JocMeister
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22th February -45
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More of nothing...
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Luzon
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My bombers strike at the ground troops at Aparri in anticipation of the river crossing in two days. Bombings cause over 1000 casualties and reveal only part of a NavGuards and an AirHQ here.
Erik sends in some sweeps over Luzon hitting empty air.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 22, 45
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Morning Air attack on Tuguegarao , at 82,74
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 44
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
44 x Ki-84r Frank sweeping at 32000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Tuguegarao , at 82,74
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-83 x 65
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
65 x Ki-83 sweeping at 32000 feet
I have to watch it so I don´t exposed any LRCAP to this or it will cost me the small reserve I built up. I won´t move in the air force until I can do so in big numbers. With and AirHQ and radar.
The first bombardment at Iba shows Erik has flown out a lot of fragments.
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Ground combat at Iba (78,75)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 25187 troops, 789 guns, 674 vehicles, Assault Value = 1024
Defending force 32034 troops, 474 guns, 237 vehicles, Assault Value = 249
Japanese ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Assaulting units:
33rd Infantry Division
98th Infantry Division
XI Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
I Corps Artillery
10th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
8th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
XIV Corps Artillery
251st Field Artillery Battalion
3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
X Corps Artillery
12th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
XXIV CorpsArtillery
Defending units:
4th Tank Division
Maizuru 4th SNLF
Sasebo 8th SNLF
28th Special Base Force
205th Naval Construction Battalion
2nd Naval Const Bn /3
Hirippin JNAF Base Force
61st Air Flotilla /1
64th Field AA Battalion
10th JAAF Base Force /2
25th Ind.Mixed Rgt /1
60th Field AA Battalion
187th JAAF AF Bn
3rd Air Div /1
22nd Field AF Const Bn /1
28th JNAF AF Unit
1st Air Defense AA Battalion
216th Naval Construction Battalion
40th Ind. Engineer Regiment
88th Field AA Battalion
173rd JAAF AF Bn
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
12th JNAF AF Unit
2nd Base Force
33rd Special Base Force
77th Field AA Battalion
188th JAAF AF Bn
157th JAAF AF Bn
30th Special Base Force
103rd AA Regiment
217th Naval Construction Battalion
4th Ind. AA Battalion
37th Army
102nd AA Regiment
174th JAAF AF Bn
41st Ind.Garrison Battalion
58th JNAF AF Unit
85th Field AA Battalion
17th RF Gun Battalion
21st JAAF Base Force /2
91st JAAF AF Bn
31st Special Base Force
61st Division Engineer Battalion
74th JAAF AF Bn
41st Ind. Engineer Regiment
193rd JAAF AF Bn
158th JAAF AF Bn
26th Tank Regiment
16th Army
56th JNAF AF Unit
60th JNAF AF Unit
48th Ind.Mixed Bde /1
206th Naval Construction Battalion
51st Base Force
1st Base Force
2nd Air Fleet
78th Field AA Battalion
1st Fleet
3rd Base Force
27th JAAF AF Bn
14th Area Army
3rd Ind. AA Battalion
180th JAAF AF Bn
67th Const Bn /1
Well, two can play that game...I will get the stack down to more manageable numbers and then let it rot. With fragments stuck here he will lack the heavy equipment. He also can´t divide the part flown out so getting it back to strength will take three times as long. Just to annoy him! 
I also had some strikes hit a TF just south of Formosa. This is a good example just how utterly poor LBA works against ships in the BETA. Notice the pitiful CAP and the complete absence of any kind of coordination. The strikes took off from Manila. There are 6 Air HQs in place. With the exception of the Avengers all planes have the same HQ (which is present at Manila). The Escorts (P38s with the same HQs as the bombers also in Manila never took off)
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Orchid Island at 85,67
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 13
N1K2-J George x 6
Allied aircraft
Avenger II x 16
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Avenger II: 11 destroyed
Japanese Ships
APD T-5
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Orchid Island at 85,67
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 9
N1K2-J George x 5
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
APD T-1
APD T-5
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Orchid Island at 85,67
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 5
N1K2-J George x 9
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 9
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 5 destroyed
Japanese Ships
APD T-5
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Orchid Island at 85,67
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 4
N1K2-J George x 7
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 9
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
APD T-1
AMC Aikoku Maru
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Orchid Island at 85,67
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 1
N1K2-J George x 1
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 9
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
AMC Aikoku Maru
APD T-1
Strikes like this enhances my belief that the BBs will be a bigger threat than the Kamiz.
Other then that...not much happening! 
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RE: Manila liberated!!! - 
. More than a PDU Off game would.
Manila is currently under SOPAC HQ (I´m guessing because SOPAC was the HQ with prep for Manila) while the bombers and Fighters was Fifth Air HQ. 
I need more initials after my name. 
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