jwilkerson(Jpn) Moses (Allies)

[pauk]

hi, very interesting game both from you and Mosses....


as for the carriers, it might be even better for you if you don't sink them - they will not respawn as Essexs and they are out of action for a several months....[;)]

now when you have total CV superiority in Pac do you have any plans to take advantage of current situation in this particulare theatre?

[jwilkerson]

As to "plans to take advantage" .. no big "General Hoeppner" type plans ... like invading all the islands in the SE corner of the map! ... but the additional, unplanned for "freedom of action" will be very welcome ... this will greatly ease the conquest of the Solomons/NG area ... and reduce the losses we would other wise probably have taken and probably mean that we can control more territory for a time. But the priority at the moment is still in the SRA area ... so until Java is safely invaded, the KB will remain West ... and this is probably several more weeks.

Way up earlier in the thread I did mention that for this game, I had decided not to split the KB (in all previous games I had split the KB). But I will admit that the unplanned carrier outage, is making me rethink this. Might change my mind on that one. But the difference, at this piont, won't be so great.

[pauk]

IMHO, sinking enemy transports could delay Allies even more than possesion of Pacific atolls, so perhaps you could conduct some raids once when you finish job in SRA...

I'm not great admirer of Pacific expansion pack[:D] too... a lot of things can go wrong for Japan.....

[jwilkerson]

Actually I was headed out to do exactly some of that in the Indian Ocean - when that Assie Bde showed up at Derby and had to recall - but yes raids on both sides of the map will be easier now, for a while .. but gotta hurry and get some troops aboard Java now !!! Even Moses is worried that I haven't invaded Java yet - so can't let him down too much!!
[:D]

[jwilkerson]

Singapore, Singapore, Singapore!!!

The rest of the map has gotten very quiet over the past few days. Moses kicked off the "Battle for Singapore" by flying in 200+ aircraft from all over into Singapore itself and there seem to be at least another 100+ close by ... also the RN have shown up to provide support.

We've reacted by moving the zeroes that were in Burma down to Khota Bharu - bacially they go where the AVG goes - and since the AVG went to Singapore - so did the zeros ...

So anyway, big furball today over Singapore ..

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/21/42

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ASW attack at 48,104

Japanese Ships
SS I-10

Allied Ships
DD Ralph Talbot
DD Mugford
DD Helm

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ASW attack near Shortlands at 63,93

Japanese Ships
MSW W.8
MSW W.7

Allied Ships
SS S-23, hits 3

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Naval bombardment of Johore Bahru, at 22,49

Allied Ships
DD Scout
DD Van Ghent
DD Piet Hein
DD Kortenaer
DD Pope
DD Barker
CL Marblehead
CL Tromp
CL De Ruyter
CA Houston

Japanese ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Naval bombardment of Johore Bahru, at 22,49

Allied Ships
DD Stronghold
CA Exeter
CA Cornwall
BB Revenge

Japanese ground losses:
199 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Sub attack at 47,103

Japanese Ships
SS I-168

Allied Ships
CV Lexington, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage But she did not sink and did make port ... so just a bit more water to pump out. Both USN CVs thus survived their foray up to Rabaul ...
DD Bagley
DD Blue
DD Porter

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ASW attack at 47,103

Japanese Ships
SS I-168, hits 5

Allied Ships
DD Flusser
DD Drayton
DD Dunlap
DD Henley

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Sub attack near Townsville at 46,103

Japanese Ships
SS I-171

Allied Ships
MSW Bunbury, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Mildura

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Day Air attack on 15th Army, at 32,30


Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 10


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 36
Ki-48 Lily x 48
Ki-15 Babs x 3

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 12000 feet
4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 12000 feet
4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 12000 feet
4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 12000 feet
6 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 12000 feet
3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 12000 feet
3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 12000 feet
7 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 12000 feet
4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 12000 feet
2 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 12000 feet
2 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 12000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kuantan , at 24,47 The Allied air effort goes against our main bomber base ...

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 26

Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 3
Buffalo I x 6
Martin 139 x 13
Hudson I x 3
P-40B Tomahawk x 6
B-26B Marauder x 33

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 4 destroyed
Ki-15 Babs: 1 destroyed
G3M Nell: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
CW-21B Demon: 2 destroyed
Buffalo I: 6 destroyed
Martin 139: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 7 destroyed, 11 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
21 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 11000 feet
2 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
5 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Malacca , at 22,47

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 14

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet
5 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 93 Our main effort tries to reduce their fighter defence over Singapore ...

Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 8
Buffalo I x 21
Hurricane II x 6
P-35A x 8
P-40B Tomahawk x 13
P-40E Warhawk x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 21 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
CW-21B Demon: 7 destroyed
Buffalo I: 15 destroyed
Hurricane II: 4 destroyed
P-35A: 8 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 12 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 16 destroyed

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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 22
G4M1 Betty x 54

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged


Allied ground losses:
124 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 58

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
27 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
10 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
6 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
5 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on 5th Ind. Brigade, at 46,23


Allied aircraft
I-153c x 13
SB-2c x 20


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
8 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 18th Division, at 22,49


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 14
Buffalo I x 8


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 50th Chinese Corps, at 43,40

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 12
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 27
Ki-15 Babs x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
9 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
12 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 80th Chinese Corps, at 46,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 65
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
11 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
12 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 13th Australian Brigade, at 24,85 At Derby, one of our RCTs is mostly unloaded, the other is one day out. Looks like Derby will hold.

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
D3A Val x 21
B5N Kate x 18

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x B5N Kate bombing at 9000 feet
21 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 54
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 53

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged

Runway hits 1 Nells aren't accomplishing much at Mandalay [:(] ... Hey Brady, can I borrow some of your 500KGers ??? [:D]

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
13 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
7 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
6 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
2 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
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ASW attack near Townsville at 46,103

Japanese Ships
SS I-171, hits 2, heavy damage We have to pay the price for chasing the USN CVs into port ...

Allied Ships
DD Lamson
DD Mahan


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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 45173 troops, 534 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 947

Defending force 28837 troops, 338 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 516



Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Clark Field

Japanese Shock attack Oops, these Delta Alphas were supposed to be coordinating with the 65IB and 48ID comming in from the East .. but didn't happen that way .. so the support troops went in by themselves ... [:(]

Attacking force 11115 troops, 59 guns, 73 vehicles, Assault Value = 95

Defending force 43823 troops, 401 guns, 159 vehicles, Assault Value = 895

Japanese max assault: 84 - adjusted assault: 6

Allied max defense: 930 - adjusted defense: 568

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


Japanese ground losses:
560 casualties reported
Guns lost 24
Vehicles lost 16

Allied ground losses:
210 casualties reported
Guns lost 16
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Johore Bahru

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 85807 troops, 840 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1795

Defending force 31985 troops, 177 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 565



Allied ground losses:
136 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Shortlands

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 716 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

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

Japanese max assault: 22 - adjusted assault: 23

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 23 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Shortlands base !!! We continue to crawl forward in the Solomons ... We are unloading a large baseforce and some other units at Lae. The whole area is socked in (T-storms) ...





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Ground combat at Derby

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4587 troops, 49 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 121

Defending force 9657 troops, 92 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 226

[jwilkerson]

Looks like Moses has withdrawn the air and combat navy from Singapore ... we will keep pushing on ... with the departure of the USN CVs and the recovery of our air groups, we're actually enjoying a bit of "air superiority" in the Solomons/Papua area ... a three day storm mostly covered the unloading of a large BF, some CD guns and NLF oh as 10K supply or so.

At the same time a large BF is unloading at Rabaul, together with a pile of supply. We've taken Shortlands and have a large BF headed there as well.

We've started planning for PM but decision to go or not won't come for a while. It will still be several weeks before KB could (even in theory) arrive over here.

The Initial Java invasion force:

12 Army HQ
38ID
23IB
8 Armor
1 Res Armor
6 Res Armor
1 Mortar Rgt
12 IER
28 BF
125 BF
18 Av Rgt
2 Yok

Has or is loading aboard ship and heading towards the Celebes. KB is refitting at Kendari. When we move, we want everyone moving together, so it will still be a few days before the move starts.

In Oz, looks like, for the moment, we have things under control. The 4ID is at Darwin, one RCT of 2ID is at Wyndham and two RCTs of 2ID are now at Derby, one of these RCTs will pursue the Aussie Bde that advanced to Derby, the other RCT will advance from Derby to Broome and attempt to take the final Northern Oz port.

In China, nothing but training for our airforce except in the North where we are advancing both West and SW from Yenen. We will attempt to cut off the large group we retreated out of Yenen, but occasional spots (we've had a lot of t-storms up there lately) indicate Moses is flooding the area with troops.

In Burma, the 33ID has reached Mandalay and the 55ID will arrive shortly. Don't know if it will be enough. The IJA 2 Raiding Rgt is prepping for Mandalay and could be dropped to support an attack if we think one is viable. Currently the fort level is zero, but there are a lot of units there.

In the PI, we had a coordination disaster and everybody arrived at exactly the wrong time and the whole pile (our whole pile) got booted back to Lingayen. We will have to recover and try again. Even with over 200% of the historical forces on Luzon, it still isn't enough to shift Moses out of his positions!!!

More summaries with screen shots will be forth comming at month end (about 5 game days hence).


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/24/42

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Day Air attack on Malacca , at 22,47


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 10


No Allied losses

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 89

No Japanese losses Zoooom ... nobody home ...

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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 23
G4M1 Betty x 45

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged


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

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 52

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
22 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
9 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
11 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
6 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
5 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 5
Wirraway x 4
Hudson I x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed
Wirraway: 3 destroyed Allied probe ... yup we've got some birdies here !!!
Hudson I: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 21st Mixed Brigade, at 32,31


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 8


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
2 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 33,30


Allied aircraft
Lysander I x 14
Hurricane II x 14


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Lysander I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 22,49


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 14
B-26B Marauder x 19


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
19 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 22,49


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 6


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 28th Chinese Corps, at 43,40

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 22
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 8
Ki-15 Babs x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-15 Babs: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
12 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 35
G4M1 Betty x 14
Ki-21 Sally x 41

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Birminghan City, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Delawarean, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Patna, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Florence Luckenbach, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK West Isleta, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Santa Teresa, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Illinoian
AK Montgomery City, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
No need to go raiding to kill merchantmen if they are willing to come to us !!

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
1 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 32

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Birminghan City, on fire, heavy damage
AK Illinoian
AK Montgomery City, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK West Isleta, on fire, heavy damage
AK Santa Teresa, on fire, heavy damage
AK Florence Luckenbach, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Patna, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
1 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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ASW attack at 137,48

Japanese Ships
SS I-6, hits 1 Off San Francisco ... we got a little too close I guess ... backing off !!!

Allied Ships
APD Little


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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 45209 troops, 536 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 950

Defending force 29888 troops, 347 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 527



Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Mandalay

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 20287 troops, 192 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 415

Defending force 24735 troops, 177 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 487

Japanese max assault: 794 - adjusted assault: 448

Allied max defense: 470 - adjusted defense: 237

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0


Japanese ground losses:
2357 casualties reported
Guns lost 42
Vehicles lost 6

Allied ground losses:
132 casualties reported
Guns lost 5


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Ground combat at Balikpapan

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 9357 troops, 62 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 194

Defending force 3338 troops, 46 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 39

Japanese max assault: 350 - adjusted assault: 290

Allied max defense: 31 - adjusted defense: 17

Japanese assault odds: 17 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Balikpapan base !!! Now the 56IB has to trek over to Banjarmasin ... whew ...



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
P-36A Mohawk: 6 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
130 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Johore Bahru

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 82326 troops, 767 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1623

Defending force 28827 troops, 102 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 488



Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported

[jwilkerson]

Got some time to do a screen shot. Here is Solomons/Papua area and some dispositions and intentions. We come into this area with an expectation of being here a while, but ultimately knowing that this is a delaying action theater. At least in previous games, I've been able to hold the Allies attention in this area until about late '43. But by then the bulk of the Japanese combat Navy will probably be in and remain in the West, due to the need to protect the SRA and any direct threats to that area. We will have to defend over here with planes and light surface forces, and small chunks of LCUs.

But during late 42 and hopefully early '43 the bulk of our combat navy may be over here due to the need to delay the Americans (assuming they try to come this way).

[jwilkerson]

And another, unfortunately our timming isn't very good ... the KB will be ready to go in a day or so .. the troops won't be here by then.

[jwilkerson]

Well, Moses has come back to Singapore with a pile of planes. We did what we did of course without any idea there was any airforce at Singapore and - as per the way the game works - he moved back in to Singapore based on his knowledge of our deployments. But as it turns out, our attacks weren't totally useless. We were attacking from two bases and NOT doing a pre-attack strafing run this time. Our primary offensive strike with the Sallys/Nells/Oscars/Zeros from Kuantan against Singapore met stiff opposition but managed to at least "touch" the airfield. Our second strike with Zeros and Nells from Khota Bharu shot down a pile of his fighters.

Otherwise, the KB is preparing to leave port, as soon as most of her planes are ready. We will probably do a "pre-invasion" attack with the carriers to try to further reduce air power ... the actual invasion troops are all enroute, but will not arrive nearby for roughly a week.


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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/25/42

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ASW attack at 62,76

Japanese Ships
DD Kisaragi
DD Asagumo
DD Minegumo
DD Yamagumo
DD Natsugumo

Allied Ships
SS Stingray Off Truck, spotted by Ann's at Truk, the DD's were sent to prosecute ...

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Day Air attack on Khota Bharu , at 24,45

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21

Allied aircraft The Allies led off the days air activites in Malaya with a decent sized 4EB strike on our Naval Air Station at Khota Bharu ... damage was "detectable" on both sides...
Hudson I x 3
B-17E Fortress x 23
LB-30 Liberator x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed, 11 damaged
G3M Nell: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 destroyed, 14 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 4 destroyed, 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
7 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
3 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
3 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kuantan , at 24,47

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 12

Allied aircraft A probe from the Allies ... we pretty much dispensed with this attack ...
CW-21B Demon x 3
Blenheim I x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed
Blenheim I: 11 destroyed

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50 Our big raid against Singapore airbase .. planned without knowledge than any Allied aircraft would be present ..

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 41
G3M Nell x 47
G4M1 Betty x 22
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 25
Ki-21 Sally x 52
Ki-15 Babs x 5

Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 4
Buffalo I x 16
Hurricane II x 12
P-39D Airacobra x 16
P-40B Tomahawk x 15
P-40E Warhawk x 34

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 19 destroyed, 1 damaged
G3M Nell: 3 destroyed, 13 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 12 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 19 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 7 destroyed, 27 damaged
Ki-15 Babs: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses Not a fabulous result in the air for us .. but given that the 4EB are basing here and that we damaged the airfield ... tomorrows max strength attacks have a chance of inflicting greater damage ...
CW-21B Demon: 4 destroyed
Buffalo I: 14 destroyed
Hurricane II: 11 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 8 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 11 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 21 destroyed
B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed
Lockheed 212: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
147 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 19
Runway hits 72

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
11 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
10 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
9 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
2 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
9 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
2 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
2 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
1 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 5th Ind. Brigade, at 46,23


Allied aircraft
I-153c x 12
SB-2c x 21


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
9 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 56th Division, at 22,49


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 16
Buffalo I x 5


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 80th Chinese Corps, at 46,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 104
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
36 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
32 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 21,53

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 4

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 6
Hawk 75A x 4
CW-21B Demon x 7
Brewster 339D x 17
Buffalo I x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 destroyed


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Day Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 65 Most of the damage by this attack was done by our escorts hitting the already weakened CAP over Singapore ...
G3M Nell x 10

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 2
Hurricane II x 1
P-39D Airacobra x 8
P-40B Tomahawk x 4
P-40E Warhawk x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
G3M Nell: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 2 destroyed
Hurricane II: 1 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 8 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 4 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 14 destroyed

Allied Ships
AK Illinoian, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 The first time, we've gotten a decent coordinated attack against PM ... the 4 day t-storm seems to be over in the Solomon Sea ...

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 40
G3M Nell x 25
G4M1 Betty x 25

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 7 destroyed
A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
8 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
5 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
9 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
4 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 45251 troops, 536 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 951

Defending force 30198 troops, 353 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 530



Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Johore Bahru

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 103270 troops, 774 guns, 392 vehicles, Assault Value = 1643

Defending force 2010 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 40

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese max assault: 2544 - adjusted assault: 3413

Allied max defense: 36 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 3413 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Johore Bahru base !!! But our Delta Alpha Armor units advanced and our guns didn't ... so we will kill the pursuit, accept the armor being kicked out of Singapore ... but coordinate the advance of the entire Army, so we only have to do one SA to get into town.


Japanese ground losses:
147 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
410 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

[jwilkerson]

Victory Point Screen showing actual air to air losses ... which were 124 (A) to 55 (J) in a2a ...

[jwilkerson]

And then the detailed breakdown of the day's air losses ...

[DuckofTindalos]

Considering the date, killing 25 A6M's in A2A isn't bad at all...

[jwilkerson]

Well it is for me!!
[:D]

[jwilkerson]

Here is a shot of the area around Java, the next major target area. We just tried to raid Soerabaja but KB only steamed 6 hexes despite everyone having highspeed orders to go 8 hexes ... so only the Zeros went it ... no bombers ... well with surprise lost, we will pull back for a couple of days, cover landings to Koepang, Maccasar and then refuel and try again. In the mean time, the troops are on the way and will be arriving in the area over the next week. Unfortunately, the first wave has the farthest to go, they are comming in from Japan and are current off Iwo Jima, so they won't be here until a bit over a week, by then we should be ready to go. Well as ready as we can be given the timeframe and all other events.

[jwilkerson]

In CBI, Mandalay finally fell, though we flubbed things up about as badly as we could've. The fresh 55th sat for 2 days awaiting orders to attack, once I failed to order anyone to attack, then even worse ordered the beat up 33rd to attack by itself. Finally, the dumb general got it right and ordered both to attack. In the event, the 55th probably could've done it by itself, and maybe the two days rest helped. But attacking with the 33rd by itself did not. Now the 33rd is really beat up and the 55th is still in good shape. But, now the nightmare is that all the Allid units (18 of them) retreated towards Lashio. I don't know who got S#$%# worse, me or Moses. Now I have to face to eventually that he gets to use these units in China (many are Indian/Brit) for free even though we have a house rule against sending Brit/India troops to China w/o paying PP. But I can't very deny him a retreat route. I think I would have rather had them retreat to Mytchina. But I guess the computer choose the closer base. Funny, but I don't remember this happening before. Not sure why, I guess it should happen every time.

Well the 23IB is prepped for Mytchina, so they will go there. The 4IB is prepped for Lashio so they go there. Now we have to decide where to prep/send the divisions. But one of day rest first.

Oh and we still have dreams of taking Akyab, just no means!

Well Burma campaign has certainly been different than what we expected. We figured the big air battle would be here, but Moses has chosen to have it down around Singapore. But the outcome wasn't much different than we expected. Horrendous losses on both sides. We are counting on his near term replacement rate being lower than ours. We can certainly replace the planes. But there will be quite a few Oscar and Zero units headed to China for retraining soon!

[jwilkerson]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/28/42

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ASW attack at 63,77

Japanese Ships
DD Kisaragi
DD Asagumo
DD Minegumo
DD Yamagumo
DD Natsugumo

Allied Ships
SS Triton, hits 2, on fire NE of Truk, our ASW group continuing to prosecute contacts around the area.

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Day Air attack on Johore Bahru , at 22,49


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 10
B-26B Marauder x 40
B-17C Fortress x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
627 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 51 Not messing up the combat units much, but messing up the HQ and the supply ...

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 11000 feet
24 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
14 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 11000 feet
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
2 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 48 This was supposed to be the lead off of a series of attacks, but the fleet didn't make it into range, so the main attack fizzled and this was all we got ...

Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 13
P-26A x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F2A Buffalo: 12 destroyed
P-26A: 9 destroyed

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Day Air attack on Macassar , at 30,69

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
B5N Kate x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x B5N Kate bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 27
G4M1 Betty x 50

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 6 damaged


Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 30

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
11 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
11 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
12 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
10 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
14 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
2 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd Chinese Temp. Division, at 47,38

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 10
Ki-30 Ann x 22
Ki-36 Ida x 2

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
12 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 65th Chinese Corps, at 43,40

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 54
Ki-51 Sonia x 24
Ki-15 Babs x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
12 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 20,55

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 56 Decent sized attack going in against the main Allied Fleet ...
G3M Nell x 16

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 3
Hawk 75A x 4
CW-21B Demon x 3
Brewster 339D x 13
Buffalo I x 3
Hurricane II x 3
P-39D Airacobra x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed, 4 damaged
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 3 destroyed
Hawk 75A: 4 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 2 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 5 destroyed
Buffalo I: 2 destroyed
Hurricane II: 2 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB Revenge, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage Useful, this should knock this ship out of the defense of Java ...
CA Cornwall, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
CA Exeter

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 34
G3M Nell x 10
G4M1 Betty x 17

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed

Allied Ships
DD Preston
AP Tasker H. Bliss
AP Harris, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Lack of level-4 airbase at Rabaul is crippling our ability to hurt the convoys going in to PM ...
DD Smith
AP President Garfield, Bomb hits 1


Allied ground losses:
89 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
1 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
1 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
4 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
4 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Banjarmasin , at 27,64

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
D3A Val x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 4 damaged

Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
G3M Nell x 13
G4M1 Betty x 31

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 6 destroyed
Wirraway: 1 destroyed
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
1 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
9 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
5 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
4 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
G3M Nell x 2
G4M1 Betty x 3

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 5

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
AP President Fillmore, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Jacob Luckenbach, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
2 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
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Sub attack at 128,54

Japanese Ships
SS I-6

Allied Ships
TK Paul M Gregg, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Out in the "gap" between Pearl and SF ...


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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 45397 troops, 542 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 955

Defending force 30882 troops, 368 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 538



Allied ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Mandalay

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 44056 troops, 401 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 817

Defending force 24744 troops, 175 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 475

Japanese max assault: 1660 - adjusted assault: 2688

Allied max defense: 457 - adjusted defense: 269

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Mandalay base !!! [8D]


Japanese ground losses:
1447 casualties reported
Guns lost 18
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
634 casualties reported
Guns lost 10


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Bulla

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 739 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21

Defending force 1147 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 39



Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

[jwilkerson]

Not a whole lot going on this turn except at Singapore and in the P.I. At Singapore we came back (uh forward) across the Straits again. Our prep points gave us reasonable losses vis-a-vis Moses, but we still have to survive his almost certain Shock Attack back at us. Not sure whether we can. But prep point are about our onoly hope. Most of our units have been prepping for Singapore since day one. That's probably one reason we had such a tough try getting down the Malaya Penn.

In the PI we've tried everything else so now we're gonna try "going to the right"!!! So we sent the assault force across the river to San M. and finally took a hex against opposition!!! ... Now maybe we can get a bead on Clark Field. Of course Moses could play revolving door and attack Limgayen, but we've moved 150 AV of Naval troops in there and have more on the way. And even if he does that he walks away from Manilla and Bataan for good, so I'm not sure we would've welcome it. The conservative thing for him to do would be to move to Bataan or Manilla. But he might just sit there and make me come and boot him out. And I'm not sure I can, though if I can sit on the hex, I'll stop the resource production of supply, so that will at least be something.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/29/42

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Sub attack at 7,90

Japanese Ships
SS RO-34

Allied Ships
TK Empire Celt, Torpedo hits 2, on fire Off of Sharks Bay

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Sub attack at 39,75

Japanese Ships
AP Shinano Maru
PC Showa Maru #5
PC Showa Maru #3
MSW Takasago Maru
MSW Ataka Maru

Allied Ships
SS Pickerel

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Sub attack near Akyab at 30,29

Japanese Ships
SS I-154

Allied Ships
AK Høegh Merchant, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

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Day Air attack on Johore Bahru , at 22,49


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 14
B-26B Marauder x 42
B-17C Fortress x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
642 casualties reported He's keeping this base shut down ...
Guns lost 7

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 46

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 11000 feet
24 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
5 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
15 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 11000 feet
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
G3M Nell x 51
G4M1 Betty x 17
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 32
Ki-21 Sally x 73

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 18 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 5 destroyed, 33 damaged We're doing the same for Singapore but at much higher cost ...

Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 2 destroyed
Lockheed 212: 2 destroyed
Hudson I: 1 destroyed


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

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 175

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
14 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
7 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
22 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
16 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
15 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
7 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
4 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
2 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 26
G4M1 Betty x 40

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged


Allied ground losses:
193 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 42

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
17 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
13 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
10 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 9000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on 41st Division, at 47,26


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 18


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
8 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd Chinese Temp. Division, at 47,38

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 9
Ki-30 Ann x 12
Ki-36 Ida x 2

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
12 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 80th Chinese Corps, at 46,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 104
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
32 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
36 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 21,55

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 25
G3M Nell x 3
G4M1 Betty x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
TK Empire Flint
TK Empire Druid

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 30
G3M Nell x 3
G4M1 Betty x 29

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged
Moses didn't come up today !?
Allied Ships
AK Steel Ranger
AP Harris, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP President Polk, Bomb hits 1
AK Chickasaw City, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Smith, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Preston

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 30
G3M Nell x 13
G4M1 Betty x 31

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 3 destroyed So we bashed some guys on the ground .. real losses about double ...
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed
Catalina I: 1 destroyed
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
7 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Derby at 24,85

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Kitakami
BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 1 SYS 2 total ... so this was a "NE"

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Derby at 24,85

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 2

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CL Tama

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Sub attack near Akyab at 30,29

Japanese Ships
SS I-154

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

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TF 53 troops unloading over beach at Madang, 54,84


Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 45501 troops, 544 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 957

Defending force 30947 troops, 368 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 539



Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported


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Ground combat at San Marcelino

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 39041 troops, 366 guns, 103 vehicles, Assault Value = 602

Defending force 4690 troops, 45 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127

Japanese max assault: 608 - adjusted assault: 801

Allied max defense: 131 - adjusted defense: 124

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE San Marcelino base !!! The "Right Hook"


Japanese ground losses:
333 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Allied ground losses:
112 casualties reported
Guns lost 6


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Singapore

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 99282 troops, 679 guns, 145 vehicles, Assault Value = 1641

Defending force 61402 troops, 414 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 722

Japanese max assault: 1628 - adjusted assault: 1106

Allied max defense: 671 - adjusted defense: 707

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 5 This will take awhile regardless but big question is can he boot us back off the Island next run ... our disruption levels run from about 50 to about 80 ... his are certainly lower .. but our prep points are generally 60+ .. his are probably mostly lower ...


Japanese ground losses:
3020 casualties reported
Guns lost 66
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
2125 casualties reported
Guns lost 69


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Ground combat at Bulla

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 743 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21

Defending force 1126 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 38

[jwilkerson]

Ok as January 1942 ends, we will do our Monthly Reports. First we will survey each major front. The first front is CBI. In this theater we have offensives underway in both Burma and North China. The month of January ended with our capture of Mandalay and the pursuit of surviving British/Indian and Chinese units towards Lashio. They are pretty beat up. Our 4IB just retreated 17 units with a deliberate assault!?

The 21IB has signifiant prep points for Mytchina, so it will head there and will be supported by the 55ID. The 4IB which has significant prep points for Lashio will continue the pursuit to that town and be supported by 33ID. The 2nd Raiding Regiment will prep for Lashio (it is located at Mandalay).

Once either Lashio or Mytchina fall, we will start some units prepping for Akyab.

[jwilkerson]

The next front is Malaya. As the month ends we are besieging Singapore. Moses gave us a hecque of a hard time at Jahore Bharu, but now the tables have turned as all of our units had switched their prep points to Singapore from turn 1 of the game. We are now average 70+ on prep points in the Singapore hex. But Moses still has significant air/naval forces operating in the area, primarily out of Palembang. We have two large air groups in Malaya, with 100+ Sallys, 100+ Nells and 100+ Zeros though usually about half of these are down for maintenance.

[jwilkerson]

Next is P.I. this is our great embarrassment. We completely blew the first attack on Clark and all of our units were ignomiously retreated back to Lingayen. So we crossed the river farther West at San Marcelino and will approch Clark from that side. We have brought in several SNLFs to hold our supply base at Lingayen - well we hope they do!!!