GreyJoy
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Feb 25, 1943
INDIA: The allies attack and, boy, they hit hard. Catching me off guard, Erik goes for Tricomalae as soon as the KB-1 moves south. The forces used for this air operation are really scaring... several hundreds of fighters and bombers...and the coordination...Boy, Obvert knows his stuff, that's for sure. It was a perfect operation for the allies. First the sweeps+LRCAP...lots of them! Then the escorted 4Es to hit the fields...and then, in the afternoon, the escorted DBs against my ships... hat's off to him!
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 27
A6M5c Zero x 25
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 42
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 36
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 10
F4F-4 Wildcat x 69
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
30 x F4F-4 Wildcat sweeping at 25000 feet
CAP engaged:
582 Ku S-1 with A6M3 Zero (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 16 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 24000 and 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
Chitose-1 with A6M5c Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 17 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
4th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 22 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 22000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
77th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 25 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Trincomalee , at 31,47
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 22
A6M5c Zero x 20
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 37
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 33
Allied aircraft
P-43A-1 Lancer x 11
Hurricane IIc Trop x 15
Kittyhawk I x 10
P-39D Airacobra x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-43A-1 Lancer: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
Kittyhawk I: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Trincomalee , at 31,47
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 21
A6M5c Zero x 17
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 34
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 27
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 4
F4U-1 Corsair x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Trincomalee , at 31,47
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 20
A6M5c Zero x 12
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 20
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 23
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 2
F4U-1 Corsair x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M5c Zero: 3 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Trincomalee , at 31,47
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 13
A6M5c Zero x 6
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 15
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 19
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 2
Kittyhawk III x 16
P-38G Lightning x 22
P-39D Airacobra x 4
P-400 Airacobra x 25
P-40K Warhawk x 72
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed
P-400 Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Trincomalee , at 31,47
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 8
A6M5c Zero x 5
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 13
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 14
Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 18
Kittyhawk I x 17
LB-30 Liberator x 3
B-24D Liberator x 24
P-39D Airacobra x 4
P-40K Warhawk x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 damaged
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M5c Zero: 2 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 31
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Morning Air attack on Trincomalee , at 31,47
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 7
A6M5c Zero x 3
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 10
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 14
Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 6
Kittyhawk I x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 25
P-40K Warhawk x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 3 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 2 destroyed
Runway hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Trincomalee , at 31,47
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 6
A6M5c Zero x 2
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 3
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6
P-39D Airacobra x 4
P-40K Warhawk x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 2
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Morning Air attack on Trincomalee , at 31,47
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 4
A6M5c Zero x 1
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 2
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 1
B-24D Liberator x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Trincomalee at 31,47
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 4
A6M5c Zero x 2
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 5
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4
Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 4
Kittyhawk I x 4
SBD-3 Dauntless x 17
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Vengeance I: 1 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAK Kamoi Maru, Bomb hits 1
xAK Tokyo Maru
PC Nire, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Shinryu Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
xAK Natisan Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD Aoi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Trincomalee at 31,47
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 3
A6M5c Zero x 1
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 5
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4
Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 44
P-39D Airacobra x 6
F4F-4 Wildcat x 7
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Vengeance I: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAK Kazuura Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Matsue Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AKE Genoa Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire
xAK Ceylon Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
AKE Yosida Maru #3, Bomb hits 3, on fire
xAK Nansin Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
AKE Meisan Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Sugiyama Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire
xAK Teisin Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
AKE Syokyu Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Koyo Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
AKE Genzan Maru, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Trincomalee at 31,47
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 2
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 1
Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 14
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Vengeance I: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAK Momoyama Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Utide Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Hakodate Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
Can't really blame my guys...they did wonders considering the odds... the first crapload waves of fighters (how many F4F does he have!?) managed to put most of my air groups off duty so when the bombers arrived my planes were too fatigued, damaged or scattered among the skies to really be able to interdict the bombers... and the results are bad: the base is almost closed, we've lost a whole fleet of supplies (nearly 30K supplies lost along with the ships) and we've almost lost the control of the skies..
Then, near Esperance, we've had a better look at the enemy's landing force...  .... almost the whole pacific fleet seems to be there!...but no CVs... seems like they're just CVEs....mmmmmm......
The only good news of the day comes from the road to Kunming...
Ground combat at 72,47 (near Kweiyang)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 14339 troops, 245 guns, 484 vehicles, Assault Value = 493
Defending force 15656 troops, 99 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 246
Japanese adjusted assault: 449
Allied adjusted defense: 217
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
283 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Allied ground losses:
3198 casualties reported
Squads: 147 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 129 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 8 (5 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units retreated 3
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
19th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Guards Tank Division
20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
10th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
72nd Chinese Corps
35th Group Army
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RE: 1943! - 
I need those AKEs there to supply my SAGs... will try a different approach soon. 
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