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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 11/14/2013 11:22:51 AM

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Obvert, have you had any significant impact on naval landings from shore based bombardments? I've been considering re-locating the big IJA cannon units (the big 20cm + cannons and morters) to garrison likely Allied invasion sites that lack coastal guns of their own, and to boost the rather lackluster (compared to the Allied counterparts) artillery wagons of the IJA divisions.

Would you recommend this, or suggest something different?

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 11/14/2013 11:50:50 AM

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ORIGINAL: mind_messing

Obvert, have you had any significant impact on naval landings from shore based bombardments? I've been considering re-locating the big IJA cannon units (the big 20cm + cannons and morters) to garrison likely Allied invasion sites that lack coastal guns of their own, and to boost the rather lackluster (compared to the Allied counterparts) artillery wagons of the IJA divisions.

Would you recommend this, or suggest something different?

I'd say yes, but the issue Allied intel makes it less effective. If they want to they can use sigint to determine the best landing sites for various invasion paths and bypass anything that looks tough. I had some kind of nasty CD gun unit on each of the Marianas, and those did have some effect, but didn't really slow the invasions. The BBs took most of the hits and maybe a few of the amphib ships were hit. That was mid-44 though, when 25-50 ship APA TFs were used to drop a few divisions overnight!

I'd consider putting the CD units on locations that have to be invaded. So Saipan (which has a very good CD unit already), Tinian, Guam. Okinawa. The Bonins. Any atolls or small islands that force a shock will be most effective. Having the base mined heavily and with MTBs and small surface forces as well will add to the mayhem. Some heavy IJA arty helps too.

Now if your opponent isn't careful and well prepared for an invasion, and doesn't use the overwhelming force available, then the CD units could be very effective.

I was able to use the Wake unit twice as it was destroyed and rebuilt, then replaced on another island.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 11/14/2013 12:19:59 PM

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ORIGINAL: mind_messing

Obvert, have you had any significant impact on naval landings from shore based bombardments? I've been considering re-locating the big IJA cannon units (the big 20cm + cannons and morters) to garrison likely Allied invasion sites that lack coastal guns of their own, and to boost the rather lackluster (compared to the Allied counterparts) artillery wagons of the IJA divisions.

Would you recommend this, or suggest something different?

I'd say yes, but the issue Allied intel makes it less effective. If they want to they can use sigint to determine the best landing sites for various invasion paths and bypass anything that looks tough. I had some kind of nasty CD gun unit on each of the Marianas, and those did have some effect, but didn't really slow the invasions. The BBs took most of the hits and maybe a few of the amphib ships were hit. That was mid-44 though, when 25-50 ship APA TFs were used to drop a few divisions overnight!

I'd consider putting the CD units on locations that have to be invaded. So Saipan (which has a very good CD unit already), Tinian, Guam. Okinawa. The Bonins. Any atolls or small islands that force a shock will be most effective. Having the base mined heavily and with MTBs and small surface forces as well will add to the mayhem. Some heavy IJA arty helps too.

Now if your opponent isn't careful and well prepared for an invasion, and doesn't use the overwhelming force available, then the CD units could be very effective.

I was able to use the Wake unit twice as it was destroyed and rebuilt, then replaced on another island.

Have you found any real solution to the IJA becoming more and more outclassed as the war progresses? With Allies squads being better, Allied units stronger and with a greater firepower, is there a solution other than find some good terrain, dig in, and hope for a couple of weeks delay?

A wider question applies to the rest of the IJA/IJN. With less effective ships and aircraft, have you found any solution other than mass over quality?

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 11/14/2013 1:24:11 PM

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ORIGINAL: mind_messing

Have you found any real solution to the IJA becoming more and more outclassed as the war progresses? With Allies squads being better, Allied units stronger and with a greater firepower, is there a solution other than find some good terrain, dig in, and hope for a couple of weeks delay?

A wider question applies to the rest of the IJA/IJN. With less effective ships and aircraft, have you found any solution other than mass over quality?

I'm not sure I can give much advice as to what works well, as I think each game is a bit different, and each Allied player will use the forces at their disposal differently. The game mirrors the historical situation well enough that late war it's tough to slow the stream roller. Some players to look at are PzB, rader, Greyjoy and Nemo. Aztez (as Allies) had a couple of games go the distance recently where the Japanese player had seemingly done very well. Captain Cruft has an interesting strategic design about to be tested. I'm probably forgetting some others.

There are as many philosophies as there are games, but if the Allies play fairly well, they can force a lot of the endgame to be played on their terms.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 11/14/2013 2:32:52 PM

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6 - 7 February 1945
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DEI: I sent in two smaller groups of 2E kamis to the DEI and got lucky with no CAP up and a juicy troop convoy nearby. Not sure of the affect of the hits, but 5 of 26 planes hit the TF. Not a great percentage, but hopefully the damage was decent on the 5 ships hit.

Strangely, about 100 Avengers, Venturas and a few other types are bombing long abandoned forces in the lower DEI. Is this just training? I still have some supply in nearby bases, so there is a chance to get some kills here. I'll think about whether it's worth risking having to withdraw a group after jumping them.

STRAT BOMBING: Tokyo has now lost more than half of it's industrial production after the fires have gone out on the latest raid.

RECON: Mostly Luzon, Formosa and the Chinese coast.

CHINA: Troops are set up around Nanning. Recon shows the Allies marching a 200k troop army with nearly 1400 AFVs from Hanoi. There should be a bit more as well following. Seems lie around the 5-6k AV I have been expecting. It'll be tight to hold them with 'only' 3.5k AV of Japanese troops, but all are digging in, and really this is just to try to divert them to walk around the coast toward Canton/Hong Kong. That would take some time at least.

LUZON: A group of Franks transiting through Lingayen got lucky and intercepted a few big raids. Unfortunately quite a few pilots decided to ram the opposing bombers rather than shoot them down, so we lost a few more planes than I would have liked as well as some good pilots. One of the downsides to the kamikaze era, especially since it doesn't appear ramming always takes out the Allied bomber. about 20 2E and 4E are downed from flak and fighters.

Bombardments show our troops losing force from the constant air and sea bombardments. With the added quantity and quality of the Marines et all who arrived later here, and with the opening of the sea lanes to Allied BBs, there was no real hope of holding Manila. At 8kAV to 1.7k AV it'll fall with the next attack. I'm still glad I put these troops here if it led the Allies to commit all of that force, and it has lasted for a month, which is as much time as it took at each of the Marianas. Hopefully they'll need time to rest and plan for the next objectives.

HOME ISLANDS: I'm able to send supply out 3-4 times a week to China and Formosa now after a few weeks of austerity. Many small brigades that have been purchased back are being prepped for the islands near Okinawa and on toward Kyushu. They are all under the General Defense command and can be flown over which is useful. This wi also have to be the method of reinforcing Hokkaido since the command system is so rigid it doesn't allow transfer of troops between the Honshu and Hokkaido unless bought out, and of course that isn't affordable.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR February 6, 45
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Night Naval bombardment of Manila at 79,77

Allied Ships
BB Missouri
BB Wisconsin
BB New Jersey
BB Iowa

Japanese ground losses:
380 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 33 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Missouri
BB Missouri firing at 56th Division

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Night Naval bombardment of Manila at 79,77

Allied Ships
BB Arizona
BB Nevada
BB Maryland
BC Renown

Japanese ground losses:
288 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

BB Arizona firing at 56th Division

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Morning Air attack on San Fernando , at 80,74

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 31
Liberator GR.VI x 9
B-24J Liberator x 3
B-17E Fortress x 6
B-17F Fortress x 7
B-24D Liberator x 3
B-24D1 Liberator x 10
B-25D1 Mitchell x 3
B-25G Mitchell x 6
B-25H Mitchell x 50
B-25J1 Mitchell x 9
B-25J11 Mitchell x 9
P-38L Lightning x 11
P-51D Mustang x 83
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 15
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 13
PBJ-1J Mitchell x 3

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.VI: 2 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25G Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-25H Mitchell: 11 damaged
B-25J11 Mitchell: 1 damaged
PBJ-1D Mitchell: 2 damaged
PBJ-1J Mitchell: 1 damaged

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

Airbase hits 46
Airbase supply hits 18
Runway hits 179

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Manila (79,77)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8240 troops, 751 guns, 543 vehicles, Assault Value = 8007

Defending force 85480 troops, 1162 guns, 890 vehicles, Assault Value = 1757

Japanese ground losses:
173 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR February 7, 45
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Night Naval bombardment of Manila at 79,77

Allied Ships
BB King George V
BB Colorado
CA Boston
CA Vincennes
CA San Francisco
CA Minneapolis
CA Chester

Japanese ground losses:
206 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 36 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Light Industry hits 1
Fires 2
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 27
Port hits 1

BB King George V firing at Manila
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Colorado

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Night Naval bombardment of Manila at 79,77

Allied Ships
BB Alabama
BB Massachusetts
BB Indiana
BB South Dakota

Japanese ground losses:
190 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 10 (3 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (5 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Fires 2
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 6
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Alabama

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Morotai at 80,101

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 4 destroyed
P1Y2 Frances: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
AK Alkes
xAP Thomas Barry, Kamikaze hits 1

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x P1Y2 Frances flying as kamikaze
Kamikaze: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Lingayen , at 79,75

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 42

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 29
Liberator GR.VI x 14
B-24J Liberator x 5
B-17E Fortress x 6
B-17F Fortress x 6
B-24D Liberator x 3
B-24D1 Liberator x 14
B-25D1 Mitchell x 3
B-25G Mitchell x 11
B-25H Mitchell x 44
B-25J1 Mitchell x 14
B-25J11 Mitchell x 14
P-38L Lightning x 3
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 6
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 20
PBJ-1H Mitchell x 5
PBJ-1J Mitchell x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84r Frank: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.VI: 5 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 damaged
B-25G Mitchell: 3 damaged
B-25H Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
B-25J1 Mitchell: 4 damaged
B-25J11 Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
P-38L Lightning: 1 destroyed
PBJ-1D Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
PBJ-1H Mitchell: 3 damaged
PBJ-1J Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 32
Airbase supply hits 14
Runway hits 52

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Banzai! - Igarashi A. in a Ki-84r Frank rams a B-25J11 Mitchell for the Emperor
Banzai! - Eto F. in a Ki-84r Frank rams a B-25J1 Mitchell for the Emperor
Banzai! - Hidaka P. in a Ki-84r Frank rams a B-25H Mitchell for the Emperor
Banzai! - Chiba S. in a Ki-84r Frank rams a B-25J11 Mitchell for the Emperor
Banzai! - Koga T. in a Ki-84r Frank rams a PBJ-1H Mitchell for the Emperor
Banzai! - Ohashi M. in a Ki-84r Frank rams a B-25H Mitchell for the Emperor

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Morotai at 80,101

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 62 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-67-Ib Peggy x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-67-Ib Peggy: 5 destroyed

Allied Ships
xAP Santa Maria, Kamikaze hits 1
xAP President Tyler
AK Grumium, Kamikaze hits 1

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-67-Ib Peggy flying as kamikaze *
Kamikaze: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 78th JAAF AF Bn , at 76,123 (Bathurst Island)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 26
TBM-1C Avenger x 23
TBM-3 Avenger x 3

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Lingayen , at 79,75

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 21

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 10
B-25G Mitchell x 5
B-25H Mitchell x 3
B-25J1 Mitchell x 9
PBJ-1J Mitchell x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84r Frank: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.VI: 3 damaged
B-25G Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-25G Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
B-25H Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-25J1 Mitchell: 7 damaged

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Banzai! - Okamoto K. in a Ki-84r Frank rams a B-25J1 Mitchell for the Emperor
Banzai! - Kabase S. in a Ki-84r Frank rams a B-25G Mitchell for the Emperor
Banzai! - Mitsumori P. in a Ki-84r Frank rams a B-25G Mitchell for the Emperor
Banzai! - Ginowa R. in a Ki-84r Frank rams a B-25G Mitchell for the Emperor

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Morotai at 80,101

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-67-Ib Peggy x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-67-Ib Peggy: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
AK Cetus, Kamikaze hits 1
AK Lyra
xAP President Tyler
AK Alkaid
xAP Republic, Kamikaze hits 1

Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-67-Ib Peggy flying as kamikaze *
Kamikaze: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Reinforcements:

E Kozu arrives at Tokyo
E No.154 arrives at Tokyo
S-902 Hikotai arrives at Osaka/Kyoto
K-701 Hikotai arrives at Taihoku
20th Shinbu-tai arrives at Osaka/Kyoto
DD Tsuta arrives at Nagasaki/Sasebo

Losses:

Loss of TK Hakko Maru on Feb 07, 1945 is admitted

Ships Sunk:

Previous report of sinking of BB Mississippi incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
Previous report of sinking of SS Tunny incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
xAK Golden Gate is reported to have been sunk near Finschhafen on May 25, 1944
xAK George D. Prentice is reported to have been sunk near Tinian on Oct 02, 1944
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Feels good to hit something.
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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 11/14/2013 4:19:42 PM

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Banzai! - Ginowa R. in a Ki-84r Frank rams a B-25G Mitchell for the Emperor

On one side it is nice to down enemy bomber during ram attack, but dark side is when experienced pilot is choosing to die for Emperor. I would be closer to accept that if they ram B-29 but B-25 is not worth of such sacrifice

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 11/15/2013 8:12:34 AM

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Banzai! - Ginowa R. in a Ki-84r Frank rams a B-25G Mitchell for the Emperor

On one side it is nice to down enemy bomber during ram attack, but dark side is when experienced pilot is choosing to die for Emperor. I would be closer to accept that if they ram B-29 but B-25 is not worth of such sacrifice

I'm afraid to check how good these guys are since this is an expert group using Frank 'r.'

I wish there was the chance the pilot survives just as there is the chance the bomber survives. Some did in the war after mid-air collisions, surprisingly. Since there were 4E there it is surprising that they then only go for 2E planes. I'm sure it's just chance, but frustrating.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 11/15/2013 8:38:03 AM

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8 - 9 February 1945
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MANILA FALLS!

LUZON: After bombardments that took about 200 off of the AV totals in Manila in one day, the city falls. The Allied stack takes few casualties while our troops are decimated. It will be quick in Luzon for the remainder of the mop-up. I'll do my best to fly out a few troops, maybe picking one of the more experienced divisions and sending it to the HI to refill. We'll see. For now it's time to hunker down and get the next defensive line in the best shape possible.

The Manila/Clark complex plus all of the other bases on rails he can build to level 9 fields in about a month should become the dominant air superiority zone on the map now I'm sure. Formosa will be a tough nut to crack by now, and there are a few surprises left in the Japanese arsenal, but it is never enough to stem the tide.

DEI: Jocke did not choose to move in to bomb the bases the kamis were flown from. It looks like he's content to move forward and let the LOC remain vulnerable. That's how much the Allies have I guess.

A bunch more planes hit small unit in the South DEI, especially dot base Moa. Definitely looks like some kind of training as there are no hits to the troops.

STRAT BOMBING: Just another fire-bombing hit on Manila.

RECON: Weird recons in the South DEI area?

Allied Aircraft sighted over Saumlaki

CHINA: Just a moving and waiting game here. some forward Allied units claim the vacant Lang Son and are now two hexes from our road block.

HOME ISLANDS: Lots of air groups transitioning through HI bases while waiting to fly in to areas around whatever turns out to be the next Allied target.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR February 8, 45
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Night Naval bombardment of Manila at 79,77

Allied Ships
BB King George V
BB Colorado
CA Boston
CA Vincennes
CA San Francisco
CA Minneapolis
CA Chester

Japanese ground losses:
143 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 7

BB King George V firing at 8th Division

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Night Naval bombardment of Manila at 79,77

Allied Ships
BB Missouri
BB Wisconsin
BB New Jersey
BB Iowa

Japanese ground losses:
507 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 22 (12 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (5 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 13

BB Missouri firing at 56th Division

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Morning Air attack on 51st Const Co , at 74,116 (Moa)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufort VIII x 70

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Beaufort VIII bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on 107th Division, at 79,77 (Manila)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 11
Liberator GR.VI x 6
B-24J Liberator x 7
B-17E Fortress x 4
B-24D1 Liberator x 6
B-24J Liberator x 98
B-25D1 Mitchell x 2
B-25H Mitchell x 21
B-25J1 Mitchell x 12
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 12
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 16
PBJ-1H Mitchell x 6

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.VI: 1 damaged
Liberator GR.VI: 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 11 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25H Mitchell: 5 damaged
B-25J1 Mitchell: 4 damaged
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 5 damaged
PBJ-1D Mitchell: 2 damaged
PBJ-1H Mitchell: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
366 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 30 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Manila (79,77)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8257 troops, 749 guns, 542 vehicles, Assault Value = 8228

Defending force 83781 troops, 1142 guns, 879 vehicles, Assault Value = 1693

Japanese ground losses:
167 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 1 disabled

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Ground combat at Haiphong (68,57)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 2836 troops, 18 guns, 282 vehicles, Assault Value = 206

Defending force 946 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27

Allied adjusted assault: 278

Japanese adjusted defense: 10

Allied assault odds: 27 to 1 (fort level 4)

Allied forces CAPTURE Haiphong !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), leaders(+)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+)

Japanese ground losses:
466 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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

Assaulting units:
50th Tank Brigade

Defending units:
Haiphong Fortress

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Ground combat at Cam Ranh Bay (64,72)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 42341 troops, 366 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 1806

Defending force 42038 troops, 402 guns, 205 vehicles, Assault Value = 780

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
3rd New Chinese Corps
5th Chinese Corps
IV Indian Corps
8th Mahratta AT Gun Regiment

Defending units:
9th Division
34th Ind.Mixed Brigade
7th Ind.Infantry Brigade
Sasebo 5th SNLF
35th Ind.Mixed Brigade
5th Ind.Infantry Brigade
6th Garrison Unit /2
36th JAAF AF Bn
13th JAAF Base Force
22nd Air Flotilla
94th JAAF AF Bn
61st Construction Battalion
87th JAAF AF Bn
30th JAAF Base Force
2nd Shipping Engineer Regiment
23rd JNAF AF Unit
67th JNAF AF Unit
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
109th JAAF AF Bn
6th JNAF Coy
39th Army
11th Special Base Force
Cam Ranh Fortress
14th Base Force
4th Div /12

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Night Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 25

No Allied losses

Manpower hits 30
Fires 16280

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 6

No Allied losses

Manpower hits 12
Fires 75480

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Naval bombardment of Manila at 79,77

Allied Ships
BB King George V
BB Colorado
CA Boston
CA Vincennes
CA San Francisco
CA Minneapolis
CA Chester

Japanese ground losses:
251 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 11 (6 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 5
Port hits 1

BB King George V firing at Manila

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Night Naval bombardment of Manila at 79,77

Allied Ships
BB Missouri
BB Wisconsin
BB New Jersey
BB Iowa

Japanese ground losses:
516 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9
Port hits 1

BB Missouri firing at 56th Division

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Night Naval bombardment of Manila at 79,77

Allied Ships
BB Alabama
BB Massachusetts
BB Indiana
BB South Dakota

Japanese ground losses:
209 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)

BB Alabama firing at 8th Division

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Night Naval bombardment of Manila at 79,77

Allied Ships
BB Arizona
BB Nevada
BB Maryland
BC Renown

Japanese ground losses:
253 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 5 (4 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Fires 73519
Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 6

BB Arizona firing at 8th Division

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Morning Air attack on 102nd Division, at 79,77 (Manila)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 18
Liberator GR.VI x 18
B-24J Liberator x 6
B-17E Fortress x 7
B-17F Fortress x 6
B-24D Liberator x 7
B-24D1 Liberator x 17
B-24J Liberator x 219
B-25G Mitchell x 13
B-25H Mitchell x 42
B-25J1 Mitchell x 9
B-25J11 Mitchell x 15
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 6
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 23
PBJ-1J Mitchell x 3

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.VI: 1 damaged
Liberator GR.VI: 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 14 damaged
B-25G Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25H Mitchell: 9 damaged
B-25J11 Mitchell: 1 damaged
PBJ-1D Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
1015 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 78 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 106 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Manila (79,77)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 221137 troops, 3811 guns, 6481 vehicles, Assault Value = 8302

Defending force 81597 troops, 1128 guns, 877 vehicles, Assault Value = 1566

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Allied adjusted assault: 4223

Japanese adjusted defense: 851

Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 2)

Allied forces CAPTURE Manila !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
32224 casualties reported
Squads: 1391 destroyed, 45 disabled
Non Combat: 803 destroyed, 79 disabled
Engineers: 502 destroyed, 14 disabled
Guns lost 559 (510 destroyed, 49 disabled)
Vehicles lost 644 (640 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Units retreated 26
Units destroyed 6

Allied ground losses:
3075 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 332 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 134 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 63 disabled
Guns lost 83 (2 destroyed, 81 disabled)
Vehicles lost 122 (15 destroyed, 107 disabled)

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

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Reinforcements:

S-310 Hikotai arrives at Matsue
68th Field AA Battalion arrives at Tokyo
5th Air Fleet arrives at Hiroshima/Kure
43rd Const Co arrives at Tokyo
11th RF Gun Battalion arrives at Tokyo
24th Shinbu-tai arrives at Utsonomiya
44th Shinbu-tai arrives at Utsonomiya
E No.124 arrives at Tokyo

Losses: none.

Ships Sunk:

xAK Mormacmar is reported to have been sunk near Darwin on Mar 10, 1944
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These guys are about ready to go now.
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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 11/17/2013 12:27:13 PM

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10 -11 February 1945
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SUBS: The Brill is attacked near the Bonins. No hits.

DEI: Continued bombing of Moa. The Allies invade Bathurst Island for some reason. Tanks march across Java, scooping up undefended bases each day.

STRAT BOMBING: The Allies go for Hiroshima/Kure, but no hits are registered during severe storms> The Dinah NF take a beating.

CHINA: The blockade is ready to go near Nanning. More good divisions are now moving to the area SE of Kukong to act as reserve, ready to move toward the coast either around Hong Kong or Amoy.

LUZON: All troops are wrecked and there is no ability to resist the Alied pressure moving forward. All big divisions are moving toward the Northern areas to try to fly out the scraps. Jocke anticipates this and bombs the airfields at Laong and Vigan. This stops things for now. Cabanatuan falls.

HOME ISLANDS: A bunch of air groups gather for a try on the B-29 bases in the Marianas.

CENTRAL PACFIC: It's along shot I'll even be able to hit the fields at Saipan, but I have to try at some point. using the Ki-83 for the first time seems like a good moment to do it. I'll use Rota and the few bases in the Northern Marianas with some supply left. Some will have to fly from as far as Iwo Jima and Truk though. I'll bring in a kami group to use while the Cap is occupied as well.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR February 10, 45
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Night Naval bombardment of Clark Field at 79,76

Allied Ships
BB Missouri
BB Wisconsin
BB New Jersey
BB Iowa

Japanese ground losses:
506 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 36 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 16 (12 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (6 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 32
Port hits 4

BB Missouri firing at Clark Field
BB Wisconsin firing at Clark Field

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Morning Air attack on Laoag , at 81,72

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 101
B-25H Mitchell x 33
B-25J1 Mitchell x 11
P-38J Lightning x 60
P-38L Lightning x 18
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 14
PBJ-1H Mitchell x 7
PBJ-1J Mitchell x 14
PV-1 Ventura x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 3 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 6 damaged
B-25H Mitchell: 5 damaged
B-25J1 Mitchell: 1 damaged
PBJ-1D Mitchell: 1 damaged
PBJ-1H Mitchell: 2 damaged
PBJ-1J Mitchell: 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Airbase hits 59
Airbase supply hits 49
Runway hits 247

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Vigan , at 80,73

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 50
Liberator GR.VI x 21
B-24J Liberator x 6
B-17E Fortress x 7
B-17F Fortress x 3
B-24D Liberator x 6
B-24D1 Liberator x 17
B-25H Mitchell x 7
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 18

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.VI: 6 damaged
Liberator GR.VI: 4 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Airbase hits 55
Airbase supply hits 21
Runway hits 161

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on 1st Raiding Force , at 74,116 (Moa)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufort VIII x 55
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16
B-25H Mitchell x 12
PV-1 Ventura x 9

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR February 11, 45
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Night Air attack on Hiroshima/Kure , at 106,58

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 10

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Takao , at 84,65

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 27

No Allied losses

Light Industry hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Hiroshima/Kure , at 106,58

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 6

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Reinforcements:

46th Shinbu-tai arrives at Tokyo
E No.213 arrives at Tokyo
MGB G-1028 arrives at Hakodate
MGB G-461 arrives at Yokohama/Yokosuka

Losses: none.

Ships Sunk:

Previous report of sinking of SS Hardhead incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
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Here is the idea. it'll be about 150 2E with the 97 plane Ki-83 sweeping and providing some LR CAP, plus a few other Oscars, Georges and Sams sweeping and escorting. Rota is a level 5 but that isn't very big for this with all of the 2E involved.
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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 11/17/2013 3:46:39 PM

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12 - 13 February 1945
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CENTRAL PACFIC: The operation against the Marianas ended up being a major frustration. I couldn't have had better circumstances, as NO CAP was up over Saipan!!!

Instead of decimating the base, only less than half of my groups flew and the 60+ bombers that dropped got a lot of damaged B-29 messages, but only ONE behemoth destroyed. If this is accurate it's a serious motivation killer. Sometimes this game is hard to deal with. All of those pilots were 70-80 ground bombing skill, hardly any planes were lost to flak, there was no CAP but maybe it was the Heavy Rain on the day that kept them from getting hits. Either way, I've now exposed all of those groups to counter attack and they'll be fragmented at best for a week. There was no testing of the Ki-83 but now Jocke is fully aware that they're flying. All in all a bad day.

To top it off the kamis flew, got to transports as usual, no CAP, and hit exactly one TK (four planes hit the same one in what oops like a 10+ ship TF

) and a KV!

With no opposition against transports and tankers, shouldn't 50 exp 70 low naval pilots do better than this?

SUBS: The Brill is sent under after being sighted for a few days near the Bonins.

DEI: Still mass bombing at Moa. Still eating up a vacant Java.

RECON: In addition to the many recon sightings over the islands between Luzon and Formosa, there was another more ominous recon target on the 13th.

Allied Aircraft sighted over Kushiro
Allied Recon sighted over Kushiro
Allied Heavy Bomber sighted over Kushiro

Because this is one of the small coastal ports this can only mean one thing; feeling out Hokkaido for invasion. That gives me concern because as I've mentioned a lot recently the silly command system in the Japanese Home Islands doesn't allow troops on Honshu or the other connected islands to move to Hokkaido. I have a decent force there of about 2.5k AV, but a lot of it is small brigades still filling out. I'll keep monitoring the recon, but I also have some ideas about how to improve defenses up here.

LUZON: Clark succumbs to massive Allied force.

HOME ISLANDS: I begin to look through which units can fly and which can ship to destinations near to the HI. I still have to get more to the line of little islands right off the coast, and now it looks like it'll be imperative to begin sending some more troops to Hokkaido as well.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR February 12, 45
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Sub attack near Chichi-jima at 112,76

Japanese Ships
E No.150
E No.40
E No.118

Allied Ships
SS Brill, hits 3

SS Brill launches 2 torpedoes at E No.150
Brill diving deep ....
E No.150 attacking submerged sub ....
E No.118 fails to find sub and abandons search
E No.150 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Chichi-jima at 112,76

Japanese Ships
E No.150
E No.40
E No.118

Allied Ships
SS Brill, hits 6, heavy damage

SS Brill launches 4 torpedoes at E No.150
Brill diving deep ....
E No.150 fails to find sub and abandons search
E No.118 attacking submerged sub ....
Debris floats to surface in area of attack!
Escort abandons search for sub

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Night Naval bombardment of Clark Field at 79,76

Allied Ships
BB King George V
BB Colorado
CA Boston
CA Vincennes
CA San Francisco
CA Minneapolis
CA Chester

Japanese ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 16

BB King George V firing at 8th Division
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Colorado

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Night Naval bombardment of Clark Field at 79,76

Allied Ships
BB Missouri
BB Wisconsin
BB New Jersey
BB Iowa

Japanese ground losses:
543 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 31 destroyed, 36 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 15 (8 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (10 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Airbase hits 9
Runway hits 29
Port hits 1

BB Missouri firing at 8th Division
BB Wisconsin firing at Clark Field

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Night Naval bombardment of Clark Field at 79,76

Japanese Ships
MTB G-539, Shell hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
BB Alabama
BB Massachusetts
BB Indiana
BB South Dakota

Japanese ground losses:
574 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 12 (7 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Airbase hits 14
Runway hits 41
Port hits 7
Port supply hits 1

BB Alabama firing at Clark Field
BB Massachusetts firing at Clark Field

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Morning Air attack on 61st Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 79,76 (Clark Field)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 36
Liberator GR.VI x 12
B-24J Liberator x 10
B-17E Fortress x 3
B-17F Fortress x 3
B-24D Liberator x 6
B-24D1 Liberator x 12
B-24J Liberator x 235
B-25H Mitchell x 6
B-25J1 Mitchell x 3
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 32
PBJ-1H Mitchell x 3

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.VI: 5 damaged
Liberator GR.VI: 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 13 damaged
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 8 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
114 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25J1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 1st Tank Division, at 79,76 (Clark Field)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 9
Liberator GR.VI x 3
B-24J Liberator x 4
B-24J Liberator x 18
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 3
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 10

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.VI: 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 damaged
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x PB4Y-2 Privateer bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 1st Raiding Force , at 74,116 (Moa)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufort VIII x 34
B-25D1 Mitchell x 17
B-25H Mitchell x 15
PV-1 Ventura x 3

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort VIII: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Beaufort VIII bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 105575 troops, 2157 guns, 2429 vehicles, Assault Value = 3975

Defending force 37702 troops, 525 guns, 387 vehicles, Assault Value = 616

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Allied adjusted assault: 1188

Japanese adjusted defense: 322

Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 5)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 5

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
4747 casualties reported
Squads: 236 destroyed, 118 disabled
Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 133 disabled
Engineers: 19 destroyed, 27 disabled
Guns lost 164 (70 destroyed, 94 disabled)
Vehicles lost 54 (13 destroyed, 41 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
961 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 161 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 35 (1 destroyed, 34 disabled)

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Ground combat at Cam Ranh Bay (64,72)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 60572 troops, 531 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 2628

Defending force 37702 troops, 384 guns, 205 vehicles, Assault Value = 677

Japanese ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR February 13, 45
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Night Naval bombardment of Clark Field at 79,76

Allied Ships
BB King George V
BB Colorado
CA Boston
CA Vincennes
CA San Francisco
CA Minneapolis
CA Chester

Japanese ground losses:
201 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 8 (3 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 34
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 1

BB King George V firing at Clark Field
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Colorado

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Night Naval bombardment of Clark Field at 79,76

Allied Ships
BB Missouri
BB Wisconsin
BB New Jersey
BB Iowa

Japanese ground losses:
361 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 8 (6 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 24

BB Missouri firing at 56th Division

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Morning Air attack on Tinian , at 108,94

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 21
Ki-83 x 5

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x A7M2 Sam sweeping at 32000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Tinian , at 108,94

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 17
Ki-83 x 65

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
42 x Ki-83 sweeping at 32000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Tinian , at 108,94

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-83 x 13

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-83 sweeping at 32000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Tinian , at 108,94

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 30
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 17
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 28
Ki-83 x 18

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 19 damaged
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed on ground
F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 damaged
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Tinian , at 108,94

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 121 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 18
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 17
Ki-83 x 5

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x N1K2-J George sweeping at 32000 feet

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tinian at 108,94

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 7
Ki-83 x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 4 destroyed

Allied Ships
xAK Laredo Victory
DD Patterson
KV Chilliwack, Kamikaze hits 1

xAK David F. Barry

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x P1Y2 Frances flying as kamikaze
Kamikaze: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 79,75 (Lingayen)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 21
Liberator GR.VI x 17
B-24J Liberator x 3
B-17F Fortress x 6
B-24D Liberator x 6
B-24D1 Liberator x 12
B-24J Liberator x 100
B-25G Mitchell x 5
B-25H Mitchell x 12
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 10
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 3
PBJ-1H Mitchell x 3

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.VI: 6 damaged
Liberator GR.VI: 9 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 17 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
B-25G Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 8 damaged
PBJ-1D Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
642 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 135 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 13 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PBJ-1H Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Tinian , at 108,94

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 104 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 43
Ki-67-Ib Peggy x 19
Ki-83 x 23

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-67-Ib Peggy: 8 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 9 damaged
F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 damaged
F4U-1D Corsair: 2 damaged
SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged
SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-67-Ib Peggy bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-67-Ib Peggy bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Tinian , at 108,94

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 81 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 28
Ki-67-Ib Peggy x 15

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-67-Ib Peggy: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 13 damaged
F4U-1A Corsair: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-67-Ib Peggy bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Truk at 119,100

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-67-Ib Peggy x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-67-Ib Peggy: 2 destroyed
Ki-67-Ib Peggy: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
TK War Sirdar, Kamikaze hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-67-Ib Peggy flying as kamikaze
Kamikaze: 3 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 111999 troops, 2171 guns, 2596 vehicles, Assault Value = 3871

Defending force 30555 troops, 375 guns, 129 vehicles, Assault Value = 395

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Allied adjusted assault: 1725

Japanese adjusted defense: 151

Allied assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 4)

Allied forces CAPTURE Clark Field !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
12919 casualties reported
Squads: 393 destroyed, 47 disabled
Non Combat: 792 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 79 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 231 (218 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Vehicles lost 132 (129 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units retreated 17
Units destroyed 2

Allied ground losses:
493 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 50 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 25 disabled
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Satawal (105,105)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3270 troops, 42 guns, 46 vehicles, Assault Value = 165

Defending force 1796 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 46

Allied adjusted assault: 47

Japanese adjusted defense: 79

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
143 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
348 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 17 (1 destroyed, 16 disabled)

Assaulting units:
1st Filipino Inf Regiment

Defending units:
91st Naval Guard Unit
53rd Construction Battalion
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Reinforcements: A whole bunch of new training groups are coming now. These are not the 10 plane 30 pilots variety either, these are whomping ~27-32 plane units with ~95-105 pilots in them.

These seemingly train pilot much more efficiently than other groups and now allow EVERY other group to go into combat. A whole slew of them arrive tomorrow filling out many needs including at last a bunch of dedicated IJN fighter pilot trainers.

14th Mortar Battalion arrives at Tokyo
E No.65 arrives at Tokyo
23rd Shinbu-tai arrives at Tsu
42nd Shinbu-tai arrives at Tsu
43rd Shinbu-tai arrives at Tsu
45th Shinbu-tai arrives at Tsu

Losses:

none.

Previous report of sinking of CA Astoria incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
SS Brill is reported to have been sunk near Chichi-jima on Feb 12, 1945
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After the beta increases in flak effectiveness kamikaze ability is seemingly tempered a lot from what I used to see in other games. The hit ratio for one so far seem to be in the 15% range even without CAP or flak heavy combat ships in the TFs. I'l keep building a useful kami force but for now I'll retain most groups as conventional strike groups. The combination of D4Y4 Judys, Graces, Frances and Peggy (T) still can provide good striking power with excellent speed to target. Once the dedicated kami planes arrive in a few months I should complement these with 350mph 800kg bomb carrying LB that use the units which so far have been dedicated to truing and which I can begin to release into combat.
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TRAINING GROUPS
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Just another short note to say this is basically caught up to the game now. A bit bored now as after the turn I sent this morning I haven't heard anything or gotten one back. Jocke's schedule can be tough as if I miss his morning window he can't do anything until the child is resting. We've done about 22-23 turns over the past two weeks though, which is just under a pace for two a day, (or will be if I get another tonight). At this stage of the game with so much to do for each turn that's not bad.

Anyway, it took forever this morning to set up all of the twenty-something training groups that arrived this turn. Here is a sample of one.

Does anyone know if it is true that these train quicker than other groups? It certainly seems to be the case. All LB will train low naval bombing.

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- Heavy weather can certainly mess up a good raid. It's happened to me and is frustrating! Of course I don't know for sure if that's what happened internally or if a bunch of missed die rolls were also involved, etc.

- No idea if those groups train faster by design, but I would be very surprised if that were true. I notice that the group's leader has great leadership and inspiration, perhaps that is why?

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quote:

ORIGINAL: witpqs

- Heavy weather can certainly mess up a good raid. It's happened to me and is frustrating! Of course I don't know for sure if that's what happened internally or if a bunch of missed die rolls were also involved, etc.

- No idea if those groups train faster by design, but I would be very surprised if that were true. I notice that the group's leader has great leadership and inspiration, perhaps that is why?

I pay for this big time throughout the game, but it does seem important. I do think that's a part of it, but usually when a group is over-filled or has lower than it's full complement of planes it trains more slowly. These, with only 10 planes for 30 pilots in the original groups, are lightning fast, and their leaders aren't any better on average than the regular groups training.

I might do some tests as they go, just to see. I took a bunch of screenshots of the new groups, so I can have a look at how fast they went later, I guess Tracker would show that as well, so I'll check that with the groups that have already arrived and been training.

On a related note, float plane groups seem to train pilots slower than other groups, on average. I'm now disbanding a whole slew of them as it's not a good use of resources at this point. not much area to search anymore, either!

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14 - 15 February 1945
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STRAT BOMBING: Shanghai is nailed for the loss of ~50 HI factories. I'll begin moving a few NF in, but of course I can't cover everything with them. Too bad the fleet flak doesn't take part in the calculation for the base, as there is A LOT here.

RECON: This is getting nerve wracking now. Although these are the first indications of interest up here EVER, it could be that the prep has been going toward the area for some time and this is just a confirmation of sigint information.

Allied Heavy Bomber sighted over Bihoro
Allied Aircraft sighted over Bihoro

CHINA: The defenses are about as good as I can make ten at this point. I've chosen not to garrison the coastal clear hexes heavily, as these can be quickly overrun even with good forts levels. I'm looking at having a fluid force in reserve to more along the rail and road system to react to any Allied moves. Compared to what the Allies can send though, this will likely be dwarfed if the Allies concentrate. They had 8-9k AV in Manila, another 12k in Thailand that is likely all now moving to China, and possibly more that will move from the DEI knowing that there is little opposition there. My only hope to hold for a while is that he waffles and doesn't just commit them all somewhere. Without stacking limits it's impossible to defend a concentrated move.

LUZON: Over Luzon the Ki-83 sees it's first action. I set 80 of them to go to Lingayan on LR CAP from Appari supported by another 40 Frank 'r' and 40 Ki-100. The Ki-83 and Franks took the high CAP at 32k while the Ki-100 took 20k. A spartan assignment given the kind of concentration the Allies are using here, and that proved to be the short-coming of this mission.

About 8 P-51 sweeps came in before the bombing runs in the morning, and these wore down the LR CAP sufficiently that there were no planes left up to greet the bombing runs (of over 500 4E and 2E). Altogether it wasn't bad, with slightly more Allied planes lost than ours, but now about 15 planes are grounded and will likely be lost to reprisals next turn. The rest move back to Formosa.

HOME ISLANDS: A zillion mediocre divisions arrive this month, and will begin filling out and prepping for various likely invasion target hexes, including spots in the clear especially. It's odd to think of preparing the HI for invasions after so long of having them outside the realm of action. I'm wondering even now with the beta changes if I could bout a successful set of strikes against the Allies if they came now. I have to say I'm just not sure. If he does come for Formosa that will tell me a lot more.

CENTRAL PACFIC: All planes are out of the striking bases now and there were no attempts to hit them on the ground. It's a very laisse faire LOC. I'll keep trying to chip away while that continues.

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Night Naval bombardment of Lingayen at 79,75 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB Alabama
BB Massachusetts
BB Indiana
BB South Dakota

Japanese ground losses:
556 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 31 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 9 (4 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 26
Port hits 7
Port supply hits 6

OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Alabama

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Morning Air attack on 1st Base Force, at 79,75 (Lingayen)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 7
Liberator GR.VI x 10
B-24J Liberator x 9
B-17E Fortress x 3
B-24J Liberator x 32
B-25G Mitchell x 10
B-25H Mitchell x 15
B-25J1 Mitchell x 23
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 8
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 8
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 12
PBJ-1H Mitchell x 6

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.VI: 1 damaged
Liberator GR.VI: 2 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
B-25G Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25H Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25J1 Mitchell: 2 damaged
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 2 damaged
PBJ-1D Mitchell: 6 damaged
PBJ-1H Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
106 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at 55,59 (near Tavoy)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 24123 troops, 162 guns, 170 vehicles, Assault Value = 41

Defending force 39439 troops, 329 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1343

Japanese adjusted assault: 0

Allied adjusted defense: 5626

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 99

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 28 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 53 (53 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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Ground combat at Luangprabang (63,55)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1708 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 113

Defending force 156 troops, 0 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Allied adjusted assault: 49

Japanese adjusted defense: 7

Allied assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 2)

Allied forces CAPTURE Luangprabang !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Units destroyed 1

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
3rd Commando Brigade

Defending units:
Ankei SNLF /1
88th JAAF AF Coy

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Night Air attack on Shanghai , at 92,55

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 28

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged

Heavy Industry hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Shanghai , at 92,55

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 6

No Allied losses

Heavy Industry hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Shanghai , at 92,55

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 3

No Allied losses

Heavy Industry hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Shanghai , at 92,55

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 3

No Allied losses

Heavy Industry hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Naval bombardment of Lingayen at 79,75 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

11 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB Missouri
BB Wisconsin
BB New Jersey
BB Iowa

Japanese ground losses:
201 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3
Port hits 2

OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Missouri

Morning Air attack on 217th Naval Construction Battalion, at 79,75 (Lingayen)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-83 x 46
Ki-84r Frank x 14
Ki-100-I Tony x 19

Allied aircraft
P-51D Mustang x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-100-I Tony: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-51D Mustang: 4 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Lingayen , at 79,75

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-83 x 41
Ki-84r Frank x 13
Ki-100-I Tony x 9

Allied aircraft
P-51D Mustang x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-83: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-51D Mustang: 3 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 79,75 (Lingayen)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 11
B-17E Fortress x 9
B-17F Fortress x 5
B-24D1 Liberator x 9
B-24J Liberator x 65
B-25G Mitchell x 9
B-25H Mitchell x 27
B-25J1 Mitchell x 12
B-25J11 Mitchell x 28
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 15
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 23

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.VI: 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged
B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-25J1 Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-25J11 Mitchell: 4 damaged
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 2 damaged
PBJ-1D Mitchell: 8 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
298 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Cam Ranh Bay (64,72)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 60629 troops, 531 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 2631

Defending force 37464 troops, 384 guns, 205 vehicles, Assault Value = 676

Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
109 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Reinforcements: Something like 20-25 training groups arrived today as well (I don't have the ops report from the 15th here at work to show). Spent a lot of Saturday morning moving them around and getting them set up.

E Kuga arrives at Tokyo
E No.83 arrives at Tokyo
E No.186 arrives at Tokyo
MGB G-462 arrives at Shimizu
722 Ku K-1 arrives at Kobe
722 Ku K-2 arrives at Kobe

Losses: none.

Ships Sunk:

DD Dortch is reported to have been sunk near Bataan on Jan 02, 1945
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SUBS: A few subs seem to be moving around Singers. I have some good ASW there in the last major Southern outpost, and I'll set them within a hex of the base to shepherd the tankers in from Palembang.

DEI: Another one ship supply run makes it to Cam Ran but it then sunk by DDs. Still, about 2/3 of the supply made it, so that should keep these troops fed for a week or two. As a nice consequence, a DD hit a mine here too!

STRAT BOMBING: A big strike of B-29-25 goes for Osaka while the older B-29-1 go for Shanghai for the second night in a row. The Osaka strike hits a wall of NF, and I've been upping the pilot quality of those groups as much as possible. Good results but heavy NF losses as well. One flight of 3 B-29-25 shot down 6 NF!!! Luckily the weather was bad so the strike only nets 4300 fires. Still, that could burn a few hundred HI/LI, which will hurt. Looks like about 25 beasts lost to flak and NF on the night for the loss of 28 NF.

At Shanghai in two nights the Allies have destroyed 96 points of HI out of 120! I was too late adding the NF which arrived today. Oh, well.

RECON: Sapporo is a major target both days, and extended recon of the Okinawa area and islands around occurring as well. Looks like a survey the way these move over the days.

CHINA: With Shanghai losing industrial capacity is tough for the defense of the area. It'll be like China 42 reversed, but hopefully the terrain will help as it did then for the KMT. I wish I could turn off units building forts after a certain point.

LUZON: getting a good sampling of troops lifted, mainly focusing on big base forces and divisions. Like the units with experience, and getting enough out could mean I can keep some of them high. We'll see. Most will be lost and that will cost a lot to replace if I buy some back. We'll have to assess if that is still useful. The Allies do indeed launch reprisal strikes on Aparri and other bases to knock out damaged planes on the ground.

HOME ISLANDS: Moving a lot of units around to head out to the chain from Ishigaki toward Amami-Oshima and on to Kyushu. Lots of islands still need a bit more here.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,72, Range 4,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
xAK Asukasan Maru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Ammen
DD Anthony
DD Charles Badger
DD Bush
DD Daly
DD Heywood Edwards
DD Paul Hamilton
DD McNair

Allied Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Japanese TF begins to get underway
Reduced sighting due to 21% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 21% moonlight: 4,000 yards

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TF 23 encounters mine field at Cam Ranh Bay (64,72)

Allied Ships
DD Paul Hamilton, Mine hits 1

Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5d-S Zero x 13
J1N1-S Irving x 12
J1N1-Sa Irving x 37
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 13

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5d-S Zero: 1 destroyed
J1N1-S Irving: 1 destroyed
J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 25 damaged
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak

Manpower hits 1
Fires 650

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5d-S Zero x 7
J1N1-S Irving x 2
J1N1-Sa Irving x 28
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 6

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5d-S Zero: 1 destroyed
J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 17 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Banzai! - Hashimoto P. in a Ki-46-III KAI Dinah rams a B-29-25 Superfort for the Emperor

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Night Air attack on Shanghai , at 92,55

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 35

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged

Heavy Industry hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5d-S Zero x 3
J1N1-Sa Irving x 23
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 2

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-Sa Irving: 3 destroyed
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 6 damaged
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Banzai! - Doigawa R. in a J1N1-Sa Irving rams a B-29-25 Superfort for the Emperor

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Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5d-S Zero x 3
J1N1-Sa Irving x 17
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5d-S Zero x 1
J1N1-Sa Irving x 9

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged

Manpower hits 6
Fires 4270

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Cam Ranh Bay , at 64,72

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 17

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 9
P-38L Lightning x 16
P-51D Mustang x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 7 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38L Lightning: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 32000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Aparri , at 82,73

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 16
Liberator GR.VI x 9
B-17E Fortress x 6
B-17F Fortress x 5
B-24D Liberator x 4
B-24D1 Liberator x 10
B-24J Liberator x 116
P-38J Lightning x 41
P-51B Mustang x 31
F4U-1D Corsair x 32
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 25
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-83: 6 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.VI: 2 damaged
Liberator GR.VI: 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 3 damaged
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 51
Airbase supply hits 15
Runway hits 138

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR February 17, 45
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Ground combat at Lingayen (79,75)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 106472 troops, 1980 guns, 3082 vehicles, Assault Value = 3946

Defending force 48745 troops, 727 guns, 864 vehicles, Assault Value = 510

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Allied adjusted assault: 1433

Japanese adjusted defense: 141

Allied assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 5)

Allied forces CAPTURE Lingayen !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
18778 casualties reported
Squads: 142 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 1418 destroyed, 192 disabled
Engineers: 599 destroyed, 33 disabled
Guns lost 287 (225 destroyed, 62 disabled)
Vehicles lost 680 (673 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Units retreated 58
Units destroyed 3

Allied ground losses:
1124 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 111 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 40 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 37 disabled
Guns lost 48 (1 destroyed, 47 disabled)
Vehicles lost 51 (2 destroyed, 49 disabled)

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

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Reinforcements:

MGB G-463 arrives at Nagoya
MGB G-464 arrives at Osaka/Kyoto
13th Ind.Infantry Brigade arrives at Tokyo
5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion arrives at Tokyo
MGB G-1029 arrives at Shimonoseki

Losses:

Loss of xAK Asukasan Maru on Feb 16, 1945 is admitted

Ships Sunk:

Previous report of sinking of SS Roncador incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 11/19/2013 12:30:34 PM

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are you really building only 12 ac daily??? and 106 engines???

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 11/19/2013 12:37:58 PM

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Erik,

keep doing what you are doing ... you should be able to out-produce him with NF's compared to B29's. Once those are gone, you know he has to get a base within B24 range ... a LOT closer. Short option list. Okinawa/Hokkaido/Korea/Shanghai are about it. Okinawa/Shanghai are more exposed than the other two ... You know where he has to go, so prep accordingly. Be sure you have reaction forces prepped ... you will want to counter-invade to kill off those Marine ID's. Once they are gone, his amphib is really hurt. A lot of allied player fail to plan for failure ... meaning he won't have assets in place to salvage a bad LZ ... they count on the single hammer blow ...

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 11/19/2013 1:29:12 PM

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are you really building only 12 ac daily??? and 106 engines???

Um, not unless I did something silly last turn without realizing it?

I'll check my settings as it should be a lot more. About to run a new turn.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 11/19/2013 1:36:23 PM

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Erik,

keep doing what you are doing ... you should be able to out-produce him with NF's compared to B29's. Once those are gone, you know he has to get a base within B24 range ... a LOT closer. Short option list. Okinawa/Hokkaido/Korea/Shanghai are about it. Okinawa/Shanghai are more exposed than the other two ... You know where he has to go, so prep accordingly. Be sure you have reaction forces prepped ... you will want to counter-invade to kill off those Marine ID's. Once they are gone, his amphib is really hurt. A lot of allied player fail to plan for failure ... meaning he won't have assets in place to salvage a bad LZ ... they count on the single hammer blow ...

Right now I'm still trying to cover all necessary spots, but I've allocated some of the newly arrived Manchurian divisions that I can buy out for 600 PP to a reserve. Then they'll have to fill. I have some also on Formosa to use if he tries to by-pass that, and I've kept a few transports in bases just in case. It does seem like it'll be tough to move around though if he wants to shut down areas of the ocean with his CV fleets.

I don't have many unrestricted divisions unfortunately after the Burma Army disaster, but the blessing is that almost all of the AA from that stuck pile was killed off and has been shooting down B-29s in Tokyo and Osaka. It was perfect timing actually, as they started to arrive back just as he began bombing the HI.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 11/19/2013 1:57:07 PM

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STRAT BOMBING
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After the posts in Greyjoy's AAR I just wanted to post some of the lists of bombing dates for the B-29 varieties to give players an idea of what is possible for each side. Later, after doing the current turn, I'll try to given idea of what the damage is like at this point and how that was achieved. Hopefully it will give both sides some for for thought.

I'll try to give my best estimates on losses for both the NF and the B-29.

B-29-1: These started in India (I haven't gone back to look at these yet) and took out most of the industry in China, Indochina, Thaiand and Malaya first. They then re-based to hit the oil and industry in the DEI. Again they re-based to get to the PI, Formosa and NE China industry.

EDIT:

Adding the earlier strikes all of the way up to the first the B-29 were involved in during May/44.

From the initial use of the B-29 on 5/2/44 until 5/23/44 there were 6 strikes during 21 days for an average of one every 3.5 days.

5/2 Rangoon (Night airfield attack - in combination with other 4E)
5/3 Rangoon (LI - destroyed all 40 points in one night)
5/6 Medan (Daylight attack - defended by 18 A6M5c which apparently shot down 20 B-29 with no losses) (Destroyed 150 oil points)
5/10 Rangoon (Daylight airfield strike)
5/18 Bangkok (HI)
5/23 Medan (Oil)

During the 30 day period from 6/2/44 until 7/1/44 there were 11 strikes for an average of one every 2.7 days.

6/2 Bangkok (LI)
6/5 Bangkok (LI)
6/8 Canton (HI)
6/12 Kunming (HI)
6/14 Hong Kong (HI)
6/17 Rangoon(Night airfield strike)
6/19 Lanchow(Oil)
6/22 Lanchow (Oil)
6/26 Lanchow (Oil) (Completely destroyed over these three attacks - Franks used as NF, with around 25 losses over the three days for about 5-7 B-29)
6/29 Hong Kong (HI)
7/1 Hong Kong (HI)

During the 43 day period from 7/12/44 until 8/25/44 there were 11 strikes for an average of one every 3.9 days.

7/12 Sian (OIL)
7/14 Canton (LI)
7/18 Kunming (LI)
7/20 Lanchow (Oil)
7/24 Medan (Oil)
8/1Medan (Oil)
8/2 Medan (Oil) (destroyed 97 points in two nights)
8/9 Medan (Oil)
8/20 Saigon (All 50 HI destroyed in one night) (heavy thunderstorms 0% moonlight!)
8/22 Saigon (LI)
8/25 Georgetown (HI)

From 9/6 at Singapore until 11/12 at Manila there were 22 missions, and some were within a day or two of each other. So over that 67 days the strike frequency was more like one every 3.1 days.

9/6 Singapore (Daylight port strike)
9/7 Soerabaja (
9/13 Manila (Daylight port strike)
9/18 Miri (Oil) (destroyed ~150 points in one night)
9/20 Tarakan (Oil)
9/23 Miri (Oil)
9/25 Palembang )Oil)
9/29 Miri (Oil)
10/1 Miri (Oil)
10/4 Lomblen (night mine-laying)
10/7 Palembang (Oil)
10/10 Miri (Oil)
10/16 Hong Kong (Daylight)
10/19 Soerabaja
10/22 Soerabaja
10/26 Soerabaja
10/27 Palembang (night mine-laying)
10/30 Soerabaja
11/1 Balikpapan (night airfield strike)
11/3 Manila
11/6 Kendari (daylight airfield attack)
11/12 Manila

After a break until a strike on 12/1 at Naha there were 21 strikes until the most recent at Shanghai on 2/16, making it one every 3.7 days over these 72 days.

12/1 Naha (daylight port strike)
12/3 (Daylight airfield strike - against CAP)
12/5 Manila
12/9 Manila
12/13 Manila
12/18 Takao
12/20 Takao
12/26 Manila
1/2 Manila
1/3 Manila
1/7 Saigon
1/9 Manila
1/12 Manila
1/16 Manila
1/17 Manila
1/25 Manila
2/1 Manila
2/2 Manila
2/9 Manila
2/15 Shanghai
2/16 Shanghai

B-29-25: These arrived in the autumn of 44 and based in Saipan and Tinian. They have been on a more sporadic pace hitting the HI, but with devastating results.

Using the B-29-25 from the Marianas the Allies have sent 10 missions to the HI from the first to Tokyo on 12/10/44 until the latest at Hiroshima on 2/11/45. So on average they were one mission every 6.4 days.

12/10 Tokyo (1st manpower raid)
12/18 Nagoya
12/24 Tokyo
12/30 Osaka
1/5 Tokyo
1/11 Maebashi
1/20 Tokyo
1/27 Osaka
2/4 Tokyo
2/11 Hiroshima/Kure

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 11/19/2013 3:42:15 PM

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STRAT BOMBING: Shanghai is nailed for the loss of ~50 HI factories. I'll begin moving a few NF in, but of course I can't cover everything with them. Too bad the fleet flak doesn't take part in the calculation for the base, as there is A LOT here.

If i remember correctly ships anchored in ports use their AA guns to defend base with 50% efficiency

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 11/19/2013 4:59:21 PM

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STRAT BOMBING: Shanghai is nailed for the loss of ~50 HI factories. I'll begin moving a few NF in, but of course I can't cover everything with them. Too bad the fleet flak doesn't take part in the calculation for the base, as there is A LOT here.

If i remember correctly ships anchored in ports use their AA guns to defend base with 50% efficiency

Interesting. No hits at all during the night, but most of the feet is here, so at 50% there should still be more flak than at Tokyo.

Do ships in hex but docked also add to the base AA?

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 11/19/2013 5:01:48 PM

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are you really building only 12 ac daily??? and 106 engines???

Not sure what is up with that report, but all production is on as normal. Maybe it was a slow day at the factories? Hirohito's birthday?

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 11/19/2013 5:20:43 PM

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are you really building only 12 ac daily??? and 106 engines???

Not sure what is up with that report, but all production is on as normal. Maybe it was a slow day at the factories? Hirohito's birthday?

That was in April. Gotta be something else.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 11/19/2013 7:04:45 PM

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STRAT BOMBING: Shanghai is nailed for the loss of ~50 HI factories. I'll begin moving a few NF in, but of course I can't cover everything with them. Too bad the fleet flak doesn't take part in the calculation for the base, as there is A LOT here.

If i remember correctly ships anchored in ports use their AA guns to defend base with 50% efficiency

Interesting. No hits at all during the night, but most of the feet is here, so at 50% there should still be more flak than at Tokyo.

Do ships in hex but docked also add to the base AA?

6.1 TASK FORCES AND SHIPS
Ships begin scenarios either in TFs, or �at anchor� in a port. Ships that are at anchor will not
move, but they will defend the base if attacked, adding half their AA firepower to the base in
defense of the port.

So it look that they fire only if port is attacked

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 11/19/2013 9:15:12 PM

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STRAT BOMBING: Shanghai is nailed for the loss of ~50 HI factories. I'll begin moving a few NF in, but of course I can't cover everything with them. Too bad the fleet flak doesn't take part in the calculation for the base, as there is A LOT here.

If i remember correctly ships anchored in ports use their AA guns to defend base with 50% efficiency

Interesting. No hits at all during the night, but most of the feet is here, so at 50% there should still be more flak than at Tokyo.

Do ships in hex but docked also add to the base AA?

6.1 TASK FORCES AND SHIPS
Ships begin scenarios either in TFs, or �at anchor� in a port. Ships that are at anchor will not
move, but they will defend the base if attacked, adding half their AA firepower to the base in
defense of the port.

So it look that they fire only if port is attacked

Thanks koniu. Could have sworn Alfred wrote this post!

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 11/20/2013 1:05:58 PM

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18 - 19 February 1945
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EDIT: The STRAT BOMBING post above is edited. It's interesting to see what has happened over 10 months of the B-29 being active in game. I'll post some numbers to show the destruction achieved after this update.

DEI: I sent in some Georges and Oscars to hit the milkruns in the DEI. Firstly, in a stroke of bad luck, some of the strafing B-25s show up first and their forward firing defensive guns chew up the fighters, even though outnumbered 3:1. Also, after getting damaged 3 pilots decide to ram a few planes for the Emperor. Not much was left for the later bombing runs, and on the day 15 fighters are lost for 5 bombers. So much for that idea.

Also, Graces flying from Peleliu find a convoy, but it's outside their search arc!! They get a good look at it, somehow, and fly in the afternoon right into a massive LR CAP from Yap. About 30 are lost for no hits. No other planes are in the area to have found these so I have no idea if I can trust search arcs at all.

On the 19th the revenge strike on Saumlaki, which based the Georges for the previous day, was set at 6k and more bombers were lost to balloons than to the fighters the previous day! About ~10 are lost to ops out of the 140 or so planes that struck the base on the day.

STRAT BOMBING: The beasts hit Changsha in their continuing clean-up of Chinese industry. Only a few points of HI left at Changsha.

RECON: Some new recon in Central China.

Allied Aircraft sighted over Kweiyang
Allied Recon sighted over Wuchow
Allied Aircraft sighted over Tuyun

LUZON: Bataan falls, and the 4E and 2E concentrate on the South while the fields are fixed in the North. This allows some important removals. All of the divisions on the island are now between 66-80 exp. So far the 6th has been completely flown out, the 56th is 50% out, the 107th is 60% out, and several others are around 20-30% out. Jocke will be not so pleased about that, but the Allied bombers have concentrated on troops and fields in the South and Laong, San Fernando and Vigan fixed enough to fly troops out. High ops losses, and my transport pools are at 0 for all airframes, but for experienced unrestricted divisions I'll make a good many sacrifices.

HOME ISLANDS: I just realized the islands off the SW coast of Kyushu are under the Southern Army HQ!!! Who's idea was that?!? Doesn't make any sense when the entire island of Formosa is General Defense! It really complicates matters as I'll have to pay PPs to send troops there, even for the little garrisons I've planned. It has to be done, but it really is too bad.

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Night Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 16

No Allied losses

Heavy Industry hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 1st Raiding Force , at 74,116 (Moa)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 12
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 19

Allied aircraft
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
PBJ-1D Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
S-303 Hikotai with N1K2-J George (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
12 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
64th Sentai with Ki-43-IV Oscar (19 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
19 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead

Banzai! - Kira M. in a Ki-43-IV Oscar rams a PBJ-1D Mitchell for the Emperor
Banzai! - Kawato H. in a N1K2-J George rams a PBJ-1D Mitchell for the Emperor
Banzai! - Kizuka T. in a Ki-43-IV Oscar rams a PBJ-1D Mitchell for the Emperor

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Morning Air attack on 1st Raiding Force , at 74,116 (Moa)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 3
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 2

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 13

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 3 damaged

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Yap at 96,94

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B7A2 Grace x 31

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
B7A2 Grace: 19 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Saumlaki , at 78,117

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 52 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Beaufort VIII x 8
PV-1 Ventura x 14
Mitchell III x 3
PV-1 Ventura x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort VIII: 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 28

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Ground combat at Bataan (78,77)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 11324 troops, 222 guns, 352 vehicles, Assault Value = 423

Defending force 4256 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 75

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Allied adjusted assault: 223

Japanese adjusted defense: 13

Allied assault odds: 17 to 1 (fort level 2)

Allied forces CAPTURE Bataan !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
755 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 79 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 14 (8 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
754th Tank Battalion
25th Infantry Division

Defending units:
52nd Naval Guard Unit
25th Ind. Engineer Regiment
62nd Construction Battalion
4th JNAF Coy
15th Base Force

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Reinforcements:

E Mokuto arrives at Tokyo
52nd Air Division arrives at Tokyo
53rd Air Division arrives at Keijo
2nd RF Gun Battalion arrives at Tokyo
Chugoku JNAF Base Force arrives at Shanghai
K-1 Hikotai arrives at Matsuyama
K-254 Hikotai arrives at Matsuyama

Losses: none.

Ships Sunk:

Previous report of sinking of BB Mississippi incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
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These guys are coming soon, but I don't know if I'll be able to make enough to do much. Only 30 factories in R n D and I'm loath to change out any others due to supply. It puts into question the many light bombers groups I'd planned to sue with these specialists. Now I may have to drag out the Ann, the Mary and the Sonia.
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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 11/20/2013 5:40:20 PM

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HOME ISLANDS: I just realized the islands off the SW coast of Kyushu are under the Southern Army HQ!!! Who's idea was that?!? Doesn't make any sense when the entire island of Formosa is General Defense! It really complicates matters as I'll have to pay PPs to send troops there, even for the little garrisons I've planned. It has to be done, but it really is too bad.

Hi Obvert - great AAR. I really need to get back to work on mine.

To the point above, somewhere I read that you can switch those bases over to General Defense by taking a small, cheap (PP), unit, un-restrict it, move it to the base you want to flip, change it back to Gen Def, then you will be able to change the base. Rinse and repeat for each base you want to make GD. I don't think it costs much to change the base, and then you can use air trans to move units to those islands without having to buy PPs for each unit.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 11/20/2013 6:03:05 PM

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HOME ISLANDS: I just realized the islands off the SW coast of Kyushu are under the Southern Army HQ!!! Who's idea was that?!? Doesn't make any sense when the entire island of Formosa is General Defense! It really complicates matters as I'll have to pay PPs to send troops there, even for the little garrisons I've planned. It has to be done, but it really is too bad.

Hi Obvert - great AAR. I really need to get back to work on mine.

To the point above, somewhere I read that you can switch those bases over to General Defense by taking a small, cheap (PP), unit, un-restrict it, move it to the base you want to flip, change it back to Gen Def, then you will be able to change the base. Rinse and repeat for each base you want to make GD. I don't think it costs much to change the base, and then you can use air trans to move units to those islands without having to buy PPs for each unit.

Just a thought.

Thanks. Glad you're finding something here.

Yeah, I've done the switch several times on various other islands near the HI, but with these I only really want to put naval guard units there anyway. So it's using too many PPs either way, if you see what I mean. I'll probably switch a few and then see if some small units come back I can change as they arrive for a lower PP cost to save there. I am literally always at zero in PPs, from day one.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 11/21/2013 2:14:27 PM

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HOME ISLANDS: I just realized the islands off the SW coast of Kyushu are under the Southern Army HQ!!! Who's idea was that?!? Doesn't make any sense when the entire island of Formosa is General Defense! It really complicates matters as I'll have to pay PPs to send troops there, even for the little garrisons I've planned. It has to be done, but it really is too bad.

Hi Obvert - great AAR. I really need to get back to work on mine.

To the point above, somewhere I read that you can switch those bases over to General Defense by taking a small, cheap (PP), unit, un-restrict it, move it to the base you want to flip, change it back to Gen Def, then you will be able to change the base. Rinse and repeat for each base you want to make GD. I don't think it costs much to change the base, and then you can use air trans to move units to those islands without having to buy PPs for each unit.

Just a thought.

Thanks. Glad you're finding something here.

Yeah, I've done the switch several times on various other islands near the HI, but with these I only really want to put naval guard units there anyway. So it's using too many PPs either way, if you see what I mean. I'll probably switch a few and then see if some small units come back I can change as they arrive for a lower PP cost to save there. I am literally always at zero in PPs, from day one.

To add to this, the PP cost is determined on the port and airstrip size. A small 1,1 base will cost a day or two of PP's, a bigger base will cost much, much more. That means it's only really effective for the small bases around Japan.

What is worthwhile, however, is building the small bases up using air-transported engineers and flying the General Defence restricted air units out to operate from these bases.

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