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Xargun -> RE: May 6th, 1943 (2/11/2022 1:48:11 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: JanSako Is it just me or do Allied ships tend to land way more hits than IJN ships in general? (this time 27 vs 17) Is it the overall better tech (radar, fire control, guns)? Cause mid-war the CL & up combatants tend to have gained plenty of XP. I am surprised Dorsetshire sunk only after 4 hits though, even BB main guns. Must have all been side hits w/significant secondary damage. My guess is the British ships have radar and none of mine did. As for the Doretshire I believe all the hits were 14 or 16 inch BB guns. A heavy cruiser can't repel that sort of firepower. Xargun

Xargun -> May 8th, 1943 (2/11/2022 1:59:20 PM)
Well my invasion of Ceylon has certainly got Nomad's attention. Feels like he has diverted all of the medium/heavy bombers that were in Eastern India / North Burma to this front and he bombed the hell out of my airborne invaded bases - preceeded by sweeps with P-38Fs & Gs. Morning Air attack on Dambulla , at 30,47 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator II x 12 P-38E Lightning x 25 P-40K Warhawk x 18 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 === Morning Air attack on Dambulla , at 30,47 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 12 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 8 === Morning Air attack on Jaffna , at 31,45 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 24 B-17F Fortress x 24 No Allied losses Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 26 === Morning Air attack on Yokosuka 3rd SNLF, at 30,47 (Dambulla) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 16 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled === Morning Air attack on Dambulla , at 30,47 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 36 No Allied losses Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 29 === Morning Air attack on Dambulla , at 30,47 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 12 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 16 === Morning Air attack on Jaffna , at 31,45 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 11 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 16 I currently have no plans for those two bases so he can destroy the bases for all I care. The 6th ID performed another Shock Attack at Koggala finally capturing the port. Ground combat at Koggala (29,50) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 6453 troops, 46 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 362 Defending force 1407 troops, 15 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 284 Allied adjusted defense: 13 Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Koggala !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), preparation(-) fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 18 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 460 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 13 (13 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 6th Division Defending units: Ceylon Base Force The enemy base force fled NW towards Columbo. I am giving the troops a day of rest at Koggala and hopefully owning the port will speed up the unloading of the rest of the division. I am airlifting in some AV support and have landed 2 sentais of fighters from some CVEs to provide cap to the base, while the carriers pull back and give their pilots some rest -- been working them hard and they are all in the mid to high 20s in fatigue. Figure a day of rest and they should be ready to go. Looks like he has dropped some sub mines at Koggala as well, so the DMSs are heading back up - it will take them 2 days to get to the port. They were back with the replenishment TF. The sub count is now up to over 10 in the immediate area - didn't think he had this many subs up here. I have been evading them so far with no encounters for several days now. Xargun

Xargun -> May 13th, 1943 (2/14/2022 2:07:01 PM)
A few slow turns. For the past several days medium and heavy bombers have been plastering my invasion force at Koggala. Once the heavies plastered my airfield there and destroyed most of the planes on the ground the mediums came in strafing my invasion TF. The warships took the .50 cal rounds much better than the amphibs and I have lost several now. The entire 6th Division is landed at Koggala but the allied air force is making it impossible to operate in this theater so I have called off the invasion. Nomad has built up the air fields in India nearby to level 9s and is staging his bombers from there easily -- apparently he has had opponents in the past invade Ceylon and does the Indian buildup all the time now. So just poor luck on my part -- I invaded where he was prepared. My ships are all away from Ceylon and a piece of the 6th division was evacuated on a DD fast transport TF as well. I have my carriers sitting 10 hexes or so from Ceylon with the replen TF and I am planning on running Fast Transport TFs in and out of Koggala as much as I can. Figured haul in supply, haul out troops. I am also running two sentais of Emilies from Port Blair airlifting out troops as well. Not sure how much of the division I will be able to rescue, but any is better than none. In the south pacific the US is bombarding the hell out of Mili and the CD unit there is all but incapacitated. No troops on the ground yet though. 100 Nells at Truk are switching to night Naval attacks covering the Bismarck Sea - range 15. I also have a sentai of Emilies flying night naval search for them. With a little luck I might catch a few allied TFs and attack at night while their fighters are not around. Xargun

Xargun -> May 19th, 1943 (2/16/2022 12:51:19 AM)
Nomad and I am back to 3+ turns a day and I am awaiting the May 20th turn from him. I thought I would give some updates for the past few turns. May 16th My Nav Search of the Indian ocean has spotted the same allied TF of at least two KVs patrolling off the coast of Akyab for a week or more. So I slipped a combat TF up from Singers and charged into them at night. Night Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 51,45, Range 1,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Mogami CL Sendai CL Jintsu DD Ikazuchi DD Fubuki DD Hatsuyuki DD Uranami DD Ayanami Allied Ships KV Freesia, Shell hits 17, and is sunk KV Auricula, Shell hits 27, and is sunk My DD Fast Transport TF arrived at Koggala and was meet by a bunch of naval air power on naval attacks. Luckily the experience of the allied pilots must be low and the DDs were nimble and evaded all the torpedoes. They then picked up some 6th Division troops and headed for home. May 17th Allied troops landed at Wewak and took the base. Another allied amphibious landing at Lautem involving at least a Regiment of troops. Amphibious Assault at Lautem (72,115) TF 84 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 72,115 Allied ground losses: 313 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 63 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 47 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 29 (0 destroyed, 29 disabled) Vehicles lost 23 (0 destroyed, 23 disabled) May 18th On its way back to Singers, the CV TF in the Indian Ocean ran into SS Trusty... Sub attack near Car Nicobar at 34,61 Japanese Ships CV Hiyo, Torpedo hits 1 BB Yamato CA Mikuma DD Kuroyara DD Amagiri DD Aoumi DD Shiroumi DD Kuroumi DD Haiiroyara Allied Ships SS Trusty, hits 9, heavy damage Luckily the Hiyo only took one torpedo and the damage isn't as bad as it good be - 26 flt damage. Allies are also landing at Saumlaki. Pre-Invasion action off Saumlaki (78,117) 21 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships SC-739 LST-472 AM Moa LST-473 Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled SC-739 fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Saumlaki (78,117) TF 243 troops unloading over beach at Saumlaki, 78,117 Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 71 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled) Vehicles lost 8 (0 destroyed, 8 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Saumlaki (78,117) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 948 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 40 Defending force 1368 troops, 14 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 8 Assaulting units: 15th Naval Guard Unit Defending units: 10th RAAF Base Force /1 Launtem was taken by the allies. Ground combat at Lautem (72,115) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 3373 troops, 71 guns, 71 vehicles, Assault Value = 97 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 48 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 48 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Lautem !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: leaders(-) Assaulting units: 41st Infantry/A Division Xargun

Xargun -> Suggestions (2/16/2022 1:24:59 AM)
So it looks like Nomad is opening up another front in the South West Pacific north of Oz. His landings at Lautem and Saumlaki are making me a little worried and paranoid. My defenses in that area are thin. I have troops in reserve at Soerbaja and Singers and a SC TF is moving to Kendari this turn. Not sure how to handle a 3rd front if he puts resources into it. Any one have any ideas or suggestions? Xargun

Xargun -> May 22nd, 1943 (2/17/2022 4:12:28 PM)
The bombing of the 6th Division at Koggala continues, while I use Emilies to evacuate as many troops as I can. Some B-25Ds attacked my SC TF at Kendari. They must have been flying from Lautem. Morning Air attack on TF, near Kendari at 70,106 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 6 damaged B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships CA Haguro, Bomb hits 1 CA Myoko, Bomb hits 1, on fire DD Asashio, Shell hits 5 DD Oshio, Shell hits 1 Xargun

Xargun -> May 23rd, 1943 (2/17/2022 4:31:44 PM)
Allied troops finally land on Mili after several weeks of daily bombardments and air attacks against the Naval Fortress there. Pre-Invasion action off Mili (136,121) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CA Australia CA Vincennes LCI-83 LCI-216 DD Sims Japanese ground losses: 86 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 8 (7 destroyed, 1 disabled) CA Australia firing at Mili Naval Fortress Mili Naval Fortress firing at CA Australia CA Vincennes firing at Mili Naval Fortress Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards === Amphibious Assault at Mili (136,121) TF 128 troops unloading over beach at Mili, 136,121 Allied ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 4 (0 destroyed, 4 disabled) Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Motorized Support lost from landing craft during unload of 2nd Marine/A Div /2 Allied ships bombard Saumlaki as well. Night Naval bombardment of Saumlaki at 78,117 Allied Ships CL Denver CL Montpelier CL Columbia CL Cleveland Port hits 27 Port supply hits 1 CL Denver firing at Saumlaki CL Montpelier firing at Saumlaki CL Columbia firing at Saumlaki SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Cleveland CL Cleveland firing at Saumlaki The day brings more air strikes at Koggala, Saumlaki, Aitape and Mili. In an unexpected move, the allied CVs move north and catch several of my TFs in the area. Morning Air attack on TF, near Sidate at 75,100 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 30 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 143 SBD-3 Dauntless x 97 Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 5 damaged Japanese Ships CA Haguro, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires CA Myoko, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Oshio DD Makigumo, Bomb hits 1, on fire DD Maikaze DD Asashio, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires DD Hagikaze, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires DD Hatsukaze, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires === Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kendari at 70,106 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 29 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 24 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 108 SBD-3 Dauntless x 97 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 12 destroyed Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships xAP Kitano Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk xAP Takatiho Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk DD Kikuzuki, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires DD Uzuki, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires DD Mikazuki === Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Loewoek at 73,102 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 34 SBD-3 Dauntless x 33 No Allied losses Japanese Ships TK Kyokuho Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage TK Chiyoda Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage PB Eifuku Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk PB Kenkon Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk I did not expect his CVs to move northward catching the SC TF and my Tankers. CA Myoko slipped beneath the naves as did both TKs - no surprise they were full of fuel originally heading to Kendari. In the Land Attack phase he captured Mili. Apparently his air attacks earlier in the day wiped out the last few squads on the Naval Fortress. I have checked and unfortunately I cannot buy back the Naval Fortress [:(] Ground combat at Mili (136,121) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 4738 troops, 99 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 140 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 82 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 82 to 1 (fort level 4) Allied forces CAPTURE Mili !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-) Assaulting units: 2nd Marine/A Div /13 In other bad news the last couple of my free CVs just began their 4/43 refits so they will be out for 21 days. Other than my naval warships and some aircraft I have nothing to counter attack his thrust north from Darwin. Nothing will be able to stand up to the allied Deathstar - though I do not believe this is his main CV force - intel only reading 300ish fighters and just over a 100 bombers in the TF. Perhaps he is using multiple TFs to disguise the intel. I have a good month before all of my CVs are refitted - though Hiyo will need another 2 months for repairs and refit. Good news is in that time (approx 6 wks) I will receive 4 new CVs to add to my fleet. Once I get them fit and filled with aircraft they will head to the south pacific -- hopefully in time to thwart any huge invasions by the allies. Also on the 1st of June I will begin building my first D4Y4 Judies to replace my aging Vals. Near the middle of June I expect the B6N2a Jills will come online as well. I have 5 factories of each researching them and they will begin turning out the new aircraft as soon as I can. On the fighter front. The A7M2 Sam is still a year away (9/44 currently) and the Ki-84r Frank is a few months closer (4/44). Good news is I will be able to produce Ki-84a Franks by the end of June, but will most likely flip all the factories to the R variant which will speed up the delivery of that aircraft so that I get it in approximately Aug or Sept. Odds are before the Frank R is being produced I will have the N1K5-J George online and building them for bomber defense. I am hoping the George will give me a chance against the allied heavy bombers without losing a lot of fighters in the fray. So I need to survive a month without the allies making to many inroads into my perimeter. I am not to worried about the South Pacific - Truk / Marianas area, but I am worried about the area north of OZ - I did not expect much action here and the bases there are lightly defended and lack airfields and forts. And with his CVs running around I cannot risk trying to move units into the area. Xargun

Q-Ball -> RE: May 23rd, 1943 (2/17/2022 7:15:20 PM)
Why not produce the D4Y1 while you're waiting for the D4Y4? And actually, same question on the Ki-84a vs r-model? I can see the benefit of pulling forward those advanced models, but you should produce lesser models in meantime. Val to D4Y1 is a huge upgrade for the CVs, and one you should seek to make as soon as possible

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