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

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Miller

Playing the same mod as both sides. I understand your pain with regards the B17s being almost immune to Zero's, but the results are pretty much what you would expect in real life.

The Luftwaffe often intercepted unescorted raids with heavily armed/armoured (and much faster) FW190s and achieved something like a 3:1 kill ratio. Imagine if they had used Zeros.....I doubt they would have got better than 1:1 that we see in your (and my) games.

Yeah, I completely agree! While "complaining" about the performance about my fighters I´ve always been saying that the mod works very good. I don´t want to see stock results when Zeroes kill dozens of 4Es losing two or three of their own. What I´m complaining about is the fact that I need 300 fighters at ONE airfield to get 100 into the air (90% Cap) to make this place more or less safe which is completely ridicoulos IMO. To have not all fighters scramble is again okay, but then something has to be changed in the whole A2A and A2G routine as at least 80% of the fighters that don´t scramble are destroyed on the ground which means 4Es are always achieving a kill rate in their favour - clearly in their favour.

One big unescorted strike on Rangoon in my game and my opponent would probably lose 50 bombers. He would take down 20 Zeroes A2A and destroy another 150 on the ground... [8|]

[castor troy]

Just lost all I´ve typed because of a time out... [:@][:@][:@][:@]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/17/42

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TF 1018 encounters mine field at Pago Pago (98,110)

Allied Ships
MSW Cessnock

mine laying subs placed this field one turn ago...

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ASW attack near Efate at 73,109

Japanese Ships
DD Mochizuki
DD Nagatsuki
DD Fumizuki
DD Minazuki
DD Satsuki
DD Mutsuki

Allied Ships
SS Wahoo, hits 6

6 near misses damage the forward torpedo tubes. At least a little success, not even fires started thouth...

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 13


Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
121 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x A-20B Boston bombing at 6000 feet
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 8
Wellington III x 28
Hudson I x 5
F-5A Lightning x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 18


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 3 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
294 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 39

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

airfield dam is 0 and service dam is 76 after this turn. I fear next turn the 4Es will show up again. I´m really amazed that there is never a cloud over the Allied airfield. I think I see those bombers at least 6 days a week. My Sallies in China are ordered every day to fly the three hexes to Homan and I think they launch 3 times a week, 4 if I´m lucky...

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Day Air attack on Maumere , at 28,73


Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 4
B-17E Fortress x 62
B-24D Liberator x 14


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
394 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 42

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet

two turns ago my ships started unloading troops at Maumere. The 4Es are coming in at a range of 13 and will make a build up of Maumere impossible. Every base that is in range of 14 (B-24 range) of Darwin is impossible to use.

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 51
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 35
D3A Val x 27

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
57 casualties reported

Runway hits 26
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Cebu , at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 34
D3A Val x 24
B5N Kate x 24

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 21
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet

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ASW attack near Maumere at 28,73

Japanese Ships
APD APD-36
APD APD-35
DD Mikazuki
DD Kikuzuki
DD Ayanami
DD Uranami

Allied Ships
SS KXII

two subs are parked at Maumere, all ships fail to locate the sub...

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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14340 troops, 463 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2697

Defending force 276548 troops, 918 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8289

from the last turn: Defending force 276206 troops, 902 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8278

Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported

troop numbers, guns and assault value of the Chinese is growing. I´ve checked the situation again and there is no way supply can get overland to Homan. My fighters are flying LRCAP over Homan but have never met a transport. Even if he uses transports, he would need 1000 of them to bring supplies for nearly 300.000 troops.

Homan has been completely cut off since 3 months and after HUNDREDS of Sallies achieved HUNDREDS of supply hits and after three months of shelling from more than a dozen artillery units the numbers decreased steadily. Since a couple of turns the numbers have been increasing again... WITP must be magic... So the last three months of sieging are now USELESS! If there is supply now then I have to start again what I have done the last three months to decrease the supply again. And then perhaps at one day... pop pop pop the Chinese are perfectly supplied again.

Perhaps I´m wrong but is there any other explanation that troop and gun numbers as well as the assault value is suddenly going up every turn again? For me it can just be supply.[&:]


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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 204868 troops, 553 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5887

Defending force 200988 troops, 1538 guns, 757 vehicles, Assault Value = 3653


Japanese ground losses:
126 casualties reported

[castor troy]

bad news (for me [:D]) today: Helpless has left home to go on vacation, so probably not many turns in the next days! Have a nice trip Pavel!


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/18/42

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TF 1018 encounters mine field at Pago Pago (98,110)

Allied Ships
MSW Wasaga
MSW Cessnock

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TF 1018 encounters mine field at Pago Pago (98,110)

Allied Ships
MSW Wasaga
MSW Cessnock

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31


Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 9


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A-20B Boston bombing at 7000 feet

The Bostons attacked Pagan instead of Mandalay!

And now the good news: The big strike from Dacca failed to find Mandalay airfield and during the day the 700+ engineers were able to repair the 76% airbase damage of Mandalay. Two days without big bomber attacks were enough to get the airfield running again. 72 Tojos and 36 Tonies are flown in and were set on 90% Cap to welcome the Allied fighters and bombers next turn! Hopefully I get more to scramble than only three dozen...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 35
D3A Val x 27

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 16
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Cebu , at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 35
D3A Val x 24
B5N Kate x 24

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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ASW attack near Maumere at 28,73

Japanese Ships
APD APD-39
APD APD-38
APD APD-34
DD Harusame
DD Murasame

Allied Ships
SS KXII

all ships fail to locate the sub... [8|]

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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14296 troops, 461 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2695

Defending force 277172 troops, 927 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8301



Allied ground losses:
88 casualties reported

600 more troops, 9 more guns, 12 points more assault value... when looking at the combat replay, then soon all Chinese LCUs at Homan will be at full strenght again... [8|]

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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 205555 troops, 552 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5923

Defending force 201020 troops, 1541 guns, 757 vehicles, Assault Value = 3655


Japanese ground losses:
73 casualties reported

Allied assault value at Sian also goes up around 50 points every turn, but this base isn´t cut off. Seems it doesn´t make any difference if cut off for three months (and bombed big style) or bein in full supply.

[castor troy]

Pavel is back from his trip to the coast and we´re back in action! [:D]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/19/42

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ASW attack near Maumere at 28,73

Japanese Ships
APD APD-36
APD APD-35
DD Mikazuki
DD Kikuzuki
DD Ayanami
DD Uranami

Allied Ships
SS KXII, hits 1

one near miss...

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ASW attack near Maumere at 28,73

Japanese Ships
APD APD-36
APD APD-35
DD Mikazuki
DD Kikuzuki
DD Ayanami
DD Uranami

Allied Ships
SS KXII, hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

one real hit with a Type 91 and a near miss...

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ASW attack near Maumere at 28,73

Japanese Ships
APD APD-36
APD APD-35

Allied Ships
SS KXII, hits 9, on fire, heavy damage

three attacks on the sub during the night phase. The two APDs with an ASW value of 10 drop A LOT of DCs! Another real hit with a Type 95 DC and several near misses sink the sub.

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TF 1018 encounters mine field at Pago Pago (98,110)

Allied Ships
SS KXII, and is sunk
MSW Wasaga
MSW Cessnock

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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First time we see Tonies and Tojos in action:

Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 46
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 24

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 5
P-40E-1-CU Warhawk x 89
A-20B Boston x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 8 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-61 KAIb Tony: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 5 destroyed
P-40E-1-CU Warhawk: 31 destroyed, 26 damaged
A-20B Boston: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
77 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 7000 feet

we get 70 out of 108 fighters to scramble. I had hoped for slightly more. They show an exellent performance against the P40s acting as escorts. At least we can tangle with Allied fighters, though also our Zeroes achieve nearly the same kill rates against Warhawks. In 2,5 months we will face P38s in Burma. [8|] This attack has severe effects on this:

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 24
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 15

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 41
Liberator III x 42
B-17E Fortress x 47
LB-30 Liberator x 12
B-24D Liberator x 23
IL-4c x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 10 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-61 KAIb Tony: 2 destroyed, 11 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 6 destroyed, 6 damaged
Liberator III: 6 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
IL-4c: 4 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
1165 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Airbase hits 27
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 96

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Liberator III bombing at 14000 feet
7 x Blenheim IV bombing at 14000 feet

only 39 fighters are in the air and we don´t see any effect on the 4E bombers.... [:(][:(][:(] Not a single 4E with an armor value of 2 is lost today (the LB-30 has a value of 1). Looks like I would need 300 fighters to achieve something. Though the only thing I would achieve is that my opponent would change the target...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 47


Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hudson I bombing at 10000 feet
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ASW attack near Maumere at 28,73

Japanese Ships
APD APD-36
APD APD-35
DD Mikazuki
DD Kikuzuki
DD Ayanami
DD Uranami

Allied Ships
SS KXVI, hits 3

the second sub at Maumere is also attacked and we achieve 3 near misses... My ASW ships must have gone nuts today...

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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14251 troops, 460 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2696

Defending force 277912 troops, 941 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8319



Allied ground losses:
137 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 205869 troops, 552 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5944

Defending force 201124 troops, 1541 guns, 757 vehicles, Assault Value = 3656


Japanese ground losses:
112 casualties reported

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/20/42

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Naval bombardment of Lautem, at 33,78


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Nachi
CA Myoko
CA Maya
CA Atago
CA Takao
BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso
BB Mutsu


Allied ground losses:
1424 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 64
Port hits 9
Port fuel hits 4
Port supply hits 22

my ships were spotted last turn and therefore found the airfield empty. Before we expected around 50 planes at Lautern.

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TF 1018 encounters mine field at Pago Pago (98,110)

Allied Ships
MSW Wasaga
MSW Cessnock

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 13
Wellington III x 50
Hudson I x 11
F-5A Lightning x 4
B-25C Mitchell x 47


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
285 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 72

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
10 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet


Mandalay is on the best way to get completely closed again. Note that 7 IJA/IJN base forces are NOT able to even damage a single attacking bomber... Those are not the completely wrecked ones as I´m rotating them in and out... I just have to wonder...not a sinlge attacking bomber lost today (range 7, thunderstorms all around...)


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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 36
D3A Val x 27

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported

Runway hits 18
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 3rd PA Constabulary Regiment, at 41,59

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 32
D3A Val x 21
B5N Kate x 21

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
97 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet



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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14295 troops, 461 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2699

Defending force 278543 troops, 950 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8332



Allied ground losses:
159 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

SUPPLY IS FLOWN IN TO HOMAN!!! [:(] We have been flying LRCAP over Homan for a long time and never intercepted a single transport. Now I know why! You only get a message of e.g. "C-47 flying to Homan intercepted" when you SHOOT A TRANSPORT DOWN. For every transport shot down you get one of these messages. This turn I got one: "Dakota-I flying to Homan intercepted" and in the aircraft losses we saw ONE Dakoto-I lost A2A (another 5 C-47 lost due to ops). The reason I never saw any transports flying to Homan was that my USELESS Oscars flying LRCAP never were able to take a transport down with their baby guns. [8|]

Those transports are more or less completely immune to Oscars (not even to talk about Nates) it seems and I bet they were flying all the time. Otherwise they couldn´t bring enough supplies for nearly 300.000 troops. A damaged airfield at Homan doesn´t stop them as transports aren´t effected by runway damage. Don´t know if this should simulate the drop of supplies with parachutes. Wonder what it should simulate when I´m always be able to pick up troops from completely wrecked airbases? Beam me up perhaps?? [8|]

As we can´t stop them coming in (you can´t even stop them in stock) we will have to bomb their staging base. Though only Chungking is in range of our bombers, so if they are based at Chengtu then the whole Homan adventure is lost because of the supply runs of those transports. Who says 300.000 troops completely cut off can´t be EASILY supplied by air transports? Impossible in real life I think when you don´t have several runways to land which there aren´t as I bombed them regularly into reported 70-80 damage.

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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 206287 troops, 557 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6240

Defending force 201080 troops, 1542 guns, 758 vehicles, Assault Value = 3657


Japanese ground losses:
70 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 48,29

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 87045 troops, 320 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2884

Defending force 162960 troops, 1693 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 3108


Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/21/42

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TF 1018 encounters mine field at Pago Pago (98,110)

Allied Ships
MSW Wasaga
MSW Cessnock

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 8


Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
67 casualties reported

Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 7000 feet
5 x A-20B Boston bombing at 7000 feet

we damage 3 out of 8 Bostons....

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 16
Wellington III x 51
Hudson I x 12
F-5A Lightning x 4
B-25C Mitchell x 45


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
Wellington III: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
597 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 99

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet

and we ONLY damage 3 out of 124!!!!!!! bombers.... [:-]

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 26
Liberator III x 38
B-17E Fortress x 48
LB-30 Liberator x 10
B-24D Liberator x 27
IL-4c x 3


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
454 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 183

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

and to top it off we damage ONE out of 152 bombers... half a dozen well supplied base forces at Mandalay... with over 1000 ground losses AGAIN this turn they are nearing their complete wrecking again...

should I post the aircraft loss list every day? Today the Allies lose 0 (zero, nada, null) bombers´(OUT OF NEARLY 300!!!!!!) that are constantly flying, no matter what weather, at a range of 7 or more hexes... I have transferred a 88! exp Sally daitai from Soerabaja to Kendari today and lose the whopping number of 3 planes to op with one pilot lost... double I really don´t know if it all comes down to die rolls, but I think something is seriously wrong when I compare those results... perhaps I´m the only WITP player that experiences this in all his PBEMs, no matter what side I play.
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 36
D3A Val x 27

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported

Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 3rd PA Constabulary Regiment, at 41,59

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 32
D3A Val x 21
B5N Kate x 21

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
108 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 12
G4M1 Betty x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 12 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB New Mexico, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Edsall
CL Perth
BB Colorado

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet


the die rolls hit me once again. Will this ever end? [8|] This HIGH value task force is ordered to patrol do not retire (for what reason ever) and once again my opponent isn´t punished for doing something like this... It´s not the first time and "normally" such things completely end in massacres for the Allied side. Never happens in this PBEM it seems. Out of 81 long range torp bombers we get 18 to launch against this TF in the morning. Bad die roll... not a single attack flown in the afternoon. Bad die roll... The base is level 6, range is 10 or 11, Zeroes on escort, air HQ present AND 52.000 supplies at Kendari!!! Bad die roll perhaps?

It doesn´t end though. We have a torpedoe dud rate of 30%. So far so good. DD Edsall hit by torp... DUD... BB Colorado hit by torp... DUD.... D A M N means 2 out of 3 hits were duds... I´m really facing B A D die rolls, no? While my opponent will surely think it was a bad turn for him, IMO with no Allied bomber losses and this TF that didn´t get receive serious damage it was a complete disaster once again for me. All torp bombers are set on 15 hexes next turn so they probably could reach the New Mexico - IF they spot the TF...

The slow BB New Mexico was hit by an aerial launched Type 18 torpedo!



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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77

Allied Ships
DD Arunta
CL Perth
CL Adelaide
CL Dragon
DD Ward
DD Paul Jones
DD Edsall
DD Alden
BB Mississippi
BB New Mexico, on fire
BB Colorado

Japanese ground losses:
465 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 33
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 8


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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14300 troops, 463 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2699

Defending force 278972 troops, 960 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8338



Allied ground losses:
90 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 207031 troops, 558 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6278

Defending force 201350 troops, 1545 guns, 761 vehicles, Assault Value = 3660


Japanese ground losses:
90 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 48,29

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 86982 troops, 321 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2878

Defending force 163146 troops, 1694 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 3111

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/22/42

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TF 36 encounters mine field at Noumea (68,113)

Japanese Ships
MSW Asahi Maru
MSW Banshu Maru #8
MSW Hagoromo Maru
MSW Kaiyo Maru #1
MSW Keinan Maru
MSW Tomozono Maru #3

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TF 1018 encounters mine field at Pago Pago (98,110)

Allied Ships
MSW Wasaga
MSW Cessnock

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 24
Ki-21 Sally x 89

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 22
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 31

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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the game tops itself and we have now a GHOST PLANE BUG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [:@][:@][:@]

Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 42
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 22
Ki-21 Sally x 109

Allied aircraft
P-40C Tomahawk x 46
I-153c x 15
I-16c x 48

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 21 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 10 destroyed, 17 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40C Tomahawk: 1 destroyed, 21 damaged
I-153c: 11 destroyed
I-16c: 24 destroyed, 1 damaged
Dakota I: 13 destroyed
P-38E/F Lightning: 3 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
176 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Airbase hits 22
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 57

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

My planes get slaughtered and the GHOST Lightnings achieve a kill rate around 30:1 A2A. Note that there isn´t a single Lightning at this base (at least this is what Helpless has told me). Only P40C showed up in the replay but I ALWAYS saw P38 Lightning shooting from behind at Oscar / Zero / Sally... boom boom boom. [:@][:@][:@] It´s ridicoulos! If it doesn´t resolve itself then I will quit this game.



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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 7


Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
69 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x A-20B Boston bombing at 7000 feet
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 7000 feet
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 28
Liberator III x 41
B-17E Fortress x 45
LB-30 Liberator x 10
B-24D Liberator x 28
IL-4c x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged
Liberator III: 7 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
1415 casualties reported
Guns lost 17

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 118

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 9


No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 15
Wellington III x 50
Hudson I x 11
F-5A Lightning x 1
B-25C Mitchell x 38


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
601 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 43

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Maumere , at 28,73


Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 4
B-17E Fortress x 60
B-24D Liberator x 66


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
1316 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 72

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

the ground losses from airfield attacks this turn are RIDICOULOS as well!! More than 3500 in ONE turn... RIDICOULOS...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 36


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 36
D3A Val x 27
Ki-27 Nate x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 29
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 3rd PA Constabulary Regiment, at 41,59

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 32
D3A Val x 21
B5N Kate x 21

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
62 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet


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Ground combat at 50,29

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 22389 troops, 256 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 482

Defending force 942 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 31

Japanese max assault: 491 - adjusted assault: 982

Allied max defense: 30 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 982 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
1070 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

guerilla unit surrendered.
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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14326 troops, 463 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2701

Defending force 279172 troops, 963 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8339



Allied ground losses:
158 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 207415 troops, 560 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6313

Defending force 201250 troops, 1550 guns, 759 vehicles, Assault Value = 3658


Japanese ground losses:
79 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 48,29

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 86913 troops, 318 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2874

Defending force 163144 troops, 1695 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 3114


Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

[Feinder]

What's this "ghost plane bug" CT?

I've never heard of it, and don't see anything on the support forum. Have you sent a save to Matrix yet? I've never seen anything like that.

-F-

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Feinder

What's this "ghost plane bug" CT?

I've never heard of it, and don't see anything on the support forum. Have you sent a save to Matrix yet? I've never seen anything like that.

-F-

No, I haven´t sent a save as we are playing a mod and I thought they would prefer a stock game in that case. I´ve never seen that bug too. Those P-40c you see in the combat report are flown by the AVG which before were upgraded to P-38s. As I "didn´t like" that [;)] my opponent switched them back to Warhawks (P38s starting in 10/42). Though the game still treats them as Lightnings taking down my 80+ exp. pilots in Zeroes and Oscars at a kill rate of around 30:1. [:(]

In the replay I see the pic of P40c but it also says: P38 shooting from behind at Oscar... and when I look at the performance then it´s perfectly clear to me that the game thinks there are Lightnings in this A2A.

I don´t know if it will resolve itself (I bet not) and this means my opponent is now using P40c that are treated as P38 [:(]. Helpless told me he changed something in our save file though I don´t know what he did exactly. It didn´t help. And to be honest I don´t like doing changes in a save file...

It really seems this PBEM is going down the street and I´m really getting tired of bugs that, so far, are only effecting me. [8|]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/23/42

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TF 36 encounters mine field at Noumea (68,113)

Japanese Ships
MSW Kaiyo Maru #1
MSW Keinan Maru
MSW Tomozono Maru #3

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TF 36 encounters mine field at Noumea (68,113)

Japanese Ships
MSW Kaiyo Maru #1
MSW Keinan Maru
MSW Tomozono Maru #3

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 6


Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x A-20B Boston bombing at 7000 feet
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 13
Wellington III x 39
Hudson I x 12
F-5A Lightning x 4
B-25C Mitchell x 42


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
Wellington III: 4 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
453 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 85

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 30
Liberator III x 27
B-17E Fortress x 42
LB-30 Liberator x 9
B-24D Liberator x 26
IL-4c x 5


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
IL-4c: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
612 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 173

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet

those 8th AF attacks are just too much for me. No chance I would have ever been able to have air superiority (against unescorted bomber raids [8|]) in Burma at any time in 42... [8|] I have ordered all my troops to fall back from Mandalay. Then my opponent will switch to another base bombing it to dust. [8|] While he can do his bombings every day with multiple raids I tried a follow up attack on Chungking today (just two attacks in a row...) but of course my base was clouded... bad die roll... [:-]


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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32


Allied aircraft
Liberator III x 12


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator III: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Liberator III bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Liberator III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 35
D3A Val x 27
Ki-27 Nate x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 33
Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 3rd PA Constabulary Regiment, at 41,59

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 32
D3A Val x 21
B5N Kate x 21

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet


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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14300 troops, 463 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2699

Defending force 279308 troops, 963 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8346



Allied ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

transports are still flying in and my Oscars on LRCAP can do NOTHING.... [8|] two C-47 were lost to ops today and the assault value of the Chinese is going up again. Of course my airfield attack on Homan didn´t fly...

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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 207800 troops, 560 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6349

Defending force 201265 troops, 1553 guns, 759 vehicles, Assault Value = 3659


Japanese ground losses:
91 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 48,29

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 86811 troops, 317 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2871

Defending force 163156 troops, 1696 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 3113


Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported

[Feinder]

Interesting, it seems the game has an issue with "downgrading" squadrons.  Not sure which mod your playing (I just started a CHS game, and there are P-40C...  Do you know what slot was used for both the P-40C and the P038s?  Not I can actually help you, but it's certainly an issue.  I wonder if they're pulling from the P-38 or P-40 pools?

I think JWilkerson plays mods (CHS), so he -might- be willing to look at it.  Either way, I'd post something on the support board (with notation that you're using a mod), because it's never going to get looked at if nobody knows about it.
 
Good luck.
-F-

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Feinder

Interesting, it seems the game has an issue with "downgrading" squadrons.  Not sure which mod your playing (I just started a CHS game, and there are P-40C...  Do you know what slot was used for both the P-40C and the P038s?  Not I can actually help you, but it's certainly an issue.  I wonder if they're pulling from the P-38 or P-40 pools?

I think JWilkerson plays mods (CHS), so he -might- be willing to look at it.  Either way, I'd post something on the support board (with notation that you're using a mod), because it's never going to get looked at if nobody knows about it.

Good luck.
-F-

we´re playing BigB 1.31!

P40c uses slot 162 and P38 e/f uses slot 190.

I think both pools were used as my opponent lost both P40c AND P38 e/f in that engagement when looking at the aircraft loss list. Though when watching the replay I obviously faced P38s only as they shot my expert pilots to pieces. Those who performed excellent normally against Warhawks (with one exception when I lost nearly 40 Oscars against the AVG for the kill of one or two P40s - some kind of loop the game went in and a whole sentai was lost).

I will post it in the support forum.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/24/42

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Naval bombardment of Lautem, at 33,78

Japanese Ships
CA Nachi
CA Myoko
CA Maya
CA Atago
CA Takao
BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso
BB Mutsu


Allied ground losses:
143 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 31
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 23

143 ground losses? Around 5% of what the Allied bombers are doing on the whole map in one day...


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TF 36 encounters mine field at Noumea (68,113)

Japanese Ships
MSW Kaiyo Maru #1
MSW Keinan Maru
MSW Tomozono Maru #3

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 66
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 157

Allied aircraft
P-40C Tomahawk x 19
I-153c x 8
I-16c x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 9 destroyed
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 17 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40C Tomahawk: 4 destroyed, 10 damaged
I-153c: 6 destroyed
I-16c: 11 destroyed
P-38E/F Lightning: 16 destroyed
Dakota I: 3 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Airbase hits 41
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 83

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

My fighters are hit hard again. The destroyed Allied "super ghost fighters" are destroyed on the ground... really annoying to fight P38s... that should in fact be P40... damn bugs... this way I lose 10-15 times more planes than I would fighting what the AVG really flies - P40c...


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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 6


Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 7000 feet
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 7000 feet
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 14
Wellington III x 42
Hudson I x 12
F-5A Lightning x 2
B-25C Mitchell x 41


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged
Wellington III: 3 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
236 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 30

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 8000 feet
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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 30
Liberator III x 41
B-17E Fortress x 38
LB-30 Liberator x 9
B-24D Liberator x 28
IL-4c x 5


Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
425 casualties reported

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 18
Runway hits 189

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Maumere , at 28,73


Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 4
B-17E Fortress x 53
B-24D Liberator x 68


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
711 casualties reported
Guns lost 13

Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 44

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


nukes all around the map. 711 ground losses...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 33


Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 31
Ki-21 Sally x 54
Ki-46-II Dinah x 5

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 23

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

not a single ground loss...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 39
D3A Val x 27
Ki-27 Nate x 41

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 25
Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
32 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 3rd PA Constabulary Regiment, at 41,59

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 32
D3A Val x 21
B5N Kate x 21

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses


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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14320 troops, 463 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2700

Defending force 279647 troops, 967 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8347



Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/25/42

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 24
Ki-21 Sally x 80

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
111 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 20
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 86

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Ichang , at 47,33

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 30

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed


Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x SB-2c bombing at 12000 feet

this is one case I think it´s an oversight during the programming. Ichang is the base of 300 planes of mine that are set to attack Chungking. This turn we had (of course) a cloud over the airfield again and I got the message "Ichang air missions cancelled due to bad weather". Okay, but if the weather is so bad that my planes don´t fly, WTH can the enemy then fly in and attack this base? Of course this goes for both sides so this "rant" has nothing to do with fanboyism. Think about 100 4Es coming in and I would have lost 200+ planes because of this "oversight".


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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 7


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x A-20B Boston bombing at 7000 feet
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 7000 feet
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 31
Liberator III x 43
B-17E Fortress x 34
LB-30 Liberator x 10
B-24D Liberator x 26
IL-4c x 6


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
346 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 183

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 15
Wellington III x 41
Hudson I x 10
F-5A Lightning x 1
B-25C Mitchell x 34


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
180 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 38

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington III bombing at 8000 feet

no base North of Rangoon will stay operational and with ONE BIG attack also Rangoon can be bombed to dust. And then I have to retreat back to Bangkok. Glad we´re "already" nearly in 8/42 so it´s time for a complete Japanese retreat out of Burma. [;)]

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 57
D3A Val x 27
Ki-27 Nate x 42

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Runway hits 58

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

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Day Air attack on 3rd PA Constabulary Regiment, at 41,59

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 32
D3A Val x 21
B5N Kate x 21

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses


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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14321 troops, 461 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2697

Defending force 279676 troops, 968 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8351



Allied ground losses:
152 casualties reported

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/26/42

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 24
Ki-21 Sally x 106

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 20
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 138

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

we try to begin a constant bombing campaign on Homan again. If the Allied airtransports are more succesfull than 100-250 Japanese medium bombers that are bombing Homan then I´m screwed as without getting the 300.000 Chinese troops to completely starved we are totally stalemated and all I could do is to retreat... [:(]

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 57
A6M3 Zero x 21
Ki-21 Sally x 159

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 1 destroyed
I-16c: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 223

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

All the damaged planes seem to be evacuated. Wonder how this happened...


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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 6


No Allied losses

Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 7000 feet
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 7000 feet
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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 20
Liberator III x 44
B-17E Fortress x 33
LB-30 Liberator x 9
B-24D Liberator x 28
IL-4c x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Liberator III: 3 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
470 casualties reported
Guns lost 16

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 172

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet
6 x Liberator III bombing at 6000 feet

4 Blenheims are lost today. The only Allied bomber losses. We have 900 eng at Taung Gyi that are trying to repair the base. Runway damage 0, base damage 80. Today an Allied LCU entered Myitkina and will take the base next turn. The Allied are already back to Burma and can advance back to Mandalay as the Allied super bomber armada is making my advance IMPOSSIBLE. [8|] I suffer around 30.000 [X(] casualties a month from constant bombing runs on my Burma bases alone....[8|]

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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14285 troops, 461 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2698

Defending force 279654 troops, 966 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8351



Allied ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


moved also 135 fighters to Maumere (South of Java) to fight the 100 incoming 4Es. 108 Tony/Tojo and 27 Zeroes. We hope to bring a good number in the air, if more than 50 bombers are going in for a bombing run then we will again lose 40-50 fighters on the ground.

The Ki-61, hope of the Japanese Army Air force:

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/27/42

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Sub attack at 23,59

Japanese Ships
AK Delagoa Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1

Allied Ships
SS Flying Fish, hits 3

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

A troop transport convoy carrying tank regiments stumbles over one of the Allied evacuation subs. The armed merchant ship Delagoa Maru fires back and achieves three hits with a 3 inch gun. Though the sub seems not to be effected. Thought three 3 inch hits would be enough to seriously damage a sub. Thought wrong...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 69
D3A Val x 27
Ki-27 Nate x 43

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 24
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 2

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

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Day Air attack on Cebu , at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 27
G4M1 Betty x 27

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 3rd PA Constabulary Regiment, at 41,59

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 32
D3A Val x 21
B5N Kate x 21

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet


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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14262 troops, 460 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2694

Defending force 279682 troops, 961 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8351



Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


our bombers refused to attack Homan... once again...

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 10112 troops, 40 guns, 512 vehicles, Assault Value = 538

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

Allied max assault: 242 - adjusted assault: 222

Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 222 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Myitkyina base !!!


two tank regiments are already at Myitkina... Looks like those are not only some units that retreated but instead the Allied are already sending in the majority of their army in India. No wonder under the umbrella of the allmighty airforce in India. Taung Gyi is operational again and I moved in 108 IJA fighters and again we hope the best. Unfortunately our whole campaign is predicted to hopes all the time...

[ny59giants]

I "finally" feel some of your pain. [:D]
In my two day turn PBEM game I had a squadron of P-40E's near Changsha get bounced 4 days in a row. First by Nates escorting Lilly's when on LRCAP from 1 hex away for two days and then by Oscar's  doing a sweep from Canton. I lost planes each time and inflicted no losses.  [X(]

[Rafael Warsaw]

This is called The Bad KARMA dude!

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

I "finally" feel some of your pain. [:D]
In my two day turn PBEM game I had a squadron of P-40E's near Changsha get bounced 4 days in a row. First by Nates escorting Lilly's when on LRCAP from 1 hex away for two days and then by Oscar's  doing a sweep from Canton. I lost planes each time and inflicted no losses.  [X(]

Don´t worry! You are the Allied commander so you will have the advantage of the bounce 90% of the time when looking at the whole campaign. With hundreds of base forces around that all will be equipped with radar you will have a clear advantage! [:D]

[castor troy]

After severely suffering from the unescorted Allied bomber raids Helpless and I have agreed on reducing the armor value of Allied 2E and 4E bombers (ecxept B-29) from 2 to 1. Durability stayed the same. While I will still suffer, I hope this will lead to at least more bomber losses than just a dozen against 100 fighters. This was the first turn with the lower armor value (we did the same turn with armor 2 also) and it showed that the bombers lose around 25% more aircraft.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/28/42

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Day Air attack on Kungchang , at 46,26

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
A6M3 Zero x 17
Ki-21 Sally x 101

Allied aircraft
I-16c x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-16c: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported

Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 53

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 8 IMPORTANT: those Tonies are leakers from the Cap at Taung Gyi where I placed 108 IJA fighters. You will see further down that this is an important fact. [8|]

Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 1 damaged

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A-20B Boston bombing at 6000 feet
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 6000 feet
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Here we go... [8|][8|][8|]

Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 18

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 15
Wellington III x 55
Hudson I x 6
F-5A Lightning x 1
B-25C Mitchell x 40

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 9 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIb Tony: 6 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Wellington III: 6 destroyed, 9 damaged
Hudson I: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
F-5A Lightning: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
1385 casualties reported
Guns lost 28

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 109

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington III bombing at 9000 feet

the completely undamaged air base of Taung Gyi has 108 IJA fighters set on 90% CAP. We see 18 in the air! There are 72 Tojos and 36 Tonies. ALL were set on 90% Cap so I didn´t press any wrong button and as you can see the Tonies even leaked to Mandalay but not a single plane shows up over their own base (no, they were not on LRCAP). Only the 204th fighter sentai scrambled (actually exactly 50% of the sentai [8|]). The other two sentais had 0 aircraft in the air!

I really do think that there is more and more wrong with the game. A year ago, Mogami stated that it´s a "glitch" if planes are set on full Cap and 0 scramble. There is a varying number of planes scrambling, but if none scramble then there´s something wrong. With that in mind, we have redone the turn. With the result that there were even fewer planes from the 204th fighter sentai in the air and the other two sentais still didn´t launch any planes...

Once again the same question: Am I the only idiot that sees such things? Of course there´s Ron S also... Anyone else?? Hard to play if you get 18 fighters out of 108 to intercept unescorted bombers...

My Dinah IIs are reconning Imphal for weeks and report around 120 fighters at the base. And every day the cap over Imphal shows 100+ fighters in the air. 90% cap for sure so that isn´t bad eh? Japanese cap seems realistic and Allied cap already has AWACS for help. Now if Japanese cap is realistic I wonder if it´s realistic to have the 8th Airforce in the Pacific that drops more bombs on jungle bases that were dropped on the Ruhrpott.


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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 9

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 14
Blenheim IV x 20
Liberator III x 42
B-17E Fortress x 25
LB-30 Liberator x 10
B-24D Liberator x 18
IL-4c x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 4 damaged
Ki-61 KAIb Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed
Liberator III: 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
IL-4c: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
485 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 81

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x IL-4c bombing at 16000 feet

Of course there´s not much left of the 204th fighter sentai to meet the next wave. And of course it´s the only sentai that scrambled...

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Not only Burma is hit by the Allied flying death star...[:(]

Day Air attack on Kendari , at 33,71

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 74
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 24

Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 5
B-17E Fortress x 53
B-24D Liberator x 71

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 15 destroyed, 44 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 3 destroyed, 12 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 5 destroyed
G3M Nell: 3 destroyed
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed
E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F-5A Lightning: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 8 destroyed, 37 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 16 destroyed, 39 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 67

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 13000 feet
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 12000 feet

and here are the losses for today. Wonder what I should do when Allied escorts are available when I can´t even fight unescorted raids. Taung Gyi and Kendari are both more or less not operational any more.



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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 44


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 71
D3A Val x 27
Ki-27 Nate x 47

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 50

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

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 27
G4M1 Betty x 27

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 3rd PA Constabulary Regiment, at 41,59

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 32
D3A Val x 21
B5N Kate x 21

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet


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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14299 troops, 463 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2696

Defending force 279729 troops, 958 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8350



Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported