RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please

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Lowpe -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/12/2014 8:57:08 PM)
Where could he be moving the bombers to from the Darwin theater?

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/13/2014 5:54:44 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lowpe Where could he be moving the bombers to from the Darwin theater? Option (1): India to finish Magwe, Lanchow, Sian, etc. Option (2): Solomons to close the airfields at Rabaul etc. Option (3): For the Gilberts - but I don't think he could use or need all that many. Option (4): India to support an attack on Port Blair or a landing on the Burma coast Option (5): To have them ready, following a surprise landing in Sumatra, to strike Palembang Option (6): The unknown unknown[:D] I think option (1) is most likely. It will be 100% moon in a few days and I expect to see mass night strikes followed by mass sweeps by Lightnings.

Lowpe -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/13/2014 10:20:59 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Spidery It will be 100% moon in a few days and I expect to see mass night strikes followed by mass sweeps by Lightnings. What joy!

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/14/2014 12:40:48 PM)
December 17th 1942 Air Losses: 10 Japanese, 3 Allied, 7 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Pacific Another attempted night strike by Nells. This time they went for CL; 22 of them but all missed[:(]. Burma area Ledo reports as 176 fighters, 206 bombers, 282 auxiliary present. May move and try a 100 bomber night strike at the full moon. China Paoshan subject to air attack and the ground attack reduces forts to 1 but does little damage: quote: Ground combat at Paoshan (65,45) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 18181 troops, 523 guns, 1016 vehicles, Assault Value = 678 Defending force 22479 troops, 213 guns, 97 vehicles, Assault Value = 346 Japanese adjusted assault: 1299 Allied adjusted defense: 649 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 488 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 21 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 11 disabled Vehicles lost 8 (3 destroyed, 5 disabled) Allied ground losses: 989 casualties reported Squads: 14 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 31 disabled Engineers: 18 destroyed, 6 disabled Guns lost 13 (8 destroyed, 5 disabled) Getting some supply problems in China. 100,000 supply has gone to Port Arthur[:(]. Australia Sent some Judy to recce Daly Waters but they didn't get enough of a result to confirm whether bombers have left. Engineering Quiet R&D Quiet Reinforcements Another TK. Cutting back on merchant yard points.

Lowpe -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/14/2014 1:25:12 PM)
Have you ever had a successful night strike? I have seen Emilies deliver torpedoes with good success at night...

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/14/2014 1:58:01 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lowpe Have you ever had a successful night strike? I have seen Emilies deliver torpedoes with good success at night... Can't remember one. But then my Nells and Betties don't seem to be able to score hits during the day either. May give some Mavis a try but don't want to use Emilies until have all groups upgraded (apart from the one that withdraws in Apr 1943 - so could use that one for night strikes, I have about 56 Mavis available that are now obsolete).

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/14/2014 1:59:04 PM)
December 18th 1942 Air Losses: 3 Japanese, 1 Allied, 0 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Pacific DD Hagikaze had limped into Rabaul with 63 major float damage. Trying to get to the ARD at Truk that can fix it. Immediately gained another 9 flotation damage and has stopped at Kavieng for 2 days of repairs. Burma area Quiet China Some harassing air attacks by me. Ordered a shock attack at Paoshan (not sure how well that will do). Ordered a deliberate attack at Chungking. Australia Recce over Katherine shows 102 fighters and 13 bombers. Allied forces are approaching Derby. Engineering Sapporo airfield to 7, worth growing to 8. R&D Quiet

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/14/2014 3:52:29 PM)
December 19th 1942 Air Losses: 30 Japanese, 0 Allied, 2 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Pacific Quiet Burma area Try a night airfield attack against Ledo with 100 Helens. Due to weather and other causes, only 6 arrive. A light CAP of 16 hurricanes plus flak down 2 for no damage. China Paoshan attack reduces forts to 0: quote: Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 19472 troops, 523 guns, 1024 vehicles, Assault Value = 630 Defending force 22315 troops, 209 guns, 96 vehicles, Assault Value = 346 Japanese adjusted assault: 1252 Allied adjusted defense: 1075 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-) experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 1693 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 30 disabled Engineers: 31 destroyed, 19 disabled Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled) Vehicles lost 15 (4 destroyed, 11 disabled) Allied ground losses: 653 casualties reported Squads: 19 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 21 disabled Engineers: 6 destroyed, 8 disabled Guns lost 18 (17 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 9th Ind Engineer Regiment 21st Ind Engineer Regiment 1st Tank Division 27th Ind Engineer Regiment 2nd Tank Division 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment 10th Mortar Battalion 14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 26th Field Artillery Regiment 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 21st Ind.Mixed Bde /1 Defending units: 54th Chinese Corps 14th Chinese Corps 1st Chinese Corps 5th Chinese Corps 33rd Base Group China Air TaskForce 102nd RAF Base Force 104th RAF Base Force 16th Chinese Base Force Disruption and fatigue amongst the 2 tank divisions is about 35, the engineers are wasted, do I attack again? At Chungking, bad weather ground all air strikes. The attack reduces forts to 1 but disruption is still too high to attack at once: quote: Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 169049 troops, 1866 guns, 632 vehicles, Assault Value = 5092 Defending force 162486 troops, 87 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1228 Japanese adjusted assault: 1876 Allied adjusted defense: 767 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2424 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 472 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 44 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 35 disabled Allied ground losses: 27976 casualties reported Squads: 629 destroyed, 358 disabled Non Combat: 515 destroyed, 1306 disabled Engineers: 22 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 54 (48 destroyed, 6 disabled) Units destroyed 15 Allied bombers hit Kunming airfield. The planes there had failed to fly at night due to weather but it doesn't stop the Allies destroying 25! planes on the ground. There are about 55 Helens at a level 4 airfield so it is not overstacked but the devestation is severe: quote: Afternoon Air attack on Kunming , at 69,48 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 21 B-25C Mitchell x 24 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 10 destroyed on ground No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 36 Airbase supply hits 19 Runway hits 104 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Kunming , at 69,48 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 24 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed on ground No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Kunming , at 69,48 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed on ground No Allied losses Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Australia Allied forces approaching Derby seem to be a Division. Engineering Ramiree Island forts to 5, will probably stop there. R&D Quiet

Lowpe -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/14/2014 3:57:02 PM)
No AA at Kunming? I have found it of critical importance in disrupting night attacks...by far the best preventive medicine. Don't have airfields with planes without AA unless you are flying night CAP, and even then, as we see here night CAP is not always reliable.[:(] So back to having AA at every airbase with planes.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/14/2014 4:06:14 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lowpe No AA at Kunming? I have found it of critical importance in disrupting night attacks...by far the best preventive medicine. Don't have airfields with planes without AA unless you are flying night CAP, and even then, as we see here night CAP is not always reliable.[:(] So back to having AA at every airbase with planes. 18 8cm AA guns there. It was a day strike he launched not a night strike. Yesterday there were 40 fighters on day CAP and 30 on night CAP but they had been sent to cover the, aborted, strike at Chungking. It is all a bit of a guessing game between will he night or day bomb or sweep with lightnings. MrKane is better at it than me! I think I need to develop Katha into a better airfield with AA etc. so I have a reasonably secure base to hit Ledo and cover North Burma.

Lowpe -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/14/2014 4:25:37 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Spidery Can't remember one. But then my Nells and Betties don't seem to be able to score hits during the day either. What is the torpedo skill and experience of the pilots?

Lowpe -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/14/2014 4:28:42 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Spidery 18 8cm AA guns there. It was a day strike he launched not a night strike. Yesterday there were 40 fighters on day CAP and 30 on night CAP but they had been sent to cover the, aborted, strike at Chungking. It is all a bit of a guessing game between will he night or day bomb or sweep with lightnings. MrKane is better at it than me! You didn't damage any of his planes?[:(] Change the leadership in those AA units...

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/15/2014 7:45:40 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lowpe quote: ORIGINAL: Spidery Can't remember one. But then my Nells and Betties don't seem to be able to score hits during the day either. What is the torpedo skill and experience of the pilots? It varies, at least once I messed up and sent a bunch of pilots with ASW skill and not NavT. Typical group at the moment: average Exp 61, average NavT 69, average NavS 59, average defense 66. Leader leadership 61, inspiration 81, naval 11, land 26, air 44, admin 68, aggression 32. I still haven't worked out a good way to manage navy bomber pilots. There are so many different demands from the pool. DB pilots have no use for NavT, LBA has little use for NavB as torpedoes will usually be available but TB pilots on carriers need NavB or LowN for when the torpedoes run out. LB need NavS and ASW whereas other planes can use them but don't need great values. LB can do with good experience and GndB so they can be used for night raids. Planes on carriers need good experience, etc. IJA bombers are easy. They either need GndB or ASW.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/15/2014 12:23:31 PM)
December 20th 1942 Air Losses: 14 Japanese, 7 Allied, 8 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Pacific An Allied SS sinks an xAKL picket by gunfire 400 miles east of Japan. Two Allied SS sub forces are spotted near Marcus Island. It appears that the Allied subs are being unleashed. Burma area Try a sweep over Kalemyo, goes badly with 8 Tojo-IIc lost to 2 hurricanes. China Night strike by a few liberators hits Lanchow. 4 Tojo-IIa lost for no liberators but they prevent damage to the oil wells. Wellingtons set fire to Kunming. Day air attack on Kweiyang destroys 1 Babs on the ground. Chungking defenders have been reduced to 737 AV and 44 guns left. Australia Allies back to bombing Darwin and lose 3 4E to flak. Engineering Quiet R&D N1K1-J to 5/43

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/16/2014 6:54:12 AM)
Supply is pooling in Port Arthur despite there being demand for it in China. Any suggestions why? Seems to have started about late October. [image]local://upfiles/43194/96DAF2862561461C8B0FDCF8DFAB8082.jpg[/image]

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/16/2014 3:29:12 PM)
Latest recon over Lunga showed a level 4 port with 100 ships in it. The ship types reported (why does it only report 10?) are LCM, DM and DMS. So, probably, only small stuff. Land forces are reported as 36 units, 50000 troops, 274 guns, 461 AFV so probably some but not mega levels of heavy AA. Aircraft reported as 119 fighters, 72 bombers, 41 auxiliary at a level 8 airbase. Moonlight is 100%. Chances are he has some good Night CAP up (and this is the obvious place to put any night fighters). Is it worth a night raid on the port? I could send a 100 Nells/Betties from Rabaul and/or 50 Helens from Buka. Pros: might sink some ships, might find some larger ships in port and damage them. Might find some AR or ARD which could be nice to sink. Cons: would probably lose quite a few aircraft and pilots to CAP and AA. The navy aircraft would, mostly, be obsolete models, the army ones would be the latest. In neither case is there a shortage of aircraft. For the Navy, I don't have many ground bombardment trained pilots that aren't elite pilots. For the Army, I can find ground attack pilots with the requisite experience that are not over trained. The ships sunk are likely to be stuff the Allies have enough of so this is only really of value for VP. With so many ships, damage is likely to be spread around so anything big is unlikely to sink (although some of the Nells/Betties could take 800kg bombs).

Lowpe -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/16/2014 5:47:32 PM)
You don't say how good your detection level is? With the report you outline, probably pretty decent. Did you lose any scout planes to CAP there? My inclination would be not to... Can you post up the Allies 4e plane losses so far? I am curious to see how many Mr. Kane has lost so far...

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/16/2014 6:07:23 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lowpe You don't say how good your detection level is? With the report you outline, probably pretty decent. Did you lose any scout planes to CAP there? My inclination would be not to... Can you post up the Allies 4e plane losses so far? I am curious to see how many Mr. Kane has lost so far... 9/10 DL. I have lost scouts and naval searchers before but not so much these last few days. Not sure about on this case. 99 B-17E, 53 B-24D, 46 B-17F, 10 Liberator II, 2 B-17D (he doesn't seem to use these despite their range), 2 LB-30

mind_messing -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/16/2014 6:24:52 PM)
Any chance of a view of your supply/resource/oil/fuel levels in the Home Islands? I'd like to compare, if you could be so kind.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/16/2014 6:50:40 PM)
December 21st 1942 Air Losses: 5 Japanese, 4 Allied, 2 Pilots Japanese occupy: Timoeka (air drop) Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Pacific Undeterred by repeated failure, 70 Nells try night torpedo attacks mostly against the CL Raleigh and CL Concord. In the bright full moon with no CAP to disturb their aim, all miss[:@]. Fortunately only suffer a single Ops loss. Burma area Quiet China Quiet Australia Quiet Engineering Iwo-Jima airfield to 1, makes it easier to fly troops in. Magwe forts to 4. I think will stop there. Allies expand Fenton to 7. R&D P1Y1 to 7/43.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/16/2014 7:02:55 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: mind_messing Any chance of a view of your supply/resource/oil/fuel levels in the Home Islands? I'd like to compare, if you could be so kind. Japan exc Hokkaido: 1,136,178 supply 4,268,400 fuel 8,747,711 resource 1,773,554 oil Hokkaido: 62,706 supply 50,136 fuel 229,282 resource 508 oil Home Isle supply has been kept comfortably above 1,000,000 since turn 241. All three of fuel, resources and oil are increasing slowly. For example, 20 turns ago they were at 4,135,089 fuel 8,276,845 resource 1,727,629 oil. Fuel stocks in distant parts have more or less reached their minimum levels. Oil I have a build up at Miri/Brunei and about 400,000 at intermediate points (Luzon, Formosa, Singapore) that needs shifting home.

Lowpe -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/16/2014 7:28:54 PM)
Have you put any kind of HQ in Port Arthur? Given your night time results, go ahead and hit Lunga's port. What is the worst that could happen?[:D]

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/16/2014 8:33:50 PM)
quote: Have you put any kind of HQ in Port Arthur? There is an Army HQ that I think has been sitting there forever. The two static units, a small unit to meet garrison needs and a training group of Idas. Supply demand should be small. As the biggest place in Manchuko it is where supply should pool in that area, but China should be able to draw from it.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/17/2014 6:33:46 AM)
December 22nd 1942 Air Losses: 9 Japanese, 6 Allied, 4 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Pacific My CA task force does a number on some Allied transports off-loading at Munda: quote: Japanese Ships CA Maya CA Chokai CA Haguro CA Aoba, Shell hits 1 CA Kinugasa DD Shigure DD Murasame DD Hayate Allied Ships DE Barker DE Pope, Shell hits 2 DE Talbot, Shell hits 9, and is sunk DE Crosby, Shell hits 5, and is sunk AM Skylark, Shell hits 4, and is sunk AM Swallow, Shell hits 3, and is sunk SC-517 SC-519, Shell hits 2, and is sunk SC-520 SC-521 SC-522, Shell hits 2, and is sunk SC-637 SC-699 SC-703, Shell hits 1, and is sunk SC-707, Shell hits 3, and is sunk SC-708, Shell hits 1, and is sunk SC PC-578, Shell hits 5, and is sunk xAP West Point, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk xAP Empress ' Asia, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAP Moreton Bay, Shell hits 2, on fire xAP Devonshire, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk Allied ground losses: Vehicles lost 39 (18 destroyed, 21 disabled) Mostly small stuff, but xAP West Point is a 21000 ton ship and worth 39 VP. Empress' Asia looks like it may have got away. Catalinas try a night attack on my cruisers and are as (in)effective as my Nells. A PB on picket duty near Marcus Island is attacked by a sub ineffectively. SS Spearfish puts a dud torpedo into a freighter on the Sakkhalin run. Burma area Myitikyna is bombed and some Tojo on LRCAP over Paoshan join in and are lost. China Paoshan is proving a tough nut to crack: quote: Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 18536 troops, 522 guns, 1290 vehicles, Assault Value = 763 Defending force 22472 troops, 195 guns, 96 vehicles, Assault Value = 344 Japanese adjusted assault: 1120 Allied adjusted defense: 898 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 851 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 46 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 19 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 12 disabled Guns lost 24 (5 destroyed, 19 disabled) Vehicles lost 44 (5 destroyed, 39 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1612 casualties reported Squads: 35 destroyed, 33 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 62 disabled Engineers: 8 destroyed, 9 disabled Guns lost 14 (4 destroyed, 10 disabled) Vehicles lost 17 (2 destroyed, 15 disabled) Kunming is bombed again. Australia A small strike at Darwin and a larger one at Horn Island. Engineering Taihoku airfield to 6, will continue to 8. Pagan forts to 4, Moulmein forts to 4, both will continue at least to 6. Allies expand Tulagi to 3. R&D Quiet The West Point, RIP: [image]local://upfiles/43194/F31C5DC8767143C0B12DB52AE71ABF79.jpg[/image]

FeurerKrieg -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/17/2014 6:35:45 AM)
Nice job at Munda!

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/17/2014 10:20:34 AM)
December 23rd 1942 Air Losses: 5 Japanese, 0 Allied, 3 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Pacific Fighters sweep Munda but there is nothing there. While they are away, B-17F hit Buka port and sink 2 ACM. SS Porpoise finds a working torpedo and hits an xAK carrying a shipping engineering company near Truk. With 12 fires and 28/58/31 damage it is touch and go whether it can make it to Truk. 2 Mavis on search are lost to CAP over Tulagi. Sinking sounds suggest Empress' Asia has sunk. Allied task force, reported as 3 ships "CA, BB, BB" spotted near Ocean Island. Burma area Allies now have 14 units at Warazup so an attack soon is likely. China Quiet. Australia Quiet Engineering Quiet R&D Quiet Reinforcement DD Onami

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/17/2014 1:04:52 PM)
December 24th 1942 Air Losses: 15 Japanese, 6 Allied, 7 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Nauru Island, Derby Japanese land at: Allies land at: Nauru Island Pacific Allies bombard Nauru Island at night and then land during the day, the defense had collapsed under the bombardments. RO-64 puts a torpedo into the South Dakota as she withdraws. During the day: quote: Morning Air attack on TF, near Nauru Island at 127,128 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 24 G3M3 Nell x 13 Allied aircraft Martlet II x 3 F4F-4 Wildcat x 23 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed G3M3 Nell: 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed Allied Ships BB Maryland BB Colorado Aircraft Attacking: 13 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp The zero pilots valiantly protect the Nells to get them all through to make their attack runs. All head for Battleships (might have been better if they headed for the transports). All miss[:@]. Also quote: Morning Air attack on TF, near Tarawa at 136,128 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 G3M3 Nell x 11 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 7 damaged G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak Allied Ships DD Mahan BB Washington Aircraft Attacking: 11 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp All miss again[:@]! Burma area Air strikes at Warazup do no damage to my defenders and a bombardment attack is launched: quote: Ground combat at Warazup (63,41) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1665 troops, 132 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 884 Defending force 13393 troops, 128 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 475 Japanese ground losses: 28 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Assaulting units: 3rd Carabiniers Regiment 267th Armoured Brigade 70th British Division 7th Armoured Brigade 3rd Cavalry Regiment 6th Medium Regiment 26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment IV Indian Corps 77th Heavy AA Regiment 20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 23rd AA Bde 24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment Defending units: 7th RTA Division 68th/A Division 68th/C Division 55th Mountain Gun Regiment The defenders lack AT capability so this may be a problem but it should take a while to wear down. China Quiet. Australia Allies easily capture Derby. Engineering Koepang forts to 5 R&D Quiet

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/17/2014 6:21:38 PM)
December 25th 1942 Air Losses: 14 Japanese, 10 Allied, 9 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Pacific In a shocking development: 17 Nells break through CAP to attack BB Colorado and Maryland to score a hit upon the BB Colorado[:)]. 8 Zeroes are lost to clear the path through the CAP. With amazing optimism, intel claims the Colorado as sunk - what are these guys on! Search has now confirmed at least two carriers operating near Nauru but it looks like it may just be the smaller, British, carriers and CVLs. Burma area Allies are content to bombard at Warazup. Supply to this base may be a problem. China Bomb troops at Paoshan and the Allies also try to bomb my troops. Liberators hit Patung destroying 1 Helen on the ground but losing three to the defense by Ki-43-IIb. Australia Quiet Engineering Allies expand Tezpur airfield to 1. This will give them another air base secure behind the front lines. R&D Quiet

Lowpe -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/17/2014 7:07:40 PM)
Good job at Munda.[:)] What did you have at Nauru? Did this attack kind of come out of the blue? You spotted the BB force the day before but not the troop transports? What did he land with?

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/17/2014 10:13:50 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lowpe Good job at Munda.[:)] What did you have at Nauru? Did this attack kind of come out of the blue? You spotted the BB force the day before but not the troop transports? What did he land with? A naval guard unit. Not totally out of the blue as I had spotted forces poking around the area a week or so ago. In consequence the area had a lot more subs in place. He bombarded with 3 task forces, BB South Dakota, North Carolina, and Washington. He had BB Colorado and Maryland embedded in the invasion force. He landed only for the last unloading phase, so could have had most of a full days move beforehand. The forces landed: quote: 102nd Cmbt Engineer Regiment 640th Tank Destroyer Battalion 145th Infantry Rgt /1 14th USN Special Construction Battalion 154th Field Artillery Battalion 209th Field Artillery Battalion 96th Cst AA Rgt /1 By the start of combat the defense was already at 0, I guess completely disrupted. I had been optimistic as during the landing he suffered many disablements (but only 1 engineering vehicle destroyed).

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