29/08/42
I’m going to do the combat report again and then a follow up!!
Fairly big air losses this time roughly 140 allied to 62 Japanese, don’t forget though a third or more of these are crack aircraft carrier pilots so hopefully he‘s losing experience for later in the game. As you will see in the combat report below my huge losses weren’t in vain either.
More and more troops unload over Kragen making it less likely I’ll be able to keep it, although more than half of what I’d allocated for defence turned up this turn so it at least has a chance.
Luckily I kept a division at Soerabaja as from the picture below you can see there might be a landing there.
No CD shot’s made any effects on the ships there obviously beginning to tire.
Coastal Guns at Kragen, 22,63, firing at TF 10
TF 10 troops unloading over beach at Kragen, 22,63
Japanese ground losses:
133 casualties reported
A couple this time should help my sub campaign for 43
Coastal Guns at Kragen, 22,63, firing at TF 52
TF 52 troops unloading over beach at Kragen, 22,63
142 Coastal gun shots fired in defence.
Japanese Ships
MSW W.17, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
MSW W.16, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
1821 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
The third wave again a couple more hits which is promising plus some troops taken out on the shore
Coastal Guns at Kragen, 22,63, firing at TF 61
TF 61 troops unloading over beach at Kragen, 22,63
149 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
AP Kinjosan Maru, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
AP Keizan Maru, Shell hits 2
Japanese ground losses:
1384 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Go go go little PT boat
Night Time Surface Combat, near Kragen at 22,63
Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 1
MSW Wa 2
MSW Asahi Maru
MSW Ataka Maru
MSW Atsu Maru
MSW Banshu Maru #8
MSW Banshu Maru #56
MSW Choun Maru #6
MSW Choun Maru #18
AK Gyokurei Maru
AK Kinrei Maru
AK Hiyori Maru
Allied Ships
PT TM-9, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
Oh well
There’s a fourth wave this time
Coastal Guns at Kragen, 22,63, firing at TF 52
TF 52 troops unloading over beach at Kragen, 22,63
291 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
1454 casualties reported
And a fifth but a lot of casualties on the beach again
Coastal Guns at Kragen, 22,63, firing at TF 61
TF 61 troops unloading over beach at Kragen, 22,63
167 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
AP Kizan Maru, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
1251 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Completely closed and to be expected
Day Air attack on Batavia , at 19,59
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 77
Ki-21 Sally x 169
Ki-48 Lily x 149
Ki-49 Helen x 27
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 23 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 4 destroyed, 13 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 3 destroyed
T.IVa: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Airbase hits 55
Airbase supply hits 24
Runway hits 447
Not too bad not too good, the base is still open but won’t be able to take much more
Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 33
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 89
Ki-49 Helen x 26
Ki-46-II Dinah x 6
Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane II: 3 destroyed
Hawk 75A: 6 destroyed
Hudson I: 2 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 23
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 119
Now it’s my turn…
Day Air attack on TF at 23,60
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 6
P-40B Tomahawk x 3
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Tenryu Maru
AP Shinwa Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hudson I bombing at 5000 feet
4 x Hudson I bombing at 5000 feet
An attack on the carriers is unsuccessful and it took my ages to built the AVG to that strength, wiped out in a turn, plus it turns out there are 4 or more…
Day Air attack on TF at 23,63
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 92
Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 5
T.IVa x 3
P-40B Tomahawk x 27
B-17E Fortress x 21
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed, 8 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
CW-21B Demon: 3 destroyed
T.IVa: 3 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 25 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 7 destroyed, 7 damaged
Japanese Ships
CV Hiyo
CV Soryu
CV Junyo
CV Kaga
These ships have already unloaded good a hit but they should be going for the one’s that haven’t
Day Air attack on TF, near Pontianak at 25,58
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 13
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Mitsu Maru #3, heavy damage
AP Tenpei Maru
AP Ryoyu Maru #21, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Keeping that float damage up (hopefully)
Day Air attack on TF, near Banjarmasin at 27,64
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
More attacks on transport in and around Java sea
Day Air attack on TF at 23,60
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 3
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AK Kuramasan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 5000 feet
A failed attack on a BB
Day Air attack on TF at 26,65
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
BB Ise
1 Beaufort breaks the cap with no success
Day Air attack on TF at 23,63
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 41
Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 3
Brewster 339D x 8
Beaufort V-IX x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 3 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 1 destroyed
Beaufort V-IX: 2 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
CV Akagi
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Beaufort V-IX launching torpedoes at 200 feet
And here we go the main attack 2 torps and a bomb hit on carrier Greg has stated back to the yard for repairs so it doesn’t look like it will sink plus it’s only on fire.
Day Air attack on TF at 23,63
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36
Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 3
Wirraway x 5
Mohawk IV x 3
Brewster 339D x 3
Kittyhawk I x 22
T.IVa x 3
Beaufort V-IX x 3
P-39D Airacobra x 16
P-40E Warhawk x 46
B-17E Fortress x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 23 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 3 damaged
Wirraway: 4 destroyed
Mohawk IV: 2 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 2 destroyed
Kittyhawk I: 9 destroyed, 2 damaged
T.IVa: 3 damaged
Beaufort V-IX: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 9 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 16 destroyed, 5 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
CVL Shoho
CV Akagi, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
CV Hiryu, Bomb hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x T.IVa launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x Swordfish launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x Beaufort V-IX launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 15000 feet
I think I surprised him this turn with the amount of air power I had left, I brought a lot from Australia way so I think he became complacent with his cap. Maybe this is why there were only a small portion on cap.
Nearly 60’000 the actual turn on screen says 70’000 but some of my reinforcement have arrived more to come but not enough I’ll have to find more!!
Ground combat at Kragen
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 4669 troops, 49 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 514
Defending force 58143 troops, 634 guns, 241 vehicles, Assault Value = 1402
Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
I can’t help but notice how Matrix or 2 by 3 happened to incorrectly spell defence. A minor glitch to say the least though. (and you could probably pick up on tonnes of mistake I’ve made)
The main thing that is bugging me at the moment is the fact that I have chosen Madieon as a main air base, so to perform as one it will need 20’000 plus supplies. In respect of this I place the rescued USAFFE HQ from the PI to bring the supplies in but it’s not working at all. Therefore my main airfield base in the South can’t accept plane reinforcement. The USAFFE is only 10/12 toe but I thought it would function the same. To combat this I’m going to swap it with HQ from a base (Bandoeng) that currently has 20’000+ supplies and bring the ABDA HQ to Madieon.
Soerabaja supply situation: 446’202 nearly 30’000 gone hopefully some of this has been transferred to other base but maybe not. Just started to load an extra 200’000 at Karachi but without control of the air a lot of ships will be sunk and most not make it. We will see.
The combat report was massive but I took the bits I thought irrelevant out, there’s a lot of information to pass on in a turn and the combat report helps although I’m going to doing a post of my plan next and I’m going to do a section on possible reinforcement to the area too.
And below is a screen shot of some of the DEI…
