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RE: AAR 1943 - 6/13/2020 3:09:56 PM   
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Sub vs Sub: SS I-7 attacking SS Hoe at 146,91

Japanese Ships
SS I-7

Allied Ships
SS Hoe, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

like I've said before, the game does have it's problems to simulate damage to ships when it comes down to what would be a sure kill... Hoe was reported hit by Helens several times, then she had to retire from her patrol... being damaged she ran over one of my RO subs which hit her with a torp but Hoe just sailed on as if she would be a battleship... it takes another torp from I-7 to sink that sub which makes it several 250kg bombs and two torps to sink that sub...


SS I-7 launches 2 torpedoes at 3,000 yards


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Sub attack near Bassein at 53,50

Japanese Ships
PB Fuji Maru #4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Tosho Maru
PB Shinko Maru #1
xAK Tone Maru
xAK Nitiryu Maru
xAK Chihaya Maru
PB Teibo Maru #2
PB Fuji Maru #3
PB Rokko Maru #2
PB Seki Maru #3

Allied Ships
SS Hake

Hake is one of the subs being reported hit by air ASW uncountable times, now sinking a small PB from a supply convoy...


SS Hake launches 2 torpedoes at PB Fuji Maru #4
PB Teibo Maru #2 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Fuji Maru #3 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Rokko Maru #2 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Seki Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seki Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seki Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seki Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seki Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Bassein at 53,50

Japanese Ships
xAK Shinsei Maru
PB Seikai Maru
xAK Tsuyama Maru
xAK Boston Maru
PB Teibo Maru #2
PB Fuji Maru #3
PB Rokko Maru #2
PB Seki Maru #3

Allied Ships
SS Hake

damn sub engages again hitting a fully loaded freigther with a dud...


SS Hake launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Shinsei Maru
Hake diving deep ....
PB Teibo Maru #2 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Fuji Maru #3 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Rokko Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seki Maru #3 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Rokko Maru #2 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Rokko Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Rokko Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Rokko Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Rokko Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub




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RE: AAR 1943 - 6/14/2020 12:38:16 PM   
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ASW attack near Addu at 11,49

Japanese Ships
SS I-165, hits 11

Allied Ships
KV Cyclamen
xAK Jalaratna
xAK Jaladuta
xAK Garmula
xAK Egra
KV Freesia

not a really strongly escorted convoy and the sub decides to attack a KV which turns out to be suizide as the sub takes 60+ flt damage...


SS I-165 launches 2 torpedoes at KV Cyclamen
I-165 diving deep ....
KV Freesia fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Freesia fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Freesia attacking submerged sub ....
KV Freesia attacking submerged sub ....
KV Freesia fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub




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RE: AAR 1943 - 6/14/2020 12:39:03 PM   
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ASW attack near Addu at 16,49

Japanese Ships
SS I-30

Allied Ships
xAK Empire Kumari
xAK Jalaputra
xAK Howra
xAK Empire Raja
KV Freesia

another sub was trying to engage the same convoy that was attacked yesterday but fails to engage... at least the sub survives...


SS I-30 is sighted by escort
I-30 diving deep ....
KV Freesia fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Freesia fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Freesia fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Freesia fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Freesia fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub




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RE: AAR 1943 - 6/14/2020 12:42:27 PM   
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 1

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 14
B-24D1 Liberator x 37

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 5 damaged

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 38

the enemy starts bombing Port Moresby again and while it's no biggie Mundy is now aware that we field Franks already, that Frank was a damaged one from CAP over Port Moresby when my heavy cruisers attacked Portland Roads... first I hoped he wouldn't noticed but he commented "Geez, Franks already" so he knows we field both Georges and Franks now...


Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 4 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 4 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 2

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



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb


the 4Es don't do that much damaged, most likely the heavy flak concentration there made it more difficult but in the end none of the many damaged bombers crashed or was a write off... none...


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RE: AAR 1943 - 6/14/2020 12:50:59 PM   
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Sub attack near Onnekotan-jima at 136,47

Japanese Ships
AK Asakaze Maru
E Tsubame
AK Yodogawa Maru
AK Tatuharu Maru
E Maeshima
E Nuwashima
E Yurijima
E Niizaki

Allied Ships
SS Gar, hits 2

despite being escorted by 10 E Gar has no probs to attack the convoy that carries construction units...

SS Gar launches 2 torpedoes at AK Asakaze Maru
E Maeshima fails to find sub and abandons search
E Nuwashima fails to find sub and abandons search
E Yurijima fails to find sub and abandons search
E Niizaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Niizaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Niizaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Niizaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Niizaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Niizaki attacking submerged sub ....
E Niizaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Jaffna , at 31,45

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms




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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 35

Allied aircraft
B-339D x 11
P-40E Warhawk x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-339D: 3 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 10 destroyed

as the Frank is no longer a secret the IJAAF ordered a fighter sweep from Madras to Jaffna where recon reported some 100 enemy fighters... was first shocked to see 50 Lightnings showing up in the replay but they must have been on training as they didn't take part in the action nor are they mentioned in the combat report... so the Franks only faced an equal number of obsolete Dutch fighters and some Warhawks... the Franks completely tore the enemy apart, killing one enemy fighter after another... two Franks were lost over Jaffna with one more being write offs for over two dozen enemy fighters shot down, we scored a 15:1 in A2A... amazing result but it shouldn't deceive us as we had third generation fighters going in against Allied first generation fighters which weren't even a real threat to Tojos a year ago... while being a nice result it's not meainingful when it comes down to the Frank's performance...


Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 30000 feet

CAP engaged:
2-VI.G.V with B-339D (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 5 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 29700.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
23rd FG/76th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 12 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 26600.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Jaffna , at 31,45

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 3

Allied aircraft
B-339D x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 30000 feet

CAP engaged:
23rd FG/76th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 26600.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
2-VI.G.V with B-339D (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 29700.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 14
B-24D1 Liberator x 34

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 4 damaged

Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 5 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 7

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 7 damaged

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Overcast

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 5 damaged

Runway hits 3

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



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 5 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb


one bomber lost today, whopping...


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RE: AAR 1943 - 6/14/2020 12:51:55 PM   
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RE: AAR 1943 - 6/14/2020 12:53:50 PM   
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 14
B-24D1 Liberator x 23

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 4 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 7 damaged

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

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 16

enemy heavy bombers attack Port Moresby for the third day in a row but they still fail to close the airfield as it seems flak is reducing accuracy and the engineers at the base work hard... third day, only one bomber lost so far... at the same time we have lost 8 aircraft on nav search / ASW...


Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 15

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 10 damaged

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

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 6 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4

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



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 7

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 5 damaged

Airbase hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 7

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 7 damaged

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb





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RE: AAR 1943 - 6/14/2020 12:55:17 PM   
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Sub attack near Laoag at 81,71

Japanese Ships
xAP Kamo Maru
E Kari
E Sagi
E Uji
E Hashidate
xAP Teikyo Maru
xAP Atsuta Maru
xAP Takatiho Maru
E W-18
E W-17
E W-16
E W-3

Allied Ships
SS Runner, hits 3

pure luck here as Runner missed a big transport with a 4 torp spread... 3 near misses in return but it really strikes me that 12 E can't cover 10 transports...


SS Runner launches 4 torpedoes at xAP Kamo Maru
E W-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-17 fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-16 fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-3 fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-18 attacking submerged sub ....
E W-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub




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RE: AAR 1943 - 6/14/2020 1:03:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		I do not know whether the mod changes something, but the main element for protecting your sea routes is to have a lot of FP in daily+night NavS plus some LB in ASW. And some TF of "free hunters" for enemy subs.
The amount of escort ships per-convoy is relevant, but I do not see is as essential as the former elements of the mix.


Once you have a good share of Es available, you can enjoy relative safety on your routes. I have something like 20-30 permanently out of Onshu and I have lost very few cargo ships so far. Many Es have been sunk, though.


Also, since your air war is extremely peaceful, I guess you can devote a decent amount of production to ASW assets such as FPs and 2Es.



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RE: AAR 1943 - 6/14/2020 1:33:45 PM   
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ORIGINAL: ITAKLinus

I do not know whether the mod changes something, but the main element for protecting your sea routes is to have a lot of FP in daily+night NavS plus some LB in ASW. And some TF of "free hunters" for enemy subs.
The amount of escort ships per-convoy is relevant, but I do not see is as essential as the former elements of the mix.


Once you have a good share of Es available, you can enjoy relative safety on your routes. I have something like 20-30 permanently out of Onshu and I have lost very few cargo ships so far. Many Es have been sunk, though.


Also, since your air war is extremely peaceful, I guess you can devote a decent amount of production to ASW assets such as FPs and 2Es.




I have roughly 300 Helen flying ASW, all are between 70 and 85 ASW skill plus 100 Judies same skill. Add in some 300 Jakes on nav search on my shipping routes. Had also around 8-10 ASW task forces, all consisted of 1 DD plus 3 E. They were patrolling for several months, reacting around like chicken each turn, sinking exactly 0 subs for the loss of 3 or 4 E. All those ASW groups had the best available commanders.

As nothing worked I was putting all those vessels from ASW groups into convoys. No idea if or what the mod would change, in vanilla (looong ago) as well as Babes games I was sweeping the sealanes clear of enemy subs, never had a problem dealing with them when I was devoting such an effort to ASW.

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RE: AAR 1943 - 6/14/2020 1:54:24 PM   
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ORIGINAL: ITAKLinus

I do not know whether the mod changes something, but the main element for protecting your sea routes is to have a lot of FP in daily+night NavS plus some LB in ASW. And some TF of "free hunters" for enemy subs.
The amount of escort ships per-convoy is relevant, but I do not see is as essential as the former elements of the mix.


Once you have a good share of Es available, you can enjoy relative safety on your routes. I have something like 20-30 permanently out of Onshu and I have lost very few cargo ships so far. Many Es have been sunk, though.


Also, since your air war is extremely peaceful, I guess you can devote a decent amount of production to ASW assets such as FPs and 2Es.




I have roughly 300 Helen flying ASW, all are between 70 and 85 ASW skill plus 100 Judies same skill. Add in some 300 Jakes on nav search on my shipping routes. Had also around 8-10 ASW task forces, all consisted of 1 DD plus 3 E. They were patrolling for several months, reacting around like chicken each turn, sinking exactly 0 subs for the loss of 3 or 4 E. All those ASW groups had the best available commanders.

As nothing worked I was putting all those vessels from ASW groups into convoys. No idea if or what the mod would change, in vanilla (looong ago) as well as Babes games I was sweeping the sealanes clear of enemy subs, never had a problem dealing with them when I was devoting such an effort to ASW.




Wow! That's tough! I am only 6 months ahead of you and I have literally zero problems in sinking enemy subs. So far in 1943 I just had a single Tonan-Class torpedoed north of Amami Oshima and she even survived.
I run big convoys. For TKs for example I am just unloading a convoy of 25 ships, of which only 3 are escorts.

Maybe I will find maaaany people opposing what I say, but I found that the reaction to ASW TFs is problematic. I stopped putting the reaction and the guys are doing pretty well, keeping a decent kill/deaths ratio of 1 sub killed per 1.5 E sunk (I count as "killed" only subs which are forced to emerge and sunk).

I run ASW TF of 4 ships, arranged accordingly to the DC they mount (Type 2 in deep waters and DC-95 in shallow ones).


Helen with such a high skill should do wonders in keeping subs at bay!





Also, on a side note, it's quite bizarre that you have such a immense ratio in VPs. In a PBEM similar to this one, the one I mentioned above, I am at roughly 3,5 : 1 at the end of 1943 but I haven't achieved the 4 : 1 in Jan-43. Not even remotely.

It would be interesting for me to compare industrial statistics and the strategic situation. Also, getting India with so few a/c lost looks incredible to me!

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ORIGINAL: ITAKLinus

I do not know whether the mod changes something, but the main element for protecting your sea routes is to have a lot of FP in daily+night NavS plus some LB in ASW. And some TF of "free hunters" for enemy subs.
The amount of escort ships per-convoy is relevant, but I do not see is as essential as the former elements of the mix.


Once you have a good share of Es available, you can enjoy relative safety on your routes. I have something like 20-30 permanently out of Onshu and I have lost very few cargo ships so far. Many Es have been sunk, though.


Also, since your air war is extremely peaceful, I guess you can devote a decent amount of production to ASW assets such as FPs and 2Es.




I have roughly 300 Helen flying ASW, all are between 70 and 85 ASW skill plus 100 Judies same skill. Add in some 300 Jakes on nav search on my shipping routes. Had also around 8-10 ASW task forces, all consisted of 1 DD plus 3 E. They were patrolling for several months, reacting around like chicken each turn, sinking exactly 0 subs for the loss of 3 or 4 E. All those ASW groups had the best available commanders.

As nothing worked I was putting all those vessels from ASW groups into convoys. No idea if or what the mod would change, in vanilla (looong ago) as well as Babes games I was sweeping the sealanes clear of enemy subs, never had a problem dealing with them when I was devoting such an effort to ASW.




Wow! That's tough! I am only 6 months ahead of you and I have literally zero problems in sinking enemy subs. So far in 1943 I just had a single Tonan-Class torpedoed north of Amami Oshima and she even survived.
I run big convoys. For TKs for example I am just unloading a convoy of 25 ships, of which only 3 are escorts.

Maybe I will find maaaany people opposing what I say, but I found that the reaction to ASW TFs is problematic. I stopped putting the reaction and the guys are doing pretty well, keeping a decent kill/deaths ratio of 1 sub killed per 1.5 E sunk (I count as "killed" only subs which are forced to emerge and sunk).

I run ASW TF of 4 ships, arranged accordingly to the DC they mount (Type 2 in deep waters and DC-95 in shallow ones).


Helen with such a high skill should do wonders in keeping subs at bay!





Also, on a side note, it's quite bizarre that you have such a immense ratio in VPs. In a PBEM similar to this one, the one I mentioned above, I am at roughly 3,5 : 1 at the end of 1943 but I haven't achieved the 4 : 1 in Jan-43. Not even remotely.

It would be interesting for me to compare industrial statistics and the strategic situation. Also, getting India with so few a/c lost looks incredible to me!



I was using something like 500 IJAAF medium bombers in China but there was no need to do so in India. I would have if there were a must to do so but instead I used the IJA as the real hammer as I had something like 8-10000 av operating there, including the three tank divs and all tank rgts. I never planned to go further than the Calcutta area but we were given some opportunities to destroy more Commonwealth troops so we kept advancing. End result was India taken with pretty much all Allied units destroyed there, capturing 1,5 mio tons of supply and a couple of hundred thousand tons of fuel.

Current Industrial status is something like 5,2 mio tons of supply, 5 mio tons of fuel and 1,2 mio HI points. Also 270,000 arm and 37,000 vehicle points. We have the George, Frank, Judy (last version) and Jill and the A6M5 (since mid 42). Musashi has been built, Taiho and two Unryus commissioned.

As to the victory point ratio, keep in mind that I took all of China (destroying all Chinese units there) and literally all of India (also destroying the majority of units there) and we destroyed dozens of cruisers, destroyers, two BBs and four USN CVs in mid 42. All this for more or less no losses, as it has cost us only 3 fleet DDs. Not trying to sound too arrogant but we have done maximum damage to the enemy while suffering minimal losses. Not a cakewalk though, things can go wrong and the situation can change within a day.

Mundy's decision of forward defense matched perfectly with my strategy and he paid the maximum price. If he wouldn't have tried that kind of forward defense and did a full Sir Robin I would be on the losing end already.

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My opponent is very very experienced, with several games into 1945. I think his forward defence of Calcutta has been a mistake in the long run. I landed in Diamond Harbour on 28 Jan 1942 just to isolate Burma and protect Magwe. He committed everything in Calcutta defence and it turned out badly.



Probably you can grasp better than me where you have outperformed me so much (and maybe.... share your thoughts about this delta - it would be really helpful since I have not many ideas on what to do):





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Sub attack near Torishima at 110,67

Japanese Ships
AMC Aikoku Maru
E W-23
AMC Hokoku Maru
E W-27
E W-26

Allied Ships
SS Tautog, hits 5

3xE for 2xAMC but Tautog nevertheless attacks and luckily misses... 5 near misses in return...


SS Tautog launches 2 torpedoes at AMC Aikoku Maru
E W-27 fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-26 attacking submerged sub ....
E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Hengchun at 85,68

Japanese Ships
AMC Kiyosumi Maru
E Aotaka
E Wakataka

Allied Ships
SS Pogy

same here, two E escort a single (empty) AMC and Pogy misses with 4 torps...


SS Pogy launches 4 torpedoes at AMC Kiyosumi Maru
Pogy diving deep ....
E Wakataka fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Wakataka fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Wakataka attacking submerged sub ....
E Wakataka fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Wakataka fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub




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Afternoon Air attack on Jaffna , at 31,45

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 36

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 2
P-38G Lightning x 50

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
P-38G Lightning: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet

hmmm... ordered this sweep out of boredom actually and it turned out to be a silly idea as there's just no need to do so and every pilot lost is a waste... the Franks come in at 31k feet and guess what, the Lightnings were diving on them... the dive being the only real thing important in the A2A routine the Franks were pretty badly shot up, it's absolutely amazing not more were shot down as most only got damaged...



CAP engaged:
1-Vl.G.IV with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
2-Vl.G.IV with Hurricane IIb Trop (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 25000.
Raid is overhead
23rd FG/74th FS with P-38G Lightning (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 10 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
23rd FG/75th FS with P-38G Lightning (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 10 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 25000 and 34550.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes



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Afternoon Air attack on Jaffna , at 31,45

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 36

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 33

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 4 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31000 feet

second sweep did way better than the first one but again, the Lightnings were diving way more often than the Franks... end result is more or less a 1:1 as many Franks were write offs at the end of the day... what totally struck me though were the pilot losses: 1... in words: ONE those are really high exp pilots but it seems the only pilot lost was the one that was directly shot down over Jaffna, all others were able to bring their damaged fighter back to Madras... WOW!





CAP engaged:
23rd FG/74th FS with P-38G Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
15 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 24000 and 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
23rd FG/75th FS with P-38G Lightning (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
12 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 35000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes




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Those look like crazy-low A/C losses for a game in 1943. 130 Tojos? That's about a month's worth of losses for me. Looks like there just hasn't been alot of air combat, period, as Allied losses are also low....


yup, not going to engage in the air if I haven't to. If the enemy wants to bomb an airfield I can easily repair, let him bomb. If he wants to sweep, let him sweep. If I see a real reason to engage, I'm usually going to throw in the kitchen sink.

By far the most losses are the Jakes, all lost on nav search to ops, without ever being near enemy carriers.

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nothing happened except the idiotic losses on ASW... 5 Judies out of the same unit crashed on landing today, no fat, high exp, high skill, nice base... all fine, except those air routines...




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Sub attack near Kwajalein Island at 132,115

Japanese Ships
PB Kunitu Maru
xAK Syunsei Maru
xAK Momoyama Maru
xAK Hokko Maru
PB Shirogane Maru
PB Kasyu Maru

Allied Ships
SS Grayback, hits 2

the enemy has flooded the Marshalls with subs the last days which is unusual... that's a convoy bringing troops so not seeing a freighter being targetted was a good thing as Grayback missed...


SS Grayback launches 2 torpedoes at PB Kunitu Maru
Grayback bottoming out ....
PB Shirogane Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kunitu Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Kasyu Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Shirogane Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Shirogane Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shirogane Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shirogane Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shirogane Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3
B-24D1 Liberator x 51

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 4 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 22

a milk run to Port Moresby... two bombers were reported shot down today and damage done wasn't all that good...


Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3
B-24D1 Liberator x 9

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged

Runway hits 4

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



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2

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



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb


here's the real happening this turn as long range nav search picked up an Allied fleet consisting of several enemy task forces East of the Marshalls, heading West... the aircraft was shot down but was able to detect quite an enemy fleet and I'm pretty sure this is going to be an Allied offensive operation...






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Sub vs Sub: SS RO-33 attacking SS Tautog at 151,91

Japanese Ships
SS RO-33

Allied Ships
SS Tautog

another enemy sub was missed...


SS RO-33 launches 4 torpedoes at 3,000 yards


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ASW attack near Ponape at 117,109

Japanese Ships
DD Teruzuki
BB Kirishima
BB Kongo
DD Wakazuki
DD Akizuki
DD Kishinami
DD Fujinami
DD Suzunami
DD Tamanami

Allied Ships
SS Seahorse

that's not good news... after being alerted about the enemy task forces closing in on the Marshalls yesterday the Kaigun was ordered to set sail and move from Truk with a somewhat "enhanced" Kido Butai consisting of two CV task forces including all my CV/CVL/CVE and Seahorse spotted the bigger carrier task force also including the four Kongos... I have Yamato and Musashi in the lead with two heavy cruiser task forces following, then followed by the two carrier groups so the first three task forces moved over the sub without any engagement...


SS Seahorse launches 2 torpedoes at DD Teruzuki
Seahorse diving deep ....
DD Kishinami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fujinami fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Suzunami fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tamanami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kishinami fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tamanami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tamanami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tamanami attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tamanami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tamanami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tamanami fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


ALERT! This is no drill! Enemy convoys are nearing the Marshalls and it definately doesn't look like a small raid, this must be the long awaited Allied offensive in 1943. With the Commonwealth being more or less knocked out at this date and the failed offensive against Darwin I had my bets on either Port Moresby or the Marshalls/Gilberts and therefore the majority of the Kaigun was based at Truk awaiting any Allied move. The Allied Armada seems to be huge, several search aircraft were shot down today but they were able to detect a lot of different task forces including at least two carrier groups. Also lots of four ship task forces, might be ASW groups. The enemy heads directly towards the Marshalls so I'm expecting enemy landings at the usual targets like Roi Namur, Kwajalein, Wotje and Maloelap, all these bases have pretty much as good defenses as those small atolls can have, well knowing you can't defend an atoll with a stacking limit of 6000 troops if the assault is done with the right force. Kaigun is moving at normal speed to a position East of Eniwetok to get into a position North of the expected enemy position and then we will plan our strike. I'm not rushing in to engage the enemy carriers as there's not much hope to destroy them instantly without taking return damage and to stop the landings, I'm trying to wear them down over the next couple of turns and then strike them coming from their rear.






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TF 178 encounters mine field at Makin (136,125)

Japanese Ships
PB Kogane Maru
PB Keishin Maru
PB Kogyoku Maru

3 mines cleared

damn sub must have laid mines at Makin but no ships are hit... that's a troop convoy that has to unload within the next two days and will then either run West of be disbanded at Makin, depending what the Allied carriers are doing...


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ASW attack near Addu at 11,49

Japanese Ships
SS I-23, hits 3

Allied Ships
DD Nestor
xAK Sirsa
xAK Loch Ranza
DD Nizam

Nestor and Nizam have been escorting convoys quite a couple of times already and pretty much everytime this ends badly for one of our subs... I-23 needs yard time but isn't in danger of sinking...


SS I-23 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Nestor
DD Nizam attacking submerged sub ....
DD Nizam attacking submerged sub ....
DD Nizam fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nizam fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nizam fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3
B-24D1 Liberator x 34

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 12 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 23

milk run to Port Moresby again but that won't distract me, we have full focus on the marshalls now and have transferred several fighter and bomber units from Rabaul into that area...


Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3
B-24D1 Liberator x 16

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 6 damaged

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 8

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 4 damaged

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



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 8

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 4 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak

Runway hits 1

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



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 4 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb


Allied fleet is moving slowly, the carriers are in the lead and my long range search has spotted something I'd identify as a replenishment TF that is following the enemy carriers... Kido Butai took position 90 miles NE of Eniwetok already while the enemy strike force is closing in on the marshalls... we have a small convoy at Maloelap that was spotted by a Dauntless more than once but the enemy carriers didn't fly a strike which is a pity as I had 84 Franks covering the convoy unloading supplies at that base... we have lost no less than 12 search aircraft today so I'm sure the enemy has brought his full carrier fleet... with the loss of four USN CVs in mid 42 I'm not 100% sure what we can expect to meet, I know he has Wasp and Hornet left from last year, perhaps one or two Brit CVs that don't matter much, most likely two or three Essex CVs that were commissioned, unknown number of new CVLs and something like 6-10 CVE (?)... in total I expect him to bring something like 7-800 carrier based aircraft max, this is he is coming with everything he has... a formidable strike force but no way a death start yet considering that a good number of brittle CVE are accounting for something like a quarter of his aircraft capacity... Hellcats are available and Mundy mentioned earlier that he also receives Helldivers (hate those divebombers) but I doubt he has received enough Hellcats already to equip all his fighter squadrons yet, let alone enough Helldivers for his dive bomber squadrons... he surely has all Avengers already but the main threat for the fleet are the divebombers...

this will met by close to 1100 IJN carrier based aircraft of which some 700 are fighters (A6M5), 500 for the defense and 200 for the offense... all dive bomber squadrons have been upgraded to the D4Y4 Judy so our dive bombers will also be a threat to his BBs at 6 hexes range as the 800kg bomb should reliably be able to penetrate BB armor at the right spots... the torpedo squadrons are equipped with the B6N2 Jill, carrying a torpedo to a distance of eight hexes... the fleet has commissioned two Unryu carriers already which are with the fleet with another one (Katsuragi) just being commissioned at Hiroshima but she will be late to join the party...

the plan for the next couple of days is to whittle down enemy carrier strenght with my land based fighters as my Franks and Georges should be more than a match for Allied carrier based fighters, the Hellcat is inferior and the Wildcat should be pretty much meat against them...





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Sub attack near Shimonoseki at 105,56

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 48

Allied Ships
SS Silversides

SS Silversides launches 2 torpedoes
Silversides diving deep ....
SC Ch 48 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 48 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 48 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 48 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 48 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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

Weather in hex: Severe storms




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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 80

Allied aircraft
Martlet IV x 3
F4F-4 Wildcat x 68
FM-1 Wildcat x 9
F6F-3 Hellcat x 23
SBD-3 Dauntless x 29
SBD-5 Dauntless x 53
TBF-1 Avenger x 36

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Martlet IV: 1 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 6 destroyed
SBD-5 Dauntless: 10 destroyed, 2 damaged
TBF-1 Avenger: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAKL Tateyama Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL Tenposan Maru, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Kaijo Maru #2, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
PB Taijin Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Tsuneshima Maru, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
PB Ichiyo Maru
PB Sento Maru
PB Nikki Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
PB Nanei Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
PB Yasushima Maru
PB Hokuyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
PB Yahada Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Kaito Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire


the battle is on... enemy carrier groups took position in the hex between Maloelap and Wotje and launch their first strike... we had quite a number of low value ships still at Roi Namur with two Frank units covering the base at 100% CAP when Allied SBDs spotted the ships... while no strikes were flown at my ships at Maloelap yesterday I thought the enemy might have pure defensive orders without any strike orders against shipping but it might only have been bad weather preventing strikes at that day... considering my ships are pretty much not worth any bigger strike I was surprised to see the Allied carriers launch such a massive strike against them and 80 Franks of coures couldn't stop it but while it might have been a disaster for the pixel ship crews it was a real disaster for the Allied commander as the Franks really shot up the enemy strike, downing dozens of enemy aircraft... the majority of escorts were Wildcats with is very good news, as expected they were no match for the Franks...


Aircraft Attacking:
9 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
11 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
5 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
15 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
12 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
68th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (13 airborne, 27 on standby, 0 scrambling)
13 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
77th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (13 airborne, 27 on standby, 0 scrambling)
13 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring PB Taijin Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Kaijo Maru #2
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Tateyama Maru
Massive explosion on PB Hokuyo Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring PB Hokuyo Maru


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Mili at 136,121

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 80

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 18
F6F-3 Hellcat x 54
SB2C-1C Helldiver x 27
TBF-1 Avenger x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 6 destroyed
SB2C-1C Helldiver: 10 destroyed, 1 damaged
TBF-1 Avenger: 12 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAKL P-95, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
xAKL P-75
xAKL P-84, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL P-123, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL P-104, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL P-46
xAKL P-114, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL P-37, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL P-113, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

pretty much the same has happened at Mili where we had these ships also being covered by two Frank units with the exact same outcome, the incoming strike was shred while the remaining bombers then pretty much annihilated my small freighters... this strike had way more Hellcats as escorts but being tied to the bombers they were no match for the Franks... this is the start of the needed attrition of Allied carrier air...


Aircraft Attacking:
6 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
3 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
9 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 10000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (14 airborne, 28 on standby, 0 scrambling)
14 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 31514.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (12 airborne, 26 on standby, 0 scrambling)
12 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 31514.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Mili at 136,121

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 11 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 74

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 14
FM-1 Wildcat x 9
TBF-1 Avenger x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
FM-1 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
TBF-1 Avenger: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged

another smaller strike shows up and while we only downed a couple of fighters halve of the TBF squadron was shot down...


Aircraft Attacking:
9 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (4 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
31 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
11 planes vectored on to bombers
24th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (10 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
21 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Mili at 136,121

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 75

Allied aircraft
Martlet IV x 1
F4F-4 Wildcat x 49
FM-1 Wildcat x 15
F6F-3 Hellcat x 63
SBD-5 Dauntless x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 6 destroyed
SBD-5 Dauntless: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAKL P-64, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

while there was no more strike against Roi Namur we were lucky as the enemy also launched a strike in the afternoon against Mili where we still had 75 Franks waiting for the Allied... more than a formidable escort for not even two dozen bombers meant that the Franks were tangling with the enemy fighters longer downing them in droves and the escorts still couldn't really help the bombers as also the majority of SBDs were shot down...


Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (13 airborne, 27 on standby, 0 scrambling)
13 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (11 airborne, 24 on standby, 0 scrambling)
11 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes



we had 15 short range subs (I and RO class) stationed in the Marshalls and they were all ordered to leave port yesterday to flood the area between the atolls, pretty much all of them were spotted by air search today... we lost over a dozen aircraft of several types on air search today, with the recent losses those units are down to very low numbers and we had to fly in two fresh search units already to have a good picture on enemy naval movement... Kido Butai will move a couple of hexes further to the East, staying way out of range of Allied carrier air to the North East of the Marshalls, so if Mundy isn't ordering a crazy Ivan and sprints his carriers North we should stay unspotted tomorrow as it seems he has also focussed all his subs further South around the Marshalls...

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Status: offline 		here are today's air losses, a disastrous day for the Allied... two convoys of low value ships at Roi Namur and Mili attracted several hundred enemy aircraft that were met by 160 Franks on CAP resulting in a slaughter as our fighters claim no less than 150+ enemy carrier based aircraft for only three Franks lost... felt like an IJN's Turkey Shoot in the Marshalls...

there were lots of Avengers, which surely means the enemy has a good number of CVEs in the area as the ratio between dive and torpedo bombers would look different if it would be fleet carriers... also way more Wildcats in the fleet than expected, the enemy needs more Hellcats badly and even they aren't a real match for my land based fighters even though they will outperform the A6M5 on my carriers but that is more than compensated by the fact that my A6M5 should outperform the high number of Wildcats...

I expect naval bombardments at Roi Namur and Mili tomorrow so the fighters at Mili will withdraw (the remaining ships will move South) and we have ordered a heavy cruiser group to sprint to Roi Namur during the night where we have bolstered the CAP with a George unit to cover the cruisers during the day if the enemy decides to strike again... with no idea about the whereabouts of KB and the horrendous losses to his air arm I hope the enemy might not strike again tomorrow and the cruisers will survive this, even though the attrition of his carrier based aircraft is still the most important thing to make our plan work...




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ASW attack near Ailuk at 137,114

Japanese Ships
SS RO-64, hits 5

Allied Ships
DD Conyngham
CA Vincennes
CL Montpelier
AM Tern
APA Elmore
APA W.A. Holbrook
APA Wharton
AK Charlevoix
AK Brevard
AK Antrim
LST-484
LST-480
LST-473
LCI-331
LCI-221
xAP John A. Rawlins
DD Reid
DD Downes

Ro-64 is the first sub to engage today as she missed a DD taking moderate damage in return... sub is ordered to retire for repairs...


SS RO-64 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Conyngham
DD Reid attacking submerged sub ....
DD Downes fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Reid fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Reid attacking submerged sub ....
DD Reid is out of ASW ammo
DD Reid is out of ASW ammo
DD Reid fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Reid fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Maloelap at 135,118




Japanese Ships
SS RO-65, hits 1

Allied Ships
CV Hornet, Torpedo hits 1
CL Cleveland
CL Nashville
CLAA Juneau
DD Henley
DD Blue
DD Clark
DD Phelps

then RO-65 engages one of the carrier groups firing a spread of six torps on Hornet, one torp finds it's target... nice start... those RO-class subs got six forward torp tubes which is their biggest advantage... they are short legged and not durable but if they get a chance to hit their chances often aren't that bad, they just have to get a chance...

SS RO-65 launches 6 torpedoes at CV Hornet
RO-65 diving deep ....
DD Clark attacking submerged sub ....
DD Phelps fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Clark fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Phelps attacking submerged sub ....
DD Clark fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Phelps fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Clark fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Clark fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Clark fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Wotje at 135,116

Japanese Ships
SS RO-61, hits 8, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Lansdowne

RO-61 wasn't as lucky as she was spotted by an escort and sunk... RIP...

SS RO-61 is sighted by escort
DD Lansdowne attacking submerged sub ....
Large oil slick appears over area of attack!
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Ailuk at 137,113

Japanese Ships
SS RO-66, hits 5

Allied Ships
SC PC-579
DD Nicholas
SC PC-580

must be quite a lot of ASW TFs around... it seems as if Mundy is using those to screen his fleet as we seem to have lots of detections on 4 ship TFs a couple of hexes away of the main fleet...


SS RO-66 is sighted by escort
DD Nicholas fails to find sub and abandons search
SC PC-580 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC PC-580 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC PC-580 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC PC-580 attacking submerged sub ....
SC PC-580 cannot establish contact with SS RO-66
SC PC-580 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC PC-580 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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TF 72 encounters mine field at Kwajalein Island (132,115) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

126 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
AM Rail, Shell hits 14, heavy fires, heavy damage
AM Turkey, Shell hits 12, heavy fires, heavy damage
AM Oriole, Shell hits 20, heavy fires, heavy damage
AM Penguin, Shell hits 22, heavy fires, heavy damage

four minesweepers coming in at Kwajalein, most likely one of the targets for an invasion... all four were heavily hit by the CD unit at the base...


Nimur Naval Fortress firing at AM Rail
Nimur Naval Fortress firing at AM Turkey
Nimur Naval Fortress firing at AM Oriole
AM Oriole firing at Nimur Naval Fortress
Nimur Naval Fortress firing at AM Penguin
13 mines cleared


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Sub attack near Ailinglaplap at 133,118




Japanese Ships
SS RO-67

Allied Ships
CV Wasp, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
BB North Carolina
CA Wichita
CL Cleveland
CLAA Juneau
CLAA Atlanta
DD Blue
DD Bagley
DD Clark
DD Phelps

a sub has hit Hornet in this carrier group already and RO-67 now engages CV Wasp with a full spread scoring two hits that leave the carrier heavily damaged... this together with the drain on enemy aircraft yesterday really is a good start of attrition... though I doubt the carrier will sink without taking further damage... it sure is reducing the enemy's combat ability...

the sub gets away unharmed as only Phelps tries to attack the submerged hunter...


SS RO-67 launches 6 torpedoes at CV Wasp
DD Clark fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Phelps attacking submerged sub ....
SS RO-67 eludes DD Phelps by diving deep
SS RO-67 eludes ASW attack from DD Phelps
SS RO-67 eludes DD Phelps by diving deep
Escort abandons search for sub



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ASW attack near Ailuk at 137,114

Japanese Ships
SS RO-64

Allied Ships
BB Washington
CL Columbia
DMS Perry
APA Wayne
APA Sheridan
APA Arthur Middleton
LSI(L) Empire Pride
LSI(M) Prince Henry
APD Dickerson
APD Lawrence
APD Waters
APD Ward
LSD Belle Grove
AK Indus
AK Alnitah
LST-467
LST-462
LST-457
LST-32
xAP William Windom
xAP William R. Davie
xAP William P. McArthur
xAP Trade Wind
xAP Harpoon
xAP Monterey
DD Hammann
DD Anderson
DD Meade
DMS Long

RO-64 then runs into an enemy amphib group that is covered by modern BB Washington... a heavily escorted task force but the sub wasn't even attacked...


SS RO-64 is sighted by escort
DD Hammann fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Anderson fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Meade fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS Long fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Night Naval bombardment of Port Moresby at 98,130

Allied Ships
CL Phoenix
CL Honolulu
DD Ellet
DD Gridley
DD Craven
DD Helm
DD Frazier
DD Laffey
DD Chevalier
DD Abbot

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

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6
Port hits 2

like the 4E milk runs on Port Moresby this seems to be nothing more than distraction but all attention lies on the Marshalls now...


SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Phoenix
CL Phoenix firing at 1st Guards Division
CL Honolulu firing at 1st Guards Division
DD Ellet firing at 1st Guards Division
DD Gridley firing at 1st Guards Division
DD Craven firing at 1st Guards Division
DD Helm firing at 1st Guards Division
DD Frazier firing at 17th Ind.Mixed Brigade
DD Laffey firing at Port Moresby
DD Chevalier firing at 9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
DD Abbot firing at 1st Guards Division


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ASW attack near Ailuk at 137,113

Japanese Ships
SS RO-66, hits 3

Allied Ships
APD Ward
BB Arizona
CL Santa Fe
DMS Perry
APA Wayne
APA George Clymer
APA Arthur Middleton
LSI(M) Prince Henry
APD Dickerson
APD King
APD Talbot
APD Parrott
AK Amador
AK Situla
LST-479
LST-466
LST-461
LST-456
LST-31
xAP William Windom
xAP William R. Davie
xAP Trade Wind
xAP Harpoon
DD Hammann
DD Anderson
DD Meade
DMS Long

the same amphib TF that was attacked earlier is again targetted, old BB Arizona also spotted... that's the downside of a non Pearl Harbour attack on Dec 7th as you have to face those battlewaggons in amphibious operations later on...


SS RO-66 launches 2 torpedoes at APD Ward
DD Hammann fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Anderson fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Meade attacking submerged sub ....
DMS Long attacking submerged sub ....
DMS Long cannot reach attack position over SS RO-66
DMS Long cannot establish contact with SS RO-66
DD Meade fails to find sub and abandons search
DMS Long fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS Long fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS Long fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS Long fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Wotje at 136,115

Japanese Ships
SS I-158, hits 10

Allied Ships
DMS Hamilton
DD Pringle
DD Philip

sub is driven off and damaged, retiring...


SS I-158 is sighted by escort
DD Pringle fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Philip attacking submerged sub ....
DD Philip fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Philip fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Philip fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Philip attacking submerged sub ....
DD Philip is out of ASW ammo
DD Philip is out of ASW ammo
DD Philip is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub


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

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba
CA Kinugasa
CA Furutaka
CA Kako
CL Nagara
CL Natori
DD Akigumo
DD Kagero
DD Kuroshio
DD Oyashio
DD Hatsukaze
DD Natsushio
DD Yukikaze
DD Maikaze

Allied Ships
DD Gwin
DD Lansdowne
DMS Fox
SC PC-1078

that's the heavy cruiser group we've ordered to sprint to Roi Namur to cover the atoll against an enemy naval bombardment which didn't happen... instead the cruisers run into what I think is an ASW force during daylight... Kinugasa fired a couple of 20cm salvos at max distance and the enemy disengaged...


Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards
Range closes to 27,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 27,000 yards
Allied TF attempts to evade combat
Range increases to 28,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 28,000 yards
Range increases to 29,000 yards...
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
CA Kinugasa engages DD Lansdowne at 30,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages DD Gwin at 30,000 yards
Task forces break off...


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Sub attack near Kuroshima at 98,61

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 48

Allied Ships
SS Cisco

Captain of SS Cisco elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
Cisco diving deep ....
SC Ch 48 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 48 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 48 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 48 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 48 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ailuk at 138,111

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 93
B6N2 Jill x 17
D4Y4 Judy x 37

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 1 destroyed by flak
D4Y4 Judy: 15 damaged
D4Y4 Judy: 3 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
BB Washington, Bomb hits 1
BB Arizona, Bomb hits 3
APD Parrott
CA Quincy
BB Indiana, Bomb hits 1

Kido Butai revealed it's position as the carriers launch several strikes today... this is a strike at 8 hexes range so we have moved the carriers too close to the enemy (wanted to start my strikes no earlier than tomorrow) and to my surprise I saw the Jills bombing as I could have bet I were setting all of them to torps which I didn't... means not even KB was revealed but this strike on a big amphib TF with no less than two modern and an old BB was a total waste as the 500kg bombs can't harm the BBs and the hit rate was poor anyways in thunderstorms... flak fire gave the bombers a first taste of what is to come as it was extremely heavy over the ships... not a good start for the carriers...


Aircraft Attacking:
6 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
5 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
16 x B6N2 Jill bombing from 15000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
7 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
2 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
3 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Roi-Namur at 131,113

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 13
B6N2 Jill x 20
D4Y4 Judy x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 2 damaged
D4Y4 Judy: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
DMS Fox
AM Tumult, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AM Token
DD Gwin
AM Requisite
DD Lansdowne
AM Pursuit

really a big number of small task forces being spotted and KB launches strikes in all directions instead of focussing on a big target that could be hurt... seeing my torpedo armed bombers going after 1pt minesweepers and some DDs was really angering me... 20 torps wasted for AM Tumult being sunk...


Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
10 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
1 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Taongi at 135,108

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 52 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 26
D4Y4 Judy x 39

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y4 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
SC PC-579
SC PC-580, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
DD Nicholas, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DMS Dorsey, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage

nearly 40 Judies attacking an ASW force with 800kg bombs, probably killing three ships even though DD Nicholas seems to pretty much shrug off two 800kg bombs...


Aircraft Attacking:
13 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
1 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
6 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
11 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Nicholas
Massive explosion on DMS Dorsey
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring SC PC-580


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Taongi at 134,107

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 13
D4Y4 Judy x 21

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AM Swallow, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
AM Heed, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
AM Herald, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
AM Motive, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

another four ships minesweeper group and all of them take several heavy hits sinking the whole group... again a waste considering we are in range of a huge amphib task force full of loaden troop carriers...


Aircraft Attacking:
9 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
6 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
2 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 10000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AM Heed


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ailuk at 138,111

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D4Y4 Judy x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y4 Judy: 1 damaged
D4Y4 Judy: 2 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
BB Washington
BB Indiana
BB Arizona

... which is attacked by that group of Judies again that all missed with their 500kg bombs and lost halve of the bombers to flak...


Aircraft Attacking:
2 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Roi-Namur at 131,113

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N2 Jill x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Lansdowne
DMS Fox

target aquisition in this game... so many times it feels so wonky when you have 100% identified BBs being attacked by bomb carrying bombers and those that carry torps fly 340 miles the opposite direction to attack minesweepers or DDs with torps...


Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp



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

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

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

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 42
Ki-84a Frank x 81

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
FM-1 Wildcat x 16
F6F-3 Hellcat x 41
SB2C-1C Helldiver x 16
SBD-3 Dauntless x 44
SBD-5 Dauntless x 7
TBF-1 Avenger x 100

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
FM-1 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed
SB2C-1C Helldiver: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
SBD-5 Dauntless: 2 destroyed
SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
TBF-1 Avenger: 18 destroyed, 9 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Nasusan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CL Natori, Bomb hits 4, on fire
CA Aoba
CL Nagara
CA Kako
CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Nitiai Maru
xAK Nitiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Uji Maru, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Taihei Maru
DD Kagero
PB Yasushima Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

OUCH! My heavy cruisers take position at Roi Namur to cover the base against a naval bombardment during the night and to draw an airstrike into a 120 fighter CAP of Frank/Georges... and it turns out to be another mistake of mine because A) there wasn't an attempt to bombard Roi Namur (and if there would have been, it wouldn't even really matter as I have several airfields in the region) and B) the heavy cruisers attracted such a high attention that they take heavy damage...

while we had great success with 2x80 Franks on CAP yesterday it turns out disastrous today as 120 fighters weren't able to even somewhat reduce the number of bombers to levels my cruisers could sustain... I wasn't afraid of the Avengers as I thought my cruisers could evade them but I knew the dive bombers with their 1000lb bombs would be deadly and that's exactly how it turned out as two of the CA took four hits each...



Aircraft Attacking:
1 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
4 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
16 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
18 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
10 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
8 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
7 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
7 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
8 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
3 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
8 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
5 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
5 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
5 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
1 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
1 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
251 Ku S-1 with N1K2-J George (14 airborne, 28 on standby, 0 scrambling)
14 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
68th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (13 airborne, 28 on standby, 0 scrambling)
13 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
77th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (13 airborne, 27 on standby, 0 scrambling)
13 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CA Furutaka


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ailuk at 138,111

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N2 Jill x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 2 damaged
B6N2 Jill: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
APD Ward
BB Arizona, Torpedo hits 1

the first really succesful strike today flown by a small group of Jills...


Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ailuk at 138,111

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D4Y4 Judy x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y4 Judy: 3 damaged
D4Y4 Judy: 2 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
CA New Orleans
BB Arizona
AK Ascella
BB Indiana, Bomb hits 1

Judies keep trying but at best only scratch the paint on the BBs...


Aircraft Attacking:
5 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ailuk at 138,111

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D4Y4 Judy x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y4 Judy: 3 damaged
D4Y4 Judy: 2 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
BB Arizona
BB Indiana
CA Louisville, Bomb hits 1

more of the same but at least a heavy cruiser takes a hit...


Aircraft Attacking:
1 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
7 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
1 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Taongi at 135,108

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N2 Jill x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
DMS Dorsey, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
SC PC-579
DD Nicholas, heavy fires

OMFG... another 17 torps wasted on an ASW group...


Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Roi-Namur at 131,113

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D4Y4 Judy x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y4 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
DMS Fox
SC PC-1078


Aircraft Attacking:
4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
1 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ailuk at 138,111

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 94 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 78
B6N2 Jill x 74
D4Y4 Judy x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 7 damaged
B6N2 Jill: 1 destroyed by flak
D4Y4 Judy: 1 damaged
D4Y4 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
BB Indiana, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2
BB Arizona, Bomb hits 1
APD Stringham
CL Santa Fe
BB Washington, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, heavy damage
CA New Orleans
CL Columbia
CA Quincy
xAP William P. McArthur, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
APA Sheridan

Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 12 (8 destroyed, 4 disabled)

afternoon strikes now... again bad weather but at least not thunderstorms again... this time we have torpedo carrying Jills in the attack and they score several hits on the BBs while modern BB Washington takes three and is left heavily damaged... noted several non penetrating belt armor hits of torps in this campaign already, it's always a die roll in this mod if a torp actually penetrates or not... same with the 800kg bombs, they don't always penetrate BBs armor...


Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
16 x B6N2 Jill bombing from 15000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
16 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
12 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
12 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
12 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
5 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb



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

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 118 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 39 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 40
B6N2 Jill x 33
D4Y4 Judy x 36

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 8 damaged
B6N2 Jill: 2 destroyed by flak
D4Y4 Judy: 1 damaged
D4Y4 Judy: 2 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB Idaho, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2
BB Mississippi, Bomb hits 3
BB New Mexico, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk
LST-474, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
BB Pennsylvania, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 5, on fire
AK Autauga, Torpedo hits 1
CA Vincennes
CA Indianapolis

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

that's another amphib group and this one is hit hard in good weather as many torps hit home... BB New Mexiko already confirmed sunk and I bet Pennsylvania won't survive either... again two or three torps in total not able to penetrate the belt armor... the 500kg bombs only damaged the LST...


Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
8 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb
8 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb
6 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb
4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring LST-474


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Roi-Namur at 131,113

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D4Y4 Judy x 19

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
DD Lansdowne, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DMS Fox, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
SC PC-1078, Bomb hits 1, on fire

those small ship task forces really take away a lot of KB's strike power...


Aircraft Attacking:
8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
5 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
6 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Lansdowne
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DMS Fox


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ailuk at 138,111

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 13
B6N2 Jill x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 5 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Arizona, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
BB Washington, heavy damage
CA New Orleans
APD Dent

Arizona takes another two... it must start to become ugly to watch for the enemy...


Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp



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

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 38
Ki-84a Frank x 79

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 41
FM-1 Wildcat x 15
F6F-3 Hellcat x 37
SB2C-1C Helldiver x 11
SBD-3 Dauntless x 37
TBF-1 Avenger x 52

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
FM-1 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed
SB2C-1C Helldiver: 1 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 10 destroyed
TBF-1 Avenger: 5 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Kako, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CA Furutaka, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Taihei Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Aoba
DD Hatsukaze
CL Nagara, Bomb hits 1
DD Kuroshio
DD Oyashio
xAK Nasusan Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

while this was ugly to watch for me as Kako takes another penetrating 1000lb bomb... she and Furutaka suffered high sys dam and heavy fires while not much eng/flt, doubt I will be able to save them... it was a smaller strike than in the morning and CAP was doing it's best increasing today's tally...


Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
1 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
7 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
3 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
7 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
1 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
5 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
1 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
8 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
5 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
2 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
3 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
251 Ku S-1 with N1K2-J George (10 airborne, 28 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
68th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (13 airborne, 27 on standby, 0 scrambling)
13 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
77th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (13 airborne, 26 on standby, 0 scrambling)
13 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ailuk at 138,111

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N2 Jill x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Indiana, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
BB Washington, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
APA Sumter
DD Anderson
CA New Orleans

really seems like it's the rather small strikes that really hurt the enemy today as both Indiana and Washington shouldn't survive these strikes... BANZAI! intensity of flak fire isn't comparable anymore to what it was during the first strikes...

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp



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Pre-Invasion action off Kwajalein Island (132,115) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

136 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 9
BB West Virginia
BB Colorado
BB Maryland
CL Detroit, Shell hits 1
CL Raleigh
DD Buchanan
DD Monssen
LCI-24
LCI-63
DD Duncan
LCI-62

Japanese ground losses:
497 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 34 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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

and then the enemy lands on Kwajalein... at the end of the day? we still have 130+ mines there that did nothing...

Nimur Naval Fortress firing at BB Massachusetts
BB Massachusetts firing at Nimur Naval Fortress
Nimur Naval Fortress firing at BB West Virginia
BB West Virginia firing at Nimur Naval Fortress
BB Colorado firing at Kure 3rd SNLF
BB Maryland firing at Nimur Naval Fortress
CL Detroit firing at Nimur Naval Fortress
Nimur Naval Fortress firing at CL Detroit
CL Raleigh firing at Nimur Naval Fortress
Nimur Naval Fortress firing at CL Raleigh
DD Buchanan firing at 23rd Nav Gd Unit
DD Monssen firing at 23rd Nav Gd Unit
DD Buchanan fired at enemy troops
DD Monssen fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards


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Amphibious Assault at Kwajalein Island (132,115)

TF 5 troops unloading over beach at Kwajalein Island, 132,115

Allied ground losses:
110 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 15 (0 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (0 destroyed, 8 disabled)

no doubt the enemy is 100% prepared for the target...


13 troops of a USA 43 Rifle Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 24th Infantry Div /2
13 troops of a USA 43 Rifle Squad lost overboard during unload of 24th Infantry Div /4


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Ground combat at Kwajalein Island (132,115)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5716 troops, 80 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 183

Defending force 13493 troops, 277 guns, 388 vehicles, Assault Value = 640

Japanese ground losses:
1079 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 47 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 15 (4 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
141 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (3 destroyed, 1 disabled)

one of the features I hate so much in the game, counter battery fire... so silly, so unrealistic, just a stupid overflow of some routine... the enemy lands which triggers a bombardment by all my units that result in "counter battery fire" of the landing units that instantly renders a whole nav guard unit useless... sitting behind level 5 forts...

Assaulting units:
Kure 3rd SNLF
83rd Naval Guard Unit
23rd Nav Gd Unit
Nimur Naval Fortress

Defending units:
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
34th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
102nd Cmbt Engineer Regiment
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
138th(Sep) Infantry Rgt /4
24th Infantry Div /3
1st USMC Tank Bn /5
198th FA Bn /2
30th Field Artillery Regiment
XIV US Corps /11


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Ground combat at Kwajalein Island (132,115)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 12686 troops, 274 guns, 385 vehicles, Assault Value = 629

Defending force 4873 troops, 74 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 113

Allied adjusted assault: 2

Japanese adjusted defense: 79

Allied assault odds: 1 to 39 (fort level 5)

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

Japanese ground losses:
858 casualties reported
Squads: 61 destroyed, 39 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 20 (12 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
5460 casualties reported
Squads: 163 destroyed, 40 disabled
Non Combat: 97 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 109 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 90 (64 destroyed, 26 disabled)
Vehicles lost 222 (175 destroyed, 47 disabled)

then the attacker shock attacks and is shred to pieces... we also lose halve of our garrison but the forts hold but the enemy really takes a beating... landing at the end of the day wasn't a good idea here as not all troops are on the beaches and not enough supply was unloaded... even if it's usuall impossible to hold such a small atoll it seems we have a chance here if we manage to bring reinforcements... no matter the outcome, the enemy has already suffered more losses in death than we even had troops on the atoll, that's exactly the way we want to wage war and it pretty much mirrors the intention of the Japanese in WWII...

after a year of IJ victories followed by months of Sitzkrieg the battle is really on now...


Assaulting units:
138th(Sep) Infantry Rgt /4
102nd Cmbt Engineer Regiment
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
24th Infantry Div /3
34th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
1st USMC Tank Bn /5
198th FA Bn /2
30th Field Artillery Regiment
XIV US Corps /11

Defending units:
Kure 3rd SNLF
83rd Naval Guard Unit
23rd Nav Gd Unit
Nimur Naval Fortress


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RE: AAR 1943 - 6/21/2020 10:25:44 PM   
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RE: AAR 1943 - 6/22/2020 3:35:04 AM   
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RE: AAR 1943 - 6/22/2020 8:34:09 AM   
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