Luskan
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Well, while prong 2 stumbled, and prong three is running bloody late, prong 1 has finally struck. Not nearly as well as I hoped, but they launched from too far out,so the kates carried bombs (and the vals were all still standing down on my order - nothing worse than a forgetful commander). However, my float planes (of several cs ships) did quite well and I only lost two float planes for the whole surprise attack - at Changdur where Raver had dozens of transports sitting around. Those transports are now under seige, they won't be able to leave the port (or I'll bitch slap them) to carry troops and supplies either south to malaya or perhaps to fuel the counter invasion forming up at perth. My pilots report 13 aks, 1 ap and 1 tk are damaged, and on fire.
Any enemy shipping passing colombo will be found and sunk - hopefully the slow old hermes and a few old british bbs are out to be sunk as well. In the meantime, my victorious units crushed Raver's defence at moulmein in a bloody battle and are pressing onwards towards rangoon. With my cvs preventing reinforcement, this operation is going to work brilliantly, and I can peel Raver's troops away from the coast - garrison it strong enough to make it impossible for him to retake without shipping in more troops, and basically take the overland supply route from India off the railway line and force it through the Burmese jungle trails. This excellent development here was mirrored by my troops kicking Retreating-Raver's demolished chinese army yet further down the line, and splitting them in two. Half retreated to Kwielin (sp) which is off the railway line, and small and vulnerable (I'll be taking that without too much trouble and the troops there are going to surrender when I do I bet). The other half continue down the railway towards Canton - where I havea second army preventing their escape to Wuchow (which will be a much tougher nut to crack - but without these troops trapped on the railway, Raver can't hold out there forever). China is going very very well indeed.
Especially near Homan, where Raver has sent 4 large units out of Homan (which still has over 100k chinese troops in it) and down the railway line where my elite divisions were waiting for them. I'm going to smack this 50k of chinese troops really hard, and chase them back into Homan, and then I'll probably have to wait for my extra divisions (stripped from very far away manchuria before the beginning of the war - I still have just enough to keep the russkies peaceful) to end Raver's resistance there.
In the P.I. Lingayen fell easily enough and now the road is open to Clark. With Raver trying to defend in too many places at once (naga, tugererao) Clark should be weaker than usual. Especially since I'm going to be attacking the place from two sides now.
My 2nd cv division slipped back into the pacific after the disappointing prong 2 raid at pearl (aborted). However they culled 20 b17es (raver also lost 18 b17cs on the ground when Davao fell). So far so good I guess. Perhaps they can interdict enemy shipping into pearl, or between pearl and Oz.
Dandriff Prong 2 failed in its first stage, and unfortunately, this puts prong 2's second stage in doubt (can't reveal the plan because I still might try it) just that the problem is that Pearls' air defences had to be neutralised for it to work.
Dandriff Prong 1 never had a second stage. All those ships have to do is keep hitting helpless, unprotected shoips in port, and force them out onto the ocean where they're even easier to sink, and prevent indian transports and reinforcements making it into the SRA.
Prong 3 plods along at a snails pace (fingers crossed). If Raver isn't ready for the **** to hit the fan, things will be ok. Unfortunately with prong two failing so miserably (and now he's detected that cv group he knows that something is up) he will be ready for prong 3. If I get the slightest inkling that he is ready for it, I'm pulling the plug. The risk is just too great. However, reports are that Raver's cvs are off sailing somewhere far away, and that is always good news for Prong 3.
As for the ASW in the game. I have sunk 5 of raver's subs. The first 4 were old, dutch bits of tin and wood hammered together with a bit of blue tac - and they were all sunk in base hexes in very shallow water. However Raver's us subs have been operating in extremely shallow water in base hexes (my bases that is) and doing excellently. They have sunk 1 ship per turn of the war using these tactics and it is going to end up winning the war for him lnog before the allied subs won the war for them. I have lost about 9 subs, all in deep water over 120 miles out from pearl. The asw needs to do worse in deep water, and better in shallow, and subs need egt less contacts as a whole I think.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/29/41
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ASW attack at 46,48
Japanese Ships
PG Shinko Maru #3
PG Kozan Maru
APD APD-46
PG Chitose Maru
Allied Ships
SS Seawolf
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ASW attack near Vigan at 44,49
Japanese Ships
DD Fumizuki
DD Nagatsuki
DD Satsuki
CA Maya
DD Minazuki
DD Samidare
DD Yudachi
DD Harusame
DD Murasame
DD Asagumo
DD Minegumo
DD Natsugumo
Allied Ships
SS Saury, hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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Air attack on Chandpur , at 30,25
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
B5N Kate x 63
E13A1 Jake x 21
Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Robert Luckenbach, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Paul Luckenbach, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Ben Nevis, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Seal, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Montgomery City, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Empire Ridley, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Hawksbill, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Montanan, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Texan, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Empire Hunter, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Oregonian, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Empire Baxter, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Steel Engineer, Bomb hits 1
TK Pleiodon, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Talthibius, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
27 x B5N Kate bombing at 15000 feet
19 x B5N Kate bombing at 15000 feet
12 x B5N Kate bombing at 15000 feet
5 x B5N Kate bombing at 15000 feet
4 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
9 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
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Air attack on TF at 27,65
Allied aircraft
T.IVa x 7
Allied aircraft losses
T.IVa: 4 destroyed, 4 damaged
Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CA Haguro
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x T.IVa bombing at 5000 feet
3 x T.IVa bombing at 5000 feet
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Air attack on TF at 27,65
Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 3
Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet
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Air attack on Georgetown , at 23,44
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 18
Ki-48 Lily x 26
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
7 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
8 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
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Air attack on Tuguegarao , at 46,50
Japanese aircraft
C5M Babs x 1
Ki-30 Ann x 26
Ki-15 Babs x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Air attack on TF at 27,65
Allied aircraft
T.IVa x 2
Allied aircraft losses
T.IVa: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
CA Nachi
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x T.IVa bombing at 5000 feet
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Air attack on TF at 27,65
Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 3
Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
CA Atago
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 15000 feet
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Air attack on TF, near Khota Bharu at 24,45
Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 2
no losses
Japanese Ships
AK Hakonesan Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Wirraway bombing at 2000 feet
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Air attack on TF, near Khota Bharu at 24,45
Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 15
Blenheim I x 6
Blenheim IV x 6
Hudson I x 5
no losses
Japanese Ships
AK Hakonesan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Hakka Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Tetsuzan Maru
AP Hakusika Maru
Japanese ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet
2 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Ground combat at Naga
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 34204 troops, 401 guns, 24 vehicles
Defending force 11559 troops, 111 guns, 10 vehicles
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese ground losses:
398 casualties reported
Guns lost 18
Vehicles lost 2
Allied ground losses:
143 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
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Ground combat at 44,39
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 29539 troops, 294 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 32108 troops, 86 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
148 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
Allied ground losses:
225 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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Ground combat at 40,61
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 3854 troops, 24 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 1888 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Lingayen
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 15581 troops, 189 guns, 156 vehicles
Defending force 674 troops, 4 guns, 1 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 426 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Lingayen base !!!
Allied ground losses:
137 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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