Lunacy or Shrewdness?

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sat May 20, 2006 9:34 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/13/42

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 101

Allied aircraft
I-153c x 26
I-16c x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 18 destroyed
I-16c: 10 destroyed

I decided to conduct a fighter sweep over Chungking in order to see how the Oscars would do versus the weaker Soviet fighters. It looks pretty good for the Oscars. Three are lost in return for 28 Chinese fighters. So, when it comes time to destroy Chungking there shouldn't be much problem.

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 236

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged

Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported

Port hits 9
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 2

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 34

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 3 damaged

Runway hits 3

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Day Air attack on 35th Chinese Corps, at 45,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 10
Ki-51 Sonia x 24
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on 65th Chinese Corps, at 41,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48 Lily x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 24

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on 3rd Carabineers Regiment, at 14,25

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 86

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 12

Heavy bombers are proving extremely effective against enemy armoured formations. This is actually quite realistic since it is easier to damage 5% of the tanks in a force than 5% of the infantry if you catch them in constricted terrain. I'm not sure that the bombing results when attacking formations in fortifications are as realistic as one might wish though.

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Ground combat at 23,47

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5362 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 55

Defending force 2780 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 2

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Canton Island

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7222 troops, 145 guns, 6 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 21

Defending force 26 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 3

Allied max assault: 16 - adjusted assault: 10

Japanese max defense: 1 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 10 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported

The slow death of the Japanese forces on Canton Island continues. Worth the price though given the information gathered. I have changed my defensive dispositions radically with massive reinforcements being rushed to various fortresses and a fairly radical modification of the strategic defensive plan. In particular the planned mix of acceptances of engagements and declinations of engagement ( especially the latter) has undergone extensive modification.

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Ground combat at 43,31

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 7594 troops, 63 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 724

Defending force 40465 troops, 460 guns, 11 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 866

Allied max assault: 234 - adjusted assault: 15

Japanese max defense: 872 - adjusted defense: 674

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
906 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

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Ground combat at Hyderabad

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6338 troops, 39 guns, 324 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 443

Defending force 2683 troops, 18 guns, 37 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 82

Allied max assault: 171 - adjusted assault: 80

Japanese max defense: 78 - adjusted defense: 44

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

This is the point out which the Imperial Guard Division's presence would have made a difference. An extra 400 AV at Hyderabad would, obviously, have kept it completely safe from British attack. Unfortunately the movement bug effecting the Imperial Guard Division prevents its presence.

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Ground combat at Imphal

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1073 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 26

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 0

Japanese max assault: 20 - adjusted assault: 22

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Imphal base !!!

And with the British forces in headlong retreat to Karachi ( minus the small delaying forces allocated to Bombay and Hyderabad) it is time to unleash the rest of my parachutists onto eastern India. Tina daitai are being replaced by Topsy and Tabby Daitai in order to let the very hard-hit Tina daitai repair their damaged planes and prepare for transfer to the Pacific ( where they will be used to airlift troops from nodal bases to fortresses on the perimeter once the Americans land.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sat May 20, 2006 9:54 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/14/42

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 101

Allied aircraft
I-153c x 15
I-16c x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 9 destroyed
I-16c: 6 destroyed

Not bad. Losses are under 3% for these Oscar daitai despite the fact that their experience is, uniformly, under 70.

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 310

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 6 damaged

Allied ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Port hits 12
Port fuel hits 4
Port supply hits 2

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 28

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

Forces from Australia certainly seem to be trying to attrit Koepang. I've been extremely careful to avoid any hint that I'm expecting an attack from Australia and even once when Trey and I were chatting about his offensive plans and he commented that it would be either "Johnston, Midway or Amchitka" I responded only by pointing out that he had ommitted Palmyra [:D]. Cue much banter about the point that it was a good PsyOps trick etc etc and continued "ignorance" of the threat on the Koepang axis.

My preparations for an attack on Koepang are well-advanced and once I see enemy shipping gathering in northern Australian ports I will transfer the necessary airpower into the area. The landing will not be prevented but its very success will be used to engage in asymmetric attrition on terms favourable to Japanese forces. There is much more to winning the war than holding the ground or defeating enemy troops on the field and it is eminently possible to exploit a defeat more fully than one's opponent can exploit his "victory". Koepang will be an example of this.

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Day Air attack on Norfolk Island , at 60,119

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 22

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

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Day Air attack on 65th Chinese Corps, at 41,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48 Lily x 33
Ki-49 Helen x 44

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on 5th Chinese Cavalry Corps, at 45,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 10
Ki-51 Sonia x 24
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on 3rd Carabineers Regiment, at 14,25

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 110

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
112 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 13

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Day Air attack on TF at 82,121

Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Lancaster

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet

It would appear that a couple of AKs are making their way to Fiji from New Zealand. I was waiting for this as Fiji doesn't have any resources of its own in-game. Unforunately they went past an AV which only had 4 floatplanes. I am scrambling my CVEs and CS but if the transports are moving at full speed there will be little I can do to intercept them.

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 161111 troops, 1330 guns, 559 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 2784

Defending force 66051 troops, 228 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 1542

Japanese max assault: 5582 - adjusted assault: 2725

Allied max defense: 1479 - adjusted defense: 1089

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
2552 casualties reported
Guns lost 68
Vehicles lost 4

Allied ground losses:
3075 casualties reported
Guns lost 21

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Strange. While I took care not to cut off the enemy path of retreat only a few of the enemy units actually retreated. More than 3/4 of the enemy force remained in Kweiyang. The only thing I can think of is that the units which were forced to retreat had no fortifications and therefore were pushed out by the 2:1 combat odds while the units which did have fortifications were able to withstand the 2:1 odds as they had forts to help prevent a forced retreat. I will rest and then try deliberate attacks to wear down the remainders such that they will be unable to hold in the mountains west of Kweiyang.

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Ground combat at 23,47

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5362 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 55

Defending force 2720 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 2

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Canton Island

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7222 troops, 145 guns, 6 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 21

Defending force 13 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 2

Allied max assault: 15 - adjusted assault: 9

Japanese max defense: 1 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 9 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Hyderabad

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 10766 troops, 78 guns, 319 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 437

Defending force 3662 troops, 53 guns, 39 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 106

Allied max assault: 289 - adjusted assault: 102

Japanese max defense: 96 - adjusted defense: 56

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Japanese ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Allied ground losses:
60 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 1

Hmm, the Imperial Guard still remains stuck in place. Damned bug! [:(]

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Ground combat at Dimapur

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 686 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 15

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 0

Japanese max assault: 14 - adjusted assault: 5

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Dimapur base !!!

I've taken Dimapur and will being flying the 18th Infantry Division in in order to take south-eastern India. I'm getting quite a kick out of invading India with an air-landing Division. Bah! I'll show those Germans at Crete how it should be done!

mogami · Post by **mogami** » Sat May 20, 2006 10:04 pm

ORIGINAL: Nemo121

Surface TF reactions. Just to clarify this... Are you saying that I must not only own the hex the Allied ships are in but must have a unit based there for the surface TF to react? Just wondering as I have some surface TFs within range of undefended hexes which I'm sure Trey would like to use for fighter bases and had thought that simply "owning" them would guarantee a reaction.

Hi, I think it is enough to make the dots turn red by stepping on them. Then have TF set to react with the required range setting and speed. TF should then respond when enemy TF enters that hex to execute any type of mission (but not if it is just passing through)

Your troubles with IG division puzzle me. Other units moved over same path without problems yes?
Your screen shot showed what appeared to be full IG unit however supply required 13 is not what a full Japanese infantry division requires (It was carrying a normal divisions amount) There are no IG fragments on map? (I am trying to understand if bug could be something like this

Unit with fragments issued orders to move.
Fragment adopts parent unit orders
Parent unit somehow becomes stuck because fragment has not reached objective

I am sure I didn not verbalize that correctly. but I am wondering if fragment/parent unit order confusion is root of problem. Of course if there are no fragments then that would not be cause but I think whatever is telling IG division that it only requires 13 supply is somehow connected. (The unit that is being displayed as IG parent with TOE and all may be confused by program as a fragment and somewhere IG fragment is moving with small portion of troops and high supply requirment.)

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sat May 20, 2006 10:10 pm

With all the crap surrounding bugs and the forum reaction to my reports on them in this thread I stopped recording turns for a couple of days so we'll pick up the action from 17th March 1942. Nothing much was missed. The Australians continued bombing Koepang and my redeployments in the Pacific continue.

In India the March northward and the race to bring in more supply also continued. Supplies are critical but with the capture of all of western India up to and including Bombay expected in the next week things should stabilise quite nicely. In addition once I can create a road link between south-eastern India and my holdings in the west supply from Thailand and Burma should flow northward. In other words the margin I calculated will turn out to be a lot thinner than anticipated but it will prove sufficient.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/17/42 [/b]

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 38

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 8

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 12
B-17E Fortress x 10

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 3

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Day Air attack on 6th Chinese Cavalry Corps, at 45,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 10
Ki-51 Sonia x 24
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on 255th Indian Tank Brigade, at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 87
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 24 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
146 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 6

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Day Air attack on Trincomalee Base Force, at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 46
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

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

Allied ground losses:
160 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on 17th DAF Base Force, at 20,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 98
Ki-15 Babs x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
93 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 1

At present there's a little sally by Dutch forces onto the road connecting Palembang to Teloekboetang. I have sufficient force in place to counter this excursion but am using it to provide a little low-risk live-fire training for some of my bombers.
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ASW attack at 117,64

Japanese Ships
SS I-173

Allied Ships
DD Talbot
DD Waters
DD Schley
DD Chew

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ASW attack at 117,64

Japanese Ships
SS I-173

Allied Ships
DD Talbot
DD Schley
DD Chew

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 118160 troops, 1098 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 2058

Defending force 60728 troops, 99 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 1354

Allied ground losses:
397 casualties reported

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Ground combat at 45,35

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 40632 troops, 704 guns, 5 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 671

Defending force 80365 troops, 111 guns, 19 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 2342

Allied ground losses:
290 casualties reported

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Ground combat at 23,47

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5273 troops, 179 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 55

Defending force 2642 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 4

Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Hyderabad

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 16800 troops, 165 guns, 320 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 435

Defending force 5289 troops, 119 guns, 39 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 150

Allied max assault: 842 - adjusted assault: 571

Japanese max defense: 141 - adjusted defense: 205

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

Allied forces CAPTURE Hyderabad base !!!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 5 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
98 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
287 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
Vehicles lost 1

And the end result of the damned bug! Fortunately with the Imperial Guard division already due in Hyderabad by the day before yesterday and now stuck in the hex outside Hyderabad I expect to be able to besiege Hyderabad within the next couple of days and retake it by the end of the week.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sat May 20, 2006 10:16 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/18/42

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Sub attack at 101,73

Japanese Ships
ML Tokiwa, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-47

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 90
Ki-48 Lily x 71
Ki-49 Helen x 55

Allied aircraft
I-153c x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 3 destroyed
SB-2c: 4 destroyed
IL-4c: 3 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
100 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 24
Airbase supply hits 14
Runway hits 122

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 182

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 destroyed, 10 damaged

Allied ground losses:
144 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 84

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 40

No Allied losses

Runway hits 5

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 2
B-17E Fortress x 7

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

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Day Air attack on 17th DAF Base Force, at 19,57

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 84
Ki-15 Babs x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-15 Babs: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
94 casualties reported

All of the usual air attacks continued today.

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Ground combat at Panaji

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 2159 troops, 0 guns, 137 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 117

Defending force 2816 troops, 30 guns, 4 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 1

Japanese max assault: 136 - adjusted assault: 9

Allied max defense: 1 - adjusted defense: 15

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese ground losses:
220 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 25

The single highly fatigued Tank Regiment which attacked Panaji was repulsed. Another is only a day away and Panaji will fall when this arrives. Unfortunately I missed a rule which has greatly impacted my industrial strength. I didn't realise that all HI I captured would be halved and, as such, am experiencing quite a deficit in HI. I'm at least 500 HI per day below where I thought I'd be at this stage and my HI reserve is dropping lower and lower. I have begun a programme of expanding HI in the home islands by at least 1000 HI per day and am accelerating my landings in south-eastern India in order to capture the industrial regions there as quickly as possible.

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Ground combat at Teloekbetoeng

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3435 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 88

Defending force 786 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 27

Japanese max assault: 68 - adjusted assault: 51

Allied max defense: 19 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 51 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
121 casualties reported

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 119825 troops, 1136 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 2148

Defending force 60354 troops, 108 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 1370

Allied ground losses:
482 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at 45,35

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 40676 troops, 705 guns, 5 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 670

Defending force 80048 troops, 107 guns, 17 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 2349

Allied ground losses:
190 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at Yenen

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21913 troops, 238 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 481

Defending force 31229 troops, 235 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 1002

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at 20,21

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 22622 troops, 245 guns, 7 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 488

Defending force 1306 troops, 17 guns, 1 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 2

Japanese max assault: 986 - adjusted assault: 1756

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 4

Japanese assault odds: 439 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at 23,47

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5310 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 55

Defending force 2650 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 2

Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Yenen

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 31121 troops, 231 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 996

Defending force 21886 troops, 235 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 481

Allied max assault: 1634 - adjusted assault: 333

Japanese max defense: 465 - adjusted defense: 411

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

Japanese ground losses:
515 casualties reported
Guns lost 15

Allied ground losses:
500 casualties reported
Guns lost 20

It looks to me like Trey is supplying these troops from the Soviet Union... Can he do this without changing their HQ?

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sat May 20, 2006 10:27 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/19/42

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 96
Ki-21 Sally x 27
Ki-48 Lily x 66
Ki-49 Helen x 53

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 12 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 8 destroyed
IL-4c: 3 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
91 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 167

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 164

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 1

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Day Air attack on 62nd Chinese Corps, at 45,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 10
Ki-51 Sonia x 24
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on 17th DAF Base Force, at 19,57

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 100
Ki-15 Babs x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
136 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 120990 troops, 1148 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2231

Defending force 59881 troops, 105 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1404

Allied ground losses:
471 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at 45,35

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 40801 troops, 708 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 672

Defending force 79916 troops, 101 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2334

Allied ground losses:
338 casualties reported

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Ground combat at 43,33

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 145747 troops, 1121 guns, 140 vehicles, Assault Value = 3331

Defending force 20552 troops, 166 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 623

Japanese max assault: 2478 - adjusted assault: 2175

Allied max defense: 583 - adjusted defense: 202

Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
1264 casualties reported
Guns lost 29
Vehicles lost 4

Allied ground losses:
563 casualties reported
Guns lost 29

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

And with this the last roadblock on the road to Chungking is removed. In a few more days some 4,000 AV of Japanese troops will invest Chungking. Once I am assured that I have sufficient force to hold my positions around Chungking against Chinese counter-attacks I will move the majority of the force there south to clear the Changsha/Chungking route... in order to maximise my supply... and proceed to clear the western parts of China.

With that done the entire force will sweep down onto Chungking and engage in immense battles with the Chinese defenders.

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Ground combat at 23,47

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5335 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 55

Defending force 2660 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Below you can see a picture of the situation in India. As you can see developments are proceeding apace with Bombay almost isolated and my forces poised to continue the dash northward in order to prevent Indian forces retreating into the Karachi bastion.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sat May 20, 2006 10:44 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/20/42

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 36

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 179

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 8

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 40

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 14

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 12
B-17E Fortress x 14

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Port hits 3
Port supply hits 3

I'm happy to let this happen in order to ensure that when the Allies land the port and airfield facilities are rendered almost unusable by dint of their own preparations [:D]
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Day Air attack on 65th Chinese Corps, at 41,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 23
Ki-21 Sally x 17
Ki-48 Lily x 41
Ki-49 Helen x 33

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on 83rd Chinese Corps, at 45,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 10
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 30
Ki-51 Sonia x 24
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on 17th DAF Base Force, at 19,57

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
Ki-21 Sally x 113
Ki-15 Babs x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
132 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 152876 troops, 1186 guns, 559 vehicles, Assault Value = 2292

Defending force 59360 troops, 104 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1429

Japanese max assault: 2292 - adjusted assault: 1707

Allied max defense: 1348 - adjusted defense: 1095

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
3152 casualties reported
Guns lost 44
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
1902 casualties reported
Guns lost 15

Hmm, even though I have almost 2:1 odds it seems the Chinese are able to inflict disproportionate losses on my Japanese ground formations. I find this strange. Does anyone have an explanation of why a force which is not cut off and outnumbered by about 3:1 can inflict losses at this sort of ratio?

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Ground combat at Asansol

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 826 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese max assault: 16 - adjusted assault: 18

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 18 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Asansol base !!!

Asansol falls and continues my policy of picking up bases in Eastern India to act as resupply depots for the forces in western India.

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Ground combat at 45,35

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 40781 troops, 710 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 672

Defending force 79612 troops, 99 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 2326

Allied ground losses:
353 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at 20,11

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 48676 troops, 621 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 1901

Defending force 10112 troops, 40 guns, 512 vehicles, Assault Value = 270

Japanese max assault: 955 - adjusted assault: 2514

Allied max defense: 274 - adjusted defense: 23

Japanese assault odds: 109 to 1

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

Allied ground losses:
492 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
Vehicles lost 7

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

The third Armoured Regiment in India which was attempting to block my advance south-east of Bombay gets overwhelmed and driven back to Bombay. I'm happy that this Armoured Regiment will be destroyed soon before it can reinforce Karachi as I have a suspicion that armoured regiments in prepared urban terrain will prove exceedingly difficult for my troops to shift.

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Ground combat at 23,47

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5372 troops, 183 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 55

Defending force 2700 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sun May 21, 2006 9:59 pm

Unfortunately missed a couple of turns again. Basically about the only things that happened were that I decided I couldn't continue to ignore the large amount of shipping I was seeing at Dutch Harbour and it would be suspicious if I didn't raid it and that more shiping kept showing up at Derby. It looks like there are at least 25 APs and AKs in Derby and at least 1 Australian division backed by a Base Force and one other, unidentified, unit. At Dutch Harbour there appear to be about a half-dozen APs defended by an equivalent number of light surface units.

I am frantically building a base at Kiska in order to support my surface strike group and minelayers in support of Amchitka and continuing my withdrawal from Palmyra and Christmas Islands. Elsewhere the illusion of weakness on the direct route to Fiji is also being maintained and my Betty Daitai at Noumea are awaiting sighting of a reinforcement convoy on its way to Canton.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/23/42.

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ASW attack near Dutch Harbor at 103,36

Japanese Ships
SS RO-66

Allied Ships
DD MacDonough

I find the ROs excellent for blockade work. They are small and manoeuverable enough to evade Allied ASW efforts and RO 63, 65 and 66 are my most succesful submarines. The I-boats are holding a loose cordon on the routes to Dutch Harbour from Seattle and Alaska while two RO boats do the close-in work. My offensive submarine doctrine is coming together as trends on effectiveness in-game continue to be gathered.

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 61
Ki-21 Sally x 26
Ki-48 Lily x 65
Ki-49 Helen x 52

Allied aircraft
I-153c x 1
I-16c x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 7 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 1 destroyed
I-16c: 11 destroyed
SB-2c: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
125 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 107

Less than 3% loss rate in the bombers. Thus bombardments of Chungking will not only help soften the Chinese up but will also act to further my training programme.
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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 178

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 4 destroyed, 34 damaged

Allied ground losses:
279 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 35
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 136

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 20

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2

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Day Air attack on 39th Chinese Corps, at 45,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 10
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 32
Ki-51 Sonia x 24
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on 17th DAF Base Force, at 19,57

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 38
Ki-15 Babs x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported

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Sub attack near Kodiak at 108,34

Japanese Ships
SS I-15

Allied Ships
AK San Bernadino
MSW Quatsino

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 122231 troops, 1124 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 2333

Defending force 65261 troops, 113 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1549

Allied ground losses:
807 casualties reported

I am holding off on further attacks in Kweiyang until such time as the Chinese forces I kicked out a few days back have all returned to the hex. I don't want to kick the remainder out only to have to check my advance in the mountains because the 50,000 Chinese I'd kicked out a week previously have recovered to such an extent that they can, with the aid of the mountain defensive bonus, halt my advance again. My intention is that once I attack succesfully my attacks won't stop short of Yunan.

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Ground combat at 45,35

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 40895 troops, 716 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 672

Defending force 78602 troops, 92 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2286

Allied ground losses:
309 casualties reported

Favourale symmetric attrition continues.

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Ground combat at Bombay

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 25648 troops, 354 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1015

Defending force 10564 troops, 67 guns, 361 vehicles, Assault Value = 157

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Hmm, bombardment doesn't seem to be the answer to Bombay.

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Ground combat at 21,16

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 23920 troops, 266 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 493

Defending force 480 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese max assault: 978 - adjusted assault: 246

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 246 to 1

Allied ground losses:
109 casualties reported

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at 23,47

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5362 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 55

Defending force 2640 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported

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Ground combat at 21,12

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 10082 troops, 125 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 215

Defending force 13271 troops, 122 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 372

Allied max assault: 228 - adjusted assault: 15

Japanese max defense: 383 - adjusted defense: 392

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
902 casualties reported
Guns lost 34

Aggressive but ill-advised.

Below you can see the situation around Koepang. Kendari is almost a size 5 airbase and should be size 6 by the time Trey attacks. As you can see my defensive force is centred around a mix comprising 2 Naval Bomber Divisions and an Army Bomber Division. My basic concept is to allow the Allied invasion fleet into range and then to hammer it with Bettys and Nells while the Army Bomber Division ( at a range of 8 hexes) bombs the transports unloading at Koepang ( and later any planes which fly into that airfield). Withdrawing the Australian invasion forces will prove "costly" and I will attempt to force Trey's hand by landing counter-invasion on Timor and marching overland to Koepang.

So, not to hold but to bleed and make more cautious that is the plan.

Capt. Harlock · Post by **Capt. Harlock** » Tue May 23, 2006 1:11 am

Defending force 10564 troops, 67 guns, 361 vehicles, Assault Value = 157

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Hmm, bombardment doesn't seem to be the answer to Bombay.

A suspiciously high number of vehicles there. Perhaps you have found one of the armoured brigades that Trey managed to save?

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Tue May 23, 2006 7:28 am

Harlock,

Yup. 2 armoured Brigades are at Trimcomalee and the other is now trapped in Bombay. That's all three armoured Brigades trapped. Of course while the benefit of trapping them outside of Karachi is that I don't have to fight them inside Karachi the down side is that I have quite a few Indian Brigades running around the Indian countryside potentially blocking supply lines and generally making a nuisance of themselves and preventing my from concentrating my entire force against Karachi.

aztez · Post by **aztez** » Tue May 23, 2006 12:38 pm

Intresting. Are going to divide your army and bypass Bombay in order to blockade Karachi?

Also any plans on bringing in more troops into the India? It seems that you have China quite well defeated and that should free up some Infantry division to be used there.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Thu May 25, 2006 9:48 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/24/42

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Sub attack at 63,102

Japanese Ships
TK Ogura Maru #3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Yugumo

Allied Ships
SS S-37, hits 2, on fire

It looks like we swap assets here. Ogura Maru will sink as it was carrying fuel but S-37 may sink also.

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ASW attack near Dutch Harbor at 103,36

Japanese Ships
SS RO-66

Allied Ships
DD MacDonough

The RO boats are definitely far more survivable than the I series. Once I have a few more of my CVs and CVLs finished I will transfer a lot of production to my submarines. The exact extent of this will depend upon whether or not Pearl Harbour has fallen/been rendered irrelevant.

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 39

No Allied losses

Runway hits 14

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 10
B-17E Fortress x 14

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 2

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Day Air attack on Johnston Island , at 102,74

Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 3
B-17E Fortress x 19
LB-30 Liberator x 124

Allied aircraft losses
PB2Y Coronado: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 19 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
180 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 71

This strike cost the Americans clost to 10 four-engined bombers. I have well over 250 FlAK guns at Johnston and they make any sustained four-engined bomber campaign very costly. Usually Trey is able to manage only 2 or 3 attacks consecutive attacks before having to switch to smaller attacks on alternate days.
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Day Air attack on 17th DAF Base Force, at 19,57

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 38
Ki-15 Babs x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported

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ASW attack near Dutch Harbor at 103,36

Japanese Ships
SS RO-66

Allied Ships
DD MacDonough

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ASW attack at 116,62

Japanese Ships
SS I-173, hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Talbot
DD Schley
DD Chew

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 123338 troops, 1140 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 2407

Defending force 64917 troops, 119 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1594

Allied ground losses:
467 casualties reported

I'm resting the troops here for a moment as I want to gather sufficient force to ensure that when the Chinese are pushed out of Kweiyang their rout will not end short of Chungking. Ideally, of course, they would retreat towards Yunan and end up in a non-supplied jungle path. This would result in these Chinese units being rendered hors de combat without risking their return to Chungking just as it is about to fall.

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Ground combat at 45,35

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 40884 troops, 719 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 670

Defending force 78139 troops, 89 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2270

Allied ground losses:
123 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Bombay

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 54601 troops, 655 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 1449

Defending force 10262 troops, 57 guns, 364 vehicles, Assault Value = 159

Japanese max assault: 1948 - adjusted assault: 490

Allied max defense: 148 - adjusted defense: 941

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

Japanese ground losses:
1959 casualties reported
Guns lost 83
Vehicles lost 8

Allied ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 1

Interesting, between preparation levels and Level 7 forts the British defenders of Bombay have sextupled their effectiveness. The two divisions I have in position are insufficient to the task at hand. Two more divisions are a couple of days out and when they arrive on-scene the attacks will continue. It is essential to maintain the pace of the advance. Every weak Indian Brigade which is prevented from entering Karachi will rob its defence of an adjusted AV of up to 1200. That's almost 3 of my divisions. Fortunately with 2 divisions and 2 tank regiments cutting eastward and the others northward it would appear that my plan of driving northward before the divisions in Eastern India could be withdrawn to Karachi has worked. Bombay should fall around the first of April. My supply situation in India is now almost breaking even and once Bombay falls I should have sufficient supply to speed my operations significantly... I'm quite pleased at how I managed this invasion on a logistical shoestring. Less than 30,000 tons of supplies were landed with my invasion forces and I gambled a LOT on taking resource centres and supply dumps intact. It appears to have worked well and proves that the model for the invasion of Australia is workable.

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Ground combat at 23,47

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5335 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 55

Defending force 2570 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Dacca

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7852 troops, 167 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 146

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese max assault: 128 - adjusted assault: 63

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 63 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Dacca base !!!

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Ground combat at 21,12

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 9183 troops, 118 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 373

Defending force 8502 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 105

Japanese max assault: 738 - adjusted assault: 129

Allied max defense: 63 - adjusted defense: 11

Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
218 casualties reported
Guns lost 9
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Jorhat

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 9942 troops, 9 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 113

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese max assault: 82 - adjusted assault: 40

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 40 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Jorhat base !!!

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

The linking of bases in south-eastern India continues.

Aztez,

I don't foresee a need to besiege Karachi at this stage. I dislocated Trey's defences and have thus doomed most of his forces in south-eastern India but it would be an error for Trey to try to relieve Bombay by bringing troops from Karachi down. No, he will try to break through to Karachi only with those forces moving northward from Delhi and south-eastern India. I will win that race.

4 Divisions will invest Bombay and take it as quickly as possible using whatever methods yield the quickest results. Casualties here are an irrelevance. 1 division is airlanding into south-eastern India while 2 more are pushing eastward to Delhi and Calcutta respectively. This leaves 4 more to push towards Karachi and block the Indian divisions racing towards Karachi. Since my goal will not be prosecute to kill but the infinitely easier prosecute to drive off/stalemate I believe that those four divisions will be enough to stalemate things for a week. After that week the four divisions from Bombay will become available and I will hunt down the survivors of the south-eastern forces. With that done I will re-orient on Karachi.

This delay will also allow me to bring the army level bombers to bear on Karachi. I have about 750 available and intend to use them all. Several parachute regiments will also be committed to the assault. I've heard that paraborne drops cause the defenders to fight at a disadvantage if they coincide with a ground offensive.

Does anyone have any idea of how best to bring down fortification levels when one can't get 1:1 odds on the attack? I read a long thread about ground combat which went into detail on this some time ago but I can't find it now.

In other news the continued Allied naval presence at Amchitka presents an excellent opportunity to delay Allied attacks. Surface combat raiders have been dispatched to Dutch Harbour. Reinforcements are on the way and the attacks will continue until the Allied surface forces at Dutch Harbour have been eliminated. I expect to suffer no permanent losses but will have to send a few CLs and DDs back for repair. Consequently I'm sending additional CLs and DDs so that by the end of the 3 or 4 days of night surface strikes which will be required the survivors will still be able to muster a CL-led DD TF ( plus 1 x CA).

The evacuation of Koepang, Palmyra and Christmas Islands continue as does the reinforcement of the forward and nodal bases.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Thu May 25, 2006 10:05 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/25/42

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Sub attack near Dutch Harbor at 103,36

Japanese Ships
SS RO-66

Allied Ships
DD MacDonough, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

I think this is the first major Allied combatant that has been sunk by Japanese submarines.

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Night Time Surface Combat at 16,32

Japanese Ships
BB Ise, heavy damage
DD Kuroshio, heavy damage
DD Michishio
DD Asagao
DD Kasasagi

Allied Ships
MSW Agra, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Wildebeeste

And the prize for unluckiest ship in the world goes to the Agra. The Ise and its escorting destroyers stumble across these two ships fleeing from south-eastern India. Frustratingly while Agra was damaged heavily enough to later sink the transport Empire Wildebeests manages to outsprint the undamaged destroyers. Interesting.

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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 85

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged

Runway hits 2

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 45

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 18

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 12
B-17E Fortress x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported

Port hits 2

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Day Air attack on Johnston Island , at 102,74

Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 1
B-17E Fortress x 30
LB-30 Liberator x 33

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 10 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
94 casualties reported

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 44

Five allied four-engined bombers fail to return home from this raid. Asymmetric attrition at its finest.
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Day Air attack on 29th Chinese Division, at 41,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 4
Ki-21 Sally x 8
Ki-48 Lily x 15
Ki-49 Helen x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on 65th Chinese Corps, at 41,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 63
Ki-21 Sally x 10
Ki-48 Lily x 45
Ki-49 Helen x 30

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
142 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

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Day Air attack on 17th DAF Base Force, at 19,57

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 37
Ki-15 Babs x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 124262 troops, 1150 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 2468

Defending force 65704 troops, 121 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1651

Allied ground losses:
636 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 190819 troops, 2142 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 4984

Defending force 150309 troops, 853 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3466

Allied ground losses:
65 casualties reported

This was a probe to get an idea of what I am facing at Chungking. A large force but not one which cannot be attrited to uselessness given time. I should be able to mass approximately 10,000 AV at Chungking once the Chinese hold-outs behind my lines are taken care of. My timetable for China has gone out the window and I don't think Chungking will fall before the end of April as it will take some time to clear the Kweiyang and Changsha axes but it will fall.

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Ground combat at 45,35

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 40874 troops, 716 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 669

Defending force 77876 troops, 87 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 2274

Allied ground losses:
310 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

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Ground combat at Bombay

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65146 troops, 643 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1283

Defending force 10051 troops, 54 guns, 363 vehicles, Assault Value = 156

Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1

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Ground combat at 22,16

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 23987 troops, 267 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 496

Defending force 254 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese max assault: 984 - adjusted assault: 248

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 248 to 1

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at 23,47

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5345 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 55

Defending force 2580 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Diamond Harbor

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 6832 troops, 78 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 120

Defending force 89 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6

Allied max assault: 246 - adjusted assault: 234

Japanese max defense: 5 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 234 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

I wasn't expecting sacrificial stay-behinds but there's an entire Infantry Brigade at Diamond Harbour. I'll bring forces in to contain it until the two divisions pushing eastward can add their weight to the assault. Trey was obviously still guarding against a further amphibious invasion in south-eastern India and left these units to make me pay if I went that route.

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Ground combat at Rawalpindi

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 125 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese max assault: 8 - adjusted assault: 6

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Rawalpindi base !!!

Not a decisive effort but just complicating the British operational picture and attempting to tempt Trey into retaking these bases. The pros for him are that he will damage the HI there. The con is that if he attacks he pretty much guarantees that the units diverted to these attacks will not make it to Karachi. If I were in his shoes I would not attack but I think that the temptation to reduce my "winnings" will prove irresistible.

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Ground combat at 21,13

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 8761 troops, 106 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 350

Defending force 6310 troops, 61 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 76

Japanese max assault: 252 - adjusted assault: 18

Allied max defense: 47 - adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
150 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Thu May 25, 2006 10:16 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/26/42

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Sub attack at 101,73

Japanese Ships
AK Nagato Maru
PG Busho Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-47

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ASW attack at 101,73

Japanese Ships
PG Busho Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-47

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 158

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged

Allied ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 86

When events at Karachi reach a head and sufficient airfields have been built for my use the army bombers at Singapore will be withdrawn and directed to the Indian theatre of operations. I doubt there is much the forces in Singapore can do at this stage. They must be entirely out of supply and can be left to their own devices for some time without becoming a danger to the division + supports preventing them from re-entering the Malaysian peninsula.

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 41

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 13

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 12
B-17E Fortress x 13

No Allied losses

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 4

A very nice, steady rhythm has developed at Koepang. Everything is in place. I am just waiting for the invasion fleet to show up. I hope I haven't misread the situation but if I have then so be it. I can always re-occupy Koepang if need be.

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Day Air attack on Johnston Island , at 102,74

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 4
B-17E Fortress x 44
LB-30 Liberator x 82

Japanese aircraft losses
H6K4 Mavis: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
PB2Y Coronado: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 13 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
295 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 166

Another six four-engined bombers fail to return from this mission. A couple of Mavis I had just based into Johnston Island in anticipation of a major Allied move against Palmyra... I expect this around the turn of the month... are destroyed but their pilots survive. Reinforcements are about 10 days away. System damage has limited the speed of the reinforcement convoy to 9 knots and, as such, it is arriving almost 2 weeks later than intended. I am worried that it will get caught up in the covering battle for the invasion of Palmyra but am determined to press on. Even if half the reinforcements are lost they can rebuild in time.

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Day Air attack on 4th Tank Regiment, at 24,8

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IF x 3
Blenheim I x 6
Blenheim IV x 6
Wellington III x 14
Beaufort V-IX x 3
P-40B Tomahawk x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 4

British airpower begins to enter the fray again.

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Day Air attack on 7th Tank Regiment, at 24,8

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 4
Blenheim IF x 6
Blenheim I x 16
Blenheim IV x 14
Wellington III x 25
Martin 139 x 3
Beaufort V-IX x 7
P-40B Tomahawk x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 6

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Day Air attack on 29th Chinese Division, at 41,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 10
Ki-48 Lily x 11
Ki-49 Helen x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on 1st Chinese Tank Regiment, at 45,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 10
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 32
Ki-51 Sonia x 24
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on 65th Chinese Corps, at 41,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 67
Ki-21 Sally x 11
Ki-48 Lily x 48
Ki-49 Helen x 39

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 157875 troops, 1209 guns, 575 vehicles, Assault Value = 2565

Defending force 65134 troops, 118 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1671

Japanese max assault: 5192 - adjusted assault: 3394

Allied max defense: 1562 - adjusted defense: 1005

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
4882 casualties reported
Guns lost 70
Vehicles lost 5

Allied ground losses:
1853 casualties reported
Guns lost 28

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Kweiyang is now cleared. Forces will slowly push north-westward while one brigade covers against Chinese interference from the direction of Nanning

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Ground combat at 45,35

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 40946 troops, 716 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 671

Defending force 77525 troops, 84 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 2269

Allied ground losses:
240 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 66513 troops, 824 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4984

Defending force 153466 troops, 954 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3524

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Bombay

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65185 troops, 646 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1293

Defending force 9821 troops, 50 guns, 355 vehicles, Assault Value = 149

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

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Ground combat at Ahmadabad

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1886 troops, 0 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 569

Defending force 2674 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

Japanese max assault: 56 - adjusted assault: 54

Allied max defense: 14 - adjusted defense: 33

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Allied ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Two tank regiments attempt to take Ahmadabad by coup de main. They are unsuccesful today but should succeed soon enough.

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Ground combat at Yanam

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 2186 troops, 0 guns, 143 vehicles, Assault Value = 80

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese max assault: 72 - adjusted assault: 10

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Yanam base !!!

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Ground combat at 23,47

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5345 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 55

Defending force 2580 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied ground losses:
60 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Lahore

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 50 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese max assault: 2 - adjusted assault: 3

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Lahore base !!!

Sneer · Post by **Sneer** » Fri May 26, 2006 8:08 am

Hi Nemo
remembering your complaints about TF not moving desired number of hexes - i had same issue yesterday - looks like sth strange is there

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sat May 27, 2006 2:28 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/27/42

Sub attack at 21,47

Japanese Ships
AK Uyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PG Myoken Maru
PG Kiso Maru

Allied Ships
SS KXVII

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Naval bombardment of Bombay, at 20,10 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

I committed to this bombardment in order to attempt to assess the effectiveness of my bombardment group against Karachi. My hope was that if I could limit damage suffered to my ships that repeated naval bombardment could rob the Allies of their support troops and air support and allow my land-based air and repeated ground attacks to wear down the defending combat troops.

Unfortunately I forgot to set the escorts to "do not bombard" and paid for this with one destroyer sunk and another with 99 sys damage and 90+ flotation.

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Dakota I: 1 destroyed

Undoubtedly these Dakota were evacuating a fragment of the armoured brigade for rebuilding in Karachi.

109 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DD Asagumo
DD Oshio, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Arashi, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
DD Nowaki
DD Natsushio, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Hatsukaze
DD Oyashio
CL Katori
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 10
CA Kinugasa
CA Aoba
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya, Shell hits 6
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami
CA Nachi
CA Haguro
CA Maya
BB Hyuga
BB Yamashiro
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato

Allied ground losses:
234 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 42
Port hits 20
Port fuel hits 4
Port supply hits 4

My assessment of this is that the forces committed to the bombardment should be capable of wearing Karachi down in conjunction with other forces at an acceptable loss rate.

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 172

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 14 damaged

Allied ground losses:
118 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 97

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 41

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 13

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 11
B-17E Fortress x 10

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

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Day Air attack on 5th Chinese Cavalry Corps, at 45,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 10
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 31
Ki-51 Sonia x 24
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

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ASW attack at 101,73

Allied Ships
SS S-47

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 151703 troops, 1091 guns, 566 vehicles, Assault Value = 2235

Defending force 14340 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 405

Japanese max assault: 3244 - adjusted assault: 3121

Allied max defense: 410 - adjusted defense: 149

Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
1547 casualties reported
Guns lost 17
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
864 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Kweiyang's clearance continues apace.
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Ground combat at 45,35

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 40988 troops, 717 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 672

Defending force 77212 troops, 83 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 2258

Allied ground losses:
471 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Ahmadabad

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 24487 troops, 253 guns, 140 vehicles, Assault Value = 571

Defending force 2595 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14

Japanese max assault: 1048 - adjusted assault: 1066

Allied max defense: 13 - adjusted defense: 2

Japanese assault odds: 533 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Ahmadabad base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
303 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

The defeated Allied base force retreats towards Karachi. My two tank regiments will continue shock attack + pursuing it into Karachi itself. At that point in time they will attack the Allied defenders in order to get a good read on what forces the defenders have available and if my 1000 AV estimate is accurate.

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Ground combat at 23,47

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5362 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 55

Defending force 2500 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

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Ground combat at 40,35

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 6706 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1395

Defending force 8742 troops, 7 guns, 560 vehicles, Assault Value = 303

Allied max assault: 200 - adjusted assault: 3

Japanese max defense: 307 - adjusted defense: 538

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1

Allied ground losses:
208 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

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Ground combat at Delhi

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 139 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese max assault: 10 - adjusted assault: 7

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Delhi base !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 3 destroyed

Again, not so much a capture to hold but a capture to complicate the operational picture.

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Ground combat at Kohima

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 125 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese max assault: 10 - adjusted assault: 12

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kohima base !!!

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

This is important. I am trying to ensure a clear line of supply from Burma into south-eastern India. I amn't sure how much good it will do in terms of supply but I think Indian Industry will be very short of fuel so anything I can do to bring in more OIL to fuel the HI there will be extremely useful in the long run. Does anyone have any idea how much the trails hinder the transfer of OIL into India to fuel the HI there.

My HI levels are definitely critical at this stage as I recently ( within the last two days) undertook a plan to expand my Home Island HI by 600 points. Unfortunately I didn't realise it would take 10 HI for each planned point of expansion. So my HI reserves were halved in just one day and what had been a quite comfortable margin of error is now no margin at all.

Rob Brennan UK · Post by **Rob Brennan UK** » Sat May 27, 2006 2:35 pm

Cant help with the Oil question unfortunately. Even as allies I'm never sure if i need to send oil to india. It's supposedly self supporting but i cant find enough oil centres there for that to make any sense [&:].

Looks like the indian adventure is going well. he reall has cut and run and given you the border (burma/india) on a plate. some nice cities round there too.

good luck

Ron Saueracker · Post by **Ron Saueracker** » Sat May 27, 2006 3:56 pm

And the prize for unluckiest ship in the world goes to the Agra. The Ise and its escorting destroyers stumble across these two ships fleeing from south-eastern India. Frustratingly while Agra was damaged heavily enough to later sink the transport Empire Wildebeests manages to outsprint the undamaged destroyers. Interesting.

Never try to explain the surface combat model. In this case the defenders of the faith will say that the AK was far enough away, in a cove, in a squall, whatever, so it escaped detection altogether. What gets me is that this does not mesh well with the fact that every friendly TF in a hex will get intercepted by just one enemy TF. Those same folks who line up to explain surface combat anomalies won't try to explain this last ability. What a conceptual mess.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sat May 27, 2006 4:06 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/28/42

Gentlemen, the target for tonight is Dutch Harbour. Attacks will continue until the enemy are eliminated.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Dutch Harbor at 103,36

Japanese Ships
CA Kako
CL Yura
CL Kinu
CL Abukuma
DD Makigumo
DD Natsugumo
DD Amagiri

Allied Ships
DD MacDonough, Shell hits 5, and is sunk

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Dutch Harbor at 103,36

Japanese Ships
CA Kako
CL Yura
CL Kinu
CL Abukuma
DD Makigumo
DD Natsugumo
DD Amagiri

Allied Ships
PG Dawson, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
MSW Bayfield

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Dutch Harbor at 103,36

Japanese Ships
CA Kako, Shell hits 1
CL Yura
CL Kinu, Shell hits 1
CL Abukuma
DD Makigumo
DD Natsugumo
DD Amagiri

Allied Ships
DD Hull, Shell hits 22, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

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Sub attack near Dutch Harbor at 103,36

Japanese Ships
SS RO-66

Allied Ships
MSW Bayfield, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

LOL! And what the surface TF misses the submarines clear up. 2 DDs, a PG and an MSW. Not a bad haul for a night's work. Damage to Japanese shipping is extremely light. Of course I expect this to change as his bombers get lucky with a break in the weather and hit back. Combined with the earlier attacks ( lost due to my error) this makes 2 DDs, a PG, an MSW, a couple of AVDs and, most importantly, TWO DMS sunk at Dutch Harbour and a fair few merchants sent scampering back to Canadian and American ports. The DMS are extremely important ships to attrit and I would have swapped a CA for these two ships. Thankfully I got them in exchange for moderate damage to two CLs and a DD, all of which will survive.

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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 86

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 2

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 172

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged

Allied ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 93

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 40

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 11

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 9
B-17E Fortress x 10

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

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Day Air attack on 2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps, at 45,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 25
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 42
Ki-51 Sonia x 24
Ki-15 Babs x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported

The usual air attacks in China and over Koepang continue.

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Day Air attack on A' Indian Field Artillery Regiment, at 22,19

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 51

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

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Day Air attack on TF at 97,35

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 119

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Kako, Bomb hits 2
CL Yura, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Amagiri
CL Kinu
CL Abukuma, Bomb hits 1
DD Natsugumo

Not bad. Only Yura has sustained any serious damage ( about 50 sys). Abukuma will also have to go back to Japan for repairs but I believe these raids will have bought the time necessary to bring Kiska up to a Level 3 port. I have a dozen minelayers and an MLE waiting there ready to engage in a massive mining campaign of the Aleutians. Theoretically a dozen minelayers with 1 mission every 4 days can maintain a minebelt of 18,000 mines at Amchitka assuming 1% wastage per day. That should be sufficient to help keep Amchitka safe. If Trey doesn't attack in the next two weeks and waits for Dutch harbour to become a Level 4 airbase ( it is currently level 3) then Amchitka will, essentially, be safe from Allied attack. He can attrit me and impose a high rate of wastage of my supples at Amchitka but his ability to actually take the base will be almost completely removed.

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Day Air attack on TF, near Canton Island at 98,99

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
APD Colhoun
DD Preston
APD McKean
CL Honolulu

What looks like a Fast Transport TF has raced into Canton Island. I presume this is in order to bring in some combat infantry ( or supplies). Either is fine. My current plan can encompass the loss of Palmyra, Xmas Island, Baker Island etc so reinforcing Canton Island is fine. The only regrettable aspect of the current situation is that the airbases around Canton Island are only Level 3 and therefore no torpedo attacks were possible against the Fast Transport TF. I had hoped to extract a suitable tithe from his FT TFs.

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Day Air attack on TF, near Canton Island at 98,99

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 5 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Honolulu
APD Colhoun, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Flusser

Colhoun is done for. This is excellent news as I, personally, view APDs in the same light as DMs and DMS and I passed up the opportunity to destroy an American carrier in order to destroy the majority of DMS and DMs at Pearl.

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Ground combat at 45,35

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 41066 troops, 718 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 672

Defending force 76593 troops, 80 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 2240

Allied ground losses:
462 casualties reported

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Ground combat at 23,7

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1893 troops, 0 guns, 132 vehicles, Assault Value = 80

Defending force 1500 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese max assault: 94 - adjusted assault: 134

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 134 to 1

Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at 23,47

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5362 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 55

Defending force 2500 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Allied carrier-based aircraft have begun spotting my shipping at Palmyra. It looks like I timed my intervention at Dutch Harbour perfectly. My shipping around Palmyra is ordered to scatter and run for Midway. Meanwhile my carriers and the 5 undamaged submarines at Midwaywill put to sea. I have 4 CVs at Midway but Trey will, undoubtedly, have concentrated all 5 of his CVs in support of any operation against Palmyra. So, I cannot stand against him but I can prowl around and pick off surface combat TFs and merchant shipping.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sat May 27, 2006 4:30 pm

Rob,

Yes, you're right. On the other hand the entire reason behind my landings in the far west was to gain access to two rail routes to Karachi both of which were shorter than the routes British and Indian forces in south-east India would have to take. I paid in blood ( or rather in extravagant Kate losses) for this advantage and so I'm glad it looks like it is going to pay off. Everything depends on there being less than 1500 AV ( ideally 1000 AV) in karachi. More than 1500 AV pretty much guarantees that Trey can hold out against the Southern and Burma Area Armies. This will require bringing in troops from China and completely wreck my timeline for Northern Australia and New Zealand ( with fairly disastrous consequences for my overall strategy).

Ron,
Aye, surface combat is "opaque" to say the least. Is there any thread dealing with surface combat dynamics? I know someone had written one ( and am currently trawling through the last 2 years of the War Room in an effort to find it... 30 pages done, about 15 more to go) and I think it may even have been you.

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