RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Redo requested

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adarbrauner -> RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Redo requested (4/29/2018 11:46:33 AM)
Nagato Maru? What the ****?

LargeSlowTarget -> RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Redo requested (4/30/2018 12:33:45 PM)
quote: May I guess the fate of the captain of PB Nagato Maru? Orders were waiting for him upon his return to base to conduct a scouting mission to Pearl Harbour - in a rowboat! However, he wisely has chosen to go down with his ship. [image]local://upfiles/1313/A165B4C8A1674C3A88E115EF6F344148.jpg[/image]

jwolf -> RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Redo requested (4/30/2018 12:58:35 PM)
In fairness, he did win the highest naval medal that could be awarded -- for the Allied side. [:D]

LargeSlowTarget -> RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Progress at Chungking (4/30/2018 1:15:28 PM)
November 20th/21st, 1943 The ill-fated Nagato Maru has been part of an amphib TFs tasked to land reinforcements and supplies at Babar. My forces on Babar outnumber the enemy, but not heavily enough yet : quote: Ground combat at Babar (76,117) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 14226 troops, 256 guns, 86 vehicles, Assault Value = 428 Defending force 9806 troops, 124 guns, 97 vehicles, Assault Value = 209 Japanese adjusted assault: 230 Allied adjusted defense: 481 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1378 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 40 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled Engineers: 19 destroyed, 10 disabled Vehicles lost 16 (15 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 511 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 45 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled Assaulting units: 31st Engineer Regiment 138th Infantry Regiment 2nd Division 8th Armored Car Co 58th Infantry Rgt /3 31st Tankette Co 6th RF Gun Battalion 41st Ind.AA Gun Co 31st Mountain Gun Regiment 11th RF Gun Battalion 3rd Ind.AA Gun Co 5th Air Div /6 Defending units: 503rd Parachute Regiment 2/6 Commando Battalion 40th Infantry/A Division 811th Aviation Engineer Battalion 2nd Air Advn Base Force 10th Marine Defense Battalion 42nd US Naval Construction Battalion More reinforcements are inbound from Japan, but they must be split between Babar and the Biak - Sorong area which is now threatened - the Allies have taken lightly-defended Hollandia: quote: Ground combat at Hollandia (93,116) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 16332 troops, 222 guns, 327 vehicles, Assault Value = 585 Defending force 3190 troops, 30 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 26 Allied adjusted assault: 231 Japanese adjusted defense: 5 Allied assault odds: 46 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied forces CAPTURE Hollandia !!! Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses E13A1 Jake: 2 destroyed Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), fatigue(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1056 casualties reported Squads: 147 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 56 destroyed, 36 disabled Engineers: 15 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 24 (24 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 5 Allied ground losses: 75 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 4th Marine Division 4th USMC Tank Battalion 102nd Cmbt Engineer Regiment 767th Tank Battalion 4th Pioneer Battalion 4th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion 10th Port Maint Engineer Battalion Defending units: 84th Naval Guard Unit 51st Naval Guard Unit 85th Naval Guard Unit 71st Div /1 25th JNAF AF Unit However, with KB operating in the Celebes Sea, any further Allied moves up the New Guinea coast faces the risk of intervention by KB, so I expect more caution and probably enemy carrier support for an eventual Allied move further up the coast. Two new Independent Mixed Brigades are staging at Babeldaop to garrison the level-5 base at Biak, another one will move to the level-4 base of Noemfoor. KB will provide cover for this operation. I have pulled about half the dive and torpedo bombers from the carriers and filled them with fighters groups, a mix of land-based and reconstituted CAGs from the various CVLs which have been sunk so far. This augmented CAP has already served me well off Babar in the last few turns. The A6M8 has advanced research to November 1943 and to my surprise entered production immediately - I thought that advancing R&D into the current month wasn't possible and that a switch to production would happen only at the beginning of a month. Great, 330 additional fighters per month! For the moment, I plan to use the M8 on the carriers and keep the longer-ranged and heavier-armed M5c in production for land-based groups. I am not researching the Sam - repairing R&D factories and another engine model are just too supply-demanding. The second model of the George has entered production as well, now I can field three groups. However, AV support is very thin for Japan... In Burma, the heroic defense of the 65th Bde blocking the Burma Road near Paoshan is coming to an end soon - there are only a few dozen damaged squads and no supplies left. However, I may be able to capture Chungking before the Allied manage to revitalize the remaining Chinese forces outside Chungking via the Burma Road. Two deliberate non-overstacked attacks finally made good progress: quote: Ground combat at Chungking (76,45) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 135200 troops, 1445 guns, 1696 vehicles, Assault Value = 4136 Defending force 123784 troops, 353 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2486 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Japanese adjusted assault: 6137 Allied adjusted defense: 2647 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 16090 casualties reported Squads: 30 destroyed, 401 disabled Non Combat: 57 destroyed, 327 disabled Engineers: 96 destroyed, 266 disabled Guns lost 60 (4 destroyed, 56 disabled) Vehicles lost 170 (14 destroyed, 156 disabled) Allied ground losses: 5446 casualties reported Squads: 62 destroyed, 329 disabled Non Combat: 28 destroyed, 134 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled) Units destroyed 2 Assaulting units: 7th Ind Engineer Regiment 26th Division 70th Division 35th Division 23rd Tank Regiment 24th Ind Engineer Regiment 15th Division 30th Ind Engineer Regiment 19th Tank Regiment 9th Armored Car Co 37th Division 12th Tank Regiment 3rd Tank Division 38th Ind Engineer Regiment 29th Ind Engineer Regiment 15th Tank Regiment 2nd Ind Engineer Regiment 3rd Tank Regiment 21st Ind Engineer Regiment 20th Ind Engineer Regiment 33rd Ind Engineer Regiment 34th Ind Engineer Regiment 13th Division 1st Ind Engineer Regiment 3rd Division 116th Division 11th Tank Regiment 23rd Ind Engineer Regiment 8th Ind Engineer Regiment 9th Tank Regiment 39th Ind Engineer Regiment 4th Mortar Battalion 6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st Army 2nd Ind. Field Artillery Regiment 12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment 1st Mortar Battalion 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 12th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 11th Army 12th Army 13th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion Defending units: 1st Chinese Corps 27th Chinese Corps 1st New Chinese Corps 26th Chinese Corps 97th Chinese Corps 53rd Chinese Corps 48th Chinese Corps 59th Chinese Corps 14th Chinese Corps 32nd Chinese Corps 38th Chinese Corps 28th Chinese Corps 96th Chinese Corps 34th Separate Brigade 17th Group Army 12th Group Army China Command 41st AA Regiment 12th Construction Regiment 89th Chinese Corps Central Reserve 10th Group Army 4th Heavy Mortar Regiment CAF HQ 51st Chinese Corps 39th Group Army 20th Artillery Regiment 40th Group Army 16th Construction Regiment 49th AA Regiment 32nd Group Army 1st Artillery Regiment 31st Group Army 1st Chinese Base Force quote: Ground combat at Chungking (76,45) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 124627 troops, 1443 guns, 1692 vehicles, Assault Value = 3307 Defending force 118956 troops, 349 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2113 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 3348 Allied adjusted defense: 3023 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 8752 casualties reported Squads: 15 destroyed, 388 disabled Non Combat: 146 destroyed, 154 disabled Engineers: 191 destroyed, 61 disabled Guns lost 44 (5 destroyed, 39 disabled) Vehicles lost 195 (74 destroyed, 121 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 4923 casualties reported Squads: 32 destroyed, 328 disabled Non Combat: 50 destroyed, 95 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 25 (5 destroyed, 20 disabled) Units destroyed 4 Assaulting units: 9th Tank Regiment 116th Division 34th Ind Engineer Regiment 15th Tank Regiment 9th Armored Car Co 33rd Ind Engineer Regiment 3rd Division 11th Tank Regiment 2nd Ind Engineer Regiment 35th Division 12th Tank Regiment 23rd Tank Regiment 3rd Tank Regiment 29th Ind Engineer Regiment 37th Division 15th Division 20th Ind Engineer Regiment 7th Ind Engineer Regiment 21st Ind Engineer Regiment 1st Ind Engineer Regiment 8th Ind Engineer Regiment 3rd Tank Division 19th Tank Regiment 23rd Ind Engineer Regiment 24th Ind Engineer Regiment 26th Division 30th Ind Engineer Regiment 70th Division 13th Division 38th Ind Engineer Regiment 39th Ind Engineer Regiment 12th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion 12th Army 2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment 1st Army 6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 4th Mortar Battalion 11th Army 8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 2nd Ind. Field Artillery Regiment 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion 4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Mortar Battalion 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 13th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion Defending units: 59th Chinese Corps 1st New Chinese Corps 32nd Chinese Corps 38th Chinese Corps 48th Chinese Corps 96th Chinese Corps 26th Chinese Corps 27th Chinese Corps 14th Chinese Corps 53rd Chinese Corps 97th Chinese Corps 28th Chinese Corps 1st Chinese Corps 34th Separate Brigade 32nd Group Army 49th AA Regiment China Command 89th Chinese Corps 17th Group Army 40th Group Army 51st Chinese Corps Central Reserve 41st AA Regiment 1st Artillery Regiment 10th Group Army 12th Group Army 39th Group Army 12th Construction Regiment 16th Construction Regiment CAF HQ 4th Heavy Mortar Regiment 1st Chinese Base Force I have seven fresh divisions at the gates of Chungking - moved-up from the token siege of Changsha - to swap-out against the four divisions which have taken the brunt of the casualties in the attacks above. All Eng Regiments have been thrashed again, but I hope the embedded engineers in the reinforcements will be enough to take-down the remaining level-2 forts. Fingers crossed.

PaxMondo -> RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Progress at Chungking (4/30/2018 6:22:06 PM)
If you manage CK at this date, it will be the latest date that I know of ... congrats!!!

PaxMondo -> RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Progress at Chungking (5/1/2018 7:10:05 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: LargeSlowTarget I have seven fresh divisions at the gates of Chungking - moved-up from the token siege of Changsha - to swap-out against the four divisions which have taken the brunt of the casualties in the attacks above. All Eng Regiments have been thrashed again, but I hope the embedded engineers in the reinforcements will be enough to take-down the remaining level-2 forts. Fingers crossed. You managed a 2:1 attack at lvl 3 forts ... that is very encouraging. The discouraging part was that your losses were greater than 2:1 his ... either a really bad roll or you had a lot of damaged units ....

LargeSlowTarget -> RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Progress at Chungking (5/5/2018 4:10:25 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 22/23, 43 - Surprise raid by US carriers which managed to penetrate DEEP into the Philippine Sea undetected, sinking reinforcements bound for Babar - South Pacific actions continue - Truk and Manus bombed, Sarmi invaded, Combined Fleet off Biak covering the landing of garrison troops attracts feeble air attacks - renewed action in the IO - Victoria Point bombed, Sabang bombed and bombarded > smells like an invasion of Great Nicorbar, Sabang or elsewhere in the vicinity is pending - Babar contest in balance with Allied bombing and Japanese bombarding - Ledo road finally unlocked - Chunking bombardment reveals Allied resistance is failing - Mine warfare remains lively - US subs getting feisty -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Sarmi at 91,114 Allied Ships BB Washington CA Minneapolis CA Salt Lake City CA Pensacola CA Indianapolis CL Nashville Japanese ground losses: 613 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 21 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Port hits 25 Port supply hits 4 OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Washington BB Washington firing at Sarmi SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Minneapolis CA Minneapolis firing at 24th JNAF AF Unit CA Salt Lake City firing at Sarmi CA Pensacola firing at Sarmi CA Indianapolis firing at Sarmi CL Nashville firing at Sarmi -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Sabang at 44,70 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 33 damaged Ki-46-III Dinah: 3 damaged Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground Allied Ships CA Frobisher CA Cornwall CA Suffolk CL Newcastle CL Ceylon Japanese ground losses: 96 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 26 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled) Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 39 Port hits 26 Port fuel hits 7 Port supply hits 10 CA Frobisher firing at Sabang CA Cornwall firing at Sabang CA Suffolk firing at Sabang CL Newcastle firing at Sabang CL Ceylon firing at Sabang Pretty good results, without a spotter plane... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Babar at 76,117 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Furutaka CA Aoba CL Kiso CL Tama CL Kuma Port hits 2 E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Furutaka CA Furutaka firing at 40th Infantry/A Division CA Aoba firing at 40th Infantry/A Division CL Kiso firing at 10th Marine Defense Battalion 10th Marine Defense Battalion firing at CL Kiso CL Tama firing at Babar CL Kuma firing at Babar Pretty bad results - despite a spotter plane... I'm cursed! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Allied aircraft PB4Y-1 Liberator x 26 Allied aircraft losses PB4Y-1 Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Allied aircraft PB4Y-1 Liberator x 14 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb If he keeps it up, I may try a CAP trap. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manus , at 101,119 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 36 FM-1 Wildcat x 5 No Allied losses Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 18000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 18000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 18000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 138th Infantry Regiment, at 76,117 (Babar) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft Kittyhawk IV x 10 B-24D1 Liberator x 8 P-40K Warhawk x 23 F4U-1 Corsair x 4 F6F-3 Hellcat x 21 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 12000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 138th Infantry Regiment, at 76,117 (Babar) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Allied aircraft Kittyhawk III x 9 Kittyhawk IV x 10 B-24D1 Liberator x 10 P-40K Warhawk x 11 F6F-3 Hellcat x 21 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 12000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Legaspi at 90,83 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 22 SB2C-1C Helldiver x 28 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAP Huzi Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Teibi Maru, Bomb hits 1 xAP Teiritsu Maru, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Tachikaze, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Japanese ground losses: 638 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 6 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 11 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 11 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Huzi Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Teiritsu Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Tachikaze -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Legaspi at 90,83 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Allied aircraft TBF-1 Avenger x 14 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAP Teiritsu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAP Huzi Maru, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAP Teibi Maru, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk Japanese ground losses: 9340 casualties reported Squads: 190 destroyed, 121 disabled Non Combat: 220 destroyed, 69 disabled Engineers: 13 destroyed, 7 disabled Guns lost 31 (26 destroyed, 5 disabled) Vehicles lost 42 (42 destroyed, 0 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 14 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp. The better part of the 1st Amphib Bde on its way to Babar has been wiped out - one DD escaped at full speed with a fragment saved, so at least I can reconstitute the unit without PP costs... Damnit, the TF must have slipped through the gap between the Marianas and Iwo Jima, despite Betties and Emilies on naval search on Saipan and Marcus. Ballsy and lucky! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Sarmi (91,114) 5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DE Kane DE Edward C. Daly LCI-445 LCI-219 DE Kane fired at enemy troops DE Edward C. Daly 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 Sarmi (91,114) TF 428 troops unloading over beach at Sarmi, 91,114 Allied ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled) The Allied advances are picking-up speed, Ed is not even waiting to build-up the recently captured Hollandia before moving on. However, he is moving into striking range of Combined Fleet concentrated at Ambon for the Babar operation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking (76,45) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 63633 troops, 1032 guns, 940 vehicles, Assault Value = 2812 Defending force 115373 troops, 343 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1821 Allied ground losses: 450 casualties reported Squads: 32 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 12th Tank Regiment 13th Division 8th Ind Engineer Regiment 11th Tank Regiment 1st Ind Engineer Regiment 26th Division 37th Division 19th Tank Regiment 23rd Ind Engineer Regiment 70th Division 116th Division 3rd Tank Regiment 15th Division 15th Tank Regiment 20th Ind Engineer Regiment 3rd Division 3rd Tank Division 33rd Ind Engineer Regiment 23rd Tank Regiment 35th Division 39th Ind Engineer Regiment 4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment 7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 21st Ind Engineer Regiment 6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 30th Ind Engineer Regiment 12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 24th Ind Engineer Regiment 13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 11th Army 29th Ind Engineer Regiment 14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 12th Army 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind Engineer Regiment 5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 13th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion 2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 1st Mortar Battalion 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 7th Ind Engineer Regiment 1st Army 11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion 12th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion 4th Mortar Battalion 6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Ind. Field Artillery Regiment 38th Ind Engineer Regiment Defending units: 59th Chinese Corps 38th Chinese Corps 1st Chinese Corps 26th Chinese Corps 14th Chinese Corps 96th Chinese Corps 27th Chinese Corps 53rd Chinese Corps 97th Chinese Corps 28th Chinese Corps 32nd Chinese Corps 48th Chinese Corps 1st New Chinese Corps 41st AA Regiment 17th Group Army 89th Chinese Corps 51st Chinese Corps 10th Group Army Central Reserve China Command 4th Heavy Mortar Regiment 39th Group Army 12th Group Army 34th Separate Brigade CAF HQ 40th Group Army 49th AA Regiment 1st Chinese Base Force Lots of destroyed squads for a mere bombardment - good sign. I'm swapping tired divisions against fresh ones waiting outside Chungking for another DA asap. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babar (76,117) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 12383 troops, 253 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 341 Defending force 9509 troops, 124 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 182 Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 111 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd Division 138th Infantry Regiment 8th Armored Car Co 58th Infantry Rgt /3 31st Engineer Regiment 31st Mountain Gun Regiment 11th RF Gun Battalion 31st Tankette Co 6th RF Gun Battalion 41st Ind.AA Gun Co 3rd Ind.AA Gun Co 5th Air Div /6 Defending units: 2/6 Commando Battalion 40th Infantry/A Division 503rd Parachute Regiment 1st USMC Parachute Bn /1 811th Aviation Engineer Battalion 2nd Air Advn Base Force 10th Marine Defense Battalion 42nd US Naval Construction Battalion Without the two Amphib Brigades which got drowned in the Allied carrier raid, the issue is more and more in doubt... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 64,45 (near Paoshan) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 18740 troops, 283 guns, 173 vehicles, Assault Value = 579 Defending force 2524 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied adjusted assault: 188 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 188 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 3331 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 229 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 9 (9 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 43rd Infantry Division 16th LRP Brigade XV Indian Corps 3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment Defending units: 65th Brigade Ledo Road finally open - too late for the rescue of Chungking I hope. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 380 encounters mine field at 54,54 - the approaches to Rangoon having been mined by one of my two remaining minelaying subs Allied Ships AM Kumaon AM Kyber 6 mines cleared - but not enough -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 323 encounters mine field at 54,54 Allied Ships PC Netravati, Mine hits 1, heavy damage LST 8, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAP Matang, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 283 encounters mine field at Babar (76,117) - alas, it also works the other way round... Japanese Ships DD Yukikaze, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Babar at 77,116 - mines are not the only dangers around Babar Japanese Ships DD Usugumo, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Trout SS Trout launches 2 torpedoes at DD Usugumo Sub escapes detection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Waigeo at 82,105 Japanese Ships DD Asanagi, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Pogy SS Pogy launches 4 torpedoes at DD Asanagi Sub escapes detection Damn subs, they are everywhere - except on the SRA convoy routes. Mixed blessing, I have more tankers than oil/fuel to transport, but I'm running short of DDs due to heavy losses to mines and subs. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Allied aircraft PB4Y-1 Liberator x 35 Allied aircraft losses PB4Y-1 Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 5 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Biak at 86,109 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 34 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 64 Allied aircraft SBD-3 Dauntless x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 destroyed KB is covering convoy landing two Independent Brigades at Biak and another at Noemfoar. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Legaspi at 93,82 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 22 SB2C-1C Helldiver x 28 TBF-1 Avenger x 14 Allied aircraft losses SB2C-1C Helldiver: 3 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 1 damaged Japanese Ships BB Hyuga, Bomb hits 2 xAP Teifu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAP Tatsuta Maru xAP Argentina Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage DD Hakaze, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Japanese ground losses: 134 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 7 (4 destroyed, 3 disabled) Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 6 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 14 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp. 7 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 15 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Hakaze This TF carries the 2nd Amphib Bde, also bound for Babar. Ise and a couple of 21knot APs managed to disengage and made Sasebo with about 50% of the unit saved. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Biak at 87,110 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 5 Allied aircraft TBF-1 Avenger x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses TBF-1 Avenger: 3 destroyed Japanese Ships CA Atago Aircraft Attacking: 1 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.

LargeSlowTarget -> RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Progress at Chungking (5/5/2018 5:54:50 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 24/25, 43 - KB and SAG leave Biak covering position to sweep Sarmi and Hollandia area, small convoys found and duly sunk but enemy SAG and CVE forces have retreated in time - Sarmi falls nonetheless since only token defense in place - however, this is the last level-5 base in New Guinea without defense forces - Japanese subs out of luck near Great Nicobar and Babar - Chungking falls! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Sarmi at 91,114, Range 10,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Haruna BB Hiei CA Takao CA Atago CA Mogami CL Oyodo CL Agano DD Shimozuki DD Isokaze DD Shiranui DD Urakaze DD Hagikaze DD Samidare DD Fumizuki Allied Ships DE Edward C. Daly, Shell hits 1 DE Kane, Shell hits 9, and is sunk AKA Jupiter, Shell hits 13, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk LCI-219, Shell hits 2, and is sunk LCI-443 LCI-445 LCI-447, Shell hits 2, and is sunk Reduced sighting due to 7% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 7% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 25,000 yards... Range closes to 20,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 20,000 yards Range closes to 15,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards CA Mogami engages AKA Jupiter at 10,000 yards BB Hiei engages LCI-447 at 10,000 yards CA Takao engages AKA Jupiter at 10,000 yards CL Agano engages AKA Jupiter at 10,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards BB Hiei engages AKA Jupiter at 6,000 yards BB Haruna engages AKA Jupiter at 6,000 yards CA Mogami engages AKA Jupiter at 6,000 yards CA Atago engages AKA Jupiter at 6,000 yards AKA Jupiter sunk by CA Takao at 6,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards BB Hiei engages DE Kane at 3,000 yards DE Kane engages BB Haruna at 3,000 yards CA Mogami engages DE Kane at 3,000 yards LCI-219 sunk by CA Mogami at 3,000 yards CL Oyodo engages DE Kane at 3,000 yards DE Kane engages DD Shiranui at 3,000 yards Range increases to 5,000 yards BB Hiei engages DE Kane at 5,000 yards LCI-447 sunk by CA Mogami at 5,000 yards CA Atago engages DE Kane at 5,000 yards DE Kane engages CA Takao at 5,000 yards CL Agano engages DE Kane at 5,000 yards DD Samidare engages DE Kane at 5,000 yards DD Urakaze engages DE Edward C. Daly at 5,000 yards DE Kane engages DD Shimozuki at 5,000 yards Range increases to 8,000 yards BB Hiei engages DE Kane at 8,000 yards BB Haruna engages DE Kane at 8,000 yards DD Samidare engages LCI-445 at 8,000 yards CL Agano engages DE Kane at 8,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards BB Haruna engages DE Kane at 10,000 yards CA Mogami engages DE Kane at 10,000 yards BB Hiei engages LCI-443 at 10,000 yards DD Samidare engages DE Kane at 10,000 yards DD Shimozuki engages DE Kane at 10,000 yards DE Kane sunk by BB Hiei at 10,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards BB Hiei engages DE Edward C. Daly at 7,000 yards BB Haruna engages DE Edward C. Daly at 7,000 yards Allied Task Force Manages to Escape Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Sarmi at 92,114, Range 28,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Haruna BB Hiei CA Takao CA Atago CA Mogami CL Oyodo CL Agano DD Shimozuki DD Isokaze DD Shiranui DD Urakaze DD Hagikaze DD Samidare DD Fumizuki Allied Ships DE Edward C. Daly, Shell hits 5, and is sunk LCI-443, Shell hits 1, and is sunk LCI-445, Shell hits 1, and is sunk Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards Range closes to 28,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 28,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 28,000 yards BB Haruna engages DE Edward C. Daly at 28,000 yards CA Mogami engages DE Edward C. Daly at 28,000 yards Range closes to 25,000 yards BB Hiei engages DE Edward C. Daly at 25,000 yards CA Mogami engages DE Edward C. Daly at 25,000 yards Range closes to 22,000 yards BB Hiei engages DE Edward C. Daly at 22,000 yards BB Haruna engages DE Edward C. Daly at 22,000 yards CA Mogami engages DE Edward C. Daly at 22,000 yards DE Edward C. Daly sunk by CA Atago at 22,000 yards Range closes to 18,000 yards BB Haruna engages LCI-445 at 18,000 yards DD Urakaze engages LCI-445 at 18,000 yards Range closes to 16,000 yards LCI-445 sunk by BB Hiei at 16,000 yards LCI-443 sunk by DD Urakaze at 16,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Hollandia at 93,116, Range 28,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Haruna BB Hiei CA Takao CA Atago CA Mogami CL Oyodo CL Agano DD Shimozuki DD Isokaze DD Shiranui DD Urakaze DD Hagikaze DD Samidare DD Fumizuki Allied Ships xAKL Burwah, Shell hits 2, and is sunk xAKL Coolana, Shell hits 4, and is sunk Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards Range closes to 28,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 28,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 28,000 yards BB Hiei engages xAKL Burwah at 28,000 yards CA Mogami engages xAKL Coolana at 28,000 yards Range closes to 27,000 yards BB Hiei engages xAKL Coolana at 27,000 yards BB Hiei engages xAKL Burwah at 27,000 yards Range closes to 26,000 yards xAKL Coolana sunk by BB Hiei at 26,000 yards Range closes to 23,000 yards xAKL Burwah sunk by BB Hiei at 23,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Great Nicobar at 39,67 Japanese Ships SS I-162, hits 22, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Mugford DD Bagley SS I-162 is sighted by escort DD Mugford attacking submerged sub .... DD Mugford is out of ASW ammo DD Mugford is out of ASW ammo SS I-162 forced to surface! DD Mugford firing on surfaced sub .... DD Bagley firing on surfaced sub .... DD Mugford firing on surfaced sub .... DD Bagley firing on surfaced sub .... DD Mugford firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub vs Sub: SS Grunion attacking SS RO-105 at 77,118 - near Babar Japanese Ships SS RO-105, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage > 68 flt, may make it back to Ambon - tough little tub Allied Ships SS Grunion SS Grunion launches 2 torpedoes at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sarmi (91,114) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 3915 troops, 61 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 131 Defending force 565 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4 Allied adjusted assault: 49 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 49 to 1 (fort level 2) Allied forces CAPTURE Sarmi !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 197 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 1 Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 25th Infantry/C Division 6th Air Advn Base Force 41st US Naval Construction Battalion Defending units: 24th JNAF AF Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking (76,45) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 119080 troops, 1440 guns, 1504 vehicles, Assault Value = 3588 Defending force 114928 troops, 338 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1807 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 5756 Allied adjusted defense: 1599 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Chungking !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 8857 casualties reported Squads: 31 destroyed, 608 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 92 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 56 disabled Guns lost 36 (1 destroyed, 35 disabled) Vehicles lost 72 (7 destroyed, 65 disabled) Allied ground losses: 148257 casualties reported Squads: 4883 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 7230 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 179 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 354 (354 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 28 Assaulting units: 35th Division 39th Division 3rd Tank Regiment 3rd Division 13th Division 40th Division 15th Tank Regiment 22nd Division 37th Division 23rd Tank Regiment 3rd Tank Division 12th Tank Regiment 19th Tank Regiment 34th Division 11th Tank Regiment 8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Mortar Battalion 6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment 52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 12th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion 11th Army 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Army 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 2nd Ind. Field Artillery Regiment 11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion 4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 12th Army 5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 4th Mortar Battalion 13th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion Defending units: 14th Chinese Corps 97th Chinese Corps 48th Chinese Corps 26th Chinese Corps 96th Chinese Corps 28th Chinese Corps 1st Chinese Corps 53rd Chinese Corps 59th Chinese Corps 27th Chinese Corps 38th Chinese Corps 32nd Chinese Corps 1st New Chinese Corps 17th Group Army 12th Group Army 39th Group Army 41st AA Regiment Central Reserve 89th Chinese Corps 10th Group Army 49th AA Regiment 34th Separate Brigade China Command 51st Chinese Corps 40th Group Army CAF HQ 4th Heavy Mortar Regiment 1st Chinese Base Force Finally - Banzai!!! Now what?

adarbrauner -> RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Progress at Chungking (5/5/2018 9:28:22 PM)
Yooooo wow!

jwolf -> RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Progress at Chungking (5/5/2018 11:05:28 PM)
Wow, that was a terrific recovery at Chungking! After the debacles of earlier attacks, I really didn't think you could take it! Congratulations, though as you said, now what?

GetAssista -> RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Progress at Chungking (5/5/2018 11:09:29 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: LargeSlowTarget - Chungking falls! Wow, now that is a development one would not expect if reading some older pages [:)] Congratulations!

Bif1961 -> RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Progress at Chungking (5/9/2018 12:36:15 AM)
Now you have all these forces to do what you wish if you are allowed to push them into Burma/India without paying PPs.

LargeSlowTarget -> RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Progress at Chungking (5/16/2018 11:25:48 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 28/29, 43 Sumatra The pause enforced by the carrier battle off Sabang has ended - the US carriers are back in action. I was expecting a landing at Great Nicobar Is. - so far Ed has been quite systematical in moving down the Andaman / Nicobar island chain. However, he elected to go straight for Sabang - and to bring along the cream of the Allied fighting forces. I have long feared such a development, but have not been able to do much about it - not enough ground forces available to be strong everywhere, and what is available is heavily engaged in Burma and the Babar operation (or got sunk by the recent carrier raid in the Philippine Sea...). There is only one brigade at Sabang, and nothing behind it all the way down to Palembang. Some reinforcements have been dispatched from the Home Islands, but it is already obvious that it will be "too late and too few". Same for the Navy - engaged in reinforcing the Biak area and Babar. The only naval defenses available for Sabang are mines - promptly swept by the Allies - and a bunch of submarines. The subs had no luck, and I lost seven of them in the past 14 days in the area between Trinkat and Sabang, and all others except one have been damaged and must RTB for repairs. I do have some airpower on Sumatra and Malaya - however, as luck would have it, my sweepers waited for my bombers to impale themselves on the enemy's CAP before flying. So much for that. My chances to counterattack or even to delay are nil. The only source for the necessary number of divisions would be China, but I don't have the PPs. I need KB at Babar, plus the CAGs are in the middle of switching from the various A6M5 models to the A6M8 - but this will take another month to finish. And I don't have the shipping and the supplies to support major operations at both Babar and Sumatra. The four bases in northern Sumatra have all level-7 airbase potential and the southernmost is only 13 hexes from Palembang. With the quality of the Allied ground forces and their engineering wonders, I expect that the oil wells at Palembang will be bombed and destroyed before the end of the year. Good Lord! I will cut production of "luxury items" like submarines (they only get sunk anyway), merchant ships, recon planes, bombers etc. in order to save HI points. quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Sabang at 44,69 Japanese Ships SS I-165, hits 10, heavy damage Allied Ships DE Cabana SS I-165 is sighted by escort DE Cabana attacking submerged sub .... Sounds of submarine breaking up detected! Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Great Nicobar at 41,68 Japanese Ships SS I-182, hits 21, and is sunk Allied Ships CVE Corregidor CLAA Juneau DD Charrette DD Hammann DD Anderson DD Aaron Ward DD Monssen SS I-182 launches 6 torpedoes at CVE Corregidor I-182 diving deep .... DD Hammann fails to find sub and abandons search DD Anderson fails to find sub and abandons search DD Aaron Ward attacking submerged sub .... DD Monssen fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Aaron Ward fails to find sub and abandons search DD Monssen attacking submerged sub .... SS I-182 forced to surface! DD Monssen firing on surfaced sub .... DD Hammann firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Sabang at 44,70 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IV Oscar x 36 Ki-48-IIc Lily x 16 Allied aircraft Seafire IIC x 8 Wildcat V x 6 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 4 F4U-1 Corsair x 6 F4U-1A Corsair x 2 F6F-3 Hellcat x 61 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IV Oscar: 14 destroyed Ki-48-IIc Lily: 11 destroyed Ki-48-IIc Lily: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships CVE Corregidor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Sabang at 44,70 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IV Oscar x 21 Ki-48-IIb Lily x 27 Allied aircraft Seafire IIC x 8 Wildcat V x 4 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 3 F4U-1 Corsair x 4 F4U-1A Corsair x 1 F6F-3 Hellcat x 49 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IV Oscar: 8 destroyed Ki-48-IIb Lily: 16 destroyed, 2 damaged Ki-48-IIb Lily: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships CVE Corregidor CVE Battler, Bomb hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 1 x Ki-48-IIb Lily releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 2 x 100 kg SAP Bomb 4 x Ki-48-IIb Lily releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 2 x 100 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sabang , at 44,70 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 31 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 4 F4U-1 Corsair x 6 F4U-1A Corsair x 2 F6F-3 Hellcat x 23 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed F6F-3 Hellcat: 4 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sabang , at 44,70 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 24 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 3 F4U-1 Corsair x 1 F6F-3 Hellcat x 10 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed F6F-3 Hellcat: 4 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 22 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sabang , at 44,70 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 28 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 28 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 20000 feet No more CAP opposition - NOW the bombers should have come! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sabang (44,70) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 16023 troops, 300 guns, 315 vehicles, Assault Value = 1055 Defending force 8499 troops, 96 guns, 83 vehicles, Assault Value = 105 Allied adjusted assault: 1046 Japanese adjusted defense: 9 Allied assault odds: 116 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied forces CAPTURE Sabang !!! Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed Combat modifiers Defender: disruption(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2594 casualties reported Squads: 72 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 188 destroyed, 20 disabled Engineers: 14 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 41 (31 destroyed, 10 disabled) Vehicles lost 84 (82 destroyed, 2 disabled) Units retreated 8 Allied ground losses: 92 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Units pursuing 3 Assaulting units: 192nd Tank Battalion 3rd Marine Division 3rd USMC Tank Battalion 18th Cmbt Engineer Regiment 9th Australian Division 30th Field Artillery Regiment I Marine Amphib Corps 225th Field Artillery Battalion 3rd Pioneer Battalion 181st Field Artillery Battalion 3rd AmphTrac Engineer Battalion 30th USN Special Construction Battalion Defending units: 15th Garrison Unit 13th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion 91st JAAF AF Bn 92nd JAAF AF Bn 25th Army 32nd Field AA Battalion 21st Air Defense AA Battalion 94th JAAF AF Bn [image]local://upfiles/1313/922B055EDAED47288DC55DD2813DE41B.jpg[/image]

LargeSlowTarget -> RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Progress at Chungking (5/16/2018 11:51:03 AM)
CBI: With the fall of Chunking counterbalanced by the reopening of the Ledo Road, I will try to cut the road between Kunming and Kweiyang to keep the Allied supplies from reaching the remaining Chinese forces in the center of China. In Burma, the doomed rear-guard at Bhamo puts up a good fight. But with the new development on Sumatra, I have decided to pull back my forces from the river defense line around Moulmein and Chiang Mai and to send them south. Apart from Victoria Point, Malaya is wide open and from Sumatra the Allies may easily land around Georgetown and then rush to Bangkok to cut-off my Burma Army. Ed has the Marines and the Aussies on Sumatra, so this is clearly the main show - I fear he has many more ground forces in the theater. I will leave delaying forces in Burma and fight for Bangkok, but from there I don't know yet if I should try to hold Singapore and the Malayan airbases in order to delay the destruction of Palembang - risking to lose the entire Army - or whether I should fall back in the direction of China and try to delay the fall of Indochina. quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Bhamo (63,44) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 32529 troops, 486 guns, 374 vehicles, Assault Value = 1021 Defending force 10785 troops, 63 guns, 38 vehicles, Assault Value = 448 Allied adjusted assault: 549 Japanese adjusted defense: 1204 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 223 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 66 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled) Allied ground losses: 766 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 207 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 19 disabled Guns lost 31 (2 destroyed, 29 disabled) Assaulting units: 23rd Indian Division 14th Indian Division 762nd Tank Battalion 50th Indian Para Brigade 87th Mountain Regiment 22nd New Chinese Division Defending units: 1st RTA Division 14th Tank Regiment 4th RTA Division -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 57,51 (near Toungoo) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 42059 troops, 746 guns, 1175 vehicles, Assault Value = 1543 Defending force 25802 troops, 292 guns, 517 vehicles, Assault Value = 800 Allied adjusted assault: 847 Japanese adjusted defense: 1651 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 952 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 60 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Guns lost 29 (2 destroyed, 27 disabled) Vehicles lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1575 casualties reported Squads: 31 destroyed, 236 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 39 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 32 disabled Guns lost 37 (7 destroyed, 30 disabled) Vehicles lost 112 (17 destroyed, 95 disabled) Assaulting units: 255th Armoured Brigade 28th Gurkha Brigade 254th Armoured Brigade 2nd British Division 23rd LRP Brigade 5th Indian Division 6th Medium Regiment 137/155th Field Regiment Defending units: 55th/A Division 1st Tank Division 55th/B Division 55th/C Division 25th Field AA Machinecannon Company 15th Army 23rd Ind.AA Gun Co 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 23rd Field AA Machinecannon Company 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion [image]local://upfiles/1313/5A78310C90EB4754A77CC9DA7DDE9772.jpg[/image]

LargeSlowTarget -> RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Progress at Chungking (5/16/2018 12:00:30 PM)
Around New Guinea: Reinforcements have been landed on Biak, Noemfoor and Manikwari under cover of Combined Fleet in order to establish a roadblock on MacArthur's road to Tokyo. The Allies have had easy going in central New Guinea, I expect them to build-up the numerous level-5 bases they have gained recently before tackling the "Bird's Head". This may give me the time to recapture Babar - more reinforcements are poised to be landed there as soon as Combined Fleet returns from Biak. In the meantime, the Allies send heavily escorted bombers - luckily they are largely ineffective due to terrain - and numerous parachute units as reinforcement. The issue remains in doubt. quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 31st Mountain Gun Regiment, at 76,117 (Babar) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft Kittyhawk III x 9 Kittyhawk IV x 6 A-20G Havoc x 11 P-38H Lightning x 11 P-40K Warhawk x 16 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 16 F4U-1 Corsair x 1 F4U-1A Corsair x 7 F6F-3 Hellcat x 21 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 11 x A-20G Havoc bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 31st Engineer Regiment, at 76,117 (Babar) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 4 B-24D1 Liberator x 9 P-38H Lightning x 11 P-40K Warhawk x 16 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 16 F4U-1 Corsair x 8 F4U-1A Corsair x 7 F6F-3 Hellcat x 21 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 2nd Division, at 76,117 (Babar) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Kittyhawk IV x 6 B-24D1 Liberator x 20 F4U-1 Corsair x 1 F4U-1A Corsair x 7 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 12000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 12000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 12000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 12000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 31st Tankette Co , at 76,117 (Babar) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Kittyhawk IV x 6 Spitfire VIII x 4 B-24D1 Liberator x 6 P-38H Lightning x 11 F4U-1 Corsair x 7 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 2nd Division, at 76,117 (Babar) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft Kittyhawk III x 9 Kittyhawk IV x 6 Spitfire VIII x 4 B-24D1 Liberator x 4 F4U-1 Corsair x 8 F4U-1A Corsair x 7 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 12000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 2nd Division, at 76,117 (Babar) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 4 B-25D1 Mitchell x 12 P-38H Lightning x 11 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 16 F4U-1A Corsair x 7 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 18 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babar (76,117) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 12601 troops, 250 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 362 Defending force 10835 troops, 128 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 220 Japanese ground losses: 98 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 26 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 31st Tankette Co 31st Engineer Regiment 138th Infantry Regiment 2nd Division 8th Armored Car Co 58th Infantry Rgt /3 6th RF Gun Battalion 31st Mountain Gun Regiment 3rd Ind.AA Gun Co 11th RF Gun Battalion 41st Ind.AA Gun Co 5th Air Div /6 Defending units: 2/8th Ind Coy 503rd Parachute Regiment 1st USMC Parachute Battalion 2/6 Commando Battalion 40th Infantry/A Division 2/2 AIF Pioneer Battalion 811th Aviation Engineer Battalion 10th Marine Defense Battalion 2nd Air Advn Base Force 42nd US Naval Construction Battalion [image]local://upfiles/1313/CDC9F6C418104220BC232FA4A2BBC19E.jpg[/image]

LargeSlowTarget -> RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Progress at Chungking (5/16/2018 12:11:10 PM)
Some stats on air production and losses (follow-on post). Ed told me that judging from other ARRs, our air war seems to be bloodier than usual. Might very well be - despite a robust expansion of the industries, the pools for the principal planes are low or empty. Only the Jack, the George and the Frank are looking better - because with PDU off I only have a handful of air-groups allowed to fly them. It is my first AE PBEM and first time-ever I went past Summer 42 in that game - comments and advice from experienced players appreciated. [image]local://upfiles/1313/9948E23C3C7B467292FE67479EA8E0B5.jpg[/image]

LargeSlowTarget -> RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Progress at Chungking (5/16/2018 12:11:51 PM)
Air losses (less than 20 planes lost total not shown): [image]local://upfiles/1313/9BE59F0FD0A6473BA0F61DBCC80A3932.jpg[/image]

LargeSlowTarget -> RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Pics and Stats (5/16/2018 12:13:06 PM)
And finally, the industry overview: [image]local://upfiles/1313/706F64754B3540B6BEE79CA9BF25E342.jpg[/image]

LargeSlowTarget -> RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Pics and Stats (5/18/2018 4:44:03 PM)
Dec 1/2, 1943 Subs galore around Babar - and way too many heart-stopping moments in the combat replay. I have been very lucky so far, but my luck will surely run out one day... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Damar at 76,115 Japanese Ships CV Hiryu CA Chikuma CLAA Tenryu DD Takanami DD Asashimo DD Hamanami DD Kiyonami DD Hayanami Allied Ships SS Gato SS Gato launches 6 torpedoes at CV Hiryu - one hit but no explosion Gato diving deep .... DD Asashimo fails to find sub and abandons search DD Hamanami fails to find sub and abandons search DD Kiyonami fails to find sub and abandons search DD Hayanami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hayanami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hayanami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hayanami attacking submerged sub .... DD Hayanami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hayanami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hayanami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hayanami fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Damar at 76,115 Japanese Ships CV Shokaku CA Chikuma CLAA Tenryu DD Fujinami DD Hatsuzuki DD Asashimo DD Hamanami DD Kiyonami DD Hayanami Allied Ships SS Runner, hits 1 SS Runner launches 6 torpedoes at CV Shokaku and misses Runner diving deep .... DD Asashimo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hamanami attacking submerged sub .... DD Kiyonami fails to find sub and abandons search DD Hayanami attacking submerged sub .... DD Asashimo attacking submerged sub .... DD Hamanami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hayanami attacking submerged sub .... DD Hayanami is out of ASW ammo DD Hayanami is out of ASW ammo DD Hayanami is out of ASW ammo DD Asashimo fails to find sub and abandons search DD Hamanami fails to find sub and abandons search DD Hayanami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hayanami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hayanami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hayanami fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Babar at 77,116 Japanese Ships BB Hiei CA Atago DD Shimozuki DD Wakaba DD Samidare DD Hagikaze Allied Ships SS Trout, hits 1 SS Trout launches 6 torpedoes at BB Hiei - and misses Trout diving deep .... DD Wakaba fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hagikaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Wakaba fails to find sub and abandons search DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Samidare attacking submerged sub .... DD Samidare attacking submerged sub .... DD Samidare is out of ASW ammo DD Samidare attacking submerged sub .... DD Samidare is out of ASW ammo DD Samidare is out of ASW ammo DD Samidare is out of ASW ammo DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub And an encore somewhere else : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Biak at 86,109 Japanese Ships CA Furutaka CA Aoba CL Kuma DD Hayashio DD Akigumo DD Hayate DD Harukaze Allied Ships SS Steelhead SS Steelhead launches 4 torpedoes at CA Furutaka - a hit, but again no explosion Steelhead diving deep .... DD Hayate fails to find sub and abandons search DD Harukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Harukaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Harukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Harukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Harukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub I should have played the lottery today! [image]local://upfiles/1313/90A48D37296B48B3A3EB6E8185FBBB51.jpg[/image]

PaxMondo -> RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Pics and Stats (5/21/2018 1:24:40 PM)
Lost a long post on your air postings. Gist was both your ops and flak losses are higher than I target. You may wish to review your tactics. you are running 20 - 30% losses, I target (not necessarily always achieve) 10% on both. Good luck! Great AAR. Keep it going!!! [&o][&o][&o]

LargeSlowTarget -> RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Babar liberated (6/15/2018 6:00:05 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 08, 43 Ground combat at Babar (76,117) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 16371 troops, 271 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 378 Defending force 9266 troops, 122 guns, 93 vehicles, Assault Value = 137 Japanese adjusted assault: 299 Allied adjusted defense: 71 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Babar !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 551 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 3 disabled Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled) Allied ground losses: 6213 casualties reported Squads: 234 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 678 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 94 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 142 (142 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 93 (93 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 9 Assaulting units: 31st Engineer Regiment 2nd Division 138th Infantry Regiment 58th Infantry Regiment 8th Armored Car Co 31st Tankette Co 22nd Tank Regiment 3rd Ind.AA Gun Co 31st Mountain Gun Regiment 6th RF Gun Battalion 41st Ind.AA Gun Co 18th Army 1st Ind. Field Artillery Battalion 11th RF Gun Battalion Defending units: 503rd Parachute Regiment 40th Infantry/A Division 2/6 Commando Battalion 2/2 AIF Pioneer Battalion 811th Aviation Engineer Battalion 10th Marine Defense Battalion 1st USMC Parachute Battalion 2nd Air Advn Base Force 42nd US Naval Construction Battalion Banzai!!! Allied Marines, Paras and Commandos beaten by ordinary IJA troops - all hail the power of Yamato-damashii!

FeurerKrieg -> RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Babar liberated (6/15/2018 6:41:40 AM)
A nice early Christmas present!

LargeSlowTarget -> RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Babar liberated (7/11/2018 12:41:42 PM)
Game has advanced to Dec 22, 1943 - here is a sitrep with the highlights : China: [image]local://upfiles/1313/073150192B324A29AF7BF71F91260153.jpg[/image] After the fall of Chungking, the next objectives are Kweiyang and Kunming - the latter to stop the flow of supplies from the Burma Road to the remaining Chinese bases. The Chinese are contesting every hex, and with the terrain and stacking limits it is tough going. quote: AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 16, 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 75,48 (near Kweiyang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 41158 troops, 448 guns, 468 vehicles, Assault Value = 1144 Defending force 30430 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 930 Japanese adjusted assault: 386 Allied adjusted defense: 1369 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 5083 casualties reported Squads: 12 destroyed, 517 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 41 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 28 disabled Allied ground losses: 1780 casualties reported Squads: 29 destroyed, 127 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 27 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 34th Division 40th Division 22nd Division Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment 3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Army 7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion Defending units: 76th Chinese Corps 23rd Chinese Corps 33rd Chinese Corps 12th Chinese Corps 82nd Chinese Corps 40th Chinese Corps 2nd Prov Chinese Corps 24th Group Army My opponent also has the air superiority since Oscars suck but I have nothing else available. Repeated night bombing of Kweiyang airbase with Helens to annoy his fighters does achieve nothing, despite ground skill 80+ pilots. How comes that the Allies send 3-5 Wellingtons or B-24s at night to my airbases and get multiple planes killed on the ground almost every time, while my Betties and Helens are ineffective almost every time?

LargeSlowTarget -> RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Babar liberated (7/11/2018 12:44:22 PM)
Burma: [image]local://upfiles/1313/069B6A318F8E47B19079C870891CBB35.jpg[/image] This title will soon drop from the AAR. Some remnants of the Thai Army are holding out in Central Burma, and a thin veil is covering the Moulmein river line in Southern Burma, but a large part of the former Burma Army has been moved or is in the process of moving to Malaya. I expect an Allied move anywhere along the line soon, given the fact that I have no offensive air power in the theater to fight the convoys arriving at Rabaul, surely full of supplies and reinforcements. I will contest the jungle+rough terrain hexes along the roads and eventually make a last stand at Bangkok.

LargeSlowTarget -> RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Babar liberated (7/11/2018 12:45:57 PM)
Malaya / Sumatra: [image]local://upfiles/1313/055E602016CE4015801E4FC659E0DCA2.jpg[/image] While a large part of the ex-Burma Army is rushing to defend the West Coast of Malaya, the Allies have advanced easily in Northern Sumatra and captured the important oil center of Medan and it's good airbase. In order to trap my forces the Allies have landed at Sibolga, but I managed to gather some defensive power behind level-3 forts. Let's see if I can hold long enough to allow the base forces to escape south (hoping that there will not be another landing operation in virtually undefended Central and Southern Sumatra). quote: AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 22, 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sibolga (44,79) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 10335 troops, 117 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 346 Defending force 9628 troops, 128 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 356 Assaulting units: 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade 29th Ind.Mixed Brigade 70th Field AA Battalion 11th Mortar Battalion 21st Air Defense AA Regiment 55th Construction Battalion 42nd Air Defense AA Regiment 37th JNAF AF Unit 39th JNAF AF Unit 36th Field AA Battalion 41st Air Defense AA Regiment 90th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 194th Tank Battalion 29th British Brigade 50th Cmbt Engineer Regiment 98th Indian Brigade I have also concentrated all Tojos and Franks 'PDU off' allows me to have and all low-naval trained Oscars plus a group of Georges, some Jills, Betties and Frances at Singers and Kuala Lumpur. Glad I did, because before I was ready to launch my own strike, the Allies launches a carrier raid across Sumatra against convoys at Singers. My CAP caused heavy losses but some SBDs broke through to sink a couple of xAKs. quote: AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 16, 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 30 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 2 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 37 Ki-84a Frank x 22 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 10 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 5 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 2 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 35 Ki-84a Frank x 21 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 10 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 2 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 26 Ki-84a Frank x 21 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 10 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 17, 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 30 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 5 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 35 Ki-84a Frank x 27 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 10 F6F-3 Hellcat x 56 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 13 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 5 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 15000 feet 2 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 15000 feet 3 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 50,84 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 29 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 4 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 24 Ki-84a Frank x 25 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 102 SBD-5 Dauntless x 102 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 12 destroyed SBD-5 Dauntless: 7 destroyed, 7 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Tarayasu Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Shanghai Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Esashagawa Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk PB Fuji Maru #4 xAK Alaska Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAK Tasmania Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Tatsuhiro Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Kaishi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAKL Raizan Maru PB Sozan Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Izumo Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Delagoa Maru, Bomb hits 1 xAKL Hidaka Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Teihoku Maru E W-25 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 50,84 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 4 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 32 Ki-84a Frank x 27 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 105 SBD-5 Dauntless x 67 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 14 destroyed SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Delagoa Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Tasmania Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAK Alaska Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk xAK Teihoku Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAK Shanghai Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage E Hirado, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk xAK Tuyama Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage E W-25, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk The Allied carriers retired next turn and I was able to throw my LBA at Allied convoys unloading at Sibolga a few turns later: quote: AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 22, 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sibolga at 44,79 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft B6N2 Jill x 14 N1K2-J George x 16 Ki-43-IV Oscar x 31 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 6 FM-1 Wildcat x 20 F4U-1A Corsair x 4 F6F-3 Hellcat x 36 Japanese aircraft losses B6N2 Jill: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged B6N2 Jill: 1 destroyed by flak N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IV Oscar: 8 destroyed Allied aircraft losses FM-1 Wildcat: 2 destroyed F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed Allied Ships CVE Corregidor, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage CVE Santee, Torpedo hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sibolga at 44,79 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft B6N2 Jill x 23 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 4 FM-1 Wildcat x 16 F4U-1A Corsair x 4 F6F-3 Hellcat x 27 Japanese aircraft losses B6N2 Jill: 11 destroyed, 1 damaged B6N2 Jill: 2 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships CVE Corregidor, on fire, heavy damage CVE Santee -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sibolga at 44,79 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IV Oscar x 94 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 4 FM-1 Wildcat x 14 F4U-1A Corsair x 2 F6F-3 Hellcat x 21 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IV Oscar: 4 destroyed, 12 damaged Ki-43-IV Oscar: 4 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 3 destroyed Allied Ships DD Isherwood DD McKee, Bomb hits 1, on fire DE Burden R. Hastings, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage CLAA Van Heemskerck CVE Santee, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage CLAA Atlanta CVE Corregidor, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk Some revenge for what has happened a few turns earlier at the other corner of the shrinking Empire!

LargeSlowTarget -> RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Babar liberated (7/11/2018 12:50:52 PM)
New Guinea quote: AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 16, 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Sansapor at 84,107 Japanese Ships CV Zuikaku, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage BB Mutsu CLAA Tenryu DD Oshio DD Asagumo DD Yamagumo DD Arashio Allied Ships SS Steelhead Fuel storage explosion on CV Zuikaku SS Steelhead launches 6 torpedoes at CV Zuikaku Steelhead diving deep .... DD Asagumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yamagumo fails to find sub and abandons search DD Arashio fails to find sub and abandons search DD Asagumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asagumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asagumo attacking submerged sub .... DD Asagumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asagumo fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Gebe at 81,104 Japanese Ships CV Zuikaku, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage CLAA Tenryu Allied Ships SS Steelhead, hits 1 SS Steelhead launches 6 torpedoes at CV Zuikaku CLAA Tenryu fails to find sub, continues to search... CLAA Tenryu fails to find sub, continues to search... CLAA Tenryu attacking submerged sub .... CLAA Tenryu fails to find sub, continues to search... CLAA Tenryu attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub CV Zuikaku foundered before reaching port... There is a sad background story to this. I had offered Ed a redo of the turn because he had forgotten to set escorts for his Singers raid and the unescorted SBDs got massacred by my CAP. In the first run of the turn SS Steelhead had put one torp into Zuikaku and two torps into Shokaku, but both survived and made port. In the redo however all three torps connected with Zuikaku, and down she went. This is a gentlemen's war, so I accept the result - with gritted teeth and a clenched fist and a curse on my lips [:@]. Meanwhile, my efforts to evacuate the 2nd ID form Babar by Tokyo Express met with repeated disasters: quote: AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 16, 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 58 encounters mine field at Babar (76,117) Japanese Ships DD Nagatsuki, Mine hits 1, heavy damage DD Numakaze, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Kisaragi, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 22, 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Babar at 76,117, Range 12,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Tama CL Kiso, Shell hits 1 DD Oshio, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Arashio DD Yamagumo, Shell hits 1 DD Asagumo DD Arare DD Kasumi DD Samidare DD Wakaba Allied Ships DD Fletcher, Shell hits 4 DD Halford, Shell hits 1 DD Hazelwood DD Waller, Shell hits 1 Reduced sighting due to 17% moonlight Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 17% moonlight: 12,000 yards Range closes to 28,000 yards... Range closes to 26,000 yards... Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 22,000 yards... Range closes to 20,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 16,000 yards... Range closes to 14,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards Range closes to 12,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 12,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 12,000 yards CL Tama engages DD Hazelwood at 12,000 yards DD Wakaba engages DD Fletcher at 12,000 yards DD Fletcher engages DD Arashio at 12,000 yards DD Waller engages DD Oshio at 12,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards DD Asagumo engages DD Waller at 11,000 yards CL Tama engages DD Fletcher at 11,000 yards DD Wakaba engages DD Waller at 11,000 yards DD Samidare engages DD Waller at 11,000 yards DD Oshio engages DD Fletcher at 11,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards CL Kiso engages DD Fletcher at 8,000 yards DD Oshio sunk by DD Hazelwood at 8,000 yards DD Wakaba engages DD Halford at 8,000 yards DD Fletcher engages DD Arashio at 8,000 yards DD Fletcher engages DD Asagumo at 8,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards CL Kiso engages DD Fletcher at 4,000 yards DD Asagumo engages DD Hazelwood at 4,000 yards DD Wakaba engages DD Hazelwood at 4,000 yards DD Hazelwood engages DD Samidare at 4,000 yards DD Arare engages DD Halford at 4,000 yards DD Halford engages DD Asagumo at 4,000 yards DD Waller engages DD Yamagumo at 4,000 yards Range increases to 7,000 yards CL Kiso engages DD Fletcher at 7,000 yards CL Tama engages DD Halford at 7,000 yards DD Halford engages DD Asagumo at 7,000 yards DD Samidare engages DD Fletcher at 7,000 yards DD Kasumi engages DD Fletcher at 7,000 yards DD Waller engages DD Arare at 7,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages DD Halford at 7,000 yards DD Arashio engages DD Halford at 7,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards DD Waller engages DD Kasumi at 11,000 yards CL Tama engages DD Fletcher at 11,000 yards DD Wakaba engages DD Halford at 11,000 yards DD Fletcher engages DD Arare at 11,000 yards DD Asagumo engages DD Halford at 11,000 yards DD Arashio engages DD Hazelwood at 11,000 yards DD Waller engages DD Asagumo at 11,000 yards CL Tama engages DD Fletcher at 11,000 yards DD Wakaba engages DD Halford at 11,000 yards DD Samidare engages DD Halford at 11,000 yards DD Fletcher engages DD Asagumo at 11,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards CL Kiso engages DD Waller at 10,000 yards CL Tama engages DD Fletcher at 10,000 yards DD Wakaba engages DD Waller at 10,000 yards DD Fletcher engages DD Samidare at 10,000 yards DD Waller engages DD Arare at 10,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages DD Waller at 10,000 yards CL Kiso engages DD Fletcher at 10,000 yards DD Arare engages DD Hazelwood at 10,000 yards DD Halford engages DD Wakaba at 10,000 yards DD Halford engages DD Samidare at 10,000 yards DD Arare engages DD Halford at 10,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages DD Waller at 10,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards CL Kiso engages DD Fletcher at 9,000 yards DD Wakaba engages DD Hazelwood at 9,000 yards DD Wakaba engages DD Fletcher at 9,000 yards DD Arare engages DD Fletcher at 9,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages DD Waller at 9,000 yards Range increases to 13,000 yards DD Wakaba engages DD Waller at 13,000 yards CL Tama engages DD Fletcher at 13,000 yards DD Arashio engages DD Halford at 13,000 yards DD Asagumo engages DD Fletcher at 13,000 yards DD Hazelwood engages DD Arare at 13,000 yards DD Fletcher engages DD Asagumo at 13,000 yards DD Arashio engages DD Waller at 13,000 yards Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape Task forces break off... Guess I should be glad I had no collisions this time! [image]local://upfiles/1313/FAC2923F2ACB4DEEA726A455ABB55AB1.jpg[/image] SoPac: The Allies have landed on Manus a couple of turns ago, with multiple bombardment forces for softening-up, and after a consolidation period attacked - and in the great tradition of fort levels meaning nothing the base fell quickly: quote: AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 22, 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manus (101,119) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 34667 troops, 550 guns, 415 vehicles, Assault Value = 1250 Defending force 14594 troops, 138 guns, 31 vehicles, Assault Value = 180 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Allied adjusted assault: 490 Japanese adjusted defense: 107 Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 2) Allied forces CAPTURE Manus !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1996 casualties reported Squads: 30 destroyed, 50 disabled Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 24 disabled Engineers: 44 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 30 (22 destroyed, 8 disabled) Vehicles lost 25 (25 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 540 casualties reported Squads: 9 destroyed, 33 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Assaulting units: 6th Marine Regiment Americal Infantry Division 1st Arm Amphib Battalion 2nd Marine Regiment 131st Cmbt Engineer Regiment 1st Marine Division 8th Marine Regiment 2nd USMC Tank Battalion 4th Field Artillery Battalion 2nd AmphTrac Engineer Battalion 1st AmphTrac Engineer Battalion 97th Field Artillery Battalion 1st Pioneer Battalion 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Pioneer Battalion Defending units: Sasebo 7th SNLF Kure 5th SNLF 86th Naval Guard Unit Imperial Guards/B Division 7th Port Unit 4th Ship Engineer Regiment 10th Special Base Force 7th Base Force 1st Ship Engineer Regiment 62nd JNAF AF Unit CentPac: No activities since the Allied carrier raid into the Philippine Sea - just regular unopposed milk-run bombing of Truk. I have been watching those bombing attacks for a while and since the trusty engineers of the Truk garrison keep the airfield operational, I decided to spoil the party by sending some Zeros down from the Marianas. quote: AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 23, 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 67 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 45 Allied aircraft PB4Y-1 Liberator x 32 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses PB4Y-1 Liberator: 11 destroyed, 11 damaged PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 19 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 21 Allied aircraft PB4Y-1 Liberator x 7 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 14 Allied aircraft PB4Y-1 Liberator x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak Airbase supply hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 6 Allied aircraft PB4Y-1 Liberator x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses PB4Y-1 Liberator: 5 damaged PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 2 Allied aircraft PB4Y-1 Liberator x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses PB4Y-1 Liberator: 4 damaged Runway hits 4 NoPac: Ominous silence - very suspicious, I'm afraid the Allies will land on Hokkaido before the end of the year... So much for this round of updates, more in a game month or if something happens that warrants Breaking News.

jwolf -> RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Babar liberated (7/11/2018 3:00:26 PM)
quote: There is a sad background story to this. I had offered Ed a redo of the turn because he had forgotten to set escorts for his Singers raid and the unescorted SBDs got massacred by my CAP. In the first run of the turn SS Steelhead had put one torp into Zuikaku and two torps into Shokaku, but both survived and made port. In the redo however all three torps connected with Zuikaku, and down she went. Sympathies regarding the Zuikaku, and kudos for your sportsmanship. As for the two versions of the turn you experienced, it's not clear to me which would be worse. In the original run, although neither carrier sank I would guess that both of them would have been out of action for several months. By that time the Allies would have had overwhelming carrier superiority in any case, whereas at the moment you have rough parity. Maybe losing one permanently instead of two indefinitely was actually better. You're maintaining a good fighting defense, but it does seem to hang by a thread. Or, to put it another way, Ed can recover from a mistake but you may not be able to. I suppose that is life for the Japanese at the end of 1943. In China, what remains to be fought over is almost "Burmaesque" in the sense of grueling combat over awful terrain with little to show for it. I'm not convinced of the strategic value in it. Would it be better to use some of your massive army to reinforce some critical locations in the Pacific?

PaxMondo -> RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Babar liberated (7/13/2018 3:42:38 AM)
PDU OFF - so you have to use Oscars � to be effective you need numerical superiority AND a large production base AND a deep pilot pool. At this point (end of '43) 1.5:1 losses would be great, soon it will be 2:1 loss ratios and continue to climb. All you can do is plan for it. If you can't get numerical superiority, I wouldn't fly. Wait until you have it �. Be sure to have your Frank upgrade plan in front of you. As '44 rolls on, more and more groups will be able to upgrade to Frank. You want to be sure you are increasing your Frank production to be able to support the air groups to convert as well as the operational losses. ON the flip side you will be able to ease off the Oscar production some, but not as much as you think. You will still need to fly Oscar with the losses that flying them equates to, so you will still need a fair number. Balancing this is on of the trickier production elements of '44 for IJ.

LargeSlowTarget -> RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Babar liberated (9/7/2018 2:29:53 PM)
@jwolf: I have not enough PPs to purchase units from China to reinforce critical locations in the Pacific. There is always a leader to switch or a dead unit to resurrect to prevent me from getting above 600 PPs. I need what, 1500-1800 to buy a full division? @PaxMondo: Thx for the hint. I'm building 240 Oscar IV and 130 Frank-a per month, plus earmarked for production 5x30 R&D on Frank-r which is currently at 5/1944 and seems to be the upgrade for most groups. I have also the Ki-100 at 5/44, those R&D factories will switch to the Frank-b which seems to be used by far fewer groups. I won't research jets or other fancy late-war stuff like Ki-94II etc. - I don't have the supplies for repairing the factories and the Empire won't last long enough anyway. AAR Update: Good News - I survived into 1944 (game date Jan 09, 1944) Bad News (although not unexpected) - the Empire keeps shrinking. Burma: The last defenders at Bhamo have been crushed - the two Thai divisions made a pretty good stand and bought valuable time. Two other albeit pretty shattered Thai divisions even managed to escape and will make it back to Thailand. Sumatra: Sibolga has been evacuated except a sacrificial rear-guard. I will make a stand further south in jungle terrain in a hex outside the range of naval bombardment. The Allies have also landed at the undefended island of Siberoet, just across the virtually undefended Padang. Don't have the LCUs to defend each base, and with Northern Sumatra in Allied hands Palembang is in 4E range and toast anyway. Surprised Ed hasn't bombed it yet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sibolga (44,79) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 10039 troops, 129 guns, 195 vehicles, Assault Value = 916 Defending force 306 troops, 21 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied adjusted assault: 307 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 307 to 1 (fort level 1) Allied forces CAPTURE Sibolga !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 266 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 31 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 26 (26 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 36 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 98th Indian Brigade 72nd British Brigade 50th Cmbt Engineer Regiment 18th Canadian Brigade 29th British Brigade 192nd Tank Battalion 194th Tank Battalion 9th Australian Division 28th Canadian AA Regiment 15th Indian Construction Battalion Defending units: 70th Field AA Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Siberoet (42,85) TF 318 troops unloading over beach at Siberoet, 42,85 Allied ground losses: 376 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 49 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 85 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 32 (0 destroyed, 32 disabled) Vehicles lost 40 (0 destroyed, 40 disabled) 15 Support troops lost overboard during unload of 3rd Marine/B Div /2 China: Bad luck near Chihkiang but with the last Chinese units on the northern bank of that Yellow River tributary river near Kweiyang pushed across the river, arty reinforcements will be sent to approach Kweiyang from the south. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 77,49 (near Chihkiang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 48668 troops, 388 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 1428 Defending force 21803 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 617 Japanese adjusted assault: 795 Allied adjusted defense: 1683 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 5469 casualties reported Squads: 27 destroyed, 501 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 55 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 42 disabled Guns lost 29 (5 destroyed, 24 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1135 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 148 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled) Assaulting units: 13th Division 39th Division 3rd Division 1st Ind.Mixed Brigade 23rd Ind Engineer Regiment 11th Army Defending units: 49th Chinese Corps 80th Chinese Corps 57th Chinese Corps 7th Chinese Corps 2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps 18th Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 75,48 (near Kweiyang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 27240 troops, 348 guns, 412 vehicles, Assault Value = 643 Defending force 8613 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 151 Japanese adjusted assault: 284 Allied adjusted defense: 113 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 328 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Allied ground losses: 3391 casualties reported Squads: 66 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 102 destroyed, 22 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Units retreated 3 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 40th Division 35th Division 1st Army 1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment 8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment 12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion Defending units: 40th Chinese Corps 2nd Prov Chinese Corps 24th Group Army Banda Sea: Having been pushed off Babar has not discouraged the Allies, they are back on a neighboring island. This time a counter-landing is out of the question - Babar was a costly lesson in mine warefare. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Saumlaki (78,117) TF 267 troops unloading over beach at Saumlaki, 78,117 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Saumlaki (78,117) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1921 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 108 Defending force 6558 troops, 94 guns, 101 vehicles, Assault Value = 177 Japanese ground losses: 18 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 3rd Raiding Regiment Sasebo 8th SNLF 34th Const Co 5th JNAF Coy Defending units: 134th Cmbt Engineer Battalion 30th Australian Bde /1 98th Field Artillery Battalion 6th US Naval Construction Battalion 2/542nd Boat&Shore Engineer Battalion 134th Field Artillery Battalion 27th US Naval Construction Battalion Pacific Ocean: At the turn of the year, naval search had picked-up a gaggle of CVEs moving towards Truk, obviously in order to give it another working-over. With the Allied fleet CVs in support off Sumatra, I thought it would be a good idea to rush KB to the scene and hoped for a nasty surprise for the Allies. Well, the CVEs disappeared without a trace, KB only found a handful of small AKs near Manus and put them under. With the surprise blown, I ordered KB back to base. However, on the way back, some US submarines earned their pay : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Woleai at 99,104 Japanese Ships CV Hiryu, Torpedo hits 1 CA Mikuma CL Yahagi CL Noshiro DD Kishinami DD Shimozuki DD Arashi DD Nowaki DD Amatsukaze DD Hayashimo Allied Ships SS Grayling SS Grayling launches 6 torpedoes at CV Hiryu Grayling diving deep .... DD Arashi fails to find sub and abandons search DD Nowaki attacking submerged sub .... DD Amatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hayashimo attacking submerged sub .... DD Nowaki fails to find sub and abandons search DD Amatsukaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Hayashimo attacking submerged sub .... DD Hayashimo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hayashimo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hayashimo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hayashimo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hayashimo fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Sarmi at 94,106 Japanese Ships CV Kaga, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires BB Hyuga BB Mutsu CLAA Tatsuta CLAA Tenryu CS Nisshin DD Akizuki DD Wakazuki DD Niizuki DD Hatsuzuki Allied Ships SS Flasher Fuel storage explosion on CV Kaga Ammo storage explosion on CV Kaga SS Flasher launches 4 torpedoes at CV Kaga Flasher diving deep .... DD Wakazuki fails to find sub and abandons search DD Niizuki fails to find sub and abandons search DD Hatsuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatsuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatsuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatsuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatsuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatsuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatsuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Sarmi at 94,106 Japanese Ships CV Kaga, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage BB Hyuga BB Mutsu CLAA Tatsuta CLAA Tenryu CS Nisshin DD Akizuki DD Wakazuki DD Niizuki DD Hatsuzuki Allied Ships SS Flasher SS Flasher launches 6 torpedoes at CV Kaga Flasher diving deep .... DD Wakazuki fails to find sub and abandons search DD Niizuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatsuzuki fails to find sub and abandons search DD Niizuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Niizuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Niizuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Niizuki fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Hiryu made Ulithi and needs some yard time. Tough old gal Kaga has 76(51) float damage and is 8 hexes from the nearest port, Babeldaop. Can't get her planes off with that damage level - and as luck will have it, I have put a crack land-based Zero unit full of exTRACOM pilots aboard to augment fighter strength. Surface and air ASW protection is being maximized, but she probably won't make it through the gauntlet of subs that surely will move-in for the kill. To add insult to injury, in the mail with his turn orders Ed commented about Allies and Japan having parity in flight decks at the moment... Alas, with Palembang soon burned / recaptured by the Allies, it is perhaps not a bad thing to get rid of some fuel-guzzlers!

jwolf -> RE: Duel of the tankers - IdahoNYer vs. LST (J AAR): Babar liberated (9/7/2018 5:44:10 PM)
Even if you can't save the planes on Kaga, can you pull out the pilots? [&:] Not sure about that. Kaga is tough; if any ship can make it through, she can.

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