Helpless (Allied) vs Castor Troy (Jpn) / BigB 1.3

[ny59giants]

It was remarkable for me that the Betties are spotting and attacking far more subs than the Sallies do. I expected the complete opposite because

a) the Sallies are exp. 85, the Betties are 70-75
and
b) 27 Sallies are searching or ASW at range 8 (6000 ft - I never go lower), but only 8 Betties are searching at a range of 15 (6000 ft)

another 80 exp Sally daitai will come in when the airfield is increased by another point which should happen the next three turns I hope.

Don't forget that the range of your planes is cut in half when conducting ASW Ops. Thus, your Sally's are really only at a range of 4.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

It was remarkable for me that the Betties are spotting and attacking far more subs than the Sallies do. I expected the complete opposite because

a) the Sallies are exp. 85, the Betties are 70-75
and
b) 27 Sallies are searching or ASW at range 8 (6000 ft - I never go lower), but only 8 Betties are searching at a range of 15 (6000 ft)

another 80 exp Sally daitai will come in when the airfield is increased by another point which should happen the next three turns I hope.

Don't forget that the range of your planes is cut in half when conducting ASW Ops. Thus, your Sally's are really only at a range of 4.

Yes I know, that´s why I had them on search at the beginning! But with 27 Sallies on ASW I thougth at least those subs in a range of 4 should be in real trouble. That wasn´t the case. Not that I´m complaining about the Sallies working too bad but what a whopping result of the Betties every turn. 8 Betties searching a range of 15 in comparison of 27 Sallies at a actual range of 4 the last two turns. And still 8 of the 14 subs are within a range of 4.

Though the only hit so far was achieved by the Sallies (if it was a hit and not FOW).

[ny59giants]

Many players seem to keep their Naval Search at 6000 and don't do ASW searches without noticable differences in finding subs and hitting them. You might trying setting all those Betty/Sally on Naval Search and see if this is true or not.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Many players seem to keep their Naval Search at 6000 and don't do ASW searches without noticable differences in finding subs and hitting them. You might trying setting all those Betty/Sally on Naval Search and see if this is true or not.

That´s exactly what I´ve done the turns before and yes, there wasn´t a real difference (except the hit this turn from ASW Sallies - though I think it was just luck). No matter if ASW or nav search, so far the fewer, less experienced Betties that are searching a far bigger area performed better. Remarkable better. I will keep watching them, if the subs stay in the area long enough. When 54 Sallies will be searching then the subs will hopefully get more problems.

[ny59giants]

Do you have a dedicated ASW TF to go after the spotted subs??

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Do you have a dedicated ASW TF to go after the spotted subs??

Yes I have. A formerly 6 DD ASW TF (one DD out of action due to a MK14 hit) and a 6 ship PC/PG ASW TF. Both tried to attack a sub last turn. The DDs normally don´t find anything, a PC dropped around 10 DCs last turn for one near miss.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/14/42

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TF 1133 encounters mine field at Canton Island (98,99)

Allied Ships
MSW Rail
MSW Turkey
DMS Elliot
DMS Wasmuth

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TF 20 encounters mine field at Luganville (72,107)

Japanese Ships
MSW Takasago Maru
MSW Tomozono Maru #3
MSW Tama Maru #2

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ASW attack at 101,104

Japanese Ships
SS I-172, hits 5

Allied Ships
DD Preston
DD Smith
DD Shaw
DD Jarvis
DD Mustin

on the shipping lane to Pago Pago is now an ASW TF patrolling. The difference between Allied and Japanese ASW is already 100:1, this in early 42. While my ASW isn´t able to get a shot at spotted subs that are parked for weeks in a port hex picking out ships from my convoys, most times an Allied ASW TF moves over an unspotted and moved every turn sub it engages. Dozens of DCs dropped by 4 DDs. Sub is heavily damaged and the chances are 80:20 that it will make the 38!! hexes to Noumea.[8|]


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ASW attack at 101,104

Japanese Ships
SS I-172, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Preston
DD Smith
DD Shaw
DD Jarvis
DD Mustin

next try, sub already heavily damaged. Two DDs tried to engage the submerged sub but didn´t drop DCs. Perhaps they are already out of DCs with the big numbers planted on the sub during the last attack.


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Day Air attack on 13th CCP Guerilla Brigade, at 48,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
Ki-27 Nate x 287

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lark Force Battalion, at 60,89

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 175
D3A Val x 33

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Guam , at 62,66

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 132

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 38

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B5N Kate bombing at 20000 feet


the Vals decided not to fly this turn...

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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 66508 troops, 661 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1404

Defending force 42953 troops, 386 guns, 87 vehicles, Assault Value = 706



Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3054 troops, 107 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2468

Defending force 95849 troops, 685 guns, 345 vehicles, Assault Value = 2212



Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 23645 troops, 250 guns, 66 vehicles, Assault Value = 704

Defending force 75232 troops, 681 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1404


Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Guns lost 2




Here´s the situation in Burma. My troops are south of Mandalay now. The usual tactic of Helpless of retreating everything everywhere and mass those troops at one place has brought probably more than 100.000 troops to the Mandalay area. [8|] What should I say about this tactic when my opponent complained about my tactic of going forward very fast (through COMPLETELY UNGARRISONED TERRITORY EVERYWHERE).[8|] I will most certainly attack West of Mandalay first shock attacking over the river into the 8 LCUs spotted there. I bet I will encounter some Chinese ground units also. Not much chance to cut off Mandalay as there are mountainious and wooden hexes all around. One division will stay south of Mandalay to counter a possible manouver to cut off my advancing troops. Hopefully 2500 assault points will be enough to drive out the 8 LCUs west of Mandalay. Bombing Mandalay in a big way is no option as there´s the all mighty flak of a dozen British base forces. Allied flak makes it impossible for me to attack a base, whereas heavy flak of mine isn´t able to even inflict one or two op losses when 100+ bombers are attacking. So the infantry has the honour... Don´t know if the situation in the scenarios that start in 5/42 are reflecting historical accuracy but it loos like I won´t have a chance to nearly achieve to take all those bases. Not to talk about China, no chance to take what´s already Japanese in the 5/42 scenarios it seems. So far I´m not doing really good it seems.

[ny59giants]

The difference between Allied and Japanese ASW is already 100:1, this in early 42. While my ASW isn´t able to get a shot at spotted subs that are parked for weeks in a port hex picking out ships from my convoys, most times an Allied ASW TF moves over an unspotted and moved every turn sub it engages. Dozens of DCs dropped by 4 DDs.

I know that Allied DD's get their 4/42 upgrade and almost all have an ASW factor of 4. It is not until 10/42 that some go up to an ASW value of 6 & 8. Eventually, the DE's come in with an ASW value of 11. YIKES!![X(][X(]

What does the ASW values look like for the Japanese??

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

The difference between Allied and Japanese ASW is already 100:1, this in early 42. While my ASW isn´t able to get a shot at spotted subs that are parked for weeks in a port hex picking out ships from my convoys, most times an Allied ASW TF moves over an unspotted and moved every turn sub it engages. Dozens of DCs dropped by 4 DDs.

I know that Allied DD's get their 4/42 upgrade and almost all have an ASW factor of 4. It is not until 10/42 that some go up to an ASW value of 6 & 8. Eventually, the DE's come in with an ASW value of 11. YIKES!![X(][X(]

What does the ASW values look like for the Japanese??

Mostly 2 at the moment with many of the DDs upgrading to 4 within 42. The PC and PG have 3 or 2 like the MSW have also. At the moment the low ASW value isn´t much of a problem. The primary problem is that my DDs aren´t attacking the subs at all. If there´s an engagement then normally the DDs all fail to find the sub or are dropping only one or two times DCs whereas the Allied DDs are already spotting, attacking and dropping DCs like mad. I understand that Allied DDs are killers in 44 and 45 and subs are clearly the losers but it´s already like that right from the start of the game. The only reason I haven´t had more subs sunk is the fact that they haven´t ended up under an Allied ASW often enough so far. It´s obvious when you look at the engagements so far.

Like I said, the Allied subs are parked in and around my ports for weeks, spotted every turn (they aren´t even moved!!!!) but the Japanese DDs are doing mostly nothing - besides acting as targets!

[stldiver]

I allied in a PBEM that is in Dec 43, the Japanese ASW was very ineffective from 42 to mid 43, primarily it was because I used my subs for transport, and put very few in the shipping lanes thus few opportunities. In early 43 when the torpedo's became better I switched to the shipping lanes and the coast of the Home Islands, this caught my opponent for a few months as a lot of shipping was unescorted and my subs had a field day, for most of 43 they averaged 1 ship sunk a day, he eventually formed up convoys and the 6 ship ASW strike groups.

What I have noticed is these groups still were ineffective initially but as their experiance increased, I started to lose subs. This was a combination of him switching leaders to more aggression, The DD's, PC ships getting more experiance, and his starting to use planes to
spot the subs.

There are some groups that I don't fear at all and there are a couple of 6 Ship ASW groups that when they show up at a base with my sub, I move the sub quickly because they are killers. Thus as your ships gain experiance they will become better, as well as the leaders and air.

One of the downfalls for my opponent is he has already lost over 80 DD's thus cannot form many of these groups, as the remaining DD's must escort his CV's and surface groups.

So build those ASW units experiance, check that leaders are good and put Naval search up is about the best you can hope for, after time some
will turn into killer units.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: stldiver

I allied in a PBEM that is in Dec 43, the Japanese ASW was very ineffective from 42 to mid 43, primarily it was because I used my subs for transport, and put very few in the shipping lanes thus few opportunities. In early 43 when the torpedo's became better I switched to the shipping lanes and the coast of the Home Islands, this caught my opponent for a few months as a lot of shipping was unescorted and my subs had a field day, for most of 43 they averaged 1 ship sunk a day, he eventually formed up convoys and the 6 ship ASW strike groups.

What I have noticed is these groups still were ineffective initially but as their experiance increased, I started to lose subs. This was a combination of him switching leaders to more aggression, The DD's, PC ships getting more experiance, and his starting to use planes to
spot the subs.

There are some groups that I don't fear at all and there are a couple of 6 Ship ASW groups that when they show up at a base with my sub, I move the sub quickly because they are killers. Thus as your ships gain experiance they will become better, as well as the leaders and air.

One of the downfalls for my opponent is he has already lost over 80 DD's thus cannot form many of these groups, as the remaining DD's must escort his CV's and surface groups.

So build those ASW units experiance, check that leaders are good and put Naval search up is about the best you can hope for, after time some
will turn into killer units.

There are very good commanders in charge already, with the highest agression rating I could find. The DDs are already in the range of 80 exp and I doubt they will get any further. And therefore it´s even more surprising that PCs with an exp. between 40 and 50 are doing better than the DDs.

So far I had A LOT of opportunities to attack subs on the open sea and in my ports sitting there spotted for weeks. I have sunk a couple, but in comparison to the Allied it´s like I said 100:1. [8|]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/15/42

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Naval bombardment of Tarawa, at 85,91

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 2 destroyed
B5N Kate: 4 destroyed

Allied Ships
CL Phoenix
CA Northampton
CA Indianapolis

Japanese ground losses:
104 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 38
Port supply hits 1



This TF was spotted last turn but wasn´t attacked by my Kates (bomb range 6 - distance to target 6). Nor were they attacked this turn. There is a large base force with 8x5.5" CD and 16x4.7" DP guns that didn´t fire a shot. Supply level is 22.000. Amazingly when I see what the CD gun unit at Soerabaja is able to do with a couple of 150 mm CD guns. 11 aircraft on the ground destroyed today.


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Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 35
Ki-21 Sally x 125

Allied aircraft
Hawk 75A x 6
CW-21B Demon x 3
Brewster 339D x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hawk 75A: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
CW-21B Demon: 1 damaged
Brewster 339D: 3 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
Ki-21 Sally x 112
Ki-49 Helen x 52
Ki-15 Babs x 7

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
130 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 2

Airbase hits 22
Airbase supply hits 20
Runway hits 109

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet

20 supply hits!!!!! [X(][X(][X(]


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Day Air attack on Lark Force Battalion, at 60,89

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 127
D3A Val x 24

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 91st PA Division, at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 12
Ki-32 Mary x 10
Ki-51 Sonia x 44

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-32 Mary bombing at 2000 feet

DBs are ordered on ground attack now. Losses are.... mmmm... I don´t know...


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Day Air attack on 3rd PA Constabulary Regiment, at 39,59

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 101 RAAF Base Force, at 60,89

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 45
D3A Val x 8

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Guam , at 62,66

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 48
B5N Kate x 136

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 55
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x B5N Kate bombing at 20000 feet

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Ground combat at Taung Gyi

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2178 troops, 0 guns, 143 vehicles, Assault Value = 81

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

Japanese max assault: 85 - adjusted assault: 44

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 44 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Taung Gyi base !!!



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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 66655 troops, 667 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1407

Defending force 43011 troops, 391 guns, 86 vehicles, Assault Value = 713



Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3074 troops, 107 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2498

Defending force 95221 troops, 681 guns, 343 vehicles, Assault Value = 2216



Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported


My assault value is 600 points lower than 3 days ago while the Allied are 50 points lower. Another two of those attacks and I have wrecked this force here also. [8|]


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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 23756 troops, 252 guns, 66 vehicles, Assault Value = 711

Defending force 75359 troops, 687 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1407

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/16/42

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TF 20 encounters mine field at Luganville (72,107)

Japanese Ships
MSW Takasago Maru
MSW Tomozono Maru #3
MSW Tama Maru #2

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TF 20 encounters mine field at Luganville (72,107)

Japanese Ships
MSW Takasago Maru
MSW Tomozono Maru #3
MSW Tama Maru #2

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Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 35
Ki-21 Sally x 125

Allied aircraft
Hawk 75A x 4
CW-21B Demon x 3
Brewster 339D x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hawk 75A: 1 damaged
CW-21B Demon: 1 damaged
Brewster 339D: 2 destroyed
F.K.51: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 20000 feet

bombing at 20000 ft isn´t effective with the low bomb loads of Japanese mediums. Will go down to at least 15.000 ft again as like this turn I´m only taking op losses (3 this turn [8|]) while achieving nothing.


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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
Ki-21 Sally x 105
Ki-49 Helen x 53

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
173 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 80

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 13th CCP Guerilla Brigade, at 48,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 216

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lark Force Battalion, at 60,89

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 175
D3A Val x 33

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

Lark Force Battalion seems to be really bullet proof. 200 attacking planes, again no losses inflicted.

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Day Air attack on 41st PA Division, at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 12
Ki-32 Mary x 10
Ki-51 Sonia x 41

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-32 Mary bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Guam , at 62,66

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 48
B5N Kate x 140

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 41
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x B5N Kate bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 35
Ki-21 Sally x 77
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17
Port hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Pagan

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7362 troops, 183 guns, 140 vehicles, Assault Value = 2877

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

Japanese max assault: 81 - adjusted assault: 76

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 76 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Pagan base !!!



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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 66913 troops, 670 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1420

Defending force 43033 troops, 392 guns, 85 vehicles, Assault Value = 714



Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3074 troops, 107 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2524

Defending force 94818 troops, 684 guns, 339 vehicles, Assault Value = 2215



Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 23830 troops, 252 guns, 66 vehicles, Assault Value = 714

Defending force 75617 troops, 690 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1420


Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/17/42

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TF 20 encounters mine field at Luganville (72,107)

Japanese Ships
MSW Takasago Maru
MSW Tomozono Maru #3
MSW Tama Maru #2

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Sub attack at 101,104

Japanese Ships
SS I-174, hits 5

Allied Ships
DMS Zane
DMS Trevor
DMS Hopkins
DMS Long
DMS Lamberton
DMS Boggs



next ASW TF that stumbles over a sub that was not spotted and moved this turn. Damage is at 38/52/3. Enroute to Truk on cruise speed, will again be a gamble if she´ll make it or not.

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Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 35
Ki-21 Sally x 115

Allied aircraft
Hawk 75A x 4
CW-21B Demon x 3
Brewster 339D x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hawk 75A: 2 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Brewster 339D: 1 destroyed
F.K.51: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 45

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet

I fear I have to close this AF as every turn my opponent could fly in a hundred fighters and ambush me.


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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
Ki-21 Sally x 114
Ki-49 Helen x 54
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
238 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 124

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Zamboanga , at 39,59

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-27 Nate x 69
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on NGVR Battalion, at 60,89

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 196
D3A Val x 33
B5N Kate x 20

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 41st PA Division, at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 12
Ki-32 Mary x 10
Ki-51 Sonia x 43

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-32 Mary bombing at 2000 feet

don´t know if those bombing runs have any effect...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 46
B-17D Fortress x 8
B-17E Fortress x 76


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
501 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 103

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet

A pity it´s not possible to do development on new aircraft types. I would favour a Japanese 4E bomber to make an attack on Darwin possible. Just one raid at the right time and those monsters would go up in flames.


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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 67104 troops, 676 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1430

Defending force 42943 troops, 393 guns, 87 vehicles, Assault Value = 718



Allied ground losses:
128 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3088 troops, 108 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2546

Defending force 94253 troops, 684 guns, 335 vehicles, Assault Value = 2219



Allied ground losses:
116 casualties reported

Allied assault value is increasing again... how is that possible? There can´t be enough supply to feed the nearly 100.000 troops but assault value goes up again. In two turns my next attack will be ordered.


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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 23861 troops, 253 guns, 67 vehicles, Assault Value = 717

Defending force 75748 troops, 696 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1430

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/18/42

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ASW attack at 100,105

Japanese Ships
SS I-169, hits 9, on fire

Allied Ships
DD Rathburne
DD Lawrence
DD Kennison
DD Isis
DD Encounter
DD Scout

next turn, next ASW TF that stumbles over a not spotted and moved sub. Sub is at 34/72 so it is considered sunk... THIS IS MARCH 42 and I really find it just laughable that Allied ASW seems to be 100% effective. Laughable compared to what I can achieve with TFs consisting of 6 DDs (that are actually more experienced than the Allied ones because of the high night experience). My TFs attack (if they even attack) subs that are spotted for days and parked in shallow waters in a base hex and they do just nothing. Whenever an Allied TF gets into the same hex as one of my subs then there´s a 100% combat that pops up and a very high probability that the sub is heavily damaged. This sub again wasn´t in shallow waters, nor was it spotted and I moved it!! Repeat: THIS IS MARCH 42! Repeat: LAUGHABLE!!!




In real life I-169 was sunk at Truk!

The I-169 was a KD 6 A (I-168) Class submarine built for the Imperial Japanese Navy and launched 15 FEB 1934. She was built by Mitsubishi of Kobe and was renamed for her last Commanding Officer LCDR Shinohara, the only survivor of her ill fated crew.

During the war the I-169 participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor, but the war’s rapid advances in submarine technology surpassed her and she was converted to an underwater transport. Her large size and long range made her perfect for this duty. After the fall of Saipan, she was one of the few ships that could keep Truk re-supplied.

The I-169 was lost in an American air attack, subsequent to the original "Hailstone" raid. As the air attack began, she dove to avoid damage but unfortunately, the crew failed to close the main induction valve and she flooded her forward compartments and sank herself.

The Japanese made immediate attempts to salvage her and discovered that some crewman had survived the sinking. The fleet tug FUTAGAMI attempted to lift her bow, but the flooded submarine was too heavy to lift and broke the hoisting cables. Due to various problems the rescue and salvage failed. All hands were lost, with the exception of her Commanding Officer, who was ashore when the attack began. Later the Japanese depth charged the forward section of the submarine.

The wreck was rediscovered in 1973 and Al Giddings made a documentary about the sub and the Japanese government’s subsequent recovery of a portion of the crew’s remains. Sadly, a Japanese diver was also lost during the recovery attempt. She now lies in 125 fsw.

IJN I-169 SUBMARINE: Displacement: 2440 tons submerged; Length: 344 feet; Beam: 27 feet; Engine: 2-9000 shp diesel and 2-1800 shp electric motors, 2 shafts; Max Range 14,000 NM; Mission: Transport; Armament: 6-21 inch torpedo tubes (14 torpedoes); 1-10 CM anti-surface gun ; machine gun; Crew: 70

Courtesy-Capt. Lance Higgs S.S. Thorfinn


Picture of the wreck at Truk:








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Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 35
Ki-21 Sally x 119

Allied aircraft
Hawk 75A x 3
CW-21B Demon x 2
Brewster 339D x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 11 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hawk 75A: 2 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 39

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
Ki-21 Sally x 113
Ki-49 Helen x 53
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
124 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 90

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Zamboanga , at 39,59

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-27 Nate x 139
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 37

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 13th CCP Guerilla Brigade, at 48,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 138

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on NGVR Battalion, at 60,89

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 196
D3A Val x 33
B5N Kate x 21

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd Constabulary Division, at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 12
Ki-32 Mary x 12
Ki-51 Sonia x 41

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
110 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-32 Mary bombing at 2000 feet
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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 67378 troops, 681 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1444

Defending force 42871 troops, 394 guns, 88 vehicles, Assault Value = 720



Allied ground losses:
110 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3088 troops, 108 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2573

Defending force 93749 troops, 670 guns, 333 vehicles, Assault Value = 2219



Allied ground losses:
131 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 23929 troops, 254 guns, 68 vehicles, Assault Value = 719

Defending force 76102 troops, 701 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1444



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Ground combat at Sampit

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 715 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 26

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

Japanese max assault: 26 - adjusted assault: 28

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Sampit base !!!

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/19/42

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Sub attack near Luganville at 72,107

Japanese Ships
MSW Tomozono Maru #3
MSW Takasago Maru
MSW Tama Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Tautog


Tautog was spotted in this port for several days. She dares to attack my obsolete ASW forces now!

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ASW attack near Lifou at 70,111

Japanese Ships
DD Sagiri
DD Usugumo
DD Shinonome
DD Fubuki
DD Arare

Allied Ships
SS Trigger, hits 4

This time my DDs also try an attack on a spotted sub in a base hex. Only Sagiri attacks, drops perhaps a dozen DCs and achieves 4 near misses.

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Sub attack near Luganville at 72,107

Japanese Ships
MSW Tama Maru #2
MSW Tomozono Maru #3
MSW Takasago Maru

Allied Ships
SS Tautog

Tautog attacks again and expends another 6 torps on my ASW forces.

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Day Air attack on Kunming , at 39,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 101

Allied aircraft
I-153c x 26
I-16c x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 6 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 14 destroyed
I-16c: 25 destroyed

The combat report shows a clear victory for the Japanese attackers. While watching the combat replay I was really SHOCKED in the beginning. [X(] My fighters were ordered to sweep on 30.000 ft and as usual the Allied defenders got the first bounce taking down 3 Oscars immediately. The bounce went on and it soon was a 6:1 for the Chinese fighters. Short before keeling over and hitting the escape key I steadily kept watching the replay when I first saw xy CFS climbing to intercept.... no more bounce... [&o][&o] and then the slaughter began... Knowing about the importance of the bounce already (and knowing that there´s a BIG problem when stacking Allied base forces in one hex) this combat has once again proved (for me) how a fight looks like when one side gets the bounce. With the bounce the Chinese biplanes achieved a 6:1 kill rate, without they lost 0:38 (have to say that 0:38 is strange also[8|]). I would really love to see more players making those observations and posting it as this perhaps would lead the responsible to take a look at the problem with stacking Allied base forces in a base which leads to a 100% NEVER ENDING bounce of the Allied defenders during an air battle! This is one of the reasons of the later UBER CAP also[8|][:(]


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Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 35
Ki-21 Sally x 119

Allied aircraft
Hawk 75A x 3
CW-21B Demon x 2
Brewster 339D x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hawk 75A: 3 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 59

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
Ki-21 Sally x 111
Ki-49 Helen x 52
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
224 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 95

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 83rd Regional Army Corps, at 48,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 168

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
64 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Guam , at 62,66

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 48
B5N Kate x 140

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 38
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x B5N Kate bombing at 20000 feet
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Sub attack at 90,106

Japanese Ships
SS I-22, hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Cassin, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Downes
DD Tucker
DD Walke

Fourth turn in a row, fourth sub / ASW attack. This time my sub at least could shoot back and damage a DD. Unfortunately DD Tucker achieved one real hit and a near miss. Sub is at 28/36 and is heading back to Noumea on cruise speed. In about one week I will run out of subs if this will go on like this. Damn time machine warped me into 44... two of the before damaged subs sunk this turn...[8|]

USS Cassin (DD372) was destroyed at Pearl Harbour:

USS Cassin (DD-372), 1936-1947
USS Cassin, a 1,500-ton Mahan class destroyer, was built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania. Commissioned in August 1936, she operated in the Atlantic and Caribbean into 1938, steaming as far south as Brazil. In early 1938, Cassin went to the Pacific, where she remained for almost all of the rest of her career. She took part in U.S. Fleet exercises, and, as tensions with Japan increased in 1941, cruised in the South Pacific as far west as Australia.

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, Cassin was in drydock at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard. Bombs and fire severely damaged her, causing her to roll off the blocks and capsize against USS Downes (DD-375), which was alongside. Both of these wrecked destroyers were the subjects of major salvage undertakings over the next months. Though the ship's hull was beyond repair, her machinery and armament were sent to the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, where they were installed in a new hull, which carried the original ship's hull number of DD-372.

The "new" USS Cassin was commissioned in February 1944. She served on escort duties in the Central Pacifc through the summer of 1944, and took part in a bombardment of Marcus Island in early October. During the Battle of Leyte Gulf later in that month, Cassin was part of the escort for the fast carriers' Task Force 38. During the rest of the Pacific War she operated out of the Marianas, bombarding Iwo Jima in November 1944 and January 1945, and playing a supporting role in the conquest of that island during February and March. She survived an encounter with a typhoon in June and was active in the Iwo Jima area into August. USS Cassin was sent to the Atlantic later in 1945 and decommissioned at Norfolk, Virginia, in December. She was sold for scrapping in November 1947.





commissioned in 44 and scrapped in 47

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 127546 troops, 1383 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 2601

Defending force 93163 troops, 676 guns, 330 vehicles, Assault Value = 2214



Allied ground losses:
334 casualties reported


troops will rest next turn and deliberate attack in the second!

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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 67584 troops, 691 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1451

Defending force 42747 troops, 393 guns, 88 vehicles, Assault Value = 721



Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 23959 troops, 255 guns, 68 vehicles, Assault Value = 721

Defending force 76338 troops, 711 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1451


Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

[Big B]

ORIGINAL: castor troy

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Day Air attack on Kunming , at 39,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 101

Allied aircraft
I-153c x 26
I-16c x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 6 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 14 destroyed
I-16c: 25 destroyed

The combat report shows a clear victory for the Japanese attackers. While watching the combat replay I was really SHOCKED in the beginning. [X(] My fighters were ordered to sweep on 30.000 ft and as usual the Allied defenders got the first bounce taking down 3 Oscars immediately. The bounce went on and it soon was a 6:1 for the Chinese fighters. Short before keeling over and hitting the escape key I steadily kept watching the replay when I first saw xy CFS climbing to intercept.... no more bounce... [&o][&o] and then the slaughter began... Knowing about the importance of the bounce already (and knowing that there´s a BIG problem when stacking Allied base forces in one hex) this combat has once again proved (for me) how a fight looks like when one side gets the bounce. With the bounce the Chinese biplanes achieved a 6:1 kill rate, without they lost 0:38 (have to say that 0:38 is strange also[8|]). I would really love to see more players making those observations and posting it as this perhaps would lead the responsible to take a look at the problem with stacking Allied base forces in a base which leads to a 100% NEVER ENDING bounce of the Allied defenders during an air battle! This is one of the reasons of the later UBER CAP also[8|][:(]

Just so you (and everyone else) know - I discovered a while back that altitude in fighter combat determines nothing. I am pretty sure it's in the manual - altitude determines flak values, bombing accuracy, and how many fighters get up to altitude to intercept bombers (and escort)...however - altitude does not effect fighter combat per say..

Fighter combat is determined only by who has initial advantage (the bounce) - and I don't know how the program determines that, but altitude is not a parameter. In determining fighter combat, All aircraft automatically move to the same level to begin combat.

So that would explain why you may choose to come in at 30,000 feet - yet still get "bounced"....the program will just put them at the same altitude and begin air combat routines.

Brian

[Cathartes]

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 101

Holy smokes, must have PDU on.  I'm drueling for that many Oscars.  Long time before I hope for that many!

How is your strategic map situation and ships/aircraft & sunk/loss ratio?  I'm fumbling badly in my first PBEM as Japan in BigB Mod and want to see just how far behind I am (err, it's not me, it's the torpedoes [8|])

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/20/42

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Sub attack near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
AG AG-101, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
SS Trout

sub parked there, sub spotted on and on....

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Sub attack near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
AP Ozan Maru
PG Chohakusan Maru
PG Chiyo Maru
PG Akitsu Maru

Allied Ships
SS Trout

sub parked there, sub spotted on and on....

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Sub attack near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
AP Ozan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PG Chohakusan Maru
PG Chiyo Maru
PG Akitsu Maru

Allied Ships
SS Pompano

sub parked there, sub spotted on and on.... Kill with Mk14 torp, Ozan Maru is dead...

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Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 35
Ki-21 Sally x 110

Allied aircraft
Hawk 75A x 3
CW-21B Demon x 1
Brewster 339D x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hawk 75A: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
CW-21B Demon: 1 damaged
Brewster 339D: 1 destroyed
F.K.51: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 48

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
Ki-21 Sally x 113
Ki-49 Helen x 53
Ki-46-II Dinah x 6

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
262 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 123

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Zamboanga , at 39,59

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-27 Nate x 140
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 58

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 32,31


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 22
IL-4c x 15


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 89th Regional Army Corps, at 48,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 169

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
84 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 31st USA Regimental Combat Team, at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 10
Ki-32 Mary x 10
Ki-51 Sonia x 45

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
91 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-32 Mary bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 101 RAAF Base Force, at 60,89

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 196
D3A Val x 33
B5N Kate x 21

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77


Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 3
B-17E Fortress x 13


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
PG Chohakusan Maru
PG Chiyo Maru
PG Akitsu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Ozan Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Oridono Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Amboina at 39,73


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 16
B-17D Fortress x 3
B-17E Fortress x 14


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Akatsuki
DD Inazuma
DD Hibiki
DD Murasame
DD Ikazuchi

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hudson I bombing at 10000 feet
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Guam , at 62,66

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 48
B5N Kate x 140

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 49
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x B5N Kate bombing at 20000 feet

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 107
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 44
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Syoryu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Amboina at 39,73


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 13
B-17E Fortress x 39


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Harusame
DD Ikazuchi, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Inazuma
DD Akatsuki
DD Murasame

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hudson I bombing at 10000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
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ASW attack near Luganville at 72,107

Japanese Ships
DD Sagiri
DD Usugumo
DD Shinonome
DD Fubuki
DD Arare

Allied Ships
SS Tautog

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Sub attack near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
AP Ozan Maru, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Pompano


sub parked there, sub spotted on and on....


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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 67710 troops, 706 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1453

Defending force 42821 troops, 395 guns, 88 vehicles, Assault Value = 723



Allied ground losses:
162 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3088 troops, 108 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2621

Defending force 92396 troops, 670 guns, 328 vehicles, Assault Value = 2218



Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 24047 troops, 258 guns, 68 vehicles, Assault Value = 722

Defending force 76464 troops, 726 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1453


Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/21/42

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Sub attack at 91,104

Japanese Ships
SS I-2

Allied Ships
DMS Hopkins
DMS Long
DMS Lamberton
DMS Boggs
DMS Trevor
DMS Zane

suicide sub I-2 decides to attack... misses... 16 DCs dropped and all missed... unbelievable, will this sub survive???? [&o][&o][&o]

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ASW attack at 91,104

Japanese Ships
SS I-2, hits 7, on fire

Allied Ships
DMS Long
DMS Lamberton
DMS Boggs
DMS Trevor
DMS Zane
DMS Hopkins


hmmmmmm..... next encounter..... to repeat the same old story: sub was moved last turn, sub wasn´t spotted.... 100% efficiency of Allied ASW in MARCH 42..... The "new" ASW routine has made Allied subs be able to survive later in the game (good)... it has lead to Japanese subs not sinking immediately but two turns later (haha)...

REPEAT THE REPEATED: This is march 42 and 90% of the encounters of Japanese subs (that are moved every turn, not spotted for weeks, not sitting in a base hex, not in shallow water.... anything else that I´m doing "right" and my Allied opponent doing "wrong"??) ends in a kill... [8|][8|]

Drugs make your life easier and soon you will find yourself next to Alice and the bunny in Wonderland...

FORGOTTEN TO SAY: This is MARCH 42...


I-2 is at 48/37 so "normally" I should be able to at least save her... waiting for the next ASW kill next round...

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Day Air attack on Zamboanga , at 39,59

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-27 Nate x 140
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 31

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 23rd Mixed Brigade, at 31,31


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wirraway attacking at 100 feet

don´t know what that kind of attack should be... But this shows that the only effective altitude for Japanese flak is 100 ft... [:D] half a dozen base forces and 5 AA battalions there...

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Day Air attack on 89th Regional Army Corps, at 48,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 169

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Guam , at 62,66

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 48
B5N Kate x 140

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 45
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x B5N Kate bombing at 20000 feet

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Ground combat at 32,30

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 157492 troops, 1511 guns, 896 vehicles, Assault Value = 2951

Defending force 54337 troops, 344 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1509

Japanese max assault: 3132 - adjusted assault: 737

Allied max defense: 1561 - adjusted defense: 1201

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
5734 casualties reported
Guns lost 165
Vehicles lost 24

Allied ground losses:
2431 casualties reported
Guns lost 46

crossed the river from Pagan to the hex West of Mandalay this turn. Bloody as expected. There are 7 Chinese units defending the hex. All in all there are over 200.000 troops reported in the Mandalay area. This means despite bringing 3000 assault points I´m stalled again as I probably will need 6000 assault points. This attack wrecked a brigade completely. Down from 99/100 to 52/96... [8|] Here I am again, facing the "retreat everything to a place where you can mass all you have tactic" .... No idea how I should take this area against 200.000 troops that are fighting here for the first time and never had to retreat.

As a side note: THE FOLLOW UNIT ORDER IS COMPLETELY BS!!! All the units were ordered to follow a HQ. All units crossed the river but the HQ has reset itself to defend at the hex they started to move... . It sits there now as bringing more troops to the other side is suicide... Good design desicion that you have always to shock attack over a river, even when 1.000.000 troops are already on the other side having occupied a "beachhead". If Helpless is smart he will just shift 500 assault points more from Mandalay to the hex West of M. (and I´m expecting him to do that) and voilà, there´s no chance to drive them out of the wooden hex when you face a troop number 1:1.

Am I the only one who´s experiencing a completely broken follow unit order???


As we have agreed on not discussing things anymore by email, at least I don´t hear complaints about my "fast" advance... I won´t be able to nearly achieve what was achieved in real life (except taking New Caledonia) even though I haven´t diverted any divisions to places they shouldn´t have gone. The problem I have is that I never face "small" fortresses with smaller numbers of troops but everytime one big stack with the same number of defenders like I have attackers available. Okay, I can advance fast but in the end it will take me far longer to take down one such super defense point - if I will ever be able to take it.

Attack on Manila ordered again... will try to wreck my next division... [:D]

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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 67784 troops, 714 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1458

Defending force 42691 troops, 398 guns, 88 vehicles, Assault Value = 723



Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3078 troops, 107 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2643

Defending force 92583 troops, 676 guns, 326 vehicles, Assault Value = 2221



Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 24056 troops, 259 guns, 68 vehicles, Assault Value = 723

Defending force 76558 troops, 734 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1458


Japanese ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Guns lost 2