Still
April42
Seems the minelayers from above succeeded in planting their eggs [:(]
TF 262 encounters mine field at
Lunga (114,138)
Japanese Ships
CL Kitakami, Mine hits 1
,,,,but the wounded by 60kb Jake bombs did not survive the cowardly mine warfare:[:@]
Submarine attack near
Ndeni at 119,140
Japanese Ships
SS I-160
Allied Ships
CM Prins van Oranje, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
CM Prins van Oranje is sighted by SS I-160
SS I-160 launches 4 torpedoes at CM Prins van Oranje
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Submarine attack near
Ndeni at 119,140
Japanese Ships
SS I-160
Allied Ships
CM Willem v d Zaan, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
Meanwhile the Allied unleashed his subs (mostly Dutch ones) they prey on our fast transports and cargo ships we need to send to Guadalcanal (they hit mostly the 10 points worth Ansyu PBs - the smaller ones not so much):
sub attack near
Tulagi at 114,137
Japanese Ships
PB Nanpo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Ikuta Maru
Allied Ships
SS KXVIII, hits 2
Next 2 Allied shock attacks one went good at Lunga, the other at Horn then was a bit over the top:
round combat at
Lunga (114,138)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 12126 troops, 221 guns, 119 vehicles, Assault Value = 225
Defending force 6760 troops, 122 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 102
Allied adjusted assault: 111
Japanese adjusted defense: 99
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
638 casualties reported
Squads: 30 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1160 casualties reported
Squads: 85 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
1st Marine Raider Battalion
138th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
159th Mot Infantry Regiment
2nd USMC Engr Rgt /8
8th Marine Regiment
34th Combat Engr Rgt /3
135th USA Base Force
255th USN Base Force
136th USA Base Force
134th USA Base Force
3rd Marine Defense Battalion
Defending units:
Kure 3rd SNLF /1
62nd Naval Guard Unit
1st Ind. Engineer Regiment
82nd Naval Guard Unit
83rd Nav Gd /1
47th Field AA Battalion
23rd Air Flotilla
6th JNAF AF Unit
23rd Ind.AA Gun Co
4th JNAF AF Unit
4th Mortar Battalion
7th Naval Const Bn /1
round combat at
Horn Island (91,128)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 4531 troops, 55 guns, 33 vehicles, Assault Value = 143
Defending force 6618 troops, 135 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 77
Allied adjusted assault: 67
Japanese adjusted defense: 44
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
348 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 26 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Allied ground losses:
314 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
2/2nd Ind Coy
Gull Battalion
Sparrow Battalion
Torres Strait Battalion
Thurday Island Det. Battalion
1st Australian Bde /2
Horn Isl Det.
2/4 MG Battalion
Defending units:
124th Infantry Regiment
4th Div /7
The Brits in India finally tried to hit our troops by air with obsolete trainer planes [:-]
Morning Air attack on 41st Infantry Regiment, at 56,38
(Dacca)
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 14
Allied aircraft
Audax I x 7
Blenheim IV x 12
Hurricane IIb Trop x 2
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Audax I: 3 destroyed
Blenheim IV: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Audax I bombing from 10000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 20 lb GP Bomb
2 x Audax I bombing from 10000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 20 lb GP Bomb
9 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
Everyone throws all his air stuff in, even Catalinas now fly to Lunga and drop bombs on the fields [X(]
Morning Air attack on
Lunga , at 114,138
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6
Allied aircraft
PBY-5A Catalina x 6
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5A Catalina: 2 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PBY-5A Catalina bombing from 7000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Finally we get a better bombing result at Horn from 5k and together with nav bombardements (but only by the few CLs and DDs I had there)....
fternoon Air attack on 1st Australian Brigade, at 91,128 (
Horn Island)
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 13
G4M1 Betty x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
127 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
We try some counter air raids on US troops at Lunga, but results are bad (before that also Netties did not better):
Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Marine Defense Battalion, at 114,138 (
Lunga)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 85 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
B5N2 Kate x 18
D3A1 Val x 9
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 3 damaged
D3A1 Val: 3 damaged
D3A1 Val: 2 destroyed by flak
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Much better in India - a already weakened brigade from the Burma refugees destroyed:
Ground combat at 57,39 (near
Comilla)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 28124 troops, 394 guns, 297 vehicles, Assault Value = 890
Defending force 1949 troops, 6 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 70
Japanese adjusted assault: 1454
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 1454 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender:
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
183 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Allied ground losses:
2391 casualties reported
Squads: 101 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 121 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 13 (13 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
18th Division
Imperial Guards Division
6th Tank Regiment
25th Army
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Mortar Regiment
5th RF Gun Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
Defending units:
75th Indian Brigade
At Pegu our attack only "soso" but look at the stuff he has there, not to mentioned the others in Rangoon:
Ground combat at
Pegu (55,53)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 35050 troops, 452 guns, 211 vehicles, Assault Value = 996
Defending force 31804 troops, 355 guns, 458 vehicles, Assault Value = 901
Japanese adjusted assault: 192
Allied adjusted defense: 225
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0)
Combat modifiers
Defender: preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1407 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 54 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Guns lost 23 (2 destroyed, 21 disabled)
Vehicles lost 47 (39 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
594 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 83 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Guns lost 12 (5 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Assaulting units:
3rd RTA Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
1st RTA Division
33rd Division
2nd RTA/B Division
7th Tank Regiment
5th Guards Division
6th RTA Division
2nd RTA/A Division
4th Guards Division
11th Garrison Unit /2
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Provisional Base Force
22nd JAAF AF Bn
4th Naval Construction Battalion
15th Army
20th AA Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
9th Base Force
9th Field AF Construction Battalion
21st Army
Defending units:
17th Australian Brigade
63rd Indian Brigade
16th Australian Brigade
46th Indian Brigade
44th Indian Brigade
19th Australian Brigade
2nd King Own YLI Battalion
16th Indian Brigade
45th Indian Brigade
9/11th Sikh Battalion
18th Australian Brigade
48th Gurkha Brigade
4/8th Gurkha Battalion
21st Australian Brigade
27th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
4/14th Punjab Battalion
At Horn the enemy shocks again (I thought the Japanese are the fanatics with Banzei attack before the end???) [;)]
Ground combat at
Horn Island (91,128)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 4390 troops, 55 guns, 33 vehicles, Assault Value = 140
Defending force 6439 troops, 135 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 66
Allied adjusted assault: 62
Japanese adjusted defense: 46
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: preparation(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
200 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
397 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 31 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Assaulting units:
Gull Battalion
Torres Strait Battalion
Sparrow Battalion
Thurday Island Det. Battalion
1st Australian Bde /2
Horn Isl Det.
2/4 MG Battalion
Defending units:
124th Infantry Regiment
4th Div /7
We sent DMS and DDs to Lunga to clear mines and also got some hits on a Dutchie:
ASW attack near
Munda at 111,134
Japanese Ships
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Fubuki
Allied Ships
SS KXIV, hits 7
And after that another cruiser force which met what seems to be a fast transport fleet (that sank 2 of our minesweepers before [:@])
Night Time Surface Combat, near Lunga at 114,138, Range 6,000 Yards
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
SOC-1 Seagull: 3 destroyed
Japanese Ships
CA Maya
CA Myoko, Shell hits 4, on fire
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 3
CL Kuma
CL Yubari
DD Yugumo
DD Makigumo
DD Yukikaze
DD Hagikaze
DD Samidare
DD Yugure
DD Inazuma
DD Amagiri, Shell hits 1
DD Oboro
DD Katsutade, Shell hits 1, on fire
Allied Ships
CA Exeter, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Enterprise
CL Raleigh
CL Trenton, Shell hits 2, on fire
CL Concord, Shell hits 1, on fire
CL Nashville, Shell hits 3, on fire
CL Boise, Shell hits 1, and is sunk (Magazine explodes on CL Boise - sometimes we also have luck)
CL Honolulu
DD Hammann, Shell hits 1
DD Walke
DD Lamson
DD Smith
DD Reid, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Clark, Shell hits 2
APD Alden
DD Stuart
DD Voyager
DD Vampire
DD Thanet
PG Isabel
APD Little
APD Talbot
APD Dent
APD Kane
AVD Childs
And again:
Night Time Surface Combat, near
Lunga at 114,138, Range 2,000 Yards
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
SOC-1 Seagull: 3 destroyed
Japanese Ships
CA Maya
CA Myoko, Shell hits 2, on fire
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 1
CL Kuma
CL Yubari, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Yugumo
DD Makigumo
DD Yukikaze, Shell hits 1
DD Hagikaze
DD Samidare, Shell hits 9, on fire
DD Yugure, Shell hits 1
DD Inazuma
DD Amagiri
DD Oboro
DD Katsutade, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
Allied Ships
CL Enterprise
CL Raleigh
CL Trenton, Shell hits 3
CL Concord
CL Nashville, Shell hits 3, on fire
CL Honolulu, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Hammann
DD Walke, Shell hits 3
DD Lamson
DD Smith
DD Reid, Shell hits 1
DD Clark, Shell hits 1, on fire
APD Alden
DD Stuart
DD Voyager
DD Vampire, Shell hits 5, heavy fires
DD Thanet
PG Isabel, Shell hits 1
APD Little, Shell hits 3, on fire
APD Talbot, Shell hits 1
APD Dent
APD Kane
AVD Childs
Again this time 2 lone DDs
ay Time Surface Combat, near
Lunga at 114,139, Range 14,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
DD Akigumo
DD Oyashio, Shell hits 24, and is sunk
Allied Ships
CL Enterprise
CL Raleigh
CL Trenton, Shell hits 1
CL Concord, Shell hits 5
CL Nashville, Shell hits 8
DD Hammann
DD Walke
DD Lamson
DD Smith
DD Reid, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Clark
APD Alden
DD Stuart
DD Voyager
DD Vampire, on fire
DD Thanet
PG Isabel
APD Little, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD Talbot, Shell hits 1
APD Dent
APD Kane
AVD Childs
and again:
ay Time Surface Combat, near
Lunga at 114,139, Range 14,000 Yards
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
SOC-1 Seagull: 5 destroyed
Japanese Ships
CA Tone, Shell hits 12, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Chikuma, Shell hits 5, on fire
CA Mikuma, Shell hits 1
CA Suzuya, Shell hits 17, on fire
DD Maikaze, Shell hits 6, heavy fires
DD Tokitsukaze, Shell hits 2
DD Arashi, Shell hits 2
DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3
DD Fumizuki
DD Yugao, Shell hits 2, on fire
Allied Ships
CL Enterprise, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Raleigh, Shell hits 4, on fire
CL Trenton, Shell hits 17, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Concord, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CL Nashville, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
DD Hammann
DD Walke, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
DD Lamson, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
DD Smith, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Reid, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
DD Clark, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
APD Alden
DD Stuart, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Voyager, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
DD Vampire, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
DD Thanet, Shell hits 5, heavy fires
PG Isabel, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
APD Little, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
APD Talbot, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD Dent, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
APD Kane, Shell hits 1, on fire
AVD Childs, Shell hits 3, on fire
again, but sub misses:
ub attack near
Lunga at 114,139
Japanese Ships
SS I-170
Allied Ships
DD Thanet, heavy fires
CL Trenton, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Raleigh, on fire
CL Enterprise, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Stuart, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Lamson, heavy fires
DD Walke, heavy fires
AVD Childs, on fire
APD Dent, heavy fires
APD Talbot, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Smith, on fire
DD Hammann
APD Kane, on fire
APD Alden
In the morning our planes pick up some cripples:
Morning Air attack on TF, near
Lunga at 114,139
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes
Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 6 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied Ships
APD Dent, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CL Raleigh, on fire
DD Stuart, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD Talbot, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
DD Smith, on fire
Allied ground losses:
220 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Morning Air attack on TF, near
Lunga at 114,139
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
Japanese aircraft
H6K4 Mavis x 7
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
H6K4 Mavis: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed
Allied Ships
CL Trenton, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
APD Alden
Morning Air attack on TF, near
Lunga at 114,139
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes
Japanese aircraft
B5N1 Kate x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate: 3 damaged
Allied Ships
APD Alden, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
DD Smith, on fire
APD Kane, on fire
CL Enterprise, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Raleigh, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
138 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near
Lunga at 114,139
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 6
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
DD Smith, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
AVD Childs, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near
Lunga at 114,139
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 14
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Walrus II: 1 destroyed
SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed
Allied Ships
CL Enterprise, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DD Hammann
APD Kane, on fire
CL Raleigh, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near
Lunga at 114,139
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
B5N1 Kate x 22
E13A1 Jake x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate: 3 damaged
E13A1 Jake: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
APD Kane, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
AVD Childs, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
DD Hammann
DD Smith, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Thanet, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
Allies shock a 3rd time at Horn (but only 20 losses to both)
This leads to most active and dangerous combat zone where the IJN lost quite a bit, the south pacific and guadalcanal and the area around PM - Cooktown. Later more about the disasters [:(]
