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RE: Wild Sheep's Chase - obvert (J) vs JocMeister (A) - 6/30/2012 1:07:46 PM

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How close is this ship list VP tally compare to your actual VP's? I generally see +25%, sometimes as great as +40%. I make notes about which ships I'm sure are sunk (as they correlate to the VP's), which ones I'm pretty sure are FOW, and then there are always the ones I'm not sure about ...

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RE: Wild Sheep's Chase - obvert (J) vs JocMeister (A) - 6/30/2012 4:49:48 PM

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The losses of those CVs will hurt him, for sure, but not that much as one may think...there are a lot pf approaching routes that don t need the cv support...obviously you won't have to fear a big allied leap for some time, which is damn good for the japs....

Contrats !

He has lost all of China, which should make Burma tougher. But I agree. There are options, especially with the LSTs coming online next month. They should enable small quick-unloading operations in places the KB is not.

It's great to win this, but many Allied players have shown that winning a battle or two as Japan means little in the end.

he could always land unexpected in Hokkaido in a year ...ok, sorry, that was a bit selfish

Not really selffish GreyJoy .. your AAR is a lesson for JFB's that they can sink everything in the world and capture huge tracts of land .. but in mid '44 the Allies get some really powerfull toys that if the IJ have not prepared well .. the Allies can pull off a huge surprise throwing a monkey wrench into the best laid plans ..

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RE: Wild Sheep's Chase - obvert (J) vs JocMeister (A) - 6/30/2012 7:00:13 PM

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he could always land unexpected in Hokkaido in a year ...ok, sorry, that was a bit selfish

Not really selffish GreyJoy .. your AAR is a lesson for JFB's that they can sink everything in the world and capture huge tracts of land .. but in mid '44 the Allies get some really powerfull toys that if the IJ have not prepared well .. the Allies can pull off a huge surprise throwing a monkey wrench into the best laid plans ..

Lets just say, the Kuriles are well built up and there is search all over the North Central Pacific on AVs stationed as pickets. GJ taught us all a lesson and I for one have at least tried to take it on to be prepared up there.

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RE: Wild Sheep's Chase - obvert (J) vs JocMeister (A) - 6/30/2012 7:18:20 PM

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ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

How close is this ship list VP tally compare to your actual VP's?� I generally see +25%, sometimes as great as +40%.� I make notes about which ships I'm sure are sunk (as they correlate to the VP's), which ones I'm pretty sure are FOW, and then there are always the ones I'm not sure about ...

Ok. Here is the VP total from the Info screen.

The only problem is that I'm not sure I want to count all of this out! It's tough to figure out which are for sure sunk as the names and places of sinking are often seemingly FOW as well. Quite a few were also sunk in port at Perth, Sydney and elsewhere, and that's really hard to figure out.

I think the Enterprise should be on the list (85% chance), and there is a 20-30% chance the Yorktown is as well. I suspect it's in Suva though. I'm fine with not being sure. I have enough subs on station that I should be able to find out one way or another soon enough.

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RE: Wild Sheep's Chase - obvert (J) vs JocMeister (A) - 6/30/2012 8:45:44 PM

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ORIGINAL: obvert

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ORIGINAL: Crackaces

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he could always land unexpected in Hokkaido in a year ...ok, sorry, that was a bit selfish

Not really selffish GreyJoy .. your AAR is a lesson for JFB's that they can sink everything in the world and capture huge tracts of land .. but in mid '44 the Allies get some really powerfull toys that if the IJ have not prepared well .. the Allies can pull off a huge surprise throwing a monkey wrench into the best laid plans ..

Lets just say, the Kuriles are well built up and there is search all over the North Central Pacific on AVs stationed as pickets. GJ taught us all a lesson and I for one have at least tried to take it on to be prepared up there.

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Lets just say, the Kuriles are well built up and there is search all over the North Central Pacific on AVs stationed as pickets. GJ taught us all a lesson and I for one have at least tried to take it on to be prepared up there.

My reference to Grey Joys Hokkaido Hurricane is just one facet. One pattern I keep reading in AAR's is that the IJ under the guise of offensive initiative keep attacking and then the toys come either the mid 43 toys or the mid 44 toys ...and then the IJ are smashed ... Hokkadio is just one vulnerable point . as Grey Joy just did not decide to attack Hokkadio but he used the plithora of intelligence to asertain that Hokkadio was the weak point .. if the IJ do not prepare as a strategy the defensive line and do it not under stress .. the toys will come and kick butt ..

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RE: Wild Sheep's Chase - obvert (J) vs JocMeister (A) - 6/30/2012 9:01:32 PM

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13-14 December 1942
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Simply reorganizing sub patrols and getting ships back to Tulagi to be patched up.

subs: Several ASW TFs working the area West of Fiji. I'll pull the subs back farther where they'll be less likely to be spotted by air.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 13, 42
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ASW attack near Nadi at 130,160

Japanese Ships
SS I-174

Allied Ships
DD Hammann
DD Aaron Ward
DD Sims

SS I-174 is located by DD Hammann
I-174 diving deep ....
DD Hammann fails to find sub and abandons search

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ASW attack near Nadi at 129,160

Japanese Ships
SS RO-64, hits 3

Allied Ships
SC-639
SC-738
SC-700

SS RO-64 is sighted by escort
SC-738 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC-700 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-700 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-700 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-700 attacking submerged sub ....
SC-700 cannot establish contact with SS RO-64
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Nadi at 129,161

Japanese Ships
SS RO-66, hits 1

Allied Ships
SC-518
SC-638
SC-520

SS RO-66 launches 2 torpedoes at SC-518
RO-66 diving deep ....
SC-638 attacking submerged sub ....
SC-520 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC-638 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-638 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-638 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-638 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 14, 42
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ASW attack near Nadi at 129,160

Japanese Ships
SS I-32, hits 3

Allied Ships
DD Arrow
DD Woodworth

SS I-32 is sighted by escort
I-32 diving deep ....
DD Arrow fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Woodworth attacking submerged sub ....
DD Woodworth cannot establish contact with SS I-32
DD Woodworth attacking submerged sub ....
DD Woodworth cannot establish contact with SS I-32
DD Woodworth fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Woodworth fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Woodworth fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Nadi at 129,160

Japanese Ships
SS RO-64, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Farenholt
DD Arrow
DD Woodworth

SS RO-64 is sighted by escort
RO-64 diving deep ....
DD Arrow fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Woodworth attacking submerged sub ....
SS RO-64 eludes DD Woodworth by diving deep
DD Woodworth fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Woodworth fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Woodworth attacking submerged sub ....
DD Woodworth is out of ASW ammo
DD Woodworth is out of ASW ammo
DD Woodworth is out of ASW ammo
DD Woodworth is out of ASW ammo
DD Woodworth attacking submerged sub ....
DD Woodworth is out of ASW ammo
DD Woodworth is out of ASW ammo
DD Woodworth is out of ASW ammo
DD Woodworth is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Nadi at 129,160

Japanese Ships
SS I-22, hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Frazier
DD Aaron Ward
DD Hammann
DD Sims

SS I-22 is located by DD Frazier
I-22 diving deep ....
DD Hammann attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hammann loses contact with SS I-22
DD Sims fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hammann fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hammann attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hammann cannot reach attack position over SS I-22
SS I-22 eludes DD Hammann by diving deep
DD Hammann fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hammann attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-22 eludes DD Hammann by diving deep
DD Hammann loses contact with SS I-22
DD Hammann fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Nadi at 128,159

Japanese Ships
SS RO-63, hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Farenholt
DD Arrow

SS RO-63 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Farenholt
RO-63 diving deep ....
DD Arrow fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arrow fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arrow fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arrow fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arrow attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Nadi at 125,163

Japanese Ships
SS I-27

Allied Ships
DD Nepal
DD Foxhound

SS I-27 is sighted by escort
I-27 diving deep ....
DD Nepal fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Foxhound fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Foxhound fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Foxhound fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Foxhound attacking submerged sub ....
DD Foxhound fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Foxhound fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Nadi at 127,159

Japanese Ships
SS RO-33, hits 3

Allied Ships
DD Arrow

SS RO-33 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Arrow
DD Arrow fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arrow attacking submerged sub ....
DD Arrow is out of ASW ammo
DD Arrow is out of ASW ammo
DD Arrow is out of ASW ammo
DD Arrow is out of ASW ammo
DD Arrow is out of ASW ammo
DD Arrow fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arrow fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arrow fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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So Pac: The KB returns to cheers from the base at Tulagi. The Zuiho, Shoho and Ryujo are placed pierside, as are several DDs and teh CLAA Tenryu.

Several more ships are sent to the HI for upgrades.

Burma: Nothing. All action in the air has come to a standstill here. For the next turn I will bring bombers in and start hitting bases, especially Ledo.

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The economy is chugging right along. The goal of 1 million in the HI reserve by the beginning of 43 will be met and slightly surpassed.

I'll be tweaking the merchant ships production as well since I've reached the end of my surplus there.

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RE: Wild Sheep's Chase - obvert (J) vs JocMeister (A) - 7/1/2012 12:36:44 PM

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R n D - 'no upgrades'
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Something just happened that I do not understand. In my A6M5 research factories, the color went blue at the beginning of December to show I presume that there was less than a month left until production was possible. The numbers began counting up on the side of those factories as well. Like A6M5 (34).

I had 'no upgrades' checked. As it has worked before, this meant that the factories would remain as R n D factories once the research of that model was complete. I let the factory keep going, counting up toward (100) thinking I could only change it over to the next model in line once the research was complete. Once it reached (100) they changed to production factories!

I have not had this happen during other change-overs. From A6M3 to A6M3a it worked fine, and they stayed as research. What went wrong?

This is 100 research factories lost and the next model is 16 months away, so not only will that mean a lot of supply and HI to fix it, but a much longer wait to get that next model.

Any ideas?

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RE: Wild Sheep's Chase - obvert (J) vs JocMeister (A) - 7/1/2012 1:14:35 PM

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Maybe bug or something. Try to post it in tech forum.

Are you 100% sure that "no upgrade" was ordered.
I newer have this problem as i am micromanage person and i am changing my factories manually.

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RE: Wild Sheep's Chase - obvert (J) vs JocMeister (A) - 7/1/2012 1:20:19 PM

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Maybe bug or something. Try to post it in tech forum.

Are you 100% sure that "no upgrade" was ordered.
I newer have this problem as i am micromanage person and i am changing my factories manually.

I also change my factories manually. It has nothing to do with trying to change it. It changed to production by itself.

I'm positive that upgrade was clicked 'no' as it was still that way when it went to a production factory.

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RE: Wild Sheep's Chase - obvert (J) vs JocMeister (A) - 7/1/2012 1:30:55 PM

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Yeah, post in Tech forum ASAP with savegame and IM Michael your password. Should have worked and it is understandably a big deal.

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RE: Wild Sheep's Chase - obvert (J) vs JocMeister (A) - 7/1/2012 4:36:43 PM

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Yeah, post in Tech forum ASAP with savegame and IM Michael your password. Should have worked and it is understandably a big deal.

Thanks Pax. i did do as you saw, and I'm glad you suggested it.

I often feel like I completely understand something only to have it go wrong later. So this I thought was something I did incorrectly. I went back to try to change the factories when they were blue at (72), and they did change with no loss of repair to the A6M5b. So I know now that I can do this in the future as well.

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RE: Wild Sheep's Chase - obvert (J) vs JocMeister (A) - 7/2/2012 6:11:19 PM

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15-20 December 1942
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Research:

My R n D issue looks solved. I had misunderstood the workings of the upgrade and the production buttons.

Here is what MichaelM posted:

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Set them to no production. When the R&D finishes, they will stay as R&D and you can change to other R&D or another production.
I set them to Y-N-Y (he meant to write N-Y-N0 and ran a few turns from the first save and ...

So I'll go forward with this, but I am still wary of the production button. I thought it would also govern research 'production.' I'll check in my game over the next few days.

As the actions has slowed dramatically and Jocke seems to be reorganizing behind the lines, there is not much to report. I'll switch to a more general view and less detailed reports for now.

subs: Seawolf and another sub are stalking the Balikpapan area. Even though I keep catching them in the shallows my ASW has not gotten a good attack. IJAAF still sucks at ASW in spite of good training numbers. I'm going to do some experiments here. Jakes and Kates are hitting subs every day though.

I-15 nearly scored big in So Pac, but couldn't get a shot at these AOs moving from Suva.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 16, 42
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ASW attack near Moala at 134,164

Japanese Ships
SS I-15, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Gillespie
CL Honolulu
CL Helena
AO Suamico
AO Tappahanock
AO Guadalupe
AO Cimarron
AO Kaskaskia
AO Neosho
DD Crane
DD Dewey

SS I-15 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Gillespie
I-15 diving deep ....
DD Crane fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Dewey attacking submerged sub ....
DD Dewey fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Dewey attacking submerged sub ....
DD Dewey fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Dewey fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Dewey attacking submerged sub ....
DD Dewey is out of ASW ammo
DD Dewey is out of ASW ammo
DD Dewey is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub

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So Pac: Luganville and Noumea get pounded by 4Es every other day. A few 2Es took a shot at troops at Anatom. All of these things are fine right now. I'd rather have them here than hitting bases that have planes.

Some troops have either been placed on or withdrawn from Tanna. A few quick TFs came in and picked them dropped/picked in just a few days. I sent out a SCTF but it didn't get into range in time. Both Nells and Jakes sortied to hit them. Guess which did better?

It seems the Low Nav training is paying off.

Something is still on Tanna, as this came in on the 20th.

Tanna expands airfield to size 1

So, the Jakes were flying from a dot base. Is this why they only carried 2 x 60kg bombs, or is it that they were attacking from 1k.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 18, 42
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tanna at 120,157

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 54 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 3 damaged
G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
DD Monssen
DD Perkins

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tanna at 120,157

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AP McCawley, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 7 (4 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E13A1 Jake bombing from 1000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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HI: The Kageros have just started to upgrade in Yokohama. I noticed there will be a lot of upgrading going on for DDs in the next months. I hate losing the extra turret for 12.7cm guns on the Kageros, which made them a very formidable surface ship. I guess the AA enhancements and especially the extra ASW is well worth it.

Checking the fuel levels I realized I have only about 75 days worth of surplus in the Home Islands. I need to pump that up quickly. The torps are going to hurt in a few weeks as well!

Burma: Nothing. His fighters are at Ledo and Dimapur. At Calcutta there are 170 fighters, 264 bombers and 72 auxiliary. Some troops appear to be pulling back from Akyab. I wonder why?

Supply is starting to really flow now. I'm dumping as much as I can in here while there is a lull and trying to build, build, build.

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The Jill moves forward to 4/43. It should be available in 3/43. Looking forward to that range!

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RE: Wild Sheep's Chase - obvert (J) vs JocMeister (A) - 7/3/2012 10:48:45 PM

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The Allies leave a few presents for Christmas at Tanna. The IJN picks one up too early.

subs: Blackfish takes out a Lima delivering an Army HQ new the HI.

Just when I begin thinking the IJAAF won't work in an ASW role the 2Es start getting more sightings and even a few hits reported.

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Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 98,68

Japanese Ships
xAK Norfolk Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Hakubasan Maru
xAK Toba Maru
PB Sansei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Blackfish

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

SS Blackfish launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Norfolk Maru
Blackfish diving deep ....
PB Sansei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sansei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sansei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sansei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sansei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 98,68

Japanese Ships
xAK Norfolk Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Blackfish

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

SS Blackfish attacking on the surface

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OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Dec 21, 42
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Ki-49-Ia Helen from 52nd I.F.Chutai attacking a Electric Boat S-42 class SS at 107,129
a O21 Class class SS is reported HIT

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Dec 22, 42
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Ki-49-Ia Helen from 52nd I.F.Chutai attacking a Electric Boat S-18 class SS at 107,129
a Barracuda class SS is reported HIT

So Pac: Apparently Jocke intends to keep a hold on Tanna. I'll have to see what I can do about that. Being that I have CV dominace for the next 6 months, there is no real hurry, but things could get bad down here if this can become an offensive base. BBs might need to be involved.

On the 24th I had DDs ready to move in and take out any shipping at the place. They're really looking to get rid of some PTs to make it easier to come in for bombardments and other activities. They do that job well, but I might lose one that ran over a mine in the night combat.

Also during the morning of the 24th 41 A6M3a sweep Tanna and crush a group of Wildcats. Looks like we shot down 15 for 2 losses! Much better than expected. I'll keep it going, see if he adds more here. Finally looks like a chance to hit some Allied planes in small quantities rather than in huge fur balls.

On the 25th two groups of P-39s move in to Tanna. He really means business now. These are good pilots, and I'm happy that in the air loss screen we come out even losing 12 each. Two more groups will add to the sweeps tomorrow, hoping their freshness will prove too much for the tired US pilots.

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Dec 22, 42
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Tanna expands airfield to size 2

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 24, 42
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tanna at 120,157, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Sawakaze
DD Shiokaze
DD Yakaze
DD Tachikaze
DD Nokaze

Allied Ships
PT TM-6
PT TM-10, Shell hits 1
PT TM-11
PT TM-12
PT TM-13
PT TM-14

Improved night sighting under 96% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 96% moonlight: 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
DD Nokaze engages PT TM-13 at 10,000 yards

Task forces break off...

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TF 308 encounters mine field at Tanna (120,157)

Japanese Ships
DD Shiokaze, Mine hits 1, heavy damage float damage 87 (55) !

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Tanna at 120,157, Range 17,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Sawakaze
DD Yakaze
DD Nokaze

Allied Ships
PT TM-6, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT TM-10, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
PT TM-11, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT TM-12, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT TM-13, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT TM-14, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 17,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 17,000 yards
Kanda I. crosses the 'T'
DD Sawakaze engages PT TM-10 at 17,000 yards
Range closes to 13,000 yards
DD Sawakaze engages PT TM-14 at 13,000 yards

Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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Morning Air attack on Tanna , at 120,157

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 41

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 29

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 9 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 31000 feet *

CAP engaged:
VMF-121 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 26000 , scrambling fighters to 26000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes
VMF-123 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 7 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 26000 , scrambling fighters to 26000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Tanna , at 120,157

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 38

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 49

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 7 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 4 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 31000 feet *

CAP engaged:
35th FG/39th FS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 7 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
347th FG/68th FS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 7 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Tanna , at 120,157

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 4

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 27

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

CAP engaged:
35th FG/39th FS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
14 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 22370.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 75 minutes
347th FG/68th FS with P-39D Airacobra (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 19370.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 98 minutes

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Burma: Nothing but supply moving in and Oscars upgrading.

Research: Several planes move ahead. I really want to get the George moving, but none have fully repaired yet. One Frances factory is now giving 30 a month toward that plane now, which is great.

Also, there are 3 factories for 100 research on the Tony, but I won't produce that plane until the C or the D model, so they're just staying R n D.

Aircraft N1K1 Rex advances R&D (6/43)
Aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar advances R&D (3/43)
Aircraft D4Y2 Judy advances R&D (can't remember)
Device Mitsubishi Ha-43 advances R&D (7/45)
Aircraft D5Y1 Myojo advances R&D (9/45)

No Pac: Not quite sure how a Dinah can drop ordnance on anything, but ...

Ki-46-II Dinah from 38th Sentai/A has spotted YP-92 at 181,42
YP-92 is reported HIT

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Look what appeared in the op report on the 24th! I do celebrate Christmas on the eve!

CV Enterprise is reported to have been sunk near Yasawa Islands on Nov 18, 1942

I think this is real as it's exactly the right date and placement. I did hear sinking sounds that turn as well.

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Congrats!! getting her is a big deal. BANZAI!

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Congrats!!� getting her is a big deal.� BANZAI!

Yes! And I know that Yorktown was also hit, probably hard after and ammo storage explosion, and might be needing to limp to a port soon. So he's at one CV tops until the first Essex arrives, plus the CVEs.

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Be very nice if you can recon where Yorktown is. I would use Glens for this. Killing the Yorktown for me would be a KB worthy mission.

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Be very nice if you can recon where Yorktown is. I would use Glens for this. Killing the Yorktown for me would be a KB worthy mission.

I'm kind of working through the backdoor for getting that one. I have Glen subs stationed all around Suva, plus Judy recons flying there 3-4 days a week. No sign of a definitive signal it's there. No slow TFs have left there either.

Suva has had around 150-175 Allied fighters for months,( along with 250 bombers and 75 auxilliary). They're good too, as they picked up quite a few kills the last several times I swept there.

However, Jocke is now basing some of these at Tanna. This is good for me, as I can reach it from Ndeni, Koumac, Noumea, and Luganville if that is ever not crushed by 3-a-week 4E raids. I've swept three days in a row. Day one got me those 15 wildcats for next to nothing. Day two was even with 12 each down. Day three saw 3 groups sweep, and we netted another 20 or so planes. So that's around 50 planes in 3 days. He has a LOT of P-39s still, and quite a fwe Wildcats, but it would be good to work hard on the airforces before the Hellcat arrives.

Tomorrow two of mine will rest while the freshest sweeps. Then I'll have Tojos down in Koumac (8 hexes), so that will mean virtually endless pilots and planes.

The point of all of this being, if I can weaken the LBA away from it's hive, the next time I move in with the KB it could be devastating. There are 121 ships still in Suva port. Since I know there are no CV threats in the area, I could even bring a pincer down from the NE and NW. It's still a few weeks from possibility, but definitely in my mind.

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Tanna - Can you use a CA heavy BB TF to hit the base hard while LRCAP the TF just in case he has some surviving SBDs left on the base??

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The economy is chugging right along. The goal of 1 million in the HI reserve by the beginning of 43 will be met and slightly surpassed.

Nice job reaching one million HI by 1943. I've reached the middle of March/43 and have just surpassed that milestone. Your oil looks great, is it mostly in the Home Islands? I only have 64 days worth of reserve in Japan. At this stage, do you think it's better to ship both, or concentrate mostly on fuel? Do you think there is merit in expanding refining capacity in the SRA after conquest to run an oil deficit, so you can concentrate on shipping just fuel?

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Tanna - Can you use a CA heavy BB TF to hit the base hard while LRCAP the TF just in case he has some surviving SBDs left on the base??

Well, yes actually. I'm sending 6 BBs in right now! Including Yamato.

I had to wait to at least try to de-mine the place. I've got a 2 DMS 1 E TF on the way that should be able to tangle with the PTs and get a few mines out of the way. BBs should be okay (I think anyway) set to 29k yards bombardment. At least i did this at Suva previously and it was fine, and I assume that has a few more mines than Tanna.

He hasn't had any SBDs there yet, but I assume he will soon, as it just went to level 3! Yuck. I hate Allied engieers. From level 0-3 has taken him just over a week. That would be two months for me with a good amount of engineers in base. But the Seabees were certainly capable of that, so seems quite realistic. It must have really stunned the Japanese when that happened the first few times.

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The economy is chugging right along. The goal of 1 million in the HI reserve by the beginning of 43 will be met and slightly surpassed.

Nice job reaching one million HI by 1943. I've reached the middle of March/43 and have just surpassed that milestone. Your oil looks great, is it mostly in the Home Islands? I only have 64 days worth of reserve in Japan. At this stage, do you think it's better to ship both, or concentrate mostly on fuel? Do you think there is merit in expanding refining capacity in the SRA after conquest to run an oil deficit, so you can concentrate on shipping just fuel?

I'm glad it looks decent. I keep glancing at the oil and feeling unease. I'm even sneakily building some of the oilfields at Magwe again since he seems disinterested in bombing Burma currently.

About half of the oil is in the HI. Another 1/4 is on the way there. The rest is in places that are still refining in the SRA, China and Port Arthur.

I don't really know what the best thing to ship is at this point. I have been using ALL tankers and AOs to get as much oil to the HI as possible and then ship fuel with whatever is left over. My recent escapades in the South Pacific derailed a few sets of TKs to supplying that effort. I'm still catching up there. I realize that keeping the fleets in port much of the time has probably saved me a lot of fuel.

I like the idea of shipping both. I still have a huge storage of fuel at Singers. It's moving to Saigon as I pull from there, and I'm even starting to use Haiphong. I just still want to see how it will move overland now that I've removed most ships from Singers. Pulling from Saigon has worked well. Now I'll see if I can make it to Hong Kong.

After the torps start working better I may change my tune on a lot of decisions that seem easy now. The US subs dud at least 1-3 times a turn. That will be a lot of ships dying soon. I need more deep water capable escorts and ASW. The Kageros now in Yokohama upgrading will try out this role for a while after the turn of the year. I have less need of DDs for at least 4-5 months in the Solomons area now. I've lost only 10 DDs in over a year now, so I have quite a few available. I'll post my search arcs soon as well. I just found the search arc map in tracker and it really helps figure out where the holes are.

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I like the idea of shipping both. I still have a huge storage of fuel at Singers. It's moving to Saigon as I pull from there, and I'm even starting to use Haiphong. I just still want to see how it will move overland now that I've removed most ships from Singers. Pulling from Saigon has worked well. Now I'll see if I can make it to Hong Kong.

I was able to get a fair bit of fuel to Saigon recently, but after a day it migrated back to Bangkok. I'm going to divert some 8150 capacity tankers to Saigon and CRB to see if I can sustain the draw from Singapore. I like shipping both fuel and oil as well. I have enough tankers now to dedicate TF's exclusively for both without fear of favouring one over the other, although I do ship more fuel as expected.

I have to admit, I get warm and fuzzy everytime a large fuel/oil transport TF reaches Japan safely.

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You know, that for every hex supplys and fuel travel, they spoil a little? It isn#t much on good railroads, but it happens!
That's why I prefer to only suck out raw materials as they don't spoil!

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You know, that for every hex supplys and fuel travel, they spoil a little? It isn#t much on good railroads, but it happens!
That's why I prefer to only suck out raw materials as they don't spoil!

I have heard this, but I guess I don't feel quite ready for that step of just bringing in raw materials. I just carry everything I possibly can back. I also like the refineries going in the SRA to generate supplies. I can feed some of the smaller bases directly from Palembang and Balikpapan, as well as keeping Java in good standing. All of the leftover oil that hasn't been refined will be taken off the top and shipped back if I can though.

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I was able to get a fair bit of fuel to Saigon recently, but after a day it migrated back to Bangkok. I'm going to divert some 8150 capacity tankers to Saigon and CRB to see if I can sustain the draw from Singapore. I like shipping both fuel and oil as well. I have enough tankers now to dedicate TF's exclusively for both without fear of favouring one over the other, although I do ship more fuel as expected.

I have to admit, I get warm and fuzzy everytime a large fuel/oil transport TF reaches Japan safely.

I get warm and fuzzy every time a sub duds on my ships. Unfortunately that will be less frequent soon.

I just based a bunch of tankers there and then once I started to load them up, 50k fuel appeared immediately. Now I'll try basing a bunch of ships in Hong kong before taking more out to see if the port automatically draws more. I'm just wary as Shanghai and Hong Kong seemed to be drawing from Port Arthur previously.

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26-31 December 1942
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The first full year comes to a close. The beginning of 1943 is ominous for the Empire. Although there have been some major successes of late, Allied power is growing and there are rumors that new improved torpedoes will begin to be used by US submarines, reducing their inefficiencies. The fronts are mostly quiet, industry is expanding slowly, but raw materials and especially oil are still scarce.

There is still a great determination in the Empire to hold the lands acquired during the past year and to dig in and fortify these new territories. Engineers and new garrison forces are preparing in the Home Islands for extended duty all across the Pacific and East Asia.

subs: Allied ASW is undoubtedly beginning to take a toll. About 10 subs were sent back to Suva for repairs and on the 27th the I-35 was DCed and forced to surface, then sunk. The same day some sub chasers dished out a little payback on the Shad, which was listed sunk after taking 5 hits. I think it probably made it as there were no catastrophic messages during or after the attack.

On the 28th I-172 took 10 hits and was sunk as well. Patrols were moved back and again varied after this one.

On the 30th I-175 is taken out. Not a good week for our submariners.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 27, 42
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Sub attack near Tongatapu at 137,166

Japanese Ships
SS I-35, hits 19, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Arrow
DD Woodworth
DD Barton

SS I-35 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Arrow
DD Arrow fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Woodworth attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-35 forced to surface!
DD Woodworth firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Barton firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Arrow firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Woodworth firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Barton firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

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ASW attack near Shanghai at 95,59

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-44
SC CHa-46

Allied Ships
SS Shad, hits 5

SS Shad is located by SC CHa-44
Shad bottoming out ....
SC CHa-46 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-46 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-46 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-46 attacking submerged sub ....
SC CHa-46 is out of ASW ammo
SC CHa-46 is out of ASW ammo
SC CHa-46 is out of ASW ammo
SC CHa-46 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 28, 42
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ASW attack near Moala at 133,163

Japanese Ships
SS I-172, hits 10

Allied Ships
DD Barton
DD Arrow
DD Woodworth

SS I-172 is located by DD Barton
DD Arrow attacking submerged sub ....
DD Woodworth attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-172 eludes DD Woodworth by hugging bottom
Escort abandons search for sub

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 30, 42
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Sub attack near Yasawa Islands at 132,157

Japanese Ships
SS I-175, hits 15, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Woodworth
DD Farenholt
DD Arrow
DD Barton

SS I-175 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Woodworth
I-175 diving deep ....
DD Arrow fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Woodworth fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Arrow fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arrow attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-175 forced to surface!
DD Woodworth firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Barton firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Arrow firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Woodworth firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Barton firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

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So Pac: The battles over Tanna went my way after several dogfights on the 26th. By the time the bombers arrived in the afternoon only one Wildcat came up and the port attack sank the ACM. I'm sure it won't be hard to install another, but it feels good anyway. The final talley was 27 Allied planes shot down for 12 zeros. Allied fighters were removed back to Suva on the 27th.

Also on this day Tanna goes to a size 3 field.

In an attempt to minesweep before a bombardment, 2 DMS were sunk by PTs at Tanna. That hurt, as there are not many of these for the IJN. I thought they could take on the PTs, but the new US PT boats look very tough on this first meeting.

On the 30th the bombardment goes in and takes out the PTs as well as putting a decent amount of damage on the fields and port. No damage to the BBs, which was the important part.

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Morning Air attack on Tanna , at 120,157

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 20

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 23
F4F-4 Wildcat x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed

CAP engaged:
VMF-121 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 5 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters to 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
35th FG/40th FS with P-39D Airacobra (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 11 scrambling)
12 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes
Morning Air attack on Tanna , at 120,157

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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 17

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 15
F4F-4 Wildcat x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 31000 feet *

CAP engaged:
VMF-121 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 29270.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
35th FG/40th FS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
15 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 74 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Tanna , at 120,157

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 35

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 31000 feet
3 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 31000 feet *

CAP engaged:
35th FG/40th FS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 18000 and 23270.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Tanna , at 120,157

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 2

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 31000 feet *

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Afternoon Air attack on Tanna , at 120,157

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 10
G4M1 Betty x 21

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
ACM Oak, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Runway hits 1
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 12000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
21 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 12000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
VMF-121 with F4F-4 Wildcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 31000
Raid is overhead
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 29, 42
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Tanna at 120,157, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
E Saga
DMS W-1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DMS W-4, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
PT-44
PT-45, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
PT-46
PT-47, Shell hits 1
PT-48, Shell hits 2, and is sunk

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 16,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
DMS W-1 engages PT-48 at 6,000 yards
PT-48 engages DMS W-1 at 6,000 yards
DMS W-1 engages PT-45 at 6,000 yards
DMS W-1 engages PT-44 at 6,000 yards
Range closes to 5,000 yards
Massive explosion on PT-48
PT-48 engages E Saga at 5,000 yards
DMS W-1 engages PT-47 at 5,000 yards
PT-48 engages DMS W-1 at 5,000 yards
PT-45 engages DMS W-1 at 5,000 yards
DMS W-1 engages PT-44 at 5,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards
PT-48 sunk by E Saga at 3,000 yards
DMS W-4 sunk by PT-46 at 3,000 yards
DMS W-1 engages PT-44 at 3,000 yards
DMS W-1 sunk by PT-47 at 3,000 yards
orders Allied TF to disengage
Range closes to 2,000 yards
E Saga engages PT-47 at 2,000 yards
PT-45 sunk by E Saga at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 9,000 yards
E Saga engages PT-44 at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 15,000 yards
E Saga engages PT-47 at 15,000 yards
PT-46 engages E Saga at 15,000 yards
PT-44 engages E Saga at 15,000 yards
Task forces break off...

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 30, 42
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tanna at 120,157, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
BB Mutsu
BB Yamato
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro
BB Hyuga
DD Asashio
DD Natsugumo
DD Yamagumo
DD Yudachi
DD Yamakaze
DD Kawakaze

Allied Ships
PT-44
PT-46
PT-47, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 46% moonlight: 11,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards
Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 11,000 yards
BB Fuso fires at PT-47 at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
PT-47 sunk by BB Fuso at 9,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
Task forces break off...

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Night Naval bombardment of Tanna at 120,157

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5A Catalina: 7 damaged
PBY-5A Catalina: 1 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso
BB Yamato
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato

Allied ground losses:
301 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 6 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 30
Port hits 14
Port supply hits 4

E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for BB Hyuga
BB Hyuga firing at Tanna
BB Yamashiro firing at Tanna
BB Fuso firing at Tanna
BB Yamato firing at Tanna
BB Mutsu firing at 221st USN Base Force
BB Nagato firing at Tanna

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Tanna at 120,157, Range 20,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Hatsuharu
E Kiji

Allied Ships
PT-44
PT-46

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
Allied TF attempts to evade combat
Range increases to 20,000 yards...
Allied PT Boat TF evades combat

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Tanna at 120,157, Range 21,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
BB Mutsu
BB Yamato
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro
BB Hyuga
DD Asashio
DD Natsugumo
DD Yamagumo
DD Yudachi
DD Yamakaze
DD Kawakaze

Allied Ships
PT-44, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
PT-46, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 21,000 yards
Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 21,000 yards
PT-46 sunk by BB Mutsu at 21,000 yards
Range closes to 19,000 yards
DD Yamakaze engages PT-44 at 19,000 yards
PT-44 sunk by DD Asashio at 19,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...

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Research: The next Tojo, the IIb moves forward in R n D on the 30th. I will not make this model but will go through the normal research path.

Burma: Cause for celebration on both the 30th and the 31st as two successive pilots breaks out of POW camps and courageously sneak across the front lines to return to their units. Saki toasts all around for the New Year!!! Banzai!

Pilot Nagano C. is reported as to have escaped capture
Pilot Obayashi V. is reported as to have escaped capture

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DMS W-1 goes down fighting PTs at Tanna. Many other members of this class will be heading to ports around the Empire to change into Es in the new year. They are more valuable as escorts due to their speed, and some of the more expendable PBs will be converted to AMc.

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RE: Wild Sheep's Chase - obvert (J) vs JocMeister (A) - 7/9/2012 2:08:30 AM

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Hiya obvert,

Haven't been a regular reader of your AAR yet, but hope you don't mind if I hitch along for the ride for a while, even if I'm late to the party?

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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Hiya obvert,

Haven't been a regular reader of your AAR yet, but hope you don't mind if I hitch along for the ride for a while, even if I'm late to the party?

Welcome! Great to see you here.

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subs: Another sub takes a pounding. It didn't sink yet though!

An ASW TF DD is hit by S-30. That sucks. It should make it back to Tulagi, surprisingly. E Kiji fights back and takes her down in the open ocean, forcing the sub to surface and gunning her down! Banzai!

On the 2nd I-18 is hit by the Allied DC team. She should make it back for repairs.

An ASW PB near Shanghai is hit by Tambor with new improved torps and yet it should make it to a Saishu To port to get repaired.

xAK Seizan Maru is hit at Wake bringing in a Recon Rgt to help the garrison here. It has been disbanded and will repair for many days now before heading out to Yokohama.

I-20 is hit trying to deliver a midget sub to Suva, but is not badly damaged. The midget simply disappeared and is not listed on the sunk reports! Interesting. Maybe it's still there weaving through the mines stalking the Yorktown.

Later in the day the I-20 is hit harder and should be in sinking condition by tomorrow. That is not great. I may cancel other midgets on the way until things cool down here.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 01, 43
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ASW attack near Tofua at 139,166

Japanese Ships
SS I-30, hits 13

Allied Ships
APD Gregory
APD Little
APD Bulmer
APD Barker
APD Sands
APD Brooks
APD Stringham
APD McKean

SS I-30 launches 2 torpedoes at APD Gregory
APD Sands attacking submerged sub ....
APD Brooks fails to find sub and abandons search
APD Stringham attacking submerged sub ....
APD McKean attacking submerged sub ....
APD McKean is out of ASW ammo

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Sub attack near Torres Islands at 117,146

Japanese Ships
DD Hatsuharu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
E Kiji

Allied Ships
SS S-30

SS S-30 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Hatsuharu
S-30 diving deep ....
E Kiji attacking submerged sub ....
E Kiji fails to find sub, continues to search...
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Submarine attack near Torres Islands at 117,146

Japanese Ships
E Kiji

Allied Ships
SS S-30, hits 14, and is sunk

SS S-30 is located by E Kiji
E Kiji fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kiji fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kiji fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kiji attacking submerged sub ....
SS S-30 forced to surface!
E Kiji firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

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ASW attack near Suva at 131,161

Japanese Ships
SS I-18, hits 3

Allied Ships
DD Aaron Ward
DD Hammann
DD Sims

SS I-18 is sighted by escort
I-18 diving deep ....
DD Hammann attacking submerged sub ....
DD Sims fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hammann fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hammann fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hammann fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hammann fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Saishu To at 99,56

Japanese Ships
PB Naruto Maru #3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SC Ch 39
PB Shinkyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Tambor

SS Tambor launches 2 torpedoes at PB Naruto Maru #3
Tambor diving deep ....
PB Shinkyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shinkyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shinkyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shinkyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shinkyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 03, 43
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Sub attack near Wake Island at 136,98

Japanese Ships
xAK Seizan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SC CHa-9

Allied Ships
SS Gunnel

SS Gunnel launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Seizan Maru
Gunnel bottoming out ....
SC CHa-9 fails to find sub, continues to search...

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ASW attack near Nadi at 130,161

Japanese Ships
SS I-20, hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Sims
DD Aaron Ward
DD Hammann

SS I-20 is located by DD Sims
I-20 diving deep ....
DD Hammann fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Sims fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sims fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sims fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sims fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sims attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-20 eludes DD Sims by diving deep
Escort abandons search for sub
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Sub attack near Jolo at 73,94

Japanese Ships
xAK Tohuku Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Zyunyo Maru
xAK Konzan Maru
xAK Hokumai Maru
xAK Kinkai Maru
xAK Thames Maru
PB Tama Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Spearfish

SS Spearfish launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Tohuku Maru
Spearfish diving deep ....
PB Tama Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tama Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...

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Submarine attack near Jolo at 73,94

Japanese Ships
xAK Tohuku Maru, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Tarpon

xAK Tohuku Maru is sighted by SS Tarpon
SS Tarpon attacking on the surface

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ASW attack near Suva at 131,161

Japanese Ships
SS I-20, hits 14, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Encounter
DD Nepal
DD Foxhound

SS I-20 is located by DD Encounter
DD Nepal fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Foxhound attacking submerged sub ....
DD Foxhound loses contact with SS I-20
DD Nepal fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Foxhound fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Foxhound fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Foxhound fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Foxhound attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-20 eludes ASW attack from DD Foxhound
DD Foxhound is out of ASW ammo
DD Foxhound is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub

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So Pac: I've been thinking about the situation in the South Pacific. I had been planning to land at Tanna in the next few months, but I'm wondering if this is beneficial or possibly even a choice favoring Jocke at this point. This base is just far enough away from Fiji and just close enough to bases I can use that it could be a good place to whittle the Allied forces down. Also, if he owns this base he may be more likely to move against me slowly up the New Hebrides and over to New Caledonia. This is preferable to a move into the Solomons. As long as I can hold the bases I have there until later in 43 it could slow the Allied push North.

Let me know what you think.

Luganville gets pummeled in the only air action here right now. Some ships appear to be moving into the Tanna area. I'll not go for these right now.

Burma: Nothing going on. The oil is climbing up to 34 now at Magwe. I wonder if he's noticed yet?

The Tojos are ready!

New Ships: Several new ships are arriving in the early days of the new year. This will free up lots of shipyard points to build the Standard AKs that I stopped which can convert to TKs. Also the subs will make way for the new subs I've stopped to restart.

SS I-177 arrives at Hiroshima/Kure
SS RO-100 arrives at Hiroshima/Kure
TK Amato Maru arrives at Hiroshima/Kure
TK Kanto Maru arrives at Takao
TK Takane Maru arrives at Maizuru

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Sunk ships reports: Interesting news. The Quincy looks like it actually might be an accurate report. The San Juan only took one torp so I had assumed it had made it.

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 01, 43
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Previous report of sinking of CLAA San Juan incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
Loss of AKE Mansyu Maru on Nov 04, 1942 is admitted
CA Quincy is reported to have been sunk near Nadi on Nov 20, 1942
SS S-30 is reported to have been sunk near Torres Islands on Jan 01, 1943

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 03, 43
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APD Whipple is reported to have been sunk near Newcastle on May 04, 1942

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 04, 43
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Loss of xAK Tohuku Maru on Jan 04, 1943 is admitted

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 05, 43
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Loss of SS I-20 on Jan 05, 1943 is admitted

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I recently discovered the map function in tracker showing search arcs. I like the large map and being able to see where the holes are in the search.

Currently I've got a vast area around the Marshalls that has no search. I've just been moving Jakes into the area.

It's not hard to tell where the KB is no this map!

Some areas are covered that appear blank here, but are only flown by ASW search.

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I need an AV just about 22 hexes NW of Midway. I'll name that TF Greyjoy!

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For the ASW you can see the emphasis around the HI and down the coast of China into the DEI. That has been my major route for tankers. These will change soon as i spread more ASW air groups into the PI and the Pacific and use more space to try and get away from the subs. I'm also considering using much larger TFs and concentrating the best ASW ships in them with AVs embedded as well.

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