JocMeister
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23rd October 1944 ______________________________________________________________________________ Obviously the big new is KB in the NOPAC. ------------------------ NOPAC ------------------------ Looking through the replay I realise this is most probably not the full KB. But a big chunk of it with about 400 planes. That still leaves me with a open playing field where it matters though! Here is the biggest strike. Erik has apparently decided to go all in on the Judy with its 800 kg bomb. To my knowledge this plane was never operated from a carrier and could never have taken off with a 800 kg bomb? But its sole purpose was as a Kami plane? Not sure how I should feel about this? Kosher? quote:
Morning Air attack on TF, near Umnak Island at 169,51 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5b Zero x 32 A6M5c Zero x 32 B5N2 Kate x 14 B6N1 Jill x 16 B7A2 Grace x 31 D4Y4 Judy x 83 Japanese aircraft losses B6N1 Jill: 2 damaged B6N1 Jill: 1 destroyed by flak B7A2 Grace: 2 damaged B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak D4Y4 Judy: 15 damaged Allied Ships DD Smalley DD David Taylor, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Ross, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Robinson, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage SC-743, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk AKA Tolland, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage APA Dutchess, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Watts, Bomb hits 2, on fire DD Haggard, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Rowe DD Jarvis II SC-740 DD Hailey, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD The Sullivans AKA Uvalde, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk APA Adair, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage 11 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 14 x B7A2 Grace launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 9 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 17 x B7A2 Grace launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 5 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 15 x B6N1 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 6 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 14 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 11 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 9 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 6 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 6 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb I scuttle two APAs the following morning. Another APA is damaged but might still make it and a DD is miraculously unhurt and heads out at flank speed. Troops went on shore 100% intact though. No auto bombardment was triggered so I might capture the base tomorrow! ------------------------ PI archipelago ------------------------ The Marines secure Guiuan and immediately heads out for Catbalogan to the North. There are no roads so it will be a jungle trek. ------------------------ DEI ------------------------ Our subs actually have some luck here and put a single torpedo in Kirishima. quote:
Sub attack near Endeh at 65,114 Japanese Ships BB Kirishima, Torpedo hits 1 BB Hiei DD Oyashio DD Kuroshio DD Shiokaze DD Natsushio Allied Ships SS Swordfish, hits 1 ------------------------ Marianas ------------------------ A bit disappointed in the Saipan attack. quote:
Ground combat at Saipan (108,93) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 46853 troops, 1064 guns, 1055 vehicles, Assault Value = 1520 Defending force 25608 troops, 358 guns, 349 vehicles, Assault Value = 259 Allied adjusted assault: 1797 Japanese adjusted defense: 683 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1696 casualties reported Squads: 12 destroyed, 67 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 139 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 12 disabled Guns lost 44 (14 destroyed, 30 disabled) Vehicles lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1499 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 122 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 36 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled Guns lost 38 (1 destroyed, 37 disabled) Vehicles lost 26 (1 destroyed, 25 disabled) Had expected a lot more from this attack. No signs that the defenders really are crumbling. Might have been just a good roll of the dice though. We will know in a few days. The Guam attack on the other hand did go about as expected! Even better then expected actually! quote:
Ground combat at Guam (106,95) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 43096 troops, 859 guns, 1473 vehicles, Assault Value = 1633 Defending force 28940 troops, 467 guns, 243 vehicles, Assault Value = 541 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Allied adjusted assault: 763 Japanese adjusted defense: 1797 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2218 casualties reported Squads: 72 destroyed, 67 disabled Non Combat: 66 destroyed, 51 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 17 disabled Guns lost 83 (14 destroyed, 69 disabled) Vehicles lost 20 (6 destroyed, 14 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1208 casualties reported Squads: 13 destroyed, 109 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled Vehicles lost 134 (48 destroyed, 86 disabled) The appearance of the KB in NOPAC started a frantic activity all around the Allied perimeter. It will take a few days to get some essential shipping ready though. But I will make sure this day did not end in a allied tactical defeat but was the beginning of a allied strategic win. Here is a screen of the DEI situation.
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