JocMeister
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24th April -45
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The usual good and bad. Today the bad outweighed the good...
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Okinawa
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We finally manage to connect with one of the pesky "E" TFs.
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tokara Retto at 99,62, Range 12,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
E No.28, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
E No.35, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
E No.42, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
E No.54, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
Allied Ships
CL St. Louis
CL Phoenix
CL Nashville
CL Honolulu, Shell hits 1
DD Hugh W. Hadley
DD Wallace Lind
DD Massey
DD Putnam
DD Waldron
DD Fletcher
DD Bell
DD Bennion
The sweeps go in as intended with very good result. Eriks CAP is down at 20k and pays the price for it.
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Morning Air attack on Koshiki-jima Retto , at 101,60
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 19
J2M3 Jack x 1
J2M5 Jack x 3
N1K2-J George x 7
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 3
Ki-83 x 3
Ki-84a Frank x 3
Ki-84r Frank x 18
Ki-100-I Tony x 9
Ki-102b Randy x 3
Allied aircraft
P-47N Thunderbolt x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 3 destroyed
J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed
J2M5 Jack: 2 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 3 destroyed
Ki-83: 1 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 2 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 3 destroyed
Ki-102b Randy: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-47N Thunderbolt: 3 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Koshiki-jima Retto , at 101,60
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 6
N1K2-J George x 2
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 2
Ki-83 x 2
Ki-84a Frank x 1
Ki-84r Frank x 9
Ki-100-I Tony x 4
Ki-102b Randy x 1
Allied aircraft
P-47N Thunderbolt x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 2 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-83: 1 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 5 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-47N Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed
The rest of the sweeps hit thin air after that. I lose 6 P47s for almost 60 Japanese fighters. Sadly I lose 2 double aces in the fighting.
KB retires to its usual position 1 hex west of Thushima.
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China
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Here for the bad part. I tried to drop 44th Parachute division behind the lines in China. The base had only 1/3rd of a RGC(?) division in place and the 4Es have hit the troops from time to time. First of all the 4Es set to strike the troops didnŽt fly. Second of all a BDE moved into the base the same turn. This turned the drop into a fiasco. IŽm not sure why I got such an appalling adjusted AV though?
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Ground combat at Kanhsien (81,57)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 7259 troops, 121 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 298
Defending force 9952 troops, 95 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value = 274
Allied adjusted assault: 0 
Japanese adjusted defense: 250
Allied assault odds: 1 to 99 (fort level 2)
Combat modifiers
Defender: preparation(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-)
Japanese ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
2861 casualties reported
Squads: 48 destroyed, 339 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 58 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 48 (5 destroyed, 43 disabled)
Assaulting units:
44th Parachute Div /1
Defending units:
67th Ind.Infantry Battalion
69th Infantry Brigade
14th RGC Temp./A Division
2nd JAAF Base Force
35th JAAF AF Bn
The paras have 96 disruption and only 7 AV with over 200 disabled squads. Rescue is at best 4 days out. Most likely they will be wiped out before I can save them. If the 4Es fly tomorrow they might have a chance depending on how well they can recover. Grrr! 
The recce force opened the hexside for the CMA to move forward again. IŽll leave the 2 motorized divisions to lock down Kukong while the armor races towards the paras. The main army is still some 12-15 days away but once they arrive the artillery and combat engineers should make short work of the defenders. IŽll send about 4000 AV towards Kukong with most of the support troops. With Kukong in allied hands Eriks position becomes impossible. IŽll post a map of this and explain the situation during the day.
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Strat bombing
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The first B24 night strikes go in over the HI. Only a small number and no hits but its still an important event. With the lower SR compared to the B29s and rotating squadrons we should be able to strike every night from now on! 
< Message edited by JocMeister -- 1/15/2014 3:14:52 PM >
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RE: Battle for Okinawa! - 
I would use the Attack Bombers anyway you can and let him figure out a counter to it. Japan gets too much help from some of us Allied players and I would use those B-25s to cause chaos where ever possible. 
The 4Es did hit his troops but we only knocked out 30-40 squads. Still he would have wiped out my troops and their 7 AVs. FAT and DIS have now dropped to more manageable levels and we are now up to 17 AV. But they should be safe now as 150 light tanks enter the hex this turn. They will be a bit vulnerable in move mode but at least they will have opened the hex side. 
the IJ are mathematically in trouble .. 
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