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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 2/5/2014 8:35:34 PM   
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Status: offline 		After all of these turns running through heaps of Allied subs, a lone sub nails the Yamashiro with two TT on her way back to base. As shown below, the damage will likely put her out for the rest of the war. of the float damage 48 is major, which should take half a year to fix. Still, if we can keep the base closed, it's worth it.




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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 2/5/2014 10:00:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		In China air strikes completely destroyed a small cavalry unit moving toward the army stack. Of course, this is what I asked for, so I have to deal with it.

Jocke made a great move here getting about 2/3 of his forces out toward Psingyiang. He plastered a brigade in the clear and will probably move to Psingyiang now. Our four divisions there are supported by some prep from the many HQs next door including the Southern and China Expeditionary Command HQs. It'll be a tough hold. I'll try to get something across the border to open the hex. Fingers crossed.




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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 2/5/2014 10:26:56 PM   
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Here is your USS Sea Cat... I thought that was funny, too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_catfish

I am really enjoying your game here in the last stages of the war. I have never played this late, but it looks fun.

Good to see the Japanese always have surprises from beginning to end.


Thanks for the note. I see that you post in Jocke's AAR a lot so thanks for stopping in. I never mind those who read both, and it's nice to have a small post from time to time.

Getting this far is a little bit of everything. At the moment it is fun though. We're both interested in every turn more than the time over the past 6 months or so before this.

Here is at least one kind of dogfish.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogfish_shark


I do read both, and will never breach either side. I read both as it is really interesting to watch things unfold
from both side's perspective... rather funny to watch things happen when you know what both sides have planned.

I tend to follow AARs more on the Allied side as I enjoy that side of the war and know more about it. The production side is very intriguing as well.

I've always wondered how many subs the USN would had to a built to use all of the marine species there are.. I am sure millions.

What do you suppose the deal is with your planes not flying like you have mentioned..

In my AI game just last night, I had full detection on an invasion fleet and Hornet failed to launch a single plane three hexes away and had 55% sorties... it was maddening.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 2/5/2014 10:29:41 PM   
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After all of these turns running through heaps of Allied subs, a lone sub nails the Yamashiro with two TT on her way back to base. As shown below, the damage will likely put her out for the rest of the war. of the float damage 48 is major, which should take half a year to fix. Still, if we can keep the base closed, it's worth it.





As I don't play Japan, I wouldn't notice the TF screen art.

Is that Mogami dead in the water? That photo always sticks out in my mind when I think of Japanese WW2 ships.. and the flight decks of the Pearl Harbor strike.


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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 2/5/2014 11:09:11 PM   
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I do read both, and will never breach either side. I read both as it is really interesting to watch things unfold
from both side's perspective... rather funny to watch things happen when you know what both sides have planned.

I tend to follow AARs more on the Allied side as I enjoy that side of the war and know more about it. The production side is very intriguing as well.

I've always wondered how many subs the USN would had to a built to use all of the marine species there are.. I am sure millions.

What do you suppose the deal is with your planes not flying like you have mentioned..

In my AI game just last night, I had full detection on an invasion fleet and Hornet failed to launch a single plane three hexes away and had 55% sorties... it was maddening.


It has to be weather, because it's so many bases planes all pointing at Moppo and NONE flying to hit the base. Still it is maddening when everything not set to hit the base flies just fine right through the hex.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 2/5/2014 11:12:19 PM   
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I do read both, and will never breach either side. I read both as it is really interesting to watch things unfold
from both side's perspective... rather funny to watch things happen when you know what both sides have planned.

I tend to follow AARs more on the Allied side as I enjoy that side of the war and know more about it. The production side is very intriguing as well.

I've always wondered how many subs the USN would had to a built to use all of the marine species there are.. I am sure millions.

What do you suppose the deal is with your planes not flying like you have mentioned..

In my AI game just last night, I had full detection on an invasion fleet and Hornet failed to launch a single plane three hexes away and had 55% sorties... it was maddening.


It has to be weather, because it's so many bases planes all pointing at Moppo and NONE flying to hit the base. Still it is maddening when everything not set to hit the base flies just fine right through the hex.

Ah - that is not modeled.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 2/6/2014 3:20:36 AM   
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I went through maybe ten the first time doing this, but this turn only was able to range about 2-3 groups before the option became disabled. Seems random. Has anyone seen this before?


Per 7.4.2.3 of the manual, you get to convert 1 per day, which matches my experience. What the manual doesn't explicitly state is that if you don't convert on a given day, the conversion accumulate for future use. However, there is a cap on the accumulation, IIRC it's 7.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 2/6/2014 7:32:37 AM   
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ORIGINAL: jeffk3510

I do read both, and will never breach either side. I read both as it is really interesting to watch things unfold
from both side's perspective... rather funny to watch things happen when you know what both sides have planned.

I tend to follow AARs more on the Allied side as I enjoy that side of the war and know more about it. The production side is very intriguing as well.

I've always wondered how many subs the USN would had to a built to use all of the marine species there are.. I am sure millions.

What do you suppose the deal is with your planes not flying like you have mentioned..

In my AI game just last night, I had full detection on an invasion fleet and Hornet failed to launch a single plane three hexes away and had 55% sorties... it was maddening.


It has to be weather, because it's so many bases planes all pointing at Moppo and NONE flying to hit the base. Still it is maddening when everything not set to hit the base flies just fine right through the hex.

Ah - that is not modeled.


It's interesting that the LR CAP flies there isn't it. I get it, the strike probability is different, but it's just a tad frustrating after four days of waiting.

For these things I wish there was an over-ride with an understanding that ops losses would be greater and accuracy lessened, when you just have to get there now! I wish a lot of things though. Have to play the game as it is, so I'll keep tweaking and adjusting.

[EDIT: Just reading through the CR and some sweeps did fly in and found 'Heavy rain' over Moppo. So it is weather again.]


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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 2/6/2014 7:39:32 AM   
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I went through maybe ten the first time doing this, but this turn only was able to range about 2-3 groups before the option became disabled. Seems random. Has anyone seen this before?


Per 7.4.2.3 of the manual, you get to convert 1 per day, which matches my experience. What the manual doesn't explicitly state is that if you don't convert on a given day, the conversion accumulate for future use. However, there is a cap on the accumulation, IIRC it's 7.



Thank you. I've not read that part at all. That seems about right, except lately I'm able to do two a day and that's every day. The first time it may have been up to seven groups. Felt like more.

I'll keep plugging away with this until all of the training groups can also fly standard CAP. Since I'm losing around 300 to withdrawals soon (!!!!) I'll need everything I can use.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 2/6/2014 9:46:42 AM   
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SUBS: Again a handfull of subs sunk, but they get their revenge this turn at last. The Carp puts two torps into the Yamashiro and she's out of the fight for a good while, most likely for good. I have two more BBs repairing which should be ready within a week. There are still at least 30 subs within the 3-4 hexes around Moppo. How many are there???

KOREA: The garrison is nearing 20k AV now. More is on the way. If I can get 4x Allied strength it might just be possible to push them back. Not sure about that, and the supply needed might be too much, but I'll make preparations just in case there is an opportunity. Right now the Allied troops have stopped on either side of the Moppo hex as if waiting. If the fields at Moppo can ever be hit by air I'll then switch some planes to bombing the troops. We'll see how much good AA he brought. I'm sure it's a lot. I might be able to get some good bombardments thought too on the ones to the East of Moppo.

The battles on the sea went mostly for the IJN during this turn, but the loss of Yamashiro colors that a bit. It was inevitable to get something hit after a while. Too many subs. The pressure will stay on with small craft and Es tomorrow trying to take out as many PTs as possible while the moon is bright. I see more being led up from Oikinawa by a CVE TF as well. How many do the Allies get? I'll post the last months sunk ship lists soon. Pretty amazing.

STRAT BOMBING: The B-29s drop another full load of mines at Shimoneski. It's be a while before we can clear those out. Still working on Fusan, but Fukuoka is cleared.

HOME ISLANDS: The P-47s come en masse to Kyushu but about 1/4 of them don't make it back. This is an outstanding result against these planes, and I'm sure the pilots were very good. Our Sams and Franks did yoemans work, some way down at 10k, but when the P-47s got down there late in the engagements there were a lot of good planes waiting for them. We can take this for a while, but once the bombing starts to follow it could get dicey.

We're taking the day off from bombarding, getting TFs realigned to get some escorts in them. We're definitely running low on DDs now, but another 27 knot Matsu class arrives, really only about as good as a US DE, but they'll do.

RECON: I haven't seen any recon of Northern Korean bases, so maybe this is really a reinforcement of Moppo trying to get in there.

CHINA: The Allied move into the flat was smart, and now they can move to challenge our four divisions in Psingyiang or move NE to further conquests. About 17 units are left in the hex with our army. I'm not going to bombard just yet. I'm toying with the idea of a DA right off the bat, but I'll see where supply is tomorrow before pulling the trigger. The goals are still being met though, as the main Allied air force is still here and not farther North.

Near Samah Norms found a small TF of LSTs and sank a few. It will now move on North to add tot eh search capability in the East China Sea.

DEI: Search found a nice troop TF of LSTs hanging around between Sumatra and Borneo, and our ship killer Jakes went for them, sinking 5-6 LST with troops on board. Nice.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 28, 45
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Submarine attack near Moppo at 100,55

Japanese Ships
E Kozu
E Oga

Allied Ships
SS Seahorse, hits 42, and is sunk

SS Seahorse is sighted by escort
Seahorse bottoming out ....
E Kozu attacking submerged sub ....
SS Seahorse forced to surface!
E Oga firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

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ASW attack near Moppo at 100,55

Japanese Ships
E No.138

Allied Ships
SS Capitaine, hits 14, heavy damage

SS Capitaine is sighted by escort
Capitaine bottoming out ....
E No.138 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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TF 233 encounters mine field at Moppo (100,54)

Japanese Ships
E No.138

1 mine cleared

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TF 241 encounters mine field at Moppo (100,54)

Japanese Ships
E Kozu

1 mine cleared

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TF 300 encounters mine field at Moppo (100,54)

Japanese Ships
E Ukuru, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
E Yashiro

4 mines cleared

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ASW attack near Saishu To at 100,56

Japanese Ships
E No.46

Allied Ships
SS Lamprey, hits 21, heavy damage

SS Lamprey is located by E No.46
E No.46 attacking submerged sub ....
E No.46 attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Moppo at 100,54, Range 30,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro
BB Ise
BB Hyuga
DD Kiyoshimo
DD Shigure
DD Yamakaze
DD Ikazuchi

Allied Ships
PT-260
PT-261
PT-324
PT-325
PT-326
PT-327
PT-363
PT-364

Improved night sighting under 92% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 92% moonlight: 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
Allied TF attempts to evade combat RUNAWAY!

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TF 21 encounters mine field at Moppo (100,54)

Japanese Ships
DD Shimakaze, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Maikaze, Mine hits 1

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Sub attack near Moppo at 100,54

Japanese Ships
E Yashiro

Allied Ships
SS Sea Devil, hits 33, heavy damage

SS Sea Devil launches 2 torpedoes at E Yashiro
Sea Devil bottoming out ....
E Yashiro attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

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Night Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 13

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 6
B-29-25 Superfort x 23
B-29B Superfort x 31

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-29-25 Superfort laying Mk 13 Mine from 9000 feet

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Moppo at 100,54, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Maya
CA Nachi
CA Mikuma
DD Akishimo

Allied Ships
PT-259, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
PT-365, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-366, Shell hits 25, and is sunk Really? It was still afloat after 10, and then 15, and then 20 hits?
PT-367, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-377, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-581, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-582, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
PT-583, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
PT-585, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Improved night sighting under 89% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 89% moonlight: 11,000 yards

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Night Naval bombardment of Moppo at 100,54

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
PBM-3D Mariner: 13 damaged
PBM-3D Mariner: 1 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Ise
BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso

Allied ground losses:
1071 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 40 disabled
Engineers: 28 destroyed, 66 disabled
Vehicles lost 18 (4 destroyed, 14 disabled)

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 14

BB Hyuga firing at XI Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
E13A1b Jake acting as spotter for BB Ise
BB Ise firing at 4th Eng Amph Bde
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for BB Yamashiro
BB Yamashiro firing at Moppo
BB Fuso firing at Moppo

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Night Naval bombardment of Moppo at 100,54

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
PBM-3D Mariner: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma
CA Nachi
CA Maya

Allied ground losses:
215 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 13

CA Mikuma firing at Moppo

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Moppo at 100,55, Range 28,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro
BB Ise
BB Hyuga
DD Kiyoshimo
DD Shigure
DD Yamakaze
DD Ikazuchi

Allied Ships
PT-479, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-480
PT-481
PT-482
PT-483
PT-484
PT-485
PT-543

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards
Range closes to 28,000 yards...

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Moppo at 100,55, Range 26,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Maya
CA Nachi
CA Mikuma
DD Akishimo

Allied Ships
PT-328, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-329
PT-330, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-331, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-356
PT-357, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-358
PT-362, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 28,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
PT-362 sunk by CA Mikuma at 26,000 yards Wow. Long range hits on some small vessels.
Range increases to 30,000 yards
CA Nachi engages PT-356 at 30,000 yards
PT-331 sunk by CA Maya at 30,000 yards
Task forces break off...

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Moppo at 100,55, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
E No.50
E No.112
E No.138

Allied Ships
PT-329, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
PT-356, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-358, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 15,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 12,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
E No.112 engages PT-329 at 12,000 yards
PT-356 sunk by E No.138 at 7,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...

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ASW attack near Masan at 101,55

Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
BB Ise
BB Fuso
DD Kiyoshimo
DD Ikazuchi
DD Yamakaze

Allied Ships
SS Carp, hits 11, heavy damage

SS Carp launches 6 torpedoes at BB Yamashiro
DD Yamakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yamakaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Yamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Moppo at 100,54, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
E W-25
E W-38

Allied Ships
PT-378, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
PT-379, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-474, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-475, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-476, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-477, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-578, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-579, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 17,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
E W-25 engages PT-578 at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 4,000 yards
E W-25 engages PT-378 at 4,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards
PT-475 sunk by E W-25 at 3,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... They must have been out of gas to let these 20 knot Es chase them down.


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Morning Air attack on Moppo , at 100,54

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 16
Ki-84a Frank x 13
Ki-84r Frank x 42

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-84r Frank sweeping at 32000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Iki-shima , at 102,57

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 1
A7M2 Sam x 73
J2M3 Jack x 5
J2M5 Jack x 25
N1K2-J George x 3
Ki-84a Frank x 2
Ki-84r Frank x 35
Ki-102b Randy x 1

Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed
J2M5 Jack: 2 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 4 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Iki-shima , at 102,57

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 1
A7M2 Sam x 48
J2M3 Jack x 5
J2M5 Jack x 16
N1K2-J George x 2
Ki-84a Frank x 1
Ki-84r Frank x 30
Ki-102b Randy x 1

Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed
J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 4 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Iki-shima , at 102,57

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 1
A7M2 Sam x 34
J2M3 Jack x 4
J2M5 Jack x 10
N1K2-J George x 1
Ki-84a Frank x 1
Ki-84r Frank x 26
Ki-102b Randy x 1

Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 2 destroyed
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 7 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Iki-shima , at 102,57

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 1
A7M2 Sam x 25
J2M3 Jack x 2
J2M5 Jack x 6
Ki-84r Frank x 17
Ki-102b Randy x 1

Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Billiton at 52,91

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
LST-274, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
LCI-583, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

Allied ground losses:
210 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x E13A1 Jake bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Billiton at 52,91

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 1,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 5 destroyed

Allied Ships
LST-275, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
LST-274, Bomb hits 1, Kamikaze hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
LST-249, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
LCT-168, Kamikaze hits 1, and is sunk
LCT-320, Kamikaze hits 1, and is sunk

Allied ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x E13A1 Jake bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Hagiri S. gives his life for the Emperor by ramming LST-274
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring LST-249
Banzai! - Kurihara M. in a E13A1 Jake is willing to die for the Emperor
Kurihara M. gives his life for the Emperor by ramming LCT-168

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Lang Son at 70,57

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
E15K1 Norm x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
E15K1 Norm: 4 damaged
E15K1 Norm: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
LSM-308, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
LST-471, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DE Earl V. Johnson
LST-472

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x E15K1 Norm bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 7th Mongol Cavalry Division, at 82,54 (Pingsiang)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 18
Liberator GR.VI x 9
B-24J Liberator x 5
B-17E Fortress x 4
B-17F Fortress x 5
B-24D Liberator x 4
B-24D1 Liberator x 20
B-24J Liberator x 78
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 7

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.VI: 1 damaged
Liberator GR.VI: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 3 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 5 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 15 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
560 casualties reported
Squads: 30 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 8 (5 destroyed, 3 disabled) Gone. wiped out completely.

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb]

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tsushima at 102,56

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 10
J2M3 Jack x 1
Ki-84a Frank x 5
Ki-84r Frank x 16
Ki-102b Randy x 1

Allied aircraft
F6F-5 Hellcat x 36
SB2C-4 Helldiver x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-5 Hellcat: 4 destroyed
SB2C-4 Helldiver: 5 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Maikaze
DD Shimakaze, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x SB2C-4 Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

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Ground combat at 82,55 (near Pingsiang)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 36799 troops, 668 guns, 1975 vehicles, Assault Value = 2829

Defending force 3267 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 87

Allied adjusted assault: 1514

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 1514 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
3626 casualties reported
Squads: 103 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 172 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 18 (18 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
6th Australian Division
Gardner's Horse Regiment
50th Tank Brigade
Guides Cavalry Regiment
17th Motorised Division
Provisionl Tank Brigade
19th Motorised Division
3rd Cavalry Regiment
254th Armoured Brigade
11th PAVO Regiment
18th Cavalry Regiment
255th Indian Tank Brigade
9th Australian Division
14th Army
2/9th Field Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
2/13th Field Regiment

Defending units:
69th Infantry Brigade

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Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 83869 troops, 1588 guns, 1530 vehicles, Assault Value = 2572

Defending force 14300 troops, 138 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 251

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Allied adjusted assault: 1656

Japanese adjusted defense: 2281

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
1905 casualties reported
Squads: 30 destroyed, 115 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 38 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 25 disabled
Guns lost 28 (8 destroyed, 20 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
729 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 68 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 55 disabled
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Assaulting units:
41st Infantry Division
14th Indian Division
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
XV Corps Engineer Battalion
XXXIII Corps Engineer Battalion
IV Corps Engineer Battalion
9th Indian Division
26th Indian Division
36th British Division
14th Army Engineer Battalion
5th Indian Division
18th SP Field Artillery Regiment
86th Medium Regiment
Southeast Asia
6th Mixed A/T Mtr Regiment
33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Indian Medium Regiment
8th Belfast Heavy Regiment
85th Medium Regiment
III Indian Corps
163rd Light AA Regiment
31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
134th (East Ang) Regiment
30th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
134th Medium Regiment

Defending units:
31st Ind.Mixed Regiment
36th Ind.Mixed Brigade
2nd INA Gandhi Regiment
29th JNAF AF Unit /1
Canton Special Base Force
Hong Kong Special Base Force
7th Guards Inf. Regiment
209th JAAF AF Bn
37th Ind.Mixed Brigade
13th Army
7th Base Force
12th Field AF Construction Battalion
131st Naval Const Bn /2

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Reinforcements:

DD Kaba arrives at Nagasaki/Sasebo
165th Shinbu-tai arrives at Matsuyama
44th Army arrives at Liaoyuan/color]

Losses:

Loss of E Ukuru on May 28, 1945 is admitted
Loss of DD Shimakaze on May 28, 1945 is admitted

Ships Sunk: A lot of PTs. Get em while the moon is high!

SS Seawolf is reported to have been sunk near Itbayat Island on Mar 12, 1945
SS Seahorse is reported to have been sunk near Moppo on May 28, 1945
LCI-583 is reported to have been sunk near Billiton on May 28, 1945
LCT-168 is reported to have been sunk near Billiton on May 28, 1945
LCT-320 is reported to have been sunk near Billiton on May 28, 1945
PT-259 is reported to have been sunk near Moppo on May 28, 1945
PT-328 is reported to have been sunk near Moppo on May 28, 1945
PT-329 is reported to have been sunk near Moppo on May 28, 1945
PT-330 is reported to have been sunk near Moppo on May 28, 1945
PT-331 is reported to have been sunk near Moppo on May 28, 1945
PT-356 is reported to have been sunk near Moppo on May 28, 1945
PT-357 is reported to have been sunk near Moppo on May 28, 1945
PT-358 is reported to have been sunk near Moppo on May 28, 1945
PT-362 is reported to have been sunk near Moppo on May 28, 1945
PT-365 is reported to have been sunk near Moppo on May 28, 1945
PT-366 is reported to have been sunk near Moppo on May 28, 1945
PT-367 is reported to have been sunk near Moppo on May 28, 1945
PT-377 is reported to have been sunk near Moppo on May 28, 1945
PT-378 is reported to have been sunk near Moppo on May 28, 1945
PT-379 is reported to have been sunk near Moppo on May 28, 1945
PT-474 is reported to have been sunk near Moppo on May 28, 1945
PT-475 is reported to have been sunk near Moppo on May 28, 1945
PT-476 is reported to have been sunk near Moppo on May 28, 1945
PT-477 is reported to have been sunk near Moppo on May 28, 1945
PT-479 is reported to have been sunk near Moppo on May 28, 1945
PT-578 is reported to have been sunk near Moppo on May 28, 1945
PT-579 is reported to have been sunk near Moppo on May 28, 1945
PT-581 is reported to have been sunk near Moppo on May 28, 1945
PT-582 is reported to have been sunk near Moppo on May 28, 1945
PT-583 is reported to have been sunk near Moppo on May 28, 1945
PT-585 is reported to have been sunk near Moppo on May 28, 1945
YMS-127 is reported to have been sunk near Bataan on Jan 19, 1945
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The Allied sweeps again hit island off the coast of Kyushu. It's nice to get so many of the P-47s. Better than 1:2 which is rare against hose guys. Plus, I lose 35 pilots and the Allies lose probably more than that, and likely better ones.
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The DEI is not a very important area at all right now, obviously. Interestingly though, the HI is still producing at Singers. I'm moving most planes out that can fly long distance to get the fighters to the HI and the search planes pumping up the DL on the Allied fleets. I lose 4-5 a day at least making sure we know where they are and what they are.




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Also a small CVE TF is leading PTs up from Okinawa.

The next turn is back. I'll be running it sometime this afternoon. Have to work now!




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Not sure even now what will work consistently. Earlier I was also suffering at a 1:5 deficiency or worse some turns, with only a few bright spot turns that got 1:2 or so. Mostly I tried layering. I think though with the P-47 what I figured out was that the layering has to be specific, so the most maneuverable planes low, and something very good up high to meet them. Other times I actually just put it all at max height hoping the numbers would help. Sometimes they did.

With a max altitude at 32k it is a bit more evened out, but in this example the CAP was low at 10-20k. Maybe having so many planes that low, drawing the beasts down, but still having some up high to dive in the middle of the fur ball can work. It just keeps changing though. The P-47N presents a difficult problem. It usually gets so many kills early it then just scoots out and there is no time to get them in the mass of defenders late.

For this one I also had a lot of LR CAP set to stay over the shipping and they got involved all over, so maybe it was also drawing new planes with each strike. Small numbers of the KB CAP also got over to get involved, and those pilots are pretty good. Here is the complete CR for the first sweep.

Earlier I experimented with a low CAP and it was not too successful, but this did work (as well as can be expected) even without radar in the target hex. Interesting.

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Morning Air attack on Iki-shima , at 102,57

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 1
A7M2 Sam x 73
J2M3 Jack x 5
J2M5 Jack x 25
N1K2-J George x 3
Ki-84a Frank x 2
Ki-84r Frank x 35
Ki-102b Randy x 1

Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed
J2M5 Jack: 2 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 4 destroyed

CAP engaged:
Yokosuka Ku S-1 with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
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 2 minutes
S-304 Hikotai with J2M5 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 10 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
901 Ku S-1 with J2M5 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 17000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
302 Ku S-1 with J2M5 Jack (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
S-401 Hikotai with N1K2-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 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 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
352 Ku S-1 with A7M2 Sam (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
S-308 Hikotai with J2M5 Jack (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 10000
Raid is overhead
S-310 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(13 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
S-313 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(14 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 12 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
Soryu-1 with A7M2 Sam (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 10000
Raid is overhead
Shokaku-1 with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
Zuikaku-1 with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(13 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 13 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 17000
Raid is overhead
Hiyo-1 with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
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 1 minutes
Shoho-1 with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
Zuiho-1 with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
Ryuho-1 with J2M3 Jack (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
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 34 minutes
Hosho-1 with A7M2 Sam (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 10000
Raid is overhead
Taiho-1 with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
Unryu-1 with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
Katsuragi-1 with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes


The most successful moment of the day was when the Franks made it over at 32k though. Even more interesting.

The Jacks that engaged first at 10k must had drawn them down, then the Franks and others pounced getting a good dive. The Franks reacting so quickly to get there in 9 minutes also helps. So while the right conditions existed for this throughout the turn used on settings, it only came together perfectly to give the defenders an advantage once during the set of sweeps (which may of course represent different aspects of one simultaneous battle).

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Morning Air attack on Iki-shima , at 102,57

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 1
A7M2 Sam x 34
J2M3 Jack x 4
J2M5 Jack x 10
N1K2-J George x 1
Ki-84a Frank x 1
Ki-84r Frank x 26
Ki-102b Randy x 1 Fewer planes but better results?

Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 2 destroyed
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 7 destroyed

CAP engaged:
Yokosuka Ku S-1 with A6M5b Zero (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
Raid is overhead
S-304 Hikotai with J2M5 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 118 minutes
901 Ku S-1 with J2M5 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 17000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
302 Ku S-1 with J2M5 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
S-401 Hikotai with N1K2-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
S-310 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes
S-313 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 72 minutes
Soryu-1 with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 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 to 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
Zuikaku-1 with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 17000 , scrambling fighters to 35000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
Hiyo-1 with A7M2 Sam (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 48 minutes
Shoho-1 with A7M2 Sam (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 2 minutes
Zuiho-1 with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
Ryuho-1 with J2M3 Jack (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
Hosho-1 with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
Taiho-1 with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
Katsuragi-1 with A7M2 Sam (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
Raid is overhead
24th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 32000 , scrambling fighters to 26000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes
25th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
26th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 32000 , scrambling fighters to 26000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
27th Sentai with Ki-102b Randy (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes

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Status: offline 		Also on the air strike agenda or today was hitting some tasty convoys in the South China Sea. I figured not much would be covering them, so Graces moved ito Formosa and hit hard, likely sinking about 10-12 xAK. nothing huge, but every little bit helps. If we were playing for VPs it's these kinds of strikes that would keep the Japanese in it late.




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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 2/6/2014 4:00:37 PM   
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Status: offline 		The Corsairs kept coming, probably 300+ on the day, although I haven't counted. Ours Franks, Sams and Jacks kept shooting them down though, and on the day it's a positive result for the first time in memory against the Allied sweeps!!!

I'm sure the P-47N will make an appearance tomorrow in an attempt to exact some retribution. Will we also see a Hail Mary somewhere? That is the pattern.




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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 2/6/2014 4:35:38 PM   
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SUBS: Only two subs sunk and a few others hit today as the Allies put a damper on our E patrols with a deft cruiser strike. About 15 Es lost, although I lost count. We lost an I-boat also to some DEs. Not many left!

KOREA: Finally the strikes hit Moppo. The Allied divisions that moved out of Masan have joined with their Armor. No movements up yet toward Gunzan. That base now has around 4k AV.

STRAT BOMBING: Nothing today.

HOME ISLANDS: The sweeps off Kyushu get to and down a reported 110 out of 207 sweepers today!!! Holy CAP! We lose a total of 91 fighters globally. Of course only about 35 pilots are KIA, with a bunch more wounded. The rest got some great exp and kills. I'll have to check to see if we now have a new leading ace.

That is not usual. Whatever is going on I'm going to keep it going. I won't get ahead of myself or do too many cartwheels about this one turn. It's a long game and we don't have any P-47s to fly on our side. So tomorrow could be as bad as this was good. Five major fighter groups, including the 97 plane Ki-83 group formerly based in Fusan, had to withdraw. Big hurt.

Odd. I haven't seen this before!

Mine Sweeping TF 10 aborts mission and returns to Fukuoka

RECON: Recon hits Kaishu and Keijo, plus there is some on Port Arthur (lightly held) and a few interior Korean bases. Interesting.

Also, this. Very interesting.

Coastwatcher Report: 210 ships reported in port at Naha

CHINA: Not sure we'll hold Psingiang with the amount of bombing going on.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 29, 45
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TF 10 encounters mine field at Shimonoseki (104,57)

Japanese Ships
AM Wa 102
SC CHa-76
ML G-625
ML G-615, Mine hits 3, heavy damage

87 mines cleared

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Saishu To at 100,56, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
E No.77, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
E No.196, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
E No.198, Shell hits 16, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Gambia
CL Leander
CL Richmond
CL Helena, Shell hits 2
DD Clarence Bronson
DD Halligan
DD Lewis Hancock
DD Hickox
DD Hunt
DD Duncan
DD Harding
DD Doyle
DD MacDonough

Improved night sighting under 89% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 89% moonlight: 11,000 yards

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Moppo at 100,55, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
E W-21, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
E W-23, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
E W-39, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
E W-41, Shell hits 17, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Gambia
CL Leander, Shell hits 2
CL Richmond
CL Helena, Shell hits 1
DD Clarence Bronson
DD Halligan
DD Lewis Hancock
DD Hickox
DD Hunt
DD Duncan
DD Harding
DD Doyle
DD MacDonough

Improved night sighting under 89% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 89% moonlight: 11,000 yards

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Sub attack near Saishu To at 100,56

Japanese Ships
SS I-27, hits 27, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DE McCoy Reynolds
DE John C. Butler
DE Grady

SS I-27 launches 2 torpedoes at DE McCoy Reynolds
I-27 diving deep ....

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Moppo at 100,54, Range 14,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
E W-25
E W-38

Allied Ships
PT-480
PT-481
PT-482
PT-483, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-484
PT-485
PT-543, Shell hits 2, and is sunk

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 17,000 yards

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ASW attack near Moppo at 100,54

Japanese Ships
E No.46

Allied Ships
SS Trump, hits 13

SS Trump is located by E No.46
Trump bottoming out ....

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Sub attack near Moppo at 100,54

Japanese Ships
E W-38

Allied Ships
SS Conger, hits 5

SS Conger launches 2 torpedoes at E W-38
E W-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...

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Morning Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1
A7M2 Sam x 47
J2M3 Jack x 6
J2M5 Jack x 6
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 8
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18
Ki-84a Frank x 6
Ki-84r Frank x 94
Ki-102a Randy x 4

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 3 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1D Corsair: 10 destroyed

CAP engaged:
903 Ku S-1 with A7M2 Sam (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
Yokosuka Ku S-2 with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 17000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
S-313 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
302 Ku S-1 with J2M5 Jack (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
352 Ku S-1 with A7M2 Sam (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
S-310 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(13 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
958 Ku T-2 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
Kaga-1 with A7M2 Sam (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
Zuikaku-1 with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 11 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 17000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
Ryuho-1 with J2M3 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
13th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 17000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
19th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
30th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(17 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
33rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
52nd Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(16 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
12 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
53rd Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(18 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 18 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
66th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
72nd Sentai with Ki-43-IV Oscar (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
73rd Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
104th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(15 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 10 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1
A7M2 Sam x 29
J2M3 Jack x 4
J2M5 Jack x 6
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 6
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 17
Ki-84a Frank x 3
Ki-84r Frank x 86
Ki-102a Randy x 3

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 35

Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1D Corsair: 11 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 32000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1
A7M2 Sam x 23
J2M3 Jack x 2
J2M5 Jack x 3
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 6
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 16
Ki-84a Frank x 2
Ki-84r Frank x 76
Ki-102a Randy x 2

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 34

Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 2 destroyed
J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1D Corsair: 6 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 32000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Samah , at 69,63

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 38,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M5 Jack x 13

Allied aircraft
P-51D Mustang x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M5 Jack: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 32000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Moppo , at 100,54

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 110 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 11
J2M3 Jack x 24
N1K2-J George x 27
P1Y2 Frances x 97
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 36
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 15
Ki-84r Frank x 12

No Japanese losses

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

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
29 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet *
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
32 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet *
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
36 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hong Kong at 78,65

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B7A2 Grace x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
B7A2 Grace: 1 damaged
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
xAK Hesperia, Bomb hits 2, on fire
xAK F.J.Luckenbach, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Daulton Mann, Bomb hits 1
xAK Susan Luckenbach, Bomb hits 2, on fire
xAK Daniel L. Johnston, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
xAK Thomas F. Meagher
xAK E. A. Bryan, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Charles P. Steinmetz, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Massive explosion on xAK Hesperia
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Daniel L. Johnston
Massive explosion on xAK Charles P. Steinmetz
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Charles P. Steinmetz

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Morning Air attack on 48th Division, at 74,49 (Kweiyang)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 13
Liberator GR.VI x 17
B-24J Liberator x 4
B-24J Liberator x 35
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 14

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator GR.VI: 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
455 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Moppo , at 100,54

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 118 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 13
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 13
Ki-67-Ib Peggy x 27
Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 136
Ki-84r Frank x 19

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PBM-3D Mariner: 7 damaged

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

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 57

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Moppo , at 100,54

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 182 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 50 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 24
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 29
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 15
Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 93
Ki-84a Frank x 34
Ki-84r Frank x 43

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
SS Lamprey, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage

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

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 22
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
37 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Moppo , at 100,54

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 115 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 17
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 15
Ki-67-Ib Peggy x 48
Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 6
Ki-84r Frank x 24
Ki-102b Randy x 3

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PBM-3D Mariner: 4 damaged
PBM-3D Mariner: 1 destroyed on ground

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

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-67-Ib Peggy bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Moppo , at 100,54

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 138 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 38 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 7
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 5
Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 1 damaged

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

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Moppo , at 100,54

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 145 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 43 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 11
P1Y2 Frances x 27
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
PT-311, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 63rd Division, at 82,54 (Pingsiang)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 18
B-25H Mitchell x 3
B-25J1 Mitchell x 44
B-25J11 Mitchell x 73
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 13

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 4 damaged
B-25J1 Mitchell: 3 damaged
B-25J11 Mitchell: 10 damaged
PBJ-1D Mitchell: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
588 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 42 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 38 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 16 (1 destroyed, 15 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Aparri at 83,72

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B7A2 Grace x 3

Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
AGP Brontes, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hong Kong at 78,65

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B7A2 Grace x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
B7A2 Grace: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied Ships
xAK Harold D. Whitehead, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Joseph Lee, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Horace Luckenbach, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Robert J. Banks, Bomb hits 1, Kamikaze hits 1, on fire
xAK Benjamin Waterhouse, Bomb hits 2, on fire
xAK William Luckenbach, Bomb hits 1
xAK Coquina, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
11 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Harold D. Whitehead
Banzai! - Kurihara P. in a B7A2 Grace is willing to die for the Emperor
Kurihara P. gives his life for the Emperor by ramming xAK Robert J. Banks

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ASW attack near Saishu To at 100,56

Japanese Ships
E No.46
E No.24

Allied Ships
SS O20, hits 24, heavy damage

SS O20 is located by E No.46
E No.24 attacking submerged sub ....
E No.24 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.24 attacking submerged sub ....
Underwater explosion, debris and oil appear on surface!
Escort abandons search for sub

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Ground combat at Tsuyung (68,46)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 43749 troops, 871 guns, 539 vehicles, Assault Value = 965

Defending force 23784 troops, 308 guns, 81 vehicles, Assault Value = 584

Allied adjusted assault: 529

Japanese adjusted defense: 1606

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
1173 casualties reported
Squads: 28 destroyed, 48 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled

Allied ground losses:
907 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 131 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Guns lost 24 (2 destroyed, 22 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Assaulting units:
7th Indian Division
25th Indian Division
23rd Indian Division
8th New Chinese Corps
88th Medium Regiment
3rd West African AA Regiment
104th RAF Base Force
4th West African AA Regiment
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
2nd West African AA Regiment
117th RAF Base Force
56th Heavy Regiment
23rd AA Bde
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment

Defending units:
40th Division
37th Division
104th Division
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
1st Army
23rd JAAF AF Bn

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Reinforcements:

KA Air.Photo.Unit arrives at Tokyo
351st Shinbu-tai arrives at Niigata
352nd Shinbu-tai arrives at Niigata
65th Field AA Battalion arrives at Tokyo

Losses:

Loss of E Iki on May 29, 1945 is admitted
Loss of E Kusagaki on May 29, 1945 is admitted
Loss of E Habushi on May 29, 1945 is admitted
Loss of E Habuto on May 29, 1945 is admitted
Loss of E Hashidate on May 29, 1945 is admitted
Loss of E Uji on May 29, 1945 is admitted
Loss of E No.50 on May 29, 1945 is admitted
Loss of E No.77 on May 29, 1945 is admitted
Loss of E No.112 on May 29, 1945 is admitted
Loss of E No.138 on May 29, 1945 is admitted
Loss of E No.196 on May 29, 1945 is admitted
Loss of E No.198 on May 29, 1945 is admitted
Loss of E W-21 on May 29, 1945 is admitted
Loss of E W-23 on May 29, 1945 is admitted
Loss of E W-39 on May 29, 1945 is admitted
Loss of E W-41 on May 29, 1945 is admitted

Ships Sunk:

Previous report of sinking of BB Mississippi incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
SS Tautog is reported to have been sunk near Fukuoka on Feb 02, 194
5SS O20 is reported to have been sunk near Saishu To on May 29, 1945
PT-483 is reported to have been sunk near Moppo on May 29, 1945
PT-543 is reported to have been sunk near Moppo on May 29, 1945

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Lots of planes lost to Allied CAP, but have to keep flying to make sure their DL is high.
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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 2/6/2014 5:27:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hi obvert - Great to see the late war fighters holding their own. I'm sure you are getting a pilot advantage fighting over home territory.

When you have a chance, could you post what how your CV/CVL/CVE's are arranged by TF? Thanks!

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 2/6/2014 6:10:49 PM   
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Hi obvert - Great to see the late war fighters holding their own. I'm sure you are getting a pilot advantage fighting over home territory.

When you have a chance, could you post what how your CV/CVL/CVE's are arranged by TF? Thanks!


Sure. Will do.

The pilot advantage will take a long time to swing in my direction. notice the losses totals: 41,987 to 21,429. He's gotten a lot of kills, and a lot of aces I'm sure.

I've mostly fought over my bases though, so pilot losses only just went over 20k recently. Still many very good ones around, especially after having to disband some groups. I will now make a golden Ki-83 group with about 60 of the best.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 2/6/2014 7:10:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		This is from a few turns ago. I'm counting the MIA as lost, so it's seemingly pretty low for the amount of airframes lost. (this is from a few days ago as well).




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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 2/6/2014 7:13:53 PM   
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Status: offline 		Here is one of the groups I had to withdraw. Not happy about it.




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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 2/6/2014 7:24:21 PM   
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Status: offline 		Good pilots for the pool at least. But yea, that sucks to have to pull units like that. Have you thought about keep one or two around and just paying the PP cost? Or are PP's being used to send Home Islands infantry to Korea?

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 2/6/2014 8:37:11 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Feurer Krieg

Good pilots for the pool at least. But yea, that sucks to have to pull units like that. Have you thought about keep one or two around and just paying the PP cost? Or are PP's being used to send Home Islands infantry to Korea?


There are still too many things I'd like to use PPs for, and it's pretty expensive. I have enough free troops now without paying extra. It also helps that for the past two days the results have been really good, most likely cooling the enthusiasm for sweeps in the next few.

Most of the PPs right now go to turning training units to kami/CAP. All of the F/FB training units will go this route. I might need a lot more later to turn other training units to kami as well. I still change a lot of group leaders, ship captains and TF commanders, even for small TFs. Right now PPs are hovering around 350.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 2/7/2014 7:26:07 AM   
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ORIGINAL: obvert

This is from a few turns ago. I'm counting the MIA as lost,

I always do too. Great watching this close in defense....

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