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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 4/30/2017 11:33:24 PM

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Eric, I'm a regular reader and infrequent commenter in your AAR, so just wanted to thank you for doing it. I'm enjoying it and look forward to your entries.

Thanks Dan, always good to hear you're enjoying it. A fun game so far.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 4/30/2017 11:34:22 PM

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You guys seem well matched: Both experienced players. Both good. Both even-tempered. That's a good mix.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 5/1/2017 12:26:11 AM

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Or ... a sync bug.

Well, at least you know it was possible

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 5/1/2017 9:09:19 PM

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Dec 29-30, 1941

SUBS: Still a swirl of subs around the KB. No more contacts though.

On the 30th the Dutch silent service has another success, hitting BB Kongo at Balikpapan with one fish. While this won't send the ship under, it leads to some interesting possibilities.

DEI: After the turn I notice that it seems all Japanese combat ships around Balikpapan are disbanded. Wow! The base is open, the 88 fighters listed there are vulnerable to bombardments. I'd already moved out from Soerabaja, and Force Z plus two CA TFs and one CL TF and the Dutch could be available. That's a lot, but he has a bunch of CAs here too.

I can't rely on getting to the base at night with everything at 9 hexes distant, so I'll send in Force Z plus one CA TF to Balikpapan for a day bombardment. The Dutch will try to gt there with the CLs at night to sweep and maybe get a first bombardment in. Another CA TF will will hit Samarinda in the day which also has some fights and bombers listed. If I can close both fields then the 4Es can really wipe up and also hit the 3-4 injured ships in Balikpapan port (the Kongo plus at least 2-3 CA).

This is getting exciting and tense! I'll post the USN CVs near Banjarmasin with some LR CAP there over the fleet. Until I know the base is hit, zeros damaged and demoralised, I'll keep the CV air and 4Es on a tight leash.

The IJN continues to hit Batavia with modest effect, but again loses a DD to a mine. The DD losses are getting more serious for Japan.

PACIFIC: Ocean and Nauru are taken. Some PBYs are lost there.

CHINA: The IJA strikes on the yellow road to Sian but get a 1:2 and lose 250 disabled. Nice. Now that I think these can hold I may send more to reinforce.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 30, 41
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TF 19 encounters mine field at Batavia (49,98)

Japanese Ships
DD Asagumo, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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ASW attack near Balikpapan at 64,97

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, Torpedo hits 1
DD Hibiki
DD Sagiri

Allied Ships
SS KXV, hits 2

SS KXV launches 6 torpedoes at BB Kongo
KXV bottoming out ....

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Night Naval bombardment of Batavia at 49,98 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 2 damaged
PBY-5 Catalina: 1 damaged
B-339D: 1 damaged

23 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CA Ashigara
CL Kuma
DD Shirayuki
DD Ikazuchi
DD Umikaze
DD Yamakaze

Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)

Light Industry hits 1
Manpower hits 1
Fires 78
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 2
Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Batavia Defenses firing at CA Ashigara

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 52,54

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 22

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAKL Chaksang, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL Ardent, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 30382 troops, 263 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 934

Defending force 23597 troops, 190 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 657

Japanese adjusted assault: 401

Allied adjusted defense: 1030

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
2060 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 250 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
Guns lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
848 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 61 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Assaulting units:
37th Division
41st Division
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade
1st Army
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
61st Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
43rd Chinese Corps
96th Chinese Corps
7th Group Army

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Ground combat at Ocean Island (130,130)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 673 troops, 5 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 33

Defending force 135 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 50

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 50 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Ocean Island !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5 Catalina: 3 destroyed

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

Allied ground losses:
182 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
Maizuru 2nd SNLF

Defending units:
Ocean Isl Det

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Ground combat at Nauru Island (127,128)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 296 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Defending force 45 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 5

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Nauru Island !!!

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

Allied ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
4th Port Unit /1

Defending units:
Nauru Isl Det

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This is going to be interesting! The rollover shows 39 ships in Balikpapan and 3 DD out in front.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 5/1/2017 9:19:13 PM

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This is a great spot to slow one line of advance if these troops can hold another 10-12 turns. Getting a big stop with massive disablements for the IJA could bode well to hold here.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 5/1/2017 9:30:22 PM

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Here is a bigger pic of China. The Japanese haven't shown their hand yet. The Allies will have a few eyes too as Lysanders enter China. The AVG is just sitting and waiting.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 5/1/2017 9:39:22 PM

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I haven't mentioned the drama on Malaya. This 8th Indian Brigade has travelled nearly the length of the peninsula and has defied the odds by now making it to Singers. It'll join two others to make the 9th Indian division and give Singers a solid 1100-1200AV. Forts are 3.4 and rising currently. Only very sporadic bombing has hit the base so far.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 5/1/2017 9:53:35 PM

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A lot of clear territory here and lots of planes to hit. If I can close the fields those airframes will all just be sitting there waiting to be flamed by 4Es and they'll be no cover for all of those ships, including the several that have taken Dutch torps.

The Allies are going all-in. We'll be hung out with little ammo for the next day if we do hit the base, but a dust up without air cover should still allow for some success the following day, and I've got two new CA TFs arriving too. On top of that, the oil will be wide open!

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 5/2/2017 7:42:32 AM

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The Dutch head in first. Three Kageros hold off three CL and 5 DD and put two CL out for the rest of the fight, maybe for good considering tomorrow expected battles. A poor showing for the Dutch. At least two of the three Kageros are sunk or in bad shape.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Balikpapan at 64,97, Range 6,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Kuroshio, Shell hits 1
DD Natsushio, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
DD Hayashio, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Java, Shell hits 1
CL De Ruyter, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Tromp, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
DD Piet Hein, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Kortenaer
DD Evertsen, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Witte de With, Shell hits 1
DD Van Nes
DD Banckert

Reduced visibility due to Rain with 96% moonlight

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 5/2/2017 7:44:47 AM

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An ASW TF is next up and the remaining Dutch take that out, but one shot from a PB hits DD Evertsen and sends it into a tailspin of damage control and out of the battle. The are tiny old DDs and should have been retired for escort duty, really.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Balikpapan at 64,97, Range 6,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Kiso Maru, Shell hits 19, and is sunk
PB Nanpo Maru, Shell hits 17, and is sunk
SC Ch 9, Shell hits 7, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Java
DD Kortenaer
DD Evertsen, Shell hits 1, heavy fires
DD Witte de With
DD Van Nes

Reduced visibility due to Rain with 96% moonlight

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 5/2/2017 7:46:10 AM

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Next the USN CVs tangle with MTBs. The little pests get one fish to strike in spite of the 100% moonlight, and Salt Lake is out of the fight, reduced to 18 knots and in danger for the following day of course.

They follow on for a decent first hit on Balikpapan. Nice!!

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Night Naval bombardment of Balikpapan at 64,97

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 29 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 33 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed on ground
Ki-15-II Babs: 5 damaged
Ki-15-II Babs: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 5 damaged
Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
CA Chester
CA Northampton

Japanese ground losses:
409 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 37 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 26 (2 destroyed, 24 disabled)

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 24

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Chester
CA Chester firing at Balikpapan
CA Northampton firing at Balikpapan

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 5/2/2017 7:53:42 AM

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Hello Brooklyns!!! The USN CLs come in to wipe the remaining DDs out of the way and clear the path for all the bombardments to come. They don't go down without a fight though, and somehow only two 12.7cm shots put DD Selfridge in serious trouble.

Java does make it in for a first night bombardment as well.

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Night Naval bombardment of Balikpapan at 64,97

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 8 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged
Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 2 damaged
Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
CL Java

Japanese ground losses:
102 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11
Port hits 1

CL Java firing at Balikpapan

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 5/2/2017 7:57:34 AM

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The daytime bombardments go in!!! Devastation!!!

Some nice messages of bombardments hitting ships in port! Hope it's real. Sigint has been an issue lately so I never know if what I'm seeing is really happening, and with this replay only stuff, I really want to know! It could change a lot of what I do next turn.

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Naval bombardment of Balikpapan at 64,97

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 119 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 14 destroyed on ground
Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 20 damaged
Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 3 destroyed on ground
G3M2 Nell: 27 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 4 destroyed on ground
Ki-15-II Babs: 2 damaged
Ki-15-II Babs: 2 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna, Shell hits 1
CA Mogami, Shell hits 1
CA Takao, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales
BC Repulse
CL Mauritius

Japanese ground losses:
482 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 49 destroyed, 58 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 47 (36 destroyed, 11 disabled)

Airbase hits 22
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 51
Port supply hits 1

BB Prince of Wales firing at Balikpapan
BC Repulse firing at Balikpapan
CL Mauritius firing at Balikpapan

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 5/2/2017 7:57:41 AM

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Losing three of his precious Kageros will sting, and taking out the ASW TF might give your subs a good chance at something juicy ...

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 5/2/2017 7:58:42 AM

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The RN and USN CAs turn Balikpapan into a scene of carnage, then Samarinda gets some too!!

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Naval bombardment of Samarinda at 65,96

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 31 damaged
Ki-27b Nate: 3 destroyed on ground
G4M1 Betty: 40 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
CA San Francisco
CA Minneapolis
CA Houston

Japanese ground losses:
322 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 11 (6 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Oil hits 1
Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 42
Port hits 14
Port supply hits 3

CA San Francisco firing at Samarinda

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 5/2/2017 8:27:12 AM

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BANZA...............oh hang on "Hurrah!"

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 5/2/2017 9:09:30 AM

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Dec 31, 1941

DEI: On the day the Japanese lose around 74 airframes on the ground. It may not seem like a big deal considering Japanese production capabilities in game, but they haven't yet ramped up and A6M2 pools are not huge to start. I think production numbers are around 56/month to start. So this could be almost a month's production with a bunch more on the ground to take as we want over the next few turns.

Balikpapan will not recover quickly. Not only did the base take a huge hit but ground troops were decimated by the big guns. Accumulated hits listed below:

Airbase hits 35
Runway hits 86
Port hits 1

Troops took a pounding and airframe servicing will not be functioning at a high level for weeks, I'd guess. Here are the totals destroyed with many more disabled over the three bombardments:

Squads: 4 destroyed
Non Combat: 57 destroyed
Engineers: 3 destroyed
Guns lost 38 destroyed

Samarinda suffered much more to it's port, and even had an oil hit (taking three points off) from bombardment by three USN CAs during the day. I think only his regiment is in base though so it may be out of commission even longer than Balikpapan, and those planes on the ground will be targeted heavily in coming turns:

Oil hits 1
Airbase hits 21
Runway hits 42
Port hits 14

Now will be the real test. Can the RN big boys escape the wrath of the IJN? Will the USN CAs make it out? How will the Brooklyns do against IJN CAs rushing from port?

Another bombardment at Batavia. He hit some industry this time again. This is good for the Allies as the more he wipes out there the less he'll be able to use when he gets the base.

SUBS: Dutch subs converge on Balikpapan are in anticipation of major action next turn.

PACIFIC: Still chasing the KB which is still near Rabaul.

CHINA: Japanese troops at Amkang managed to hold at a 1:1, but the Chinese will shock tomorrow.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 31, 41
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Night Naval bombardment of Batavia at 49,98

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 5 damaged
139WH-3: 4 damaged
B-339D: 5 damaged
B-339D: 1 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
CA Maya

Allied ground losses:
283 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Light Industry hits 1
Manpower hits 1
Fires 348
Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 6
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for CA Maya
CA Maya firing at Batavia

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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6
Ki-27b Nate x 16
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 19
Ki-51 Sonia x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
ARD YFD-1 Dewey, Bomb hits 4, on fire
YO-42, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

Port hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet *
Port Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Ankang (82,42)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 11050 troops, 86 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 350

Defending force 1305 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 51

Allied adjusted assault: 221

Japanese adjusted defense: 112

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
117 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 16 (2 destroyed, 14 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
60 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
55th Chinese Corps
77th Chinese Corps

Defending units:
1st Raiding Regiment
16th Field AA Machinecannon Company
54th JAAF AF Bn /1
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Lots of planes in flames on the ground! This also could have hit some aces in their bunks. Many times I lose pilots in a bombardment, so hopefully a few of the good ones were lost there for him.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 5/2/2017 9:11:54 AM

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Losing three of his precious Kageros will sting, and taking out the ASW TF might give your subs a good chance at something juicy ...

The IJN has been losing a lot of DDs in the past turns. Some up North, some in the So Pac area, some to mines at Batavia, and now some of the best at Balikpapan. They likely took out at least one CL on their way, but this has to begin to hurt Japan, not just in the long term, but even as soon as next turn if the big boys don't have enough ASW cover.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 5/2/2017 1:47:45 PM

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The night started out with the Dutch again. This time a small somewhat seemingly evenly matched IJN TF hit the CL Tromp and two Dutch DDs. This was not even. Tromp was already hurt, and the IJN ships dominated the Dutch yet again.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Balikpapan at 64,98, Range 6,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Jintsu, Shell hits 1
DD Uzuki
DD Yuzuki

Allied Ships
CL Tromp, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Piet Hein, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Banckert, Shell hits 1

Low visibility due to Rain with 100% moonlight

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 5/2/2017 1:52:48 PM

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The DeRuyter is then silenced by Haruna/Furetaka and two DDs.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Balikpapan at 64,98, Range 6,000 Yards

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
C.XI-W: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
CA Furutaka
DD Sagiri
DD Yugiri
DD Oboro

Allied Ships
CL De Ruyter, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 5/2/2017 1:56:04 PM

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The Haruna TF then found our big guns. The PoW and Repulse had very few rounds still between them of main gun ammo, so some of the CA were added to help get them through. I'm not sure it worked though, as PoW was a major target for Haruna and Furutaka. TheIJN DDs got plastered, but the big guns kept on churning. Lots of firepower. The many 5inch guns of the Allies with a few main battery additions couldn't match them in a long night battle.

I'm still not sure what to expect when I get the turn file!

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Balikpapan at 64,98, Range 5,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna, Shell hits 5
CA Furutaka
DD Sagiri
DD Yugiri, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Oboro, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales, Shell hits 15, on fire
BC Repulse, Shell hits 1
CA Northampton
CA Chester, Shell hits 1
CL Mauritius
DD Helm, Shell hits 1
DD Henley
DD Patterson
DD Jarvis
DD Benham, Shell hits 2
DD Ellet, Shell hits 1
DD Scout
DD Thanet, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Encounter
DD Isis

Reduced visibility due to Rain with 100% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Rain and 100% moonlight: 6,000 yards
Range closes to 17,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 17,000 yards

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 5/2/2017 1:57:15 PM

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After this another TF hit a smaller version with PoW detached. Repulse took the brunt this time. A torpedo slows her and the it's a pounding.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Balikpapan at 63,99, Range 5,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Takao
CA Atago, Shell hits 1
DD Michishio
DD Arashio, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
BC Repulse, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CA Northampton, Shell hits 2
CA Chester
CL Mauritius
DD Helm
DD Henley, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
DD Patterson, Shell hits 1
DD Jarvis
DD Benham, Shell hits 1
DD Ellet, Shell hits 1
DD Scout, Shell hits 1, on fire

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Maximum visibility in Rain and 100% moonlight: 6,000 yards

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 5/2/2017 1:57:59 PM

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This unlikely hero, CL Jintsu, might have put the nail in though ...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Balikpapan at 63,100, Range 6,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Jintsu, Shell hits 1
DD Uzuki
DD Yuzuki

Allied Ships
BC Repulse, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Henley, Shell hits 2, heavy fires

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 5/2/2017 1:59:30 PM

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The fresh USN CAs then take front and center against another small two CA TF; IJN CAs are tough!!

Two USN CAs go down against one likely loss for the IJN.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Madjene at 64,102, Range 5,000 Yards

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
SOC-1 Seagull: 6 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Chokai, Shell hits 22, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Mikuma, Shell hits 1
DD Hibiki, Shell hits 4
DD Shirakumo

Allied Ships
CA Portland, Shell hits 1
CA Indianapolis, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CA Chicago
CA Pensacola, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DD Cummings, Shell hits 2
DD Case
DD Conyngham, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Porter
DD Worden, Shell hits 1
DD MacDonough, Shell hits 1
DD Dewey
DD Hull

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Maximum visibility in Rain and 100% moonlight: 6,000 yards

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 5/2/2017 2:00:27 PM

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The Samarinda bombardment TF make it out much more easily. They get by this CA TF with only a few shots hitting.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Madjene at 65,104, Range 6,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Nachi
CA Mogami
DD Oshio
DD Akatsuki

Allied Ships
CA Houston
CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 1, on fire
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 1
DD Craven, Shell hits 1
DD Gridley
DD McCall
DD Dunlap
DD Fanning

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 5/2/2017 2:26:09 PM

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I wonder did you have your Surface TFs at flank speed? If not that might have allowed them to get in and far enough away that if he had put his at normal speed you might have gotten the relatively undamaged vessels out of his normal sailing range. If you had them at flank speed then never mind my comments.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 5/2/2017 4:18:22 PM

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ORIGINAL: Bif1961

I wonder did you have your Surface TFs at flank speed? If not that might have allowed them to get in and far enough away that if he had put his at normal speed you might have gotten the relatively undamaged vessels out of his normal sailing range. If you had them at flank speed then never mind my comments.

To get the daylight bombardment the TFs had to rest at Balikpapan after the turn. To bombard in the day they have to be set to remain, so they were in the same hex to start the turn as the IJN.They were on flank the day before, so no, mission speed for this turn.

I'm amazed there weren't more battles with the main TF and that the Samarinda CAs got away completely.

I see Force Z as expendable, a really big useful pile of VPs of course, but expendable at this point if ti's for the right cause. This is the right cause.

For the next 5-7 turns, or until the KB can arrive at least, the USN and local LBA can rule Balikpapan and Samarinda. That means that if I can sink the 2-3 CAs and BB in port the Allies win this battle running away. If I only get a few of them it's still an Allied win if I can get the oil smashed and the rest of the A6M2s, Nells, Betties, Oscars, Babs and Nates at the two fields destroyed. That would be another 100+ VPs and ensure he'll be short on airframes for the next few months.

If the Japanese want a secondary stage of invasions it's in their interest to start those during the invasion bonus timeframe and to have solid air and naval assets ready to dominate the shorthanded Allies. If he's low on planes, has lost some CAs and maybe a BB, has others in the yards and has to use piles of supply to fix yet another damaged oilfield, it's not going to be easy to go for India, OZ or some other extended invasion opportunity.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 5/2/2017 4:33:14 PM

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The Salt Lake had to be detached, tried to make a run for it, but ended up in the jaws of yet another CA TF. I think this must be all of them accounted for and thus not one is left with a full magazine for tomorrow. Sucks to lose 3 CA outright, but some other good things are coming up here!

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Balikpapan at 64,97, Range 6,000 Yards

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
SOC-1 Seagull: 3 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya, Shell hits 1
CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
DD Tsuta
DD Yomogi

Allied Ships
CA Salt Lake City, Shell hits 56, and is sunk

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Vines from Manado found another big IJN TF on the way. Yamashiro was attacked but only dinged. Maybe they'll stray closer to the CVs tomorrow?

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 5/2/2017 4:42:12 PM

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Daylight brings some relief to the beleaguered Allied naval units. The CVs begin to play a part, and likely finish off a CA TF.

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Balikpapan at 64,97

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Vildebeest III x 3
P-40B Warhawk x 4

Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest III: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
CA Kumano, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Vildebeest III bombing from 2000 feet *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Balikpapan at 66,97

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
F2A-3 Buffalo x 15
F4F-3 Wildcat x 9
SBD-3 Dauntless x 15

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma, Bomb hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Balikpapan at 64,97

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Allied aircraft
SBD-2 Dauntless x 45
TBD-1 Devastator x 10

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-2 Dauntless: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Kumano, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Suzuya, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires
DD Yomogi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Tsuta, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x SBD-2 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CA Suzuya
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CA Kumano
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Yomogi
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Tsuta

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Balikpapan at 66,97

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
TBD-1 Devastator x 12

Allied aircraft losses
TBD-1 Devastator: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma, Bomb hits 2, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x TBD-1 Devastator bombing from 5000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

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