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RE: 1943 September 10 - 10/21/2013 3:31:47 AM

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Here are the troops at Truk.

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1943 September 11 - 10/22/2013 1:12:59 AM

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1943 September 11

The Empire captured:

The Allies captured:
Cape Gloucester

There were Imperial amphibious operations at:

There were Allied amphibious operations at:

In the night a heavily damaged AK moving without escort to Australian for repairs was sunk by I-177 near the Feni Islands. In retaliation a group of Fletchers sallied forth from the vicinity of Sarmi to Biak and caught a convoy.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Biak at 87,110, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Chosa Maru, Shell hits 14, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Tempei Maru, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Daisin Maru, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Hokkai Maru, Shell hits 42, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Bennett
DD LaVallette
DD O'Bannon
DD Sigsbee

Allied Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Japanese TF suspends unloading operations and begins to get underway
Improved night sighting under 92% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 92% moonlight: 12,000 yards
Range closes to 27,000 yards...
Range closes to 25,000 yards...
Range closes to 23,000 yards...
Range closes to 21,000 yards...
Range closes to 19,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 19,000 yards
Range closes to 17,000 yards...
Range closes to 15,000 yards...
Range closes to 13,000 yards...
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
DD Sigsbee engages PB Chosa Maru at 11,000 yards
DD Sigsbee engages xAK Hokkai Maru at 11,000 yards
DD Sigsbee engages xAK Daisin Maru at 11,000 yards
DD Bennett engages xAK Daisin Maru at 11,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
DD Sigsbee engages PB Chosa Maru at 12,000 yards
DD Sigsbee engages xAK Hokkai Maru at 12,000 yards
DD Sigsbee engages xAK Daisin Maru at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards
DD Sigsbee engages xAK Hokkai Maru at 10,000 yards
DD Sigsbee engages xAK Daisin Maru at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
DD Sigsbee engages xAK Tempei Maru at 7,000 yards
DD Sigsbee engages xAK Hokkai Maru at 7,000 yards
DD LaVallette engages xAK Tempei Maru at 7,000 yards
DD LaVallette engages xAK Tempei Maru at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 9,000 yards
DD Sigsbee engages PB Chosa Maru at 9,000 yards
DD LaVallette engages xAK Hokkai Maru at 9,000 yards
DD LaVallette engages xAK Daisin Maru at 9,000 yards
DD Bennett engages xAK Daisin Maru at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
DD Bennett engages PB Chosa Maru at 10,000 yards
DD Sigsbee engages xAK Hokkai Maru at 10,000 yards
DD LaVallette engages xAK Daisin Maru at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
DD Sigsbee engages xAK Tempei Maru at 8,000 yards
DD LaVallette engages xAK Hokkai Maru at 8,000 yards
DD LaVallette engages xAK Daisin Maru at 8,000 yards
DD Bennett engages xAK Daisin Maru at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
DD Sigsbee engages PB Chosa Maru at 10,000 yards
DD Bennett engages xAK Hokkai Maru at 10,000 yards
DD Sigsbee engages xAK Daisin Maru at 10,000 yards
xAK Tempei Maru sunk by DD Bennett at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
DD Sigsbee engages PB Chosa Maru at 8,000 yards
DD O'Bannon engages xAK Hokkai Maru at 8,000 yards
DD LaVallette engages xAK Hokkai Maru at 8,000 yards
DD Bennett engages xAK Hokkai Maru at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
DD Sigsbee engages xAK Daisin Maru at 7,000 yards
DD O'Bannon engages xAK Hokkai Maru at 7,000 yards
DD LaVallette engages xAK Daisin Maru at 7,000 yards
DD Bennett engages xAK Hokkai Maru at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 9,000 yards
DD Sigsbee engages PB Chosa Maru at 9,000 yards
xAK Daisin Maru sunk by DD O'Bannon at 9,000 yards
DD Bennett engages xAK Hokkai Maru at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
DD Sigsbee engages xAK Hokkai Maru at 10,000 yards
DD O'Bannon engages xAK Hokkai Maru at 10,000 yards
DD LaVallette engages xAK Hokkai Maru at 10,000 yards
DD Bennett engages xAK Hokkai Maru at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
DD Sigsbee engages xAK Hokkai Maru at 9,000 yards
DD O'Bannon engages xAK Hokkai Maru at 9,000 yards
DD Bennett engages xAK Hokkai Maru at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
DD Sigsbee engages PB Chosa Maru at 10,000 yards
DD LaVallette engages xAK Hokkai Maru at 10,000 yards
DD Bennett engages PB Chosa Maru at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
DD Sigsbee engages xAK Hokkai Maru at 8,000 yards
DD Sigsbee engages xAK Hokkai Maru at 8,000 yards
DD LaVallette engages PB Chosa Maru at 8,000 yards
DD Bennett engages xAK Hokkai Maru at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
DD Sigsbee engages xAK Hokkai Maru at 12,000 yards
xAK Hokkai Maru sunk by DD LaVallette at 12,000 yards
DD LaVallette engages PB Chosa Maru at 12,000 yards
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
Task forces break off...

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The Empire destroyed the Heroic 52nd east of Kunming and is advancing on that city. But the supply line has opened and two tank Allied units are now rushing past the Imperial blocking force, making for Kunming without any planned stops. The Chinese 96th Division and Australian 9th Divisions will assault the now useless blocking force to remove it.

The Empire is now building the air base at Lao Cai, on the Indochina-China border.

The attack at Truk went well.

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Ground combat at Truk (112,108)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 24549 troops, 396 guns, 515 vehicles, Assault Value = 793

Defending force 17995 troops, 221 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 413

Allied adjusted assault: 906

Japanese adjusted defense: 856

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1036 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 111 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 16 (1 destroyed, 15 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
496 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 41 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Vehicles lost 58 (12 destroyed, 46 disabled)

Assaulting units:
762nd Tank Battalion
763rd Tank Battalion
1st Marine Division
3rd Marine Division
Otago (Mtd) Rifles Regiment
1st AmphTrac Engineer Battalion
3rd Pioneer Battalion
3rd NZ Division

Defending units:
Guards Mixed Brigade
30th Infantry Regiment
Sasebo 5th SNLF
48th Naval Guard Unit
46th Naval Guard Unit
42nd Naval Guard Unit
41st Infantry Rgt /2
4th Base Force
Truk Naval Fortress
4th Port Unit

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Here is an overview map. The Imperial task forces NW of Ulithi and NW of Babeldaob are IJN carriers.

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RE: 1943 September 11 - 10/22/2013 1:13:27 AM

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Here are the troops at Truk.

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1943 September 12 - 10/22/2013 6:34:58 AM

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1943 September 12

The Empire captured:

The Allies captured:

There were Imperial amphibious operations at:

There were Allied amphibious operations at:

There was loads of sub action this turn. Although most of it was inconclusive, all of the results went our way. Five of the battles resulted in torpedoing of 2x xAK and 2x PB, plus the sinking of an IJN I-boat.

Kunming was swept several times by George fighters, seemingly from Lao Cai. The attack on the bypassed Imperial obstacle (but still on the Burma Road) drew blood and will require more. Note that the two tank units did not attack, they are moving at full speed to bolster Kunming's defenses.

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Ground combat at 63,45 (near Bhamo)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 16810 troops, 194 guns, 87 vehicles, Assault Value = 609

Defending force 4482 troops, 26 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 131

Allied adjusted assault: 408

Japanese adjusted defense: 241

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
474 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 24 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled

Allied ground losses:
156 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
754th Tank Battalion
1st Army Tank Regiment
96th Chinese Division
9th Australian Division

Defending units:
11th Infantry Regiment
4th Ind Engineer Regiment

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The troops at Truk will attack tomorrow, one division fully ready the other not quite as good. The nearest bombardment TF will have to arrive in daylight to shell enemy positions. The battleships need more time to rearm at Kavieng; despite the presence of AEs they were unable to do so on a waypoint stop (with orders for 'full refuel').

Here is the situation along the Burma-China border. On the razor's edge.

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RE: 1943 September 12 - 10/22/2013 6:35:31 AM

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Here are the troops at Truk.

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RE: 1943 September 12 - 10/22/2013 10:32:14 AM

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I�m not sure you can get a TF to bombard in daylight? If they can�t arrive by night they usually hold in place until the next night?

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RE: 1943 September 12 - 10/22/2013 6:44:21 PM

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I�m not sure you can get a TF to bombard in daylight? If they can�t arrive by night they usually hold in place until the next night?

The best I recall is that they will do so if set to 'remain on station', so that's what I did. We'll find out when I get the turn back. Of course in other situations that would be unfeasible, but I have sea control and good CAP.

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RE: 1943 September 12 - 10/22/2013 6:50:14 PM

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Ah, never tried that. Let us know how it worked out. I have had occasions when a daylight bombardment would have been preferable but I never figured out how to do them!

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RE: 1943 September 12 - 10/22/2013 7:02:11 PM

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Something else I am doing. CentPac (or whatever it's called now - Nimitz, inc.) is at Ponape. Ponape is 10 hexes away, the HQ has radius 9. I know that for some things there is a multiplier effect, but I've concluded that ground combat is not one of them. Before you say 'it was in the manual' I know that sometimes the manual is not quite precise because of a) human error, b) changes, and c) the philosophy of keeping things at least a bit mysterious. That HQ is 7,200 stacking value, BTW. This next turn a convoy will be at Ponape to load it up and take it to Truk. Within a day or so of its landing a large LST convoy will be there in case the additional stacking pushes supply consumption through the on site reserves.

This also means that having SoPac and PacOA at Truk will not help the invasions in the Marianas, so Rota will have to be seized early to act as their command center. Maybe after the landing on Guam, which will precede Saipan, but certainly before much or any combat on Guam.

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RE: 1943 September 12 - 10/22/2013 7:15:46 PM

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7200 Stacking?! Wow!

Sound like grabbing Rota just to place the HQs is a great idea!

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1943 September 13 - 10/22/2013 11:27:20 PM

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1943 September 13

The Empire captured:

The Allies captured:

There were Imperial amphibious operations at:

There were Allied amphibious operations at:

Our subs took a tanker and a PB.

The upper Burma Road has been cleared completely.

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Ground combat at 63,45 (near Bhamo)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 16712 troops, 194 guns, 87 vehicles, Assault Value = 470

Defending force 4012 troops, 26 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 104

Allied adjusted assault: 333

Japanese adjusted defense: 40

Allied assault odds: 8 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1285 casualties reported
Squads: 27 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 36 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (4 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Allied ground losses:
112 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
96th Chinese Division
9th Australian Division

Defending units:
11th Infantry Regiment
4th Ind Engineer Regiment

The Indian para Bde has been on the march ever since being flown into Paoshan and will arrive at Kunming tomorrow. The first enemy unit has already made it to the town. The two tank units are now one hex west of Paoshan and moving as fast as they can. George fighters continue to sweep Kunming but also swept Paoshan today. They were reduced to fighting our radar beams, as all fighters based there were on LRCAP over Tsuyung.

The attack at Truk went poorly compared to last time with regards to casualty ratios, evidence in my mind that adequate rest tips the scales faster. Our force AV dropped to 660, a much larger dip, and fell significantly more than the defender's AV must have (from looking at the combat results). We did destroy a number of Imperial squads. The bombardment TF did not make it that far - I should have used full speed. They will bombard tonight to keep up the pressure.

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Ground combat at Truk (112,108)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 24204 troops, 395 guns, 508 vehicles, Assault Value = 749

Defending force 17533 troops, 223 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 356

Allied adjusted assault: 1145

Japanese adjusted defense: 1006

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
528 casualties reported
Squads: 37 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 24 (14 destroyed, 10 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
865 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 47 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 20 (1 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Vehicles lost 54 (5 destroyed, 49 disabled)

Assaulting units:
763rd Tank Battalion
1st Marine Division
762nd Tank Battalion
3rd Marine Division
Otago (Mtd) Rifles Regiment
1st AmphTrac Engineer Battalion
3rd Pioneer Battalion
3rd NZ Division

Defending units:
42nd Naval Guard Unit
Sasebo 5th SNLF
Guards Mixed Brigade
30th Infantry Regiment
48th Naval Guard Unit
46th Naval Guard Unit
41st Infantry Rgt /2
Truk Naval Fortress
4th Base Force
4th Port Unit

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The various task forces at and around Truk are refueling and will do so for the next day or two. PacAO is loading at Ponape and will be in place on Truk before the next ground assault.

The tanker sunk was NW of the Marianas, and there are seen 2x TK and 2x AK in the northern Marianas. Presumably the Empire is equipping bases there to carry the fight when the southern Marianas is invaded. The lighter carrier forces have been unseen for a few days, but these carriers are still operating to the west.

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RE: 1943 September 13 - 10/22/2013 11:28:18 PM

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Here are the troops at Truk.

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RE: 1943 September 13 - 10/23/2013 1:05:43 PM

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Keep atacking at Truk. 37 combat squads destroyed is a lot of adjusted A.V. . Keep pressing... Marines are very tough. Don't hesitate to mantain the offensive.

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RE: 1943 September 13 - 10/23/2013 4:44:30 PM

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Those 37 squads were most likely already disabled. 25 squads were newly disabled, affecting the odds as shown below. The problem is that successive attacks - when the attackers have gained elevated disruption and fatigue, like in this situation - have always resulted in the loss ratios getting much worse for the attacker. When PacAO gets ashore that should change things significantly.

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RE: 1943 September 13 - 10/23/2013 5:04:06 PM

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I agree with you witpqs. Let them recover a bit and wait for the HQ!

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RE: 1943 September 13 - 10/23/2013 6:30:10 PM

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Those 37 squads were most likely already disabled. 25 squads were newly disabled, affecting the odds as shown below. The problem is that successive attacks - when the attackers have gained elevated disruption and fatigue, like in this situation - have always resulted in the loss ratios getting much worse for the attacker. When PacAO gets ashore that should change things significantly.

I might propose that one thing your model assumes is infinite supply .. I think in this case the defender is limited and you can reinforce supplies. At some point the multiplier for supplies kicks in although you do not have data how close you are ...

But we do know that DA's and ground attacks by air diminish supply along with recovering disabled squads if they are doing so ....

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RE: 1943 September 13 - 10/23/2013 6:36:06 PM

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Agree. So far the flak is still murderous, so I know he has supply. I only fly the attack bombers (B-25D1 and B-25G) on ground assault turns, and lost 12 or 13 of them last time. No idea how high his piles of reserves are.

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RE: 1943 September 13 - 10/23/2013 8:16:48 PM

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So far the flak is still murderous...

Those 88L71's AA guns are modeled quite well in the game

Maybe eventually you will get lucky and disable these bad boys so you can ground attack effectively ....

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RE: 1943 September 13 - 10/23/2013 8:45:09 PM

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Fired up Tracker to get the top flak losses:

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RE: 1943 September 13 - 10/23/2013 8:46:46 PM

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And to illustrate more clearly how tough it is on attack bombers specifically, here are just the Allies' flak losses. Note that attack bombers have made some shipping attacks (noted in the AAR - very tough flak) and attacked mostly only on the turn of ground attacks at Truk.

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RE: 1943 September 13 - 10/23/2013 9:01:12 PM

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While it sucks that the Flak at Truk is murderous I�m glad flak is more potent in DBB. Especially ship flak is almost non existant in vanilla.

USS Houston fought off a complete Netty strike on her own in the Java sea. In 42. Flak was so intense the Jap pilots couldn�t get into position to drop their torps. In AE they would have scored a 80% hit rate with 2 damaged from flak!

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1943 September 14 - 10/24/2013 8:29:11 PM

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1943 September 14

The Empire captured:

The Allies captured:

There were Imperial amphibious operations at:

There were Allied amphibious operations at:

50th Indian Para Bde has arrived at Kunming, and immediately lost all supply! Stacking in the city is 92,000 vs 25,000. One problem I just ran into is that several disorganized units are not accepting movement orders. There are 2 enemy units in the hex - does that matter? Anybody know?

The two tank units will enter and pass mostly through Paoshan tomorrow. Still having trouble getting enough supply into Ledo to support the bombers and provide drop tanks for recon. The battle for the mountains of China is mostly a foot race at the moment.

The PacAO convoy has been ordered to stop loading supplies and make for Truk. That should put their landing at the day after tomorrow. Fueling continued today and will finish tomorrow for the fleet around Truk. Here is a look at the troops there.

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1943 September 15 - 10/26/2013 1:52:30 AM

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1943 September 15

The Empire captured:

The Allies captured:

There were Imperial amphibious operations at:

There were Allied amphibious operations at:

It seems the Combined Fleet is moving to the Marianas. Cabrilla got valuable Intel. Far to the AW, off of New Guinea, Barb managed to be more annoying. There are several convoys at various of the Marianas Islands.

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Sub attack near Ulithi at 98,94

Japanese Ships
CVE Unyo
DD Onami
DD Murakumo
DD Shirayuki

Allied Ships
SS Cabrilla

SS Cabrilla launches 4 torpedoes at CVE Unyo
Cabrilla diving deep ....
DD Murakumo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Shirayuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shirayuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shirayuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shirayuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shirayuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shirayuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Manokwari at 85,107

Japanese Ships
DD Hayashio, Torpedo hits 1
DD Ushio
DD Minegumo

Allied Ships
SS Barb, hits 1

SS Barb launches 4 torpedoes at DD Hayashio
DD Ushio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Minegumo attacking submerged sub ....
DD Ushio fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Minegumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Minegumo attacking submerged sub ....
DD Minegumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Minegumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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PacAO will land tonight/tomorrow at Truk. I discovered the reason that the last landing on Truk was worse than prior ones. I had the two shore party units in reserve, and engineers only work in combat mode. I put them in reserve to keep them from being rendered useless in combat (they are need to support both supply and troop unloading). That error cost at least 70 or 80 AV, close to or perhaps the amount needed to have taken the base shortly after that landing. Here are the troops at Truk.

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RE: 1943 September 15 - 10/28/2013 7:14:37 PM

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RE: 1943 September 15 - 10/28/2013 7:19:55 PM

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RE: 1943 September 15 - 10/28/2013 7:26:08 PM

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Expect one today/tonight some time. Just pesky RL getting in the way!

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RE: 1943 September 15 - 10/28/2013 7:47:19 PM

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Hate when that happens to turn frequency. Stupid RL.

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1943 September 16 - 10/29/2013 6:42:54 PM

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1943 September 16

The Empire captured:

The Allies captured:

There were Imperial amphibious operations at:

There were Allied amphibious operations at:
Truk

Allied subs were very active, twice drawing blood from what looked like a small SCTF north of New Guinea. The remainder of that force is not seen.

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Sub attack near Manokwari at 86,105

Japanese Ships
DD Yamagumo, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Ushio

Allied Ships
SS Sunfish, hits 1

SS Sunfish launches 2 torpedoes at DD Yamagumo
Sunfish diving deep ....
DD Ushio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ushio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ushio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ushio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ushio attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Manokwari at 86,105

Japanese Ships
DD Hayashio, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
DD Ushio

Allied Ships
SS Barb

SS Barb launches 4 torpedoes at DD Hayashio
DD Ushio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ushio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ushio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ushio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ushio fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Various Chinese units in the mountains are taking replacements as supply is in evidence here and there. Kunming is still greatly over stacked but ineffective units are moving out. Now 5 enemy units at Kunming.

Manus port is now size 7 (max), so we have that plus Kavieng size 6 (and soon Truk size 7). Hollandia is currently size 4 and will be built to size 6.

PacAO unloaded at Truk, and the assault is on for tomorrow. The operation cost us a destroyer and heavy damage to an APA that has fires=51. Other ships received lesser damage.

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Ground combat at Truk (112,108)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15378 troops, 208 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 363

Defending force 33354 troops, 394 guns, 588 vehicles, Assault Value = 713

Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)

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

Assaulting units:
42nd Naval Guard Unit
48th Naval Guard Unit
Guards Mixed Brigade
30th Infantry Regiment
46th Naval Guard Unit
Sasebo 5th SNLF
41st Infantry Rgt /2
4th Base Force
Truk Naval Fortress
4th Port Unit

Defending units:
3rd Marine Division
1st Marine Division
763rd Tank Battalion
762nd Tank Battalion
Otago (Mtd) Rifles Regiment
1st AmphTrac Engineer Battalion
Pacific Ocean Areas
3rd Pioneer Battalion
3rd NZ Division