Slitherine

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Morning Air attack on Townsville , at 92,144

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 110 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 43 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 40
G3M2 Nell x 27

Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed
A-24 Banshee: 1 destroyed on ground
Wirraway: 1 destroyed on ground

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

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 40


Morning Air attack on Townsville , at 92,144

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 34
G3M2 Nell x 20

Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 41

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
G3M2 Nell: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4



Morning Air attack on Townsville , at 92,144

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 92 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24

Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 4 destroyed

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Don't use the Catalinas as bombers where he has lots of fighters.

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Morning Air attack on 15th Guards Regiment, at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 9
Blenheim IF x 3
Buffalo I x 2
Hudson IIIa x 6

No Allied losses

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


Morning Air attack on 1st RTA Division, at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
93 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Morning Air attack on 1st RTA Division, at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kandavu Island at 133,164

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 32
E7K2 Alf x 1
F1M2 Pete x 1

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 10
SBD-1 Dauntless x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
F1M2 Pete: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
SBD-1 Dauntless: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CV Akagi

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Suva at 132,160

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 109 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 31
B5N2 Kate x 26
D3A1 Val x 9

Allied aircraft
P-36A Mohawk x 13
P-39D Airacobra x 38
F4F-3 Wildcat x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 7 destroyed, 4 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CL Concord, Bomb hits 3, on fire
DM Preble
DD Rathburne

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Suva at 132,160

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 119 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 44 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 25
B5N2 Kate x 13
D3A1 Val x 10

Allied aircraft
P-36A Mohawk x 9
P-39D Airacobra x 29
F4F-3 Wildcat x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged
D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CL Concord
xAP Malaita
xAK Steel Navigator, Bomb hits 1, on fire

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

The pilots are not always lost.

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ORIGINAL: runnersan

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

The pilots are not always lost.

True, but strike power of CV is going lower and lower... I'm starting to think about little carrier attack or surface TF raid.
This day he lost another 12 fighters.

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ORIGINAL: runnersan

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

The pilots are not always lost.

True, but strike power of CV is going lower and lower... I'm starting to think about little carrier attack or surface TF raid.
This day he lost another 12 fighters.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Suva at 132,160, Range 5,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Kinugasa
CL Sendai
DD Urakaze, Shell hits 2
DD Kasumi

Allied Ships
CL Concord, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Talbot, Shell hits 1
DD Kilty
DD Rathburne, Shell hits 2, on fire
DM Breese, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
DM Tracy
DM Preble, Shell hits 1

Reduced visibility due to Rain with 67% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Rain and 67% moonlight: 6,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 5,000 yards
Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 5,000 yards

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ORIGINAL: Bif1961

Like you I am the Allies and about 2 months ahead, so the Japanese amphibious bonus has ended. I lost 2 carriers a week into the conflict and I inflicted no damage to his carriers. However, I would like to think I am holding my own now and his offensive might have slowed a bit and my reinforcements start to trickle in and soon will be a steadier flow and then a torrent by 44. Don't lose heart but also don't lose any more carriers until you get the Hornet and Wasp to replace your earlier loses. I have lost all of Burma except Akyab, all of Sumatra except a few isolated Dutch units, most of Java except Batavia and the mountain redoubt, all of Luzon except Clark AFB and Bataan, and almost all of DEI. Once he finishes up at Luzon and Java-Sumatra he will have the forces available to go for something new, like India or OZ. So build your defenses their and husband your fighter squadrons that won't be withdrawn and use those that will to try and slow him down and deplete his forces.

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

If I remember correctly, those fighter units that you get early in Australia that get withdrawn early, the planes are sent back to the stockpile if undamaged. If they are damaged, they might get repaired or not then sent to the reserve pool. So don't waste them.

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

You can use them, just don't waste them. The same thing with any other aircraft since you can always save the pilots.

If the enemy attacked New Zealand and still in the area, you know where to put your subs as well as night naval searches. If you have the ships and he does not have a lot of surface combat TFs, then make lots of small 2 DD TFs and send them in on low aggression, especially if they should have radar, on low visibility nights. Race in and race back to where there is fighter protection.

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ORIGINAL: Bif1961

Looks like most of your formations are north of his largest landing at Rockhampton, so you rail to Bowen and combined into larger formations, like territorial Divisions and move south to attack him at Rockhampton and move up from Brisbane to get him in a vice or combine your forces north of Rockhampton and use interior hard surface roads to bypass him and moves south to join up with your forces there abandoning anything north of Brisbane. As you rightly pointed out you don't have the air force on the ground to face up to his KB if it continues to linger in the area and he moves additional air support into the bases he captures and builds up Rockhampton. Good luck and my opponent might do the same thing to me that yours is doing to you.

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

I think that the "Line of Death" as far as special Allied reinforcements for Australia is one hex south of Brisbane. If you can somehow push even just one small Japanese unit there, it will pay off.

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Night Naval bombardment of Brisbane at 96,160

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 4 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed on ground
Hudson I: 9 damaged
Hudson I: 1 destroyed on ground
Hudson III (LR): 1 damaged
Hudson III (LR): 1 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro
BB Mutsu
BB Haruna
CA Chokai

Allied ground losses:
129 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Fires 6
Airbase hits 8
Runway hits 23
Port fuel hits 1

BB Yamashiro firing at 7th Armoured Brigade
BB Mutsu firing at Brisbane
BB Haruna firing at Brisbane
CA Chokai firing at Brisbane

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ORIGINAL: Runnersan

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

I think that the "Line of Death" as far as special Allied reinforcements for Australia is one hex south of Brisbane. If you can somehow push even just one small Japanese unit there, it will pay off.

Will be hard. I got bad feeling that he will move to the Line of Death when he will complete his conquest of DEI. Then He will activate my additional units and wait near Cape Town entry point with carriers. Thats my little nightmare...

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

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ORIGINAL: Runnersan

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

I think that the "Line of Death" as far as special Allied reinforcements for Australia is one hex south of Brisbane. If you can somehow push even just one small Japanese unit there, it will pay off.

Will be hard. I got bad feeling that he will move to the Line of Death when he will complete his conquest of DEI. Then He will activate my additional units and wait near Cape Town entry point with carriers. Thats my little nightmare...

The units from Cape Town can go to Aden with very little on map movement. Send them from Cape Town to Aden, thence to Karachi. That gives you a decent force to move into Burma to support China.

For Java, just move to the one base in the mountains that is not along a coast. Disband your air units so you don't lose them, they should show up in Aden. If nothing else, even with the very limited Dutch pool of aircraft and pilots, those can perform security and searches in the rear areas.

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round combat at Bowen (93,147)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12395 troops, 98 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 728

Defending force 23694 troops, 231 guns, 258 vehicles, Assault Value = 800

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

Assaulting units:
4th Division
38th Division

Defending units:
2/5th Armoured Regiment
2/11th Armoured Car Regiment
14th Australian Brigade
3rd Motor Brigade
6th Australian Brigade
18th British Division
I Australian Corps
Bowen RAN Base Force

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Afternoon Air attack on Sydney , at 90,167

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 92 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23
B5N2 Kate x 20
D3A1 Val x 12

Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 39

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 10 destroyed, 1 damaged
D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

Keep some units in strategic mode on the railroads for rapid reinforcement. Especially armour against paratroopers who don't take the base on the day that they drop in.

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ORIGINAL: CaptBeefheart

It looks like you anticipated the move into Oz quite well (albeit getting hit at Sydney on December 7 made his intentions look fairly obvious), what with the British units present. I'd be worried about letting him cut off your forces to the north, though. How's your supply at Bowen and Townsville?