JocMeister
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March 19th-20th 1942
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Well, good results but not good enough.
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NORPAC/WC
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Strangely enough the CAP was still pretty weak on the 19th. The P40s hit first and did okay considering the pilots are very green.
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Morning Air attack on Coal Harbour , at 204,49
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 24
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 4 destroyed
This was followed by the P38s. Sadly I lost one on the return home.
quote:
Morning Air attack on Coal Harbour , at 204,49
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 17
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
Weather was bad which of course effected the results. The usual fragmentation occurred with 2 bigger raids followed by a gazillion fragments. CAP was already worn out though so it didn´t matter. This is the first strike. We hit A LOT of planes on the ground (overstack?) but very few runway hits.
quote:
Morning Air attack on Coal Harbour , at 204,49
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
B5N1 Kate: 3 destroyed on ground
H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged
Runway is hardly scratched and I seriously doubt I managed to close it. Jeff continues to hit Portland.
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Afternoon Air attack on Portland , at 213,56
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 67 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
G3M2 Nell x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 2 damaged
Manpower hits 12
Fires 1073
Still no damage.
I think the raid shook him up a bit though. Nothing flew on the 20th and the KB moved in to provide CAP. No point in trying again as long as KB is there. Once it leaves though...with some luck I can continue to pin the KB in NORPAC for quite some time.
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China
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Another attack on the Ankang road.
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Ground combat at 83,45 (near Nanyang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 31755 troops, 320 guns, 212 vehicles, Assault Value = 973
Defending force 30600 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 616
Japanese adjusted assault: 535
Allied adjusted defense: 1768
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
759 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 96 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Vehicles lost 16 (2 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1303 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 131 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 17 (2 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Looks like I managed to get some supply there in the nick of time. Jeff has also started pushing up from the south capturing some bases down there. I´ll get a map up later today.
Elsewhere its quiet.
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RE: Canada Invaded! - 
I guess July will be too late to change anything though. Whatever strat bombing campaign Jeff will try it will surely be decided by then!
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