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RE: It´s hard to be Japanese - 6/13/2005 2:30:13 AM   
toraq


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Weather: Partly Cloudy

Nothing happened. But I regained VP and now I´m leading the score.. Only air activity. Timtom has put some CAP over his PT in Dobadura to avoid my Zekes to sink them. But I sent my Zeroes to get some easy victories. Also, my Tonies which were LCAP AGs were attacked by F4Us. Two Tonies lost, but 2 F4U fell into the sea, due to engine trouble

Sub attack at 19,27

Japanese Ships
AP Kembu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
SS Amberjack
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Air attack on Buka , at 26,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 29

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 2 destroyed

FO Schuler of VMF-121 is credited with kill number 3
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Air attack on Munda , at 31,37

Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 54
PB4Y Liberator x 9

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 151
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 57
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Air attack on 238th Regiment, at 11,33

Allied aircraft
A-20G Havoc x 27
A-20G Boston x 16

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 13
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Air attack on TF at 15,33

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 22

Japanese Ships
AG 365, Shell hits 12, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AG 120, Shell hits 20, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Air attack on Dobadura , at 13,38

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
J1N1-R Irving x 1

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 10

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk x 1 destroyed x 1 damaged

PO2 H.Kumagaya of F2/251st Daitai is credited with kill number 2

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RE: It´s hard to be Japanese - 6/13/2005 11:39:46 PM   
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Weather: Clear

Clear weather always brings more air activity. I had reinforced my CAPs but this was not enough. I lost 12 A6M2 and M3 in a big air battle over Rabaul . Despite my datais bounced the enemy, P-38 shot up my zeros very badly.
The "good news": Beaufighters and B25 attacked my ships, suffering terrible losses due to AA fire: 8 Beaufighters and 5 B25 lost.

Wewak attacked
Despite my good interceptions, only 1 B17 was lost today. . Wewak has now 120 engineers. A major effort to try to increase the airport level of that place: 50 VP worth!!

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 34

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero x 1 destroyed x 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress x 8 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 33
Airbase hits 11
Runway hits 37

Limited japanese offensive
Need to reduce the supply level of his foward bases. Not luck thius time. tomorow we´ll try with GG.

Air attack on Salamaua , at 9,34

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
A6M3 Zero x 23
G4M1 Betty x 84

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra x 2 destroyed x 8 damaged

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 64
Airbase hits 16
Runway hits 44

New georgia attacked
Yes, Munda, Vila and Shorland attacked, with the intention of destroying supplies as a real invasion is now quite impossible. Only 8 days left.

Air attack on Shortland Island , at 29,34

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 27

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress x 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 27
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 36
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Air attack on Vila , at 32,36 ***got plenty of AA guns in this place but today they refused to fire***

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 11

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator x 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 26
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 7
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Air attack on Munda , at 31,37 ***got plenty of AA guns in this place but today they refused to fire***

Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 56

Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell x 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 122
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 68

My BBs attacked by Beaufighters
I suffered a lot of anxiety while watching the combat report, as Beaufighters attacked my CAs and not my BB (500 lb bombs can not penetrate the BB armour). I hate these devils, and for me is a great victory to see 8 of them under the water or destroyed.

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIC x 16

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIC x 5 destroyed x 11 damaged

WCDR F.Evans of No. 9 Sqn RNZAF is KILLED

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya, Shell hits 52, on fire ***really on fire, 15 fires, 12 sys damage***
CA Takao

Ships at Rabaul attacked
A very daring attack as my CAP is always powerful, my CVs have a strong AA escort and usually the P-38 suffer when attacking at long ranges. (not this time)

Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 21,28

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
A6M3 Zero x 30

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 52
B-25J Mitchell x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 3 destroyed
A6M3 Zero x 6 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning x 1 damaged ***1 lost***
B-25J Mitchell x 2 destroyed x 5 damaged ***5 lost***

1LT V. Winders of 35th FS is credited with kill number 4
LCDR J. Yamashita of F2/1st Daitai bails out and is RESCUED ***my best commander***

Japanese Ships
CS Nisshin, Shell hits 4
CA Myoko, Shell hits 4

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RE: It´s hard to be Japanese - 6/13/2005 11:52:23 PM   
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Weather: Thunderstorms

At least, no much air activity. I need to keep my supplies intact. today, a FT arrived at Finsch, but suppllies didn´t go to Lae . Is it because of the Paras dropped there?. We´ll see next turn.
One other good thing is that weather avoided my planned attack to GG, which now seems to be defended by F4Us . We´ll have to think twice before attacking that base!. See the herbie AAR to see what happens when you attack places with F4Us.
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Air attack on Munda , at 31,37

Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 57

Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell x 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 116

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 53

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RE: It´s hard to be Japanese - 6/14/2005 3:35:47 AM   
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Weather: Thunderstorms

No way, even with thunderstorms, Timtom planes go through my bases and bomb the supply depots. At least my planes also took off and damaged Salamaua heavily. I´m down in base points and general points: 5193 (allies) vs 4984 (japs). Need to send suppplies to foward bases!!. Tomorrow also Thunderstorms. Good!

Japaneses their sting!
Air attack on Salamaua , at 9,34

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
A6M3 Zero x 6
G3M Nell x 21
G4M1 Betty x 75 ***it was a time when 100 betties could take off***

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 109
Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 57

Munda, Vila ans Short, attacked
Vila supply reserves are in red numbers while Short and Munda are about to be reduced below the required number. I surely will have to send another massive FT there. tmtom won´t let me do that as easily as the last time.

Air attack on Shortland Island , at 29,34

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator x 3 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10
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Air attack on Vila , at 32,36

Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 46

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 63
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 32
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Air attack on Munda , at 31,37

Allied aircraft
PB4Y Liberator x 17

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y Liberator x 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 31
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 34

My fleet again attacked by naval bombers
This time Avengers, from extended range. 6 lost . No damage to my ships
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 12
TBF Avenger x 29

Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger x 3 destroyed x 11 damaged

LCDR E.Walton of VC-28t is KILLED

Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 1
CA Kumano, Bomb hits 1
BB Yamato, Bomb hits 1
BB Musashi
CA Maya
BB Nagato
BB Kongo, Bomb hits 1

New ships from Tokyo
Including two CV (CV Hiyo and a CVL), CA Tone, 4 CLs, various DDs. But they will arrive too late to take part in this scenario.

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RE: It´s hard to be Japanese - 6/14/2005 4:06:40 PM   
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Weather: Thunderstorms

Final days...and we are fighting to get a "draw" or an "allied minor victory". My problem is to supply my foward bases and destroy as many enemy supplies in GG, Salamaua and Nazbad. Tomorrow I´ll attack the latter, as GG has been protected by F4Us and F4F...

timtom managed to evacuate his Para Btll from Fisnch, in front of my nose . He passed through my mines and his mines. Although 14 men were left behing. Tomorrow, I´ll shock atack and unless thre is a Rambo with them I should defeat them!. however this is a miracle!, because I expect that my stock supplies at Finsch will move to Lae ASAP.




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RE: It´s hard to be Japanese - 6/15/2005 1:08:09 AM   
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Weather: Rain

Good news and bad news. . My ships at Kavieng were visited by almost 100 bombers, and caused a lot of damage. 1 AP and 1 DD have been scuttled, 1 APD sunk, while another DD is close to its death.
The good news are that Finschafen-Lae supply line is open again, so Lae is full of fresh supplies, boosting my base points.
If I want to get a draw, I need some little victories: tomorrow my bombers will attack GG, while my CVs have departed from Rabaul (once more) to attack that base. No CAP is expected, as recon indicates no planes based there.
I´m being lucky with the weather: tomorrow also rain. Some enemy air raids have been cancelled. (also japanese ones)

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Air attack on TF, near Kavieng at 18,24

Japanese aircraft ***my usual CAP for that place***
A6M2-N Rufe x 14
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 20

Allied aircraft ***planes based at PM, two attacks***
Beaufighter VIC x 22
B-25J Mitchell x 86

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell x 8 damaged ***most of them due to ATA, don´t know what happens with my AA fire***

Japanese Ships
APD 34, Shell hits 28, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage***sunk***
DD Shirayuki, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage ***scuttled***
AP Kembu Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage ***scuttled***
DD Nowaki, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
PC Toshi Maru #3
DD Hagikaze
PC Takunan Maru #10
DD Makinami, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PC Ch 12

AGs attacked by naval bombers
They fulfilled their mission to Buin (a very dangerous one) without engaging the enemy´s PTs. No such luck with the P39 and their companions

Allied aircraft ***from Vella Lavella***
F4U-1 Corsair x 14
SBD Dauntless x 28
TBF Avenger x 12
P-39D Airacobra x 44

Japanese Ships
AG 2054
AG 5051, Shell hits 4, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AG 2052, Shell hits 16, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AG 5032, Shell hits 4, on fire
AG 5029, Shell hits 24, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AG 5032, Shell hits 4, Bomb hits 5, heavy damage

Victory Points
Japs: 5185
Allied: 5286

Proportion 1.02...a draw, but 1.05 and the score will turn to allied minor victory

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RE: It´s hard to be Japanese - 6/15/2005 6:33:16 PM   
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Tomorrow forecast: clear

Well, I´m suming up the reports of three days. Not as interesting as before. We are both engaged in the supply war so no much action. While Timtom can bomb 6 bases at the same time, destroying many supplies, I can only bomb 1 base. While Timtom repairs his bases in one or two days, my engineers usually have to spend 5 days closing holes!

Submarine warfare
I called off my ASW offensive, as all my betties are now attacking enemy bases. However I keep one ASW patrol and my petes still search for enemy subs. Many close to Rabaul and my fleet.

Sub attack at 30,35

Japanese Ships
SS I-16, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
CL Montpelier, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Bagley
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Sub attack at 25,30

Japanese Ships
DD Oite, Torpedo hits 1 ***very little damage ***

Allied Ships
SS Guardfish

My bases attacked
Munda, Short and Vila are more or less attacked everyday, depending on the weather. Just the same with Madang, Lae, Finschaffen and Wewak. Everytime 30 to 60 bombers attack, sometimes escorted, sometimes alone (heavies and B25).
Damage is huge in all these bases: red numbers in airbase and runaway, while supplies are scarce in Lae, Munda, Short and Buin. I show you an example of one of these attacks

Allied aircraft
Hudson x 5
P-38G Lightning x 10
B-25J Mitchell x 55

Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell x 4 damaged ***usually one or two planes are shot down everyday due to AA fire: very poor results, considering that almost 300 bombers attack****

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 152
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 46

Japanese power reduced to attack GG
I decided to risk my CVs to attack GG. It seems to me that it has been empty of planes and protection. Maybe is a trap, maybe not, but I have no option. I´m scared of his CVs but probably Timtom won´t risk them at the end of the scenario. What really scares me is his subs. I have to do stupid movements with my CVs to avoid possible contacts.
During three days I´ve been bombing GG, but enemy base points are still high...why? how? FT missions? C-47?
An example:

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Air attack on Gili Gili , at 17,42

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
D3A Val x 58
B5N Kate x 56

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 33
Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 54
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Air attack on Gili Gili , at 17,42

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
A6M3 Zero x 11
G3M Nell x 21
G4M1 Betty x 84

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 71
Vehicles lost 1
Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 70

Next step
Now, only two days left and we´re still playing the cat and mouse game with the VP. I´m close to the draw and Timtom is close to allied minor victory.
I plan to resupply my foward bases in the last turn, using a complicate plan to confuse the enemy and (maybe) attract him to a trap. I´ll try to post a map so you can see my plans
My BBs and DDs are ready to resupply/attack enemy forces so maybe the action is not over yet.

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RE: It´s hard to be Japanese - 6/16/2005 5:50:39 PM   
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Weather: Clear

More or less I´m satisfied with the turn. Clear days are tough ones, but I managed to deceive Timtom and this time I attacked Salamaua instead of GG, which was protected by P-38. I also made a sweep over PM skies, shooting down 9 P40.
On the other hand, I lost 3 Rufes defending Kavieng and 3 Zekes while attacking PTs.
Supplies arrived safe to Finschaffen, and my AGs and DDs close to Shortland and Buin were not detected by allied recon planes

Wewak attacked
No porblem, Wewak is well defended and has plenty of supplies.

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 25
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 18

Allied aircraft
Hudson x 2
P-38G Lightning x 4
B-17E Fortress x 24
B-24D Liberator x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero x 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress x 10 damaged
B-24D Liberator x 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 72
Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 56

Salamaua attacked
To deceive Timtom, as I want to attack GG in the last turn. But I don´t want P-38 to LCAP the base!!. However, despite my efforts, allied base points increase everyday

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 24
G3M Nell x 18
G4M1 Betty x 88

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra x 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 186
Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 66

A sweep over PM
Tomorrow I want Timtom to LCAP PM and not GG, so I decided to send my two crack datais. They got some few victories. If damaged planes had been destroyed, it would have been a complete victory.

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 49
G3M Nell x 3

Allied aircraft ***no P-38, good!***
P-40E Kittyhawk x 31
P-40E Warhawk x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 3 destroyed x 1 damaged
G3M Nell x 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Kittyhawk x 7 destroyed x 3 damaged
P-40E Warhawk x 2 destroyed x 1 damaged

SLDR P. Turnbull of No. 75 Sqn RAAF is credited with kill number 2
Runway hits 4

Ships at Kavieng attacked
The lack of a proper LCAP permits Timtom to raid this important port without paying its price. However, damaged APs are big ones, so no sinking risk.

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 16

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 33
B-25J Mitchell x 39

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe x 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell x 2 damaged

1LT C. Harvey of 9th FS is credited with kill number 2
CPT C. Troxell of 35th FS is credited with kill number 2

Japanese Ships
AP Hakusan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Miike Maru
PC Ch 4
AP China Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Hakusan Maru, on fire
AP Nagara Maru, Bomb hits 1
AP Miike Maru

Last day plans
To avoid an allied minor victory I plan to send supplies to every foward base that need them. Vila, Shortland and Finsch are the chosen one, as their supplies are below the required levels. I also plan to attack GG in a last attempt to destroy supplies and reduce allied VP. It is quite probable that a naval battle occurs...




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RE: It´s hard to be Japanese - 6/16/2005 8:22:09 PM   
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Weather: Partly Cloudy

The scenario is over and the final result is A DRAW!!!. I´m pleased with the result, as my naval and air resources were dissapearing day by day. Final score: 5332 vs 5404. (japs/allied)
Every FT arrived at each base. However, one of them hit a mine and stopped in the same hex. Afterwards it was attacked and attacked by naval bombers which destroyed 3 of the 5 DDs. But in this combat report, all 5 are destroyed...I played for a second time and my combat replay was different from the first one....BUGS
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Air attack on Finschhafen , at 11,33

Allied aircraft
P-40E Kittyhawk x 9
P-38G Lightning x 10
A-20G Havoc x 28
A-20G Boston x 15

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 27
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 36
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Air attack on Dobadura , at 13,38

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 9

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk x 1 destroyed x 1 damaged
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Air attack on Gili Gili , at 17,42

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 32
D3A Val x 55
B5N Kate x 41

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 70
Vehicles lost 1
Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 52
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Air attack on Gili Gili , at 17,42

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 29
A6M3 Zero x 13
G3M Nell x 18
G4M1 Betty x 83

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 145
Vehicles lost 2
Port hits 21
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 6
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Air attack on Buin , at 28,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 22
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 11

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 18
B-17E Fortress x 21
PB4Y Liberator x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2 destroyed
D3A Val x 1 destroyed x 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning x 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 66
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 43
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Air attack on TF at 28,34

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 62
SBD Dauntless x 93
P-39D Airacobra x 45
TBF Avenger x 25

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra x 1 damaged
SBD Dauntless x 2 damaged
TBF Avenger x 1 destroyed x 7 damaged

Japanese Ships ***all sunk***
DD Yuzuki, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
DD Fumizuki, Shell hits 4, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
DD Yukaze, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
DD Susuzuki, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Inazuma, Shell hits 12, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
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Air attack on Madang , at 7,30

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 25
B-25J Mitchell x 49

Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell x 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 123
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 20
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Air attack on Lae , at 9,33

Japanese aircraft

Allied aircraft
P-40E Kittyhawk x 18
P-40E Warhawk x 7
B-25J Mitchell x 43

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell x 2 destroyed x 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 19
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 13
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Air attack on Dobadura , at 13,38

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk x 1 destroyed

LTJG J.Hamano of F1/251st Daitai is credited with kill number 2
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Air attack on Munda , at 31,37

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 21
B-25J Mitchell x 50

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 84
Guns lost 1

Port hits 3
Port supply hits 1
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RE: It´s hard to be Japanese - 6/16/2005 9:29:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		Nice job toraq!

I think a draw is about the best thing a Jap player in this scenario could hope for....against a half-way competent Allied player anyway...

You and timtom are two of the most evenly matched players I've ever read in these AARs.....and I've read them all...

you guys should play scen. 19!!!

Chad

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What if...? - 6/17/2005 6:20:14 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks Juggalo, I appreciate your words. It has been difficult to get that DRAW and as I said before, is more than I could expect against Timtom who is the best commander that I met (except my brother). Now Juggalo Tanaka dedicates you this post

Well, readers, as you know one of the biggest question in my PBEM was if I should have attacked the enemy BBs. Now that I know Timtom´s password I was able to simulate a NIGHT NAVAL BATTLE. The battle took place at Shortland, with Tanaka leading IJN BBs and Reeves (and not Tisdale) on the US side.
I used the existing TFs in our game. No changes were made in their numbers/commanders, etc.

There were 3 engagements, at distance between 5000 to 8000 yards. In one engagement, Japs surprised allies a little bit. I could say that ONLY the naval battle was an IJN minor victory, but afterwards, the naval bombers attacked BB Mutsu and Yamato. Both of them would have sunk in the next days.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Shortland Island at 29,34

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
BB Nagato, Shell hits 2
BB Mutsu
BB Yamato
BB Musashi
BB Fuso, Shell hits 3
BB Yamashiro
CA Takao
CA Maya
CA Kumano
DD Suzunami
DD Umikaze, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina
BB Washington
BB South Dakota
BB Indiana, Shell hits 2
CL Montpelier, Shell hits 1
DD Radford
DD Jenkins
DD Gwin
DD McCalla
DD Farenholt
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Shortland Island at 29,34

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, Shell hits 1, on fire
BB Nagato, Shell hits 2
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2, on fire
BB Yamato, Shell hits 4, on fire
BB Musashi, Shell hits 2
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 1
CA Takao, Shell hits 1
CA Maya, Shell hits 3
CA Kumano
DD Suzunami, Shell hits 1
DD Umikaze, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina, Shell hits 2, on fire
BB Washington, Shell hits 6
BB South Dakota, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Indiana
CL Montpelier, Shell hits 15, on fire, heavy damage
DD Radford
DD Jenkins
DD Gwin, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD McCalla, Shell hits 1
DD Farenholt
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Shortland Island at 29,34

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, Shell hits 1, on fire
BB Nagato
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage ***16 inches shells***
BB Yamato, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage ***several 16 inches shells***
BB Musashi
BB Fuso, Shell hits 3
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 1
CA Takao, Shell hits 1
CA Maya
CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
DD Suzunami, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Umikaze, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina, Shell hits 4, on fire
BB Washington, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
BB South Dakota, on fire, heavy damage
BB Indiana
CL Montpelier, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage ***sunk***
DD Radford
DD Jenkins
DD Gwin, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD McCalla, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
DD Farenholt, Shell hits 1, on fire
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More details
- the Musashi attacked the CL Montepelier, which was hit by several 18.1 inch shells
- Yamashiro only shot a few times, almost useless in this battle.
- Yamato is quite vulnerable against 16.1 inch shells
- Sometimes my BBs attacked enemy DDs, which attacked with torpedoes
- To my surprise, CAs took a minor role in the battle. Despite his Long Lance, only 1 torpedo struck an american BBs

Results
- 3 IJN BBs out of action. Yamato and Mutsu severely damaged my 16.1 shells. Also BB Kongo with 30 sys damage.
- 2 USN BBs severely damaged, but they won´t sink at all. Also BB North Carolina was damaged but it could be used in a defensive role.
- CL Montepelier sunk

The naval bombers attack
Weather was partly couldy and Lambeti and Vella Lavella bombers took off to attack my BBs. If we count this attack, Mutsu and Yamato will sink so the result of the battle will change to a allied victory (decisive if we count the VPs)

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 24
SBD Dauntless x 30
TBF Avenger x 16
P-39D Airacobra x 24

Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless x 2 damaged
TBF Avenger x 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 12, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Yamato, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Umikaze, Shell hits 24, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
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Air attack on TF at 28,34

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 46
SBD Dauntless x 26
TBF Avenger x 15
P-39D Airacobra x 23

Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless x 1 destroyed x 2 damaged
TBF Avenger x 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 16, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
DD Umikaze, Shell hits 16, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Yamato, Shell hits 8, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage

However, the Yamato resist most of the 1000 lb bombs. Even with this damage, sys damage is 60 and floatation is 70, with maybe 30 to 40 fires. Yamato class are difficult to sink!

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RE: What if...? - 6/17/2005 7:31:11 PM   
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RE: What if...? - 6/17/2005 10:01:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well Juggalo your wishes are orders to me ...yes I played a daylight battle. I sent my BBs against ships in Vella Lavella. But results were poor again. No air attacks were made, mainly because of my fighter escort, but also there were some alternative targets (AGs). But if the real batle had occurred, Timtom would have seen my fighters in the bases close to Vella Lavella and thus, it is possible that he had prepared a more powerful welcome. Who knows?

However, after the BB vs BB battle, my TF attacked another enemy TF, with two CLs and wiped it out

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Day Time Surface Combat at 30,35

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
BB Nagato, Shell hits 4
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 1
BB Yamato, Shell hits 1
BB Musashi, Shell hits 1
BB Fuso, Shell hits 2
BB Yamashiro
CA Takao
CA Maya
CA Kumano
DD Suzunami
DD Umikaze

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina, Shell hits 2
BB Washington, Shell hits 1
BB South Dakota, Shell hits 2
BB Indiana, Shell hits 3
CL Montpelier, Shell hits 1
DD Radford, Shell hits 1
DD Jenkins
DD Gwin
DD McCalla
DD Farenholt
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Day Time Surface Combat at 30,35 ***three engagements, I posted the last one***

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, Shell hits 7
BB Nagato, Shell hits 6
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 5
BB Yamato, Shell hits 2
BB Musashi, Shell hits 5
BB Fuso, Shell hits 6
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 2
CA Takao, Shell hits 4
CA Maya, Shell hits 2
CA Kumano
DD Suzunami
DD Umikaze

Allied Ships
CL Cleveland, Shell hits 17, and is sunk
CL Columbia, Shell hits 25, on fire, heavy damage
DD Bagley, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
DD Mugford, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
DD Henley, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Gridley, and is sunk
DD Fanning, and is sunk
DD Hull, Shell hits 14, and is sunk
DD MacDonough, and is sunk
DMS Long

Not bad results, but far from a IJN decisive victory. Allied player has a army of DDs and the loss of 6 wouldn´t change anything. Anyway a interesting result.

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RE: What if...? - 6/18/2005 3:00:02 AM   
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Not particularly surprised that IJN BB breeze past subs. Not very happy that IJN BB's navigate minefields blocking (?) passage between Bougainville & Choiseul.

Got plenty DD's to spare...

Would've attacked if in Nip shoes.

Large no. of fighters forward would've elicited response. Large no. of fighters at Buka not necesarily so (quite normal prior to capture of Vella). Post-capture Vella probably give pause to thought. Admittedly my recon of Buka was rather lacking towards the end. However I think you'd have to put up ALOT of fighters to prevent attacks on BB's. Furthermore, a seriously damaged BB might well need two turns to clear the danger zone. Not sure you'd necesarily be able to repeat the result against the CL's - to my experience BB's tend not to do well against smaller, agile, ships - and visa versa.

I think there's some sort of bug with the P-39's. They never ever go down on doing naval attack. Quite vulnerable to AAA when doing ground attack though. Beaufighters bite the dust (water rather) soon as you look at them.

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RE: What if...? - 6/18/2005 6:25:50 AM   
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Status: offline 		Interesting results toraq....

I was kind of worried that daytime suface combat was "broken".....but that last engagement that wiped out the CLs and DDs reaffirms that it's working just fine...

Thanks for doing that, and thanks for the great AAR....also thanks to timtom...

Chad

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RE: What if...? - 6/18/2005 10:08:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thank you Juggalo!

Yes a lot of work to write down the words and the maps. Unfortunately in the last game days I didn´t have much time to prepare my posts.
Anyway, now I´ll try to point out somethings about this last scenario. It has been a painful one as I suffered a lot of damage. Many of my ships were sunk and that meant I could only get a draw at the end.

CHAPTER ONE: FINAL RESULTS
In these numbers I don´t include the final day because I was no able to play it again and see the results.

Japanese losses
Japanese always lose a variety of ships, aircraft in 43. No matter what you do, you will lose a lot of everything. In this scenario I put a lot of emphasis to protect my APs from the air and to reduce the alllied submarine power. Even so, losses due to air attacks were heavy as you may see.

Ship losses
By enemy surface forces
All the losses were "mistakes", I didn´t want to attack enemy surface forces but patrol rules hit me hard!. 3 CAs and one CL were lost in that ugly surface combat at Vella Lavella. The same with the DDs
3 CAs
1 CL
4 DDs
5 SS (all of them sunk by Mk 7 depth charges!!!)

By air attacks
Enormous, considering that Timtom didn´t use his CVs at all. Some of them were sunk because my ships approached too close to his bases "by computer mistake": that FT which advanced too much and 2 ASW patrols which didn´t retreat. MLs obviously because they took part in the most daring missions, to mine front areas. Fortunately they were sunk in the final steps of this scenario.
6 DDs
1 CL
5 APDs
2 MSWs
5 MLs
3 PCs
5 APs

By subs
Most of them were 1000 cargo APs which were in ASW TF (later on a house rule forbid this kind of tactic), but also some of them while retreating to a safe port. PCs sunk in ASW TFs
1 DD
2 MLs
5 PCs
11 APs

Air losses
For me, the most amazing thing is the amount of losses among Vals and Naval search planes. Most Vals losses were operational ones, while flying ASW or naval search missions. Maybe 10 or 12 of them were lost by AAs in a couple of attacks.
But the real pain is to lose Jakes, Irvings and Dinahs. The reason was allied CAP, especially the F4U squadrons. While flying above allied bases (on recon missions but especially on naval search mission) they were shot down in great numbers. I´ve seen F4U victories. One squadron has 21 or so and the others more than 10 in most cases.
Considering that there were only 2 engagements with my zeros (about 8 M3s lost), the rest were naval search/recon planes victories. TERRIBLE!

Fighters
A6M2 159
A6M3 108
Ki 43 58

Bombers
Even so betties never encountered enemy air opposition, I lost many of them (almost my three months replacements). Some of them lost due to F4Us (while flying ASW missions) but most of them were op. losses. Nells, mainly lost by F4Us when flying ASW missions

Betty 52
Nells 21
Vals 63
Kates 21

Others
Most of them shot down by allied fighters, but alos op. losses were high
Jakes 37
Irvings 28
Petes 18
Dinah 15


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RE: What if...? - 6/19/2005 7:10:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		CHAPTER TWO: FINAL RESULTS
I continue with the final results of my game against Timtom

Allied losses
A little bit dissapointing. I can infere two things: the failure of my ASW efforts and the failure of my deep raids inside the Coral sea by my CVs: except in the first appearance in Nevea they didn´t find any ship afterwards. On the opposite side, air losses among allied were heavier than japanese ones. A present for avoiding ATA against F4Us

Ship losses
By surface forces
I never wanted a naval combat as allied BBs are so powerful that could seriously damage my ships. So losses were quite poor, compared with my ship losses due to enemy SC TFs.

1 CL by CAs (night engagement)
2 DDs in Nevea by DDs and CLs
1 PG
3 SS (by depth charges)

By air attacks
Almost none of my Nells or Betties were put on naval attack missions. Only Kates and Vals found some preys around Nevea.

2 APs (by Kates)
1 AP (by Vals)
1 DMS (by kates)
3 PTs (By Zekes)
2 SS (by Betties)

By submarines
Very poor results as a consequence of Timtom´s ASW efforts, poor SS performance, and reduced SS numbers.

2 AKs
1 CL
1 APD
1 MSW
1 DMS

Air losses
I´m very pleased with the results. Despite allied air power, I caused as many ATA losses as my enemy. Also field losses were quite similar.

(Allied/Japs)
ATA 210 / 211
On the Field 61 / 74
Flak losses 158 / 31
Operational 321 / 348

To honour my fighter pilots, I should say that ATA japanese victories were against enemy fighters and heavy bombers. Allied losses among naval search planes and naval bomber were minimal, most of them caused by AA fire.

Fighters
P-38 117 (many op. losses)
F4Us 43 (op. losses)
Kittyhawks 47 (ATA combat)

Bombers
B 25 97 (many shot down by AA from ships)
B 17 54 (op. losses, ATA combats, AA fire)
Beauforts 43 (AA fire)
B 24 39 (op. losses, ATA combats, AA fire)

Others
Dakota 59 (operational losses)
Kingfisher 5 ONLY
Seagull 11 ONLY!!!!

See how few naval search planes were shot down, despite my Zeros were flying CAP missions above the bases they were flying.

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RE: What if...? - 6/26/2005 7:25:12 PM   
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Well, I would like to add a few comments about my opponent and my whole performance during the scenario. I´ve never said aything about Timtom, and since this is the third time I combat him, I think I should do it now.

Timtom is a finest strategy. A complete opponent. It is very difficult to surprise him and he knows very well his assests and his weaknesses. A mighty veteran.

I could critize that he always "arrives late" or starts his movements/operations late. In our two scenarios he has been short in one month to get the victory. In this last one if he had started his offensives sooner, he could have won the scenario by isolating my foward bases at Munda and Vila. But this little mistake could be avoided very soon. Timtom learn fast!

Anyway, the way he uses his assest makes him a dangerous opponent, with little or no mistakes. See how he got a draw without ANY major risk while I have to move my CVs and BBs between his subs, use the FT missions to supply my foward bases... I was a little bit lucky. If one of his subs had managed to put two torpedoes in one of my CVs in the middle of the ocean I could have lost the scenario. I think I´ll never play a new 43 scenario against Timtom. I don´t want to suffer!!

My performance
Well I think my whole strategy was more or less right but I did some mistakes and maybe I played with much caution sometimes. I put some examples:

- My carriers could have played a more decisive role. Although it was stated the Timtom could "employ" his CVEs (but not in the same TF of a normal CV), he didn´t use them at all. If I had known he could not use them, I would have used them more aggresively.
Anyway, I could have forced a CV battle: it could have ended with a IJN minor victory. But there is a lot of arguments against it: damaged CVs attacked by subs, losses among naval bombers, etc, etc...

- I did many mistakes: 3 CAs were lost to this cause, as well as maybe 6 DDs. Japanese player can not afford this kind of mistakes!!!

- I could have planned a major battle against his BBs. With thunderstorms, and a very good LCAP, I could have put two or three enemy BBs out of action vs 3 or 4 IJN out of action/sunk. In VP I had lost the battle but strategically it could have delayed his offensive in New Georgia (which gives me VP also)

-My ASW efforts were bad employed: I realized it when it was late. Even damaged SS could still operate in front areas so at the end, despite my great efforts, 90% of his subs were trying to attack me. Only 4 were sunk which is very poor. Also his subs were using Allied foward bases for replenishment. If I wanted a succesful ASW strategy I should have attacked his port facilities (in GG, Dobadura, Momote...) to destroy fuel and supplies so his subs had had to be sent to Australia or Lunga for replenishment.

-My submarines played a minor role: yes, 5 lost to little success. It´s true that I had only 6 submarines (compared to 30 or 35 in the allied side) but maybe I should have used them in mining duties. Also Timtom ASW effort was considerable, with a lot of ASW patrols and he was changing the normal supply lines to his bases constantly.

And that´s all (I think). I´m thinking about a few advices for the japanese players...specially if you´re playing a 43 scenario.

One more thing, a last tribute for my best datai, F2/251 Datai, the one with more air victories. The datai took part in the Black Thrusday, the most atonishing victory of the Zeroes: 63 enemy victories against 16 planes lost due to enemy action. After that, the datai played a defensive role over Rabaul, shooting down some 4 engine bombers. From time to time it escorted betties in their raids over allied bases at NG. During the final days, it showed its power in sweep missions over PM and Buna, shooting down some P-40s.





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RE: What if...? - 6/26/2005 10:58:13 PM   
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I think I´ll never play a new 43 scenario against Timtom. I don´t want to suffer!!


NOOOOOO !!!!

please play another one !!
you two are great, your AAR was really enjoyable and some of us readers learned from your efforts !!


hoping for another Toraq vs Timtom AAR
Werner

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