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castor troy -> RE: March 24, 1943 (1/28/2022 3:20:27 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Nomad 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. Truk has no repair yards. Or does it in your variants' game? [&:]

BBfanboy -> RE: March 24, 1943 (1/28/2022 3:57:35 PM)
Could losses of your searching patrol aircraft show where KB is during the turn?

Nomad -> RE: March 25, 1943 (1/28/2022 4:59:31 PM)
March 25, 1943 Yes, he purchased a size 15 repair shipyard for Truk and a size 15 for Babeldaob. I did not lose any PBYs last turn I still do not see KB. There is a TF 7 hexes North of Manus. Mouse over shows 4 ships and no aircraft. It is moving NE. I have a sub one hex NW of it. I will send it on a path to try and intercept. I have no idea what it could be. I moved a PBY unit to Umboi Island, again to broaden my search. I have sent recon over Manus, Kavieng, and Rabaul every turn and they do not show any ships in port or aircraft on the ground. I am sending recon to three bases with ports on the North side of New guinea. Wewak, Aitape, and Hollandia to see if there are any ships in port there. Going through the next turn, I see a lot of my subs around Manus report being sighted SS Thresher reports having been sighted by the enemy at 101 , 118 SS Tambor reports having been sighted by the enemy at 102 , 118 SS Searaven reports having been sighted by the enemy at 99 , 118 SS Sealion reports having been sighted by the enemy at 98 , 118 SS Pompano reports having been sighted by the enemy at 101 , 117 SS Pollack reports having been sighted by the enemy at 101 , 119 Makes me wonder. These are all North and West of Manus. As per usual, CV Hiryu showed up on the sunk ship list, but there were no CV aircraft lost on the field. So, bogus report. [8D]

Nomad -> RE: March 26, 1943 (1/28/2022 8:36:49 PM)
March 26, 1943 At Rabaul DMS Perry did indeed find a minefield but only cleared one mine. Given the number of CMs I have seen around the area the last month or so, I expect that all three of the major bases in the area will be mined. TF 297 encounters mine field at Rabaul (106,125) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DMS Perry, Shell hits 1 DMS Perry firing at 10th Special Base Force 10th Special Base Force firing at DMS Perry 1 mine cleared DMS Perry suffered no damage. ====================================== An interesting thing is that none of my subs reported being spotted this turn. does that mean KB moved further North? I did not spot it this turn again. The TF I was seeing last turn has also disappeared, none of my subs found it. There is a new TF shown 4 hexes NE of Manus of size 3. I think it is probably an ASW TF to try and clear the area of subs. My recon at Manus shows 15 Aux aircraft there. All my attack TFs that are now two hexes from Kavieng have high detection levels now. I assume they were picked up by what are probably Mavis seaplanes or something like that. Recons of the three bases on the North side of New Guinea showed nothing.

BBfanboy -> RE: March 26, 1943 (1/28/2022 10:06:41 PM)
Some players cancel their ASW and Nav Search from their carriers when they want to go ghost mode. Risky if they are in an area that the Allies might have forces, but not too risky if there are just scattered subs. By now Japanese DDs should be fairly competent at ASW.

Nomad -> RE: March 27, 1943 (1/29/2022 3:05:08 PM)
March 27, 1943 I agree BBfanboy, but I look to the fact that he didn't the turn before that he might not have. And my PBYs are not seeing KB anywhere. Again, no sign of KB. Weather cancelled my bombing of Manus, and the recon too. Nothing else happened anywhere.

Nomad -> RE: March 28, 1943 (1/29/2022 6:49:24 PM)
March 28, 1943 Interesting turn SS Petco much have all the working Mk-14s Sub attack near Truk at 110,106 Japanese Ships ARD Dublon ARD, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage PB Takuna Maru #6 Allied Ships SS Peto SS Peto launches 2 torpedoes at ARD Dublon ARD Peto diving deep .... PB Takuna Maru #6 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Takuna Maru #6 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Takuna Maru #6 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Takuna Maru #6 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Takuna Maru #6 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub --------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Truk at 110,106 Japanese Ships PB Takuna Maru #6, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Peto SS Peto launches 2 torpedoes Peto diving deep .... Sub escapes detection She launched 4 torpedos, 3 hit and 3 exploded. =========================================== Airfield at Manus bombed Morning Air attack on Manus , at 101,119 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-15-II Babs: 1 destroyed on ground No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 35 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb --------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manus , at 101,119 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 33 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-15-II Babs: 2 destroyed on ground No Allied losses Airbase hits 22 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 25 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb --------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manus , at 101,119 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 27 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 5 destroyed on ground Ki-15-II Babs: 1 destroyed on ground No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 26 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 13 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 27 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb --------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manus , at 101,119 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed on ground Ki-15-II Babs: 1 destroyed on ground No Allied losses Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb Tracker shows 12 Tojos and 8 Babs destroyed on field. No sign of KB

Nomad -> RE: March 29, 1943 (1/29/2022 9:03:21 PM)
March 29, 1943 Cleared 113 mines at Rabaul and there seems to be more I had 4 AMs and a SC in the TF. Two of the AMs were hit by shell fire and will return to base for repairs. ==================================== The best way to deal with Tojos is to kill them on the ground and damage the airbase so they can't fly somewhere else Afternoon Air attack on Manus , at 101,119 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed on ground No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb --------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manus , at 101,119 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed on ground No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb --------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manus , at 101,119 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-15-II Babs: 1 destroyed on ground No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb Tracker lists 8 Tojo and 1 Babs destroyed on the ground Recon shows the airfield with 84 damage and no more aircraft. =============================================

BBfanboy -> RE: March 29, 1943 (1/30/2022 3:55:33 AM)
Just discovering the minefield makes a big difference in avoiding mine hits. If your remaining minesweepers get hit you should probably be able to withdraw them and not have too much trouble from the minefield.

Nomad -> RE: March 30, 1943 (1/30/2022 4:43:08 PM)
March 30, 1943 Cleared another 85 mines at Rabaul. The other two AMs took shell hits and will retire. My SC hit a mine( cleared it ) and sank. I have a TF with 4 MSYs and 2 PCs that just arrived in the hex and will clear more mines tomorrow. I am not showing any mines at Rabaul now. I wonder if I got them all? Thinking about this, I have noticed that often when the last mine is swept by a non minesweeping ship, it clears it by setting it off. [:)] SS Pollack ran into some DDs and suffered. She is heavily damaged but might make it back to a port. I bombed the airfield at Manus again. Even though my recon shows no aircraft there, Tracker says I destroyed 12 aircraft on the ground.

Nomad -> RE: March 31, 1943 (1/30/2022 8:32:56 PM)
March 31, 1943 My Bombardment TF went into Rabaul, they found a sub Submarine attack near Rabaul at 106,125 Japanese Ships SS RO-64, hits 12, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Conyngham DD Case BB Mississippi, Torpedo hits 2 SS RO-64 is sighted by escort DD Conyngham attacking submerged sub .... SS RO-64 forced to surface! DD Conyngham firing on surfaced sub .... DD Case firing on surfaced sub .... BB Mississippi firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves BB Mississippi should be fine. ========================================== BB New Mexico and BB Idaho bombarded Rabaul Night Naval bombardment of Rabaul at 106,125 Allied Ships BB New Mexico BB Idaho Japanese ground losses: 369 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 29 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 16 Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 1 OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB New Mexico BB New Mexico firing at Rabaul BB Idaho firing at Rabaul ===================================== Bombed Manus airfield and destroyed another 4 Tojos No mines were swept at Rabaul, I guess I got them all There is a sub in the hex at Buka, I wonder if it laid mines or is trying to attack something? Ho, ho, heidi ho, off to Rabaul I go.

Nomad -> April 1, 1943 (1/31/2022 12:08:13 AM)
April 1, 1943 If I had told my amphibious TF to unload I could attack, but since I didn't, it will have to wait until next turn. I hurt a sub NW of Rabaul Sub attack near Rabaul at 106,124 Japanese Ships SS RO-63, hits 3, heavy damage Allied Ships CL Phoenix CL St. Louis DD Maury DD McCall SS RO-63 launches 6 torpedoes at CL Phoenix RO-63 diving deep .... DD Maury fails to find sub and abandons search DD McCall fails to find sub, continues to search... DD McCall fails to find sub, continues to search... DD McCall fails to find sub, continues to search... DD McCall fails to find sub, continues to search... DD McCall fails to find sub, continues to search... DD McCall attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub ================================ I sank one at buka ASW attack near Buka at 109,128 Japanese Ships SS I-6, hits 20, heavy damage Allied Ships DMS Dorsey DMS Lamberton AK Procyon AK Arcturus xAP Marella xAP Macdhui xAP Rangatira xAP Duntroon xAP Devonshire DE Chew DE Bulmer DMS Elliot SS I-6 is sighted by escort DE Chew attacking submerged sub .... DE Bulmer fails to find sub, continues to search... DMS Elliot attacking submerged sub .... SS I-6 eludes DMS Elliot by hugging bottom DE Chew fails to find sub and abandons search DE Bulmer attacking submerged sub .... Debris floats to surface in area of attack! Escort abandons search for sub ==================================== I am not sure why, but he took Nadzab with paratroops It had recently reverted to my control Ground combat at Nadzab (98,125) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 74 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 7 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Nadzab !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: Yokosuka Assault SNLF /1 ==================================== His Nells tried to hit the amphibious TF with no luck Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 106,125 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 9 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 8 F4F-4 Wildcat x 3 F4U-1 Corsair x 7 F6F-3 Hellcat x 18 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 5 destroyed No Allied losses CAP engaged: VF-35 with F6F-3 Hellcat (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 10 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000. Raid is overhead VF-37 with F4F-4 Wildcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 6000. Raid is overhead VMF-213 /B with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes VMF-111 with F4U-1 Corsair (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 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes 18th FG/12th FS with P-39D Airacobra (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 8000. Raid is overhead =============================================================

Nomad -> RE: April 2, 1943 (1/31/2022 2:12:15 AM)
April 2, 1943 Landed at Rabaul It looks like I have enough to take the base but it might take a turn or two all of my troops landed with 99 morale, 8-9 fatigue, and 0 disruption and my units have about 30,000 supply total Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 3133 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 177 Defending force 29380 troops, 429 guns, 791 vehicles, Assault Value = 937 Japanese ground losses: 47 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 82nd Naval Guard Unit 83rd Naval Guard Unit 64th Naval Guard Unit 10th Special Base Force Defending units: 763rd Tank Battalion 762nd Tank Battalion 37th Infantry Division 110th Combat Engineer Battalion 43rd Infantry Division III US Corps ===================================== Got another sub Submarine attack near Rabaul at 106,125 Japanese Ships SS I-168, hits 19, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Perkins BB Colorado BB Maryland CL Concord CL Marblehead CL Raleigh AM Matai AM Chignecto AM Ungava AM Tui AM Moa AM Junee APA Crescent City APA President Adams APA President Jackson APA U.S. Grant APA George F. Elliot APA Heywood APA Hunter Liggett APA Henry T. Allen APA Wharton AK Mercury AK Electra AK Alcyon AK Titania AK Algorab AK Alchiba AK Alhena LST-459 LST-456 LST-451 LST-449 LST-19 LST-18 LCI-24 LCI-23 xAKL Sibolga xAKL Siaoe xAKL Bintoehan xAKL Mauban xAKL Luzon xAKL Legazpi xAKL Compagnia Filipinas DD Tucker DD Flusser DD Smith SS I-168 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Perkins DD Tucker fails to find sub and abandons search DD Flusser fails to find sub and abandons search DD Smith fails to find sub and abandons search DD Perkins attacking submerged sub .... DD Perkins loses contact with SS I-168 DD Perkins attacking submerged sub .... DD Perkins cannot reach attack position over SS I-168 SS I-168 eludes DD Perkins by hugging bottom DD Perkins fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Perkins attacking submerged sub .... DD Perkins loses contact with SS I-168 SS I-168 forced to surface! DD Tucker firing on surfaced sub .... DD Flusser firing on surfaced sub .... DD Smith firing on surfaced sub .... DD Tucker firing on surfaced sub .... DD Flusser firing on surfaced sub .... DD Smith firing on surfaced sub .... DD Tucker firing on surfaced sub .... DD Flusser firing on surfaced sub .... DD Smith firing on surfaced sub .... DD Tucker firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves ======================================= Looks like either there were more mines that were undetected or he laid some more with subs TF 8 encounters mine field at Rabaul (106,125) Allied Ships AM Bengal AM Punjab AM Madras AM Bombay AM Kiwi AM Swallow AM Starling AM Skylark 52 mines cleared --------------------------------------------- TF 108 encounters mine field at Rabaul (106,125) Allied Ships AM Matai AM Chignecto AM Ungava AM Tui AM Moa AM Junee DD Flusser DD Perkins BB Colorado, Mine hits 1 19 mines cleared BB Colorado has minimal damage 5 sys, 3 float, 1 fire. There are no more mines showing at Rabaul ============================ and for some reason he again used paratoops to take an base that has no bearing on anything. Ground combat at Wau (98,126) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 48 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 5 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Wau !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: Yokosuka Assault SNLF /2 =========================================== Bombed the airfield on Manus again and destroyed 2 more Tojos.

Nomad -> RE: April 2, 1943 (1/31/2022 2:33:51 AM)
These TFs have been in this hex for 3 turns and they sill do not show any detection They are in the hex NW of Rabaul. [image]local://upfiles/4176/F7DD94BA1B7D47B196B14D2616A9E15F.jpg[/image]

Nomad -> RE: April 3, 1943 (1/31/2022 1:45:50 PM)
April 3, 1943 You would think that a player would issue the most important order for a turn, but I am proving to be deficient in that area. I forgot to give the order to attack at Rabaul. [:(] This is me [>:] asleep at the wheel. [8\|] I didn't sink this sub outright, but I got 2 reported direct hits and the rest were damage hits. I doubt it will make it. ASW attack near Kavieng at 106,122 Japanese Ships SS I-16, hits 13, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Aulick SS I-16 is sighted by escort DD Aulick fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Aulick fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Aulick attacking submerged sub .... DD Aulick attacking submerged sub .... SS I-16 eludes ASW attack from DD Aulick SS I-16 eludes ASW attack from DD Aulick Escort abandons search for sub ==================================== Swept 47 more mines at Rabaul, AM Swallow cleared one by hitting it and sinking. [:(] I bombed the airfield at Manus, no more aircraft were destroyed on the ground Kavieng is showing ships disbanded in port, I will hit the port next turn

castor troy -> RE: April 3, 1943 (1/31/2022 4:17:18 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Nomad April 3, 1943 You would think that a player would issue the most important order for a turn, but I am proving to be deficient in that area. I forgot to give the order to attack at Rabaul. [:(] This is me [>:] asleep at the wheel. [8\|] Been there done that! In my last turn I've sent 150 4Es to bomb the airfield of Kukong (inland China) and all missed the airfield. WTF? Checking the combat report again I noticed I have set them to port attack and again WTF? One can port bomb an inland base that doesn't even have a port? Well yeah, one can...[8\|]

Nomad -> RE: April 4, 1943 (1/31/2022 4:26:37 PM)
April 4, 1943 More mines swept at Rabaul. Will he ever run out of sub laid mines? [&:] TF 8 encounters mine field at Rabaul (106,125) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 39 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships AM Bengal, Shell hits 6 AM Punjab, Shell hits 1 AM Madras, Shell hits 1 AM Bombay, Shell hits 2 AM Kiwi, Shell hits 4 AM Starling, Shell hits 3 AM Skylark, Shell hits 3, on fire 10th Special Base Force firing at AM Bengal AM Bengal firing at 10th Special Base Force AM Punjab firing at 10th Special Base Force 10th Special Base Force firing at AM Punjab 10th Special Base Force firing at AM Madras AM Madras firing at 10th Special Base Force AM Bombay firing at 10th Special Base Force 10th Special Base Force firing at AM Bombay AM Kiwi firing at 10th Special Base Force 10th Special Base Force firing at AM Kiwi AM Starling firing at 10th Special Base Force 10th Special Base Force firing at AM Starling AM Skylark firing at 10th Special Base Force 10th Special Base Force firing at AM Skylark 41 mines cleared No mines shown, I will leave 4 of they least damaged on patrol. ====================================== SS Swordfish returning to Perth for fuel finds this, no hits but interesting TF. One of his best CAs roaming the DEI. ASW attack near Billiton at 53,92 Japanese Ships CA Mogami DD Isonami DD Usugumo DD Shikinami Allied Ships SS Swordfish, hits 4 SS Swordfish is sighted by escort Some damage, but she will make it to Perth and repair and refuel. ========================================================== Amazing, if you give your units orders to do something good things can happen Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 27145 troops, 429 guns, 731 vehicles, Assault Value = 939 Defending force 6897 troops, 42 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 172 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Allied adjusted assault: 1530 Japanese adjusted defense: 113 Allied assault odds: 13 to 1 (fort level 2) Allied forces CAPTURE Rabaul !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1150 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 85 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 17 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled) Allied ground losses: 145 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Vehicles lost 19 (1 destroyed, 18 disabled) Assaulting units: 762nd Tank Battalion 110th Combat Engineer Battalion 37th Infantry Division 763rd Tank Battalion 43rd Infantry Division III US Corps Defending units: 83rd Naval Guard Unit 82nd Naval Guard Unit 64th Naval Guard Unit 10th Special Base Force ==================================== Most bombers in the South Pacific stood down due to weather. [:(]

Nomad -> RE: April 5, 1943 (1/31/2022 8:24:47 PM)
April 5, 1943 Looks like KB is out in the Marshal Islands now ASW attack near Ebon at 131,122 Japanese Ships BB Kirishima BB Hiei CA Chokai CA Takao DD Hatsuzuki DD Akizuki DD Kasumi DD Tanikaze DD Urakaze DD Shiranui Allied Ships SS Tullibee, hits 5 SS Tullibee is sighted by escort Minor damage, she is heading back to Pearl for repairs ================================= Clean up on Rabaul continues

Nomad -> RE: April 6, 1943 (1/31/2022 9:55:49 PM)
April 6, 1943 Cleanup on Rabaul continues Recon and bombing show there is Naval Guard and a JNAF BF on Kavieng. I will be bombing and bombarding them to see if I can eliminate them that way. I tried to get into a possible shoot out with KB, but it looks like he retreated back to the Northwest.

Nomad -> RE: April 7, 1943 (2/1/2022 2:10:22 AM)
April 7, 1943 Rabaul cleanup done. All enemy units destroyed, all damage to port and airfield repaired and port and airfield being upgraded. As far as I can tell it will take me about 30-35 days to upgrade both to their maximum. KB has disappeared from the Marshall Islands.

Nomad -> RE: April 8, 1943 (2/1/2022 7:37:11 PM)
April 8, 1943 Not much happening this turn Swept 47 mines at Kavieng Bombed the troops at Kavieng, appears there is only 65th Naval Guard Unit and 11th JNAF AF Unit Real or misinformation? 6th Division is planning for an attack on Koggala.

T Rav -> RE: April 8, 1943 (2/1/2022 7:40:53 PM)
Go Nomad! I like to read ARRs from good players. Thanks, T Rav

Nomad -> RE: April 9, 1943 (2/1/2022 11:32:14 PM)
April 9, 1943 I am not sure if you are watching a good player or not T. Swept another 81 mines at Kavieng, bombed with little effect. Naval Bombardment going in tonight On a side note, we are supposed to get to -20F or colder tonight. Need to crank up the heaters. [;)]

Nomad -> RE: April 10, 1943 (2/2/2022 1:56:12 AM)
April 10, 1943 A good Naval Bombardment at Kavieng Night Naval bombardment of Kavieng at 106,122 Allied Ships CA Australia CA Vincennes CA San Francisco CA Minneapolis CA Astoria CA New Orleans DD Mugford DD Helm DD Blue DD Bagley DD Morris DD Sims DD Grayson DD Gwin Japanese ground losses: 370 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 38 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled Airbase hits 22 Airbase supply hits 13 Runway hits 101 Port hits 24 Port supply hits 11 Seagull V acting as spotter for CA Australia CA Australia firing at Kavieng CA Vincennes firing at Kavieng CA San Francisco firing at Kavieng CA Minneapolis firing at Kavieng CA Astoria firing at Kavieng CA New Orleans firing at Kavieng DD Mugford firing at Kavieng DD Helm firing at Kavieng DD Blue firing at Kavieng DD Bagley firing at Kavieng DD Morris firing at Kavieng DD Sims firing at Kavieng DD Grayson firing at Kavieng DD Gwin firing at Kavieng ================================ He bombed two units near Kartha with little effect Morning Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 61,44 , near Katha Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 9 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 6 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 75th Chinese Corps ... --------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 61,44 , near Katha Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 9 Ki-30 Ann x 15 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 75th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 3rd New Chinese Corps ... --------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 61,44 , near Katha Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 9 Ki-30 Ann x 6 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb --------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 61,44 , near Katha Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 20 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 21 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb =========== Morning Air attack on 75th Chinese Corps, at 61,44 , near Katha Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 91 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 25 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 33 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 3rd New Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 75th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 3rd New Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 75th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 3rd New Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 75th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 3rd New Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 75th Chinese Corps ... --------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 75th Chinese Corps, at 61,44 , near Katha Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 9 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 29 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb --------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 75th Chinese Corps, at 61,44 , near Katha Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 9 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 27 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 27 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb The 3rd New Chinese corps has a disruption of 0 and the 75th Chinese Corps has a disruption of 8, up from 2 last turn You can see that large numbers of small medium bombers do not do much damage. As far as I can figure he spent about 400 supply to no advantage by bombing my troops.

Nomad -> RE: April 11, 1943 (2/2/2022 3:41:49 PM)
April 11, 1943 Again he flew 193 Helens on bombing missions over a Chinese Corps sitting in a jungle hex. For his 386+ supply expenditure he got a few disabled troops. I really don't think it is worth it. My Naval Bombardment of Kavieng did not do as well as last turn. For some reason there was no line telling me that a float plane was spotting, but I have every float plane set for night recon of Kavieng Night Naval bombardment of Kavieng at 106,122 Allied Ships CA Australia CA Vincennes CA San Francisco CA Minneapolis CA Astoria CA New Orleans DD Mugford DD Helm DD Blue DD Bagley DD Morris DD Sims DD Grayson DD Gwin Japanese ground losses: 126 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Airbase hits 12 Airbase supply hits 9 Runway hits 39 Port hits 14 Port supply hits 5 CA Australia firing at Kavieng CA Vincennes firing at Kavieng CA San Francisco firing at Kavieng CA Minneapolis firing at Kavieng CA Astoria firing at Kavieng CA New Orleans firing at Kavieng DD Mugford firing at 65th Naval Guard Unit DD Helm firing at Kavieng DD Blue firing at Kavieng DD Bagley firing at Kavieng DD Morris firing at 65th Naval Guard Unit DD Sims firing at Kavieng DD Grayson firing at Kavieng DD Gwin firing at Kavieng ===================================

Nomad -> RE: April 12, 1943 (2/2/2022 9:01:26 PM)
April 12, 1943 Interesting, same TF and I did not change any float plane orders But I get a spotter and better results. Weather maybe? Night Naval bombardment of Kavieng at 106,122 Allied Ships CA Australia CA Vincennes CA San Francisco CA Minneapolis CA Astoria CA New Orleans DD Mugford DD Helm DD Blue DD Bagley DD Morris DD Sims DD Grayson DD Gwin Japanese ground losses: 378 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 20 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 8 destroyed, 2 disabled Airbase hits 18 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 47 Port hits 23 Port supply hits 10 Seagull V acting as spotter for CA Australia CA Australia firing at Kavieng CA Vincennes firing at Kavieng CA San Francisco firing at Kavieng SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Minneapolis CA Minneapolis firing at 65th Naval Guard Unit CA Astoria firing at Kavieng CA New Orleans firing at Kavieng DD Mugford firing at Kavieng DD Helm firing at Kavieng DD Blue firing at Kavieng DD Bagley firing at Kavieng DD Morris firing at 65th Naval Guard Unit DD Sims firing at Kavieng DD Grayson firing at Kavieng DD Gwin firing at Kavieng That is it for that turn, nothing else happened And BTW, I have two small and one fairly large operation underway, you will start to hear about the first one in 2 or 3 days, the next in about 5 days and the bigger one in about 7-9 days.

Nomad -> RE: April 13, 1943 (2/3/2022 12:37:27 AM)
April 13, 1943 And again I see no spotter aircraft listed and the result is poor Same TF and all float planes on night recon, there are 21 float planes in the TF Night Naval bombardment of Kavieng at 106,122 Allied Ships CA Australia CA Vincennes CA San Francisco CA Minneapolis CA Astoria CA New Orleans DD Mugford DD Helm DD Blue DD Bagley DD Morris DD Sims DD Grayson DD Gwin Japanese ground losses: 68 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 21 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 51 Port hits 42 Port supply hits 3 CA Australia firing at Kavieng CA Vincennes firing at Kavieng CA San Francisco firing at Kavieng CA Minneapolis firing at Kavieng CA Astoria firing at 65th Naval Guard Unit CA New Orleans firing at Kavieng DD Mugford firing at Kavieng DD Helm firing at Kavieng DD Blue firing at 65th Naval Guard Unit DD Bagley firing at Kavieng DD Morris firing at Kavieng DD Sims firing at Kavieng DD Grayson firing at Kavieng DD Gwin firing at Kavieng ======================================== 70% moonlight, I am going to hit the oil at Magwe I had ideas about capturing it and the refineries, but it doesn't look like that will happen for a while. Time to destroy all the supply making factories in range. 12 months from now I start getting B-29s and they can really destroy factories.

Nomad -> RE: April 14, 1943 (2/3/2022 3:27:03 PM)
April 14, 1943 And the KVs join in: Submarine attack near Akyab at 53,46 Japanese Ships SS I-121, hits 22, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships KV Freesia KV Auricula SS I-121 is located by KV Freesia KV Auricula attacking submerged sub .... SS I-121 forced to surface! KV Auricula firing on surfaced sub .... KV Freesia firing on surfaced sub .... KV Auricula firing on surfaced sub .... KV Freesia firing on surfaced sub .... KV Auricula firing on surfaced sub .... KV Freesia firing on surfaced sub .... KV Freesia firing on surfaced sub .... KV Auricula firing on surfaced sub .... KV Freesia firing on surfaced sub .... KV Auricula firing on surfaced sub .... KV Freesia firing on surfaced sub .... KV Auricula firing on surfaced sub .... KV Freesia firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves The KVs gained 11 and 12 daytime experience. [:)] ================================================== Naval Bombardment of Kavieng, got spotters but not many troops hurt I wonder if the troop count is getting low Night Naval bombardment of Kavieng at 106,122 Allied Ships CA Australia CA Vincennes CA San Francisco CA Minneapolis CA Astoria CA New Orleans DD Mugford DD Helm DD Blue DD Bagley DD Morris DD Sims DD Grayson DD Gwin Japanese ground losses: 18 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 17 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 85 Port hits 49 Port supply hits 13 Seagull V acting as spotter for CA Australia CA Australia firing at Kavieng SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Vincennes CA Vincennes firing at 65th Naval Guard Unit CA San Francisco firing at Kavieng CA Minneapolis firing at Kavieng CA Astoria firing at Kavieng CA New Orleans firing at Kavieng DD Mugford firing at Kavieng DD Helm firing at Kavieng DD Blue firing at Kavieng DD Bagley firing at Kavieng DD Morris firing at Kavieng DD Sims firing at Kavieng DD Grayson firing at Kavieng DD Gwin firing at Kavieng ========================================== Many of my Heavies in Burma got lost in the 70% moonlight and missed the target Only a few oil hits There is a little LI at Mandalay, we will try hitting that tonight First small operation, landing at Ocean Island

Nomad -> RE: April 15, 1943 (2/3/2022 6:26:08 PM)
April 15, 1943 Night bombers got a few hits on LI at Mandalay, mouseover says I damaged 4 I will try a different target tonight. ======================================== I gave my Kavieng Naval Bombardment TF the night off and my minesweepers at Kavieng found more mines. Did he drop off some more via sub? I swept 51 mines. ====================================== Landed and captured Ocen Island Pre-Invasion action off Ocean Island (130,130) Allied Ships CL Leander DD Tucker DD Henley DD Ralph Talbot LST-461 LST-463 Japanese ground losses: 456 casualties reported Squads: 9 destroyed, 16 disabled Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled CL Leander firing at 43rd Naval Guard Unit DD Tucker firing at 43rd Naval Guard Unit DD Henley firing at 43rd Naval Guard Unit DD Ralph Talbot firing at 43rd Naval Guard Unit Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards --------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Ocean Island (130,130) TF 270 troops unloading over beach at Ocean Island, 130,130 Allied ground losses: 77 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled) Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) -------------------- Ground combat at Ocean Island (130,130) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 4884 troops, 94 guns, 45 vehicles, Assault Value = 133 Defending force 98 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied adjusted assault: 218 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 218 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Ocean Island !!! Combat modifiers Defender: Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 129 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 23rd Marine Regiment Defending units: 43rd Nav Gd /1 ================================ And it looks like he tried to move some supply in to Manus, The Banshees said no. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Manus at 101,119 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft A-24 Banshee x 16 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Kohoku Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk SC Ch 33, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 7 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 9 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Kohoku Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring SC Ch 33 ===============================================

Nomad -> RE: April 16, 1943 (2/3/2022 9:18:42 PM)
April 16, 1943 Well the Heavies are not doing much night strat bombing, so we will try the B-25Cs at 3000 feet and see if they can hit something. One of my CLs in my DS lead TF took a torpedo. Medium damage, she will need a repair shipyard, so off to Sydney. The escorting DDs got one direct hit and one damage hit. Naval Bombardment at Kavieng, go spotters, a good amount of base damage but not many troops hit, probably not many left. Landing at Nauru Island, second small op.

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