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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 4/16/2018 4:02:26 AM

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Also, I'm sending in a Brit TF of 2 CLs and 2 DDs to Singkawang on the NW of Borneo, full speed in and out. I'm guessing that an invasion TF is inbound. Hopefully one without a big surface group escorting.

I want to show aggressiveness now and then, to appear more agressive than I really am. The goal is to keep the enemy a bit more cautious than they'd be otherwise. Delay and defend is always the early Allied motto.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 4/16/2018 4:22:57 PM

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7 Dec 41 - Air Losses

I've never been involved in a game that had the Japanese take more air losses than the Allies on December 7th. This is a result of no PH attack, not outrageously high Buffalo losses over Singapore, and lots of Kates lost attacking Prince of Wales and Repulse.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 4/16/2018 5:50:32 PM

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I have to admit this seems like a weak opening by Japan. Maybe he's trying to set things up to trap a lot of stuff a bit later, but if so, he had better do so amazingly well to make up for lost opportunity Dec 7. In fairness, it also looked like he got some bad luck and mediocre results where he did strike. Maybe most of the time his strategy would yield much better results.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 4/16/2018 7:19:11 PM

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7 Dec 41 - Analysis of Singapore and Luzon Strikes

Here's the air activity over Singapore and Luzon for December 7th:

Singapore - 18 Zeros sweep
Singapore - 27 Kates and 36 Vals with 36 Zeros hit the airfield and the port
Singapore - 63 Nells and 27 Bettys with 18 Zeros hit the airfield and the port (10k)

Clark Field - 54 Bettys with 45 Zeros
Clark Field - 9 Zeros sweep

Manila - 27 Nells with 27 Zeros hit the airfield (10k)
Manila - 9 Zeros sweep
Manila - 9 Nells with 27 Zeros hit the port (hitting one sub)

Other strikes hit Force Z: many Kates and some Vals.

The Singapore results were weak. It could be that too many bombers were allocated to the airfield instead of the port. If all of KB is really there, more bombers could have hit the port. A guess would be that the strikes were not set up with a primary mission of naval strike and a secondary of port strike, or there probably would have been more strikes on the port in the afternoon.

The Manila port results were terrible, with just one sub somewhat damaged. Only 9 Nells hit the port. Huge missed opportunity.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 4/18/2018 1:10:52 AM

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8 Dec 41

Enemy mines were detected at Bataan, and quickly swept by a bunch of US AMs.

At Mersing, a couple of tiny British ships, HDMLs, engaged battleships Kongo and Haruna and escorts. Results were quick and predictable. The same for 2 British MLs that then moved into the hex.

S-39 moved into Legaspi, and fired 4 torpedoes at DD Yamakaze, but missed. The sub then went through a heavy depth charge attack, and came out of it with moderate damage. It will make the long trip to Australia now.

Makin was invaded by the enemy 51st Naval Guard.

More troops unloaded at Legaspi.

During the day, light cruisers Dragon and Durban arrived at Singkawang:

Day Time Surface Combat, near Singkawang at 56,88, Range 16,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Ikazuchi, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Inazuma, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
DMS W-17
DMS W-18
DMS W-19, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
PB Kamitsu Maru
PB Taiko Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire
PB Kyo Maru #12
PB Kyo Maru #13, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
SC Ch 13, Shell hits 1, on fire
SC Ch 14, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
SC Ch 15
SC Ch 16, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
SC Ch 17
SC Ch 18, Shell hits 1
xAK Brisbane Maru
xAK Hawaii Maru
xAK Arizona Maru
xAK Akiura Maru
xAK Kazuura Maru
xAK Keiyo Maru
xAK Sanko Maru
xAK Matsukawa Maru
xAK Takao Maru
xAK Bunzan Maru
xAK Shinko Maru, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Ohio Maru
xAK Yuzan Maru, Shell hits 1
xAK Anzan Maru #2
xAKL Kurama Maru, Shell hits 2
xAK Oigawa Maru

Allied Ships
CL Dragon, Shell hits 2
CL Durban, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
316 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

The many small enemy escorts did well sacrificing themselves against the cruisers, saving most of the invasion shipping. Durban got hit by a torpedo, and is badly damaged. It will limp towards Soerabaja, and may or may not make it. The invasion task force did not unload and was not spotted at the base at the end of the day. It will probably return tomorrow.

I-122 sand TK Iris as it was fleeing from Palembang.
I-154 sank CM Kung Wo near Singapore.
Dutch sub KXI got a torpedo hit on xAP Koan Maru at Singora.

Bettys and Nells with Zeros hit Manila again, but found 35 P-40Es today. A few losses on both sides. Sub Seadragon is hit again. The ARD there is hit also.

Bettys with Zeros hit Clark Field, doing minor damage.

30 Vals with Zeros hit Singapore's airfield, damaging some planes.

Vals and Kates hit Kuantan's airfield, damaging some Hudsons.

57 Sallys hit Georgetown's airfield hard again.

Then it got really interesting.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Mersing at 52,82

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 6
Buffalo I x 50
Hudson I x 4
Wirraway x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
Buffalo I: 7 destroyed
Hudson I: 1 damaged
Wirraway: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Chikuma
CV Zuikaku
CV Hiryu

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
7 x Buffalo I sweeping at 6000 feet
6 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
5 x Buffalo I sweeping at 6000 feet
4 x Wirraway bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 100 lb GP Bomb
5 x Buffalo I sweeping at 6000 feet
3 x Buffalo I sweeping at 6000 feet

Morning Air attack on TF, near Mersing at 51,82

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 3
Hudson I x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 2 destroyed
Hudson I: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
BB Haruna

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
3 x Blenheim I bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb SAP Bomb

Morning Air attack on TF, near Mersing at 52,82

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7

Allied aircraft
Vildebeest III x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest III: 3 destroyed, 6 damaged
Vildebeest III: 3 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
CV Zuikaku
CV Shokaku
BB Hiei
CV Kaga
CV Soryu

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Vildebeest III launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo
3 x Vildebeest III launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo
3 x Vildebeest III launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo

Morning Air attack on TF, near Mersing at 51,82

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Blenheim I bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb SAP Bomb

Carriers were targetted with bombs and torpedoes, but not a single hit. The plan worked, getting enough Buffaloes to fly as escorts to get some bombers through. But bad luck, and no hits.

Then another plan failed. I wanted to move my ships out of Singapore, going base to base, slowly moving during the night and then disbanding after just the night phase move. But this didn't happen. Most task forces did not disband, and were spotted during the day in easy range of KB. Some were hit, and then disbanded, or were somehow hit in port by naval strikes. Something with this that I don't understand. Anyhow, it was a bit ugly.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Malacca at 49,81

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
B5N2 Kate x 38
D3A1 Val x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 5 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
xAP Matang, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAP Klang, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk
AM Ballarat, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAP Hong Kheng, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAP Kepong, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
TK Spirilla, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAKL Marudu, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAP Kinta, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Silverbeech
xAP Sin Kheng Seng, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL Larut, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAKL Lyemun, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Dickson at 49,80

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 13

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
CL Danae, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Malacca at 49,81

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
B5N2 Kate x 23
D3A1 Val x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 3 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AG Ban Hong Liong, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
xAKL Tatung
AG Pangkor, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
xAK Silverbeech, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
AM Toowoomba

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tandjoengbalai at 47,77

Weather in hex: Light rain

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
B5N2 Kate x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
HDML Pennigat, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
HDML Pahalwan, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

The same plan was implemented in the Philippines, and failed there also, in some spots.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Siargao at 82,88

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N1 Kate x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAP Legaspi, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Kanlaon II, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Isla Filipinas, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAKL Surigao, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near San Fernando at 80,74

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
G3M2 Nell x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAP Rochambeau, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

B-17s from Mindanao hit Babeldaob's port, hitting 2 CMs and an xAKL. The bombers were then bought out and sent to Calcutta.

Mersing was then invaded. Makin and Legaspi were lost.

The most notable ship lost was CL Danae. Other losses were an AM, and AMC, a CM, 2 ML, 4 HDML, 1 YMS, 2 TKs, 8 xAPs, 1 xAK, 6 xAKLs, and 2 AGs. Considering KB showed up unannounced just to the east of Singapore, losses were to be expected. I thought I might sneak some ships out sneakily by disbanding in ports, and some are escaping.

Some float planes on Java start to fly out fragments of units on Borneo and Singapore, ones that are unrestricted. Dutch air transports at Palembang are flying out a bit more of one of the Indian units.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 4/18/2018 3:40:31 AM

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Air losses on the day:
26 Buffalo
12 P-40E
9 Hudsons
9 Vildebeests
3 Blens

18 Vals
7 Zeros
2 Bettys
2 Nells
2 Kates

A noble sacrifice by the Buffalo pilots. Bombs dropped and torpedoes launched at 5 Japanese carriers on December 8, 1941. But no hits.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 4/19/2018 12:31:31 AM

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Yay another game. Will read from the lurker side.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 4/19/2018 2:28:35 AM

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9 Dec 41

More enemy lands at Mersing. It's a huge landing, with more than 20 units. Singapore will be cut off in 2 days. Withdrawing what I can into Singapore. What I can't is either defending good terrain, or moving to a port so that seaplanes can extract a fragment, if the unit is unrestricted or can be cheaply bought out.

Near Lubang, not far from Bataan, I-124 hits xAKL Don Jose with 2 torpedoes and sinks the ship.

3 Philippine PT boats move into Legaspi and engage cruisers Ashigara and Kuma, with 4 destroyers, but there are no hits for either side and the fight ends quickly with the range getting no closer than 11,000 yards. They will try again tomorrow.

The Singkawang invasion that was delayed yesterday occurred today.

Dutch sub KXVII moved into the shallow water at Mersing and found a big transport task force. 2 torpedoes hits xAK Kyokko Maru, and the sub escapes unscathed.

West of Borneo, I-166 spots CMc Pro Patria and sinks her with one torpedo.

In the Malaysian straits, I-154 hits AMC Kanimlba with a torpedo. The ship is damaged but still in decent shape, and will try to make it to Ceylon.

Manila's airfield and port are hit by 75 Bettys with 66 Zeros. I was resting the fighter squadrons, and some planes were damaged. Not many ships still in the port, but what was there, was hit today. Not worried about them. I'll still try to keep repairing Seadragon. The bombings will stop when there appears to be few if any ships left.

ACM Colonel Harrison, Bomb hits 1
YO-41, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
TK La Estrella Caltex, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
SS Seadragon, Bomb hits 1
ARD YFD-1 Dewey, Bomb hits 2, on fire

Singapore's airfield is hit by Nells and Bettys.

12 Kates from a CVL hit Cagayan's airfield. P-40s will defend tomorrow.

Kuantan is hit hard again by 58 Sallys. Just a couple of Hudsons left there.

At Legaspi, S-37 risks the shallows and finds AO Hayamoto. One torpedo hits and sets the ship on fire, along with the fuel. It will burn and sink. Scratch one nice AO.

Tarawa is invaded and lost. CA Louisville is escorting transports, and is within full speed range of Tarawa. It will split off and race to Tarawa today.

Artillery attack at Hong Kong. Some xAKs and xAKLs are loading fuel to extract and supply which will be unloaded to the west on the China coast.

Mersing is lost.

Enemy ships are at Kavieng and adjacent to it. CL Adelaide will move to Kavieng from Rabaul at night and engage what it finds.

2 destroyers, the ones from Hong Kong, will race to Miri to engage whatever is there today. 2 enemy ships were spotted there today, but there was no landing.

Prince of Wales and Repulse are at Soerabaja and will repair some damage before leaving the area.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 4/20/2018 8:44:38 AM

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Landings continue at Singkawang, Mersing, and Legaspi.

CL Adelaide runs into CMc Kurosaki and CM Takashima between Rabaul and Kavieng. Kurosaki is sunk.

In the Malacca strait, I-154 sinks xAK Demodocus. Later, it sinks xAK Wulin.

North of Puerto Princesa, destroyers Scout and Thanet were plotted to move at full speed to Miri. On the way, they find a battle:

Night Time Surface Combat, near Puerto Princesa at 71,78, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
APD Fuji
TB Hiyodori, Shell hits 1
PB Heiei Maru #7
xAK Syoka Maru, Shell hits 1
xAK Rokko Maru
xAK Igasa Maru, Shell hits 1
xAKL Ryoyu Maru #21, Shell hits 1
xAKL Sasago Maru

Allied Ships
DD Scout
DD Thanet

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Not conclusive, but some hits were achieved. Scout and Thanet continued on. During the day, the destroyers find shipping near Miri:

Day Time Surface Combat, near Miri at 64,87, Range 15,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
APD Aoi, Shell hits 2
TB Kasasagi, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
AMc Wa 19, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Hokko Maru, Shell hits 2
xAK Zinzan Maru
xAK Kinkasan Maru
xAK Giyu Maru
xAKL Kembu Maru, Shell hits 1
xAKL Kiko Maru, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Anbo Maru
xAP Kobe Maru

Allied Ships
DD Scout
DD Thanet

Near Balabac, an enemy TF appears, finding DM Thracian. Thracian gets a single hit on CA Chokai, and escapes. The enemy, however, had more work to do. They find my valuable ships from Manila. The ugliness that was avoided with no port bombing of Manila initially appears today:

Night Time Surface Combat, near Balabac at 70,83, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Chokai
DD Fubuki
DD Shirayuki
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Asagiri
DD Sagiri
DD Yugiri

Allied Ships
AS Holland, Shell hits 17, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AS Otus, Shell hits 21, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AV Langley, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AM Lark, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
PG Asheville, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
PG Tulsa, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
TK Gertrude Kellogg, Shell hits 20, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Mindanao, Shell hits 17, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AO Pecos, Shell hits 2, on fire
AO Trinity, Shell hits 19, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP President Madison, Shell hits 3
xAP Don Esteban, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Tantalus, Shell hits 4, on fire
xAK Yu Sang, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK Cape Fairweather
xAK Capillo
xAK Ethel Edwards
xAK American Leader, Shell hits 3, on fire
xAK Si Kiang, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Compagnia Filipinas
xAKL Dos Hermanos, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Balabac at 71,82, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Chokai
DD Fubuki
DD Shirayuki
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Asagiri
DD Sagiri
DD Yugiri

Allied Ships
TK Hai Kwang, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
xAKL Sagoland, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Paz, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Anakan, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
xAKL Bisayas, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Corregidor
xAKL Dona Nati, Shell hits 5, on fire
xAKL Palawan, Shell hits 3, heavy fires

Then the enemy finds DM Thracian again, and this time sinks it. And then xAKL Corregidor, moving alone. Then 3 more xAKLs. In the same area, I-123 sinks xAP Candesa.

Light cruisers Detroit and Raleigh left Pearl Harbor with 5 destroyers. I-168 finds them and hits Detroit with a torpedo. SYS 30/FLOT 48-37/ENG 2/FIRE 1. Back to Pearl Harbor.

Dutch subs do good work today. KXI hits AK Kyushu Maru at Patani with 3 torpedoes. KXII hits xAK Yahiko Maru with a torpedo at Mersing. Both subs take minor damage and will return to Singapore.

KB planes sink a few small ships fleeing in the Malacca strait. 12 Kates from the CVL sink xAK American Leader.

Singkawang is lost.

Indianapolis didn't make it all the way to Tarawa. It will abort that run and join up with the nearby carriers. Enemy ships appear to be heading to either Shortlands or Tulagi. An intercept is prepared. Also, nothing was found at Sorong when the Dutch TF got there. No invasion yet either.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 4/22/2018 9:08:29 PM

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11 Dec 41

I-157 sinks xAK Ethel Edwards at the NE tip of Borneo. The cargo ships was with others, heading to ports to duck into and hide.

Guam, Davao, Sorong and Nauru Island are invaded during the night phase.

During the day, 4 US destroyers get to Sorong. 2 days ago, there were enemy ships adjacent to Sorong. Yesterday, a Dutch CL task force arrived, but found nothing. Today the enemy arrived.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Sorong at 82,107, Range 16,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Hakata Maru #2, Shell hits 16, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Nittai Maru, Shell hits 21, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Ujigawa Maru, Shell hits 29, and is sunk
xAKL Genmei Maru, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
xAKL Daitei Maru, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD John D. Ford
DD Peary
DD Pillsbury
DD Pope

Enemy carrier planes hit Singapore's port and airfield. I think that this is a costly mistake due to heavy flak.

Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 35
D3A1 Val x 74

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 20 damaged
D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
PG Herald, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
AG Vyner Brooke, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
HDML P 10, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

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

Port hits 5
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Afternoon Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 35
B5N2 Kate x 24
D3A1 Val x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 9 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 5 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val: 10 damaged
D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed by flak

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

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 15

A total of 29 Vals are lost, and 13 Kates also. Most importantly, good carrier pilots.

P-26As from Cagayan hit the enemy TB task force to the northeast. TB Tomozuru is hit by 4 bombs and sunk.

The Dutch subs continue their good work. O20 hits xAK Ryuyo Maru with a torpedo south of Cam Ranh Bay. There are troops on board.

Aitape and Wewak are invaded. Miri and Nauru Island are lost.

I'm pulling out fragments of units from Malaysia. Many units, but just tiny fragments. My plan is to get them to India and use them as guards in bases behind the lines. Good for preventing para attacks as the units rebuild.

Part of Lark force will arrive at Tulagi today, with an Allied CA and DD. No sign of the enemy TF nearby but it could arrive also. The damaged US light cruiser made it safely back to Pearl Harbor today. There's an enemy sub snooping around San Francisco. It spotted ships at Mare, so I know that it is within 3 hexes of San Franscisco. 2 ASW TFs are out looking for it.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 4/23/2018 2:09:36 AM

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What forces does he have at Kluong? Nice intercept at Sorong.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 4/23/2018 2:18:03 AM

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Unknown TF. Still has transports at Mersing. KB has gone back and forth between Mersing and Borneo.

Elsewhere, I'm pulling as much fuel out of Borneo, Sumatra, and Java that I can. Palembang was off-limits right away, but I'm using small tankers at Oosthaven to pull out some fuel and take to Batavia. Same for Palembang, using mostly small tankers and going to Java with it. Large tankers loading at Soerabaja. All refineries were turned off on day 1. If I get all the fuel, I'll take oil if I can.

Prince of Wales and Repulse have left Soerabaja and are leaving the area.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 4/24/2018 12:03:03 AM

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12 Dec 41

Landings continue at Guam and Davao.

Destroyers Scout and Thanet, already involved in 2 successful naval battles, runs into a surface group near Miri, led by CA Chokai and with 6 DDs. The enemy attempts to evade combat, and neither side gets a hit in the short fight. Good thing, as Scout and Thanet are nearly completely out of ammo.

Enemy subs finally appear near Soerabaja, with I-156 sinking unescorted xAK John Lykes. I-158 then sinks unescorted xAP Van Outhoorn.

Near Legaspi, the 2 Philippine PT boats engages the 3 enemy TBs, to no effect for either side.

Dutch sub KXVI braves the shallows in the port of Davao, and fires 2 torpedoes at DMS W-8, but misses.

Enemy cruisers Ashigara and Kuma bombard Cagayan, damaging some fighters and causing 446 casualties to troops. Minor damage to the airbase and port.

Hollandia is invaded.

Northwest of Babeldaop, a small enemy force with an AG runs into xAKL Latouche fleeing the Philippines. Both transport forces decline combat.

2 xAKLs fled east from Leyte yesterday, and were hit by Bettys from Formosa. Sarangami and Taurus were sunk with 2 torpedoes each.

Enemy artillery attack at Hong Kong. Davao is lost. Guam is lost. Wewak is lost. Sorong is lost.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 4/24/2018 2:45:51 AM

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Side notes:

3 xAKs and 3 xAKLs had loaded up supply at Hong Kong and went to the Chinese base of Pakhoi to the west to unload. They haven't been spotted. That's an additional 10k or so of supply for the Chinese defense. 3 large groups of subs from Manila also unloaded supply there. One group of about 8 subs will return to Manila and load more supply, then head south.

Where are the US carriers? Two are now south of Nauru Island, and will move north of the Solomons to attempt to catch any incoming task forces. If nothing is seen, and if the carriers are not spotted, I may try a port strike of Truk.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 4/25/2018 12:25:26 AM

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13 Dec 41

Brunei is invaded.

Dutch destroyer Evertsen is headed from Soerabaja to Balikpapan to escort tankers. It finds I-156 on the way but can't hit it.

Near Davao, Dutch sub KXVI fires 2 torpedoes at PB Saiko Maru, and misses.

3 Dutch 139WH-3s fly from Tarakan to bomb shipping near Brunei. Bombs miss xAK Kaiko Maru. The flight is repeated in the afternoon, with the same results.

Another enemy artillery attack at Hong Kong. Cargo ships continue to unload supply at Pakhoi, and remain unspotted.

On Luzon, Naga is lost to 2 SNLF units. I'm seeing just 2 units here, and 2 others at Legaspi. This is not a big invasion, not one that can threaten Manila.

I've completed extracting fragments from unrestricted units in Malaysia. Most fragments go to Soerabaja and are loaded on small Dutch xAPs. The Malayasian peninsula is now cut to the north of Singapore. Units in Malaysia will mostly defend outside of the bases, in jungle terrain, on the rail lines.

KB has moved to the west of Singawang. It's within one day's sailing of bombing Palembang, Batavia, and even Soerabaja.

SigInt shows an engineering regiment and an infantry regiment going to Babeldaop, Miura Detachment going to Tarakan, and a tank unit planning for Alor Star.

No signs of enemy activity around Kavieng, Rabaul, Shortlands, or Tulagi. My guess is that my cruiser at Rabaul frightened the enemy's small TF invasions off. Lark Force is now mostly at Tulagi, with some of the vehicles on a ship headed from Rabaul.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 4/25/2018 2:45:18 AM

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13 Dec 41 - Solomons

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 4/25/2018 11:04:36 PM

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14 Dec 41

RO-64 spots 4 DMS leaving Pago Pago. 2 torpedoes miss DMS Dorsey. The minesweepers are headed to Auckland.

At Davao, Dutch sub KXVI hits tiny minesweeper AMc Kyo Maru #1 with 2 torpedoes, destroying it.

Near Balikpapan, I-155 fires 2 torpedoes at tiny AMc Jerantut, missing.

More enemy troops landing at Brunei.

Near the east coast of Borneo, xAKL Compagnia Filipinas is found by cruisers Maya and Natori and 4 destroyers, and sunk.

Dutch sub KXVIII is found by a subchaser in shallow water south of Thailand, and is damaged moderately by a depth charge.

7 Dutch bombers from Tarakan again go after the 2 xAKs at Brunei, but miss in the morning and in the afternoon, again.

Well east of the Philippines and well north of Babeldaop, 13 Kates sink xAKL Escalante and small xAP Elcano as they flee the Philippines.

Hong Kong is deliberately attacked for the first time, and the Chinese do rather well.

Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 27052 troops, 353 guns, 181 vehicles, Assault Value = 761

Defending force 8027 troops, 132 guns, 72 vehicles, Assault Value = 219

Japanese adjusted assault: 340

Allied adjusted defense: 245

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
1890 casualties reported
Squads: 39 destroyed, 85 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
465 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 87 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
67th Ind.Infantry Battalion
68th Ind.Infantry Battalion
1st Ind.Inf.Group
66th Infantry Regiment
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
38th Division
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
5th RF Gun Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
21st Mortar Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion

Defending units:
1st Middlesex Battalion
Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion
Rifles of Canada Battalion
Kowloon Brigade
102nd RN Base Force
Hong Kong Fortress

US carriers not spotted north of the Solomons.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 4/27/2018 2:01:06 AM

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15 Dec 41

xAKL Mapele is at Noumea unloading supply. With no escort, it's a sitting duck for RO-68, which engages with guns and torpedoes, sinking the ship. It's impossible to escort every ship at the beginning of the war, but soon everything will be escorted.

I-157 sinks xAK Cape Fairweather near Tarakan. Another Manila ship gone.

Near Tawi Tawi, cruisers Maya and Natori and 4 DDs engage AM Whippoorwill and AS Canopus. Canopus is sunk, and the escort is left burning in the port, with too much damage to survive and not enough to scuttle. All 3 AS from Manila are now sunk. The Allied ships were supposed to disband at Tawi Tawi but didn't make it.

On Luzon, troops at San Fernando are bombed by Sallys. Could be a sign of another invasion coming, or a misdirection.

The Dutch bomber squadron at Tarakan tries again, today targeting CA Maya and xAKL Raizan Maru, but missing with bombs again. Nearby, the enemy accidentally amphibiously invades a non-base hex east of Tarakan. It was a mistake. It will take some time for OPilot to pick the troops back up.

In the same area, the enemy CVL task force launches 12 Kates and bombs xAK Capillo and AO Pecos. 2 more Manila ships sunk.

Kluong, north of Singapore, is lost. Just an artillery attack at Hong Kong today. Victoria Point is lost, as is Brunei.

There's an enemy task force NW of Rabaul, direction of movement unknown. US carriers are still not observed. They will be 6 hexes east of Kavieng at the end of the next day.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 4/28/2018 12:20:40 AM

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I wonder what a burning Whippoorwill smells like I know what a burning Canopus smells like.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 4/28/2018 12:43:32 AM

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Near Balikpapan, I-155 spots big transport xAP President Madison, torpedoes it twice, and sinks her. President Madison was one of the huge ships from Manila. It almost made it to safety, having eluded combat TFs and the CVL TF, but found a sub.

xAKL Kumakawa Maru hits a mine at Peleliu. It is heavily damaged, and troop losses are reported. I snuck a small minelaying ship into Peleliu just recently.

Near the coast of China, YO-42 runs into xAK Yamagata Maru. Both non-combat ships decline combat. The tiny oiler just dropped off some fuel at Pakhoi, and is headed to Hong Kong, hoping to refill before the base is lost.

East of Palembang, I-122 torpedoes AVP Poolster and sinks her. The AVP fled from northwestern Borneo.

An enemy combat TF moves into Tarakan, sinking 3 tiny HDMLs there.

Some enemy bombing in Luzon, Malaysia, and China.

14 Nells from Babeldaob sink xAKL Cebu to the west of the island. Cebu was fleeing the Philippines, but with Nells at Babeldaob now, this door is now closed.

An evacuated Wenchow in southern China is lost. Sambas, on northwestern Borneo, is lost.

I believe that KB has retired to Cam Rahn Bay.

Tomorrow is all about the US carriers.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 4/28/2018 3:12:56 AM

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Now that the Japanese are tipped off about the fuel transfer in China, they may send out a destroyer or two to put a stop to it. But I guess this way you got some use out of the oiler and it couldn't possibly escape anyway.

The raid on Truk looks ... interesting.

Good luck!

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 4/28/2018 3:35:33 AM

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The tiny oiler couldn't make it back to the Philippines without refueling. Regardless, it had to pass through the enemy base on the island SW of Pakhoi, and that's where the enemy ship was. The oiler will try to get to Hong Kong now. The important ships were the 3 xAKs and 3 xAKLs that brought supply from Hong Kong to Pakhoi. They did so without being seen, and are about to arrive at Manila. I'm debating whether to load up 10k supply at Manila and try to get it to Pakhoi. In the long run, I think that 10k supply is more important to the Chinese than to the Philippine army, but there's the risk that it won't make it to China. Fun to try though.

As for Truk, it's a great plan if I hit some important shipping there and there aren't a bunch of Bettys and Zeros. It's a foolish plan if there is. I'm doing this because I know where most (if not all) of the enemy carriers are, and they aren't near Truk. I considered skirting Truk to the south and going up the coast of New Guinea toward Babeldaop. Possibly higher rewards but higher risk, and once spotted, a dangerous trip home with the enemy able to get between me and home.

Here's to some luck for tomorrow!

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 4/29/2018 7:21:47 AM

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17 Dec 41

For just 10 days into the war, today was a good day for the Allies.

First, 2 patrol craft finally spot the enemy sub poking around San Francisco, but can't get a hit on it.

8 British torpedo boats leave Hong Kong to travel to Manila. 2 hexes south of Hong Kong, they run into xAK Yamagata Maru, which is the ship that the tiny YO ran into yesterday to the west of there. The 8 MTBs engage the cargo ship at 2,000 yards and sink her with 2 torpedoes. I've never seen these ships accomplish anything before.

At Pago Pago, RO-64 engages unescorted xAKL Lahaina with guns and torpedoes, sinking her. She was unloading supply. OPilot is going right into the ports with the subs. He can do this, now, but once I get some ASW pilots trained, this will be a lot harder. The problem for me is that this will take a couple of months.

Manokwari on New Guinea is invaded.

Near Miri, Dutch sub KVIII torpedoes PB Shuko Maru #2, sinking it.

25 Bettys bombed Singapore's port, but got no hits. They are flying higher now, up to 17000 feet, to avoid the terrible flak losses taken earlier. This bombing is significant in what it didn't do, which was any damage. Singapore has had damage from the first day in the war, preventing fort building. Today it reached fortification level 1.

At San Fernando on Luzon, Lilys bomb ground troops.

Morning Air attack on 11th PA Infantry Division, at 80,74 (San Fernando)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 25

Allied aircraft
P-35A x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 4 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-35A: 1 destroyed

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

I've been resting this fighter unit from the start. It has US pilots. I set this unit to LRCAP San Fernando at range 2, and they did well today. 11 Lilys lost. 2 LT S.W. Robb became the leading Allied pilot, with 3 kills, all today. I thought it was interesting that my leading pilot is flying P-35s. Unescorted bombers hit an adjacent base today, so my fighters will switch to that for tomorrow.

And then the main event...Truk. Lexington and Enterprise launch strikes at TFs at Truk and southwest of Truk, and remaining SBDs hit the port at Truk. There is no CAP, and no sign of enemy bombers either.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Truk at 112,108

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
F2A-3 Buffalo x 22
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
SBD-3 Dauntless x 18

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Matsue Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Kuraido Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
xAK Daifuku Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Cheribon Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Yokohama Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
xAK Nishimi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK China Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Shuko Maru #5, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk

Japanese ground losses:
695 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Truk at 112,108

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Daifuku Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Cheribon Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Kuraido Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Kogyoku Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Venice Maru, Bomb hits 1

Japanese ground losses:
731 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 19 (11 destroyed, 8 disabled)
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Truk at 108,113

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
F2A-3 Buffalo x 22
SBD-3 Dauntless x 17

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Shinwa Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
xAKL Taiyu Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
xAKL Tomozono Maru #3, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
PB Nikkai Maru
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Afternoon Air attack on Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Allied aircraft
SB2U-3 Vindicator x 18
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-2 Dauntless: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
PB Tsuneshima Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
AV Kamoi, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AO Ondo, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Mostly transport shipping hit, but some ships were loaded with men. Some enemy ground unit(s) took a hit today. US carriers will sprint south to meet an AO.

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17 Dec 41 - China

In China, a Chinese Corp did a river crossing shock attack, attempting to break out from being cut off. The defenders were all armor, and there were lots of Chinese lost, but the enemy took losses also, and the Chinese won the hex and the battle.

Ground combat at 87,45 (near Chengchow)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 11230 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 360

Defending force 492 troops, 0 guns, 96 vehicles, Assault Value = 56

Allied adjusted assault: 228

Japanese adjusted defense: 50

Allied assault odds: 4 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 41 (16 destroyed, 25 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Allied ground losses:
349 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 60 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
85th Chinese Corps

Defending units:
15th Tank Regiment
5th Armored Car Co

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 4/29/2018 1:30:32 PM

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Congrats on the daring raid on Truk! Nice haul of transport shipping (which Japan really needs to stay on schedule with its expansion) plus your CV groups got vital experience!

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 4/29/2018 7:06:55 PM

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Thanks BBfanboy. As I told OPilot, not war-winning, but it was morale-boosting. Something for the newspapers back home to write about. I do wonder what ground unit got hurt. The casualties listed don't include any men on ships that sank after the combat, and at least one ship did, judging from the sinking audio. Looked like a combat unit. Maybe a regiment.

The biggest outcome, though, is that it was an aggressive move, and this will slow OPilot's timetable as he becomes more careful. That's my thinking, anyhow.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 4/29/2018 9:06:36 PM

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This is admittedly speculation, but it may be that those transports at Truk were setting up for an op toward Rabaul or deeper into the Solomons. It's possible you really fouled up his planning in that theater, aside from all the other good effects as already noted.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 4/30/2018 6:00:26 AM

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I think you are right jwolf. They were either unloading at Truk to be sent somewhere else very soon, or loading at Truk to go somewhere else immediately. Either way, that unit or units plans have probably changed.

18 Dec 41

A bunch of US cruisers and destroyers from Pearl Harbor are passing south of Suva on the way to Auckland. I-10 spots them, and fires 6 torpedoes at light cruiser Honolulu, but misses.

Just south of the straits northeast of Balikpapan, there's a number of enemy task forces. Dutch subs make 3 separate attacks here today, and fire torpedoes at destroyers each time, and miss. The enemy is probably going to Balikpapan, but could be going to other bases nearby. I've ordered a Dutch task force to Balikpapan at high speed, to hopefully arrive at night. Ships include light cruiser De Ruyter and 5 short-legged Dutch destroyers.

Tarakan is invaded. OPilot picked up the troops accidentally dropped off nearby and got them to Tarakan today. Big xAP Haruna Maru was hit by a big CD gun, but damaged did not appear to be severe.

Manado is invaded.

The enemy launched a carrier strike from a CVL near Balikpapan.

Afternoon Air attack on Balikpapan Defenses , at 64,97 (Balikpapan)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 8
B5N1 Kate x 12

Allied aircraft
B-339D x 7
P-40B Warhawk x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
A5M4 Claude: 1 destroyed (4 actually lost)
B5N1 Kate: 7 destroyed (7 actually lost)

No Allied losses

The Dutch fighters tied up the Claudes and the Warhawks went for the Kates.

Near Nanyang, China an enemy division and tank regiment mauls two Chinese corps and a headquarters. The Chinese retreat south, which is very unfortunate.

Just another artillery attack at Hong Kong.

An artillery attack at Malacca in Malaysia. The enemy has an overwhelming advantage here against a very depleted and bombed 22nd Australian Brigade. The Brigade may be eliminated tomorrow. If a fragmented is booted to the north, I may be able to get it to a port and buy it out, to extract a tiny fragment. Seaplanes at Chittagong are flying out fragments from Malaysia and Burma now.

US carriers retired safely to the Solomons from the Truk attack. A nearby AO will rendezvous tomorrow. I think that I'll send the carriers to New Zealand and leave them there for awhile. Fuel is low in the area, and the pilots need some serious training.

SigInt says that the 48th Recon is loaded on a ship and headed to Palembang. It does look like shipping is headed that way, and that an invasion is imminent. I dropped some mines on the approach to Palembang. Let's see if any are hit.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 4/30/2018 2:18:05 PM

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A nice turn of events, bold yet calculated.

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19 Dec 41

Enemy landings at Tarakan continues, and at Manado and Ternate.

In the narrows between Celebes and Borneo, northeast of Balikpapan, Dutch sub KX spots light carrier Ryujo, fires 4 torpedoes, and hits the carrier with one. Specific damage or fires are not observed. The Dutch subs are the real heros for the Allies so far in the war.

Sub Triton enters Naga, and finds an xAK task force. 4 torpedoes are fired at xAK Sugiyama Maru, and one hits, but it is a dud. Triton gets hit with a depth charge, and the sub will retire all the way to Pearl Harbor with minor damage.

I had to laugh a bit at this encounter. xAKL Cetus is an escapee from the Philippines. It went east of Luzon, with the aim of getting to Guam and possibly evacuating some of the defenders there. The enemy got there first, so the backup plan, and only other option really, was to continue east to Wake. Cetus ran out of fuel 2 days ago, just 2 hexes northwest of Wake Island. Yesterday, it moved one hex closer to Wake, incurring a little bit of damage due to no fuel. Today, it was going to get to Wake, where fuel awaits, along with an escort and an unloading cargo ship. Well, RO-62 was one hex northwest of Wake. It hit Cetus with one torpedo and sank her. So close, and yet so far. This was the only ship trying to make it to Wake. Around 8 ships have passed between the Bonin Islands and mainland Japan, danger close to the enemy, and made it unseen. They are all now moving toward the Aleutians. Some of these ships started out going up and around Luzon, then east. Others went northeast from the Legaspi area.

South of Mindano, 4 US AMs ran into a big enemy xAP task force. Neither side wanted combat. This is probably a Balikpapan invasion force.

With the enemy arriving at Tarakan yesterday, the AVP based there left today, and got past the ships already there. AVP made it to Tawi Tawi, but was found there by cruisers Ashigara and Kuma and escorts and sunk.

Malacca is lost. The 22nd Australian Brigade was destroyed there by 3 infantry regiments, 2 armor regiments, 2 engineer regiments, and 2 artillery regiments. Defenders to the north are taking to the jungle but staying on the rail lines.

Just an artillery attack at Hong Kong, again.

A Japanese shock attack at Tarakan results in a 1 to 1 battle with about 100 casualties for each side.

The Dutch ships that raced into Balikpapan found nothing. No invasion today. The Dutch are retiring to Soerabaja for fuel.

I messed up the US carrier refueling today. Lexington and Enterprise made it to the Solomons from the Truk strike, but did so at full speed, for safety. An AO was waiting. One of the carrier task forces was much lower on fuel than the other, so I refueled it. That worked, but seriously depleted the fuel on the AO and escort to go anywhere, so I did a refueling at see for the AO task force next. That was a mistake. I expected it to take a bit of fuel from some of the carrier task force ships. It took way too much from the escorts in one of the task forces, so much that it now needs to refuel itself to move.

If my carriers were being chased, I'd be in trouble. Let's hope they are not, anyhow. It will all be fine, as the carrier and a few ships still had maximum fuel, so they'll redistribute some tommorrow. But I lost a day of movement with my attempt. I should have not worried about the AO and sent a rescue task force for it.

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