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Focus Pacific - Japanese Grand Campaign vs Allied AI - 8/14/2017 4:49:35 PM   
dcaflak

 

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Status: offline 		A few months ago I started a full game (scenario 79) of Focus Pacific, but I managed to screw myself by failing to organize the logistics. As a result, my factories ran out of steam just before May 1942

A few days ago, I decided to give it a try again. And that time, I decided to share what happens with you guys, so you can give me some wise advices, be appaled at my incompetence, and have a good laugh at my failings.

Soon to come, the reports about the four first days of the war. I'll try to include screenshots, but it'll mostly be text reports.
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RE: Focus Pacific - Japanese Grand Campaign vs Allied AI - 8/14/2017 5:41:39 PM   
dcaflak

 

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P-I:

December the 7th, Day of Infamy...for Manila.

I decided to leave the battleships alone, and instead strike at the American Submarines.

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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 102 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 43 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 69
A6M2-N Rufe x 6
B5N2 Kate x 150
D3A1 Val x 25

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 6 destroyed on ground
LB-30 Liberator: 1 destroyed on ground
PBY-4 Catalina: 2 destroyed on ground
SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed on ground
Beech 18-S: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
AV Langley, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Yu Sang, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
SS Salmon, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
SS Seawolf, Bomb hits 1
xAK Tantalus, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AM Quail, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
SS Seal, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
SS Skipjack, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
AO Trinity, Bomb hits 1, on fire
SS Pike, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage
xAK Ethel Edwards, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
SS Tarpon, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
DD John D. Ford, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SS Perch, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
SS S-40, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
SS S-41, Bomb hits 1
DD Pope, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
SS Pickerel, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
SS S-37, Bomb hits 1
TK Gertrude Kellogg, Bomb hits 1, on fire

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

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 60
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 1

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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
G3M2 Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 54

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
PT Q-113, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
SS Porpoise, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
SS Saury, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
AV Langley, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAKL Princess of Negros, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
SS Sealion, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
TK Mindanao, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
AM Lark, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
DD Pope, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD John D. Ford, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
AVD Childs, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SS Spearfish, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage

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

Port hits 3

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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
G3M2 Nell x 27

Allied aircraft
P-36A Mohawk x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
AM Whippoorwill, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
SS Snapper, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
AS Holland, Bomb hits 1, on fire
SS Sailfish, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

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The port is hammered, striking the submarines while they are vulnerable both by the carrier planes and the land based planes from Takao (Formose). I know that, in Focus Pacific, the Allied Air Forces is a LOT stronger in the Phillipines, so I diverted most of the Vals from the Kido Butai to strike at Clark Field.


Later in the day, the secondary group of carriers (the Mini Butai) is attacked by planes from Cebu. But I anticipated it, and the Americans loses a lot of their brothers in arms to our fighters (even the A5M4 get a few kills)

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Guiuan at 84,86

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 44
A6M2 Zero x 88

Allied aircraft
F2A-3 Buffalo x 51
SB2U-3 Vindicator x 26

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F2A-3 Buffalo: 12 destroyed
SB2U-3 Vindicator: 17 destroyed

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SOUTHERN CHINA:

Hong Kong is also attacked, and while we suffer some losses, the damage is satisfying enough.


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Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 28
B5M1 Mabel x 36
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 12
Ki-51 Sonia x 24

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 9
Breguet Br697 x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 9 damaged
Hurricane IIb Trop: 3 destroyed on ground
Vildebeest III: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
xAKL Halldor, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Haraldsvang, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Tai Seun Hong, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Hinsang, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Bennevis, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires
xAK Ming Sang, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Nanning, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Hanyang, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Yat Shing, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Repair Shipyard hits 3
Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 50
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 2

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That way, these ships will either sink at anchor or be stuck here while our foot soldiers invade the base.


The French base of Kwangchowan is also raided catching a lot of good fighters (and ships, French destroyers are dangerous and valuable targets and the Gauchet is also a juicy prize) on the ground.

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Morning Air attack on Kwangchowan , at 73,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 30
G4M1 Betty x 54
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 36
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 29
Ki-51 Sonia x 19

Allied aircraft
Morane MS410 x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Morane MS410: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged
Morane MS410: 12 destroyed on ground
Breguet 514 Bizerte: 6 destroyed on ground
Latecoere 298: 3 destroyed on ground
Dewoitine HD-780: 4 destroyed on ground
Breguet Br697: 10 destroyed on ground
Glen 167F: 5 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
PG D'Iberville, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
DD Guepard, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
AV Gauchet, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Le Casque, Bomb hits 1, on fire

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

Airbase hits 44
Airbase supply hits 17
Runway hits 104
Port hits 2

MARIANA ISLANDS:

Guam is attacked too, to prepare the terrain for the invasion force sailing towards it. This is going to be a tough nut to crack, the terrain will be a huge boon for the defenders and I will probably need to divert additional forces to get rid of them.

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Morning Air attack on Guam , at 106,95

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19
G4M1 Betty x 59

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F2A-3 Buffalo: 38 damaged
F2A-3 Buffalo: 3 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 26

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Guiuan at 84,86

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 38
A6M2 Zero x 76

Allied aircraft
TBD-1 Devastator x 21

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
TBD-1 Devastator: 1 destroyed

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MALAYA:

The Prince of Wales and it's escort (notably reinforced by CVL HMS Vengeful) are attacked by my Nells, but they get shredded by the CAP.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Mersing at 52,82

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 9

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 11
Buffalo I x 13
H-75A-4P x 4
Morane MS410 x 4
Breguet Br697 x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales
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Another wave of bombers comes in later, and despite horrifying losses they manage to break through and put a fish in the POW's side! AND sink the Vengeful! BANZAÏ!

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Mersing at 52,82

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 43

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 3
Buffalo I x 3
Hurricane IIb Trop x 3
H-75A-4P x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 10 destroyed, 10 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CVL Vengeful, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
BC Repulse
BB Prince of Wales, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

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Malaya sees a lot of fighting in the air, and we destroy most of the attacking British and French planes. The various landings (Kota Bharu, Miri in Borneo) are a bit costly but nothing unexpected.


BURMA:

Not a lot happening just an inconclusive sweep above Rangoon.


CENTRAL CHINA


We force a Chinese force at Pengpu to retreat, then starts pursuing it northwards.

Ground combat at Pengpu (90,50)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 5879 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 182

Defending force 1491 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 45

Japanese adjusted assault: 136

Allied adjusted defense: 5

Japanese assault odds: 27 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
158 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
837 casualties reported
Squads: 32 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
13th Ind.Mixed Brigade

Defending units:
89th Chinese Corps





That was a hell of a first day. My next post will talk about my plans, for our industry, our main targets and how to get to them.

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RE: Focus Pacific - Japanese Grand Campaign vs Allied AI - 8/15/2017 11:52:34 AM   
Bif1961


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From: Phenix City, Alabama
Status: offline 		I totally going after the dozens of subs in Manila as they are the biggest threat, through laying of mines and occasionally actually having a torpedo explode when it hits. However, if you attack Pearl harbor why go after the few vessels there which will cause you the least amount of harm, early war US Fleet subs with defective torpedoes? It would be best to put as many old BBs down as possible so their 14-16 inch guns aren't used in the future against your land bases softening them up for invasions. Historically the US submarines weren't a viable threat until late 43 when they finally fixed the multiple problems with their defective torpedoes. By late 43 you will know if the Japanese have a chance to go into 45 or 46. Taking out 2-4 old BBs will help you right away, VPs and more than sinking 4-8 subs at PH.

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RE: Focus Pacific - Japanese Grand Campaign vs Allied AI - 8/15/2017 5:13:52 PM   
FlyByKnight


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Status: offline 		Seems like this should be fun to watch, but won't you be facing a pretty gimped AI due to how much the mod changes?

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RE: Focus Pacific - Japanese Grand Campaign vs Allied AI - 8/16/2017 6:39:08 PM   
dcaflak

 

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Joined: 6/27/2017
Status: offline 		You made great points, but personally I prefer to take out the subs, even with the defective torpedoes, because they are an absolute pain to take out when they are at sea, especially for the Japanese who starts with really bad ASW capabilities. For 30 reports of ''Sub reported HIT'' in the combat log, only one of them has a chance to have worked, and as for the naval ASW patrols most of the depth charges will detonate above sub depth.

Battleships, on the other side, are awfully vulnerable to airstrikes, especially our Nell and Betty long range torpedo bombers (even Mavis, if youcan get them some torpedoes). They are such big targets that even a few bombers that makes through fighter and flak defense can cripple or sink them before they can do anything. The only thing I'm really scared of, when it comes to Allied AI Battleships, is my Intel and Naval search teams screwing up and failing to notice them in the open sea...that would allow them to make me regret my decision to strike at Manila.

Also, since I'm fighting the AI I'm not expecting them to do anything really threatening and/or bold, like for example send a super battleship fleet to bombard Tokyo before 1942. In my last game the AI tended to avoid fights and hunker down, at least for the first months, we'll see how it'll behave in this game.

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RE: Focus Pacific - Japanese Grand Campaign vs Allied AI - 8/16/2017 6:46:33 PM   
dcaflak

 

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Joined: 6/27/2017
Status: offline 		Thank you, I hope you'll enjoy it

Well this mod is actually buffing up both sides of the war. Our progress in Malaya and the P-I will be much slower than in a standard game, as the Allied have an absurd amount of airplanes based there, and more units as well.

On the other hand, the additional Japanese ships and units should allow us to fare better in late 1942 and 1943. I can't promise that I won't get crushed by a stupid mistake on my part though, I'm far from being an expert or even a decent player.

But I'm pretty sure 1944 or 1945, if I managed to keep us going for that long, will be the deadline. Before starting the game, I took a peek at the Allied ''Ship availability'', and we'll get swarmed by an OCEAN of warships, especially an insane amount of CVEs.

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RE: Focus Pacific - Japanese Grand Campaign vs Allied AI - 8/16/2017 6:54:57 PM   
dcaflak

 

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Status: offline 		WAR PLANS

INDUSTRY: I ordered a few more armament and vehicule factories to be built. I'm going to need a LOT of these to re-equip damaged units very, very soon. But the main effort will be directed at, you guessed it, the aircraft production. My Zero pool is already depleted, and I need a lot more good (or at least decent) planes, especially fighters. The production of Nates is stopped in favor of more Ki-43 IC Oscars, and the Zero factories are to be expanded.

I did not run as wild as I did in my first game, I hope it'll be easier for my economy...

MALAYA: Pretty classic, I'll just grind my way down to Singapore, which will be a pain to take. Any attempt to land at Kuantan or Mersing will probably end up in a slaughter, as Singapore has many Vildebeest and Swordfish squadrons. I discovered that the hard way, the first time I tried this scenario.

BORNEO: I'll try to knock out and take the base of Singkawang as soon as possible. It'll give me a great base to strike at Singapore, DEI and any eventual Allied convoy trying to relieve the Jewel of the British Empire.

P-I: If I go with what I have now, I'll probably still be sieging Manila in March 42. So I immediatly comitted two more infantry Divisions (actually in Japan) to help with the invasions. The sooner I take Manila, Clark Field, Bataan and Cebu, the better.

PORT MORESBY: I'll try to rush and nab Rabaul ASAP, then jump directly to P-M while by-passing Lae and Buna. It'll be risky, we'll be vulnerable to planes from Australia but Port Moresby is worth a lot of points and is a great defensive position, especially when supported from Rabaul.

DEI: It's going to be a painful, painful ride. Many bases have coastal guns defenses, and the Dutch forces are tough. Sorong and Ambon will probably be my priority targets in order to soften up the heavier bases (Batavia, Balikpapan) and to lessen the aerial support said bases would get.

THE REST OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN: I'm not sure what to focus on yet. I'll try to take care of my primary objectives,while keeping an eye out for how the enemy reacts then adapt.

CHINA: Now this is going to be a ''go big or go home'' plan. As soon as Hong Kong falls, I'll start a pincer movement in Southern and Northern China, with superstacks of around 15k / 20k AV.

The Northern Army will be tasked with taking Sian, the HQ of Mao's forces, then encircle the Chinese armies near Kaifeng, while paras will take the last base linking Noth China with Chunking.

Meanwhile, in the South, forces from Thailand will land at Pakhoi then march to Kwangchowan. Once the French base is cleared they will take Nanning to end any Allied presence in Southern China. The vainquishers of Hong Kong will march North, taking Wuchow and any Chinese base on the way before joining up with the ''Pakhoi Force''. Then they will march to Chunking.

Even if they can't take Chunking they will cut off the supply lines from the Chinese ''capital'' to the rest of the country. Starved and out of ammo, the Chinese soldiers will soon crumble against our determined soldiers.



NOTE: As I am a fairly new player with much, much to learn, I'll welcome any kind of advice with open arms. But do not be surprised if the AAR ends up in miserable failure after I f*** up something despite advices. With that, I hope you'll enjoy it!...or at least not be too depressed by my lack of skill.

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RE: Focus Pacific - Japanese Grand Campaign vs Allied AI - 8/16/2017 7:49:38 PM   
dcaflak

 

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SUBMARINE WARFARE:

Our subs are pretty quiet, but an American one that escaped yesterday's strike hit a mine. A Dutch sub is spotted and, quite miraculously, is actually damaged by our ASW escort.

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TF 177 encounters mine field at Bataan (78,77)

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon, Mine hits 1, on fire



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ASW attack near Kuantan at 53,78

Japanese Ships
DD Asashio
CA Takao
DD Michishio
DD Hibiki
DD Akatsuki
DD Arashio

Allied Ships
SS KXI, hits 4

SS KXI launches 4 torpedoes at DD Asashio
KXI bottoming out ....
DD Hibiki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Arashio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hibiki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Arashio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arashio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arashio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arashio fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Of course, we aren't the only ones with mines. Grmbl... our minefield at Bataan get cleared sometime later by a couple of small minesweepers from Manila.


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TF 46 encounters mine field at Palembang (48,91)

Japanese Ships
SS I-122, Mine hits 1, heavy damage



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P-I:

Today is a brutal day in the skies. I ordered my bombers for now, while the fighters clear the skies for them. Skyrockets are dangerous foes, even for the A6M2 and can slaughter bombers. We must shoot down a many of them as possible.

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23

Allied aircraft
P-35A x 8
P-40B Warhawk x 17
P-50A Skyrocket x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-35A: 2 destroyed
P-40B Warhawk: 2 destroyed
P-50A Skyrocket: 4 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Iba , at 78,75

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23

Allied aircraft
P-26A x 10
P-35A x 8
P-36A Mohawk x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-26A: 6 destroyed
P-35A: 4 destroyed
P-36A Mohawk: 3 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36

Allied aircraft
P-35A x 4
P-40B Warhawk x 7
P-50A Skyrocket x 19

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-35A: 1 destroyed
P-40B Warhawk: 3 destroyed
P-50A Skyrocket: 5 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13

Allied aircraft
P-50A Skyrocket x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-50A Skyrocket: 1 destroyed

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Despite some losses, the day is clearly ours as dozens of American flyboys are shot down. I also make a costly mistake by ordering a raid on Davao's port by some planes of the Mini Butai. An AVD isn't worth several carrier pilots and planes.

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Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 5
B5N1 Kate x 21

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
AVD William B. Preston, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

Port hits 1

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''But where is the Kido Butai?'' you might ask? It is...busy.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Iloilo at 78,82

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 31
B5N2 Kate x 43
D3A1 Val x 50

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
xAK Capillo, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
PG Isabel, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
xAP Neptuna, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAP Rochambeau, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAKL Anakan, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AO Pecos, Bomb hits 3, on fire
xAP President Madison, Bomb hits 1
AM Finch, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Si Kiang, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAKL Palawan, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Compagnia Filipinas, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk

(three torpedoes on an AKL...that's far above ''overkill''. Stop wasting ordinance, morons!


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Calapan at 78,79

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
B5N2 Kate x 54
D3A1 Val x 32

Allied aircraft
P-26A x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-26A: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
xAK Tantalus, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Ethel Edwards, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
PG Tulsa, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Yu Sang, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AS Holland, Bomb hits 8, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
AO Trinity, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
TK Gertrude Kellogg, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

This entire convoy is sent to Davy Jones' locker. Nice to see the tanker, oiler and AS going down.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Sibuyan at 80,82

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
B5N2 Kate x 13

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
AS Canopus
AS Otus, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

I'm actually a bit disappointed by this raid. Oh well, can't get them all. Not in one go, at least.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tablas at 78,81

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 31
B5N2 Kate x 27

Allied aircraft
P-26A x 4
P-40E Warhawk x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-26A: 2 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
xAKL Corregidor, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAKL Bisayas, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
xAKL Paz, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Don Jose, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
xAKL Sagoland, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk

GAAARGH! WHY ARE THE KATES THE ONES WHO FOUND THESE LITTLE TURDS?! ahem, excuse me. I'm just going to cry while I see countless torpedoes being used on what's basically floating Renault Twingos.

Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 116
A6M2-N Rufe x 6
B5N2 Kate x 27
D3A1 Val x 21

Allied aircraft
P-26A x 11
P-35A x 16
P-36A Mohawk x 5
P-40B Warhawk x 22
P-50A Skyrocket x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed
P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 16 damaged
P-40B Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground
P-50A Skyrocket: 3 damaged
P-50A Skyrocket: 2 destroyed on ground
B-17D Fortress: 2 destroyed on ground
LB-30 Liberator: 1 destroyed on ground
O-47A: 1 destroyed on ground

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

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 17

WAIT WHAT?! I'm sure at 99% I NEVER ordered a raid on Clark Field by the Kido Butai! well at least they did some great damage, but still! I wasn't expecting that when it happened.

SOUTHERN CHINA:

This front has been a complete success today. We hammered the French base with the force of a great typhoon and unleashed raging fire on them and their planes. I think we can consider Kwangchowan's airfield to be shut down, not a single French airplane was seen in the air today. Also these were some great hits on the DD's in port. I'm only showing the most important raids of the day, there was around a dozen of them, causing varied amount of damage and I admit I was surprised by how effective the Idas were.

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Morning Air attack on Kwangchowan , at 73,60

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 39
G4M1 Betty x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Guepard, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Lion, Bomb hits 1, on fire

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Morning Air attack on Kwangchowan , at 73,60

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-36 Ida x 20

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Morane MS410: 13 damaged
Morane MS410: 1 destroyed on ground
Dewoitine HD-780: 6 damaged
Glen 167F: 7 damaged
Glen 167F: 1 destroyed on ground
Breguet Br697: 8 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Kwangchowan , at 73,60

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 9

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Breguet 514 Bizerte: 3 damaged
Morane MS410: 6 damaged
Breguet Br697: 7 damaged
Glen 167F: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 2

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Morning Air attack on Kwangchowan , at 73,60

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 16
G4M1 Betty x 21

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
Morane MS410: 2 damaged
Breguet 514 Bizerte: 4 damaged
Breguet 514 Bizerte: 1 destroyed on ground
Breguet Br697: 8 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Lion, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1
Port hits 1

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Morning Air attack on Kwangchowan , at 73,60

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Morane MS410: 10 damaged
Morane MS410: 1 destroyed on ground
Breguet Br697: 11 damaged
Breguet Br697: 1 destroyed on ground
Glen 167F: 4 damaged
Breguet 514 Bizerte: 8 damaged
Breguet 514 Bizerte: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

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MALAYA AND CHINA:

Still relatively quiet on the ground. In both theaters our land forces and ships are brillantly protected by our fighters, downing a good amount of Chinese and British planes who attempted a multitude of small raids. The battle of Kota Bharu sees even losses, but we have a clear advantage in destroyed squads. We'll probably take the base tomorrow.


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Ground combat at Kota Bharu (51,75)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 6566 troops, 63 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 182

Defending force 7202 troops, 52 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 159

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 128

Allied adjusted defense: 44

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
1044 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 84 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1253 casualties reported
Squads: 61 destroyed, 40 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Guns lost 19 (2 destroyed, 17 disabled)

Assaulting units:
56th Infantry Regiment
12th Engineer Regiment
5th JAAF AF Coy

Defending units:
FMSV Brigade
8th Indian Brigade
3rd ISF Base Force

BORNEO

Miri is easily taken, with some damage to the oil and refinery but nothing dramatic, the objective has been reached.
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Ground combat at Miri (64,87)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 4599 troops, 35 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 91

Defending force 1236 troops, 12 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 121

Allied adjusted defense: 9

Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Miri !!!

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

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

Allied ground losses:
579 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 13 (7 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
I./124th Infantry Battalion
Miri Engineer Battalion

Defending units:
100th RN Base Force

MARIANAS AND GILBERT ISLANDS

Makin falls without a fight. That's it.



Great progress was made today. I'm sorry about the lack of screenshots, when I decided to make this an AAR I was alread the 12/12/1941, also my CPU has a weird thing with screenshots that can make it bug or even crash. I'll try to take one at every turn's end, and from time to time take a ''situation assessment'' screenshot to show you the losses and the score.

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RE: Focus Pacific - Japanese Grand Campaign vs Allied AI - 8/16/2017 9:32:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		You should check to see what the KB air groups were set for would be interested in what resulted in the Clark AFB attack order.

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RE: Focus Pacific - Japanese Grand Campaign vs Allied AI - 8/18/2017 7:18:37 AM   
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BREAKING NEWS! Apparently, some of the K-B's squadrons were set to ''airfield attack'' as their secondry mission. So it's my own damn fault for yesterday's strike on Clark Field, huh. Mytery solved!

P-I:

The Americans sends two destroyers, probably from Manila, to disrupt our amphibious Task Forces bound for Vigan and Aparri. Luckily, they miss the first and run into the second's escort. The Peary is immediatly sunk by a torpedo from DD Nagatsuki, and the Pillsbury is engaged several times that time. She's damaged, but not sunk, we'll sink her later.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Calayan at 82,71, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Natori
DD Satsuki
DD Minazuki, Shell hits 2
DD Fumizuki
DD Nagatsuki
DD Harukaze
DD Hatakaze

Allied Ships
DD Peary, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Pillsbury
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Over Clark Field our sweeps are effective, and before the end of the morning we manage to clear the sky over the base. Even if somes planes are back in the air by the afternoon, this means Clark Field is ripe for airfield attack tomorrow.

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27

Allied aircraft
P-26A x 7
P-40B Warhawk x 1
P-50A Skyrocket x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-26A: 3 destroyed
P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed
P-50A Skyrocket: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 76

Allied aircraft
P-50A Skyrocket x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-50A Skyrocket: 2 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6

No Japanese losses
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I decided to rest the K-B's bomber squadrons and most of the fighters as well for today. Not all of them though, as the planes from Cebu discovered.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Busuanga at 76,81

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 56 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 64
A6M2-N Rufe x 2

Allied aircraft
F2A-3 Buffalo x 21
SB2U-3 Vindicator x 10

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F2A-3 Buffalo: 7 destroyed
SB2U-3 Vindicator: 3 destroyed
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Oh hey! it's our buddy the Pillsbury! points for effort to the Anns, but I honestly wasn't expecting them to hit.

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Calayan at 82,71

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 28
Ki-30 Ann x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
DD Pillsbury

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SOUTHERN CHINA:

I decided to sweep Hong-Kong rather than bombarding it. It pays off, as their fighters recovered surprisingly quickly.

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Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 2 destroyed
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The Tojos seems to fare brilliantly against the British fighters. Well, to be fair, they outnumbered it.

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Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44 Tojo x 4

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed
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The first ground attack is, as I expected, painful. The Canadians are tough, and I don't think any of the defender is going down without a fight. But, despite the scary numbers, we actually came out on top of this fight. The defenders lost most of their fortifications, the majority of our losses are disabled squads, and the enemy suffered more destroyed squads than us. We need to keep the pressure, before this turns into a looooong fight.

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Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 39786 troops, 483 guns, 287 vehicles, Assault Value = 1216

Defending force 12196 troops, 216 guns, 93 vehicles, Assault Value = 270

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 1082

Allied adjusted defense: 513

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
4265 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 130 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 45 disabled
Guns lost 17 (1 destroyed, 16 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
926 casualties reported
Squads: 31 destroyed, 54 disabled
Non Combat: 20 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Vehicles lost 23 (16 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Assaulting units:
300th Division
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
66th Infantry Regiment
38th Division
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd RF Gun Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
5th RF Gun Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion

Defending units:
1st Middlesex Battalion
Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion
Rifles of Canada Battalion
Kowloon Brigade
102nd RN Base Force
Hong Kong Fortress

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Kwangchowan is struck once more, confirming the de facto destruction of it's airfield by our attacks. Their ships in port takes a pounding as well.


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Morning Air attack on Kwangchowan , at 73,60

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 36
G4M1 Betty x 4

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Breguet Br697: 5 damaged
Breguet 514 Bizerte: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Le Casque, Bomb hits 1
DD Lion, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
DD Le Hardi, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2
Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 2

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Morning Air attack on Kwangchowan , at 73,60

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-36 Ida x 25
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 12
Ki-51 Sonia x 37

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Breguet Br697: 2 damaged
Morane MS410: 5 damaged
Morane MS410: 1 destroyed on ground
Dewoitine HD-780: 3 damaged
Glen 167F: 1 destroyed on ground

Runway hits 1
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In fact a destroyer is so damaged that the mere sight of our sweeping Zeros is enough to put him down.

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Morning Air attack on Kwangchowan , at 73,60

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
DD Guepard, and is sunk

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Morning Air attack on Kwangchowan , at 73,60

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 16
G4M1 Betty x 33

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Breguet 514 Bizerte: 3 damaged
Morane MS410: 6 damaged
Morane MS410: 1 destroyed on ground
Latecoere 298: 1 damaged
Breguet Br697: 7 damaged
Glen 167F: 7 damaged
Dewoitine HD-780: 6 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Le Casque, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3
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I cannot stress this enough, the French destroyers are fast and heavily armed ships, taking them out is a relief. And a nice boot to our score, too.

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Morning Air attack on Kwangchowan , at 73,60

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
Breguet Br697: 11 damaged
Breguet Br697: 1 destroyed on ground
Glen 167F: 2 damaged
Breguet 514 Bizerte: 6 damaged
Latecoere 298: 2 damaged
Morane MS410: 6 damaged
Morane MS410: 2 destroyed on ground

Runway hits 3
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MALAYA:


The air war intensifies when our land-based bombers strike Kuantan, to prevent the British from using it against our ships and ground forces.

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Morning Air attack on Kuantan , at 51,79

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 6
G4M1 Betty x 45

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 2 damaged
Hurricane IIb Trop: 2 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 20
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The previous sweeps have been effective it seems, and I think we can consider this base out for now. The British will probably transfer their planes elsewhere. Also, Kota Bahru falls to our troops, we can now prepare the next oeprations in the peninsula.

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Ground combat at Kota Bharu (51,75)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 5900 troops, 63 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 118

Defending force 6203 troops, 49 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 76

Japanese adjusted assault: 82

Allied adjusted defense: 30

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kota Bharu !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
424 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled

Allied ground losses:
5866 casualties reported
Squads: 72 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 342 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 82 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 48 (48 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 23 (23 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2
Units destroyed 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
56th Infantry Regiment
12th Engineer Regiment
5th JAAF AF Coy

Defending units:
8th Indian Brigade
FMSV Brigade
3rd ISF Base Force
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I noticed the defenders lost all of their vehicules. Enjoy the walk down Malaya, guys!


BORNEO:

Not much happening yet, except the Yamato task forces being attack by Dutch level bombers. I tip my hat to them for bravery, but they fail to accomplish anything. Except getting one of them killed by the flak.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kuching at 59,87

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 8

Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 1 damaged
139WH-3: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
BB Kongo
BB Yamato

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x 139WH-3 bombing from 12000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 300 kg SAP Bomb
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It seems we gained air supremacy over Luzon, which is no small accomplishment. Tomorrow should be good to us...I hope.

< Message edited by dcaflak -- 8/18/2017 7:20:34 AM >

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RE: Focus Pacific - Japanese Grand Campaign vs Allied AI - 8/20/2017 6:18:58 AM   
dcaflak

 

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NIGHT OPS

The Allies try to bomb us during the night, in the P-I and China, to very little effect. Us, on the other side, we do not try some unaccurate bombing from the sky...


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Night Naval bombardment of Singkawang at 56,88

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
B-339D: 14 damaged
B-339D: 1 destroyed on ground
139WH-3: 19 damaged
139WH-3: 1 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
BB Yamato
BB Haruna
BB Kongo
CA Atago
CA Takao
CL Jintsu
DD Hibiki
DD Akatsuki
DD Arashio
DD Michishio
DD Oshio
DD Asashio

Allied ground losses:
97 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 27
Port hits 15
Port supply hits 1

BB Yamato firing at Singkawang
BB Haruna firing at Singkawang
BB Kongo firing at Singkawang
CA Atago firing at Singkawang
CA Takao firing at Singkawang
CL Jintsu firing at Singkawang
DD Hibiki firing at Singkawang
DD Akatsuki firing at Singkawang
DD Arashio firing at West Borneo KNIL Battalion
DD Michishio firing at Singkawang
DD Oshio firing at Singkawang
DD Asashio firing at Singkawang Base Force


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Singkawang is plastered by a task force of heavy ships, flagged by the Yamato. This will make the planes based here useless and soften up the base for the soon to happen invasion.

SUB WARFARE:

For those who don't know, Focus Pacific also gives Japan a bunch of German ships and submarines. Here we can see a U-boat wasting a big tanker next to Ceylon. Nice to have you with us, friends!



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Sub attack near Colombo at 28,47

Japanese Ships
SS U-125

Allied Ships
TK Marina, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

TK Marina is sighted by SS U-125
SS U-125 launches 4 torpedoes

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P-I:

Basically the same that happened since the beginning of the war. We lose some planes, they lose a bunch of planes, and because of the bad weather our bombers do not take off to capitalize on our enemies' weakness. Grr. We do sink the AS Canopus, AP President Madison and the AO Otus, thanks to the K-B.

Also more costly attacks on our carriers by US planes, and our troops from Babeldaob have landed in Legaspi.



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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 29

Allied aircraft
P-26A x 6
P-40B Warhawk x 11
P-50A Skyrocket x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-26A: 1 destroyed
P-40B Warhawk: 4 destroyed
P-50A Skyrocket: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Legaspi at 82,82

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 50
A6M2-N Rufe x 3

Allied aircraft
TBD-1 Devastator x 17

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
TBD-1 Devastator: 5 destroyed


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tapul at 73,90

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23
D3A1 Val x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AO Pecos, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
1 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AO Pecos

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Jolo at 73,91

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
A6M2-N Rufe x 6
D3A1 Val x 13

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AS Canopus, Bomb hits 11, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AS Canopus

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tawi Tawi at 72,91

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 29
D3A1 Val x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
xAP President Madison, Bomb hits 11, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
7 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP President Madison

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SOUTHERN CHINA

This is probably what remains of the ships that were in Hong Kong when the war started. A group of Nells attack them, and though they only score a single hit, it's a damn good hit.


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Quinhon at 70,69

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Thracian, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Kanchow
xAKL Joan Moller

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Other than that, we continue to turn Kwangchowan's airfield into a burnt and desolated wasteland.



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Morning Air attack on Kwangchowan , at 73,60

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 17
G4M1 Betty x 22

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Morane MS410: 8 damaged
Morane MS410: 1 destroyed on ground
Breguet Br697: 9 damaged
Breguet Br697: 1 destroyed on ground
Breguet 514 Bizerte: 4 damaged
Dewoitine HD-780: 5 damaged
Latecoere 298: 2 damaged
Latecoere 298: 1 destroyed on ground
Glen 167F: 3 damaged

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

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Great News from this front: Hong Kong has fallen! After only two days of fighting! I was persuaded this would take ages, but our men are better than I thought! These guys will now rest for a few days, before they start to move away from the coast and into China.

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Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 36899 troops, 482 guns, 287 vehicles, Assault Value = 958

Defending force 11507 troops, 216 guns, 82 vehicles, Assault Value = 203

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 1070

Allied adjusted defense: 453

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Hong Kong !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Walrus II: 6 destroyed
Hurricane IIb Trop: 16 destroyed
Vildebeest III: 7 destroyed

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

Japanese ground losses:
932 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 54 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 59 disabled

Allied ground losses:
16244 casualties reported
Squads: 269 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 894 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 63 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 154 (154 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 74 (74 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 6

Assaulting units:
300th Division
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
38th Division
66th Infantry Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
5th RF Gun Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion

Defending units:
Rifles of Canada Battalion
Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion
Kowloon Brigade
102nd RN Base Force
1st Middlesex Battalion
Hong Kong Fortress




But soon, I hear bad news that instantly ruins my mood: at least one carrier has been spotted by my patrol aircraft, near Wake Island. I'm glad I cancelled the invasion force bound for this base (I know trying to take it without bombarding it is pretty much impossible), but now I've got a problem. There is a dragon prowling next to the Marianas, and Kwajelein is actually stacked with warships I sent there to form raider task forces. We'll have to see, hopefully it'll go back to Pearl or whatever allied base. But if it stats going south...this could be bad.



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RE: Focus Pacific - Japanese Grand Campaign vs Allied AI - 8/26/2017 8:45:57 PM   
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SUBMARINE WARFARE:

One of our subs strike a ship transporting troops, not far from Pearl Harbor. Hopefully the damage is severe enough to prevent it from reaching the base.

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Sub attack near Lahaina at 201,94

Japanese Ships
SS I-6

Allied Ships
xAP Mariposa, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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

SS I-6 launches 2 torpedoes

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MARIANAS:

The first wave disembark on Guam. The losses are painful, but that's what I expected from this fortress. We'll need much more than these guys alone to knock out the defenders.

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Pre-Invasion action off Guam (106,95) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

110 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CL Tsugaru
PB Shuko Maru #5
PB Sonan Maru #6
PB Sonan Maru #5
PB Shotoku Maru
PB Shoei Maru
PB Kyo Maru #10
PB Kyo Maru #8
PB Seki Maru #3
PB Fumi Maru #2
AK Val Maru

Japanese ground losses:
100 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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Amphibious Assault at Guam (106,95)

TF 20 troops unloading over beach at Guam, 106,95

Japanese ground losses:
119 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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A flight of Nells from Roi-Namur attack Wake, as I forgot to tell them to stand down. Every single fighter of the island is there to intercept them...except they don't. For some reason, the only bomber we lose is to Wake's flak. I'm not complaining at all, it's nice to see these things happen to the AI from time to time. Also we did some pretty good damage, too bad we won't be able to capitalize on this.


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Morning Air attack on Wake Island , at 136,98

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 21

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 4 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

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

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 15

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BURMA:

Our troops are still organizing and moving around, so the only fighting we see there is in the sky. Despite a few losses, most of our sweeps are effective.


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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 5
Buffalo I x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 1 destroyed
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

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SOUTHERN CHINA:

Two french destroyers are caught in the open by our Nells from Thailand, and are promptly sunk. Although they completly miss a small British freighter in the same area.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Quinhon at 70,69

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

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

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 19

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
DD Le Casque, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
DD Le Hardi, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 67,74

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAKL Chengtu
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I won't show it, but Kwangchowan is plastered once more. It's like kicking an agonizing man in the crotch. With army boots. With knives blades on their tips.


P-I:

Clark Field is, once more, bombed and it's skies swept of allied fighters. We also use the Kido Butai to strike at Cebu's port, which is harboring several huge APs. I think these used to be cruise liners, now they are very important and very valuable troop transports, and I'll do my best to make sure they do not escape. The Klutina, Chena, Gulkana and Goldstream are probably gone, but the others will certainly need some more help to sink.

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 50
G3M2 Nell x 35
G4M1 Betty x 30

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 2 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
P-50A Skyrocket: 21 damaged
P-50A Skyrocket: 1 destroyed on ground
LB-30 Liberator: 7 damaged
P-35A: 3 damaged
B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged
P-40B Warhawk: 9 damaged
O-47A: 1 damaged
O-47A: 1 destroyed on ground

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

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 13

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Morning Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 176
A6M2-N Rufe x 6
B5N2 Kate x 170
D3A1 Val x 117

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 33
F2A-3 Buffalo x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged
D3A1 Val: 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 8 destroyed
F2A-3 Buffalo: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
xAP Klutina, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Goldstream, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Gulkana, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Salcha, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Tanana, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Soldotna, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Chena, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage

Port hits 16
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 2

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CHINA:

We win a small fight and we destroy another Chinese unit, opening the southern railroad to Kaifeng.

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Ground combat at 90,49 (near Pengpu)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 5772 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 168

Defending force 893 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

Japanese adjusted assault: 116

Allied adjusted defense: 2

Japanese assault odds: 58 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), leaders(+), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
874 casualties reported
Squads: 41 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 38 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
13th Ind.Mixed Brigade

Defending units:
89th Chinese Corps


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Ground combat at Kweiteh (90,46)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 11898 troops, 102 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 389

Defending force 1262 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44

Japanese adjusted assault: 730

Allied adjusted defense: 2

Japanese assault odds: 365 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kweiteh !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+)

Japanese ground losses:
201 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1375 casualties reported
Squads: 70 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 63 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
32nd Division

Defending units:
51st Chinese Corps


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BORNEO:

The last British base in Sarawak is taken, and the survivors are forced to flee into the jungle to the south as we took Beaufort, the base where they should have been able to run to.

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Ground combat at Brunei (65,87)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 3195 troops, 38 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 119

Defending force 2130 troops, 19 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 138

Allied adjusted defense: 23

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Brunei !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
740 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 32 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 25 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
I/81st SNLF
III/81st SNLF

Defending units:
107th RN Base Force
100th RN Base Force


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A pretty good day, if only this MOTHER******* CARRIER wasn't going to the SOUTH of Wake! this **** decided to start to move down, and if my calculations are correct he will pass through the Marianas from north to south, and will probably bomb Kwajelein on his way.

You know what...no.

I'm not going to sit there while this d-bag have a grand time sinking my navy. I'll muster every warship I can get and sally forth to meet this CV. It's probably going to end horribly, but that's what's going to happen ANYWAY. I'll try to guess his path to cut him off.

Even if we managed to intercept him, he's probably heavily escorted...everything will rest on our sailors' shoulders. May the IJN make us proud, tomorrow.

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RE: Focus Pacific - Japanese Grand Campaign vs Allied AI - 8/26/2017 9:05:42 PM   
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A few months ago I started a full game (scenario 79) of Focus Pacific, but I managed to screw myself by failing to organize the logistics. As a result, my factories ran out of steam just before May 1942



Iam getting ready to start as Japan. Share with us what were the things you did wrong?

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RE: Focus Pacific - Japanese Grand Campaign vs Allied AI - 8/26/2017 10:31:38 PM   
dcaflak

 

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Status: offline 		Well, I'm terribly unexperienced, and as i said my last game didn't last long so I am not the best to give advice about what to or not to do, but I'll gladly help as much as I can

First, my biggest mistake was failing to understand the resources system. I thought resources where stocked in the pool and directly used by industry, but the pool only tells you how much resources you have in total, you need to haul them to your industries, or they will very quickly stop working. (The closest and biggest reserves of resources when the game starts are in Sakhalin, Hokkaïdo and the main Korean ports.)

Then I got over-enthusiastic when I saw I could control the aircraft/engine production and air research development. I ordered way too many factories to be built, which sucked my HI pool dry rapidly. Coupled with the first mistake, disaster happened in February 1942.

Also I got intimidated by the strengh of Allied defenses in Focus Pacific, and I played way too defensively, while early on Japan MUST be agressive, no matter if losses are high. I underestimated Manila and Clark Field, got bogged down in Luzon and Malaya, while failing to attack Davao. And while I was standing still, Allied convoys carried supplies, fuel and soldiers from the USA and India right to the bases I failed to grab early on.


I think that's it for now, I'll probably think of more things later

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RE: Focus Pacific - Japanese Grand Campaign vs Allied AI - 9/1/2017 5:52:18 PM   
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MARIANAS:

In the morning, our interception task force manage to find and engage the enemy. I hold my breath, as the enemy carrier is heavily escorted...

It is a complete and total success.

YEAAAAAAAAH! BANZAÏ! CARRIER SUNK, I REPEAT, CARRIER SUNK! THE BIG E IS NOW DAVID JONES' PROPERTY!

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Rongelap at 133,111, Range 20,000 Yards

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
SOC-1 Seagull: 3 destroyed
F4F-3A Wildcat: 16 destroyed
SBD-2 Dauntless: 19 destroyed
TBD-1 Devastator: 10 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CL Katori
CL Jingei, Shell hits 1
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 2
CL Tatsuta
CL Yubari, Shell hits 1
DD Hatsuharu
DD Nenohi
DD Hatsushima
DD Wakaba, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
DD Sazanami, Shell hits 1
DD Ushio, Shell hits 2
DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Kisaragi, Shell hits 2
DD Yayoi, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Mochizuki
DD Oite
DD Hayate, Shell hits 2
CA Yakumo, Shell hits 2
DD Hatsuake, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Hikuigumo, Shell hits 1
DD Hikushio

Allied Ships
CV Enterprise, Shell hits 27, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
CA Northampton, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CA Chester, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DD Craven, Shell hits 1
DD Gridley
DD McCall, Shell hits 1
DD Maury, Shell hits 3
DD Benham, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Ellet, Shell hits 1, heavy fires
DD Dunlap, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Fanning, Shell hits 2
DD Balch, Shell hits 1, on fire
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Give these sailors medals, medals and sake for a month! In addition to the Enterprise, the Chester has been sunk, and the Northampton is not looking good. In comparison, our losses have been incredibly light, even the damaged destroyers are easily going to make it.


MALAYA:

The Repulse is attacked twice by our torpedo bombers. The first strike manages to score only one hit, but the second is much more effective, sinking the battlecruiser and hitting the Danae

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kuantan at 51,79

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 32
G4M1 Betty x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
BC Repulse, Torpedo hits 1
CL Danae
CL Mauritius

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kuantan at 51,79

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 64 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 6
G4M1 Betty x 18

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Walrus II: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
BC Repulse, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
CL Danae, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CL Mauritius

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A group of Nells sinks the last ships fleeing Hong-kong. Only a couple of AKL's, but any sunk enemy ship is good for us.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,79

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 13

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAKL Kanchow, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL Joan Moller, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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Later in the day, the strikes against the Repulse's former escort continue, but the enemy manages to put up some CAP. Our losses are heavy, but the damage done is well worth it. Another attack (the enemy fighters aren't there anymore) sinks the Danae but miss the heavily damaged Mauritius.


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kuantan at 51,79

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 26
G4M1 Betty x 18

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 7 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CL Mauritius, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CL Danae, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Tenedos
DD Electra
DD Jupiter

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Damn, Malaya is seeing a lot of action today! Later in the day, some Betties return and while they fail to hit anything (there are two escorting destroyers) they do hang around long enough to see the Dragon sink. So that's another two CLs sent to the bottom of the ocean.

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Groot Natoena at 57,82

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 4
G4M1 Betty x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Durban, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
CL Dragon, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

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P-I:

Legaspi is taken by our troops, and the Kido Butai once more ravages Cebu. While the damage on the airfield isn't as great as I had hoped, this will make the allies waste planes of their pool in reinforcements for this dangerously exposed base, I hope. Also this should probably condemn the last APs still in port. Some have probably escaped, we'll get them later.

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Morning Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 176
A6M2-N Rufe x 6
B5N2 Kate x 169
D3A1 Val x 115

Allied aircraft
F2A-3 Buffalo x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged
D3A1 Val: 8 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
F2A-3 Buffalo: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
F2A-3 Buffalo: 3 destroyed on ground
PBY-5 Catalina: 1 destroyed on ground
LB-30 Liberator: 2 destroyed on ground
P-40E Warhawk: 4 destroyed on ground
TBD-1 Devastator: 2 destroyed on ground
Stearman 75M: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
xAP Chena, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Salcha, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Tanana, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 19
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 78
Port hits 8
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Seeing these damn Skyrockets burning on the ground is so satisfying...more of that, please! this is just one of the raids on Clark Field today, but it's by far the most effective.

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 55
G3M2 Nell x 17
G4M1 Betty x 30

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Warhawk: 22 damaged
P-40B Warhawk: 3 destroyed on ground
P-50A Skyrocket: 21 damaged
P-50A Skyrocket: 1 destroyed on ground
B-17D Fortress: 20 damaged
P-35A: 12 damaged
P-35A: 1 destroyed on ground
LB-30 Liberator: 7 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 destroyed on ground
O-47A: 2 damaged

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

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 26


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SOUTHERN CHINA:

Here we are doing what we do best on this front: blowing up French planes on the ground. Once we clear it, this base will probably become nothing more than a backwater station, but right now we really need to keep it neutralized.

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Morning Air attack on Kwangchowan , at 73,60

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23
Ki-51 Sonia x 6

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Breguet Br697: 10 damaged
Breguet Br697: 1 destroyed on ground
Latecoere 298: 2 damaged
Breguet 514 Bizerte: 5 damaged
Breguet 514 Bizerte: 1 destroyed on ground
Dewoitine HD-780: 2 damaged
Dewoitine HD-780: 1 destroyed on ground
Morane MS410: 1 damaged
Morane MS410: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

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GUAM:


Our disembarking troops take heavy losses, then a pounding by the island's defenders. This is annoying, but for now we must put up with it. Our soldiers are badly disrupted, an assalut right now would be costly and would probably be ineffective.


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Amphibious Assault at Rabaul (106,125)

TF 103 troops unloading over beach at Rabaul, 106,125

Japanese ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

20 troops of a IJA HMG Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 150th Ind.Mixed Bde
25mm T96 AA Gun lost overboard during unload of 51st Base Force
17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 141st Ind.Mixed Bde
12 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 141st Ind.Mixed Bde
12 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 141st Ind.Mixed Bde /5
12 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 142nd Ind.Mixed Bde
12 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 142nd Ind.Mixed Bde
12 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 150th Ind.Mixed Bde /5
12 Support troops lost overboard during unload of 51st Base Force /5
17 troops of a SNLF Squad accidentally lost during unload of 51st Base Force /5
12 Naval Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 51st Base Force /5

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Ground combat at Guam (106,95)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4876 troops, 70 guns, 59 vehicles, Assault Value = 95

Defending force 16507 troops, 137 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 470

Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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


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I was honestly scared that the Allies would just avoid my surface combat task force then bomb the hell out of it during the day, but things went perfectly well! Today my men offered me a big ass cake, with the Enterprise and the Repulse on top of it. Thank you guys, you are awesome!

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RE: Focus Pacific - Japanese Grand Campaign vs Allied AI - 9/3/2017 1:41:31 AM   
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Status: offline 		A huge success with the Big E[image][/image] TF since it was faster than yours since you had the CL Katori, was an 18 knot training cruiser with only 4 x 5.5 inch guns and 4 21 inch torpedo tubes. he should have been able to show you a clean set of heels and run away, since the attack started at 20,000 yards. I guess you caught him by surprise and sent a spread of torpedoes before he could react hitting the Big E twice and crippling her as her escorts fought to protect the crippled carrier.

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RE: Focus Pacific - Japanese Grand Campaign vs Allied AI - 9/3/2017 3:01:18 PM   
dcaflak

 

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Status: offline 		Yeah, I think I got a ''Allied Naval Force is surprised!'' when my men creeped up on them after spotting their TF. Thank god for IJN skill at night battles

Or maybe the enemy TF commander got cocky and thought his two CAs would be enough to protect the Enterprise. If that's the case, I know someone who's going to spend the rest of the war in some abandoned in the US desert, commanding a TF of drowned rats in a bucket of piss.

To maximise my chance I ordered my task force to patrol between Kwajelein and...Rongelap, if I remember correctly, right in the enemy's supposed path according to the infos on the strategic map. That's probably why my TF didn't pursue the remaining US ships after the battle despite having a ''reaction range'', they were out of movement points/ops points, I think.

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