43 - The Mouse bites back. Rob vs Littlejoe 43+

[Rob Brennan UK]

HEHE . ok maybe im getting a tad aheead of myself . but the casualaties were even last time and i gobbled a fort level . lets see if i'm too optomistic next turn.

IWO would be a great bomber base [:D].. makin soon after as an auxillary one .

thanks for the input Aztez

[Rob Brennan UK]

Douuble update today , as not much major happening.


Well the IWO attack didnt go as i planned, more like as Aztez predicted [;)].

Ground combat at Iwo Jima

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 62696 troops, 721 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 1592

Defending force 73746 troops, 632 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 1034

Allied max assault: 1450 - adjusted assault: 958

Japanese max defense: 807 - adjusted defense: 2095

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 6)


Japanese ground losses:
1014 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
896 casualties reported
Guns lost 46
Vehicles lost 2

And its still at fort level 6 ? , hope we dont have the sync bug, or else my air attacks havnt been very effective at stopping
the japanese engineers rebuild.

Subs as usual provide the best attacks over the days, japans home islands are really not a safe place for japanese shipping
and we bagged a CL near Kure.


Sub attack near Hiroshima/Kure at 60,41

Japanese Ships
CL Naka, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Suzukaze
DD Fujinami
DD Susuzuki

Allied Ships
SS Darter

And another bite out of the brigade loading/unloading at legaspi

AP Teiun Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Guavina

Japanese ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Sub attack near Osaka/Kobe at 63,42

Japanese Ships
MSW Senyu Maru #2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Flasher


DD too

Sub attack at 65,45 SE of Tokyo.

Japanese Ships
DD Inazuma, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Harusame
DD Hokaze
DD Akizuki

Allied Ships
SS Paddle, hits 1

Sub attack near Saigon at 31,46

Japanese Ships
AK Nitimei Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Storm

Haddock took a battering in exchange though. (back to Pearl after the flooding subsides)

Sub attack at 53,43

Japanese Ships
DD Arare
DD Kasasagi
DD Yuzuki
DD Ariake

Allied Ships
SS Haddock, hits 4, on fire

Shortlands fall immediately to a shock attack and with only 2 base forces there we encountered little resisitance.
Time to ship in the seebees [;)]

Ground combat at Shortlands

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 13408 troops, 152 guns, 54 vehicles, Assault Value = 305

Defending force 480 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied max assault: 580 - adjusted assault: 254

Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 254 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Shortlands base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
3408 casualties reported

Some disturbing reports off of Iwo Jima on the last day, one jap AK hammered with 10 1000lb bombs sinks rapidly.
But there appears to be a swarm of single ships only 60 miles away from IWO. Unless he has surface forces escorting them
a CA/CL and 3 destroyers peeled off from the Franklins escorts and will hopefully keep the enemy away from landing
next turn. IF he has CV support this could get v v ugly vv fast as the allies only have limited CV's here.

Betties from singapore badly disable another AK returning from Sumatra and allied efforts to close the base seem to have
been less than effective, although there was a nice tally of enemy fighters which our luvverly Mk8 Spitfires ate for lunch.

Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 1
A6M5 Zeke x 4
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 8
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 11

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 26
Liberator VI x 28
B-24J Liberator x 45

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M5 Zeke: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 4 destroyed
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 3 destroyed
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed
H8K Emily: 1 destroyed


Japanese ground losses:
219 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 55

Downed over 40 yesterday too, but no bombers hit in either raid.

Bye Bye

[Rob Brennan UK]

Well Well , life got a lot more interesting these past 2 days.

1) Invasion Java
2) surface combat at IWO
3) Japanese ASW working as advertsed [8|]
4) Panic about naval clash with japanese carriers now over. (we are overwhelmingly strong again)

Lets start at the beginning.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/07/44

Another loaded AP gets hurt in south Luzon (must be picking men up as they'd have unloaded by now).

Sub attack near Legaspi at 44,55

Japanese Ships
AP Teiun Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Guavina

Japanese ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

And japanese Waters are definately NOT safe even for supposed ASW Vessels

Sub attack near Osaka/Kobe at 63,42

Japanese Ships
MSW Senyu Maru #2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SUNK

Allied Ships
SS Flasher

Flasher also hit a merchie as a bonus , back to marcus for more torps

Sub attack near Osaka/Kobe at 63,42

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

Allied Ships
SS Darter

Night naval action at iwo jima and as i'd suspected japanese single ships trying to sneak in were butchered by a small Heavy
cruiser group.


Night Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53

Japanese Ships
AK Shoyu Maru, Shell hits 19, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Boston
CL Columbia
DD Woodworth
DD Welles
DD Sampson

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53

Japanese Ships
AK Nichiwa Maru, Shell hits 26, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Boston
CL Columbia
DD Woodworth
DD Welles
DD Sampson

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53

Japanese Ships
AK Ryua Maru, Shell hits 21, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Boston
CL Columbia
DD Woodworth
DD Welles
DD Sampson

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53

Japanese Ships
AK Saishu Maru, Shell hits 31, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Boston
CL Columbia
DD Woodworth
DD Welles
DD Sampson

Ammo is still fine with the exception of DD torpedoes so we will remain on station and send in a Battleship bombardment group
to liven the place up a bit [;)]. With 6 BB's and many CA's on escort duty for CV Groups we can create a hopefully ner endless
stream of heavy shelling TF's to add to the presure.

Singapore gets visited again with similar results. It seems that if i don't send in overwhelming numbers then japan
might still put up a fight. Which i actually want as atrittion is my friend, and i love Spits.

Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 3
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 8
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 12

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 36
Liberator VI x 22
B-24J Liberator x 45

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 2 damaged
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 5 destroyed
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
H8K Emily: 2 destroyed
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
148 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 67

Still keeping the pressure on palembangs resources b24 raids hit a further 24 points the next day.

Day Air attack on Palembang , at 20,55


Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 9
F-5A Lightning x 2
B-25J Mitchell x 32


No Allied losses

Resources hits 13

I have moved in maximum bombers to marcus and no CAP worth mentioning remains there, this might be an error but the bombing results
speak for themselves, overall 36 supply hits (3 from CV raids) from 2 days of aerial pounding. Just don't tell joe marcus
is vulnerable [;)]

Day Air attack on Iwo Jima , at 63,53


Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 7
PB4Y Liberator x 84
B-24D Liberator x 77


Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
340 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Port hits 10
Port supply hits 12

2 more single supply ships get caught out at dawn as they approach IWO. In response i've decided to move the CV's to the north of IWO to deter this practise while CVE's provide CAP for the island itself.
Day Air attack on TF at 62,51


Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 42
SB2C Helldiver x 21
TBM Avenger x 17


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Kanjo Maru, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage SUNK

Day Air attack on TF at 62,51


Allied aircraft
SB2C Helldiver x 24
TBM Avenger x 15


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Tatsushiro Maru, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage SUNK

Japanese Kamikazi attacks on the Houston group do penetrate the CAP (being re-inforced ) but miss all targets.

Day Air attack on TF, near Iwo Jima at 63,53

Japanese aircraft
G4M2 Betty x 9

Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 18
F6F Hellcat x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 9 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
FM-2 Wildcat: 1 damaged
F6F Hellcat: 4 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Boston

Day Air attack on TF, near Iwo Jima at 63,53

Japanese aircraft
G4M2 Betty x 6

Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 14
F6F Hellcat x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 6 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
FM-2 Wildcat: 2 damaged
F6F Hellcat: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Columbia

Next day (12th) japanese heavily escorted convoy gets revenge on the Escolar (she might have been damaged already) as she sank
with all hands after hitting a troop ship off Guam.

Sub attack near Guam at 62,66

Japanese Ships
AP Koyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Yuzan Maru
AP Oridono Maru
PC Takuna Maru #7
PC Takuna Maru #6
PC Shonon Maru #11
PC Shonon Maru #10
PC Shonon Maru #3
PC Kyo Maru #7
PC Kyo Maru #6
PC Fumi Maru #3

Allied Ships
SS Escolar, hits 2, on fire SANK.

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported

SS Spearfish also sank entering Darwin bay (i;d hoped to save her) and losing 2 subs in one day is a dark one for the
silent service

We will shock attack the single NLF unit in north Java tomorrow and send in a LOT of engineers who have been sailing up from
the SW Pacific where there are already enough Engineers to last till doomsday.

IWO is proving a tougher nut to crack than anticipated, lets turn up the heat a bit over the next week. As the only HQ i can find
in the centpacific is Cent Pac HQ itself , its going to IWO. while i move out the 2 combat HQ's i'd forgotten about basking
on Canton is. for best part of 2 years [8|]

bye for now

[aztez]

[:D]  ..those HQ troops are propably sun burned after living in Canton Island for 2 years! [:D]

At least you found them... IF not we might have another TV series called Lost II! [:(]

As for the game I think you are correct by bringing in reinforcements into iwo Jima. Keep on bombing him daily and you shall prevail sooner than later.

[marky]

[Rob Brennan UK]

HI , i think those troops in canton have gone native by now [;)], probably got local wives and families by now. it'll be a shock to them that the war;s still on [:D]

Hi Marky Welcome back from the ban .. nice to see you again

[Rob Brennan UK]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/15/44

I've skipped over the 13/4 as not much happened.

Anyhoo, been the day to sink japanese tankers, found some hideing near taiwan.

Sub attack near Takao at 48,45

Japanese Ships
TK Goyo Maru, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage SUNK

Allied Ships
SS Grunion

Sub attack near Takao at 48,45

Japanese Ships
TK Kaijo Maru #2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SUNK

Allied Ships
SS Grunion


And one near soerbaja:-

Sub attack near Soerabaja at 22,65

Japanese Ships
TK Kiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1 2nd attack sank her later on.
PG Tosho Maru
PG Uji

Allied Ships
SS Haddo

Had a bit of a hock however when the latest allied BB group shelled IWO Jima

Naval bombardment of Iwo Jima, at 63,53 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

151 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CA St. Louis, Shell hits 15
CA New Orleans, Shell hits 22
CA Pensacola, Shell hits 36, on fire, heavy damage
CA Chester, Shell hits 10
CA Houston, Shell hits 3
BB California
BB Arizona

Japanese ground losses:
268 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Blimey ! .. that came as a nasty suprise its 50/50 if she'll get home. I looked at the ahip date and belt armour was 67mm
vs the 75 mm of the other CA's , darn penetration threshold , must be some big guns on iwo.

Singapore is finally closed down and thats as well condsidering the number of brit convoys on the way to jave (only a few could be
covered by decent CV's )

Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50


Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 23
Liberator VI x 14
B-24J Liberator x 42


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
138 casualties reported

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 65

Palembangs resources are withering so the b25's will switch to ground attack duty while the b24's finish off the
remnants :-

Day Air attack on Palembang , at 20,55


Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 48
P-38J Lightning x 21


No Allied losses

Resources hits 26

Over the past few days port attacks on iwo jima have been netting much better supply hits. and the japanese seem to have
halted thier artillery harassment. lets see if thier combat values decline soon.

Day Air attack on Iwo Jima , at 63,53


Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 5
PB4Y Liberator x 59
B-24D Liberator x 63


Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
230 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Port hits 7
Port supply hits 17

Ground combat at Iwo Jima

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1720 troops, 36 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1606

Defending force 72558 troops, 629 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 1041


Japanese ground losses:
88 casualties reported

In the SW Pacific its almost time to launch invasion Wewak , again with minimal CVE protection but plenty of LBA
now starting on the ground troops after wrecking the port and sirfield thoroughly.

Day Air attack on Wewak , at 52,81


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 9
P-38J Lightning x 36
F-5C Lightning x 4
P-47D Thunderbolt x 40
B-24J Liberator x 104


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported

Port hits 14
Port supply hits 19

Once the CVE's are free we can also hit green island (might be tough that one ) and recon from admiralty island
indicate only 15000 men on truk .. humm food for thought . maybe truk/hollandia next wave targets.

Day 2 and SS 'Spanish guitar' hits a troop ship in the north philipine waters.

Sub attack at 52,48

Japanese Ships
AP Hokuyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
SS Guitarro

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Sub attack at 52,48

Japanese Ships
AP Kayo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Guitarro

Japanese ground losses:
46 casualties reported

However japan has been running ASW DD groups upto 180 miles off the home island coast. the USN venetured 2 CV groups
to within 5/6 hexes of a 'stationary' submarine to try and get them with LR attacks. i'm guessing hes got LR CAP
from mainland sirfields and weather was clear and ASW group spotted 2 days running. The decoy sub didnt fare very well
though.

ASW attack at 63,45

Japanese Ships
DD Tachikaze
DD Oshio
DD Urakaze
DD Hayanami
DD Suzunami
DD Naganami

Allied Ships
SS Pampanito, hits 1

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ASW attack at 63,45

Japanese Ships
DD Tachikaze
DD Oshio
DD Urakaze
DD Hayanami
DD Suzunami
DD Naganami

Allied Ships
SS Pampanito, hits 3, on fire

Moderate damage, will head to marcus and pump water then back to pearl. Still have plenty more subs prowling
japanese waters though. they are everywhere from sakalin island to port arthur down to saigon and on every island hex in the
pacific.

Thats all for this update. more BB hits on iwo and i'm waiting for a 'nuke' result. havnt seen one yet after a LOT of shelling.
Many Many men HQ's and engineers heading /arriving in java we'll go for batavia 1st (only 2 units ) might even try and rush the place , no knowledge of japanese formations further south though.

[Rob Brennan UK]

Quick update for the 17th 18th Feb, allied airpower is overwhelming in the SW Pacific with large 4e and 2 e raids. Might move a few more B24's to SEAC. also started the bombing of Paramushiro jima and recon was right about no fighters available here.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/17/44


2 more TK's damaged at soerbaja , no fires though so maybe they arent loading .

Sub attack near Soerabaja at 22,65

Japanese Ships
TK Manju Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PG Tosho Maru
PG Uji

Allied Ships
SS Haddo

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Naval bombardment of Iwo Jima, at 63,53 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

40 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
BB North Carolina, Shell hits 11 boing [;)]
DD Hatfield
DD Rathburne

Japanese ground losses:
253 casualties reported MEH
Guns lost 5

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Sub attack near Soerabaja at 22,65

Japanese Ships
TK Kyuei Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Sinks
PG Tosho Maru
PG Uji

Allied Ships
SS Haddo

Day Air attack on Paramushiro Jima , at 82,34

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 9
P-38J Lightning x 69
PB4Y Liberator x 12
B-24J Liberator x 38

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-15 Babs: 1 destroyed
B6N Jill: 1 destroyed


Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 20 not bad , goes to show the value of F5 (best) flying boats (as here) and nowt (worst) as recon options


2nd day was an improvement and end results show overall 57 damage according to the mouse over.

Day Air attack on Paramushiro Jima , at 82,34

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 7
P-38J Lightning x 60
PB4Y Liberator x 9
B-24J Liberator x 37

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N Jill: 1 destroyed
Ki-15 Babs: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 44

This is earlier than i'd planned as far as invasions go BUT its also useful as a decoy with regard to the vastly under
covered invasions planned on new guinea and green island in the SW Pac. Hopeing to draw up the japanese CV fleet to cover
against an invasion that isnt going to happen for a few months.



Day Air attack on 8th Base Force, at 63,89 GReen island


Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 13
B-25J Mitchell x 80


Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
176 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Day Air attack on 87th Naval Guard Unit, at 63,89 Green island


Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 9
B-25J Mitchell x 92


Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
218 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


Is this the best unit on green island ? if so then its woefully defended despite recon giving it 20k defenders. we will see.

The odd raid like below keeps rabaul closed leaving only truk as a sizeable airbase in theatre. and wil the admiralties in
allied hands it wont be safe there either soon.

Day Air attack on Rabaul , at 61,88

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 17
PB4Y Liberator x 65
B-24J Liberator x 96

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K Emily: 1 destroyed
A6M5 Zeke: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
313 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 19
Airbase supply hits 13
Runway hits 237

And just in case you might think im neglecting Bonin (near iwo) its level 2 AF could be a nasty kami base for short range
bombers , however i believe its supply is awful.

Day Air attack on Bonin , at 65,52


Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 6
F6F Hellcat x 13
SB2C Helldiver x 93
TBM Avenger x 34


Allied aircraft losses
SB2C Helldiver: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
114 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 30

Must rush off , Rugby starting [:D]

[Rob Brennan UK]

Been a while since update. 2 reasons really 1) been away and 2) not much happening

Subs again have a good few days e.g

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/21/44

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Sub attack near Palau at 52,67

Japanese Ships
AP Taizin Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Picuda

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Sub attack near Naha at 54,46 He's Reinforcing Okinawa now, i think these were the men from the PI

Japanese Ships
AK Asukazan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Snook

Japanese ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Yet another heavy shelling of IWO Jima :-

Naval bombardment of Iwo Jima, at 63,53 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

160 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DD Porterfield, Shell hits 1
DD Murray
DD William Porter, Shell hits 12, on fire WHOOPS !
DD Picking
CA Vincennes, Shell hits 26
CA Quincy, Shell hits 11
CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 15
BB Indiana
BB New Jersey, Shell hits 3
BB Iowa
BB Alabama, Shell hits 8
BB Massachusetts

Japanese ground losses:
596 casualties reported
Guns lost 22

Runway hits 7
Port hits 7
Port supply hits 3

Seems i forgot to turn off escort bombard but given whats been firing back previously this is very light damage, the DD
will get home fine. Also i 'think' finally iwo is supply low an exploration by the denuded tanks of the 1st USMC amphib
tank unit will probe tomorrow. also have HQ's loaded and on the way (at long last) escorted by BB and CA's should
prevent the last unloading disaster.

Bombers got another 15 odd supply hits over 2 days, this is becoming an average now and must be hurting after weeks of this
sort of attention. In a change of mind i'm thinking of not invading eniwetok as planned as the SW Pac looks a LOT weaker
than originally thought. If i can scrounge up the transports we will invade green island ,hollandia and Wewak . Along
similar lines a speculative invasion of Sansapor in north new guinea is leaving darwin port today. According to recon
flight the base is unoccupied so i'm sending in base forces and engineers with the 30th Aussie infantry brigade.

Batavia is lookng very very weak too, one div and some artllery have arrived to besiege with more on the way the defenders
seem to be 1/3rd of a regiment and the defeated NLF unit that tried to defend earlier. We 'should' take it down pretty quick.
With that in mind and to spook japan the RN CV's will be making a foray into the java sea just in range of Soerbaja (where
there are definately TK's in port) I suspect some japanese CV's are in Balikpapan (s Borneo) so we'll not get too
adventureous. the mossie recons can run a few missions to find out.

Over in China the AVG returned and found the only japanese unit actually flying in theatre as far as i can tell.

Day Air attack on Canton , at 43,41

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 15

Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 71

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 14 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40N Warhawk: 3 destroyed

another tanker succumbs to torps and shelling off borneo ( this is tanker alley) need to send in more subs here, that said its
a dangerous place for subs as ASW A/C have sunk a few and damaged a heap load (30+) some of which are so badly damaged they
bailed water in darwin and are heading to Sydney for major repair works.

[aztez]

Hmmm. What is the ground combat status at Iwo? I notice you haven't made any assaults for few turns. I would assume you are waiting for the next wave to land.
 
Really nasty coastal guns there too.
 
..and I think you are correct. Joe is definately reinforcing Okinawa area which he needs to do. Unfortunately for him losing Iwo spells big time trouble.
 
 

[Rob Brennan UK]

ORIGINAL: aztez

Hmmm. What is the ground combat status at Iwo? I notice you haven't made any assaults for few turns. I would assume you are waiting for the next wave to land.

Really nasty coastal guns there too.

..and I think you are correct. Joe is definately reinforcing Okinawa area which he needs to do. Unfortunately for him losing Iwo spells big time trouble.

i'm waiting for HQ support as you suggested , the cent pac HQ is aboard a BB escorted group and heading to Iwo as we speak . the limited tank attack was a predictable failure. no matter what i have in LR CAP the blasted emily and recently H2K mavis seem to get through.
I'll do a screenie from IWO next turn but its about 1500 (us) vs 1000 (jap) i could just blunder in with 2-3 more divs but this game i am (and so is Joe ) being a nod toward realism (self imposed invasion of 30+ PP's ) and i hate wasting pre prepped points [;)]

[Rob Brennan UK]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/23/44

First up Aztez the CR for the probe on IWO:-

Ground combat at Iwo Jima

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 2260 troops, 36 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 1727

Defending force 69767 troops, 593 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 1042

Allied max assault: 34 - adjusted assault: 0

Japanese max defense: 778 - adjusted defense: 2275

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 6)


Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
123 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 8


Compare the above with an attack in early february:-

Ground combat at Iwo Jima

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 62696 troops, 721 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 1592

Defending force 73746 troops, 632 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 1034

Allied max assault: 1450 - adjusted assault: 958

Japanese max defense: 807 - adjusted defense:

2095

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 6)

Looks like Japan has no supply problems at all [&:], which given i've stopped every ship for 2 months and the heavy bombers along
with high altitude torpedo bombers (on airfield attack) hitting 10-20 supply points a day i'm at a loss to suggest what
else to do.. similarly the BB group did a real number today and by far the best bombardment still had no impact on the
adjusted defence.

Naval bombardment of Iwo Jima, at 63,53

Allied Ships
CA Boston
CA Louisville
CA Chester
CA Houston
BB Arizona

Japanese ground losses:
1402 casualties reported
Guns lost 21

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 11
Port hits 9
Port supply hits 11

and an average bomber hit :-

Day Air attack on Iwo Jima , at 63,53


Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 5
PB4Y Liberator x 53


Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y Liberator: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 24
Port hits 7
Port supply hits 5

Plus 4 more hits from the carriers. I'm clueless, maybe the HQ's and a few more days of this will finally get him to the
tipping point.

Anyhoo far better results in Java (see piccie) first up the RN CV's sank everything at soerbaja (not in port) tally was
2 tankers
2 minesweepers
1 PG

Back to safe waters next turn. No air cover at all either [&:], i was at least expecting some defensive fighters and japan
has some far better planes now like the Jack of which i have seen virtually no sign at all.

also Batavia is woefully underdefended. ATTACK ! .. IF the rest of Jave is this empty we will be celebrating come christmas [;)]

Palembang is still a tough nut but i've now destroyed pretty much all the resources after a lenghty bombing campaign and soon
to switch the heavies and B25's onto ground attack duties (some will remain on airfield attacks to disrupt building and
possibly hurt supply levels. 2 more brit brigades are being sent up too. (BFF and another i cant remember).

Batavia will die (i hope ) under a shock attack soon .








The SW Pacific lost another island to the paras today too. these are proving invaluable in isolating Rabaul and truk.

Ground combat at Emirau Island

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 650 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

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

Allied max assault: 24 - adjusted assault: 12

Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Emirau Island base !!!

Recon is scouting out others and the 1st paras are available should any prove empty. Meanwhile we'll pick up the 3rd paras with
flying boats as i don't think Emirau has an airfield yet.

Speaking of Paras i have 2 large para drop formations in north sumatra all prepped for palembang so we'll soon test the theory
of paras reducing fort levels on suprise drops. As its primarily a SEAC operation we'll use the indian para brigade 1st
and possibly the americans to grab the empty west coast bases to prevent suprises.

[Rob Brennan UK]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/25/44

Mixed results today.

SS Snook sank a mile layer at okinawa but was subsequently sunk by an extremely persistent japanese destroyer.

Sub attack near Naha at 54,46

Japanese Ships
ML Katsuriki, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SANK

Allied Ships
SS Snook

Sub attack near Naha at 54,46

Japanese Ships
DD Fujinami
DD Umikaze
DD Tamanami
DD Makinami
DD Yugumo the culprit

Allied Ships
SS Snook, hits 6, on fire SANK

And a rather ill timed test attack on palembang was a disaster ( beginning to doubt 2 more brigades will make any differance )

Ground combat at Palembang

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 52446 troops, 569 guns, 627 vehicles, Assault Value = 1275

Defending force 78873 troops, 620 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 1293

Allied max assault: 1213 - adjusted assault: 1293

Japanese max defense: 1363 - adjusted defense: 4625

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


Japanese ground losses:
1009 casualties reported
Guns lost 18

Allied ground losses:
2857 casualties reported [:(]
Guns lost 80
Vehicles lost 11

However much better news in batavia where the base falls without much bloodshed at all.

Ground combat at Batavia

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 40306 troops, 394 guns, 507 vehicles, Assault Value = 906

Defending force 2664 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 45

Allied max assault: 1704 - adjusted assault: 1123

Japanese max defense: 24 - adjusted defense: 3

Allied assault odds: 374 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Batavia base !!!


Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-57-II Topsy: 3 destroyed
H8K Emily: 3 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
491 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Allied ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Engineers and base forces on the way by land and sea, soon enough batavia will be an allied bastion. [:D]

Other than the repetative bombing of IWO Palembang and some failed sweeps in china it's dull as dishwater right now.
SWPAC - Troops loading at LAE for invasion wewak while supplies will be transported by LCT's . The hollandia invasion
TF left townsville and will refuel at gili before a rapid dual invasion than all japanese presence in new guinea
will be snuffed out. The sarong invasion will land tomorrow covered by weak LR cap of a few beaufighters [;)].
Green island invasion will start loading tomorrow too , so the SW Pacific will hot up considerably. Admiralty islands
grew to size 3 , once its upto 4 we will hammer truk to dust and maybe even invade it.

no piccie and none worth taking if i'm honest.

[Rob Brennan UK]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/27/44

Looks like the CD guns on Iwo jima are as ferocious as ever .. eek

Coastal Guns at Iwo Jima, 63,53, firing at TF 1006
TF 1006 troops unloading over beach at Iwo Jima, 63,53


2268 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DD Charles Ausburne, Shell hits 3
BB North Carolina, Shell hits 13
AK Empire Cougar, Shell hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
DD Bell
AK Empire Spray, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
CA St. Louis, Shell hits 14
AK Empire Voice, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Lightning, Shell hits 23, on fire, heavy damage
AK Stephen W. Kearny, Shell hits 4
DD Bradford, Shell hits 4
CA New Orleans, Shell hits 6
AK Robert S. Bean, Shell hits 5, on fire
DE Burden R. Hastings, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AK Richard Moczkowski
AK Poelau Bras, Shell hits 23, on fire
AK R. P. Warner, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Ammen, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Charles Badger, Shell hits 2
AK Michael C. Kerr, Shell hits 2
AK Mary Bickerdyke, Shell hits 3, on fire
AK Margaret Fuller, Shell hits 2
DD Bullard, Shell hits 1
AK Virgo, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DE Seid, Shell hits 6

Japanese ground losses:
761 casualties reported
Guns lost 15

Allied ground losses:
2808 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 4

That was the cent pac hq (now in the command of a warrant officer (with damn good ground attack skills ) and 2 seebees and some advance base forces

allies sank a mine layer in soerbaja port and also encountered a small jap mine field at batavia while unloading the base units
and more engineers (no losses)

Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65


Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 2
B-25J Mitchell x 44


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
ML Ma 2, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported

Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Up in north pac there are 3 AP's ? that the bombers decided to ignore in favour of hitting the air field again . total jap losses
were 10 babs recon and 6 jills

Day Air attack on Paramushiro Jima , at 82,34

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 9
P-38J Lightning x 41
PB4Y Liberator x 12
B-24J Liberator x 38

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N Jill: 2 destroyed
Ki-15 Babs: 5 destroyed


Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4

the 1st BIG kami raid hit the old N.Carilina with 2 zekes (one belt and one deck) neither penetrated (thankfully)

Day Air attack on TF, near Iwo Jima at 63,53

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
G4M2 Betty x 20

Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 54 destroyed
G4M2 Betty: 20 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
FM-2 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina, Kamikaze hits 2
AK Lillian Luckenbach
MSW Saunter
CA St. Louis

the fighters were LRCAP from US CVE's as per usual and utterly failed to intercept the mavis flying boats which i assume are ferrying supply (arghh really want to isolate IWO) . after perusing the a/c losses emily have lost over 600 [X(], this is i assume a LOT given their 4E builds etc.

piccie of the kami raid .. lets hope joe gets tired of halo 3 and speeds up a tad [:'(]





Almost forgot but the invasions of green island / wewak and hollandia launched today too. Green island is all under LBA cover
while Wewak is too ( almost) hollandia invasion is covered with one CVL and 4 CVE (whoopee bananas). and the blasted sarong invasion fleet failed to move one hex in 2 days [&:] (enter the weird Pauk zone for naval movement).

night

[Rob Brennan UK]

March 1st 1944

Much of the same really. And that damned invasion fleet hasn't moved one hex in 4 days now. in frustration ive assigned it to invade Sorong instead of Sansapor .. lets hope it actually moves nest turn. [:@]

As far as the other invasions go no sighting of Japanese patrol a/c and all LRCAP has been assigned for several bases to prevent weather being too much of a factor.

Green is. will i suspect invade in 3 days

Wewak should land in 2

Hollandia i'm estimation 5-6 days.

Meanwhile Iwo continues to get pounded by air and sea. :-


Naval bombardment of Iwo Jima, at 63,53

Allied Ships
CA Vincennes
CA Minneapolis
BB New Jersey
BB Iowa

Japanese ground losses:
382 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

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Naval bombardment of Iwo Jima, at 63,53

Allied Ships
CA Boston
CA Louisville
CA Chester
CA Houston
BB Arizona

Japanese ground losses:
1216 casualties reported
Guns lost 14

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 4

Whilst the poor SS Rabalo gets sunk on her maiden voyage (off japan). This Japanese ASW group is in 6 range of 3 fleet carriers
and its awfully tempting to make a run north of IWO to try and bag them. BUT its getting too close to japans mainland and i don't
want to see LBA and KB at the same time. thats a recipe for disaster imo.

ASW attack at 64,47

Japanese Ships
DD Tachikaze
DD Oshio
DD Urakaze
DD Hayanami
DD Suzunami
DD Naganami

Allied Ships
SS Robalo, hits 6, on fire day 2 attack sinks her with a direct hit.

The silent service does however hit back at a loaded troop ship off Okinawa.

Sub attack near Naha at 54,46

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

Allied Ships
SS Guavina, hits 1

Japanese ground losses:
124 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied bombers are paving the way for the invasion fleets (except hollandia which i want to take by surprise). And a few (9) betty and zero kamis get shot down near Iwo jima.

Ground combat at Iwo Jima

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1720 troops, 36 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1794

Defending force 64830 troops, 532 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 1013


Japanese ground losses:
230 casualties reported

At least allied artillery are firing well even though his assault value seems steady. might go for a probe in a few days and see if he still has blasted supply available.


Meanwhile in Java the allied armoured thrust south from Batavia catches and routs the slower japanese infantry. Recon is not showing up much japanese forces between me and soerbaja (lets hope it stays that way)

Ground combat at 19,60

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 4343 troops, 0 guns, 236 vehicles, Assault Value = 287

Defending force 1265 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7

Allied max assault: 276 - adjusted assault: 98

Japanese max defense: 5 - adjusted defense: 5

Allied assault odds: 19 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Thats all for now .. piccie of the stuck invasion flotilla .. It's not big or even crucial but i would like it to do as its told.

[Rob Brennan UK]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/03/44

Busy turn ! the invasion fleets moved faster than anticipated and both wewak and green island were invaded today. Hollandia will
also land tomorrow (fingers crossed).

Lets start with Green island which was a great victory for the allies.

Ground combat at Green Island

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 23357 troops, 194 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 535

Defending force 11555 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 139

Allied max assault: 476 - adjusted assault: 222

Japanese max defense: 84 - adjusted defense: 42

Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Green Island base !!!


Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
819 casualties reported
Guns lost 15

Allied ground losses:
249 casualties reported
Guns lost 15

There were the remains of 2 naval guards here and 2 base units and someone had some nice guns as the invasion flotilla did get a bit battered in the initial landings.

Coastal Guns at Green Island, 63,89, firing at TF 1024
TF 1024 troops unloading over beach at Green Island, 63,89


397 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DD Meredith
AK William Dawes, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage
DD Heermann
AK Vitus Bering
DD Hale, Shell hits 5
AK Samuel F. Miller, Shell hits 1
AK Nathaniel Bowditch, Shell hits 3
DD Renshaw
AK Jeremiah S. Black, Shell hits 3, on fire
AK Gideon Welles, Shell hits 7, on fire
AK Allioth, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Franks
AK Naos, Shell hits 6, heavy damage
AK Arided, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
1252 casualties reported looks a lot worse than it is.
Guns lost 4

Mine sweeper raids report no mines at either Wewak or hollandia. also no guns fired on the wewak landing forces and we can unload
at leisure here, which is just as well because the initial supplies failed to land and the men need food badly. (at sea).

There seems to be 3 Japanese AP's at paramushiro jima and the PBY's and B24's have failed to attack so 4 DD's sent in at high speed
to see if they are transports.

Well the 'stuck' invasion TF did start to unload at sarong ( v v slowly) and no Japanese response yet suggests few defenders.
even though new recon shows 6000 men there ( and sansapor was empty too [:-])

Over in Java the British will shock attack Bandoeng as only the 2 retreating units are present. then on till we meet some 1/2
decent resistance. the rail lines make this a fast overland attack. Palembang is getting pounded round the clock , so is Iwo
Jima , and the good news there is japanese AV has dropped to 1000, so a deliberate attack will go in tomorrow. just in case though
a 'spare' div is heading from wake to marcus just in vase its needed ( withdrawn from the invasion of Pagan as thats not on the
horizon quite yet)

Rambling back to Java for the last comments, the royal navy is now based in batavia. Unfortunately there was very little fuel in the
post upon capture. Fortunately there are 15 FULL tankers disbanded into the teklobatong (the initial gain) . theye were there
for a similar contingency just in case japan managed to isolate the bridgehead. now they are fortitously 1 hex away with enough
fuel to keep the RN going for quite some time.

Piccis of Java to illustrate the emptyness of the place. [:D]

[aztez]

Ouch! Nasty coastal guns at Green island!!! [X(]
 
...I think it wise to move that spare division to Iwo Jima.. You need that base soon! [;)]
 
Good luck in the forthcoming battles.. I will stay tuned! [:D]

[Rob Brennan UK]

ORIGINAL: aztez

Ouch! Nasty coastal guns at Green island!!! [X(]

...I think it wise to move that spare division to Iwo Jima.. You need that base soon! [;)]

Good luck in the forthcoming battles.. I will stay tuned! [:D]

As it turned out the extra div for IWO wasn't necessary [:(].. darn lost 60 prep points vs pagan .. oh well never mind .

this turns 2 attacks vs iwo

Ground combat at Iwo Jima

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 71492 troops, 852 guns, 147 vehicles, Assault Value = 1835

Defending force 63444 troops, 518 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 990

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Allied max assault: 1811 - adjusted assault: 2122

Japanese max defense: 607 - adjusted defense: 1633

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 5)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 5


Japanese ground losses:
1429 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Allied ground losses:
1187 casualties reported
Guns lost 50
Vehicles lost 5


Ground combat at Iwo Jima

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 70265 troops, 788 guns, 146 vehicles, Assault Value = 1734

Defending force 61177 troops, 501 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 951

Allied max assault: 1542 - adjusted assault: 1734

Japanese max defense: 639 - adjusted defense: 1675

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 5)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 4


Japanese ground losses:
1830 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

Allied ground losses:
1527 casualties reported
Guns lost 34
Vehicles lost 7

Aztez . i have you to thank for this as it's the HQ (so it seems) makes all the difference.

we will rest for 2 days then go again. the odds do not support a shock attack yet so lets get IWO in 6 days ..

Speaking of IWO i 'forgot' to turn off escort bombards . fool

Naval bombardment of Iwo Jima, at 63,53 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

99 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DD Haggard, Shell hits 13, on fire, heavy damage
DD Guest
DD Erben, Shell hits 15, on fire, heavy damage SUNK
DD Eaton
DD Dyson, Shell hits 1
DD Dortch
DD Daly
DD Cowell
DD Cony, Shell hits 12, on fire, heavy damage
DD Converse
DD Colahan, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
CA Quincy
BB Alabama
BB Massachusetts
BB Indiana

Japanese ground losses:
310 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8
Port hits 1

basic error . whoops a daisy.

the invasions of Hollandia and Wewak went ahead as per expected, details next turn as i expect to have both bases in a matter of days.
piccie of iwo

[Rob Brennan UK]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/07/44

Great naval attack on iwo for a change

Naval bombardment of Iwo Jima, at 63,53

Allied Ships
CA Boston
CA Louisville
CA Chester
CA Houston
BB Arizona

Japanese ground losses:
2324 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 16
Port hits 7
Port supply hits 7

The silent service again is not so silent [;)]

Sub attack near Bangkok at 29,40

Japanese Ships
AK Nittei Maru, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Seal

Hollandia is far weaker then expected :-









So much for standing down at Iwo . looks like i completely forgot .. still no matter we are definitely stopping tomorrow

Ground combat at Iwo Jima

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 68796 troops, 727 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 1595

Defending force 54456 troops, 436 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 881

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Allied max assault: 1276 - adjusted assault: 1048

Japanese max defense: 506 - adjusted defense: 625

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3


Japanese ground losses:
601 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Allied ground losses:
1352 casualties reported
Guns lost 56
Vehicles lost 6

Ground combat at Iwo Jima

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 67344 troops, 649 guns, 133 vehicles, Assault Value = 1469

Defending force 53200 troops, 413 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 853

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Allied max assault: 1075 - adjusted assault: 1098

Japanese max defense: 511 - adjusted defense: 1258

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 2)


Japanese ground losses:
1151 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
1143 casualties reported
Guns lost 42
Vehicles lost 7

Day 2 was a bit nasty but the engineers and the new commander (some Lt. ) helped a huge amount .



All seems to be going as planned , sorry for the delay Joe's PC had a fatal power supply problem + he's got a 360 with halo 3 [:D]




more soon

[Rob Brennan UK]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/09/44

This was a very good couple of days all round, plenty of japanese bases fell to overwhelming allied attacks (ok i sent in way too
much in hindsight, maybe the Iwo experience clouded the judgement a tad [;)])

However lets start at the beginning :-


Japanese ASW seems to have woken up and both patrol subs at cahmran and brunei were attacked, Tresspasser needs a few dents hammered
out but the porpoise will just re-position to deeper waters.

ASW attack near Camranh Bay at 34,46

Japanese Ships
DD Karukaya
DD Fuyo
DD Asagao
DD Minekaze

Allied Ships
SS Trespasser, hits 4

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Sub attack near Brunei at 32,57

Japanese Ships
DD Hatsuzuki
DD Hakaze
DD Hayate

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise

Alied yada yada bombed XYZ .. the usual .

Heres the new plan for china , phase one went off well. This attack (piccie) is a diversion to try and make Joe move the huge army
in the changsah region north so i can at least besiege changsha. 8 chinese corps march east from ichang and appear to want to
besiege Hsingyang (in fact they are stopped one hex away. the retreat leaves just 5 Japanese units in kaifeng (3 of which just got
clobbered)

Ground combat at 50,31

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 95500 troops, 624 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2950

Defending force 53997 troops, 620 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1135

Allied max assault: 6388 - adjusted assault: 3100

Japanese max defense: 1199 - adjusted defense: 571

Allied assault odds: 5 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
500 casualties reported
Guns lost 35

Allied ground losses:
3960 casualties reported
Guns lost 101


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! hurrah !








Ground combat at Tjilitjap

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 38106 troops, 358 guns, 422 vehicles, Assault Value = 917

Defending force 420 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied max assault: 1554 - adjusted assault: 844

Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 844 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Tjilitjap base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
142 casualties reported


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

The british advance in java continues apace with the fall of Tjiljap , also the magical appearance of 4 dutch minesweepers in
Tjiljap port was reported by local officers as a minor miracle since they must have been in hiding since 42 [&:]

Hollandia and Sorong both fell to allied assaults , this just leaves Biak as the only viable japanese level 4 airfield in the entire
new guinea area. Unfortuanately for Joe its just in B24 range of Lae and Darwin [:D]. also recon spotted 24 japanese bombers here
last turn and no fighters . the allied heavies have no escorts but 24 beaufighters will sweep the base from Bulla just in case.
Frankly i don't like using beaus like this but nothing else has the range.

Wewak will fall next turn too. Truk is looking like a tempting target with 20k men and 'pale' red indicator so the hollandia troops
have switched to a truk prep. Now truk is under the b25 envelope from admiralty not much he can do about it without a major
effort. Incidentally the b25s hit Truk port last turn and sank 1 DD and 6 ML's ! happy me

Iwo Jima will remain quiet on the land front as the troops still have horrible disruption 50-60 .. still no rush here now with it
at level 2 forts .. is it worth a rested shock attack? or just wear it down with deliberate .. given 2 day turns i cant see
much advantage to a shock attack.

Thats it for todays update .. 4 more free minesweepers in a bonus and a bit odd too .. oh well never turned down a gift horse before [;)]

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