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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert... - 6/12/2019 11:26:02 AM

obvert

Posts: 14050
Joined: 1/17/2011
From: PDX (and now) London, UK
Status: offline

Jan 10-11, 1943

The KB is engaged by a small pack of four PTs, but nothing is hit. Too bad. Fun to see that though. Hopefully it puts a little bit of fear into him.

Chinchow falls and the Soviets begin to tighten the noose. There are still a LOT of IJA troops up here though. It'll be a long grinding campaign.

A few DD raiders appear near Ambon, and the ragtag ADBA airfare sorties and manages to sink one good DD! The power of the B-10!
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 10, 1943
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Ground combat at Chinchow (101,41)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 8262 troops, 124 guns, 922 vehicles, Assault Value = 432

Defending force 3929 troops, 30 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61

Allied adjusted assault: 610

Japanese adjusted defense: 35

Allied assault odds: 17 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Chinchow !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
1355 casualties reported
Squads: 98 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 61 destroyed, 62 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 30 (29 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 2

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

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
77th Tank Brigade
206th Tank Brigade
61st Tank Division

Defending units:
14th Garrison Unit
8th Manchukuo Inf Brigade

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 11, 1943
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tungchow at 95,53, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CV Kaga
CV Hiryu
CV Soryu
CV Shokaku
CV Zuikaku
CV Hiyo
CVE Unyo
CS Nisshin
CS Chitose
BB Yamato
CA Myoko
CA Mogami
CL Jintsu
CL Kitakami
DD Yugumo
DD Kazegumo
DD Makigumo
DD Takanami

Allied Ships
PT-142, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
PT-147
PT-169
PT-170

Reduced visibility due to Thunderstorms with 25% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 25% moonlight: 2,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
CV Hiyo , CV Zuikaku screened from combat
PT-169 engages CS Nisshin at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 3,000 yards
CV Hiyo , CV Zuikaku , CV Shokaku ,
CV Soryu , CV Hiryu , CV Kaga screened from combat
- escorted by DD Takanami , DD Kazegumo
PT-170 engages CS Nisshin at 3,000 yards

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Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 36

Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38F Lightning: 3 destroyed

CAP engaged:
253 Ku S-1 with A6M3 Zero (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 18 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Boela at 81,110

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 3
B-339D x 7
B-18A Bolo x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb
3 x B-18A Bolo bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

Shinonome dead in the water ...

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Boela at 81,110

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 3
B-18A Bolo x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Kawakaze
DD Shinonome, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb
3 x B-18A Bolo bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

Shinonome dead in the water ...

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Ground combat at Malaybalay (80,90)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 11477 troops, 210 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 298

Defending force 3384 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 59

Allied adjusted assault: 214

Japanese adjusted defense: 79

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

Allied forces CAPTURE Malaybalay !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
1399 casualties reported
Squads: 22 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 15 (10 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Units retreated 6

Allied ground losses:
220 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
32nd Infantry Division

Defending units:
85th Naval Guard Unit
86th Naval Guard Unit
16th Div /3
8th JAAF AF Coy /1
11th Garrison Unit /4
5th Fleet /3

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Fukuoka takes a lot more damage than it would seem at first. Fires burn.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert... - 7/3/2019 10:38:15 AM

obvert

Posts: 14050
Joined: 1/17/2011
From: PDX (and now) London, UK
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Jan 12-16, 1943

I'm so behind. This game just stays challenging and interesting. Although the Allies are way ahead of schedule and Japan is reeling from the invasion of Formosa and the Soviet advance, they continue to fight tooth and nail for every inch.

A lot going well for the Allies during these turns, and some setbacks.

The Allies reduce Shanghai forts to 3 and are resting for a final set of attacks. Canton falls at last after several assaults, and the Allies clean up on Luzon, surrounding and reducing the remaining Japanese forces there. The Soviets clear the areas North of Mukden, gaining several good victories, but failing to stop a small Japanese army from escaping to hold the areas near the coastline.

Major setbacks at Hong Kong and Peiping will require some time for healing and some continuing airstrikes to keep up pressure on the Japanese.

A big strike by 4Es at Kagoshima sinks a bunch of coastal freighters, and the islands off of Formosa begin to fall to para strikes. This hopping and filling will continue to and around the Ryukyus.

I'll post some maps soon.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 12, 1943
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Morning Air attack on Pescadores , at 84,63

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-43A-1 Lancer x 2
Buffalo I x 12
Liberator II x 10
B-25C Mitchell x 4
Mitchell II x 16
B-17F Fortress x 9
B-24D Liberator x 12
B-25C Mitchell x 36

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
ACM Banshu Maru #52, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Asama Maru #2, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
AG Nasusan Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 17
Port hits 9
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Mitchell II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 15th Division, at 95,41 (Tientsin)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 29

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Foochow (86,60)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 21049 troops, 121 guns, 200 vehicles, Assault Value = 774

Defending force 6663 troops, 52 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 120

Allied adjusted assault: 686

Japanese adjusted defense: 26

Allied assault odds: 26 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied forces CAPTURE Foochow !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
2975 casualties reported
Squads: 52 destroyed, 57 disabled
Non Combat: 41 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 43 (24 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Units retreated 4

Allied ground losses:
165 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (9 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
6th Cav Recce Regiment
26th Indian Brigade
3rd Tank Battalion
71st Chinese Corps
193rd Tank Battalion
70th Chinese/B Corps

Defending units:
115th Infantry Regiment
Amoy Special Base Force
1st RGC Route Brigade
57th JNAF AF Unit

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 13, 1943
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Ground combat at Chinchow (101,41)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 25728 troops, 405 guns, 1309 vehicles, Assault Value = 1052

Defending force 6892 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 197

Allied adjusted assault: 559

Japanese adjusted defense: 18

Allied assault odds: 31 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
3197 casualties reported
Squads: 32 destroyed, 138 disabled
Non Combat: 67 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 17 disabled
Guns lost 48 (19 destroyed, 29 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Allied ground losses:
155 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 30 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units pursuing 1

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
21st Rifle Brigade
41st Rifle Brigade
26th NKVD Regiment
61st Tank Division
206th Tank Brigade
56th NKVD Regiment
77th Tank Brigade
8th/A Cavalry Division
1120th Cannon Regiment
624th Cannon Regiment
263rd Howitzer Regiment
1128th Howitzer Regiment
629th Cannon Regiment
283rd Engineer Battalion
93rd VVS Base Force

Defending units:
Karafuto Mixed Brigade
14th JNAF AF Unit

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Ground combat at Chihfeng (100,38)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 49565 troops, 586 guns, 376 vehicles, Assault Value = 1618

Defending force 5422 troops, 22 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 110

Allied adjusted assault: 1125

Japanese adjusted defense: 65

Allied assault odds: 17 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Chihfeng !!!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed

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

Japanese ground losses:
1899 casualties reported
Squads: 26 destroyed, 40 disabled
Non Combat: 59 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 30 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 10 (6 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 3

Allied ground losses:
429 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Assaulting units:
12th Rifle Brigade
18th Rifle Brigade
8th Rifle Brigade
260th Rifle Brigade
263rd Motorized Brigade
7th Cavalry Division
95th Rifle Brigade
187th Rifle Division
227th Rifle Brigade
147th PVO AA Battalion
46th/302nd AA Battalion
129th Engineer Battalion

Defending units:
9th Ind Engineer Regiment
5th Manchukuo Distr/A Division
Mongol Garrison Army

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 14, 1943
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Night Naval bombardment of Takao at 84,65

Allied Ships
BB Ramillies
BB Royal Sovereign
BB Revenge
BB West Virginia

Japanese ground losses:
682 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Light Industry hits 1
Manpower hits 2
Fires 2527
Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 71
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 1

BB Ramillies firing at Takao
BB Royal Sovereign firing at Takao

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Night Naval bombardment of Kagi at 85,64

Allied Ships
CA Frobisher
CA Hawkins
CA Devonshire
CA Canberra

Japanese ground losses:
869 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 61 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Guns lost 34 (8 destroyed, 26 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Manpower hits 1
Fires 251
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 4
Port hits 6
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 1

CA Frobisher firing at Kagi
CA Hawkins firing at 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion

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Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 55459 troops, 415 guns, 348 vehicles, Assault Value = 1592

Defending force 31042 troops, 244 guns, 310 vehicles, Assault Value = 717

Allied adjusted assault: 1756

Japanese adjusted defense: 5117

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
608 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 35 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 27 (1 destroyed, 26 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
2776 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 339 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 34 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 25 disabled
Vehicles lost 50 (9 destroyed, 41 disabled)

Assaulting units:
2/5th Armoured Regiment
28th Chinese Corps
50th Chinese Corps
63rd Chinese Corps
129th Infantry Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
7th Cav Recce Regiment
268th Motorised Brigade
21st Chinese Corps
9th Prov Chinese Corps

Defending units:
4th Tank Regiment
74th Infantry Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
17th/A Division
51st Recon Regiment
17th/B Division
Hong Kong Def Force
41st Guard Battalion
17th/C Division
24th Port Unit
6th Air Defense AA Regiment
Hong Kong Special Base Force
26th Air Flotilla
304th Ship Eng Coy
12th Port Unit
52nd Field AA Battalion
3rd Air Army
2nd Army
18th JAAF AF Bn
54th JNAF AF Unit /3

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Ground combat at Tuguegarao (82,74)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 49434 troops, 547 guns, 550 vehicles, Assault Value = 1648

Defending force 26677 troops, 184 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 659

Allied adjusted assault: 912

Japanese adjusted defense: 89

Allied assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Tuguegarao !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: preparation(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
5778 casualties reported
Squads: 69 destroyed, 255 disabled
Non Combat: 42 destroyed, 72 disabled
Engineers: 30 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 119 (64 destroyed, 55 disabled)
Vehicles lost 52 (52 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2

Allied ground losses:
535 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 128 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Vehicles lost 19 (2 destroyed, 17 disabled)

Assaulting units:
1st Tank Battalion
31st PA Infantry Division
17th Australian Brigade
41st PA Infantry Division
51st PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
7th Marine Regiment
11th PA Infantry Division
13th Australian Brigade
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
254th Armoured Brigade
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
III/Prov'nl SPM Grp
24th PS FA Regiment
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
77th Coast AA Regiment
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
48th/B Division
48th/A Division
64th Inf Group Brigade
48th/C Division
7th Port Unit
32nd JAAF AF Coy
105th Ship Eng Coy
52nd Div /17
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
19th Tank Regiment
17th Port Unit
14th Army
28th JAAF AF Bn
8th JAAF AF Bn /1
40th JAAF AF Bn
5th Air Div /1

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Ground combat at Canton (77,59)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 122754 troops, 788 guns, 53 vehicles, Assault Value = 3376

Defending force 51525 troops, 442 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 1259

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Allied adjusted assault: 3359

Japanese adjusted defense: 1505

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
2252 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 167 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 50 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 39 disabled
Guns lost 41 (2 destroyed, 39 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
4492 casualties reported
Squads: 28 destroyed, 580 disabled
Non Combat: 45 destroyed, 81 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 40 disabled
Guns lost 25 (6 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Vehicles lost 65 (52 destroyed, 13 disabled)

Assaulting units:
86th Chinese Corps
Mobiele Battalion
25th Chinese Corps
65th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
18th Chinese Corps
14th Chinese Corps
2nd Prov Chinese Corps
31st Chinese Corps
4th Chinese Corps
60th Chinese Corps
6th Chinese Corps
57th AT Gun Regiment
16th Group Army
18th Artillery Regiment
20th Artillery Regiment
22nd Artillery Regiment
3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment
7th Artillery Regiment
1st Artillery Regiment
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment
56th AT Gun Regiment

Defending units:
Sasebo 6th SNLF
51st Engineer Regiment
104th/B Division
19th Ind.Mixed Brigade
22nd/B Division
20th RGC Division
104th/A Division
1st Ind.Inf.Group
104th/C Division
102nd Infantry Regiment
66th Infantry Regiment
22nd/C Division
32nd JNAF AF Unit
47th JAAF AF Bn
Canton Special Base Force
23rd Army
22nd Ind.Mtn Gun Battalion
4th Air Div /1
21st Mortar Battalion
2nd Raiding Rgt /5

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 15, 1943
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Night Air attack on Akita , at 117,55

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
DB-3M x 9

No Allied losses

Manpower hits 4
Fires 665

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x DB-3M bombing from 2000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Kagoshima , at 102,60

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 39
B-24D Liberator x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K1 Emily: 1 destroyed on ground
H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAKL Turusima Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Nissen Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAKL Kamishima Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Bunzan Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
ACM Mejima Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Keizan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Somedono Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Yamagiri Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Santos Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAKL Boko Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAKL Miiko Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAKL Kaisyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAKL Bichu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAKL Totai Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Iwashiro Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
ACM Kyo Maru #3, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Nichiryo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAKL Assam Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Repair Shipyard hits 1
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 45
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Carrier support unable to supply air cover..
Massive explosion on xAK Iwashiro Maru

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Morning Air attack on Kagoshima , at 102,60

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 7

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAKL Kofuku Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
TK Manju Maru, Bomb hits 1
xAKL Korei Maru, Bomb hits 1
xAKL Keizan Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Tientsin Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Kagoshima , at 102,60

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 7

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAKL Taiyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Tainichi Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
xAK Ryoyo Maru, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Carrier support unable to supply air cover..

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Morning Air attack on Kagoshima , at 102,60

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Santos Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAKL Turusima Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Korei Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Carrier support unable to supply air cover..

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Ground combat at Takao (84,65)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 26359 troops, 334 guns, 722 vehicles, Assault Value = 1048

Defending force 11944 troops, 86 guns, 99 vehicles, Assault Value = 132

Allied adjusted assault: 617

Japanese adjusted defense: 55

Allied assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Takao !!!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
3574 casualties reported
Squads: 43 destroyed, 26 disabled
Non Combat: 135 destroyed, 40 disabled
Engineers: 52 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 27 (21 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 73 (68 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Units retreated 8
Units destroyed 2

Allied ground losses:
294 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Assaulting units:
13th Armoured Regiment
22nd Marine Regiment
19th Indian Division
2/6th Armoured Regiment
2nd Tank Battalion
2/7th Armoured Regiment
147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
255th Armoured Brigade
97th Field Artillery Battalion
2/9th Fld RAA Regiment
1st RAA Med Arty Regiment
2nd RAA Med Arty Regiment

Defending units:
1st Raiding Regiment
Kaosing Fortress
3rd Ind Engineer Regiment
Imperial Guards Div /2
Southern Fleet
17th JAAF AF Bn
56th JNAF AF Unit
8th JAAF AF Bn
2nd Area Army
5th JNAF AF Unit
21st JAAF AF Bn
Combined Fleet /1

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Ground combat at Shanghai (92,55)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 155688 troops, 1210 guns, 897 vehicles, Assault Value = 4563

Defending force 40328 troops, 321 guns, 64 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Allied adjusted assault: 3917

Japanese adjusted defense: 3577

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3

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

Japanese ground losses:
2109 casualties reported
Squads: 90 destroyed, 158 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 58 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 36 (16 destroyed, 20 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
8476 casualties reported
Squads: 50 destroyed, 842 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 81 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 71 disabled
Guns lost 141 (7 destroyed, 134 disabled)
Vehicles lost 65 (3 destroyed, 62 disabled)

Assaulting units:
18th British Division
37th Chinese Corps
9th Indian Division
68th Chinese Corps
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
73rd Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
3rd Marine Division
81st Chinese Corps
3rd Cavalry Regiment
1st USMC Tank Battalion
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
11th Indian Division
87th Chinese Corps
79th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
85th British AT Gun Regiment
209th Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
21/22 Field Arty Regiment
2/13th Fld RAA Regiment
26th Group Army

Defending units:
12th RGC Ind. Brigade
4th RGC Route Brigade
27th RGC Temp. Division
18th Garrison Unit
3rd RGC Route Brigade
25th RGC Temp. Division
Shanghai SNLF
12th RGC Temp. Division
24th RGC Temp. Division
7th RGC Temp. Division
1st RGC Division
11th RGC Temp. Division
10th RGC Temp. Division
36th Division
RGC Tax Police Regiment
5th RGC Route Brigade
21st AA Regiment
China Area Fleet
Nanking Naval Guard Unit
Shanghai Special Base Force
23rd Field AA Machinecannon Company
30th Fld AA Gun Co
19th JNAF AF Unit

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Ground combat at Chinchow (101,41)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 17505 troops, 301 guns, 402 vehicles, Assault Value = 1027

Defending force 38066 troops, 368 guns, 543 vehicles, Assault Value = 1170

Allied adjusted assault: 178

Japanese adjusted defense: 1079

Allied assault odds: 1 to 6

Combat modifiers
Defender: preparation(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
574 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 70 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1936 casualties reported
Squads: 99 destroyed, 246 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 39 (8 destroyed, 31 disabled)

Assaulting units:
56th NKVD Regiment
77th Tank Brigade
21st Rifle Brigade
206th Tank Brigade
41st Rifle Brigade
61st Tank Division
26th NKVD Regiment
8th/A Cavalry Division
629th Cannon Regiment
1120th Cannon Regiment
624th Cannon Regiment
263rd Howitzer Regiment
390th Cannon Regiment
283rd Engineer Battalion
1128th Howitzer Regiment
93rd VVS Base Force

Defending units:
58th Division
7th Manchukuo Cav Brigade
Maizuru 3rd SNLF
77th Infantry Regiment
8th Manchukuo Inf Brigade
2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
2nd Tank Division
29th Ind Engineer Regiment
49th Const Co
51st Const Co
52nd Const Co
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
48th Field Const Co
14th JNAF AF Unit
5th Air Defense AA Regiment
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
51st JAAF AF Bn

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Ground combat at Miyako-jima (91,66)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 478 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 41

Defending force 815 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

Allied adjusted assault: 9

Japanese adjusted defense: 3

Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Miyako-jima !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
220 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (4 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
111th LRP Bde /3

Defending units:
Yokosuka 6th SNLF

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 16, 1943
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Night Naval bombardment of Kagi at 85,64

Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales
BB South Dakota
BB Washington
BB North Carolina

Japanese ground losses:
924 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 46 disabled
Non Combat: 23 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 37 (7 destroyed, 30 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (5 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6
Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 1

Walrus II acting as spotter for BB Prince of Wales

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Morning Air attack on Kagoshima , at 102,60

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 4

Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 22

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

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 33000 feet *

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Morning Air attack on 2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 101,41 (Chinchow)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
IL-2 x 55

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2: 16 damaged
IL-2: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese ground losses:
395 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 6 disabled
Vehicles lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x IL-2 bombing from 2000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Fushun , at 105,42

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
IL-2 x 18

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2: 3 damaged

Oil hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x IL-2 bombing from 2000 feet
City Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
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Ground combat at Canton (77,59)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 118992 troops, 785 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 2937

Defending force 48663 troops, 433 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 1030

Allied adjusted assault: 3694

Japanese adjusted defense: 825

Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied forces CAPTURE Canton !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
18483 casualties reported
Squads: 140 destroyed, 148 disabled
Non Combat: 493 destroyed, 97 disabled
Engineers: 120 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 188 (168 destroyed, 20 disabled)
Vehicles lost 154 (149 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Units retreated 20

Allied ground losses:
3816 casualties reported
Squads: 80 destroyed, 739 disabled
Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 93 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 86 disabled
Guns lost 72 (3 destroyed, 69 disabled)
Vehicles lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
31st Chinese Corps
14th Chinese Corps
4th Chinese Corps
86th Chinese Corps
2nd Prov Chinese Corps
25th Chinese Corps
60th Chinese Corps
65th Chinese Corps
Mobiele Battalion
18th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
6th Chinese Corps
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment
7th Artillery Regiment
20th Artillery Regiment
22nd Artillery Regiment
3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment
18th Artillery Regiment
1st Artillery Regiment
16th Group Army
57th AT Gun Regiment
56th AT Gun Regiment

Defending units:
104th/B Division
104th/A Division
1st Ind.Inf.Group
20th RGC Division
51st Engineer Regiment
102nd Infantry Regiment
Sasebo 6th SNLF
22nd/B Division
104th/C Division
66th Infantry Regiment
19th Ind.Mixed Brigade
22nd/C Division
Canton Special Base Force
21st Mortar Battalion
47th JAAF AF Bn
4th Air Div /1
32nd JNAF AF Unit
23rd Army
22nd Ind.Mtn Gun Battalion
2nd Raiding Rgt /5

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Ground combat at 100,39 (near Chihfeng)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 49428 troops, 586 guns, 376 vehicles, Assault Value = 1601

Defending force 3578 troops, 19 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 54

Allied adjusted assault: 1276

Japanese adjusted defense: 17

Allied assault odds: 75 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
2834 casualties reported
Squads: 86 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 67 destroyed, 41 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 9 (9 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
242 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
18th Rifle Brigade
7th Cavalry Division
8th Rifle Brigade
263rd Motorized Brigade
187th Rifle Division
260th Rifle Brigade
95th Rifle Brigade
12th Rifle Brigade
227th Rifle Brigade
147th PVO AA Battalion
46th/302nd AA Battalion

Defending units:
9th Ind Engineer Regiment
5th Manchukuo Distr/A Division
Mongol Garrison Army

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Ground combat at Peiping (95,39)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 133800 troops, 599 guns, 869 vehicles, Assault Value = 3448

Defending force 45560 troops, 380 guns, 155 vehicles, Assault Value = 1155

Allied adjusted assault: 2323

Japanese adjusted defense: 7545

Allied assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
679 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 158 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 37 (2 destroyed, 35 disabled)
Vehicles lost 32 (3 destroyed, 29 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
9809 casualties reported
Squads: 58 destroyed, 1135 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 44 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 44 disabled
Vehicles lost 40 (1 destroyed, 39 disabled)

Assaulting units:
76th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
52nd Chinese Corps
9th Armored Car Brigade
35th Chinese Corps
203rd Tank Brigade
48th Chinese Corps
20th Chinese Corps
171st Tank Brigade
36th Chinese Corps
3rd Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
91st Chinese Corps
117th/428th OM Gun Battalion
178th Mortar Regiment

Defending units:
17th Tank Regiment
59th Division
5th NCPC Infantry Brigade
26th/A Division
15th Garrison Unit
79th Garrison Battalion
4th NCPC Infantry Brigade
26th/C Division
105th NCPC Route Brigade
24th/B Division
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade
8th NCPC Infantry Brigade
24th Ind Engineer Regiment
26th/B Division
68th Division
24th/C Division
53rd JAAF AF Bn
45th Const Co
1st Cavalry Brigade
24th JAAF AF Bn
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
North China Area Army
69th JAAF AF Coy

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Ground combat at Tsingtao (95,47)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 44522 troops, 224 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1267

Defending force 20880 troops, 116 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 518

Allied adjusted assault: 921

Japanese adjusted defense: 1949

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 4)

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

Japanese ground losses:
646 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 59 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1735 casualties reported
Squads: 121 destroyed, 207 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 43 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 32 disabled
Guns lost 32 (2 destroyed, 30 disabled)

Assaulting units:
32nd Chinese Corps
55th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
56th Chinese Corps
34th Separate Brigade

Defending units:
5th Ind.Mixed Brigade
15th Division
14th RGC Temp. Division
1st NCPC Route Brigade
Ching Tao Special Base Force
23rd JNAF AF Unit

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Ground combat at Iriomote (89,65)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 110 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10

Defending force 213 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5

Allied adjusted assault: 4

Japanese adjusted defense: 7

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

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

Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
77th LRP Bde /1

Defending units:
8th Indpt SNLF Coy

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Jan 17-18, 1943

The air battles around Iriomote go toward the Allies with P-38s making quick work of Tojos. The plan here is to use small, cheap assets and powerful air sweeps and strikes to put pressure on the Japanese position to the South of the Home Islands. At the same time I'll plan to move into the Yellow Sea and initiate more low stakes amphibious or para ops there. At this stage the Allies need bases closer to the Japanese industry to sweep and escort.

In the Pacific I'm nearing prep for a move into the Marianas, Babeldaob, Marcus Island and potentially The Bonins. Marines are prepped for Iwo Jima, but I don't have the CV strength to move without nearby air support and some reduction in the KB numbers.

Another DA at Shanghai and this one makes some progress, getting a 1:2 and almost even losses. The numbers here are overwhelming now and once the forts are lowered further it'll be a quick fall.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 17, 1943
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Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 99,63

Japanese Ships
xAK Teikoku Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PB Kiko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Pompano

Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

SS Pompano launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Teikoku Maru

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Night Naval bombardment of Sovetskaya Gavan at 124,42

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
R-12: 1 damaged
I-16m24: 1 damaged
MBR-2: 3 damaged
MBR-2: 1 destroyed on ground
IL-2: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso

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

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for BB Fuso
BB Fuso firing at Sovetskaya Gavan

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Morning Air attack on 8th Indpt SNLF Coy , at 89,65 (Iriomote)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 21

Allied aircraft
P-66 Vanguard x 4
Hurricane IIc Trop x 8
Liberator II x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-66 Vanguard: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed

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

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator II bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Iriomote , at 89,65

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 37,550 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 17

Allied aircraft
P-66 Vanguard x 2
P-38G Lightning x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 7 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 33550 feet

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 18, 1943
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Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 99,63

Japanese Ships
PB Kakyu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Zuikai Maru
AKE Zinzan Maru
AKE Sangetsu Maru
AKE Nitiren Maru
PB Ichiyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS L-12, hits 1

SS L-12 launches 2 torpedoes at PB Kakyu Maru

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Morning Air attack on Kagoshima , at 102,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 23
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 15

Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 6 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38F Lightning: 3 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 33000 feet *

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Ground combat at Shanghai (92,55)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 149030 troops, 1048 guns, 860 vehicles, Assault Value = 4349

Defending force 37941 troops, 305 guns, 64 vehicles, Assault Value = 955

Allied adjusted assault: 3308

Japanese adjusted defense: 4301

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
3075 casualties reported
Squads: 97 destroyed, 189 disabled
Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 68 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 47 (13 destroyed, 34 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
3709 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 358 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 30 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled

Assaulting units:
82nd Chinese Corps
81st Chinese Corps
1st USMC Tank Battalion
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
11th Indian Division
68th Chinese Corps
9th Indian Division
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
13th Chinese Corps
87th Chinese Corps
79th Chinese Corps
3rd Marine Division
2nd Chinese Corps
3rd Cavalry Regiment
99th Chinese Corps
209th Field Artillery Battalion
134th Field Artillery Battalion
85th British AT Gun Regiment
2/13th Fld RAA Regiment
21/22 Field Arty Regiment
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
26th Group Army

Defending units:
12th RGC Temp. Division
3rd RGC Route Brigade
11th RGC Temp. Division
36th Division
7th RGC Temp. Division
1st RGC Division
RGC Tax Police Regiment
18th Garrison Unit
25th RGC Temp. Division
10th RGC Temp. Division
24th RGC Temp. Division
Shanghai SNLF
5th RGC Route Brigade
12th RGC Ind. Brigade
21st AA Regiment
China Area Fleet
4th RGC Route Brigade
23rd Field AA Machinecannon Company
Nanking Naval Guard Unit
Shanghai Special Base Force
30th Fld AA Gun Co
27th RGC Temp. Division
19th JNAF AF Unit

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Things are cleaning up around China. Very few conquests left in the South and Central. Peiping and Tiensien in the North still tough nuts.

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Jan 19-21, 1943

At Shanghai the Chinese get a 1:1 and lower forts to 2, the a shock attack brings them to level 1. The beginning of the end. A lot of Japanese troops are going to be wiped out here. At Kagi on Formosa all of the Japanese left on the island are routed and sent fleeing into the mountains. This will be the main staging ground for future allied operations.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 19, 1943
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Submarine attack near Vigan at 80,72

Japanese Ships
SS I-3

Allied Ships
xAK Kooringa, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

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

SS I-3 is sighted by xAK Kooringa
SS I-3 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Kooringa

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Sub attack near Vigan at 80,72

Japanese Ships
SS I-3

Allied Ships
xAK Iron King, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

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

SS I-3 attacking on the surface

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Sub attack near Oita at 104,60

Japanese Ships
xAKL Miiko Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Nissen Maru
xAK Santos Maru
xAK Bunzan Maru
xAKL Toten Maru
xAKL Korei Maru
xAKL Juyo Maru
xAKL Assam Maru, heavy damage
xAKL Nanko Maru
xAKL Kofuku Maru
PB Nichi Maru #1

Allied Ships
SS L-12

SS L-12 launches 2 torpedoes at xAKL Miiko Maru

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 20, 1943
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Ground combat at Shanghai (92,55)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 145928 troops, 1048 guns, 860 vehicles, Assault Value = 3942

Defending force 35403 troops, 292 guns, 64 vehicles, Assault Value = 752

Allied adjusted assault: 3524

Japanese adjusted defense: 1985

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
3407 casualties reported
Squads: 121 destroyed, 56 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 91 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 42 (19 destroyed, 23 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
4150 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 502 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 73 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 32 disabled
Guns lost 18 (1 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Vehicles lost 69 (7 destroyed, 62 disabled)

Assaulting units:
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
2nd Chinese Corps
1st USMC Tank Battalion
79th Chinese Corps
87th Chinese Corps
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
13th Chinese Corps
11th Indian Division
82nd Chinese Corps
68th Chinese Corps
81st Chinese Corps
3rd Cavalry Regiment
9th Indian Division
3rd Marine Division
99th Chinese Corps
209th Field Artillery Battalion
85th British AT Gun Regiment
2/13th Fld RAA Regiment
134th Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
21/22 Field Arty Regiment
26th Group Army

Defending units:
Shanghai SNLF
RGC Tax Police Regiment
7th RGC Temp. Division
1st RGC Division
10th RGC Temp. Division
36th Division
18th Garrison Unit
24th RGC Temp. Division
11th RGC Temp. Division
5th RGC Route Brigade
25th RGC Temp. Division
12th RGC Ind. Brigade
27th RGC Temp. Division
China Area Fleet
30th Fld AA Gun Co
21st AA Regiment
12th RGC Temp. Division
3rd RGC Route Brigade
Nanking Naval Guard Unit
4th RGC Route Brigade
Shanghai Special Base Force
23rd Field AA Machinecannon Company
19th JNAF AF Unit

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Ground combat at Kagi (85,64)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 987 troops, 94 guns, 56 vehicles, Assault Value = 1424

Defending force 34799 troops, 426 guns, 239 vehicles, Assault Value = 611

Japanese ground losses:
91 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
2/7th Armoured Regiment
5th Marine Regiment
108th Infantry Regiment
19th Indian Division
182nd Infantry Regiment
22nd Marine Regiment
2/6th Armoured Regiment
58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
2nd Tank Battalion
147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
13th Armoured Regiment
255th Armoured Brigade
1st RAA Med Arty Regiment
97th Field Artillery Battalion
2/9th Fld RAA Regiment
2nd RAA Med Arty Regiment

Defending units:
65th Brigade
89th Nav Gd /2
Imperial Guards Div /2
8th Garrison Unit /2
18th Nav Gd /2
Guards Mixed Brigade
48th/C Division
52nd Division
74th Infantry Rgt /1
Kure 2nd SNLF
I/124th Infantry Battalion
11th Garrison Unit
16th Div /1
Sasebo 6th SNLF /2
53rd Const Co
92nd JAAF AF Bn
14th JAAF AF Bn
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Ship Engineer Regiment
14th Army
41st Air Defense AA Battalion
Southern Army /4
Southern Fleet
35th Fld AA Gun Co
205th Ship Eng Coy
13th Air Flotilla
51st Air Defense AA Regiment
21st JAAF AF Bn
56th JNAF AF Unit
43rd Const Co
54th JNAF AF Unit
5th JNAF AF Unit
11th Air Fleet /1
34th Field Const Co
40th Const Co
39th Field Const Co
17th JAAF AF Bn
Formosa Army
51st Air Defense AA Battalion
8th Field Construction Battalion
51st Field AA Battalion
1st JAAF AF Coy /1
5th Base Force
2nd Area Army
8th JAAF AF Bn /2

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 21, 1943
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Iriomote at 89,65, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima
DD Arashi
DD Arare
DD Okikaze
DD Shiokaze

Allied Ships
PT-125, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
PT-175
PT-176
PT-177
PT-178, Shell hits 1
PT-179

Poor visibility due to Thunderstorms with 100% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 100% moonlight: 2,000 yards

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Night Naval bombardment of Miyako-jima at 91,66

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Nagato

Allied ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Port hits 15
Port supply hits 5

BB Hyuga firing at Miyako-jima

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Ground combat at Kagi (85,64)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 38533 troops, 494 guns, 805 vehicles, Assault Value = 1430

Defending force 34788 troops, 424 guns, 239 vehicles, Assault Value = 610

Allied adjusted assault: 594

Japanese adjusted defense: 177

Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Kagi !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
13944 casualties reported
Squads: 260 destroyed, 51 disabled
Non Combat: 610 destroyed, 155 disabled
Engineers: 95 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 214 (187 destroyed, 27 disabled)
Vehicles lost 192 (187 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Units retreated 41
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
1989 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 257 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
Guns lost 48 (3 destroyed, 45 disabled)
Vehicles lost 29 (5 destroyed, 24 disabled)

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
108th Infantry Regiment
13th Armoured Regiment
19th Indian Division
58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
2/7th Armoured Regiment
2nd Tank Battalion
2/6th Armoured Regiment
5th Marine Regiment
182nd Infantry Regiment
22nd Marine Regiment
147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
255th Armoured Brigade
1st RAA Med Arty Regiment
97th Field Artillery Battalion
2/9th Fld RAA Regiment
2nd RAA Med Arty Regiment

Defending units:
Kure 2nd SNLF
74th Infantry Rgt /1
48th/C Division
Guards Mixed Brigade
18th Nav Gd /2
8th Garrison Unit /2
11th Garrison Unit
16th Div /1
65th Brigade
Imperial Guards Div /2
52nd Division
I/124th Infantry Battalion
Sasebo 6th SNLF /2
89th Nav Gd /2
5th JNAF AF Unit
5th Base Force
43rd Const Co
Southern Army /4
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
40th Const Co
51st Air Defense AA Battalion
Southern Fleet
13th Air Flotilla
205th Ship Eng Coy
1st JAAF AF Coy /1
11th Air Fleet /1
8th Field Construction Battalion
Formosa Army
14th JAAF AF Bn
39th Field Const Co
41st Air Defense AA Battalion
2nd Area Army
53rd Const Co
54th JNAF AF Unit
35th Fld AA Gun Co
14th Army
21st JAAF AF Bn
17th JAAF AF Bn
51st Air Defense AA Regiment
51st Field AA Battalion
92nd JAAF AF Bn
1st Ship Engineer Regiment
34th Field Const Co
56th JNAF AF Unit
8th JAAF AF Bn /2

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Ground combat at Shanghai (92,55)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 143004 troops, 1047 guns, 853 vehicles, Assault Value = 3584

Defending force 33155 troops, 277 guns, 63 vehicles, Assault Value = 587

Allied adjusted assault: 4601

Japanese adjusted defense: 2989

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
4867 casualties reported
Squads: 135 destroyed, 160 disabled
Non Combat: 80 destroyed, 96 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 52 (15 destroyed, 37 disabled)
Vehicles lost 12 (7 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
4448 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 334 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 48 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 28 disabled
Guns lost 37 (3 destroyed, 34 disabled)
Vehicles lost 64 (8 destroyed, 56 disabled)

Assaulting units:
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
3rd Marine Division
87th Chinese Corps
11th Indian Division
1st USMC Tank Battalion
68th Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
81st Chinese Corps
79th Chinese Corps
3rd Cavalry Regiment
82nd Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Corps
9th Indian Division
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
99th Chinese Corps
2/13th Fld RAA Regiment
21/22 Field Arty Regiment
134th Field Artillery Battalion
85th British AT Gun Regiment
209th Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
26th Group Army

Defending units:
RGC Tax Police Regiment
18th Garrison Unit
1st RGC Division
36th Division
24th RGC Temp. Division
10th RGC Temp. Division
11th RGC Temp. Division
5th RGC Route Brigade
27th RGC Temp. Division
23rd Field AA Machinecannon Company
Shanghai Special Base Force
4th RGC Route Brigade
Shanghai SNLF
12th RGC Ind. Brigade
21st AA Regiment
12th RGC Temp. Division
7th RGC Temp. Division
25th RGC Temp. Division
China Area Fleet
30th Fld AA Gun Co
Nanking Naval Guard Unit
19th JNAF AF Unit

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China. A lot of Chinese troops free and experienced, but a paltry few that can be bought out for the future.

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Jan 22-24, 1943

Another rough one with a 1:2 at Hong Kong. An American ID is on the way with some armor to give some extra firepower to the effort here. The Chinese aren't so good against tough defensive terrain at this point.

Great news at Shanghai though as the forts go to 0 and

Still bombing industry nightly on the Home Islands, but it's just picking away with a few fires started right now. Once Shanghai is set up and I can sweep som bases it'll get more interesting.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 22, 1943
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Morning Air attack on 15th AA Regiment, at 99,44 (Port Arthur)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12
SB-2 x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
SB-2: 4 destroyed, 5 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x SB-2 bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 106914 troops, 861 guns, 344 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629

Defending force 31368 troops, 244 guns, 309 vehicles, Assault Value = 725

Allied adjusted assault: 2301

Japanese adjusted defense: 7665

Allied assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
1906 casualties reported
Squads: 22 destroyed, 121 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 39 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Vehicles lost 45 (4 destroyed, 41 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
6093 casualties reported
Squads: 109 destroyed, 613 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 57 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 65 disabled
Guns lost 44 (2 destroyed, 42 disabled)
Vehicles lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)

Assaulting units:
9th Prov Chinese Corps
50th Chinese Corps
2/5th Armoured Regiment
28th Chinese Corps
21st Chinese Corps
25th Chinese Corps
4th Chinese Corps
18th Chinese Corps
63rd Chinese Corps
148th Infantry Regiment
129th Infantry Regiment
7th Cav Recce Regiment
268th Motorised Brigade
6th Chinese Corps
18th Artillery Regiment
3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment
1st Artillery Regiment
22nd Artillery Regiment
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment
7th Artillery Regiment
57th AT Gun Regiment
20th Artillery Regiment
56th AT Gun Regiment

Defending units:
51st Recon Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
74th Infantry Regiment
41st Guard Battalion
17th/B Division
17th/A Division
4th Tank Regiment
Hong Kong Def Force
17th/C Division
Hong Kong Special Base Force
52nd Field AA Battalion
304th Ship Eng Coy
12th Port Unit
2nd Army
24th Port Unit
3rd Air Army
6th Air Defense AA Regiment
26th Air Flotilla
18th JAAF AF Bn

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Ground combat at Shanghai (92,55)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 140114 troops, 1044 guns, 845 vehicles, Assault Value = 3236

Defending force 29934 troops, 258 guns, 57 vehicles, Assault Value = 442

Allied adjusted assault: 2251

Japanese adjusted defense: 1681

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
4328 casualties reported
Squads: 166 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 68 destroyed, 66 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 64 (35 destroyed, 29 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2

Allied ground losses:
2142 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 254 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 33 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Vehicles lost 65 (4 destroyed, 61 disabled)

Assaulting units:
1st USMC Tank Battalion
11th Indian Division
79th Chinese Corps
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
81st Chinese Corps
3rd Marine Division
3rd Cavalry Regiment
13th Chinese Corps
68th Chinese Corps
87th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Corps
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
82nd Chinese Corps
9th Indian Division
99th Chinese Corps
134th Field Artillery Battalion
2/13th Fld RAA Regiment
85th British AT Gun Regiment
209th Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
21/22 Field Arty Regiment
26th Group Army

Defending units:
11th RGC Temp. Division
24th RGC Temp. Division
18th Garrison Unit
10th RGC Temp. Division
36th Division
5th RGC Route Brigade
21st AA Regiment
27th RGC Temp. Division
12th RGC Ind. Brigade
Nanking Naval Guard Unit
23rd Field AA Machinecannon Company
Shanghai SNLF
China Area Fleet
12th RGC Temp. Division
7th RGC Temp. Division
4th RGC Route Brigade
25th RGC Temp. Division
1st RGC Division
30th Fld AA Gun Co
Shanghai Special Base Force
19th JNAF AF Unit

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Ground combat at Kagi (85,64)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 5295 troops, 94 guns, 335 vehicles, Assault Value = 1230

Defending force 1435 troops, 0 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 125

Japanese adjusted defense: 2

Allied assault odds: 62 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
566 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 31 destroyed, 44 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
2/6th Armoured Regiment
2/7th Armoured Regiment
58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
19th Indian Division
182nd Infantry Regiment
2nd Tank Battalion
108th Infantry Regiment
13th Armoured Regiment
147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
5th Marine Regiment
22nd Marine Regiment
255th Armoured Brigade
2/9th Fld RAA Regiment
97th Field Artillery Battalion
1st RAA Med Arty Regiment
2nd RAA Med Arty Regiment

Defending units:
2nd Area Army

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 24, 1943
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Ground combat at Shanghai (92,55)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 102906 troops, 588 guns, 203 vehicles, Assault Value = 3049

Defending force 26413 troops, 230 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 366

Allied adjusted assault: 941

Japanese adjusted defense: 785

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
3176 casualties reported
Squads: 159 destroyed, 49 disabled
Non Combat: 94 destroyed, 145 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 43 (33 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Units destroyed 2

Allied ground losses:
1397 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 142 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled

Assaulting units:
2nd Chinese Corps
79th Chinese Corps
87th Chinese Corps
11th Indian Division
13th Chinese Corps
68th Chinese Corps
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
82nd Chinese Corps
3rd Cavalry Regiment
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
1st USMC Tank Battalion
9th Indian Division
3rd Marine Division
81st Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
2/13th Fld RAA Regiment
85th British AT Gun Regiment
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
134th Field Artillery Battalion
21/22 Field Arty Regiment
209th Field Artillery Battalion
26th Group Army

Defending units:
7th RGC Temp. Division
18th Garrison Unit
36th Division
5th RGC Route Brigade
12th RGC Ind. Brigade
4th RGC Route Brigade
11th RGC Temp. Division
12th RGC Temp. Division
10th RGC Temp. Division
1st RGC Division
Nanking Naval Guard Unit
21st AA Regiment
27th RGC Temp. Division
Shanghai SNLF
Shanghai Special Base Force
23rd Field AA Machinecannon Company
25th RGC Temp. Division
China Area Fleet
19th JNAF AF Unit

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For the time period and what normally happens, your maps just look so wrong!

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert... - 7/28/2019 9:57:53 PM

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Jan 25-27, 1943

Just when I thought Lowpe had every base in range covered by Nicks flying night CAP, the 4Es hit Kumamoto and found pay dirt. A good strike and lots of fires that will keep burning for a few.

Shanghai falls. Getting engineers in ASAP.

A good strike at Naga, hitting a few AKE. Also, Nago falls on Luzon to complete that campaign, taking out some forgotten airframes in the battle.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 25, 1943
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Night Air attack on Kumamoto , at 102,59

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6

No Allied losses

Manpower hits 16
Fires 5715

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 2000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Kumamoto , at 102,59

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 4

No Allied losses

Manpower hits 24
Fires 14097

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 2000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Kumamoto , at 102,59

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 4

No Allied losses

Manpower hits 4
Fires 21717

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 2000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 37,550 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 36

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 3 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Ryojun Fortress, at 99,44 (Port Arthur)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 24
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 25

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12
SB-2 x 11

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed
SB-2: 4 destroyed, 4 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SB-2 bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 35,550 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 20

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed

No Allied losses

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Ground combat at Shanghai (92,55)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 138055 troops, 1044 guns, 840 vehicles, Assault Value = 2950

Defending force 23419 troops, 204 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 315

Allied adjusted assault: 1807

Japanese adjusted defense: 349

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

Allied forces CAPTURE Shanghai !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
3942 casualties reported
Squads: 38 destroyed, 67 disabled
Non Combat: 155 destroyed, 67 disabled
Engineers: 49 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 115 (112 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 42 (42 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2

Allied ground losses:
955 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 120 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 26, 1943
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ASW attack near Kanoya at 103,61

Japanese Ships
CM Aotaka
CM Hatsutaka
CM Ishizaki
CM Ukishima
CM Naryu
CM Shirakami
CM Nasami
CMc Washizaki
CMc Ninoshima
CMc Kurokami
CMc Ashizaki
CMc Kuroshima
CMc Hakata Maru #7
CM Itsukushima

Allied Ships
SS O16

SS O16 is sighted by escort
O16 diving deep ....

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Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 21

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 3
B-24D Liberator x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged

Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 14

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 8

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
AKE Syoka Maru, Bomb hits 1
AKE Kasagi Maru, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Naga (81,81)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 15319 troops, 71 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 538

Defending force 879 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5

Allied adjusted assault: 397

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 397 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Naga !!!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 destroyed
Ki-51 Sonia: 4 destroyed
MC-21 Sally: 3 destroyed

Combat modifiers
Defender: preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
896 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
12th Armoured Regiment
57th PS Infantry Regiment
91st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
2nd Constabulary Regiment
11th PAAC Avn Sup

Defending units:
1st Naval Construction Battalion
48th JAAF AF Bn

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Ground combat at Peiping (95,39)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 153747 troops, 753 guns, 868 vehicles, Assault Value = 3648

Defending force 46450 troops, 394 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 1169

Allied adjusted assault: 2289

Japanese adjusted defense: 4269

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
2408 casualties reported
Squads: 39 destroyed, 102 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 41 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 13 disabled
Guns lost 21 (1 destroyed, 20 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
3196 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 691 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 61 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
Guns lost 78 (3 destroyed, 75 disabled)
Vehicles lost 51 (7 destroyed, 44 disabled)

Assaulting units:
8th Route Army
74th Chinese Corps
9th Armored Car Brigade
52nd Chinese Corps
36th Chinese Corps
35th Chinese Corps
11th Chinese Corps
3rd Chinese Corps
171st Tank Brigade
76th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
20th Chinese Corps
203rd Tank Brigade
91st Chinese Corps
117th/428th OM Gun Battalion
178th Mortar Regiment

Defending units:
79th Garrison Battalion
105th NCPC Route Brigade
8th NCPC Infantry Brigade
24th Ind Engineer Regiment
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade
24th/B Division
26th/A Division
26th/C Division
5th NCPC Infantry Brigade
26th/B Division
68th Division
59th Division
15th Garrison Unit
4th NCPC Infantry Brigade
17th Tank Regiment
24th/C Division
North China Area Army
45th Const Co
53rd JAAF AF Bn
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Cavalry Brigade
56th JAAF AF Bn
9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
24th JAAF AF Bn
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
69th JAAF AF Coy

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Ground combat at Tsingtao (95,47)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 36868 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1012

Defending force 20772 troops, 115 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 509

Allied adjusted assault: 510

Japanese adjusted defense: 1141

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 4)

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

Japanese ground losses:
249 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2236 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 262 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Guns lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled)

Assaulting units:
55th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
56th Chinese Corps
34th Separate Brigade

Defending units:
14th RGC Temp. Division
5th Ind.Mixed Brigade
15th Division
1st NCPC Route Brigade
Ching Tao Special Base Force
23rd JNAF AF Unit

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 27, 1943
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kume-jima at 93,63

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
OS2U-3 Kingfisher x 3

Allied aircraft losses
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 damaged
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x OS2U-3 Kingfisher bombing from 1000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 100 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Davao (79,91)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 11736 troops, 210 guns, 125 vehicles, Assault Value = 309

Defending force 6509 troops, 41 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 161

Allied adjusted assault: 234

Japanese adjusted defense: 130

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
171 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
117 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Assaulting units:
32nd Infantry Division

Defending units:
Yokosuka 4th SNLF
86th Naval Guard Unit
85th Naval Guard Unit
5th Indpt SNLF Coy
4th Indpt SNLF Coy
16th Div /3
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /3
8th Port Unit
8th JAAF AF Coy
11th Garrison Unit /4
5th Fleet /3

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Manchuria now.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert... - 7/29/2019 7:15:38 AM

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

For the time period and what normally happens, your maps just look so wrong!

It is odd to look at these maps and see the date. It also means the usual bases that provided fighter cover for bombing the Home Islands aren't so useful. Other than the P-38s there is a lack of range in early war planes. The Chinese and USAAF Lancers, Beaufighters and even the 7 hex range of Hurris (and later the P-40K) have been really useful.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert... - 7/29/2019 9:20:46 AM

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Jan 28-30, 1943

The air war is seeing more action. A few Lightning sweeps into the Japanese CAP did fairly well, but lost a few more P-38s than I'd like. I have to wait and coordinate naval bombardments and 4E strikes with these sweeps.

A few good hits on Akita industry but the Soviet 2Es. Wish I had more of them.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 28, 1943
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Night Air attack on Akita , at 117,55

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
DB-3M x 3

No Allied losses

Manpower hits 26
Fires 3586

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x DB-3M bombing from 2000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Akita , at 117,55

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
DB-3M x 4

No Allied losses

Manpower hits 29
Fires 7550

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x DB-3M bombing from 2000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Akita , at 117,55

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
DB-3T x 4

No Allied losses

Manpower hits 5
Fires 9266

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x DB-3T bombing from 2000 feet
City Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 36,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27

Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 8 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38F Lightning: 3 destroyed

CAP engaged:
70th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 16 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes

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Night Air attack on Tokuyama , at 105,58

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 3

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Light Industry hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 2000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Naha , at 95,66

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 36,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 25
J2M2 Jack x 14
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 10

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 5 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on China Area Fleet, at 92,55 (Shanghai)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 6

Allied aircraft
A-29A Hudson x 10

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
A-29A Hudson: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x A-29A Hudson bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Naha , at 95,66

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 38,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 9
J2M2 Jack x 9
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 3

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
J2M2 Jack: 3 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 34500 feet

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 30, 1943
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Night Air attack on Tokuyama , at 105,58

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 5

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 4
B-24D Liberator x 3

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Light Industry hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 2000 feet *
City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Jan 31 - Feb 2, 1943

A good few days in the air and some interesting maneuvering up in Manchuria. The Soviet armor has penetrated the ILA line between Mukden and Changchun, but the IJA is filling in dee and trying to then cut the advance path. A LOT more is on the way so I hope to catch the two divisions moved in the rear area here. Tunghua has been the object of the drive, but looks now to be reinforced, while another path has appeared around it to the East. I'll at least occupy and try to own some of those hexes. I see movement back along the whole eastern area of the IJA line, so maybe this is also prompting Lowpe to consider a pullback to shorter lines.

Still don['t have enough power to break through near the Yellow Sea cost next to Yinkow. Gotta get more big IDs and Arty in here. The IJA is blocking with one of the tank divisions and a few good arty an infantry units. The Soviet tanks just aren't good enough yet. Now that Shanghai is taken I might have some Indian and USA tank units rail up to add some pop here.

I should have the right mix now to go for Hong Kong again. Fingers crossed.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 31, 1943
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Iriomote at 89,65, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Yugure
DD Yuzuki
DD Yunagi

Allied Ships
PT-175, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
PT-176, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
PT-177, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-178, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
PT-179, Shell hits 2, and is sunk

Low visibility due to Thunderstorms with 21% moonlight

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TF 109 encounters mine field at Iriomote (89,65)

Japanese Ships
SS I-158, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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Afternoon Air attack on 208th Tank Brigade, at 106,42 , near Changchun

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 21
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 7 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick bombing from 100 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3704 troops, 207 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2444

Defending force 28783 troops, 238 guns, 297 vehicles, Assault Value = 558

Japanese ground losses:
118 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

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

Assaulting units:
268th Motorised Brigade
129th Infantry Regiment
4th Chinese Corps
50th Chinese Corps
2/5th Armoured Regiment
18th Chinese Corps
7th Cav Recce Regiment
21st Chinese Corps
63rd Chinese Corps
148th Infantry Regiment
2nd Prov Chinese Corps
28th Chinese Corps
25th Chinese Corps
6th Chinese Corps
18th Artillery Regiment
20th Artillery Regiment
1st Artillery Regiment
22nd Artillery Regiment
57th AT Gun Regiment
3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment
7th Artillery Regiment
56th AT Gun Regiment

Defending units:
Hong Kong Def Force
12th Tank Regiment
17th/B Division
74th Infantry Regiment
17th/A Division
4th Tank Regiment
41st Guard Battalion
51st Recon Regiment
17th/C Division
26th Air Flotilla
6th Air Defense AA Regiment
52nd Field AA Battalion
2nd Army
12th Port Unit
Hong Kong Special Base Force
304th Ship Eng Coy
3rd Air Army
24th Port Unit
18th JAAF AF Bn

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 1, 1943
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TF 281 encounters mine field at Shanghai (92,55)

Allied Ships
DMS Lamberton
DMS Boggs
DMS Zane

66 mines cleared

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 2, 1943
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Morning Air attack on Iriomote , at 89,65

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 21

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 7
Kittyhawk IA x 9
Kittyhawk IA x 7
P-40E Warhawk x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 7 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tungchow at 92,53

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 10
Ki-48-IIb Lily x 23

Allied aircraft
P-66 Vanguard x 6
Spitfire Vc Trop x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 4
P-40K Warhawk x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 5 destroyed
Ki-48-IIb Lily: 13 destroyed, 2 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
PT-170
PT-147

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-48-IIb Lily releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 100 kg SAP Bomb

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Ground combat at 102,42 (near Yingkow)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1548 troops, 135 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 2094

Defending force 35005 troops, 354 guns, 543 vehicles, Assault Value = 1104

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

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Assaulting units:
41st Rifle Brigade
187th Rifle Division
21st Rifle Brigade
205th Tank Brigade
77th Tank Brigade
95th Rifle Brigade
206th Tank Brigade
61st Tank Division
258th Rifle Brigade
218th Tank Brigade
227th Rifle Brigade
1st Ussurii Tank Brigade
8th/A Cavalry Division
629th Cannon Regiment
46th/302nd AA Battalion
1128th Howitzer Regiment
624th Cannon Regiment
1120th Cannon Regiment
263rd Howitzer Regiment
390th Cannon Regiment

Defending units:
2nd Tank/B Division
58th/B Division
8th Manchukuo Inf Brigade
58th/A Division
58th/C Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
2nd Tank/A Division
29th Ind Engineer Regiment
77th Infantry Regiment
2nd Tank/C Division
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
14th JNAF AF Unit
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Air Defense AA Regiment
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
51st JAAF AF Bn

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This is a pretty good fighter group for early 43.

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The night of the 3rd turned into another slugfest. This game has had so many intense surface and naval air battles my nerves instantly trigger when I spot the engagement screen pop up and ships lined up against each other.

The first battle of the night was a mismatch on paper, but the RN CAs held their own and slugged it out with the IJN heavies, leaving with only slight damage. This may have been important to the outcome of the next battle, getting the IJN a bit lower on ammo.
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Iriomote at 89,65, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
BB Hyuga
DD Arashi
DD Kawakaze, Shell hits 1
DD Yuzuki
DD Yunagi
DD Okikaze
DD Shiokaze, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
CA Quincy, Shell hits 1
CA Exeter, Shell hits 3
CL Concord
CL Detroit
DD Aaron Ward
DD Russell
DD Bagley, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire

Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 3% moonlight: 11,000 yards

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The next was the big boys. This is the TF that should have engaged Yamato when it snuck in and sank Lex a few weeks ago. It was in the same hex and obviously is big, quick and nasty.

This engagement was fun to watch.

Nagato and Hyuga landed a few quick punches to South Dakota, but the USN fought back hard.

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The IJN got off more shots, but the Allies made them pay more often. The battle got down to 3k and at 6k Washington sank Nagato outright. Only South Dakota and Washington took any damage on the Allied side. The DDs for both went almost untouched.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Iriomote at 89,65, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
BB Hyuga, Shell hits 5, on fire
DD Arashi
DD Kawakaze
DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 1
DD Yunagi
DD Okikaze
DD Shiokaze, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina, Shell hits 1
BB Washington, Shell hits 4, on fire
BB South Dakota, Shell hits 12, heavy fires
BB Prince of Wales
DD Fletcher
DD Chevalier, Shell hits 1
DD Waller, Shell hits 1
DD Maury
DD Smith
DD Preston
DD Perkins, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Flusser
DD Cassin, Shell hits 2

Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 3% moonlight: 11,000 yards
Range closes to 23,000 yards...
Range closes to 17,000 yards...
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
Yano, Hideo* crosses the 'T'
BB Nagato engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards
BB Nagato engages BB Washington at 11,000 yards
BB Washington engages DD Okikaze at 11,000 yards
DD Cassin engages DD Okikaze at 11,000 yards
DD Cassin engages DD Yuzuki at 11,000 yards
DD Kawakaze engages DD Cassin at 11,000 yards
DD Okikaze engages DD Preston at 11,000 yards
DD Kawakaze engages DD Fletcher at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
BB Prince of Wales engages BB Nagato at 6,000 yards
BB Nagato engages BB South Dakota at 6,000 yards
DD Shiokaze engages DD Preston at 6,000 yards
BB Nagato engages BB North Carolina at 6,000 yards
DD Shiokaze engages DD Cassin at 6,000 yards
DD Fletcher engages DD Yuzuki at 6,000 yards
DD Perkins engages DD Shiokaze at 6,000 yards
DD Yuzuki engages DD Preston at 6,000 yards
DD Shiokaze engages DD Maury at 6,000 yards
DD Kawakaze engages DD Chevalier at 6,000 yards
Range closes to 5,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages BB South Dakota at 5,000 yards
BB Nagato engages BB South Dakota at 5,000 yards
BB Nagato engages BB North Carolina at 5,000 yards
DD Cassin engages DD Shiokaze at 5,000 yards
DD Preston engages DD Yuzuki at 5,000 yards
DD Cassin engages DD Kawakaze at 5,000 yards
DD Kawakaze engages DD Preston at 5,000 yards
DD Okikaze engages DD Maury at 5,000 yards
DD Yuzuki engages DD Waller at 5,000 yards
DD Kawakaze engages DD Chevalier at 5,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards
DD Preston collides with DD Flusser at 89 , 65
BB Nagato engages BB Prince of Wales at 3,000 yards
BB South Dakota engages BB Nagato at 3,000 yards
DD Shiokaze engages DD Fletcher at 3,000 yards
BB Nagato engages BB North Carolina at 3,000 yards
DD Kawakaze engages DD Cassin at 3,000 yards
DD Yuzuki engages DD Waller at 3,000 yards
DD Kawakaze engages DD Chevalier at 3,000 yards
DD Maury engages DD Okikaze at 3,000 yards
DD Kawakaze engages DD Waller at 3,000 yards
Range increases to 6,000 yards
BB Nagato engages BB South Dakota at 6,000 yards
BB Nagato sunk by BB Washington at 6,000 yards
DD Cassin engages DD Okikaze at 6,000 yards
DD Shiokaze engages DD Flusser at 6,000 yards
DD Arashi engages DD Preston at 6,000 yards
DD Shiokaze engages DD Maury at 6,000 yards
DD Yuzuki engages DD Chevalier at 6,000 yards
DD Fletcher engages DD Arashi at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards
DD Shiokaze engages DD Cassin at 10,000 yards
BB Washington engages BB Hyuga at 10,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages BB North Carolina at 10,000 yards
DD Yuzuki engages DD Perkins at 10,000 yards
DD Yuzuki engages DD Flusser at 10,000 yards
DD Arashi engages DD Perkins at 10,000 yards
DD Arashi engages DD Preston at 10,000 yards
DD Kawakaze engages DD Fletcher at 10,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages BB Washington at 10,000 yards
DD Waller engages DD Yunagi at 10,000 yards
DD Yuzuki engages DD Flusser at 10,000 yards
DD Kawakaze engages DD Flusser at 10,000 yards
DD Yuzuki engages DD Perkins at 10,000 yards
DD Preston engages DD Kawakaze at 10,000 yards
DD Smith engages DD Yunagi at 10,000 yards
DD Arashi engages DD Waller at 10,000 yards
DD Fletcher engages DD Okikaze at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages BB South Dakota at 8,000 yards
DD Chevalier engages DD Shiokaze at 8,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages BB Washington at 8,000 yards
BB North Carolina engages BB Hyuga at 8,000 yards
DD Cassin engages DD Okikaze at 8,000 yards
DD Flusser engages DD Yuzuki at 8,000 yards
DD Preston engages DD Okikaze at 8,000 yards
DD Smith engages DD Arashi at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 11,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages BB Prince of Wales at 11,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages BB Washington at 11,000 yards
DD Yunagi engages DD Smith at 11,000 yards
DD Maury engages DD Yuzuki at 11,000 yards
DD Flusser engages DD Arashi at 11,000 yards
DD Okikaze engages DD Perkins at 11,000 yards
DD Okikaze engages DD Chevalier at 11,000 yards
Task forces break off...

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Next up the Allied second Heavy cruiser Tf took on the BBs. This time it was very one sided and at 2k yards in zero moonlight, the Allied gunnery and torpedoes proved much more effective. Three DDs were sunk with TT hits, and the Hyuga was left a flaming wreck after the battle, most likely doomed.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Iriomote at 89,65, Range 3,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga, Shell hits 26, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Arashi, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DD Kawakaze, Shell hits 17, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 1
DD Yunagi, Shell hits 1
DD Okikaze, Shell hits 1
DD Shiokaze, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Devonshire
CA Hawkins, Shell hits 2
CA Frobisher, Shell hits 5
DD Isaac Sweers
DD Arrow
DD Electra, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Express, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Foxhound

Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards
Range closes to 19,000 yards...
Range closes to 13,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 13,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
CA Frobisher engages DD Arashi at 3,000 yards
CA Hawkins engages DD Arashi at 3,000 yards
CA Devonshire engages DD Arashi at 3,000 yards
DD Arashi engages DD Foxhound at 3,000 yards
DD Express engages DD Arashi at 3,000 yards
DD Arashi engages DD Foxhound at 3,000 yards
Ishizaki, Noburu orders Japanese TF to disengage
Range closes to 2,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Frobisher at 2,000 yards
DD Foxhound engages DD Shiokaze at 2,000 yards
CA Devonshire engages DD Kawakaze at 2,000 yards
DD Foxhound engages DD Yunagi at 2,000 yards
DD Arashi engages DD Express at 2,000 yards
DD Yunagi engages DD Electra at 2,000 yards
DD Arashi sunk by DD Arrow at 2,000 yards
DD Isaac Sweers engages DD Kawakaze at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 4,000 yards
CA Frobisher engages DD Kawakaze at 4,000 yards
CA Hawkins engages DD Kawakaze at 4,000 yards
DD Okikaze engages DD Express at 4,000 yards
DD Foxhound engages DD Yunagi at 4,000 yards
DD Yuzuki engages DD Foxhound at 4,000 yards
DD Kawakaze engages DD Arrow at 4,000 yards
DD Yuzuki engages DD Arrow at 4,000 yards
DD Yunagi engages DD Isaac Sweers at 4,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Frobisher at 3,000 yards
DD Arrow engages DD Shiokaze at 3,000 yards
DD Electra engages DD Okikaze at 3,000 yards
DD Foxhound engages DD Yunagi at 3,000 yards
DD Yuzuki engages DD Electra at 3,000 yards
DD Kawakaze engages DD Electra at 3,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Hawkins at 2,000 yards
CA Hawkins engages DD Kawakaze at 2,000 yards
DD Okikaze engages DD Isaac Sweers at 2,000 yards
DD Foxhound engages DD Yunagi at 2,000 yards
DD Yuzuki engages DD Isaac Sweers at 2,000 yards
DD Foxhound engages DD Kawakaze at 2,000 yards
DD Arrow engages DD Kawakaze at 2,000 yards
CA Devonshire engages BB Hyuga at 2,000 yards
DD Express engages DD Shiokaze at 2,000 yards
DD Okikaze engages DD Arrow at 2,000 yards
DD Electra engages DD Yunagi at 2,000 yards
DD Yunagi engages DD Express at 2,000 yards
DD Shiokaze engages DD Electra at 2,000 yards
Ishizaki, Noburu orders Japanese TF to disengage
CA Frobisher engages BB Hyuga at 2,000 yards
DD Shiokaze engages DD Foxhound at 2,000 yards
CA Devonshire engages DD Yunagi at 2,000 yards
DD Kawakaze sunk by DD Foxhound at 2,000 yards
DD Isaac Sweers engages DD Shiokaze at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 3,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Frobisher at 3,000 yards
DD Shiokaze sunk by CA Devonshire at 3,000 yards
DD Yunagi engages DD Foxhound at 3,000 yards
DD Yuzuki engages DD Express at 3,000 yards
DD Electra engages DD Okikaze at 3,000 yards
DD Yuzuki engages DD Arrow at 3,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Frobisher at 3,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Hawkins at 3,000 yards
DD Express engages DD Yuzuki at 3,000 yards
DD Yunagi engages DD Express at 3,000 yards
DD Okikaze engages DD Electra at 3,000 yards
DD Yuzuki engages DD Isaac Sweers at 3,000 yards
Range increases to 4,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Frobisher at 4,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Hawkins at 4,000 yards
CA Devonshire engages DD Yunagi at 4,000 yards
DD Yuzuki engages DD Electra at 4,000 yards
DD Electra engages DD Okikaze at 4,000 yards
DD Arrow engages DD Okikaze at 4,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Frobisher at 4,000 yards
DD Express engages DD Okikaze at 4,000 yards
DD Express engages DD Yunagi at 4,000 yards
DD Yuzuki engages DD Foxhound at 4,000 yards
DD Express engages DD Yunagi at 4,000 yards
DD Okikaze engages DD Electra at 4,000 yards
DD Arrow engages DD Okikaze at 4,000 yards
DD Yunagi engages DD Isaac Sweers at 4,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Frobisher at 4,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Hawkins at 4,000 yards
DD Express engages DD Yunagi at 4,000 yards
DD Yuzuki engages DD Express at 4,000 yards
DD Yuzuki engages DD Express at 4,000 yards
DD Yuzuki engages DD Electra at 4,000 yards
DD Okikaze engages DD Arrow at 4,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages DD Isaac Sweers at 4,000 yards
Range increases to 6,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Frobisher at 6,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Hawkins at 6,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Devonshire at 6,000 yards
DD Yuzuki engages DD Arrow at 6,000 yards
DD Okikaze engages DD Express at 6,000 yards
DD Electra engages DD Yunagi at 6,000 yards
DD Arrow engages DD Okikaze at 6,000 yards
DD Isaac Sweers engages DD Okikaze at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 7,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Frobisher at 7,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Hawkins at 7,000 yards
DD Express engages DD Yunagi at 7,000 yards
DD Express engages DD Yunagi at 7,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages DD Electra at 7,000 yards
DD Arrow engages DD Yuzuki at 7,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Frobisher at 7,000 yards
DD Express engages DD Okikaze at 7,000 yards
DD Yunagi engages DD Electra at 7,000 yards
DD Electra engages DD Yuzuki at 7,000 yards
DD Express engages DD Yunagi at 7,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Frobisher at 7,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Hawkins at 7,000 yards
DD Yunagi engages DD Foxhound at 7,000 yards
DD Express engages DD Yuzuki at 7,000 yards
DD Express engages DD Yuzuki at 7,000 yards
DD Electra engages DD Yuzuki at 7,000 yards
Task forces break off...

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All ships retired after that, and unfortuntely there are a lot of dings to fix up. This will reduce my available BBs to only Prince of Wales and cut my CA fleet in half around Formosa. I'll still have a strong defensive force with 3-4 TFs ready, but offensively I'll now have to wait for repairs and upgrades.

My strike planes in the day phase were all one hex too short except the Beauforts, but they were out of torpedo range and only dropped two 500lb bombs on Hyuga.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ishigaki at 90,66

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 2

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 13
Beaufort VIII x 7

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Beaufort VIII bombing from 5000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

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Some night strikes hit Hiroshima/Kure during the night phase to start about 6k fires. Not bad.

Also, Manado fell to a Dutch force. I've got a few ABDA Dutch forces that will begin to invade up through the SRA to Northern New Guinea, the Carolines and Palau. I'll leave Rabaul and True alone to starve, but will aim for the Marianas and the Bonins. It would be fun to see Dutch and even some Chinese flags up here in the Pacific.

Another rough one near Yinkow. This will be a grind.

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Ground combat at Manado (75,99)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2128 troops, 7 guns, 62 vehicles, Assault Value = 132

Defending force 2003 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20

Allied adjusted assault: 79

Japanese adjusted defense: 17

Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Manado !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
145 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 12 (8 destroyed, 4 disabled)

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

Assaulting units:
Lijfwacht Cav Sqdn
6th Cav Sqdn
Groep Zud
4th Cav Sqdn
3rd NZ Armoured Sqn
HQ I KNIL Division

Defending units:
Sasebo 3rd SNLF /2
44th Field AA Battalion
32nd Special Base Force

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Ground combat at 102,42 (near Yingkow)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 53815 troops, 774 guns, 1803 vehicles, Assault Value = 2100

Defending force 34961 troops, 354 guns, 543 vehicles, Assault Value = 1098

Allied adjusted assault: 1170

Japanese adjusted defense: 1605

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
2266 casualties reported
Squads: 43 destroyed, 107 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 41 (8 destroyed, 33 disabled)
Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1862 casualties reported
Squads: 36 destroyed, 216 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 115 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Guns lost 94 (8 destroyed, 86 disabled)
Vehicles lost 400 (130 destroyed, 270 disabled)

Assaulting units:
205th Tank Brigade
206th Tank Brigade
77th Tank Brigade
258th Rifle Brigade
218th Tank Brigade
21st Rifle Brigade
95th Rifle Brigade
41st Rifle Brigade
61st Tank Division
187th Rifle Division
227th Rifle Brigade
1st Ussurii Tank Brigade
8th/A Cavalry Division
263rd Howitzer Regiment
629th Cannon Regiment
624th Cannon Regiment
1120th Cannon Regiment
46th/302nd AA Battalion
1128th Howitzer Regiment
390th Cannon Regiment

Defending units:
58th/A Division
58th/C Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
2nd Tank/A Division
58th/B Division
29th Ind Engineer Regiment
2nd Tank/B Division
8th Manchukuo Inf Brigade
77th Infantry Regiment
2nd Tank/C Division
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
14th JNAF AF Unit
5th Air Defense AA Regiment
51st JAAF AF Bn

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Feb 4, 1943

A very good follow-up day as the Allied CAs surge in to clean up the area around Naha and Nago. They sink a few more IJN DDs, a gaggle of mercies, and then hitting both bases with decent bombardments.

So close to a 1:1 at Hong Kong. A few more weeks here.
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Nago at 95,65, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Yuzuki
DD Okikaze, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
CA Quincy
CA Exeter
CL Concord
CL Detroit
DD Aaron Ward
DD Russell
DD Bagley
DD Arunta

Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 0% moonlight: 10,000 yards

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 95,66, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Yunagi, Shell hits 19, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Canberra
CA Cornwall
DD Lansdowne
DD Woodworth
DD Caldwell
DD Tjerk Hiddes
DD Van Galen
DD Isis

Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 0% moonlight: 10,000 yards

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TF 197 encounters mine field at Naha (95,66)

Allied Ships
DD Lansdowne, Mine hits 1

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Sub attack near Nago at 95,65

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-6, hits 8, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Aaron Ward
CA Quincy
CL Concord
DD Arunta
DD Bagley

SSX Ha-6 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Aaron Ward
Ha-6 bottoming out ....

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Night Air attack on Hiroshima/Kure , at 106,58

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 23
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8

Allied aircraft
DB-3M x 5
DB-3T x 5

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Manpower hits 2
Fires 2758

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x DB-3T bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Hiroshima/Kure , at 106,58

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 23
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Manpower hits 5
Fires 4708

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 7000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Nago at 95,65, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
xAK Ayatosan Maru, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Yamaura Maru, Shell hits 31, and is sunk
xAK Zenyo Maru, Shell hits 33, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Kosin Maru, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
xAK Nozima Maru, Shell hits 48, and is sunk
xAK Nitisan Maru, Shell hits 27, and is sunk
xAK Shinanogawa Maru, Shell hits 44, and is sunk
PB Kiko Maru, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
xAP Montevideo Maru, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAP Teibi Maru, Shell hits 33, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Quincy
CA Exeter
CL Concord
CL Detroit
DD Aaron Ward
DD Russell
DD Bagley, Shell hits 1
DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire

Allied Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Japanese TF suspends unloading operations and begins to get underway
Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 0% moonlight: 11,000 yards
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
Range closes to 23,000 yards...
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
Range closes to 17,000 yards...
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
DD Arunta engages xAP Teibi Maru at 11,000 yards

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Nago at 95,65, Range 6,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
xAK Zenyo Maru, Shell hits 9, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Quincy
CA Exeter
CL Concord
CL Detroit
DD Aaron Ward
DD Russell
DD Bagley
DD Arunta, on fire

Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards

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Night Naval bombardment of Nago at 95,65

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 21 damaged
J2M2 Jack: 3 destroyed on ground
Ki-30 Ann: 2 damaged
Ki-30 Ann: 2 destroyed on ground
E7K2 Alf: 1 damaged
E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed on ground
G3M3 Nell: 1 damaged
A6M3 Zero: 4 damaged
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
CA Exeter
CA Quincy
CL Detroit
CL Concord

Japanese ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 19

Walrus II acting as spotter for CA Exeter

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Night Naval bombardment of Naha at 95,66 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 4 damaged
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M3a Zero: 2 damaged
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M3 Zero: 17 damaged
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
J2M2 Jack: 2 damaged

13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CA Cornwall
CA Canberra

Japanese ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Manpower hits 1
Fires 335
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6
Port hits 2

CA Cornwall firing at Naha
Seagull V acting as spotter for CA Canberra

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Nago at 95,65, Range 29,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
DD Okikaze, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CA Quincy, Shell hits 4
CA Exeter
CL Concord
CL Detroit, Shell hits 1
DD Aaron Ward
DD Russell
DD Bagley
DD Arunta

Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 29,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 29,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards
Range closes to 20,000 yards
CL Concord engages DD Okikaze at 20,000 yards

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Morning Air attack on Liaoyuan , at 105,40

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 11

Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
MiG-3: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 20000 feet

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Afternoon Air attack on Nago , at 95,65

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 36,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 10
J2M2 Jack x 23
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 4

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 3 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 34500 feet

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Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 110653 troops, 924 guns, 378 vehicles, Assault Value = 2607

Defending force 28086 troops, 235 guns, 292 vehicles, Assault Value = 526

Allied adjusted assault: 2564

Japanese adjusted defense: 2705

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
1895 casualties reported
Squads: 21 destroyed, 69 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 55 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 32 (3 destroyed, 29 disabled)
Vehicles lost 32 (10 destroyed, 22 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2389 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 383 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 48 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled
Guns lost 20 (1 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Vehicles lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)

Assaulting units:
21st Chinese Corps
63rd Chinese Corps
50th Chinese Corps
25th Chinese Corps
7th Cav Recce Regiment
2nd Prov Chinese Corps
28th Chinese Corps
4th Chinese Corps
268th Motorised Brigade
18th Chinese Corps
37th Infantry Division
2/5th Armoured Regiment
6th Chinese Corps
57th AT Gun Regiment
20th Artillery Regiment
1st Artillery Regiment
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment
3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment
22nd Artillery Regiment
18th Artillery Regiment
7th Artillery Regiment
56th AT Gun Regiment

Defending units:
4th Tank Regiment
74th Infantry Regiment
17th/B Division
17th/A Division
12th Tank Regiment
Hong Kong Def Force
41st Guard Battalion
17th/C Division
12th Port Unit
304th Ship Eng Coy
3rd Air Army
Hong Kong Special Base Force
52nd Field AA Battalion
26th Air Flotilla
51st Recon Regiment
24th Port Unit
6th Air Defense AA Regiment
2nd Army
18th JAAF AF Bn

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Damage to BBs is low, but it should take a bit of time to patch up. I really need Hong Kong yard as Shanghai is still a bit too vulnerable to send these there.

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Congrats on your naval victories! Pretty sure Hyuga went down with all the hits she took after reaching the Heavy Fires/Heavy Damage point. Even minor actions delay the crew's efforts to save her and the System Damage increases accordingly. Very bad for ships with poor damage control.

Probably as important as the BBs is the number of DDs you sank. Japan has had very high attrition of DDs - the ones in that SCTF were not fleet DDs, but smaller ones intended for ASW and escort of troop convoys, not major fleet units. I don't know if Japan has the capacity to build replacement DDs, and if she does, I bet Kagero class DDs are not on the menu. The torpedo threat is surely diminishing!

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Congrats on your naval victories! Pretty sure Hyuga went down with all the hits she took after reaching the Heavy Fires/Heavy Damage point. Even minor actions delay the crew's efforts to save her and the System Damage increases accordingly. Very bad for ships with poor damage control.

Probably as important as the BBs is the number of DDs you sank. Japan has had very high attrition of DDs - the ones in that SCTF were not fleet DDs, but smaller ones intended for ASW and escort of troop convoys, not major fleet units. I don't know if Japan has the capacity to build replacement DDs, and if she does, I bet Kagero class DDs are not on the menu. The torpedo threat is surely diminishing!

Feels good to eliminate some BBs for the time being, and yes, I do think his DDs are running short. I've noticed odd configurations for a while with the types of DDs present. Some of the ones sunk during these battles were good ones though.

Arashi was a Kagero. Kawakaze was a Shiratsuya class. Both good surface ships. The rest were smaller early types, which is probably how Shiokaze went down so quickly after one TT hit.

Every time a battle like this occurs it makes the surface fleet weaker for the duration. The KB in particular will be more and more constricted without good escorts.

They do get some DDs still but not many. They're good ones though, the best. Yugumo and Akizuki class.

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Feb 5, 1943

True to form, the Japanese push hard right back and nail a supply and support convoy heading to Shanghai. They send in Kirishima and 4DD.

A lot fo bombing on the IJA IDs trying to block the supply path for my forward tank units near Tunghua. Might just catch them.

Some small sweeps. MiGs are running out slowly. I'll keep using them hard though as this is the critical time in game. Soon the other Allies can take over with nearby bases.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 5, 1943
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Shanghai at 92,55, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 1
DD Arare
DD Yugure
DD Ariake
TB Hato

Allied Ships
AD Markab, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AVD McFarland, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
SC-740, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
SC-744, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
CM Willem v d Zaan, Shell hits 19, and is sunk
xAK Titan, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
xAK William S. Colley, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 0% moonlight: 10,000 yards
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
Range closes to 19,000 yards...
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
Range closes to 13,000 yards...
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
Allied ships attempt to get underway

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Shanghai at 92,55, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima
DD Arare
DD Yugure
DD Ariake
TB Hato

Allied Ships
PC Perseus, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
CM Prins van Oranje, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
xAK E Sang, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
xAK Egra, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Karoa, Shell hits 28, and is sunk
xAK Masula, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
xAK Defiance, Shell hits 2, and is sunk

Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Allied TF begins to get underway
Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight

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Night Air attack on Hiroshima/Kure , at 106,58

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 22
J2M2 Jack x 3
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 4

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Manpower hits 13
Fires 3054

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 7000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 71st Division, at 105,41 , near Changchun

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18

Allied aircraft
I-153 x 5
IL-2 x 62
MiG-3 x 19
SB-2 x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
I-153: 1 destroyed
IL-2: 4 damaged
MiG-3: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
496 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 36 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 49 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x SB-2 bombing from 2000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Shanghai , at 92,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 29

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 11
P-43A-1 Lancer x 12
P-43A-1 Lancer x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 2 destroyed
P-43A-1 Lancer: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x A6M3 Zero sweeping at 32000 feet

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Afternoon Air attack on Liaoyuan , at 105,40

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 9

Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
MiG-3: 1 destroyed

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Afternoon Air attack on Liaoyuan , at 105,40

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 20

Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 31

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
MiG-3: 2 destroyed

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Feb 6, 1943

The IJN continues to be aggressive, with Hiei and a small TF heading to Iriomote. The RN CL TF danced with them for a bit without either side landing much. The old BBs then got a shot and were mauled. Not good at night, period, this early. The RN CAs then surprised the Japanese with a devastating salvo from 9k and crippled Hiei while sinking one and wrecking another IJN DD.

Then Yamato arrived. I would not use Yamato with such small forces around it, but Lowpe is blessed with great timing and a bit of good fortune, as the pride of the IJN manages to find the worn out 'R' class BBs with only two DDs escorting.

Predictable results. Two BBs and DD Napier sunk. Luckily Yamato hit a mine just after this, a good USN mine. Fingers crossed there.

RN cruisers to the rescue. The CAs grind it out and get the better of the Yamato TF, sending Yugumo to an early ending, but also putting some more damage on Yamato.

Along with a few big caliber shots this damage and the mine might actually send Yamato to the years for a bit. Lets hope anyway!

Air strikes are mauled during the day. It would have been a really frustrating day if not for the good result at Hong Kong. Should get it with the next attack. Good timing for getting that repair yard.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 6, 1943
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Iriomote at 90,65, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Hiei
CL Abukuma
DD Akizuki
DD Minazuki, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
CL Dauntless
CL Ceres, Shell hits 4
CL Caradoc
DD Aylwin
DD Dewey
DD Allen

Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 3% moonlight: 10,000 yards
Range closes to 19,000 yards...
Range closes to 13,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Iriomote at 89,65, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Hiei, Shell hits 8, on fire
CL Abukuma, Shell hits 1
DD Akizuki, Shell hits 7, on fire
DD Minazuki, Shell hits 2

Allied Ships
BB West Virginia, Shell hits 30, on fire
BB Revenge, Shell hits 4
BB Royal Sovereign, Shell hits 13, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
BB Ramillies
DD Nepal
DD Nestor, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
DD Napier
DD Nizam, Shell hits 1

Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 3% moonlight: 12,000 yards
Range closes to 19,000 yards...
Range closes to 13,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 7,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 7,000 yards
BB Hiei engages BB West Virginia at 7,000 yards

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Iriomote at 89,65, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Hiei, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Abukuma, Shell hits 3
DD Akizuki, Shell hits 19, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Minazuki, Shell hits 23, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Devonshire
CA Hawkins, Shell hits 1
CA Frobisher, Shell hits 3
DD Warramunga
DD Isaac Sweers
DD Arrow
DD Foxhound

Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 3% moonlight: 9,000 yards
Range closes to 23,000 yards...
Range closes to 21,000 yards...
Range closes to 19,000 yards...
Range closes to 17,000 yards...
Range closes to 15,000 yards...
Range closes to 13,000 yards...
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards
Allies open fire on surprised Japanese ships at 9,000 yards

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Iriomote at 89,65, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Yamato, Shell hits 4
DD Yugumo, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Kazegumo
DD Yudachi, Shell hits 3

Allied Ships
BB Revenge, Shell hits 29, and is sunk
BB Ramillies, Shell hits 29, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DD Nepal, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Napier, Shell hits 10, and is sunk

Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 3% moonlight: 10,000 yards
Range closes to 19,000 yards...
Range closes to 13,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 7,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 7,000 yards
Scott, Norman crosses the 'T'

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TF 109 encounters mine field at Iriomote (89,65)

Japanese Ships
BB Yamato, Mine hits 1

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Iriomote at 89,65, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Yamato, Shell hits 7
DD Yugumo, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Kazegumo
DD Yudachi, Shell hits 3, on fire

Allied Ships
CA Devonshire, Shell hits 2, on fire
CA Hawkins, Shell hits 6
CA Frobisher, Shell hits 16, on fire
DD Warramunga, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Isaac Sweers, Shell hits 2
DD Arrow
DD Foxhound

Reduced sighting due to 7% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 7% moonlight: 8,000 yards
Range closes to 19,000 yards...
Range closes to 13,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 7,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 7,000 yards
BB Yamato engages CA Frobisher at 7,000 yards

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Morning Air attack on Liaoyuan , at 105,40

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 19

Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
MiG-3: 2 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 30,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 2
A6M3a Zero x 2
J2M2 Jack x 2
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 9

Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 6 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38F Lightning: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 24500 feet

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Miyako-jima at 91,66

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 11
A6M3a Zero x 13
J2M2 Jack x 14
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 16

Allied aircraft
F2A-3 Buffalo x 8
F4F-4 Wildcat x 18
SBD-3 Dauntless x 14

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F2A-3 Buffalo: 1 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 7 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x F2A-3 Buffalo sweeping at 15000 feet
1 x F4F-4 Wildcat sweeping at 22000 feet

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Miyako-jima at 91,66

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 4
A6M3a Zero x 9
J2M2 Jack x 8
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 6

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 15
Beaufort VIII x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIc: 1 destroyed by flak
Beaufort VIII: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Yamato

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Beaufort VIII launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Miyako-jima at 91,66

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 2
A6M3a Zero x 4
J2M2 Jack x 8
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 3

Allied aircraft
A-20A1 Havoc x 7
P-40K Warhawk x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
A-20A1 Havoc: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Yamato
DD Kazegumo

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x A-20A1 Havoc bombing and strafing from low level *

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Miyako-jima at 91,66

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 10
J2M2 Jack x 12

Allied aircraft
A-20A1 Havoc x 6
P-40K Warhawk x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
A-20A1 Havoc: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Yamato
DD Yudachi, Shell hits 5
DD Kazegumo

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A-20A1 Havoc bombing and strafing from low level *

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Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 108349 troops, 923 guns, 377 vehicles, Assault Value = 2325

Defending force 26290 troops, 227 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 405

Allied adjusted assault: 5296

Japanese adjusted defense: 1373

Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
777 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 74 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 30 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Guns lost 36 (10 destroyed, 26 disabled)
Vehicles lost 13 (5 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
3680 casualties reported
Squads: 21 destroyed, 512 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 48 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled
Guns lost 29 (4 destroyed, 25 disabled)
Vehicles lost 40 (1 destroyed, 39 disabled)

Assaulting units:
25th Chinese Corps
2/5th Armoured Regiment
4th Chinese Corps
2nd Prov Chinese Corps
37th Infantry Division
18th Chinese Corps
63rd Chinese Corps
21st Chinese Corps
7th Cav Recce Regiment
28th Chinese Corps
268th Motorised Brigade
50th Chinese Corps
6th Chinese Corps
57th AT Gun Regiment
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment
20th Artillery Regiment
18th Artillery Regiment
3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment
22nd Artillery Regiment
7th Artillery Regiment
1st Artillery Regiment
56th AT Gun Regiment

Defending units:
17th/A Division
17th/B Division
74th Infantry Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
41st Guard Battalion
12th Tank Regiment
Hong Kong Def Force
17th/C Division
26th Air Flotilla
6th Air Defense AA Regiment
52nd Field AA Battalion
304th Ship Eng Coy
Hong Kong Special Base Force
24th Port Unit
12th Port Unit
51st Recon Regiment
3rd Air Army
2nd Army
18th JAAF AF Bn

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The slug fest continues I think the magnetic readings over all those sunken vessel will affect compasses for centuries.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert... - 7/30/2019 8:25:37 PM

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Feb 7 - 8, 1943

A lot of air action. The Japanese set a large CAP trap in Manchuria. Finally got to the Il-2 groups unfortunately.

P-38s got some back.

Hong Kong falls just in time to send the damaged there. Wenchow also is taken.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 7, 1943
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Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 25,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 1
J2M2 Jack x 4
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 28

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 24500 feet

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Morning Air attack on Peiping , at 95,39

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 43
A6M3a Zero x 44

Allied aircraft
P-43A-1 Lancer x 4
B-25C Mitchell x 30
SB-2 x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-43A-1 Lancer: 1 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 8 destroyed, 4 damaged
SB-2: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Ishigaki , at 90,66

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 26,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 5
A6M3a Zero x 8
J2M2 Jack x 4
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 9

Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 2 destroyed

No Allied losses

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Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4951 troops, 37 guns, 408 vehicles, Assault Value = 287

Defending force 3203 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 96

Allied adjusted assault: 212

Japanese adjusted defense: 79

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

Allied forces CAPTURE Wenchow !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
1112 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 9 (4 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Allied ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units pursuing 1

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Battalion
6th Cav Recce Regiment
10th LH Cav Regiment
193rd Tank Battalion
7th Armoured Brigade

Defending units:
60th/B Division

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 8, 1943
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Night Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 5

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Manpower hits 8
Fires 2537

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 7000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 71st Division, at 105,41 , near Changchun

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 4
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 28
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 20

Allied aircraft
IL-2 x 96
MiG-3 x 48
SB-2 x 74

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2: 12 damaged
MiG-3: 3 destroyed
SB-2: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
897 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x SB-2 bombing from 2000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 71st Division, at 105,41 , near Changchun

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 1,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 21
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 42
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3

Allied aircraft
IL-2 x 35
MiG-3 x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 3 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2: 9 destroyed, 12 damaged
MiG-3: 4 destroyed

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

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x IL-2 bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Nago , at 95,65

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 26,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 34
J2M2 Jack x 3
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 12

Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 4 destroyed
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38F Lightning: 1 destroyed

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Afternoon Air attack on Nago , at 95,65

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 25
J2M2 Jack x 2
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 27000 feet

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Afternoon Air attack on Naha , at 95,66

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 12
A6M3a Zero x 8
J2M2 Jack x 11
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 7

Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

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Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 105123 troops, 920 guns, 382 vehicles, Assault Value = 1942

Defending force 23374 troops, 213 guns, 272 vehicles, Assault Value = 293

Allied adjusted assault: 3683

Japanese adjusted defense: 357

Allied assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Hong Kong !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
3331 casualties reported
Squads: 89 destroyed, 51 disabled
Non Combat: 179 destroyed, 35 disabled
Engineers: 86 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 94 (81 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Vehicles lost 221 (221 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2261 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 258 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 20 (6 destroyed, 14 disabled)

Assaulting units:
28th Chinese Corps
7th Cav Recce Regiment
63rd Chinese Corps
268th Motorised Brigade
50th Chinese Corps
18th Chinese Corps
37th Infantry Division
2/5th Armoured Regiment
25th Chinese Corps
21st Chinese Corps
4th Chinese Corps
2nd Prov Chinese Corps
6th Chinese Corps
1st Artillery Regiment
18th Artillery Regiment
20th Artillery Regiment
57th AT Gun Regiment
7th Artillery Regiment
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment
22nd Artillery Regiment
3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment
56th AT Gun Regiment

Defending units:
17th/A Division
4th Tank Regiment
17th/B Division
Hong Kong Def Force
12th Tank Regiment
41st Guard Battalion
17th/C Division
52nd Field AA Battalion
6th Air Defense AA Regiment
74th Infantry Regiment
3rd Air Army
12th Port Unit
304th Ship Eng Coy
26th Air Flotilla
Hong Kong Special Base Force
51st Recon Regiment
2nd Army
24th Port Unit
18th JAAF AF Bn

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Ground combat at Ishigaki (90,66)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 3123 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 189

Defending force 1362 troops, 24 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Allied adjusted assault: 120

Japanese adjusted defense: 21

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

Allied forces CAPTURE Ishigaki !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
162 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Assaulting units:
111th LRP Bde /5
77th LRP Bde /1

Defending units:
Funauke Fortress

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Great to see HK fall into your hands! Let us know the condition of the SY and other industries.
Destroying 221 vehicles is awesome - I am surprised there were no destroyed IJA units. I hope you have the remnants trapped - no extraction by air or FT TF or subs.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert... - 7/31/2019 7:15:35 AM

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Some real interesting surface fights there. Too bad about the R-Classes.

Last year I looked into doing a family trip to Ishigaki -- a nice, quiet place with good beaches. ANA even flies 777s there from Haneda (Tokyo). I looked into Jesselton (now known as Khota Kinabalu, with direct flights from Korea) and Guam as well. We ended up going to the east coast of Korea instead.

Cheers,
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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert... - 7/31/2019 9:30:08 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Great to see HK fall into your hands! Let us know the condition of the SY and other industries.
Destroying 221 vehicles is awesome - I am surprised there were no destroyed IJA units. I hope you have the remnants trapped - no extraction by air or FT TF or subs.

Its great timing and also frees up some good units for other jobs, plus a big contingent of bombers.

I'm pretty much letting him extract pieces if he wants. I'm sure he has already if he was going to do it, it's been a long time coming. The units have stayed in hex as I think they don't recognize a retreat path now. The units from Canton are still being slowly worn down near Kukong.

Once I'm up to current I'll post more info about the state of things and the map. The shipyards, the main focus of Hong Kong for me, are damaged at 27 (23) I think right now. So almost a month before I can use them fully, but most ships need a lot of pier time anyway. I have the big Naval Command from Pearl moving over there now from Saigon with it's 400+ naval support. With such a short front line compared to historical I'm finding it very easy to allocate HQs and other necessary support into the bigger bases like Shanghai, Takao/Taihoku and Hong Kong. I really want Tsingtao for a Yellow Sea base but it's fairly heavily garrisoned, and I'm also moving on Chefoo, so might just build that up to use. Just annoying it's not on rail, but a lot of Allied units can Strat on the roads too.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert... - 7/31/2019 9:37:55 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: CaptBeefheart

Some real interesting surface fights there. Too bad about the R-Classes.

Last year I looked into doing a family trip to Ishigaki -- a nice, quiet place with good beaches. ANA even flies 777s there from Haneda (Tokyo). I looked into Jesselton (now known as Khota Kinabalu, with direct flights from Korea) and Guam as well. We ended up going to the east coast of Korea instead.

Cheers,
CB

Yeah. The 'R' class are behaving like 25-30 year old ships no longer fit for front line duty. Certainly not against the most powerful battleship ever built, at least.

How is the Korean coastline? I imagine it being beautiful with tree lined headlands and lots of small isolated coves.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert... - 7/31/2019 9:53:44 AM

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Feb 9 -10, 1943

Corsairs are here!! The gull Wongs make their debut against the J2M2 and do very well, downing 5-7 without a loss.

Their range is decent at 6/8, but I'll try to conserve them at normal range and that means they'll only have limited opportunities right now. As a psychological tool they're fantastic though.

Suffered another shocked defeat near Yinkow, so I need some more heavy troops there. The Eastern IJA positions are indeed falling back and I'v been able to feast on some of the rear guards while slowly breaking down some of the border forts. Near Tunghua things have definitely stalled, but the arty thee will do well until the Japanese build forts. I'll probe with tanks ahead for now.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 9, 1943
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ASW attack near Amami Oshima at 98,65

Japanese Ships
CM Itsukushima, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CM Aotaka
CM Ishizaki
CM Kyosai
CM Nasami
PB Myoken Maru

Allied Ships
SS O16

SS O16 launches 4 torpedoes at CM Itsukushima
O16 diving deep ....

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Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 99,64

Japanese Ships
PB Ichiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Zuikai Maru

Allied Ships
SS Grayback

SS Grayback launches 2 torpedoes at PB Ichiyo Maru
Grayback diving deep ....

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Ground combat at 102,42 (near Yingkow)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 57382 troops, 835 guns, 2107 vehicles, Assault Value = 2241

Defending force 27701 troops, 304 guns, 531 vehicles, Assault Value = 893

Allied adjusted assault: 1942

Japanese adjusted defense: 1357

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
3221 casualties reported
Squads: 20 destroyed, 209 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 47 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
Guns lost 49 (3 destroyed, 46 disabled)
Vehicles lost 33 (1 destroyed, 32 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2226 casualties reported
Squads: 163 destroyed, 400 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 117 disabled
Engineers: 14 destroyed, 14 disabled
Guns lost 140 (17 destroyed, 123 disabled)
Vehicles lost 229 (20 destroyed, 209 disabled)

Assaulting units:
5th Mongolian Cavalry Division
41st Rifle Brigade
206th Tank Brigade
187th Rifle Division
218th Tank Brigade
258th Rifle Brigade
77th Tank Brigade
21st Rifle Brigade
227th Rifle Brigade
95th Rifle Brigade
1st Ussurii Tank Brigade
9th Armored Car Brigade
171st Tank Brigade
61st Tank Division
8th/A Cavalry Division
46th/302nd AA Battalion
624th Cannon Regiment
1120th Cannon Regiment
1128th Howitzer Regiment
263rd Howitzer Regiment
629th Cannon Regiment
390th Cannon Regiment

Defending units:
2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
2nd Tank/A Division
58th/B Division
77th Infantry Regiment
2nd Tank/B Division
58th/C Division
8th Manchukuo Inf Brigade
2nd Tank/C Division
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
5th Air Defense AA Regiment
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 10, 1943
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Morning Air attack on Naha , at 95,66

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 9

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 5 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 20000 feet

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Afternoon Air attack on Naha , at 95,66

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 7
B-24D Liberator x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at 112,42 (near Mutankiang)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 43457 troops, 645 guns, 468 vehicles, Assault Value = 1472

Defending force 5937 troops, 142 guns, 73 vehicles, Assault Value = 76

Allied adjusted assault: 1284

Japanese adjusted defense: 19

Allied assault odds: 67 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1754 casualties reported
Squads: 67 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 60 (46 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Vehicles lost 24 (18 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Units destroyed 2

Allied ground losses:
627 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 44 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled

Assaulting units:
35th Rifle Division
39th Rifle Division
59th Rifle Division
3rd NKVD Division
45th Howitzer Regiment
215th Cannon Brigade
227th Cannon Brigade
1125th Cannon Regiment
28th/70th AA Battalion
1138th Cannon Regiment
181st Hvy Howitzer Regiment

Defending units:
23rd/A Division
27th Fld AA Gun Co
23rd Fld AA Gun Co
7th RF Gun Battalion
3rd Border Defense Fortress
50th Field AA Battalion
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment

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Ground combat at 106,43 (near Tunghua)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1632 troops, 120 guns, 155 vehicles, Assault Value = 980

Defending force 12560 troops, 286 guns, 294 vehicles, Assault Value = 510

Japanese ground losses:
117 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 8 (6 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Assaulting units:
75th Tank Brigade
46th Engr-Sapper Bde
74th Tank Brigade
72nd Tank Brigade
36th Motor Rifle Division
2nd Rifle Corps
424th Hvy Howitzer Regiment
10th/132nd PVO AA Battalion
372nd Hvy Howitzer Regiment
114th Hvy Howitzer Regiment
1192nd BM Howitzer Regiment
1194th BM Howitzer Regiment
100th OM Howitzer Battalion
1131st Hvy Howitzer Regiment
262nd/264th PVO AA Battalion

Defending units:
1st Tank Division
2nd Division
13th Tank Regiment
18th Tank Regiment
Manchukuo Guards Brigade
3rd Recon Battalion
3rd RF Gun Battalion
49th Field AA Battalion
32nd Field AA Battalion

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert... - 7/31/2019 11:03:54 AM

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Feb 11-12, 1943

On the 11th I tried a limited 4E strike on Nago preceded by a P-38 sweep. The Japanese had moved in heavily in spite of existing damage to the base. If I went all in here I could probably close it, but it would mean a few days of attritional battles, and I don't have the pools of the critical airframes to get this done and keep the bases closed right now, especially with so many damaged ships and no ability to bombard by sea for a few weeks.

I'm not in a hurry here and will do this soon. It also might give him the chance to get comfy and move in a lot of airframes. Overstacked fields on islands are a nice target.

The Central Pacific operation is loading now and about to move out toward Marcus, Pagan and the "A" islands of the Marianas chain; Anatahan, Agrihan and Amalgan. Getting these combined with Babeldaob would effectively close transport paths to all areas South. I'm not so concerned about that though, and it's much more about getting supplies, units and most importantly more surface ships and the CVEs into the fight near Okinawa and Kyushu. Also easier to move air units as they arrive.

Landed at Babeldaob but no defensive bombardment, so I'm guessing not much there. I'll attack on the 13th and see. I've got 300+ AV ashore with a bit more to unload, so should have plenty here.

Interesting to run into TFs now with a CA, 4 CL and only 2 DD.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 12, 1943
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ASW attack near Tokara Retto at 99,63

Japanese Ships
DD Matsukaze
CA Myoko
CL Kitakami
CL Yura
CL Jintsu
CL Agano
DD Teruzuki

Allied Ships
SS ShCh-135

SS ShCh-135 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Matsukaze
ShCh-135 diving deep ....

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Night Air attack on Nago , at 95,65

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 63 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 5

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Cuba Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
AKE Sangetsu Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 7000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Naha , at 95,66

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 32,550 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 14
A6M3a Zero x 29
J2M2 Jack x 36
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 3
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 38

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed
J2M2 Jack: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 3 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Naha , at 95,66

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 13
A6M3a Zero x 22
J2M2 Jack x 27
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 3
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 24

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
J2M2 Jack: 3 damaged
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 3 destroyed, 7 damaged

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Naha , at 95,66

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 11
A6M3a Zero x 21
J2M2 Jack x 26
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 19

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 8 damaged
A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed on ground
J2M2 Jack: 12 damaged
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 12 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 5 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Naha , at 95,66

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 11
A6M3a Zero x 20
J2M2 Jack x 26
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 15

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M3a Zero: 11 damaged
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
J2M2 Jack: 10 damaged
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 11 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 6 destroyed on ground
E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Naha , at 95,66

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 32,550 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 7
A6M3a Zero x 13
J2M2 Jack x 26
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed

No Allied losses

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Ground combat at Tsingtao (95,47)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 35974 troops, 179 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 863

Defending force 20793 troops, 114 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 513

Allied adjusted assault: 392

Japanese adjusted defense: 1523

Allied assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 4)

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

Japanese ground losses:
434 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 80 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
3299 casualties reported
Squads: 84 destroyed, 101 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 31 disabled
Guns lost 21 (1 destroyed, 20 disabled)

Assaulting units:
55th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
56th Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
34th Separate Brigade

Defending units:
14th RGC Temp. Division
15th Division
5th Ind.Mixed Brigade
1st NCPC Route Brigade
Ching Tao Special Base Force
23rd JNAF AF Unit

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 13, 1943
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Pre-Invasion action off Babeldaob (90,97)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

39 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
AK Alcyon
PC Haida
AK Bellatrix
AK Fomalhaut, Shell hits 1
AMC Cornwallis

Allied ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

12.7cm/50 T03 DP Battery engaging AK Alcyon at 15,000 yards
12.7cm/50 T03 DP Battery engaging AK Bellatrix at 15,000 yards
12.7cm/50 T03 DP Battery engaging AK Fomalhaut at 15,000 yards
PC Haida fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards

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Amphibious Assault at Babeldaob (90,97)

TF 144 troops unloading over beach at Babeldaob, 90,97

Allied ground losses:
214 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 32 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 33 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 16 (1 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

15 Support troops lost in surf during unload of Prajoeda Cdo
3" Mortar lost in surf during unload of 16th Australian Bde /2
Motorized Support accidentally lost during unload of 16th Australian Bde /3

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Morning Air attack on Naha , at 95,66

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 30,550 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 3
A6M3a Zero x 1
J2M2 Jack x 1
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 19

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed

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Pre-Invasion action off Babeldaob (90,97)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

39 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
xAKL Larut
xAKL Masayas, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL William McArthur
xAK Manoeran
xAP Kajang

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

12.7cm/50 T03 DP Battery engaging xAKL Masayas at 13,000 yards
xAKL Larut fired at enemy guns

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A pretty good day in the air in spite of losing a dozen or so 4Es. The B-24D-1 is now producing, which will seriously increase capabilities, but I want to hold onto as many B-17E s possible for Strat bombing tough targets.

Sadly, during the sweep I lost GS Welch after he got his 39th kill.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert... - 7/31/2019 11:18:29 AM

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Here is the location of the KB right now. He's been dangling it out in sight but out of range for quite a while now. I know it can swoop in if needed, and is probably set to strike at anything getting in range of Korea especially.

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