PzB74 -> Enemy lands in Malaya!! (10/8/2006 12:34:15 AM)
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Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! [8D] While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and see how long we can delay the inevitable [;)] It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya than close to the Home Islands. Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! [:D] Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her [&o]) was SUNK as well [:(] Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week [8D] Before that I'm a busy bee at work. The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. Wasting much of the KB is almost an inevitability in 1944, but I should have made it more costly to Andy. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/21/44 Surface Combat In the afternoon as bomardment group entered Singapore: Day Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 23,50 Japanese Ships AK Awazisan Maru, Shell hits 12, and is sunk Allied Ships BB Iowa CA Baltimore CA Boston CL Mobile CL Biloxi -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bombardment The afternoon bombardment destroyed a bunch of damaged ac, but failed to hit many troops. Ships in port suffered varying degrees of damage. Our coastal defence units is at Johore Baru. Just as well, couldn't have done much to battleships and heavy cruisers: Naval bombardment of Singapore, at 23,50 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zeke: 1 destroyed B6N Jill: 1 destroyed Ki-84-Ia Frank: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed B7A Grace: 1 destroyed G4M2 Betty: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships AP Konan Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire AK Singapore Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire AV Kiyokawa Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire PG Sozan Maru, Shell hits 1 AK Hoeisan Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire CA Maya, Shell hits 2, heavy damage AP Tatibana Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire TK Daishin Maru, Shell hits 1 TK Ogura Maru #1, Shell hits 1 ML Ma 3, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Shinnan Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire CL Kitakami, Shell hits 2, heavy damage MSW W.23, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Kiri, Shell hits 1 AK Kozan Maru, Shell hits 1 AS Tsukushi Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire ML Ma 1, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage PG Aso Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Momo, Shell hits 1, on fire ML Ma 2, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AD AD-3243, Shell hits 1 AK Hitora Maru, Shell hits 1 Allied Ships CL Biloxi CL Mobile CA Boston CA Baltimore BB Iowa Japanese ground losses: 92 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Vehicles lost 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 20 Port hits 7 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1041 encounters mine field at 26056224,24 [&:] Allied Ships MSW Bobolink MSW Scuffle MSW Scrimage MSW Saunter MSW Salute MSW Scout DE Edward C. Daly DE Raby DE Coolbaugh DD Henley DD Meade DD Wilkes DD McDermut AK Mabella, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Night Air Combat My efforts in night naval attack paid some dividends tonight: Night Air attack on TF at 23,57 Japanese aircraft B7A Grace x 24 Japanese aircraft losses B7A Grace: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Allied Ships LST LST-171 AP Pierce DE Duffy LST LST-465 LST LST-446 LST LST-462 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on TF at 23,57 Japanese aircraft B7A Grace x 9 Ki-67 Peggy x 15 Japanese aircraft losses B7A Grace: 3 damaged Ki-67 Peggy: 7 damaged Allied Ships LST LST-462 LST LST-30 LST LST-467 LST LST-448, Bomb hits 1, on fire AP Heywood AK Morgan Robertson LST LST-276, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK Mariscal Sucre Allied ground losses: 21 casualties reported Vehicles lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Combat Enemy carriers hit Singapore and the bloody fighting left the CAP in tatters. Even with 340 fighters in Singapore a mere 150 were in the air to intercept the enemy. It's impossible to defend against multiple waves of enemy ac when CAP never is stronger than this. Nothing to be done with it either... Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50 Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zeke x 56 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 26 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 16 Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 7 Ki-84-Ia Frank x 38 Ki-102a Randy x 6 Allied aircraft FM-2 Wildcat x 14 F6F Hellcat x 54 F4U-1D Corsair x 10 SB2C Helldiver x 42 TBM Avenger x 74 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zeke: 31 destroyed Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 29 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 14 destroyed Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 5 destroyed Ki-84-Ia Frank: 25 destroyed Ki-102a Randy: 11 destroyed G4M2 Betty: 4 destroyed Ki-67 Peggy: 1 destroyed B7A Grace: 1 destroyed Ki-57-II Topsy: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses FM-2 Wildcat: 7 destroyed F6F Hellcat: 18 destroyed, 8 damaged F4U-1D Corsair: 10 destroyed SB2C Helldiver: 9 destroyed, 9 damaged TBM Avenger: 6 destroyed, 8 damaged Japanese ground losses: 24 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 17 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 87 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50 Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zeke x 10 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3 Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 1 Ki-84-Ia Frank x 8 Allied aircraft F6F Hellcat x 17 F4U-1D Corsair x 15 SB2C Helldiver x 89 TBM Avenger x 54 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zeke: 18 destroyed Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 6 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 9 destroyed Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 3 destroyed Ki-84-Ia Frank: 23 destroyed Ki-102a Randy: 7 destroyed G4M2 Betty: 3 destroyed Ki-67 Peggy: 5 destroyed B7A Grace: 3 destroyed Ki-57-II Topsy: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F Hellcat: 4 destroyed F4U-1D Corsair: 1 damaged SB2C Helldiver: 1 destroyed TBM Avenger: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 56 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 23 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 74 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By the time the heavies arrived 12 Zekes were left in the air... Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50 Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zeke x 12 Allied aircraft Mosquito PR.IX x 6 B-24J Liberator x 47 B-29 Superfortress x 56 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zeke: 8 destroyed B7A Grace: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 2 destroyed Ki-57-II Topsy: 2 destroyed Ki-84-Ia Frank: 5 destroyed Ki-67 Peggy: 3 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed G4M2 Betty: 6 destroyed Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged B-29 Superfortress: 6 damaged Japanese Ships Most warship that were hit were already damaged. A a variety of support and cargo ships were also in port. Will try a mass exodus tomorrow while trying to disrupt the enemys plans. AV Kiyokawa Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire AP Takayo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire AK Tokyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire SS I-7, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage PC Shonan Maru #7, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage TK Tennan Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage MSW Shanan Maru #16, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage PG Shinko Maru #5, Bomb hits 1 CA Maya, Bomb hits 6, heavy damage PC Shonon Maru #15, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AP Kotobuki Maru #3, Bomb hits 1, on fire AP Kamishima Maru, Bomb hits 1 AK Zuiko Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire CA Chokai, Bomb hits 3, on fire AK Risen Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire AP Koryu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire TK Matsumoto Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Singapore Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire CL Kitakami, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage MLE Kamogawa Maru, Bomb hits 1 AK Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire MSW W.23, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK Shinnan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Airbase hits 8 Runway hits 93 Port hits 9 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Singakwang had mostly night naval attack bombers Day Air attack on Singkawang , at 25,57 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-29 Superfortress x 112 Japanese aircraft losses P1Y Frances: 4 destroyed G4M2 Betty: 6 destroyed H8K Emily: 3 destroyed J1N1-S Irving: 3 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Airbase hits 14 Airbase supply hits 10 Runway hits 78 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Strikes from Borneo and Java claimed a few hits today: Day Air attack on TF at 24,63 Japanese aircraft (Got a ruined Judy Daitai, reduced from 24 to 2 ac with 24 high exp pilots) D4Y Judy x 2 Japanese aircraft losses D4Y Judy: 2 damaged Allied Ships DD Craven, Bomb hits 1, on fire Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 2 x D4Y Judy bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 24,63 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 16 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged Allied Ships DD Ross, Torpedo hits 1, on fire DD Haggard DD Lardner DD Richard Leary Allied ground losses: 18 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 24,56 Japanese aircraft G4M2 Betty x 15 Japanese aircraft losses G4M2 Betty: 3 destroyed, 9 damaged Allied Ships LST LST-461 LST LST-245, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AP Callaway AP Kanimba -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 24,63 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 8 Allied aircraft F6F Hellcat x 12 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged Allied aircraft losses F6F Hellcat: 1 damaged Allied Ships DD Lardner DD Richard Leary, Torpedo hits 1 Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground Combat A small enemy para force landed at Malacca. Size 2 af, one of 2 undefended bases in Malaya. Will attempt to counter them. Ground combat at Malacca Allied Shock attack Attacking force 131 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied max assault: 4 - adjusted assault: 3 Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Malacca base !!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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