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Day Time Surface Combat, near New Hanover Island at 104,123, Range 24,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CVE Hosho, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
CVE Ibuki, Shell hits 2
CVE Taiyo, Shell hits 1
CL Yura, Shell hits 7, heavy fires
DD Yukikaze
DD Tokitsukaze, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Sazanami, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Ushio
DD Mikazuki, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
CA Indianapolis, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1
CA Salt Lake City
DD Conyngham, Shell hits 1
DD Reid, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Tucker, Shell hits 1
BC Constellation

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Ground combat at Midway Island (158,91)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 5810 troops, 95 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 191

Defending force 3536 troops, 70 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 74

Japanese adjusted assault: 77

Allied adjusted defense: 18

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Midway Island !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
F2A-3 Buffalo: 6 destroyed
SBD-1 Dauntless: 13 destroyed
PBY-5 Catalina: 3 destroyed
PBY-4 Catalina: 5 destroyed

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
301 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
4152 casualties reported
Squads: 117 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 214 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 21 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 83 (83 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 24 (24 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 4

Assaulting units:
1st Sasebo Assault Division

Defending units:
1st/298th Infantry Battalion
6th Marine Defense Battalion
Wake (Det.) Defense Battalion
116th Base Group

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Sean,

Coming from me, this is a high compliment. You are a born Japanese player Sir. Your aggressiveness is stunning, bold, and brassy as all HELL. I love it! BANZAI for you Sir. I would put a letter of reprimand in the folder of the Admiral Commanding the US Scouting Force and, specifically, and leader of the Constellation TF.

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ORIGINAL: Anachro

Dec 20. 1941

At Midway, the garrison falls in one turn to the SNLF assault division. Rough stuff. Tokyo Rose goads Allied troops elsewhere over the radio. Mines were mostly ineffectual with only 2 DDs suffering hits. I had hoped Midway would put up a greater fight. Other than the destroyed planes and troops, I think the strategic importance of Midway is minimal. I wonder though what larger plan it'd be part of. Is he going for Hawaii eventually?

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A day of infamy for the the US military. First, north of Rabaul the BC Constellation and her escorts are humbled and come off worse against a far inferior force of escort carriers, light cruisers, and destroyers - in a surface engagement! It seems there are to be many reprimands and demotions of acting captains and admirals before the USN is to become the superior fighting force it was meant to be.

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Alliford Bay at 193,51

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 33
B5N2 Kate x 15
D3A1 Val x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
DD Smith, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
CL Concord, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Harwood, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

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ORIGINAL: Anachro
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Nonetheless, John seems to have flattops everywhere.
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This mod seems to make it really hard to attempt any serious fighting Allied defense in the early months of the war.

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To raise them two things need to happen - ground combat and/or setting and keeping prep for same base. Once the prep level does hit 100, then experience and morale go up significantly. Especially in China, I don't keep changing prep as I want them to get to 100 for some base. Even if it's now in Japanese hands.

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ORIGINAL: ny59giants_MatrixForum

I'm painfully aware of the low experience levels for Allied LCUs. To raise them two things need to happen - ground combat and/or setting and keeping prep for same base. Once the prep level does hit 100, then experience and morale go up significantly. Especially in China, I don't keep changing prep as I want them to get to 100 for some base. Even if its now in Japanese hands.

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ORIGINAL: Anachro

It makes it harder in the sense that there are fewer gaps, but as michael states, a combined Allied CV unit can take on a smaller KB given the right ambush. Currently, 3 CVs are in Australia. 1 More is on its way, but is probably more than a week away.