Stopping an Invidious Empire.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:24 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/10/42

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TF 62 troops unloading over beach at Kavieng [NewILD], 62,88

Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported

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TF 117 troops unloading over beach at Kavieng [NewILD], 62,88

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Tsitsihar [MNCHKO] , at 64,26

Allied aircraft
B-17E/F Fortress x 8

No Allied losses

Just a bit of harrassment on the way to India.

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Day Air attack on Honan [Cent China] , at 49,31

Japanese aircraft
Me 264 Angel x 7

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 2

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Day Air attack on Bankha [Sumatra] , at 20,47

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 13
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 123

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 33

Jagdfluger is trying to close my shuttle airbases on the way from Australia but I've moved whatever I need to move already.

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Day Air attack on Noumea [New Cal] , at 66,117

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 18
E13A1 Jake x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 1
Me-109E-4 Mike x 21
Ki-49 -I Helen x 7
Ki-46-II/C7M2 Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2

Right, I've decided to commit my current pool of 100 F4F-4s to Pearl. Hammonsport is also sortieing and in 3 or 4 days I might be able to fly the HQ elements of my fighter squadrons off.

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Day Air attack on IJN Saigon SNGF Naval Guard Unit, at 31,29

Allied aircraft
Lancer/P-43 x 30

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on IJN Saigon SNGF Naval Guard Unit, at 31,29

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VB x 21
Pe-2 x 34

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on ROC 4th New Guerilla Regiment, at 49,34

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 23

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on ROC 7th Guerilla Regiment, at 46,35

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 34

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on AA Lark Force Battalion, at 61,91

Japanese aircraft
B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 7

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Rangoon [Burma] , at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 22
G3M2/Ki-42 Nell x 22
Ki-43-I Oscar x 9
Ki-44IIa Tojo x 3
Ki-48-I Lily x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2/Ki-42 Nell: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 20

Once we see Nells used for land attack we can say we are seeing the schwerpunkt of the enemy attack.

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Day Air attack on Rangoon [Burma] , at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 18
Ki-48-I Lily x 100
Ki-21-II Sally x 40
Ki-49 -I Helen x 3

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 damaged
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 66

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Ground combat at Baguio/Balinta Pass

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 109378 troops, 1682 guns, 829 vehicles, Assault Value =
2836

Defending force 12670 troops, 179 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value =
542

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese max assault: 2409 - adjusted assault: 2117

Allied max defense: 476 - adjusted defense: 679

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Baguio/Balinta Pass base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
558 casualties reported
Guns lost 25

Allied ground losses:
14639 casualties reported
Guns lost 211
Vehicles lost 11

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Ground combat at Yangku [Cent China]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1471 troops, 24 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 2456

Defending force 40979 troops, 531 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value =
1821

Japanese max assault: 5 - adjusted assault: 1

Allied max defense: 1924 - adjusted defense: 1152

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
60 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13089 troops, 306 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value =
669

Defending force 25672 troops, 409 guns, 82 vehicles, Assault Value =
691

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Ground combat at Magwe [Burma]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2664 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43

Defending force 107 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Legaspi/Sorosgon

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 142 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7

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

Japanese max assault: 5 - adjusted assault: 4

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Legaspi/Sorosgon base !!!

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:09 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/11/42

I'm beginning to see a lot more naval activity in the DEI. My actual contacts are very limited as I'm not wasting PBYs on naval search in the midst of such a hornet's nest but the few contacts I do have add up to a lot of DDs moving west towards Singapore and a concentrated effort to clear the path from Singapore north to India/Burma.

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TF 1039 encounters mine field at Port Moresby [NG] (54,93)

Allied Ships
MSW Bunbury

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TF 27 encounters mine field at Balikpapan [Borneo] (31,64)

Japanese Ships
DD Ayanami, Mine hits 1, on fire
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Shirayuki
DD Arashio
DD Hatsukaze

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Day Air attack on Tsitsihar [MNCHKO] , at 64,26

Allied aircraft
B-17E/F Fortress x 8

No Allied losses

Hitachi (Ha-35) hits 1

That's a thousand tons of supplies lost to Jagdfluger .

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Day Air attack on Kalgan [Cent China] , at 54,27

Allied aircraft
B-17E/F Fortress x 5

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Honan [Cent China] , at 49,31

Japanese aircraft
Me 264 Angel x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Me 264 Angel: 1 damaged

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1

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Day Air attack on Palembang [Sumatra] , at 20,55

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 14
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 133

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 124

There's a stupid bug here. While I can fly troops into the airfield on transports which need to land at an airfield no matter how badly damaged the airfield is I cannot fly troops in or out using seaplanes once the airfield damage is above a particular level. How bloody stupid.

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Day Air attack on Kuala [Sumatra] , at 20,43

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-I Oscar x 24
Ki-51 Sonia x 107

Allied aircraft
Buffalo/F2A x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo/F2A: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 81

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 1
Me-109E-4 Mike x 37
Ki-21-II Sally x 97
Ki-49 -I Helen x 9
Ki-46-II/C7M2 Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat: 4 destroyed
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21

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Day Air attack on ROC 34th Field Army , at 51,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 3

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Red 22nd Group Army , at 52,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 56

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ROC 84th Field Army , at 51,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on AA Lark Force Battalion, at 61,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 11
B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby [NG] at 54,93

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 5
G3M2/Ki-42 Nell x 6
G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1/Ki-50 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AP Katoomba, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Bunbury, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Well, that's the end of the resupply for Port Moresby.

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Day Air attack on Moulmein [Burma] , at 30,34

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 9
G3M2/Ki-42 Nell x 22
Ki-43-I Oscar x 14
Ki-44IIa Tojo x 3
Ki-48-I Lily x 25

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

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Day Air attack on Moulmein [Burma] , at 30,34

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 8
Ki-48-I Lily x 99
Ki-21-II Sally x 40
Ki-49 -I Helen x 3

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20

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Ground combat at Yangku [Cent China]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 87825 troops, 1288 guns, 111 vehicles, Assault Value =
2446

Defending force 41224 troops, 539 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value =
1837

Japanese max assault: 2 - adjusted assault: 0

Allied max defense: 1935 - adjusted defense: 755

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
117 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13124 troops, 307 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value =
670

Defending force 25706 troops, 411 guns, 82 vehicles, Assault Value =
691

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Ground combat at Magwe [Burma]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2688 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44

Defending force 86 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7

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Ground combat at Kavieng [NewILD]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 429 troops, 2 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

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

Japanese max assault: 17 - adjusted assault: 22

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kavieng [NewILD] base !!!

I've decided that the invasion of Burma must be coming soon so I've flown my first echelon long-range strike force down from Karachi. A little over 80 B-17s are basing out of Madras with orders to hit anything which approaches to within 180 miles of Rangoon while just over 200 B-25s, A-20s and two-dozen Il-4s are basing out of Calcutta with orders to begin hitting shipping in the same hex. It won't stop the invasion but I am counting on attritional losses to begin adding up and incrementally reducing Japanese capabilities. He will, obviously, LRCAP the fleet but I still think enough bombers will get through to make this worthwhile.

With 280 bombers flying at 6,000 feet and 60% getting through ( say 160 ) I can expect 16 or so bomb hits which should suffice to seriously damage 6 to 8 ships per turn. Assume the invasion takes 4 days to travel to the invasion hex, unload and back away and that adds up to a lot of shipping which won't be available for round two. Losses will be heavy but the increase in experience should compensate.

Over the next fortnight fully 800 AV of British and American troops will arrive in India and that'll bring my defensive force to well over 5,000 AV - which is quite a lot when you consider that 20 IJA divisions should muster roughly 7,000 AV. Fair enough the Japanese will have quantitative and qualitative superiority but I'm hoping my defensive bonuses and the fact that I'm working on massing a 3,000 AV "immediate counter-attack force" - a la Rommel's argument at Normandy - should help redress that balance somewhat.

As hard as it is to believe I'm actually getting a little impatient for the attack to actually come. [:D]

VSWG · Post by **VSWG** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 10:23 am

ORIGINAL: Nemo121

There's a stupid bug here. While I can fly troops into the airfield on transports which need to land at an airfield no matter how badly damaged the airfield is I cannot fly troops in or out using seaplanes once the airfield damage is above a particular level. How bloody stupid.

So basically you're saying that float planes act as transport planes should, and transports act as float planes should? [&:] Maybe the code for both plane types became mixed up? If that's the case (and you have the save games to proof it), then you should post this in the support forum, or in this thread: tm.asp?m=687130

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 3:39 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/12/42

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Coastal Guns at Lae [New Guinea], 56,90, firing at TF 62
TF 62 troops unloading over beach at Lae [New Guinea], 56,90

6 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
124 casualties reported

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Coastal Guns at Lae [New Guinea], 56,90, firing at TF 62
TF 62 troops unloading over beach at Lae [New Guinea], 56,90

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Sub attack at 148,73

Japanese Ships
SS I-159, hits 7, on fire

Allied Ships
AK Olopana, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Red Jacket
AK San Lucas
AK Makiki
PG Onondaga

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Hmm, enemy subs are prowling the "safe routes" running along the eastern and southern map edges to Australia. Olopana is almost certain to sink but since replacements are relatively plentiful an the unit it is carrying is split between two ships I will cut it from the herd and thunder on. Speed is of the essence and it is a three month journey to India from CONUSA.

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Day Air attack on Honan [Cent China] , at 49,31

Japanese aircraft
Me 264 Angel x 9

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 1

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Day Air attack on Palembang [Sumatra] , at 20,55

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 14
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 133

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 130

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Day Air attack on Kuala [Sumatra] , at 20,43

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-I Oscar x 24
Ki-51 Sonia x 107

Allied aircraft
Buffalo/F2A x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo/F2A: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 13
Runway hits 66

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 23
Ki-21-II Sally x 24
Ki-46-II/C7M2 Dinah x 3

Allied aircraft
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

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

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13

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Day Air attack on Red 22nd Group Army , at 52,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 17

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on AA Lark Force Battalion, at 61,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 26
B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 8

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Moulmein [Burma] , at 30,34

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 16
Ki-48-I Lily x 97
Ki-21-II Sally x 42
Ki-49 -I Helen x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 26

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Day Air attack on Rangoon [Burma] , at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 9
G3M2/Ki-42 Nell x 22
Ki-43-I Oscar x 17
Ki-44IIa Tojo x 3
Ki-48-I Lily x 26

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Catalina/PBV/PBY: 2 destroyed
T-IVa: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 13

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Day Air attack on TF at 63,123

Allied aircraft
Hudson IV x 9

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AO Ondo, Bomb hits 1, on fire

And the mystery of the convoy of APs and AKs lurking south of Noumea has been solved. It looks like it is an underway replenishment convoy.

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Ground combat at 67,32

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 58489 troops, 950 guns, 499 vehicles, Assault Value =
1186

Defending force 5074 troops, 90 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 201

Japanese max assault: 1678 - adjusted assault: 1160

Allied max defense: 197 - adjusted defense: 63

Japanese assault odds: 18 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
803 casualties reported
Guns lost 22

Allied ground losses:
392 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at 48,39

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 41653 troops, 647 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value =
1119

Defending force 4129 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 41

Japanese max assault: 2232 - adjusted assault: 2110

Allied max defense: 52 - adjusted defense: 26

Japanese assault odds: 81 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
133 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
251 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

These are just Japanese forces mopping up guerilla regiments. Nothing of any significance.

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Ground combat at Ichang [C China]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1345 troops, 48 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 913

Defending force 41971 troops, 651 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value =
2177

Japanese max assault: 31 - adjusted assault: 0

Allied max defense: 2266 - adjusted defense: 1659

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
420 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

He'd really like to take Ichang and while I will abandon it at some stage that stage isn't yet.

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Ground combat at Yangku [Cent China]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 88196 troops, 1282 guns, 111 vehicles, Assault Value =
2440

Defending force 41142 troops, 534 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value =
1846

Japanese max assault: 5023 - adjusted assault: 4763

Allied max defense: 1818 - adjusted defense: 715

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
4958 casualties reported
Guns lost 130

Allied ground losses:
1304 casualties reported
Guns lost 24

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

And with this major assault it is probably time to pretty much abandon eastern China. This has been my plan all along as it simply wasn't a good springboard for an offensive and didn't manage to support itself in terms of supplies generated.

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13126 troops, 306 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value =
670

Defending force 25606 troops, 410 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value =
689

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Magwe [Burma]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2689 troops, 23 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44

Defending force 86 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7

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Ground combat at Lae [New Guinea]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 760 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 31

Defending force 879 troops, 15 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 42

And in other news the race to reinforce Borzy continues. I can see another 20 or so enemy units advancing on Borzya but I'm also bringing in the equivalent of another 5 or 6 divisions over the next week. If it looks like I can't hold I'll simply withdraw to the hex north of Borzya which is wooded and will convey a x 3 defensive bonus.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 3:50 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/13/42

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Day Air attack on Honan [Cent China] , at 49,31

Japanese aircraft
Me 264 Angel x 12

No Japanese losses

And the number of Me-264s is slowly increasing.

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Day Air attack on Kuala [Sumatra] , at 20,43

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-I Oscar x 21
Ki-51 Sonia x 93

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 45

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 10
Me-109E-4 Mike x 66
Ki-21-II Sally x 15
Ki-46-II/C7M2 Dinah x 3

Allied aircraft
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat: 8 destroyed

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 22

In two days time my CVL will be in place to receive elements of the fighter squadrons from Pearl Harbour. I just need two more days of non-crippling losses. Otherwise I'll have lost close to 200 fighters to no gain.

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 1
Me-109E-4 Mike x 49
Ki-21-II Sally x 101
Ki-49 -I Helen x 11
Ki-46-II/C7M2 Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat: 4 destroyed
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 95

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 44
Ki-21-II Sally x 56

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat: 4 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 37

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Day Air attack on ROC 19th Field Army , at 52,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Red 47th Guerilla Regiment, at 50,34

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Red 22nd Group Army , at 52,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 17

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Red Army 115th Division, at 50,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 4
A5M4 Claude x 8
Ki-48-I Lily x 40

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on TF at 64,121

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 29
F1M2 Pete-FF x 3
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 10

Allied aircraft
Hudson IV x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson IV: 5 destroyed

Japanese Ships
AO Ondo, on fire

Even in spite of heavy CAP one of the bombers got through. This is encouraging given what I'm going to be facing off India soon enough.

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Day Air attack on Moulmein [Burma] , at 30,34

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 16
Ki-48-I Lily x 39
Ki-21-II Sally x 42
Ki-49 -I Helen x 3

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 26

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Day Air attack on Rangoon [Burma] , at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
G3M2/Ki-42 Nell x 10
Ki-43-I Oscar x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2/Ki-42 Nell: 2 damaged

Runway hits 2

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ASW attack at 10,21

Japanese Ships
SS I-154, hits 15, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
PC Pansy
MSW Cromarty
MSW Romney
MSW Poole
MSW Cromer
SC Hollyhock
SC Aster
SC Nigella
SC Auricula

I-154 is sunk by my Sri Lankan ASW TF.

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Ground combat at Borzya [Siberia]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 650 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1824

Defending force 63915 troops, 1012 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value =
1953

Japanese max assault: 5 - adjusted assault: 0

Allied max defense: 1930 - adjusted defense: 3345

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese ground losses:
234 casualties reported
Guns lost 18

The defensive strength at Borzya is climbing rapidly. It is already up by over 1500 AV since this series of attacks began.

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13211 troops, 308 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value =
675

Defending force 25605 troops, 409 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value =
689

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Ground combat at Sinyang [Cent China]

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 178 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11

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

Allied max assault: 9 - adjusted assault: 11

Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 4)

Allied forces CAPTURE Sinyang [Cent China] base !!!

Jagdfluger has abandoned Sinyang as a bad bet. It doesn't matter much but it makes me look as though I'm attacking in Eastern China when, in fact, I'm withdrawing as quickly as possible [:D]

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Ground combat at Magwe [Burma]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2694 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44

Defending force 86 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7

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Ground combat at Lae [New Guinea]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 772 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 31

Defending force 843 troops, 14 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 42

Andy Mac · Post by **Andy Mac** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 4:16 pm

I dont understand the strategy I just dont see India being vulnerable after 1st March it just seems weird that he would go that way

How are your supplies in India

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 6:15 pm

Andy,
 
This is Empires Ablaze and that means that the force correlation is at least 33 to 50% more in favour of the Japanese than one would expect. E.g. I've hit India as late as March 42 and still managed to take it in testing this mod.
 
As to his strategy: Well if he takes Pearl Harbour ( which he will ) and knocks India out of the game then he can destroy an isolated Australia using his superior naval force to dance around my ground forces and conduct invasions which cut my Australian troops into little pockets he can destroy at his leisure. Then I'll be stuck with an attack along a single axis right through the Pacific. He will have massive productive capacity and will be able to fortify and garrison every island in the Pacific extremely heavily and turn every island into a Tinian. Even America's might will get ground down by such defences over time.
 
My supplies in India are very healthy. I have about 60,000 tons on Sri lanka with another 60,000 on the way. In addition calcutta, Bombay and Karachi each have over 100,000 tons of supplies. Fuel levels are extremely low but that's principally because I've been removing fuel from my bases to prevent it falling into Japanese hands. I am keeping 20,000 tons of fuel at Colombo in order to allow my fleet to sortie twice against a Japanese invasion TF - why twice? Well, I don't expect it to survive the first sortie but it certainly won't survive the second [:D]
 
 
 
In terms of Palembang Jagdfluger and I have agreed that he will stop bombing Palembang while I will stop building any fortifications or using the airfield to base any planes. This means I can fly my troops out but I can't actually gain any other benefit --- why am I so interested in flying troops out? Simple, there's over 300 AV of troops there and if I can fly them out that's another 300 AV available in Madras to add to my rapid reaction force. Flying them out means they won't be damaging the oil and resources at Palembang but I'd rather gain the 300 AV than cut out half of the oil --- this is because once I actually manage to hold India I plan to shove a multi-division invasion force down the throats of the Japanese in Java by year's end and retake those resources and oil... Obviously that's a long-term plan though and it all depends on holding India.

VSWG · Post by **VSWG** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 9:05 pm

Thanks for reporting the bug, if the code is 'only' mixed up then this might be easy to fix in a patch [/wishful thinking]

ORIGINAL: Nemo121

If it looks like I can't hold I'll simply withdraw to the hex north of Borzya which is wooded and will convey a x 3 defensive bonus.

The defensive bonus for wooden hexes is 2x.

- this is because once I actually manage to hold India I plan to shove a multi-division invasion force down the throats of the Japanese in Java by year's end and retake those resources and oil... Obviously that's a long-term plan though and it all depends on holding India.

Only if you manage to cripple KB during the invasion of India, or even if KB remains (fairly) intact?

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 9:52 pm

VSWG, no matter what. It is the right thing to do. The only thing which will change if KB is still in perfect shape is the cost of carrying out the invasion.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 4:10 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/15/42

Well I managed to lose the combat report for 14th February. I think the only thing of any significance is that it looks like there really is a major Japanese push on at Borzya. It looks to me like I may be abandoning all of the Soviet Union east of Borzya if I want to avoid having my forces in that area cut off and destroyed piecemeal.

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Day Air attack on Kuala [Sumatra] , at 20,43

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-I Oscar x 24
Ki-51 Sonia x 97

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 4 damaged

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 77

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 9
Me-109E-4 Mike x 64
Ki-21-II Sally x 16
Ki-46-II/C7M2 Dinah x 3

Allied aircraft
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat: 2 destroyed

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 19

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 1
Me-109E-4 Mike x 50
Ki-21-II Sally x 99
Ki-49 -I Helen x 12
Ki-46-II/C7M2 Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 76

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 44
Me-109E-4 Mike x 3
Ki-21-II Sally x 58

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat: 2 destroyed

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 46

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Day Air attack on Red 47th Guerilla Regiment, at 50,34

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 25

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Red 22nd Group Army , at 52,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Red 22nd Group Army , at 52,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 1 destroyed

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Day Air attack on ROC 84th Field Army , at 50,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 5
A5M4 Claude x 7
Ki-48-I Lily x 47

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on AA Lark Force Battalion, at 61,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 13
B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on TF at 63,117

Allied aircraft
Hudson IV x 7

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AO Ondo, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

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Day Time Surface Combat at 40,53

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
BB Mutsu
CA Ashigara
CL Sendai
CL Isuzu
CL Kuma
DD Hatsukaze
DD Maikaze
DD Arashi
DD Hagikaze
DD Asashio
DD Oshio
DD Michishio
DD Arashio
DD Yamagumo
DD Minegumo
DD Shirakumo
DD Isonami
DD Shirayuki
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Murakumo
DD Uranami
DD Shikinami

Allied Ships
MSW Finch, and is sunk

Very interesting. This MSW was seeking to run from Manilla before Manilla fell ( which won't be long at all ) and ran into this extremely powerful surface combat TF. Could it be reinforcements making their way to Singapore in order to support an invasion?

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Ground combat at Iman [AMUR]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 61069 troops, 1023 guns, 434 vehicles, Assault Value =
1184

Defending force 7684 troops, 115 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 241

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Japanese max assault: 1134 - adjusted assault: 829

Allied max defense: 224 - adjusted defense: 181

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4

Japanese ground losses:
758 casualties reported
Guns lost 28

Allied ground losses:
877 casualties reported
Guns lost 21

Another fort at Iman is delaying the Japanese a little. These forts are a really nice design feature.

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13274 troops, 308 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value =
678

Defending force 25492 troops, 399 guns, 78 vehicles, Assault Value =
686

Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at Kuantan [Malaya]

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1753 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 24

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

Allied max assault: 22 - adjusted assault: 4

Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Kuantan [Malaya] base !!!

This BF finally made it out of the jungle it was trapped in so I decided to mess with Jagdfluger a bit by having it capture the base it had arrived in ( I can then fly a cadre out and rebuild it when he counter-attacks).

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Ground combat at Magwe [Burma]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2710 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44

Defending force 73 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Lae [New Guinea]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 769 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 34

Defending force 1176 troops, 12 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 61

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 4:21 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/16/42

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ASW attack at 136,50

Japanese Ships
SS I-5, hits 3

Allied Ships
DD Fanning

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Naval bombardment of Kuantan [Malaya], at 24,48

Japanese Ships
CL Natori
CA Maya
CA Atago
BB Kongo
CA Suzuya

Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Runway hits 5
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Hmm, surely it was tempting to hit back at my Base Force but doing so at the cost of letting me know what heavy forces he has available in the area ( 3 BBs, 4 CAs, 2 to 3 CLs and a dozen DDs ) really isn't smart IMO. I have gained intel at no real cost and that's never a good deal for one's opponent. Far better to just over-run the base force with infantry and tell me nothing more than that he has some troops garrisoning Singapore ( which I would already have assumed).

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Day Air attack on Honan [Cent China] , at 49,31

Japanese aircraft
Me 264 Angel x 9

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 2

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 10
Me-109E-4 Mike x 64
Ki-21-II Sally x 16
Ki-46-II/C7M2 Dinah x 3

Allied aircraft
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Runway hits 8

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 3
Me-109E-4 Mike x 53
Ki-21-II Sally x 100
Ki-49 -I Helen x 12
Ki-46-II/C7M2 Dinah x 2

Allied aircraft
no flights

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

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat: 2 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 33

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 44
Ki-21-II Sally x 56

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 36

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Day Air attack on Red 47th Guerilla Regiment, at 49,34

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 25

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Red 22nd Group Army , at 52,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 17

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on AA Lark Force Battalion, at 61,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 13
B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on US Army 194th Tank Battalion, at 45,54

Japanese aircraft
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 130
Ki-51 Sonia x 22

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 4

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Day Air attack on Rangoon [Burma] , at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 19
Ki-48-I Lily x 17
Ki-21-II Sally x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 15

Rangoon is repairing quite well. I think I'll let him bomb it back into the stone age again as my fighter pools aren't quite as good as I would like them to be yet but in about a fortnight I should be able to put up a proper fight over Rangoon. Obviously if an invasion convoy happens along at precisely the wrong time then I might take a risk and rush a few fighters and planes in.

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Naval bombardment of Kuantan [Malaya], at 24,48

Japanese Ships
CL Natori
CA Maya
CA Atago
BB Kongo
CA Suzuya

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Runway hits 1
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 2

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Ground combat at Iman [AMUR]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 69780 troops, 1122 guns, 548 vehicles, Assault Value =
1161

Defending force 6545 troops, 85 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 214

Japanese max assault: 1079 - adjusted assault: 855

Allied max defense: 149 - adjusted defense: 119

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Iman [AMUR] base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
446 casualties reported
Guns lost 23

Allied ground losses:
4678 casualties reported
Guns lost 29

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at 50,29

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4635 troops, 63 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 600

Defending force 23855 troops, 303 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value =
1059

Japanese max assault: 121 - adjusted assault: 128

Allied max defense: 966 - adjusted defense: 61

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
292 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Jolo [Jolo]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2650 troops, 7 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 27

Defending force 1651 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 82

Japanese max assault: 23 - adjusted assault: 5

Allied max defense: 84 - adjusted defense: 164

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
178 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

He's still trying to mop up a few isolated bases like this. Why he doesn't just land a regiment or two at each place and get it over with quickly is beyond me.

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13290 troops, 308 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value =
678

Defending force 25503 troops, 399 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value =
687

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Ground combat at 68,23

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 16849 troops, 300 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 612

Defending force 2655 troops, 47 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 79

Allied max assault: 1236 - adjusted assault: 771

Japanese max defense: 78 - adjusted defense: 25

Allied assault odds: 30 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
125 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Allied ground losses:
173 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Suchow [C China]

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 9642 troops, 163 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 475

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

Allied max assault: 441 - adjusted assault: 314

Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 314 to 1 (fort level 2)

Allied forces CAPTURE Suchow [C China] base !!!

Hmm, and he's abandoned most of south-western China. It appears to me he is holding onto Hong Kong etc and has established a defensive line at the Thai border but that's about it. I have abotu 4000 AV I can despatch to the Thai border if things look promising so I'll develop this situation slowly over the next fortnight.

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Ground combat at Magwe [Burma]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2718 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44

Defending force 68 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5

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Ground combat at Lae [New Guinea]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 769 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 34

Defending force 1212 troops, 13 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 63

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 4:34 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/17/42

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TF 1034 encounters mine field at Colombo [Ceylon] (11,25)

Allied Ships
AP Mount Vernon, Mine hits 1, on fire

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Day Air attack on Ye [Burma] , at 29,35

Japanese aircraft
F1M2 Pete-FF x 5
Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 1
Ki-46-II/C7M2 Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 26
Ki-21-II Sally x 14
Ki-46-II/C7M2 Dinah x 3

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

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

Runway hits 8

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 10
Me-109E-4 Mike x 50
Ki-21-II Sally x 101
Ki-49 -I Helen x 11
Ki-46-II/C7M2 Dinah x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 58

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 44
Ki-21-II Sally x 56

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 destroyed

Runway hits 25

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Day Air attack on Red 47th Guerilla Regiment, at 49,34

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 25

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on AA Lark Force Battalion, at 61,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 11
B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on US Army 194th Tank Battalion, at 44,53

Japanese aircraft
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 126
Ki-51 Sonia x 20

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

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Ground combat at 52,29

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 20084 troops, 211 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value =
566

Defending force 21289 troops, 241 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 999

Japanese max assault: 537 - adjusted assault: 395

Allied max defense: 752 - adjusted defense: 361

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
1026 casualties reported
Guns lost 29

Allied ground losses:
171 casualties reported
Guns lost 14

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Ground combat at Lae [New Guinea]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 784 troops, 3 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 63

Defending force 772 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 33

Japanese max assault: 70 - adjusted assault: 15

Allied max defense: 29 - adjusted defense: 31

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

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13302 troops, 308 guns, 163 vehicles, Assault Value =
677

Defending force 27272 troops, 408 guns, 82 vehicles, Assault Value =
695

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Ground combat at Magwe [Burma]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2718 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44

Defending force 68 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Lae [New Guinea]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 736 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 32

Defending force 1173 troops, 11 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 60

I've had a look at what is on its way to India. In about 45 days my transports and combat TFs will arrive and bring with them roughly 40,000 men including two full combat divisions, 6 CAs/CLAAAs and over three-dozen DDs, 3 BBs and the damaged CV Yorktown. In addition I will be bringing almost 300 combat airplanes either on the deck of the Yorktown or in the holds of my AKs which should help. The only problem is that they may only arrive after an invasion has already begun. If by the time they arrive there's no sign of an invasion then it may be that Jagdfluger simply isn't going to try for India - which would greatly surprise me but is just about possible. I think though the fact that I have already repulsed two invasions of Burma argues against this possibility. He wouldn't have tried to invade Burma twice ( and come back after his first repulse ) if he wasn't intending to exploit northward into India.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 4:49 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/18/42

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Naval bombardment of Kuantan [Malaya], at 24,48

Japanese Ships
CL Natori
CA Suzuya
CA Maya
CA Atago
BB Kongo

Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported

Runway hits 7
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 2

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Day Air attack on Chungking [W China] , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 5
Ki-48-I Lily x 103

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 damaged

Resources hits 19
 
Ah, resource-bombing in China. I've been waiting for this to begin. I'll let it go on for a short period of time and then transfer in some I-16s once the situation over India stabilises. Really my entire strategy in China has been to reduce my supply requirements such that I can actually supply the force I have committed to action. Accordingly I have pulled out close to 1,500 AV already with another 2,500  slogging their way through the jungles to Burma and another 1,500 on the road in China inching their way towards Tsuyung.
 
By removing these 6,500 or so AV I will reduce my supply requirements in China by over 20,000 tons per month and mean that I can actually meet the supply requirements for my forces which remain. The main problem at the moment is in terms of HQ units but even there a stack with 3,500 AV which has sufficient support squads to meet the needs of 2,500 AV is actually not all that weakened by removing 500 AV. Sure, it ends up with only 3,500 AV but instead of a 1,000 support shortfall it will only end up with 600 to 700 shortfall and when combined with the superior supply situation you actually end up with a force which will NOT generate the same total combat power BUT will not be in danger of a sudden drop-off in its combat potential once the fighting starts since it won't run out of supply as easily and its support squads will not be so overwhelmed and thus have a better chance of repairing some of the disabled squads.
 
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Day Air attack on Chungking [W China] , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Me 264 Angel x 9

No Japanese losses
 
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Day Air attack on Bankha [Sumatra] , at 20,47

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-I Oscar x 28
Ki-51 Sonia x 94
Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 81
 
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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 48
Ki-49 -I Helen x 12
Ki-46-II/C7M2 Dinah x 3

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 -I Helen: 5 damaged
Ki-46-II/C7M2 Dinah: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 13
 

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Day Air attack on IJN Saigon SNGF Naval Guard Unit, at 31,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 27

Allied aircraft
Lancer/P-43 x 30

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Lancer/P-43: 27 destroyed
 
Ouch. An ambush got lucky. Fortunately a bit over half of the pilots survived and I can replace the P-43s quite easily so this isn't the disaster it looks. In fact since the pilots are now 50 Exp instead of 30 Exp I've got to say it was well worth it.
 
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Day Air attack on IJN Saigon SNGF Naval Guard Unit, at 31,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 13

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VB x 24
Pe-2 x 47

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
 
An importantly the Zeroes weren't able to stop the Pe-2s before they could hit the enemy troops. I wish I had more than 70 of them but I've got to admit I'm interested to see what happens when they are actually committed to action.

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Day Air attack on ROC 17th Field Army , at 52,29

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 29
Ki-27 Nate x 16

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
 
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Day Air attack on Red 47th Guerilla Regiment, at 49,34

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 25

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
 
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Day Air attack on Red 22nd Group Army , at 52,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 17

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
 
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Day Air attack on US Army 194th Tank Battalion, at 44,53

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 19

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1
 
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Day Air attack on Changsha [S China] , at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-I Lily x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 damaged
 
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Day Air attack on Chungking [W China] , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 5
Ki-48-I Lily x 22

No Japanese losses
 
I'm sure these were also resource bombing raids.

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Naval bombardment of Kuantan [Malaya], at 24,48

Japanese Ships
CL Natori
CA Suzuya
CA Maya
CA Atago
BB Kongo

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Runway hits 3
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 8

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13342 troops, 308 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value =
680

Defending force 27516 troops, 405 guns, 81 vehicles, Assault Value =
697

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Ground combat at Borzya [Siberia]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 70005 troops, 1145 guns, 134 vehicles, Assault Value =
2533

Defending force 193456 troops, 2151 guns, 3396 vehicles, Assault Value
= 5243

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Damn, this really doesn't look good. The enemy has even more units on the way and is probably going to top out at over 7,000 AV.  I've given the order to abandon all of the Soviet Union east of Borzya. This will free up an additional 4,000 or so AV and should give me parity in the Borzya region. He really has committed a massive force to this attack. If it succeeds he should be able to knock the Soviet Union out of the war and redeploy these troops as an unstoppable force en masse in other theatres. Good play on Jagdfluger's part.
 

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Ground combat at Magwe [Burma]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2725 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 45

Defending force 21 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Lae [New Guinea]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 728 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 32

Defending force 1198 troops, 12 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 60

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IJN Saigon SNGF Naval Guard Unit Wiped Out at Magwe [Burma] by
attrition!!!

VSWG · Post by **VSWG** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 6:12 pm

ORIGINAL: Nemo121

Hmm, surely it was tempting to hit back at my Base Force but doing so at the cost of letting me know what heavy forces he has available in the area ( 3 BBs, 4 CAs, 2 to 3 CLs and a dozen DDs ) really isn't smart IMO. I have gained intel at no real cost and that's never a good deal for one's opponent. Far better to just over-run the base force with infantry and tell me nothing more than that he has some troops garrisoning Singapore ( which I would already have assumed).

I guess he wants to increase crew experience.

Damn, this really doesn't look good. The enemy has even more units on the way and is probably going to top out at over 7,000 AV. I've given the order to abandon all of the Soviet Union east of Borzya. This will free up an additional 4,000 or so AV and should give me parity in the Borzya region. He really has committed a massive force to this attack. If it succeeds he should be able to knock the Soviet Union out of the war and redeploy these troops as an unstoppable force en masse in other theatres. Good play on Jagdfluger's part.

FYI, if you intend to hold Borzya until 1945 and then counter-attack using the Rifle Corps, you will probably run into a problem:

ORIGINAL: treespider

What gets interesting is... no matter where or what the unit in slot 2164 is... it gets replaced with the 2nd Rifle corps and gets moved to Borzya. It maintains the planning of the previous unit.... as well as the TO&E of the previous unit...I suspect the same will be true for all of the upgrades... however they don't all go to Borzya some get moved to other locations.

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Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 12:35 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/19/42

Its all looking very good so far. Manilla is still holding ( somehow ), Palembang is still mine --- and I think he might be waiting to hit it until he can muster absolutely overwhelming force... which is fine since, in the meantime I'm flying out my US, UK, Australian and Phillipino regiments and having them rebuild in India. By the time my evacuation is finished it looks like I'll have 15 Brigades or Regiments sitting in Karachi and Bombay rebuilding, that's the equivalent of an additional 5 divisions.

Things are looking good for my mid-March target of 6,000 AV in India and 3,000 AV in Burma backed up by a strong surface fleet ( about 6 BBs, about 18 CAs, CLs and CLAAs and a solid group of 48 or so DDs ) and slightly over 2,500 well-trained bombers and fighters. As time goes by and my force in the Soviet Union gets hacked to pieces my force estimate of what the enemy can bring to bear on India is methodically increasing. Previously I had assumed that 7,000 AV ( 20 divisions ) was probably the most he could bring in. Now though I think I have to assume that up to 10,000 AV could be brought to bear ( if it can survive the trip across the water).

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Naval bombardment of Kuantan [Malaya], at 24,48

Japanese Ships
CL Natori
CA Suzuya
CA Maya
CA Atago
BB Kongo

Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported

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

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TF 1029 encounters mine field at Colombo [Ceylon] (11,25)

Allied Ships
MSW Cheribon
MSW Ceram
MSW Eland Dubois
MSW Jan van Amstel

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Day Air attack on Chungking [W China] , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Me 264 Angel x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
Me 264 Angel: 1 destroyed

Resources hits 1

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Day Air attack on ROC 3rd Field Army , at 52,29

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 31
Ki-27 Nate x 17

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on AA Lark Force Battalion, at 61,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 11
B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Rangoon [Burma] , at 29,33

Hmm, I moved 48 Spitfires and 30 MiG-3s to Rangoon overnight in an effort to ambush this raid. Unfortunately instead of almost 80 fighters in the air to meet the raid only 23 Spitfires took off. The end result was that I lost more planes than the Japanese. Still, I managed to get a roughly equivalent exchange rate between my Spits and the enemy Zeroes, saved most of my pilots and thus, overall, increased the experience of the Spitfire squadron ( it has only 50 Exp at the beginning of the scenario and that, obviously, is insufficient when it comes to fighting off KB's hordes. So, I'm trading airframes for pilot experience with a view to having 50 experienced Spitfire pilots in a month's time.

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 28
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 180

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VB x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke: 5 destroyed
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VB: 8 destroyed, 2 damaged
R-12/Yak-4: 2 destroyed
Pe-2: 9 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 19
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 136

The Pe-2s are there in order to launch a little raid on enemy shipping off Tavoy taking advantage of their technical/tactical characteristic of high service ceiling to fly in above the Zero CAP and hurt the Japanese shipping gather there --- is it loading troops, offloading them or just resupplying them? I don't have a clue.

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Day Air attack on TF, near Tavoy [Burma] at 28,37

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 21
Ki-43-I Oscar x 8
Ki-44IIa Tojo x 3

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VB x 10
Pe-2 x 30

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-I Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-44IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VB: 3 destroyed

Japanese Ships
AK Myoko Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Awazisan Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Unyo Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire
AK Junpo Maru, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage

I love Pe-2s [:D]. 30 planes manage to get 20 bomb hits including numerous 500Kg AP hits. None of the enemy shipping has actually sunk yet but I doubt it'll end up being available for any invasion duties in a month's time and that's the most important thing right now. Also note the lack of any Pe-2 losses.

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13338 troops, 307 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value =
681

Defending force 171067 troops, 2565 guns, 978 vehicles, Assault Value =
4140

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Ground combat at Borzya [Siberia]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 70017 troops, 1147 guns, 132 vehicles, Assault Value =
2534

Defending force 210802 troops, 2396 guns, 3406 vehicles, Assault Value
= 5709

And the Japanese forces at Borzya just keep growing stronger and stronger. There are over 50 units present with anotehr 15 to arrive. At this rate the enemy initial AV will be over 7,000. This is obviously the enemy Schwerpunkt in the Siberia. My forces are making for the area as quickly as possible and I'm prepared to abandon everything east of Borzya if that's required.

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Ground combat at Lae [New Guinea]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 716 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 32

Defending force 1276 troops, 15 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 62

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 12:49 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/20/42

And time to hop back out of Rangoon before the sledgehammer hits again [8D]

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Day Air attack on Chungking [W China] , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 9
Ki-48-I Lily x 147

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 36

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Day Air attack on Chungking [W China] , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Me 264 Angel x 7

No Japanese losses

Resources hits 5

Well it seems that Jagdfluger is using his four-engined bombers as strategic weapons indeed. Fortunately for me I've taken steps to reduce my supply requirements in China significantly.

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Day Air attack on Rangoon [Burma] , at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 23
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 130

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 102

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Day Air attack on Singkep [NEI] , at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-I Oscar x 26
Ki-51 Sonia x 82
Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 3

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5 Catalina: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 69

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 50
Ki-49 -I Helen x 9
Ki-46-II/C7M2 Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 -I Helen: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-46-II/C7M2 Dinah: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 4

Pearl Harbour continues to be a massive killer of Japanese bombers. My supplies are now down to 2/3rd of early December levels and my forces are due to run out supply sometime in June 1942... which is just an awesome amount of time for PH to hold out. I think I might start running subs on supply missions into PH. The way I figure it 20 subs carrying 20 tons each and making 2 tips per month can bring 800 tons of supplies per month. It won't save PH but it over 4 months that's 3,200 tons of supply and can extend the amount of time PH can hold out by a couple of weeks - tieing down his CVs etc for that time.

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Day Air attack on Red 98th Guerilla Regiment, at 49,40

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 25

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on US Army 194th Tank Battalion, at 44,53

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 21

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

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Day Air attack on Rangoon [Burma] , at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 5
Ki-43-I Oscar x 8
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 31

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Runway hits 14

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Sub attack at 130,62

Japanese Ships
AK Isuzugawa Maru, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy
damage

Allied Ships
SS Haddock

Now THIS I don't understand. What's a Japanese AK doing within 20 hexes of Los Angeles? I really think Jagdfluger is considering invading CONUSA. At least it'll be interesting [:D]

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 162564 troops, 2537 guns, 962 vehicles, Assault Value =
4185

Defending force 30104 troops, 604 guns, 290 vehicles, Assault Value =
680

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese max assault: 4023 - adjusted assault: 4520

Allied max defense: 745 - adjusted defense: 2625

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

Japanese ground losses:
2719 casualties reported
Guns lost 39
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
798 casualties reported
Guns lost 51
Vehicles lost 1

Bye, bye Manilla. [:D] [:D] [:D]

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Ground combat at Hankow/Wuhan

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 4536 troops, 80 guns, 229 vehicles, Assault Value = 626

Defending force 203 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12

Japanese max assault: 226 - adjusted assault: 832

Allied max defense: 11 - adjusted defense: 5

Japanese assault odds: 166 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
78 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

This isn't a big deal because, obviously, I only took Hankow to be a nuisance to the Allies and only left a tiny little guerilla regiment behind to hold it.

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13159 troops, 297 guns, 161 vehicles, Assault Value =
667

Defending force 169850 troops, 2508 guns, 980 vehicles, Assault Value =
4068

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Ground combat at Borzya [Siberia]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 69991 troops, 1144 guns, 132 vehicles, Assault Value =
2534

Defending force 242150 troops, 2831 guns, 3698 vehicles, Assault Value
= 6607 [X(]

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at Ichang [C China]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 42927 troops, 674 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value =
2246

Defending force 31840 troops, 406 guns, 90 vehicles, Assault Value =
917

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Lae [New Guinea]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 702 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 32

Defending force 1355 troops, 16 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 65

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Naga/Pili/Daet [PH]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 95 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 120

Defending force 1178 troops, 0 guns, 104 vehicles, Assault Value = 57

Japanese max assault: 3 - adjusted assault: 3

Allied max defense: 39 - adjusted defense: 73

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 1:29 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/22/42

And today was a day to burn through some of my reserves of bombers and remind him that he needs to maintain CAP over his rear bases... It was also an opportunity to focus his attention on western China.

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TF 1029 encounters mine field at Colombo [Ceylon] (11,25)

Allied Ships
MSW Cheribon
MSW Ceram
MSW Eland Dubois
MSW Jan van Amstel

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Day Air attack on Hanoi [Tonkin] , at 36,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-I Oscar x 18
Ki-44IIa Tojo x 6

Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 86
B-25C/D Mitchell x 87

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-I Oscar: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 6 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-25C/D Mitchell: 3 destroyed, 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 77

Not bad, I lost a dozen planes but the raid was carried out succesfully and will focus him on my ground movements in this area in the coming week.

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Day Air attack on Singkep [NEI] , at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-I Oscar x 28
Ki-51 Sonia x 89
Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 74

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Day Air attack on Manila/Cavite [PH] , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 10
Ki-48-I Lily x 150
Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied ground losses:
111 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
Vehicles lost 4

Airbase hits 29
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 139

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 26
Ki-49 -I Helen x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 -I Helen: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Runway hits 1

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Day Air attack on Red 98th Guerilla Regiment, at 49,40

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 25

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ROC 80th Field Army , at 52,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 17

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ROC 80th Field Army , at 52,29

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 29
Ki-27 Nate x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
A5M4 Claude: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on US Army 194th Tank Battalion, at 44,53

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 23

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 156355 troops, 2364 guns, 960 vehicles, Assault Value =
3979

Defending force 28230 troops, 541 guns, 285 vehicles, Assault Value =
654

Japanese max assault: 3498 - adjusted assault: 3337

Allied max defense: 612 - adjusted defense: 1937

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Japanese ground losses:
1226 casualties reported
Guns lost 47
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
912 casualties reported
Guns lost 18
Vehicles lost 2

Personally I don't know why he doesn't just shock attack, get it over with and then move them to Singapore or somewhere for quick rebuilding and repair of disablements.

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Ground combat at Naga/Pili/Daet [PH]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3061 troops, 52 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 121

Defending force 1214 troops, 0 guns, 108 vehicles, Assault Value = 59

Japanese max assault: 95 - adjusted assault: 143

Allied max defense: 42 - adjusted defense: 19

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 3

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12600 troops, 268 guns, 157 vehicles, Assault Value =
628

Defending force 164309 troops, 2363 guns, 978 vehicles, Assault Value =
3866

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Ground combat at Borzya [Siberia]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 70078 troops, 1145 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value =
2542

Defending force 264418 troops, 3084 guns, 3835 vehicles, Assault Value
= 7212 [X(] [X(] [X(]

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Nanning [S China]

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 622 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 38

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

Allied max assault: 34 - adjusted assault: 17

Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 17 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Nanning [S China] base !!!

It looks like he has abandoned most of south-western China so I'll move in and collect a few cheap bases in the buffer zone.

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Ground combat at Lae [New Guinea]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 705 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 32

Defending force 1490 troops, 16 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 72

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 1:39 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/23/42

Tick-tock. Another day closer to March 1942... the month I begin receiving 40 Kittyhawks and 20 LaGG-3s per month in addition to my current allotment of 40 P-40Es, 20 or so Spitfires, 30 Hurricanes and 30 MiG-3s per month.

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Naval bombardment of Kuantan [Malaya], at 24,48

Japanese Ships
CL Natori
CA Suzuya
CA Maya
CA Atago
BB Kongo

Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Runway hits 6
Port supply hits 2

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Day Air attack on Chungking [W China] , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Me 264 Angel x 7

No Japanese losses

Resources hits 4

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Day Air attack on Port Blair [Andaman] , at 23,34

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E/F Fortress x 92

Japanese aircraft losses
H6K2-L Mavis [Xpt]: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 40

So over the past two days I've demonstrated a solid core of some 300 level bombers. Sure, Jagdfluger won't be dissuaded from invading by this force if that is his intention but he might be delayed a little and every week of delay buys me more reinforcements and a greater chance of holding out.

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Day Air attack on Singkep [NEI] , at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-I Oscar x 26
Ki-51 Sonia x 64
Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 42

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Day Air attack on Manila/Cavite [PH] , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 9
Ki-48-I Lily x 147
Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 62

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Day Air attack on Noumea [New Cal] , at 66,117

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 20
E13A1 Jake x 2
Ki-21-II Sally x 109
Ki-49 -I Helen x 2

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5 Catalina: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 33

Hmm,it looks like Noumea definitely is next. Enemy CVs are circling the base cutting it off from resupply while enemy bombers pound it and enemy ground troops are gathering at Efateville. Fair enough, I've saved fragments from each unit in Noumea so they are more than welcome to delay the enemy by a couple of months and die in the attempt. Australian infantry replacement rates are very low but there has to be SOME cost for the delay and that's it.

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 29
Ki-49 -I Helen x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 -I Helen: 2 destroyed

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Day Air attack on Red 98th Guerilla Regiment, at 49,40

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 25

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on US Army 194th Tank Battalion, at 45,54

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 19

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

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Day Air attack on Rangoon [Burma] , at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 22
Ki-43-I Oscar x 3
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 35

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 17

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 154768 troops, 2326 guns, 964 vehicles, Assault Value =
3918

Defending force 27354 troops, 518 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value =
635

Japanese max assault: 3460 - adjusted assault: 2574

Allied max defense: 596 - adjusted defense: 2321

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Japanese ground losses:
2207 casualties reported
Guns lost 60
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
445 casualties reported
Guns lost 16
Vehicles lost 2

Why on earth hasn't he taken Manila yet? It makes no sense, he should just Shock Attack and be done with it.

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Ground combat at Suchow [C China]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 25027 troops, 342 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value =
1064

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

Japanese max assault: 686 - adjusted assault: 450

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 450 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Suchow [C China] base !!!

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12472 troops, 262 guns, 154 vehicles, Assault Value =
611

Defending force 162285 troops, 2305 guns, 983 vehicles, Assault Value =
3790

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Ground combat at Borzya [Siberia]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 70049 troops, 1144 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value =
2692

Defending force 264700 troops, 3096 guns, 3836 vehicles, Assault Value
= 7214

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Lae [New Guinea]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 696 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 30

Defending force 1536 troops, 19 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 73

The first of my major US reinforcement convoys are now 1 month from India. I am having to operate major AO groups to resupply them mid-ocean as the distances between bases make it impossible to run from base to base at top speed without refuelling mid-ocean but, overall, I think this is well worth it. Over the next month 1.5 divisions of reinforcements will appear in Aden and India while another 2 divisions will arrive from Australia and 2 further divisions will arrive from CONUSA. Oz will fall if attacked but its sacrifice secures India --- and spreads the Japanese defenders even thinner while concentrating my strength.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 3:16 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/24/42

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Day Air attack on Chungking [W China] , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Me 264 Angel x 12

No Japanese losses

Resources hits 6

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Day Air attack on Rangoon [Burma] , at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 24
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 141

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
R-12/Yak-4: 3 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 120

I get 40 of these R-12 ( recon planes ) per month so they are useful for sacrificially basing at Rangoon with a view to keeping an eye on Tavoy and seeing if it gets reinforced or anything like that.

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Day Air attack on Singkep [NEI] , at 22,53

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-I Oscar x 28
Ki-51 Sonia x 88
Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 2

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 68

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Day Air attack on Manila/Cavite [PH] , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 9
Ki-48-I Lily x 136
Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 2

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 126

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Day Air attack on Noumea [New Cal] , at 66,117

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 12
E13A1 Jake x 2
Ki-21-II Sally x 106
Ki-49 -I Helen x 3

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson IV: 4 destroyed
PBY-5 Catalina: 2 destroyed

Airbase hits 15
Runway hits 113

Well, that's it. I'm going to withdraw my bombers and patrol planes from Noumea. It has bought me a couple of months and served its purpose. Patrol planes based in Oz will continue flying out fragments of the defending forces.

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 5
Me-109E-4 Mike x 15
Ki-21-II Sally x 44

Allied aircraft
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat: 2 destroyed

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 62

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Day Air attack on Red 22nd Group Army , at 52,29

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 27
Me-109E-4 Mike x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
A5M4 Claude: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on AA Lark Force Battalion, at 61,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 13
B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on US Army 194th Tank Battalion, at 45,54

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 19

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Rangoon [Burma] , at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 21
Ki-43-I Oscar x 4
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 35

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 27

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Ground combat at Borzya [Siberia]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 2223 troops, 76 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 7300

Defending force 96172 troops, 1481 guns, 303 vehicles, Assault Value =
3001

Japanese max assault: 10 - adjusted assault: 0

Allied max defense: 3108 - adjusted defense: 5993

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese ground losses:
295 casualties reported
Guns lost 21

Hmm, its well worth a Shock Attack. I don't see why he isn't Shock Attacking. He could reduce my fortifications before my main body could return. Sure he is winning a great victory with just the threat and no losses but if he swallowed a few thousand losses he could win a much greater victory. It just doesn't make sense to me.

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12593 troops, 275 guns, 159 vehicles, Assault Value =
614

Defending force 60021 troops, 848 guns, 430 vehicles, Assault Value =
1397

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Ground combat at Wuchow [C China]

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2074 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 107

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

Allied max assault: 101 - adjusted assault: 24

Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 24 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Wuchow [C China] base !!!

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Ground combat at Lae [New Guinea]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 681 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 29

Defending force 1591 troops, 19 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 77

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 3:34 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/25/42

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Sub attack near Tavoy [Burma] at 28,37

Japanese Ships
AK Kinugawa Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kashu Maru
AK Tamon Maru
APD Patrol Boat No. 39
APD Patrol Boat No. 38
APD Patrol Boat No. 2

Allied Ships
SS KVIII

Weird, there are no troops on any of these ships but there are 18 units at Tavoy. Could he be trying to march along the coast and having supply problem? Possibly but damned, damned slow. Weird !!!!

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Day Air attack on Chungking [W China] , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Me 264 Angel x 6

No Japanese losses

Resources hits 1

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Day Air attack on Rangoon [Burma] , at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 24
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 140

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 109

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Day Air attack on Bankha [Sumatra] , at 20,47

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 10
Ki-43-I Oscar x 3
Ki-48-I Lily x 31

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 54
Ki-21-II Sally x 27
Ki-46-II/C7M2 Dinah x 3

Allied aircraft
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Me-109E-4 Mike: 2 destroyed
Ki-21-II Sally: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 28

One of my Wildcats managed to shoot down 2 Mikes. No, I don't know how it happened either? [:D]

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 10
Me-109E-4 Mike x 55
Ki-21-II Sally x 26
Ki-49 -I Helen x 4

Allied aircraft
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 3 damaged
Ki-49 -I Helen: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 39

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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 48
Me-109E-4 Mike x 9
Ki-21-II Sally x 41

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 4 destroyed, 5 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 25

That's 7 bombers and their pilots killed in just a day over Pearl Harbour. Hell, at this stage I don't need the base for naval operations but I want to save it so it can continue to be the biggest FlAK trap in the history of FlAK traps.

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Day Air attack on ROC 99th Field Army , at 46,37

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
A5M4 Claude: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on AA Lark Force Battalion, at 61,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 15
B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 6

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on TF, near Noumea [New Cal] at 66,117

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 58
E13A1 Jake x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Empire Summer

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Day Air attack on TF at 64,119

Japanese aircraft
B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Empire Moorhen, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage

The Japanese CVs get into the act again toredoing the Empire Moorhen AFTER she had finished unloading a few thousand tons of supply.

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Day Air attack on TF at 64,119

Japanese aircraft
B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Empire Moorhen, on fire, heavy damage

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Day Air attack on Rangoon [Burma] , at 29,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 14
Ki-43-I Oscar x 4
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 32

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 20

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ASW attack at 11,20

Japanese Ships
SS I-155, hits 18, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Pakenham
DD Paul Jones
DD John D. Edwards
DD Edsall
DD Tjerk Hiddes
DD Panther
DD Paladin
DD Nestor

My ASW TF manages to claim yet another sub. I think that's 3 confirmed kills and 3 or 4 more damaged enough to be driven off. Not bad at all.

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Ground combat at Khabarovsk [AMUR]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 63921 troops, 1059 guns, 432 vehicles, Assault Value =
1239

Defending force 3891 troops, 59 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 106

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese max assault: 1322 - adjusted assault: 535

Allied max defense: 109 - adjusted defense: 125

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Khabarovsk [AMUR] base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
357 casualties reported
Guns lost 16

Allied ground losses:
2907 casualties reported
Guns lost 37

My forces had abandoned Khabarovsk in their efforts to reinforce Borzya so its fall was inevitable. Only the Fortress Division stayed behind to put up any resistance. As can be seen this was swiftly overcome.

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Ground combat at 49,33

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 3148 troops, 8 guns, 185 vehicles, Assault Value = 93

Defending force 298 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17

Japanese max assault: 190 - adjusted assault: 82

Allied max defense: 15 - adjusted defense: 11

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at 52,29

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 80789 troops, 1082 guns, 160 vehicles, Assault Value =
2212

Defending force 21594 troops, 235 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value =
1034

Japanese max assault: 2077 - adjusted assault: 2035

Allied max defense: 1022 - adjusted defense: 547

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
2215 casualties reported
Guns lost 73
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
798 casualties reported
Guns lost 31

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Port Moresby [NG]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 5385 troops, 66 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 150

Defending force 2957 troops, 46 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 86

Japanese max assault: 140 - adjusted assault: 190

Allied max defense: 78 - adjusted defense: 123

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2

Japanese ground losses:
281 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Allied ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Finally enough reinforcements and supplies made it to PM to allow the Japanese Brigade there to go back on the offensive. Pm should fall on or around the 1st March 1942. Not a bad little holdout though.

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Ground combat at Lae [New Guinea]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1661 troops, 21 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 78

Defending force 678 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 29

Japanese max assault: 70 - adjusted assault: 55

Allied max defense: 26 - adjusted defense: 23

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Lae [New Guinea] base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12756 troops, 284 guns, 161 vehicles, Assault Value =
627

Defending force 878 troops, 29 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Japanese ground losses:
1 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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