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RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) - 9/17/2009 9:57:15 PM   
jrcar

 

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Burma
We hit the Japanese advance guard near Pegu for reasonable effect and no loss.

Malaya
If it carries bombs it flew this turn against Malaca, combined with fighter sweeps we lost a couple of planes, but shot down a lot more and have almost closed the field.

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 8
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 6



Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 5
Blenheim IV x 15
Hudson I x 21
Wirraway x 4
B-17D Fortress x 15


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 2 damaged
Blenheim IV: 4 damaged
Hudson I: 2 damaged
B-17D Fortress: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 28

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 4
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3



Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 6
Blenheim IV x 15
Hudson I x 21
Wirraway x 4
B-17D Fortress x 17


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 3 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 2 damaged
Blenheim IV: 4 damaged
Hudson I: 2 damaged
Wirraway: 2 damaged
B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 98


The defences at Malaca held OK:

Ground combat at Kuala Lumpur (49,79)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 12726 troops, 78 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 575

Defending force 10287 troops, 121 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 248

Japanese adjusted assault: 325

Allied adjusted defense: 457

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
282 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
647 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 41 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 14 disabled
Vehicles lost 16 (3 destroyed, 13 disabled)


Assaulting units:
5th Recon Regiment
42nd Infantry Regiment
11th Infantry Regiment
56th Recon Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
6th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
5/14th Punjab Battalion
15th Indian Brigade
28th Ghurka Brigade
272/273rd Bty 80th AT Gun Regiment
109th RN Base Force
2nd ISF Base Force
2/215th Bty 80th AT Gun Regiment
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
109th RAF Base Force
137/155th Field Regiment


Enemey air also hit the Malacca defences, but they should hold and we may get there in time to clear a route to the rear...

Phillipines
Our P-40's again hit the enemy at Lingayen, causing light damage. Experiance continues to grow but the enemy is massing (around 10-12 units now) and ships are unloading at Aparrii. Manila is building nicely and soon it will be time to withdraw.

The Japanese continue to clean up the southern Phillipines.


Borneo
Miri has stacks of shipping so the air launced several strikes, but Zero's protect the shipping and we loose planes to no effect.

Tarakan now has several Brit BF and forces evacuated from the Phillipines, these are being flown back to the rear.


DEI
No real change, our Hudsons continue to gain experiance from bombing the trapped SNLF at Sorong (we sank all their shipping sevral days ago).


SWPAC
Surprisingly not follow-on air attacks against PM. Our planes don't fly due to damage, but we will be able to evacuate more. Continue to fly in troops, upton an AV of about 170.

A sub attacks but misses a large number of stupport ships moving into Truk.

Pacific
No action.

China
The Japanese continue to clean up.


Analysis
Overall a good turn for us. Kuala Lumpur holding was nice and our massed air did good over malacca.

I expect KB to come back in a few turns in the SWPAC escorting the PM invasion forces. I doubt we can delay much longer here, but I feel the mainland is secure enough.

Fleets are conentrating the the DEI at Koepang, and a US CV is near Perth , with a second to follow soon. With Darwin secure and stacks of fuel and supply we have a solid foundation to work with in this area... unles KB comes a knocking!

Cheers

Rob

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RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) - 9/19/2009 8:45:29 AM   
jrcar

 

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Status: offline 		Well we got the turn and did the moves.

The important bit at the moment is Malaya, after a lot of discussion we have decided to try to get Malaca back. We have plenty of supply at Kuala Lumpur, and should hold a couple of turns. The eneemy has railed forces down the flank, we hope to catch them with air this turn and cause lots of casualties.

There are 3 units there now, but I suspect they are just fragments... a 4th is on the way.

We are trying to cut off the cebntral axis by moving forces behind them.

Wosr case is we loos a couple of hundred AV, but this is unlikley to cause much more delay anyway.

Singapore should make lvl 4 forts soon and has plenty of supply.

The nexty turn will be interesting...

Cheers

Rob




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RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) - 9/19/2009 11:21:12 PM   
jrcar

 

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This turn was all about the air, with lots of stuff flying all over the map.

AIR
In a turn that has the AFB fan boys grinning, and the JFB's holding their groins we done good in the air:

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 25

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 11 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 24
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 14

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 25
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 103
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 29

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged


Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 5

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 9 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed

We also did good hitting the enemy at Malacca:
Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 5
Blenheim IV x 15
Buffalo I x 15
Hudson I x 21
Wirraway x 3
B-17D Fortress x 14


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 damaged
Blenheim IV: 3 damaged
Hudson I: 2 damaged
B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
444 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 12 (0 destroyed, 12 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)

In Burma we hit the enemy advance guard hard again. That poor battalion will be in a bad way at the moment. All good experiance! Now if Chrchill would just send us a few more sqadrons and newer aircraft we could really do good!

Ground

We are likley to loose Kuala Lumpur next turn as they have over 1400 AV vs our 200 there now. Not sure what is at Malacca yet, but at least an Inf regt and the raiders. This certainly was a nice move, didn't realise the next turn they would be able to rail in like that :(

A bit of action in China as they continue to clear out the lines.

Subs
A bit of action, we loose an AM but that is about it.


Analysis
We are in a pause before the next lot of Japanese operations. Port Moresby hasn't been attacked again and should be capable of conducting air ops this turn. KB has probably retired to Truk, the question is will it come back sth or go elsewhere...

The loss of around 30 Sallies will really hurt. In particular this will limit their ability to bomb Singapore, and in Burma. They are obviously saving their Netties... but may need to commit them soon (they are using some in the Phillipines).

We have no indications on where they are going next.

If it wasn't for the Malacca attack I'd have considered that we had done real good in Malaya... but we are now only doing just ok...

Cheers

Rob

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RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) - 9/21/2009 4:29:41 AM   
jrcar

 

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Subs
Three launches, three hits, three duds :( Even an S boat against the CL Natori fails to go bang...

Burma
No change, still hitting the advanced guard with air, bringing in supply and shipping out fuel.

Malaya
We hit the enemy at Kuala Lumpur with air over the two days against little opposition:

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 2



Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 6
Blenheim IV x 6
Hudson I x 16
Wirraway x 3
B-17D Fortress x 18


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 damaged
Hudson I: 2 damaged
B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
122 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 13 (0 destroyed, 13 disabled)


The Japanese respond, but to far less effect.

Then the attack...
Ground combat at Kuala Lumpur (49,79)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 38713 troops, 323 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 1434

Defending force 9657 troops, 122 guns, 119 vehicles, Assault Value = 216

Japanese adjusted assault: 735

Allied adjusted defense: 309

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
599 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
1118 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 93 disabled
Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 113 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 29 (25 destroyed, 4 disabled)

And the counter:

Ground combat at Kuala Lumpur (49,79)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6521 troops, 87 guns, 51 vehicles, Assault Value = 143

Defending force 49018 troops, 339 guns, 506 vehicles, Assault Value = 1385

Japanese ground losses:
224 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Not looking great, but OK... overnight the forts rebuild to level 3 (we have lots of engineers and supply)

Ground combat at Kuala Lumpur (49,79)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 37904 troops, 323 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 1380

Defending force 7976 troops, 113 guns, 92 vehicles, Assault Value = 143

Japanese adjusted assault: 272

Allied adjusted defense: 123

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-)
Attacker: disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
507 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
1545 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 47 disabled
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 100 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 27 (16 destroyed, 11 disabled)


and again at the end of the turn the forts rebuild... so another two days of precious delay.

Over Malaca we send in the fighters and loose about 1:1 for Buffalo to Oscars, not great but not bad either!

Phillipines

Action down south as they continue to clean up, but Luzon sees no action (our fighters don't fly either). They have 12 units oustide of Clark, but Clark has 500AV and 3 forts... they advance from the south as well... looks like a few more days before we need to pull back to Manila... they are waiting for more force and probably trying to bluff us into falling back.

DEI
No change, they are evacuating out of Sorong, our torps fail to hit the xAK, and our air prefers to continue the destruction of the ground troops:

Afternoon Air attack on Bandasan SNLF, at 82,107 (Sorong)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 3
Hudson I x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
116 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

SWPAC

All quiet.

Port Moresby is now operational again.

China
We continue to be forced back, Japanese arty cause large numbers of casualties :( Chusien, is in danger at the moment.

Australia
Two US baseforces and the 8th Marines are unloading in Sydney.


Sigint

Sigint indicates forces moving to Davao in the Phillipines and large forces at Rahaeng in Thailand. Also large volume of radio traffic at Truk, this usually indicates the KB.

Analysis
We have really robbed them of momentum in Malaya, and they continue to be cautious in the Philipines. Not sure if they have siphoned off forces for elsewhere... Maybe SWPAC. KB apparently remains at Truk, it has been ther for a few days... maybe waiting for forces?

Cheers

Rob



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RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) - 9/24/2009 6:43:27 AM   
jrcar

 

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Subs
The subs are again active, but largely ineffective (we hit 1 xAK near Davao). One of ours hits a mine while searching for shipping near Hakodate... it should get home OK.

Burma
No change. Continue to hit forces building outside Pegu. We have begun the evacuation of Rangoon, the civilian population is going mad, rioting in the streets and digging up the airfield to grow vegetables.

Malaya
Pretty ugly for both sides :)

We loose Kuala Lumpur and all 9 units are destroyed in place.

Lots of air to air combat, overall we do good, but our fighter force is being whittled away. They loos more Sally and Lily's but their fighter force is beginning to be more effective. We are trying to be cunning and hit where they have fewer fighters, concentrating on the ground troops in order to disrupt and slow the advance. Our remaining ground units are pulling back just in front of the advancing Japanese. Singapore is around 80% to lvl 4 forts.

Philippines
the last defenders on Mindanao fall. On Luzon the Japanese are holding off waiting for reinforcements. the question now is timing for us, when do they have the force (or are they bluffing and in the process of deploying elsewhere), and when do we fall back on Manila. Manila has about 700Av, to the south is about 400, and Clark and nth of Manila about 500 each. Forts are at or near 3, with manila heading to 4. I'm evacuating key elements by air, and the occasional ship.



DEI

No real change Moving troops via air, striping fuel and supply in advance and consolidating.

Our bombers at Ambon continue to gain experience hitting ground troops at Sorong.

SWPAC

All quiet. PM almost ready for offensive operations again. More supply on the way.

Australia

US Reinforcements only a turn or two away now, baseforces, engineers and aircraft.

China
Trying to hit where we can, and suffer bombardments where we can't. Tsiaotso falls.

Analysis

No Change


Cheers

Rob

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RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) - 9/24/2009 7:11:19 AM   
jrcar

 

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Subs
If only this had come off....

ASW attack near Gebe at 80,104

Japanese Ships
CV Akagi
CV Kaga
BB Kirishima
CA Chikuma
CL Abukuma
DD Hamakaze
DD Akigumo
DD Oboro
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
DD Tanikaze

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise

Lots of sub attacks with no real success, except for :

Sub attack near Pearl Harbor at 182,103

Japanese Ships
SS I-9

Allied Ships
xAP President Tyler, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Henderson
xAP President Taylor
xAP President Fillmore
DD Smith
DD Perkins

A returning TF runs over a sub, she should make port...

Burma
No Change. Forces continue to build up outside Pegu.

Malaya

See picture below.

In the air the Japanese fighter defences are improving, our guys are getting tired, and it is almost time to pull out. Singapore is 88% to level 4 though, so may have to hold in another turn or two to keep the pressure off the fort building.

Philippines
No Change.

DEI
KB (at least part) comes to play north of Ambon, sinking two xAKL at Ambon. Wisely the bombers at Ambon don't fly against KB. We will now flee our surface combat forces and shipping in the area as it looks to become unhealthy!

SWPAC
Offensive ops begin at PM with the bombing of Lae. With KB identified we will increase the fighters and bombers here.

Australia
US forces are unloaded/ing including:

110th US BF
101 USN BF
8th Marines
VMF-211 (Wildcat)
VMSB -232 (SBD1)

Also P-40E arrive.

Aircraft will move to PM. Ground forces to Townsville.

We will flee shipping from Darwin with KB in the area.


Analysis
Keep away from KB! (well at least 2 CV identified so far)

We have an opportunity to strike from PM and get in supply, which we will take.


Cheers

Rob





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RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) - 9/24/2009 5:38:45 PM   
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RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) - 9/24/2009 9:05:23 PM   
jrcar

 

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Status: offline 		Thanks Bartshe! Haven't been travelling much except to Melbourne, could post photos of trams...

Any requests from readers?

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RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) - 9/25/2009 2:17:38 AM   
jrcar

 

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Ok this is a big, important, interesting and lucky turn!

First as a Cavalry officer Tony is barely literate, and therefore tends not to post here... although he does read it to see what I'm thinking/doing. Last turn we noticed at least part of KB in the DEI. At the time Tony had large surface forces (Brit, Dutch and one or two US ships) at Sorebaya. I had two large SCTF at Darwin. I almost sent mine to join his... but instead decided to play safe and move to Broome. Tony, using his 6th sense (as I've noted before he is a lucky bastard, mainly cause he has good instincts and listens to them), thinks (but doesn't tell me!) that the KB may try a raid on Sorebaya...

Near Sinkawang we also saw some surface forces moving, again Tony listens to his instincts and puts the entire allied airforce in Singapore and Batavia on Naval strike...

Below is the full AAR for the turn, so you can see the resultant carnage on both sides...

I will post the analysis in the next message.

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ASW attack near Darwin at 74,122

Japanese Ships
SS RO-34, hits 2

Allied Ships
xAKL Legazpi
DMS Dorsey
AM Warrnambool



RO-34 bottoming out ....
DMS Dorsey fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Warrnambool fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS Dorsey fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Warrnambool fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS Dorsey fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Warrnambool attacking submerged sub ....
DMS Dorsey fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Warrnambool fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Submarine attack near Davao at 80,92

Japanese Ships
TK Kaizyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS KX



SS KX is sighted by TK Kaizyo Maru
SS KX launches 2 torpedoes at TK Kaizyo Maru


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ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,74

Japanese Ships
DD Inazuma
DD Ikazuchi

Allied Ships
SS KXIV



DD Inazuma attacking submerged sub ....
DD Ikazuchi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Inazuma attacking submerged sub ....
DD Ikazuchi attacking submerged sub ....
DD Inazuma fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ikazuchi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Inazuma fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ikazuchi fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 43,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 29



Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 11


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 2 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet

CAP engaged:
No.21 Sqn RAAF with Buffalo I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 11 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes



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Morning Air attack on 8th New Chinese Corps, at 88,45

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 12
Ki-30 Ann x 25



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
114 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Singkawang at 55,87

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 3
Hudson I x 10
B-17D Fortress x 15


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
Hudson I: 2 damaged
B-17D Fortress: 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
AK Sasako Maru
AK Tosan Maru
AK Kyushu Maru
AK Sakura Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
AK Kinka Maru
LSD Shinshu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
60 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
3 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
6 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
3 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AK Sakura Maru


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 50,89

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes


Allied aircraft
Swordfish I x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish I: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Kinu



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Swordfish I launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo



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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
A-24 Banshee x 12


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x A-24 Banshee diving from 10000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Banjoewangi at 57,107

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
D3A1 Val x 9



No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAK Wulin, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
AMc Bantam
xAK Liran



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x D3A1 Val bombing from 2000 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Wulin


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Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 144



Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 18 damaged

Allied Ships
xAKL Bintoehan, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL Sigli, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
xAKL Marudu, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
AR Castor, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Demodocus, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
AGP Sirius, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL Siaoe, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Lee Sang, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
AMc Tjerimai, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Benkoelen, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Bordvik, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Belawan, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Boelongan, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL Benkalis, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL Siberoet, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Lyemun, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Proteus, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Duijmar van Twist, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
xAKL Sibolga, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk


Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Repair Shipyard hits 2
Port hits 7
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 6000 feet *
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
27 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 6000 feet *
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 6000 feet *
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 6000 feet *
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
27 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 6000 feet *
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
22 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 6000 feet *
City Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 6000 feet *
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 50,89

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 3


Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAP Tatsuta Maru



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 300 kg SAP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Singkawang at 55,87

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Sasako Maru

Japanese ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb SAP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 50,89

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
Vildebeest III x 7


Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest III: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAP Miike Maru
xAP Koan Maru



Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Vildebeest III bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 50,89

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 6


Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAKL Miyako Maru
xAKL Hinko Maru



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 300 kg SAP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Singkawang at 55,87

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 4
Hudson I x 14
B-17D Fortress x 9


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged
Hudson I: 2 damaged
B-17D Fortress: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Chokai
CL Tama
CL Isuzu
CA Maya
CA Atago



Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
3 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
4 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 50,89

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes


Allied aircraft
Swordfish I x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish I: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAP Koan Maru



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Swordfish I launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kuching at 58,88

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 3


Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DMS W-3



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Banjoewangi at 57,107

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
D3A1 Val x 17



Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
xAP Rochussen, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Si Kiang, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Silverbeech
CMc Pro Patria, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
AVP Pollux



Aircraft Attacking:
17 x D3A1 Val bombing from 2000 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Rochussen
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CMc Pro Patria


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Ground combat at 85,47

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22070 troops, 285 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 586

Defending force 45974 troops, 326 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 961


Allied ground losses:
420 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Assaulting units:
116th Division
1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion

Defending units:
7th Chinese Corps
55th Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
30th Chinese Corps
77th Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps
3rd Group Army
21st Group Army


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Ground combat at Chuhsien (88,56)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15861 troops, 171 guns, 152 vehicles, Assault Value = 416

Defending force 22009 troops, 101 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 595


Allied ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Assaulting units:
17th Division
1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
4th Mortar Battalion
13th Army
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion

Defending units:
28th Chinese/C Corps
88th Chinese Corps
70th Chinese Corps
16th Construction Regiment
86th Chinese/C Corps
3rd War Area


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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 16, 42

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Submarine attack near Kangean at 60,103

Japanese Ships
SS I-156

Allied Ships
AVP Valk



SS I-156 is sighted by AVP Valk
SS I-156 launches 8 torpedoes at AVP Valk


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Submarine attack near Kangean at 60,103

Japanese Ships
SS I-156

Allied Ships
AVP Valk, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage



SS I-156 is sighted by AVP Valk
SS I-156 launches 8 torpedoes at AVP Valk


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ASW attack near Exmouth at 53,127

Japanese Ships
SS I-162, hits 4

Allied Ships
PC Tydeman
AVP Orion
AO TAN 6
AO TAN 4
AO TAN 2
TK Harpa
ML No. 311
ML No. 310
AM Toowoomba
AM Latrobe



ML No. 311 fails to find sub and abandons search
ML No. 310 fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Toowoomba attacking submerged sub ....
AM Latrobe attacking submerged sub ....
AM Toowoomba fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Latrobe fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Latrobe fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Latrobe fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
7 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 10000 feet *
5 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 10000 feet *



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Morning Air attack on 8th New Chinese Corps, at 88,45

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 12
Ki-30 Ann x 25



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 38,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 29



Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 11


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 3 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet

CAP engaged:
No.21 Sqn RAAF with Buffalo I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
No.243 Sqn RAF with Buffalo I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
No.453 Sqn RAF with Buffalo I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 48,91

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 18
B-339D x 6


Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAP Tatsuta Maru
xAP Naminoue Maru
xAKL Kaisyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Miyako Maru
xAKL Assam Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAKL Hakozake Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb
4 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb
6 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb
5 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Kaisyo Maru


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 51,89

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 3


Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
LSD Shinshu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 300 kg SAP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 51,89

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 3
Blenheim IV x 10
Hudson I x 17
B-17D Fortress x 15


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
Hudson I: 3 damaged
B-17D Fortress: 6 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Chokai, Bomb hits 1
CL Isuzu
CA Atago
CA Maya
CL Naka, Bomb hits 1, on fire



Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
3 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
7 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
10 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
3 x Blenheim I bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
6 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 51,89

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
Swordfish I x 3
Vildebeest III x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish I: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CA Maya



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Vildebeest III bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
2 x Swordfish I launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 51,89

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
Vildebeest III x 7


Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest III: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Atago, Bomb hits 1, on fire



Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Vildebeest III bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 51,89

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 2


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CL Naka, on fire



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Wirraway bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 100 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Loemadjang at 55,107

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
D3A1 Val x 9



No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAK Yu Sang, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
AGP Eridanus
xAK Tantalus, Bomb hits 1, on fire



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x D3A1 Val bombing from 2000 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
B5N2 Kate x 140
D3A1 Val x 117



Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 33 damaged
D3A1 Val: 16 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 2 destroyed on ground
B-339D: 1 destroyed on ground
CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed on ground
CW-22 Falcon: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
xAKL Belawan, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk


Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Repair Shipyard hits 1
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 16
Port hits 8
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
27 x D3A1 Val diving from 6000' *
Port Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
13 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
18 x D3A1 Val diving from 6000' *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
18 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
18 x D3A1 Val diving from 6000' *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
18 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
21 x D3A1 Val diving from 6000' *
Port Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
12 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
13 x D3A1 Val diving from 6000' *
City Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
19 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
13 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
13 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
14 x D3A1 Val diving from 6000' *
Port Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
6 x D3A1 Val diving from 6000' *
City Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
8 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on 37th Division, at 88,42 (Tsiaotso)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
SB-III x 12


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb
3 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb
3 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb
3 x SB-III bombing from 8000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 4th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 48,91

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 14
B-339D x 8


Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 7 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAP Miike Maru
xAKL Miyako Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAP Naminoue Maru
xAP Koan Maru
xAP Tatsuta Maru



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb
3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb
5 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb
3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 51,89

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 3
Blenheim IV x 6
Hudson I x 19
B-17D Fortress x 11


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 damaged
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged
Hudson I: 4 damaged
B-17D Fortress: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Hasu
AK Kyushu Maru
CA Chokai
CL Isuzu
CA Atago
CL Naka, Bomb hits 1
CA Maya
DD Asakaze



Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
3 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
6 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
6 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
3 x Blenheim I bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Loemadjang at 55,107

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
D3A1 Val x 17



Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
xAK Bengalen, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
AVP Pollux, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Yu Sang, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Le Maire, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
AGP Eridanus, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk



Aircraft Attacking:
17 x D3A1 Val bombing from 2000 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Bengalen
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Yu Sang
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Le Maire
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AGP Eridanus


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 48,91

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 6


Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAP Naminoue Maru
xAP Tatsuta Maru



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb



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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,74

Japanese Ships
DD Ikazuchi
DD Inazuma

Allied Ships
SS KXIV



SS KXIV launches 2 torpedoes at DD Ikazuchi
KXIV diving deep ....
DD Inazuma attacking submerged sub ....
DD Ikazuchi attacking submerged sub ....
DD Inazuma attacking submerged sub ....
DD Ikazuchi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Inazuma fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ikazuchi attacking submerged sub ....
DD Inazuma fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ikazuchi fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub



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Post #: 39
RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) - 9/25/2009 2:41:20 AM   
jrcar

 

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Enemy Intentions
The enemy intends landing at Palembang with strong ground troops lifted from the nth coast of Borneo (Miri and maybe Kuching) with forces bought direct from within the Empire. This is a strong bold move. As a consequence there are at least 3 large AP's currently unloading at Palembang, however the follow-on forces, and surface combat covering forces have suffered disruption from air attacks

In support of that KB has attempted to destroy the known Allied fleet that was based at Sorebaya. This failed when the fleet moved just in time.

Likely Enemy Future moves
He has two options, continue with his operation to take Palembang, or retire.

He is likely to continue with his operation because he has forces at Palembang and he has KB in supporting range. This is our assessed most likely and most dangerous for us, so the course of action we will plan against.

The alternative is he will retire to nth coast of Borneo, and the KB back to the Philippines. We assess this to be unlikely.


We expect KB to rush from its location 6-7 hexes east of Sorebaya to a location vicinity Batavia to try and intercept our fleet from the air, cover the landings with LRCAP. We expect him to do this along the "inland sea"" area, rather than via the Indian Ocean (but we are preparing for both. Likely to also launch air attack on Batavia.

We expect the bulk of the landing forces, with the remaining (or another undetected) covering force to move to Palembang to support and cover the landings.

We expect enemy air in Malaya (who was remarkably quiet last turn) to launch a massed raid on Singapore (which JUST received LVL4 forts!) in an effort to disrupt and destroy our airforce, if not in day one at least day two and beyond.


Friendly Plan
We will "go for it"!

The surface combat fleets vicinity of Batavia (which should be fully fuelled and armed) will drive on Palembang in an effort to sink the invasion fleets. This force is Brit and Dutch CL's and a variety of DD's. While over matched by the Japanese CA's the Japanese fleet has suffered some damage, and largely appears to be out of secondary armament... so while a 50/50 call it is probably the best we can hope for.

On the air side if it carries things that "go bang" it will be launched in an effort to hit the shipping. Singapore and Batavia will not be defended.

The surface fleet will attempt to flee up the straits of Malacca afterwards, heading back is certain death, heading north we may get lucky (depending on the location of the enemy Netties, which were largely based out of Saigon...).


While we are likely to loose most of the fleet this is the best chance we will get. We still have a strong CA based fleet in reserve so the DEI is not completely undefended... In fact that may move back to Darwin now in anticipation of enemy invasions in the east DEI, and then back to Brisbane via the north.


Elsewhere PM is back up and running, and we will move more forces there while KB is elsewhere. 5000 supply should be mostly unloaded by now, bringing the base up to about 30,000 and an AV of about 180.

The big unknown is Mini KB. It is either in the South China Sea (unlikely) or in the vicinity of Truk/Rabaul.

Cheers

Rob

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Post #: 40
RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) - 9/26/2009 10:46:05 PM   
jrcar

 

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The turn started bad for the Japanese....

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Den Passar at 59,108, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CV Kaga
CV Hiryu
CV Soryu
CV Shokaku
CV Zuikaku
CV Akagi
BB Hiei
BB Kirishima
CA Tone
CA Chikuma
CL Abukuma
DD Akigumo
DD Kagero
DD Isokaze
DD Shiranui
DD Urakaze
DD Hamakaze
DD Tanikaze
DD Arare
DD Kasumi
DD Oboro

Allied Ships
PT TM-4
PT TM-5
PT TM-6
PT TM-7
PT TM-8
PT TM-9



Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
CA Tone collides with CL Abukuma at 59 , 108
PT TM-7 engages CV Kaga at 1,000 yards
PT TM-9 engages CV Kaga at 1,000 yards
DD Urakaze engages PT TM-9 at 1,000 yards
Range increases to 2,000 yards
CV Akagi , CV Zuikaku , CV Shokaku ,
CV Soryu , CV Hiryu screened from combat
- escorted by DD Tanikaze , DD Shiranui , DD Isokaze
PT TM-9 engages BB Hiei at 2,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages PT TM-9 at 2,000 yards
DD Oboro engages PT TM-7 at 2,000 yards
PT TM-9 engages DD Kasumi at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 4,000 yards
CV Akagi , CV Zuikaku , CV Shokaku ,
CV Soryu , CV Hiryu , CV Kaga screened from combat
- escorted by DD Oboro , DD Kasumi , DD Hamakaze ,
DD Shiranui , DD Isokaze
BB Kirishima engages PT TM-9 at 4,000 yards
PT TM-6 engages DD Urakaze at 4,000 yards
PT TM-7 engages DD Tanikaze at 4,000 yards
DD Urakaze engages PT TM-8 at 4,000 yards
DD Oboro engages PT TM-4 at 4,000 yards
BB Kirishima engages PT TM-9 at 4,000 yards
PT TM-7 engages DD Hamakaze at 4,000 yards
DD Isokaze engages PT TM-9 at 4,000 yards
Range increases to 6,000 yards
CV Akagi , CV Zuikaku screened from combat
- escorted by DD Urakaze
BB Hiei engages PT TM-9 at 6,000 yards
Task forces break off...


And then went from bad to catostrophic for the invasion of Palemebang...

Pre-Invasion action off Palembang

10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CL Kinu
DD Samidare
DD Yudachi
DD Asagumo
xAP Miike Maru
xAP Tatsuta Maru, Shell hits 3

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Night Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 49,90, Range 6,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Maya
CA Chokai
DD Hibiki
DD Fubuki
DD Shinonome
DD Usugumo, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Asakaze
DD Matsukaze
DD Hasu, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Mauritius
DD Whipple, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Vampire
DD Stronghold
DD Tenedos
DD Electra, Shell hits 3, heavy fires

Night Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 49,90, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Japanese Ships
CL Tama, Shell hits 21, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AK Sado Maru, Shell hits 23, and is sunk
AK Sagami Maru, Shell hits 16, heavy fires, heavy damage
AK Sakura Maru, Shell hits 24, and is sunk
AK Sasako Maru, Shell hits 6
AK Kinka Maru, Shell hits 21, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AK Kyushu Maru, Shell hits 19, and is sunk
AK Tosan Maru, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LSD Shinshu Maru, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Java, Shell hits 1
CL Tromp, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CL Danae
CL Dragon, Shell hits 2
CL Durban, Shell hits 3
DD Alden
DD Paul Jones
DD Vendetta
DD Van Nes
DD Evertsen


Night Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 48,91, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Kinu, Shell hits 2
DD Asagumo, Shell hits 18, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Harusame
DD Yudachi, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Samidare, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAP Tatsuta Maru, Shell hits 2
xAP Miike Maru, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Koan Maru, Shell hits 6, on fire
xAP Naminoue Maru, Shell hits 13, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL De Ruyter, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
CL Marblehead, Shell hits 6
DD Barker
DD Bulmer
DD Edsall, Shell hits 2
DD John D. Edwards, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Banckert
DD Witte de With, Shell hits 1
DD Kortenaer
DD Piet Hein
DD Van Ghent, Shell hits 2, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
339 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Night Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 48,91, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Kinu, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Asagumo, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
DD Harusame, Shell hits 3
DD Yudachi, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAP Tatsuta Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire
xAP Miike Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Koan Maru, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CL Marblehead, Shell hits 1
DD Barker
DD Bulmer
DD Edsall
DD John D. Edwards, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Banckert
DD Witte de With, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Kortenaer
DD Van Ghent, Shell hits 3, heavy fires

Japanese ground losses:
257 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 33 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 48,91, Range 1,000 Yards

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CL Kinu, Shell hits 15, on fire
xAP Tatsuta Maru, Shell hits 13, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Marblehead, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Barker
DD Bulmer
DD Edsall
DD Banckert

Japanese ground losses:
348 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 45 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Invasion Support action off Palembang

2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 8, Shell hits 1
PB Fuji Maru #3
xAKL Hinko Maru
PB Shonan Maru #6, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage


During the day there was a fair bit of air action... but almost none from KB who stayed around Sorebaja!

Morning Air attack on TF, near Singkep at 49,87

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
G4M1 Betty x 8



Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Mauritius



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 15000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb


Morning Air attack on TF, near Pontianak at 53,89

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 6
Do-24K-1 x 3


Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DMS W-5
CL Kinu, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Morning Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 51,89

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 9
Buffalo I x 13
Swordfish I x 3
Vildebeest III x 6
139WH-3 x 6
Hudson I x 14
Wirraway x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
139WH-3: 2 damaged
Hudson I: 7 damaged
Wirraway: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, Bomb hits 2
BB Haruna, Bomb hits 1
DD Michishio

Morning Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 48,91

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2



Allied aircraft
Do-24K-1 x 6


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAKL Hinko Maru, Bomb hits 1
PB Shonan Maru #6, and is sunk

Morning Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 51,89

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes


Allied aircraft
Vildebeest III x 7
PBY-5 Catalina x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest III: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna

Morning Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 51,89

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 8
B-17D Fortress x 15


Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 6 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
BB Kongo

Morning Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 51,89

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 2


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CL Sendai

Morning Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 51,89

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, on fire

Morning Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 51,89

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Sendai

Morning Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 51,89

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes


Allied aircraft
PBY-5 Catalina x 2


Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5 Catalina: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, on fire



During this time, and as expected, Singapore was hit hard...


Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 107
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 26



Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 7 destroyed on ground
Buffalo I: 5 destroyed on ground
Blenheim IV: 3 destroyed on ground
Hudson I: 3 destroyed on ground
Vildebeest III: 1 destroyed on ground
Blenheim I: 1 destroyed on ground


Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Airbase hits 32
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 82







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RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) - 9/26/2009 11:00:03 PM   
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Singkep at 49,87

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
G4M1 Betty x 12



Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Mauritius


Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 51,89

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 3
Do-24K-1 x 2


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 48,91

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
B-339D x 9
PBY-5 Catalina x 3


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5 Catalina: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAKL Hinko Maru

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 49,89

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 5



Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Kortenaer




Elsewhere in the DEI invasion forces head to Ambon and maybe Kendari are engaged.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Ternate at 77,101

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 5


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Yamayuri Maru
xAK Brasil Maru



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb SAP Bomb



Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ternate at 77,101

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 5


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Yamayuri Maru

Followed by an invasion of Buna


In China whe loose badly near Sinyang:(

Ground combat at 85,47

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 22078 troops, 285 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 586

Defending force 33978 troops, 249 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 709

Japanese adjusted assault: 512

Allied adjusted defense: 93

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), morale(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
1348 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 76 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 77 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled


Allied ground losses:
9712 casualties reported
Squads: 387 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 436 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 19 destroyed, 9 disabled
Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units retreated 8


Ground combat at 86,46

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 23745 troops, 208 guns, 205 vehicles, Assault Value = 683

Defending force 12117 troops, 98 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 219

Japanese adjusted assault: 503

Allied adjusted defense: 20

Japanese assault odds: 25 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-), morale(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
1239 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 87 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 63 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Vehicles lost 6 (0 destroyed, 6 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
5742 casualties reported
Squads: 154 destroyed, 61 disabled
Non Combat: 190 destroyed, 64 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2

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RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) - 9/26/2009 11:10:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		Day 2 (18 Jan) sees the action continue, again mostly in the Allies favour!

Our third SCTF comes into Palembang looking for survivours

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 49,90, Range 3,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 8, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
xAKL Hinko Maru, Shell hits 28, and is sunk
PB Fuji Maru #3, Shell hits 5, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Java
CL Danae
CL Dragon
CL Durban, Shell hits 1
DD Alden
DD Paul Jones
DD Vendetta
DD Van Nes
DD Evertsen

While the Japanese sink a ship brining forces from Singapore... Most get off.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 48,91, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
TB Otori
TB Kasasagi
TB Kari
DMS W-1
DMS W-2
DMS W-3
DMS W-5
DMS W-6

Allied Ships
xAKL Bust, Shell hits 12, and is sunk


Singapore is hamered again:

Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 3
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 26



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Runway hits 3

Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 60



Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed on ground
Hudson I: 1 destroyed on ground
Vildebeest III: 1 destroyed on ground


Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8


Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 14



Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed on ground


Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4


While at sea we don't hit much:

Morning Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 48,91

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 3
139WH-3 x 4
Do-24K-1 x 8
Hudson I x 9


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
Do-24K-1: 1 damaged
Hudson I: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
DMS W-5
DMS W-3
TB Kari
TB Kasasagi
DMS W-2
DMS W-1
DMS W-6


Morning Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 48,91

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 6


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
DMS W-6
DMS W-1

Morning Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 48,91

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes


Allied aircraft
Swordfish I x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DMS W-6, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires


In the DEI we again hit the TF heading into Ambon to no effect, they have a CA here:

Morning Air attack on TF, near Namlea at 76,107

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Ashigara
xAK Tokati Maru


While we hit Lae and trash the force landing at Buna:

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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
A-24 Banshee x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x A-24 Banshee diving from 10000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Buna at 99,129

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
A-24 Banshee x 11


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Taihei Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk






KB hits Koepang...

Morning Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
D3A1 Val x 52



Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 11 damaged


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x D3A1 Val diving from 6000'
Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
25 x D3A1 Val diving from 6000'
Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb




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RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) - 9/26/2009 11:17:48 PM   
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Status: offline 		In the afternoon of the 18th the Netties finally hit:

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 50,89

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
G4M1 Betty x 17


And we don't (but Singapore is still open!)

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 48,91

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 3
Blenheim IV x 5
139WH-3 x 18
B-339D x 12
Do-24K-1 x 7
Hudson I x 6
B-17D Fortress x 3


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 damaged
139WH-3: 6 damaged
Do-24K-1: 1 damaged
Hudson I: 2 damaged
B-17D Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
DMS W-2
DMS W-5
DMS W-3
TB Kari
DMS W-1
TB Kasasagi

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 48,91

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 2


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DMS W-1


Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
CL De Ruyter, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
DD Witte de With
DD Piet Hein


And the final Allied bombardment attack at Palembang does good:

Ground combat at Palembang (48,91)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3023 troops, 37 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 150

Defending force 4537 troops, 59 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 182

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Assaulting units:
Zuid KNIL Battalion
8th Indian Bde /1
So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion
3/16th Punjab Bn /1
3rd Cavalry Rgt /2
Sambas Base Force
Pontianak Base Force
Singkawang Base Force
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Djambi Base Force
Palembang Base Force
224 Group RAF /1

Defending units:
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
Sasebo 3rd SNLF

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RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) - 9/26/2009 11:31:48 PM   
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A resounding success! We largely destroy the Japanese invasion forces and sink some importanat ships. The sunk list is at least the following, with probably many more.


CL 1 (Tama) (2 more badly damaged)
DD 4 (Hasu, Samidare, Asumkumo, Yuachi)
PB 3 (Shuko, Shonan, Fuji)
SC 1 (ch8)
DMS 1 (probable)
LSD 1 (an important one!)
AP 2 (maybe another 1-2)
AK 7
xAKL 1


We loose (so far)
CL 3 (Tromp, De Ryter, Marblehead)
DD 2 (Whipple and Edwards) but have a number damaged.


By going up the "inland" channel to Palembang we avoided the strong Japanese SCTF who were the distant covering force.

Importantly we get AP's and the LSD which will limit Japanese options in the future.

Our ships are now fleeing north...


Singapore is now untenable though so the air will have to pull back.




In the DEI KB remains to protect the invasions of Kendari/Ambon and probably Koepang. As usual when you think of 2 enemy courses of action they choose a third. The allied fleets have returned to Darwin, so I am in a position to interfere with the landing at Ambon... but will have to flee to the Australian East coast afterwards. They should have the intel now that Koepang has the two Indian Brigades.


In the SWPAC PM is open for business, and has been resupplied. Lots of aircraft are arriving in theatre.

Cheers

Rob

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RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) - 9/27/2009 10:41:19 AM   
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We lost 2 CL and 2 DD, have a CL badly damaged and 3 DD damaged, one heavy but should survive.

After the awesome Dutch/UK victory (and the loss of USS Marblehead) the US commander at Darwin is going to attempt to ambush the forces moving to Ambon (which includes at least one CA).

The USN force is:
CA Houston
CL Boise
CL Ceres (UK)
6 DDs (Ford, Parrot. Peary, Pillsbury, Pope, Stewart).

Below is the path we plan to take as KB is off the Eastern side of Koepang. The TF will retire on Brisbane.








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RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) - 9/27/2009 10:55:18 AM   
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The Hudsons at Ambon will remain to fight for one more turn then escape.

Cheers

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RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) - 9/27/2009 9:37:13 PM   
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The war goes good.


Burma
The Japanese take Moulmein

Malaya
Air attacks on singapore are met by slight Buffalo opposition, with expected result

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 104
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 26



Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 2


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 9 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed on ground
Hudson I: 3 destroyed on ground
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed on ground


Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 70

Sumatra
At Palembang overnight we send the remains of the Allied TF's back in an attampt to hit a TF made up of TB and DMS that were noted last turn.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 49,90, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
TB Otori
TB Kasasagi
TB Kari
DMS W-1, Shell hits 3, on fire
DMS W-2
DMS W-3
DMS W-5, Shell hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Kortenaer, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Piet Hein


Japanese Ships
TB Otori
TB Kasasagi
TB Kari
DMS W-1, heavy fires
DMS W-2
DMS W-3
DMS W-5

Allied Ships
DD Witte de With
DD Van Ghent, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Japanese Ships
TB Otori
TB Kasasagi
TB Kari, Shell hits 1
DMS W-1, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
DMS W-2, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
DMS W-3
DMS W-5, Shell hits 19, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CL Java
CL Danae
CL Dragon
CL Durban, Shell hits 1
DD Alden
DD Paul Jones
DD Vendetta
DD Van Nes
DD Evertsen

Our loss is acceptable for the destruction of these forces! We loose two DD's to Betty during the day, and sink most of the rest of the enemy TF from the air as well.

We counterattack the force landed at Palembang getting 3:1 odds, but loose more troops than we destroy.


Phillipines
Luzon FINALLY heats up. First comes the air where in a series of combats we loose 3-5 P-40 and claim a Zero, 4 Nate, 5 Lily.

On the ground they attack at Cabanatuan at 1:2 oddds (Fort 3) taking 1600 casualties to our 600.

At Clark they drop the forts to 2 but still have 1:3 odds and take 2300 casualties to 700.

Both lots of ground forces are conducting a fightering withdrawal on Manila


East DEI
This really heats up!

Our planes attack the infasion Tf's to no effect...

Meanwhile KB hits Darwin (didn't realise I'd left so many ships there :(

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 48



Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged

Allied Ships
SS S-36, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
xAKL Lepus, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
AS Platypus, Bomb hits 1, on fire


While Japanese air hits Koepang (KB no effect) and Ambon (Betty, little effect).

Again the Japanese go deep with an attack on Lautum simultaneous to Ambon and Kendari!



Elsewhere our subs sink a TK :)

PM lanuches strikes on Lae and Buna.

Cheers

Rob

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RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) - 9/27/2009 9:56:14 PM   
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The action is mostly in the easts DEI.

Sumatra


East DEI
Strong surface forces enter Kendari sweeping mines, in the case of DD Amatsukaze she uses her hull... probably won't survive...

They then bombard Kendari for little effect (not that there is much there!)

At Lautum troops come ashore to little opposition (there IS a lot here though...)


At Day break the US SCTF finds the Ambon invasion force near Ambon :)

Day Time Surface Combat, near Ambon at 76,109, Range 23,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
TB Kiji, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
TB Kamo, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
DMS W-19, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
DMS W-20, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
AMC Asaka Maru, Shell hits 40, and is sunk
xAK Kano Maru, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
xAP Husimi Maru, Shell hits 24, and is sunk
xAP Kamo Maru, Shell hits 28, and is sunk
xAP Kongo Maru, Shell hits 19, and is sunk
PB Yahonui Maru, Shell hits 5, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Houston
CL Ceres, Shell hits 2
CL Boise, Shell hits 2
DD John D. Ford, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Parrott
DD Peary
DD Pillsbury, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Pope, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
DD Stewart, Shell hits 1

Japanese ground losses:
1535 casualties reported
Squads: 55 destroyed, 48 disabled
Non Combat: 20 destroyed, 37 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)

I guess the invasion of Ambon is now off!

The Allies then encounter a very strong covering force and give out better than they recieve!

Day Time Surface Combat, near Ambon at 76,109, Range 21,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba, Shell hits 16, heavy fires
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 4
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 10, on fire
CA Kako, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 1
DD Kikuzuki, Shell hits 11, heavy fires
DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 7, heavy fires

Allied Ships
CA Houston, Shell hits 5, heavy fires
CL Ceres, Shell hits 1, on fire
CL Boise, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD John D. Ford, heavy fires
DD Parrott
DD Peary, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Stewart


But mini KB is in the area...

Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 77,110

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
B5N1 Kate x 10



Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Boise, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
CA Houston, heavy fires
DD Parrott

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
B5N1 Kate x 8



Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Pillsbury, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
B5N1 Kate x 10



Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Boise, on fire
CL Ceres, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CA Houston, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
B5N1 Kate x 8



Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Pillsbury, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk







Sumatra
Off Sumatra (actually near Singapore!) our air finds another Japanese invasion force:

Morning Air attack on TF, near Bintan at 52,85

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 6
Swordfish I x 2
Vildebeest III x 7
Wirraway x 4


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish I: 2 damaged
Vildebeest III: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Wirraway: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Maya, Torpedo hits 1
CA Chokai

Allied aircraft
Vildebeest III x 10


Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest III: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Matsukaze
DD Asakaze
CA Chokai, Torpedo hits 2

Allied aircraft
Vildebeest III x 2


Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest III: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Chokai, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage




Darwin
Gets hit again :(

Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 45 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
B5N2 Kate x 126
D3A1 Val x 116



Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 26 damaged
D3A1 Val: 26 damaged

Allied Ships
SS S-41, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
AS Platypus, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Dos Hermanos, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Jaladuta, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Jalajaran, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
SS S-36, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL Wollongbar, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
AO Trinity, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
AVP Reiger, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk


Phillipines
We loose 2-3 P-40 for 9 Lily


During the two days we hit 2 Japanese subs and lauch several attacks which (apart from the TK and an xAKL) all miss (including an AKE :) )



Cheers

Rob

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RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) - 9/27/2009 10:04:31 PM   
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We will probably loose all the ships from the US TF that hit Ambon, but it was worth it!

Between that and hitting the 2 CA off Singapore the Japanese force has been heavily attrited for moderate loss.

I was lazy at Darwin, should have moved the ships out, Tony I'm sorry :(

darwin has no fighter defences (they are still forming at Alice Springs) but we do have some spare strike aircraft...


Joe and Nik tried to cover their forces by hitting the potential staging bases... and almost succeed. In the long run they lost two invasion TF though because while they were striking they weren't covering and we managed to slip forces in.

Their simultaneous ops also spread their forces too thin.

An expensive lesson for the Empire...


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RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) - 9/27/2009 11:53:00 PM   
jrcar

 

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The one key div that we have been wondering on its location, the 4th, has at least part located at Lautum. So it appears to have been commited to the DEI.

In the Phillipines we have identified now:

Clark:
1st Formosa Inf. Regiment
48th Engineer Regiment
Kanno Detachment
47th Infantry Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
48th Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Cabantuam:
65th Brigade
48th Recon Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Landed at Legapasi (but not seen much)

Kimura Det
Kure 1st SNLF
1st Naval Construction Battalion

At Cagayan (but now certainly moving somewhere)
8th Tank Regiment
146th Infantry Regiment

At Rabaul Landed:
144th Infantry Regiment
15th Base Force


Options include continue to fall back on Manila, or reinforce Clark... That will force them to send more forces...


It appears at the moment that they are going to try to bottle us up in the Phillipines, while they send forces elsewhere... we intend to not allow that to happen too much (but not a lot we can do...)

Cheers

Rob


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RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) - 9/28/2009 5:36:24 AM   
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RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) - 9/29/2009 1:20:23 AM   
jrcar

 

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Status: offline 		Thanks Fishbed, yes we are a bit surprised, we think aliens have abducted the real Joe and Nik!

OTOH this is part of the overall plan, not really fight for anything, but hit back when we can, the threat of that (accompanied by succesful prosecution) will make them go back to being cautious...

But we are basically spent in the DEI for the moment.

Current plans are:

Open a new front in the NORPAC suported by a CV.

Move the remaining 2 CV sth of Java and move aircraft to support the defence of Java.

Continue to build up in New Zealand, then move forward in force to Fiji before looking for opportunities late Aug in SOPAC.

Defend forward in the Phillipines (1 hex out from Manila) as the enemy has split their forces, and looks like they don't have enough to penetrate anywhere.


We know where KB and Mini KB are (East DEI) but we have the following priority information requierments:

Where are the Japanese airbourne units (probably Burma...).

Where are all the SNLF as the 4th Div (broken into 3, with 1/3rd sunk, are in the east DEI) probably massing at Truk for ops in SWPAC (PM)/SOPAC... but they need CV spt.

Where is the rest of the Japanese air forces (about half noted in Phillipines/Malaya).



All the above leads me to believe Joe and Nik where planning something "big" ... but now we have probably forced a delay or a complete replan...


We are still trying to maintain a balanced posture, with fleet units in the Indian Ocean, East Coast of Australia, Pearl Harbour and NORPAC capable of limited offensive action.

Fuel in Australia is our limitation, in particular to support the IO forces.


Cheers

Rob



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RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) - 10/1/2009 5:29:59 AM   
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Burma
No change. The Japanese advance guard is moving forward on the remnants of our rear guard. About 12k in supply is unloading the last amounts. We will then load all the fuel we can before the last convoy leaves in a few days. Defence preparations are occurring in a number of locations well inland ahead of an anticipated Japanese thrust.

Malaya
heavy air attacks on Singapore occur, but the damage is being repaired as fast as its being created... so far. We are loosing a lot of aircraft on the ground though. The AV is around 700 with lvl 4 forts. The Japanese are about to take the last base on the mainland that is allied.

Sumatra
The Japanese fast transport in elements of the raiding regiment. The CL Kuma takes two hits from the defenders guns. During the day a few allied aircraft attack the beachhead, and planes attack the retiring FT TF to no effect. On the 21st The allies bombard and the Japanese shock attack. In both cases the Japanese come off the worse for wear, and only achieve 1:1 against forts of 2. The forts are dropped to one though. On the 22nd though they only achieve 1:4, it looks like even with the additional troops Palembang will hold, and the Japanese are exhausted!

Ground combat at Palembang (48,91)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 4532 troops, 62 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 137

Defending force 4049 troops, 71 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 73

Japanese adjusted assault: 20

Allied adjusted defense: 82

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 4 (fort level 2)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
236 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
1st Raiding Rgt /1

Defending units:
Zuid KNIL Battalion
So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion
8th Indian Bde /1
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Djambi Base Force
Pontianak Base Force
Sambas Base Force
Singkawang Base Force
Palembang Base Force
224 Group RAF /1

Java
A few sub attacks in the area, still quiet.

East DEI
The heardt of the action at the moment. As expected we loose the Ceres, Boise and Houston to air and naval combat, plus 2 more DD's. Two DD's have escaped though! I tried to get the CA/L to Ambonto act as a floating fortress :)

Elsewhere KB aircraft hit Koepang and Lautum. The landings at Kendari cause more casualties and the base falls on the first attack. At Lautum though things are very different...

Ground combat at Lautem (72,115)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 5147 troops, 42 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 150

Defending force 2913 troops, 66 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 74

Japanese adjusted assault: 364

Allied adjusted defense: 149

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+)

Japanese ground losses:
300 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Allied ground losses:
249 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Ground combat at Lautem (72,115)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 4890 troops, 42 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 133

Defending force 2648 troops, 66 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 59

Japanese adjusted assault: 50

Allied adjusted defense: 67

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
281 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Allied ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
4th/A Division

Defending units:
Sparrow Battalion
Molukken Garrison Battalion
4th Cst Gun Bn /1
Lautem Base Force
2nd KNIL AA Battalion
Manado Base Force /1

Again we hold them and the Japanese forces aren't in good shape, even with support from the air. I doubt Nik or Joe have a reserve in the area, but now that Kendari has fallen they can load those troops and send them to Lautum... but that will take a few more days. The intent of Lautum continues to work, it is causing more and more delay and taking their plans out of sync.

Philippines
At Cabanatuan they try a deliberate attack :

Ground combat at Cabanatuan (80,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 9957 troops, 55 guns, 98 vehicles, Assault Value = 256

Defending force 13462 troops, 194 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 498

Japanese adjusted assault: 105

Allied adjusted defense: 212

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
818 casualties reported
Squads: 21 destroyed, 36 disabled
Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 30 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 57 (23 destroyed, 34 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
639 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 41 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)


Assaulting units:
48th Recon Regiment
65th Brigade
16th Recon Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
4th Marine Regiment
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
21st PA Infantry Division
31st PA Infantry Division
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment

I am now confident of holding here.

Meanwhile at Clark:

Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 21391 troops, 269 guns, 74 vehicles, Assault Value = 532

Defending force 17427 troops, 222 guns, 377 vehicles, Assault Value = 503

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 206

Allied adjusted defense: 607

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2882 casualties reported
Squads: 20 destroyed, 123 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 121 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 29 (2 destroyed, 27 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
606 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 18 (1 destroyed, 17 disabled)


Assaulting units:
Kanno Detachment
1st Formosa Inf. Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
48th Engineer Regiment
47th Infantry Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
48th Field Artillery Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
192nd Tank Battalion
31st Infantry Regiment
11th PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
Subic Bay Defenses
194th Tank Battalion
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
301st Construction Battalion


On the second day about 200 more AV have arrived for the allied side. So we are solid, and the forts went up a level. see the next post for cunning plans....


SWPAC
A24's operating from PM hit Lae and a TF going into Buna (no hits but i think the TF turned back as no additional forces have appeared there). We own this area at the moment.

China
Things are not looking good for Nanning. The whole north central front is about to collapse. We just can't halt them :( I'm glad Tony is playing this, he basically did the same thing to me in our game!


cheers

Rob


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RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) - 10/1/2009 5:43:34 AM   
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Very happy with what we are achieving at the moment. We have really stolen the moment from Nik and Joe, and though I hesitate to say it I think we have won the initiative for the moment.

Key actions in the coming turn.

Support the ground troops at Lautum with B-17 strikes on the enemy. Fighters have now arrived in Darwin.

In the SWPC I've moved a unit of Marine Dautless's to PM to go with the Marine Wildcat unit and 2 A-24 units. We will continue to hit Lae and up the ante of force they will need to commit to this area. The 8th Marines should be at Townsville in about 2-3 days. they will then be flow in to help the defence as well. With 30k in supply PM will require a multi divisional attack to take it within 2-3 weeks, with KB in support.

In the Phillipines now we have stopped the advance cold I will attack. I will move units (15--200AV) to Iba from Clark, then attack Lingayen. I'm moving another 300 AV from Manila to Clark. We have a chance of surrounding the Clark forces then... See the image below. Supplies are now about 30k. I've tried to get in extra but so far all have been sunk...






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RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) - 10/1/2009 7:00:15 AM   
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After discussing with Tony I have decided to shock attack in 2 turns at Clark to force the Japanes to retreat, rather than try to surround them. Thefore the following orders have been cut

Move 4th Marines from Cabanatuan to Clark (about 90AV but 60 experiance).
Move 300 AV from Manila to Clark.
Cease movement of forces out of Clark to Iba (150 AV).

This should give us about 11-1200 AV vs at most 600 AV on the Japanese side. I will bombard with 155mm guns for two days then with the shock attack we should get 3:1 and force them to retreat... thats the plan anyway!

Cheers

Rob




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RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) - 10/1/2009 7:59:49 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ahem...speaking as a northerner (north of the Murray)...don't you think that in view of your sterling efforts to date, that you might reconsider your attitude towards saving us northerners.  After all now that we seem likely to be able to export our Hunter Valley chardonays (plus Bega cheese, Sydney rock oysters) without having to comply with any directives issued from Tokyo, we might just decide to export our valuable products to more deserving markets.  Yes I think it might be time for a nice grovelling exercise - we might even allow David Hussey to replace the injured Michael Clarke, if we are sufficiently mollified.

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RE: Aussies vs Amis - World Defence(no Joe or Nik) - 10/1/2009 10:30:42 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hmm interesting and very bloody AAR. Might I ask where did you get those B-17D's at Singapore from? AFAIK all B-17's in the philippines are restricted?

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