[WITP AE] Le soleil sous le vent (Autoriser à Chef Chaudard !)

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2 Janvier 1943

On continue notre promenade dans le sud...

Morning Air attack on TF, near Rarotonga at 157,177

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 4
D3A1 Val x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
PG Sacramento, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
AO Tappahanock, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage


et on subit une attaque de gros Bombardier à Port Moresby, mais la chasse empêche les bombardier de toucher notre base.

Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 13
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 41
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 3

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 9
B-24D Liberator x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 8 damaged

Airbase hits 1

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 6
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 33
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 3

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 25000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb


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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 4
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 31
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 1

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 25000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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3 Janvier 1943- intense journée


Nos valeureux navires ce jour auront lancé un paquet d'obus!

tout d'abord à Tongatapu pour préparer l'attaque de nos 2 unités SNFL, qui délogeront facilement le 15th regiment de nouvelle zelande.




Night Naval bombardment of Tongatapu at 138,168

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
CA Kinugasa
CA Aoba
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami
CA Myoko
CA Chokai
CA Maya
CA Takao
CA Tone

Allied ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Port hits 8
Port supply hits 7

CA Furutaka firing at 15th NZ Brigade
CA Kinugasa firing at 15th NZ Brigade
CA Aoba firing at Tongatapu
CA Kumano firing at Tongatapu
CA Suzuya firing at 15th NZ Brigade
CA Mikuma firing at 15th NZ Brigade
CA Mogami firing at 15th NZ Brigade
CA Myoko firing at 15th NZ Brigade
CA Chokai firing at 15th NZ Brigade
CA Maya firing at Tongatapu
CA Takao firing at 15th NZ Brigade
CA Tone firing at 15th NZ Brigade


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Night Naval bombardment of Tongatapu at 138,168

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Kongo
CA Haguro
CA Atago
DD Oite
DD Kamikaze
DD Ayanami

Allied ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Port hits 5
Port supply hits 7

BB Hyuga firing at Tongatapu
BB Kongo firing at 15th NZ Brigade
CA Haguro firing at 15th NZ Brigade
CA Atago firing at Tongatapu
DD Oite firing at 15th NZ Brigade
DD Kamikaze firing at Tongatapu
DD Ayanami firing at 15th NZ Brigade

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Ground combat at Tongatapu (138,168)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3026 troops, 37 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 126

Defending force 1405 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 63
Japanese adjusted assault: 41

Allied adjusted defense: 3
Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Tongatapu !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), disruption(-)
fatigue(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

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

Allied ground losses:
1559 casualties reported
Squads: 125 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1

Puis comme dab à Chittagong:

Night Naval bombardment of Chittagong at 55,41 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 29 damaged
Hurricane IIc Trop: 4 destroyed on ground
Beaufort VIII: 10 damaged
Wirraway: 3 damaged
Hudson IIIa: 2 damaged
Vengeance I: 11 damaged
Vengeance I: 2 destroyed on ground
Kittyhawk IA: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Ise
BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato
CL Naka
CL Sendai

Allied ground losses:
143 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 39 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 18 (8 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (4 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20

puis c’est le KB qui continue à festoyer



Morning Air attack on TF, near Rarotonga at 154,182

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 59 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 8
D3A1 Val x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
xAK Sea Fox, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
AK Almaack, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Wilson, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk


Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AK Almaack
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Sea Fox
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Wilson


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Rarotonga at 154,182

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
xAK Sea Fox, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

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4 Janvier 1942

Aircraft Ki-43-IIIa Oscar Aircraft R&D Accelerated Production accelerated to 7/44 Information


Pas grand chose à dire ce jour, seulement que l'on touche un sous-marin ennemis qui ne reviendra peut être pas à la maison... C’est toujours une bonne nouvelle.

ASW attack near Truk at 108,108

Japanese Ships
DD Shigure
BB Haruna
DD Yudachi
DD Harusame

Allied Ships
SS Pike, hits 5, heavy damage

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5 Janvier 1942


Aujourd'hui de nouveau nos destroyeurs sont chanceux!!! encore un sous marin potentiellement coulé!

ASW attack near Kabara (Fidji) at 136,163

Japanese Ships
DD Yamagumo

Allied Ships
SS Shad, hits 6, heavy damage




USS Shad le 15 avril 1942 lorsqu'il n'avait pas de bosse...


2 sous marins gravement endommagés en 2 jours, jolie!!!

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6 Janvier 1942

RAS

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7 janvier 1942

Pour la 3emem fois il n'est plus reporté comme coulé... en même temps il avait seulement reçu une torpille.
CLAA San Diego Enemy ship falsely reported sunk Originally reported sunk on turn 322 Information


par contre le croiseur noise est bien coulé ainsi que le St Louis
CL Boise Enemy ship sunk Sunk by 20cm/50 3YT-II Gun at 65,106 near Makassar Information
CL St. Louis Enemy ship sunk Sunk by 250 kg SAP Bomb at 139,169 near Eua Information

A6M5b Zero Aircraft R&D Accelerated Production accelerated to 4/43 Information

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8 janvier 1943! - Meilleur Vœux à tous et Victoire pour l'EMPIRE

Souffrance pour nos sous-marins en ce jour, sans gros dommage, mais retour à la maison obligatoire.

Sub attack near Cochin at 27,40
Japanese Ships
SS I-121, hits 6
Allied Ships
ML No. 201

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ASW attack near Canton Island at 154,142
Japanese Ships
SS I-123, hits 2
Allied Ships
DD Crosby

et sinon à Changsha on patiente et bientôt on devrait pouvoir attaquer....

Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3382 troops, 250 guns, 126 vehicles, Assault Value = 4431

Defending force 136552 troops, 493 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3982

Allied ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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9 Janvier 1943

RAS sauf que l'on remarque une flotte de 4 Navires en approche de Caton island.. on lance le KB2

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10 Janvier 1943

La journée commence bien sur la cote ouest de l'inde.... et va être plutôt intéressante

Sub attack near Mangalore at 28,35
Japanese Ships
SS I-165
Allied Ships
KV Freesia, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

A Caton Islande, comme prévu on trouve 4 navires que nos pilotes s'amusent à envoyer par le fond prestement.
Chef m'a dit avoir un CVE en couverture aérienne, mais les chasseurs n' ont pas décollé.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Canton Island at 153,143

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 86 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
xAK Samuel Gompers, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Crosby
xAK Moses Rogers
xAK Starr King, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Canton Island at 153,143

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 107 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 46 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 47
B5N1 Kate x 19
B5N2 Kate x 25
D3A1 Val x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged
D3A1 Val: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Crosby, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Starr King, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
xAK Moses Rogers, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Samuel Gompers, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hit 2, and is sunk

A Port Moresby les bombardier lourd de l'US air force revienne, cette fois précédé par des nouveaux chasseurs à long rayon d'action P-38G Lightning... finalement pas si solide face à nos Ki45 Nick.. on reporte jusuq'à 7 P-38G detruits....

Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 49
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 2

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 3 destroyed




Puis les bombardier arrivent et tente d'endommager la base sans trop de succès.

Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 1

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 17
B-24D Liberator x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y1-C Judy: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 7 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Runway hits 1

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 1

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 25000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 25000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb


Nos pilotes sortent de ce duel avec de nombreux nouveaux avions abattus

WO Ishimori U. of 52nd I.F.Chutai is credited with kill number 2
WO Miyabe V. of 66th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Kamei V. of 66th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Egashira E. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Kizuka T. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
1LT Aoyagi, Y. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Aino R. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Inuzuka R. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Shibayama C. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 5
1LT Aoyagi, Y. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Hoshikura P. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 2

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11 janvier 1943

CA Louisville Enemy ship falsely reported sunk Unknown when originally reported sunk Information
CA Salt Lake City Enemy ship sunk Sunk by 250 kg SAP Bomb at 113,146 near Kirakira Information


un nouveau moteur qui équipera les futures N1K1-J george et les Ki84 Franck, avec 170 usines prêtes....
Nakajima Ha-45 Engine R&D Accelerated Production accelerated to 2/43 Information

Et notre nouveau chasseur embarqué
A6M5b Zero Aircraft R&D Accelerated Production accelerated to 3/43 Information


A part une visite de courtoisie des chasseurs P40 en Birmanie qui vont payer le prix fort RAS

Afternoon Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 15
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 10

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed

WO Hirohata, T. of 47th I.F.Chutai is credited with kill number 2
WO Koga I. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Minami, T. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
WO Hidaka N. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Anabuki J. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 2

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12 janvier 1943

La grosse nouvelle du jour:
CV Akagi Ship repair completed TF 8245 Information
Depuis la bataille de surface ou il avait été endommagé, il était en réparation, on retrouve notre pleine capacité de frappe.

et ce jour une belle surprise en mer près des aléoutiennes
Le SS Thresher qui rentrait à son port d'attache, en pleine mer fait une drôle de rencontre



Le SS I-34 en surveillance du secteur, lance ces torpilles sur le sous marin Thresher et l'envoi par le fond (on peu l’espérer)

USS Thresher


Sub vs Sub: SS I-34 attacking SS Thresher at 149,54
Japanese Ships
SS I-34

Allied Ships
SS Thresher, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

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13 Janvier 1943

Ta'u is occupied by the Japanese

On devrait l'avoir en mars ou avril. cela va libérer de nombreux labo de recherche pour de nouveaux appareils
Ki-44-IIc Tojo Aircraft R&D Accelerated Production accelerated to 8/43 Information

Sur les bordures de l'Australie on a décidé de venir chatouiller les alliés de façon à endommager les avions au sol et les pistes afin de réduire la fréquence de frappe de Port Moresby.

Mais notre premier bombardement de Cairn n'a pas grand effet... notre flotte de cuirassé est protégée par 45 A6M5 depuis Buna.



Night Naval bombardment of Cairns at 92,140

Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima
BB Hiei
BB Haruna
CL Tatsuta
CL Jintsu

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

Resources hits 4
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Ce jour et comme souvent nos avions en lutte anti-soumarine touche de nombreux sous marins, mais quels sont vraiment les dommages infligés??? Les Ki-49-IIa Helen sont particulièrement adaptés à ce travail.

E13A1 Jake from Ching Tao Det T-1 attacking SS Permit at 110,108
SS Permit is reported HIT
Ki-49-IIa Helen from 8th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 110,108
Ki-49-IIa Helen from 8th Sentai attacking a Triton class SS at 110,108
an Allied SS is reported HIT
E13A1 Jake from 902 Ku T-1 attacking a 'T' War Emergency class SS at 110,108
Ki-49-IIa Helen from 8th Sentai attacking SS Permit at 110,108
Ki-49-IIa Helen from 8th Sentai attacking a Electric Boat S-18 class SS at 110,108
an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-49-IIa Helen from 8th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 110,108
an Allied SS is reported HIT

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14 Janvier 1943

Autour de Ceylan encore un sous-marin endommagé....

ASW attack near Koggala at 28,51
Japanese Ships
SS I-156, hits 3
Allied Ships
DD Encounter

Sinon RAS

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15 Janvier 1943


Autour des Fidji ou rodent de nombreux sous marin US, on perd ce jour un destroyer en chasse ASW. le chasseur est devenue proie.... 3eme destroyer perdu comme cela.
Sub attack near Gau Island at 133,162
Japanese Ships
DD Shiratsuyu, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Searaven

Notre fier destroyer lancé en 1933... a tout jamais perdu


En chine à la limite de Chungking notre régiment de reco reçoit la visite de bombardier.... demain nous aurons un groupe en couverture ça ne sera pas la même.

Morning Air attack on 8th Recon Regiment, at 75,45 , near Chungking

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
SB-III x 10

No Allied losses

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

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16 janvier 1943

Les actions du jour se passe en chine pour une fois!
je passe sur les bombardements quotidiens et focalisons plutôt sur les 2 points d’intérêt:



Sining au nord tombe entre nos mains, ce qui ouvre les plaines du nord


Ground combat at Sining (80,32)
Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 36454 troops, 296 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1138
Defending force 11779 troops, 73 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 432

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0
Japanese adjusted assault: 882
Allied adjusted defense: 367
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Sining !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1275 casualties reported
Squads: 20 destroyed, 58 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 14 (2 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
3531 casualties reported
Squads: 147 destroyed, 71 disabled
Non Combat: 153 destroyed, 49 disabled
Engineers: 26 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 15 (10 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!


Puis a coté de Chungking, capital chinoise du moment, les bombardiers reviennent nous faire un visite sur notre unité de reco, mais cette fois nos Oscar sont en embuscade et détruisent facilement plusieurs appareils!

Morning Air attack on 8th Recon Regiment, at 75,45 , near Chungking

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 8

Allied aircraft
SB-III x 10

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
SB-III: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged


les Tupolev Sb chinois (d’origine URSS) détruit