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obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (6/12/2019 11:26:02 AM)
Jan 10-11, 1943 The KB is engaged by a small pack of four PTs, but nothing is hit. Too bad. Fun to see that though. Hopefully it puts a little bit of fear into him. Chinchow falls and the Soviets begin to tighten the noose. There are still a LOT of IJA troops up here though. It'll be a long grinding campaign. A few DD raiders appear near Ambon, and the ragtag ADBA airfare sorties and manages to sink one good DD! The power of the B-10! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 10, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chinchow (101,41) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 8262 troops, 124 guns, 922 vehicles, Assault Value = 432 Defending force 3929 troops, 30 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61 Allied adjusted assault: 610 Japanese adjusted defense: 35 Allied assault odds: 17 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Chinchow !!! Combat modifiers Defender: preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 1355 casualties reported Squads: 98 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 61 destroyed, 62 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 30 (29 destroyed, 1 disabled) Units retreated 2 Allied ground losses: 76 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 77th Tank Brigade 206th Tank Brigade 61st Tank Division Defending units: 14th Garrison Unit 8th Manchukuo Inf Brigade -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 11, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Tungchow at 95,53, Range 2,000 Yards Japanese Ships CV Kaga CV Hiryu CV Soryu CV Shokaku CV Zuikaku CV Hiyo CVE Unyo CS Nisshin CS Chitose BB Yamato CA Myoko CA Mogami CL Jintsu CL Kitakami DD Yugumo DD Kazegumo DD Makigumo DD Takanami Allied Ships PT-142, Shell hits 3, and is sunk PT-147 PT-169 PT-170 Reduced visibility due to Thunderstorms with 25% moonlight Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 25% moonlight: 2,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards CV Hiyo , CV Zuikaku screened from combat PT-169 engages CS Nisshin at 2,000 yards Range increases to 3,000 yards CV Hiyo , CV Zuikaku , CV Shokaku , CV Soryu , CV Hiryu , CV Kaga screened from combat - escorted by DD Takanami , DD Kazegumo PT-170 engages CS Nisshin at 3,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 36 Allied aircraft P-38F Lightning x 18 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38F Lightning: 3 destroyed CAP engaged: 253 Ku S-1 with A6M3 Zero (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 18 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 8000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Boela at 81,110 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 3 B-339D x 7 B-18A Bolo x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships DD Shinonome, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb 3 x B-18A Bolo bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb Shinonome dead in the water ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Boela at 81,110 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 3 B-18A Bolo x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships DD Kawakaze DD Shinonome, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb 3 x B-18A Bolo bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb Shinonome dead in the water ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Malaybalay (80,90) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 11477 troops, 210 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 298 Defending force 3384 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 59 Allied adjusted assault: 214 Japanese adjusted defense: 79 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Malaybalay !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 1399 casualties reported Squads: 22 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 15 (10 destroyed, 5 disabled) Units retreated 6 Allied ground losses: 220 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 32nd Infantry Division Defending units: 85th Naval Guard Unit 86th Naval Guard Unit 16th Div /3 8th JAAF AF Coy /1 11th Garrison Unit /4 5th Fleet /3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fukuoka takes a lot more damage than it would seem at first. Fires burn. [image]local://upfiles/37283/AD20CD80E0B44328B7D75F839CBBA497.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/3/2019 10:38:15 AM)
Jan 12-16, 1943 I'm so behind. This game just stays challenging and interesting. Although the Allies are way ahead of schedule and Japan is reeling from the invasion of Formosa and the Soviet advance, they continue to fight tooth and nail for every inch. A lot going well for the Allies during these turns, and some setbacks. The Allies reduce Shanghai forts to 3 and are resting for a final set of attacks. Canton falls at last after several assaults, and the Allies clean up on Luzon, surrounding and reducing the remaining Japanese forces there. The Soviets clear the areas North of Mukden, gaining several good victories, but failing to stop a small Japanese army from escaping to hold the areas near the coastline. Major setbacks at Hong Kong and Peiping will require some time for healing and some continuing airstrikes to keep up pressure on the Japanese. A big strike by 4Es at Kagoshima sinks a bunch of coastal freighters, and the islands off of Formosa begin to fall to para strikes. This hopping and filling will continue to and around the Ryukyus. I'll post some maps soon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 12, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pescadores , at 84,63 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft P-43A-1 Lancer x 2 Buffalo I x 12 Liberator II x 10 B-25C Mitchell x 4 Mitchell II x 16 B-17F Fortress x 9 B-24D Liberator x 12 B-25C Mitchell x 36 Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged Japanese Ships ACM Banshu Maru #52, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAK Asama Maru #2, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage AG Nasusan Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 17 Port hits 9 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Mitchell II bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Division, at 95,41 (Tientsin) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 29 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 25 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Foochow (86,60) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 21049 troops, 121 guns, 200 vehicles, Assault Value = 774 Defending force 6663 troops, 52 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 120 Allied adjusted assault: 686 Japanese adjusted defense: 26 Allied assault odds: 26 to 1 (fort level 1) Allied forces CAPTURE Foochow !!! Combat modifiers Defender: preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 2975 casualties reported Squads: 52 destroyed, 57 disabled Non Combat: 41 destroyed, 27 disabled Engineers: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 43 (24 destroyed, 19 disabled) Units retreated 4 Allied ground losses: 165 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled) Vehicles lost 14 (9 destroyed, 5 disabled) Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 6th Cav Recce Regiment 26th Indian Brigade 3rd Tank Battalion 71st Chinese Corps 193rd Tank Battalion 70th Chinese/B Corps Defending units: 115th Infantry Regiment Amoy Special Base Force 1st RGC Route Brigade 57th JNAF AF Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 13, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chinchow (101,41) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 25728 troops, 405 guns, 1309 vehicles, Assault Value = 1052 Defending force 6892 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 197 Allied adjusted assault: 559 Japanese adjusted defense: 18 Allied assault odds: 31 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 3197 casualties reported Squads: 32 destroyed, 138 disabled Non Combat: 67 destroyed, 29 disabled Engineers: 8 destroyed, 17 disabled Guns lost 48 (19 destroyed, 29 disabled) Units retreated 2 Allied ground losses: 155 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 30 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units pursuing 1 Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 21st Rifle Brigade 41st Rifle Brigade 26th NKVD Regiment 61st Tank Division 206th Tank Brigade 56th NKVD Regiment 77th Tank Brigade 8th/A Cavalry Division 1120th Cannon Regiment 624th Cannon Regiment 263rd Howitzer Regiment 1128th Howitzer Regiment 629th Cannon Regiment 283rd Engineer Battalion 93rd VVS Base Force Defending units: Karafuto Mixed Brigade 14th JNAF AF Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chihfeng (100,38) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 49565 troops, 586 guns, 376 vehicles, Assault Value = 1618 Defending force 5422 troops, 22 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 110 Allied adjusted assault: 1125 Japanese adjusted defense: 65 Allied assault odds: 17 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied forces CAPTURE Chihfeng !!! Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1899 casualties reported Squads: 26 destroyed, 40 disabled Non Combat: 59 destroyed, 19 disabled Engineers: 30 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 10 (6 destroyed, 4 disabled) Vehicles lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 3 Allied ground losses: 429 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Assaulting units: 12th Rifle Brigade 18th Rifle Brigade 8th Rifle Brigade 260th Rifle Brigade 263rd Motorized Brigade 7th Cavalry Division 95th Rifle Brigade 187th Rifle Division 227th Rifle Brigade 147th PVO AA Battalion 46th/302nd AA Battalion 129th Engineer Battalion Defending units: 9th Ind Engineer Regiment 5th Manchukuo Distr/A Division Mongol Garrison Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 14, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Takao at 84,65 Allied Ships BB Ramillies BB Royal Sovereign BB Revenge BB West Virginia Japanese ground losses: 682 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Guns lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled) Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Light Industry hits 1 Manpower hits 2 Fires 2527 Airbase hits 17 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 71 Port hits 3 Port supply hits 1 BB Ramillies firing at Takao BB Royal Sovereign firing at Takao -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Kagi at 85,64 Allied Ships CA Frobisher CA Hawkins CA Devonshire CA Canberra Japanese ground losses: 869 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 61 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Guns lost 34 (8 destroyed, 26 disabled) Vehicles lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled) Manpower hits 1 Fires 251 Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 4 Port hits 6 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 1 CA Frobisher firing at Kagi CA Hawkins firing at 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 55459 troops, 415 guns, 348 vehicles, Assault Value = 1592 Defending force 31042 troops, 244 guns, 310 vehicles, Assault Value = 717 Allied adjusted assault: 1756 Japanese adjusted defense: 5117 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 608 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 35 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 20 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Vehicles lost 27 (1 destroyed, 26 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 2776 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 339 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 34 disabled Engineers: 6 destroyed, 25 disabled Vehicles lost 50 (9 destroyed, 41 disabled) Assaulting units: 2/5th Armoured Regiment 28th Chinese Corps 50th Chinese Corps 63rd Chinese Corps 129th Infantry Regiment 148th Infantry Regiment 7th Cav Recce Regiment 268th Motorised Brigade 21st Chinese Corps 9th Prov Chinese Corps Defending units: 4th Tank Regiment 74th Infantry Regiment 12th Tank Regiment 17th/A Division 51st Recon Regiment 17th/B Division Hong Kong Def Force 41st Guard Battalion 17th/C Division 24th Port Unit 6th Air Defense AA Regiment Hong Kong Special Base Force 26th Air Flotilla 304th Ship Eng Coy 12th Port Unit 52nd Field AA Battalion 3rd Air Army 2nd Army 18th JAAF AF Bn 54th JNAF AF Unit /3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tuguegarao (82,74) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 49434 troops, 547 guns, 550 vehicles, Assault Value = 1648 Defending force 26677 troops, 184 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 659 Allied adjusted assault: 912 Japanese adjusted defense: 89 Allied assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Tuguegarao !!! Combat modifiers Defender: preparation(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 5778 casualties reported Squads: 69 destroyed, 255 disabled Non Combat: 42 destroyed, 72 disabled Engineers: 30 destroyed, 8 disabled Guns lost 119 (64 destroyed, 55 disabled) Vehicles lost 52 (52 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 2 Allied ground losses: 535 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 128 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Vehicles lost 19 (2 destroyed, 17 disabled) Assaulting units: 1st Tank Battalion 31st PA Infantry Division 17th Australian Brigade 41st PA Infantry Division 51st PA Infantry Division 21st PA Infantry Division 7th Marine Regiment 11th PA Infantry Division 13th Australian Brigade 3rd USMC Tank Battalion 254th Armoured Brigade 86th PS Field Artillery Battalion !/23rd PS FA Battalion I/Prov'nl SPM Grp III/Prov'nl SPM Grp 24th PS FA Regiment II/Prov'nl SPM Grp 77th Coast AA Regiment 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 48th/B Division 48th/A Division 64th Inf Group Brigade 48th/C Division 7th Port Unit 32nd JAAF AF Coy 105th Ship Eng Coy 52nd Div /17 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 19th Tank Regiment 17th Port Unit 14th Army 28th JAAF AF Bn 8th JAAF AF Bn /1 40th JAAF AF Bn 5th Air Div /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Canton (77,59) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 122754 troops, 788 guns, 53 vehicles, Assault Value = 3376 Defending force 51525 troops, 442 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 1259 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Allied adjusted assault: 3359 Japanese adjusted defense: 1505 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 2252 casualties reported Squads: 9 destroyed, 167 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 50 disabled Engineers: 7 destroyed, 39 disabled Guns lost 41 (2 destroyed, 39 disabled) Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled) Allied ground losses: 4492 casualties reported Squads: 28 destroyed, 580 disabled Non Combat: 45 destroyed, 81 disabled Engineers: 6 destroyed, 40 disabled Guns lost 25 (6 destroyed, 19 disabled) Vehicles lost 65 (52 destroyed, 13 disabled) Assaulting units: 86th Chinese Corps Mobiele Battalion 25th Chinese Corps 65th Chinese Corps 26th Chinese Corps 18th Chinese Corps 14th Chinese Corps 2nd Prov Chinese Corps 31st Chinese Corps 4th Chinese Corps 60th Chinese Corps 6th Chinese Corps 57th AT Gun Regiment 16th Group Army 18th Artillery Regiment 20th Artillery Regiment 22nd Artillery Regiment 3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment 7th Artillery Regiment 1st Artillery Regiment 4th Heavy Mortar Regiment 56th AT Gun Regiment Defending units: Sasebo 6th SNLF 51st Engineer Regiment 104th/B Division 19th Ind.Mixed Brigade 22nd/B Division 20th RGC Division 104th/A Division 1st Ind.Inf.Group 104th/C Division 102nd Infantry Regiment 66th Infantry Regiment 22nd/C Division 32nd JNAF AF Unit 47th JAAF AF Bn Canton Special Base Force 23rd Army 22nd Ind.Mtn Gun Battalion 4th Air Div /1 21st Mortar Battalion 2nd Raiding Rgt /5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 15, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Akita , at 117,55 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft DB-3M x 9 No Allied losses Manpower hits 4 Fires 665 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x DB-3M bombing from 2000 feet City Attack: 10 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kagoshima , at 102,60 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 39 B-24D Liberator x 9 Japanese aircraft losses H8K1 Emily: 1 destroyed on ground H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAKL Turusima Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAK Nissen Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAKL Kamishima Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Bunzan Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire ACM Mejima Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAKL Keizan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAK Somedono Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAK Yamagiri Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAK Santos Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAKL Boko Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAKL Miiko Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAKL Kaisyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAKL Bichu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAKL Totai Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK Iwashiro Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire ACM Kyo Maru #3, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAKL Nichiryo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAKL Assam Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire Repair Shipyard hits 1 Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 45 Port hits 4 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb Carrier support unable to supply air cover.. Massive explosion on xAK Iwashiro Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kagoshima , at 102,60 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 7 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAKL Kofuku Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire TK Manju Maru, Bomb hits 1 xAKL Korei Maru, Bomb hits 1 xAKL Keizan Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Tientsin Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire Port fuel hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kagoshima , at 102,60 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 14 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 7 Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAKL Taiyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Tainichi Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires xAK Ryoyo Maru, Bomb hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Carrier support unable to supply air cover.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kagoshima , at 102,60 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 6 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Santos Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAKL Turusima Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Korei Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire Port fuel hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Carrier support unable to supply air cover.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Takao (84,65) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 26359 troops, 334 guns, 722 vehicles, Assault Value = 1048 Defending force 11944 troops, 86 guns, 99 vehicles, Assault Value = 132 Allied adjusted assault: 617 Japanese adjusted defense: 55 Allied assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied forces CAPTURE Takao !!! Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Combat modifiers Defender: disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 3574 casualties reported Squads: 43 destroyed, 26 disabled Non Combat: 135 destroyed, 40 disabled Engineers: 52 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 27 (21 destroyed, 6 disabled) Vehicles lost 73 (68 destroyed, 5 disabled) Units retreated 8 Units destroyed 2 Allied ground losses: 294 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 33 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Guns lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled) Assaulting units: 13th Armoured Regiment 22nd Marine Regiment 19th Indian Division 2/6th Armoured Regiment 2nd Tank Battalion 2/7th Armoured Regiment 147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment 255th Armoured Brigade 97th Field Artillery Battalion 2/9th Fld RAA Regiment 1st RAA Med Arty Regiment 2nd RAA Med Arty Regiment Defending units: 1st Raiding Regiment Kaosing Fortress 3rd Ind Engineer Regiment Imperial Guards Div /2 Southern Fleet 17th JAAF AF Bn 56th JNAF AF Unit 8th JAAF AF Bn 2nd Area Army 5th JNAF AF Unit 21st JAAF AF Bn Combined Fleet /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Shanghai (92,55) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 155688 troops, 1210 guns, 897 vehicles, Assault Value = 4563 Defending force 40328 troops, 321 guns, 64 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Allied adjusted assault: 3917 Japanese adjusted defense: 3577 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2109 casualties reported Squads: 90 destroyed, 158 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 58 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 36 (16 destroyed, 20 disabled) Allied ground losses: 8476 casualties reported Squads: 50 destroyed, 842 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 81 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 71 disabled Guns lost 141 (7 destroyed, 134 disabled) Vehicles lost 65 (3 destroyed, 62 disabled) Assaulting units: 18th British Division 37th Chinese Corps 9th Indian Division 68th Chinese Corps 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 73rd Chinese Corps 13th Chinese Corps 3rd Marine Division 81st Chinese Corps 3rd Cavalry Regiment 1st USMC Tank Battalion 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 11th Indian Division 87th Chinese Corps 79th Chinese Corps 99th Chinese Corps 85th British AT Gun Regiment 209th Field Artillery Battalion 1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion 21/22 Field Arty Regiment 2/13th Fld RAA Regiment 26th Group Army Defending units: 12th RGC Ind. Brigade 4th RGC Route Brigade 27th RGC Temp. Division 18th Garrison Unit 3rd RGC Route Brigade 25th RGC Temp. Division Shanghai SNLF 12th RGC Temp. Division 24th RGC Temp. Division 7th RGC Temp. Division 1st RGC Division 11th RGC Temp. Division 10th RGC Temp. Division 36th Division RGC Tax Police Regiment 5th RGC Route Brigade 21st AA Regiment China Area Fleet Nanking Naval Guard Unit Shanghai Special Base Force 23rd Field AA Machinecannon Company 30th Fld AA Gun Co 19th JNAF AF Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chinchow (101,41) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 17505 troops, 301 guns, 402 vehicles, Assault Value = 1027 Defending force 38066 troops, 368 guns, 543 vehicles, Assault Value = 1170 Allied adjusted assault: 178 Japanese adjusted defense: 1079 Allied assault odds: 1 to 6 Combat modifiers Defender: preparation(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 574 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 70 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1936 casualties reported Squads: 99 destroyed, 246 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 32 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Guns lost 39 (8 destroyed, 31 disabled) Assaulting units: 56th NKVD Regiment 77th Tank Brigade 21st Rifle Brigade 206th Tank Brigade 41st Rifle Brigade 61st Tank Division 26th NKVD Regiment 8th/A Cavalry Division 629th Cannon Regiment 1120th Cannon Regiment 624th Cannon Regiment 263rd Howitzer Regiment 390th Cannon Regiment 283rd Engineer Battalion 1128th Howitzer Regiment 93rd VVS Base Force Defending units: 58th Division 7th Manchukuo Cav Brigade Maizuru 3rd SNLF 77th Infantry Regiment 8th Manchukuo Inf Brigade 2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade 2nd Tank Division 29th Ind Engineer Regiment 49th Const Co 51st Const Co 52nd Const Co 11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion 48th Field Const Co 14th JNAF AF Unit 5th Air Defense AA Regiment 5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment 51st JAAF AF Bn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Miyako-jima (91,66) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 478 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 41 Defending force 815 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25 Allied adjusted assault: 9 Japanese adjusted defense: 3 Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Miyako-jima !!! Combat modifiers Defender: preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 220 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 23 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 5 (4 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 69 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 111th LRP Bde /3 Defending units: Yokosuka 6th SNLF -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 16, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Kagi at 85,64 Allied Ships BB Prince of Wales BB South Dakota BB Washington BB North Carolina Japanese ground losses: 924 casualties reported Squads: 10 destroyed, 46 disabled Non Combat: 23 destroyed, 31 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Guns lost 37 (7 destroyed, 30 disabled) Vehicles lost 9 (5 destroyed, 4 disabled) Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 6 Port hits 3 Port fuel hits 1 Walrus II acting as spotter for BB Prince of Wales -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kagoshima , at 102,60 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 4 Allied aircraft P-38F Lightning x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 2 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 20 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 33000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 101,41 (Chinchow) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft IL-2 x 55 Allied aircraft losses IL-2: 16 damaged IL-2: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese ground losses: 395 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 31 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 6 disabled Vehicles lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 16 x IL-2 bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Fushun , at 105,42 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft IL-2 x 18 Allied aircraft losses IL-2: 3 damaged Oil hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x IL-2 bombing from 2000 feet City Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Canton (77,59) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 118992 troops, 785 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 2937 Defending force 48663 troops, 433 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 1030 Allied adjusted assault: 3694 Japanese adjusted defense: 825 Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 1) Allied forces CAPTURE Canton !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 18483 casualties reported Squads: 140 destroyed, 148 disabled Non Combat: 493 destroyed, 97 disabled Engineers: 120 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 188 (168 destroyed, 20 disabled) Vehicles lost 154 (149 destroyed, 5 disabled) Units retreated 20 Allied ground losses: 3816 casualties reported Squads: 80 destroyed, 739 disabled Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 93 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 86 disabled Guns lost 72 (3 destroyed, 69 disabled) Vehicles lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled) Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 31st Chinese Corps 14th Chinese Corps 4th Chinese Corps 86th Chinese Corps 2nd Prov Chinese Corps 25th Chinese Corps 60th Chinese Corps 65th Chinese Corps Mobiele Battalion 18th Chinese Corps 26th Chinese Corps 6th Chinese Corps 4th Heavy Mortar Regiment 7th Artillery Regiment 20th Artillery Regiment 22nd Artillery Regiment 3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment 18th Artillery Regiment 1st Artillery Regiment 16th Group Army 57th AT Gun Regiment 56th AT Gun Regiment Defending units: 104th/B Division 104th/A Division 1st Ind.Inf.Group 20th RGC Division 51st Engineer Regiment 102nd Infantry Regiment Sasebo 6th SNLF 22nd/B Division 104th/C Division 66th Infantry Regiment 19th Ind.Mixed Brigade 22nd/C Division Canton Special Base Force 21st Mortar Battalion 47th JAAF AF Bn 4th Air Div /1 32nd JNAF AF Unit 23rd Army 22nd Ind.Mtn Gun Battalion 2nd Raiding Rgt /5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 100,39 (near Chihfeng) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 49428 troops, 586 guns, 376 vehicles, Assault Value = 1601 Defending force 3578 troops, 19 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 54 Allied adjusted assault: 1276 Japanese adjusted defense: 17 Allied assault odds: 75 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2834 casualties reported Squads: 86 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 67 destroyed, 41 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 9 (9 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 2 Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 242 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 18th Rifle Brigade 7th Cavalry Division 8th Rifle Brigade 263rd Motorized Brigade 187th Rifle Division 260th Rifle Brigade 95th Rifle Brigade 12th Rifle Brigade 227th Rifle Brigade 147th PVO AA Battalion 46th/302nd AA Battalion Defending units: 9th Ind Engineer Regiment 5th Manchukuo Distr/A Division Mongol Garrison Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Peiping (95,39) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 133800 troops, 599 guns, 869 vehicles, Assault Value = 3448 Defending force 45560 troops, 380 guns, 155 vehicles, Assault Value = 1155 Allied adjusted assault: 2323 Japanese adjusted defense: 7545 Allied assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 3) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 679 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 158 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 37 (2 destroyed, 35 disabled) Vehicles lost 32 (3 destroyed, 29 disabled) Allied ground losses: 9809 casualties reported Squads: 58 destroyed, 1135 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 44 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 44 disabled Vehicles lost 40 (1 destroyed, 39 disabled) Assaulting units: 76th Chinese Corps 7th Chinese Corps 52nd Chinese Corps 9th Armored Car Brigade 35th Chinese Corps 203rd Tank Brigade 48th Chinese Corps 20th Chinese Corps 171st Tank Brigade 36th Chinese Corps 3rd Chinese Corps 74th Chinese Corps 91st Chinese Corps 117th/428th OM Gun Battalion 178th Mortar Regiment Defending units: 17th Tank Regiment 59th Division 5th NCPC Infantry Brigade 26th/A Division 15th Garrison Unit 79th Garrison Battalion 4th NCPC Infantry Brigade 26th/C Division 105th NCPC Route Brigade 24th/B Division 6th Ind.Mixed Brigade 8th NCPC Infantry Brigade 24th Ind Engineer Regiment 26th/B Division 68th Division 24th/C Division 53rd JAAF AF Bn 45th Const Co 1st Cavalry Brigade 24th JAAF AF Bn 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment North China Area Army 69th JAAF AF Coy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tsingtao (95,47) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 44522 troops, 224 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1267 Defending force 20880 troops, 116 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 518 Allied adjusted assault: 921 Japanese adjusted defense: 1949 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 4) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 646 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 59 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1735 casualties reported Squads: 121 destroyed, 207 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 43 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 32 disabled Guns lost 32 (2 destroyed, 30 disabled) Assaulting units: 32nd Chinese Corps 55th Chinese Corps 93rd Chinese Corps 40th Chinese Corps 56th Chinese Corps 34th Separate Brigade Defending units: 5th Ind.Mixed Brigade 15th Division 14th RGC Temp. Division 1st NCPC Route Brigade Ching Tao Special Base Force 23rd JNAF AF Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Iriomote (89,65) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 110 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10 Defending force 213 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5 Allied adjusted assault: 4 Japanese adjusted defense: 7 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Allied ground losses: 31 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 77th LRP Bde /1 Defending units: 8th Indpt SNLF Coy --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/28/2019 8:24:57 PM)
Jan 17-18, 1943 The air battles around Iriomote go toward the Allies with P-38s making quick work of Tojos. The plan here is to use small, cheap assets and powerful air sweeps and strikes to put pressure on the Japanese position to the South of the Home Islands. At the same time I'll plan to move into the Yellow Sea and initiate more low stakes amphibious or para ops there. At this stage the Allies need bases closer to the Japanese industry to sweep and escort. In the Pacific I'm nearing prep for a move into the Marianas, Babeldaob, Marcus Island and potentially The Bonins. Marines are prepped for Iwo Jima, but I don't have the CV strength to move without nearby air support and some reduction in the KB numbers. Another DA at Shanghai and this one makes some progress, getting a 1:2 and almost even losses. The numbers here are overwhelming now and once the forts are lowered further it'll be a quick fall. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 17, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 99,63 Japanese Ships xAK Teikoku Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire PB Kiko Maru Allied Ships SS Pompano Japanese ground losses: 44 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled SS Pompano launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Teikoku Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Sovetskaya Gavan at 124,42 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses R-12: 1 damaged I-16m24: 1 damaged MBR-2: 3 damaged MBR-2: 1 destroyed on ground IL-2: 1 damaged Japanese Ships BB Fuso Allied ground losses: 52 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 10 E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for BB Fuso BB Fuso firing at Sovetskaya Gavan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 8th Indpt SNLF Coy , at 89,65 (Iriomote) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 21 Allied aircraft P-66 Vanguard x 4 Hurricane IIc Trop x 8 Liberator II x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-66 Vanguard: 1 destroyed Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Liberator II bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Iriomote , at 89,65 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 37,550 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 17 Allied aircraft P-66 Vanguard x 2 P-38G Lightning x 21 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 7 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 15 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 33550 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 18, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 99,63 Japanese Ships PB Kakyu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage PB Zuikai Maru AKE Zinzan Maru AKE Sangetsu Maru AKE Nitiren Maru PB Ichiyo Maru Allied Ships SS L-12, hits 1 SS L-12 launches 2 torpedoes at PB Kakyu Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kagoshima , at 102,60 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 23 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 15 Allied aircraft P-38F Lightning x 21 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 6 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38F Lightning: 3 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 7 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 33000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Shanghai (92,55) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 149030 troops, 1048 guns, 860 vehicles, Assault Value = 4349 Defending force 37941 troops, 305 guns, 64 vehicles, Assault Value = 955 Allied adjusted assault: 3308 Japanese adjusted defense: 4301 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 3075 casualties reported Squads: 97 destroyed, 189 disabled Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 68 disabled Engineers: 6 destroyed, 6 disabled Guns lost 47 (13 destroyed, 34 disabled) Allied ground losses: 3709 casualties reported Squads: 19 destroyed, 358 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 30 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Assaulting units: 82nd Chinese Corps 81st Chinese Corps 1st USMC Tank Battalion 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 11th Indian Division 68th Chinese Corps 9th Indian Division 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 13th Chinese Corps 87th Chinese Corps 79th Chinese Corps 3rd Marine Division 2nd Chinese Corps 3rd Cavalry Regiment 99th Chinese Corps 209th Field Artillery Battalion 134th Field Artillery Battalion 85th British AT Gun Regiment 2/13th Fld RAA Regiment 21/22 Field Arty Regiment 1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion 26th Group Army Defending units: 12th RGC Temp. Division 3rd RGC Route Brigade 11th RGC Temp. Division 36th Division 7th RGC Temp. Division 1st RGC Division RGC Tax Police Regiment 18th Garrison Unit 25th RGC Temp. Division 10th RGC Temp. Division 24th RGC Temp. Division Shanghai SNLF 5th RGC Route Brigade 12th RGC Ind. Brigade 21st AA Regiment China Area Fleet 4th RGC Route Brigade 23rd Field AA Machinecannon Company Nanking Naval Guard Unit Shanghai Special Base Force 30th Fld AA Gun Co 27th RGC Temp. Division 19th JNAF AF Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Things are cleaning up around China. Very few conquests left in the South and Central. Peiping and Tiensien in the North still tough nuts. [image]local://upfiles/37283/AA5092B8183F4E4E84482CABBE251552.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/28/2019 8:48:17 PM)
Jan 19-21, 1943 At Shanghai the Chinese get a 1:1 and lower forts to 2, the a shock attack brings them to level 1. The beginning of the end. A lot of Japanese troops are going to be wiped out here. At Kagi on Formosa all of the Japanese left on the island are routed and sent fleeing into the mountains. This will be the main staging ground for future allied operations. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 19, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Vigan at 80,72 Japanese Ships SS I-3 Allied Ships xAK Kooringa, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 19 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled SS I-3 is sighted by xAK Kooringa SS I-3 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Kooringa -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Vigan at 80,72 Japanese Ships SS I-3 Allied Ships xAK Iron King, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled SS I-3 attacking on the surface -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Oita at 104,60 Japanese Ships xAKL Miiko Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAK Nissen Maru xAK Santos Maru xAK Bunzan Maru xAKL Toten Maru xAKL Korei Maru xAKL Juyo Maru xAKL Assam Maru, heavy damage xAKL Nanko Maru xAKL Kofuku Maru PB Nichi Maru #1 Allied Ships SS L-12 SS L-12 launches 2 torpedoes at xAKL Miiko Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 20, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Shanghai (92,55) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 145928 troops, 1048 guns, 860 vehicles, Assault Value = 3942 Defending force 35403 troops, 292 guns, 64 vehicles, Assault Value = 752 Allied adjusted assault: 3524 Japanese adjusted defense: 1985 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 3407 casualties reported Squads: 121 destroyed, 56 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 91 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 42 (19 destroyed, 23 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 4150 casualties reported Squads: 9 destroyed, 502 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 73 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 32 disabled Guns lost 18 (1 destroyed, 17 disabled) Vehicles lost 69 (7 destroyed, 62 disabled) Assaulting units: 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 2nd Chinese Corps 1st USMC Tank Battalion 79th Chinese Corps 87th Chinese Corps 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 13th Chinese Corps 11th Indian Division 82nd Chinese Corps 68th Chinese Corps 81st Chinese Corps 3rd Cavalry Regiment 9th Indian Division 3rd Marine Division 99th Chinese Corps 209th Field Artillery Battalion 85th British AT Gun Regiment 2/13th Fld RAA Regiment 134th Field Artillery Battalion 1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion 21/22 Field Arty Regiment 26th Group Army Defending units: Shanghai SNLF RGC Tax Police Regiment 7th RGC Temp. Division 1st RGC Division 10th RGC Temp. Division 36th Division 18th Garrison Unit 24th RGC Temp. Division 11th RGC Temp. Division 5th RGC Route Brigade 25th RGC Temp. Division 12th RGC Ind. Brigade 27th RGC Temp. Division China Area Fleet 30th Fld AA Gun Co 21st AA Regiment 12th RGC Temp. Division 3rd RGC Route Brigade Nanking Naval Guard Unit 4th RGC Route Brigade Shanghai Special Base Force 23rd Field AA Machinecannon Company 19th JNAF AF Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kagi (85,64) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 987 troops, 94 guns, 56 vehicles, Assault Value = 1424 Defending force 34799 troops, 426 guns, 239 vehicles, Assault Value = 611 Japanese ground losses: 91 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 2/7th Armoured Regiment 5th Marine Regiment 108th Infantry Regiment 19th Indian Division 182nd Infantry Regiment 22nd Marine Regiment 2/6th Armoured Regiment 58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment 2nd Tank Battalion 147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 13th Armoured Regiment 255th Armoured Brigade 1st RAA Med Arty Regiment 97th Field Artillery Battalion 2/9th Fld RAA Regiment 2nd RAA Med Arty Regiment Defending units: 65th Brigade 89th Nav Gd /2 Imperial Guards Div /2 8th Garrison Unit /2 18th Nav Gd /2 Guards Mixed Brigade 48th/C Division 52nd Division 74th Infantry Rgt /1 Kure 2nd SNLF I/124th Infantry Battalion 11th Garrison Unit 16th Div /1 Sasebo 6th SNLF /2 53rd Const Co 92nd JAAF AF Bn 14th JAAF AF Bn 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Ship Engineer Regiment 14th Army 41st Air Defense AA Battalion Southern Army /4 Southern Fleet 35th Fld AA Gun Co 205th Ship Eng Coy 13th Air Flotilla 51st Air Defense AA Regiment 21st JAAF AF Bn 56th JNAF AF Unit 43rd Const Co 54th JNAF AF Unit 5th JNAF AF Unit 11th Air Fleet /1 34th Field Const Co 40th Const Co 39th Field Const Co 17th JAAF AF Bn Formosa Army 51st Air Defense AA Battalion 8th Field Construction Battalion 51st Field AA Battalion 1st JAAF AF Coy /1 5th Base Force 2nd Area Army 8th JAAF AF Bn /2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 21, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Iriomote at 89,65, Range 2,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Kirishima DD Arashi DD Arare DD Okikaze DD Shiokaze Allied Ships PT-125, Shell hits 2, and is sunk PT-175 PT-176 PT-177 PT-178, Shell hits 1 PT-179 Poor visibility due to Thunderstorms with 100% moonlight Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 100% moonlight: 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Miyako-jima at 91,66 Japanese Ships BB Hyuga BB Nagato Allied ground losses: 84 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Port hits 15 Port supply hits 5 BB Hyuga firing at Miyako-jima -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kagi (85,64) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 38533 troops, 494 guns, 805 vehicles, Assault Value = 1430 Defending force 34788 troops, 424 guns, 239 vehicles, Assault Value = 610 Allied adjusted assault: 594 Japanese adjusted defense: 177 Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Kagi !!! Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(-), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 13944 casualties reported Squads: 260 destroyed, 51 disabled Non Combat: 610 destroyed, 155 disabled Engineers: 95 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 214 (187 destroyed, 27 disabled) Vehicles lost 192 (187 destroyed, 5 disabled) Units retreated 41 Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 1989 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 257 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 25 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled Guns lost 48 (3 destroyed, 45 disabled) Vehicles lost 29 (5 destroyed, 24 disabled) Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 108th Infantry Regiment 13th Armoured Regiment 19th Indian Division 58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment 2/7th Armoured Regiment 2nd Tank Battalion 2/6th Armoured Regiment 5th Marine Regiment 182nd Infantry Regiment 22nd Marine Regiment 147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 255th Armoured Brigade 1st RAA Med Arty Regiment 97th Field Artillery Battalion 2/9th Fld RAA Regiment 2nd RAA Med Arty Regiment Defending units: Kure 2nd SNLF 74th Infantry Rgt /1 48th/C Division Guards Mixed Brigade 18th Nav Gd /2 8th Garrison Unit /2 11th Garrison Unit 16th Div /1 65th Brigade Imperial Guards Div /2 52nd Division I/124th Infantry Battalion Sasebo 6th SNLF /2 89th Nav Gd /2 5th JNAF AF Unit 5th Base Force 43rd Const Co Southern Army /4 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 40th Const Co 51st Air Defense AA Battalion Southern Fleet 13th Air Flotilla 205th Ship Eng Coy 1st JAAF AF Coy /1 11th Air Fleet /1 8th Field Construction Battalion Formosa Army 14th JAAF AF Bn 39th Field Const Co 41st Air Defense AA Battalion 2nd Area Army 53rd Const Co 54th JNAF AF Unit 35th Fld AA Gun Co 14th Army 21st JAAF AF Bn 17th JAAF AF Bn 51st Air Defense AA Regiment 51st Field AA Battalion 92nd JAAF AF Bn 1st Ship Engineer Regiment 34th Field Const Co 56th JNAF AF Unit 8th JAAF AF Bn /2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Shanghai (92,55) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 143004 troops, 1047 guns, 853 vehicles, Assault Value = 3584 Defending force 33155 troops, 277 guns, 63 vehicles, Assault Value = 587 Allied adjusted assault: 4601 Japanese adjusted defense: 2989 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 4867 casualties reported Squads: 135 destroyed, 160 disabled Non Combat: 80 destroyed, 96 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 8 disabled Guns lost 52 (15 destroyed, 37 disabled) Vehicles lost 12 (7 destroyed, 5 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 4448 casualties reported Squads: 17 destroyed, 334 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 48 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 28 disabled Guns lost 37 (3 destroyed, 34 disabled) Vehicles lost 64 (8 destroyed, 56 disabled) Assaulting units: 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 3rd Marine Division 87th Chinese Corps 11th Indian Division 1st USMC Tank Battalion 68th Chinese Corps 13th Chinese Corps 81st Chinese Corps 79th Chinese Corps 3rd Cavalry Regiment 82nd Chinese Corps 2nd Chinese Corps 9th Indian Division 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 99th Chinese Corps 2/13th Fld RAA Regiment 21/22 Field Arty Regiment 134th Field Artillery Battalion 85th British AT Gun Regiment 209th Field Artillery Battalion 1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion 26th Group Army Defending units: RGC Tax Police Regiment 18th Garrison Unit 1st RGC Division 36th Division 24th RGC Temp. Division 10th RGC Temp. Division 11th RGC Temp. Division 5th RGC Route Brigade 27th RGC Temp. Division 23rd Field AA Machinecannon Company Shanghai Special Base Force 4th RGC Route Brigade Shanghai SNLF 12th RGC Ind. Brigade 21st AA Regiment 12th RGC Temp. Division 7th RGC Temp. Division 25th RGC Temp. Division China Area Fleet 30th Fld AA Gun Co Nanking Naval Guard Unit 19th JNAF AF Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- China. A lot of Chinese troops free and experienced, but a paltry few that can be bought out for the future. [image]local://upfiles/37283/0C371B2960094564BB3BF24EDDFE71DB.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/28/2019 9:35:59 PM)
Jan 22-24, 1943 Another rough one with a 1:2 at Hong Kong. An American ID is on the way with some armor to give some extra firepower to the effort here. The Chinese aren't so good against tough defensive terrain at this point. Great news at Shanghai though as the forts go to 0 and Still bombing industry nightly on the Home Islands, but it's just picking away with a few fires started right now. Once Shanghai is set up and I can sweep som bases it'll get more interesting. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 22, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th AA Regiment, at 99,44 (Port Arthur) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 12 SB-2 x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged SB-2: 4 destroyed, 5 damaged Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 11 x SB-2 bombing from 5000 feet * Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 106914 troops, 861 guns, 344 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629 Defending force 31368 troops, 244 guns, 309 vehicles, Assault Value = 725 Allied adjusted assault: 2301 Japanese adjusted defense: 7665 Allied assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 3) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1906 casualties reported Squads: 22 destroyed, 121 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 39 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Vehicles lost 45 (4 destroyed, 41 disabled) Allied ground losses: 6093 casualties reported Squads: 109 destroyed, 613 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 57 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 65 disabled Guns lost 44 (2 destroyed, 42 disabled) Vehicles lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled) Assaulting units: 9th Prov Chinese Corps 50th Chinese Corps 2/5th Armoured Regiment 28th Chinese Corps 21st Chinese Corps 25th Chinese Corps 4th Chinese Corps 18th Chinese Corps 63rd Chinese Corps 148th Infantry Regiment 129th Infantry Regiment 7th Cav Recce Regiment 268th Motorised Brigade 6th Chinese Corps 18th Artillery Regiment 3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment 1st Artillery Regiment 22nd Artillery Regiment 4th Heavy Mortar Regiment 7th Artillery Regiment 57th AT Gun Regiment 20th Artillery Regiment 56th AT Gun Regiment Defending units: 51st Recon Regiment 12th Tank Regiment 74th Infantry Regiment 41st Guard Battalion 17th/B Division 17th/A Division 4th Tank Regiment Hong Kong Def Force 17th/C Division Hong Kong Special Base Force 52nd Field AA Battalion 304th Ship Eng Coy 12th Port Unit 2nd Army 24th Port Unit 3rd Air Army 6th Air Defense AA Regiment 26th Air Flotilla 18th JAAF AF Bn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Shanghai (92,55) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 140114 troops, 1044 guns, 845 vehicles, Assault Value = 3236 Defending force 29934 troops, 258 guns, 57 vehicles, Assault Value = 442 Allied adjusted assault: 2251 Japanese adjusted defense: 1681 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 4328 casualties reported Squads: 166 destroyed, 33 disabled Non Combat: 68 destroyed, 66 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 7 disabled Guns lost 64 (35 destroyed, 29 disabled) Vehicles lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 2 Allied ground losses: 2142 casualties reported Squads: 9 destroyed, 254 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 33 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled Vehicles lost 65 (4 destroyed, 61 disabled) Assaulting units: 1st USMC Tank Battalion 11th Indian Division 79th Chinese Corps 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 81st Chinese Corps 3rd Marine Division 3rd Cavalry Regiment 13th Chinese Corps 68th Chinese Corps 87th Chinese Corps 2nd Chinese Corps 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 82nd Chinese Corps 9th Indian Division 99th Chinese Corps 134th Field Artillery Battalion 2/13th Fld RAA Regiment 85th British AT Gun Regiment 209th Field Artillery Battalion 1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion 21/22 Field Arty Regiment 26th Group Army Defending units: 11th RGC Temp. Division 24th RGC Temp. Division 18th Garrison Unit 10th RGC Temp. Division 36th Division 5th RGC Route Brigade 21st AA Regiment 27th RGC Temp. Division 12th RGC Ind. Brigade Nanking Naval Guard Unit 23rd Field AA Machinecannon Company Shanghai SNLF China Area Fleet 12th RGC Temp. Division 7th RGC Temp. Division 4th RGC Route Brigade 25th RGC Temp. Division 1st RGC Division 30th Fld AA Gun Co Shanghai Special Base Force 19th JNAF AF Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kagi (85,64) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 5295 troops, 94 guns, 335 vehicles, Assault Value = 1230 Defending force 1435 troops, 0 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied adjusted assault: 125 Japanese adjusted defense: 2 Allied assault odds: 62 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), preparation(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 566 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 31 destroyed, 44 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled) Units retreated 1 Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 2/6th Armoured Regiment 2/7th Armoured Regiment 58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment 19th Indian Division 182nd Infantry Regiment 2nd Tank Battalion 108th Infantry Regiment 13th Armoured Regiment 147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 5th Marine Regiment 22nd Marine Regiment 255th Armoured Brigade 2/9th Fld RAA Regiment 97th Field Artillery Battalion 1st RAA Med Arty Regiment 2nd RAA Med Arty Regiment Defending units: 2nd Area Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 24, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Shanghai (92,55) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 102906 troops, 588 guns, 203 vehicles, Assault Value = 3049 Defending force 26413 troops, 230 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 366 Allied adjusted assault: 941 Japanese adjusted defense: 785 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 3176 casualties reported Squads: 159 destroyed, 49 disabled Non Combat: 94 destroyed, 145 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 3 disabled Guns lost 43 (33 destroyed, 10 disabled) Units destroyed 2 Allied ground losses: 1397 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 142 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd Chinese Corps 79th Chinese Corps 87th Chinese Corps 11th Indian Division 13th Chinese Corps 68th Chinese Corps 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 82nd Chinese Corps 3rd Cavalry Regiment 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 1st USMC Tank Battalion 9th Indian Division 3rd Marine Division 81st Chinese Corps 99th Chinese Corps 2/13th Fld RAA Regiment 85th British AT Gun Regiment 1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion 134th Field Artillery Battalion 21/22 Field Arty Regiment 209th Field Artillery Battalion 26th Group Army Defending units: 7th RGC Temp. Division 18th Garrison Unit 36th Division 5th RGC Route Brigade 12th RGC Ind. Brigade 4th RGC Route Brigade 11th RGC Temp. Division 12th RGC Temp. Division 10th RGC Temp. Division 1st RGC Division Nanking Naval Guard Unit 21st AA Regiment 27th RGC Temp. Division Shanghai SNLF Shanghai Special Base Force 23rd Field AA Machinecannon Company 25th RGC Temp. Division China Area Fleet 19th JNAF AF Unit --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

RangerJoe -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/28/2019 9:42:19 PM)
For the time period and what normally happens, your maps just look so wrong!

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/28/2019 9:57:53 PM)
Jan 25-27, 1943 Just when I thought Lowpe had every base in range covered by Nicks flying night CAP, the 4Es hit Kumamoto and found pay dirt. A good strike and lots of fires that will keep burning for a few. Shanghai falls. Getting engineers in ASAP. A good strike at Naga, hitting a few AKE. Also, Nago falls on Luzon to complete that campaign, taking out some forgotten airframes in the battle. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 25, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Kumamoto , at 102,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 6 No Allied losses Manpower hits 16 Fires 5715 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 2000 feet City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Kumamoto , at 102,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 4 No Allied losses Manpower hits 24 Fires 14097 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 2000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Kumamoto , at 102,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 4 No Allied losses Manpower hits 4 Fires 21717 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 2000 feet City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 37,550 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 36 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 22 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning: 3 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ryojun Fortress, at 99,44 (Port Arthur) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 24 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 25 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 12 SB-2 x 11 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed SB-2: 4 destroyed, 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 4 x SB-2 bombing from 5000 feet * Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 35,550 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 20 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 3 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Shanghai (92,55) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 138055 troops, 1044 guns, 840 vehicles, Assault Value = 2950 Defending force 23419 troops, 204 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 315 Allied adjusted assault: 1807 Japanese adjusted defense: 349 Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Shanghai !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 3942 casualties reported Squads: 38 destroyed, 67 disabled Non Combat: 155 destroyed, 67 disabled Engineers: 49 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 115 (112 destroyed, 3 disabled) Vehicles lost 42 (42 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 2 Allied ground losses: 955 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 120 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 26, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Kanoya at 103,61 Japanese Ships CM Aotaka CM Hatsutaka CM Ishizaki CM Ukishima CM Naryu CM Shirakami CM Nasami CMc Washizaki CMc Ninoshima CMc Kurokami CMc Ashizaki CMc Kuroshima CMc Hakata Maru #7 CM Itsukushima Allied Ships SS O16 SS O16 is sighted by escort O16 diving deep .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 21 Allied aircraft B-17F Fortress x 3 B-24D Liberator x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-17F Fortress: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged Port hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 14 Allied aircraft B-17F Fortress x 7 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17F Fortress: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 8 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 7 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 5 damaged Japanese Ships AKE Syoka Maru, Bomb hits 1 AKE Kasagi Maru, Bomb hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Naga (81,81) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 15319 troops, 71 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 538 Defending force 879 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5 Allied adjusted assault: 397 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 397 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Naga !!! Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 destroyed Ki-51 Sonia: 4 destroyed MC-21 Sally: 3 destroyed Combat modifiers Defender: preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 896 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 12th Armoured Regiment 57th PS Infantry Regiment 91st PA Infantry Division 1st PA Infantry Division 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 2nd Constabulary Regiment 11th PAAC Avn Sup Defending units: 1st Naval Construction Battalion 48th JAAF AF Bn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Peiping (95,39) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 153747 troops, 753 guns, 868 vehicles, Assault Value = 3648 Defending force 46450 troops, 394 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 1169 Allied adjusted assault: 2289 Japanese adjusted defense: 4269 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2408 casualties reported Squads: 39 destroyed, 102 disabled Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 41 disabled Engineers: 6 destroyed, 13 disabled Guns lost 21 (1 destroyed, 20 disabled) Allied ground losses: 3196 casualties reported Squads: 14 destroyed, 691 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 61 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled Guns lost 78 (3 destroyed, 75 disabled) Vehicles lost 51 (7 destroyed, 44 disabled) Assaulting units: 8th Route Army 74th Chinese Corps 9th Armored Car Brigade 52nd Chinese Corps 36th Chinese Corps 35th Chinese Corps 11th Chinese Corps 3rd Chinese Corps 171st Tank Brigade 76th Chinese Corps 48th Chinese Corps 7th Chinese Corps 20th Chinese Corps 203rd Tank Brigade 91st Chinese Corps 117th/428th OM Gun Battalion 178th Mortar Regiment Defending units: 79th Garrison Battalion 105th NCPC Route Brigade 8th NCPC Infantry Brigade 24th Ind Engineer Regiment 6th Ind.Mixed Brigade 24th/B Division 26th/A Division 26th/C Division 5th NCPC Infantry Brigade 26th/B Division 68th Division 59th Division 15th Garrison Unit 4th NCPC Infantry Brigade 17th Tank Regiment 24th/C Division North China Area Army 45th Const Co 53rd JAAF AF Bn 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 1st Cavalry Brigade 56th JAAF AF Bn 9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 24th JAAF AF Bn 8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 69th JAAF AF Coy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tsingtao (95,47) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 36868 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1012 Defending force 20772 troops, 115 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 509 Allied adjusted assault: 510 Japanese adjusted defense: 1141 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 4) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 249 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 28 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Allied ground losses: 2236 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 262 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled Guns lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled) Assaulting units: 55th Chinese Corps 93rd Chinese Corps 40th Chinese Corps 56th Chinese Corps 34th Separate Brigade Defending units: 14th RGC Temp. Division 5th Ind.Mixed Brigade 15th Division 1st NCPC Route Brigade Ching Tao Special Base Force 23rd JNAF AF Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 27, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Kume-jima at 93,63 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft OS2U-3 Kingfisher x 3 Allied aircraft losses OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 damaged OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships BB Nagato, Bomb hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x OS2U-3 Kingfisher bombing from 1000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 100 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Davao (79,91) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 11736 troops, 210 guns, 125 vehicles, Assault Value = 309 Defending force 6509 troops, 41 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 161 Allied adjusted assault: 234 Japanese adjusted defense: 130 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-) Attacker: leaders(+) Japanese ground losses: 171 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 117 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Assaulting units: 32nd Infantry Division Defending units: Yokosuka 4th SNLF 86th Naval Guard Unit 85th Naval Guard Unit 5th Indpt SNLF Coy 4th Indpt SNLF Coy 16th Div /3 Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /3 8th Port Unit 8th JAAF AF Coy 11th Garrison Unit /4 5th Fleet /3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manchuria now. 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obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/29/2019 7:15:38 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RangerJoe For the time period and what normally happens, your maps just look so wrong! It is odd to look at these maps and see the date. It also means the usual bases that provided fighter cover for bombing the Home Islands aren't so useful. Other than the P-38s there is a lack of range in early war planes. The Chinese and USAAF Lancers, Beaufighters and even the 7 hex range of Hurris (and later the P-40K) have been really useful.

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/29/2019 9:20:46 AM)
Jan 28-30, 1943 The air war is seeing more action. A few Lightning sweeps into the Japanese CAP did fairly well, but lost a few more P-38s than I'd like. I have to wait and coordinate naval bombardments and 4E strikes with these sweeps. A few good hits on Akita industry but the Soviet 2Es. Wish I had more of them. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 28, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Akita , at 117,55 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft DB-3M x 3 No Allied losses Manpower hits 26 Fires 3586 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x DB-3M bombing from 2000 feet City Attack: 10 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Akita , at 117,55 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft DB-3M x 4 No Allied losses Manpower hits 29 Fires 7550 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x DB-3M bombing from 2000 feet City Attack: 10 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Akita , at 117,55 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft DB-3T x 4 No Allied losses Manpower hits 5 Fires 9266 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x DB-3T bombing from 2000 feet City Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 36,500 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27 Allied aircraft P-38F Lightning x 19 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 8 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38F Lightning: 3 destroyed CAP engaged: 70th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 16 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 8000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 29, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Tokuyama , at 105,58 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 3 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 9 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Light Industry hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 2000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Naha , at 95,66 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 36,500 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 25 J2M2 Jack x 14 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 10 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 22 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning: 5 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on China Area Fleet, at 92,55 (Shanghai) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 6 Allied aircraft A-29A Hudson x 10 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses A-29A Hudson: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 5 x A-29A Hudson bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Naha , at 95,66 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 38,500 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 9 J2M2 Jack x 9 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 3 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 18 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed J2M2 Jack: 3 destroyed Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 10 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 34500 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 30, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Tokuyama , at 105,58 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 5 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 4 B-24D Liberator x 3 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Light Industry hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 2000 feet * City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [image]local://upfiles/37283/09EB84617DF445AF8E24945D896CB2BB.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/29/2019 2:52:38 PM)
Jan 31 - Feb 2, 1943 A good few days in the air and some interesting maneuvering up in Manchuria. The Soviet armor has penetrated the ILA line between Mukden and Changchun, but the IJA is filling in dee and trying to then cut the advance path. A LOT more is on the way so I hope to catch the two divisions moved in the rear area here. Tunghua has been the object of the drive, but looks now to be reinforced, while another path has appeared around it to the East. I'll at least occupy and try to own some of those hexes. I see movement back along the whole eastern area of the IJA line, so maybe this is also prompting Lowpe to consider a pullback to shorter lines. Still don['t have enough power to break through near the Yellow Sea cost next to Yinkow. Gotta get more big IDs and Arty in here. The IJA is blocking with one of the tank divisions and a few good arty an infantry units. The Soviet tanks just aren't good enough yet. Now that Shanghai is taken I might have some Indian and USA tank units rail up to add some pop here. I should have the right mix now to go for Hong Kong again. Fingers crossed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 31, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Iriomote at 89,65, Range 2,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Yugure DD Yuzuki DD Yunagi Allied Ships PT-175, Shell hits 3, and is sunk PT-176, Shell hits 2, and is sunk PT-177, Shell hits 1, and is sunk PT-178, Shell hits 2, and is sunk PT-179, Shell hits 2, and is sunk Low visibility due to Thunderstorms with 21% moonlight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 109 encounters mine field at Iriomote (89,65) Japanese Ships SS I-158, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 208th Tank Brigade, at 106,42 , near Changchun Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 21 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 14 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 7 damaged Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed by flak Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick bombing from 100 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 3704 troops, 207 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2444 Defending force 28783 troops, 238 guns, 297 vehicles, Assault Value = 558 Japanese ground losses: 118 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 268th Motorised Brigade 129th Infantry Regiment 4th Chinese Corps 50th Chinese Corps 2/5th Armoured Regiment 18th Chinese Corps 7th Cav Recce Regiment 21st Chinese Corps 63rd Chinese Corps 148th Infantry Regiment 2nd Prov Chinese Corps 28th Chinese Corps 25th Chinese Corps 6th Chinese Corps 18th Artillery Regiment 20th Artillery Regiment 1st Artillery Regiment 22nd Artillery Regiment 57th AT Gun Regiment 3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment 4th Heavy Mortar Regiment 7th Artillery Regiment 56th AT Gun Regiment Defending units: Hong Kong Def Force 12th Tank Regiment 17th/B Division 74th Infantry Regiment 17th/A Division 4th Tank Regiment 41st Guard Battalion 51st Recon Regiment 17th/C Division 26th Air Flotilla 6th Air Defense AA Regiment 52nd Field AA Battalion 2nd Army 12th Port Unit Hong Kong Special Base Force 304th Ship Eng Coy 3rd Air Army 24th Port Unit 18th JAAF AF Bn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 1, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 281 encounters mine field at Shanghai (92,55) Allied Ships DMS Lamberton DMS Boggs DMS Zane 66 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 2, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Iriomote , at 89,65 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 21 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb Trop x 7 Kittyhawk IA x 9 Kittyhawk IA x 7 P-40E Warhawk x 13 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 7 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tungchow at 92,53 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 10 Ki-48-IIb Lily x 23 Allied aircraft P-66 Vanguard x 6 Spitfire Vc Trop x 2 P-40E Warhawk x 4 P-40K Warhawk x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 5 destroyed Ki-48-IIb Lily: 13 destroyed, 2 damaged No Allied losses Allied Ships PT-170 PT-147 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-48-IIb Lily releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 2 x 100 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 102,42 (near Yingkow) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1548 troops, 135 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 2094 Defending force 35005 troops, 354 guns, 543 vehicles, Assault Value = 1104 Japanese ground losses: 109 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) Allied ground losses: Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled) Assaulting units: 41st Rifle Brigade 187th Rifle Division 21st Rifle Brigade 205th Tank Brigade 77th Tank Brigade 95th Rifle Brigade 206th Tank Brigade 61st Tank Division 258th Rifle Brigade 218th Tank Brigade 227th Rifle Brigade 1st Ussurii Tank Brigade 8th/A Cavalry Division 629th Cannon Regiment 46th/302nd AA Battalion 1128th Howitzer Regiment 624th Cannon Regiment 1120th Cannon Regiment 263rd Howitzer Regiment 390th Cannon Regiment Defending units: 2nd Tank/B Division 58th/B Division 8th Manchukuo Inf Brigade 58th/A Division 58th/C Division 2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade 2nd Tank/A Division 29th Ind Engineer Regiment 77th Infantry Regiment 2nd Tank/C Division Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment 14th JNAF AF Unit 5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 5th Air Defense AA Regiment 11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion 51st JAAF AF Bn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a pretty good fighter group for early 43. 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obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/29/2019 7:55:42 PM)
The night of the 3rd turned into another slugfest. This game has had so many intense surface and naval air battles my nerves instantly trigger when I spot the engagement screen pop up and ships lined up against each other. The first battle of the night was a mismatch on paper, but the RN CAs held their own and slugged it out with the IJN heavies, leaving with only slight damage. This may have been important to the outcome of the next battle, getting the IJN a bit lower on ammo. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Iriomote at 89,65, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Nagato BB Hyuga DD Arashi DD Kawakaze, Shell hits 1 DD Yuzuki DD Yunagi DD Okikaze DD Shiokaze, Shell hits 1 Allied Ships CA Quincy, Shell hits 1 CA Exeter, Shell hits 3 CL Concord CL Detroit DD Aaron Ward DD Russell DD Bagley, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 3% moonlight: 11,000 yards --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/29/2019 8:01:19 PM)
The next was the big boys. This is the TF that should have engaged Yamato when it snuck in and sank Lex a few weeks ago. It was in the same hex and obviously is big, quick and nasty. This engagement was fun to watch. [;)] Nagato and Hyuga landed a few quick punches to South Dakota, but the USN fought back hard. [image]local://upfiles/37283/2BC76693D50F47F0AF20A6064C5117B0.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/29/2019 8:08:02 PM)
The IJN got off more shots, but the Allies made them pay more often. The battle got down to 3k and at 6k Washington sank Nagato outright. Only South Dakota and Washington took any damage on the Allied side. The DDs for both went almost untouched. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Iriomote at 89,65, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses E13A1 Jake: 2 destroyed Japanese Ships BB Nagato, Shell hits 20, and is sunk BB Hyuga, Shell hits 5, on fire DD Arashi DD Kawakaze DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 1 DD Yunagi DD Okikaze DD Shiokaze, Shell hits 1 Allied Ships BB North Carolina, Shell hits 1 BB Washington, Shell hits 4, on fire BB South Dakota, Shell hits 12, heavy fires BB Prince of Wales DD Fletcher DD Chevalier, Shell hits 1 DD Waller, Shell hits 1 DD Maury DD Smith DD Preston DD Perkins, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Flusser DD Cassin, Shell hits 2 Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 3% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 23,000 yards... Range closes to 17,000 yards... Range closes to 11,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 11,000 yards *Yano, Hideo crosses the 'T' BB Nagato engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards BB Nagato engages BB Washington at 11,000 yards BB Washington engages DD Okikaze at 11,000 yards DD Cassin engages DD Okikaze at 11,000 yards DD Cassin engages DD Yuzuki at 11,000 yards DD Kawakaze engages DD Cassin at 11,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Preston at 11,000 yards DD Kawakaze engages DD Fletcher at 11,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards BB Prince of Wales engages BB Nagato at 6,000 yards BB Nagato engages BB South Dakota at 6,000 yards DD Shiokaze engages DD Preston at 6,000 yards BB Nagato engages BB North Carolina at 6,000 yards DD Shiokaze engages DD Cassin at 6,000 yards DD Fletcher engages DD Yuzuki at 6,000 yards DD Perkins engages DD Shiokaze at 6,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Preston at 6,000 yards DD Shiokaze engages DD Maury at 6,000 yards DD Kawakaze engages DD Chevalier at 6,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards BB Hyuga engages BB South Dakota at 5,000 yards BB Nagato engages BB South Dakota at 5,000 yards BB Nagato engages BB North Carolina at 5,000 yards DD Cassin engages DD Shiokaze at 5,000 yards DD Preston engages DD Yuzuki at 5,000 yards DD Cassin engages DD Kawakaze at 5,000 yards DD Kawakaze engages DD Preston at 5,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Maury at 5,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Waller at 5,000 yards DD Kawakaze engages DD Chevalier at 5,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards DD Preston collides with DD Flusser at 89 , 65 BB Nagato engages BB Prince of Wales at 3,000 yards BB South Dakota engages BB Nagato at 3,000 yards DD Shiokaze engages DD Fletcher at 3,000 yards BB Nagato engages BB North Carolina at 3,000 yards DD Kawakaze engages DD Cassin at 3,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Waller at 3,000 yards DD Kawakaze engages DD Chevalier at 3,000 yards DD Maury engages DD Okikaze at 3,000 yards DD Kawakaze engages DD Waller at 3,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards BB Nagato engages BB South Dakota at 6,000 yards BB Nagato sunk by BB Washington at 6,000 yards** DD Cassin engages DD Okikaze at 6,000 yards DD Shiokaze engages DD Flusser at 6,000 yards DD Arashi engages DD Preston at 6,000 yards DD Shiokaze engages DD Maury at 6,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Chevalier at 6,000 yards DD Fletcher engages DD Arashi at 6,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards BB Hyuga engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards DD Shiokaze engages DD Cassin at 10,000 yards BB Washington engages BB Hyuga at 10,000 yards BB Hyuga engages BB North Carolina at 10,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Perkins at 10,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Flusser at 10,000 yards DD Arashi engages DD Perkins at 10,000 yards DD Arashi engages DD Preston at 10,000 yards DD Kawakaze engages DD Fletcher at 10,000 yards BB Hyuga engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards BB Hyuga engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards BB Hyuga engages BB Washington at 10,000 yards DD Waller engages DD Yunagi at 10,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Flusser at 10,000 yards DD Kawakaze engages DD Flusser at 10,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Perkins at 10,000 yards DD Preston engages DD Kawakaze at 10,000 yards DD Smith engages DD Yunagi at 10,000 yards DD Arashi engages DD Waller at 10,000 yards DD Fletcher engages DD Okikaze at 10,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards BB Hyuga engages BB South Dakota at 8,000 yards DD Chevalier engages DD Shiokaze at 8,000 yards BB Hyuga engages BB Washington at 8,000 yards BB North Carolina engages BB Hyuga at 8,000 yards DD Cassin engages DD Okikaze at 8,000 yards DD Flusser engages DD Yuzuki at 8,000 yards DD Preston engages DD Okikaze at 8,000 yards DD Smith engages DD Arashi at 8,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards BB Hyuga engages BB Prince of Wales at 11,000 yards BB Hyuga engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards BB Hyuga engages BB Washington at 11,000 yards DD Yunagi engages DD Smith at 11,000 yards DD Maury engages DD Yuzuki at 11,000 yards DD Flusser engages DD Arashi at 11,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Perkins at 11,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Chevalier at 11,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [image]local://upfiles/37283/F00CF6DFCCDA468780F802CC5AD623EB.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/29/2019 8:14:16 PM)
Next up the Allied second Heavy cruiser Tf took on the BBs. This time it was very one sided and at 2k yards in zero moonlight, the Allied gunnery and torpedoes proved much more effective. Three DDs were sunk with TT hits, and the Hyuga was left a flaming wreck after the battle, most likely doomed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Iriomote at 89,65, Range 3,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Hyuga, Shell hits 26, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Arashi, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk DD Kawakaze, Shell hits 17, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 1 DD Yunagi, Shell hits 1 DD Okikaze, Shell hits 1 DD Shiokaze, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Allied Ships CA Devonshire CA Hawkins, Shell hits 2 CA Frobisher, Shell hits 5 DD Isaac Sweers DD Arrow DD Electra, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Express, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Foxhound Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards Range closes to 19,000 yards... Range closes to 13,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 13,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 3,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards CA Frobisher engages DD Arashi at 3,000 yards CA Hawkins engages DD Arashi at 3,000 yards CA Devonshire engages DD Arashi at 3,000 yards DD Arashi engages DD Foxhound at 3,000 yards DD Express engages DD Arashi at 3,000 yards DD Arashi engages DD Foxhound at 3,000 yards Ishizaki, Noburu orders Japanese TF to disengage Range closes to 2,000 yards BB Hyuga engages CA Frobisher at 2,000 yards DD Foxhound engages DD Shiokaze at 2,000 yards CA Devonshire engages DD Kawakaze at 2,000 yards DD Foxhound engages DD Yunagi at 2,000 yards DD Arashi engages DD Express at 2,000 yards DD Yunagi engages DD Electra at 2,000 yards DD Arashi sunk by DD Arrow at 2,000 yards DD Isaac Sweers engages DD Kawakaze at 2,000 yards Range increases to 4,000 yards CA Frobisher engages DD Kawakaze at 4,000 yards CA Hawkins engages DD Kawakaze at 4,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Express at 4,000 yards DD Foxhound engages DD Yunagi at 4,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Foxhound at 4,000 yards DD Kawakaze engages DD Arrow at 4,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Arrow at 4,000 yards DD Yunagi engages DD Isaac Sweers at 4,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards BB Hyuga engages CA Frobisher at 3,000 yards DD Arrow engages DD Shiokaze at 3,000 yards DD Electra engages DD Okikaze at 3,000 yards DD Foxhound engages DD Yunagi at 3,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Electra at 3,000 yards DD Kawakaze engages DD Electra at 3,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards BB Hyuga engages CA Hawkins at 2,000 yards CA Hawkins engages DD Kawakaze at 2,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Isaac Sweers at 2,000 yards DD Foxhound engages DD Yunagi at 2,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Isaac Sweers at 2,000 yards DD Foxhound engages DD Kawakaze at 2,000 yards DD Arrow engages DD Kawakaze at 2,000 yards CA Devonshire engages BB Hyuga at 2,000 yards DD Express engages DD Shiokaze at 2,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Arrow at 2,000 yards DD Electra engages DD Yunagi at 2,000 yards DD Yunagi engages DD Express at 2,000 yards DD Shiokaze engages DD Electra at 2,000 yards Ishizaki, Noburu orders Japanese TF to disengage CA Frobisher engages BB Hyuga at 2,000 yards DD Shiokaze engages DD Foxhound at 2,000 yards CA Devonshire engages DD Yunagi at 2,000 yards DD Kawakaze sunk by DD Foxhound at 2,000 yards DD Isaac Sweers engages DD Shiokaze at 2,000 yards Range increases to 3,000 yards BB Hyuga engages CA Frobisher at 3,000 yards DD Shiokaze sunk by CA Devonshire at 3,000 yards DD Yunagi engages DD Foxhound at 3,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Express at 3,000 yards DD Electra engages DD Okikaze at 3,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Arrow at 3,000 yards BB Hyuga engages CA Frobisher at 3,000 yards BB Hyuga engages CA Hawkins at 3,000 yards DD Express engages DD Yuzuki at 3,000 yards DD Yunagi engages DD Express at 3,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Electra at 3,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Isaac Sweers at 3,000 yards Range increases to 4,000 yards BB Hyuga engages CA Frobisher at 4,000 yards BB Hyuga engages CA Hawkins at 4,000 yards CA Devonshire engages DD Yunagi at 4,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Electra at 4,000 yards DD Electra engages DD Okikaze at 4,000 yards DD Arrow engages DD Okikaze at 4,000 yards BB Hyuga engages CA Frobisher at 4,000 yards DD Express engages DD Okikaze at 4,000 yards DD Express engages DD Yunagi at 4,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Foxhound at 4,000 yards DD Express engages DD Yunagi at 4,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Electra at 4,000 yards DD Arrow engages DD Okikaze at 4,000 yards DD Yunagi engages DD Isaac Sweers at 4,000 yards BB Hyuga engages CA Frobisher at 4,000 yards BB Hyuga engages CA Hawkins at 4,000 yards DD Express engages DD Yunagi at 4,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Express at 4,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Express at 4,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Electra at 4,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Arrow at 4,000 yards BB Hyuga engages DD Isaac Sweers at 4,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards BB Hyuga engages CA Frobisher at 6,000 yards BB Hyuga engages CA Hawkins at 6,000 yards BB Hyuga engages CA Devonshire at 6,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Arrow at 6,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Express at 6,000 yards DD Electra engages DD Yunagi at 6,000 yards DD Arrow engages DD Okikaze at 6,000 yards DD Isaac Sweers engages DD Okikaze at 6,000 yards Range increases to 7,000 yards BB Hyuga engages CA Frobisher at 7,000 yards BB Hyuga engages CA Hawkins at 7,000 yards DD Express engages DD Yunagi at 7,000 yards DD Express engages DD Yunagi at 7,000 yards BB Hyuga engages DD Electra at 7,000 yards DD Arrow engages DD Yuzuki at 7,000 yards BB Hyuga engages CA Frobisher at 7,000 yards DD Express engages DD Okikaze at 7,000 yards DD Yunagi engages DD Electra at 7,000 yards DD Electra engages DD Yuzuki at 7,000 yards DD Express engages DD Yunagi at 7,000 yards BB Hyuga engages CA Frobisher at 7,000 yards BB Hyuga engages CA Hawkins at 7,000 yards DD Yunagi engages DD Foxhound at 7,000 yards DD Express engages DD Yuzuki at 7,000 yards DD Express engages DD Yuzuki at 7,000 yards DD Electra engages DD Yuzuki at 7,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [image]local://upfiles/37283/6FDEEC498EF345ADAB46650A2AA8D4E9.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/29/2019 8:22:34 PM)
All ships retired after that, and unfortuntely there are a lot of dings to fix up. This will reduce my available BBs to only Prince of Wales and cut my CA fleet in half around Formosa. I'll still have a strong defensive force with 3-4 TFs ready, but offensively I'll now have to wait for repairs and upgrades. My strike planes in the day phase were all one hex too short except the Beauforts, but they were out of torpedo range and only dropped two 500lb bombs on Hyuga. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Ishigaki at 90,66 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 2 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIc x 13 Beaufort VIII x 7 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese Ships BB Hyuga, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Beaufort VIII bombing from 5000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [image]local://upfiles/37283/C142F4942F4449B1906F442E2C7B2DFF.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/29/2019 8:29:48 PM)
Some night strikes hit Hiroshima/Kure during the night phase to start about 6k fires. Not bad. Also, Manado fell to a Dutch force. I've got a few ABDA Dutch forces that will begin to invade up through the SRA to Northern New Guinea, the Carolines and Palau. I'll leave Rabaul and True alone to starve, but will aim for the Marianas and the Bonins. It would be fun to see Dutch and even some Chinese flags up here in the Pacific. [;)] Another rough one near Yinkow. This will be a grind. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manado (75,99) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 2128 troops, 7 guns, 62 vehicles, Assault Value = 132 Defending force 2003 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20 Allied adjusted assault: 79 Japanese adjusted defense: 17 Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Manado !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-) morale(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 145 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 12 (8 destroyed, 4 disabled) Allied ground losses: 63 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: Lijfwacht Cav Sqdn 6th Cav Sqdn Groep Zud 4th Cav Sqdn 3rd NZ Armoured Sqn HQ I KNIL Division Defending units: Sasebo 3rd SNLF /2 44th Field AA Battalion 32nd Special Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 102,42 (near Yingkow) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 53815 troops, 774 guns, 1803 vehicles, Assault Value = 2100 Defending force 34961 troops, 354 guns, 543 vehicles, Assault Value = 1098 Allied adjusted assault: 1170 Japanese adjusted defense: 1605 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2266 casualties reported Squads: 43 destroyed, 107 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 41 (8 destroyed, 33 disabled) Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1862 casualties reported Squads: 36 destroyed, 216 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 115 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Guns lost 94 (8 destroyed, 86 disabled) Vehicles lost 400 (130 destroyed, 270 disabled) Assaulting units: 205th Tank Brigade 206th Tank Brigade 77th Tank Brigade 258th Rifle Brigade 218th Tank Brigade 21st Rifle Brigade 95th Rifle Brigade 41st Rifle Brigade 61st Tank Division 187th Rifle Division 227th Rifle Brigade 1st Ussurii Tank Brigade 8th/A Cavalry Division 263rd Howitzer Regiment 629th Cannon Regiment 624th Cannon Regiment 1120th Cannon Regiment 46th/302nd AA Battalion 1128th Howitzer Regiment 390th Cannon Regiment Defending units: 58th/A Division 58th/C Division 2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade 2nd Tank/A Division 58th/B Division 29th Ind Engineer Regiment 2nd Tank/B Division 8th Manchukuo Inf Brigade 77th Infantry Regiment 2nd Tank/C Division 5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment 11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion 14th JNAF AF Unit 5th Air Defense AA Regiment 51st JAAF AF Bn --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/29/2019 10:41:14 PM)
Feb 4, 1943 A very good follow-up day as the Allied CAs surge in to clean up the area around Naha and Nago. They sink a few more IJN DDs, a gaggle of mercies, and then hitting both bases with decent bombardments. So close to a 1:1 at Hong Kong. A few more weeks here. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 4, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Nago at 95,65, Range 7,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Yuzuki DD Okikaze, Shell hits 1, on fire Allied Ships CA Quincy CA Exeter CL Concord CL Detroit DD Aaron Ward DD Russell DD Bagley DD Arunta Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 0% moonlight: 10,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 95,66, Range 10,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Yunagi, Shell hits 19, and is sunk Allied Ships CA Canberra CA Cornwall DD Lansdowne DD Woodworth DD Caldwell DD Tjerk Hiddes DD Van Galen DD Isis Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 0% moonlight: 10,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 197 encounters mine field at Naha (95,66) Allied Ships DD Lansdowne, Mine hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Nago at 95,65 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-6, hits 8, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Aaron Ward CA Quincy CL Concord DD Arunta DD Bagley SSX Ha-6 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Aaron Ward Ha-6 bottoming out .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Hiroshima/Kure , at 106,58 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 23 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8 Allied aircraft DB-3M x 5 DB-3T x 5 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Manpower hits 2 Fires 2758 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x DB-3T bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Hiroshima/Kure , at 106,58 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 23 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 6 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Manpower hits 5 Fires 4708 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 7000 feet City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Nago at 95,65, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships xAK Ayatosan Maru, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAK Yamaura Maru, Shell hits 31, and is sunk xAK Zenyo Maru, Shell hits 33, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Kosin Maru, Shell hits 22, and is sunk xAK Nozima Maru, Shell hits 48, and is sunk xAK Nitisan Maru, Shell hits 27, and is sunk xAK Shinanogawa Maru, Shell hits 44, and is sunk PB Kiko Maru, Shell hits 5, and is sunk xAP Montevideo Maru, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAP Teibi Maru, Shell hits 33, and is sunk Allied Ships CA Quincy CA Exeter CL Concord CL Detroit DD Aaron Ward DD Russell DD Bagley, Shell hits 1 DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire Allied Ships Reported to be Approaching! Japanese TF suspends unloading operations and begins to get underway Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 0% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 26,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards Range closes to 23,000 yards... Range closes to 20,000 yards... Range closes to 17,000 yards... Range closes to 14,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards DD Arunta engages xAP Teibi Maru at 11,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Nago at 95,65, Range 6,000 Yards Japanese Ships xAK Zenyo Maru, Shell hits 9, and is sunk Allied Ships CA Quincy CA Exeter CL Concord CL Detroit DD Aaron Ward DD Russell DD Bagley DD Arunta, on fire Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Nago at 95,65 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses J2M2 Jack: 21 damaged J2M2 Jack: 3 destroyed on ground Ki-30 Ann: 2 damaged Ki-30 Ann: 2 destroyed on ground E7K2 Alf: 1 damaged E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed on ground G3M3 Nell: 1 damaged A6M3 Zero: 4 damaged A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed on ground Allied Ships CA Exeter CA Quincy CL Detroit CL Concord Japanese ground losses: 49 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 19 Walrus II acting as spotter for CA Exeter -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Naha at 95,66 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 4 damaged Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground A6M3a Zero: 2 damaged A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed on ground A6M3 Zero: 17 damaged A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground J2M2 Jack: 2 damaged 13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CA Cornwall CA Canberra Japanese ground losses: 79 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Manpower hits 1 Fires 335 Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 6 Port hits 2 CA Cornwall firing at Naha Seagull V acting as spotter for CA Canberra -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Nago at 95,65, Range 29,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 3, heavy fires DD Okikaze, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships CA Quincy, Shell hits 4 CA Exeter CL Concord CL Detroit, Shell hits 1 DD Aaron Ward DD Russell DD Bagley DD Arunta Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 29,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 29,000 yards Range closes to 24,000 yards Range closes to 20,000 yards CL Concord engages DD Okikaze at 20,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Liaoyuan , at 105,40 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 11 Allied aircraft MiG-3 x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses MiG-3: 2 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 8 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Nago , at 95,65 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 36,500 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 10 J2M2 Jack x 23 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 4 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 19 Japanese aircraft losses J2M2 Jack: 3 destroyed Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 11 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 34500 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 110653 troops, 924 guns, 378 vehicles, Assault Value = 2607 Defending force 28086 troops, 235 guns, 292 vehicles, Assault Value = 526 Allied adjusted assault: 2564 Japanese adjusted defense: 2705 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1895 casualties reported Squads: 21 destroyed, 69 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 55 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Guns lost 32 (3 destroyed, 29 disabled) Vehicles lost 32 (10 destroyed, 22 disabled) Allied ground losses: 2389 casualties reported Squads: 13 destroyed, 383 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 48 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled Guns lost 20 (1 destroyed, 19 disabled) Vehicles lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled) Assaulting units: 21st Chinese Corps 63rd Chinese Corps 50th Chinese Corps 25th Chinese Corps 7th Cav Recce Regiment 2nd Prov Chinese Corps 28th Chinese Corps 4th Chinese Corps 268th Motorised Brigade 18th Chinese Corps 37th Infantry Division 2/5th Armoured Regiment 6th Chinese Corps 57th AT Gun Regiment 20th Artillery Regiment 1st Artillery Regiment 4th Heavy Mortar Regiment 3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment 22nd Artillery Regiment 18th Artillery Regiment 7th Artillery Regiment 56th AT Gun Regiment Defending units: 4th Tank Regiment 74th Infantry Regiment 17th/B Division 17th/A Division 12th Tank Regiment Hong Kong Def Force 41st Guard Battalion 17th/C Division 12th Port Unit 304th Ship Eng Coy 3rd Air Army Hong Kong Special Base Force 52nd Field AA Battalion 26th Air Flotilla 51st Recon Regiment 24th Port Unit 6th Air Defense AA Regiment 2nd Army 18th JAAF AF Bn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Damage to BBs is low, but it should take a bit of time to patch up. I really need Hong Kong yard as Shanghai is still a bit too vulnerable to send these there. [image]local://upfiles/37283/A9AB3792558E4520B7FAEC0348F20909.jpg[/image]

BBfanboy -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/30/2019 2:53:10 AM)
Congrats on your naval victories! Pretty sure Hyuga went down with all the hits she took after reaching the Heavy Fires/Heavy Damage point. Even minor actions delay the crew's efforts to save her and the System Damage increases accordingly. Very bad for ships with poor damage control. Probably as important as the BBs is the number of DDs you sank. Japan has had very high attrition of DDs - the ones in that SCTF were not fleet DDs, but smaller ones intended for ASW and escort of troop convoys, not major fleet units. I don't know if Japan has the capacity to build replacement DDs, and if she does, I bet Kagero class DDs are not on the menu. The torpedo threat is surely diminishing! [:)]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/30/2019 9:23:45 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy Congrats on your naval victories! Pretty sure Hyuga went down with all the hits she took after reaching the Heavy Fires/Heavy Damage point. Even minor actions delay the crew's efforts to save her and the System Damage increases accordingly. Very bad for ships with poor damage control. Probably as important as the BBs is the number of DDs you sank. Japan has had very high attrition of DDs - the ones in that SCTF were not fleet DDs, but smaller ones intended for ASW and escort of troop convoys, not major fleet units. I don't know if Japan has the capacity to build replacement DDs, and if she does, I bet Kagero class DDs are not on the menu. The torpedo threat is surely diminishing! [:)] Feels good to eliminate some BBs for the time being, and yes, I do think his DDs are running short. I've noticed odd configurations for a while with the types of DDs present. Some of the ones sunk during these battles were good ones though. Arashi was a Kagero. Kawakaze was a Shiratsuya class. Both good surface ships. The rest were smaller early types, which is probably how Shiokaze went down so quickly after one TT hit. Every time a battle like this occurs it makes the surface fleet weaker for the duration. The KB in particular will be more and more constricted without good escorts. They do get some DDs still but not many. They're good ones though, the best. Yugumo and Akizuki class.

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/30/2019 9:39:02 AM)
Feb 5, 1943 True to form, the Japanese push hard right back and nail a supply and support convoy heading to Shanghai. They send in Kirishima and 4DD. A lot fo bombing on the IJA IDs trying to block the supply path for my forward tank units near Tunghua. Might just catch them. Some small sweeps. MiGs are running out slowly. I'll keep using them hard though as this is the critical time in game. Soon the other Allies can take over with nearby bases. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 5, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Shanghai at 92,55, Range 10,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Kirishima, Shell hits 1 DD Arare DD Yugure DD Ariake TB Hato Allied Ships AD Markab, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk AVD McFarland, Shell hits 2, and is sunk SC-740, Shell hits 3, and is sunk SC-744, Shell hits 2, and is sunk CM Willem v d Zaan, Shell hits 19, and is sunk xAK Titan, Shell hits 6, and is sunk xAK William S. Colley, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 0% moonlight: 10,000 yards Range closes to 22,000 yards... Range closes to 19,000 yards... Range closes to 16,000 yards... Range closes to 13,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 10,000 yards Allied ships attempt to get underway -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Shanghai at 92,55, Range 12,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Kirishima DD Arare DD Yugure DD Ariake TB Hato Allied Ships PC Perseus, Shell hits 5, and is sunk CM Prins van Oranje, Shell hits 1, and is sunk xAK E Sang, Shell hits 13, and is sunk xAK Egra, Shell hits 3, and is sunk xAK Karoa, Shell hits 28, and is sunk xAK Masula, Shell hits 5, and is sunk xAK Defiance, Shell hits 2, and is sunk Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching! Allied TF begins to get underway Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Hiroshima/Kure , at 106,58 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 22 J2M2 Jack x 3 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 4 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Manpower hits 13 Fires 3054 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 7000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 71st Division, at 105,41 , near Changchun Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18 Allied aircraft I-153 x 5 IL-2 x 62 MiG-3 x 19 SB-2 x 13 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses I-153: 1 destroyed IL-2: 4 damaged MiG-3: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 496 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 36 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 49 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 7 x SB-2 bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Shanghai , at 92,55 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 29 Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 11 P-43A-1 Lancer x 12 P-43A-1 Lancer x 5 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses H81-A3: 2 destroyed P-43A-1 Lancer: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 13 x A6M3 Zero sweeping at 32000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Liaoyuan , at 105,40 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 9 Allied aircraft MiG-3 x 36 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses MiG-3: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Liaoyuan , at 105,40 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 20 Allied aircraft MiG-3 x 31 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses MiG-3: 2 destroyed --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/30/2019 2:43:49 PM)
Feb 6, 1943 The IJN continues to be aggressive, with Hiei and a small TF heading to Iriomote. The RN CL TF danced with them for a bit without either side landing much. The old BBs then got a shot and were mauled. Not good at night, period, this early. The RN CAs then surprised the Japanese with a devastating salvo from 9k and crippled Hiei while sinking one and wrecking another IJN DD. Then Yamato arrived. I would not use Yamato with such small forces around it, but Lowpe is blessed with great timing and a bit of good fortune, as the pride of the IJN manages to find the worn out 'R' class BBs with only two DDs escorting. [8\|] Predictable results. Two BBs and DD Napier sunk. Luckily Yamato hit a mine just after this, a good USN mine. Fingers crossed there. RN cruisers to the rescue. The CAs grind it out and get the better of the Yamato TF, sending Yugumo to an early ending, but also putting some more damage on Yamato. Along with a few big caliber shots this damage and the mine might actually send Yamato to the years for a bit. Lets hope anyway! Air strikes are mauled during the day. It would have been a really frustrating day if not for the good result at Hong Kong. Should get it with the next attack. Good timing for getting that repair yard. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 6, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Iriomote at 90,65, Range 7,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Hiei CL Abukuma DD Akizuki DD Minazuki, Shell hits 1 Allied Ships CL Dauntless CL Ceres, Shell hits 4 CL Caradoc DD Aylwin DD Dewey DD Allen Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 3% moonlight: 10,000 yards Range closes to 19,000 yards... Range closes to 13,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Iriomote at 89,65, Range 7,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Hiei, Shell hits 8, on fire CL Abukuma, Shell hits 1 DD Akizuki, Shell hits 7, on fire DD Minazuki, Shell hits 2 Allied Ships BB West Virginia, Shell hits 30, on fire BB Revenge, Shell hits 4 BB Royal Sovereign, Shell hits 13, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires BB Ramillies DD Nepal DD Nestor, Shell hits 2, heavy fires DD Napier DD Nizam, Shell hits 1 Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 3% moonlight: 12,000 yards Range closes to 19,000 yards... Range closes to 13,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 7,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 7,000 yards BB Hiei engages BB West Virginia at 7,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Iriomote at 89,65, Range 9,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Hiei, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage CL Abukuma, Shell hits 3 DD Akizuki, Shell hits 19, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Minazuki, Shell hits 23, and is sunk Allied Ships CA Devonshire CA Hawkins, Shell hits 1 CA Frobisher, Shell hits 3 DD Warramunga DD Isaac Sweers DD Arrow DD Foxhound Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 3% moonlight: 9,000 yards Range closes to 23,000 yards... Range closes to 21,000 yards... Range closes to 19,000 yards... Range closes to 17,000 yards... Range closes to 15,000 yards... Range closes to 13,000 yards... Range closes to 11,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards Allies open fire on surprised Japanese ships at 9,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Iriomote at 89,65, Range 7,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Yamato, Shell hits 4 DD Yugumo, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Kazegumo DD Yudachi, Shell hits 3 Allied Ships BB Revenge, Shell hits 29, and is sunk BB Ramillies, Shell hits 29, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk DD Nepal, Shell hits 4, on fire DD Napier, Shell hits 10, and is sunk Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 3% moonlight: 10,000 yards Range closes to 19,000 yards... Range closes to 13,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 7,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 7,000 yards Scott, Norman crosses the 'T' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 109 encounters mine field at Iriomote (89,65) Japanese Ships BB Yamato, Mine hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Iriomote at 89,65, Range 7,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Yamato, Shell hits 7 DD Yugumo, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Kazegumo DD Yudachi, Shell hits 3, on fire Allied Ships CA Devonshire, Shell hits 2, on fire CA Hawkins, Shell hits 6 CA Frobisher, Shell hits 16, on fire DD Warramunga, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Isaac Sweers, Shell hits 2 DD Arrow DD Foxhound Reduced sighting due to 7% moonlight Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 7% moonlight: 8,000 yards Range closes to 19,000 yards... Range closes to 13,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 7,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 7,000 yards BB Yamato engages CA Frobisher at 7,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Liaoyuan , at 105,40 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 19 Allied aircraft MiG-3 x 32 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses MiG-3: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 30,500 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 2 A6M3a Zero x 2 J2M2 Jack x 2 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 9 Allied aircraft P-38F Lightning x 19 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 6 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38F Lightning: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 8 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 24500 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Miyako-jima at 91,66 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 11 A6M3a Zero x 13 J2M2 Jack x 14 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 16 Allied aircraft F2A-3 Buffalo x 8 F4F-4 Wildcat x 18 SBD-3 Dauntless x 14 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses F2A-3 Buffalo: 1 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed SBD-3 Dauntless: 7 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 2 x F2A-3 Buffalo sweeping at 15000 feet 1 x F4F-4 Wildcat sweeping at 22000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Miyako-jima at 91,66 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 4 A6M3a Zero x 9 J2M2 Jack x 8 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 6 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIc x 15 Beaufort VIII x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Beaufighter VIc: 1 destroyed by flak Beaufort VIII: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged Japanese Ships BB Yamato Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Beaufort VIII launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Miyako-jima at 91,66 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 2 A6M3a Zero x 4 J2M2 Jack x 8 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 3 Allied aircraft A-20A1 Havoc x 7 P-40K Warhawk x 18 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses A-20A1 Havoc: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Japanese Ships BB Yamato DD Kazegumo Aircraft Attacking: 4 x A-20A1 Havoc bombing and strafing from low level * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Miyako-jima at 91,66 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 10 J2M2 Jack x 12 Allied aircraft A-20A1 Havoc x 6 P-40K Warhawk x 17 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses A-20A1 Havoc: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Japanese Ships BB Yamato DD Yudachi, Shell hits 5 DD Kazegumo Aircraft Attacking: 6 x A-20A1 Havoc bombing and strafing from low level * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 108349 troops, 923 guns, 377 vehicles, Assault Value = 2325 Defending force 26290 troops, 227 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 405 Allied adjusted assault: 5296 Japanese adjusted defense: 1373 Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 777 casualties reported Squads: 16 destroyed, 74 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 30 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled Guns lost 36 (10 destroyed, 26 disabled) Vehicles lost 13 (5 destroyed, 8 disabled) Allied ground losses: 3680 casualties reported Squads: 21 destroyed, 512 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 48 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled Guns lost 29 (4 destroyed, 25 disabled) Vehicles lost 40 (1 destroyed, 39 disabled) Assaulting units: 25th Chinese Corps 2/5th Armoured Regiment 4th Chinese Corps 2nd Prov Chinese Corps 37th Infantry Division 18th Chinese Corps 63rd Chinese Corps 21st Chinese Corps 7th Cav Recce Regiment 28th Chinese Corps 268th Motorised Brigade 50th Chinese Corps 6th Chinese Corps 57th AT Gun Regiment 4th Heavy Mortar Regiment 20th Artillery Regiment 18th Artillery Regiment 3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment 22nd Artillery Regiment 7th Artillery Regiment 1st Artillery Regiment 56th AT Gun Regiment Defending units: 17th/A Division 17th/B Division 74th Infantry Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 41st Guard Battalion 12th Tank Regiment Hong Kong Def Force 17th/C Division 26th Air Flotilla 6th Air Defense AA Regiment 52nd Field AA Battalion 304th Ship Eng Coy Hong Kong Special Base Force 24th Port Unit 12th Port Unit 51st Recon Regiment 3rd Air Army 2nd Army 18th JAAF AF Bn --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bif1961 -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/30/2019 4:06:36 PM)
The slug fest continues I think the magnetic readings over all those sunken vessel will affect compasses for centuries.

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/30/2019 8:25:37 PM)
Feb 7 - 8, 1943 A lot of air action. The Japanese set a large CAP trap in Manchuria. Finally got to the Il-2 groups unfortunately. P-38s got some back. Hong Kong falls just in time to send the damaged there. Wenchow also is taken. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 7, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nago , at 95,65 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 25,500 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 1 J2M2 Jack x 4 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 28 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 22 Japanese aircraft losses J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 8 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 24500 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Peiping , at 95,39 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 43 A6M3a Zero x 44 Allied aircraft P-43A-1 Lancer x 4 B-25C Mitchell x 30 SB-2 x 2 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-43A-1 Lancer: 1 destroyed B-25C Mitchell: 8 destroyed, 4 damaged SB-2: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet City Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ishigaki , at 90,66 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 26,500 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 5 A6M3a Zero x 8 J2M2 Jack x 4 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 9 Allied aircraft P-38F Lightning x 8 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 2 destroyed No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 4951 troops, 37 guns, 408 vehicles, Assault Value = 287 Defending force 3203 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 96 Allied adjusted assault: 212 Japanese adjusted defense: 79 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Wenchow !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1112 casualties reported Squads: 19 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 9 (4 destroyed, 5 disabled) Units retreated 1 Allied ground losses: 61 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Units pursuing 1 Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 3rd Tank Battalion 6th Cav Recce Regiment 10th LH Cav Regiment 193rd Tank Battalion 7th Armoured Brigade Defending units: 60th/B Division -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 8, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 5 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 3 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Manpower hits 8 Fires 2537 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 7000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 71st Division, at 105,41 , near Changchun Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 4 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 28 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 20 Allied aircraft IL-2 x 96 MiG-3 x 48 SB-2 x 74 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses IL-2: 12 damaged MiG-3: 3 destroyed SB-2: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged Japanese ground losses: 897 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 19 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 21 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 20 x SB-2 bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 71st Division, at 105,41 , near Changchun Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 1,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 21 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 42 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3 Allied aircraft IL-2 x 35 MiG-3 x 18 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 3 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses IL-2: 9 destroyed, 12 damaged MiG-3: 4 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 19 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 19 x IL-2 bombing from 1000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Nago , at 95,65 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 26,500 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 34 J2M2 Jack x 3 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 12 Allied aircraft P-38F Lightning x 15 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 4 destroyed J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38F Lightning: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Nago , at 95,65 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 25 J2M2 Jack x 2 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 13 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 2 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 27000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Naha , at 95,66 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 12 A6M3a Zero x 8 J2M2 Jack x 11 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 7 Allied aircraft P-38F Lightning x 5 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 105123 troops, 920 guns, 382 vehicles, Assault Value = 1942 Defending force 23374 troops, 213 guns, 272 vehicles, Assault Value = 293 Allied adjusted assault: 3683 Japanese adjusted defense: 357 Allied assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Hong Kong !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 3331 casualties reported Squads: 89 destroyed, 51 disabled Non Combat: 179 destroyed, 35 disabled Engineers: 86 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 94 (81 destroyed, 13 disabled) Vehicles lost 221 (221 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 2261 casualties reported Squads: 17 destroyed, 258 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 31 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) Vehicles lost 20 (6 destroyed, 14 disabled) Assaulting units: 28th Chinese Corps 7th Cav Recce Regiment 63rd Chinese Corps 268th Motorised Brigade 50th Chinese Corps 18th Chinese Corps 37th Infantry Division 2/5th Armoured Regiment 25th Chinese Corps 21st Chinese Corps 4th Chinese Corps 2nd Prov Chinese Corps 6th Chinese Corps 1st Artillery Regiment 18th Artillery Regiment 20th Artillery Regiment 57th AT Gun Regiment 7th Artillery Regiment 4th Heavy Mortar Regiment 22nd Artillery Regiment 3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment 56th AT Gun Regiment Defending units: 17th/A Division 4th Tank Regiment 17th/B Division Hong Kong Def Force 12th Tank Regiment 41st Guard Battalion 17th/C Division 52nd Field AA Battalion 6th Air Defense AA Regiment 74th Infantry Regiment 3rd Air Army 12th Port Unit 304th Ship Eng Coy 26th Air Flotilla Hong Kong Special Base Force 51st Recon Regiment 2nd Army 24th Port Unit 18th JAAF AF Bn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ishigaki (90,66) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 3123 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 189 Defending force 1362 troops, 24 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19 Allied adjusted assault: 120 Japanese adjusted defense: 21 Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Ishigaki !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 162 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled) Assaulting units: 111th LRP Bde /5 77th LRP Bde /1 Defending units: Funauke Fortress --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

BBfanboy -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/31/2019 2:17:07 AM)
Great to see HK fall into your hands! Let us know the condition of the SY and other industries. Destroying 221 vehicles is awesome - I am surprised there were no destroyed IJA units. I hope you have the remnants trapped - no extraction by air or FT TF or subs.

CaptBeefheart -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/31/2019 7:15:35 AM)
Some real interesting surface fights there. Too bad about the R-Classes. Last year I looked into doing a family trip to Ishigaki -- a nice, quiet place with good beaches. ANA even flies 777s there from Haneda (Tokyo). I looked into Jesselton (now known as Khota Kinabalu, with direct flights from Korea) and Guam as well. We ended up going to the east coast of Korea instead. Cheers, CB

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/31/2019 9:30:08 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy Great to see HK fall into your hands! Let us know the condition of the SY and other industries. Destroying 221 vehicles is awesome - I am surprised there were no destroyed IJA units. I hope you have the remnants trapped - no extraction by air or FT TF or subs. Its great timing and also frees up some good units for other jobs, plus a big contingent of bombers. I'm pretty much letting him extract pieces if he wants. I'm sure he has already if he was going to do it, it's been a long time coming. The units have stayed in hex as I think they don't recognize a retreat path now. The units from Canton are still being slowly worn down near Kukong. Once I'm up to current I'll post more info about the state of things and the map. The shipyards, the main focus of Hong Kong for me, are damaged at 27 (23) I think right now. So almost a month before I can use them fully, but most ships need a lot of pier time anyway. I have the big Naval Command from Pearl moving over there now from Saigon with it's 400+ naval support. With such a short front line compared to historical I'm finding it very easy to allocate HQs and other necessary support into the bigger bases like Shanghai, Takao/Taihoku and Hong Kong. I really want Tsingtao for a Yellow Sea base but it's fairly heavily garrisoned, and I'm also moving on Chefoo, so might just build that up to use. Just annoying it's not on rail, but a lot of Allied units can Strat on the roads too.

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/31/2019 9:37:55 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: CaptBeefheart Some real interesting surface fights there. Too bad about the R-Classes. Last year I looked into doing a family trip to Ishigaki -- a nice, quiet place with good beaches. ANA even flies 777s there from Haneda (Tokyo). I looked into Jesselton (now known as Khota Kinabalu, with direct flights from Korea) and Guam as well. We ended up going to the east coast of Korea instead. Cheers, CB Yeah. The 'R' class are behaving like 25-30 year old ships no longer fit for front line duty. Certainly not against the most powerful battleship ever built, at least. [;)] How is the Korean coastline? I imagine it being beautiful with tree lined headlands and lots of small isolated coves.

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/31/2019 9:53:44 AM)
Feb 9 -10, 1943 Corsairs are here!! The gull Wongs make their debut against the J2M2 and do very well, downing 5-7 without a loss. [8D] Their range is decent at 6/8, but I'll try to conserve them at normal range and that means they'll only have limited opportunities right now. As a psychological tool they're fantastic though. Suffered another shocked defeat near Yinkow, so I need some more heavy troops there. The Eastern IJA positions are indeed falling back and I'v been able to feast on some of the rear guards while slowly breaking down some of the border forts. Near Tunghua things have definitely stalled, but the arty thee will do well until the Japanese build forts. I'll probe with tanks ahead for now. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 9, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Amami Oshima at 98,65 Japanese Ships CM Itsukushima, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage CM Aotaka CM Ishizaki CM Kyosai CM Nasami PB Myoken Maru Allied Ships SS O16 SS O16 launches 4 torpedoes at CM Itsukushima O16 diving deep .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 99,64 Japanese Ships PB Ichiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage PB Zuikai Maru Allied Ships SS Grayback SS Grayback launches 2 torpedoes at PB Ichiyo Maru Grayback diving deep .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 102,42 (near Yingkow) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 57382 troops, 835 guns, 2107 vehicles, Assault Value = 2241 Defending force 27701 troops, 304 guns, 531 vehicles, Assault Value = 893 Allied adjusted assault: 1942 Japanese adjusted defense: 1357 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 3221 casualties reported Squads: 20 destroyed, 209 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 47 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled Guns lost 49 (3 destroyed, 46 disabled) Vehicles lost 33 (1 destroyed, 32 disabled) Allied ground losses: 2226 casualties reported Squads: 163 destroyed, 400 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 117 disabled Engineers: 14 destroyed, 14 disabled Guns lost 140 (17 destroyed, 123 disabled) Vehicles lost 229 (20 destroyed, 209 disabled) Assaulting units: 5th Mongolian Cavalry Division 41st Rifle Brigade 206th Tank Brigade 187th Rifle Division 218th Tank Brigade 258th Rifle Brigade 77th Tank Brigade 21st Rifle Brigade 227th Rifle Brigade 95th Rifle Brigade 1st Ussurii Tank Brigade 9th Armored Car Brigade 171st Tank Brigade 61st Tank Division 8th/A Cavalry Division 46th/302nd AA Battalion 624th Cannon Regiment 1120th Cannon Regiment 1128th Howitzer Regiment 263rd Howitzer Regiment 629th Cannon Regiment 390th Cannon Regiment Defending units: 2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade 2nd Tank/A Division 58th/B Division 77th Infantry Regiment 2nd Tank/B Division 58th/C Division 8th Manchukuo Inf Brigade 2nd Tank/C Division Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment 5th Air Defense AA Regiment 5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 10, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Naha , at 95,66 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft J2M2 Jack x 9 Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 11 Japanese aircraft losses J2M2 Jack: 5 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Naha , at 95,66 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 7 B-24D Liberator x 8 Japanese aircraft losses E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground No Allied losses Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 21 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 112,42 (near Mutankiang) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 43457 troops, 645 guns, 468 vehicles, Assault Value = 1472 Defending force 5937 troops, 142 guns, 73 vehicles, Assault Value = 76 Allied adjusted assault: 1284 Japanese adjusted defense: 19 Allied assault odds: 67 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 1754 casualties reported Squads: 67 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 19 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 6 disabled Guns lost 60 (46 destroyed, 14 disabled) Vehicles lost 24 (18 destroyed, 6 disabled) Units destroyed 2 Allied ground losses: 627 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 44 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Assaulting units: 35th Rifle Division 39th Rifle Division 59th Rifle Division 3rd NKVD Division 45th Howitzer Regiment 215th Cannon Brigade 227th Cannon Brigade 1125th Cannon Regiment 28th/70th AA Battalion 1138th Cannon Regiment 181st Hvy Howitzer Regiment Defending units: 23rd/A Division 27th Fld AA Gun Co 23rd Fld AA Gun Co 7th RF Gun Battalion 3rd Border Defense Fortress 50th Field AA Battalion 2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 106,43 (near Tunghua) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1632 troops, 120 guns, 155 vehicles, Assault Value = 980 Defending force 12560 troops, 286 guns, 294 vehicles, Assault Value = 510 Japanese ground losses: 117 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Vehicles lost 8 (6 destroyed, 2 disabled) Assaulting units: 75th Tank Brigade 46th Engr-Sapper Bde 74th Tank Brigade 72nd Tank Brigade 36th Motor Rifle Division 2nd Rifle Corps 424th Hvy Howitzer Regiment 10th/132nd PVO AA Battalion 372nd Hvy Howitzer Regiment 114th Hvy Howitzer Regiment 1192nd BM Howitzer Regiment 1194th BM Howitzer Regiment 100th OM Howitzer Battalion 1131st Hvy Howitzer Regiment 262nd/264th PVO AA Battalion Defending units: 1st Tank Division 2nd Division 13th Tank Regiment 18th Tank Regiment Manchukuo Guards Brigade 3rd Recon Battalion 3rd RF Gun Battalion 49th Field AA Battalion 32nd Field AA Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [image]local://upfiles/37283/A5E3DFAB178748268D70DFB743BC70DF.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/31/2019 11:03:54 AM)
Feb 11-12, 1943 On the 11th I tried a limited 4E strike on Nago preceded by a P-38 sweep. The Japanese had moved in heavily in spite of existing damage to the base. If I went all in here I could probably close it, but it would mean a few days of attritional battles, and I don't have the pools of the critical airframes to get this done and keep the bases closed right now, especially with so many damaged ships and no ability to bombard by sea for a few weeks. I'm not in a hurry here and will do this soon. It also might give him the chance to get comfy and move in a lot of airframes. Overstacked fields on islands are a nice target. The Central Pacific operation is loading now and about to move out toward Marcus, Pagan and the "A" islands of the Marianas chain; Anatahan, Agrihan and Amalgan. Getting these combined with Babeldaob would effectively close transport paths to all areas South. I'm not so concerned about that though, and it's much more about getting supplies, units and most importantly more surface ships and the CVEs into the fight near Okinawa and Kyushu. Also easier to move air units as they arrive. Landed at Babeldaob but no defensive bombardment, so I'm guessing not much there. I'll attack on the 13th and see. I've got 300+ AV ashore with a bit more to unload, so should have plenty here. Interesting to run into TFs now with a CA, 4 CL and only 2 DD. [:)] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 12, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tokara Retto at 99,63 Japanese Ships DD Matsukaze CA Myoko CL Kitakami CL Yura CL Jintsu CL Agano DD Teruzuki Allied Ships SS ShCh-135 SS ShCh-135 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Matsukaze ShCh-135 diving deep .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Nago , at 95,65 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 63 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Japanese aircraft E7K2 Alf x 5 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 14 Japanese aircraft losses E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed on ground A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Cuba Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage AKE Sangetsu Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 7000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Naha , at 95,66 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 32,550 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 14 A6M3a Zero x 29 J2M2 Jack x 36 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 3 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 38 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 19 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed J2M2 Jack: 2 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning: 3 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Naha , at 95,66 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 13 A6M3a Zero x 22 J2M2 Jack x 27 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 3 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 24 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 11 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground J2M2 Jack: 3 damaged J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 3 destroyed, 7 damaged Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Naha , at 95,66 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 11 A6M3a Zero x 21 J2M2 Jack x 26 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 19 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 10 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 8 damaged A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed on ground J2M2 Jack: 12 damaged J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 12 damaged Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 5 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Naha , at 95,66 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 11 A6M3a Zero x 20 J2M2 Jack x 26 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 15 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 24 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground A6M3a Zero: 11 damaged A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed on ground J2M2 Jack: 10 damaged J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 11 damaged Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 6 destroyed on ground E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Naha , at 95,66 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 32,550 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 7 A6M3a Zero x 13 J2M2 Jack x 26 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 3 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tsingtao (95,47) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 35974 troops, 179 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 863 Defending force 20793 troops, 114 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 513 Allied adjusted assault: 392 Japanese adjusted defense: 1523 Allied assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 4) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 434 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 80 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled) Allied ground losses: 3299 casualties reported Squads: 84 destroyed, 101 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 31 disabled Guns lost 21 (1 destroyed, 20 disabled) Assaulting units: 55th Chinese Corps 93rd Chinese Corps 56th Chinese Corps 40th Chinese Corps 34th Separate Brigade Defending units: 14th RGC Temp. Division 15th Division 5th Ind.Mixed Brigade 1st NCPC Route Brigade Ching Tao Special Base Force 23rd JNAF AF Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 13, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Babeldaob (90,97) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 39 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships AK Alcyon PC Haida AK Bellatrix AK Fomalhaut, Shell hits 1 AMC Cornwallis Allied ground losses: 43 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 12.7cm/50 T03 DP Battery engaging AK Alcyon at 15,000 yards 12.7cm/50 T03 DP Battery engaging AK Bellatrix at 15,000 yards 12.7cm/50 T03 DP Battery engaging AK Fomalhaut at 15,000 yards PC Haida fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Babeldaob (90,97) TF 144 troops unloading over beach at Babeldaob, 90,97 Allied ground losses: 214 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 32 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 33 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 16 (1 destroyed, 15 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) 15 Support troops lost in surf during unload of Prajoeda Cdo 3" Mortar lost in surf during unload of 16th Australian Bde /2 Motorized Support accidentally lost during unload of 16th Australian Bde /3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Naha , at 95,66 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 30,550 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 3 A6M3a Zero x 1 J2M2 Jack x 1 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 19 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 11 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Babeldaob (90,97) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 39 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships xAKL Larut xAKL Masayas, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL William McArthur xAK Manoeran xAP Kajang Allied ground losses: 59 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 12.7cm/50 T03 DP Battery engaging xAKL Masayas at 13,000 yards xAKL Larut fired at enemy guns -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A pretty good day in the air in spite of losing a dozen or so 4Es. The B-24D-1 is now producing, which will seriously increase capabilities, but I want to hold onto as many B-17E s possible for Strat bombing tough targets. Sadly, during the sweep I lost GS Welch after he got his 39th kill. [:(] [image]local://upfiles/37283/8542E20AB73D4B53A6F0060266F00AD8.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: Lowpe (J) vs obvert (A) (7/31/2019 11:18:29 AM)
Here is the location of the KB right now. He's been dangling it out in sight but out of range for quite a while now. I know it can swoop in if needed, and is probably set to strike at anything getting in range of Korea especially. [image]local://upfiles/37283/25AF6FF0EA3641A7B2040C29CDA9177F.jpg[/image]

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