JocMeister
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7th November -44 ______________________________________________________________________________ While the action is focused at Balikpapan, Marianas and Tavoy other do indeed happen elsewhere. This was a very good day for the Allies. ------------------------ Borneo ------------------------ Two turns ago I spotted what appeared to be a 3 ship TF containing a CA at Jesselton. I thought it was just testing my search to try and penetrate into the Sulu sea. But lo and behold when the TF was still there last turn! Today we struck at it! quote:
Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-61-Id Tony x 10 Ki-100-I Tony x 16 Allied aircraft P-51B Mustang x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-61-Id Tony: 3 destroyed Ki-100-I Tony: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-51B Mustang: 1 destroyed Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-61-Id Tony x 1 Ki-100-I Tony x 3 Allied aircraft P-51B Mustang x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-61-Id Tony: 1 destroyed Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed No Allied losses Morning Air attack on TF, near Jesselton at 68,86 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 54 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 25 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 23 Allied aircraft losses SB2C-3 Helldiver: 7 damaged Japanese Ships CA Chokai, Bomb hits 2, on fire CA Atago, Bomb hits 1 DD Arashio, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires Morning Air attack on TF, near Jesselton at 68,86 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft SBD-5 Dauntless x 16 Allied aircraft losses SBD-5 Dauntless: 2 damaged Japanese Ships CA Chokai, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage CA Atago, Bomb hits 2, on fire DD Arare Morning Air attack on TF, near Jesselton at 68,86 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Allied aircraft SB2C-1C Helldiver x 21 Allied aircraft losses SB2C-1C Helldiver: 2 damaged Japanese Ships CA Atago, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage CA Chokai, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Arashio, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Arare Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Jesselton at 68,86 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-61-Id Tony x 8 Ki-100-I Tony x 1 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 24 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-61-Id Tony: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged Japanese Ships DD Arare CA Chokai, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage CA Atago, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage No more strike as flown in the afternoon after the last sortie. The sea looks empty besides a single DD listed at Jesselton. I heard only one sinking sound between the AM and PM phase. Probably the DD. So most likely the CAs are afloat and got away. They will requite some yard time though. Always something. ------------------------ Kendari ------------------------ Here is the best treat of the day. I manage to catch some of the hated transports on the ground at Kendari! Erik got a little careless here I think. The CAP was way almost non existant (3 planes) and Kendari is only 9 hexes from Manado... Recipe for a big BOOM! quote:
Morning Air attack on Kendari , at 70,106 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-61-Id Tony x 1 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 70 Japanese aircraft losses H8K2-L Emily: 13 destroyed on ground L2D2 Tabby: 20 destroyed on ground H8K2 Emily: 5 destroyed on ground Ki-49-II KAI Helen: 16 destroyed on ground Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 3 destroyed on ground Morning Air attack on Kendari , at 70,106 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-61-Id Tony x 1 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 30 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-II KAI Helen: 4 destroyed on ground L2D2 Tabby: 4 destroyed on ground Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground H8K2-L Emily: 1 destroyed on ground When the dust settles 101 planes are listed as destroyed on the ground! With some luck Erik wasn´t able to fly anything out. That means he would have to disband them and they will be gone for 120 days. At worst only the planes are lost. But due to the invulnerable transport bug Erik has seldom lost any transports. So he might have very few factories producing them. Hopefully this is a major disaster for him! ------------------------ Luzon ------------------------ I start probing Erik air defenses with good results and 50 Enemy planes are shot down over Atimonan for only 8 allied planes. No pilots lost. 2 WIA but 2 new aces and 2 new double aces! ------------------------ Marianas ------------------------ Saipan is finally clear and the troops can be set to rest mode! They started prepping for Objective Surtr two turns ago! So will the forces at Guam once its cleared. That will be a nice big hammer of 4000 AV. At Guam there is more good news! quote:
Ground combat at Guam (106,95) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 42027 troops, 911 guns, 1458 vehicles, Assault Value = 1479 Defending force 24731 troops, 425 guns, 177 vehicles, Assault Value = 314 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Allied adjusted assault: 524 Japanese adjusted defense: 889 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1011 casualties reported Squads: 25 destroyed, 86 disabled Non Combat: 72 destroyed, 97 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 41 disabled Guns lost 73 (11 destroyed, 62 disabled) Vehicles lost 146 (119 destroyed, 27 disabled) Allied ground losses: 467 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 54 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 36 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled Guns lost 36 (2 destroyed, 34 disabled) Vehicles lost 76 (8 destroyed, 68 disabled) My units are really worn down now though and will need months of rest. Especially the Amphib tank unit and the US IDs are in bad shape.
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