RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A)

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Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (2/22/2018 10:24:58 PM)
12 February 1942 Welcome to Rabaul... quote: Night Naval bombardment of Rabaul at 106,125 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty-Rikko: 35 damaged G4M1 Betty-Rikko: 1 destroyed on ground A6M2 Zero-Reisen: 5 damaged A6M2 Zero-Reisen: 1 destroyed on ground E13A1 Jake-Suitei: 1 damaged E13A1 Jake-Suitei: 1 destroyed on ground Allied Ships CA Canberra CA Australia CL Adelaide CL Perth CL Achilles CL Leander DD Van Ghent Japanese ground losses: 233 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 18 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 9 Runway hits 44 Port hits 3 Seagull V acting as spotter for CA Canberra CA Canberra firing at Rabaul CA Australia firing at Rabaul CL Adelaide firing at Rabaul CL Perth firing at Rabaul Walrus II acting as spotter for CL Achilles CL Achilles firing at Maizuru 1st SNLF CL Leander firing at Rabaul DD Van Ghent firing at Rabaul A little careless with his air searches. I was ready to pull them if spotted. Interestingly, they departed by running the west end of the island, so they're now just south of Lae. They should get out okay. A couple of light freighters died at Darwin, thanks to sub laid mines. my AMs are busy now. I think they were only disbanded before, as they had accumulated some damage and I promptly forgot about them. Sweeping now. A small sub victory. I really, really wish they'd hit the freighters instead of the escorts. quote: Sub attack near Laoag at 81,71 Japanese Ships PB Suyozai Maru, Torpedo hits 1 PB Eifuku Maru xAK Shonan Maru' xAK Hakakisan Maru xAK Hakonesan Maru xAK Mikasa Maru xAK Kinsyo Maru PB Toko Maru #4 PB Tokotsu Maru Allied Ships SS S-38~ Massive explosion on PB Suyozai Maru SS S-38~ launches 2 torpedoes at PB Suyozai Maru S-38~ diving deep .... PB Toko Maru #4 fails to find sub and abandons search PB Tokotsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tokotsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tokotsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tokotsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tokotsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tokotsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub More of the same everywhere else.

Bif1961 -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (2/23/2018 12:22:08 AM)
My opponent did the same thing to me with the Aussie cruisers in early Jan, 42 but I brought in 2 carriers and sank or damaged all of his cruisers south of wood lark Island. I am sure he thought he got away, so don't be so quick until you are back in OZ to celebrate.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (2/23/2018 12:29:28 AM)
I know at least part of KB is back by Java. We'll see.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (2/24/2018 1:13:32 PM)
14 February 1942 Nevada's getting set to transfer to the States. Free up dock space at Pearl. The other badly damaged BBs can only make 4 kts currently, so they're still being fixed there. One of them would take 1100 days to finish, so I need to get ships like that out of here. My Australian cruisers are passing Townsville. Safe and sound. An IJN carrier group is now spotted 6 hexes N of Kavieng. Too late... My sub base at Midway is running efficiently. I have the AS, along with an AR and a smaller ARD there, so I'm able to repair most stuff on the subs. Once in a while one will come back that these can't handle, but that's very infrequent. I'm looking forward to transferring this to the Marshalls at some point. The last of the "bird" forces is unloading at Port Moresby, so I can recombine them soon. One real fight in China. One hex east of Wuchow. quote: Ground combat at 77/57 (77,57) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 14644 troops, 165 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 488 Defending force 5901 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 227 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Japanese adjusted assault: 124 Allied adjusted defense: 163 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 186 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Allied ground losses: 41 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 51st Division 20th RGC/B Division 23rd Army 21st Mortar Battalion Defending units: 36th Chinese Army* Corps #Administration He's cutting across Java, near Bandoeng quote: Ground combat at 50,101 (near Bandoeng) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 2170 troops, 26 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 95 Defending force 671 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4 Japanese adjusted assault: 37 Allied adjusted defense: 7 Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), fatigue(-), morale(-) experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Allied ground losses: 339 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Units retreated 2 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 31ID III./124th Inf Battalion Sasebo 8th SNLF Defending units: I Landstorm Cdo Cheribon Defenses Andir ML Base Force He's unloading more troops at Manado. He took a shot, but failed. quote: Invasion Support action off Manado (75,99) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 12 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PB Nanei Maru PB Tokihime Maru PB Tenshin xAK Yuri Maru PB Nanei Maru fired at enemy troops PB Tokihime Maru fired at enemy troops PB Tenshin fired at enemy troops --------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Manado (75,99) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PB Nanei Maru PB Tokihime Maru PB Tenshin xAK Yuri Maru PB Nanei Maru fired at enemy troops PB Tokihime Maru fired at enemy troops PB Tenshin fired at enemy troops --------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Manado (75,99) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 6 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships PB Nanei Maru PB Tokihime Maru PB Tenshin xAK Yuri Maru PB Nanei Maru fired at enemy troops PB Tokihime Maru fired at enemy troops PB Tenshin fired at enemy troops --------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Manado (75,99) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships xAK Otori Maru xAK Toyu Maru xAK Yuri Maru Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled xAK Otori Maru fired at enemy troops xAK Toyu Maru fired at enemy troops xAK Yuri Maru fired at enemy troops quote: Ground combat at Manado (75,99) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1382 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 68 Defending force 1641 troops, 19 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 70 Japanese adjusted assault: 23 Allied adjusted defense: 39 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), preparation(-) fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 99 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 62 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 15th Naval Guard Unit II/81st Naval Guard Unit Defending units: Manado Cdo 1/12th Avn Sup Afd Civilians --------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manado (75,99) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1472 troops, 17 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 64 Defending force 1292 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 54 Assaulting units: Manado Cdo 1/12th Avn Sup Afd Civilians Defending units: 15th Naval Guard Unit II/81st Naval Guard Unit I'm sending my cruiser force at Madjene up to interfere. It'll take a couple days to get there. I don't think he has carriers up that ways. I've pulled my planes out of Liuchow, as he's been sweeping and bombing there.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (3/1/2018 11:34:14 PM)
13 April 1942 Lots of little stuff. The little stuff keeps the war going. Supply is slowly getting better in the states. Most of my major cities are in the 50,000-70,000 range with supply now. Seattle, for some reason, is spiked at 130,000. Units have been showing up in Eastern US. Once gathered up, I'll ship them to Pearl. I'm still getting one or more xAKs at Panama every day. Some I'm diverting to Pearl, as I'm amassing an armada in San Francisco. His forward sub patrols have backed off a bit. I don't think anyone is around Pearl, but he does have one sitting about 10 hexes off of San Francisco. It's prudent to keep every convoy escorted. Indomitable will arrive in Panama in about 7 days. I'm going to gang up the two RN carriers with my US ones once I kick off my Marshalls invasion. An early kick in the teeth to him would be a nice start. Barring KB getting exterminated, I wouldn't push past there until well into 1943. The British ships would be withdrawn long before then anyways. The entire RN battlefleet is also enroute, so my invasion force will be packed with battleships. Should KB contest, there will be plenty of "decoy" targets scattered around to dilute his strikes. Nevada's making good progress towards Mare Island. She's probably about 1/4 the way there already. Another shot taken at Singapore. There's about 58,000 in supply there yet. I'm down to 2 at Bataan. quote: Ground combat at Singapore (50,84) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 73941 troops, 927 guns, 697 vehicles, Assault Value = 2780 Defending force 52209 troops, 600 guns, 701 vehicles, Assault Value = 980 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 3481 Allied adjusted defense: 2317 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(-), preparation(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2422 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 313 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 57 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 72 disabled Vehicles lost 79 (4 destroyed, 75 disabled) Allied ground losses: 2000 casualties reported Squads: 38 destroyed, 130 disabled Non Combat: 37 destroyed, 87 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Guns lost 59 (6 destroyed, 53 disabled) Vehicles lost 48 (11 destroyed, 37 disabled) Assaulting units: 14th Tank Regiment 30ID 41st Infantry Regiment 1TD 1st Tank Regiment 23rd Ind Engineer Regiment 38th Division 18th Division 4th Ind Engineer Regiment 2nd Division 5th Division Imperial Guards' Division 15th Ind Engineer Regiment 56th Division 2TD 6th Tank Regiment 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 32nd Field AA Battalion 5th Mortar Battalion 25th Army 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st RF Gun Battalion 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Mortar Battalion 51st Field AA Battalion Defending units: 2nd Malay~ Battalion 1st Manchester Battalion 2/17 Dogra Battalion 11th Indian Division 5/14th Punjab Battalion 3rd Cavalry Regiment 1st Mysore Battalion SSVF~ Brigade 2nd Gordons Battalion 9ID 22nd Indian Brigade 1st Malay~ Battalion 9ID 12th Indian Brigade 109th RN Base Force 224 Group RAF 1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment 111th RAF Adv Base Force 3rd Heavy~ AA Regiment 3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment Singapore Fortress 223 Group RAF 112th RAF Adv Base Force 9ID Det 80th AT Gun Regiment Malaya Command~ 1st ISF Base Force 24th NZ Pioneer Coy III Indian 1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment AHQ Far East~ 2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment 109th RAF Adv Base Force ABDACOM~ Malayan Air Wing~ 113th RAF Adv Base Force 22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 110th RAF Adv Base Force Singapore Base Force 9ID 5th Field Regiment One fight in China. Sorta near Wuchow. quote: Ground combat at 77/57 (77,57) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 14311 troops, 163 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 476 Defending force 5774 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 208 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 442 Allied adjusted defense: 643 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 170 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Allied ground losses: 116 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 51st Division 20th RGC/B Division 23rd Army 21st Mortar Battalion Defending units: 36th Chinese Army* Corps Nothing at Manado, despite his offloading more troops there. quote: Ground combat at Manado (75,99) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1513 troops, 17 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 70 Defending force 1786 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 87 Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: Manado Cdo 1/12th Avn Sup Afd Civilians Defending units: II/81st Naval Guard Unit 15th Naval Guard Unit 1st Sasebo Coy SNLF My Dutch cruiser force raided there a couple turns ago, hoping to catch a bunch of transports, but only found two DDs there. quote: Night Time Surface Combat, near Manado at 75,99, Range 3,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Yamagumo DD Tachikaze Allied Ships CL Java CL Sumatra CL De Ruyter CL Tromp CL Danae~ CL Dragon~ CL Durban~, Shell hits 2 CL Boise DD Vampire DD Evertsen, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Witte de With, Shell hits 1 DD Van Nes DD Scout DD Thanet Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards Range closes to 17,000 yards... Range closes to 11,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... Range closes to 3,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 3,000 yards DD Tachikaze launches Torpedoes at DD Evertsen at 3,000 yards DD Yamagumo launches Long Lance Torpedoes at DD Thanet at 3,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards DD Evertsen engages DD Tachikaze at 2,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages CL Durban~ at 2,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages CL Tromp at 2,000 yards DD Scout engages DD Yamagumo at 2,000 yards Range increases to 5,000 yards CL Boise engages DD Yamagumo at 5,000 yards CL Durban~ engages DD Yamagumo at 5,000 yards CL Java engages DD Yamagumo at 5,000 yards DD Tachikaze engages DD Witte de With at 5,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards CL Boise engages DD Yamagumo at 10,000 yards DD Scout engages DD Yamagumo at 10,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages DD Witte de With at 10,000 yards Task forces break off... --------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Manado at 75,99, Range 23,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Yamagumo, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Tachikaze Allied Ships CL Java CL Sumatra CL De Ruyter CL Tromp CL Danae~, Shell hits 1 CL Dragon~ CL Durban~, Shell hits 1 CL Boise, Shell hits 3 DD Vampire DD Evertsen, on fire DD Witte de With DD Van Nes DD Scout DD Thanet Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 23,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 23,000 yards CL Boise engages DD Tachikaze at 23,000 yards Range closes to 16,000 yards CL Boise engages DD Yamagumo at 16,000 yards CL Durban~ engages DD Yamagumo at 16,000 yards Range closes to 13,000 yards CL Boise engages DD Yamagumo at 13,000 yards CL Durban~ engages DD Yamagumo at 13,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards CL Boise engages DD Tachikaze at 9,000 yards CL Durban~ engages DD Yamagumo at 9,000 yards CL De Ruyter engages DD Yamagumo at 9,000 yards CL Sumatra engages DD Yamagumo at 9,000 yards CL Java engages DD Yamagumo at 9,000 yards Range increases to 12,000 yards CL Boise engages DD Tachikaze at 12,000 yards CL Boise engages DD Yamagumo at 12,000 yards CL Danae~ engages DD Yamagumo at 12,000 yards DD Tachikaze engages DD Scout at 12,000 yards DD Tachikaze engages DD Van Nes at 12,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages DD Witte de With at 12,000 yards Range increases to 16,000 yards CL Boise engages DD Yamagumo at 16,000 yards CL De Ruyter engages DD Yamagumo at 16,000 yards DD Tachikaze engages DD Van Nes at 16,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages DD Vampire at 16,000 yards Range increases to 19,000 yards DD Witte de With engages DD Tachikaze at 19,000 yards CL Durban~ engages DD Yamagumo at 19,000 yards CL Dragon~ engages DD Yamagumo at 19,000 yards CL Sumatra engages DD Yamagumo at 19,000 yards CL Java engages DD Yamagumo at 19,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages DD Witte de With at 19,000 yards Kusumoto K. orders Japanese TF to disengage Range increases to 24,000 yards CL Boise engages DD Yamagumo at 24,000 yards CL Boise engages DD Tachikaze at 24,000 yards CL Boise engages DD Yamagumo at 24,000 yards Range closes to 23,000 yards CL Boise engages DD Yamagumo at 23,000 yards Range increases to 25,000 yards CL Boise engages DD Tachikaze at 25,000 yards CL Boise engages DD Yamagumo at 25,000 yards Kusumoto K. orders Japanese TF to disengage CL Boise engages DD Yamagumo at 25,000 yards CL Boise engages DD Tachikaze at 25,000 yards CL Boise engages DD Yamagumo at 25,000 yards CL Boise engages DD Yamagumo at 25,000 yards Task forces break off... Everyone did get out safely. I'm routing them all to Australia. I'm done putting too much effort into the DEI at this point. He's pretty much cut Java in half now. I've a feeling Palembang will be the last to fall.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (3/6/2018 10:12:47 PM)
24 February 1942 Slow going. Steve is slowly making his way across Java. I'm holding out... for now. quote: Ground combat at Tjilatjap (51,102) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 2236 troops, 26 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 106 Defending force 3185 troops, 79 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 64 Japanese adjusted assault: 67 Allied adjusted defense: 45 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 179 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 31 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 86 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Assaulting units: 31ID III./124th Inf Battalion Sasebo 8th SNLF Defending units: Mobiele Bn I Landstorm Cdo 2nd KNIL Regiment IV Landstorm Cdo Tjilitap KM Base Force Cheribon Defenses Tjilatjap Defenses Andir ML Base Force I've pulled the DEIAF out for good, while something is left in the pools. They'll most likely reappear at Aden or India proper, where I can put them to use. Two B-10 squadrons, I've sent to Darwin where they will eventually get to Port Moresby. They've got decent range and maybe I can hit some transport groups skimming the top of New Guinea. Other than that, constant aerial bombardment of Singapore and Bataan. Not sure why he's holding back so long. Singapore probably could have fallen days ago.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (3/8/2018 10:16:59 PM)
25 February 1942 At my off-map Emergency Reserve base in the US, a squadron of "Emergency P-40"s arrived, twelve strong. Another source for pilot experience. A carrier TF is sighted between Celebes and Ternate. Weathered a couple ground attacks. One at Batavia. quote: Ground combat at Batavia (49,98) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 12714 troops, 142 guns, 46 vehicles, Assault Value = 535 Defending force 7013 troops, 117 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 109 Japanese adjusted assault: 232 Allied adjusted defense: 185 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 303 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 48 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled) Allied ground losses: 408 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 41 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 17 (3 destroyed, 14 disabled) Assaulting units: 31ID II./124th Inf Battalion 23SBF Kure 2nd' Naval Guard Unit 14th Division Sasebo 3rd SNLF Defending units: 1st KNIL Regiment 6th Avn Sup Afd Batavia Defenses 1st KNIL AA Battalion KNI Zeemacht Civilians Batavia KM Base Force Civilians The other at Singapore. quote: round combat at Singapore (50,84) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 73383 troops, 927 guns, 695 vehicles, Assault Value = 2767 Defending force 51210 troops, 600 guns, 708 vehicles, Assault Value = 874 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 4419 Allied adjusted defense: 3893 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2536 casualties reported Squads: 12 destroyed, 417 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 85 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 52 disabled Guns lost 32 (1 destroyed, 31 disabled) Vehicles lost 32 (2 destroyed, 30 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1972 casualties reported Squads: 28 destroyed, 122 disabled Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 98 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 21 disabled Guns lost 79 (22 destroyed, 57 disabled) Assaulting units: 18th Division 56th Division 4th Ind Engineer Regiment 38th Division 2nd Division 14th Tank Regiment 5th Division 23rd Ind Engineer Regiment Imperial Guards' Division 1TD 1st Tank Regiment 15th Ind Engineer Regiment 30ID 41st Infantry Regiment 2TD 6th Tank Regiment 5th Mortar Battalion 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 25th Army 1st RF Gun Battalion 32nd Field AA Battalion 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 3rd Mortar Battalion 51st Field AA Battalion Defending units: 2/17 Dogra Battalion 2nd Gordons Battalion 9ID 22nd Indian Brigade 1st Manchester Battalion 3rd Cavalry Regiment 1st Mysore Battalion SSVF~ Brigade 5/14th Punjab Battalion 11th Indian Division 1st Malay~ Battalion 9ID 12th Indian Brigade Malayan Air Wing~ 110th RAF Adv Base Force III Indian 223 Group RAF 9ID Det 80th AT Gun Regiment ABDACOM~ AHQ Far East~ Singapore Fortress 1st ISF Base Force 3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment 109th RN Base Force Malaya Command~ 111th RAF Adv Base Force 2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment 1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment 109th RAF Adv Base Force 22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 112th RAF Adv Base Force 1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment 224 Group RAF 24th NZ Pioneer Coy Singapore Base Force 3rd Heavy~ AA Regiment 2nd Malay~ Battalion 113th RAF Adv Base Force 9ID 5th Field Regiment Can't wait until these fall so I don't have to look at this part of the map anymore.

Bif1961 -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (3/9/2018 11:55:38 PM)
Singapore still has supplies so it may not fall anytime soon as his disabled squads really need rest before another attack.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (3/11/2018 3:18:26 AM)
Singapore is about dry, looking again. He's not pushing too hard trying to take it. I would have been battering the walls down. 27 February 1942 Batavia finally falls. I'm trying to pretend that whole area of the map doesn't exist. Supply at San Francisco decided to balloon up to about 140K. Got a big convoy loading for Pearl Harbor. A minority of LI is functional yet, so I'm not sure of why it's suddenly going up. Maybe resources are just reaching places. An AKV at Aden is going to Cape Town and then to Pearl. When I start taking islands, I want to have a bunch of them ready to start an instant air force once taken. A bunch of MTBs and MGBs arrived in Aden. I just stuffed them back in the pool, as I'm not going to try and babysit them across the ocean to a forward base. Waste of dock space. Two understrength VMF squadrons arrive at San Diego. Off to Pearl they go. I think the dash-4 finally arrives next month. Pools are pretty slim right now, apart from SBDs.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (3/15/2018 1:13:54 AM)
03 March 1942 Small victory... quote: TF 316 encounters mine field at Batavia (49,98) Japanese Ships DMS W-10 SC Ch-17, Mine hits 1, heavy damage SC Ch-14 34 mines cleared Landings: Cagayan Manado Manokwari Sorong Losses: Manokwari Merak Sorong 86/46 (86,46) Looks like he's gotten to working on Mindanao. Manado is now also on borrowed time. Bunches of RN battleships are enroute to or have left Panama and most should be at Pearl within three weeks. Lots of bombardment support for my amphibs. Lex and Sara are getting their March upgrade, dumping those useless 8" guns. I'm not sure if they get the 5"/38 turrets with the July upgrade yet or not. Some squadrons of B-26s, P-39s and P-40s as well as three base forces have unloaded at Brisbane. I'll get them all to Port Moresby, via Townsville. I've about 850 AV at PM currently, and constantly growing. It'll be Japanese proof before too long. He's made no move towards Lae since I beat up that first convoy with my SB2Us. Wewak's about as far as he's gone, so far. Another Australian Brigade is loading up at Diamond Harbor, bound for Burma.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (3/16/2018 2:10:51 AM)
04 March 1942 Fairly quiet. Hornet arrives in Panama. I've a healthy escort leaving Pearl to meet her. A Japanese sub is 5 hexes SW of San Francisco, trying to harass my convoys, but got beaten off. I'm dog-legging everyone else around the area. Another sub is 3 hexes NE of Pearl, so I won't take any chances. Hornet's still carrying SBCs, and I don't quite have enough dash-3 Dauntlesses to replace them. Haven't checked the dash-2 supply, so they may suffice, but they lose some range over the later models. Other than that, constant bombings in China, Singapore and Bataan. Liuchow is getting hit hard, and I pulled my planes out some time ago. Some units in the far north of China are getting hit too. I don't foresee any major knockout battles there anytime soon. Base forces and a bunch of USMC air HQs are loading up in the states for Pearl. One VMF with Buffalos is also going.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (3/18/2018 3:15:59 PM)
07 March 1942 My subs have had luck lately. quote: Sub attack near Iba at 77,75 Japanese Ships xAP Kokuryu Maru, Torpedo hits 1 xAP +Muro Maru xAP Kobe Maru xAP Kongo Maru xAP Kamo Maru xAK Okiyu Maru xAK Sydney Maru DD Kuri DD Hasu Allied Ships SS Pickerel~ SS Pickerel~ launches 4 torpedoes at xAP Kokuryu Maru DD Kuri attacking submerged sub .... DD Hasu fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kuri attacking submerged sub .... DD Kuri is out of ASW ammo DD Kuri is out of ASW ammo DD Kuri is out of ASW ammo DD Hasu attacking submerged sub .... DD Kuri attacking submerged sub .... DD Kuri is out of ASW ammo DD Kuri is out of ASW ammo DD Kuri is out of ASW ammo DD Hasu attacking submerged sub .... DD Hasu is out of ASW ammo DD Hasu is out of ASW ammo DD Hasu is out of ASW ammo DD Kuri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hasu fails to find sub and abandons search DD Kuri fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub quote: Submarine attack near Hamamatsu= at 110,64 Japanese Ships xAK Kenzan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Trout~ xAK Kenzan Maru is sighted by SS Trout~ SS Trout~ launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Kenzan Maru Formidable arrives at Cape Town. She's off to Pearl while Indomitable's nearly there. When I kick off the Marshalls thing, 7 carriers will provide cover. Manado finally falls. Now he's struggle with Jolo. quote: Ground combat at Jolo (74,90) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 432 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22 Defending force 483 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 26 Japanese adjusted assault: 9 Allied adjusted defense: 25 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd Sasebo Coy SNLF Defending units: Jolo Constabulary Battalion

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (3/20/2018 10:52:27 PM)
09 March 1942 Carrier situation: Yorktown, Enterprise, Lexington and Saratoga are at Pearl. The latter two are getting their upgrade, ditching the 8" guns. Hornet is 5 days away from arriving on-map. Indomitable is 2-3 days from reaching Pearl Harbor. Formidable is 20 day from Panama. A training squadron of P-39s has arrived at my Emergency Reserve base, to get crews trained up. A USMC RCT arrived in Eastern USA. The rest of their components are at Pearl or in San Francisco. The latter need to be flipped, I believe, to ship them out. I have a big tanker convoy loading up in San Fran for Sydney with about 230k in fuel. It takes a while to load that one up. San Francisco is now sitting at about 150k in supply, so despite the LI industry having only a minority repaired, I'm in better shape supply-wise. Once the tankers are out, I'll be dumping lots of supply to Pearl. Colorado is due to be finished at Bremerton next turn. Get my battleships stocked up. Lots of USAAF medium bomber, dive bomber and fighter squadrons have been dumped off at Brisbane. I should be able to protect Port Moresby sufficiently once they're all fixed up and relocated to the north. I've withdrawn the early arriving Banshees I had at Port Moresby, as they were due to go soon -- within a week or so. My subs are still active. quote: Sub attack near Aogashima at 111,64 Japanese Ships xAK China Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire xAK Sugiyama Maru xAK Hokuzyu Maru xAK Nanko Maru xAK Ryoyo Maru xAK Kusuyama Maru xAK Hokko Maru xAK Seisyo Maru xAK Ohio Maru PB Shuko Maru #5 PB Sonan Maru #5 Allied Ships SS Saury~ SS Saury~ launches 2 torpedoes at xAK China Maru Saury~ diving deep .... PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub and abandons search PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub quote: Sub attack near Singkawang at 56,88 Japanese Ships xAK Kano Maru, Torpedo hits 1 SC Ch-6 Allied Ships SS KXI Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled SS KXI launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Kano Maru SC Ch-6 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub quote: Submarine attack near Singkawang at 56,88 Japanese Ships xAK Kano Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS KXI Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) xAK Kano Maru is sighted by SS KXI SS KXI launches 2 torpedoes Troops are landing at Talaud-eilanden (79,97) Ground fights. Other bombardment-only fights are also going on in China. quote: Ground combat at 48,98 (near Batavia) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 10934 troops, 111 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 453 Defending force 4011 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 30 Japanese adjusted assault: 309 Allied adjusted defense: 53 Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 189 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 291 casualties reported Squads: 22 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 38 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled) Assaulting units: 14th Division 31ID II./124th Inf Battalion Defending units: 1st KNIL Regiment Civilians KNI Zeemacht Batavia KM Base Force 1st KNIL AA Battalion 6th Avn Sup Afd Batavia Defenses Civilians quote: Ground combat at Bataan / Corregidor (78,77) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 57753 troops, 729 guns, 639 vehicles, Assault Value = 2039 Defending force 62417 troops, 978 guns, 445 vehicles, Assault Value = 1304 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 1575 Allied adjusted defense: 965 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 3182 casualties reported Squads: 15 destroyed, 376 disabled Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 30 disabled Engineers: 7 destroyed, 51 disabled Vehicles lost 32 (4 destroyed, 28 disabled) Allied ground losses: 2821 casualties reported Squads: 14 destroyed, 178 disabled Non Combat: 59 destroyed, 137 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 14 disabled Guns lost 43 (1 destroyed, 42 disabled) Vehicles lost 67 (57 destroyed, 10 disabled) Units destroyed 2 Assaulting units: 16th Division 65th Brigade 48th Division 21st Ind Engineer Regiment 8th Tank Regiment 2ITB 2nd Tank Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 19th Ind Engineer Regiment 4th Division 1st Ind Engineer Regiment 3rd Ind Engineer Regiment 21st Division 2TD 7th Tank Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 2nd Mortar Battalion 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 14th' Army 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion AH Asahi Hospital Defending units: 194th Tank Battalion 31st PA Infantry Division 71st PA Infantry Division 4th Marine~ Regiment 2nd PA Constabulary Regiment 4th PA Constabulary Regiment 51st PA Infantry Division 91st PA Infantry Division 11th PA Infantry Division Philippine Scout Division 21st PA Infantry Division 192nd Tank Battalion 41st PA Infantry Division 1st PA Infantry Division 2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment 11th Avn Sup Prov. Naval Rifle Battalion 202nd PA Construction Battalion Asiatic Fleet~ Nichols Field AAF Base Force 803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion I Philippine Corps 4th Avn Sup Clark Field AAF Base Force Far East USAAF~ 1st PA Constabulary Regiment 201st PA Construction Battalion II Philippine Corps Mariveles USN Base Force 301st Construction Battalion 16th Naval Dist.~ COMSUBAF' Provisional AT Grp Manila Bay Defenses USAFFE 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment Station CAST' quote: Ground combat at Bataan / Corregidor (78,77) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 57753 troops, 729 guns, 639 vehicles, Assault Value = 2039 Defending force 62417 troops, 978 guns, 445 vehicles, Assault Value = 1304 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 1575 Allied adjusted defense: 965 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 3182 casualties reported Squads: 15 destroyed, 376 disabled Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 30 disabled Engineers: 7 destroyed, 51 disabled Vehicles lost 32 (4 destroyed, 28 disabled) Allied ground losses: 2821 casualties reported Squads: 14 destroyed, 178 disabled Non Combat: 59 destroyed, 137 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 14 disabled Guns lost 43 (1 destroyed, 42 disabled) Vehicles lost 67 (57 destroyed, 10 disabled) Units destroyed 2 Assaulting units: 16th Division 65th Brigade 48th Division 21st Ind Engineer Regiment 8th Tank Regiment 2ITB 2nd Tank Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 19th Ind Engineer Regiment 4th Division 1st Ind Engineer Regiment 3rd Ind Engineer Regiment 21st Division 2TD 7th Tank Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 2nd Mortar Battalion 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 14th' Army 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion AH Asahi Hospital Defending units: 194th Tank Battalion 31st PA Infantry Division 71st PA Infantry Division 4th Marine~ Regiment 2nd PA Constabulary Regiment 4th PA Constabulary Regiment 51st PA Infantry Division 91st PA Infantry Division 11th PA Infantry Division Philippine Scout Division 21st PA Infantry Division 192nd Tank Battalion 41st PA Infantry Division 1st PA Infantry Division 2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment 11th Avn Sup Prov. Naval Rifle Battalion 202nd PA Construction Battalion Asiatic Fleet~ Nichols Field AAF Base Force 803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion I Philippine Corps 4th Avn Sup Clark Field AAF Base Force Far East USAAF~ 1st PA Constabulary Regiment 201st PA Construction Battalion II Philippine Corps Mariveles USN Base Force 301st Construction Battalion 16th Naval Dist.~ COMSUBAF' Provisional AT Grp Manila Bay Defenses USAFFE 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment Station CAST'

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (3/21/2018 12:26:11 AM)
Also... He's back to bombarding at Singapore. If it were me, I'd be banging that battering ram on the front door until it's smashed. Don't know why he's so careful here.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (3/24/2018 10:41:30 PM)
12 March 1942 Steve landed at Oosthaven last turn and took it this turn. The noose is tightening on Palembang. Dutch subs seem to be stepping up lately. quote: Sub attack near Miri-Lutong at 66,84 Japanese Ships ACM Hong Kong Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS KXV SS KXV launches 2 torpedoes KXV diving deep .... Sub escapes detection At Diamond harbor, two Australian infantry brigades, two MG battalions and one engineer battalion arrive and are being loaded up, bound for Rangoon. There's about 2,000 at Pegu, and now I'm trying to get Rangoon itself up and protected. Indomitable is loaded with two VMF squadrons and the one 6 plane Sea Hurricane squadron it came with. Nominal capacity is 45, but can be overloaded to around 52 or so. I'll keep the RN carriers CAP specific. I'm guessing about two months before I kick off the Marshalls invasion. Hopefully, if KB contests they'll concentrate on the armored British flight decks. Don't think I'll have any fact USN BBs here by then, but all the old crap RN battleships will be useful embedded with the invaders. I'll hopefully hit Kwajalein, Roi-Namur, Eniwetok and Wotje near simultaneously. I'm gearing up for a similar event in my other game, so I'm trying not to mix things up here.

Bif1961 -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (3/24/2018 11:43:02 PM)
Oddly I just sent off my 12 Mar 1942 turn as the Japanese. So following your allied AAR at the same point is educational.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (3/26/2018 9:55:42 PM)
[:)] 13 March 1942 Putting up with this crap every turn... quote: Morning Air attack on 94/46 , at 94,46 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft E7K2 Alf x 22 Japanese aircraft losses E7K2 Alf: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 22 x E7K2 Alf bombing from 11000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb It always seems desperate to me to use floatplanes like this. My subs are getting better today. quote: Submarine attack near Aogashima at 112,65 Japanese Ships xAKL P-95, Shell hits 2 Allied Ships SS Grenadier~ xAKL P-95 is sighted by SS Grenadier~ SS Grenadier~ attacking xAKL P-95 on the surface Joyce, A R decides to submerge SS Grenadier~ due to damage ---------------------------------------- Sub attack near Port Arthur at 99,45 Japanese Ships xAK Chile Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage xAK Syoryu Maru xAK Mitimei Maru xAK Wakatu Maru xAK Ryuzan Maru xAK Nansin Maru xAK Meisan Maru xAK Oregon Maru xAK Havre Maru xAK England Maru xAKL Utide Maru PB Teibo Maru #2 PB Mikitade Maru Allied Ships SS Thresher~ SS Thresher~ launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Chile Maru Thresher~ bottoming out .... PB Teibo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Mikitade Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Teibo Maru #2 fails to find sub and abandons search PB Mikitade Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Mikitade Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Mikitade Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Mikitade Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Another shot at Singapore. quote: Ground combat at Singapore (50,84) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 73187 troops, 936 guns, 695 vehicles, Assault Value = 2651 Defending force 49515 troops, 591 guns, 721 vehicles, Assault Value = 639 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 2528 Allied adjusted defense: 1725 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2543 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 204 disabled Non Combat: 36 destroyed, 53 disabled Engineers: 18 destroyed, 34 disabled Vehicles lost 28 (4 destroyed, 24 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 1295 casualties reported Squads: 42 destroyed, 42 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 109 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled Guns lost 43 (4 destroyed, 39 disabled) Vehicles lost 101 (14 destroyed, 87 disabled) Assaulting units: 4th Ind Engineer Regiment 56th Division 23rd Ind Engineer Regiment 18th Division 30ID 41st Infantry Regiment 2nd Division Imperial Guards' Division 5th Division 1TD 1st Tank Regiment 15th Ind Engineer Regiment 14th Tank Regiment 38th Division 2TD 6th Tank Regiment 3rd Mortar Battalion 5th Mortar Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 32nd Field AA Battalion 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st RF Gun Battalion 25th Army 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 51st Field AA Battalion Defending units: 3rd Cavalry Regiment 2nd Gordons Battalion 1st Mysore Battalion 11th Indian Division 5/14th Punjab Battalion 2/17 Dogra Battalion 1st Malay~ Battalion SSVF~ Brigade 9ID 22nd Indian Brigade 9ID 12th Indian Brigade 109th RN Base Force 9ID Det 80th AT Gun Regiment 1st Manchester Battalion 1st ISF Base Force 111th RAF Adv Base Force 3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment 109th RAF Adv Base Force 24th NZ Pioneer Coy Malayan Air Wing~ 22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment Singapore Base Force 1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment 113th RAF Adv Base Force 3rd Heavy~ AA Regiment 110th RAF Adv Base Force AHQ Far East~ III Indian 224 Group RAF 223 Group RAF 1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment ABDACOM~ Singapore Fortress 2nd Malay~ Battalion 2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment 112th RAF Adv Base Force Malaya Command~ 9ID 5th Field Regiment He's also been working on my survivors tucked away in the NW corner of Java. After this is over, Soerabaja is on the short list. quote: Ground combat at 48,98 (near Batavia) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 10981 troops, 111 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 456 Defending force 3702 troops, 49 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 23 Japanese adjusted assault: 392 Allied adjusted defense: 45 Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 26 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 630 casualties reported Squads: 26 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 70 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 23 (19 destroyed, 4 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 14th Division 31ID II./124th Inf Battalion Defending units: 1st KNIL Regiment Batavia Defenses Civilians 6th Avn Sup Afd KNI Zeemacht 1st KNIL AA Battalion Batavia KM Base Force Civilians Troops are landing at Jolo. He hasn't attacked my big pack at the north city on Mindanao. Guess who's coming to dinner. I'm curious to see how often she uses her guns. [image]local://upfiles/6942/904BDDD603E949E8AA8A36B2F9F04C70.jpg[/image]

Bif1961 -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (3/27/2018 12:46:57 AM)
Washing Machine Charlie.

LargeSlowTarget -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (3/27/2018 11:43:50 AM)
quote: Guess who's coming to dinner � table, mes amis! Yes, Surcouf is the one semi-historic addition in my otherwise "strictly historical" mod. She was bound for the Pacific when being rammed at night by a freighter, my mod assumes she has been luckier. It's my homage to my adopted home country. But looking at the screenshot, it seems that I have forgotten the Besson MB-411 float plane the Surcouf has carried - on the to-do-list. Edit: Weaponry is wrong as well, she had 4 internal and 4 external 550mm t-tubes and 4 external 440mm t-tubes. Can't remember from which mod I have "stolen" the data and the art file, but I'm guilty of not verifying the data...

Lowpe -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (3/27/2018 11:57:11 AM)
She is not just assigned to the Free French Command, she is carrying them![:)]

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (3/27/2018 10:37:41 PM)
14 March 1942 Resolution arrived in Panama, now bound for Pearl. Formidable is due in 15. Ramillies in 9. Prince of Wales, Houston and Marblehead in 10. Warspite. Revenge and Royal Sovereign are already at Pearl. Also there are the USN BBs Maryland, Pennsylvania, Idaho, New Mexico and Mississippi.. Colorado is leaving the yard in two days, but still carries 20 sys. Plenty of invasion bombardment. As mentioned, 7 carriers total will be coming along. PoW will probably sail with the carriers when my invasion kicks off. A pseudo-Washington or South Dakota type escort. Bunch of sub attacks on my end. All fail. Torps are catching up with me. Also a bunch of ground combat. Bataan finally fell. I don't know if I can live with myself with Bataan going before Singapore. The fights in China are the more outlying areas, not my main forces. Most likely my forces here were static and I couldn't move them anyway. quote: Ground combat at Bataan / Corregidor (78,77) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 57373 troops, 729 guns, 641 vehicles, Assault Value = 1892 Defending force 58621 troops, 961 guns, 388 vehicles, Assault Value = 1083 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 1684 Allied adjusted defense: 649 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Bataan / Corregidor !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 797 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 138 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 22 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 26 disabled Guns lost 17 (1 destroyed, 16 disabled) Vehicles lost 45 (4 destroyed, 41 disabled) Allied ground losses: 67534 casualties reported Squads: 2759 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 4966 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 236 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1278 (1278 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 547 (547 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 36 Assaulting units: 8th Tank Regiment 21st Division 4th Division 19th Ind Engineer Regiment 2ITB 2nd Tank Regiment 16th Division 65th Brigade 21st Ind Engineer Regiment 3rd Ind Engineer Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 48th Division 1st Ind Engineer Regiment 2TD 7th Tank Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Mortar Battalion 14th' Army 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment AH Asahi Hospital Defending units: 1st PA Infantry Division 2nd PA Constabulary Regiment 51st PA Infantry Division 31st PA Infantry Division 91st PA Infantry Division 4th PA Constabulary Regiment 21st PA Infantry Division 41st PA Infantry Division 11th PA Infantry Division Philippine Scout Division Manila Bay Defenses 192nd Tank Battalion 71st PA Infantry Division 4th Marine~ Regiment 2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment Far East USAAF~ 4th Avn Sup 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment Prov. Naval Rifle Battalion 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment Clark Field AAF Base Force I Philippine Corps USAFFE 201st PA Construction Battalion Mariveles USN Base Force Nichols Field AAF Base Force COMSUBAF' 11th Avn Sup 202nd PA Construction Battalion 301st Construction Battalion II Philippine Corps Asiatic Fleet~ 803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion 16th Naval Dist.~ Provisional AT Grp quote: Ground combat at 48,98 (near Batavia) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 10935 troops, 111 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 448 Defending force 3231 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16 Japanese adjusted assault: 174 Allied adjusted defense: 37 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 69 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 58 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 14th Division 31ID II./124th Inf Battalion Defending units: Civilians 6th Avn Sup Afd KNI Zeemacht 1st KNIL Regiment Batavia KM Base Force 1st KNIL AA Battalion Civilians quote: Ground combat at 89/38 (89,38) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 31620 troops, 355 guns, 204 vehicles, Assault Value = 1069 Defending force 8626 troops, 85 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 139 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 667 Allied adjusted defense: 202 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 143 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 21 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Allied ground losses: 332 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 36 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) Assaulting units: 110th Division 37th Division 62ID 4th Ind.Mix.' Brigade 9th Ind.Mixed Brigade 5th Armored Car Co 12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st Army 21st AA Regiment Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment Defending units: 115th Red Chin Div* quote: Ground combat at 91/48 (91,48) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 14911 troops, 176 guns, 107 vehicles, Assault Value = 779 Defending force 14716 troops, 96 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 558 Japanese adjusted assault: 376 Allied adjusted defense: 123 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 292 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 46 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1037 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 118 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 15th Tank Regiment 28th RGC Temp./2nd Regiment 2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade 32nd Division 31ID 58th Infantry Regiment 10th Mortar Battalion Defending units: 51st Chinese Army Corps 3rd Guerilla 57th Chinese Army~ Corps More and more of the USAAF is going to Port Moresby, now that I have an overabundance of support there. I think Steve's chance to grab Lae has come and gone. Bunches more will arrive in the next 5 days or so. Lots of fighters, too.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (3/29/2018 12:49:23 PM)
16 March 1942 I've got 1,000 AV stocked up at Port Moresby. Also there are four coast defense units with a combined total of 38 6" guns, so I think they're safe for now. Convoys are loading up wholesale for Pearl Harbor, so they'll be swimming in supply within the next few weeks. IJA/IJN forces are hitting Tjilatjap, moving south. quote: Ground combat at Tjilatjap (51,102) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 2226 troops, 26 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 106 Defending force 4245 troops, 89 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 107 Japanese adjusted assault: 40 Allied adjusted defense: 65 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 76 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 107 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 31ID III./124th Inf Battalion Sasebo 8th SNLF Defending units: 2nd KNIL Regiment I Landstorm Cdo Mobiele Bn IV Landstorm Cdo Tjilatjap Defenses Tjilitap KM Base Force Cheribon Defenses Andir ML Base Force Jolo fell last turn. Got my first sweep over Port Moresby. Not a good showing. I've run three more squadrons over from Townsville. I'm experimenting with the altitude stacking. quote: Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero-Reisen x 31 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 27 P-40E Warhawk x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero-Reisen: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra: 4 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 11 x A6M2 Zero-Reisen sweeping at 20000 feet CAP engaged: 49th PG/9th PS' with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 23000. Raid is overhead 35th PG/40th PS' with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes 35th PG/41st PS' with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes 35th PG/HqS'~ with P-39D Airacobra (1 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 14000. Raid is overhead

LargeSlowTarget -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (3/30/2018 6:30:46 AM)
Looks like you are doing well! quote: Ground combat at Bataan / Corregidor (78,77) Japanese Deliberate attack ... Assaulting units: ... AH Asahi Hospital Defending units: ... 4th Avn Sup Prov. Naval Rifle Battalion Clark Field AAF Base Force 201st PA Construction Battalion Nichols Field AAF Base Force COMSUBAF' ... Some remarks: - The "AH Asahi Hospital" LCU should not be at Bataan - unless the Asahi Maru is disbanded in port in the same hex > scenario house rule. - I would have evacuated the naval HQ COMSUBAF' by submarine or air, it is small at start but can grow to provide a nice amount of naval support for your Australia-based submarines - I see that you have recombined the various naval base forces into the "Prov. Naval Rifle Battalion" (of "Battle of the Points" and Corregidor fame). You could have formed an equivalent provisional Army Air Corps unit from the various army base forces left unemployed by the destruction/retreat of the Far East Air Force

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (3/30/2018 4:08:16 PM)
Thanks for that. I don't always catch everything. I did my best with evacuations, but it does get difficult -- especially in this area. Not every civilian unit got rescued either, but most did. It's hard to balance military and civilian needs. Too bad the Japanese don't have to worry about the civil end of things. I'm wondering if a bunch of supply consumers in Japan itself would even things out. Plenty of Japanese merchant shipping, in real life, had to keep that part fed, which I don't feel is addressed in this game.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (3/30/2018 4:22:26 PM)
17 March 1942 The dot hex just SW of Toungoo got taken, which cuts that rail line. The problem in a game where infantry move at a glacial pace is that I miss stuff like this until it happens. About 2 divisions worth of infantry are departing Pegu north to there to deal with it. The Australian brigades in Rangoon will take their place. More troops will arrive by ship there next turn. Hornet is some 8-10 hexes from Pearl. I bumped her to full speed to get her there next turn. All his bombers which were pounding Bataan are now working over Mindanao. He's taking his time finishing off the Philippines and the DEI. I'm hoping when Singapore and the rest of the PI falls, they all don't get focused on Burma. I'm at the point, where any new incoming troops at Aden will be dealt around India to better protect that country -- especially Calcutta. I know in his previous AAR he took the India route, so I don't know if he's inclined to do that again. An Australian gambit would probably fail in this mod, as lots more troops are available here than in stock. Once I grab the Marshalls, I'm hoping that puts the brakes on things on his end. I'm loading up a convoy at Townsville with base forces and some combat units for Milne Bay. A big surface force will escort them and possibly serve as bait if his air at Rabaul decides to contest this.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (4/1/2018 10:43:18 PM)
18 March 1942 These guys are really holding out. quote: Ground combat at 48,98 (near Batavia) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 10981 troops, 111 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 454 Defending force 2765 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6 Japanese adjusted assault: 180 Allied adjusted defense: 7 Japanese assault odds: 25 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: fatigue(-) Allied ground losses: 983 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 101 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 2 Assaulting units: 14th Division 31ID II./124th Inf Battalion Defending units: KNI Zeemacht 1st KNIL Regiment 1st KNIL AA Battalion Civilians Batavia KM Base Force Civilians Hornet's at Pearl now. I had enough dash-3 Dauntlesses to replace the SBCs on board, so I'm good there. More bombardment at Singapore. If it were me, I'd be in full battering ram mode here. Not sure why he's so timid with this. More troops landing at Cagayan. Only a matter of time. Other than that, the usual aerial bombardments of Singapore and China. My xAPs arrived at Aden to carry the next wave of troops to India.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (4/3/2018 9:56:17 PM)
20 March 1942 Praboemoelih falls, one hex SW of Palembang. Hopefully, I blow lots of oil wells when I die. Lingering issues for him at Bataan. quote: TF 241 encounters mine field at Bataan / Corregidor (78,77) Japanese Ships DMS W-19 DMS W-4, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage 54 mines cleared The guys W of Batavia finally died. quote: Ground combat at 48,98 (near Batavia) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 11004 troops, 111 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 519 Defending force 1739 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4 Japanese adjusted assault: 328 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 328 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: fatigue(-) Allied ground losses: 2156 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 276 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 4 Assaulting units: 14th Division 31ID II./124th Inf Battalion Sasebo 3rd SNLF Defending units: 1st KNIL AA Battalion 1st KNIL Regiment Batavia KM Base Force Civilians Another shot taken at Singapore last turn. This turn, he just bombarded again. quote: Ground combat at Singapore (50,84) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 70721 troops, 937 guns, 691 vehicles, Assault Value = 2503 Defending force 48145 troops, 580 guns, 702 vehicles, Assault Value = 507 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 1825 Allied adjusted defense: 1325 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2073 casualties reported Squads: 16 destroyed, 230 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 36 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled Vehicles lost 27 (1 destroyed, 26 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1959 casualties reported Squads: 45 destroyed, 63 disabled Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 80 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 24 disabled Guns lost 57 (8 destroyed, 49 disabled) Vehicles lost 32 (5 destroyed, 27 disabled) Assaulting units: 15th Ind Engineer Regiment 5th Division 30ID 41st Infantry Regiment 56th Division Imperial Guards' Division 14th Tank Regiment 18th Division 23rd Ind Engineer Regiment 2nd Division 1TD 1st Tank Regiment 38th Division 2TD 6th Tank Regiment 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 32nd Field AA Battalion 1st RF Gun Battalion 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Mortar Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 25th Army 5th Mortar Battalion 51st Field AA Battalion Defending units: 11th Indian Division 5/14th Punjab Battalion 1st Mysore Battalion SSVF~ Brigade 9ID 22nd Indian Brigade 2/17 Dogra Battalion 2nd Gordons Battalion 3rd Cavalry Regiment 9ID 12th Indian Brigade 1st ISF Base Force AHQ Far East~ 111th RAF Adv Base Force 1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment 112th RAF Adv Base Force 224 Group RAF 2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment 109th RAF Adv Base Force 110th RAF Adv Base Force Malayan Air Wing~ 22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment 113th RAF Adv Base Force 3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment ABDACOM~ 109th RN Base Force 24th NZ Pioneer Coy Singapore Base Force 2nd Malay~ Battalion 1st Manchester Battalion Malaya Command~ III Indian 3rd Heavy~ AA Regiment 9ID Det 80th AT Gun Regiment Singapore Fortress 1st Malay~ Battalion 223 Group RAF 9ID 5th Field Regiment

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (4/5/2018 10:56:42 PM)
22 March 1942 Funny how the war can suddenly spring up in the most unforeseen places... What started as a casual troop run to Milne Bay has flared up over the last day. It started last turn with an air raid on my ships unloading there. quote: Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty-Rikko x 29 No Japanese losses Allied Ships DD Stewart xAP Poelau Bras, Torpedo hits 1 DD Parrott xAP Hong Peng xAP Morinda xAP +Op ten Noort, Torpedo hits 1 xAP Tjinegara, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 29 x G4M1 Betty-Rikko launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp The stakes went up this turn, as a surface force came in to interfere. Fortunately I had one along for escort (and hopefully distract the airplanes) Also, fortunately, I brought more. quote: ay Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 23,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Aoba, Shell hits 13 CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 4, heavy fires CA Furutaka, Shell hits 3, on fire CA Kako, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 1 DD Kisaragi, Shell hits 2, heavy fires DD Kikuzuki, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Mochizuki Allied Ships CL De Ruyter, Shell hits 1 CL Tromp, Shell hits 1, on fire CL Danae~ CL Dragon~, Shell hits 1 CL Durban~, Shell hits 2, on fire CL Boise, Shell hits 5, on fire DD Paul Jones DD Vampire, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Thanet DD Electra DD Encounter DD Express, Shell hits 1, heavy fires DD Jupiter Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 23,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 23,000 yards CL Boise engages CA Kako at 23,000 yards CA Furutaka engages CL Boise at 23,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Boise at 23,000 yards CL Boise engages DD Kikuzuki at 23,000 yards CA Aoba engages DD Encounter at 23,000 yards CA Aoba engages DD Thanet at 23,000 yards CA Kako engages DD Vampire at 23,000 yards Range closes to 19,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Boise at 19,000 yards CL Boise engages CA Furutaka at 19,000 yards CL Boise engages CA Kinugasa at 19,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Boise at 19,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL De Ruyter at 19,000 yards DD Kikuzuki engages DD Jupiter at 19,000 yards Range closes to 15,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Boise at 15,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Durban~ at 15,000 yards CA Kinugasa engages CL Boise at 15,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Boise at 15,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Tromp at 15,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL De Ruyter at 15,000 yards DD Mutsuki engages DD Express at 15,000 yards DD Encounter engages DD Mutsuki at 15,000 yards DD Mutsuki engages DD Electra at 15,000 yards DD Mochizuki engages DD Paul Jones at 15,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards CL Boise engages CA Aoba at 11,000 yards CA Furutaka engages CL Boise at 11,000 yards CA Kinugasa engages CL Boise at 11,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Boise at 11,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Tromp at 11,000 yards CL De Ruyter engages CA Aoba at 11,000 yards DD Encounter engages DD Kisaragi at 11,000 yards DD Mutsuki engages DD Thanet at 11,000 yards DD Mutsuki engages DD Electra at 11,000 yards DD Thanet engages DD Kisaragi at 11,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards CL Boise engages CA Kako at 10,000 yards CL Durban~ engages CA Aoba at 10,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Dragon~ at 10,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Boise at 10,000 yards DD Mochizuki engages DD Thanet at 10,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL De Ruyter at 10,000 yards DD Kisaragi engages DD Jupiter at 10,000 yards DD Kikuzuki engages DD Express at 10,000 yards DD Electra engages DD Kisaragi at 10,000 yards DD Kisaragi engages DD Thanet at 10,000 yards DD Mochizuki engages DD Paul Jones at 10,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards CL Boise engages CA Kako at 6,000 yards CL Durban~ engages CA Aoba at 6,000 yards CL Dragon~ engages CA Aoba at 6,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Boise at 6,000 yards DD Mochizuki engages DD Encounter at 6,000 yards DD Electra engages DD Kikuzuki at 6,000 yards DD Jupiter engages DD Mochizuki at 6,000 yards DD Mochizuki engages DD Express at 6,000 yards DD Mutsuki engages DD Encounter at 6,000 yards DD Electra engages DD Mochizuki at 6,000 yards DD Mutsuki engages DD Thanet at 6,000 yards DD Kisaragi engages DD Vampire at 6,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Boise at 11,000 yards CL Durban~ engages CA Aoba at 11,000 yards CL Boise engages CA Kinugasa at 11,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Danae~ at 11,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Tromp at 11,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL De Ruyter at 11,000 yards DD Mochizuki engages DD Jupiter at 11,000 yards DD Mutsuki engages DD Express at 11,000 yards DD Kikuzuki engages DD Thanet at 11,000 yards DD Mochizuki engages DD Vampire at 11,000 yards Range increases to 13,000 yards CL Boise engages CA Aoba at 13,000 yards CL Boise engages CA Furutaka at 13,000 yards CA Kinugasa engages CL Boise at 13,000 yards CL Boise engages CA Aoba at 13,000 yards CL Tromp engages DD Mochizuki at 13,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL De Ruyter at 13,000 yards DD Mutsuki engages DD Jupiter at 13,000 yards DD Mutsuki engages DD Express at 13,000 yards DD Kikuzuki engages DD Encounter at 13,000 yards DD Kisaragi engages DD Electra at 13,000 yards DD Mutsuki engages DD Vampire at 13,000 yards Range increases to 15,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Boise at 15,000 yards CL Durban~ engages CA Furutaka at 15,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Dragon~ at 15,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Boise at 15,000 yards DD Mochizuki engages DD Electra at 15,000 yards DD Kikuzuki engages DD Encounter at 15,000 yards DD Kikuzuki engages DD Jupiter at 15,000 yards DD Mutsuki engages DD Express at 15,000 yards DD Kisaragi engages DD Encounter at 15,000 yards DD Mutsuki engages DD Electra at 15,000 yards DD Mochizuki engages DD Vampire at 15,000 yards DD Kisaragi engages DD Paul Jones at 15,000 yards Range increases to 18,000 yards CL Boise engages CA Aoba at 18,000 yards CA Furutaka engages CL Boise at 18,000 yards CL Boise engages CA Kinugasa at 18,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Danae~ at 18,000 yards CL Tromp engages DD Mochizuki at 18,000 yards CL Dragon~ engages DD Kikuzuki at 18,000 yards CA Aoba engages DD Jupiter at 18,000 yards CA Kako engages DD Electra at 18,000 yards CA Aoba engages DD Thanet at 18,000 yards CA Aoba engages DD Vampire at 18,000 yards CA Kako engages CL Boise at 18,000 yards CL Boise engages CA Furutaka at 18,000 yards CL Boise engages CA Kinugasa at 18,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Danae~ at 18,000 yards CL Tromp engages CA Aoba at 18,000 yards CL De Ruyter engages CA Aoba at 18,000 yards CL Boise engages CA Kako at 18,000 yards CA Furutaka engages CL Durban~ at 18,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Dragon~ at 18,000 yards CL Tromp engages DD Mochizuki at 18,000 yards CL Durban~ engages DD Kikuzuki at 18,000 yards CL Boise engages DD Kisaragi at 18,000 yards CL Boise engages CA Aoba at 18,000 yards CL Durban~ engages CA Aoba at 18,000 yards CL Dragon~ engages CA Aoba at 18,000 yards CL Boise engages CA Aoba at 18,000 yards CL De Ruyter engages CA Aoba at 18,000 yards CL Durban~ engages DD Kisaragi at 18,000 yards CA Kinugasa engages DD Express at 18,000 yards CA Kinugasa engages DD Vampire at 18,000 yards Range increases to 19,000 yards CL Boise engages CA Furutaka at 19,000 yards CA Kinugasa engages CL Durban~ at 19,000 yards CL Danae~ engages CA Aoba at 19,000 yards CL Tromp engages DD Mochizuki at 19,000 yards CL Boise engages CA Kako at 19,000 yards CA Furutaka engages CL Boise at 19,000 yards CL Boise engages CA Kinugasa at 19,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Danae~ at 19,000 yards CL Tromp engages DD Mochizuki at 19,000 yards Range increases to 20,000 yards CA Kako engages CL Boise at 20,000 yards CA Furutaka engages CL Boise at 20,000 yards CL Dragon~ engages CA Aoba at 20,000 yards CL Danae~ engages CA Aoba at 20,000 yards CL Tromp engages DD Mochizuki at 20,000 yards Range increases to 21,000 yards CL De Ruyter engages DD Kikuzuki at 21,000 yards Range increases to 23,000 yards CA Kako engages CL Boise at 23,000 yards CL Tromp engages CA Aoba at 23,000 yards CA Kinugasa engages CL De Ruyter at 23,000 yards Range increases to 30,000 yards CA Kako engages CL Boise at 30,000 yards CA Kinugasa engages CL Boise at 30,000 yards Task forces break off... --------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 17,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Oyashio, Shell hits 3, heavy fires DD Hayashio, Shell hits 1 DD Isokaze, Shell hits 25, and is sunk Allied Ships CL De Ruyter, Shell hits 3 CL Tromp, Shell hits 1, heavy fires CL Danae~, Shell hits 1 CL Dragon~, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CL Durban~, Shell hits 4, on fire DD Paul Jones, Shell hits 1 DD Thanet, Shell hits 1, heavy fires DD Electra, Shell hits 1 DD Encounter, Shell hits 2 Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 23,000 yards Range closes to 17,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 17,000 yards CL Danae~ engages DD Isokaze at 17,000 yards CL Dragon~ engages DD Isokaze at 17,000 yards CL Danae~ engages DD Isokaze at 17,000 yards DD Isokaze engages CL Tromp at 17,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DD Encounter at 17,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DD Electra at 17,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards CL Durban~ engages DD Isokaze at 11,000 yards DD Hayashio engages CL Dragon~ at 11,000 yards CL Danae~ engages DD Isokaze at 11,000 yards CL Tromp engages DD Isokaze at 11,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DD Thanet at 11,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DD Paul Jones at 11,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DD Thanet at 9,000 yards DD Hayashio engages DD Paul Jones at 9,000 yards DD Oyashio engages DD Paul Jones at 9,000 yards DD Encounter engages DD Isokaze at 9,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DD Electra at 9,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DD Thanet at 9,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards CL Durban~ engages DD Isokaze at 5,000 yards DD Paul Jones engages DD Hayashio at 5,000 yards DD Oyashio engages DD Thanet at 5,000 yards CL Tromp engages DD Isokaze at 5,000 yards CL De Ruyter engages DD Isokaze at 5,000 yards DD Hayashio engages DD Paul Jones at 5,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards CL Durban~ engages DD Isokaze at 6,000 yards DD Hayashio engages DD Paul Jones at 6,000 yards CL Danae~ engages DD Isokaze at 6,000 yards CL De Ruyter engages DD Isokaze at 6,000 yards DD Encounter engages DD Isokaze at 6,000 yards DD Oyashio engages DD Electra at 6,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DD Thanet at 6,000 yards DD Paul Jones engages DD Oyashio at 6,000 yards Range increases to 8,000 yards CL Durban~ engages DD Isokaze at 8,000 yards DD Hayashio engages DD Electra at 8,000 yards CL Danae~ engages DD Isokaze at 8,000 yards CL De Ruyter engages DD Hayashio at 8,000 yards DD Oyashio engages DD Encounter at 8,000 yards DD Electra engages DD Isokaze at 8,000 yards DD Hayashio engages DD Thanet at 8,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards CL Durban~ engages DD Isokaze at 10,000 yards CL Dragon~ engages DD Oyashio at 10,000 yards DD Isokaze sunk by CL Danae~ at 10,000 yards DD Oyashio engages DD Encounter at 10,000 yards DD Oyashio engages DD Paul Jones at 10,000 yards Range increases to 13,000 yards CL Durban~ engages DD Hayashio at 13,000 yards CL Dragon~ engages DD Hayashio at 13,000 yards CL Danae~ engages DD Hayashio at 13,000 yards DD Hayashio engages DD Encounter at 13,000 yards DD Hayashio engages DD Electra at 13,000 yards DD Paul Jones engages DD Hayashio at 13,000 yards CL Durban~ engages DD Hayashio at 13,000 yards CL Dragon~ engages DD Hayashio at 13,000 yards CL Danae~ engages DD Hayashio at 13,000 yards CL De Ruyter engages DD Hayashio at 13,000 yards DD Hayashio engages DD Thanet at 13,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards CL Durban~ engages DD Hayashio at 11,000 yards DD Oyashio engages DD Encounter at 11,000 yards CL Danae~ engages DD Hayashio at 11,000 yards CL De Ruyter engages DD Hayashio at 11,000 yards Takagi, Takeo orders Japanese TF to disengage Range closes to 9,000 yards CL Durban~ engages DD Hayashio at 9,000 yards DD Electra engages DD Oyashio at 9,000 yards CL Tromp engages DD Hayashio at 9,000 yards DD Oyashio engages DD Electra at 9,000 yards DD Oyashio engages DD Paul Jones at 9,000 yards Haag P. orders Allied TF to disengage Range increases to 15,000 yards DD Hayashio engages DD Encounter at 15,000 yards CL Dragon~ engages DD Hayashio at 15,000 yards CL Danae~ engages DD Hayashio at 15,000 yards CL Tromp engages DD Hayashio at 15,000 yards Range increases to 19,000 yards CL Durban~ engages DD Oyashio at 19,000 yards CL Danae~ engages DD Hayashio at 19,000 yards CL De Ruyter engages DD Hayashio at 19,000 yards DD Oyashio engages DD Encounter at 19,000 yards DD Oyashio engages DD Thanet at 19,000 yards Task forces break off... As can be expected, Boise was dishing out many of the hits here. Within 6,000 yds, the six-inchers were penetrating his cruisers' armor. The Dutch ships armor was rather pathetic, as destroyers were punching into them. Subs also showed up with their mayhem. quote: Sub attack near Milne Bay at 101,133 Japanese Ships SS RO-63 Allied Ships CL Boise, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Jupiter SS RO-63 launches 6 torpedoes at CL Boise DD Jupiter fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Jupiter fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Jupiter fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Jupiter fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Jupiter fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Milne Bay at 101,133 Japanese Ships SS RO-60, hits 4 Allied Ships CL Boise CL Durban~ DD Electra DD Vampire DD Jupiter DD Express DD Encounter SS RO-60 is sighted by escort DD Jupiter fails to find sub and abandons search DD Express fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Encounter attacking submerged sub .... DD Express fails to find sub and abandons search DD Encounter fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Encounter attacking submerged sub .... DD Encounter fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Encounter fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Encounter fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub I had LRCAPped two squadrons over Milne to deal with his bombers, but this grew into something bigger as some carriers decided to show up also. It looks like a smaller force with just Kaga, Zuiho and Ryujo. They concentrated more on my combatants, but overall, I took a beating. quote: Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero-Reisen x 9 G4M1 Betty-Rikko x 18 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 5 F2A-3 Buffalo x 4 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero-Reisen: 1 destroyed G4M1 Betty-Rikko: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed F2A-3 Buffalo: 2 destroyed Allied Ships xAP +Maetsuycker xAP +Op ten Noort, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAP Siberg xAP Morinda xAP Bontekoe Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 17 x G4M1 Betty-Rikko launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: VMF-211 with F2A-3 Buffalo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 8000. Raid is overhead 35th PG/40th PS' with P-39D Airacobra (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead --------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero-Reisen x 18 B5N2 Kate-Kankoh x 13 D3A1 Val-Kanbaku x 13 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 1 Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val-Kanbaku: 5 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed Allied Ships DD Jupiter xAP Taroona CL Boise, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires DD Parrott DD Vampire, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Edsall Aircraft Attacking: 5 x D3A1 Val-Kanbaku releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 13 x B5N2 Kate-Kankoh bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 8 x D3A1 Val-Kanbaku releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb CAP engaged: 35th PG/40th PS' with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Vampire --------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero-Reisen x 18 D3A1 Val-Kanbaku x 25 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 4 F2A-3 Buffalo x 3 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero-Reisen: 1 destroyed D3A1 Val-Kanbaku: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed F2A-3 Buffalo: 1 destroyed Allied Ships xAP Murada, Bomb hits 1 xAP Mildura xAP Poelau Bras, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Taroona, Bomb hits 1, on fire DD Voyager xAP Van Riebeek, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 11 (4 destroyed, 7 disabled) Vehicles lost 21 (9 destroyed, 12 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 13 x D3A1 Val-Kanbaku releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 10 x D3A1 Val-Kanbaku releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb CAP engaged: VMF-211 with F2A-3 Buffalo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 8000. Raid is overhead 35th PG/40th PS' with P-39D Airacobra (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Van Riebeek Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Poelau Bras --------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Samarai I. at 102,134 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty-Rikko x 11 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty-Rikko: 1 damaged Allied Ships CL Danae~ CL Durban~, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 11 x G4M1 Betty-Rikko launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp --------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Samarai I. at 102,134 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 64 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft B5N2 Kate-Kankoh x 25 No Japanese losses Allied Ships CL Dragon~, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage CL Durban~, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires DD Thanet, on fire DD Electra CL Tromp, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 25 x B5N2 Kate-Kankoh bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Dragon~ Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Durban~ Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tromp My guys at Moresby did hit back, getting some hits. quote: Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 102,128 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero-Reisen x 45 Allied aircraft A-24 Banshee x 2 P-40E Warhawk x 6 SBD-2 Dauntless x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses A-24 Banshee: 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed SBD-2 Dauntless: 6 destroyed CAP engaged: 3rd Ku S-1' with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000. Raid is overhead 3 planes vectored on to bombers Tainan Ku S-1 Det A with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers Tainan Ku S-1 Det B with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes 9 planes vectored on to bombers Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers Zuiho-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers --------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 102,128 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero-Reisen x 43 Allied aircraft A-24 Banshee x 16 P-39D Airacobra x 12 P-40E Warhawk x 16 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero-Reisen: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses A-24 Banshee: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged A-24 Banshee: 2 destroyed by flak P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed Japanese Ships BB Mutsu BB Nagato CA Kumano CV Kaga CVL Zuiho Aircraft Attacking: 3 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 3 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 3 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 3 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: 3rd Ku S-1' with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes Tainan Ku S-1 Det A with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes Tainan Ku S-1 Det B with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (8 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes Zuiho-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes --------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 102,128 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero-Reisen x 28 Allied aircraft B-26 Marauder x 18 P-39D Airacobra x 6 P-40E Warhawk x 2 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-26 Marauder: 11 damaged B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed by flak P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships BB Mutsu CV Kaga, Bomb hits 1, on fire CVL Zuiho CVL Ryujo, Bomb hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 6 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: 3rd Ku S-1' with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 9000. Raid is overhead Tainan Ku S-1 Det A with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers Tainan Ku S-1 Det B with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers Zuiho-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes --------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 102,128 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero-Reisen x 24 Allied aircraft B-26 Marauder x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-26 Marauder: 2 destroyed CAP engaged: Tainan Ku S-1 Det A with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 1000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes Tainan Ku S-1 Det B with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Raid is overhead Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes Zuiho-1 with A6M2 Zero-Reisen (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 3000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes For next turn, all my fighters at PM are setting CAP to zero, allowing full escort. I meant to move more in from Townsville but forgot, but I should still have enough. Funny how the mediums are the ones who got the hits. I've limited everyone to 6 hexes, so I don't know if they'll still be in range or not. I'm trying to get everyone out of there now. Boise can only make 5 kts, so I'm not confident of her survival. Elsewhere, I take a hit from a sub at Pearl. SOP right now is to always have escorts along. quote: Sub attack near Pearl Harbor at 182,103 Japanese Ships SS I-5 Allied Ships xAK West Zeda, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage xAK Straat Malakka xAK Alcoa Prospector xAK Agwimonte xAK Shooting Star xAK Sea Hound xAK Sidney Hauptmann SS I-5 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK West Zeda I-5 diving deep .... Sub escapes detection --------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Pearl Harbor at 182,103 Japanese Ships SS I-23^ Allied Ships xAK West Zeda, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAK West Zeda is sighted by SS I-23^ SS I-23^ launches 2 torpedoes I give some back myself quote: Submarine attack near Singapore at 51,84 Japanese Ships AMC RM Ramb II~, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS KXIV AMC RM Ramb II~ is sighted by SS KXIV SS KXIV launches 4 torpedoes On the ground, he takes a shot at Cagayan. quote: Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1963 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 100 Defending force 3532 troops, 12 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 4 Japanese adjusted assault: 47 Allied adjusted defense: 37 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: Allied ground losses: 94 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 22 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: III/66th Naval Guard Unit II/81st Naval Guard Unit 1st Raiding Regiment 2nd Sasebo Coy SNLF Defending units: III Philippine Corps Del Monte AAF Base Force 5th Base Group Base Force Civilians Finally, another shot at Singapore. I think he's turned the corner here, so it won't be much longer. quote: Ground combat at Singapore (50,84) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 71616 troops, 941 guns, 695 vehicles, Assault Value = 2505 Defending force 46924 troops, 573 guns, 694 vehicles, Assault Value = 396 Japanese adjusted assault: 3812 Allied adjusted defense: 1329 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2207 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 264 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 45 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 33 disabled Allied ground losses: 1629 casualties reported Squads: 74 destroyed, 24 disabled Non Combat: 30 destroyed, 105 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 25 disabled Guns lost 66 (7 destroyed, 59 disabled) Vehicles lost 29 (10 destroyed, 19 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 56th Division 38th Division 23rd Ind Engineer Regiment 2nd Division 5th Division 14th Tank Regiment 15th Ind Engineer Regiment 18th Division Imperial Guards' Division 1TD 1st Tank Regiment 30ID 41st Infantry Regiment 2TD 6th Tank Regiment 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st RF Gun Battalion 25th Army 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 32nd Field AA Battalion 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 5th Mortar Battalion 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 3rd Mortar Battalion 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 51st Field AA Battalion Defending units: 2/17 Dogra Battalion 9ID 22nd Indian Brigade 11th Indian Division 2nd Gordons Battalion 3rd Cavalry Regiment SSVF~ Brigade 5/14th Punjab Battalion 9ID 12th Indian Brigade 111th RAF Adv Base Force Malayan Air Wing~ 3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment 224 Group RAF Singapore Fortress Singapore Base Force 9ID Det 80th AT Gun Regiment 109th RAF Adv Base Force AHQ Far East~ 1st Mysore Battalion 112th RAF Adv Base Force ABDACOM~ Malaya Command~ 1st ISF Base Force 1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment 3rd Heavy~ AA Regiment 113th RAF Adv Base Force 24th NZ Pioneer Coy 22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 109th RN Base Force 1st Manchester Battalion 223 Group RAF 1st Malay~ Battalion 2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment 1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment 2nd Malay~ Battalion III Indian 110th RAF Adv Base Force 9ID 5th Field Regiment

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (4/6/2018 6:13:50 PM)
23 March 1942 Things tailed off with a whimper. One final shot at my last unloading transports. quote: Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 7,000 Yards Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses SOC-1 Seagull: 3 destroyed Japanese Ships CA Tone CA Mikuma CA Kumano DD Suzukaze DD Yayoi Allied Ships CL Boise, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAK La Cordillera, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAP Hong Peng, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAP Bontekoe, Shell hits 11, and is sunk xAP Tjinegara, Shell hits 8, and is sunk xAP Ormiston, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk xAP Mildura, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Allied ground losses: 954 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 111 destroyed, 105 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 92 (84 destroyed, 8 disabled) Vehicles lost 59 (38 destroyed, 21 disabled) Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching! Allied TF begins to get underway Reduced sighting due to 28% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 28% moonlight: 7,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 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 CA Kumano engages CL Boise at 7,000 yards CA Kumano engages xAP Ormiston at 7,000 yards DD Yayoi engages CL Boise at 7,000 yards CA Kumano engages xAP Bontekoe at 7,000 yards DD Yayoi engages xAK La Cordillera at 7,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards CL Boise engages CA Kumano at 6,000 yards CL Boise sunk by CA Mikuma at 6,000 yards DD Suzukaze engages xAP Bontekoe at 6,000 yards CA Kumano engages xAK La Cordillera at 6,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards CA Kumano engages xAP Mildura at 4,000 yards CA Mikuma engages xAP Bontekoe at 4,000 yards xAP Mildura sunk by CA Tone at 4,000 yards DD Yayoi engages xAP Bontekoe at 4,000 yards xAP Ormiston sunk by DD Suzukaze at 4,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards CA Kumano engages xAP Tjinegara at 2,000 yards DD Suzukaze engages xAP Bontekoe at 2,000 yards CA Tone engages xAP Tjinegara at 2,000 yards xAK La Cordillera sunk by DD Suzukaze at 2,000 yards Range increases to 3,000 yards xAP Tjinegara sunk by CA Kumano at 3,000 yards xAP Bontekoe sunk by CA Mikuma at 3,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards CA Kumano engages xAP Hong Peng at 2,000 yards DD Yayoi engages xAP Hong Peng at 2,000 yards DD Yayoi engages xAP Hong Peng at 2,000 yards Range increases to 3,000 yards DD Suzukaze engages xAP Hong Peng at 3,000 yards CA Tone engages xAP Hong Peng at 3,000 yards xAP Hong Peng sunk by DD Yayoi at 3,000 yards xAP Hong Peng sunk by DD Yayoi at 3,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... De Ruyter and Durban are the only CLs to survive this. Most of the transports are away and about a day away from Townsville. I'll need to run more supply there in the near future. There's no airfield at Milne to start with, so that will eat up time also. His carriers and most of the surface forces are gone, I think one hex SE of Rabaul. One sub hits an IJN DMS near Manila. Mostly quiet everywhere else. He's back to bombarding at Singapore. Not sure if he thinks he's saving Japanese lives or what.

Mundy -> RE: Getting Bottlenecked: SierraJuliet (J) vs Mundy (A) (4/8/2018 1:27:49 AM)
24 March 1942 Dumanquilas (77,89) falls. Another attack at Cagayan. quote: Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1957 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 99 Defending force 3247 troops, 12 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 4 Japanese adjusted assault: 45 Allied adjusted defense: 29 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 26 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 187 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: II/81st Naval Guard Unit 1st Raiding Regiment III/66th Naval Guard Unit 2nd Sasebo Coy SNLF Defending units: 5th Base Group Base Force Del Monte AAF Base Force III Philippine Corps Civilians The Japanese are homing in on my northern "detour" route to Pearl, so I'll be sending stuff the other way around. One escort per convoy doesn't seem to be working out well, so I'm transferring more DDs to San Francisco. quote: Submarine attack near Pearl Harbor at 185,97 Japanese Ships SS I-15^ Allied Ships xAK Alcoa Partner, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAK Alcoa Partner is sighted by SS I-15^ SS I-15^ launches 2 torpedoes His surface forces take a parting shot at Milne Bay. None of my bombers sortied out to catch them. Carriers are lurking about 8 hexes NE of there. quote: Night Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133 Japanese Ships CA Kumano CA Mikuma CA Tone Allied ground losses: 410 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 38 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled) Resources hits 1 Port hits 12 Port supply hits 5 E13A1 Jake-Suitei acting as spotter for CA Kumano CA Kumano firing at Milne Bay CA Mikuma firing at Milne Bay CA Tone firing at Milne Bay I've pulled two CAs and two CLs plus some destroyers from Pearl to send to Australia to make up my losses. I also had heavier cruisers at Sydney, now headed north. The issue I have is that fuel is nearly nonexistent in all of Australia. I've a number of fuel convoys enroute now, but it will be some time before they arrive. I may send more from Abadan, since I'm loaded with tankers there.

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