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

[donnie_1974_texas]

Hi Castor.  How do you change the save game file of a game in progress?
 
You are exactly right about the armor value and the effect on planes.  Actually, the armor in v1.3 of Big B is up across the board on most planes and this even results in substantially less damages it appears to planes (I am running a parallel head to head game on my computer and just experimenting turn to turn with various things).  I am wondering whether the routine says "did I hit?", "check versus armor?", "check versus durability - damage or kill...".
 
I am also not sure what the rates of ops losses are predicated on - they seem awfully low for the Allies.  Going to be doing some testing on that too.
 

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: donnie_1974_texas

Hi Castor.  How do you change the save game file of a game in progress?

You are exactly right about the armor value and the effect on planes.  Actually, the armor in v1.3 of Big B is up across the board on most planes and this even results in substantially less damages it appears to planes (I am running a parallel head to head game on my computer and just experimenting turn to turn with various things).  I am wondering whether the routine says "did I hit?", "check versus armor?", "check versus durability - damage or kill...".

I am also not sure what the rates of ops losses are predicated on - they seem awfully low for the Allies.  Going to be doing some testing on that too.

I don´t know how you change an ongoing game - in fact I don´t even want to know it. And I don´t think it is good to explain it on the forum as this would make cheating in a grand scale possible. Though my opponent knows how to do it. Think it has something to do with the decoder.

I think escpecially op losses are more related to durability of the planes, but I agree, the Allied bombers nearly suffer no op losses in my game also.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/29/42

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ASW attack at 38,58

Japanese Ships
DD Ushio
DD Sazanami
DD Akebono
DD Oboro
DD Amagiri
DD Yugiri
DD Sagiri

Allied Ships
SS Narwhal, hits 2


two near misses, only one DD attacked. Escorts for heavy forces on the way to Kendari.

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 35
Ki-21 Sally x 49

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
61 casualties reported

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 48

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

75% of the aircraft don´t find the target. Range 3, reconed for months, excellent weather. Something the Allied are also better in, they find my bases at extreme range doing extreme damage.

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Day Air attack on Kungchang , at 46,26

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 53
A6M3 Zero x 20
Ki-21 Sally x 98
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
I-16c x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-16c: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 65

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

I lose 7 Sallies to ops today... just shaking my head...

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 9


No Allied losses

Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
6 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 Taung Gyi , at 33,32

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 11
Wellington III x 43
Hudson I x 8
F-5A Lightning x 1
B-25C Mitchell x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 12 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Wellington III: 3 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
879 casualties reported [8|][8|][8|]
Guns lost 7

Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 40

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 2
Blenheim IV x 26
Liberator III x 48
B-17E Fortress x 25
LB-30 Liberator x 8
B-24D Liberator x 29
IL-4c x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIb Tony: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator III: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
1025 casualties reported [8|][8|][8|][8|][8|][8|][8|][8|][8|] every day...
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 80

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x IL-4c bombing at 8000 feet

the Allied kill 100% of the remaining fighters at Taung Gyi... 100%... lost 30 planes on the ground today, means the unescorted Allied bombers killed 100 planes for the loss of perhaps 10. [8|] What can I do more than to set 108 fighters on 90% cap. Reminder: 18 fighters were in the air... GREAT WORK!!!

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Day Air attack on Cebu , at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 21
G4M1 Betty x 23

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 21

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

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 21
B5N Kate x 21

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
21 x B5N Kate bombing at 5000 feet

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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14222 troops, 462 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2698

Defending force 279884 troops, 956 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8349



Allied ground losses:
106 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at 41,59

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 106 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7

Defending force 776 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 23

Allied max assault: 1 - adjusted assault: 0

Japanese max defense: 20 - adjusted defense: 19

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1



Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/30/42

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ASW attack at 50,92

Japanese Ships
SS I-165

Allied Ships
AP Katoomba
DD Preston
DD O'Brien
DD Anderson
DD Sims

passage between Australia and New Guinea. Have 108 medium IJA bombers at Lae, though no strike is launched on the later spotted TF. Not surprising anymore.

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 70
Ki-21 Sally x 167

Allied aircraft
I-16c x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-16c: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
108 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 49
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 171

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

every Chinese base seems to have between 1 and 3 planes...

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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 6
Wellington III x 45
Hudson I x 7
F-5A Lightning x 1
B-25C Mitchell x 34


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
639 casualties reported [8|][8|][8|]
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 68

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 2
Blenheim IV x 25
Liberator III x 43
B-17E Fortress x 24
LB-30 Liberator x 8
B-24D Liberator x 26
IL-4c x 8


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator III: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
825 casualties reported [8|][8|][8|] I bet I suffered already more than 30.000 casualties due to never ending bomber strikes from India... every day... every day... laughable number of 1 Allied bomber lost today (a Wellington III).
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 117

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x IL-4c bombing at 8000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 85
D3A Val x 3
Ki-27 Nate x 55

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 49

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 31
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 14
Ki-21 Sally x 100
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported that´s the damage 100 of our bombers can do...
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 12
Runway hits 76

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


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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14294 troops, 464 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2696

Defending force 279771 troops, 951 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8348



Allied ground losses:
183 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 41,59

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 95 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6

Defending force 782 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 24

Allied max assault: 1 - adjusted assault: 0

Japanese max defense: 21 - adjusted defense: 5

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1


Helpless is trying to commit suicide with one of his LCUs on Mindanao so that I have one LCU less as target for my training units.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/31/42

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 55
Ki-21 Sally x 169

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
127 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 176

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

The Sally, a flying death trap when following WITP. 5 Sallies are again lost to ops. Attack range 3, no opposition, blah blah blah... I´m already tired of telling, the Allied bombers lost 1 today... well, better than 0... [8|]

300.000 troops at Homan and 169 medium bombers cause 127 casualties. Not to compare with the 2000 casualties caused by the Allied bombers every turn. I´m already at a point where I just shouldn´t think about planes lost. Lose 100, don´t care and bring in another 100. Ramp up production so you produce three times more planes than the US and make the Allied cry about that. This seems to be the way to go in this game. In stock this begins later, in this mod earlier (because the A2A works better - but causes more problems [:D]).





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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 16


No Allied losses

Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x A-20B Boston bombing at 6000 feet
2 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 13
Wellington III x 41
Hudson I x 8
F-5A Lightning x 2
B-25C Mitchell x 35


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 66

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 3
Blenheim IV x 25
Liberator III x 46
B-17E Fortress x 21
LB-30 Liberator x 7
B-24D Liberator x 30
IL-4c x 8


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

Japanese ground losses:
800 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 190

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

Allied bombers over Burma:


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Day Air attack on Cebu , at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 24
B5N Kate x 24
G3M Nell x 26
G4M1 Betty x 24

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14320 troops, 463 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2697

Defending force 279418 troops, 950 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8348



Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported


a dozen art units cause 35 casulties. The relation between the different types of combats (air, ground,...) is just completely wrong in the game.

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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 222433 troops, 599 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6693

Defending force 201808 troops, 1552 guns, 762 vehicles, Assault Value = 3659


Japanese ground losses:
70 casualties reported


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[castor troy]

We entered August... not bad, took us around three months real time! [8D]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/01/42

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TF 1022 encounters mine field at Suva (86,114)

Allied Ships
MSW Warrnambool
MSW Lithgow
MSW Lismore
MSW Launceton
MSW Latrobe

no sense laying mines at Suva. Subs went in two turns ago and were spotted, so this turn the MSWs showed up.

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 72
Ki-21 Sally x 174

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
93 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 140

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

Homan will stay under "constant" (for Japanese proportions) air attacks. This base is the number one target on the map at the moment. If we can ever kill those 300.000 troops off then we are in a very good position. If not, then China will stay a stalemate for a loooong time. I already fear seeing 4Es in China, which will bomb my industry in China, Formosa and Korea to dust. [8|] Could need some 5000 IJA fighters more...

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Day Air attack on Kweichow , at 46,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 53
A6M3 Zero x 17
Ki-21 Sally x 75

Allied aircraft
I-16c x 3

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

Allied aircraft losses
I-16c: 2 destroyed
SB-2c: 5 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported

Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 61

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

Helpless moves his planes in China around every turn. This time we guessed right and we torch 10 SB-2c on the ground. The Allied lose 11 bombers this turn, so with the 10 obsolete Chinese bombers destroyed on the ground, there´s the Blenheim IV left that was lost to flak today. So in fact the Allied lost again 1 bomber [8|] out of 200 [8|][8|] to flak and none to ops due to their looong range attacks. On the other side we AGAIN lost 3 Sallies and one Helen to ops today. Another Sally shot down by Chinese flak... [>:]

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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 23
Liberator III x 40
B-17E Fortress x 21
LB-30 Liberator x 6
B-24D Liberator x 27
IL-4c x 7


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed
Liberator III: 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
411 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 123

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

must be cool to fly every day knowing to be immune to everything...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77


Allied aircraft
Liberator III x 10
Hudson I x 27
B-17E Fortress x 44
B-24D Liberator x 54


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 157

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Liberator III bombing at 6000 feet

same here... Even the Aussies have upgraded their first sqadrons to Liberators... [X(]

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 95
D3A Val x 27
Ki-27 Nate x 66

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 62

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

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 21
B5N Kate x 21
G3M Nell x 21
G4M1 Betty x 23

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 4
Ki-21 Sally x 91

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 6 damaged


Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 56

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


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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14317 troops, 463 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2691

Defending force 279188 troops, 940 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8345



Allied ground losses:
43 casualties reported

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/02/42

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TF 1022 encounters mine field at Suva (86,114)

Allied Ships
MSW Warrnambool
MSW Lithgow
MSW Lismore
MSW Launceton
MSW Latrobe

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Sub attack at 27,67

Japanese Ships
AK Isin Maru, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Halibut

Halibut has been sitting in this hex for 4 or 5 days and been spotted. Since 3 days it sits under 6 DDs of mine that so far have done nothing. This time an AK TF decides to go through that hex (thought TFs try to avoid hexes with spotted subs???) and Isin Maru is hit by two exploding MK14 torps.

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 13
Wellington III x 12
A-20B Boston x 13


Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 2 damaged
A-20B Boston: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
68 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 33

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 45
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 95
D3A Val x 27
Ki-27 Nate x 70

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 58

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 3
D3A Val x 24
B5N Kate x 24
G3M Nell x 25
G4M1 Betty x 27

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet


only training runs today, my Sallies didn´t launch a strike. Means no Sallies lost to ops today. But even better, I moved a Zero daitai from Singapore to Soerabaja. Fatigue 0, exp 80, partly cloudy: 3 A6M2 are lost to ops including 2 pilots... I really think the "developers" overdid something regarding Japanese pilots all being dumbass noobs...

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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14271 troops, 462 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2690

Defending force 278901 troops, 940 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8340



Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 47,31

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 47116 troops, 536 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 1009

Defending force 1906 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 64



Allied ground losses:
104 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


two guerilla units entered the hex South of Sian where two of my divisions are sitting. They will be kicked out next turn.

[ny59giants]

You need to post a picture of FB-111 "wild weasels" along with your B-52's as they seem to be jamming your radar and making your CAP miss their targets. [:D][:D]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/03/42

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ASW attack at 38,58

Japanese Ships
DD Yudachi
DD Samidare
DD Yamakaze
DD Kawakaze
DD Umikaze

Allied Ships
SS Narwhal, hits 3


Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

evac sub...

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Sub attack at 75,131

Japanese Ships
SS I-30

Allied Ships
DD Stewart
DD Parrott
DD Russell
DD Smith
DD Cummings
DD Ralph Talbot

I-30 fires a salvo of 6 torps at DD Stewart. Was surprised that they hit and in the same moment I was surprised again... torpedoes fail to detonate... something I really see very very rarely... Stewart dropped a dozen DCs but no hits...

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Sub attack at 78,131

Japanese Ships
SS I-4, hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Ralph Talbot, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Stewart
DD Parrott
DD Russell
DD Smith
DD Cummings

we attack again! [&o] Must be my lucky day... [;)] I-4 fires two torps of her rear tubes and surprisingly hits Ralph Talbot. The ship is 15-20 hexes from the next bigger port so perhaps we can score a kill...

hurrey!


USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390), 1937-1948
USS Ralph Talbot, a 1500-ton Bagley class destroyer built at the Boston Navy Yard, was commissioned in October 1937. For the next four years she served with the Battle Force, mainly in the Pacific. Based at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after mid-1941, she was moored there when the Japanese attacked on 7 December 1941 and was able to get to sea before the raid was finished. Ralph Talbot spent the next few months operating with carrier task forces, participating in some of the early raids on Japanese bases in the central Pacific.

After serving as an escort for shipping in the west coast and Hawaii areas, in June 1942 Ralph Talbot steamed to the south Pacific. She took part in the Guadalcanal-Tulagi operation in early August and in the Battle of Savo Island on the 9th of that month. She was seriously damaged by gunfire in that action, losing twelve of her crew, and necessitating a return to the U.S. for repairs.

Ralph Talbot's next combat operations were in the central Solomons, where she participated in the Rendova-New Georgia invasion and the Battle of Kolombangara in July 1943. Later in the year, the destroyer supported landings in New Britain and in the first month of 1944 performed similar duties off New Guinea. She was assigned to the central Pacific in mid-1944, where her guns bombarded the enemy on Saipan and Tinian in July. From late August, Ralph Talbot escorted Task Force 38's aircraft carriers during strikes on the Volcano and Bonin Islands, the Palaus, Okinawa, Formosa and the Philippines. In this role, she took part in the action off Cape Engaño during the Battle of Leyte Gulf on 25 October 1944.

In January-June 1945, Ralph Talbot took part in operations to capture northern Luzon, Iwo Jima and the Ryukyus. She was hit by a "Kamikaze" suicide attack off Okinawa on 27 April but was repaired locally and remained on duty in the central and western Pacific until the end of the Pacific War. At the beginning of September 1945, the destroyer was present when Japanese forces on Truk surrendered.

Following service supporting the occupation of Japan, Ralph Talbot returned to the United States in November 1945. The following spring the now-elderly ship was designated as a target in the upcoming atomic bomb tests at Bikini, in the Marshall Islands. She was contaminated by radioactivity after the two July 1946 nuclear explosions and was decommissioned a month later. USS Ralph Talbot was scuttled in deep water off Kwajalain on 8 March 1948.

USS Ralph Talbot was named in honor of U.S. Marine Corps aviator Second Lieutenant Ralph Talbot (1897-1918), who was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in aerial action over France and Belgium in October 1918 and died in a plane crash later in that month.





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Day Air attack on Kweichow , at 46,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 37
A6M3 Zero x 20
Ki-21 Sally x 99

Allied aircraft
I-16c x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 9 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-16c: 1 destroyed
SB-2c: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 89

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

flak kills two Sallies today.

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 22
Wellington III x 14
A-20B Boston x 14


Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 6 damaged
Wellington III: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
736 casualties reported 28 medium bombers and 736 casualties... what the hell is wrong with this combat routine????
Guns lost 17

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 31

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet


flak kills one Wirraway...

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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 15
Wellington III x 39
Hudson I x 12
F-5A Lightning x 1
B-25C Mitchell x 49


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
501 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 102

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 3
Blenheim IV x 26
Liberator III x 38
B-17E Fortress x 23
LB-30 Liberator x 10
B-24D Liberator x 15


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
186 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 110

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator III bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Cebu , at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 23
G3M Nell x 23
G4M1 Betty x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 44
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 48
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 19

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged
Ki-61 KAIb Tony: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 6 destroyed

Liberators coming in to attack the shipping in port. Glad only half a dozen. They take two IJA fighters down but all get shot down in return. 264 fighters at Rangoon set to 90% cap and we see not even 50% in the air... [8|] One strike and we say good bye. The biggest problem is the fact that the Allied launch always three attacks from three different bases. So this would mean the first raid would meet the "full" cap but would damage most of the fighters, so wave two and three would go in completely unopposed, thus leading to the loss of perhaps 200 planes at Rangoon... [:(] Only 6 Liberators damage or destroy 10% of the cap that scrambles. The "funny" thing is that there must be a die roll on how many planes are on cap today. Let´s say 50% today, while the other 50% stay on the ground undamaged. When the 50% that scrambles against the first wave are all damaged, then there is no cap at all anymore!!! IMO there should be that die roll for EVERY wave, not just for the first, as there is no reason why the undamaged planes that didn´t scramble against the first wave don´t scramble against the next waves also but get torched on the ground.

AND I JUST WONDER WHY??? WHY IS THE UNDAMAGED REST STILL GROUNDED????? So many things that make just no sense at all. A friend of mine is a SQL programmer and I always wonder if he has some common sense left the longer he works in his job as it seems to get fewer and fewer. Must be a normal programmer disease....

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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14314 troops, 464 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2692

Defending force 278971 troops, 946 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8343



Allied ground losses:
194 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 47,31

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 47116 troops, 536 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 1009

Defending force 1794 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 56

Japanese max assault: 944 - adjusted assault: 364

Allied max defense: 52 - adjusted defense: 8

Japanese assault odds: 45 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
218 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at 41,59

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 117 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8

Defending force 822 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

Allied max assault: 2 - adjusted assault: 0

Japanese max defense: 22 - adjusted defense: 11

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1



Allied ground losses:
65 casualties reported

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

You need to post a picture of FB-111 "wild weasels" along with your B-52's as they seem to be jamming your radar and making your CAP miss their targets. [:D][:D]

Radar? What radar??? [:D]

[castor troy]

The forces on Truk surrendered in September 1945???????? [X(]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/05/42

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TF 1022 encounters mine field at Suva (86,114)

Allied Ships
MSW Warrnambool
MSW Lithgow
MSW Lismore
MSW Launceton
MSW Latrobe

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Sub attack at 40,53

Japanese Ships
AK Atlas Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Trusty

evac subs meets a fuel loaden AK West of Manila... The ship will try to make Battan harbour.

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 17
Ki-21 Sally x 193

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 203

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


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 22
Liberator III x 46
B-17E Fortress x 21
LB-30 Liberator x 6
B-24D Liberator x 13
IL-4c x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator III: 1 damaged [8|][8|]
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged[8|][8|]

Japanese ground losses:
1036 casualties reported[8|][8|][8|][8|]
Guns lost 14

Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 90

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

5 heavy AA regiments and 4 base forces at Mandalay....

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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 15
Wellington III x 38
Hudson I x 12
F-5A Lightning x 1
B-25C Mitchell x 43


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

Japanese ground losses:
193 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 71

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

2 base forces at Taung Gyi. So this is just another good example of the excellent work that was put into the product. The more support units you have at a base the higher get your casualties - because your troops are put one on another so that even 50 bombers can cause 1000-2000 casualties to your AA units. Though it doesn´t matter how many AA units you put into a base, the casualties of bombers won´t go up because Japanese AA was just a booh booh...

MANY flak guns at Mandalay results in MANY losses (for the AA units ) but they only damage laughable TWO bombers. Two base forces at Taung Gyi results in FEW losses (for the AA units) AND they also manage TWO bombers damaged.

Really a GOOOOOD work Mr. programmer... [8|]

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Day Air attack on Cebu , at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 26
G3M Nell x 26
G4M1 Betty x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 1 damaged

Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet


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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14324 troops, 463 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2700

Defending force 278459 troops, 935 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8341



Allied ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 224744 troops, 599 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6907

Defending force 202077 troops, 1559 guns, 759 vehicles, Assault Value = 3658


Japanese ground losses:
77 casualties reported

[ny59giants]

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

2 base forces at Taung Gyi. So this is just another good example of the excellent work that was put into the product. The more support units you have at a base the higher get your casualties - because your troops are put one on another so that even 50 bombers can cause 1000-2000 casualties to your AA units. Though it doesn´t matter how many AA units you put into a base, the casualties of bombers won´t go up because Japanese AA was just a booh booh...

MANY flak guns at Mandalay results in MANY losses (for the AA units ) but they only damage laughable TWO bombers. Two base forces at Taung Gyi results in FEW losses (for the AA units) AND they also manage TWO bombers damaged.

Really a GOOOOOD work Mr. programmer...

I would ask your opponent to try something for his next bombing using heavy bombers. Have him stagger his altitude by 2000 feet from 6,000 to up over 15,000 to see if you need a HR about it. I seem to remember that your flak doesn't work at 6,000 or below. [&:]

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

2 base forces at Taung Gyi. So this is just another good example of the excellent work that was put into the product. The more support units you have at a base the higher get your casualties - because your troops are put one on another so that even 50 bombers can cause 1000-2000 casualties to your AA units. Though it doesn´t matter how many AA units you put into a base, the casualties of bombers won´t go up because Japanese AA was just a booh booh...

MANY flak guns at Mandalay results in MANY losses (for the AA units ) but they only damage laughable TWO bombers. Two base forces at Taung Gyi results in FEW losses (for the AA units) AND they also manage TWO bombers damaged.

Really a GOOOOOD work Mr. programmer...

I would ask your opponent to try something for his next bombing using heavy bombers. Have him stagger his altitude by 2000 feet from 6,000 to up over 15,000 to see if you need a HR about it. I seem to remember that your flak doesn't work at 6,000 or below. [&:]

Helpless has varied his altitude all the time in the past and we are aware of the "flak gap" but the difference was just minor. The best thing I can do is just to not place any support units at a base he attacks. This is just BS but that´s how the game is designed... [8|] Half of the support units means half of the losses, no matter how many bombers attack.

I just don´t want to ask about another house rule. He seems to be okay with the results so be it. What I´m thinking about those every day nukes from above is obvious from what I have written I think. So it comes down to the product that is present and to the people who use it. At the moment I face a IMO "very strange" situation. But it seems this won´t change for the rest of our campaign.[8|]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/06/42

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 17
Ki-21 Sally x 192

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
73 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 281

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


to my big surprise, not a single Sally was lost today... [&o]

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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
Wellington III x 15
A-20B Boston x 13


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged
A-20B Boston: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
223 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 29
Liberator III x 52
B-17E Fortress x 21
LB-30 Liberator x 6
B-24D Liberator x 25
IL-4c x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator III: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
547 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 191

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 25

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 16
Blenheim IV x 16
Wellington III x 37
Hudson I x 11
F-5A Lightning x 1
B-25C Mitchell x 52

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed, 22 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 16 destroyed
Blenheim IV: 8 destroyed
Wellington III: 13 destroyed, 10 damaged
Hudson I: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 5 destroyed, 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
38 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 56

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet

Tojos flying LRCAP from Rahaeng (3 hexes) and achieve the best result seen in this PBEM so far.




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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 14


No Allied losses

Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hudson I bombing at 10000 feet
5 x Hudson I bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 96
Ki-27 Nate x 72

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 65

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
A6M2-N Rufe x 27
G3M Nell x 27
G4M1 Betty x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 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 14274 troops, 462 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2694

Defending force 278488 troops, 929 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8337



Allied ground losses:
111 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 225068 troops, 597 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6936

Defending force 202018 troops, 1559 guns, 757 vehicles, Assault Value = 3659


Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/07/42

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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
A6M3 Zero x 20
Ki-21 Sally x 98

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 destroyed, 13 damaged


Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported

Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 71

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

this turn shows that the modelling of flak is - also - complete BS. Sorry, there is no other word I could use. Mr. Grigsby or whoever is responsible for it, he would probably be better off programming some kind of World of Warcraft game, where the boom chackas fight against some Aliens.

There are three Chinese base forces at Sian (I can see them during the ground combat phase) and those three base forces are accounted for 5 Sallies with another Sally lost to ops. Compare that to the two dozen+ base forces (including 10 or more heavy AA regiments) that I place at bases like Mandaly or Taung Gyi. I normally damage some 3 Allied bombers out of 100+. Why the hell should 3 base forces be 10 times more effective than two dozen Japanese base forces. That´s just crap...

Excellent work. No doubt, this is perfectly modelled and 100% realistic... The reason I (and probably many of the people that bought this game) are playing it on and on is the fact that it is unique and there is no alternative. Give me a somewhere more realistic game (or sim ) about this theme and WITP is swept off my hard drive within a minute. It´s just fantasy...[8|]

The more I think of it the more I´m sure it would be better to get away from bug busting and use some time to make the different "models" just slightly more realistic. Perhaps people should take a book, read it and then work on the coding. It appears that at the beginning the programmer watched Star Trek and then worked on the game. While I know that the reworked ASW routine was programmed for War plane orange, WITP could need some time to "fix" some of the other routines.

I´m not saying that 3 Chinese base forces should not be able to take 5 bombers down. But what I´m pretty sure about is the fact that two dozen IJA base forces and AA regiments could do remarkably more damage. They DON´T....

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 54
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 16
Ki-21 Sally x 184

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
131 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 221

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


500+ hits on the airfield in two days, this day Tonies flew LRCAP. Dakota I intercepted, not a single lost to fighters or ops... [8|] Wonder why transports are immune when landing at a 100% damaged airfield... no that´s not an oversight. And it´s not like they are dropping supplies by parachute. It´s no problem to pick up troops from a 100% damaged airfield either.

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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
Wirraway x 20
Wellington III x 15
A-20B Boston x 13


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 3
Blenheim IV x 28
Liberator III x 46
B-17E Fortress x 24
LB-30 Liberator x 6
B-24D Liberator x 27
IL-4c x 6

No Allied losses
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 135

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

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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 22
Hudson I x 6
F-5A Lightning x 1


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet


7 IJA base forces are defending the airfield. What would have happened in real life if 28 75 mm and dozens of 25mm and 13mm AA guns would fire at 28 incoming bombers at 6000 feet?? Nothing?? Yes, nothing, don´t you know the programmer informed himself by reading some books?

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 82
Ki-27 Nate x 71

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 66

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
A6M2-N Rufe x 27
G3M Nell x 27
G4M1 Betty x 27

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 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 14207 troops, 460 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2694

Defending force 277946 troops, 921 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8335



Allied ground losses:
83 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 225408 troops, 597 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6963

Defending force 202087 troops, 1558 guns, 755 vehicles, Assault Value = 3660

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/08/42

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 52
Ki-21 Sally x 193

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 4 damaged


Allied ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 122

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

3 Sallies, a Tojo and an Oscar lost to ops today...

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 18
Wellington III x 12
A-20B Boston x 14


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 37

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 29
Liberator III x 54
B-17E Fortress x 23
LB-30 Liberator x 8
B-24D Liberator x 22
IL-4c x 8


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 156

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x IL-4c bombing at 15000 feet

one B-25c lost to ops today, no losses from this strike...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 96
Ki-27 Nate x 72

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 75

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

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Day Air attack on Cebu , at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 27
G3M Nell x 27
G4M1 Betty x 27

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 44

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
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ASW attack at 85,127

Japanese Ships
SS I-9, hits 3

Allied Ships
DD Stewart
DD Parrott
DD Russell
DD Smith
DD Cummings

I-9 is lucky today, we tried to pursue the earlier attacked TF. There are actually two TFs, both have reported 8 ships, including AKs. To me it looks more like two ASW TFs.

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Sub attack at 85,127

Japanese Ships
SS I-9, hits 3

Allied Ships
DD Kennison, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Van Ghent
DD Scout
DD Rathburne
DD Lawrence
DD Humphreys
DD Voyager

I-9 attacks the second TF and seems to be extremely lucky again. No transport sighted. Shouldn´t be an ASW TF either as we have a house rule of not more than 6 ships in an ASW TF and I count 7 DDs in this TF. Kennison is heavily damaged, as was DD Ralph Talbot earlier. Though I haven´t received ans message about a DD sinking. I-9 is heading back to port with 16 sys and 3 float.

DD-138 Kennison
Kennison (DD-138) was launched 8 June 1918 by the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, Calif., sponsored by Miss Elizabeth Riner; and commissioned 2 April 1919 Comdr. R. P. Enrich in command.

Following completion, shakedown, and acceptance trials Kennison arrived San Diego, her home port, 23 March 1920. During the summer she engaged in experimental torpedo and antiaircraft exercises. The destroyer continued coastal operations and tactical exercises until 12 August 1921 when she put into San Diego with 50 percent complement. She decommissioned at San Diego 22 June 1922.

Recommissioned 18 December 1939, Lt. W. G. Michelet in command, Kennison joined the Neutrality Patrol out of San Diego 6 May 1940. From June to September she engaged in reserve training cruises before rejoining the Neutrality Patrol 14 October. The destroyer continued patrol operations along the West Coast until the United States entered World War II. As the war effort increased in early 1942, Kennison intensified her ASW operations including escort of convoys and submarines to various California ports until 22 September 1944 when she sailed for Bremerton to undergo conversion.

Redesignated AG-83, Kennison returned to San Diego 9 November 1944 to resume service. For the rest of the war she operated out of San Diego as a target ship for plane exercises with aerial torpedoes. These exercises provided invaluable training to Navy pilots preparing for combat. Following the war Kennison sailed for the East Coast, arriving Norfolk late October. She decommissioned 21 November 1945 at Portsmouth, Va. She was sold 18 November 1946 to Luria Bros. & ,Co., Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., and scrapped.





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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14195 troops, 459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2694

Defending force 277515 troops, 912 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8331



Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported

Homan airbase is reported 100% damaged.

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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 225813 troops, 597 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6997

Defending force 202163 troops, 1555 guns, 760 vehicles, Assault Value = 3660


Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/09/42

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ASW attack at 83,124

Japanese Ships
SS I-6, hits 9, on fire

Allied Ships
AP President Monroe
DD Perkins
DD Grayson
APD Little
APD McKean
DD Fanning
CLAA San Juan
DD Aylwin

A LOT of ships in the South Pacific now. On the way back to it´s homeport the unluck I-6 stumbles over a heavily escorted troop transport task force. Those DDs have an ASW value of 8 and dozens of DCs are dropped. The sub is a goner. Damage is 43/82/0. Wonder why it isn´t rated as heavily damaged. Perhaps heavily damaged means only a high sys damage?

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ASW attack at 38,58

Japanese Ships
DD Oite
DD Matsukaze
DD Harukaze
DD Uzuki
DD Ariake
DD Suzukaze

Allied Ships
SS Grayling

Our DDs aren´t succesful and all fail to locate the sub.

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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32


Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 21
Wellington III x 14
A-20B Boston x 11


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
257 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

1 destroyed! [&o] Must have been an accident. [;)]

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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 32
Liberator III x 52
B-17E Fortress x 22
LB-30 Liberator x 7
B-24D Liberator x 28
IL-4c x 10


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator III: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
IL-4c: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
1115 casualties reported [8|]
Guns lost 21

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 59

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x IL-4c bombing at 14000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 94
Ki-27 Nate x 68

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 72

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 27
G3M Nell x 27
G4M1 Betty x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
Ki-61 KAIb Tony x 15
Ki-21 Sally x 92
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 78

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

4 Sallies (three flak, one ops) and a Tony are lost today. Only Allied plane lost is the flak victim over Taung Gyi, a Wellington III. Not bad eh??

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ASW attack at 38,63

Japanese Ships
DD Yunagi
DD Asanagi
DD Hayate

Allied Ships
SS Trusty, hits 4

4 near hits, at the moment we have spotted 6 subs West of Mindanao. All seem to be evac subs that go in and out of Manila were I have placed around 5000 mines so far...

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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14260 troops, 461 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2693

Defending force 277292 troops, 913 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8325



Allied ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 226075 troops, 597 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7020

Defending force 202308 troops, 1554 guns, 763 vehicles, Assault Value = 3662


Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/10/42

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 52
Ki-21 Sally x 193

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
95 casualties reported

Airbase hits 33
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 251

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

3 Sallies op losses today...
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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 26

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 6 destroyed, 2 damaged

We are flying LRCAP again. Ordered 108 Tojos on LRCAP 3 hexes. A sweep to Taung Gyi with Buffalos. Buffalos vs. Tojos is the same as if I would send Nates against P40s. After 6 shot down the rest pulled back.

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Day Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 33,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 16

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 6
Blenheim IV x 30
B-17E Fortress x 17
LB-30 Liberator x 8
B-24D Liberator x 21
IL-4c x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 2 destroyed, 12 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 6 destroyed
Blenheim IV: 9 destroyed, 5 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged
IL-4c: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
336 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Blenheim IV bombing at 14000 feet

the next attack only faces 16 Tojos but they do a good job. While this result looks good, the 4Es didn´t suffer at all, only the absolutely obsolete Blenheims get hit hard. We only manage to take 1 B-24 down and damage nearly another dozen.

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77


Allied aircraft
Liberator III x 22
Hudson I x 15
F-5A Lightning x 5
B-17E Fortress x 63
B-24D Liberator x 78


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 181

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator III bombing at 9000 feet

150 4E bombers???? [X(][X(][X(] I´m in big trouble. Looks like 14 hexes around Darwin is a NO GO ZONE... [:-]

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 95
Ki-27 Nate x 72

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 80

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
A6M2-N Rufe x 27
G3M Nell x 27
G4M1 Betty x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 3 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 35,28


Allied aircraft
Liberator III x 20


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator III: 2 destroyed, 15 damaged [X(][8|][X(][8|]

Japanese ground losses:
110 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator III bombing at 9000 feet


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Day Air attack on 56th Division, at 35,28


Allied aircraft
Liberator III x 25


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator III: 1 destroyed, 18 damaged [8|][X(][8|][X(]

Japanese ground losses:
96 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator III bombing at 9000 feet

Only god knows what the programmers were thinking when I see the same flak that is 99% ineffective in a base is suddenly nearly a killer when it´s outside a base… I don´t like both things to be honest. If there should be a difference then flak should be far more effective in a base in it´s compartments, not outside a base travelling around. Well, the developers “surely” had a reason to do it that way. I can´t follow it… This is the complete ineffective flak that left Mandalay which is now damaging/killing 36 out of 45 planes... [8|][8|][8|]

I just can´t understand it....


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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14268 troops, 462 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2689

Defending force 276892 troops, 903 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8323



Allied ground losses:
57 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 41,59

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 802 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

Defending force 93 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Japanese max assault: 21 - adjusted assault: 23

Allied max defense: 2 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 23 to 1



Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 226503 troops, 597 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7043

Defending force 202349 troops, 1558 guns, 761 vehicles, Assault Value = 3664


Japanese ground losses:
69 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 41,59

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 60 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Defending force 802 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

Allied max assault: 0 - adjusted assault: 0

Japanese max defense: 23 - adjusted defense: 7

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/11/42

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Sub attack at 37,59

Japanese Ships
AK Yamazato Maru

Allied Ships
SS Haddock

Haddock on the way to Manila, torps miss, evac sub...

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Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 72
Ki-21 Sally x 193

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 147

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

only one Sally lost today...

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Day Air attack on Ichang , at 47,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 31
A6M3 Zero x 13

Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 damaged
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x SB-2c bombing at 8000 feet

The obsolete Chinese bombers manage to take a A6M3 down, killing it´s pilot...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 95
Ki-27 Nate x 70

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 67

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

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Day Air attack on Cebu , at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x A6M2-N Rufe strafing at 100 feet

oops, even if there´s no flak fire at 6000 ft that is threatening my bombers, the Rufes sweeping suffer this turn. Will send them to Clark to sweep Manila as there "should" be 100% no supply left after 9 months of constant bombing.

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Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14243 troops, 462 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2689

Defending force 276806 troops, 899 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8326



Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 41,59

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 802 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

Defending force 60 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese max assault: 21 - adjusted assault: 23

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 23 to 1



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Ground combat at Changsha

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 123685 troops, 418 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3736

Defending force 72565 troops, 957 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1528


Japanese ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Guns lost 13

moved some troops into Changsha to stop the supply production. Looks like those brigades are in trouble though. Perhaps they can withstand a deliberate attack, though they will be probably kicked out with a shock attack. With 15.000 assault points in the Sian-Homan-area I was surprised to see nearly 4000 still at Changsha...


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Ground combat at Sian

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 226757 troops, 599 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7065

Defending force 202254 troops, 1557 guns, 759 vehicles, Assault Value = 3660


Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported