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RE: 22.12.1941 SARATOGA WOUNDED - 6/15/2017 11:36:48 AM   
tomamars


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CHINA:

Our attacks on Chinese caught in the open around Nanchang continues despite bad weather:


Morning Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 85,55 , near Nanchang

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


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Morning Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 85,55 , near Nanchang

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
G4M1 Betty x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


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Morning Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 85,55 , near Nanchang

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
G3M2 Nell x 3
G4M1 Betty x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


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Morning Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 85,55 , near Nanchang

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


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Morning Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 85,55 , near Nanchang

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
G3M2 Nell x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


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Morning Air attack on 3rd War Area , at 84,55 , near Nanchang

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


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Morning Air attack on 14th Chinese Base Force, at 84,55 , near Nanchang

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 4 damaged

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


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Morning Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 85,55 , near Nanchang

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 14

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

AVG became active again, ambushing our daily bombing run over Changsha:

Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 24
Ki-30 Ann x 9

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged

No Allied losses


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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 12
Ki-51 Sonia x 12

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 4 destroyed, 4 damaged

No Allied losses

Runway hits 1

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RE: Yamamoto's dream (tomamars J VS Sundowners A) - 6/15/2017 1:56:17 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: tomamars

Morning Air attack on TF, near Pearl Harbor at 181,104

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
B5N2 Kate x 33
D3A1 Val x 44

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
PC Reliance, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
DD Phelps, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
AR Vestal, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
PC Taney, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AVD Hulbert
AR Medusa, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
AVP Swan, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
DD Selfridge, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AM Grebe, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
AVD Thornton, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AM Vireo, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
7 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
2 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
13 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
6 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
13 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
3 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
7 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
8 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AR Vestal
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AM Vireo

Why are those ARs out of PH is beyond me but our bombers are merciless.







Lucky and profitable encounter, I'd dare say

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RE: Yamamoto's dream (tomamars J VS Sundowners A) - 6/16/2017 10:27:00 AM   
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A LOT of this game has been lucky for me so far, weather in CV battle for example. Hopefully our luck will hold for a little while longer so we'll have 4:1 at Dec.31-st :)

< Message edited by tomamars -- 6/16/2017 10:28:18 AM >

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24.12.1941 BREAKING AVG WINGS 2 - 6/19/2017 5:15:28 PM   
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24.12.1941 BREAKING AVG WINGS 2

CENT.PAC. AREA

Our subs have spoted enemy ships near Johnston Island so we sent a DD flotilla to investigate:


Night Time Surface Combat, near Johnston Island at 164,112, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Yayoi
DD Oite
DD Hayate
DD Asanagi
DD Yunagi

Allied Ships
DD Worden, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AK Alchiba, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

PI AREA:

Good DA in Cayagan reduces fortifications to 0. We’ll attack next day or day after. Hoping to trap number of P40s and B17s here:


Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7288 troops, 74 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 245

Defending force 5001 troops, 52 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 166

Japanese adjusted assault: 79

Allied adjusted defense: 61

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
250 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 56 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled

Allied ground losses:
324 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 47 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
146th Infantry Regiment
144th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
102nd PA Infantry Regiment
3rd PA Constabulary Regiment
103rd PA Infantry Regiment
2nd/101st PA Battalion
Cagayan USAAF Base Force
Mindanao Force Corps

MALAYAN THEATER:

A lone AVP was caught sailing little to far away from Singapore:


Day Time Surface Combat, near Singkawang at 53,88, Range 19,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Jintsu
DD Fubuki
DD Usugumo
DD Shirayuki
DD Hatsuyuki

Allied Ships
AVP Poolster, Shell hits 14, and is sunk

Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards

CHINA:

A punitive operation was carried on by IJN flying from Takao against AVG at Changsha as retaliation for their CAP traps in China:


Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 5 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet *


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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet *


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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
G3M2 Nell x 29
G4M1 Betty x 30

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 6 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 38
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 85


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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
G3M2 Nell x 4
G4M1 Betty x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 12


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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 12
Ki-51 Sonia x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged

Airbase supply hits 1

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25.12.1941 FIRST CHRISTMAS - 6/19/2017 5:33:37 PM   
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25.12.1941 FIRST CHRISTMAS

CENT.PAC. AREA

Nothing eventful happening here besides couple or our subs around Hawaii wasting their torpedoes chasing after DDs.

PI AREA:

Atimonan operation was initiated by a 2E low bombing:


Morning Air attack on 51st PA Infantry Division, at 80,79 (Atimonan)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 16
G4M1 Betty x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
410 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 3000 feet


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Morning Air attack on 51st PA Infantry Division, at 80,79 (Atimonan)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
G4M1 Betty x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
154 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 3000 feet


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Morning Air attack on 51st PA Infantry Division, at 80,79 (Atimonan)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 4 damaged

Allied ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 3000 feet


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Morning Air attack on 51st PA Infantry Division, at 80,79 (Atimonan)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 3000 feet

After bombers were gone we continued with a good old fashioned DA:

Ground combat at Atimonan (80,79)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1025 troops, 4 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 38

Defending force 2590 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 97

Japanese adjusted assault: 17

Allied adjusted defense: 2

Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Atimonan !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-)

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

Allied ground losses:
1333 casualties reported
Squads: 92 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 57 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 19 (19 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
16th Recon Regiment

Defending units:
51st PA Infantry Division

Cayagan operation was aided by low flying Kates:

Afternoon Air attack on 103rd PA Infantry Regiment, at 79,89 (Cagayan)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N1 Kate x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Unfortunately our DA just fails so we’ll have to give it a rest for a turn or two:

Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6844 troops, 74 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 196

Defending force 4787 troops, 52 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 131

Japanese adjusted assault: 51

Allied adjusted defense: 53

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
328 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
167 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
146th Infantry Regiment
144th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
3rd PA Constabulary Regiment
103rd PA Infantry Regiment
102nd PA Infantry Regiment
2nd/101st PA Battalion
Cagayan USAAF Base Force
Mindanao Force Corps

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RE: 25.12.1941 FIRST CHRISTMAS - 6/19/2017 5:35:15 PM   
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MALAYAN THEATER:

Our landing force at Ketapang was met by a Dutch sub:


Submarine attack near Ketapang at 55,93

Japanese Ships
xAK Igasa Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KVII

xAK Igasa Maru is sighted by SS KVII
Massive explosion on xAK Igasa Maru
SS KVII launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Igasa Maru


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Submarine attack near Ketapang at 55,93

Japanese Ships
xAK Syoka Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KVII

xAK Syoka Maru is sighted by SS KVII
SS KVII launches 2 torpedoes


Stragglers near Alor Star had to be dealt with in order to secure our back on the road to Singapore:

Ground combat at 50,73 (near Alor Star)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 3632 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127

Defending force 781 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7

Japanese adjusted assault: 108

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 108 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), leaders(+), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)

Allied ground losses:
651 casualties reported
Squads: 75 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
114th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
6th Indian Brigade

CHINA:

Don’t know what is with those US subs and their guns in the shallows:


Submarine attack near Canton at 77,59

Japanese Ships
xAK Amakusa Maru, Shell hits 10

Allied Ships
SS Swordfish, hits 1

xAK Amakusa Maru is sighted by SS Swordfish
SS Swordfish attacking xAK Amakusa Maru on the surface
SS Swordfish low on gun ammo, Smith, C.C. breaks off surface engagement and submerges

Our airforce continues with it's daily bombing campaign of Chinese airfields in Southern China.

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26.12.1941 SUB MADNESS - 6/19/2017 6:03:11 PM   
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26.12.1941 SUB MADNESS

HI AREA

First combat of the war around HI was a sub hitting the mine:


TF 324 encounters mine field at Tokyo (114,60)

Allied Ships
SS Saury, Mine hits 1

CENT.PAC. AREA

I heard that allied TKs are their weak point throughout the game:


Submarine attack near Christmas Island at 174,141

Japanese Ships
SS I-171

Allied Ships
TK Connecticut, Torpedo hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage

TK Connecticut is sighted by SS I-171
SS I-171 launches 4 torpedoes at TK Connecticut

PI AREA:

Subs went nuts today:


Submarine attack near Cagayan at 80,88

Japanese Ships
xAK Kuraido Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Permit

xAK Kuraido Maru is sighted by SS Permit
SS Permit launches 4 torpedoes

Preparation for Manado landing begins as Betty low level bombing. Never expected those Dutch there:

Morning Air attack on Manado Base Force, at 75,99 (Manado)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 20

Allied aircraft
B-339D x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 5000 feet

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26.12.1941 SUB MADNESS - 6/19/2017 6:06:28 PM   
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MALAYAN THEATER:

Another allied sub tries to attack xAK with a deck gun:


Submarine attack near Brunei at 65,87

Japanese Ships
xAK Mikasa Maru

Allied Ships
SS KXIV, hits 1, on fire

xAK Mikasa Maru is sighted by SS KXIV
SS KXIV attacking on the surface
Andersen W. decides to submerge SS KXIV due to damage

As our recon approaches Kuala Lumpur, preparation bombing was delivered:

Morning Air attack on 109th RN Base Force, at 49,79 (Kuala Lumpur)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 59

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
110 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)


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Morning Air attack on 109th RN Base Force, at 49,79 (Kuala Lumpur)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)


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Morning Air attack on 109th RAF Base Force, at 49,79 (Kuala Lumpur)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


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Afternoon Air attack on 109th RAF Base Force, at 49,79 (Kuala Lumpur)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 42

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 7 damaged

Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled


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Afternoon Air attack on 109th RAF Base Force, at 49,79 (Kuala Lumpur)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 8
G4M1 Betty x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 2 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


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Afternoon Air attack on 2nd ISF Base Force, at 49,79 (Kuala Lumpur)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Our troops managed to catch retreating Allies near Temuloh and give them the bloody nose:

Ground combat at 50,77 (near Temuloh)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7284 troops, 64 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 373

Defending force 1995 troops, 12 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 54

Japanese adjusted assault: 212

Allied adjusted defense: 13

Japanese assault odds: 16 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
173 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
373 casualties reported
Squads: 49 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Units retreated 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
21st Infantry Regiment
56th Infantry Regiment
112th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
FMSV Brigade
8th Indian Brigade

Those Alor Star stragglers are finaly being dealt with:

Ground combat at 50,73 (near Alor Star)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 3627 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127

Defending force 274 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 96

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 96 to 1

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

Allied ground losses:
151 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 46 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
114th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
6th Indian Brigade

CHINA:

Day of the sub ends with yet another Japanese transport torpedoed. These losses really hurt:


Submarine attack near Shanghai at 92,55

Japanese Ships
xAP Katori Maru, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Sculpin

xAP Katori Maru is sighted by SS Sculpin
SS Sculpin attacking xAP Katori Maru on the surface

Our airforce continues with pummeling of Chinese airfields.

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27.12.1941 LUCKY RYUJO - 6/19/2017 7:38:21 PM   
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27.12.1941 LUCKY RYUJO

CENT.PAC. AREA

Our sub blows big xAK our of the water:


Submarine attack near Christmas Island at 174,141

Japanese Ships
SS I-170

Allied Ships
xAK Ruth Alexander, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

xAK Ruth Alexander is sighted by SS I-170
SS I-170 attacking on the surface
Massive explosion on xAK Ruth Alexander

PI AREA:

During 26.12. our nav.search has spotted group of 3 destroyers moving north from Balikpapan probably going to attempt an ambush on our Manado landing. Orders were given for CVL Ryujo TF to position itself between enemy TF and SW Mindanao while CA TF will close enemy retreat point towards Balikpapan. Not one of my TFs had any DL on itself. This is what really happened:


Night Time Surface Combat, near Tawi Tawi at 72,92, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CVL Ryujo
CS Mizuho
TB Otori
TB Kiji
TB Kamo

Allied Ships
DD Banckert
DD Witte de With, Shell hits 1
DD Van Ghent


Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 64% moonlight: 11,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards

Ryujo manages to avoid several torpedoes and land a single hit of the engagement. Not bad. It seams enemy was not going after Manado after all but to ambush our landing forces at Cagayan.




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RE: 27.12.1941 LUCKY RYUJO - 6/19/2017 7:39:47 PM   
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Afternoon phase begins as our CAs intervene and Dutch DDs barely managed to escape:

Day Time Surface Combat, near Jolo at 73,94, Range 16,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Myoko
CA Haguro
CA Nachi
DD Kuroshio
DD Oyashio
DD Hatsukaze

Allied Ships
DD Banckert, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Witte de With, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Van Ghent, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 16,000 yards




But not for long as our CAs pursuit the Dutch and put them under for good:

Day Time Surface Combat, near Gorontalo at 72,95, Range 21,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Myoko
CA Haguro
CA Nachi
DD Kuroshio
DD Oyashio, Shell hits 1
DD Hatsukaze

Allied Ships
DD Banckert, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
DD Witte de With, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
DD Van Ghent, Shell hits 13, and is sunk

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 21,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 21,000 yards

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RE: 27.12.1941 LUCKY RYUJO - 6/19/2017 7:41:36 PM   
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And then shock happens as large Allied fleet jumps up on our retreating CV TF in an area between Celebes sea and Babeldaob:




Day Time Surface Combat, near Talaud-eilanden at 79,96, Range 17,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CVL Ryujo
CS Mizuho, Shell hits 19, heavy fires
TB Otori, Shell hits 1
TB Kiji
TB Kamo, Shell hits 2, heavy fires

Allied Ships
CL Tromp, Shell hits 1
DD Barker, Shell hits 1
DD Paul Jones
DD Pillsbury
DD Whipple, Shell hits 1
DD Vampire, Shell hits 2
DD Evertsen
DD Stronghold

Muzuho and Kamo will probably survive but danger is still around. It’s mind-boggling just how Allies managed to miss such opportunity to bag an CVL. Probably due to bad commanders. Oh well.

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RE: 27.12.1941 LUCKY RYUJO - 6/19/2017 7:43:22 PM   
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CVL Ryujo launches retaliatory TB attack at enemy destroyers but to no avail:




Morning Air attack on TF, near Talaud-eilanden at 79,96

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N1 Kate x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
DD Stronghold
DD Evertsen
DD Whipple

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B5N1 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo


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RE: 27.12.1941 LUCKY RYUJO - 6/19/2017 7:44:42 PM   
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As a consequence of today's action, our crews get their hard won experience increased:






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RE: 27.12.1941 LUCKY RYUJO - 6/19/2017 7:48:14 PM   
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In the other news in PI area, our AMc’s make another kamikaze de-mining attempt at Bataan and are blasted out of the sea just like their predecessors. We lose 5 of them for unknown number of mines cleared. I hope this will suffice to make our BB bombardment runs possible.

Our landing at Sidate near Manado is interrupted by another sub who tries it’s luck with a deck gun:

Submarine attack near Sidate at 75,100

Japanese Ships
xAKL Totai Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire

Allied Ships
SS Pike, hits 1

xAKL Totai Maru is sighted by SS Pike
SS Pike attacking xAKL Totai Maru on the surface
New, W.A. decides to submerge SS Pike due to damage


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Submarine attack near Sidate at 75,100

Japanese Ships
xAK Minryo Maru, Shell hits 2, heavy fires

Allied Ships
SS Pike

xAK Minryo Maru is sighted by SS Pike
SS Pike attacking xAK Minryo Maru on the surface
New, W.A. decides to submerge SS Pike due to damage

As we managed to survive the underwater threat in Sidate, there came the air treat but got blasted by our LRCAP:

Morning Air attack on TF, near Sidate at 75,100

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12

Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 2 destroyed


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Manado at 76,100

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Kizan Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 5000 feet *


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Sidate at 75,100

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 3 destroyed

Preparatory bombardment of Batangas begins as our forces race in to take it. This will be our port of choice to host AKEs and AOs for BB support. I never done this before so I hope our naval bombardments of Bataan will be worth the trouble.

Morning Air attack on 41st PA Infantry Division, at 79,78 (Batangas)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 35
G4M1 Betty x 30

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 5 damaged

Allied ground losses:
89 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 36 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 3000 feet


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Morning Air attack on 41st PA Infantry Division, at 79,78 (Batangas)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 3000 feet


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Morning Air attack on 41st PA Infantry Division, at 79,78 (Batangas)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 3000 feet

In Mindanao we made another go on Cagayan and almost made it but not quite. Disruption on our regiments will be horrific after this is all over.

Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6688 troops, 74 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 181

Defending force 4703 troops, 52 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 105

Japanese adjusted assault: 91

Allied adjusted defense: 55

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
331 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 39 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Allied ground losses:
327 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 48 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
146th Infantry Regiment
144th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
102nd PA Infantry Regiment
3rd PA Constabulary Regiment
103rd PA Infantry Regiment
2nd/101st PA Battalion
Cagayan USAAF Base Force
Mindanao Force Corps

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RE: 27.12.1941 LUCKY RYUJO - 6/19/2017 7:49:36 PM   
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MALAYAN THEATER:

We nearly avoid catastrophe:


Submarine attack near Singkawang at 56,88

Japanese Ships
AO Notoro

Allied Ships
SS KIX

AO Notoro is sighted by SS KIX
SS KIX launches 4 torpedoes

I HATE DUTCH SUBS!!!

Kuala Lumpur operation continues:


Morning Air attack on 109th RAF Base Force, at 49,79 (Kuala Lumpur)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 21
G4M1 Betty x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 7 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 5000 feet


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Morning Air attack on 223 Group RAF , at 49,79 (Kuala Lumpur)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 15 damaged

Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 5000 feet


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Afternoon Air attack on 223 Group RAF , at 49,79 (Kuala Lumpur)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on 223 Group RAF , at 49,79 (Kuala Lumpur)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb


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Afternoon Air attack on 2nd ISF Base Force, at 49,79 (Kuala Lumpur)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb


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Ground combat at Kuala Lumpur (49,79)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1865 troops, 2 guns, 172 vehicles, Assault Value = 113

Defending force 1866 troops, 8 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 11

Japanese adjusted assault: 100

Allied adjusted defense: 5

Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kuala Lumpur !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), op mode(-), disruption(-)
preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

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

Allied ground losses:
1109 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 139 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 26 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 3
Units destroyed 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
1st Tank Regiment
5th Recon Regiment

Defending units:
2nd ISF Base Force
223 Group RAF
109th RAF Base Force
109th RN Base Force

Where have all those Buffalos gone?!

CHINA:

Enemy sub manages to put another fish in our AMC making return trip to HI from Shanghai:


Sub attack near Nakadori-jima at 101,56

Japanese Ships
AMC Awata Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Sailfish

AMC Awata Maru is sighted by SS Sailfish
SS Sailfish launches 4 torpedoes at AMC Awata Maru

It will live.

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RE: 27.12.1941 LUCKY RYUJO - 6/20/2017 1:55:24 AM   
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How the Ryujo avoided being hit is beyond me, count yourself lucky and that you had a very light escort for it.

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RE: 27.12.1941 LUCKY RYUJO - 6/20/2017 8:19:12 AM   
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I know, never saw that coming, my focus was on that DD TF, those guys came out of nowhere. Their orders were probably not set on naval attack and patrol, otherwise they would kick my ass easily. Their commanders were probably crap too. But you're right on my sloppiness with escorts, this kind of thing will not happen again. Crazy thing, I have pretty decent nav.search in that area and it picks up 3 DDs but not major fleet of CL and 7 DDs...

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How the Ryujo avoided being hit is beyond me, count yourself lucky and that you had a very light escort for it.


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28.12.1941 MINES VS BOMBS - 7/5/2017 10:07:39 PM   
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28.12.1941 MINES VS BOMBS


HOME ISLANDS:

Allies have tried to infiltrate our major ports with subs but have forgotten the whose are mined:


TF 324 encounters mine field at Yokohama/Yokosuka (113,61)

Allied Ships
SS Saury, Mine hits 1


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TF 322 encounters mine field at Takao (84,65)

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon, Mine hits 1



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TF 454 encounters mine field at Kobe (108,59)

Allied Ships
SS Pompano, Mine hits 1, on fire


Just to show that we are also not immune from such failures:

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TF 58 encounters mine field at Batavia (49,98)

Japanese Ships
SS I-162, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage


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TF 61 encounters mine field at Batavia (49,98)

Japanese Ships
SS I-166, Mine hits 1, heavy damage

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RE: 28.12.1941 MINES VS BOMBS - 7/5/2017 10:08:46 PM   
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CENT.PAC. AREA:

After changing truly awful commanders, we’ve sent a pair of AMCs to conduct merchant raids in South Pacific - and their first action shows some promise:


Night Time Surface Combat, near Jarvis Island at 171,142, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
AMC Aikoku Maru
AMC Hokoku Maru

Allied Ships
xAK Iron Baron, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Iron Chieftan, Shell hits 1
xAK Iron Knight, Shell hits 1
xAK Evi Livanos, Shell hits 3, on fire
xAK Theofano Livanos

Improved night sighting under 75% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 75% moonlight: 8,000 yards

Second too:

Night Time Surface Combat, near Jarvis Island at 170,142, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
AMC Aikoku Maru, Shell hits 1
AMC Hokoku Maru

Allied Ships
DD Brooks, Shell hits 3, on fire

Improved night sighting under 75% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 75% moonlight: 8,000 yards

But then things went south fast:

Night Time Surface Combat, near Jarvis Island at 169,141, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
AMC Aikoku Maru, Shell hits 3
AMC Hokoku Maru, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Fanning
DD Mahan

At least our subs are doing great job in Far Eastern Pacific:

Submarine attack near San Clemente Island at 223,81

Japanese Ships
SS I-26

Allied Ships
xAK Makena, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

xAK Makena is sighted by SS I-26
SS I-26 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Makena

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RE: 28.12.1941 MINES VS BOMBS - 7/5/2017 10:10:38 PM   
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PI AREA:

In order to speed things up a little, we’ve sent a large bombardment force to take out Cagayan:


Night Naval bombardment of Cagayan at 79,89

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 20 damaged
B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed on ground
P-40E Warhawk: 2 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Ise
BB Fuso
BB Nagato
DD Sanae
DD Kuretake
DD Wakatake
DD Yakaze
DD Mikazuki

Allied ground losses:
302 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Manpower hits 3
Fires 354
Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 26
Port hits 17
Port supply hits 3

Even after such a hellfire, our infantry assault fails to bring defenders to their knees - at least it reduces their forts to 0:

Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 6423 troops, 74 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 153

Defending force 4105 troops, 52 guns, 47 vehicles, Assault Value = 69

Japanese adjusted assault: 81

Allied adjusted defense: 43

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
425 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 39 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
108 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
146th Infantry Regiment
144th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
102nd PA Infantry Regiment
103rd PA Infantry Regiment
3rd PA Constabulary Regiment
2nd/101st PA Battalion
Cagayan USAAF Base Force
Mindanao Force Corps

Allies have started new and deadly use of it’s air arm - 100 ft bombing of Japanese shipping:

Morning Air attack on TF, near Donggala at 68,97

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

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

Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 3

Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Myoko

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet *
Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ternate at 78,102

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 2

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Chokai

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet *
Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Sidate at 75,100

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-339D x 2

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAKL Totai Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-339D bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ternate at 78,102

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-339D x 2

Allied aircraft losses
B-339D: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-339D bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Brunei at 65,87

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

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

Allied aircraft
B-339D x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
PB Eiko Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-339D bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb

Massive explosion on PB Eiko Maru

To ad insult to injury, even US torps go off once in a while:

Submarine attack near Brunei at 65,87

Japanese Ships
xAK Mikasa Maru, Shell hits 20, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon, hits 2

xAK Mikasa Maru is sighted by SS Seadragon
SS Seadragon attacking on the surface

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RE: 28.12.1941 MINES VS BOMBS - 7/5/2017 10:11:41 PM   
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MALAYAN THEATER:

Bad news as we lose more AOs to those damn Dutch:


Submarine attack near Singkawang at 56,88

Japanese Ships
AO Notoro, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KXVI

AO Notoro is sighted by SS KXVI
SS KXVI launches 4 torpedoes

Blockade of Singapore goes on:

Day Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 49,85, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
TB Manazuru
TB Hatsukari

Allied Ships
HDML 1062, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
HDML 1063, Shell hits 3, and is sunk

Poor visibility due to Rain
Maximum visibility in Rain: 14,000 yards

In act of total lunacy, commander of Sally squadron flies his entire group into the teeth of Singapore flak on the orders of Ground attack on 5000 feet:

Morning Air attack on Singapore Base Force, at 50,84 (Singapore)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 60

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 37 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 7 destroyed by flak

Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb


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Morning Air attack on Singapore Base Force, at 50,84 (Singapore)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 18 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Our Thai allies have taken abandoned Tavoy this turn.

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30.12.1941 PALEMBANG IS A GO! - 7/7/2017 3:02:07 PM   
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30.12.1941 PALEMBANG IS A GO!

CENT.PAC. AREA

Our Glenns have spotted small Allied naval concentration around Canton Island s we sent a flotilla to investigate:


Night Time Surface Combat, near Canton Island at 153,143, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Tama
CL Tenryu
CL Yubari
DD Sazanami
DD Ushio

Allied Ships
DD Benham, Shell hits 1

Improved night sighting under 89% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 89% moonlight: 11,000 yards


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Canton Island at 153,143, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Tama
CL Tenryu
CL Yubari
DD Sazanami
DD Ushio

Allied Ships
DMS Southard, Shell hits 2

Improved night sighting under 96% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 96% moonlight: 11,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards...

Our subs are again doing their job well:

Submarine attack near Pago Pago at 148,161

Japanese Ships
SS I-10

Allied Ships
AG Sirius, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

AG Sirius is sighted by SS I-10
SS I-10 launches 2 torpedoes

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RE: 30.12.1941 PALEMBANG IS A GO! - 7/7/2017 3:03:59 PM   
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PI AREA:

Our cruiser force is sent to clear the waters around Balikpapan but is doing less than stellar job...


Night Time Surface Combat, near Bandjermasin at 60,99, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Myoko
CA Haguro
CA Nachi
DD Kuroshio
DD Oyashio
DD Hatsukaze

Allied Ships
PT TM-4
PT TM-5
PT TM-6
PT TM-7
PT TM-8
PT TM-9

Improved night sighting under 89% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 89% moonlight: 12,000 yards

Enemy subs continue taking their toll on our merchant fleet:

Submarine attack near Takao at 84,65

Japanese Ships
TK Eiyo Maru, Shell hits 3, heavy fires

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon

TK Eiyo Maru is sighted by SS Sturgeon
SS Sturgeon attacking TK Eiyo Maru on the surface
Wright, W.L. decides to submerge SS Sturgeon due to damage

Manado operation gets some serious aid by our CAs:

Night Naval bombardment of Manado at 75,99

Japanese Ships
CA Ashigara
CA Maya
CL Kuma
CL Sendai
DD Matsukaze
DD Asakaze
DD Ayanami

Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 47
Port hits 11
Port fuel hits 1

Later that day we made another DA on Manado and manage to drop it’s forts to 0. We’ll take the base is next few days:

Ground combat at Manado (75,99)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2933 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 120

Defending force 1605 troops, 5 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 58

Japanese adjusted assault: 38

Allied adjusted defense: 25

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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

Assaulting units:
Sasebo 2nd SNLF
15th Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
Manado Garrison Battalion
Manado Base Force

Tarakan operation is supported also but with CVL and CS:

Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 6
B4Y1 Jean x 8
E13A1 Jake x 12
F1M2 Pete x 12

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 12

Those Petes and Jakes must’ve made quite an impression on defenders because they gave up after DA later this day:


Ground combat at Ternate (78,102)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1451 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 60

Defending force 57 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 55

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 55 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Ternate !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Do-24K-1: 2 destroyed

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

Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
16th Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
Ternate Det. Base Force

Enemy still standing in clear terrain of Batangas got bombed hard:

Morning Air attack on 41st PA Infantry Division, at 79,78 (Batangas)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 3000 feet


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Afternoon Air attack on 41st PA Infantry Division, at 79,78 (Batangas)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 40

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
173 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 3000 feet

Our tanks rolled in and took Batangas. Now Manila lies open to our troops from both sides and also we got nice size 3 port for reinforcements and AKEs - we’ll attempt to wear down defenders of Bataan with combination of BB bombardments, air bombing and infantry attacks. Hope it doesn’t take too long.

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RE: 30.12.1941 PALEMBANG IS A GO! - 7/7/2017 3:05:50 PM   
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MALAYAN THEATER:

Nates are proving their worth in strafing - mind I say, they are doing better job than in air combat...


Morning Air attack on 223 Group RAF , at 49,80 , near Malacca

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 50

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Zeros swept Singapore this turn and cleared the way for continuation of airfield bombing:

Afternoon Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 14

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 4 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet

Our landing forces are closing to Palembang with some CA and CL screen and Zeros flying overhead. No Bettys or Nells since they are still parked in Saigon, waiting to bomb Singers. Singkawang has turned into real fortress with almost 30.000 supplies and plenty of Miri fuel.

CHINA:

Enemy attempts to infiltrate yer another of our bases and ends up the same as with few previous occasions:


TF 323 encounters mine field at Port Arthur (99,44)

Allied Ships
SS Sargo, Mine hits 1

Enemy still standing in clear terrain near Nanchang got bombed hard:

Afternoon Air attack on 49th Chinese Corps, at 84,55 , near Nanchang

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 3000 feet

Elsewhere in China, our light bombers are continuing their bombing campaign VS Chinese airfields.

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31.12.1941 BATTLE OF KARIMATA STRAIT - 7/7/2017 10:24:49 PM   
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31.12.1941 BATTLE OF KARIMATA STRAIT

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Enemy sub tries to penetrate Japan’s inner waters:


TF 327 encounters mine field at Tsushima (103,56)

Allied Ships
SS Sailfish, Mine hits 1, on fire

CENT.PAC. AREA

Our Canton operation continues with even more US ships sunk or damaged:


Day Time Surface Combat, near Canton Island at 153,143, Range 15,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Tama
CL Tenryu
CL Yubari
DD Sazanami
DD Ushio

Allied Ships
DMS Southard, Shell hits 3, on fire

Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards


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Day Time Surface Combat, near Canton Island at 153,143, Range 18,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Tama
CL Tenryu
CL Yubari
DD Sazanami
DD Ushio

Allied Ships
DMS Long, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
xAK Laida, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Allied TF begins to get underway
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards




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31.12.1941 BATTLE OF KARIMATA STRAIT - 7/7/2017 10:26:41 PM   
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PI AREA:

Manado operation goes on as we bomb defenders with low flying Betties:


Morning Air attack on Manado Garrison Battalion, at 75,99 (Manado)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Later that day our DA manages to break enemy will to resist and Manado falls together with 5 Dutch aircraft:

Ground combat at Manado (75,99)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2909 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 116

Defending force 1508 troops, 3 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 48

Japanese adjusted assault: 33

Allied adjusted defense: 13

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Manado !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 2 destroyed
B-339D: 3 destroyed


Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

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

Allied ground losses:
1854 casualties reported
Squads: 87 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 108 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2

Assaulting units:
Sasebo 2nd SNLF
15th Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
Manado Garrison Battalion
Manado Base Force

Finally we got some luck in Cagayan where our DA managed to get 1:1 and reduce its forts to 0. Cagayam will be open to serious air bombing from now on to capitalize its lack of forts.

Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6368 troops, 74 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 156

Defending force 8402 troops, 79 guns, 47 vehicles, Assault Value = 241

Japanese adjusted assault: 111

Allied adjusted defense: 111

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
438 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (6 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Assaulting units:
146th Infantry Regiment
144th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
103rd PA Infantry Regiment
102nd PA Infantry Regiment
2nd/101st PA Battalion
3rd PA Constabulary Regiment
102nd PA Infantry Division
Cagayan USAAF Base Force
Mindanao Force Corps

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RE: 31.12.1941 BATTLE OF KARIMATA STRAIT - 7/7/2017 10:27:54 PM   
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MALAYAN THEATER:

As our invasion fleet approaches Palembang, small forward detachment finds a minefield:


TF 10 encounters mine field at Palembang (48,91)

Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome
DD Hagikaze
TB Kari
E Shimushu

7 mines cleared

Amphibious Assault is less than stellar:

TF 10 troops unloading over beach at Palembang, 48,91

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

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RE: 31.12.1941 BATTLE OF KARIMATA STRAIT - 7/7/2017 10:29:08 PM   
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Unbeknown to us, Allies have detected our invasion fleet and decided to intervene with all its naval assets in the area. Luckily we’ve placed several layers of screens in all possible approaches to Palembang so Allies bumped into them, one by one:




Day Time Surface Combat, near Toboali at 50,92, Range 22,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu, Shell hits 18, heavy fires
DD Asagumo

Allied Ships
CA Cornwall, Shell hits 3
CA Exeter, Shell hits 1
CL Hobart
CL Enterprise
CL Dauntless
CL Ceres, Shell hits 1
CL Glasgow
CL Caledon
CL Capetown
CL Colombo
DD Electra
DD Jupiter, Shell hits 2

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards


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Day Time Surface Combat, near Toboali at 50,92, Range 25,000 Yards

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu, Shell hits 62, and is sunk
DD Asagumo, Shell hits 2, on fire

Allied Ships
CA Cornwall, Shell hits 5, on fire
CA Exeter
CL Hobart
CL Enterprise
CL Dauntless
CL Ceres
CL Glasgow
CL Caledon
CL Capetown
CL Colombo
DD Electra
DD Jupiter, on fire

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards

This was all but fair fight but still CL Isuzu managed to drain Allied fleet.


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RE: 31.12.1941 BATTLE OF KARIMATA STRAIT - 7/7/2017 10:31:00 PM   
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Next in line is CA Takao TF:




Day Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 48,91, Range 21,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Takao, Shell hits 53, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Jintsu
DD Fubuki, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Usugumo, Shell hits 6, heavy fires
DD Shirayuki
DD Hatsuyuki, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
CA Cornwall, Shell hits 16, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Exeter, Shell hits 2, on fire
CL Hobart
CL Enterprise, Shell hits 1
CL Dauntless
CL Ceres, Shell hits 4, on fire
CL Glasgow, Shell hits 3, on fire
CL Caledon, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
CL Capetown, Shell hits 2
CL Colombo, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Electra, Shell hits 2
DD Jupiter, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards

Unfortunately CA Takao did not live to fight another day, but it did perform it’s duty: enemy fleet was stopped just short of its objective, the invasion fleet.




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RE: 31.12.1941 BATTLE OF KARIMATA STRAIT - 7/7/2017 10:33:07 PM   
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As enemy fleet was retreating back into its base, it bumped into our rear guard:




Day Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 48,91, Range 23,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Jintsu, Shell hits 7
DD Shirayuki
DD Hatsuyuki, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
CA Exeter, Shell hits 3
CL Hobart
CL Enterprise
CL Dauntless
CL Ceres
CL Glasgow
CL Caledon
CL Capetown, Shell hits 1
DD Electra, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards

Although we were outgunned, enemy clearly had no ammo left so we managed to leave the scene with minimal damage.



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