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RE: Requiem for Tomorrow Wirraway (J) v DesertWolf (A) - 12/30/2021 11:36:44 PM

Wirraway_Ace

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15 Feb 42.

Rangoon falls. My understanding is the Burma Road is now closed, though the manual refers to Ledo as an alternate source (erroneously according to threads that go back to 2011). The enemy may look at the combat report and see both the Imperial Guards and 33rd Division with only 250AV each and draw the wrong conclusion that the divisions suffered heavy losses. The other half of these divisions will catch up in about a week.

The KB has withdrawn out of the enemy's sight. His last spotting showed it moving into the Celebes Sea from the Coral Sea. I will now send all the CSs back to Japan to await their chance to be reborn as CVLs. The three available CVLs are full of fighters and will augment the CAP, leaving their torpedo bombers on shore duty.

Five SNLFs/Nav Guard units will now work their way around Borneo taking the oil centers now that the enemy has very limited options for attacking them. He could fly B17s from Australia into the Level 3 bases at Tarakan, Balikpapan or Samarinda, so we will have Zeros prepared.

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RE: Requiem for Tomorrow Wirraway (J) v DesertWolf (A) - 12/30/2021 11:53:47 PM

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Just curious, but why not keep the CS with KB for now? Extra floatplanes for search, the CHITOSE class have DP guns that can provide area AA coverage, and you can even throw some fighters in when you get some Rufes. (MIZUHO is too slow and should be parked)

Yes, there is some risk of loss, but they are typically not targeted and live

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RE: Requiem for Tomorrow Wirraway (J) v DesertWolf (A) - 12/31/2021 11:16:06 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

Just curious, but why not keep the CS with KB for now? Extra floatplanes for search, the CHITOSE class have DP guns that can provide area AA coverage, and you can even throw some fighters in when you get some Rufes. (MIZUHO is too slow and should be parked)

Yes, there is some risk of loss, but they are typically not targeted and live

Good points, Q-ball. Mizuho's air groups are dedicated to training for time being. I plan to pair her with little, slow Hosho as a ASW hunter/killer group as a way to get some utility from these two ships before they are eventually sunk in port at the end of the war.

I may keep the CSs with the KB at moment since my submarines south of Pearl have engaged tankers and transports (xAKs and xAPs) moving towards SOPAC. There is a potential window to slip the KB south and perhaps catch these convoys before the reach there destinations (Suva or New Zealand are my guesses). With the KB operating beyond my air search coverage, the additional float planes are a likely advantage.

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RE: Requiem for Tomorrow Wirraway (J) v DesertWolf (A) - 1/2/2022 1:15:08 AM

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Most of the action is on the ground today.

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Ground combat at 84,42 (near Sian)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 37387 troops, 425 guns, 611 vehicles, Assault Value = 1404

Defending force 44669 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1291

Japanese adjusted assault: 833

Allied adjusted defense: 1318

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
783 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 73 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 36 (1 destroyed, 35 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2545 casualties reported DW feeds three new corps into the meat grinder south of Sian. Meanwhile the northern pincer has broken out of the mountains onto the Sian plain. We will see if these units stay and fight with the emerging threat to their rear.
Squads: 7 destroyed, 223 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 62 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Assaulting units:
8th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
116th/B Division
13th Tank Regiment
116th/A Division
6th/B Division
15th/A Division
15th Tank Regiment
116th/C Division
12th Tank Regiment
15th/B Division
6th/A Division
15th/C Division
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
11th Army
1st Mortar Battalion
25th Field AA Machinecannon Company
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
47th Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
57th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
14th Group Army
39th Group Army
24th Group Army
1st Artillery Regiment
7th Artillery Regiment
18th Artillery Regiment
4th Group Army
22nd Artillery Regiment
1st War Area
20th Artillery Regiment
34th Group Army
56th AT Gun Regiment

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Ground combat at 90,42 (near Anyang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2252 troops, 14 guns, 45 vehicles, Assault Value = 74

Defending force 589 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 26

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 26 to 1 This Chinese unit has been sitting on this road hex for 3 days, getting attacked with results in the 20:1 range, but it won't retreat. I checked, and there are multiple open hexsides.

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

Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
8th Recon Regiment
15th RGC Temp. Division

Defending units:
7th Chinese/C Corps

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Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 27957 troops, 322 guns, 312 vehicles, Assault Value = 881

Defending force 20817 troops, 118 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 327

Japanese adjusted assault: 841

Allied adjusted defense: 250

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Wenchow !!! This is good news. This frees up four divisions, armor and heavy artillery to begin the advance in western China.

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

Japanese ground losses:
440 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 42 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units pursuing 1

Allied ground losses:
3564 casualties reported
Squads: 378 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 180 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 56 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 30 (20 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Units retreated 8

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
22nd/B Division
7th Tank Regiment
39th/A Division
22nd/A Division
39th/B Division
11th Indpt Infantry Regiment
12th Indpt Infantry Regiment
39th/C Division
22nd/C Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
13th Army
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
88th Chinese Corps
28th Chinese Corps
100th Chinese Corps
10th Group Army
25th Group Army
3rd War Area
14th Chinese Base Force
16th Construction Regiment

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Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10366 troops, 175 guns, 146 vehicles, Assault Value = 536

Defending force 25617 troops, 213 guns, 82 vehicles, Assault Value = 686

Japanese ground losses:
291 casualties reported US artillery!!! We have an artillery regiment fighting its way through the jungle a few days away. We are also bringing to regiments of T96 guns (not howitzers) from China. These are about the only guns Japan has that can match the enemy in range.
Squads: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
2/2nd Ind Coy
2/1st Ind Coy
2/3rd Ind Coy
8th Australian Division
30th Australian Brigade
17th MG Battalion
2/4th Ind Coy
Torres Strait Battalion
2/4 MG Battalion
19th MG Battalion
Port Moresby Brigade
131st Field Artillery Battalion
Eastern Command
15th RAAF Base Force
147th Field Artillery Regiment
148th Field Artillery Battalion
Rabaul Det. Base Force

Defending units:
4th/B Division
4th/A Division
78th Infantry Regiment
40th Brigade
Maizuru 1st SNLF
4th/C Division
16th Army
II/66th Naval Guard Unit

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RE: Requiem for Tomorrow Wirraway (J) v DesertWolf (A) - 1/2/2022 3:35:58 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Wirraway_Ace

Good points, Q-ball. Mizuho's air groups are dedicated to training for time being. I plan to pair her with little, slow Hosho as a ASW hunter/killer group as a way to get some utility from these two ships before they are eventually sunk in port at the end of the war.

IMO, HOSHO is a fleet carrier and should be treated like one. Yes, the AA suite is terrible and she has no durability, but she can make 25 Kts.....as long as you are using the JUNYOS, you may as well use HOSHO which has the same speed. Only 20 planes, but every bit helps......

MIZUHO is too slow and has limited utility. Probably best use is to sit in port and re-size floatplane groups. May as well convert her to CVL when the time comes, by then the lack of speed may not matter as much as just getting more planes in the air.

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RE: Requiem for Tomorrow Wirraway (J) v DesertWolf (A) - 1/2/2022 12:04:01 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

quote:

ORIGINAL: Wirraway_Ace

Good points, Q-ball. Mizuho's air groups are dedicated to training for time being. I plan to pair her with little, slow Hosho as a ASW hunter/killer group as a way to get some utility from these two ships before they are eventually sunk in port at the end of the war.

IMO, HOSHO is a fleet carrier and should be treated like one. Yes, the AA suite is terrible and she has no durability, but she can make 25 Kts.....as long as you are using the JUNYOS, you may as well use HOSHO which has the same speed. Only 20 planes, but every bit helps......

MIZUHO is too slow and has limited utility. Probably best use is to sit in port and re-size floatplane groups. May as well convert her to CVL when the time comes, by then the lack of speed may not matter as much as just getting more planes in the air.

Thanks, Q-Ball. I will reassess once the Junyos arrive. Yes, Mizuhu is moving about on a resizing tour, though our house rules limit resizing to doctrinal sized units, so I am not going above 9 for the float plane chutai.

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RE: Requiem for Tomorrow Wirraway (J) v DesertWolf (A) - 1/4/2022 9:30:39 PM

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19 Feb 42

Most of the fighting is around Sian as our two armor pincers approach to within one hex from the south and east.

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Morning Air attack on Sian , at 83,41

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 32 --5th Air Division in Hankow gets the sweeps into the air ahead of the bombers. The airfield has been largely suppressed for a month, and no CAP today. He has 66 fighters sitting at the level 1 airfield at Tienshui, 200 NM to the north.

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 24000 feet *

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Morning Air attack on 15th Group Army, at 84,41 , near Sian

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 27 --We bombed his ground forces yesterday without escorts in preparation for landings. He still has about 5 P40Es hiding in his last few bases in Sulu Sea, but he did not choose to jump them in(or may not have been able to use drop tanks due to supply).

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 38000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Sian , at 83,41

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 22

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Sian , at 83,41

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 24000 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 23000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Sian , at 83,41

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 30
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 33
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 5--Always nice to see this in China.
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
29 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
4 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 62 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 25
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9

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

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Morning Air attack on 15th Group Army, at 84,41 , near Sian --His rear guard east of Sian is a HQs.

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 47

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
135 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 23 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 3000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 3000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
3 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 3000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 69th Chinese Corps, at 86,50 , near Hankow

Weather in hex: Light cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 24 --Close air support for a the 11th RGC that is training-up fighting an isolated Chinese Corps stuck south of Hankow.

No Japanese losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 3000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb
3 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 3000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Sian , at 83,41

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17 --One of the four sentai of Sallys from Hankow suppressing the Sian airfield in preparation for ground attacks tomorrow on his retreating troops in the open.

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Sian , at 83,41

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20

No Japanese losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Ground combat at 84,42 (near Sian)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 48504 troops, 518 guns, 642 vehicles, Assault Value = 1915

Defending force 20168 troops, 96 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 524

Japanese adjusted assault: 1252

Allied adjusted defense: 1117

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
2059 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 188 disabled --His rear guard, without artillery or AT guns, puts up a good fight
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Guns lost 16 (1 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Vehicles lost 21 (1 destroyed, 20 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2933 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 318 disabled --But lose 2/3rd of their remaining strength. These were three fresh corps with over 300 AV each just a couple days ago.
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 46 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled

Assaulting units:
116th/C Division
35th Division
15th/B Division
6th/A Division
13th Tank Regiment
6th/B Division
116th/A Division
116th/B Division
15th/C Division
2nd Tank Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
15th/A Division
12th Tank Regiment
32nd/B Division
25th Field AA Machinecannon Company
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
11th Army
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Mortar Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units: --The enemy is withdrawing his troops south of Sian to the rough terrain north of the city. Two days ago, he had twice this many troops supported by AT guns and artillery (though the outcome was the same)
9th Chinese Corps
57th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
1st War Area

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RE: Requiem for Tomorrow Wirraway (J) v DesertWolf (A) - 1/6/2022 12:26:42 AM

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20 Feb 42

KB is fully formed with the three CVLs all carrying a full complement of Zeros (27, 27, and 45), having landed their small Kate datais. The fleet carriers at this point in the war still have their anemic fighter complements of 18 each. I typically have Zuikaku and Shokaku provide escorts to the strike aircraft while the rest provide CAP, giving me about 170 aircraft over the fleet. I also have the Hosho fighter sentai that I can split to fill up unused capacity on Akagi and Hiryu, 18 to Akagi and 9 to Hiryu--the Hosho airgroup was resized to 27 and has been operating out of Buna. That will get me to 200 fighters over the CVs at peak.

I am also buying out all the 24cm howitzer units. These are about the only guns in the inventory that can take out a Matilda or Valentine and have decent range. The T89 guns can knock out Grants/Lees. My upgraded 47mm AT guns are only good against Stuarts. The Australians get 2 Matildas per month during 42, while the Indians/Brits get 6 Valentines per month beginning in March and 6 Lees per month beginning in July. Given this, the T89s will go to Burma along with a few 24cm howitzers, while the remaining big howitzers will go to Australia if I decide to land there.

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RE: Requiem for Tomorrow Wirraway (J) v DesertWolf (A) - 1/6/2022 2:16:01 AM

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20 Feb 42 Continued

Two Allied CLs catch and sink a couple of AKLs trying to pick up an SNLF Company from Nanumea in the South Pacific. The transports and SNLF company are lost.

B17s from China hit the port of Takao and sink a 2pt Tanker. All the valuable shipping had moved on from this port a month ago. Flak caused no damage. The crews on the 10cm AA guns must have been sleeping.

The three Chinese Corps south of Sian are down to 100 AV total while 70,000 enemy troops dodge bombs from Sallys and Lillys as they retreat north from Sian. Our sweepong fighters and bombers do not encounter any enemy fighter cover above the retreating army. If I were those corps and army commanders, I would have something to say about the air force not being willing to put its lives on the line.

The lead elements of the Imperial Guards and the 5th Division advance into central Burma with two armor regiments. The enemy is retreating to Lashio. The 33rd Division is holding Rangoon and taking replacements.

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RE: Requiem for Tomorrow Wirraway (J) v DesertWolf (A) - 1/10/2022 2:02:57 AM

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21-25 Feb

In China, Sian falls. His rear guard was combat ineffective, as I suspected, so I left the 12 armor regiments resting one hex south and one hex east.

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Ground combat at Sian (83,41)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 39751 troops, 340 guns, 89 vehicles, Assault Value = 1586

Defending force 12389 troops, 144 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 146

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 1658

Allied adjusted defense: 196

Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Sian !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
1074 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 65 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Units pursuing 1

Allied ground losses:
6800 casualties reported
Squads: 264 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 374 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 43 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 47 (46 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 6
Units destroyed 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
116th/A Division
6th/B Division
32nd/A Division
35th Division
15th/B Division
116th/B Division
116th/C Division
15th/C Division
6th/A Division
32nd/B Division
25th Field AA Machinecannon Company

Defending units:
61st Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
8th Route Army
98th Chinese Corps
7th Group Army
15th Group Army
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I will now continue with 1st Army, made up for five type b motorized divisions, supported by 6 tank regiments, 4 artillery regiments, and AA units, along the single avenue of advance north. Meanwhile, a corps made of of divisions without any motorized transport accompanied by mountain guns strikes out due west through the mountains to take Ankang and turn the enemy defense of the river hex SE of the city.

13th Army is advancing west from Wenchow towards Kukong. The enemy is moving his forces from the Changsha area to block this advance. At the same time, 11th Army is massing in Wuchang and will attack Changsha itself, fully prepped. Both the Army HQs and the Command HQs have been planning for months.
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On Java, the enemy sent a Dutch regiment and a mobile BN out of his mountain redoubt at Bandoeng to chase off a divisional recon battalion. He likes to jump these lead units, however finding the enemy is their job and this provided an opportunity to defeat the forces he committed in turn. We slipped 38th Div, 18th Div and an armor regiment into the hex.
Ground combat at 50,101 (near Tjilatjap)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 29383 troops, 252 guns, 213 vehicles, Assault Value = 1043

Defending force 3860 troops, 66 guns, 83 vehicles, Assault Value = 184

Japanese adjusted assault: 735

Allied adjusted defense: 67

Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
267 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1409 casualties reported
Squads: 26 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 50 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 22 (11 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Vehicles lost 60 (33 destroyed, 27 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating! They retreated south to Tjilatjap and were destroyed two days later.

Assaulting units:
2nd Engineer Regiment
38th Division
18th Division
6th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
Mobiele Eenheid Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
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In the Malaya,
The starving British are making a gallant last attack. They came boiling out of the jungle and surprised a garrison battalion at Kuala Lumpur. I was not able to fly in enough of the 41st Regiment to hold the otherwise empty base. All the losses came from the garrison battalion and there was no supply so this is not a concern.
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Ground combat at Kuala Lumpur (49,79)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 9416 troops, 72 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 386

Defending force 2071 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 96

Allied adjusted assault: 209

Japanese adjusted defense: 89

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

Allied forces CAPTURE Kuala Lumpur !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
1297 casualties reported
Squads: 37 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (4 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Allied ground losses:
647 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 42 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
1st Mysore Battalion
5/14th Punjab Battalion
3rd SSVF Battalion
11th Indian Division
223 Group RAF
109th RAF Base Force

Defending units:
41st Guard Battalion
41st Infantry Rgt /1
6th JAAF AF Coy
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One Regiment is not going to be enough to take Padang...I have another about two days behind, but that likely won't do it either.

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Ground combat at Padang (44,85)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3227 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 120

Defending force 6217 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 251

Assaulting units:
112th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
Korps Marechausee Battalion
Medan Coastal Gun Battalion
NS KNIL Territory Regiment
WS KNIL Territory Regiment
West Sumatra Base Force
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Overkill at Balikpapan. The SNLFs take the base mostly undamaged, assisted by preparatory bombing by naval bombers over the past couple of days.

Ground combat at Balikpapan (64,97)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 5908 troops, 75 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 305

Defending force 2047 troops, 36 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 29

Japanese adjusted assault: 179

Allied adjusted defense: 8

Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Balikpapan !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units pursuing 1

Allied ground losses:
677 casualties reported
Squads: 29 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 44 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 31 (24 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
Kure 2nd SNLF
Sasebo 2nd SNLF
Sasebo 1st SNLF
16th Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
VI KNIL Battalion
Balikpapan Base Force

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RE: Requiem for Tomorrow Wirraway (J) v DesertWolf (A) - 1/18/2022 3:19:30 AM

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In China, the 1st Army has begun its advance north and west of Sian. In southern China, the enemy has committed about 75,000 troops around Kukong as the IJA units from the siege of Wenchow move east into that sector. He has also committed most of his recon aircraft in China to this area. This is good news. The longer his eye is off the corps moving through the mountains west of Sian, the better. Also, he is drawing off units from around Changsha just as we are massing for a drive on the city.

In Burma, our scattered divisions are just about reassembled and will resume the advance on Lashio and Myitkyina.

On the Malaya, the bulk of the Thai army will get some much needed combat experience supporting the IJA forces deployed to destroy the isolated remnants of the British army there.

On Java the remaining Dutch forces are now encircled at Bandoeng. He has about 600 AV in x3 terrain behind some forts. We will destroy the British on the Malaya, then the 200AV of Dutch forces at Pandang first with the three divisions and armor that are available, then reinforce the two divisions on Java for the storming of his mountain fortress.

On Borneo, with both Balikpapan and Samaranda taken intact, the veteran SNLFs (now approaching 80 exp) are loaded on transports to assault Tarakan. Meanwhile, 5 inexperienced naval guard units will attempt to clear Cebu, then Panay.

At Port Moresby, we are a few days from having enough AV (and corps artillery) to test his defenses. Max stacking is only 35,000, so it will likely be a grind as we rotated units out of the fight in the miserable terrain along narrow trails.

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RE: Requiem for Tomorrow Wirraway (J) v DesertWolf (A) - 1/18/2022 3:32:14 AM

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One of our submarines scores after missing at first.

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Sub attack near Karachi at 38,7

Japanese Ships
SS I-162

Allied Ships
TK British Dutchess

SS I-162 launches 2 torpedoes at TK British Dutchess

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Submarine attack near Karachi at 38,7

Japanese Ships
SS I-162

Allied Ships
TK British Dutchess, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage The tanker was loaded with fuel, which immediately began to burn

TK British Dutchess is sighted by SS I-162
SS I-162 launches 4 torpedoes at TK British Dutchess

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The 11th Indian Division was moving along the coast foraging for food, so the IJN thought it would be useful to test fire the 16" in guns off Mutsu and Nagato.

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Naval bombardment of Kuala Lumpur at 49,78

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato
CL Oi
CL Kitakami
CL Tama

Allied ground losses:
94 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

BB Mutsu firing at 11th Indian Division
BB Nagato firing at 11th Indian Division
CL Oi firing at 11th Indian Division
CL Kitakami firing at 11th Indian Division
CL Tama firing at 11th Indian Division
No spotter aircraft was noted. I have been having trouble in this game, for the first time in my experience, getting the spotters to function. I have tried setting the float planes only to recon, tried setting recon with range 0, but nothing seems to work. My old settings with the aircraft set to recon the target while still 50% navsearch seemed to at least mostly work. The float planes are not set to the wrong day/night cycle. This has been a head scratcher.

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RE: Requiem for Tomorrow Wirraway (J) v DesertWolf (A) - 1/18/2022 10:00:03 PM

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When multiple TFs are bombarding the same hex in the same turn, only the first one shows launch of a Recon FP. It is unclear whether the others set to do Recon actually launch or not. I think they do, but keep forgetting to check the pilot mission count before the turn to compare with mission count after the turn.

And of course, weather may also ground the FPs. Perhaps the presence of NFs will also do that?

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RE: Requiem for Tomorrow Wirraway (J) v DesertWolf (A) - 1/18/2022 10:55:40 PM

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

When multiple TFs are bombarding the same hex in the same turn, only the first one shows launch of a Recon FP. It is unclear whether the others set to do Recon actually launch or not. I think they do, but keep forgetting to check the pilot mission count before the turn to compare with mission count after the turn.

And of course, weather may also ground the FPs. Perhaps the presence of NFs will also do that?

Thanks BB.

Weather could be the culprit. DW does not have any CAP, night or day, at the base. His tactic is to fly in 150 fighters for a turn on 100% CAP, then jump them out the next turn to a rear area base.

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RE: Requiem for Tomorrow Wirraway (J) v DesertWolf (A) - 1/20/2022 11:08:11 PM

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ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

Just curious, but why not keep the CS with KB for now? Extra floatplanes for search, the CHITOSE class have DP guns that can provide area AA coverage, and you can even throw some fighters in when you get some Rufes. (MIZUHO is too slow and should be parked)

Yes, there is some risk of loss, but they are typically not targeted and live

Good points, Q-ball. Mizuho's air groups are dedicated to training for time being. I plan to pair her with little, slow Hosho as a ASW hunter/killer group as a way to get some utility from these two ships before they are eventually sunk in port at the end of the war.

I may keep the CSs with the KB at moment since my submarines south of Pearl have engaged tankers and transports (xAKs and xAPs) moving towards SOPAC. There is a potential window to slip the KB south and perhaps catch these convoys before the reach there destinations (Suva or New Zealand are my guesses). With the KB operating beyond my air search coverage, the additional float planes are a likely advantage.

Q-ball, thanks for making me chew on this. I am going to keep the three steam-turbine powered CSs with the KB and load them up with Rufes. The float fighters are plenty fast enough to deal with Swordfish, Albacores and Devastators, so they will be set to low CAP in case the enemy tries to sneak these obsolete aircraft in below the regular CAP fighters. Also, Nisshin has a decent DP suite.

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RE: Requiem for Tomorrow Wirraway (J) v DesertWolf (A) - 1/20/2022 11:53:34 PM

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There are three active Theaters at the moment, China, Burma and New Guinea, not including the DEI where I am round-robin style taking the oil sites on Borneo and reducing his isolated troops in their various fortresses. In the PI, I am just letting him starve for another couple months.

In China, the main effort remains in the North with 1st Army, whose 8 divisions and 8 tank regiments have just begun the fight around Tienshui. The enemy has chosen the best terrain available to defend, but that did not work south and east of Sian, and I expect a similar outcome. I takes about a week to grind down his forces in a hex, then he will feed in his reserves. I expect it will take about a month, depending on how many fresh corps he has. I count eleven corps in sector. My initial goal over the next two weeks is to defeat the five corps he has east of the river trying to hold the road for fuel to get from Lanchow to Chungking.
In the south, I have five divisions and 1 armor regiment moving to Canton, where they will join the division there for the push on Kwelin. Supporting forces will occupy the vacant Nanning, Luichow, Pakhoi and take Kwangchowan to further limit his supply. I did not take these bases before, because I had inadequate troops to hold them, and DW likes nothing better than to counter attack against an exposed regiment or brigade.
In the center, 11th Army is mopping up some bypassed units at Tsiotso, the wooded/rough hex with both LI and Resources north of Kafeng, with 8 armor regiments, siege guns and a few separate brigades for support. The bulk of the army's infantry is meanwhile massing at Wuchang for the attack on Chansha. Once Tsiotso falls, the armor can rail to Wuchang. He should be short of supply at Tsiotso. A separate brigade had been in the hex since the first week of the war to keep the resource center from producing.

In Burma, the 5th, Imperial Guards and 33rd Divisions are all at 95% strength and are moving behind two armor regiments. The tanks will take Mandalay in a couple of days, then the army will begin isolating the 1st Burma division at Lashio. I won't take Magwe until all by AA is in position. DW is certain to hit the oil with his B17s from India, and I want to make that as expensive for him as possible. I have 3 flak regiments upgraded with radar and 4 flak battalions en route.

On New Guinea, we are a about four days away from having all the troops and artillery in place to open the attack on Port Moresby in earnest. All the artillery, including the precious T89 guns, made it safely. Sally's of the 4th Air Div operating from Lae and Nadzab, have kept the airfield suppressed for more than a month. Supply is going to be a constant issue. The 16th Army logistics plan includes using the Kokoda Trail, barges from Milne Bay and transport aircraft to keep the attack supplied.

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RE: Requiem for Tomorrow Wirraway (J) v DesertWolf (A) - 1/21/2022 10:08:16 PM

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DesertWolf(Omar) is an excellent player. As the Allies, he does not give you any easy victories on he ground, in the air, or at sea.

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RE: Requiem for Tomorrow Wirraway (J) v DesertWolf (A) - 1/21/2022 10:15:21 PM

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Ship losses for the IJN have been very light and we have completed all the original plans for expansion. I don't work too much about losing transports except the high value AKs, LSDs and those xAKs that can convert to AKs. I figure that by the end of the war, nearly all the Japanese ships will be sunk. Combat ships, though, are mostly irreplaceable for the IJN. I lost a CL in the Aleutians and four good DDs (hate to lose Hibiki!) in the melee with the entire ABDA near Palembang. The rest have been small DDs.

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RE: Requiem for Tomorrow Wirraway (J) v DesertWolf (A) - 1/21/2022 10:21:30 PM

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The PH strike had a very poor mix of torpedoes, so didn't sink a thing except an SS. Follow-up strikes pounded the Pacific Fleet, but did not send anything to the bottom. The IJN came out significantly ahead during the running battles off Palembang. PoW, Houston and Mauritius all went down against the loss of 3 Fubukis and a Kagero.

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RE: Requiem for Tomorrow Wirraway (J) v DesertWolf (A) - 1/25/2022 11:32:51 PM

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Here is the situation in Northern China as the Phase II advances begin.

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RE: Requiem for Tomorrow Wirraway (J) v DesertWolf (A) - 1/26/2022 5:42:14 PM

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In the DEI, Miri and Tarakan are taken intact.
In Northern China, 1st Army begins wrecking the blocking force of five Chinese Corps and all the Chinese reserve artillery while 11th Army continues to reduce the Chinese strongpoint at Tsiaotso. Both operations look to take 1-2 weeks.
At Port Moresby, the first IJA attack does well, achieving 2:1 with the least experienced forces. Constant air and naval bombardment have disrupted the Australian troops. The veteran divisions will now swap out as the last few moves occur to ensure there is no retreat path. 16th Army confidently reports they will take the base before the end of the month.

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Ground combat at 82,38 (near Tienshui)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6915 troops, 155 guns, 855 vehicles, Assault Value = 1323

Defending force 39845 troops, 294 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1421

Japanese adjusted assault: 226

Allied adjusted defense: 3616

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 16

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

Allied ground losses:
2242 casualties reported
Squads: 20 destroyed, 186 disabled (More than 10% of his combat power with no loses)
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 68 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled

Assaulting units:
11th Tank Regiment
5th Tank Regiment
35th/B Division
3rd Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
27th Division
10th Tank Regiment
35th/A Division
35th/C Division
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Ind. Field Artillery Regiment
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
25th Field AA Machinecannon Company
12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
56th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
81st Chinese Corps
82nd Chinese Corps
3rd Prov Chinese Corps
Red Chinese Army
4th Group Army
18th Artillery Regiment
20th Artillery Regiment
14th Group Army
1st Artillery Regiment
7th Artillery Regiment
22nd Artillery Regiment

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Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 33471 troops, 393 guns, 128 vehicles, Assault Value = 1123

Defending force 15264 troops, 216 guns, 188 vehicles, Assault Value = 517

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 1058

Allied adjusted defense: 389

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-) (near constant naval and air bombardments for a month), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2963 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 128 disabled (these were all in the 40th bde and the two SNLFs)
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 35 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1255 casualties reported
Squads: 38 destroyed, 116 disabled (almost 25% of his infantry)
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 8 (3 destroyed, 5 disabled) (a good bit of his combat power here is in the 3 U.S. Arty Bns)
Vehicles lost 28 (15 destroyed, 13 disabled)

Assaulting units:
40th Brigade
Maizuru 1st SNLF
Kure 3rd SNLF
78th Infantry Regiment
20th Engineer Regiment
16th Division
4th/C Division
16th Army
1st Mortar Regiment
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
2/4 MG Battalion
30th Australian Brigade
2/4th Ind Coy
2/3rd Ind Coy
2/1st Ind Coy
Torres Strait Battalion
2/2nd Ind Coy
17th MG Battalion
8th Australian Division
19th MG Battalion
Port Moresby Brigade
15th RAAF Base Force
Eastern Command
147th Field Artillery Regiment
131st Field Artillery Battalion
148th Field Artillery Battalion
Rabaul Det. Base Force

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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3966 troops, 41 guns, 543 vehicles, Assault Value = 1221

Defending force 14418 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 425

Japanese adjusted assault: 127

Allied adjusted defense: 445

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 62 (4 destroyed, 58 disabled) (lost a couple light tanks and some motorized transport)

Allied ground losses:
497 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled (about 10% of his combat power)
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled

Assaulting units:
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Tank Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
13th Tank Regiment
59th Infantry Brigade
34th Division
8th Tank Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
5th New Chinese Corps
3rd Construction Regiment
27th Chinese Corps
7th Construction Regiment
Jingcha War Area
10th Chinese Base Force

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Ground combat at Hangchow (90,55)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 300 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 346

Defending force 930 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3

Assaulting units:
13th Ind.Mixed Brigade
RGC Tax Police Regiment
138th Infantry Regiment
11th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
10th Group Army
3rd War Area
25th Group Army

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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4384 troops, 57 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 172

Defending force 1460 troops, 29 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 23

Japanese adjusted assault: 79

Allied adjusted defense: 34

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Tarakan !!!

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

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

Allied ground losses:
485 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 31 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 10 (10 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
23rd Nav Gd Unit
Kure 2nd SNLF
32nd Nav Gsn Unit

Defending units:
VII KNIL Battalion
Tarakan Base Force

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Ground combat at Miri (64,87)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1468 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61

Defending force 80 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 15

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 15 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Miri !!!

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

Allied ground losses:
104 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
16th Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
100th RN Base Force

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Ground combat at Brunei (65,87)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 504 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

Defending force 356 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 19

Allied adjusted defense: 5

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

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

Assaulting units:
III/81st Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
107th RN Base Force

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RE: Requiem for Tomorrow Wirraway (J) v DesertWolf (A) - 1/30/2022 3:40:30 PM

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12-14 Mar 42

Armor units in northern China are recovering from a couple days of attacks. Their normal cycle is two days of attacks then 2-3 recovering damaged tanks. Actual losses have been almost zero in these units over the past couple months of combat and their experience is in the mid 70s. It will take at another couple of weeks to weaken his eight corps in combat enough to commit my infantry divisions to the attacks.

I have committed eight newly raised 4th Fleet Nav Guard units to southern China to bolster my operations to take the Nanning - Kweilin sector and give them combat experience. Even with these units, I am still outnumbered in these sector, but can still conduct effective offensive operations as long as I stay massed. DW has the advantage of internal lines of communication and can redeploy his large reserves from Changsha. His preferred tactic is to jump on an exposed recon battalion or lead brigade, though he has enough troops to wreck a division be itself. Further south, DW is sending his badly weakened corps on suicide missions against Canton and Hangchow, to get me to destroy them. I rotate inexperienced units taking turns attacking these units to get them combat experience while not generating enough AV to destroy them. The only downside is at Hangchow, his units are keeping a 100 resources from producing until they are forced to retreat.

At Port Moresby, my rotation of units for another round of attacks will be complete in four days. Heavy naval bombardments will occur on the same day, while air attacks continue in the meantime, daily. I have barges ready at Milne Bay to resupply the ground troops, supplementing the Kokoda Trail and aerial resupply, but I am not risking unloading anything across the beach while my units are moving. I don't know if supplies will trigger an artillery engagement like troops do, but I don't want to risk it. His guns are still a good bit more effective than mine in the hex at the moment. My long guns, crawling through the dense jungle pass, will probably arrive just about the time PM falls...

Enemy ops losses of patrol aircraft have been very heavy over the last four days--3 per day. If you have played DW, you will know that is very, very high for him, even for his entire air force, let alone a single airframe. I assume he is flying troops or supplies in somewhere, rather than just losses due to NAVSEARCH, but I have not been able to determine where. Zeros on LRCAP over Port Moresby--the most likely target for him to be withdrawing, reinforcing, or resupplying--have not found any transports at any altitude (I have tried 6,000, which should catch any down to 1,000). It does not appear possible for him to be conducting these operations at night, since neither TROOP TRANSPORT nor SUPPLY TRANSPORT are options for night ops. This is a puzzle. I am going through all my recon units and reassigning them targets (or commander's discretion) to see if I can find what is going on.

One thought just occurred to me. He may be using amphibian patrol aircraft to fly troops out of Bataan to southern China. They are not going out of Clark, where I have LRCAP. Does anyone know off the top of their heads which Allied patrol aircraft are amphibians?

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RE: Requiem for Tomorrow Wirraway (J) v DesertWolf (A) - 1/31/2022 4:04:21 PM

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I checked, and the recent enemy ops losses of PBYs/Catalinas are all in the non-amphib types. He is flying coastal hex to coastal hex.

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RE: Requiem for Tomorrow Wirraway (J) v DesertWolf (A) - 1/31/2022 4:09:32 PM

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Fog of War.

I ran the turn and looked at the following combat report thinking the Chinese had finally broken the code on doing some significant damage to my armor regiments by massing their artillery.

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Ground combat at 82,38 (near Tienshui)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 5233 troops, 155 guns, 608 vehicles, Assault Value = 1282

Defending force 38440 troops, 329 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1226

Japanese adjusted assault: 148

Allied adjusted defense: 2038

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 13

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

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 111 (10 destroyed, 101 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
617 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 62 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Assaulting units:
35th/B Division
10th Tank Regiment
35th/A Division
5th Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
27th Division
23rd Tank Regiment
35th/C Division
25th Field AA Machinecannon Company
1st Ind. Field Artillery Regiment
12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Army
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
82nd Chinese Corps
56th Chinese Corps
81st Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
3rd Prov Chinese Corps
20th Artillery Regiment
1st Artillery Regiment
7th Artillery Regiment
22nd Artillery Regiment
14th Group Army
4th Group Army
Red Chinese Army
18th Artillery Regiment
56th AT Gun Regiment

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Turned out to be FOW. I did not lose a single tank or truck in the attack from any armor regiment (or any of the other units that watched the tanks go into battle). Not only that, I have very few disabled tanks, about six total across all the regiments. A good reminder that the combat report is a single document produced for both players and is replete with inaccuracies.

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RE: Requiem for Tomorrow Wirraway (J) v DesertWolf (A) - 1/31/2022 5:04:07 PM

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Apparently, unloading supplies over the beach at an enemy base to not trigger automatic bombardments like troops do.

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Pre-Invasion action off Port Moresby (98,130)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

64 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
PB Eiko Maru
PB Chokai Maru
LB-102
LB-103
LB-104, Shell hits 1, heavy damage

PB Eiko Maru fired at enemy troops
PB Chokai Maru fired at enemy troops
40mm Bofors AA Gun 42 battery firing at LB-102
40mm Bofors AA Gun 42 battery firing at LB-103
6" Mk V/VII Gun battery firing at LB-104

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Amphibious Assault at Port Moresby (98,130)

TF 237 troops unloading over beach at Port Moresby, 98,130

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And there was no resulting ground combat.

(in reply to Wirraway_Ace)

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RE: Requiem for Tomorrow Wirraway (J) v DesertWolf (A) - 2/5/2022 7:28:24 PM

Wirraway_Ace

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19 Mar 42
The IJN suffers a significant and humiliating defeat while the IJA racks up a surprisingly easy victory in China and is on the verge of overrunning the Australians and Americans at Port Moresby.

The major units of the 4th Fleet, BATDIV 3 (Yamashiro and Fuso), CRUDIV 3 (Tone, Chikuma, Chokai, and Haguro), and CRUDIV 4 (Aobe, Furutaka, Kako and Kinugasa), with their DD divisions as escorts, were preparing to bombard Port Moresby in support of the Army's major offensive. They had done so a week before with significant success; however, recon aircraft sighted a suspicious build-up of Allied shipping at Cairns, what appeared to be ten cruisers in multiple taskforces. It seemed likely the enemy would try to make a high speed run from Cairns timed to catch the bombardment taskforces low on ammo. The fleet was ordered to patrol off Port Moresby instead, and torpedo bombers were loaded with their deadly fish while Zeros prepared to sweep the skies. The IJA had 2 BBs, 8 CAs, and 12 DDs. The enemy strength was estimated at ten CA/CLs and 10 DDs, and they would be without aircover.

The IJA would outgun the enemy and cripples would be easy prey for the fliers. Or so it seemed.

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 16,000 Yards

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed
Walrus II: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Tone
CA Chikuma, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
CA Chokai, Shell hits 2, on fire
CA Haguro, Shell hits 2
DD Hamakaze
DD Tanikaze
DD Natsugumo
DD Yamagumo, Shell hits 2

Allied Ships (I presume DW had this TF lead as a soak-off unit)
CL Leander, Shell hits 10, heavy fires
CL Achilles, Shell hits 39, and is sunk
CL Detroit, Shell hits 32, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 16,000 yards
Japanese launch Long Lance torpedoes at 16,000 yards before allies detect Japanese presence
CA Haguro launches Long Lance Torpedoes at CL Detroit at 16,000 yards
CA Haguro launches Long Lance Torpedoes at CL Achilles at 16,000 yards
CA Chikuma launches Long Lance Torpedoes at CL Detroit at 16,000 yards
CA Tone launches Long Lance Torpedoes at CL Detroit at 16,000 yards
DD Yamagumo launches Long Lance Torpedoes at CL Achilles at 16,000 yards
DD Hamakaze launches Long Lance Torpedoes at CL Detroit at 16,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards
CA Haguro engages CL Detroit at 10,000 yards
CL Detroit engages CA Chokai at 10,000 yards
CL Leander engages CA Haguro at 10,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages CL Detroit at 10,000 yards
DD Natsugumo engages CL Detroit at 10,000 yards
CL Achilles engages DD Tanikaze at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
CL Detroit engages CA Haguro at 7,000 yards
CA Haguro engages CL Achilles at 7,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages CL Leander at 7,000 yards
CA Tone engages CL Detroit at 7,000 yards
CL Detroit engages DD Yamagumo at 7,000 yards
DD Natsugumo engages CL Detroit at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 9,000 yards
CA Haguro engages CL Detroit at 9,000 yards
CA Chokai engages CL Achilles at 9,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages CL Detroit at 9,000 yards
CL Detroit engages DD Yamagumo at 9,000 yards
CL Detroit engages DD Tanikaze at 9,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages CL Detroit at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
CL Detroit engages CA Haguro at 12,000 yards
CA Haguro engages CL Achilles at 12,000 yards
CL Leander engages CA Haguro at 12,000 yards
CA Tone engages CL Detroit at 12,000 yards
CL Detroit engages DD Yamagumo at 12,000 yards
DD Tanikaze engages CL Detroit at 12,000 yards
CL Detroit engages DD Hamakaze at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards
CA Haguro engages CL Detroit at 11,000 yards
CL Detroit engages CA Chokai at 11,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages CL Leander at 11,000 yards
CL Detroit engages DD Yamagumo at 11,000 yards
CL Detroit engages DD Natsugumo at 11,000 yards
CL Detroit engages DD Tanikaze at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
CA Haguro engages CL Detroit at 9,000 yards
CL Detroit sunk by CA Chokai at 9,000 yards
CL Leander engages CA Haguro at 9,000 yards
CL Leander engages DD Yamagumo at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
CL Achilles engages CA Haguro at 10,000 yards
CA Chokai engages CL Achilles at 10,000 yards
CA Tone engages CL Achilles at 10,000 yards
CL Achilles engages DD Yamagumo at 10,000 yards
CL Achilles engages DD Natsugumo at 10,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages CL Achilles at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
CA Haguro engages CL Achilles at 9,000 yards
CL Achilles engages CA Chokai at 9,000 yards
CL Achilles engages CA Chikuma at 9,000 yards
CL Achilles engages DD Yamagumo at 9,000 yards
CL Achilles engages DD Tanikaze at 9,000 yards
CL Leander engages DD Hamakaze at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 11,000 yards
CA Haguro engages CL Achilles at 11,000 yards
CL Leander engages CA Haguro at 11,000 yards
CL Achilles engages CA Tone at 11,000 yards
CL Achilles engages DD Hamakaze at 11,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
CL Achilles engages CA Haguro at 12,000 yards
CA Haguro engages CL Leander at 12,000 yards
CL Leander engages CA Chikuma at 12,000 yards
CL Achilles engages CA Tone at 12,000 yards
DD Natsugumo engages CL Achilles at 12,000 yards
CL Achilles engages DD Tanikaze at 12,000 yards
CL Achilles engages CA Haguro at 12,000 yards
CA Chokai engages CL Achilles at 12,000 yards
CL Achilles engages DD Tanikaze at 12,000 yards
CA Haguro engages CL Achilles at 12,000 yards
CA Chokai engages CL Leander at 12,000 yards
CL Achilles engages CA Chikuma at 12,000 yards
CL Achilles engages CA Tone at 12,000 yards
Range increases to 15,000 yards
CL Achilles engages CA Haguro at 15,000 yards
CA Chokai engages CL Leander at 15,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages CL Achilles at 15,000 yards
CL Leander engages DD Natsugumo at 15,000 yards
CL Achilles engages DD Tanikaze at 15,000 yards
Waters, O.D. orders Allied TF to disengage
CA Haguro engages CL Achilles at 15,000 yards
CA Chokai engages CL Achilles at 15,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages CL Achilles at 15,000 yards
CL Achilles engages DD Tanikaze at 15,000 yards
Range closes to 13,000 yards
CL Achilles engages CA Haguro at 13,000 yards
CL Achilles engages CA Chokai at 13,000 yards
CL Achilles engages DD Tanikaze at 13,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
CA Haguro engages CL Achilles at 9,000 yards
CL Leander engages CA Haguro at 9,000 yards
CL Achilles engages DD Natsugumo at 9,000 yards
CL Achilles engages DD Tanikaze at 9,000 yards
CL Achilles engages CA Haguro at 9,000 yards
CA Haguro engages CL Leander at 9,000 yards
CL Achilles engages DD Hamakaze at 9,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
CL Achilles engages CA Chokai at 7,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages CL Achilles at 7,000 yards
CL Achilles sunk by CA Tone at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
CL Leander engages DD Yamagumo at 12,000 yards
Range increases to 18,000 yards
CA Chokai engages CL Leander at 18,000 yards
Range increases to 24,000 yards
Range increases to 30,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages CL Leander at 30,000 yards
CL Leander engages CA Tone at 30,000 yards
Task forces break off...

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 16,000 Yards

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso, Shell hits 4, on fire
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 9
CL Sendai
DD Yukikaze, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Tokitsukaze, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
DD Isonami, Shell hits 1
DD Uranami, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
CL St. Louis, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Helena, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
DD Cummings, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Stuart, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage

Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 16,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
BB Yamashiro engages CL Helena at 16,000 yards
BB Fuso engages CL Helena at 16,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Cummings at 16,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Cummings at 16,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages DD Cummings at 16,000 yards
DD Cummings engages DD Yukikaze at 16,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards
BB Yamashiro engages CL Helena at 10,000 yards
BB Fuso engages CL Helena at 10,000 yards
DD Stuart engages DD Tokitsukaze at 10,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Stuart at 10,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Cummings at 10,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages DD Cummings at 10,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages DD Stuart at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
BB Yamashiro engages CL Helena at 8,000 yards
BB Fuso engages CL Helena at 8,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages DD Stuart at 8,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Cummings at 8,000 yards
DD Stuart engages DD Isonami at 8,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages DD Stuart at 8,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages DD Cummings at 8,000 yards
BB Yamashiro engages CL Helena at 8,000 yards
BB Yamashiro engages CL St. Louis at 8,000 yards
DD Stuart engages DD Tokitsukaze at 8,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages DD Cummings at 8,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Cummings at 8,000 yards
DD Cummings engages DD Tokitsukaze at 8,000 yards
DD Cummings engages DD Yukikaze at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 11,000 yards
CL Helena sunk by BB Yamashiro at 11,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages DD Cummings at 11,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Cummings at 11,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages DD Stuart at 11,000 yards
DD Cummings engages DD Yukikaze at 11,000 yards
BB Yamashiro engages CL St. Louis at 11,000 yards
DD Cummings engages DD Yukikaze at 11,000 yards
DD Stuart engages DD Yukikaze at 11,000 yards
Range increases to 13,000 yards
BB Yamashiro engages CL St. Louis at 13,000 yards
BB Fuso engages DD Stuart at 13,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages DD Cummings at 13,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Stuart at 13,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Cummings at 13,000 yards
DD Cummings engages DD Yukikaze at 13,000 yards
Range increases to 14,000 yards
BB Yamashiro engages CL St. Louis at 14,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Stuart at 14,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages DD Cummings at 14,000 yards
DD Stuart engages DD Uranami at 14,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Cummings at 14,000 yards
DD Cummings engages DD Tokitsukaze at 14,000 yards
DD Cummings engages DD Yukikaze at 14,000 yards
Range increases to 16,000 yards
BB Yamashiro engages CL St. Louis at 16,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Stuart at 16,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL St. Louis at 16,000 yards
DD Cummings engages DD Uranami at 16,000 yards
DD Cummings engages DD Isonami at 16,000 yards
DD Cummings engages DD Yukikaze at 16,000 yards
BB Yamashiro engages CL St. Louis at 16,000 yards
BB Fuso engages CL St. Louis at 16,000 yards
CL St. Louis engages CL Sendai at 16,000 yards
DD Stuart engages DD Isonami at 16,000 yards
DD Cummings engages DD Tokitsukaze at 16,000 yards
Hoover, G. orders Allied TF to disengage
BB Yamashiro engages CL St. Louis at 16,000 yards
BB Fuso engages CL St. Louis at 16,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL St. Louis at 16,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Stuart at 16,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages DD Cummings at 16,000 yards
BB Yamashiro engages CL St. Louis at 16,000 yards
BB Fuso engages CL St. Louis at 16,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Cummings at 16,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Cummings at 16,000 yards
DD Stuart engages DD Tokitsukaze at 16,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages DD Cummings at 16,000 yards
BB Yamashiro engages CL St. Louis at 16,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL St. Louis at 16,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Cummings at 16,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages DD Cummings at 16,000 yards
Range increases to 18,000 yards
BB Yamashiro engages CL St. Louis at 18,000 yards
DD Stuart engages DD Isonami at 18,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL St. Louis at 18,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Cummings at 18,000 yards
DD Stuart engages DD Isonami at 18,000 yards
DD Cummings engages DD Yukikaze at 18,000 yards
BB Yamashiro engages CL St. Louis at 18,000 yards
DD Stuart engages DD Yukikaze at 18,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages DD Cummings at 18,000 yards
DD Cummings engages DD Uranami at 18,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Cummings at 18,000 yards
Range increases to 23,000 yards
BB Yamashiro engages DD Stuart at 23,000 yards
BB Yamashiro engages DD Cummings at 23,000 yards
Range increases to 29,000 yards
BB Yamashiro engages CL St. Louis at 29,000 yards
BB Fuso engages CL St. Louis at 29,000 yards
Shimamoto, Mantaro orders Japanese TF to disengage
Task forces break off...

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 20,000 Yards

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2
CA Kako
DD Kagero, Shell hits 1
DD Hayashio
DD Isokaze, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Shiranui
DD Urakaze

Allied Ships
CA Indianapolis, Shell hits 16, on fire, heavy damage
CA Louisville, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DD Helm, Shell hits 25, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Mugford, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage

Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 20,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
O'Neill V. crosses the 'T' (DW apparently had some excellent TF commanders, since the Japanese TFs were well led)
CA Kinugasa engages CA Louisville at 20,000 yards
CA Indianapolis engages CA Kinugasa at 20,000 yards
CA Aoba engages CA Indianapolis at 20,000 yards
CA Indianapolis engages DD Shiranui at 20,000 yards
CA Indianapolis engages DD Isokaze at 20,000 yards
DD Hayashio engages CA Indianapolis at 20,000 yards
Range closes to 15,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages CA Louisville at 15,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CA Indianapolis at 15,000 yards
DD Hayashio engages DD Mugford at 15,000 yards
CA Aoba engages CA Indianapolis at 15,000 yards
DD Helm engages DD Shiranui at 15,000 yards
DD Isokaze engages CA Indianapolis at 15,000 yards
DD Helm engages DD Hayashio at 15,000 yards
DD Helm engages DD Kagero at 15,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards
CA Kako engages CA Louisville at 11,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages CA Indianapolis at 11,000 yards
CA Indianapolis engages CA Kinugasa at 11,000 yards
DD Isokaze engages DD Helm at 11,000 yards
DD Urakaze engages DD Helm at 11,000 yards
CA Indianapolis engages DD Shiranui at 11,000 yards
DD Helm engages DD Isokaze at 11,000 yards
DD Hayashio engages DD Helm at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
CA Louisville engages CA Kako at 8,000 yards
CA Indianapolis engages CA Furutaka at 8,000 yards
DD Mugford engages DD Hayashio at 8,000 yards
CA Indianapolis engages CA Aoba at 8,000 yards
DD Helm engages DD Shiranui at 8,000 yards
DD Mugford engages DD Isokaze at 8,000 yards
DD Hayashio engages DD Helm at 8,000 yards
DD Kagero engages DD Mugford at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 13,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages CA Louisville at 13,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CA Indianapolis at 13,000 yards
DD Kagero engages DD Mugford at 13,000 yards
CA Aoba engages DD Helm at 13,000 yards
DD Helm engages DD Urakaze at 13,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages DD Mugford at 13,000 yards
DD Isokaze engages DD Helm at 13,000 yards
CA Indianapolis engages DD Hayashio at 13,000 yards
DD Kagero engages DD Helm at 13,000 yards
O'Neill V. orders Allied TF to disengage
Range increases to 16,000 yards
CA Kako engages CA Indianapolis at 16,000 yards
CA Indianapolis engages CA Furutaka at 16,000 yards
DD Kagero engages DD Mugford at 16,000 yards
CA Aoba engages CA Indianapolis at 16,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages DD Helm at 16,000 yards
DD Mugford engages DD Kagero at 16,000 yards
Range increases to 18,000 yards
CA Louisville engages CA Kinugasa at 18,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CA Indianapolis at 18,000 yards
DD Hayashio engages DD Mugford at 18,000 yards
CA Aoba engages DD Helm at 18,000 yards
DD Mugford engages DD Urakaze at 18,000 yards
DD Mugford engages DD Shiranui at 18,000 yards
DD Isokaze engages DD Mugford at 18,000 yards
DD Mugford engages DD Hayashio at 18,000 yards
DD Helm engages DD Kagero at 18,000 yards
CA Kako engages CA Indianapolis at 18,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CA Indianapolis at 18,000 yards
DD Urakaze engages DD Mugford at 18,000 yards
DD Helm engages DD Isokaze at 18,000 yards
DD Kagero engages DD Mugford at 18,000 yards
Range closes to 17,000 yards
CA Louisville engages CA Kako at 17,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CA Indianapolis at 17,000 yards
CA Indianapolis engages CA Kinugasa at 17,000 yards
CA Aoba engages CA Indianapolis at 17,000 yards
DD Helm engages DD Shiranui at 17,000 yards
DD Isokaze engages DD Helm at 17,000 yards
DD Hayashio engages DD Helm at 17,000 yards
CA Louisville engages CA Kinugasa at 17,000 yards
DD Isokaze engages DD Mugford at 17,000 yards
DD Urakaze engages DD Mugford at 17,000 yards
DD Isokaze engages DD Helm at 17,000 yards
DD Helm engages DD Kagero at 17,000 yards
Range closes to 13,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CA Indianapolis at 13,000 yards
DD Mugford engages DD Isokaze at 13,000 yards
DD Kagero engages DD Helm at 13,000 yards
DD Urakaze engages DD Helm at 13,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages DD Mugford at 13,000 yards
DD Mugford engages DD Isokaze at 13,000 yards
DD Helm engages DD Kagero at 13,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards
CA Indianapolis engages CA Kako at 10,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages CA Indianapolis at 10,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages CA Indianapolis at 10,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages DD Mugford at 10,000 yards
DD Isokaze engages DD Mugford at 10,000 yards
DD Helm engages DD Kagero at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
CA Kako engages CA Indianapolis at 9,000 yards
CA Indianapolis engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards
DD Mugford engages DD Kagero at 9,000 yards
CA Aoba engages CA Indianapolis at 9,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages DD Helm at 9,000 yards
DD Kagero engages DD Helm at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages CA Louisville at 12,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CA Indianapolis at 12,000 yards
DD Mugford engages DD Hayashio at 12,000 yards
CA Aoba engages DD Helm at 12,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages DD Helm at 12,000 yards
DD Isokaze engages DD Helm at 12,000 yards
DD Kagero engages DD Mugford at 12,000 yards
CA Kako engages CA Louisville at 12,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages CA Indianapolis at 12,000 yards
DD Hayashio engages DD Mugford at 12,000 yards
DD Hayashio engages DD Helm at 12,000 yards
DD Kagero engages DD Helm at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards
CA Louisville sunk by CA Kako at 11,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CA Indianapolis at 11,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages CA Indianapolis at 11,000 yards
CA Indianapolis engages DD Shiranui at 11,000 yards
DD Mugford engages DD Kagero at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
CA Kako engages CA Indianapolis at 8,000 yards
CA Indianapolis engages CA Furutaka at 8,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages DD Helm at 8,000 yards
CA Aoba engages CA Indianapolis at 8,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages DD Helm at 8,000 yards
DD Kagero engages DD Helm at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CA Indianapolis at 12,000 yards
CA Indianapolis engages CA Kinugasa at 12,000 yards
CA Indianapolis engages CA Aoba at 12,000 yards
DD Urakaze engages DD Helm at 12,000 yards
DD Mugford engages DD Isokaze at 12,000 yards
DD Mugford engages DD Hayashio at 12,000 yards
DD Kagero engages DD Helm at 12,000 yards
Range increases to 14,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages CA Indianapolis at 14,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages DD Mugford at 14,000 yards
CA Indianapolis engages CA Kinugasa at 14,000 yards
DD Helm engages DD Shiranui at 14,000 yards
DD Kagero engages DD Helm at 14,000 yards
Range increases to 16,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages CA Indianapolis at 16,000 yards
DD Mugford engages DD Shiranui at 16,000 yards
DD Hayashio engages DD Mugford at 16,000 yards
DD Mugford engages DD Kagero at 16,000 yards
Range increases to 17,000 yards
CA Kako engages CA Indianapolis at 17,000 yards
CA Indianapolis engages CA Furutaka at 17,000 yards
DD Urakaze engages DD Mugford at 17,000 yards
Range increases to 21,000 yards
CA Kako engages CA Indianapolis at 21,000 yards
Massive explosion on DD Mugford
CA Kinugasa engages DD Mugford at 21,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages CA Indianapolis at 21,000 yards
Range increases to 24,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages CA Indianapolis at 24,000 yards
CA Indianapolis engages CA Furutaka at 24,000 yards
CA Indianapolis engages CA Aoba at 24,000 yards
Range increases to 28,000 yards
CA Indianapolis engages CA Kako at 28,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Mugford at 28,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages DD Helm at 28,000 yards
CA Aoba engages CA Indianapolis at 28,000 yards
Task forces break off...

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 20,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Tone, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
CA Chikuma, Shell hits 12, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Chokai, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
CA Haguro, Shell hits 14, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Hamakaze, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
DD Tanikaze
DD Natsugumo, Shell hits 4
DD Yamagumo, Shell hits 4, heavy fires

Allied Ships
CA Pensacola, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 6, on fire
DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
DD Henley, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage

Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 20,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
Lowry, F. crosses the 'T' (Again, the Allied TF Commander is more skillful, or perhaps the IJA TF was slowed significantly at this point from damage)
CA Haguro engages CA Minneapolis at 20,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Ralph Talbot at 20,000 yards
Range closes to 15,000 yards
CA Haguro engages CA Minneapolis at 15,000 yards
CA Minneapolis engages CA Chokai at 15,000 yards
DD Tanikaze engages DD Henley at 15,000 yards
CA Minneapolis engages CA Tone at 15,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Henley at 15,000 yards
DD Henley engages DD Natsugumo at 15,000 yards
DD Tanikaze engages DD Ralph Talbot at 15,000 yards
DD Henley engages DD Hamakaze at 15,000 yards
Range closes to 13,000 yards
CA Minneapolis engages CA Haguro at 13,000 yards
CA Pensacola engages CA Chokai at 13,000 yards
CA Minneapolis engages CA Chikuma at 13,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Henley at 13,000 yards
DD Natsugumo engages DD Ralph Talbot at 13,000 yards
DD Tanikaze engages DD Ralph Talbot at 13,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages DD Henley at 13,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards
CA Haguro engages CA Minneapolis at 10,000 yards
CA Chokai engages CA Minneapolis at 10,000 yards
CA Minneapolis engages CA Chikuma at 10,000 yards
CA Tone engages CA Minneapolis at 10,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Ralph Talbot at 10,000 yards
DD Natsugumo engages DD Ralph Talbot at 10,000 yards
DD Ralph Talbot engages DD Tanikaze at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
CA Haguro engages CA Minneapolis at 6,000 yards
CA Chokai engages CA Pensacola at 6,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages CA Minneapolis at 6,000 yards
DD Natsugumo engages DD Ralph Talbot at 6,000 yards
DD Henley engages DD Yamagumo at 6,000 yards
DD Natsugumo engages DD Henley at 6,000 yards
DD Ralph Talbot engages DD Tanikaze at 6,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages DD Henley at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 7,000 yards
CA Haguro engages CA Minneapolis at 7,000 yards
CA Pensacola engages CA Chokai at 7,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages CA Minneapolis at 7,000 yards
DD Natsugumo engages DD Ralph Talbot at 7,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Ralph Talbot at 7,000 yards
DD Tanikaze engages DD Henley at 7,000 yards
CA Pensacola engages CA Haguro at 7,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages CA Minneapolis at 7,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Ralph Talbot at 7,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Ralph Talbot at 7,000 yards
DD Natsugumo engages DD Ralph Talbot at 7,000 yards
DD Tanikaze engages DD Henley at 7,000 yards
DD Ralph Talbot engages DD Hamakaze at 7,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages CA Minneapolis at 7,000 yards
CA Haguro engages CA Pensacola at 7,000 yards
DD Henley engages DD Yamagumo at 7,000 yards
CA Tone engages CA Minneapolis at 7,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Henley at 7,000 yards
DD Ralph Talbot engages DD Tanikaze at 7,000 yards
DD Ralph Talbot engages DD Hamakaze at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 8,000 yards
CA Haguro engages CA Pensacola at 8,000 yards
DD Ralph Talbot engages DD Yamagumo at 8,000 yards
DD Ralph Talbot engages DD Natsugumo at 8,000 yards
DD Ralph Talbot engages DD Tanikaze at 8,000 yards
DD Henley engages DD Hamakaze at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
CA Haguro engages CA Minneapolis at 7,000 yards
CA Pensacola engages CA Haguro at 7,000 yards
CA Minneapolis engages CA Chikuma at 7,000 yards
CA Tone engages CA Minneapolis at 7,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Henley at 7,000 yards
DD Ralph Talbot engages DD Natsugumo at 7,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages DD Henley at 7,000 yards
Moizumi, Shinichi orders Japanese TF to disengage
Range closes to 6,000 yards
CA Minneapolis engages CA Haguro at 6,000 yards
CA Pensacola engages CA Haguro at 6,000 yards
CA Tone engages CA Minneapolis at 6,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Henley at 6,000 yards
DD Ralph Talbot engages DD Natsugumo at 6,000 yards
DD Tanikaze engages DD Henley at 6,000 yards
DD Ralph Talbot engages DD Hamakaze at 6,000 yards
Range closes to 5,000 yards
CA Minneapolis engages CA Haguro at 5,000 yards
CA Pensacola engages CA Chokai at 5,000 yards
CA Tone engages CA Minneapolis at 5,000 yards
DD Henley engages DD Yamagumo at 5,000 yards
DD Natsugumo engages DD Henley at 5,000 yards
DD Tanikaze engages DD Ralph Talbot at 5,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages DD Henley at 5,000 yards
Range increases to 6,000 yards
CA Tone engages CA Minneapolis at 6,000 yards
CA Haguro engages CA Pensacola at 6,000 yards
DD Tanikaze engages DD Ralph Talbot at 6,000 yards
DD Ralph Talbot engages DD Yamagumo at 6,000 yards
DD Ralph Talbot engages DD Natsugumo at 6,000 yards
DD Ralph Talbot engages DD Tanikaze at 6,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages DD Henley at 6,000 yards
Lowry, F. orders Allied TF to disengage
Range increases to 7,000 yards
CA Pensacola engages CA Haguro at 7,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages CA Minneapolis at 7,000 yards
CA Tone engages DD Ralph Talbot at 7,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Henley at 7,000 yards
DD Henley engages DD Natsugumo at 7,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages DD Henley at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
CA Haguro engages CA Minneapolis at 12,000 yards
CA Chokai engages CA Minneapolis at 12,000 yards
DD Tanikaze engages DD Henley at 12,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Ralph Talbot at 12,000 yards
DD Henley engages DD Yamagumo at 12,000 yards
DD Tanikaze engages DD Ralph Talbot at 12,000 yards
DD Henley engages DD Hamakaze at 12,000 yards
Range increases to 17,000 yards
CA Haguro engages CA Pensacola at 17,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages DD Henley at 17,000 yards
DD Natsugumo engages DD Ralph Talbot at 17,000 yards
DD Henley engages DD Tanikaze at 17,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages DD Henley at 17,000 yards
Range increases to 22,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages DD Henley at 22,000 yards
CA Pensacola engages DD Yamagumo at 22,000 yards
CA Minneapolis engages DD Natsugumo at 22,000 yards
Range increases to 25,000 yards
CA Minneapolis engages CA Haguro at 25,000 yards
CA Chokai engages CA Minneapolis at 25,000 yards
Range increases to 28,000 yards
CA Pensacola engages CA Haguro at 28,000 yards
Range increases to 30,000 yards
CA Tone engages CA Pensacola at 30,000 yards
Task forces break off...

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 19,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1
CA Kako
DD Kagero
DD Hayashio

Allied Ships
CL Leander, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage

Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards
Range closes to 23,000 yards...
Range closes to 21,000 yards...
Range closes to 19,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 19,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 19,000 yards
CA Kako engages CL Leander at 19,000 yards
CL Leander engages DD Hayashio at 19,000 yards
CA Kako engages CL Leander at 19,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CL Leander at 19,000 yards
CL Leander engages CA Aoba at 19,000 yards
Range closes to 17,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CL Leander at 17,000 yards
CA Aoba engages CL Leander at 17,000 yards
Range closes to 14,000 yards
CL Leander engages CA Aoba at 14,000 yards
Range closes to 12,000 yards
CA Kako engages CL Leander at 12,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CL Leander at 12,000 yards
CA Aoba engages CL Leander at 12,000 yards
CL Leander engages DD Kagero at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards
CL Leander engages CA Kako at 10,000 yards
CA Aoba engages CL Leander at 10,000 yards
CL Leander engages DD Kagero at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
CA Aoba engages CL Leander at 8,000 yards
CL Leander engages DD Hayashio at 8,000 yards
CL Leander engages DD Kagero at 8,000 yards
Hisamune, Yonejiro orders Japanese TF to disengage
Range closes to 6,000 yards
CA Kako engages CL Leander at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 13,000 yards
CA Kako engages CL Leander at 13,000 yards
CL Leander engages CA Furutaka at 13,000 yards
Range increases to 19,000 yards
CA Kako engages CL Leander at 19,000 yards
Range increases to 26,000 yards
CL Leander engages CA Kako at 26,000 yards
Task forces break off...

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 26,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Tone, heavy fires
CA Chikuma, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Chokai, heavy fires
CA Haguro, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Hamakaze, heavy fires
DD Tanikaze
DD Natsugumo
DD Yamagumo, heavy fires

Allied Ships
CL St. Louis, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Cummings, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Stuart, heavy fires, heavy damage

Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards
Range increases to 28,000 yards...
Range closes to 27,000 yards...
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
Range closes to 25,000 yards...
Range closes to 23,000 yards...
Range closes to 21,000 yards...
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 20,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
Both TF attempt to withdraw!
Range increases to 26,000 yards...
CA Chokai engages CL St. Louis at 26,000 yards
CL St. Louis engages DD Natsugumo at 26,000 yards
CL St. Louis engages DD Hamakaze at 26,000 yards
Task forces break off...

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 20,000 Yards

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
F1M2 Pete: 1 destroyed
E13A1 Jake: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships (The CRUDIV is doomed when damaged and out of ammo, it is unable to avoid two fresh CLs)
CA Tone, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Chikuma, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
CA Chokai, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Haguro, Shell hits 28, and is sunk
DD Hamakaze, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Tanikaze, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Natsugumo, Shell hits 1
DD Yamagumo, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CL Phoenix
CL Honolulu
DD Patterson, Shell hits 2
DD Jarvis, Shell hits 1, on fire

Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 20,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
CL Honolulu engages DD Natsugumo at 20,000 yards
CL Honolulu engages DD Tanikaze at 20,000 yards
Range closes to 19,000 yards
CL Honolulu engages CA Haguro at 19,000 yards
CL Honolulu engages CA Chokai at 19,000 yards
CL Honolulu engages CA Tone at 19,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Jarvis at 19,000 yards
Range closes to 16,000 yards
CA Haguro engages CL Honolulu at 16,000 yards
CA Haguro engages CL Phoenix at 16,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages CL Honolulu at 16,000 yards
DD Patterson engages DD Natsugumo at 16,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Jarvis at 16,000 yards
DD Natsugumo engages DD Jarvis at 16,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages DD Jarvis at 16,000 yards
Range closes to 14,000 yards
CA Haguro engages CL Honolulu at 14,000 yards
CA Chokai engages CL Phoenix at 14,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Jarvis at 14,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Jarvis at 14,000 yards
DD Natsugumo engages DD Jarvis at 14,000 yards
DD Patterson engages DD Tanikaze at 14,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages DD Patterson at 14,000 yards
Range closes to 12,000 yards
CA Haguro engages CL Honolulu at 12,000 yards
CL Honolulu engages CA Chokai at 12,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages DD Jarvis at 12,000 yards
CA Tone engages CL Honolulu at 12,000 yards
DD Jarvis engages DD Yamagumo at 12,000 yards
DD Patterson engages DD Natsugumo at 12,000 yards
DD Patterson engages DD Tanikaze at 12,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages DD Jarvis at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
CL Honolulu engages CA Haguro at 8,000 yards
CL Phoenix engages CA Haguro at 8,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages CL Honolulu at 8,000 yards
DD Patterson engages DD Yamagumo at 8,000 yards
DD Jarvis engages DD Natsugumo at 8,000 yards
DD Jarvis engages DD Tanikaze at 8,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
CA Chokai engages CL Honolulu at 10,000 yards
CA Chokai engages CL Honolulu at 10,000 yards
CL Honolulu engages CA Tone at 10,000 yards
DD Natsugumo engages DD Patterson at 10,000 yards
DD Jarvis engages DD Natsugumo at 10,000 yards
DD Patterson engages DD Tanikaze at 10,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages DD Patterson at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
CL Honolulu engages CA Haguro at 8,000 yards
CL Phoenix engages CA Chokai at 8,000 yards
CA Tone engages CL Honolulu at 8,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Patterson at 8,000 yards
DD Natsugumo engages DD Patterson at 8,000 yards
DD Tanikaze engages DD Patterson at 8,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
CL Honolulu engages CA Haguro at 6,000 yards
CA Chokai engages CL Honolulu at 6,000 yards
DD Jarvis engages DD Natsugumo at 6,000 yards
DD Jarvis engages DD Natsugumo at 6,000 yards
DD Patterson engages DD Tanikaze at 6,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages DD Jarvis at 6,000 yards
Range closes to 4,000 yards
CA Haguro engages CL Honolulu at 4,000 yards
CA Haguro sunk by CL Phoenix at 4,000 yards
CA Tone engages CL Honolulu at 4,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Patterson at 4,000 yards
DD Patterson engages DD Natsugumo at 4,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages DD Patterson at 4,000 yards
Task forces break off...

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 40 (Zeros clear the skies for the torpedo bombers)

Allied aircraft
Seagull V x 2
SOC-1 Seagull x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Seagull V: 1 destroyed
SOC-1 Seagull: 3 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
37 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 32000 feet

CAP engaged:
VCS-9/3 with SOC-1 Seagull (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters to 14900.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
VCS-9/5 with SOC-1 Seagull (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters to 14900.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
No.9 Sqn RAAF S-1 with Seagull V (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 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
No.9 Sqn RAAF S-2 with Seagull V (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 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 119 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 47 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
G3M2 Nell x 12 (the bombers were all weathered-in during the morning, and only a few fly in the afternoon)

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Honolulu (And they hit nothing)
CA Canberra

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

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Sub attack near Port Moresby at 97,130

(Then things go from bad to awful)

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
DD Yukikaze

Allied Ships
SS S-28

SS S-28 launches 4 torpedoes at BB Fuso
DD Yukikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Meanwhile, the IJA is successful in its first full assault at Tsiaotso and does not seem to suffer from the lack of naval support at Port Moresby.

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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 54980 troops, 448 guns, 798 vehicles, Assault Value = 2114

Defending force 12904 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 285

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 1361

Allied adjusted defense: 265

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Tsiaotso !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
1005 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 91 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 23 (1 destroyed, 22 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
5164 casualties reported
Squads: 226 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 198 destroyed, 76 disabled
Engineers: 63 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 15 (14 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 6

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
57th Infantry Regiment
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
15th Tank Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
1st Infantry Regiment
49th Infantry Regiment
1st Engineer Regiment
34th Division
59th Infantry Brigade
4th Tank Regiment
13th Tank Regiment
40th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
11th Army
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Field Artillery Regiment
20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
5th New Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
7th Construction Regiment
10th Chinese Base Force
Jingcha War Area
3rd Construction Regiment

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Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 37529 troops, 431 guns, 166 vehicles, Assault Value = 1240

Defending force 14203 troops, 212 guns, 176 vehicles, Assault Value = 410

Japanese adjusted assault: 1447

Allied adjusted defense: 817

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1488 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 104 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 51 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1256 casualties reported
Squads: 79 destroyed, 50 disabled
Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 19 (11 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (5 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Units destroyed 2

Assaulting units:
48th Division
20th Engineer Regiment
78th Infantry Regiment
16th Division
4th/C Division
16th Army
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Mortar Regiment
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
2/2nd Ind Coy
17th MG Battalion
19th MG Battalion
30th Australian Brigade
2/4th Ind Coy
2/3rd Ind Coy
8th Australian Division
2/1st Ind Coy
Torres Strait Battalion
Port Moresby Brigade
Eastern Command
148th Field Artillery Battalion
147th Field Artillery Regiment
2/4 MG Battalion
15th RAAF Base Force
131st Field Artillery Battalion
Rabaul Det. Base Force

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RE: Requiem for Tomorrow Wirraway (J) v DesertWolf (A) - 2/5/2022 7:58:46 PM

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After action review from the Battle of the Coral Sea:
I don't like doing it, but I am going to have to cherry-pick all surface TF commanders. I say I don't like doing it, because flying Tanaka all over the map seems gamey, and if a TF commander has a Naval Skill in the upper 60s, I am normally fine. I will pay this more attention and see if there are significantly better options.

DW uses cruiser squadrons instead of divisions, and sends them in a swarm. He has done this in both the action of Palembang and now off Port Moresby. I had assumed this to be generally a disadvantage, since his TFs are typically outgunned 2:1 or more in an engagement, which is normally a decisive difference in naval combat. However, the successive waves of fresh squadrons can be really effective within the game engine. It wasn't in the Palembang engagement since some of them never found my TFs, but in this case it turned the tables on what was shaping up to be a IJN victory.

DW also uses the old chit-game tactic of soak-off units. He does this on the ground, in the air, and at sea. I can make use of a similar tactic later, by having low value ships lead the charge.

In retrospect, I may have picked the wrong deployment of two options I had. I knew with a high degree of confidence the route he would choose. I even had submarines along the route, but they missed the rapidly moving ships. I could, however, have moved the fleet to be in position for a night engagement off Cairns. I opted not to do so because he has US dive bombers in Australia and could have deployed them to Cairns, so when the sun came up, it would be the IJA without aircover. This was most probably an error in judgement as there was no sign he planned for me to jump his route.

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RE: Requiem for Tomorrow Wirraway (J) v DesertWolf (A) - 2/6/2022 8:24:46 AM

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ORIGINAL: Wirraway_Ace

After action review from the Battle of the Coral Sea:
I don't like doing it, but I am going to have to cherry-pick all surface TF commanders. I say I don't like doing it, because flying Tanaka all over the map seems gamey, and if a TF commander has a Naval Skill in the upper 60s, I am normally fine. I will pay this more attention and see if there are significantly better options.

DW uses cruiser squadrons instead of divisions, and sends them in a swarm. He has done this in both the action of Palembang and now off Port Moresby. I had assumed this to be generally a disadvantage, since his TFs are typically outgunned 2:1 or more in an engagement, which is normally a decisive difference in naval combat. However, the successive waves of fresh squadrons can be really effective within the game engine. It wasn't in the Palembang engagement since some of them never found my TFs, but in this case it turned the tables on what was shaping up to be a IJN victory.

DW also uses the old chit-game tactic of soak-off units. He does this on the ground, in the air, and at sea. I can make use of a similar tactic later, by having low value ships lead the charge.

In retrospect, I may have picked the wrong deployment of two options I had. I knew with a high degree of confidence the route he would choose. I even had submarines along the route, but they missed the rapidly moving ships. I could, however, have moved the fleet to be in position for a night engagement off Cairns. I opted not to do so because he has US dive bombers in Australia and could have deployed them to Cairns, so when the sun came up, it would be the IJA without aircover. This was most probably an error in judgement as there was no sign he planned for me to jump his route.

It's something that works in the game (and has always worked) but wouldn't work in real life. Tell your Admiral to split all your ships in packs of three and send them in to defeat two big task forces, what would the answer be? After one or two (at the latest) engagements your ships end up without ammo, hence the outcome.

I've seen Yamato and Musashi using up all their main gun ammo vs a couple of xAK in a single battle, it's a problem the game has in naval battles and if one knows that, voila... doesn't feel all that brilliant to me

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RE: Requiem for Tomorrow Wirraway (J) v DesertWolf (A) - 2/6/2022 4:17:38 PM

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ORIGINAL: castor troy

It's something that works in the game (and has always worked) but wouldn't work in real life. Tell your Admiral to split all your ships in packs of three and send them in to defeat two big task forces, what would the answer be?

Yep, it would fun to see that reply. Also try telling a squadron commander with the oldest, lightest armed and armored cruisers he has the honor of being the vanguard. "I know this going to be your death, Jim, but they will fire all those nasty long lances at you and expend much of their ammo, so when John gets there with his modern cruisers, he will have a cake walk. We will make sure we cast some roses or something over the spot where you and your boys go down. You do like roses, right?"

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RE: Requiem for Tomorrow Wirraway (J) v DesertWolf (A) - 2/6/2022 6:07:10 PM

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ORIGINAL: Wirraway_Ace

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ORIGINAL: castor troy

It's something that works in the game (and has always worked) but wouldn't work in real life. Tell your Admiral to split all your ships in packs of three and send them in to defeat two big task forces, what would the answer be?

Yep, it would fun to see that reply. Also try telling a squadron commander with the oldest, lightest armed and armored cruisers he has the honor of being the vanguard. "I know this going to be your death, Jim, but they will fire all those nasty long lances at you and expend much of their ammo, so when John gets there with his modern cruisers, he will have a cake walk. We will make sure we cast some roses or something over the spot where you and your boys go down. You do like roses, right?"

I don't know how long ago already, propably nearly a decade, I had a PBEM where I faced single DD TFs that kept attacking me as the Japanese, followed by one big TF. Same tactic and it pretty much ruined the game which I remember ended when the Allied lost their carriers late 42. I don't remember the name of my opponent anymore though.

Amazingly enough these tactics aren't popping up more often but if they get popular it's going to be a pity.

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