apbarog -> RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apbarog(A) vs OPilot(J) (11/29/2020 4:24:45 AM)
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6 May 44 6 slow US battleships moved to Tsushima to bombard. The fortress there has proven to be formidable. First, though, the battleships hit mines, just as they did weeks ago. New Mexico, Tennessee and Arizona each hit a mine, but damage for all of them was negligible. Scratched the paint for a couple of SYS damage. Light cruiser Gambia also hit a mine. It is SYS 15/FLOT 5-4/ENG 0/FIRE 0 and will be fine. The task force did bombard, causing 346 casualties an hopefully hitting some of the big guns. Following the big battleship task force, the invasion task force approached. The coastal guns hadn't been knocked out. Pre-Invasion action off Tsushima (103,56) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 287 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships BB Richelieu, Shell hits 2, on fire CA Salt Lake City CL Trenton, Shell hits 1 CL Detroit, Shell hits 2 CL Concord, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Ralph Talbot DD Mugford, Shell hits 1 DD O'Brien AK Etamin, Shell hits 1, on fire AK Triangulum APA Storm King DD Maury and Invasion Support action off Tsushima (103,56) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 116 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CA Salt Lake City CL Trenton, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CL Detroit, Shell hits 15, on fire DD O'Brien DD Mustin, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Sims, Shell hits 3, heavy fires AK Prince Georges BB Richelieu, on fire AK Etamin, on fire APA Storm King DD Maury and Invasion Support action off Tsushima (103,56) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 25 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships AK Prince Georges, Shell hits 1 BB Richelieu CA Salt Lake City AK Ganymede, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage CL Concord CL Trenton, heavy damage DD Maury APA Storm King, Shell hits 1 The escorts did their job and shielded the transports. DD Mustin sank immediately after combat. Other damage was: BB Richelieu SYS 18/FLOT 4-1/ENG 4/FIRE 0 CL Concord SYS 30/FLOT 44-26/ENG 1-0/FIRE 0 CL Detroit SYS 26/FLOT 15-5/ENG 1-0/FIRE 0 CL Trenton SYS 24/FLOT 54-38/ENG 0/FIRE 0 DD Sims SYS 17/FLOT 33-17/ENG 0/FIRE 0 APA Storm King SYS 11/FLOT 0/ENG 0/FIRE 9 AK Prince Georges SYS 12/FLOT 0/ENG 0/FIRE 9 AK Etamin SYS 43/FLOT 36-24/ENG 0/FIRE 0 AK Ganymede SYS 61/FLOT 25-6/ENG 2-1/FIRE 83 The AKs were carrying supply, much of which was unloaded. All troops were unloaded in good shape and an attack is ordered. Ganymede will probably burn up but it will try to make it to safety at Fukuoka, just one hex away. After the landing began, 3 YMS arrived to sweep mines, which they did, but each was hit by 2 to 5 shells and all sank just after combat. 3 US destroyers were northeast of Fukuoka, on an ASW mission. They were also 2 hexes north of Hiroshima, and were attacked by bombers from there. 15 Jills attacked but all torpedoes missed. 27 Lilys attacked but all bombs missed. Weather was partial cloud. In the afternoon with clear sky, 36 Judys attacked. Ingersoll and Heerman were each hit, one by a bomb, the other by D. Handa who was "willing to die for the Emperor". DD Heerman SYS 37/FLOT 25-11/ENG 8-2/FIRE 0 DD Ingersol SYS 26/FLOT 10-4/ENG 4-1/FIRE 0 Sub Perch spotted an interesting task force near Bihoro, a big support task force. 5 AS's, 4 AVs and an AKE, escorted by 2 DDs. Perch missed AS Rio de Janiero Maru with 4 torpedoes. These ships are going somewhere to hide. Later, Perch attacked the same task force but again missed with 4 torpedoes, this time fired at DD Wakaba. Also near Bihoro, sub Trepang spotted a tanker convoy and hit tanker Hoyo Maru with a torpedo. Kanoya was captured. All bases on Kyushu are now in Allied hands. Cleanup should be completed quickly, with just one enemy unit left. Ground combat at Kanoya (102,61) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 27764 troops, 481 guns, 860 vehicles, Assault Value = 1004 Defending force 3819 troops, 46 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 61 Allied adjusted assault: 929 Japanese adjusted defense: 49 Allied assault odds: 18 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied forces CAPTURE Kanoya !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 954 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 49 disabled Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 26 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 41 (34 destroyed, 7 disabled) Vehicles lost 18 (17 destroyed, 1 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 132 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 33rd Infantry Division 3rd USMC Tank Battalion 38th Infantry Division 754th Tank Battalion 4th USMC Tank Battalion 1st USMC Tank Battalion 5th USMC Tank Battalion 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 249th Field Artillery Battalion 147th Field Artillery Battalion 223rd Field Artillery Battalion 225th Field Artillery Battalion Defending units: 16th Naval Guard Unit 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment Kanoya JNAF Base Force 64th JNAF AF Unit /1 57th Const Bn /1 Troops at Nagasaki will rest one more day while artillery attacks. US big carriers are now headed to Manila for some minor repair. I noticed that Nagasaki has 3 repair yards, which are mostly damaged now but are being repaired. When repaired, they are size 100, 100 and 50. That's a lot of repair capability! I don't know if Nagasaki starts this way or if OPilot expanded them. It could be that a captured Japanese shipyard reverts to a repair yard when captured.
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