Pauk's corner: sake break for Japanese fanboys

[pauk]

Thanks, Defender of the Empire, but i'm not sure i deserve such compliments - i'm only humble servant of the Emperor[8D].

As you may see, Andy evacuated Wyndham and i'm start to think that he will evaucate Darwin too. Not many choices he have (Yoda voice[:D]):

- he can defend in the open field at the Darwin Townswille junction and that's not a best option for him:
a) his units wont be hidden behind the forts
b) i have 9 crack divisions.... i think he can not resist to that force (soon i will have air support from Wyndham...God, you have to love blitzkrieg doctrine[8D])

b) he can dig in Darwin - this could be dangerous but after i spank him in Malaya with combined sea and air bombardment and easily overrun him at Johore Baru i don't think he will try it again. Besides that, he don't have sufficient force to defend Darwin (rest of his Aussie troops are in south Australia - he must defend British queen teritory in the south Australia.).

Dont worry i'm taking medicine against 'victory disease' every day. I know that happy days are over for Japan (unless the offensive is supported with overhelming force) - so i will be extremely careful.

PM will fall, i'm quite sure. He can not support defence of this base because he is faced with threat from Independent State of Aborigians[:D] (read: north Australia).

I'm not sure about re-take of the Gilberts - it will take some time until i organise invasion: divisions from Australia, KB, etc... i'm not sure that i would be ready before August for that and not sure if this is too late. What do you think?

DESTRUCTION OF HIS FLEET: you are right, and thats was my intention, but i was late with liberating of PI and Perth....now i'm not sure that i can advance any further but hopefully i can interupt his supply routes in Pacific and inflict serious damage to his fleet (if he become too hasty).

Glens will be my frontier guards, you can bet it. But it will take some time to bring them in position - you know that Jap players are faced with logistical nightmare in the middle of the 1942 (upgrades, fuel shipments, training programs...)




AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/01/42

Just to be sure that enemy air force wont back in Darwin....

Naval bombardment of Darwin, at 36,84

Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya
CA Nachi
BB Hyuga
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato


Allied ground losses:
1221 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Vehicles lost 4

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 16
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 6

Americans found empty AF cause my Zeros were in the air...

Day Air attack on Maloelap , at 82,81


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 17


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
All B-17E Fortress bombing at 15000 feet

Unforutnatly, one Daitai wasn't able to find the target and lost more planes that i was hoped. The sad thing is i've lost 6 crack pilots from Zero chutai (which starts in the game at 90 exp:(


Day Air attack on Tarawa , at 85,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 78

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 15
P-36A Mohawk x 13
P-39D Airacobra x 16
P-40B Tomahawk x 15
P-40E Warhawk x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 15 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 11 destroyed
P-36A Mohawk: 10 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 14 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 8 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 4 destroyed, 3 damaged

Oscars did their job...

Day Air attack on Wyndham , at 30,86

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 35
Ki-21 Sally x 27
Ki-49 Helen x 31
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Brewster 339D: 5 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1

Overall losses are 55 to 20 and something....sorry cant recall...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/02/42

Hm, quite unusual base to place mine, but i'm fine with that...

TF 102 encounters mine field at Shimuzu (65,43)

Japanese Ships
DD Shirakumo
DD Ayanami

Last bombardment before attack...

Naval bombardment of Wyndham, at 30,86

Allied aircraft losses
PB2Y Coronado: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
DD Kasasagi
DD Samidare
DD Kagero
DD Kazegumo
BB Kirishima
DD Hiyodori
DD Shikinami
DD Minekaze
DD Nenohi
DD Yamagumo
BB Kongo

Allied ground losses:
2877 casualties reported
Guns lost 21
Vehicles lost 10

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 68
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1


Kiska is undefenden - which is certainly good news!

TF 167 troops unloading over beach at Kiska Island, 92,35

Japanese ground losses:
191 casualties reported

Welcome!

Day Air attack on Maloelap , at 82,81

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 25

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 destroyed, 5 damaged

All B-17E Fortress bombing at 15000 feet

Andy evacuated Wyndham, but several planes destroyed on the ground (23-7 in my favour today)

Ground combat at Wyndham

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 47326 troops, 608 guns, 13 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 479 to 1 (fort level 5)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Wyndham base !!!


Allied aircraft losses
Brewster 339D: 4 destroyed
PB2Y Coronado: 3 destroyed - i like torched Coronados

Unforutunatly, tk and mix rtg didn't arrive on time - i should transport additional force via air, i know....


Ground combat at Yunan

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 17838 troops, 100 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 2798 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles

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

Allied forces CAPTURE Yunan base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
102 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Allied ground losses:
580 casualties reported
Guns lost 26


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

[pauk]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/04/42

PACIFIC

Not much to report - Andy unloaded reinforcements to Tarawa (or supply), while my baby KB sails east of the Marshalls in hope to find and catch his supply conwoys... Klokan-go is about the end and i'm thinking what to do with few divisions which i will have after capturing Darwin. Frontal attack on Gilberts or flanking attack (on Baker island and Nanomea atoll)?

Nothing has been decided yet, it is very exausting to plan such operations month after month... i will think about that when i capture Darwin (but one thing is sure - PM is next target)


Day Air attack on Maloelap , at 82,81

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

He just want to see how weak or strong i'm here. Ok, two more B17 gone...

CHINA


Andy moved some of AVG fighters in Chengking. Fortunatly i lost only 5 bombers.

Day Air attack on 1st Chinese Cavalry Corps, at 51,27

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 40

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
84 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on 16th Chinese Corps, at 51,27

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 33

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

I'm slowly reducing his soldiers at Chengking pocket....

Ground combat at 51,27

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 72421 troops, 701 guns, 142 vehicles

Defending force 22223 troops, 27 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
748 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
448 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

AUSTRALIA

As i predicted, Andy fleeing from Darwin too...bah, i was hoping for some real fight in northern Australia. But his decision is logical - he lost two australian divisions (one at Perth and one more is trapped near Broome, plus one Bde) and he couldn't stop me in the north Australia. I checked allied reinforcement screen, and with current rate it would take a long time till cadres from lost Aussie divs becomes fully operational divisions. And that is really good news. Other than that i havent been able to inflict significant damage to his ground units. I guess that Dutch support units are badly hurt but don't know nothing about replacement rate for the Dutch...

Day Air attack on 1st Australian Division, at 22,85

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 21
Ki-21 Sally x 75
Ki-49 Helen x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported

All bombing at 10000 feet

4th DAF BF stills exist?!?! .... i had several battles with this BF in Australian desert and always had this CR...

Ground combat at 15,96

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2186 troops, 0 guns, 143 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 17 to 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Bah, Andy probably equipped this BF with kengoroos...

NORTH PACIFIC

I'm taking north islands to establish first line defence there. Several units will reinforce these islands...


Ground combat at Kiska Island

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 751 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kiska Island base !!!


STRATEGIC MAP:

I never looked at strategic map until now - i wanted to post my Empire frontiers. What i saw it's totally suprised me in negative way! I Find amusing and totally unacceptable that i can see Andy's units in Australia (i didn't reconed so i shouldn't know where are they!!!!!)

Why is that[&:]

[pauk]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/05/42

Sometimes i wonder how i can be so stupid - bombardment run against Darwin disabled few guns but one of my CAs got two hits from the coasta guns and now she is at 17 sys damage. Not a best move from me...especially when you know that i have so many ships in ports to be repaired (some of them needs r&r after being at sea for months, some of them just recived upgrades)

Naval bombardment of Darwin, at 36,84 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya, Shell hits 2
CA Nachi, Shell hits 2
BB Hyuga
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato


Allied ground losses:
177 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 17
Port hits 12
Port supply hits 2

Only 12 Sallys flew from Lautem AF (size 3) and didn't damaged any resources at Darwin. Have to wait few turns till i bring AV support and HQ to Wyndham. Other than that it was silent on Australian theatre. Now i start to think what to do with "Australian" divisions. If i want to defend Perth-Derby-Darwin line i have to keep at least 5 divisions there. That's leaves me just few divisions left to other operations. I will probably concentrate on holding Derby-Darwin line - i think 4 divisions would be more than enough for that (i have AFs in that area, Andy dont!:).... i would try to keep Perth as long as i can (i need HI in Perth!) but I will not allow to be involved in great battle for Perth! (Andy can come via sea and via railroad and that would be trap for my units in the Perth)....


Ground combat at 22,85

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6329 troops, 30 guns, 124 vehicles

Defending force 8106 troops, 42 guns, 1 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
397 casualties reported - GOOD!
Guns lost 14
Vehicles lost 1

I have to admit that i'm very suprised with attack on the isolated Australian division near Broome (one tk rtg + 2 Marine units)....


CHINA

I'm decimating surrounded Chinese too... Now my divisions are at 85 exp!:))

Ground combat at 51,27

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 68580 troops, 666 guns, 141 vehicles

Defending force 21175 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 25 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
606 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Allied ground losses:
1184 casualties reported
Guns lost 4 - YEAH BABY!

PACIFIC

PM is the next target and i'm spending lots of time for thinking what to do next. Should i attack Gilberts? Somehow i just dont like this idea and i hooked with another cunning plan
[:D] - invasion on Nanomea atoll and later on Baker islands. The main problem is that my fast BBs needs repair (they are all between 9-11, except Hei (4), same as DDs... CVs are in the better shape (from 3-8) but if i want them to upgrade i can't keep them any longer at the sea.
Sho and Zui are on route to Japan (4 days). Akagi and Kaga (3 sys and 6) are docked in Truk (i have 4 ARs there), Hiryu and Soryu are near Tarakan (I'm not sure but they will probably go to Pacific)....

So I need to strike on places which probably aren't guarded heavily but they have strategic value - and Nanomea atoll (AF 2 now) and Baker (AF 1) are such targets (isolating Gilberts). And maybe I could force Andy in decisive battle[:'(][8|]

[pauk]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/06/42

Quit turn. I'm still busy with reorganisation my fleet and planing future operations. Lots of transports need to be transported to Darwin once when (future) capital of Independent state of Aborigians is liberated.


Day Air attack on Maloelap , at 82,81

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1

Two B17E lost in attack.


Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-49 Helen x 20

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 24

Attack on trapped Aus Division.

Ground combat at 22,85

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6268 troops, 28 guns, 124 vehicles

Defending force 7491 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 26 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
110 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
161 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Chinese corps north of the Ichang is defeated and forced to retreat. I do not have intention to attack from Ichang towards Chungking or Sian but hopefully i got Andy material to think about it...


Ground combat at 46,33

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 24418 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 7660 troops, 59 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
131 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Another attack on surrounded supermen north of Chengking.


Ground combat at 51,27

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 67703 troops, 650 guns, 140 vehicles

Defending force 19714 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
359 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Allied ground losses:
365 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

My troops unloading at Attu island.

FLEET STATUS

As may you see lot's of DDs need to be repaired after their upgrade.

[pauk]

Still pretty quiet on all fronts. I'm redeploying ships after upgrades - older classes and those with shorter range going to Shangai and Hong Kong, while Fubuki class all other class (suitable for CV escort will upgrade and repair in the Home islands). Unfortunatly, fast BBs are in same situation - they are above 10 sys damage and needs repair to. I reserved Hiroshima/Kure for BBs (Yamashiro is in Shangai), Maizaru and Okayama will take care for DDs and CAs, Osaka (Sho is disbanded this turn) and Tokyo for CVs.

Singapore and Truk have 4ARs while Osaka and Hiroshima have 3 ARs each. I'm building more ARs and plan is to have following ports with 4 ARs each: Singapore, Truk, Osaka, Hiroshima, Maizaru. One MLE is on duty already - at Kwajelain and one more is building at the moment. It should be enough for now...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/07/42 AND 06/08/ 1942

NORTH PACIFIC

I control Kiska and Attu - my forces are weak there: 67th naval guard and 8th Yokosuka SNLF with base force. I can not assign more force to this particular area now.

CENTRAL PACIFIC

Wake is under my control - have 205 AP there (Sasebo 7th SNLF and 51st Naval garnison, one base force one construction unit) and fort level 8 (building to maximum). I plan to reinforce this base soon, somehow i have hunch that Andy could attack Wake next. And this is a good place for trap!

Two const units relased from Kwantung and going to Marcus to build AF to level 4 - Marcus is 11 hex from Wake - which means my Naval LBA can be escorted with Zeros! I have to relase 10th Air Fleet from HI defence because i'm short with Air HQs - lots of bases needs them...


SOUTHEAST PACIFIC

Ordered massive sweep over Tarawa bu only one Daitai fly to Tarawa. I can consider myself lucky there - lost 8 Zeros while enemy lost twice as many ac i lost... transfered fatigued Daitai and leave others on sweep mission. Let's hope tomorrow they all will fly...


Day Air attack on Tarawa , at 85,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
H6K4 Mavis x 1

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 19
P-36A Mohawk x 6
P-39D Airacobra x 15
P-40B Tomahawk x 13
P-40E Warhawk x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 8 destroyed
H6K4 Mavis: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 7 destroyed
P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 5 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

As you already know, i dislike frontal assault on Gilberts - Andy will dig on those two atolls and he could use new bombs carried on B-17s from August. I'm more and more convinced that is better to attack on Nanomea and Baker island and isolate Gilberts. After this goal is achived, i can use my BBs (currently on repair), bomb Gilberts and destroy his air force there. Even if i don't re-capture Gilberts i will delay attack on Marshalls. Why i couldn't use overhelming force and re-take Gilberts first? Well, i think that my cunning plan could caught Andy off guard, that's why...(and Imperial HQ calculates that my losses would be lighter in that case.)


AUSTRALIA

Aussies are stubborn guys, did you know that?...


Ground combat at 22,85

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6156 troops, 25 guns, 124 vehicles

Defending force 7269 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 18 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
148 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Second day attack...

Ground combat at 22,85

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6097 troops, 24 guns, 125 vehicles

Defending force 6950 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 34 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Allied ground losses:
316 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Another 20 VP points in the bag...

Day Air attack on Darwin , at 36,84

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 26

No Japanese losses

Resources hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
Sallys bombing at 10000 feet

Currently i have 9 divisions in Australia and two brigades. I will guard newly born Independent state of Aborigians (of course, Emperor already says that they will be 100% independent state:) with 25th Army: 16th, 18th, 48th and 56th division, 21 mix bde and 65th bde, 2 tank regiments. I will dig and concentrate my defence on Darwin-Derby axis, while Perth will be defended with enough force to inflict significant losses if Andy chooses amphibious invasion. While Perth is needed to keep India cut off American imperialists and their HI is vital for me at the moment i can not allow to be cut from northern Australia if he start offensive via railroad...

4th division planing for Port Moresby (after will go to SE Pacific), 5th and 21th Div are near Darwin and already have plans for Nanomea...

Imperial guard division will go to Burma, while 38th div will be in Java as strategic reserve.

CHINA

recon reported 200 enemy fighters at Chungking, but last few days no more than 40 were on CAP... hm, does Andy plans something here. I'm gathering Zeros for China air campaign but also have to wait till my Air HQ arrives to Wuhan (i sent it to Chengking earlier - phew... other Air Div is lost due infamous diss. bug at Canton)

My paras traveling all along the China from Kunming - they are now near Chungking moving towards Sian! (Join to IJA you will see the great part of the world - from deserts in inner China and Australia to tropical seas of Indian and Pacific ocean:)

Day Air attack on 2nd Parachute Regiment, at 43,30

Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 38
P-39D Airacobra x 15
I-153c x 6
SB-2c x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

I will stop posting CR untill Chinese and isolate Aus division near Broome are anihilated...


Ground combat at 51,27

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 71129 troops, 669 guns, 143 vehicles

Defending force 19117 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
789 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
263 casualties reported


ASW EFFORT

Andy send his subs for evacuating cadres in the Cebu islands. I figured that little late but i was able to transfer high exp bombers and get some success in last two days:


Ki-21 Sally attacking Drum at 44,61
Drum is reported HIT

Ki-21 Sally attacking Pollack at 44,59
Pollack is reported HIT

Ki-21 Sally attacking Plunger at 44,59
Plunger is reported HIT

Ki-49 Helen attacking Trout at 44,59
Trout is reported HIT

Damaged subs will be out of the reach tomorrow, i guess but I have Hiryu and Soryu in that area and their groups are on ASW duty.

AC RESEARCH

Jack is near 200 rd, Tony just enter 100 rd... but i will try another approach. From Mr. Frag's post (although he isn't sure 100% about it) it seems that is ONLY one thing matter regarding r&d - having 100 r&d points. If you have 100 or more than dice rolls starts to rolling (and i assume that isn't matter if you have 101 or 401 r&d points for one ac type - you will get only one roll)... so i'm planing to expand other ac's factories on r&d to 100. Let's see if r&d works in this way...

NAVAL BUILDING PROGRAM

I have 1474 naval shipyard points! Tahio, Hiyo (36 days from entering into service) and 3 Unryu's are accelerated. Mutsu is on normal building rate. I never managed to collest shipyards stockpile but all CVs are building at acc rate. Once when Hiyo enters the service i would probably accelerate DDs - Japan never have surpluse of this ships! In next 200 days i will get 4 Akizukis and 3 DDs with radar so it is important to accelerate these fine ships...

What do you experts think?

[pauk]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/09/42


CHINA

Not so eventful turn in this particular theatre, but things are warming up there! Andy expanding Homan AF and now is lvl 4. I stop all training attack on nearby LCUs and waiting for his move. I have 100 Zeros in China ready to kick out white imperialist mercenaries...

Day Air attack on Yenen , at 50,26

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 9
I-16c x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
I-16c: 2 destroyed

Just want to keep this AF closed...


Day Air attack on Kweiyang , at 41,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 52
Ki-15 Babs x 4

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
67 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 53

TARAWA

My samurais decide it's time for little action and they all fly this time. I suffer significant losses but i've got 5-1 in A2A combat. Andy wants battle of attrition, but i'm still able to replace losses with skilled pilots (app 80) - lots of training camps are opened in SRA!

Day Air attack on Tarawa , at 85,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 102

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 15
P-36A Mohawk x 5
P-39D Airacobra x 21
P-40B Tomahawk x 12
P-40E Warhawk x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 9 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 15 destroyed
P-36A Mohawk: 5 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 19 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 10 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 9 destroyed

Just to be mentioned, i'm using Rabaul as training camp too: Bettys attacking Rabaul defence units in the jungle...

Day Air attack on TF, near Lae at 54,87

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 2
Hudson I x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
AP Ryoyu Maru #21

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet

Lots of ships reported at Nanomea atoll and i have another cunning plan. I formed new carrier division (Akagi and Kaga) at Truk while Ryujo will join them latter (B KB is in Marshalls area) - they will try to catch enemy transprts at the Nanomea...

It could be risky but i count on suprise - Hiryu and Soryu are near Davao (SS Drum gets another hit) and hopefully Andy would think that the whole KB is there. I will make sure that his recon found Baby KB too....

[Honda]

A risky thing with your CVs but very cunning. A lot to lose, little to gain but the morale implications are huge. Those small operations rock!

[pauk]

ajde ne zajebaji[:)]



AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/10/42

I'm going to lose one more sub - I-174 is hit from air (B-17E)... but Andy's "minesweeper" raised my morale.

TF 1133 encounters mine field at Baker Island (94,92)

Allied Ships
TK William F Humphrey, Mine hits 1, on fire

And that's it for 10th June...


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/11/42

Hiryu and Soryu bombers didn't score any hits on enemy sub transports this time... Andy submerged TF going to pass strait between Amboina and Sorong, i think???... i will have three ASW naval TFs in that area but not much is expected - i don't think that i sunk more than 5 subs with DC (my naval ASW just don't work in this game).

Few subs reported at Iloilo (one of the names you have to love!) but 4 DDs in ASW TF didn't find them...

Day Air attack on Homan - just keeping China theatre alive and waiting for my Zero-hammer..

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 46
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 32

Day Air attack on Port Moresby - AF is already abandoned (just few Hudsons left there) and i'm starting to attack his ground units at PM.

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
Ki-21 Sally x 26
Ki-49 Helen x 50
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 35


Day Air attack on Darwin , at 36,84

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 98

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged

Resources hits 36

Barely more than 100 resources left in Darwin - strategic bombing is too efficient in the game!



Ground combat at 51,27

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 79736 troops, 781 guns, 140 vehicles

Defending force 17836 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 41 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
366 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Allied ground losses:
7452 casualties reported
Guns lost 14

And finally! 30th Chinese corps surrenders while other three corps still resist (hopefully not for to much longer).

[pauk]

Another double update

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/12/42

My ASW TF found allied sub (is this minelaying sub? - I'm generally suprised how Andy using his subs but who am I to complain?) but didn't fired DCs..

ASW attack near Iloilo at 42,56

Japanese Ships
DD Kagero
DD Minekaze
DD Samidare
DD Yamagumo

Allied Ships
SS O20

SS O20 even dare to attack my DDs latter...

Sub attack near Iloilo at 42,56

Japanese Ships
DD Minekaze
DD Kagero
DD Samidare
DD Yamagumo

Allied Ships
SS O20, hits 2, on fire

And got deserved reward...

I'm continuing to bomb Darwin resources - besides the VPs, i hope will cause supply issue when Andy re-take Aborigian Independent state...

Day Air attack on Darwin , at 36,84

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 24
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

Resources hits 8

6th Group Army surrenders - but i have three more corps in Chengking pocket to destroy...


Ground combat at 51,27

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 79438 troops, 773 guns, 138 vehicles

Defending force 14736 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 64 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
296 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
2743 casualties reported

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/13/42

I'm continue with advance on Aleuts islands...

Japanese forces CAPTURE Amchitka Island base !!!

TF 200 troops unloading over beach at Ogliuga Island, 97,36

My ASW platforms arrived at Philippines...

ASW attack near Iloilo at 42,56

Japanese Ships
APD APD-38
APD APD-37
APD APD-36
APD APD-35
APD APD-34

Allied Ships
SS O20

Massive air strike on Chungking was cordinated exellent - all planes flew except Tojo chutai (which fly in the afternoon phase...bah!). Wildcats from VF-2 are responsible for about 50 % of my casaulties, but Chinese pilots (flying in I-16c) shot down two samurais!

Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 78
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 31
Ki-21 Sally x 99
Ki-49 Helen x 39
Ki-15 Babs x 6

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 9
Hurricane II x 24
P-39D Airacobra x 11
P-40E Warhawk x 20
I-153c x 8
I-16c x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 17 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 4 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged
Ki-15 Babs: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 6 destroyed
Hurricane II: 28 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 11 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 25 destroyed
I-153c: 12 destroyed
I-16c: 11 destroyed
SB-2c: 2 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 50

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 14000 feet
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
25 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 17000 feet
11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
12 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 14000 feet
10 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 17000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 14000 feet
4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 17000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
2 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 17000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

It was bloody encounter and i lost 18 crack pilots there but it was worth it...

Zeros from Maloelap were also sent do deal with Americans (one daitai was unable to locate target)..

Day Air attack on Tarawa , at 85,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 45
H6K4 Mavis x 1

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 14
P-36A Mohawk x 4
P-40B Tomahawk x 12
P-40E Warhawk x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 9 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 8 destroyed
P-36A Mohawk: 3 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 7 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 7 destroyed





AC losses... outstanding victory for Japanese - Allied Air Force is formidable opponent in the middle of 1942.. But i have to be honest from now i must limit my air strikes. Although training program is going good (i can replace all lost pilots with 75-80 exp replacements) i don't have third echelon pilots with decent experience.

Don't have any illusions about air combat and I know that Andy wouldn't wait for 1945 to use his monsters (actually i'm suprised he didn't start bombing campaign yet).


I attached my chase for Bismarck (ups....[:D], for enemy subs). Not that i think they are so valuable but that's part of my "Kamikaze-go" - bold raid with CVs on Nanomea atoll. OK, Honda, i'm considering to create SC TF from carrier escort (that was an option from the begining[;)]) and sending them instead CVs.

Hopefully Andy would think that most of my carriers chasing his subs (oh, they are moving in mysterious ways indeed - towards north Australia?!) while Baby KB is sighted near Mili, just as i planed.

ASW EFFORT

D3A Val attacking Drum at 42,71
Drum is reported HIT

Ki-21 Sally attacking Sculpin at 42,56
Sculpin is reported HIT

SS Tambor reported sunk near Thursday island.

[pauk]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/14/42

CHINA

Another strike on Chungking cost me 18 Zero pilots. Now my top list pilot have 15 kills but he is dead. Few more pilots in the top-15 are MIA (including Saburo Sakai). Enemy lost more than 50 planes in A2A combat and 26 on the ground.


Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 76
Ki-21 Sally x 91
Ki-49 Helen x 22
Ki-15 Babs x 5

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 7
Hurricane II x 14
P-40E Warhawk x 51
I-16c x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 18 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 5 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 6 destroyed
Hurricane II: 10 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 39 destroyed
I-16c: 8 destroyed
SB-2c: 3 destroyed
I-153c: 2 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 18000 feet
6 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
18 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
13 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 18000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 18000 feet
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

Only two corps left in the Chengking pocket.


Ground combat at 51,27

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 79019 troops, 760 guns, 135 vehicles

Defending force 12901 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 74 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
273 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
5872 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

AUSTRALIA



Day Air attack on Darwin , at 36,84

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 104

No Japanese losses

Resources hits 35


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/15/42

SRA AND AUSTRALIA

My ASW TF found SS Trout near Bulla and sinks her with two depth charges. Transported men are lost forever[:D]. Andy transporting cadres to the East Australia me thinks and i hope i would be able to sink few more subs with ASW TFs. Hiryu and Soryu heading to Truk.

Two enemy subs which pick units at Iloilo probably have similar route - now they are near Cayagan but despite 100 crack pilots on ASW duty (bombers are based at Cayagan) they are only spoted. But i'm confident i would be able to sink them both (SS O20 is damaged with 2 depth charges, while Sculpin was hit with 250 kg bomb earlier in the game - and i have two ASW TFs chasing them.

ASW attack at 41,74

Japanese Ships
PG Yachiyo Maru
DD Arashi
PG Takunan Maru #8
PC Ch 16
PC Takunan Maru #10
PG Tatsumiya Maru
PG Muro Maru
PG Kyo Maru #10
PG Kiso Maru
APD APD-31

Allied Ships
SS Trout, hits 2, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

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ASW attack at 41,74

Japanese Ships
PG Yachiyo Maru
DD Arashi
PG Takunan Maru #8
PC Ch 16
PC Takunan Maru #10
PG Tatsumiya Maru
PG Muro Maru
PG Kyo Maru #10
PG Kiso Maru
APD APD-31

Allied Ships
SS Drum



Day Air attack on Darwin , at 36,84

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 21

No Japanese losses

Resources hits 4

Australian 1st division surrenders! Only one BF remains in the area and will be eliminated soon!


Ground combat at 22,85

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 6155 troops, 22 guns, 128 vehicles

Defending force 5129 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 208 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
7932 casualties reported
Guns lost 14

Andy withdrew almost all units from Darwin and fleeing to Charters Town. Only the Darwin CD unit remains in the area (near railroad junction Wyndham-Darwin-Charters town). I attacked enemy CD unit with tk rtg but although this unit have retreat path it didn't move! Grrrr... this will cost me time...


Ground combat at 36,87

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 2932 troops, 30 guns, 149 vehicles

Defending force 1356 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 39 to 1

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

CHINA

Stil resisting...

Ground combat at 51,27

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 78993 troops, 768 guns, 136 vehicles

Defending force 10011 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 79 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
187 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
527 casualties reported


PACIFIC

Catalinas found my CVs east of Nanomea atoll. Spend lot of time to decide what to do - continue to Nanomea where are juicy target spoted (10 transports) and count on that Andy wouldn't expect such bold raid deeply in his area (Catalina reported 2 ships) or withdraw. I decide to withdraw them NW of the current position (in Truk direction) but close enough for his Catalinas to spot me again. I've detach CL and 5 DDs from CV TF which will raid Nanomea in turn or two. But I don't expecting much - transports will ecape, that is very likely.

Seven Tomahawks are destroyed on the ground. Nice and unexpectable bonus.


Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
Ki-21 Sally x 27
Ki-49 Helen x 49
Ki-46-II Dinah x 5

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 4 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 43

Aircraft Attacking:
All bombing at 6000 feet

Spitfires arrived on Tarawa to help Wildcats, Tomahawks and Warhawks on CAP duty! It's time to dig in Maloelap and put strong CAP over the base.

Andy building Luganville. Hm... fast hit and run invasion on that base?....

[Sneer]

i'd go for PM fast leaving everything else
with PM in allied hands you will have no use of Rabaul and whole salomons area will be weak - together with gilberts lost it would open too many opportunities in central pacific for allies as everything depends on Jap navy strenght and delaying action there is most difficult in 43/44

you can't disturb luganville area without taking Nomua in long term - short runs are not good as I assume your navy is quite worn out at this moment. having strong salomons takes time and supply and luganville is sth you don't really need.
You need to secure Northern OZ so PM is a must - luganville is tertiary target now. CV are potentially needed at PM/gilberts as well as troops / planes/supply
Be carefull not to sleep this important point when you need to have consolidated defence.
Running raids and major land campaigns can burn too much precious supply and time.
how about Wake ?? after gilberts takenas allied commander I would go for opportunities there.

[pauk]

One bde, big naval garnison and eng regiment are already on route to Port Moresby. Wake is defended with 200 AP and lvl 8 forts. I'm sending more reinforcements cause i expect too Allied advance on Wake in near future. Luganville operation is only hit and run operation - and it's on my way towards Nanomea atoll so i wouldn't lose much time for that... anyway Imperial HQ did not decide about that...

After the fall of Darwin i will send additional forces... as i described earlier in the AAR


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/16/42

Not a much action this turn. Bad weather prevents strike from Wuhan on Chungking...grrrr... Andy will save damaged planes. Bad weather continues


Day Air attack on Darwin , at 36,84

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 104

No Japanese losses

Resources hits 19

Have 1600 VP for strategic bombing right now.

Unfortunatly my ASW didn't work as i hoped. Only one attack on heavily damaged SS Drum...

ASW attack at 41,77

Japanese Ships
PC Kyo Maru #6
PG Shotoku Maru
PG Kantori Maru
PG Kaikei Maru
PG Ikunta Maru
APD APD-46
DD Yugiri

Allied Ships
SS Drum

SS O20 and Sculpin dissapears - i guess they change course and will try to find them around NG...

Enemy base force destroyed near Broome. SNLF and naval guard unit will go to Malaya.

Ground combat at 22,85

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 4610 troops, 17 guns, 128 vehicles

Defending force 2080 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 215 to 1

Allied ground losses:
2191 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

I'm about finish fairy tale "Chinese the supermen"[:D] at Chengking pocket...


Ground combat at 51,27

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 64900 troops, 612 guns, 140 vehicles

Defending force 9337 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 136 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
205 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
6887 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

The gods of ground combat were generous this turn - Darwin coastal gun unit surrenders - road to Darwin is open (180 miles to go).


Ground combat at 36,87

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 25146 troops, 328 guns, 156 vehicles

Defending force 1365 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 250 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
1940 casualties reported
Guns lost 15

[hawker]

Great play Pauk.
Genijalno odigrano u Australiji.

[pauk]

I can be quite satisfied with capture of the half Australia, that's for sure. But, i hoped that Andy would stand and fight there so i can inflict to him more casaulties. But he choosed the best option and withdraw to the southern Australia. He saved most of units evacuated from the DEI and PI, but i managed to destroy 1st (near Broome) and 3rd Aus Div (at Perth), 13th Aus Brigade and 3th Aus tk rtg. Although he probably evacuated cadres from this unit i expect that it should take a long time before these (inf units) become fully operational - Aussies gets 40 squad per month and thats makes 240 aus squad in the pool so far in the game - and that is not enough for just one division...

I do not know about replacement rate for the Dutch, but doesn't really matter right now because northern Australia is safe from enemy 4E bombers.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/17/42


Enemy SC TF spoted near Perth - but it sails from India to south Australia i guess. Andy wants to reinforce Pacific and there is nothing i can do it....

ASW TF founds and sinks enemy (minelaying?) sub SE of the Davao. Other ASW TFs (south of Bulla) didn't find enemy subs...

ASW attack at 45,64

Japanese Ships
APD APD-38
APD APD-37

Allied Ships
SS O20, hits 4, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Probably just light damage from the mine, but some of his men are lost...


TF 1017 encounters mine field at Palmyra

AK Empire Summer, Mine hits 1

Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported

He finally bring MSWs to Apamama...

TF 1042 encounters mine field at Apamama (86,92)

Allied Ships
MSW Wollongong
MSW Whyalla

Oscars from Ichang shot down two chinese fighters over the Sian.

Preparing for first wave invasion....

Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
Ki-49 Helen x 21
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 19
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 20
Ki-49 Helen x 17
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
60 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
16 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

Baby KB heading for Truk and latter to Singapore (Junyo, Hiyo and CVE will support defence of the Burma and Malaya i think, while CVLs will be added to my carrier divisions (2 CV and CVL)...

[pauk]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/18/42

Nothing happend, except that i realise enemy TF on route from India to southern Australia is CV TF... hm, that's means Andy would keep pressure on Pacific area. Ok, i will keep B KB in Pacific too...


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/19/42

Last three days i was unable to attack and finish his ac on Chungking. We have house rule regarding night bombing - only one group is allowed to attack during the night..


Night Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 9

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane II: 1 destroyed

Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

I hoped that enemy ship reported at Nanomea is damaged CA, not a crappy DD... oh well, better than nothing. Despite Honda's rant about my idea i'm still sure i would caught Andy off guard and sink most of his transports at Nanomea (i'm keeping the track with enemy TF with Glens - they fleed after Catalina spoted my TF just one turn before attack:( )

Night Time Surface Combat, near Nanomea Atoll at 87,101

Japanese Ships
CL Tatsuta
DD Makigumo
DD Kuroshio
DD Michishio
DD Kasumi
DD Kisaragi

Allied Ships
DD Schley, Shell hits 11, and is sunk

Darwin will be mine by tomorrow and that same day invasion on PM will started.

Three enemy subs spoted near Admirality islands moving towards PI. Ok, i'm preparing a warm welcome for them.... My ASW TFs have to give up with chasing enemy subs in the Arafur sea (between Aus and NG) - they run out of the fuel.

[pauk]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/20/42

Weather in China is overcast but Wuhan is still closed... grrrr.

Night Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 11

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
I-16c: 1 destroyed
Hurricane II: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

Men from 35th Bde, Shuzan NG and eng rtg unloading at Port Moresby. I'm hoping they will be able to capture PM on their own. Unfortunatly, land bombers from Lae refusing to attack units at PM... I'm preparing one division in Australia for PM, just in case.


Coastal Guns at Port Moresby, 53,91, firing at TF 176
TF 176 troops unloading over beach at Port Moresby, 53,91


45 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DD Nokaze
DD Yukaze
PC Takunan Maru #5
PG Koei Maru

Japanese ground losses:
1398 casualties reported

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Coastal Guns at Port Moresby, 53,91, firing at TF 176
TF 176 troops unloading over beach at Port Moresby, 53,91


23 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
PC Takunan Maru #5
DD Yukaze

Japanese ground losses:
479 casualties reported

Darwin liberated. Local Aborigians cheering!. Few Coronardos destroyed on the ground. With the fall of the Darwin four divisions are free for service in the Pacific. What a journey: they fought for PI, Java, Australia and now they are ready to win or die for Emperor in the Pacific!


Ground combat at Darwin

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2922 troops, 30 guns, 148 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 81 to 1 (fort level 7)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Darwin base !!!


Allied aircraft losses
PB2Y Coronado: 2 destroyed

Here are plans of "Bonsai-go", securing Malaya and Burma. I need to have open hands while dealing with American imperialists in the Pacific. I'm sending few repaired CAs and Hiei and Kirishima to Truk - i'm going to need their speed. For next offensive in that theatre i will need the whole KB (but Kaga needs repairs and will upgrade in 8/42 so i'm sending her to Singapore) and will use Baby KB (Junyo + Hiyo entering service in next two weeks, one CVE).CVLs from B KB will be attached to my carrier divisions (Shoho to Shokaku and Zuikaku, Rjuyo to Akagi, Zuiho with Junyo and Hiyo).

Army will give us 5 divisions for last major offensive between final victory [8|]..

I will not disclose about details of my next offensive (i didn't even name it yet) because it's too early for it...

BONSAI GO - securing Malaya and Burma

[pauk]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/21/42


SW PACIFIC

Yes, brigade and big naval garnison were enough to defeat Aussies at Port Moresby. Now i secure eastern route to Darwin and feels quite safe in Northern Australia. The only possible way for Andy to recapture northern Australia is by land via railroads but that's will cost him a time and "money" - this kind of action would required 8 divisions, and don't think that Andy have them in Australia (unless he transfered American divisions including Marines to Oz - but i would welcomed such decision. Don't forget guys - i can count on air and naval support while he cant!).

There is one more way for Andy if he wants northern Australia but i think that he wouldn't do such crazy thing - invasion from India on Java or Timor. Chance for that is 0.1% me thinks but i would be ready to react if he wants to commit suicide.

Eng unit did not disembark yet, but from experience in my other PBEM i expected success even without eng...

Coastal Guns at Port Moresby, 53,91, firing at TF 176
TF 176 troops unloading over beach at Port Moresby, 53,91


2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DD Nokaze
DD Yukaze

Japanese ground losses:
162 casualties reported
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Coastal Guns at Port Moresby, 53,91, firing at TF 176
TF 176 troops unloading over beach at Port Moresby, 53,91


1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported

Hehe, enemy retreats towards Dobadura, which means i have new training ground close to frontlines...

Ground combat at Port Moresby

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 11959 troops, 88 guns, 19 vehicles

Defending force 4649 troops, 10 guns, 1 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Port Moresby base !!!


Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
78 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
148 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


CHINA

Well, well... I probably become greedy, but 39 allied planes lost in A2A (i lost 14) doesn't looks like reason to cheers for it. Again one of my crack pilots achived 13th kill but failed to return in Wuhan (MIA). Some of enemy mercenaries becomes aces too in last fight over the Chungking and I'm hoping that they are dead too. Interstingly, these enemy aces have familiar surenames: Schwanebeck... or:

1LT Billings P.of AVG/C is credited with kill number 10

Hah, i knew that devs are Allied fanboys[:D][;)]

Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 93
Ki-21 Sally x 80
Ki-49 Helen x 30
Ki-15 Babs x 5

Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 9
P-40E Warhawk x 35
I-16c x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 13 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane II: 10 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 27 destroyed
I-16c: 4 destroyed
I-153c: 3 destroyed
SB-2c: 4 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
43 casualties reported

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 51

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 18000 feet
27 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
13 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 18000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 18000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet



Not to many ac destroyed on the ground - they have enough time to be repaired.


Ground combat at 51,27

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 31531 troops, 301 guns, 143 vehicles

Defending force 3891 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 303 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
77 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
7173 casualties reported
Guns lost 16

Last chinese corpus in Chengking pocket is destroyed and i have slightly over 10.000 VP for killed enemy troops now.

[pauk]

Andy is out of town this weekend so i have spare time to plan my invasion on Gilberts. Imperial HQ had three variants (yellow arrows, black arrow and red arrows).

Plan "Yellow" is rejected - we don't have time for starving Americans, they are stronger day by day. Furthermore, if "decisive battle" occurs near Nanomea or Baker Island my CVs wont have support from ground based ac and they would be to far away from the ports.

Plan "Black" - simple and powerfull attack on Tarawa. But we expect that enemy will react and Navy warns Imperial HQ that is better to strike from Marshalls where we have strong air support of land based bombers. Nothing decided yet definitly, so our strategists made plan "Red".

PLAN BLACK






Plan "Red" - this is actually modified plan "Black". Our invasion fleet will gather at Marshalls and then sail towards Gilberts while our Navy will bombard Tarawa (strong enemy air force reported there) - lvl 4 AF and Apamama - lvl 5)(almost empty but when Andy realise that i'm going for Gilberts he could transfer planes to Apamama while i bombard abandoned AF on Tarawa ). So these bombardments should be simultanios (?)...

Our inteligence service told us that American CV's gathering in the Pacific and it is perfect opportunity for decisive battle ![8|]... All available forces, both from Navy and Army, will be used for Gilberts invasion:




LAND FORCES

4 IJA divisions (currently at Darwin)
3 eng rtg (two in North Australia one on route to Truk)
3 tk rtg (two at Darwin, one on route to Palau)
3 SBF (at Truk)

NAVAL FORCES

Carriers

Shokaku, Zuikaku (currently in Japan)
Hiyo (10 days from entering into service)
Junyo, Akagi, Hiryu, Soryu (at Truk)

CVLs - Ryujo, Zuiho, Shoho (at Truk)

CVEs - Taiyo, Unyo (Japan)

Battleships

Hiei, Kirishima (near Borneo heading for Truk)
Yamato, Mutsu, Fuso, Yamashiro (at Truk)

(if i manage to repair Haruna (sys 10) to 7 or 8 sys i will send her too.

Cruisers

It's really difficult to say how many CAs i will have for bombardment TFs - i need to put one CA to each carrier div so doubt that i would have more than 6 CA for surface TFs...

Subs

Six glen equipped subs are in the area - they will be my eyes in Pacific (east and south of Gilberts) and looking for enemy Navy....

[invernomuto]

ORIGINAL: pauk
Interstingly, these enemy aces have familiar surenames: Schwanebeck... or:

1LT Billings P.of AVG/C is credited with kill number 10

Hah, i knew that devs are Allied fanboys[:D][;)]

LOL!
[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

[pauk]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/22/42

Nothing to report except i lost I-7, south of Nanomea. Andy' DD's overrun my sub - she didn't have any chance. I'm guessing that Andy using FT for reinforcing Gilberts.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/23/42

Not much action for 23rd June too. Darwin defense bde, Aus bde and several aux forces (eng, BF) took defensive position on railroad, south of Darwin-Wyndham railroad crossroad (8 hexes from Darwin). Although i bombed enemy with Army bombers from Darwin i got 0-1 odds. At least my casaulties wasn't heavy - I lost 500, while enemy lost 400 men.

My air force in the China finished broken defence over Chungking: strike from Ichang shot down 11 enemy fighters: 6 Warhawks, 4 I-153 and one I-16. I lost one Tojo (one more is ops) and Oscar I (one more is ops). By the end of the day, enemy lost 31 (15 chinese ac destroyed on the ground) planes to 9 japanese planes.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/24/42

Homan is AF 5 now. I wonder what this Scot doing? Aircrafts from Ichang finishing their job at Chungking.


Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 34
Ki-21 Sally x 13
Ki-49 Helen x 22
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 2 destroyed
SB-2c: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 29

All bombing at 6000 feet

These are enemy troops south of Darwin.

Ground combat at 36,91

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 634 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 25429 troops, 97 guns, 14 vehicles


Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Troops for Gilberts invasion gathering at Darwin. Shokaku and Zuikaku have 4 and 2 sys damage - let's hope i would be able repair them totally before July (when upgrade is scheduled). I have several Asashio class DDs in Tokyo - would be nice to upgrade them cause they have only 36 AA rating. But i'm desperatly short with DDs and doubt i will allow their upgrade too. (I have to count on Andy's favourite weapon - PTs).

Haruna is now sys 9 and will probably be ready for Gilberts operation too.

Tojo and Tony are over 100 r&d and will see if i'm going to be lucky to get earlier arrival date....