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Nomad -> RE: February 27, 1943 (1/21/2022 9:14:19 PM)
February 27, 1943 It looks like he is getting upgrades to his ASW. I need to move all my subs from shallow water areas. ASW attack near Palembang at 49,90 Japanese Ships E Karukaya E Yugao Allied Ships SS Snapper, hits 15, heavy damage SS Snapper is located by E Karukaya Snapper bottoming out .... E Yugao fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yugao attacking submerged sub .... Large oil slick appears over area of attack! Escort abandons search for sub ======================================== He bombed a Chinese unit that is in a jungle hex and he scored more than I am happy with. I will put up some LRCAP next turn and see if he tries it again. Morning Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 61,44 , near Katha Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 30 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 52 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 25 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb --------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 61,44 , near Katha Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 20 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 26 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb --------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 61,44 , near Katha Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 29 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 4 damaged Allied ground losses: 52 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 29 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Nomad -> RE: February 28, 1943 (1/22/2022 4:32:43 PM)
February 28, 1943 Not much happened in action wise. He did try to bomb my Chinese unit again and my LRCAP did down a few aircraft Morning Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 61,44 , near Katha Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 50 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb Trop x 7 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged No Allied losses Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 25 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 18 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: No.258 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000. Raid is overhead --------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 61,44 , near Katha Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 29 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb Trop x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged No Allied losses Allied ground losses: 21 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 28 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: No.258 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb 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 12000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes --------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 61,44 , near Katha Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 34 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb Trop x 2 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 3 damaged No Allied losses Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 34 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: No.258 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes ============================================== In the background things happened. 6 of my USN DB squadrons disbanded and 7 of them resized from 18 to 36. It will take another week before I can transfer enough aircraft in to fill them out. ( Fort Sumpter came with only one DB air group but it had 36 DBs in it. ) This next turn I will have a huge number( 25 or 26 ) APs that convert to APAs and 9 British xAPs that upgrade to LSIL. Not to mention a vastly larger number of ships that just upgrade in class. This is the last of the mass upgraded dates.

Nomad -> RE: March 1, 1943 (1/22/2022 6:43:51 PM)
March 1, 1943 Not a lot happened during the turn. He sent in sweepers over my unit in the jungle SW of Katha. Morning Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 61,44 , near Katha Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 30 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb Trop x 7 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb Trop: 2 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 25 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 28000 feet CAP engaged: No.258 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 36000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes --------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 61,44 , near Katha Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 28000 feet No bombers came though. ================================= I did have 118 ships upgrade that turn. I keep getting a radio transmission around Ceylon, again today Radio transmissions detected at 26,52. What is strange is that doesn't seem to be in a position that I would expect a sub to be. But I am not seeing anything out there. Strange happenings I have set up more Naval Search in the area, maybe I will see something. =================================== Something I do not remember happening, I got dinged 90 Victory Points for 90 SBDs lost to ops. Strange, that is 5 x 18, but I had 6 SBD units disband. I just do not remember that happening.

BBfanboy -> RE: March 1, 1943 (1/22/2022 6:58:04 PM)
Penalty for not withdrawing them in a large enough base to save the aircraft?

Nomad -> RE: March 1, 1943 (1/22/2022 9:34:52 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy Penalty for not withdrawing them in a large enough base to save the aircraft? They were all on board ship and they were disbanded by the game. I had no chance to do anything with them. I don't remember this happening like this, but I think that always before I have moved the air groups off of the ships to a base. I don't remember why I didn't this time. We are using the 1126b exe.

Nomad -> RE: March 2, 1943 (1/22/2022 9:55:07 PM)
March 2, 1943 I tried setting my LRCAP over my troops at 4000 feet to see if that would do better. It didn't Morning Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 61,44 , near Katha Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 32 Allied aircraft P-40K Warhawk x 10 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-40K Warhawk: 3 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 24 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 28000 feet CAP engaged: 23rd FG/75th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 10 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 4000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 4000. Raid is overhead --------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 61,44 , near Katha Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 3 Allied aircraft P-40K Warhawk x 3 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 28000 feet CAP engaged: 23rd FG/75th FS with P-40K 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 4000 , scrambling fighters to 3000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes --------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 61,44 , near Katha Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 35 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 25 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 4 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb --------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 61,44 , near Katha Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 17 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb --------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 61,44 , near Katha Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 21 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb =================================== I took Gasmata with an airborne drop Recon had shown almost no troops there, it was just a fragment. Ground combat at Gasmata (103,127) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 645 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 31 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied adjusted assault: 24 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 24 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied forces CAPTURE Gasmata !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 1st Australian Para Bn /1 Defending units: 44th JNAF AF Unit /1 ========================================= Another 19 ships went in for refit

Nomad -> RE: March 3, 1943 (1/23/2022 3:20:39 PM)
March 3, 1943 No exciting action, in fact no real action at all

Nomad -> RE: March 4, 1943 (1/23/2022 7:38:38 PM)
March 4, 1943 I took Umboi Island by paratroopers, it was empty. Nothing else of note.

Nomad -> RE: March 5, 1943 (1/23/2022 9:43:03 PM)
March 5, 1943 Nothing to report.

Nomad -> RE: March 6, 1943 (1/24/2022 1:26:21 AM)
March 6, 1943 Nothing to report

Nomad -> RE: March 7, 1943 (1/24/2022 1:45:38 PM)
March 7, 1943 Not much, he bombed some of my troops that are in the jungle around Katha. A few disablements, no destroyed elements. But I did get some intel that I really needed Cam Ranh Fortress is located at Cam Ranh Bay(64,72).

Nomad -> RE: March 8, 1943 (1/24/2022 6:12:35 PM)
March 8, 1943 I lost a good xAK, an Euro L near Arorae in the South Pacific I just do not have enough escorts for all supply TFs. Submarine attack near Arorae at 140,140 Japanese Ships SS RO-63 Allied Ships xAK Somelsdijk, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAK Somelsdijk is sighted by SS RO-63 SS RO-63 attacking xAK Somelsdijk on the surface Okano F. decides to submerge SS RO-63 due to damage ============================================ He again bombed my troops in the jungle outside of Katha, a few more disablements. I finally got a hit on the sub that is lurking SW of Koggala, I dispached an ASW TF. I also got a radio transmission report at 36, 50 which is 7 hexes East of Koggala. I am getting radio transmission reports near Diamond Harbor, might be another sub. And I keep getting reports of aircraft over Cocanada and Vizagapatnam. I wonder what those are. Maybe float planes from subs in the area?

Nomad -> RE: March 9, 1943 (1/24/2022 11:13:49 PM)
March 9, 1943 Attack bombers attack Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ailinglaplap at 133,117 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 4 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAKL Konsan Maru, Shell hits 6, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk PB Takunan Maru #5, Shell hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb ====================================================== Not much else

Nomad -> RE: March 10, 1943 (1/25/2022 2:13:45 AM)
March 10, 1943 Not to be outdone, the FBs attack too. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kavieng at 106,122 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft Beaufighter Ic x 16 Allied aircraft losses Beaufighter Ic: 1 damaged Japanese Ships PB Keiko Maru, Shell hits 2, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage PB Kohuku Maru Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Beaufighter Ic bombing from 100 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb ======================================= With no ships in sight, the Attack Bombers bomb and strafe Afternoon Air attack on 43rd Naval Guard Unit, at 127,128 (Nauru Island) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 97 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb ===========================================================

Nomad -> RE: March 11, 1943 (1/25/2022 4:14:46 PM)
March 11, 1943 Not much, Attack Bombers found no ships to attack, so they bombed and strafed the unit on Nauru Island Afternoon Air attack on 43rd Naval Guard Unit, at 127,128 (Nauru Island) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 84 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb =============================================

Nomad -> RE: March 12, 1943 (1/25/2022 6:49:58 PM)
March 12, 1943 Not much happened He bombed my troops around Katha and I bombed his troops on Nauru Island Neither bombing did much

Nomad -> RE: March 13, 1943 (1/25/2022 9:35:45 PM)
March 13, 1943 Nothing happened. If the darn weather would not ground all my air missions, something could happen.

Nomad -> RE: March 14, 1943 (1/26/2022 12:22:49 AM)
March 14, 1943 That figures. For three days Recon showed 35 fighters at Kavieng and for three days my attacks were scrubbed due to weather. They fly today and there are no aircraft at all there. Frustrated. [:(] And I did have recon flying from two different bases and they were both different from where the attacks were coming from.

Nomad -> RE: March 15, 1943 (1/26/2022 6:03:04 PM)
March 15, 1943 Not much, a little bombing, both sides, no real effect.

Nomad -> RE: March 16, 1943 (1/26/2022 8:44:13 PM)
March 16, 1943 Nothing much

Nomad -> RE: March 17, 1943 (1/27/2022 12:23:12 AM)
March 17, 1943 The USN DOINKED on the xAKL Sub attack near Nauru Island at 123,125 Japanese Ships xAKL Taiyu Maru PB Fumi Maru #3 Allied Ships SS Drum SS Drum launches 2 torpedoes at xAKL Taiyu Maru ------------------------------- But the USAAF didn't wiff Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Nauru Island at 126,127 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 4 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAKL Taiyu Maru, Shell hits 9, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb ================================================

Nomad -> RE: March 18, 1943 (1/27/2022 1:46:04 PM)
March 18, 1943 Nothing happened

Nomad -> RE: March 19, 1943 (1/27/2022 4:23:28 PM)
March 19, 1943 I put up some LRCAP over my troops at Kachin Hills, which is a dot base NW of Lashio, one of Andy Macs additional bases in Burma. Morning Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 61,45 (Kachin Hills) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 56 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb Trop x 5 P-38G Lightning x 8 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 8 destroyed, 7 damaged No Allied losses Allied ground losses: 29 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 22 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: No.136 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000. Raid is overhead 23rd FG/75th FS with P-38G Lightning (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 14000. Raid is overhead --------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 61,45 (Kachin Hills) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 23 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb Trop x 4 P-38G Lightning x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 damaged No Allied losses Allied ground losses: 40 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: No.136 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes 23rd FG/75th FS with P-38G Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes Tracker says I shot down 14 Helens and he lost 2 more to ops. I lost 1 Hurricane to ops

Nomad -> RE: March 20, 1943 (1/27/2022 6:40:56 PM)
March 20, 1943 Interesting things. First, Tinosa found a working Mk-14 Sub attack near Truk at 109,113 Japanese Ships CM Tokiwa, Torpedo hits 1, on fire DD Oyashio DD Kuroshio CM Okinoshima DD Hayashio DD Yukikaze Allied Ships SS Tinosa SS Tinosa launches 4 torpedoes at CM Tokiwa Tinosa diving deep .... The interesting thing is shown in the picture and the fact that when a PBY flew over this TF I got the enemy carrier audio message. I find it hard to believe that there are CMs in a ACTF( not sure how if you can ) and there are no aircraft shown on the mouseover. Tinosa in the sub to the NE of the TF. [image]local://upfiles/4176/0CD61B5655F146AF97F32ADBD14208E2.jpg[/image]

BBfanboy -> RE: March 20, 1943 (1/27/2022 8:27:59 PM)
That looks like a FT TF. Japanese CMs have cargo capacity and maybe troop capacity too. IIRC, Tokiwa is one of the big ones, with guns in the 140-150mm range. It might be big enough to survive the torp hit.

Nomad -> RE: March 21, 1943 (1/27/2022 9:22:54 PM)
March 21, 1943 In the night he sent bombers to try and suppress my LRCAP at Katha Night Air attack on Katha , at 61,43 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 99 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 31 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 14 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 7 damaged Ki-49-IIb Helen: 2 destroyed by flak Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb --------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Katha , at 61,43 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 13 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 4 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb ====================================================== At Kachin Hills he moved in some more units Ground combat at Kachin Hills (61,45) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 10424 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 351 Defending force 19533 troops, 163 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 672 Allied adjusted assault: 127 Japanese adjusted defense: 685 Allied assault odds: 1 to 5 (fort level 0) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), leaders(-), preparation(-) Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 99 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 549 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 59 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Assaulting units: 3rd New Chinese Corps Defending units: 59th Infantry Brigade 55th Division 86th Nav Gd /2 to be honest I am just poking and probing in Burma. I have no real interest at this time to make any bold moves into Burma. I have the units, but it is very hard to move supply to Burma. ================================================== In the South Pacific I pick up a mouseover of a possible ACTF. Earlier I got a similar mouseover and it turned out to be a full KB. In the picture below, the red circle is the CVTF that matches the mouse over. The green circle is my DS. I have 7 size 90 CVs there, all with 60 fighters and 36 DBs aboard. They are following a small SCTF and there are 2 more larger SCTFs also following. The red circle at the bottom is my CVEscort TF with 205 fighters all on 100%, 0 Range CAP. It is moving to join the DS. I did not get a audible carrier alert this turn. [image]local://upfiles/4176/01443687024C4F92BC2D09FC68A5D6F3.jpg[/image]

Nomad -> RE: March 22, 1943 (1/28/2022 12:12:24 AM)
Mar 22, 1943 Now we come to an even more interesting situation. It would seem that weather precluded any Naval Air attacks that turn. In the composite picture below I see that only my TF 5 has any detection showing I have 625 fighters in the hex and that is 205 F4F-4s and 420 F6F-3s. I have 2 size 18 F4U-1 squadrons within 2 hexes. I moved in 44 active B-25D1s set for 4000 feet and I have two USMC F6F-3s squadrons providing escort. So I roll the dice and see what happens next. And BTW, the weather forecast for tomorrows turn is clear sky. [image]local://upfiles/4176/F37A3DD2AA8E44AF8AA4C95F18CB9BCC.jpg[/image]

Nomad -> RE: March 23, 1943 (1/28/2022 2:37:38 AM)
March 23, 1943 Well, KB went in a different direction than I expected. KB is now 5 hexes East of Manus. My DS did not move, I didn't give it orders to move. Now I have to decided what to do. Some of my B-25D1 launched but they were devestated. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Emirau Island at 106,119 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 55 A6M5c Zero x 72 Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 16 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 10 destroyed CAP engaged: Kaga-1 with A6M3a Zero (5 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 17000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes Soryu-1 with A6M3a Zero (7 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 17000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes Hiryu-1 with A6M3a Zero (4 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M5c Zero (12 airborne, 26 on standby, 0 scrambling) 12 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes Shoho-1 with A6M5c Zero (7 airborne, 23 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 17000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes I am not sure why, but my escorts did not launch even though they were given a range of 10 along with the Attack bombers, who only traveled 9 hexes for their attack. =============================================== At Kachin Hills he bombed me again and my Hurricanes did not do enough I will have to try and move out of the hex. =============================================== I had a minesweeper TF that went into Rabaul, I thought they would go in to the port at night and then move back out towards Milne Bay, but they took both the night and day naval movement phases, didn't find any mines and then were sunk by KB and friends. Morning Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 106,125 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 6 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AM Castlemaine, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 6 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo --------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 106,125 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 36 D3A1 Val x 25 Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val: 2 damaged Allied Ships AM Cairns, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk AM Tamworth, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk AM Horsham, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 10 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 11 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AM Cairns Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AM Tamworth Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AM Horsham ========================================================= I am still thinking about what I should do. There are two big questions right now 1. Where is KB going to move to? 2. Does he know I am in the area with a strong CV presence? Looking at #2, my TF 1, the DS, has a detection of 1/1, so he may still not know I am about. None of the others have any detection. He might conclude that there is a single TF in the area and it could almost anything. He did get a 1/1 detection on a different TF last turn. As to #1, I doubt he is moving to Rabaul, there does not seem to be much of a reason for that. He could move to Kavieng or Manus. He could also return to Truk. It depends on what he has in mind. He might see the presence of the minesweepers for what it was, a prelude to an invasion of Rabaul. In that case he might stay around the area hoping to launch against my landing ships/forces. In that case I would think that Truk is too far away from the possible coming action. I have the option to move my DS and CV escort TFs to be in a position to launch against KB either at Kavieng or Manus. I note that he only had 125 fighters on CAP. I would be sending 252 SBDs escorted by 234 F6F-3s.For defense I have 205 F4F-4s, 186 F6F-3s and a lot of AA fire. Andy Mac put the DBB AAA stats in this version of scenario 2. I have about 50,000 AAA in the hex. I have decided to temporize for one turn. I am going to move a few hexes to the NW. Depending on where he actually goes, if I try to do an intercept this turn I could end up 8 hexes away from him. That could prove to be a disaster. I will move a bit closer and see just where he goes. If he spots me and leaves the next turn that might be a good thing also. But I have a window now that I might be able to win a CV battle, I have a lot of F6F-3s and they are better that any of the A6Ms he has available. I should probably revise the last paragraph. I will move closer to Kavieng, so if moves there I will be in range with no problems. If he moves to Manus I will be far out of range. It is the possible move to Manus that could cause a problem if I

Nomad -> RE: March 24, 1943 (1/28/2022 1:39:45 PM)
March 24, 1943 Good news and I don'tknow. Good news, a sub strikes Sub attack near Manus at 101,117 Japanese Ships CV Hiryu, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage BB Kirishima BB Hiei CA Chokai CA Takao DD Isokaze DD Teruzuki DD Akizuki DD Kasumi DD Tanikaze DD Urakaze DD Shiranui Allied Ships SS Permit SS Permit launches 2 torpedoes at CV Hiryu DD Kasumi fails to find sub and abandons search DD Tanikaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Shiranui fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub There were no CV aircraft lost that turn ============================= The I don't know, I have no idea where KB is now. None of my PBYs found it. The sub strike was two hexes directly North of Manus. The sub attack was 6 hexes from where KB was last turn and the sub attack was during the daylight naval movement phase. I doubt that KB went much further than 3 hexes from that attack hex. All of my DS TFs are in thunderstorms and have no detection reported. They are 3 hexes East of Kavieng. =========================================== Elsewhere, my LRCAP intercepted bomber, some escorted over Kachin Hills I shot down 5 Helens and lost one Hurricane. He was able to defeat my lone Chinese Corps there and the retreated. Ground combat at Kachin Hills (61,45) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 18733 troops, 154 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 666 Defending force 9986 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 295 Japanese adjusted assault: 345 Allied adjusted defense: 121 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-) experience(-) Attacker: fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 380 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 41 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 3331 casualties reported Squads: 39 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 19 disabled Engineers: 7 destroyed, 10 disabled Guns lost 12 (7 destroyed, 5 disabled) Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 59th Infantry Brigade 55th Division 86th Nav Gd /2 Defending units: 3rd New Chinese Corps ========================================

Nomad -> RE: March 24, 1943 (1/28/2022 2:26:50 PM)
More musings. If did indeed hit a CV, there are none that can fit into the repair shipyard at Truk. So it will have to return back to the Home Islands for repair. That will take a while. And that does take 71( if it is Hiryu ) aircraft away. I did move a PBY unit into Buka to give me double coverage in the Rabaul - Kavieng - Manus area Maybe I will spot KB this turn. It is unnerving to know that KB is near and not know where it is. I am not moving my ACTFs this turn, I will wait to see if I spot KB.

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