Bullwinkle58
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Through November 17, 1942
Two major events in this period.
1) The US continues to build Makin I. as a mid-chain base to support coming ops to the north. A large TF full of support and supplies is unloading there, with snoops of enemy activity to the west. Staying one day too long, the TF is hit hard by the KB. About half escapes to either Makin or Canton, heavily damaged, but another BB is lost, plus a CVE.
Morning Air attack on TF, near Makin at 136,125
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 45 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 91
B5N1 Kate x 12
B5N2 Kate x 50
D3A1 Val x 52
Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 3
F4F-4 Wildcat x 27
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
D3A1 Val: 3 destroyed, 7 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
BB Idaho, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CL Nashville
CVE Copahee, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Raleigh, Bomb hits 1
DMS Hopkins
AP Arthur Middleton, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
DD Benham, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
AK Libra
DD Meredith
DD Smith, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Lansdowne
DD Shaw, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Makin at 136,125
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 114 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 42 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 87
B5N2 Kate x 53
D3A1 Val x 61
Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 3
F4F-4 Wildcat x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 3 damaged
D3A1 Val: 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
BB Idaho, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
CVE Copahee, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Nashville
DD Shaw
DMS Hopkins
CL Raleigh, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Meredith
DD Benham, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Smith, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Lansdowne
AP American Legion, Bomb hits 1, on fire
On the 10th a bombardment TF led by Mushashi visits and kills a few P-38s. Damage to the AF is heavy, but Seabees are present. A set-back, but not fatal. I tell myself that all this running around is burning fuel he doesn't have to spare.
2) The second event goes uncommented by Mike. This isn't abnormal for our game, which has very little chatting (my choice.) But it might be important.
In line with the thread I recently opened in the main forum concerning Allied intentional activation of the Japanese emergency reinforcement package, I land one APD's worth of troops on Para Jima. About 100 men. There is no announcement in any report, so I load a sandbox game in head-to-head and observe that Para Jima does in fact have the correct country code to activate.
The APD gets away clean. The landing is wiped out over two turns. In addition to the CD unit there are three more base force-type LCUs. Good to know for later. Japan now has many new depot divisions to feed and clothe.
Ground combat at Paramushiro-jima (137,47)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1468 troops, 24 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67
Defending force 90 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2
Assaulting units:
Kitachishima Fortress
2nd JNAF AF Unit
5th JNAF AF Unit
44th JNAF AF Unit
Defending units:
145th Infantry Rgt /2
3) Other
--Marcus I. is bombarded for intel by a CLAA-led light force. Only one CD unit is present.
--Japan, for reasons I don't understand, begins a huge, on-going bombing campaign against Madalay. Scores of 2Es are lost or damaged already. There are no planes there, the AF is nearing an 8, and supply rides comfortably at about 4500 day in, day out. Japan might think this is disrupting supply flows in Burma, but this is not the case. Over this first monsoon I think supply efforts have been pretty successful. Probably 750,000 has been shoved through Chittagong. The stacks at Rangoon/Pegu/Moulmein have never been out, although the last is in the red.
--Air prepping continues against the two Japanese bases on Timor, plus Ambon. Landings are almost ready to go from Townsville. Kendari has bombers though and LRCAP is light out of Darwin. The base at Babar is building slowly. There is still time to wait on this vector.
--NorPac continues to build to be a huge fortress. Only an occasional sub is seen.
--Operation BANDIT forces have nearly bridged the jungle gap south of Imphal to get on the roads. They will train to TG for further movement on Chiang Mai.
--Oil at Medan, after BDA, was less damaged than thought. About 82 is gone. Another carrier strike is approaching. TFs in for fuel continue to be heavy. Subs have laid mines and the Dutch patrol the shallow water there in good numbers. Only six weeks before the USN gets a little help on the torpedoes.
--Strat bombing continues across much of China, doing pinprick damage through Fires, but it is beginning to add up. Quite a bit of LI is lost already. A lot of it is daylight Manpower; not much CAP is encountered in central China.
--The offshore bases west of and north of Sumatra are getting base forces. Several bombardment runs have been done on Padang and Benk. without naval response. Both bases have CAP, Padang Nicks, Benk. Oscars. Padang has a brigade. One IJA ID continues to sit at Lahat. PBang is stuck with daily bombing at 5 + 72%. The troops continue to be well-fed and happy.
--SSTs play cat & mouse in the Marshalls, taking dot bases while Japan takes them back (with disruption and fuel usage.) I love my SSTs.
< Message edited by Bullwinkle58 -- 3/10/2014 1:50:52 PM >
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