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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/30/2015 6:32:23 PM   
Mundy


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Status: offline 		I'm kinda torn at this point.

I'd like some cover for when I eventually land at Diamond Harbor, and I'm not sure CVEs alone could do this.

On the other hand, matching them with two more CVs and two more CVLs could almost match up with KB.

I'll probably do my landings and then depart from there to Australia.

I think new carriers are a bit sparse the first half of 44. I haven't looked in a while, but I'll refresh next turn.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/30/2015 7:27:35 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Mundy

I'm kinda torn at this point.

I'd like some cover for when I eventually land at Diamond Harbor, and I'm not sure CVEs alone could do this.


I'm surprised you'd want to land at Diamond Harbour at all? With Ceylon in your hands and KB prowling off the coast just when do you plan on getting a chance at invading Diamond Harbour? India should be a land war now so your fleet can support operations in the Pacific. You've accomplished your goal of liberating Ceylon, but I fear you are losing the chance to exploit KB's presence in the IO.

With KB at Diego Garcia you should be pushing as hard as you can in the Pacific. The longer you delay, the more likelihood CF will have time to shift KB to protect the Pacific just when you finally get moving there. KB in the IO is only a problem if you let it be. It's time to shift your focus away from fleet operations in the IO and get them concentrated on where KB isn't.


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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/30/2015 7:36:28 PM   
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ORIGINAL: SqzMyLemon
With KB at Diego Garcia you should be pushing as hard as you can in the Pacific. The longer you delay, the more likelihood CF will have time to shift KB to protect the Pacific just when you finally get moving there. KB in the IO is only a problem if you let it be. It's time to shift your focus away from fleet operations in the IO and get them concentrated on where KB isn't.


+1

PS. Don´t count CVEs as replacements for fleet CVs.
PS.2. Don´t go looking for a fight with KB.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/30/2015 9:55:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		I'm loading up an invasion now in the eastern part of the Pacific. Stuff's starting to roll there.

I'm favoring Diamond Harbor for a couple reasons. One, is that I already have a ton of troops at Cocanada, and I don't really want to feed that meatgrinder overly much. I have about 2-1 on him now in raw AV. Another UK division and brigade are enroute from Bezwada, and I'm hoping to reach the tipping point soon. The other is that DH and Calcutta are fairly weakly held right now. If I can grab those quickly, things will get tough in a hurry for his units in the west. On top of that, if/when I break through there, you know durn well I'll be bombed over the entire hike across the subcontinent.

04 February 1944

I never heard of this carrier before. It looked like a big one.

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Sub attack near Diego Garcia at 11,62

Japanese Ships
CV Kasagi
BB Kirishima
CA Nachi
CL Noshiro
DD Michishio
DD Benigumo
DD Urazuki
DD Arare

Allied Ships
SS Hackleback, hits 2

SS Hackleback launches 4 torpedoes at CV Kasagi
Hackleback bottoming out ....
DD Benigumo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Urazuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Arare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arare attacking submerged sub ....
DD Arare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arare fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


A pity I missed. He'll be up to his armpits in subs before too long. I'm bound to get lucky again.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 11/30/2015 11:21:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		He may have changed the name of the carrier. I try and do the same using the supplement and general index, vol XV

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 12/1/2015 1:11:29 AM   
Mundy


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Status: offline 		Interesting... I thought that was only for the repeat US names.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 12/1/2015 4:40:44 AM   
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Status: offline 		No, the CV Kasagi is a historical ship. Its just that IRL the Japanese canceled it as there was no point in completing it given their lack of air crews and fuel. Seems that CF finished it well before historical build date (no surprise).

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 12/1/2015 11:50:29 AM   
Mundy


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Status: offline 		I've been seeing A6M8s at this point too, which sounds like an ultra-late model.

Looking at ye olde Wiki, She's an Unryu class, with a capacity around 60.

I'm going to sit tight in the west right now. Prep's not high enough yet anyway. I'm making moves in the east now. I'd be further ahead there now, if not for that cargo loading bungle with Baker.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 12/1/2015 7:08:37 PM   
Mundy


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More of the same, mostly.

Recon at Diego Garcia indicates that CF has disbanded some or all of his carriers to port. Probably to avoid my subs.

This is an opening. My carriers are sortieing out. Doing this mission depends on whether they're spotted or not. If I'm unseen the first turn out, I can flank there and hit them quickly. Recon's only showing one search plane there.

The next question is: do I set the primary mission to port attack, or can I count on it getting hit if I primary naval attack with a port secondary attack?

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 12/1/2015 7:19:47 PM   
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Status: offline 		It looks like you're hoping for a Pearl Harbor sort of strike against the Jap carriers at DG. I guess it's possible but it seems like a real longshot. At minimum, even if he disbanded some of the carriers, wouldn't the air units be actively patrolling there anyway? Or could it be that he simply pulled his carriers back a few spaces to the SW?

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 12/1/2015 8:06:29 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Mundy

Recon at Diego Garcia indicates that CF has disbanded some or all of his carriers to port. Probably to avoid my subs.

This is an opening. My carriers are sortieing out. Doing this mission depends on whether they're spotted or not. If I'm unseen the first turn out, I can flank there and hit them quickly. Recon's only showing one search plane there.

The next question is: do I set the primary mission to port attack, or can I count on it getting hit if I primary naval attack with a port secondary attack?


A lot of ifs to me. How big is Diego Garcia's airbase? If I disbanded any carrier in port with even a hint of danger all the air groups would have been transferred to the airbase to provide CAP and still set to naval attack. Think land based carrier here.

Port or naval strike? The safe bet to me would be naval strike with port set as secondary. There's no guarantee those CV's will still be disbanded in port by the time you get there. You are relying on CF keeping his CV's disbanded for two more days until you can strike. I just don't see CF risking keeping a portion, or all, of his fleet disbanded in port for a total of three days?

I wouldn't risk the AI doing what you want it to. Whose to say the day you go to strike you don't get a good DL on the CV's which are now at sea and not in port as you hoped, so the AI launches a port strike instead and whiffs, meanwhile KB spots you and launches a naval strike and you have no counterpunch? I never trust the AI to do what I want...ever.

Is this a high risk/reward operation, sure, but you are relying on a lot of things to go just perfectly while putting your CV's at risk. I wouldn't leave something this important to chance.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 12/1/2015 8:19:24 PM   
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05 February 1944

More of the same, mostly.

Recon at Diego Garcia indicates that CF has disbanded some or all of his carriers to port. Probably to avoid my subs.

This is an opening. My carriers are sortieing out. Doing this mission depends on whether they're spotted or not. If I'm unseen the first turn out, I can flank there and hit them quickly. Recon's only showing one search plane there.

The next question is: do I set the primary mission to port attack, or can I count on it getting hit if I primary naval attack with a port secondary attack?

While its theoretically possible for you to hit his CVs disbanded in port, it does not sound like CF to be so sloppy as to let such a thing happen. Yes you did sink his BBs in port before with 4E but CF is far less likely to make such a mistake with the KB since BBs typically shrug off level bombers while CVs are very vulnerable to any sort of port strike. In order for you to succeed in such a mission you need a lot of things completely out of your control to go correctly. Even if the KB is disbanded and he doesn't spot your CVs approaching which I deem unlikely, there's no guarantee that in the following turn they won't reform into a TF.

Can you hit DG with 4E? If those CVs really are disbanded then maybe you could do some damage that way. Losing a few dozen heavy bombers is nothing compared to losing all your CVs in the area. I've always felt the key to this game as the Allies early on is being able to damage and sink Japanese CVs without putting your CVs at risk and this is the perfect opportunity.

If you do opt to go for it, I think you have to use naval strike as the primary mission in case the KB actually does form up. With naval strike you will probably lose anyway but at least you could damage or even sink some ships but if the KB is going after your CVs while you go after an empty port then it would be nothing short of a disaster.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 12/1/2015 8:19:42 PM   
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Don't worry guys, I scrubbed it. A day out of Colombo and my ships were spotted. I wasn't real comfortable either with the number of carriers showing up in port. My ships will be okay, as they'll reach port before daylight.

There was risk, but given the chance to splatter them across the sidewalk in port, I'll look at such chances.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 12/1/2015 8:22:22 PM   
Mundy


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Status: offline 		Sangeli, my B-24s are four hexes short of reaching there.

That would have been my preferred way. If he's still hanging there in a few months, B-29s can deal with it then. I think I'm only two months before the first squadrons show up at Aden. I'm wondering if they can fly to Karachi or not from there.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 12/1/2015 8:36:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		I don't think you can make an air transfer from an off map base to an on map base. but must admit it is something I have never tried.

Correction, it can be done if there is a rail connection to the off map base such as East Coast and Canada.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 12/2/2015 11:23:16 AM   
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Status: offline 		I wasn't sure if the brute range of the 29 could overcome the hex mileage condensing thing with the off-map bases. IRL they probably could make the trip one-way.

I won't know until I get there.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 12/2/2015 1:12:17 PM   
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Status: offline 		I wasn't able to make a transfer from Aden to India with Catalinas even though they have a transfer range of 56 hexes and can go from San Francisco to Pearl. So I assume it is just not possible -- but if it is, somehow, I would sure like to know!

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 12/2/2015 1:20:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		I'll just assume it isn't. I just didn't want the delay of having them boxed up.

I'll have to look up where my AKVs are. I haven't noticed them in a while. Probably at Cape Town.

I'm overdue on an S-boat getting withdrawn. It's currently enroute to San Fran from Pearl. I'm not sweating the PP hit. I think I'm past the point of buying out divisions anymore, and I probably have 4,000 in the bank.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 12/5/2015 1:10:44 PM   
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Just been quiet lately, since a whole lot of nothing's been going on.

At Diego, I've pulled my subs back a bit to form a ring about 4 hexes out. All I'm dealing with right now are ASW groups. I'll get everyone in a bunch of short-radius search patterns, so I get some warning if KB decides to sortie out.

An Indian division and brigade have reached Cocanada. Everyone's attacking this turn. I'm hoping I've enough to push over the top. All of India could hinge on this right now.

My target in the Eastern Pacific is Roi-Namur. I'm landing a division in about 3.5 days. This one seems to have the largest airfield. Kwajalein just has a level one. My invaders got spotted yesterday, and they took a shot today.

quote:

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ailuk at 143,113

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 9
N1K1-J George x 36

Allied aircraft
FM-1 Wildcat x 72
FM-2 Wildcat x 8
F6F-3 Hellcat x 78

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 6 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
FM-1 Wildcat: 2 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 12 on standby, 16 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 32370.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
24 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-31 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 11 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 32370.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
15 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-32 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 11 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
10 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-65 with FM-1 Wildcat (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 9 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 31450.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-3 with FM-1 Wildcat (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 9 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
14 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-4 with FM-1 Wildcat (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 9 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 31450.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
12 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-5 with FM-1 Wildcat (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 9 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 31450.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
1 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-11 with FM-2 Wildcat (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 2000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ailuk at 143,113

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 9
N1K1-J George x 36

Allied aircraft
FM-1 Wildcat x 62
FM-2 Wildcat x 7
F6F-3 Hellcat x 67

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
FM-1 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
FM-2 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB California

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

CAP engaged:
VF-31 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 11 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 32370.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
15 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-32 with F6F-3 Hellcat (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
(11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 32370.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-65 with FM-1 Wildcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 26095.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
10 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-3 with FM-1 Wildcat (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
10 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-4 with FM-1 Wildcat (11 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
11 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 20740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
12 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-5 with FM-1 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 31450.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-11 with FM-2 Wildcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 4000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (16 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
16 plane(s) intercepting now.
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 32370.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
11 planes vectored on to bombers


Drove them off fairly easily. Two CVs and two CVLs are with the landing force, along with 5 CVEs. The follow-on base forces are about two days behind. I detached another 5 CVEs to cover them, in case the Nells reach further out.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 12/5/2015 2:14:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		This looks promising, exactly the kind of operation you need. If he's got most of his carriers tied up at Diego Garcia (!!) then pretty much the whole Pacific should be up for grabs.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 12/5/2015 4:13:37 PM   
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Status: offline 		My main roadblock is a lack of assault transports. I've had more come in since this kicked off. Tarawa's on my short list next. In the Marshalls, provided I take this objective cleanly, I'll hopscotch this division around the island to nail them down.

13 February 1943

Another shot at my invaders. They turned back quickly this time. I have two more CVEs at Portland, making this a total of 12 in-theatre.

My attack at Cocanada...

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Ground combat at Cocanada (41,37)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 126647 troops, 1856 guns, 1671 vehicles, Assault Value = 3799

Defending force 40671 troops, 462 guns, 952 vehicles, Assault Value = 1428

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Allied adjusted assault: 2779

Japanese adjusted defense: 4305

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
2337 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 172 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 44 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Guns lost 32 (1 destroyed, 31 disabled)
Vehicles lost 84 (6 destroyed, 78 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
8273 casualties reported
Squads: 273 destroyed, 225 disabled
Non Combat: 122 destroyed, 90 disabled
Engineers: 108 destroyed, 148 disabled
Guns lost 175 (80 destroyed, 95 disabled)
Vehicles lost 115 (30 destroyed, 85 disabled)

Assaulting units:
29th British Brigade
25th Indian Division
18th British Division
50th Tank Brigade
2nd British Division
28th (East African) Brigade
50th Indian Para Brigade
IV Corps Engineer Battalion
36th Div Engineer Battalion
7th Indian Division
26th Indian Brigade
72nd British Brigade
23rd Indian Division
14th Indian Division
77th LRP Brigade
5307th Composite Regiment
111th LRP Brigade
3rd Commando Brigade
19th Indian Division
14th Army Engineer Battalion
2nd Hyder Lancers Regiment
Waziristan Division
XV Indian Corps

Defending units:
2nd Guards Division
14th Tank Regiment
18th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Division
7th Ind. Tank Brigade
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
25th Army
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion


I'll hit them again. If the fort keeps dropping I'll try shocking at that point. Otherwise, it's pretty much WWI here.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 12/5/2015 4:22:59 PM   
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Status: offline 		Remove your smaller units from the attack. BDEs/RGTs doesn´t do well in situations like this. The loss of AV will matter little. I´ve learned this the hard way in Burma!

PS. Don´t shock attack.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 12/5/2015 9:20:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		Roi-Namur is rather deep in the Marshalls. This is quite a long leap for you. If you are to succeed here you need to keep up operational pressure to keep the iniative. Otherwise Roi-Namur will become bombarded and laid to siege. Better do all you can to improve your positioning with other invasions there before the KB returns from the Indian Ocean. In the future I think it would be wise to target mutually supporting bases in an invasion; its risky to only take a single base surrounded by Japanese bases unless you have unquestioned control of the sea and air.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 12/6/2015 12:38:24 AM   
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Status: offline 		I probably should have hit something more on the edges. This part of the war is new to me, so I guess I learn the hard way.

16 February 1944

CF's response was basically a human wave of mostly destroyers with some cruisers sprinkled in. I did see this coming, and I broke off the Standard battleships from the amphibious TF into an ASuW force. Of course, he dodged them and went straight to the heart.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Roi-Namur at 132,114, Range 30,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba
CA Kinugasa
DD Murasame
DD Ikazuchi
DD Murakumo
DD Shikinami
DD Ayanami

Allied Ships
CV Hornet
CV Intrepid
CVL Cabot
CVL Langley
BB New Jersey
CL Honolulu
CL Biloxi
DD Luce
DD Marshall
DD Picking
DD Sproston
DD Walker
DD Lang


Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 57% moonlight: 12,000 yards
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
Allied TF attempts to evade combat
Range increases to 15,000 yards...
Range increases to 16,000 yards...
Range increases to 17,000 yards...
Range increases to 18,000 yards...
Range increases to 19,000 yards...
Range increases to 20,000 yards...
Range increases to 21,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 21,000 yards
Range increases to 22,000 yards...
Range increases to 23,000 yards...
Range increases to 24,000 yards...
Range increases to 25,000 yards...
Range increases to 26,000 yards...
Range increases to 27,000 yards...
Range increases to 28,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards
Range increases to 29,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 29,000 yards
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
Allied Air Combat TF evades combat


This was the rest of it.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Roi-Namur at 132,114, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
CA Kako, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
DD Asagiri, Shell hits 1
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 1
DD Oboro, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Sazanami
DD Ushio
DD Nagatsuki, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
BB California, Shell hits 3
BB Tennessee, Shell hits 1
CL Detroit, Shell hits 2
DD Brown, Shell hits 1
DD Caperton, Shell hits 6, on fire
DD Halligan, Shell hits 2
DD Hickox, Shell hits 1


Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 57% moonlight: 12,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 9,000 yards
CA Kako engages CL Detroit at 9,000 yards
CA Kako engages BB California at 9,000 yards
BB California engages DD Nagatsuki at 9,000 yards
DD Ushio engages CL Detroit at 9,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DD Halligan at 9,000 yards
DD Nagatsuki engages DD Caperton at 9,000 yards
DD Nagatsuki engages DD Brown at 9,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
CA Kako engages BB Tennessee at 6,000 yards
BB California engages DD Nagatsuki at 6,000 yards
CL Detroit engages DD Nagatsuki at 6,000 yards
DD Hickox engages DD Nagatsuki at 6,000 yards
DD Halligan engages DD Sazanami at 6,000 yards
DD Oboro engages DD Hickox at 6,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Halligan at 6,000 yards
Range closes to 5,000 yards
CL Detroit engages CA Kako at 5,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CL Detroit at 5,000 yards
CA Kako engages CL Detroit at 5,000 yards
DD Caperton engages DD Ushio at 5,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DD Brown at 5,000 yards
DD Caperton engages DD Ushio at 5,000 yards
DD Nagatsuki engages DD Brown at 5,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DD Caperton at 5,000 yards
Range increases to 6,000 yards
BB Tennessee engages CA Kako at 6,000 yards
CA Kako engages BB California at 6,000 yards
CL Detroit engages DD Nagatsuki at 6,000 yards
DD Hickox engages DD Nagatsuki at 6,000 yards
DD Halligan engages DD Asagiri at 6,000 yards
DD Oboro engages DD Caperton at 6,000 yards
DD Brown engages DD Oboro at 6,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DD Halligan at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
BB Tennessee engages CA Kako at 10,000 yards
CL Detroit engages CA Furutaka at 10,000 yards
CL Detroit engages CA Kako at 10,000 yards
DD Oboro engages DD Hickox at 10,000 yards
DD Caperton engages DD Sazanami at 10,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Caperton at 10,000 yards
DD Oboro engages DD Brown at 10,000 yards
BB California engages DD Asagiri at 10,000 yards
Range increases to 11,000 yards
CA Kako engages BB California at 11,000 yards
CA Kako engages CL Detroit at 11,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DD Brown at 11,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DD Halligan at 11,000 yards
DD Hickox engages DD Oboro at 11,000 yards
DD Brown engages DD Yugiri at 11,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DD Brown at 11,000 yards
CA Kako engages CL Detroit at 11,000 yards
CA Kako engages BB California at 11,000 yards
DD Nagatsuki engages DD Hickox at 11,000 yards
DD Hickox engages DD Nagatsuki at 11,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DD Hickox at 11,000 yards
DD Oboro engages DD Caperton at 11,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Brown at 11,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DD Caperton at 11,000 yards
BB Tennessee engages DD Nagatsuki at 11,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CL Detroit at 11,000 yards
CL Detroit engages CA Kako at 11,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DD Caperton at 11,000 yards
DD Oboro engages DD Halligan at 11,000 yards
DD Oboro engages DD Halligan at 11,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DD Brown at 11,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DD Halligan at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages BB Tennessee at 10,000 yards
CL Detroit engages CA Furutaka at 10,000 yards
DD Nagatsuki engages DD Hickox at 10,000 yards
DD Hickox engages DD Oboro at 10,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DD Caperton at 10,000 yards
DD Oboro engages DD Hickox at 10,000 yards
DD Brown engages DD Sazanami at 10,000 yards
DD Hickox engages DD Asagiri at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
CA Kako engages BB Tennessee at 9,000 yards
BB California engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards
CL Detroit engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards
DD Oboro engages DD Hickox at 9,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Halligan at 9,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Caperton at 9,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DD Brown at 9,000 yards
DD Halligan engages DD Asagiri at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CL Detroit at 10,000 yards
CL Detroit engages CA Furutaka at 10,000 yards
DD Hickox engages DD Ushio at 10,000 yards
DD Halligan engages DD Sazanami at 10,000 yards
DD Caperton engages DD Yugiri at 10,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DD Brown at 10,000 yards
DD Halligan engages DD Asagiri at 10,000 yards
CA Kako engages BB Tennessee at 10,000 yards
BB California engages CA Furutaka at 10,000 yards
CL Detroit engages CA Kako at 10,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DD Halligan at 10,000 yards
DD Halligan engages DD Sazanami at 10,000 yards
DD Oboro engages DD Hickox at 10,000 yards
DD Brown engages DD Yugiri at 10,000 yards
DD Brown engages DD Asagiri at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
BB Tennessee engages CA Kako at 6,000 yards
CA Kako engages BB California at 6,000 yards
CA Kako engages CL Detroit at 6,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DD Caperton at 6,000 yards
DD Halligan engages DD Sazanami at 6,000 yards
DD Caperton engages DD Oboro at 6,000 yards
DD Oboro engages DD Brown at 6,000 yards
DD Halligan engages DD Asagiri at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 8,000 yards
CA Kako sunk by BB Tennessee at 8,000 yards
BB California engages CA Furutaka at 8,000 yards
DD Hickox engages DD Oboro at 8,000 yards
DD Nagatsuki engages DD Halligan at 8,000 yards
DD Caperton engages DD Oboro at 8,000 yards
DD Hickox engages DD Yugiri at 8,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DD Halligan at 8,000 yards
CL Detroit engages CA Furutaka at 8,000 yards
BB California engages DD Asagiri at 8,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DD Hickox at 8,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DD Brown at 8,000 yards
DD Oboro engages DD Halligan at 8,000 yards
DD Caperton engages DD Yugiri at 8,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DD Brown at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 11,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CL Detroit at 11,000 yards
BB California engages CA Furutaka at 11,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CL Detroit at 11,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DD Hickox at 11,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DD Halligan at 11,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Caperton at 11,000 yards
DD Caperton engages DD Asagiri at 11,000 yards
BB Tennessee engages DD Oboro at 11,000 yards
BB California engages DD Oboro at 11,000 yards
CL Detroit engages DD Oboro at 11,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DD Brown at 11,000 yards
DD Oboro engages DD Halligan at 11,000 yards
DD Brown engages DD Asagiri at 11,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CL Detroit at 11,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CL Detroit at 11,000 yards
DD Halligan engages DD Oboro at 11,000 yards
DD Oboro engages DD Caperton at 11,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DD Halligan at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CL Detroit at 10,000 yards
BB California engages DD Sazanami at 10,000 yards
CL Detroit engages DD Ushio at 10,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DD Hickox at 10,000 yards
DD Oboro engages DD Halligan at 10,000 yards
DD Oboro engages DD Caperton at 10,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DD Caperton at 10,000 yards
Task forces break off...


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Roi-Namur at 132,114, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba, Shell hits 1
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 2
DD Murasame
DD Ikazuchi
DD Murakumo, Shell hits 1
DD Shikinami, Shell hits 1
DD Ayanami

Allied Ships
BB California, Shell hits 1
BB Tennessee, Shell hits 1
CL Detroit, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Brown, Shell hits 4
DD Caperton, on fire
DD Halligan, Shell hits 1
DD Hickox


Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 57% moonlight: 12,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 9,000 yards
McGuire, Q. crosses the 'T'
BB Tennessee engages CA Kinugasa at 9,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages BB California at 9,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages CL Detroit at 9,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages DD Hickox at 9,000 yards
DD Caperton engages DD Murakumo at 9,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DD Halligan at 9,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
CL Detroit engages CA Kinugasa at 6,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages BB California at 6,000 yards
DD Ayanami engages DD Hickox at 6,000 yards
DD Halligan engages DD Shikinami at 6,000 yards
DD Halligan engages DD Murasame at 6,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DD Caperton at 6,000 yards
DD Shikinami engages DD Brown at 6,000 yards
McGuire, Q. orders Allied TF to disengage
Range closes to 5,000 yards
CL Detroit engages CA Aoba at 5,000 yards
DD Ayanami engages DD Brown at 5,000 yards
DD Hickox engages DD Murasame at 5,000 yards
DD Shikinami engages DD Halligan at 5,000 yards
DD Ayanami engages DD Caperton at 5,000 yards
DD Halligan engages DD Murasame at 5,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
CL Detroit engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
CL Detroit engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards
CL Detroit engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
DD Shikinami engages DD Brown at 2,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages DD Hickox at 2,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages DD Caperton at 2,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DD Brown at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 4,000 yards
BB Tennessee engages CA Aoba at 4,000 yards
CA Aoba engages CL Detroit at 4,000 yards
CL Detroit engages CA Kinugasa at 4,000 yards
DD Caperton engages DD Shikinami at 4,000 yards
DD Halligan engages DD Murasame at 4,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DD Halligan at 4,000 yards
DD Brown engages DD Murasame at 4,000 yards
Range increases to 8,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages BB Tennessee at 8,000 yards
BB California engages CA Aoba at 8,000 yards
CL Detroit engages CA Aoba at 8,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages DD Halligan at 8,000 yards
DD Caperton engages DD Murasame at 8,000 yards
DD Brown engages DD Murasame at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 11,000 yards
CL Detroit engages CA Kinugasa at 11,000 yards
CA Aoba engages CL Detroit at 11,000 yards
CA Aoba engages CL Detroit at 11,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages DD Hickox at 11,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages DD Caperton at 11,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DD Brown at 11,000 yards
Range increases to 13,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages CL Detroit at 13,000 yards
CA Aoba engages CL Detroit at 13,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages CL Detroit at 13,000 yards
DD Shikinami engages DD Hickox at 13,000 yards
DD Halligan engages DD Shikinami at 13,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DD Brown at 13,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DD Brown at 13,000 yards
Task forces break off...


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Roi-Namur at 132,114, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
DD Asagiri
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 1
DD Oboro, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Sazanami
DD Ushio, Shell hits 1
DD Nagatsuki

Allied Ships
CVE Kalinin Bay, Shell hits 4
CVE White Plains, Shell hits 5
CVE Kitkun Bay, Shell hits 4
CVE Nehenta Bay
CVE St. Lo, Shell hits 1
DD Charles Badger, Shell hits 1
DD Franks, Shell hits 1


Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 57% moonlight: 12,000 yards
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 12,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
Hirata, Noboru crosses the 'T'
DD Nagatsuki engages CVE Kalinin Bay at 12,000 yards
DD Ushio engages CVE Kalinin Bay at 12,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CVE White Plains at 12,000 yards
DD Oboro engages CVE White Plains at 12,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages CVE Kalinin Bay at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Charles Badger at 11,000 yards
DD Oboro engages CVE Kitkun Bay at 11,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages CVE White Plains at 11,000 yards
DD Charles Badger engages DD Oboro at 11,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Charles Badger at 11,000 yards
DD Charles Badger engages DD Oboro at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CVE Kitkun Bay at 9,000 yards
DD Nagatsuki engages CVE Kitkun Bay at 9,000 yards
DD Oboro engages CVE White Plains at 9,000 yards
DD Oboro engages CVE Kitkun Bay at 9,000 yards
DD Nagatsuki engages DD Franks at 9,000 yards
DD Charles Badger engages DD Asagiri at 9,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Charles Badger at 7,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DD Franks at 7,000 yards
DD Nagatsuki engages CVE White Plains at 7,000 yards
DD Oboro engages DD Franks at 7,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Charles Badger at 7,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DD Franks at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DD Charles Badger at 10,000 yards
DD Charles Badger engages DD Sazanami at 10,000 yards
DD Oboro engages CVE Kalinin Bay at 10,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Franks at 10,000 yards
DD Charles Badger engages DD Asagiri at 10,000 yards
Range increases to 11,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CVE Nehenta Bay at 11,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages CVE Kitkun Bay at 11,000 yards
DD Oboro engages DD Charles Badger at 11,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Franks at 11,000 yards
DD Franks engages DD Asagiri at 11,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
DD Oboro engages CVE St. Lo at 12,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CVE Nehenta Bay at 12,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DD Charles Badger at 12,000 yards
DD Oboro engages CVE White Plains at 12,000 yards
DD Oboro engages DD Franks at 12,000 yards
DD Oboro engages DD Charles Badger at 12,000 yards
Range increases to 13,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CVE St. Lo at 13,000 yards
DD Nagatsuki engages CVE Nehenta Bay at 13,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DD Franks at 13,000 yards
DD Oboro engages CVE White Plains at 13,000 yards
DD Oboro engages DD Franks at 13,000 yards
DD Franks engages DD Yugiri at 13,000 yards
DD Nagatsuki engages DD Charles Badger at 13,000 yards
Range increases to 14,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CVE White Plains at 14,000 yards
DD Oboro engages CVE Nehenta Bay at 14,000 yards
DD Ushio engages CVE Kitkun Bay at 14,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DD Franks at 14,000 yards
DD Charles Badger engages DD Yugiri at 14,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DD Charles Badger at 14,000 yards
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
Task forces break off...


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Roi-Namur at 132,114, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1
DD Asagiri, Shell hits 1
DD Yugiri
DD Sazanami, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Ushio, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Preston, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
DD Allen
DE Reynolds, Shell hits 2
DE Wileman, Shell hits 2
AO Monongahela, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
AO Cache


Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 57% moonlight: 12,000 yards
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 12,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DD Allen at 12,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DD Preston at 12,000 yards
DD Allen engages DD Sazanami at 12,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Allen at 12,000 yards
DD Preston engages DD Asagiri at 12,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages AO Monongahela at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages AO Monongahela at 10,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DD Preston at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DD Allen at 9,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DD Preston at 9,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DD Allen at 9,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DE Reynolds at 9,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages AO Cache at 9,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages AO Monongahela at 9,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages AO Monongahela at 6,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DD Preston at 6,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DE Wileman at 6,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DE Reynolds at 6,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages AO Cache at 6,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages AO Monongahela at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 7,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages AO Monongahela at 7,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DD Preston at 7,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DE Wileman at 7,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DE Reynolds at 7,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages AO Cache at 7,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages AO Monongahela at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 8,000 yards
DD Preston engages CA Furutaka at 8,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DD Preston at 8,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DD Preston at 8,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Preston at 8,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DD Preston at 8,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages AO Monongahela at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 9,000 yards
AO Cache screened from combat
- escorted by DD Allen , DD Preston , DE Wileman ,
DE Reynolds
CA Furutaka engages DD Allen at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
AO Cache screened from combat
- escorted by DD Allen , DD Preston , DE Wileman ,
DE Reynolds
DD Asagiri engages AO Monongahela at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Preston at 8,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DE Wileman at 8,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DE Reynolds at 8,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages AO Cache at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 9,000 yards
AO Cache screened from combat
- escorted by DD Allen , DD Preston , DE Wileman ,
DE Reynolds
DD Allen engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages AO Monongahela at 9,000 yards
DD Allen engages DD Asagiri at 9,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DD Preston at 9,000 yards
DD Preston engages DD Sazanami at 9,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DE Reynolds at 9,000 yards
DD Ushio engages AO Cache at 9,000 yards
DD Ushio engages AO Monongahela at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Allen at 10,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DD Allen at 10,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DD Preston at 10,000 yards
DD Preston engages DD Yugiri at 10,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DD Preston at 10,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages AO Monongahela at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Preston at 8,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DE Wileman at 8,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DE Reynolds at 8,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DD Preston at 8,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages AO Monongahela at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
DD Preston engages DD Yugiri at 7,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DD Allen at 7,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DD Preston at 7,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages AO Monongahela at 7,000 yards
Hirata, Noboru orders Japanese TF to disengage
Range increases to 8,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Preston at 8,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DE Wileman at 8,000 yards
DD Preston engages DD Yugiri at 8,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DD Preston at 8,000 yards
DD Ushio engages AO Monongahela at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 11,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Preston at 11,000 yards
DD Preston engages DD Ushio at 11,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DE Wileman at 11,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DE Reynolds at 11,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DE Wileman at 11,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DE Wileman at 11,000 yards
Task forces break off...


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Day Time Surface Combat, near Roi-Namur at 132,114, Range 28,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba, Shell hits 1
CA Kinugasa
DD Murasame
DD Ikazuchi
DD Murakumo
DD Shikinami
DD Ayanami

Allied Ships
DE Neuendorf, Shell hits 2
DE Canfield, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
DE Cloues, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
DE Eisele, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage

Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 30,000 yards
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
CA Aoba engages DE Neuendorf at 28,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages DE Neuendorf at 28,000 yards
Range closes to 26,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages DE Eisele at 26,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages DE Neuendorf at 26,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages DE Eisele at 24,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages DE Neuendorf at 24,000 yards
Range closes to 23,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages DE Eisele at 23,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages DE Neuendorf at 23,000 yards
Gehr, A.M. orders Allied TF to disengage
Range closes to 20,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages DE Neuendorf at 20,000 yards
CA Aoba engages DE Neuendorf at 20,000 yards
DD Ayanami engages DE Neuendorf at 20,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages DE Neuendorf at 20,000 yards
Range closes to 17,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages DE Eisele at 17,000 yards
DD Ayanami engages DE Canfield at 17,000 yards
DD Shikinami engages DE Eisele at 17,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages DE Neuendorf at 17,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DE Eisele at 17,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DE Cloues at 17,000 yards
Range closes to 13,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages DE Neuendorf at 13,000 yards
CA Aoba engages DE Cloues at 13,000 yards
DD Ayanami engages DE Canfield at 13,000 yards
DD Shikinami engages DE Eisele at 13,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages DE Cloues at 13,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DE Cloues at 13,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DE Neuendorf at 13,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages DE Eisele at 9,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages DE Cloues at 9,000 yards
DD Ayanami engages DE Cloues at 9,000 yards
DD Shikinami engages DE Canfield at 9,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages DE Canfield at 9,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DE Cloues at 9,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DE Canfield at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
DD Ayanami engages DE Cloues at 10,000 yards
DE Neuendorf engages CA Kinugasa at 10,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages DE Cloues at 10,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DE Cloues at 10,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DE Canfield at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages DE Neuendorf at 8,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages DE Cloues at 8,000 yards
DD Ayanami engages DE Cloues at 8,000 yards
DD Shikinami engages DE Neuendorf at 8,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages DE Canfield at 8,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DE Cloues at 8,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DE Neuendorf at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
CA Aoba engages DE Neuendorf at 10,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DE Neuendorf at 10,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DE Canfield at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages DE Neuendorf at 9,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages DE Cloues at 9,000 yards
DD Shikinami engages DE Neuendorf at 9,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DE Neuendorf at 9,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DE Neuendorf at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages DE Cloues at 10,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages DE Neuendorf at 10,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DE Canfield at 10,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DE Canfield at 10,000 yards
Range increases to 14,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages DE Neuendorf at 14,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages DE Cloues at 14,000 yards
DD Ayanami engages DE Canfield at 14,000 yards
DD Shikinami engages DE Canfield at 14,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages DE Eisele at 14,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DE Canfield at 14,000 yards
Range increases to 18,000 yards
CA Aoba engages DE Neuendorf at 18,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages DE Eisele at 18,000 yards
Range increases to 22,000 yards
CA Aoba engages DE Neuendorf at 22,000 yards
Range increases to 25,000 yards
Range increases to 30,000 yards
CA Aoba engages DE Cloues at 30,000 yards
Task forces break off...


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Day Time Surface Combat, near Roi-Namur at 132,114, Range 24,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba, Shell hits 3
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 1
DD Murasame, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Ikazuchi, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Murakumo
DD Shikinami
DD Ayanami, Shell hits 4, on fire

Allied Ships
DD Cowell, Shell hits 2
DD Erben
DD Gatling, Shell hits 1
DD Hailey, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage

Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 30,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 30,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 17,000 yards
DD Gatling engages DD Ayanami at 17,000 yards
DD Shikinami engages DD Cowell at 17,000 yards
DD Hailey engages DD Murakumo at 17,000 yards
DD Gatling engages DD Ikazuchi at 17,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DD Gatling at 17,000 yards
Range closes to 14,000 yards
DD Shikinami engages DD Hailey at 14,000 yards
DD Ayanami engages DD Gatling at 14,000 yards
DD Shikinami engages DD Gatling at 14,000 yards
DD Gatling engages DD Murakumo at 14,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DD Hailey at 14,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DD Hailey at 14,000 yards
Range closes to 13,000 yards
DD Shikinami engages DD Hailey at 13,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages DD Gatling at 13,000 yards
DD Hailey engages DD Ayanami at 13,000 yards
DD Ayanami engages DD Cowell at 13,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages DD Hailey at 13,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DD Hailey at 13,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DD Hailey at 13,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages DD Hailey at 10,000 yards
DD Hailey engages CA Aoba at 10,000 yards
DD Shikinami engages DD Cowell at 10,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages DD Hailey at 10,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DD Gatling at 10,000 yards
DD Cowell engages DD Murasame at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DD Hailey at 6,000 yards
DD Hailey engages CA Aoba at 6,000 yards
DD Ayanami engages DD Gatling at 6,000 yards
DD Shikinami engages DD Hailey at 6,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages DD Gatling at 6,000 yards
DD Hailey engages DD Ikazuchi at 6,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DD Cowell at 6,000 yards
Burke, V.O. orders Allied TF to disengage
Range increases to 8,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DD Hailey at 8,000 yards
CA Aoba engages DD Hailey at 8,000 yards
DD Erben engages DD Ayanami at 8,000 yards
DD Cowell engages DD Shikinami at 8,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages DD Hailey at 8,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DD Gatling at 8,000 yards
DD Hailey engages DD Murasame at 8,000 yards
Sawa, Masao orders Japanese TF to disengage
Range increases to 11,000 yards
DD Ayanami engages DD Hailey at 11,000 yards
CA Aoba engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards
DD Erben engages DD Ayanami at 11,000 yards
DD Cowell engages DD Shikinami at 11,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards
DD Cowell engages DD Ikazuchi at 11,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards
Range increases to 17,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DD Hailey at 17,000 yards
CA Aoba engages DD Hailey at 17,000 yards
DD Erben engages DD Murasame at 17,000 yards
DD Cowell engages DD Ikazuchi at 17,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DD Cowell at 17,000 yards
DD Erben engages DD Murasame at 17,000 yards
Range increases to 24,000 yards
CA Aoba engages DD Hailey at 24,000 yards
Range increases to 29,000 yards
Task forces break off...


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Day Time Surface Combat, near Roi-Namur at 132,114, Range 18,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
DD Asagiri
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 1
DD Sazanami
DD Ushio

Allied Ships
DE Neuendorf, Shell hits 4, on fire
DE Canfield, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
DE Cloues, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
DE Eisele, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 30,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 30,000 yards
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 17,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DE Eisele at 17,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DE Cloues at 17,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DE Neuendorf at 17,000 yards
Range closes to 15,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DE Cloues at 15,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DE Canfield at 15,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DE Neuendorf at 15,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DE Neuendorf at 15,000 yards
Range closes to 12,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DE Neuendorf at 12,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DE Neuendorf at 12,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DE Neuendorf at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DE Neuendorf at 10,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DE Neuendorf at 10,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DE Neuendorf at 10,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DE Canfield at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DE Cloues at 8,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DE Cloues at 8,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DE Neuendorf at 8,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DE Neuendorf at 8,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DE Neuendorf at 8,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DE Canfield at 8,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DE Canfield at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 9,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DE Cloues at 9,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DE Neuendorf at 9,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DE Neuendorf at 9,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DE Canfield at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DE Neuendorf at 10,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DE Canfield at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DE Neuendorf at 7,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DE Neuendorf at 7,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DE Canfield at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DE Neuendorf at 10,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DE Cloues at 10,000 yards
Range increases to 14,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DE Cloues at 14,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DE Cloues at 14,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DE Neuendorf at 14,000 yards
Range increases to 18,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DE Cloues at 18,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DE Canfield at 18,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DE Cloues at 18,000 yards
Range increases to 24,000 yards
Range increases to 29,000 yards
Task forces break off...


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Day Time Surface Combat, near Roi-Namur at 132,114, Range 18,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
DD Asagiri
DD Yugiri
DD Sazanami
DD Ushio

Allied Ships
DE Neuendorf, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
DE Canfield, and is sunk
DE Cloues, Shell hits 8, and is sunk

Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 30,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 30,000 yards
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
CA Furutaka engages DE Neuendorf at 18,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DE Neuendorf at 18,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DE Neuendorf at 18,000 yards
Range closes to 16,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DE Neuendorf at 16,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DE Neuendorf at 16,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DE Neuendorf at 16,000 yards
Range closes to 12,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DE Neuendorf at 12,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DE Neuendorf at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DE Neuendorf at 9,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DE Neuendorf at 9,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DE Cloues at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DE Cloues at 10,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DE Neuendorf at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DE Neuendorf at 7,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DE Neuendorf at 7,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DE Neuendorf at 7,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DE Neuendorf at 7,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DE Neuendorf at 7,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DE Neuendorf at 7,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
DE Cloues sunk by DD Ushio at 6,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DE Neuendorf at 6,000 yards
Range closes to 4,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DE Neuendorf at 4,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DE Neuendorf at 4,000 yards
Range increases to 8,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DE Neuendorf at 12,000 yards
Range increases to 15,000 yards
DE Neuendorf sunk by DD Sazanami at 15,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...


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Day Time Surface Combat, near Roi-Namur at 132,114, Range 18,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1
DD Asagiri
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 1
DD Sazanami
DD Ushio

Allied Ships
DD Nicholson, Shell hits 1
DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 1
xAP Orizaba, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Canadian, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
xAK Ohioan, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Panaman, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
xAP Golden Gate, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Golden Racer, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied ground losses:
858 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 52 destroyed, 83 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 38 (33 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 49 (27 destroyed, 22 disabled)

Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 30,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 30,000 yards
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Hirata, Noboru crosses the 'T'
CA Furutaka engages DD Nicholson at 18,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages xAP Golden Gate at 18,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages xAK Panaman at 18,000 yards
Range closes to 15,000 yards
DD Aaron Ward engages DD Yugiri at 15,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DD Nicholson at 15,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages xAP Orizaba at 15,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages xAK Panaman at 15,000 yards
DD Ushio engages xAK Ohioan at 15,000 yards
Range closes to 12,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Aaron Ward at 12,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DD Aaron Ward at 12,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages xAP Golden Racer at 12,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DD Aaron Ward at 12,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages xAK Panaman at 12,000 yards
DD Ushio engages xAK Ohioan at 12,000 yards
DD Ushio engages xAK Canadian at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Aaron Ward at 9,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DD Nicholson at 9,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages xAP Golden Gate at 9,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages xAP Orizaba at 9,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages xAK Ohioan at 9,000 yards
DD Ushio engages xAK Canadian at 9,000 yards
Hirata, Noboru orders Japanese TF to disengage
Range increases to 10,000 yards
DD Aaron Ward engages DD Ushio at 10,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DD Nicholson at 10,000 yards
DD Ushio engages xAP Golden Racer at 10,000 yards
DD Nicholson engages DD Yugiri at 10,000 yards
DD Ushio engages xAP Orizaba at 10,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages xAK Panaman at 10,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages xAK Ohioan at 10,000 yards
DD Ushio engages xAK Canadian at 10,000 yards
Range increases to 15,000 yards
xAP Golden Racer , xAP Golden Gate , xAP Orizaba screened from combat
- escorted by DD Aaron Ward , DD Nicholson
CA Furutaka engages DD Aaron Ward at 15,000 yards
DD Ushio engages xAK Canadian at 15,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages xAK Canadian at 15,000 yards
Range increases to 21,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Aaron Ward at 21,000 yards
xAP Golden Racer sunk by CA Furutaka at 21,000 yards
Range increases to 25,000 yards
Range increases to 29,000 yards
Task forces break off...


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Day Time Surface Combat, near Roi-Namur at 132,114, Range 18,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
DD Asagiri
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 1
DD Sazanami, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Ushio, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Nicholson, Shell hits 6, on fire
xAP Orizaba, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Canadian, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Ohioan, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
xAK Panaman, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
386 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 55 destroyed, 30 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 49 (43 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 30,000 yards
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
DD Ushio engages xAP Orizaba at 18,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages xAK Canadian at 18,000 yards
Range closes to 15,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages xAP Orizaba at 15,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DD Nicholson at 15,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages xAK Ohioan at 15,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DD Nicholson at 15,000 yards
Range closes to 13,000 yards
DD Nicholson engages DD Asagiri at 13,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DD Nicholson at 13,000 yards
DD Nicholson engages DD Yugiri at 13,000 yards
DD Nicholson engages DD Asagiri at 13,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DD Nicholson at 11,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages xAK Ohioan at 11,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages xAP Orizaba at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Nicholson at 10,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages xAP Orizaba at 10,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DD Nicholson at 10,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages xAK Ohioan at 10,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages xAK Canadian at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Nicholson at 7,000 yards
DD Nicholson engages DD Ushio at 7,000 yards
DD Nicholson engages DD Sazanami at 7,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages xAK Ohioan at 7,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages xAK Canadian at 7,000 yards
Hirata, Noboru orders Japanese TF to disengage
Range increases to 10,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DD Nicholson at 10,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DD Nicholson at 10,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages xAK Panaman at 10,000 yards
DD Nicholson engages DD Yugiri at 10,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DD Nicholson at 10,000 yards
Range increases to 14,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DD Nicholson at 14,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages xAK Panaman at 14,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages xAK Ohioan at 14,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages xAK Canadian at 14,000 yards
Range increases to 18,000 yards
DD Ushio engages DD Nicholson at 18,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages xAK Panaman at 18,000 yards
Range increases to 20,000 yards
Range increases to 21,000 yards
Range increases to 24,000 yards
Task forces break off...


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Day Time Surface Combat, near Roi-Namur at 132,114, Range 18,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
DD Asagiri, Shell hits 4
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Sazanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Ushio

Allied Ships
DD Nicholson, heavy fires
xAP Orizaba, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Canadian, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Panaman, Shell hits 6, and is sunk

Allied ground losses:
158 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 37 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 10 (10 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 30,000 yards
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DD Nicholson at 18,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages xAK Canadian at 18,000 yards
DD Nicholson engages DD Asagiri at 18,000 yards
Range closes to 15,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DD Nicholson at 15,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Nicholson at 15,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages xAK Panaman at 15,000 yards
Range closes to 12,000 yards
DD Nicholson engages DD Ushio at 12,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages xAP Orizaba at 12,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages xAK Panaman at 12,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages xAK Canadian at 12,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages xAK Panaman at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
DD Nicholson engages DD Sazanami at 8,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Nicholson at 8,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DD Nicholson at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 11,000 yards
DD Nicholson engages DD Ushio at 11,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages xAK Panaman at 11,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages xAK Canadian at 11,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DD Nicholson at 11,000 yards
Range increases to 13,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Nicholson at 13,000 yards
xAK Panaman sunk by DD Asagiri at 13,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages xAK Canadian at 13,000 yards
Range increases to 16,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages xAP Orizaba at 16,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages DD Nicholson at 16,000 yards
DD Yugiri engages DD Nicholson at 16,000 yards
DD Asagiri engages DD Nicholson at 16,000 yards
Range increases to 20,000 yards
Range increases to 24,000 yards
Range increases to 28,000 yards
Task forces break off...


The cruiser he lost pretty much totally ate 14" shells. His planes then went active come daytime.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Roi-Namur at 133,113

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 1,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 8
N1K1-J George x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
CLAA Prince Robert, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Roi-Namur at 132,114

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 37
N1K1-J George x 38

Allied aircraft
FM-1 Wildcat x 35
F6F-3 Hellcat x 12
TBF-1 Avenger x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
FM-1 Wildcat: 14 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 5 destroyed
TBF-1 Avenger: 4 destroyed

CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(37 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 28 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
253 Ku S-2 with N1K1-J George (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(25 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 16 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
282 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(13 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 10 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Roi-Namur at 132,114

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 25
G4M1 Betty x 6
N1K1-J George x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
xAK Panaman, heavy fires
xAK Ohioan, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Roi-Namur at 132,114

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 63 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 7
N1K1-J George x 29

Allied aircraft
FM-1 Wildcat x 12
F6F-3 Hellcat x 6
TBF-1 Avenger x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
FM-1 Wildcat: 4 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed
TBF-1 Avenger: 4 destroyed

CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes
253 Ku S-2 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 15 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 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 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 33800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
9 planes vectored on to bombers
282 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ailuk at 137,112

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 6

Allied aircraft
FM-1 Wildcat x 35
F6F-3 Hellcat x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 4 destroyed

No Allied losses

CAP engaged:
VC(F)-68 with FM-1 Wildcat (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
VC(F)-92 with FM-1 Wildcat (0 airborne, 6 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 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 31450.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
VOC(F)-1 with FM-1 Wildcat (0 airborne, 6 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 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
VC(F)-7 with FM-1 Wildcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
VRF-9F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ailuk at 137,112

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 3

Allied aircraft
FM-1 Wildcat x 29
F6F-3 Hellcat x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

CAP engaged:
VC(F)-92 with FM-1 Wildcat (1 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
VOC(F)-1 with FM-1 Wildcat (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 3000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
VC(F)-7 with FM-1 Wildcat (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 3000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
VRF-9F with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 32370.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
VC(F)-68 with FM-1 Wildcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ailuk at 137,112

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 6
N1K1-J George x 20

Allied aircraft
FM-1 Wildcat x 19
F6F-3 Hellcat x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
FM-1 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
VC(F)-68 with FM-1 Wildcat (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 7000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-92 with FM-1 Wildcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 31450.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes
VOC(F)-1 with FM-1 Wildcat (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 31450.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
VC(F)-7 with FM-1 Wildcat (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 1000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
VRF-9F with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 32370.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kwajalein Island at 132,115

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 1

Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Murasame, heavy fires
DD Oboro, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
2 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
253 Ku S-2 with N1K1-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 7584.
Raid is overhead

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Oboro


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kwajalein Island at 132,115

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 30
N1K1-J George x 15

Allied aircraft
FM-1 Wildcat x 5
TBF-1 Avenger x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
FM-1 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
TBF-1 Avenger: 3 destroyed

Japanese Ships
DD Ayanami, on fire
DD Nagatsuki

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
1 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
253 Ku S-2 with N1K1-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
202 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (6 airborne, 24 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
21 planes vectored on to bombers
282 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Rongelap at 133,112

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 5 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
DD Gatling
DD Cowell
DD Erben

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp


Just my CVEs actually launched any raids. I'm wondering if my fleet ships sitting on the landing site prevented any attacks from them.

For all the smoke and noise, I'm really not that bad off. I lost one AO and some troop ships, with a sprinkling of others with serious damage. The main invasion force bailed out, which I hadn't seen before. My CVEs that suffered the surface attack are actually fairly lightly damaged -- all < 15 sys. Everyone's scattered all over the place to the NE of Koi-Namur. I have everyone set up to regroup on the main amphib TF and head back to Pearl. My fleet ships will park about 4 hexes east of the target and try to get his cruisers. With any decent cover, I'm not worried about the Nells and Betties. I still have enough troops to finish the job and they'll continue the attack. They may have to wait eating hermit crabs until I can get a second wave out.

Some of his attacking planes appeared to come from Wotje and/or Maloelap. I'll probably target the both of them with the next wave.

My rocket ships did a good job on his defenders, so I'll make heavy use of them in the future.

quote:

Pre-Invasion action off Roi-Namur (132,114)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

40 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CLAA Prince Robert
DD Cogswell
DD Clarence Bronson
LCI(G)-454
LCI(G)-451
LCI(G)-450
LCI(G)-449
LCI(G)-442
LCI(G)-441
LCI(G)-440
LCI(G)-439
LCI(G)-438
LCI(G)-437
LCI(G)-82
LCI(G)-81
LCI(G)-80
LCI(G)-79
LCI(G)-78
LCI(G)-77
LCI(G)-76
LCI-65
LCI-64
LCI-61
LCI-529
LCI-523
LCI-524

Japanese ground losses:
679 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 53 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled

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

CLAA Prince Robert firing at 6th Base Force
DD Cogswell firing at 6th Base Force
DD Clarence Bronson firing at 6th Base Force
LCI(G)-454 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-451 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-450 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-449 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-442 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-441 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-440 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-439 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-438 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-437 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-82 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-81 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-80 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-79 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-78 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-77 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-76 fired at enemy troops
LCI-65 fired at enemy troops
LCI-64 fired at enemy troops
LCI-61 fired at enemy troops
DD Cogswell fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards


And finally, the ground fight.

quote:

Ground combat at Roi-Namur (132,114)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 5752 troops, 183 guns, 181 vehicles, Assault Value = 398

Defending force 4588 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 47

Allied adjusted assault: 16

Japanese adjusted defense: 26

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 5)

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), preparation(-)
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-), supply(-)

Japanese ground losses:
929 casualties reported
Squads: 23 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled
Guns lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
217 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 30 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 132 (120 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Assaulting units:
1st Arm Amphib Battalion
708th Amphib Tank Battalion
6th Infantry Div /9
4th Field Artillery Battalion

Defending units:
2nd Indpt SNLF Coy
7th Indpt SNLF Coy
6th Base Force
24th Air Flotilla
2nd JNAF AF Unit


It was interesting to note his troops didn't look sufficiently prepped for their own island. I'm guessing I'll finish them in a day or two. The 6th Infantry Div will have to sit tight until I come back. If I didn't mention before, three more CVEs are enroute to Pearl from the States, so that's extra air.

Don't think of me as being overly rash. Since the way the war started, I do put a lot of thought into what I do. Sometimes not the right thought, but I'm trying. I do appreciate the advice you guys give me, and I'm not blowing it off. It's just that all the advice in the world is sorta an abstraction until you can see the results firsthand. My four fleet carriers are holding up nicely against his land based air, so while KB is away, I do have some freedom on what I hit. I just need to respect the surface aspect more. I did leave myself short of cruisers in that part of the map. My one Omaha did fight well, and did put a few 6" shells through Kako

Recon on Tarawa, showing about 10,000 troops there, so that will be a fair nut to crack when the time comes. I'm probably going to finish off the Marshalls first, though. I'm hoping to get a good advanced sub base set up there eventually, and I can threaten places like Truk from there.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 12/6/2015 2:14:27 AM   
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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 12/6/2015 6:13:06 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Mundy
I probably should have hit something more on the edges. This part of the war is new to me, so I guess I learn the hard way.

Sure, understandable. I don't have a ton of experience with this part of the war either truth be told. But in the absence of such experience I believe the best course is a more conservative one. Once you have a better feel of how it works you can try to do more ambitious things. That's pretty much how I plan on handling it. But the way I see it this Roi-Namur landing was extremely ambitious given how deeply positioned it was. LBA is your friend. Build up the air bases and use it to your advantage and deny the LBA of your enemy.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 12/6/2015 2:00:34 PM   
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Status: offline 		You were both lucky and unlucky in that combat.

Fleet carriers should never be in the landing hex - ties them to a clear target the enemy reaction will be going toward.

The LCIs that did so well on the landing bombardment are not rocket equipped - the LCI(G) is a gun ship. LCI(R) are the rocket carriers. I prefer the gun LCIs as they are not one-shot efforts and can support more landing phases in the initial assault.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 12/6/2015 2:37:58 PM   
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Sorta a standoff in the Marshalls. His cruisers are under a heavy George CAP, which beat up my strikes pretty bad. I managed a couple 1,000 pound bombs on a crippled destroyer and a single 250 pounder on a cruiser. Likewise, his Nells and Betties are easily fended off by the CAP put up by five CVEs. Well, fighters won't stop landings of troops, so if this is the status quo here, that's fine with me.

I'll be back.

Yorktown is four days from arrival in Panama, with the CVL, Bataan, showing up in about 10 day. Over the next month and a half, another CV and CVL will arrive, along with another 8 or so CVEs over that time period. I'll have enough air defense for my ships. I'll stand down the bombers next time. My search planes have apparently been landing hits, but nothing I can really see.

I've re-tasked a division and armored battalion each for Wotje and Maloelap. Re-start on the edges. Maybe I'll have enough transport to do both at once. I've had plenty more come in since this kicked off.

My first B-29 squadron is 35 days out from Aden. I believe the production line starts up in April.

I've no direct observation of KB right now. ASW is aggressive at Diego Garcia right now. Recon's not really indicating carriers in port there. Supply's getting rather thin on Ceylon right now, though multiple convoys are on the way.

My subs have been averaging about one cargo ship per day.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 12/6/2015 6:26:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		I think you really also need to be making a move in the Gilberts as well, preferably with some occupations that don't require any preparation. Plenty of islands there simply asking to be taken. Because if you just retasked those units for Wotje and Maloelap it means you need at least 2 months to get them ready to go. Your guys on Roi-Namur likely will not make it. At least if you start moving in the Gilberts today you can force the Japanese to divide their efforts between their and suppressing of Roi-Namur. Only takes a few weeks to occupy a dot hex and throw up level 2 AF which can provide 150 fighters in CAP; its quicker and requires fewer resources than taking a base from the Japanese if you count prep time.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 12/6/2015 7:51:28 PM   
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Status: offline 		Fleet CVs and CVLs suffer a 50% penalty in a base hex. CVEs don´t.

Btw, your TFs look really strange? Why is Honolulu and Biloxi in a CV TF? Biloxi is a Cleveland class CL which is pretty much one of the best surface ships you get. Don´t waste them in a CV TF. A TF with 4 Clevelands and 8 Fletchers would have devastated his CA TF. Hell, even 8-12 Fletchers would have done that. You also have Detroit (an old Omaha CL) in a BB TF. This is not a good idea. Remove the CL or the BBs won´t fight optimally. With better setup TFs you would most likely have done a lot better then you did.

There are some good post on the forum regarding TF creation. Look into it!

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