jrcar
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8 Feb 1943 Air Battles continue in Burma. Indicators and Warnings Subs Our ASW efforts and re-routing of ships has been effective. Taking us more effort hoevere we aren't loosing ships. Burma He doesn't reinforce the troops at Bhamo, we had almost 200 aircraft on LRCAP there, they are now blown and need rest. Our combat strength there is now up to 120 AV, so it looks to be safe. The bloody air battles continue over our div in the open, we are loosing more aircraft (50 odd to 30), but only 11 pilots. Again P-38 are the main problem for us. We manage to maintain some form ofCAp, and turn back about half of the B-25 in the end. Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 11 A6M3a Zero x 30 A6M5 Zero x 24 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 47 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 14 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 8 A6M3a Zero x 23 A6M5 Zero x 17 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 43 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 10 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIc Trop: 3 destroyed Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 8 A6M3a Zero x 21 A6M5 Zero x 13 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 33 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 13 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 8 A6M3a Zero x 20 A6M5 Zero x 9 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 20 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 14 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIc Trop: 3 destroyed Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 7 A6M3a Zero x 17 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 12 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed No Allied losses Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 7 A6M3a Zero x 12 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 13 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed No Allied losses Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 5 A6M3a Zero x 5 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIc x 14 Liberator II x 12 Wellington Ic x 18 DB-7B x 9 B-17E Fortress x 9 B-24D Liberator x 21 B-25C Mitchell x 66 P-40K Warhawk x 41 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Liberator II: 1 damaged Wellington Ic: 3 damaged B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 689 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 40 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 20 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 5 A6M3a Zero x 2 A6M5 Zero x 1 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 15 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 14 P-38G Lightning x 2 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed No Allied losses Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIc x 13 Wellington Ic x 9 P-40E Warhawk x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Beaufighter VIc: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 4 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 10 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 2 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 4 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 3 damaged DEI OZ Pacific Suprise attack nets a number of pesky PT's Morning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 69 No Japanese losses Allied Ships PT-36, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk PT-123, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk PT-119, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk PT-38, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk PT-60, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk PT-122, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk PT-82, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk PT-84, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 1 China We attack at Tuyun, the Chinese are holding so far... Ground combat at Tuyun (74,51) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 23092 troops, 193 guns, 218 vehicles, Assault Value = 895 Defending force 16956 troops, 172 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 544 Japanese adjusted assault: 407 Allied adjusted defense: 262 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 830 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 73 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled) Allied ground losses: 946 casualties reported Squads: 52 destroyed, 75 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Guns lost 17 (2 destroyed, 15 disabled) Assaulting units: 15th Naval Guard Unit 3rd Mobile Infantry Regiment 6th/A Division 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment 3rd Recon Battalion 104th/A Division 2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment 6th/B Division 15th Const Co Defending units: 88th Chinese Corps 5th Chinese Cavalry Corps 50th Chinese Corps 3rd New Chinese Corps A Chinese Cavalry Corps crosses the river at Tuyun quicker than we expected, this gives them an escape route... bugger. Ground combat at Tuyun (74,51) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 935 troops, 34 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 465 Defending force 22604 troops, 204 guns, 218 vehicles, Assault Value = 751 Allied adjusted assault: 0 Japanese adjusted defense: 1492 Allied assault odds: 1 to 99 (fort level 3) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Allied ground losses: 219 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Guns lost 17 (2 destroyed, 15 disabled) Assaulting units: 5th Chinese Cavalry Corps 50th Chinese Corps 88th Chinese Corps 3rd New Chinese Corps Defending units: 2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment 15th Naval Guard Unit 3rd Mobile Infantry Regiment 3rd Recon Battalion 104th/A Division 6th/A Division 6th/B Division 15th Const Co Our aircrew in Burma can do one more day and then need to rest... the enemy must be in a similar position.
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