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Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, Docup(A)-Koniu(J)

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Hi everybody,

After 3 months of playing Guadalcanal scenario we decided to start a GC game

I will try to write AAR viewed form Japanese side. And parallel to me, DOCUP will write AAR viewed from the light side of the force

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We decide so use standard HR and settings:

-Japanese player can`t hunt allied cv in 1 turn
-No deep penetration raids on turn one
-Fighters at 2nd best MVR
-No 4Es below 10,000ft, only Navy 4Es can fly below 10,000ft and only in naval attack mission.
-No strategic bombing in china
-No strategic bombing before 4/43
-Night Bombings (unit limit only for missions agains AF and ports)
A) No more than one unit performing night bombing per theater per day.
B) from 4/44 no more that two units per theater per day
C) from 3/45 no more that three units per theater per day (allies only) japan still two
-Units with permanently restricted HQ’s must not cross national Borders.
-Units with temporarily restricted HQ’s must pay full PP to transfer to non-restricted HQs before moving across national Border.
-No switching land unit HQ to unrestricted air HQs etc.or any other gamey variation to do this cheaply
-If a tactic seems gamey it probably is gamey
-PDU on

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Good Luck to us both.  I don't think Koniu will need much hes good at his moves.  I hope we both give the readers something fun to read and enjoy.  I haven't seen many Manila attacks in the AARs so this should be interesting.  Good Luck  See you all on the flip side if you want
 
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Battle plan:

KB
After drinking few beers or because i drink to many I decided to make my attack not on PH but in Manila.
BB in PH in my opinion are not as that big threat as lot of people think and there are few good reason why i should attack Manila. Mainly KB will give instant air support in Philippines and i want to use KB to support Mersing invasion, and cut off evacuation of Malaya (Australian units).

Philippines
Main forces will land in Lingayen to try to cut off some allied forces second big invasion will land south of Manila in Atimonan. I will try to supers ASAP allied air power in region. KB should give significant help. I will land in Davao to, but for me it is secondary invasion.

China
Not to much to do. Mainly I will check everything to find extra units and still have proper garrison level in cities. First thing to will be to reinforce Wuchang. My plan is to push back Chinese front to line Nanning-Changsha-Wuchang-Hankow-Kaifeng.

Burma
I need to start offensive ASAP. It will mainly depend of Malaya operation. For now i will start transporting troops, and prepare in logistical level.

Malaya
Standard invasion in Kota Barhu. Probably i will try invasion in Mersing to cut off allied forces in north. KB will give air support for this invasion. when Kota Barhu will be liberated and AF will be in good condition i will sent there some air support and transfer Ki-43 fighters. I will also send some reinforcement prom Japan to have bigger fire power in Singapore.

Dutch East Indies
Priority is to secure oil sources on Borneo and start to repair them. I do not know do repairing of refineries is worth of supplies spend on them. I must think about it. If possible i will make some KB raids on Batavia and Soerabaja to suppress reinforcement of Java. I will try to land on Ambon to establish AF, it is good place to hut for ships fleeing from Singapore and DEI

SE Pacific
I canceled wake invasion. My opponent, probably when hi will see where is my KB, will send one or two CV to support wake so i will take wake later. I will land on Guam and will take Gilbert islands, i will star preparation to landing in Rabul. My SS around PH will stay there to hunt for enemy. If i be lucky maybe they will hit CV returning home.

Home Islands, Manchuria, Korea
I start to organize convoys, they should be ready in few days. Major port star to expend to speed up load/unload operations I fill up air units with pilots and start to train them.

Later i will write about Air and ship production and other industrial stuff. And send action rapport from round one

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Having PDU ON is giving me great flexibility in air production. I decided to kill production of some planes and focus more on good models(I hope i am doing right, if not i will pay for this with blood)

Ship building is other thing. I stop building both BB and Shinano. Extra Naval Points will be spend to accelerate other CV`s. Merchant point will be use to accelerate TK`s production.

I also will double vehicles production. I thinking about expending little naval and merchant shipyards. I will also expend few repair shipyards, i will need them sooner or later.

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are you sure that you want to stop Yamato AND Musashi?...

from my experience it's worth building them... if you get them within range of their main guns - they utterly destroy EVERYTHING....

in one AAR I read Yamato alone (with a few DDs in support) sunk 3 or 4 British BBs in one battle!
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Some interesting choices. A few thoughts for you, use as you see fit.

Kate - 24/mo. For several of your CVL's, that is their only attack plane. As compared to the Val, I generally expect to have to build more Kates.

Netties vs Sallys - 78 .vs. 40. At the start, most of your IJN bomber groups are in ok shape. They need filling, but not too badly. Also, you have some groups arriving in early '42 that need fillling. However, after the losses against Force Z, it doesn't seem to be too hard to keep these groups in planes. OTOH, the IJA has a lot of bomber groups full of Anne/Mary/Ida/etc. I've never been able to use those 1E bombers too effectively. Range and bomb loads are so small. Lily costs the same to build as Sally, but has shorter legs and only 40% the bomb load. I can use the Lil effectively, but it is so hard for me to justify building more. Curious on how you see the IJA bomber roles?

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7 DEC 41

KB
Manila is attack. I repeat. Manila is attack.I hope for more SS sunk.For me it was 50% success.
I hope that presence of KB will suppress any allied air activity and in one or 2 days i will sail to support Malaya offensive.

Philippines
Mainly AF attacks to eliminate allied air power and give free sky for my bombers.
Only Bataan invasion in this turn. Other invasion forces on move or they are loading on ships.
Three SC TF˛s set to hunt and destroy enemy surface fleet. One north of Manila will protect invasion forces from enemy actions and will try to intercept ships fleeing from HK, other will block Manila from south, third will hunt south east of Philippines.
I send mini KB on Celebes Sea but they have no luck.

China
No major action for now. I need to regroup before i start offensive. One battle in Pengpu. Heavy enemy losses. I upgraded one fighter unit to Ki-43.


Burma
No actions.

Malaya
Invasion in Kota Barhu. Mostly AF attacks and sweeps. I preparing Mersing invasion but i need to wait for KB. It will take 3-4 days before KB arrive. I send all SS to hunt south of Singapore and around Soerabaja. As i suspect PoW and Repulse disappear. I need to be extra careful when Mersing invasion will start. One kamikaze style action from PoW and Repulse and entire invasion will go down. I will use 2BB 7CA and KB to protect this invasion
One of my xAK hit with torpedo.


Dutch East Indies
Invasion TF are in move. They will arrive in 2-3 days. Priority is to secure Miri and start to repair oil.

SE Pacific
Not many actions Guam, Tarawa and Nauru invasion in move. I will be careful in this area. I suspect that my opponent will send his CV to stop my invasions on Wake and maybe on Tarawa so for now only Small steps.

Home Islands, Manchuria, Korea
no actions. A send few SS on misions and i am regrouping to start my resource convoy system.

Hawaii
Only one action. Midget sub send one torpedo in to Virginia.
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7 DEC 41 Major actions only
Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 114 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 42 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
B5N2 Kate x 72
D3A1 Val x 132

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AS Holland, Bomb hits 1, on fire
SS Salmon, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
AO Pecos, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AVD Childs, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
SS Seadragon, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
SS Swordfish, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
SS Sailfish, Bomb hits 1
TK Mindanao, Bomb hits 1, on fire
SS Perch, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Tantalus, Bomb hits 2, on fire
xAP Rochambeau, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
SS Shark, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
DD Pope, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
AS Canopus, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Ethel Edwards, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AV Langley, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Gertrude Kellogg, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
DD John D. Ford, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
SS Porpoise, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
SS S-40, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
SS Saury, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
PG Tulsa, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
PT Q-112, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
SS Seal, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
SS Snapper, Bomb hits 1
SS Searaven, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage
xAKL Compagnia Filipinas, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAKL Bisayas, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAP Neptuna, Bomb hits 1, on fire


SS Sargo, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
SS Spearfish, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
SS S-38, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
AM Quail, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Yu Sang, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Corregidor, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
SS Permit, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Capillo, Bomb hits 1, on fire
SS Pickerel, Bomb hits 1


Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Repair Shipyard hits 1
Port hits 16
Port fuel hits 2

Massive explosion on AV Langley
Massive explosion on SS Salmon

Midget Sub attack inside harbor of Pearl Harbor!!!

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-24, hits 1

Allied Ships
BB West Virginia, Torpedo hits 1
PC Taney

Submarine attack near Kompong Trach at 55,72

Japanese Ships
xAK Teihoku Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KXVII

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

Ground combat at Kota Bharu (51,75)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3415 troops, 36 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 138

Defending force 4743 troops, 41 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 171

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


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


Assaulting units:
FMSV Brigade
8th Indian Brigade
3rd ISF Base Force

Defending units:
56th Infantry Rgt /1
12th Engr Rgt /1
5th JAAF AF Coy /1


Ground combat at Pengpu (90,50)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 5442 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 182

Defending force 1379 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 45

Japanese adjusted assault: 344

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 344 to 1

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


Allied ground losses:
1485 casualties reported
Squads: 87 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
13th Ind.Mixed Brigade

Defending units:
89th Chinese Corps




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7 DEC 41

Air losses
It is good. I lost only one unlucky Ki-21. Enemy losses between 40-50 airframes.
Lots of planes damages in airfields.

Only one Japanese pilot die today

Ships sunk
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Many ships in Manila is heavily damaged and i suspect to some of them will sunk and if not they should be easy targets

If any of You have something to say about my AAR i am open for suggestions
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I too am slowly but surely leaning on Manila being more worth of it than Pearl... In my PBEM (AARing it here actually) I attacked Pearl for 3 days and lost 120 planes and pilots, 1/4 were Zeros on day 1 alone, while I possibly didnt kill a single ship and only about 50 planes. DD McDonough, some Catalinas and a dozen P-40s don't really justify even the burned fuel, let alone 120 pilots the Japanese can never replace. [:(] While its certainly possible to decimate the USN BB fleet its too much about luck, attacking Manila is probably more likely to give one better results with considerably less risks.

Good luck koniu, I'll be following. [8D]
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8 DEC 41

KB
Something goes wrong. 50% of planes should go on second Manila port attack. None of them start. Only 2 fighter sweeps over Manila and Clark Field. One squadron of Kate start to Naval Attack mission and sunk two xAKL`s

Philippines
Second wave of AF attacks to eliminate allied air power. Almost 20 planes destroyed on air and ground. Main invasion forces on move.
SC TF north of Manila engage DD`s fleeing from HK. Two DD sunk third runaway with fire on deck
Mini KB was surprised by cargo TF and retreat. I lost my opportunity to sunk CA Houston and CL Boise. Thy are now on south out of range of may planes

China
No major action for now. Few air attacks with moderate effects. I still need few more days to regroup before i start offensive.

Burma
No actions.

Malaya
Kota Barhu captured with minimal loses. Mostly AF attacks and sweeps. Mersing invasion preparations almost over. I will give attack order as soon as KB arrive It will take 3 days.
SS I-122 have luck and place two torpedoes in xAK Zannis Cambanis, he probably will sunk. Bangkok - Kota Barhu rail lane is secured so i will transport few units from central Thailand in strategic mode. There is big chance that SS KXI was sunk by my surface forces.

Dutch East Indies
Invasion TF are in move. They will arrive in 2 days. No more to add for today.

SE Pacific
Not many actions Guam, Tarawa and Nauru invasion still in move in move. I make mistake. Tarawa invasion TF accidentally set on "do not unload" they go to Tarawa and leave it without unloading units. I will repeat invasion in next turn:). I worried about Allied CV`s. This one day of delay in Tarawa can cost me some losses during invasion.

Home Islands, Manchuria, Korea
no actions. Still working on resource convoy system. It should be ready and in move in about 7-9 days

Hawaii
few sub action. One hit AVD McFarland hit by two torpeedo from I-19


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8 DEC 41 Major actions only

Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21

Allied aircraft
P-35A x 16
P-40B Warhawk x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-35A: 4 destroyed
P-40B Warhawk: 4 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 30

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 4 destroyed

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Zamboanga at 75,87

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 27



No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAKL Luzon, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAKL Magallanes, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Ground combat at Kota Bharu (51,75)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4996 troops, 41 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 174

Defending force 3742 troops, 40 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 132

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 148

Allied adjusted defense: 12

Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kota Bharu !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(-), disruption(-), preparation(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:

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


Allied ground losses:
2459 casualties reported
Squads: 99 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 88 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 26 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 26 (24 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 3


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
56th Infantry Regiment
12th Engineer Regiment
5th JAAF AF Coy

Defending units:
FMSV Brigade
8th Indian Brigade
3rd ISF Base Force

Night Time Surface Combat, near Hong Kong at 78,66, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Maya
CA Ashigara
CL Kuma
DD Asakaze
DD Matsukaze

Allied Ships
DD Scout, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Thanet, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
DD Thracian, Shell hits 15, and is sunk

Sub attack near Lahaina at 185,107

Japanese Ships
SS I-19

Allied Ships
AVD McFarland, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage

Submarine attack near Tandjoengpinang at 51,85

Japanese Ships
SS I-122

Allied Ships
xAK Zannis Cambanis, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage

ASW attack near Kota Bharu at 51,75

Japanese Ships
DMS W-2
DD Isonami
xAK Ayatosan Maru
DD Ayanami
DD Shikinami
PB Tatsumiya Maru

Allied Ships
SS KXI, hits 18

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8 DEC 41
Air losses
Heavy Air losses for both sides. I lost 20 planes. 17 A6M destroyed most of them by ops losses. Allies lost somewhere between 20-30 planes mostly fighters in Philippines and Malaya.

I lost 11 pilots today

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DD John D. Fort sunk probably after heavy damage from 7 Dec attack
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In future i will tray to make this AAR less technical. I will still post battle rapports but i will try to give you some maps and more info about my strategy and stuff you want to have.
So if you have wishes what i need to post. You are free to speak.
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Some interesting choices. A few thoughts for you, use as you see fit.

Kate - 24/mo. For several of your CVL's, that is their only attack plane. As compared to the Val, I generally expect to have to build more Kates.

Netties vs Sallys - 78 .vs. 40. At the start, most of your IJN bomber groups are in ok shape. They need filling, but not too badly. Also, you have some groups arriving in early '42 that need fillling. However, after the losses against Force Z, it doesn't seem to be too hard to keep these groups in planes. OTOH, the IJA has a lot of bomber groups full of Anne/Mary/Ida/etc. I've never been able to use those 1E bombers too effectively. Range and bomb loads are so small. Lily costs the same to build as Sally, but has shorter legs and only 40% the bomb load. I can use the Lil effectively, but it is so hard for me to justify building more. Curious on how you see the IJA bomber roles?


I thinking about you say.
I will produce more Kate`s. My plan is to build few more Sonias and then switch them for something else. I am planing to stop production of entire Lily line and switch them to Helen production. Planes production is a critical for Japan and i do not want to rush thing.
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are you sure that you want to stop Yamato AND Musashi?...

from my experience it's worth building them... if you get them within range of their main guns - they utterly destroy EVERYTHING....

in one AAR I read Yamato alone (with a few DDs in support) sunk 3 or 4 British BBs in one battle!

I know that they are powerful ships, but in my opinion they are not wort of resources spend of them. I like to have 4 CV`s build sooner than two battleship.
This war will be win in CV battles not in old fashion BB vs BB battles.
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9 DEC 41

KB
KB make last attack on Manila sinking or heavily damaging few ships
Second wave attack ships on sea. They manage to sunk one DD and other two are badly damaged.
After this turn i am sending KB to support Mersing invasion.

Philippines
Almost no enemy air activity. Allied commander send B-17 to bombard Babeldaob, no damage was reported, four bombers was damaged.
I bombard allied LCU`s to slow down retreat. Vigan and Aparri invasions begin.
Lingayen invasion will begin in next turn. Atimonan invasion at lest one day until arrive to target.
North from Manado my TF engage enemy ships sinking AVD and two xAKL`s, little more north other SC TF sunk two xAKL`s

China
No changes in china. few air attack. and lot of regrouping. First units arrive to HK, i have ordered artillery to open fire.

Burma
No actions.

Malaya
My air units bombard allied LCU`s to slow down retreat. Two sweep over Singapore but only two planes shot down
Mersing invasion will land in three turns
SS KXIII attack BB Haruna with no luck. My destroyers counter attack scoring 12 hits.
My sub have better luck they hit xAK Neleus(3 torp)and xAKL Shinai(2 torp and 2 hits.
In next turn all LCU will be on shore and i will begin my offensive forward Singapore.
My opponet begin LCU evacuation from Singapore

Dutch East Indies
I will land in Miri in next turn

SE Pacific
There are good news, my forces landed in Nauru and Tarawa. And there are bad news, i found alleied CV. Alied planes attack and sunk DD and two xAK from Tarawa TF. I must evacuate all ships from this area. TF sailing toward Ocean Isl. will return home until allied CV is close


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9 DEC 41 Major actions only

Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 92 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
B5N2 Kate x 27
D3A1 Val x 45

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

Allied Ships
TK Gertrude Kellogg, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Neptuna, Bomb hits 1, on fire
SS Snapper, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage
AO Pecos, Bomb hits 1
SS Searaven, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Si Kiang, Bomb hits 1
xAK Capillo, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage



Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tarawa at 136,128

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
F2A-3 Buffalo x 6
SBD-2 Dauntless x 15
SBD-3 Dauntless x 13


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Tenyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Kamikaze Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Yunagi, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Asanagi
CM Okinoshima, Bomb hits 1

Morning Air attack on TF, near Manila at 79,77

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 106 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 39 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 13
D3A1 Val x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
DD John D. Ford, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Peary
DD Pillsbury


Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Manila at 79,77

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36
D3A1 Val x 18



Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Peary, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD John D. Ford, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk


Sub attack near Kota Bharu at 51,75

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
CA Atago
DD Hibiki
DD Akatsuki
DD Arashio

Allied Ships
SS KXIII, hits 12

Sub attack near Lingga at 51,87

Japanese Ships
SS I-156

Allied Ships
xAK Neleus, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Submarine attack near Lingga at 51,87

Japanese Ships
SS I-156

Allied Ships
xAK Neleus, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Submarine attack near Pontianak at 54,89

Japanese Ships
SS I-165

Allied Ships
xAKL Shinai, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Night Time Surface Combat, near Manado at 76,98, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Naka
DD Natsugumo
DD Minegumo
DD Asagumo
DD Murasame
DD Harusame
DD Yudachi
DD Samidare

Allied Ships
AVD William B. Preston, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Mauban, Shell hits 21, and is sunk
xAKL Montanes, Shell hits 15, and is sunk

Night Time Surface Combat, near Siargao at 83,88, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Sazanami
DD Ushio

Allied Ships
xAKL Kanlaon II, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
xAKL Latouche, Shell hits 26, and is sunk
"Only the Dead Have Seen the End of War"
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