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RE: Namlea falls - B-29 make their debute! - 6/30/2006 3:49:12 AM

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ORIGINAL: PzB

Mid 43 sneer - tried to invade an atoll and Ken flew in a full division in a few days.
I could no longer attack enemy land bases with the KB as enemy strike ac became more
numerous than locusts and the Corsair's ruled the skies and the Hellcats appeared on
lots of new Essex Class carriers.

As the Allies, C-47s are your friend. I had 2x64 Groups and 3x16 squadrons at Tarawa. From Tarawa I could airlift
additional support to a number of islands around. It made it very difficult for PzB to invade an island as long as I kept
some Liberaters on Naval Search so I could see the invasion. I was able to move a Bde+ per day.

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RE: Namlea falls - B-29 make their debute! - 6/30/2006 5:07:02 AM

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Pzb

Are your ML busy? I believe so...
But I wondered if you had any plans for mining the open water hexs adjacent to the Marianas?
I know the attrition rate is very high in the open water hex, but a over-minelayed area has chances to get a big fish thanks to the number of ships that will transit. It will also slow his forces down (the MSN will need to sweep) and make them loose some expensive OP points on the very same day they will be storming your position.
This kind of mining may start a week or so before the invasion, or once you detect him coming something like 3 days away, if all your ML forces can get commited to it...

Maybe Im wrong, but wasn't Mutsu in Admiral Laurent's game sunk in open waters this way?

AJ

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RE: Namlea falls - B-29 make their debute! - 6/30/2006 6:06:53 PM

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Parts of the 21st UK Aviation Regiment was sunk with its transport today.
Lots of recon, enemy ships...but Andy's effort feels very half hearted. Encourages
me to re-deploy.

Two more days and 2 new Bde's arrive in Japan. One for Wake Island and one for Pagan.
That should finish the defensive upgrade of the region.

It's way too easy to air lift heavy equippment. Soldiers with their rifle perhaps, but
not artillery pieces and heavy support material.

My minelayers are very busy Fish - in the Marianas increasing mine count to 5k. Then
Palaus before going back to the PI. Not sure I can afford to loose anymore, kindas risky
to keep them close to an enemy invasion fleet. Canj easily get whacked

Good idea though, will consider mining a few deep water hexes if an invasion seems imminent.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/10/44

Air Combat

Little resistance over Tomini...airfield is at 46% damage.

Day Air attack on Tomini , at 34,65

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 29
Ki-21 Sally x 80
Ki-49 Helen x 13

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VIII: 3 destroyed

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 15
Port supply hits 1
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Day Air attack on 49th Division, at 32,69

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 9
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 17

Allied aircraft
PB4Y Liberator x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-S Irving: 2 damaged
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y Liberator: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on TF at 40,72

Japanese aircraft
G4M2 Betty x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
SC SC-640, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage - this issue still need a fix!

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M2 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 44,73

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 23

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIb Nick: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Alamosa, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Serpens, Bomb hits 1, on fire
SC SC-1062
AK Lyra
SC SC-743
SC SC-699

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
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Day Air attack on TF at 43,72

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Johanne Justesen, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage *sinks*

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported

Ground Combat

Ground combat at Tomini

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1647 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 104

Defending force 813 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
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2nd Naval Construction Battalion Wiped Out at Tomini by attrition!!! Yet another new message...

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RE: Namlea falls - B-29 make their debute! - 6/30/2006 6:17:47 PM

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good work Defender!

His extravagant moves at Tomini and Makale are punished. Perhaps you have para units nearby to re-take Tomini? (i guess it should be possible to recapture them with couple of paras with strong air support from the air (bombing his ground units at Tomini)?

I especially like your last raids against his transports too... it shows that Empire still have a teeths!

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RE: Namlea falls - B-29 make their debute! - 6/30/2006 7:22:41 PM

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Thx Pauk!
Unfortunately I don't have enough paras to retake a base with 3k enemy troops.
Most of my para units are in the Palaus and the 1st and 2nd Para Regiments are only at partial strength.
If our air strikes can close the AF at Makale we have a chance though.

The last few raids were good ones indeed, I just felt these successes came too easy...but I don't think
Andy would sacrifice aviation and base force units either. He got so many carriers that it's a bit strange
that he doesn't provide better escort for his convoys.

Andy's always conducting his operations with great skill and force. Perhaps his latest string of victories
have made him a bit lax?

That's when we leap in and kick em in the nuts

DEI & PI

Here is an overview of the strategic situation around Sulawesi. A bit messy, but not critical - yet.
I'm stubbornly refusing to deploy the fleet, Navy Air Arm or strategic reserves. Need to cover more than 20-30
small dot islands in the area. Wish it was possible to divide a division into 10 combat groups. That would have
solved many problems. Going to release several smaller guard units from China and India.

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RE: Namlea falls - B-29 make their debute! - 6/30/2006 7:29:13 PM

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Jap intelligence ain't much to brag about...but if this info is correct, there's
not much doubt about why there are so few enemy warships around PNG/DEI

588! enemy ships reported at Kwajalein. Been keeping an eye on this place for a while
and a string of Glen equipped subs surrounds the area. Wake and Marcus Island have long
range Emily search planes that will make it difficult for Andy to come in un-anounced!

Marshalls

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RE: Namlea falls - B-29 make their debute! - 6/30/2006 7:36:51 PM

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Seems like Andy has disbandoned Nomad's elaborate sub patrols in the North Central Pacific!
Strike Force I has snuck past the Aleutians and Pearl Harbour and will conduct commerce raiding
and act as a ghost fleet. It's a risk with enemy fleets at Kwajalein and Pearl Harbour / West Coast, but
hopefully we can saw lots of confusion and tie down enemy resources for a while.

The carrier Hiyo is quite expendable, so are 2 cvl's and 4 slow destroyers and a few AO's.
Little to loose and much to gain in other words

Strike Force I

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RE: Namlea falls - B-29 make their debute! - 6/30/2006 7:48:55 PM

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quote:

Strike Force I has snuck past the Aleutians and Pearl Harbour and will conduct commerce raiding
and act as a ghost fleet.

Sneaky! I like it! Hopefully they will have enough success to divert Andy's attention and possibly slow down his moves elsewhere. I just hpe they aren't detected before you are ready to do business in a big way.

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RE: Namlea falls - B-29 make their debute! - 6/30/2006 7:52:53 PM

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My plan for the defense of the Central Pacific is outlined in this map:

Defense of Central Pacific

The real challenge will be to successfully deploy the Air Force in combination
with the Combined Fleet and inflict enough causalties to defeat the enemy.

Would this be best achieved by:
1. A massive defensive effort by CAP fighters and subs followed up by heavy coordinated strike missions
against the invasion fleet? Is it possible to destroy enough Hellcats to make the fleet vulnerable enough
to be hit by Kido Butai and Naval Air Arm?

2. A defensive posture followed up by a strike by the KB on the enemy's supply van. This would force the
enemy carriers to intervene and make Option 1 more likeley to succeed.

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RE: Namlea falls - B-29 make their debute! - 6/30/2006 8:01:29 PM

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PzB, about your idea of dividing a division into ten parts, it is perfectly possible. Form a TF of 10 3000-ton APs and load them in a rather small port... In some days you will have aboard each AP a mix of INF, SUP and ART squads (for this the small port is mandatory, the troop loading should take several days), each having around 40 ASS points, and then you can scatter the TF and send each AP to any base you want to defend.

A side benefit of it is that even if you will see these units as 16th Div/1, 16th Div/2, etc... each will be described in the combat reports as 16th Div to your opponent, making it difficult for him to gain intelligence about your deploiement only by bombing troops.

Just thinking to that, I saw as a problem that the unit will be prepared to only one base and deployed on ten, but I wonder now if it possible to give preparation orders at a fragment...

I have never used it to defend 10 bases, but I prefer to do that than to divide the Div in thirds, so I can choose the repartition of my troops, for example 80% in a base and 20% in the nearby one.

In your current situation I think Andy is discovering he has overextended his advance. It is relatively easy for the Allied to advance like that and find easy spots in the Japanese-held areas, but to send convoys in the middle of Japanese bases, withoit nearby bases to provide CAP, is then a bad idea. A possibility is to cover them with CVEs, but small CVEs groups may be defeated and sunk by Japanese LBA at relative long range.
Speaking from experience in a long UV game, where I was able to stop Allied advance during 3 months after they had taken Gili Gili, Buna and Lae in some weeks (bypassing Port Moresby), but then needed 3 months to have enough supplies here for another step forward.

Another possibility will be to use surface forces to attack Allied convoys at night.... I'm personnaly fond of that, and most of the times it is easy to plot the path of Allied convoys. And this is usually less costly than air attacks. Using some CLs and DDs may be enough to disrupt Allied convoys for a while.

On the other hand, you are right to keep your Navy and reserves despite the fact that you have some success with limited forces here, and may have more with more forces. Andy may be willing to accept replaceable losses there just to keep your attention in the area.

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RE: Namlea falls - B-29 make their debute! - 6/30/2006 8:10:15 PM

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An alternative would be to take the Palaus, but there are more cons than
pro's here.

1. Too many heavily defended bases have to be captured.
2. Too time consuming.
3. Too costly.

These factors would have to be balanced against occupying a stable platform
from which the Marianas could be invaded - or PI/DEI for that sake. If Andy
had another year I would put my money on this one.

I'm uncertain about how I would react to such an attack though. The best approach
would probably be to let the enemy wear himself out and counter-attack when he's
weak - most likely after an invasion of Palay/Yap or wait until the Marianas proper
were targetted.

The Palau Alternative

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RE: Namlea falls - B-29 make their debute! - 6/30/2006 8:17:41 PM

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An overview of the Fleet Anchorage at Okinawa.
KB is slowly getting patched back together.

Combined Fleet Anchorage

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RE: Namlea falls - B-29 make their debute! - 6/30/2006 8:26:06 PM

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Sincerely hope so too Chez...depends on whether we 'step on' an enemy sub or not.
Hopefully the scout sub will prevent this. Not sure how much can be achieved by 50 strike ac...panic
at best

That's a really good idea Lauren!

Thx - will seriously consider it. Have to find a division that can be divided.
Got one at Yap, but this would leave this base vulnerable... Perhapes a large Bde could be divided. Was
afraid that one fragment would end up with most of the supply train, but using large transports in a small base
should divide the unit evenly. Hm...this would prevent para and fast transport attacks. Andy's talking about
a full Para Division that will arrive soon. Wunderbar!

The only place were enemy TF's can be hit by surface groups is on the East coast of PNG. Have hit them with naval bombers
and carriers thus far. Will consider a strike by cl/dd squadrons the next time an enemy convoy is spotted though.

I also agree with you that Andy has pressed a paper knife into the cracks of my main defensive line. It will be a while
before he can consolidate and expand the beach heads.

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RE: Namlea falls - B-29 make their debute! - 6/30/2006 8:39:25 PM

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Air and Ground Reinforcements

The PI will receive massive ground reinforcements over the next 35 days.
That's how long we have to delay Andy in this area.

In the next screenie I will compare the Frank with the Hellcat. These will
become main contenders: LBA vs Carrier borne fighters.

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RE: Namlea falls - B-29 make their debute! - 6/30/2006 8:48:54 PM

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Frank vs Hellcat

1. The Frank is the second fastest Japanese fighter ac at 392 mph, 12 faster than the Hellcat.
An edge to the Frank.

2. Altitude: Hellcat 37000 feet vs 36000 feet for the Frank.
Not a decisive factor.

3. Climb: Hellcat 2980 feet pr minute vs 2780 feet for the Frank.
An edge to the Hellcat.

4. Manouverability: 36 for the Hellcat vs 35 for the Frank.
A small edge to the Hellcat.

5. Durability: 32 for the Hellcat vs 30 for the Frank.
A small edge to the Hellcat.

6. Both planes have an armor rating of 1.

7. Gun value: 18 for the Hellcat vs 14 for the Frank.
An edge to the Hellcat.

Load and endurance are not important factors in this comparison.

In total the Hellcat got an edge over the Frank, but this margine is
not big. More experienced pilots and the fact that the Frank will be able
to defend while the Hellcat have to obtain fatigue flying from an attacking
carrier makes me believe that a large force of Franks flown by 75-80 exp pilots
and covered by Oscars, Zekes, Jacks and George fighters will be able to shoot
down a large number of Hellcats.

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RE: Namlea falls - B-29 make their debute! - 6/30/2006 9:03:36 PM

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Hi, how strong are your defenses in the Marianas?

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RE: Namlea falls - B-29 make their debute! - 6/30/2006 9:06:05 PM

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Interesting. When will the Ki-100 Tony and the Ki-102 Randy arrive?

The first ought to be a marked improvement over the Ki-61 and the second, while a rather shabby air superiority fighter, has a nice gunpower and all the obsolete Ki-48 Lily groups upgrade to it. Would be nice to use as rear area CAP fighters vs. heavy bombers. Those lily groups should be high exp too from the constant bombing in china.

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RE: Namlea falls - B-29 make their debute! - 6/30/2006 9:28:15 PM

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Defenses in the Marianas are undergoing an 'upgrade' to 1944 standards at the moment.
Currently there are 1300 AP at Guam, 1100 at Tinian, 1200 at Saipan, and 680 at Pagan.

The Imperial Division will add some 500 AP to Pagan while I'm thinking of dividing a crack
Bde and place it at Tinian and Saipan.

At 12-1300 AP each island will be defended by:
2 Divisions
1 Tank Regiment
1 Engineer Regiment
Base Force and Aviation units totalling at least 250 AS.
1 Coastal Defense Unit
1 Artillery Brigade.
1 AA unit
1 Army HQ
1 Air HQ

I would like to add another 200 AP to each base, have to see if it's possible to scrounge
another 4 regiments somewhere.

There are currently 2-3000 mines at each base, soon to reach 5000.

String, the Tony 100 will first arrive in February 45 and hasn't been researched. It will not become operational
in time for the decisive battles. The Randy will come in handy, got lots of experienced Lily formations. Definetly a
bomber intercepter or/and kamikaze attack ac.

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RE: Namlea falls - B-29 make their debute! - 6/30/2006 10:43:05 PM

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Business as usual: 685 enemy ships reported at Kwajalein today. The number is just
increasing.

Me thinks Andy is trying to sneak in troops with LCMs and barges on long range missions.
My strike planes refuse to attack the convoys. Promise them a surprise tomorrow

All Jill factories have upgraded to the Grace - some 180 produced pr month now. In a few
days I'll upgrade a 30 ac Daitai with this splendid ac.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/11/44

Air Combat

Tomini is in a bad shape, 14 Spits destroyed today - 13 on the ground.

Day Air attack on Tomini , at 34,65

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 59
Ki-21 Sally x 95
Ki-49 Helen x 20

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VIII: 7 destroyed

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 50
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 5
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Day Air attack on 3rd NZ/A Division, at 34,65

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 17
Ki-21 Sally x 14

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 1

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

Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Another nice strike by my fighter bombers!

Day Air attack on TF at 43,72

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIb Nick: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK George H. Himes
AK George H. Powell, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Beltrami, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK George Vancouver, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
74 casualties reported
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Day Air attack on TF at 41,71

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Seaman A. Knapp, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
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Unfortunately the Nicks decided to head for defended territory next...

Day Air attack on TF, near Namlea at 38,73

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 3

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 4
F4U-1D Corsair x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIb Nick: 2 destroyed
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Enemy carrier TF off the Northern Coast of PNG - protecting the transports.
CV Was spotted.

Day Air attack on TF at 45,71

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 33
F6F-5N Hellcat x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed
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Day Air attack on TF, near Namlea at 38,73

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 18

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 4
F4U-1D Corsair x 4

Japanese aircraft losses - low morale got its advantages!
Ki-45 KAIb Nick: 1 destroyed
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RE: Namlea falls - B-29 make their debute! - 6/30/2006 11:14:36 PM

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Well as I see Andy is doing nasty things to you in Pacific... Well do you have any timetable prepared of evacuation from India? How many Divs are you keeping there?

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RE: Namlea falls - B-29 make their debute! - 6/30/2006 11:22:50 PM

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Thought I was the one doing nasty things to Andy in the Pacific!

India got 3 full divisions, 5 Bdes, 3 tank regiments and lots of guard and engineer units.

No plans to evacuate the largest of these units, but I am considering to move a brigade and
a couple of guard units.

Did you see the Army Reinforcements list I posted not long ago? Large troop reinforcements
will arrive over the next weeks and months! Everything hinges on the ability to delay or halt Andy's
next major offensive.

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RE: Namlea falls - B-29 make their debute! - 7/1/2006 1:43:09 AM

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This is really great. Thanks for all the info you are giving us, really builds a great picture of whats going on and what carnage will result!
Think Andy has definately over-stretched himself by going past New Guinea with so little forces. Good to see you punishing him for it!

If Andy does take the Marianas and starts launching B29 raids, can he escort them? It may not be so decisive if you have plenty of highly trained interceptors waiting.

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RE: Namlea falls - B-29 make their debute! - 7/1/2006 2:50:58 AM

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Glad you enjoy it Luceum! It's difficult to predict how all this is going to end, but it's
certainly fun to see it all through

Andy can probably escort the B-29's from the Marianas with long range P-51s? Not sure about
this. Still, so many targets in Japan that he can cause havoc to the industry if the Marianas
fall. So it's quite easy: we DEFEND the Marianas with all our heart and soul!

Andy is committing several invasions with unescorted barges far from their
bases. Some cve's and cv's are in the area around Kendari. For now we continue
to attack with scattered naval bomber formations to inflict as much damage as possible.

Tomorrow the carrier Aso arrives.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/12/44

Invasions

Unloading a Bde over Makale.

Coastal Guns at Makale, 32,67, firing at TF 65
TF 65 troops unloading over beach at Makale, 32,67

1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
PC Ch 30
AP Kunimitsu Maru
PG Aso Maru

Japanese ground losses:
945 casualties reported
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Surface Combat

Promised the barge convoy heat today: here it goes!

Night Time Surface Combat, near Pomala at 32,69

Japanese Ships
DD Fujinami
PC Hirado

Allied Ships
LCT LCT-65, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LCT LCT-66
LCT LCT-130, Shell hits 1
LCT LCT-131
LCT LCT-132, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
LCT LCT-133
LCT LCT-138, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
LCT LCT-142, Shell hits 1, on fire
LCT LCT-146
LCT LCT-147
LCT LCT-150
LCT LCT-152, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
LCT LCT-173
LCT LCT-357
LCT LCT-358
LCT LCT-359
LCT LCT-479

Allied ground losses:
145 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1
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Air Combat

Day Air attack on 503rd USA Para Regiment, at 32,69

Japanese aircraft
D4Y Judy x 19

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x D4Y Judy bombing at 2000 feet
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Attack on carrier TF - no go...

Day Air attack on TF at 34,75

Japanese aircraft
G4M2 Betty x 6

Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 30
Corsair IV x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 6 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
FM-2 Wildcat: 5 damaged
Corsair IV: 2 damaged
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Continue to hammer the ocean going barge convoy.

Day Air attack on TF at 32,70

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 24

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
LCT LCT-473
LCT LCT-470, Shell hits 8
LCT LCT-375, Shell hits 4
LCT LCT-464, Shell hits 4
LCT LCT-472

Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported
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Enemy fast transports...and Corsairs!

Day Air attack on TF, near Makale at 32,67

Japanese aircraft
P1Y Frances x 24

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 7 destroyed, 10 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1D Corsair: 4 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Gansevoort
DD Drayton
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Day Air attack on TF at 41,72

Japanese aircraft
G4M2 Betty x 4

Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Propus, Torpedo hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M2 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Talasea at 59,88

Japanese aircraft
G4M2 Betty x 5

Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Empire Rowan
AK Cape Stevens
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Think Makale will become Japanese property again soon! Half the Bde is still aboard
the troop ships. Tomorrow we attack.

Ground combat at Makale

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 945 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 57

Defending force 3819 troops, 52 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 134
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Grace

Ugraded a high exp Jill unit today! Will transfer it to my new carriers.

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RE: Namlea falls - B-29 make their debute! - 7/1/2006 3:39:30 AM

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Strike Force II Makes Contact!

A Glen scout ac from the sub ahead of Strike Force II spotted an enemy convoy today.
The commander orders a change of course to intercept!

If those ships are loaded Andy's in for a surprise tomorrow

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RE: Namlea falls - B-29 make their debute! - 7/1/2006 6:08:36 AM

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Fingers crossed!

Killing APs, even unloaded, is nice enough already btw

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RE: Namlea falls - B-29 make their debute! - 7/1/2006 1:34:19 PM

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Way to Go PzB...

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Enemy troop convoy struck, CVE sunk! - 7/1/2006 1:43:31 PM

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Then you're in for a treat Fish!

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/13/44

Surface Combat

Our small TF continue to punish the loaded landing crafts!

Night Time Surface Combat at 33,68

Japanese Ships
DD Fujinami
PC Hirado

Allied Ships
LCT LCT-58, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
LCT LCT-61, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
LCT LCT-170
LCT LCT-175
LCT LCT-176, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
LCT LCT-177, Shell hits 1
LCT LCT-478
LCVP 532F
LCVP 542M
LCVP 542Q
LCVP 543F
LCVP 543G
LCVP 543H
LCVP 543L
LCVP 592F
LCVP 592R
LCVP 592S
LCVP 593F
LCVP 593G
LCVP 593J
LCVP 593K
LCVP 593L

Allied ground losses:
183 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Vehicles lost 2
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Invasions

Coastal Guns at Makale, 32,67, firing at TF 65
TF 65 troops unloading over beach at Makale, 32,67

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 30

Japanese ground losses:
627 casualties reported
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Air Combat

Night Air attack on Wasile , at 41,69

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-S Irving: 4 damaged

Allied ground losses: - whopping, results from night bombing

6 casualties reported

Runway hits 1
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Andy gets in the first kills as an ASW group is pummeled by Helldivers!

Day Air attack on TF, near Macassar at 30,69

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 3
SB2C Helldiver x 50

Allied aircraft losses
SB2C Helldiver: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
APD APD-2, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
PG Shinko Maru #2, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
PG Edo Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
PG Hakkaisan Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
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Our counter attack is puny, but the Oscars see some of the bombers through!

Day Air attack on TF at 33,73

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 22
D4Y Judy x 19
P1Y Frances x 8
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 60

Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 41
Corsair IV x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 19 destroyed
D4Y Judy: 4 destroyed, 4 damaged
P1Y Frances: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 46 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
FM-2 Wildcat: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied Ships
CVE Long Island
CVE Corregidor, Bomb hits 2
CVE White Plains, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage *sinks*

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x D4Y Judy bombing at 2000 feet
1 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
8 x D4Y Judy bombing at 2000 feet
4 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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And here comes the desert: Strike Force II connects perfectly with the enemy TROOP convoy!

From a range of 1 hex Judy's and Jill's wreck havoc among the UNESCORTED cargo ships

Day Air attack on TF at 120,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 20
D4Y Judy x 30
B6N Jill x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N Jill: 5 damaged

Allied Ships

AK Starr King, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Edwin M. Stanton
AK William B. Leeds, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK William Ford Nichols, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Cleveland Forbes, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Henry L. Abott, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Joe C. S. Blackburn, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Augustin Stahl, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK General Fleisher
AK Harrington Emerson, Bomb hits 1
AK Weltevreden, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Alexander Majors, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
396 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 4
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The afternoon attack inflicts even more casualties and enemy ships are left sinking all over
the place. Naval construction and Base Force personel are taking to their life rafts.

Day Air attack on TF at 120,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 18
D4Y Judy x 27
B6N Jill x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y Judy: 2 damaged
B6N Jill: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Harrington Emerson, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Weltevreden, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK General Fleisher, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Starr King, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Edwin M. Stanton, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Benjamin Waterhouse, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Allied ground losses:
230 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 3
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Our heroic little TF is destroyed by Helldivers in return!

Day Air attack on TF, near Makale at 32,67

Allied aircraft
SB2C Helldiver x 20

Allied aircraft losses
SB2C Helldiver: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
PC Hirado, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Fujinami, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
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Fortunately most of our troops have unloaded at Makale and the small strike cause few
casualties.

Day Air attack on TF, near Makale at 32,67

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 9
SB2C Helldiver x 24

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Kembu Maru
AP Nihonkai Maru
AP Minowa Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Meisho Maru
AP Netsuda Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
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This strike didn't get through, morale was low after previous attacks.
I found that 2 of my Frances formations hat patrol type leaders with high inspiration
and low aggression. Changed this.

Day Air attack on TF at 33,73

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 2
D4Y Judy x 13
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 24

Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 1 destroyed
D4Y Judy: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 13 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
FM-2 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
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Day Air attack on TF at 43,73

Japanese aircraft
G4M2 Betty x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK John Hart, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
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Put some highly experienced Ann dive bombers on naval attack! They pummel an enemy
destroyer with 100kg bombs and sinks it!!

Day Air attack on TF, near Makale at 32,67

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 14
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 22
Ki-30 Ann x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Drayton
DD Gansevoort, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage *sinks*
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Our 'patrol' Frances decide to take on the less formidable TF and sink two more enemy
destroyers! What a feast

Day Air attack on TF, near Makale at 32,67

Japanese aircraft
P1Y Frances x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 5 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Caldwell, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage *sinks*
DD Laffey, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage *sinks*
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The follow up attack fails to score hits!

Day Air attack on TF, near Makale at 32,67

Japanese aircraft
P1Y Frances x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 11 damaged

Allied Ships
DD McCalla
DD Charles Badger
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Then our Nick's find more enemy cargo ships and pummel them with 37/20 mm cannon shells
and bombs. Best day in months

Day Air attack on TF at 40,72

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 21

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Charlevoix, Shell hits 4
AK Nightingale, Shell hits 12
AK West Notus, Shell hits 8
AK American Builder, Shell hits 4
AK Sidney Hauptmann, Bomb hits 2, on fire
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Ground Combat

Didn't manage to re-capture Makale, need more supplies I think. Adjusted assault value
is really low.

Ground combat at Makale

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 6526 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 142

Defending force 3051 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 139

Japanese max assault: 292 - adjusted assault: 68

Allied max defense: 105 - adjusted defense: 67

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Japanese ground losses:
501 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Allied ground losses:
109 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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White Plains under attack!

In total we sank 1 CVE, 3 DD's and several transports today. Another CVE was damaged
together with a large number of transports. So what will Andy's response be? A massive carrier
force will most likely charge out of Pearl Harbour or the US West Coast.

I don't expect Strike Force II to get away with this, but it's mission has already been completed.
The shipping lanes between PH and the US are not safe and Andy will have to divert resources one way
or another.

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RE: Namlea falls - B-29 make their debute! - 7/1/2006 1:47:02 PM

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Great job!!! Nice to see a one-sided turn go Japan's way in '44!
Also, I have one point to mention. It came up in a discussion I had with Pauk yesterday. The conclusion was that losing SRA would hurt you much more than loosing Marianas. Look at it this way: how much oil and resources do you have for Home Islands once the life-line is cut? Three months? And what then? Your economy is suddenly reduced to some 25-50% efficency. It would take months of successful bombing to achive what can be achieved by severing the flow of resouces. SRA is weakly defended and if Andy should choose to go there (which hopefuly won't happen), he would get more for a lesser price.
The spice must flow!

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RE: Namlea falls - B-29 make their debute! - 7/1/2006 1:48:09 PM

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excellent turn
congrats

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RE: Namlea falls - B-29 make their debute! - 7/1/2006 1:50:44 PM

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Nice show now get the hell out of there...

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