GreyJoy
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Oct 20, 21 1944 Ok guys, another chapter of history of the western civilization has begun to be written: The Struggle for life of Sadogashima! Rader started to send in in midget subs and his motor torpedo boats (i'm sure the big boys will pay a visit anytime soon), followed by hundreds of 3rd and 4th generation fighters sweeping the skies and by 200 Helens that bombed the base merciless. I hadn't abbandoned the idea of defending the waters and the skies around and above my outpost. My DDs managed somehow to keep the motor boats and the midgets at bay (a part from a lonely LSI that has been sunk while delivering a seabee battallion). The day was characterized by the fourtyeight australian aces who did wonders against Shidens, KI-83 (gosh these are vastly superior to anything i have) and KI-84-Rs... We achieved a solid 3-1 in our favour (the australian were helped in the effort by 60 Corsairs on LRCAP which were fragments from the carrier battle...) and the base is still open, despite being very damaged. I need more engineers there. Was a mistake of mine not to send enough engineers... However we delivered some more 40k supplies today...and the base now has 68k supplies... it will be a race for life... the kind of battleground that i prefer. Our 2 Australian Squadrons lost 2 pilots and 10 got wounded...but they surely brought with them to hell a lot more japanese fanatic pilots. His kamikaze managed to slip through at 40 feet and sunk a CL (an old one) and several AKAs... but we're still there, fighting! NO FEAR! we're gonna see some very interesting turns from now on... Now i will give the ozzies a break and send them back to Hakodate to rest and refit. They will be substituted by P-38s and P-47s on LRCAP duties. We're also trying to open an air bridge with 700 transport planes and a train of barges is already active. The APDs will try to do their own part and several ASW TFs and DD Divisions will be sent to those dangerous waters. This will be their highest hour! Man...i love this game! PS: Rader has doubts about the night bombing effects. I gotta say that the results we achieved (reported by Rader himself) are vastly superior to what we have seen last night during our test runs (during our conference call we spent 1 hour testing the night bombing effects against manpower)...don't know what to say sincerly....gotta think about it... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Sadogashima at 114,56, Range 2,000 Yards Japanese Ships ML G-322, Shell hits 1, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Luce DD Wickes DD Young DD Cassin Young -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Sadogashima at 114,56, Range 2,000 Yards Japanese Ships MTB G-843 MTB G-846 MTB G-231, Shell hits 1, and is sunk MTB G-234, Shell hits 1, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Luce DD Wickes DD Young DD Cassin Young -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Sadogashima at 114,56, Range 2,000 Yards Japanese Ships MTB G-843 MTB G-846 Allied Ships CL Caradoc DD Dewey DD Peary AKA Algol AKA Thuban AKA Virgo AKA Centarus AKA Aquarius AKA Jupiter AKA Arneb AKA Chara AKA Capricornus AKA Tolland, Shell hits 1 AKA Uvalde AKA Andromeda DD De Haven II DD Blue II -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Sadogashima at 114,56, Range 2,000 Yards Japanese Ships SC Ch 61, Shell hits 9, and is sunk SC Ch 63, Shell hits 13, and is sunk SC CHa-85, Shell hits 8, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Killen DD Yarnall, Shell hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Sadogashima at 114,56 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-12, hits 8, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Hailey DD Evans DD Stembel DD Hall -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 23 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 33 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 29 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 30 B-29-1 Superfort x 44 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged B-29-1 Superfort: 5 damaged Manpower hits 75 Fires 33640 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sadogashima , at 114,56 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 140 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 36 minutes Japanese aircraft J7W1 Shinden x 55 N1K1-J George x 3 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 48 The ANGELS OF SADOGASHIMA F4U-1A Corsair x 84 Japanese aircraft losses J7W1 Shinden: 9 destroyed!!!!!! Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed No.75 Sqn RAAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 10 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 18000 and 31000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes No.79 Sqn RAAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 10 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 31000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sadogashima , at 114,56 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 39 minutes Japanese aircraft J7W1 Shinden x 4 Ki-84a Frank x 2 Ki-84r Frank x 79 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 47 F4U-1A Corsair x 67 Japanese aircraft losses J7W1 Shinden: 1 destroyed Ki-84r Frank: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed F4U-1A Corsair: 3 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sadogashima , at 114,56 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 118 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Japanese aircraft J7W1 Shinden x 1 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 20 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 24 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 179 Ki-100-I Tony x 130 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 44 F4U-1A Corsair x 42 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 damaged Ki-49-IIb Helen: 2 damaged Ki-100-I Tony: 36 destroyed No Allied losses Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 15 Port hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Sadogashima at 114,56 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 15 J2M3 Jack x 7 J7W1 Shinden x 6 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 11 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 30 F4U-1A Corsair x 26 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 6 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sadogashima , at 114,56 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 157 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 38 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-83 x 41 these are the best fighters... Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 21 F4U-1A Corsair x 15 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-83: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Spitfire VIII: 3 destroyed F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sadogashima , at 114,56 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 157 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 38 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-83 x 31 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 7 F4U-1A Corsair x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-83: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sadogashima , at 114,56 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 111 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84r Frank x 24 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 3 F4U-1A Corsair x 1 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Sadogashima at 114,56 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 35 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-36 Ida x 10 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-36 Ida: 4 destroyed Ki-36 Ida: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships DD Evans DD Hall DD Stembel Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-36 Ida flying as kamikaze Kamikaze: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 21, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Sadogashima at 114,56 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-58 Allied Ships LSI(L) Kanimbla, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled LSI(L) Kanimbla is sighted by SSX Ha-58 SSX Ha-58 launches 2 torpedoes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sadogashima , at 114,56 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 188 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 46 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 2 Ki-84r Frank x 64 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 33 F4U-1A Corsair x 62 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84r Frank: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 5 destroyed No.75 Sqn RAAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 6 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 30000 and 35000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes No.79 Sqn RAAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 7 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 28000 and 34000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sadogashima , at 114,56 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 157 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 49 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 21 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 155 Ki-100-I Tony x 73 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 30 F4U-1A Corsair x 37 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 5 destroyed Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Ki-100-I Tony: 9 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Spitfire VIII: 6 damaged Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed on ground Allied ground losses: 40 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 15 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 44 Port hits 5 No.75 Sqn RAAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes No.79 Sqn RAAF with Spitfire VIII (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 13 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 36000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sadogashima , at 114,56 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 154 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-83 x 36 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 26 F4U-1A Corsair x 21 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-83: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Spitfire VIII: 3 destroyed F4U-1A Corsair: 4 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sadogashima , at 114,56 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 39 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-83 x 31 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 15 F4U-1A Corsair x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-83: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Spitfire VIII: 2 destroyed F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Sadogashima at 114,56 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 38,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 21 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 10 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 12 destroyed Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 2 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships AKA Chara DD Dewey CL Caradoc, Kamikaze hits 4, on fire, heavy damage AKA Capricornus, Kamikaze hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD De Haven II AKA Jupiter, Kamikaze hits 1 AKA Arneb, Kamikaze hits 2, on fire AKA Tolland, Kamikaze hits 1 DD Blue II AKA Algol Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-43-IIIa Oscar flying as kamikaze Kamikaze: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sadogashima , at 114,56 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84r Frank x 13 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Sadogashima , at 114,56 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 139 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 36 minutes Japanese aircraft J2M3 Jack x 7 J7W1 Shinden x 22 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 48 Japanese aircraft losses J2M3 Jack: 3 destroyed J7W1 Shinden: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed
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