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3 June 1942
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subs: KXVIII finds the CS convoy between Soerabaja and Macassar but a PB scoots in the way of torpedo and goes down immediately. I'd have probably rather had the xAKL go down. 
Halibut duds on a supply convoy escort near the islands south of Tokyo. In spite of the mines here, and subs seen moving through the island hexes, I've heard no mine hitting sounds yet.
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So Pac: It's good I included the very nice pic of the Kashima yesterday. Here is one of the Katori as a kind of memorial as well. In spite of the care taken to stay at 8-10 hex range to scout with the Jakes the 'blip' ships move about 12 hexes up to just south of Norfolk Island and send several waves of SBD and TBD escorted by Wilcats to decimate the scout force as well as downing one very valuable oiler that was trailing with 3 DMS escorts. Only 2 E make an escape to tell the tale.
This is a serious downer. After not losing a major combat ship up to this point in the war, the loss of these two cruisers and the fast AO hits harder than it probably should. Being trainers they are slow and underarmed, but have good range and should have been good in the scout role. This is a facet of the game that has not gone well for the IJN so far. Bad timing and not enough care taken in this case.
On the flip side, this is good intel. The rollover from the Jake spotting and most likely our Mavis search as well shows two TFs with about 10-12 ships each. The number of planes would suggest that at least 3-4 US CVs are present. The Mini-KB should be safe for at least two weeks, and may use this window to land forces in vulnerable positions such as Esperance. This will wait for recon to check this area however.
The Central Pacific is in turn safe for now and raiding scout forces with long range AVs and some surface forces will prepare immediately to head to the deep southern Pacific. Hopefully I can keep these a bit more hidden and slightly safer than this force. It is worth the risk if I can catch something with troops or planes on it though, or a fat bunch of TKs. The Jake pilots are all now trained to 70 search and 70 low naval bombing for attacks from AVs and CS ships. Akitushima will also carry 1/3 of a Rufe group for some cover from Cats and other bombers.
This also leaves No Pac completely vulnerable. Nothing will happen until later in the summer, but maybe by early September forces could be assembled to hit Alaska proper. It would at least be entertaining! A lot can happen before then though, and Wasp could be sent that direction as well.
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Norfolk Island at 113,168
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 26
F4F-4 Wildcat x 26
SBD-2 Dauntless x 45
SBD-3 Dauntless x 75
TBD-1 Devastator x 35
Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 damaged
Japanese Ships
CL Kashima, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
DMS W-2, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk
DMS W-10, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
AO Toei Maru, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DMS W-8, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
CL Katori, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
E Hachijo
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
3 x SBD-2 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
11 x TBD-1 Devastator launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
7 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
3 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
12 x TBD-1 Devastator launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
3 x SBD-2 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
3 x SBD-2 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
12 x TBD-1 Devastator launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
3 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
3 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
12 x SBD-2 Dauntless releasing from 10000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
12 x SBD-2 Dauntless releasing from 10000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
12 x SBD-2 Dauntless releasing from 10000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
12 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 10000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
12 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 10000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 10000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 10000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DMS W-2
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DMS W-10
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AO Toei Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Katori
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Kashima
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Norfolk Island at 113,168
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Allied aircraft
TBD-1 Devastator x 12
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x TBD-1 Devastator launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
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West Australia: Nells destroy 7 more squads form the Derby base force. The G3M3s from Broome were scheduled to fly the 23 hex attack to Perth again and didn't go in spite of decent weather. There is decent supply, around 7,000, and an air HQ here. I may have to just wait a few more days until Carnarvon makes a level 3 field.
China: A surprise at Chihkiang. Our bombing destroys 7 P-40 on the ground and damages another 48! (I'm fairly sure the damage numbers are not accurate). After the turn my opponent informed me he thought he had enough supply to run a CAP here to surprise the bombers (which are always escorted by 30 Oscars and usually behind a sweep of another 12-15). Instead at least one group of the AVG is caught on the ground and the planes can't fly. The base is hovering daily between 40 and 70 damage to the fields according to my roll-overs so this was a tenuous play even with good supply. Now these will be mercilessly hit day after day, and there is a stack of 6,000 AV about 7 days away.
As it's close to the withdrawal date for the AVG I wonder if the the group is in one piece and will be able to withdraw? Could be a major PP loss if not, especially if our stack decides to attack across the river to the other Chinese Army in the trees on the road to Chungking and just leaves them there.
In far NW China Hami is taken by the 3 tank units today. This gives a small supply boost as 364 supply was left by the Chinese here. A good win against even odds, but the armor really is twice it's AV strength against the Chinese. These units will pursue and attempt to destroy the Chinese forces before they can reach the good terrain and supply at Urumchi. That is the ultimate goal out here, but is not likely to fall as easily considering it must have forts and plenty of supply, as well a a better defensive force if I recall correctly. It's worth the effort though even if I just sit these units there in the base hex so the industry shuts down and wait for them to get low on supply, especially if there are air forces there. Although I guess they could bomb our tanks. We'll see what happens.
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Ground combat at Hami (81,17)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 1985 troops, 4 guns, 186 vehicles, Assault Value = 120
Defending force 3406 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 123
Japanese adjusted assault: 108
Allied adjusted defense: 37
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Hami !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
319 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 36 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
2028 casualties reported
Squads: 36 destroyed, 59 disabled
Non Combat: 29 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 2
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
20th Recon Regiment
13th Tank Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
Defending units:
9th Separate Brigade
21st Chinese Base Force
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