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RE: 1945 February 12 - 7/1/2016 11:32:33 PM

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RE: 1945 February 12 - 7/1/2016 11:32:56 PM

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RE: 1945 February 12 - 7/1/2016 11:33:41 PM

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The Myojo...one of my favorite planes.

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RE: 1945 February 12 - 7/1/2016 11:36:06 PM

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The Myojo...one of my favorite planes.

What is that thing anyway?

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RE: 1945 February 12 - 7/1/2016 11:44:05 PM

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The Myojo...one of my favorite planes.

Why?

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RE: 1945 February 12 - 7/1/2016 11:44:43 PM

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The Myojo...one of my favorite planes.

What is that thing anyway?

It's a wooden Val with an 800kg bomb. Slow and fragile, but if it hits ...

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RE: 1945 February 12 - 7/1/2016 11:48:48 PM

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The Myojo...one of my favorite planes.

What is that thing anyway?

It's a wooden Val with an 800kg bomb. Slow and fragile, but if it hits ...

Oh crap. I better hit those things. Can I destroy factories by hitting already damaged ones, or is that only done by Fires?

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RE: 1945 February 12 - 7/1/2016 11:52:50 PM

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The Myojo...one of my favorite planes.

What is that thing anyway?

It's a wooden Val with an 800kg bomb. Slow and fragile, but if it hits ...

Oh crap. I better hit those things. Can I destroy factories by hitting already damaged ones, or is that only done by Fires?

You can target them directly to destroy them, but I'd worry about the Graces built at Nagasaki long before I'd hit the 3 (28) Myojo factory at Fukuoku.

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RE: 1945 February 12 - 7/1/2016 11:56:18 PM

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Yeah, the Graces are going after the Bettys.

In general I really want to stomp on any supply generation I can get to, LI, HI.

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RE: 1945 February 12 - 7/2/2016 12:21:00 AM

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Hrm, this situation you portrayed for us makes me wonder. Just where is Andav concentrating his efforts? You haven't found anything really serious, for now. It makes you wonder...

Considering the rest of the AAR, I seriously doubt he has given up

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RE: 1945 February 12 - 7/2/2016 12:32:25 AM

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Hrm, this situation you portrayed for us makes me wonder. Just where is Andav concentrating his efforts? You haven't found anything really serious, for now. It makes you wonder...

Considering the rest of the AAR, I seriously doubt he has given up

Oh, heck no he hasn't given up!

I figure that some fighters have been relocated to the NE part of Honshu for kamikaze/naval strike escort duty. Likely CAP too, so he can chew up my fighters as they escort strikes on shipping. But we don't cooperate - we set attack range too short for that!

I don't know what he is expecting for an Allied plan to secure Hokkaido. Surely his assessment of our next move will affect what he is doing now. While our ground troops move on toward the next 2 targets on Hokkaido, we will land troops first at Hakodate and then at Muroran. I figure that especially with Hakodate the response will be big and many ships will be hit.

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RE: 1945 February 12 - 7/2/2016 12:50:03 AM

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Yeah, the Graces are going after the Bettys.

In general I really want to stomp on any supply generation I can get to, LI, HI.

Manpower bombing does it best in Tokyo/Osaka and to some extent in other big centers.

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RE: 1945 February 12 - 7/2/2016 2:56:26 AM

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The Myojo...one of my favorite planes.

Why?

Flavor! It would be sweet if the plane cost only 2/3 of a normal single engine because of the wood...but alas.

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1945 February 13 - 7/2/2016 8:09:01 PM

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1945 February 13

The Empire captured:

The Allies captured:
Lubang is occupied by the Allies
Allied forces CAPTURE Foochow !!!
Allied forces CAPTURE Tacloban !!!

There were Imperial amphibious or airborne operations at:

There were Allied amphibious or airborne operations at:
Nias

Imperial Naval Bombardments

Allied Naval Bombardments:

Our subs are conducting secret activities.

River-crossing shock attacks are not working right when there are already friendly troops in the hex. At Chengtu there was the deliberate attack that was ordered, but it is obvious from the disruption status that the units which crossed the river (through a previously enemy controlled hex side) did not shock attack as required. I'll get the save game to Michael.

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Ground combat at Foochow (86,60)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7122 troops, 98 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 241

Defending force 1996 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 26

Allied adjusted assault: 157

Japanese adjusted defense: 12

Allied assault odds: 13 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied forces CAPTURE Foochow !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
580 casualties reported
Squads: 18 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 9 (6 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units retreated 3

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

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
475th USA Regiment
22nd Australian Brigade

Defending units:
2nd RGC Route Brigade
Amoy Special Base Force
1st JAAF AF Coy

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Ground combat at Chuhsien (88,56)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 9269 troops, 290 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 224

Defending force 2150 troops, 26 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 75

Allied adjusted assault: 90

Japanese adjusted defense: 70

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
134 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled

Assaulting units:
46th Indian Brigade
45th Indian Brigade
33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
32nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
27th Indian Field Artillery Battalion
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Indian Heavy AA Regiment
70th Coast AA Regiment
30th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
2nd Mobile Infantry Regiment

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Ground combat at Chengtu (75,41)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 25893 troops, 105 guns, 51 vehicles, Assault Value = 1856

Defending force 32251 troops, 209 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 1010

Allied adjusted assault: 452

Japanese adjusted defense: 2269

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

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
658 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 58 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
2053 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 279 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 12 disabled

Assaulting units:
11th (East African) Division
6th Australian Division
120th Red Chinese Division
54th Chinese Corps
23rd Indian Division
95th Chinese Corps
11th Group Army
7th War Area
6th Mixed A/T Mtr Regiment
NCAC
1st Group Army
272/273rd Bty 80th AT Gun Regiment
22nd Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
55th Infantry Brigade
13th RGC Temp. Division
8th Ind.Mixed Brigade
15th RGC Temp. Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
Kanno
36th/B Division

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The units at Chengtu which crossed the river will now attack while the two corps that attacked rest and resupply.

Good progress on the ground in spite of that. Except at the main spearhead, where units are actually losing ground on supply and giving messages in the Operations Report! I am having to dramatically reduce the stacking in the hex. Yesterday I had already ordered the two divisions to the rear plus the strongest armored unit to take a side road and cross the river at Anking to flank the defense. Now all armored units plus three more divisions are being ordered back a hex just to relieve the supply burden. The infantry will move north along the secondary road then through the forest to Wuhu, while the armor follows the units already heading for the river crossing at Anking.

At Hankow, one Imperial unit has left the city toward the east, and more appear to be doing so. Perhaps the prospect of another almost 80 thousand fighting troops going missing means that Hankow has to be abandoned. That road leads to Anking, where elements of our main spearhead are now dashing. More air recon has been moved forward to locate units on that road for air strikes to slow them.

Much supply is at sea en route to China, some of it close by. >100k has just begun unloading at Hong Kong and other convoys are closing in. Several convoys are en route from Guam, intended to support operations against the Home Islands. Aside from Hong Kong, one will unload at Foochow which is closer to the main spearhead. Two will unload at Wenchow, which has been abandoned and will be occupied before they arrive. That supply can flow to the main spearhead through Chuhsien, which the Empire is currently abandoning.

All 4EB are being removed from the Asian mainland to help the supply situation, and relocated to Formosa. Many B-24 were being relocated to Daito Shoto and various Okinawan islands anyway to operate against the Home Islands. Much supply is on Formosa and more en route to support the bombers. Smaller aircraft are also being removed from the mainland but in lesser numbers so far. A good measure of supply that is already on the mainland but has been tied to air bases should begin to flow to the troops.

At Singapore we still have >800k supply even after shipping out much. Some convoys from Cape Town have been rerouted to skip Singapore and make directly for Hong Kong. Stacking at Hong Kong is still >180,000 (well under the limit) including two Command HQ, and removal of those forces to Formosa is still underway. The next pickup will include the two Command HQ in hopes of allowing supply to flow away from Singapore.

Further progress the last redoubt on Formosa, but slow going.

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Ground combat at Hengchun (84,67)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3786 troops, 41 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 171

Defending force 5367 troops, 64 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 132

Allied adjusted assault: 91

Japanese adjusted defense: 97

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
143 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
192 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 37 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Assaulting units:
754th Tank Battalion
124th Cavalry Regiment
5/14th Punjab Battalion

Defending units:
23rd Tank Regiment
66th/B Division
2nd Mortar Battalion
31st Special Base Force

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~400k supply ashore at Kushiro. Lost a bunch more Hellcats from the CVE escorting rogue DB, so just topped off all the CVE fighter groups from Kushiro! With 5x large AE in port (plenty more ammo ships coming) also reloaded main guns on an old BB TF. 64 air support and 348 naval support at Kushiro, plus 81 shore party. 676 aircraft at the field, meaning there is a long way to go to fit them all even with a number of them being flying boats. It appears that an IJN sub which made an appearance laid mines at Kushiro, but we have plenty of mine sweepers on duty.

The two divisions to invade Hakodate are 1 hex SE of Kushiro and their convoys have just refueled. The day after tomorrow they will move in and land behind several old battleship bombardments. Now that we've confirmed we can rearm BB guns at Kushiro, Hakodate is going to get pummeled. I've combined the two convoys (was one for each division) and added CB Alaska. It's a 44 ship convoy so a little unwieldy, but well led and should provide protection against the fortress at Hakodate. Two large destroyer TF are inbound to Kushiro and will patrol into Hakodate and Muroran beginning day after tomorrow (same day the invasion force moves on Hakodate).

Kochi on Shikoku will be the next major Home Islands operation. Even though we will push out from there as far as we can, the real objective is to secure the airbase and build it to size 9, primary initial use as a fighter base. Stacking limit is 50,000 and we are allocating 5 divisions plus some armor, artillery, and an HQ (possibly two). Preparation is just beginning at 33% for most units so estimate ~60+ days from now.

Kumamoto on Kyushu will come shortly after Kochi.

Tsu on Honshu is after that and will primarily be a Commonwealth operation, the last two targets mentioned being primarily American. Tsu and on to Gifu will be a big operation.

Akita and Hachinohe on Honshu will be the objectives of forces currently assigned to Hokkaido (including some in reserve on Formosa).

We have a division and an armored unit assigned to Tokara Retto, the closest island to the Okinawas. It can be built to size 5 and extend fighter range.

The changes in damage at Nagasaki/Sasebo, Fukuoka, and Kagoshima although visible are small, so I'm not posting pics.

China west.

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RE: 1945 February 13 - 7/2/2016 8:09:31 PM

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China east.

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RE: 1945 February 13 - 7/2/2016 8:09:54 PM

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Philippines.

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RE: 1945 February 13 - 7/2/2016 8:10:15 PM

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Home Islands west.

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RE: 1945 February 13 - 7/2/2016 8:10:35 PM

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Home Islands east.

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RE: 1945 February 13 - 7/4/2016 12:55:50 PM

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Ummm, remind me never to play this war against you.

Sheesh, now the Allies are on Hokkaido.

Best regards,

-Terry

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RE: 1945 February 13 - 7/4/2016 3:04:16 PM

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Ummm, remind me never to play this war against you.

Sheesh, now the Allies are on Hokkaido.

Best regards,

-Terry

Winning a war before any shots are fired? That is pretty good!

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RE: 1945 February 13 - 7/4/2016 6:46:16 PM

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Thanks guys! But way too kind.

Hey - just this minute got a turn!

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1945 February 14 - 7/4/2016 11:15:08 PM

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1945 February 14

The Empire captured:

The Allies captured:
Dinagat is occupied by the Allies
Allied forces CAPTURE Nias !!!

There were Imperial amphibious or airborne operations at:

There were Allied amphibious or airborne operations at:
Nias

Imperial Naval Bombardments

Allied Naval Bombardments:

Our subs are conducting secret activities.

Chengtu was a tough go.

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Ground combat at Chengtu (75,41)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 46567 troops, 825 guns, 441 vehicles, Assault Value = 1668

Defending force 31570 troops, 208 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 947

Allied adjusted assault: 704

Japanese adjusted defense: 3411

Allied assault odds: 1 to 4 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
712 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 73 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 23 (2 destroyed, 21 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1898 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 220 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 40 disabled
Guns lost 59 (5 destroyed, 54 disabled)

Assaulting units:
6th Australian Division
54th Chinese Corps
11th (East African) Division
120th Red Chinese Division
23rd Indian Division
95th Chinese Corps
6th Mixed A/T Mtr Regiment
1st Group Army
272/273rd Bty 80th AT Gun Regiment
26th Group Army
11th Group Army
NCAC
7th War Area
22nd Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
55th Infantry Brigade
13th RGC Temp. Division
15th RGC Temp. Division
1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
Kanno
8th Ind.Mixed Brigade
36th/B Division

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Ground combat at Chuhsien (88,56)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 9146 troops, 290 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 207

Defending force 2048 troops, 26 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 63

Allied adjusted assault: 176

Japanese adjusted defense: 178

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
131 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
176 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled

Assaulting units:
46th Indian Brigade
45th Indian Brigade
32nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
27th Indian Field Artillery Battalion
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Indian Heavy AA Regiment
30th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
70th Coast AA Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
2nd Mobile Infantry Regiment

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More tomorrow at Chuhsien. Recovery at Chengtu plus movement to impede supply from Chungking, and bring up more forces.

All the armor exited the hex of contact at the main spearhead and the 3x infantry divisions will do so tomorrow. Two of the remaining uses took damage as they issued out of supply messages in the Operations Report, and stacking is still >200% until they do. But then a miracle happened. The various measures we took yesterday plus almost all of that 108k supply convoy unloading at Hong Kong made a huge difference. The main spearhead is now fully supplied. We will continue with the alternate tactics because the Imperial line there is now strong with the element of surprise lost, and it will save us mountains of supply to reduce stacking where we cannot break through in timely fashion.

Trying to wear down the enemy at Mauban.

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Ground combat at Mauban (80,78)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 5787 troops, 65 guns, 221 vehicles, Assault Value = 205

Defending force 8321 troops, 62 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 225

Allied adjusted assault: 100

Japanese adjusted defense: 239

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

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
113 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
184 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 19 (3 destroyed, 16 disabled)

Assaulting units:
1st Regiment
2nd Regiment
Torres Strait Battalion
29th British Brigade

Defending units:
27th Tank Regiment
66th Infantry Regiment
39th/A Division

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The PBJ-1D at Nago assigned to hit the B7A2 Grace factories at Nagasaki/Sasebo reported 9 hits. Recon shows those factories at 4(27), nearly all off line! Fighter opposition was heavy and took a toll of the Corsair escorts and the PBJs, because... all... the... sweeps... came... later. Doh!

Five USA Base Groups unloaded from a transport TF at Kushiro today and are unpacking. Air support is now almost covered (and more is on the way), a goodly number of engineers are on site (more on the way).

The USA 93rd ID is prepared for Asahikawa and is en route to Kushiro. Two of the APA have had a serious collision and are splitting off to plod along without slowing down the whole convoy as their combined speed now is about 5 knots. The two damaged ships will unload at Pagan and replacement transport will pick up the troops.

Those two DD TF assigned to patrol out of Kushiro into the enemy bases on Hokkaido to the west both sprinted to their assignments and engaged patrol types last night and today. Then suffered numerous air attacks without cover, and they are a day early. They got much the better of the death glider attackers, until finally a destroyer in one TF was torpedoed and a destroyer in the other TF was hit by 3x kamikaze. One DD lost, one almost certainly will not make port.

The Hakodate invasion has orders to land tomorrow. A DMS mine sweeping TF will move into the hex and hopefully be protected from the 109 guns there by three BB TF and one CA TF bombardments. The CVE and several CA and CL TF will also enter the hex to provide cover for the convoy. Three fleet CV TF will be one hex to the east, just SE of Muroran, along with several other surface combat TF and two old BB TF held back to bombard the following day. The convoy itself is loaded fairly shallow with the remaining space filled with supply. The convoy totals 44 ships including 1x CB, 7x DD, 3x DE, 2x DMS, 2x AM, 21x APA, 6x AKA, and 2x LSD. Recon shows 6 units with 7,120 troops, 109 guns, and 27 AFV.

There appear to be about 100 fewer fighters based at Osaka/Kyoto than previously, even with strong DL, so I think the air losses to the west and the east are causing the Empire to shift fighter assets away from the center of the Home Islands to some degree.

China west.

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RE: 1945 February 14 - 7/4/2016 11:15:35 PM

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RE: 1945 February 14 - 7/4/2016 11:15:59 PM

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RE: 1945 February 14 - 7/4/2016 11:16:24 PM

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RE: 1945 February 14 - 7/4/2016 11:16:46 PM

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RE: 1945 February 14 - 7/4/2016 11:17:09 PM

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1945 February 15 - 7/6/2016 7:18:32 AM

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1945 February 15

The Empire captured:

The Allies captured:
Wenchow is occupied by the Allies
Allied forces CAPTURE Chuhsien !!!

There were Imperial amphibious or airborne operations at:

There were Allied amphibious or airborne operations at:
Hakodate
Tockangbesi-eilanden

Imperial Naval Bombardments

Allied Naval Bombardments:
Allied Ships Bombarding Hakodate
Allied Ships Bombarding Hakodate
Allied Ships Bombarding Hakodate
Allied Ships Bombarding Hakodate

Our subs are conducting secret activities.

Yet another good day in China. Wenchow and Chuhsien are both ours, courtesy of enemy units leaving to set up better defenses elsewhere. A strong tank Bn will cross the river into Anking on the run (move mode) against 2,100 troops in 2 units, one of which was retreated two times earlier. There will be a lot of air power helping to soften the target in clear terrain.

Another >200k supplies are due to land at Hong Kong tomorrow and the general supply situation is much better in China, so I am trying an experiment. I am standing down the airlift of supply into China. Also, this turn both Command HQ at Singapore are loading onto transports for movement to Formosa, where they will not hold supply in Singapore.

Fighter sweeps of Nagasaki/Sasebo continue to go well although the combats are smaller than before, in spite of >60 enemy fighters there. Our sweepers are all tired and will stand down for at least one day. I think the next strategic bombing target will be the 120x Nakajima Ha-45 factories at Matsuyama. We will have to sweep there and/or Hiroshima/Kure first (just one hex away), as the target has 31 fighters and Hiroshima/Kure has 150. The B-24s at Daito Shoto and in the Okinawas can reach the target quite handily as of course can the B-29s, so we should be able to put in a large series of strikes. The B-29s are less than 50% ready with lots of airframe maintenance ongoing.

The landing at Hakodate went very well with only a minor set back of damage to a CVE. It seems that our carriers caught the IJN MTB flotilla at anchor!

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Hakodate at 119,53, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
MTB G-872
MTB G-882, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
MTB G-1003

Allied Ships
CVE Prince William
CVE Wake Island, Shell hits 1
CVE Shipley Bay
CVE Sitkoh Bay
CVE Steamer Bay
CVE Matanikau, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
CVE Munda
CVE Roi
CVE Salamaua
CVE Admiralty Island
DD Duncan
DD Farenholt
DD Barton
DE LeRay Wilson
DE Cabana
DE Duffy

Allied Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Japanese TF begins to get underway
Reduced visibility due to Rain with 14% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Rain and 14% moonlight: 2,000 yards
Range closes to 25,000 yards...
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
Range closes to 15,000 yards...
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
MTB G-1003 engages CVE Admiralty Island at 1,000 yards
MTB G-882 engages CVE Admiralty Island at 1,000 yards
Fuel storage explosion on CVE Matanikau
MTB G-1003 engages CVE Matanikau at 1,000 yards
Range increases to 2,000 yards
CVE Admiralty Island , CVE Salamaua , CVE Roi screened from combat
- escorted by DD Barton , DD Farenholt , DD Duncan ,
DE Duffy , DE Cabana , DE LeRay Wilson
MTB G-1003 engages CVE Matanikau at 2,000 yards
CVE Admiralty Island , CVE Salamaua screened from combat
- escorted by DD Barton , DD Farenholt , DD Duncan ,
DE Duffy , DE Cabana , DE LeRay Wilson
MTB G-1003 engages CVE Wake Island at 2,000 yards
CVE Admiralty Island , CVE Salamaua , CVE Roi screened from combat
- escorted by DD Barton , DD Farenholt , DD Duncan ,
DE Duffy , DE Cabana , DE LeRay Wilson
MTB G-1003 engages CVE Steamer Bay at 2,000 yards
MTB G-1003 engages CVE Wake Island at 2,000 yards
CVE Admiralty Island , CVE Salamaua , CVE Roi ,
CVE Munda screened from combat
- escorted by DD Barton , DD Farenholt , DD Duncan ,
DE Duffy , DE Cabana , DE LeRay Wilson
MTB G-882 engages CVE Wake Island at 2,000 yards
MTB G-1003 engages CVE Wake Island at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 3,000 yards
MTB G-1003 engages CVE Admiralty Island at 3,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
CVE Admiralty Island , CVE Salamaua , CVE Roi screened from combat
- escorted by DD Barton , DD Farenholt , DD Duncan ,
DE Duffy , DE Cabana , DE LeRay Wilson
MTB G-1003 engages CVE Sitkoh Bay at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 3,000 yards
CVE Admiralty Island , CVE Salamaua , CVE Roi ,
CVE Munda , CVE Matanikau , CVE Steamer Bay ,
CVE Sitkoh Bay , CVE Shipley Bay screened from combat
MTB G-882 sunk by DD Farenholt at 3,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
CVE Admiralty Island , CVE Salamaua , CVE Roi ,
CVE Munda , CVE Matanikau , CVE Steamer Bay screened from combat
MTB G-1003 engages DE Duffy at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 3,000 yards
CVE Admiralty Island , CVE Salamaua , CVE Roi ,
CVE Munda , CVE Matanikau , CVE Steamer Bay screened from combat
- escorted by DD Barton , DD Farenholt , DD Duncan ,
DE Duffy , DE Cabana , DE LeRay Wilson
MTB G-1003 engages CVE Wake Island at 3,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
CVE Admiralty Island , CVE Salamaua , CVE Roi ,
CVE Munda , CVE Matanikau , CVE Steamer Bay ,
CVE Sitkoh Bay , CVE Shipley Bay screened from combat
- escorted by DD Barton , DD Farenholt , DD Duncan ,
DE Duffy , DE Cabana , DE LeRay Wilson
Range increases to 7,000 yards
CVE Admiralty Island , CVE Salamaua , CVE Roi ,
CVE Munda screened from combat
- escorted by DD Barton , DD Farenholt , DD Duncan ,
DE Duffy , DE Cabana , DE LeRay Wilson
Range increases to 10,000 yards
CVE Admiralty Island screened from combat
- escorted by DD Barton , DD Farenholt , DD Duncan ,
DE Duffy , DE Cabana , DE LeRay Wilson
Task forces break off...

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Many other patrol craft were destroyed by combat vessels, so no complaint. Several enemy air strikes were also wiped out to the last plane. On the ground, it looks like more troops have been rushed in as recon now shows 6 units, 9,200 troops, 153 guns, and 44 AFV. The fortress and the regiment are probably the only serious obstacles.

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Ground combat at Hakodate (119,53)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4562 troops, 61 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 140

Defending force 22423 troops, 328 guns, 166 vehicles, Assault Value = 701

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

Assaulting units:
77th/B Division
31st Air Defense AA Regiment
Hokuto JNAF Base Force
12th Field Construction Battalion
12th Air Fleet
Hakodate Fortress

Defending units:
3rd Australian Division
11th Australian Division

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Our two divisions have disruption and fatigue just a bit higher than I would like for a first attack (14% + 30%; 8% + 20%), but I want to take advantage of the naval bombardments and settle the matter as quickly as practical. Deliberate attack tomorrow, with all old battleship TF and a number of CA/CL TF bombarding. All the CVE TB will also assist.

Kushiro is completely repaired and building the airfield. Not to mention reloading battleship main guns as asked! By tomorrow there will be enough air support for all aircraft at Kushiro, but the base complex must grow quite a bit to provide space for them all to operate, except that the large cadre of flying boats will operate normally as soon as they are all made ready.

Our forces that captured Kushiro are still moving, some might make a full hex tomorrow. Trails are slow.

China west.