Sneer vs Raver , Banzaiiii!!!!
Moderators: wdolson, Don Bowen, mogami
RE: Air Losses
11/16/43
according to allied news agency allied offensive has already begun
20+ units attacks our position in east india
and lots of carriers seen south of koepang
empire HQ claims that enemy will be repulsed
DMS Boggs sunk by betty's raid at darwin harbour
according to allied news agency allied offensive has already begun
20+ units attacks our position in east india
and lots of carriers seen south of koepang
empire HQ claims that enemy will be repulsed
DMS Boggs sunk by betty's raid at darwin harbour
RE: Air Losses
relocating units
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/17/43
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TF 1035 encounters mine field at Koepang (28,77)
Allied Ships
DMS Southard
BB Oklahoma, Mine hits 1, on fire
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TF 1138 encounters mine field at Koepang (28,77)
Allied Ships
MSW Mildura
MSW Lithgow
MSW Launceton
MSW Latrobe
MSW Katoomba
MSW Kapunda
MSW Junee
MSW Horsham
MSW Glenelg
MSW Gladstone
MSW Geelong
MSW Freemantle
MSW Echuca
MSW Cowra
MSW Cootamundra
MSW Cessnock
MSW Castlemaine
MSW Bunbury
MSW Bowen
MSW Benalla
PG Warrego, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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TF 1078 encounters mine field at Koepang (28,77)
Allied Ships
DE LeHardy, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77
Allied Ships
DD Relentless
DD Gillespie
DD Eaton
CL Enterprise
CA Exeter
CA Sussex
CA Astoria
BB Resolution
BB Royal Sovereign
BB Massachusetts
BB Mississippi
BB Pennsylvania
BB Arizona
BB Colorado
BB Maryland
Japanese ground losses:
566 casualties reported
Guns lost 28
Vehicles lost 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Port supply hits 1
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Day Air attack on San Jose , at 41,53
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 147
J2M Jack x 47
D3A Val x 8
B5N Kate x 3
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 22
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B5N Kate bombing at 1000 feet
27 x A6M5 Zeke bombing at 2000 feet
72 x A6M5 Zeke bombing at 2000 feet
47 x J2M Jack bombing at 2000 feet
45 x A6M5 Zeke bombing at 2000 feet
8 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
3 x A6M5 Zeke bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91
Japanese aircraft
J2M Jack x 39
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 21
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 10
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 52
B-17E Fortress x 23
Japanese aircraft losses
J2M Jack: 18 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 11 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 9 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-38J Lightning: 7 destroyed, 3 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 15
Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 48th Division, at 29,18
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 4
Thunderbolt II x 21
Vengeance I x 19
P-47D Thunderbolt x 18
A-36A Apache x 42
B-25J Mitchell x 33
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
200 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Vehicles lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Thunderbolt II bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Thunderbolt II bombing at 2000 feet
9 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet
33 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
18 x P-47D Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet
42 x A-36A Apache bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77
Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 4
TBM Avenger x 18
Avenger II x 14
Allied aircraft losses
TBM Avenger: 2 damaged
Avenger II: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x TBM Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
9 x TBM Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
14 x Avenger II bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 26,81
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 4 destroyed, 4 damaged
Allied Ships
BB Royal Sovereign, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
BB Maryland
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Sub attack at 27,80
Japanese Ships
SS I-166
Allied Ships
DMS Southard, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Ground combat at 29,18
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 2913 troops, 24 guns, 142 vehicles, Assault Value = 1965
Defending force 168517 troops, 1468 guns, 1610 vehicles, Assault Value = 4166
Japanese max assault: 68 - adjusted assault: 5
Allied max defense: 4352 - adjusted defense: 3225
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
540 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Vehicles lost 31
Allied ground losses:
238 casualties reported
Guns lost 11
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Ground combat at 29,18
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 139917 troops, 1314 guns, 992 vehicles, Assault Value = 4149
Defending force 86066 troops, 762 guns, 969 vehicles, Assault Value = 1926
Japanese ground losses:
613 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 22
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/17/43
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TF 1035 encounters mine field at Koepang (28,77)
Allied Ships
DMS Southard
BB Oklahoma, Mine hits 1, on fire
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TF 1138 encounters mine field at Koepang (28,77)
Allied Ships
MSW Mildura
MSW Lithgow
MSW Launceton
MSW Latrobe
MSW Katoomba
MSW Kapunda
MSW Junee
MSW Horsham
MSW Glenelg
MSW Gladstone
MSW Geelong
MSW Freemantle
MSW Echuca
MSW Cowra
MSW Cootamundra
MSW Cessnock
MSW Castlemaine
MSW Bunbury
MSW Bowen
MSW Benalla
PG Warrego, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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TF 1078 encounters mine field at Koepang (28,77)
Allied Ships
DE LeHardy, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77
Allied Ships
DD Relentless
DD Gillespie
DD Eaton
CL Enterprise
CA Exeter
CA Sussex
CA Astoria
BB Resolution
BB Royal Sovereign
BB Massachusetts
BB Mississippi
BB Pennsylvania
BB Arizona
BB Colorado
BB Maryland
Japanese ground losses:
566 casualties reported
Guns lost 28
Vehicles lost 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Port supply hits 1
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Day Air attack on San Jose , at 41,53
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 147
J2M Jack x 47
D3A Val x 8
B5N Kate x 3
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 22
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B5N Kate bombing at 1000 feet
27 x A6M5 Zeke bombing at 2000 feet
72 x A6M5 Zeke bombing at 2000 feet
47 x J2M Jack bombing at 2000 feet
45 x A6M5 Zeke bombing at 2000 feet
8 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
3 x A6M5 Zeke bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91
Japanese aircraft
J2M Jack x 39
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 21
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 10
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 52
B-17E Fortress x 23
Japanese aircraft losses
J2M Jack: 18 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 11 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 9 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-38J Lightning: 7 destroyed, 3 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 15
Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 48th Division, at 29,18
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 4
Thunderbolt II x 21
Vengeance I x 19
P-47D Thunderbolt x 18
A-36A Apache x 42
B-25J Mitchell x 33
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
200 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Vehicles lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Thunderbolt II bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Thunderbolt II bombing at 2000 feet
9 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet
33 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
18 x P-47D Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet
42 x A-36A Apache bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77
Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 4
TBM Avenger x 18
Avenger II x 14
Allied aircraft losses
TBM Avenger: 2 damaged
Avenger II: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x TBM Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
9 x TBM Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
14 x Avenger II bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 26,81
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 4 destroyed, 4 damaged
Allied Ships
BB Royal Sovereign, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
BB Maryland
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Sub attack at 27,80
Japanese Ships
SS I-166
Allied Ships
DMS Southard, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Ground combat at 29,18
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 2913 troops, 24 guns, 142 vehicles, Assault Value = 1965
Defending force 168517 troops, 1468 guns, 1610 vehicles, Assault Value = 4166
Japanese max assault: 68 - adjusted assault: 5
Allied max defense: 4352 - adjusted defense: 3225
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
540 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Vehicles lost 31
Allied ground losses:
238 casualties reported
Guns lost 11
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Ground combat at 29,18
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 139917 troops, 1314 guns, 992 vehicles, Assault Value = 4149
Defending force 86066 troops, 762 guns, 969 vehicles, Assault Value = 1926
Japanese ground losses:
613 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 22
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Ground combat at 29,18
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 2913 troops, 24 guns, 142 vehicles, Assault Value = 1965
Defending force 168517 troops, 1468 guns, 1610 vehicles, Assault Value = 4166
Japanese max assault: 68 - adjusted assault: 5
Allied max defense: 4352 - adjusted defense: 3225
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
540 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Vehicles lost 31
Allied ground losses:
238 casualties reported
Guns lost 11
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Ground combat at 29,18
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 139917 troops, 1314 guns, 992 vehicles, Assault Value = 4149
Defending force 86066 troops, 762 guns, 969 vehicles, Assault Value = 1926
Japanese ground losses:
613 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 22
Shock Attack doesn't look like the best option against those odds [;)]
But congrats on getting a torp into the Royal Sovereign!
Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?
--Victor Hugo
--Victor Hugo
RE: Raver's Crowd
Bah ! It's just a flesh wound.

Never argue with an idiot, he will only drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
MSW TF's
Why is it that when ever a non-MSW type ship is included in a MSW task force(IJN or Allied), it eats a mine or two. Same thing has happened to me in the past. In this case the Warrego was there to provide gunfire support and would be trailing the msw's and not leading them!
ORIGINAL: Sneer
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TF 1138 encounters mine field at Koepang (28,77)
Allied Ships
MSW Mildura
MSW Lithgow
MSW Launceton
MSW Latrobe
MSW Katoomba
MSW Kapunda
MSW Junee
MSW Horsham
MSW Glenelg
MSW Gladstone
MSW Geelong
MSW Freemantle
MSW Echuca
MSW Cowra
MSW Cootamundra
MSW Cessnock
MSW Castlemaine
MSW Bunbury
MSW Bowen
MSW Benalla
PG Warrego, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

RE: Air Losses
is is strange but 1 dms providivg safety for 10 BBs on bombardment run against 10k mines base is strange as well
balance of last days is 1dms and 1 de sunk and 2 BB lightly damaged so i can say it is ok to me
balance of last days is 1dms and 1 de sunk and 2 BB lightly damaged so i can say it is ok to me
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RE: MSW TF's
ORIGINAL: Mark VII
Why is it that when ever a non-MSW type ship is included in a MSW task force(IJN or Allied), it eats a mine or two. Same thing has happened to me in the past. In this case the Warrego was there to provide gunfire support and would be trailing the msw's and not leading them!
ORIGINAL: Sneer
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TF 1138 encounters mine field at Koepang (28,77)
Allied Ships
MSW Mildura
MSW Lithgow
MSW Launceton
MSW Latrobe
MSW Katoomba
MSW Kapunda
MSW Junee
MSW Horsham
MSW Glenelg
MSW Gladstone
MSW Geelong
MSW Freemantle
MSW Echuca
MSW Cowra
MSW Cootamundra
MSW Cessnock
MSW Castlemaine
MSW Bunbury
MSW Bowen
MSW Benalla
PG Warrego, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
My own theory is that when the last mine of a minefield is swept, it the sweeping TF had something else than MSW, then its flagship will hit a mine.
So when you have a lot of small minefields, and one of your tranport TF has MSW included, the flagship of this TF is probably doomed... you will see it hitting one mine for each swept minefield (my record was 6 mines for a DD once, before I built the present theory).
With MSW only there is no problems... but you can't sweep hexs defended by CD guns...
RE: MSW TF's
Anyship can be a minesweeper.................once.

Never argue with an idiot, he will only drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
RE: Air Losses
today i decides to negate allied ability to sweep my minefields at koepang
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/21/43
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Day Air attack on 14th Army, at 29,18
Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 1
Allied aircraft losses
F-5A Lightning: 1 destroyed
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 28
Liberator VI x 8
F-5A Lightning x 1
B-25J Mitchell x 22
B-24J Liberator x 88
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Port hits 14
Port supply hits 6
Day Air attack on 35th Brigade, at 33,78
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 9
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 21
Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter Mk 21: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Day Air attack on 48th Division, at 29,18
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 6
Thunderbolt II x 20
Vengeance I x 19
P-47D Thunderbolt x 15
A-36A Apache x 36
B-25J Mitchell x 33
Allied aircraft losses
Vengeance I: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
163 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 1
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Day Air attack on TF at 27,80
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 23
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 12 damaged
Allied Ships
MSW Mildura
MSW Castlemaine
MSW Latrobe
MSW Lithgow
MSW Bowen, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Junee, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 27,80
Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 30
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIb Nick: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied Ships
MSW Bowen, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Bunbury
MSW Castlemaine
MSW Cootamundra, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Benalla
MSW Katoomba
MSW Freemantle
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Day Air attack on TF at 27,80
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 13
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 8 damaged
Allied Ships
MSW Bunbury, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Castlemaine, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Geelong, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 27,80
Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 21
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 2
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Allied Ships
MSW Horsham
MSW Lithgow
MSW Latrobe
MSW Mildura
MSW Launceton
ASW attack at 31,73
Japanese Ships
PC Takuna Maru #7
PC Kyo Maru #13
PC Kyo Maru #2
PG Chokai Maru
APD APD-46
Allied Ships
SS Mingo
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Sub attack at 31,73
Japanese Ships
PC Kyo Maru #2
PC Takuna Maru #7
PC Kyo Maru #13
PG Chokai Maru
APD APD-46
Allied Ships
SS Mingo, hits 1
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Ground combat at 29,18
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 160270 troops, 1327 guns, 982 vehicles, Assault Value = 4037
Defending force 97034 troops, 902 guns, 854 vehicles, Assault Value = 2167
Japanese ground losses:
553 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 26
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/21/43
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Day Air attack on 14th Army, at 29,18
Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 1
Allied aircraft losses
F-5A Lightning: 1 destroyed
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 28
Liberator VI x 8
F-5A Lightning x 1
B-25J Mitchell x 22
B-24J Liberator x 88
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Port hits 14
Port supply hits 6
Day Air attack on 35th Brigade, at 33,78
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 9
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 21
Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter Mk 21: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Day Air attack on 48th Division, at 29,18
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 6
Thunderbolt II x 20
Vengeance I x 19
P-47D Thunderbolt x 15
A-36A Apache x 36
B-25J Mitchell x 33
Allied aircraft losses
Vengeance I: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
163 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 1
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Day Air attack on TF at 27,80
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 23
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 12 damaged
Allied Ships
MSW Mildura
MSW Castlemaine
MSW Latrobe
MSW Lithgow
MSW Bowen, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Junee, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 27,80
Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 30
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIb Nick: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied Ships
MSW Bowen, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Bunbury
MSW Castlemaine
MSW Cootamundra, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Benalla
MSW Katoomba
MSW Freemantle
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Day Air attack on TF at 27,80
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 13
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 8 damaged
Allied Ships
MSW Bunbury, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Castlemaine, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Geelong, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 27,80
Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 21
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 2
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Allied Ships
MSW Horsham
MSW Lithgow
MSW Latrobe
MSW Mildura
MSW Launceton
ASW attack at 31,73
Japanese Ships
PC Takuna Maru #7
PC Kyo Maru #13
PC Kyo Maru #2
PG Chokai Maru
APD APD-46
Allied Ships
SS Mingo
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Sub attack at 31,73
Japanese Ships
PC Kyo Maru #2
PC Takuna Maru #7
PC Kyo Maru #13
PG Chokai Maru
APD APD-46
Allied Ships
SS Mingo, hits 1
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Ground combat at 29,18
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 160270 troops, 1327 guns, 982 vehicles, Assault Value = 4037
Defending force 97034 troops, 902 guns, 854 vehicles, Assault Value = 2167
Japanese ground losses:
553 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 26
RE: Air Losses
Hi boys and girls. My first post here. Since I started my pbem v. Raver this AAR has suddenly become of some intrest on my behalf. I myself being short on time to read the whole story from page 1 feel inclined to come here asking both of you for short recapitulation of events unfolded thus far. In plain english, any chance of a summary of the war so far from both pionts of view when you came around with some spare time to do it?
RE: Air Losses
ok
give me a minute and you will get it
give me a minute and you will get it
RE: Air Losses
Hm...that's some minute here. Hope the story doesn't start with "it all began when my mom and dad met for the first time..."[:D]
RE: Air Losses
Sneer vs Raverdave - summery and calendarium
main concept
grab PI and Malaya ASAP and move to east india to secure burma area from usual 43 allied counterattack
secondary objective on continent - knock china out of war
in the pacific - secure more or less historical perimeter line early , stop and dig in - concentrate on force preserving and
trying to defeat allied navy during counterattack in late 42/ all russia talking on forum was purely disinformation as east
india was target.
december 41
main thrust was in dei i resigned from PH attack and decided to concentrate in dei
4 Cv were used on singapore and 2 on manila / lba divided by 2 areas , cvl force hunted merchant fleet at PI /1 time zone
rule used/
POW,Repulse 20+ subs and many more smaller vessels as well as few light cruisers are sunk in early days - KB made sweep
through java sea - lots of ships in soerabaja hit and sunk /allied loose over 1000points in ships in 4 days/
malaya - main landing site at mersing secondary at khota baru , PI main at lingayen and secondary at lagespi ,
on pacific wake/ guam rabaul at first
mid dec 41 gili gili north guinea and salomons underway by snlf units as well as gilberts
clark field taken on 23rd after heavy fights as well as whole mindanao , rangoon force cut off base and rangoon taken by para
- cutting off troops was mistake - i was unaware game mechanism and lost up to 3 weeks here
singapore taken on 26th DEC - part of units designed for java and rest clear malayas , battle for changsha starts
30th dec australin cruiser force destroyed in 1st real surface battle and finished by carriers
Hong Kong , bataan and Port Moresby taken on 31th dec
january 42
RN counterattacks at rangoon - planes rebased to moulmain and Revenge and ceres sunk on next day
5th jan - batavia taken by troops from singapore - malaya almost cleared
11th yenan+ changsha taken and offensive in china takes momemntun
15th jan manila taken and luzon finished / troops resting and moving to east India as well as troops from malayas
enemy surrounded in burma as paras take both lashio and Mytikina - burma roadd closed , mandalay taken without fight after
flanking move
23th carrier raid against allied convoys in pacific , baker isl taken later raid against nomuea ,
Feb 42
again KB raids fat allied supply convoy at suva area very deep into enemy teritory / intel info
air campaign against chinase resources
7th FEB soerabaja taken
13th feb malaya cleared troops free to use
14th palemabang taken - operation to take oil centres - landing at akyab
17th invasion of east india -150k+troops in diamond harbour heavy use of paras at asanol
22th rn cvs and small KB duel - both rn cv damaged - operation of finisfing sumatra , calcutta taken - enemy withdraws
akyab falls and rest burmanese units is cut off and destroyed later - looks like I destroyed most of malayan forces and whole
burmanese
27th combined operation against southern borneo - oil centers targeted
attrition air war in east india - both sides very exhausted
east india troops withdraw orderly / brave asanol defence by 18th inf / it was never my intention to go for karachi - benares
and jamshedpur and borderline in india - action will be halted here / except air war till 11/43 /
March 42
great hunting west of java - raverdave moves all merchant and navy to Oz and i find them with part of small kb and surface
force - soon about 100 vessels is sunk in next 2 weeks
22th march 2nd cv battle RN against 2cvl - 2 rn cv damaged and retreating - meanwhile rest of small Kb underway and
on 29th they are cought almost at perth and sunk
31th invasion on timor kendari and makassar
April 42
last days of japanese offensive against lucknow
heavy air fights
15th paras raids in deep india bases
on 18th operation in east india officially finished - there will be fight over benares in next months but force preservation
doctrine will make me moving them air units away and cover ports
may 42
KB raids canton - pslmyra area - again light forces and merchant convoys caught and sunk
mid mid may ichang and homan taken
late may battle over kungchang
late may KB in raids in cen pac again -palmyra region again - again DD and transports scored
on 20th light forces raid darwin harbour
June 42
early june - canton Island taken after heavy fights - offensive in pac stopped - units and supply used to fortify everything
I have - game looses tempo
4e starts beeing more than nuisance
july 42 - sleeping
August 42
few consecutive bombardment by Jpn battleline of darwin airfield
September 42 sleeping
October 42 campaign in china is going to end as i move fast north of canton
kweiyang taken
November 42 - kunming taken - allied starts air offensive from northern OZ
on 17th 1st allied navy offensive operation against wake - operation was expected and in 2 days combined fleet gathers at
marcus isl area with counterstrike duty - 2 japanese fast transport TFs badly hit by allied surface forces
some allied BBs are damaged from LBA and allied invasion fleet withrdraws after i refused to strike first. enemy tries to
lure me into midway area - i refuse - end of story after weak of manouvers
december 42 enemy Slaughter with ubercap my kwajelain LBA and withdraws
on 3rd Yunan taken - both sides of burma road in my hands enemy only holds chengtu and chungking - chengtu taken soon and
siege of chungking starts
15th allied fleet raids baker isl
january 43 war continue as we decided autovictory doesn't bother us and we play till war end
enemy raids canton on 5th
17th - biggest battle this war starts -////page 21 begins ////
KB on perimeter patrol spotted allied CVE group / allied were in transport to pago pago and they were not concentrated
5 cve damaged
19th of january - KB loose cohesion 1 of 4 groups is in diffrent hex - zuiho heavily hit will sink later - 3 other CV are
moderately damaged but ... saratoga lexington and enterprise sunk in counterattack 2 fast BB damaged too
my damaged CV sent to canton and their escort was sent to pago pago to attack transport reported earlier - i thought allied
withrdaw at night...Musashi+ kongo group met almost whole allied fleet - south dakota was finished and many other units were
damaged enough to create separate TFs - they will be killed in day phase - my BB heavily damged
day phase my fighters under clouds and allied strikes my damged carriers and BBs - I finish indiana in return
weather prevented main forces on attacking each other
raverdave moved against canton big bombardment group where he expects my flooded cv and BB - caught by KB - many hits on them
and they withdraw - carriers were moved / huge risk / to makin
24 th - battle continues washigton sunk from earlier damages - wasp sunk essex and hornet damaged heavily / they will sink
later /
26th and next days - pursuit after damaged CVE BB and cruiser in palmyra direction- many sunk
february 43
on 4th of feb exhausted japanese navy hits with all BB and CA force ships at pago pago - BB sunk after that
total result 6cv + 4cve + 4 fast BB + 6 slow BB+ 3 CA + CL and many smaller units sunk in exchange of 1 cvl
March 43
elements of KB raids santa cruz area and scores on convoy
mid march - series of surface attack on allieds in northern oz area- allied victory - enemy starts concentration there
late march - little success - kb raids east of New Zealand
april 43
again light forces attack allied shipping in northern oz and radar favours allied side
may 43 i set trap on raverdave - i expected him to hunt my raiders of north oz and moved cruisers and far cover of carriers (
hiyo class) - kako and agano are hunted and than my CV enters action - however i ws too weak to finish allied cv force -
many units are significantly damaged - victorious sunk later / page 33
A2A war gets intense - both india and timor heavily attacked
june 43
again light forces battles southof timor
mereuke taken by allied - 1st base retaken !!
it will be retaken by japan few weeks later
july 43 warspite sunk by sub
august 43 - chingking take on 16th of august - troops relocate to finish 2 groups off base
on 24th thursday Isl taken by allied - and as i hide combined fleet this base is not counterattacked - fleet stays in
southern dei
allied fleet starts operation against timor
september 43 - 27th -allied cruiser forces tries to make preassure on lautem - many damaged and my surface force can't meet
them
october 43 - 22th enemy cv spotted close to bali - this time enemy has hellcats - i managed to move KB and set cap over my
returning BBs - enemy is uncoordinated and looses lots of planes for my little costs - i decided to pursue enemy as carriers
have only ap 60% of fighters and little attack planes - perfectly coordinated strike is eaten by cap and both sides exhausted
moves to bases enemy feels unbeatable and from this point enemy fleet activity around timor rises significantly - with heavy ships visiting koepang next month
main concept
grab PI and Malaya ASAP and move to east india to secure burma area from usual 43 allied counterattack
secondary objective on continent - knock china out of war
in the pacific - secure more or less historical perimeter line early , stop and dig in - concentrate on force preserving and
trying to defeat allied navy during counterattack in late 42/ all russia talking on forum was purely disinformation as east
india was target.
december 41
main thrust was in dei i resigned from PH attack and decided to concentrate in dei
4 Cv were used on singapore and 2 on manila / lba divided by 2 areas , cvl force hunted merchant fleet at PI /1 time zone
rule used/
POW,Repulse 20+ subs and many more smaller vessels as well as few light cruisers are sunk in early days - KB made sweep
through java sea - lots of ships in soerabaja hit and sunk /allied loose over 1000points in ships in 4 days/
malaya - main landing site at mersing secondary at khota baru , PI main at lingayen and secondary at lagespi ,
on pacific wake/ guam rabaul at first
mid dec 41 gili gili north guinea and salomons underway by snlf units as well as gilberts
clark field taken on 23rd after heavy fights as well as whole mindanao , rangoon force cut off base and rangoon taken by para
- cutting off troops was mistake - i was unaware game mechanism and lost up to 3 weeks here
singapore taken on 26th DEC - part of units designed for java and rest clear malayas , battle for changsha starts
30th dec australin cruiser force destroyed in 1st real surface battle and finished by carriers
Hong Kong , bataan and Port Moresby taken on 31th dec
january 42
RN counterattacks at rangoon - planes rebased to moulmain and Revenge and ceres sunk on next day
5th jan - batavia taken by troops from singapore - malaya almost cleared
11th yenan+ changsha taken and offensive in china takes momemntun
15th jan manila taken and luzon finished / troops resting and moving to east India as well as troops from malayas
enemy surrounded in burma as paras take both lashio and Mytikina - burma roadd closed , mandalay taken without fight after
flanking move
23th carrier raid against allied convoys in pacific , baker isl taken later raid against nomuea ,
Feb 42
again KB raids fat allied supply convoy at suva area very deep into enemy teritory / intel info
air campaign against chinase resources
7th FEB soerabaja taken
13th feb malaya cleared troops free to use
14th palemabang taken - operation to take oil centres - landing at akyab
17th invasion of east india -150k+troops in diamond harbour heavy use of paras at asanol
22th rn cvs and small KB duel - both rn cv damaged - operation of finisfing sumatra , calcutta taken - enemy withdraws
akyab falls and rest burmanese units is cut off and destroyed later - looks like I destroyed most of malayan forces and whole
burmanese
27th combined operation against southern borneo - oil centers targeted
attrition air war in east india - both sides very exhausted
east india troops withdraw orderly / brave asanol defence by 18th inf / it was never my intention to go for karachi - benares
and jamshedpur and borderline in india - action will be halted here / except air war till 11/43 /
March 42
great hunting west of java - raverdave moves all merchant and navy to Oz and i find them with part of small kb and surface
force - soon about 100 vessels is sunk in next 2 weeks
22th march 2nd cv battle RN against 2cvl - 2 rn cv damaged and retreating - meanwhile rest of small Kb underway and
on 29th they are cought almost at perth and sunk
31th invasion on timor kendari and makassar
April 42
last days of japanese offensive against lucknow
heavy air fights
15th paras raids in deep india bases
on 18th operation in east india officially finished - there will be fight over benares in next months but force preservation
doctrine will make me moving them air units away and cover ports
may 42
KB raids canton - pslmyra area - again light forces and merchant convoys caught and sunk
mid mid may ichang and homan taken
late may battle over kungchang
late may KB in raids in cen pac again -palmyra region again - again DD and transports scored
on 20th light forces raid darwin harbour
June 42
early june - canton Island taken after heavy fights - offensive in pac stopped - units and supply used to fortify everything
I have - game looses tempo
4e starts beeing more than nuisance
july 42 - sleeping
August 42
few consecutive bombardment by Jpn battleline of darwin airfield
September 42 sleeping
October 42 campaign in china is going to end as i move fast north of canton
kweiyang taken
November 42 - kunming taken - allied starts air offensive from northern OZ
on 17th 1st allied navy offensive operation against wake - operation was expected and in 2 days combined fleet gathers at
marcus isl area with counterstrike duty - 2 japanese fast transport TFs badly hit by allied surface forces
some allied BBs are damaged from LBA and allied invasion fleet withrdraws after i refused to strike first. enemy tries to
lure me into midway area - i refuse - end of story after weak of manouvers
december 42 enemy Slaughter with ubercap my kwajelain LBA and withdraws
on 3rd Yunan taken - both sides of burma road in my hands enemy only holds chengtu and chungking - chengtu taken soon and
siege of chungking starts
15th allied fleet raids baker isl
january 43 war continue as we decided autovictory doesn't bother us and we play till war end
enemy raids canton on 5th
17th - biggest battle this war starts -////page 21 begins ////
KB on perimeter patrol spotted allied CVE group / allied were in transport to pago pago and they were not concentrated
5 cve damaged
19th of january - KB loose cohesion 1 of 4 groups is in diffrent hex - zuiho heavily hit will sink later - 3 other CV are
moderately damaged but ... saratoga lexington and enterprise sunk in counterattack 2 fast BB damaged too
my damaged CV sent to canton and their escort was sent to pago pago to attack transport reported earlier - i thought allied
withrdaw at night...Musashi+ kongo group met almost whole allied fleet - south dakota was finished and many other units were
damaged enough to create separate TFs - they will be killed in day phase - my BB heavily damged
day phase my fighters under clouds and allied strikes my damged carriers and BBs - I finish indiana in return
weather prevented main forces on attacking each other
raverdave moved against canton big bombardment group where he expects my flooded cv and BB - caught by KB - many hits on them
and they withdraw - carriers were moved / huge risk / to makin
24 th - battle continues washigton sunk from earlier damages - wasp sunk essex and hornet damaged heavily / they will sink
later /
26th and next days - pursuit after damaged CVE BB and cruiser in palmyra direction- many sunk
february 43
on 4th of feb exhausted japanese navy hits with all BB and CA force ships at pago pago - BB sunk after that
total result 6cv + 4cve + 4 fast BB + 6 slow BB+ 3 CA + CL and many smaller units sunk in exchange of 1 cvl
March 43
elements of KB raids santa cruz area and scores on convoy
mid march - series of surface attack on allieds in northern oz area- allied victory - enemy starts concentration there
late march - little success - kb raids east of New Zealand
april 43
again light forces attack allied shipping in northern oz and radar favours allied side
may 43 i set trap on raverdave - i expected him to hunt my raiders of north oz and moved cruisers and far cover of carriers (
hiyo class) - kako and agano are hunted and than my CV enters action - however i ws too weak to finish allied cv force -
many units are significantly damaged - victorious sunk later / page 33
A2A war gets intense - both india and timor heavily attacked
june 43
again light forces battles southof timor
mereuke taken by allied - 1st base retaken !!
it will be retaken by japan few weeks later
july 43 warspite sunk by sub
august 43 - chingking take on 16th of august - troops relocate to finish 2 groups off base
on 24th thursday Isl taken by allied - and as i hide combined fleet this base is not counterattacked - fleet stays in
southern dei
allied fleet starts operation against timor
september 43 - 27th -allied cruiser forces tries to make preassure on lautem - many damaged and my surface force can't meet
them
october 43 - 22th enemy cv spotted close to bali - this time enemy has hellcats - i managed to move KB and set cap over my
returning BBs - enemy is uncoordinated and looses lots of planes for my little costs - i decided to pursue enemy as carriers
have only ap 60% of fighters and little attack planes - perfectly coordinated strike is eaten by cap and both sides exhausted
moves to bases enemy feels unbeatable and from this point enemy fleet activity around timor rises significantly - with heavy ships visiting koepang next month
RE: Air Losses
i hope Honda that you are satisfied ?[8D]
RE: Air Losses
Very nice. I didn't realize the extent of punishment Raver got in this one. That won't favor me very much, he's likely to be out for blood now[:D]
RE: Air Losses
he will be blood thirsty in next pbem [:D] ...
or you will not see him offensively moving for a long time till hellcats come
or you will not see him offensively moving for a long time till hellcats come
RE: Air Losses
Oh he's thirsty all right. I didn't even give orders to go to war he was steaming with an invasion fleet for Wake [:D] ven went for Marcus. I'm still crying over the 8000 supply lost there...I mean, I did retake it, 5000 prisoners and all, but 8000 supply! Bah, enough of that, this is your AAR, wouldn't want to impose[;)]
Good hunting to both of you
Good hunting to both of you

- Ron Saueracker
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RE: MSW TF's
ORIGINAL: AmiralLaurent
ORIGINAL: Mark VII
Why is it that when ever a non-MSW type ship is included in a MSW task force(IJN or Allied), it eats a mine or two. Same thing has happened to me in the past. In this case the Warrego was there to provide gunfire support and would be trailing the msw's and not leading them!
ORIGINAL: Sneer
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TF 1138 encounters mine field at Koepang (28,77)
Allied Ships
MSW Mildura
MSW Lithgow
MSW Launceton
MSW Latrobe
MSW Katoomba
MSW Kapunda
MSW Junee
MSW Horsham
MSW Glenelg
MSW Gladstone
MSW Geelong
MSW Freemantle
MSW Echuca
MSW Cowra
MSW Cootamundra
MSW Cessnock
MSW Castlemaine
MSW Bunbury
MSW Bowen
MSW Benalla
PG Warrego, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
My own theory is that when the last mine of a minefield is swept, it the sweeping TF had something else than MSW, then its flagship will hit a mine.
So when you have a lot of small minefields, and one of your tranport TF has MSW included, the flagship of this TF is probably doomed... you will see it hitting one mine for each swept minefield (my record was 6 mines for a DD once, before I built the present theory).
With MSW only there is no problems... but you can't sweep hexs defended by CD guns...
I've seen this enough to start wondering myself. Something else for the patch gawds perhaps.[8D]


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Summary of the war
1941:- Got my arse kicked
1942:- Got my arse kicked again
1943:- Got my arse kick yet again.
1944:- Just about to start kicking Sneer's arse [:)]
1942:- Got my arse kicked again
1943:- Got my arse kick yet again.
1944:- Just about to start kicking Sneer's arse [:)]

Never argue with an idiot, he will only drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
- Ron Saueracker
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- Joined: Mon Jan 28, 2002 10:00 am
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RE: Summary of the war
[:D][:D]ORIGINAL: Raverdave
1941:- Got my arse kicked
1942:- Got my arse kicked again
1943:- Got my arse kick yet again.
1944:- Just about to start kicking Sneer's arse [:)]


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