PzB74
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Thx Rob, got some tan to last another long British winter I hope!? Not sure if Andy has run for it, nevertheless I'm using the opportunity he's given us to hand out a few beatings. Today we invade his main base in the Marquesas; afraid we may struggle as my inf regiment only has 36 preparation. - If there are only base forces we should do it. Sent in battleships to bombard first and gave the invasion TF a heavy cruiser for support. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 20, 42 Tried to sweep some mines at Hiva Oa...and found coastal guns that knocked out my DMS! TF 34 encounters mine field at Hiva Oa (192,169) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships DMS W-22, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage DMS W-22 firing at 223rd USN Base Force 223rd USN Base Force firing at DMS W-22 223rd USN Base Force firing at DMS W-22 DMS W-22 firing at 223rd USN Base Force 2 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Surface Combat Andy really hates to let go; sent in a strong surface group to wipe out the presence at Nuku Hiva. I only used a light cruiser and a destroyer to defend the transport unloading there. Amazingly they fended well for themselves, we lost a small minelayer but the LSD survived and completed unloading. Night Time Surface Combat, near Nuku Hiva at 191,167, Range 8,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1 DD Tanikaze, Shell hits 2 Allied Ships CL Perth, Shell hits 1 CL Enterprise DD Tucker DD Cassin DD Downes DD Alden DD Bulmer DD Edsall DD Whipple Improved night sighting under 96% moonlight Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 96% moonlight: 12,000 yards Range closes to 20,000 yards... Range closes to 14,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards Haugton, P.S. crosses the 'T' CL Enterprise engages CL Tenryu at 8,000 yards DD Alden engages DD Tanikaze at 8,000 yards DD Tanikaze engages DD Whipple at 8,000 yards DD Tanikaze engages DD Bulmer at 8,000 yards DD Alden engages DD Tanikaze at 8,000 yards DD Tanikaze engages DD Cassin at 8,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards CL Tenryu engages CL Enterprise at 3,000 yards CL Enterprise engages DD Tanikaze at 3,000 yards DD Tanikaze engages DD Whipple at 3,000 yards DD Tanikaze engages DD Downes at 3,000 yards DD Cassin engages DD Tanikaze at 3,000 yards Range increases to 4,000 yards CL Tenryu engages CL Enterprise at 4,000 yards CL Perth engages DD Tanikaze at 4,000 yards DD Tanikaze engages DD Whipple at 4,000 yards DD Tanikaze engages DD Edsall at 4,000 yards DD Tanikaze engages DD Bulmer at 4,000 yards DD Downes engages DD Tanikaze at 4,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards CL Enterprise engages CL Tenryu at 6,000 yards CL Tenryu engages CL Perth at 6,000 yards DD Alden engages DD Tanikaze at 6,000 yards DD Tanikaze engages DD Cassin at 6,000 yards DD Tucker engages DD Tanikaze at 6,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Nuku Hiva at 191,167, Range 12,000 Yards Japanese Ships CM Wakataka, Shell hits 17, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Allied Ships CL Perth CL Enterprise DD Tucker DD Cassin DD Downes DD Alden DD Bulmer DD Edsall DD Whipple -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Nuku Hiva at 191,167, Range 20,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Tenryu, Shell hits 3 DD Tanikaze, Shell hits 2, on fire Allied Ships CL Perth, Shell hits 1 CL Enterprise, Shell hits 2 DD Tucker DD Cassin, Shell hits 2, heavy fires DD Downes DD Alden DD Bulmer DD Edsall DD Whipplee -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Combat In Burma Andy switches his attention to Magwe; heavy heavy sweeps pour in all day long..but we don't have any fighters there. Not until much later when the bombers appear! Again our reaction fighters appear at the right moment and claim another batch of the assailants. Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft P-40K Warhawk x 19 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 19 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 29000 feet ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Hudson IIIa x 6 Liberator II x 19 Wellington Ic x 18 B-17E Fortress x 27 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses Wellington Ic: 1 damaged B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...and here comes the cavalry! Our Nicks caused havoc among the bombers today. Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 14 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 26 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 21 Hudson IIIa x 9 Beaufort VIII x 3 Mitchell II x 3 Bolingbroke IV x 9 A-29 Hudson x 8 B-17D Fortress x 3 B-25C Mitchell x 29 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 14 damaged Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 3 destroyed, 5 damaged Beaufort VIII: 3 damaged Mitchell II: 2 damaged A-29 Hudson: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 24 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 12 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 15 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 9 Hudson IIIa x 9 B-17D Fortress x 6 B-25C Mitchell x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 2 destroyed Hudson IIIa: 1 destroyed B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 3 damaged Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb Trop x 13 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In return we attack Comilla; we destroy quite a few bombers on the ground. Best one so far. Intel provided info that there were few guns at Comilla so I set attack altitude to 8k feet. Morning Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb Trop x 3 Spitfire Vc Trop x 9 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Spitfire Vc Trop: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 19 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 17 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb Trop x 2 Spitfire Vc Trop x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb Trop: 2 damaged Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed on ground Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed on ground Beaufort V: 1 destroyed on ground C-47 Skytrain: 1 destroyed on ground Hudson IIIa: 1 destroyed on ground Allied ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 44 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 57 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb Trop x 1 Hurricane IIc Trop x 1 Spitfire Vc Trop x 1 P-40B Warhawk x 3 P-40E Warhawk x 3 P-40K Warhawk x 2 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 destroyed, 18 damaged Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed on ground P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Beaufort V: 3 destroyed on ground Blenheim IV: 2 destroyed on ground Hudson IIIa: 1 destroyed on ground C-47 Skytrain: 1 destroyed on ground Bolingbroke IV: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 7 Runway hits 12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nuku Hiva , at 191,167 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 26 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To crown todays achievements the KB hands out a mighty punch agains the happless TF that attacked us at Nuku! 2 light cruisers and 3 destroyers are sent to the bottom! Morning Air attack on TF, near Eiao at 192,158 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 45 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 60 B5N2 Kate x 14 D3A1 Val x 24 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 4 damaged D3A1 Val: 2 damaged Allied Ships CL Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire CL Perth DD Tucker DD Whipple -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Nuku Hiva at 191,167 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 51 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 32 B5N2 Kate x 13 No Japanese losses Allied Ships DD Cassin, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Eiao at 192,158 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 45 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 60 B5N2 Kate x 91 D3A1 Val x 93 D3A2 Val x 25 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged D3A1 Val: 13 damaged Allied Ships CL Perth, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage CL Enterprise, Bomb hits 12, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk DD Whipple, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Bulmer, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground Combat Last kick in the butt for the Tennant Creek customers! Ground combat at 76,138 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 630 troops, 0 guns, 96 vehicles, Assault Value = 53 Defending force 370 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6 Japanese adjusted assault: 50 Allied adjusted defense: 4 Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: op mode(-), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: Allied ground losses: 186 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 3rd Tank Regiment Defending units: 2nd RAAF Base Force ----------------------------------------------------------------- Christmas comes early this year! - We are in the right places to the right time and this turn was sugar for a JFB
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