Last Stop Tokyo: Terminus vs Durrant

[Bill Durrant]

Another lucky encounter for me after a patrolling task force ran into the earlier bombed commerce raider and sank it.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/25/23

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Night Time Surface Combat at 39,45

Japanese Ships
CL Koki Maru, Shell hits 9, and is sunk

Allied Ships
BB Monadnock
CL New Orleans
CA Desaix
CL Chao Ho
CL Hai Chou
DD Tung An
DD Yu Chang

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ASW attack near Saipan at 63,64

Japanese Ships
DD Keyaki
DD Tsubaki
DD Nara
DD Umikaze
DD Namikaze

Allied Ships
SS J-4

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ASW attack near Saipan at 63,64

Japanese Ships
DD Keyaki
DD Tsubaki
DD Nara
DD Umikaze
DD Namikaze

Allied Ships
SS J-4

[Bill Durrant]

Port Arthur was captured today and the mopping up of enemy troops begins.

Elsewhere two ships hit enemy mines that had been laid at Midway

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/29/23

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ASW attack at 96,61

Japanese Ships
SS No. 23

Allied Ships
DD Robert Smith
DD Reno
DD Percival
DD Paul Hamilton

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TF 1044 encounters mine field at Midway (95,61)

Allied Ships
DD Reno, Mine hits 1, on fire
DD Percival
DD Paul Hamilton

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TF 1050 encounters mine field at Midway (95,61)

Allied Ships
DD Mervine
AK McCormick Terminal, Mine hits 1

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ASW attack near Saipan at 63,64

Japanese Ships
DD Keyaki
DD Tsubaki
DD Nara
DD Umikaze

Allied Ships
SS J-4

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ASW attack near Saipan at 63,64

Japanese Ships
DD Keyaki
DD Tsubaki
DD Nara
DD Umikaze
DD Namikaze

Allied Ships
SS J-4


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Ground combat at Port Arthur

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 60550 troops, 413 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 21860 troops, 63 guns, 60 vehicles

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Allied assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 4)

Allied forces CAPTURE Port Arthur base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
194 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
630 casualties reported
Guns lost 15

Not quite sure why it has gone over to Far East Command

[Bill Durrant]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/30/23

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ASW attack near Saipan at 63,64

Japanese Ships
DD Keyaki
DD Tsubaki
DD Nara
DD Umikaze
DD Namikaze

Allied Ships
SS J-4

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Night Time Surface Combat at 96,62

Japanese Ships
CL Okuni Maru

Allied Ships
DD Reno, on fire

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Sub attack near Saipan at 63,64

Japanese Ships
DD Keyaki
DD Tsubaki

Allied Ships
SS J-4, hits 3

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Sub attack near Takao at 48,45

Japanese Ships
AK Dakar Maru
DD Sakura
DD Tade
DD Sumire
DD Hasu

Allied Ships
SS L-1


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Ground combat at Port Arthur

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 59252 troops, 394 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 19720 troops, 23 guns, 23 vehicles

Allied assault odds: 30 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
110 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
369 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[Terminus]

Southeast of Midway, commerce raider Okuni Maru came upon a small US convoy during the night, and whilst she savaged the two escorting destroyers (sinking one), she wasn't able to engage the real prize, the two tankers.

Other than that, Operation Kick The Chinese In The Kneecaps has been announced and will commence as soon as we're ready.

[Bill Durrant]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/01/23

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ASW attack near Tinian at 62,65

Japanese Ships
DD Keyaki
DD Tsubaki
DD Nara
DD Umikaze
DD Namikaze

Allied Ships
SS J-2, hits 1

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TF 1073 encounters mine field at Midway (95,61)

Allied Ships
DD Breese
DD Lea
DD Crane

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ASW attack near Tinian at 62,65

Japanese Ships
DD Keyaki
DD Tsubaki
DD Nara
DD Umikaze
DD Namikaze

Allied Ships
SS J-2

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ASW attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
SS No. 36

Allied Ships
DD Gamble
DD Breese
DD Radford
DD Lamberton

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ASW attack near Tinian at 62,65

Japanese Ships
DD Keyaki
DD Tsubaki
DD Nara
DD Umikaze
DD Namikaze

Allied Ships
SS J-2


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Ground combat at Port Arthur

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 58644 troops, 395 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 18698 troops, 10 guns, 14 vehicles

Allied assault odds: 141 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
522 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported

[Bill Durrant]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/02/23

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Sub attack near Tinian at 62,65

Japanese Ships
DD Umikaze
DD Keyaki
DD Tsubaki
DD Nara
DD Namikaze

Allied Ships
SS J-2

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Sub attack near Takao at 48,45

Japanese Ships
DD Kuri
DD Sakura
DD Tade
DD Hasu
DD Yukaze

Allied Ships
SS L-1

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Sub attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
SS No. 36

Allied Ships
DD Talbot
DD Gamble
DD Breese
DD Radford
DD Lamberton
DD Lea
DD Crane
DD Chew

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TF 53 encounters mine field at Midway (95,61)

Japanese Ships
SS No. 43, Mine hits 1

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Sub attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
SS No. 36

Allied Ships
CA Charlotte
DD Gamble
DD Breese
DD Radford
DD Lamberton
DD Lea
DD Talbot
DD Crane
DD Chew
BB Oklahoma

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ASW attack near Tinian at 62,65

Japanese Ships
DD Keyaki
DD Tsubaki

Allied Ships
SS J-2

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Day Time Surface Combat at 99,64

Japanese Ships
CL Nitiyu Maru, Shell hits 37, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Evans
DD Mugford
DD McFarland
DD Welles
DD Aulick
AP President Coolidge
AP Chaumont
AP Wharton
AP West Point
AK Steel Trader
AK Steel Voyager
AK Dorothy Luckenbach
AK J.L. Luckenbach
AK Julia Luckenbach
AK K.I. Luckenbach
AK Katrina Luckenbach
AK Walter Luckenbach
AK William Luckenbach
AK Susana
AK Kahuku
AK Lahaina
AK Mapele
AK Admiral Cole
AP Bloemfontein
AP Mount McKinley
AP Ruth Alexander
AK Barbara Olson
AK Coast Trader
AK Cold Brook
AK Cynthia Olson
AK Dorothy Philips
AK Idaho
AP Meigs

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ASW attack near Tinian at 62,65

Japanese Ships
DD Keyaki

Allied Ships
SS J-2, hits 1

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ASW attack near Takao at 48,45

Japanese Ships
DD Sakura
DD Tade
DD Hasu
DD Kuri
DD Yukaze

Allied Ships
SS L-1, hits 1


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Ground combat at Port Arthur

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 58640 troops, 391 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 17695 troops, 2 guns, 7 vehicles

Allied assault odds: 162 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
725 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 7

Allied ground losses:
144 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[Zakhal]

Looks like commerce raiding is a failed idea. All that is needed is few destroyers and the convoy is perfectly safe. Seems like CL marus cant scratch a DD even.

Perhaps one should try it on auto-convoys? I assume they dont always have DD escorts.

[Terminus]

They can scratch DD's, as witnessed by the fact that I sank one and severely damaged another a few turns back. But, that said, all you have to do to be safe from your opponent's commerce raiders is to sail in large, escorted convoys. Which is historically accurate.

As for the Auto Convoy system being more vulnerable, that might be true. The AI doesn't always make "sensible" convoys.

[Bill Durrant]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/03/23


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Ground combat at Port Arthur

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 58401 troops, 388 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 16711 troops, 1 guns, 4 vehicles

Allied assault odds: 85 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
2548 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

[Terminus]

A busy turn. American submarine R-3 became the third enemy boat to sink, followed later by the destroyer Reno.

The main event was another little skirmish at Soerabaja which resulted in the destruction of the remaining Dutch surface ships in the DEI, as the coastal defence ships De Ruyter, Hertog Hendrik, De Zeven Provincien and Jacob van Heemskerck were all sunk, accompanied to the bottom by the British destroyer Winchelsea.

On land, the town of Anshan's Chinese garrison was ejected and the place secured in a ferocious frontal assault.

[Bill Durrant]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/04/23

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TF 1010 encounters mine field at Midway (95,61)

Allied Ships
MSW Seagull
MSW Tern
MSW Penguin
MSW Whippoorwill
MSW Sanderling
MSW Ortolan
MSW Pigeon
MSW Sandpiper
MSW Auk

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ASW attack near Takao at 48,45

Japanese Ships
DD Sakura
DD Tade
DD Hasu
DD Kuri
DD Yukaze

Allied Ships
SS L-5

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Soerabaja at 22,65

Japanese Ships
BB Tosa, Shell hits 4
BB Kaga
BB Nagato, Shell hits 3
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 2
BC Kongo, Shell hits 1
BC Haruna
CL Tone, Shell hits 5
CL Oi, Shell hits 5
DD No. 2
DD Nire, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Ashi, Shell hits 1
DD Warabi
DD Kaede
DD Sugi, Shell hits 2, on fire

Allied Ships
CL Carysfort, Shell hits 23, on fire
DD Winchelsea, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
BB De Ruyter, Shell hits 27, and is sunk
BB Hertog Hendrik, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
BB De Zeven Provincien, Shell hits 23, and is sunk
BB Jacob van Heemskerck, Shell hits 23, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CA Dupleix, Shell hits 20, on fire

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Sub attack near Takao at 48,45

Japanese Ships
DD Sakura
DD Tade
DD Hasu
DD Kuri
DD Yukaze

Allied Ships
SS L-5


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Ground combat at Anshan

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 132220 troops, 773 guns, 163 vehicles

Defending force 91304 troops, 549 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Anshan base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
6627 casualties reported
Guns lost 108
Vehicles lost 10

Allied ground losses:
2613 casualties reported
Guns lost 30


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

[general billy]

Ouch

[Terminus]

Actually, I should have sunk the Dupleix as well, but still... four in one go isn't bad at all...

[Bill Durrant]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/09/23

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Sub attack near Tarakan at 33,61

Japanese Ships
DD No. 2
DD Ashi
DD Kaede

Allied Ships
SS S-4

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Sub attack near Tarakan at 33,61

Japanese Ships
DD Ashi
DD Kaede
DD Warabi

Allied Ships
SS S-4


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Ground combat at Mukden

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 128238 troops, 693 guns, 235 vehicles

Defending force 115513 troops, 580 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 3)


Japanese ground losses:
12186 casualties reported
Guns lost 155
Vehicles lost 25

Allied ground losses:
280 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

A screen of the forces involved in the battle at Mukden

[Rysyonok]

Is it really possible to win against the Chinese?

[Bill Durrant]

ORIGINAL: Rysyonok

Is it really possible to win against the Chinese?

If I'm commanding them[:(]

Anyway the Japanese are close to taking control of Balikpapan

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/10/23

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ASW attack near Tarakan at 33,61

Japanese Ships
DD Ashi

Allied Ships
SS S-4

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ASW attack near Tarakan at 33,61

Japanese Ships
DD Ashi
DD Kaede
DD Warabi
DD No. 2

Allied Ships
SS S-4


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Ground combat at Balikpapan

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 46270 troops, 340 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 4955 troops, 57 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3


Japanese ground losses:
628 casualties reported
Guns lost 19

Allied ground losses:
201 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

[Rysyonok]

Are you planning on leaving garrisons behind or - who cares about partisans?

[Bill Durrant]

ORIGINAL: Rysyonok

Are you planning on leaving garrisons behind or - who cares about partisans?

Japanese troops have now retreated south from Mukden - sorry tactically withdrew

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/11/23


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Ground combat at Balikpapan

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 45461 troops, 308 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 4643 troops, 51 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2


Japanese ground losses:
235 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Allied ground losses:
133 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

[Rysyonok]

Just out of curiousity - have you guys updated to 1.20 (1.15 etc etc etc)? Has it caused any issues since your PBEM obviously started under 1.00?

[Terminus]

Yes, we've both upgraded fully. And there have been effects; we got slammed when 1.15 came out, because one of us hadn't upgraded whilst the other had, and that made the turn crash when I tried to run it. This issue was resolved once we both used the same version. I had 1.20 earlier than Bill (being a beta tester and all), but that caused no problems.