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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 03, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Batangas at 79,78 Allied Ships CA Cornwall CA Suffolk CA Astoria CA Salt Lake City DD Terry DD O'Bannon DD Guest DD Franks DD Dashiell DD Braine Japanese ground losses: 213 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled CA Cornwall firing at 33rd Division CA Suffolk firing at 16th Division OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Astoria CA Astoria firing at 48th Division SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Salt Lake City CA Salt Lake City firing at 21st Division DD Terry firing at Guards Tank Division DD O'Bannon firing at 21st Division DD Guest firing at 48th Division DD Franks firing at 18th Division DD Dashiell firing at 16th Division DD Braine firing at 48th Division we´re throwing everything into the battle now as we expect to be hit by the enemy today and I´m absolutely unsure if our troops are able to hold in open terrain, we really could need all our divs in the battle but halve of them is still trying to unpack or is still a day away from the battlefield... both the Navy and Airforce is therefore tasked to attack the enemy Army at Batangas, well knowing that naval bombardment is more or less useless against troops... really would like to see the effect of Prinz Eugen vs Red Army units late war while we employ Prinz Eugen´s firepower³... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Batangas at 79,78 Allied Ships CA New Orleans CA Pensacola CA Indianapolis CL Columbia CL Cleveland DD Bennett DD Bell DD Beale DD Charles Badger DD Bache DD Charles Ausburne DD Ammen DD Abbot Japanese ground losses: 344 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled CA New Orleans firing at 18th Division CA Pensacola firing at 48th Division CA Indianapolis firing at 21st Division CL Columbia firing at 33rd Division CL Cleveland firing at 21st Division DD Bennett firing at 38th Division DD Bell firing at 5th Guards Division DD Beale firing at 21st Division DD Charles Badger firing at 16th Division DD Bache firing at 2nd Tank Division DD Charles Ausburne firing at 5th Guards Division DD Ammen firing at 5th Guards Division DD Abbot firing at 2nd Tank Division -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Batangas , at 79,78 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 240 NM, estimated altitude 45,010 feet. Estimated time to target is 72 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 9 A6M5b Zero x 15 A6M5c Zero x 12 J2M3 Jack x 15 N1K1-J George x 58 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 35 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 81 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M5b Zero: 4 destroyed A6M5c Zero: 2 destroyed J2M3 Jack: 3 destroyed N1K1-J George: 5 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 13 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 5 destroyed now it´s up to the airforce, as expected the enemy tries to clear the sky with a sweep but Corsairs on Cap and radar to help means bad news for the enemy sweeps... using several bases the enemy manages to get several units over the target at the same time... Aircraft Attacking: 33 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 41010 feet 1 x A6M5c Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 1 x A6M5b Zero sweeping at 6000 feet 7 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet 4 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 41010 feet 3 x J2M3 Jack sweeping at 6000 feet 1 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet 1 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet CAP engaged: VMF-113 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 12 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 36000 and 36900. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes VMF-115 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 11 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 25000 and 36900. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes VMF-121 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 15 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 36900. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes VMF-211 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 14 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 35000 and 36900. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes VMF-441 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 13 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 25000 and 36900. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Batangas , at 79,78 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 37,440 feet. Estimated time to target is 39 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 7 A6M5b Zero x 1 J2M3 Jack x 3 N1K1-J George x 4 Ki-84a Frank x 40 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 51 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 3 destroyed more sweeping fighters coming in achieving a better result than the first wave... Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 34440 feet CAP engaged: VMF-113 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes VMF-115 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 44010. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VMF-121 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes VMF-211 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 117 minutes VMF-441 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 40010. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Batangas , at 79,78 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 33 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 26 Ki-48-IIa Lily x 51 Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 24 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 24 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged Ki-48-IIa Lily: 5 destroyed, 4 damaged Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 2 damaged F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground Allied ground losses: 72 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 21 after two waves of fighters unescorted bombers show up, none of them withdrew and I´ve thought to see a massacre but the remaining Corsairs failed to really inflict heavy damage on the bombers... I didn´t dare to place more fighter units at Batangas as they´re all in danger of being destroyed if the base falls to the enemy today... Aircraft Attacking: 22 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 9000 feet Ground Attack: 3 x 250 kg GP Bomb 23 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 21 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 9000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 21 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 9000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: VMF-113 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes VMF-115 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes VMF-441 with F4U-1A Corsair (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes VMF-121 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes VMF-211 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes Also attacking 255th USN Base Force ... Also attacking Batangas ... Also attacking 1st Australian Division ... Also attacking 255th USN Base Force ... Also attacking Batangas ... Also attacking 176th USAAF Base Force ... Also attacking 3rd Marine Division ... Also attacking 255th USN Base Force ... Also attacking 1st Australian Division ... Also attacking 255th USN Base Force ... Also attacking Batangas ... Also attacking 157th USA Base Force ... Also attacking 4th Australian Division ... Also attacking Batangas ... Also attacking 255th USN Base Force ... Also attacking Batangas ... Also attacking 158th USA Base Force ... Also attacking 4th Australian Division ... Also attacking 1st Australian Division ... Also attacking 255th USN Base Force ... Also attacking Batangas ... Also attacking 4th Australian Division ... Also attacking 1st Australian Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 4th USA Defense Battalion, at 80,79 (Atimonan) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 27 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 24 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 8 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 60 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb remaining Corsairs aren´t a threat to the enemy anymore... CAP engaged: VMF-121 with F4U-1A Corsair (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes VMF-211 with F4U-1A Corsair (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters to 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 90 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 4th USA Defense Battalion, at 80,79 (Atimonan) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 26 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 26 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 25 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: VMF-121 with F4U-1A Corsair (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters to 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes VMF-211 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 7 A6M5b Zero x 12 A6M5c Zero x 11 J2M3 Jack x 12 N1K1-J George x 14 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 29 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 14 F4U-1A Corsair x 6 F6F-3 Hellcat x 12 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 280 TBF-1 Avenger x 114 TBM-1C Avenger x 45 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Corsair II: 1 destroyed F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed SB2C-3 Helldiver: 15 destroyed, 12 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 6 destroyed, 14 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 813 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 15 disabled Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 118 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Guns lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled) Vehicles lost 76 (4 destroyed, 72 disabled) mmm... could it be any worse? Of course I´ve also ordered all my carriers to fly ground attacks and of course hoped to see my LBA attack first to deal with the expected Cap in my hex (my Cap obviously doesn´t do anything against enemy Cap - seems like a nice flaw that probably has been taken over from WITP)... but what really makes me mad once again is the just yet another time completely silly strike routine that sends 500 fighters to escort a dozen bombers to attack a lonely ACM but does not send adequate fighter escorts with 450 bombers to attack a 100% sure heavily defended target like today... THIS STRIKE ROUTINE IS A SERIOUSLY FLAW AND NOTHING ELSE! The 32 escorting fighters didn´t do well and the enemy Cap near instantly turned onto our bombers which are easily shot down as 1E bombers are absolutely helpless against enemy fighters, no matter which side´s bombers... this of course means three dozen bombers of this strike being downed while hundreds of carrier based fighters took a day off instead of being sent out on escort... the bombers that got through did serious damage while the weather god was on our side with clear sky over the enemy units in clear terrain and if all ordered bombers attack today then the enemy units should be heavily disrupted... Aircraft Attacking: 11 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 18 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 8 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 18 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 16 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 18 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 14 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 18 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 23 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 16 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 15 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 13 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 8 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 8 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 15 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 12 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 16 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 16 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 5 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 12 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 9 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 16 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 8 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 8 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (14 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (14 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 14 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 41010 Raid is overhead 4 planes vectored on to bombers S-301 Hikotai with A6M5c Zero (11 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 11 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 6 planes vectored on to bombers S-316 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 12 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 5 planes vectored on to bombers 331 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Raid is overhead S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 12 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 2 planes vectored on to bombers 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (14 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (14 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 14 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 36740 Raid is overhead 2 planes vectored on to bombers 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (15 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (15 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 15 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead Also attacking 1st Tank Division ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 5th Guards Division ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 24th Division ... Also attacking 16th Division ... Also attacking 4th Tank Regiment ... Also attacking 1st Tank Division ... Also attacking Southern Army ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 2nd Tank Division ... Also attacking Southern Army ... Also attacking 18th Division ... Also attacking 1st Tank Division ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking Southern Army ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... Also attacking 1st Tank Division ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 5th Guards Division ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 24th Division ... Also attacking 16th Division ... Also attacking 4th Tank Regiment ... Also attacking 1st Tank Division ... Also attacking Southern Army ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 2nd Tank Division ... Also attacking Southern Army ... Also attacking 18th Division ... Also attacking 1st Tank Division ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking Southern Army ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... Also attacking 1st Tank Division ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 5th Guards Division ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 24th Division ... Also attacking 16th Division ... Also attacking 4th Tank Regiment ... Also attacking 1st Tank Division ... Also attacking Southern Army ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 2nd Tank Division ... Also attacking Southern Army ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 5th Guards Division ... Also attacking 24th Division ... Also attacking 4th Tank Regiment ... Also attacking 1st Tank Division ... Also attacking Southern Army ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 5th Guards Division ... Also attacking 24th Division ... Also attacking 4th Tank Regiment ... Also attacking 1st Tank Division ... Also attacking Southern Army ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking Southern Army ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... Also attacking 1st Tank Division ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 5th Guards Division ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 24th Division ... Also attacking 4th Tank Regiment ... Also attacking 1st Tank Division ... Also attacking Southern Army ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 2nd Tank Division ... Also attacking Southern Army ... Also attacking 18th Division ... Also attacking 1st Tank Division ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking Southern Army ... Also attacking 1st Tank Division ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 16th Division ... Also attacking 4th Tank Regiment ... Also attacking Southern Army ... Also attacking 2nd Tank Division ... Also attacking Southern Army ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 5th Guards Division ... Also attacking 24th Division ... Also attacking 4th Tank Regiment ... Also attacking 1st Tank Division ... Also attacking Southern Army ... just look the number of enemy divisions!!! OMG, the enemy got far more for the defense of Luzon than I´ve expected... far more... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 48th Division, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 2 A6M5b Zero x 5 A6M5c Zero x 6 J2M3 Jack x 5 N1K1-J George x 7 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 15 Allied aircraft Avenger I x 13 Barracuda II x 14 Corsair II x 10 F4U-1A Corsair x 4 F6F-3 Hellcat x 6 F6F-5 Hellcat x 6 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 95 TBF-1 Avenger x 72 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Barracuda II: 2 damaged SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 6 destroyed, 6 damaged Japanese ground losses: 344 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled here´s the second wave of carrier based strike aircraft, again with nothing but an unexplanable meager escort when we could see hundreds of fighters on escort... enemy Cap down to 60 aircraft but more than a dozen aircraft are downed as our escort is just too small to fend off the IJ fighters... Aircraft Attacking: 20 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 13 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 18 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 9 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x Barracuda II releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x Avenger I bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 8 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 8 x Barracuda II releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 9 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 8 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 12 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x Barracuda II releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-301 Hikotai with A6M5c Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 68 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers S-316 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers 331 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (5 airborne, 0 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 41010 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers Also attacking 18th Division ... Also attacking 5th Guards Division ... Also attacking 8th Area Army ... Also attacking 48th Division ... Also attacking 24th Division ... Also attacking 21st Division ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 48th Division ... Also attacking 18th Division ... Also attacking 5th Guards Division ... Also attacking 8th Area Army ... Also attacking 48th Division ... Also attacking 24th Division ... Also attacking 21st Division ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 48th Division ... Also attacking 18th Division ... Also attacking 5th Guards Division ... Also attacking 48th Division ... Also attacking 18th Division ... Also attacking 5th Guards Division ... Also attacking 48th Division ... Also attacking 5th Guards Division ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 48th Division ... Also attacking 18th Division ... Also attacking 5th Guards Division ... Also attacking 8th Area Army ... Also attacking 48th Division ... Also attacking 24th Division ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 48th Division ... Also attacking 18th Division ... Also attacking 48th Division ... Also attacking 18th Division ... Also attacking 5th Guards Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 16th Division, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 A6M5b Zero x 3 A6M5c Zero x 3 J2M3 Jack x 4 N1K1-J George x 4 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 10 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 3 F6F-5 Hellcat x 13 TBF-1 Avenger x 18 TBM-1C Avenger x 27 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses F6F-5 Hellcat: 1 destroyed TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 98 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled another wave, losses only within the Allied aircraft... Aircraft Attacking: 17 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 17 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-316 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters to 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers S-301 Hikotai with A6M5c Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers 331 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers Also attacking 2nd Tank Division ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... Also attacking 16th Division ... Also attacking 2nd Tank Division ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... Also attacking 16th Division ... Also attacking 2nd Tank Division ... Also attacking 16th Division ... Also attacking 2nd Tank Division ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... Also attacking 16th Division ... Also attacking 2nd Tank Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 5th Guards Division, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5b Zero x 2 A6M5c Zero x 2 J2M3 Jack x 4 N1K1-J George x 2 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 6 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 3 TBF-1 Avenger x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed TBF-1 Avenger: 3 destroyed really love it... a working strike routine that would have sent just 25% of the available fighters set to escort would have been sufficient to clear the sky of enemy fighters during the first strike, the silly way it works there are still fighters on Cap after the last wave... so what else than giving the right orders can one do? The stupid argument that it´s the player´s fault isn´t valid when the routines are flawed... can´t do more than setting the fighters on escort, something the silly routine obvioulsy ignores... this aspect is seriously worse than in WITP because it wasn´t enhanced but deliberately made worse with the hardcoded screw up strikes... CAP engaged: 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters to 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers S-301 Hikotai with A6M5c Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 2 planes vectored on to bombers S-316 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 18th Division, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5b Zero x 2 A6M5c Zero x 2 J2M3 Jack x 3 N1K1-J George x 1 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3 Allied aircraft Liberator B.III x 3 Liberator B.VI x 27 B-24J Liberator x 12 B-24D Liberator x 7 B-24D1 Liberator x 41 B-24J Liberator x 176 B-25D1 Mitchell x 24 B-25H Mitchell x 41 P-38J Lightning x 20 P-38L Lightning x 36 P-51B Mustang x 26 F4U-1A Corsair x 3 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 25 PV-1 Ventura x 18 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Liberator B.VI: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged B-24J Liberator: 10 damaged B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 2343 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 166 disabled Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 92 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled Guns lost 46 (1 destroyed, 45 disabled) Vehicles lost 91 (7 destroyed, 84 disabled) when we only meet a dozen fighters in the air the first escorted LBA strike is showing up causing heavy losses within the enemy ground troops... not only did this strike take out troops worth halve an IJA div but also surely heavily disrupted a lot of enemy units... my hope to see a trashed adjusted av for the enemy is rising... another example of what the airforce can do in good weather against troops in clear terrain, really devastating... Aircraft Attacking: 10 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 1 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet 7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 2 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 3 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x Liberator B.III bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 36740 Raid is overhead 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes S-301 Hikotai with A6M5c Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes S-316 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 41010 Raid is overhead S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead Also attacking 48th Division ... Also attacking 38th Division ... Also attacking 5th Division ... Also attacking 16th Division ... Also attacking 5th Division ... Also attacking 21st Division ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... Also attacking 4th Tank Regiment ... Also attacking 48th Division ... Also attacking 18th Division ... Also attacking 16th Division ... Also attacking 61st Division ... Also attacking 1st Tank Division ... Also attacking 61st Division ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 48th Division ... Also attacking Southern Army ... Also attacking 16th Division ... Also attacking 5th Division ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... Also attacking 5th Division ... Also attacking 1st Tank Division ... Also attacking 35th Army ... Also attacking Guards Tank Division ... Also attacking 24th Division ... Also attacking 5th Guards Division ... Also attacking Guards Tank Division ... Also attacking 24th Division ... Also attacking 4th Tank Regiment ... Also attacking 61st Division ... Also attacking 48th Division ... Also attacking Guards Tank Division ... Also attacking Southern Army ... Also attacking 5th Guards Division ... Also attacking 8th Area Army ... Also attacking 16th Division ... Also attacking 4th Tank Regiment ... Also attacking 38th Division ... Also attacking 16th Division ... Also attacking 21st Division ... Also attacking 61st Division ... Also attacking 48th Division ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 4th Tank Regiment ... Also attacking 5th Division ... Also attacking Guards Tank Division ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 24th Division ... Also attacking 48th Division ... Also attacking 61st Division ... Also attacking 5th Guards Division ... Also attacking 38th Division ... Also attacking 5th Division ... Also attacking 5th Guards Division ... Also attacking 5th Division ... Also attacking 38th Division ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 38th Division ... Also attacking 24th Division ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 24th Division ... Also attacking 5th Division ... Also attacking 61st Division ... Also attacking 5th Guards Division ... Also attacking 5th Division ... Also attacking 2nd Tank Division ... Also attacking 16th Division ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 5th Guards Division ... Also attacking 38th Division ... Also attacking 5th Guards Division ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 38th Division ... Also attacking 24th Division ... Also attacking 5th Guards Division ... Also attacking 5th Division ... Also attacking 1st Tank Division ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking 5th Guards Division ... Also attacking 2nd Tank Division ... Also attacking 5th Division ... Also attacking 18th Division ... Also attacking 48th Division ... Also attacking 38th Division ... Also attacking 5th Division ... Also attacking 16th Division ... Also attacking 48th Division ... Also attacking 61st Division ... Also attacking 48th Division ... Also attacking 35th Army ... Also attacking Guards Tank Division ... Also attacking 24th Division ... Also attacking 61st Division ... Also attacking 5th Guards Division ... Also attacking 4th Tank Regiment ... Also attacking 18th Division ... seems like we´re hitting every major IJA unit in the hex, the number of strong units here is still concerning me as that´s the biggest enemy Army we´ve been facing so far... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 38th Division, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 1 J2M3 Jack x 2 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1 Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 3 B-24J Liberator x 21 B-25D1 Mitchell x 12 B-25H Mitchell x 6 P-38J Lightning x 4 F4U-1A Corsair x 1 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 8 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 257 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 47 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Vehicles lost 16 (3 destroyed, 13 disabled) every bomber was set to attack IJA troops at Batangas today, I´ve even thought about equipping my fighters with bombs but thought it would be better to have them escort my bombers as I´ve expected a higher number of fighters on Cap... the fact that my Cap doesn´t engage enemy LRCAP in the hex came as surprising to me as it must have surprised Rainer, otherwise he wouldn´t have needed to send all those fighters to sweep while not attacking with bombers at all... IMO, it would have been best to set all his fighters on LRCAP to shred my bomber waves (especially the more or less unescorted carrier strikes) as our strikes didn´t have adequate escorts while my Cap was flying sightseeing next to IJ Cap while not engaging them... "pilot to squadron leader: sir, enemy fighters 12 o´clock!" "squadron leader to pilot: don´t worry, these are IJ fighters on Cap, do NOT engage them!"... Aircraft Attacking: 8 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-301 Hikotai with A6M5c Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead Also attacking 8th Area Army ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... Also attacking Guards Tank Division ... Also attacking 2nd Tank Division ... Also attacking Guards Tank Division ... Also attacking 24th Division ... Also attacking 5th Guards Division ... Also attacking 38th Division ... Also attacking 8th Area Army ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... Also attacking Guards Tank Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 48th Division, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft J2M3 Jack x 1 Allied aircraft Liberator B.III x 7 Liberator B.VI x 15 B-24J Liberator x 6 PV-1 Ventura x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 225 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled I´ve even moved the British and USAAF heavies from the Northern front to the Philipines while hundreds of transports are flying in a USMC division to hold Batangas... Aircraft Attacking: 6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x Liberator B.III bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes Also attacking 16th Division ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... Also attacking 24th Division ... Also attacking 16th Division ... Also attacking 48th Division ... Also attacking 33rd Division ... Also attacking 24th Division ... Also attacking 16th Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 56th Division, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft J2M3 Jack x 1 Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 12 P-51B Mustang x 6 F4U-1A Corsair x 1 PV-1 Ventura x 6 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 59 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead Also attacking Southern Army ... Also attacking 8th Area Army ... Also attacking 56th Division ... Also attacking Southern Army ... Also attacking 8th Area Army ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 16th Division, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 3 PV-1 Ventura x 6 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 25 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 5th Division, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 2 PV-1 Ventura x 6 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 25 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 21st Division, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 F4U-1A Corsair x 2 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 95 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 F4U-1A Corsair x 1 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 85 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb the usual uncountable number of piece meal follow on waves... boring and unnecessary... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 4th Tank Regiment, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 F4U-1A Corsair x 5 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 16th Division, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 6 F4U-1A Corsair x 4 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 19 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 9 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 46 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 24th Division, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 140 F4U-1A Corsair x 2 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 864 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 38 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 57 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 31 (2 destroyed, 29 disabled) even Changsha´s B-29 were ordered to ground attacks as we see one of the biggest threats of the past years... Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking Guards Tank Division ... Also attacking 35th Army ... Also attacking 38th Division ... Also attacking Southern Army ... Also attacking 2nd Tank Division ... Also attacking 61st Division ... Also attacking 18th Division ... Also attacking 16th Division ... Also attacking 61st Division ... Also attacking 24th Division ... Also attacking 48th Division ... Also attacking Guards Tank Division ... Also attacking 16th Division ... Also attacking 24th Division ... Also attacking 5th Guards Division ... Also attacking 24th Division ... Also attacking 5th Guards Division ... Also attacking 24th Division ... Also attacking 35th Army ... Also attacking Southern Army ... Also attacking 2nd Tank Division ... Also attacking 18th Division ... Also attacking 24th Division ... Also attacking 2nd Tank Division ... Also attacking 48th Division ... Also attacking Guards Tank Division ... Also attacking 24th Division ... Also attacking 35th Army ... Also attacking Southern Army ... Also attacking 2nd Tank Division ... Also attacking 18th Division ... Also attacking 24th Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 1st Tank Division, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 25 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 61st Division, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 F4U-1A Corsair x 1 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 76 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Guards Tank Division, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 18 F4U-1A Corsair x 3 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 85 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 8th Area Army ... Also attacking Guards Tank Division ... Also attacking 8th Area Army ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 56th Division, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 F4U-1A Corsair x 3 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 104 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Southern Army, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 F4U-1A Corsair x 3 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 22 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 16th Division, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 F4U-1A Corsair x 3 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 56 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 5th Division, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 F4U-1A Corsair x 2 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 68 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 1st Tank Division, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 F4U-1A Corsair x 2 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Guards Tank Division, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 36 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 38th Division, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 7 F4U-1A Corsair x 2 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 48 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb wave after wave, everything as dispersed as possible but we sure cause a hell a lot of disruption within enemy LCU... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 4th Tank Regiment, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 F4U-1A Corsair x 5 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 61st Division, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 9 F4U-1A Corsair x 4 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 73 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 16th Division, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 6 F4U-1A Corsair x 3 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 58 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 61st Division, at 79,78 (Batangas) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 6 F4U-1A Corsair x 3 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 25 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- and then the enemy attack happens... the attack was expected, what wasn´t expected was a deliberate attack as I would have bet on a shock attack... Ground combat at Batangas (79,78) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 160019 troops, 1703 guns, 2634 vehicles, Assault Value = 5992 Defending force 82052 troops, 1604 guns, 1337 vehicles, Assault Value = 2531 (halve of this is still in strategic mode) Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 we have been able to build two forst within a day... Japanese adjusted assault: 483 Allied adjusted defense: 1441 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1) Combat modifiers Defender: preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 7365 casualties reported Squads: 57 destroyed, 595 disabled Non Combat: 95 destroyed, 776 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 101 disabled Vehicles lost 242 (112 destroyed, 130 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1996 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 114 disabled Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 436 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 54 disabled Vehicles lost 152 (4 destroyed, 148 disabled) now what about this? What has been expected to end in the biggest defeat since we´ve lost Luzon for the first time over two and a halve years ago seems to evolve to a big victory as we not only hold the lines but also inflict heavy losses within the assaulting Japanese units... together with the A2G strikes the enemy has more than the equivalent of two IJA divs disabled and didn´t even get close to the needed 3:1 av needed to kick us out and I seriously doubt the enemy will try to attack again here after seeing what our airforce is able to do... I expect it to take at least four or five days to move out of the hex and we will fly daily airstrikes now, we sure can disable lots more troops and if we get lucky we might even be able to counterattack and force the enemy to retreat back to Manila... however the battle goes on, what could have been a big defeat has already turned into a victory because it´s definately far easier to inflict losses on the enemy now than when attacking him in surely level 9 forts at Manila which I have no clue how we should overcome these when I look at the number of enemy troops retreating there... but for the moment, I´m happy... Assaulting units: 38th Division 18th Division 5th Guards Division 56th Division 4th Tank Regiment 33rd Division 1st Tank Division 48th Division 5th Division 21st Division 16th Division 2nd Tank Division 24th Division 61st Division Guards Tank Division Southern Army 8th Area Army 35th Army 14 enemy divisions! my first wave landing on Luzon consisted of 4 divs plus support, I´ve expected around 6-9 enemy divisions to defend Luzon so finding out that there are at least 14 of them is quite frightening when thinking about the upcoming battles... Defending units: Americal Infantry Div /1 4th Australian Division 102nd Combat Engineer Regiment 1st Australian Division 3rd NZ Armoured Sqn 3rd Marine Division 131st Combat Engineer Regiment 1st Marine Division 34th Combat Engineer Regiment 5th Marine Div /1 97th Field Artillery Battalion 176th USAAF Base Force 4th Field Artillery Battalion 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 85/88/98th Mortar Regiment 1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion 181st Field Artillery Regiment 2/16th Field Regiment 226th Field Artillery Battalion 147th Field Artillery Regiment 157th USA Base Force 23rd USN Naval Construction Regiment 15th USN Naval Construction Battalion 158th USA Base Force 249th Field Artillery Battalion 134th Field Artillery Battalion 255th USN Base Force 27th USN Naval Construction Regiment 168th Field Artillery Regiment 26th USN Naval Construction Regiment 154th FA Bn 223rd Field Artillery Battalion 24th USN Naval Construction Regiment 738th Coast AA Regiment USN Forwd AirCenPac -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 11623 troops, 106 guns, 177 vehicles, Assault Value = 295 Defending force 7985 troops, 76 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 271 Allied adjusted assault: 91 Japanese adjusted defense: 1120 Allied assault odds: 1 to 12 (fort level 3) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 359 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 29 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 1173 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 116 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 105 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Vehicles lost 27 (1 destroyed, 26 disabled) Assaulting units: 158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 15th NZ Brigade 136th USA Base Force 226th USN Base Force Defending units: 37th Ind.Mixed Brigade 455th Ind.Infantry Battalion 19th Naval Guard Unit 19th JAAF AF Bn crossing the river to Tarakan our troops take a bloody nose... more enemies there than expected, no chance to take the place... mopping up bypassed bases is just annoying... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Naga (81,81) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 172 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14 Defending force 635 troops, 16 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 20 Japanese adjusted assault: 5 Allied adjusted defense: 11 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0) Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), leaders(-), preparation(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Allied ground losses: 45 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: Yokosuka Assault SNLF /1 Defending units: 3rd USA Defense Battalion the enemy drops paras on our bases on the railline from Legaspi to Batangas to stop troop movements... not unexpected and all our bases hold... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Atimonan (80,79) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 1036 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 74 Defending force 5233 troops, 14 guns, 118 vehicles, Assault Value = 65 Japanese adjusted assault: 11 Allied adjusted defense: 48 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 4 (fort level 1) Combat modifiers Defender: op mode(-), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 480 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 37 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 81 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Assaulting units: 3rd Raiding Rgt /1 4th Raiding Rgt /1 1st Raiding Rgt /1 Defending units: 1st Fiji Commando Battalion 2nd Fiji Commando Battalion 4th USA Defense Battalion 16th USN Naval Construction Battalion 44th USN Naval Construction Battalion 48th USN Naval Construction Battalion 26th USN Naval Construction Battalion 23rd USN Naval Construction Battalion 22nd USN Naval Construction Regiment the turn in general turned out better than I´ve really thought as I saw the chances being 1:3 to hold Batangas against an enemy shock attack, all was relying on the airforce... without the airstrikes it would have been tricky, not a really lucky die roll and I´m not sure the enemy would have achieved a 3:1 to kick us out as these units surely are prepped for Manila and not Batangas so a deliberate attack was surprising to me, even if it turned out to be the better option as our airforce already decided the outcome... we suffer heavy losses in carrier based aircraft today, we can afford them but it nevertheless totally pisses me off as the silly routine just failed to send adequate escorts with 90% of the 600+ fighters just staying on the carriers doing nothing while our bombers were shot down in droves... it´s a shame how this works and no matter what you get told by the brown nosers on the mainforum, this is not working well, it´s not working realistically at all as 500 fighters for 12 bombers is just as silly as 30 fighters for 500 bombers...
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