43 - The Mouse bites back. Rob vs Littlejoe 43+

[Rob Brennan UK]

Hopefully the laziness is over [:D].

new turn hoorah
busy one too , if not that strategically important ..

1st up

more men uload over tass beach , given that iys 2 hexes from the invasion port adding
PT boats isnt gamey imom
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/12/43

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Coastal Guns at Tassafaronga, 66,97, firing at TF 1006
TF 1006 troops unloading over beach at Tassafaronga, 66,97


4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
PT PT-119

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
209 casualties reported


and as VSWG suggested a heavy bombardment group hit medan (it almost worked )

Naval bombardment of Medan, at 20,45 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

16 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Achilles
CA Cornwall
CA Dorsetshire
CA Exeter, Shell hits 2
CL Glasgow
CL Kenya, Shell hits 1
DD Le Triomphant
DD Piet Hein
CL Sumatra, Shell hits 1
BB Valiant
DD Van Galen
DD Warramunga
CL Enterprise, Shell hits 1
CA Devonshire

Japanese ground losses:
861 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 3
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 10

unfortunately best i got was 1-1 in 2 attacks .. here is the best one :-

Ground combat at Medan

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 10168 troops, 114 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 130

Defending force 7557 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 128

Allied max assault: 130 - adjusted assault: 104

Japanese max defense: 75 - adjusted defense: 67

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0 AFAIK it was at 0 anyway


Japanese ground losses:
241 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

darn it [;)]anyhoo more men are advancing (slowly) into here .. we will take it

I'd sent in 2 battleship bombardment groups to tass just to help a bit .. worked wonders

Naval bombardment of Tassafaronga, at 66,97

Allied Ships
DD Hughes
DD Gillespie
DD Frazier
DD Renshaw
CL Detroit
CL De Ruyter
CA Astoria
CA Indianapolis
BB Idaho
BB Oklahoma

Japanese ground losses:
356 casualties reported ( all front line men )

Port hits 4
Port supply hits 12

Naval bombardment of Tassafaronga, at 66,97

Allied Ships
DD Allen
DD Monaghan
DD Dewey
DD Shaw
DD Anderson
CL Cleveland
CL Marblehead
CA Shropshire
CA Portland
BB Nevada
BB Colorado

Japanese ground losses:
405 casualties reported (again nice hits )
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 14

Port hits 3
Port supply hits 2

this finally allowed me to take the place :-

Ground combat at Tassafaronga

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 26315 troops, 203 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 633

Defending force 4933 troops, 0 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 87

Allied max assault: 972 - adjusted assault: 987

Japanese max defense: 44 - adjusted defense: 67

Allied assault odds: 14 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Tassafaronga base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
206 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 4

as a flavour of the jap anti shipping strikes over the coral sea :-

Day Air attack on TF, near Tassafaronga at 66,97

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 32
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 14
Ki-48 Lily x 17

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 13
P-38G Lightning x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 7 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
AK Celeno
AK Tennessean, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Allegan

Aircraft Attacking:

Allied ground losses:
431 casualties reported
Guns lost 14


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

PHEW .. with no Prepping i was getting worried . in say 20 days down the rutted road we get to
lunga .. where we are prepped 100% for [:D]

Elsewhere (ie in burma ) allied planes plow through the oscar2 fighters and finish off bangkok
resources for good

Day Air attack on Bangkok , at 29,40

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 20

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 11
P-40N Warhawk x 49
F-5A Lightning x 4
B-25J Mitchell x 118
B-17E Fortress x 55

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 13 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40N Warhawk: 1 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Resources hits 87

another hit has 100 flattened . next up the HI (heavy industry)

also Lae gets hit again (this is usual)

Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 23
F-5A Lightning x 4
B-17E Fortress x 10
B-24D Liberator x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 destroyed


Japanese ground losses:
219 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 58

and back to SEAC the allies bomb the heck out of the target
Day Air attack on 5th South Seas Det. , at 20,45


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 8
Wellington III x 15
Liberator VI x 25
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 32
P-40B Tomahawk x 25


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
202 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

still i need more men though .. long walk though

ok i messed up this AAR somewhere and im too tired to fix it till tomorrow . sorry

[aztez]

Just keep pushing Joe in several fronts... you will see the rewards soon enough! [;)]
 
You are propably going to bypass Rabaul with the Southern push?
 
Oh, and lazy.... [:-][:-][:D]

[Rob Brennan UK]

ORIGINAL: aztez

Just keep pushing Joe in several fronts... you will see the rewards soon enough! [;)]

You are propably going to bypass Rabaul with the Southern push?

Oh, and lazy.... [:-][:-][:D]

Yep keeping away from Rabaul/Truk unles they are ill-guarded.

Several fronts is the way ahead .. Theatre by theatre events today after the BIG EVENT :-

[Rob Brennan UK]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/14/43

Going backwards round the map as SEAC was the most interesting theater by far these 2 days.

SEAC

Japan keeps up its night bombing of andaman island and Sabang harbour facility. Quite unusually
they hit something today :-

Night Air attack on Sabang , at 19,41

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 11

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIF: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Warspite, Bomb hits 1 (have to re-paint her again[;)])

More normally allied night fighters (Beaus over Kuala and american P70's over Andaman) kill 0-2
and flak takes out another 1 for no results at all, at least he gets intel on this one.

Allied Dive bombers from Kuala also target the japanese defenders in Medan, Weather prevents
most ops but today we got some hits in

Day Air attack on 150th IJN Base Force, at 20,45


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 6
Vengeance I x 52


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported

Day Air attack on 5th South Seas Det. , at 20,45


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 6
Vengeance I x 40


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
106 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet
8 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet
11 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 5th South Seas Det. , at 20,45


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 12
Liberator VI x 17
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 30
P-40B Tomahawk x 33


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
55 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Beaufighter Mk 21 bombing at 2000 feet
14 x Beaufighter Mk 21 bombing at 2000 feet
12 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
4 x Liberator VI bombing at 11000 feet
9 x Liberator VI bombing at 11000 feet
4 x Liberator VI bombing at 11000 feet

Last raid was from Sabang and in total a good kill tally for the day.

Now back to the main event .. Both TF's had bombardment orders but bumped into one another
before either could shell the land forces. Allied Radar tracked the incoming japanese BUT in a quirk
of fate the skilled night fighting of the japanese still suprised the allies but no long range
Torpedo attack (thankfully).

In 3 rounds of combat varying from 4000 to 9000 yards the scary BB mushashi did little more than
ping the BB Valient with 6 inch shells and vica versa .. the Hyuga unfortunately slammed a 14 inch
shell into the CA Dorsetshire and the CA Chokai badly hurt the CA Cornwall with 3 8 inch shells
and a long lance to boot .. all allied 8 inch shells bounced off the japanese CA's but the
CL's did good work on the escorting DD's and it is with much shame that i reccomend the following
2 ships for thier major efforts

1st up and quite galling is the DD Le Triomphant who personally set fire to 3 japanese DD's
and 2nd ( and not galling at all), the DD Van Galen whom stayed behind and in the last few
seconds slammed a Torp into DD Kuri , sealing her fate.








Night Time Surface Combat, near Medan at 20,45

Japanese Ships
BB Musashi, Shell hits 2
BB Hyuga
CA Tone, Shell hits 4
CA Chokai
CA Kako, Shell hits 1
DD Amatsukaze, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Shiratsuyu, Shell hits 2
DD Tachikaze, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
DD Kuri, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
BB Valiant, Shell hits 5
CA Dorsetshire, Shell hits 3
CA Devonshire
CA Cornwall, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA Exeter, Shell hits 2, on fire
CL Achilles
CL Sumatra, Shell hits 2
CL Enterprise, Shell hits 3
CL Kenya, Shell hits 1
CL Glasgow, Shell hits 1
DD Warramunga, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Le Triomphant
DD Van Galen
DD Piet Hein

As you can see the CA Cornwall (improbably captained by Cpt Manwaring) was too slow to get back
and got jumped by heavy air attack 60 miles away from home.

Day Air attack on TF at 21,45

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 25
B5N Kate x 45

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
CA Cornwall, Bomb hits 9, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage SANK

I'm guessing the godfrey was on watch and Pike was spilling tea over the radio at the time.
Meanwhile Fazier was proving to be the prophet of doom " We're all DOOMED "

Not a good exchange as all allied torpedo planes happily listened in on the radio but due to
a small localised shower (in the mess hall) refused to fly (BAH).. Looks like Major Magoo was
commander there today too.

Over in Burma the heavy bombers had a 2 day rest. tomorrow ,weather permitting, B17's will
finish off the last 50 resources in bangkok, while wellingtons and B25's visit local
airfields that are sending out recon planes right now.

also beaufighters will start harassing defensive bases along the malayan coast ( just to worry him)
might throw in a few Liberators later on to add a bit more realism.

I'm ordering a new attack on Medan by the indians for tomorrow too. todays hevy raids and the
lack of japanese naval support (for a few days) might tip it just ..

Having spent a while tinkering with troops and rangoon and holding the river line it appears
that they are rebuilding well e.g tanks upto 96-99% str , even the chinese are looking well
at post mid 95%, some individual british brigades are still badly battered however and i still
need to rotate a few back down before we open up a new assault, meanwhile i hope the japs are rotting in malarial jungle hexes while mine drink singapore slings (in anticipation) and
overload the Gin output of Rangoon.

China

after a lot of recon i expected better than this :-

Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36


Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 69
B-25J Mitchell x 45


No Allied losses

Resources hits 2

Pathetic ! .. day 2 hit 8 more , might as well keep it up now as no opposition sighted.
Meanwhile coastal B25s sink a japanese PC Off Formosa and SS Gunard had a field day

Sub attack at 46,45

Japanese Ships
AK Pacific Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Gurnard

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Sub attack at 46,45

Japanese Ships
AK Sydney Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Gurnard

SS Guardfish was hit again by helens while escaping the South china sea (she wont survive)
Time to abandon the formosan straights as its too dangerous.


SW Pacific

Tiem for some major reorganisation in this area. now Tassaforonga is in allid hands the
troops are ordered to follow the aussie tanks to lunga (should be slowest unit in jungle)
and engineers are being loaded at rennel island for deposition here and build it up a bit.
also Rennel has hogged so many transport ships i need to send 150 ! back to noumea as rear area
supply runners etc. (really wasnt paying attention here was i ?). The CV's have reached
Noumea , should I hit lunga for training ?? or too dodgy as im sure KB is in rabaul/truk
Catalina recon over Rabaul shows a lot of CA contacts in various TF's. have to refuel today
anyway so next turns decision.

also sending in the transports to PM to collect up the extra men for further duty after a
bit of a rest in australia. Gili Gili can how house 200 a/c and extra fighters and 40 odd
dauntless DB's with 14 torps bombers flown in. No more pointless japanese raids in the region
either. Still need more airfields in the forward areas though. Gili will also recieve a sub
tender for forward ops too (if she makes it).

Rest of the Pacific.


south pacific is being raped of combat units, not a single div will be left here (only one
left to collect). Lets hope japan does not realise how weak i'll be here for a while.
Plenty of air power to compensate though as the americans have many more planes than i can
find uses for right now.

Daily bombing on wake continues :-

Day Air attack on Wake Island , at 82,63


Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 1
B-24D Liberator x 39


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 27

Paltry attack as they were heavily fatigued, swopped over for the Pb4y's for the next 2-4 days.

Pearl Harbour is becoming swamped with units for the wake op and i'll probably have to divert some
AP's from north pac just to load up what i need for the 1st wave. Too many AP's in the coral sea
area and they are shunting men around anyway so will have to rely on AK's for the invasion
(which i'd prefer not to). However finally got V amp corps hq onto an AGC (amphibious command ship)
for the 1st time so we will have a new trick up our sleeve for this one. already prepping
for wake at 40 ish for now.

2nd Amphib hq being sent to NorPac for that op, but only one AGC and cant convert any.anyway I'd
have to conduct that one after midway anyway. Actually toying with the idea of doing the kurile op
1st to avoid the winter ( assuming i get the CV's there in time and i have adquate forces for
the attack). both are a bit iffy imo. when does wither set in ? nov i think?

anyway thats enough for today, spent a long time on this turn and still need another to
review all my subs (next turn).

bye for now

[Rob Brennan UK]

Joe is on a roll right now ,, great news.

another 2 days have passed and plenty of air activity.

Over the SEAC theatre allied planes hit the japanese defenders at medan hard killing 150
and must be disrupting the enemy badly. However the indian div has had it and performed
abysmally.

Day Air attack on 150th IJN Base Force, at 20,45


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 30
P-40B Tomahawk x 18


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
62 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Beaufighter Mk 21 bombing at 2000 feet
14 x Beaufighter Mk 21 bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 15th Naval Guard Unit, at 20,45


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 6
Vengeance I x 33


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet
6 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet
9 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet
9 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet

Land attack as follows:-

Ground combat at Medan

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 9912 troops, 101 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 115

Defending force 9157 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 200

Allied max assault: 115 - adjusted assault: 22

Japanese max defense: 131 - adjusted defense: 169

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


Japanese ground losses:
69 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
273 casualties reported
Guns lost 13


I checked morale --30% down , disruption at 30% too .. supplies in the green . must have been
an awful die roll[;)]. considering the adjusted defence leapt from 67 to 169 I must presume he's
been flying in men (despite the LR CAP thats catching a few transports daily).

Allied bomber command also struck on the 1st day (2nd washed out) and met heavy flak over
Moulmein and useless oscar2's over bangkok (the P40's slaughtered them). got a few solid hit
on runways but must adjust the alt a bit.

Day Air attack on Moulmein , at 29,35

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 24
Wellington III x 27
F-5A Lightning x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged TIME TO FLY HIGHER

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
9 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
3 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
2 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
3 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Bangkok , at 29,40

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 22

Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 50
F-5A Lightning x 2
B-25J Mitchell x 64
B-17E Fortress x 40

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 18 destroyed V GOOD result all round .
Ki-48 Lily: 5 destroyed
Ki-57-II Topsy: 10 destroyed
L2D2 Tabby: 2 destroyed
Ki-46-III Dinah: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported

Resources hits 15
Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 95

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 11000 feet
64 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Rahaeng , at 31,35

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 6
F-5A Lightning x 1
B-25J Mitchell x 51

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


Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
43 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
8 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet

Lae continues to be supressed from thursday island , allowing bombers at PM to fly anti
shipping strikes and hounding the retreating japanese 56th division on the kokoda trail.

Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 26
B-17E Fortress x 57
B-24D Liberator x 42

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-57-II Topsy: 1 destroyed


Japanese ground losses:
540 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 137

Day Air attack on 56th Division, at 54,91


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 28
Beaufort V-IX x 9
P-40E Warhawk x 34
P-47C Thunderbolt x 64
B-25J Mitchell x 12


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
115 casualties reported

Day Air attack on TF, near Admiralty Islands at 58,84


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 24 flying at 11k


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Morioka Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Lyons Maru, Bomb hits 1

good day all round for the flyboys in SW PAC command. even had a pop at lunga now that
tass is occupied :-

Day Air attack on Lunga , at 67,97

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 8
PBY Catalina x 1
B-25J Mitchell x 38

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

Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 25

B17s out of luganville will also hit tomorrow although one flight has upgraded to the newer
B24J's , better guns/bombload and range (marginally). but more historic for the pacific war i feel.

Wake also got hit again, although it should have been the PB4Y, must have forgotten to
change them over yesterday.

Day Air attack on Wake Island , at 82,63


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 58


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
108 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 43


regarding china .. hitting the resources netted 3 in 2 days (useless). and FYI this happens daily

Ground combat at Yenen

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 299841 troops, 3003 guns, 247 vehicles, Assault Value = 8561

Defending force 144481 troops, 886 guns, 76 vehicles, Assault Value = 4370



Allied ground losses:
141 casualties reported


Been happening since jan 42, utter stalemate. china is however always supply short
even with the burma road never being closed and dakotas flying in stuff daily.I would hate
to have to try and organise china if burma ever fell (never happened so far).

Bangkok raid is pictured

[Rob Brennan UK]

Well it appears that bangkok is syuck on 50 resources left and no amount of bombing will
drop it lower (im guessing recon is being inaccurate).



I'll have to be brief here as the combat report got corrupted somehow [&:]

Japan tried to stem the flood over bangkok without success. my airfield attack
netted good results too.

Oscar 2's tried to intercept but the escorting P40's chopped them down, netting 11 in a2a
and another 15 misc a/c on the runways with 50odd runway damage to boot. CR said another
50 (the last) resources have been neutralised. recon next turn might show something.

Over Medan in north sumatra joe set up a nice ambush for my bombers, his timing was perfect
as i had just upgraded the AVG to P40N and none were operational to escort the liberators
and wellingtons (only lost 3 but many damaged) LRCAP that was there to prevent transports
arriving didnt engage the japanese fighters so only limited escort came from kuala to cover
the dive bombers, downing a few zeros but the bombers did suffer. Nicely done Joe.

Over in newguinea the allied commander in PM decided to send the liberators unescorted to
rabaul (idiot). 11 downed for no hits on the ships in harbour, range reduced to stop this
from happening again.

Bit further east Munda caught several heavy bombardments from BB Idaho and company, unsuprisingly
the annoying jap raiders failed to get into the air after over 300 runway hits and 20 odd
a/c destroyed on the ground, c2000 casualties were reported too, so i suspect the service
personell here are in a right old mess. Transports unload engineers at tassafaronge to try and
get it to a level 3 (fighter and recon base) while the main army marches on lunga. This is
reported to have 48000 troops ! holy moley. very very glad i didnt land here now. Unless my men
arrive en mass i fear he will be able to send them packing piecemeal. But there is nothing i can do
about that. IF he does succeed I'll bypass and take tulagi to starve the buggers to death and live
without the airfield.

Thanks to helpful folks on the forum I have some idea that lunga has the equivalent of 3
divisions ! yikes .. will neeed to starve them out. Speaking of garrisons the next 2
proposed targets are looking good and bad

good = Wake 8000 men
bad = Parumahiro jima (kuriles) 20000 men ( more than about 2 divs can handle without
land based support. maybe hit an adjacent area(s). BUT it'll take time to build and my
CV's will be vulnerable .. Think we'll go for wake this autumn and leave the kuriles till
44.

apologies for the lack of detail, i've deleted the file and it 'should' get re-built when the
next turn runs.

time for me to go re-heat yesterdays curry for dinner (yum yum). [;)]

[Rob Brennan UK]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/20/43

The combat report returned to normal , thankfully.

anyhoo, things definately kicked off in the solomon islands
3 sub attacks
miltiple air raids
even a carrier strike !

1st up.

SS Triton spots and attacks a troop transport TF pasing vella la vella (heading to munda)

Sub attack near Vella Lavella at 64,94

Japanese Ships
AK Tetsuwa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Triton

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Thier radio report made it back to rennel island and the bombers were sent hunting.

Day Air attack on TF, near Vella Lavella at 64,94

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 9

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 22
P-38G Lightning x 12
B-25J Mitchell x 30

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 9 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
AK Taibu Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Teikin Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Tetsuwa Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Teshio Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Shojin Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tsurushima Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
448 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


Good casualty count, also from a combat unit (forget the name as it only appeared briefly)

Port moresby also got the same report as the liberators wisely avoided rabaul and made the
hurt even worse for japan:-

Day Air attack on TF, near Vella Lavella at 64,94

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 2

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 29

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Teikin Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Teshio Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Arisan Maru
AK Shojin Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tetsuwa Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AK Taibu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tatsuura Maru

Japanese ground losses:
291 casualties reported

Even more [;)]. also seems like vella la vella was too far from the convoy as no troops seem
to have made it ashore, and thats a goodly number not going to munda.

even better the b25s came back in the afternoon

Day Air attack on TF, near Vella Lavella at 64,94

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 5

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 17
P-38G Lightning x 6
B-25J Mitchell x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged


Japanese Ships
AK Arisan Maru
AK Tatsuura Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Shojin Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AK Teshio Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tetsuwa Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tsurushima Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Teikin Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
295 casualties reported

Overjoyed is a good description right now.

Following day the remnants limped toward munda

SS Whale was waiting

Sub attack near Munda at 64,95

Japanese Ships
AK Tsurushima Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Whale

Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


how many ships are left of this doomed convoy ? once the turn was done recon says 1AP (AK
really).. so truly gutted.

When the sun rose the bombers returned from rennel island, They had unloaded the men
(what was left) overnight , buy thats a probably a lot of supply burning up.

Day Air attack on TF, near Munda at 64,95

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 7

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 13
F4U-1 Corsair x 18
P-38G Lightning x 8
B-25J Mitchell x 31

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed
F4U-1 Corsair: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
AK Taibu Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Teikin Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tatsuura Maru, on fire, heavy damage



With no surface targets come the afternoon the b25 hit the airfield just for
good measure

Day Air attack on Munda , at 64,95

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 5

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 11
B-25J Mitchell x 31

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 3 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 4 destroyed
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-48 Lily: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20


Well thats a lot of bombs used up (supply). just as well another 100,000 is unloading
at rennel (will last a good long time imo).

Over the water in new-guinea the japanese retreating from PM finally made it to buna and the
aussies will move next turn (darn missed by one day). bombers changed from the jungle kill
zone near GG to flattening any and all supply in buna so the aussies wont find a hard target
when they arrive in 30 odd days ( 2 artys and one tank unit following for extra oomph).

Piccie of todays action area.




almost forgot to mention the CV strike .. my bad

Multiple CV's launched against lungas airfields and port facilities.
Main target was the supply dumps.

Day Air attack on Lunga , at 67,97

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 17
SBD Dauntless x 131
TBM Avenger x 90

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed
H8K Emily: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 4 destroyed, 31 damaged
TBM Avenger: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
142 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 49
Port hits 10
Port supply hits 8

9% supply scrapped in one attack, for 40000 men thats a sizeable chunk.
However i'm not hanging around as we need the CV's for Wake island, so back to
luganville and efate (to use up the fuel there). then onto pago and up to Pearl.
This will take some time but i still need more time to prepare for the landings
so it's not time wasted.

I was sorty of hopeing that japan might send down the CV's to contest but no-show
as i dont think he even detected me coming. FYI 3 operational CVE's have been left in
townsville to act as decoys and spoof his long range recon. Meanwhile the brit CV's
are heading to Perth from sydney (long trip given the map 'stretch' ).

Incidentally no sighting of japanese subs for a long long time , so no idea what he's doing
with that particular arm of the navy.

ok bye

PS

Just had a chat with Joe and they were trasporting the 90 naval infanty.
Only one AK arrived with men and only 12 Assault points survived, so
the unit was slaughtered .. hip hip hooray

[Rob Brennan UK]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/22/43

Well 2 days of almost comlete inactivity (compared to normal ) So hopefully as a one off I'll concentrate of the lesser, but still on-going, activities elsewhere.

Lets start with the night attacks on Sabang and Andaman.

Night Air attack on Sabang , at 19,41

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 25

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed, 10 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIF: 5 damaged

Night Air attack on Andaman Island , at 23,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 11

Allied aircraft
P-70A Havoc x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-70A Havoc: 1 damaged

This is completely normal and a daily occurance with few allied kills and impotent japanese
bombing, they might be doing something so subtle( like increasing fatigue by 1 point) that its
untrackable. The brit squadron has 50 odd kills to its name and the americans only 20, when the
americans get P61-s i expect them to do better.

On spotting where the night time nicks over andaman were coming from, allied bomber command were
running out of higher prority targets and clobbered the field.



Day Air attack on Moulmein , at 29,35

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 28
Wellington III x 26
F-5A Lightning x 4
B-17E Fortress x 53

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 13 destroyed NICE
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
170 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 29
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 117

Also many recon have been running out of Raheng (Thailand i think). so that got a visit too, the
Tonys were a suprise [;)]

Day Air attack on Rahaeng , at 31,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 15

Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt II x 16
P-40N Warhawk x 70
F-5A Lightning x 2
B-25J Mitchell x 121

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 25 destroyed
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed
C5M Babs: 2 destroyed


Japanese ground losses:
67 casualties reported

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 74

Very early use of the thunderbolt in RAF colours and didn't she do well

Fighter bombers came along later to finish the job (from mandalay)

Day Air attack on Rahaeng , at 31,35

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIC x 53
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 13
P-40E Warhawk x 15
P-38G Lightning x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed
C5M Babs: 2 destroyed
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed


Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 43

The continuing supression of LAE -

Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 28
F-5A Lightning x 1
B-24D Liberator x 23


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
140 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 47

and Wake

Day Air attack on Wake Island , at 82,63


Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 4
PB4Y Liberator x 59


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 79

As stated last post, heavy air attack on buna today, the tojo's were a suprise as i though
the AF was empty ( they didnt fly ).

Day Air attack on Buna , at 55,90

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 31
Hudson I x 11
Beaufort V-IX x 14
P-40E Warhawk x 32
A-20G Havoc x 14
B-25J Mitchell x 129
B-24D Liberator x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
166 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 105

Day Air attack on Buna , at 55,90

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 17
SBD Dauntless x 32
TBM Avenger x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 19

Keeping Munda closed and bagged a few a/c too.

Day Air attack on Munda , at 64,95

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 1
Kittyhawk I x 10
B-25J Mitchell x 31

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 2 destroyed
G3M Nell: 3 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed
Ki-48 Lily: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20

The only hiccup for the day was no LRCAP over some transports unloading at tassaforonga:-

Day Air attack on TF, near Tassafaronga at 66,97

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 6
G4M1 Betty x 11
G4M2 Betty x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 4 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged
G4M2 Betty: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Monaghan
MSW Revenge
AK Cynthia Olson
AK Castor
MSW Wollongong
DD Shaw
DD Anderson, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage no biggie.

As you can see , it was a quiet 2 days ( i've not doubled up the reports as much the same
happened day 2 ).

Ok time for a quick word about plans for the SW Pacific front for the near future.

1) small transports and barges to go to gili gili and then seed the surrounding bases (i.e re capture the empty ones ) with base forces and engineers for more fighter bases. Once that is achieved we will know if buna can fall to the aussies tramping over the kokoda trail (unlikely). So step 2 is to use GG as a launch point for amphib ops at buna and possibly Lae ( units already prepping before leaving Port moresby). Allied CVE's will lurk behind the NG mainland to try and look like fleet carriers without being in danger while the real air cover will come from land bases.

2) once lunga is secured ( tass is not good enough as a main airbase). time to ooze (there is a theme going on here i think) up where the japanese arent, unless significant bases are needed to support the advance the watchwords will be air supression and avoidance/surround/ignore.

Plans for central pacific

Assuming Wake goes well ( i'm not assuming anything at this point ). I'm open for suggestions as 2-3 options spring to mind

a) Marcus island
b) swing south to the marshall islands (kwaj etc. and then swoop on the Gilberts once they are out of supply and cut off.
c) above but ignore the gilberts utterly and drive west to the Palaus ? ( no map infront of me). I'll have to be careful with convoys getting whacked from japanese held bases if i do this but it'll save time.

In the North I'm not sure i'll even go ahead with the kurile invasion unless it's sensible to divert even more men up here , not to mention i'll need every CV i can scrape together here too.

In Burma Its really brute force approach firstly down the rail lines into thailand and malaya with a possible flanking landing IF i get stalled ( no idea on the possibility of this working). This is where i'd like nice counters with numbers printed on them to make combat odds more transparent rather than our currently extremely murky and arcane system [;)].

US and indian Paras will be used in sumatra and troops are also prepping for an invasion of
south sumatra ( will be extremely risky) while the north slowly gets absorbed using the trails
and possibly a fast landing after or even over medan (if needed once more men arrive).








Bye

[Rob Brennan UK]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/24/43

Definately a quiet time , sorry readers.

Anyhoo. Japanese a/c make an appearance over china

Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 14

Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 48
B-25J Mitchell x 47

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 8 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40N Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Resources hits 16

All else was a repeat of yesterday.

However we will try another attack on medan tomorrow. MAX effort on ground attack and the
allies have 2 inf units and a brit HQ in the hex now. According to shelling today the
AV is getting close.

Ground combat at Medan

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15973 troops, 132 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 291

Defending force 9493 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 185


Japanese ground losses:
96 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

I hope with a good ground strike and a nice dice roll it'll fall.

Todays air attack are best summarised by a piccie :- another bad day to be
on a japanese runway [;)]

[Rob Brennan UK]

RE Medan . in summary it didnt fall [:@]. BAH HUMBUG. jap transports ship in more men at the 11th hour. oh well , wait for more men to slog it along.

the New zealanders F4U's have been sweeping georgetown rather well and have clocked up a lot of oscar and a few zero kills

i.e

Day Air attack on Georgetown , at 23,44

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 14
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 33

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 13 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

In north australia it's time i kept up the pretense of invading the DEI from australia
It's also good practise for the aircrews otherwise kicking up thier heels



Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78


Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 9
Hudson I x 11
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 30
A-20G Havoc x 22
B-25J Mitchell x 52
PB4Y Liberator x 8
B-24D Liberator x 30


Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
73 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Port hits 6
Port supply hits 9

Recon suggested japanese ships in Tulagi harbour .Japanese DD probably urgently pumping out water
got a new hole in it.

Day Air attack on Tulagi , at 68,96


Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 7
Kittyhawk I x 10
F-5A Lightning x 2


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Ayanami, Bomb hits 1, on fire, Even More [;)]heavy damage

Meanwhile the british are starting the pounding of the japanese fron lines defending Thailand.

Day Air attack on 55th Division, at 30,34


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 9
Thunderbolt II x 2
Wellington III x 5
F-5A Lightning x 1
B-25J Mitchell x 20
B-17E Fortress x 18


Allied aircraft losses
Thunderbolt II: 1 damaged
Wellington III: 1 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
165 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

This is just an example and about 3-4 raids (some smaller) are all adding up to disprupting the japanese. Unfortunately large stacks seem unusually resilient to air attack so not entirely sure
this is a wise appreach. any comments ?


Well another japanese convoy strayed into b25 range from wuuchow. and the experienced chinese bombers managed to miss completely .. no idea why this is sooo bad. happened twice.

Day Air attack on TF at 39,45


Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 22
B-25J Mitchell x 19


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Rakuyo Maru
AP Taiten Maru
AP Anrugu Maru
AP Taizin Maru
AP Tango Maru
AP Jinshu Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet

Also managed to miss a PC on ASW Patrol (i assume) too.

Day Air attack on TF, near Pescadores at 47,43


Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 4
B-25J Mitchell x 4


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 3

Very odd day for the chinese airforce they are usually much mech better than this . PS the reason i fly at 6k and not skip bombing is to preserve morale and means i dont have to micro manage the air units , usually they do much better than this.


More engineers unload at tassaforonga and the LR CAP managed to fly this time. the amount of escort got some bombers through but no actual sinkings.


Day Air attack on TF, near Tassafaronga at 66,97

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 41
G4M1 Betty x 10

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 11
F4U-1 Corsair x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 14 destroyed, 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 9 destroyed
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
MSW Cessnock
AK Tjikarang

Meanwhile buna gets pasted . looks like its just the jap 56th division (ex from PM) here and there are a lot of naval attack a/c (inc FB's) to prevent reinforcement so hopefully the aussies can bounce them out .

Day Air attack on Buna , at 55,90


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 31
Hudson I x 10
Beaufort V-IX x 10
P-40E Warhawk x 30
A-20G Havoc x 12
B-25J Mitchell x 111


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
98 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 4 WANT TO HIT THIS ..4% supply loss helps .

Same concept goes for wake island

Day Air attack on Wake Island , at 82,63


Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 1
PB4Y Liberator x 111


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
100 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 65

Just to give the submarine service some credit SS sawfish hit a tanker ! hoorrah , finally found a tanker to hit . converge on these co-ordinates.

Sub attack at 36,54

Japanese Ships
TK Ichiyu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PG Santo Maru
PG Nishho Maru
DD Akizuki

Allied Ships
SS Sawfish


Back to burma for day 2 and allied bombers take out the last of the Tojo's at raheng.

Day Air attack on Rahaeng , at 31,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3

Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 7
Kittyhawk III x 14
Beaufighter VIC x 56
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 16
P-40E Warhawk x 11
P-38G Lightning x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 7 destroyed
Ki-46-III Dinah: 2 destroyed
C5M Babs: 1 destroyed


Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 45

Beaufighters are in bombing mode here and getting some nice hits too.

Otherwise its all re-positioning for the allied forces and bombing runs for the heck of it


bye for now

[aztez]

Nice going. I would vote for Marcus Island as for CenPac target! [;)] ...That would give you nice base just outside Japanese home islands. I doubt your opponent would be too pleased with that.
 
Naturally that would also force him to commit his naval forces too! If you are looking for an grand battle that is.

[Rob Brennan UK]

thanks Aztez , marcus would be a good target , wonder how well its garrisoned ? wish I had some of those floatplane subs in the allied fleet or even emilys ! Love those birds.

anyway another 2 days of much of a muchness, October has arrived by the way and churchill was rather annoyed i did'nt send him back a carrier and has sulked and refused political support for a while (-1000 PP). So no sacking bad commanders for me for a while, I think i've already weeded out the worst anyway.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/30/43 and 1st oct 1943

corsair sweeps over malaya are causing havoc for japan


Day Air attack on Georgetown , at 23,44

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 17

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 7 destroyed

Japanese frontline troops in on the burma/thai border are getting a few visits from the RAF

Day Air attack on 16th Division, at 30,34


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 13
Thunderbolt II x 14
Wellington III x 19
F-5A Lightning x 2
B-25J Mitchell x 110
B-17E Fortress x 52


Allied aircraft losses
Thunderbolt II: 1 destroyed
B-25J Mitchell: 6 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
534 casualties reported
Guns lost 15
Vehicles lost 1

T-Bolts are on ground attack duties, being a good mud moving a/c in real life its not gamey imo
to use FB's as ground attack a/c where there is no air opposition.

Coastal gun batteries getting identified at Lunga by air recon/bombing. looks like it was wise not toinvade here directly after all.


Day Air attack on 4th Coastal Gun Regiment, at 67,97


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 48
B-24J Liberator x 48


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 8 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
196 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

New japanese unit at medan identified as yet another SNLF inf unit, cant stop the transports at all here, LRCAP doesn't seem much use intercepting transports .. oddly enough.

Day Air attack on Ikaiei SNLF, at 20,45


Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 1
Spitfire Vb x 14
Vengeance I x 37


Allied aircraft losses
Vengeance I: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
159 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

chinese bombers finally hit a transport. hoorah

Day Air attack on TF at 44,45


Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 17
B-25J Mitchell x 7


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Kisaragi Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tango Maru

Japan still sends in the odd small air attack at transports in the coral sea area, all have LR CAP when deemed necessary and the japs turned and ran after a brief skirmish.

Day Air attack on TF at 67,96

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 10
G4M1 Betty x 9
G4M2 Betty x 2

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 3
F4U-1 Corsair x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 4 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
AK George M. Pullman

Day Air attack on TF at 67,96

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 11
G4M2 Betty x 2

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 4
F4U-1 Corsair x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed
G4M2 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
AK Matthew Lyon

Up near Rabaul 3 liberators snuck past the CAP and burned a mineswweeper from the waterline up

Day Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 61,88

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 4
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 21

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 2 damaged


Japanese Ships
MSW Noshiro Maru #2, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage SANK

On the ground we continue shelling medan for disruption as well as recon intel.

Ground combat at Medan

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16146 troops, 131 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 296

Defending force 9508 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 181


Japanese ground losses:
203 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

It's drifting away from 2-1 . need more men. I'm going to do a seaborne op with another brigade in the near future , just need to re-jig the RN in colombo and load up the men in sabang. also strip
out some of the less useful a/c in sumatra and replace them with more fighters to cover the landings. I'll still keep the torp planes in place in case the IJN comes calling.


OK its the 1st of October .. Nighttime . Japanese ships sneaking down from rabaul come across some
stray mines near russel island ( not my mines). and the mighty Yamato hits one [:D]

alerted by the load bang SS Seawolf come prowling for targets :-



Sub attack near Russell Islands at 66,96

Japanese Ships
BB Yamato, Torpedo hits 1, on fire HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE
DD Akatsuki

Allied Ships
SS Seawolf

Now that gave me a good feeling.

As it happens allied subs along the solomon island chain were on high alert.

Sub attack near Munda at 64,95

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami, Torpedo hits 1
DD Umikaze
DD Shigure

Allied Ships
SS Whale

TF 66 encounters mine field at Munda (64,95)

Japanese Ships
DD Shigure
DD Umikaze

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sub attack near Vella Lavella at 64,94

Japanese Ships
CA Myoko, Torpedo hits 1
DD Umikaze
DD Shigure

Allied Ships
SS Triton

One BB and 2 CA's torpedoed in one night, cant be good for japanese morale , none will sink but i doubt any repeat of this will occur for soem time .

Come Dawn the USAF was on alert for retreating japanese capital ships .. and lo and behold

Day Air attack on TF, near Vella Lavella at 64,94


Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 11
Kittyhawk I x 5
P-38G Lightning x 13
B-25J Mitchell x 22


Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 7 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Yamato, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage 2000 lb bombs !

ooh .. might she go down after all ?

and just to add insult to injury another sub sinks a japanese ASW ship on active patrol off borneo.

Sub attack near Balikpapan at 31,64

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 19, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SUNK
PG Hayakafuku Maru
MSW Tomozono Maru #3
MSW W.3
DD Natsushio

Allied Ships
SS Runner


apologies for no piccie of the yamato getting hit, wasnt expecting it and my hand wasn't hovering over the print screen button [;)]

More info tomorrow .. bye


PS Rugby union 6 nations kicks off today ! .. england vs scotland this afternoon .. come on england !( although i am far from certain)

[aztez]

Yeah. I miss decent recon planes too! [:(]
 
I doubt he has that much in Marcus Island... Allthough you can never be sure though. For one IF you go for it you need to grap the base quickly. I mean you need establish LBA airfield fast or you will be screwed! (KB will show up there and that is 99,99% guaranteed)
 
Basically this would need to be one huge amphibitious operation!

[tiger111]

Hi Rob

Sorry not a turn.

Things seem to be going quite well. Glad you got 2 bomb hits on the Yamato. I find that flotation damage always repairs faster than sys hits.

Don`t foget about yhe monitor. Please have chat before you order anything.

Did England win ? Always want them to,unless playing Scotland. Divided loyalties.......-good way to be disappointed either way.

[Rob Brennan UK]

Aztez , maybe just load up after wake and hit em hard and fast with unprepared troops after scouting with a CL floatplanes ? all depends on the losses at Wake i suppose.

Augustus, england won !! hoorah .. "Always want them to,unless playing Scotland. Divided loyalties.......-good way to be disappointed either way.". [;)] definately glass half empty type [:D]

Anyway , cracker of a turn last night too much to write up then so after a wee delay we present the best october start i could have imagined (almost).

Yamato was limping back to shortlands and the SS Grenadier was alerted and lurking outside the bay.
good watch and poor escort allowed her to put a fish in the monster.

Sub attack near Shortlands at 63,93

Japanese Ships
BB Yamato, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Akatsuki

Allied Ships
SS Grenadier

Not being scared off by the escort she fired yet again

Sub attack near Shortlands at 63,93

Japanese Ships
BB Yamato, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage + SUNK
DD Akatsuki

Allied Ships
SS Grenadier

Well thats the start of a great turn for the silent service. Heres the rest of todays submarine
action (2 days combined), was a frenetic pace throughout the pacific.

Sub attack near Balikpapan at 31,64

Japanese Ships
PG Hayakafuku Maru
MSW Tomozono Maru #3
MSW W.3
DD Natsushio

Allied Ships
SS Runner, hits 2, on fire PAYS for yesterdays audacious attack

BUT ,, nope she turns round and hits a DD ! brave = stupid sometimes but the runner survived to
start the journey home to Darwin

Sub attack near Balikpapan at 31,64

Japanese Ships
DD Natsushio, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage[:D]
PG Hayakafuku Maru

Allied Ships
SS Runner

SS Seadragon (off north borneo) had a lucky escape after shooting blanks at a tanker

ASW attack at 41,51

Japanese Ships
TK Ogura Maru #3
TK Nisshin Maru #2
PG Myoken Maru
PG Kiso Maru
PG Aso Maru

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon

Sub attack near Truk at 63,78

Japanese Ships
AK Asakaze Maru

Allied Ships
SS O20

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Sub attack near Truk at 63,78

Japanese Ships
AP Tofuku Maru

Allied Ships
SS O20

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Sub attack at 42,50

Japanese Ships
TK Ichiyu Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Dragonet

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Sub attack at 29,54

Japanese Ships
MSW W.1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PG Taiko Maru
PG Seisho Maru
MSW W.6
DD Satsuki
DD Wakaba

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise, hits 2


O20 iditotically shoots at a transport after laying mines so has just tipped Joe off that Truk
has a nasty suprise in store. missing was even worse. Dragonet sinks a TK off north Philippines
while seadragon escapes to fight again in the china Sea.

Rest of this AAR will be chronologically ordered as its a lot easier to find whats needed in the
combattext file

AH ,, the US BB's slam a few heavy shells into Lunga but come under intense CD shore batteries,
no real damage done but Idaho caught fire and suffered some sys damage as a result.

Naval bombardment of Lunga, at 67,97 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

108 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Detroit
CL Marblehead, Shell hits 1
CL Cleveland
CA Shropshire, Shell hits 19
CA Indianapolis, Shell hits 2
CA Portland
BB Idaho, Shell hits 9
BB Oklahoma
BB Nevada, Shell hits 16
BB Colorado

Japanese ground losses:
271 casualties reported
Guns lost 17

Runway hits 4
Port supply hits 2

Considering the recon its a poor atack but it can be mounted every other turn as Lunga is 4 hexes
from Rennel island (home).


Chinas bombers target the heavy industry for a change, still rather poor so I've diverted them south
as they do seem to perform better against shipping, while still in range of some resource areas
should i feel inclined to switch targets. Wuuchow now has over 250 AV support so no problem
basinf a/c here. P40's boosted in case Japan decides to attack chinas airfields (hasnt happened
before but i'm not counting on safety for that reason alone).

Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36


Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 48
B-25J Mitchell x 45


No Allied losses

Heavy Industry hits 11

Air attacks on the Troops over the river in burma continued apace (just as well), with mediumand heavy bombers from rangoon, Pb4y liberators from andaman and beauforts from mandalay.

EG.

Day Air attack on 16th Division, at 30,34


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 4
Thunderbolt II x 11
Wellington III x 15
F-5A Lightning x 1
B-25J Mitchell x 79
B-17E Fortress x 18


Allied aircraft losses
Thunderbolt II: 1 damaged
Wellington III: 1 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
155 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Ok so now the bad news, (out of order). But the main allied force marched across into the defences
and got slaughtered ! .. I'll screenie some of the units next turn but for e.g 3 chinese divs
have over 95% disablements ! EEK... Never expected it to be this bad ! maybe the river caused
extra losses (maybe).

Ground combat at 30,34

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 264697 troops, 2152 guns, 1470 vehicles, Assault Value = 5496

Defending force 216233 troops, 2402 guns, 728 vehicles, Assault Value = 4197

Allied max assault: 6726 - adjusted assault: 2375

Japanese max defense: 3740 - adjusted defense: 2423

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
6275 casualties reported
Guns lost 58
Vehicles lost 6

Allied ground losses:
21417 casualties reported EEK
Guns lost 452
Vehicles lost 13

OUCH ! .. not even a 1-1 , so much for punching through up here, humm .. I am prepping for an
invasion of Tavoy (1 more month iirc). so will need to achieve suprise here .

Allied bombers targeted Rabaul for some unknowable reason, and paid dearly. heres a compilation of
attacks and losses for 2 days.

Day Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 61,88

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 4
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 25

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
AK Kashii Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Hisashima Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Day Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 61,88

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 3
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 24

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 6
P-38G Lightning x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 3 destroyed

Japanese Ships
ML Takashima
ML Kurosaki, heavy damage USEFUL.

Day Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 61,88

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 3
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 24

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 7
P-38G Lightning x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter Mk 21: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna

Day Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 61,88

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 3
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 18

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 3
P-38G Lightning x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter Mk 21: 1 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
DD Oboro

Day Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 61,88

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 2
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 18

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3
B-24D Liberator x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna, Bomb hits 3 Knocked off an AA gun
CL Tenryu

Day Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 61,88

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 2
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 17

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged


Anyhoo all a/c have thier ranges reduced for now.

Over the Solomons aircraft have been fighting and swopping ordanance with a brisk regulatity
and really quite intense today. I'm guessing the allied BB's woke up the japanese aircrews.

Day Air attack on TF, near Rennell Island at 66,99

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 3
G4M1 Betty x 21
G4M2 Betty x 6
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 9
Ki-48 Lily x 3

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 6
Kittyhawk I x 6
P-38G Lightning x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 3 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 12 destroyed
G4M2 Betty: 4 destroyed
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 6 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 3 damaged
Kittyhawk I: 2 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Idaho
BB Oklahoma
CA Portland
CL Marblehead

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G4M2 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 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
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet

PHEW !

Day Air attack on TF at 67,98

Japanese aircraft
G4M2 Betty x 3
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Edward Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Day Air attack on TF, near Tassafaronga at 66,97

Japanese aircraft
G4M2 Betty x 3
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 15

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged


Allied Ships
AK Tantalus

Day Air attack on TF, near Tassafaronga at 66,97

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 40
G4M1 Betty x 6
G4M2 Betty x 3

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 15 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged
G4M2 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Jeremiah S. Black
AK Tantalus
MSW Bunbury


Remember the excort for the Yamato, She got targetted too , unlucky ship

Day Air attack on TF, near Shortlands at 63,93

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 2

Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 20

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Akatsuki, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage [:D]

Day Air attack on TF, near Tassafaronga at 66,97

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 29
Ki-48 Lily x 2

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 7 destroyed


Allied Ships
AK John H. Couch, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Day Air attack on TF, near Tassafaronga at 66,97

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 37
G4M1 Betty x 14
G4M2 Betty x 6

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 10 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged
G4M2 Betty: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 4 destroyed

Allied Ships
MSW Cessnock
AK John H. Couch, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Rainbow
AK Willimoto, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tantalus


Allied ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 3

As you can see japanese had some success by wearing down the allied CAP , nothing crucial but
its a morale booster for japan none the less.


finally , Up in sumatra, british artillery regiment joins the attack on medan while the RAF
continually dent the enemy, maybe i wont need to amphib the place.

Ground combat at Medan

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16960 troops, 156 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 304

Defending force 8597 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 161


Japanese ground losses:
132 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

almost 2-1 ..

piccie .. this time i was waiting by the print screen button

[aztez]

OOPS!!!

Ground combat at 30,34

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 264697 troops, 2152 guns, 1470 vehicles, Assault Value = 5496

Defending force 216233 troops, 2402 guns, 728 vehicles, Assault Value = 4197

Allied max assault: 6726 - adjusted assault: 2375

Japanese max defense: 3740 - adjusted defense: 2423

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
6275 casualties reported
Guns lost 58
Vehicles lost 6

Allied ground losses:
21417 casualties reported EEK
Guns lost 452
Vehicles lost 13


That was nasty ground combat indeed! [:(]


"Aztez , maybe just load up after wake and hit em hard and fast with unprepared troops after scouting with a CL floatplanes ? all depends on the losses at Wake i suppose. "


That is a good way to go ahead. Just remember that you do need to have LBA cover or Allied CV Fleet covering this!!! Joe will have his naval assets nearby!

[Rob Brennan UK]

Yup Aztez that combat scared me .. look at this ! ok its the worst damaged unit , but EEK !

As for CV cover/Air cover i'll be taking enough base units for Wake along with a bunch of seebees to get it operational.

Speaking of which the US CV's are near PH now, CVE/support ships just left pago after re-fueling and some AP's also heading up from there from being nicked from SW Pac command. 2 more new essex units will stand in for the lost (moved) UK CV's .. so iirc 7 CV's 4 CVL's total, ill do a full tally when all is set at PH (guessing about 2 weeks).

Meanwhile shiver at the poor lost chinese men !

[Rob Brennan UK]

OK new turn, 2 in one day nice !

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/04/43

My weakened CAP at Rennel encouraged Joe to make an attack on the port, it failed miserably.

Day Air attack on TF, near Rennell Island at 66,99

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 8
G4M2 Betty x 25
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 8
Ki-48 Lily x 3

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 14
Kittyhawk I x 4
P-38G Lightning x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
G4M2 Betty: 16 destroyed
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 2 destroyed
Ki-48 Lily: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 2 damaged
Kittyhawk I: 3 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 1 damaged

This came from Munda which only being 4 hexes away i cant close it due to the small capacity
at rennel , BB's will pound the sirfields in a few days.

Day Air attack on TF, near Kiriwina Island at 57,93

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 4
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 15
Ki-21 Sally x 3
Ki-49 Helen x 3

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
MSW Toowoomba, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Strahan

I'm invading this island with SeeBee's with no combat power so cant take an empty island (sigh).
Also sendin men out from gili gili to other nearby allied held dots and bases to up the air
capacity for the region. also mounting up heavy inf and support to stop off at gili before
invading gasmata/buna and possibly Lae. all to be done while Wake keeps the japanese CV's
occupied. Basically ive moved up the schedule a LOT to co-incide with Wake. The Ex- PM divs
have been rested but not fully re-fitted and prepping will be at best 50 iirc.

Rest of the turn was unremarkable Although i did recon that base south of medan (forget the name )[&:] and it looks empty so stopping recon to not tip him off, Cats are doing a lot of recon round the area so he probably hasnt spotted it. Also loading up the US Paras at colombo for sabang
for the 1 SEAC airborne op. and NOT to be the last as I'll send down the indian Para unit when
transports arrive at madras. (on the way).

What wasnt un-remarkable was a 2-1 ratio at medan for both combat turns , time for another punt
and finally caught Japanese L3Y transports downing 7 supplying medan.

Ground combat at Medan

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17070 troops, 159 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 312

Defending force 8228 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 146


Japanese ground losses:
156 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Summary of the 'best' units still in burma (is this still burma ? or have i crossed into Thailand?).

[VSWG]

Congratulations on sinking the Yamato! Nothing makes the heart rate go up as seeing an enemy capital ship in the crosshair of a sub.

Can you give us quick rundown on your forces (LCUs, ships, air groups) on Sumatra? As you know, I'm a big fan of this operation. [:)]

[Rob Brennan UK]

Okey dokey i'll do a list next turn i get , Joes having a busy week unfortunately. It isn't much compared to whats in burma though, mostly a weak indian div and assorted brigades and support sraff.

I want medan as an airbase where i can para drop further south and rapidly exploit the situation , as i only recently got the paras and i wanted them prepped they stay in malaria free india for a while , Actually the american paras i pre prepped for balikpapan before i transfered them to SEAC so they are 100% ready.

also available are 3 divs (infantry) in reserve in india for a possible malaya /south sumatra landing. Malaya i suspect might be too tough and he may have neglected south sumatra (although its a very risky invasion without LBA ).. Japan has a LOT of men stopping me on the thai border and the daft river crossing rules mean i cant send them back to rangoon as they'll just re-shock attack when i send them back [:@]

hopefully get a turn this evening.