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RE: No fleet, no problem... - 5/25/2013 3:29:59 PM   
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RE: No fleet, no problem... - 5/25/2013 3:41:52 PM   
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In Burma the IJN has some CVLs/CVEs off the Burmese coast as well as what appears to be a mixed BB/CA TF. In response 4 USN and RN BBs as well as their cruiser and destroyer escorts decide to hold firm at Akyab. They are covered by about 140 RAF fighters while 2 USAAF squadrons are tasked to LRCAP Ramree. I've let him bomb there for the past week without interference so I'm hoping he'll have been lulled into a false sense of security.

Overnight I imagine we'll see surface combat. In response I've pulled the infantry-loaded amphibs back to Chittagong whilst the amphibs carrying my OMG are staying at Akyab and unloading. Its a risk since there's a possibility the IJN could blast through my covering forces but since I need to unload the OMG TF in order to reload it with infantry etc this TF needs to stay at Akyab for a few days and so I have to risk it.




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RE: No fleet, no problem... - 5/25/2013 3:42:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well subs fighting it out on the surface is fairly common. I had one sink a DD. I've never seen a BB on its own engage a surfaced sub though.

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RE: No fleet, no problem... - 5/25/2013 3:45:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		The situation in China. Damian has decided to stay and fight as there are now 3 additional units at Amoy and the number of troops there has increased from about 8,000 to 29,000. Well, that's 1.5 divisions of his strategic reserve drawn off into China

I'll attack, just in case, but I doubt I can break through 30,000+ IJA troops behind fixed defences.




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RE: No fleet, no problem... - 5/25/2013 3:47:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		And here you can see how I dislocated the riverline north of Katherine. Significant Allied forces are across the river. Overall my entire force is smaller than his BUT he can't stand and fight at the river because that would risk his entire force being cut off.... so he must retreat, even though his force is far superior and in supply.

In the right corner you can see one of the bases in PNG I occupied as part of operation sneaky. I also managed to sneak troops into the base 92 miles from Port Moresby - which I'm rather chuffed with




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RE: No fleet, no problem... - 5/25/2013 3:55:22 PM   
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Status: offline 		And lastly the Aleutians. You can see 3 IJN TFs moving on Attu. I think he's going to land in the next 2 to 3 days. In response I'm moving my CA and fast BB TFs from Adak to Amchitka. I'm also moving 15,000 engineers and aviation support troops to Amchitka. That will let it become a Level 2 airfield tomorrow and let me base DBs and TBs from it ( I have 150 DBs and 30 TBs left over from the carrier debacle earlier ) IF he tries to land at Attu and I judge there's an opening.

In addition I've loaded Adak with 160 B-17s and B-24s which should allow me to fly 280 tons of supplies per day into Shimushiri-Jima---- or mount CAP-wearying strikes on KB. We have an agreement that 4 Engined bombers shouldn't be used to conduct low-level naval strikes... I've looked at the AAA on IJN vessels and since 25mm AAA tops out at 7,000 feet I was thinking of sending my bombers in at 8,000 feet where they could draw the Zeroes to them and away from other airgroups.

I kept Anchorage selected while taking the picture so that you could get a sense of the strategic DB/TB and HB reserve I've been holding back and training up while my PT boats etc have kept him occupied.




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RE: No fleet, no problem... - 5/25/2013 3:59:01 PM   
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RE: No fleet, no problem... - 5/25/2013 3:59:40 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Nemo121

This made both Damian and myself laugh, USS Mississippi stumbled across an IJN sub which my ASW forces had mauled the previous day. The IJN sub was surfaced so USS Mississippi fired a single salvo from its aft 14 inch batteries and got a direct hit. Scratch one IJN sub.

One shot, one kill BB vs sub kill. Is that a first in AE?



There must be an award in it for the gunner, pretty small target to hit it on the first shot. He'll be getting free drinks off that story for years to come!

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RE: No fleet, no problem... - 5/25/2013 4:21:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well, in this game their critical vulnerability is, I believe, whether or not I choose to remain on the forum and finish the game. Short of that I don't see Damian being able to turn this one around.


Apart from that though the critical vulnerability would be in xAP, AP/LST/LSI numbers. Without them opposed invasions cannot be carried out in an efficient manner - as I've been finding out due to the almost complete loss of xAPs/APs among the US fleet

People always focus on CVs etc etc etc and while they reduce losses and grant more freedom of movement they aren't really critical.

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RE: No fleet, no problem... - 5/25/2013 4:28:05 PM   
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RE: No fleet, no problem... - 5/25/2013 5:26:55 PM   
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People always focus on CVs etc etc etc and while they reduce losses and grant more freedom of movement they aren't really critical.

I'm looking forward to seeing how your air mobile offensive in CentPac goes, since that's the region where carriers are usually most critical for the advance.

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RE: No fleet, no problem... - 5/25/2013 5:55:28 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well, so far so good, I've moved forward over 1200 miles and created 2 strong bases each with roughly a regiment of troops as a garrison. I'm on track to relieve an island which housed 500+ AV of bypassed US troops and by rescuing the 4 Regiments of troops there I'll free sufficient infantry to enable me to garrison the 3rd phase of objectives. I've had bad experiences on this forum with a forumite intentionally leaking my plans to an opponent via PM so when something "sneaky" happens you shouldn't expect to get the details until such time as Damian uncovers it.

So, so far so good.

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Offerings to Khorne - 5/27/2013 12:51:31 AM   
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 19, 42
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Attu Island at 153,49, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Naganami
DD Harukaze
DD Karukaya
DMS W-1
DMS W-22
LSD Akitsu Maru
xAP Mizuho Maru
xAP Kitano Maru
xAP Koan Maru
xAP Kobe Maru
xAP Tango Maru
xAP Kasado Maru
xAP Kowa Maru
xAP Palau Maru
xAP Teifu Maru

Allied Ships
PT-25
PT-26
PT-46
PT-47
PT-67
PT-79


Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 67% moonlight: 11,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards
Japanese TF attempts to evade combat
Range increases to 12,000 yards...
Japanese Amphibious TF evades combat


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TF 38 encounters mine field at Attu Island (153,49)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-22
DMS W-1

4 mines cleared


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Attu Island at 153,49, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DMS W-2, Shell hits 1
DMS W-3

Allied Ships
PT-25, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-26, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
PT-46, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
PT-47, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-67, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-79, Shell hits 2, and is sunk


Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 67% moonlight: 9,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
Emmons, J. gains tactical advantage
DMS W-3 engages PT-67 at 8,000 yards
PT-47 sunk by DMS W-3 at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
PT-67 sunk by DMS W-3 at 7,000 yards
DMS W-3 engages PT-26 at 7,000 yards
Range closes to 5,000 yards
PT-79 sunk by DMS W-3 at 5,000 yards
PT-25 sunk by DMS W-3 at 5,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
PT-46 sunk by DMS W-2 at 2,000 yards
PT-26 engages DMS W-2 at 2,000 yards
DMS W-2 engages PT-26 at 2,000 yards
Emmons, J. orders Allied TF to disengage
PT-26 sunk by DMS W-3 at 2,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...


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TF 64 encounters mine field at Attu Island (153,49)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-3
DMS W-2

18 mines cleared


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TF 130 encounters mine field at Attu Island (153,49)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-8
DMS W-7

4 mines cleared


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TF 131 encounters mine field at Attu Island (153,49)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-6
DMS W-4
xAP Argentina Maru, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

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

26 mines cleared

This is going to matter a lot later on.


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TF 257 encounters mine field at Attu Island (153,49)

Japanese Ships
DD Hishu, Mine hits 1, heavy damage

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Sub attack near Attu Island at 151,49

Japanese Ships
CV Soryu
BB Haruna
BB Kongo
CS Chitose
DD Kawakaze
DD Akatsuki
DD Umikaze

Allied Ships
SS Shark

SS Shark launches 2 torpedoes at CV Soryu

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Attu Island at 153,49, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Tone
CA Takao
CA Chokai
CA Aoba
CA Kinugasa
CL Abukuma
CL Tama
CL Yubari
DD Arashio
DD Yugure
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Kamikaze

Allied Ships
PT-38
PT-61
PT-74
PT-75
PT-120, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-126

LOTS of CA vs PT action... eventually all the DDs end up sunk, 25 lost in a single evening. It was cause the moon is at 78% so spotting is easy for Japan.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Attu Island at 153,49, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Kashima
DD Hibiki
DD Asakaze
DMS W-4
DMS W-6
LSD Shinshu Maru
xAP Argentina Maru, and is sunk
xAP Miike Maru
xAP Huzi Maru
xAP Kokuryu Maru
xAP Atsuta Maru
xAP Kamo Maru
xAP Teikyo Maru

Allied Ships
PT-28, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
PT-29
PT-30
PT-42
PT-68
PT-115, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-123, Shell hits 2, and is sunk

Japanese ground losses:
3457 casualties reported
Squads: 142 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 139 destroyed, 48 disabled
Engineers: 10 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 17 (13 destroyed, 4 disabled)

OUCH!!! Looks like Argentina Maru was carrying a Combat Regiment and looks like that regiment has mostly drowned.

Score one for mines.

Sub attack near Attu Island at 153,48

Japanese Ships
xAK Azuchi Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PB Kiso Maru
AV Kunikawa Maru
xAP Dairen Maru
xAP Montevideo Maru
xAP Kanzyu Maru
xAP Hakone Maru
xAK Jinshu Maru
xAK Hokkai Maru
xAK Calcutta Maru
DD Asanagi
E Manazuru
PB Daibu Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-32

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

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Attu Island at 152,49, Range 24,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CV Hiryu
CV Soryu
CV Shokaku
CV Zuikaku
CV Akagi
CS Chitose
BB Kongo
BB Haruna
DD Nowaki
DD Samidare
DD Kawakaze
DD Umikaze
DD Akatsuki

Allied Ships
PT-38
PT-61
PT-74
PT-75
PT-126

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Sub attack near Attu Island at 152,49

Japanese Ships
PB Shotoku Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Saiko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Triton



I set an ambush over Ramree and managed to down about 20 Japanese planes for the loss of 4 P-40Es.

In later surface combat my PT boats sank 2 x IJN DMS which should help the minefields claim yet more victims over coming days.

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Ground combat at Attu Island (153,49)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11805 troops, 210 guns, 47 vehicles, Assault Value = 497

Defending force 7072 troops, 50 guns, 55 vehicles, Assault Value = 253

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

Assaulting units:
147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
23rd Marine Regiment
161st Infantry Regiment
175th USAAF Base Force /1
101st USN Base Force
428th Coast AA Battalion
B Det USN Port Svc
70th Cst AA Rgt /2
810th EAB /3

Defending units:
303rd Ind.Infantry Bn /1
22nd Recon Rgt /1
48th Recon Rgt /1
62nd Infantry Group /4
4th Raiding Regiment
302nd Ind.Infantry Bn /1
Ichiki Det.
Maizuru 3rd SNLF /1


So, he'll need a LOT more troops than that. Tomorrow the BBs will go in. I will send in my CA TF and the two modern BBs. Unfortunately they haven't gotten their upgrades yet and they enter battle in damaged states. Still, I do NOT need them to win. I just need them to not lose too badly. If they can delay unloading for a little while then even if they suffer heavier losses I'll have bought the time I need to bolster Attu Island and create problems for Japan.

Tomorrow I'll put fighters over Attu to kill some more of his fighters and then the next day, after the IJN CVs are weakened and their fleet is in more disarray, I'll bring in my dive, torpedo and level-bombers and seek to inflict significant losses.

Overall today I downed 43 Japanese aircraft for 11 of my own. My exchange rate since taking over is about 3 to 1 which is quite acceptable at moving things along rapidly.





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RE: Offerings to Khorne - 5/27/2013 3:48:17 AM   
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LOTS of CA vs PT action... eventually all the DDs end up sunk, 25 lost in a single evening.


I'm guessing you actually meant all the PT's were sunk -- 25 destroyers in one night would be a disaster for either side.

Still, locating five Japanese fleet carriers sounds like exceedingly useful intel.

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RE: Offerings to Khorne - 5/27/2013 9:02:17 AM   
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Status: offline 		Very curious that SS Shark only launched two torps at Soryu. A CV is certainly worth a shot from every tube on that end of the sub. I wonder if he was out of forward torps and only had the two rear tubes to shoot.
If that is not the case, I wonder if something in the leader stats influences this kind of weak attack?

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RE: Offerings to Khorne - 5/27/2013 10:42:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		Yes, 25 PT boats. Although in today's turn it looks like I'm not far off losing that number of DDs. I think I lost about a dozen in various naval combat, a dozen DDs, 1 CL, 1 CA and 1 BB have all been sunk in vicious surface combat around Attu island. Details to follow....




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RE: Offerings to Khorne - 5/27/2013 11:26:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		Is he really landing with battallions and indipendent regiments at Attu!?!? Damian made a huge mistake here!! He should have committed 2 full divisions, an Army HQ and possibly some artillery regiments... he will never win this battle. No matter how the naval thing will go, those IJA troops are doomed and were doomed from the very beginning

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RE: Offerings to Khorne - 5/28/2013 7:17:25 AM   
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Your concentration of SS is fascinating. I rarely use more then 12-15 in a single area because Japan doesn't have a large amount of SS. How successful does this work out for you? Do you feel the concentration is worth it? Certainly has worked for intel purposes!

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RE: Offerings to Khorne - 5/28/2013 4:17:11 PM   
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Well, I think this is a case where its easy for people to point out a better way of doing things in theory while, in reality, that theoretical solution wouldn't have worked.

Basically when I took over Attu island was completely unsupported by any bases west of Dutch Harbour and Dutch Harbour was largely undeveloped. There were something like 50 fighters in the entire region and there was only a single Regiment guarding Attu.

Over the course of 3 weeks I managed to build 2 levels of forts, bring in 30,000 tons of supplies, over 400 AV, many engineer units and build up 2 more bases ( one to a Level 3 airfield and the other to Level 5 port and Level 4 airfield ) all while expanding Dutch harbour to a Level 6 port. I also brought in, during those three weeks, over 90,000 additional troops to the region. That's because I made the Aleutians the logistical focus of the entire Eastern side of the map.


Damian knew he was working against a clock and rather than waiting to have the PP to buy out two divisions he went with a collection of small units he had scattered around bolstered by a few regiments he could buy out. If anything he delayed 1 week too long and should have taken the risk of hitting me with less earlier rather than waiting even longer to buy out a division.

You'll note I've had no choice but to throw fragments of a division in also since my predecessor has committed regiments independently all over the map. Over the next month I plan to rescue trapped regiments and rebuild the regiments as divisions so that future operations have a more sustainable ground combat core.

In any case don't make the mistake of thinking this force ( 250 AV or so ) is a force Damian considers sufficient. No, this is just what he has been able to land on Attu without suffering disablements or loss. Let's look at the math.
1. About half of the force he landed was disabled on landing by defences etc. So that means he must have landed about 500 AV already.
2. One of his largest troopships sank taking with it 140 combat squads - that's an infantry regiment worth of troops.
3. My SC TFs achieved their primary operational goal of disrupting enemy unloading such that the TF containing this 650AV didn't finish unloading and such that other amphibious TFs didn't unload anything.
4. By my count he has at least as many other amphibious ships in 2 other TFs.

So, overall, I expect that he came for Attu with a force of about 1200 to 1300 AV, equivalent to roughly 4 divisions. 2 divisions wouldn't be nearly enough. With that said he didn't have 4 free divisions hanging around ( although it sounds like he has had to divert a division he was getting ready to commit to 2nd wave operations in the Aleutians to the southern China front where he is FT TFing in large combat formations ( about 1.5 divisions worth of troops ) ) and rather than give me the gift of more time ( which would have raised his force requirement to 8 divisions in another fortnight ) he went with what was available.

Personally I think his problem was in asking the wrong question in formulating his strategy. He seems to have asked which of my bases he need to take to cut off resupply to the Kuriles. I don't think that was the correct question. Instead I think he just needed to ask which bases of mine he needed to render irrelevant to cut off resupply. If he had done that he could have arrived a week ago with a slightly smaller force ( 900 AV or so ) and taken 3 unoccupied islands, using KB and his air force to retard the growth of any of my bases in the vicinity and cutting Attu Island out of my SLOCs --- thus cutting everything downstream of Attu off from supply ( namely the Aleutians ).

Waiting for the PP to buy out 4 divisions instead of going now with the odds and ends he had available would have been an even greater mistake. With the massive IJN naval superiority and IJAAF and IJNAF aerial superiority he could still easily pull this off, if he is willing to accept significant losses to his fleet and IJNAF formations. My guess is that he'll be less willing to lose 20% of his current fleet than I am willing to lose 80% of what is left to me ( although objectively those two loss rates will be fairly equal (although in favour of Japan ) in terms of total numbers and aren't an example of loss insensitivity, merely paying a necessary and small price given the strategic gain - the rescue of 3+ divisions of troops and priceless positional advantage ).

Anyways on to the next turn now.

As to the SS:
Well, in the last 3 days they sank 4 ships and bounced a torpedo off an IJN carrier. They are forcing his cripples to re-route northward to go home and that extra distance will ensure some will sink. Lastly they are hedging KB into the waters east and north of the Aleutians which gives me positional advantage should I wish to attempt a strike on KB - something I will probably do in 2 to 3 days time.

Most importantly though they are in the right place to form transport TFs and bring supplies into the Kuriles ( their primary mission ) once the IJn surface elements are no longer in the region.

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RE: Offerings to Khorne - 5/28/2013 4:35:28 PM   
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Another day of quite vicious fighting with heavy USN losses but, overall, my strategic objectives continue to be achieved.

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Invasion Support action off Attu Island (153,49)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

484 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
DD Hamakaze
DD Harukaze
LSD Akitsu Maru

Japanese ground losses:
206 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards


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TF 64 encounters mine field at Attu Island (153,49)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-3
DMS W-2

73 mines cleared

Highly effective ships.


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TF 257 encounters mine field at Attu Island (153,49)

Japanese Ships
DD Kamikaze
DD Yugure
DD Arashio

3 mines cleared


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TF 131 encounters mine field at Attu Island (153,49)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-6
DMS W-4

33 mines cleared


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Sub attack near Dutch Harbor at 170,50

Japanese Ships
SS I-6

Allied Ships
xAK Steel Seafarer, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
xAK Florence D.
xAK San Anselmo
xAK Steel Trader
xAK Knoxville City
xAK Santa Teresa
xAK Utahan
xAK Canadian
AM Adroit

SS I-6 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Steel Seafarer
AM Adroit fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Adroit fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Adroit fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Adroit fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Adroit fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Attu Island at 153,49, Range 3,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
BB Haruna
BB Hiei, Shell hits 1
BB Kirishima
CA Chikuma
CA Maya
CA Chokai, Shell hits 4
DD Naganami, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
DD Kagero
DD Isokaze
DD Kisaragi
DD Nagatsuki, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Mochizuki
DD Karukaya

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina, Shell hits 5
BB South Dakota, Shell hits 6
CLAA Atlanta, Shell hits 2
DD Mustin, Shell hits 1
DD O'Brien
DD Helm
DD Jarvis
DD McCall
DD Maury
DD Drayton

Poor visibility due to Thunderstorms with 78% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 78% moonlight: 2,000 yards
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
Allies open fire on surprised Japanese ships at 3,000 yards
DD Naganami sunk by BB South Dakota at 3,000 yards
CLAA Atlanta launches Torpedoes at BB Hiei at 3,000 yards
BB North Carolina fires at BB Kongo at 3,000 yards
CLAA Atlanta launches Torpedoes at CA Chokai at 3,000 yards
DD Mustin launches Torpedoes at DD Nagatsuki at 3,000 yards
DD Mustin fires at DD Isokaze at 3,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards

Unfortunately all the torpedoes miss. Still, over time, some are bound to hit so operations continue.



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TF 257 encounters mine field at Attu Island (153,49)

Japanese Ships
DD Yukikaze, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hatsuyuki

3 mines cleared

That's great. That's about the 5th DD the Japanese have lost over the last 2 days.


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ASW attack near Attu Island at 153,48

Japanese Ships
DD Asanagi
PB Myoken Maru
PB Kiso Maru
AV Kunikawa Maru
xAP Dairen Maru
xAP Manzyu Maru
xAP Kanzyu Maru
xAK Jinshu Maru
xAK Hokkai Maru
xAK Calcutta Maru
E Manazuru
PB Daibu Maru

Allied Ships
SS Grouper

SS Grouper launches 4 torpedoes at DD Asanagi

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Sub attack near Damar at 75,116

Japanese Ships
DD Shirakumo
xAP Kashima Maru
DD Satsuki

Allied Ships
SS Swordfish

SS Swordfish launches 4 torpedoes at DD Shirakumo
DD Satsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Satsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Satsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Dutch Harbor at 170,50

Japanese Ships
SS I-6

Allied Ships
xAK Steel Seafarer, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

SS I-6 launches 2 torpedoes


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TF 38 encounters mine field at Attu Island (153,49)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-8, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
DMS W-1
DD Minazuki
DD Yayoi
DD Hamakaze

38 mines cleared

And a DMS follows. That's good because I'll be relying on mines to defend the Kuriles and getting rid of the DMS now makes that task easier.


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Invasion Support action off Attu Island (153,49)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

271 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
LSD Akitsu Maru
DD Hamakaze
DD Harukaze

Japanese ground losses:
150 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards

There are relatively high numbers of squads being destroyed here. A testament to good defences and a highly disrupted landing - thanks to USN involvement.


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Pre-Invasion action off Attu Island (153,49)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

492 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CL Kiso
CL Kashii
CL Kashima
DD Asakaze
LSD Shinshu Maru
DD Hibiki

Japanese ground losses:
247 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled

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

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Amphibious Assault at Attu Island (153,49)

TF 131 troops unloading over beach at Attu Island, 153,49

Japanese ground losses:
551 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 65 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 8 (0 destroyed, 8 disabled)

17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost overboard during unload of 61st Infantry Group
17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost overboard during unload of 61st Infantry Group /2
17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad accidentally lost during unload of 102nd Infantry Rgt /2
17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 61st Infantry Group /4

2 Infantry Groups unload to join the fray in earnest.


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Invasion Support action off Attu Island (153,49)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

250 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CL Kiso
CL Kashii
CL Kashima
DD Asakaze
LSD Shinshu Maru
DD Hibiki

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

DD Asakaze fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards


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TF 64 encounters mine field at Attu Island (153,49)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-3
DMS W-2

80 mines cleared

The last 2 DMS assigned to this operation.


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Day Time Surface Combat, near Attu Island at 153,50, Range 8,000 Yards

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
BB Haruna, Shell hits 7, on fire
BB Hiei, Shell hits 2
BB Kirishima
CA Chikuma, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CA Maya, Shell hits 1
CA Chokai
DD Kagero
DD Isokaze, Shell hits 3
DD Kisaragi
DD Nagatsuki
DD Mochizuki, Shell hits 1
DD Karukaya, Shell hits 6, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Salt Lake City, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
CL Raleigh, Shell hits 19, on fire, heavy damage
DD Buchanan, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Gansevoort
DD Sims, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Hughes, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Anderson, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Russell, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Benham, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Cassin, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
DD Porter, Shell hits 1
DD Allen, Shell hits 2

Poor visibility due to Thunderstorms
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms: 7,000 yards

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Attu Island at 153,50, Range 3,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
BB Hiei
BB Kirishima
CA Maya
CA Chokai
DD Kagero
DD Kisaragi
DD Mochizuki

Haruna and a CA are missing, presumably having pulled back for repairs.

Allied Ships
PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-44
PT-45
PT-78
PT-84, Shell hits 1
PT-128


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Day Time Surface Combat, near Attu Island at 153,49, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato, Shell hits 3
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 4
BB Fuso
CA Tone, Shell hits 1
CA Takao, Shell hits 1
CA Aoba, Shell hits 2
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 1
CL Abukuma, Shell hits 2
CL Tama
CL Yubari, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Arashio
DD Yugure, Shell hits 1
DD Hatsuyuki, Shell hits 1
DD Kamikaze, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina, Shell hits 7
BB South Dakota, Shell hits 45, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
CLAA Atlanta, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Mustin, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD O'Brien
DD Helm
DD Jarvis
DD McCall
DD Maury, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Drayton, Shell hits 6, heavy fires

Poor visibility due to Thunderstorms
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms: 7,000 yards
South Dakota is a gonner but I think she's going to take one of the enemy CAs with her.

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Sub attack near Attu Island at 152,48

Japanese Ships
DD Maikaze

Allied Ships
SS S-32

Yet another submarine attack foiled by torpedoes.



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ASW attack near Attu Island at 151,51

Japanese Ships
DD Kisaragi
BB Kirishima
BB Kongo
CA Chokai
CA Maya
DD Kagero
DD Mochizuki

Allied Ships
SS Greenling

SS Greenling launches 4 torpedoes at DD Kisaragi
DD Mochizuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kisaragi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kisaragi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kisaragi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kisaragi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kisaragi attacking submerged sub ....
DD Kisaragi fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Medny Island at 150,47

Allied Ships
SS S-43

SS S-43 is sighted by escort
S-43 diving deep ....
Sub escapes detection


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Morning Air attack on Tsiaotso , at 88,42

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 31

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 25000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Shimushiri-jima , at 132,51

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 17
B5N2 Kate x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged

Runway hits 6
Port hits 2

The daily bombing of the Kuriles.


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Morning Air attack on Shimushiri-jima , at 132,51

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 28

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 23

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Morning Air attack on 5th Chinese Cavalry Corps, at 83,61 (Amoy)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 8
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 1
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 93

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
459 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 30 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
33 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
29 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 32nd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 5th Chinese Cavalry Corps ...
Also attacking 32nd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 5th Chinese Cavalry Corps ...
Also attacking 32nd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 5th Chinese Cavalry Corps ...
Also attacking 32nd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 5th Chinese Cavalry Corps ...
Also attacking 32nd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 5th Chinese Cavalry Corps ...
Also attacking 32nd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 5th Chinese Cavalry Corps ...
Also attacking 32nd Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on 92nd Chinese Corps, at 85,47 , near Sinyang

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 25

No Japanese losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Tsiaotso , at 88,42

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3

No Japanese losses


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Morning Air attack on 8th Chinese Corps, at 83,49 , near Ichang

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 damaged

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



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Morning Air attack on 99th Chinese Corps, at 83,61 (Amoy)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
168 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment ...
Also attacking 99th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment ...
Also attacking 99th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Ramree Island , at 54,48

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 2
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 41

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 59th Chinese Corps, at 83,61 (Amoy)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 1
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Pakhoi at 72,58

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
MTB 27

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 5000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 3rd Prov Chinese Corps, at 92,34 (Paotow)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 7000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 2nd Construction Regiment ...
Also attacking 3rd Prov Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Attu Island at 153,49

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 119 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 44 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 91
B5N2 Kate x 18
D3A1 Val x 53

Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 8
P-40B Warhawk x 14
F4F-3A Wildcat x 5
F4F-3 Wildcat x 1
F4F-4 Wildcat x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
D3A1 Val: 9 destroyed, 8 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 17, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Helm
DD Drayton, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Jarvis, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires

Well, it cost him the guts of a carrier air wing but he managed to finish off the BB.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Attu Island at 153,50

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 63 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
B5N2 Kate x 9
D3A1 Val x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged
D3A1 Val: 5 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Raleigh, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Allen
DD Buchanan, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Gansevoort, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
DD Porter

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
9 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
8 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Raleigh
Massive explosion on DD Gansevoort

They didn't stay under the large CAP i'd provided and they paid the price.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Attu Island at 154,48

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16
B5N2 Kate x 16

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
DD Mustin, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD O'Brien, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Amchitka Island at 158,52

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 116 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 43 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 85
B5N2 Kate x 32
D3A1 Val x 25

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 3

I have 100 fighters here. I think only 3 taking off is just bad luck.

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged
D3A1 Val: 9 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
BB Oklahoma
xAP Peter Silvester, Bomb hits 3, on fire
CM Oglala
xAP Edwin Markham, Bomb hits 2
xAK Mokihana, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
xAP James Schureman
AM Quatsino
xAK Waipo
xAK Don Isidro, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
xAP William Dawes
xAK Susan Luckenbach
xAP Stephen J. Field, Bomb hits 2
DD Crane
xAK Walter Luckenbach
xAK Crown City

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (4 destroyed, 3 disabled)

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Attu Island at 153,50

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
D3A1 Val x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 4 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Porter, Bomb hits 3, on fire
DD Gansevoort, Bomb hits 1, on fire

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Agattu Island at 154,50

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
D3A1 Val x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Russell, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk

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ASW attack near Attu Island at 153,50

Japanese Ships
DD Isokaze
DD Nagatsuki

Allied Ships
SS Dolphin

SS Dolphin launches 2 torpedoes at DD Isokaze
Dolphin diving deep ....
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Attu Island at 152,47

Japanese Ships
CVE Unyo
PB Isshin Maru
xAKL Ronsan Maru
xAKL Yamatsuru Maru
xAKL Totai Maru
DD Yunagi
DD Uzuki
DD Amatsukaze
PB Yasushima Maru

Allied Ships
SS Albacore

SS Albacore launches 4 torpedoes at CVE Unyo

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Submarine attack near Pago Pago at 149,162

Japanese Ships
SS I-18

Allied Ships
xAKL Nicarata, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

xAKL Nicarata is sighted by SS I-18
SS I-18 attacking on the surface


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Invasion Support action off Attu Island (153,49)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

247 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
LSD Akitsu Maru
DD Hamakaze
DD Harukaze

Japanese ground losses:
157 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards


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Invasion Support action off Attu Island (153,49)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

267 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
LSD Shinshu Maru
DD Hibiki
DD Asakaze

Japanese ground losses:
89 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards


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Ground combat at Chuhsien (88,56)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9649 troops, 80 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 1253

Defending force 35345 troops, 150 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1230

Assaulting units:
22nd Division
17th Ind.Mixed Brigade
54th Division
20th Engineer Regiment
17th/A Division

Defending units:
28th Chinese Corps
88th Chinese Corps
86th Chinese Corps
70th Chinese Corps
16th Construction Regiment
3rd War Area
10th Group Army


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Ground combat at Kaoping (89,42)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12133 troops, 102 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 472

Defending force 10234 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 335

Assaulting units:
15th Tank Regiment
41st Division

Defending units:
76th Chinese Corps


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Ground combat at 75,125 (near Darwin)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 675 troops, 0 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 58

Defending force 187 troops, 18 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 3

Japanese adjusted assault: 29

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 29 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), leaders(+), leaders(-), disruption(-)
fatigue(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Assaulting units:
6th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
641st Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion

This was my lead outlflanking unit, got a bit ahead of itself and pays the price.


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Ground combat at Attu Island (153,49)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12615 troops, 222 guns, 54 vehicles, Assault Value = 549

Defending force 14061 troops, 139 guns, 73 vehicles, Assault Value = 437

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

Assaulting units:
23rd Marine Regiment
161st Infantry Regiment
2nd USMC Parachute Battalion
147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
182nd Infantry Rgt /1
810th EAB /3
70th Cst AA Rgt /2
101st USN Base Force
B Det USN Port Svc
175th USAAF Base Force /1
428th Coast AA Bn /1

Defending units:
Ichiki Det.
4th Raiding Regiment
Maizuru 3rd SNLF
102nd Infantry Regiment
22nd Recon Regiment
48th Recon Regiment
303rd Ind.Infantry Battalion
62nd Infantry Group
61st Infantry Group /1
302nd Ind.Infantry Battalion
144th Infantry Rgt /2

His AV is climbing. I'd expect it to top off at about 600 to 700 even accounting for 50% of his squads being disabled in landing. That's enough that this might just work.


So what's the plan for tomorrow:
Well, tomorrow I take advantage of the stress in the Aleutians to dart in and land 900 AV + engineers at Ramree as well as beginning its buildup into a major aerial and fleet base. The Chindit Bde is on the way and I'm eyeing his exit routes from Burma, looking to see if a Bde-sized parachute-drop could accomplish something strategically worthwhile. Otherwise I'll just drop the Bde on Bassein as the tanks go ashore in a week's time. It looks like I should be able to get about 900 AV of armoured combat power ashore. I think that'll be enough to blast through Japanese infantry on the plains.

The USN will feed another BB TF into the fire around Attu and seek to pick off scattering enemy transport TFs with about 100 SBDs and 30 Avengers. The danger is they might hit KB instead in which case they'll die. If they can avoid hitting KB though they should cause alot of damage to enemy shipping.



< Message edited by Nemo121 -- 5/28/2013 4:37:45 PM >

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A VERY bloody turn indeed.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Attu Island at 153,49, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Tone
CA Takao
CA Aoba
CA Kinugasa
CL Abukuma
CL Tama
DD Arashio
DD Yugure
DD Hatsuyuki

Allied Ships
PT-44
PT-45
PT-78
PT-84
PT-128

Low visibility due to Thunderstorms with 85% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 85% moonlight: 2,000 yards

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Attu Island at 153,49, Range 26,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Kure Maru #5
PB Saiko Maru
SC Ch 7
SC Ch 8
SC Ch 9
xAK Daifuku Maru
xAK Kotobuki Maru #5
xAK Kuraido Maru
xAK Mansei Maru
xAK Nasusan Maru
xAK Nitiyo Maru
xAK Nichiren Maru
xAK Nisshun Maru
xAK Nitiai Maru
xAK Reiyo Maru
xAK Samarang Maru
xAK Satsuma Maru
xAK Shinkoku Maru
xAK Nitimei Maru
xAK Shirashika Maru
xAK Sumiyoshi Maru
xAK Taihei Maru
xAK Tempei Maru
xAK Utide Maru
xAK Zenoa Maru
PB Tatsumi Maru

Allied Ships
DD Helm
DD McCall

Reduced visibility due to Thunderstorms with 85% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 85% moonlight: 2,000 yards
Japanese Amphibious TF evades combat

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Sub attack near Dutch Harbor at 171,51

Japanese Ships
SS I-22

Allied Ships
YP-114
YP-116

SS I-22 launches 2 torpedoes at YP-114
Escort abandons search for sub


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Attu Island at 153,49, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
xAKL Ronsan Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire
PB Yasushima Maru, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Helm
DD McCall

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ASW attack near Attu Island at 151,49

Japanese Ships
DD Arashio
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Yugure

Allied Ships
SS S-46

SS S-46 is sighted by escort
DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yugure fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugure fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugure fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugure fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugure fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Attu Island at 153,49, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
xAKL Ronsan Maru, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
PB Yasushima Maru, Shell hits 2, and is sunk

Allied Ships
BB Oklahoma
CA Minneapolis
CL Detroit
DD Frazier
DD Dunlap
DD Fanning
DD Monaghan
DD Ward
DD Kennison
DD Humphreys
DD Hatfield
DD Kane

Poor visibility due to Thunderstorms with 85% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 85% moonlight: 2,000 yards


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Attu Island at 153,49, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Yubari, Shell hits 8, and is sunk

Yubari had been seriously damaged yesterday and is finished off today. News also comes through that the IJN CA torpedoed during naval combat yesterday has sunk just north of Attu.

Allied Ships
BB Oklahoma
CA Minneapolis
CL Detroit
DD Frazier
DD Dunlap
DD Fanning
DD Monaghan
DD Ward
DD Kennison
DD Humphreys
DD Hatfield
DD Kane

Low visibility due to Thunderstorms with 92% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 92% moonlight: 2,000 yards


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Day Time Surface Combat, near Attu Island at 152,51, Range 3,000 Yards

Finally I get in amongst the amphibious shipping. Unfortunately the IJN PBs do their job and screen most of the transports from my attack.

Japanese Ships
PB Kure Maru #5, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
PB Saiko Maru, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
SC Ch 7
SC Ch 8
SC Ch 9, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Daifuku Maru, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Kotobuki Maru #5, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
xAK Kuraido Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAK Mansei Maru
xAK Nasusan Maru
xAK Nitiyo Maru
xAK Nichiren Maru, Shell hits 1
xAK Nisshun Maru
xAK Nitiai Maru
xAK Reiyo Maru
xAK Samarang Maru
xAK Satsuma Maru
xAK Shinkoku Maru
xAK Nitimei Maru, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Shirashika Maru
xAK Sumiyoshi Maru
xAK Taihei Maru
xAK Tempei Maru
xAK Utide Maru
xAK Zenoa Maru
PB Tatsumi Maru, Shell hits 10, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Helm, Shell hits 1
DD McCall, Shell hits 2

Japanese ground losses:
364 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 23 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Poor visibility due to Thunderstorms
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms: 3,000 yards
PB Saiko Maru sunk by DD McCall at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 3,000 yards
xAK Zenoa Maru , xAK Utide Maru , xAK Tempei Maru ,
xAK Taihei Maru , xAK Sumiyoshi Maru screened from combat
- escorted by PB Kure Maru #5


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Morning Air attack on Tsiaotso , at 88,42

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 31

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 25000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Uruppu-jima , at 130,52

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N1 Kate x 17
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate: 4 damaged

Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x B5N1 Kate bombing from 5000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Shimushiri-jima , at 132,51

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 17

No Japanese losses

Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x B4Y1 Jean bombing from 5000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Shimushiri-jima , at 132,51

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

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

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Uruppu-jima , at 130,52

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 7

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 12 damaged
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 damaged

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

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 4000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Uruppu-jima , at 130,52

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 12

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x D3A1 Val bombing from 4000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 94th Chinese Corps, at 87,44 , near Chengchow

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 20
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
129 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 94th Chinese Corps, at 87,44 , near Chengchow

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
146 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 82nd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 94th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 82nd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 94th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Shimushiri-jima , at 132,51

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 28

No Japanese losses

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

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
28 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 5000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Uruppu-jima , at 130,52

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 damaged

Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Uruppu-jima , at 130,52

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 67 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 38
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 7

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 damaged
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 damaged

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 5000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 1 x 100 kg GP Bomb
12 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 5000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 1 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 82nd Chinese Corps, at 87,44 , near Chengchow

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 81,61 (Chaochow)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 8
Ki-30 Ann x 3
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 66

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
238 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
35 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
3 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 3rd Chinese Cavalry Corps ...
Also attacking 79th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 54th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 3rd Chinese Cavalry Corps ...
Also attacking 54th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 3rd Chinese Cavalry Corps ...
Also attacking 54th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 3rd Chinese Cavalry Corps ...
Also attacking 54th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 3rd Chinese Cavalry Corps ...
Also attacking 54th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 3rd Chinese Cavalry Corps ...
Also attacking 54th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 3rd Chinese Cavalry Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on 641st Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion, at 75,125 , near Darwin

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 29

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 13 (12 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 641st Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion, at 75,125 , near Darwin

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 3rd Chinese Cavalry Corps, at 81,61 (Chaochow)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 8

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 30th Chinese Corps, at 85,47 , near Sinyang

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 25

No Japanese losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 30th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Tsiaotso , at 88,42

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 25000 feet



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Morning Air attack on 8th Chinese Corps, at 83,49 , near Ichang

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

The Japanese fly almost twice as many aerial missions as my forces. I don't believe in wasting effort on spurious missions so only fly what's necessary.

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Morning Air attack on Ramree Island , at 54,48

About 150,000 tons of transport shipping are currently unloading at Ramree so this is a BIG day!!!!


Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 12
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 68

Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 12
Martlet II x 7
Hurricane IIc Trop x 13
Kittyhawk IA x 9
P-40E Warhawk x 14
P-40K Warhawk x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 destroyed
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 3 destroyed

No Allied losses

The CAP stopped the attack in its tracks.

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Morning Air attack on 62nd Chinese Corps, at 81,61 (Chaochow)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 18

No Japanese losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Pakhoi at 72,58

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
PT Q-111

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 5000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 76th Chinese Corps, at 89,42 (Kaoping)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Attu Island at 154,47

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 104

Damn, KB moved to within 92 miles of Attu island. I had expected them to stay farther out in order to avoid SC TFs. So, since they were so close they were targeted by my strikes which means the strike packages ran into HORDES of Zeroes with predictable results.

Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 35
F2A-3 Buffalo x 31
F4F-3A Wildcat x 4
F4F-3 Wildcat x 2
F4F-4 Wildcat x 4
SBD-3 Dauntless x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed
F2A-3 Buffalo: 1 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 13 destroyed, 6 damaged

Japanese Ships
CV Hiryu
CV Shokaku
CS Chitose

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Attu Island at 154,47

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 77

Allied aircraft
F4F-3A Wildcat x 9
F4F-4 Wildcat x 15
SBD-3 Dauntless x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3A Wildcat: 2 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 9 destroyed

No-one got through to make attack runs.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Attu Island at 154,47

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 65

Allied aircraft
F2A-3 Buffalo x 4
TBF-1 Avenger x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F2A-3 Buffalo: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CV Soryu
CV Akagi, Bomb hits 1
CV Shokaku

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 8000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
3 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 8000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

No ammo or fuel explosion but, hopefully, it'll cause this CV to be sent back to Japan for repair.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Attu Island at 154,47

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 57

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 destroyed


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Attu Island at 154,47

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 51

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 3
SBD-3 Dauntless x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 7 destroyed, 2 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
CV Akagi
CV Soryu
CV Hiryu

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Attu Island at 153,48

Weather in hex: Light rain

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

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 5

We have agreed no 4E on low naval so I've sent them all in at 8,000 feet. They won't hit much but I was hoping that vs slow xAPs and xAKs they might get lucky.

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAP Dairen Maru
xAP Kanzyu Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet *
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet *
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

Carrier support unable to supply air cover..

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Attu Island at 154,47

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 40

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 2

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DMS W-2

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 8000 feet *
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Attu Island at 152,52

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 2

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Nichiren Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 8000 feet *
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Attu Island at 153,50

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
D3A1 Val x 2

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
BB Oklahoma

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

The BB TF strayed 46 miles from Attu, leaving it with no CAP!!!!

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Attu Island at 153,49

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 102 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 38 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 69
D3A1 Val x 10

Allied aircraft
F4F-3A Wildcat x 5
F4F-4 Wildcat x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
DD Porter, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x D3A1 Val releasing from 10000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ramree Island at 54,48

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 1
A6M2 Zero x 25
B5N2 Kate x 18
D3A1 Val x 6
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2

Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 12
Martlet II x 6
Hurricane IIc Trop x 13
Kittyhawk IA x 9
P-40E Warhawk x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 9 destroyed
D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Martlet II: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Very heavy Japanese losses. These seem to be CVL and CVE-based units.

Allied Ships
CL Newcastle

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo


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Morning Air attack on 641st Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion, at 75,125 , near Darwin

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 5

No Japanese losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Attu Island at 154,47

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 37

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAP Huzi Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet *
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Attu Island at 153,48

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
xAK Calcutta Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 8000 feet *
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

Carrier support unable to supply air cover..


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ramree Island at 54,48

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
D3A1 Val x 25
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 12
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3

Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 2
Martlet II x 3
Hurricane IIc Trop x 5
Kittyhawk IA x 4
P-40E Warhawk x 6
P-40K Warhawk x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 6 destroyed, 3 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
xAK Texan
xAK Kiangsu
xAP Takliwa
xAP Matang, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
AMC Kanimbla, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
7 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Matang

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Attu Island at 154,47

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 62 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 141

Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 27
F4F-3A Wildcat x 8
F4F-4 Wildcat x 10
SBD-3 Dauntless x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed
F4F-3A Wildcat: 1 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 5 destroyed

Nothing got through, again.

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Attu Island at 154,47

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 130

Allied aircraft
F2A-3 Buffalo x 26
TBF-1 Avenger x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F2A-3 Buffalo: 3 destroyed
TBF-1 Avenger: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
CV Hiryu
CV Zuikaku

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 8000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Attu Island at 154,47

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 116

Allied aircraft
F2A-3 Buffalo x 10
SBD-3 Dauntless x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F2A-3 Buffalo: 3 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 5 destroyed


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Attu Island at 154,47

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 90

Allied aircraft
F2A-3 Buffalo x 3
SBD-3 Dauntless x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F2A-3 Buffalo: 1 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 destroyed


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Attu Island at 154,47

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 78

Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 4 destroyed

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Attu Island at 154,47

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 64 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 73

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 1
SBD-3 Dauntless x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Attu Island at 154,47

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 62

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 2
B-17E Fortress x 9
B-24D Liberator x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CV Hiryu
xAK Tatuha Maru
CV Akagi
CVE Unyo

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet *
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet *
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 8000 feet *
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
1 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 8000 feet *
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet *
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
2 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 8000 feet *
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Attu Island at 153,50

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
D3A1 Val x 10

Allied aircraft
F4F-3A Wildcat x 3
F4F-3 Wildcat x 1
F4F-4 Wildcat x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
D3A1 Val: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB Oklahoma

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
2 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ramree Island at 54,48

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
B5N2 Kate x 7
D3A1 Val x 4
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2

Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 1
Martlet II x 3
Hurricane IIc Trop x 5
Kittyhawk IA x 4
P-40E Warhawk x 6
P-40K Warhawk x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 3 damaged
D3A1 Val: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Martlet II: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB Valiant, Bomb hits 2
CL Birmingham
CA Dorsetshire, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage

She's badly damaged but will survive.

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
7 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

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Pre-Invasion action off Timoeka (86,116)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
PB Tyuwa Maru
xAP Hikawa Maru

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

PB Tyuwa Maru fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards


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Amphibious Assault at Timoeka (86,116)

TF 149 troops unloading over beach at Timoeka, 86,116

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



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Ground combat at Chuhsien (88,56)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9694 troops, 80 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 1258

Defending force 35345 troops, 150 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1230

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

Assaulting units:
17th Ind.Mixed Brigade
22nd Division
54th Division
20th Engineer Regiment
17th/A Division

Defending units:
70th Chinese Corps
86th Chinese Corps
88th Chinese Corps
28th Chinese Corps
16th Construction Regiment
3rd War Area
10th Group Army


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Ground combat at Kaoping (89,42)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12141 troops, 102 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 473

Defending force 10172 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 334

Assaulting units:
15th Tank Regiment
41st Division

Defending units:
76th Chinese Corps


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Ground combat at Attu Island (153,49)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13029 troops, 233 guns, 54 vehicles, Assault Value = 569

Defending force 14148 troops, 136 guns, 71 vehicles, Assault Value = 450

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

Assaulting units:
23rd Marine Regiment
2nd USMC Parachute Battalion
147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
161st Infantry Regiment
58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
182nd Infantry Rgt /1
B Det USN Port Svc
175th USAAF Base Force /1
810th EAB /3
70th Cst AA Rgt /2
101st USN Base Force
428th Coast AA Bn /1

Defending units:
102nd Infantry Regiment
4th Raiding Regiment
303rd Ind.Infantry Battalion
48th Recon Regiment
302nd Ind.Infantry Battalion
22nd Recon Regiment
61st Infantry Group
62nd Infantry Group
Ichiki Det.
Maizuru 3rd SNLF
144th Infantry Rgt /2

Very few additional troops got ashore overnight. I know he still has quite a few on the ships but they don't seem to be able to land safely yet.

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Ground combat at Chaochow (81,61)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 29386 troops, 186 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1703

Defending force 1119 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 42

Allied adjusted assault: 271

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 271 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied forces CAPTURE Chaochow !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1544 casualties reported
Squads: 51 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 46 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

The BN guarding the town was utterly wiped out. Nice work.

Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
62nd Chinese Corps
9th Prov Chinese Corps
79th Chinese Corps
54th Chinese Corps
46th Chinese Corps
3rd Chinese Cavalry Corps
12th Group Army

Defending units:
69th Ind.Infantry Battalion

Overall the Allies lost 170 planes to 90 Japanese planes, including 40+ Zeroes and another 20+ Vals. Most of my losses were SBDs - of which I have over 100 which is why I was willing to take the risk with them.

It still looks like a score draw in the Aleutians - which is a win for me - but at Ramree it is an unconditional victory. I've landed an additional 930 AV to make 1200 AV at Ramree + about 500 engineer equivalents. It will expand very rapidly now.

Tomorrow I send a cruiser TF into Rangoon harbour itself to create havoc among shipping unloading there which appears to be reinforcing this theatre.







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RE: Offerings to Khorne - 5/28/2013 5:16:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		I got a nice co-ordinated strike out of Attu and Adak, pity it wasted itself against KB instead of impaling all of those helpless xAPs and xAKs.

I didn't have any torpedoes available - hell, 6 days ago I had no airfields available ;-) - so the Avengers had to level bomb from 8,000 feet.




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RE: Offerings to Khorne - 5/28/2013 5:18:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		Current IJA forces at Attu. It looks to me like about 8 Regiment equivalents, which with 1 sunk on the way there would have made a 3 division assault force.




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RE: Offerings to Khorne - 5/28/2013 8:56:48 PM   
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quote:

The danger is they might hit KB instead in which case they'll die. If they can avoid hitting KB though they should cause alot of damage to enemy shipping.


That turned out to be an uncomfortably accurate forecast. My own humble opinion is that what has been achieved in the Aleutians, while valuable, was not worth the losses -- but that's me. What is the victory point situation (or have you agreed to ignore auto-victory)?

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RE: Offerings to Khorne - 5/28/2013 9:57:00 PM   
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Status: offline 		I thought the operational plan was worth the effort. I am just amazed at the difference in effectiveness of the Japanese vs. American forces. Offensively and defensively the Japanese forces demonstrated a superiority that was able to deal out greater damages to the Americans than expected while preventing losses commensurate with the American forces committed to battle.

Based on the correlation of forces this was an overwhelming Japanese success and Allied failure if military losses are the only measure. Despite this the eventual fate of Attu, the geopgraphical objective, is still in question. Nemo definitely threw off the Japanese timetable, and he has created opportunities elsewhere in the war. So I'm not ready to write this off as a strategic defeat just yet.

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RE: Offerings to Khorne - 5/28/2013 11:32:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		Ok how about a straw poll. How do people think things are going?

I'll kick it off by giving my assessment.

1. Perception's a strange thing. I think my losses in the Aleutians are not at all lopsided - 1 BB, 1 CA, 1 CL, 1 CLAA and about 12 to 15 DDs in return for 1 IJN CA, 1 IJN CL and about 8 to 10 IJN DDs. In addition the IJN has lost 3 hugely precious DMS, 4 PBs and a few xAKs/xAPs as well as receiving a bomb through Akagi's deck. In the air I've lost about 300 planes in total, including today's losses and the IJN bombardments I had to allow early on and have destroyed somewhere between 200 and 250 of KB's planes ( including their pilots while most of mine have been saved ).

In terms of losses I think the IJN is doing a little better in surface naval action - which isn't surprising as I've been having to send in damaged ships which haven't had their April 42 upgrades. In the air I'm way ahead in terms of pilots and modern airframes insofar as I've lost far fewer pilots and fewer modern airframes ( quite a few of my losses were obsolescent types which wouldn't be on the front line if I had a choice ).


2. Operationally things are, IMO, going entirely my way. He's dancing to my tune operationally despite having a numerically and qualitatively superior force.


3. Strategically this is achieving every strategic goal I've set:
i) saving the Kuriles which gives me the ability to get at the Home Islands in 1943 without carrier support - a HUGELY important strategic coup.
ii) marooning IJA ground troops such that the IJN gets drawn into support operations during which I can attrit them
iii)forcing Damian to expend his strategic reserves to counter my moves instead of using them to create problems for me ( this is the same thing I'm doing in China )
iv) preventing the IJN from being able to concentrate its forces and crush the littoral campaign around Burma.
v) maintaining an open front in which I can continue to attrition his aerial, naval and ground forces effectively at a cost sustainable to me but unsustainable to him.

Really, from my point of view, tactically things are going as well as could be expected, operationally things are going well and strategically this is just a massive win.


Poodlebrain,
quote:

Based on the correlation of forces this was an overwhelming Japanese success and Allied failure if military losses are the only measure.


Ah, but losses are never the only measure. This operation has to be viewed in its strategic context to be valued properly and in that context I think it is a smashing Allied victory really as my strategic objectives are all being achieved. Also in terms of losses I just don't see what people are seeing as being so lopsided? The IJN has sunk a little more than I've sunk of them but not much more at all.


As to the effectiveness... Well, the American forces missed their upgrades in April 1942 and many missed the August upgrades and most were committed to combat with significant unrepaired damage. I just didn't have the time available to repair them before they were required. As to the IJN dealing greater damage than expected - I'm not so sure about that. I never expected more from the USN than disrupting the landings while taking more serious losses than the IJN suffered - which is pretty much what has happened. The USN was NEVER going to beat the IJN in night-time or daytime naval combat around Attu. It just didn't have the necessary upgrades or crew experience.


As I said, perspectives are interesting though. My thinking has shifted, after the last day, to going over to the offensive in the Aleutians and beginning to focus on supporting the Kuriles since I felt things were going so well in the Aleutians. Sure the Japanese have naval and aerial superiority but that isn't going to stop me from doing what I want to do in that theatre. I also can airbridge in half a regiment a day to Attu anytime I want to. I just amn't doing it yet since I don't want Damian to decide it is hopeless and pull all those troops out. I want them to be marooned there so he has to mount another major operation to take them off the island.

Funny how people see things differently. I think a lot of this has to do with excessive sensitivity to losses and not comparing the losses to the strategic gains being made. I just don't see how any player could turn down losing a few BBs and 400 or 500 airplanes whilst dishing out about 75% of that damage to the Japanese PLUS maintaining two footholds in the Kuriles as anything other than a major strategic victory. Those footholds in the Kuriles will take a year to 18 months off the game and that will save multiples of 400 to 500 planes and multiples of the number of ships I've lost in the past few days.

Each to their own though, I amn't deriding anyone's viewpoints or calculus. I'm just always surprised how large losses in a short period of time ( although be no means one-sided losses ) keep being viewed as bad while much, much larger losses over a longer period of time, incurred because of the foregoing of high loss, phased operations are accepted as somehow preferable or "better". It just mystifies me.

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RE: Offerings to Khorne - 5/29/2013 1:39:28 AM   
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Status: offline 		I think it will take a major commitment of manpower and material for the Japanese to pull their chestnuts out of the fire to achieve a strategic victory in the Aleutians, and I doubt they will make the commitment because they can't afford to ignore other threats. I did not want to speculate about future events, and I tried to keep my comments to current events. I believe I did acknowledge that control of the geography was the critical strategic element and not the losses. I honestly expected the Japanese would suffer greater losses than they did given the forces you had available, and the way in which you forced exposure of the Japanese forces.

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RE: Offerings to Khorne - 5/29/2013 2:08:09 AM   
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Feel free to speculate. Hopefully readers enjoy reading the AAR. For me, the speculations and discussions sparked within it are what I enjoy. So, speculation's welcome.

In my experience in 1942 the Japanese tend to run rampant even if a numerical accounting of forces would suggest otherwise. So, a well-organised USN TF with 4 BBs, a few CAs and a half-dozen DDs is likely to be steamrollered by an equivalent IJN TF and likely to be very roughly handled by even an IJN CA or DD/torpedo attack TF.

Add in the fact that I had to engage the IJN at night to avoid KB sinking my ships before they could get into main gun range AND the fact that I had to engage them when moonlight was 78%+ ( which minimised the disadvantage to the IJN of fighting at night since ) and that my ships, because of their damage, were carrying all sorts of negative spotting and visibility bonuses and, really, it was never likely that the USN would actually achieve much attritionally.

That's why, if you look back, I never expected much from the USN's commitment in terms of sinking IJN surface combatants. I only ever saw their commitment as disrupting the amphibious operations and spreading it over time such that I'd be able to accurately assess whether and/or how much I needed to fly in using the airbridge to have Attu hold. The plan always recognised that the USN couldn't beat or even draw with the IJN. The plan was all about how to accept those tactical losses but have them mean something operationally and strategically.


In 1942 Allied surface combatants will suffer excessively in return for inflicting lower casualties UNLESS:
1) the USN upgrades religiously
2) takes care to create properly balanced TFs ( something most don't do and which I didn't have the luxury of doing during this operation )
3) commits only undamaged shipping - this is particularly crucial at night
4) the US can fight night-time actions under the worst possible visibility conditions - since visibility impacts both sides equally it imposes a greater relative reduction on night-time efficiency on the side which is most effective at night, namely the Japanese.

You'll note that night-time visibility conditions were worse on the 2nd night ( even though the raw % moonlight was superior ) and that USN combat results were far better on the 2nd night than the 1st even though the combat TF on the first night contained my most upgraded ( radar etc ) ships.

I've noted that people either fail to account for this at night OR seek to commit the USN to night-time combat only when visibility is best in the belief that this gives the USN the best chance. This is precisely the opposite of what they should do given a systems analysis of night-time combat a la Lanchester which clearly shows that any improvement in USN performance will result in a greater baseline and adjusted performance by the IJN such that losses will increase logarithmically as damage inflicted decreases logarithmically the more "favourable" sighting conditions are for the USN.

In any case I was unfortunate that on the 1st day when my premier combat assets went in that the weather was good and visibility was good at night - leading to predictably inferior outcomes - while on the second day the poorer night-time conditions allowed far weaker USN elements to inflict far greater losses on the IJN. Those are the vagaries of weather within the game. All you can do is set things up as best you can and recognise that chance will, over time, reward that but may, from time to time, choose to kick you in the groin irrespective of what you do

I think its interesting though insofar as it highlights the perverse relationship between favourable conditions and favourable outcomes and how unfavourable conditions can often benefit the weaker side through lessening the relative dyscorrelation of forces. You rarely see people playing that side of the odds here, there's far more ( too much IMO ) focus on finding the most favourable conditions for one's own side as opposed to also looking for the least favourable for the other side - these are not necessarily one and the same.

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RE: Offerings to Khorne - 5/29/2013 3:12:05 AM   
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So, the use of the Eastern Fleet Naval HQ with 285 Naval Support to facilitate amphibious offloading at Ramree has allowed me to land 900+ AV and 500+ engineer equivalents + commensurate supporting elements in a single night. I'll have to withstand a couple of days of aerial assault with insufficient numbers of my own fighters to prevent leakers but, overall, losses should be relatively light - especially as I plan to let the IJN SC elements close their trap on empty air. I should explain, mini-KB is off the coast and visible in the picture below, just 2 hexes below my subs is a major IJN SC TF containing several BBs including, IMO, 1 to 2 Yamato class BBs. At Rangoon there are several IJN TFs unloading troops and supplies etc.

Tomorrow I intend to send a strong cruiser TF into Rangoon harbour itself to engage the IJN TFs there as they unload. I want to make Damian worry about what I plan to do to him in this region and a raid into the harbour itself bypassing his carriers and surface combatants should do the job. Even if it is intercepted by his surface combatants there's a good chance I can strip escorts away through this action and that'll help even the odds when his BBs face mine.

I'm going to continue loading armoured units and transporting them to Akyab while infantry units are moved to Ramree. In the end I'll bring approximately 2100 AV of infantry in to Ramree and have 900 AV of armour at Akyab. I'll then open up the 2nd phase of the littoral campaign.

The question I need to answer now is how best to use the Chindits. I have about 80 transports available for them but I don't believe that that will suffice to let them take even a lightly defended base. This is a pity since I'd quite like to cut his forces in Burma off using paradrops on his bases in northern Thailand/southern Burma. Ah well, c'est la guerre.

For those wondering: Yes, there's supply spoilage. I'm not bothered as I am delivering an additional 90,000 tons of supplies and will only have to tolerate the spoilage until such time as I can walk 40,000 men across the river and into coastal Burma. At that point spoilage should, largely, stop... it will reduce, in the meantime, as I expand the airfield's capacity, With 510 Engineer equivalents I can expect it to be a Level 5 airfield within the week - even in the face of bombing when I remove my fighters, which I'll do in a day or two.




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RE: Offerings to Khorne - 5/29/2013 3:33:57 AM   
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Status: offline 		Nemo, your narrative shows first South Dakota taking mortal damage and later North Carolina. After each, you state that the BB was doomed or sank. Did you lose one BB or two?

As for battle range and effectiveness, in 1941-42 while US torpedoes are junk, close range combat favours the Japanese and their Long Lances. Further out, say 8,000 yards, the Japanese tend to miss much more often with those deadly LLs; seeing a shadow at night is one thing and estimating its direction or travel, speed and exact range is another. Neither side hits very effectively at these night ranges but at least the USN is spared the devastation of the torps in most cases.

By 1943 the USN have gained the most important factor in night battles - experience, and coupled with radar fire control they will dominate most battles. British ships, especially cruisers and DDs, come with a good deal of experience and can hold their own in any fight on equal terms with the IJN, even in 1942.

Having said all that, if attrition by close-in knife fight is your goal, you are getting what you wanted!

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