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After about 40 mins, I get the combatreport.txt and the replay, any time a day. I had no chance to see the replay yet, but the text looks to be very good for me, after so bad a first turn.
After some landing support at Kota Bharu, I first had some bad luck, a few TFs ran into mines at Bataan. Probably his sub.
PT-35, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
PT-32, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
PG Isabel, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
PG Asheville, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
Of course, the minesweepers came only later, and cleaned the mines.
Some IJN sub attacks on the map, near Lahaina, near Tanjoengpinang, and nar Hilo. At first, nothing hit. Some ASW action also went without results.
xAKL Kanlaon II was sunk by Myoko, Haguro, Nachi and 6 DDs near Dinagat, in Surigao Straights.
Then, one torpedo struck CL Raleigh near Hilo. I dont know if she sunk, but maybe she could at least disperse there.
Another disaster to expect then happened, and it was the finishing of damaged POW by Kongo and Haruna with 4 DDs.
Night Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 51,84, Range 12,000 Yards
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
Walrus II: 1 destroyed
Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
BB Haruna
DD Akatsuki
DD Hibiki
DD Shikinami, Shell hits 1
DD Ayanami
Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales, Shell hits 17, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Express, Shell hits 1
An xAK went down due to Sub action near Hilo:
Submarine attack near Hilo at 184,110
Japanese Ships
SS I-19
Allied Ships
xAK Hoegh Merchant, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
A tanker was struck near Palembang
Submarine attack near Palembang at 49,90
Japanese Ships
SS I-121
Allied Ships
TK Semiramis, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Semiramis is sighted by SS I-121
SS I-121 launches 4 torpedoes
and another xAKL killed by the same surface group as before:
Day Time Surface Combat, near Cagayan at 80,88, Range 19,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CA Myoko
CA Haguro
CA Nachi
DD Kuroshio
DD Oyashio
DD Hatsukaze
DD Natsushio
DD Hayashio
DD Amatsukaze
Allied Ships
xAKL Magallanes, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
Then some great news - my PT boats struck his invasion convoy at Laoag.
Day Time Surface Combat, near Laoag at 81,72, Range 8,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
xAK Matsukawa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Hokuan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Takaoka Maru
xAK Atlas Maru
PB Suyozai Maru
PB Toko Maru #4
Allied Ships
PT-41, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT Q-111
PT Q-112
PT Q-113
Japanese ground losses:
1046 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 129 destroyed, 49 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 64 (64 destroyed, 0 disabled)
A few other MTBs were however sunk by the cover force later:
Day Time Surface Combat, near Laoag at 78,69, Range 20,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CL Naka
DD Natsugumo
DD Minegumo
DD Asagumo
DD Murasame
DD Harusame
DD Yudachi
DD Samidare
Allied Ships
MTB 7
MTB 8, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
MTB 9, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
MTB 10, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
MTB 11, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
MTB 12
MTB 26
MTB 27, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
A few contacts were done by evacuees which went over the northern end of Luzon. I fear he will try to catch them, but maybe not - they are running at flank speed towards Adak or Midway. AS Canopus and AM Lark are running individually there and contacted some convoys for no action.
Another small xAP was hit:
Submarine attack near Palembang at 49,90
Japanese Ships
SS I-121
Allied Ships
xAP Kedah, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
I want to evac some guys from Singers, so left some xAKs in port. 40 Nells come, with 43 buffalos on cap. And NO FIGHT! What the hell? Were they too high at 30000? I was sure they would dive and hit.... I would probably layer the cap to 30k-20k-10k squadrons. 2 xAKs were hit by 1 bomb each.
Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 40
Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 43
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged
No Allied losses
Allied Ships
xAK Silverbeech, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Demodocus, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
Some air attacks in China against my evacuees running to the mountains, and some my air attacks by Catalinas with torps and P-26As and Seagulls in strafe/low naval went with little result.
At Manila, some CAP action happened, with 3 Zero vs 7 Warhawks lost in first round, and 0-7 in second round. I would withdraw the Warhawks - no sense to loose them vs much more experienced enemy.
He attacked once more at PH.
First, a sweep by 18 Zeros, quite indecisive:
Afternoon Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 180,107
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
Allied aircraft
P-26A x 1
P-36A Mohawk x 18
P-40B Warhawk x 31
F4F-3 Wildcat x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed
Afternoon Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 180,107
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 113 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 48 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36
B5N2 Kate x 103
D3A1 Val x 66
Allied aircraft
P-26A x 1
P-36A Mohawk x 12
P-40B Warhawk x 22
F4F-3 Wildcat x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
D3A1 Val: 2 destroyed, 12 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied aircraft losses
P-26A: 1 destroyed
P-36A Mohawk: 2 destroyed
P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
BB Tennessee, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
BB California, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage
BB West Virginia, Bomb hits 3, heavy damage
Repair Shipyard hits 1
Port hits 5
It is probably not that bad, I hope the big boys dont get ejected from the shipyard.
Then, a pair of sweeps came to Singers:
Afternoon Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 38
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed
and
Afternoon Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 26
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 3 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 30000 feet *
It would be interested to see his Oplosses, they are usually high on Zeros.
Some ground bombing in Malaya followed, and some ineffective air attacks on his TFs by my boys, Cats with Torps and B-10s.
And then finally some effective attacks:
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Siquijor at 78,87
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
PBY-4 Catalina x 4
Allied aircraft losses
PBY-4 Catalina: 3 damaged
PBY-4 Catalina: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese Ships
CA Myoko, Torpedo hits 1
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Laoag at 81,72
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
SOC-1 Seagull x 4
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
xAK Takaoka Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire
Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SOC-1 Seagull bombing from 1000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 100 lb GP Bomb
A dutch sub added a bit more damage to him:
Sub attack near Singora at 51,72
Japanese Ships
xAK Nako Maru, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
AK Kyushu Maru
xAK Kyokko Maru
xAK Kashii Maru
DMS W-6
DMS W-5
Allied Ships
SS KXVII
His sub added some damage on my so rare AD...
Sub attack near Hilo at 183,111
Japanese Ships
SS I-1
Allied Ships
AD Whitney, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AM Bobolink
He ejected chinese at Pengpu and took Kota Bharu, Laoag, Vigan and Makin then.
In total, better then I expected. Allied pilots suck, but sometimes do ok. Some good hits on his ships, and in long term it is going to pay out. Most of my runaways from Manila are still alive, and no contact made to china resupply xAKLs from Philippines or Hong Kong to Kwangchowan troop ferry. If those good units from Hong Kong and some 40-50k supplies make it out to China, it would be fantastic bonus for medium term. A few dozen smaller xAK and xAKLs are running for all 3 available chinese ports and then to Midway or Adak, in 1 ship TFs. Some would be lost, but its about 100k supplies on board in total.... Vital for China.
I started moving some free units from USA to the theatre. 8th Marine Reg is on its way to Suva, and an infantry regiment is moving to Noumea. Each is accompanied by at least one base force, and some Arty and construction units. I decided to place the 3 Aircobra and 3 Marauder groups from Eastern USA to CBI, using "Transfer to Cape Town". I am going to evac Burma, so the 1st Burma Div. is going to reunite and then move out. Reinforcements are redirected to either India, or Ceylon. With his agressive reputation, I fear an early strike to Ceylon alot.
I am regrouping many warships. All intact cruisers and new destroyers from PH go to Suva. NZ, Australian, French and US ships in South are meeting at Lunga. As long as his KB is away, I am going to raid some convoys there.
Just for fun, I renamed all ships called "Xxx II" in the pipeline to appropriate Confederate names ;)
So we will see CVs Jefferson Davis, Pierre Beauregard and Robert Lee, and cruisers like Merrimac in 43.
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