Luskan
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As for this turns results, still a bit unhappy. This time about a different feeling of imbalance (just a feeling).
262 allied heavies over rabaul at 33000 with a handful of the worst zero pilots in history to oppose still do minor damage? Too early to judge - if they were at 10000 and got this result I'd be annoyed at how underpowered they are. Rabaul probably isn't that hard to hit from 33000 feet compared to some targets.
As for the result off Lunga - I've had 2 CV divisions working with my subs since week 3 of this game to sucker Raver's ASW assets after one of my subs and away from Raver's aircover, and then blowing them to hell. I figured it would only work once - but just one of those vulnerable little ASW tfs with ships in it that haven't had AA upgrades (drool).
I know this particular tf was a fast transport tf - and wasn't really after the sub I left as bait at Lunga, but since they sank the sub while offloading troops I'm happy to call it a fair trade.
All that wasted time, finally a result. Off Johnson island for SO LONG with no result - 2 to 4 CVs on station basically all the time just hoping that I'd cull an ASW TF. I even rolled extra CVs into my two cv divisions to do it this time. (had to break up my 5 divisions while I've got the first series of my big ship upgrades going). I lost 13 planes all up, but only 9 pilots. 2 of the 9 pilots were excellent pilots. The other 7 were all post pearl harbour replacements who were never up to scratch - whereas most of the other post pearl pilots have been thoroughly trained for the last 9 months of gaming to be at least competent (making their squadron average exp much higher). Still pilots in the navy replacement pool at 55 exp. I'll be doing some training soon (again). Then there will be the big CV battle, which I doubt my CV forces can survive - although that isn't the primary aim. The main aim is to maul Raver badly enough to hinder invasions long enough that I can win the game on points (gonna be close if I win the CV battle!).
Probably not a bad time to take Lunga - Raver won't be using fast transport any more until he ships in some more fast transport capable ships. Of course there are plenty in Oz, but they've got their hands ful with my subs.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/08/42
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ASW attack near Lunga at 67,97
Japanese Ships
SS I-159, hits 3, on fire, heavy damage, sinks.
Allied Ships
DMS Elliot
DMS Perry
DMS Boggs
DMS Hopkins
DMS Hovey
APD Sands
APD Humphreys
APD Stringham
APD McKean
APD Little
APD Gregory
APD Colhoun
APD Manley
DD Flusser
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Sub attack at 45,43
Japanese Ships
AK Yamagiri Maru
PC Shonon Maru #10
MSW Yoshino Maru
Allied Ships
SS Sailfish
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Day Air attack on Rabaul , at 61,88
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 262
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 10 destroyed, 20 damaged
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed
H8K Emily: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
273 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 26
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Day Air attack on TF at 67,101 - the big all out strike.
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 76
D3A Val x 60
B5N Kate x 42
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 3 destroyed, 11 damaged
B5N Kate: 2 destroyed, 21 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Case, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
APD Gregory, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
DD Cushing, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Bagley
DMS Hopkins, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
APD Manley
DD Ralph Talbot, Bomb hits 1
DMS Elliot
DMS Perry
DD Mugford, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Helm
DD Hammann
APD Sands, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
APD McKean, Bomb hits 2, on fire
APD Colhoun, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 67,101
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 31
D3A Val x 40
B5N Kate x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 3 destroyed, 10 damaged
B5N Kate: 8 destroyed, 15 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Flusser, Bomb hits 2, on fire
APD Manley, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
APD Humphreys, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Cushing, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DMS Boggs, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
APD McKean, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
DD Ralph Talbot, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hammann
DD Preston
DMS Hopkins, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 67,101
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
Allied Ships
DMS Hovey
DD Mugford, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Ralph Talbot, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 67,101
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
D3A Val x 44
B5N Kate x 36
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 2 damaged
B5N Kate: 7 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Sims, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Bagley, Bomb hits 1, on fire
APD Manley, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Cushing, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DMS Hovey, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Helm, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hammann
DD Blue, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Preston
DD Case, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 67,101
Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 19
B5N Kate x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
APD Little
DMS Perry
APD Sands, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
APD Stringham, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Cushing, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
APD Humphreys, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Leaves me a little uncovered since I've got 1 division in the bay of Bengal (alone against the british is fine - but Raver's already proven he's willing to move his US fleet CVs into the Bay before . . .) and the 2nd CV division is . . . well it is ready and on station for where I expect Raver's reaction to arrive. Lots of LBA on hand - because Raver will use the allied death star approach no doubt. Good news is, I'm 99% sure I know where Raver's CVs are - mainly because I KNOW what he expects me to do with regards to a certain theatre (he's seen me do it succesfully time and time again in previous games) and I know for dead certainty he's waiting for it.
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