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RE: Turn 25 31 December, 1941 - 6/14/2010 12:02:00 AM

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The attacks continued during the day with a heavy Nell Strike escorted by Zeroes.
I also had a sweep scheduled, but it arrived after the main raid.

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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36
G3M2 Nell x 66

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
G3M2 Nell: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 3 destroyed

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 53

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
33 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
AVG/3rd Sqn with H81-A3 (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 12 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 29000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 32400.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
AVG/3rd Sqn with H81-A3 (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 29000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes

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RE: Turn 25 31 December, 1941 - 6/14/2010 12:09:19 AM

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I also conducted night bombing raids at Rangoon and Singapore during the turn as well as fighter sweeps over Singapore.

My ground forces also captured Roxas.

The Kido Butai has also sailed after a period of rest and refit. Both the origin port and the destination of the carrier strike force remain classified.

The only sub action during the turn was I-175 missing DD Phelps off Pearl Harbor.

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Turn 26 01 January, 1942 - 6/15/2010 4:25:50 AM

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Turn 26 01 January, 1942

Near Toboali, in the straits of death, I-162 puts three torpedoes into a loaded british troop transport, sinking it with the troops and equipment that it was attempting to evacuate.
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Submarine attack near Toboali at 51,93

Japanese Ships
SS I-162

Allied Ships
xAP Tatung, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

xAP Tatung is sighted by SS I-162
SS I-162 launches 4 torpedoes

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RE: Turn 26 01 January, 1942 - 6/15/2010 4:30:32 AM

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Off the California coast, I-169 sinks a yankee patrol boat.

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Sub attack near San Francisco at 212,75

Japanese Ships
SS I-169

Allied Ships
YP-116, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

SS I-169 launches 4 torpedoes at YP-116
I-169 diving deep ....
Escort abandons search for sub

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RE: Turn 26 01 January, 1942 - 6/15/2010 4:35:22 AM

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Also off the California coast, the I-7 was surprised on the surface by an American B-18 Bolo bomber. The captain ordered a crash dive but the I boat is not a swift diver. The bomber dropped two bombs which straddled the sub as she went under, causing significant damage. I-7 is breaking off her patrol and returning to Yokosuka for repairs.

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RE: Turn 26 01 January, 1942 - 6/15/2010 4:44:06 AM

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Here is the current disposition of subs along the California coast. Traskott has been conducting some ASW operations around the approaches to San Francisco and during the last week or so has began to use aircraft on ASW searches. Earlier, he was running a lot of traffic into San Diego but it looks like he shifted the traffic to San Francisco after I kept hitting ships on the approaches to San Diego. I can sense the frustration build as I continue to blockade his shores with my subs.

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RE: Turn 26 01 January, 1942 - 6/15/2010 4:45:39 AM

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Here is the result of my heavy campaigning..... This is tankers and transports. The freighters exceed a page by themselves.

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RE: Turn 26 01 January, 1942 - 6/15/2010 4:47:05 AM

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Here are allied warship losses to date. Note the heavy toll that I have taken on his destroyers.

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RE: Turn 26 01 January, 1942 - 6/15/2010 4:48:45 AM

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So far, I have not lost any submarines (other than the expendable midgets) to enemy action.

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RE: Turn 26 01 January, 1942 - 6/15/2010 4:50:04 AM

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Traskott has lost several subs in action during the first month of the war.

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RE: Turn 26 01 January, 1942 - 6/15/2010 4:56:15 AM

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Your sub campaign continues to impress me. I know how I'd be feeling if I were him. I'd be setting up a MAJOR campaign to hunt and prosecute as many subs as I could. It would be a priority given the losses he has sustained (FOG notwithstanding) I'll be keeping my eye on it...

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RE: Turn 26 01 January, 1942 - 6/15/2010 5:08:55 AM

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Due to the desire of the Americans to conduct unrestricted submarine warfare in violation of international treaties, the admiralty has ordered the conversion of several small coastal and ocean going vessels into patrol boats.

48 vessels, all AKL with cargo capacities or 170 or 795 tons are being converted to patrol boats with ASW ratings of 2 and 3 respectively. Conversion will take 15 to 21 days depending on the vessel's size. This should provide enough additional patrol boats to provide escorts for all anticipated convoy movements over the next six months, freeing several destroyers for fleet duties. There are also several purpose built sub chasers and escorts under planning and construction in our dock yards. At the end of the orders phase for the next turn, I will have 12 ASW hunter groups at sea around Japan searching for enemy submarines. In addition, all convoys are under escort by at least one escort ship with most having multiple escorts.

Other merchant conversions being done:
6 AK to AKE (21 days each)
2 AK to AD (45 days each)

Here is the current dispositon of his known sub forces around the home islands. If you look closely, you can see the carriers of the Kido Butai sailing for points classified. Although he hasn't had much luck finding them yet, I am running a number of resource and oil convoys moving material from Shikukua, Hakodate, and Port Arthur to Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, Kure, and Kobe. I have also moved a number of troop and supply convoys outbound.

I am assuming that he thinks that I am using the Sea of Japan, Sasebo, and Fukuoka ports for most of my transport movements based on the disposition of his subs. Perhaps he read my other AAR and saw my dispostion in that game. However, in this game I am not doing that at all. Sasebo tends to gather supplies and resources over time while the central cities run short. To address this, I am running my convoys directly to the cities with the highest concentrations of industry. Even this early in the game, there are large concentrations of resources that need to be moved from Shikukua and Port Arthur.

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RE: Turn 26 01 January, 1942 - 6/15/2010 5:10:54 AM

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Speaking of industry, I look to be in good shape so far. Here are my engine pools so far:

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RE: Turn 26 01 January, 1942 - 6/15/2010 5:11:37 AM

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aircraft pool 1

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RE: Turn 26 01 January, 1942 - 6/15/2010 5:12:25 AM

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aircraft pool 2

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RE: Turn 26 01 January, 1942 - 6/15/2010 5:17:32 AM

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Aircraft losses were light during the turn. The weather is looking bad over most of southeast Asia next turn so I will stand down most of my air units to prevent operational losses (flying in thunderstorms increases ops losses) and to allow for maintenance on the air frames.

At Rangoon, my Sally IIa bombers ran into Blenheim IF night fighters while they were attacking the airfield. Luckily, the Blenheims failed to score and my bombers dropped their bombs on aircraft parked on the tarmac.

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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IF x 6

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

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
No.27 Sqn RAF with Blenheim IF (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 26000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 27280.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

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RE: Turn 26 01 January, 1942 - 6/15/2010 5:19:56 AM

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During the turn I landed at Tagbilaran and Siquijor. My forces captured San Fernando, Cabantuan, and Tagbilaran.

I seem to have the Philippine situation well in hand and my forces are on schedule.

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RE: Turn 26 01 January, 1942 - 6/15/2010 5:33:34 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: offenseman

Your sub campaign continues to impress me. I know how I'd be feeling if I were him.� I'd be setting up a MAJOR campaign to hunt and prosecute as many subs as I could.� It would be a priority given the losses he has sustained (FOG notwithstanding) I'll be keeping my eye on it...

I have noticed that at first he didn't even bother with air patrols off the California coast. Now he is starting to do that. The allies need every tanker and oiler they have early, so his losses there must hurt. Also, it must be frustrating to watch me shoot at his fleet destroyers turn after turn. Even though half the shots have missed, the toll is starting to add up.

I will admit that I have been somewhat lucky in setting up some of the other mid-ocean intercepts such as those around Fiji. I didn't have a lot of subs in that area and there is a lot of ground to cover. I figured that I would play the odds and cover some of the higher percentage areas and by and large got lucky with some of them. I still have a 6 RO boat patrol line stretched between Baker and Canton which has yet to see a ship so far. Of course that tells me that he is routing shipping south of Canton.

I know that we have discussed sub strategy, so I hope that you find some stuff here that is useful. I love submarine warfare so I put a lot of effort into doing this part of the game when I do pbems. That includes both my sub offensive and my ASW defense against his sub offensive.

The funny thing is that I am actually running many convoys between different cities in the home islands as well as to and from the Asian mainland that many players do not run. This is actually giving him more targets than many players do for this stage of the war. Of course, he has to put his subs in the right places to find the convoys.

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Turn 27 02 January, 1942 - 6/16/2010 3:23:37 AM

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Turn 27 02 January, 1942

This was a very slow turn. Essentially nothing happened other than my forces landing at Sorong and my capture of the following tourist destinations: Taipang, Mergui, Hwaiyin, Siquijor.

Several of my air units are stood down due to rotten weather. The weather is improving slightly on the next turn, but I will still sit many of the units so the maintenance crews can catch up on repairs to the airframes.

As you can see, losses were minimal during the turn.

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Turn 28 03 January, 1942 - 6/17/2010 1:13:30 PM

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Turn 28 03 January, 1942

Interesting developments this turn. I landed at Sorong and just after the troops had been unloaded, ABDAFLOT showed up in strength. This was bad news indeed for my task force, and only the destroyer Kamikaze managed to survive the action.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Sorong at 82,107, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Kiso, Shell hits 25, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Kamikaze, Shell hits 2
DD Okikaze, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Amagisan Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Tokai Maru, Shell hits 21, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Houston, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Java
CL De Ruyter
CL Tromp
CL Danae
CL Dragon
CL Durban
CL Mauritius
CL Marblehead
CL Boise
DD John D. Ford
DD Pope
DD Banckert
DD Evertsen
DD Kortenaer
DD Piet Hein
DD Van Ghent
DD Stronghold
DD Electra
DD Encounter
DD Express
DD Jupiter

Improved night sighting under 100% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 100% moonlight: 12,000 yards
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 13,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
Japanese ships attempt to get underway
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
CA Houston engages CL Kiso at 8,000 yards
DD Okikaze engages CA Houston at 8,000 yards
DD Kamikaze engages CA Houston at 8,000 yards
CA Houston engages xAK Tokai Maru at 8,000 yards
CL Kiso engages CL Durban at 8,000 yards
CL Tromp engages CL Kiso at 8,000 yards
DD Evertsen engages DD Kamikaze at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards
CA Houston engages CL Kiso at 3,000 yards
DD Okikaze engages DD Evertsen at 3,000 yards
CL Marblehead engages DD Kamikaze at 3,000 yards
DD Evertsen engages xAK Tokai Maru at 3,000 yards
CL Kiso engages CL Tromp at 3,000 yards
DD Kamikaze engages DD Express at 3,000 yards
DD Okikaze sunk by DD Kortenaer at 3,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
CA Houston engages CL Kiso at 2,000 yards
DD Kamikaze engages DD Kortenaer at 2,000 yards
CA Houston engages xAK Tokai Maru at 2,000 yards
CL Kiso engages CL Mauritius at 2,000 yards
CL Kiso engages CL Tromp at 2,000 yards
DD Kortenaer engages xAK Tokai Maru at 2,000 yards
CL Kiso engages CA Houston at 2,000 yards
DD Kamikaze engages DD Kortenaer at 2,000 yards
DD Kortenaer engages xAK Tokai Maru at 2,000 yards
DD Kamikaze engages DD Express at 2,000 yards
DD Kamikaze engages DD Encounter at 2,000 yards
DD Kamikaze engages DD John D. Ford at 2,000 yards
CA Houston engages CL Kiso at 2,000 yards
CL Kiso engages CL Boise at 2,000 yards
DD Encounter engages xAK Amagisan Maru at 2,000 yards
DD Kamikaze engages DD Express at 2,000 yards
DD Kamikaze engages DD Evertsen at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 3,000 yards
CL Marblehead engages CL Kiso at 3,000 yards
CL Kiso engages CL Boise at 3,000 yards
CL Kiso engages CL Marblehead at 3,000 yards
DD Stronghold engages DD Kamikaze at 3,000 yards
Range increases to 4,000 yards
CL Marblehead engages CL Kiso at 4,000 yards
xAK Amagisan Maru sunk by DD Electra at 4,000 yards
Range increases to 6,000 yards
CA Houston engages CL Kiso at 6,000 yards
CL Boise engages CL Kiso at 6,000 yards
CL Kiso engages CL Durban at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
CL Kiso engages CA Houston at 10,000 yards
DD John D. Ford engages DD Kamikaze at 10,000 yards
CL Kiso engages CL Marblehead at 10,000 yards
CL Danae engages CL Kiso at 10,000 yards
DD Kortenaer engages DD Kamikaze at 10,000 yards
DD Kamikaze engages DD Pope at 10,000 yards
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
Task forces break off...

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RE: Turn 28 03 January, 1942 - 6/17/2010 1:17:10 PM

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Luckily all of the troops were off the transports, so I was able to complete the capture of Sorong during the ground combat phase.
About the only bright spot was that the Houston is reported sunk. I am not so sure that this report is true, but Houston is a good distance from safe harbor and if he moved at high speed after the combat it is possible that she foundered. If not, she will be out of the war for a good while.

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RE: Turn 28 03 January, 1942 - 6/17/2010 1:20:15 PM

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My other ships losses during the turn came from PBY Catalina delivered torpedo attacks. These planes are pesky and I must destroy all of them.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Cebu at 80,86

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Allied aircraft
PBY-4 Catalina x 12

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-4 Catalina: 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
AMC Bankok Maru
xAK Yamasimo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Mizuho Maru
xAP Palau Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PBY-4 Catalina launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Cebu at 80,85

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Allied aircraft
PBY-4 Catalina x 10

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-4 Catalina: 7 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Maebasi Maru
xAK Azuma Maru, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk

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

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x PBY-4 Catalina launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cebu at 80,86

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Allied aircraft
PBY-4 Catalina x 12

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-4 Catalina: 6 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Yamabiko Maru
AMC Bankok Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Tonan Maru
xAK Nozima Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PBY-4 Catalina launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cebu at 80,85

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
PBY-4 Catalina x 9

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-4 Catalina: 8 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Mito Maru, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Tarayasu Maru
xAP Kokuryu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PBY-4 Catalina launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo

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RE: Turn 28 03 January, 1942 - 6/17/2010 1:21:56 PM

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His forts also turned up in the skies over Bangkok, where he bombed the city.

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 13

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 16

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 8 damaged

Heavy Industry hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet *
City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet *
City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet *
City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet *
City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-27b Nate (4 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes

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RE: Turn 28 03 January, 1942 - 6/17/2010 1:26:02 PM

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During the turn, my fighters performed sweeps over Singapore and shot down several brewsters.

Also, during the land combat phase I captured Lucena, Iloilo, Sorong, and Dumaguete.

One of my armor units entered the Manila hex this turn. Under our historical rules, he must declare Manila an open city and evacuate it.

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Turn 29 04 January, 1942 - 6/18/2010 1:02:09 PM

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Turn 29 04 January, 1942

This was another fairly slow turn. My forces did capture Cebu and I conducted a fighter sweep over Singapore. Other than that not much happened.

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Turn 30 05 January, 1942 - 6/19/2010 9:22:02 PM

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Turn 30 05 January, 1942

Off San Francisco, I-4 tangled with an allied corvette and came away with damage. We will have to pull her off line for repairs.

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ASW attack near San Francisco at 217,71

Japanese Ships
SS I-4, hits 6

Allied Ships
KV Dawson

SS I-4 is located by KV Dawson
I-4 diving deep ....
KV Dawson attacking submerged sub ....
KV Dawson fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Dawson fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Dawson fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Dawson attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

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RE: Turn 30 05 January, 1942 - 6/19/2010 9:25:16 PM

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Off San Diego, the I-19 ran into two separate convoys on the same day. She was detected by the escorts before she could attack the first convoy, but she put four torpedoes into a British tanker on the second convoy.
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ASW attack near San Diego at 225,82

Japanese Ships
SS I-19, hits 2

Allied Ships
xAK Comliebank
xAK Lillian Luckenbach
xAK Steel Mariner
xAK Puerto Rican
DD Dunlap

SS I-19 is sighted by escort
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Dunlap attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-19 eludes ASW attack from DD Dunlap
DD Dunlap loses contact with SS I-19
SS I-19 eludes DD Dunlap by diving deep
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near San Diego at 225,82

Japanese Ships
SS I-19

Allied Ships
TK Seirstad, Torpedo hits 4, heavy damage
TK Falkefjell
DM Breese

SS I-19 launches 6 torpedoes at TK Seirstad
I-19 diving deep ....
DM Breese fails to find sub, continues to search...
DM Breese fails to find sub, continues to search...
DM Breese fails to find sub, continues to search...
DM Breese fails to find sub, continues to search...
DM Breese fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near San Diego at 225,82

Japanese Ships
SS I-19

Allied Ships
TK Gulfpride
DM Breese

SS I-19 is sighted by escort
DM Breese fails to find sub, continues to search...
DM Breese fails to find sub, continues to search...
DM Breese fails to find sub, continues to search...
DM Breese fails to find sub, continues to search...
DM Breese fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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RE: Turn 30 05 January, 1942 - 6/19/2010 9:28:43 PM

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On the land front, I took Lingayen, destroying a Philippine Infantry Division in the process.

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Ground combat at Lingayen (79,75)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 18793 troops, 253 guns, 187 vehicles, Assault Value = 561

Defending force 4871 troops, 101 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 179

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 235

Allied adjusted defense: 22

Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Lingayen !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
108 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
5013 casualties reported
Squads: 199 destroyed, 97 disabled
Non Combat: 215 destroyed, 129 disabled
Engineers: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 107 (99 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Units destroyed 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
38th Division
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
Kanno Detachment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion

Defending units:
11th PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division

On the air front, his catalinas continued their torpedo attacks, sinking three more ships off the north coast of Mindanao.

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RE: Turn 30 05 January, 1942 - 6/20/2010 4:39:12 AM

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Not sure what the fascination is with bombing Manilla those subs have dud torps for the whole war and you miss Catalinas /PBYs at PH that are far more dangerous , would love the historical 70 PYBs destroyed but allas 20 will do.

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Turn 31 06 January, 1942 - 6/20/2010 5:28:49 PM

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Turn 31 06 January, 1942

Not much happened of significance this turn. My forces captured Dadjangas and Bacolod in the Philippines. Chinese forces kicked me out of Kaoping and Hwainan in China. China is proving tougher than normal early on and I actually feel like I am on the defensive there.

Aircraft losses were again light for the turn.