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Nomad -> RE: November 16, 1942 (12/18/2021 12:43:57 AM)
November 16, 1942 Nothing much swept all the mines at Akyab.

Nomad -> RE: November 17, 1942 (12/18/2021 3:53:46 PM)
November 17, 1942 Not a good turn for me. He sent a lot of bombers to Akyab and I was not able to defend well Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 40 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 16 P-40E Warhawk x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 6 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 28000 feet CAP engaged: No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 35000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes 23rd FG/76th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 29000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes --------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 91 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 42 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 12 P-40E Warhawk x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 damaged Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 18 Aircraft Attacking: 25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 30 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 32 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 12 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 35000 , scrambling fighters between 29000 and 31080. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 105 minutes 23rd FG/76th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 29000 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes --------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 36 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 58 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 4 P-40E Warhawk x 1 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed Allied Ships DD Inconstant, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Nizam, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAK Cairo City, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK Barala, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires PG Lawrence, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAK Barjora, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires DD Norman, Bomb hits 1 Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 26 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 13000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 31 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 13000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 8 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 18000 feet CAP engaged: No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 35000 , scrambling fighters to 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 143 minutes 23rd FG/76th FS with P-40E Warhawk (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 29000 , scrambling fighters to 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes --------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 36 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 36 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar sweeping at 28000 feet I lost DD Inconstant, she sank. I will lose 3 size 2900 xAKs, I hope to get the rest of the ships out. I fared better in the air war. I lost 4 P-40Es, all to ops loss, so no pilots were lost. I lost 3 Hurricane IIc, 2 air 2 air and 1 ops and two pilots were lost. He lost 12 Ki-43-Ic Oscars, 10 air-2-air and 2 ops. He lost 4 Ki-21-IIa Sallys all to air-2-air. He lost 2 A6M2 Zeros, 1 air-2-air and 1 ops. He lost 1 Ki-49-IIb Helen in air-2-air. So it comes out to 19:7 ratio, not all that good, but I will have to live with it. ================================================== I took Ontong Java with a Marine Raider unit fast transported. I am not sure if I will build it up or not.

Nomad -> RE: November 18, 1942 (12/18/2021 7:49:05 PM)
November 18, 1942 An even worse day at Akyab. He sent bombers at night swept during the day. I lost 14 aircraft 7 Hurricane IIb ( 3 air-2air, 1 ground and 3 writeoff) 6 P-40E ( 3 air-2-air, 2 ground and 1 write off ) 1 Hurricane IIc on the ground I lost 2 USAAF pilots and 2 British pilots. I also have 41 damaged aircraft at Akyab In return I downed 11 IJA aircraft( 9 Ki-43-Ic and 2 Ki-43-1b ) Ugly day for the Allies And as expected all 3 xAKs at Akyab sank but all others got their fires put out and returned to port.

Nomad -> RE: November 19, 1942 (12/18/2021 11:57:52 PM)
November 19, 1042 Interesting, nothing happened this turn, really nothing. I was able to get 9 aircraft at Akyab repaired and moved out, now there is only 32 damaged aircraft there.

Nomad -> RE: November 20, 1942 (12/19/2021 4:27:41 PM)
November 20, 1942 He sent 8 waves of Sallys and Helens on night bombing at Akyab. The weather was thunderstorms and none of my aircraft were destroyed. I was able to evacuate another 10 fighters from Akyab. ================================================== My small SCTF at Munda reacted Day Time Surface Combat, near Shortlands at 110,132, Range 7,000 Yards Japanese Ships PB Myoken Maru, Shell hits 31, and is sunk Allied Ships CL Raleigh CL Detroit DD Benham DD Flusser DD Tucker DMS Trevor Sadly, none of my ships gained any experience points for that. ========================================================

Nomad -> RE: November 21, 1942 (12/19/2021 6:22:31 PM)
November 21, 192 Not much, I am landing a NZ Brigade at Vela Lavella He did not do a bombardment attack, so there is not much there. I did a bombardment mission at Arakan Yoma (C) ( I will have to get a screen shot to show where that is Ground combat at Arakan Yoma C (55,47) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 95298 troops, 1086 guns, 1148 vehicles, Assault Value = 3478 Defending force 27062 troops, 242 guns, 111 vehicles, Assault Value = 942 Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 74th Chinese Corps 7th Armoured Brigade 18th British Division 23rd Indian Division 2nd British Division 29th Chinese Corps 26th Indian Division 92nd Chinese Corps 21st Light AA Regiment 6th Heavy AA Regiment 22nd Group Army Defending units: 10th Division 14th Division [image]local://upfiles/4176/D6BB8D5CB76940AFB43514B08FE157F5.jpg[/image]

Nomad -> RE: November 22, 1942 (12/19/2021 9:00:18 PM)
November 22, 1942 Interesting turn. First my SCTF reacted twice for 6 hexes total to this: Day Time Surface Combat, near Feni Islands at 110,126, Range 22,000 Yards Japanese Ships PB Hakkaisan Maru, Shell hits 22, and is sunk Allied Ships CL Raleigh CL Detroit DD Benham DD Flusser DD Tucker DMS Trevor The TF is set for a react of 3 hexes ===================================== Then, last turn when I landed at Vela Lavella I had this in the CR Pre-Invasion action off Vella Lavella (110,133) Allied Ships CL Concord Japanese ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) CL Concord firing at 67th Naval Guard Unit But this turn the base flipped before combat. ===================================== Another BA at Arakan Yoma C Ground combat at Arakan Yoma C (55,47) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 95387 troops, 1087 guns, 1149 vehicles, Assault Value = 3873 Defending force 27042 troops, 242 guns, 111 vehicles, Assault Value = 940 Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled ============================================== He sent his bombers on night attacks to Cox's Bazaaar where I have no aircraft, he lost 1 Sally to flak and all the minor runway damage has been repaired. The weather was moderate rain and he bombed from 10,000 feet and got 4 runway hits with 53 bombers

Nomad -> RE: November 23, 1942 (12/19/2021 11:49:37 PM)
November 23, 1942 I hope I am not using up all my good luck. KB showed up 6 hexes East of Rabaul It send out a small attack on my small SCTF at Ontong Java. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ontong Java at 115,131 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 54 B5N2 Kate x 16 D3A1 Val x 25 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 5 damaged B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak D3A1 Val: 2 damaged D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak Allied Ships CL Honolulu, Bomb hits 3, on fire DD Case DD Dunlap Aircraft Attacking: 12 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 15 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 10 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 3 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Honolulu CL Honolulu suffered minor damage, dispite taking 2 deck penetration hits. She is at 11 system damage, 2 minor flood damage, and 3 minor engine damage, and no fires. Still able to make 30 knots. =====================================================

BBfanboy -> RE: November 22, 1942 (12/20/2021 4:33:37 AM)
At Vela Lavella he could have been airlifting the last of his troops out by transport or Patrol Aircraft. Either that or the unit dispersed because there was so little left of it, allowing the base to flip with no battle.

castor troy -> RE: November 23, 1942 (12/20/2021 2:02:49 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Nomad CL Honolulu suffered minor damage, dispite taking 2 deck penetration hits. She is at 11 system damage, 2 minor flood damage, and 3 minor engine damage, and no fires. Still able to make 30 knots. ===================================================== I'd say the hits were FOW then and only one actually damaged her and even then you were quite lucky with the die rolls that she took only that light damage. I've seen three 250kg bombs sinking heavy cruisers if they didn't get into a port soon enough. Are you playing a mod with reduced bomb damage?

Nomad -> RE: November 23, 1942 (12/20/2021 3:22:09 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy quote: ORIGINAL: Nomad CL Honolulu suffered minor damage, dispite taking 2 deck penetration hits. She is at 11 system damage, 2 minor flood damage, and 3 minor engine damage, and no fires. Still able to make 30 knots. ===================================================== I'd say the hits were FOW then and only one actually damaged her and even then you were quite lucky with the die rolls that she took only that light damage. I've seen three 250kg bombs sinking heavy cruisers if they didn't get into a port soon enough. Are you playing a mod with reduced bomb damage? No, this is Andy Macs updated scenario 2 with extra bases. I checked with my other game that is a standard scenario 2 and the 250 kg bombs have an effect of 370 in both scenarios. Just dumb luck I guess. Note that one of the hits was an ineffective belt hit.

Nomad -> RE: November 24, 1942 (12/20/2021 3:25:00 PM)
November 24, 1942 He tried bombing Chittagong at night to no effect. Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 72 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 11 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb Trop x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: No.607 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (3 airborne, 11 on standby, 2 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes --------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 7 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb Trop x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: No.607 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (14 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 14 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes --------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb Trop x 15 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: No.607 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (13 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 13 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes --------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 8 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb Trop x 15 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: No.607 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (13 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 13 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes --------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb Trop x 14 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: No.607 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 12 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes --------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 8 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb Trop x 14 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: No.607 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (14 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 14 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 17000. Raid is overhead He lost 4 Sally bombers, 1 air-2-air and 3 to flack. ===================== I did a ground attack at Shortlands, I detected 2 Naval Guard units. Recon says 3 units and since I have seen aircraft there I will assume that the third unit is a Base Force of some kind.

Nomad -> RE: November 25, 1942 (12/20/2021 9:10:56 PM)
November 25, 1942 LB did a turn around, I didn't see it last turn and this turn it showed up 2 hexes East of Shortlands Two attacks on Amphibious TFs at Vela Lavella Morning Air attack on TF, near Vella Lavella at 110,133 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft B5N2 Kate x 16 D3A1 Val x 25 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 3 damaged D3A1 Val: 1 damaged Allied Ships CL Concord, Bomb hits 1 CL Trenton xAP Camphuys, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires DD Nepal xAP Kwangtung, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 13 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 16 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 9 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 3 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Camphuys --------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Vella Lavella at 110,133 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 41 B5N2 Kate x 13 D3A1 Val x 23 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged D3A1 Val: 2 damaged Allied Ships xAP Soochow, Bomb hits 1, on fire CL Concord, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires DD Nepal, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires CL Trenton, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires xAP Camphuys, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 9 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 13 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 3 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 11 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Concord xAP Kwangtung and xAP Camphuys were sunk outright With any luck CL Trenton, CL concord, and DD Nepal will make it to a friendly port. They have 2 an 3 fires and will have to move at full speed this turn. xAP Soochow was disbanded into port, her speed was too low to try get away, we will see what happens. ============================================ He also attack the port at Ontong Java, sinking xAKL Island Mail and AVD Thornton and probably AVE McFarland wlll sink in the next day or so. ============================================== The only good part is two attacks on TFs at Tulagi Morning Air attack on TF, near Tulagi at 114,137 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 98 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 36 minutes Japanese aircraft B5N2 Kate x 10 D3A1 Val x 15 Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 48 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 7 destroyed D3A1 Val: 8 destroyed No Allied losses CAP engaged: 18th FG/6th FS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 17 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 21000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes 18th FG/78th FS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 17 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes --------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tulagi at 114,137 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 13 B5N2 Kate x 2 Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 50 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 5 destroyed B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: 18th FG/6th FS with P-40B Warhawk (8 airborne, 17 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 21000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers 18th FG/78th FS with P-40B Warhawk (8 airborne, 17 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes 13 planes vectored on to bombers This cost him a few A6M3as and about 13 each of Vals and Kates. ================================== My Cats from Port Moresby tried a torpedo attack and failed. This is the first sighting of Tojos Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kavieng at 106,122 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 14 Allied aircraft PBY-5 Catalina x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses PBY-5 Catalina: 3 destroyed CAP engaged: 246th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 5000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes =============================================== A note about KB On Nov 24 my mouseover showed 179 fighters and 204 bombers on Nov 26 my mouseover showed 272 fighters and 266 bombers Not sure exactly what it means. There is always some FoW in the mouseovers, but that seems to be a lot, and he might have merged some more CVs with his original KB.

Nomad -> RE: November 26, 1942 (12/21/2021 12:28:00 AM)
November 26, 1942 I sent 72 B25C/B26/B26B on a night bombing mission at Magwe, targeting the oil 60 of them found the target and bombed. Mouseover shows I damaged 20 oil. Tonight I target something else. CL Trenton, CL concord, and DD Nepal all made it to a friendly port. xAP Soochow looks like it will make it, barring further bomb hits AVD McFarland looks bad, fires went up to 44 and sys damage is at 83, I fear she will not make it. KB has disappeared again.

Nomad -> RE: November 27, 1942 (12/21/2021 1:23:03 PM)
November 27, 1942 My bombers in India hit a small LI in Burma with no hits!! [:(] He tried bombing my airfield at Silcar to no effect Interesting that KB showed back up, I kind of expected it. KB is two hexes East of Green Island and he launched a port attack on Vella Lavella, sinking xAP Soochow. Morning Air attack on Vella Lavella , at 110,133 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 47 B5N2 Kate x 32 D3A1 Val x 50 Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val: 1 damaged Allied Ships xAP Soochow, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk Port hits 20 Port supply hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 16 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 5000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 16 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 16 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 5000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 9 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 11 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 6 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb He does seem to be playing ropeadope with KB. I am not worried, he is just expending fuel for no real gain.

Nomad -> RE: November 28, 1942 (12/21/2021 6:37:00 PM)
November 28, 1942 My Subs were active this turn SS Tuna was just moving to her patrol location Sub attack near Ominato at 125,67 Japanese Ships xAKL Yanagigawa, Shell hits 5, on fire Allied Ships SS Tuna SS Tuna attacking on the surface SS Tuna low on gun ammo, Taylor, E.B. breaks off surface engagement and submerges She fired 1/4 of her torps and got no BOOMS, some Doinks. ====================================================== This was a BOOM and a DOINK Submarine attack near Palembang at 49,90 Japanese Ships xAKL Kofuku Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Skipjack xAKL Kofuku Maru is sighted by SS Skipjack SS Skipjack attacking xAKL Kofuku Maru on the surface ==================================================== And then SS Salmon also got a DOINK and a BOOM Sub attack near Muntok at 49,89 Japanese Ships PB Heiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage PB Mikitade Maru Allied Ships SS Salmon SS Salmon launches 2 torpedoes at PB Heiyo Maru ============================================ He made 4 night bombing runs at Silchar, I have night CAP up, but none showed up. Nothing in the Combat Report and nothing on the replay animation. The weather was Thunderstorms, so maybe they just didn't find them or couldn't take off. He got no hits, but lost 3 Salley bombers, 2 Flak and 1 ops =============================================== I made 10 attacks on the Resources at Mandalay 93 bombers made bomb runs, I lost 1 B-26 to ops loss, and I got about 4 hits the weather was really bad, Severe Storms. Forecast is for rain again, so I will keep all my bombers on the ground tonight. I am flying these missions mostly to gain experience for my bomber crews, I do not have enough long range fighters to be able to do daylight bombing at this time. KB moved 9 hexes to the East, it is now 11 hexes directly East of Green Island.

Nomad -> RE: November 29, 1942 (12/21/2021 11:58:12 PM)
November 29, 1942 Nothing happened. Well there were two things I guess. I got my first LST today. And I got my extra US Army division from my variants.

Nomad -> RE: November 30, 1942 (12/22/2021 3:04:28 PM)
November 30, 1942 Nothing happened today. But, I am doing the December 1, turn and I now start getting F6F-3 Hellcats per one of my Variants.

castor troy -> RE: November 30, 1942 (12/22/2021 5:16:35 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Nomad November 30, 1942 Nothing happened today. But, I am doing the December 1, turn and I now start getting F6F-3 Hellcats per one of my Variants. Guess that's going to have much more effect than the extra US Div. At which replacement rate are the Hellcats coming?

Nomad -> RE: November 30, 1942 (12/22/2021 5:21:34 PM)
The F6F-3 have a 130 per month rate. I accelerated their development by 4 months. I think I would not have taken the extra Infantry Division if I had it to do over. But I was trying to strike a balance between all the types of variants. A couple of intel items I have picked up on. He is accelerating the A6M5c but not the A6M5 or A6M5b He is accelerating the D4Y4 Judy but not the D4Y1, D4Y2, or D4Y3.

Nomad -> RE: December 1, 1942 (12/22/2021 9:30:04 PM)
December 1, 1942 Nothing

Nomad -> RE: December 2, 1942 (12/23/2021 12:49:29 AM)
December 2, 1942 A mine hit: TF 178 encounters mine field at 49,90 Japanese Ships PB Mikitade Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage A BOOM Sub attack near Palembang at 49,90 Japanese Ships PB Yahonui Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Skipjack ======================================= A miss and a DOINK Sub attack near Shikuka at 128,46 Japanese Ships xAK Seikyo Maru xAK Mexico Maru xAK Kinsyo Maru xAK Sinsei Maru PB Tonon Maru Allied Ships SS Whale -------------- Sub attack near Shikuka at 128,47 Japanese Ships xAK Sinsei Maru xAK Seikyo Maru xAK Mexico Maru xAK Kinsyo Maru PB Tonon Maru Allied Ships SS Whale

castor troy -> RE: November 30, 1942 (12/23/2021 11:42:36 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Nomad The F6F-3 have a 130 per month rate. I accelerated their development by 4 months. I think I would not have taken the extra Infantry Division if I had it to do over. But I was trying to strike a balance between all the types of variants. A couple of intel items I have picked up on. He is accelerating the A6M5c but not the A6M5 or A6M5b He is accelerating the D4Y4 Judy but not the D4Y1, D4Y2, or D4Y3. Do you have a hr about R&D? He would get the D4Y4 way faster if he would research the first version and then just go 1, 2, 3 to 4 and not directly for the D4Y4 which will take him most likely 1,5 years longer that way. Same for the Zeke. [&:]

Nomad -> RE: December 3, 1942 (12/23/2021 2:10:59 PM)
December 3, 1942 Hi caster troy, we have no house rules, he is free to do what he wants. But I am also able to do what I want. I wondered about that. I also thought he would buy two Ki-84a factories with his variants, but he chose to buy two Ki-84r. Nothing much happened today. He had a DMS at Palembang and swept the mines I laid before. I only got one PB with them.

Nomad -> RE: December 4, 1942 (12/24/2021 2:19:20 PM)
December 4, 1942 Another working Mk-14 causes a BOOM Sub attack near Palembang at 49,90 Japanese Ships DMS W-18, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Skipjack ============================================ I landed a USMC defense Battalion at Tabiteuea and it did not do a shock attack against the empty base. I thought it would

Nomad -> RE: December 5, 1942 (12/24/2021 7:23:57 PM)
December 5, 1942 A Recon, air bombing and a Naval bombardment at Shortlands shows not much there. Recon says 3 units, I see two Naval Guard units. Night Naval bombardment of Shortlands at 109,131 Allied Ships BB Mississippi BB New Mexico BB Idaho BB California BB Maryland Japanese ground losses: 184 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Resources hits 1 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 26 Port hits 7 Port fuel hits 2 BB Mississippi firing at Shortlands BB New Mexico firing at 82nd Naval Guard Unit BB Idaho firing at Shortlands BB California firing at 65th Naval Guard Unit BB Maryland firing at Shortlands Morning Air attack on 65th Naval Guard Unit, at 109,131 (Shortlands) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 48 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 82nd Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking 65th Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking 82nd Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking 65th Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking 82nd Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking 65th Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking 82nd Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking 65th Naval Guard Unit ... ========================================== Strat bombed Paoshan, mouseover says I damaged 11 LI. Tabiteuea flipped this turn and I moved a PBY unit in, my AVPs will be there tomorrow. And of course the really intrepid intel from the guys in the dark shack Iki Fortress is located at Iki-shima(102,57).

Nomad -> RE: December 6, 1942 (12/25/2021 7:28:39 PM)
December 6, 1942 Well, 365 days into the game. We did turn 1 on August 31, 2021 and now, 116 days later we just did turn 365. That works out to 3.15 turns per day( just about PI ) On the ground a DA by me at Arakan Yoma C Ground combat at Arakan Yoma C (55,47) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 136082 troops, 1583 guns, 1611 vehicles, Assault Value = 5844 Defending force 27056 troops, 242 guns, 111 vehicles, Assault Value = 939 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Allied adjusted assault: 3600 Japanese adjusted defense: 2308 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-) experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1422 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 162 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled Guns lost 24 (1 destroyed, 23 disabled) Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1864 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 135 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 40 disabled Guns lost 20 (1 destroyed, 19 disabled) Assaulting units: 14th Indian Division 20th Indian Division 26th Indian Division 2nd British Division 268th Motorised Brigade 7th Indian Division 47th Chinese Corps 18th Chinese Corps 18th British Division 23rd Indian Division 7th Armoured Brigade 29th Chinese Corps 74th Chinese Corps 92nd Chinese Corps 6th Medium Regiment 26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 6th Heavy AA Regiment 21st Light AA Regiment 22nd Group Army Defending units: 10th Division 14th Division My troops are low on supply and have some disruption, they will rest a turn or two. =================================================== At sea my subs that are moving to Tulagi for upgrades found this ASW attack near Nauru Island at 120,125 Japanese Ships BB Ise BB Fuso BB Nagato CA Furutaka DD Samidare DD Murasame DD Ushio DD Yugiri DD Asagiri Allied Ships SS Runner, hits 1 ---------------- ASW attack near Nauru Island at 120,125 Japanese Ships DD Harusame BB Ise BB Fuso BB Nagato CA Furutaka DD Murasame DD Ushio DD Yugiri DD Asagiri Allied Ships SS Gurnard A mouse over shows aircraft in this TF 63 fighters and 68 Bombers. It is now 8 hexes NE of Tulagi. I am going to roll the dice a bit. I have 38 TBF-1s and 57 DBs at Tulagi with a good number of fighters to escort and some to CAP. My Death Star is at Tabiteuea and is now moving West 9 hexes to be closer to KB. I think it will be out of range for this turn, I need to see what might happen. I have a SCTF with 5 old USN BBs that will move to Tulagi this turn. One never knows what might happen.

Nomad -> RE: December 7, 1942 (12/26/2021 4:57:11 PM)
Dec 7, 1942 Missed opportunity Sub attack near Choiseul Bay at 112,131 Japanese Ships CV Kaga BB Kirishima BB Hiei CA Chikuma CA Tone DD Isokaze DD Teruzuki DD Kasumi DD Tanikaze DD Urakaze DD Shiranui Allied Ships SS S-46, hits 3 SS S-46 launches 4 torpedoes at CV Kaga ======================== KB moved to hex 112,131 three hexes East of Shortlands, not quite where I expected. KB hit a small amphibious TF unloading at Vella Lavella Morning Air attack on TF, near Vella Lavella at 110,133 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 54 D3A1 Val x 25 Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val: 1 damaged Allied Ships xAP Van Overstraten, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Porter, Bomb hits 1, on fire Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled) xAP Van Overstraten sank with some of the troops from the Bobcats Not a terrible loss, DD Porter will make it to Tulagi this turn and begin repairs. =============================================== KB had a lot more aircraft that the mouseover showed last turn, or there are two different TFs. I am not sure. This turn the mouseover showed 282 fighters and 291 bombers. My air at Tulagi did launch but to no success, just a lot of lost aircraft and pilots I will save you the long CR of my failure, We will just say I lost the following aircraft 32 F4F-4, 29 TBF-1, 24 SBD-3, 7 F4F-3, 4 P-38E And I record that Japan lost about 2 Jake, 2 A6M3a, 2 A6M2, and 1 Val. Not a very good showing, but my guys were vastly outnumbered. Note that none of the Fighters lost were USN, all USA and USMC. The weather in the morning was moderate rain and the afternoon was Heavy Cloud. I am going to move my DS to a place where it should be out of range for the turn but close enough to move in if he makes strikes at one of my heavily defended Bases I am very leery of getting DS too close to KB, DS is showing a 10/11 detection level, not good.

Nomad -> RE: December 8, 1942 (12/26/2021 8:52:58 PM)
December 8, 1942 KB has moved off, it is two hexes East of Kavieng Mouseover shows a smaller number of aircraft: 235 Fighters and 261 bombers. I am moving my DS to Nouema to start upgrading fighters to F6F-3. A large land battle at Arakan Yoma C and I take the base and inflict good losses on my opponent Ground combat at Arakan Yoma C (55,47) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 159903 troops, 1723 guns, 1771 vehicles, Assault Value = 5651 Defending force 25432 troops, 242 guns, 111 vehicles, Assault Value = 766 Allied adjusted assault: 3462 Japanese adjusted defense: 340 Allied assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 1) Allied forces CAPTURE Arakan Yoma (C) !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 8579 casualties reported Squads: 257 destroyed, 166 disabled Non Combat: 292 destroyed, 71 disabled Engineers: 87 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 105 (82 destroyed, 23 disabled) Vehicles lost 99 (99 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 2 Allied ground losses: 1734 casualties reported Squads: 14 destroyed, 140 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled Guns lost 19 (2 destroyed, 17 disabled) Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 26th Indian Division 23rd Indian Division 29th Chinese Corps 18th British Division 20th Indian Division 7th Armoured Brigade 14th Indian Division 47th Chinese Corps 18th Chinese Corps 2nd British Division 7th Indian Division 268th Motorised Brigade 74th Chinese Corps 92nd Chinese Corps 6th Heavy AA Regiment 6th Medium Regiment 21st Light AA Regiment 26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 22nd Group Army Defending units: 10th Division 14th Division ====================================================================

Nomad -> RE: December 9, 1942 (12/27/2021 3:11:36 PM)
December 9, 1942 Not much happening today. It seems he was flying supply to his units at Arakan Yoma (C) and forgot to change their destination or put them at rest. He lost 14 Topsy and 5 Sally transport aircraft all to flak. RO-60 took some minor damage near misses Sub attack near Lunga at 114,138 Japanese Ships SS RO-60, hits 10 Allied Ships DD Jarvis CL Boise CL Nashville CL Phoenix CL St. Louis DD Henley DD Cassin DD Perkins DD Shaw

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