Lunacy or Shrewdness?

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 11:48 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/09/42

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Day Air attack on Ahmadabad , at 24,8

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IF x 9
Blenheim I x 22
P-40B Tomahawk x 10

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IF: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6

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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 27
Wellington III x 44

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
450 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 56

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Day Air attack on Malir , at 22,4

Allied aircraft
Lysander I x 51
Buffalo I x 10

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 11

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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 61
Ki-46-II Dinah x 5

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 3
Hurricane II x 2

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

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 2 damaged
Hurricane II: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 32

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 42
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 10
Ki-15 Babs x 2

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Zuid Garrison Battalion, at 18,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 28
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
89 casualties reported

Pretty much the usual air attacks in India, China and the DEI/PNG at this stage .
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Sub attack near French Frigate Shoal at 104,68

Japanese Ships
SS I-168

Allied Ships
AV Curtiss, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

The favourable attritional opportunity presented by French Frigate Shoals remains and I 168 takes advantage again.

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Ground combat at Kunming

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 108632 troops, 774 guns, 525 vehicles, Assault Value = 1703

Defending force 36426 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 724

Japanese max assault: 3014 - adjusted assault: 1372

Allied max defense: 646 - adjusted defense: 366

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Japanese ground losses:
2087 casualties reported
Guns lost 32
Vehicles lost 7

Allied ground losses:
2862 casualties reported
Guns lost 15

An excellent result. The plan remains intact.

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Ground combat at 45,35

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10447 troops, 322 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1783

Defending force 72505 troops, 40 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 2130

Allied ground losses:
274 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Diamond Harbor

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22429 troops, 164 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 480

Defending force 13654 troops, 38 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 88

A probe reveals Diamond Harbour to be weakly held. Time to take it methinks.

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Ground combat at 23,47

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5352 troops, 183 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 55

Defending force 2310 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:18 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/10/42

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Washington Island at 108,86

Minor American landings have taken place at Washington Island south-east of Palmyra. These landings were covered by the American carriers but as time went by without any major reaction from my forces ( apart from an intentionally abortive sortie north-east of Johnston Island designed to make it seem that I was thinking of engaging to deny Palmyra when I had no such intention) the strong covering forces were withdrawn. In response I sortied the Baker Island DD Flotilla. Again, although the surface combat model is hosed the flotilla didn't do too badly. It sinks an AVD and is almost certainly responsible for the sinking of an AK. I will order it back in for a second bite of the cherry as I don't see any quick-reaction forces nearby and can probably get away with one more day of attacks.

If I'm wrong then this DD flotilla will be destroyed, a lesson will be learnt and no longer will I be able to go back on "the 2nd night" for further strikes as has been my SOP.

Japanese Ships
CL Kiso
DD Nokaze
DD Namikaze
DD Numakaze

Allied Ships
AK Empire Lapwing, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Ortolan, Shell hits 1
AK Empire Heath
AK Autolycus, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Washington Island at 108,86

Japanese Ships
CL Kiso
DD Nokaze
DD Namikaze
DD Numakaze

Allied Ships
AVD Thornton, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 36
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 108
Ki-48 Lily x 86
Ki-49 Helen x 77

Allied aircraft
I-153c x 2
I-16c x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 2 destroyed
Ki-48 Lily: 11 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 3 destroyed
I-16c: 1 damaged
SB-2c: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
120 casualties reported

Airbase hits 32
Airbase supply hits 16
Runway hits 223

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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 56
Ki-46-II Dinah x 6

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 5
Hurricane II x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 17 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 1 damaged
Hurricane II: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 23

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 179

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged

Allied ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 108

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Day Air attack on Zuid Garrison Battalion, at 18,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 20
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion, at 18,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 19
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on 81st PA Division, at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 9

No Japanese losses

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Ground combat at Kunming

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 106563 troops, 741 guns, 521 vehicles, Assault Value = 1624

Defending force 32606 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 659

Japanese max assault: 2622 - adjusted assault: 1891

Allied max defense: 586 - adjusted defense: 166

Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kunming base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
1256 casualties reported
Guns lost 26
Vehicles lost 11

Allied ground losses:
4162 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Kunming falls and my troops set off in hot pursuit. The Tank Regiments are particularly bloodthirsty and should be in position to continue the attack very shortly. Lets see if I can get a proper pursuit-type series of engagements going here. This has been what I've been planning towards since Kweiyang and now I have the chance to deliver.

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Ground combat at 45,35

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10447 troops, 322 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1783

Defending force 72150 troops, 39 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 2114

Allied ground losses:
264 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Waingapu

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 875 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

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

Japanese max assault: 15 - adjusted assault: 2

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Waingapu base !!!

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Ground combat at 23,9

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 107451 troops, 1052 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 2068

Defending force 7094 troops, 40 guns, 362 vehicles, Assault Value = 199

Japanese max assault: 2046 - adjusted assault: 6588

Allied max defense: 192 - adjusted defense: 151

Japanese assault odds: 43 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
428 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Vehicles lost 4

Allied ground losses:
268 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Vehicles lost 5

The ground combat model strikes again!

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Ground combat at Diamond Harbor

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 22453 troops, 164 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 476

Defending force 13684 troops, 38 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 89

Japanese max assault: 438 - adjusted assault: 308

Allied max defense: 92 - adjusted defense: 136

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4

Japanese ground losses:
282 casualties reported
Guns lost 18
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported

The reduction of Diamond Harbour goes fairly well. A solid 2:1 and a drop in fortification levels. There are still a lot of stay-behinds running around the countryside and they are causing me a headache since they are preventing me from concentrating my forces for the capture of Diamond Harbour and Chandpur.

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Ground combat at 23,47

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5372 troops, 183 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 54

Defending force 2290 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:39 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/11/42

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Sub attack near Washington Island at 108,86

Japanese Ships
SS I-160

Allied Ships
AK Autolycus, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

I 160 joins the fun. Where possible I've stationed RO class submarines at atolls the Americans are likely to invade or attempt to resupply. I hadn't considered that they would take Washington... I had expected a full-blooded invasion of Palmyra and the 46 men remaining there [:D]... and so no submarine was allocated to this position. Consequently I've had to take one of my I class deep-ocean boats and assign it to these shallow waters. Notwithstanding the extempore nature of this tasking the I 160 is doing well. Autolycus is added to my growing tally of Allied merchant shipping dispatched this month.

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Day Air attack on Ahmadabad , at 24,8

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 5
Blenheim IF x 4
Blenheim I x 25
P-40B Tomahawk x 5
P-40E Warhawk x 7

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Runway hits 5

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 31
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 98
Ki-48 Lily x 90
Ki-49 Helen x 65

Allied aircraft
I-16c x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 4 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-16c: 2 destroyed
B-26B Marauder: 10 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 144

B 26s?In China in 1942? I hadn't expected that. Still, it is fine by me. Its a nice opportunity to attrit the American twin-engined bombers on extremely favourable terms.

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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 28
Wellington III x 12
Martin 139 x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed
H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged
Martin 139: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
249 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 21

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Day Air attack on Darwin , at 36,84

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 70
G4M1 Betty x 71

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged

Allied Ships
MSW Ipswitch, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
AK Belawan, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Deloraine, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Port hits 8
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 2

A nice, cheap, attack designed to catch enemy shipping fleeing from Derby. Only three ships appear to be in port... My question as to where the rest of these ships are is answered when my aerial reconnaissance forces at Port Moresby spot a couple of merchant ships traversing the Australia/New Guinea channel. It seems they are fleeing for the east coast of Australia. Sensible!

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 42
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 10
Ki-15 Babs x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion, at 18,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 32
Ki-15 Babs x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on TF at 49,91

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Empire Patrol, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

And one of the aforementioned ships fleeing from Derby gets tagged by the Bettys from Port Moresby.

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Ground combat at Lucknow

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 2885 troops, 8 guns, 119 vehicles, Assault Value = 94

Defending force 7654 troops, 11 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 6

Japanese max assault: 184 - adjusted assault: 146

Allied max defense: 4 - adjusted defense: 53

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Lucknow should fall soon.

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Ground combat at 45,35

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 11230 troops, 347 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1315

Defending force 71902 troops, 37 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 2096

Japanese max assault: 0 - adjusted assault: 0

Allied max defense: 1794 - adjusted defense: 163

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
116 casualties reported

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Ground combat at 39,32

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 8259 troops, 6 guns, 517 vehicles, Assault Value = 257

Defending force 20368 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 434

Japanese max assault: 316 - adjusted assault: 21

Allied max defense: 370 - adjusted defense: 15

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

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

Allied ground losses:
187 casualties reported

This is the attempt by four tank regiments to continue the pursuit of the Chinese forces pushed out of Kunming.

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Ground combat at 23,9

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 107105 troops, 1042 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 2043

Defending force 6782 troops, 22 guns, 357 vehicles, Assault Value = 186

Japanese max assault: 2004 - adjusted assault: 5275

Allied max defense: 138 - adjusted defense: 49

Japanese assault odds: 107 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
400 casualties reported
Guns lost 9
Vehicles lost 13

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Ground combat at Diamond Harbor

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 22107 troops, 142 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 463

Defending force 13640 troops, 38 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 87

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese max assault: 419 - adjusted assault: 103

Allied max defense: 90 - adjusted defense: 228

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

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

Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Hmm, again the ground combat model's very randomness rears its head. Fresh on the heels of a 2:1 defeat the Allied effective combat strength doubles while the victorious Japanese troops attack with barely one-third of the effectiveness they did the day before. It seems the effect of random dice rolls on the ground combat model is quite marked.

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Ground combat at 23,47

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5352 troops, 183 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 53

Defending force 2370 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported

Below you can see the combat forces arrayed against the four tank regiments leading the pursuit of the forces ejected from Kunming. The most noticeable thing in my opinion is the extreme drop in Chinese combat effectiveness after only a couple of forced retreats.
 
Oh and you can also see that ueber-sneaky Trey has managed to cut my supply lines to Kunming with a Chinese unit. I am going to have to divert a couple of divisions back from Kunming to eliminate this threat. More delay!

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:22 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/12/42

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Sub attack near French Frigate Shoal at 104,68

Japanese Ships
SS I-168

Allied Ships
AV Curtiss

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Night Time Surface Combat, near French Frigate Shoal at 104,68

Japanese Ships
CS Chitose
BB Hiei
DD Kazegumo
DD Maikaze
DD Akebono
DD Sawakaze
DD Yukaze

Allied Ships
AV Curtiss, Shell hits 19, and is sunk

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Naval bombardment of French Frigate Shoal, at 104,68

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Yukaze
DD Sawakaze
DD Akebono
DD Maikaze
DD Kazegumo
BB Hiei

Allied ground losses:
181 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 2

French Frigate Shoals is cleared of enemy shipping and a minor naval bombardment occurs. If I can continue drawing American shipping out so I can sink it and prevent the landing of major land combat units I will be happy and my counter-invasion preparations will continue.

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Day Air attack on Ahmadabad , at 24,8

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IF x 9
Blenheim I x 20
P-40B Tomahawk x 10

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IF: 3 damaged
Blenheim I: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Runway hits 7

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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 57
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 15

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 28
Wellington III x 50
Martin 139 x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed, 19 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 4 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 14 destroyed
Wellington III: 15 destroyed, 20 damaged
Martin 139: 2 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
387 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 21

This is a bit better. Of course the Blenheims and Wellingtons are likely to only be the initial committment. There are a lot of B-17s and IL-4s which should be floating around my perimeter which I simply amn't seeing. I'm betting they may be in Karachi.

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Day Air attack on Malir , at 22,4

Allied aircraft
Lysander I x 72
Buffalo I x 12
Hurricane II x 4

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 179

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
61 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 66

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K Emily: 1 destroyed
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 13

I have lots of replacements for these types and the bombing isn't killing pilots so I'm happy to let it continue to happen in order to close off this escape route for the Allied shipping running from Northern Australia.

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 41
Ki-15 Babs x 2

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Zuid Garrison Battalion, at 18,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 32
Ki-15 Babs x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
79 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on 81st PA Division, at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 10

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 21,3

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16
G3M Nell x 3

Allied aircraft
Mohawk IV x 8
Buffalo I x 4
Hurricane II x 58
Blenheim IF x 3
P-40B Tomahawk x 6
P-40E Warhawk x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 16 destroyed
G3M Nell: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed
Hurricane II: 4 destroyed, 3 damaged
Blenheim IF: 2 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

I forgot to decrease the range of my Zeroes to under 6 hexes. Since Karachi is less than 11 hexes from Bombay the few Zeroes which weren't committed to CAP ended up escorting a raid to karachi to attack the Allied shipping there. DOH!

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Day Air attack on TF at 49,93

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 3
G4M1 Betty x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Empire Patrol, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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Sub attack near Washington Island at 108,86

Japanese Ships
SS I-160

Allied Ships
AK Empire Ortolan

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Ground combat at Lucknow

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 2813 troops, 8 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 90

Defending force 7592 troops, 8 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Japanese max assault: 176 - adjusted assault: 245

Allied max defense: 2 - adjusted defense: 51

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Lucknow base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

And the second rail-line northward in India is rapidly being secured also.

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 83905 troops, 1041 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2060

Defending force 161109 troops, 1103 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3672

Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported

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Ground combat at 45,35

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10457 troops, 321 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 835

Defending force 71904 troops, 34 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 2109

Allied ground losses:
255 casualties reported

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Ground combat at 23,9

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 107196 troops, 1046 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 2052

Defending force 6230 troops, 7 guns, 344 vehicles, Assault Value = 164

Japanese max assault: 2046 - adjusted assault: 4980

Allied max defense: 99 - adjusted defense: 22

Japanese assault odds: 226 to 1

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

Allied ground losses:
399 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 21

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Ground combat at 23,47

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5332 troops, 183 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 54

Defending force 2340 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported

below you can see my DD flotilla at Port Moresby attempting a mid-ocean interecept of some fleeing merchant shipping. Probably won't work but won't cost me anything to try.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:40 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/13/42

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ASW attack at 108,85

Japanese Ships
SS I-4, hits 3

Allied Ships
DD Allen
DD Ralph Talbot
DD Bagley
DD Walke
CL Honolulu
CA Chester

I'm betting this is a CV TF covering the French Frigate Shoals landings. Why else risk a CA in waters within close reach of a large portion of the Japanese carrier fleet?

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Day Air attack on Ahmadabad , at 24,8

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IF x 6
Blenheim I x 26
P-40B Tomahawk x 7
P-40E Warhawk x 5

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

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Day Air attack on Chengtu , at 41,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 73

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 14

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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 40
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 12

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 12
Wellington III x 29

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 6 destroyed
Wellington III: 7 destroyed, 8 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
53 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

The Blenheims and Wellingtons are being worn down. Now to see what he commits next.

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Day Air attack on Malir , at 22,4

Allied aircraft
Lysander I x 64
Buffalo I x 9
P-40B Tomahawk x 3

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 151

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 4 damaged

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 57

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 2

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Day Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 40,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 31
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 98
Ki-48 Lily x 74

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 45
Ki-15 Babs x 2

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on 81st PA Division, at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 10

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on TF at 97,35

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 59

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Amagiri
CL Kinu, Bomb hits 1
DD Harusame
DD Makigumo

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Day Air attack on TF at 97,35

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 17
B-25C Mitchell x 62

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Makigumo
CL Kinu, Bomb hits 10, on fire, heavy damage
DD Harusame
DD Amagiri
DD Natsugumo, Bomb hits 1, on fire

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Day Air attack on TF at 97,35

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 15
B-25C Mitchell x 87

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Harusame
DD Natsugumo, on fire
DD Amagiri, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Makigumo

The CL and Amagiri go down immediately. Now that Dutch harbour is a Level 4 airfield it appears that surface raiding can only be carried out under the cover of especially bad weather in future. Otherwise the cost is just too prohibitive.

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 83778 troops, 1036 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2124

Defending force 161055 troops, 1107 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3668

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

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Ground combat at 23,9

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 107429 troops, 1049 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 2059

Defending force 5556 troops, 2 guns, 314 vehicles, Assault Value = 130

Japanese max assault: 2056 - adjusted assault: 2717

Allied max defense: 76 - adjusted defense: 10

Japanese assault odds: 271 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
5936 casualties reported
Guns lost 25
Vehicles lost 394

And the blocking force is annihilated. Ahmadabad is now clear. I will build it and Amir up to size 4 airfields and then launch my attack on Karachi.

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Ground combat at 25,16

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 24337 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 501

Defending force 2224 troops, 23 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44

Japanese max assault: 924 - adjusted assault: 1576

Allied max defense: 40 - adjusted defense: 9

Japanese assault odds: 175 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
215 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Allied ground losses:
122 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at 23,47

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5332 troops, 183 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 54

Defending force 2290 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported

veji1 · Post by **veji1** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:46 pm

what's the situation in Singapore ? I guess your planning on grabbing it on your way back from India...

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:49 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/14/42

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TF 1021 encounters mine field at Dutch Harbor (103,36)

Allied Ships
AK Makawao, Mine hits 1, on fire

I have committed my minelaying subs to the northern axis as they have the short transit times and multiple, heavily trafficked ports to choose from there.

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Day Air attack on Ahmadabad , at 24,8

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IF x 9
Blenheim I x 26
P-40B Tomahawk x 10
P-40E Warhawk x 6

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

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Day Air attack on Chengtu , at 41,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 75

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 14

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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 43
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 9

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 11
Wellington III x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 4 destroyed, 3 damaged
Wellington III: 4 destroyed, 9 damaged

The Wellingtons and Blenheims are now almost entirely ineffective. I am surprised that the "hammer" hasn't fallen yet. Where are the other four-engined bombers which my recon flights say are probably at karachi ( I'm showing over 400 bombers, 300 fighters and 400 auxiliary types at Karachi).

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Day Air attack on Malir , at 22,4

Allied aircraft
Lysander I x 75
Buffalo I x 11
Hurricane II x 4

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 27

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 152
Ki-49 Helen x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged

Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 72

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Day Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 40,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 36
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 107
Ki-48 Lily x 70

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on 81st PA Division, at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 10

No Japanese losses

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

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Mercury, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Donald McKay, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

A bit more attrition of transport assets around Canton Island.

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Ground combat at 39,32

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 71714 troops, 475 guns, 523 vehicles, Assault Value = 1162

Defending force 21331 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 467

Japanese max assault: 2226 - adjusted assault: 1741

Allied max defense: 422 - adjusted defense: 19

Japanese assault odds: 91 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
879 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Vehicles lost 6

Allied ground losses:
693 casualties reported

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

And the Chinese are pushed back yet again. They are now at the Yunan/Chungking crossroads. Since I have troops at Chungking itself I expect the Chinese troops to withdraw toward Yunan when next attacked. This is important as it will act to limit the chinese troops available for the defence of Chungking. I'll post a picture of the Chinese theatre of operations next turn.

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Ground combat at 23,47

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5342 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 54

Defending force 2260 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:12 pm

Veji,

I have a division behind Level 9 forts at Johore Bahru. When the battle for India is over and I'm on my way to Northern Australia I will stop off at Singapore, take it, and add the division guarding it to my strike force.

Every so often a ship of mine passing by Singapore is spotted by a Vildebeeste so I think 1 or 2 of those planes are operating out of Singapore but they are operationally insignificant so I'm ignoring them.

And onto the next day...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/15/42

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Sub attack near Washington Island at 108,86

Japanese Ships
SS I-160

Allied Ships
AK Empire Ortolan

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Canton Island at 98,99

Japanese Ships
CA Takao
CL Kiso, Shell hits 1
DD Samidare
DD Nokaze
DD Namikaze
DD Numakaze

Allied Ships
AK Aroostook, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AK Mercury, Shell hits 18, and is sunk
AK Donald McKay, Shell hits 26, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Once it became clear, a fortnight ago, that the Americans would be making strenuous efforts to resupply/reinforce Canton Island I sent Takao from deep reserve to reinforce the Baker Island reaction force. This decision appears to have paid dividends today with all three merchants at Canton Island sunk. Undoubtedly they managed to land some supplies but not enough to avert the need for further resupply runs.

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Day Air attack on Ahmadabad , at 24,8

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 2
Blenheim IF x 9
Blenheim I x 23
P-40B Tomahawk x 9

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Runway hits 3

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Day Air attack on Chengtu , at 41,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 65

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 4 damaged

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 38

I'm varying the bombing of China around a bit as I think the Chinese air force is rebasing.

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Day Air attack on Malir , at 22,4

Allied aircraft
Lysander I x 76
Buffalo I x 9
P-40B Tomahawk x 2

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 24

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 146
Ki-49 Helen x 9

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

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 80

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 8 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Runway hits 3

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Day Air attack on 18th Division, at 28,23

Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 17

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 40,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 33
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 98
Ki-48 Lily x 73

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 49
Ki-15 Babs x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion, at 18,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 32
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on 81st PA Division, at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 10

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Ahmadabad , at 24,8

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 9
P-40B Tomahawk x 9

No Allied losses

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Ground combat at 27,17

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1809 troops, 0 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 65

Defending force 5335 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3

Japanese max assault: 130 - adjusted assault: 260

Allied max defense: 1 - adjusted defense: 9

Japanese assault odds: 28 to 1

Allied ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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 2240 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:29 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/16/42

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Day Air attack on Ahmadabad , at 24,8

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IF x 9
Blenheim I x 27
P-40B Tomahawk x 10
P-40E Warhawk x 7

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
120 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 5

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 71
Ki-49 Helen x 72
Ki-15 Babs x 7

Allied aircraft
I-153c x 1
I-16c x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 7 damaged
Ki-15 Babs: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 1 destroyed
I-16c: 4 destroyed
B-26B Marauder: 4 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 31

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Day Air attack on Malir , at 22,4

Allied aircraft
Lysander I x 68
Buffalo I x 12
Hurricane II x 4

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 14

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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
C5M Babs x 6
Ki-49 Helen x 159
Ki-46-II Dinah x 6

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 5
Hurricane II x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 37 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 2 damaged
Hurricane II: 1 damaged
Beaufort I: 4 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 25
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 143

Hmm, very little reaction to events over Bombay. I think that I may have to force the issue by staging a large bomber force out of Bombay just to see what I catch on the ground at Karachi.

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 144
Ki-49 Helen x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 5 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 71

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

I don't see any more ships passing through the PNG/Australia channel so I think I'll pull the naval bombers out. no point using them up to absolutely no reward.
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Day Air attack on 18th Division, at 28,23

Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 40,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 36
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 36
Ki-48 Lily x 79

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 50
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Zuid Garrison Battalion, at 18,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 34
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
59 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on 81st PA Division, at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 10

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Ahmadabad , at 24,8

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 6
P-40B Tomahawk x 9

No Allied losses

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Ground combat at 23,47

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5342 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 55

Defending force 2240 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported

As you can see from the picture below the Chinese are in desperate straits. The infantry have retreated toward Yunan. Once the Chinese Corps blocking the Kweiyang/Kunming road is routed I will drive on Chungking and things should happen fairly quickly from then. I should be able to muster about 10,000 to 11,000 AV and in combination with airstrikes I believe this will suffice.

Unfortunately one fairly large disaster has occurred... I had no idea how much armaments would be required to fill out a division and so left my armaments production ON. It seems that my armaments pool was sufficiently large to outfit 4 of the 5 new divisions which arrived today. So, instead of a hidden fist comprising 7 divisions I will only have one comprising 3 divisions. Still, by the time the fighting around Chungking finishes I should be able to purchase some more units cheaply. I expect this battle will be EXTREMELY bloody.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 3:41 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/17/42

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Night Air attack on Derby , at 24,85

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet

It had been a while since I tried a night raid so I figured I'd give it a shot. It achieved nothing so it looks that only massed night raids are worth trying.

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Day Air attack on Ahmadabad , at 24,8

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IF x 8
Blenheim I x 24
P-40B Tomahawk x 12
P-40E Warhawk x 7

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IF: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
98 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 71
Ki-49 Helen x 73
Ki-15 Babs x 7

Allied aircraft
I-153c x 1
I-16c x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-15 Babs: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 1 destroyed
I-16c: 1 destroyed
B-26B Marauder: 3 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported

Airbase hits 20
Airbase supply hits 13
Runway hits 59

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Day Air attack on Malir , at 22,4

Allied aircraft
Lysander I x 68
Buffalo I x 12
Hurricane II x 6

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20

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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
C5M Babs x 5
Ki-49 Helen x 106
Ki-46-II Dinah x 5

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 36 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Beaufort I: 2 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 15
Runway hits 103

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 145
Ki-49 Helen x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 91

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 7

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Day Air attack on 18th Division, at 28,23

Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 11

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on 2nd Tank Regiment, at 28,23

Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 5

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 40,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 34
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 36
Ki-48 Lily x 75

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

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Day Air attack on 46th Chinese Corps, at 45,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 50
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

All of the usual air attacks continue today... Again no sign of any major move against Bombay... I'm leaning more and more towards committing half my bomber force to Bombay to try and catch the Allies on the ground in Karachi. If I can catch his planes on the ground in such an overcrowded airfield I should be able to cause massive losses but the risk of being caught myself is massive. Decisions, decisions.

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Sub attack near Washington Island at 108,86

Japanese Ships
SS I-16

Allied Ships
AK Empire Ortolan, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

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Sub attack near Washington Island at 108,86

Japanese Ships
SS I-16

Allied Ships
AK Empire Heath, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Well, well. I 16 redeems itself. After a few misses it manages to torpedo two enemy merchants.

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Ground combat at Benares

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1855 troops, 0 guns, 119 vehicles, Assault Value = 67

Defending force 3571 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3

Japanese max assault: 126 - adjusted assault: 200

Allied max defense: 1 - adjusted defense: 7

Japanese assault odds: 28 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Benares base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
5611 casualties reported

Benares falls and with it my grip on the supply lines northward strengthens.

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Ground combat at Yunan

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 48194 troops, 277 guns, 520 vehicles, Assault Value = 904

Defending force 25562 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 346

Japanese max assault: 1660 - adjusted assault: 1219

Allied max defense: 309 - adjusted defense: 183

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Yunan base !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 2 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
413 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
924 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

2 Wirraway? Weird! Still it fits in with my supposition that the Chinese air force is being switched to more effective plane types and then transferred to India via Ledo. Would the Wirraway really be more effective than the I-153 or I-16?

In any case Yunan has fallen and the 28 units I had driven there have been pushed into the mountainous terrain south-west of Yunan. They can no longer interfere with operations against Chungking. I am leaving my two most damaged Brigades ( one with only 28 non-disabled squads) behind to guard Yunan... I estimate that it will have plenty of time to recover its disablements before the Chinese can march over the mountainous paths and back into Yunan... while the majority of my force heads for Chungking.

Essentially, through manoeuvre I have limited the Chinese defence of Chungking to a maximum of 47 units out of the 130+ that could, potentially, have been committed. In addition of those 47 units fully half are the respawned survivors of major defeats so I should be facing an effective combat force of roughly 32 or 33 Corps. Only the urban bonus will make this at all difficult.

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Ground combat at 25,17

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 24114 troops, 283 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 493

Defending force 1432 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

Japanese max assault: 918 - adjusted assault: 1742

Allied max defense: 20 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 1742 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
2589 casualties reported
Guns lost 16

More Indian troops enter the POW cages.

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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 2220 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Calcutta

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 2863 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 39

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

Japanese max assault: 74 - adjusted assault: 39

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 39 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Calcutta base !!!

And Calcutta falls. My HI is fairly critical and the additional HI from India ( once my 3 x 16,000 ton tankers reach Madras) will be crucial in maintaining my production.

Below you can see the situation in China.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 3:52 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/18/42

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TF 1064 encounters mine field at Dutch Harbor (103,36)

Allied Ships
MSW Quatsino

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ASW attack near French Frigate Shoal at 104,68

Japanese Ships
SS RO-67

Allied Ships
DD King
DD Brooks
DD Kilty
DD Kennison
DD Crosby
DD Dent

Ah, an ASW TF to sweep French Frigate Shoals before a convoy arrives. Trey adapts his doctrine also.

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TF 1064 encounters mine field at Dutch Harbor (103,36)

Allied Ships
MSW Quatsino

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Day Air attack on Ahmadabad , at 24,8

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IF x 8
Blenheim I x 19
P-40B Tomahawk x 12
P-40E Warhawk x 9

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 5

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 70
Ki-49 Helen x 64
Ki-15 Babs x 6

Allied aircraft
I-16c x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 12 damaged
Ki-15 Babs: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-16c: 1 destroyed
B-26B Marauder: 5 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
62 casualties reported

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 33

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Day Air attack on Malir , at 22,4

Allied aircraft
Lysander I x 75
Buffalo I x 12
Hurricane II x 4

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 14

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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
C5M Babs x 6
Ki-21 Sally x 10
Ki-49 Helen x 97
Ki-46-II Dinah x 6

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 7
Hurricane II x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 17 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 1 damaged
Hurricane II: 1 damaged
Beaufort I: 3 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 12
Runway hits 45

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 147
Ki-49 Helen x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 40

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Day Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 40,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 36
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 36
Ki-48 Lily x 75

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 51
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Zuid Garrison Battalion, at 18,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 35
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on TF, near French Frigate Shoal at 104,68

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
DD King

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near French Frigate Shoal at 104,68

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AP Moreton Bay, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Empire Pride, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
137 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

But ASW sweeps don't protect against long-range Betty strikes.

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Day Air attack on Karachi , at 21,3

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 102

Allied aircraft
Mohawk IV x 4
Buffalo I x 7
Hurricane II x 42
Blenheim IF x 3
P-40B Tomahawk x 9
P-40E Warhawk x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 25 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Mohawk IV: 4 destroyed
Buffalo I: 7 destroyed
Hurricane II: 40 destroyed
Blenheim IF: 1 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 7 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 12 destroyed

Well, I tried a fighter sweep against Karachi. Results are acceptable. I lost 25 Zeroes but hacked 71 Allied fighters out of the sky including 40 Hurricane IIs. I will put my fighters on CAP tomorrow to try and intercept the expected Allied riposte.

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Day Air attack on TF, near French Frigate Shoal at 104,68

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
DD King

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Ground combat at 40,35

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3288 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 105

Defending force 6430 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 236

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Lahore

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22725 troops, 255 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 571

Defending force 7208 troops, 57 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 49

Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Diamond Harbor

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 24137 troops, 136 guns, 142 vehicles, Assault Value = 536

Defending force 15548 troops, 38 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 102

Japanese max assault: 463 - adjusted assault: 288

Allied max defense: 102 - adjusted defense: 128

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2

Japanese ground losses:
247 casualties reported
Guns lost 11
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
163 casualties reported

And the slow reduction of Diamond Harbour continues.

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Ground combat at 23,47

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5352 troops, 183 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 55

Defending force 2240 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

veji1 · Post by **veji1** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 4:01 pm

glad to see you went back to the original title...

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 4:09 pm

MAJ Boyington, G. of AVG is KILLED

 
In today's sweep over Karachi one of the leading Allied aces was downed. Unfortunately my own top scorer was also posted MIA. he had 12 kills.
 
Veji,
Well, there seems to be a new willingness to own up to errors among the new programmers and given this change I figured I'd go back to the old title as I only changed title out of sheer frustration that no-one was actually responding to the requests for clarification.... I still had to burn over 800 PP to fix the changes the bug wrought ;(.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:26 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/19/42

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Sub attack near Washington Island at 108,86

Japanese Ships
SS I-4

Allied Ships
AK Empire Heath, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

I 16 was out of torpedoes and was rotated out in favour of I 4. Results were immediate.

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Sub attack near French Frigate Shoal at 104,68

Japanese Ships
SS RO-67

Allied Ships
AP Moreton Bay, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported

Moreton Bay takes two torpedoes and should sink. It looks like my goal of attritioning Allied troop transport/resupply capabilities is being achieved.

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TF 1064 encounters mine field at Dutch Harbor (103,36)

Allied Ships
AP Moreton Bay, and is sunk
MSW Quatsino

Allied ground losses:
1286 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
Vehicles lost 5

And a VERY strange thing happens. Moreton Bay appears to teleport about 2000 miles to Dutch Harbour and sink. Weird. I presume this is just a bug and that it represents Moreton Bay sinking at French Frigate Shoals and taking 1286 Allied troops with it.

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Sub attack at 106,68

Japanese Ships
SS I-171, hits 5

Allied Ships
DD Brooks, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD King
DD Kilty
DD Kennison
DD Crosby
DD Dent

Wow, my subs are having a great day today. DD Brooks looks doomed. I 171 is badly damaged by the other DDs in the ASW TF but will make Midway and be repaired there.

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Day Air attack on Ahmadabad , at 24,8

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 6
Blenheim IF x 8
Blenheim I x 27
P-40B Tomahawk x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 8

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 69
Ki-49 Helen x 55
Ki-15 Babs x 6

Allied aircraft
I-153c x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged
Ki-15 Babs: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 65

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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
C5M Babs x 6
Ki-21 Sally x 13
Ki-49 Helen x 87
Ki-46-II Dinah x 6

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 8
Hurricane II x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 16 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 3 destroyed
Hurricane II: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 90

A Zero daitai transitioning to mainland India conducts one day's worth of escort over Colomo with excellent results.

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 26
Ki-21 Sally x 147
Ki-49 Helen x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 6 damaged

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Port hits 15
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 3

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Day Air attack on 18th Division, at 28,23

Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 14

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Day Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 40,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 36
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 34
Ki-48 Lily x 79
Ki-15 Babs x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 50

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on 81st PA Division, at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 10
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

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Ground combat at Nanning

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12709 troops, 190 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 232

Defending force 4740 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

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Ground combat at 40,35

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3301 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 106

Defending force 6132 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 225

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Ground combat at Lahore

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22678 troops, 253 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 651

Defending force 7212 troops, 57 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 46

A useful probe. Lahore is insufficiently defended and should fall to me quickly.

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Ground combat at Diamond Harbor

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 23665 troops, 110 guns, 142 vehicles, Assault Value = 523

Defending force 15164 troops, 38 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 75

Japanese max assault: 658 - adjusted assault: 383

Allied max defense: 70 - adjusted defense: 118

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Japanese ground losses:
279 casualties reported
Guns lost 13
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
191 casualties reported

An excellent attack reduces the fortifications to zero. Barring extremely unfortunate die rolls Diamond Harbour should fall ( along with its defenders) within the next couple of days.

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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 2280 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:48 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/20/42

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TF 1064 encounters mine field at Dutch Harbor (103,36)

Allied Ships
DD Brooks, and is sunk
MSW Quatsino

Definitely a bug. What happened to Moreton Bay yesterday has now recurred. DD Brooks was shown during the turn resolution to sink 2 or 3 hexes west of Pearl Harbour but in the combat report it shows up as being sunk at Dutch Harbour during Quatsino's minesweeping efforts.

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 68
Ki-49 Helen x 47
Ki-15 Babs x 5

Allied aircraft
I-153c x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged
Ki-15 Babs: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
58 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 51

With the continued high number of supply hits I imagine the Chinese forces defending Chungking must be very low on supplies by now. Unfortunately it still looks as though they are able to repair damage done to their airfields fairly quickly and I can't figure out how this is possible given the fact that the Chinese forces have access to only 36,000 tons of supply per month with which to run their air force and keep almost 70 Corps ( the forces assigned to Chungking, Chengtu and the various important hexes around it) in action.

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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
C5M Babs x 1
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 5
Hurricane II x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
C5M Babs: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 4 destroyed
Hurricane II: 1 destroyed

Another succesful sweep over Colombo. 5 kills at no cost. Seeing as nothing more has been thrown at Bombay I think I may stage my army bombers into Bombay for a rapid strike on Karachi. My recon shows over 900 Allied planes on the airfield there and the opportunity to strike them on the ground just cannot be passed up. Unfortunately given the major breaches in FOW this will give the Allies a great opportunity to strike my base IF Trey is checking the air balance figures religiously every turn.

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 26
Ki-21 Sally x 176
Ki-49 Helen x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported

Port hits 16
Port fuel hits 5
Port supply hits 4

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 13

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged

Runway hits 2

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Day Air attack on 18th Division, at 28,23

Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 14

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on 22nd Chinese Corps, at 45,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 48

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 40,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 33
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 33
Ki-48 Lily x 70
Ki-15 Babs x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
86 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Zuid Garrison Battalion, at 18,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 95
Ki-15 Babs x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
124 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on 81st PA Division, at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 47
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 10
Ki-15 Babs x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Nanning

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12673 troops, 187 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 232

Defending force 9052 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 146

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Ground combat at 40,35

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3301 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 490

Defending force 6106 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 225

Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Lahore

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 27270 troops, 259 guns, 300 vehicles, Assault Value = 651

Defending force 7261 troops, 56 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 46

Japanese max assault: 1246 - adjusted assault: 2016

Allied max defense: 41 - adjusted defense: 35

Japanese assault odds: 57 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Lahore base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
177 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
480 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

And Lahore joins the rest of continental India as a Japanese protectorate.

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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 2301 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

In other news Junyo has been commissioned and is, along with the elements of KB previously operating in the Indian Ocean and Northern Australia, making full speed for Midway with a view to re-assigning all air wings to their original carriers and creating three CV TFs which will be used to hunt the American carriers. I'm not looking for a decisive engagement as I need my carriers to cover the invasions of Australia and New Zealand but if I can destroy or damage two American carriers I will be able to hold the survivors with half of my carrier force while the other half covers these upcoming invasions.

Enemy forces also seem to be trickling back into Derby. This is ominous as it is risky and the sort of thing to be done only if the shipping is required for an important operation... such as the invasion of Koepang. I think though that I will launch more surface strikes on Derby, transport in a Base Force and some AAA and commit a mixed fighter division to Koepang. It is time to build Koepang up for the offensive against Australia.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 7:36 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/21/42

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 68
Ki-49 Helen x 42
Ki-15 Babs x 6

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 7 damaged
Ki-15 Babs: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 15

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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
C5M Babs x 1
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
C5M Babs: 1 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 1 destroyed

It looks like my Zeroes have culled as many fighters as they are going to. Results are starting to fall although, to be honest, I don't see why trey even let the Wirraways fly. They are just targets with little to no ability to fight back at this stage.

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 26
Ki-21 Sally x 177
Ki-49 Helen x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 9 damaged

Allied ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 8
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 1

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Day Air attack on Amboina , at 39,73

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 9
B-17E Fortress x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6

Amboina again. Trey seems to enjoy hitting it whenever I stage something out of it. I have lots of replacements for my Dinahs and none of my pilots got killed so I'm happy to endure these raids.

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Day Air attack on 16th Division, at 22,4

Allied aircraft
Lysander I x 22
P-40B Tomahawk x 3

Allied aircraft losses
Lysander I: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 40,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 36
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 36
Ki-48 Lily x 79
Ki-15 Babs x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

The softening up of the Chinese Corps blocking the Kweiyang/Kunming road continues. Once the road is clear my attack on Chungking can be much more easily supplied. The convoluted supply route for the troops currently at Chungking does NOT provide them with their minimum level of supply and it is for this reason that I have not, yet, attacked. In the meantime the AV of the forces sitting at Chungking continues to grow. It was barely 4,000 when the siege began and is now already over 4700.

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Day Air attack on 81st PA Division, at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 47
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 10
Ki-15 Babs x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on French Frigate Shoal , at 104,68

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 53
D3A Val x 84

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 31

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed
D3A Val: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 26 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3

A much more succesful sortie. I had noted that enemy fighters appeared to have been based at French Frigate Shoals and so launched this raid to ensure I had a better handle on escorting my raids and also to test my Zeroes against enemy F4F-4s. I was amazed with the 6 to 1 kill ratio earned by the Zeroes. I had expected something between 2:1 and 1:1. Six to one is amazing. I feel MUCH more confident now in taking on the enemy carrier fleet.

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Ground combat at 33,24

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1301 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 34

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

Japanese max assault: 22 - adjusted assault: 46

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 46 to 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Nanning

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12692 troops, 190 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 232

Defending force 8858 troops, 30 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 146

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

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Ground combat at 40,35

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3314 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 494

Defending force 6031 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 218

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Ground combat at Diamond Harbor

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 23157 troops, 98 guns, 142 vehicles, Assault Value = 499

Defending force 14942 troops, 38 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 59

Japanese max assault: 560 - adjusted assault: 306

Allied max defense: 61 - adjusted defense: 116

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Diamond Harbor base !!!

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

Allied ground losses:
17921 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
Vehicles lost 5

Diamond Harbour falls. Next on the list is Dacca.

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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 2310 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported

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Ground combat at 44,30

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 61605 troops, 429 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1952

Defending force 42200 troops, 524 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 841

Allied max assault: 3890 - adjusted assault: 458

Japanese max defense: 876 - adjusted defense: 2884

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
337 casualties reported
Guns lost 23

Allied ground losses:
3368 casualties reported
Guns lost 83

Interesting, Chinese troops launched multiple assaults up and down the line. Trey must have hoped that I'd thinned my defences enough to allow him to break through into my rear and force me to pull units back from the impending assault on Chungking. This hope has proven unfounded.

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Ground combat at 43,31

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 34650 troops, 297 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 824

Defending force 43304 troops, 505 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 952

Allied max assault: 1610 - adjusted assault: 168

Japanese max defense: 995 - adjusted defense: 1359

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1

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

Allied ground losses:
2124 casualties reported
Guns lost 23

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Ground combat at 27,17

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 3056 troops, 62 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 51

Defending force 3378 troops, 8 guns, 123 vehicles, Assault Value = 115

Allied max assault: 36 - adjusted assault: 0

Japanese max defense: 110 - adjusted defense: 115

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
235 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

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Ground combat at Colombo

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12190 troops, 128 guns, 227 vehicles, Assault Value = 131

Defending force 20321 troops, 204 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 468

Allied max assault: 140 - adjusted assault: 32

Japanese max defense: 412 - adjusted defense: 2239

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
708 casualties reported
Guns lost 32
Vehicles lost 8

Hmm, to attack next turn or not? My division is very fatigued and disrupted and low on supply but the enemy force appears to be seriously worn down. Perhaps an attack could be succesful? I think that the Allied force at Colombo will probably prove far more formidable in defence than it has in attack but I decide it is worth a shot. Even if I fail I'll get a good opportunity to gauge how well recovered my force must be later on to take Colombo.

I'm also seeing more enemy shipping in the area between French Frigate Shoals and Pearl Harbour. I am moving two of my Glen subs into position to provide coverage north and south of this route and am sortieing three additional submarines from Midway in order to form a small blockade on the route to French Frigate Shoals. If the enemy carriers sortie I would like the opportunity to torpedo one of them.

The KB-CVL is still a couple of days away at full speed. I will try to avoid combat until it can be combined with my main force. I will then re-organise my carrier groups and get all of my planes back onto the right carriers. I have 1500 PP saved and this will cost me over 800 of those PP. Damned stupid bug!!! I could have bought almost an entire experienced infantry brigade from China for that price.

I'm also loading the 35th Brigade onto transports at Midway and am a week away from loading another Brigade at Amchitka. The 35th will land at French Frigate Shoals and take it from the Americans. I estimate that this will form a threat to Pearl and will guarantee the sortieing of the American carrier fleet. With both sides trying to cover counter-invasions and with both sides having the ability to project land-based airpower into the area (and avoid the other's LBA envelope) the stage will be set for an indecisive carrier battle ( precisely what I wish to ensure... I don't have to win but I have to not lose) +/- the taking of French Frigate Shoals.

I believe the 35th Brigade will be sufficient to take French Frigate Shoals as it is, currently, quite lightly held but following my misappreciation at Canton Island and the fact that 35th Brigade is, essentially, unprepped I am backstopping it with a Brigade from Amchitka. The Amchitka Brigade is more than 50% prepped for French Frigate Shoals but will only be on-scene from mid-May. Since I am trying for a carrier battle I want to fight sooner rather than later since the sooner I fight the more likely it is Trey will think he is still only facing the four fleet carriers I left behind when the rest went to the Indian Ocean and thus the more likely he is to commit to battle and let me bring the full weight of my 10 carrier and the 150+ Bettys/Nells at Midway to bear.

Capt. Harlock · Post by **Capt. Harlock** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 7:38 pm

TF 1064 encounters mine field at Dutch Harbor (103,36)

Allied Ships
DD Brooks, and is sunk
MSW Quatsino

Definitely a bug. What happened to Moreton Bay yesterday has now recurred. DD Brooks was shown during the turn resolution to sink 2 or 3 hexes west of Pearl Harbour but in the combat report it shows up as being sunk at Dutch Harbour

My theory would be that this is less a bug than incomplete reporting. It's possible that the code checked for mine hits, found none, and then proceeded directly to damage control results on all ships having damage. This is the point when heavily damaged ships succumb to their wounds, and the code reported the sinking of Brooks without bothering to print that the scene of interest had shifted.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:16 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/22/42

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TF 1064 encounters mine field at Dutch Harbor (103,36)

Allied Ships
MSW Quatsino

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ASW attack near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
PG Kure Maru #5
PG Hakkai Maru
MSW W.13

Allied Ships
SS Shark

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ASW attack at 106,69

Japanese Ships
SS RO-64, hits 3, on fire

Allied Ships
DD Waters
DD Chew
DD Monaghan
DD Reid
CA San Francisco
CA Salt Lake City
CV Yorktown

Ah yes, the American carriers come out to play.

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 68
Ki-49 Helen x 47
Ki-15 Babs x 6

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

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 7 damaged
Ki-15 Babs: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 1 destroyed
I-16c: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 52

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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
C5M Babs x 1
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
C5M Babs: 1 destroyed
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 23
Ki-21 Sally x 164
Ki-49 Helen x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 6 damaged

Allied ground losses:
79 casualties reported

Port hits 13
Port fuel hits 5
Port supply hits 1

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Day Air attack on Amboina , at 39,73

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

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Runway hits 7

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Day Air attack on Johnston Island , at 102,74

Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 58

Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
134 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 58

These raids prove expensive. Every time Johnston is hit 2 or 3 four-engined bombers fail to make it home.

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Day Air attack on 48th Division, at 22,4

Allied aircraft
Lysander I x 22
P-40B Tomahawk x 3

Allied aircraft losses
Lysander I: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported

Allied fighter-bomber strength appears much reduced today.

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Day Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 40,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 36
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 34
Ki-48 Lily x 72
Ki-15 Babs x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
84 casualties reported

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 49

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Zuid Garrison Battalion, at 18,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 75
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on 81st PA Division, at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 47
Ki-27 Nate x 40
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 10
Ki-15 Babs x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
A5M4 Claude: 1 damaged
Ki-27 Nate: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 8

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Genkai Maru
AP Denmark Maru
AP Zenyo Maru
MSW W.13

The transports I tried to sneak into Koepang get spotted. So far so good but they are going to require some fighter cover. I only have Claudes and Nates nearby as I'm rather low on Oscars and Zeroes at the moment.
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Day Air attack on French Frigate Shoal , at 104,68

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 29
D3A Val x 73

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
D3A Val: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 13 destroyed

Runway hits 2

The Val losses are mostly due to FlAK and, again, the Zeroes prove incontestably superior to the F4F-4s.

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 7
Hudson I x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Jinsai Maru

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 3

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Daitei Maru

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Ground combat at 27,17

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 3365 troops, 8 guns, 122 vehicles, Assault Value = 114

Defending force 2646 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 26

Japanese max assault: 206 - adjusted assault: 263

Allied max defense: 15 - adjusted defense: 5

Japanese assault odds: 52 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

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Ground combat at 40,35

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 23132 troops, 188 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 907

Defending force 5844 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 209

Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Nanning

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12737 troops, 191 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 233

Defending force 13186 troops, 60 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 290

Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Colombo

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 20275 troops, 203 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 469

Defending force 22284 troops, 90 guns, 217 vehicles, Assault Value = 112

Japanese max assault: 732 - adjusted assault: 11

Allied max defense: 72 - adjusted defense: 457

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 8)

Japanese ground losses:
788 casualties reported
Guns lost 29
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
105 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Hmm, it would appear that the enemy defences are formidable. No matter, once both of my divisions have reached Colombo and have had a chance to rest and recover disruption they should muster far more than 457 AV.

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Ground combat at 27,5

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 2257 troops, 0 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 81

Defending force 4606 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 28

Japanese max assault: 84 - adjusted assault: 82

Allied max defense: 20 - adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 27 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
116 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Chasing more Indian stay-behinds around the countryside. It is an annoying diversion of resources but that's what happens when your opponent sets out to deliberately delay you [:D].

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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 2230 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Colombo

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7548 troops, 73 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 111

Defending force 19210 troops, 167 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 419

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported

I'm moving KB a little closer to French Frigate Shoals next turn. Not close enough to get decisively engaged but enough to be seen and continue drawing the American CVs onward. The CVL-KB is only 2 days from Midway and while I'd like to re-organise there a mid-ocean rendezvous is possible if the American CVs continue to advance.

aztez · Post by **aztez** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:23 pm

I have an feeling that those US CV's will come out to play. (A big mistake if he does so)

Your opponent has taken out a quite an beating in this game. So he needs a moral victory somewhere and by loosing India completely he might try somekind of a counterstrike.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:10 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/23/42

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Night Air attack on Karachi , at 21,3

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 9
Ki-49 Helen x 15

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

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TF 1064 encounters mine field at Dutch Harbor (103,36)

Japanese aircraft
no flights

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

Allied Ships
AK Empire Ortolan, and is sunk
MSW Quatsino

Another really weird result... It seems combat reports are bleeding over into the Quatsino's operations... or else the Empire Ortolan was smuggling examples of my planes out from under my nose [:D]

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Day Air attack on Karachi , at 21,3

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 33
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
Lysander I x 20
Mohawk IV x 5
Buffalo I x 5
Hurricane II x 30
P-40B Tomahawk x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 18 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Lysander I: 12 destroyed
Mohawk IV: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Buffalo I: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Hurricane II: 11 destroyed, 6 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged

18 Zeroes lost for 28 enemy fighters. The enemy fighter defences are noticeably weaker than the previous turn. Tomorrow I will go in with the first half of my bomber force and most of my fighters. I find it difficult to believe this is all Trey can muster in defence of Karachi.

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Day Air attack on Amboina , at 39,73

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 8
B-17E Fortress x 10

No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

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Day Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 40,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 33
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 93
Ki-48 Lily x 80
Ki-49 Helen x 25
Ki-15 Babs x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
59 casualties reported

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 49

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on 81st PA Division, at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 42
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 10
Ki-15 Babs x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on TF at 107,70

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Talbot

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Day Air attack on TF at 107,70

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
G3M Nell x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Schley
DD Talbot

My land-based naval bombers sortie to little physical effect. Psychologically, however, they will tend to reinforce the need for the American CVs to stay outside of my land-based naval bomber range.

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Ground combat at 27,17

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 5442 troops, 6 guns, 266 vehicles, Assault Value = 198

Defending force 2502 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21

Japanese max assault: 182 - adjusted assault: 210

Allied max defense: 12 - adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 70 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at 40,35

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 42688 troops, 328 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 916

Defending force 5705 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 200

Japanese max assault: 1684 - adjusted assault: 1690

Allied max defense: 110 - adjusted defense: 4

Japanese assault odds: 422 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
345 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
203 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

And the Chinese Corps blocking the Kweiyang/Kunming road is ejected and forced back across the river. I have an Independent Brigade due to enter that hex in the next week, in plenty of time to prevent any repeat performance of this bold move.

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Ground combat at 23,47

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5346 troops, 180 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 55

Defending force 2210 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied ground losses:
67 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Colombo

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7605 troops, 75 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 116

Defending force 19255 troops, 167 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 423

Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Hmm, double the number of guns and still no casualties caused. Strange!

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