September 5th, 1943

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FeurerKrieg -> September 5th, 1943 (7/16/2009 11:30:56 PM)
September 5th, 1943 Our Tonys and Zeros sweep over Chungking today and find 8 P-40Ns and 2 P-43A willing to fight. We lose two each of our planes, while the Chinese lose 5 P-40Ns and 2 P-43As. Our bombers are socked in during the afternoon and don't fly. [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/chungking32.jpg[/image] Dogfighting in China

FeurerKrieg -> September 6th, 1943 (7/16/2009 11:41:28 PM)
September 6th, 1943 Today our morning sweep over Chungking was rained out, so the sweep went with the main strike later in the day. We lost 1 (of the 104) Oscars, but managed to take down 4 P-40N and 2 P-43A that rose to fight. The bombers took out 2 SB-2cs on the ground. Otherwise, another quiet day.

bigbaba -> RE: September 6th, 1943 (7/18/2009 1:51:18 PM)
i took your "burma air defense" as a shining example (rotating the fighters and bringing robust fighters with a good punch against 4E) and was able to reach something equal in my game in the end of 1942: Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 63 Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 132 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 107 B-24D Liberator x 43 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed, 14 damaged Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 7 destroyed, 93 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 40 destroyed, 27 damaged B-24D Liberator: 22 destroyed [:D] and congratulation for the massacre under the allied heavy bombers and P-38. with their "not too high" replacement rate, your opponent can not risk such a huge lose rate weekly.

FeurerKrieg -> RE: September 6th, 1943 (7/18/2009 6:04:13 PM)
Nice one, b - we should start a club for people who enjoy shooting down 4E bombers. [:D]

FeurerKrieg -> RE: September 6th, 1943 (7/18/2009 6:08:10 PM)
Also, I hope you are right about those replacement rates. I'm up to the 17th now, and there hasn't been another attack since the one on the 3rd. Would be nice if I could keep my opponent down to only 2 or 3 attacks a month, would certainly keep Burma in my hands for a while. However, I can see his P-38Js building up in Cox's Bazaar, so I expect a new attack is coming, and it will be tougher with his new airplane. Can't wait for January 44 when I get my new up-gunned Tonys!!

FeurerKrieg -> September 7th, 1943 (7/18/2009 10:54:47 PM)
September 7th, 1943 Quiet descends on Burma as the Allied air units recover. The only action is our trainers at Chungking. Today the sweep gets 1 P-40N and 1 P-43A for no losses, while the bombers destroy an SB-2C on the ground.

FeurerKrieg -> September 8th, 1943 (7/18/2009 11:01:14 PM)
September 8th, 1943 One of our minesweepers in the Kuriles was torpedoed and sunk by the SS Bonita today. [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/sub45.jpg[/image] A minesweeper goes down No enemy fighters at Chungking today.

FeurerKrieg -> September 9th, 1943 (7/18/2009 11:24:35 PM)
September 9th, 1943 Recon reported a cruiser at Trimcomalee, and since there was no CAP over the base, we ordered 3 Sentai of Betty bombers to hit the base from Port Blair. The recon seems to be bad as all we hit was one MSW and it didn't even sink at that. We probably won't raid that base again anytime soon as the flak was murderous, we lost 14 G4M2 and 14 G4M1 to flak! No enemy at Chungking again today, so our bombers got another free run.

FeurerKrieg -> September 10th, 1943 (7/18/2009 11:40:56 PM)
September 10th, 1943 While laying mines near Palmyra, submarine I-124 struck an enemy defensive mine. As the sub attempted to leave to the west, an enemy PBM Mariner hit the sub as it cruised on the surface. The additional damaged was more than the ship could handled and it sunk with all hands. No flights in China today due to bad weather. Silence continues in Burma.

FeurerKrieg -> September 11th, 1943 (7/21/2009 6:18:22 AM)
September 11th, 1943 SS Bonita was damaged by our ASW forces in the Kuriles, but no sinking was confirmed. No resistance at Chungking, and our bombers continue to come in lower as AA fire seems to be lessening. Today 4 SB-2c were destroyed on the ground.

FeurerKrieg -> September 12th, 1943 (7/21/2009 6:21:10 AM)
September 12th, 1943 The SS Pompano struck a mine while sailing near Ketoi Jima. Unknown if the sub was sunk or not. Also, one of our frigates, the Yoshida Maru, struck a US sub laid mine at OJ. The ship was heavily damaged and may not make it back to base. Thankfully it is not one of our more modern ASW ships. Again no resistance at Chungking. [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/Pompano.jpg[/image] USS Pompano

FeurerKrieg -> September 13th, 1943 (7/21/2009 6:24:44 AM)
September 13th, 1943 Enemy fighters were at Chungking today. Our sweep of Zeros and Tonys took down 5 of 12 P-40N while losing 2 Zeros and 2 Tonys. The bomber run, escorted by our green pilots in old Oscar Is, had a hard time with the remaining 6 P-40N and 1 P-43A. Although they outnumbered the enemy fighters 100 to 7, they lost 20 Oscars and only killed 2 P-40N and 1 P-43A. On the bright side, the Oscars did keep the enemy fighters well away from our bombers which got through with no damage and inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy Chinese.

FeurerKrieg -> September 14th, 1943 (7/23/2009 4:05:57 AM)
September 14th, 1943 SS Permit hits PG Yoshida Maru with 2 torpedoes, finishing off the ship. At Chungking, 5 P-40N and 2 P-43A defend the airfield. We take down 2 of each and lose 3 Oscars.

FeurerKrieg -> September 15th, 1943 (7/23/2009 4:13:10 AM)
September 15th, 1943 Mostly quiet again. At Chungking, 3 P-40N and 1 P-43A were up, our sweep took down 3 of them, and the Oscar escort took down the last one. The bombers managed to destroy two SB-2c on the ground. Maumere airfield (between Java and Timor) expanded today. (sz 3)

FeurerKrieg -> September 16th, 1943 (7/23/2009 4:24:37 AM)
September 16th, 1943 No resistance at Chungking today and our bombers destroy another SB-2c on the ground. At Shimushiri Jima, PC Sado hit the SS Narwhal a couple times, but could not confirm a sinking. [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/sub46.jpg[/image] One of our newer subchasers in action

FeurerKrieg -> September 17th, 1943 (7/23/2009 4:32:07 AM)
September 17th, 1943 Today's raid on Chungking destroyed 4 SB-2cs. Our bombers continue to come in lower as the AA just doesn't seem to be there anymore.

FeurerKrieg -> RE: September 17th, 1943 (7/23/2009 5:08:55 AM)
Northern defense plans: In the picture below, you can see the ranges of the enemy fighters that matter. The P-38L doesn't come out until June of 1944, but the J, G and F are all out now. The P-47D can go 10 hexes and it just came out as well. [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/kuriledefense.jpg[/image] PJ and OJ will be built up with heavy ground forces. They are both wooded hexes so we will get some bonus from that. They are also both at fort level 9 already. The rest of the Kuriles will be built up, with the exception of Ketoi Jima because it is in range of escorted bomber attacks. So Ketoi is being used as a massive seaplane base and the airfield is being left at zero, to make it difficult for the enemy bombers to target the place. The rest of the bases can be built up to sz 3, but it might take longer than I have. Shimushiri Jima is at size 1, as is Etorofu. Once those get to size two, they will be able to support DBs, TBs or LRCAPing fighters than can support the defense of OJ and PJ. The bases on the Hokkaido are all size 4 or higher, and have significant amount of AV support. Those bases are where reserves and Betty bombers will be based in the event of an attack on the Kuriles. Sakhalin bases are also all built up, and will get additional AV soon. The basic thought is that if the enemy comes in to hit any of the islands other than OJ and PJ, he will be very close to our home island air power. If he hits OJ or PJ, his is a bit safer from air attack, but he'll have a tough land fight. Ops losses on bombers flying from the Aleutians will be high as even damage from AA causes a lot of the planes to not make it home. There will be a reasonably amount of LCUs on the individual island also, but not so much that it would be crippling to lose them. Maybe a couple brigades on each. In another few days, another Unryu class carrier arrives and the KB will form up and head south again for the winter. If the Allies attack PJ or OJ in the winter, they will take some heavy casualties on landing and I think we can get reinforcements into the bases in time to fight them off. Whether winter or next summer, if the enemy fleet does support a landing in the north, we will spend some LBA to wear on the enemy's CAP before sending in our own carrier forces.

FeurerKrieg -> September 18th, 1943 (7/24/2009 5:50:50 AM)
September 18th, 1943 1 SB-2C destroyed at Chungking today. I-19's Glen spotted on an out-of-the way route to Pearl Harbor, (near the Panama/Pearl exit area) perhaps it attempting to stay hidden. Our sub will tail it to make sure it isn't part of a large combat fleet. At Shimushiri Jima the Airfield was declared operational today. (size 1) Also, the SS Barracuda was hit hard by our ASW ships there. Oil and signs of damage were seen, but not in a volume that would suggest destruction.

FeurerKrieg -> September 19th, 1943 (7/24/2009 5:55:52 AM)
September 19th, 1943 For the first time in several days, Allied planes flew offensive missions in Burma. A small number of Vengeance and Mitchell bombers hit our ground troops at Akyab. Our Aichi engine plant has been converted to Advanced Mitsubishi engines as we have 200 or so Aichi engines in stock, which is enough to supply the D4Y Judy factories until February when the Judy will be replace by the Grace dive bomber. Some Mitsubishi production has also begun to be converted to Adv Nakajima and Adv Mitsubishi engines in advance of the new models that use these powerplants coming in the spring.

Alikchi2 -> RE: September 19th, 1943 (7/24/2009 6:06:38 AM)
I'm getting more and more impressed with your graphics, man, well done. The defence looks sound. How's the experience level of your Judy pilots? High quality pilots flying Graces.. that's scary stuff. Good scary, I reckon.

FeurerKrieg -> RE: September 19th, 1943 (7/24/2009 6:12:51 AM)
The Judys and Jills on the carriers are all solid - 70-90 exp. The LBA units are lower, in the 55-70 range, but there are a couple units that still are over 70. However, when Kasagi arrives in a couple days, those units will be cannibalized to fill out the air units on that CV, which come in half full of 55ish exp pilots. Filling them up with 70+ pilots if a must if they are to be worth a darn. B7 & D7 Grace with high exp pilots - good scary, but in all likelyhood a one shot weapon given AA levels and enemy CAP in 1944. I may just wait until the enemy supply line get long and save my carrier forces for supply line raids. Those B-29 suck up a lot of supplies or so I've heard...

FeurerKrieg -> September 20th, 1943 (7/28/2009 6:11:31 AM)
September 20th, 1943 At Chungking we hit 3 SB-2c on the ground today. A few enemy bombers hit Akyab ground forces. In the Kuriles, a Ki-30 Ann divebomber hits the SS Cuttlefish. And in the southeast Pacific, our Glen sub continues to follow the enemy convoy, which appears at this point to only be a supply convoy. No warships detected. This does mean that it might be a good time to coordinate our Glen subs with our our two pairs of Armed Merchant Cruisers and maybe we will find some easy picking between Pearl and the West Coast US.

FeurerKrieg -> September 21st, 1943 (7/28/2009 6:20:22 AM)
September 21st, 1943 A new version of the Thunderbolt attacks us at Mandalay. 18 P-47Ds flew a sweep and met 3 Tojos. One Tojo went down, but so did one Thunderbolt. The spirits smiled on us today in China. Today our air units were ordered to rest, only because they have been flying several days with no breaks. When our recon flight went to Chungking, 24 P-40Ns were found on CAP! Now that we know they are there, we can send all of our fighers on a couple sweeps to clear the air. I'm sure we will lose some greenhorns again, but the pilots who survived will be the best of the lot. [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/p47d.jpg[/image] New version of Thunderbolt - P-47D

FeurerKrieg -> September 22nd, 1943 (7/28/2009 6:37:26 AM)
September 22nd, 1943 The action is slowly picking up again. Today our massive sweep over Chungking meets 31 P-40N and 2 P-43A. We take down 22 of the P-40Ns and 1 of the P-43As. Our losses include: 7 Tojos, 1 Tony, 10 Oscar Ib, 4 Nick(a), 4 J1N1-S Irvings and 1 A6M3a. There are still some enemy fighters so tomorrow we'll try another big sweep. [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/chungking33.jpg[/image] Major sweep in China At Wakkanai, the SS Tambor put two torpedoes into ML Tokiwa. Before its minelayer days, the ship was an Asama-class armored cruiser and was thus able to handle the impact of these two torps. The ship will sail to Sapporo for repairs. Near Wake island, a Sally put a bomb into the SS Halibut. And near Timor, our planes spotted an enemy ship but when the attack strike headed to the location, they could not find the target. At Paramushiro Jima, 48 B-24D Liberators attempted to hit our airfield. 18 George and 33 Tonys did their best to disrupt the raid and did pretty well, although 7 Tonys still were hit on the airfield. We took down 7 of the bombers in total. [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/pj1.jpg[/image] When will we see escorts for these bombers?

Alikchi2 -> RE: September 22nd, 1943 (7/29/2009 4:51:06 AM)
I hope the Pompano didn't sink (several posts back), I saw it in San Francisco today. Things are looking relatively stable in the north, anyways. You can handle another air front.

FeurerKrieg -> RE: September 22nd, 1943 (7/29/2009 5:39:33 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Alikchi You can handle another air front. You clearly have more faith in me than I do! The air front in the north maybe I can handle since there are only 2 models of enemy fighters than can make it that far, and they'll be fighting at long range to boot. Burma, though, is going to get difficult, as all these long range fighters will do just fine at 6 hexes. I may have to pull back from Meiktila once the Allies give me another whack with the Thunderbolts and Lightings.

bigbaba -> RE: September 22nd, 1943 (7/29/2009 1:13:22 PM)
what i find great is the good preformance of your tony and tojos even against the new generation of allied fighters like thubnderbolts, lightnings and spitfires. it may be caused by the higher quality of your brave pilots which always have a chance to survive and fight at another day, when they defend burma.

FeurerKrieg -> RE: September 22nd, 1943 (7/29/2009 5:13:16 PM)
You are spot on bigbaba - there is no way I could maintain this level of performance if I were doing these same air battles over enemy territory - pilot attrition would just be too high. Defending though, and seeing so many rescued pilots makes a big difference. Just had a big battle on Oct 2nd, though with lots of P-47Ds and P-38Js, and they are tougher nuts to crack that is for sure. Because of these high durability Allied fighters, I really need my new up-gunned Tonys NOW! Oh well.. just have to hang on until January when they arrive.

FeurerKrieg -> September 23rd, 1943 (8/4/2009 4:32:16 AM)
September 23rd, 1943 An active day in the war! In the Pacific - Near Pearl the ill-fated I-19 was first hit by a A-29 Hudson and then later in the day hit again by a PB2Y Coronado. The ship will likely sink soon. However, the enemy SS Cuttlefish was reported sunk and the SS Corvina was hit near Wake by a Ki-21 Sally. At Timor, 11 Bettys and 9 Helens sink the AK Bonketoe. [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/timor9.jpg[/image] Another blockade runner goes under On the northern end of the Pacific, an enemy cargo ship hit a Type 88 mine left at Umnak by I-123. 38 PB4Y Liberators attempted to hit the airfield at OJ, but or solid cap shot down 13 of the bombers and disrupted the rest so most of the bombs landed out in the ocean. [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/pj2.jpg[/image] Enemy bombers test the defenses China/Burma - In China, our fighters flew sweep again and finished off the enemy fighters, destroying 10 P-40N and 1 P-43A. We lost 5 rookie Oscars and 1 Nick. Over in Burma, the enemy flew a some sweeps with their new fighters. At Mandalay, 19 P-47D encountered 6 Jacks and 5 A6M3a Zeros. Our Jacks were on the bad end of the fight and they lost 4, while only bringing down 1 enemy Thunderbolt. At Magwe, we fared better. First a sweep of 29 P-38J Lightnings (the new ones) met 2 Tojos and 13 Tonys. One Tony went down, but they took 4 of the high tech enemy fighters down with them. Following the sweep, 23 Blen IV and 33 Wellington IIIs came in. More Tonys and Tojos were on hand and 9 of the Blens and 6 Wellingtons went down in flames. [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/magwe3.jpg[/image] Doing well against new fighters Akyab was also hit by a small bomber attack. The forecast in Burma is back to thunderstorms, so our pilots will get some rest tomorrow. Overall air losses for the day are 26 Japanese to 50 Allied.

FeurerKrieg -> September 24th, 1943 (8/4/2009 4:50:00 AM)
September 24th, 1943 A little more quiet today. Enemy fighters decided the bad weather wasn't going to slow them down! At Magwe, enemy P-47C and P-38Js flew sweep. They met some Tojos and Tonys, and we lost 1 Tojo and 3 Tojos to 1 P-47C and 3 P-38Js. So far I'm happy with our performance against the P-38J. Gives me some hope that we might be able to make it until the new Tonys come out. [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/magwe4.jpg[/image] More fighting in Burma At Chungking our bombers started up again with escorts. One P-40N was on CAP and was shot down easily. Another P-40 and a SB-2c were destroyed on the ground. [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/chungking34.jpg[/image] School is in session!

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