JocMeister
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Cotabato Invasion - Battle Day 2
Turns out Erik did not retire the KB. Again the ugly 8 hex rule rears it ugly head. My CV forces alone take on the strikes as no other shipping is attacked. At first it looks like we might prevail but then a good coordinated strike goes through:
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Cotabato at 77,90
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 51 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 15
A6M5b Zero x 66
A6M5c Zero x 9
B5N2 Kate x 8
B6N2 Jill x 6
B6N2a Jill x 54
D4Y3 Judy x 79
D4Y4 Judy x 53
Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 20
Hellcat I x 14
Seafire IIC x 10
Wildcat V x 4
F4U-1A Corsair x 172
F6F-3 Hellcat x 55
F6F-5 Hellcat x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M5b Zero: 4 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
B6N2 Jill: 2 destroyed
B6N2a Jill: 9 destroyed, 14 damaged
B6N2a Jill: 1 destroyed by flak
D4Y3 Judy: 8 destroyed, 12 damaged
D4Y3 Judy: 3 destroyed by flak
D4Y4 Judy: 6 destroyed, 10 damaged
D4Y4 Judy: 2 destroyed by flak
Allied aircraft losses
Hellcat I: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
CVE Kasaan Bay, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CVE Fanshaw Bay, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CVL Unicorn, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
CVE Casablanca, Torpedo hits 2
CVE Kadashan Bay, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
CVE St. Lo, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
CV Intrepid, Bomb hits 2
CVL Cowpens, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1
CVL Langley, Bomb hits 2
CV Essex
CVL Princeton, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
CVL San Jacinto, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
CVE Natoma Bay, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
CVE Tulagi, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
CVE Breton
CVE Liscome Bay
DE Spangler
DD Aylwin
CVE Ommaney Bay, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
CV Bunker Hill, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires <--- 
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Fuel storage explosion on CVE Fanshaw Bay
Ammo storage explosion on CVE Kadashan Bay
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Kadashan Bay
Ammo storage explosion on CVE Natoma Bay
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Natoma Bay
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE St. Lo
Fuel storage explosion on CVL San Jacinto
Fuel storage explosion on CVL Princeton
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVL San Jacinto
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVL Unicorn
Ammo storage explosion on CVE Ommaney Bay
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Bunker Hill
I´m a bit horrified at first. But after this strike I realise that the Allied CV fleet is still very much a fighting force to be reckoned with!
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Cotabato at 77,90
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 6
B7A2 Grace x 12
Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 20
Hellcat I x 13
Seafire IIC x 10
Wildcat V x 4
F4U-1A Corsair x 160 
F6F-3 Hellcat x 50
F6F-5 Hellcat x 14
It looks a lot worse than it is. Only 3 CVEs are lost outright and I might lose the Unicorn tomorrow. If I can keep anything from being hit tomorrow I´m quite happy with the outcome. The CVEs repair quickly even when heavily damaged. Same thing with the CVLs. All can be repaired locally except Bunker Hill
Win or Loss?
While this looks like a tactical Allied defeat its actually not. Erik has shot both the KB air arm and the LBA with over 1000 losses over two days. I on the other hand still have a viable CV force with roughly 750 AC on board. And most importantly I now have a potential level 9 AF on Mindanao! Huzzah!!!
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Ground combat at Cotabato (78,90)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 30267 troops, 625 guns, 671 vehicles, Assault Value = 1289
Defending force 18173 troops, 189 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 583
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2
Allied adjusted assault: 1928
Japanese adjusted defense: 184
Allied assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 2)
Allied forces CAPTURE Cotabato !!!
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
J2M3 Jack: 11 destroyed
Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
6268 casualties reported
Squads: 259 destroyed, 37 disabled
Non Combat: 179 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 80 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 142 (120 destroyed, 22 disabled)
Vehicles lost 16 (16 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 3
Allied ground losses:
905 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 73 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 34 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 34 disabled
Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 21 (2 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Assaulting units:
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
32nd Infantry Division
38th Infantry Division
1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division
1st USMC Tank Battalion
3rd NZ Armoured Sqn
XIV US Corps
Southwest Pacific
51st Marine Defense Battalion
2nd RAA Jungle Regiment
98th Field Artillery Battalion
822/828 EAB /1
Defending units:
64th Ind.Mixed Brigade
6th Division
6th Garrison Unit /4
216th Naval Construction Battalion
4th RF Gun Battalion
III/81st Naval Guard Unit
180th JAAF AF Bn
The 6th Jap ID is actually a very good formation that starts out with 80 EXP. Or should I say WAS a very good formation?  My troops are in excellent shape after the battle and tomorrow we start the persuit! 
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