Rob vs. 2ndACR .. Divine intervention needed NIK mod 5.2

[rroberson]

Did I read this right, 61 to 1 in your favor. WOWza. Good work!

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: rroberson

Dare I hope for a new nikmod version? If so I will hold off on the game IM about to start.

After 1.8 comes out i plan on issueing an update, time permitting. [:(]

[Rob Brennan UK]

ORIGINAL: rroberson

Did I read this right, 61 to 1 in your favor. WOWza. Good work!

my bad its 51-1 [:D].. miscounted .. im still rather happy with it as im sure you can imagine [;)]

[rroberson]

Without question...given the fact that its MAY! Great work.

[Rob Brennan UK]

it gets better too .. amazingly enough

BB huyga was hit with one torp from this massed attack

Day Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 20,55

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10

Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 3
Hurricane IIb x 7
Wellington III x 3
Martin 139 x 7
Beaufort V-IX x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
CW-21B Demon: 2 destroyed
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Martin 139: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Beaufort V-IX: 2 destroyed, 22 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage SUNK
BB Kirishima
CA Atago
CA Maya

MAGASINE EXPLOSION .. she went down fast and furious .. the bombers were the batavia
groups rested after 2 days ..

Several smaller attacks sank 2 more empty AP's retiring from balikpapan.

once again the chinese AF worked well in an anti shipping role . ive never considered this
before in any games , seems to be a good use of the IL4 especially

Day Air attack on TF, near Hong Kong at 43,42


Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 31
IL-4c x 3
SB-2c x 9


Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AK Sydney Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Takaoka Maru
AK Yamagiku Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Also .. Bali was invaded yesterday .. all 2 AP's were hit by mines and hurt by dutch fighters
on anti shipping ( gete the xp up) . none escaped .. but bali fell .. no big deal

Ground combat at Bali

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1269 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 19 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Bali base !!!


One thing i really need to chat about is giving Timor a proper division in koepang. 7th aussie is heading to PM .. noumea looks safe ish .. so i will load up 2nd USMC for timor duty .. will take some time to get there but he'll need to get java 1st too . .. lots of troop stuff in the SW pac area .. 32nd US inf div now in lunga and the 2nd USMC raiders garissoning efate .. also eng heading to thursday island as well as local inf defence ..lark force and a bit more CD unit or 2 .

[Rob Brennan UK]

Well i got the hyuga .. but he got the BB revenge in tjiljap today

Ground combat at Tjilitjap

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 11459 troops, 103 guns, 20 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 266

Defending force 1090 troops, 24 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 11

Japanese max assault: 400 - adjusted assault: 188

Allied max defense: 6 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 188 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Tjilitjap base !!!



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 2 destroyed
Do 24K-2: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
1426 casualties reported
Guns lost 11


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by the way :- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/26/42



also bad news in china .. wuchow was hit badly .. i really should have expected this

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Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 30
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3
Ki-51 Sonia x 62
Ki-48 Lily x 50
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 3 destroyed, 38 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 7 destroyed, 32 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 3 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 9 destroyed
IL-4c: 2 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 62


actual P40B losses were 19 .. eek .. 2 months production .. allied fighter production is goddamn awful .

the 12 left ok set to cap .. all else flyable sent to chungking ..

the one good news is after his slaughter near mandalay the RAF can flatten pagan at will

Day Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 56
B-26B Marauder x 47


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 20


also 1st japanese assualt on palembang was repulsed . no details happened 2 turns ago .. fort 8 holds .

elsewhere in the SW pac .. 7th aussie div is almost to PM .. lets at least try and hold here .

also thursday is. is getting a goodly garrison ..

2nd USMC will be transferred to timor now more american troops cover noumea and luganville

[rroberson]

Simply amazing. Knowning how good 2nd ACR is I am really impressed!

[Rob Brennan UK]

Thank you RRob .. im suprised how well the allies are doing too. <blush>

subs off java got a bit of a hammering today .. 2 torpedo attacks vs AP's (duds)
but this poor sub was attacked 3 times .. shes at 56/67.. batavia is close thankfully

Sub attack at 23,57

Japanese Ships
AP Heiku Maru
AP Minowa Maru
AP Kensho Maru
AP Humburugu Maru
MSW Hanata Maru #6
MSW Banshu Maru #51
MSW W.20
MSW W.18
MSW W.16
DD Numakaze
DD Tachikaze
DD Yukaze
DD Akikaze

Allied Ships
SS KXIV, hits 2, on fire

Hes also definatley closing wuuchow for good , losses were lighter but the AVG cap was brushed
aside. all now trickling back to chungking.. it was a good try and definately annoyed
him enough to deal with it [:D]


Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 28
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3
Ki-51 Sonia x 41
Ki-48 Lily x 23
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 5 destroyed, 25 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 2 destroyed, 19 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
SB-2c: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 24

In the java area ,, theres a lot of japanese troops ships heading SW .. i suspect Kragen
all preprepped troops heading to man the defences. and all soerbaja air units
rested and placed on alert..

the batavia a/c were dismal today ..morale ok .. fatigue ok ..

Day Air attack on TF at 23,57

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7

Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 5
Hurricane IIb x 5
Wellington III x 3
Martin 139 x 3
Beaufort V-IX x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Hurricane IIb: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Martin 139: 2 damaged
Beaufort V-IX: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Nihonkai Maru
AP Minryo Maru
AP Shinko Maru
AP Arugun Maru
DD Numakaze
AP Haguro Maru
AP Ryuosan Maru
AP Minowa Maru

useless . no rest for them though , too many targets in the area. even some more jap BB's
hehe ..

One thing though i had sent out the revenge before tjiljap fell, the piccie today is of her
attempt to reach koepang .. flooding is bad and she is slow .. although i have got LR
cap cover from soerbaja ( wont stop an escorted attack )

i doubt she'll get back though[:(]

allied CV's almost at perth for a reload .. then to decide what to do.
Jave will be too dangerous, he's got level 4 airfields undanaged at tjiljap now.
Brtitsh surface combat units now concentrated in derby, i may send it to perth as
escorts or keep 3 seperate BB divisions as a timor fighting defence.

[Nikademus]

a whole Marine division into the pit eh? Should be interesting to see what happens. Your CV's at Perth must be accumulating some SYS time with all that steaming!

[Rob Brennan UK]

I dont have the sys numbers at hand but all american CV's left perth at 0 sys .. same with the brits from colombo .. so its very low sys all round iirc. I havt yet accumulated enough transport for the 2nd USMC .. although im prepping .. might be a mistake if he jumps noumea .. but what the hey .. its a game [;)]

noumea recently got 72 P40's .. and several NZ kittyhawks arriving soon. another 64 B25's training in aukland if i need them too.

with the 7th australian almost at PM .. he'll have to decide where to go here .. no weak points left i hope .. I cant hope to defend it all against a concerted effort but i can make sure i only lose 1 more base here ..( thats the plan anyway )

[Rob Brennan UK]

sorry for the delay , both Scotty and I have been very busy of late .. his work and me trying to keep
a roof over my head. fortunately i've come to an agreement with the bank .. phew !

Nik ,, i checked the sys damage on the CV's, lexington is worst at 5 .. next worse
was a brit one with 2 .. some even at 0 .. so no need to rest when they get to perth.
plenty of fuel here waiting for them.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/28/42

very busy day for allied anti shipping strikes in the java sea. much better results
than yesterday. both AM and PM launches from batavia and soerbaja. I'd put the allied fighters
on anti shipping for a change. the hurricanes were good with 500lb's probably more useful than
flying escort. i've placed the dutch fighters back to escort so i can attack better capped targets
. he's awful close to kragen ! .. and because of a japanese attack my dutch regiments halted in place damn. looks like the dodgy movement system may be the undoing of java.

Day Air attack on TF at 23,59

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9

Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 3
Hurricane IIb x 3
Wellington III x 3
Martin 139 x 3
Beaufort V-IX x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed
Wellington III: 1 damaged
Martin 139: 1 damaged
Beaufort V-IX: 8 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Nihonkai Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kenshin Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
MSW W.18, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Nojima Maru
DD Akikaze
DD Tachikaze
AP Kaika Maru
AP Ryuosan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
130 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Day Air attack on TF at 24,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 10
Hurricane IIb x 29
Blenheim IV x 15
Wellington III x 10
B-26B Marauder x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Brewster 339D: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Kyokusei Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Jinshu Maru
AP Asama Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Hakka Maru
AP Fusemi Maru
AP Sanura Maru
AP Hukuyo Maru
AP Izan Maru
AP Hakusika Maru
PC Ch 8
AP Kasui Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Konzan Maru

Japanese ground losses:
96 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Day Air attack on TF at 23,61

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 13

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 3 destroyed, 7 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Kaedesan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Kamishima Maru

Japanese ground losses:
42 casualties reported

Day Air attack on TF at 24,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 6
Hurricane IIb x 29
Blenheim IV x 9
Wellington III x 12
Martin 139 x 3
Beaufort V-IX x 24
B-26B Marauder x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Brewster 339D: 3 destroyed
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed
Beaufort V-IX: 1 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
AP Kasui Maru, on fire
AP Kyokusei Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Fusemi Maru
AP Asama Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
PG Saga, Bomb hits 1
AP Hukuyo Maru, Bomb hits 1
PC Ch 12
AP Kiyoshima Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Sanura Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Izan Maru
PC Ch 8
AP Konzan Maru
AP Jinshu Maru
AP Hakusika Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
364 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Disaster at palembang however

Ground combat at Palembang

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 49688 troops, 351 guns, 7 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 814

Defending force 7536 troops, 66 guns, 4 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 64

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 7

Japanese max assault: 1624 - adjusted assault: 796

Allied max defense: 46 - adjusted defense: 99

Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 7)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0


Japanese ground losses:
566 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
360 casualties reported
Guns lost 15

and the main strike pictured for your viewing pleasure ..

[Rob Brennan UK]

My 1st ever bit of useful news from allied sig int


IG INT REPORT FOR 05/29/42

166 ships are based at Tokyo.
11th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Singapore.
12th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Nagoya.
Radio transmissions detected at Hiroshima/Kure.
Radio transmissions detected at Palau.
Radio transmissions detected at Canton.
Radio transmissions detected at Tinian.
21st Mixed Brigade is loaded on AP,Sanura Maru moving to Kragen.
Radio transmissions detected at Kendari.
11th Aviation Rgt is located at Banjarmasin.
Radio transmissions detected at Vancouver.
Southern Area Army is located at Saigon.
1st Army is located at Chengting.
Radio transmissions detected at Woleai.
Radio transmissions detected at Manila.
47th Road Construction Battalion is located at 63,32.
7th Aviation Rgt is located at Georgetown.
Radio transmissions detected at Tokyo.
6th Ind. Brigade is located at Tatung.
Radio transmissions detected at Truk.

hardly mind shattering but i think that may be unit thats getting hammered at sea right now

he forgot to bring minesweepers to kragen .. mistake [:D]

TF 27 encounters mine field at Kragen (22,63)

TF 27 troops unloading over beach at Kragen, 22,63


Japanese Ships
APD APD-39
APD APD-37
APD APD-36
APD APD-32
AP Higashiyama Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire
APD APD-34
AP Kikukawa Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire
AP Haisho Maru, Mine hits 1
AP Rozan Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire
APD APD-35
AP Kikuryu Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
141 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Coastal Guns at Kragen, 22,63, firing at TF 27
99 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
2435 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

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TF 27 encounters mine field at Kragen (22,63)

TF 27 troops unloading over beach at Kragen, 22,63


Japanese Ships
APD APD-39
APD APD-37, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage I HATE APD's .. good news
APD APD-36
APD APD-34
APD APD-32
AP Taian Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire
APD APD-35
AP Yamagata Maru, Mine hits 1

Japanese ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Coastal Guns at Kragen, 22,63, firing at TF 27
74 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
887 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

this is the imperial guards debarking .. only garrison is a pathetic outlying dutch thing that i brought back and repaired .. however its 100% prepped ..also a 100% prepped dutch regimnent will arrive here tomorrow. forts at 4 .. fyi.

Mised results from sub patrols today .. american torpedos do work on occasion

Sub attack at 34,63

Japanese Ships
AP Hakozake Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Flying Fish

however so do japanese depth charges

ASW attack at 31,65

Japanese Ships
DD Mutsuki
DD Inazuma
DD Wakaba
DD Yamakaze

Allied Ships
SS KXIII, hits 4 23/24 .. back to darwin ..

Allied air continues to harass the stagglers heading to kragen

Day Air attack on TF at 23,62


Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 3
Hurricane IIb x 3
Wellington III x 6
Martin 139 x 6


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Hakusika Maru
AP Hakka Maru
AP Kiyoshima Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage 1000lb's from wellies
PG Saga

Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported

Day Air attack on TF at 23,62


Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 2
Hawk 75A x 23
CW-21B Demon x 16
Brewster 339D x 6
Hurricane IIb x 25
Blenheim IV x 10
Wellington III x 9
Beaufort V-IX x 6
B-26B Marauder x 11


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Hakusika Maru
AP Hakka Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Fusemi Maru
AP Jinshu Maru, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Asama Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Hukuyo Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kiyoshima Maru, on fire, heavy damage
PG Saga
AP Sanura Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Konzan Maru
AP Kyokusei Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
347 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

fantasic attack .. the dutch demons were suprisingly accurate with thier 100kg grenades..more a/c sent to soerbaja to take up the slack ( im not replacing airframes .. as i suspect a large japanese army land based bombing run ).. also all FB and fighters set to CAP for a change 80% c20k alt ..

The swordfish are proving to be very vulnerable to AA fire .. they fall out of the sky with the regularity of an italian air force [:D]

However not all one sided .. as betties attack my troop ships unloading the 7th inf div at PM ..

y Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
G4M1 Betty x 18

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 9 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk I: 3 destroyed

Allied Ships
AP St. Mihel, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP President Monroe
AP Tasker H. Bliss, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
MSW Lithgow
CL Hobart, Torpedo hits 1, on fire DECOY


Allied ground losses:
79 casualties reported

The CL Hobart was deliberately sent to attract fish .. and it worked too .. poor old aussie navy im really abusing it this game .. sorry to all antipodeans reading this

However 90% unloaded just fine .. AV support heading to thursday is .. then a bit more AV to PM .. airfield is almost size 4 .. need more supply though (10k on the way).The CO of the 7th infantry was a complete gimp .. 42/38 .. replaced immediately with 72/56.. much better .. as i think this unit will be seeing action shortly. 1st USMC loading up at san fran .. also prepping for PM ..will go to aukland 1st then re-asses the situation . 2ndUSMC .. leaving Noumea for perth. long trip and it'll probably be too late BUT if so .. she'll be a suprise in north australia if he decides to attack.

Palembang fell .. no idea of the damage done though .. i'll ask /recon next turn ..

Ground combat at Palembang

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 49459 troops, 331 guns, 4 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 790

Defending force 7015 troops, 47 guns, 5 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 43

Japanese max assault: 1354 - adjusted assault: 328

Allied max defense: 25 - adjusted defense: 95

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Palembang base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
699 casualties reported
Guns lost 21
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
334 casualties reported
Guns lost 6


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Also in Java . a japanese attempt to keep my troops at madion backfired. one brigade had left but still 2 were enough to hurt him and it didnt re-set my movement thankfully.

Ground combat at Madioen

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13171 troops, 127 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 307

Defending force 8562 troops, 73 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 234

Japanese max assault: 274 - adjusted assault: 50

Allied max defense: 243 - adjusted defense: 583

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
897 casualties reported
Guns lost 26

Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

I'll be out of here tomorow .. then to either kragen with 1 .. or head back to soerbaja .. circumstances will dictate it. the extra regiment at kragen will be a suprise if he shock attacks here tomorrow . i 'may' be able to wreck the imp guards in the proces if he gets greedy. we will see.

Things are looking interesting ..

P.S Revenge sank [:(].. leaving tjiljap at 86 flood was a bit desperate [;)]. but at least she wasnt captured/scuttled. I'd love to see a chance of captured ships in port being able to be refitted by the conqueror .. would be a nice way to nab the odd ship .. imagine IJN Revenge [:)]

[rroberson]

Yeah that would be neat. I think the database couldnt handle it thus what we have now.

[Rob Brennan UK]

hehe yeah. imagine para dropping on pago where the american CV's went to early on before any ground troops arrived .. IJN Yorktown[:D]... ohh the whining .

Only reason i thought of it is the rule in WIF (world in Flames) where you can capture foreign shipping 10% of the time. the italians always seem to get the richlieu oddly enough.

Also agreed, the DB in its current form certainly couldn't handle it. Although i like speculating.

[Rob Brennan UK]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/30/42

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TF 27 encounters mine field at Kragen (22,63)

TF 27 troops unloading over beach at Kragen, 22,63


Japanese Ships
APD APD-39
APD APD-34
AP Shinyo Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire
APD APD-36
APD APD-35
AP Ronsan Maru, Mine hits 1
APD APD-38
AP Yamagata Maru, Mine hits 1
APD APD-32
AP Miyako Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Coastal Guns at Kragen, 22,63, firing at TF 27
6 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
AP Saiho Maru

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported

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TF 54 encounters mine field at Kragen (22,63)

TF 54 troops unloading over beach at Kragen, 22,63


Japanese Ships
DD Asakaze
DD Ikazuchi, Mine hits 1
DD Yugiri
AP Shirogane Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire
AP Montoiru Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
62 casualties reported

Coastal Guns at Kragen, 22,63, firing at TF 54
5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
191 casualties reported

Mines , mines everywhere .. and not a drop to drink [:D]. i was mistaken about a certain regiment being transports to kragen, was the 18th inf div .. all of a sudden im looking well out numbered .. eek

also my very 1st sub attack near japanese waters ..

Sub attack at 57,48

Japanese Ships
TK Kuroshio Maru, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Trout

shame it was empty .. never mind

more mines !

TF 30 encounters mine field at Kragen (22,63)

TF 30 troops unloading over beach at Kragen, 22,63


Japanese Ships
PC Ch 8
PG Saga
PC Ch 12
AP Sanura Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported

Coastal Guns at Kragen, 22,63, firing at TF 30
19 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
805 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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heheheheheeheheh


BUT .. this is horrible

Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 39
Ki-49 Helen x 25

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 20 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 13 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 5 destroyed
SB-2c: 3 destroyed
IL-4c: 2 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 42


way too many P40B losses .. this is a real disaster the AVG is ruined .. BUT i have sent 150 odd hurricanes to ledo then to chungking .. then here to wuuchow .. might help plaster a few jap bombers

Batavia as expected was blasted ..

Day Air attack on Batavia , at 19,59

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 24
C5M Babs x 6
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 19
Ki-49 Helen x 152

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 16 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort V-IX: 3 destroyed
Wellington III: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 60

most a/c moved to soerbaja .. no rest however .. all still on naval attack

all in all 4-5 attacks on the transports in kragen today .. heres an example

Day Air attack on TF, near Kragen at 22,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24

Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 3
Wellington III x 3
Martin 139 x 3
Beaufort V-IX x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
CW-21B Demon: 3 destroyed
Wellington III: 1 damaged
Martin 139: 2 damaged
Beaufort V-IX: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Kaihei Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Kinjosan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Arugun Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported

japanese LR cap .. at 24 zeros was quite effective .. the hurris worked ok as escort but the dutch were slaughtered .. one raid lost 2/3 of the bombers due to turning back .. and most were ineffectual.

EG

Day Air attack on TF, near Kragen at 22,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 3
Hawk 75A x 4
CW-21B Demon x 11
Brewster 339D x 5
Hurricane IIb x 13
Blenheim IV x 8
Wellington III x 3
Beaufort V-IX x 3
B-26B Marauder x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 1 destroyed
Hawk 75A: 2 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
Brewster 339D: 3 destroyed
Hurricane IIb: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Imizu Maru
APD APD-35, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kikukawa Maru
AP Tempei Maru
AP Uchide Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Meikai Maru
APD APD-36

he also didnt shock atack kragen .. but a second div is unloading and the numbers look awful

Ground combat at Kragen

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 18780 troops, 218 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 630

Defending force 6783 troops, 62 guns, 19 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 186


even with fort 4 .. 1 turn at most i suspect .. ill keep the 2 spare as a route open to soerbaja if at all possible .. however i might get cut off of he's agressive from madoein ..

bye

[Rob Brennan UK]

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[Rob Brennan UK]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/01/42

June has come along, finally no zero bonus, althought it hardly matters in java right now.

I've done the monthly ship sunk tally and increases from last month, japan has lost a lot more
merchants these past 31 days and plenty more are in the firing line and even more damaged
and running a submarine gauntlety back to safety.


oops ..

Japan Allies

BB 1 +1 BB 1 +1
CA/CL 1 CA/CL 5
DD 8 +4 DD 13 +1
Merchants 68 +31 ! Merchants 71 +7
TK/AO 2 TK/AO 16 +1
SS 5 SS 5

I gave up counting aux ships .. but its a lot [:D]

One more mine hit an AP , they are running low now

AP Kasui Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

The combined Dutch and Commonwealth airforce in java hit the japanese transports
very very hard both AM and PM today. Batavia is a smoking ruin and the few a/c left
are trickling out.

Day Air attack on Batavia , at 19,59

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 23
C5M Babs x 5
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 21
Ki-49 Helen x 135

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 16 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 86


Heres where the fun starts ! .. have a gander at this :-

Allied aircraft
Beaufort V-IX x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Kiyoshima Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Day Air attack on TF at 23,62

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3

Allied aircraft
Hawk 75A x 6
CW-21B Demon x 2
Brewster 339D x 3
Blenheim IV x 14
Martin 139 x 6
Hudson I x 12
Beaufort V-IX x 47
B-26B Marauder x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Beaufort V-IX: 3 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Meisho Maru
AP Koshu Maru #3
AP Mikage Maru #2, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Hotsukawa Maru
AP Humburugu Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Achou Maru
AP Minto Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Gosei Maru, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Shinko Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kaihei Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kureha Maru #3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Netsuda Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Kinjosan Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kyuden Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Numakaze
AP Koei Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Minowa Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Giyu Maru
MSW W.16
AP Nojima Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Kiri Maru, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kensho Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage


Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4

Allied aircraft
Hawk 75A x 5
Brewster 339D x 3
Martin 139 x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Brewster 339D: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
AP Koei Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Day Air attack on TF at 23,62

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 8
Hudson I x 7
Beaufort V-IX x 40
B-26B Marauder x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Minryo Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Shirashika Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Koshu Maru #3
AP Hotsukawa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Tachikaze
AP Komeyama Maru
AP Netsuda Maru, on fire
DD Akikaze
DD Numakaze, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Yukaze
AP Ryugi Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
MSW W.16
AP Kakyu Maru
AP Aiyo Maru
AP Karimo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

NOW thats what i call a serious hit, shame this never launched when he was approaching
else his landing forces would have been toasted. Now he's got the imp guard , 18th div and
one regiment at kragen it cant hold. im pondering wherther to run back to soerbaja before
i get cut off. However i think its too late anyway .. he'll advance from maleop to prevent kragen from withdrawing, leaving only 2 regiments for the defence of soerbaja.

He's moved , i believe the para unit upto batavia, lets see if we can boot it out ..( pending
next turn)

Also for once , good news in china !

fortress changsha will go down in chinese legend as a very heavy japanese assult never made
it past the outer defences and suffered massive losses.

Ground combat at Changsha

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 349531 troops, 3958 guns, 35 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 7075

Defending force 197364 troops, 1303 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 5619

Japanese max assault: 14356 - adjusted assault: 5242

Allied max defense: 5996 - adjusted defense: 9283

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 9)


Japanese ground losses:
25379 casualties reported HOLY COW !!!!
Guns lost 419
Vehicles lost 17

Allied ground losses:
4960 casualties reported
Guns lost 224



Todays piccie is the main strike vs japanese shipping in the java sea.

[Rob Brennan UK]

A couple of quiet days passed ..

his 1st assault on kragen failed much to my suprise. 2 1/2 divs vs brigade and a bit. prepping helps a lot though. I've taken steps to move the very experienced bombers out of soerbaja to timor. his helens have been way too quiet for 2 days and must be repositioning .

also laid is a hurricane trap over wuuchow .. although i have no great hopes for it .

just in case of mass helens ive moved 72P39's to soerbaja as anti bomber shooters . also i have a lot of them in pools unlike almost all other allied fighters.

eek .. its june wheres my spits ! .. july 43 ! eeks .. ok i get 20mm cannon armed hurricanes but i liked the spits a lot ( although i guess not historically deployed in numbers )..

[Rob Brennan UK]

Hello again ..


Now Java has gone quieter , its time to discuss the other theaters ..

first though a few results from today

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/04/42

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TF 13 encounters mine field at Pontianak (25,58)

Japanese Ships
APD APD-34, and is sunk EXCELLENT .. 3 APD's now
AP Sanura Maru, and is sunk
AP Unkai Maru #6, and is sunk
MSW W.15
MSW W.8
MSW W.1
MSW W.4
MSW W.3
MSW Atsu Maru
MSW W.11
MSW W.7
MSW W.5

althought not mine hits , 6 AP's and that APD sank today due to previous damage.

Most unusually an deep raid US Sub caught a loaded AP near saipan

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Sub attack at 67,58

Japanese Ships
AP Buenos Aires Maru, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
SS Triton

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported

humm .. base force for truk im guessing , i'll try and persue but it's guesswork

He's spotted my 180 hurricanes at wuuchow .. retired to kweileain .. no sense risking them

Wuuchow is too close to jap lines ,, 60 AV support sent back to kweilein .. so i can base more
bombers here .. and the IL4's are back on anti shipping duty from chungking .. long shot tho.

Clarks still hold despite me shock attacking him .. i want to surrender here .. or he's training
for free.. 3 units gave in yesterday .. and im shocking all the time ..

He made a quick grab for batavia .. but incompetance ruled all round here

1st i assumed it was the paras that arrived .. nope .. full brigade lost badly
2nd he forgot to attack the following turn to avoid the forts

3rd .. see below.. i'd recovered ..

Ground combat at Batavia

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 9642 troops, 84 guns, 20 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 229

Defending force 12452 troops, 93 guns, 7 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 107

Japanese max assault: 192 - adjusted assault: 56

Allied max defense: 80 - adjusted defense: 236

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 7)


Japanese ground losses:
418 casualties reported
Guns lost 13

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

OK i have sent 72 P39 and 16 hawks to LR cap vs this :-

Day Air attack on 4th Dutch Regiment, at 22,63

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 16
B5N Kate x 19
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported

i am hopeing to kill some valuable navy pilots

OK .. SW PAC .. namely Port moresby .. ive decided to stand here ..

7th aussie div has arrived and im loading the 6th in townsville today .. is this
a good idea ? .. supply loading up too seperately. also another 30 AV support now
the AF is level 4 ( total 60) (i'm low on AV in the SW pac and east australia)

Thursday island is now building quickish .. ill do a screenie tomorrow. but i inadvertanty
loaded a 90 av support for here instead of a 30 .. so i can place a good fighter cap
when i get enough a/c that is.

noumea has given up her 72 P40E's .. heading to brisbane , then to N aussie .. probably.

and 2nd USMC .. closing on sydney and home base darwin .. will tane soem time to get to
timor .. but i might just squeeze it.

ANNOYING !!!! bloody churchill ordered a CV back (2000PP's)[X(] if i dont thats 3+ months
of PPs ( he wants 2 DD@s too .. and hes' not having them for sure) CV formidabe heading back
from perth to karachi .. unfortunately. shes the smallest one at least. i'm still not sure
whether to give back or not, as the DEI is almost dead , only a few units need rescuing
and i can do that before july when ill get the hit.

ANY ADVICE ?

ive never been asked for a CV before .. ok BB fine ( old R class) .. but i want my CV to stay.
the cost might be prohibative.

i dont suppose CVL hermes will do ? being in derby i doubt she can make it back anyway in time.

anyway he's a piccie of whats at PM now .. also ive stripped tazmania and all unist prepping for
PM in brisbane (30ish) as a suprise extra. the tazzie CD's are already in noumea/luganville.

[ctangus]

Hi Rob,

You asked for advice. It might be worthless, but here's mine:

I'd hold the 6th Aussie Div in reserve at Cairns. You have enough at PM to stop a quick raid and if he plans a big operation, he'll telegraph that by taking Lae/Salamua, etc. Meanwhile the Div will be in a non-malarial base and you can fly in most of it if you need to. It also leaves it available if he doesn't go for PM and an opportunity for a counter-attack opens up.

Re the Admiralty wanting a CV - I'd tell them to pi$$ off. (Hermes won't do it - if Winnie wants her he'll specifically request a CVL.) You get Seafires this month. It could be worse - in one game I'm playing (May 42 start) I sent Hermes back in June. In August a CV was requested, September a CL and now another CV in October! My decision was a little easier though since I'm short 3 US carriers in that game - no way I'm giving up another. [:'(]

Good luck!