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ny59giants -> RE: Japanese Naval fleet spotted... Aleutians heats up! (10/15/2006 2:02:17 AM)
Can you furnish some details on what LCU's and naval forces you are sending to Wake??

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: Japanese Naval fleet spotted... Aleutians heats up! (10/15/2006 2:29:52 PM)
Hi Aztez , long time no update [;)].. I'm happy your being so agressive over china .. severely denting training there is a great move forward. helldiver vs dauntless .. all rather similar arent they ?.. IRL IIRC the pilots preferred the dauntless over the helldiver. F6 is a bit of a must though [:D]

aztez -> RE: Japanese Naval fleet spotted... Aleutians heats up! (10/16/2006 9:42:21 PM)
Cheers guys! I will post couple of screenshots tomorrow morning once the new turn arrives. (I usually do it before I leave the house). The operation is underway soon. Transport ships and BB's are now sailing to Midway. CV armada will soon follow. I think I made the right choice by denying him the easy target practise in China and Burma. It was costly though and many times my Spitfire pools were down to 0!!! [:(] ...but now I have a firm control above the skies there. I read that too Rob. It was somewhat intresting that SBD Dauntless was rated superior than Helldivers. The Hellcats are a must though and luckily I have now enough of them in the pool to go ahead with this offensive. The bad news is that I do not enough shipping and infantry to do simultaneous assaults againts Wake Island and Marcus Island. So, the Wake base will be targeted first. Once it is seized I will move heavy LBA's in there along with Corsairs and start pounding Marcus Island to dust via LBA power. That should prevent any reinforcements arriving there.

aztez -> RE: Japanese Naval fleet spotted... Aleutians heats up! (10/17/2006 6:59:31 AM)
Here is an screenshot from Midway. A lot of ships are heading towards this staging point. US & British CV's have now also left the safety of Pearl Harbour. [image]local://upfiles/15617/7CDBD892C62E4327ACB8FFF16914D1C3.jpg[/image]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: Japanese Naval fleet spotted... Aleutians heats up! (10/17/2006 4:01:04 PM)
Dats a lot of troops ! .. hope it's enough [;)] And lets NOT mention the last time you went to wake island [;)]

aztez -> RE: Japanese Naval fleet spotted... Aleutians heats up! (10/19/2006 10:44:15 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK Dats a lot of troops ! .. hope it's enough [;)] And lets NOT mention the last time you went to wake island [;)] Yeah, lets definately hope this wohn't end up in disaster! [8\|] I can now confirm that the invasion is underway. All ships involved left Midway base last turn... [:-]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: Japanese Naval fleet spotted... Aleutians heats up! (10/20/2006 12:26:17 AM)
[sm=00000106.gif] to japan !!! [sm=00000436.gif]on the invasion [sm=Tank-fahr09.gif] hope you have lots of these, really help on atoll assaults [;)] and as ever good luck

aztez -> RE: Japanese Naval fleet spotted... Aleutians heats up! (10/20/2006 9:35:34 PM)
[:D][:D][:D] The first phase of the invasion begun last turn. US and RN BB's bombarded the shores at Wake Island. Naval bombardment of Wake Island, at 82,63 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses 34 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CL Helena CA Frobisher, Shell hits 5 CA Quincy CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 7 BB Tennessee BB Nevada BB Colorado BB Maryland Japanese ground losses: 81 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 32 Port supply hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Wake Island, at 82,63 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses 12 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CL Nashville CL Phoenix CA New Orleans CA Salt Lake City BC Repulse BB South Dakota BB Washington BB Mississippi, Shell hits 1 BB Idaho Japanese ground losses: 122 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Wake Island, at 82,63 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied Ships CL Biloxi CL Denver CL Montpelier CL Columbia CL Concord CL Raleigh CL Canberra CA Australia CL Louisville BB New Mexico BB California BB Pennsylvania BB West Virginia Japanese ground losses: 138 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 118 Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Wake Island, at 82,63 Allied Ships CLAA Van Heemskerck CLAA Columbo CLAA Capetown CL Mobile CL Honolulu CA Astoria BB Valiant BB Prince of Wales Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 29 Port fuel hits 1 Next turn around 80 US 4E bombers will visit Wake Island. Another BB bombardment run is also scheduled. US and RN CV's are nearing Wake Island too and these ships will sail past it just in case Dave deciedes to bring in the Japanese naval forces into area. Troops will also start unloading next turn. It is propably going to be bloody. My intel indicates 590 enemy troops present. This has to BS since he does have 5 units there. (We will know soon enough) RAF have launched strikes againts Tavoy and Myithkina. This should keep Dave guessing whether the Burmese offensive is about to start. B25's will also strike againts Sian Oilfields next turn. This is also an secondary bombardment. OZ troops have not yet moved towards Derby. I'am waiting for the right moment to do this. 2 US Divisions and 1 US Tank brigade is loading at SF. These guys are heading into CenPac. Most likely target for these guys are Marcus Island. (Maybe even Iwo Jima or Bonin if I deciede to bypass Marcus) That would be an bold move and seriously threaten his commercial shipping.

aztez -> CenPac heats up... (10/21/2006 8:32:58 PM)
The battle of Wake Island has begun. The base was very heavily mined and that caused the first casualties to the allied side. TF 1154 encounters mine field at Wake Island (82,63) TF 1154 troops unloading over beach at Wake Island, 82,63 Allied Ships MSW Robin MSW Vireo MSW Grebe MSW Rail MSW Turkey MSW Token MSW Strive DMS Wasmuth DMS Chandler Coastal Guns at Wake Island, 82,63, firing at TF 1154 1087 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships MSW Robin, Shell hits 12, on fire, heavy damage AK Surigao, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage AK Capillo, Shell hits 4, on fire DMS Chandler, Shell hits 3, on fire MSW Vireo, Shell hits 3, on fire MSW Grebe, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage AK Arcata, Shell hits 3, on fire MSW Rail, Shell hits 17 Combine mines with coastal guns and the result is this... TF 1154 encounters mine field at Wake Island (82,63) TF 1154 troops unloading over beach at Wake Island, 82,63 Allied Ships MSW Robin, on fire, heavy damage MSW Vireo, on fire MSW Grebe, on fire, heavy damage MSW Rail MSW Turkey MSW Token MSW Strive DMS Wasmuth DMS Chandler, on fire AK Adoniram Judson, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Potter, Mine hits 1 Allied ground losses: 82 casualties reported Coastal Guns at Wake Island, 82,63, firing at TF 1154 795 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships MSW Rail, Shell hits 14 DMS Wasmuth, Shell hits 1 Allied ground losses: 2514 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 4022 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Vehicles lost 4 The allied BB's managed to burn out some of the enemy supplies with their bombardment. US & RN CV's have not spotted any enemy activity near Wake Island. I have an feeling though that things are about to change. The ground offensive went on like this... Ground combat at Wake Island Allied Shock attack Attacking force 17739 troops, 117 guns, 70 vehicles, Assault Value = 614 Defending force 12445 troops, 140 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 328 Allied max assault: 484 - adjusted assault: 96 Japanese max defense: 302 - adjusted defense: 920 Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 9) Japanese ground losses: 320 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Allied ground losses: 1186 casualties reported Guns lost 57 Vehicles lost 21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wake Island Allied Shock attack Attacking force 22643 troops, 93 guns, 85 vehicles, Assault Value = 426 Defending force 11572 troops, 116 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 308 Allied max assault: 466 - adjusted assault: 47 Japanese max defense: 248 - adjusted defense: 377 Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 9) Japanese ground losses: 60 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 2441 casualties reported Guns lost 31 Vehicles lost 10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wake Island Allied Shock attack Attacking force 26048 troops, 237 guns, 115 vehicles, Assault Value = 1109 Defending force 11599 troops, 121 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 306 Allied max assault: 900 - adjusted assault: 185 Japanese max defense: 269 - adjusted defense: 395 Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 9) Japanese ground losses: 328 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Allied ground losses: 2026 casualties reported Guns lost 38 Vehicles lost 8 The only LBA strike was made by 1 squadrons of Betty's escorted by Zeros. Propably more ac's can be expected. US troops continue unload next turn too. Hopefully I can overrun this enemy base next turn. There was also some air to air battles at Tavoy. Day Air attack on Tavoy , at 28,37 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 10 A6M5 Zeke x 10 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 10 Allied aircraft Liberator VI x 81 P-40N Warhawk x 22 P-38J Lightning x 20 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged A6M5 Zeke: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 7 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Liberator VI: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged P-40N Warhawk: 10 destroyed, 2 damaged P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 32 casualties reported Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 34 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tavoy , at 28,37 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 10 A6M5 Zeke x 6 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 15 Allied aircraft Liberator VI x 65 P-40N Warhawk x 12 P-38J Lightning x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 4 damaged A6M5 Zeke: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses Liberator VI: 4 destroyed, 17 damaged P-40N Warhawk: 7 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 27

aztez -> RE: CenPac heats up... (10/22/2006 12:20:23 PM)
The Wake operation continues. Japanese LBA and CV aircrafts inflict damage to the allied transport shipping in the area. Day Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 82,63 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 24 A6M3a Zero x 24 G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 18 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 8 damaged G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 12 damaged Allied Ships AP U.S. Grant, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage DE Albert T. Harris MSW Colac, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AP Ormsby, Torpedo hits 1, on fire AP Cambria, Torpedo hits 1, on fire AK David J. Brewer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 82,63 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 15 A6M3 Zero x 6 A6M5 Zeke x 26 D3A Val x 119 D4Y Judy x 65 A6M3a Zero x 63 B5N Kate x 108 B6N Jill x 47 E7K2 Alf x 14 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AK West Cactus, Bomb hits 2, on fire AK Abigail Adams, Bomb hits 1, on fire MSW Token, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage AK City of Elwood, Bomb hits 2, on fire AK Makiki, Bomb hits 2 AK West Shipper AK Cape George AK Cape Constance, Bomb hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK Cape Fear, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK Capillo, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage AK Robin Wentley, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage AK Cape Constantine, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage AK Trianglum, Bomb hits 1, on fire AK Anakan, Torpedo hits 1, on fire AK Potter, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage AK Elna, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK City of Dalhart, Bomb hits 2, on fire AK Santa Monica AK Deimos AK Ernest Meyer, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Island Mail, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage AK McCormick Terminal, Bomb hits 3, on fire DMS Wasmuth, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Dashing Wave, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Princess of Negros, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage DMS Chandler, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage AK Mauban, Torpedo hits 1 AK Nevadan, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK Sage Brush, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage AK Red Jacket AK Mormacport, Bomb hits 3, on fire AK Dos Hermanos, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 33 casualties reported Vehicles lost 2 [:-][:-][:-] ...unfortunately my CV's were not in range to intercept these enemy ac's. (It is hard to control them with 3 day turns) Well, next turn all the US and RN CV's are sailing on head collision course towards enemy CV's. So, unless Dave withdraws his forces we will see one hell of an CV duel next turn! [:-][:-] I'am not even sure that I will win this encounter but it is kind of an do or die situation. The ground combat continued at Wake Island too... Ground combat at Wake Island Allied Shock attack Attacking force 45399 troops, 390 guns, 139 vehicles, Assault Value = 1281 Defending force 11109 troops, 114 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 282 Allied max assault: 836 - adjusted assault: 281 Japanese max defense: 218 - adjusted defense: 290 Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 9) Japanese ground losses: 287 casualties reported Guns lost 7 Allied ground losses: 2867 casualties reported Guns lost 86 Vehicles lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wake Island Allied Shock attack Attacking force 38537 troops, 240 guns, 81 vehicles, Assault Value = 1048 Defending force 10699 troops, 111 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 267 Allied max assault: 1522 - adjusted assault: 588 Japanese max defense: 196 - adjusted defense: 362 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 9) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 8 Japanese ground losses: 236 casualties reported Guns lost 8 Allied ground losses: 1780 casualties reported Guns lost 69 Vehicles lost 10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wake Island Allied Shock attack Attacking force 46497 troops, 221 guns, 155 vehicles, Assault Value = 918 Defending force 10546 troops, 109 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 256 Allied max assault: 772 - adjusted assault: 345 Japanese max defense: 187 - adjusted defense: 207 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 8) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 7 Japanese ground losses: 306 casualties reported Guns lost 8 Allied ground losses: 1291 casualties reported Guns lost 32 Vehicles lost 1 Next turn just an ground bombardment is scheduled. Distrubtion and fatigue levels are high. Also US BB TF's are heading towards Wake Island too. (Their orders are to bombard but the CV situation will dictate whether these ships will do it or.... )

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: CenPac heats up... (10/22/2006 5:05:50 PM)
OOH ! His adjusted defence just dropped dramatically. i wonder if 1 or more units is low on supply ? OUCH on the japanese CV's .. 2 day turns are hard enough so i can only imagine the issues with 3 day turns [;)]

aztez -> RE: CenPac heats up... (10/22/2006 11:17:34 PM)
Turn received or at least an combat report of it. Well, to put it short I pretty much kicked the Imperial navy's butt at Wake Island. He tried to move the KB and some elements of the BB forces there and my CV pilots made short work of them. I did offer Dave a redo of turn. There is no bugs involved though but I kind of felt sorry for him losing his main naval assets. He will sleep over it and we shall see what he thinks. 3 day turns are easy to deal with. If you make an mistake than it will multiply x 3 times. I wohn't post any combat reports of the developments yet until we know whether to redo turn or not.

aztez -> RE: CenPac heats up... (10/23/2006 8:29:06 PM)
Here is the summary combat from previous turn around Wake Island. Remember I did offer Dave an redo if he wanted. No bugs or anything but I felt it was a gentlemans thing to do. To be honest though I'am way behind any allied schedule on this one. I cannot go atoll hopping in South since I cannot support those kind of offensives. I'am aiming for more direct route towards Japan via Wake --> ... and via Aleutians. Last turn action would help me to get something going IF we will not do an redo. It wohn't be a complete redo since I did already loose +60 tranport ships in Wake and also have suffered from huge distrubtions. Also Dave could have wihtrawn his navy but chose not to. Enough of this. This is how the things went. First allied CV pilots found an enemy surface combat TF near Wake Island... Day Air attack on TF at 82,64 Allied aircraft FM-2 Wildcat x 17 F6F Hellcat x 103 Hellcat II x 26 Corsair IV x 6 SB2C Helldiver x 97 Barracuda x 52 TBF Avenger x 9 TBM Avenger x 130 Avenger II x 13 Allied aircraft losses SB2C Helldiver: 4 damaged Barracuda: 2 damaged TBM Avenger: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged Japanese Ships CL Nagara, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage CL Yubari, Bomb hits 9, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage CL Kitakami, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage CA Kumano, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage DD Makinami ...than came the disorganized enemy waves which were easily wiped out! Day Air attack on TF at 83,64 Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zeke x 8 B5N Kate x 18 Allied aircraft FM-2 Wildcat x 45 F6F Hellcat x 290 Hellcat II x 51 Corsair IV x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zeke: 8 destroyed B5N Kate: 13 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F Hellcat: 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 83,64 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 19 Allied aircraft FM-2 Wildcat x 45 F6F Hellcat x 290 Hellcat II x 51 Corsair IV x 12 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val: 19 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 83,64 Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zeke x 5 B5N Kate x 18 Allied aircraft FM-2 Wildcat x 45 F6F Hellcat x 290 Hellcat II x 51 Corsair IV x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zeke: 5 destroyed B5N Kate: 18 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 83,64 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 11 A6M3 Zero x 6 A6M5 Zeke x 21 D3A Val x 58 D4Y Judy x 38 A6M3a Zero x 55 B5N Kate x 54 B6N Jill x 28 E7K2 Alf x 9 Allied aircraft FM-2 Wildcat x 45 F6F Hellcat x 290 Hellcat II x 51 Corsair IV x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 11 destroyed A6M3 Zero: 6 destroyed A6M5 Zeke: 21 destroyed D3A Val: 47 destroyed D4Y Judy: 33 destroyed A6M3a Zero: 55 destroyed B5N Kate: 46 destroyed B6N Jill: 28 destroyed E7K2 Alf: 9 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F Hellcat: 29 destroyed, 11 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 83,64 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 26 Allied aircraft FM-2 Wildcat x 22 F6F Hellcat x 128 Hellcat II x 24 Corsair IV x 6 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val: 19 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F Hellcat: 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 83,64 Japanese aircraft D4Y Judy x 18 A6M3a Zero x 13 B5N Kate x 14 Allied aircraft FM-2 Wildcat x 22 F6F Hellcat x 143 Hellcat II x 24 Corsair IV x 6 Japanese aircraft losses D4Y Judy: 17 destroyed A6M3a Zero: 13 destroyed B5N Kate: 14 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F Hellcat: 11 destroyed, 3 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 83,64 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 3 A6M3 Zero x 5 A6M5 Zeke x 24 D3A Val x 14 D4Y Judy x 4 A6M3a Zero x 31 B5N Kate x 13 B6N Jill x 2 E7K2 Alf x 5 Allied aircraft FM-2 Wildcat x 44 F6F Hellcat x 239 Hellcat II x 50 Corsair IV x 11 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed A6M3 Zero: 5 destroyed A6M5 Zeke: 24 destroyed D3A Val: 10 destroyed D4Y Judy: 4 destroyed A6M3a Zero: 31 destroyed B5N Kate: 8 destroyed B6N Jill: 2 destroyed E7K2 Alf: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F Hellcat: 16 destroyed, 9 damaged ...next day allied pilots struck againt deathstar formation KB! Day Air attack on TF at 79,62 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 A6M3 Zero x 12 A6M5 Zeke x 44 A6M3a Zero x 20 Allied aircraft FM-2 Wildcat x 4 F6F Hellcat x 103 Hellcat II x 26 Corsair IV x 6 SB2C Helldiver x 157 Barracuda x 52 TBF Avenger x 9 TBM Avenger x 158 Avenger II x 13 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed A6M3 Zero: 12 destroyed A6M5 Zeke: 44 destroyed A6M3a Zero: 15 destroyed Allied aircraft losses FM-2 Wildcat: 2 destroyed F6F Hellcat: 37 destroyed, 12 damaged Hellcat II: 9 destroyed, 3 damaged Corsair IV: 1 destroyed SB2C Helldiver: 9 damaged Barracuda: 7 damaged TBF Avenger: 2 damaged TBM Avenger: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged Avenger II: 1 damaged Japanese Ships CV Hiyo, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage CV Soryu, Bomb hits 11, Torpedo hits 6, on fire, heavy damage CV Kaga, Bomb hits 9, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage CA Haguro, Bomb hits 2 CV Junyo, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 9, on fire, heavy damage BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire BB Nagato, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, on fire CA Nachi -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 79,62 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft FM-2 Wildcat x 8 F6F Hellcat x 10 SB2C Helldiver x 17 TBM Avenger x 16 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses FM-2 Wildcat: 2 damaged SB2C Helldiver: 3 damaged Japanese Ships BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 3, on fire BB Nagato, on fire ...than Japanese airforce tried to counterstrike! Day Air attack on TF at 79,64 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 A6M3a Zero x 27 G3M Nell x 11 G4M1 Betty x 11 Allied aircraft FM-2 Wildcat x 47 F6F Hellcat x 266 Hellcat II x 51 Corsair IV x 13 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 23 destroyed A6M3a Zero: 21 destroyed G3M Nell: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 79,64 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 3 A6M3 Zero x 4 A6M5 Zeke x 15 D3A Val x 19 D4Y Judy x 2 A6M3a Zero x 16 B5N Kate x 23 B6N Jill x 3 E7K2 Alf x 4 Allied aircraft FM-2 Wildcat x 47 F6F Hellcat x 260 Hellcat II x 51 Corsair IV x 13 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed A6M5 Zeke: 15 destroyed D3A Val: 18 destroyed D4Y Judy: 2 destroyed A6M3a Zero: 16 destroyed B5N Kate: 17 destroyed B6N Jill: 3 destroyed E7K2 Alf: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F Hellcat: 17 destroyed, 8 damaged Allied aircraft losses F6F Hellcat: 6 destroyed, 4 damaged ...the second allied strike wave of the day! Day Air attack on TF at 79,62 Allied aircraft FM-2 Wildcat x 21 F6F Hellcat x 97 Hellcat II x 22 Corsair IV x 5 SB2C Helldiver x 142 Barracuda x 43 TBF Avenger x 7 TBM Avenger x 167 Avenger II x 12 Allied aircraft losses SB2C Helldiver: 2 damaged TBF Avenger: 1 damaged TBM Avenger: 3 destroyed, 11 damaged Avenger II: 2 damaged Japanese Ships BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 6, on fire, heavy damage CVE Shinyo, Torpedo hits 6, on fire, heavy damage CVE Kaiyo, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage CVL Zuiho, Bomb hits 15, on fire, heavy damage BB Fuso, Bomb hits 11, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage CA Aoba CS Chiyoda CL Noshiro ...next day allied continue their strikes againts enemy fleet! Day Air attack on TF at 79,62 Allied aircraft FM-2 Wildcat x 7 F6F Hellcat x 22 SB2C Helldiver x 32 TBM Avenger x 43 Allied aircraft losses SB2C Helldiver: 1 damaged TBM Avenger: 1 damaged Japanese Ships CL Noshiro, Bomb hits 1, on fire CA Aoba, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire CS Mizuho, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage DD Kishinami CS Chitose, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage DD Naganami, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Tamanami CS Chiyoda -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 79,62 Allied aircraft FM-2 Wildcat x 6 F6F Hellcat x 69 Hellcat II x 18 Corsair IV x 6 SB2C Helldiver x 100 Barracuda x 52 TBF Avenger x 5 TBM Avenger x 82 Avenger II x 13 Allied aircraft losses TBM Avenger: 2 damaged Japanese Ships CS Mizuho, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CA Aoba, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage DD Tamanami CL Noshiro, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage CS Chiyoda, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Kishinami, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage DD Yukikaze DD Naganami, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Natsushio Well it paid off when I chose to be aggressive. This was kind of an "Midway" for the enemy. Personally I would like to continue but have wait on Dave's take on things. (We will complete this PBEM eitherway) The ground combat continued with no significant gains for allied side. Next turn allied troops will not shock assault. Instead they will bombard. The US BB's did make an succesfull bombardment of Wake last turn. The bad news from last turn was that Japanese submarine did put 2 torpedos to BB Colorado. No news what the damage is but propably will take her out of action for good while.

aztez -> KB hit hard at Wake Island... The allied push continues. (10/23/2006 9:20:14 PM)
Here is the screenshot from the battle... [image]local://upfiles/15617/D73ECD1C8E1545969DB856C14D6C1B20.jpg[/image]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: KB hit hard at Wake Island... The allied push continues. (10/23/2006 11:22:35 PM)
Has Japan got any combat ships left after that ? [:D] Will certainly make your direct route a lot more easier knowing that the japanese don't have a carrier force anymore. Grats ! If you don't re-do it. and even if you do then KB is juat a target to be sunk later rather than a threat.

aztez -> RE: KB hit hard at Wake Island... The allied push continues. (10/24/2006 6:39:07 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK Has Japan got any combat ships left after that ? [:D] Will certainly make your direct route a lot more easier knowing that the japanese don't have a carrier force anymore. Grats ! If you don't re-do it. and even if you do then KB is juat a target to be sunk later rather than a threat. Thanks! [:)] I do not have turn yet just combat replays so I cannot confirm what ships are already confirmed sunk. However it looks like KB was reduced in numbers. Take those CV's away and Japan still has some CV strenght but. Also we have decieded to continue forward with the game without an redo of the turn. [:)]

aztez -> RE: KB hit hard at Wake Island... The allied push continues. (10/25/2006 5:43:48 PM)
Here are two screenshots from enemy capital ships confirmed sunk... [image]local://upfiles/15617/AFDF52C9FC874524B049E4E330FC7E52.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: KB hit hard at Wake Island... The allied push continues. (10/25/2006 5:44:29 PM)
....and the 2nd screenshot. [image]local://upfiles/15617/5CED48C8EE1A4488832319B8756F5F61.jpg[/image]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: KB hit hard at Wake Island... The allied push continues. (10/25/2006 6:00:55 PM)
Still quite a bit of the IJN left then .. only 2 BB's sunk so far [:-][:-].. tsk tsk [:D]

aztez -> RE: KB hit hard at Wake Island... The allied push continues. (10/25/2006 6:35:40 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK Still quite a bit of the IJN left then .. only 2 BB's sunk so far [:-][:-].. tsk tsk [:D] True. Looking at the combat reports though --> at least BB Yamashiro and BB Nagato were hit hard too. I'am actually sending my CV's after any crippled Japanese ships. Hopefully I can bag some juicy targets next turn! [;)]

Sneer -> RE: KB hit hard at Wake Island... The allied push continues. (10/25/2006 9:12:13 PM)
why jap cap was so low ?

aztez -> RE: KB hit hard at Wake Island... The allied push continues. (10/25/2006 9:15:45 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Sneer why jap cap was so low ? I really don't know. We have an houserule that most Carriers should be on 50% CAP and some can be left in LRCAP. So, basically I have no clue why his CAP was low. Propably had to do with earlier turns assaults againts my transport fleets at Wake since Dave did loose quite few planes there than. My CV's were fresh and every single one of them were drawn into this operation.

Sneer -> RE: KB hit hard at Wake Island... The allied push continues. (10/25/2006 9:18:10 PM)
it was huge jap error jap cap at this moment should be 200+ and even 300+ during such operation

aztez -> RE: KB hit hard at Wake Island... The allied push continues. (10/25/2006 9:24:47 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Sneer it was huge jap error jap cap at this moment should be 200+ and even 300+ during such operation I do agree totally. Dave did score many hits on my transports (sunk more than 60) earlier turns and should have left it with that. Instead he stayed for another turn and paid for it dearly. Had he withdrawn towards Marcus Island he still would have his KB intact. When planning this Wake invasion I was actually 99.99% certain that he would commit KB so there was really no suprise when his CV's showed up.

AmiralLaurent -> RE: KB hit hard at Wake Island... The allied push continues. (10/25/2006 9:39:18 PM)
You lost more than 60 transports off Wake ? KB should have gone away after such slaughter but that was probably another case of 'everything is going OK until now, I will continue one more day'. And then KA-BOOM!!! Jap CVs should definetly have left, but I admit having done such errors myself, so no hard criticism intended. At least the KB died sinking Allied ships (even transports) it can't achieve much in 1944.

aztez -> RE: KB hit hard at Wake Island... The allied push continues. (10/25/2006 9:51:12 PM)
Yes, I did loose more 60 ships. [:(] It is not easy to provide CAP when playing on with 3 day turns. Actually quite hard to organize good an solid timetables for naval invasions. Ships do move with so diffrent speed that they might get drifted too much apart. Personally, Dave is very tough opponent. He has kicked my butt big time in this one. As you said AmiralLaurent he should have withdrawn and not get too "greedy". Yeah, those CV's died in an somewhat succesfull offensive operation. (Those lost transports will hurt for sometime) ...and Akagi, Zuikaku and co. and unaccounter! [:-] Also those monsters Yamamoto and Musashi are still somewhere lurking.

general billy -> RE: KB hit hard at Wake Island... The allied push continues. (10/25/2006 10:00:06 PM)
If he sunk LCU's on those transports, it would have been succesful. But in this case I think its a pretty bad outcome.

aztez -> RE: KB hit hard at Wake Island... The allied push continues. (10/26/2006 7:23:49 PM)
First off nice to see new readers. [:)] That will always boost to upgrade these AAR's more frequently. You are right general billy I did not loose huge amount of troops with those AP's/AK's BUT what I did loose was huge amount of supplies which is causing some problems to my troops at the moment. I do not have next yet due to having email problems yesterday so I cannot comment whether my CV's found more enemy targets in the area.

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: KB hit hard at Wake Island... The allied push continues. (10/26/2006 9:52:19 PM)
Supplies are easliy remedied compared to repairing a units TOE .. 60 ships though [8\|].. yikes At least you got the place which is what matters .. where are you prepping them for now . or keeping the wake prepping for mopping up the japanese ?

Ron Saueracker -> RE: KB hit hard at Wake Island... The allied push continues. (10/26/2006 9:58:15 PM)
It's totally impossible to control anything on multiple day turns as there is no mechanism in the game/interface unfortunately. [:(]

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