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gladiatt -> RE: AAR still going ! (11/16/2009 9:14:26 AM)
21TH FEBRUARY - 24TH FEBRUARY CentPac 22th february, at Palmyra, a TF of 7 japanese DD find a remnants US DD damaged previously by a raid of Bettys. DD Tucker is sink outright. 2 days latter, theses raiders find DD Selfridge, last of the damaged DD, trying to get out of range of ennemy, near Christmas Island, and sink it also. SoPac 23th february, a new threat arise for the allies HQ; this time near Cairns. Suddenly, 16 Kates coming from nowhere hammer a ASW TF of 4 US DD. After a second raid in the afternoon, DD John Ford and Pope sink. DD Pillsbury, badly damaged, dock in emergency at Cairns, along with the 4th DD that i had forgot the name [:o] Patrol planes spot a TF with at least CVL Ryujo and Shoho. Could this be an invasion ? A raid ? All freighters in the area are scattered and headed for safety. But, as quickly as it appear, this mini KB disapear .... China Along with Changsa, Nanning is also under daily bombardement runs by Sonia flying from Hanoi. There is a japanese unit on the Indochina border : the division starting the war in Hanoi ? Is this a tempting trap to lure me and enter Indochina ? Well, i don't want to raise for my ennemy militia troops, and i don't have enough supplies in the area to start an offensive. PI Manila: japanese deliberate attack 22th february, repulsed, 1300 japanese casualties for 1600 allies....still holding... Malaya Daily air and ground bombardement on Singapore. 2 sallys downed by Flack. Still holding... DEI Amboine under air bombardement every day or so. Air battle over Soerebaja daily. The durch fighters are no match for Zeros and Oscars, and the dutch pilots lack of experience to achieve any others results else then training the japs. 24th FG depleted of planes and good pilots (they had disapear one after another in these weeks) don't have really good results but still fight. 4 japanese planes lost for 7 allies in theses 4 days above Soerebaja. Ceylon 21th february, 23 Long ranged japanese bombers attack Colombo without escort. The fighters and the Flack down 10 of them, BB Revenge take a bomb and is on fire.

gladiatt -> RE: AAR still going ! (11/16/2009 7:05:55 PM)
25th February - 28th February CentPac 25th, at Johnston , SS Grayback laying mine is attacked and hit by an ASW TF; it reach Pearl to repair. Same day, a raid by 12 B-17E from 39th BG/B achieve no result on Johnston airfield. A other raid on 26th by 39 BG/A loose a Coronado of recon coming along. 27 th, west of Johnston, SS S-28 shhot at AO Hayamoto, hitting twice with torpedoes, and seing the nice "Fuel cargo burning" message. Following day, SS S-28 sink with 2 torpedoses PG Aso Maru of a TF of 8 PG, and then escape any retaliation. On 28th, Johnston port reach level 4; Tarawa airfield reach level 3. SoPac Gili Gili airfield reach level 2. On 28th february, after a few days looking for mini KB, the australians squadrons at Port Moresby resume attack on Gili Gili. 10 bombers are escorted with 8 wirraways, but must fight a CAP of 7 Nate and 4 Oscar. 4 wirraways are destroyed for 1 Nate; no result on airbase. On New Britain island, between Rabaul and Gasmata, NVGR Bn is still under harassement and straffing by Nates. China After targetting Changsa for month, the japanese divebombers start to aim north of the city, thus leading allied HQ to wonder if an attack is schedule here. 2 corps are withdrawn from Changsa to reinforce this position. PI Manila under daily bombardement from air or ground. Casualties can amount to 400 per day. New japanese attack on 26th february made solely by 4th and 8th Tk Reg. Odds 0/1; losses 270 japanese for 740 allied. Malaya AK Derrymore sinked while closing for Singapore. DEI 25th february, near Broome, a TF with CA Chokai, Mogami, Mikuma, CL Sendai Jintsu Nagara and 13 DD found 4 AK leaving Derby area, and sink all of them. Is it a raid ? An invasion? A squadron of Hudson is redeployed from Townsville to Derby, to face a possible threat, but thus weakening East cost of Australia under threat of mini KB. But theses CA disapear the next day. 25th at Teloekbetoeng, 4 AK with supplies for Singapore are spotted by the omnipresent Nells. 2 are sinked, the 2 others are on fire, and try to dock at Batavia to save a part of their cargo of supplies. They avoid the 3 (at least) japanese subs lurking around north of Java. Planes on ASW don't score anything on theses subs. On 27th and 28th, attacked in Batavia harbor, theses 2 AK are destroyed, while unloading a part of their cargo. In Tjilitjap, daily raids on harbor slowly decrease supplies and steadily increase damages of the AK in port. On 27th, allied planes of Soerebaja launch an attack on a TF at Bali: 9 Swordfish+10 Blenheim+7 P-40 against 24 Zeros. 1 Swordfish, 1 blenheim and 2 P-40 are destroyed. 4 japanese DD escape unharmed. On 28th, Madioen start to be targeted by the japanese : naval and air bombardement disrupt the battalion warding the base... To face a invasion of South Java, 4th Dutch Regiment has already leaved Batavia, to take train for Soerebaja. Indian Ocean KB disapear ...The air sorties and fuel consumption, since the beginning of the raid, a month ago, is maybe for some reason. Time will tell that the BEAST is still VERY Hungry....(Jaws music). And now, Trailer for March: if you want to see a paradrop; if you look for a new invasion; if you want to know how were destroyed 3 BB and 2 CV, stay tuned

gladiatt -> RE: AAR still going ! (11/20/2009 5:16:39 PM)
1st March - 3rd march CentPac 3rd march, a japanese minefield (laid by sub) appear and is sweeped at Midway by a bunch of MSW coming from Pearl. This TF at first came to make ASW duty against the everlasting japanese subs around the atoll. The MSW immediately after locate and attack I-3 three time in the days but score no direct hits. 3rd march also, SS S-28 escape an ASW TF near Johnston. And a raid by 39th BG/B with 12 B-17 and 3 coronados destroy 1 val on ground, but all the coronados are damaged and one never reach Pearl. SoPac Raids on Gili Gili keep going. Slight damages to the base: not enough to close the airfield. Near Rabaul, NVGR Bn is now totaly evacuated by subs (after Lark Bn a month ago). 101st Base force is sometimes straffed by Nates from Rabaul. China As usual, daily raids by Nates on training field upon the chinese units near Wuchow. Ann and Sonia bombing Nanning and Changsa on daily basis. 3 sonia are destroyed by AA guns at Changsa. PI The japanese try to tame the philippinos defenders: On 1st march, the 91000 soldiers besieging Manila can't submerge the 25000 allied holding it. At Clark Field, japanese 65th Bde came from the east, not crossing the river to avoid a shock attack. But on 2nd march, the incoming of 31st NLF trigger the shock attack, wich fail: 400 japanese casualties for 0 allies. [image]local://upfiles/28894/FFD216F584BD4B4FA04DEF066BFC1E52.gif[/image] So, on 3rd march, the US units lead the counter attack wich succesfully repulse the japs. Odds 3/1; 285 japanese casualties for 80 allies. Go Marines, Go !!

gladiatt -> RE: AAR still going ! (11/20/2009 5:20:25 PM)
1st march- 3rd march : next Here is the pic from the succes of the Marines in Clark Field [image]local://upfiles/28894/7A6123A19BD045E0851593CBB5C75B8C.gif[/image] Malaya Singapore still holding. 2 japanese planes downed by flack. On 1st march, AK Herleik manage to reach Singapore and unload some supplies in the night. The Nells badly damage the freighter on 1st march, and finish it on 2nd march. The unloading of 1200 supplies is a small victory in itself. DEI 1st march, Pontianak is overwhelmed by 81st Naval Guard. 11th dutch base force flee in the jungle. 2nd march, west of Malang, larges TF are spotted. A squadron of Swordfish (Jan did learn to hate them, and in mid march will say it to me again, stay tuned for more), so, what did i said ?....yeah, a squadron of 12 Swordfish fly a mission, but met a CAP of 63 Zeros. The whole squadron is destroyed . A weak groep of 2 Martin followed, lost one bomber and 11 escort fighter for no result on TF (or on Zeros). In the night of 2 to 3rd march, 2 bombardement TF heavily shell Malang: one of them count 3 CA and 3 CL; the second count 4BB 2 CA and 4CL. As soon as 3rd of march, the jap onslaught repulse the dutch unit trying to defend the base. Java invasion has begun. On 3rd of march, near Merak, SS Ro-63 sink AK Nord (previously hit by I-64).

gladiatt -> RE: AAR still going ! (11/20/2009 5:31:57 PM)
The jap onslaught at Malang [image]local://upfiles/28894/DC80B8DAB2384D4A8F54D0ED31EC7317.gif[/image] edit: you can even, on the event log, see the japanese units retreating after the allied counter attack at Clark.

gladiatt -> RE: AAR still going ! (11/20/2009 5:37:26 PM)
1st march - 3rd march : last part Burma Battle in Mandaly is fought by artillery duel, the allies having a very slight advantage in the casualties caused. The allies engineers in the base try to build forts as quickly as possible to help defend the old capital. [image]local://upfiles/28894/314F1E3E3FAA4D6389505CDF90D69BE8.gif[/image] SINGINT And now, one of the most important picking of the allied sigint , catch 1st of march: "Sasebo 2 SNLF loaded on AP Ujigawa, moving to Koumac". WHOAAA, Koumac ???? Full alert, guys ! Allied HQ was thinking it could have a few more weeks before a threat of this kind arise. As soon as this is learned, 4 US CV steam at full speed for New Caledonia: choice is easy with KB in Indian Ocean. But question is: will it be fast enough ? Because the carrier are near Christmas Island, looking in case a raider TF could come there. And this is a much more longer road from Christmas Island to Noumea, then from Rabaul to Koumac. Aniway, allied headquarter can't imagine doing something else, so all CV are to speed south...

gladiatt -> RE: AAR still going ! (11/21/2009 8:16:20 PM)
4th march - 7th march 42 CentPac 4th march at Palmyra, I-19 torpedo AK Admiral Laws. This one didn't managed to sneak in, and can't deliver supplies to the base. 4th, at Midway, the MSW arrived yesterday are targeted by 26 Bettys from Johnston. 2 are sinked. It seemed impossible to maintain ASW group here without escort, but none can be safely bring by AK. The surviving MSW retire in the depth of north pacific. On 5th march, a TF of CA is spotted near Laysin Island, once again leading to wonder if a invasion of Midway is underway; but on 7th, this fleet is no more sighted. Where is it ? Near Christmas Island, 4 US CV are heading south toward New Caledonia. But the TF of Lady Lex and Lady Sara seem to stall (one hex in a day). Refueling of DD ! During a few days, it seem to allied supreme stupid (err, commander) that these ships are stuck in some kind of mud... SoPac At Gili Gili, usual raid don't score much; 2 wirraways are destroyed on 4th march. [image]local://upfiles/28894/92392415595D41FA975EF208D5B757F9.gif[/image] on 5th march, near Thursday Island, an australian ASW TF score 3 direct hits on SS RO-62, and sink it. The same day, 16 Kates sink an AK north of Koumac... On 6th march, 4 B-17 from Noumea launch an attack north of New Caledonia, and loose one of them facing 45 Zeros of CVL Shoho and Ryujo. Another raid of 9 Hudson and 3 B-17 follow; 1 zero and 1 hudson are destroyed; AP Rozan Maru take a bomb hit. On 7th, the japanese TF are close enough to Koumac: 17 airacobra escort 10 Hudson and 3 B-17 against 39 Zeros. 1 zero is destroyed for 5 hudson and 4 airacobra. The two japanese CVL suffer no hits. Another raid loose 2 airacobra and 2 B-17 for no hits on CL Tatsuta. In the same time, 26 Kates attack empty base at Koumac. After weeks of travel, CL Mauritius, escaped from Tjilitjap, enter drydock at Melbourne. China Usual raids on Changsa and Nanning. 2 japanese divebombers destroyed by flack. PI Japanese made efforts against Manila: a deliberate attack on 6th march fail to take the place, with 400 allied casualties for 200 japanese. On 7th, a shock attack reach odd 1/1 but fail to capture the city. 3000 japanese casualties for 900 allied. Malaya Singapore still holding.

gladiatt -> RE: AAR still going ! (11/21/2009 8:39:43 PM)
4th march - 7th march DEI After more shelling, Malang is overwhelmed at 364/1 on 4th march. No less than 68000 japanese soldier crush the 1600 dutch pretending to defend. [image]local://upfiles/28894/00B337D4068D4B19B565047240633B23.gif[/image] Tjilitjap is raided on 5th, 6th and 7th march. 3 Hawk are destroyed by meatball fighters, and the AKs in port are hammered. On 7th march, the japanese units reach Soerebaja and start shelling the place. But with very few results. The same day, SS S-37 at Malang manage to hit DD Murakumo with a torp. The air battle over Soerebaja is hard for the dutch fighters, but the P-40 of 24th FG can sometime fight back. In 3 days, 13 japanese planes are destroyed for 27 allies. Burma on 4th and 5th march, 13 B-17 of 19th BG at Dacca target the ressources at Pagan, scoring 1 hit each day. The idea is to deny "free" supply for the japanese army. But with ressources at Pagan, Taun Gyi and Rangoon, there is much work to do ! On 6th march, these B-17 aim at Rangoon, but loss 3 planes to a CAP of datai : AII EI and CII: KB is found back; it is in Rangoon, refueling and resupplying... At Mandalay, artillery keep duelling between japanese and british/chinese units. Air war over Mandalay cost 4 allied planes against 3 japanese.

gladiatt -> New Caledonia under threat !! (11/24/2009 9:08:17 AM)
Guys, sorry for the time to write this AAR. Those reading the thread know that i have some kind of "real life issue" [;)]. But back to the war. Does my readers want to know what happend ??? I hope so, and here are a few days report. 8th march 1942 - 10 march 1942 NoPac For the first time of the war something happen in North Pacific. On 9th march, south of Dutch Harbor, MSW Oriole find and attack I-18 but scoring no direct hit. CentPac On 9th march, a raid of 39 B-17E (39th BG) and 45 LB-30 Liberators (?? BG) is launched against Johnston airfield. They encounters 20 or so Zero. 2 zeros are downed (air to air), 1 Alf and 2 bettys destroyed on ground, for 2 Liberators (damaged by flack or zeros and unable to reach Pearl back). AO Hayamoto, previously damaged by SS S-28, take 4 bombs and sink in the port. On 10th march, I-175 put a torpedo in AK Dorothy Philips trying to unload supply at Midway. Only 600 of this supply is unloaded, the rest having been destroyed by the damages on ship. The ship try to reach Pearl, but after 2 weeks at see, it sink just before reaching harbor. SoPac Gili Gili 8th march, a raid of 7 wirraways and 9 australians bombers encounter a CAP of 17 zeros. 4 wirraways are lost, 3 bombers damaged, the airbase suffer 1 hit. Another raid on 9th achieve no result but 3 bombers are destroyed, so the raids are stopped. On 10th march, Gasmata is captured by 24th NLF, closing an escape road for 101 RAAF BF always walking since the lost of Rabaul. New Caledonia 1st phase of battle. On 8th march, SS S-39 trying to attack CVL Shoho at Koumac suffer 3 ASW attack, but suffer only indirect hits (although maybe 25 in the day !). The japs start unloading on the beaches of Koumac. During the day, a bunch of B-17 and P-39 try to attack the japanese TF; 2 raids lead to the losses of 1 zero, 2 P-39 and 1 B-17, and no hits on ships. On 9th march, SS S-39 still lurking score a torpedo hit on an AP. The day raids give 2 P-39 destroyed, no hits on CVL Shoho wich was targeted. Surprisingly there is no air fight on 10th march. But the japanese invaders are for a nasty surprise: garrisonned in Noumea for weeks, 2nd USMC Div had walk to Koumac, and warmingly welcome the newcommers. The japanese shock attack is a big failure for the japanese; they suffer 1300 casualties for 5 allieds. [image]local://upfiles/28894/4635631D939A44E1BE6E30AA4EB6A43E.gif[/image]

gladiatt -> RE: New Caledonia under threat !! (11/24/2009 9:22:29 AM)
8th march - 1O march; next China Nothing particular in China, usual air raids and bombardement (a map summarie will follow in a few post). Malaya Still holding [&o] (now, maybe you could make some bets on the day of surrender ?) PI On 8th march, a japanese deliberate attack is repulsed at Manila (1800 japanese casualties for 500 allied). DEI 8th march at Malang, SS S-37 score a torpedo hit on APD-34, but suffer 2 direct hits itsef. It will reach Soerebaja in 7 days to repair. Always at Malang, APD-36 hit a dutch mine. 3 lone Blenheim try to attack the TF unloading at Malang (where are my escorts ????), they loose 2 planes to the zero CAP. 2 others raids achieve no hits on ships, 8 allied planes destroyed for 1 oscar (24th FG still fighting). The 8th march, still, a paradrop capture Madioen, cutting Java in two, making impossibleany retreat from Soerebaja, and allowing the japanese to base planes in Madioen. On 9th and 10th march, 5 others allied bombers are destroyed trying to attack Malang. The fight is also above Soerebaja. In these 3 days, 3 dutch fighters and 3 japanese fighters are destroyed. Another 3 dutch fighters are lost above Tjilitjap. Amboine is bombed daily. Near Australia, an AK is sunked by I-25 before bringing supply in Derby. Burma Mandalay suffer from air raids: the hurricanes went back to Dacca to rebuild the squadron. Artillery duel still ongoing between the 2 armies. Ceylon 2nd raid Another raid of KB begin against Colombo. The british planes are no match to the zeros of KB, but the flack is accurate (even if not enough to my taste). 1 zero and 8 japanese bombers are destroyed for 18 allied fighters. Sadly, no LBA from Colombo attacked the Great White Shark. Here is the screenshot for the results on the ships in harbor. [image]local://upfiles/28894/C49EBFFA497A4CB1BD00967BE8482C7D.gif[/image]

gladiatt -> RE: New Caledonia under threat !! (11/25/2009 9:25:40 PM)
i see i have still a few readers, so hopefully it incite me to keep writing [;)] 11th march - 12th march SoPac At Koumac, the small airforce based in Noumea keep raiding the japs TF; on 11th march, 5 P-39 and 2 B-17 are lost, no hits are scored on the japanese ships. The land fight is higly favorable to the 2nd USMC Div: an deliberate attack cost 250 japanese casulaties for 65 allies. Obviously the japanese evacuate in hurry: the only remaining units are 14th NLF and Sasebo 2nd NLF, with 4500 mens. But this retreat let me in doubt about the ongoing manoeuver... On 12th march, 8 kates raid the positions of 2nd USMC Div, and that mean that they are targetting the land rather than the sea... The daily raids costed 1 Beaufort, 8 Airacobra and 1 B-17, but this time CVL Shoho is hit with 2 bombs and seems in fire. An AP is also hit. At the end of the day, all japanese units had evacuated Koumac. [image]local://upfiles/28894/A4F46D0DA51449AFB84CDD211D1B85C3.gif[/image] Malaya 12th march is a good day for Singapore's Flack, wich destroy 2 sallys. DEI 11th march at Malang, 6 swordfish trying to attack the port are all destroyed by the Zero CAP. 9 Vildebeest try to attack BB Fuso, and loose 8 planes from the same CAP and the ship's flack. Same day at Soerebaja, 3 Hawk and 1 P-40 are destroyed by Zeros. 12th march, at Soerebaja, 2 zeros are destroyed, and 3 dutch fighters and 1 P-40. The land bombardement at Soerebaja cause very few casualties. Burma In 2 days, 2 Blenheims and 4 Hurricanes are lost for no japanese planes above Mandalay. Artillery duel still ongoing. Ceylon 11th march, KB launch another strike on Colombo: 68 zeros and 220 bombers; they face 15 fighters and 12 Blenheim IF (night fighters). 12 fighters and all the Blenheim IF are destroyed by the dreaded zeros of KB; 6 zeros and 6 bombers are destroyed. The damages on the ships are tremendous. The raid is doubled with an incoming strike of 72 Nells and 37 Bettys coming from Rangoon or Bangkok. They avoid the CAP of the 4 surviving allied fighters, and add more damages to the ships in port. 3 bombers are downed by flack. As usual, my land based bombers don't attack... On 12th march, another strike target Colombo. 41 zeros and 200 bombers attack and face my CAP of 19 allied fighters. 8 allied fighters are destroyed for 3 zeros and 12 bombers. Then come the double strike with 92 twin-engine bombers; 3 are destroyed, they score more than 46 bombs hits on the ships in the port. At the end of the day, after suffering 3 torpedos and 21 bomb in two days, BB Revenge SINK in port. BC Repulse suffer the same fate after 4 torpedoes and 26 bombs hits. And KB is still very hungry.....

gladiatt -> RE: New Caledonia under threat !! (11/25/2009 9:42:49 PM)
Summarie of DEI campaign [image]local://upfiles/28894/255C05FE43D04C89A9F9151F6B960314.gif[/image]

gladiatt -> RE: New Caledonia under threat !! (11/27/2009 7:24:46 PM)
13th march -14th march NoPac MSW Oriole, south of Dutch Harbor, hunt the SS I-18 in vain. Much to the East, near Kodiak, SS I-28 find a convoy with 811th EAR and hit AK Trento with a torpedo, and then escape any retaliation from the small escort. Fortunately, the freighter won't sink. CentPac 13th march, at Johnston, 39th BG (40 B-17E) and 12th BG (42 LB-30) attack the airfield facing 20 zero. 3 B-17 and 4 LB-30 are destroyed on the allies side; 2 Zeros, 3 betty, 1 Alf and 1 Val on japanese side. Even if these raids are costly and don't achieve too much on the base, the goal is to harass the japanese wherever it is possible. PI 1 Kate is desroyed above Manila on 13th march. One other Kate is destroyed at Clark on 14th, but now the japanese try to deprive me from the supply by the ressources centers. 4 points are knocked by the raid. Malaya Singapore still holding. 1 sally is destroyed by flak on 14th march. DEI Air war over Soerebaja costed 14 allied planes in these two days for 1 japanese plane. The place is holding under land bombardement. CEYLON 13th march, at Colombo, a sweep of 24 zero encounter 11 allied fighter on CAP; 1 zero and 3 allied fighters are destroyed. Latter this morning, north of Trivandrum, 43 zeros escort 19 kate attacking a convoy of 6 AK. A second raid of 35 bombers keep hammering the freighters, with an escort of 15 zero. This mean a lack of escort for the incoming raid on Colombo. 120 bombers (Vals and Kate) attack the port. 50 bombers are destroyed by the CAP; but the damages are very heavy on the ships in port. [image]local://upfiles/28894/5E51FC03E8FF462E8E209A265645A710.gif[/image] Then a raid of 80 twin-engine bombers came to add more damages. 16 bombers are destroyed by flak or CAP. At the end of day, BB Royal Soveign sink in Colombo harbor. But KB has still not finish to hurt. A new serie of raid come on 14th march. The sweep of 41 zero face only 13 allied fighters. 2 zero are destroyed for 7 allied fighters. Once again, to the dismay of my opponant, the zero escort the CV's bombers achieving the AK near Trivandrum. And once again 120 bombers come without escort attacking Colombo. 20 are destroyed by Flak or CAP. The twin engine bombers come in numbers (45 Nells and Bettys), and avoid the CAP. All the warships of a size bigger than CL are very heavily damaged, and no one are battle worthy. It seem that Jan (my opponant) is about to wippe Royal Navy from Pacific theater. But at least these raids are very costly to the KB. FO Reed and SL Count Czernim compete in the kills above Colombo. Reed score 8 kills in two days ( achieving a total of 15) but is wounded. Czernim down 7 planes (one is a Zero, that is sure). The pilot disappear on the next day, (without being KIA) so i pretend he took a command in Europe. 2nd LT Landry score 5 kills in these two days, for a total of 12 Kills, but is wounded also. (There will be a "Top pilot" screen at the end of march). Eventually my bombers attack KB; a bunch of 5 swordsfish (3 destroyed), 9 Blenheims (4 destroyed) 5 B-17 (1 destroyed), 17 LB-30 (2 destroyed), 4 wirraways (all destroyed), 10 P-40B of AVG/A (3 downed) face a CAP of 42 zeros (6 downed). CV Shokaku suffer a bomb hit. (next post).

gladiatt -> KB slightly hit (11/27/2009 7:49:52 PM)
Here is the strike on Shokaku [image]local://upfiles/28894/0BCCF36B059144169B80D02561E28172.gif[/image] don't miss next post, with CV involved in battle....

stuman -> RE: KB slightly hit (11/27/2009 8:10:39 PM)
Just dropping by to say hello [:)]

gladiatt -> RE: KB slightly hit (11/27/2009 8:15:52 PM)
Thanks for the "pop'in " ! [:)]

gladiatt -> Battle of Koumac (11/28/2009 9:39:55 AM)
13th march- 14th march SoPac The japanese are evacuating Koumac after being repulsed by 2nd USMC Div. North of New Caledonia, 2 AP are heavily hit by a mix of New Zeland Beaufort, and US B-17. At the end od 13th march, the allies HQ is in doubt. The manoeuver of 2 CV are a failure, for just one day of delay. The race of my CV from Christmas Island was too long...Or so i thought. But a try should be given.... See this summarie first [image]local://upfiles/28894/22AE4C39BAEB40DCB165621ED133F0ED.gif[/image]

gladiatt -> RE: Battle of Koumac (11/28/2009 9:42:14 AM)
On 14th march, the CV Hornet of Cpt Mitscher and CV Enterprise of Cdt Murray catch the japanese totaly unaware. The rest of the day is a one sided battle, and this time it is in my advantage ! For the loss of 2 Dauntless, the results are high: [image]local://upfiles/28894/7FBBBB35EAF54835ABD8673BD015092D.gif[/image] DD Kurushio torpedo 1, fire, damage DD Asagani, bomb 2 , fire damage DD Harukaze bomb 1 DD Nagatsuki, bomb 1 fire damages CL Tenryu bomb 3 fire, damages Most of all : CVL Shoho take 16 bombs (1000lb kind of bomb)and sink outright. CVL Ryujo take 3 bombs and 1 torpedo, the devastator being close enough to use their weapons. CVL Ryujo will sink on 15th march trying to reach safety of Guadalcanal. Altough it could be nice to pursuit the numerous jap ships, ib order to slaughter much of them, it seem highly wiser to go south: the airbalance of Lunga suddenly raised from 250 points to 750 points. This level 4 airfield surely host thousands of Bettys, so i prefered to send my CV to refuel in Noumea. This small victory is of many profit: first of all, it detter the japanese to land on New Caledonia and to install a base wich could have threaten all the area. Second, the loss of the CVL make it harder for him to extand it's airpower over the Santa Cruz or Hebrides Island. And that's a new small defeat for him.

gladiatt -> Raids on Ceylon keep going (11/29/2009 5:38:13 PM)
15th march - 16th march NoPac On 16th march, MSW Oriole is once again on the hunt of I-18 but score no hits. PI On 16th march, a japanese deliberate attack at Manila fail, although the japanese had 95000 mens against the 22000 allied soldiers. These are a few more days earned on the allied side. At Clark Field, the japanese carry on with the attack of the ressources center, knocking down 2 of them, and loosing 1 kate in the process. Malaya On 15th march, a japanese deliberate attack reduce the forts to level 6 but fail to overwhelm the defenders. DEI At Soerebaja, 3 allied fighters (one being a P-40 of 24th FG) are destroyed for 1 zero. The japanese launch a deliberate attack on 16th march, wich reduce the forts to level 5 and cause 1700 japanese casualties for 400 allied. But the city resist. North of Sumatra, during a few days, squadrons are seen flying and transferring from one base to another, depleted and obsolete, and leaving the DEI for India, thus living to fight another day. There are still a few squadrons in Batavia or Soerebaja, for those wich had a few planes in the pool, but many kind of plane are destroyed much more quickly than they are built (and some are not build like Do-24 ). Ceylon Eventually on 15th march, my planes dare to attack KB. A CAP of 30 zeros try to stop 3 swordfish (1 destroyed), 5 B-17, 29 LB-30, 3 Blenheim (1 destroyed) and 9 P-40 (4destroyed). 1 zero is downed by a LB-30. CV Kaga is hit by a bomb wich bounce on it's armored deck. CV Hiryu take 4 bombs and is seen on fire. CV Soryu is hit by only one bomb, but it fall straight in the Magazine ! BB Hiei suffer a torpedo hit from an obsolete swordfish. [image]local://upfiles/28894/0D5A58E3768443ABB5C83DC183E4EE7E.gif[/image] Meanwhile, KB launch a raid on Colombo. 53 zeros, 50 Val, 41 Kate face 30 HurricanesII; 17 Hurricanes are downed for 8 Zeros and 5 bombers. No less than 10 bombs and 5 torpedos made great damages to the cruisers in the harbor. 50 Nells and Bettys attack to add to the damages, loosing 7 planes in the operation. At the end of day, CL Dauntless sink. ON 16th March, the KB launch a new raid. 10 japanese planes are destroyed for 6 allied; 9 bombs hits the warships. The second wave by Bettys and Nell loose 3 planes and score 2 bombs hits. At the end of day, CL Tromp Sink.

gladiatt -> Blietzkrieg in China (12/1/2009 3:31:38 PM)
17th March - 18th March NoPac & CentPac Nothing. SoPac After the battle of Koumac 4 days ago, i thought i was in comfort for a short time; but on 18th march, a Jake recon Noumea. Fearing of an incoming raider TF, i gather my CV (still in the area) to protect a huge convoy coming from Suva (Fiji). No threat get confirmed. China After a quick race, the japanese land Death Start that took Yenen reach Kuchang on 16th march, bombard it on 17th, and seize it on 18th march !! [X(] No time to breathe ! The chinese unit retreat toward Lanchow, north and isolated, not south toward Sian. Godamm ! In the incoming weeks, China will become my main concern: is there a way to prevent the fall of all China in the following months ?? [image]local://upfiles/28894/ED1C74247C6C427DB95830C8756EEA34.gif[/image] PI At Manila, a japanese deliberate attack is repulsed on 17th march: 1300 japanese casualties for 1000 allied. At Clark Field, 5 resources point are destroyed in 2 days for the losse of 1 Kate. Malaya On 17th march, a TF of 2 AK cruise near Sinkep Island; the LRCAP of the dutch brewster, although it cost 6 planes, prevent the freighters to be harm by Nells, and on 18th march they are close to Singapore awaiting these badly needed supplies. The Flak of Singapore destroy 1 bomber and damges 10 more. DEI On 17th march, AK Empire Scout is sunk at Batavia by SS I-122, trying to evacuate some resources. On 17th march, 5 PT Boat rush from Tjilitjap in Malang, and sink 1 MSW before retiring slowly, out of fuel. Tjilitjap is heavily bombarded each day. At Soerebaja, the daily zero sweep destroy 1 hawk. Land bombardement at Soerebaja. CEYLON After the bleeding of KB planes, the raids on Colombo are now made by Nells and Bettys flying from Bangkok (or so it seems). Some come by night, causing no damages. But on 18th march, 50 of thoses long range nuisance come in daylight, without escort. 10 are destroyed by CAP or Flak, setting afire an AP and damaging the port facilities. Same day, a raid of my own planes reach KB still in the vicinity, and loosing 3 planes (of 22) manage to score a hit on CV Soryu, seen on fire.

FeurerKrieg -> RE: Blietzkrieg in China (12/1/2009 5:28:27 PM)
Hi gladiatt - Just skimmed over the last several posts - nice work. I'd love to sit and read more, but foolish thing like work are getting in the way.

gladiatt -> RE: Blietzkrieg in China (12/2/2009 7:58:18 AM)
Hi Feurer. Thanks for the compliment (right english word ??) Although i am not sure that it is about the result of my game so far, or the AAR form, but in either way in appreciate [:)]. Well guys, as i am in a "Beattles'fashion-AAR", i could quote another of their song: "I can make it longer if you like the style i can change it all but i wannabee a paperback writer paperback writer....." so if my reader (i see i have a few, that's great !!) like the kind of AAR, if you would like to see something more/less, feel free to tell, i will try to please you ! After all, the pleasure to write such thing can only be hold by the pleasure of the readers (people writing things will understand, and one of our most known good writer on this forum is of course Cuttlefish [&o] ).

gladiatt -> RE: Blietzkrieg in China (12/2/2009 5:27:30 PM)
19th march - 21th March CentPac On 20th of march, a raid is launched against Johnston. 3 datais of zeros defending the place gather 32 planes against my 90 4-engine bombers. 8 of my planes are destroyed for 6 zeros, 1 mavis, 1 alf and 3 hits on airbase and 13 on runway. SoPac 19th march, 7 US DD try to destroy SS RO-68 but only score 1 indirect hit. They are part of the escort of CV Hornet. The big convoy coming from Suva is now under LRCAP escort of my CV. China Nothing particular, i would like to guess where the Land Death Star is going... PI 19th march, 16 kate flying from Aparri manage to score a hit against the resources in Clark Field. Manila still holding Malaya On 19th march, AK Empire Lake manage to reach Singapore un start unloading it's supply, until 21th march, when a raid of sally set it afire. A deliberate attack on Singapore on 20th march reduce the fort to level 6 but fail to seize the place. DEI Tjilitjap is raided daily. The port and the supply dump suffer, and the repair time play against the building of fort. 1 hawk lost against Zeros, 1 betty lost to flak. At Soerebaja, 24th FG still give a fight, and is able to bite ! on 19th march, a raid of 18 sally without escort loose 5 of them to my 8 P-40. But when zero appear, the dutch Groep suffer (and even the US P-40 ). 8 allied planes are destroyed in 3 days for 6 japanese planes (except the 5 sallys above, so a total of 11 planes). The flak down a good part of the bombers. The few Blenheim of 34 squadron attack the japanese troops on ground, but don't score any particular result. Burma Over Mandalay, the meatball fighters have the upper hand against the few Blenheim trying to bomb the japanese troops, and the Hurricanes escorting. In these 3 days, 5 blenheim are damaged by oscars (thanks to their lack of firepower), 1 hurricane is destroyed. Ceylon Jan, my estimed Czech opponant, really intend to destroy the Royal Navy. The raids on Colombo seem to be everlasting ! Raids from KB on 19th and 20th march score 13 bombs and 4 torpedos hits, damaging the cruiser and many auxiliarys. The planes losses amount to 20 allied fighters, for 8 zeros and 18 bombers. You will see the state of my remaining ships with the screenshot at the end of march: a real mess !! At Trincomalee, Nells and Bettys change of target, now hammering the few ships in port. Raids on 19th and 21th march score 10 bombs hits, siking 1 MSW (more destruction will follow...). 8 bombers are destroyed by my CAP. KB raid Trincomalee on 21th march with 45 CV bombers, adding more damage, but loosing more planes (11 bombers, no japanese fighters are lost ).

gladiatt -> Ceylon once more under raid (12/5/2009 7:42:46 PM)
22th March 1942 - 23 th March 1942 SoPac 22th march, near Noumea, 4 US DD find and attack SS RO-68. DD Fox score the direct hit that sink it. Raids on Gili Gili lead to the loss of 1 Boston, for 1 runway hits. On 23th, the airfield grow to size 3. I lack the power to close this base...maybe in 6 months ? China At Sian, 23th march, a sweep of 26 oscar encounter 18 chinese Polykarpov. 3 oscar are downed for 6 chinese planes, and i am in fact pleased with the result ! Nanning is under daily raids by 20 sonia or so. PI On 23th march, 24 Kate raid the resources at Clark, knocking 3 points and loosing 2 planes, thus depriving me more and more of supplies. Malaya AK Empire Lake wich bringed supplies in Singapore 2 days ago is finished and sinked by a raid of 20 Sallys. The base still hold. DEI After days of travel from Soerebaja to Tjilitjap via Batavia, 2 groups of dutch PT Boat see action On 22th march, 5 PT raid the harbor of Malang, sinking a MSW and then retiring slowly, low on fuel. On 23th, the second TF with 6 PT encounter 3AK and 2 AP warded by 4 PG; one PT is sinken by a PG, but an AP is striken by a torpedo (no news of it's fate for now). On 22th march, at Koepang, AK Empire Success is surprised (not me) and sunk by CL Kinu, Kitakami, Yubari and 6 DD; a part of it's cargo of supplies had been unloaded in the base where i try to build a kind of glacis. At Soerebaja, 2 days of airbattle see destruction of 1 Hawk75 and 5 P-40, 1 zero, 1 oscar, 1 sally. A band of 3 blenheim bomb without result the Imperial Guard. Tjilitjap is raided by Nells and Bettys, sinking a freighter already damaged since weeks. Soerebaja still under siege. Burma 22th march, over Mandalay, the air fight is fierce; the Blenheim of RAF suffer from the Oscar: 4 out of 10 are destroyed by the oscar CAPing the 33rd japanese div. 1 oscar is downed by the 9 Hurricanes of the escort. On 23th, a new raid give 2 Blenheim destroyed for no japanese loss and no result on ground. The artillery duel cause 110 allied casualties in 2 days, and 470 japanese; but the situation seems in a no-go. I'll stay happy with this if it could last for months ! CEYLON Colombo is the target of KB on 22th and 23th march, with raids of 66 and 47 bombers respectively, with escort of 25 zeros each time. They roughly face 20 allied fighters. The allied ships suffer 7 bombs hits and 8 torpedos hits. CA Houston [:(] and ML Prins of Oranj are sunked. The allied loose 12 fighters in these 2 days, KB loose 5 zeros and 16 bombers. Trincomalee is also targeted by KB on 22th march. 2 vals are destroyed and 2 hurricanes. Then a raid of 100 twin-engine bombers score 11 bombs hits on the auxiliaries in harbor, loosing 2 Nells. ML Rigel sink. On 23th, the twin-engine bombers raid gather 95 planes. A MSW and a PG are sunk, the docks are damaged badly. 3 Nells are lost. On 22th march, a counter strike is launched from Colombo, at last ! A first wave with 8 swordfish and 12 liberators face 48 zeros. 2 zeros are destroyed, 6 swordfish and 6 liberators. CVL Zuiho is hit by a torpedo ! [image]local://upfiles/28894/5F838AF71E5F4B3D8CFBAD13D2A8907C.gif[/image] This explain why Jan really hate these obsolete planes wich had hurt him so much since beginning of this war. A second wave of 5 wirraways, 3 buffalos, 5 P-40 of AVG, 6 B-17, 3 Blenheim and 9 liberators manage to destroy 7 zeros, loosing 7 fighters and 2 bombers but scoring no hits on the ships. In the night of 23th march, the 2 PT-boat warding Trincomalee entrance manage to find KB ! They are both sunk, but one of them manage to score 2 torpedos hits on DD Hamakaze !! On 23th march, KB withdraw toward Rangoon....Will it come back ? (just how many attack exactly the Great White Shark does in Jaws ???)

gladiatt -> Luganville invested with losses (12/7/2009 8:01:52 PM)
24th march 42 - 26th march 42 SoPac In order to secure the Hebrides, to flank New Caledonia, and to lay the foundation of future operations against Solomons, the Americal Div and 31st base force are landed in allied Luganville. The jap is aware of this move. On 24th march, a raid of 9 Nells and 13 Bettys attack the ASW escort of my convoy: APD Colhoun and APD Stringham are sunk, APD Little is heavily damaged. No CAP can reach Luganville from Noumea, and i don't want to risk my CV still in the area. [image]local://upfiles/28894/78823A6A48C54B0A8479BA8CDDEB923F.gif[/image] On 25th march, 30 sorties by bettys hit 3 AK with a torpedo each, sinking 2; the troops are ashore without losses, but the supplies is still in the ships. On 26th march, in the night, Imperial Navy join the slaughter : see next post for screenshot

gladiatt -> RE: Luganville invested with losses (12/7/2009 8:06:54 PM)
24th march - 26th march - part two [;)] [image]local://upfiles/28894/AB0D5E123C984207AF08B6ED1194A0A9.gif[/image] 4 AK are sunken. A new raid of Bettys in the morning hits 4 AK more, sinking 2 more. This time a squadron of P-39 from 8th FG/A try to react, but the escort of zero are too powerful: 8 airacobra are downed for 1 betty. Elsewhere in SoPac, near Rabaul,SS Sailfish trying to evacuate the 101st RAAF base force, but is disturbed by a bunch of japanese PC; anyway, SS Sailfish skipper is quite aggressive, and shoot a torpedo at PC Shonon Maru, sinking it ! China At Sian, a Datai of Oscar sweep daily the place, tangling with the chinese fighters. In 3 days, 10 chinese fighters are lost, for 10 Oscar ! No bad result for these obsolete planes ! -Daily raids at Nanning by Sonia from Hanoi. PI Daily raids on Manila Malaya Port attack on Singapore on 24th march make great damages and reduce supply. 1 sally is downed by flak. Singapore is now under the 20.000 supply level. DEI For 3 days, the fight is quite fierce over Soerebaja. The loss amount to 4 Blenheims, 3 allied fighters, 1 zero, 1 sally. On 26th march, at Tjilitjap, 20 Nate launch a strike at 100 feet, against my PT Boats. 11 dutch fighters surprise me because they down 4 Nates. Burma On 24th march, at Mandalay, 1st chinese Tank Regiment of NHC Command try a local counter attack, but the losses and disruption are not worth it: at 0/1 , 120 japanese casualties for 160 chinese and 3 tanks. A single raid of Blenheim on 4th mixed bde score only 24 casualties as a result, the CAP of 9 oscar damage 4 of them without destrying them. At Andaman, 8 vals of KB (wich is slowly sailing toward Rangoon) raids without result the 2 PT Boats warding the harbor...Wich give me an idea..... Stay tuned

gladiatt -> march summarie (12/11/2009 1:07:17 PM)
time for a little update. 27th march - 31th march Centpac -31th march, a raid of 44 B-17e of 19th BG attack Johnston airfield. They fly at maximum ceiling to avoid the CAP of 55 Zeros ( 3 datai identified), but achieve no results. Later the same day, SS Tautog laying mines avoid an ASW TF of 6 PG; SoPac At Luganville, 27th march, IJN invite itself to a slaughter ( i thought i had a screenshot, but no, sorry). 3 CA,5CL,16DD sink in 3 combat no less than 12AK and 1 AP; the troops are ashore, safe, but a lot of supplies are lost. So close of Guadalcanal airfield, i don't intend to commit surface assets, as i feel they would not have the upper hand with IJN and that my planes won't cover them properly. So for now, i loose many many freighters in much of my operations around the pacific theater. SS Narwhal sunk by a TF of 8 DD while trying to evacuate 101 RAAF base force near Rabaul. China Air battle over Sian advantage the japanese. Oscar datai are sweeping the place. In 5 days, 21 chinese fighters are lost for 1 oscar (and i didn't realize at what point it was ugly before writting this post !). North of Yenen, 99th corps is hammered by japanese ground troops and bombers, forced to withdraw toward Mongolia, and dying of attrition. There are raids on Nanning and Changsa. Flak is not as accurate as it was: no jap losses. Lanchow under attack of 25 japs units. After 4 days of battle, the place is lost, my 5 corps retreat toward Sining, thus isolating themselves. Great ! South of Nanning, 2nd jap Tk Reg try to outflank me, attacking one chinese corps from 28th to 30th march. On 30th march, arriving of a second chinese corps from Nanning manage to repulse the japanese. PI Manila under daily raid; flak shoot nothing. Clark under daily raid; flak shoot nothing. 10 resources knocked. Malaya 2 AK at Singapore (those having deliver something like 5000 supplies) sunked by japanese bombers. 4 japanese planes shot by Flak. Still holding. DEI Tjilitjap raided and straffed by japanese planes to reduce my PT Boats. 1 of them sinked. 1 dutch fighter shot by zero, 1 shot by flak. A raid of 4 PT Boat at Malang hit an AP with a torp, but one PT Sinked by one of the 4 PG of escort (look like a previous raid, no ?). From 30th march, 4 SNLF besiege the place. Soerebaja. 34th squadron (Blenheim) escorted by 24th FG (P-40) try to attack Imperial Guard Div. Light casualties, losse of 3 Blenheim and 1 P-40 from the zero cap. Artillery duel cause in 5 days 93 allied casualties for 36 japanese. Fort are rising...slowly. Flak don't shoot anything (but damage a bunch of japanese bombers). Burma The japanese is CAPing Mandalay, so my try to disrupt his troops cost me 3 Blenheim. Artillery duel cause in this week 250 allied casualties for 700 japanese. Too bad these are only disabled squads ! [:(] Pagan raided 3 days by a squadron of Wellington. 4 resources knocked, 2 planes destroyed by flak (but who pretend the japanese flak to lack results ????). Bay of Bengal Remenber my 2 PT Boat warding Andaman island, and under attack by Vals from KB ? Rather then let them dying and training KB pilots, i decided to give a try: hoping to catch KB sailing from Ceylon toward Rangoon, i sent them to raid the port; in fact encounter occurs in open sea. Look this [image]local://upfiles/28894/DC57CF7841D2493B8C427F7D1B1A7250.gif[/image] One of the PT is sunk, but Akagi took a torp and was seen on fire !! The map sigint then showed in the following days 2 CV disbanded in Rangoon port, and KB docked. (Of course i knew this could be all but accurate sigint). A bunch of dutch and british subs gather around Rangoon waiting for the lucky strike...wich will not come. On 29th march, i tried a night port attack with 19th BG/B, but only 3 B-17 flew, scoring no hits. So on 30th march, in daylight, 2 squadrons send 8 B-17 (only !! [:@] ) at 36600 feet over Rangoon. They avoid the CAP of 20 zeros but score no hits. Another raid of 9 planes on 31th march achieve no more. Datai spotted are AII BI EI CI CII...

gladiatt -> march summarie (12/11/2009 1:17:21 PM)
Naval losses on 31th march Allied Japanese 24 DD 16 DD 2 APD 0 19 MSW 5 4 SS 4 4 BB 2 3 CA 7 11 CL 1 1 CLAA 1 CS 1 CVL 2 CVL 0 1 CVE 1 CV 0 5 PG/PC 8 205 AK/AP/TK 5 AK/AP [image]local://upfiles/28894/B392721495224E52A0BBF604EB54E90A.gif[/image]

gladiatt -> RE: march summarie (12/11/2009 1:17:57 PM)
PLANES LOSSES [image]local://upfiles/28894/EFADB4D31096440DB12F7ED0296AC673.gif[/image]

gladiatt -> RE: march summarie (12/11/2009 1:18:40 PM)
PILOTS [image]local://upfiles/28894/C80DCA73BFAB4D41BD14480810517240.gif[/image]

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