Slitherine

Oil:     -35,012
Fuel:    +54,112
Supply: +142,468
HI:     +114,163
Veh:      +3,591
Arms:     +5,411

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

To what do you attribute the Allies, seemingly sudden, elimination of oil attacks?

Perplexing to me.

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How many planes do you need to get 110 Thunderbolts on LRCAP over you? Wow, nothing can stand against that!

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Hefty investment in Patsy! What are your planned uses for her?

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You need to come up with a nickname for the 83!

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Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 300 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21

Defending force 117 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 9

Allied adjusted assault: 17

Japanese adjusted defense: 13

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
1st USMC Parachute Bn /1

Defending units:
Sasebo 5th SNLF /3

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ORIGINAL: Spidery

November 10th 1943

Full moon and Liberators hit Palembang. I only have Irving night fighters up and they perform poorly. They retire out of ammo very quickly, shoot down just 1 plane (and lose an Ace pilot), and fail to stay around for the trailing strikes. 173 oil wells are lost. 5 Irvings lost for 8 Liberators (including ops losses). 143 Liberators attacked, 75 in the first two groups that met night fighters and 68 in the remaining groups. The first two groups managed 71 hits and the remainder 34 so maybe the fact that the night fighters didn't hang around isn't that important.

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

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ORIGINAL: Spidery

November 10th 1943

Full moon and Liberators hit Palembang. I only have Irving night fighters up and they perform poorly. They retire out of ammo very quickly, shoot down just 1 plane (and lose an Ace pilot), and fail to stay around for the trailing strikes. 173 oil wells are lost. 5 Irvings lost for 8 Liberators (including ops losses). 143 Liberators attacked, 75 in the first two groups that met night fighters and 68 in the remaining groups. The first two groups managed 71 hits and the remainder 34 so maybe the fact that the night fighters didn't hang around isn't that important.

20 Irvings up or 38? What were your CAP settings? Patrol altitude above or below or even with the bombers?

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Night Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 23

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 26
B-24J Liberator x 42

Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-S Irving: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 6 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
B-24J Liberator: 7 damaged

Oil hits 61

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
251 Ku S-1 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 5 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes



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Night Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 1

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 17

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Oil hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
251 Ku S-1 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes



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Night Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 77 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 5
B-24J Liberator x 7

No Allied losses


Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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ORIGINAL: Spidery

Ponape

Ponape is a small island East of Truk and used as an occasional seaplane base. Surrounded by coral reefs there are few approaches to it.

An abiding mystery is what happened to the men of the 17th Garrison Unit on the night of the 14th November. On Sunday the 14th there were no reports of anything unusual. Come the morning of the 15th, the base encampment was unnaturally quiet. Over 4000 men, with all their weapons and equipment, vanished.

To this day, no explanation has been given as to how these men disappeared, were they washed into the lagoon by the torrential rains that plague that island? Were they were abducted by aliens? Did they forget their towels and meet the Ravenous Bugblatter beast of Traal? The mystery remains.