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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 6/6/2017 9:00:23 PM

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Jan 12, 1942

SUBS: More sub attacks and misses. Only DDs this day.

DEI: Big sweeps at Singers. Three groups of Oscar Ia, Ic, and A6M2 fly over to empty skies. Luckily I'd stood down all fighters to escort!

The P-38s were set to sweep a troop formation one hex out of Palembang and pick off about 4 Nates for no losses. Good day at the office.

The strike planes from Singers did some minor work. Vincents and Banshees both go for BBs while the Beasts for some reason strike out to several escaping xAKs, planting a fish in one and two in another. Wish they'd gone for Ise, which was in range off of Mersing. The Banshees get 1 x 1000lb penetrating on Furutaka and 2 x 1000lb onto Haruna, but they of course bounce.

Still, that helps, and serves notice that Singers has some teeth. I also love the fact that he now has to decide when to sweep, at what altitude, and when he can begin bombing. It's not going to be easy. If he chooses to go for bombardments the mines and guns could do some real damage.

The Raleigh is hit by Vals and nearly sunk. It'll most likely not make it now. The two DDs will try to still break free, but now that they're known, it'l be hard to find a free path.

One interesting thing is that escorts for two separate strikes come in as sweeps and are hit by flak! I haven't seen that before. Cool.

PACIFIC: Interesting thins up North. The Japanese have only a few combat ships up here and two CVs lurking somewhere, out of sight.

CHINA: The Japanese try again near Tsiaotso, and get nowhere. In x3 he will need a lot more to make a difference. I have two units poised to add to the hex if more does come though.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 12, 42
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Mersing at 51,82

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 8

Allied aircraft
Vincent I x 10
P-40B Warhawk x 14
P-40E Warhawk x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Vincent I: 1 damaged
P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
BB Ise

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Vincent I bombing from 5000 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
6 x Vincent I bombing from 5000 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Djemadja at 53,83

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 10
Vildebeest III x 6
Vincent I x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 25

Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest III: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Ryujo Maru
xAK Neikai Maru, Torpedo hits 1
xAK Yamakisan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Vincent I bombing from 5000 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
6 x Vildebeest III launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo

Massive explosion on xAK Yamakisan Maru

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Toboali at 50,93

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1
Ki-27b Nate x 4

Allied aircraft
B-339D x 10
A-24 Banshee x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-339D: 1 destroyed
A-24 Banshee: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna, Bomb hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
6 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Toboali at 50,93

Weather in hex: Light cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1
Ki-27b Nate x 3

Allied aircraft
A-24 Banshee x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
A-24 Banshee: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Toboali at 50,93

Weather in hex: Overcast

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1
Ki-27b Nate x 7

Allied aircraft
B-339D x 8
A-24 Banshee x 11

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-339D: 1 destroyed by flak
A-24 Banshee: 4 damaged
A-24 Banshee: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 21468 troops, 235 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 654

Defending force 22490 troops, 189 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 491

Japanese adjusted assault: 202

Allied adjusted defense: 1063

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 5

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

Japanese ground losses:
1862 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 68 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
227 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
37th Division
8th Ind.Mixed Brigade
41st Division
1st Army
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
61st Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
43rd Chinese Corps
96th Chinese Corps
7th Group Army

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This is something I'll do more of as long as he's LR CAPing ships guarding Palembang.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 6/7/2017 9:36:41 PM

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Jan 13, 1942

SUBS: More misses, but the attacks are steady. That's what I want. O20 and Sculpin get shots off today.

DEI: Kalidjati is bombarded. It's pretty much lights out once a Dutch field is hit in DBB as they have virtually no engineers. Batavia is still damaged from a hit about three weeks ago. Not many planes lost, but also not many fields that are now operational around Java.

The good news is that a crack Oscar Ic group swept Singers and we had just put the CAP into a sweep defence setup. We lost 2 x P-40E for about 20 Oscar Ic !!

There aren't many of these or any Oscars around now, and they're a good deal better than the alternative, which is Nates. It'll be April before the Tojo comes to ruin the party, so this bodes well. Also that's a lot of pilots swimming in the Singapore harbour. This makes me wary though. He may be forced to be bold and try a bombardment. Lots of BBs around, and while the mines and CD guns are impressive, who knows if the guns will even fire back. I did change the commander to one with high land, inspiration and decent aggressiveness. Well see.

I'm planning a break out and CAP trap for a few turns from now. Once a few more DDs are repaired I'll run to an unspecified port and put up CAP to see if he has Nettie traps waiting for my trapped cruisers. I also want to get the P-38s out for a while to use them over Balikpapan if possible. I think a few very damaged ships are there and a few good penetrating hits could take them out.

Our damaged running DDs did not make it past the bombardment TFs.

CHINA: The AVG keeps working on the CAP at Canton, ripping through a few more Nates.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 13, 42
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Kalidjati at 51,98, Range 22,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Chikuma, Shell hits 1
CL Yubari

Allied Ships
DD Mugford, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
DD Conyngham, Shell hits 5, and is sunk

Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards

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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 6
P-35A x 4
P-38E Lightning x 15
P-40B Warhawk x 8
P-40E Warhawk x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 7 destroyed

No Allied losses

CAP engaged:
No.453 Sqn RAF with Buffalo I (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
24th PG/3rd PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
24th PG/17th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
24th PG/20th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 22000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
35th PG/21st PS with P-38E Lightning (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 19000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes
35th PG/34th PS with P-35A (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Canton , at 77,59

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 5

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x H81-A3 sweeping at 20000 feet
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Today was good in the air, but I'm very worried about Singers isolation and the possibility of bombardments. I need about 15 days to get all ships into good shape and some forts up to at least 4. Plus right now there are 170 planes there. I'll start moving some out right away.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 6/8/2017 2:03:42 PM

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Jan 14-15, 1942

SUBS: The KXVI sinks PB Akitsui Maru in a TF near Miri. A few other interactions but nothing else major.

DEI: Small battles continue, with a few hits against the CA/CL at Balikpapan, and a DD that looks in trouble there. CL Kiso doesn't look good either, but there are so many damaged ships in several locations that the bomb hits are scattered among them and no one ever gets into real trouble. To top it off the 4Es don't fly on the 15th. Grrrrr.

Looks like some action around Ambon.

No more action around Singers these turns but there are a lot of big ships gathering and the KB is moving this way. I'm nearly ready to get outta dodge, but gotta get some ships able to move first.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 14, 42
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Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1
Ki-27b Nate x 10

Allied aircraft
Mohawk IV x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Mohawk IV: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
Yamada Det S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000.
Raid is overhead
50th Sentai with Ki-27b Nate (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1
Ki-27b Nate x 9

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 5
B-17D Fortress x 3
B-17E Fortress x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba, Bomb hits 4
CL Kiso, Bomb hits 1

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

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 7000 feet *
Port Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1
Ki-27b Nate x 4

Allied aircraft
75A-7 Hawk x 4
B-17E Fortress x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba, Bomb hits 1
DD Harukaze, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA Suzuya, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
CL Kiso, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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

Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 7000 feet *
Port Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 15, 41
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Sub attack near Miri at 66,84

Japanese Ships
PB Akitsui Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Asahisan Maru
xAK Imizu Maru
PB Chohakusan Maru

Allied Ships
SS KXVI

SS KXVI launches 2 torpedoes at PB Akitsui Maru
KXVI diving deep ....

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Namlea at 76,108

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2

Allied aircraft
PBY-5 Catalina x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5 Catalina: 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso
BB Kirishima, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PBY-5 Catalina bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
Ki-27b Nate x 10

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 5
B-339D x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-339D: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-339D sweeping at 15000 feet

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Hopefully another strike here on the 16th after a weather related day off.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 6/8/2017 10:18:23 PM

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Jan 16, 1942

SUBS: On the 16th Nautilus finds the KB but is sighted before getting a shot off. Several more on the way and trailing. A ton of subs are heading for Singers since this seems to be a gathering point for the IJN right now. I want to make sure there is no breakout from Palembang and hit anything either guarding that base or moving to bombard Singers.

DEI: Hawks do well sweeping the small CAP at Balikpapan, but the 4Es again do not fly. The weather is currently listed as clear. Hmmmm.

At Singers the DDs are now fixed up and enough of the damaged cruisers are ready that it looks like a good time for a breakout. I'm now more wary than ever of the possibility of a combined strike via sea dn air at Singers, possibly massive sweeps and bombers to follow, so I'll risk sending the bombers to Java and Borneo and the fighters to an Tandjoengbalai. I'd really like to save these ships as they are now very experienced and will be invaluable later. If he does bombard and end up with some damaged ships though, they'd also be in range to swoop in and disrupt.

The second goal is to see if Netties are on strike orders and hopefully set a nice CAP trap. Reducing expert bomber pilots would be a big plus on the way out.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 16, 42
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Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
Ki-27b Nate x 10

Allied aircraft
Mohawk IV x 3
75A-7 Hawk x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
75A-7 Hawk: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
Zuiho-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 3 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-27b Nate (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 10 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes

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One ten ship TF and one five ship TF will head out on this path tomorrow. The KB is moving NE, so possibly will not be in the area.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 6/9/2017 6:06:44 AM

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Wow. I didn't expect this. I put John Shafroth in charge and he may have diverted from the intended plan! A bit of pluck and it may have payed off ...

Hyuga takes 17 shell hits, mostly superstructure, but a few start fires and one gave a heavy casualties to fire control parties message. Then late in the battle, mostly fought from 5-6k yards, she gets a fish ni the gut! Yes!

Houston took one big penetrating 36cm shell, but stayed in the fight and landed some blows. The Myoko seems to have bowed out after two early shots to fire control and the tower causing heavy casualties.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 49,83, Range 6,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga, Shell hits 17, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CA Myoko, Shell hits 2, on fire
TB Otori

Allied Ships
CA Houston, Shell hits 3, on fire
CL Marblehead
CL Honolulu
CL Phoenix, Shell hits 1
DD Jarvis
DD Craven
DD McCall
DD Downes
DD Cassin
DD Reid

Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards
Shafroth, John F. crosses the 'T'
BB Hyuga engages CA Houston at 6,000 yards

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 6/9/2017 6:52:14 AM

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After the big boys a few TFs of DDs and TBs run through the Singers area, I'm sure intended to both expend ammo of any defending ships and to hit and increase DL on minefields. They sink some HDMLs.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 6/9/2017 6:56:50 AM

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After that the I-166 lands a shot on CL Perth fleeing the scene. She and the TF end up making it to the CAP cover, which is positive, so hopefully there is enough speed to make it around Sumatra tomorrow and join the rest for he waiting RN fleet out of Nettie range.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 6/9/2017 6:59:05 AM

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After this two TFs get to Singers unharmed by the copious minefields and untouched by even a shot from the CD guns.

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Night Naval bombardment of Singapore at 50,84

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 3 damaged
SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
BB Hiei

Allied ground losses:
238 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 13 (3 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (4 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 15
Port hits 1

F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for BB Hiei
BB Hiei firing at Singapore

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Night Naval bombardment of Singapore at 50,84

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5 Catalina: 4 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 6 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Ashigara
CA Chikuma

Allied ground losses:
229 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11
Port hits 2

CA Ashigara firing at Singapore
CA Chikuma firing at Singapore

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 6/9/2017 7:10:16 AM

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The Houston and company then went entirely the wrong direction and ran into an AKE and PC escorting. Both were sunk. Not sure how they ended up here, but if this ship was needed at say Sinkep to replenish continuous bombardment runs, this may have been a good misdirection. It remains to be seen if they'll head back to Singers or be hung out to dry low on ammo though. Usually the USN CLs are good for a few days of battles though, so I'd think they might be able to run back to Singers if they're still close.

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Lingga at 51,87, Range 20,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PC Kaki, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
AKE Bordeaux Maru, Shell hits 32, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Houston
CL Marblehead
CL Honolulu
CL Phoenix
DD Jarvis
DD Craven
DD McCall
DD Downes
DD Cassin
DD Reid

Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 20,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
Shafroth, John F. crosses the 'T'

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There were numerous run-ins between IJN DD and TB around Sinkep and the plentiful Dutch and USN subs flooding the area. More will arrive tomorrow!

It looks like the island has no mines as several subs traversed just fine, and that means I could also consider a bombardment to hit whatever CAP is here, followed by a 4E strike. (If they finally decide to fly. Three turns with nothing).

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 6/9/2017 7:14:47 AM

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Another PB crushed.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 6/9/2017 7:15:51 AM

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Not much follow-on action during the day as the KB seems out of range, as I'd suspected, and the sweeps over Singers meet empty air.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 6/9/2017 9:21:35 AM

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In the Southern DEI there are signs more force is moving to the Singers area. Or maybe to Java? Either way, there are three BBs in this TF and the Mutsu took a reported 7 x 500lb bombs. I hope some fires were started!

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kolaka at 67,107

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Allied aircraft
Vildebeest III x 7

Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest III: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Vildebeest III bombing from 2000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 6/9/2017 9:26:56 AM

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Over in the So Pac area some vigilant coast watchers reported some important shipping in Kaveign harbour. The report mentioned CS Mizuho, and I had no recon on the base. I decided to go all-in with any available Cats, the only planes with the range to hit here, and hit they did!

There was no sign of a CS here, but several decent ships including an AD, and AMC and a CM took penetrating shots with critical damage messages.

Can Claudes can make it down here from Truk? I'll have to check ranges. I know that due to the violent nature of the beginning months there are few A6Ms to be found and I'm sure anything in this theatre would be obsolete Nates or Claudes. I'll keep on this tomorrow, and I predict not much will be left in port and there will be Petes on CAP duty!

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Morning Air attack on Kavieng , at 106,122

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 6
PBY-4 Catalina x 7

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CM Takashima, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AD Shintoku Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AMC Kiyosumi Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
PB Uruboko Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CMc Kurosaki, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x PBY-4 Catalina bombing from 2000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Catalina I bombing from 2000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Catalina I bombing from 2000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 6/9/2017 9:37:34 AM

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At Balikpapan I noticed some damaged ships moved out of port and sitting ni the hex. I sent in Banshees and Bolos mostly to see if they could get a strike, hopefully to make them go into evasive manoeuvres and increase damage accumulations. Bolos did get through to CA Suzuya. No hits, but an attack made at least.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 6/9/2017 10:07:37 AM

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Finally, IJ forces shocked into Tarakan. They did not take the base with a 1:2 result after I'd flown in a purchased PI infantry battalion. I'll fly more in now that the base has held, probably from other Dutch bases, to try to hang on here. I'd like to keep this base supply fuel to subs and as a spot to keep search going to guide subs to TFs nearby, but it depends on what kind of supply is here. With DBB the refineries don't produce, so it was low recently.

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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 5212 troops, 57 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 184

Defending force 3989 troops, 49 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 86

Japanese adjusted assault: 116

Allied adjusted defense: 124

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1)

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

Japanese ground losses:
308 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
299 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Assaulting units:
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
Sasebo 8th SNLF
Yokosuka 4th SNLF

Defending units:
I/43rd PS Inf Battalion
35th Avn Sup
VII KNIL Battalion
HQ TC Borneo
Tarakan Defenses
Tarakan MLD Base Force

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 6/9/2017 12:37:39 PM

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Good oh - Friday the 13th came early this game!

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 6/9/2017 3:22:43 PM

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Good oh - Friday the 13th came early this game!

What do you mean?

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 6/9/2017 4:20:27 PM

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Good oh - Friday the 13th came early this game!

What do you mean?

The First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, aka The Battle of Friday the 13th.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 6/9/2017 8:33:49 PM

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Good oh - Friday the 13th came early this game!

What do you mean?

The First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, aka The Battle of Friday the 13th.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal

Oh, okay. Yeah, I guess I don't see the connection. No ships on either side were sunk last turn as far as I can tell.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 6/9/2017 9:26:27 PM

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Good oh - Friday the 13th came early this game!

What do you mean?

The First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, aka The Battle of Friday the 13th.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal

Oh, okay. Yeah, I guess I don't see the connection. No ships on either side were sunk last turn as far as I can tell.

Cruisers on battleship(s)! Slugging it out at close range, no less.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 6/9/2017 9:27:10 PM

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I should add, your cruisers dished out a beating, yes?

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 6/10/2017 7:32:53 AM

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I should add, your cruisers dished out a beating, yes?

Gotcha. Yeah, they did well, and are seriously experienced now. Still, it's frustrating not to be able to deliver the decisive blow to actually sink something. I'd bet about half the BB and CA afloat have been significantly damaged, but I can't then put them down.

I have a feeling he's now stashing ships at smaller ports because some just disappear after battles. I'll start having more of a look around, although recon sucks at this point.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 6/11/2017 7:22:00 AM

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This was my last view of the mini-KB up in the North a few turns back. What you can't see is that about 18 hexes to the South Sara and Hornet stalk quietly.

I had hoped too try to intercept the IJN CVs after their mission was accomplished with CAP reduced and/or strikes not set. It was a long shot. I didn't want to risk a direct confrontation 2 vs 2 at this stage with marginally trained pilots, only Wildcats and Buffs on CAP and escort, and in an area that favours the IJN for proximity to escape and shipyards.

So we waited and moved stealthily to the West. My prediction was that these ships would move to the Tokyo area to refuel and head South to join up or support more work in the DEI, So Pac or other destinations.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 6/11/2017 11:30:51 AM

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Instead of catching the CVs we stalked in close, had a thought about hitting some industry, and decided to be (slightly) prudent for once!

After my early moves I'm betting he has a ton of Nates and Claudes around at least, flying CAP, and some Netties/TB to strike out. I had a good look around though, and would have most likely gone for Osaka or Koba had I decided to make a run in. Tokyo would be the obvious target, but the shipyards in those bases, and/or a manpower strike at Osaka, could have been a decent possibility.

Unseen at 13 hexes from Tokyo I decided to see if the CVs might still be hiding to the East or Paramushiro, waiting for a challenge to the forces at Attu.

The next turn, on the 18th, we were sighted (although just the ASW DDs showed a 2/2 DL) and I decided to make a dash North. This was to both get out in case CVs or surface forces moved toward our reported position and to get in position to intercept the shipping known to be up North.

I just saw the replay and got the report. Interestingly, nothing seems to have happened up here last turn. Curious to see what search has possibly picked up and what might be in range tomorrow. I'll spend one day trying to hit stuff, then move back SE to meet the oilers and head home. I'm sure there are some subs around and it would be best to stay out of their way for now!

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 6/11/2017 11:37:53 AM

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Back down South subs run interference for the Cruisers, which I set to go back into the maelstrom at Singers. I didn't like the air support around Java right now, and thought I might catch some DD/TB hanging around. They're also set to bombard Sinkep to limit its use as an escort and CAP base.

I'll move the P-40E, P-40B and the Buffs back into Singers, but I'll leave out the P-38E for now. Too precious in case another bombardment is coming. I may have some surprises for future incursions.

Perth and the Achilles with their DDs will head out to the end of Sumatra and hopefully out of Nettie range. Even more subs will be coming into the area dn the few that were damaged last turn will try to quickly repair at Singers. The KB has disappeared into the South China Sea somewhere. I'll have to let it go for now, although there are a few subs posted around Hong Kng should they try to move into that area.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 6/11/2017 2:24:37 PM

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The night sees subs starting the action, and luckily the cruisers miss a big TF with 2 x BB and 2 x CL, although at least the Hiei might be low on ammo.

ASW attack near Lingga at 50,87

Japanese Ships
BB Hiei
BB Haruna
CL Yura
CL Sendai
DD Umikaze
DD Amatsukaze
DD Sanae
DD Hayate
DD Kamikaze
DD Akebono

Allied Ships
SS KXVII, hits 1

SS KXVII is sighted by escort
KXVII bottoming out ....

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 6/11/2017 2:29:24 PM

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Another missed target by Permit near TayTay.

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ASW attack near Taytay at 73,78

Japanese Ships
xAK Hokumai Maru
PB Santo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Permit

SS Permit is sighted by escort
Permit diving deep ....

Then the cruisers sneak into Sinkep and bombard to medium effect. Not sure how they didn't wipe the board here if there were planes on the level 1 field, but maybe these were damaged leftovers after the main group moved.

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Night Naval bombardment of Singkep at 49,87

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Houston
CL Phoenix
CL Honolulu
CL Marblehead

Japanese ground losses:
178 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Resources hits 1
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 15
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 3

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Houston
CA Houston firing at Singkep
CL Phoenix firing at Singkep
CL Honolulu firing at Singkep
CL Marblehead firing at Singkep

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 6/11/2017 2:35:42 PM

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Swordfish finds another big TF near Balikpapan, the same that was attacked by Wildebeests the previous turn. She is sighted before firing, unfortunately.

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ASW attack near Balikpapan at 64,98

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
BB Kirishima
CL Abukuma
DD Minazuki
DD Kasumi
DD Tanikaze
DD Hamakaze
DD Kuretake
DD Yunagi
DD Ayanami
DD Samidare

Allied Ships
SS Swordfish, hits 1

SS Swordfish is sighted by escort
Swordfish bottoming out ....
DD Kuretake attacking submerged sub ....

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 6/11/2017 3:19:01 PM

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The reduction in A6M2 numbers seems a premature assumption as at least four groups fly today from the Palembang area and one defends Balikpapan. Two sweep empty air at Batavia, which is nice. Glad I didn't opt to go that direction with the cruisers.

The first strike at Singers today is Nells escorted by Oscars bombing the port from 14k. Bad timing, as the CAP of 55 P-40 and 9 Buffs got to them quickly and shot down 2/3 of the group. I watched the replay and the Oscars defended extremely well, hitting a lot of P-40s for damage, but not being able to knock them out. Once the numbers were up the Allied planes broke through.
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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 30
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 16
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 16

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 9
P-40B Warhawk x 13
P-40E Warhawk x 42

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 14 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 14000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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