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aztez -> RE: US Carriers clash with KB... (8/10/2009 10:05:48 PM)
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Philippines (december 9th and 10th)
Ok. The initial landings where not too hard to predict.
Dave did land troops into Vigan and Aparri. The good thing for us is that the harbour is now filled with mines so if I'am lucky we will see some results next turn.
I was somewhat suprised to see that no enemy landings were made at southern Luzon. Than again it is long journey towards Manila via land.
I'am expecting more troop transports entering northern Luzon area. He might even try to grab another base at San Fernando or Lingayen.
US DD's did try to intercept landings but were repulsed by enemy destroyers and cruisers. This effort pretty much amounted to nothing.
PT Boats however did intercept and damaged / sunk few AK's. Nice, but now these guys are low on ammo. Thus meaning they will need to refit their torpedoes before going out again. (Full combat report regarding PT boat action action at the end of this post.
Our P40E's didn't cause much harm to imperial airforce. Some Zero's were sweeping the skies above Clark Field and Manila. The sweeping order seem much more effective than just an escort mission.
US submarines did not do much either. (If you count out those minefields) I had these guys on the following orders. Sub Patrol, Max react 6 and patrol/retire. Now most of them are heading towards Manila so I changed this to "remain at station" setup. Hopefully these guys manage to hit something valuable.
Here are the PT Boats on action:
Night Time Surface Combat, near Laoag at 81,72, Range 1,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
PB Bisan Maru #3
AMc Choun Maru #7, Shell hits 1
PB Choun Maru #18, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
xAK Sydney Maru
xAK Anyo Maru
xAK Kumagawa Maru
xAK Tatukami Maru
xAK Okiyu Maru
xAK Kosei Maru
xAK Kotoku Maru
xAK Keisho Maru
xAK Hokuan Maru
xAK Maya Maru
xAK Takaoka Maru, Shell hits 2
xAK Atlas Maru
xAK Kamoi Maru
xAK Shinyubari Maru
xAK Shirogane Maru
xAK Tenzan Maru
xAK Yamadori Maru
xAK Karachi Maru, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Pacific Maru, Shell hits 1
xAK Kuwayama Maru
xAK Siraha Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAK Chuko Maru, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
Allied Ships
PT-31
PT-32
PT-33
PT-34
PT-35
Japanese ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 37 (18 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Vehicles lost 50 (31 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Reduced sighting due to 57% moonlight
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Laoag at 80,71, Range 8,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
PB Bisan Maru #3, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AMc Choun Maru #7, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK Sydney Maru
xAK Anyo Maru
xAK Kumagawa Maru
xAK Tatukami Maru, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Okiyu Maru, Shell hits 2
xAK Kosei Maru
xAK Kotoku Maru
xAK Keisho Maru, Shell hits 1
xAK Maya Maru, Shell hits 1
xAK Takaoka Maru
xAK Atlas Maru, Shell hits 1
xAK Kamoi Maru
xAK Shinyubari Maru, Shell hits 5
xAK Shirogane Maru, Shell hits 2
xAK Tenzan Maru
xAK Yamadori Maru, Shell hits 4
xAK Pacific Maru, Shell hits 5
xAK Kuwayama Maru
xAK Siraha Maru, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
Allied Ships
PT-41, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
PT Q-111
PT Q-112
PT Q-113, Shell hits 1, on fire
Japanese ground losses:
835 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 30 destroyed, 30 disabled
Engineers: 36 destroyed, 29 disabled
Guns lost 11 (4 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 15 (6 destroyed, 9 disabled)
...now these guys are out of ammo and head out to refit.
IJN did mine coast of Bataan and I'am conducting heavy MSW efforts to open the harbour yet again for business.
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