PzB74
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Thx Fish I will probably get my payback one day... Not sure how enjoyable it'll be though Good luck in the final! Let's sum up yesterdays action list: 1. Move substantial reinforcements to Tinian. Success: we moved in a lot of troops and AV is now close to 1600! Andy will feel this one. 2. Destroy large numbers of enemy ac. Success: We destroyed 125 Allied ac including 94 Hellcats, 12 Wildcats and 2..Corsairs! Ahem, must admit that our loss list is somewhat gross though. See screenie. 3. Lure an enemy carrier division closer to the Palaus and give em he11. Failure: Andy sent his 2 CV TF's closer to Ulithi and had 220 fighters on cAP. Our cve was sunk and our strikes were uncoordinated - AGAIN! So we lost a lot of ac for nothing. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/06/44 Sub/ASW Attacks Sub attack at 23,54 Japanese Ships AK China Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage PG Seiko Maru MSW Asahi Maru Allied Ships SS Barbero, hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Combat So Andy attacked Pagan this time - with most ac on LRCAP over Tinian we couldn't stop the bombers. Day Air attack on Pagan , at 64,62 Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 35 Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 11 Allied aircraft FM-2 Wildcat x 86 F6F Hellcat x 125 Corsair IV x 11 SB2C Helldiver x 60 TBM Avenger x 130 Japanese aircraft losses - the George's were lethal! We only lost 20 pilots and the group will be back in the fight soon. N1K1-J George: 38 destroyed Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 19 destroyed A6M5 Zeke: 10 destroyed F1M2 Pete: 1 destroyed J2M Jack: 21 destroyed C6N Myrt: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses FM-2 Wildcat: 9 destroyed, 2 damaged F6F Hellcat: 29 destroyed, 2 damaged SB2C Helldiver: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Japanese ground losses: 101 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 9 Runway hits 76 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Superforts then stomped Pagan well...Annoying that Andy manage to launc these super long range strikes from a size 5 base 23 hexes away at will. Day Air attack on Pagan , at 64,62 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-29 Superfortress x 80 Japanese aircraft losses J2M Jack: 2 destroyed A6M5 Zeke: 1 destroyed C6N Myrt: 1 destroyed F1M2 Pete: 1 destroyed N1K1-J George: 3 destroyed Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 4 destroyed Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 23 casualties reported Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 90 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 57,66 Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zeke x 8 Allied aircraft F6F Hellcat x 4 SB2C Helldiver x 27 TBM Avenger x 18 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses SB2C Helldiver: 1 destroyed TBM Avenger: 1 damaged Japanese Ships PG Shotoku Maru, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 57,66 Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zeke x 8 Allied aircraft F6F Hellcat x 23 SB2C Helldiver x 51 TBM Avenger x 36 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zeke: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses F6F Hellcat: 1 damaged SB2C Helldiver: 1 damaged TBM Avenger: 1 damaged Japanese Ships - short career for this 12 ac cve! CVE Shimane Maru, Bomb hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage *sinks* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 57,66 Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zeke x 3 Allied aircraft F6F Hellcat x 2 TBM Avenger x 3 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zeke: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships CVE Shimane Maru, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 3 x TBM Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My 400 fighter + 400 bomber strike was muttled down to a 160 fighter, 90 bomber strike... Day Air attack on TF at 57,63 Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zeke x 109 D4Y Judy x 8 A6M5c Zeke x 19 B6N Jill x 40 G4M1 Betty x 23 G4M2 Betty x 24 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 22 Allied aircraft F6F Hellcat x 207 F4U-1D Corsair x 28 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zeke: 109 destroyed D4Y Judy: 8 destroyed A6M5c Zeke: 19 destroyed B6N Jill: 30 destroyed G4M1 Betty: 22 destroyed G4M2 Betty: 22 destroyed Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 22 destroyed Allied aircraft losses - well, 42 less Hellcats... F6F Hellcat: 42 destroyed, 32 damaged F4U-1D Corsair: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied Ships CV Essex Aircraft Attacking: HEY, we got through 1 x G4M2 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet 1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following uncoordinated strikes stood no chance! Day Air attack on TF at 57,63 Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zeke x 37 G4M2 Betty x 16 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 23 Allied aircraft F6F Hellcat x 81 F4U-1D Corsair x 13 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zeke: 37 destroyed G4M2 Betty: 16 destroyed Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 18 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F Hellcat: 14 destroyed, 10 damaged F4U-1D Corsair: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied Ships CV Essex -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 57,63 Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zeke x 28 A6M5c Zeke x 9 G4M2 Betty x 5 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 8 Allied aircraft F6F Hellcat x 152 F4U-1D Corsair x 26 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zeke: 28 destroyed A6M5c Zeke: 9 destroyed G4M2 Betty: 5 destroyed Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 6 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F Hellcat: 3 destroyed, 7 damaged F4U-1D Corsair: 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 57,63 Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zeke x 8 G4M2 Betty x 4 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 10 Allied aircraft F6F Hellcat x 71 F4U-1D Corsair x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zeke: 8 destroyed G4M2 Betty: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 7 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F Hellcat: 4 destroyed, 9 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 57,63 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 9 P1Y Frances x 30 Allied aircraft F6F Hellcat x 117 F4U-1D Corsair x 19 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 9 destroyed P1Y Frances: 12 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses F6F Hellcat: 11 damaged F4U-1D Corsair: 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A strike from Truk found a replenishment carrier group? Again, no chance of getting through. Day Air attack on TF at 68,68 Japanese aircraft G4M2 Betty x 12 P1Y Frances x 11 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 22 Allied aircraft FM-2 Wildcat x 73 F6F Hellcat x 14 Japanese aircraft losses G4M2 Betty: 7 destroyed P1Y Frances: 11 destroyed Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 15 destroyed Allied aircraft losses FM-2 Wildcat: 8 damaged F6F Hellcat: 2 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Losses Marianas Must admit that Andy's plan was good. Taking advantage of yesterdays unescorted strikes he moved his attention to Pagan and devastated it with carrier ac and B-29s. Let's sum it all up: While our loss list is ugly we still manageg a reasonable kill ratio: 258 + 60 Oscars in A2A combat for 92 Hellcats, 9 Wildcats and 2 Corsairs. That's a 2.5-1 without Oscars and 3.1/1 with them. The loss of our bombers isn't important, got a lot of them and I can't really use them because of the Uber CAP. We're now producing 600 Zekes pr month and still got 500 in the pool. More than 400 Franks are also coming off the line. Can anyone tell me how many Hellcats Andy is receiving pr month? If he run out.... The loss of 45 Jack's on the ground was unfortunate. The 3 groups have been moved to Ulithi and it will take at least a full week to get them back into full strength. Still, all pilots survived. While the turn was a morale booster for Andy - and I applaud him for Pagan, nice move - I still think we did well. The enemy carriers are loosing a lot of fighters and still no invasion fleet in sight and Tinian's garrison has been strengthened. Tomorrow I upgrade another Tojo Sentai and more Zekes are being moved from China to replace losses. 240 fighters are put on CAP over Saipan today - LRCAP over a PC. Don't want any leakers. T-storms reported so it should be a quiet turn. The question is: Will Andy begin his invasion or do we get more time to prepare?
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"The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without" - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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