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RE: November 16, 1942 - 12/18/2021 12:43:57 AM

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November 16, 1942

Nothing much swept all the mines at Akyab.

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RE: November 17, 1942 - 12/18/2021 3:53:46 PM

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Not a good turn for me. He sent a lot of bombers to Akyab and I was not able to defend well
Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 40

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 16
P-40E Warhawk x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 6 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 28000 feet

CAP engaged:
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
23rd FG/76th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 29000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 91
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 42

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 12
P-40E Warhawk x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
30 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
32 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
12 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35000 , scrambling fighters between 29000 and 31080.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 105 minutes
23rd FG/76th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 29000 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 58

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4
P-40E Warhawk x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
DD Inconstant, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Nizam, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Cairo City, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Barala, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
PG Lawrence, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Barjora, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
DD Norman, Bomb hits 1

Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 13000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
31 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 13000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
8 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 18000 feet

CAP engaged:
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 143 minutes
23rd FG/76th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 29000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 36

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar sweeping at 28000 feet

I lost DD Inconstant, she sank. I will lose 3 size 2900 xAKs, I hope to get the rest of the ships out.

I fared better in the air war. I lost 4 P-40Es, all to ops loss, so no pilots were lost. I lost 3 Hurricane IIc,
2 air 2 air and 1 ops and two pilots were lost.
He lost 12 Ki-43-Ic Oscars, 10 air-2-air and 2 ops. He lost 4 Ki-21-IIa Sallys all to air-2-air.
He lost 2 A6M2 Zeros, 1 air-2-air and 1 ops. He lost 1 Ki-49-IIb Helen in air-2-air.
So it comes out to 19:7 ratio, not all that good, but I will have to live with it.
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I took Ontong Java with a Marine Raider unit fast transported. I am not sure if I will build it up or not.

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RE: November 18, 1942 - 12/18/2021 7:49:05 PM

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November 18, 1942

An even worse day at Akyab. He sent bombers at night swept during the day.

I lost 14 aircraft 7 Hurricane IIb ( 3 air-2air, 1 ground and 3 writeoff)
6 P-40E ( 3 air-2-air, 2 ground and 1 write off )
1 Hurricane IIc on the ground

I lost 2 USAAF pilots and 2 British pilots.

I also have 41 damaged aircraft at Akyab

In return I downed 11 IJA aircraft( 9 Ki-43-Ic and 2 Ki-43-1b )

Ugly day for the Allies

And as expected all 3 xAKs at Akyab sank
but all others got their fires put out and returned to port.

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RE: November 19, 1942 - 12/18/2021 11:57:52 PM

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November 19, 1042

Interesting, nothing happened this turn, really nothing.

I was able to get 9 aircraft at Akyab repaired and moved out, now
there is only 32 damaged aircraft there.

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RE: November 20, 1942 - 12/19/2021 4:27:41 PM

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November 20, 1942

He sent 8 waves of Sallys and Helens on night bombing at Akyab.
The weather was thunderstorms and none of my aircraft were destroyed.
I was able to evacuate another 10 fighters from Akyab.
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My small SCTF at Munda reacted

Day Time Surface Combat, near Shortlands at 110,132, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Myoken Maru, Shell hits 31, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Raleigh
CL Detroit
DD Benham
DD Flusser
DD Tucker
DMS Trevor

Sadly, none of my ships gained any experience points for that.
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RE: November 21, 1942 - 12/19/2021 6:22:31 PM

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November 21, 192

Not much, I am landing a NZ Brigade at Vela Lavella
He did not do a bombardment attack, so there is not much there.

I did a bombardment mission at Arakan Yoma (C) ( I will have to get a screen shot to show where that is
Ground combat at Arakan Yoma C (55,47)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 95298 troops, 1086 guns, 1148 vehicles, Assault Value = 3478

Defending force 27062 troops, 242 guns, 111 vehicles, Assault Value = 942

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

Assaulting units:
74th Chinese Corps
7th Armoured Brigade
18th British Division
23rd Indian Division
2nd British Division
29th Chinese Corps
26th Indian Division
92nd Chinese Corps
21st Light AA Regiment
6th Heavy AA Regiment
22nd Group Army

Defending units:
10th Division
14th Division

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RE: November 22, 1942 - 12/19/2021 9:00:18 PM

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November 22, 1942

Interesting turn.

First my SCTF reacted twice for 6 hexes total to this:
Day Time Surface Combat, near Feni Islands at 110,126, Range 22,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Hakkaisan Maru, Shell hits 22, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Raleigh
CL Detroit
DD Benham
DD Flusser
DD Tucker
DMS Trevor

The TF is set for a react of 3 hexes
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Then, last turn when I landed at Vela Lavella I had this in the CR

Pre-Invasion action off Vella Lavella (110,133)

Allied Ships
CL Concord

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

CL Concord firing at 67th Naval Guard Unit

But this turn the base flipped before combat.
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Another BA at Arakan Yoma C
Ground combat at Arakan Yoma C (55,47)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 95387 troops, 1087 guns, 1149 vehicles, Assault Value = 3873

Defending force 27042 troops, 242 guns, 111 vehicles, Assault Value = 940

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

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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He sent his bombers on night attacks to Cox's Bazaaar
where I have no aircraft, he lost 1 Sally to flak and
all the minor runway damage has been repaired.
The weather was moderate rain and he bombed from 10,000 feet
and got 4 runway hits with 53 bombers

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RE: November 23, 1942 - 12/19/2021 11:49:37 PM

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November 23, 1942

I hope I am not using up all my good luck. KB showed up 6 hexes East of Rabaul
It send out a small attack on my small SCTF at Ontong Java.
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ontong Java at 115,131

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 54
B5N2 Kate x 16
D3A1 Val x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 5 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val: 2 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
CL Honolulu, Bomb hits 3, on fire
DD Case
DD Dunlap

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
15 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
10 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
3 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Honolulu

CL Honolulu suffered minor damage, dispite taking 2 deck penetration hits.
She is at 11 system damage, 2 minor flood damage, and 3 minor engine damage, and no fires.
Still able to make 30 knots.
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RE: November 22, 1942 - 12/20/2021 4:33:37 AM

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At Vela Lavella he could have been airlifting the last of his troops out by transport or Patrol Aircraft. Either that or the unit dispersed because there was so little left of it, allowing the base to flip with no battle.

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RE: November 23, 1942 - 12/20/2021 2:02:49 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Nomad

CL Honolulu suffered minor damage, dispite taking 2 deck penetration hits.
She is at 11 system damage, 2 minor flood damage, and 3 minor engine damage, and no fires.
Still able to make 30 knots.
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I'd say the hits were FOW then and only one actually damaged her and even then you were quite lucky with the die rolls that she took only that light damage. I've seen three 250kg bombs sinking heavy cruisers if they didn't get into a port soon enough.

Are you playing a mod with reduced bomb damage?

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RE: November 23, 1942 - 12/20/2021 3:22:09 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: castor troy

quote:

ORIGINAL: Nomad

CL Honolulu suffered minor damage, dispite taking 2 deck penetration hits.
She is at 11 system damage, 2 minor flood damage, and 3 minor engine damage, and no fires.
Still able to make 30 knots.
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I'd say the hits were FOW then and only one actually damaged her and even then you were quite lucky with the die rolls that she took only that light damage. I've seen three 250kg bombs sinking heavy cruisers if they didn't get into a port soon enough.

Are you playing a mod with reduced bomb damage?

No, this is Andy Macs updated scenario 2 with extra bases. I checked with my other game that is a standard scenario 2 and the 250 kg bombs have an effect of 370 in both scenarios.

Just dumb luck I guess. Note that one of the hits was an ineffective belt hit.

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RE: November 24, 1942 - 12/20/2021 3:25:00 PM

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November 24, 1942

He tried bombing Chittagong at night to no effect.
Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 72 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 11

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
No.607 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (3 airborne, 11 on standby, 2 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes

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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 7

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 16

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

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
No.607 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (14 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
14 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes

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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 15

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

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
No.607 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (13 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
13 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes

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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 8

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 15

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

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
No.607 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (13 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
13 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes

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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
No.607 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
12 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes

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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 8

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 14

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

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
No.607 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (14 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
14 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 17000.
Raid is overhead

He lost 4 Sally bombers, 1 air-2-air and 3 to flack.

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I did a ground attack at Shortlands, I detected 2 Naval Guard units.
Recon says 3 units and since I have seen aircraft there I will assume
that the third unit is a Base Force of some kind.

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RE: November 25, 1942 - 12/20/2021 9:10:56 PM

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November 25, 1942

LB did a turn around, I didn't see it last turn and this turn it showed up 2 hexes East of Shortlands

Two attacks on Amphibious TFs at Vela Lavella

Morning Air attack on TF, near Vella Lavella at 110,133

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 16
D3A1 Val x 25

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

Allied Ships
CL Concord, Bomb hits 1
CL Trenton
xAP Camphuys, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
DD Nepal
xAP Kwangtung, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
16 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
9 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
3 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Camphuys

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Vella Lavella at 110,133

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 41
B5N2 Kate x 13
D3A1 Val x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged
D3A1 Val: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
xAP Soochow, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CL Concord, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
DD Nepal, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
CL Trenton, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires
xAP Camphuys, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
13 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
3 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
11 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Concord

xAP Kwangtung and xAP Camphuys were sunk outright
With any luck CL Trenton, CL concord, and DD Nepal will make it to a friendly port.
They have 2 an 3 fires and will have to move at full speed this turn.
xAP Soochow was disbanded into port, her speed was too low to try get away, we will see what happens.
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He also attack the port at Ontong Java, sinking xAKL Island Mail and AVD Thornton and probably AVE McFarland wlll sink in the next day or so.

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The only good part is two attacks on TFs at Tulagi
Morning Air attack on TF, near Tulagi at 114,137

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 98 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 10
D3A1 Val x 15

Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 48

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 7 destroyed
D3A1 Val: 8 destroyed

No Allied losses

CAP engaged:
18th FG/6th FS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 17 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 21000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
18th FG/78th FS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 17 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tulagi at 114,137

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 13
B5N2 Kate x 2

Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 50

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 5 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
18th FG/6th FS with P-40B Warhawk (8 airborne, 17 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 21000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
18th FG/78th FS with P-40B Warhawk (8 airborne, 17 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
13 planes vectored on to bombers

This cost him a few A6M3as and about 13 each of Vals and Kates.
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My Cats from Port Moresby tried a torpedo attack and failed. This is the first sighting of Tojos

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kavieng at 106,122

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 14

Allied aircraft
PBY-5 Catalina x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5 Catalina: 3 destroyed

CAP engaged:
246th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes

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A note about KB

On Nov 24 my mouseover showed 179 fighters and 204 bombers
on Nov 26 my mouseover showed 272 fighters and 266 bombers

Not sure exactly what it means. There is always some FoW in the
mouseovers, but that seems to be a lot, and he might have merged
some more CVs with his original KB.

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RE: November 26, 1942 - 12/21/2021 12:28:00 AM

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November 26, 1942

I sent 72 B25C/B26/B26B on a night bombing mission at Magwe, targeting the oil
60 of them found the target and bombed. Mouseover shows I damaged 20 oil.

Tonight I target something else.

CL Trenton, CL concord, and DD Nepal all made it to a friendly port.
xAP Soochow looks like it will make it, barring further bomb hits
AVD McFarland looks bad, fires went up to 44 and sys damage is at 83,
I fear she will not make it.

KB has disappeared again.

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RE: November 27, 1942 - 12/21/2021 1:23:03 PM

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November 27, 1942

My bombers in India hit a small LI in Burma with no hits!!

He tried bombing my airfield at Silcar to no effect

Interesting that KB showed back up, I kind of expected it.
KB is two hexes East of Green Island and he launched a port attack
on Vella Lavella, sinking xAP Soochow.
Morning Air attack on Vella Lavella , at 110,133

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 47
B5N2 Kate x 32
D3A1 Val x 50

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
xAP Soochow, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk

Port hits 20
Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
16 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 5000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
16 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
16 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 5000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
9 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
11 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
3 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb

He does seem to be playing ropeadope with KB. I am not worried, he is just
expending fuel for no real gain.

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RE: November 28, 1942 - 12/21/2021 6:37:00 PM

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November 28, 1942

My Subs were active this turn

SS Tuna was just moving to her patrol location

Sub attack near Ominato at 125,67

Japanese Ships
xAKL Yanagigawa, Shell hits 5, on fire

Allied Ships
SS Tuna

SS Tuna attacking on the surface
SS Tuna low on gun ammo, Taylor, E.B. breaks off surface engagement and submerges

She fired 1/4 of her torps and got no BOOMS, some Doinks.
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This was a BOOM and a DOINK
Submarine attack near Palembang at 49,90

Japanese Ships
xAKL Kofuku Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Skipjack

xAKL Kofuku Maru is sighted by SS Skipjack
SS Skipjack attacking xAKL Kofuku Maru on the surface
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And then SS Salmon also got a DOINK and a BOOM
Sub attack near Muntok at 49,89

Japanese Ships
PB Heiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Mikitade Maru

Allied Ships
SS Salmon

SS Salmon launches 2 torpedoes at PB Heiyo Maru
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He made 4 night bombing runs at Silchar, I have night CAP up, but none showed
up. Nothing in the Combat Report and nothing on the replay animation.
The weather was Thunderstorms, so maybe they just didn't find them or
couldn't take off.

He got no hits, but lost 3 Salley bombers, 2 Flak and 1 ops

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I made 10 attacks on the Resources at Mandalay
93 bombers made bomb runs, I lost 1 B-26 to ops loss, and I got about 4 hits
the weather was really bad, Severe Storms.
Forecast is for rain again, so I will keep all my bombers on the ground tonight.
I am flying these missions mostly to gain experience for my bomber crews, I do not
have enough long range fighters to be able to do daylight bombing at this time.

KB moved 9 hexes to the East, it is now 11 hexes directly East of Green Island.

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RE: November 29, 1942 - 12/21/2021 11:58:12 PM

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November 29, 1942

Nothing happened.

Well there were two things I guess.
I got my first LST today.
And I got my extra US Army division from my variants.

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RE: November 30, 1942 - 12/22/2021 3:04:28 PM

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November 30, 1942

Nothing happened today.

But, I am doing the December 1, turn and I now start getting F6F-3 Hellcats per one of my Variants.

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RE: November 30, 1942 - 12/22/2021 5:16:35 PM

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November 30, 1942

Nothing happened today.

But, I am doing the December 1, turn and I now start getting F6F-3 Hellcats per one of my Variants.

Guess that's going to have much more effect than the extra US Div. At which replacement rate are the Hellcats coming?

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RE: November 30, 1942 - 12/22/2021 5:21:34 PM

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The F6F-3 have a 130 per month rate. I accelerated their development by 4 months.

I think I would not have taken the extra Infantry Division if I had it to do over.
But I was trying to strike a balance between all the types of variants.

A couple of intel items I have picked up on.

He is accelerating the A6M5c but not the A6M5 or A6M5b
He is accelerating the D4Y4 Judy but not the D4Y1, D4Y2, or D4Y3.

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RE: December 1, 1942 - 12/22/2021 9:30:04 PM

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December 1, 1942

Nothing

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RE: December 2, 1942 - 12/23/2021 12:49:29 AM

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December 2, 1942

A mine hit:
TF 178 encounters mine field at 49,90

Japanese Ships
PB Mikitade Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

A BOOM
Sub attack near Palembang at 49,90

Japanese Ships
PB Yahonui Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Skipjack
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A miss and a DOINK
Sub attack near Shikuka at 128,46

Japanese Ships
xAK Seikyo Maru
xAK Mexico Maru
xAK Kinsyo Maru
xAK Sinsei Maru
PB Tonon Maru

Allied Ships
SS Whale
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Sub attack near Shikuka at 128,47

Japanese Ships
xAK Sinsei Maru
xAK Seikyo Maru
xAK Mexico Maru
xAK Kinsyo Maru
PB Tonon Maru

Allied Ships
SS Whale

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RE: November 30, 1942 - 12/23/2021 11:42:36 AM

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The F6F-3 have a 130 per month rate. I accelerated their development by 4 months.

I think I would not have taken the extra Infantry Division if I had it to do over.
But I was trying to strike a balance between all the types of variants.

A couple of intel items I have picked up on.

He is accelerating the A6M5c but not the A6M5 or A6M5b
He is accelerating the D4Y4 Judy but not the D4Y1, D4Y2, or D4Y3.

Do you have a hr about R&D? He would get the D4Y4 way faster if he would research the first version and then just go 1, 2, 3 to 4 and not directly for the D4Y4 which will take him most likely 1,5 years longer that way. Same for the Zeke.

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RE: December 3, 1942 - 12/23/2021 2:10:59 PM

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Hi caster troy, we have no house rules, he is free to do what he wants. But I am also able to do what I want.
I wondered about that. I also thought he would buy two Ki-84a factories with his variants, but he chose to
buy two Ki-84r.

Nothing much happened today. He had a DMS at Palembang and swept the mines I laid before. I only got one PB with them.

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RE: December 4, 1942 - 12/24/2021 2:19:20 PM

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December 4, 1942

Another working Mk-14 causes a BOOM
Sub attack near Palembang at 49,90

Japanese Ships
DMS W-18, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Skipjack

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I landed a USMC defense Battalion at Tabiteuea and it did not
do a shock attack against the empty base. I thought it would

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RE: December 5, 1942 - 12/24/2021 7:23:57 PM

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A Recon, air bombing and a Naval bombardment at Shortlands shows not much there.
Recon says 3 units, I see two Naval Guard units.
Night Naval bombardment of Shortlands at 109,131

Allied Ships
BB Mississippi
BB New Mexico
BB Idaho
BB California
BB Maryland

Japanese ground losses:
184 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled

Resources hits 1
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 26
Port hits 7
Port fuel hits 2

BB Mississippi firing at Shortlands
BB New Mexico firing at 82nd Naval Guard Unit
BB Idaho firing at Shortlands
BB California firing at 65th Naval Guard Unit
BB Maryland firing at Shortlands Morning Air attack on 65th Naval Guard Unit, at 109,131 (Shortlands)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 48

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 82nd Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 65th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 82nd Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 65th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 82nd Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 65th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 82nd Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 65th Naval Guard Unit ...

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Strat bombed Paoshan, mouseover says I damaged 11 LI.

Tabiteuea flipped this turn and I moved a PBY unit in, my AVPs will be there tomorrow.

And of course the really intrepid intel from the guys in the dark shack

Iki Fortress is located at Iki-shima(102,57).

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RE: December 6, 1942 - 12/25/2021 7:28:39 PM

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December 6, 1942

Well, 365 days into the game. We did turn 1 on August 31, 2021 and now, 116 days later we just did turn 365.
That works out to 3.15 turns per day( just about PI )

On the ground a DA by me at Arakan Yoma C

Ground combat at Arakan Yoma C (55,47)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 136082 troops, 1583 guns, 1611 vehicles, Assault Value = 5844

Defending force 27056 troops, 242 guns, 111 vehicles, Assault Value = 939

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Allied adjusted assault: 3600

Japanese adjusted defense: 2308

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1422 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 162 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled
Guns lost 24 (1 destroyed, 23 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1864 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 135 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 40 disabled
Guns lost 20 (1 destroyed, 19 disabled)

Assaulting units:
14th Indian Division
20th Indian Division
26th Indian Division
2nd British Division
268th Motorised Brigade
7th Indian Division
47th Chinese Corps
18th Chinese Corps
18th British Division
23rd Indian Division
7th Armoured Brigade
29th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
92nd Chinese Corps
6th Medium Regiment
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Heavy AA Regiment
21st Light AA Regiment
22nd Group Army

Defending units:
10th Division
14th Division

My troops are low on supply and have some disruption, they will rest a turn or two.

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At sea my subs that are moving to Tulagi for upgrades
found this
ASW attack near Nauru Island at 120,125

Japanese Ships
BB Ise
BB Fuso
BB Nagato
CA Furutaka
DD Samidare
DD Murasame
DD Ushio
DD Yugiri
DD Asagiri

Allied Ships
SS Runner, hits 1
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ASW attack near Nauru Island at 120,125

Japanese Ships
DD Harusame
BB Ise
BB Fuso
BB Nagato
CA Furutaka
DD Murasame
DD Ushio
DD Yugiri
DD Asagiri

Allied Ships
SS Gurnard

A mouse over shows aircraft in this TF 63 fighters and 68 Bombers.
It is now 8 hexes NE of Tulagi.

I am going to roll the dice a bit. I have 38 TBF-1s and 57 DBs at Tulagi
with a good number of fighters to escort and some to CAP.

My Death Star is at Tabiteuea and is now moving West 9 hexes to be closer to KB.
I think it will be out of range for this turn, I need to see what might happen.

I have a SCTF with 5 old USN BBs that will move to Tulagi this turn.
One never knows what might happen.

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RE: December 7, 1942 - 12/26/2021 4:57:11 PM

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Missed opportunity
Sub attack near Choiseul Bay at 112,131

Japanese Ships
CV Kaga
BB Kirishima
BB Hiei
CA Chikuma
CA Tone
DD Isokaze
DD Teruzuki
DD Kasumi
DD Tanikaze
DD Urakaze
DD Shiranui

Allied Ships
SS S-46, hits 3

SS S-46 launches 4 torpedoes at CV Kaga
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KB moved to hex 112,131 three hexes East of Shortlands, not quite where
I expected.

KB hit a small amphibious TF unloading at Vella Lavella
Morning Air attack on TF, near Vella Lavella at 110,133

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 54
D3A1 Val x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
xAP Van Overstraten, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Porter, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled
Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)

xAP Van Overstraten sank with some of the troops from the Bobcats
Not a terrible loss, DD Porter will make it to Tulagi this turn
and begin repairs.
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KB had a lot more aircraft that the mouseover showed last turn, or
there are two different TFs. I am not sure. This turn the mouseover
showed 282 fighters and 291 bombers. My air at Tulagi did launch but
to no success, just a lot of lost aircraft and pilots

I will save you the long CR of my failure, We will just say I lost the
following aircraft 32 F4F-4, 29 TBF-1, 24 SBD-3, 7 F4F-3, 4 P-38E
And I record that Japan lost about 2 Jake, 2 A6M3a, 2 A6M2, and 1 Val.

Not a very good showing, but my guys were vastly outnumbered. Note that
none of the Fighters lost were USN, all USA and USMC.
The weather in the morning was moderate rain and the afternoon was Heavy Cloud.

I am going to move my DS to a place where it should be out of range
for the turn but close enough to move in if he makes strikes at one of my heavily
defended Bases
I am very leery of getting DS too close to KB, DS is showing a 10/11 detection level,
not good.

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RE: December 8, 1942 - 12/26/2021 8:52:58 PM

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KB has moved off, it is two hexes East of Kavieng
Mouseover shows a smaller number of aircraft: 235 Fighters and 261 bombers.

I am moving my DS to Nouema to start upgrading fighters to F6F-3.

A large land battle at Arakan Yoma C and I take the base and inflict good losses on my opponent

Ground combat at Arakan Yoma C (55,47)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 159903 troops, 1723 guns, 1771 vehicles, Assault Value = 5651

Defending force 25432 troops, 242 guns, 111 vehicles, Assault Value = 766

Allied adjusted assault: 3462

Japanese adjusted defense: 340

Allied assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied forces CAPTURE Arakan Yoma (C) !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
8579 casualties reported
Squads: 257 destroyed, 166 disabled
Non Combat: 292 destroyed, 71 disabled
Engineers: 87 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 105 (82 destroyed, 23 disabled)
Vehicles lost 99 (99 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Allied ground losses:
1734 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 140 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled
Guns lost 19 (2 destroyed, 17 disabled)

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
26th Indian Division
23rd Indian Division
29th Chinese Corps
18th British Division
20th Indian Division
7th Armoured Brigade
14th Indian Division
47th Chinese Corps
18th Chinese Corps
2nd British Division
7th Indian Division
268th Motorised Brigade
74th Chinese Corps
92nd Chinese Corps
6th Heavy AA Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
21st Light AA Regiment
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
22nd Group Army

Defending units:
10th Division
14th Division

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RE: December 9, 1942 - 12/27/2021 3:11:36 PM

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Not much happening today.
It seems he was flying supply to his units at Arakan Yoma (C) and forgot to
change their destination or put them at rest.
He lost 14 Topsy and 5 Sally transport aircraft all to flak.

RO-60 took some minor damage near misses
Sub attack near Lunga at 114,138

Japanese Ships
SS RO-60, hits 10

Allied Ships
DD Jarvis
CL Boise
CL Nashville
CL Phoenix
CL St. Louis
DD Henley
DD Cassin
DD Perkins
DD Shaw

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