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EUBanana -> Mines in the Pacific (9/18/2009 10:23:01 AM)
My Grand Campaign versus ggraven finally started today. Mines in the Pacific because we multiplied the replacement rate of all mines by 10. Thus minelayers should not be the most useless ships in the fleet in this game... I'm the Allies. Dud torpedoes on. Historical first turn off. Surprise on. Allies cant give orders to disbanded ships in turn 1. PDUs on. No paradropping unit fragments, the whole unit has to go over. Orders are limited in turn 1 for obvious reasons. The main thing is putting almost all the LCUs onto rest orders, and much of the airforce into training. The ABDA Martin bombers in particular are all set for low level naval bombing training, so hopefully when the Java invasion comes they can do something useful. PoW/Repulse have their home set to Batavia, retreat and loiter in the NE corner of the Java Sea. 3 x DD at Hong Kong are given orders to sow mines in the PI. Marbleheads DD group given orders to set sail for the PI. Houston/Boise stay put for now. One of the US CVs (Lexington I think) ordered to head for Wake Island - not necessarily to do damage but I want to rescue the Wildcat squadron. Squee, risks on turn 1. The other CV is ordered to Palmyra. CA Pensacola is split off from the convoy it begins escorting and ordered to Tarawa. The Aus/NZ navies are ordered to converge on Rabaul.

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (10/1/2009 10:54:55 AM)
I seem to be cursed, ggraven had to quit as something came up RL. However, his other opponent Steve came to rescue so now I'm playing him. No mines in the pacific, stock scenario unfortunately. I likely won't update this AAR so much as theres just too much going on to do so, but for what its worth, here it begins. So, Steve, no peeking! [:-]

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (10/1/2009 10:56:20 AM)
We're up to December 17th. Malaya has progressed pretty much as per usual. I got a supply convoy in without loss, and some Vildebeest made their presence felt on the IJN, but the Japs are winning very good here. [image]local://upfiles/10259/4AFE3509FE624801BAA0CF74016FDBAC.jpg[/image]

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (10/1/2009 11:12:58 AM)
The Allied surface forces havn't covered themselves with glory here, driven off as they were by IJN surface forces. The submarines have scored 1 hit in all this time. Big difference when compared to the AI, Steve tells me all his convoys are escorted which really matters. Off the map to the SW, there was a surface battle at Jolo between 2 British 'D' cruisers, CL Marblehead and a bunch of Allied DDs vs a Japanese heavy cruiser SAG. The Allies were spanked badly, losing 2 DDs and the whole TF being badly shot up for no real damage to the enemy. They fought well but were outgunned and outarmoured. So Jolo is in Japanese hands. [image]local://upfiles/10259/8B42203D830E499FBD3340A2F7DC2231.jpg[/image]

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (10/1/2009 11:15:40 AM)
Elsewhere... CENTPAC sees surface battles between CA Pensacola and Japs at Tarawa and Makin Atoll. The Japs are spanked quite badly but the atolls are now part of the Empire. KB hung around Pearl for several days and badly shot up the entire USN BB force, however no BBs actually sank. 3/4 of them are so crippled that they'll be out until the end of 1942, though. CV Lexington extracted the Wildcat squadron from Wake Island (still in Allied possession) but didn't linger. BB Prince of Wales is lurking in the Java Sea, but came under submarine attack which means he knows its there, so I'm tempted to move it elsewhere. Burma is being reinforced. [;)]

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (10/1/2009 11:18:00 AM)
A lot of the A2A kills are the AVG in China shooting up Nates. However the PI forces and even the Pearl Harbor fighters on day 2 onwards did pretty well. I think the kill ratio is around 2:1 in his favour in fighters. However the PI is down to less than a dozen serviceable P40s... [image]local://upfiles/10259/CB1A419F88E24361BA88A10057F46DD9.jpg[/image]

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (10/12/2009 12:15:02 AM)
Turns were a bit slow for a while but we're picking up progress. December 22nd 1941 Malaya Georgetown has fallen, he's just begun landing at Mersing right by Singapore. 300 AV are ashore so far, we don't want him cutting off the entire peninsula. Vildebeest raid but score few hits. I got a couple of small SAGs nearby, they are going in. I've ordered a general retreat north of Mersing but thats fine, was going to do that anyway. DEI There's been some surface action in the straits east of Balikpapan. (First off Marblehead and some American flush deckers get surprised and punished - the cruisers are shot up but not sunk, several DDs are sunk, barely even a hit on the Japs. oops mentioned this already ) A few days later PoW/Repulse showed up with most of the Dutch navy, vs a Jap CL + 4 DD. One Jap DD survived, revenge be mine. PoW was impressive, scoring a dozen 14" hits on small targets. The Brits are out of ammo and thus pulling back, the Dutch barely engaged and are going to buzz Jolo where I believe there is a lot of unloading going on. PI Air defence is almost broken, and I've ordered a general retreat to Bataan. Australia CL Adelaide proves how useless she is, she gets into a tussle with two Jap DDs near Rabaul and is blown to bits by torpedoes despite crossing the T. Australia and Canberra are based at Rabaul but are raiding around. Enterprise and Lexington are at Suva headed for Brisbane. I actually want to deploy these babies in the Java Sea for now. CENTPAC First wave of supply ships has unloaded at Pearl, they're being uncrated and dispatched onwards. All Pacific Fleet HQ stuff. Fairly unremarkable logistics, baseforces moving around - of import is the order of moving marine defence regiment + USAAF baseforce to Efate. Originally set for Ndeni in the starting OOB, Efate strikes me as more useful as it can exert control over New Caledonia if need be. Plus it starts slightly more developed. I also form up two cruiser forces, one is en route to Suva, the other en route to Canton Island - each 2 x CA, 1 x CL, 4 x DD. Their job is to spank outreaching Japanese hands if they get any ideas regarding atolls. Wake Island fell today.

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (10/12/2009 10:36:23 PM)
Oh dear god. The Royal Navy in the guise of CL Mauritius and 3 DDs laid waste to the Japs at Mersing, who were surprised at anchor. RN torpedoes blew the hell out of the escort, and then they proceeded to shoot the crap out of the convoy. They even managed to return to Singapore and rearm and refuel by end of day, so they are bright eyed and bushy tailed for some more. In something of a laugh PG Soerabaya ended up patrolling Mersing all day withotu being attacked. No Jap ships around though. Even the pre-dreadnoughts are being brought out here. :D There was also a knuckle bitingly vicious night action in SOPAC between the Aussie navy and vastly superior Japanese forces. CA Canberra was sunk, but she put up one hell of a fight! Situation in China is bad. Resource bombing is clearly insane. Tiny numbers of bombers can score 10-15 resource hits in a single day. Yenan is getting it - I'm forced to move the AVG up there. On the ground the Chinese are getting spanked, Nanning is holding on by a finger, Ichang has a million Japs headed up the road. Wuchow has a tiny garrison and is threatened by vastly superior forces. I'm desperately trying to consolidate the Chinese so they can fight back. I've already completely withdrawn from what I call 'the southeast pocket' around Wenchow, which IMO is just a deathtrap. In general though a fine day for the Allies! Reproduced in full. (PS got a day out, last report was Dec 21) AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 22, 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Mersing Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft 2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CL Kinu SC Ch 23 SC Ch 22 SC Ch 21 CL Kinu firing at 30 Battery/3 HAA ... SC Ch 23 firing at enemy troops... SC Ch 22 firing at enemy troops... SC Ch 21 firing at enemy troops... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Mersing at 51,82, Range 1,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Murakumo DD Asagiri Allied Ships ML No. 311, Shell hits 9, and is sunk PG Herald, Shell hits 15, and is sunk HDML 1062 HDML 1063, Shell hits 1 Reduced sighting due to 14% moonlight... Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 14% moonlight: 4,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards...... Range closes to 2,000 yards...... Range closes to 1,000 yards...... DD Asagiri engages PG Herald at 1,000 yards... DD Asagiri engages ML No. 311 at 1,000 yards... Range increases to 2,000 yards... DD Asagiri engages PG Herald at 2,000 yards... ML No. 311 sunk by DD Murakumo at 2,000 yards... Fisher V. orders Allied TF to disengage... Higashi, Hideo orders Japanese TF to disengage... Range increases to 3,000 yards... PG Herald sunk by DD Asagiri at 3,000 yards... DD Murakumo engages HDML 1063 at 3,000 yards... Range increases to 9,000 yards... DD Asagiri engages HDML 1063 at 9,000 yards... Task forces break off...... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Mersing at 51,82, Range 1,000 Yards Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Japanese Ships CL Kinu, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk SC Ch 21, Shell hits 16, and is sunk SC Ch 22, Shell hits 9, and is sunk SC Ch 23, Shell hits 12, and is sunk xAK Keisyo Maru, Shell hits 13, heavy fires xAK Koto Maru xAK Toba Maru, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk xAK Manyo Maru xAK Holland Maru xAK Hukusei Maru xAK Kotohira Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire xAK Yamabuki Maru, heavy damage xAK Nihonka Maru, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk xAKL Jokuja Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire xAKL Kaisho Maru xAKL Bokuei Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire xAKL Chosen Maru, Shell hits 2, heavy fires xAKL Kokuei Maru Allied Ships CL Mauritius DD Stronghold, Shell hits 1 DD Encounter DD Isis Reduced sighting due to 14% moonlight... Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 14% moonlight: 4,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards...... Range closes to 2,000 yards...... Range closes to 1,000 yards...... CL Mauritius engages CL Kinu at 1,000 yards... SC Ch 23 sunk by CL Mauritius at 1,000 yards... SC Ch 21 sunk by CL Mauritius at 1,000 yards... Range increases to 2,000 yards... CL Mauritius engages CL Kinu at 2,000 yards... DD Encounter engages SC Ch 22 at 2,000 yards... CL Kinu sunk by DD Encounter at 2,000 yards... Range increases to 3,000 yards... xAKL Bokuei Maru collides with xAK Manyo Maru at 51 , 82 ... CL Mauritius engages SC Ch 22 at 3,000 yards... DD Isis engages xAKL Chosen Maru at 3,000 yards... SC Ch 22 sunk by DD Encounter at 3,000 yards... CL Mauritius engages xAK Kotohira Maru at 3,000 yards... DD Encounter engages xAK Keisyo Maru at 3,000 yards... DD Encounter engages xAK Toba Maru at 3,000 yards... DD Encounter engages xAK Keisyo Maru at 3,000 yards... DD Encounter engages xAKL Bokuei Maru at 3,000 yards... DD Encounter engages xAKL Jokuja Maru at 3,000 yards... Range closes to 2,000 yards... CL Mauritius engages xAK Toba Maru at 2,000 yards... DD Isis engages xAK Toba Maru at 2,000 yards... DD Stronghold engages xAK Toba Maru at 2,000 yards... xAK Toba Maru sunk by DD Isis at 2,000 yards... Range increases to 3,000 yards... CL Mauritius engages xAK Nihonka Maru at 3,000 yards... DD Stronghold engages xAK Kotohira Maru at 3,000 yards... xAK Nihonka Maru sunk by DD Stronghold at 3,000 yards... DD Isis engages xAK Keisyo Maru at 3,000 yards... DD Encounter engages xAK Kotohira Maru at 3,000 yards... DD Stronghold engages xAK Keisyo Maru at 3,000 yards... DD Stronghold engages xAK Koto Maru at 3,000 yards... DD Isis engages xAK Yamabuki Maru at 3,000 yards... CL Mauritius engages xAK Kotohira Maru at 3,000 yards... DD Encounter engages xAK Keisyo Maru at 3,000 yards... DD Stronghold engages xAK Keisyo Maru at 3,000 yards... Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape... Task forces break off...... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Manus at 101,119, Range 1,000 Yards Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Japanese Ships CA Aoba CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 7, on fire CA Furutaka, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk CA Kako, Shell hits 6, heavy fires DD Oboro, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Uzuki, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Kikuzuki, Shell hits 4, on fire DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 1 Allied Ships CA Canberra, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage CL Perth, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Voyager, Shell hits 2 Reduced sighting due to 14% moonlight... Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 14% moonlight: 3,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards...... Range closes to 4,000 yards...... Range closes to 1,000 yards...... Getting, F.E. crosses the 'T'... CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 1,000 yards... CA Canberra engages CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards... DD Yuzuki engages DD Voyager at 1,000 yards... DD Voyager engages DD Kikuzuki at 1,000 yards... Range increases to 2,000 yards... CA Kinugasa engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards... CL Perth engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards... CA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards... DD Oboro engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards... CA Kinugasa engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards... CA Furutaka sunk by CL Perth at 2,000 yards... DD Voyager engages DD Kikuzuki at 2,000 yards... DD Yuzuki engages DD Voyager at 2,000 yards... DD Kikuzuki engages DD Voyager at 2,000 yards... DD Uzuki engages DD Voyager at 2,000 yards... CA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards... CA Kinugasa engages CL Perth at 2,000 yards... DD Kikuzuki engages DD Voyager at 2,000 yards... CA Canberra engages DD Uzuki at 2,000 yards... DD Voyager engages DD Oboro at 2,000 yards... Range increases to 6,000 yards... CA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 6,000 yards... CA Kinugasa engages CL Perth at 6,000 yards... DD Uzuki engages DD Voyager at 6,000 yards... DD Voyager engages DD Yuzuki at 6,000 yards... Range increases to 9,000 yards... CA Canberra engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards... CA Kinugasa engages CA Canberra at 9,000 yards... CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 9,000 yards... Task forces break off...... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 19 No Japanese losses Allied Ships HDML 1100, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk HDML 1101, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 19 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.... Estimated time to target is 15 minutes... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 20 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.... Estimated time to target is 16 minutes... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Wuchow , at 76,57 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Japanese aircraft Ki-36 Ida x 15 Ki-51 Sonia x 9 Allied aircraft no flights No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb 15 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.... Estimated time to target is 6 minutes... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 7 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 12000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.... Estimated time to target is 12 minutes... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Manus at 101,119, Range 2,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Aoba CA Kinugasa DD Oboro DD Kikuzuki, on fire DD Yuzuki Allied Ships DD Voyager, Shell hits 1 Reduced sighting due to 25% moonlight... Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 25% moonlight: 2,000 yards... Range closes to 11,000 yards...... Range closes to 10,000 yards...... Range closes to 9,000 yards...... Range closes to 8,000 yards...... Range closes to 7,000 yards...... Range closes to 6,000 yards...... Range closes to 5,000 yards...... Range closes to 4,000 yards...... Range closes to 3,000 yards...... Range closes to 2,000 yards...... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards... CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards... DD Oboro engages DD Voyager at 2,000 yards... Range increases to 3,000 yards... Range increases to 5,000 yards... CA Kinugasa engages DD Voyager at 5,000 yards... Allied Task Force Manages to Escape... Task forces break off...... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Noumea at 112,162 Japanese Ships SS I-7 Allied Ships xAK Zvir, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage TK Herborg xAP Diomed xAK Illisos xAK Period xAK Iron King xAK Corio xAK Tai Yin xAK Oakbank PG Warrego SS I-7 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Zvir... I-7 diving deep ....... PG Warrego fails to find sub, continues to search...... PG Warrego fails to find sub, continues to search...... PG Warrego fails to find sub, continues to search...... PG Warrego fails to find sub, continues to search...... PG Warrego fails to find sub, continues to search...... Escort abandons search for sub... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Sambas Japanese Ships DD Shinonome DD Shinonome firing at Sambas Base Force... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Sambas TF 19 troops unloading over beach at Sambas, 57,88 15 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 41st Guard Bn... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Vigan at 80,73, Range 30,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Hatsuharu DD Nenohi xAK Goyo Maru xAK Hitati Maru xAK Kasagi Maru xAK Terukawa Maru xAK Syohei Maru xAK Yuri Maru xAK Kiyo Maru xAK Zuisyo Maru xAK Boston Maru xAKL Sakae Maru xAP Asama Maru xAP Buenos Aires Maru xAP Huzi Maru PB Kinsyo Maru #2 PB Teibo Maru #2 Allied Ships PT-31 PT-32 PT-33 PT-34 PT-35 PT-41 PT Q-111 PT Q-112 PT Q-113 Allied Ships Reported to be Approaching!... Japanese TF suspends unloading operations and begins to get underway... Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 18,000 yards... Range increases to 20,000 yards...... Both Task Forces evade combat... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 Ki-27b Nate x 17 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 18 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 22000 feet 15 x Ki-27b Nate sweeping at 16000 feet CAP engaged: 24th PG/17th PS with P-40E Warhawk (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 35th PG/21st PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 53 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 1 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 22000 feet CAP engaged: 35th PG/21st PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 14th Chinese Base Force, at 87,56 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft B5M1 Mabel x 5 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 39 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 24000 feet CAP engaged: 35th PG/21st PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000. Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Yenan , at 88,37 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 28 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 6 Allied aircraft I-15-III x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 6 damaged Resources hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 15000 feet * City Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 10 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet * City Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 7 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 15000 feet * City Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 15000 feet * City Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: 5th FG/27th FS CAF with I-15-III (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 77th Chinese Corps, at 84,47 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 7 Ki-30 Ann x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 34 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 15000 feet Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 2nd Group Army ...... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Yenan , at 88,37 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 8 Allied aircraft I-15-III x 2 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Resources hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet * City Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: 5th FG/27th FS CAF with I-15-III (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Yenan , at 88,37 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 7 Allied aircraft I-15-III x 1 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Resources hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 15000 feet * City Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: 5th FG/27th FS CAF with I-15-III (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 98th Chinese Corps, at 88,43 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 28 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 110 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 28 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 12000 feet Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 22nd Australian Brigade, at 51,82 (Mersing) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 16 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 19 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 21 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 12000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 30 Battery/3 HAA ...... Also attacking 22nd Australian Brigade ...... Also attacking 30 Battery/3 HAA ...... Also attacking 22nd Australian Brigade ...... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 31st Chinese Corps, at 72,55 (Nanning) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 12 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 57 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 52nd Chinese Corps ...... Also attacking 31st Chinese Corps ...... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Yenan , at 88,37 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 19 Allied aircraft I-15-III x 1 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Resources hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 15000 feet * City Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: 5th FG/27th FS CAF with I-15-III (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 35th Chinese Corps, at 92,38 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-36 Ida x 15 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 19 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 15000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 13th Group Army ...... Also attacking 35th Chinese Corps ...... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Base Force, at 72,55 (Nanning) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 9 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 33 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 31st Chinese Corps ...... Also attacking 9th Chinese Base Force ...... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nanchang , at 85,54 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 6 Allied aircraft A-29A Hudson x 6 DB-3M x 5 H81-A3 x 12 SB-III x 7 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses A-29A Hudson: 1 damaged Resources hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x DB-3M bombing from 15000 feet * City Attack: 5 x 100 kg GP Bomb 6 x A-29A Hudson bombing from 15000 feet * City Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 3 x DB-3M bombing from 15000 feet * City Attack: 5 x 100 kg GP Bomb 5 x SB-III bombing from 15000 feet * City Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb 2 x SB-III bombing from 15000 feet * City Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: 54th Sentai Det A with Ki-27b Nate (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Kuantan at 52,81 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 6 Buffalo I x 13 Hudson I x 3 Allied aircraft losses Hudson I: 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAKL Bokuei Maru, heavy fires xAKL Chosen Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Hudson I attacking from 100 feet Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb SAP Bomb 6 x Blenheim IV attacking from 100 feet Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 56th Infantry Regiment, at 52,78 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 6 Allied aircraft Blenheim I x 6 Hudson I x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Blenheim I: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 4 x Blenheim I bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 11th Sentai with Ki-27b Nate (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 23000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Terempa at 54,81 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Wirraway x 3 Allied aircraft losses Wirraway: 3 damaged Japanese Ships BB Kongo Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Wirraway bombing from 15000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 100 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vigan , at 80,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 Ki-27b Nate x 7 Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 2 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: 3rd Ku S-1 Det B with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 24000 Raid is overhead 50th Sentai with Ki-27b Nate (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 9th Infantry Regiment, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft P-35A x 6 Allied aircraft losses P-35A: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 30 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x P-35A attacking from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 100 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Pearl Harbor at 178,109 Japanese Ships SS I-25, hits 1 Allied Ships xAK Examiner DD Allen DD Allen fails to find sub, continues to search...... DD Allen attacking submerged sub ....... DD Allen fails to find sub, continues to search...... DD Allen fails to find sub, continues to search...... DD Allen fails to find sub, continues to search...... Escort abandons search for sub... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Niihau at 172,113 Japanese Ships SS I-171 Allied Ships AR Vestal, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Litchfield AG Aries AG Antares DD Ward DD Schley SS I-171 launches 4 torpedoes at AR Vestal... DD Ward fails to find sub, continues to search...... DD Schley attacking submerged sub ....... DD Ward fails to find sub and abandons search... DD Schley fails to find sub, continues to search...... Escort abandons search for sub... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Sambas Japanese Ships AK Sagami Maru AK Tosan Maru DD Shirakumo Allied ground losses: 25 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled AK Sagami Maru firing at enemy troops... AK Tosan Maru firing at enemy troops... DD Shirakumo firing at enemy troops... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 84,47 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 3063 troops, 140 guns, 126 vehicles, Assault Value = 597 Defending force 11985 troops, 86 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 338 Japanese adjusted assault: 57 Allied adjusted defense: 77 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: op mode(-), leaders(+), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 13 (0 destroyed, 13 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1344 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 87 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 93 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units:... 9th Armored Car Co ... 13th Division... 13th Tank Regiment... 58th Infantry Regiment... 1st Mortar Battalion... 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment... 2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment... 11th Army... 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion... 14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment... 8th Ind. Engineer Regiment... 52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion... ... Defending units:... 55th Chinese Corps... 77th Chinese Corps... 2nd Group Army... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 83,52 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 14284 troops, 122 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 393 Defending force 15571 troops, 114 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 327 Japanese adjusted assault: 267 Allied adjusted defense: 243 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 722 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 26 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 22 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Allied ground losses: 663 casualties reported Squads: 25 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units:... 3rd Division... ... Defending units:... 20th Chinese Corps... 37th Chinese Corps... 58th Chinese Corps... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 86,49 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 6674 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 203 Defending force 13736 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 362 Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units:... 20th Ind.Mixed Brigade... ... Defending units:... 7th Chinese Corps... 84th Chinese Corps... 21st Group Army... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 7428 troops, 42 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 223 Defending force 10645 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 258 Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units:... 16th Ind.Mixed Brigade... 1st NCPC Infantry Brigade... ... Defending units:... 27th Chinese Corps... 5th New Chinese Corps... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanning (72,55) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 7576 troops, 72 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 190 Defending force 11372 troops, 85 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 186 Japanese adjusted assault: 62 Allied adjusted defense: 95 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 214 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 273 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units:... 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade... 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment... ... Defending units:... 31st Chinese Corps... 52nd Chinese Corps... 35th Group Army... 9th Chinese Base Force... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Mersing (51,82) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 10365 troops, 71 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 318 Defending force 3168 troops, 28 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 98 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 259 Allied adjusted defense: 41 Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Mersing !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 463 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 25 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 970 casualties reported Squads: 28 destroyed, 17 disabled Non Combat: 37 destroyed, 32 disabled Engineers: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 15 (15 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 2 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units:... 148th Infantry Rgt /1... 113th Infantry Regiment... 56th Engineer Regiment... 56th Recon Rgt /3... 56th Field Artillery Regiment... ... Defending units:... 22nd Australian Brigade... 30 Battery/3 HAA ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 88,50 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 4242 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 190 Defending force 5348 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 166 Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units:... Ankei SNLF... 138th Infantry Regiment... ... Defending units:... 48th Chinese Corps... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 92,36 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 4026 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127 Defending force 5488 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 182 Allied ground losses: 19 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units:... 13th Indpt Infantry Regiment... ... Defending units:... 3rd Prov Chinese Corps... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wewak (96,119) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 385 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 8 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Wewak !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units:... 2nd Indpt SNLF Coy ...

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (10/14/2009 12:11:37 PM)
MALAYA/DEI/PI Still lots of naval activity around Singapore, PG Soerabaja and her DD escort attempted to make for Kota Baru for a daylight action, but she ran into a Jap DD flotilla at night. The action was indecisive and the predreadnought didn't even engage (her night experience is terrible, hence why I was aiming for a daytime engagement). Jap troops have made it west of Mersing and cut Singapore off from the rest of Malaya. Argh! I always screw up Malaya by not retreating, every game I ever played tells me just to Sir Robin to Singers immediately on day 1, and I never do. [:(] That said, Singapore still has an airfarce and I'm not giving up yet, as I got plenty of shipping in the area which so far has had a lot of luck working under the Jap nose. So I'm planning on a naval extraction. AMCs Manoora and Kanimbla have been pushed into front line warship duty temporarily. Along with the Mauritius SAG, they saw indecisive action around NW Borneo, where the Japs have landed. The majority of the Dutch fleet is holed up in Balikpapan now, I pondered more raidings on Jolo but in the end have decided to cede initiative in the straits. Let him come to me, now his airforce is probably up and running. Prince of Wales/Repulse are bumming around the Java Sea area, not sure what to do with them next. CVL Ryujo torpedoed with a sub dud near Amboina. No sign of Big KB tho. Japs are at the gates of Manila and are advancing on Clark Field. I ordered a general retreat to Corregidor a few days ago, and am confident nobody will be cut off. I did get a 17k supply convoy into Manila right under the Jap nose, but unless the AI gets its finger out and transfers it to Bataan as ordered a lot of that might be lost. I have to say that Miss Betty is not exerting much influence in this campaign so far. There have been attacks on shipping from new Jap bases in northern Borneo but with bombs and all ineffectual. His bombers in Saigon are mostly concentrating on night bombing Singapore - night bombing seems more effective than in WITP to me, but is a tool of long term attrition. The Malaya campaign isn't going to be long term, so I think this is a mistake on his part. SOPAC/AUS The Aussie navy, operating so far from resupply, may have harmed the IJN but have had to retreat to rearm, which puts them out of the action zone for a week or two due to the extreme distance. The IJN meanwhile now have the Bismarck Sea area as their personal lake, therefore. IJN ships are parked by Rabaul, no landings yet. A Coy of Aussie troops kicked into the jungles have been extracted. I spent some time reorganising the Aussie command structure. Australian I Corps has been assigned the job of defending Port Moresby, and so has been transferred to SWPAC and ordered to rail to Townsville. What competent, spare units the Aussies have - a couple of Coys, not like the Allies are rocking the divisions this early! - have been transferred to the now unrestricted I Corps and will be moved to Port Moresby, meaning it will have a Bde level garrison. This early in the war it might be enough. Fuel is already looking sparse in Australia. About 100k of fuel is incoming from Java, but the fuel pipeline from the US is pretty negligible at the moment. I'm pondering ordering some British TKs from Abadan to ship to Aus but thats a hell of a long way. CHINA Yenen has been bombed flat, no resources left, by daily raids of half a dozen Sallies. Nanning is under siege and may well fall, there are almost no reinforcements available nearby. Ichang fell to the Nationalist Chinese in a battle which inflicted 7000 casualties on both sides, however I can't see how Ichang can be defended. I'm hard pressed everywhere except in the centre, with a determined but small Japanese drive out of Vietnam towards Nanning, a huge drive at Wuchow which will undoubtably succeed in taking Wuchow, and some pressure south of Sian and more severe pressure east and south of Yenen. I suspect Sian is his main objective. BURMA/INDIA Jap paras are fighting at Tavoy, but the defenders have thus far seen them off. I think a Burma invasion cannot be far away. Fortifications are being dug at Pegu, Mandalay and Shwebo - foolishly I suspect I actually intend to commit to Burma and fight at Pegu. Wary of end arounds, I already moved the Malayan Swordfish squadron to Rangoon, and have RN cruisers at Diamond Harbor ready to move in. Port Blair has not been reinforced. I find it very difficult to resupply once the SE Asian coast is in Jap hands. It is also too far to fly fighter aircraft in from Colombo. Therefore, I consider it indefensible in anything other than the short term. CENTPAC Quiet except for subs.

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (10/14/2009 8:11:59 PM)
CL Mauritius and her DD escort encountered a superior Jap SAG based around CA Maya off Singakawang. The RN achieved surprised and torpedoed the crap out of Maya (5 hits!). Mauritius took a single 8" shell but damage is light. The DDs suffered a bit and 2 out of 3 are going to need dock time. Mauritius however is up for more in what is so far an extraordinary war for her! Japs are landing at Ambon, Rabaul, and a host of minor bases all over the map. [image]local://upfiles/10259/C3B172C3DF634EF399BEE98B275B41FB.jpg[/image]

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (10/14/2009 9:24:17 PM)
Hero of the hour... [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/HMS_Mauritius_moored.jpg[/img]

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (10/15/2009 9:40:28 PM)
The 26th was a bad day for the Allies. PG Soerabaja was torpedoed off Singapore, one hit, but she's out. She's limping back to Batavia and after being pumped dry, will head probably for Cape Town for repairs. Not that she's exactly the baddest ship in the fleet. There were crushing Jap air attacks on Manila and Singapore. The boys at Manila put up a fight, the Buffaloes of Singapore did not. Singapore's air defence is pretty much broken. On the 27th things improved. He's had a transport TF at Jolo for days on end, it tempted me just too much, and despite my better judgment I sortied the Dutch cruiser force, which is covering the Makassar area. They found 5 AKs and a PB, sank the lot, and escaped. Wow. Score. In addition to that he attacked Kweilin predictably, as he's been methodically working on resources across the map, and got bounced hard by 18 planes of the AVG. 20 Japs shot down. Nice. He has 50+ bombers stationed in Malayan bases, no Netties yet though. What ability I have to operate ships around Singapore is fast running out. Manila has been abandoned without a fight, the entire PI military practically is now at Clark, and pulling back to Bataan, where 50k supply has been stockpiled. I hope for a long siege, but we'll see. Singapore is going to fall very quickly I think. Jap BBs are operating near Ambon/Timor. Mini KB seems to be south of the PI still in its usual spot. Jap CVs, I think KB or possibly a detachment thereof, were spotted some distance east of Rabaul? I'm not quite sure what his next moves will be - early invasions in the empty Solomons perhaps? I'm pondering the next few moves myself. Past experience suggests that Java is fairly safe until Zeroes can freely range over it, which requires a base on western Borneo. Accordingly, all those bases have been mined. When Singapore falls though the Java Sea will become a Japanese lake, so at that point I plan on moving the ABDA fleets southwards, to the Soerabaja-Timor area. In CENTPAC I now have a bunch of units at Pearl and am pondering where to send them. Extra CD guns and naval support for Christmas Island was an easy choice, so thats been done. I have a couple more spare units, though, question is where to put em? Efate and Pago Pago already have reinforcements en route. I'm thinking Fiji or Noumea could handle some major reinforcement, but I don't like sending Pacific Fleet land units too far to the southwest.

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (10/17/2009 12:29:45 AM)
Ouch, there was a surface clash at Mersing as I sent in everything. BB PoW and BC Repulse led the charge. Mauritius and several flush deck DDs were sunk, however about 8 Japanese cargo ships and two SCs were sunk (mostly by 14" from PoW), and a couple of DDs damage. a CL took two 14" heavy shells, I imagine its dock time for her. The fight dragged on and on though and PoW took a torpedo. At daybreak PoW had only made two hexes, and Repulse only three - then the Netties pounced and sent Repulse to the bottom. Next day PoW should be out of there assuming no submarine issues. I've not been impressed by Repulses gunnery, she's been in a couple of actions now, emptied her magazines twice and hit nothing at all. "The penalty for incompetence in war is death", and Repulse is now dead. ;) PoW is on 30 major flot damage due to that torp, so she's out. I think the Allied navy has been doing excellent work in the DEI (Steve seems to think so, he's happy with progress but did mention 'relatively heavy transport losses' in his last email) but the main Allied warships are all either sunk or badly damaged and needing dock time now. The only cruisers left in the area are the Dutch ones, which are mostly pretty substandard. The DD force is now mainly US flush deckers, which are useless in surface battles, and Dutch designs which seem to be rather more capable but have almost no range. Singapore is down to 2 fighters. I'm flying the bombers out. Vildebeest to Java, longer legged frames to Burma. the PI is in the same boat. All over but the sieging. Japanese subs have turned up off the West Coast and are all over me, three TKs sunk in two days. [X(] The sole units I got in the area are three useless YPs, though I did order the Canucks, who have some Flower corvettes, down to the high traffic San Diego/SF area. They aren't in position yet.

Mynok -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (10/17/2009 1:00:21 AM)
Never a dull moment, eh? [:D]

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (10/17/2009 2:27:50 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Mynok Never a dull moment, eh? [:D] Had surface combat almost every day for a while now. [:D] 29th December MALAYA/DEI/BURMA The Japs have control of the waters near Singapore now, total air superiority is theirs. PoW has escaped and is almost at Batavia. Japs are landing at Kuching now finally, which will make matters even worse. Japs have been hitting transports shipping units from Malacca to Sumatra, these guys I've deemed expendable, sucks to be them, any troops I extricate from Malacca are a good thing. ABDACOMS Dutch cruisers are the only significant force remaining to me now in this area. I've ordered them to Timor. His paras at Tavoy are in trouble as the Victoria Point garrison Bn arrived today, and Blenheims formerly of the Malaya campaign have been bombing them out of Rangoon. CHINA Pressure still intense on Nanning but the Chinese seem to be holding by the skin of their teeth, with the help of CAF bombers. Pressure continues to build in the NE, with a huge Jap stack headed for Sian and Yenen being heavily bombed again. The AVG are dishing out a lot of pain though to his aircraft whenever they show up. SOPAC KB made an unwelcome appearance east of Port Moresby, and launched an extreme range airstrike on the Aussies who are unloading there. Several Aussie and NZ cruisers were damaged. None sunk but the Aussie navy is pretty much gone now. Banshees at Port Moresby meanwhile launched strikes on Jap shipping at Finschafen and despite abysmal experience managed to score a few hits, sinking one AK and damaging two more. CENTPAC All quiet, a logistical frenzy is going on though as the NZ transport fleet arrived at Pearl today and has promptly been ordered to distribute various forces from Pearl elsewhere. My main buildups are at Christmas Island and Pago Pago so far. I'm seriously considering a garrison at Fanning Island as well. It's too early to really make stands though, there's no airforce to distribute to these bases even after I've garrisonned and supplied them... Dutch Harbor has been reinforced and provided with an AS in NORPAC but I'm not envisaging anything happening up here. CV Saratoga left Balboa today headed for Cape Town. Not sure if she'll arrive in time to influence any Java campaigns. The other USN CVs are between Sydney and Melbourne, headed for Perth - they at least will be in range.

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (10/23/2009 11:57:33 AM)
Here's the situation at the beginning of 1942... Something of a lull except around Malaya where my expendable Dutch are giving up their lives to rescue a handful of Indian battalions. [image]local://upfiles/10259/1AFCDE5DC04147D0AD5182A99AB8D86A.jpg[/image]

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (10/23/2009 12:12:34 PM)
Most of the action is in China, where the Nationalist Chinese are just melting at an absolutely staggering pace. Up around Paotow and Yenen the Japanese just wear the Chinese down by shock attacking until there's just a skeleton left. Kill ratios of 20 or 30 to 1 in the Japanese favour don't seem unusual in these shock attacks, even when the odds are 1:1. [X(] I have a number of corps there reduced to an AV of 30-50 as a result. Large Jap forces are headed for Sian too. This is his main area of effort. Chengchow is on the verge of being completely encircled, I'm considering its evacuation even though it's an important, resource rich city. Loyang right next to it isn't in quite so much danger though, so so far the thought is being entertained, not acted upon. Seems fairly quiet around Changsha in the centre, though Wuchang is heavily garrisoned by Japs. I'm moving some Chinese up regardless as otherwise Yenen and Sian are toast. In the south the Japs seem happy halting at Wuchow. Kansienh is mine and not threatened, there are in fact too many Chinese corps there, having been evacuated from the Wenchow pocket - I'm redeploying them to the southwest... ...where the Japs evidently want Nanning. I'm rushing reinforcements there but will Nanning be able to hold the month plus required? It's not looking good.

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (10/24/2009 6:46:15 PM)
7th January MALAYA/DEI/PI He's not crossed over to Singapore yet but the entirety of Malaya bar Singapore is now in Japanese hands. All British units not evacuated or in Singers have now surrendered. Two Punjabi battalions were extricated, thats about it though. 18th British Division landed in Java by mistake. [X(] Where did they come from? Beats me! [:D] I'm reloading them but am wondering where to put them. A whole division! Juicy. Part of me wants to send them to Darwin or even Timor but I suspect cool will return and I'll pack them off to India eventually. He's started invading southern Borneo finally. I tried to move the ABDACOM cruisers to the Makassar area to intervene but it was over before they were in position. Two AMCs, Manoora and Kanimbla, were used as makeshift cruisers, they were in the area - they met a Japanese SAG though and were sunk, a single 6 inch hit on a Jap CL didn't make up for it. I didn't expect much from the AMCs. However I think its good news in a sense, as he knows that if he makes a landing I will attack any beachheads if I possibly can. Having to cover all his beachheads will hopefully slow him down. The Dutch fleet has since refuelled in Soerabaja and is now going to settle down somewhere halfway between Borneo and Timor, attempting to cover both sides. We'll have to see how that goes. I've got some fuel issues, I'm trying to spread it around to what Allied bases remain in the area to keep the short legged Dutch fleet mobile and flexible. Bataan is now under siege by Japanese infantry, 1000 AV worth. However he handled his armour badly this last week, it kept rushing forward ahead of the rest of his units and I kept attacking it. He's done likewise in China this week too - end result is that 300 tanks have been destroyed outright in the last week, and 150 or so disabled. So some good news. BURMA/INDIA 7th Armoured is en route for Burma but a logn way out, not even on the map yet. 3 AA LCUs arrived in Colombo this last week, one is off to Calcutta, one is staying in Colombo, and one is off to Rangoon. There's been a lot of Allied shipping in Rangoon lately as I bring in supply, Burma isn't exactly brimming with it but its not bad. Pegu is up to fort 3, and has about 600 AV - when 7th Armoured arrives I think thats it for Burma. Rangoon has about 100 points of aircraft. Heavy on the fighters, including the AVG. I'm trying to concentrate torpedo bombers there as I anticipate a naval landing in Burma, and I really want to throw the kitchen sink at it if it happens. That said we're talking about 5 Swordfish and an equal number of Vildebeest, it's Faith Hope and Charity all over again. [8\|] SOPAC/CENTPAC The smashed up Aussie navy is back in Sydney finally. ETA on it being fixes is surprisingly low - CL Perth is the most badly damaged, at 28 days fix time. The rest are about a week. CA Australia also is now in play. So, soon as possible (wont be waiting for Perth) I'll be amassing another SAG to smack outreaching greedy Japanese hands in the South Pacific. This is together with the US Navy SAG at Noumea. On PNG the Japs are hoovering up the bases on the north coast. At Finschafen he's marching on Lae, I'm trying to bring whatever Aussies I have got there behind the river at Lae, fairly futile. A Japanese regiment is chasing Aussies away from Rabaul towards Gasmata. Port Moresby has about 80 AV so I think is safe-ish for now. Noumea has not yet been reinforced, Efate is about to be reinforced with engineers and a marine CD detachment though. Christmas Island and Pago Pago have been reinforced, those will be the main linchpins of the Allied defence in the Central Pacific. The Allied CVs will be moving into the DEI within a week or two. I think a strike as a demonstration and then their withdrawal is the plan.

witpqs -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (10/24/2009 7:34:06 PM)
Regarding that British 18th Div - I forget which ones but there are some other units that enter the game on ships and seemed to just pop up in the danger zone without my realizing it ahead of time. Be careful to check the Ops report for arriving units and check any TF's on the border of 'safe' areas to avoid nasty surprises! Good luck. Great fun watching your game.

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (10/24/2009 8:23:54 PM)
Well, its good to know people are reading it at least. [:D]

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (10/29/2009 12:32:34 AM)
It's about the 14th Jan I think? Some time has passed anyway... BURMA/INDIA Port Blair fell to a Japanese battalion level attack. Oh, well. Tavoy has fallen as well, the defenders there held out for a very long time, best part of a month, thanks to support from Rangoon bombers. I expect an attack on Burma fairly imminently. 7th Armoured has not yet even reached Trivandrum, till they arrive Pegu's garrison is 650 AV, most of which is made up of very poor quality troops. Going to be some tension in the CBI with this unusually forward defence I think. DEI/PI Losing 1000 a day to bombardment at Bataan, and 15k supply has already been burned up (down to 35k). Bombers raid daily. I don't think Bataan is going to last in AE nearly as much as it did in WITP. The Allies fell back to Bataan in good order with fairly minimal casualties, and even managed to sneak in 15k extra supply and maul the Japanese armour. Makes no odds. The ABDA cruiser force raided Ambon apparently to his surprise, they found 5 Marus and a PB, and sank the lot, escaping scot free. Yet another sting with my surface forces. [:)] He seems busy near Jolo atm, not sure whats going on there. The British airforce in Malaya is now completely extracted. And the two on-map US CVs are somewhere southwest of Java now, headed for Soerabaja to refuel. There's been no sign of Jap carriers beyond a potential mini-KB sighting at Mersing and, some time ago now, CVs near Rabaul. 18th British Div is safely embarked and is now clearing Sumatra. I'm going to garrison Ceylon with them, bringing the core of the defence up to about 2 full divisions. SOPAC/CENTPAC Very quiet. Some submarine activity, a US fleet DD was sunk at Pago Pago by an IJN sub. A Jap RO boat was sunk near Townsville a few days prior so its not all bad. Batch of reinforcements, almost entirely engineers, are now debarking at Tahiti, the backstop position. Efate has been garrisoned by that marine def detachment + engineers finally. I'm sending another marine detachment to Canton Island. Some engineers are trying to build up French Frigate Shoal to an airfield 1, as part of an island chain allowing me to fly air units to Midway Island. So I'm pretty much done deploying my forces here, everything that I have is in the right spot. The initial rush is over. Port Moresby I feel is fairly secure, there'll be a P40 squadron there soon which, with the Banshees, will make a mess of any Japs who don't have CV support in the area. It needs more LCUs but I can't do anything about that. Interesting to note for Japanese fanboys, perhaps, I don't think I rushed stuff to Port Moresby by any means, I simply used what was in the area and already earmarked in the OOB for SOPAC - by mid January this will be what you face with no massive relief attempt - 100 AV with some fortification + a few squadrons of divebombers. No Jap activity beyond subs. No sightings. I don't think his attention is here.

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (11/1/2009 2:54:26 PM)
17th January. Bataan fell today. BURMA/INDIA The Japs have cleared out Tavoy finally and are advancing towards Burma proper, currently only in Bde strength. There have been several fighter sweeps in almost overwhelming force over Rangoon - at max altitude the Zeroes gave me a kicking. Then I switched my own a/c to max altitude and the AVG gave the Zeroes a kicking in return. However it's clear that all he needs to do is nudge and air superiority will be his, the Buffalo is totally outclassed and useless against even Oscars. Some Hurricane squadrons are wending their way towards Burma, and Hurricanes are now entering the pool so maybe I wont have to use buffaloes much longer. The RN are standing ready to punish him should he attempt early landings, with cruisers at Cox's Bazaar and Hermes at Diamond Harbour. RN reinforcements are fairly significant over the next month or two, as well. CHINA The whole Chinese war effort in the northeast is falling apart. 800 AV of Chinese corps were surrounded and wiped out over the last week or so of fighting southwest of Loyang. There's a long string of Jap units headed towards Sian from the east, and to the south there is another great mass of fighting power. Yenen is thinly garrisoned but he's marching right past it towards Sian, I'm hoping to cut him off but we'll see. I ordered some of Chiang's reserves to Sian fairly early in the war, some will start dribbling in over the next month but not enough to be decisive I think. I've ordered a more significant redeployment to that area. Aside from his schwerpunkt at Sian though things are settling down in China. Nanning remains on the edge but reinforcements are arriving, in fact I think I've over-reinforced massively with about 600 AV coming to relieve a garrison of 100 AV. Artillery duels are going on at Kansienh, little damage, I have 600 AV to his 400. At Chungking I'm desperate to take to the offensive to relieve Sian but the diabolically crap Chinese just can't do it. I'm attempting to advance east from Chungking against lone Japanese divisions but even 3 to 1 odds in AV signal a Chinese spanking. His airforce remains focused on strategic bombing, the AVG have managed to score kills but still, China is well on course to be bombed flat in fairly short order. DEI/MALAYA/PI Bataan fell today marking the effective end of the Philippines campaign despite no mistakes on my part I think - the Allied forces retreated in good order to Bataan and even managed a few local victories in so doing. Supply was never a problem. In the end fort levels were too low and Japs too numerous to put up long term resistance. 2000 AV of Japs rolled over 800 AV of Allies at Bataan, game over, and thats a lot of firepower he now has to redeploy. Singapore is in an even worse state, with about 400 AV vs 2000 odd Japs again. It will fall when he decides to attack. I've already swapped out the commanders for the worst set of chinless wonders the British army can muster, even Gordon Bennett was saved as he's not /that/ bad. [:'(] There's a fairly tense situation with the Dutch further south. He's sieging the Dutch base west of Kuching, Singakawang I think it is, but is apparently unable to capture it despite repeat shock attacks. He's taking the bases on the eastern edge of the DEI (Manado fell today) but he's apparently a little wary of advance west of Tarakan or south of Ambon. KB was sighted near Manado yesterday, and a force of three Jap battleships is actually in the process of circumnavigating Celebes clockwise. On the way they encountered some PT boats on Celebes and sank most of them and their AGP, some minesweepers at Balikpapan on Borneo and unfortunately for him a mine, which apparently found Yamashiro. A Dutch submarine also torpedoed a DMS. The ABDA cruiser force retreated to Soerabaja, it's his transports I want ideally, definitely not his battleships. The area is thick with Allied submarines as well, results have been poor initially but I noticed some of my commands had terrible aggression - 25 for an S-boat captain? should be done for cowardice - and I've been giving any sub with working torpedoes the cream of the aggressive crop, so I expect better results now. Making this even more tense is the presence of two US carriers at Batavia. I'm sure that handled adroitly I could do some real damage to him around the Java/Timor area, but if he works out they are there That Would Be Bad, and I know for a fact he has at least some of his own carriers in the area, near Malaya and also near Ambon. I'm starting to consider Darwin, which has some Hong Kong refugees which are all now at full OOB after a month and a half off with plentiful supply. I have been ensuring the place is well supplied while I can, but I think on balance I'm not going to reinforce in any other way. If he wants it he can have it, I can't stop him anyway. SOPAC/CENTPAC Port Moresby is now quite well garrisoned with 25 P40s and 10 Banshees, all terrible experience unfortunately but they are training. The NZ navy is at Townsville, CA Australia is in the process of sweeping Rabaul where transports were reported. The US position in CENTPAC slowly improves with every day that passes - supplies passed around, CD detachments deployed. All my initial deployments are finished now, so the main defence line consists of Noumea (navy only) - Efate - Suva - Savaii - Pago Pago - Canton Island (navy only) - Christmas Island - Pearl, with Tahiti being built up just in case. The further south and west you go the less Allied aircraft are about, though even thats changing, Savaii and Pago Pago are about to get 25 Airacobras each. The supply situation is well in hand. Plenty of fuel at Suva, and replenishment TFs are dotted around. Eastern Australia is low on fuel but there are quite a few laden TKs approaching. Another month or two and even that problem will be fixed I think. Even now I'm still somewhat reluctant to reinforce New Caledonia. My view is that my defences tend to hinge on CD guns rather than numerous troops, so anywhere he can land without facing them is highly vulnerable.

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (11/1/2009 6:43:24 PM)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Rabaul at 106,125, Range 3,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Yayoi, Shell hits 12, and is sunk PB Keijo Maru, Shell hits 10, and is sunk PB Kohuku Maru, Shell hits 15, and is sunk PB Nikkai Maru, Shell hits 15, and is sunk TK Akatuki Maru, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAK Tarushima Maru, Shell hits 17, and is sunk xAK Nanman Maru, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAK Nikki Maru, Shell hits 17, and is sunk Allied Ships CA Australia, Shell hits 1 DD Stuart, Shell hits 2 DD La Triomphant, Shell hits 1 Allied Ships Reported to be Approaching!... Japanese TF suspends unloading operations and begins to get underway... Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight... Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards... Range closes to 11,000 yards...... Range closes to 10,000 yards...... Range closes to 9,000 yards...... Range closes to 8,000 yards...... Range closes to 7,000 yards...... Range closes to 6,000 yards...... Range closes to 5,000 yards...... Range closes to 4,000 yards...... Range closes to 3,000 yards...... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards... CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards... Dechaineaux, E.F.V. crosses the 'T'... CA Australia engages DD Yayoi at 3,000 yards... CA Australia engages PB Nikkai Maru at 3,000 yards... DD Stuart engages DD Yayoi at 3,000 yards... DD Stuart engages xAK Nanman Maru at 3,000 yards... Range closes to 2,000 yards... CA Australia engages DD Yayoi at 2,000 yards... DD Yayoi engages DD La Triomphant at 2,000 yards... DD Yayoi engages DD Stuart at 2,000 yards... DD La Triomphant engages xAK Nikki Maru at 2,000 yards... CA Australia engages xAK Nikki Maru at 2,000 yards... DD La Triomphant engages PB Nikkai Maru at 2,000 yards... CA Australia engages PB Keijo Maru at 2,000 yards... DD Stuart engages xAK Nikki Maru at 2,000 yards... xAK Nanman Maru sunk by DD Stuart at 2,000 yards... Range increases to 3,000 yards... DD Stuart engages DD Yayoi at 3,000 yards... CA Australia engages PB Nikkai Maru at 3,000 yards... Range closes to 2,000 yards... DD Stuart engages DD Yayoi at 2,000 yards... PB Nikkai Maru sunk by CA Australia at 2,000 yards... DD La Triomphant engages TK Akatuki Maru at 2,000 yards... Range increases to 3,000 yards... CA Australia engages xAK Nikki Maru at 3,000 yards... CA Australia engages PB Kohuku Maru at 3,000 yards... DD Stuart engages PB Keijo Maru at 3,000 yards... TK Akatuki Maru sunk by DD La Triomphant at 3,000 yards... DD La Triomphant engages xAK Tarushima Maru at 3,000 yards... DD Yayoi engages CA Australia at 3,000 yards... CA Australia engages PB Kohuku Maru at 3,000 yards... DD Stuart engages DD Yayoi at 3,000 yards... DD La Triomphant engages xAK Tarushima Maru at 3,000 yards... Range closes to 2,000 yards... DD Stuart engages DD Yayoi at 2,000 yards... PB Kohuku Maru sunk by CA Australia at 2,000 yards... DD Yayoi engages DD Stuart at 2,000 yards... DD La Triomphant engages xAK Nikki Maru at 2,000 yards... DD Stuart engages xAK Tarushima Maru at 2,000 yards... CA Australia engages xAK Tarushima Maru at 2,000 yards... DD Yayoi engages DD La Triomphant at 2,000 yards... DD Stuart engages DD Yayoi at 2,000 yards... Range increases to 3,000 yards... xAK Tarushima Maru sunk by CA Australia at 3,000 yards... DD La Triomphant engages DD Yayoi at 3,000 yards... PB Keijo Maru sunk by CA Australia at 3,000 yards... Range closes to 2,000 yards... CA Australia engages DD Yayoi at 2,000 yards... DD Stuart engages DD Yayoi at 2,000 yards... Dechaineaux, E.F.V. orders Allied TF to disengage... Range increases to 4,000 yards... DD La Triomphant engages DD Yayoi at 4,000 yards... Range increases to 9,000 yards... DD Yayoi sunk by CA Australia at 9,000 yards... DD Yayoi sunk by CA Australia at 9,000 yards... Task forces break off...... [:D]

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (11/4/2009 12:41:36 PM)
Couple more days have past, I think it's the 20th. CBI Chinese forces drove him back from Nanning as predicted, inflicting heavy casualties. Meanwhile near Sian he masses on the far side of the river, buying me time. The first of Chiang's arty units is one hex from Sian now, and will probably prove invaluable. Several Chinese corps were surrounded and wiped out behind Jap lines in the last week, these are now in my reinforcement queue and are badly needed. [:)] In Burma he's still chasing towards the border with a regiment, the Ghurkas will counter him before he reaches Pegu. 7th Armoured is almost done unloading at Rangoon, if they finally finish unloading I'll move them up too with a view to shredding that regiment just like his armour did to me in Malaya... Surprised that he's attacking with just one regiment, where are the others? He's backed off sweeping Rangoon, score one for the AVG! This is important given 7th Armoured unloading. The first hint of reinforcement has arrived at Calcutta, some aviation support allowing me to base aircraft there - the first few squadrons of those are railing over now. 18th British Division is now unloaded at Colombo, so the Ceylon defence is now slightly higher than two divisions. Mainland India is fairly weakly held though I fear. DEI Some Jap TF sighted in the Makassar Strait headed west - not sure what it is. Recon suggests carriers but if they are CVs they must have their aircraft stood down or something. I think it might be mini KB, or it might be some CS's misidentified. No Val sightings from the many Allied subs in the strait anyway. I did ponder a course of action and in the end decided a maximal response. The Dutch navy is ordered to sweep the straits on max react. Given the Jap force includes battleships this is a very dangerous maneuver, but there is a reason - the two American CVs left Batavia for the Makassar area a couple of days ago after refuelling, and I don't want them committed until I know what's out there. The Dutch are essentially a recon in force, as their old light cruisers are more expendable than USS Enterprise. That said, I think this game understates battleships and overstates cruisers (light cruisers) especially, and the Dutch are well armed with torpedoes - this were factors in my decision making. Singapore fell despite a surprisingly heroic resistance, it took several attacks so they did better than the guys at Bataan despite all expectations. Jap aircraft are already based there, so any naval activity north of Java is now totally out of the question, it was one reason why my carriers are slinking southwards again. I've moved a Dutch patrol squadron to Sabang at the north tip of Sumatra to make sure Jap shipping isn't heading north from Singapore towards India/Burma. SOPAC/CENTPAC Well, the HMAS Australia raid on Rabaul went off better than I could have hoped. He has Betties there too, but they didn't fly, due to poor recon I suspect. He did get his own back the next day though when two AMCs surprised an Allied convoy unloading at Pago Pago - this was a very high value convoy carrying two Airacobra squadrons, and so the escort included an old cruiser, USS Trenton. Just as well it did! One AK and an Airacobra squadron was sent to the bottom but Trenton drove away the AMCs and toasted one quite badly with 6" shells, given how far from home she is she may well sink.

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (11/4/2009 12:49:06 PM)
Oh and how could I forget - yet again some Japanese tanks were trashed. This time on Mindanao where he's cleaning up - a Japanese tank regiment came across a Filipino understrength division, were shock attacked and sent away with their tail between their legs. He has infantry coming up as well so this is just a temporary setback for him but on the ground especially I take what I can get in the early war. By my reckoning he's lost over 500 tanks - thats destroyed, not disabled - since the war began. [X(]

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (11/4/2009 9:24:25 PM)
Interesting situation in the Makassar Strait, I anticipate combat next turn. A picture speaks a thousand words. [image]local://upfiles/10259/16CC966E8EF24FA58B5C56D420BE0E9D.jpg[/image]

LoBaron -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (11/4/2009 9:29:01 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: EUBanana Interesting situation in the Makassar Strait, I anticipate combat next turn. A picture speaks a thousand words. [image]local://upfiles/10259/16CC966E8EF24FA58B5C56D420BE0E9D.jpg[/image] oops looking forward to this [:D]

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (11/5/2009 12:12:05 AM)
Well, not good. KB intruded. [:(] Still, it coulda been worse, Lex and Enterprise are not sunk though Lex is out for a while. The worse thing is that the carrier air all diverted to land based airfields and so need to be extricated, no doubt at heavy cost, and the Devastators chose to attack distant AKs and CS's with 500lb bombs, while the battleships within torpedo range were ignored by all but the Dauntlesses, who bombed ineffectually. Definitely a win for him, though not a crushing one unless he can capitalise on his results. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 22, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Donggala at 68,97, Range 1,000 Yards Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses No Allied losses Japanese Ships BB Nagato BB Fuso BB Ise, Shell hits 31, on fire DD Umikaze DD Fumizuki, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Nagatsuki DD Mikazuki Allied Ships CL Java, Shell hits 4, on fire CL De Ruyter, Shell hits 23, and is sunk CL Tromp, Shell hits 3, on fire CL Danae DD Banckert DD Van Nes DD Kortenaer DD Van Ghent Reduced visibility due to Rain with 28% moonlight... Maximum visibility in Rain and 28% moonlight: 1,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards...... Range closes to 2,000 yards...... Range closes to 1,000 yards...... BB Ise engages CL Java at 1,000 yards... BB Ise engages CL Tromp at 1,000 yards... BB Ise engages CL De Ruyter at 1,000 yards... BB Ise engages CL Java at 1,000 yards... CL De Ruyter engages DD Fumizuki at 1,000 yards... DD Van Ghent engages DD Umikaze at 1,000 yards... Range increases to 2,000 yards... BB Ise engages CL Java at 2,000 yards... CL De Ruyter sunk by BB Fuso at 2,000 yards... CL Java engages DD Fumizuki at 2,000 yards... DD Van Ghent engages DD Nagatsuki at 2,000 yards... DD Fumizuki engages DD Kortenaer at 2,000 yards... DD Banckert engages DD Fumizuki at 2,000 yards... Task forces break off...... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 123 encounters mine field at Manila (79,77) Japanese Ships DMS W-18 DMS W-8 28 mines cleared... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 377 encounters mine field at Manila (79,77) Japanese Ships DMS W-10 DMS W-9 24 mines cleared... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near San Francisco at 217,71 Japanese Ships SS I-5 Allied Ships xAP Queen Elizabeth, Torpedo hits 1 xAP Queen Elizabeth is sighted by SS I-5... SS I-5 launches 4 torpedoes... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Loewoek TF 15 troops unloading over beach at Loewoek, 71,101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Sangihe at 76,97 Japanese Ships DD Minegumo Allied Ships SS KXVIII DD Minegumo fails to find sub, continues to search...... DD Minegumo fails to find sub, continues to search...... DD Minegumo fails to find sub, continues to search...... DD Minegumo fails to find sub, continues to search...... DD Minegumo fails to find sub, continues to search...... Escort abandons search for sub... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Roxas at 79,83 Japanese Ships xAK Zuiko Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire PB Saiko Maru Allied Ships SS S-40, hits 1 SS S-40 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Zuiko Maru... S-40 bottoming out ....... PB Saiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...... PB Saiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...... PB Saiko Maru attacking submerged sub ....... PB Saiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...... PB Saiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...... Escort abandons search for sub... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 36,810 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 14 Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 17 Buffalo I x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses H81-A3: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 32810 feet CAP engaged: AVG/1st Sqn with H81-A3 (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 7 scrambling) 10 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 32400 , scrambling fighters to 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes No.67 Sqn RAF with Buffalo I (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 68,116 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 3 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AMc Djember Aircraft Attacking: 3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 34,810 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 3 Buffalo I x 1 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: AVG/1st Sqn with H81-A3 (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 32400 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes No.67 Sqn RAF with Buffalo I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Balikpapan at 66,98 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 51 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 64 B5N2 Kate x 52 Allied aircraft F2A-3 Buffalo x 3 F4F-3A Wildcat x 12 F4F-3 Wildcat x 4 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged Allied aircraft losses F2A-3 Buffalo: 1 destroyed F4F-3A Wildcat: 4 destroyed F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed Allied Ships CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire DD Ellet CA Chester DD Maury Aircraft Attacking: 13 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 11 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet * 9 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 12 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet * 12 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 13 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet * 11 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet * 7 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 9 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 12 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet * CAP engaged: VF-2 with F2A-3 Buffalo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes VMF-211 Det with F4F-3 Wildcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes VF-6 with F4F-3A Wildcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Loyang , at 87,43 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 7 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-27b Nate sweeping at 29000 feet 3 x Ki-27b Nate sweeping at 29000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Loyang , at 87,43 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 29000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 50th Chinese Corps, at 84,54 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 12 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 52 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 9000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 3rd New Chinese Corps ...... Also attacking 50th Chinese Corps ...... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pingsiang , at 82,54 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft A-29A Hudson x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x A-29A Hudson bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Donggala at 68,97 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft F4F-3A Wildcat x 11 SBD-2 Dauntless x 28 TBD-1 Devastator x 15 Allied aircraft losses SBD-2 Dauntless: 7 damaged TBD-1 Devastator: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged Japanese Ships BB Fuso, Bomb hits 2 BB Ise, Bomb hits 5, on fire BB Nagato, Bomb hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x SBD-2 Dauntless diving from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 15 x SBD-2 Dauntless diving from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 14 x TBD-1 Devastator launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Togian Islands at 70,100 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft F1M2 Pete x 5 Allied aircraft SBD-2 Dauntless x 13 TBD-1 Devastator x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses SBD-2 Dauntless: 4 damaged TBD-1 Devastator: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Japanese Ships CS Chitose CS Mizuho, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires DD Tachikaze Aircraft Attacking: 13 x SBD-2 Dauntless diving from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 11 x TBD-1 Devastator bombing from 5000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: Mizuho-1 with F1M2 Pete (1 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes Chitose-2 with F1M2 Pete (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Loewoek at 71,101 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft SB2U-3 Vindicator x 15 Allied aircraft losses SB2U-3 Vindicator: 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Kizan Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAK Daihachikyo Maru Aircraft Attacking: 15 x SB2U-3 Vindicator diving from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Kizan Maru... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Loewoek at 71,101 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 8 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Daihachikyo Maru, Shell hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x F4F-3 Wildcat attacking from 100 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Donggala at 68,97 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft SBD-3 Dauntless x 11 Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged Japanese Ships BB Ise, Bomb hits 1, on fire BB Nagato Aircraft Attacking: 11 x SBD-3 Dauntless diving from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring BB Ise... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Loyang , at 87,43 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 36 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 36 x Ki-27b Nate sweeping at 29000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Loyang , at 87,43 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 24 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-27b Nate sweeping at 29000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Kweilin , at 76,54 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9 Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 7 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses H81-A3: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 30000 feet CAP engaged: AVG/3rd Sqn with H81-A3 (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 29000 and 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 68,116 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 3 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged Allied Ships AMc Djombang Aircraft Attacking: 3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Donggala at 68,97 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft F4F-3A Wildcat x 1 SBD-2 Dauntless x 2 No Allied losses Japanese Ships BB Ise, Bomb hits 2, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 2 x SBD-2 Dauntless diving from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Miri at 64,87 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 Allied aircraft F4F-3A Wildcat x 5 SBD-2 Dauntless x 5 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses F4F-3A Wildcat: 1 destroyed SBD-2 Dauntless: 4 destroyed CAP engaged: Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 Raid is overhead Hosho-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Raid is overhead Zuiho-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 21000 , scrambling fighters to 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Donggala at 68,97 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft SBD-2 Dauntless x 5 Allied aircraft losses SBD-2 Dauntless: 2 damaged Japanese Ships BB Ise, Bomb hits 1, on fire BB Fuso, Bomb hits 4, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 5 x SBD-2 Dauntless diving from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Balikpapan at 66,98 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 51 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 36 B5N2 Kate x 27 Allied aircraft F2A-3 Buffalo x 2 F4F-3 Wildcat x 2 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 2 destroyed, 9 damaged Allied aircraft losses F2A-3 Buffalo: 1 destroyed F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed Allied Ships CV Lexington, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 27 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 2 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet * 8 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet * 4 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet * CAP engaged: VF-2 with F2A-3 Buffalo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes VMF-211 Det with F4F-3 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Lexington... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Kweilin , at 76,54 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44 Tojo x 4 Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 1 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses H81-A3: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 1 x Ki-44 Tojo sweeping at 24000 feet * CAP engaged: AVG/3rd Sqn with H81-A3 (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 61st PA Infantry Division, at 79,83 (Roxas) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 14 G4M1 Betty x 12 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 35 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 1000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Loewoek at 71,101 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Allied aircraft SBD-3 Dauntless x 10 Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Bingo Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Daihachikyo Maru Aircraft Attacking: 10 x SBD-3 Dauntless diving from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Bingo Maru... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Togian Islands at 70,100 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft F1M2 Pete x 2 Allied aircraft SBD-2 Dauntless x 11 TBD-1 Devastator x 10 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses SBD-2 Dauntless: 8 damaged TBD-1 Devastator: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Japanese Ships CS Mizuho, on fire CS Chitose, Bomb hits 1 DD Tachikaze Aircraft Attacking: 11 x SBD-2 Dauntless diving from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 9 x TBD-1 Devastator bombing from 5000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: Chitose-2 with F1M2 Pete (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 Raid is overhead Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CS Mizuho... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Gorontalo at 72,99 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft SB2U-3 Vindicator x 15 Allied aircraft losses SB2U-3 Vindicator: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAKL Nanko Maru xAKL Turusima Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAKL Kofuku Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire PB Sento Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires Aircraft Attacking: 15 x SB2U-3 Vindicator diving from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Turusima Maru... Heavy smoke from fires obscuring PB Sento Maru... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Lahaina at 182,108 Japanese Ships SS I-168 Allied Ships DMS Hovey DM Breese DM Gamble I-168 bottoming out ....... DM Breese fails to find sub and abandons search... DM Gamble fails to find sub, continues to search...... DM Gamble fails to find sub, continues to search...... DM Gamble fails to find sub, continues to search...... DM Gamble fails to find sub, continues to search...... DM Gamble fails to find sub, continues to search...... Escort abandons search for sub... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kanhsien (81,57) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 10867 troops, 76 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 354 Defending force 23318 troops, 76 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 636 Allied ground losses: 44 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units:... 19th Ind.Mixed Brigade... 102nd Infantry Regiment... 51st Recon Regiment... ... Defending units:... 25th Chinese Corps... 70th Chinese Corps... 32nd Group Army... 18th Chinese Base Force... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 84,56 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 4165 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 126 Defending force 2119 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 39 Japanese adjusted assault: 116 Allied adjusted defense: 49 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 81 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 444 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 52 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units:... 115th Infantry Regiment... ... Defending units:... 14th Chinese Base Force... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Roxas (79,83) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 2092 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 62 Defending force 2052 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 57 Japanese adjusted assault: 33 Allied adjusted defense: 2 Japanese assault odds: 16 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Roxas !!! Combat modifiers Defender: op mode(-), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-) morale(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 37 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 1896 casualties reported Squads: 98 destroyed, 71 disabled Non Combat: 207 destroyed, 104 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 97 (95 destroyed, 2 disabled) Units destroyed 2 Assaulting units:... Kanno Detachment... I./33rd Inf Regt ... ... Defending units:... 61st PA Infantry Division... 3rd PI Base Force... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 105,126 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 4626 troops, 42 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 131 Defending force 596 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 9 Japanese adjusted assault: 114 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 114 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 52 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 106 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 2 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units:... 144th Infantry Regiment... ... Defending units:... Lark Battalion... Rabaul Det. Base Force... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Gorontalo (72,99) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 366 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 4 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Gorontalo !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: leaders(-) Assaulting units:... 8th Indpt SNLF Coy ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Singkawang (56,88) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 996 troops, 10 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 31 Defending force 5857 troops, 38 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 170 Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units:... West Borneo KNIL Battalion... 2/15 Punjab Battalion... Sambas Base Force... Singkawang Base Force... 106th RN Base Force... ... Defending units:... I./124th Infantry Battalion... 2nd Recon Regiment... 41st Guard Battalion... Yokosuka 2nd SNLF... I/81st Naval Guard Unit... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kanhsien (81,57) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 11180 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 636 Defending force 11940 troops, 80 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 354 Assaulting units:... 25th Chinese Corps... 70th Chinese Corps... 32nd Group Army... 18th Chinese Base Force... ... Defending units:... 102nd Infantry Regiment... 19th Ind.Mixed Brigade... 51st Recon Regiment... [image]local://upfiles/10259/1F15D4A1E79F4B989E3F0898FD4D4B1B.jpg[/image]

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (11/5/2009 1:45:42 AM)
OK, just done the next turn. Brave Sir Robin ran away, ran away! Damage was a bit worse than I thought. Enterprise can only make 16 knots, Lexington 24. It's going to be a bit hairy. On the plus side the Dutch airbases near the straits are now jammed with CV aircrew, so a transit through the strait isn't going to be risk free for him. There are a bunch of S-boats and Dutch subs with highly aggressive captains en route too, though subs are never tactically decisive weapons in my experience. The Dutch airforce is shifted to Soerabaja and readied for combat, they've been training all this time so far. Elsewhere 7th Armoured Brigade is ashore at Rangoon, the other event of importance this turn, but all my Burmese supply seems to evaporated! [X(] I think it got sucked into China by accident, though I can't see it in China. [&:]

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (11/5/2009 8:46:18 PM)
Day 3 of the Battle of Makassar Straits - the USN carriers are headed for the open sea, Enterprise is lagging dangerously though and the enemy are closing in. He does like sweeps with his BBs, if I had some Catalinas to hand I'd teach him the error of his ways - but they are bombproof. The ABDA cruiser force was more badly mauled than I thought by their brief engagement. CL Danae was the only large ship left in fighting trim and she just got hit by an 8 inch shell off Makassar which means even she is out. Being the crazy aggressive SoB that I am I've pulled out much of CV Enterprise's escort and sent em in at Kendari, which could be reachable by the end of the night phase. Recon suggests 10 ships there, juicy prize of transports if I can get into gun range. The ABDA cruisers may be out but I think I'm going to replace them with a USN scratch force, as cruiser raids have enjoyed some success in this game so far. [image]local://upfiles/10259/FE1E9CC3FD3E42D59FF203D56A149B4C.jpg[/image]

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