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RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) - 10/24/2020 9:52:29 PM

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Well you got lucky in the previous August 27th result,

Dean should only ever engage in CV vs CV engagement with LBA support otherwise he will need extreme good luck.

Their is a AAR where two USN CV's were able to take on the whole KB and win, obviously that didn't happen.

The allied pilots did not have the exp to take on the elite Zeros thanks to loses and attrition from the other CV or LBA vs CV battles.

The weather was very favable with Heavy Rain being the second worse weather to successfully attack ships, which is why KB didn't get a scratch.
While the USN got heavy clouds which is much easier to attack with most of the strike force getting through CAP.

Pretty much it was a predictable outcome even if the USN/RN had a good dice roll, which it didn't get.

If Dean's moral hadn't collapsed, Japan could've had rare fun in the West Coast of America or Pearl Harbor but it's great that the game was saved.

I'll probably might go over to Dean's side and cheer him up with some videos and images or something about how America should most likely win the war or something.

Edit: Although I rather prefer not to bump threads that haven't been posted on for over 20 days...

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RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) - 10/25/2020 2:16:34 AM

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September 1st

Spotted some cves near kodiak heading west. They might just be AO or TKs but dean might be attempting to resupply/retreat his troops on Adak once my carriers are gone.

Bad weather has grounded most air operations in india and china recently so not much to report there. Dean retook Hyderabad with some tanks a few days ago before I could rail in reinforcements but has again left the base undefended. I'm gonna paradrop the base again this time with the 1st para division which should be able to hold out till I can rail in more troops.

In china ground troops are flooding into the central plains near chungking. I've taken kieko north of chungking and am moving on the two other central chinese bases which aren't chungking. Once those bases are secure I'll move on chungking and begin the siege in ernest. The air field of chungking has been constantly bombed for the last few months so dean hasn't been able to increase the forts for a while now.

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RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) - 10/25/2020 2:29:09 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: 29000Kevin

Well you got lucky in the previous August 27th result,

Dean should only ever engage in CV vs CV engagement with LBA support otherwise he will need extreme good luck.

Their is a AAR where two USN CV's were able to take on the whole KB and win, obviously that didn't happen.

The allied pilots did not have the exp to take on the elite Zeros thanks to loses and attrition from the other CV or LBA vs CV battles.

The weather was very favable with Heavy Rain being the second worse weather to successfully attack ships, which is why KB didn't get a scratch.
While the USN got heavy clouds which is much easier to attack with most of the strike force getting through CAP.

Pretty much it was a predictable outcome even if the USN/RN had a good dice roll, which it didn't get.

If Dean's moral hadn't collapsed, Japan could've had rare fun in the West Coast of America or Pearl Harbor but it's great that the game was saved.

I'll probably might go over to Dean's side and cheer him up with some videos and images or something about how America should most likely win the war or something.

Edit: Although I rather prefer not to bump threads that haven't been posted on for over 20 days...

Dean has been too busy with school and perhaps too disheartened to consistently post to his AAR unfortunately. I think hes kinda given up on his AAR, so I'm the main cartographer of this game right now, which is a shame. I've definitely glosses over some stuff in my AAR, and obviously you guys have missed out on the allied perspective.

Thank you for you analysis regarding how important weather was in the outcome of the battle. It hadn't even occurred to me that the battle might have been so decisive because of the weather.

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RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) - 10/25/2020 6:56:28 AM

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Running a good AAR is a labor of love. The armchair quarterbacks don't understand that. You've done well with this one. Keep up the good work.

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RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) - 10/25/2020 10:56:35 AM

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I should also mention that when we assumed that the game was dead we both ended up sharing passwords and rerolling the results of the turn a couple times for fun. The best result Dean got was 3 bomb hits on my CVs total, with my carriers still coming and sinking most of his TF.
we have both changed our passwords, but I ended up looking around at what dean was doing at the time (when we both assumed the game was over) and pointed out to dean a bunch of **** that he wasn't doing or should fix. Hopefully that help him a bit in the long term. Also apparently for what ever reason the Pakistani Division that was supposed to spawn at Karachi after the emergency reinforcements were triggered did not spawn in, so 1 less division I need to worry about

. The forts were last seen to be 4 and half way to 5.... Chungking wasn't much better stuck at 6.... So I'm a little optimistic that I might be able to take them both faster than expected. First priority is to slow down fort construction at Karchi which will be done by naval and air bombardment.

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RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) - 10/25/2020 11:12:55 AM

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September 4th

a few days ago I laid a sub minefield at Noumea which was able to kill an xakl. Today some allied minesweepers cleared the minefield.

TF 160 encounters mine field at Noumea (115,160)

Allied Ships
DMS Trevor
AM Punjab
AM Madras
AM Bombay
AM Cootamundra
AM Cessnock
PG Sacramento

34 mines cleared

The main event today was the CVE's I spotted yesterday being confirmed to be heading to Kodiak as I-30 put two fishes into the Long Island. Unfortunately 1 of them was a dud! I think this makes it fairly clear that dean has not given up on Adak, he really should just write off the troops there and go elsewhere, but it seems that despite our recent carrier fiasco he still has tunnel vision on the Aleutians.

Sub attack near Kodiak at 182,43

Japanese Ships
SS I-30

Allied Ships
CVE Long Island, Torpedo hits 1
DD Bison II
DD Arrow

Near pago pago the I-131 torps a cargoship.

Submarine attack near Pago Pago at 149,161

Japanese Ships
SS I-31

Allied Ships
xAK Cycle, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Also near Kodiak a large surface TF is spotted heading towards Kodiak. These ships were previously escorting the US fleet carriers, I wonder if the carriers were not spotted or if dean has just withdrawn them to keep them safe.

attack near Kodiak at 183,42

Japanese Ships
SS I-30

Allied Ships
DD Lardner
BB Prince of Wales
BB North Carolina
CA Quincy
CL Honolulu
CLAA San Juan
CLAA San Diego
DD Downes
DD Bancroft
DD Kilty
DD Dewey
DD Dale
DD Aylwin

Over the Aleutians some P-38s sweep the dot base next to Adak, unfortunately some nicks on LRCAP get drawn into the battle. I lose 5 nicks but only lose 1 pilot killed in return for 1 p-38 shot down.

Morning Air attack on Great Sitkin Island , at 163,52

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 15

Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

Also on a side note I am currently at a 4.184 VP ratio, so unless dean does something drastic, I'm gonna get auto victory. We already agreed to play on after auto victory if it occurs, but I suspect that it will affect dean's morale.

In terms of R&D news the D4Y1 will enter service next month, along with the J1n1-c and the D4Y1-c. I plan to convert the val factory to the Judy and a the C5m2 factory to the D4y1-c so the R&D factories can accelerate the successor airframes.

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RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) - 10/26/2020 5:16:51 AM

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September 6th

Dean is 100% trying to either reinforce or resupply adak/evac adak right now. 2 TF were spotted heading west from Kodiak one containing a bunch of cruisers and 2 BBs and one containing CVs of some sort. The IJN carriers just got back to Ominato and were able to rearm and refuel. They will sortie back to the Aleutians with the Taikaku this time. Adak has been reinforced by an SNLF brigade, and 2 SNLF guards along with a squadron of Nicks and a squad of Tojos. If he's trying to evac Adak I think my carriers will get there in time. Unfortunately the Vals were unable to unload in time at Amchitka so the Air transport TF will withdraw to the west for now. I have to say I'm surprised that dean is being this ballsy, didn't think he would be stupid enough to try this while I have my carriers up here. A light cruiser TF up at Paramushiro will also sortie and attempt to get around and engage his carriers in a surface battle.

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RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) - 10/26/2020 7:08:27 AM

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September 6th Bombardment of Karachi

The Ise and Fuso class BBs conducted a night bombardment of Karchi that was uncontested by both air and Naval units. The BBs weren't even spotted I assume due to the heavy storms in the area. In case they were spotted, Carrier Divison 4 was on station along with the CVEs to provide LRCAP. I have to say it went as well as I could have hoped with about 150 planes destroyed on the ground. This bombardment will save me a lot of plane and pilot losses in my upcoming air campaign. I'll start sweeping as soon as the air base at Hyderabad is up and running again.

Night Naval bombardment of Karachi at 40,8

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 70 damaged
Blenheim IV: 14 destroyed on ground
P-40E Warhawk: 35 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 14 destroyed on ground
Vengeance I: 3 destroyed on ground
Hurricane IIa Trop: 14 damaged
Hurricane IIa Trop: 3 destroyed on ground
Albacore I: 8 damaged
Albacore I: 1 destroyed on ground
Spitfire VIII: 2 damaged
Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed on ground
P-400 Airacobra: 13 damaged
P-400 Airacobra: 2 destroyed on ground
B-26 Marauder: 51 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 3 destroyed on ground
Hurricane IIc Trop: 9 damaged
Hurricane IIc Trop: 7 destroyed on ground
Hudson IIIa: 27 damaged
Hudson IIIa: 6 destroyed on ground
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 17 damaged
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 7 destroyed on ground
B-25C Mitchell: 63 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 10 destroyed on ground
Wellington Ic: 32 damaged
Wellington Ic: 6 destroyed on ground
P-39D Airacobra: 38 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 7 destroyed on ground
Beaufort I: 7 damaged
Beaufort I: 1 destroyed on ground
Lysander II: 18 damaged
Lysander II: 2 destroyed on ground
F4F-3 Wildcat: 5 damaged
F4F-3 Wildcat: 3 destroyed on ground
Mohawk IV: 11 damaged
Mohawk IV: 6 destroyed on ground
P-40K Warhawk: 2 damaged
A-24 Banshee: 6 damaged
A-24 Banshee: 1 destroyed on ground
Hurricane IIb Trop: 4 damaged
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
Wapiti IIa: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Ise
BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso
DD Hibiki
DD Harusame
DD Arashio
DD Asashio
DD Kuroshio
DD Kagero
DMS W-12
DMS W-11

Allied ground losses:
893 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 70 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 10 disabled
Guns lost 19 (5 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Vehicles lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Airbase hits 63
Airbase supply hits 14
Runway hits 132
Port hits 1

At Bombay some IJA level bombers clean the port of aux ships.

Morning Air attack on Bombay , at 36,24

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 31
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 36
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 26

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AG Haitan, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
AS Lucia, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
AGP Barracuda, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
AMc Travancore, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Repair Shipyard hits 1
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 1

Up in the Aleutians bad weather prevents the NAVs from launching so we have lost contact with the allied relief force. The CVs will continue towards the Aleutians for now. a Bunch of the CVL fighter airwings were able to upgrade to A6M5s while at Ominato so my carrier force is even deadlier especially with Taikaku in tow. Its possible dean called off the attack after I chewed him out for launching such a hopeless and risky operation.

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RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) - 10/27/2020 11:47:25 PM

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September 10th

The allies launched an air attack on Hyderabad today which damaged the air field a bit, but he paid a heavy price in blood. around 56 allied planes were lost for around 14 Japanese planes shot down and another 10 lost to OPs.

Morning Air attack on Hyderabad (Sindh) , at 42,10

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
A6M5 Zero x 27
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 9

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 2
Hurricane IIb Trop x 8
Hurricane IIc Trop x 5
P-39D Airacobra x 14
P-400 Airacobra x 11
P-40E Warhawk x 34
F4F-3 Wildcat x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M5 Zero: 5 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 8 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Hyderabad (Sindh) , at 42,10

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
A6M5 Zero x 12
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 5

Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 3
Blenheim IV x 12
Hudson IIIa x 3
Lysander II x 28
Mohawk IV x 9
Wapiti IIa x 2
Wellington Ic x 5
B-25C Mitchell x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort I: 1 damaged
Blenheim IV: 4 damaged
Hudson IIIa: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Lysander II: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Mohawk IV: 2 destroyed

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21

During the night we bombarded Bombay again to prevent fort construction. I have another Bombardment of Karachi coming in a few days.

Night Naval bombardment of Bombay at 36,24 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

41 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami
DD Murasame
DD Naganami
DD Makigumo

Allied ground losses:
421 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 35 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 16 (2 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Heavy Industry hits 1
Manpower hits 1
Fires 204
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 1

Outside Karachi the I-166 found a target. A few day ago Junyo and Hiyo and Co sunk around half a dozen cargo ships heading towards Karachi from Abadan at the cost of around 10 planes. Gonna hold off anymore carriers strikes until allied air power is thinned down a bit more by sweeps and naval bombardment.

Submarine attack near Karachi at 38,5

Japanese Ships
SS I-166

Allied Ships
xAK St Essylt, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

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RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) - 10/28/2020 7:02:07 AM

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September 12th

Dean launched another large air strike on Hyderabad today but unfortunately for him his sweeps went in after the bombers, and several of his bombers came in unescorted, and in a piecemeal fashion. The first wave was not pretty for dean.

Morning Air attack on Hyderabad (Sindh) , at 42,10

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 27
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 141
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18

Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 4
Blenheim IV x 10
Hudson IIIa x 9
Lysander II x 10
Mohawk IV x 4
Spitfire VIII x 10
Wapiti IIa x 2
Wellington Ic x 7
B-25C Mitchell x 12
P-39D Airacobra x 9
P-40E Warhawk x 14
P-40K Warhawk x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort I: 2 destroyed
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Hudson IIIa: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
Lysander II: 5 destroyed
Mohawk IV: 1 destroyed
Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed
Wapiti IIa: 1 destroyed
Wellington Ic: 3 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed

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

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 24

The second wave faired even worse.

Morning Air attack on Hyderabad (Sindh) , at 42,10

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 22
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 135
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 7
Lysander II x 7
Mohawk IV x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 4 destroyed
Lysander II: 4 destroyed
Mohawk IV: 3 destroyed

Finally some fighter sweeps showed up and traded alright.

Morning Air attack on Hyderabad (Sindh) , at 42,10

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 22
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 122
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 14

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 5
Hurricane IIc Trop x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 2 destroyed

Lastly another group of unescorted bombers got mauled.

Morning Air attack on Hyderabad (Sindh) , at 42,10

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 19
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 100
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 9

Allied aircraft
Lysander II x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 10
B-26 Marauder x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Lysander II: 3 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 6 destroyed
B-26 Marauder: 5 destroyed

There are a few more smaller strikes that went in as well that I have not shown but suffice to say that by the end of the day dean had lost 126 planes while shooting down 42 of mine. I lost around 7 pilots killed with another 7 injured. I suspect that most of deans pilots that were shot down were lost.

At the end of the day I-6 spotted a sizeable TF off San Francisco

ASW attack near San Francisco at 216,70

Japanese Ships
SS I-6

Allied Ships
DD Meredith
BB Prince of Wales
CA Quincy
CL Honolulu
CLAA San Juan
DD Aylwin
DD Sims
DD Kilty
DD Dewey
DD Dale
DD Downes

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RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) - 10/28/2020 7:13:26 AM

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September 13th

The Ise and Fuso class BBs bombarded karachi today but found dean had laid a few traps for them. Some PT boats were guarding the harbour but the BBs and DDs made short work of them despite bumping into them at 2k yards at night... Gonna send in DDs/PBs to clear out PT boats before future BB bombardments.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Karachi at 40,8, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro
BB Ise
BB Hyuga
DD Kagero
DD Kuroshio
DD Asashio
DD Arashio
DD Harusame
DD Hibiki

Allied Ships
ML No. 187
ML No. 189, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
ML No. 191, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
ML No. 193, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
ML No. 194, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
ML No. 200, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Reduced visibility due to Thunderstorms with 10% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards

CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards

The next surprise was Naval bombers set to night attack that attacks the BBs and her escorts scoring no hits.

Night Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 40,8

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 6

Allied aircraft losses
Vengeance I: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Vengeance I bombing from 1000 feet
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Night Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 40,8

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 5

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
DD Kuroshio

My guess is that the weather really helped here, although when I last checked the exp of the naval bombers dean had here a week back, their naval bombing skill was abysmal so I wasn't clenching my butt cheeks watching this.

Then finally the bombardment went through and it was pretty devastating but not as fantastic as the previous one. Naval bombardment is gonna make the siege of Karachi a hell of a lot easier that's for sure.

Night Naval bombardment of Karachi at 40,8 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 39 damaged
Hurricane IIc Trop: 6 destroyed on ground
P-40E Warhawk: 47 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 7 destroyed on ground
Blenheim IV: 25 damaged
Blenheim IV: 4 destroyed on ground
B-26 Marauder: 5 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 2 destroyed on ground
B-25C Mitchell: 24 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 6 destroyed on ground
P-39D Airacobra: 20 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground
P-400 Airacobra: 9 damaged
P-400 Airacobra: 4 destroyed on ground
Hurricane IIa Trop: 9 damaged
Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
Wellington Ic: 24 damaged
Wellington Ic: 4 destroyed on ground
Hudson IIIa: 1 destroyed on ground
Albacore I: 6 damaged
Albacore I: 1 destroyed on ground
Beaufort I: 1 damaged
Beaufort I: 1 destroyed on ground
F4F-3 Wildcat: 16 damaged
F4F-3 Wildcat: 2 destroyed on ground
Vengeance I: 8 damaged
Vengeance I: 1 destroyed on ground
P-40K Warhawk: 1 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 4 damaged
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 2 destroyed on ground
Mohawk IV: 4 damaged
Mohawk IV: 3 destroyed on ground
Hurricane PR.II: 5 damaged
Hurricane PR.II: 1 destroyed on ground
Spitfire VIII: 6 damaged
Spitfire VIII: 2 destroyed on ground
A-24 Banshee: 4 damaged
A-24 Banshee: 1 destroyed on ground
Lysander II: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Ise
BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso
DD Hibiki
DD Harusame
DD Arashio
DD Asashio
DD Kuroshio
DD Kagero

Allied ground losses:
429 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 71 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Vehicles lost 22 (6 destroyed, 16 disabled)

Airbase hits 37
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 59

Up in the Aleutians some P-38s came out to play with my Tojos and Nicks. The defenders did ok but ended up trading 1:2 but I figure I still went positive in terms of pilot losses.

Morning Air attack on Adak Island , at 162,52

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 16
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 23

Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38E Lightning: 3 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Adak Island , at 162,52

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 10
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 17

Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38E Lightning: 1 destroyed

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Here's a quick picture of Northwest India right now.

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Update on China as well.

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September 16th

Over the past few intervening days I have launched offensive sweeps which didn't go well. The next naval bombardment should help make up for those losses.

A TF of 1 CL and 2 DDs entered Bombay harbour today to clear it of PT boats in preparation for a bombardment tommorow. The TF found the expected PT boats along with a 4 stacker US destroyer. The crack IJN night fighters soon put half the PT boats to the bottom in a series of 3 engagements.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Karachi at 40,8, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Oi
DD Makigumo, Shell hits 1
DD Naganami

Allied Ships
DD Pillsbury, Shell hits 6, on fire
ML No. 187
ML No. 201
ML No. 202
ML No. 204
ML No. 214
ML No. 230
ML No. 245
ML No. 246
ML No. 247, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
ML No. 269, Shell hits 1
ML No. 303, Shell hits 2

Low visibility due to Rain with 35% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Rain and 35% moonlight: 3,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards

The IJN TF then finished off the DD.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Karachi at 40,8, Range 3,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Oi
DD Makigumo
DD Naganami

Allied Ships
DD Pillsbury, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
ML No. 303, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

The third engagement sunk another 3 more PT boats.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Karachi at 39,9, Range 5,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Oi
DD Makigumo
DD Naganami

Allied Ships
ML No. 187
ML No. 201
ML No. 202, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
ML No. 204
ML No. 214, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
ML No. 230, Shell hits 1
ML No. 245
ML No. 246, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
ML No. 269, Shell hits 1

The BBs will stop at Karachi tomorrow just after another sweep made by a small CL TF. Air sweeps will also go in.

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September 17th

The BBs go in first by accident today, so they have to deal with the PT boat screen. Thankfully they don't take any damage and are able to clean up the PTs before bombarding.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Karachi at 40,8, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro
BB Ise
BB Hyuga
CL Abukuma
DD Kuroshio
DD Harusame
DMS W-11
DMS W-12

Allied Ships
ML No. 187
ML No. 201, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
ML No. 204, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
ML No. 230, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
ML No. 245, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
ML No. 269, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

The BBs also get attack by dive bombers attacking at night, I sleep zzzzzzzzz

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Night Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 40,8

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 3

Allied aircraft losses
Vengeance I: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
BB Ise

But then some ****ing Biplanes show up and my heart is racing. If anything is going to hit my BBs its gonna be the ****ing British Biplanes ofc. Thankfully they miss with their torpedo's and a heart attack is averted.

Night Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 40,8

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
Albacore I x 8

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso
BB Hyuga

The BBs then Bombard Karachi.

Night Naval bombardment of Karachi at 40,8

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 15 damaged
Blenheim IV: 7 destroyed on ground
Wellington Ic: 35 damaged
Wellington Ic: 8 destroyed on ground
P-40E Warhawk: 48 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 9 destroyed on ground
P-39D Airacobra: 17 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 7 destroyed on ground
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 11 damaged
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 destroyed on ground
B-25C Mitchell: 10 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 9 destroyed on ground
Hurricane IIb Trop: 14 damaged
Hurricane IIb Trop: 3 destroyed on ground
Hudson IIIa: 5 damaged
Hudson IIIa: 5 destroyed on ground
P-400 Airacobra: 18 damaged
P-400 Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground
Lysander II: 12 damaged
Lysander II: 3 destroyed on ground
F4F-3 Wildcat: 13 damaged
F4F-3 Wildcat: 4 destroyed on ground
B-26 Marauder: 9 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 3 destroyed on ground
Vengeance I: 4 damaged
Vengeance I: 2 destroyed on ground
Hurricane IIa Trop: 2 damaged
Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
P-40K Warhawk: 9 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground
A-24 Banshee: 10 damaged
A-24 Banshee: 1 destroyed on ground
Mohawk IV: 5 damaged
Mohawk IV: 1 destroyed on ground
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground
Hurricane IIc Trop: 3 damaged
Hurricane IIc Trop: 2 destroyed on ground
Spitfire VIII: 5 damaged
Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed on ground
Albacore I: 4 damaged
Hurricane PR.II: 1 damaged
Hurricane PR.II: 1 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Ise
BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso
CL Abukuma
DD Harusame
DD Kuroshio
DMS W-12
DMS W-11

Allied ground losses:
1037 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 60 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 13 disabled
Guns lost 23 (3 destroyed, 20 disabled)
Vehicles lost 13 (3 destroyed, 10 disabled)

Airbase hits 38
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 71

Later in the day Sweeps go in and trade fairly evenly.

Afternoon Air attack on Karachi , at 40,8

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 4
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 8
Hurricane IIb Trop x 2
Hurricane IIc Trop x 13
Mohawk IV x 2
Spitfire VIII x 4
P-39D Airacobra x 7
P-400 Airacobra x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 17
P-40K Warhawk x 2
F4F-3 Wildcat x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed
P-400 Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

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September 23rd

An allied carrier was spotted west of Socotra up near Karachi. Most likely the Enterprise since its a little too soon for the Wasp and Yorktown to be over here. The carrier was detected to have around 30 fighters and 30 bombers. Carrier Division 4 sortied to engage but the TF fled off map after being spotted. I was a little sloppy today and didnt provide LCAP to the Cruiser TF going to bombard Karachi, and I paid for it with Mikuma receiving a torpedo from a biplane. About what I would expect tbh. The rest of the Bombardment group will carry on with the bombardment while Mikuma limps back to port with 30 float, 30 engine, and 20 systems damage. Mikuma will detatch and retreat south covered by fighters at Hyderabad, with bad weather hopefully covering her escape. Thunderstorms are predicted on all 3 northern weather sections of the map.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 36,8

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 1

Allied aircraft
Albacore I x 5
Hurricane IIc Trop x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Albacore I: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma, Torpedo hits 1

The BBs are rearmed as well and Will bombard again on the following day.

The good news however was that I've sunk a large AO and a Tanker over the few intervening days and Deans CAP is at the end of its rope up in Karachi. Further Bombardments will only make it worse.

Morning Air attack on Karachi , at 40,8

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 140 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 38 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 55

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 2
Hurricane IIb Trop x 4
Hurricane IIc Trop x 1
Mohawk IV x 4
Spitfire VIII x 2
P-39D Airacobra x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 4
P-40K Warhawk x 1
F4F-3 Wildcat x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed
Mohawk IV: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

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Sub attack near Lahaina at 184,106

Japanese Ships
SS I-7

Allied Ships
AO Victoria, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
SC-702

Sweeps up in the Aleutians trade fairly evenly, ive started Putting my cap super low like 3-8k and it has significantly increased dean's p-38 losses.

Morning Air attack on Adak Island , at 162,52

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 19
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 22

Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38E Lightning: 3 destroyed

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September 26th

The day starts with some annoying night bombing up north in the Aleutians. A few Nicks will be set to night cap at 5k.

Night Air attack on Adak Island , at 162,52

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K1 Emily: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3

A sub gets some revenge near perth.

Japanese Ships
SS I-24

Allied Ships
xAK Michael Livanos, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

East of Marcus island some DD raiders found 2 port units being transported up to the aleutians and sink them and are not spotted despite being within the search arcs of my recon. Gonna move some Jakes up here and switch the flying boats to 360 degree search arcs at 15 hex range.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Marcus Island at 132,87, Range 18,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Yokae Maru, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
PB Uruboko Maru, Shell hits 18, and is sunk
xAK Oridono Maru, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Daigen Maru, Shell hits 21, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Aiyo Maru, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Lansdowne
DD Bailey
DD Gansevoort
DD Arrow
DD Foxhound
DD Inconstant

Japanese ground losses:
5221 casualties reported
Squads: 41 destroyed, 29 disabled
Non Combat: 70 destroyed, 172 disabled
Engineers: 14 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 22 (21 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (12 destroyed, 2 disabled)

My fighters set to low cap are doing pretty well against the P-38s now. Pretty happy with the trades over Adak.

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 18
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 19

Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38E Lightning: 3 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Adak Island , at 162,52

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 16
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 16

Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 34

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38E Lightning: 3 destroyed

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September 28th

The big news today is that the allies have withdrawn/disbanded all air units in Karachi, meaning the air war for India is over!!! approximately 500 allied planes were destroyed on the ground via bombardment with another around another 100 in the air. BANZAI BANZAI BANZAI. Now the grueling siege of Karachi well and truly begins. I'm gonna coordinate my first assault on the city with a bombardment by the BBs and CAs.

Nicks set to night cap disrupt a B-17 night attack.

weather in hex: Partial cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 5

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged

Some Allied DDs are probing near the Solomon islands. Gonna get a sentai of Vals over here, and convert a sentai of dive bomber lilys once those come online.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Choiseul Bay at 113,132

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
G4M1 Betty x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Kingston
DD Oreleck
DD Kimberly
DD McKee

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Mikuma made it back to a repair dockyard a few days ago and is repairing.

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October 2nd

The Judy and Judy-c have begun production along side the J1n1-c.
I've switched over the Val factory to Judy and a B5N1 factory I had that was using up one of the old engine pools to fill out training units. I wont be making many judys until the end of the month, but I plan to expand my production up to around 90. All 120 R&D factories have remained to push towards the D4Y5. The A6M8 will go into production in about 5 days from now when the factory accelerates to the current month, Once its done I think I'll reinvest at least half of the R&D into newer fighter models such as the N1K1 and K-84a.

Ive been trying to probe Dean's Nav search in a way similar to see if I can conduct some surface raids in retaliation, but yesterday 2 AMCs were spotted and sunk by PBYs. I'm gonna start equipping my cruisers with Ruffes to protect them from PBYs.

Over Karachi I've begun bombing the manpower hoping to start fires and destroy supply. Not sure if this is more efficient than just bombing the air field. I really wish I had a heavy bomber for this job but the G8N1 doesn't arrive till 1945 with no upgrade path, making it kind of pointless. I'm currently flying my bombers at 12k feet which is high enough to stay away from 40mm bofors but should I be flying higher despite the decreased accuracy? I'm losing around 4-5 bombers per day from flak so IDK.

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October 3rd

Attack on Karachi is going in tomorrow here a picture of the AV prior to the attack.

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October 4th Attack on Karachi #1

Air attacks went in beforehand in a few groups to soften up Karachi. Three attacks do about as much damage as this one and are not very effective.

Morning Air attack on 23rd Indian Division, at 40,8 (Karachi)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 124 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 29
A6M2-N Rufe x 4
A6M5 Zero x 12
E13A1 Jake x 2
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 12
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 9
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 16 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 12 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 10 damaged

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

The bombardment before hand was a bit more effective.

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Naval bombardment of Karachi at 40,8 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

27 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Ise
BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya, Shell hits 5
CA Mogami
CL Abukuma
CL Sendai
DD Harusame
DD Murasame
DD Kuroshio
DD Naganami
DD Makigumo
DMS W-12
DMS W-11

Allied Ships
AMc Ahmedabad, Shell hits 1, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
1417 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 128 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 29 (8 destroyed, 21 disabled)
Vehicles lost 26 (5 destroyed, 21 disabled)

Fires 2909
Airbase hits 26
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 70
Port hits 7
Port fuel hits 2

Then the attack on Karachi itself.

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Ground combat at Karachi (40,8)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 202411 troops, 2080 guns, 1887 vehicles, Assault Value = 6521

Defending force 167031 troops, 2343 guns, 1825 vehicles, Assault Value = 3683

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Japanese adjusted assault: 3233

Allied adjusted defense: 6991

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 4)

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

Japanese ground losses:
19268 casualties reported
Squads: 371 destroyed, 1641 disabled
Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 330 disabled
Engineers: 73 destroyed, 303 disabled
Guns lost 187 (13 destroyed, 174 disabled)
Vehicles lost 234 (21 destroyed, 213 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
5669 casualties reported
Squads: 37 destroyed, 387 disabled
Non Combat: 30 destroyed, 356 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 105 disabled
Guns lost 117 (17 destroyed, 100 disabled)
Vehicles lost 172 (17 destroyed, 155 disabled)

Another Division, the arty and engineers from the Philippines are on their way. I just bought another Division out of Manchuria which will probably also be moved over here. That should give me 17 Divisions to play with. The most damaged units will move to Hyderabad to replenish, while air and naval bombardment will continue.

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October 8th
Allies appear to be attempting to resupply/reinforce Adak. A few CVEs are covering the landings along with at least 1 BB. Minesweepers went in first to clean out my mine and got shredded. I still have around 400 Mines in the base. Most of my carriers are not close enough to intercept. Carrier Division 2 is at Saipan, and will move up to the Aleutians. The rest of my carriers are protecting my BBs near Karachi. The Nagato sisters, Yamato, and about 6 CLs and a dozen DDs are on station to possibly intercept if he stays long enough, but the BB are just leaving Tokyo now after upgrading. Naval attacks on his shipping were repeatably unable to find their targets today so the 27 Vals I had up there disappointed the emperor. I plan to move 2 units of G4Ms up here to help in the future.

TF 88 encounters mine field at Adak Island (162,52) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

47 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
DMS Hopkins, Shell hits 6, on fire
YMS-99, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
YMS-98, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
YMS-97, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
YMS-96, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
YMS-95, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
YMS-94, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

All the air attacks were small and came in piece meal.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Atka Island at 164,51

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 41
H8K1 Emily x 3

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 16
F4F-4 Wildcat x 31

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 5 destroyed
H8K1 Emily: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CVE Hammondsport
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Atka Island at 164,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 2
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 4
F4F-4 Wildcat x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
BB Maryland
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Chuginadak Island at 168,54

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
SC-741, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

In other news yesterday an h8k1 nailed a DD with 2 Torps that was poking around near the gilberts. Not a fair trade for the cargo ships they sunk earlier but at least some well deserved revenge.

In terms of Air production the A6M8 has been in production for a few days. I'm currently making around 220, but Once I fill out my units I'll shut off some of the factories.

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snap shot of the Aleutians on October 8th

Note that 5 Allied BBs are supporting the landings at Adak but have used at least some of their ammo suppressing the coastal guns over 2 days.

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What level field forts does your Army at Karachi have?
If you let them dig in to level 1 or 2 that should help reduce casualties in the next attack.
If you move them they lose their field forts and have to dig in from scratch again.

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quote:

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What level field forts does your Army at Karachi have?
If you let them dig in to level 1 or 2 that should help reduce casualties in the next attack.
If you move them they lose their field forts and have to dig in from scratch again.

Hmm I didn't know that field forts would reduce casualties on the attack, not all the Divs have been cycled out yet so I'll leave the ones that didn't move outside the city. The rest might as well move back to Hyderabad to recover.

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October 10th

Allied support units continue to unload at Adak, and the coastal guns are having an easier time disrupting these activities. The BBs look like they are mostly out of ammo in their 16" and 14" guns.

Invasion Support action off Adak Island (162,52)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

171 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
xAP St. Mihel, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB South Dakota
BB West Virginia
xAK Admiral Y. Williams, Shell hits 1, on fire
AP William Ward Burrows
DD Delphy
DD Kipling

Allied ground losses:
137 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

In the Rabaul Area some B-17s are bombing some my forward air fields but I'm not too concerned by that at the moment as deans real thrust rn looks to be in the Aleutians. Most of my carriers are too far away to bother sending but the Shokaku, Ryujo, and Zuikaku are moving to engage his CVS which have around 50 fighters and 16 bombers.

On the ground in the Aleutians the Allies made their first attack which was repulsed a SNLF unit is currenltly being transfered via air to Adak, and will be followed by a regiment. Once the carriers and BBs get up here I also have a Division ready to reinforce the Island.

Ground combat at Adak Island (162,52)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 30626 troops, 566 guns, 431 vehicles, Assault Value = 1039

Defending force 21065 troops, 335 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 512

Allied adjusted assault: 566

Japanese adjusted defense: 535

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 4)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3

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

Japanese ground losses:
1567 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 147 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 60 (6 destroyed, 54 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
865 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 103 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 16 destroyed, 73 disabled
Guns lost 35 (2 destroyed, 33 disabled)
Vehicles lost 24 (2 destroyed, 22 disabled)

Assaulting units:
151st Cmbt Engineer Battalion
1st Marine Division
102nd Cmbt Engineer Regiment
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
34th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
802nd Cmbt Engineer Battalion
25th Infantry Division
22nd Marine Regiment
110th Cmbt Engineer Battalion
762nd Tank Battalion
145th Field Artillery Battalion
1st AmphTrac Engineer Battalion
181st Field Artillery Battalion
183rd Field Artillery Battalion
165th Field Artillery Battalion
188th Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
31st Port Maint Engineer Battalion

Defending units:
2nd China Assault Division
Combined 8th SNLF
2nd Sasebo Assault Division
82nd Naval Guard Unit
17th Port Unit
13th Air Flotilla
5th JNAF AF Unit
36th JNAF AF Unit

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RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) - 11/6/2020 12:03:35 PM

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October 12th

Nav search let me down today, I spotted what I thought was 6 DDs over near Funafuti south of Tarawa being resupplied by some AOs. A TF of 5 DDs and the CA Nachi went to engage, but walked into a much larger TF than what my recon was telling me. This was after a few days of the TF being spotted and even attacked by H8Ks which went for the DDs. The results werent ideal but not as bad as I expected. by the time the dust cleared I had confirmed to have sunk at least 1 DD at the cost of the CA Nachi and DD Usugumo. The rest will make it back lightly damaged.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Funafuti at 138,147, Range 26,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Nachi, Shell hits 27, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Akatsuki, Shell hits 1
DD Fubuki, Shell hits 1
DD Shinonome, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
DD Usugumo, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CA New Orleans, Shell hits 5, on fire
CA Vincennes, Shell hits 1, on fire
CL Helena
DD Hughes, Shell hits 2
DD Benham, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Ellet, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD MacDonough, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
DD McKee, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
CA Algerie, Shell hits 3
DD Kingston, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
DD Kimberly, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Up in the Aleutians the weather is supposed to clear so 36 G4Ms and 36 G3Ms along with 20 Vals will attempt to attack the Allied landing ships and BBs protecting them. Hopefully the weather is good.

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RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) - 11/7/2020 11:26:08 AM

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October 14th
The Betties didn't launch yesterday due to bad weather, It looks like dean might be preparing for a round 2, since he is still unable to take the base, I'm gonna reinforce Adak with the 9th Division in the mean time, And start building another base at Shemya Island as a reserve depot base, and to prevent the out flanking of my troops on Adak.

An Initial bombardment by the vanguard at Chungking gives an idea of what is there.

Ground combat at Chungking (76,45)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 91950 troops, 1114 guns, 509 vehicles, Assault Value = 2727

Defending force 151163 troops, 803 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4432

Japanese ground losses:
578 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 52 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
184 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Assaulting units:
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
6th Division
34th Division
3rd Division
57th Infantry Brigade
39th Division
17th Division
4th Garrison Unit
26th Engineer Regiment
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4th Mortar Battalion
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
12th Army
21st Mortar Battalion
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
11th Army
11th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
43rd Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
8th Construction Regiment
19th Chinese Corps
200th Chinese Division
45th Chinese Corps
49th Chinese Corps
94th Chinese Corps
51st Chinese Corps
7th New Chinese Corps
86th Chinese Corps
14th Chinese Corps
53rd Chinese Corps
71st Chinese Corps
16th Construction Regiment
3rd Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps
13th Construction Regiment
37th Chinese Corps
10th Construction Regiment
57th Chinese Corps
12th Construction Regiment
10th Chinese Base Force
23rd Group Army
3rd Construction Regiment
Central Reserve
10th Group Army
China Command
7th Construction Regiment
20th Artillery Regiment
39th Group Army
CAF HQ
1st War Area
22nd Artillery Regiment
32nd Group Army
13th Chinese Base Force
21st Group Army
56th AT Gun Regiment
57th AT Gun Regiment
3rd War Area
49th AA Regiment
41st AA Regiment
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment
25th Group Army
14th Chinese Base Force

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RE: RA Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A) - 11/8/2020 5:13:52 AM

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October 15th

Not a ton to report today, Bad weather prevented air strikes at Karachi, but not at bombay. Additionally dean hasn't sent a second wave yet or attacked again with his troops on Adak . The 9th Division will probably land at Amchitka to guard the rear, and I'll move the regiment at Amchitka over to Adak.

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