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AcePylut -> RE: Bombers over Osaka (6/27/2012 5:22:02 AM)
back... lets get caught up on the thick of things OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Sep 25, 45 Task Force 93 lays minefield at Nakadori-jima - 101 , 57 and sets course for Daito Shoto Repairs completed on CVE Nehenta Bay at Manila, ship returned to service This was the ship bombed in the first Manila night port attack by the Japanese. Iirc his email said something about a big sinking. Dont discount the power of allied repair. 11 x C-47 Skytrain transporting 42nd Aviation Base Force to Tanegashima 15 x C-47 Skytrain transporting 42nd Aviation Base Force to Tanegashima Asahikawa expands airfield to size 3 Yakushima expands fortifications to size 1 Amami Oshima expands fortifications to size 2 Davao expands airfield to size 5 SIG INT REPORT FOR Sep 25, 45 Tachirai JAAF Base Force is located at Fukuoka(103,57). 116th Division is located at Hangchow(90,55). 107th Division is located at Kanko(105,47). 102nd Division is located at Fukuoka(103,57). 43rd Division is located at Nagoya(111,60). Tachirai BF tells me that Fukuoka is a major hub for Japanese aviation. I’m building up a list of what divisions are where. In the CR, the invasion of Haha-jima continued. This is being done solely with the inherent fighting troops in the base units. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Shimonoseki at 105,56 Japanese Ships SC CHa-40 SC CHa-69 SC CHa-46 Allied Ships SS Bowfin SS Bowfin is located by SC CHa-40 Bowfin diving deep .... The Bowfin has major fighting spirit. It’s damage from previous turns is 18 sys 17 float. She’s heading to my new secret forward base in the Kuriles for repair. This boat is going to get a medal -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 336 encounters mine field at Fukue-jima (101,58) Japanese Ships SSX Ha-44, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage hehehe my mines hit home. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-D-112, hits 7, and is sunk Allied Ships DM Harry F. Bauer DM Thomas E. Frazer DM Shannon DM Shea easy exp for me -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Shanghai at 94,55, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships E Uji, Shell hits 1, heavy fires E Kiji E W-4 E W-38, Shell hits 2 E Hoko, Shell hits 3, on fire TK Kokuei Maru TK Nichirin Maru, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage TK Ogurosan Maru, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage TK Otorisan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire TK Ryuei Maru, Shell hits 2 TK Kyokuyo Maru, Shell hits 1 TK Azurai Maru TK Hioki Maru, Shell hits 22, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships CL Detroit, Shell hits 2 DD Leutze DD McCord I spotted them on radar, used the radar to position myself while closing to visual range, and crossed the T right as the IJ fleet came into sight, and I plastered it. Improved night sighting under 82% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 82% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 28,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 11,000 yards Dawley, A.L. crosses the 'T' CL Detroit engages TK Hioki Maru at 11,000 yards CL Detroit engages E W-38 at 11,000 yards And so on…. A very nice victory, and only a few stragglers remain. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-D-110, hits 8, heavy damage Allied Ships DM Shea DM Henry A. Wiley DM Thomas E. Frazer DM Shannon SSX Ha-D-110 launches 2 torpedoes at DM Shea Debris floats to surface in area of attack! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Kaishu at 100,48, Range 30,000 Yards Japanese Ships xAK Gozan Maru xAK Nitimei Maru xAK Shirashika Maru SC CHa-80 SC CHa-81 SC CHa-82 SC CHa-83 SC CHa-94 SC CHa-96 SC CHa-97 SC CHa-98 SC CHa-99 SC CHa-100 SC CHa-101 SC CHa-102 Allied Ships DD Charrette DD Mertz The Jap tf escaped. I must be low on ammo and heading back to base. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 336 encounters mine field at Fukue-jima (101,58) Japanese Ships SSX Ha-44, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage SSX Ha-43, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage SSX Ha-44, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage SSX Ha-44, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage SSX Ha-44, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage I wrapped up all the mine hits into one showing. Hehehehe it’s about the only use I have for mines. Wait – idea – bring mines into IJ ports in Sea of Japan via my newly minted route through the Kuriles. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Taikyu at 105,53 Japanese Ships E No.227 E No.215 E No.200 E No.158 E No.126 E No.102 E No.85 E No.76 E No.46 E Miyake E Hasu DMS W-12 DMS W-9 xAK Shinkyo Maru xAK Ikuta Maru E Maeshima E Nuwashima E Yurijima E Niizaki Allied Ships SS Raton Why is this escorted by so many E boats, and the TK’s weren’t. I wonder. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Fusan at 104,55 Japanese Ships SC Ch 42 SC Ch 49 Allied Ships SS Trepang Captain of SS Trepang elects not to launch torpedoes at this target She’s low on ammo. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Fukue-jima at 101,58 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-42 Allied Ships LCT-144 LCT-144 is sighted by SSX Ha-42 SSX Ha-42 cannot acquire firing solution on enemy LCT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Haha-jima at 110,75 Allied Ships BB Howe CA New Orleans CL Concord Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 6 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 1 BB Howe firing at Haha-jima CA New Orleans firing at Haha-jima CL Concord firing at Haha-jima PacForce Howe and Company decided to make it easy on their fellow swabbies and throw some lead on the island. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Taikyu at 105,53 Japanese Ships E No.62 E No.227 E No.215 E No.200 E No.158 E No.126 E No.102 E No.85 E No.76 E No.46 E Miyake E Hasu DMS W-12 DMS W-9 xAK Shinkyo Maru xAK Ikuta Maru E Maeshima E Nuwashima E Yurijima E Niizaki Allied Ships SS Skate SS Skate launches 4 torpedoes at E No.62 E Maeshima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Nuwashima fails to find sub and abandons search E Yurijima fails to find sub and abandons search E Niizaki fails to find sub and abandons search Escort abandons search for sub Lots of E boats chained to a pair of AK’s. Hmmm. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Shimonoseki at 104,56 Japanese Ships xAKL Jinsan Maru Allied Ships SS Carbonero xAKL Jinsan Maru is sighted by SS Carbonero Captain of SS Carbonero elects not to launch torpedoes at this target Average time on station for a US Sub = 4 days. Reason = target rich environment, all torps fired. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Ulleungdo at 106,52 Japanese Ships DMS W-12, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage E No.223 E No.205 E No.192 E No.154 E No.118 E No.95 E No.81 E No.52 E No.14 E Miyake E Hasu xAK Sensan Maru xAK Senyo Maru xAK Hakkaisan Maru E Maeshima E Nuwashima E Yurijima E Niizaki Allied Ships SS Chipper SS Chipper launches 4 torpedoes at DMS W-12 Chipper diving deep .... The chipper picks off a DMS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Toyama at 113,56 Japanese Ships E Shimushu E Etoforu E Kunashiri Allied Ships SS Piper, hits 18, heavy damage SS Piper launches 2 torpedoes at E Shimushu Piper diving deep .... E Etoforu attacking submerged sub .... E Kunashiri fails to find sub and abandons search E Etoforu attacking submerged sub .... E Etoforu fails to find sub, continues to search... E Etoforu fails to find sub, continues to search... E Etoforu attacking submerged sub .... Debris floats to surface in area of attack! Escort abandons search for sub And the Piper got pied for it -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Oki Shoto at 107,55 Japanese Ships E W-6 Allied Ships SS Cabrilla SS Cabrilla launches 4 torpedoes at E W-6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 186 encounters mine field at Pearl Harbor (180,107) Japanese Ships SS I-36, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage I didn’t bother to see how many mines I have at PH to start. Lucky for me, there was more than zero. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Shanghai at 93,55, Range 18,000 Yards Japanese Ships E W-4, Shell hits 13, and is sunk E W-38, Shell hits 11, and is sunk E Hoko, Shell hits 14, and is sunk TK Ogurosan Maru, Shell hits 12, and is sunk TK Otorisan Maru, Shell hits 22, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Benner DD Waldron DD Converse DD Renshaw I pick off the stragglers from the night’s action. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tsingtao at 95,48 Japanese Ships APD T-13 APD T-8 APD T-5 Allied Ships SS Caiman -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Tsingtao at 97,48, Range 18,000 Yards Japanese Ships xAK Gozan Maru, Shell hits 2, heavy fires xAK Nitimei Maru, Shell hits 1 xAK Shirashika Maru SC CHa-80 SC CHa-81 SC CHa-82 SC CHa-83 SC CHa-94, Shell hits 2, on fire SC CHa-96, Shell hits 2, and is sunk SC CHa-97 SC CHa-98 SC CHa-99 SC CHa-100 SC CHa-101 SC CHa-102, Shell hits 1, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Charrette DD Mertz Usual carnage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 336 encounters mine field at Fukue-jima (101,58) Japanese Ships SSX Ha-42, Mine hits 1, heavy damage SSX Ha-42, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage SSX Ha-42, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage SSX Ha-41, Mine hits 1, heavy damage More mines at Fukue-jima :D -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Maizuru at 109,57 Japanese Ships E No.67, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK Kunitu Maru xAK Kasyu Maru E No.59 E No.57 Allied Ships SS Ray, hits 6 I pick off another escort, and take some battle damage from it. Time to retire to... my new secret base in the Kuriles. And... on to the air carnage for the day -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IV Oscar x 47 Allied aircraft F4U-4 Corsair x 7 F6F-5 Hellcat x 42 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IV Oscar: 9 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-43-IV Oscar sweeping at 25000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IV Oscar x 5 Ki-84a Frank x 4 Ki-84r Frank x 9 Ki-100-I Tony x 12 Allied aircraft P-51H Mustang x 50 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IV Oscar: 3 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed Ki-84r Frank: 3 destroyed Ki-100-I Tony: 6 destroyed No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 1 Ki-84r Frank x 2 Allied aircraft P-51H Mustang x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Truk at 112,108 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft E13A1 Jake x 3 No Japanese losses Allied Ships SC-743 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x E13A1 Jake bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb I like the spirit of this attack, if only their pilots were a little more skilled, they might have hit something. I decided to park two SC’s at Truk just to intercept any sub supply tf’s. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Guam , at 106,95 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 150 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-74-I Patsy x 30 Allied aircraft P-47N Thunderbolt x 15 F4U-4 Corsair x 26 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-74-I Patsy: 12 destroyed No Allied losses It worked once at Guam. Not Never Ever Again Though. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Guam , at 106,95 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 61 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-74-I Patsy x 3 Allied aircraft P-47N Thunderbolt x 14 F4U-4 Corsair x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-74-I Patsy: 2 destroyed No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Fusan at 103,55 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 67 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 29 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-201 Karyu x 9 Allied aircraft SB2C-5 Helldiver x 10 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese Ships TK Hosei Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires TK Asahii Maru TK Manryo Maru I slipped in under the Me262 cap in heavy rain. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ishigaki , at 90,66 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft Hellcat I x 6 No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tokara Retto , at 100,62 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft Hellcat I x 4 No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ishigaki , at 90,66 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft Hellcat I x 7 No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pescadores , at 84,63 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Allied aircraft PBJ-1D Mitchell x 65 No Allied losses Japanese Ships SC CHa-37, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk SC CHa-38, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk SC CHa-36, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk SC CHa-31, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Japanese ground losses: 18 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Port hits 10 Port fuel hits 2 Might as well empty out what he has at Pescadores for some pilot exp gain on my behalf. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Pescadores at 84,63 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft Mosquito FB.40 x 12 No Allied losses Japanese Ships SC CHa-30, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk SC CHa-28, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk SC CHa-29, Shell hits 4, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk SC CHa-27 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Mosquito FB.40 bombing from 100 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tokara Retto , at 100,62 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft Hellcat I x 3 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Hellcat I sweeping at 10000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IV Oscar x 4 Ki-84a Frank x 3 Ki-84r Frank x 7 Ki-100-I Tony x 9 Allied aircraft F6F-5 Hellcat x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-5 Hellcat: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Torishima at 111,67 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 67 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 25 P1Y2 Frances x 17 Japanese aircraft losses P1Y2 Frances: 5 damaged Allied Ships DD Izard DD Burns Aircraft Attacking: 17 x P1Y2 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Torishima at 111,67 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft B6N2a Jill x 51 Japanese aircraft losses B6N2a Jill: 16 damaged B6N2a Jill: 1 destroyed by flak Allied Ships DD Bryant, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Izard DD Burns, Bomb hits 1, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Truk at 112,108 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft E13A1 Jake x 3 No Japanese losses Allied Ships SC-741 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x E13A1 Jake bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 59 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IV Oscar x 3 Ki-84a Frank x 1 Ki-84r Frank x 7 Ki-100-I Tony x 8 Allied aircraft F4U-1D Corsair x 6 F6F-5 Hellcat x 8 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Fusan at 104,55 Japanese Ships SC Ch 49 SC Ch 42 Allied Ships SS Trepang The Trepang is still outta ammo. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tanegashima at 102,62 Japanese Ships SS Ha-D-137, hits 11, heavy damage Allied Ships AM Horsham SS Ha-D-137 is sighted by escort AM Horsham attacking submerged sub .... AM Horsham fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Horsham fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Horsham fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Horsham fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near San Francisco at 213,73 Japanese Ships SS I-58, hits 24, heavy damage Allied Ships LSI(L) Glenapp, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage LSI(L) Empire Broadsword DE Eugene E. Elmore The sub is a long way from home. To far, but they got one of mine. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Haha-jima (110,75) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 1746 troops, 14 guns, 66 vehicles, Assault Value = 21 Defending force 416 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4 Allied adjusted assault: 2 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied forces CAPTURE Haha-jima !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 102 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 141st USA Base Force 313th Bomber Wing 58th Aviation Base Force 227th USN Base Force /2 Defending units: 13th Garrison SNLF I didn’t order this attack. But the island is mine.

AcePylut -> RE: Bombers over Osaka (6/28/2012 3:55:52 AM)
In other notes,,, today, one of those 5 kt ARD's made it to Midway Island. She's being sent to Guam, then probably Okinawa. The CA Chicago, damaged earlier in the month, made it to Pearl's docks. [image]local://upfiles/11397/64CDD994853343259BA57C0BF63C9CE4.jpg[/image]

AcePylut -> RE: Bombers over Osaka (6/28/2012 4:05:29 AM)
OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Sep 26, 45 TF 90 detected by Japanese Float Plane at 123,49 near Wakkanai 22 x C-46D Commando dropping 541st Parachute Regiment at Orchid Island 13 x C-47 Skytrain dropping 541st Parachute Regiment at Orchid Island 12 x C-47 Skytrain transporting supplies to Tanegashima 15 x C-47 Skytrain transporting supplies to Tanegashima Tanegashima expands fortifications to size 2 Adak Island expands airfield to size 5 Butuan expands airfield to size 3 Singapore expands fortifications to size 3 Singapore has little in the way of AV... Japan could possibly rail a bunch of LCU’s down the Malaya Peninsula from China/Nam and make a push for the base. So I expanded forts, as my engineers there have nothing better to do atm. My transports have completed relocating the 42nd AV Base unit (90 aviation support) at Tangeshima, and it’s now a functioning level 2 airbase and ready for full-time CAP. I’m also making a snap invasion of Orchid Island, just to deny the IJ those points and give the impression of opening the shoulders of the Guam – Okinawa – Fukue-jima bulge. TF90: I’ve detatched 2 DD’s from my task forces at my New Secret Base in the Kuriles to make a recon in force into the Sea of Japan. If I get lucky, they’ll get in and rough up a few E boats harassing my subs. This tf has now been detected by the Japanese. SIG INT REPORT FOR Sep 26, 45 39th Division is located at Hangchow(90,55). 308th Division is located at Hirosaki/Aomori(118,54). 127th Division is located at Gunzan(102,52). 2nd Depot Division is located at Sendai(117,58). 1st Tank Division is located at Kwangchowan(73,60). 12th Air Division is located at Fukuoka(103,57). 12th Air Div at Fukuoka. I will sweep this base and hit it’s af shortly. Karyu’s, big BF’s, Shindens, I think we have located Cruft’s forward base. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 26, 45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Shimonoseki at 104,56 Japanese Ships xAKL Tamaki Maru Allied Ships SS Carbonero xAKL Tamaki Maru is sighted by SS Carbonero Captain of SS Carbonero elects not to launch torpedoes at this target I must be low on ammo. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Kanko at 106,48 Japanese Ships E No.217 E No.202 E No.160 E No.132 E No.104 E No.87 E No.77 E No.48 E No.8 E Miyake E Hasu DMS W-9 xAK Shinkyo Maru xAK Ikuta Maru E Maeshima E Nuwashima E Niizaki E No.227 Allied Ships SS Cero, hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Shimonoseki at 104,56 Japanese Ships SC Ch 52 Allied Ships SS Bowfin, hits 7 These were fow hits, as my damage only went up a couple sys points and no floatation points -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Fusan at 104,55 Japanese Ships SC Ch 38, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage SC Ch 49 SC Ch 42 Allied Ships SS Trepang Looks like the Trepang’s capn got a little upset at being chased so much yesterday, that he decided to fire some torps at them. Score. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Haha-jima at 110,75 Allied Ships DD Bulmer DD Barker DD Allen DD Alden DD Benson DD Frankford DD McCook DD Shubrick DD Endicott DD Doyle DD Carmick DD Herndon DD Baldwin DD Harding DD Satterlee DD Meade DD Kalk DD Hobby DD Gillespie DD Gansevoort DD Frazier DD Caldwell DD Bancroft DD Bailey DD Cassin Young -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Hirosaki/Aomori at 117,53 Japanese Ships PC Take PC Ashi Allied Ships SS Chivo I shot 2 torps and missed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Saishu To at 96,55 Japanese Ships SS Ha-D-144, hits 7, heavy damage Allied Ships PF Corpus Christi PF Hutchinson PF Bisbee -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Kaishu at 98,49, Range 18,000 Yards Japanese Ships APD T-1, Shell hits 14, heavy fires, heavy damage APD T-2, Shell hits 17, heavy fires, heavy damage APD T-4, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage APD T-5, Shell hits 12, heavy fires, heavy damage APD T-8, Shell hits 15, heavy fires, heavy damage APD T-13, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Killen, Shell hits 1 DD Kimberly DD LaVallette DD Stockham Japanese ground losses: 1493 casualties reported Squads: 22 destroyed, 127 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 66 (20 destroyed, 46 disabled) Looks like those indicators pointing to IJ fleets in the north Yellow Sea have led me to a NICE intercept! I’ll detach a couple more Fast Raiders up here, they will trawl along the coastline and in the deep seas, to try and catch whatever sneakiness is going on. In the meantime, 1500 less IJ soldiers to deal with! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Keijo at 100,50 Japanese Ships APD T-2, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Bergall Japanese ground losses: 22 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) SS Bergall launches 2 torpedoes at APD T-2 The Bergall cleans up a straggler. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Bangkok at 56,62 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 13 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAK Zannis Cambanis xAP Sarpedonia, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Garmula, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 13 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo Massive explosion on xAP Sarpedonia Darn, I don’t have any Cap over Bangkok, and my small supply fleet got chewed up. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Truk at 112,108 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft E13A1 Jake x 4 Japanese aircraft losses E13A1 Jake: 1 damaged Allied Ships SC-742 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x E13A1 Jake bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Banzai! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Moppo at 100,54 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-51b Sonia x 9 Ki-61-Ib Tony x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-51b Sonia : 6 destroyed Allied Ships PF Bisbee, Kamikaze hits 1 PF Hutchinson, Kamikaze hits 1, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-51b Sonia flying as kamikaze * Kamikaze: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb Nice hit rate by the Sonias. I haven’t seen this type of hit rate all game. PF’s aren’t DD’s I guess. Time to stick them all on convoy escort and free up DE’s and DD’s for raiding. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tokara Retto , at 100,62 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft Hellcat I x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Hellcat I sweeping at 15000 feet * 2 x Hellcat I sweeping at 15000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Okinoerabushima , at 96,65 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft Hellcat I x 4 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Hellcat I sweeping at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tokara Retto , at 100,62 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Hellcat I x 7 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Hellcat I sweeping at 10000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kumamoto , at 102,59 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IV Oscar x 9 Ki-84a Frank x 8 Ki-84r Frank x 8 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 78 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 destroyed on ground Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 19 damaged Japanese ground losses: 21 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 44 Banzai! - Asai, M. in a Ki-84r Frank rams a B-29-25 Superfort for the Emperor Time to start suppressing potential invasion sights, although I bet his forts are high enough that it’s pointless and I should be targeting ground. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kumamoto , at 102,59 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IV Oscar x 7 Ki-84a Frank x 2 Ki-84r Frank x 4 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 39 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 8 damaged Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Iki-shima , at 102,57 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-100-I Tony x 24 Ki-201 Karyu x 10 Allied aircraft A-26C Invader x 20 B-24J Liberator x 41 B-25H Mitchell x 34 PBJ-1J Mitchell x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses A-26C Invader: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged B-24J Liberator: 7 damaged B-25H Mitchell: 2 damaged PBJ-1J Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 18 I’ve noticed this base is an Island just off Nagasaki, and it’s airfield is level 7(4). Why is that? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Iki-shima , at 102,57 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-100-I Tony x 20 Ki-201 Karyu x 9 Allied aircraft B-17G Fortress x 146 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17G Fortress: 16 damaged Airbase hits 13 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Iki-shima , at 102,57 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-100-I Tony x 16 Ki-201 Karyu x 7 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 19 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 1 Dunno – there’s nothing here. Except an already built airfield for me to conquer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Cam Ranh Bay , at 64,72 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K5-J George x 18 Allied aircraft P-47N Thunderbolt x 54 Japanese aircraft losses N1K5-J George: 6 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47N Thunderbolt: 4 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 47 x P-47N Thunderbolt sweeping at 25000 feet * Their Georges put up a darn good fight! Must be high exp pilots -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bangkok at 56,62 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 19 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 1 damaged Allied Ships xAK Garmula, on fire, heavy damage PF Loch Craggie xAP Santhia xAK Nova Scotia, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Camperdown I fear this fleet will all be lost -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Cam Ranh Bay , at 64,72 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 63 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K5-J George x 5 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 44 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 9 It does not appear the Manila night raiders or the daytime Bangkok raiders are flying from Cam Rahn Bay. I think they’re coming from the base behind it though. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Cam Ranh Bay , at 64,72 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 59 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Fusan at 104,55 Japanese Ships SC Ch 49 SC Ch 42 Allied Ships SS Trepang, hits 3 SS Trepang launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 49 Trepang diving deep .... SC Ch 42 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 42 attacking submerged sub .... SC Ch 42 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 42 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 42 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Minimal damage on my “in the news the last couple of days” Trepang -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Haha-jima (110,75) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 2881 troops, 14 guns, 104 vehicles, Assault Value = 23 Defending force 349 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3 Allied adjusted assault: 8 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 8 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 227th USN Base Force 58th Aviation Base Force 313th Bomber Wing 141st USA Base Force 2nd USMC Amphb Tank Bn /26 Defending units: 13th Garrison SNLF I didn’t order the attack, but it appears the US commander decided to take matters into his own hands and end the resistance. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Orchid Island (85,67) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 506 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 52 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 44 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 44 to 1 (fort level 6) Allied forces CAPTURE Orchid Island !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 541st Parachute Rgt /1 Another easy one. In other notes, the invasion for Koshiki-Jima Retto (referred to on Post #77) is inbound and only 3-4 days out. Next turn will find it within range of Japanese LBA. I’ve been resting as many fighter groups as I can to provide LRCap. I’ve made this invasion fleet a “little bigger” than the original Fukue-Jima fleet, to see if he launches massive kami’s. I intend to bomb all his close airbases in Korea and on Honshu the day before I invade. All told, the invasion fleet will be in and out of the island in one day. I’ll be unloading a division and various support LCU’s to quickly build up the base. I expect very light resistance due to repeated Allied air strikes on the island. Those 13x .50 cal B25’s are amazing, and so are the 75mm B25’s.

AcePylut -> RE: Bombers over Osaka (8/12/2012 4:14:18 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 27, 45 Sub and Small Boat Wars: Today wsa a light turn, a couple of IJN MTB's go down, one of my subs gets hit a few times. A foray by PT boats into Iki-shima runs over a weak minefield and about 6 go down. The fort fired a few shots at my PT's. This is what I wanted to know, the hex is lightly mined (recent sub miners most likely) and the fort is operational. A PF hits a mine at Pescadores. I sweep mines all along Kyushu. Koshiki-Jima Retto gets bombarded by a large BB/CA force. AirWars: Fukuoka gets swept numerous times, 12 IJ fighters go down to 2 P51H losses. I sweep Cam Ranh Bay - thinking that Cruft might base some bombers there for another night attack on Manila. 14 Zeros go down to no US losses. A gaggle of 26 Nells attack a Fast Raider tf near Bangkok and actually hit a DD with a Torpedo! 4 Jakes attack 2 US SC's in Truk and whiff. 14 unescorted (grrr - I had a group detailed to escort) Helldivers out of Fukue-jima attack a capped Saishu To (small island off the SW tip of Korea) and 5 db's go down. And in big news, my B29's hit Osaka. I hope one of these bombs hits the Emperor..... 200 B29s go first and do 59 HI hits 75 follow up and do 21 hits 20 go in and do 10 Then my 100 P47N's decide to sweep Osaka. Good for them, the B29's already cleared the skies of enemy fighters... but the 47's still get a Frank. 40 B29's follow up and do 10 more hits. Appari, now being a level 9 base, has a load of B29's ready to roll, and today they rolled on Shanghai and it's 121 undamaged HI centers. 280 B29's go in and do 50 hits, but I lose a precious B29 to a suicide Nate. That must have been a spectacular head-on collision, becuase thats the only way a Nate will catch a B29 P47Ds decide to ground attack Okinoerabushima (hehe I bombed it just to see the name) And of course, lets not forget the 75mm cannon, or the 13 .50cal, and the rest of my 2E's as they plaster Koshiki-jima Retto... 200 2E's and 100 4E's hit and destroy a number of squads and guns. THis is good, they must be out of supply. I'll delib attack shortly and take it easy.

AcePylut -> RE: Bombers over Osaka (8/16/2012 4:32:58 AM)
Decided to show some screenies of all the ships and planes and everything that is the Allied Juggernaut in Downfall and what I have planned for the 28th... First off, a shot of "south" Japan, extending to Okinawa. Also of note, those two DD's I snuck into the Sea of Japan are poised to make a full speed run to the inside of the Mine of Death. They are set to retire to my new secret base in the Kuriles. [image]local://upfiles/11397/5D295EFE520B4EFA8454C4C85E3EF29F.jpg[/image]

AcePylut -> RE: Bombers over Osaka (8/16/2012 4:44:09 AM)
Sweeps from Iwo Jima and B29s from the Marianas [image]local://upfiles/11397/14573C24E2644AE2BE5C9FCCD0650BAA.jpg[/image]

AcePylut -> RE: Bombers over Osaka (8/16/2012 5:07:34 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 28, 45 Today was a day of mostly naval action... Sub Wars: My sub fleet struck an xAK, SC and a PB with torps enough to sink all three. NO US subs were harmed today. The BB Nagato took a torp, or perhaps, my captain exaggerates lol. And lastly, an IJN Sub took 15 hits and sank. Small Boat Wars: Cruft sent his small MTB boats to disrupt the Koshiki-jima Retto. They were brushed aside (9 sunk) while multiple Allied BB-laden tf’s bombarded the base. The IJN MTB’s did score a victory at Iki-shima and strafed 3 of my YMSs doing light to moderate damage. My 2DD fast raider fleet that snuck into the Sea of Japan sunk 9 IJN SC’s before running out of ammo. Instead of retiring to my secret base, they made the Mine of Death run. Needless to say, my 2 DDs are now shark-homes. Thanks idjits. Specific orders to rtb in the Kuriles, and they don’t. Air Wars: 65 Mustangs and 55 Hogs met a mixed bag of Shindens, Georges, Franks over the Tokyo region in a number of running battles. 11 nips went down but it cost me 3 allied planes. Cruft kamakazi’d 16 A6M2 into a fast raider fleet of 4 DD’s and hit 3 of my ships. Nice flying there by his suicide boys. Formosa got palstered by a/c from the Phillipines as 2504E’s destroyed Takao. I also targeted Truk with 100 B17/B24s out of Guam.. just because I could. My 2E’s ground-attacked Koshiki Jima Retto and between the flying 75mm cannon and ship-borne 16 inchers, this isle will be a cakewalk. And, 270 B29s did 130 Industry Hits on Osaka. I’ve notice that when the city’s HI is mostly repaired and you target the HI, you mostly hit HI. Once you’ve knocked that HI down a fair bit, those HI hits gets spread around other industries at the City. I’m knocking down all his aircraft factories, Oil, etc.

AcePylut -> RE: Bombers over Osaka (8/17/2012 3:41:58 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 29, 45 Koshiki-Jima gets invaded, my troops take many disablements due to not being prepped, but I brought plenty enough to get the job done. Small Boat Wars: Fast Raiders kill 1 MTB, 1 ML. A lone IJN DD intercepts 4 DDs, results were inconclusive. Sub Wars: 1 IJN SC and 5 xAKL get torped, but mostly it was multiple misses on my part and on enemy ASW fleets. Also, I had 2 PF’s patrolling around Formosa, they caught and sank a sub by Pescadores. Air Wars: P47Ds sweep Fukuoka and meet a few Franks, Tonys, and Karyus. They lose 12 to my 3. Kagoshima gets swept by P38Ls who meet some Georges, and I flame 4 for no losses. Osaka gets P47N treatment from Iwo Jima, and 3 Franks go down. 23 Sonia’s kamakazi a Fast raider fleet blockading the Tsingtao-Korea run, but all Sonias miss and 15 Sonias wont go home to momma. Koshiki-Jima gets another 1E and 2E Allied bomber plastering. Kagoshimas airport gets nailed by 7 B24’s and I destroy 28 mixed Zero variants and 5 Georges on the ground:) Fusans airport gets hit by 180 B17’s and I destroy 47 Willow’s and Judys on the ground. Kumamotos airport gets hit by 50 B17s which destroy 2 Dinahs

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