jrcar
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5 Apr 1944 - Big Batles around Samulaki Indicators and Warnings Invasion force is now 9 hex from Wake. Can nothing stop the P-47 :( Subs ASW attack near Wessel Islands at 85,122 Japanese Ships SS I-169, hits 5 Allied Ships APD Fox APD Rathburne APD Noa APD Overton APD Herbert Sub attack near Damar at 74,113 Japanese Ships CV Zuikaku, Torpedo hits 1, on fire [16 Sys, 16 Float, 7 Damage: Air groups still fly] CA Furutaka CA Kumano CS Chiyoda DD Teruzuki DD Hayanami DD Suzunami DD Tamanami DD Kazegumo Allied Ships SS Tautog, hits 3 ASW attack near Saumlaki at 78,117 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-60, hits 9, heavy damage Allied Ships BB Pennsylvania BB West Virginia DD Nicholson DD Frankford DD Baldwin DD Lansdowne Thailand No change. Sumatra / Malaya No change. P-47 sweeps from Siboret (level 3 Afld in 3 days :() over Palembang. Won't be long now until the place is untenable... Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 47,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 35 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 44 Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 20 Japanese aircraft losses N1K2-J George: 3 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 15 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 1 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 22 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 14 Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 19 Japanese aircraft losses N1K2-J George: 2 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 8 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 6 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 7 Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 22 Japanese aircraft losses N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 21 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet East DEI We damage / Sink upto 5 CVE while suffering a sub hit to one of ours and light damage on another. About half our ground based air doesn't fly dueto weather. The airgroups on KB are fairly battered. KB will now withdraw. Samulaki then falls. Both our CV Tf and the allied reacted towards one another, despite no react and following a ASW TF, which then puts them in max range of the usually deadly B-25 We created some MTB and SSX last turn that manage to disrupt the landing and cause a bit of damage. Night Time Surface Combat, near Saumlaki at 78,117, Range 3,000 Yards Japanese Ships MTB G-550 MTB G-551 MTB G-552 MTB G-553 MTB G-15 MTB G-16 Allied Ships LCT-66 LCT-67 LCT-328 LCT-329 LCT-330 LCT-350, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage LCT-351 LCT-352 LCT-354 LCT-355 LCT-356 LCT-362 LCT-470 LCT-471 LCT-472 LCT-473, Shell hits 1 LCT-474, Shell hits 1 LCT-475 LCT-476 LCT-477 LCT-478, Shell hits 4, on fire LCM 532A LCM 532B LCM 532C LCM 532D, Shell hits 4, and is sunk LCM 532E LCM 533B LCM 533C LCM 542A LCM 542B LCM 542C LCM 542D LCM 542E LCM 543A LCM 543B LCM 543C, Shell hits 1 LCM 543D LCM 543E LCM 592A LCM 592B LCM 592D, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage LCM 592E, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage LCVP 592J LCM 593A, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage LCM 593B, Shell hits 5, and is sunk LCM 593D LCM 593E, Shell hits 2, heavy fires LCVP 593F LCVP 593G LCVP 593H LCVP 593J, Shell hits 1 LCVP 593K LCVP 593L LCVP 593M Allied ground losses: 182 casualties reported Squads: 12 destroyed, 21 disabled Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 20 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled) Night Time Surface Combat, near Saumlaki at 78,117, Range 7,000 Yards Japanese Ships MTB G-550 MTB G-551 MTB G-552, Shell hits 1, and is sunk MTB G-553, Shell hits 1, and is sunk MTB G-15, Shell hits 6, and is sunk MTB G-16, Shell hits 8, and is sunk Allied Ships AO Brazos AO Cuyama AO Kanawha AO Neches KV Quesnel PF Gascoyne DE Godavari AO Kurumba Then our strikes go in: Morning Air attack on TF, near Saumlaki at 78,116 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 117 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 38 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 19 A6M5b Zero x 106 B6N2 Jill x 41 B6N2a Jill x 33 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 104 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M5b Zero: 13 destroyed B6N2 Jill: 16 destroyed, 10 damaged B6N2 Jill: 3 destroyed by flak B6N2a Jill: 17 destroyed, 2 damaged B6N2a Jill: 1 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 3 destroyed Allied Ships CVE Kitkun Bay, Torpedo hits 1 CVE St. Lo, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CVE Breton, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk CVE Anzio, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk CVL Independence CVE White Plains, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Morning Air attack on TF, near Saumlaki at 78,116 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 111 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 36 minutes Japanese aircraft D4Y3 Judy x 35 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 41 Ki-84r Frank x 6 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 95 Japanese aircraft losses D4Y3 Judy: 10 destroyed, 2 damaged D4Y3 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 5 destroyed Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed Allied Ships CVE Kitkun Bay, on fire BB Arizona CVL Independence Morning Air attack on TF, near Saumlaki at 78,117 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5b Zero x 10 B6N2 Jill x 5 Japanese aircraft losses B6N2 Jill: 2 damaged Allied Ships CA Portland LCI-444, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Brown, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Saumlaki at 78,116 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 103 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 34 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 9 A6M5b Zero x 73 B6N2a Jill x 17 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 38 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M5b Zero: 6 destroyed B6N2a Jill: 10 destroyed, 1 damaged B6N2a Jill: 1 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed Allied Ships CVE Barnes Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Taberfane at 81,117 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 8 A6M5b Zero x 17 B6N2a Jill x 11 Japanese aircraft losses B6N2a Jill: 3 damaged Allied Ships PF Gascoyne, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk AO Brazos, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk DE Godavari Followed by his, he mainly has fighters on the CVE's Morning Air attack on TF, near Damar at 75,114 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 38 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 8 A6M5b Zero x 72 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 21 SB2C-1C Helldiver x 27 SBD-5 Dauntless x 27 TBF-1 Avenger x 33 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed SB2C-1C Helldiver: 14 destroyed, 5 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 12 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak TBF-1 Avenger: 10 destroyed, 6 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships CV Shokaku CV Zuikaku, on fire [16 Sys, 16 Float, 7 Damage from sub hit] CVL Shoho CV Akagi CV Hiryu CV Katsuragi, Bomb hits 2, on fire [49 Sys, 19 Float, 12 Eng] We then manage to fight off about 6 attacks by B25, shooting down around 20 of the enemy in the process, but at any stage was expecting a bad result :(... didn't happen though :) Finally Nell from Koepang arrive: Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Saumlaki at 78,117 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5b Zero x 3 G3M3 Nell x 47 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 13 damaged G3M3 Nell: 4 destroyed by flak Allied Ships LCI-400 LST-121 CLAA Prince Robert AK Lyra LST-166 DD Duncan LCI-63 CA Portland LST-451 CL Concord DD Carmick LCI-332, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Finally the ground attack. Ground combat at Saumlaki (78,117) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 28800 troops, 584 guns, 699 vehicles, Assault Value = 1192 Defending force 5568 troops, 58 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 88 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5 Allied adjusted assault: 1881 Japanese adjusted defense: 117 Allied assault odds: 16 to 1 (fort level 5) Allied forces CAPTURE Saumlaki !!! Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses A6M5b Zero: 4 destroyed D4Y3 Judy: 5 destroyed B6N2 Jill: 6 destroyed Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1316 casualties reported Squads: 19 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 36 disabled Engineers: 93 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 23 (18 destroyed, 5 disabled) Vehicles lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 468 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 63 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled) Assaulting units: 8th Australian Division 24th (Sep) Infantry Regiment 2/4th Armoured Regiment 1st Army Tank Regiment 33rd Infantry Division 30th Australian Brigade 4th Field Artillery Battalion 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 2/11th Field Regiment 1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion 16th USN Naval Construction Battalion 44th USN Naval Construction Battalion 18th USN Naval Construction Battalion I Australian Corps 1st Medium Regiment Defending units: 1st Ind. Engineer Regiment 3rd Indpt SNLF Coy 4th Raiding Regiment 146th Infantry Rgt /3 46th JAAF AF Bn 21st Air Flotilla 41st Field AA Battalion 55th JNAF AF Unit 51st JAAF AF Bn OZ Pacific The raiders are now moving through the Iwo Jima / Pagan gap: Morning Air attack on TF, near Iwo-jima at 103,81 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 13 G3M3 Nell x 13 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 3 damaged G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak Allied Ships CL Biloxi, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage China A victory of sorts, we hit five CVE, sinking at least two, an AO and a few other ships for no loss. We have two banged up CV's though, and our Kate airgroups are again decimated (well much more than 1 in 10!). Samulaki falls, however we are forcing him to commit strong forces every time, which will slow him down.
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