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

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/17/42

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 58
Ki-21 Sally x 150

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 22
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 103

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet

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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 45
Hudson I x 10
LB-30 Liberator x 14


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 4 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
145 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Blenheim IV bombing at 13000 feet


hit rate pretty bad... [&:]


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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 125
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 38
G3M Nell x 48
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-27 Nate x 72

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
164 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 149
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 3rd PA Constabulary Regiment, at 40,58

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 64

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported

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

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Ground combat at Lombok

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3510 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 110

Defending force 936 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 31

Japanese max assault: 87 - adjusted assault: 37

Allied max defense: 27 - adjusted defense: 7

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Lombok base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
274 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
1251 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 72228 troops, 843 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1612

Defending force 42274 troops, 431 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 742



Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 46,33

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 45756 troops, 540 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 963

Defending force 5846 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 64



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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 204227 troops, 2699 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 4292

Defending force 273746 troops, 967 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7726



Allied ground losses:
164 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Homan

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 263144 troops, 955 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7726

Defending force 240891 troops, 2720 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 4292


Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 131336 troops, 442 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4435

Defending force 191884 troops, 1544 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 3270


Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 32,30

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 24965 troops, 192 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 932

Defending force 205687 troops, 1630 guns, 1286 vehicles, Assault Value = 3710


Japanese ground losses:
68 casualties reported

the troops that are set to march last turn are marching at 2 miles a day... road in the hex... [:(] Fatigue 40, disruption 15. As I don´t have the time to wait 30 days to get my troops out of this hex I have ordered a SHOCK!!! attack next turn. The last deliberate attack achieved a 4:1 (3000+ casulties for IJA) so I hope to get the 5 or 6:1 I need... casualties will be expected high... [:(] I will just keep up the attacks until the divisions reach 50% disablements. This will then mean that Northern Burma will stay British. Not bad! [X(] This doing without major reinforcements. The tactic of stacking everything at one place proves to be the best tactic in WITP. Always stack, stack, stack. If your opponent stacks, try to stack more...


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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 25604 troops, 279 guns, 61 vehicles, Assault Value = 741

Defending force 94405 troops, 863 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1612


Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

[pauk]

Hi Ron, errrr...Castor[;)]

i think i know why...sometimes, even if you get 2-1 or more odds attacker suffers significant disruption and i guess that is why your adjusted AV dropped from 500 and something to 250. Also keep in mind die roll...

(that is one of good things in ground combat - defenders can hold for little longer even if they spanked well day earlier)...

ORIGINAL: castor troy

Ground combat at Cagayan

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 72945 troops, 573 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1195

Defending force 10790 troops, 53 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 233

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese max assault: 955 - adjusted assault: 249

Allied max defense: 196 - adjusted defense: 165

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2


Japanese ground losses:
333 casualties reported
Guns lost 16

Allied ground losses:
402 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

4:1 last turn and this turn my assault value is divided by four and noone knows why...

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: pauk


Hi Ron, errrr...Castor[;)]

i think i know why...sometimes, even if you get 2-1 or more odds attacker suffers significant disruption and i guess that is why your adjusted AV dropped from 500 and something to 250. Also keep in mind die roll...

(that is one of good things in ground combat - defenders can hold for little longer even if they spanked well day earlier)...

ORIGINAL: castor troy

Ground combat at Cagayan

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 72945 troops, 573 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1195

Defending force 10790 troops, 53 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 233

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese max assault: 955 - adjusted assault: 249

Allied max defense: 196 - adjusted defense: 165

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2


Japanese ground losses:
333 casualties reported
Guns lost 16

Allied ground losses:
402 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

4:1 last turn and this turn my assault value is divided by four and noone knows why...

In that case it must have been the die roll as I don´t order an attack if my troops are disrupted. Only doing that if MUST be!

Ron, errrr... Castor!! [;)]

btw, where is Ron all the time? Still in Greece?

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/18/42

A good turn with some progress!

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TF 66 encounters mine field at Kiriwina Island (57,93)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.20
MSW W.12
MSW W.11
ML Wakatake, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

ouch... not again... a valuable ML hit again... after the first ML hit a mine and sunk I attached MSWs to my mine layer TF. Didn´t help. First the MSWs detected the mine field and then Wakatake hit a mine and immediately sunk. It stays strange though, see the screenshot:



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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 108
Ki-21 Sally x 174

Allied aircraft
I-153c x 14
I-16c x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 6 destroyed, 2 damaged
I-16c: 15 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
78 casualties reported

Airbase hits 28
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 78

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet

hmm, Helpless has moved in obsolete Chinese fighters to Homan this turn. Don´t know what he wanted to achieve here. Every attack of my bombers was escorted heavily so far. This strike had even a bigger escort than usual as this time all Oscars decided to fly. The obviously not anymore experienced Chinese pilots had no chance. A good number was shot down, the rest driven off and some more destroyed on the ground. We suffer the usual op losses... Would Helpless moved in a FG of P40 this encounter would have looked different! And I fear to see P40s in China. Defending this stack of nearly 300.000 troops would be worth it IMO! Glad he seems to think different. Using I-16s and I-153s is the same as using Wirraways. Only a waste of ressources.

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
B5N Kate x 5
G3M Nell x 15
G4M1 Betty x 6
Ki-27 Nate x 4

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x G3M Nell bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 10th Tank Regiment, at 48,30


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 29


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet


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Ground combat at 32,30

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 165310 troops, 1449 guns, 1293 vehicles, Assault Value = 3738

Defending force 38656 troops, 210 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 942

Japanese max assault: 6846 - adjusted assault: 5520

Allied max defense: 926 - adjusted defense: 559

Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
3036 casualties reported
Guns lost 101
Vehicles lost 26

Allied ground losses:
1205 casualties reported
Guns lost 38


Defeated Allied Units Retreating! [&o][&o][&o]

Can´t believe my troops finally forced the Allied to retreat! Looks like the fact that my troops only would move at 2 miles a day safed my day as because of that I ordered a shock attack this turn. Now they march on Mandalay though my divisions don´t look really good! The numbers in the combat report are always misleading...

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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 72261 troops, 841 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1617

Defending force 42171 troops, 430 guns, 86 vehicles, Assault Value = 743



Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 46,33

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 45776 troops, 537 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 964

Defending force 5862 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 64

Japanese max assault: 958 - adjusted assault: 2394

Allied max defense: 62 - adjusted defense: 35

Japanese assault odds: 68 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
341 casualties reported
Guns lost 14

Allied ground losses:
182 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Forced two guerilla units South of Ichang to retreat but I take twice the losses...

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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 204523 troops, 2698 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 4299

Defending force 274110 troops, 973 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7754



Allied ground losses:
190 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Homan

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 263618 troops, 961 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7754

Defending force 241197 troops, 2719 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 4299


Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 131544 troops, 443 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4438

Defending force 192061 troops, 1546 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 3271


Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 25613 troops, 279 guns, 64 vehicles, Assault Value = 742

Defending force 94469 troops, 861 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1617

[ny59giants]

I thought of you and your AAR the last few days. I just started back playing WitP after almost a year off (software problems and found out I needed a new motherboard). I am playing the Allied against the AI using CHS mod. My Dutch and British subs are not hitting AK/AP and the Japanese ASW TF's are getting hits. Must be the "loaded dice" and bad die rolls. [:D][:D][:D]

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

I thought of you and your AAR the last few days. I just started back playing WitP after almost a year off (software problems and found out I needed a new motherboard). I am playing the Allied against the AI using CHS mod. My Dutch and British subs are not hitting AK/AP and the Japanese ASW TF's are getting hits. Must be the "loaded dice" and bad die rolls. [:D][:D][:D]

Yeah, isn´t that funny? [:D] There must be a "major" die roll at the beginning of each campaign that determines the major direction of all the following die rolls! My campaign started off with not a single torp used at my Pearl Harbour attack... [:D] You see what the Allied subs are causing in my game and that my ASW (at least the ships) is doing NADA!!! [:D]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/19/42

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 57
A6M3 Zero x 12
Ki-21 Sally x 173
Ki-46-II Dinah x 12

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 8 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 15 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
68 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 22
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 142

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet

the Wirraways are still at Mandalay. 20 are lost today but they manage to take down a Zero also! [:D] Good thing is that the British lost a dozen pilots again!

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 42
B-17E Fortress x 33
F-4 Lightning x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 56

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hudson I bombing at 10000 feet

back at the milk runs with higher numbers of 4Es again...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 125
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 38
G3M Nell x 54
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-27 Nate x 72

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
92 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 71
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 3rd PA Constabulary Regiment, at 40,58

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 64

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

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

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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 72294 troops, 843 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1618

Defending force 42149 troops, 430 guns, 86 vehicles, Assault Value = 743



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


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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 204686 troops, 2704 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 4301

Defending force 274309 troops, 975 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7774



Allied ground losses:
214 casualties reported

Normally I let my bombers rest for one or two days but as there must have been more damaged Chinese fighters at Homan I ordered a big strike today also, though despite good weather no strike was launched.

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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 131867 troops, 442 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4449

Defending force 192015 troops, 1543 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 3272


Japanese ground losses:
100 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 25576 troops, 278 guns, 62 vehicles, Assault Value = 740

Defending force 94600 troops, 863 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1618


Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported



all the Allied subs have vanished! Bet they are all heading home for their upgrades...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/20/42

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 70
Ki-21 Sally x 173

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
93 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 39
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 96

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet

today our Sallies launch again but the airfield is empty now! A lot of supply and exorbitant high airbase hits! With the constant air attacks the Chinese should have lost between 50 and 75% of the base supply already (if supply hits work! [:D])

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Day Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 24

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 62
F-5A Lightning x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 25 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 14000 feet

here come the Wellingtons! It´s obviously not smart to place a sentai of Oscars at Pagan. The bombers come in but they can´t be really harmed by the Oscars. Oscars can only be used in China. The Wellingtons shoot down 3 Oscars while losing one of their own on the way back home.

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Day Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 11

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 34
Hudson I x 12
B-17E Fortress x 39
LB-30 Liberator x 10
IL-4c x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 4 damaged
IL-4c: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x IL-4c bombing at 13000 feet

more bombers coming in! Helpless doesn´t do much recon and this causes horrible hit rates...

Again the Oscars are not able to take a single bomber down during the replay. All in all 3 Allied bombers are lost A2A today. I lose 7 Oscars and 4 Dinah IIs.


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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 125
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 17
G3M Nell x 53
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-27 Nate x 71

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 89
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

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

I need room for my KB pilots which come in the next turn... will shift some daitais to Mindanao for further training...

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Day Air attack on 3rd PA Constabulary Regiment, at 40,58

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 64

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported

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

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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 72213 troops, 843 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1614

Defending force 42055 troops, 426 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 740



Allied ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 204741 troops, 2707 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 4301

Defending force 274698 troops, 980 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7809



Allied ground losses:
140 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 113234 troops, 387 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3854

Defending force 191971 troops, 1539 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 3272


Japanese ground losses:
51 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 25575 troops, 278 guns, 61 vehicles, Assault Value = 738

Defending force 94517 troops, 863 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1614

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/21/42

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 60
Ki-21 Sally x 171

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 20
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 152

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 171
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 41
G3M Nell x 53
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-27 Nate x 36

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 134

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Cebu , at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 24

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 20000 feet
9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 20000 feet

probing attack on Cebu airfield. No flak at 20000 ft. Will reduce altitude further to see if it´s safe to have my 1E aircraft doing training runs on Cebu... 2 units reported there.

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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 72286 troops, 844 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1619

Defending force 42048 troops, 426 guns, 81 vehicles, Assault Value = 738



Allied ground losses:
101 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


Reinforcements are on the way. First units should arrive in about a week...

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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 204898 troops, 2706 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 4305

Defending force 275234 troops, 980 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7841



Allied ground losses:
105 casualties reported


Chinese assault value is going up every turn. They have now completely recovered their losses due to their failed attacks...[:(]

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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 112272 troops, 386 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3557

Defending force 191969 troops, 1538 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 3270


Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported

There are three Chinese units from Sian marching North East, probably further to the East, which will try to trace a supply line to Homan. Two IJA divisions are set to march to take position North West of Homan.


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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 25470 troops, 276 guns, 61 vehicles, Assault Value = 738

Defending force 94681 troops, 863 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1619


Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported


A Dauntless spotted one of my subs 20 hexes South of New Caledonia. This tells me that the US CVs are heading East from New Zealand probably back to the West Coast for upgrades. Probably the damaged Hornet is also in this TF... [:(] My Glens didn´t spot the TF and I won´t try to intercept them as there are for sure two dozen Allied DDs that would sink every IJN sub placed in their way... What a pity we couldn´t catch the Hornet. And what luck on the Allied side that the ship survives 2 bomb and 4 torpedoe hits... [:(]


The heavily damaged US CV Hornet survived and will be back in action within the next 6 months.... [8|]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/22/42

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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 42

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 41

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 12 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 4 destroyed, 24 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
97 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 12000 feet
19 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 12000 feet

An unescorted strike comes in but the Zeroes can´t really compete with the Mitchells. The B25 has also an armor value of 2 and is 90% as hard to down as a 4E bomber due to the 7,7mm MGs of the Zero not being able to penetrate the armor of the B25s. 5 B25 are lost today and 7 Zeroes (one A2A, 6 on the ground). I lose 3 IJN pilots... [:(] Tony and Tojo rd hasn´t paid off so far, still scheduled for 8/42. Hopefully I once get lucky and can advance the arrival date as I´m researching around 350 planes of both types together. And not to forget, in one week the replacement rate of 4E bombers goes up to 150... [8|][:(]

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Day Air attack on Cebu , at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 84
Ki-49 Helen x 27

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 35

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet

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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 72297 troops, 841 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1619

Defending force 41688 troops, 423 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 736



Allied ground losses:
90 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 205148 troops, 2705 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 4302

Defending force 275617 troops, 980 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7865



Allied ground losses:
197 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 112391 troops, 387 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3661

Defending force 169573 troops, 1282 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 2790


Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/23/42

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 44
Ki-21 Sally x 171

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 24
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 180

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 34

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 92
F-5A Lightning x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed, 17 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 5 destroyed, 32 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Wellington III bombing at 14000 feet

lose more Zeroes here than Wellingtons are shot down.. [:(]
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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 47
Hudson I x 11
B-17E Fortress x 45
LB-30 Liberator x 14
IL-4c x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 11 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Hudson I: 1 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged
IL-4c: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
114 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 58

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x IL-4c bombing at 12000 feet

no matter if 2E or 4E bombers. It´s suicide to place fighter against unescorted raids as I always lose more fighters than bombers are shot down, when there are medium to big raids... [:(] The fighters just completely lack the ability to hurt the bombers... In fact it´s better for Helpless to send in unescorted raids (no long range escorts available anyway) than having escorts. If there were escorts he would lose MORE aircraft (because escorts can be shot down) than with unescorted strikes...

Unfortunately do I have to say that the armor value of 2 for all Allied bombers (except very early models) causes some problems that will get more and more severe the more bombers will be available... [:(]


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Day Air attack on Cebu , at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 48
B5N Kate x 87

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 41

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 72296 troops, 841 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1658

Defending force 41642 troops, 420 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 735



Allied ground losses:
67 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 205180 troops, 2707 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 4348

Defending force 275633 troops, 978 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7880



Allied ground losses:
67 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 112655 troops, 388 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3671

Defending force 147452 troops, 1029 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 2309


Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 37096 troops, 99 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 758

Defending force 23187 troops, 171 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 501



Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/24/42

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 60
Ki-21 Sally x 172

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
102 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 125

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet

constant heavy bombing of Homan now!

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 41
B-17E Fortress x 32
F-4 Lightning x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 68

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Hudson I bombing at 9000 feet

half of the B17s are now in India and causing me there more headache then in this case bombing the undefended base at Koepang...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 209
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 41
G3M Nell x 54
G4M1 Betty x 9

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 133

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Cebu , at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 48
B5N Kate x 87

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 39

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 6th Division, at 48,30


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 12


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 23rd Tank Regiment, at 48,30


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 23


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 3rd Hvy Field Artillery Regiment, at 32,30


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 27
LB-30 Liberator x 7


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
165 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 12000 feet
7 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 12000 feet

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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 72300 troops, 842 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1657

Defending force 41690 troops, 427 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 738



Allied ground losses:
121 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 205359 troops, 2709 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 4351

Defending force 275806 troops, 973 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7900



Allied ground losses:
200 casualties reported

Chinese av will soon reach 8000 again... but they stopped bombarding my troops. Hopefully this means that the supply level is already low

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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 112817 troops, 386 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3843

Defending force 147444 troops, 1029 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 2310


Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 33144 troops, 95 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 779

Defending force 23271 troops, 173 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 504



Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[Big B]

ORIGINAL: castor troy

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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 42

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 41

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 12 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 4 destroyed, 24 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
97 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 12000 feet
19 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 12000 feet

An unescorted strike comes in but the Zeroes can´t really compete with the Mitchells. The B25 has also an armor value of 2 and is 90% as hard to down as a 4E bomber due to the 7,7mm MGs of the Zero not being able to penetrate the armor of the B25s. 5 B25 are lost today and 7 Zeroes (one A2A, 6 on the ground). I lose 3 IJN pilots... [:(] Tony and Tojo rd hasn´t paid off so far, still scheduled for 8/42. Hopefully I once get lucky and can advance the arrival date as I´m researching around 350 planes of both types together. And not to forget, in one week the replacement rate of 4E bombers goes up to 150... [8|][:(]

It will look diferent next time around I assure you, bombers have lost their level 2 armor and durability is set back to stock (only a few points difference here), and guns are a bit more effective too.
On the other hand, 5 B-25's for 1 Zero A2A isn't really a bad trade for the Zeroes (unless all the B-25's were lost to flak).

Soon...

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Big B

ORIGINAL: castor troy

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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 42

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 41

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 12 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 4 destroyed, 24 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
97 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 12000 feet
19 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 12000 feet

An unescorted strike comes in but the Zeroes can´t really compete with the Mitchells. The B25 has also an armor value of 2 and is 90% as hard to down as a 4E bomber due to the 7,7mm MGs of the Zero not being able to penetrate the armor of the B25s. 5 B25 are lost today and 7 Zeroes (one A2A, 6 on the ground). I lose 3 IJN pilots... [:(] Tony and Tojo rd hasn´t paid off so far, still scheduled for 8/42. Hopefully I once get lucky and can advance the arrival date as I´m researching around 350 planes of both types together. And not to forget, in one week the replacement rate of 4E bombers goes up to 150... [8|][:(]

It will look diferent next time around I assure you, bombers have lost their level 2 armor and durability is set back to stock (only a few points difference here), and guns are a bit more effective too.
On the other hand, 5 B-25's for 1 Zero A2A isn't really a bad trade for the Zeroes (unless all the B-25's were lost to flak).

Soon...

First I have to go through this version until I will surrender some time in 46! [:D] Probably sooner... [;)]

Don´t get me wrong, I´m not complaining, I just want to explain the results!

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/25/42

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Sub attack at 42,52

Japanese Ships
AP Manila Maru, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Trout

Japanese ground losses:
131 casualties reported

lol! Another time when Helpless proves to be a lucky guy! SS Trout is part of a TF with 5 subs in it that entered Manila today (pretty sure a TF to evac fragments). This sub TF stumbles across a transport TF of mine that leaves Bataan exactly at the right time to meet the subs and Trout fires a first MK 14 salvo (and achieves an exploding hit [:D]) then hits the transport with half a dozen 5 inch gun shells and to top it off, Trout fires another salvo of MK 14 torps. Not surprisingly anymore for me, the "not working" MK 14 torp explodes again... [:D] The transport was carrying one third of an Army HQ... [8|]

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 58
Ki-21 Sally x 165

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
109 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 70

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Imphal , at 33,26

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 106
A6M3 Zero x 27
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
Mohawk IV x 26
Buffalo I x 16
Kittyhawk IA x 14
P-40E-1-CU Warhawk x 55

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 31 destroyed, 4 damaged
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Mohawk IV: 23 destroyed
Buffalo I: 14 destroyed
Kittyhawk IA: 12 destroyed
P-40E-1-CU Warhawk: 31 destroyed

sent all my Zeroes at Rangoon on a sweep to Imphal today. The usual affairs. The Allied get to bounce my incoming daitais and the daitai in the lead is completely swept out of the sky and nearly all Zeroes are shot down from behind (2 Zeroes left, exp. was 79 [8|]). During that phase my planes perhaps shot down 2 or 3 Allied fighters. Then the bounce ended luckily and the Zeroes managed to improve the kill ratio. The obsolete British planes were not much of a match but the P-40 proved to be very dangerous once again. It was a FG and not the AVG so it´s experience must have been only in the high 50s or low 60s as this squadron has not seen much fights (perhaps they were only in the mid 50s).

95% of the kills were achieved by the US P-40s! So without the British planes we would have achieved a 1:1 against the lower exp. P-40 so the plane proves to be far better than our Navy planes...



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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 209
B5N Kate x 41
G3M Nell x 54
G4M1 Betty x 8

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
131 casualties reported

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 166

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Cebu , at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 61
B5N Kate x 88

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 52

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 13th Tank Regiment, at 48,30


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 15


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
7 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 111th IJA Base Force, at 48,30


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 12


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 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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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 72384 troops, 842 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1658

Defending force 41644 troops, 427 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 740



Allied ground losses:
102 casualties reported

1000 assault points landed at Kragen (base North of Soerabaja) and are set to march)...

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Ground combat at 47,34

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 45177 troops, 524 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 962

Defending force 8434 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 255



Allied ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14354 troops, 464 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4350

Defending force 276043 troops, 978 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7920



Allied ground losses:
306 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 48,34

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 15133 troops, 186 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 323

Defending force 876 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

Japanese max assault: 323 - adjusted assault: 323

Allied max defense: 24 - adjusted defense: 13

Japanese assault odds: 24 to 1



Allied ground losses:
1330 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


one of the guerilla units was surrounded and surrendered after the first deliberate attack! That was surprising!

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 89767 troops, 1030 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 2309

Defending force 143760 troops, 428 guns, 98 vehicles, Assault Value = 3840



Allied ground losses:
233 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 112942 troops, 384 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3840

Defending force 147623 troops, 1030 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 2309


Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported


I´m pouring tens of thousands of supplies into China to feed my offensives there. I´m unloading all at Shanghai but a couple of turns later Shanghai is at 20.000 again but the bases at the front have not a significant increase of supply. Looks like the supply "system" is sabotating me and all the supply I bring to China is not sent to the front but to Korea (which has perhaps 20 times more supplies than needed there) or even back to Japan! I LOVE IT!!!

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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 33155 troops, 91 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 802

Defending force 23350 troops, 179 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 506



Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

[PzB74]

With no turns in my inbox I decided to find an AAR to read and plowed through your pages Castor!
Very enjoyable, especially all your rants [:D]

Seems like you've had a string of unfortunate happenings - much like buying a Monday car spending endless efforts to fix it so it can
break down another day!

Like the stacking rule, Helpless will not be able to send 500 B-29s from Wake to bomb Tokyo [:'(]

When I played against Wobbly early on I achieved lots of magazine explosions. Can't even remember when I saw one last time.
Same with you?

One of the later patches also made it more difficult to spot and sink subs - but I'm still spotting subs with names and not only periscopes.
Jap subs are usually sunk by a single hit from an asw ac. A super large I-400 sub got 56 sys and 70 flood damage from one such hit. Not flood is up to
88 after a week and the boat is all but lost...

After all the bugs and frustrations I've been through, I deeply recommend that you have a whole series of defibrilators around - not sure your mental
health will survive 1944 [:D]

Keep up the good work, your opponents choice of nick may turn out to be prophetic [:)]

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: PzB

With no turns in my inbox I decided to find an AAR to read and plowed through your pages Castor!
Very enjoyable, especially all your rants [:D]

Seems like you've had a string of unfortunate happenings - much like buying a Monday car spending endless efforts to fix it so it can
break down another day!

Like the stacking rule, Helpless will not be able to send 500 B-29s from Wake to bomb Tokyo [:'(]

When I played against Wobbly early on I achieved lots of magazine explosions. Can't even remember when I saw one last time.
Same with you?

One of the later patches also made it more difficult to spot and sink subs - but I'm still spotting subs with names and not only periscopes.
Jap subs are usually sunk by a single hit from an asw ac. A super large I-400 sub got 56 sys and 70 flood damage from one such hit. Not flood is up to
88 after a week and the boat is all but lost...

After all the bugs and frustrations I've been through, I deeply recommend that you have a whole series of defibrilators around - not sure your mental
health will survive 1944 [:D]

Keep up the good work, your opponents choice of nick may turn out to be prophetic [:)]

Glad you enjoyed the reading! I´m not that frustrated as my rants may suggest! [:D] Only the usual things you see during the game coupled with bad luck (as an example, in none of my PBEMs perform my DDs sooooo bad and I don´t know why... [:(])!

I fear even with not 500 B-29 on Wake it will be still bloody for me as I don´t expect to shoot many down, when I look at what I can do now against bombers.

I´m not sure my nerves will survive 43, not to talk about 44 or 45!! [:D] Therefore the Japanese high command is planning to get the Allied surrender by early 43! [:D]

[spence]

Therefore the Japanese high command is planning to get the Allied surrender by early 43!

I think they tried that one. Didn't work.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: spence

Therefore the Japanese high command is planning to get the Allied surrender by early 43!

I think they tried that one. Didn't work.

I have to do better then... [;)]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/26/42

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 63
Ki-21 Sally x 76

Allied aircraft
P-40C Tomahawk x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 3 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40C Tomahawk: 15 destroyed

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 50

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet

Now look at this result! Once again the Oscars (that lost 38:0 one time against the AVG) perform like x-wings! From my previous hints you surely know what happened! BOUNCE BOUNCE BOUNCE! Even though the Oscars were on escort they were able to bounce the AVG on and on. No radar cover over Homan and then it´s just a gamble who will get the bounce (with better odds to the defender, looks like I had a lucky die roll). Radar and the bounce make the A2A in the game so loopsided.... Get the bounce and your kill rate will be 4 or 5 times better...

More than half of the strike couldn´t find the target...


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Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 63
A6M3 Zero x 15

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 52
F-5A Lightning x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 15 damaged
A6M3 Zero: 6 damaged
Ki-15 Babs: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 16 destroyed, 20 damaged
F-5A Lightning: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
234 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Wellington III bombing at 15000 feet

First message: Wellington can´t find target! Luckily! Then still 52 come in unescorted. A very looong airbattle and the Zeroes are doing a good job and although a dozen Wellingtons turn back, still a lot are bombing but the hit rate is bad... at this stage I fear that the Wellingtons won´t be the only one coming in today... [8|]
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and just a second later... here we go again.... [:(]

Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 30
A6M3 Zero x 7

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 46
Hudson I x 12
B-17E Fortress x 29
LB-30 Liberator x 13
IL-4c x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 13 destroyed, 5 damaged
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-15 Babs: 2 destroyed
Ki-46-II Dinah: 6 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 9 destroyed, 19 damaged
Hudson I: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged
IL-4c: 5 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
1137 casualties reported
Guns lost 17

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 69

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x IL-4c bombing at 12000 feet

After being shot up by the previous attack the Zeroes perform not so good anymore and my airfield get´s completely plastered. I lose more than 30 Zeroes, 25 on the ground. More than a dozen IJN pilots are dead. I´m happy that I have moved out my bombers as I was sure this attack would happen after my sweep last turn to Imphal when a lot Zeroes went down. Two daitais were replaced with new ones. Now I don´t have any reserves any more, only green daitais on training. The attack on Rangoon caused more losses to the Japanese than to the Allied. In 5 days the Libs enter the stage... then everything will go four times worse. Hopefully I can take Mandalay quick enough because with the three US bomber groups in India that will be B24 soon, I probably won´t be able to defend Rangoon´s base anymore and then taking Mandalay will be pretty hard to impossible.

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 209

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 93

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet

I have so many daitais that need training to even reach an average exp. of 50 again that I don´t have the airfields to put them on. A level 8 af is at Clark field (full with nearly 400 planes) and a level 4 airfield at Cagayan (also full, nearly 200 planes). Some base forces are shipped to Bataan (level 2 af), so I could put there another 100 planes for training on Manila (can a level 2 airfield launch airfield attacks of fighters?). The KB daitais alone are around 400 planes, and the daitais stationed in Burma are also desperately needing training. Long time until I get new IJN fighter daitais, I´m now hoping for the Tojo, Tony to arrive to replace the Zeroes.

What makes my training situation even severe is the so perfect working supply "system" of this game. I have around 60.000 supplies in the Philipines, only one base (Clark field) with a lot of planes and troops and there sits the only HQ of the island (an air fleet HQ). While 30.000 supplies are sitting at Bataan (not a single unit there ) at Clark field I only have 15.000 supplies which means I can´t get replacements for the daitais that lose aircrafts while doing the training bombing runs on Manila... . Supply "system"... LOL

Not to talk about the fact that the whole Pacific has only 4 Zero daitais that are semi trained... With the Wasp the US has 3 operational carriers and at the moment I don´t have anything that could compete with this force, so hopefully Helpless is not going to invade one of my outlying bases... [:(]

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Day Air attack on 32nd Division, at 48,30


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 19


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
5 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Soerabaja

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 72388 troops, 842 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1658

Defending force 41599 troops, 430 guns, 85 vehicles, Assault Value = 741



Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 47,34

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 45057 troops, 520 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 960

Defending force 8387 troops, 30 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 254

Japanese max assault: 923 - adjusted assault: 411

Allied max defense: 261 - adjusted defense: 45

Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
241 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
520 casualties reported
Guns lost 12


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

The losses for a retreat aren´t really severe it seems. Had more than 1000 casualties in Rangoon from the air attacks... [8|]


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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14246 troops, 462 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4355

Defending force 276056 troops, 983 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7930



Allied ground losses:
195 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 113202 troops, 387 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3846

Defending force 147591 troops, 1029 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 2307


Japanese ground losses:
65 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Manila

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 28751 troops, 85 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 819

Defending force 23392 troops, 181 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 508



Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Guns lost 6