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RE: aztez vs katsuragi (DaBabes mod december 7th start) - 1/3/2014 10:06:15 AM

aztez

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July 11th - 26th 1942

The "Alamo" at Batavia is finally over. The last remaining defenders surrendered on 23rd of July. These troops really put up an good fight!

In China an full scale offensive seems to be on it's way. Several ground units spotted around central China region.

Near Changhsa IJA 116th/A Division gets routed and pushed back.

At Hengyang IJA 58th Infantry Regiment crosses the river and troops gets butchered.

Allied LBA bombers are moved into region to provide firepower againts these assaults. No doubt that the China affiar will pick up even more pace...

The submarine SS 021 lauches 6 torpedoes towards BB Nagato (pic). Touche that only 1 are reported to hit the target. This encounter happened near Toboali.

Bases captured by Japan: Batavia

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RE: aztez vs katsuragi (DaBabes mod december 7th start) - 1/5/2014 5:23:53 AM

aztez

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July 27th - August 13th 1942

Japanese continue to mop up minor bases around DEI, Philippines and Southern Pacific.

Allied submarines have been busy firing torpedoes with minimal amount of hits reported. The highlight definately being CL Kuma being hit near Torishima.

In China the stalemate continues around Hengyang. Both sides flying in bomber raids but no ground assaults being reported.

Around the map allied reinforcements pour in and new fresh troops are ready for action.

Bases captured by Japan: Waingapoe, Larantoeka and Sampit

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RE: aztez vs katsuragi (DaBabes mod december 7th start) - 1/7/2014 7:50:26 AM

aztez

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August 14th - 23rd 1942

Japanese submarines hit a couple of allied tankers near San Francisco. Thus I need to improve the ASW efforts there.

Allied submarines continue their torpedo barrage campaign with pretty no hits reported.

Btw, what is the minium port size etc required to have ability to rearm tordoes for subs?

Chinese troops launch counter offensives near Ichang.

The operation is succesfull. The IJA 34th Division & 13th RGC Temp Division are routed and forced to retreat.

Elsewhere things remain somewhat "peaceful"...

Bases captured by Japan: None

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RE: aztez vs katsuragi (DaBabes mod december 7th start) - 1/12/2014 4:17:49 PM

aztez

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August 24th - September 13th 1942

Intresting days to say at least. I can now confirm that the main offensive in central china seems to be coming through Hengyang sector.

This armoured advance is supported by large scale LBA bomber groupings. After considering my options I have decieded to move out from Hengyang in good order. There is no sense to fight in his terms.

Well.. you would think this is all the big news. Well.. guess again since nothing less than Hawaji is under assault.

In early september I spotted some transports and carriers heading east. These ships arrived into Johnston Island and managed to seize the base.

Now.. next turn still showed movement towards east and well it seems japanese forces are trying to invade Hawaji. Yes.. there are landings reported near Kona.

I usually post some old WW2 pics but this time around it is more proper to take an screenshot from the game itself.

Here are some glimpses from After action Report from 11th - 12th Sep 1942...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kona at 182,111

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 87

Allied aircraft
A-24 Banshee x 15
P-36A Mohawk x 4
P-38E Lightning x 7
P-39D Airacobra x 25
P-40B Warhawk x 6
P-40E Warhawk x 26
F4F-4 Wildcat x 14
SB2U-3 Vindicator x 2
SBD-2 Dauntless x 34
SBD-3 Dauntless x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
A-24 Banshee: 3 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
SB2U-3 Vindicator: 1 destroyed by flak
SBD-2 Dauntless: 5 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Yamahuku Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Matsukawa Maru
xAK Tenryu Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
BB Ise, Bomb hits 1
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Sanko Maru
xAK Ginyo Maru
BB Haruna
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Yamaura Maru, Bomb hits 1
xAK Sinsei Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Kamikaze Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
BB Mutsu

Japanese ground losses:
590 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kona at 182,111

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 80

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 4
Swordfish I x 13
F4F-4 Wildcat x 87
SBD-3 Dauntless x 221
TBF-1 Avenger x 84

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 7 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 10 destroyed, 4 damaged
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna, Bomb hits 1
xAK Kikukawa Maru, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Arabia Maru, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 3
xAK Kamikaze Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Toei Maru
xAK Sinsei Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Chicago Maru, heavy fires
xAK Yamahuku Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Sanko Maru, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
BB Hyuga, Bomb hits 3
xAK Tenryu Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
BB Ise, Bomb hits 2
PB Okiyu Maru
xAK Yamaura Maru, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Mikage Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
PB Ginyo Maru
xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Suyozai Maru
PB Yamahagi Maru #3
PB Aso Maru #7
PB Kosin Maru #3
PB Toko Maru #4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Japanese ground losses:
4305 casualties reported
Squads: 65 destroyed, 62 disabled
Non Combat: 159 destroyed, 103 disabled
Engineers: 16 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 66 (56 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 29 (27 destroyed, 2 disabled)

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kona at 182,111

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 80

Allied aircraft
A-20A Havoc x 16
P-36A Mohawk x 5
P-40B Warhawk x 6
SBD-3 Dauntless x 17

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
A-20A Havoc: 2 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Ginyo Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage
BB Mutsu
BB Ise, Bomb hits 3, on fire
xAK Yamahuku Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Mikage Maru, on fire
xAK Kimishima Maru, and is sunk
xAK Mexico Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Sinsei Maru, and is sunk

Japanese ground losses:
2456 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 68 destroyed, 93 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kona at 182,111

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 82

Allied aircraft
A-20A Havoc x 14
P-39D Airacobra x 14
P-40E Warhawk x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
A-20A Havoc: 5 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 4 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
xAK Mexico Maru, and is sunk
xAK Matsukawa Maru
BB Ise, on fire
xAK Kamikaze Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
1134 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 24 disabled
Non Combat: 53 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

I can confirm that the following IJN carriers are conducting operations: Hosho, Soryu, Akagi, Kaga, Shokaku, Zuikaku, Ryujo, Junyo, Hiyo, Shoho, Zuiho and Hiryu.

Add the whole Japanese battleship fleet and there you have.

What will happen here... only safe bet seems a lot sunken ships and dead sailors. Whether the allied have the power to defeat IJN... I would say 50/50 odds here.

Bases captured by Japan: Johnston Island and Hengyang

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RE: aztez vs katsuragi (DaBabes mod december 7th start) - 1/12/2014 5:10:33 PM

aztez

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Battle of Hawaji / September 13th - 14th 1942

What a carnage in many ways. Very suprised to see this offensive in the first place but have to admit a bold move that could have succeeded!

Thus hats off to the brave emperor of Tokyo.

All hell broke loose on early part of september 13th.... best way to describe the events is a copy of AAR report.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 13, 42

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Pearl Harbor at 181,107

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 99
B5N1 Kate x 16
B5N2 Kate x 66
D3A1 Val x 112

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 5
P-36A Mohawk x 12
P-38E Lightning x 4
P-39D Airacobra x 42
P-40B Warhawk x 15
P-40E Warhawk x 50
F2A-3 Buffalo x 4
F4F-3 Wildcat x 6
F4F-4 Wildcat x 126

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 8 destroyed
B5N1 Kate: 3 destroyed, 6 damaged
B5N1 Kate: 3 destroyed by flak
B5N2 Kate: 12 destroyed, 22 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val: 21 destroyed, 19 damaged
D3A1 Val: 6 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
CV Lexington
CV Hornet
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
CV Illustrious
CV Yorktown, Bomb hits 2, on fire
CV Saratoga, Bomb hits 1
BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 4
CL Boise
CA New Orleans
BB Prince of Wales, Torpedo hits 1
BC Repulse, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, on fire
BB Warspite
CA Chester
BB Mississippi, Torpedo hits 1
CA Salt Lake City

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Pearl Harbor at 181,107

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
B5N2 Kate x 15

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 5
P-36A Mohawk x 9
P-38E Lightning x 1
P-39D Airacobra x 17
P-40B Warhawk x 11
P-40E Warhawk x 28
F2A-3 Buffalo x 2
F4F-3 Wildcat x 4
F4F-4 Wildcat x 113

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 10 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 185,112

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 154

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 4
Swordfish I x 13
F4F-4 Wildcat x 74
SBD-3 Dauntless x 201
TBF-1 Avenger x 32

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish I: 4 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 12 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 38 destroyed, 16 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
TBF-1 Avenger: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVL Zuiho, Bomb hits 2, on fire
CVE Taiyo, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
CVL Shoho, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
CVE Hosho, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
CVL Ryujo, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CV Zuikaku, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
CV Soryu, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
CV Akagi, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
CV Hiryu, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
CVE Unyo, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires
CL Isuzu
DD Hamakaze, Bomb hits 1
DD Fuyo
DD Tanikaze
CA Aoba
CA Myoko, Bomb hits 1
DD Asagao, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
DD Karukaya, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CA Ashigara, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires
DD Natsugumo
CA Maya
DD Ariake

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 183,111

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 52

Allied aircraft
A-24 Banshee x 15
P-36A Mohawk x 5
P-39D Airacobra x 35
P-40B Warhawk x 12
P-40E Warhawk x 20
F4F-4 Wildcat x 14
SB2U-3 Vindicator x 13
SBD-2 Dauntless x 34
SBD-3 Dauntless x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
A-24 Banshee: 2 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed by flak
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed by flak
SB2U-3 Vindicator: 1 destroyed
SB2U-3 Vindicator: 1 destroyed by flak
SBD-2 Dauntless: 3 damaged
SBD-2 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
BB Hiei
xAK Toei Maru
xAP Teikyo Maru
xAP Ukishima Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Teiritsu Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
xAP Kowa Maru
BB Mutsu
xAP Montevideo Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
xAP Dairen Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 2
xAP Kanzyu Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Palau Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
BB Ise, Bomb hits 2
xAP Kongo Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
999 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 43 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 184,111

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 18

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna, Bomb hits 1
BB Hyuga, Bomb hits 4
BB Kongo, Bomb hits 1

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 183,111

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 33

Allied aircraft
A-24 Banshee x 9
P-36A Mohawk x 8
P-39D Airacobra x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-36A Mohawk: 3 destroyed

Japanese Ships
xAP Argentina Maru, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
526 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kona at 182,111

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
B5N2 Kate x 28
D3A1 Val x 49

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val: 6 damaged
D3A1 Val: 2 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
CA Astoria
DD Cummings
DD Porter
DD Litchfield
DD Smith
CL Detroit
CA San Francisco
DD Selfridge
DD Phelps
DD Case
DD Hull, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CA Quincy, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Tucker
CA Minneapolis
DD Conyngham, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Preston
DD Arunta

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 184,111

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 16

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna, Bomb hits 2
BB Hyuga, Bomb hits 2, on fire

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 183,111

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 93

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 36
P-40E Warhawk x 16
F4F-3 Wildcat x 4
F4F-4 Wildcat x 11
SB2U-3 Vindicator x 11
SBD-2 Dauntless x 30
SBD-3 Dauntless x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
SB2U-3 Vindicator: 2 destroyed
SBD-2 Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima
xAK Toei Maru
xAP Teikyo Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire
xAP Montevideo Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Taizan Maru
BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 1
DD Matsukaze
xAP Kasado Maru
BB Hiei
BB Ise
DD Kuri
DD Harukaze

Japanese ground losses:
80 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 184,111

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 6
SBD-3 Dauntless x 16

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, Bomb hits 1
BB Hyuga, Bomb hits 4, on fire

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kona at 182,111

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 77
B5N1 Kate x 9
B5N2 Kate x 35
D3A1 Val x 46

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
B5N1 Kate: 5 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val: 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CL Raleigh, Bomb hits 2, on fire
CA Astoria
DD Porter
DD King
CA Quincy
CA San Francisco, Bomb hits 10
CL Detroit, Bomb hits 2
CA Minneapolis
DD Litchfield
DD Maury
DD Kilty, Bomb hits 1, on fire

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 14, 42

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Pearl Harbor at 181,107

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 67
B5N1 Kate x 5
B5N2 Kate x 23
D3A1 Val x 34

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 5
P-38E Lightning x 5
P-40E Warhawk x 3
F2A-3 Buffalo x 2
F4F-3 Wildcat x 1
F4F-4 Wildcat x 91

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 8 destroyed
B5N1 Kate: 1 damaged
B5N1 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
B5N2 Kate: 11 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed, 11 damaged
D3A1 Val: 2 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed

Allied Ships
CV Saratoga
BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 4
CV Yorktown
CV Hornet
CV Enterprise
BC Repulse
CV Illustrious, Bomb hits 1
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CV Lexington

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 184,113

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 87

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 4
Swordfish I x 6
F4F-4 Wildcat x 46
SBD-3 Dauntless x 108
TBF-1 Avenger x 38

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Martlet II: 1 destroyed
Swordfish I: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 5 destroyed, 10 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed by flak
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
TBF-1 Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
CV Hiyo, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
CV Junyo, Bomb hits 2, on fire
CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 1
CA Kinugasa
BB Yamato, Bomb hits 3
CVL Ryujo, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
CVL Shoho, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Myoko, Bomb hits 1
CVE Unyo, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
CVL Zuiho, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
CV Kaga, Bomb hits 2, on fire
CA Maya
DD Ikazuchi

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 184,113

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 77

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 8
B-26 Marauder x 25
B-26B Marauder x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 5 destroyed, 8 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CV Kaga, on fire
CVL Ryujo, on fire, heavy damage
DD Kasumi
CV Junyo, on fire
CA Myoko
CVL Shoho, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Arare

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Lanai at 181,110

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13

Allied aircraft
A-20A Havoc x 6
A-24 Banshee x 3
P-36A Mohawk x 6
P-39D Airacobra x 43
P-40B Warhawk x 6
P-40E Warhawk x 24
F2A-3 Buffalo x 5
F4F-3 Wildcat x 5
F4F-4 Wildcat x 18
SB2U-3 Vindicator x 8
SBD-2 Dauntless x 29
SBD-3 Dauntless x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed
SB2U-3 Vindicator: 1 destroyed
SBD-2 Dauntless: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CV Hiryu
CL Isuzu
CA Aoba, Bomb hits 2
DD Hamakaze

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 184,111

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 16

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga, Bomb hits 2
BB Haruna
BB Kongo, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
5 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

Carrier support unable to supply air cover..

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Lanai at 181,110

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5

Allied aircraft
P-36A Mohawk x 4
P-400 Airacobra x 23
P-40B Warhawk x 3
F4F-4 Wildcat x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-400 Airacobra: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CV Hiryu, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Urakaze
CL Isuzu
DD Hamakaze

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lanai at 181,110

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 3
SBD-3 Dauntless x 5

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CV Hiryu, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 184,113

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 29

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 4
Swordfish I x 4
F4F-4 Wildcat x 40
SBD-3 Dauntless x 86
TBF-1 Avenger x 42

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed by flak
TBF-1 Avenger: 6 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Yamato, Bomb hits 14, heavy fires
CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Naganami, Bomb hits 1
CV Junyo, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Kinugasa
CV Kaga, Bomb hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Akizuki
CV Hiyo, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Yugumo
DD Kazegumo

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 184,113

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 8
B-25C Mitchell x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CV Shokaku, heavy fires
BB Yamato, heavy fires
CV Junyo, heavy fires, heavy damage

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 183,111

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

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

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 9
F4F-4 Wildcat x 7
SB2U-3 Vindicator x 7
SBD-3 Dauntless x 17

Allied aircraft losses
SB2U-3 Vindicator: 1 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
BB Ise, Bomb hits 2
DD Harukaze
BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 4
xAK Toei Maru
DD Asakaze

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lanai at 181,110

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Allied aircraft
A-20A Havoc x 6
A-24 Banshee x 3
B-26 Marauder x 8
P-36A Mohawk x 10
P-39D Airacobra x 46
P-40B Warhawk x 12
P-40E Warhawk x 46
F4F-4 Wildcat x 7
SBD-2 Dauntless x 27
SBD-3 Dauntless x 25

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-2 Dauntless: 2 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CA Aoba, Bomb hits 1
CV Hiryu, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Hamakaze, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lanai at 181,110

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 3
B-26 Marauder x 11
B-26B Marauder x 11
P-40E Warhawk x 6

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Hamakaze, heavy fires, heavy damage
CV Hiryu, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
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Ground combat at Hilo (183,111)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1617 troops, 60 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 43

Defending force 11210 troops, 56 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 373

Assaulting units:
1st/298th Infantry Battalion
57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
95th Coast AA Regiment
Hilo USN Stn Base Force
7th Base Group

Defending units:
2nd Div /3
53rd Div /1
48th Division
16th Div /3
45th JNAF AF Unit
46th JNAF AF Unit

...and that is how the things things stand now.

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RE: aztez vs katsuragi (DaBabes mod december 7th start) - 1/12/2014 5:35:49 PM

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...aircraft losses from previous turn...

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RE: aztez vs katsuragi (DaBabes mod december 7th start) - 1/12/2014 9:12:28 PM

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Very interesting gambit by him. I would have thought that it was maybe too late to try an attack on Pearl by this date.

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RE: aztez vs katsuragi (DaBabes mod december 7th start) - 1/13/2014 5:21:48 AM

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stuman: Welcome aboard. Yes, that was an huge gamble and things did not pay out for him.

I doubt he could have conquered the whole island chain if things had gone smoother. Than again who knows...

This was the first time anyone has attempted to assault Hawaji in my PBEM games.

Battle of Hawaji / September 15th - 16th 1942

The previous turn was not as action packed. Allthough we did have some surface combat engagements to report.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 15, 42

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Hilo at 183,111, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 1
CL Tatsuta
DD Tachikaze
DD Wakatake
DD Kuri
DD Hishu
DD Kiku
AV Sanuki Maru
xAP Teiko Maru, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
xAP Terukuni Maru
xAP Hakone Maru
xAP Kashima Maru
xAP Katori Maru
xAP Horai Maru
xAP Kokuryu Maru
xAP Manzyu Maru
xAP Huso Maru
xAP Kobe Maru
xAP Hoten Maru
xAP Taizan Maru
xAP Keihuku Maru
xAP Ussuri Maru
xAP Kasado Maru, Shell hits 1
xAP Kowa Maru
xAP Teifu Maru
xAP Teison Maru

Allied Ships
BB Maryland, Shell hits 2
BB Oklahoma
BB Washington, Shell hits 2, on fire
BB South Dakota, Shell hits 1
CLAA Juneau
DD Farenholt, Shell hits 1
DD Bailey
DD Cushing
DD Allen
DD Le Triomphant

Japanese ground losses:
2147 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 64 destroyed, 57 disabled
Engineers: 15 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 10 (5 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (12 destroyed, 2 disabled)

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Hilo at 183,111, Range 3,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 13, Torpedo hits 1
BB Ise, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PB Aso Maru #7, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
PB Yamahagi Maru #3, Shell hits 2
PB Tonon Maru
PB Ginyo Maru, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
PB Okiyu Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
PB Kosin Maru #3, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Suyozai Maru, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Toei Maru

Allied Ships
CA Astoria, Shell hits 2
CA Minneapolis
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 5, heavy damage
CA Quincy, Shell hits 7
CL Raleigh
CL Detroit
DD Mugford
DD Craven, Shell hits 1
DD Gridley
DD McCall
DD Maury
DD Dunlap
DD Fanning
DD Mahan
DD Smith, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Hilo at 183,111, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Ise, Shell hits 33, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Yamahagi Maru #3, Shell hits 1, on fire
PB Tonon Maru
PB Kosin Maru #3, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Suyozai Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CA Astoria
CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 2
CA San Francisco, heavy damage
CA Quincy, Shell hits 5, on fire
CL Raleigh
CL Detroit
DD Mugford
DD Craven
DD Gridley
DD McCall
DD Maury
DD Dunlap
DD Fanning
DD Mahan

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Hilo at 183,112, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 31, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
PB Okiyu Maru, heavy fires
xAK Toei Maru, Shell hits 9, heavy fires

Allied Ships
DD Bagley
DD Blue
DD Helm
DD Benham
DD Ellet, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Stack
DD Sterett
DD Wilson
DD Lang
DD Balch
DD Clark
DD Farragut

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

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Hilo at 184,113, Range 5,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Hatsuyuki, Shell hits 3
DD Susuki, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Karii, Shell hits 1
DD Yanagi
AO Erimo, Shell hits 1
AO Notoro, Shell hits 3
AO Sata, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
AO Shiretoko, Shell hits 7, on fire
AO Tsurumi, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CA Astoria
CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 1
CL Raleigh
CL Detroit
DD Mugford
DD Craven, Shell hits 2
DD Gridley
DD McCall
DD Maury
DD Dunlap

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Hilo at 183,111, Range 3,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Yamahagi Maru #3, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
PB Tonon Maru, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Kosin Maru #3, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
PB Suyozai Maru, Shell hits 2, and is sunk

Allied Ships
BB Maryland
BB Oklahoma
BB Washington
BB South Dakota
CLAA Juneau
DD Farenholt
DD Bailey
DD Cushing
DD Allen
DD Le Triomphant

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Hilo at 183,111, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
xAP Teibi Maru, Shell hits 8, and is sunk

Allied Ships
BB Maryland
BB Oklahoma
BB Washington
BB South Dakota
CLAA Juneau
DD Farenholt
DD Bailey
DD Cushing
DD Allen
DD Le Triomphant

Japanese ground losses:
1862 casualties reported
Squads: 24 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 85 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 30 (17 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Vehicles lost 12 (11 destroyed, 1 disabled)

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Hilo at 184,113, Range 14,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso, Shell hits 2
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 6
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 4
DD Tachikaze, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
DD Wakatake
DD Kuri, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Hishu
DD Kiku
AV Sanuki Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAP Terukuni Maru
xAP Hakone Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAP Kashima Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAP Katori Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Horai Maru, Shell hits 5, heavy fires
xAP Kokuryu Maru, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Manzyu Maru
xAP Huso Maru, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Kobe Maru
xAP Hoten Maru
xAP Taizan Maru
xAP Keihuku Maru, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
xAP Ussuri Maru
xAP Kasado Maru
xAP Kowa Maru, Shell hits 1
xAP Teifu Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAP Teison Maru, Shell hits 5, heavy fires

Allied Ships
CA Astoria
CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 1
CL Raleigh, Shell hits 4
CL Detroit
DD Mugford
DD Craven
DD Gridley
DD McCall
DD Maury
DD Dunlap, Shell hits 1

Japanese ground losses:
1363 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 64 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 19 (2 destroyed, 17 disabled)

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 185,116

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 7
TBF-1 Avenger x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Monji Maru
xAK Akasisan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Rakuto Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Kirikawa Maru

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 183,112

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 4
F4F-4 Wildcat x 31
SBD-3 Dauntless x 20
TBF-1 Avenger x 12

Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
xAK Toei Maru, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk
PB Okiyu Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk

Japanese ground losses:
360 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 26 (19 destroyed, 7 disabled)

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Ground combat at Hilo (183,111)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12232 troops, 59 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 451

Defending force 4290 troops, 107 guns, 56 vehicles, Assault Value = 43

Japanese adjusted assault: 34

Allied adjusted defense: 205

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 6 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-)
Attacker: disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
317 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 59 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled

Allied ground losses:
130 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled

Assaulting units:
53rd Division
48th Division
2nd Div /3
16th Div /3
45th JNAF AF Unit
46th JNAF AF Unit

Defending units:
1st/298th Infantry Battalion
Hilo USN Stn Base Force
57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
95th Coast AA Regiment
7th Base Group

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 184,115

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 8

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Momokawa Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Kisaragi Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 184,115

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 14

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Manko Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Yuri Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Tasmania Maru
xAK Nippo Maru, Bomb hits 2

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 184,115

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 8

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Hiyoshi Maru
xAK Misaku Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

That is how the turn played out. This definately was an massacre.

I have not done the turn yet but all of the allied carriers are at least semi-operational.

My opponent states that his losses have been severe.. "I have lost every carrier but 1 in the Japanese fleet".

Whether that is absolute truth well maybe. I have spotted some ships fleeing south and recon indicates at least couple of carriers there.

I might give them a chase next turn... not decieded on that yet. The sunken ships list shows just 2 carriers and 1 Battleship sunk but we all know how accurate that list can be...

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RE: aztez vs katsuragi (DaBabes mod december 7th start) - 1/13/2014 5:42:30 AM

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Congratulations! Thats a decisive victory if I ever saw one!

Talk about allied wet dream. A Japanese invasion of Hawaii in late 42...

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RE: aztez vs katsuragi (DaBabes mod december 7th start) - 1/13/2014 5:58:43 AM

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Congratulations! Thats a decisive victory if I ever saw one!

Talk about allied wet dream. A Japanese invasion of Hawaii in late 42...

Thanks! I have to say that it was biggest naval battles I have witnessed in any of my PHEM games.

This time around it was a "wet dream" but no going to say that it is impossible to isolate Hawaji.

The bad thing for him was that I had bulk of my naval assets at Pearl Harbour plus a lot of LBA aircraft.

If these were operating somewhere else this time around than things could have been very diffrent...

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RE: aztez vs katsuragi (DaBabes mod december 7th start) - 1/13/2014 6:13:40 AM

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How are you going to react to this victory? This gives you complete CV superiority for the rest of the game. CENTPAC route towards Luzon?

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RE: aztez vs katsuragi (DaBabes mod december 7th start) - 1/13/2014 7:03:44 AM

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How are you going to react to this victory? This gives you complete CV superiority for the rest of the game. CENTPAC route towards Luzon?

Good question and to be honest I haven't locked down what approach is the "way to go".

I have been following your campaign and that is not bad approach you got ongoing there. Thus the CenPac route is very much possibility.

I do actually have Tarawa and Tabiteua "secured". My opponent did not invade them and have been busy building those bases up. Both are atolls thus now invading them means massive blood bath. This favours the CenPac route for sure.

Than again my opponent has not made substantial gains in southern pacific either so that route is very much open as well. Either towards DEI and Luzon. I still hold Port Moresby but have not bothered to build it up.

We have an HR that no strategic bombings until 1943 and once that is unlocked things might look a bit diffrent.

Decisions.. decisions.. decisions. One thing for sure though. I'am not going to throw away naval / ground assets for nothing.

Some of the ships needs upgrades and repairs after this battle is over.

I definately now hold the initiave so we will start pushing the japanese back very soon.

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RE: aztez vs katsuragi (DaBabes mod december 7th start) - 1/13/2014 7:30:07 AM

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Its never a bad thing to have many options available.

Perhaps you could go both ways? Doing a CENTPAC route doesn�t require big LCUs with the atolls and stacking limits. You could then send most of the LCUs down to SOPAC and start advancing there?

I don�t know if you have noticed but ship upgrades are golden in DBB. Look at the increase in AAA with some upgrades. Some of the old BBs require hundreds of days to upgrade but go from something like 900 AAA to 2500!

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RE: aztez vs katsuragi (DaBabes mod december 7th start) - 1/13/2014 7:48:23 AM

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Its never a bad thing to have many options available.

Perhaps you could go both ways? Doing a CENTPAC route doesn�t require big LCUs with the atolls and stacking limits. You could then send most of the LCUs down to SOPAC and start advancing there?

I don�t know if you have noticed but ship upgrades are golden in DBB. Look at the increase in AAA with some upgrades. Some of the old BBs require hundreds of days to upgrade but go from something like 900 AAA to 2500!

Hah.. no.. definately not a bad thing!

...I'am tempted to secucre the Okinawa "island chain" as you have done in order to get full LBA force in action.

Yeah. That is definately an option. Also one problem with the CenPac advance is that I still don't have APA's, LST,AKA ships available. The first ones arrive in the spring of 1943 and we are not even close to that timeline.

As said I have Tarawa and Tabiteua secured and supplied. I think this is an mistake to let the allies have these bases for "free". I was suprised for sure and moved the troops in there once this became obvious. Both have nice airfields to support advances.

The southern route seems the safest.. and definately will do some operations there. Whether this is the main axis for the advance remains to be seen.

I was not expecting this battle of Hawaji to happen since thought he was baiting me. If that were the case I would not have moved in for the kill.

The upgrades are massive. I'am definately paying attention to them and have many ships AA values tripled from the start numbers. I don't know whether IJN gets the sama "boost" but these make big diffrence for the allied side as you said.

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RE: aztez vs katsuragi (DaBabes mod december 7th start) - 1/13/2014 3:02:12 PM

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Here is the situation pic after 4 days of battles around Hawaji.

A lot ofIJN ships scattered in southern sectors. I know my opponent stated that he has 1 operational carrier left but the recon planes indicate 4-5 "carrier" ships floating around.

Quite a few battleships are also "spotted" so who knows what the actual carnarge is but these sightings might have something to do with poor quality recon.

Only thing safe to say is that damage levels are high among IJN ships since they are not organized at all in formations.

Lets see if we can gather better intel once the next turn arrives...

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RE: aztez vs katsuragi (DaBabes mod december 7th start) - 1/15/2014 8:23:20 AM

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I haven't recieved a turn from Chris thus nothing to update until that happens.

We shall see whether this game continues but can't complain if he needs couple of days to sort things out.

If this is the end than I think I'am done with AE for now. It just takes too much time and effort to reach even this stage of war.

As said it is all about journey and one cannot be bothered to start from page 1...

Oh well.. I will check with my opponent in a day or two if no turns are forthcoming.

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RE: aztez vs katsuragi (DaBabes mod december 7th start) - 1/15/2014 9:21:07 AM

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Fully understandable if his moral is drained after something like that. But I do hope the game continues.

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RE: aztez vs katsuragi (DaBabes mod december 7th start) - 1/15/2014 11:23:38 AM

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Fully understandable if his moral is drained after something like that. But I do hope the game continues.

True! Than again it was his gamble and operation that caused the drain.

Thus you must be prepared for the possible results of such offensives... good or bad. That is the price you must be willing to do.

Well.. we shall see and hopefully we continue. There plenty of battles to be fought,.

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RE: aztez vs katsuragi (DaBabes mod december 7th start) - 1/15/2014 11:36:01 AM

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It was quite a long shot to try to invade Hawaii! Even in 1941 that'd been quite a task. Late 1942...that's what happens.

But, it was certainly lively when it was going on!

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RE: aztez vs katsuragi (DaBabes mod december 7th start) - 1/15/2014 1:20:58 PM

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True! Than again it was his gamble and operation that caused the drain.

Thus you must be prepared for the possible results of such offensives... good or bad. That is the price you must be willing to do.

Absolutely agree! I just hope you opponent sees it in the same way.

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RE: aztez vs katsuragi (DaBabes mod december 7th start) - 1/15/2014 6:51:08 PM

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Sardaukar: Yeah! I'am definately shell shocked myself! "Lively" is definately good word to describe the carnage!

Oh.. Israel??? What on earth are doing there? Next Bahamas?

JocMeister: I just got an email from Chris stating that we are definately back on business with this one. He is just busy with work and I think good think to think things through.

Another reminder that you must respect your opponents and have been very lucky with most of the people I have been playing PBEM games.

Battle of Hawaji / September 17th - 18th 1942

I don't have the actual turn so cannot go into details but here is an recap what the after action reports indicated.

Things were a bit slower as one could expect but still quite a few transports were hit.

Night Naval bombardment of Hilo at 183,111

Allied Ships
BB South Dakota
BB Washington
BB Oklahoma
BB Maryland
CLAA Juneau

Japanese ground losses:
212 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

BB South Dakota firing at 53rd Division
BB Washington firing at 48th Division
BB Oklahoma firing at 53rd Division
BB Maryland firing at 2nd Division
CLAA Juneau firing at 48th Division

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Night Naval bombardment of Hilo at 183,111

Allied Ships
BB Tennessee
BB Arizona
BB Nevada
BB Colorado
CA Northampton
CA Indianapolis
CA Portland
CL Nashville
CL Honolulu
CL Perth

Japanese ground losses:
206 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 186,116

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 8

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Kozan Maru
xAK Hiyoshi Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 186,116

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Tonegawa Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Tasmania Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 186,116

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 5

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Unyo Maru #2, Bomb hits 1, on fire

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 186,116

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 14

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Eihuku Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
xAK Ikushima Maru
xAK Juko Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Sinkoku Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 186,116

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 5

Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
xAK Eihuku Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Shanghai Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

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Ground combat at Hilo (183,111)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 8427 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 380

Defending force 4219 troops, 107 guns, 56 vehicles, Assault Value = 38

Japanese adjusted assault: 47

Allied adjusted defense: 241

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

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
1136 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 61 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled

Allied ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled

Assaulting units:
48th Division
53rd Division
2nd Div /3
16th Div /3
45th JNAF AF Unit
46th JNAF AF Unit

Defending units:
1st/298th Infantry Battalion
Hilo USN Stn Base Force
57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
95th Coast AA Regiment
7th Base Group

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 185,115

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 6
TBF-1 Avenger x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Toho Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Madras Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 185,117

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Unyo Maru #2, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Tonegawa Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 185,115

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 8
B-26 Marauder x 3

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Ikushima Maru
xAK Akasi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Kozan Maru

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 185,117

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-25C Mitchell x 8

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Unyo Maru #2, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Tonegawa Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 185,117

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 11

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Tonegawa Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Nanei Maru
xAK Hiyoshi Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 185,115

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Monji Maru
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 185,115

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Shanghai Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 185,115

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 31
B-26B Marauder x 11

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Alaska Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
PB Tosho Maru
xAK Ikushima Maru
xAK Ehime Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Kirikawa Maru
xAK Kozan Maru
xAK Kasuga Maru #2
xAK Kirishima Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Palmyra at 173,122

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

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

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Marei Maru
BB Haruna
xAK Hankow Maru

...and that is how the dust settled. At least Battleship Haruna seems to sailing near Palmyra currently.

I'am very curious on what kind carrier fleet you guys think he has available after this massacre???

It would seems that bulk of those ships might actually be sunk! Chris said that he has 1 operational carrier left but whether that is propaganda remains to be seen.

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RE: aztez vs katsuragi (DaBabes mod december 7th start) - 1/15/2014 6:51:36 PM

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RE: aztez vs katsuragi (DaBabes mod december 7th start) - 1/17/2014 5:17:53 PM

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Battle of Hawaji / September 19th - 20th 1942

The enemy ships are definately retreating and we are still hunting them down.

There are still only 2 carriers shown as sunk near Hawaji but it has to be a lot worse than that for the IJN.

The good news in overall terms that my opponent has still a lot banzai in him! Have to respect that fully!

We actually talked about this Hawaji campaign and he had his sights set on this for months...

* He had never assaulted the Hawajian island chain
* He left the Southern Pacific route less aggressive so that I would move forces there.
* He thought I had the carrier fleet elsewhere and would not have committed them here anyways.
* IJN Battleships should have take the burden out of allied LBA's
* A lot of his troops where prepping for Port Moresby and other regions in the south.

...all things considered that is an good plan. Luckily for me the allied signit sucked big time and I was not even aware of this decoy.

Bulk of my fleet where are refitting in Pearl Harbour and so on... that is how things go in this game. Sometimes you win big and sometimes you lose big.

Now for the last two days of action.. here is the AFTER ACTION SUMMARY for last turn...

Night Naval bombardment of Hilo at 183,111

Allied Ships
BB South Dakota
BB Washington
BB Oklahoma
BB Maryland
CLAA Juneau

Japanese ground losses:
182 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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Night Naval bombardment of Hilo at 183,111

Allied Ships
BB Tennessee
BB Arizona
BB Nevada
BB Colorado
CA Northampton
CA Indianapolis
CA Portland
CL Nashville
CL Honolulu
CL Perth

Japanese ground losses:
175 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Johnston Island at 172,120

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 13
SBD-3 Dauntless x 7

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AV Sanuki Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage

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

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Palmyra at 173,122

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 16
SBD-3 Dauntless x 11

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Karukaya, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Palmyra at 171,121

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 13
SBD-3 Dauntless x 8

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga, Bomb hits 5, on fire

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 180,119

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 8

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Kozan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Africa Maru, Bomb hits 1

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 180,119

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 4

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Kozan Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hilo at 180,121

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 7

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Ehime Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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Ground combat at Hilo (183,111)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1806 troops, 77 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 836

Defending force 11860 troops, 74 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 288

Assaulting units:
37th Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
1st/298th Infantry Battalion
24th Infantry Div /8
57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
Hilo USN Stn Base Force
95th Coast AA Regiment
134th Field Artillery Battalion
7th Base Group

Defending units:
2nd Div /3
48th Division
53rd Division
16th Div /3
45th JNAF AF Unit
46th JNAF AF Unit

...and that is how things ended. I will pursue enemy ships at least next two days maybe even more.

The IJA troops at Hilo (on the pic) will be wiped out starting next turn.

In China I'am reorganizing troops in the central plains thus giving japanese a couple of bases for free. Those were not worth fighting with odds they would have given me.

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RE: aztez vs katsuragi (DaBabes mod december 7th start) - 1/17/2014 6:03:20 PM

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Cool! Glad to see you going again!

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Cool! Glad to see you going again!

Yeah! A good opponent is weight worth in gold as you have also noticed in your PBEM games.

My opponent promised to make me bleed as much as possible and have no doubts he will do his utmost to achieve that goal!

I will hunt ships with carriers a turn or two than need to repair and refit some of those ships.

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RE: aztez vs katsuragi (DaBabes mod december 7th start) - 1/17/2014 6:23:37 PM

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Him losing his CVs might actually make it harder for you! He is going to start digging like crazy all over the map now!

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ORIGINAL: JocMeister

Him losing his CVs might actually make it harder for you! He is going to start digging like crazy all over the map now!

Yup! ...and I'am nowhere ready yet either nor have the type of ships I need for massive offensives.

No need to rush things too much though... first allied side needs more/better aircraft and landing ships... and yes I do not want to screw up big time in China.

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RE: aztez vs katsuragi (DaBabes mod december 7th start) - 1/17/2014 7:02:47 PM

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A couple of pictures from the game.. first the intel screen 21st September 1942 and second screen showing IJN ships "sunk"...

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RE: aztez vs katsuragi (DaBabes mod december 7th start) - 1/18/2014 10:25:35 AM

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Sardaukar: Yeah! I'am definately shell shocked myself! "Lively" is definately good word to describe the carnage!

Oh.. Israel??? What on earth are doing there? Next Bahamas?

Israeli girlfriend. Thus in "the land of milk and honey"!

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