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RE: Mines in the Pacific - 1/25/2010 12:02:47 AM   
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Status: offline 		Quick addon as I just did the next turn - I've been trying to be as unpredictable as possible with my Indian air units, this turn I put a heavy CAP over Jamshedphur - and he chose to attack it with Sallies and an Oscar escort. End result, 7 Allied aircraft shot down, 25 Sallies shot down or crashed and a couple of Oscars shot down. Negligible damage to the base.

NICE. There are so few air battles that go my way so decisively I needed to add that to the record as a morale boost!

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RE: Mines in the Pacific - 1/25/2010 11:28:21 AM   
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Status: offline 		Well, moving around your air units like that is pretty gamey too, else you wouldn't be able to get results like that against Sallies and Oscars. Using the US subs at all is pretty gamey too considering how overrated they are in game, so I think you will just have to live with those paradrops.

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RE: Mines in the Pacific - 1/31/2010 12:41:33 PM   
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May 1st 1942

BURMA/INDIA
Situation on the ground in India hasn't changed much aside from my clearing away his paras with my armour, as anticipated.

In the air it's generally been very good. Max altitude P38 sweeps certainly work, its a shame their service ratings are so bad that half to 2/3rds of the squadron is always on the ground. I think I detect weakness in the Japanese position too, continuous casualties of the order of 5 or so planes a day is having a toll I think. The Allied fighter position on the other hand is very good, though pilot experience is a constant problem.

On May 1st a large convoy was sighted at Calcutta, so I brought up the torpedo bombers. It wasn't a good day, no leaky CAP for me, every torp bomber was shot down and the Swordfish at least are irreplaceable, though you can see that the Japanese air defence isn't anything like as powerful as it was when KB was in town, and that the Allied air force could, on a good day at least, pierce it. Oddly enough Oscars seem far superior to Zeroes right now.

I plan on having another go with Dauntlesses.

Morning Air attack on Calcutta , at 52,37

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 13



Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 10


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38E Lightning: 1 destroyed



CAP engaged:
Kanoya Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 22810 , scrambling fighters to 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 22810 , scrambling fighters to 32810.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
11th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 38000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
77th Sentai Det A with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 38000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Calcutta at 52,37

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 4
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 19



Allied aircraft
Albacore I x 4
Mohawk IV x 10
Swordfish I x 5
P-40E Warhawk x 18


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Albacore I: 2 destroyed
Mohawk IV: 1 destroyed
Swordfish I: 4 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 4 destroyed



CAP engaged:
Kanoya Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 22810
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 22810
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes
1st Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
11th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
64th Sentai Det with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
77th Sentai Det A with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers


Almost all of Burma Corps is at Imphal where he has some major forces to bring about their surrender. Unfortunately for him my airlift to Howrah has continued without any attempt at interference on his part, so a good 50% of Burma Corps (in AV value) has been airlifted to the Indian frontlines. A major coup is that two Chinese divisions of about Bde strength have been airlifted lock stock and barrel. I'm working on the Burmese units now, a few Bns have been brought over. May is an important month too in that I'll get replacement transport aircraft so over the coming weeks my airlift capacity should actually be going up, so I may well rescue the majority of Burma Corps! One Aussie brigade moved to the rear after heavy fighting is almost ready to be sent back into the fray, and both Aussie Bdes sent up from Perth have now landed. I assume the Imperial Guard is on those ships so just in time. I've also had a couple of Indian units show up this last week and May 1942 is B25 and Blenheim IV month so some good news about my bomber shortage. His window of opportunity for Indian conquest is starting to run out I think given that in general the front lines are barely moving.

The Royal Navy is getting itchy feet with all these targets around, so I'm about to sortie my carriers (81 aircraft embarked in the TF). A single AK is en route to a point near Diamond Harbor to test the Japanese land based defences, if it survives the CVs are going in, if it gets Nettied to death (or KB'd) I will abort.

CHINA

6 divisions and 15 (!) artillery units pound the crap out of Sian, as he's finally reached it having cleared the roads. Casualties are of the order of 600 a day, so clearly Sian is going to fall eventually, and massed artillery is still extremely powerful. The rest of China is fairly quiet.
I've built up Ichang to an airfield 2 and plan on springing a cap trap on him as 50+ Anns and Maries bomb unescorted in the Sian area.

AUS/DEI
He's just invaded Koepang, not taken it yet but he will. Jap ships reported in the op report near Perth, possibly a SAG? Nothing on the map though. I have a small cruiser SAG at Perth so I round them up and let them stand ready.
CV Enterprise is down to 2 weeks fix time at Sydney, she could fight now in a pinch in fact. Her airgroups are back up to strength with the exception of Devastators, but I plan on having Enterprise get the first batch of Avengers which are due this month, so my CV strength in the Pacific will soon be up to 4.

SOPAC/CENTPAC
Heavy sub warfare this last week around SOPAC. DD Tucker was torpedoed between Noumea and Fiji and sank. However DD Ellet sank a submarine at Noumea with depth charges and APD Hatfield heavily damaged one at Luganville. The upgraded DDs are definitely making a difference, and I've suddenly realised what AGs are for as one is rushed to Noumea so the DDs can rearm their depth charges. Efate is now an airfield 5 and has all it needs to house B17s, the problem is there are no B17s. But there will be as American production starts to crank up. I've moved some EABs up to Luganville to develop that now.

The USN is almost in a fit state to sortie in force, not that i have any immediate plans to do that.

NORPAC/Home Islands
The initial happy time around Hokkaido seems to have ended, all I see now are ASW forces. S boats are staying around Hokkaido and Sakhalin due to range issues, but my longer legged fleet submarines are being moved elsewhere now, south and west of the Home Islands and into the straits north of Luzon. Maybe there'll be richer pickings there.

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RE: Mines in the Pacific - 2/16/2010 2:12:07 PM   
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May 7th 1942

BURMA/INDIA
Epic stuff, he came within a hairs breadth of taking Ranchi this week which would have unhinged the flank of the defence. An Indian division was rushed up and arrived literally to the day in time - I had 200 AV versus 600 of his, and the day before the Indians arrived the fort level was down to 1. As it is, he's still unable to break through my line.
One of my precious British brigades was mauled in the process at Ranchi but it's mostly disablements, so they've been put into the reserve and will remain at the front.

In the air things have been quite bloody. Basically whoever attacks gets slaughtered. One day he went for me and lost 25 aircraft to a couple of Allied, mostly due to high level CAP. Then I went for his shipping at Diamond Harbor and was slaughtered - basically lost almost all my irreplaceable torpedo bombers in one day of butchery. The plan was to attack with about 15-20 bombers (Beauforts, Vildebeest, Albacores) and with two full P40 squadrons escorting (50 P40s) - in the event almost only about half the fighters flew and the ones that managed to take off lost track of the bombers who went in piecemeal into the buzzsaw. Escort is sooooo unreliable in this game, you take your life in your hands whenever you order an attack.

15 Wimpeys have been night bombing every turn, every turn they destroy 1-3 aircraft. I think night bombing is too good in this game, for as far as the night air campaign is concerned "I have not yet begun to fight!".

Allied aircraft pools are showing the strain, down to about 20 P40s, forcing me to switch some squadrons to P39s. However the Airacobras have actually done better than I thought they would so I'm not too bothered yet.

1st Burma Bde is almost entirely in friendly territory now in India due to the airlift, 2nd Burma Brigade is 50% transported. Looks like my airlift is essentially successful. There will of course be serious casualties in Burma Corps regardless, plenty of defenders at Imphal holding the airfield who will collapse eventually. But it wasn't total annihilation.

Navally I sent in another expendable AK to probe for the presence of enemy CVs, it didn't make it though as a submarine torped it en route. Allied subs are very thick on the ground in the Bay of Bengal but there have been no successes yet. There is IJN traffic in the area though, guess it's just a matter of time. The RN is still holed up at

So, plenty going on, even though the front lines havn't moved. They've only not moved through herculean effort.

CHINA
Stalemated still, plenty of shelling at Sian,it's going to take a long time to wear it down though.

SOPAC/AUS
25 B17s have been trying to pressure Lunga frmo Efate but their performance is, frankly, poor. He has a dozen Zeroes there and they seem more than able to fend off the B17s, who score almost no hits and are always shot up very badly by the Zeroes. The mythic unstoppable heavy bomber has yet to arrive in this campaign.
I've been moving EABs up to Luganville to get medium bombers involved, and when the B17s are fixed (it'll take a while) I'll be using night bombing instead I think.
CV Enterprise will be available within 2 weeks at Sydney, and that includes being fitted out with Avengers. So we'll soon have 4 USN CVs ready and willing and able.

CENTPAC
USN is mostly upgraded. I'm not planning adventurism here though so things are dull still. 850 AV at Pearl Harbor and a lot of it is Pacific Ocean Areas HQ, I might distribute 200 ish of it to the various atolls, there are marine raiders and such who are for that sort of thing.



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RE: Mines in the Pacific - 2/16/2010 6:03:32 PM   
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Status: offline 		What are the rough experience and skill levels of your fighters and bombers involved in these fracases? there's a lot of discussion of this in other AAR's.

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RE: Mines in the Pacific - 2/16/2010 11:17:47 PM   
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ORIGINAL: witpqs

What are the rough experience and skill levels of your fighters and bombers involved in these fracases? there's a lot of discussion of this in other AAR's.


The air skill of the fighters is 60 average minimum, or they aren't at the front.

Experience is pretty bad, though, probably an average of about 50. Experience doesnt' go up all that fast anymore, so they are trained, but not veteran.

The bombers are a bit better off if anything.

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RE: Mines in the Pacific - 4/28/2010 12:11:05 AM   
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May 17th 1942

INDIA
He's got six divisions now in Bengal - three at Ranchi, three at Howrah. The defenders are a motley bunch of Indian garrison units and the Burmese evacuees and are unable to hold - I've ordered a fall back to the next defensive town at Cuttack, but the terrain is poor for defence all the way back to Cocanada, which is where I intend to make the next death or glory type siege - it's a long way, should stretch him a bit.
His assaults at Ranchi have stopped, and given me time to reinforce - three more brigades are about to arrive, which secures the northern flank I think. Two divisions are at Jamshedphur as it is, so aside from Howrah the defences are solid.

Rough ground deployments in India atm is looking like...

Patna - one Indian brigade

Jamshedhur - Indian Bde and understrength Indian Div, 300 AV

Between Jam and Ranchi - full Indian Div, British Bde, Chinese Div (Bde strength)

Ranchi - understrength Indian Div and British Bde - 200 AV. Facing 3 Japanese divisions but fought them to a standstill.
Another 2 Aus and 1 Indian Bdes a few days out to the northeast.

Howrah - about 200 AV facing 1200 AV, mostly Burmese and Chinese shattered units

Cuttack - 230 AV of Indian bits and pieces

Strategically something of a reserve is available in India. I'm in the process of moving a full strength British division from Ceylon to the mainland - the Imperial Guard in Bengal means that his Java forces must be committed there, it's time to denude Ceylon a bit. I've also got an East African colonial unit, and a couple of brigades of Aussies in R&R, and a Chinese division at Madras recovering.

In the air things are going very well in kill ratio terms, but his bombers are punishing my troops at Howrah. His pilot quality has dropped precipitously, fighter kill ratios are at about 2:1 in my favour of late but I'm unable to rally enough of them to really smash his bombers. He's talking about his issues in managing pilot quality, I'm sure he'll get things straightened out, but in the meantime Bengal is an ace farm.

Activity at sea too, and disastrous activity at that - KB raided Ceylon and did major damage, sinking Formidable, Hermes and Warspite. My own stupidity putting my ships in such an exposed place. Indomitable was bombed but extricated and is now at Bombay with the rest of the fleet, laid up. Air recon is pretty useless, a full Catalina squadron at Ceylon didn't give any warning at all - at least until the bombs were dropping. This blindness caused me to be bold with convoys off northern Australia, naval recon is extremely iffy it seems.

CHINA
Supply situation is critical, I've essentially stopped all offensive moves and let him come to me. Sian is under siege, and fort levels are slowly dropping but despite having 20 supply (?) the Chinese seem to be holding for now.

SOPAC/AUS
Japanese subs tear into my convoys north of Darwin but the enemy air are nowhere to be found. More Jap subs near Efate, but there is a solid ASW effort down here which unfortunately bears no fruit. The buildup at Noumea continues apace, we got 520 AV at Noumea and more is coming. 2 battleships are at Noumea, the US CV force is at Fiji at the moment aside from Enterprise which is a week from being fully fixed at Sydney. Allied aircraft are based at Luganville and Efate but the only activity really is recon so far.

CENTPAC
Aerial recon has been picking up the odd ghostly Japanese fleet near Palmyra - I sortied some surface ships from Pearl just in csae but they found nothing. Could be subs. Could be just about anything. Allied activity is limited to mining and distributing ACMs around the atolls.




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RE: Mines in the Pacific - 4/29/2010 11:30:57 AM   
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RE: Mines in the Pacific - 4/29/2010 11:32:49 AM   
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It's one of those big decision moments, as Howrah has fallen. The units defending - almost entirely BURCORPS and all in a bad way, the Allied Burmese troops have had a very bad war - were pushed back towards Jamshedphur.

The Japs have three divisions at Ranchi, three divisions at Howrah, and a division between Ranchi and Jamshedhpur. Far as I know this is pretty much the entirety of his mobile units. I feel I can actually kinda hold off this force in India though not go on the offensive perhaps, now I feel free to strip much of the rear.

My choices in India seem to be...

1) Not one step back. Hold Jamshedphur and Ranchi. With the fall of Howrah, fall back to Cuttack. Problem with this is that the coastal road is poor defensive terrain, and there is a danger of Jamshedphur being encircled which could be disastrous.

2) Let Jamshedphur fall, move the troops there to Ranchi or to Cuttack. Means there'll be a wedge between my forces and moving force between what will end up as a northern front and a coastal front will be harder, but there will be no risk of encirclement for a while. Jamshedphur is a big airfield, fortified and in tough terrain though so it's quite a loss.

I'm kinda waiting to see how much importance he attaches to the coastal road, when I see where he's headed - NW from Bengal towards Delhi, or SW towards Madras - I'll have a better idea. I'm kinda hoping he heads for Madras, as I think it's far more defensible than the open terrain around Cawnpore and Patna in the north of India.


I'm trying to accelerate a Guadalcanal, and there is quite a force in SOPAC now, but the lack of Allied bombers until August 1942 means that even if I did take it it would be toothless until about September. He knows very well that things are brewing in the South Pacific as well. I suppose I could shift emphasis to the Marianas quite quickly if I wanted - Tarawa, say - but the lack of bombers suggests that I should be more focused on delaying in India than attacking where he aint at least for another month.

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RE: Mines in the Pacific - 5/3/2010 2:26:14 PM   
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I have a Cunning Plan, but OPSEC forbids me from talking about it.

BURMA/INDIA
Japanese attacks on the perimeter at Imphal fail but the garrison can only last a couple more days. Engineers are doing the fighting now, the combat stuff has been evacced.
Darjeeling falls to the Allies as some miniscule 50 AV units run around each other in the idle NE.
The main event is still the Ranchi - Jamshedphur - Howrah line. 3 Japanese divisions advance from Howrah to Jamshedphur over the road but the Allies retreat in good order and without loss - no Malaya collapse. The Allies have about 900-1000 AV in Jamshedphur and it is well fortified so I'm sure it can hold for a while at least.
In the air he's being handled roughly. Allied efforts have switched to bombing the resources at Asansol for the last 4 days or so, results are good, 100 out of 600 resources destroyed. One raid was with the IAF Lysanders, next day he put up a heavy Oscar CAP but the Lysanders stayed at home and instead 25 P38s and 10 Hurricanes showed up in the stratosphere - Japanese ass was kicked, 18 to 2. His own airforce is mostly concerned with reducing Imphal, where the AA is heavy (he lost 7 out of 25 Sallies today to AA fire for example ). He has a disturbing interest in Cuttack as of today with a major Zero sweep over the place.

Half a dozen Allied subs are now solidly in position and with plenty of endurance in the Bay of Bengal, I've detailed Hudson LR bombers to run naval search over the entrances to Calcutta. Gotta start work on his supplies.

CHINA
Sian fell today, very bad news, the Chinese lose 10k troops and retreat up the road. I'm going to put them in a new defensive line in the rough area NW of Sian. Elsewhere China is mostly quiet and I like that, I like that very much. I've kinda given up on China, after the strategic bombing offensive in the early war and being cut off from India these guys are screwed, it's red ! in almost every city. Strategic bombing in China is just borked.

SOPAC/AUS
Efate/Luganville/Noumea are still being built up - got over 800 AV in Noumea now and a LOT of supplies, AA guns, and engineers of all descriptions. Fuel is a weakness, only got about 15k in the South Pacific, some more is en route but it'll be a while (it came the long way, from Abadan, and is currently S of Australia).
The USN made some raids, one sweep of Lunga by a SAG based around USS Northampton sinks two APs, and a SAG based around USS Salt Lake City raid Koepang and also sink two APs. They escape without being caught.

KB was sighted in the Makassar Strait by a submarine headed SE. Time for the RN to come out and play in the Bay of Bengal? There's no shortage of RN CLs to raid with, there are 7 of them twiddling thumbs in India atm, and with useless AAA armament raiding is what they are for.


Sub war
Half a dozen Allied attacks around the Strait of Tsushima, Formosa Strait, off Palembang and around Hokkaido, but every single time - Hit but no explosion. Even the Brits and S-boats. Jap subs have been quiet lately but ASW efforts have been intensified in the hot spots which are currently around Ceylon and in SOPAC - two subs off Ceylon were reported hit by bombs.

Reinforcements/Overview
Starting to slowly pick up a bit. First B25 raid in India should happen tomorrow, and in the length of time it takes for some AKs to get from Cape Town to India, there'll be another three squadrons of B25s. Just as well, almost all the Lysanders are shot down now and I'm using Blenheims and Wellingtons exclusively in the night bombing role now for lack of reinforcements. (They are doing very well at that though!). In India the front in Bengal appears to be being held adequately while still leaving me a significant reserve force for the first time so far. Almost all of I Australian Corps has been rebased there. Thing should improve too as Burma Corps units R&R - they are shattered but plenty of disabled squads to rest and use as garrison forces, freeing up Indians. Also two Chinese corps are in India now - with plentiful supply and no shortage of Chinese infantry squads I would hope that these are usable formations in a couple of months. There are even some Americans and Canadians diverted from garrison duties on the West Coast en route now.

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RE: Mines in the Pacific - 5/7/2010 10:35:59 PM   
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BURMA/INDIA
On the ground not too much has changed. American artillery units at Ranchi and Jamshedphur inflict some limited damage to his besieging troops.
Been trying to lean on his airfarce the last few days and continue work on bombing Asansol. Sweeps are effective and the kill ratio in fighters is in my favour.

The main story this week has been attempt to resupply Bengal. Hudson LR searchplanes pick up activity in the Bay of Bengal, and I'm expecting a resupply run. The Allied response is to sortie four DDs (Decoy, Arrow, Nizam, Tjerke Hiddes) into the Bay of Bengal - DDs as no air support is possible and I'm expecting the DDs to be hard to hit by bombers and effective enough to shoot up ill defended AKs. Two old Caledon class cruisers also sortie behind them.

Things go wrong immediately when HMS Decoy is torpedoed by a Jap sub off Colombo and sinks.

The DDs then bounce into a Japanese CVETF and take some bombs, as well as LBA bombs from Burma. All miss. I would press the attack with the DDs in the face of this - except a strong Jap surface TF, several BBs, is reported just a few hexes away. This, combined with the heavy air presence, compels me to order the old CLs and DDs back to base - I'm prepared to risk bombs but if they are going to get greased by BBs even if they live long enough to get into gun range, there aint no point. The old slow BBs of the RN aren't going to be able to run the gauntlet of Netties so reinforcement is out of the question.

So the Commonwealth navies aren't up to the task with their capital ships wrecked or hiding at Bombay.

It falls to the airfarce to hit the landings at Calcutta. Him being no fool the Jap airforce is more than ready and waiting. One Hurri and a P38 squadron are ordered to high altitude sweeps, P40s and the bombers - Albacores that have to withdraw this week and so are being used before being lost, Hudson LRs snagged from search duties mainly intended to provide some tougher targets for the IJ fighters, and the main punch, 18 Dauntlesses and 8 Albacores - are ordered to actually attack.
The sweeps go in and are successful-ish (10 Oscars and 5 Zeroes for 6 P38s and 7 Hurris) and do put the fighters out of the sky for the morning but the smegging bombers don't launch for whatever reason and so aside from attrition, the sweeps do not help much.

In the PM phase the bombers wake up and come in to face a reinvigorated and alert CAP. Of course, it absolutely goes without saying that plenty of bombers manage to lose their fighters en route, despite care being taken to ensure the presence of HQs, the best commanders, same HQ etc () though in truth it didn't make much odds to the outcome. The 40 odd fresh CAP is enough to waste the dozen P40s escorting and get into the Dauntlesses inflicting heavy losses. A few bombs drop, none hit. The Albacores are the unfortunates who lose their escort and are massacred, 100% losses - the inevitable and apparently unstopaable price of the usual dire coordination.

38 Allied lost, mostly bombers, to 10 Japs. No bomb hits. A bad day - the only consolation really is that there are plenty of Dauntlesses, the Albacores were withdrawing this week anyway, and his supply convoy doesn't appear to be massively huge, looks like half a dozen AKs.








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RE: Mines in the Pacific - 5/7/2010 10:49:33 PM   
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Status: offline 		Some stuff going on elsewhere aside from the main event in India.

DEI/NORPAC/Home Islands
Jap CVs are sighted off of Timor bombing Dutch remnants, presumably due to careless settings rather than him intending to use KB to trash some KNIL guys dying in the jungles. Least I know where KB is. Headed south east, no doubt towards SOPAC where the signs of Allied buildup must be obvious.

CV Zuikaku the next day emerged from Singapore and was promptly torped by USS Tautog, three hits, two duds and a boom. Not heavy damage but still, yard time for her, my luck isn't all bad. HMS Truant is also working those waters and has bagged an AK, her torps work, while HMS Trusty was heavily depth charged and will almost certainly sink in the Strait of Malacca.

Lots of submarine action around the Home Islands, Strait of Formosa and Hokkaido, a dozen attacks at least since the last report but no exploding torpedoes, even S boats seem plagued by duds in the waters up by Hokkaido. One PB was sunk by Grayback off the Home Islands but there must be a lot of sub captains bitching up a storm about crap torpedoes there...

Attu Island has been reinforced into something more than a very far forward sub base. 58th Infantry Regiment is there, some Catalinas are there, and engineers are building the place. After the BB raid earlier in the year right up to Hokkaido it seems like Japan is spending time fortifying this part of the world, there's a lot of activity at Paramushimo Jima which has an airfield 4 and apparently 7 ground units according to my recon. While having BB Colorado sail right up to Japan put the wind up him a bit I think it has ruled out any Kuriles offensive in this game...


SOPAC
Big stand down here, only aircraft flying in Jap airspace are doing recon missions. Two reasons - 1 I wanna see whats out there as much as possible, and 2 the B17s just suck, I only got 30 odd and after bombing and hitting nothing the maintenance and supply requirement is extreme.

Unlike him he did a raid on Luganville with a SAG in which the hitters were Mutsu, Kongo, Haguro and Nachi - they bagged three AMs only, which is fortunate for me as there's been a lot of shipping carrying troops at Luganville. I kinda like that he's being aggressive - the Noumea/Efate bases are solid as solid can be at this point I think with lots of LBA, maybe later on he can be lured to a battle around here? I've ordered an Allied SAG to Luganville just in case he does it again as engineers are en route and will be unloading very soon.


CENTPAC
Yaaawn, so quiet!

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RE: Mines in the Pacific - 5/12/2010 12:21:24 AM   
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BURMA/INDIA
Been a very active time in India - this game is so different from the old WITP games I played in that it has a brisk bit of ground combat that is something of a vicious knife fight.

My cunning plan was a flanking movement aimed at Asansol (major supply centre) from the north, as you can see on the map attached. 18th British Division and 25th Australian Brigade are the core of the move with about 150 AV of armour as well. Things didn't go very well as the terrain there is open and he can use his bombers to full effect (50 Sally raids are the norm). Damage to my tanks was extreme to put it mildly, we're talking 75 Allied tanks (actually a lot of improv AFVs, I wasn't expecting much) destroyed outright. Part of those were in a clash with Japanese armour between Asansol and Darjeeling which chased one of my armoured units away until running into the division and being forced back.

His ground response has been to abandon the siege of Ranchi completely and redeploy southwards, which is still an ongoing move. I've started moving units from Ranchi northwards to the rail line for rapid redeployment as needed, and am trying to stay in contact with him in general to work out where he's redeploying to. Given holding Asansol with one division would be impossible and exposed I guess this has kinda worked in that he has basically given up trying to batter through my main line of defence. Now I guess he'll try to go around it.

There has been an unbelievably vicious air battle over those flanking Allied units as he tries to bomb them into the stone age. As my units are on LRCAP they are at a disadvantage, still, they put up a fight, especially the P38s. All combat is in the stratosphere, 35k' minimum (). After a punishing first few days for the troops the Jap bombers lost contact with their escort and were massacred in their dozens - the old unescorted raid thing is ridiculously harsh given what happens to unescorted bombers - and since then he's kept the bombers mostly grounded. The Allies now have 26 ace pilots on the scoreboard, about 50/50 US/British and mainly Hurricane/P38 drivers, of whom 6 are now KIA mostly in the last two weeks. Ouch. But they are doing heavy damage to the Japs. The P38E squadron which is the centrepiece of the defence has a tally of 81 kills for 30 losses, which I think is pretty damn good in summer 42.

At sea his convoy is done and gone, no joy. I'm not sure of his ability to bring supply over from Burma all the way from China? But I'm assuming he'll need more convoys. The RN light forces have rebased to Madras ready for the next run, and Jap ASW spars with submarines in the Bay of Bengal on a daily basis without result for either side.

CHINA
Complete rout in Sian, the Chinese army have mystically managed to find supplies but after taking what must be the best part of 100,000 casualties in the punishing retreat complete collapse is incipient, even in the mountain hexes the Japanese advance at their leisure. Chiang has ordered a fair wedge of his central reserve to the mountains between Chungking and Sian. Yenen, shorn of supplies a good half year ago has 0 supplies and the few divisions there are being slaughtered by Japs that they outnumber at least 3 to 1, I expect Yenen to fall this month.

Basically... if you don't houserule strategic bombing in China, this is what it looks like after a year - almost total collapse.

AUS
I'm trying to make a proper base out of Darwin, it's needed for sub operations if nothing else. This means AKLs from Perth shipping fuel up there - currently en route. Unfortunately Japanese interest in Darwin has really gone up lately with a lot of Oscar sweeps over the place. 25 P40s are the air defence but they've not engaged yet due to my cagey keep them grounded tactics.

SOPAC
KB and his battleships have been roaming around just beyond divebomber range around Luganville. Akagi was promptly torped by an S boat, yay! I expected him to fall back after that but instead he pressed on towards Luganville and sank four APs carrying SeaBees and CD guns at Luganville - not yay. Foolish I suppose but i really didn't see him sticking around. Defending Airacobras have done all right against the 60 Zero escort, downing several and getting a 1:1 ratio.

He's still using Mabels on those CVs... unfortunately my own CVs are at Auckland atm and waiting for Wasp, or I'd pounce.

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RE: Mines in the Pacific - 5/12/2010 12:22:16 AM   
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RE: Mines in the Pacific - 5/12/2010 12:24:45 AM   
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Status: offline 		And here's the points... you can see that in the air I'm really clawing back after the early days in Bengal, but he's got a LOT of points from the absolute annihilation of China - which I blame primarily on borked strategic bombing and to an extent on the borked artillery code which has since been fixed - and my carelessness with warships.






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RE: Mines in the Pacific - 5/12/2010 12:29:31 AM   
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Status: offline 		This basically sums up China - these guys are those who survived the death march from Sian.

Elsewhere in China he's been fairly quiet but if he chose to push hard on all fronts I think China would be knocked out of the war in about six months. Supply 0 in almost every city outside of the Chungking central area.

The Chinese airforce has been essentially grounded for months due to lack of supply but CHungking is the one unbombed resource centre left, so when the P-43s show up in numbers some precious supply will be used to fly CAP over the place.






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RE: Mines in the Pacific - 5/18/2010 8:45:21 PM   
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It's been more or less a good week for the Allies!

BURMA/INDIA
Imphal falls, 6000 Allied casualties, the remnant of BURCORPS not airlifted. Bad - but coulda been worse.
The last week has seen a steady attritional air battle in which the Allies have been performing very well, 2 or 3 to 1 aerial kill ratios.
On the ground however it's been mostly going his way. 23rd Indian Brigade has been effectively destroyed near Cuttack as a Japanese division, with crushing air support, chases it all the way back to Cuttack. In the face of massed Japanese bombers inflicting vast damage in non-forest hexes my flank East of Asansol has been aborted, I'm pulling out, hopefully early and in good order back to Patna. However on the plus side my forces between Ranchi and Jamshedphur, with air support and American artillery, managed to force the Japs back and inflict brigade level casualties, so it's not gone entirely his way on the ground.

Tempo of action has been high in the last few days as he's attempting another resupply of Bengal. CL Capetown and DDs Arrow, Nizam and Napier raid the oceans near Calcutta. Day 1 sees them meet an ASW TF and sink DD Shirakumo. Day 2 has Capetown persist and bump into CVL Zuiho and CVE Hosho at night! Hosho is blown away by DD Arrow, two torp hits and an immediate sink with all aircraft aboard. During the day however Hiei and Yamashiro show up and sink Capetown before being bombed pointlessly by Dauntlesses. Still, a good exchange, an old WW1 CL for Hosho. The DDs retreat towards their forward base at Madras.

At the same time we see the first major daylight raid for some time by Allied bombers - the constant sweeps and heavy attrition to his fighters made me feel the time was ripe. And it was - no CAP and 78 resources hits on Asansol.

ight Time Surface Combat, near Diamond Harbour at 51,42, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Shirakumo, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
SC Ch 15, Shell hits 1, heavy fires

Allied Ships
CL Capetown
DD Tjerk Hiddes
DD Arrow
DD Napier



Reduced visibility due to Thunderstorms with 0% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 0% moonlight: 2,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
Range closes to 2,000 yards...
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
Collinson, A.C. crosses the 'T'
DD Shirakumo engages CL Capetown at 1,000 yards
DD Shirakumo sunk by DD Napier at 1,000 yards
Range increases to 2,000 yards
CL Capetown engages SC Ch 15 at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 3,000 yards
CL Capetown engages SC Ch 15 at 3,000 yards
Range increases to 4,000 yards
CL Capetown engages SC Ch 15 at 4,000 yards
Range increases to 5,000 yards
CL Capetown engages SC Ch 15 at 5,000 yards
Task forces break off...


Night Time Surface Combat, near Cox's Bazar at 50,43, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Japanese Ships
CVL Zuiho
CVE Hosho, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
CL Naka
CL Abukuma
DD Tanikaze, Shell hits 3
DD Umikaze
DD Minazuki

Allied Ships
CL Capetown, Shell hits 3
DD Tjerk Hiddes
DD Arrow
DD Napier



Reduced visibility due to Thunderstorms with 0% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 0% moonlight: 2,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
Range closes to 2,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
Collinson, A.C. crosses the 'T'
CL Capetown engages CVL Zuiho at 2,000 yards
CL Capetown engages CVE Hosho at 2,000 yards
CL Capetown engages CL Abukuma at 2,000 yards
DD Tjerk Hiddes engages CVE Hosho at 2,000 yards
DD Tanikaze engages DD Tjerk Hiddes at 2,000 yards
CL Capetown engages CVE Hosho at 2,000 yards
CVE Hosho sunk by DD Arrow at 2,000 yards
DD Tjerk Hiddes engages DD Tanikaze at 2,000 yards
DD Arrow engages DD Minazuki at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 6,000 yards
CL Abukuma engages CL Capetown at 6,000 yards
CL Capetown engages CL Abukuma at 6,000 yards
DD Tjerk Hiddes engages DD Minazuki at 6,000 yards
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
Task forces break off...

Day Time Surface Combat, near Diamond Harbour at 49,41, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Hiei, Shell hits 1
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 8
CA Tone
CA Mikuma
DD Hamakaze, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Arashi
DD Hatsuharu
DD Ariake, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
DD Hibiki, Shell hits 2, on fire

Allied Ships
CL Capetown, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Tjerk Hiddes
DD Arrow, Shell hits 1
DD Napier, Shell hits 4, on fire

Morning Air attack on Asansol , at 53,34

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 21
Wellington Ic x 24
B-17E Fortress x 12


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 3 damaged
Wellington Ic: 2 damaged



Resources hits 78

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
9 x Wellington Ic bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
15 x Wellington Ic bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



CV Illustrious is still about and in an Illustrious verus Zuiho matchup I think I might have a solid chance. It's very tempting, so I'm moving her up, just in case...

CHINA
Chinese forces move into the mountainous areas NW of Sian, 2500 AV of them - theres no more than 300 AV of Chinese in the entire western part of the country.
Still in the middle I seem to be doing better, I took Pingsian (S of Changhsa) and wiped out over a divisions worth of Japanese troops! He seemed to have supply issues of his own there, and I outnumbered him 2 to 1.

AUSTRALIA/SOPAC
He got a solid hit on me at Darwin, Miss Betty came knocking, in force, and did heavy damage. S-36 and AS Platypus were sunk at Darwin and a couple other subs damaged. I'm in the process of switching my main sub base to Port Hedland, which looks much safer.
SOPAC itself has been fairly quiet since KB was around. Buildups continue. The USN has pulled back to Sydney as there are CVs to upgrade, I'm not planning on a potential engagement with KB (minus Zuiho who is Bengal, minus Hosho who is sunk, minus Akagi who was torped last week, minus Zuikaku who was torped near Singapore a month or so ago) until Wasp turns up and all Devastators have been excised from my airgroups.

I'm eager to get a third front into action but I'm still not happy enough with the situation in SOPAC to take the plunge.


ELSEWHERE...

CV Indomitable, badly hit in his Indian Ocean KB raid, made it to Mombasa. Only a short trip now to Cape Town and then six months or so in drydock. BB Prince of Wales meanwhile has finally been released from yards in the UK and is en route to Panama, I think she'll be of more use in SOPAC where more fast BBs would be very welcome, the Bay of Bengal has too much Jap airpower to be a BB playground.
A couple of Canadian brigades have been earmarked for action in India, they are headed to Eastern USA now. I really think he's had it in India, the window has closed, unless something major happens.

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RE: Mines in the Pacific - 5/27/2010 10:36:33 AM   
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2nd July 1942

BURMA/INDIA
The air war has changed and changed again since the last post. The 40 B17s at Raipur have been making their presence felt (though in truth damage was quite minor in terms of operational impact) bombing Calcutta, his troops, and the Asansol resources.

He's tried several responses. Firstly he concentrated fighters, more than I've yet seen - 80 Oscars, 20 Zeroes on CAP over Calcutta.
This was ineffective, Oscars cannot stop B17s. Then he tried daylight bombing Raipur, with fighter sweeps. My Hurricane squadron there met 16 Zeroes one day and shot down 14 of them for one loss themselves - WTF? We had a chat over email about this, apparently his Zeroes were not piloted by numpties. I can only assume that the distance of Raipur from his airfields (about 10-12 hexes) means his fighter pilots are very fatigued by the time they arrive over target, and easy meat for my defenders. In any case, daylight raiding was obviously too costly for him.

So he switched to night bombing with about 75 or so Helens/Sallies, which is so far proving extremely effective. A damaged B17 is out for weeks sometimes. He doesn't actually kill many - 1 so far - but getting 3 or 4 damaged heavy bombers a night is rapidly making the B17 force ineffective. Right now about 40% are being fixed, and it's gonna get worse. Airacobras were detailed as night fighters - it hasn't helped. I'm going to shift some additional AA assets to Raipur and I guess I'll have to start work on a new airbase, perhaps near Cawnpore, in the north, to avoid 'all eggs in one basket' syndrome. Judging by his bitchin' on the main forum about Allied bombers I guess it's a case of him being focused on what I'm doing to him and not so aware of what he's doing to me.

Deadlock on the ground. I'm going to refer to the hex between Ranchi and Jamsedhpur as 'Passchendaele Ridge' from now on I think, he's at it again. Monsoon season, swapping barrages every day, attritional grinding - it really is like Passchendaele. I guess in attritional warfare he will win - the Japs don't have manpower shortages like Allies do in this game it seems, odd but there we go - but some heavy duty reinforcements will be arriving in India soon, another 2 or even 3 divisions worth in total over the next month and a half, so I plan on letting him grind away until I can really hit him hard in a flank - much harder than the abortive 1 and a half division flank attack I made earlier.

There has been heavy Japanese recon of Ceylon and at one point warships were sighted near Port Blair. As they ran over a Dutch sub I had good intell on what they were - CVL Ryujo in one runty CVTF, and his BB force. Due to the unhealthy interest in Ceylon I reinforced slightly with a Chinese division that was R&Ring in Madras - it's spot in Madras was taken by a reinforcing Indian brigade, and that Chinese unit needs a couple of months to get up to full strength so it being isolated on Ceylon was fine by me. I sent down CV Illustrious and sent the SBDs to Trimcomalee and I honestly expected a sort of Special Olympics CV clash between Illustrious and Ryujo (hopefully with me winning thanks to the LBA) but he backed away. Not sure why. He sent in a DD scout but the DD also pulled back. I guess he noticed the very heavy recon that I have in the area between Ceylon and Port Blair and got paranoid.

CHINA
Massive Chinese surrenders. Cities falling as he drives up from Sian. Yenen out of supply, besieged, the defenders being slowly massacred. Usual story. I'll need a screenie of China at some point but it's too depressing to talk China just now!

AUS/SOPAC
Heavy bombing of Darwin. He managed to nail two submarines there again, due to carelessness on my part (didnt re-home them to my new base of Port Hedland, they went to Darwin, autodisbanded, and were bombed). Lack of supply there (7000 ish) means I cant reinforce my P40 squadron so it's just a handful of planes. I've not attempted another convoy run, seems almost a suicide mission, he has a SAG somewhere around Timor and almost 100 Netties in range of Darwin, though his naval search seems spotty. Some AKLs will probably get the fun duty at some point.

In SOPAC the air is tense. He obviously knows I'm coming. Lunga airfield is out of action due to B17s at Luganville. Mitchells have proved deadly at 1000' with trained pilots, he's sent 3 AKs to Lunga now and all three have been bombed repeatedly and hopefully sunk. Lunga has been reinforced from 2 units to 5, and 5000 reported troops so probably in brigade strength.
I got three regiments slated for Lunga, and most of the USN in the area. 5 CVs. However this reeks of trap to me, KB is probably at Rabaul, and I don't like it. I'm kinda happy to leave KB pinned at Rabaul to be honest, it means the RN can threaten shipping in the Bay of Bengal, so waiting is fine by me. The invasion of Lunga is postponed. I'm sending SeaBees to Ndeni though, inching closer, that'll put Guadalcanal within easy P38 and B26 range, so I'll up the pressure but not actually commit, yet. If KB is sighted elsewhere, of course, then thunderbirds are go and Marines will be landing within the week.


CENTPAC
My dislike of the situation at Guadalcanal has made me take action here finally. I want to open up another potential axis of attack - the target this time being Tarawa. Right now CENTPAC is a sleepy backwater, USN subs around Kwajalein see almost no Japanese activity. No recon planes, no ships, nothing. Tarawa itself has 2 units only, looks like SNLF and a baseforce, maybe. No aircraft reported. The Allies have no real bases nearby, Canton Island and Pago Pago are the only ones and Canton Island is a backwater itself. Recon planes can get to Tarawa because I have a couple of AVDs and a Catalina squadron at Arorae, at the southern end of the Gilberts.

The only non-atoll in the Gilberts is Tabiteuea. I've ordered a Marine regiment, a Marine CD unit, a baseforce, port service guys and SeaBees from Pearl to land here. Hopefully he won't even know its happened until the airfield starts going up. I think Arorae and Nanumea will need to be built to level 1 airfields and have small baseforces present - this will let me fly fighters to the front line from Pago Pago. I think Baker Island -> Canton Island is too far for fighters to fly so it'll have to be the longer overall trip down the island chain to Pago Pago.

On the plus side there are plenty of Pacific Ocean units available as there isn't much going on in CENTPAC yet. I've ordered my CVs from SOPAC up to the Gilberts just in case but as he isn't expecting anything here I hope there won't be anything going on.

The strategic objective here is merely to open up a possible line of attack that I can sustain with minimal naval forces. If he sees bombers hitting Tarawa and Allied activity in the Gilberts, its somewhere else for him to worry about and divert force towards. I generally dislike CENTPAC as an Allied offensive target, as it's very difficult to bring LBA to bear, it's all way too dependent on CVs it seems to me. The Solomons lets the Allies use medium bombers to their full extent. Airbases everywhere. in CENTPAC the only airbases are in Japanese hands.

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RE: Mines in the Pacific - 6/5/2010 12:39:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		Heh, a long time has passed, but not much going on. There is, however, an extremely tense atmosphere! Stephen seems quite cagey in his emails, he knows trouble is brewing.

Somewhere, just out of sight, the unicorns are gathering.

28th July 1942

BURMA/INDIA
His attempt to break through the 'Passchendaele Ridge' hex failed again. The roads let me quickly shift defenders around and the terrain is too rough. He seems to have backed off for now.
In the air he's practically given up, we've had a couple of months breathing space, he's no doubt training pilots hurriedly. B17s raid Calcutta unopposed but there's nothing there. The Allies are doing a lot of sweeping over Asansol, Calcutta and Howrah but unopposed. He's been doing a lot of recon over Patna, no doubt looking for gaps in the line. He sent some armour up towards Patna but in a week of max effort the Allied bomber force wiped an armoured brigade entirely off the map (as in, gone, 100% destroyed) in a week of heavy bombing. He had no LRCAP to offer them. So he's been taught the lesson I had to learn, that sending armour without air cover through open country leads to their annihilation.

Seems we're at a lull, or maybe a turning point. In the hope of the latter I'm adopting a slightly more offensive stance in Bengal.

For starters I'm massing troops (2 British divisions, 1 US division, 2 Australian brigades, some Indians) at Cuttack in another attempt at a Big Push, this time from the south, and 2 or 3 times bigger than the abortive big push I made from the northwest a month or so back. To try and pin him down and hamper his response I'm advancing to contact across the frontline as he's backed off a hex.

SigInt and recon suggests that there are 30k Japs at Chittagong and that Chittagong is his new main port supplying his troops at India. So Cuttack is finally going to be used as an offensive, operational airfield. It's been heavily reinforced (98 fighters including my beloved P38E squadron, Hudsons for nav search, 13 B26s and 18 SBD-3s) with an eye to naval interdiction. Chittagong is in B26 range from Cuttack.

At sea we've had a couple of near misses. CV Illustrious and her battlegroup has been nosing around, at one point she was six hexes from Jap BBs but her a/c were set to a 5 hex range... almost, but not quite. My 5 raider DDs are nosing around too but have not found any targets. I think there's going to be an encounter soon though as I finally twigged whats going on re. Chittagong and am taking measures to interdict. I'm hoping/assuming KB is in the South Pacific, so I plan on bold moves. Today an S boat torpedoed an AKL west of Rangoon headed towards, I assume, Chittagong, so Illustrious is headed on in, and the raider DDs too.

One other bit of interest is that the lowly MGB is making quite an impact around Ceylon, where he has several submarines lurking. Looks like MGBs cannot be torpedoed easily (lots of 'cannot find firing solution') but with an ASW rating of 6 they can certainly hurt the subs! They can't make ASW TFs so are in SCTFs but seem effective enough anyway, a couple of IJN submarines have been heavily depth charged by them this last month.




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RE: Mines in the Pacific - 6/5/2010 12:50:04 PM   
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Status: offline 		Here's China, the disaster zone. Wherever he attacks the Chinese crumple as there's no supply anywhere really. Even mountain hexes dont' stop him.

He's got HUGE forces in this region, 3000 AV I would guess in total. Reinforcements from Chiang are about 1500 AV so there'll be quite a fight at the red line on the map if he presses into the interior, but everything beyond that red line is basically his if he wants it. He could probably advance all the way to Tibet if he really wanted to, there's basically nothing there but shattered and demoralised Chinese.

Yenen is besieged and out of supply and being beaten down slowly, I give em a couple of weeks before the Reds surrender.

There's marginally more success in the south in that Pingsiang has switched hands several times in the last month and is now mine. He's also besieging Kukong but I don't think he'll be able to take it. There are quite a few Chinese here, and some fighting, but the lack of supply makes offensive moves totally out of the question. All Chiang can do is hold on really, and around Sian and Yenen at least he can't even do that.




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RE: Mines in the Pacific - 6/5/2010 12:59:16 PM   
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Everything is ready to roll here but I'm sure KB is nearby and I'd hate for them to show up until I'm very much ready, so this part of the map is very quiet, but very tense.

I've been sneaking forward slowly, taking and developing Ndeni this past month. Beaufighters and trained B26s are in position there, so Guadalcanal is now well covered by Allied air units. I might continue with the softly softly approach and try a para drop on Stewart Island, inching forward ever cautiously. I really would like Guadalcanal to be under Allied fighter cover so any CV fight I have would definitely have LBA backup, Ndeni is good for interdicting shipping at Guadalcanal but it's too far to support a potential CV action in the Eastern Solomons.






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RE: Mines in the Pacific - 6/5/2010 1:02:32 PM   
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Status: offline 		This gives you an idea of whats planned in SOPAC, the LCUs are key to any landgrabbing.

But the naval and air situations are so risky I'm being a coward for now.






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RE: Mines in the Pacific - 6/5/2010 1:16:05 PM   
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Status: offline 		July 1942 has from my point of view been quite largely about CentPac for a change. With the caveats of my earlier report - that this is just preparing the ground, possibly for action around November ish at the earliest, and right now is largely just a feint, the Allies have been quite busy here.

Tabiteaua is the only island which can be built to any size in the region, so thats the key. I've already reinforced it, CD guns and engineers are all ready.

The problem is that it is quite remote! I'm working on creating a string of bases that connect Tabiteaua to Pago Pago and Canton Island, where the Allies have a bigger presence. SeaBees and USN port detachments (very useful, 30 nav support and 10 av support - the latter means they can be used as waystations for squadrons island hopping to the front) are being scattered around the various atolls.

Invasion forces are present at Savaii at the moment, it's about a divisions worth roughly. They are all prepping, rather over optimistically, for Tarawa. In the medium term though chances are they'll be used to garrison those waystations, or Tabiteaua itself.

Embarassingly there is quite a lack of Allied airpower available to be used at these various bases right now. However the reinforcements are starting to pick up some steam. A couple of USMC Wildcat squadrons are en route to Pago Pago, and it looks like I might be able to rustle up a Dauntless squadron and a B26 or B25 squadron as well.






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RE: Mines in the Pacific - 6/5/2010 1:21:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		Any thoughts from the peanut gallery on my cowardice at SOPAC?

He is down a couple of CVs (not toasted, but yard time) and I got 5 CVs all with Avengers, a pretty hefty force. So a Guadalcanal invasion might not be totally out of the question even if he's ready.

And yet, it seems like a big risk.

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RE: Mines in the Pacific - 6/6/2010 10:35:44 AM   
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Status: offline 		Three days more and the situation changed completely!

29th July sees a massive 100 fighter CAP over Calcutta as my bombers come in in force. Allied a/c from four separate airfields manage to get over Calcutta at the exact same time in a coordination miracle - unfortunately they are outnumbered to the tune of 2 or 3 to 1.

The day sees 40 Allied losses for 7 Japanese - well over half of the Allied losses are Blenheims and Wellingtons. Damage done to Calcutta is minimal, and not a single Jap airframe damaged - makes me think it was LRCAP?

The same day my DD raiders run into a Jap DD squadron - Tjerk Hiddes is sunk by a torpedo but 3 Jap DDs are set on fire with 4.7 inch fire, one on heavy damage.

Day 2 sees my DD raiders run afoul of his battleship squadron and 4 out of 5 are sunk - only Thanet remains. Thanet is the luckiest ship in the fleet so far. CV Illustrious is in Swordfish range of the well reconned Jap BBs but doesn't launch Swordfish, clearly squadron commanders need to be fired. Allied aircraft clash over Chittagong and Calcutta, and KB shows up off Ceylon, sinking some MGBs and AMs and bombing Trimcomalee's port. Looks like about 400 aircraft in total so I guess it's the entire KB - a Hurri squadron and the heavy AA defences of Ceylon shoot down a dozen or so aircraft, the tally at days end is ~30 Allied for 40 Japanese.

Day 3 sees a landing at Trimcomalee and more KB aircraft shot down by AA guns. Allied B26s target shipping at Chittagong at 1000', but they aren't the best trained naval bombers in the fleet and no hits (on DDs) are scored. Gasp. Wasn't expecting another landing, just how many divisions has he got? Ceylon has about 600 AV of defenders, so he'll need some serious force. I reinforce Madras. The RN is stuck at the far end of the Bay of Bengal, but I hide them near the Indian coast, I know all too well myself that in AE naval search is much reduced and you're half blind when it comes to ships.

There's going to be some reconfiguration in India to bring B17s to bear against Ceylon. He'll need a hefty force to entirely capture the island, Colombo has a lot of supply and it's fairly well defended, but the terrain is poor for the defender, unlike in India, so it's loss is certainly conceivable.


This greatly accelerates my SOPAC and CENTPAC campaigns, though. I'm moving the required naval assets to Noumea in readiness, we'll be launching an invasion of Guadalcanal in a couple of days tops - waiting for the APs to arrive at Noumea. Right after Guadalcanal I plan on invading Tarawa in a rather bold move, but while KB is away the mice will play and things are coming together slowly in CENTPAC.

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RE: Mines in the Pacific - 6/9/2010 1:27:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		It's been a bitter week, alright.

7th August 1942

BURMA/INDIA
** Ceylon **
His, in my view insane, invasion of Ceylon really happened with impeccable timing, as it happened just as I was sortieing British CVs into the Bay of Bengal. So a big wedge of Jap CVs, I would guess at least three, ended up at Ceylon while Illustrious was near Cuttack. And the Bay of Bengal is not a big place to hide in. I was happy to have the lone UK carrier operate near land bases with plenty of fighters - ie Cuttack - but being trapped in the Bay of Bengal with masses of torpedo bombers around made me want out, not to mention the lack of fuel.
I had two choices, zig (head for Madras and air cover) or zag (head for the Indian Ocean cutting near Port Blair). Zag seemed iffy because of lack of fuel to make the trip at full speed and known Betties at Port Blair. So I went for Madras. Unfortunately he moved his CV force to near Cocanada in anticipation, so he guessed right and I guessed wrong. The RN got a rocking from about 60 bombers, 2/3rds of them Kates/Mabels. 2 R class BBs sank immediately, 2 more were torped badly and are now stuck at Cocanada. Illustrious took 9 250kg bombs but none penetrated her flight deck, somehow she dodged all the torpedoes. Illustrious is in fact the least damaged ship of the force after the pasting, and is now holed up at Madras with some f*cked up escorts. Madras has 100 fighters so she's as safe as she's gonna get, he's been night bombing with LBA from Port Blair and scored hits, but Illustrious is immune to 250kg bombs. I guess the flight deck is very much vindicated in this encounter - but she's still stuck. From a purely practical point of view Illustrious isn't much worth really now given her a/c are now based at Madras and in range of where they need to hit from there, but obviously I'd rather she gets out of there.

Ceylon itself now has 15 Japanese units, one of them a division. Trimcomalee has fallen to him though the CD guns must have done 150 odd hits to the IJN - unfortunately not a single one penetrated, even CLs were immune. Still, some minor damage. One division advanced towards Colombo but I intercepted him one hex out and am now beating him up with 700 AV of Allied troops before the other 14 units move to the same hex. Ideally I'd like to pen him up in Trimcomalee. 15 units is more than I anticipated, so maybe he can take the place, but I would've thought he'd need 4 or 5 divisions to swiftly conquer Ceylon and surely he doesn't have that sort of firepower. I'm kinda expecting of the order of 1000 AV of Japs maximum which is surely not enough. He's bombed Colombo with his carrier air but there are so many AA guns there (3 AA units, and big ones at that) that the flak meted out quite heavy casualties.

The Allied bomber force moved in the main to Madras and tried some skip bombing. With unskilled pilots though no hits were caused. Catalinas at Colombo managed to torp a Jap BB, Nagato I think it was, a single hit unfortunately. Naval bombing was unproductive so I'm going to try switching to bombing Trimcomalee itself and offering ground support, until more skip bombers are trained. Illustrious's Albacores are being fixed at Madras, and they are in torp range of Trimcomalee, so surely he is f*cked in the middle term? I just can't see Ceylon ending well for him... There are 35 transport aircraft in India and I'm working on getting them set up to get an airbridge going between India and Colombo, get the supplies flowing immediately. There are 100k supplies on Ceylon so this is hardly urgent, but may as well start ASAP.

** On the Ground **
Elsewhere at the Indian front line I've evidently succeeded in drawing his units in by advancing to contact, he reinforced near Ranchi, where 4 Allied brigades had advanced a hex towards Asansol, so he now has 3 divisions there including the Imperial Guard. Meanwhile my own force, 2000 AV almost with the bulk of I Australia Corps, 2 British divisions and a US division are now advancing towards Howrah - apparently lightly defended according to recon. They even brought some AA guns along to keep the Sallies away. Yet another Big Push!

** In the Air **
I've talked about Madras/Ceylon already. Bengal has seen a high tempo of air ops. I discovered that he moved the bulk of his airforce to Diamond Harbor and was LRCAPPing Calcutta so my bombers would hit empty runways while being shot up - worked for a bit but then I found out and the heavies arrived. 40 Jap a/c toasted on the ground at Diamond Harbor. This coincided with the invasion turn of Ceylon, when casualties overall in the air were 40 Allied (Illustrious' unfortunate complement and a lot of escorting fighters from Madras) for 80 Japanese (not many A2A kills but murderous flak over Ceylon, the 40 trashed at Diamond Harbor, and a few shot down by my fighters).


CHINA
Seems to have been slowing his advance a bit, or consolidating anyway, he's not taken anything new in the Sian area yet and there is now a firm defensive line between him and Chungking. He's not advancing further Tibetwards that I can see.
I have about 1500 AV headed south from Kukong to Wuchow, I see him rushing reinforcements forward. Problem is the Chinese seem incapable of taking any moderately defended position but it's good to steal a bit of initiative from him.

SOPAC/AUS
I've taken the decision to mostly abandon Darwin. Several attempts of suicide convoy runs with AKLs to Darwin ended up in slaughter, so I've given up, can't be done. Darwin is therefore overmanned, and being bombed daily by 100 bombers doesn't help the supply situation. About 4/5ths of the garrison are ordered south, it's a long walk! SST Argonaut will trickle in supplies from Cairns.
Cairns has been built up to house 4Es as there are 4Es on the way to SWPAC now, then i can start working on Port Moresby which seems to be a backwater (still only an airfield 3 even though he's had it for six months).

My invasion of Guadalcanal is underway, a huge force is en route. 5 US CVs, 3 BBs, well over a dozen cruisers, I'll give a fuller OOB maybe next update when the game is to hand. First serious Allied offensive of the war, it's about 3 divisions in total. D-Day should be tomorrow as they are 2 hexes out, this was also the day his a/c spotted the incoming horde so if KB is coming out it'll be now. I'm as ready as I can be really, all US CVs have the full strength 36 fighter Wildcat squadrons, all the Devastators are gone, replaced with Avengers. The main force will land on Lunga, a smaller force (a division) will land at Tulagi. Paras currently at Ndeni will drop on Tassafaronga on D-Day so the Japs wont be retreating anywhere. 16 Beaufighters and 13 Marauders at Ndeni are in support, as are about 20 B17s at Luganville. Should take, I would guess, 3 days to unload all the troops and enough supply, so thats his window to mess me up if he wants to.

CENTPAC
Quiet on the surface, my engineers and baseforces are in position on those atolls though. Assuming my CVs survive the Guadalcanal operation, I think I'll make a move on Tarawa essentially right after, things are almost ready. It's mainly a feint but hopefully it'll divert some Japanese force.

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RE: Mines in the Pacific - 6/9/2010 6:59:26 PM   
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Status: offline 		JMO as an allied player I'm a big fan of cowardice in SoPac during mid '42 but while KB is away . . .

Edited after reading about Ceylon.


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RE: Mines in the Pacific - 6/9/2010 9:07:13 PM   
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Status: offline 		8th August is The Day, first major Allied offensive of the war!

Goes well in SOPAC, no KB yet and most of the troops are ashore. Light Japanese defences. Pretty big air attacks on the fleet but the Wildcats dished out a mauling, 6 to over 40 kills in the air and no hits on any Allied ships. If Jap carriers show up it'll be bloody but I'm confident it'll be bloody for us both.

Not so well on Ceylon though as I attacked his division only for it to turn into three divisions overnight. Heavy disablements but no losses at least, going to have to hold on for a while - odds must be 2 to 1 against but it's a jungle hex and I'm fortified, so hopefully I can last a bit until the disablements have recovered.
Madras was heavily bombarded and while airframes destroyed was quite low the airfield is wrecked and >90% of heavy bombers are now damaged, which means the squadrons are ineffective for a week. I'm ordering them back to Raipur to be fixed.
Airfields inland in southern India are already packed with engineers and being developed, 40 transport aircraft have been moved there and are beginning supply runs, engineers and air HQs are en route. There are inland airfields 5 or 6 hexes from Trimcomalee in southern India, easy Albacore and P40 flying to the port.

I may reinforce Ceylon via air bridge. There's a Canadian brigade not far from India, and I have some reserves, another Chinese division perhaps. I'll make a decision either way in a turn or two.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 08, 42
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Sub attack near Ishigaki at 89,68

Japanese Ships
xAKL Meiko Maru
xAKL Saiko Maru
PB Taiko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Flying Fish



SS Flying Fish launches 6 torpedoes at xAKL Meiko Maru
Flying Fish diving deep ....
PB Taiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taiko Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Taiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Naval bombardment of Cocanada at 41,37

Japanese Ships
DD Akebono



DD Akebono firing at I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion


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Naval bombardment of Madras at 35,40

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed on ground
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed on ground
Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground
Hurricane I Trop: 1 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
BB Hiei
BB Haruna
CA Kumano
CA Ashigara
CA Takao
CA Tone

Allied Ships
CV Illustrious, Shell hits 1
DD Thanet, Shell hits 1


Allied ground losses:
328 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Airbase hits 36
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 107

BB Hiei firing at Madras
BB Haruna firing at 20th Indian Division
CA Kumano firing at Madras
CA Ashigara firing at Madras
CA Takao firing at Madras
CA Tone firing at Madras Fortress


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Pre-Invasion action off Lunga
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

40 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB Idaho
CA Vincennes
CA San Francisco
CA Louisville
DD Hammann
APD Rathburne
DMS Hovey

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


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


BB Idaho firing at 18th JAAF AF Bn
CA Vincennes firing at 18th JAAF AF Bn
CA San Francisco firing at 18th JAAF AF Bn
CA Louisville firing at 18th JAAF AF Bn
DD Hammann firing at 18th JAAF AF Bn
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards


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Amphibious Assault at Lunga

TF 175 troops unloading over beach at Lunga, 114,138


Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (0 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (0 destroyed, 4 disabled)


8 Aviation Support troops lost in surf during unload of 2nd RNZAF Base Force
13 troops of a USMC Rifle Squad accidentally lost during unload of 7th Marine Rgt /135
5 troops of a US MMG Section lost from landing craft during unload of 182nd Infantry Rgt /135


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Invasion Support action off Lunga
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

23 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB Idaho
CA Vincennes
CA San Francisco
CA Louisville
DD Sims
APD Rathburne
DMS Hovey


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


BB Idaho firing at 18th JAAF AF Bn
CA Vincennes firing at 18th JAAF AF Bn
CA San Francisco firing at Maizuru 2nd SNLF
CA Louisville firing at 18th JAAF AF Bn
DD Sims firing at 18th JAAF AF Bn
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards


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TF 243 encounters mine field at Chittagong (55,41)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-8



4 mines cleared


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Sub attack near Wakayama at 108,62

Japanese Ships
xAK Kureha Maru #3
xAKL Genkai Maru
PB Takunan Maru #8

Allied Ships
SS Tarpon



SS Tarpon launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Kureha Maru #3
PB Takunan Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Takunan Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Takunan Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Takunan Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Takunan Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 42,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
G4M1 Betty x 11



Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 27


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 4 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
xAK Nicholas van Vonn
DD Laffey



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
VF-3 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-42 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
VF-6 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
VF-8 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes
VF-71 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
VMF-221 with F4F-4 Wildcat (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 12000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tulagi at 114,137

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16
G4M1 Betty x 6



Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 26


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
CA Northampton
BB West Virginia



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

CAP engaged:
VF-8 with F4F-4 Wildcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
VF-71 with F4F-4 Wildcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
VMF-221 with F4F-4 Wildcat (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead
VF-6 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
VF-3 with F4F-4 Wildcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 2



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet



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Morning Air attack on 17th Australian Brigade, at 52,33

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 41,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 42



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 1


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
42 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet *

CAP engaged:
51st FG/16th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 29000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Lunga , at 114,138

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 16
B-17E Fortress x 11
F4F-4 Wildcat x 8


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter Ic: 1 damaged

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



Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Beaufighter Ic bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 51st Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking Lunga ...
Also attacking Maizuru 2nd SNLF ...
Also attacking 51st Naval Guard Unit ...


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Morning Air attack on 51st Naval Guard Unit, at 114,138 (Lunga)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 8
F4F-4 Wildcat x 6


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 8000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking Maizuru 2nd SNLF ...
Also attacking 51st Naval Guard Unit ...


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Morning Air attack on 38th Division, at 52,33

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 23
Wellington Ic x 3
B-24D Liberator x 10


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
5 x Blenheim IV bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x Wellington Ic bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking Imperial Guards Division ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 20th Infantry Regiment ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking Imperial Guards Division ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
G4M1 Betty x 7



Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 22


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged


Allied Ships
CL Achilles



Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

CAP engaged:
VF-3 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
6 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-42 with F4F-4 Wildcat (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-6 with F4F-4 Wildcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-8 with F4F-4 Wildcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
VF-71 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
VMF-221 with F4F-4 Wildcat (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tulagi at 114,137

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
G4M1 Betty x 6



Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 21


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB West Virginia



Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

CAP engaged:
VF-71 with F4F-4 Wildcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
VMF-221 with F4F-4 Wildcat (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead
VF-6 with F4F-4 Wildcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead
VF-8 with F4F-4 Wildcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-3 with F4F-4 Wildcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead



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Pre-Invasion action off Tulagi
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

7 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB West Virginia
CA Northampton
CA Indianapolis
APD Stringham

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



BB West Virginia firing at II/81st Naval Guard Unit
CA Northampton firing at 34th Road Const Co
CA Indianapolis firing at 34th Road Const Co
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards


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Amphibious Assault at Tulagi

TF 161 troops unloading over beach at Tulagi, 114,137


Allied ground losses:
311 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 156 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 34 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 39 (0 destroyed, 39 disabled)
Vehicles lost 11 (0 destroyed, 11 disabled)


11 troops of a NZ Inf Section lost from landing craft during unload of 14th NZ Bde /132
13 troops of a USA Rifle Squad 42 lost in surf during unload of 148th Infantry Rgt /133


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Invasion Support action off Lunga
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

24 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
APD Rathburne
DMS Hovey


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards


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Ground combat at Yenan (88,37)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 22928 troops, 222 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 646

Defending force 20467 troops, 213 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 417

Japanese adjusted assault: 386

Allied adjusted defense: 173

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Yenan !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
556 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 79 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 58 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
33790 casualties reported
Squads: 42949586 destroyed, 749 disabled
Non Combat: 711 destroyed, 1015 disabled
Engineers: 49 destroyed, 14 disabled
Guns lost 388 (346 destroyed, 42 disabled)
Units destroyed 13


Assaulting units:
Shanghai SNLF
12th Indpt Infantry Regiment
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
11th Indpt Infantry Regiment
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade
13th Indpt Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
81st Chinese Corps
120th Red Chinese Division
11th Chinese Corps
42nd Chinese Corps
115th Red Chinese Division
35th Chinese Corps
4th Chinese Cavalry Corps
12th Chinese Base Force
2nd War Area
13th Group Army
1st Construction Regiment
18th Group Army
2nd Construction Regiment


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Ground combat at 52,33

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 804 troops, 97 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 1455

Defending force 9214 troops, 158 guns, 404 vehicles, Assault Value = 432

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 4 (0 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


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


Assaulting units:
4th Division
Imperial Guards Division
38th Division
21st Infantry Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
56th Infantry Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
B Sqn 3rd Hussars Regiment
25th Australian Brigade
75th Indian Brigade
16th British Brigade
254th Armoured Brigade
43rd Cavalry Regiment
45th Recce Regiment


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Ground combat at Lunga (114,138)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2534 troops, 25 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 132

Defending force 11942 troops, 250 guns, 221 vehicles, Assault Value = 403

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



Assaulting units:
Maizuru 2nd SNLF
51st Naval Guard Unit
15th Const Co
18th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
182nd Infantry Rgt /139
164th Infantry Rgt /139
7th Marine Rgt /139
2nd RNZAF Base Force /139


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Ground combat at Tulagi (114,137)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 587 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20

Defending force 3890 troops, 98 guns, 37 vehicles, Assault Value = 215



Assaulting units:
II/81st Naval Guard Unit
34th Road Const Co

Defending units:
148th Infantry Rgt /139
14th NZ Bde /133
147th(Sep) Infantry Rgt /133


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Ground combat at Dambulla (30,47)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 16675 troops, 200 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 647

Defending force 33289 troops, 369 guns, 74 vehicles, Assault Value = 1039

Allied adjusted assault: 325

Japanese adjusted defense: 997

Allied assault odds: 1 to 3

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), preparation(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
195 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 37 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled


Allied ground losses:
1459 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 110 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 144 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Vehicles lost 16 (0 destroyed, 16 disabled)


Assaulting units:
9th Indian Division
100th Indian Brigade
6/15th Punjab Battalion
99th Indian Brigade
96th Chinese Division
1/2 Ceylon Det
1/1 Ceylon Det.
2nd Ceylon H AA Regiment

Defending units:
29th Division
33rd Division
12th Division
55th Engineer Regiment
48th JNAF AF Unit
49th JNAF AF Unit




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Post #: 88
RE: Mines in the Pacific - 6/9/2010 9:08:57 PM   
EUBanana


Posts: 4552
Joined: 9/30/2003
From: Little England
Status: offline 		Oh, and Chairman Mao isn't going to be a problem post-war.

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Post #: 89
RE: Mines in the Pacific - 6/10/2010 12:45:23 AM   
EUBanana


Posts: 4552
Joined: 9/30/2003
From: Little England
Status: offline 		We're ashore at Guadalcanal and making progress. Be a day or two before the place is conquered. The Anzacs at Tulagi were not as well prepared or supported as the USMC at Lunga and it shows, very high disruption. Catalinas apparently can't make paradrops either so looks like the para assault on Tassafaronga is out...

Japanese carrier air meanwhile brushes Allied LBA at Madras and gets a whipping, 31 Japanese aircraft shot down in A2A today for less than half a dozen Allied and it's mostly over Madras. It's been fearful slaughter week after week for the Japs in the air, I guess it's having an effect? He must have lost nigh on 200 aircraft in under a week, just how much of this can he take? I look at the air losses in awe lately. I guess Tojos and Tonies will fix this to an extent, but for now its a bit of a happy time.

Makes up for my navies being massacred. :p

14 Allied aircraft lost in another shelling of Madras, half that of last turn as I moved the non-fighters out pretty much. The Allies have a whole bunch of fighter versions in the production lines now, from Martlets to Hurricanes in many different marks, Airacobras, P40s, Mohawks and Buffaloes for trainers... really I've got plenty of them so acceptable losses given the losses I'm inflicting.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 09, 42
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Pre-Invasion action off Lunga
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

53 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CL Achilles
DD Laffey
xAP Kota Gede
DD Aaron Ward


Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)


CL Achilles firing at Maizuru 2nd SNLF
DD Laffey firing at 18th JAAF AF Bn
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards


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Amphibious Assault at Lunga

TF 107 troops unloading over beach at Lunga, 114,138


Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 5 (0 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)




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Invasion Support action off Tulagi
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
APD Stringham



Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards


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Invasion Support action off Lunga
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

26 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
APD Rathburne
DMS Hovey


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


Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards


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TF 243 encounters mine field at Chittagong (55,41)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-8



8 mines cleared


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ASW attack near Bihoro at 125,49

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-37
SC CHa-38

Allied Ships
SS S-44



SS S-44 is located by SC CHa-37
S-44 diving deep ....
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Night Air attack on Jamshedpur , at 51,34

Weather in hex: Overcast

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 13


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 19 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged
Lysander II: 1 destroyed on ground



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 1000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
23rd FG/76th FS with P-40E Warhawk (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 4 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 29000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


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Night Air attack on Jamshedpur , at 51,34

Weather in hex: Overcast

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 26


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 7


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 destroyed, 18 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 5 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
8 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 100 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
23rd FG/76th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 29000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes


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Sub attack near Kushiro at 123,54

Japanese Ships
xAK Nissan Maru
xAKL Shinmei Maru
E Ishigaki

Allied Ships
SS S-32



SS S-32 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Nissan Maru
S-32 diving deep ....
E Ishigaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishigaki attacking submerged sub ....
E Ishigaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishigaki attacking submerged sub ....
E Ishigaki is out of ASW ammo
E Ishigaki is out of ASW ammo
E Ishigaki is out of ASW ammo
E Ishigaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Naval bombardment of Lunga at 114,138

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
BB Mississippi
CA Dorsetshire
CL Concord
CL Sumatra
CLAA San Diego
DD Ellet
DD Mugford
DD Helm
DD Blue

Japanese ground losses:
179 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 13
Runway hits 335
Port hits 22
Port supply hits 2

BB Mississippi firing at Lunga
CA Dorsetshire firing at Lunga
CL Concord firing at Lunga
CL Sumatra firing at Lunga
CLAA San Diego firing at Lunga
DD Ellet firing at Lunga
DD Mugford firing at Lunga
DD Helm firing at Lunga
DD Blue firing at 18th JAAF AF Bn


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Naval bombardment of Madras at 35,40

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
Albacore I: 1 destroyed on ground
Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground
Martlet II: 1 destroyed on ground
Hurricane I Trop: 2 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
CA Atago


Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 39

BB Kongo firing at Madras
CA Atago firing at Madras


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Invasion Support action off Lunga
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

23 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CL Achilles
xAP Kota Gede
DD Aaron Ward



CL Achilles firing at 51st Naval Guard Unit
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards


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Invasion Support action off Tulagi
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
APD Stringham



Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards


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Invasion Support action off Lunga
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

28 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
xAP Kota Gede
DD Aaron Ward


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


Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards


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Invasion Support action off Tulagi
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
APD Stringham



Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards


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TF 243 encounters mine field at Chittagong (55,41)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-8



6 mines cleared


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ASW attack near Terempa at 56,84

Japanese Ships
PC Sumire

Allied Ships
SS Pike



SS Pike is sighted by escort
PC Sumire fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Sumire fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Sumire fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Sumire fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Sumire fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Kanoya at 103,62

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-24
SC CHa-12

Allied Ships
SS Whale



Captain of SS Whale elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
Whale diving deep ....
SC CHa-24 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-24 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-24 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-24 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-24 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on 25th Australian Brigade, at 52,33

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 39,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 31



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 1


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet *

CAP engaged:
51st FG/16th FS with P-40E Warhawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 29000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on 25th Australian Brigade, at 52,33

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 39,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 13



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 3


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet *

CAP engaged:
51st FG/16th FS with P-40E Warhawk (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 29000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Madras , at 35,40

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 32,810 feet.
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14



Allied aircraft
Hurricane I Trop x 4
Hurricane IIb Trop x 5
Hurricane IIc Trop x 5
P-40E Warhawk x 22


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane I Trop: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed



CAP engaged:
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane I Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 29700 , scrambling fighters to 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
No.135 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 35000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
No.615 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 35600 , scrambling fighters to 35000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
23rd FG/74th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 8 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 29000 , scrambling fighters between 28000 and 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
23rd FG/75th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 5 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 29000 , scrambling fighters between 26000 and 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Madras , at 35,40

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
B5N2 Kate x 12
D3A1 Val x 73



Allied aircraft
Hurricane I Trop x 3
Hurricane IIb Trop x 4
Hurricane IIc Trop x 5
P-40E Warhawk x 13


Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged
D3A1 Val: 8 destroyed, 18 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CL Enterprise, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Thanet, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK City of Hereford, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Itinda, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Ikauna, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAKL Hermod, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Marblehead, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Bandra, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Barpeta, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires



Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
1 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
3 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 2000 feet
Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
9 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
1 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
7 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
7 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
10 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
2 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 3000 feet
Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
1 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
No.135 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers
No.615 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 35600 , scrambling fighters to 35000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
23rd FG/74th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 29000 , scrambling fighters between 28000 and 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
23rd FG/75th FS with P-40E Warhawk (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 29000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane I Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 29700
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers



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Morning Air attack on B Sqn 3rd Hussars Regiment, at 52,33

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 17
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 15



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 5 damaged


Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
17 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 75th Indian Brigade ...
Also attacking B Sqn 3rd Hussars Regiment ...
Also attacking 75th Indian Brigade ...
Also attacking B Sqn 3rd Hussars Regiment ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 75th Indian Brigade ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 75th Indian Brigade ...
Also attacking B Sqn 3rd Hussars Regiment ...
Also attacking 75th Indian Brigade ...
Also attacking B Sqn 3rd Hussars Regiment ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 75th Indian Brigade ...


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Morning Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 78,57

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 12
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 7
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 24



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 6 damaged


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


Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
7 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 32nd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 94th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 72nd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 3rd New Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 32nd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 3rd New Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on 28th Chinese Corps, at 78,57

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 18



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 6 damaged


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


Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 25th Australian Brigade, at 52,33

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 41,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet *
3 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet *



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Morning Air attack on Maizuru 2nd SNLF, at 114,138 (Lunga)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 15


Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter Ic: 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Beaufighter Ic bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Maizuru 2nd SNLF, at 114,138 (Lunga)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 5


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 8000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 51st Naval Guard Unit ...


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Koggala at 31,51

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 37
B5M1 Mabel x 13



Japanese aircraft losses
B5M1 Mabel: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
AMC Cornwallis, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AMC Corfu



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 3000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
1 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 5000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
4 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 4000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
4 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 2000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb



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Invasion Support action off Lunga
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

30 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
xAP Kota Gede
DD Aaron Ward


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards


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Invasion Support action off Tulagi
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
APD Stringham



Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards


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Ground combat at Sining (80,32)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12449 troops, 102 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 459

Defending force 1880 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 41

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 425

Allied adjusted defense: 97

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Sining !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
No Allied losses

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

Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
790 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 37 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1


Assaulting units:
110th Division

Defending units:
5th Chinese Base Force


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Ground combat at 52,33

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 42229 troops, 479 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 1459

Defending force 9360 troops, 158 guns, 410 vehicles, Assault Value = 438

Japanese adjusted assault: 689

Allied adjusted defense: 631

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
791 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 56 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 51 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
673 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 71 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 78 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 68 (13 destroyed, 55 disabled)


Assaulting units:
Imperial Guards Division
4th Division
38th Division
56th Infantry Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
75th Indian Brigade
B Sqn 3rd Hussars Regiment
43rd Cavalry Regiment
25th Australian Brigade
16th British Brigade
254th Armoured Brigade
45th Recce Regiment


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Ground combat at Lunga (114,138)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2517 troops, 25 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 129

Defending force 13537 troops, 336 guns, 265 vehicles, Assault Value = 407

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



Assaulting units:
Maizuru 2nd SNLF
51st Naval Guard Unit
15th Const Co
18th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
7th Marine Regiment
182nd Infantry Regiment
164th Infantry Regiment
57th Cst Art Rgt /133
96th Cst AA Rgt /133
2nd RNZAF Base Force
10th USN SeaBees /133


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Ground combat at Tulagi (114,137)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 587 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20

Defending force 6127 troops, 140 guns, 74 vehicles, Assault Value = 268



Assaulting units:
II/81st Naval Guard Unit
34th Road Const Co

Defending units:
148th Infantry Rgt /139
14th NZ Bde /133
147th(Sep) Infantry Rgt /133


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Ground combat at Lunga (114,138)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12412 troops, 277 guns, 225 vehicles, Assault Value = 407

Defending force 3306 troops, 35 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 129

Allied adjusted assault: 293

Japanese adjusted defense: 133

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
622 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 59 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 36 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Assaulting units:
7th Marine Regiment
164th Infantry Regiment
182nd Infantry Regiment
57th Cst Art Rgt /133
2nd RNZAF Base Force
96th Cst AA Rgt /133
10th USN SeaBees /133

Defending units:
Maizuru 2nd SNLF
51st Naval Guard Unit
15th Const Co
18th JAAF AF Bn


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Ground combat at Tulagi (114,137)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6127 troops, 140 guns, 74 vehicles, Assault Value = 268

Defending force 855 troops, 2 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 20

Allied adjusted assault: 65

Japanese adjusted defense: 85

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
116 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled


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


Assaulting units:
148th Infantry Rgt /139
14th NZ Bde /133
147th(Sep) Infantry Rgt /133

Defending units:
II/81st Naval Guard Unit
34th Road Const Co




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