castor troy
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Miller and I have done a couple of turns yesterday with some interesting developments... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/18/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 151 encounters mine field at Soerabaja (22,65) Japanese Ships CA Mogami, Mine hits 1 MK6 mine hit, we were really lucky, the heavy cruiser ended the day with 11 sys, 7 flt. So the mine hit did only some 4 or 5 points of sys damage as the cruiser started the day with sys damage from previous operations already... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 103,73 Japanese Ships SS I-4, hits 3 Allied Ships DMS Chandler DMS Lamberton DMS Zane DMS Elliot DMS Southard my subs around Johnston are still target of the enemy ASW forces... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Soerabaja, at 22,65 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Hawk 75A: 1 destroyed Do 24K-2: 1 destroyed Wirraway: 1 destroyed CW-22 Falcon: 1 destroyed Brewster 339D: 1 destroyed Lockheed 212: 1 destroyed CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships CA Mikuma CA Mogami CA Chokai Allied ground losses: 6221 casualties reported Guns lost 49 Vehicles lost 15 Airbase hits 16 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 65 I didn´t expect such a result, not at all after Mogami hit a mine. Lots of support troops, lots of recon and lots of bombers going in in the past raised the detection high enough to enable a nuke bombardment... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Canton Island, at 98,99 Allied Ships CA Minneapolis CL Helena CL St. Louis CA San Francisco CL Honolulu CL Phoenix CA Astoria CA Salt Lake City CA Chester CA Northampton CA Indianapolis Japanese ground losses: 216 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 15 Port hits 6 Port fuel hits 4 Port supply hits 9 whereas a big Allied cruiser sqadron only does little damage to the two naval inf units that took Canton. We were lucky here, a supply TF with 4 AKs left the base yesterday... Too many cruisers in one TF for my taste and I wonder how the enemy CV TF(s) look like... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Rabaul at 61,88 Japanese Ships AK Tsukikawa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS O23 All my ports are flooded with enemy subs. Truk, Rabaul, Palembang, Lae, Wake, Kwajalein, Gili Gili, Toboali, Canton Island... all ports where Miller thinks IJN ships could go has a sub sitting there. Nearly all of those subs have ASW forces above them but this helps nothing. Every time again I can only shake my head about the myth that you shouldn´t keep subs in a base hex... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 54 Ki-21 Sally x 206 Ki-15 Babs x 6 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 5 damaged Allied aircraft losses SB-2c: 12 destroyed I-153c: 1 destroyed IL-4c: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 105 casualties reported Airbase hits 24 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 103 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet brought a lot of bombers to China and until yesterday, Chungking had 3 times more aircraft at the airfield. Me thinks the Allied ability to see the Japanese aircraft movements strikes once again as Miller dispersed his aircraft on a couple of airfields exactly the turn we move in a lot of bombers... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Ichang , at 47,33 Allied aircraft IL-4c x 6 Allied aircraft losses IL-4c: 4 damaged Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 54 G3M Nell x 45 G4M1 Betty x 30 Allied aircraft Hawk 75A x 1 CW-21B Demon x 1 Brewster 339D x 2 P-35A x 2 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Hawk 75A: 1 destroyed CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed Brewster 339D: 2 destroyed P-35A: 2 destroyed F.K.51: 1 destroyed C-60A Lodestar: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 38 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x G3M Nell bombing at 11000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 84 Ki-21 Sally x 143 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged Allied ground losses: 327 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 26 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 54 G3M Nell x 89 C5M Babs x 5 Ki-21 Sally x 35 Ki-49 Helen x 53 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 2 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 4 damaged Allied aircraft losses Hudson I: 3 destroyed Allied ground losses: 134 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 98 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet 20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 48th Chinese Corps, at 44,40 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 140 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32 Allied aircraft I-153c x 11 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27 Nate: 3 damaged Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses I-153c: 15 destroyed Allied ground losses: 37 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet after disappointing results with the AVG on LRCAP, Miller swapped them out with obsolete Chinese biplanes! They take even more losses for no gain - not surprising though... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Palmyra at 106,85 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 38 B5N Kate x 21 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val: 1 damaged Allied Ships DD Porter, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage AO Kaskaskia, Bomb hits 10, on fire, heavy damage DD Phelps, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 3 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 1 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet after my sub attacked an AO at Palmyra I set KB on full speed to move towards the atoll. KB ended up only in bombing range but Kates bombing from 10.000 ft is like using laser guided bombs, don´t know why but I always have the feeling that high exp, level bombing Kates from 10.000 ft hit more than high exp, dive bombing from 2.000 ft Vals... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Palmyra at 106,85 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 28 D3A Val x 65 B5N Kate x 96 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val: 3 damaged B5N Kate: 2 damaged Allied Ships DD Drayton, Bomb hits 1 DD Case, Bomb hits 2, on fire DD Lamson, Bomb hits 13, on fire, heavy damage DD Mahan, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage DD Conyngham, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage DD Cummings, Bomb hits 10, on fire, heavy damage DD Dunlap, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet There´s also a big TF consisting of DDs and the TF is hit hard! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Palmyra at 106,85 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 22 B5N Kate x 21 No Japanese losses Allied Ships PG Dawson, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage AP Mount McKinley, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 251 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 1 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet 2 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet We´re still in the morning phase and a small troop convoy is attacked. Interesting, 250kg AP bombs couldn´t penetrate the belt armor of PG Dawson! Both ships should be finished. The bad news is though, that Palmyra was reinforced. Reason for KB being in the area was that we had an invasion TF heading towards the atoll (some 7 days out) to take the base, while hoping to face only a base force. I´m not interested in atoll combat and the 120 assault points I´ve planned to throw at the base won´t be enough, even if there are only minor troops at the base. Means that after Johnston Island, also Palmyra is save now! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Palmyra at 106,85 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 17 D3A Val x 76 B5N Kate x 86 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val: 1 damaged Allied Ships DD Case, Bomb hits 1, on fire DD Cummings, on fire, heavy damage DD Conyngham, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage DD Lamson, on fire, heavy damage DD Drayton, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage DD Dunlap, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage DD Mahan, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 2 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet 1 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet This is the afternoon strike and in the end we see 8 DDs going down. Losing 8 DDs in one day isn´t something to be happy about, not even for the Allied. Even when playing the Allied side, I always kinda feel short of DD escorts until mid 44 so sinking those 8 DDs is something I really like. Even though that our plans to take Johnston and Palmyra by coup de main failed I´m still happy with the outcome. The reason I wanted to take those bases is not to hold them at all costs but to inflict casualties on the Allied when they take them back. Casualties, escpeacilla within the enemy Navy. Sinking those 8 DDs and not taking the base is also fine with me as it would be fine if I would have inflicted those losses when the Allied take the base back. We will find another target for my invasion TF... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Balikpapan at 31,64 Japanese Ships PC Shonan Maru #7 PC Shonan Maru #2 PC Shonan Maru #6 PC Shonan Maru #1 PC Kyo Maru #13 PC Kyo Maru #12 Allied Ships SS KXVI, hits 5, on fire 1 hit, 4 near misses. Guess the sub has to retire... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Rabaul at 61,88 Japanese Ships AK Tsukikawa Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS O23 O23 attacks again, finishes the AK... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 137556 troops, 1856 guns, 37 vehicles, Assault Value = 2950 Defending force 50844 troops, 589 guns, 219 vehicles, Assault Value = 1304 Allied ground losses: 281 casualties reported Guns lost 10 Vehicles lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 11346 troops, 349 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2981 Defending force 63640 troops, 283 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1709 Allied ground losses: 645 casualties reported Guns lost 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lunga Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 728 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 21 - adjusted assault: 22 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Lunga base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 46908 troops, 266 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1680 Defending force 194237 troops, 1996 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 2981 Japanese ground losses: 74 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 34918 troops, 475 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1303 Defending force 180943 troops, 1875 guns, 37 vehicles, Assault Value = 2950 Japanese ground losses: 44 casualties reported
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