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jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (1/29/2010 10:39:56 AM)
NORPAC Pilots dominate the listings, make your mark, fly NORTH young man! Getting lots of volunteers seeking fame and glory :) [image]local://upfiles/6237/41BF577A9836409F83CAC7B39A075F12.jpg[/image]

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (1/29/2010 10:57:23 AM)
As promissed here is a China update. Around Hankow Tony's forces are finally being forced back on ICHANG... note the low supply exclaimation :( In the south they are mainly cleaning up and making Nanchang secure. Changsha is 5.5 Forts and 2800 AV. The surrounding city hexes and units in the open add about another 1600 AV total. Cheers Rob [image]local://upfiles/6237/CFE3D32BF0C9428EA9A5F36F737F25B6.jpg[/image]

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (1/29/2010 9:01:10 PM)
4-5 Jul 1942 Subs Lots of action this turn. Our subs are being heavily prosecuted around Singapore and Kendari. The former by Sally, the later by Betty. About 12 hex SW of Adak we launch a number of attacks against a convoy that is assembling for Adak! Japanese Ships xAK Kuraido Maru, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Wahoo Japanese Ships xAK Cheribon Maru Allied Ships SS Grayback Japanese Ships xAK Daihachikyo Maru, Shell hits 2 Allied Ships SS Grayback Japanese Ships xAK Kazan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Grayback At Truk we try to engage an AO but fail Around Kwajalein we have mixed success: Japanese Ships xAP Kashima Maru xAKL Amakasu Maru xAKL Tenposan Maru xAKL Daitei Maru xAKL Ganges Maru xAKL Shonan Maru #8 PB Ikunta Maru PB Hakkaisan Maru Allied Ships SS Gato, hits 2 Japanese Ships xAK Turuga Maru, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Drum, hits 3, on fire Japanese ground losses: 43 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Submarine attack near Roi-Namur at 131,113 Japanese Ships xAK Turuga Maru, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Plunger Those ships hit SW of Adak shouldn't survive :) Burma Quiet. B-17 escorted by P-38 begin to ground attack the enemy forward units on the axis Akyab-Prome. Light but annoying damage is caused :) Several Oscar 1 on CAP are shot down. DEI Ambon makes a level 3 port. They are obviously very concerned now on this axis. Otherwise quiet. SWPAC An Australian light infantry company in a daring dawn attack takes Lae, Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 147 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4 Defending force 748 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2 Allied adjusted assault: 3 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 1) Allied forces CAPTURE Lae !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 91 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 17 destroyed, 0 disabled Realising the danger the enemy moved their air attacks attacks from Wau to Lae... but too late. Our CAP intercepted, and again losses weren't in our favour, but now Lae is ours :) At Buna the Bde also attacked :) Ground combat at Buna (99,129) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 3931 troops, 24 guns, 57 vehicles, Assault Value = 107 Defending force 925 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 9 Allied adjusted assault: 24 Japanese adjusted defense: 3 Allied assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 2) Allied forces CAPTURE Buna !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-) experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 338 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 3 Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Both attacks were heavily supported by ground strikes from PM The forces from Buna retreated inland. Those at Lae are still in the hex. Elsewhere Merauke makes level 4 forts. SOPAC Efate makes level 1 fort. Forces at Fiji are reorganised in accordance with the discussion given a few posts back for Luganville and Tulagi. CENTPAC Quiet. All convoys are still deep. NORPAC With no sign of enemy shipping the Japanese troops are attacked from the air (B-26 and B-17 from Adak) and LB30 from Kodiak (operating at max range). And on the ground through bombardment. During the turn the II/19th Naval Guard unit disappeared through attrition. China Bombardments against our forces at Hankow are shurged off. However the Japanese are cutting the best retreat route to the rear. Getting a 1:1 attack then a 1:3 attack. Our forces take the beatings but don't retreat, allowing some supply to trickle in to the besiegers of Hankow. We won't last much longer here :(

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (1/29/2010 10:34:57 PM)
Turn Analysis Burma Will now settle down. I was half expecting them to bomb Shwebo this turn... but they didn't. Instead it looks like they are focussing on building the airfields in the sth of Burma/Nth Thailand (Raheng is level 5 and the biggest in the area, Prome and Toungoo are both 3, Rangoon is 4). And or digging forts. I suspect Tony will continue to hit the enemy advanced guard units like he did this turn... he can't help himself! DEI SIGINT indicates: 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment is located at Babeldaob(90,97) Babeldoab is either being used as a transit location or is going to be a key "nut to crack" in the defence of the Philippines.... I suspect the later. It currently shows a Port of 3 and Airfields of 7. So it looks like they will be very strong here. It forms a useful triangle of support with Davao and Manado. It looks like our battle for the Philippines will be harder than IRL as we won't have destroyed the formations forward in the SWPAC. SWPAC Southern PNG is now largely cleared (but not secure), and northern PNG is being dominated by air from Merauke. Taking Buna and Lae this early is a weakness and has been done with minimal force, but will relieve the presure on Wau. We don't really have the forces to defend all these bases yet, and without Milne Bay to protect shipping all supply is overland or via air. We have the 7th RAN BF and 7th RAAF BF prepping for Milne Bay, and we've started to drop supply off for the patrol aircraft operating there, and in anticipation of landing "soon". But really we don't have that much strength to spare, and we are concerned of a Japanese counter attack (possible but unlikely). We would prefer each step forward to be a strong and unstoppable one. Having both Lae and Buna frees up strike aircraft though, with Hollianda supressed we can consider the Shortlands and even Rabaul as targets now... or we just rest them and keep on Naval strike. Will probably do the later for now, as bombers are in short supply and high demand! We need to beef the port at PM up and start to bring in some serious supply, rather than the constant trickle of 5k every 3-5 days we have now. Supply in Australia is good, Sydney has 700,000 and it is flowing freely north as we make demands on it. NORPAC Finding the convoy assembling deep from Adak was good (we have almost 30 subs in the area, so it isn't really luck, but certainly the results were good). No troops were noted as being lost so it is probably supply. We will both start playing a cat and mouse game of trying to get supply in. I'm using a transport sub and some aircraft from Dutch Harbour to move a trickle, but every little bit will help. I have about 4k on its way, and my main relief convoy will load this turn and move out from Seattle and try to find a gap to get through. With 120 fighters in the area now we will use those to LRCAP the ships, rather than have the CV's up here in support. We need the supply fairly soon so we can continue to bombard from the ground and air... although I feel that soon we can try a deliberate attack. We are in good to great shape... they aren't :) Cheers Rob

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (1/29/2010 10:45:02 PM)
Ah forgot some things. SWPAC At Truk sigint indicates: Heavy Volume of Radio transmissions detected at Truk 2/24th Air Flotilla is loaded on xAKL Tenposan Maru moving to Truk For sure Truk will end up as another nut to crack... or bypass. CENTPAC Lots of shipping around Kwajalein and sigint indicates a lot of traffic. Forces are obviously moving into the area (we got one ship last turn via sub... hope she doesn't make port). We need more subs here. May move some from the SWPAC area (Tulagi) this way. While we can generate overwhelming force for the TB operation I'd prefer no one to get hurt on our side if we can manage it! Other key moves We have started moving AR AKE and other support ships to Suva to act as the main base in the area. One AR will go to Wellington or Auckland to repair light major damage to transiting shipping. AG and AGP are also moving into the area to support future light forces. Also moving AKE to suplement the AE in Australia to support the Aru/Ambon efforts in the future.

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (1/31/2010 6:02:29 AM)
Air losses for last turn. I'm hurting in the defence of the forces at Lae/Wau, but Lae was taken without the troops being knocked about too much. [image]local://upfiles/6237/C1DF3EB7938F4AF4BA2138BA62A17FEA.jpg[/image]

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (1/31/2010 6:50:35 AM)
06-07 Jul 1942 Subs Lots of action, the Japanese ASW is begining to become more effective. In the end we get a PB (after 2 attacks), but a few subs suffer light damage. Japanese air ASW is now finding most of our subs around Singapore and Kendari. Importantly we find the following SW of Adak... are they coming or going... [image]local://upfiles/6237/7BA33A87B3EC4495AC7FC9203488DADF.jpg[/image]

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (1/31/2010 7:16:17 AM)
06-07 Jul 1942 Burma Katha makes level 4 airfield, and can now support our advance on Shwebo. 77 Fighters are located there. The Aus cav recapture Mandalay! We bomb Ramtree Is to little effect. Tony has the 7th Aus Dive and 3 Regts of Oz arty 100% prepped for Shwebo. They are currently at Katha, but will move in soon. Shwebo is pretty beaten up damage wise though. Two BF have begun to restore the base. Having only one div is probably not enough though. There is about 1 more Div at Katha 100% prepped for Myitkyina (mostly Indian/Burmese forces), But we need at least one more decent div on this axis. Lashio will soon have about 700 AV, mix of Burma command and Chinese. Philippines Zamboanga (our last decent base) finally reachs level 3 forts. It has 127 AV and produces enough supply to survive. Recon planes there keep tabs on Davao which is now a level 6 Port and 5 airfield, and is a main base supporting the DEI along with Babeldoab. DEI They continue to clean up the last remaining dot bases, Bara (Near Ambon) falls this turn to FT TF. One of our subs engaged the DD's but was damaged as a result. We launch a low level (1000ft) bombing run on Dili using Marauders (they were partially trained in low level attacks). We come up against the a CAP, but the low level and late notice gets us past the CAP and onto the target... Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 7 Allied aircraft B-26 Marauder x 18 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 24 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 1000 feet Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 1000 feet Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 11th Sentai/B with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Raid is overhead With the results over Hollianda (see next section) I'm going to move all the B-26 to Merauke to supress the well and truely trashed Hollianda, and move the 4E bombers to Darwin to start softening up Timor. SWPAC We trash Hollianda with almost 200 hits over 2 days, getting another couple of Zero's on the ground. The B-17 at Merauke will move to Darwin, the sqadron at Horn Island will continue to hit Hollianda with the B-26 (we have a house rule of only one 4E group per base) The Japanese raid Lae on day one, but weather stops a day two attack. I'm flying in more troops to Lae to destroy the remaining troops there: Morning Air attack on C Coy/NG Rifles , at 99,126 (Lae) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 25 G3M2 Nell x 30 G4M1 Betty x 21 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk IA x 1 P-39D Airacobra x 1 P-40E Warhawk x 3 F4F-3 Wildcat x 2 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed G3M2 Nell: 2 damaged G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 51 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled We hit the forces that retreated from Buna with A24 and LB30. Supplies are being rushed into PM and the port is being expanded. SOPAC Efate makes level 2 forts. NORPAC We bomb the Japanese on the air and on the ground. The effect is minimal, but should be keeping disruption high. I'm tempted to try a deliberate attack, Tony doesn't want me to. The first 4000 Supplies are about 3 days out. More supplies are on the way. Forts should reach 4 in 1-3 days... so I guess I'll wait :( China NW of Hankow the forces are finally forced back. We stop a followup attack in the south though, but suffer higher casulties. Cheers Rob

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (1/31/2010 8:26:38 AM)
Changed Arrangements for PNG I've been reviewing forces and objectives, especially post the successful occupation of Lae and Buna, and the destruction of Hollianda. I was begining to plan to "step forward" units from Townsville to Milne Bay and develop it as a major base. I will still do so, but some a lot of the original force will now move else where, and I think I will speed it up. Milne Bay The 7th RAN Baseforce will begin to fly in ASAP from Townsville to Milne bay, and once the port is at level 1 will move more by ship (I MAY risk one ship to help this along). The issue is infantry protection... may have to take some from PM. Buna The 3rd Army Tk Bde (basically everything but the armour, which is still in Cairns) with an AV of 105 will be supplemented by the 7th RAAF BF (currently at Townsville). This will be shipped to PM then flown in/marched in to Buna. Lae Is still lightly held by about a company of troops. A trickle is being flown in from Cairns (41st Bn). At this stage that is about it as I don't want to get spread any thinner than I am! Wau Also lightly held, but the RAAF 20th BF is being flown in from Horn Island. Has 27 Engineers and lvl 2 forts. PM I will continue to keep the US 32nd div here. In addition I plan to move over the RAAF 71swt wing (75 Air support) from Townsville ASAP. PM will be built to level 3 port once the airfields reach level 7 (about 1 more day). PM will then begin to be thined out of US aircraft and become more Australianised, in preparation of the Aru Ambon operations. Horn Island Will decrease in importance soon and i will start moving some useful units (such as AA ) out as the threat is now gone. Anengineer unit will move to Milne Bay as well as soon as Horn Island reaches a level 2 port. 2 USA BF and the HQ SWPAC will remain along with the normal Horn Island defenders. It will act as a rest base for air units from PM and Merauke, and as a transit base. They could still take back Lae/Wau using Pars, and Buna with a deliberate invasion... but with the amount of airpower they know we can generate, and the failure in the past to land much when PM was weaker, I doubt they will. They could move KB in, but again we have enough airpower that KB would end up hurt. The 8th Aus Division I am very tempted to reconstitute the 8th Australian Division and base it at PM. The 3 "bird" battalions are located at Darwin, Merauke and PM and are at full strength (1 bde). We have 133 AIF infantry sections available, so we can probably bring it up to 2/3rds strength. That would free the US Div for offensive operations. Will talk it over with Tony. We have no further offensive plans in this area, just secure what we have now and prepare a solid base for future operations in 1943. This area really is the flank guard for our DEI aspirations. Cheers Rob

Alfred -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (1/31/2010 8:33:31 AM)
I'm with Tony, don't yet try a deliberate attack at Adak. Safer would be to first find out what that recently discovered TF SW of Adak is doing. If it is bringing in troop reinforcements, you might be thankful to not have disrupted your own forces before the enemy arrived. After all, isn't it your intention to make Adak a Verdun? You need the enemy to remain on the beach for that to happen. Alfred

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (1/31/2010 9:07:19 PM)
Yes both you an Tony are talking sense... sod it! Yes we want KB, and as much force up here as possible... I suspect though that they have decided that the DEI is their critical location, and SWPAC is also a consideration, so they are moving their fleets this way... maybe to Davao? Knowing where KB is would be useful for the CENTPAC operations... but unless it is at Kwajalein (which it isn't, we have a number of subs there) the op will go ahead. Cheers Rob

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (2/2/2010 3:17:55 AM)
8-9 Jul 1942 Subs about 15 hex SW of Adak our subs go into action, getting 3 bangs on one xAK and a hit but no bang on another xAK. One of our subs is attacked off Bataan for light damage. Burma After taking Mandalay last turn we loose a PP for not havig it fully garrisoned this turn. This will be a pain, do we loose PP's or maintain a larger force than we would like accross the river... B-17 hit an armoured unit in the jungle Sth of Akyab for light damage. DEI No change, Ships again detected at Kendari. SWPAC PM makes level 7 airfield. B-25 from Merauke hit Hollianda getting 1-2 aircraft on the ground and 50+ runway hits. B-17 from Horn Island hit Hollianda getting 1 aircraft on the ground and around 20 airfield hits. Horn Island makes a level 2 Port. SOPAC Suva makes level 6 forts. NORPAC Adak makes level 4 forts! Bombardments from the ground and air cause light damage. The I/19th Naval Guard Unit appears to have been wiped out through attrition. Supply is either unloading now or will next turn. PT boats should have returned to the defence of Adak. China Air and ground bombardments, no combat.

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (2/2/2010 3:27:45 AM)
Overall a very quiet turn. Supply for Adak and a BB/CA TF are heading first to Kodiak and from there will make runs into Adak. Will try a naval bombardment :) No sign of KB at all :( Sigint has these snippet: Heavy Volume of Radio transmissions detected at 113,109 That is 1 hex SE of Truk.... along with this: Maizuru 2nd SNLF is loaded on xAKL Amakasu Maru moving to Truk. Indicates a renewed interest in the area... including maybe KB or part of? Would be nice to getting a message of XX planning to attack XX :) Cheers Rob

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (2/4/2010 8:05:50 AM)
10-11 Jul Subs South of Medan on Sumatra the SS KX comes accross a 4 CA TF. This may be getting ready to support an attack on Medan. No damage on either side. Off Bara in the DEI SS Pike gets badly hit. She should survive. Off Toyohara "Captain of SS Herring elects not to launch torpedoes at this target" 15 Hex SW of ADAK: xAK Nitiai Maru, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Burma Mandalay falls to a rampaging Aussie Cav unit (I think Tony is regressing to his days as a cavalry regimental commander....). DEI Lots of ships detected at Kendari. SWPAC B-26 Maruders trash Hollianda. Over Lae Netties wipe out the Aussie company that took the base :( Our fighters continue to cap with air losses about equal on both sides. I have plenty of Kittyhawks so am happy to keep this up. More supplies and troops unload at PM Troops FT in to Milne bay unload. Merauke makes level 2 port. NORPAC 4500 supplies unload safely at Adak! 9000 more are on the way. A BB/CA TF is approaching Kodiak. They will start making bombardment runs into Adak. I have an AKE and plenty of supplies and fuel at Kodiak. China They shock attack at Hankow getting 1:1 on day 1 and 1:2 on day two. They suffer more casulties on both days... our guys done good! But they are surrounded and will fight to the death. In the south their advance contines towards Changsha as they clear our scattered forces. Overall a pretty quiet turn. 12 aircraft are lost on both sides. Getting the supply into Adak without issue is a major victory in its own right! Cheers Rob

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (2/6/2010 10:34:56 AM)
12-13 Jul 1942 Subs SW of Adak (again) xAK Uji Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage TF 347 encounters mine field at Truk (112,108) Allied Ships SS Tautog, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage She will make it home... ASW attack near Tandjoengbalai at 47,78 Japanese Ships DD Hibiki, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CA Kako CA Furutaka CA Aoba CA Ashigara DD Karii DD Minekaze DD Tsuga DD Kuri DD Hokaze Allied Ships SS KX And one for the Japanese: Sub attack near Dutch Harbor at 170,50 Japanese Ships SS I-20 Allied Ships YP-250, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage YP-95 Plus a couple of failed attacks around Kendari. Burma Two groups of B-17 visit Prome and Lightnings sweep (after the bombers...), causing moderate damage. 8 Oscar are lost in the defence, and 1 B-17. Meitkila is now Allied. Shwebo reaches lvl 1 forts. Over 150 Engineers are concentrated here to dig in the forces. DEI Apart from subs quiet. SWPAC Lae is retaken by the Japanese... they have 2 AV. Wau is hit again, but forces are starting to build there as the 20th RAAF BF continues to be flown in from Horn Is. 7th RAAF BF is starting to fly into Buna. 7th RAN force is slowly building at Milne bay. Two small transports are bringing a lot of troops in this turn. They are being LRCAPed by P-38E from PM. SOPAC Forces contine to poor into Luganville, the port isn't coping. A raid by KB now would be nasty... But the base is now almost 400 AV and lvl 3.66 forts. Nadi finishes digging in to lvl 5. The two construction regiments will now move to Australia to support the Aru/Ambon action. Lots of shipping east of Suva at the moment. A bit of a risk. Moving a lot of support warships to Suva (to support the TB operation) and to Australia (support Aru). CENTPAC All the minimum forces for TB are now assembled. In about 3-4 more days another Marine Regt and 2 more SEABEES arrive in PH. In about 4-6 days more assault shipping should arrive. We are just about ready. NORPAC Next turn should see another 4500-9000 supplies arrive at Adak. Current supply is 37850. We continue to bomb from the ground and air causing light damage. A bombardment TF of 3 BB, 3 CA and 8 DD's slips anchor at Kodiak to being the run in to Adak. China We continue to be beaten around. Overall a quiet turn... but we are getting closer to launching the operations! Cheers Rob

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (2/6/2010 10:45:52 PM)
14-15 Jul 1942 Subs Lots of action, Japanese ASW is slowly improving and we are starting to get damaged subs. Two successes: Sub attack near Dadjangas at 78,94 Japanese Ships xAK Asosan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage xAK Atutasan Maru E Tade Allied Ships SS Pollack Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled ASW attack near Tioman Island at 52,84 Japanese Ships ACM Ayaha Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AS Heian Maru ACM Kembu Maru ACM Keinan Maru ACM Hinode Maru #20 SC CHa-36 ACM Kiko Maru Allied Ships SS KXV Burma Prome is trashed by B-17. No enemy aircraft take to the sky. I think this is a mistake on their behalf... but they are playing the game they want to. Our guys clock up more experiance. Light bombers attack the enemy at Ramree Island. They look to be moving out. Shwebo expands fortifications to size 2 DEI Quiet except for the sub attacks. 40,000 supplies should be unloading in Darwin from Sydney. Our first big convoy in (have sent a trickle of small ships in over time). SWPAC Hollianda is trashed... again... by Maruders. Over Wau our tenacity in defending Wau pays off as we get one unescorted strike. This makes it worth it air loss wise (we can afford Kittyhawk losses, and being over our base we don't loose many pilots). Morning Air attack on 49th Australian Battalion, at 98,126 (Wau) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 35 G3M2 Nell x 21 G4M1 Betty x 6 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk IA x 6 F4F-3 Wildcat x 5 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed F4F-3 Wildcat: 2 destroyed Morning Air attack on 49th Australian Battalion, at 98,126 (Wau) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 10 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 5 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 4 destroyed Morning Air attack on 20th RAAF Base Force, at 98,126 (Wau) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 15 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) CENTPAC Palmyra reaches Port 2. NORPAC Air and ground attacks as normal. Damage is light. China They shock attack at Hankow: Ground combat at Hankow (85,50) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 39245 troops, 396 guns, 213 vehicles, Assault Value = 1095 Defending force 40353 troops, 206 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 980 Japanese adjusted assault: 1316 Allied adjusted defense: 1289 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 1713 casualties reported Squads: 17 destroyed, 85 disabled Non Combat: 36 destroyed, 74 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Vehicles lost 47 (14 destroyed, 33 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1343 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 95 disabled Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 40 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Ground combat at Hankow (85,50) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 37808 troops, 398 guns, 198 vehicles, Assault Value = 1032 Defending force 39079 troops, 205 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 890 Japanese adjusted assault: 479 Allied adjusted defense: 1305 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 1829 casualties reported Squads: 33 destroyed, 140 disabled Non Combat: 71 destroyed, 105 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Vehicles lost 17 (13 destroyed, 4 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1263 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 40 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 62 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Our guys doo good considering! In the south they are still chasing down our units as they clear the area. Another quiet turn... and no sign of KB. More supply for Adak is either unloading or is about a day away. Cheers Rob

Alfred -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (2/7/2010 1:01:14 AM)
I noticed you stated that enemy ASW is improving. Quite some time ago, you stated that you were on purpose not running ASW (for test purposes). Has that position changed? Were any conclusions drawn from the test? Alfred

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (2/7/2010 1:10:57 AM)
As we are currently using the latest exe the no ASW missions has been change now. You would have to ask Joe and Nik if they are now running ASW missions or still leaving on Naval Search. BUT I think it is just the Japanese dedicating more aircraft and assets, and that training and operational experiance is now making them more effective. On our side we are running Naval Search (most of our search squadrons now have experiance over 60 in the search skill). I am happy that this appears to be supressing the enemy subs... I think the have hit two ships in 2 months... compared to our subs which average a ship sunk every two days. OTOH they may be saving their subs for something... or have them in locations where we aren't. Our sub efforts have been very effective, theirs I'd consider ineffective (well apart from getting a CV that is...)... but I don't know why. Cheers Rob quote: ORIGINAL: Alfred I noticed you stated that enemy ASW is improving. Quite some time ago, you stated that you were on purpose not running ASW (for test purposes).� Has that position changed?� Were any conclusions drawn from the test? Alfred

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (2/8/2010 8:05:39 AM)
16-17 Jul 1942 Subs We loose a Dutch sub today, she was damaged by a PB at Kendari, may have also been hit by aircraft and the damage control failed. South of Davao: Submarine attack near Dadjangas at 79,94 Japanese Ships xAK Asosan Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Stingray Japanese ground losses: 18 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Burma Weather has an impact on air operations and nothing flies for two days. DEI All quiet. We bomb Dili from Darwin with B-17 against light Oscar opposition. Light to moderate damage is done. SWPAC Hollianda is trashed again. Focus on the ground troops (there is a shipping regiment here!) and the port. They attack Wau against light fighter (Kittyhawk) opposition. They do little damage, I suspect plane losses continue to be about equal. Soon Wau will be a level 2 airfield and more fighters will be moved in. SOPAC Shipping was sighted at Tulagi last turn, a couple of B-17 make a run against the port for no effect. NORPAC We continue to bomb from ground and air. We mostly are damaging their support squads. 82 fighters and 34 bombers call Adak home at the moment. Supply is now 46,000. Next turn our ships should bombard as well.

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (2/8/2010 8:16:27 AM)
Thoughts They appear to be reinforcing Tulagi. We plan to speed up our approach from this direction by occupying Ndeni before they can build the airfields at Tulagi to 4 and close us down. Even if we don't advance having Ndeni gives us an option. The TB operation is almost ready to proceed another 4 days or so before loading commences. We can't believe they have given up on Adak... maybe they are just gathering their forces (we hope so as as soon as we know where KB is we can do TB and Aru). I estimate they need 3 full strength divisions and engineers to take the base... a force they can generate, but while they are doing that we can advance elsewhere... In the air our fighter numbers are good, with reserves. Our medium bombers though are at about half strength. B-17 pool is about 19. But I have a need for 21 in Australia to fill out a 5th airforce B-17 group. B-24 are trickling in. Still only one squadron. Ship numbers are good and generally well placed. Australia needs more fuel, but has plenty of supply. Overall we are in a comfortable position, but can't afford many losses in the air (except Kittyhawks). Cheers Rob

Cribtop -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (2/10/2010 12:36:46 AM)
Just a post to say this is a great AAR. Learning quite a lot (even if I admit I play Japan most of the time). Your frankly amazing victories this early are due in part to Joe & Nik's "preserve the air force" strategy, but don't discount some really good play on your behalf as well. My thoughts (for what little they are worth): - I am also shocked they are giving up on Adak. Not so much for its strategic value to Japan but because of the significant LCU losses that they just don't have to suffer (as I agree with you that 4 Divs could take the place). What can they do elsewhere with the remaining uncommitted Div that is worth losing (that's how we spell it in Texas [;)]) the 3-ish Divs they have rotting on Adak? - You know this of course, but be very wary of KB showing up and either spoiling the TB op or trashing the forces gathering for the TB op. - Is it possible that the IJN subs are playing the long game similar to their air force? Maybe they just haven't committed many of the subs to come out and play. Not sure I see the value in this as Allied ASW later on is brutal, but I find it hard to believe that Joe & Nik have been guessing wrong this long into the war. Odd. PS - If the other side has an AAR I won't read it to avoid accidentally spoiling anything with a comment. PPS - Dude, you sank the Hibiki! Not cool. [:-] PPPS - I hope you are feeling better/recovering well. Just hearing the phrase "bowel surgery" in an earlier post gave me the willies.

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (2/10/2010 9:23:13 PM)
Cribtop thanks for the comments. I was in hospital for 3 weeks post surgery, fortunately I had my laptop so I didn't go crazy and the game and AAR didn't suffer :) The op was successful but I have to go back for another minor one in a few weeks. Yes both Tony and I were horrified when we sunk the Hibiki (well maybe she survived and maybe it was FOW.) On Adak there is not much we can do at the moment except pump in supply (over 50,000 now) and bomb with everything we have. They have about 2 divs of combat power on Adak, and need at least 2 more. Our CD guns are fully up, we have 80 fighters on Adak with 50 at Dutch Harbour that can be flown in as soon as the bombers fly out. They need to land at least 3 extra Divs to take the place quickly. KB will suffer (has suffered) huge losses against the CAP and AA, and as they no longer have the unload bonus they will get badly hurt... plus they need to do it before the winter weather sets in (November). A challenge that they may not take... Actually we want KB to react to TB (hopefully after we are ashore). As soon as KB is known the Aru operation can commence (have the shipping and units in place, have 25 P-38 and 16 Beufighter to provide LRCAP if the CV's don't get there in time). We will loose some ships, but once we are ashore we can't be stopped in the long run. If KB doesn't react to TB... or to Adak then the Aru operation is in doubt... KB arriving there at the wrong time would be... bad... On the subs they best time to use them is early as Japanese. I suspect they have them out on picquet lines (we do detect a number off the West coast and nth of Fiji) and they are probably trying to track our CV's. This is valid. Our convoys always have 1-2 escorts, and are generally routed quite deep to avoid the subs. We are waiting on the turn to come in, hopefully today, as we had a mix up. Cheers Rob quote: ORIGINAL: Cribtop Just a post to say this is a great AAR. Learning quite a lot (even if I admit I play Japan most of the time). Your frankly amazing victories this early are due in part to Joe & Nik's "preserve the air force" strategy, but don't discount some really good play on your behalf as well. My thoughts (for what little they are worth): - I am also shocked they are giving up on Adak. Not so much for its strategic value to Japan but because of the significant LCU losses that they just don't have to suffer (as I agree with you that 4 Divs could take the place). What can they do elsewhere with the remaining uncommitted Div that is worth losing (that's how we spell it in Texas [;)]) the 3-ish Divs they have rotting on Adak? - You know this of course, but be very wary of KB showing up and either spoiling the TB op or trashing the forces gathering for the TB op. - Is it possible that the IJN subs are playing the long game similar to their air force? Maybe they just haven't committed many of the subs to come out and play. Not sure I see the value in this as Allied ASW later on is brutal, but I find it hard to believe that Joe & Nik have been guessing wrong this long into the war. Odd. PS - If the other side has an AAR I won't read it to avoid accidentally spoiling anything with a comment. PPS - Dude, you sank the Hibiki! Not cool. [:-] PPPS - I hope you are feeling better/recovering well. Just hearing the phrase "bowel surgery" in an earlier post gave me the willies.

wpurdom -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (2/10/2010 9:58:07 PM)
Have you ever switched the version of the game you're playing? I assume you haven't had the opportunity to play with assigning experienced leaders to the individual squadrons to speed up training, but can you answer this question: Is the slower pace of air combat giving you any problems getting enough flyers up to Training Command level (81) to train your squadrons?

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (2/10/2010 10:58:03 PM)
We are at the latest exe (actually I think we are testing the latest BETA exe, I just run what Joe sends me :) ). So yes have the experianced sqadron thing. I have used it once to pull the best guys I had intpo the P-38 Sqn in PM... they are currently covering the forces unloading at Milne Bay. At the moment I think I have 1 pilot with experiance over 80. I have lots of pilot with A to A ratings in the 80's, but most only have general experiance in the 50's and 60's. So far my experiance is the SKILL rating is the important one (I train to get A-A up to 70 before commiting to battle). Even my squadrons in NORPAC are ligt on experiance wise, good A to A and defense skills though... and lots of kills :) These units started off quite low and I trained them hard from the start. Cheers Rob quote: ORIGINAL: wpurdom Have you ever switched the version of the game you're playing? I assume you haven't had the opportunity to play with assigning experienced leaders to the individual squadrons to speed up training, but can you answer this question: Is the slower pace of air combat giving you any problems getting enough flyers up to Training Command level (81) to train your squadrons?

Cribtop -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (2/11/2010 1:23:20 AM)
Ahh, I misread how much they have on Adak - thought they had 3+ Div equivalents. Given the circumstances I guess I can understand them giving up on it, but that's still a lot of AV to lose on a sideshow. Of course, forcing the IJN/IJA to dissipate combat power in a secondary theater was at least in part the point of your NORPAC moves. If you destory the troops on Adak in the end I'd say this more than makes up for the loss of 1 CV in the earlier phases of NORPAC. Well done. quote: ORIGINAL: jrcar They need to land at least 3 extra Divs to take the place quickly. KB will suffer (has suffered) huge losses against the CAP and AA, and as they no longer have the unload bonus they will get badly hurt... plus they need to do it before the winter weather sets in (November). A challenge that they may not take... Actually we want KB to react to TB (hopefully after we are ashore). As soon as KB is known the Aru operation can commence (have the shipping and units in place, have 25 P-38 and 16 Beufighter to provide LRCAP if the CV's don't get there in time). We will loose some ships, but once we are ashore we can't be stopped in the long run. Cheers Rob

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (2/11/2010 10:28:24 AM)
Well they have two full (but beaten up) Divs plus odds and ends, about 2 div total combat power. They have two Army HQs though! I'm not sure they have given up... In some ways I hope so (would like to keep Adak!) in other ways it would be good if they commited 2-3 move div up here... while we commit around 4-5 Div to the DEI and 3 Div to TB operations! That would have them seriously over commited in a secondary area. Cheers Rob quote: ORIGINAL: Cribtop Ahh, I misread how much they have on Adak - thought they had 3+ Div equivalents. Given the circumstances I guess I can understand them giving up on it, but that's still a lot of AV to lose on a sideshow. Of course, forcing the IJN/IJA to dissipate combat power in a secondary theater was at least in part the point of your NORPAC moves. If you destory the troops on Adak in the end I'd say this more than makes up for the loss of 1 CV in the earlier phases of NORPAC. Well done. quote: ORIGINAL: jrcar They need to land at least 3 extra Divs to take the place quickly. KB will suffer (has suffered) huge losses against the CAP and AA, and as they no longer have the unload bonus they will get badly hurt... plus they need to do it before the winter weather sets in (November). A challenge that they may not take... Actually we want KB to react to TB (hopefully after we are ashore). As soon as KB is known the Aru operation can commence (have the shipping and units in place, have 25 P-38 and 16 Beufighter to provide LRCAP if the CV's don't get there in time). We will loose some ships, but once we are ashore we can't be stopped in the long run. Cheers Rob

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (2/12/2010 3:41:09 AM)
18-19 Jul 1942 Subs Lots of attacks, in the DEI and against the resourses convoys in the Kuriles, several hits but no bangs :( The SS Seal hits a mine at Truk. It is getting unhealthy there. Lots of attacks and signtings by Japanese ASW... but no real damage so far... Interesting sub contacts around Roi-Namur: Sub attack near Roi-Namur at 131,113 Japanese Ships xAP Kashima Maru PB Chiyo Maru #4 xAK Mansei Maru xAKL Konsan Maru xAKL Tenposan Maru xAKL Tomozono Maru #3 xAKL Shonan Maru #8 PB Ikunta Maru PB Hakkaisan Maru Allied Ships SS Plunger The xAP was hit but no bang :( Burma Prome is hit by B-17, we chew up an AA unit on the airfield The B-17 launch at a ground unit between Pegu and Moulmein. An AA unit is hit while moving. No enemy aircraft are noted... Magwe falls to the Allies Taung Gyi falls to the Allies. We now own central Burma DEI We bomb Lautum to light effect against no opposition. I would like to create diversions and smoke here while we go for TB... Shipping detected at Kendari Sigint indicates the 9th Regiment is heading to Kendari (when last heard of it was going to Babeldoab). SWPAC Hollianda trashed as normal. The attacks aginst troops are causing light damage. They attack our forces at Finshaven with Netties. Light damage is caused. WE loose some P-39 that bravely provide CAP. Wau makes a level 2 airfield. SOPAC We bomb Tulagi to little effect. Enemy shipping is noted moving away now. Still moving forces around and preping them for Ndeno then Tulagi. CENTPAC The forces for TB should be fully gathered within 2 days (1 turn). NORPAC In addition to our normal air and ground attacks (which cause light damage) we do the following :) Naval bombardment of Adak Island at 162,52 Allied Ships BB Tennessee BB Colorado BB Maryland CA Vincennes CA Minneapolis CA New Orleans CA Louisville DD Cassin DD Tucker DD Flusser DD Reid DD Preston DD Lamson DD Ellet DD Maury Japanese ground losses: 496 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled) Vehicles lost 4 (0 destroyed, 4 disabled) They will come again... hoping to wear down the defenders and maybe draw some CV's this way... Here is the results from the second bombardment. Ground combat at Adak Island (162,52) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 14449 troops, 243 guns, 240 vehicles, Assault Value = 509 Defending force 32126 troops, 340 guns, 203 vehicles, Assault Value = 664 Japanese ground losses: 42 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 57th Coastal Artillery Regiment 2nd USMC Parachute Battalion 58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment 87th Mountain Regiment 138th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 1st Marine Raider Battalion 7th Marine Rgt /1 802nd Engineer Aviation Battalion 30th Coast AA Regiment 501st Coast AA Regiment 183rd Field Artillery Regiment B Det USN Port Svc North Pacific /1 Eleventh USAAF 255th USN Base Force /4 813th Engineer Aviation Battalion 137th USA Base Force 42nd Const Rgt /1 106th USN Base Force 210th Cst AA Rgt /3 Defending units: 7th/A Division Ichiki Det. 7th/B Division III/19th Naval Guard Unit 19th Division 7th/C Division 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 51st JNAF AF Unit 17th Army 14th Army 21st Special Base Force 48th Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion C./50th JNAF Coy China At Hankow they shock attack again... and fail! Ground combat at Hankow (85,50) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 40409 troops, 375 guns, 188 vehicles, Assault Value = 1171 Defending force 38234 troops, 203 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 830 Japanese adjusted assault: 840 Allied adjusted defense: 1445 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 2170 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 130 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 78 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Vehicles lost 19 (2 destroyed, 17 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1231 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 84 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 98 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled In the south they also fail in an attack: Ground combat at 87,55 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 4898 troops, 34 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 153 Defending force 3837 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 108 Japanese adjusted assault: 55 Allied adjusted defense: 113 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 548 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 31 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 26 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) Allied ground losses: 123 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 17th/A Division Defending units: 28th Chinese/A Corps 50th Chinese/A Corps Small victories like these are the best you generally get in China! Overall a good turn. Looks like they are begining to reinforce the Central Pacific and the DEI. Still waiting to see what they do about Adak... Cheers Rob

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (2/13/2010 3:04:17 AM)
20-21 Juk 1942 Subs The SS KXI is sunk after being forced to the surface. The SS KXV hits a mine at Singapore. Our other subs in the DEI and around Singapore are being prosecuted heavily. A Japanese sub attacks and misses a convoy returning to Dutch Harbour after dropping more supplies at Adak. Our subs are quiet. Burma We hit Prome against no opposition, and Japanese ground forces around the place. In particular the Blenheims hit the 38th Div which is 1 hex east of Prome in the Jungle. We also hit the 55th Cavalry which is guarding the back trail (see map). Not much being detected in Burma at the moment... [image]local://upfiles/6237/A14BDBD22FFC41BC897BD864DBA6AF07.jpg[/image]

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (2/13/2010 3:12:29 AM)
DEI Last turn I noticed that Alor has been built to a level 2 airbase! So those ships we kept intercepting here were droping off troops! This turn I send in the B-17... Morning Air attack on Alor , at 70,114 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 7 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 11 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Morning Air attack on Alor , at 70,114 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 7 damaged Runway hits 4 This base is annoying. It is out of effective medium bomber range (until the B-25 come online). I only have one heavy bomber unit with aircraft (the other has only 3 B-17E). I wanted to move the bombers to PM to hit Rabaul... I don't want Alor to get higher than level 2 if I can help it... Otherwise the DEI is quiet. [image]local://upfiles/6237/6DB79542B6394DD181B5F2B86C10A17A.jpg[/image]

jrcar -> RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) (2/13/2010 3:20:33 AM)
SWPAC More of the same really. They hit the troops at Finshaven, a few planes go up and are largely ineffective... then 7 Nell come in unescorted and the CAP pounces (the previous engagement had 2 P-40 on CAP, where the others came from...) Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 7 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 3 P-40E Warhawk x 5 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 4 destroyed I'm pretty sure all 7 are shot down. This is a good outcome for the turn! An RCT from the US 32nd Inf Deiv attack the troops that were in Buna and had been forced into the mountains. The attack is succesful and the Japanese flee further into the mountains. I think I'll follow up as this way we will eventually get to Wau! The forces at Milne Bay are slowly building up. PM hits a level 3 port. Lots of supplies are flowing in here now. SOPAC No change NORPAC No change. We bomb and bombard. I'm contemplating a ground attack. Should have over 60k in supplies there now, so can rebuild losses. China Mostly quiet as they rest at Hankow and chase down forces in the south.

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