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castor troy -> Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A) (2/14/2012 2:56:52 PM)
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castor troy -> RE: Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A) (2/14/2012 4:01:30 PM)
Started a new Babeslite campaign 26B, extended map, against bluebook as the IJ commander. Bluebook followed at least one of my AARs when I played as the Allied, I guess he has a good view of how I act and, the map and the initial settings being what they always are, he should have an idea what I usually defend, how and what I have on hand the first couple of months so I expect this to be bloodier for me than usual. The game is one month ahead, from other players' experience I decided to do the AAR with a delay not to cause any severe "intel problem" [:D] Jumping right into the game, the war breaks out: AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Kota Bharu at 53,77 Japanese Ships SS I-166 Allied Ships xAKL Dai Tung, Shell hits 25, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Dai Tung is sighted by SS I-166 SS I-166 attacking on the surface usually one of my subs gets a first shot but this time an IJN bugger starts hostilities... the bugger didn't even waste a torp and sunk the small freighter with gunfire... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Kota Bharu at 51,75 Japanese Ships CA Mogami DD Hagikaze DD Arashi Allied Ships SS KXII SS KXII is sighted by escort DD Hagikaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Arashi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Arashi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Arashi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Arashi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Arashi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Arashi fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Davao at 81,94, Range 24,000 Yards Japanese Ships CVL Ryujo CA Myoko CA Nachi, Shell hits 4 DD Kuroshio DD Oyashio DD Hatsukaze DD Natsushio DD Hayashio DD Amatsukaze Allied Ships CL Boise Boise, the nightmare of every IJ player (my Boise never really does that well), runs into a heavily escorted IJ CVL and she puts 4 6 inch shells into Nachi that don't cause any notable damage as they couldn't penetrate the heavy cruiser's armor... Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 23,000 yards Japanese TF attempts to evade combat Range increases to 24,000 yards... CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 24,000 yards CL Boise engages DD Amatsukaze at 24,000 yards Range increases to 26,000 yards CVL Ryujo screened from combat - escorted by DD Amatsukaze CA Nachi engages CL Boise at 26,000 yards CL Boise engages CA Nachi at 26,000 yards CL Boise engages DD Amatsukaze at 26,000 yards CA Nachi engages CL Boise at 26,000 yards CL Boise engages DD Hayashio at 26,000 yards Range increases to 27,000 yards CVL Ryujo screened from combat - escorted by DD Hayashio CL Boise engages CA Nachi at 27,000 yards CVL Ryujo screened from combat - escorted by DD Hayashio CVL Ryujo screened from combat - escorted by DD Oyashio CL Boise engages CA Nachi at 27,000 yards Range closes to 26,000 yards CVL Ryujo screened from combat - escorted by DD Natsushio CA Nachi engages CL Boise at 26,000 yards CVL Ryujo screened from combat - escorted by DD Hayashio CA Nachi engages CL Boise at 26,000 yards CL Boise engages CA Nachi at 26,000 yards CA Nachi engages CL Boise at 26,000 yards CA Myoko engages CL Boise at 26,000 yards CL Boise engages DD Oyashio at 26,000 yards Range increases to 27,000 yards CVL Ryujo screened from combat - escorted by DD Hatsukaze CA Nachi engages CL Boise at 27,000 yards CL Boise engages CA Myoko at 27,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Kota Bharu at 51,75 Japanese Ships xAK Yahiko Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage AV Sanyo Maru xAK Seizan Maru SC Ch 8 DMS W-6 Allied Ships SS KXI, hits 3 hmmm, is that freighter only carrying supplies? SS KXI launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Yahiko Maru KXI bottoming out .... SC Ch 8 fails to find sub and abandons search DMS W-6 fails to find sub, continues to search... DMS W-6 fails to find sub, continues to search... DMS W-6 fails to find sub, continues to search... DMS W-6 attacking submerged sub .... DMS W-6 is out of ASW ammo DMS W-6 fails to find sub, continues to search... DMS W-6 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Balabac at 70,83 Japanese Ships CA Takao DD Michishio DD Hibiki DD Akatsuki DD Arashio Allied Ships SS KXVI SS KXVI is sighted by escort DD Hibiki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Akatsuki fails to find sub and abandons search DD Arashio fails to find sub and abandons search DD Hibiki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hibiki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hibiki fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Davao at 82,92, Range 24,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Natori DD Satsuki, Shell hits 1 DD Minazuki DD Fumizuki DD Nagatsuki DD Harukaze DD Hatakaze Allied Ships CA Houston, Shell hits 12, on fire then it's Houston to run into a Japanese SC TF that easily whipes the floor with the heavy cruiser... Houston nearly fired all her main gun ammo for one fridging hit on an enemy destroyer, this again reminds me about how strange naval combat and ammo expenditure was actually coded 10 years ago... how many hundreds of 8 inch shells would Houston carry? If this would be real life, I guess together with the secondary armament Houston must have fired something like a thousand shells in bright daylight and scored ONE hit on an enemy DD... I don't give a sht on the Allied Navy, everything from a DD to a BB just sucks in the game and I am aware it is what it is but if I really try to think about real life then this just makes me shaking my head... ONE HIT for all the main gun ammo she carries... Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 24,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 24,000 yards CA Houston engages DD Satsuki at 24,000 yards Range closes to 18,000 yards CA Houston engages DD Nagatsuki at 18,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages CA Houston at 18,000 yards Range closes to 16,000 yards CL Natori engages CA Houston at 16,000 yards DD Nagatsuki engages CA Houston at 16,000 yards CA Houston engages DD Fumizuki at 16,000 yards Riker, K.I. orders Allied TF to disengage Range closes to 12,000 yards CL Natori engages CA Houston at 12,000 yards CA Houston engages DD Hatakaze at 12,000 yards CA Houston engages DD Harukaze at 12,000 yards CA Houston engages DD Fumizuki at 12,000 yards Range increases to 14,000 yards CL Natori engages CA Houston at 14,000 yards CA Houston engages DD Hatakaze at 14,000 yards CA Houston engages DD Fumizuki at 14,000 yards CA Houston engages DD Satsuki at 14,000 yards CL Natori engages CA Houston at 14,000 yards CA Houston engages DD Hatakaze at 14,000 yards CA Houston engages DD Harukaze at 14,000 yards DD Minazuki engages CA Houston at 14,000 yards CL Natori engages CA Houston at 14,000 yards DD Minazuki engages CA Houston at 14,000 yards Range closes to 13,000 yards CA Houston engages CL Natori at 13,000 yards CA Houston engages DD Nagatsuki at 13,000 yards Range increases to 14,000 yards CA Houston engages CL Natori at 14,000 yards CA Houston engages DD Nagatsuki at 14,000 yards CA Houston engages DD Fumizuki at 14,000 yards CA Houston engages CL Natori at 14,000 yards CA Houston engages DD Hatakaze at 14,000 yards CA Houston engages DD Harukaze at 14,000 yards CA Houston engages DD Nagatsuki at 14,000 yards CA Houston engages DD Minazuki at 14,000 yards Riker, K.I. orders Allied TF to disengage* out of ammo... CA Houston engages CL Natori at 14,000 yards Range increases to 16,000 yards CA Houston engages DD Minazuki at 16,000 yards CA Houston engages DD Hatakaze at 16,000 yards CA Houston engages DD Fumizuki at 16,000 yards CL Natori engages CA Houston at 16,000 yards DD Satsuki engages CA Houston at 16,000 yards Range increases to 17,000 yards CL Natori engages CA Houston at 17,000 yards Range increases to 19,000 yards CL Natori engages CA Houston at 19,000 yards Range increases to 24,000 yards Range increases to 29,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Wake Island at 136,98 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses F4F-3 Wildcat: 2 damaged Japanese Ships CL Tatsuta CL Tenryu DD Mochizuki DD Yayoi DD Kisaragi DD Mutsuki Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 12 Port hits 1 is the invasion incoming? Wake is a standard target... CL Tatsuta firing at Wake Island CL Tenryu firing at Wake Island DD Mochizuki firing at 1st Marine Defense Battalion DD Yayoi firing at Wake Island DD Kisaragi firing at Wake Island DD Mutsuki firing at 1st Marine Defense Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- and the first day's main event... Morning Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 180,107 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 95 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 35 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 68 B5N2 Kate x 144 D3A1 Val x 135 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 14 damaged B5N2 Kate: 3 destroyed by flak D3A1 Val: 10 damaged D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses A-20A Havoc: 29 damaged A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground B-18A Bolo: 40 damaged B-18A Bolo: 2 destroyed on ground P-36A Mohawk: 13 damaged P-36A Mohawk: 3 destroyed on ground PBY-5 Catalina: 10 damaged O-47A: 7 damaged O-47A: 1 destroyed on ground P-40B Warhawk: 4 damaged P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground R3D-2: 3 damaged P-26A: 7 damaged P-26A: 1 destroyed on ground C-33: 4 damaged SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 destroyed Allied Ships BB Pennsylvania, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk BB Nevada, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage BB West Virginia, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage BB Maryland, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage BB Arizona, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage BB Tennessee, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage BB California, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Ward, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage CL Detroit, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage CL St. Louis, Torpedo hits 1 DD Conyngham, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk AV Curtiss, Torpedo hits 2 DD Aylwin, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk CL Phoenix, Torpedo hits 1 DD Litchfield, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Reid, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk CL Raleigh, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk Airbase hits 26 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 73 Port hits 10 Port fuel hits 1 wow, 28 torpedo hits on the BBs alone and then there are those ongoing complaints of IJ players how bad the initial strike on PH is modelled, bad in terms of how the game cheats on the poor IJ players? Pfff... one BB sinks outright, two more are going to sink and the rest is so heavily damaged they will stay in Hawaii's shipyard for the rest of the war... and then? Sure, every complaining IJ player orders KB to retire after one day because of realism... or the other way around? You can bet on the IJ player flying one, two or three more strikes against the US battlefleet... this single strike was devasting, caused far more damage than real life's attack and I bet it won't be the only strike... not saying the real life strike couldn't sink more than the TWO BB that were actually sunk (IJ players seem to ignore real life all the time thinking there were at least 5 BB sunk) but this strike already did more BB in than real life... what a start... Aircraft Attacking: 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 27 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 9000 feet Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 10 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 27 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Port Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 4 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 15000 feet 14 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 18 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 9000 feet Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 4 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 15000 feet 8 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 18 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Port Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 10 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 24 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Port Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 21 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 25 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Port Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 6 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 13 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 6 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 10 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 8 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 12 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb Massive explosion on DD Litchfield Massive explosion on CL Raleigh -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kuantan , at 51,79 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 18 G4M1 Betty x 27 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Blenheim I: 1 damaged Airbase hits 31 Airbase supply hits 11 Runway hits 102 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 9 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 9 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb lots of airfield strikes following but I tried to get my limited airforce out of harms way wherever possible, hindsight for one side... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 27 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 23000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 36 G4M1 Betty x 54 Allied aircraft no flights No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses O-47A: 11 damaged O-47A: 1 destroyed on ground P-40B Warhawk: 3 damaged Airbase hits 47 Airbase supply hits 19 Runway hits 109 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 27 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 27 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 9 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kota Bharu , at 51,75 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 48 Ki-27b Nate x 41 Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 14 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27b Nate: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Hudson I: 5 damaged Airbase hits 25 Airbase supply hits 16 Runway hits 95 Aircraft Attacking: 29 x Ki-27b Nate bombing from 100 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb 21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 27 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Hong Kong at 78,66 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 15 No Japanese losses Allied Ships DD Scout DD Thanet Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 15000 feet * Naval Attack: 1 x 100 kg GP Bomb Anns bombing from 15000ft is pretty much senseless I guess... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kota Bharu , at 51,75 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22 Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 14 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 19 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Alor Star , at 49,73 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 10 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 13 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 55 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 35 Airbase supply hits 14 Runway hits 64 Aircraft Attacking: 25 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 30 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Hong Kong at 78,66 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 12 No Japanese losses Allied Ships DD Scout DD Thanet DM Thracian Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 4 x 100 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hong Kong at 78,66 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Allied Ships DM Thracian DD Scout, Bomb hits 1 DD Thanet Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 1000 feet * Naval Attack: 1 x 100 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hong Kong at 78,66 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 12 No Japanese losses Allied Ships DD Thanet DM Thracian Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 4 x 100 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Kota Bharu (51,75) 8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CL Sendai DD Ayanami PB Tatsumiya Maru SC Ch 9 SC Ch 7 AK Sasako Maru Japanese ground losses: 31 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 305 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 26 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled CL Sendai firing at 8th Indian Brigade DD Ayanami firing at 8th Indian Brigade PB Tatsumiya Maru fired at enemy troops SC Ch 9 fired at enemy troops SC Ch 7 fired at enemy troops DD Ayanami fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Kota Bharu (51,75) TF 85 troops unloading over beach at Kota Bharu, 51,75 Japanese ground losses: 49 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad accidentally lost during unload of 56th Infantry Rgt /2 16 troops of a IJA Engineer Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 12th Engr Rgt /2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Manado (75,99) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships TB Hatsukari TB Manazuru PB Nanpo Maru PB Kiso Maru PB Aso Maru #3 APD Nadakaze DD Yamagumo DD Tachikaze Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled TB Hatsukari fired at enemy troops TB Manazuru fired at enemy troops PB Nanpo Maru fired at enemy troops PB Kiso Maru fired at enemy troops PB Aso Maru #3 fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Manado (75,99) TF 90 troops unloading over beach at Manado, 75,99 Japanese ground losses: 48 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost overboard during unload of Sasebo 1st SNLF /4 17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost overboard during unload of Sasebo 1st SNLF /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Kota Bharu (51,75) 11 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships DD Shirakumo AK Tosan Maru DD Shinonome Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 158 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled DD Shirakumo firing at 8th Indian Brigade DD Shirakumo fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Kota Bharu (51,75) TF 92 troops unloading over beach at Kota Bharu, 51,75 12 Support troops lost overboard during unload of 42nd Infantry Rgt /2 landing at Kota Bharu isn't that much surprising I guess... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Manado (75,99) Japanese Ships PB Shonan Maru #17 PB Shonan Maru #2 PB Shonan Maru #1 PB Kyo Maru #11 PB Kyo Maru #2 xAK Nagara Maru PB Shonan Maru #17 fired at enemy troops PB Shonan Maru #2 fired at enemy troops PB Shonan Maru #1 fired at enemy troops PB Kyo Maru #11 fired at enemy troops PB Kyo Maru #2 fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Manado (75,99) TF 96 troops unloading over beach at Manado, 75,99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Kota Bharu (51,75) 7 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships SC Ch 8 xAK Kyokko Maru AV Sanyo Maru DMS W-6 Allied ground losses: 59 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled SC Ch 8 fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Kota Bharu (51,75) TF 97 troops unloading over beach at Kota Bharu, 51,75 Japanese ground losses: 22 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) 16 troops of a IJA Engineer Squad accidentally lost during unload of 5th Engr Rgt Type 97 Medium Tank lost overboard during unload of 1st Tank Rgt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Manado (75,99) Japanese Ships PB Eiko Maru xAK Nojima Maru AV Sagara Maru Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled PB Eiko Maru fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Manado (75,99) TF 98 troops unloading over beach at Manado, 75,99 Japanese ground losses: 48 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 91st Nav Gd 17 troops of a SNLF Squad accidentally lost during unload of 91st Nav Gd 17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost overboard during unload of 91st Nav Gd 12 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 91st Nav Gd /2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kota Bharu (51,75) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 3303 troops, 36 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 102 Defending force 11668 troops, 100 guns, 121 vehicles, Assault Value = 407 Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: FMSV Brigade 8th Indian Brigade 3rd ISF Base Force Defending units: 42nd Infantry Rgt /1 5th Engineer Regiment 1st Tank Regiment 12th Engineer Regiment 56th Infantry Rgt /1 20th AA Regiment 84th JAAF AF Bn 5th Field AF Construction Battalion 5th JAAF AF Coy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Laoag (81,72) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 74 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 7 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Laoag !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /1 and the usual para attacks on the empty Northern Luzon bases... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Aparri (82,73) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 74 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 7 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Aparri !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Vigan (80,73) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 87 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 7 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Vigan !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1 here's how the battlefleet at PH looked like after the devastating attack, you can imagine what happens to ships on fire while having nearly 100 flt damage and one BB sunk during the attack already... if those three additional BBs in danger of sinking also go down then the intial strike sunk four BB already... [image]local://upfiles/13774/32DF9545310C47E786A3C3F17386B739.jpg[/image]

Dan Nichols -> RE: Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A) (2/14/2012 4:20:33 PM)
Starting your rants early? [;)]

witpqs -> RE: Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A) (2/14/2012 4:55:56 PM)
In my current game with Andav he went heavy on the ships and light on the airfield. Blasted the ships. He stayed for a second day but resistance was fierce. 6 BB sunk and lots of other ship damage. But the second day not so much, as the 2 x BB that sunk that day were doomed by high fires and flooding anyway, even at Pearl. He lost a bunch of planes the second day and said it wasn't worth staying for it.

Andav -> RE: Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A) (2/14/2012 7:47:36 PM)
What he said ... In my case, it was not worth the second day. The main problem was I did very little damage to the airfield despite having pretty much every Val on airfield attack. While sinking a bunch of BBs is pretty sexy, I whiffed on destroying the fighters and the PBYs so there was pretty stout resistance. Plus the flak was pretty horrid. We play the mod with reduced cargo space so hitting Manila and Singapore is probably the best option. Killing subs at Manila is way more important then BBs at Pearl. Wa

crsutton -> RE: Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A) (2/14/2012 8:01:28 PM)
CT, two classic rants on turn one! I am proud of you. You have outdone even your best... "Caster Troy, he rants so the rest of us do not have to." [:D] (To be fair, that was one of the worst Pearl strikes that I have ever seen.)

EUBanana -> RE: Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A) (2/14/2012 8:15:37 PM)
Good to see you back at it castor. [:D] What happened to your other AAR btw? it got deleted?

castor troy -> RE: Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A) (2/15/2012 10:22:59 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Dan Nichols Starting your rants early? [;)] surprised when you look at the PH result and a cruiser achieving a hit rate of 0.01% in broad daylight while using up all its ammo? [:)]

castor troy -> RE: Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A) (2/15/2012 10:23:46 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: crsutton CT, two classic rants on turn one! I am proud of you. You have outdone even your best... "Caster Troy, he rants so the rest of us do not have to." [:D] (To be fair, that was one of the worst Pearl strikes that I have ever seen.) I can justify both rants... [:D]

castor troy -> RE: Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A) (2/15/2012 10:28:53 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: EUBanana Good to see you back at it castor. [:D] What happened to your other AAR btw? it got deleted? good to have the well know readers aboard. [:)] The other AAR and the PBEM stopped as I cancelled it as it turned out to be just horrible slow and we were far away from a fast paced game as it was expected and agreed to be so I had draw the line at some point as I didn't want to spend four years to complete a campaign. I have another slooow one again 1eyedjacks but this moves along as the expected speed and I wanted a "main" PBEM that moves at the used speed, aiming at 15-20 turns a week depending on the action of course.

castor troy -> RE: Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A) (2/15/2012 10:50:00 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 08, 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Kota Bharu (51,75) 12 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CL Sendai DD Ayanami DD Shikinami DD Isonami PB Tatsumiya Maru AK Sasako Maru Allied ground losses: 105 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled DD Shikinami firing at 8th Indian Brigade DD Isonami firing at 8th Indian Brigade PB Tatsumiya Maru fired at enemy troops DD Shikinami fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Kota Bharu (51,75) 14 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships AK Sagami Maru AK Kinka Maru AK Tosan Maru DD Shinonome DD Shirakumo Japanese ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled AK Sagami Maru firing at 8th Indian Brigade AK Sagami Maru fired at enemy troops AK Kinka Maru fired at enemy troops AK Tosan Maru fired at enemy troops AK Sagami Maru fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Manado (75,99) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PB Shonan Maru #17 PB Shonan Maru #2 PB Shonan Maru #1 PB Kyo Maru #11 PB Kyo Maru #2 PB Nanpo Maru PB Kiso Maru PB Eiko Maru PB Aso Maru #3 APD Nadakaze PB Shonan Maru #17 fired at enemy troops PB Shonan Maru #2 fired at enemy troops PB Shonan Maru #1 fired at enemy troops PB Kyo Maru #11 fired at enemy troops PB Kyo Maru #2 fired at enemy troops PB Nanpo Maru fired at enemy troops PB Kiso Maru fired at enemy troops PB Eiko Maru fired at enemy troops PB Aso Maru #3 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Kota Bharu (51,75) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships DMS W-6 DMS W-5 DMS W-1 xAK Kyokko Maru DMS W-6 fired at enemy troops DMS W-5 fired at enemy troops DMS W-1 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 233 encounters mine field at Tandjoengpinang (50,85) Allied Ships AM Ballarat 1 mine cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 244 encounters mine field at Bataan (78,77) Allied Ships AM Lark AM Quail AM Tanager AM Bittern AM Finch AM Whippoorwill 33 mines cleared in this PBEM it finally worked to see my minesweepers leaving Manila first so the rest of the ships doesn't run into the usual mines at Bataan... to make sure, I have not ordered a single sub out of Manila (put them into TFs though) as last time I had four subs running into sub laid mines at Bataan... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Catanduanes at 82,81, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Natori DD Satsuki DD Minazuki DD Fumizuki DD Nagatsuki Allied Ships TK Manatawny, Shell hits 8, heavy fires and now we start with the dozens of naval engagements over the coming turns with each and every ship being engaged as soon as it ends up in the same hex as an enemy TF... I like the idea of mid ocean intercepts but making them bulletprove was just plain wrong... ranted enough about it months ago already and I just have a go at it... Improved night sighting under 85% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 85% moonlight: 11,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards Japanese launch Long Lance torpedoes at 11,000 yards before allies detect Japanese presence CL Natori launches Long Lance Torpedoes at TK Manatawny at 11,000 yards DD Fumizuki fires at TK Manatawny at 11,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages TK Manatawny at 10,000 yards DD Nagatsuki engages TK Manatawny at 10,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards CL Natori engages TK Manatawny at 9,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards CL Natori engages TK Manatawny at 8,000 yards DD Nagatsuki engages TK Manatawny at 8,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages TK Manatawny at 8,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards CL Natori engages TK Manatawny at 7,000 yards Allied Task Force Manages to Escape Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Catanduanes at 82,81, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Natori DD Satsuki DD Minazuki DD Fumizuki DD Nagatsuki Allied Ships xAK Ravnaas, Shell hits 25, heavy fires, heavy damage Improved night sighting under 85% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 85% moonlight: 11,000 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 DD Satsuki engages xAK Ravnaas at 11,000 yards CL Natori engages xAK Ravnaas at 11,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages xAK Ravnaas at 11,000 yards DD Satsuki engages xAK Ravnaas at 11,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards DD Satsuki engages xAK Ravnaas at 8,000 yards DD Nagatsuki engages xAK Ravnaas at 8,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages xAK Ravnaas at 8,000 yards DD Minazuki engages xAK Ravnaas at 8,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards DD Satsuki engages xAK Ravnaas at 7,000 yards Range increases to 9,000 yards CL Natori engages xAK Ravnaas at 9,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages xAK Ravnaas at 9,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards CL Natori engages xAK Ravnaas at 11,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages xAK Ravnaas at 11,000 yards DD Minazuki engages xAK Ravnaas at 11,000 yards DD Satsuki engages xAK Ravnaas at 11,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards CL Natori engages xAK Ravnaas at 10,000 yards DD Minazuki engages xAK Ravnaas at 10,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards CL Natori engages xAK Ravnaas at 8,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages xAK Ravnaas at 8,000 yards Range increases to 9,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages xAK Ravnaas at 9,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages xAK Ravnaas at 9,000 yards DD Satsuki engages xAK Ravnaas at 9,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards CL Natori engages xAK Ravnaas at 10,000 yards DD Minazuki engages xAK Ravnaas at 10,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards CL Natori engages xAK Ravnaas at 8,000 yards DD Satsuki engages xAK Ravnaas at 8,000 yards Range increases to 9,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages xAK Ravnaas at 9,000 yards Allied Task Force Manages to Escape Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Catanduanes at 82,81, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Natori DD Satsuki DD Minazuki DD Fumizuki DD Nagatsuki Allied Ships xAKL Escalante, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Sarangami, Shell hits 17, and is sunk xAKL Taurus, Shell hits 13, and is sunk Improved night sighting under 85% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 85% moonlight: 11,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards Japanese launch Long Lance torpedoes at 11,000 yards before allies detect Japanese presence DD Fumizuki fires at xAKL Taurus at 11,000 yards DD Minazuki fires at xAKL Taurus at 11,000 yards DD Satsuki fires at xAKL Taurus at 11,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards DD Satsuki engages xAKL Taurus at 8,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages xAKL Taurus at 8,000 yards DD Minazuki engages xAKL Taurus at 8,000 yards DD Satsuki engages xAKL Taurus at 8,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards DD Minazuki engages xAKL Taurus at 5,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages xAKL Sarangami at 5,000 yards DD Minazuki engages xAKL Taurus at 5,000 yards DD Satsuki engages xAKL Sarangami at 5,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards xAKL Taurus sunk by CL Natori at 3,000 yards DD Minazuki engages xAKL Sarangami at 3,000 yards DD Satsuki engages xAKL Escalante at 3,000 yards CL Natori engages xAKL Escalante at 3,000 yards DD Nagatsuki engages xAKL Sarangami at 3,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages xAKL Escalante at 3,000 yards DD Minazuki engages xAKL Escalante at 3,000 yards DD Satsuki engages xAKL Sarangami at 3,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards CL Natori engages xAKL Sarangami at 2,000 yards DD Nagatsuki engages xAKL Sarangami at 2,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages xAKL Escalante at 2,000 yards DD Minazuki engages xAKL Sarangami at 2,000 yards xAKL Sarangami sunk by DD Satsuki at 2,000 yards Sasaki, Seigo orders Japanese TF to disengage Range increases to 3,000 yards CL Natori engages xAKL Escalante at 3,000 yards Range increases to 8,000 yards DD Satsuki engages xAKL Escalante at 8,000 yards DD Minazuki engages xAKL Escalante at 8,000 yards Range increases to 12,000 yards CL Natori engages xAKL Escalante at 12,000 yards DD Nagatsuki engages xAKL Escalante at 12,000 yards DD Minazuki engages xAKL Escalante at 12,000 yards DD Minazuki engages xAKL Escalante at 12,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Catanduanes at 82,81, Range 9,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Harukaze DD Hatakaze Allied Ships xAK Governor Wright, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Improved night sighting under 85% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 85% moonlight: 11,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 9,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 9,000 yards Iritono, Atsuo crosses the 'T' DD Hatakaze engages xAK Governor Wright at 9,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards DD Hatakaze engages xAK Governor Wright at 8,000 yards DD Harukaze engages xAK Governor Wright at 8,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards DD Hatakaze engages xAK Governor Wright at 4,000 yards DD Harukaze engages xAK Governor Wright at 4,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards DD Hatakaze engages xAK Governor Wright at 2,000 yards Range increases to 4,000 yards DD Hatakaze engages xAK Governor Wright at 4,000 yards xAK Governor Wright sunk by DD Harukaze at 4,000 yards xAK Governor Wright sunk by DD Harukaze at 4,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Catanduanes at 82,81, Range 9,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Harukaze DD Hatakaze Allied Ships xAP Elcano, Shell hits 2, and is sunk Improved night sighting under 85% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 85% moonlight: 11,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 9,000 yards Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 9,000 yards DD Harukaze fires at xAP Elcano at 9,000 yards DD Harukaze fires at xAP Elcano at 9,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards DD Harukaze engages xAP Elcano at 8,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards DD Harukaze engages xAP Elcano at 5,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards Massive explosion on xAP Elcano xAP Elcano sunk by DD Harukaze at 4,000 yards xAP Elcano sunk by DD Harukaze at 4,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Bataan at 77,77, Range 10,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Ikazuchi DD Inazuma Allied Ships xAKL Don Jose, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage xAKL Sagoland, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Paz, Shell hits 18, and is sunk Improved night sighting under 85% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 85% moonlight: 11,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards Japanese launch Long Lance torpedoes at 10,000 yards before allies detect Japanese presence DD Ikazuchi launches Long Lance Torpedoes at xAKL Sagoland at 10,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards DD Ikazuchi engages xAKL Paz at 9,000 yards DD Ikazuchi engages xAKL Sagoland at 9,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards DD Ikazuchi engages xAKL Paz at 7,000 yards DD Ikazuchi engages xAKL Sagoland at 7,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards DD Ikazuchi engages xAKL Paz at 6,000 yards DD Ikazuchi engages xAKL Sagoland at 6,000 yards Range increases to 7,000 yards DD Ikazuchi engages xAKL Paz at 7,000 yards DD Ikazuchi engages xAKL Sagoland at 7,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAKL Paz at 7,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAKL Don Jose at 7,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAKL Paz at 7,000 yards DD Ikazuchi engages xAKL Paz at 7,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAKL Don Jose at 7,000 yards Range increases to 9,000 yards DD Ikazuchi engages xAKL Paz at 9,000 yards xAKL Paz sunk by DD Ikazuchi at 9,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAKL Don Jose at 9,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAKL Sagoland at 9,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAKL Don Jose at 9,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAKL Don Jose at 10,000 yards DD Ikazuchi engages xAKL Don Jose at 10,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards DD Ikazuchi engages xAKL Sagoland at 8,000 yards DD Ikazuchi engages xAKL Sagoland at 8,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAKL Don Jose at 8,000 yards Allied Task Force Manages to Escape Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Bataan at 77,77, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Ikazuchi DD Inazuma Allied Ships xAP President Madison, Shell hits 18, heavy fires, heavy damage Improved night sighting under 85% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 85% moonlight: 11,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards Japanese launch Long Lance torpedoes at 11,000 yards before allies detect Japanese presence DD Inazuma launches Long Lance Torpedoes at xAP President Madison at 11,000 yards DD Ikazuchi launches Long Lance Torpedoes at xAP President Madison at 11,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards DD Ikazuchi engages xAP President Madison at 10,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAP President Madison at 8,000 yards DD Ikazuchi engages xAP President Madison at 8,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAP President Madison at 5,000 yards DD Ikazuchi engages xAP President Madison at 5,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAP President Madison at 6,000 yards DD Ikazuchi engages xAP President Madison at 6,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAP President Madison at 6,000 yards Range increases to 8,000 yards DD Ikazuchi engages xAP President Madison at 8,000 yards DD Ikazuchi engages xAP President Madison at 8,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAP President Madison at 8,000 yards DD Ikazuchi engages xAP President Madison at 8,000 yards DD Ikazuchi engages xAP President Madison at 8,000 yards DD Ikazuchi engages xAP President Madison at 8,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards DD Ikazuchi engages xAP President Madison at 6,000 yards Range increases to 7,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAP President Madison at 7,000 yards Range increases to 9,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAP President Madison at 9,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAP President Madison at 9,000 yards DD Ikazuchi engages xAP President Madison at 9,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards Allied Task Force Manages to Escape Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Bataan at 77,77, Range 10,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Ikazuchi DD Inazuma Allied Ships xAK Cape Fairweather, Shell hits 9, heavy fires xAK Capillo, Shell hits 7, heavy fires Improved night sighting under 85% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 85% moonlight: 11,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 10,000 yards DD Inazuma fires at xAK Capillo at 10,000 yards DD Ikazuchi fires at xAK Capillo at 10,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAK Capillo at 9,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards DD Ikazuchi engages xAK Cape Fairweather at 7,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAK Capillo at 5,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAK Cape Fairweather at 4,000 yards DD Ikazuchi engages xAK Capillo at 4,000 yards Range increases to 5,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAK Cape Fairweather at 5,000 yards DD Ikazuchi engages xAK Cape Fairweather at 5,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAK Capillo at 6,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAK Cape Fairweather at 6,000 yards Kudo, Shunsaku orders Japanese TF to disengage Range increases to 7,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAK Cape Fairweather at 7,000 yards Range increases to 12,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAK Cape Fairweather at 12,000 yards DD Inazuma engages xAK Cape Fairweather at 12,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Lubang at 78,78, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Nagara DD Yukikaze DD Tokitsukaze DD Yamakaze Allied Ships xAP Don Esteban, Shell hits 3, and is sunk Improved night sighting under 85% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 85% moonlight: 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 DD Tokitsukaze engages xAP Don Esteban at 11,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards CL Nagara engages xAP Don Esteban at 8,000 yards DD Yamakaze engages xAP Don Esteban at 8,000 yards DD Tokitsukaze engages xAP Don Esteban at 8,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards xAP Don Esteban sunk by CL Nagara at 5,000 yards xAP Don Esteban sunk by CL Nagara at 5,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Pearl Harbor at 182,105 Japanese Ships CL Abukuma DD Isokaze DD Kasumi DD Hamakaze DD Urakaze Allied Ships SS Plunger SS Plunger is sighted by escort DD Kasumi fails to find sub and abandons search DD Hamakaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Urakaze attacking submerged sub .... SS Plunger eludes ASW attack from DD Urakaze DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Talaud-eilanden at 79,96, Range 10,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Takao CA Atago, Shell hits 1 DD Asashio DD Oshio, Shell hits 1 DD Hibiki Allied Ships CL Boise, Shell hits 1 then it's Boise again running into enemy heavy cruisers and while I wasn't happy about this engagement popping up I'm glad Boise got away... Improved night sighting under 85% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 85% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 10,000 yards Moran, E. crosses the 'T' CA Takao engages CL Boise at 10,000 yards DD Oshio engages CL Boise at 10,000 yards CA Atago engages CL Boise at 10,000 yards CL Boise engages DD Oshio at 10,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards CL Boise engages CA Atago at 11,000 yards CL Boise engages CA Takao at 11,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards CA Atago engages CL Boise at 9,000 yards CL Boise engages DD Asashio at 9,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Iba at 77,75 Japanese Ships SS I-124 Allied Ships AS Holland, Torpedo hits 1 SS I-124 launches 2 torpedoes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Lubang at 78,78, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Nagara DD Yukikaze DD Tokitsukaze DD Yamakaze Allied Ships xAKL Don Jose, Shell hits 8, and is sunk xAKL Sagoland, Shell hits 10, and is sunk Improved night sighting under 85% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 85% moonlight: 11,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards Japanese launch Long Lance torpedoes at 11,000 yards before allies detect Japanese presence Range closes to 8,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages xAKL Sagoland at 8,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages xAKL Sagoland at 6,000 yards DD Yamakaze engages xAKL Sagoland at 6,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards DD Yamakaze engages xAKL Sagoland at 5,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages xAKL Don Jose at 5,000 yards DD Tokitsukaze engages xAKL Sagoland at 5,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages xAKL Sagoland at 4,000 yards DD Yamakaze engages xAKL Don Jose at 4,000 yards Range increases to 5,000 yards CL Nagara engages xAKL Don Jose at 5,000 yards CL Nagara engages xAKL Don Jose at 5,000 yards xAKL Don Jose sunk by CL Nagara at 5,000 yards xAKL Don Jose sunk by CL Nagara at 5,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Lubang at 78,78, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Nagara DD Yukikaze DD Tokitsukaze DD Yamakaze Allied Ships xAP President Madison, Shell hits 11, and is sunk Improved night sighting under 85% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 85% moonlight: 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 Naoi, Toshio crosses the 'T' CL Nagara engages xAP President Madison at 11,000 yards DD Yamakaze engages xAP President Madison at 11,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards CL Nagara engages xAP President Madison at 10,000 yards DD Yamakaze engages xAP President Madison at 10,000 yards DD Tokitsukaze engages xAP President Madison at 10,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages xAP President Madison at 10,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages xAP President Madison at 6,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages xAP President Madison at 6,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Iba at 75,70, Range 9,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Sazanami DD Ushio Allied Ships DD Scout, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Thanet, Shell hits 2, on fire DM Thracian Improved night sighting under 85% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 85% moonlight: 11,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 9,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 9,000 yards Davies, E.S. crosses the 'T' DD Sazanami engages DD Thanet at 9,000 yards DD Sazanami engages DD Scout at 9,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards DD Ushio engages DD Thanet at 5,000 yards DD Scout engages DD Ushio at 5,000 yards DD Sazanami engages DM Thracian at 5,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards DD Thanet engages DD Ushio at 4,000 yards DD Scout engages DD Ushio at 4,000 yards DD Sazanami engages DM Thracian at 4,000 yards DD Ushio engages DD Thanet at 4,000 yards DD Sazanami engages DD Scout at 4,000 yards DD Sazanami engages DM Thracian at 4,000 yards Range increases to 8,000 yards DD Ushio engages DD Thanet at 8,000 yards DD Scout engages DD Sazanami at 8,000 yards DD Sazanami engages DM Thracian at 8,000 yards Range increases to 12,000 yards DD Scout engages DD Sazanami at 12,000 yards DD Sazanami engages DM Thracian at 12,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Ternate at 77,101, Range 10,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Takao CA Atago DD Asashio DD Oshio DD Hibiki Allied Ships CL Boise Improved night sighting under 85% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 85% moonlight: 11,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 10,000 yards CA Atago engages CL Boise at 10,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards CL Boise engages CA Atago at 7,000 yards CA Takao engages CL Boise at 7,000 yards CL Boise engages DD Hibiki at 7,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards CA Atago engages CL Boise at 6,000 yards DD Oshio engages CL Boise at 6,000 yards Range increases to 8,000 yards CA Atago engages CL Boise at 8,000 yards CA Takao engages CL Boise at 8,000 yards CL Boise engages DD Hibiki at 8,000 yards CL Boise engages DD Oshio at 8,000 yards DD Asashio engages CL Boise at 8,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Iba at 75,70, Range 7,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Kuma DD Asakaze Allied Ships MTB 7 MTB 8 MTB 9 MTB 10 MTB 11 MTB 12 MTB 26 MTB 27 Improved night sighting under 85% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 85% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 7,000 yards Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 7,000 yards CL Kuma fires at MTB 27 at 7,000 yards CL Kuma fires at MTB 11 at 7,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards CL Kuma engages MTB 27 at 4,000 yards DD Asakaze engages MTB 27 at 4,000 yards CL Kuma engages MTB 11 at 4,000 yards CL Kuma engages MTB 10 at 4,000 yards CL Kuma engages MTB 27 at 4,000 yards CL Kuma engages MTB 11 at 4,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards CL Kuma engages MTB 27 at 3,000 yards CL Kuma engages MTB 11 at 3,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards CL Kuma engages MTB 27 at 6,000 yards CL Kuma engages MTB 12 at 6,000 yards DD Asakaze engages MTB 10 at 6,000 yards Range increases to 8,000 yards CL Kuma engages MTB 27 at 8,000 yards DD Asakaze engages MTB 11 at 8,000 yards DD Asakaze engages MTB 12 at 8,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Kota Bharu at 51,75 Japanese Ships DMS W-6 AV Kamikawa Maru xAK Syoto Maru DMS W-5 Allied Ships SS KXI SS KXI launches 2 torpedoes at DMS W-6 DMS W-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... DMS W-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... DMS W-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... DMS W-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... DMS W-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Iba at 77,75 Japanese Ships SS I-124, hits 1 Allied Ships TK Mindanao, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage TK Mindanao is sighted by SS I-124 SS I-124 attacking TK Mindanao on the surface -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Lubang at 78,78, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Nagara DD Yukikaze DD Tokitsukaze DD Yamakaze Allied Ships AS Holland Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 67% moonlight: 11,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 11,000 yards Allied TF attempts to evade combat Range increases to 12,000 yards... Range increases to 12,000 yards... Allied Task Force Manages to Escape Allied Escort TF evades combat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Lubang at 78,78, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Nagara DD Yukikaze DD Tokitsukaze DD Yamakaze Allied Ships AS Holland, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 67% moonlight: 11,000 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 CL Nagara engages AS Holland at 11,000 yards Range increases to 12,000 yards CL Nagara engages AS Holland at 12,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards CL Nagara engages AS Holland at 11,000 yards DD Yamakaze engages AS Holland at 11,000 yards DD Tokitsukaze engages AS Holland at 11,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards CL Nagara engages AS Holland at 9,000 yards DD Tokitsukaze engages AS Holland at 9,000 yards AS Holland sunk by DD Yukikaze at 9,000 yards AS Holland sunk by DD Yukikaze at 9,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Kota Bharu (51,75) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 6 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PB Tatsumiya Maru AK Sasako Maru PB Tatsumiya Maru fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Manado (75,99) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PB Shonan Maru #17 PB Shonan Maru #2 PB Shonan Maru #1 PB Kyo Maru #11 PB Kyo Maru #2 PB Nanpo Maru PB Kiso Maru PB Eiko Maru PB Aso Maru #3 APD Nadakaze PB Shonan Maru #17 fired at enemy troops PB Shonan Maru #2 fired at enemy troops PB Shonan Maru #1 fired at enemy troops PB Kyo Maru #11 fired at enemy troops PB Kyo Maru #2 fired at enemy troops PB Nanpo Maru fired at enemy troops PB Kiso Maru fired at enemy troops PB Eiko Maru fired at enemy troops PB Aso Maru #3 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Kuching (58,88) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 14 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships DD Hatsuyuki xAK Zenyo Maru, Shell hits 2 E Shimushu CM Kamome xAP Miike Maru Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Sarawak Force firing at DD Hatsuyuki DD Hatsuyuki firing at Sarawak Force 6" Mk V/VII Gun Battery engaging xAK Zenyo Maru at 9,000 yards E Shimushu firing to suppress enemy battery at 9,000 yards 6" Mk V/VII Gun Battery engaging xAK Zenyo Maru at 9,000 yards E Shimushu firing to suppress enemy battery at 9,000 yards E Shimushu firing to suppress enemy battery at 9,000 yards CM Kamome firing to suppress enemy battery at 9,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Kuching (58,88) TF 93 troops unloading over beach at Kuching, 58,88 Japanese ground losses: 67 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) 8cm/40 T88 AA Gun damaged beyond repair during unload of 32nd Fld AA Bn 17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost in surf during unload of I./143rd Infantry Bn 17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost from landing craft during unload of II./143rd Infantry Bn 70mm T92 Howitzer dropped into water during unload of II./143rd Infantry Bn 12 Engineers lost from landing craft during unload of 7th Field AF Const Bn 17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad accidentally lost during unload of III./143rd Infantry Bn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Kota Bharu (51,75) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 7 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships DMS W-5 DMS W-1 xAK Kyokko Maru DMS W-5 fired at enemy troops DMS W-1 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Iba at 75,70, Range 15,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Kuma DD Asakaze Allied Ships DD Scout, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage DD Thanet, Shell hits 1 DM Thracian, Shell hits 2, on fire Allied Navy sucks balls... Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 21,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 21,000 yards Range closes to 15,000 yards... Davies, E.S. crosses the 'T' CL Kuma engages DD Thanet at 15,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards CL Kuma engages DM Thracian at 8,000 yards DD Asakaze engages DD Scout at 8,000 yards CL Kuma engages DM Thracian at 8,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards DD Thanet engages DD Asakaze at 6,000 yards DD Asakaze engages DD Scout at 6,000 yards CL Kuma engages DM Thracian at 6,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards DD Thanet engages DD Asakaze at 10,000 yards DD Asakaze engages DD Scout at 10,000 yards CL Kuma engages DM Thracian at 10,000 yards Range increases to 13,000 yards DD Asakaze engages DD Thanet at 13,000 yards DD Asakaze engages DD Scout at 13,000 yards CL Kuma engages DM Thracian at 13,000 yards Range increases to 15,000 yards CL Kuma engages DM Thracian at 15,000 yards DD Thanet engages DD Asakaze at 15,000 yards CL Kuma engages DM Thracian at 15,000 yards Range increases to 18,000 yards CL Kuma engages DD Thanet at 18,000 yards CL Kuma engages DD Scout at 18,000 yards CL Kuma engages DM Thracian at 18,000 yards Davies, E.S. orders Allied TF to disengage Range increases to 21,000 yards CL Kuma engages DD Thanet at 21,000 yards CL Kuma engages DM Thracian at 21,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Iba at 74,71, Range 21,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Kuma DD Asakaze, Shell hits 1, on fire Allied Ships DD Scout, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Thanet DM Thracian, Shell hits 1, heavy fires Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 21,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 21,000 yards CL Kuma engages DM Thracian at 21,000 yards CL Kuma engages DM Thracian at 21,000 yards Range closes to 18,000 yards Range closes to 14,000 yards DD Asakaze engages DM Thracian at 14,000 yards Range closes to 12,000 yards DD Asakaze engages DD Thanet at 12,000 yards DD Asakaze engages DD Thanet at 12,000 yards CL Kuma engages DM Thracian at 12,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards CL Kuma engages DD Thanet at 8,000 yards DD Asakaze engages DD Scout at 8,000 yards CL Kuma engages DM Thracian at 8,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards CL Kuma engages DD Thanet at 10,000 yards DD Asakaze engages DD Scout at 10,000 yards CL Kuma engages DM Thracian at 10,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards CL Kuma engages DD Thanet at 11,000 yards DD Asakaze engages DD Scout at 11,000 yards CL Kuma engages DM Thracian at 11,000 yards Range increases to 12,000 yards DD Asakaze engages DD Thanet at 12,000 yards DD Asakaze engages DD Scout at 12,000 yards CL Kuma engages DM Thracian at 12,000 yards Shibuya, Kiyomi orders Japanese TF to disengage Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Kota Bharu (51,75) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PB Tatsumiya Maru AK Sasako Maru PB Tatsumiya Maru fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Manado (75,99) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships xAKL Kumakawa Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire DMS W-14 TB Tomozuru PB Shonan Maru #17 PB Shonan Maru #2 PB Shonan Maru #1 PB Kyo Maru #11 PB Kyo Maru #2 PB Nanpo Maru PB Kiso Maru PB Eiko Maru PB Aso Maru #3 APD Nadakaze 75mm CD Gun Battery engaging xAKL Kumakawa Maru at 5,000 yards TB Tomozuru firing to suppress enemy battery at 5,000 yards PB Shonan Maru #17 fired at enemy troops PB Shonan Maru #2 fired at enemy troops PB Shonan Maru #1 fired at enemy troops PB Kyo Maru #11 fired at enemy troops PB Kyo Maru #2 fired at enemy troops PB Nanpo Maru fired at enemy troops PB Kiso Maru fired at enemy troops PB Eiko Maru fired at enemy troops PB Aso Maru #3 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Kota Bharu (51,75) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 12 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships AK Tosan Maru, Shell hits 1 DD Shinonome DD Shirakumo 3.7" Mountain Gun battery firing at AK Tosan Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Kuching (58,88) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships xAK Zenyo Maru E Shimushu CM Kamome xAP Miike Maru DD Hatsuyuki E Shimushu firing to suppress enemy battery at 8,000 yards CM Kamome firing to suppress enemy battery at 8,000 yards E Shimushu fired at enemy troops 6" Mk V/VII Gun battery firing at xAP Miike Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Kota Bharu (51,75) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships DMS W-5 DMS W-1 xAK Kyokko Maru Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled DMS W-5 fired at enemy troops DMS W-1 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 244 encounters mine field at Bataan (78,77) Allied Ships AM Lark AM Quail AM Tanager AM Bittern AM Finch AM Whippoorwill 10 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Lubang at 78,78, Range 21,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Nagara DD Yukikaze DD Tokitsukaze DD Yamakaze Allied Ships xAK Yu Sang xAK Si Kiang Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 21,000 yards Allied TF attempts to evade combat Range increases to 21,000 yards... Allied Transport TF evades combat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Calayan at 82,71, Range 15,000 Yards Japanese Ships AMc Choun Maru #7 Allied Ships xAP Rochambeau Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 17,000 yards Range increases to 15,000 yards... Both Task Forces evade combat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Lubang at 78,78, Range 18,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Nagara DD Yukikaze DD Tokitsukaze DD Yamakaze Allied Ships AV Langley, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 20,000 yards Range closes to 18,000 yards... CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 18,000 yards DD Tokitsukaze engages AV Langley at 18,000 yards DD Yamakaze engages AV Langley at 18,000 yards DD Tokitsukaze engages AV Langley at 18,000 yards Range closes to 15,000 yards DD Tokitsukaze engages AV Langley at 15,000 yards DD Tokitsukaze engages AV Langley at 15,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards CL Nagara engages AV Langley at 11,000 yards AV Langley sunk by DD Yamakaze at 11,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Calayan at 83,70, Range 15,000 Yards Japanese Ships AMc Choun Maru #7 Allied Ships xAP Rochambeau Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 21,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 15,000 yards Japanese TF attempts to evade combat Range increases to 15,000 yards... Both Task Forces evade combat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 15 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 15 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 32000 feet enemy starts his sweeps right at the ceiling... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 36,810 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 27 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 32810 feet will be a fun game... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 112 NM, estimated altitude 36,810 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 32810 feet 3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 32810 feet lol, an improvement of the airroutine would be a total hampering of sweeps above 20000ft... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Laoag at 80,71 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 9 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AO Trinity AO Pecos, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 9 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Davao at 82,91 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 6 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAKL Surigao xAKL Isla Filipinas Aircraft Attacking: 6 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 2 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 32000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Calayan at 83,70 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 13 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAP Rochambeau, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 13 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Guam , at 106,95 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft E7K2 Alf x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x E7K2 Alf bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kota Bharu , at 51,75 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 35,810 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 27 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 32810 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 180,107 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 Allied aircraft P-26A x 10 P-36A Mohawk x 10 P-40B Warhawk x 65 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-26A: 2 destroyed P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed P-40B Warhawk: 5 destroyed Allied Ships BB Arizona, and is sunk airlosses at PH were light yesterday so I've set my Cap to intercept the enemy, well expecting enemy sweeps.... what I didn't expect to happen would be those ceiling sweeps by my opponent starting right on day one with the well known usual results of ongoing dives that shred my squadrons... this turns out to be a common tactic also in the coming turns and I mentioned this in one of my emails, basically saying what is good for the goose... and bluebook said he is well aware of 40k+ sweeping P-47 and P-51 which means we will go with the crazy strato sweeps as I never found an acceptable working hr anyway... BB Arizona is reported sunk during this sweep... some nice intel for the enemy... the enemy attack on PH is a total disaster for us... CAP engaged: 18th PG/6th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 4 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 18th PG/19th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 4 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes 18th PG/44th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 4 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 15th PG/45th PS with P-36A Mohawk (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 4 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 15th PG/46th PS with P-26A (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 4 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 15th PG/47th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 4 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes 18th PG/73rd PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 3 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes 18th PG/78th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 2 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Davao at 82,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 6 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAP Legaspi Aircraft Attacking: 6 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 180,107 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 96 NM, estimated altitude 34,810 feet. Estimated time to target is 31 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 78 B5N2 Kate x 105 Allied aircraft P-26A x 6 P-36A Mohawk x 7 P-40B Warhawk x 42 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged B5N2 Kate: 18 damaged B5N2 Kate: 5 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses P-26A: 2 destroyed P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed P-40B Warhawk: 2 destroyed Allied Ships BB California, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 1 BB Tennessee, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage AM Tern, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CL St. Louis, Bomb hits 1 SS Dolphin, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk CL Helena, Bomb hits 1 BB Nevada, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage DMS Wasmuth, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires DM Breese, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk CL Honolulu, Bomb hits 1, on fire AO Neosho, Bomb hits 1 CA New Orleans, Bomb hits 1 Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Repair Shipyard hits 5 Port hits 3 Port fuel hits 1 as if one PH strike that achieved twice the damage of real life would not be enough, we of course see a strike on day two also... poor little IJ players of the Allied edition, they get hampered by the devs with unrealistic restricting design decisions... [8\|] Aircraft Attacking: 27 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 5000 feet Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 25 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 5000 feet Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 18 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 5000 feet Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 10 x A6M2 Zero bombing from 32810 feet Ground Attack: 1 plane(s) with no ordnance Ground Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb 10 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 5000 feet City Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 17 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Port Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 5 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 5000 feet Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 8 x A6M2 Zero bombing from 32810 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: 18th PG/6th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers 18th PG/19th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 25000 and 30000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers 18th PG/44th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 28000 and 32400. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes 15th PG/46th PS with P-26A (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 22640 and 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 15th PG/47th PS with P-40B Warhawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 28000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes 18th PG/73rd PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 25000 and 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes 15th PG/45th PS with P-36A Mohawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 29000 and 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers 18th PG/78th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes Also attacking Oahu Harbor Defense ... Also attacking Pearl Harbor ... Also attacking Oahu Harbor Defense ... Also attacking 3rd Marine Defense Battalion ... Also attacking Oahu Harbor Defense ... Also attacking Pearl Harbor ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Pearl Harbor at 180,107 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 112 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A1 Val x 38 [:@] Allied aircraft P-26A x 1 P-36A Mohawk x 2 P-40B Warhawk x 24 Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed No Allied losses an unescorted Val strike shows up and what happens? Many of the high morale KB bombers TURN BACK due to not having an escort... grrr... CAP engaged: 18th PG/6th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 15th PG/47th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 28810 and 31000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes 18th PG/19th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 23230 and 34810. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 15th PG/45th PS with P-36A Mohawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes 18th PG/73rd PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 31810 and 35810. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes 18th PG/44th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 15th PG/46th PS with P-26A (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 28810. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Kota Bharu (51,75) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships AK Sagami Maru AK Kinka Maru AK Tosan Maru Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled AK Sagami Maru fired at enemy troops AK Kinka Maru fired at enemy troops AK Tosan Maru fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Kota Bharu (51,75) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 14 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships xAK Tamaki Maru xAK Kyokko Maru AV Kamikawa Maru Allied ground losses: 27 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled xAK Tamaki Maru fired at enemy troops xAK Kyokko Maru fired at enemy troops AV Kamikawa Maru fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Pengpu (90,50) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 5652 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 187 Defending force 1491 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 45 Japanese adjusted assault: 184 Allied adjusted defense: 5 Japanese assault odds: 36 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(+) Japanese ground losses: 152 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 912 casualties reported Squads: 49 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 13th Ind.Mixed Brigade Defending units: 89th Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kota Bharu (51,75) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 5125 troops, 41 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 414 Defending force 3656 troops, 40 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 90 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 96 Allied adjusted defense: 8 Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Kota Bharu !!! Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), op mode(-), leaders(-), disruption(-) preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 115 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Units pursuing 3 Allied ground losses: 1338 casualties reported Squads: 27 destroyed, 19 disabled Non Combat: 73 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 16 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 25 (23 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 3 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 5th Engineer Regiment 56th Infantry Regiment 42nd Infantry Regiment 1st Tank Regiment 12th Engineer Regiment 84th JAAF AF Bn 5th Field AF Construction Battalion 20th AA Regiment 5th JAAF AF Coy Defending units: FMSV Brigade 8th Indian Brigade 3rd ISF Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manado (75,99) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 3187 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 126 Defending force 1818 troops, 2 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 59 Japanese adjusted assault: 147 Allied adjusted defense: 15 Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Manado !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-) morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 80 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 878 casualties reported Squads: 27 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 32 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 2 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: Sasebo 1st SNLF 91st Naval Guard Unit 24th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: Manado Garrison Battalion Manado Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kuching (58,88) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1152 troops, 5 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 46 Defending force 4140 troops, 48 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 124 Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: Sarawak Force 2/15 Punjab Battalion 106th RN Base Force Defending units: I./143rd Infantry Battalion II./143rd Infantry Battalion III./143rd Infantry Battalion 7th Field AF Construction Battalion 32nd Field AA Battalion if you look at today's airlosses then I can not follow the logic that it will cause the IJN too many aircraft lost to flak if they attack a second day. This is a Babes campaign and even there, with TWO strikes, the total flak losses are not even 50% of what KB suffered in real life on day ONE. And you might have noticed, the damned Kates attacked at 5000ft!!!! where flak should be far more severe than the 9000ft they bombed in real life... poor Japs... using the strato sweep feature the enemy managed to achieve a 3:1 vs my fighters that outnumbered the enemy nearly 3:1... [image]local://upfiles/13774/C9917A7294C744D0804B176193AE6AC0.jpg[/image]

CT Grognard -> RE: Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A) (2/15/2012 11:32:40 AM)
quote: if you look at today's airlosses then I can not follow the logic that it will cause the IJN too many aircraft lost to flak if they attack a second day. This is a Babes campaign and even there, with TWO strikes, the total flak losses are not even 50% of what KB suffered in real life on day ONE. And you might have noticed, the damned Kates attacked at 5000ft!!!! where flak should be far more severe than the 9000ft they bombed in real life... poor Japs... using the strato sweep feature the enemy managed to achieve a 3:1 vs my fighters that outnumbered the enemy nearly 3:1... I don't know why I bother, but anyway, here goes: Real-life Japanese aircraft losses at Pearl Harbor were 29 - 9x A6M2s, 15x D3A1s, and 5x B5N2s. In real life, the Japanese A6M2s strafed and thus a number were shot down by anti-aircraft fire. Here your opponent has his A6M2s sweeping at 15,000ft and, I'm assuming, escorting at 10,000 ft, thus no surprises at the lack of A6M2s shot down. So, we're down to 20. While your combat reports indicate only the following aircraft losses during the first day's Pearl Harbor strike, you cannot rely on the combat report as being accurate at all. In this case, the CR indicates 3 Kates and 4 Vals shot down by flak (with 14 Kates damaged and 10 Vals damaged). Well, analysing the aircraft losses you've posted, the ACTUAL losses BlueBook suffered on that Pearl Harbor strike were as follows: 7 Kates (4 flak, 3 ops) 15 Vals (11 flak, 4 ops) So your opponent lost 22 aircraft. I can assure you if he had set A6M2s to strafe or airfield attack, the losses would be much higher. Very much in line with what happened historically. But you just love your bloody rants, don't you! On the second day, your combat reports indicates losses of 5 Kates shot down by flak and 18 damaged, and 5 Vals shot down air-to-air. But actual losses to BlueBook were 16 Kates (including 5 to ops) and 8 Vals! In two days he has lost 23 Kates and 23 Vals. Not that you'll pay any attention...

CT Grognard -> RE: Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A) (2/15/2012 11:51:46 AM)
And since we're on the topic of "historical losses", Castor Troy, it appears you lost about fifteen planes on the ground. Please do enlighten us how many planes were lost in real life? Have you ever seen an attack on Pearl Harbor destroying more than 30 Allied aircraft on the ground? But in real life, SIX TIMES THAT MUCH were destroyed (188 aircraft). But keep ranting, One-Eye. Keep ranting.

castor troy -> RE: Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A) (2/15/2012 11:55:15 AM)
lol, don't know why I bother, but if you really think the loss list is correct then I can't help you anyway. Bluebook sure has NOT lost 23 Kates and 23 Vals, just because that list shows those losses. They are for sure far lower. In my last AAR I have posted losses of Zeroes that went over 400 at some point, a couple of turns later, the losses were down to 300 (and probably still higher than actual losses). And now why do you think real life losses were higher to the dive bombers? And from what alt were the real life Kates bombing? From 5000ft? Look for info which altitude the converted shells needed. And then go figure what THAT alt meant in terms of flak compared to the 5000ft. Then add this all up and get your numbers right please. As soon as you figure that out, you may pay some attention.

castor troy -> RE: Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A) (2/15/2012 11:57:36 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: CT Grognard And since we're on the topic of "historical losses", Castor Troy, it appears you lost about fifteen planes on the ground. Please do enlighten us how many planes were lost in real life? Have you ever seen an attack on Pearl Harbor destroying more than 30 Allied aircraft on the ground? But in real life, SIX TIMES THAT MUCH were destroyed (188 aircraft). But keep ranting, One-Eye. Keep ranting. funnily though, you seem to think that I had as many aircraft at Pearl Harbour as in real life. You seem to be one of those IJ fantasy players that think they should get all the hindsight while the Allied should play like a sheep without hindsight. You have one GUESS why I lost so few aircraft at Pearl. Wonder if you'll be able to figure out. OOOOHHHHH, how could an Allied player dare to do this, how could he, using hindsight and expecting a strike on PH? OOOOHHHHH There is a reason why there were so few aircraft lost and the reason is... lol edit for you: the aircraft weren't there, just in case you fail to notice. But I guess you first have to figure out the losses to start with, let alone that you fail to get the picture what it means attacking at 5000ft or at 10000ft. Some more info if you wonder why they weren't there, what happens if you set a squadron to 100% perform mission "x"? What happens if they perform that mission? and just to point it out for you, the rant was directed at the JFBs that keep bashing the game for inaccuracy aka Allied Edition which is nothing but ridicoulos lately. It's a game and was highly turned into the Japanese direction as to keep it interesting for any Japanese player as I have been in 75% of all my PBEM so far and I don't fail to realize that I get options and possibilities that are so far from real life the Japanese didn't even think about it in their best fantasies.

CT Grognard -> RE: Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A) (2/15/2012 12:55:32 PM)
Ah. So you are complaining about non-historical losses for the IJ player, and the fact that his Kates are bombing at 5,000 ft, which apparently are not high enough for the 800kg AP bombs to be effective against the battleships. But then you move all your aircraft out of Pearl Harbor before the strike. What's that saying about cake? All bets are off then to you and your opponent. Have fun playing your "game" but do not complain about historical situations since clearly your way of playing has very little to do with history.

castor troy -> RE: Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A) (2/15/2012 3:39:35 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: CT Grognard Ah. So you are complaining about non-historical losses for the IJ player, and the fact that his Kates are bombing at 5,000 ft, which apparently are not high enough for the 800kg AP bombs to be effective against the battleships. But then you�move all your aircraft out of Pearl Harbor before the strike. What's that saying about cake? All bets are off then to you and your opponent. Have fun playing your "game" but do not complain about historical situations since clearly your way of playing has very little to do with history. this makes it obvious you don't get it. Nevermind, have a nice day.

witpqs -> RE: Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A) (2/15/2012 3:47:02 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: CT Grognard And since we're on the topic of "historical losses", Castor Troy, it appears you lost about fifteen planes on the ground. Please do enlighten us how many planes were lost in real life? Have you ever seen an attack on Pearl Harbor destroying more than 30 Allied aircraft on the ground? But in real life, SIX TIMES THAT MUCH were destroyed (188 aircraft). I certainly have. My most recent start with a Pearl Harbor attack did not, but my previous ones have. But keep ranting, One-Eye. Keep ranting.

Andav -> RE: Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A) (2/15/2012 3:47:17 PM)
It is a Castor Troy AAR. It is where he rants and raves about things. It is part of what makes it so entertaining. Wa

HansBolter -> RE: Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A) (2/15/2012 5:53:21 PM)
quote: in this PBEM it finally worked to see my minesweepers leaving Manila first so the rest of the ships doesn't run into the usual mines at Bataan... to make sure, I have not ordered a single sub out of Manila (put them into TFs though) as last time I had four subs running into sub laid mines at Bataan... Thanks to some close observation of what was actually happening I learned early on that task forces assigned to leave a port on a given day leave in the order they are created. At Manila on Dec. 8 it is CRUCIAL to make the minesweeper TFs the first TFs created. They will then lead the procession through the minefields. As for the rants, I just love em, as most folks here know I am an avowed AFB. Keep up the good work!

LoBaron -> RE: Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A) (2/15/2012 7:01:27 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Andav It is a Castor Troy AAR. It is where he rants and raves about things. It is part of what makes it so entertaining. Wa I think so as well. AAR hijacking only with permission of the owner and, each one has his own way of posting. Good luck on your war, CT.

CT Grognard -> RE: Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A) (2/15/2012 7:10:48 PM)
I apologise for my posts, and shall not post on this AAR again. Good luck with your game, castor troy.

Capt. Harlock -> RE: Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A) (2/15/2012 8:56:33 PM)
quote: an unescorted Val strike shows up and what happens? Many of the high morale KB bombers TURN BACK due to not having an escort... grrr... High morale, perhaps, but not crazy! [;)]

ADB123 -> RE: Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A) (2/15/2012 10:32:44 PM)
Castor - I realize that you've got your security-month-lapse in place, but I would be very interested in knowing what you might try differently this time, particularly in the first year. You have a much better idea of the capabilities of the Game this time around, so do you have new ideas that you want to try out? (I've never had the nerve or time to start another Allied pbem, although I did get a chance to start a second Japanese pbem almost a year after my first one, and I definitely did things differently in that second start.) Thanks in advance -

castor troy -> RE: Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A) (2/16/2012 8:52:21 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: CT Grognard I apologise for my posts, and shall not post on this AAR again. Good luck with your game, castor troy. no need to apologise at all and feel free to post as much as you want here. I just think that we completely misunderstand each other. The rant (one of the two in the initial post [:D]) was aimed at the fact that a majority lately seems to say the Japanese are nerfed in every aspect which I just can not see and in my example the initial strike actually sunk 4 of my BB and putting the rest in such a bad state that they won't see action until the end of the war (if I don't send them out with suicidial major flt trying to get them to the West Coast). And while saying the Japanese are so nerfed this goes in conjunction with "a second or third strike will shred KB's airwings due to murderous flak" which I also can't see at all (mind you this is a Babes campaign, not stock, so flak should be even stronger), not even when the enemy attacks at an altitude only halve of the real life attack height. This is what the rant is aimed at, at the rants about the Japs being so nerfed which I can't see. People seem to usually forget that "only" two BB were a total loss in real life as WITP's outcome in many aspects seem to have replaced our knowledge about what really happend. Compared to WITP the Japanese may be nerfed but compared to real life we are still in a 100% fantasy world in terms of Japanese abilities and I am not saying this is bad (it's a game) but I do say that I feel totally annoyed by the ongoing attempts that try to justify the Japanese abilities with realism - which cleary is not.

castor troy -> RE: Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A) (2/16/2012 9:13:41 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: ADB123 Castor - I realize that you've got your security-month-lapse in place, but I would be very interested in knowing what you might try differently this time, particularly in the first year. You have a much better idea of the capabilities of the Game this time around, so do you have new ideas that you want to try out? (I've never had the nerve or time to start another Allied pbem, although I did get a chance to start a second Japanese pbem almost a year after my first one, and I definitely did things differently in that second start.) Thanks in advance - well, different opponents but still the same map, same important regions and the same starting position of your troops will probably not change my overall strategy. Don't want to take away too much but bluebook turned out to be a very experienced guy that knows how to advance insanely fast which will cause some changes in my supply lines but there are still the same plans on what to do which is either advancing onto the SRA or advancing on Japan while not losing Australia, India or China. Doesn't sound like a great plan I know, but that's the goal. [:D] As in all my games so far, I really don't care much about the Pacific, doesn't mean I wouldn't attempt an offensive there but fighting 15000 miles away from critical areas is something I am not really keen on. With so many games played, I think it's not a new war winning strategy you pull out of your hat but more a methodical tactical approach. Tactically I think I have had quite a good way (boring but effective), focussing on a base that can be built up to level 9 airfields and lay waste around it, move on, rinse and repeat. The first year will be of course mainly see me building up my positions while I try not to fight with my troops dispersed as this would mean the enemy can pick them off one by one while not suffering any real losses moving like a vacuum cleaner. Plan is again to build strongholds that are strong enough to cause the enemy some trouble, even if the Japanese can bring in 3000 av and take more or less every stronghold at some point, it will take time and it will cause losses to the enemy which will take even more time to recover from those losses. Having strongholds of course can lead to those strongholds being bypassed but this is something I am aware of and bypassing all strongholds won't be possible or will lead to enough Japanese units being bogged down to siege the strongholds that the offensive capability of the available rest won't be as strong as the Japanese would like it to be.

Saros -> RE: Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A) (2/16/2012 10:16:52 AM)
Are you using the new patch? As far as I know there is a new feature which causes severe fatigue on fighter pilots flying sweeps/CAP over 75% of their max altitude. It really seems to have evened out the stratosweep as when the initial dive is over the sweepers get chopped up in the dogfight. Also I have never found the stratosweep to be that effective against a layered CAP. Sure you get the initial kills and then the sweepers get bounced by the higher CAP groups and it evens out.

castor troy -> RE: Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A) (2/16/2012 10:24:15 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Saros Are you using the new patch? As far as I know there is a new feature which causes severe fatigue on fighter pilots flying sweeps/CAP over 75% of their max altitude. It really seems to have evened out the stratosweep as when the initial dive is over the sweepers get chopped up in the dogfight. Also I have never found the stratosweep to be that effective against a layered CAP. Sure you get the initial kills and then the sweepers get bounced by the higher CAP groups and it evens out. yeah, we're running the latest official patch, used patches that had this feature in my earlier game too. From my experience the new fatigue feature is more a problem for the Cap, because you have to fly Cap every day and if you want to have fighters high up too (to meet the inevitable high sweep) then this will cause you more a problem than the sweeper because the sweeper can rest, Cap can't. Still, I think high alt combat should be hampered far more, forcing it into realistic heights. This is where the routines work very well, at realistic heights with normal numbers involved. But go tell a PBEM player to come in at 10000ft to achieve a 1:1 kill rate if he can get a 3:1 (or whatever) coming in at 40000ft. [:D]

castor troy -> RE: Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A) (2/16/2012 12:14:08 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 09, 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Kuching (58,88) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 6 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships xAK Zenyo Maru, Shell hits 1 E Shimushu CM Kamome xAP Miike Maru 6" Mk V/VII Gun Battery engaging xAK Zenyo Maru at 6,000 yards CM Kamome firing to suppress enemy battery at 6,000 yards E Shimushu fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Camiguin at 84,73, Range 12,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Natori DD Satsuki DD Minazuki DD Fumizuki DD Nagatsuki Allied Ships xAP Neptuna Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 67% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards Japanese TF attempts to evade combat Range increases to 12,000 yards... Range increases to 12,000 yards... Both Task Forces evade combat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Bataan at 77,77, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Kawakaze DD Shiokaze Allied Ships AS Canopus, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 67% moonlight: 11,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards Japanese launch Long Lance torpedoes at 11,000 yards before allies detect Japanese presence DD Shiokaze fires at AS Canopus at 11,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards DD Shiokaze engages AS Canopus at 10,000 yards DD Kawakaze engages AS Canopus at 10,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards DD Shiokaze engages AS Canopus at 8,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards DD Shiokaze engages AS Canopus at 5,000 yards DD Kawakaze engages AS Canopus at 5,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards DD Shiokaze engages AS Canopus at 6,000 yards DD Shiokaze engages AS Canopus at 6,000 yards AS Canopus sunk by DD Kawakaze at 6,000 yards AS Canopus sunk by DD Kawakaze at 6,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Ternate at 77,101, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Jintsu DD Akatsuki Allied Ships AVD William B. Preston Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 67% moonlight: 11,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards Japanese launch Long Lance torpedoes at 11,000 yards before allies detect Japanese presence CL Jintsu launches Long Lance Torpedoes at AVD William B. Preston at 11,000 yards DD Akatsuki launches Long Lance Torpedoes at AVD William B. Preston at 11,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards CL Jintsu engages AVD William B. Preston at 7,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards CL Jintsu engages AVD William B. Preston at 6,000 yards DD Akatsuki engages AVD William B. Preston at 6,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards CL Jintsu engages AVD William B. Preston at 5,000 yards DD Akatsuki engages AVD William B. Preston at 5,000 yards Range increases to 8,000 yards CL Jintsu engages AVD William B. Preston at 8,000 yards DD Akatsuki engages AVD William B. Preston at 8,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Djailolo at 78,100, Range 9,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Jintsu DD Akatsuki Allied Ships xAKL Mauban, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAKL Montanes, Shell hits 18, and is sunk Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 67% moonlight: 11,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 9,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 9,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards CL Jintsu engages xAKL Montanes at 10,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards CL Jintsu engages xAKL Montanes at 5,000 yards xAKL Mauban sunk by DD Akatsuki at 5,000 yards CL Jintsu engages xAKL Montanes at 5,000 yards DD Akatsuki engages xAKL Montanes at 5,000 yards CL Jintsu engages xAKL Montanes at 5,000 yards CL Jintsu engages xAKL Montanes at 5,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards CL Jintsu engages xAKL Montanes at 6,000 yards DD Akatsuki engages xAKL Montanes at 6,000 yards Range increases to 7,000 yards CL Jintsu engages xAKL Montanes at 7,000 yards Range increases to 8,000 yards xAKL Montanes sunk by DD Akatsuki at 8,000 yards xAKL Montanes sunk by DD Akatsuki at 8,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Gorong at 82,112, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Takao CA Atago DD Asashio DD Oshio DD Hibiki Allied Ships PC Zeeman, Shell hits 4, and is sunk Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 67% moonlight: 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 CA Atago engages PC Zeeman at 11,000 yards DD Asashio engages PC Zeeman at 11,000 yards Olmsted A. orders Allied TF to disengage Range closes to 7,000 yards PC Zeeman sunk by CA Atago at 7,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... while our ships are trying to flee the SRA the enemy keeps to vacuum clean the sealanes with the bullet prove mid ocean intercepts... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Gorong at 82,112, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Takao CA Atago DD Asashio DD Oshio DD Hibiki Allied Ships AVP Reiger Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 67% moonlight: 11,000 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 Allied Task Force Manages to Escape Allied Transport TF evades combat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Ternate at 78,102, Range 9,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Jintsu DD Akatsuki Allied Ships AVD William B. Preston Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 67% moonlight: 11,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 9,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 9,000 yards Bannister E. crosses the 'T' lol, crossing the T? AVD William B. Preston and the invisible friend or what? CL Jintsu engages AVD William B. Preston at 9,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards CL Jintsu engages AVD William B. Preston at 7,000 yards Range increases to 9,000 yards CL Jintsu engages AVD William B. Preston at 9,000 yards DD Akatsuki engages AVD William B. Preston at 9,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards CL Jintsu engages AVD William B. Preston at 11,000 yards DD Akatsuki engages AVD William B. Preston at 11,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Ternate at 77,103, Range 10,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Jintsu DD Akatsuki Allied Ships AVD William B. Preston, Shell hits 1 Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 67% moonlight: 11,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 10,000 yards CL Jintsu engages AVD William B. Preston at 10,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards CL Jintsu engages AVD William B. Preston at 8,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards CL Jintsu engages AVD William B. Preston at 7,000 yards DD Akatsuki engages AVD William B. Preston at 7,000 yards Range increases to 8,000 yards CL Jintsu engages AVD William B. Preston at 8,000 yards Range increases to 12,000 yards CL Jintsu engages AVD William B. Preston at 12,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Ternate at 77,102, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Jintsu DD Akatsuki Allied Ships xAKL Lepus, Shell hits 10, and is sunk Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 67% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 11,000 yards DD Akatsuki fires at xAKL Lepus at 11,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards CL Jintsu engages xAKL Lepus at 10,000 yards DD Akatsuki engages xAKL Lepus at 10,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards Massive explosion on xAKL Lepus DD Akatsuki engages xAKL Lepus at 8,000 yards DD Akatsuki engages xAKL Lepus at 8,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards xAKL Lepus sunk by DD Akatsuki at 7,000 yards xAKL Lepus sunk by DD Akatsuki at 7,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Kota Bharu at 53,75 Japanese Ships TB Kari Allied Ships SS KXII SS KXII is located by TB Kari TB Kari fails to find sub, continues to search... TB Kari fails to find sub, continues to search... TB Kari fails to find sub, continues to search... TB Kari fails to find sub, continues to search... TB Kari fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Kota Bharu at 51,75 Japanese Ships DD Sagiri Allied Ships SS KXI, hits 3 SS KXI launches 2 torpedoes at DD Sagiri KXI bottoming out .... DD Sagiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sagiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sagiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sagiri attacking submerged sub .... DD Sagiri fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Nauru Island (127,128) Japanese Ships DD Yunagi CM Okinoshima CM Tokiwa PB Nagata Maru Allied ground losses: 129 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled) DD Yunagi firing at Wren Det. CM Okinoshima firing at Wren Det. CM Tokiwa firing at Wren Det. PB Nagata Maru fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Nauru Island (127,128) TF 15 troops unloading over beach at Nauru Island, 127,128 Japanese ground losses: 40 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 51st Nav Gd 17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 51st Nav Gd -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Guam (106,95) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 6 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PB Kohuku Maru xAK Shofuku Maru PB Kohuku Maru fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Guam (106,95) TF 98 troops unloading over beach at Guam, 106,95 12 Naval Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 5th Base Force /1 12 Engineers lost from landing craft during unload of 5th Base Force /2 12 Naval Support troops lost overboard during unload of 5th Base Force /2 12 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 5th Base Force 12 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 5th Base Force 12 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 5th Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Gorong at 81,113, Range 20,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Takao CA Atago DD Asashio DD Oshio DD Hibiki Allied Ships AVP Reiger, Shell hits 14, and is sunk Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards Range closes to 20,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 20,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 20,000 yards CA Takao engages AVP Reiger at 20,000 yards Range closes to 17,000 yards CA Atago engages AVP Reiger at 17,000 yards CA Takao engages AVP Reiger at 17,000 yards Massive explosion on AVP Reiger DD Asashio engages AVP Reiger at 17,000 yards Range closes to 15,000 yards CA Atago engages AVP Reiger at 15,000 yards CA Takao engages AVP Reiger at 15,000 yards Range closes to 12,000 yards AVP Reiger sunk by CA Atago at 12,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Kai-eilanden at 81,114, Range 21,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Takao CA Atago DD Asashio DD Oshio DD Hibiki Allied Ships xAKL Bintoehan, Shell hits 7, and is sunk Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 21,000 yards Japanese launch Long Lance torpedoes at 21,000 yards before allies detect Japanese presence Range closes to 20,000 yards Range closes to 16,000 yards CA Atago engages xAKL Bintoehan at 16,000 yards DD Oshio engages xAKL Bintoehan at 16,000 yards Range closes to 13,000 yards xAKL Bintoehan sunk by CA Atago at 13,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Guam (106,95) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PB Kohuku Maru xAK Shofuku Maru PB Kohuku Maru fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Kuching (58,88) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships xAK Zenyo Maru xAP Miike Maru DD Hatsuyuki 6" Mk V/VII Gun Battery engaging xAK Zenyo Maru at 11,000 yards 6" Mk V/VII Gun battery firing at xAP Miike Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Billiton at 52,92 Japanese Ships SS I-154 Allied Ships xAP Matang, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAP Matang is sighted by SS I-154 SS I-154 launches 2 torpedoes at xAP Matang -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Vigan at 80,73 Japanese Ships xAP Husimi Maru Allied Ships SS KXV SS KXV launches 2 torpedoes at xAP Husimi Maru if my subs could just reliably hit freighters and transports... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Batan Island at 87,70 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 9 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AO Trinity, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 9 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo what is left over by the IJ surface combat TFs is sunk by the Betties... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Guam , at 106,95 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft E7K2 Alf x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x E7K2 Alf bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Batu Pahat at 49,82 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 13 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 6 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAK Wulin xAK Tai Sang Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 100 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Talaud-eilanden at 81,95 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 7 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAKL Luzon, Bomb hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Camiguin at 85,72 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 B5N1 Kate x 8 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAK Tantalus, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B5N1 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Sabang at 45,71 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 5 No Japanese losses Allied Ships TK Pleiodon TK Spirilla Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Langsa at 46,72 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 8 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAK Zannis Cambanis, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAK Demodocus Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 100 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sabang at 45,71 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 13 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 6 No Japanese losses Allied Ships TK Pleiodon TK Spirilla, Bomb hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 100 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Talaud-eilanden at 82,95 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 7 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAKL Latouche, Bomb hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 7 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Langsa at 46,72 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 4 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAK Zannis Cambanis, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sabang at 45,70 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 9 No Japanese losses Allied Ships TK Mobilfuel Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 100 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Batu Pahat at 49,82 Japanese Ships SS I-162 Allied Ships AMc Gemas MMS-51 AMc Jerantut ML No. 311 ML No. 310 SS I-162 launches 2 torpedoes at AMc Gemas I-162 bottoming out .... ML No. 311 fails to find sub and abandons search ML No. 310 fails to find sub, continues to search... ML No. 310 fails to find sub, continues to search... ML No. 310 fails to find sub, continues to search... ML No. 310 fails to find sub, continues to search... ML No. 310 fails to find sub, continues to search... ML No. 310 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Wake Island (136,98) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 33 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CL Yubari, Shell hits 1 PB Fukui Maru, Shell hits 1 PB Kaiun Maru DD Hayate xAK Aratama Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire PB Kaikei Maru PB Ikunta Maru PB Hakkaisan Maru AMC Kongo Maru Allied ground losses: 63 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled [:@][:@] I ordered my two CV to intercept the expected Wake invasion as I was sure KB would stay long enough around Pearl so my CV would be safe but hey, of course my CV ended up one hex to far away (7) to launch a strike against the invasion TF... I hate those moments... in return a Mavis (from Kwajalein I guess) spotted our carriers at near max range, means I have to bog out of the area as KB could attempt to catch us... I want to take a safe route, so the two CV are ordered NORTH and will retire to San Francisco later on to form a 4 CV TF... CL Yubari firing at 1st Marine Defense Battalion 1st Marine Defense Battalion firing at CL Yubari 5in Mk 15 CD Gun Battery engaging PB Fukui Maru at 6,000 yards DD Hayate firing to suppress enemy battery at 6,000 yards 5in Mk 15 CD Gun Battery engaging xAK Aratama Maru at 6,000 yards DD Hayate firing to suppress enemy battery at 6,000 yards PB Kaiun Maru fired at enemy troops PB Kaikei Maru fired at enemy guns PB Ikunta Maru fired at enemy troops PB Hakkaisan Maru fired at enemy guns PB Fukui Maru fired at enemy guns Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Wake Island (136,98) TF 16 troops unloading over beach at Wake Island, 136,98 12 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of Maizuru 2nd SNLF /2 12 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 53rd Nav Gd -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Kuching (58,88) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 6 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships E Shimushu xAP Miike Maru E Shimushu fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Guam (106,95) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PB Kohuku Maru xAK Shofuku Maru PB Kohuku Maru fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 22194 troops, 321 guns, 218 vehicles, Assault Value = 631 Defending force 7323 troops, 132 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 235 Japanese adjusted assault: 253 Allied adjusted defense: 237 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1435 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 136 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 30 disabled Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled) Allied ground losses: 379 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 52 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Hong Kong won't hold long but the first attack was promising as the enemy suffered quite some disablements... Assaulting units: 38th Division 66th Infantry Regiment 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd RF Gun Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 5th RF Gun Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Defending units: Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion 1st Middlesex Battalion Rifles of Canada Battalion Kowloon Brigade 102nd RN Base Force Hong Kong Fortress -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kuching (58,88) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3423 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 126 Defending force 1674 troops, 9 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 46 Japanese adjusted assault: 53 Allied adjusted defense: 11 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Kuching !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-) morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 82 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 1185 casualties reported Squads: 41 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 54 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 7 (6 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 2 Units destroyed 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 143rd Infantry Regiment 7th Field AF Construction Battalion 32nd Field AA Battalion Defending units: Sarawak Force 2/15 Punjab Battalion 106th RN Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wake Island (136,98) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 2307 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 91 Defending force 1335 troops, 25 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 25 Japanese adjusted assault: 42 Allied adjusted defense: 4 [8\|] Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Wake Island !!! Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(-), disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 174 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 1028 casualties reported Squads: 35 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 75 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 22 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 33 (33 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 12 (12 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 2 Assaulting units: Maizuru 2nd SNLF 53rd Naval Guard Unit Defending units: Wake USN CPNAB 1st Marine Defense Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nauru Island (127,128) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 1592 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 59 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 26 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 26 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Nauru Island !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 51st Naval Guard Unit today BB number four sunk at Pearl Harbour, the rest suffered devastating damage...

castor troy -> RE: Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A) (2/16/2012 12:24:28 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 10, 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Vigan at 80,73 Japanese Ships CA Maya DD Matsukaze Allied Ships SS KXVI, hits 4 SS KXVI launches 4 torpedoes at CA Maya DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Matsukaze attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub [:@][:@][:@] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Batavia at 49,97 Japanese Ships SS I-121 Allied Ships TK British Judge, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage don't like my precious TK being hit... as the Allied I usually got the feeling that tanker losses for me are worth than tanker losses for the enemy... TK British Judge is sighted by SS I-121 SS I-121 launches 2 torpedoes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 304 encounters mine field at Merak (48,97) Allied Ships xAP Mijer, Mine hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage a mine that I-121 has brought in... so the damn bugger caught two ships today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Morotai at 83,100, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Haguro DD Umikaze Allied Ships xAKL Princessa, Shell hits 8, and is sunk xAKL Princess of Cebu, Shell hits 1, and is sunk Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 57% moonlight: 11,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 11,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards xAKL Princess of Cebu sunk by CA Haguro at 9,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards CA Haguro engages xAKL Princessa at 6,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards xAKL Princessa sunk by CA Haguro at 4,000 yards xAKL Princessa sunk by CA Haguro at 4,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Hengchun at 83,67 Japanese Ships xAK Chojun Maru, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS KXV Japanese ground losses: 32 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled xAK Chojun Maru is sighted by SS KXV SS KXV attacking xAK Chojun Maru on the surface that's a nice one, but why is a troop transport not escorted? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Vigan at 80,73 Japanese Ships DD Matsukaze CA Maya Allied Ships SS KXVI, hits 3, heavy damage SS KXVI launches 2 torpedoes at DD Matsukaze KXVI bottoming out .... CA Maya fails to find sub, continues to search... CA Maya attacking submerged sub .... CA Maya fails to find sub, continues to search... CA Maya fails to find sub, continues to search... CA Maya attacking submerged sub .... CA Maya is out of ASW ammo CA Maya is out of ASW ammo Escort abandons search for sub sub is trying to make Soerabaja but the chances aren't too good... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Miri (64,87) 6 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships APD Aoi AMc Wa 19 Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled APD Aoi fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Miri (64,87) TF 105 troops unloading over beach at Miri, 64,87 Japanese ground losses: 25 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad accidentally lost during unload of I./124th Infantry Bn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Toboali at 51,94 Japanese Ships SS I-154 SS I-154 is sighted by escort I-154 bottoming out .... Sub escapes detection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Nauru Island at 127,128, Range 20,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Asanagi DD Yunagi, Shell hits 1, on fire PB Nagata Maru xAK Tenyo Maru, Shell hits 7, on fire xAK Kamikaze Maru Allied Ships CA Louisville, Shell hits 1 as the enemy was landing at Nauru yesterday I was pretty sure we will find some ships there today and sent in two heavy cruisers (both coming alone from two different directions) and I have deliberately chosen to send them in at daylight as I expected to see them performing better than during the night... and? Well, Houston used up all her main gun ammo for one hit during daylight a couple of days (hey, must have been one of those bad die rolls?) and what was Louisville doing today? Using up all her main gun ammo for no result either... sorry, but Allied ships are performing bad by default and a good result is a super lucky die roll... DAYTIME surface combat! And then look at the dozens of engagements the IJ had so far in the SRA, note the difference? You might wonder where the second heavy cruiser is, well, Louisville retreated out of the hex due to no ammo anymore, the other cruiser parked in the hex RIGHT NEXT TO THE ENEMY TF AND DID NOTHING... yeah, compare this to the bullet prove vacuum cleaning in the SRA... you know, I think I do have a reason to rant some time... [image]local://upfiles/13774/BA1EB00D1FE64AF0842F2FBC805721D0.jpg[/image] Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 20,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 20,000 yards CA Louisville engages PB Nagata Maru at 20,000 yards Range closes to 14,000 yards CA Louisville engages DD Asanagi at 14,000 yards CA Louisville engages DD Asanagi at 14,000 yards Range closes to 12,000 yards CA Louisville engages DD Yunagi at 12,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards CA Louisville engages DD Yunagi at 11,000 yards CA Louisville engages DD Asanagi at 11,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards CA Louisville engages DD Asanagi at 10,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards CA Louisville engages DD Yunagi at 8,000 yards DD Yunagi engages CA Louisville at 8,000 yards CA Louisville engages DD Asanagi at 8,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards CA Louisville engages DD Yunagi at 10,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards CA Louisville engages DD Yunagi at 9,000 yards CA Louisville engages DD Asanagi at 9,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards CA Louisville engages DD Yunagi at 9,000 yards CA Louisville engages DD Asanagi at 9,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards CA Louisville engages DD Yunagi at 10,000 yards CA Louisville engages xAK Kamikaze Maru at 10,000 yards CA Louisville engages xAK Tenyo Maru at 10,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards xAK Kamikaze Maru screened from combat - escorted by DD Yunagi CA Louisville engages DD Asanagi at 8,000 yards CA Louisville engages xAK Tenyo Maru at 8,000 yards Range increases to 9,000 yards xAK Kamikaze Maru screened from combat CA Louisville engages xAK Tenyo Maru at 9,000 yards Jensen L. orders Allied TF to disengage CA Louisville engages DD Yunagi at 9,000 yards CA Louisville engages DD Asanagi at 9,000 yards CA Louisville engages xAK Kamikaze Maru at 9,000 yards Range increases to 13,000 yards xAK Kamikaze Maru screened from combat - escorted by DD Asanagi CA Louisville engages PB Nagata Maru at 13,000 yards CA Louisville engages xAK Tenyo Maru at 13,000 yards Range increases to 19,000 yards xAK Kamikaze Maru screened from combat - escorted by DD Yunagi CA Louisville engages PB Nagata Maru at 19,000 yards CA Louisville engages xAK Tenyo Maru at 19,000 yards Range increases to 24,000 yards CA Louisville engages DD Asanagi at 24,000 yards Range increases to 29,000 yards CA Louisville engages DD Yunagi at 29,000 yards CA Louisville engages DD Asanagi at 29,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 34,810 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 29 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 29 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 32810 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 36,810 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 29 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 29 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 32810 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Morotai at 82,100 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 6 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAKL Luzon xAKL Magallanes, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires Aircraft Attacking: 6 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Magallanes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Swettenham at 48,79 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 13 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 5 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAK Wulin ML No. 310 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Groot Natoena at 58,84 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 7 No Japanese losses Allied Ships DD Pope DD Pillsbury Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Sabang at 44,69 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 5 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAKL Lipis Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 100 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 48,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 5 B5M1 Mabel x 3 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAKL Lyemun, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 5000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Lyemun -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Bataan at 78,77 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 10 B5N1 Kate x 8 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AM Whippoorwill AM Finch Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B5N1 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Swettenham at 48,79 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 13 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAK Wulin ML No. 311 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Gebe at 82,104 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 9 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAP Legaspi xAKL Surigao Aircraft Attacking: 9 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Groot Natoena at 58,84 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 5 B5M1 Mabel x 3 Japanese aircraft losses B5M1 Mabel: 1 damaged Allied Ships DD Peary Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B5M1 Mabel launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo I only expect 5% of the SRA ships getting out, 90% will be sunk by enemy ships, 5% by enemy air attacks... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Manus (101,119) TF 114 troops unloading over beach at Manus, 101,119 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Balabac (70,84) TF 256 troops unloading over beach at Balabac, 70,84 Japanese ground losses: 22 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 17 troops of a SNLF Squad accidentally lost during unload of 2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy 17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost overboard during unload of 2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Ternate (78,102) 2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships TB Tomozuru TB Chidori APD Nadakaze TB Tomozuru fired at enemy troops TB Chidori fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Ternate (78,102) TF 376 troops unloading over beach at Ternate, 78,102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2155 troops, 153 guns, 133 vehicles, Assault Value = 516 Defending force 7040 troops, 132 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 186 Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 11 (4 destroyed, 7 disabled) Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 66th Infantry Regiment 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment 38th Division 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment 2nd RF Gun Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 5th RF Gun Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Defending units: Rifles of Canada Battalion Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion Kowloon Brigade 1st Middlesex Battalion 102nd RN Base Force Hong Kong Fortress -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Guam (106,95) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 4404 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 31 Defending force 904 troops, 0 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 10 Japanese adjusted assault: 50 Allied adjusted defense: 17 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 21 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 5th Base Force Defending units: Guam USN Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at San Fernando (80,74) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 52 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 6 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE San Fernando !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: Yokosuka 1st SNLF /3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tuguegarao (82,74) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 87 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 191 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 4 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Tuguegarao !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+) Assaulting units: 2nd Tank Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 48th Recon Regiment Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /3

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