrike.

Fifth Fleet bombardment TFs give Dadjangas a final parting shot:


Night Time Surface Combat, near Dadjangas at 78,93, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
MTB G-10
MTB G-16

Allied Ships
BB California
BB Idaho
CA Chicago
CA New Orleans
CA Astoria
CL Newcastle
CL Birmingham
CL Caradoc
DD Claxton
DD Haggard
DD Wadsworth
DD Patterson
DD Phelps
DD Hull
DD Thracian
DD Norman
DD Racehorse



Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
Range closes to 12,000 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...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
MTB G-16 engages DD Hull at 2,000 yards
DD Patterson engages MTB G-16 at 2,000 yards
DD Hull engages MTB G-16 at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 5,000 yards
BB California engages MTB G-16 at 5,000 yards
DD Patterson engages MTB G-16 at 5,000 yards
DD Wadsworth engages MTB G-16 at 5,000 yards
Task forces break off...


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Night Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 78,93

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 14 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 6



Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
CA New Orleans



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 14000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Night Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 78,93

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 7



Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 4 damaged

Allied Ships
BB California



Aircraft Attacking:
7 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 14000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Night Naval bombardment of Dadjangas at 78,93 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

12 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB Idaho
BB California
CA Astoria
CA New Orleans
CA Chicago
CL Caradoc
CL Birmingham
CL Newcastle
DD Racehorse
DD Norman
DD Thracian
DD Hull
DD Phelps
DD Patterson
DD Wadsworth
DD Haggard
DD Claxton

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)



Airbase hits 24
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 112
Port hits 19
Port fuel hits 9
Port supply hits 4

OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Idaho
BB Idaho firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at BB Idaho
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB California
BB California firing at Dadjangas
CA Astoria firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at CA Astoria
CA New Orleans firing at Dadjangas
CA Chicago firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at CA Chicago
CL Caradoc firing at Dadjangas
CL Birmingham firing at Dadjangas
CL Newcastle firing at Dadjangas
DD Racehorse firing at Dadjangas
DD Norman firing at Dadjangas
DD Thracian firing at Dadjangas
DD Hull firing at Dadjangas
DD Phelps firing at Dadjangas
DD Patterson firing at 25th Special Base Force
DD Wadsworth firing at Dadjangas
DD Haggard firing at Dadjangas
25th Special Base Force firing at DD Claxton
DD Claxton firing at 25th Special Base Force


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Night Naval bombardment of Dadjangas at 78,93

Allied Ships
CA Sussex
CA Chester
CL Boise
DD Henley
DD Morris
DD Taylor

Japanese ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled



Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 36
Port hits 8
Port fuel hits 4
Port supply hits 6

CA Sussex firing at Dadjangas
CA Chester firing at Dadjangas
CL Boise firing at Dadjangas
DD Morris firing at Dadjangas
DD Taylor firing at Dadjangas


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Night Naval bombardment of Dadjangas at 78,93 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CL Tromp
CL Sumatra
CLAA Van Heemskerck
DD Van Galen
DD Arunta
DD Voyager
DD Alden



Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 19
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 1

CL Tromp firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at CL Tromp
CL Sumatra firing at Dadjangas
CLAA Van Heemskerck firing at Dadjangas
DD Van Galen firing at Dadjangas
DD Arunta firing at Dadjangas
DD Voyager firing at Dadjangas
DD Alden firing at Dadjangas


The ensuing Sixth Army shcck attack easily captures Dadjangas:


Ground combat at Dadjangas (78,93)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 39192 troops, 741 guns, 792 vehicles, Assault Value = 1473

Defending force 5812 troops, 67 guns, 199 vehicles, Assault Value = 145

Allied adjusted assault: 4936

Japanese adjusted defense: 27

Allied assault odds: 182 to 1 (fort level 4)

Allied forces CAPTURE Dadjangas !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
1290 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 183 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 48 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 38 (35 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 272 (272 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 6
Units destroyed 2


Allied ground losses:
321 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 39 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 39 (3 destroyed, 36 disabled)


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
5th USMC Tank Battalion
3rd Marine Division
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
14th Australian Brigade
32nd Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
Sixth US Army
I US Amphib Corps

Defending units:
14th Tank Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
1st South Seas Det.
69th Construction Battalion
21st Air Defense AA Battalion
25th Special Base Force
24th Air Defense AA Regiment
66th JNAF AF Unit /1


Sixth Army will immediately begin marching on Davao.

Fifth Fleet will make it back to port at Sansopar to reload and refuel this turn and next. Im assembling the reinforcement TFs for Mindanao now at Sansopar. The first reinforcement TF with about 2-3 divisions and seabees, construction engineers and BFs will leave Sansopar for Dadjangas in 2 turns. Another larger reinforcement TF with 4 plus divisions will be assembled at Darwin and Rabaul and will leave Sansopar for Danjangas in about 10-12 days.

Dadjangas AF and port are 100% damaged after all the naval bombardments so im beginning to fly in seabees and construction engineers this turn via float transports and PBYs. Dadjangas is the most dangerous AF to Japan now so Im sure that Dave will try to heavily bomb it next turn. Talaud-eilanden just enlarged to a level 6 AF this turn so I will use it to massively LRCAP Dadjangas.

Manado is now open for business and just enlarged to a level 5 AF as did the AF at Morotai.

The 3 divisions landed at Djailolo 2 turns ago continue to march on the level 4 Japanese AF at galeia and the level 6 AF at Lolobato. One of the Aussie brigades at Manado marches on the level 4 Japanese AF at Gorontalo. Eventually we will have air superiority over the SLOC between New Guinea and Mindanao if we capture enough Japanese AFs.


Meanwhile...Im shutting down Fifth Air Force for awhile as its reached the point of exhaustion. Im not able to continue to suppress the Japanese AFs that are already closed let alone shut down any new AFs. The operational tempo of the last few weeks has left the heavy bomber squadrons with maybe 20% of the AC still available for ops while the medium bombers have maybe 60% of their AC operational. We were able to completely shut down the level 4 Japanese AF at Babeldaob last turn but the 75 P-38J and F4U-1A sweepers didnt fly until after the bombing missions went in and many of the heavy and medium bombers were shot down or damaged. The Allies lose about 100 Ac this turn vs Japanese losses of about 50 AC.

Im going to try to bring in as much materiel and combat formations and support troops to Dadjangas as possible before all the Japanese AFs in the area can repair. Im pretty happy that we didnt suffer heavy losses in the initial landings at Dadjangas but I expect a larger aerial response when we return.

I was mistaken about the new Judy model that arrives in April 1944....the D4Y2...it still has a max range of 7 hexes. The Judy with the 8 hex range......D4Y3... isnt available until August 1944 although Im sure it will be accelerated by R & D.

CVE Shamrock Bay is completed at Portland and heads out to the war zones.




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SS Triton sinks xAKL Eiwo Maru off Jolo.



FIFTH FLEET ON THE OFFENSIVE: INVASION MINDANAO


Aliied TFs with construction engineers, BFs and troop reinforcements massed at Sansopar and next turn will rendezvous at Morotai. The following turn they will sail at full speed to drop everyone off at Dadjangas.

With the arrival of CVE Shah this turn at Sansopar i reorganized the CVEs into 4 air combat TFs of 7 CVEs each. The CVEs can now put over 600 fighters in the air. I feel confident enough of this force that they will act independently from the fast carriers of Task Group 58.....although he last time I felt confident enough to operate the CVEs independently I had 13 of 14 CVEs sunk/damaged in July 1943 off Dobo.

I dont want Dave to be able to mass everything he has between KB and his land based air forces on Dadjangas so I am splitting off the fast carriers some 250 miles due east of the CVEs. I also put a dummy amphib TF and some surface TFs with the fast carriers to give Dave some concern that I might actually be invading Pelielu, Babeldaob or even the east coast of Mindanao. Dave had heavy naval search last turn over the northern coast of New Guinea....the farther I advance the longer and more exposed my SLOC is from the Philippines back to Rabaul. Dave sent in some CVEs/CVLs to raid Allied shipping off the northern coast of New Guinea a few turns ago so the fast carriers are also positioned to give Dave pause before he attempts another carrier raid.

We had a large air battle last turn over Dadjangas as expected. The Japanese lost 115 Ac in A2A combat vs 28 Allied AC. However....Dave not only tried to bomb the AF at dadjangas but he sent Vals in to mine the port. I have AMs/DMSs/YMSs on the move to Dadjangas to clear the harbor before the reinforcement TFs arrive.

I had nearly 200 fighters on Talaud-eilanden LRCAP Dadjangas and another 150 fighters on Morotai LRCAPed talaud-eilanden. In the confusion I forgotr to LRCAP a TF unloading supplies at Galeia:


Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Galeia at 79,101

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N1 Kate x 17
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 40



Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Rotanin, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
AK Lynx, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Mintaka
AK Indus, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires



Aircraft Attacking:
17 x B5N1 Kate bombing from 8000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AK Rotanin



Morning Air attack on TF, near Galeia at 79,101

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N1 Kate x 17
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 42



Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Eridanus, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Mintaka, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
AK Serpens, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Indus



Aircraft Attacking:
17 x B5N1 Kate bombing from 8000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AK Mintaka
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AK Serpens


Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Galeia at 79,101

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N1 Kate x 17
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 42



Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Indus, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
AK Rotanin
AK Lynx, Bomb hits 1, on fire



Aircraft Attacking:
17 x B5N1 Kate bombing from 8000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AK Indus


At least nothing was sunk from this.....yet.




I was able to return the favor with some B-25D1s off Oroquieta:


Morning Air attack on TF, near Oroquieta at 78,88

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 15
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4



Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 6


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Huzikawa Maru, Shell hits 6, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Noto Maru, Shell hits 1, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
9th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (14 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
14 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
54th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 35000
Raid is overhead
204th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000
Raid is overhead



The 3rd Australian Corps routed the Japanese at Sidate as it continue to march on the Japanee level 4 AF at Gorontalo:


Ground combat at Sidate (75,100)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3703 troops, 59 guns, 43 vehicles, Assault Value = 156

Defending force 1149 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8

Allied adjusted assault: 69

Japanese adjusted defense: 34

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
3rd Australian Brigade

Defending units:
64th JNAF AF Unit
Kure 7th SNLF /1



Ground combat at Sidate (75,100)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3693 troops, 59 guns, 43 vehicles, Assault Value = 153

Defending force 1126 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6

Allied adjusted assault: 68

Japanese adjusted defense: 19

Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Sidate !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
197 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 29 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units retreated 2



Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
3rd Australian Brigade

Defending units:
64th JNAF AF Unit
Kure 7th SNLF /1









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SS Tantalus sinks AK Aobasan near Tapul.

SS Amberjack torpedoes TK Kinrei Maru off balikpappan.

SS Robalo sinks E Fukue by sapporo.

SSX Ha-46 is sunk by an AM near Morotai.



FIFTH FLEET ON THE OFFENSIVE: INVASION MINDANAO


Allied reinforcement convoys mass at Morotai. Next turn they will run in to Dadjangas at full speed to drop off 43rd Division, several tank battalions, BFs, seabees, supplies and SWPAC HQ. The unloading at dadjangas will be covered by 27 CVEs.

The fast carriers of TG 58 bomb the AF at Peleliu. I forgot to set the carriers to "remain on station" so they accidently sailed back to port. Next turn the fast carriers will standby off Talud-eilanden to keep the Japanese honest while the transports unload at Dadjangas.

Allied surface TFs bomb Japanese level 4 AFs at Biak and Sorong.

B-25D1s hit an IJN TK near balikpappan:


Morning Air attack on TF, near Balikpapan at 64,99

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5



Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 6


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
TK Sanju Maru
TK Fuso Maru, Bomb hits 1



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead



Next turn 6th Army will try to clear out the Japanese roadblock outside of Davao.





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SS I-36 is sunk by amphib TF escorts at Dadjangas.

SS I-40 is sunk by convoy escorts near Nauru.



SWPAC: "I HAVE RETURNED"


The massive buildup continues at Dadjangas as the CVEs of Fifth Fleet cover the 24/7 landings of reinforcements and materiel. SWPAC HQ itself arrives at Dadjangas and General Douglas MacArthur utters his infamous phrase " I have returned" as he wades ashore from an assault craft.

Sporadic Japanese airstrikes hit Allied shipping off Dadjangas while Franks sweep the skiies overhead:


Morning Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 78,94

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 30
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 13



Allied aircraft
P-40N5 Warhawk x 3
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 7
F4U-1A Corsair x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 6 destroyed
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40N5 Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
APD Noa
APD Herbert
LSI(L) Empire Battleaxe



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
VMF-113 with F4U-1A Corsair (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
VMF-422 with F4U-1A Corsair (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
VMF-441 with F4U-1A Corsair (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
49th FG/8th FS with P-40N5 Warhawk (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
348th FG/340th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead



Morning Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 44



Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 33
Seafire IIC x 31
Sea Hurricane Ib x 21
P-40N5 Warhawk x 2
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 18
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 17
FM-2 Wildcat x 34
F4U-1A Corsair x 21
F6F-3 Hellcat x 356


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 7 destroyed

No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 23000 feet

CAP engaged:
VF-33 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 19 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 20 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
No.834 Sqn-FF-1 FAA with Seafire IIC (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 25000 and 27000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
No.834 Sqn-FF-2 FAA with Seafire IIC (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
No.851 Sqn-FF FAA with Sea Hurricane Ib (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
No.880 Sqn FAA with Seafire IIC (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
No.888 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 13 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 26000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
No.1836 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 27000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
VC(F)-20 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
VC(F)-21 with FM-2 Wildcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters between 21000 and 26000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
VC(F)-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 26000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
VF-37 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 27000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
VC(F)-39 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
VC(F)-63 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
VC(F)-65 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters between 22000 and 27000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
VC(F)-68 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
VC(F)-75 with FM-2 Wildcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 27000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
VC(F)-4 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
VC(F)-5 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 30



Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 33
Seafire IIC x 31
Sea Hurricane Ib x 21
P-40N5 Warhawk x 1
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 12
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 15
FM-2 Wildcat x 33
F4U-1A Corsair x 20
F6F-3 Hellcat x 352


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
FM-2 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 22000 feet

CAP engaged:
VF-33 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 15 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 27000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 26000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
No.834 Sqn-FF-1 FAA with Seafire IIC (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 25000 and 27000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
No.834 Sqn-FF-2 FAA with Seafire IIC (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes
No.851 Sqn-FF FAA with Sea Hurricane Ib (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 24000 and 26000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
No.880 Sqn FAA with Seafire IIC (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 21000 and 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
No.888 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 26000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
No.1836 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
VC(F)-20 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
VC(F)-21 with FM-2 Wildcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 27000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
VC(F)-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 26000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
VF-37 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
VC(F)-39 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 21000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
VC(F)-63 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
VC(F)-65 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters between 22000 and 27000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
VC(F)-68 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 26000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes
VC(F)-75 with FM-2 Wildcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 18000 and 27000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
VC(F)-4 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
VC(F)-5 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 22000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes




The fast carriers of Fifth Fleet stand by off Talaud-eilanden and launch repeated TBF airstikes on Peleliu ....inflicting 50% damage on the AF there.

Japanee AFs at Davao, Malaybatay and Surigao are still out of action and next turn Allied medium bombers based at Talaud-eilanden will target the level 4 AF at Cotabato.

The Japanese troops outside of Davao withdraw before we can launch an attack. Sixth Army will now split up its advance and will simultaneously drive on Cotabato, Davao and Malaybatay. It appears as if Dave is ceding control of the coastal bases on Mindanao to me as he concentrates his defenses in the rough terrain at Davao and Malaybatay Perhaps the Japanese will make mountainous Malaybatay their final redoubt on Mindanao.

Reinforcements from both II Australian Corps and SWPAC load up at both Darwin and Rabaul and should reach Mindanao in another week. Another 4 US tank battalions will be offloaded at Dadjangas next turn. Mindanao will feature the largest concentration of US Army armored formations to date as we finally invade a large land mass with roads and clear terrain where mobility will be critical.

Newly arrived CV Wasp II and CVL Bataan stand by off Rabaul along with newly repaired CV Yorktown as they cover the loading of SWPAC reinforcements bound for Mindanao. Brand new CV Hornet II will join them next turn and when they join up with Fifth Fleet we will have 12 CVs and 7 CVLs available for fast carrier operations.




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SS Sturgeon sinks SS RO-110 off Zamboanga. Thats probably the 4th or 5th IJN subs that has been sunk by Allied subs.



CBI


We are organizing more convoys at Akyab to deliver more supplies and troops to Rangoon in a couple of turns.



Dave again sneaks his fast moving armor in on some hapless Chinese infantry near Kanhsien:

Ground combat at 83,57 (near Kanhsien)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 17998 troops, 279 guns, 1350 vehicles, Assault Value = 829

Defending force 9555 troops, 42 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 284

Japanese adjusted assault: 783

Allied adjusted defense: 399

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
226 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Vehicles lost 18 (2 destroyed, 16 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
927 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 56 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled


Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Division
7th Tank Regiment
1st Tank Division
22nd RGC Temp./C Division

Defending units:
100th Chinese/B Corps
43rd Chinese/B Corps
2nd Chinese/B Corps
9th Group Army




Ground combat at 83,57 (near Kanhsien)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 17785 troops, 279 guns, 1349 vehicles, Assault Value = 804

Defending force 8730 troops, 42 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 183

Japanese adjusted assault: 185

Allied adjusted defense: 171

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: supply(-)

Japanese ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Allied ground losses:
484 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 45 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)


Assaulting units:
1st Tank Division
7th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Division
22nd RGC Temp./C Division

Defending units:
100th Chinese/B Corps
43rd Chinese/B Corps
2nd Chinese/B Corps
9th Group Army


The Chinese force here will probably be defeated before it can withdraw from the hex. The battle really doesnt mean anything in regards to the front lines but its just a continuation of efforts to attrition Chinese forces.




FIFTH FLEET: INVASION MINDANAO


CVEs at Dadjangas cover the unloading of another division and 4 more tank regiments. The Allies now have the equivalent of more than 5 divisions on Mindanao and they are marching on Cotabato, Malaybatay and Davao.

Fifth Air Force bombs level 4 Japanese AFs at Ambon, Taliabue, Namlea, Mangole and Kendari. Fifth Air Force also sweeps the level 4 Japanese AF deep in their rear at Iloilo and sweeps and bombs the level 4 AF at Cotobato.

A Fifth Fleet bombardment TF hits Kofiau:


Night Naval bombardment of Kofiau at 80,106

Allied Ships
CA Astoria
CA New Orleans
CA Chicago
CL Caradoc
CL Birmingham
CL Newcastle
DD Racehorse
DD Norman
DD Thracian
DD Hull
DD Phelps
DD Patterson
DD Wadsworth
DD Haggard
DD Claxton

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 29
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 47
Port hits 49
Port supply hits 2

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Astoria
CA Astoria firing at Kofiau
CA New Orleans firing at Kofiau
CA Chicago firing at Kofiau
CL Caradoc firing at Kofiau
CL Birmingham firing at Kofiau
CL Newcastle firing at Kofiau
DD Racehorse firing at Kofiau
DD Norman firing at 18th JNAF AF Unit
DD Thracian firing at Kofiau
DD Hull firing at Kofiau
DD Phelps firing at Kofiau
DD Patterson firing at 18th JNAF AF Unit
DD Wadsworth firing at Kofiau
DD Haggard firing at Kofiau
DD Claxton firing at Kofiau



Japanese naval airstrikes hit an Allied ASW TF near Obi:


Morning Air attack on TF, near Obi at 77,106

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
D3A1 Val x 24



Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
DE McConnell, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DE Lovelace, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
DE Foreman
DE Greenwood, Bomb hits 1, on fire



Aircraft Attacking:
7 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
6 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
11 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DE Lovelace
Massive explosion on DE McConnell
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DE McConnell



A Japanese naval airstrike on Allied transports heading to Dadjangas is easily repulsed and another misses the target:


Morning Air attack on TF, near Talaud-eilanden at 80,98

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 97 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
D3A1 Val x 3



Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 28
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 1
F4U-1A Corsair x 4
F6F-3 Hellcat x 206


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
D3A1 Val: 2 destroyed

No Allied losses



CAP engaged:
VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 15 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
18 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-2 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 22 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
28 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 18 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
18 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 18 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
16 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-6 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 18 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
10 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 20 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
20 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-71 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 18 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
22 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes
12 planes vectored on to bombers
No.800 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
9 planes vectored on to bombers
No.1830 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VMF-211 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
348th FG/340th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (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 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes



Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Biak at 88,109

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 56 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16
G4M2 Betty x 9



Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Aludra
AK Etamin



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x G4M2 Betty bombing from 8000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Carrier support unable to supply air cover..




Preparations are on the way to land another 5 divisions on Mindanao.





END OF 1ST QTR 1944: ALLIED REPORT CARD



I had originally hoped to advance on a broad front with II Australian Corps, SWPAC and SOPAC to invade the Philippines. SWPAC was to take the NW corner of New Guinea and then invade the Moluccas and Talaud-eilanden before invading Mindanao. II Australian Corps was to cover the left flank of the advance into the Moluccas by taking the remainder of Timor, Ambon and Koepang and Misool before assisting SWPAC in the invasion of the Moluccas. SOPAC was to cover the right flank of the SWPAC advance by taking Japanese bases in the Carolines and Paulaus.

Once it became apparent that Dave had heavily reinforced his frontline bases and that the rear bases were much less heavily defended the offensive became more of a schwerpunkt with a very narrow thrust directly into Mindanao by both SWPAC and II Australian Corps. SOPAC invasions were postpones and II Australian Corps invasions of Dili, Lautem, Amon and Koepang were cancelled. II Australian Corps did take Misool and Manado.....both very important bases for current and future operations.

Now that we are already in the Moluccas and even beyond into Mindanao the former II Australian Corps objectives on Timor, Ambon and Koepang are becoming increasing irrelevant. In fact, II Australian Corps troops prepped for these cancelled objectives will instead be sent to reinforce Mindanao. The Allied left flank is already established with bases at Boela, Misool, Moluccas, Morotai and Manado. The II Australian Corps assault into Obi will be written off and the troops eventually evacuated while we have heavily reinforced the Moluccas and still hope to take 2 of the 3 Japanese bases at Ternate, Galeia and Lolobato.

The Allies are currently loading up another 5 divisions for the next reinforcement of Mindanao.... that will give us a total of 10 divisions on that island. Another 8 SWPAC divisions are prepping for Luzon and additional troops are prepping for the central and western Philippines.

Once we have completed the 5 division reinforcement of Mindanao it will eventually become a US and Australian army affair and Fifth Fleet will be released to cover the SOPAC offensive into the Carolines and Paulaus to cover the right flank of our advance into the Philippines.






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SS Sturgeon sinks SS RO-110 off Zamboanga....thats about the 5th or 6th IJN sub sunk by Allied subs.



CBI


Save routs the Chinese army outside Kanhsien in a shock attack:


Ground combat at 83,57 (near Kanhsien)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 17672 troops, 279 guns, 1349 vehicles, Assault Value = 793

Defending force 8406 troops, 41 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 144

Japanese adjusted assault: 1044

Allied adjusted defense: 647

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
173 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled


Allied ground losses:
698 casualties reported
Squads: 57 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 44 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 13 (12 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Division
1st Tank Division
7th Tank Regiment
22nd RGC Temp./C Division

Defending units:
100th Chinese/B Corps
43rd Chinese/B Corps
2nd Chinese/B Corps
9th Group Army



Ground combat at 83,57 (near Kanhsien)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 17546 troops, 279 guns, 1349 vehicles, Assault Value = 780

Defending force 7658 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 141

Japanese adjusted assault: 821

Allied adjusted defense: 335

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
3507 casualties reported
Squads: 99 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 187 destroyed, 69 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 14 (14 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 3
Units destroyed 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Division
7th Tank Regiment
1st Tank Division
22nd RGC Temp./C Division

Defending units:
43rd Chinese/B Corps
100th Chinese/B Corps
2nd Chinese/B Corps
9th Group Army



Once again the Japanese armor has just too much mobility for us to defend against it everywhere.


A newly arriving East African division has been unloaded at Rangoon. As soon as it marches to Moulmein we will launch another assault. RN cruisers will begin to naval bombard Moulmein to soften it up. All of Tenth Air Force and the RAF have been resting and will be a full strength to ground bomb Moulmein when we attack. Another convoy with 100,000 plus supplies arrives at Akyab and it will be sent to Rangoon next turn.





FIFTH FLEET ON THE OFFENSIVE: INVASION MINDANAO


Fifth Fleet retires to port to refuel and take on AC replacements as the Allies continue to mass amphib transports at Sansopar for the reinforcement of Mindanao with another 5 divisions.

A Nell lands a torpedo on CVE Liscome Bay in a night attack:


Night Air attack on TF, near Morotai at 80,101

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 8



Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 2 damaged
G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
CVE Sangamon
CVE Liscome Bay



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo



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Night Air attack on TF, near Morotai at 80,101

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 4



Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
CVE Liscome Bay, Torpedo hits 1



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo



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Night Air attack on TF, near Morotai at 80,101

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 6



Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 2 damaged
G3M3 Nell: 2 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
CVE Liscome Bay
BB Tennessee



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo



Dave has been sending night torpedo bomber attacks against Fifth Fleet for several months and this is the 1st tirm he has hit anything substantial.


Allied surface TFs bombard both Lolobato and Galeia:


Night Naval bombardment of Lolobato at 79,102

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Sussex
CA Boston
CL Boise
CL Detroit
DD Maury
DD Gridley
DD Jarvis
DD McKee
DD McCord
DD Hutchins

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)



Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 54
Port hits 16
Port fuel hits 2

CA Sussex firing at 8th Division
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Boston
CA Boston firing at Lolobato
CL Boise firing at Lolobato
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Detroit
CL Detroit firing at 8th Division
DD Maury firing at 8th Division
DD Gridley firing at Lolobato
DD Jarvis firing at Lolobato
DD McKee firing at Lolobato
DD McCord firing at Lolobato
DD Hutchins firing at 8th Division


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Night Naval bombardment of Galeia at 79,101

Allied Ships
CA Astoria
CA New Orleans
CA Chicago
CL Caradoc
CL Birmingham
CL Newcastle
DD Racehorse
DD Norman
DD Thracian
DD Hull
DD Phelps
DD Patterson
DD Wadsworth
DD Haggard
DD Claxton

Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)



Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 67
Port hits 16
Port supply hits 2

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Astoria
CA Astoria firing at 31st Ind.Mixed Brigade
CA New Orleans firing at 31st Ind.Mixed Brigade
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Chicago
CA Chicago firing at Galeia
CL Caradoc firing at Galeia
CL Birmingham firing at Galeia
CL Newcastle firing at Galeia
DD Racehorse firing at Galeia
DD Norman firing at Galeia
DD Thracian firing at Galeia
DD Hull firing at 31st Ind.Mixed Brigade
DD Phelps firing at Galeia
DD Patterson firing at Galeia
DD Wadsworth firing at Galeia
DD Haggard firing at Galeia
DD Claxton firing at Galeia



The 24th marine Regiment reaches Galeia this turn after marching from Djailolo:


Ground combat at Galeia (79,101)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1811 troops, 22 guns, 198 vehicles, Assault Value = 484

Defending force 7320 troops, 94 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 187



Assaulting units:
29th Australian Brigade
1st Army Tank Regiment
24th Marine Regiment
4th Armoured Brigade

Defending units:
31st Ind.Mixed Brigade
34th Ind.Mixed Bde /4
5th Naval Construction Battalion
25th JNAF AF Unit
12th RF Gun Bn /1
20th JNAF AF Unit
2nd Air Div /1


The 25th Division will arrive at galeia next turn and then we will attack.

I bombarded at Davao to recon Japanee defenses there:


Ground combat at Davao (79,91)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10615 troops, 211 guns, 205 vehicles, Assault Value = 389

Defending force 16351 troops, 242 guns, 302 vehicles, Assault Value = 245



Assaulting units:
7th Infantry Division

Defending units:
9th Armored Car Co
28th Div /11
49th Engineer Regiment
22nd Tank Regiment
62nd Infantry Group /1
1st South Seas Det.
302nd Ind.Infantry Bn /1
2nd Fleet
25th Special Base Force
66th Fld AA Bn /1
1st Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
69th Construction Battalion
32nd Ind.Mixed Bde /2
24th Air Defense AA Regiment
9th Field AF Construction Battalion
102nd Machine Canno AA Battalion
21st Air Defense AA Battalion
65th Field AA Battalion
8th Area Army
108th JAAF AF Bn
66th Nav Gd /1
55th Field AA Battalion
62nd Field AA Battalion
66th JNAF AF Unit /1



I was expecting a much bigger garrison here at Davao. We will attack as soon as the reinforcements arrive from Sansopar in about another week.


B-25D1s were ataged to Manado and they IJN shipping in port at balikpappan:


Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 18
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1



Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 53
F4U-1A Corsair x 11


Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
TK Fuso Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
CMc Ma 3, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk



Port hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Port Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Port Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Port Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Port Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
254 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 13 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
9 planes vectored on to bombers
24th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 18000
Raid is overhead



With the latest Allied advances the DEI is becoming a very dangerous place for Japanese shipping to do business.



Fifth Air Force bombers based at Talud-eilanden close the level 4 Japanese AF at Iloilo.


Once we have dropped off the reinforcements in Mindanao SOPAC will begin invading the Paulus/Carolines to cover the Allied right flank.




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SUBS


SS Tally Ho torpedoes xAK Mikasa Maru off Brunei.

SS Tunny puts a fish in xAK Shoun Maru near Legaspi.

SS Seawolf sinks xAKL Tainichi Maru by Balabac.



CBI


A large convoy with over 100,000 supplies reaches Rangoon without incident and begins to unload.

RN cruisers naval bombard Moulmein:

Night Naval bombardment of Moulmein at 55,55

Allied Ships
CA Exeter
CA Cumberland
CA Suffolk
CL Newfoundland
CL Achilles
DD Rocket
DD Rapid
DD Jupiter
DD Scout

Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 16 (2 destroyed, 14 disabled)



Manpower hits 4
Fires 973
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 46
Port hits 13
Port fuel hits 2

Walrus II acting as spotter for CA Exeter
CA Exeter firing at Moulmein
CA Cumberland firing at 16th Division
CA Suffolk firing at Moulmein
CL Newfoundland firing at 20th Division
CL Achilles firing at Moulmein
DD Rocket firing at 20th Division
DD Rapid firing at 16th Division
DD Jupiter firing at 20th Division
DD Scout firing at 16th Division



We will launch another deliberate assault at Moulmein in 2 turns.



FIFTH FLEET ON THE OFFENSIVE: INVASION MINDANAO


BOMBARDMENT TFs hit both Galeia and Lolobato:

Night Naval bombardment of Lolobato at 79,102

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
F1M2 Pete: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Sussex
CA Boston
CL Boise
CL Detroit
DD Maury
DD Gridley
DD Jarvis
DD McKee
DD McCord
DD Hutchins

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled



Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 11
Port hits 6
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 5

CA Sussex firing at Lolobato
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Boston
CA Boston firing at Lolobato
CL Boise firing at Lolobato
CL Detroit firing at Lolobato
DD Maury firing at Lolobato
DD Gridley firing at Lolobato
DD Jarvis firing at Lolobato
DD McKee firing at Lolobato
DD McCord firing at Lolobato
DD Hutchins firing at Lolobato


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Night Naval bombardment of Galeia at 79,101

Allied Ships
CA Astoria
CA New Orleans
CA Chicago
CL Caradoc
CL Birmingham
CL Newcastle
DD Racehorse
DD Norman
DD Thracian
DD Hull
DD Phelps
DD Patterson
DD Wadsworth
DD Haggard
DD Claxton

Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled



Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 49
Port hits 10
Port supply hits 3

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Astoria
CA Astoria firing at Galeia
CA New Orleans firing at 25th JNAF AF Unit
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Chicago
CA Chicago firing at 31st Ind.Mixed Brigade
CL Caradoc firing at Galeia
CL Birmingham firing at Galeia
CL Newcastle firing at Galeia
DD Racehorse firing at Galeia
DD Norman firing at Galeia
DD Thracian firing at Galeia
DD Hull firing at 20th JNAF AF Unit
DD Phelps firing at Galeia
DD Patterson firing at Galeia
DD Wadsworth firing at Galeia
DD Haggard firing at Galeia
DD Claxton firing at 31st Ind.Mixed Brigade



The 25th Division reaches Galeia and we will shock attack there this next turn.

Reinforcements for Mindanao continue to mass off Sansopar....we will probably begin the reinforcement op in 2 turns. Fifth Fleet continues to refuel and rearm off sansopar.

P-38Js will sweep Babeldaob and Peleliu next turn and then we will bomb their AFs on the subsequent turns.






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SUBS


SS Dace sinks AO Hayasui near Iriomote.

SS Seal torpedoes xAK Yamazato Maru near Taytay.

SS Tally Ho torpedoes xAK Hokuan Maru by Groot Natoena.



CBI


I fell asleep at the wheel again as Dave massively reinforce Lang Son without me noticing. Dave launches a surprise assault on me here but ends up suffering heavy casualties:


Ground combat at Lang Son (70,56)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 79254 troops, 886 guns, 856 vehicles, Assault Value = 2894

Defending force 39950 troops, 215 guns, 92 vehicles, Assault Value = 1514

Japanese adjusted assault: 1531

Allied adjusted defense: 1017

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2522 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 259 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 37 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 36 disabled
Guns lost 30 (2 destroyed, 28 disabled)
Vehicles lost 41 (7 destroyed, 34 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
3129 casualties reported
Squads: 22 destroyed, 318 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 65 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 30 disabled
Guns lost 52 (8 destroyed, 44 disabled)
Vehicles lost 37 (3 destroyed, 34 disabled)


Assaulting units:
18th Division
11th Tank Regiment
19th Tank Regiment
8th Division
33rd Division
25th Division
11th Division
9th Tank Regiment
2nd Division
8th Tank Regiment
12th Div /4
14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
25th Air Defense AA Regiment
3rd Ind.AA Gun Co
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
23rd JAAF AF Bn
2nd RF Gun Battalion
4th RF Gun Battalion
10th JAAF AF Coy

Defending units:
2nd Prov Chinese Corps
55th Prov Chinese Division
Gardner's Horse Regiment
2nd Chinese Cavalry/C Corps
111th Chindit Brigade
64th Chinese/C Corps
54th Chinese/B Corps
96th Chinese Division
82nd Chinese/A Corps
78th Chinese/C Corps
27th Group Army
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment



Ground combat at Lang Son (70,56)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 77059 troops, 886 guns, 852 vehicles, Assault Value = 2655

Defending force 37702 troops, 210 guns, 89 vehicles, Assault Value = 1244

Japanese adjusted assault: 1400

Allied adjusted defense: 1785

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
7512 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 501 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 73 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 53 disabled
Guns lost 49 (2 destroyed, 47 disabled)
Vehicles lost 97 (6 destroyed, 91 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
1487 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 183 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
8th Division
18th Division
9th Tank Regiment
33rd Division
11th Division
8th Tank Regiment
19th Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
25th Division
2nd Division
12th Div /4
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
25th Air Defense AA Regiment
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
4th RF Gun Battalion
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind.AA Gun Co
23rd JAAF AF Bn
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th JAAF AF Coy

Defending units:
54th Chinese/B Corps
111th Chindit Brigade
96th Chinese Division
2nd Prov Chinese Corps
82nd Chinese/A Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry/C Corps
64th Chinese/C Corps
Gardner's Horse Regiment
55th Prov Chinese Division
78th Chinese/C Corps
27th Group Army
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment



Ive got an armored regiment on the move to reinforce here but it wont arrive for 2-3 more turns.

The Allies complete unloading a massive supply convoy at Rangoon. A RN cruiser force bombards Moulmein:


Night Naval bombardment of Moulmein at 55,55

Allied Ships
CA Exeter
CA Cumberland
CA Suffolk
CA London
CL Newfoundland
CL Achilles
DD Rocket
DD Rapid
DD Quality
DD Jupiter
DD Scout



Manpower hits 1
Fires 94
Runway hits 10
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1

Walrus II acting as spotter for CA Exeter
CA Exeter firing at 16th Division
CA Cumberland firing at 20th Division
CA Suffolk firing at 20th Division
CA London firing at 20th Division
CL Newfoundland firing at 16th Division
CL Achilles firing at 20th Division
DD Rocket firing at Moulmein
DD Rapid firing at 20th Division
DD Quality firing at 20th Division
DD Jupiter firing at 20th Division
DD Scout firing at 20th Division



Virtually every tac, medium and heavy bomber available to Tenth Air Force and the RAF will ground bombard the Japanese at Moulmein next turn and the turn after that we will launch another assault there.



FIFTH FLEET ON THE OFFENSIVE: INVASION MINDANAO


Amphib transports carrying over 5 divisions will mass off Morotai next turn. Fifth Fleet will cover them with 12 CVs, 7 CVLs and 28 CVEs carrying over 2000 AC.

Fifth Air Force will take out the level 4 AF at Babeldaob next turn and then the Allied reinforcements will land at Dadjangas on the following turn.

Allied bombardment TFs hit both Galeia and Lolobato:


Night Naval bombardment of Lolobato at 79,102

Allied Ships
CA Sussex
CA Boston
CL Boise
CL Detroit
DD Maury
DD Gridley
DD Jarvis

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 31
Port hits 11
Port fuel hits 6
Port supply hits 2

CA Sussex firing at Lolobato
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Boston
CA Boston firing at Lolobato
CL Boise firing at Lolobato
CL Detroit firing at Lolobato
DD Maury firing at Lolobato
DD Gridley firing at Lolobato
DD Jarvis firing at Lolobato


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Night Naval bombardment of Galeia at 79,101

Allied Ships
CA Astoria
CA New Orleans
CA Chicago
CL Caradoc
CL Birmingham
CL Newcastle
DD Phelps
DD Patterson
DD Wadsworth
DD Haggard
DD Claxton

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled



Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 30
Port hits 20
Port supply hits 4

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Astoria
CA Astoria firing at 31st Ind.Mixed Brigade
CA New Orleans firing at 31st Ind.Mixed Brigade
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Chicago
CA Chicago firing at Galeia
CL Caradoc firing at Galeia
CL Birmingham firing at Galeia
CL Newcastle firing at Galeia
DD Phelps firing at 31st Ind.Mixed Brigade
DD Patterson firing at Galeia
DD Wadsworth firing at Galeia
DD Haggard firing at Galeia
DD Claxton firing at Galeia



Allied troops finally capture Galeia nearly 2 months after the initial invasion:

Ground combat at Galeia (79,101)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 19429 troops, 354 guns, 542 vehicles, Assault Value = 915

Defending force 7210 troops, 94 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 184

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Allied adjusted assault: 980

Japanese adjusted defense: 118

Allied assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Galeia !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
942 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 89 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 55 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 26 (18 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
589 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 76 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled


Assaulting units:
503rd Parachute Regiment
24th Marine Regiment
1st Army Tank Regiment
25th Infantry Division
29th Australian Brigade
4th Armoured Brigade

Defending units:
31st Ind.Mixed Brigade
34th Ind.Mixed Bde /4
20th JNAF AF Unit
5th Naval Construction Battalion
25th JNAF AF Unit
12th RF Gun Bn /1
2nd Air Div /1



Ground combat at Galeia (79,101)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 18978 troops, 354 guns, 549 vehicles, Assault Value = 851

Defending force 6070 troops, 80 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 100

Allied adjusted assault: 552

Japanese adjusted defense: 25

Allied assault odds: 22 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
1564 casualties reported
Squads: 41 destroyed, 29 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Guns lost 29 (2 destroyed, 27 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
377 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 49 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Assaulting units:
29th Australian Brigade
24th Marine Regiment
25th Infantry Division
503rd Parachute Regiment
1st Army Tank Regiment
4th Armoured Brigade

Defending units:
31st Ind.Mixed Brigade
34th Ind.Mixed Bde /4
20th JNAF AF Unit
5th Naval Construction Battalion
12th RF Gun Bn /1
25th JNAF AF Unit
2nd Air Div /1



The Americal Division completes its march from Djailolo to Lolobato and will assault Lolobato next turn.

Japanese Nells sink 2 LSTs in a night attack at Galeia but hey....the LSTs are expendable.








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SS Trespasser sinks xAK Nisshun Maru off Tandoengpinang.

SS Stonehenge sinks xAK Myoko Maru near Soerabaja but is sunk in return by the escorts.



FIFTH FLEET: INVASION MINDANAO


Fifth Fleet masses with 28 CVEs, 12 CVs, 7 CVLs and amphib transports carrying over 5 divisions just 7 hexes south of Dadjangas. In my most telegraphed move of the war....the amphib transports will unload at Dadjangas next turn. Dave is busy preparing a nice response for them....its going to take a couple days pf RL time for him to prepare his turn. I figure though that with some 700 fighters on the CVEs plus 250 land based fighters at dadjangas I can handle most anything Dave can throw at me.....including KB. The fast carriers will stand by just to keep the Japanese honest.

The Allies launch a pair of shock attacks at Lolobato:



Ground combat at Lolobato (79,102)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 13571 troops, 279 guns, 309 vehicles, Assault Value = 525

Defending force 6438 troops, 99 guns, 85 vehicles, Assault Value = 184

Allied adjusted assault: 344

Japanese adjusted defense: 187

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 4)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
588 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 44 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 19 (1 destroyed, 18 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
356 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled


Assaulting units:
Americal Infantry Division
145th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
8th Div /11
19th Naval Guard Unit
28th Div /3
22nd Field AF Construction Battalion
59th Field AA Battalion
21st JAAF Base Force


Ground combat at Lolobato (79,102)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 13342 troops, 279 guns, 309 vehicles, Assault Value = 492

Defending force 5866 troops, 98 guns, 85 vehicles, Assault Value = 131

Allied adjusted assault: 377

Japanese adjusted defense: 172

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
325 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 13 (7 destroyed, 6 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
201 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled


Assaulting units:
Americal Infantry Division
145th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
8th Div /11
19th Naval Guard Unit
28th Div /3
59th Field AA Battalion
22nd Field AF Construction Battalion
21st JAAF Base Force



The forts here are reduced to level one but I will rest the troops for a turn before attacking again. After taking Galeia 2 turns ago and after the eventual capture of the level 6 AF at Lolobato....the Japanese aerial threat to our SLOC from Mindanao to New Guinea will be greatly reduced.

B-25D1 "commerce destroyers" hit an IJN convoy near Balikpappan:


Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Balikpapan at 64,97

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1
N1K1-J George x 7
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 28



Allied aircraft
Boomerang C-12 x 11
B-25D1 Mitchell x 4
F4U-1A Corsair x 10


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 damaged
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
xAKL Boko Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAKL Fukuyo Maru
xAKL Hokuhi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level *
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
341 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 14000
Raid is overhead
24th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 18000
Raid is overhead
254 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (9 airborne, 18 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers




As I mentioned a few turns ago....the DEI is becoming an increasingly hazardous place for the Japanese to operate.


The large sweep and bombing planed for Babeldaob doesnt happen.....must have been really bad weather there so we will try it again next turn.



CBI


Dave bombards at Lang Son as he rests his troops.


Every bomber in the RAF and Tenth Air Force hits the Japanese defenses at Moulmein. This is the first use of massed B-29s in the war:


Morning Air attack on 20th Division, at 55,55 (Moulmein)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 26
Vengeance I x 46
CW-22 Falcon x 6
A-20G Havoc x 14
B-24J Liberator x 11
B-25C Mitchell x 31
B-25H Mitchell x 13
B-29-1 Superfort x 47


Allied aircraft losses
Vengeance I: 3 damaged
B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x CW-22 Falcon bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb
7 x Vengeance I releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
11 x Vengeance I releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
7 x Vengeance I releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x A-20G Havoc bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
1 x Vengeance I releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
4 x Vengeance I releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
8 x Vengeance I releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
4 x Vengeance I releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
4 x Vengeance I releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 16th Division ...
Also attacking 6th RTA Division ...
Also attacking 25th Army ...
Also attacking 16th Division ...
Also attacking 20th Division ...
Also attacking 16th Division ...
Also attacking 6th RTA Division ...
Also attacking 25th Army ...
Also attacking 16th Division ...
Also attacking 20th Division ...
Also attacking 6th RTA Division ...
Also attacking 25th Army ...
Also attacking 16th Division ...
Also attacking 6th RTA Division ...
Also attacking 25th Army ...
Also attacking 16th Division ...
Also attacking 25th Army ...
Also attacking 6th RTA Division ...



Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 42,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 15


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Spitfire VIII sweeping at 41500 feet



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Morning Air attack on Burma Area Army, at 55,55 (Moulmein)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 20
Liberator B.III x 19
Liberator B.VI x 42
Liberator GR.VI x 6
Wellington GR.XIII x 27
B-24D Liberator x 12
B-24D1 Liberator x 10
B-24J Liberator x 123
B-25H Mitchell x 25


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Wellington GR.XIII bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb
15 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x Liberator B.III bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x Wellington GR.XIII bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x Wellington GR.XIII bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb
6 x Liberator GR.VI bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb
7 x Liberator B.III bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Wellington GR.XIII bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 33rd Div /7 ...
Also attacking 20th Division ...
Also attacking 1st INA Subhas Regiment ...
Also attacking 16th Division ...
Also attacking 26th Air Defense AA Regiment ...
Also attacking 2nd INA Gandhi Regiment ...
Also attacking 1st Recon Regiment ...
Also attacking 20th Division ...
Also attacking 26th Recon Regiment ...
Also attacking 16th Division ...
Also attacking 20th Division ...
Also attacking 16th Division ...
Also attacking 20th Division ...
Also attacking 16th Division ...
Also attacking 20th Division ...
Also attacking 16th Division ...
Also attacking 20th Division ...
Also attacking 16th Division ...
Also attacking 20th Division ...
Also attacking 16th Division ...
Also attacking 20th Division ...
Also attacking 6th RTA Division ...
Also attacking 16th Division ...
Also attacking 20th Division ...
Also attacking 16th Division ...
Also attacking 20th Division ...
Also attacking Burma Area Army ...
Also attacking 2nd INA Gandhi Regiment ...
Also attacking 20th Division ...
Also attacking 33rd Div /7 ...
Also attacking 20th Division ...
Also attacking 16th Division ...
Also attacking 20th Division ...
Also attacking 26th Recon Regiment ...
Also attacking 16th Division ...
Also attacking 20th Division ...
Also attacking Burma Area Army ...
Also attacking 2nd INA Gandhi Regiment ...
Also attacking 20th Division ...


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Morning Air attack on 16th Division, at 55,55 (Moulmein)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 15


Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



Morning Air attack on 20th Division, at 55,55 (Moulmein)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 4


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb




RN cruisers naval bombard Moulmein yet again:



Night Naval bombardment of Moulmein at 55,55

Allied Ships
CA Exeter
CA Cumberland
CA Suffolk
CA London
CL Newfoundland
CL Achilles
DD Rocket
DD Rapid
DD Quality
DD Jupiter
DD Scout



Walrus II acting as spotter for CA Exeter
CA Exeter firing at 16th Division
CA Cumberland firing at 16th Division
CA Suffolk firing at 16th Division
CA London firing at 16th Division
CL Newfoundland firing at 16th Division
CL Achilles firing at 20th Division
DD Rocket firing at 16th Division
DD Rapid firing at 16th Division
DD Quality firing at 20th Division
DD Jupiter firing at 20th Division
DD Scout firing at 16th Division



All that mass of bombs and shells inflicts exactly 2 disabled squads. I now have 5600 AV at Moulmein....100% prepped with the best command and army/corps HQ and divisional generals available. I will again assault Moulmein next turn after another hesvy bombardment and see if I can inflict 2000 AV of casualties on myself like I did last time.






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CBI


I decided to merely bombard at Moulmein last turn as most of the SEAC troops were low on supply and I wanted to draw supplies from Rangoon and Pegu:


Ground combat at Moulmein (55,55)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 126582 troops, 1760 guns, 1290 vehicles, Assault Value = 5718

Defending force 47786 troops, 550 guns, 474 vehicles, Assault Value = 1459

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
438 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 38 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)


Assaulting units:
2/5th Armoured Regiment
23rd Chindit Brigade
3rd Commando Brigade
14th Army Engineer Battalion
2/4th Armoured Regiment
Merrills Marauders Regiment
46th Indian/B Division
209th Combat Engineer Battalion
97th Chinese/C Corps
82nd (West African) Division
23rd Indian/B Division
17th Indian Division
26th Indian Brigade
2/7th Armoured Regiment
46th Indian/A Division
81st (West African) Division
39th Indian Division
2/6th Armoured Regiment
22nd Indian Brigade
8th Indian Brigade
14th Chindit Brigade
XXXIII Corps Engineer Battalion
4th Chinese/A Corps
50th Indian Para Brigade
268th Motorised Brigade
45th Indian Brigade
3rd Motor Brigade
14th Indian Division
Provisionl Tank Brigade
28th (East African) Brigade
2/11th Armoured Car Battalion
XV Corps Engineer Battalion
15th Indian Brigade
16th Chindit Brigade
72nd British Brigade
IV Corps Engineer Battalion
29th British Brigade
11th PAVO Regiment
Kowloon Brigade
26th Indian Division
23rd Indian/A Division
6th Indian Brigade
23rd Indian/C Division
33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Indian Light AA Regiment
3rd Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
XXXIII Indian Corps
2nd Indian AA Bde
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
2nd Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
32nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
XV Indian Corps
5th Field Regiment

Defending units:
1st Recon Regiment
1st INA Subhas Regiment
16th Division
6th RTA Division
2nd INA Gandhi Regiment
20th Division
26th Recon Regiment
33rd Div /7
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
2nd Ind.AA Gun Co
48th Field AA Battalion
29th Fld AA Gun Co
26th Air Defense AA Regiment
Burma Area Army
34th Field AA Battalion
32nd Air Defense AA Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
9th RF Gun Battalion



It was an expensive way to draw supplies but everyone is in good supply now and a deliberate attack will be ordered for next turn.


Dave hit the Allied troops at Lang Son with most of his tac and medium bombers in theatre and then launches a shock attack in an all out effort to evict the Allies from the base:


Ground combat at Lang Son (70,56)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 71934 troops, 876 guns, 853 vehicles, Assault Value = 2246

Defending force 36834 troops, 211 guns, 90 vehicles, Assault Value = 1134

Japanese adjusted assault: 1703

Allied adjusted defense: 2233

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
7545 casualties reported
Squads: 61 destroyed, 333 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 26 destroyed, 59 disabled
Guns lost 40 (1 destroyed, 39 disabled)
Vehicles lost 29 (2 destroyed, 27 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
2560 casualties reported
Squads: 95 destroyed, 144 disabled
Non Combat: 39 destroyed, 63 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 21 (4 destroyed, 17 disabled)


Assaulting units:
8th Division
2nd Division
18th Division
33rd Division
9th Tank Regiment
19th Tank Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
25th Division
11th Tank Regiment
11th Division
12th Div /4
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
25th Air Defense AA Regiment
23rd JAAF AF Bn
14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
3rd Ind.AA Gun Co
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
4th RF Gun Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th JAAF AF Coy

Defending units:
2nd Chinese Cavalry/C Corps
111th Chindit Brigade
64th Chinese/C Corps
96th Chinese Division
82nd Chinese/A Corps
55th Prov Chinese Division
54th Chinese/B Corps
Gardner's Horse Regiment
2nd Prov Chinese Corps
78th Chinese/C Corps
27th Group Army
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment


In AE.....there is nothing worse than losing a shock attack. Dave will need to rest his troops for a few turns and that will give us a brief respite to march in some reinforcements.



FIFTH FLEET ON THE OFFENSIVE: INVASION MINDANAO



Dave sent repeated night naval attacks against Fifth Fleet this turn:


Night Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 78,93

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D4Y1 Judy x 27



No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AM Cairns



Aircraft Attacking:
27 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 10000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb

Cairns dead in the water ...


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Night Air attack on TF, near Sansapor at 83,107

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N2 Jill x 6



Allied aircraft
P-70 Havoc x 2
P-70A-1 Havoc x 2
F4U-2 Corsair x 3
PV-1N Ventura x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 1 damaged
B6N2 Jill: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CA Sussex
CA Boston



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

CAP engaged:
VMF(N)-531 Det 1 with PV-1N Ventura (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
VMF(N)-532 with F4U-2 Corsair (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
15th FG/6th NFS with P-70 Havoc (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead
18th FG/419th NFS with P-70A-1 Havoc (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead

Some CAP have air radar


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Night Air attack on TF, near Sansapor at 83,107

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N2 Jill x 7



Allied aircraft
P-70 Havoc x 1
P-70A-1 Havoc x 1
F4U-2 Corsair x 2
PV-1N Ventura x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 2 damaged
B6N2 Jill: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CL Boise



Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

CAP engaged:
VMF(N)-531 Det 1 with PV-1N Ventura (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
VMF(N)-532 with F4U-2 Corsair (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
15th FG/6th NFS with P-70 Havoc (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 8000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes
18th FG/419th NFS with P-70A-1 Havoc (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead

Some CAP have air radar



Night Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 78,93

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 85 minutes

Japanese aircraft
H6K5 Mavis x 9



Allied aircraft
P-70A-1 Havoc x 1
PV-1N Ventura x 1


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
BB Mississippi



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x H6K5 Mavis bombing from 26000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
VMF(N)-531 Det 2 with PV-1N Ventura (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
421st NFS with P-70A-1 Havoc (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 75 minutes

Some CAP have air radar


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Night Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 78,93

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 114 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 42 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 21



Allied aircraft
P-70A-1 Havoc x 1
PV-1N Ventura x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
G3M3 Nell: 4 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CVE Marcus Island
CVE Battler
BB New Mexico
CVE Shah
CVE Ranee
CVE Ommaney Bay
BB Idaho



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

CAP engaged:
VMF(N)-531 Det 2 with PV-1N Ventura (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
421st NFS with P-70A-1 Havoc (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

Some CAP have air radar
Banzai! - Kawato L. in a G3M3 Nell is willing to die for the Emperor


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Night Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 78,93

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 117 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D4Y1 Judy x 6



Allied aircraft
P-70A-1 Havoc x 1
PV-1N Ventura x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y1 Judy: 2 damaged
D4Y1 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CVE Saginaw Bay
CVE St. Lo



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 10000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
VMF(N)-531 Det 2 with PV-1N Ventura (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 18 minutes
421st NFS with P-70A-1 Havoc (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 16 minutes

Some CAP have air radar


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Night Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 78,93

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 108 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 35 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N2 Jill x 4



Allied aircraft
P-70A-1 Havoc x 1
PV-1N Ventura x 1


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CVE Marcus Island



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B6N2 Jill bombing from 14000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
VMF(N)-531 Det 2 with PV-1N Ventura (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
421st NFS with P-70A-1 Havoc (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead

Some CAP have air radar


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Night Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 78,93

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D4Y1 Judy x 9



Allied aircraft
P-70A-1 Havoc x 1
PV-1N Ventura x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y1 Judy: 4 damaged
D4Y1 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
BB New Mexico
CVE Saginaw Bay
CVE Ranee



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 10000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
VMF(N)-531 Det 2 with PV-1N Ventura (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
421st NFS with P-70A-1 Havoc (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead

Some CAP have air radar


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Night Air attack on TF, near Sansapor at 83,107

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N2 Jill x 6



Allied aircraft
P-70 Havoc x 3
P-70A-1 Havoc x 2
F4U-2 Corsair x 4
PV-1N Ventura x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 4 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CL Boise
CL Detroit



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

CAP engaged:
VMF(N)-531 Det 1 with PV-1N Ventura (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
VMF(N)-532 with F4U-2 Corsair (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
15th FG/6th NFS with P-70 Havoc (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead
18th FG/419th NFS with P-70A-1 Havoc (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead

Some CAP have air radar


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Night Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 78,93

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N2 Jill x 5



Allied aircraft
P-70A-1 Havoc x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 1 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CA Houston



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B6N2 Jill bombing from 14000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
421st NFS with P-70A-1 Havoc (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead

Some CAP have air radar


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Night Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 78,93

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D4Y1 Judy x 5



Allied aircraft
P-70A-1 Havoc x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y1 Judy: 2 damaged
D4Y1 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CVE Saginaw Bay
CVE Ommaney Bay



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 10000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
421st NFS with P-70A-1 Havoc (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead

Some CAP have air radar


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Night Air attack on TF, near Sansapor at 83,107

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N2 Jill x 7



Allied aircraft
P-70 Havoc x 3
P-70A-1 Havoc x 1
F4U-2 Corsair x 3
PV-1N Ventura x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 1 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CA Sussex
CA Boston



Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

CAP engaged:
VMF(N)-531 Det 1 with PV-1N Ventura (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
VMF(N)-532 with F4U-2 Corsair (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
15th FG/6th NFS with P-70 Havoc (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead
18th FG/419th NFS with P-70A-1 Havoc (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead

Some CAP have air radar




We dodged a bullet here this turn but its just a matter of time before the night bombers score some more hits so I dont want to leave Fifth Fleet exposed for any length of time.



Other than sweeping Dadjangas with Georges didnt seriously threaten the unloadings during daylight hous. Most of 5 divisions and over 60,000 supplies made it ashore without incident but this was such a major reinforcement operation that I was bound to write a few bad orders. Some of the 5 divisions accidentally unloaded at Sansopar so I will need to reboard those troops and send another troop convoy to Dadjangas before we can go on the full offensive.

Fifth Fleet will cover the retirement of the unloaded amphib transports at Dadjangas this turn.

The massive aerial bombardment planned for babeldaob finally flew this turn and knocked out the level 4 AF there with 85% damage but as so often happens in AE the bombers flew before the sweepers and many of the heavy bombers were shot up. Im going to rest most of the heavy bombers of Fifth Air Force this turn while medium bombers based at Manokwari will switch targets and bomb the AF at Peleliu.

The B-25D1s hit an IJN tanker convoy off Balikpappan this turn:


Morning Air attack on TF, near Balikpapan at 64,97

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 5
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27



Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 6
F4U-1A Corsair x 9


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
TK Akane Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Kotai Maru, Shell hits 2, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Jinei Maru, Shell hits 2



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level *
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (16 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
16 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
254 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes



We will renew the ground assaults at Lolobato and Galeia next turn.

Dadjangas is enlarged to a level 6 AF.



CVL Cowpens completes repair of her torpedo damage at Sydney this turn and heads out to rejoin Fifth Fleet.

CVE Rudyard Bay is completed at Portland and heads out into the Pacific as the buildup continues.







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SS Sunfish sinks xAK Toyohi Maru off Catanduanes.



CBI


SEAC troops are crushed at Moulmein:



Ground combat at Moulmein (55,55)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 141459 troops, 1763 guns, 2297 vehicles, Assault Value = 5703

Defending force 47734 troops, 550 guns, 474 vehicles, Assault Value = 1455

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Allied adjusted assault: 9309

Japanese adjusted defense: 3303

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 5)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 5

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
Attacker: HQ(+)

Japanese ground losses:
3383 casualties reported
Squads: 81 destroyed, 98 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 116 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Guns lost 100 (15 destroyed, 85 disabled)
Vehicles lost 46 (4 destroyed, 42 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
15948 casualties reported
Squads: 130 destroyed, 1528 disabled
Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 321 disabled
Engineers: 87 destroyed, 423 disabled
Guns lost 244 (14 destroyed, 230 disabled)
Vehicles lost 115 (4 destroyed, 111 disabled)


Assaulting units:
XV Corps Engineer Battalion
14th Chindit Brigade
Kowloon Brigade
39th Indian Division
3rd Motor Brigade
3rd Commando Brigade
46th Indian/B Division
14th Army Engineer Battalion
29th British Brigade
97th Chinese/C Corps
14th Indian Division
23rd Indian/A Division
2/5th Armoured Regiment
11th PAVO Regiment
72nd British Brigade
2/4th Armoured Regiment
22nd Indian Brigade
26th Indian Division
46th Indian/A Division
50th Indian Para Brigade
XXXIII Corps Engineer Battalion
23rd Indian/B Division
15th Indian Brigade
2/11th Armoured Car Battalion
Provisionl Tank Brigade
45th Indian Brigade
IV Corps Engineer Battalion
6th Indian Brigade
81st (West African) Division
36th Div Engineer Battalion
17th Indian Division
209th Combat Engineer Battalion
28th (East African) Brigade
82nd (West African) Division
8th Indian Brigade
2/6th Armoured Regiment
268th Motorised Brigade
23rd Chindit Brigade
16th Chindit Brigade
Merrills Marauders Regiment
4th Chinese/A Corps
26th Indian Brigade
2/7th Armoured Regiment
23rd Indian/C Division
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
1st Indian Light AA Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
2nd Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
32nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Indian AA Bde
XV Indian Corps
XXXIII Indian Corps
5th Field Regiment

Defending units:
2nd INA Gandhi Regiment
20th Division
26th Recon Regiment
16th Division
1st INA Subhas Regiment
1st Recon Regiment
6th RTA Division
33rd Div /7
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
26th Air Defense AA Regiment
Burma Area Army
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
34th Field AA Battalion
32nd Air Defense AA Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
48th Field AA Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
25th Army
2nd Ind.AA Gun Co
29th Fld AA Gun Co
1st RF Gun Battalion
9th RF Gun Battalion



Ground combat at Moulmein (55,55)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 128967 troops, 1754 guns, 2297 vehicles, Assault Value = 4033

Defending force 45515 troops, 597 guns, 488 vehicles, Assault Value = 1242

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Allied adjusted assault: 4070

Japanese adjusted defense: 5697

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 4)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1276 casualties reported
Squads: 36 destroyed, 63 disabled
Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 53 (9 destroyed, 44 disabled)
Vehicles lost 31 (27 destroyed, 4 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
15918 casualties reported
Squads: 250 destroyed, 1082 disabled
Non Combat: 55 destroyed, 378 disabled
Engineers: 95 destroyed, 135 disabled
Guns lost 267 (13 destroyed, 254 disabled)
Vehicles lost 206 (28 destroyed, 178 disabled)
Units destroyed 1


Assaulting units:
82nd (West African) Division
46th Indian/B Division
3rd Motor Brigade
29th British Brigade
28th (East African) Brigade
39th Indian Division
97th Chinese/C Corps
268th Motorised Brigade
Provisionl Tank Brigade
81st (West African) Division
36th Div Engineer Battalion
IV Corps Engineer Battalion
16th Chindit Brigade
14th Indian Division
11th PAVO Regiment
26th Indian Division
Kowloon Brigade
23rd Indian/A Division
17th Indian Division
45th Indian Brigade
Merrills Marauders Regiment
23rd Chindit Brigade
4th Chinese/A Corps
15th Indian Brigade
22nd Indian Brigade
14th Army Engineer Battalion
14th Chindit Brigade
209th Combat Engineer Battalion
50th Indian Para Brigade
6th Indian Brigade
46th Indian/A Division
2/4th Armoured Regiment
2/11th Armoured Car Battalion
2/6th Armoured Regiment
72nd British Brigade
8th Indian Brigade
2/5th Armoured Regiment
3rd Commando Brigade
23rd Indian/B Division
26th Indian Brigade
XV Corps Engineer Battalion
2/7th Armoured Regiment
XXXIII Corps Engineer Battalion
23rd Indian/C Division
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
1st Indian Light AA Regiment
33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
3rd Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
32nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Indian AA Bde
XV Indian Corps
XXXIII Indian Corps
5th Field Regiment

Defending units:
26th Recon Regiment
6th RTA Division
1st INA Subhas Regiment
2nd INA Gandhi Regiment
16th Division
1st Recon Regiment
20th Division
33rd Div /7
25th Army
34th Field AA Battalion
29th Fld AA Gun Co
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
1st RF Gun Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
48th Field AA Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
2nd Ind.AA Gun Co
Burma Area Army
26th Air Defense AA Regiment
40th Field AA Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
32nd Air Defense AA Battalion
9th RF Gun Battalion



The last time I attacked at Moulmein several months ago I lost 2000 AV but this time I lost 3000 out of 5600 AV. Im not quite sure what to say but I dont think that I will ever take Moulmein. I have the best commanders available for command and corps HQ and all the divisions and brigades. I bombarded Moulmein with every tac, medium and heavy bomber available to Tenth Air Force and the RAF for over a week while the RN bombarded Moulmein every night.

There are only 2 roads south from Burma into Thailand and I have been stopped cold on both roads. I cant go around the Japanese by amphibious assault as Ive sent most of the RN's amphib assets to the Pacific. My only other option would be to just leave a defensive line in southern Burma and commit most of SEAC to China.



FIFTH FLEET ON THE OFFENSIVE: INVASION MINDANAO


Fifth Fleet heads back to Sarmi after escorting the reinforcements to Mindanao at Dadjangas. I will have one more small amphibious lift in a couple of turns and then 6th Army should be able to fight on their own.

The Allied finish off most of the remaining Japanese at galeia and also capture the level 6 AF at Lolobato:



Ground combat at Galeia (79,101)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 21625 troops, 377 guns, 628 vehicles, Assault Value = 851

Defending force 2317 troops, 44 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20

Allied adjusted assault: 561

Japanese adjusted defense: 37

Allied assault odds: 15 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
604 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 40 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 36 (15 destroyed, 21 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled


Assaulting units:
1st Army Tank Regiment
29th Australian Brigade
503rd Parachute Regiment
25th Infantry Division
24th Marine Regiment
4th Armoured Brigade
43rd Aviation Base Force
179th USAAF Base Force
10th RAAF M/W Sqn
7th RAAF M/W Sqn

Defending units:
20th JNAF AF Unit
25th JNAF AF Unit
2nd Air Div /1


Ground combat at Lolobato (79,102)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13420 troops, 281 guns, 309 vehicles, Assault Value = 504

Defending force 5267 troops, 92 guns, 85 vehicles, Assault Value = 89

Allied adjusted assault: 369

Japanese adjusted defense: 55

Allied assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied forces CAPTURE Lolobato !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2368 casualties reported
Squads: 61 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 57 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 62 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 28 (25 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 75 (75 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 6


Allied ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
Americal Infantry Division
145th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
8th Div /11
19th Naval Guard Unit
28th Div /3
22nd Field AF Construction Battalion
59th Field AA Battalion
21st JAAF Base Force


Ground combat at Galeia (79,101)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 21741 troops, 378 guns, 641 vehicles, Assault Value = 847

Defending force 356 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 405

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 405 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), fatigue(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
479 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 44 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Assaulting units:
25th Infantry Division
503rd Parachute Regiment
1st Army Tank Regiment
29th Australian Brigade
24th Marine Regiment
4th Armoured Brigade
7th RAAF M/W Sqn
43rd Aviation Base Force
10th RAAF M/W Sqn
179th USAAF Base Force
Seventh USAAF EAB /4

Defending units:
2nd Air Div /1



We now have 4 mutually supporting AFs at Manado, Morotai, Galeia and Lolobato and we have taken all of our objectives in the Malaccas save Ternate. The left flank of the Allied advance into the Philippines has become pretty secure.





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Status: offline 		Yeah, looks like you need to cut your losses in Burma and reinforce success in Mindanao and the other Philippine Islands. You may be able to get into Indo-China via the South China Sea!

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RO-43 is sunk by a RN surface TF off Moulmein.

SS Seadragon sinks TK Koryu maru near Sandakan.


FIFTH FLEET ON THE OFFENSIVE: INVASION MINDANAO


SWPAC troops mop up the remaining Japanese at Galeia.

The portions of nearly 5 divisions meant for Mindanao but accidently dropped off at Sansopar will reach Dadjangas this turn. The CVEs stand by in the Moluccas to cover this op as the fast carriers head back to New Guinea to refuel and rearm.

Sixth Army....consisting of I US Corps and III Amphibious Corps will have a difficult time capturing Mindanao. Dave has 30,000 troops at davao, 38,000 troops at Malaybalay, 10,000 troops at Cotobato and 16,000 troops at Cayagan....and all these positions except Cotobato are inn excellent defensive terrain. I US Corps will be tasked with taking Davao. III Amphibious Corps will fight along the coastal road and will take Cotobato, Cayagan, Butuan and Surigao. The 2 corps will then meet up in the mountains at Malayabatay where Im sure that Dave will make his last stand.

I havent said much about logistics but its becoming more challenging as Fifth Fleet grows in size. I dont have nearly enough AOs to refuel some 12 CVs, 7 CVLs, 20 BBs, 40 cruisers and hundreds of DDs, amphib and support ships. I started disbanding TKs in port at Sarmi to help the AOs with refueling and by the time I could finally refuel all of Fifth Fleet in 1 turn I found that I had disbanded some 38 TKs in port. With the reorganzation of Fifth Fleet thats about to occur Im sending most of those TKs back to Rabaul.







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BBfanboy


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Joined: 8/4/2010
From: Winnipeg, MB
Status: offline 		You don't have to disband the tankers for them to refuel other ships in port. Just tell the TF to "Refuel at Sea" and it will refuel from any tankers that have fuel before robbing other non-tanker ships! Usually you can make sure the tankers have enough juice. With the tanker set to unload and given sailing orders to the fuel source, it can be on its way on the same turn it finishes unloading.

What command do you use to refuel from disbanded tankers as opposed to those in a TF?
Do the tankers unload to the port while disbanded?

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FIFTH FLEET GOES ON THE OFFENSIVE: INVASION MINDANAO - 7/10/2013 9:02:39 PM   
racndoc


Posts: 2519
Joined: 10/29/2004
From: Newport Coast, California
Status: offline 		BBfanboy...I use the "refuel from port" command when I disband TKs in port and TKs disbanded in port cannot unload fuel at the same time so your way of doing it is more efficient. Thanx for the tip.



4/17-4/18/44



SUBS


SS S-44 sinks TK Katsukawa Maru off Soerabaja.

SSX Ha-58 is sunk by a RN surface TF near Moulmein.

SS Sturgeon sinks TK Matsumo Maru by Sandakan. Between the Allied subs and the long ranged B-25D1s its getting more difficult for Japan to extract fuel from Borneo.

SS I-177 sinks xAK George Prentice near Ontong Java.



CBI


Dave orders another heavy aerial bombardment and then launches a bloody deliberate assault:



Ground combat at Lang Son (70,56)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 65455 troops, 774 guns, 814 vehicles, Assault Value = 2303

Defending force 40502 troops, 252 guns, 403 vehicles, Assault Value = 1377

Japanese adjusted assault: 1397

Allied adjusted defense: 3137

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
4059 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 309 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 47 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 53 disabled
Guns lost 37 (2 destroyed, 35 disabled)
Vehicles lost 73 (3 destroyed, 70 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
1390 casualties reported
Squads: 44 destroyed, 184 disabled
Non Combat: 35 destroyed, 58 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled
Vehicles lost 20 (5 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Units destroyed 1


Assaulting units:
2nd Division
11th Division
11th Tank Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
25th Division
19th Tank Regiment
18th Division
33rd Division
9th Tank Regiment
12th Div /4
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
4th RF Gun Battalion
25th Air Defense AA Regiment
23rd JAAF AF Bn
2nd RF Gun Battalion
3rd Ind.AA Gun Co
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th JAAF AF Coy

Defending units:
54th Chinese/B Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry/C Corps
82nd Chinese/A Corps
Gardner's Horse Regiment
55th Prov Chinese Division
64th Chinese/C Corps
96th Chinese Division
2nd Prov Chinese Corps
111th Chindit Brigade
50th Tank Brigade
78th Chinese/C Corps
2/11th Field Regiment
27th Group Army
21st Group Army
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment


I guess that my way to victory in this game would be for Dave to destroy himself faster here than Im doing to myself at Moulmein.....LoL.




FIFTH FLEET ON THE OFFENSIVE: MINDANAO



Fifth Fleet naval bombards Japanese AFs at Kofiau, Gebe and Sorong while Fifth Air Force hammers Japanese AFs at Surigao, Peleliu, Jolo and Ternate.

Sixth Army bombards at Davao to detrmine the strength of the Japanese defenses there:

Ground combat at Davao (79,91)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7095 troops, 241 guns, 841 vehicles, Assault Value = 1628

Defending force 22194 troops, 309 guns, 388 vehicles, Assault Value = 378



Assaulting units:
767th Tank Battalion
754th Tank Battalion
43rd Infantry/B Division
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
1st Australian Division
43rd Infantry/A Division
7th Infantry Division
763rd Tank Battalion
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
762nd Tank Battalion
43rd Infantry/C Division
Southwest Pacific
198th Field Artillery Battalion
I US Corps
205th Field Artillery Battalion
1st Medium Regiment
2nd Medium Regiment
2/16th Field Regiment
154th FA Bn
33rd Medium Regiment

Defending units:
22nd Tank Regiment
49th Engineer Regiment
302nd Ind.Infantry Bn /1
1st South Seas Det.
28th Div /11
62nd Infantry Group /1
9th Armored Car Co
35th Ind.Mixed Bde /4
9th Field AF Construction Battalion
21st Air Defense AA Battalion
32nd Ind.Mixed Bde /2
66th Fld AA Bn /1
108th JAAF AF Bn
25th Special Base Force
14th Army
62nd Field AA Battalion
8th Area Army
102nd Machine Canno AA Battalion
1st Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Fleet
66th Nav Gd /1
69th Construction Battalion
55th Field AA Battalion
24th Air Defense AA Regiment
65th Field AA Battalion
66th JNAF AF Unit /1



Davao is jungle/rough terrain so it increases defensive AV 3x and Im sure it is fully fortified so Im a bit worried about a "Moulmein" type of outcome here. This next turn we will hit Davao with some 1600 AC that are positioned within range of it.....including 200 heavy bombers based at Waigeo.

The rest of Fifth Air....based on New Guinea....will start working over Babeldaob again next turn after shutting down Peleliu over the last 2 turns.

I do have one trump card here at Mindanao that I dont have at Moulmein....Fifth Fleet.

CVL San Jacinto exits the Panama Canal and heads out across the south Pacific to the war zones.




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ORIGINAL: AdmSpruance

BBfanboy...I use the "refuel from port" command when I disband TKs in port and TKs disbanded in port cannot unload fuel at the same time so your way of doing it is more efficient. Thanx for the tip.



4/17-4/18/44



SUBS


SS S-44 sinks TK Katsukawa Maru off Soerabaja.

SSX Ha-58 is sunk by a RN surface TF near Moulmein.

SS Sturgeon sinks TK Matsumo Maru by Sandakan. Between the Allied subs and the long ranged B-25D1s its getting more difficult for Japan to extract fuel from Borneo and Java..

SS I-177 sinks xAK George Prentice near Ontong Java.



CBI


Dave orders another heavy aerial bombardment and then launches a bloody deliberate assault:



Ground combat at Lang Son (70,56)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 65455 troops, 774 guns, 814 vehicles, Assault Value = 2303

Defending force 40502 troops, 252 guns, 403 vehicles, Assault Value = 1377

Japanese adjusted assault: 1397

Allied adjusted defense: 3137

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
4059 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 309 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 47 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 53 disabled
Guns lost 37 (2 destroyed, 35 disabled)
Vehicles lost 73 (3 destroyed, 70 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
1390 casualties reported
Squads: 44 destroyed, 184 disabled
Non Combat: 35 destroyed, 58 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled
Vehicles lost 20 (5 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Units destroyed 1


Assaulting units:
2nd Division
11th Division
11th Tank Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
25th Division
19th Tank Regiment
18th Division
33rd Division
9th Tank Regiment
12th Div /4
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
4th RF Gun Battalion
25th Air Defense AA Regiment
23rd JAAF AF Bn
2nd RF Gun Battalion
3rd Ind.AA Gun Co
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th JAAF AF Coy

Defending units:
54th Chinese/B Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry/C Corps
82nd Chinese/A Corps
Gardner's Horse Regiment
55th Prov Chinese Division
64th Chinese/C Corps
96th Chinese Division
2nd Prov Chinese Corps
111th Chindit Brigade
50th Tank Brigade
78th Chinese/C Corps
2/11th Field Regiment
27th Group Army
21st Group Army
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment


I guess that my way to victory in this game would be for Dave to destroy himself faster here than Im doing to myself at Moulmein.....LoL.




FIFTH FLEET ON THE OFFENSIVE: MINDANAO



Fifth Fleet naval bombards Japanese AFs at Kofiau, Gebe and Sorong while Fifth Air Force hammers Japanese AFs at Surigao, Peleliu, Jolo and Ternate.

Sixth Army bombards at Davao to detrmine the strength of the Japanese defenses there:

Ground combat at Davao (79,91)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7095 troops, 241 guns, 841 vehicles, Assault Value = 1628

Defending force 22194 troops, 309 guns, 388 vehicles, Assault Value = 378



Assaulting units:
767th Tank Battalion
754th Tank Battalion
43rd Infantry/B Division
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
1st Australian Division
43rd Infantry/A Division
7th Infantry Division
763rd Tank Battalion
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
762nd Tank Battalion
43rd Infantry/C Division
Southwest Pacific
198th Field Artillery Battalion
I US Corps
205th Field Artillery Battalion
1st Medium Regiment
2nd Medium Regiment
2/16th Field Regiment
154th FA Bn
33rd Medium Regiment

Defending units:
22nd Tank Regiment
49th Engineer Regiment
302nd Ind.Infantry Bn /1
1st South Seas Det.
28th Div /11
62nd Infantry Group /1
9th Armored Car Co
35th Ind.Mixed Bde /4
9th Field AF Construction Battalion
21st Air Defense AA Battalion
32nd Ind.Mixed Bde /2
66th Fld AA Bn /1
108th JAAF AF Bn
25th Special Base Force
14th Army
62nd Field AA Battalion
8th Area Army
102nd Machine Canno AA Battalion
1st Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Fleet
66th Nav Gd /1
69th Construction Battalion
55th Field AA Battalion
24th Air Defense AA Regiment
65th Field AA Battalion
66th JNAF AF Unit /1



Davao is jungle/rough terrain so it increases defensive AV 3x and Im sure it is fully fortified so Im a bit worried about a "Moulmein" type of outcome here. This next turn we will hit Davao with some 1400 AC that are positioned within range of it.....including 200 heavy bombers based at Waigeo.

The rest of Fifth Air Force....based on New Guinea....will start working over Babeldaob again next turn after shutting down Peleliu over the last 2 turns.

I do have one trump card here at Mindanao that I dont have at Moulmein....Fifth Fleet.

CVL San Jacinto exits the Panama Canal and heads out across the south Pacific to the war zones.






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FIFTH FLEET GOES ON THE OFFENSIVE: INVASION MINDANAO - 7/12/2013 9:34:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		4/19-4/20/44



SUBS


SS Apogon torpedoes xAK Hakusika near Wakkanai.

SS Haddock sinks xAK Hakusika Maru near Wakkanai.

SSX Ha-55 is sunk off Dadjangas by a USN minesweeper.



CBI

Tenth Air Force and the RAF were redeployed throughout China and Burma and will hit the Japanese army hard at Land Son next turn. Dave seems to be putting a lot of effort with most of his air assets into the battle here and its time for us to respond in kind.

Another TF with over 100,000 supplies and some BFs has staged to Akyab and next turn it will make a fast run-in to Rangoon.



FIFTH FLEET ON THE OFFENSIVE: MINDANAO CAMPAIGN


Fifth Fleet throws everything but the kitchen sink at the Japanese troops fortified at Davao:


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Morning Air attack on 25th Special Base Force, at 79,91 (Davao)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes


Allied aircraft
Mitchell II x 21
PV-1 Ventura x 12
B-25C Mitchell x 29
B-25D1 Mitchell x 49
B-25G Mitchell x 3
B-25H Mitchell x 3
P-40N5 Warhawk x 12
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 18
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 43
PV-1 Ventura x 44


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged
PBJ-1D Mitchell: 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x Mitchell II bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x Mitchell II bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25G Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 2nd Fleet ...
Also attacking 28th Div /11 ...
Also attacking 8th Area Army ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 32nd Ind.Mixed Bde /2 ...
Also attacking 14th Army ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 69th Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 9th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 62nd Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 55th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 14th Army ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 21st Air Defense AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 8th Area Army ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 65th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 28th Div /11 ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 8th Area Army ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 9th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...


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Morning Air attack on 25th Special Base Force, at 79,91 (Davao)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes


Allied aircraft
Avenger I x 9
Avenger II x 9
FM-2 Wildcat x 20
F4U-1A Corsair x 48
F6F-3 Hellcat x 21
TBF-1 Avenger x 31
TBM-1C Avenger x 57


Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged
TBM-1C Avenger: 2 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
7 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x Avenger I bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x Avenger II bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 2nd Fleet ...
Also attacking 28th Div /11 ...
Also attacking 8th Area Army ...
Also attacking 14th Army ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 9th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 21st Air Defense AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 2nd Fleet ...
Also attacking 28th Div /11 ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...


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Morning Air attack on 1st South Seas Det. , at 79,91 (Davao)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40N5 Warhawk x 12
F4U-1 Corsair x 11
F4U-1A Corsair x 27
PV-1 Ventura x 23
SB2C-1C Helldiver x 18


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000' *
Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000' *
Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 22nd Tank Regiment ...
Also attacking 62nd Infantry Group /1 ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 1st Ind. Field Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking 1st South Seas Det. ...


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Morning Air attack on 22nd Tank Regiment, at 79,91 (Davao)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 61 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 9
TBM-1C Avenger x 32


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



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 14th Army ...


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Morning Air attack on 25th Special Base Force, at 79,91 (Davao)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 7
B-25C Mitchell x 9
B-25G Mitchell x 5
B-25H Mitchell x 7
F4U-1A Corsair x 27
SB2C-1C Helldiver x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
SB2C-1C Helldiver: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
7 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
1 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000' *
Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-25G Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000' *
Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000' *
Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 49th Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 49th Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...




Hmmmm...so far not a single squad is disabled. We will keep on trying:




Morning Air attack on 25th Special Base Force, at 79,91 (Davao)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8
B-24J Liberator x 88
F4U-1A Corsair x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 24th Air Defense AA Regiment ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 302nd Ind.Infantry Bn /1 ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 66th Nav Gd /1 ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 8th Area Army ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 8th Area Army ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 24th Air Defense AA Regiment ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 302nd Ind.Infantry Bn /1 ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...


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Morning Air attack on 108th JAAF AF Bn , at 79,91 (Davao)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes


Allied aircraft
A-20G Havoc x 83
F4U-1A Corsair x 27


Allied aircraft losses
A-20G Havoc: 2 damaged
A-20G Havoc: 1 destroyed by flak



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x A-20G Havoc bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x A-20G Havoc bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x A-20G Havoc bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x A-20G Havoc bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x A-20G Havoc bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x A-20G Havoc bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x A-20G Havoc bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x A-20G Havoc bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 102nd Machine Canno AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 9th Armored Car Co ...
Also attacking 8th Area Army ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 108th JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 102nd Machine Canno AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 9th Armored Car Co ...
Also attacking 108th JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 102nd Machine Canno AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 9th Armored Car Co ...
Also attacking 108th JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 102nd Machine Canno AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 9th Armored Car Co ...


The heavy bombers finally disrupt a single squad. We will continue the barrage:


Morning Air attack on 25th Special Base Force, at 79,91 (Davao)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 9
F4U-1A Corsair x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 25th Special Base Force, at 79,91 (Davao)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
F4U-1A Corsair 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



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



Morning Air attack on 25th Special Base Force, at 79,91 (Davao)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 63 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
A-20G Havoc x 14
P-40N5 Warhawk x 12
F4U-1A Corsair x 9


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x A-20G Havoc bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x A-20G Havoc bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 25th Special Base Force, at 79,91 (Davao)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
A-20G Havoc x 14
P-40N5 Warhawk x 12
F4U-1A Corsair x 9


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x A-20G Havoc bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x A-20G Havoc bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 5
F4U-1A Corsair x 18


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet



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Morning Air attack on 8th Area Army, at 79,91 (Davao)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40N5 Warhawk x 12
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
TBF-1 Avenger x 4


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb



Morning Air attack on 25th Special Base Force, at 79,91 (Davao)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes


Allied aircraft
Boomerang C-12 x 24
Mitchell II x 16
PV-1 Ventura x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 38
B-25D1 Mitchell x 43
B-25G Mitchell x 7
B-25H Mitchell x 10
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 36
PV-1 Ventura x 42


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed by flak
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 5 damaged
PBJ-1D Mitchell: 3 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
10 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x Mitchell II bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-25G Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Mitchell II bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 28th Div /11 ...
Also attacking 2nd Fleet ...
Also attacking 8th Area Army ...
Also attacking 14th Army ...
Also attacking 35th Ind.Mixed Bde /4 ...
Also attacking 22nd Tank Regiment ...
Also attacking 1st South Seas Det. ...
Also attacking 32nd Ind.Mixed Bde /2 ...
Also attacking 49th Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 108th JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 24th Air Defense AA Regiment ...
Also attacking 102nd Machine Canno AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 302nd Ind.Infantry Bn /1 ...
Also attacking 2nd Fleet ...
Also attacking 28th Div /11 ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 1st Ind. Field Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking 2nd Fleet ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 8th Area Army ...
Also attacking 65th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 8th Area Army ...
Also attacking 14th Army ...
Also attacking 8th Area Army ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 28th Div /11 ...
Also attacking 66th JNAF AF Unit /1 ...
Also attacking 14th Army ...
Also attacking 8th Area Army ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 1st South Seas Det. ...
Also attacking 108th JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 302nd Ind.Infantry Bn /1 ...
Also attacking 2nd Fleet ...


Yeahhhh...we finally disrupt 2 squads.....onward with the bombardment:


Morning Air attack on 25th Special Base Force, at 79,91 (Davao)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes


Allied aircraft
Boomerang C-12 x 24
Mitchell II x 16
PV-1 Ventura x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 38
B-25D1 Mitchell x 43
B-25G Mitchell x 7
B-25H Mitchell x 10
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 36
PV-1 Ventura x 42


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed by flak
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 5 damaged
PBJ-1D Mitchell: 3 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
10 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x Mitchell II bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-25G Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Mitchell II bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 28th Div /11 ...
Also attacking 2nd Fleet ...
Also attacking 8th Area Army ...
Also attacking 14th Army ...
Also attacking 35th Ind.Mixed Bde /4 ...
Also attacking 22nd Tank Regiment ...
Also attacking 1st South Seas Det. ...
Also attacking 32nd Ind.Mixed Bde /2 ...
Also attacking 49th Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 108th JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 24th Air Defense AA Regiment ...
Also attacking 102nd Machine Canno AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 302nd Ind.Infantry Bn /1 ...
Also attacking 2nd Fleet ...
Also attacking 28th Div /11 ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 1st Ind. Field Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking 2nd Fleet ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 8th Area Army ...
Also attacking 65th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 8th Area Army ...
Also attacking 14th Army ...
Also attacking 8th Area Army ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 28th Div /11 ...
Also attacking 66th JNAF AF Unit /1 ...
Also attacking 14th Army ...
Also attacking 8th Area Army ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 1st South Seas Det. ...
Also attacking 108th JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 302nd Ind.Infantry Bn /1 ...
Also attacking 2nd Fleet ...


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Morning Air attack on 25th Special Base Force, at 79,91 (Davao)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes


Allied aircraft
Avenger II x 9
P-40N5 Warhawk x 12
FM-2 Wildcat x 20
F4U-1A Corsair x 39
F6F-3 Hellcat x 20
TBF-1 Avenger x 32
TBM-1C Avenger x 48


Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 damaged
TBM-1C Avenger: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x Avenger II bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 2nd Fleet ...
Also attacking 8th Area Army ...
Also attacking 35th Ind.Mixed Bde /4 ...
Also attacking 32nd Ind.Mixed Bde /2 ...
Also attacking 49th Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 69th Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 2nd Fleet ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 2nd Fleet ...
Also attacking 32nd Ind.Mixed Bde /2 ...


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Morning Air attack on 28th Division, at 79,91 (Davao)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes


Allied aircraft
Avenger I x 9
P-40N5 Warhawk x 12
F4U-1A Corsair x 9
TBM-1C Avenger x 32


Allied aircraft losses
Avenger I: 1 damaged
Avenger I: 1 destroyed by flak



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Avenger I bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 22nd Tank Regiment ...
Also attacking 1st South Seas Det. ...
Also attacking 2nd Fleet ...
Also attacking 8th Area Army ...
Also attacking 28th Div /11 ...


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Morning Air attack on 62nd Infantry Group , at 79,91 (Davao)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40N5 Warhawk x 12
F4U-1 Corsair x 10
F4U-1A Corsair x 45
PV-1 Ventura x 16
SB2C-1C Helldiver x 18


Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-1C Helldiver: 5 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000' *
Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
2 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000' *
Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000' *
Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 66th Nav Gd /1 ...
Also attacking 28th Div /11 ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 62nd Infantry Group /1 ...


Morning Air attack on 69th Construction Battalion, at 79,91 (Davao)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 6
B-25D1 Mitchell x 24
P-40N5 Warhawk x 12
F4U-1A Corsair x 9
SB2C-1C Helldiver x 10


Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged
SB2C-1C Helldiver: 3 damaged
SB2C-1C Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000' *
Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000' *
Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 9th Armored Car Co ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 9th Armored Car Co ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 9th Armored Car Co ...


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Morning Air attack on 9th Field AF Construction Battalion, at 79,91 (Davao)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes


Allied aircraft
Mitchell II x 6
P-40N5 Warhawk x 12
F4U-1A Corsair x 27


Allied aircraft losses
Mitchell II: 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Mitchell II bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb





Morning Air attack on 55th Field AA Battalion, at 79,91 (Davao)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes


Allied aircraft
A-20G Havoc x 98
P-40N5 Warhawk x 12
F4U-1A Corsair x 25


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



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x A-20G Havoc bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x A-20G Havoc bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x A-20G Havoc bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x A-20G Havoc bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x A-20G Havoc bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x A-20G Havoc bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x A-20G Havoc bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x A-20G Havoc bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 21st Air Defense AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 62nd Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 2nd Fleet ...
Also attacking 28th Div /11 ...
Also attacking 14th Army ...
Also attacking 55th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 21st Air Defense AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 62nd Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 2nd Fleet ...
Also attacking 55th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 62nd Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 55th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 21st Air Defense AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 62nd Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 25th Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 2nd Fleet ...


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Morning Air attack on 25th Special Base Force, at 79,91 (Davao)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 56 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
A-20G Havoc x 11
F4U-1A Corsair x 29


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x A-20G Havoc bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb



Afternoon Air attack on 25th Special Base Force, at 79,91 (Davao)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 16
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
TBM-1C Avenger x 12


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 13000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on 2nd Fleet, at 79,91 (Davao)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 67 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes


Allied aircraft
Boomerang C-12 x 24
B-24D1 Liberator x 7
B-24J Liberator x 60
P-40N5 Warhawk x 12
F4U-1A Corsair x 18


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 14th Army ...
Also attacking 22nd Tank Regiment ...
Also attacking 28th Div /11 ...
Also attacking 49th Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 32nd Ind.Mixed Bde /2 ...
Also attacking 102nd Machine Canno AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 49th Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 2nd Fleet ...
Also attacking 14th Army ...
Also attacking 22nd Tank Regiment ...
Also attacking 28th Div /11 ...
Also attacking 32nd Ind.Mixed Bde /2 ...
Also attacking 102nd Machine Canno AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 49th Engineer Regiment ...


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Afternoon Air attack on 22nd Tank Regiment, at 79,91 (Davao)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 8
P-40N5 Warhawk x 12
F4U-1A Corsair x 18


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



Afternoon Air attack on 28th Division, at 79,91 (Davao)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 6
P-40N5 Warhawk x 12
F4U-1A Corsair x 18


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb




Two days of attacks with several hundred bombers and I think that we disrupted 2 squads. I call this the "Moulmein Effect".... where the combination of rough terrain and fortifications renders aerial bombardment and ground bombardment virtually useless.


The rest of Fifth Air Force....based on New Guinea...hits the Japanese level 4 AF at Babeldaob.

USN Avengers hit IJN shipping at Babeldaob:


Morning Air attack on TF, near Babeldaob at 90,97

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 64 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 16
TBF-1 Avenger x 24


Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
LB-515
LB-148, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-141, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-144
LB-510, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-506, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-149, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-142, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-147, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-146, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 13000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
20 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 13000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb



Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Babeldaob at 90,97

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes


Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 4


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
LB-515, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-504



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 13000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb





Sixth Army is able to reinforce at Davao faster than the Japanese are able to:


Ground combat at Davao (79,91)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7063 troops, 241 guns, 841 vehicles, Assault Value = 1628

Defending force 22502 troops, 309 guns, 388 vehicles, Assault Value = 389

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Assaulting units:
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
763rd Tank Battalion
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
762nd Tank Battalion
43rd Infantry/B Division
754th Tank Battalion
767th Tank Battalion
1st Australian Division
7th Infantry Division
43rd Infantry/A Division
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
43rd Infantry/C Division
Southwest Pacific
154th FA Bn
2/16th Field Regiment
I US Corps
1st Medium Regiment
205th Field Artillery Battalion
198th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Medium Regiment
33rd Medium Regiment

Defending units:
302nd Ind.Infantry Bn /1
49th Engineer Regiment
28th Div /11
1st South Seas Det.
22nd Tank Regiment
62nd Infantry Group /1
9th Armored Car Co
35th Ind.Mixed Bde /4
102nd Machine Canno AA Battalion
24th Air Defense AA Regiment
62nd Field AA Battalion
25th Special Base Force
32nd Ind.Mixed Bde /2
55th Field AA Battalion
9th Field AF Construction Battalion
66th Nav Gd /1
69th Construction Battalion
2nd Fleet
1st Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
8th Area Army
14th Army
66th Fld AA Bn /1
65th Field AA Battalion
21st Air Defense AA Battalion
108th JAAF AF Bn
66th JNAF AF Unit /1





Ground combat at Davao (79,91)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7087 troops, 240 guns, 841 vehicles, Assault Value = 2686

Defending force 22827 troops, 309 guns, 388 vehicles, Assault Value = 398

Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled



Assaulting units:
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
1st Australian Division
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
38th Infantry Division
754th Tank Battalion
364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
762nd Tank Battalion
11th Australian Division
763rd Tank Battalion
767th Tank Battalion
43rd Infantry/A Division
43rd Infantry/B Division
7th Infantry Division
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
43rd Infantry/C Division
198th Field Artillery Battalion
I US Corps
Southwest Pacific
2nd Medium Regiment
205th Field Artillery Battalion
1st Medium Regiment
154th FA Bn
2/16th Field Regiment
33rd Medium Regiment

Defending units:
28th Div /11
49th Engineer Regiment
62nd Infantry Group /1
1st South Seas Det.
9th Armored Car Co
302nd Ind.Infantry Bn /1
22nd Tank Regiment
35th Ind.Mixed Bde /4
24th Air Defense AA Regiment
102nd Machine Canno AA Battalion
8th Area Army
66th Nav Gd /1
69th Construction Battalion
55th Field AA Battalion
65th Field AA Battalion
25th Special Base Force
1st Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
62nd Field AA Battalion
21st Air Defense AA Battalion
66th Fld AA Bn /1
9th Field AF Construction Battalion
108th JAAF AF Bn
2nd Fleet
32nd Ind.Mixed Bde /2
14th Army
66th JNAF AF Unit /1



Dave tries to reinforce Davao via aerial transports but Allied LRCAP is waiting for them and the transports are "dead meat"



1LT Chamberlain, C. of VMF-224 is credited with kill number 5
1LT Chamberlain, C. of VMF-224 attains ace status!!
1LT Craven C. of VMF-224 is credited with kill number 3
CPT Isaacs G. of VMF-224 is credited with kill number 12
FO Lindley, J. of VMF-224 is credited with kill number 5
FO Lindley, J. of VMF-224 attains ace status!!
Transports flying to Davao intercepted
1LT Horner C. of VMF-224 is credited with kill number 6
MAJ Raymond D. of VMF-422 is credited with kill number 22
FO Hall, S.O. of VMF-422 is credited with kill number 6
FO Hall, S.O. of VMF-422 is credited with kill number 7
1LT Sanders W. of VMF-422 is credited with kill number 6
1LT Parker I. of VMF-422 is credited with kill number 9
1LT Berg N. of VMF-422 is credited with kill number 10
FO Hardy J. of VMF-422 is credited with kill number 5
FO Hardy J. of VMF-422 attains ace status!!
CPT Vaughn I. of VMF-422 is credited with kill number 7
CPT Sampson K. of VMF-441 is credited with kill number 11
CPT Yunck, M.R. of VMF-441 is credited with kill number 3
CPT Drake N. of VMF-422 is credited with kill number 2
2LT Carter L. of VMF-441 is credited with kill number 12
Transports flying to Davao intercepted
CPT Yunck, M.R. of VMF-441 is credited with kill number 4
Transports flying to Davao intercepted
CPT Sampson K. of VMF-441 is credited with kill number 12

FO Knight L. of VMF-441 is credited with kill number 13
2LT Carter L. of VMF-441 is credited with kill number 13
FO Carter D. of VMF-441 is credited with kill number 2
2LT Segal, H.E. of VMF-441 is credited with kill number 18
2LT Carter L. of VMF-441 is credited with kill number 14
Transports flying to Davao intercepted
CPT Long F. of VMF-422 is credited with kill number 6
FO Hardy J. of VMF-422 is credited with kill number 6
Transports flying to Davao intercepted
Transports flying to Davao intercepted
MAJ Raymond D. of VMF-422 is credited with kill number 23
1LT Berg N. of VMF-422 is credited with kill number 11
FO Pittman, J. of VMF-422 is credited with kill number 13
CPT Allison G. of VMF-224 is credited with kill number 2


I was planning on assaulting Davao this turn but unfortunately the bulk of I US Corps is under supplied...evidently
I cant draw supply from Dadjangas on the secondary road. I am going to dely the assault for one turn and send an emergency convoy of over 20 xAKs from Sansopar along with 3 AVDs and 8 APDs ( loaded with supplies on "fast transport) and 10 LSTs. The 4 CVE TFs will be split up to cover all these various convoys from Sansopar to Davao. In addition...nearly 80 transport AC will airlift supplies to I US Corps at Davao. Besides....if I delay the assault for a couple of turns.....maybe Fifth Air Force can disrupt a couple of more Japanese squads at Davao.

Meanwhile....the fast carriers cover the massing of an invasion fleet off New Guinea for our next round of objectives.

CV Bunker Hill....torpedoed in the Malaccas offensive in 2/44....finally makes it back to Pearl Harbor to repair her FLT damage. It will take 58 days of critical shipyard repair to complete repair of her 29 FLT damage. All other ships are pulled out of the the shipyard to expedite the repairs.







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MINDANAO CAMPAIGN - 7/14/2013 5:04:55 PM   
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SUBS


SS Silversides is attacked by the deadly E boats off Manila Bay and is sunk with all hands.




CBI


Another large convoy carrying over 100,000 supplies makes it safely to Rangoon and unloads its precious cargo.

In China....Dave continues to mass his bombers against Allied troops at Lang Son. This turn we responded by sending in hundreds of Tenth Air Force and RAF bombers to return the favor at Lang Son. A disproportionate amount of Allied armor in China has been sucked into the battle at Lang Son and now it appears as if Dave is on the move again in Wuchang. Im flying in a new anti-tank unit from India to the rail head at Tuyun and it will be immediately railed to Wuchang.



FIFTH FLEET: MINDANAO CAMPAIGN

This will probably be the last turn Fifth Fleet is heavily involved in the Mindanao campaign before everything is turned over to the Army but what a turn this will be for Fifth Fleet. Another 2 days of aerial bombardment by hundreds of tac/medium/heavy bombers on Davao but this time not a single squad is disabled.....like I said before Im seeing the "Moulmein Effect" here where the 3x terrain and fortifications renders airpower to be virtually worthless. I did say a couple of turns ago that unlike at Moulmein...we have a trump card at Davao and that trump card is Fifth Fleet. The CVEs of Fifth Fleet will cover the unloading of 20xAKs, 10 LSTs, 8 APDs and 4 AVDs at Davao and then I US Corps will launch a shock attack. Just prior to the assault however....over half of Fifth Fleets BBs and cruisers will unleash a horrific naval bombardment on Davao at point blank range. This will be the heaviest naval bombardment of the war by far and we hope to rototill the defenders into oblivion.

B-25D1s were staged into Dadjangas this turn and they hit IJN shipping deep in the central Philippines:

Morning Air attack on TF, near Tablas at 79,81

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
Boomerang C-12 x 7
B-25D1 Mitchell x 4


Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-73
SC CHa-76, Shell hits 2, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level *
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb




Morning Air attack on TF, near Tacloban at 81,85

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 14



Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 6


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Lima Maru



Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 1 plane(s) with no ordnance
4 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
S-351 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (4 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes



Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tacloban at 81,85

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 14



Allied aircraft
Boomerang C-12 x 7
B-25D1 Mitchell x 4


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Boomerang C-12: 3 destroyed
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Lima Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
S-351 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers



Meanwhile....USN Avengers hit IJN shipping at Babeldaob:


Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Babeldaob at 90,97

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes


Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
LB-509, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
SC Ch 5



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 13000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb




Dave is not flying CAP over Babeldaob and Peleliu any longer. After several weeks of P-38J sweeps and heavy bombing by Fifth Air Force the 2 island bases have been abandoned by Japanese air forces. Next turn medium bombers will hit shipping in port at Babeldaob while heavy bombers hit the AF there.

The fast carriers remain off the northern coast of New Guinea covering the loading of assault troops for the next big Allied offensive thrust.






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FIFTH FLEET GOES ON THE OFFENSIVE: INVASION MINDANAO - 7/16/2013 4:54:52 AM   
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SUBS


SSX Ha-56 is sunk by an Allied bombardment TF near Davao.

SSX Ha-57 is sunk by an Allied bombardment TF near davao.

SS Grayback sinks xAK Asakaze Maru off Miri.

SS S-28 torpedoes TK Kakoruta Maru by Jesselton.



FIFTH FLEET: MINDANAO CAMPAIGN


Fifth Fleet is ordered to give Davao yet another "Spruance Haircut"


Night Naval bombardment of Davao at 79,91

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-54, hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
BB Tennessee
BB West Virginia
BB Colorado
DD Aylwin
DD MacDonough
DD Dewey
DD Reid

Japanese ground losses:
213 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 27 (17 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Resources hits 1
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 21
Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 1

OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Tennessee
BB Tennessee firing at 28th Division
BB West Virginia firing at Davao
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Colorado
BB Colorado firing at Davao
DD Aylwin firing at 28th Division
DD MacDonough firing at 28th Division
DD Dewey firing at 28th Division
DD Reid firing at 28th Division


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Night Naval bombardment of Davao at 79,91

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-54, hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
MTB G-546, Shell hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
BB Valiant
BB Mississippi
CA Vincennes
CA Chester
DD Arunta
DD Alden
DD Wilson
DD Lang

Japanese ground losses:
118 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 18 (3 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)



Manpower hits 10
Fires 6275
Airbase hits 26
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 62
Port hits 22
Port supply hits 5

BB Valiant firing at Davao
BB Mississippi firing at Davao
CA Vincennes firing at Davao
CA Chester firing at Davao
DD Arunta firing at Davao
DD Alden firing at Davao
DD Wilson firing at 28th Division
DD Lang firing at Davao


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Night Naval bombardment of Davao at 79,91

Allied Ships
BB California
BB Arizona
CL St. Louis
DD Fanning
DD Dunlap
DD Hughes
DD Bailey

Japanese ground losses:
151 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 11 (3 destroyed, 8 disabled)



Manpower hits 10
Fires 5897
Airbase hits 19
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 39
Port hits 13
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 1

BB California firing at Davao
BB Arizona firing at 28th Division
CL St. Louis firing at Davao
DD Fanning firing at 28th Division
DD Dunlap firing at 28th Division
DD Hughes firing at Davao
DD Bailey firing at 28th Division


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Night Naval bombardment of Davao at 79,91

Allied Ships
CA Canberra II
CA Houston
CL Caradoc
CL Birmingham
CL Marblehead
CL Raleigh
CL Newcastle
DD Morris
DD Mustin
DD Meade
DD Kalk
DD Heermann
DD Hall
DD Cowell
DD Charles Badger

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Manpower hits 6
Fires 6996
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 22
Port hits 9
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 1

CA Canberra II firing at 28th Division
CA Houston firing at 28th Division
CL Caradoc firing at Davao
CL Birmingham firing at Davao
CL Marblehead firing at Davao
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Raleigh
CL Raleigh firing at 32nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
CL Newcastle firing at 28th Division
DD Morris firing at 28th Division
DD Mustin firing at 28th Division
DD Meade firing at Davao
DD Kalk firing at 28th Division
DD Heermann firing at Davao
DD Hall firing at 28th Division
DD Cowell firing at 28th Division
DD Charles Badger firing at 28th Division


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Night Naval bombardment of Davao at 79,91

Allied Ships
BB Queen Elizabeth
BB New Mexico
BB Idaho

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



BB Queen Elizabeth firing at 28th Division
BB New Mexico firing at 28th Division
BB Idaho firing at 28th Division


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Night Naval bombardment of Davao at 79,91

Allied Ships
CA Boston
CL Tromp
CL Sumatra
CLAA Van Heemskerck
DD Van Galen
DD Tingey
DD Sproston
DD Sigsbee
DD McKee

Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Manpower hits 2
Fires 7091
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 22
Port hits 6
Port fuel hits 1

CA Boston firing at Davao
CL Tromp firing at 28th Division
CL Sumatra firing at 28th Division
CLAA Van Heemskerck firing at Davao
DD Van Galen firing at Davao
DD Tingey firing at Davao
DD Sproston firing at Davao
DD Sigsbee firing at 28th Division
DD McKee firing at 28th Division


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Night Naval bombardment of Davao at 79,91 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied Ships
CA Australia
CA Astoria
CA New Orleans
CA Salt Lake City
CA Chicago
CA Louisville
CL Boise
CL Detroit
DD Frazier
DD Welles
DD Waller
DD Hutchins
DD Hopewell
DD Hickox
DD Halford
DD Eaton

Japanese ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled



Manpower hits 6
Fires 6908
Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 89
Port hits 30
Port fuel hits 10
Port supply hits 4

CA Australia firing at 28th Division
CA Astoria firing at Davao
CA New Orleans firing at Davao
CA Salt Lake City firing at 28th Division
CA Chicago firing at 28th Division
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Louisville
CA Louisville firing at 25th Special Base Force
25th Special Base Force firing at CA Louisville
CL Boise firing at Davao
CL Detroit firing at 28th Division
DD Frazier firing at Davao
DD Welles firing at Davao
DD Waller firing at Davao
DD Hutchins firing at 28th Division
DD Hopewell firing at 28th Division
DD Hickox firing at Davao
DD Halford firing at Davao
DD Eaton firing at Davao



Fast transports and xAKs drop off supplies on the beach at Davao:


Pre-Invasion action off Davao (79,91)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

90 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
AM Velocity
xAK Mary E. Kinney



AM Velocity fired at enemy troops
88mm Type 99 AA Gun battery firing at xAK Mary E. Kinney
8cm T88 DP Gun battery firing at xAK Mary E. Kinney
75mm Infantry Gun battery firing at xAK Mary E. Kinney


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Amphibious Assault at Davao (79,91)

TF 401 troops unloading over beach at Davao, 79,91





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Pre-Invasion action off Davao (79,91)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

107 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
APD Dickerson, Shell hits 1
APD Rathburne
APD Herbert
APD Humphreys
APD Stringham
APD McKean
APD Gregory
APD Colhoun
APD Manley



APD Dickerson fired at enemy troops
APD Rathburne fired at enemy troops
APD Herbert fired at enemy troops
APD Humphreys fired at enemy troops
APD Stringham fired at enemy troops
APD McKean fired at enemy troops
APD Gregory fired at enemy troops
APD Colhoun fired at enemy troops
APD Manley fired at enemy troops
88mm Type 99 AA Gun battery firing at APD Dickerson
8cm T88 DP Gun battery firing at APD Dickerson
75mm T90 Field Gun battery firing at APD Dickerson


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Amphibious Assault at Davao (79,91)

TF 561 troops unloading over beach at Davao, 79,91





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Pre-Invasion action off Davao (79,91)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

110 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
AVD Chincoteague



AVD Chincoteague fired at enemy troops


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Amphibious Assault at Davao (79,91)

TF 654 troops unloading over beach at Davao, 79,91





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Pre-Invasion action off Davao (79,91)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

100 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
AVD McFarland



AVD McFarland fired at enemy troops


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Amphibious Assault at Davao (79,91)

TF 669 troops unloading over beach at Davao, 79,91





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Pre-Invasion action off Davao (79,91)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

107 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
AVD Thornton



AVD Thornton fired at enemy troops


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Amphibious Assault at Davao (79,91)

TF 688 troops unloading over beach at Davao, 79,91





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Invasion Support action off Davao (79,91)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

55 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
AVD Chincoteague



AVD Chincoteague fired at enemy troops


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Sub attack near Brunei at 66,85

Japanese Ships
E Amakusa
DD Nokaze
DD Kamikaze

Allied Ships
SS Seawolf



SS Seawolf launches 2 torpedoes at E Amakusa
DD Nokaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kamikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kamikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kamikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kamikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kamikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Day Time Surface Combat, near Davao at 80,92, Range 30,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
MTB G-550

Allied Ships
AM Velocity
xAK Arcata
xAK Day Star
xAK Allen Johnson
xAK Arthur P. Davis
xAK Benjamin Lundy
xAK Chief Charlot
xAK David Belasco
xAK Edward D. Baker
xAK Edward N. Westcott
xAK Horace V. White
xAK Jefferson Davis
xAK Jeremiah M. Daily
xAK Jeremiah M. Rusk
xAK John Carroll
xAK John Dockweiler
xAK John Owen
xAK John P. Gaines
xAK John W. Davis
xAK Mary E. Kinney



Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 23,000 yards
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
Range increases to 28,000 yards...
Range closes to 27,000 yards...
Range increases to 29,000 yards...
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
Range closes to 27,000 yards...
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
Range closes to 29,000 yards...
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
Both Task Forces evade combat



Hundreds of sorties by Fifth Air Force disable maybe one or 2 squads but by the time I US Corps launches its shock attack the Japanese defenders at Davao are so disrupted by the naval bombardment that they are quickly overrun:



Ground combat at Davao (79,91)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 65979 troops, 1160 guns, 1681 vehicles, Assault Value = 2694

Defending force 22229 troops, 290 guns, 386 vehicles, Assault Value = 392

Allied adjusted assault: 4646

Japanese adjusted defense: 397

Allied assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 4)

Allied forces CAPTURE Davao !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
10203 casualties reported
Squads: 85 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 653 destroyed, 183 disabled
Engineers: 170 destroyed, 14 disabled
Guns lost 174 (156 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Vehicles lost 281 (267 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Units retreated 25
Units destroyed 1


Allied ground losses:
1136 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 172 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 63 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 32 disabled
Guns lost 36 (1 destroyed, 35 disabled)
Vehicles lost 107 (17 destroyed, 90 disabled)


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
38th Infantry Division
767th Tank Battalion
763rd Tank Battalion
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
754th Tank Battalion
762nd Tank Battalion
7th Infantry Division
43rd Infantry/B Division
1st Australian Division
43rd Infantry/A Division
11th Australian Division
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
43rd Infantry/C Division
154th FA Bn
198th Field Artillery Battalion
I US Corps
1st Medium Regiment
2/16th Field Regiment
Southwest Pacific
205th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Medium Regiment
33rd Medium Regiment

Defending units:
1st South Seas Det.
62nd Infantry Group /1
302nd Ind.Infantry Bn /1
28th Div /11
22nd Tank Regiment
49th Engineer Regiment
9th Armored Car Co
35th Ind.Mixed Bde /4
69th Construction Battalion
66th Nav Gd /1
55th Field AA Battalion
9th Field AF Construction Battalion
25th Special Base Force
14th Army
32nd Ind.Mixed Bde /2
62nd Field AA Battalion
24th Air Defense AA Regiment
8th Area Army
102nd Machine Canno AA Battalion
21st Air Defense AA Battalion
2nd Fleet
66th Fld AA Bn /1
108th JAAF AF Bn
1st Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
65th Field AA Battalion
66th JNAF AF Unit /1



I US Corps will pursue the retreating Japanese here and tighten the noose around Malaybatay. With the capture of Davao...we now have our main port of entry for Mindanao and we can draw supplies from Dadjangas. Davao will also give us another substantial airfield....level 4....on Mindanao.

Meanwhile....III Amphibious Corps prepares to shock attack across a river into Cotobato.

Sixth Army is finally on the move. Fifth Fleet can now be released from SWPAC duties to cover the next Allied offensive.



CBI


Another large supply convoy reaches Rangoon and drops off troops and over 50,000 supplies. Dave and I hammer each others armies at Lang Son with a massive amount of aerial assets. I have some infantry reinforcements on the march to Lang Son and when they arrive I can start to pull out some of the Allied armor there:


Ground combat at Lang Son (70,56)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2197 troops, 85 guns, 193 vehicles, Assault Value = 2232

Defending force 43451 troops, 268 guns, 783 vehicles, Assault Value = 1568

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
19th Tank Regiment
18th/B Division
11th Tank Regiment
11th/C Division
2nd/C Division
25th/B Division
18th/A Division
9th Tank Regiment
2nd/A Division
33rd Division
2nd/B Division
11th/A Division
18th/C Division
11th/B Division
25th/A Division
8th Tank Regiment
25th/C Division
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
4th RF Gun Battalion
14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind.AA Gun Co
2nd RF Gun Battalion
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
25th Air Defense AA Regiment
23rd JAAF AF Bn
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
10th JAAF AF Coy

Defending units:
96th Chinese Division
255th Indian Tank Brigade
55th Prov Chinese Division
2nd Prov Chinese Corps
150th RAC Regiment
64th Chinese/C Corps
Gardner's Horse Regiment
111th Chindit Brigade
82nd Chinese/A Corps
54th Chinese/B Corps
50th Tank Brigade
78th Chinese/C Corps
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
27th Group Army
21st Group Army
3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment



As I mentioned last turn....Dave has a lot of troops on the move around Wuchang yet his reconnasaince bombardment shows the Japanese to be at a significant numerical disadvantage:


Ground combat at Wuchang (84,51)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 47451 troops, 593 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 2719

Defending force 172189 troops, 1833 guns, 989 vehicles, Assault Value = 5727


Allied ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
6th Tank Regiment
5th Ind.Infantry Brigade
7th Tank Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
10th Tank Regiment
101st NCPC Route Brigade
22nd Division
1st Cavalry Brigade
69th Division
RGC Capital Brigade
1st Ching An Tui Brigade
12th Ind.Infantry Brigade
14th RGC Temp. Division
2nd Recon Battalion
25th RGC Temp. Division
59th Division
2nd Mobile Infantry Regiment
17th Ind.Mixed Brigade
12th RGC Ind. Brigade
24th NCPC Route Brigade
22nd AA Regiment
15th AA Regiment
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
71st Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Mortar Battalion
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind. Field Artillery Regiment
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
11th Field Artillery Regiment
4th Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
54th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
73rd Chinese/C Corps
48th Chinese/C Corps
73rd Chinese/A Corps
48th Chinese/A Corps
20th Chinese/B Corps
9th Australian Division
84th Chinese/A Corps
92nd Chinese/B Corps
74th Chinese/A Corps
27th Infantry Division
14th Chinese/A Corps
56th Chinese/B Corps
74th Chinese/B Corps
73rd Chinese/B Corps
74th Chinese/C Corps
79th Chinese/B Corps
18th British Division
84th Chinese/B Corps
37th Chinese/B Corps
20th Chinese/A Corps
94th Chinese/A Corps
37th Chinese/A Corps
37th Chinese/C Corps
18th Chinese/A Corps
94th Chinese/B Corps
22nd Chinese/A Corps
58th Chinese/B Corps
18th Chinese/B Corps
79th Chinese/A Corps
48th Chinese/B Corps
16th Canadian Brigade
82nd Chinese/C Corps
77th Chindit Brigade
79th Chinese/C Corps
20th Chinese/C Corps
58th Chinese/A Corps
18th Chinese/C Corps
58th Chinese/C Corps
84th Chinese/C Corps
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
18th Artillery Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Group Army
2/9th Field Regiment
8th Medium Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
48th Light AA Regiment
7th Artillery Regiment
17th Indian Light AA Regiment
41st AA Regiment
9th War Area
19th Group Army
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment
29th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th War Area
22nd Artillery Regiment
8th Belfast Heavy AA Regiment
1st West African AA Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
12th Indian Heavy AA Regiment
57th AT Gun Regiment
78th Light AA Regiment
77th Heavy AA Regiment
28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
137/155th Field Regiment
2/13th Field Regiment
6th Mixed A/T Mtr Rgt /1
108th Tank Attack Rgt /1



Ive attached a map of the southern CBI theatre. Dave and I are currently stalemated at Moulmein, Uttaradit and Lang Son. I dont see an Allied breakthrough here unless I attempt an amphibious assault deep in the Japanese rear or I transfer a significant number of SEAC troops to China.




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I havent posted plane losses for awhile but Dave is busy this weekend so it gives me some time to review the game to date. The huge naval air battles over the Moluccas and NW New Guinea in Jan./Feb. 1944 have changed the landscape of the air war. Japan has now lost 21,967 AC vs Allied losses of 17,466 AC...or over 30% greater losses. In A2A the disparity is even more pronounced....Japan has lost 11,820 AC vs Allied losses of 7244 Ac or over 70% higher!

Im attaching a scrrenshot of Japanese plane losses to date. I was a bit surprised to see the George in 6th place as far as plane losses.




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RE: THE AIR WAR: APRIL 1944 - 7/21/2013 12:29:04 AM   
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THE AIR WAR: APRIL 1944


Since I last posted on the air war in 2/44..... Japan has lost 4000 AC in about 10 weeks....and 3000 of those losses occurred in A2A combat.


Here is a screenshot of Allied plane losses. The C-47 Skytrains remain in 1st place due almost exclusively to operational losses flying at 10 hex(minimum) range. The Hellcats have moved into 3rd place and will soon surpass the P-40E losses as the Navy has taken over most of the fighting in the Pacific.




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RE: THE AIR WAR: APRIL 1944 - 7/21/2013 12:44:17 AM   
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And finally here are the top Allied pilots. The Marines now dominate the top pilot roster for the 1st time now as 5 of the top 8 pilots are VMF. Three of the top 7 pilots are from VMF-441....this squadron has supported the Allied advance from the Solomons up through the Bismarcks and Admiralties and New Guinea and the DEI all the way to the Philippines. In fact....6 of the 18 pilots in VMF 441 are triple aces or better. The other featured squadron here is the US Army Air Corps' 347thBG 68thBS that has fought in an air superiority mode with high altitude P-38s.

The Top Gun Navy pilots feature 5 pilots tied with 11 kills apiece. The Navy was relatively late in the war in getting involved in a big way but going forward they will be doing most of the heavy lifting. The top 5 or 6 VF squadrons are all based on CVEs as the CVEs have been involved in the heaviest fighting by far and have 7 sunk and 3 damaged CVEs to prove it. The CVEs even absorbed a full strike by KB in addition to massed land based strikes on the same turn and most lived to tell about it after shooting down nearly 1000 AC in a single turn in the Malaccas in Feb. 1942. Relative to the CVEs.... the fast carriers have been fairly expensive "toys" as they trail the CVEs in kills by a large margin. The Allies have yet to lose a single CV or CVL.




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SUBS


SS RO-113 is sunk by a USN surface TF near Dadjangas.

SS Hackleback is sunk by the dreaded E boats off Orchid Island.


CBI


Dave launches a horrific frontal assault on the massive Allied army at Wuchang:


Ground combat at Wuchang (84,51)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 197073 troops, 1768 guns, 1005 vehicles, Assault Value = 7842

Defending force 172219 troops, 1833 guns, 989 vehicles, Assault Value = 5733

Japanese adjusted assault: 2067

Allied adjusted defense: 11883

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 5

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
35747 casualties reported
Squads: 455 destroyed, 2496 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 359 disabled
Engineers: 53 destroyed, 151 disabled
Guns lost 305 (55 destroyed, 250 disabled)
Vehicles lost 172 (26 destroyed, 146 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
5372 casualties reported
Squads: 134 destroyed, 366 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 113 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 47 disabled
Guns lost 216 (21 destroyed, 195 disabled)
Vehicles lost 33 (2 destroyed, 31 disabled)


Assaulting units:
12th Ind.Infantry Brigade
36th Division
110th Division
69th Division
3rd Division
22nd Division
5th Ind.Infantry Brigade
101st NCPC Route Brigade
59th Division
58th Division
35th Division
RGC Capital Brigade
2nd Recon Battalion
25th RGC Temp. Division
70th Division
62nd Division
17th Ind.Mixed Brigade
12th RGC Ind. Brigade
1st Cavalry Brigade
64th Division
12th Tank Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
65th Division
6th Division
14th RGC Temp. Division
40th Division
116th
2nd Mobile Infantry Regiment
10th Tank Regiment
6th Tank Regiment
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
24th NCPC Route Brigade
1st Mortar Battalion
22nd AA Regiment
2nd Mobile Field Artillery Regiment
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
71st Mountain Gun Regiment
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mobile AA Battalion
15th AA Regiment
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4th Mortar Battalion
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
2nd Ind. Field Artillery Regiment
11th Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
54th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
20th Chinese/B Corps
48th Chinese/B Corps
16th Canadian Brigade
56th Chinese/B Corps
58th Chinese/A Corps
58th Chinese/B Corps
14th Chinese/A Corps
58th Chinese/C Corps
18th Chinese/B Corps
79th Chinese/A Corps
18th Chinese/C Corps
79th Chinese/C Corps
18th British Division
73rd Chinese/C Corps
77th Chindit Brigade
94th Chinese/B Corps
27th Infantry Division
18th Chinese/A Corps
20th Chinese/A Corps
94th Chinese/A Corps
20th Chinese/C Corps
37th Chinese/B Corps
48th Chinese/A Corps
48th Chinese/C Corps
73rd Chinese/B Corps
79th Chinese/B Corps
74th Chinese/A Corps
84th Chinese/B Corps
92nd Chinese/B Corps
73rd Chinese/A Corps
22nd Chinese/A Corps
82nd Chinese/C Corps
9th Australian Division
74th Chinese/C Corps
37th Chinese/C Corps
74th Chinese/B Corps
84th Chinese/A Corps
37th Chinese/A Corps
84th Chinese/C Corps
7th Artillery Regiment
48th Light AA Regiment
12th Indian Heavy AA Regiment
17th Indian Light AA Regiment
78th Light AA Regiment
8th Belfast Heavy AA Regiment
19th Group Army
22nd Artillery Regiment
2/13th Field Regiment
8th Medium Regiment
41st AA Regiment
6th Mixed A/T Mtr Rgt /1
20th Group Army
2/9th Field Regiment
57th AT Gun Regiment
29th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
9th War Area
18th Artillery Regiment
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st West African AA Regiment
28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
137/155th Field Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th War Area
77th Heavy AA Regiment
108th Tank Attack Rgt /1



This seems to me to be almost an act of desperation for the Japanese. dave bombarded last turn and he knew that I had 5700 AV defending the hex. The war is going poorly now for Japan in the Pacific as the Allies are rapidly advancing.....over a 1200 mile advance from Sarmi to Cotabato in less than 4 months. I think that Dave is attacking here in China just to try to gain the initiative in at least 1 theatre. We are completely stalemated across the CBI from Moulmein to Sian.

I sent 2 plus US divisions, 2 Aussie divisions, 8 or 9 armored /mobile Aussie brigades and 2 UK divisions to the CBI to both try to break through from Burma into Indochina and also help stabilize China. Now that we are stalemated everywhere across the CBI...Im finding that Im short on troops in the Pacific and I now have the decision to either move most of the 5600 AV at Moulmein to China to create a breakthrough when the Russians are activated in 1945 or withdraw troops from Burma to help with the offensive in the Pacific.

Still...I think that the Japanese got off easy with this assault. They made a 1:5 attack against 5700 Av and only lost 3000 AV. At Moulmein...I lost 3000 AV assaulting a mere 1600 AV and that was with a 2:1 and a 1:2 attack.




FIFTH FLEET


The CVE TFs cover the withdrawing transports from Mindanao to Morotai where they pause to refuel and rearm. The fast carriers stand off the northern coast of New Guinea covering the massing of amphib transports for the next round of invasions in the Pacific.Just like the reinforcement of Mindanao...I had multiple amphib TFs meeting up off the coast of New Guinea and one of the TFs accidentally unloaded so there will be a pause in the action for a couple more turns while we reload the assault troops.

Ive made a major strategic change here in the Pacific due to a lack of combat troops available. I referenced this earlier when I wrote about the over allocation of Allied troops to the CBI. I now have the equivalent of about 30 Allied divisions in the Pacific. SWPAC...by far the largest land based command now that II Australian has effectively been rolled into it....has about 20 divisions and they are all either fighting on Mindanao or they are prepping for fighting on Luzon and other Philippine islands.

SOPAC has roughly the equivalent of 10 divisions and they are all prepped for the next Allied offensive into the Palaus/Carolines. Six of these divisions have been prepped for nearly a year for Babeldaob. Dave has some 55,000 defenders on Babeldaob and with max fortifications and 2x terrain it smells like another Moulmein. Unlike Moulmein however...Babeldaob is an island and at some point would eventually run out of supplies as the US Navy controls the seas. But Ive got a schedule to keep if I want to begin strategic bombing of Japan by the end of 1944 and I cant afford to waste 3 months in a massive battle over Babeldaob. So this turn I cancelled the invasion of Babeldaob.... it will be bypassed along with its neighbor Peleliu just like we earlier by passed both Truk and Ponape. Once we capture the Palaus and Marianas....Truk, Ponape, Peleliu and Babaldaon will all be isolated and will eventually starve. We've been sweeping and bombing Babeldaob for weeks now and Dave has effectively abandoned it with his air forces. He can stage AC into Babeldaob for a surprise naval airstrike any time he chooses but we will just have to deal with it. The 6 divisions prepped for babeldaob will be released to CENTPAC and they will now prep for targets in the Marianas. D Day for the Marianas is now tentatively scheduled for July 1944 but first we have some unfinished business on Luzon and in the Palaus/Carolines.



SIXTH ARMY: MINDANAO CAMPAIGN


III Amphibious Corps crossed the river and shock attacked Cotabato this turn. The hex was clear terrain for once and Fifth Air Force hammered the Japanese defenders before the assault was launches:

Ground combat at Cotabato (78,90)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 24018 troops, 473 guns, 362 vehicles, Assault Value = 964

Defending force 6071 troops, 147 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 142

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Allied adjusted assault: 919

Japanese adjusted defense: 23

Allied assault odds: 39 to 1 (fort level 4)

Allied forces CAPTURE Cotabato !!!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
2476 casualties reported
Squads: 89 destroyed, 41 disabled
Non Combat: 134 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 27 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 108 (91 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Vehicles lost 34 (34 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 8
Units destroyed 1


Allied ground losses:
694 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 106 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled


Assaulting units:
41st Infantry Division
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
3rd Australian/B Division
3rd Australian/A Division
30th Australian Brigade
3rd Australian/C Division

Defending units:
4th South Seas Det.
24th Ind.Mixed Bde /1
1st Amphibious Bde /2
12th RF Gun Battalion
58th Field AA Battalion
3rd Medium Mortar Battalion
22nd Ind.AA Gun Co
69th Field AA Battalion
31st Special Base Force


III Amphibious Corps Corps will now drive north to the northern coast of Mindanao where they will liberate Cayagan, Butuan and Siargao before joining up with I US Corps for the final assault on Malaybatay.

There are nearly 100,000 IJA troops on Mindanao but they are spread out defending numerous bases so we should be able to roll them up now one base at a time. The 25,000 IJA defenders from Davao retreated one hex to the east and I want I US Corps to hit them one more time before they reinforce Malaybatay.





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Status: offline 		I havent posted on naval losses for awhile but we have had a break in the action for 5 days so I have a chance to catch up.

Overall.....the Allies currently have 49,373 points against Japan's total of 44,425 points.

Regarding naval losses....the Allies have lost 716 ships worth 6295 points vs Japanese losses of 727 ships worth 5916 points.

Individual ship losses include:


JAPAN:

1 CV(Akagi-torpedoed by a sub in the Marianas)7 BB(including BB Yamato), 1 CA, 7 CL, 26 DDs, 81 SS, 40 SSX, 16 APD, 9 AO and 62 TK.


ALIIES:

6 CVEs, 7 BB(includes BC Repulse), 7 CAs, 10 CLs, 30 DDs, 94 SS, 12 AO(plus 4 small Dutch AO) and 3 TK(plus 4 small Dutch TKs).


Overall...the losses in combatant ships are fairly equal. I was a bit surprised that I had lost 94 subs but over time the losses have added up. Ive been very aggressive in using Allied subs in an anti-shipping role from Singapore/Palembang/Java up to the northern Home Islands and they have exacted a heavy toll on IJN xAKs, xAKLs and TKs( not to mention all the IJN escorts like PBs, E boats and SCs.....over 130 ships).

Im not sure if Japan's loss of 9 AOs and 62 TKs puts a dent in their ability to ship fuel back to the Home Islands.... but I do know that the Allied loss of 12 large AOs has severely affected my ability to refuel Fifth Fleet at sea now that it has grown so large in size. I almost always need to use TKs now to help refuel all the ships in Fifth Fleet.




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SUBS


SS Cod sinks TK Genyo Maru off Iriomote.



SIXTH ARMY: MINDANAO CAMPAIGN


I US Corps pursues the defeated former Japanese garrison of Davao to the east and will assault the 25,000 strong formation next turn. Dave is trying to withdraw these troops to reinforce his 38,000 strong army in the mountains at Malaybatay. I want to rout this withdrawing Japanese army one more time to whittle it down some.

III Amphibious Corps moves north and is pursuing the former Cotabato garrison as the Japanese attempt to withdraw their troops to reinforce Cayagan. Once we take Cayagan its all over for the Japanese on Mindanao. Sure....Dave will make his final stand at Malaybatay but we will just starve them out there while the majority of Sixth Army redeploys to Luzon.

Seabees and construction engineers reach Davao but the Allied naval bombardment there was so effective it will be awhile before we can reopen the level 4 port and AF there.



FIFTH FLEET



Adm Hill's amphib TF will land the 160th Regiment at Sangi next turn. Dave has some 5000 troops there now. When I prepped 160th Regiment 3 months ago there were only 400-500 Japanese troops there but its been significantly reinforced and the 160th is all I have prepped for that island so they will have to do the job. The naval and aerial bombardment will start next turn and I have to hope that I can take the base through disruption rather than through overwhelming odds. Dave staged fighters and bombers into Sangi this turn and they will provide a nice target for Allied bombardment TFs tonight.

Im hoping to take level 4 Japanese AFs at Sangi, Ternate and Gorontalo to reduce the threat to my SLOC from New Guinea to the Philippines but its not absolutely critical to the prosecution of the war. Allied troops are marching overland to attack Gorontalo and reinforce Ternate so we will see what they can do when supported by overwhelming airpower.

Dave's trying to stretch my fighter defenses now. He swept Changsha, Dadjangas and Rabaul last turn. Dave also swept and bombed Talaud -eilanden destroying 30 AC on the ground....but he lost 80 AC in A2A vs 21 Allied AC.
Dav hadnt swept Rabaul in over a year and I was surprised by it but his A6M2s took a beating.

Dave also sent a group of Nells based at Truk on an anti-shipping raid in the Bismarcks:


Morning Air attack on TF, near Mussau Island at 105,120

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 13



Allied aircraft
P-39N2 Airacobra x 10


Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
xAK William Sharon



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

CAP engaged:
71st RG/82nd RS with P-39N2 Airacobra (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes


When I got the turn back I was surprised to see that a mini KB with perhaps 200 AC was 12 hexes NE of Mussau Is. The fast carriers of Fifth Fleet..... currently covering the loading of assault troops along the northern coast of New Guinea.... could easily reach these IJN CVLs next turn. The IJN CVLs also pose a threat to the main Allied convoy route from the US west coast to Rabaul. I think that Dave just did this to smoke out the location of my fast carriers as they havent been spotted in over 2 weeks. Im not going to sortie the fast carriers of Task Group 58 but just in case....all east and west bound convoys to and from Rabaul will be re-routed to the south of the Solomons and several squadrons of B-25D1s, SBD-5s and A-20Gs are staged into Mussau Is., Rabaul, Buka and Kusaie. If those IJN CVLs even stick around the area next turn they will be hammered by Allied land based air.


Meanwhile.....Fifth Air Force continues to reduce the Japanese AFs at Babeldaob and Peleliu.




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SUBS


SS KX sinks AMc Kyo Maru near Dadjangas.

SS Ling sinks E Amakusa Maru off Brunei.



SIXTH ARMY: MINDANAO CAMPAIGN


I US Corps routs the Japanese army east of Davao:

Ground combat at 80,91 (near Davao)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 61937 troops, 961 guns, 1332 vehicles, Assault Value = 2497

Defending force 12902 troops, 155 guns, 134 vehicles, Assault Value = 146

Allied adjusted assault: 1152

Japanese adjusted defense: 59

Allied assault odds: 19 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
5792 casualties reported
Squads: 176 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 342 destroyed, 137 disabled
Engineers: 43 destroyed, 17 disabled
Guns lost 124 (112 destroyed, 12 disabled)
Vehicles lost 84 (73 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Units retreated 22
Units destroyed 3


Allied ground losses:
289 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 69 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Vehicles lost 11 (3 destroyed, 8 disabled)


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
1st Australian Division
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
11th Australian Division
38th Infantry Division
364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
7th Infantry/B Division
763rd Tank Battalion
43rd Infantry/B Division
43rd Infantry/A Division
767th Tank Battalion
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
7th Infantry/C Division
7th Infantry/A Division
754th Tank Battalion
43rd Infantry/C Division
Southwest Pacific
I US Corps
154th FA Bn

Defending units:
22nd Tank Regiment
49th Engineer Regiment
28th Div /11
35th Ind.Mixed Bde /4
108th JAAF AF Bn /2
25th Special Base Force
102nd Machine Canno AA Battalion
9th Field AF Construction Battalion
65th Field AA Battalion
69th Construction Battalion
62nd Infantry Group /1
14th Army
55th Field AA Battalion
2nd Fleet
32nd Ind.Mixed Bde /2
66th Nav Gd /1
1st Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
9th Armored Car Co
62nd Field AA Battalion
24th Air Defense AA Regiment
21st Air Defense AA Battalion
66th Fld AA Bn /1
66th JNAF AF Unit /1
8th Area Army
302nd Ind.Infantry Bn /1


Thats another 176 squads that wont be able to reinforce Malaybatay.

III Amphibious Corps continue to march on Cayagan. Seabees and construction engineers reach Cotabato and begin to repair the level 4 AF there.




FIFTH FLEET: INVASION SANGI


Allied bombardment TFs work over Sangi:


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Night Naval bombardment of Sangi at 77,97

Allied Ships
CA Canberra II
CA Australia
CA Houston
CL Caradoc
CL Birmingham
CL Newcastle
DD Morris
DD Mustin
DD Meade
DD Kalk
DD Heermann
DD Hall
DD Cowell
DD Charles Badger

Japanese ground losses:
60 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled



Airbase hits 45
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 123
Port hits 54
Port supply hits 14

CA Canberra II firing at Sangi
CA Australia firing at Sangi
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Houston
CA Houston firing at 29th Ind.Mixed Brigade
CL Caradoc firing at Sangi
CL Birmingham firing at Sangi
CL Newcastle firing at Sangi
DD Morris firing at Sangi
DD Mustin firing at 29th Ind.Mixed Brigade
DD Meade firing at 29th Ind.Mixed Brigade
DD Kalk firing at Sangi
DD Heermann firing at Sangi
DD Hall firing at 29th Ind.Mixed Brigade
DD Cowell firing at Sangi
DD Charles Badger firing at 29th Ind.Mixed Brigade


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Night Naval bombardment of Sangi at 77,97

Allied Ships
CA Boston
CL Tromp
CL Sumatra
CLAA Van Heemskerck
DD Van Galen
DD Tingey
DD Sproston
DD Sigsbee
DD McKee

Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)



Airbase hits 20
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 37
Port hits 10
Port supply hits 6

CA Boston firing at Sangi
CL Tromp firing at Sangi
CL Sumatra firing at 29th Ind.Mixed Brigade
CLAA Van Heemskerck firing at Sangi
DD Van Galen firing at Sangi
DD Tingey firing at Sangi
DD Sproston firing at Sangi
DD Sigsbee firing at 29th Ind.Mixed Brigade
DD McKee firing at Sangi


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Night Naval bombardment of Sangi at 77,97

Allied Ships
CA Astoria
CA New Orleans
CA Salt Lake City
CA Chicago
CA Louisville
CL Boise
CL Detroit
DD Welles
DD Waller
DD Hutchins
DD Hopewell
DD Hickox
DD Halford
DD Eaton

Japanese ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled



Airbase hits 19
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 34
Port hits 41
Port supply hits 2

CA Astoria firing at Sangi
CA New Orleans firing at Sangi
CA Salt Lake City firing at 29th Ind.Mixed Brigade
CA Chicago firing at 29th Ind.Mixed Brigade
CA Louisville firing at Sangi
CL Boise firing at Sangi
CL Detroit firing at Sangi
DD Welles firing at Sangi
DD Waller firing at Sangi
DD Hutchins firing at Sangi
DD Hopewell firing at Sangi
DD Hickox firing at Sangi
DD Halford firing at 29th Ind.Mixed Brigade
DD Eaton firing at 29th Ind.Mixed Brigade


Covered by 28 CVEs.... Adm Hill's amphibious TF lands the 160th Regiment on Sangi:


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Pre-Invasion action off Sangi (77,97)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

50 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CL Marblehead
CL Raleigh
DD Arunta
DD Alden
DD Fanning
DD Satterlee
DD Frazier
APA Frederick Funston


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


CL Marblehead firing at 29th Ind.Mixed Brigade
CL Raleigh firing at 29th Ind.Mixed Brigade
DD Arunta firing at 29th Ind.Mixed Brigade
DD Alden firing at 29th Ind.Mixed Brigade
DD Fanning firing at 62nd Infantry Group
DD Satterlee firing at 29th Ind.Mixed Brigade
DD Frazier firing at 29th Ind.Mixed Brigade
DD Alden fired at enemy troops
DD Satterlee fired at enemy troops
DD Frazier fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards


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Amphibious Assault at Sangi (77,97)

TF 692 troops unloading over beach at Sangi, 77,97


Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Motorized Support lost from landing craft during unload of 160th Infantry Rgt


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Invasion Support action off Sangi (77,97)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

11 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CL Marblehead
CL Raleigh
DD Alden
APA Frederick Funston



CL Marblehead firing at 29th Ind.Mixed Brigade
CL Raleigh firing at 29th Ind.Mixed Brigade
DD Alden firing at 29th Ind.Mixed Brigade


By the end of the turn the regiment is completely ashore:


Ground combat at Sangi (77,97)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1272 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 56

Defending force 3575 troops, 77 guns, 97 vehicles, Assault Value = 128



Assaulting units:
29th Ind.Mixed Bde /4
62nd Infantry Group /2
21st Field AF Construction Battalion
18th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
160th Infantry Regiment



The 160th Regiment will shock attack the Japanese on Sangi next turn following a massive naval and aerial bombardment.



Nearby....Allied troops continue to march overland to reinforce Ternate:


Ground combat at 78,103 (near Lolobato)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3753 troops, 65 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 133

Defending force 1593 troops, 24 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67

Allied adjusted assault: 107

Japanese adjusted defense: 292

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
181 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Assaulting units:
145th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
8th Div /11



We will attack here again next turn following naval and aerial bombardments.




Dave withdraws his carrier force from the Bismarcks towards Truk. The B-25D1s try to get them but none of the escort squadrons fly and the B-25D1s are worked over by carrier CAP:


Morning Air attack on TF, near Truk at 110,107

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
A6M3a Zero x 3
A6M5 Zero x 2



Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 6


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 20



Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level *
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
256 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000
Raid is overhead
S-316 Hikotai with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000
Raid is overhead
343 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000
Raid is overhead
345 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Truk at 111,107

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 67
A6M3a Zero x 28
A6M5 Zero x 28



Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 4


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 destroyed
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
CVE Unyo



CAP engaged:
Akagi-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
Kaga-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 32810.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
Zuikaku-1 with A6M3a Zero (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
Ryujo-1 with A6M3a Zero (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
Zuiho-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
Ryuho-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 32810.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
Hosho-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 7000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
256 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
S-316 Hikotai with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 16 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
343 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
345 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 36750.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Truk at 110,107

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
A6M3a Zero x 1
A6M5 Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 9


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 15, Shell hits 9, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
SC Ch 21
SC Ch 8



Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level *
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
256 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000
Raid is overhead
S-316 Hikotai with A6M2 Zero (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 13000 , scrambling fighters to 4000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
345 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000
Raid is overhead



I count CAP and /or LRCAP from 5 CVs and 3 CVLs so it looks like Dave was trying to bait me to send a small carrier force out to pursue his spotted CVLs and CVEs.









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Biggest sub turn that I think Ive ever seen in WitP.


SS Swordfish torpedoes AK Naruto Maru off Bataan.

SS Jack torpedoes xAK Genzan Maru near Shikuka.

SS Puffer finishes off AK Naruto with 2 torpedoes off Bataan.

SS Jack sinks xAK Hokumai Mari by Toyohara.

SS Saury sinks xAKL Nankou Maru near Kuroshima.

SS Haddock torpedoes xAK Izan Maru off Toyohara.

SS Scorpion torpedoes xAK Taibun Maru near Wakkanai.

SS Hammerhead sinks TK Chiyoda Naru by Samah.

SS Saury torpedoes xAK Bordeaux Maru off Amami Oshima.

SS Jack scores a hat trick by torpedoing its 3rd ship this turn ....xAK Taibun Maru whick sinks near Wakkanai.

SS Hammerhead sinks its 2nd TK this turn....TK Toan maru near Hong kong.

SS Jack torpedoes its 4th ship this turn....sinking xAK Izan Maru by Wakkanai.




FIFTH FLEET


Adm Draemel's amphibious TF completes loading of assault troops off Hansa Bay for Fifth Fleet's next offensive. The fast carriers of TG 58 stand by to cover the amphibious TF.

Fifth Fleet gives Sangi a "Spruance Haircut" prior to the 160th Regiment launching a shock attack:


Night Naval bombardment of Sangi at 77,97

Allied Ships
CA Canberra II
CA Australia
CA Houston
CL Caradoc
CL Birmingham
CL Newcastle
DD Morris
DD Mustin
DD Meade
DD Kalk
DD Heermann
DD Hall
DD Cowell
DD Charles Badger

Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled



Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 85
Port hits 24
Port supply hits 4

CA Canberra II firing at Sangi
Seagull V acting as spotter for CA Australia
CA Australia firing at 29th Ind.Mixed Brigade
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Houston
CA Houston firing at Sangi
CL Caradoc firing at Sangi
CL Birmingham firing at 29th Ind.Mixed Brigade
CL Newcastle firing at Sangi
DD Morris firing at 29th Ind.Mixed Brigade
DD Mustin firing at Sangi
DD Meade firing at Sangi
DD Kalk firing at Sangi
DD Heermann firing at 29th Ind.Mixed Brigade
DD Hall firing at Sangi
DD Cowell firing at Sangi
DD Charles Badger firing at 29th Ind.Mixed Brigade


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Night Naval bombardment of Sangi at 77,97

Allied Ships
CA Astoria
CA New Orleans
CA Salt Lake City
CA Chicago
CA Louisville
CL Boise
CL Detroit
DD Welles
DD Waller
DD Hutchins
DD Hopewell
DD Hickox
DD Halford
DD Eaton

Japanese ground losses:
167 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 17 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)



Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 82
Port hits 37
Port supply hits 7

CA Astoria firing at Sangi
CA New Orleans firing at 29th Ind.Mixed Brigade
CA Salt Lake City firing at Sangi
CA Chicago firing at Sangi
CA Louisville firing at Sangi
CL Boise firing at Sangi
CL Detroit firing at Sangi
DD Welles firing at Sangi
DD Waller firing at 29th Ind.Mixed Brigade
DD Hutchins firing at Sangi
DD Hopewell firing at Sangi
DD Hickox firing at Sangi
DD Halford firing at Sangi
DD Eaton firing at Sangi


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Night Naval bombardment of Sangi at 77,97

Allied Ships
BB Tennessee
BB West Virginia
BB Colorado
DD Selfridge

Japanese ground losses:
317 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 14 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (4 destroyed, 3 disabled)



Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 43
Port hits 15
Port supply hits 1

BB Tennessee firing at Sangi
BB West Virginia firing at Sangi
BB Colorado firing at Sangi
DD Selfridge firing at Sangi


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Night Naval bombardment of Sangi at 77,97

Allied Ships
BB Valiant
BB Mississippi
CA Vincennes
CA Chester
DD Lang
DD Duncan

Japanese ground losses:
298 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 17 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)



Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 41
Port hits 7
Port supply hits 5

BB Valiant firing at Sangi
BB Mississippi firing at Sangi
CA Vincennes firing at Sangi
CA Chester firing at Sangi
DD Lang firing at Sangi
DD Duncan firing at Sangi


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Night Naval bombardment of Sangi at 77,97

Allied Ships
BB California
BB Arizona
DD Dashiell
DD Daly

Japanese ground losses:
256 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 35 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)



Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 49
Port hits 11
Port supply hits 4

BB California firing at Sangi
BB Arizona firing at Sangi
DD Dashiell firing at Sangi
DD Daly firing at Sangi


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Night Naval bombardment of Sangi at 77,97

Allied Ships
BB Queen Elizabeth
BB New Mexico
BB Idaho
DD Conway
DD Abbot

Japanese ground losses:
271 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 39 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 17 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled)



Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 59
Port hits 16
Port supply hits 4

BB Queen Elizabeth firing at Sangi
BB New Mexico firing at Sangi
BB Idaho firing at Sangi
DD Conway firing at Sangi
DD Abbot firing at Sangi




Ground combat at Sangi (77,97)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 3590 troops, 77 guns, 97 vehicles, Assault Value = 129

Defending force 1370 troops, 36 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 40

Allied adjusted assault: 96

Japanese adjusted defense: 25

Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 5)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), disruption(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
213 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)


Assaulting units:
160th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
29th Ind.Mixed Bde /4
62nd Infantry Group /2
18th JAAF AF Bn



After one more day of carpet bombing by Fifth Air Force.... the Japanese defenders of Sangi are too disrupted to put up effective resistance:



Ground combat at Sangi (77,97)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 3540 troops, 76 guns, 97 vehicles, Assault Value = 124

Defending force 1161 troops, 36 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Allied adjusted assault: 112

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 112 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied forces CAPTURE Sangi !!!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 destroyed

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
1660 casualties reported
Squads: 56 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 74 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 45 (45 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
160th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
29th Ind.Mixed Bde /4
62nd Infantry Group /2
18th JAAF AF Bn





The capture of Sangi gives us yet another level 4 AF to cover SLOC from New Guinea into the Philippines.



In the Moluccas.... the 145th Regiment defeats the Japanese roadblock outside of Ternate:


Ground combat at 78,103 (near Lolobato)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3729 troops, 65 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 131

Defending force 1460 troops, 24 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 53

Allied adjusted assault: 107

Japanese adjusted defense: 46

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
508 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Units retreated 1


Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
145th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
8th Div /11



Now the 145th Regiment can march overland to reinforce the Australian troops at Ternate.


Ground combat at Ternate (78,102)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5629 troops, 112 guns, 37 vehicles, Assault Value = 231

Defending force 6544 troops, 103 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 222



Assaulting units:
8th NZ Brigade
New Caledonia Det

Defending units:
6th Indpt SNLF Coy
24th Ind.Mixed Brigade
66th Nav Gd /2
65th Bde /7
34th Ind.Mixed Brigade
5th Div /5
61st JNAF AF Unit
3rd JNAF AF Unit /1




Meanwhile in the Celebes.... the Australian 3rd Brigade completes its overland march from Manado to Gorontalo and will attempt to cpature the Japanese level 4 AF there next turn.



B-25D1s pummel IJN troop transports deep in the Philippines:


Morning Air attack on TF, near Roxas at 79,83

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 28



Allied aircraft
Boomerang C-12 x 13
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16
F4U-1A Corsair x 6


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Boomerang C-12: 4 destroyed
B-25D1 Mitchell: 5 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
E Yomogi
xAK Matsue Maru
xAK Sanuki Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Aikoku Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire
xAK Tokiwa Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
xAK Hakubasan Maru, Shell hits 7
xAK Lisbon Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Maebasi Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
xAK Shofuku Maru
xAK Tazima Maru, Shell hits 8
xAK Sugiyama Maru

Japanese ground losses:
614 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
6 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
S-303 Hikotai with A6M2 Zero (22 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(28 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
22 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers

Morning Air attack on TF, near Roxas at 79,83

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9



Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 6


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Maebasi Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Zinzan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAP Aikoku Maru, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
S-303 Hikotai with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes


Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Roxas at 79,83

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8



Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 6


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Tazima Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Tokiwa Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Atago

Japanese ground losses:
254 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
S-303 Hikotai with A6M2 Zero (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead




Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Masbate at 80,83

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 34



Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12
F4U-1A Corsair x 12


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 5 damaged
F4U-1A Corsair: 3 destroyed

Japanese Ships
xAK Kosei Maru, Shell hits 8, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Aikoku Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage
AK Sagami Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
AK Sasako Maru, Shell hits 8
xAK Lisbon Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Sikisan Maru, Shell hits 8
xAK Tazima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
431 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 20 (6 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
6 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
S-303 Hikotai with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 15 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(19 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 16 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
17 planes vectored on to bombers






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