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RE: June 3rd: BBs "nuke" Luganville - 4/15/2015 1:46:12 AM   
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Yes but somehow the PT boat option is greyed out in Suva:

and of course supply is not an issue



It's (HQ-wise) an NZ Base, I think that's why.

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RE: June 3rd: BBs "nuke" Luganville - 4/15/2015 1:59:08 AM   
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India:

Finally all 4E bombers (safely) arrived to India:

I have 80 B-17Es; most are in Bombay, still in crates. And if the time it is taking to get the P-38s ready is a good indicator, I will need at least a week to be ready




The plan is very simple:
- base B-17s to Hyderabad which will reach level 8 airfield tomorrow,
- base P-38s and fighters with extended range of 7 to Madras
- Start a daylight bombing at Trincomalee, a level 3 airfield with 33 fighters, 58 bombers and 39 auxiliaries
- Secondary target: Vizagadpadma, a level 2 airfield with 24 fighters

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RE: June 3rd: BBs "nuke" Luganville - 4/15/2015 2:05:46 AM   
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Status: offline 		Don't know about the HQ issue in creating PTs, but I do know there is a limit to how many you can have on the map, so if you have PTs at other locations that use up your limit, the "Create PT Boats" option gets greyed out. As the manual says, you can check your Ship Availability Screen to see if there is any room to create more. If not, you would have to disband some PTs and after a delay should be able to make more.
I will try in my current game to see if a non-US base can make PTs.

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RE: June 3rd: BBs "nuke" Luganville - 4/15/2015 2:15:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		My point is that you cannot, for example, create USN PT Boats at non-US HQ'd ports AFAIK.

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RE: June 3rd: BBs "nuke" Luganville - 4/15/2015 2:21:27 AM   
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RE: June 3rd: BBs "nuke" Luganville - 4/15/2015 2:26:25 AM   
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I was able to create PTs in Brisbane

Another theory down the tubes...

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RE: June 3rd: BBs "nuke" Luganville - 4/15/2015 2:27:00 AM   
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I was able to create PTs in Brisbane

Another theory down the tubes...

But what US units were at Brisbane when you did that?

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RE: June 3rd: BBs "nuke" Luganville - 4/15/2015 2:28:16 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thank you Jorge - I went to my game to see if I could do that but have used all my quotas of PTs and MTBS/MGBs, and couldn't figure out how to put them back in the pool (there are no cargo ships currently at their location). I will keep trying and see if I can create MTBs at a US Base!

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RE: June 3rd: BBs "nuke" Luganville - 4/15/2015 2:44:39 AM   
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Which units? so many really, in terms of HQ:
SW Pacific Theatre... McArthur's !
2 HQ a
1 HQ c

EDIT: I can build PTs in PH, Midway, PagoPago, Christmas, Palmyra, even Johnston island
I can't build PTs in Auckland or Suva
so looks like it is HQ related




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RE: June 3rd: BBs "nuke" Luganville - 4/15/2015 2:57:16 AM   
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Is he really trying to land in Perth? or is this just bull to throw me off?




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RE: June 3rd: BBs "nuke" Luganville - 4/15/2015 4:47:03 PM   
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I almost forgot; from time to time you get good intel

Is he really trying to land in Perth? or is this just bull to throw me off?




My bet is that it's deception. 23rd Div starts restricted in Manchuria - and its not a very good division, so I figure hasn't been bought out with political points.

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RE: June 3rd: BBs "nuke" Luganville - 4/15/2015 8:38:39 PM   
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Status: offline 		I agree, Japan has much better divisions; some on the 90 EXP range that should be purchased before the mediocre 23rd

Even if it is for real, I don't consider Perth to be strategic, he might grab it if he wants it, I will pick it back later on




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June 4th: Carriers found - 4/15/2015 8:50:41 PM   
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Status: offline 		Regrettably, the carriers were found; they decided to attack a lone xAKL..

Let's see if the Jedi mind trick works

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Marcus Island at 123,95

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 18
SBD-3 Dauntless x 15

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAKL Tenposan Maru, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 10000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

Tenposan Maru dead in the water ...
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Tenposan Maru




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RE: June 4th: Carriers found - 4/15/2015 9:10:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		For tomorrow, I decided to strike Truk, and I understand there will be risks involved. My assumptions are:

- KB is far away, and it won't be a factor next turn.
- He has rushed all bombers and Zeroes from Rabaul to Truk, Roi-Namur and maybe even Wake... they should be fatigued after the long trip
- There should not be HQ-a --> torpedoes at Truk.. any damage received will be from bombs
- There must be some interesting support/ auxiliary vessels on Truk, as it is the main port of the SE Area
- He should be in lock-down mode right now, so there won't be a lot of valuable targets in range


TF is going full speed to guarantee it is within 6 hexes of Truk by early morning, I have a setup of Naval Attack + Port: Truk. This means an afternoon strike and increases the chances of the sweep coming before the naval strike.

The Battleships and Heavy Cruisers will do a standard naval bombing run tomorrow, then leave to PH




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RE: June 4th: Carriers found - 4/15/2015 9:43:47 PM   
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I hope you catch some worthwhile targets! Have your CVs been snooped yet? He knows US CVs are in his ocean from the xAKL (bad luck there), but he probably won't figure on a strike on Truk - I sure wouldn't!

You may just catch him napping!


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RE: June 4th: Carriers found - 4/15/2015 10:10:22 PM   
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Ballsy man, just ballsy!!!

I hope you catch some worthwhile targets! Have your CVs been snooped yet? He knows US CVs are in his ocean from the xAKL (bad luck there), but he probably won't figure on a strike on Truk - I sure wouldn't!

You may just catch him napping!




The CVs are at DL = 2/2 ... so yes, he can see the TF, with minimal details, but enough to do the 1+1=2 and send carriers in that direction

I am sure last turn he was pants down, after all check how long it took them to get spotted, and there are 2 other massive TF near Wake that are not yet spotted.

Problem is, with the transfer range of 2E bombers and Zeroes, tomorrow it will be a different picture, still I think the game put some penalties to squadrons recently rebased; they might not even fly tomorrow other than CAP missions

And ADM King would have my balls if I just retreat now, so let it be!

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RE: June 4th: Carriers found - 4/15/2015 10:18:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		Only one DB squadron attacked that xAKL so he might figure on only one CV and not pull everything to Truk in case the other 2 are going to other areas, like the Marshalls. He would have to keep some assets at other bases just in case you sent one CV on a raid-n-run decoy mission. At level 2 DL I doubt he has info on TF composition.

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June 5th: Pearl Harbor in reverse - 4/16/2015 7:03:41 PM   
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Status: offline 		I won't have the turn until tomorrow as Steve is busy. But he sent the combat replay. He guessed correctly I was planning to bomb Truk as the CAP there was powerful

- Wake bombardment was soo fun to watch . Moreover, I know now that AV Kimikawa Maru is there... the carriers will pay a visit in the next few turns

- Truk strike ended been very similar to December 7th' Pearl Harbor, not the real PH but my PBEM's version; multiple BBs damaged, but nothing too serious, "Oscar" CAP was very strong and the dive bombers paid a heavy price. Casualties on the combat report are deceptively low. I will update the real figures once I get the turn
* "garbage class" cruiser Kashima will likely sink EDIT: Sinking Confirmed in August 6th
* BBs Nagato and Yamashiro will require some yard time


- Having a ASW TF following the carriers worked very well, as it pinned down a submarine that might have causes trouble

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Night Naval bombardment of Wake Island at 136,98 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 7 damaged
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground

1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB Warspite
BB Arizona
BB Oklahoma
BB Nevada
BB West Virginia
DD Clark
DD Balch
DD Selfridge
DD Porter
DD Case
DD Lamson
DD Preston
DD Benham
DD Dunlap

Japanese ground losses:
166 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 6 (4 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 31
Port hits 11
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 2

BB Warspite firing at Wake Island
BB Arizona firing at Wake Island
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Oklahoma
BB Oklahoma firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at BB Oklahoma
BB Nevada firing at Wake Island
BB West Virginia firing at Wake Island
DD Clark firing at Wake Island
DD Balch firing at Wake Island
DD Selfridge firing at Wake Island
DD Porter firing at Wake Island
DD Case firing at Wake Island
DD Lamson firing at Wake Island
DD Preston firing at Wake Island
DD Benham firing at 53rd Naval Guard Unit
DD Dunlap firing at Wake Island


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Night Naval bombardment of Wake Island at 136,98

Japanese Ships
AV Kimikawa Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire

Allied Ships
CA Salt Lake City
CA Chicago
CA Chester
CA Northampton
DD Cassin
DD Downes
DD Walke
DD Russell
DD Grayson

Japanese ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 18
Port hits 7
Port supply hits 2

CA Salt Lake City firing at Wake Island
CA Chicago firing at Wake Island
CA Chester firing at Wake Island
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Northampton
CA Northampton firing at Wake Island
DD Cassin firing at Wake Island
DD Downes firing at Wake Island
DD Walke firing at Wake Island
DD Russell firing at Wake Island
DD Grayson firing at Wake Island

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Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 58

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed

CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 23 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 17 on standby, 0 scrambling)
17 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 18000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes


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Afternoon Air attack on Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 60

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 36
SBD-2 Dauntless x 36
SBD-3 Dauntless x 113

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed
SBD-2 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 7 destroyed, 21 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
CL Kashima, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
SSX Ha-7, Bomb hits 1
BB Nagato, Bomb hits 9, on fire
BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 9, on fire
CL Tenryu, Bomb hits 1
xAK Daihachikyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires

Port hits 11
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
12 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
10 x SBD-2 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
16 x SBD-2 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
1 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
5 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
13 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
1 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
7 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
2 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
2 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-2 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 20 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (7 airborne, 15 on standby, 10 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes


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RE: June 5th: Pearl Harbor in reverse - 4/16/2015 7:20:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		I count 24 hits from 149 DB - not a great result but given the 60 Oscars vs 36 F4Fs I am sure quite a few DB had a fighter on their tail during their attacks.
Dang that xAKL!

Kashima may be "garbage" because of its lack of armour (in RL it was a training cruiser) but it is useful to the Japanese as a Fast Transport ship. I forget how many troops/how much stuff it can haul.

I hope the AV is still at Wake on your way back with the CVs!

The best part is that he will now have to spread out his perimeter defences and Nav Search.

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RE: June 5th: Pearl Harbor in reverse - 4/16/2015 7:33:34 PM   
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RE: June 5th: Pearl Harbor in reverse - 4/16/2015 7:35:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		Yes the Oscars certainly hinder the accuracy; moreover, look how many released bombs at 4,000 or 3,000 feet... c'mon boys!! the Vals release at 1,000 feets easily.... you can do better

I think I will detach some DDs to remain in Wake just to be sure Kimikawa Maru doesn't escape
and yes, I won't mind sinking any cruiser, Kashima is a valuable ship


"If he has to react and defend against your moves then that is a very welcome change from the early war period. "


YES!! +1
Moreover, for the time being, all is quiet in Luganville and the entire SW Pacific... It will give me time to resupply it

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RE: June 5th: Pearl Harbor in reverse - 4/17/2015 2:12:04 AM   
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Status: offline 		Certainly not bad results at Truk. And as jwolf succinctly stated, having the initiative is going to really make your opponent think!

Am surprised to by what you found at Truk - I expected more merchies/auxillaries in harbor. I also expected to see every Zero and Netty in range flown in to reach out for your CVs. Encountering only Oscars as CAP also surprises me.

So, I'd be curious - where is his land based naval air?? Is he THAT weak in SOPAC/SWPAC in IJN LBA?

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RE: June 5th: Pearl Harbor in reverse - 4/17/2015 2:38:08 AM   
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Status: offline 		I cannot complain at all.... It was a fully coordinated strike of almost 200 planes, arriving perfectly timed after the morning sweep. Other than the fact than both the Sweeping and escorting Wildcats performed well below average compared to the Oscars. That in part due to my decision to use less trained Marine squadron on the offensive and keep the best (Navy) fighters squadrons on CAP..
Under less fortunate circumstances, like escorts not linking or a piece meal attack it would had been much worst.

As per the # of merchants/ auxiliaries... I won't know what was there, problem is bombers focused on the battleships, so it is entirely possible the auxiliaries were there but simply ignored.
Another possibility is that he has moved most auxiliaries to Rabaul and Tulagi, he just recently invaded Ndeni and makes sense to push forward any support closer to the front


And there are units of the IJN in the SW Pacific, just a turn ago (before the surprise; combat reports attached) he did 2 night bombings on Luganville using Betties, likely based on Rabaul (L6) or Russel (L4). I was also expecting to see Zeroes today, but maybe he based them on Roi-Namur instead? Zeroes have a longer transfer range, so assuming Rabaul as the starting point, it might had made sense to transfer Oscars to the much closer base (Truk) and Zeroes to the farther away base (Roi).
And I didn't bomb the airfield, thus I don't know if he re-based bombers there... I will know tomorrow



AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 04, 42
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Night Air attack on Luganville , at 120,150

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 12000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Luganville , at 120,150

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 10

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 12000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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RE: June 5th: Pearl Harbor in reverse - 4/17/2015 3:10:49 AM   
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Status: offline 		I re-run the combat replay to count the losses (no turn back yet), and they are as follow:

- 10 Wildcats F4 in total, on both the Sweep and Escort missions

- 12 SB-3; ten due to air-to-air (pre and post strike), 1 due to ballons, 1 due to AA... notice how light the AA was

- 3 SB-2; all due to air-to-air

- Only 2 Oscars shot down


This of course will become bigger once the operational losses are added.

CL Kashima got three 1,000 pound penetration hits, so there is a good chance of sinking. If it ends sinking, then the Truk raid would had been more successful than our PBEM Pearl Harbor (zero ships sunk). We will see.

The carriers will withdraw trying to avoid Roi-Namur and Saipan but remaining within strike distance of Truk; I just don't believe there are torpedoes at Truk, while I strongly suspect there are in Roi and I have no clue on Saipan. So I am willing to risk a long range naval strike if it is coming from Truk.

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RE: June 5th: Pearl Harbor in reverse - 4/17/2015 10:49:11 PM   
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Not a lot to add until tomorrow; these are the official losses




Also, tomorrow I will start the bombing campaign in India; the first target is Vizagapatnam, which will be visited by 145 2E bombers (mostly Blenheim IVs) and 60 fighters

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RE: June 5th: Pearl Harbor in reverse - 4/18/2015 12:10:57 AM   
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Status: offline 		The loss of 3 Jakes is interesting. Unless your CAP shot down Jake snoopers, they would have gone down on ships, and I don't know if Kashima could have carried three of them.

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RE: June 5th: Pearl Harbor in reverse - 4/18/2015 12:29:50 AM   
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Status: offline 		According to the combat report, the BBs TF destroyed 1 Jake and damaged 7 on the naval bombardment of Wake island.
So the natural explanation is that the 3 ground losses reported are coming from the bombing, with some inflated numbers due to FOW

That said, who knows; CL Kashima is capable of carrying 1 FP (2 considering reserves). It starts the scenario carrying 1 Alf; but we are already in June, so it is possible that he has replaced it with a Jake.



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June 6th: Diego Garcia and Vizagapatnam - 4/19/2015 12:19:32 AM   
Jorge_Stanbury


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Status: offline 		June 6th was a day of surprises:
- Diego Garcia was bombed by a battleship/ cruiser TF
- Airfield strike at Vizagapatnam was a complete success
- USN carriers were not spotted/ attacked last turn, their DL is zero again.


Lets start with the first surprise: Diego Garcia. The fact that there was going to be a bombing there was of course completely expected, however I was hoping to get some advanced notice before it happened; I had several Albacores and a few Seagulls on naval search; I bet he estimated the range of the search planes and rushed full speed in the last leg of the trip.

Results were bad of course, but not horrendously bad:
- CVL Hermes was hit twice, but somehow it was not damaged; if anything this turn it shows less damage than the turn ago.
- I had 2 DDs on ASW: old Vampire and Arunta (a nice Tribal ) Both were sunk.
- 4 Fulmars, 1 Martlet, 1 Albacore destroyed
- Airfield runway damage: 47, service damage: 31, port: 6

Tomorrow there will be a second bombardment... then I expect to see a carrier TF coming to finish Hermes.
We will see how it goes, I have very little to throw to defend Diego Garcia: 2 submarines within range, 2 more nearby. I also created a SCTF with BB Revenge and 5 DDs; these are the "intact" survivors of the battle of Andaman Sea. They will move to Diego Garcia, problem is they are in Bombay, too far away.



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Night Air attack on Diego Garcia , at 11,62

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 3

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 9000 feet *
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Night Naval bombardment of Diego Garcia at 11,62 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Fulmar II: 7 damaged
Fulmar II: 3 destroyed on ground
Albacore I: 23 damaged
Albacore I: 1 destroyed on ground
Martlet II: 4 damaged
Martlet II: 1 destroyed on ground
Walrus II: 1 damaged

3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
CA Furutaka
CA Suzuya
CA Haguro
DD Yugiri
DD Asagiri
DD Uranami
DD Hagikaze
DD Arashi
DD Hatsukaze
DD Oyashio

Allied Ships
CVL Hermes, Shell hits 2, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
321 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 24
Port hits 8
Port fuel hits 1

BB Haruna firing at Diego Garcia
CA Furutaka firing at Diego Garcia RN Base Force
Diego Garcia RN Base Force firing at CA Furutaka
CA Suzuya firing at Diego Garcia
CA Haguro firing at Diego Garcia
DD Yugiri firing at Diego Garcia
DD Asagiri firing at Diego Garcia
DD Uranami firing at Diego Garcia
DD Hagikaze firing at Diego Garcia
DD Arashi firing at Diego Garcia
DD Hatsukaze firing at Diego Garcia
DD Oyashio firing at Diego Garcia


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Day Time Surface Combat, near Diego Garcia at 11,62, Range 23,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
CA Haguro
CA Suzuya
CA Furutaka
DD Oyashio
DD Hatsukaze
DD Arashi
DD Hagikaze
DD Uranami
DD Asagiri
DD Yugiri

Allied Ships
DD Vampire, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Arunta, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards
Range closes to 23,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 23,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 23,000 yards
CA Haguro engages DD Arunta at 23,000 yards
Range closes to 21,000 yards
CA Haguro engages DD Arunta at 21,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Arunta at 21,000 yards
DD Oyashio engages DD Arunta at 21,000 yards
Range closes to 18,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Arunta at 18,000 yards
Range closes to 17,000 yards
BB Haruna engages DD Arunta at 17,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Arunta at 17,000 yards
Morrow, J.C. orders Allied TF to disengage
DD Arunta sunk by DD Arashi at 17,000 yards
DD Arashi engages DD Vampire at 17,000 yards
Range increases to 18,000 yards
BB Haruna engages DD Vampire at 18,000 yards
CA Suzuya engages DD Vampire at 18,000 yards
DD Vampire engages DD Hagikaze at 18,000 yards
Range closes to 17,000 yards
BB Haruna engages DD Vampire at 17,000 yards
CA Suzuya engages DD Vampire at 17,000 yards
Range increases to 18,000 yards
DD Arashi engages DD Vampire at 18,000 yards
DD Oyashio engages DD Vampire at 18,000 yards
Range closes to 17,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Vampire at 17,000 yards
Range increases to 18,000 yards
BB Haruna engages DD Vampire at 18,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Vampire at 18,000 yards
Range increases to 20,000 yards
BB Haruna engages DD Vampire at 20,000 yards
CA Haguro engages DD Vampire at 20,000 yards
BB Haruna engages DD Vampire at 20,000 yards
CA Haguro engages DD Vampire at 20,000 yards
Range increases to 28,000 yards
BB Haruna engages DD Vampire at 28,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Vampire at 28,000 yards
CA Suzuya engages DD Vampire at 28,000 yards
Task forces break off...

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RE: June 6th: Diego Garcia and Vizagapatnam - 4/19/2015 12:27:28 AM   
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Status: offline 		Everything worked according to plan on Vizagapatnam:
- the first sweep done by P-40s of AVG destroyed 4 Oscars and returned home without losses
- second sweep found and damaged 1 Oscar
- then 4 bombing raids, only the 1st was challenged, unsuccessfully, by a lone Oscar
- all bombers drop their bombs unopposed, airfield damage ended at 56 points
- I am posting the daily losses, I think they are relatively accurate. Notice I killed my first Ki-45 on the ground at Vizagpatnam



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Morning Air attack on Vizagapatnam , at 42,37

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet *

CAP engaged:
64th Sentai Det with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 6 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 19000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Vizagapatnam , at 42,37

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 11 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 1

Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 25

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-400 Airacobra sweeping at 20000 feet *

CAP engaged:
64th Sentai Det with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (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 20000 , scrambling fighters to 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes

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Afternoon Air attack on Vizagapatnam , at 42,37

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 1

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 32
Hudson IIIa x 16
Wellington Ic x 15
Kittyhawk IA x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 20
Airbase supply hits 18
Runway hits 44

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
16 x Hudson IIIa bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
15 x Wellington Ic bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
64th Sentai Det with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Raid is overhead



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Afternoon Air attack on Vizagapatnam , at 42,37

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Blenheim I bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Vizagapatnam , at 42,37

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 16
Beaufort V x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
12 x Beaufort V bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Vizagapatnam , at 42,37

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 10

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Vizagapatnam , at 42,37

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 16

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb


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RE: June 6th: Diego Garcia and Vizagapatnam - 4/19/2015 12:53:26 AM   
Jorge_Stanbury


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The Battleships will do a second bombardment, while the heavy cruisers will patrol Wake to avoid the damaged AV to run away.

Interesting to see the base report at Truk; no bombers!!

In terms of detection levels, the carriers are at zero, the cruisers at 7/7 and the battleships at 2/4; this likely coming from the Jakes at Wake.




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