Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/10/2014 5:32:48 PM)
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February 3rd 1943 Air Losses: 14 Japanese, 9 Allied, 3 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Subs Quiet Pacific Lightnings sweep Rabaul. 6 P-38G swapped for 5 A6M5, 3 Ki-44-IIc, 3 Ki-45 KAIa, 2 Ki-44-IIa, 1 Ki-45 KAIb. Not a good return in general but okay against Lightnings[;)]. 5 Type 2 and 4 Ta-Chi 7 radars are located at Rabaul but only get 4 minutes warning[:(]. quote:
Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 53 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 23 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 37 Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 2 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 25 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 8 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet CAP engaged: 204 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 15 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes 26th Sentai/C with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 36740. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes 5th Sentai/C with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters to 35200. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes 13th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 18 on standby, 0 scrambling) 9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 35200. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes 54th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 36740. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 246th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 36740. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes Spc.Attck.Unit with Ki-45 KAIb Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes Get a useful sigint and will try an intercept. I have some subs chasing TK task forces heading back to the West Coast but they keep failing to attack despite being in the path of the task forces. Looks like he is running from San Diego to Pearl Harbour. Burma area Deploy the first N1K1-J into theatre. However, the time to fix after the upgrade is huge with an average repair time of 5 days and one plane needing 15 days. China Trying to shift some of the out-of-supply Chinese in the mountains, it is hard going: quote:
Ground combat at 63,45 (near Bhamo) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 17323 troops, 423 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 544 Defending force 13084 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 424 Japanese adjusted assault: 321 Allied adjusted defense: 742 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), morale(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 688 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 48 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Allied ground losses: 136 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 39th Division 38th/A Division 12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 26th Field Artillery Regiment 5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st Mortar Battalion 4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 13th Mortar Battalion 10th Mortar Battalion 14th JNAF AF Unit Defending units: 60th Chinese Corps 5th Burma Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 70,45 (near Kunming) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 33350 troops, 439 guns, 192 vehicles, Assault Value = 929 Defending force 19263 troops, 121 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 629 Japanese adjusted assault: 754 Allied adjusted defense: 1561 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1896 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 168 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Guns lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled) Allied ground losses: 392 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 41 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Assaulting units: 24th Division 8th Division 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 28th Mountain Gun Regiment 3rd Mortar Battalion Defending units: 21st Chinese Corps 61st Chinese Corps Australia His 4E hit ground troops at Darwin again but damage is minor and disruption is mostly recovered. Flak continues to inflict losses downing 2 4E bombers. Engineering Quiet R&D Ki-43-IV to 1/44, Ki-43-IIa to 11/43.
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