PzB74 -> RE: 2nd Naval battle - Tjilitjap (3/2/2005 9:38:12 PM)
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Must admit that I don't really know what you're talking about Ron [:'(] The Yamato got 42 sys damage and still 8 fires...going home for an extended R&R..... I got a turn yesterday together with a little vented frustration. I watched the replay and saved the game. Today I got a new turn, Al said he got up on the wrong foot and wanted to change his orders. Ok with me! I've told him that he can quit whenever he wants to - 8 hard months is enough to make even the toughest Admiral reconsider. I'm far from sure that I'll win an auto victory by 1/1-43 though. So personally I would have kept it going until Xmas to see what Santa will bring. The new turn was actually quite different from the first one: The destroyer Kagero suffered a magazine explotion instead of the light cruiser Nagara. My bombing raids destroyed a few more ac on the ground and I hit 2 ships in Tjilitjap harbour. The most unwelcome change took place in Ahmadabad - the forts came down to lvl 1 in the old turn but refused to budge in the new one. I've seen that several enemy reinforcements have moved into town. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/06/42 Air Combat Night Air attack on Ahmadabad , at 24,8 Japanese aircraft - one of the more efficient night bombing raids thus far Ki-21 Sally x 35 Allied aircraft Blenheim IF x 10 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IF: 1 damaged Hudson I: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Hurricane II: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged Beaufort V-IX: 2 destroyed Spitfire Vb: 2 destroyed Allied ground losses: 19 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 8000 feet 7 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 8000 feet 18 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 8000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Tjilitjap , at 19,62 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 8 G4M1 Betty x 10 Allied aircraft Fulmar x 3 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 9 damaged Allied Ships - there are 67 ships in this little port. It's really impossible to miss! CA Pensacola, Torpedo hits 1 BB Mississippi, Torpedo hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet 7 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Bandoeng , at 19,61 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 40 Ki-21 Sally x 73 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 12 damaged Allied aircraft losses Beaufort V-IX: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 62 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: All Ki-21 Sally bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 81st Naval Guard Unit, at 19,60 Allied aircraft Hudson I x 12 Beaufort V-IX x 27 A-20B Boston x 10 B-25C Mitchell x 19 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 43 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: All bombers bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 38th Division, at 24,8 Allied aircraft - again there are 5-6 Allied strikes against the Army in Ahmadabad Wellington III x 4 B-17E Fortress x 2 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Wellington III bombing at 2000 feet 2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 1st Burma Brigade, at 32,22 Japanese aircraft - preparations for the move against Burma from India Ki-27 Nate x 7 Ki-21 Sally x 92 Ki-48 Lily x 26 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged Ki-48 Lily: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 65 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: All Lily and Ki-21 Sally bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 16,59 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 16 Allied aircraft losses SBD Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged Japanese Ships CA Myoko, Bomb hits 3 DD Kagero, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage *magazine explodes* - sinks Aircraft Attacking: 7 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet 8 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 14,60 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 24 G3M Nell x 6 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AK Empire Southey, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage *sinks* Aircraft Attacking: 2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground Combat Ground combat at Ahmadabad Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 141750 troops, 949 guns, 2 vehicles Defending force 75403 troops, 463 guns, 833 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 3) - the forts didn't go down for the first time in 4 attempts Japanese ground losses: 940 casualties reported Guns lost 57 Vehicles lost 2 Allied ground losses: 1784 casualties reported Guns lost 48 Vehicles lost 15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lucknow Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 106748 troops, 901 guns, 788 vehicles Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles - Al has run away again. Not many places left to run to! Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Japanese assault odds: 826 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese forces CAPTURE Lucknow base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 19,60 Allied Shock attack - Batavia next Attacking force 32931 troops, 369 guns, 16 vehicles Defending force 1057 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles Allied assault odds: 1450 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 173 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 26,11 Japanese Deliberate attack - this is south of Dehli Attacking force 7431 troops, 77 guns, 2 vehicles Defending force 7058 troops, 101 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 156 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 171 casualties reported Guns lost 9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Situation Report India We're going to try to hit the enemy fleet in Karachi again! I now got 2 fleets in the area - want to make sure that the remaining ships of the RN are disabled. In Ahmadabad the attacks will continue! In Lucknow we got an even larger army - now heading for Dehli. 5 divisions 6 tank regiments 4 eng regiments 4 arty units 3 construction units 1 AA unit China I've made up my mind - no more invasions - we're digging in. The traininig of 2 new Zero Daitais is going well. This will be the solution to my naval pilot problem Java A cruiser squadron is going to move into Batavia tonight! More naval bombers have been set on both naval and port attack. I want to force Al to head into the Indian Ocean. Then the KB can take care of it. I'm a little amazed that 75 Saylly's cause so little damage to the enemy. There should be more planes on the ground, it's not possible that the enemy keeps them airborne all day. Damage to enemy airbase facilities are also slight - we'll keep em coming though. Spotted another transport above the KB - no sign of enemy fleets. (See map) I got a sub with a search plane that's going to head into the map edge and down towards Perth. I'm afraid the undamaged carriers have moved down here. I don't have enough fuel to search for them there. 2 seaplane tenders with destroyer escorts are going to scout my flanks. Shouldn't be possible for anything bigger than a yacht to sneak past them now. We're going to move all the way up to Sumatra before turning towards Tjilitjap. There are 4-5 replenishment tf's around - so I've come to stay. Situation Map: Searching for the Allied Fleet in the Indian Ocean [image]local://upfiles/1466/Qn385305768.gif[/image]
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