jrcar
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Joined: 4/19/2002 From: Seymour, Australia Status: offline
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29 Dec 1942 Cap Trap works! Indicators and Warnings Subs Lots of sub action. Submarine attack near Enderbury Island at 154,143 Japanese Ships SS I-8 Allied Ships xAK Makiki, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage xAK Makiki is sighted by SS I-8 SS I-8 attacking on the surface Sub attack near Dadjangas at 79,94 Japanese Ships PB Tatsumiya Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage PB Chitose Maru #2 Allied Ships SS Saury Burma Just to keep him honestandlooking in multiple directions our ships bombard, results are ok. Night Naval bombardment of Cox's Bazar at 54,43 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIc Trop: 18 damaged Japanese Ships CA Suzuya CA Chokai CA Atago Allied ground losses: 144 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 25 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Airbase hits 21 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 46 Port hits 6 Port fuel hits 2 Not a great start to our CAP Trap, P38 are a nightmare to fight :( Morning Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 78 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 155 Allied aircraft P-38F Lightning x 8 P-38G Lightning x 25 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38F Lightning: 1 destroyed P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed Despite the strong CAP the bombers get through with relatively minor losses, his escorts do well keeping our fighters away: Morning Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 74 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 138 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 16 Liberator II x 3 Vengeance I x 31 Hurricane XIIb x 16 A-24 Banshee x 16 B-17E Fortress x 12 B-24D Liberator x 15 B-25C Mitchell x 51 B-26 Marauder x 6 P-40K Warhawk x 50 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 1 damaged A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 5 damaged Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIc Trop: 2 destroyed Vengeance I: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Hurricane XIIb: 1 destroyed A-24 Banshee: 6 destroyed B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged P-40K Warhawk: 3 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 43 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Airbase hits 35 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 112 The follow up raids though get mauled. Morning Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 69 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 127 Allied aircraft Liberator II x 12 B-25C Mitchell x 11 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Liberator II: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 1 Morning Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 66 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 118 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 9 B-26B Marauder x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged B-26B Marauder: 7 destroyed Morning Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 59 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 106 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged DEI OZ This is the fate that will soon be on Darwins door : Morning Air attack on Sasebo 6th SNLF, at 76,128 (Katherine) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 30 B-17F Fortress x 28 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 174 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Pacific China Ichang is about to change hnds for about the 10th time in the game, we take it, then abandon it, hoping Andrew comes back, so we can then trash the defenders! Ground combat at Ichang (83,48) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 690 troops, 0 guns, 103 vehicles, Assault Value = 58 Defending force 1845 troops, 53 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 75 Japanese adjusted assault: 84 Allied adjusted defense: 83 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+) Allied ground losses: 66 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 9th Tank Regiment Defending units: 8th Chinese Corps The Armour trashs the Corps in the open NW of Liuchow, this is a significant operational victory as it opesn the inland route up... Ground combat at 74,54 (near Liuchow) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 10646 troops, 128 guns, 1086 vehicles, Assault Value = 499 Defending force 5721 troops, 23 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 238 Japanese adjusted assault: 422 Allied adjusted defense: 36 Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled) Allied ground losses: 2937 casualties reported Squads: 101 destroyed, 153 disabled Non Combat: 58 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 7 disabled Guns lost 10 (5 destroyed, 5 disabled) Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 12th Tank Regiment 5th Armored Car Co 18th Tank Regiment 13th Tank Regiment 2nd Tank Division Defending units: 88th Chinese Corps A very good turn for us, expect Andrew to lick his wounds in Burma for a while!
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