Sangeli
Matrix Elite Guard

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Joined: 3/29/2012 From: San Francisco Status: offline
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November 23rd 1943 Action packed day. I did not get so lucky with Japanese subs today. Two of them found their mark: quote:
Sub attack near Nauru Island at 128,129 Japanese Ships SS I-171 Allied Ships CV Bunker Hill, Torpedo hits 1, on fire CL Birmingham DD Renshaw DD Lang DD Morris DD Frazier DD McCalla -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Ocean Island at 130,130 Japanese Ships SS I-171, hits 4 Allied Ships CVE Liscome Bay, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage CLAA San Juan DE Wileman DD John D. Ford DD Balch DD Case Ouch. Bet that CVE goes down. At least I'll be getting a bunch more soon. At least I got some revenge on Japanese subs. Each day the sub threat diminishes when I knock them out of the battlefield: quote:
ASW attack near Ocean Island at 130,130 Japanese Ships SS I-172, hits 9 Allied Ships DD Thatcher -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Ocean Island at 130,130 Japanese Ships SS I-172, hits 16, and is sunk Allied Ships BB Oklahoma DD Fanning DD Gwin DD Bullard DD Le Hardi DD Le Fier DD Paulding DD Gilmer And of course what day is complete without sinking a Japanese tanker? quote:
Sub attack near Shanghai at 95,59 Japanese Ships TK Akebono Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage TK Otowasan Maru PC PB-68 PC PB-65 Allied Ships SS Steelhead, hits 5 Once again I hit Nauru HARD: quote:
Night Naval bombardment of Nauru Island at 127,128 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 14 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships BB Royal Sovereign BB California BB Pennsylvania BB Oklahoma BB Colorado CLAA Oakland DD Le Hardi DD Le Fier DD Paulding DD Gilmer DD Stuart DD Litchfield DD Sterett DD Fanning DD Helm DD Blue DD Hammann DD Laffey DD Gwin DD Taylor DD Stanly DD Sigsbee DD DeHaven DD Bullard Japanese ground losses: 624 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 75 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 12 disabled Guns lost 18 (4 destroyed, 14 disabled) Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled) Resources hits 9 Airbase hits 56 Airbase supply hits 10 Runway hits 181 Port hits 29 Port fuel hits 7 Port supply hits 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Nauru Island at 127,128 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 20 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships BB Indiana BB Montana BC Strasbourg BC Dunkerque BC Repulse DD Clark DD Gridley DD Caldwell DD Strong DD Ringgold DD Hazelwood DD Guest DD Dashiell DD Claxton DD Bradford DMS Hamilton Japanese ground losses: 438 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 47 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled) Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Resources hits 1 Airbase hits 22 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 38 Port hits 8 Port fuel hits 2 But that was just the start of the day. The Japanese KB unexpectedly showed up. I really thought it was going to stay in the Darwin area. But I guess Rev Rico had other plans. But it certainly did not go as planned. First one of my subs found their mark: quote:
Sub attack near Nauru Island at 120,125 Japanese Ships CV Akagi, Torpedo hits 1 CLAA Tenryu CLAA Kuma CLAA Kinu CLAA Isuzu CS Chiyoda CS Chitose DD Kyosuki DD Natsuzuki DD Haruzuki DD Fuyuzuki DD Wakazuki DD Urazuki DD Yamazuki DD Mitchisuki DD Hazuki Allied Ships SS Snook, hits 2 It seems the Japanese thought that Nauru would be protected by only CVEs. But actually that is where I had my main CV force. So the 8 hex strike that came....well let's just say this is the kind of 8 hex strike that I always welcome: quote:
Morning Air attack on TF, near Nauru Island at 127,128 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 127 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 42 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M8 Zero x 117 B6N1 Jill x 62 D4Y1 Judy x 44 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 235 Japanese aircraft losses A6M8 Zero: 5 destroyed B6N1 Jill: 41 destroyed, 3 damaged B6N1 Jill: 2 destroyed by flak D4Y1 Judy: 26 destroyed, 2 damaged D4Y1 Judy: 4 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed Allied Ships CVL Belleau Wood CV Bunker Hill CVL Independence CV Wasp Aircraft Attacking: 1 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 10000' Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb 2 x B6N1 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 2 x B6N1 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 1 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 10000' Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb 9 out of every 10 bombers was lost on that strike. I'm sure the A6M8s suffered more heavily than appears as well. The KB is clearly not the threat it used to be. But despite the massive bombardment by most of the active battleships in the Pacific, it did not prove enough for me to make real progress with my assault: quote:
Ground combat at Nauru Island (127,128) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 19569 troops, 512 guns, 391 vehicles, Assault Value = 389 Defending force 12989 troops, 158 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 96 Allied adjusted assault: 88 Japanese adjusted defense: 123 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 854 casualties reported Squads: 37 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled Guns lost 21 (12 destroyed, 9 disabled) Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 833 casualties reported Squads: 14 destroyed, 87 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 36 (2 destroyed, 34 disabled) Assaulting units: 24th Marine Regiment 754th Tank Battalion 19th Infantry Regiment 102nd Combat Engineer Regiment 7th Infantry Division 249th Field Artillery Battalion 9th Marine Defense Battalion 226th Field Artillery Battalion 7th Marine Defense Battalion Defending units: 88th Naval Guard Unit 26th Ind.Mixed Brigade 14th Garrison Unit /1 37th JNAF AF Unit 2nd Naval Construction Battalion 1st IJN AA Battalion 21st Air Flotilla 32nd Special Base Force 40th JNAF AF Unit 4th Fleet 90th Nav Gd /3 Ughh. I really needed to knock down a fort level with that attack. Now I am afraid I will have to give my troops on Nauru a long rest before they are ready for another attack. Meanwhile halfway across the world my troops crossed the river from Bassein to Rangoon: quote:
Ground combat at Rangoon (54,53) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 82315 troops, 1305 guns, 1508 vehicles, Assault Value = 2699 Defending force 55391 troops, 663 guns, 704 vehicles, Assault Value = 1939 Allied adjusted assault: 2578 Japanese adjusted defense: 2987 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 4) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-) experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 1152 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 118 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled Guns lost 50 (1 destroyed, 49 disabled) Vehicles lost 57 (4 destroyed, 53 disabled) Allied ground losses: 6509 casualties reported Squads: 126 destroyed, 696 disabled Non Combat: 54 destroyed, 85 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 89 disabled Guns lost 55 (5 destroyed, 50 disabled) Vehicles lost 148 (117 destroyed, 31 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: Gardner's Horse Regiment 268th Motorised Brigade 6th Australian Division 5th Chinese/A Corps 2nd British Division 7th Australian Division 6th Chinese Corps 5th Chinese/C Corps 6th Mixed A/T Mtr Regiment 14th Army 97th Field Artillery Battalion 1st Medium Regiment 2/9th Field Regiment 2/11th Field Regiment 28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 5th Field Regiment Defending units: 2nd Tank Division 8th Division 91st Naval Guard Unit 2nd Division 16th Division 1st RTA Division 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment Burma Area Army 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 1st RF Gun Battalion 11th Shipping Engineer Regiment Rangoon is going to be a long and bloody battle no doubt. And finally here is Tarawa: quote:
Ground combat at Tarawa (136,128) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 12814 troops, 473 guns, 243 vehicles, Assault Value = 391 Defending force 10935 troops, 202 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 156 Japanese ground losses: 88 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 762nd Tank Battalion 3rd Marine Regiment 34th Infantry Regiment 21st Marine Regiment 3rd USMC Tank Battalion 2nd Marine Defense Battalion 168th Field Artillery Regiment 7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 198th Field Artillery Battalion Defending units: 1st Sasebo Assault Division 85th Naval Guard Unit 82nd Nav Gd /2 24th Special Base Force 5th Mortar Battalion 24th Air Flotilla 7th JNAF Coy 63rd Field AA Battalion 1st ADU Coastal Gun Regiment 6th IJN AA Battalion
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