RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI

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L0ckAndL0ad -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (5/8/2018 2:49:07 PM)
@tarkalak Yeah, probably. April 21-24, 1942 More surface action, folks! Japs keep pressing Pearl Harbor with small surface action raids. The trick with old battleships isn't so bulletproof. I managed to lose BB Mississippi. Yorktown and Hornet were following my provisional BB-packed surface action group under CPT Craven, highly aggressive USN officer. Yeah, that's how the trouble starts. Sure, old BBs can withstand naval gun fire of a few cruisers and destroyers. Long Lances - not so much. One lucky torpedo sealed the fate of poor BB Mississippi, CPT Craven's flagship. With most ship's systems down due to heavy gunfire, Missi sunk the next day after the battle. quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 21, 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near French Frigate Shoal at 174,101, Range 26,000 Yards Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed F1M2 Pete: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships CA Ashigara, Shell hits 20, and is sunk CA Kumano, Shell hits 1, heavy fires CL Jintsu, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Kisaragi, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Fumizuki DD Kikuzuki, Shell hits 1 Allied Ships BB Maryland, Shell hits 3 BB Colorado, Shell hits 5 BB Pennsylvania, Shell hits 1 BB Tennessee, Shell hits 2 BB Idaho, Shell hits 2 BB New Mexico, Shell hits 4 BB Mississippi, Shell hits 13, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Meredith, Shell hits 1 DD Gwin DD Sims DD Mustin, Shell hits 1 DD Russell DD Walke DD Maury DD Ellet Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 26,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 26,000 yards BB Mississippi engages CA Kumano at 26,000 yards BB New Mexico engages CA Ashigara at 26,000 yards BB Idaho engages CA Ashigara at 26,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Ashigara at 26,000 yards BB Pennsylvania engages CA Ashigara at 26,000 yards BB Maryland engages CA Ashigara at 26,000 yards Ichimiya, Yoshiyuki orders Japanese TF to disengage Range closes to 21,000 yards BB Mississippi engages CA Ashigara at 21,000 yards BB Mississippi engages CA Ashigara at 21,000 yards CA Ashigara engages BB Idaho at 21,000 yards CA Ashigara engages BB Pennsylvania at 21,000 yards BB Maryland engages CA Ashigara at 21,000 yards Range closes to 18,000 yards BB Mississippi engages CA Ashigara at 18,000 yards BB New Mexico engages CA Ashigara at 18,000 yards BB Idaho engages CA Ashigara at 18,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages DD Gwin at 18,000 yards DD Kikuzuki engages DD Ellet at 18,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages DD Maury at 18,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages DD Meredith at 18,000 yards Range closes to 15,000 yards BB Mississippi engages CA Kumano at 15,000 yards BB Mississippi engages CA Ashigara at 15,000 yards CL Jintsu engages BB Mississippi at 15,000 yards BB Tennessee engages DD Kikuzuki at 15,000 yards BB Maryland engages CA Ashigara at 15,000 yards DD Ellet engages DD Fumizuki at 15,000 yards DD Walke engages DD Kisaragi at 15,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages DD Russell at 15,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages DD Mustin at 15,000 yards DD Sims engages DD Kisaragi at 15,000 yards Range closes to 13,000 yards BB Mississippi engages CA Kumano at 13,000 yards BB New Mexico engages CA Ashigara at 13,000 yards CL Jintsu engages BB Mississippi at 13,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Ashigara at 13,000 yards DD Mustin engages DD Fumizuki at 13,000 yards BB Colorado engages CA Ashigara at 13,000 yards BB Maryland engages CA Ashigara at 13,000 yards DD Walke engages DD Kikuzuki at 13,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages DD Sims at 13,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages DD Meredith at 13,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards BB Mississippi engages CA Kumano at 11,000 yards BB New Mexico engages CA Ashigara at 11,000 yards CL Jintsu engages BB Mississippi at 11,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Ashigara at 11,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages DD Meredith at 11,000 yards BB Colorado engages CA Ashigara at 11,000 yards DD Kisaragi engages DD Maury at 11,000 yards DD Kikuzuki engages DD Mustin at 11,000 yards DD Kikuzuki engages DD Sims at 11,000 yards DD Gwin engages DD Kisaragi at 11,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards BB Mississippi engages CA Ashigara at 8,000 yards BB Mississippi engages CA Ashigara at 8,000 yards BB Idaho engages CA Ashigara at 8,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Ashigara at 8,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages DD Gwin at 8,000 yards DD Ellet engages DD Kisaragi at 8,000 yards BB Maryland engages CA Ashigara at 8,000 yards DD Kikuzuki engages DD Ellet at 8,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages DD Maury at 8,000 yards DD Sims engages DD Fumizuki at 8,000 yards DD Gwin engages DD Kisaragi at 8,000 yards DD Meredith engages DD Kikuzuki at 8,000 yards Range increases to 12,000 yards BB Mississippi engages CA Ashigara at 12,000 yards BB New Mexico engages CA Ashigara at 12,000 yards BB Idaho engages CA Ashigara at 12,000 yards DD Sims engages DD Kikuzuki at 12,000 yards BB Pennsylvania engages CA Ashigara at 12,000 yards CA Kumano engages BB Colorado at 12,000 yards BB Maryland engages CA Ashigara at 12,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages DD Meredith at 12,000 yards Range increases to 17,000 yards BB Idaho engages CL Jintsu at 17,000 yards DD Kikuzuki engages DD Walke at 17,000 yards BB Pennsylvania engages DD Fumizuki at 17,000 yards DD Kisaragi engages DD Meredith at 17,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages DD Maury at 17,000 yards DD Kisaragi engages DD Mustin at 17,000 yards DD Kikuzuki engages DD Meredith at 17,000 yards Range increases to 19,000 yards BB Mississippi engages CA Kumano at 19,000 yards CL Jintsu engages BB Mississippi at 19,000 yards CA Kumano engages BB Pennsylvania at 19,000 yards CA Kumano engages DD Ellet at 19,000 yards CA Kumano engages DD Russell at 19,000 yards CA Kumano engages DD Mustin at 19,000 yards CA Kumano engages DD Gwin at 19,000 yards CA Kumano engages DD Meredith at 19,000 yards Range increases to 24,000 yards BB New Mexico engages CA Kumano at 24,000 yards BB Mississippi engages DD Kikuzuki at 24,000 yards BB Pennsylvania engages CA Kumano at 24,000 yards BB Maryland engages CA Kumano at 24,000 yards CA Kumano engages DD Ellet at 24,000 yards CA Kumano engages DD Mustin at 24,000 yards CA Kumano engages DD Gwin at 24,000 yards Range increases to 29,000 yards BB Mississippi engages CA Kumano at 29,000 yards BB Tennessee engages CA Kumano at 29,000 yards BB Pennsylvania engages CA Kumano at 29,000 yards BB Colorado engages CA Kumano at 29,000 yards CA Kumano engages DD Maury at 29,000 yards CA Kumano engages DD Sims at 29,000 yards CA Kumano engages DD Gwin at 29,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 22, 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pumps having difficulty controlling flooding aboard BB Mississippi Pumps fail aboard BB Mississippi, flooding increases... Pumps fail aboard BB Mississippi, flooding increases... Major flooding aboard BB Mississippi Temporary flotation repairs failing aboard BB Mississippi Temporary flotation repairs failing aboard BB Mississippi Temporary flotation repairs failing aboard BB Mississippi Temporary flotation repairs failing aboard BB Mississippi BB Mississippi sinks.... Craven I. now available for reassignment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Couple of CAs finished repairs and were sent to chase retreating survivors of the first attack. With a careful and very capable officer in charge. Yorktown and Hornet failed to launch even a single strike. But CA-based surface action group did the job very well, sinking all the raiders. quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 24, 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Laysan Island at 158,100, Range 26,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Kumano, Shell hits 12 CL Jintsu, Shell hits 1 DD Kisaragi, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Fumizuki DD Kikuzuki, Shell hits 3, on fire Allied Ships CA Portland CA Astoria CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 1 CA San Francisco, Shell hits 1 CA Vincennes, Shell hits 2 DD Grayson DD Monssen DD Hughes, Shell hits 1 DD Anderson DD Hammann DD Morris Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 26,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 26,000 yards CA Vincennes engages CL Jintsu at 26,000 yards CA Vincennes engages DD Kisaragi at 26,000 yards CA Kumano engages DD Morris at 26,000 yards CA Kumano engages DD Anderson at 26,000 yards Range closes to 25,000 yards CA Vincennes engages CA Kumano at 25,000 yards CA San Francisco engages CA Kumano at 25,000 yards CA Kumano engages CA Minneapolis at 25,000 yards CA Kumano engages CA Astoria at 25,000 yards CA Portland engages CA Kumano at 25,000 yards Range closes to 23,000 yards CA Vincennes engages CA Kumano at 23,000 yards CA Vincennes engages CL Jintsu at 23,000 yards CA Vincennes engages DD Kisaragi at 23,000 yards Range closes to 21,000 yards CA Kumano engages CA San Francisco at 21,000 yards CA Kumano engages CA Minneapolis at 21,000 yards CA Vincennes engages DD Kisaragi at 21,000 yards Range closes to 20,000 yards CA Kumano engages CA Vincennes at 20,000 yards CL Jintsu engages CA Vincennes at 20,000 yards CA Vincennes engages DD Kikuzuki at 20,000 yards CA Kumano engages CA Astoria at 20,000 yards CA Kumano engages CA Portland at 20,000 yards CA Kumano engages DD Grayson at 20,000 yards Range closes to 17,000 yards CA Vincennes engages CA Kumano at 17,000 yards CA San Francisco engages CA Kumano at 17,000 yards CA Astoria engages CA Kumano at 17,000 yards DD Kisaragi engages DD Grayson at 17,000 yards DD Kisaragi engages DD Morris at 17,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages DD Hammann at 17,000 yards DD Kisaragi engages DD Hughes at 17,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages DD Monssen at 17,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages DD Grayson at 17,000 yards Range closes to 13,000 yards CA Kumano engages CA Vincennes at 13,000 yards CA San Francisco engages CA Kumano at 13,000 yards CA Kumano engages CA Minneapolis at 13,000 yards CA Astoria engages CA Kumano at 13,000 yards CA Kumano engages CA Portland at 13,000 yards DD Kikuzuki engages DD Hughes at 13,000 yards DD Kisaragi engages DD Monssen at 13,000 yards DD Grayson engages DD Fumizuki at 13,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards CA Kumano engages CA San Francisco at 9,000 yards CA Minneapolis engages CA Kumano at 9,000 yards CA Astoria engages DD Fumizuki at 9,000 yards DD Kisaragi engages DD Hammann at 9,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages DD Morris at 9,000 yards DD Hammann engages DD Kisaragi at 9,000 yards DD Kikuzuki engages DD Anderson at 9,000 yards DD Kikuzuki engages DD Hughes at 9,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages DD Monssen at 9,000 yards DD Grayson engages DD Kikuzuki at 9,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards CA Kumano engages CA Vincennes at 10,000 yards CA Vincennes engages CL Jintsu at 10,000 yards CA Kumano engages CA Minneapolis at 10,000 yards CA Astoria engages CA Kumano at 10,000 yards DD Hughes engages DD Kisaragi at 10,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages DD Morris at 10,000 yards DD Hammann engages DD Kisaragi at 10,000 yards DD Kikuzuki engages DD Anderson at 10,000 yards DD Kikuzuki engages DD Hughes at 10,000 yards DD Kikuzuki engages DD Monssen at 10,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages DD Grayson at 10,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards CA Kumano engages CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards CA Kumano engages CA San Francisco at 9,000 yards CA Kumano engages CA Minneapolis at 9,000 yards CA Kumano engages CA Astoria at 9,000 yards DD Monssen engages DD Kisaragi at 9,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages DD Morris at 9,000 yards DD Kikuzuki engages DD Hughes at 9,000 yards DD Kikuzuki engages DD Monssen at 9,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages DD Grayson at 9,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Midway Island at 157,100, Range 26,000 Yards Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed F1M2 Pete: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships CA Kumano, Shell hits 18, and is sunk CL Jintsu, Shell hits 11, and is sunk DD Kisaragi, Shell hits 5, and is sunk DD Fumizuki, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Kikuzuki, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships CA Portland CA Astoria CA Minneapolis CA San Francisco CA Vincennes DD Grayson DD Monssen DD Hughes, on fire DD Anderson DD Hammann DD Morris Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 26,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 26,000 yards CA Kumano engages CA Vincennes at 26,000 yards CL Jintsu engages CA Vincennes at 26,000 yards CA Minneapolis engages CA Kumano at 26,000 yards CA Kumano engages CA Vincennes at 26,000 yards CA Vincennes engages CL Jintsu at 26,000 yards CA Portland engages CA Kumano at 26,000 yards Range closes to 24,000 yards CA Kumano engages CA Vincennes at 24,000 yards CA San Francisco engages CA Kumano at 24,000 yards CA Minneapolis engages CA Kumano at 24,000 yards Range closes to 23,000 yards CA Kumano engages CA Vincennes at 23,000 yards CA Vincennes engages CL Jintsu at 23,000 yards CA Portland engages CA Kumano at 23,000 yards Range closes to 19,000 yards CL Jintsu engages CA Vincennes at 19,000 yards Range closes to 18,000 yards CA Vincennes engages DD Fumizuki at 18,000 yards CA Portland engages CA Kumano at 18,000 yards DD Anderson engages DD Fumizuki at 18,000 yards DD Monssen engages DD Fumizuki at 18,000 yards DD Kikuzuki engages DD Grayson at 18,000 yards Range closes to 15,000 yards CA Kumano engages CA Vincennes at 15,000 yards CL Jintsu engages CA Minneapolis at 15,000 yards DD Anderson engages DD Kikuzuki at 15,000 yards CA Astoria engages DD Fumizuki at 15,000 yards DD Kikuzuki engages DD Morris at 15,000 yards DD Hammann engages DD Kisaragi at 15,000 yards DD Anderson engages DD Fumizuki at 15,000 yards DD Hughes engages DD Kikuzuki at 15,000 yards DD Grayson engages DD Kisaragi at 15,000 yards Range closes to 14,000 yards CA Kumano engages CA San Francisco at 14,000 yards DD Kikuzuki engages DD Hammann at 14,000 yards DD Grayson engages DD Fumizuki at 14,000 yards CA Kumano engages CA Portland at 14,000 yards DD Hammann engages DD Kikuzuki at 14,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages DD Anderson at 14,000 yards DD Hughes engages DD Kikuzuki at 14,000 yards DD Kikuzuki engages DD Monssen at 14,000 yards DD Kisaragi engages DD Grayson at 14,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards CA Kumano engages CA San Francisco at 11,000 yards CA San Francisco engages CL Jintsu at 11,000 yards CA Minneapolis engages CA Kumano at 11,000 yards CA Astoria engages DD Fumizuki at 11,000 yards CA Portland engages CA Kumano at 11,000 yards DD Kikuzuki engages DD Morris at 11,000 yards DD Hammann engages DD Kikuzuki at 11,000 yards DD Hughes engages DD Kikuzuki at 11,000 yards DD Monssen engages DD Kikuzuki at 11,000 yards DD Grayson engages DD Kikuzuki at 11,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards CA San Francisco engages CA Kumano at 7,000 yards DD Anderson engages DD Kikuzuki at 7,000 yards CL Jintsu engages CA Astoria at 7,000 yards CA Portland engages CA Kumano at 7,000 yards DD Morris engages DD Fumizuki at 7,000 yards DD Hammann engages DD Fumizuki at 7,000 yards DD Monssen engages DD Fumizuki at 7,000 yards DD Grayson engages DD Kikuzuki at 7,000 yards Range increases to 8,000 yards CA Vincennes engages CA Kumano at 8,000 yards CL Jintsu engages CA San Francisco at 8,000 yards CA Minneapolis engages CA Kumano at 8,000 yards DD Monssen engages DD Fumizuki at 8,000 yards DD Morris engages DD Kikuzuki at 8,000 yards DD Kikuzuki engages DD Hammann at 8,000 yards DD Anderson engages DD Kikuzuki at 8,000 yards DD Grayson engages DD Kikuzuki at 8,000 yards CA Vincennes engages CA Kumano at 8,000 yards CA Kumano engages CA Minneapolis at 8,000 yards DD Monssen engages DD Fumizuki at 8,000 yards DD Kikuzuki engages DD Anderson at 8,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages DD Monssen at 8,000 yards DD Grayson engages DD Fumizuki at 8,000 yards CL Jintsu engages CA Vincennes at 8,000 yards CA San Francisco engages CL Jintsu at 8,000 yards CL Jintsu engages CA Minneapolis at 8,000 yards CL Jintsu engages CA Astoria at 8,000 yards CL Jintsu engages CA Portland at 8,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages DD Morris at 8,000 yards DD Anderson engages DD Fumizuki at 8,000 yards DD Monssen engages DD Kikuzuki at 8,000 yards DD Grayson engages DD Fumizuki at 8,000 yards Range increases to 9,000 yards CA Vincennes engages CL Jintsu at 9,000 yards CL Jintsu engages CA San Francisco at 9,000 yards CA Minneapolis engages CL Jintsu at 9,000 yards CL Jintsu engages CA Portland at 9,000 yards DD Hammann engages DD Fumizuki at 9,000 yards DD Anderson engages DD Kikuzuki at 9,000 yards DD Grayson engages DD Fumizuki at 9,000 yards Range increases to 15,000 yards CA San Francisco engages DD Kikuzuki at 15,000 yards DD Morris engages DD Fumizuki at 15,000 yards Range increases to 19,000 yards CA San Francisco engages DD Kikuzuki at 19,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Midway Island at 156,100, Range 22,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Fumizuki, Shell hits 8, and is sunk DD Kikuzuki, Shell hits 4, and is sunk Allied Ships CA Portland CA Astoria CA Minneapolis CA San Francisco CA Vincennes DD Grayson DD Monssen DD Hughes, heavy fires DD Anderson DD Hammann DD Morris Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 22,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards CA San Francisco engages DD Kikuzuki at 22,000 yards Range closes to 20,000 yards CA San Francisco collides with DD Morris at 156 , 100 Range closes to 16,000 yards DD Kikuzuki sunk by CA San Francisco at 16,000 yards Range closes to 12,000 yards DD Morris engages DD Fumizuki at 12,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards CA Vincennes engages DD Fumizuki at 10,000 yards CA Minneapolis engages DD Fumizuki at 10,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards CA Minneapolis engages DD Fumizuki at 10,000 yards DD Morris engages DD Fumizuki at 10,000 yards Range increases to 12,000 yards DD Morris engages DD Fumizuki at 12,000 yards DD Hughes engages DD Fumizuki at 12,000 yards Range increases to 14,000 yards Range increases to 16,000 yards DD Fumizuki engages DD Morris at 16,000 yards DD Hughes engages DD Fumizuki at 16,000 yards DD Grayson engages DD Fumizuki at 16,000 yards Range increases to 18,000 yards Range increases to 19,000 yards DD Fumizuki sunk by CA Minneapolis at 19,000 yards Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Two destroyers moderately damaged. The rest are fine. And.. It seems there's yet another fast surface raider force approaching Pearl. PBYs report a group of.. PT boats? That can't be right! On the bright side, it is very good that I can let USN surface force gain day & night combat experience so close to repair shipyards of Pearl. Feel much more comfortable there. But I should probably avoid sending slow old BBs without cruiser support in the future. If using them in surface combat at all. [image]local://upfiles/59456/6F5E7DF22CA54532A2EB6CE29A37D65A.jpg[/image]

BBfanboy -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (5/8/2018 3:06:00 PM)
Trading a BB for 2 of the IJNs big CAs, a CL and 3 DDs is a good outcome! You get lots of BBs; the IJN gets no more CAs! The damaged ships in the bottom picture should be switched immediately to cruise speed. Mission speed allows them to go to flank speed which is very dangerous for flood damage spreading. Your TFs will be short on ammo, time to pull them back for replenishment and let PH's bombers provide security for a day or so. The sighting of PTs is, of course, erroneous. The AI could still be trying to send an invasion force to the HI, so I suspect PBs escorting xAKs.

L0ckAndL0ad -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (5/8/2018 9:39:19 PM)
April 25 - May 1, 1942 Parts of 7th Australian Division are still en route to Townsville. 3 squadrons of B-26, 39 planes total, keep pounding the Japs in Port Moresby, but the results are very unimpressive 0-15 casualties per day. Wonder if they cause any significant disruption. Japanese ground attacks there cause the enemy much more damage, reportedly 250-300 casualties each. A recon squadron of 6 F-4s refuses to fly missions from Oz to observe Jap positions in PM. There is literally nothing that can stop them. Range is good with droptanks (11 from Cairns), morale is 99 high. Airfield is 100% working and there's no overstacking. Damn you, Port Moresby, why are you so troublesome? On 25th, a deliberate ground attack was ordered for most PM units, to test enemy's strength. It's 1231 vs 707 AV. Need to wait for 7th AusDiv to assemble. And even more separate artillery units for day-to-day bombardment missions. quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 25, 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 28674 troops, 490 guns, 619 vehicles, Assault Value = 1012 Defending force 24880 troops, 235 guns, 82 vehicles, Assault Value = 669 Allied adjusted assault: 1231 Japanese adjusted defense: 707 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1368 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 114 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled Guns lost 19 (7 destroyed, 12 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1250 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 145 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled Guns lost 26 (1 destroyed, 25 disabled) Assaulting units: 3rd Australian Brigade 30th Australian Brigade 6th Australian Division 7th Aus Div Cav Regiment Kanga Force Battalion 25th Australian Brigade Lark Battalion 2/1st Ind Coy 2/4th Ind Coy Port Moresby Brigade I Australian Corps 2nd Medium Regiment 1st Medium Regiment 15th RAAF Base Force 2/9th Field Regiment Rabaul Det. Base Force 21/22 Field Regiment Defending units: 23rd Division 40th Brigade Maizuru 1st SNLF 26th Recon Regiment III./90th Infantry Battalion 88th Infantry Regiment 62nd Naval Guard Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 29 Yeaahh.... So about those PT boat reports. They were actually motor boats. Only fighters were able to get them. The AI is messing with me. quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 29, 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Pearl Harbor at 180,107, Range 16,000 Yards Japanese Ships MGB G-4 LB-103 LB-113 LB-115 LB-118 LB-120 LB-122 LB-123 LB-124 LB-139 LB-1001 Allied Ships xAK Makua xAK Maliko Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 16,000 yards Range closes to 15,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 15,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 15,000 yards Allied ships attempt to get underway Both TF attempt to withdraw! Range increases to 16,000 yards... Both Task Forces evade combat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Pearl Harbor at 179,107 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 27 No Allied losses Japanese Ships LB-123, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk LB-118, Shell hits 11, Bomb hits 13, and is sunk LB-122, Shell hits 6, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk LB-115, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk LB-1001, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 27 x F4F-4 Wildcat bombing from 100 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 100 lb GP Bomb LB-123 dead in the water ... LB-118 dead in the water ... LB-122 dead in the water ... LB-115 dead in the water ... LB-1001 dead in the water ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Pearl Harbor at 179,107 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 14 No Allied losses Japanese Ships LB-113, Shell hits 6, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk MGB G-4, Shell hits 12, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-139, Shell hits 7, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 14 x F4F-4 Wildcat bombing from 100 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 100 lb GP Bomb LB-113 dead in the water ... LB-139 dead in the water ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 1, 1942 I don't celebrate Christmas, but the USN does. And today is the day, folks! [image]local://upfiles/59456/BAB0E5DEE8124B24AD8244F5A2A815FC.jpg[/image]

BBfanboy -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (5/8/2018 10:19:43 PM)
What altitude are you using for those bombers at PM? Since you still own it, balloons are not an issue and you just need to be above their light flak- 3000 feet for the 7.7 mm MGs and 8000 feet for the 25mm guns. The Japanese units don't normally have enough heavy guns to worry about.

L0ckAndL0ad -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (5/8/2018 10:51:34 PM)
I tried 2000, 7000 and 10000 ft. 2000 bad due to flak, 7k and 10k cause no flak loses so I'm @ 7k now. Can't check the pilots right now, but they should be uhm... ~50 exp, 50-55 skills. Recon F-4s go @ 20k. They recon enemy hexes, but not a contested one, so DL is always 1/2.

L0ckAndL0ad -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (5/9/2018 4:46:57 PM)
May 1-3, 1942 Pearl is very busy with ship repairs, incoming SanFran transports and countless air groups. Lexington is ~ 1.5 months away from being fully repaired. Other majorly damaged ships there are two Dec 7 BB survivors, with repairs ETA unknown. I guess I'll wait for the systems to be completely repaired and the FLT damage to go below 50, then caaaaaarefully move them to West Coast to decrease the load on PH yards. I gathered some more forces for second attack on Nanchang. They're mostly 25-30% full, but it's better to attack now than wait. The enemy is dug in there already. It's gonna be tough, but looks doable. Diego Garcia came under two invasion attempts. Both successfully repelled. BB Prince of Wales is 100% operational and ready to wreak some havoc there. Port Moresby and Hawaii Islands area are still under heavy pressure. Troops at PM were shelled by some sneaky IJN battleships and a heavy cruiser. CTF "BOYD" with CV Indomitable and CVL Hermes is trying to control the situation, but the enemy dictates the tempo so far. Presence of enemy Betties over the Coral Sea made defending the whole AO significantly harder. New IJN raider SAG of 3 CA + 3 DD appeared between Midway and Pearl, sinking lone cargo ship. Not sure how to proceed, most ships at PH are going to be busy for at least couple of days. USN ships barely have time to rearm and repair between the engagements. [image]local://upfiles/59456/29A02F02600C4AEC8C98C6A23A08DD89.jpg[/image] quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 1, 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanchang (85,54) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 37159 troops, 299 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 1356 Defending force 77169 troops, 422 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2424 Japanese adjusted assault: 559 Allied adjusted defense: 1198 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 5218 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 445 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 49 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 46 disabled Guns lost 22 (3 destroyed, 19 disabled) Allied ground losses: 2970 casualties reported Squads: 12 destroyed, 178 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 33 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Guns lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled) Assaulting units: 15th Division 12th Ind.Mixed Brigade 17th Ind.Mixed Brigade 8th Armored Car Co Kyuko Naval Guard Unit 60th Division 23rd RGC Temp. Division 4th Mortar Battalion 17th JAAF Base Force Defending units: 28th Chinese Corps 100th Chinese Corps 21st Chinese Corps 49th Chinese Corps 25th Chinese Corps 50th Chinese Corps 70th Chinese Corps 88th Chinese Corps 86th Chinese Corps 3rd New Chinese Corps 10th Group Army 32nd Group Army 3rd War Area 25th Group Army 23rd Group Army 14th Chinese Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Diego Garcia (11,62) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 374 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Defending force 774 troops, 16 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 5 Japanese adjusted assault: 0 Allied adjusted defense: 7 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 99 (fort level 2) Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(-), experience(-) Attacker: op mode(-), shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 90 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: Yokosuka 3rd SNLF Defending units: DG RN Detachment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yokosuka 3rd SNLF Wiped Out at Diego Garcia by attrition!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 2, 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Deboyne Islands at 102,135 Japanese Ships BB Fuso CA Kako DD Kasumi DD Yugao DD Sanae DD Amagiri Allied Ships SS S-36, hits 3 SS S-36 is sighted by escort DD Yugao attacking submerged sub .... DD Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Amagiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yugao fails to find sub and abandons search DD Sanae fails to find sub and abandons search DD Amagiri fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Amagiri fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanchang (85,54) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 53804 troops, 302 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2191 Defending force 35309 troops, 310 guns, 177 vehicles, Assault Value = 916 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4 Allied adjusted assault: 219 Japanese adjusted defense: 4029 Allied assault odds: 1 to 18 (fort level 4) Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: supply(-) Japanese ground losses: 847 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 71 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Allied ground losses: 4352 casualties reported Squads: 14 destroyed, 548 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 24 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 33 disabled Assaulting units: 100th Chinese Corps 50th Chinese Corps 70th Chinese Corps 21st Chinese Corps 28th Chinese Corps 49th Chinese Corps 25th Chinese Corps 88th Chinese Corps 86th Chinese Corps 3rd New Chinese Corps 32nd Group Army 3rd War Area 23rd Group Army 10th Group Army 25th Group Army 14th Chinese Base Force Defending units: 12th Ind.Mixed Brigade 15th Division 17th Ind.Mixed Brigade Kyuko Naval Guard Unit 8th Armored Car Co 60th Division 23rd RGC Temp. Division 4th Mortar Battalion 17th JAAF Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Landing Force surrenders at Diego Garcia - TF 350 retires -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 3, 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Diego Garcia at 11,62, Range 1,000 Yards Japanese Ships PB Kure Maru #5, Shell hits 28, and is sunk xAK Shinryu Maru, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAK Kosin Maru, Shell hits 9, and is sunk xAK Ryotaku Maru, Shell hits 4, and is sunk xAK Sinkoku Maru, Shell hits 10, and is sunk Allied Ships BB Prince of Wales, Shell hits 1 DD Arrow DD Decoy DD Fortune DD Foxhound Reduced visibility due to Thunderstorms with 89% moonlight Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 89% moonlight: 1,000 yards Range closes to 21,000 yards... Range closes to 19,000 yards... Range closes to 17,000 yards... Range closes to 15,000 yards... Range closes to 13,000 yards... Range closes to 11,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... Range closes to 4,000 yards... Range closes to 3,000 yards... Range closes to 2,000 yards... Range closes to 1,000 yards... xAK Ryotaku Maru sunk by BB Prince of Wales at 1,000 yards xAK Sinkoku Maru sunk by BB Prince of Wales at 1,000 yards Range increases to 2,000 yards DD Arrow engages xAK Shinryu Maru at 2,000 yards BB Prince of Wales engages PB Kure Maru #5 at 2,000 yards BB Prince of Wales engages xAK Shinryu Maru at 2,000 yards Range increases to 3,000 yards BB Prince of Wales engages PB Kure Maru #5 at 3,000 yards xAK Shinryu Maru sunk by DD Decoy at 3,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards PB Kure Maru #5 sunk by BB Prince of Wales at 2,000 yards DD Foxhound engages xAK Kosin Maru at 2,000 yards Range increases to 3,000 yards DD Foxhound engages xAK Kosin Maru at 3,000 yards DD Fortune engages xAK Kosin Maru at 3,000 yards DD Decoy engages xAK Kosin Maru at 3,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards xAK Kosin Maru sunk by BB Prince of Wales at 2,000 yards xAK Kosin Maru sunk by BB Prince of Wales at 2,000 yards Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Port Moresby at 98,130 Japanese Ships BB Fuso BB Mutsu CA Kako Allied ground losses: 52 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for BB Fuso BB Fuso firing at 6th Australian Division BB Mutsu firing at 6th Australian Division CA Kako firing at 6th Australian Division -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near French Frigate Shoal at 172,102, Range 20,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Atago CA Chokai CA Mogami DD Kamikaze DD Hatakaze DD Namikaze Allied Ships xAKL Hirondelle, Shell hits 6, and is sunk Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 20,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 20,000 yards Watanabe, Seishichi crosses the 'T' CA Chokai engages xAKL Hirondelle at 20,000 yards CA Atago engages xAKL Hirondelle at 20,000 yards Range closes to 18,000 yards CA Chokai engages xAKL Hirondelle at 18,000 yards Range closes to 16,000 yards CA Atago engages xAKL Hirondelle at 16,000 yards Range closes to 14,000 yards xAKL Hirondelle sunk by CA Mogami at 14,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

BBfanboy -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (5/9/2018 5:05:36 PM)
Unless you have shipping at sea to protect, just keep your SCTFs in PH on patrol, and let your bombers and subs handle the raiding CAs. You can also use P-40Es as bombers at 100 feet with pretty good results. Their 500 lb bombs will mess up a CA pretty well, usually penetrating on a deck hit. I once sank CA Chokai using only P-40Es. Set them to a max normal range (4).

L0ckAndL0ad -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (5/9/2018 10:31:49 PM)
The AI is smart enough not to get too close to the PH this time. But I managed to get some anyway.. May 4-8, 1942 A carrier tf was dispatched to deal with the raiders. BBfanboy is right, cruisers are a juicy target, and an easy one, being close to Pearl. F4Fs were used for LowN and strafing, with great results. The CTF "BOYD" in the Coral Sea managed to bite BB Yamashiro. Not lethally, but still nice. quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 4, 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near French Frigate Shoal at 172,104 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 27 SBD-3 Dauntless x 26 Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 damaged F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships DD Kamikaze, Shell hits 3 CA Mogami, Bomb hits 1, on fire DD Hatakaze, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage CA Atago, Shell hits 3, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires CA Chokai DD Namikaze, Shell hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x F4F-4 Wildcat bombing from 100 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 100 lb GP Bomb 6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 7 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 3 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CA Mogami Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Hatakaze -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near French Frigate Shoal at 172,104 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 24 SBD-3 Dauntless x 26 Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships DD Namikaze, Shell hits 5 CA Mogami, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Kamikaze, Shell hits 15 DD Hatakaze, Shell hits 10, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage CA Atago, Bomb hits 3, on fire CA Chokai, Shell hits 2, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 24 x F4F-4 Wildcat bombing from 100 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 100 lb GP Bomb 5 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 2 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 7 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Hatakaze Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a Takao class CA Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CA Mogami Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CA Chokai -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 100,134 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft Albacore I x 13 Allied aircraft losses Albacore I: 2 damaged Japanese Ships BB Yamashiro, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Albacore I launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 5, 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near French Frigate Shoal at 167,103 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 24 SBD-3 Dauntless x 25 TBD-1 Devastator x 15 Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged Japanese Ships CA Atago, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage CA Chokai, heavy fires, heavy damage CA Mogami, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Namikaze, Shell hits 7 DD Kamikaze, Bomb hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 24 x F4F-4 Wildcat bombing from 100 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 100 lb GP Bomb 9 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 5 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 15 x TBD-1 Devastator launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo 3 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a Tone class CA Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a Japanese DD Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CA Mogami -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near French Frigate Shoal at 167,103 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 24 SBD-3 Dauntless x 24 TBD-1 Devastator x 15 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged Japanese Ships CA Mogami, Shell hits 10, Bomb hits 17, heavy fires, heavy damage CA Chokai, Shell hits 3, Bomb hits 9, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk DD Kamikaze, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Namikaze Aircraft Attacking: 24 x F4F-4 Wildcat bombing from 100 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 100 lb GP Bomb 9 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 12 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 15 x TBD-1 Devastator launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo 3 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CA Mogami Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CA Chokai Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Kamikaze -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On the 6th, the trouble came. Soryu and Hiryu suddenly appeared, approaching PM from Rabaul or Truk direction. Port Moresby was shelled by another surface force, though the damage wasn't as severe. Boyd ordered all available paddles readied and installed on CVs close to the waterline, using hatches. They had to row the hell out of there. As fast as possible. Thankfully, the weather was nasty and saved both British carriers. I can't explain it otherwise. Most of the Japs must have lost their way in the storms. Only a small airstrike reached CTF "BOYD", and was successfully repelled. [image]local://upfiles/59456/C335CC6527044395B2947F5F1D7BEB19.jpg[/image] All B-26 planes ordered back to Oz. They aren't doing much damage there to justify their presence and casualties. Will switch them later with squadrons of A-24 Banshee and A-20 Havoc of the 3rd BG. Two squadrons of Dutch B-25s (also 3rd BG) will be based in Cairns. Just enough distance (11) to reach PM with full combat load. And with Cairn's AF just being upgraded past level 5, three squadrons of B-17s will also start flying from there. PS: So, any idea why recon planes won't fly recon over friendly, but contested hex (PM)? quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 6, 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Port Moresby at 98,130 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra: 5 damaged B-26 Marauder: 7 damaged Japanese Ships CA Furutaka Allied ground losses: 39 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 10 Port hits 2 E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Furutaka CA Furutaka firing at Port Moresby -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,135 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 26 Allied aircraft Albacore I x 9 Martlet II x 4 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Albacore I: 3 destroyed Martlet II: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: Soryu-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling) 13 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 11000. Raid is overhead Hiryu-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling) 13 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 13000. Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 97,135 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 70 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 10 B5N2 Kate x 9 D3A1 Val x 9 Allied aircraft Sea Hurricane Ib x 11 Martlet II x 5 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed B5N2 Kate: 3 damaged B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak D3A1 Val: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged D3A1 Val: 2 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses Sea Hurricane Ib: 1 destroyed Martlet II: 1 destroyed Allied Ships CVL Hermes BC Repulse CV Indomitable Aircraft Attacking: 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 9 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 1 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb CAP engaged: No.800 Sqn FAA with Martlet II (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers No.880 Sqn FAA with Sea Hurricane Ib (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trouble in China. I won't be able to take Nanchang after all. The opposition is stronger than I expected. Still, staying there to delay the enemy is a good plan B, giving boys to the north more time to fight in the cities. quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 8, 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanchang (85,54) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 49118 troops, 301 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1590 Defending force 34640 troops, 311 guns, 177 vehicles, Assault Value = 851 Allied adjusted assault: 996 Japanese adjusted defense: 2162 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 4) Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 885 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 127 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled) Allied ground losses: 3708 casualties reported Squads: 78 destroyed, 194 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 39 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 26 disabled Guns lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled) Assaulting units: 21st Chinese Corps 50th Chinese Corps 28th Chinese Corps 49th Chinese Corps 88th Chinese Corps 86th Chinese Corps 25th Chinese Corps 70th Chinese Corps 100th Chinese Corps 3rd New Chinese Corps 32nd Group Army 23rd Group Army 10th Group Army 25th Group Army 3rd War Area 14th Chinese Base Force Defending units: 60th Division 17th Ind.Mixed Brigade 8th Armored Car Co 15th Division Kyuko Naval Guard Unit 12th Ind.Mixed Brigade 23rd RGC Temp. Division 4th Mortar Battalion 17th JAAF Base Force --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

BBfanboy -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (5/9/2018 10:45:19 PM)
Nice work on those CAs! DD Namikaze must have one heckuva skipper to dodge everything except some MG bullets! I suspect your recons are balking at flying unescorted into a zone where you do not have air superiority. I think the Aussies get some Beaufort recons around now and these are expendable enough to put a couple of them at PM to recon the base from range 0. PS - you don't say how you know the recons are not going to PM, but you know the recon missions do not show up in the Combat Reports, right?

L0ckAndL0ad -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (5/9/2018 11:02:00 PM)
When I order F-4s to recon PM from Cairns (lvl 5 AF with good supply), they stay at 0 fatigue, don't gain skills and don't appear in any reports. I let them stay like that for quite a while, like 1.5 weeks. But if I switch to commander's discretion destination, they fly recon missions as usual, anywhere but PM. In PM itself, there were two squadrons of USAAF P-39Ds, packing ~50 A2A kills by now, with minimal casualties, trashing anything Japs send there. Well, until the carriers showed up. Now there are even 3 P-39D squadrons... quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 32 Allied aircraft B-26 Marauder x 27 P-39D Airacobra x 16 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed by flak P-39D Airacobra: 6 destroyed Japanese Ships CV Soryu CV Hiryu Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 7000 feet Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 7000 feet Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 6 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 7000 feet Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 8 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 7000 feet Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: Soryu-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 5 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes Hiryu-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 4 scrambling) 11 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Addendum: OH! It just occurred to me that the Brits were saved by the shi**y weather. What an irony. That sounds like something Goring would say to Hitler after losing Battle of Britain. [:D]

L0ckAndL0ad -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (5/11/2018 7:48:33 AM)
May 15-20, 1942 The events in SWPAC took a grim turn. I was barely able to keep it together, as everything seemed like a bad dream. The more I invest in defending Port Moresby, the more Japan sends there too. The main goal on Allied part was to deliver 7th Australian Division (+) to PM, preferably in one piece. It all started with Townsville running out of fuel. For several days before the 15th, I was collecting all the available fuel to replenish vital ships of the convoy. But even British CVs had to depart on 50% fuel. The distance between Townsville and PM is rather small anyway, fortunately. What did the Japanese do? They kept sending numerous SAGs to raid and naval bombard PM area. And they sent carriers. I was able to spot Hiryu and Soryu, and later some other unidentified carriers including CV Zuikaku, that went on air raiding the East Coast of Oz. With USN carriers still at Pearl, there was not that much I could do. Yes, in the end, I succeeded in delivering and unloading the convoy with 7th AusDiv (+) to PM. But paid a great price for it. IJN suffered 1 CL and 1 DD sunk, 1 BB and 2 CA heavily damaged. Allied losses (VP): BB Ramillies (178) BC Repulse (202) CA Exeter (34) CL Leander (28) CL Sumatra (27) DD Evertsen (5) DD Piet Hein (5) SS S-36 6x xAP 3x xAK/xAKL 4x AM 1x AMC With PM reinforced, I ordered a deliberate attack there. I really need to push the enemy out of PM. But they keep resisting. The future prospects of defending PM are hard to foresee. Can't imagine having to evacuate PM. Even more nightmarish logistical and tactical problem. Still hesitant to send USN carriers out of PH. New pilots have to be trained, and TBDs replaced with TBFs. IJN carriers seem to have retreated to Truk. Might be a good idea to send USN carriers to the Coral Sea and prepare an ambush for their future arrival. Also, I am 99% confident that you're simply not allowed to recon enemy in friendly hexes. Tried sending B-17s from Cairns, and remaining B-26s at PM (0 distance). No flights. Notable reports: quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 15, 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 6,000 Yards Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships CL Kiso, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Asanagi, Shell hits 2, heavy fires Allied Ships BB Royal Sovereign, Shell hits 4 BB Ramillies, Shell hits 5, on fire CA Exeter CL Leander CL Achilles CL Sumatra CL Perth DD Stuart DD Vendetta DD Banckert DD Van Nes DD Witte de With DD Evertsen DD Kortenaer DD Piet Hein AP Leonard Wood xAP Santa Inez xAK Silksworth xAP Diomed AMC Monowai AMC Westralia xAP Rangitiki xAP Rangitata xAP Duntroon xAP Zealandia xAP Macdhui xAP Marella xAP Maori xAP Merkur xAP Malaita xAP Taroona xAP Nairana xAP Limerick xAP Koolama xAP Koolinda xAP Ormiston xAP Mungana xAP Murada xAK Cycle xAK Chios Reduced visibility due to Thunderstorms Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms: 6,000 yards Range closes to 21,000 yards... Range closes to 19,000 yards... Range closes to 17,000 yards... Range closes to 15,000 yards... Range closes to 13,000 yards... Range closes to 11,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards CL Kiso engages BB Ramillies at 6,000 yards BB Royal Sovereign engages CL Kiso at 6,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards CL Kiso engages BB Ramillies at 5,000 yards BB Ramillies engages DD Asanagi at 5,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards BB Ramillies engages CL Kiso at 6,000 yards CL Kiso engages BB Royal Sovereign at 6,000 yards CL Kiso engages CL Perth at 6,000 yards CL Kiso engages BB Ramillies at 6,000 yards BB Royal Sovereign engages CL Kiso at 6,000 yards CL Kiso sunk by CL Leander at 6,000 yards Ono, Takeji* orders Japanese TF to disengage Range increases to 8,000 yards DD Asanagi engages BB Ramillies at 8,000 yards Range increases to 13,000 yards AP Leonard Wood , xAP Murada , xAP Mungana , xAP Ormiston , xAP Koolinda , xAP Koolama , xAP Limerick , xAP Nairana screened from combat - escorted by DD Piet Hein , DD Kortenaer , DD Evertsen , DD Witte de With , DD Van Nes , DD Banckert , DD Vendetta BB Ramillies engages DD Asanagi at 13,000 yards Range increases to 17,000 yards xAP Marella collides with xAP Mungana at 97 , 131 AP Leonard Wood , xAP Murada , xAP Mungana , xAP Ormiston , xAP Koolinda , xAP Koolama , xAP Limerick , xAP Nairana , xAP Taroona , xAP Malaita , xAP Merkur , xAP Maori , xAP Marella , xAP Macdhui , xAP Zealandia , xAP Duntroon , xAP Rangitata , xAP Rangitiki , xAP Diomed , xAP Santa Inez , xAK Chios , xAK Cycle , xAK Silksworth screened from combat - escorted by DD Piet Hein , DD Kortenaer , DD Evertsen , DD Van Nes , DD Banckert , DD Vendetta BB Ramillies engages DD Asanagi at 17,000 yards CL Perth engages DD Asanagi at 17,000 yards DD Asanagi engages DD Stuart at 17,000 yards DD Asanagi engages AMC Westralia at 17,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,132 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 10 B5N2 Kate x 29 D3A1 Val x 18 Allied aircraft Sea Hurricane Ib x 20 Martlet II x 6 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 11 destroyed, 3 damaged B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses Sea Hurricane Ib: 2 destroyed Martlet II: 1 destroyed Allied Ships CV Indomitable BC Repulse, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage CVL Hermes Aircraft Attacking: 1 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 7 x D3A1 Val bombing from 17000 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 9 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 1 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: No.800 Sqn FAA with Martlet II (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers No.880 Sqn FAA with Sea Hurricane Ib (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 6 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 14 planes vectored on to bombers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,134 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 15 Allied aircraft Albacore I x 15 Sea Hurricane Ib x 5 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Albacore I: 7 destroyed, 2 damaged Sea Hurricane Ib: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships CV Soryu CL Kuma BB Haruna Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Albacore I launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo CAP engaged: Soryu-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes Hiryu-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 16, 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 97,131 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 14 Allied aircraft A-20A Havoc x 6 A-24 Banshee x 12 P-39D Airacobra x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses A-24 Banshee: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged A-24 Banshee: 1 destroyed by flak P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed Japanese Ships CV Hiryu BB Haruna CL Isuzu Aircraft Attacking: 5 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 6 x A-20A Havoc bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 1 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 10000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: Soryu-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes Hiryu-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 10000. Raid is overhead 2 planes vectored on to bombers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 97,130 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 29 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 B5N2 Kate x 14 D3A1 Val x 8 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 32 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed B5N2 Kate: 7 destroyed, 2 damaged D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships BB Ramillies, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 1 x D3A1 Val releasing from 10000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 3 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo CAP engaged: 35th FG/39th FS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers 35th FG/40th FS with P-39D Airacobra (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes 35th FG/41st FS with P-39D Airacobra (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (13 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes 9 planes vectored on to bombers Magazine explodes on BB Ramillies -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Sydney , at 90,167 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 105 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 39 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 B5N2 Kate x 26 D3A1 Val x 22 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 15 Kittyhawk IA x 16 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed B5N2 Kate: 8 destroyed, 2 damaged B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak D3A1 Val: 14 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 1 destroyed Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed DB-7B: 1 destroyed on ground Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 17000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 8 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 10000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 1 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: No.77 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk IA (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 6 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes 9 planes vectored on to bombers No.14 Sqn RNZAF with Buffalo I (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 7 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 17, 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Cooktown at 94,135, Range 1,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Mutsu, Shell hits 4 BB Fuso CA Kako DD Yamagumo DD Kasumi DD Shirakumo DD Amagiri DD Sanae Allied Ships BC Repulse, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage DD Le Triomphant, Shell hits 1 Reduced sighting due to 7% moonlight Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 7% moonlight: 1,000 yards Range closes to 21,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 21,000 yards Range closes to 19,000 yards... Range closes to 17,000 yards... Range closes to 15,000 yards... Range closes to 13,000 yards... Range closes to 11,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... Range closes to 4,000 yards... Range closes to 3,000 yards... Range closes to 2,000 yards... Range closes to 1,000 yards... BB Mutsu engages BC Repulse at 1,000 yards BB Mutsu engages DD Le Triomphant at 1,000 yards Range increases to 3,000 yards BC Repulse engages BB Fuso at 3,000 yards Allied Task Force Manages to Escape Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 19,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Mutsu, Shell hits 45, heavy fires, heavy damage BB Fuso, Shell hits 5 CA Kako, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Yamagumo, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Kasumi, Shell hits 1 DD Shirakumo DD Amagiri, Shell hits 1 DD Sanae Allied Ships BB Royal Sovereign, Shell hits 18, on fire CA Exeter, Shell hits 2 CL Leander CL Achilles, Shell hits 3 CL Sumatra CL Perth DD Stuart DD Vendetta DD Banckert DD Van Nes DD Witte de With DD Evertsen, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Kortenaer, Shell hits 1, heavy fires DD Piet Hein AP Leonard Wood xAP Santa Inez xAK Silksworth xAP Diomed, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage AMC Monowai, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk AMC Westralia, Shell hits 3, on fire xAP Rangitiki xAP Rangitata xAP Duntroon xAP Zealandia xAP Macdhui xAP Marella xAP Maori xAP Merkur xAP Malaita xAP Taroona xAP Nairana xAP Limerick, Shell hits 1 xAP Koolama xAP Koolinda xAP Ormiston xAP Mungana xAP Murada xAK Cycle xAK Chios Allied ground losses: Vehicles lost 32 (19 destroyed, 13 disabled) Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching! Allied TF begins to get underway Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards Range closes to 19,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 19,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 19,000 yards BB Mutsu engages BB Royal Sovereign at 19,000 yards BB Royal Sovereign engages CA Kako at 19,000 yards BB Royal Sovereign engages DD Shirakumo at 19,000 yards DD Kasumi engages BB Royal Sovereign at 19,000 yards BB Royal Sovereign engages DD Yamagumo at 19,000 yards Range closes to 15,000 yards BB Royal Sovereign engages BB Mutsu at 15,000 yards BB Royal Sovereign engages BB Mutsu at 15,000 yards CA Kako engages CL Perth at 15,000 yards BB Mutsu engages CL Sumatra at 15,000 yards BB Mutsu engages CL Achilles at 15,000 yards CL Leander engages DD Shirakumo at 15,000 yards DD Kasumi engages BB Royal Sovereign at 15,000 yards DD Kortenaer engages DD Kasumi at 15,000 yards DD Kasumi engages DD Evertsen at 15,000 yards Range closes to 12,000 yards BB Mutsu engages BB Royal Sovereign at 12,000 yards BB Royal Sovereign engages CA Kako at 12,000 yards BB Mutsu engages CL Sumatra at 12,000 yards DD Amagiri engages DD Evertsen at 12,000 yards BB Mutsu engages CL Leander at 12,000 yards DD Piet Hein engages DD Sanae at 12,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages DD Evertsen at 12,000 yards BB Mutsu engages AMC Monowai at 12,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards BB Fuso engages BB Royal Sovereign at 8,000 yards CA Exeter engages BB Mutsu at 8,000 yards BB Mutsu engages CL Sumatra at 8,000 yards AMC Monowai sunk by DD Amagiri at 8,000 yards DD Kasumi engages DD Evertsen at 8,000 yards DD Piet Hein engages DD Yamagumo at 8,000 yards BB Mutsu engages xAP Diomed at 8,000 yards BB Mutsu engages BB Royal Sovereign at 8,000 yards BB Royal Sovereign engages CA Kako at 8,000 yards DD Sanae engages DD Piet Hein at 8,000 yards BB Mutsu engages CL Achilles at 8,000 yards DD Evertsen engages DD Shirakumo at 8,000 yards DD Kasumi engages DD Evertsen at 8,000 yards BB Fuso engages BB Royal Sovereign at 8,000 yards BB Mutsu engages CA Exeter at 8,000 yards CA Kako engages BB Royal Sovereign at 8,000 yards CL Sumatra engages DD Sanae at 8,000 yards BB Mutsu engages CL Achilles at 8,000 yards CL Leander engages BB Mutsu at 8,000 yards DD Kortenaer engages DD Kasumi at 8,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages DD Kortenaer at 8,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages DD Witte de With at 8,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards BB Fuso engages BB Royal Sovereign at 10,000 yards BB Mutsu engages BB Royal Sovereign at 10,000 yards BB Mutsu engages CL Perth at 10,000 yards DD Sanae engages DD Kortenaer at 10,000 yards DD Amagiri engages CL Achilles at 10,000 yards CL Leander engages CA Kako at 10,000 yards DD Kasumi engages DD Evertsen at 10,000 yards DD Shirakumo engages DD Kortenaer at 10,000 yards BB Mutsu engages xAP Mungana at 10,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages xAP Limerick at 10,000 yards Range increases to 12,000 yards BB Royal Sovereign engages BB Fuso at 12,000 yards BB Mutsu engages CL Sumatra at 12,000 yards DD Amagiri engages CL Achilles at 12,000 yards DD Piet Hein engages DD Shirakumo at 12,000 yards DD Kasumi engages DD Piet Hein at 12,000 yards DD Sanae engages DD Van Nes at 12,000 yards BB Mutsu engages xAP Taroona at 12,000 yards BB Mutsu engages xAP Merkur at 12,000 yards Range increases to 13,000 yards BB Royal Sovereign engages BB Fuso at 13,000 yards BB Mutsu engages CL Sumatra at 13,000 yards DD Amagiri engages DD Van Nes at 13,000 yards BB Mutsu engages CL Leander at 13,000 yards DD Kortenaer engages DD Yamagumo at 13,000 yards BB Royal Sovereign engages BB Mutsu at 13,000 yards BB Mutsu engages BB Royal Sovereign at 13,000 yards CA Kako engages CL Achilles at 13,000 yards BB Mutsu engages CL Sumatra at 13,000 yards DD Kortenaer engages DD Amagiri at 13,000 yards DD Evertsen engages DD Kasumi at 13,000 yards DD Shirakumo engages DD Vendetta at 13,000 yards BB Mutsu engages AP Leonard Wood at 13,000 yards BB Mutsu engages BB Royal Sovereign at 13,000 yards BB Mutsu engages BB Royal Sovereign at 13,000 yards BB Mutsu engages CL Perth at 13,000 yards DD Sanae engages DD Piet Hein at 13,000 yards BB Mutsu engages CL Achilles at 13,000 yards BB Mutsu engages CL Leander at 13,000 yards DD Evertsen engages DD Kasumi at 13,000 yards BB Mutsu engages xAP Mungana at 13,000 yards BB Mutsu engages xAP Rangitata at 13,000 yards Range closes to 12,000 yards AP Leonard Wood screened from combat - escorted by DD Piet Hein , DD Kortenaer , DD Evertsen , DD Witte de With , DD Van Nes , DD Banckert , DD Vendetta , DD Stuart BB Fuso engages BB Royal Sovereign at 12,000 yards BB Mutsu engages CA Exeter at 12,000 yards BB Royal Sovereign engages CA Kako at 12,000 yards BB Mutsu engages CL Achilles at 12,000 yards BB Royal Sovereign engages DD Shirakumo at 12,000 yards DD Amagiri engages AMC Westralia at 12,000 yards DD Shirakumo engages xAP Murada at 12,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages xAP Diomed at 12,000 yards BB Fuso engages BB Royal Sovereign at 12,000 yards BB Mutsu engages CA Exeter at 12,000 yards DD Sanae engages AMC Westralia at 12,000 yards DD Amagiri engages AMC Westralia at 12,000 yards BB Mutsu engages CL Leander at 12,000 yards DD Kasumi engages AMC Westralia at 12,000 yards AMC Westralia engages DD Yamagumo at 12,000 yards BB Mutsu engages xAP Diomed at 12,000 yards Range increases to 13,000 yards BB Fuso engages BB Royal Sovereign at 13,000 yards BB Mutsu engages CL Perth at 13,000 yards CA Kako engages CL Sumatra at 13,000 yards DD Amagiri engages DD Piet Hein at 13,000 yards CL Leander engages DD Shirakumo at 13,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages DD Piet Hein at 13,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages DD Kortenaer at 13,000 yards BB Mutsu engages xAP Rangitiki at 13,000 yards AP Leonard Wood , xAP Murada , xAP Mungana , xAP Ormiston , xAP Koolinda , xAP Koolama , xAP Limerick , xAP Nairana , xAP Taroona , xAP Malaita , xAP Merkur , xAP Maori , xAP Marella , xAP Macdhui , xAP Zealandia , xAP Duntroon , xAP Rangitata , xAP Rangitiki , xAP Diomed , xAP Santa Inez , xAK Chios , xAK Cycle , xAK Silksworth screened from combat - escorted by DD Piet Hein , DD Kortenaer , DD Evertsen , DD Witte de With , DD Van Nes , DD Vendetta CA Exeter engages CA Kako at 13,000 yards CA Kako engages CL Leander at 13,000 yards CL Sumatra engages DD Amagiri at 13,000 yards CL Achilles engages DD Amagiri at 13,000 yards DD Shirakumo engages AMC Westralia at 13,000 yards DD Kasumi engages DD Stuart at 13,000 yards DD Amagiri engages AMC Westralia at 13,000 yards Range increases to 14,000 yards BB Fuso engages BB Royal Sovereign at 14,000 yards BB Mutsu engages CA Exeter at 14,000 yards DD Sanae engages DD Evertsen at 14,000 yards CL Achilles engages DD Amagiri at 14,000 yards DD Evertsen engages DD Kasumi at 14,000 yards DD Amagiri engages DD Kortenaer at 14,000 yards AP Leonard Wood , xAP Murada , xAP Mungana , xAP Ormiston , xAP Koolinda , xAP Koolama , xAP Limerick , xAP Nairana , xAP Taroona , xAP Malaita , xAP Merkur , xAP Maori , xAP Marella , xAP Macdhui , xAP Zealandia , xAP Duntroon , xAP Rangitata , xAP Rangitiki , xAP Diomed screened from combat - escorted by DD Piet Hein , DD Kortenaer , DD Evertsen , DD Witte de With , DD Van Nes , DD Vendetta CL Sumatra engages DD Sanae at 14,000 yards BB Mutsu engages CL Achilles at 14,000 yards BB Royal Sovereign engages DD Shirakumo at 14,000 yards BB Royal Sovereign engages DD Kasumi at 14,000 yards DD Stuart engages DD Amagiri at 14,000 yards BB Mutsu engages xAP Santa Inez at 14,000 yards Range increases to 15,000 yards BB Mutsu engages CL Perth at 15,000 yards CA Kako engages CL Sumatra at 15,000 yards DD Piet Hein engages DD Amagiri at 15,000 yards BB Mutsu engages CL Leander at 15,000 yards DD Amagiri engages DD Kortenaer at 15,000 yards BB Mutsu engages BB Royal Sovereign at 15,000 yards BB Mutsu engages CL Perth at 15,000 yards DD Sanae engages DD Van Nes at 15,000 yards DD Amagiri engages DD Evertsen at 15,000 yards DD Shirakumo engages DD Van Nes at 15,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages DD Piet Hein at 15,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages DD Stuart at 15,000 yards BB Mutsu engages xAP Koolinda at 15,000 yards Kogure, Gunji* orders Japanese TF to disengage Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BC Repulse sinks.... DD Evertsen sinks.... Wirraway has spotted CV Zuikaku at 97,158 :::::::: CV Zuikaku is reported HIT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 19, 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 1,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Furutaka, Shell hits 5 DD Hatsuyuki, Shell hits 1 Allied Ships CA Exeter, Shell hits 2 CL Leander CL Achilles CL Sumatra CL Perth DD Stuart DD Vendetta DD Banckert DD Van Nes DD Witte de With DD Piet Hein AP Leonard Wood xAP Santa Inez xAK Silksworth xAP Rangitiki xAP Rangitata, on fire xAP Duntroon xAP Zealandia xAP Macdhui xAP Maori xAP Merkur xAP Malaita xAP Taroona xAP Nairana xAP Koolama xAP Koolinda xAP Ormiston xAP Mungana xAP Murada xAK Cycle xAK Chios Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching! Allied TF begins to get underway Reduced visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight Maximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 13,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... Range closes to 3,000 yards... Range closes to 1,000 yards... CA Furutaka engages CA Exeter at 1,000 yards CA Exeter engages DD Hatsuyuki at 1,000 yards Range increases to 2,000 yards CA Exeter engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards CA Furutaka engages CL Perth at 2,000 yards Range increases to 4,000 yards CA Furutaka engages CA Exeter at 4,000 yards CA Furutaka engages CL Perth at 4,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards CA Exeter engages CA Furutaka at 3,000 yards CL Perth engages CA Furutaka at 3,000 yards CA Furutaka engages xAP Malaita at 3,000 yards Range increases to 4,000 yards CA Exeter engages CA Furutaka at 4,000 yards DD Hatsuyuki engages CA Exeter at 4,000 yards Range increases to 7,000 yards CA Furutaka engages CA Exeter at 7,000 yards CL Perth engages CA Furutaka at 7,000 yards Allied Task Force Manages to Escape Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 2,000 Yards Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Walrus II: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships BB Hiei, Shell hits 8 CL Tatsuta DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Oite DD Nokaze DD Asagao Allied Ships CA Exeter, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk CL Leander, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage CL Achilles CL Sumatra, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage CL Perth, Shell hits 7, on fire DD Stuart DD Vendetta, Shell hits 1 DD Banckert DD Van Nes, Shell hits 1 DD Witte de With DD Piet Hein AP Leonard Wood xAP Santa Inez xAK Silksworth xAP Rangitiki xAP Rangitata, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage xAP Duntroon xAP Zealandia xAP Macdhui xAP Maori xAP Merkur xAP Malaita xAP Taroona xAP Nairana xAP Koolama xAP Koolinda xAP Ormiston xAP Mungana xAP Murada xAK Cycle xAK Chios Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching! Allied TF begins to get underway Low visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight Maximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... Range closes to 4,000 yards... Range closes to 3,000 yards... Range closes to 2,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards BB Hiei engages CA Exeter at 2,000 yards BB Hiei engages CL Perth at 2,000 yards CL Sumatra engages DD Asagao at 2,000 yards CA Exeter engages DD Nokaze at 2,000 yards CA Exeter engages DD Oite at 2,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages CA Exeter at 2,000 yards DD Nokaze engages DD Van Nes at 2,000 yards DD Asagao engages DD Vendetta at 2,000 yards BB Hiei engages CA Exeter at 2,000 yards CL Tatsuta engages CA Exeter at 2,000 yards CL Sumatra engages DD Asagao at 2,000 yards DD Van Nes engages DD Nokaze at 2,000 yards CL Leander engages BB Hiei at 2,000 yards DD Asagao engages DD Banckert at 2,000 yards BB Hiei engages xAP Rangitata at 2,000 yards Range increases to 3,000 yards BB Hiei engages CA Exeter at 3,000 yards CL Tatsuta engages CA Exeter at 3,000 yards BB Hiei engages CL Sumatra at 3,000 yards BB Hiei engages CL Leander at 3,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Piet Hein at 3,000 yards Range increases to 4,000 yards BB Hiei engages CA Exeter at 4,000 yards CA Exeter sunk by CL Tatsuta at 4,000 yards DD Asagao engages DD Vendetta at 4,000 yards BB Hiei engages CL Leander at 4,000 yards BB Hiei engages xAP Duntroon at 4,000 yards CL Perth engages BB Hiei at 4,000 yards BB Hiei engages CL Sumatra at 4,000 yards DD Asagao engages DD Banckert at 4,000 yards BB Hiei engages CL Leander at 4,000 yards DD Van Nes engages DD Oite at 4,000 yards DD Vendetta engages DD Yuzuki at 4,000 yards DD Nokaze engages DD Banckert at 4,000 yards BB Hiei engages CL Perth at 4,000 yards BB Hiei engages CL Sumatra at 4,000 yards BB Hiei engages CL Achilles at 4,000 yards BB Hiei engages CL Leander at 4,000 yards DD Banckert engages DD Oite at 4,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Witte de With at 4,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards BB Hiei engages CL Perth at 2,000 yards Allied Task Force Manages to Escape Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Milne Bay at 101,135 Japanese Ships CA Furutaka, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Sargo SS Sargo launches 4 torpedoes at CA Furutaka -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CL Leander sinks.... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 20, 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 5,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Hiei, Shell hits 4 CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 1 DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 1 DD Oite DD Nokaze DD Asagao Allied Ships CL Achilles, Shell hits 1 DD Stuart DD Vendetta DD Banckert DD Witte de With DD Piet Hein AP Leonard Wood xAP Santa Inez xAK Silksworth xAP Rangitiki xAP Duntroon xAP Zealandia xAP Macdhui, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Maori xAP Merkur xAP Malaita xAP Taroona xAP Nairana, Shell hits 7 xAP Koolama xAP Koolinda xAP Ormiston xAP Murada, Shell hits 1 xAK Cycle xAK Chios Reduced sighting due to 28% moonlight Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 28% moonlight: 5,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 5,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 5,000 yards CL Achilles engages BB Hiei at 5,000 yards CL Tatsuta engages DD Piet Hein at 5,000 yards DD Asagao engages DD Piet Hein at 5,000 yards DD Nokaze engages DD Piet Hein at 5,000 yards DD Nokaze engages DD Vendetta at 5,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Stuart at 5,000 yards BB Hiei engages xAP Macdhui at 5,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards xAP Rangitiki collides with xAP Nairana at 98 , 130 CL Achilles engages BB Hiei at 4,000 yards DD Stuart engages CL Tatsuta at 4,000 yards DD Asagao engages DD Piet Hein at 4,000 yards DD Banckert engages DD Nokaze at 4,000 yards DD Oite engages DD Stuart at 4,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Vendetta at 4,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards BB Hiei engages CL Achilles at 2,000 yards CL Tatsuta engages DD Piet Hein at 2,000 yards DD Stuart engages DD Nokaze at 2,000 yards DD Vendetta engages DD Oite at 2,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Stuart at 2,000 yards BB Hiei engages xAP Taroona at 2,000 yards CL Tatsuta engages CL Achilles at 2,000 yards DD Banckert engages DD Asagao at 2,000 yards DD Piet Hein engages DD Oite at 2,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Vendetta at 2,000 yards BB Hiei engages xAP Murada at 2,000 yards BB Hiei engages xAP Nairana at 2,000 yards BB Hiei engages xAK Cycle at 2,000 yards BB Hiei engages xAK Silksworth at 2,000 yards Range increases to 3,000 yards BB Hiei engages CL Achilles at 3,000 yards DD Asagao engages DD Piet Hein at 3,000 yards DD Witte de With engages DD Yuzuki at 3,000 yards Allied Task Force Manages to Escape Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Deboyne Islands at 102,135 Japanese Ships CA Furutaka, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage Allied Ships SS S-39 CA Furutaka is sighted by SS S-39 SS S-39 launches 4 torpedoes at CA Furutaka -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 20,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Hiei, Shell hits 2 CL Tatsuta DD Yuzuki DD Oite DD Nokaze DD Asagao Allied Ships DD Piet Hein, Shell hits 18, and is sunk xAP Macdhui, Shell hits 2, and is sunk xAP Nairana, Shell hits 26, and is sunk Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards Range closes to 20,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 20,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 20,000 yards BB Hiei engages DD Piet Hein at 20,000 yards Range closes to 18,000 yards BB Hiei engages DD Piet Hein at 18,000 yards DD Asagao engages DD Piet Hein at 18,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Piet Hein at 18,000 yards Range closes to 16,000 yards DD Piet Hein engages DD Asagao at 16,000 yards DD Nokaze engages DD Piet Hein at 16,000 yards DD Piet Hein engages DD Oite at 16,000 yards DD Piet Hein engages DD Yuzuki at 16,000 yards Range closes to 12,000 yards BB Hiei engages DD Piet Hein at 12,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages xAP Nairana at 12,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages xAP Macdhui at 12,000 yards DD Nokaze engages DD Piet Hein at 12,000 yards DD Oite engages DD Piet Hein at 12,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Piet Hein at 12,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards DD Piet Hein engages DD Yuzuki at 8,000 yards DD Nokaze engages xAP Nairana at 8,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages xAP Macdhui at 8,000 yards DD Oite engages xAP Macdhui at 8,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Piet Hein at 8,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards BB Hiei engages DD Piet Hein at 10,000 yards CL Tatsuta engages xAP Nairana at 10,000 yards DD Asagao engages DD Piet Hein at 10,000 yards DD Piet Hein engages DD Nokaze at 10,000 yards DD Oite engages DD Piet Hein at 10,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages xAP Nairana at 10,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards DD Asagao engages DD Piet Hein at 8,000 yards CL Tatsuta engages DD Piet Hein at 8,000 yards DD Piet Hein engages DD Asagao at 8,000 yards DD Oite engages DD Piet Hein at 8,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards CL Tatsuta engages DD Piet Hein at 7,000 yards DD Asagao engages DD Piet Hein at 7,000 yards DD Nokaze engages DD Piet Hein at 7,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Piet Hein at 7,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards DD Nokaze engages xAP Nairana at 5,000 yards DD Asagao engages DD Piet Hein at 5,000 yards DD Piet Hein engages DD Nokaze at 5,000 yards DD Oite engages DD Piet Hein at 5,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards BB Hiei engages DD Piet Hein at 4,000 yards DD Piet Hein engages DD Oite at 4,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages DD Piet Hein at 4,000 yards DD Asagao engages DD Piet Hein at 4,000 yards DD Oite engages DD Piet Hein at 4,000 yards DD Piet Hein engages DD Yuzuki at 4,000 yards CL Tatsuta engages DD Piet Hein at 4,000 yards DD Piet Hein sunk by DD Oite at 4,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards BB Hiei engages xAP Nairana at 3,000 yards DD Asagao engages xAP Nairana at 3,000 yards DD Nokaze engages xAP Nairana at 3,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards BB Hiei engages xAP Nairana at 2,000 yards CL Tatsuta engages xAP Nairana at 2,000 yards CL Tatsuta engages xAP Nairana at 2,000 yards DD Yuzuki engages xAP Nairana at 2,000 yards Range increases to 4,000 yards BB Hiei engages xAP Nairana at 4,000 yards xAP Nairana sunk by CL Tatsuta at 4,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16871 troops, 182 guns, 38 vehicles, Assault Value = 411 Defending force 47490 troops, 687 guns, 1004 vehicles, Assault Value = 1299 Japanese ground losses: 175 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 40th Brigade 26th Recon Regiment 23rd Division 88th Infantry Regiment III./90th Infantry Battalion 62nd Naval Guard Unit Maizuru 1st SNLF Defending units: Kanga Force Battalion 7th Australian Division 2/1st Ind Coy Lark Battalion 3rd Australian Brigade 2/4th Ind Coy 30th Australian Brigade I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion 6th Australian Division Port Moresby Brigade I Australian Corps 2/9th Field Regiment 2/11th Field Regiment 15th RAAF Base Force 2nd Medium Regiment Rabaul Det. Base Force 1st Medium Regiment 21/22 Field Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 42225 troops, 659 guns, 971 vehicles, Assault Value = 1299 Defending force 21389 troops, 204 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 398 Allied adjusted assault: 1597 Japanese adjusted defense: 597 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1187 casualties reported Squads: 47 destroyed, 71 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Allied ground losses: 817 casualties reported Squads: 31 destroyed, 56 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 8 disabled Assaulting units: 3rd Australian Brigade Kanga Force Battalion 2/4th Ind Coy 2/1st Ind Coy 7th Australian Division 30th Australian Brigade 6th Australian Division Lark Battalion I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion Port Moresby Brigade 15th RAAF Base Force 2/11th Field Regiment 1st Medium Regiment Rabaul Det. Base Force 2/9th Field Regiment I Australian Corps 2nd Medium Regiment 21/22 Field Regiment Defending units: III./90th Infantry Battalion 23rd Division 40th Brigade 88th Infantry Regiment 26th Recon Regiment 62nd Naval Guard Unit Maizuru 1st SNLF --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

traskott -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (5/11/2018 9:54:05 AM)
If you can keep P.M., all that theater will hold. With 2 full AIF divisions plus support, it's only matter of supply. Feed them with xAKs, xAKLs, DC-3s, whatever.. If they keep the base you can bleed the japanese pretty well...

L0ckAndL0ad -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (5/11/2018 1:02:11 PM)
@traskott Yeah, I guess I have to leverage their constant presence there into favorable ambush conditions. Boys at PM will have to endure. BTW, during the previous battle, I had that special carrier reaction happen to me for the first time. CTF "BOYD" managed to send in the strike thanks to it (range was 5, max mission range for planes was at 3). The strike failed, but still, this thing is a new one to me. quote: Carrier TF 9 reacting to enemy carriers (range 5) USN CarDiv 1 Lexington is 18 days out, Yorktown 100% ready. Pilots are training. USN CarDiv 2 now consists of Enterprise and Hornet, both operational and their TB squadrons 75% full of new TBF-1s. TF2 is assembled (RADM Spruance), with 2 carrier groups (1 CV 2 CA 5 DD each), 1 scout/surface action group (2 CA 1 CL 5 DD), and 2 support groups (4 DD 2 AO 2 AE 2 TK). They're going to Brisbane, to set up an ambush. Yorktown will stay at Pearl, in reserve. CVE Long Island, along with two CLAA are en route to PH from Balboa. [image]local://upfiles/59456/48019C37CE7A469DA02AD28EE362AE34.jpg[/image]

L0ckAndL0ad -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (5/12/2018 7:00:09 AM)
Things get quiet and slow down as I do the usual monthly inspection of units. But there's been some activity worthy of a tiny report. Fighting in PM goes much better with newly arrived 7th AusDiv (+). But the IJN is back at it again. A small carrier strike on PM happened. Poor 35th FG USAAF barely able to fly 30% of its planes, with most being under constant repairs. Additional fighter group is on its way to Oz, thankfully. The first ever sighting of the beast, BB Yamato. He sends Yamamoto's regards. quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 29, 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Port Moresby at 98,130 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra: 7 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed on ground A-24 Banshee: 1 damaged Japanese Ships BB Yamato BB Kongo CA Mikuma Allied ground losses: 203 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 30 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled) Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled) Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 10 Port hits 6 Port supply hits 2 F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for BB Yamato BB Yamato firing at Port Moresby F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for BB Kongo BB Kongo firing at 6th Australian Division CA Mikuma firing at 6th Australian Division -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 31, 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 33 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 14 B5N2 Kate x 25 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 14 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed B5N2 Kate: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 17000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 10 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: 35th FG/39th FS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 1 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers 35th FG/40th FS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 1 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 23000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 35th FG/41st FS 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 between 0 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

L0ckAndL0ad -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (5/14/2018 8:45:04 PM)
Japs have taken Attu Island. I'm preparing to make Adak my new outpost in the North Pacific. US Army Separate Infantry Regiment (+) is assembling in Seattle. A surface combat force is also needed. For now I'm thinking 2-3 old BBs, 1 newly arrived CA, 3 CL and some DDs. Everything should be in place by approx. July 1, 1942. Overall, I'm being rather slow to reinforce the frontiers. Giving the AI opponent some slack. Limiting my historical hindsight. Or just being lazy, I dunno. But the AI wasn't so reluctant. It took New Britain, Solomons, Guadalcanal, Espiritu Santo, and now lands in Tanno (between Noumea, New Caledonia and Suva, Fiji). Luckily, Americal Division (+) lands in Noumea right this moment also. And TF2 is there to support. TG 2.3 was reinforced with local allied cruisers and destroyers, and is now 5 CA, 1 CL, 9 DD strong. CV Zuikaku and CV Soryu were spotted near Tokyo. Looked like KB assembled in full. Subs weren't able to track their movement, unfortunately. quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- June 11, 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Yokohama/Yokosuka at 114,63 Japanese Ships CV Zuikaku DD Harukaze DD Oboro DD Shikinami Allied Ships SS Pompano SS Pompano launches 4 torpedoes at CV Zuikaku DD Harukaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Oboro fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Shikinami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Harukaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Oboro fails to find sub and abandons search DD Shikinami fails to find sub and abandons search DD Harukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Harukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Harukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Harukaze attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Yokohama/Yokosuka at 114,63 Japanese Ships CV Soryu DD Kuretake DD Akebono DD Shirayuki Allied Ships SS Pompano SS Pompano launches 2 torpedoes at CV Soryu DD Kuretake fails to find sub and abandons search DD Akebono fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Shirayuki fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So, bottom line, my current priority is to retake Tanna and Espiritu Santo. But with the whole KB intact and probably getting to Truk from Tokyo, this might get a little tricky. I'm setting up dedicated air search patrols from northern Oz (PBY/LB-30) and PM (radar-equipped Hudsons) to get better intel on approaching enemy forces. The subs are patrolling Truk-Solomons routes for the same purpose. CVE Long Island is at Pearl. Not sure what to do with it. [image]local://upfiles/59456/101E4059F1444C289BB3DD174E4ADD65.jpg[/image]

BBfanboy -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (5/14/2018 10:10:35 PM)
Uses for CVE Long Island include: - transport of short ranged aircraft to forward bases (historical use). The aircraft can fly off when in range of the base and LI can return to get more. - hunting Japanese AMCs in SOPAC. In stock there are two AMCs stalking around Pago-Pago and north of there at game start. Not sure what the scripts provide for raiders in your game. - after training the air group in ASW, covering troop transport TFs. Put the CVE in a separate TF. If you can have a few fighters to shoot down Glen and Mavis search planes that would help too. - sneak attacks on isolated Japanese garrisons to give the air group pilots some experience. Damage to the port or airfield stops fort building until repaired. - raiding unprotected enemy landings and sinking their transports (only if you know where all the IJN carriers are) - covering your own landings and bombing enemy opposition from the same hex Note that if you are short of SBDs, you could take on the Devastators and arm them with bombs for ASW and AMC attacks. There should still be some room left for fighters on board.

L0ckAndL0ad -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (5/15/2018 1:14:07 PM)
June 17-18, 1942 The Jap carriers are nowhere to be seen. Tanna invasion was just a small 2 ship force. So TF2 was diverted to PM, where another IJN surface action group with BBs in it was sighted. As it turned out, there was only one BB of Kongo class. The weather was bad. To think of it, I don't remember even a single week with good weather in PM area. The weather is always bad there. So on 17th, TF2 planes were barely able to launch a single small air raid. But the next day was more or less okay. 23 bomb and 5 torpedo hits were reported in total. TF2 retreats to Brisbane for small repairs. No need to show off my carriers in the open for more than a day or two anyway. Small note. Mission profiles for TF2's CAG were: Enterprise VF/F4F-4: 50% Escort @ range 6, 10K ft VS/SBD-3: 80% NavSearch @ range 7, 6K ft VB/SBD-3: Nav Attack @ range 6, 10K ft VT/TBF-1: Nav Attack @ range 6, 10K ft Hornet VF/F4F-4: 50% Escort @ range 6, 12K ft VS/SBD-3: Nav Attack @ range 6, 12K ft VB/SBD-3: Nav Attack @ range 6, 12K ft VT/TBF-1: Nav Attack @ range 6, 12K ft Altitude separation did not work as I expected, resulting in several unescorted strikes against nearby transports. If there were enemy carriers involved, that might have gotten hairy. I checked the logs, there were no coordination problems. Just bad weather... Need to do more combat runs with this. quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- June 17, 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 97,131 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 7 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 13 SBD-3 Dauntless x 18 TBF-1 Avenger x 15 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged Japanese Ships BB Haruna, Bomb hits 4, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 10 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 15 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: 4th Sentai with Ki-27b Nate (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes 9th Sentai with Ki-27b Nate (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead 3rd Hikotai IMAF with Ki-27b Nate (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 11000. Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- June 18, 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 99,134 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 13 SBD-3 Dauntless x 36 TBF-1 Avenger x 15 Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 1 damaged Japanese Ships BB Haruna, Bomb hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Asakaze Aircraft Attacking: 15 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo 6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 99,134 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 19 SBD-3 Dauntless x 53 TBF-1 Avenger x 15 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 damaged Japanese Ships DD Asakaze BB Haruna, Bomb hits 9, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk DD Minekaze Aircraft Attacking: 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 12 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 16 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 15 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo 9 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 2 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 2 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring BB Haruna -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [image]local://upfiles/59456/94BEB8F8B1154DF882824BD3DFD31BBC.jpg[/image]

BBfanboy -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (5/15/2018 2:16:35 PM)
Very NICE! Haruna and the other Kongos are one of the most useful Japanese ships - carrier escort, bombardment threat and raider against cruiser opposition. Sinking her rates a few accolades, [&o][&o] [image]local://upfiles/35791/19507C09663349B3B6605C3AEEEE349E.gif[/image]

L0ckAndL0ad -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (5/15/2018 4:02:36 PM)
Thanks! Speaking of carrier escorts. USN Pacific Fleet now has 3 Atlanta-class CLAA and 1 (kinda) fast BB North Carolina that arrived with CV Wasp. More ships is always good. Though CLAAs need crew experience, but I can work it out. In the following days, TG 2.3 (Scout/Surface Action) picked up the BB Haruna's escorts, practically one by one. In total, 2 DD, 2 fleet TB, a Sub Chaser and a couple of transports were sunk, without suffering any casualties or heavy damage. quote: DD Minekaze, Shell hits 14, and is sunk DD Asakaze, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk TB Hato, Shell hits 5, and is sunk TB Kiji, Shell hits 7, and is sunk xAP Katori Maru, Shell hits 35, and is sunk xAK Josho Maru, Shell hits 13, and is sunk SC CHa-13, Shell hits 5, and is sunk Not a bad sortie. Not bad at all.

tarkalak -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (5/16/2018 12:27:40 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: L0ckAndL0ad Thanks! Speaking of carrier escorts. USN Pacific Fleet now has 3 Atlanta-class CLAA and 1 (kinda) fast BB North Carolina that arrived with CV Wasp. More ships is always good. Though CLAAs need crew experience, but I can work it out. In the following days, TG 2.3 (Scout/Surface Action) picked up the BB Haruna's escorts, practically one by one. In total, 2 DD, 2 fleet TB, a Sub Chaser and a couple of transports were sunk, without suffering any casualties or heavy damage. quote: DD Minekaze, Shell hits 14, and is sunk DD Asakaze, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk TB Hato, Shell hits 5, and is sunk TB Kiji, Shell hits 7, and is sunk xAP Katori Maru, Shell hits 35, and is sunk xAK Josho Maru, Shell hits 13, and is sunk SC CHa-13, Shell hits 5, and is sunk Not a bad sortie. Not bad at all. "What!? Not bad? That was an excellent battle!!! Not bad, my ass!" Unknown American Admiral [sm=00000622.gif]

L0ckAndL0ad -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (5/16/2018 4:17:01 PM)
@tarkalak Or as Lance Henriksen's Bishop would say decades later, "Not bad for a human".[8\|] June 28-30, 1942 Alright. I have to stop pulling my hair out in order to be able to write. I've done something I shouldn't have done. But even against the AI, I don't cheat, reload nor sneak-peak into his units/status. So what's done is done. Let's start from the begging. As TF2 went for repairs to Brisbane, I realized that I really need some offensive action done. I wanted to raid some CenPac islands months ago, but that battle with KB messed up all my plans. So, Carrier Division 1 formed TF1 with two groups. One was 3 CV, 3 CLAA, 9 DD. Second, surface bombardment group consisted of 1 fast BB North Carolina, 5 CA, 3 CL, 6 DD. But Jap AI also loves raiding. He sent yet another raiding force directly to Pearl Harbor. PBYs spotted two CA and one CL, just ~10 hexes away from Pearl, but also seen only DDs a day before. I restructured TG 1.2 into surface action group, making it 1 fast BB, 5 CA, 9 DD. And formed a second, provisional surface action group, with old BBs - 5 old BB, 3 CL, 7 DD. Both were sent directly west, to meet the enemy. Carrier TG 1.1 was on hold at Pearl. I still wanted to raid Wake, after I've dealt with this group, so I needed my carrier group fresh. 28th I thought such force should be enough to deal with yet another small group of raiding cruisers. Oh well.. I started pulling my hair out the moment I saw my faster TG 1.2 approach enemy 2 BB, 1 CA, 1 CL, 4 DD. The word "YAMATO" on one of the BBs strengthened my effort. The following battle was brutal. It was literally a night knife fight with Yamato, with minimal distance being just 3KYD. Something I should never repeat. USN force had the radar advantage. BB North Carolina opened up nicely, surprising the enemy, landing hits after hits on Yamato. Several penetrations were achieved early, with multiple internal explosions and fire reported on Yamato and later at least one on Fuso. Allied cruisers also made hits, but little damage. CA Northampton took severe damage from both enemy battleships, but kept fighting. And kept hitting. BB North Carolina took 29 hits in total, with many penetrations. I was hoping there's a chance for it to survive, cuz the distance between two forces slowly kept increasing. But it sank before the battle ended. As following days would show, BB North Carolina managed to sink BB Yamato. I suspect Yamato sunk the same night. And it done decent damage to Fuso, which was also sunk later. So.. There's no official report yet, but I'm 99% sure that BB Yamato is sunk. All thanks to BB North Carolina. Slower surface TG also fought. It caught 1 CA and 2 DD from the same IJN raider force at daylight. Five old battleships made a colander out of the enemy CA. B-17s from Pearl engaged and possibly hit BB Fuso and CL Kuma. On 29th, slow BB force hunted for stragglers, and sunk BB Fuso, CL Kuma and DD Hokaze. Carrier TG 1.1 rushed to the scene, and searched for BB Yamato or any other IJN survivors until July 1. But not a single asset was able to find anything out there. The sea was empty by July 1. So.. I call BB Yamato sunk. [image]local://upfiles/59456/BF06D0F0BD7143AA8DE41D88560DDBA0.jpg[/image] Combat reports: quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- June 28, 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Niihau at 173,107, Range 8,000 Yards Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 2 destroyed Japanese Ships BB Yamato, Shell hits 22, heavy fires, heavy damage BB Fuso, Shell hits 6, on fire CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 1 CL Kuma, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 1 DD Hokaze, Shell hits 3 DD Sanae, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Asagao, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships BB North Carolina, Shell hits 29, and is sunk CA Northampton, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage CA Louisville, Shell hits 1 CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 1 CA San Francisco CA Vincennes DD Mustin DD Walke DD Morris DD Case, Shell hits 1 DD Conyngham DD Shaw DD Perkins DD Smith DD Preston Improved night sighting under 100% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 100% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 20,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards Range closes to 14,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards Allies open fire on surprised Japanese ships at 8,000 yards BB North Carolina fires at BB Yamato at 8,000 yards BB North Carolina fires at BB Yamato at 8,000 yards CA San Francisco fires at BB Yamato at 8,000 yards CA Minneapolis fires at CL Kuma at 8,000 yards BB North Carolina fires at DD Asagao at 8,000 yards DD Smith launches Torpedoes at DD Sanae at 8,000 yards DD Perkins launches Torpedoes at DD Sanae at 8,000 yards DD Morris launches Torpedoes at DD Sanae at 8,000 yards DD Walke launches Torpedoes at DD Asagao at 8,000 yards DD Mustin launches Torpedoes at DD Asagao at 8,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards BB Fuso engages BB North Carolina at 3,000 yards BB Yamato engages BB North Carolina at 3,000 yards CA Minneapolis engages CL Kuma at 3,000 yards BB Yamato engages CA Louisville at 3,000 yards BB Yamato engages CA Northampton at 3,000 yards DD Hokaze engages DD Mustin at 3,000 yards DD Smith engages DD Mutsuki at 3,000 yards DD Mutsuki engages DD Perkins at 3,000 yards DD Shaw engages DD Mutsuki at 3,000 yards DD Case engages DD Asagao at 3,000 yards DD Walke engages DD Mutsuki at 3,000 yards DD Mustin engages DD Asagao at 3,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards BB Fuso engages BB North Carolina at 6,000 yards BB North Carolina engages BB Yamato at 6,000 yards CL Kuma engages CA Minneapolis at 6,000 yards BB Yamato engages CA Louisville at 6,000 yards BB Yamato engages CA Northampton at 6,000 yards DD Mutsuki engages DD Case at 6,000 yards DD Sanae engages DD Perkins at 6,000 yards DD Shaw engages DD Mutsuki at 6,000 yards DD Sanae engages DD Conyngham at 6,000 yards DD Case engages DD Mutsuki at 6,000 yards DD Mutsuki engages DD Morris at 6,000 yards DD Hokaze engages DD Mustin at 6,000 yards Range increases to 7,000 yards BB Fuso engages BB North Carolina at 7,000 yards BB North Carolina engages BB Yamato at 7,000 yards BB Yamato engages CA San Francisco at 7,000 yards BB North Carolina engages CL Kuma at 7,000 yards DD Perkins engages DD Asagao at 7,000 yards CA Northampton engages DD Sanae at 7,000 yards DD Hokaze engages DD Walke at 7,000 yards DD Case engages DD Mutsuki at 7,000 yards DD Conyngham engages DD Asagao at 7,000 yards DD Mustin engages DD Sanae at 7,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards BB Yamato engages BB North Carolina at 10,000 yards BB Yamato engages BB North Carolina at 10,000 yards BB Yamato engages CA San Francisco at 10,000 yards BB Yamato engages CA Minneapolis at 10,000 yards BB Yamato engages CA Louisville at 10,000 yards DD Sanae engages DD Conyngham at 10,000 yards DD Smith engages DD Hokaze at 10,000 yards DD Mutsuki engages DD Mustin at 10,000 yards DD Hokaze engages DD Morris at 10,000 yards DD Walke engages DD Hokaze at 10,000 yards BB Yamato engages BB North Carolina at 10,000 yards BB North Carolina engages BB Yamato at 10,000 yards BB North Carolina engages CA Kinugasa at 10,000 yards BB Yamato engages CA Minneapolis at 10,000 yards BB Yamato engages CA Louisville at 10,000 yards BB Yamato engages CA Northampton at 10,000 yards DD Case engages DD Hokaze at 10,000 yards DD Mutsuki engages DD Walke at 10,000 yards DD Hokaze engages DD Shaw at 10,000 yards DD Conyngham engages DD Sanae at 10,000 yards DD Asagao engages DD Morris at 10,000 yards DD Walke engages DD Asagao at 10,000 yards BB North Carolina engages BB Yamato at 10,000 yards BB Yamato engages BB North Carolina at 10,000 yards DD Walke engages DD Asagao at 10,000 yards DD Sanae engages DD Shaw at 10,000 yards DD Shaw engages DD Hokaze at 10,000 yards DD Preston engages DD Mutsuki at 10,000 yards DD Perkins engages DD Asagao at 10,000 yards DD Hokaze engages DD Conyngham at 10,000 yards DD Morris engages DD Sanae at 10,000 yards DD Mutsuki engages DD Mustin at 10,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards BB Fuso engages BB North Carolina at 9,000 yards BB Yamato engages CA San Francisco at 9,000 yards DD Smith engages DD Asagao at 9,000 yards DD Smith engages DD Sanae at 9,000 yards DD Hokaze engages DD Walke at 9,000 yards DD Smith engages DD Mutsuki at 9,000 yards DD Mutsuki engages DD Perkins at 9,000 yards DD Asagao engages DD Shaw at 9,000 yards DD Conyngham engages DD Asagao at 9,000 yards DD Morris engages DD Mutsuki at 9,000 yards DD Hokaze engages DD Mustin at 9,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards BB Fuso engages CA San Francisco at 10,000 yards BB Yamato engages CA San Francisco at 10,000 yards CA Vincennes engages CA Kinugasa at 10,000 yards DD Conyngham engages DD Asagao at 10,000 yards DD Shaw engages DD Sanae at 10,000 yards DD Hokaze engages DD Case at 10,000 yards DD Mutsuki engages DD Perkins at 10,000 yards DD Hokaze engages DD Shaw at 10,000 yards DD Hokaze engages DD Case at 10,000 yards DD Morris engages DD Asagao at 10,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards BB Yamato engages CA Vincennes at 11,000 yards BB Yamato engages CA Vincennes at 11,000 yards CA Vincennes engages CA Kinugasa at 11,000 yards BB Yamato engages CA Louisville at 11,000 yards DD Morris engages DD Asagao at 11,000 yards DD Preston engages DD Hokaze at 11,000 yards DD Shaw engages DD Mutsuki at 11,000 yards DD Conyngham engages DD Asagao at 11,000 yards DD Case engages DD Asagao at 11,000 yards DD Morris engages DD Sanae at 11,000 yards DD Asagao engages DD Walke at 11,000 yards DD Hokaze engages DD Mustin at 11,000 yards Range increases to 12,000 yards BB Fuso engages CA Vincennes at 12,000 yards BB Yamato engages CA San Francisco at 12,000 yards CA Vincennes engages CA Kinugasa at 12,000 yards CA Vincennes engages CL Kuma at 12,000 yards DD Asagao engages DD Shaw at 12,000 yards DD Mutsuki engages DD Preston at 12,000 yards DD Hokaze engages DD Case at 12,000 yards DD Mutsuki engages DD Morris at 12,000 yards DD Mutsuki engages DD Case at 12,000 yards DD Morris engages DD Hokaze at 12,000 yards BB Fuso engages DD Walke at 12,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Niihau at 173,106, Range 26,000 Yards Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 21, and is sunk DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 5, and is sunk DD Sanae, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships BB Maryland BB Colorado BB Nevada BB Pennsylvania BB Tennessee, Shell hits 5, on fire CL Phoenix CL Nashville CL Boise DD Aaron Ward DD Laffey DD Buchanan DD Woodworth DD Caldwell DD Hammann DD Cummings Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near French Frigate Shoal at 169,106, Range 26,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Sanae, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships CA Louisville CA Minneapolis CA San Francisco CA Vincennes DD Mustin DD Walke DD Morris DD Case DD Conyngham DD Shaw DD Perkins DD Smith Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near French Frigate Shoal at 170,107 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 5 No Allied losses Japanese Ships BB Fuso, Bomb hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 7000 feet Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- June 29, 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near French Frigate Shoal at 170,107, Range 10,000 Yards Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships BB Fuso, Shell hits 13, on fire, heavy damage CL Kuma, Shell hits 3, and is sunk DD Hokaze Allied Ships BB Maryland, Shell hits 1 BB Colorado BB Nevada BB Pennsylvania, Shell hits 4 CL Phoenix CL Nashville CL Boise DD Aaron Ward DD Laffey DD Buchanan DD Woodworth DD Caldwell DD Cummings Improved night sighting under 100% moonlight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near French Frigate Shoal at 170,107, Range 26,000 Yards Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses F1M2 Pete: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships BB Fuso, Shell hits 52, and is sunk DD Hokaze, Shell hits 8, and is sunk Allied Ships BB Maryland BB Colorado BB Nevada BB Pennsylvania CL Phoenix CL Nashville CL Boise DD Aaron Ward DD Laffey DD Buchanan DD Woodworth DD Caldwell DD Cummings Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PS: trimmed the reports for brevity

L0ckAndL0ad -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (5/16/2018 4:21:38 PM)
So... what I think I should have done and what should I do in the future? If possible, I should always attack with air first. And only later with surface units. Surface combat is brutal and costly. Losing fast USN battleships is bad. Even trading it for Yamato and Fuso. Still bad. Fast BBs are more valuable as carrier escorts. [image]local://upfiles/59456/EEFF2F586D654D018E19C1DA4972771C.jpg[/image]

BBfanboy -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (5/16/2018 6:35:47 PM)
You did exactly the right thing. You get 10 fast BBs, + Prince of Wales at start and more British BBs in the late war. Unless they enemy has lots of BBs prowling, you do not really need BBs to protect the carriers, and a couple of Cleveland CLs have an AA equal to North Carolina. If you had sortied with your lone carrier it could have been caught at night by the enemy SCTF. Even if it didn't, a strike from a single carrier is unlikely to sink or heavily damage two BBs and two CAs - IME many of the aircraft will go after the DDs because the flak is too heavy around the big ships. So I think the likely outcome would be some damage to the enemy which then withdraws and your carrier would need to replenish aircraft and sorties again before your planned raid. The only thing I can think of that you might have tried is sending out the slow BB TF first (and form it with a lower TF # than the North Carolina one), then set the NC TF to follow it. That would tend to make the slow BBs engage first, but you might have lost 3-4 of them because they are easier to hit than NC.

L0ckAndL0ad -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (5/17/2018 3:21:22 PM)
July 1, 1942 Monthly inspection of all units. USN fighter squadrons start converting to 36 plane TO&E, so I'm little short on F4F-4s again. I was thinking USMC could get some of them, but they'll make do. Transition to TBF-1s is complete. SBD-3s are plenty, but still not enough to start supplying USMC with them. PBY-5 keep crashing down due to ops loses (59 lost!). Ugh... USAAF has ~60 unused B-17Es, and about the same amount of P-39D and P-40E in reserve, which is good. B-24D enters production, which is awesome. Two USAAF fighter groups and one bomber group is training in India, will later be sent to China. British will take care of bombing Burma in the following months - 2 squadrons of Wellingtons are already in training. By now Brits have 2.5 full operational groups in India and Ceylon, mainly with Hurricane II and Blenheim IV. Reported combat ship loses (not exactly accurate): IJN 2 CVL 5 BB (excluding Yamato, still no report) 10 CA 10 CL 15 DD 6 fleet TB Allied 1 CV 5 BB 1 BC 4 CA 4 CL 9 DD [image]local://upfiles/59456/D980024303E84DF9859E21843225A96B.jpg[/image]

L0ckAndL0ad -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (5/17/2018 6:21:06 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy You did exactly the right thing. You get 10 fast BBs, + Prince of Wales at start and more British BBs in the late war. Unless they enemy has lots of BBs prowling, you do not really need BBs to protect the carriers, and a couple of Cleveland CLs have an AA equal to North Carolina. If you had sortied with your lone carrier it could have been caught at night by the enemy SCTF. Even if it didn't, a strike from a single carrier is unlikely to sink or heavily damage two BBs and two CAs - IME many of the aircraft will go after the DDs because the flak is too heavy around the big ships. So I think the likely outcome would be some damage to the enemy which then withdraws and your carrier would need to replenish aircraft and sorties again before your planned raid. The only thing I can think of that you might have tried is sending out the slow BB TF first (and form it with a lower TF # than the North Carolina one), then set the NC TF to follow it. That would tend to make the slow BBs engage first, but you might have lost 3-4 of them because they are easier to hit than NC. I had 3 carriers on standby at Pearl. Lexington, Yorktown and Wasp. And pilots of the first two were constantly training since the clash with KB. But that's not the point. Engaging unknown, fresh enemy forces is a bad idea under most circumstances. Generally, I'm all pro recon/intel. But sometimes I get sloppy and careless. I also have lousy memory (hence this Diary), so I will probably continue to make the same mistakes. But. This was a naval invasion force that could have reached Pearl in 1 turn, if I hadn't done what I did. So.. Yeah, I guess you're right. Why I care about fast BB for carrier escorts is not AA nor even surface capabilities. Being a bomb/torpedo magnet for enemy planes is what gives more chances for my carriers to live through CV duels. Anyway, I'm fine with the situation as it is. Sinking Yamato in a night alley knife fight, in a freaking battleship duel, is one of those things that make this playthrough memorable. Also. I like all my ships get experience. Great officers and the crucible of combat will make me a good fleet. As long as I'm careful enough not to waste more units than I should. OFFTOP Speaking of memorable things. I've been sitting on this combat report for a while now. I don't think it deserves a separate thread, but still, I'd like to share it. This was like.. my second campaign attempt as Allies, back in 2016-ish or maybe early 2017. Anyway. Early 1942. I was defensive more or less like I am now. Sent one carrier tf to SoPac, through Christmas Island. And got ambushed in broad daylight by out-of-nowhere surface raid. Lexington got hit two times, was set on fire and had to return back to Pearl. But it got me thinking. 1) Radars aren't going to save your CTF from fast surface action groups. 2) You can actually catch carriers on surface. quote: FROM THE OLD PLAYTHROUGH! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Christmas Island at 172,140, Range 26,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Atago, Shell hits 7, on fire CL Isuzu DD Okikaze, Shell hits 2 DD Hakaze, Shell hits 1 Allied Ships CV Lexington, Shell hits 2, on fire CA Minneapolis CA San Francisco CL St. Louis, Shell hits 2 DD Sims DD Hughes DD Anderson DD Hammann DD O'Brien Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 26,000 yards Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 26,000 yards CA Atago fires at CL St. Louis at 26,000 yards CA Atago fires at DD Hughes at 26,000 yards Range closes to 23,000 yards CA Atago engages CV Lexington at 23,000 yards CA Atago engages CA San Francisco at 23,000 yards CL St. Louis engages CL Isuzu at 23,000 yards CA Atago engages DD O'Brien at 23,000 yards Range closes to 22,000 yards CA Atago engages CV Lexington at 22,000 yards CA San Francisco engages CA Atago at 22,000 yards CA Atago engages DD Hammann at 22,000 yards Range closes to 19,000 yards CA Atago engages CV Lexington at 19,000 yards CL Isuzu engages CV Lexington at 19,000 yards CA Minneapolis engages CA Atago at 19,000 yards CL St. Louis engages CA Atago at 19,000 yards CA Atago engages DD O'Brien at 19,000 yards CA Atago engages DD Anderson at 19,000 yards Range closes to 15,000 yards CV Lexington screened from combat - escorted by DD O'Brien , DD Hammann , DD Anderson , DD Hughes , DD Sims CA Atago engages CA San Francisco at 15,000 yards CL Isuzu engages CL St. Louis at 15,000 yards CA San Francisco engages DD Hakaze at 15,000 yards CA Minneapolis engages DD Okikaze at 15,000 yards Range closes to 12,000 yards CA Atago engages CV Lexington at 12,000 yards CL Isuzu engages CV Lexington at 12,000 yards DD Hakaze engages DD Hughes at 12,000 yards CL St. Louis engages DD Okikaze at 12,000 yards DD Hakaze engages DD O'Brien at 12,000 yards DD Hakaze engages DD Hammann at 12,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Hughes at 12,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards CA Atago engages CV Lexington at 10,000 yards CA San Francisco engages CA Atago at 10,000 yards CA Atago engages CA Minneapolis at 10,000 yards CL St. Louis engages CA Atago at 10,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD O'Brien at 10,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Hammann at 10,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Hughes at 10,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Sims at 10,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards CA Atago engages CV Lexington at 8,000 yards CL Isuzu engages CV Lexington at 8,000 yards DD Hakaze engages DD O'Brien at 8,000 yards CA Atago engages CL St. Louis at 8,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD O'Brien at 8,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Hammann at 8,000 yards DD Hughes engages DD Okikaze at 8,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Sims at 8,000 yards Range increases to 13,000 yards CA Atago engages CV Lexington at 13,000 yards CA Atago engages CA San Francisco at 13,000 yards CA Atago engages CA Minneapolis at 13,000 yards CL St. Louis engages CA Atago at 13,000 yards DD O'Brien engages DD Hakaze at 13,000 yards DD Hammann engages DD Okikaze at 13,000 yards DD Anderson engages DD Hakaze at 13,000 yards DD Hughes engages DD Hakaze at 13,000 yards DD Sims engages DD Okikaze at 13,000 yards Ijuin, Matsuji orders Japanese TF to disengage Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some time passed. I was angry about this whole thing. Even thought that the game is broken - radars failed to help me. But I wasn't using beta patch at that time, so I dunno.. Japs raided Eastern Oz, like two times. For the third time I gathered a surface action group and tried to ambush them. Sunk 2 CVs, 1 BB and multiple smaller ships. This was my revenge. And the luckiest sortie I've ever managed. quote: FROM THE OLD PLAYTHROUGH! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Coffs Harbour at 96,164, Range 3,000 Yards Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 9 destroyed D3A1 Val: 19 destroyed B5N2 Kate: 16 destroyed Japanese Ships CV Hiryu, Shell hits 23, heavy fires, heavy damage CV Zuikaku, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk BB Kongo, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 1 CA Kako CL Abukuma CL Kiso, Shell hits 1 DD Kagero, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage DD Oyashio DD Isokaze, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Matsukaze DD Hakaze, Shell hits 2 DD Numakaze DD Wakatake Allied Ships BB Prince of Wales, Shell hits 2 BC Repulse CA Australia CA Canberra CA Cornwall CL Leander CL Achilles CL Java CL Sumatra CL De Ruyter CL Tromp CL Perth CL Enterprise CL Danae CL Dragon DD Stuart DD Scout DD Stronghold, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Express DD Isis DD Jupiter DD Le Triomphant Reduced visibility due to Thunderstorms with 7% moonlight Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 7% moonlight: 2,000 yards Range closes to 18,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards Range closes to 13,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards Allies open fire on surprised Japanese ships at 3,000 yards Fuel storage explosion on CV Zuikaku Fuel storage explosion on CV Zuikaku BB Prince of Wales fires at CV Zuikaku at 3,000 yards BB Prince of Wales fires at CV Hiryu at 3,000 yards BB Prince of Wales fires at BB Kongo at 3,000 yards Fuel storage explosion on CV Zuikaku CA Canberra launches Torpedoes at CV Zuikaku at 3,000 yards CV Zuikaku sunk by CA Australia at 3,000 yards CL Perth launches Torpedoes at DD Numakaze at 3,000 yards CL Sumatra fires at DD Isokaze at 3,000 yards CA Australia launches Torpedoes at DD Kagero at 3,000 yards DD Isis launches Torpedoes at DD Isokaze at 3,000 yards DD Express launches Torpedoes at DD Matsukaze at 3,000 yards DD Stronghold launches Torpedoes at DD Hakaze at 3,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards BB Prince of Wales engages CV Hiryu at 2,000 yards BB Kongo engages BB Prince of Wales at 2,000 yards CA Cornwall engages CV Hiryu at 2,000 yards CA Kinugasa engages BB Prince of Wales at 2,000 yards Massive explosion on CL Kiso CL Kiso engages BB Prince of Wales at 2,000 yards CL Abukuma engages CL Dragon at 2,000 yards CL Danae engages DD Wakatake at 2,000 yards DD Numakaze engages DD Express at 2,000 yards CL Perth engages CV Hiryu at 2,000 yards DD Express engages DD Matsukaze at 2,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DD Isis at 2,000 yards CL Java engages CV Hiryu at 2,000 yards DD Isokaze sunk by DD Jupiter at 2,000 yards DD Isis engages DD Kagero at 2,000 yards DD Express engages DD Kagero at 2,000 yards DD Stronghold engages DD Wakatake at 2,000 yards Range increases to 5,000 yards Fuel storage explosion on CV Hiryu BB Prince of Wales engages CV Hiryu at 5,000 yards BC Repulse engages CV Hiryu at 5,000 yards CA Kinugasa engages BB Prince of Wales at 5,000 yards CA Australia engages CV Hiryu at 5,000 yards CL Dragon engages CV Hiryu at 5,000 yards CL Danae engages CV Hiryu at 5,000 yards DD Numakaze engages DD Isis at 5,000 yards CL Tromp engages CV Hiryu at 5,000 yards DD Oyashio engages DD Express at 5,000 yards DD Stronghold engages DD Kagero at 5,000 yards CL Leander engages CV Hiryu at 5,000 yards DD Kagero engages DD Isis at 5,000 yards DD Jupiter engages CV Hiryu at 5,000 yards BC Repulse engages CV Hiryu at 5,000 yards CA Canberra engages CV Hiryu at 5,000 yards CL Abukuma engages CL Dragon at 5,000 yards DD Stronghold engages DD Wakatake at 5,000 yards DD Numakaze engages DD Express at 5,000 yards CL Perth engages CV Hiryu at 5,000 yards DD Kagero engages DD Jupiter at 5,000 yards DD Le Triomphant engages DD Hakaze at 5,000 yards DD Kagero engages DD Jupiter at 5,000 yards DD Wakatake engages DD Isis at 5,000 yards DD Stronghold engages DD Matsukaze at 5,000 yards DD Scout engages DD Kagero at 5,000 yards Range increases to 7,000 yards BB Prince of Wales engages CV Hiryu at 7,000 yards BC Repulse engages CV Hiryu at 7,000 yards Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Brisbane at 97,163, Range 2,000 Yards Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses F1M2 Pete: 2 destroyed Japanese Ships BB Kongo, Shell hits 20, and is sunk DD Kagero, Shell hits 10, and is sunk DD Numakaze DD Wakatake, Shell hits 2 Allied Ships BB Prince of Wales, Shell hits 5 BC Repulse CA Australia CA Canberra CA Cornwall CL Leander CL Achilles CL Java CL Sumatra CL De Ruyter CL Tromp CL Perth CL Enterprise CL Danae CL Dragon DD Stuart DD Scout DD Stronghold DD Express DD Isis DD Jupiter DD Le Triomphant Poor visibility due to Thunderstorms with 10% moonlight Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards Range closes to 21,000 yards... Range closes to 19,000 yards... Range closes to 17,000 yards... Range closes to 15,000 yards... Range closes to 13,000 yards... Range closes to 11,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... Range closes to 4,000 yards... Range closes to 3,000 yards... Range closes to 2,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards BB Kongo engages BB Prince of Wales at 2,000 yards BC Repulse engages BB Kongo at 2,000 yards BB Prince of Wales engages DD Numakaze at 2,000 yards BB Prince of Wales engages DD Kagero at 2,000 yards BB Kongo engages CL De Ruyter at 2,000 yards BB Kongo engages BB Prince of Wales at 2,000 yards BB Kongo engages BC Repulse at 2,000 yards BB Kongo sunk by CA Cornwall at 2,000 yards BB Prince of Wales engages DD Kagero at 2,000 yards DD Jupiter engages DD Numakaze at 2,000 yards Range increases to 3,000 yards BB Prince of Wales engages DD Wakatake at 3,000 yards DD Numakaze engages DD Jupiter at 3,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards BB Prince of Wales engages DD Wakatake at 2,000 yards DD Kagero sunk by BC Repulse at 2,000 yards DD Numakaze engages DD Le Triomphant at 2,000 yards Range increases to 4,000 yards BB Prince of Wales engages DD Wakatake at 4,000 yards BC Repulse engages DD Numakaze at 4,000 yards Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape Task forces break off... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

L0ckAndL0ad -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (5/17/2018 8:10:02 PM)
CA Northampton almost made it to Pearl. It's currently 2 hexes away. But flooding increased, and there's 90 FLT damage now. SYS damage @ 52. Max speed is 1 knot, and I'm pretty sure it won't make it. Still have hope. Won't scuttle. Sent BB Idaho with more competent captain on board. Maybe he can save the cruiser. Northampton survived bomb hits in the clash with KB. But 46cm guns of Yamato are more deadly than any divebomber. [image]local://upfiles/59456/E731E4FD273D454D95B7346C11AEA8BC.jpg[/image]

HansBolter -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (5/17/2018 8:20:04 PM)
Well done. POW & Repulse hammered Kongo. Is Northampton alone in the TF or does it have a DD escort? Is it moving at cruise speed? These are the essentials for shepherding a stricken ship back to port.

BBfanboy -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (5/18/2018 4:00:30 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: HansBolter Well done. POW & Repulse hammered Kongo. Is Northampton alone in the TF or does it have a DD escort? Is it moving at cruise speed? These are the essentials for shepherding a stricken ship back to port. Alfred made it clear that other ships in a TF with a heavily damaged ship do not directly help with damage, other than fire suppression. What they can do is fight off the enemy and rescue the captain if the stricken ship sinks. Hans suggests the DD for the ASW help while your BB should stop most raiders and help with AA.

L0ckAndL0ad -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (5/18/2018 8:13:49 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: HansBolter Well done. POW & Repulse hammered Kongo. Is Northampton alone in the TF or does it have a DD escort? Is it moving at cruise speed? These are the essentials for shepherding a stricken ship back to port. Do note that those three reports are from an older game. Repulse is sunk in this one. But yeah, I still take a great pride in how it went down. Northampton survives! Oh, what a lucky ship! CA-26 Northampton was the only cruiser that came under KB attack and survived, back in April, withstanding four 250kg bomb hits. Now it survived at least two hits from Yamato's main battery, and another two from its secondary batteries. Despite heavy systems damage and 90% flooding, it successfully limped back to Pearl, escorted by BB Idaho and a dozen destroyers (some of which were sent separately on ASW duty). The idea behind sending BB Idaho was that the captain of a bigger ship should take over command of the TF. But CPT Marshall refused abandoning ship and directed all the rescue effort right until the arrival to Pearl. The delay of movement was probably caused by uncontrolled/increasing damage, cuz the manual says ships should still move 1 hex, even if badly damaged. The Adventures near Jomard Passage TF2 finished small repairs at Brisbane and went to intercept BB Huyga that came for Port Moresby from the Solomon Sea. A patrol was set up, guarding Jomard Passage from the south. On July 5th, two air raids were launched, with 13 bomb hits reported on enemy battleship, and one destroyer being sunk. BB Huyga (Ise-class) turned out to be a tough nut to crack, as, reportedly, none of the 1000 lb SAP bombs managed to penetrate the deck, though still caused heavy damage and fire. Subsequent attempts at locating the damaged battleship failed. Several transport ships in the area were successfully attacked and sunk instead. On July 8th, TF2 came under attack twice. Morning air attack comprised of four B5N2 Kate torpedo bombers, two of which were destroyed by CAP, while others retreated. Second attack came in the afternoon. 17 Ki-27b Nate and 2 Ki-44 Tojo escorted 6 Ki-51 Sonia. Combined CAP of 36 Wildcats failed to intercept the bombers and CV Enterprise was bombed from an altitude of 14000 feet. None of the 50 kg bombs hit the carrier. TF2 ordered to return to Brisbane. [image]local://upfiles/59456/02831B37211F4960AFAB0850BC1998EA.jpg[/image]

L0ckAndL0ad -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (5/18/2018 9:11:58 AM)
The Raid on Wake Island, July 9-10, 1942 After the Yamato encounter, TF1's surface element went back to Pearl to replenish ammo and fuel supplies. Three carriers of TG 1.1 sailed for Midway. It took several days to gather all the ships of TF1 near Midway, and refuel them. Then they came directly west, stopping 8 hexes NE from Wake on the evening of July 7th. Weather forecast said OVERCAST. Not the best conditions, but still within acceptable parameters. But the forecast was wrong. Thunderstorms and Severe storms followed, for the next two days. Which is bad, because you can't change orders mid day. On June 9th, under cover of darkness, TG 1.2 bombarded Wake Island with 5 heavy cruisers, 3 light cruisers and 7 destroyers, from 15 to 12 KYD. Coastal Guns were firing back, but failed to hit anything. Good hits were observed on target, with four hundred casualties (exaggerated?) and many damaged aircraft on the airstrip (see detailed reports below). SS Tautog sneakily arrived to Wake at dawn to help with possible Search & Rescue efforts. [image]local://upfiles/59456/507EF7CA39C34AF98A63CD97637EAB54.jpg[/image] quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 9, 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Wake Island at 136,98 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val: 7 damaged D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-27b Nate: 2 damaged A6M2 Zero: 18 damaged A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed on ground Ki-46-II Dinah: 7 damaged B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged 31 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CA Vincennes CA Quincy CA San Francisco CA Minneapolis CA Louisville CL Boise CL Nashville CL Phoenix DD Smith DD Perkins DD Shaw DD Conyngham DD Morris DD Walke DD Mustin Japanese ground losses: 429 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 42 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 25 (7 destroyed, 18 disabled) Airbase hits 6 Runway hits 22 Port hits 6 Port supply hits 5 OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Vincennes Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CA Vincennes CA Vincennes firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CA Quincy CA Quincy firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion CA San Francisco firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CA San Francisco CA Minneapolis firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CA Minneapolis OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Louisville CA Louisville firing at Wake Island CL Boise firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CL Boise CL Nashville firing at Wake Island CL Phoenix firing at Wake Island DD Smith firing at Wake Island DD Perkins firing at Wake Island DD Shaw firing at Wake Island DD Conyngham firing at Wake Island DD Morris firing at Wake Island DD Walke firing at Wake Island DD Mustin firing at Wake Island -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So there were quite a lot of planes on Wake. Damaging and destroying few of them should have helped the following air strike that was scheduled for the morning. But the weather.... the weather turned really bad and not a single plane was launched from all three carriers. Only on the afternoon, when TG 1.1 had fallen back to its original position 8 hexes away from Wake, we were able to launch planes. But despite my orders to limit strikes to the range of 6, selection of Wake as a target made commanders disregard the range, and they flew an 8 hex alpha strike, with reduced bomb load and no escorts. 90 SBD-3 and 37 TBF-1 were intercepted by 12 A6M2 Zero and 22 Ki-27b Nate. Lack of escorts resulted in destruction of four SBDs and one TBF. Reduced bomb load, fighter opposition, bad weather and high fatigue from such a difficult flight resulted in very minor damage on target. quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Wake Island , at 136,98 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 12 Ki-27b Nate x 22 Allied aircraft SBD-3 Dauntless x 90 TBF-1 Avenger x 37 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 destroyed, 3 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 4 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' * Airfield Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' * Airfield Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' * Airfield Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' * Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 10000 feet * Port Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' * Port Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 10000 feet * Port Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' * Airfield Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' * Airfield Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' * Airfield Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' * Airfield Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' * Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' * Port Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' * Airfield Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' * Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: Tainan Ku S-1 Det A with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters to 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes 3rd Ku S-1 Det A with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 15000. Raid is overhead 3rd Ku S-1 Det B with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters to 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 4th Sentai Det A with Ki-27b Nate (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes 4th Sentai Det B with Ki-27b Nate (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes Also attacking Maizuru 2nd SNLF ... Also attacking Wake Island ... Also attacking Maizuru 2nd SNLF ... Also attacking Wake Island ... Also attacking Maizuru 2nd SNLF ... Also attacking Wake Island ... Also attacking 52nd Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking Wake Island ... Also attacking Maizuru 2nd SNLF ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I was dissatisfied with such an outcome. While the shore bombardment mission was executed superbly, the air strike did almost nothing of what was expected. So I checked the damage, fuel and ammo on all ships and ordered another go. 1 CL and 1 DD had to be detached and sent back to Pearl due to mild operational damage. The weather forecast said OVERCAST again. This time, I did not give any specific targets to the aircraft. Just limited the radius of all missions to 6. Carrier TG 1.1 was ordered to patrol 5-6 hexes away from Wake, for the whole duration of the day. Bombardment TG 1.2 yet again showed excellent gunnery skills. But the weather turned to severe storms and precluded all flights for the whole day. No air strikes were launched on July 10th. After two days, TF1 was ordered back to Pearl. We'll get them next time. quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 10, 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Wake Island at 136,98 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 8 damaged A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-46-II Dinah: 5 damaged Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-27b Nate: 10 damaged Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed on ground D3A1 Val: 2 damaged B5N1 Kate: 1 damaged Allied Ships CA Vincennes CA Quincy CA San Francisco CA Louisville CL Nashville CL Phoenix DD Smith DD Perkins DD Shaw DD Conyngham DD Morris DD Mustin Japanese ground losses: 148 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 10 (3 destroyed, 7 disabled) Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 9 Port hits 6 Port supply hits 3 OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Vincennes CA Vincennes firing at Wake Island CA Quincy firing at Wake Island CA San Francisco firing at Wake Island CA Louisville firing at Wake Island CL Nashville firing at Wake Island CL Phoenix firing at Wake Island DD Smith firing at Wake Island DD Perkins firing at Wake Island DD Shaw firing at Wake Island DD Conyngham firing at Wake Island DD Morris firing at 52nd Naval Guard Unit DD Mustin firing at Wake Island --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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