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The Big One Redux - Grraven Vs. Jon - 8/30/2004 8:17:20 PM   
Jon_Hal

 

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Status: offline 		Due to game errors cropping up in our first WiTP BPEM game Grraven and I decided to start over again fresh with version 1.21, Scenario 1. The whole war.. Hopefully this one won’t go south on us. So, without further ado I present World War 2.

Admiral Kimmel jerked awake in his bed. Nervously he looked around before relaxing back into his bed. It was all a Dream, a horrible nightmare. The Japanese attack, the sinking of the Enterprise, the invasion of the Philippines. The whole last month just a nightmare.
He chuckled at his own foolishness. Of course the Japanese wouldn’t attack at Pearl. The idea was absurd. Just as he began to sink back into his bed, he heard the droning of aircraft in the distance. Wasn’t it to early for air drills? He rolled over and looked at the Calendar. It was Sunday morning Dec 7th, 1941.

Air Raid Pearl Harbor! The damage is about what I expected and no worse. He scores better then he did last game. Worse off are the PBYs , I’m going to need every PBY I can get my hands on. I also cringe at the inevitable air attacks tomorrow.


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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 112,68

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 76
D3A Val x 126
B5N Kate x 143

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 6
P-26A x 8
P-36A Mohawk x 5
P-40B Tomahawk x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 17 destroyed, 3 damaged
D3A Val: 21 destroyed, 35 damaged
B5N Kate: 26 destroyed, 28 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 17 destroyed, 2 damaged
P-26A: 15 destroyed
P-36A Mohawk: 26 destroyed, 16 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 76 destroyed, 45 damaged
PBY Catalina: 40 destroyed, 56 damaged
SBD Dauntless: 11 destroyed, 12 damaged
B-18A Bolo: 20 destroyed, 22 damaged
A-20B Boston: 3 destroyed, 6 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 3 destroyed, 15 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Detroit, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DM Preble, Bomb hits 1, on fire
BB California, Bomb hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB West Virginia, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Pennsylvania, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
BB Tennessee, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CL Raleigh, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CA San Francisco, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
CL Helena, Bomb hits 1
BB Arizona, Bomb hits 6, on fire
BB Maryland, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Nevada, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CL Honolulu, Bomb hits 1
CL Phoenix, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Dewey, Bomb hits 1, on fire
PT PT-22, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Phelps, Bomb hits 1


Allied ground losses:
111 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 57
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 162


Philipines

Heavy Japanese air attack on Clark’s Field

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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 72
G3M Nell x 36
G4M1 Betty x 51
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

Allied aircraft
P-26A x 3
P-35A x 4
P-40B Tomahawk x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-26A: 15 destroyed, 7 damaged
P-35A: 15 destroyed, 13 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 21 destroyed, 11 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 16 destroyed, 9 damaged
B-17C Fortress: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 30
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 114


Wake Island

The Brave Marine Defenders put up a good fight against the attacking Japanese fleet.

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Naval Gun Fire at Wake Island (82,63) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

20 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 3, on fire
CL Yubari, Shell hits 5


Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Naval Gun Fire at Wake Island (82,63) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

37 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
AP Uji Maru, Shell hits 4
AP Tatuharu Maru, Shell hits 8
PG Chokai Maru, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

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Coastal Guns at Wake Island, 82,63, firing at TF 16
TF 16 troops unloading over beach at Wake Island, 82,63


98 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
AK Kongo Maru, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
DD Mochizuki, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kinryu Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Hayate, Shell hits 5, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
319 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Then heavy ground fighting . Hold out there guys..

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Ground combat at Wake Island

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1344 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 1855 troops, 38 guns, 2 vehicles

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0


Japanese ground losses:
198 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

There were heavy Air raids on Singapore and over Malaya. A Bombardment group pounds Mersing and puts troops on the ground. 2 Battleships and smaller warships pound the ground troops. It seems Like the POW will get some action sooner then later. Looks like Grraven isn’t going to let Mersing sit for a bit and he is going straight for the jugular.

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Ground combat at Mersing

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3598 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 2290 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles

Meanwhile south of the Philippines planes spot part of the light KB.

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Day Air attack on TF at 37,63

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 4

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 3
Martin 139 x 3

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CVE Hosho



The Japanese Capture Batan easily and land troops on Tuguegarao, Kuching, Legaspi, Vigan, Jolo, Tarakan, Brunei, Guam

Intel Report.

Judging by the number of planes and patrol sightings we put all six Japanese first line carriers within 150 miles of Pearl Harbor. We estimate that the Japanese light Carrier forces are operating south of the Philippines to support additional landings and cut off the retreat route from the Philippines. At Least 2 Japanese Battleships are involved in the shore attacks on Mersing.

Rather then risking the our Carriers in direct confrontation we are adopting a fall back strategy to keep away from the much larger Japanese carrier force.

Wish me luck

Jon out
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RE: The Big One Redux - Grraven Vs. Jon - 8/30/2004 8:42:11 PM   
String


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RE: The Big One Redux - Grraven Vs. Jon - 8/30/2004 10:19:38 PM   
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Status: offline 		It is true that it is a sad day to invest all that time into something just to have to restart. However I am totally about being fair and things were just getting way out of hand. Shanghai was showing 818 usable Hi with over 64,000 to be repaired. Also one of the bases on Formosa was starting to get really skewed.

I liked the position I was in but hey I would much rather have a fair game than be totally unbalanced.

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RE: The Big One Redux - Grraven Vs. Jon - 8/31/2004 12:11:38 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: String

damn sad you have to go over the whole first month again..


Neither one of us wanted to start over but it seemed like a good idea to do it now rather then have the game completely unravel on us in a couple of months. I know Grraven was happy with his position in the other game and it's not often he gets to sink one of my carriers. :-)

Jon

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RE: The Big One Redux - Grraven Vs. Jon - 8/31/2004 6:19:53 AM   
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The Japanese struck east of Pearl. Hammering the fleet for the second straight day. Fleeing units barely missed the KB, I don’t know why strikes weren’t launched on these east bound units but I’m glad.

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 112,68

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19
D3A Val x 100
B5N Kate x 123

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 1
P-26A x 2
P-36A Mohawk x 1
P-40B Tomahawk x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 15 destroyed, 33 damaged
B5N Kate: 6 destroyed, 52 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 2 destroyed
P-26A: 2 destroyed
P-36A Mohawk: 2 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 9 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 4 destroyed, 7 damaged
PBY Catalina: 2 destroyed
B-18A Bolo: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
SBD Dauntless: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CL Honolulu, Bomb hits 1, on fire
ML Ogalala, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Pennsylvania, Torpedo hits 1
DD Dewey, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Helena, Bomb hits 2, on fire


Allied ground losses:
86 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Repair Shipyard hits 3
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 54
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Strange as it may sound but Pearl Harbor was not the most important action of the day. In Malaya Force Z departed Singapore to meet their destiny. Mersing was still under heavy attack by Japanese Surface forces. Force Z moved in to relieve the pressure.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Mersing at 23,49

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, Shell hits 3, on fire
BB Haruna, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 2
CA Takao, Shell hits 4
CA Atago, Shell hits 2
CL Jintsu
DD Asashio
DD Oshio
DD Michishio, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Arashio, Shell hits 1
DD Akatsuki
DD Hibiki

Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales, Shell hits 2
BC Repulse, Shell hits 1
CL Danae, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
CL Mauritius, Shell hits 1
DD Vampire, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Vendetta, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Stronghold, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Tenedos, Shell hits 1
DD Electra, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Express
DD Jupiter, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Force Z makes it past the Japanese Battleships only to run into more Nip Cruisers With disastrous results.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Mersing at 23,49

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
CA Mikuma, Shell hits 2, on fire
CA Suzuya, Shell hits 1
CA Kumano
DD Maikaze
DD Nowaki, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Arashi, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hagikaze

Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
BC Repulse, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1
CL Mauritius
DD Vendetta, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage
DD Stronghold, on fire
DD Tenedos
DD Electra, on fire
DD Express
DD Jupiter, and is sunk

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Mersing at 23,49

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CA Mikuma, Shell hits 3, on fire
CA Suzuya, Shell hits 1
CA Kumano
DD Maikaze, Shell hits 2
DD Nowaki, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
DD Arashi, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hagikaze

Allied Ships
BC Repulse, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CL Mauritius, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Vendetta, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
DD Stronghold, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Tenedos, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Electra, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Express

I hate those stupid long Lance torps… To add insult to injury as the survivors withdrew the sailed into the sights of I-121


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Sub attack at 22,51

Japanese Ships
SS I-121

Allied Ships
BC Repulse, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Express

All told only 2 destroyers make it out with the Repulse. Disastrous but they fought bravely.

Things aren’t completely bad today. The Lexington strikes the invading fleet off of Wake Island. USN Aviators show why they are some of the world’s best.
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Day Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 82,63

Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 14
SBD Dauntless x 34

Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CL Tenryu, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Mochizuki, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kinryu Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

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Day Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 82,63

Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 16

Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Tenryu, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
CL Tatsuta, Bomb hits 1, on fire

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Day Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 82,63

Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 14
SBD Dauntless x 11

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
PG Chokai Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PG Fukui Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

The Lexington scores well but incoming Subs will probably drive the Lexington’s group south to meet up with Enterprise and hide from KB. The Lexington isn’t in time though.. Wake falls

Ground combat at Wake Island

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 2111 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 1713 troops, 37 guns, 1 vehicles

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Wake Island base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
426 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
1737 casualties reported
Guns lost 38

In the Philippines the light Cruiser Boise strikes out on her own and finds a Japanese Convoy.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Jolo at 38,59

Japanese Ships
AP Ayaha Maru
AP Chihaya Maru
AP Huso Maru
AP Kisogawa Maru, Shell hits 26, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Boise, Shell hits 1

Also an ASW mission is successful

ASW attack at 30,65

Japanese Ships
SS I-165, hits 6, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Stewart
DD Parrott
DD Paul Jones
DD Bulmer

The Japanese also capture Brunei.

While fighting continues at Mersing, Tuguegarao and Naga
Large Air Strikes over Clark’s Field, Hong Kong and Singapore continue. While the AVG surprises the Japanese at Khota Bharu and shoots down several of the attacking bombers.

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Day Air attack on Khota Bharu , at 24,45

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 9
Ki-48 Lily x 13

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 9

It was a long bloody day for both sides but Grraven has a lot more toys to play with then I do at this point.

Jon Out

< Message edited by Jon_Hal -- 8/30/2004 6:26:56 PM >

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RE: The Big One Redux - Grraven Vs. Jon - 9/2/2004 5:05:31 AM   
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The Japanese Fleet Strikes Pearl Harbor again.. Pounding the Pacific fleet for a third straight day. When will this horror end?

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 112,68

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 37
D3A Val x 73
B5N Kate x 95

Allied aircraft
P-26A x 1
P-40B Tomahawk x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 14 destroyed, 27 damaged
B5N Kate: 15 destroyed, 58 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-26A: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB Nevada, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Arizona, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
BB Pennsylvania, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Mercury, Bomb hits 1
BB Tennessee, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB California, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Repair Shipyard hits 3
Port hits 2


However Lexington spends another day near Wake and almost pays the ultimate price.

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Day Air attack on TF at 83,61

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 21

Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 4 destroyed, 6 damaged


Allied Ships
CV Lexington

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Day Air attack on TF at 83,61

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 12

Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged


Allied Ships
CV Lexington
CA Portland

But Lexington gets some Strikes off and pounds the Wake Invasion fleet for the second straight day.

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Day Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 82,63


Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 13
SBD Dauntless x 15


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Kongo Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kinryu Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage


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Day Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 82,63


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 13
TBD Devastator x 12


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Shintoku Maru, on fire, heavy damage
PC Shonon Maru #3, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kotobuki Maru #3, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PG Fukui Maru, on fire, heavy damage


Grraven won’t have many ships left from that Invasion fleet. It’s not a major loss to him but the victory is a good moral booster back home as the Lady Lex avoids almost 30 Nells. Time to pull back before KB takes off after me.

In Malaya the Japanese continue to land at Mersing.. The Singapore Air force takes off and scores well.

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Day Air attack on TF, near Mersing at 23,49


Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 5
Buffalo I x 20
Blenheim IV x 10


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Nagara Maru, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW W.2
AK Sasako Maru

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Day Air attack on TF, near Mersing at 23,49


Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 4
Buffalo I x 18
Vildebeest IV x 21
Blenheim IV x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest IV: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Daifuku Maru
AK Akita Maru
AP Mogamigawa Maru
AK Kinka Maru
AP Ryugi Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Nagara Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kasui Maru
AK Nako Maru
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Day Air attack on TF at 26,47


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Putting Bombs on the Mogami is a special revenge for the lost POW.

But that is not the end of the Mogami’s troubles.. Much like the Repulse a sub scores on the fleeing Cruiser

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Sub attack at 26,47

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KXVII

The Mogami slips beneath the waves and the Prince of Wales is slightly avenged as the Japanese loss their largest ship of the war so far.

The Japanese swing back at Singapore but find some of the AVG has taken up shop. I like seeing those unescorted bombers.

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 76

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 14
P-40B Tomahawk x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 45 destroyed, 22 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 2 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 7 destroyed, 3 damaged
B-17C Fortress: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 31

South of the Philippines there are reports that the Dutch planted a bomb through the flight deck of a Jap carrier.

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Day Air attack on TF at 37,64

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 4

Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVE Taiyo, Bomb hits 1

Japanese Subs find a fleeing minelayer

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Sub attack at 22,50

Japanese Ships
SS I-160

Allied Ships
ML Pro Patria, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Meanwhile the Boise slips in and takes another transport

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarakan at 33,61

Japanese Ships
AP Choko Maru, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
AP Giyu Maru
AP Gosei Maru

Allied ShipsCL Boise

My PT boats move into action in the Philippines and are wiped out

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Vigan at 44,49

Japanese Ships
CL Naka
DD Natsugumo
DD Minegumo
DD Asagumo
DD Murasame
DD Harusame
DD Yudachi
DD Samidare

Allied Ships
PT PT-31, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
PT PT-32
PT PT-33, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
PT PT-34
PT PT-35, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT PT-41, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Vigan at 44,49

Japanese Ships
CL Naka, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Natsugumo
DD Minegumo
DD Asagumo
DD Murasame
DD Harusame
DD Yudachi
DD Samidare

Allied Ships
PT PT-32, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT PT-34, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
PT PT-41, and is sunk

The best they could do was put a torp into a light Cruiser.


Meanwhile the Japanese Capture Guam and Jolo.

Heavy fighting continues for Naga, Tuguegarao, Mersing, Vigan, and Kuching.

Air to Air losses had to hurt the Japanese today as the lost 22 planes in air to air combat and 27! To flak. Losses to date include some 27 Nells. Nothing to slow him down but it’s nice to know I can still pin **** the Japanese juggernought.

Jon Out

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RE: The Big One Redux - Grraven Vs. Jon - 9/2/2004 7:26:59 PM   
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Status: offline 		Sorry to hear about the restart.. but it sounds like you guys are already into the thick of things. Sounds Like Grraven has learned and will capture Mersing soon.
Brave move attacking with Force Z like that. Those Long Lances are death to allied warships

thanks again for the AAR. I look forward to reading more as the war progresses

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RE: The Big One Redux - Grraven Vs. Jon - 9/4/2004 3:17:38 AM   
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Dec 10th finds the KB still around Pearl and still pounding away at the battleships there.

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 112,68

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 68
D3A Val x 90
B5N Kate x 88

Allied aircraft
P-26A x 1
P-40B Tomahawk x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 10 destroyed, 30 damaged
B5N Kate: 25 destroyed, 45 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-26A: 2 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 5 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Pennsylvania, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage
BB California, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Repair Shipyard hits 2
Port hits 4


In Malaya the Singapore Air force launches air attacks on the transports at Mersing.

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Day Air attack on TF, near Mersing at 23,49


Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 6
Buffalo I x 15
Vildebeest IV x 14
Blenheim IV x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 2 damaged
Vildebeest IV: 4 damaged
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AK Akita Maru
AP Ryugi Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kasui Maru
AP Ayatosan Maru
AK Nako Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Asama Maru, Torpedo hits 1

And the inevitable counter attack

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
G3M Nell x 57

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 9
P-40B Tomahawk x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed
G3M Nell: 9 destroyed, 24 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 18 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-17C Fortress: 3 destroyed, 12 damaged
Vildebeest IV: 7 destroyed, 4 damaged
Blenheim IV: 2 destroyed
Swordfish: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 45

The Japanese Capture Kuching, Making and Mersing! Mersing is a hard loss considering last game but it’s not unexpected. The Aussies put up such a fight last game that I figured Grraven would come after it sooner.

Fighting Continues at Naga, Tuguegarao, Tarkan, Vigan and Hong Kong. Over Hong Kong the AVG takes a toll on attacking planes

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Day Air attack on Hong Kong , at 43,42

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 5
Ki-51 Sonia x 8

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 13 destroyed, 3 damaged


Port hits 2

Japanese Air attacks continue across the board. Hitting Clark’s Field and several other bases. Other then that all I can do is hope that the KB leaves Pearl while I still have a battlefleet.


Jon Out

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RE: The Big One Redux - Grraven Vs. Jon - 9/4/2004 5:59:49 PM   
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Good news is recon units show KB retreating to the NW, presumably to meet up with their tankers and refuel. We will probably keep fleets out of Pearl and on the West Coast till we can know for sure whether KB intends to return to Japan and replenish it’s air groups or refuel and hit Pearl again.

In the DEI a Jap sub hits one of the Escaping Force Z light Cruisers and sends her to the bottom

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Sub attack near Muntok at 21,55

Japanese Ships
SS I-166

Allied Ships
CL Mauritius, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

In return an Allied Sub puts a fish into a Japanese Cruiser east of Malaya.

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Sub attack near Pescadores at 47,43

Japanese Ships
CA Ashigara, Torpedo hits 1

Allied Ships
SS S-38

Over Hong Kong Japanese Bombers return and the AVG puts up a fight.

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Day Air attack on Hong Kong , at 43,42

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 12
Ki-21 Sally x 15

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 6 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 damaged

Port hits

A swarm of Martin 139s attack the Baby KB south of the Philippines and score a hit. IF the pilots are to be believed that’s two CVE’s hit in the span of three days.

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Day Air attack on TF at 37,64

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 8

Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVE Hosho, Bomb hits 1

At Singapore the Allied Air Force takes off

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Day Air attack on TF, near Mersing at 23,49

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 14

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 4
Buffalo I x 10
Vildebeest IV x 3
Blenheim IV x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 1 damaged
Buffalo I: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Vildebeest IV: 1 damaged
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
MSW W.1
MSW W.2
AP Ayatosan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

However oddly enough no Japanese Bombers are seen over Singapore. Could this mean that Ggraven is building up his forces before returning?

Ground Combat Continues at Homg Kong, Tuguegarao, Vigan, Naga and Tarkan but no Bases fell to the Japanese today.

In China our forces are concentrating. Japanese Forces look like they are on the way to Yenen.

Jon out

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RE: The Big One Redux - Grraven Vs. Jon - 9/5/2004 5:57:02 AM   
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Today was a slow day. I think Grraven is pulling back a little in preparation for his next big round of invasions.

The Japanese Bomb Singapore and Clark’s field but encounter air opposition at Clarks.

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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 77
G3M Nell x 31
G4M1 Betty x 45
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
P-35A x 1
P-40B Tomahawk x 8
P-40E Warhawk x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 8 destroyed
G3M Nell: 2 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 6 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-35A: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 10 destroyed, 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 24


Planes in Malaya continue to attack the Japanese fleet but score little this turn. Only a couple of bomb hits reported on Transports.

Recon shows the KB North of Midway and also shows the baby KB heading south, perhaps towards Kendari.


The Japanese continuer attacking

Japanese forces CAPTURE Victoria Point base !!!

While heavy fighting continues at Hong Kong, Tuguegarao, Naga, Tarakan, Vigan


Jon out

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RE: The Big One Redux - Grraven Vs. Jon - 9/5/2004 7:00:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		It seems like you two have come back out swinging. I can't tell for sure but it looks like you've both lost more ships so far compaired to the last game. Thanks again for the great AAR, it's one of the most readable here.

Jon it seems like you are jumping around your AVG alot more.. why is that?

Ggraven, you don't seem to be moving so fast in China?

Thanks again. I'm getting so many good tips just reading you two



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RE: The Big One Redux - Grraven Vs. Jon - 9/5/2004 9:34:02 AM   
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Status: offline 		I am moving in China. Its just not apperant yet what I'm doing. I am thinking that within the next few days you should see more activity in that region.

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RE: The Big One Redux - Grraven Vs. Jon - 9/5/2004 5:02:37 PM   
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ORIGINAL: grraven2004

I am moving in China. Its just not apperant yet what I'm doing. I am thinking that within the next few days you should see more activity in that region.


And I'll see what I can do to put the brakes on his dreams of imperial expansion.

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RE: The Big One Redux - Grraven Vs. Jon - 9/6/2004 3:21:45 AM   
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With KB gone for now I put my ASW to work at Pearl

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Sub attack at 111,68

Japanese Ships
SS I-172, hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DMS Hovey
DD Aylwin
DD Monaghan
DMS Boggs

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Sub attack near Lokai at 112,69

Japanese Ships
SS I-1, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Chew
DD Litchfield
DMS Trevor
DMS Zane

Not much but it’s a start.

Meanwhile at Brunei Allied Destroyers find un-escorted Transports.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Brunei at 32,57

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 3
AP Eihuku Maru, heavy damage
AP Hakka Maru, Shell hits 3
AK Hakonesan Maru, Shell hits 1
AK Hakubasan Maru, Shell hits 2
AP Hakusika Maru, Shell hits 4
AP Hikade Maru
AP Josho Maru, Shell hits 2
AP Meiten Maru, Shell hits 2
AP Meiu Maru
AP Mexico Maru
AP Midori Maru
AP Sunten Maru
AP Teiun Maru
AK Houn Maru
AK Taiko Maru #3, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD John D. Ford, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Peary, Shell hits 1
DD Pillsbury
DD Pope, Shell hits 1, on fire

Unfortunately for me the Jap Transports can shoot.

At Singapore the Japanese return again

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
G3M Nell x 61

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 9 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 7 destroyed
Vildebeest IV: 8 destroyed, 6 damaged
Blenheim IV: 3 destroyed, 5 damaged
Swordfish: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-17C Fortress: 3 destroyed, 8 damaged
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
62 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 40

They do a lot of Damage but take losses in return.

In China the Japanese finally arrive at Yenen.

Ground combat at Yenen

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 66004 troops, 796 guns, 16 vehicles

Defending force 31880 troops, 193 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
191 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


I expect full battle to be raging by tomorrow.

While heavy fighting continues at Hong Kong, Tuguegarao, Naga, Tarakan, Vigan and Homan. Homan seems to be weakly attacked by the Japanese and I may try attacking them tomorrow and see if I can dislodge them.

Jon out

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RE: The Big One Redux - Grraven Vs. Jon - 9/8/2004 7:38:38 AM   
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The Houston and escorts strike out at the landing forces at Brunei and score well against the Transports. The fight isn’t one sided as the transports manage to strike back. Damaging a destroyer

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Brunei at 32,57

Japanese Ships
AP Hakka Maru, Shell hits 2
AK Hakonesan Maru, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Hakubasan Maru
AP Hakusika Maru, Shell hits 1
AP Hikade Maru
AP Meiten Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire
AP Meiu Maru
AP Mexico Maru
AP Midori Maru, Shell hits 1
AP Sunten Maru
AP Teiun Maru
AK Houn Maru

Allied Ships
CA Houston, Shell hits 2
DD Thanet, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Thracian, on fire, heavy damage



At Singapore the Japanese launch a massive port attack and hit several small ships in port.

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
G3M Nell x 54

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 13 destroyed, 65 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Encounter, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Burnie, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Manoora, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Kanimba, Bomb hits 1
DD Isis, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Maryborough, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Ballarat, Bomb hits 1, on fire
MSW Goulburn, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 3



The Japanese also get lucky and hit a fleeing Transport

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Sub attack at 135,43

Japanese Ships
SS I-171

Allied Ships
AK Julia Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage



After almost a week of fighting Hong Kong falls to the Japanese invaders.

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Ground combat at Hong Kong

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 32046 troops, 267 guns, 14 vehicles

Defending force 12450 troops, 87 guns, 4 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Hong Kong base !!!



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
189 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
12575 casualties reported
Guns lost 68
Vehicles lost 2


But the ground fighting is not one sided. In Homan the Chinese push out the Japanese.

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Ground combat at Homan

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 74943 troops, 550 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 33721 troops, 410 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
389 casualties reported
Guns lost 17

Allied ground losses:
482 casualties reported
Guns lost 31


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Fighting still continues in Tuguegarao, Naga, Tarakan, Tavoy, Vigan and Yenen. The Dutch contiunue bombing the Baby KB with no success.

Stay tuned for tomorrow’s update.

Jon Out

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RE: The Big One Redux - Grraven Vs. Jon - 9/9/2004 11:14:25 PM   
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I am moving in China. Its just not apperant yet what I'm doing. I am thinking that within the next few days you should see more activity in that region.


Trying to find a China strategy that works has been my hardest challenge. do you advocate the assualt on Yenen as in your Previous game? As the Allies is there any hope holding Yenen or is it just a deplaying action?

Thanks again for a enjoyable and readable AAR

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RE: The Big One Redux - Grraven Vs. Jon - 9/10/2004 12:16:38 AM   
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Status: offline 		Yenen is critical imo if your going to have any chance at Lanchow. I really would like to have that 125 oil to augment my HI in China. You either have to push through Yenen or Homan. I have found that there are less troops to defend Yenen and as the Japanese you can get a real good force there pretty quickly. I still am finding troops that I will think hey where did they come from and put them to work. The biggest thing for me is to find the right troops to garrison cities so I can free up some divisions. There are a few that are overkill. i.e. a division holding a city that only needs 10-30 assult factors when a divsion has like 430. So its move a small unit there to free up the big one and then wait for the big one to get into the action.

Over all its been frustating but I am getting the hang of it. My other invasions are going well except Rabaul but then I have troops to fix that one soon.

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RE: The Big One Redux - Grraven Vs. Jon - 9/10/2004 10:51:59 PM   
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ORIGINAL: grraven2004

Yenen is critical imo if your going to have any chance at Lanchow. I really would like to have that 125 oil to augment my HI in China. You either have to push through Yenen or Homan. I have found that there are less troops to defend Yenen and as the Japanese you can get a real good force there pretty quickly. I still am finding troops that I will think hey where did they come from and put them to work. The biggest thing for me is to find the right troops to garrison cities so I can free up some divisions. There are a few that are overkill. i.e. a division holding a city that only needs 10-30 assult factors when a divsion has like 430. So its move a small unit there to free up the big one and then wait for the big one to get into the action.

Over all its been frustating but I am getting the hang of it. My other invasions are going well except Rabaul but then I have troops to fix that one soon.


It sounds like the Chinese will always lose the race to Yenen.. Is there any point in trying to save that City as the Chinese? How much weight can the Japanese Bring to Yenen before it starts sapping their strength elsewhere?

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RE: The Big One Redux - Grraven Vs. Jon - 9/11/2004 1:45:34 AM   
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Status: offline 		The Japanese have enough units close by to take Yenen if they start there from day one. If they are slow in getting there and the Chinese make an effort they could delay the conquest of the city for a few weeks. However a smart Japanese player is going to tap into the Manchuko garrison and Yenen is closest to there so I think its inevitiable that its going to fall.

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RE: The Big One Redux - Grraven Vs. Jon - 9/12/2004 6:49:00 AM   
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Nothing major happened this turn except for a few sharp small scale actions.

The Houston returns Brunei and shoots up some more transports. I don’t know where the escorts are for this group but I will take what opportunities that I can.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Brunei at 32,57

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 3, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Eihuku Maru, heavy damage
AP Josho Maru, Shell hits 22, on fire, heavy damage
AK Taiko Maru #3, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CA Houston
DD Thanet, on fire
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The Japanese pour troops into Mersing and Take out an attacking Sub.

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Sub attack near Mersing at 23,49

Japanese Ships
PG Eiko Maru
MSW W.5
MSW W.6
MSW W.4
PC Shonan Maru #7
PC Shonan Maru #6
PG Sozan Maru
PG Muro Maru
PG Eifuku Maru
PG Uji

Allied Ships
SS KXIII, hits 3, on fire, heavy damage


Meanwhile in China the Japanese Army Air force runs into the AVG

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Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 20
Ki-30 Ann x 9

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 8 destroyed


Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1

The Allies aren’t the only one having success in surface battles. The Japanese strike at Palembang

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 20,55

Japanese Ships
CA Chokai
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano
DD Hagikaze
DD Sagiri
DD Kari
DD Kiji
DD Kamo

Allied Ships
DD Tenedos, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 20,55

Japanese Ships
CA Chokai
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano
DD Hagikaze
DD Sagiri
DD Kari
DD Kiji
DD Kamo

Allied Ships
TK Talang Akar, Shell hits 20, and is sunk



Heavy Ground Fighting Continues at Kendari, Changsha, Yenen, Tuguegarao, Vigan and Tarakan. I’m concerned about Yenen but there is no way I can win the race there. I can just hope that the Chinese can hold on there.

Japanese forces CAPTURE Lingayen base !!!


The Philippines remains fairly constant. The Baby KB is still south of the PI and looks like It’s moving to Kendari. I’m moving a small surface group to cover Kendari while I’m Transferring Dutch planes to put the Little KB under air attack. I’ve been attacking for several days and still no hits.

Jon out

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RE: The Big One Redux - Grraven Vs. Jon - 9/23/2004 7:53:10 PM   
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A slower day in the war. Japanese Bombers hit a convoy escaping to Java.

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Day Air attack on TF, near Toboali at 22,57

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AVD Childs, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Ethel Edwards, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Palawan
TK Gertrude Kellogg, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

While planes out of Malaya hit a Surface Bombardment group. They don’t do much but report a hit on a single CA.

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Day Air attack on TF at 25,52


Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 5
Buffalo I x 3
Vildebeest IV x 3
Blenheim I x 9
Hudson I x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 2 damaged
Vildebeest IV: 2 damaged
Blenheim I: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Kumano
CA Chokai, Bomb hits 1
CA Suzuya
DD Kiji

Philippines and Dutch bombers try in vain to hit the Baby KB but to no success.

The Japanese Capture Kendari

While fighting continues in Yenen, Tuguegarao, Vigan, Tarakan, and Naga


More to follow!!!

Jon out!

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RE: The Big One Redux - Grraven Vs. Jon - 9/23/2004 8:04:02 PM   
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Big news is the air raid on Singapore Harbor

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 31

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 36 damaged

Allied Ships
MSW Toowoomba, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Isis, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Burnie, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kanimba, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Ballarat, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Manoora, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1



Sub war increases with a big hit on a Jap AP

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Sub attack at 37,58

Japanese Ships
AP Koshu Maru #3, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KXVI

Japanese ground losses:
193 casualties reported

Of course the Japanese swing back

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Sub attack at 13,23

Japanese Ships
SS I-155

Allied Ships
AK Shinkuang, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

The Japanese Air Force meets the AVG over Changsha

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Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 16
Ki-30 Ann x 8
Ki-15 Babs x 1

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 18 destroyed
Ki-30 Ann: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

And over Khota Bharu

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Day Air attack on Khota Bharu , at 24,45

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48 Lily x 50

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 8 destroyed, 12 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 18

The Japanese Capture the Shortlands and Wewak

While fighting continues in Yenen, Tuguegarao, Vigan, Tarakan, and Naga.


I’ve been moving my AVG around so that Grraven has to guess when he makes his air attacks. I can’t afford to have the AVG swatted by a 100 zeros at this time.

Jon out!

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RE: The Big One Redux - Grraven Vs. Jon - 9/28/2004 4:12:36 AM   
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Success in a night attack.. the first one on the war

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Night Air attack on TF at 45,56


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 7


Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
PG Edo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CS Mizuho


The Sub War continues.. trading hits across the pacific.
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Sub attack at 30,47

Japanese Ships
AK Nako Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KXII

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Sub attack at 140,50

Japanese Ships
SS I-170

Allied Ships
DD Lawrence, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Smith
APD Humphreys
APD Sands


Japanese forces CAPTURE Legaspi base !!!


Fighting continues in Yenen, Tuguegarao, Tarakan, Homan, Rabaul and Naga.


My Troops are holding out well at Rabaul.. Yenen is still holding but is teetering .

More to come

Jon out

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