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Night Time Surface Combat, near Amboina at 39,73
Japanese Ships
AP Yamafuku Maru
AP Daitei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales
BC Repulse
CL Danae
DD Vampire
DD Vendetta
DD Tenedos
DD Electra
DD Express
Force Z is still causing trouble. Those ships should already looong be sunk as they have been in torp range of dozens of torp bombers so many times it´s just pure luck IMO that they are still afloat. Only Nells/Betties (in small numbers) from level 3 airfields have attacked so far... My transports are surprised and one is sunk by a torp from BC Repulse!! [X(] Repulse carries torps?? No gun fire and the second AP escapes...
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Naval bombardment of Amboina, at 39,73
Allied Ships
DD Express
DD Electra
DD Tenedos
DD Vendetta
DD Vampire
CL Danae
BC Repulse
BB Prince of Wales
Japanese ground losses:
178 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
my inf unit doesn´t take many casualties but is 80+ disrupted...
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TF 155 troops unloading over beach at Jesselton, 35,56
Japanese ground losses:
79 casualties reported
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Sub attack at 35,62
Japanese Ships
AK Liverpool Maru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS S-39
an already damaged AK that was heading to the home islands is picked off by S-39. Trying to save the AK at Tarakan...
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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 28
Ki-21 Sally x 130
Ki-15 Babs x 6
Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 10
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 12 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 7 destroyed
Vildebeest IV: 1 destroyed
Blenheim IV: 4 destroyed
Swordfish: 4 destroyed
Blenheim I: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
315 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 119
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
First strike that came from Johore Baru at one hex range. 3 Sallies lost so the short range doesn´t help that much... the Brit airforce in Malaya isn´t existing anymore and I expect Swift to evac the remaining undamaged planes...
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Day Air attack on 4th New Chinese Corps, at 49,37
Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 32
Ki-27 Nate x 62
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
the Claudes from my baby carriers joined the training attacks at Nanchang. I should have had my baby carriers in the Amboina area to sink Force Z but the attacks of the B-17s that I can´t defend myself from scared my and so the carriers are sitting in Camranh Bay. Will move them out now - far too late though... again something that costs me time, precious time...
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 67,97[X(]
Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 7
SBD Dauntless x 16
TBD Devastator x 7
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AK Korei Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tsuneshima Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
sent 3 AKs with supplies to Lunga and an US CV shows up in the Solomons heading North. Nells are on station... very bold move, but Swift is further counting on his luck it seems. Wouldn´t bring a single carrier in range of dozens of Nells at this date, just to hunt some AKs...
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Day Air attack on TF at 22,52
Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 3
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AK Ryuzan Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Rahaeng , at 31,35
Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 9
Blenheim I x 4
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Blenheim I bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 170
Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 5
P-40E Warhawk x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
275 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Vehicles lost 2
Airbase hits 28
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 137
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet
we don´t catch any B-17C as they are in the air hunting my shippping...
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Day Air attack on TF at 45,47
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4
Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 5
P-40E Warhawk x 6
B-17C Fortress x 9
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
PG Kozan Maru
PG Shinko Maru #5
MSW Hakata Maru #7
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 21,53
Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 4
Martin 139 x 16
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Yuzan Maru, Bomb hits 1
AP Hukuyo Maru
AP Kurohime Maru
Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Aparri at 46,49
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 3
B-17C Fortress x 3
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
APD APD-37
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 39,69
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 18
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Latouche, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
AK Latouche was reported earlier to head NORTH! [X(] Looks like Swift tries to bring supplies to the Philipines...
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Day Air attack on TF, near Amboina at 39,73
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 10
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 8 damaged
Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
no sense sending Sallies against the BB...
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ASW attack near Johore Bahru at 22,49
Japanese Ships
DD Wakaba
DD Hatsushima
DD Nenohi
DD Hatsuharu
Allied Ships
SS KXVIII
A Brit sub tries to catch some ships but my ASW TF is on station, fails to locate the sub though...
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Ground combat at Nanchang
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 28764 troops, 376 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 592
Defending force 3941 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 73
Japanese max assault: 574 - adjusted assault: 420
Allied max defense: 40 - adjusted defense: 2
Japanese assault odds: 210 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Allied ground losses:
113 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
the Chinese corps still holds out...
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Ground combat at Kuala Lumpur
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 94205 troops, 1065 guns, 241 vehicles, Assault Value = 2176
Defending force 7383 troops, 36 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 97
Japanese max assault: 4018 - adjusted assault: 3307
Allied max defense: 86 - adjusted defense: 115
Japanese assault odds: 28 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Kuala Lumpur base !!!
Japanese ground losses:
347 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Vehicles lost 1
Allied ground losses:
1346 casualties reported
Guns lost 17
Vehicles lost 2
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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oh well, two base forces and two small inf units, of which two had to retreat before already, defending Kuala Lumpur. I order a shock attack to pursue the defenders with my tank brigades. Now the shock after looking at the base: Ressource center is 100% damaged!!
NO, NOT 100 RESSOURCE POINTS - 100 PERCENT!!!I know there´s the myth that it could be that shock attacks result in higher damage to captured bases, but I have seen so many shock attacks resulting in no damage at all that I never gave a damn about it. But how unlucky can I be when 600 out of 600 ressource points are damaged?? One of the biggest - and desperately needed - ressource centers on the map is destroyed. Should I already surrender? When the same thing happens to Palembang´s oil fields then it´s game over in mid 44 due to the lack of ressources and oil.. [8|][8|] If I would conquer all of China, then I would still not get as many ressources as I could get from an undamaged Kuala Lumpur...
100% damage... ridicoulos...
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Ground combat at Jambi
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 731 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese max assault: 22 - adjusted assault: 7
Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Jambi base !!!
Jambi is ready for the brigade coming in next turn. A base force and 27 Zeroes are flown in for cap...
