And here are the results of the first strike! I must say I was VERY disappointed by the performance of G4Ms and G3Ms from Formosa. In my test attack they did very well despite meeting CAP first, at 7kft. Now they didnt meet even that CAP but still scored only a handful of hits... About 1 hit per 10 planes.
KB strikes however did very well and unlike in test run, every plane flew. I think we can call it a small success - 25/27 submarines were hit at least once, 14 confirmed kills and most of the survivors are in bad shape. We also nailed every other important ship in the bay minus 1 DD. Now we have some mopping to do: most of the hit submarines should not be able to submerge and the surface vessels are just targets. We'll take them out with KB, Zuiho and surface units - 4 DD squadrons of which 2 are lead by heavy cruisers will enter the archipelago will carriers sit outside. Theres some shipping still docked in the southern end of Luzon - they will probably try to flee as far as they can over the night, it'll be Zuiho's task to hunt them down should the DDs waiting outside the port fail.
Today Japan scored 104 points of shipping, but the listed 13 submarines, DD, PTs and xAKL only total 74 - so we probably got at least 2(so probably 15 subs at least, possibly up to 17, even 18!) more submarines right away.
Today's air losses were just 4 planes and 2 aircrew including an A5M4, escorting Zuiho's B5N strike, to patrolling P-40s over Manila.
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1 SS Porpoise, Bomb hits 1 SS Porpoise, Bomb hits 1 SS Porpoise, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
2 SS Perch, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage SS Perch, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
3 SS Sargo, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage SS Sargo, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
4 SS Pickerel, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage SS Pickerel, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
5 SS S-38, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
6 SS Sturgeon, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
7 SS Sailfish, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
8 SS Stingray, Bomb hits 1 SS Stingray, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
9 SS Pike, Bomb hits 1 SS Pike, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
10 SS Salmon, Bomb hits 1 SS Salmon, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
11 SS Tarpon, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
12 SS Swordfish, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
13 SS Snapper, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage SS Snapper, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage SS Snapper, and is sunk
14 SS Skipjack, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage SS Skipjack, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
15 SS Searaven, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage
16 SS S-37, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage
17 SS Seawolf, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage
18 SS Sculpin, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage
19 SS Seadragon, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage SS Seadragon, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
20 SS Seal, Bomb hits 1 SS Seal, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
21 SS Shark, Bomb hits 3, heavy damage
22 SS Saury, Bomb hits 1 SS Saury, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
23 SS S-41, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
24 SS Spearfish, Bomb hits 2
25 SS S-40, Bomb hits 1
---only 2 submarines not hit!!---
DD John D. Ford, Bomb hits 1 DD John D. Ford, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
DD Pillsbury, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
DD Pope, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
---- ONE DD NOT HIT!!!!!----
AV Langley, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
AVD Childs, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Rochambeau, Bomb hits 1
xAP Neptuna, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAP Neptuna, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAP President Madison, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAP Don Esteban, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
TK Gertrude Kellogg, Bomb hits 1, on fire TK Gertrude Kellogg, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
TK Mindanao, Bomb hits 1
TK Hai Kwang, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
AS Canopus, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AS Holland, Bomb hits 1, on fire
ARD YFD-1 Dewey, Bomb hits 1, on fire
PT-31, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
PT-34, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
PT-32, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
PT Q-113, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
PT-41, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
PG Tulsa, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
PG Isabel, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
PG Asheville, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
ACM Colonel Harrison, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Ethel Edwards, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAK Ethel Edwards, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Cape Fairweather, Bomb hits 1
xAK Tantalus, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Si Kiang, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK American Leader, Bomb hits 1
xAK Yu Sang, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAK Yu Sang, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Bisayas, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Corregidor, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAKL Palawan, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAKL Compagnia Filipinas, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
YO-42, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
YO-41, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
TENNO HEIKA BANZAI!
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Topic: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition PBEM #3 (Read 26146 times)