ANTI-SHIP FIRING/BOMBING RESULTS TABLE
-- Damage Progression: D(amaged) --> S(unk)

• S = Sunk; DS = Damaged, or Sunk if already Damaged; D = (no more than) Damaged; G = Land-based air unit caught on Ground destroyed.
• X = Attacker destroyed, XX = Attacker destroyed if 2 defense factors, etc.
• (The die roll is never modified for attackers' losses.)
• Firing ship's die roll is raised by 1 if it is Fleeing, if (on the 1st round only of a night battle) it is a Surprisor, if it is in harbor but not surprised, or if the Target is Damaged or Very Slow.
• Sub attack die roll is raised by 1 if it is attacking a Damaged ship unit at sea. A sub may not attack a ship unit in harbor but it may attack one anchored in a coastal hex (like Leyte Gulf or Lingayen Gulf). Subs cannot attack PT boats or air units.
• Anti-sub factors/Xs: Intrinsic escorts, Any Undamaged CVs or CVEs in task force during daytime.
  * = USN subs do not report/identify enemy ship units on a 1 or 2 -- IJN subs do not on a 1-3.
• Air attack die roll raised by 1, if target is Damaged, Very Slow, or Anchored. Air units may not attack subs or PT boats.
• Anti-air factors/Xs: Intrinsic AA, Each defending CV or CVE (in hex for USN or in task force for IJN), Extended range.
  USN ranged attacks 1 hex -- extended range 2 hexes; Japanese 1-2 hexes -- extended range 3 hexes.

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  NAVAL AIR SCOUTING DETECTION
  (D = Enemy Task Force Detected.)

  Die Roll	0	1	2	3
  1	D	D	D	D
  2	D	D	D	D
  3	D	D	D	-
  4	D	D	-	-
  5	D	D	-	-
  6	D	-	-	-

  NIGHT SURFACE BATTLE DETECTION/SURPRISE

  Die Roll	Surprisor
  6	Allies
  5	Allies
  4	-
  3	-
  2	Japanese
  1	Japanese

  If one side is entering a hex already occupied by enemy ships,
  those enemy ships receive a die roll shift/advantage of 1.
  (Thus, defending Japanese ships would gain surprise on 1-3 and
  the entering American ships only on a 6.)
  Also: The side with the advantage of surprise shoots first and
  gunfiring alternates thereafter -- unlike simultaneous firing during
  the day or at night if neither side gets surprise.

  VI. SEQUENCE OF PLAY:

  • A. Replacements and Reinforcements.
  • B. Full Day's Turn
    • 1. AM/Daytime Phase
      • a. IJN Movement Plot (1? 2? hexes)
      • b. USN-then-IJN movement/combat
        • 1)"Morning" movement
        • 2)"Morning" battle
          • a) Submarine attacks
          • b) Same-hex air attacks, scouting, and ranged air attack launches
          • c) Surface ship battles with withdrawals/pursuits
            (Undamaged ships may attack screened TRs and CVs in 2nd battle round.)
          • d) 2nd same-hex and ranged air attacks' resolution
          • e) Land-based air detection (if target not already detected) and attacks
        • 3) "Afternoon" movement
        • 4) "Afternoon combat
        • 5) U.S. 5th Air Force land-based air detection and strikes in south.
    • 2. PM/Night Phase
      • a. IJN plot (1? 2? hexes)
      • b. USN-then-IJN movement/combat
        • 1) "Before Midnight"
          • a) Submarine attacks
          • b) Surprise?/Surface battles with withdrawals/pursuits
        • 2) "After Midnight"
  • C. Supply determination and victory point accounting

  [17Dec01]