RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A)

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29000Kevin -> RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) (10/24/2020 9:52:29 PM)
Well you got lucky in the previous August 27th result, Dean should only ever engage in CV vs CV engagement with LBA support otherwise he will need extreme good luck. Their is a AAR where two USN CV's were able to take on the whole KB and win, obviously that didn't happen. The allied pilots did not have the exp to take on the elite Zeros thanks to loses and attrition from the other CV or LBA vs CV battles. The weather was very favable with Heavy Rain being the second worse weather to successfully attack ships, which is why KB didn't get a scratch. While the USN got heavy clouds which is much easier to attack with most of the strike force getting through CAP. Pretty much it was a predictable outcome even if the USN/RN had a good dice roll, which it didn't get. If Dean's moral hadn't collapsed, Japan could've had rare fun in the West Coast of America or Pearl Harbor but it's great that the game was saved. I'll probably might go over to Dean's side and cheer him up with some videos and images or something about how America should most likely win the war or something. Edit: Although I rather prefer not to bump threads that haven't been posted on for over 20 days...

soulsilver -> RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) (10/25/2020 2:16:34 AM)
September 1st Spotted some cves near kodiak heading west. They might just be AO or TKs but dean might be attempting to resupply/retreat his troops on Adak once my carriers are gone. Bad weather has grounded most air operations in india and china recently so not much to report there. Dean retook Hyderabad with some tanks a few days ago before I could rail in reinforcements but has again left the base undefended. I'm gonna paradrop the base again this time with the 1st para division which should be able to hold out till I can rail in more troops. In china ground troops are flooding into the central plains near chungking. I've taken kieko north of chungking and am moving on the two other central chinese bases which aren't chungking. Once those bases are secure I'll move on chungking and begin the siege in ernest. The air field of chungking has been constantly bombed for the last few months so dean hasn't been able to increase the forts for a while now.

soulsilver -> RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) (10/25/2020 2:29:09 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: 29000Kevin Well you got lucky in the previous August 27th result, Dean should only ever engage in CV vs CV engagement with LBA support otherwise he will need extreme good luck. Their is a AAR where two USN CV's were able to take on the whole KB and win, obviously that didn't happen. The allied pilots did not have the exp to take on the elite Zeros thanks to loses and attrition from the other CV or LBA vs CV battles. The weather was very favable with Heavy Rain being the second worse weather to successfully attack ships, which is why KB didn't get a scratch. While the USN got heavy clouds which is much easier to attack with most of the strike force getting through CAP. Pretty much it was a predictable outcome even if the USN/RN had a good dice roll, which it didn't get. If Dean's moral hadn't collapsed, Japan could've had rare fun in the West Coast of America or Pearl Harbor but it's great that the game was saved. I'll probably might go over to Dean's side and cheer him up with some videos and images or something about how America should most likely win the war or something. Edit: Although I rather prefer not to bump threads that haven't been posted on for over 20 days... Dean has been too busy with school and perhaps too disheartened to consistently post to his AAR unfortunately. I think hes kinda given up on his AAR, so I'm the main cartographer of this game right now, which is a shame. I've definitely glosses over some stuff in my AAR, and obviously you guys have missed out on the allied perspective. Thank you for you analysis regarding how important weather was in the outcome of the battle. It hadn't even occurred to me that the battle might have been so decisive because of the weather.

John 3rd -> RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) (10/25/2020 6:56:28 AM)
Running a good AAR is a labor of love. The armchair quarterbacks don't understand that. You've done well with this one. Keep up the good work.

soulsilver -> RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) (10/25/2020 10:56:35 AM)
I should also mention that when we assumed that the game was dead we both ended up sharing passwords and rerolling the results of the turn a couple times for fun. The best result Dean got was 3 bomb hits on my CVs total, with my carriers still coming and sinking most of his TF. we have both changed our passwords, but I ended up looking around at what dean was doing at the time (when we both assumed the game was over) and pointed out to dean a bunch of **** that he wasn't doing or should fix. Hopefully that help him a bit in the long term. Also apparently for what ever reason the Pakistani Division that was supposed to spawn at Karachi after the emergency reinforcements were triggered did not spawn in, so 1 less division I need to worry about [:D][:D][:D]. The forts were last seen to be 4 and half way to 5.... Chungking wasn't much better stuck at 6.... So I'm a little optimistic that I might be able to take them both faster than expected. First priority is to slow down fort construction at Karchi which will be done by naval and air bombardment.

soulsilver -> RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) (10/25/2020 11:12:55 AM)
September 4th a few days ago I laid a sub minefield at Noumea which was able to kill an xakl. Today some allied minesweepers cleared the minefield. TF 160 encounters mine field at Noumea (115,160) Allied Ships DMS Trevor AM Punjab AM Madras AM Bombay AM Cootamundra AM Cessnock PG Sacramento 34 mines cleared The main event today was the CVE's I spotted yesterday being confirmed to be heading to Kodiak as I-30 put two fishes into the Long Island. Unfortunately 1 of them was a dud! I think this makes it fairly clear that dean has not given up on Adak, he really should just write off the troops there and go elsewhere, but it seems that despite our recent carrier fiasco he still has tunnel vision on the Aleutians. Sub attack near Kodiak at 182,43 Japanese Ships SS I-30 Allied Ships CVE Long Island, Torpedo hits 1 DD Bison II DD Arrow Near pago pago the I-131 torps a cargoship. Submarine attack near Pago Pago at 149,161 Japanese Ships SS I-31 Allied Ships xAK Cycle, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage Also near Kodiak a large surface TF is spotted heading towards Kodiak. These ships were previously escorting the US fleet carriers, I wonder if the carriers were not spotted or if dean has just withdrawn them to keep them safe. attack near Kodiak at 183,42 Japanese Ships SS I-30 Allied Ships DD Lardner BB Prince of Wales BB North Carolina CA Quincy CL Honolulu CLAA San Juan CLAA San Diego DD Downes DD Bancroft DD Kilty DD Dewey DD Dale DD Aylwin Over the Aleutians some P-38s sweep the dot base next to Adak, unfortunately some nicks on LRCAP get drawn into the battle. I lose 5 nicks but only lose 1 pilot killed in return for 1 p-38 shot down. Morning Air attack on Great Sitkin Island , at 163,52 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 15 Allied aircraft P-38F Lightning x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed No Allied losses Also on a side note I am currently at a 4.184 VP ratio, so unless dean does something drastic, I'm gonna get auto victory. We already agreed to play on after auto victory if it occurs, but I suspect that it will affect dean's morale. In terms of R&D news the D4Y1 will enter service next month, along with the J1n1-c and the D4Y1-c. I plan to convert the val factory to the Judy and a the C5m2 factory to the D4y1-c so the R&D factories can accelerate the successor airframes.

soulsilver -> RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) (10/26/2020 5:16:51 AM)
September 6th Dean is 100% trying to either reinforce or resupply adak/evac adak right now. 2 TF were spotted heading west from Kodiak one containing a bunch of cruisers and 2 BBs and one containing CVs of some sort. The IJN carriers just got back to Ominato and were able to rearm and refuel. They will sortie back to the Aleutians with the Taikaku this time. Adak has been reinforced by an SNLF brigade, and 2 SNLF guards along with a squadron of Nicks and a squad of Tojos. If he's trying to evac Adak I think my carriers will get there in time. Unfortunately the Vals were unable to unload in time at Amchitka so the Air transport TF will withdraw to the west for now. I have to say I'm surprised that dean is being this ballsy, didn't think he would be stupid enough to try this while I have my carriers up here. A light cruiser TF up at Paramushiro will also sortie and attempt to get around and engage his carriers in a surface battle.

soulsilver -> RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) (10/26/2020 7:08:27 AM)
September 6th Bombardment of Karachi The Ise and Fuso class BBs conducted a night bombardment of Karchi that was uncontested by both air and Naval units. The BBs weren't even spotted I assume due to the heavy storms in the area. In case they were spotted, Carrier Divison 4 was on station along with the CVEs to provide LRCAP. I have to say it went as well as I could have hoped with about 150 planes destroyed on the ground. This bombardment will save me a lot of plane and pilot losses in my upcoming air campaign. I'll start sweeping as soon as the air base at Hyderabad is up and running again. Night Naval bombardment of Karachi at 40,8 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 70 damaged Blenheim IV: 14 destroyed on ground P-40E Warhawk: 35 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 14 destroyed on ground Vengeance I: 3 destroyed on ground Hurricane IIa Trop: 14 damaged Hurricane IIa Trop: 3 destroyed on ground Albacore I: 8 damaged Albacore I: 1 destroyed on ground Spitfire VIII: 2 damaged Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed on ground P-400 Airacobra: 13 damaged P-400 Airacobra: 2 destroyed on ground B-26 Marauder: 51 damaged B-26 Marauder: 3 destroyed on ground Hurricane IIc Trop: 9 damaged Hurricane IIc Trop: 7 destroyed on ground Hudson IIIa: 27 damaged Hudson IIIa: 6 destroyed on ground OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 17 damaged OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 7 destroyed on ground B-25C Mitchell: 63 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 10 destroyed on ground Wellington Ic: 32 damaged Wellington Ic: 6 destroyed on ground P-39D Airacobra: 38 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 7 destroyed on ground Beaufort I: 7 damaged Beaufort I: 1 destroyed on ground Lysander II: 18 damaged Lysander II: 2 destroyed on ground F4F-3 Wildcat: 5 damaged F4F-3 Wildcat: 3 destroyed on ground Mohawk IV: 11 damaged Mohawk IV: 6 destroyed on ground P-40K Warhawk: 2 damaged A-24 Banshee: 6 damaged A-24 Banshee: 1 destroyed on ground Hurricane IIb Trop: 4 damaged Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed on ground Wapiti IIa: 2 damaged Japanese Ships BB Hyuga BB Ise BB Yamashiro BB Fuso DD Hibiki DD Harusame DD Arashio DD Asashio DD Kuroshio DD Kagero DMS W-12 DMS W-11 Allied ground losses: 893 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 17 disabled Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 70 disabled Engineers: 7 destroyed, 10 disabled Guns lost 19 (5 destroyed, 14 disabled) Vehicles lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled) Airbase hits 63 Airbase supply hits 14 Runway hits 132 Port hits 1 At Bombay some IJA level bombers clean the port of aux ships. Morning Air attack on Bombay , at 36,24 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 31 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 36 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 26 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AG Haitan, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk AS Lucia, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage AGP Barracuda, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk AMc Travancore, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage Repair Shipyard hits 1 Port hits 5 Port fuel hits 1 Up in the Aleutians bad weather prevents the NAVs from launching so we have lost contact with the allied relief force. The CVs will continue towards the Aleutians for now. a Bunch of the CVL fighter airwings were able to upgrade to A6M5s while at Ominato so my carrier force is even deadlier especially with Taikaku in tow. Its possible dean called off the attack after I chewed him out for launching such a hopeless and risky operation.

soulsilver -> RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) (10/27/2020 11:47:25 PM)
September 10th The allies launched an air attack on Hyderabad today which damaged the air field a bit, but he paid a heavy price in blood. around 56 allied planes were lost for around 14 Japanese planes shot down and another 10 lost to OPs. Morning Air attack on Hyderabad (Sindh) , at 42,10 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 7 A6M5 Zero x 27 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 9 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIa Trop x 2 Hurricane IIb Trop x 8 Hurricane IIc Trop x 5 P-39D Airacobra x 14 P-400 Airacobra x 11 P-40E Warhawk x 34 F4F-3 Wildcat x 8 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M5 Zero: 5 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 8 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hyderabad (Sindh) , at 42,10 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 A6M5 Zero x 12 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 5 Allied aircraft Beaufort I x 3 Blenheim IV x 12 Hudson IIIa x 3 Lysander II x 28 Mohawk IV x 9 Wapiti IIa x 2 Wellington Ic x 5 B-25C Mitchell x 5 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Beaufort I: 1 damaged Blenheim IV: 4 damaged Hudson IIIa: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Lysander II: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Mohawk IV: 2 destroyed Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 21 During the night we bombarded Bombay again to prevent fort construction. I have another Bombardment of Karachi coming in a few days. Night Naval bombardment of Bombay at 36,24 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 41 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Kumano CA Suzuya CA Mikuma CA Mogami DD Murasame DD Naganami DD Makigumo Allied ground losses: 421 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 35 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 16 (2 destroyed, 14 disabled) Vehicles lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled) Heavy Industry hits 1 Manpower hits 1 Fires 204 Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 21 Port hits 4 Port fuel hits 1 Outside Karachi the I-166 found a target. A few day ago Junyo and Hiyo and Co sunk around half a dozen cargo ships heading towards Karachi from Abadan at the cost of around 10 planes. Gonna hold off anymore carriers strikes until allied air power is thinned down a bit more by sweeps and naval bombardment. Submarine attack near Karachi at 38,5 Japanese Ships SS I-166 Allied Ships xAK St Essylt, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

soulsilver -> RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) (10/28/2020 7:02:07 AM)
September 12th Dean launched another large air strike on Hyderabad today but unfortunately for him his sweeps went in after the bombers, and several of his bombers came in unescorted, and in a piecemeal fashion. The first wave was not pretty for dean. Morning Air attack on Hyderabad (Sindh) , at 42,10 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 27 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 141 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18 Allied aircraft Beaufort I x 4 Blenheim IV x 10 Hudson IIIa x 9 Lysander II x 10 Mohawk IV x 4 Spitfire VIII x 10 Wapiti IIa x 2 Wellington Ic x 7 B-25C Mitchell x 12 P-39D Airacobra x 9 P-40E Warhawk x 14 P-40K Warhawk x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 damaged Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses Beaufort I: 2 destroyed Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Hudson IIIa: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged Lysander II: 5 destroyed Mohawk IV: 1 destroyed Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed Wapiti IIa: 1 destroyed Wellington Ic: 3 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 21 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 24 The second wave faired even worse. Morning Air attack on Hyderabad (Sindh) , at 42,10 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 22 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 135 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 7 Lysander II x 7 Mohawk IV x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 4 destroyed Lysander II: 4 destroyed Mohawk IV: 3 destroyed Finally some fighter sweeps showed up and traded alright. Morning Air attack on Hyderabad (Sindh) , at 42,10 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 22 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 122 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 14 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIa Trop x 5 Hurricane IIc Trop x 11 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIc Trop: 2 destroyed Lastly another group of unescorted bombers got mauled. Morning Air attack on Hyderabad (Sindh) , at 42,10 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 19 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 100 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 9 Allied aircraft Lysander II x 9 B-25C Mitchell x 10 B-26 Marauder x 7 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Lysander II: 3 destroyed B-25C Mitchell: 6 destroyed B-26 Marauder: 5 destroyed There are a few more smaller strikes that went in as well that I have not shown but suffice to say that by the end of the day dean had lost 126 planes while shooting down 42 of mine. I lost around 7 pilots killed with another 7 injured. I suspect that most of deans pilots that were shot down were lost. At the end of the day I-6 spotted a sizeable TF off San Francisco ASW attack near San Francisco at 216,70 Japanese Ships SS I-6 Allied Ships DD Meredith BB Prince of Wales CA Quincy CL Honolulu CLAA San Juan DD Aylwin DD Sims DD Kilty DD Dewey DD Dale DD Downes

soulsilver -> RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) (10/28/2020 7:13:26 AM)
September 13th The Ise and Fuso class BBs bombarded karachi today but found dean had laid a few traps for them. Some PT boats were guarding the harbour but the BBs and DDs made short work of them despite bumping into them at 2k yards at night... Gonna send in DDs/PBs to clear out PT boats before future BB bombardments. Night Time Surface Combat, near Karachi at 40,8, Range 2,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Fuso BB Yamashiro BB Ise BB Hyuga DD Kagero DD Kuroshio DD Asashio DD Arashio DD Harusame DD Hibiki Allied Ships ML No. 187 ML No. 189, Shell hits 1, and is sunk ML No. 191, Shell hits 1, and is sunk ML No. 193, Shell hits 1, and is sunk ML No. 194, Shell hits 4, and is sunk ML No. 200, Shell hits 1, and is sunk Reduced visibility due to Thunderstorms with 10% moonlight Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 10% moonlight: 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 The next surprise was Naval bombers set to night attack that attacks the BBs and her escorts scoring no hits. Night Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 40,8 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft Vengeance I x 6 Allied aircraft losses Vengeance I: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships BB Fuso BB Yamashiro Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Vengeance I bombing from 1000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 40,8 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Allied aircraft Vengeance I x 5 No Allied losses Japanese Ships BB Hyuga DD Kuroshio My guess is that the weather really helped here, although when I last checked the exp of the naval bombers dean had here a week back, their naval bombing skill was abysmal so I wasn't clenching my butt cheeks watching this. Then finally the bombardment went through and it was pretty devastating but not as fantastic as the previous one. Naval bombardment is gonna make the siege of Karachi a hell of a lot easier that's for sure. Night Naval bombardment of Karachi at 40,8 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIc Trop: 39 damaged Hurricane IIc Trop: 6 destroyed on ground P-40E Warhawk: 47 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 7 destroyed on ground Blenheim IV: 25 damaged Blenheim IV: 4 destroyed on ground B-26 Marauder: 5 damaged B-26 Marauder: 2 destroyed on ground B-25C Mitchell: 24 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 6 destroyed on ground P-39D Airacobra: 20 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground P-400 Airacobra: 9 damaged P-400 Airacobra: 4 destroyed on ground Hurricane IIa Trop: 9 damaged Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed on ground Wellington Ic: 24 damaged Wellington Ic: 4 destroyed on ground Hudson IIIa: 1 destroyed on ground Albacore I: 6 damaged Albacore I: 1 destroyed on ground Beaufort I: 1 damaged Beaufort I: 1 destroyed on ground F4F-3 Wildcat: 16 damaged F4F-3 Wildcat: 2 destroyed on ground Vengeance I: 8 damaged Vengeance I: 1 destroyed on ground P-40K Warhawk: 1 damaged P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 4 damaged OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 2 destroyed on ground Mohawk IV: 4 damaged Mohawk IV: 3 destroyed on ground Hurricane PR.II: 5 damaged Hurricane PR.II: 1 destroyed on ground Spitfire VIII: 6 damaged Spitfire VIII: 2 destroyed on ground A-24 Banshee: 4 damaged A-24 Banshee: 1 destroyed on ground Lysander II: 2 damaged Japanese Ships BB Hyuga BB Ise BB Yamashiro BB Fuso DD Hibiki DD Harusame DD Arashio DD Asashio DD Kuroshio DD Kagero Allied ground losses: 429 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 71 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled Guns lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled) Vehicles lost 22 (6 destroyed, 16 disabled) Airbase hits 37 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 59 Up in the Aleutians some P-38s came out to play with my Tojos and Nicks. The defenders did ok but ended up trading 1:2 but I figure I still went positive in terms of pilot losses. Morning Air attack on Adak Island , at 162,52 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 16 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 23 Allied aircraft P-38E Lightning x 14 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38E Lightning: 3 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Adak Island , at 162,52 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 10 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 17 Allied aircraft P-38E Lightning x 11 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38E Lightning: 1 destroyed

soulsilver -> RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) (10/28/2020 7:20:11 AM)
Here's a quick picture of Northwest India right now. [image]local://upfiles/70868/F9E74D1B1212450D8A0ADC95DCD5FBBA.jpg[/image]

soulsilver -> RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) (10/28/2020 7:30:00 AM)
Update on China as well. [image]local://upfiles/70868/6CC046CF4A35480B93C4305612CF91D8.jpg[/image]

soulsilver -> RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) (10/29/2020 10:27:13 AM)
September 16th Over the past few intervening days I have launched offensive sweeps which didn't go well. The next naval bombardment should help make up for those losses. A TF of 1 CL and 2 DDs entered Bombay harbour today to clear it of PT boats in preparation for a bombardment tommorow. The TF found the expected PT boats along with a 4 stacker US destroyer. The crack IJN night fighters soon put half the PT boats to the bottom in a series of 3 engagements. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Karachi at 40,8, Range 2,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Oi DD Makigumo, Shell hits 1 DD Naganami Allied Ships DD Pillsbury, Shell hits 6, on fire ML No. 187 ML No. 201 ML No. 202 ML No. 204 ML No. 214 ML No. 230 ML No. 245 ML No. 246 ML No. 247, Shell hits 5, and is sunk ML No. 269, Shell hits 1 ML No. 303, Shell hits 2 Low visibility due to Rain with 35% moonlight Maximum visibility in Rain and 35% moonlight: 3,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards The IJN TF then finished off the DD. Night Time Surface Combat, near Karachi at 40,8, Range 3,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Oi DD Makigumo DD Naganami Allied Ships DD Pillsbury, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk ML No. 303, Shell hits 1, and is sunk The third engagement sunk another 3 more PT boats. Day Time Surface Combat, near Karachi at 39,9, Range 5,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Oi DD Makigumo DD Naganami Allied Ships ML No. 187 ML No. 201 ML No. 202, Shell hits 1, and is sunk ML No. 204 ML No. 214, Shell hits 2, and is sunk ML No. 230, Shell hits 1 ML No. 245 ML No. 246, Shell hits 2, and is sunk ML No. 269, Shell hits 1 The BBs will stop at Karachi tomorrow just after another sweep made by a small CL TF. Air sweeps will also go in. [image]local://upfiles/70868/58045737E41D44A1BE8F138112C46994.jpg[/image]

soulsilver -> RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) (10/30/2020 12:15:11 AM)
September 17th The BBs go in first by accident today, so they have to deal with the PT boat screen. Thankfully they don't take any damage and are able to clean up the PTs before bombarding. Night Time Surface Combat, near Karachi at 40,8, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Fuso BB Yamashiro BB Ise BB Hyuga CL Abukuma DD Kuroshio DD Harusame DMS W-11 DMS W-12 Allied Ships ML No. 187 ML No. 201, Shell hits 2, and is sunk ML No. 204, Shell hits 1, and is sunk ML No. 230, Shell hits 3, and is sunk ML No. 245, Shell hits 1, and is sunk ML No. 269, Shell hits 1, and is sunk The BBs also get attack by dive bombers attacking at night, I sleep zzzzzzzzz[>:]. Night Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 40,8 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft Vengeance I x 3 Allied aircraft losses Vengeance I: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships BB Ise But then some **ing Biplanes show up and my heart is racing. If anything is going to hit my BBs its gonna be the **ing British Biplanes ofc. Thankfully they miss with their torpedo's and a heart attack is averted. Night Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 40,8 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft Albacore I x 8 No Allied losses Japanese Ships BB Fuso BB Hyuga The BBs then Bombard Karachi. Night Naval bombardment of Karachi at 40,8 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 15 damaged Blenheim IV: 7 destroyed on ground Wellington Ic: 35 damaged Wellington Ic: 8 destroyed on ground P-40E Warhawk: 48 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 9 destroyed on ground P-39D Airacobra: 17 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 7 destroyed on ground OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 11 damaged OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 destroyed on ground B-25C Mitchell: 10 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 9 destroyed on ground Hurricane IIb Trop: 14 damaged Hurricane IIb Trop: 3 destroyed on ground Hudson IIIa: 5 damaged Hudson IIIa: 5 destroyed on ground P-400 Airacobra: 18 damaged P-400 Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground Lysander II: 12 damaged Lysander II: 3 destroyed on ground F4F-3 Wildcat: 13 damaged F4F-3 Wildcat: 4 destroyed on ground B-26 Marauder: 9 damaged B-26 Marauder: 3 destroyed on ground Vengeance I: 4 damaged Vengeance I: 2 destroyed on ground Hurricane IIa Trop: 2 damaged Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed on ground P-40K Warhawk: 9 damaged P-40K Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground A-24 Banshee: 10 damaged A-24 Banshee: 1 destroyed on ground Mohawk IV: 5 damaged Mohawk IV: 1 destroyed on ground B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground Hurricane IIc Trop: 3 damaged Hurricane IIc Trop: 2 destroyed on ground Spitfire VIII: 5 damaged Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed on ground Albacore I: 4 damaged Hurricane PR.II: 1 damaged Hurricane PR.II: 1 destroyed on ground Japanese Ships BB Hyuga BB Ise BB Yamashiro BB Fuso CL Abukuma DD Harusame DD Kuroshio DMS W-12 DMS W-11 Allied ground losses: 1037 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 60 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 13 disabled Guns lost 23 (3 destroyed, 20 disabled) Vehicles lost 13 (3 destroyed, 10 disabled) Airbase hits 38 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 71 Later in the day Sweeps go in and trade fairly evenly. Afternoon Air attack on Karachi , at 40,8 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2-N Rufe x 4 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIa Trop x 8 Hurricane IIb Trop x 2 Hurricane IIc Trop x 13 Mohawk IV x 2 Spitfire VIII x 4 P-39D Airacobra x 7 P-400 Airacobra x 3 P-40E Warhawk x 17 P-40K Warhawk x 2 F4F-3 Wildcat x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed P-400 Airacobra: 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

soulsilver -> RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) (10/31/2020 9:34:09 AM)
September 23rd An allied carrier was spotted west of Socotra up near Karachi. Most likely the Enterprise since its a little too soon for the Wasp and Yorktown to be over here. The carrier was detected to have around 30 fighters and 30 bombers. Carrier Division 4 sortied to engage but the TF fled off map after being spotted. I was a little sloppy today and didnt provide LCAP to the Cruiser TF going to bombard Karachi, and I paid for it with Mikuma receiving a torpedo from a biplane. About what I would expect tbh. The rest of the Bombardment group will carry on with the bombardment while Mikuma limps back to port with 30 float, 30 engine, and 20 systems damage. Mikuma will detatch and retreat south covered by fighters at Hyderabad, with bad weather hopefully covering her escape. Thunderstorms are predicted on all 3 northern weather sections of the map. Morning Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 36,8 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft E13A1 Jake x 1 Allied aircraft Albacore I x 5 Hurricane IIc Trop x 2 Japanese aircraft losses E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Albacore I: 3 damaged Japanese Ships CA Suzuya CA Mikuma, Torpedo hits 1 The BBs are rearmed as well and Will bombard again on the following day. The good news however was that I've sunk a large AO and a Tanker over the few intervening days and Deans CAP is at the end of its rope up in Karachi. Further Bombardments will only make it worse. Morning Air attack on Karachi , at 40,8 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 140 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 38 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 55 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIa Trop x 2 Hurricane IIb Trop x 4 Hurricane IIc Trop x 1 Mohawk IV x 4 Spitfire VIII x 2 P-39D Airacobra x 2 P-40E Warhawk x 4 P-40K Warhawk x 1 F4F-3 Wildcat x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed Mohawk IV: 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Lahaina at 184,106 Japanese Ships SS I-7 Allied Ships AO Victoria, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage SC-702 Sweeps up in the Aleutians trade fairly evenly, ive started Putting my cap super low like 3-8k and it has significantly increased dean's p-38 losses. Morning Air attack on Adak Island , at 162,52 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 19 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 22 Allied aircraft P-38E Lightning x 11 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38E Lightning: 3 destroyed

soulsilver -> RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) (11/2/2020 3:29:46 AM)
September 26th The day starts with some annoying night bombing up north in the Aleutians. A few Nicks will be set to night cap at 5k. Night Air attack on Adak Island , at 162,52 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 3 Japanese aircraft losses H8K1 Emily: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 3 A sub gets some revenge near perth. Japanese Ships SS I-24 Allied Ships xAK Michael Livanos, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage East of Marcus island some DD raiders found 2 port units being transported up to the aleutians and sink them and are not spotted despite being within the search arcs of my recon. Gonna move some Jakes up here and switch the flying boats to 360 degree search arcs at 15 hex range. Day Time Surface Combat, near Marcus Island at 132,87, Range 18,000 Yards Japanese Ships PB Yokae Maru, Shell hits 22, and is sunk PB Uruboko Maru, Shell hits 18, and is sunk xAK Oridono Maru, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAK Daigen Maru, Shell hits 21, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAK Aiyo Maru, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Lansdowne DD Bailey DD Gansevoort DD Arrow DD Foxhound DD Inconstant Japanese ground losses: 5221 casualties reported Squads: 41 destroyed, 29 disabled Non Combat: 70 destroyed, 172 disabled Engineers: 14 destroyed, 7 disabled Guns lost 22 (21 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 14 (12 destroyed, 2 disabled) My fighters set to low cap are doing pretty well against the P-38s now. Pretty happy with the trades over Adak. Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 18 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 19 Allied aircraft P-38E Lightning x 10 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38E Lightning: 3 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Adak Island , at 162,52 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 16 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 16 Allied aircraft P-38E Lightning x 34 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38E Lightning: 3 destroyed

soulsilver -> RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) (11/2/2020 3:45:33 AM)
September 28th The big news today is that the allies have withdrawn/disbanded all air units in Karachi, meaning the air war for India is over!!! approximately 500 allied planes were destroyed on the ground via bombardment with another around another 100 in the air. BANZAI BANZAI BANZAI. Now the grueling siege of Karachi well and truly begins. I'm gonna coordinate my first assault on the city with a bombardment by the BBs and CAs. Nicks set to night cap disrupt a B-17 night attack. weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 5 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged Some Allied DDs are probing near the Solomon islands. Gonna get a sentai of Vals over here, and convert a sentai of dive bomber lilys once those come online. Morning Air attack on TF, near Choiseul Bay at 113,132 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 G4M1 Betty x 18 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged Allied Ships DD Kingston DD Oreleck DD Kimberly DD McKee

soulsilver -> RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) (11/3/2020 4:11:39 AM)
Mikuma made it back to a repair dockyard a few days ago and is repairing. [image]local://upfiles/70868/4D0CEEE317954BE2AB929A585B44D68B.jpg[/image]

soulsilver -> RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) (11/3/2020 4:25:38 AM)
October 2nd The Judy and Judy-c have begun production along side the J1n1-c. I've switched over the Val factory to Judy and a B5N1 factory I had that was using up one of the old engine pools to fill out training units. I wont be making many judys until the end of the month, but I plan to expand my production up to around 90. All 120 R&D factories have remained to push towards the D4Y5. The A6M8 will go into production in about 5 days from now when the factory accelerates to the current month, Once its done I think I'll reinvest at least half of the R&D into newer fighter models such as the N1K1 and K-84a. Ive been trying to probe Dean's Nav search in a way similar to see if I can conduct some surface raids in retaliation, but yesterday 2 AMCs were spotted and sunk by PBYs. I'm gonna start equipping my cruisers with Ruffes to protect them from PBYs. Over Karachi I've begun bombing the manpower hoping to start fires and destroy supply. Not sure if this is more efficient than just bombing the air field. I really wish I had a heavy bomber for this job but the G8N1 doesn't arrive till 1945 with no upgrade path, making it kind of pointless. I'm currently flying my bombers at 12k feet which is high enough to stay away from 40mm bofors but should I be flying higher despite the decreased accuracy? I'm losing around 4-5 bombers per day from flak so IDK.

soulsilver -> RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) (11/3/2020 2:47:46 PM)
October 3rd Attack on Karachi is going in tomorrow here a picture of the AV prior to the attack. [image]local://upfiles/70868/52311C01EC1546138B44D27357E2CEED.jpg[/image]

soulsilver -> RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) (11/3/2020 3:03:23 PM)
October 4th Attack on Karachi #1 Air attacks went in beforehand in a few groups to soften up Karachi. Three attacks do about as much damage as this one and are not very effective. Morning Air attack on 23rd Indian Division, at 40,8 (Karachi) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 124 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 36 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 29 A6M2-N Rufe x 4 A6M5 Zero x 12 E13A1 Jake x 2 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 12 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 9 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 15 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 16 damaged Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 12 damaged Ki-49-IIa Helen: 10 damaged Allied ground losses: 25 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled The bombardment before hand was a bit more effective. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Karachi at 40,8 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 27 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships BB Hyuga BB Ise BB Yamashiro BB Fuso CA Kumano CA Suzuya, Shell hits 5 CA Mogami CL Abukuma CL Sendai DD Harusame DD Murasame DD Kuroshio DD Naganami DD Makigumo DMS W-12 DMS W-11 Allied Ships AMc Ahmedabad, Shell hits 1, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 1417 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 128 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Guns lost 29 (8 destroyed, 21 disabled) Vehicles lost 26 (5 destroyed, 21 disabled) Fires 2909 Airbase hits 26 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 70 Port hits 7 Port fuel hits 2 Then the attack on Karachi itself. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi (40,8) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 202411 troops, 2080 guns, 1887 vehicles, Assault Value = 6521 Defending force 167031 troops, 2343 guns, 1825 vehicles, Assault Value = 3683 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4 Japanese adjusted assault: 3233 Allied adjusted defense: 6991 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 4) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 19268 casualties reported Squads: 371 destroyed, 1641 disabled Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 330 disabled Engineers: 73 destroyed, 303 disabled Guns lost 187 (13 destroyed, 174 disabled) Vehicles lost 234 (21 destroyed, 213 disabled) Allied ground losses: 5669 casualties reported Squads: 37 destroyed, 387 disabled Non Combat: 30 destroyed, 356 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 105 disabled Guns lost 117 (17 destroyed, 100 disabled) Vehicles lost 172 (17 destroyed, 155 disabled) Another Division, the arty and engineers from the Philippines are on their way. I just bought another Division out of Manchuria which will probably also be moved over here. That should give me 17 Divisions to play with. The most damaged units will move to Hyderabad to replenish, while air and naval bombardment will continue. [image]local://upfiles/70868/9D3F574F74B04393B8AD7E328EF1A045.jpg[/image]

soulsilver -> RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) (11/5/2020 2:51:30 AM)
October 8th Allies appear to be attempting to resupply/reinforce Adak. A few CVEs are covering the landings along with at least 1 BB. Minesweepers went in first to clean out my mine and got shredded. I still have around 400 Mines in the base. Most of my carriers are not close enough to intercept. Carrier Division 2 is at Saipan, and will move up to the Aleutians. The rest of my carriers are protecting my BBs near Karachi. The Nagato sisters, Yamato, and about 6 CLs and a dozen DDs are on station to possibly intercept if he stays long enough, but the BB are just leaving Tokyo now after upgrading. Naval attacks on his shipping were repeatably unable to find their targets today so the 27 Vals I had up there disappointed the emperor. I plan to move 2 units of G4Ms up here to help in the future. TF 88 encounters mine field at Adak Island (162,52) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 47 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DMS Hopkins, Shell hits 6, on fire YMS-99, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage YMS-98, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage YMS-97, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage YMS-96, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage YMS-95, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage YMS-94, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage All the air attacks were small and came in piece meal. Morning Air attack on TF, near Atka Island at 164,51 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 41 H8K1 Emily x 3 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 16 F4F-4 Wildcat x 31 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 5 destroyed H8K1 Emily: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-3 Wildcat: 3 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed Allied Ships CVE Hammondsport -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Atka Island at 164,53 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A1 Val x 2 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 4 F4F-4 Wildcat x 22 Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed No Allied losses Allied Ships BB Maryland -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Chuginadak Island at 168,54 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3 No Japanese losses Allied Ships SC-741, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk In other news yesterday an h8k1 nailed a DD with 2 Torps that was poking around near the gilberts. Not a fair trade for the cargo ships they sunk earlier but at least some well deserved revenge. In terms of Air production the A6M8 has been in production for a few days. I'm currently making around 220, but Once I fill out my units I'll shut off some of the factories.

soulsilver -> RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) (11/5/2020 6:23:35 AM)
snap shot of the Aleutians on October 8th Note that 5 Allied BBs are supporting the landings at Adak but have used at least some of their ammo suppressing the coastal guns over 2 days. [image]local://upfiles/70868/C836A84C4D0145349AAF476D21139F7B.jpg[/image]

jdsrae -> RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) (11/5/2020 7:52:40 AM)
What level field forts does your Army at Karachi have? If you let them dig in to level 1 or 2 that should help reduce casualties in the next attack. If you move them they lose their field forts and have to dig in from scratch again.

soulsilver -> RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) (11/5/2020 10:45:43 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jdsrae What level field forts does your Army at Karachi have? If you let them dig in to level 1 or 2 that should help reduce casualties in the next attack. If you move them they lose their field forts and have to dig in from scratch again. Hmm I didn't know that field forts would reduce casualties on the attack, not all the Divs have been cycled out yet so I'll leave the ones that didn't move outside the city. The rest might as well move back to Hyderabad to recover.

soulsilver -> RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) (11/6/2020 4:08:03 AM)
October 10th Allied support units continue to unload at Adak, and the coastal guns are having an easier time disrupting these activities. The BBs look like they are mostly out of ammo in their 16" and 14" guns. Invasion Support action off Adak Island (162,52) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 171 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships xAP St. Mihel, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage BB South Dakota BB West Virginia xAK Admiral Y. Williams, Shell hits 1, on fire AP William Ward Burrows DD Delphy DD Kipling Allied ground losses: 137 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled In the Rabaul Area some B-17s are bombing some my forward air fields but I'm not too concerned by that at the moment as deans real thrust rn looks to be in the Aleutians. Most of my carriers are too far away to bother sending but the Shokaku, Ryujo, and Zuikaku are moving to engage his CVS which have around 50 fighters and 16 bombers. On the ground in the Aleutians the Allies made their first attack which was repulsed a SNLF unit is currenltly being transfered via air to Adak, and will be followed by a regiment. Once the carriers and BBs get up here I also have a Division ready to reinforce the Island. Ground combat at Adak Island (162,52) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 30626 troops, 566 guns, 431 vehicles, Assault Value = 1039 Defending force 21065 troops, 335 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 512 Allied adjusted assault: 566 Japanese adjusted defense: 535 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 4) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 1567 casualties reported Squads: 9 destroyed, 147 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 25 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled Guns lost 60 (6 destroyed, 54 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 865 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 103 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 25 disabled Engineers: 16 destroyed, 73 disabled Guns lost 35 (2 destroyed, 33 disabled) Vehicles lost 24 (2 destroyed, 22 disabled) Assaulting units: 151st Cmbt Engineer Battalion 1st Marine Division 102nd Cmbt Engineer Regiment 159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 34th Cmbt Engineer Regiment 802nd Cmbt Engineer Battalion 25th Infantry Division 22nd Marine Regiment 110th Cmbt Engineer Battalion 762nd Tank Battalion 145th Field Artillery Battalion 1st AmphTrac Engineer Battalion 181st Field Artillery Battalion 183rd Field Artillery Battalion 165th Field Artillery Battalion 188th Field Artillery Battalion 1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion 31st Port Maint Engineer Battalion Defending units: 2nd China Assault Division Combined 8th SNLF 2nd Sasebo Assault Division 82nd Naval Guard Unit 17th Port Unit 13th Air Flotilla 5th JNAF AF Unit 36th JNAF AF Unit

soulsilver -> RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) (11/6/2020 12:03:35 PM)
October 12th Nav search let me down today, I spotted what I thought was 6 DDs over near Funafuti south of Tarawa being resupplied by some AOs. A TF of 5 DDs and the CA Nachi went to engage, but walked into a much larger TF than what my recon was telling me. This was after a few days of the TF being spotted and even attacked by H8Ks which went for the DDs. The results werent ideal but not as bad as I expected. by the time the dust cleared I had confirmed to have sunk at least 1 DD at the cost of the CA Nachi and DD Usugumo. The rest will make it back lightly damaged. Day Time Surface Combat, near Funafuti at 138,147, Range 26,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Nachi, Shell hits 27, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Shiratsuyu DD Akatsuki, Shell hits 1 DD Fubuki, Shell hits 1 DD Shinonome, Shell hits 2, heavy fires DD Usugumo, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships CA New Orleans, Shell hits 5, on fire CA Vincennes, Shell hits 1, on fire CL Helena DD Hughes, Shell hits 2 DD Benham, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Ellet, Shell hits 3, on fire DD MacDonough, Shell hits 3, heavy fires DD McKee, Shell hits 3, heavy fires CA Algerie, Shell hits 3 DD Kingston, Shell hits 3, heavy fires DD Kimberly, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Up in the Aleutians the weather is supposed to clear so 36 G4Ms and 36 G3Ms along with 20 Vals will attempt to attack the Allied landing ships and BBs protecting them. Hopefully the weather is good.

soulsilver -> RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) (11/7/2020 11:26:08 AM)
October 14th The Betties didn't launch yesterday due to bad weather, It looks like dean might be preparing for a round 2, since he is still unable to take the base, I'm gonna reinforce Adak with the 9th Division in the mean time, And start building another base at Shemya Island as a reserve depot base, and to prevent the out flanking of my troops on Adak. An Initial bombardment by the vanguard at Chungking gives an idea of what is there. Ground combat at Chungking (76,45) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 91950 troops, 1114 guns, 509 vehicles, Assault Value = 2727 Defending force 151163 troops, 803 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4432 Japanese ground losses: 578 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 52 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled) Allied ground losses: 184 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled) Assaulting units: 9th Ind.Mixed Brigade 6th Division 34th Division 3rd Division 57th Infantry Brigade 39th Division 17th Division 4th Garrison Unit 26th Engineer Regiment 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 1st Mortar Battalion 14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment 4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 4th Mortar Battalion 4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Mortar Battalion 12th Army 21st Mortar Battalion 3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 11th Army 11th Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 43rd Chinese Corps 13th Chinese Corps 8th Construction Regiment 19th Chinese Corps 200th Chinese Division 45th Chinese Corps 49th Chinese Corps 94th Chinese Corps 51st Chinese Corps 7th New Chinese Corps 86th Chinese Corps 14th Chinese Corps 53rd Chinese Corps 71st Chinese Corps 16th Construction Regiment 3rd Chinese Corps 85th Chinese Corps 13th Construction Regiment 37th Chinese Corps 10th Construction Regiment 57th Chinese Corps 12th Construction Regiment 10th Chinese Base Force 23rd Group Army 3rd Construction Regiment Central Reserve 10th Group Army China Command 7th Construction Regiment 20th Artillery Regiment 39th Group Army CAF HQ 1st War Area 22nd Artillery Regiment 32nd Group Army 13th Chinese Base Force 21st Group Army 56th AT Gun Regiment 57th AT Gun Regiment 3rd War Area 49th AA Regiment 41st AA Regiment 4th Heavy Mortar Regiment 25th Group Army 14th Chinese Base Force

soulsilver -> RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) (11/8/2020 5:13:52 AM)
October 15th Not a ton to report today, Bad weather prevented air strikes at Karachi, but not at bombay. Additionally dean hasn't sent a second wave yet or attacked again with his troops on Adak . The 9th Division will probably land at Amchitka to guard the rear, and I'll move the regiment at Amchitka over to Adak.

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