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tiger111 -> RE: June 1943 (12/17/2011 6:21:36 PM)
Hi Rob Things look like they are hotting up a bit.But your campaign is going well though. Thanks for re-sizing your posts in 4:3 format. One day I`ll get a widescreen monitor....

Rob Brennan UK -> Disaster al Lea (1/2/2012 5:17:15 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 20, 43 Happy new year to all readers ! Now this was an awful start to 2012 for the commonwealth. We have had a major slow down from various install patch issues to tracker and then holidays. Back on track now though (i hope).. The CW has been running a lot of its operations with no surface covering forces for a long time now and today we got bit in the arse badly ! Note the reason we havnt had covering forces is that the RN is either in refit/damaged or withdrawing faster than reinforcements turn up. Winston has finally agreed to beg the US President for surface naval shipping to assist British and commonwealth operations in the Pacific. the reason is down to general McArthur based at Buna , he ordered a large land force to load up on inadequate shipping to hit Lae from the seaward direction ( IE I got greedy) .. Japanese surface naval units managed to hit all 3 TF's in the area and sank the lot .. 10 AKL's 9 AK's 12 AP's 2 APA's + various barges. Huge loss of life was reported among the 12 australian inf bridage and 2 armoured brigades caught at sea. McArthur will face show trial and summary execution at the hands of Aussie militia today. Night Time Surface Combat, near Buna at 99,129, Range 8,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Tone CA Kumano CA Kinugasa CA Furutaka CL Agano DD Usugumo DD Hatsuyuki DD Murakumo DD Uranami DD Shikinami DD Asagiri Allied Ships AM Gladstone, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Steel Mariner, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAKL Caledon, Shell hits 1, on fire xAKL Corrimal, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Hetton Bank, Shell hits 4, on fire xAP James Cook, Shell hits 21, and is sunk xAKL Koonda xAP Kooyong, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAKL Lady Isobel, Shell hits 3, and is sunk xAP Matthew Flinders, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAKL Mortlake Bank, Shell hits 1 xAKL Mulcra, Shell hits 9, on fire xAP William McArthur, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Night Time Surface Combat, near Buna at 99,129, Range 8,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Tone CA Kumano CA Kinugasa CA Furutaka CL Agano DD Usugumo DD Hatsuyuki DD Murakumo DD Uranami DD Shikinami DD Asagiri Allied Ships xAKL Caledon, Shell hits 7, and is sunk xAKL Hetton Bank, Shell hits 17, and is sunk xAKL Koonda, Shell hits 20, and is sunk xAKL Mortlake Bank, Shell hits 5, and is sunk xAKL Mulcra, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk Day Time Surface Combat, near Lae at 99,126, Range 19,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Haruna, Shell hits 1 BB Hiei, Shell hits 2 CA Chokai CA Ashigara CA Mogami, Shell hits 1 CA Mikuma CA Suzuya DD Kazegumo DD Makigumo, Shell hits 1 DD Makinami DD Natsushio, Shell hits 1, heavy fires DD Yukikaze DD Shiranui Allied Ships DD Sterett, Shell hits 11, and is sunk DE Edsall, Shell hits 3, and is sunk DD Nestor, Shell hits 6, and is sunk AM Bundaberg, Shell hits 6, and is sunk AM Strahan, Shell hits 2, and is sunk AM Wagga, Shell hits 5, and is sunk xAP Devonshire xAP Dilwara, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Chilka, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Takliwa, Shell hits 1 xAP Santhia, Shell hits 6, heavy fires xAP Charon, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Dumosa, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAK Kekerangu, Shell hits 4, heavy fires xAKL Kini, Shell hits 1 xAKL Ngakuta, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Talune, Shell hits 4, heavy fires xAKL Wear, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Forthbank, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage LSI(L) Empire Star, Shell hits 32, and is sunk LSI(L) Australia Star, Shell hits 20, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk LSI(L) Empire Pride, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAP Idomeneus, Shell hits 5, on fire xAP Lycaon, Shell hits 3 xAP Van Cloon, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Kedah, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Arawa, Shell hits 22, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAP Duntroon, Shell hits 4, on fire xAP Montoro, Shell hits 16, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Era, Shell hits 6, heavy fires xAK Momba, Shell hits 4, on fire xAKL Mulubinda, Shell hits 1, on fire xAKL Noora, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Oorama, Shell hits 7, and is sunk xAKL Pelton Bank, Shell hits 5, and is sunk xAK Period, Shell hits 2, heavy fires xAK Time xAK Ulooloo, Shell hits 2 xAP Illisos, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage KV Chilliwack, Shell hits 9, and is sunk AM Madras, Shell hits 2, and is sunk Allied ground losses: 6597 casualties reported Squads: 228 destroyed, 165 disabled Non Combat: 288 destroyed, 337 disabled Engineers: 15 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 120 (89 destroyed, 31 disabled) Vehicles lost 431 (299 destroyed, 132 disabled) Day Time Surface Combat, near Buna at 100,128, Range 17,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Tone CA Kumano CA Kinugasa CA Furutaka CL Agano DD Usugumo DD Hatsuyuki DD Murakumo DD Uranami DD Shikinami DD Asagiri Allied Ships AM Colac, Shell hits 16, and is sunk AM Freemantle, Shell hits 18, and is sunk LCT-133, Shell hits 3, and is sunk LCT-134, Shell hits 2, and is sunk LCT-135, Shell hits 1, and is sunk LCT-136, Shell hits 3, and is sunk LCT-137, Shell hits 4, and is sunk LCT-138, Shell hits 1, and is sunk LCT-139, Shell hits 2, and is sunk LCT-140, Shell hits 4, and is sunk LCT-141, Shell hits 3, and is sunk AM Jan van Amstel, Shell hits 2, and is sunk Not a soul made it ashore in Lae ! .. RIP little pixel men. [image]local://upfiles/7467/06DB3E2E29274D15B6D93A315C39FA47.jpg[/image]

CT Grognard -> RE: Disaster al Lea (1/3/2012 9:43:49 AM)
Bloody hell, that turn was brutal. Every Japanese Fanboy's wet dream.

CT Grognard -> RE: Disaster al Lea (1/3/2012 9:46:11 AM)
How many LSI(L)s does the Allied player have available to him mid 1943?

LoBaron -> RE: Disaster al Lea (1/4/2012 6:26:02 AM)
It was pretty tough to watch. I tend to let the replay play out even in obvious defeats and try to see it as building character, but this time I caught myself hitting the esc key once. We had 10 British LSI(L) before the battle, so the losses will be noted. I am already trying to get as much stuff as possible over to Rob to compensate, but cannot afford to realease APAs until OP "Predictability" (the invasion of Shortlands) is over. Kick off will be this turn. That said, it was enhanced by a bloody misunderstanding and Rob is too much a gentleman to use it as an excuse, so if I may: We had issues upgrading to the latest beta, and so needed to redo turns. Rob had an issue loading troops at Buna and his convoy did not move to Lae as planned when re-running the last turn. He informed Mike of the issue and thought Mikes reaction would be to grant a free run-in to compensate for the lost turn and Mikes better intel on retry. Mike, on the contrary, already had planned to bombard both, Lae and Buna, before and so assumed that his part of the job was leaving everything as it is while running the risk of meeting and losing against modern surface combatants in battle. It probably would have been a defeat anyway, but maybe not as distinct. The only advantage of the situation is that Mikes Southern fleet needs to rearm at Admiralties, so the first turn on Shortland landings should be without SAG interference. Only question mark left is KB, which is hopefully hunting my CV diversion further north. The only good news is: My P38 squads operating from Munda can break CAP over Rabaul. Tested last turn with satisfying results and a good kill ratio. They will now resume LRCAP over the invasion fleets, hopefully the sweep prompted Mike to assign even more fighters on CAP. If he did his potential strikes against the landing will have fewer escorts, which was the reason behind the whole Rabaul sweep. [;)] Press thumbs, details of the invasion after I have done the turn later today. An interesting question is: Shortland is well defended and I count quite a lot of guns there. OTOH, Rabaul hosts about 400a/c which could pose a danger to the invasion force. I got about 70 B24s in range of Rabaul and an additional 24 B24s in Range of Shortland. What would you do? I feel torn between ordering a large night strike on the AF of Rabaul to hamper naval attack from there, simply risking a large daytime raid on Rabaul without escorts (as the P38s are needed to cover the landing), and skipping the whole Rabaul thing, rely on CAP and just whack the ground troops at Shortlands. Difficult decisions.

LoBaron -> RE: Disaster al Lea (1/4/2012 6:46:00 AM)
PS: Rob, I think Augustas has a point. You should resize or post part of the screenshots only. I got a 16:9 at home but a 4:3 TFT at work, and reading your posts on the 4:3 is pretty tough. You have to scroll right all the time to read a complete sentence, because the size of the screenshot prevents the window from autocorrecting to screensize. To make it obvious heres a screen taken from one of my 4:3 TFTs @ work: [img]http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/5834_3.jpg[/img]

witpqs -> RE: Disaster al Lea (1/4/2012 5:12:03 PM)
I'm careful with the width of my screenshots (in my AAR) for that reason, although I'm sure folks on laptops or with small screens still need to scroll on occasion.

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: Disaster al Lea (1/5/2012 3:01:23 PM)
I did not know i had re-sized ? or do i still need to ? i cannot tell from my monitor. I use a free program called FXfoto thats dead easy for my limited tekkie knowledge, next screenie I take ill see if i can force it to a 4:3 resolution. Cant promise anything in advance however. Still awaiting the next turn but the CW replied with a a ground assault on Lae so Mike isn't too complacent and we do have a plan B . the small base just SE of Lae has 2 base forces and one eng unit walking to it from over the mountains. We can and will build this up as a supply pull and hopefully re supply the 2 divs in Lae adequately. We have also discussed the next big operation and it will be Java in end sept. Im assembling an invasion party in Perth with a rather diverse mix of nationalities and LoBaron will assist with what ground troops he can spare (hopefully support types) and the full CV fleet as cover for tjiljap invasion. We are prepping now with 3 divisions also oozing up from Darwin quite successfully as possible LR bomber bases and flank naval search coverage. these forward island bases also give us good naval search over some oil production centres and I have routed some subs in to take advantage of spotted convoys. On standby is an elite LowNav bomber unit with Mitchell2 bombers but need some LR escorts else we get butchered by zeros.

witpqs -> RE: Disaster al Lea (1/5/2012 6:25:30 PM)
Try this one: http://getgreenshot.org/ You can set it up so you press the "Print Screen" key to capture an image, and it will allow you to use the mouse to specify the area you want to capture. That way you don't have to capture the whole screen. Very convenient.

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: Disaster al Lea (1/6/2012 8:08:32 PM)
Thanks all for the input , I had no idea my text was scrolling over screen edges and i dislike that in other AAR's so time to test a change. Cropped the usual piccie to approx 4:3 (best guess).. Pls let me know if its better/works. The Australian Assaults on Lae went in much much better than expected .. WOW is all i can say , considering my supply is listed as 'red' . must have drawn some overland. Sadly this makes the losses 2 days ago even more tragic dut to their lack of necessity. Ground combat at Lae (99,126) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 20181 troops, 234 guns, 399 vehicles, Assault Value = 801 Defending force 11762 troops, 156 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 311 Allied adjusted assault: 1712 Japanese adjusted defense: 487 Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 4) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: HQ(+) Japanese ground losses: 1753 casualties reported Squads: 13 destroyed, 173 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 36 (4 destroyed, 32 disabled) Allied ground losses: 170 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 40 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 2/6th Armoured Regiment 1st Australian Division 4th Australian Division II Australian Corps Defending units: 87th Naval Guard Unit 43rd Naval Guard Unit Yokosuka 6th SNLF 89th Naval Guard Unit 82nd Naval Guard Unit I/19th Naval Guard Unit 83rd Nav Gd /1 48th JNAF AF Unit 2nd Mortar Battalion 1st Base Force 2nd Naval Construction Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 42nd JNAF AF Unit /1 And even very tired took another point off , ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ground combat at Lae (99,126) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 19965 troops, 233 guns, 398 vehicles, Assault Value = 766 Defending force 10658 troops, 156 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 189 Allied adjusted assault: 632 Japanese adjusted defense: 508 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1222 casualties reported Squads: 79 destroyed, 40 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 28 (8 destroyed, 20 disabled) Allied ground losses: 324 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 20 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Lae will be ours within a week by the looks of it , one question though .. Para drops on finchaven ? gamey ? (i kinda think so) .. also i actually want him to retreat here rather than north .. then i have 2 para drop units for other bases further north and don't show my hand either. TTFN PS hope this looks ok [image]local://upfiles/7467/A0D8C31A9CDE4968BC13F14E31AE231A.jpg[/image]

witpqs -> RE: Disaster al Lea (1/6/2012 8:25:56 PM)
This last one was probably an inch too wide for my screen. The problem is the forum banner column at the left. When I take a screen shot I try to account for that width on my own screen. Of course people with smaller screens than mine still have to scroll but I figure more and more people have wide screens.

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: Disaster al Lea (1/7/2012 2:03:09 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: witpqs This last one was probably an inch too wide for my screen. The problem is the forum banner column at the left. When I take a screen shot I try to account for that width on my own screen. Of course people with smaller screens than mine still have to scroll but I figure more and more people have wide screens. Thanks , at least its a bit better , ill crop it a bit more next time and fingers crossed you'll be fine. PS The USA had a decent turn , LoBaron can tell you about it. .. but there were a heck of a lot of Japanese search planes in the Solomons . Brit and Dutch ASW failed to hit the 2 jap subs lurking off the cocos islands (indian ocean). New corvette ASW group heading there next turn. There is a huge Brit tanker convoy unloading at cocos for the future operations, really do not want to lose any if I can help it. Dutch B25's are elite ASW and nav search (70+ skill) and find constantly , ASW surface group hopefully clobber one tomorrow. Up in India , It seems that any supply unloaded at Ramtree island gets auto moved inland far far better than any supply draw from the north. Hence we are unloading shed loads here in the hope south Burma starts filling up. TTFN

LoBaron -> RE: Disaster al Lea (1/7/2012 3:20:21 PM)
The US had a final turn of preparation for operation Predictability. Again, P-38 from Munda sweped Rabaul. Estimated losses are another 20 Zekes shot down. The main goal, as said before, is to lower fighter strenght and squadron morale of the units who will probably escort the Betty Nemesis against the Shortland invasion Group. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 61 Allied aircraft P-38F Lightning x 25 P-38G Lightning x 45 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet 12 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet 17 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sadly the B-24s assigned to strike Rabaul AB did not fly due to bad weather, well not everything can work out as planned... The invasion assembled at Russell Island and is now moving towards the landing beaches. Arrival is timed in daytime sadly, I had to account for speed of the smaller LCT ships and did not want to wait until night phase of d2, because it gives Mike a slight advantage if he reacts. The landing group consists of 1 amphib group carrying the 32nd Division, LCTs with the NZ 3rd Armoured Brig, and an arty regiment. Sub hunters will arrive first, a sub already reported the landing zone clear of mines. The escort consists of 2 battle groups lead by a slow BB, a CA SAG, and a small CVE group. S class subs cover the approach routes from Rabaul. The P-38s will stop their sweeps and provide LRCAP to aid the CVE CAP. All in all the units are staggered from 29k down to 14k. Lunga B-24s will fly ground attack missions. Meanwhile the Carriers hit Ponape with mixed results. The did not hit much, but the hope was to put any AV ships there out of action to reduce the search capabilities there. Afternoon Air attack on Ponape , at 119,113 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 14 F6F-3 Hellcat x 65 SBD-3 Dauntless x 143 Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged Japanese Ships AV Kamoi, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AD Koshu Maru #2, Bomb hits 1, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- They will now position themselves east of Shortlands to aid covering the landings. I hope that Mike thought the CV sightings close to Marcus Island genuine and moved KB further north. With this assumption I expect the losses by any counter on d1,2 to be within limits. Still biting nails a bit, Mike got the whole combined fleet in the southern area atm. [;)]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: Disaster al Lea (1/7/2012 6:02:31 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 24, 43 Great news , the games speeded up ! 24/25 june 1943. USA was in action once again and since it was on a screen-shot (cropped to be 'square' ) no more silly overlap i hope. Japanese subs are teeming around shortlands and many many were sighted today by the seagulls and search a/c from the main Us Cv's approaching Shortlands from the east. Sadly the BB New Mexico took a torpedo amidships but she patched it up swiftly enough and continued with hes assigned escort and shore bombardments. ASW attack near Shortlands at 110,132 Japanese Ships SS I-160, hits 7 Allied Ships BB New Mexico, Torpedo hits 1 damage 14/5/2 CA Pensacola CL Helena CLAA San Juan DE Sands SC PC-778 DMS Hopkins AM Cessnock APA Fuller APA American Legion APA Hunter Liggett DD La Triomphant DD Porter DD Maury DD McCall SS I-160 launches 8 torpedoes at BB New Mexico The landing went without a hitch bar a couple of trucks falling overboard and supply is plentiful amongst the landed troops. US heavy bombers met no opposition either and hit both airfields and troop targets in shortlands. LCT-128 was damaged by a lucky mortar strike but should soldier on and be repaired later. [image]local://upfiles/7467/3ED5ADB4196B4B4D8F7D972F5BAB6AD1.jpg[/image]

LoBaron -> RE: Disaster al Lea (1/7/2012 10:53:40 PM)
Screenshot size is much better now! [:)] Sitrep operation Predictability: BB New Mexico has only dmg15/5(4)/1 and will head back to Lunga with the amphib group. Hopefully this time without eating a fish. No the crucial turn 2 of landings will come. We have two LC fleets still unloading, but the most important thing is supplies. I need 2 more days to load off my AKs so I can retreat and continue to cover the 32nd Div from air. The troops will already try a deliberate attack since morale is high, supplies are ok and the opposition will not have the firepower to do much against a whole �43 division plus armor, even with high forts. I still will probably need 2 weeks to capture Shortlands as AV is pretty equal, but it will fall. Here is the strenght estimate from the Japanese bombardement attack, no chance my Japanese friends, not a chance. I will not even need the backup US brigade waiting at Lunga. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Shortlands (109,131) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 7851 troops, 84 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 326 Defending force 10283 troops, 228 guns, 241 vehicles, Assault Value = 421 Japanese ground losses: 49 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: II/19th Naval Guard Unit 86th Naval Guard Unit Sasebo 5th SNLF Kure 5th SNLF 85th Naval Guard Unit Sasebo 6th SNLF Yokosuka 5th SNLF /1 19th JAAF Base Force 39th Fld AA Bn /1 15th Naval Const Bn /1 Defending units: 32nd Infantry Division 3rd NZ Armoured Sqn 223rd Field Artillery Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meanwhile in the air it has been suspiciousely quiet, which indicates surprize but besides that nothing else than a Japanese counter the upcoming turn. The worst case scenario is a combined Betty attack from Rabaul with KB support. Still I got enough ships to distribute damage, and the CV groups will now move into Iron Bottom Sound and LRCAP the landings and Munda is back to full scale LRCAP for Shortland. I will not be able to stop 1000 plane raid, but I will hurt an attack hopefully. I feel the next turn, independent on whichever direction fortuna decides to spread her blessing, will be bloody.

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: Disaster al Lea (1/9/2012 12:14:26 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 26, 43 Air was less quiet for today but it happened in an unexpected area, namely Lae ?? unescorted Helens droned towards the Australian troops chewing their own boot leather for sustenance. fortunately someone had found the radio unpalatable and called in for help. the air force duly arrived with a mix of a few spits and hurricanes and clobbered the unescorted the Japanese. did Japan set the range wrong ? or not assign a target ? we will most likely never know. The upshot was the allies liberate Lae while the Japanese fall back on Finchhafen. One div will follow them , one remain in Lae while the tanks rumble north to push Japan away from our new found gains. Morning Air attack on 4th Australian Division, at 99,126 (Lae) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 28 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 6 Spitfire Vc Trop x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 8 destroyed, 3 damaged No Allied losses Morning Air attack on 4th Australian Division, at 99,126 (Lae) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 13 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 2 Spitfire Vc Trop x 2 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged No Allied losses Morning Air attack on 1st Australian Division, at 99,126 (Lae) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 26 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 2 Spitfire Vc Trop x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged No Allied losses As you can see from the piccie below Japan has wall to wall subs in the area , she hasn't neglected spying on Christmas island and cocos islands however. today the ASW task group centred around the KV Fritillary had a lucky escape when one jap torp failed to detonate while the plucky small ships fought back as hard as they could , we 'might' have damaged the engines with a hedgehog 'hit' but i am doubtful. Sub attack near Christmas Island IO at 42,103 Japanese Ships SS I-37 Allied Ships KV Fritillary ML No. 194 ML No. 214 SS I-37 launches 6 torpedoes at KV Fritillary the USA did something this turn too , but i forget what ? [:D] [image]local://upfiles/7467/B66E3066BE06422ABEF760DC537C5CF7.jpg[/image] the large yellow P .. para drop target .. nothing seen from air recon ?? really empty ?? I'll drop some men on it to get Japan worried anyway. (in 4-6 days , assembling the meagre Australian air transports)

LoBaron -> Shortland invaded (1/9/2012 6:39:58 PM)
D1 and 2 of the Shortland invasion went smooth, as expected the Japanese firepower is weak enough. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Shortlands (109,131) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 10308 troops, 228 guns, 242 vehicles, Assault Value = 420 Defending force 8930 troops, 96 guns, 87 vehicles, Assault Value = 324 Allied adjusted assault: 179 Japanese adjusted defense: 817 Allied assault odds: 1 to 4 (fort level 4) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 856 casualties reported Squads: 12 destroyed, 77 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 20 (2 destroyed, 18 disabled) Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 38 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled) Assaulting units: 32nd Infantry Division 3rd NZ Armoured Sqn 223rd Field Artillery Battalion Defending units: 85th Naval Guard Unit Sasebo 6th SNLF 86th Naval Guard Unit II/19th Naval Guard Unit Kure 5th SNLF Sasebo 5th SNLF Yokosuka 5th SNLF /1 19th JAAF Base Force 39th Fld AA Bn /1 15th Naval Const Bn /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- They will not be able to sustain such losses for long, so I decided to take a small risk and ordered a shock attack for the next 2 days. Both BB SAGs will bombard to support the attack and then retreat to Lunga, the CA SAG will move south to cover the carriers in Ironbottom Sound. Mike will for sure flood the area with subs as fast as he can, so I pulled some ASW groups back to IS too, don�t want to have another CV sunk by a sub... The nice attack happened on D2, 26 B-24s @10k attacked a supply convory at Rabaul and was not intercepted because Mike expected another day of Lightning sweeps and set his CAP fullscale to max altitude. [;)] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 106,125 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 101 Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 26 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Daihachikyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage PB Shosei Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Not much, but fun to watch. The bad news is: I forgot to stop the naval attack mission, and he wont make the same mistake twice, so I expect some downed heavies nex turn if they don�t find any targets further south. The 4 AK�s unloading supplies at Shortlands were left behind by their escorts and and are now guardsd by PT boats from Munda. Nothing will prevent them from getting sunk by IJN cruisers, but theres one or the other mine lying around so it might be costly to attack. The CAP over Shortland on D3,4 will be weaker than on D1,2 because of fatigue and the Hellcats reordered to CV protection, but I will still make a full scale attack from Rabaul costly.

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: Shortland invaded (1/11/2012 10:36:51 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 28/29, 43 An interesting turn of events , Japan hit Port Blair with a heavy battleship bombardment, fortunately the local transport TF dropping off more Bf's and engineers had just left and the SS Trusty slowed them down with an aborted attack that caused the escorts to counter-attack and waste ops points. Still it was a nasty hit. Night Naval bombardment of Port Blair at 46,58 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Hudson IIIa: 12 damaged Hudson IIIa: 2 destroyed on ground P-40K Warhawk: 8 damaged Japanese Ships BB Ise BB Yamashiro CA Aoba CA Takao Allied ground losses: 54 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 2 disabled Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 15 Port hits 4 Only 4 hudsons were knocked out but lost 3 pilots too. All damage repaired by morning however and the forts building priority will continue unabated. currently on forts 3 (5% to4) with 125 eng squads and 12 bulldozers. Defence is provided by the 84th indian brigade and the KGV light armour (armoured cars x60) The arty due there has been earmarked for another operation but 2 AA units have replaced them for transport due shortly. supply is 22k (need more but not bad). Over in New Guinea , Japanese fast trasport CL/DD group loading up at finchaven got qa surprise when 18 swordfish flew overhead at10k feet and accurately bombed a couple of DD's and hopefully sank a CL. This is the best of 3 attacks. Tomorrow we have ordered torpedoes fitted Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Finschhafen at 100,126 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft Swordfish I x 17 Spitfire Vc Trop x 10 No Allied losses Japanese Ships DD Inazuma, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage CL Yubari, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Nagatsuki, Bomb hits 1, on fire DD Tanikaze Japanese ground losses: 289 casualties reported Squads: 15 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 8 (4 destroyed, 4 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Swordfish I bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb Have to feel for those poor Japanese troops ,, routed out of Lae and now drowned at sea .. not a good year for them [:D] The USA has been busy too ! [image]local://upfiles/7467/2506A4B9C80646E4811EAC63B286A2C3.jpg[/image]

LoBaron -> RE: Shortland invaded (1/13/2012 7:07:35 AM)
USA was busy too, still its funny, I am invading Shortlands and the CW gets all the action. [:D] The shock attack @ Shortlands did not overwhelm the defenders, although losses were very much in our favour. Fatigue and disruption is still in around upper 20�s and morale is high, so I ordered another deliberate attack in the hope the Japanese are more exhausted than our troops. Invasion air protection is for now the sole job of my P-38 units as the CV groups are moving south to meet the reppers, all surface combatants meet at Lunga to replenish. Only ASW groups and 4 AKs delivering supplies to the beachhead remain in the threat area, protected by PT boats and mines. Mike held his forces back, no surface combat, no air attack. The disadvantage is we might lose another opportunity to deal a blow to the IJN, the advantage is our op is not delayed by damaged major combatants. I wonder how long he keeps up this cat and mouse game.

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: Shortland invaded (1/13/2012 6:56:24 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 30, 43 Once again the air cation has been over finchaven, After yesterdays Japanese fast transport units i did not expect more so set some fighters on LRCAP in case the expected jap float transports turned up. they did along with 3 CL's trying to pull more men from the peninsula. The air was contested mostly by British beaufighters and Japanese zeros with a few spits arriving too. overall losses looked to be about evens with about 8 downwed each side. However this allowed the well escorted swordfish a free run on the CL's :- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Finschhafen at 100,126 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 10 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 15 Swordfish I x 17 Spitfire Vc Trop x 19 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed Swordfish I: 1 destroyed by flak Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships CL Naka, Torpedo hits 2, on fire CL Abukuma CL Jintsu Japanese ground losses: 47 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled No heavy damage listed is a disappointment but American subs north of finchaven might find her in the next few days. Other than that some Hurricanes in Burma decided to sweep Rangoon at 7000 ft ?? no idea why ? and we lost 4 planes in the process. Allied fighters are ordered to just fly point defence from now on just in case this occurs again. we will add in some albacores to the swordfish from tomorrow (taken from ASW patrol) in case japan feels like sending more ships down here. there has been a well escorted AP convoy sighted to the NE of Finchaven , lets try and give it a warm welcome if it arrives. fingers crossed [image]local://upfiles/7467/9FFF45A43E6E419FA1CCC4A5FB8E1BCF.jpg[/image]

LoBaron -> RE: Shortland invaded (1/14/2012 8:51:29 AM)
SitRep June 30th, OP Predictable, Shortland: Ok, yesterday the 32nd div attacked again and for the first time got disruption(-), fatigue(-). Time to make an estimate how bright the future looks. In 6 days 3 attacks were attempted, only the shock attack receiving 1:2 odds, the rest far worse. Reason is the adjusted AV of the lvl 4 forts, which don�t want to go down. I thought that the combat eng units with the division will be enough, but underestimated the defenders�strenght and overestimated the eng capabilities. In addition I-22 practically single handed reduced the supply convoy to 1/3rd, sinking 2 AKs in 2 days, while damaging the 3rd. Looking back I should have left 1-2 YMS with the freighters, but I wanted minimal losses in case of an air attack and would make the same decision again: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Shortlands at 109,131 Japanese Ships SS I-22 Allied Ships xAK Steel Voyager, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Japanese Ships SS I-22 Allied Ships xAK Steel Navigator, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Japanese Ships SS I-22, hits 1 Allied Ships xAK Steel Ranger, Shell hits 2, on fire ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lets take a closer look at the beachhead: Shortland balance on 26th: Attacking force 10308 troops, 228 guns, 242 vehicles, Assault Value = 420 Defending force 8930 troops, 96 guns, 87 vehicles, Assault Value = 324 on 28th: Attacking force 10271 troops, 228 guns, 241 vehicles, Assault Value = 416 Defending force 7948 troops, 84 guns, 75 vehicles, Assault Value = 234 on 30th: Attacking force 10133 troops, 228 guns, 241 vehicles, Assault Value = 400 Defending force 7382 troops, 81 guns, 77 vehicles, Assault Value = 197 The defenders lost roughly 17% of their troops strenght, dropping 39% in unadjusted AV. In comparision our troops are in great shape if this trend continues. But the largest drop in enemy AV was on the first attack, so, with the disruption(-), fatigue(-) on last breakthrough attempt I will rest the troops for 2 days. In addition supplies need to be saved as well because of the damned I-22. We cannot waste too much time though, as Mike is moving in reinforcements from Torokin. I am trying to slow them down with air attacks, but if they arrive we will have a stronger opponent to deal with. He will not be able to dislodge the 32nd, but we might have a "Guadalcanal" a few 100nm further north... The second wave will have to arrive fast. I think I need to begin regular ASW runs between the LZ and Lunga. Other news: While I am still cursing I-22, Triton makes up for it. [:)] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Guam at 102,90 Japanese Ships xAP Teikyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage E Natsushima E Susuki xAP Teiritsu Maru xAP Hakone Maru DD Shiokaze DD Minekaze E Sarushima Allied Ships SS Triton Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Guam at 102,90 Japanese Ships DD Minekaze, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage xAP Teikyo Maru, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Triton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And the slot is slowly getting the focused attention of IJN subs: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Russell Islands at 112,136 Japanese Ships SS I-24, hits 5 Allied Ships SC-705 SC-708 PC Taney --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: Shortland invaded (1/15/2012 6:05:34 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 02, 43 The Australians show the Yankees how to perform jungle warfare by example today with the capture of Nadzab (just North of Lae ). The extra armoured unit made all the difference and we will continue upto Madang to put some threat into the admiralties. Tomorrow we will para drop the 1st Australian para battalion to secure the runways then try and fly in some less prepared defenders for the inevitable Japanese counter. i would be astonished if Japan did not try and take it back. With Nadzab gone though we have a (barely) capable land route to Madang for supply purposes and with AV almost into Lae we will have some defence vs Japanese SC attacks to resupply operations. Ground combat at Nadzab (98,125) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 3610 troops, 32 guns, 152 vehicles, Assault Value = 157 Defending force 1304 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 50 Allied adjusted assault: 75 Japanese adjusted defense: 15 Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Nadzab !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), leaders(+), preparation(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 604 casualties reported Squads: 19 destroyed, 26 disabled Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled) Units retreated 1 Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 2/6th Armoured Regiment 2nd Australian/B Division Defending units: 65th Naval Guard Unit The air over finchaven was again contested but with an allied preponderance of spits and the new P47's we took control easily. One piece of bad news however was the loss of a small Tanker to japanse sub action off Dobo (DEI) , it did have AM (minesweeper) escorts but none spotted the nefarious submarine. no great loss. More tomorrow [image]local://upfiles/7467/67C6CA2BC2BA4F9B95340CF13033EE7B.jpg[/image]

LoBaron -> RE: Shortland invaded (1/16/2012 7:05:48 AM)
Jul 02/03, 43 The 32nd Yankees have their well earned rest from combat at Shortlands, only disturbed by the daily bombardement attack - as usual costing more Japanese lives than American. We will try to storm the fortress tomorrow again. The only action worth mentioning is good old Triton putting the final nail into Teikyo Maru�s coffin: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Guam at 102,90 Japanese Ships xAP Teikyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Triton Japanese ground losses: 28 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled xAP Teikyo Maru is sighted by SS Triton SS Triton launches 4 torpedoes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In general submarine activity over the last few weeks has been increased around Guam, I hope this (wrongly) indicates an upcoming invasion to Mike in the next 2-3 months.

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: Shortland invaded (1/18/2012 1:41:35 AM)
Full screen piccie today . as it was q quiet turn might as well do one. Para drop on Madang worked out just fine , Spits and P47's to fly limited LRCAP tomorrow as i suspect japan will try and intercept the transports flying from PM. Picture is of the DEI just north of Darwin area , Highlighted base is where we lost the TK last turn. Its just about to get the last of 8th Australian /B division. it'll have 380 AV and a lot of engineers working overtime here. Next 2 planned 'ooze' style invasions are babar and salumaki .. no warships of any consequence here and very little fighter str too (fighters will be available) lots of recon/search and medium bombers are in Darwin however. [image]local://upfiles/7467/B32E5B7313DC4C5A9C4BB59C0858CC6B.jpg[/image]

Alfred -> RE: Shortland invaded (1/18/2012 2:30:16 AM)
Rob, I thought you had changed your ratio to avoid the need to scroll right. If you did, your last few screen shots haven't worked out.[:)] Alfred

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: Shortland invaded (1/18/2012 4:17:38 PM)
The last one was a full screen one , just for effect . I had hit return after about 1/2 a line of text to keep that all in one window however .. did it work as planned ? As for last few screen-shots ? humm . thought i had reduced them enough (i have to guess while cropping) . Good to know they aren't small enough however . I will endeavour to shrink them even more . Thx quote: ORIGINAL: Alfred Rob, I thought you had changed your ratio to avoid the need to scroll right. If you did, your last few screen shots haven't worked out.[:)] Alfred

LoBaron -> RE: Shortland invaded (1/18/2012 7:10:54 PM)
Rob its ok now IMO. As long as you hit enter the screens can be as big as you like. Its only tedious when you need to scroll right for the text. IJ Shortland defense is to the brink of defeat now. Reinforcements unload as we speak (14th NZ Brigade) and the heavy escort groups will bombard again, and then retreat. Against enemy SAGs the landings should be rather safe now as I lay some additonal mines. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Shortlands (109,131) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 10245 troops, 228 guns, 241 vehicles, Assault Value = 396 Defending force 7566 troops, 82 guns, 81 vehicles, Assault Value = 232 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Allied adjusted assault: 154 Japanese adjusted defense: 499 Allied assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 3) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 725 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 67 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled) Allied ground losses: 156 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 32nd Infantry Division 3rd NZ Armoured Sqn 223rd Field Artillery Battalion Defending units: Sasebo 5th SNLF Kure 5th SNLF 85th Naval Guard Unit Sasebo 6th SNLF 86th Naval Guard Unit II/19th Naval Guard Unit 19th JAAF Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Another deliberate attack has been ordered with all squads capable to fight.

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: Shortland invaded (1/19/2012 3:00:18 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 06, 43 Busy 2 days for the silent service , lets start with the bad news .. SS KXII hits Type 93 Mine at Merak SS KXII hits Type 4 Mine at Merak Damn silly auto plot movement brought this sub into a known minefield and she ha subsequently sunk. For players reference i use the way-points to avoid this gap between java/sumatra but when a boat is damaged the AI take over and plots it back to the nearest base (or home).. annoying. Additionally the ~US mine-layer Oglala , was sunk by I boat mear Munda/solomons Sub attack near Vella Lavella at 109,133 Japanese Ships SS I-159 Allied Ships CM Oglala, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SC PC-777 however some good news south of the PI's . Dutch had some great success. Sub attack near Dadjangas at 80,94 Japanese Ships xAK Tone Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage PB Wa 4 PB Wa 2 PB Bisaku Maru PB Kakyu Maru Allied Ships SS KXV Sub attack near Dadjangas at 80,94 Japanese Ships xAK Sakido Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage PB Wa 4 PB Wa 2 PB Bisaku Maru PB Kakyu Maru Allied Ships SS KXV Hopefully that 2 dead merchants and some lost resources. ASW was well done by KV's in the south DEI too prosecuting the sub that sank our tanker here 4 days ago , the moustraps seem to work rather well. ASW attack near Dobo at 83,116 Japanese Ships SS I-181, hits 11 (at least one direct thump) Allied Ships AM Launceton AM Kalgoorlie xAP Koolinda xAP Benledi xAP Empress ' Scotland DE Express KV Nigella KV Cyclamen Picc ie of the ASW effort , Ive tried to resize it completely so its not 4:3 but widescreen shrunk to 1/2 size . lets see how this effort works out. [image]local://upfiles/7467/BA91325276034254A541708D021B4341.jpg[/image] OK that looks small but ok on my screen , next time I will do a 3/4 size save and hope that fits you all without widescreen monitors. PS madang op carries on with no interference from Japan as yet.

LoBaron -> RE: Shortland invaded (1/20/2012 4:41:01 AM)
The US side of things, Jul 06/07, 43 Were edging closer to victory at Shortlands, though not without paying a price. As Rob already mentioned I lost CM Oglala to a sub attack yesterday, the value of this class of ships cannot be overestimated IMHO. The good news is that Oglala got sunk only after deploying her mines at Shortland harbour, any interdiction of the beachhead by Japanese surface combatants or subs will now become extremely harzadeous. Before departing in direction of Lunga, the SAGs Missisippi and West Virginia bombarded Japanese defensive positions again, preparing the way for the LCUs. Looks like we found the truck park here... [;)] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Shortlands at 109,131 Allied Ships BB Mississippi CA San Francisco CA Houston CA Northampton CL Helena Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 31 (10 destroyed, 21 disabled) Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 24 Port hits 12 Port supply hits 2 BB Mississippi firing at Shortlands CA San Francisco firing at Shortlands SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Houston CA Houston firing at Shortlands CA Northampton firing at Shortlands CL Helena firing at Shortlands -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Shortlands at 109,131 Allied Ships BB West Virginia CA Minneapolis CA New Orleans CA Salt Lake City Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 37 (20 destroyed, 17 disabled) Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 16 Port hits 7 Port supply hits 2 BB West Virginia firing at Shortlands CA Minneapolis firing at Shortlands CA New Orleans firing at Shortlands CA Salt Lake City firing at Shortlands -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After the usual bombing attacks over the day, the deliberate attack brings our troops very close to 1:1 or even 2:1, I think next turn it is in the reaches - if we can drop forts another level that is...: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Shortlands (109,131) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 13704 troops, 269 guns, 268 vehicles, Assault Value = 523 Defending force 6643 troops, 83 guns, 57 vehicles, Assault Value = 179 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Allied adjusted assault: 304 Japanese adjusted defense: 563 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 658 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 79 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 17 (5 destroyed, 12 disabled) Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 114 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Assaulting units: 14th NZ Brigade 32nd Infantry Division 3rd NZ Armoured Sqn 223rd Field Artillery Battalion Defending units: Kure 5th SNLF 86th Naval Guard Unit 85th Naval Guard Unit Sasebo 5th SNLF Sasebo 6th SNLF II/19th Naval Guard Unit 19th JAAF Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Newzealanders are now ashore in force as well, so although the fat values are are in the high 20s and disruption is rising again, I ordered another deliberate attack. The less time the Japanese have to recover, the higher the impact of the disableds. Independend of whether another rest phase is required before the final attack, I believe Shortland will be in US hands at the end of the week. The CV groups meanwhile moved south again to renedezvous with the reppers and evade the increasing sub menace north from Russel Isl. These subs are the first issue we need to adress after conquering Shortlands. I will need an AV, 2 ACM and an AD there ASAP and form ASW groups while providing air ASW coverage from Shortlands, Munda and Tassafaronga. The goal is to keep The Slot clean of subs to reduce the threat to reinforcement convoys to one axis only, while hopefully killing some.

LoBaron -> RE: Shortland invaded (1/21/2012 2:05:39 PM)
Jul 08/09, 43 As expected we reached 1:1. Another deliberate attack has been ordered, hopefully this will be enough to capture the base next turn. A BF and engineers are already on standby to be flown in or transported in on APD�s. Also, 2 ACM departed Noumea to tend the mines deployed at our new conquest. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Shortlands (109,131) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 13653 troops, 269 guns, 268 vehicles, Assault Value = 512 Defending force 5428 troops, 79 guns, 54 vehicles, Assault Value = 69 Allied adjusted assault: 105 Japanese adjusted defense: 55 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 957 casualties reported Squads: 43 destroyed, 16 disabled Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 23 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 33 (29 destroyed, 4 disabled) Vehicles lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 42 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 32nd Infantry Division 14th NZ Brigade 3rd NZ Armoured Sqn 223rd Field Artillery Battalion Defending units: Sasebo 6th SNLF Kure 5th SNLF 86th Naval Guard Unit 85th Naval Guard Unit II/19th Naval Guard Unit Sasebo 5th SNLF 19th JAAF Base Force /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have now stood down the P-38 Groups at Munda. For the final assault I will risk going in without air cover, and I want the planes serviced and ready when the attrition war against Rabaul kicks in. The carriers move south to Auckland now for a short R&R. This might have been the last large fleet op before the major combatants redeploy to the IO in preparation of the Java invasion, but I might have another window of oportunity to do something evil, we�ll see. Other news: Wahoo has been hit on transit to the assigned PZ in the Philippine Sea, the damage is not high, still the patrol has been suspended and the boat will have the dubious honor of being the first to be repaired at our new sub base at Marcus Island. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Torishima at 111,70 Japanese Ships SC Ch 1 SC Ch 5 SC Ch 4 Allied Ships SS Wahoo, hits 1 SS Wahoo launches 6 torpedoes at SC Ch 1 Wahoo diving deep .... SC Ch 5 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 4 fails to find sub and abandons search SC Ch 5 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 5 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 5 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 5 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 5 attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More effective was Bowfin on the 9th, hitting a small loaded TK evidently heading Guam. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Ulithi at 101,93 Japanese Ships TK Hoshin Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage SC Ch 18 SC Ch 17 SC Ch 14 SC Ch 13 TK Mutsuyo Maru TK Matsumoto Maru PB Kyo Maru #8 PB Heiei Maru #7 PB Hakkaisan Maru PB Chitose Maru Allied Ships SS Bowfin SS Bowfin launches 6 torpedoes at TK Hoshin Maru PB Kyo Maru #8 fails to find sub and abandons search PB Heiei Maru #7 fails to find sub and abandons search PB Hakkaisan Maru fails to find sub and abandons search PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All in all a quit turn, but one that raises confidence. In case Shortland gets conquered next turn the 32nd will immediately plan for Torokina, I might coordinate this with a Para drop on Buna, but this is still some turns in the future.

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