WITP in the Alps! Swift (A) vs. Castor Troy (J)

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/12/42

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ASW attack at 24,24

Japanese Ships
SS I-157

Allied Ships
DD Isis
DD Foxhound
DD Fortune
DD Stronghold
DD Tjerk Hiddes

the British/Dutch ASW forces try another attack on our subs without success...

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ASW attack at 26,24

Japanese Ships
SS I-156

Allied Ships
DD Isis
DD Foxhound
DD Fortune
DD Stronghold
DD Tjerk Hiddes

another try with all DDs failed to find the sub...

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ASW attack near Luganville at 72,107

Japanese Ships
DD Nagatsuki
DD Harusame
DD Yamakaze

Allied Ships
SS Gato

we aren´t doing any better...

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TF 83 troops unloading over beach at Dili, 31,77


Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported

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Sub attack at 87,107

Japanese Ships
AP Kuraido Maru

Allied Ships
SS Pollack

torps miss a damaged AP in the middle of the Pacific ocean...

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TF 87 encounters mine field at Johnston Island (102,74)

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

we sent some MSWs to all the outer atolls that we took to clear the sub laid mines...

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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 71
Ki-21 Sally x 44
Ki-48 Lily x 63
Ki-49 Helen x 35

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 8 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 4 damaged


Allied ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 52

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet

Chinese flak is too effective and we will have to adjust our attack height...

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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 72
Ki-49 Helen x 134
Ki-15 Babs x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 5 damaged


Allied ground losses:
453 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
Vehicles lost 5

Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 72

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet

we´re already attacking from 15.000 ft in the Philipines. Still today we lost half a dozen bombers again. 1 to flak, 5 to ops... [8|] ranges were 2 and 3 with all crews unfatigued...

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Day Air attack on 8th Indian Brigade, at 23,49

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 112
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 67

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 72,107

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17C Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
PC Toshi Maru #3

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 72,107

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17C Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Yamakaze

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Dili at 31,77


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 10
B-17C Fortress x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Taizin Maru
AP Somedono Maru, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet


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Sub attack at 87,107

Japanese Ships
AP Kuraido Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Pollack

Pollack gets another chance to attack and heavily damaged the AP which will surely sink...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12177 troops, 379 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3167

Defending force 116973 troops, 851 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3260



Allied ground losses:
292 casualties reported

we will start our ground attacks in two weeks after more air attacks on the supply depots, no matter how many bombers we will lose...

[Yakface]

Hi Castor

Just been reading about your pain from the follow unit order. I discovered a really useful solution to the follow unit problem.  Select a non combat unit (HQ, flak, art etc) as the one to move into the hex, set all the other units to follow that unit, then switch the original unit back to defend.  Everything else still move and will all stay together, you won't have to worry about the lead unit entering first, or units resetting because they are leading etc.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/13/42

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TF 155 troops unloading over beach at Nanomea Atoll, 87,101


Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported

more undefended atolls in this area to take in the future...

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TF 128 encounters mine field at Georgetown (23,44)

Japanese Ships
AP Kiyama Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire

[8|] Trusty was on a mine laying mission when she sunk our precious AS. Just a couple of turns later an AP runs on a mine passing through Georgetown... Man, super mines! Laid in the harbour entrance hitting ships passing through the hex 20 miles off the coast... How many mines were laid by SS Trusty? 2 dozen?? Or 10.000? Would really love to know how the mine routine looks like. 10 sub laid mines are most often more effective than 5.000 mines laid by MLs...

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ASW attack near Rangoon at 29,34

Japanese Ships
MSW W.18
MSW W.17
MSW W.10

Allied Ships
SS KXVIII, hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

SS KXVIII is on a mine laying mission at Rangoon and encounters our MSWs that were already waiting to clear new mines. Those MSWs are pretty smart! They heavily damage the sub before it can lay mines. KXVIII was later in the day sunk by a Sally with a 250kg bomb. In the sunk ship list it shows up with a dozen loaded mines...

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Sub attack near Luganville at 72,107

Japanese Ships
PC Gamitsu Maru #1
PC Showa Maru #3
PC Shonon Maru #15
PC Tama Maru #8
PC Toshi Maru #3
PC Nichi Maru #1

Allied Ships
SS Gato, hits 2

we brought in another ASW TF and when it entered the port it was target of a torp salvo from Gato which missed. 2 near misses in return.

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Day Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 72,107

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 2

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
PC Showa Maru #3

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 6000 feet

the B-17s now have another target to attack!

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Day Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 72,107

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 3

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Nagatsuki

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12227 troops, 380 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3176

Defending force 116973 troops, 854 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3269



Allied ground losses:
187 casualties reported

Chinese assault value goes up about 10 points every day...

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Ground combat at 32,30

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 93866 troops, 997 guns, 53 vehicles, Assault Value = 2005

Defending force 4445 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 143

Japanese max assault: 2262 - adjusted assault: 954

Allied max defense: 138 - adjusted defense: 77

Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
811 casualties reported
Guns lost 29
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
578 casualties reported
Guns lost 20


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

we cross the river West of Mandalay where a single brigade was waiting for us. We kick it out easily and again I don´t know what Swift is trying to achieve with those single units. Makes it just easier to attack Mandalay. The HQ unit that was the lead unit for all my units on "FOLLOW UNIT" of course reverted to defend and stayed at Pagan... Am I the only one where the follow unit order isn´t working??

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Ground combat at Nanomea Atoll

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 671 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20

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

Japanese max assault: 40 - adjusted assault: 78

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 78 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Nanomea Atoll base !!!



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Ground combat at Dili

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 783 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 24

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

Japanese max assault: 21 - adjusted assault: 12

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Dili base !!!



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Ground combat at Biak

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 559 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

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

Japanese max assault: 12 - adjusted assault: 26

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 26 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Biak base !!!

three empty bases fell in our hands today...

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Yakface

Hi Castor

Just been reading about your pain from the follow unit order. I discovered a really useful solution to the follow unit problem.  Select a non combat unit (HQ, flak, art etc) as the one to move into the hex, set all the other units to follow that unit, then switch the original unit back to defend.  Everything else still move and will all stay together, you won't have to worry about the lead unit entering first, or units resetting because they are leading etc.

thanks for the tip, I will give it a try!

[castor troy]

we were able to do another 4 turns today and we are going a very high speed. Though it seems we don´t see much action anymore and it´s only mid Feb... pretty quiet everywhere and the combat reports are short... with most of my targets already in our hands and my troops in excellent shape I could start to think about a new - BIG - offensive...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/14/42

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TF 88 encounters mine field at Palmyra (106,85)

Japanese Ships
MSW Hinode Maru #18
MSW Hinode Maru #17

we´ve sent two MSWs each to all our outposts in the Pacific to clear the sub laid mines...

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ASW attack at 64,44

Japanese Ships
PG Shosei Maru
PC Ch 23
PC Ch 22
PC Ch 21
PC Ch 20
PC Ch 19

Allied Ships
SS Silversides

no luck here...

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TF 45 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.18
MSW W.17
MSW W.10

and more sub laid mines at Rangoon, we have enough work for our MSWs, it seems all Allied subs are laying mines...

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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 72
Ki-21 Sally x 51
Ki-48 Lily x 72
Ki-49 Helen x 35

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 4 damaged


Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 50

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet

a good number of supply hits...

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
Ki-15 Babs x 1

Allied aircraft
I-153c x 30
I-16c x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 11 destroyed, 8 damaged
I-16c: 4 destroyed, 7 damaged

hmm, still not a bad result but the Chinese seem to get remarkable better. They had the bounce for the whole fight, sending the Zeroes in at 30.000 ft didn´t help - I forgot, alt doesn´t matter in A2A engagements - in the game... perhaps one of the base forces there has now radar...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 26
Ki-21 Sally x 57
Ki-49 Helen x 102

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 22
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet

going up 5000 ft helped to reduce the flak effects but our hit rate isn´t comparable to an attack from 10.000 ft. But we still achieve 6 supply hits, which are the most important hits...

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Day Air attack on 8th Indian Brigade, at 23,49

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 5
Ki-27 Nate x 84
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 82

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet

will take another 1000 attacks to see those 4 guerilla units vanish...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 72,107

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17C Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
PC Gamitsu Maru #1

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 72,107

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17C Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Yamakaze

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12230 troops, 382 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3184

Defending force 117019 troops, 852 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3282



Allied ground losses:
185 casualties reported

stalemate at Sian, but we are in the better position at the moment. I have no idea why I don´t see 3000 assault points coming from the South to help the cut off defenders... I expect to take the base in two months time at the latest if there won´t be huge Chinese contingents brought in...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/15/42

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TF 45 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.18
MSW W.17
MSW W.10

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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 31
Ki-21 Sally x 66
Ki-49 Helen x 114

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged


Allied ground losses:
270 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 101

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet

we will keep attacking from higher alt as the bomber losses of our attacks from 10.000 ft. aren´t acceptable...

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Day Air attack on 3rd ISF Base Force, at 23,49

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 5
Ki-27 Nate x 73
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 89

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12266 troops, 382 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3191

Defending force 117116 troops, 855 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3292



Allied ground losses:
153 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

very short cr...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/16/42

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TF 145 encounters mine field at Georgetown (23,44)

Japanese Ships
MSW Ranzan Maru
MSW Wa 3
MSW Banshu Maru #18
MSW Hinode Maru #20
MSW Kyo Maru #1
MSW Musashi Maru

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ASW attack near Luganville at 72,107

Japanese Ships
DD Nagatsuki
DD Harusame
DD Yamakaze

Allied Ships
SS Finback, hits 1

SS Gato has left the scene, now the same affair with Finback... another sub is spotted at Luganville...

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Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Hawk 75A: 4 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 4 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato
CL Kinu
CL Natori
CL Isuzu
CL Naka
CA Mogami
CA Chokai
CA Atago
CA Takao


Allied ground losses:
1031 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 2

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 140

we drop a nuke on Koepang. Daily recon obviously helped a lot! [X(] We had 2000 reported troops there and we disable half of them... 14 aircraft were destroyed on the ground, our invasion TF is closing in...

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Day Air attack on Johnston Island , at 102,74

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 31

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 29

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 16 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 27 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 18

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

the B-17s are back! [X(] This time they come in very low after all the other attacks being flown from 20.000 ft. My Zeroes were set to 25.000 ft. and they dove on the 4E beasts with not really encouraging results as we have yet to see a B-17 being destroyed A2A during the replay. But then the bombers run into heavy flak fire! At the end of the day, 3 B-17 were lost A2A and 3 A2A! [&o] We lose 4 Zeroes on the ground as only half of our fighters decided to scramble. Still this is a very good result as the B-17E replacement rate is only 20 bombers a month so it will keep my opponent honest to try such an attack twice. In the end, the attack from 6.000 ft didn´t do him any good.


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Day Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 72,107

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17C Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Yamakaze

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12172 troops, 382 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3192

Defending force 117131 troops, 859 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3294



Allied ground losses:
184 casualties reported

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/17/42

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TF 155 troops unloading over beach at Nukufetau island, 87,103


Japanese ground losses:
46 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-21 Sally x 53
Ki-49 Helen x 137

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 6 damaged


Allied ground losses:
125 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 119

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet

only one supply hit makes this mission a failure...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 72,107

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17C Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
PC Tama Maru #8

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 6000 feet

the daily raid from Noumea on my shipping. The bomber losses are minimal so far, most times they just ignore my cap. The bomber crews must soon hit a very good exp.

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12212 troops, 382 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3197

Defending force 117344 troops, 860 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3303



Allied ground losses:
82 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Nukufetau island

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 627 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20

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

Japanese max assault: 38 - adjusted assault: 20

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Nukufetau island base !!!

[castor troy]

not much to report...
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/18/42

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Naval bombardment of Port Moresby, at 53,91


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 1 destroyed
Catalina I: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CL Yubari
CL Tatsuta
CL Tenryu
CL Kiso
CL Kuma
CL Nagara
CL Jintsu
CA Kinugasa
CA Aoba


Allied ground losses:
310 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 2

Airbase hits 32
Airbase supply hits 14
Runway hits 107
Port supply hits 1

we don´t want to see a built up PM so we sent in some cruisers to act as landscapers...

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TF 21 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77


Japanese ground losses:
420 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on 8th Indian Brigade, at 23,49

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 21
Ki-27 Nate x 87
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 66

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
43 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 72,107

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17C Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
PC Tama Maru #8

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12280 troops, 383 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3533

Defending force 117541 troops, 863 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3307



Allied ground losses:
138 casualties reported

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/19/42

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Babo at 42,77

Japanese Ships
CL Naka
DD Arashi
DD Hagikaze

Allied Ships
PT PT-44
PT PT-48, Shell hits 13, and is sunk

two PTs have been spotted for days in the area of Northern New Guinea so we decided to take care of them. I don´t like fighting PTs and we were lucky when PT-48 launched it´s torps against Arashi...

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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 53
Ki-49 Helen x 157

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed
Ki-49 Helen: 10 damaged


Allied ground losses:
206 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 10
Runway hits 142

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet

still a whole lot of hits on the runway but not a single supply hit! We have to go back to 10.000 ft as supply hits are the reason for our attacks... Even with attacks from 16.000 ft. we lose a couple of bombers every turn, so it seems worth to go down to 10.000 ft again and to lose an average of 6 bombers for an average of 5 supply hits...


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TF 44 troops unloading over beach at Manokwari, 44,75



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Ground combat at Naga

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22179 troops, 252 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 622

Defending force 17670 troops, 251 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 535



Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Swift moved 4 inf units to Naga where a division and a mixed regiment is waiting for the assault on Manila...

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Ground combat at Koepang

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 5956 troops, 36 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 167

Defending force 560 troops, 0 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Japanese max assault: 146 - adjusted assault: 167

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 55 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Koepang base !!!



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Brewster 339D: 5 destroyed
Do 24K-2: 1 destroyed
Hawk 75A: 2 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
1307 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

the number of landed troops is pretty much overkill again, but we wanted to be sure to take the base with our first attempt as I don´t want to see surface forces or bombers coming from Northern Australia interfere with our invasion... Lautern on the East side of Timor is still in Dutch hands but we will take care of that base in the near future...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12241 troops, 380 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3543

Defending force 117899 troops, 866 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3318



Allied ground losses:
104 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Mandalay

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 6510 troops, 0 guns, 427 vehicles, Assault Value = 2218

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

Japanese max assault: 272 - adjusted assault: 161

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 161 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Mandalay base !!!

it´s obvious that we can also take whole Burma without a fight. Don´t know what I should do with the 2000+ assault points that are in Burma now... our tanks crossed the river into Mandalay and the shock attack took the empty base. Oil site is 30% damaged...


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Ground combat at 47,28

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 8185 troops, 47 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 713

Defending force 68661 troops, 847 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1509

Allied max assault: 252 - adjusted assault: 1

Japanese max defense: 1486 - adjusted defense: 617

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
2196 casualties reported
Guns lost 16

North of Sian! A single corps tried a shock attack against a couple of our divisions/brigades... the result isn´t surprising... [8D]

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Ground combat at Naga

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 17642 troops, 250 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 533

Defending force 29152 troops, 327 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 622

Allied max assault: 1116 - adjusted assault: 529

Japanese max defense: 595 - adjusted defense: 639

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


Japanese ground losses:
371 casualties reported
Guns lost 18
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
1242 casualties reported
Guns lost 60

and the 4 inf units suffer from a shock attack against our position in the woods at Naga... [:D]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/20/42

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TF 151 encounters mine field at Johnston Island (102,74)

Japanese Ships
AK Amagisan Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
70 casualties reported

a convoy entered Johnston and of course one of our ships hits one of the 10 sub laid mines there... [8|] man those sub laid mines are really super mines that are super efficient and super invisible... the MSWs that have been at Johnston for days weren´t able to find them but of course our convoy... funny sub laid mine routine... not so funny is the fact that the AK has a chance of 90:10 to sink... [8|]

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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 72
Ki-21 Sally x 68
Ki-48 Lily x 33
Ki-49 Helen x 39

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 7 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 3 damaged


Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 39

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet

not many hits on the airfiled but at least 5 supply hits...

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Day Air attack on 3rd ISF Base Force, at 23,49

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
D3A Val x 11
B5N Kate x 15
Ki-27 Nate x 75
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 55

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 8th Indian Brigade, at 23,49

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
D3A Val x 4
B5N Kate x 5
Ki-27 Nate x 18
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 18

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B5N Kate bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on TF, near Johnston Island at 102,74

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 31

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
AK Argun Maru
AK Hakkai Maru

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

B-17s coming in from Pearl to attack our convoy...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 72,107

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged


Japanese Ships
PC Gamitsu Maru #1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 6000 feet

and the usual raid on our ASW TF (that hasn´t been doing anything against the daily spotted and even attacked subs that are sitting in our base hex)... 2 subs there at the moment...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Johnston Island at 102,74

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 32

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
AK Hokkai Maru

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

the 4Es are back in the afternoon, 1 is accounted lost A2A today...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 172654 troops, 2341 guns, 31 vehicles, Assault Value = 3553

Defending force 118170 troops, 869 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3325



Allied ground losses:
253 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Manokwari

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 566 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

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

Japanese max assault: 10 - adjusted assault: 22

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Manokwari base !!!

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/21/42

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TF 87 encounters mine field at Johnston Island (102,74)

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

after our AK hit a mine last turn, my MSWs now know that there are mines in the hex...[:D]

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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 33,30


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd Division, at 33,30


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet

one British bomber is lost to flak today...

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Day Air attack on 5th New Chinese Corps, at 47,28

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-21 Sally x 54
Ki-48 Lily x 19
Ki-49 Helen x 25

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

we are preparing a deliberate attack one hex North of Sian...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 72,107

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 3

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Awa Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 6000 feet

I bet those B-17 pilots already know the names of my Zero pilots and everytime they come in both greet each other friendlily...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 72,107

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17C Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Awajisan Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at 47,28

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 68886 troops, 848 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1516

Defending force 22493 troops, 102 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 478

Japanese max assault: 1407 - adjusted assault: 1839

Allied max defense: 376 - adjusted defense: 66

Japanese assault odds: 27 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
213 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
362 casualties reported
Guns lost 13


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

our deliberate attack one hex North of Sian was a full success but unfortunately the Chinese troops retreated into the mountains... [8|] if the manual () would be right then they would have had to surrender as I don´t think they could pull in supply over a couple of wooden and mountaineous hexes... mmmmmm... now it takes them two months to come down the mountains again and I have to keep 3 divisions in this area waiting for them, just to see them probably retreat again into the mountains...


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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12225 troops, 382 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3554

Defending force 117987 troops, 860 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3331



Allied ground losses:
65 casualties reported

we will move in another div and two eng regiments and then we will launch a deliberate attack as our IJA bombers can´t bring down the supply levels efficiently. We will suffer bloody losses but we have units at Homan that can be rotated in and 120.000 troops who have to defend will use up a lot of supplies... hopefully! [;)]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/22/42

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TF 87 encounters mine field at Johnston Island (102,74)

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

now we clear the mines...

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Sub attack near Johnston Island at 102,74

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

Allied Ships
SS Cuttlefish

... and an US sub tries to interfere with this...

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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 72
Ki-21 Sally x 73
Ki-49 Helen x 37

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 8 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 3 damaged


Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 33

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet

it´s extremely hard to hit this f***ing airfield. At least we hit the supply depots...

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Day Air attack on 55th Division, at 33,29


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 8


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 8th Indian Brigade, at 23,49

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
D3A Val x 3
B5N Kate x 5
Ki-27 Nate x 22
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B5N Kate bombing at 5000 feet
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Sub attack at 101,74

Japanese Ships
AP Tatsutake Maru, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
SS Triton

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Triton fires two torp salvos but both times the torps fail to detonate... our big AP comes away with nearly no damage...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12260 troops, 383 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4134

Defending force 118227 troops, 860 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3331



Allied ground losses:
46 casualties reported

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/23/42

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TF 45 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.18
MSW W.17
MSW W.10

new sub laid minefield at Rangoon now...

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Naval bombardment of Port Moresby, at 53,91

Japanese Ships
CL Yubari
CL Tatsuta
CL Tenryu
CL Kiso
CL Kuma
CL Nagara
CL Jintsu
CA Kinugasa
CA Aoba


Allied ground losses:
197 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 32
Port hits 7
Port fuel hits 8
Port supply hits 6

compared with our last bombardment this result is really poor...

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ASW attack near Johnston Island at 102,74

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

Allied Ships
SS Cuttlefish

our MSWs try to engage the sub but those small boats are poor in ASW duty

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54

Allied aircraft
I-153c x 4
I-16c x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 3 destroyed
I-16c: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

our training targets aren´t really cooperative anymore and most Chinese fighters just turn around...

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Day Air attack on 55th Division, at 33,29


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Tank Regiment, at 33,29


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 3


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 204783 troops, 2597 guns, 38 vehicles, Assault Value = 4188

Defending force 118022 troops, 850 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3331

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 6

Japanese max assault: 4228 - adjusted assault: 2151

Allied max defense: 3459 - adjusted defense: 2467

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


Japanese ground losses:
7654 casualties reported
Guns lost 244
Vehicles lost 9

Allied ground losses:
2279 casualties reported
Guns lost 103

as we see no chance to do enough damage to the airfield with 100+ bombers attacking we just have to take care about Sian with deliberate attacks. I was shocked to see level 7 forts [X(] already and we suffer the expected heavy losses (though mostly disabled squads). We rotate two divs and an eng regiment out and will attack again in a couple of days. Expect such an attack to burn between 2500 and 3000 supplies of the cut off Chinese...

[castor troy]

not much happening, game is becoming more and more boring due to lack of targets... [:D]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/24/42

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Sub attack at 47,55

Japanese Ships
AG AG-365, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Haddock

lol, a dozen AGs were included in an AK TF to transfer them further South and not the AKs were attacked but an AG - it sank by the way! [:D]

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TF 45 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.18
MSW W.17
MSW W.10

mines, mines, mines... Swift is a mine fetishist!

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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 72
Ki-21 Sally x 82
Ki-49 Helen x 48

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 4 damaged


Allied ground losses:
63 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 41

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet

The reason for the lousy performance of our bombers is the fact that we are attacking a tiny size 1 airfield. This way, the damage is repaired easily and forts are further built up...

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Day Air attack on Dacca , at 31,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 66
Ki-15 Babs x 1

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 3
P-26A x 6
P-40B Tomahawk x 38

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 2 destroyed
P-26A: 3 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 7 destroyed, 20 damaged

We send two Oscar sentais to sweep Dacca where we´ve seen a lot of cap for some turns. We achieve a clear 6:1 kill rate which is very impressing. The Oscars are undergunned but so nimble that they mostly evade attacks on them...

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Day Air attack on 21st Division, at 34,28


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 8


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 8th Indian Brigade, at 23,49

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
D3A Val x 14
B5N Kate x 19
Ki-27 Nate x 107
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 79

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Sub attack near Johnston Island at 102,74

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

Allied Ships
SS Cuttlefish

Cuttlefish tries to sink one of our MSWs but misses the small vessel...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11663 troops, 350 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2858

Defending force 113659 troops, 688 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3162



Allied ground losses:
92 casualties reported

Sian will be a loooong fight...

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Ground combat at 34,28

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 95078 troops, 978 guns, 477 vehicles, Assault Value = 2185

Defending force 3398 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 100

Japanese max assault: 1945 - adjusted assault: 1372

Allied max defense: 96 - adjusted defense: 31

Japanese assault odds: 44 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
316 casualties reported
Guns lost 9
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
584 casualties reported
Guns lost 12


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

A Burma brigade is forced to retreat, the unfortunate unit wasn´t quickly enough on the trails and no has to suffer...

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Ground combat at Lashio

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2295 troops, 0 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 91

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

Japanese max assault: 84 - adjusted assault: 86

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 86 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Lashio base !!!

tank brigade takes the empty Lashio. No further supplies coming to China via Burma road...

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Ground combat at Andaman Island

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 356 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

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

Japanese max assault: 30 - adjusted assault: 16

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 16 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Andaman Island base !!!

para drop on the empty base of Andaman Island...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/25/42

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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 72
Ki-21 Sally x 72
Ki-49 Helen x 47

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 7 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 5 damaged


Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 48

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet

we have to keep those daily bombings up, otherwise we will soon face level 9 forts I fear...

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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 54
Ki-49 Helen x 152

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 4 damaged


Allied ground losses:
368 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Vehicles lost 4

Airbase hits 35
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 196

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet

while we always completely wreck the airfields in the Philipines, our main target there are the supply depots...

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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 34,28


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 3


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 55th Division, at 34,28

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 6

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 8th Indian Brigade, at 23,49

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
D3A Val x 15
B5N Kate x 20
Ki-27 Nate x 109
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 77

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11838 troops, 358 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3693

Defending force 113660 troops, 686 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3170



Allied ground losses:
74 casualties reported

Allied av goes up 7-12 points every day...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/26/42

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TF 87 encounters mine field at Johnston Island (102,74)

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

and mines again... [:(]

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TF 87 encounters mine field at Johnston Island (102,74)

Japanese Ships
MSW Kaiyo Maru #1
MSW Kaiyo Maru #3, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Hasn´t someone on the forum been surprised just recently about MSWs being able to hit mines... here´s another example. MSW hits a sub laid mine and sinks...

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TF 121 encounters mine field at Baker Island (94,92)

Japanese Ships
AK Syunko Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

the super duper mega effective sub laid mines... they just S U C K .... this TF was PASSING through Baker in a 60 mile hex and one of the 12 sub laid mines warped out into the ocean and jumped an AK of mine... [8|] very annoying, but still those mines are not even doing 10% of the damage Swift could do with his subs if he sets them on patrol...

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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70
Ki-21 Sally x 72
Ki-49 Helen x 56

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 5 damaged


Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 44

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
Ki-15 Babs x 1

Allied aircraft
I-153c x 9
I-16c x 11

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
I-16c: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged

a couple of Chinese fighters are shot down again before the rest bogeyed out... wonder why Swift has them still on Cap...

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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 52
Ki-49 Helen x 160

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 5 damaged


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

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 139

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet

all those bombing runs becoming routine...

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Day Air attack on 55th Division, at 34,28


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 8


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 89,110


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 9


Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AK Hague Maru
AP Daihachikyo Maru
AP Tasmania Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet

around the Fidjis. KB in the area covering the invasion TF so the Hudsons attack the reinforcement TF 5 hexes further away... it´s so easy! [:D]

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TF 77 troops unloading over beach at Maumere, 28,73


Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 193100 troops, 2355 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 3715

Defending force 113558 troops, 686 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3181

Japanese max assault: 3443 - adjusted assault: 1055 [:(]

Allied max defense: 3275 - adjusted defense: 1763

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 7) [X(][X(]


Japanese ground losses:
6635 casualties reported
Guns lost 172
Vehicles lost 8

Allied ground losses:
2368 casualties reported
Guns lost 97


damn, my daily bombing seems not to help at all. After the forts were brought down to 6 with our last attack this time we face level 7 again and of course I´m not able to take one down, despite the fact that we have 300+ combat engineers in the hex... [:(]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/27/42

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Coastal Guns at Suva, 86,114, firing at TF 100
TF 100 troops unloading over beach at Suva, 86,114


158 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
PG Nagata Maru, Shell hits 6, on fire
AP Haruna Maru, Shell hits 1
PG Kaiun Maru, Shell hits 2
PG Kantori Maru, Shell hits 1
CL Kashii, Shell hits 4

Japanese ground losses:
650 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

The invasion TF of Suva goes in and the Kiwi base force is shooting at our ships... no Navy base force though and there are no bigger CD guns present... shouldn´t be a problem to take Suva against a single base force...

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Coastal Guns at Suva, 86,114, firing at TF 100
TF 100 troops unloading over beach at Suva, 86,114


164 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
AK Hidaka Maru, Shell hits 1
AP Hie Maru, Shell hits 7, on fire
AK Higari Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire
AP Takayo Maru, Shell hits 1
PG Kantori Maru
PG Kaiun Maru

Japanese ground losses:
242 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 38
Ki-21 Sally x 71

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet

no real damage and the forts will be further built up again...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 53
Ki-49 Helen x 160

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 5 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 9 damaged


Allied ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 14 [X(] nice!
Runway hits 99

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 34,28


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 4


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Tank Regiment, at 34,28

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 14th Tank Regiment, at 35,30


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 18


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x SB-2c bombing at 14000 feet

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Day Air attack on 1st Chinese Cavalry Corps, at 46,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32
Ki-49 Helen x 37

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged


Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

oops, forgot that there´s a base force in this hex and have to pay this with 2 Helens shot down...

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Day Air attack on 8th Indian Brigade, at 23,49

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 21
Ki-27 Nate x 114
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 76

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Suva at 86,114

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Haruna Maru
PG Nagata Maru, on fire
AK Kanaiyama Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet

our Zeroes can´t even really harm Hudsons, none is lost...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Suva at 86,114


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Kashii

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at 46,29

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 80077 troops, 961 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 1779

Defending force 15862 troops, 66 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 280



Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

hex, West of Sian where two worn down corps and a base force are sitting...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 150002 troops, 1855 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 2834

Defending force 110386 troops, 570 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3053



Allied ground losses:
113 casualties reported

The Chinese lost only 130 assault points from our deliberate attack last turn...

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Ground combat at 35,28

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 48693 troops, 477 guns, 304 vehicles, Assault Value = 2174

Defending force 1996 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 46

Japanese max assault: 1051 - adjusted assault: 1397

Allied max defense: 39 - adjusted defense: 5

Japanese assault odds: 279 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
384 casualties reported
Guns lost 11


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Maumere

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 385 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14

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

Japanese max assault: 10 - adjusted assault: 7

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Maumere base !!!

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/28/42

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TF 87 encounters mine field at Johnston Island (102,74)

Japanese Ships
MSW Kaiyo Maru #1

mines? lol... [:D]

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Sub attack at 111,67

Japanese Ships
SS I-25

Allied Ships
ML Oglala, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

we are retreating our subs from the shipping lanes between Pearl and the West coast - this operation is considered a failure as we only sank a couple of ships... one hex next to Pearl we stumble over the big ML but only one out of 6 torps finds the target... a lot of angry bombers were trying to attack our subs, including SBDs and TBDs so carriers are at Pearl...

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ASW attack at 48,46

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 12
PC Ch 24
PC Ch 29
PC Ch 30

Allied Ships
SS Haddock

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TF 87 encounters mine field at Johnston Island (102,74)

Japanese Ships
MSW Kaiyo Maru #1

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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 69
Ki-21 Sally x 67
Ki-49 Helen x 53

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 5 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
43 casualties reported

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 50

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 22


No Allied losses

a sweep comes in to Mandalay! [X(] wow, that was unexpected, as Swift´s fighters have problems even over their own base. We have no cap as we ordered a sweep also! [:D]

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Day Air attack on Kendari , at 33,71

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17C Fortress: 8 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 37000 feet

super high bombing runs, no flak fire at that height but Oscars attacking the bombers. No planes are lost on both sides...

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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 52
Ki-49 Helen x 160

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 6 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 7 damaged


Allied ground losses:
59 casualties reported

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 128

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 3rd ISF Base Force, at 23,49

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 21
Ki-27 Nate x 114
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 82

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dacca , at 31,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32
Ki-15 Babs x 1

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 3
P-26A x 4
P-40B Tomahawk x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 2 destroyed
P-26A: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged

here comes our strike and again it was a success. We also had a Zero daitai set on sweep but it just stayed home...[:(] The Oscars take care of 5 Allied fighters for no loss on their side...

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ASW attack at 48,46

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 12
PC Ch 24
PC Ch 29
PC Ch 30

Allied Ships
SS Haddock

no real threat for Haddock...
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Ground combat at Suva

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 11233 troops, 115 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 304

Defending force 1698 troops, 13 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese max assault: 285 - adjusted assault: 231

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 11

Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Suva base !!!



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 6 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
1294 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Vehicles lost 1


Suva is taken easily. Wonder why Swift hasn´t reinforced a single base in the Pacific. We´re already nearly in March so it would have been at least be possible to heavily garrison the Fidjis... serves me good, all islands in the Pacific were an easy target except Midway where the CD unit put up a very good fight. Now we will wipe out the base force and NZ brigade at Nandi...

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Ground combat at 46,29

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 80254 troops, 964 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 1786

Defending force 15864 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 280

Japanese max assault: 1769 - adjusted assault: 2985

Allied max defense: 277 - adjusted defense: 109

Japanese assault odds: 27 to 1


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

Allied ground losses:
146 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

no retreat? I wasn´t aware that these units one hex West of Sian was cut off! [X(] More Chinese units are coming from the South, we have about 110.000 troops reported. Looks like Swift is trying to break through to Sian. He abandons the next base (Ichang) and that´s just fine with me!




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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11505 troops, 338 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2957

Defending force 110281 troops, 572 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3062



Allied ground losses:
134 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Clark Field

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 56041 troops, 666 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 1600

Defending force 45292 troops, 458 guns, 53 vehicles, Assault Value = 816



Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

we will bring more troops to Clark and then attack, the more we bring, the fewer the casualties will be in the end... Nicht kleckern, klotzen! Swift has 14 units at Bataan, no clue what they are doing there. We move into Manila from the South, this means Swift can´t retreat to Manila from Clark which will make it far more easy for me to kill his troops at Clark or later at Bataan as Manila would mean fighting in an urban hex...

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Ground combat at Lamon Bay

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 250 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

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

Japanese max assault: 20 - adjusted assault: 12

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Lamon Bay base !!!

[castor troy]

We enter March and all is going just fine so far! [:D]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/01/42

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TF 87 encounters mine field at Johnston Island (102,74)

Japanese Ships
MSW Kaiyo Maru #1

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ASW attack at 48,46

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 12
PC Ch 24
PC Ch 29
PC Ch 30

Allied Ships
SS Haddock

Haddock attacked for the third time, and for the third time no DCs have been dropped...

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TF 87 encounters mine field at Johnston Island (102,74)

Japanese Ships
MSW Kaiyo Maru #1

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Sub attack near Johnston Island at 102,74

Japanese Ships
MSW Kaiyo Maru #1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Cuttlefish

no more MSWs left at Johnston and in the future I will just ignore all those sub laid mines...

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Day Air attack on Kendari , at 33,71

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 23

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17C Fortress: 4 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 37000 feet

the B-17 already come again today! Again not a single bomber is lost flying at extended range...

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Day Air attack on 2nd Division, at 35,28


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 8


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 4 damaged

another sweep and during the replay it seemed it is a success (even if it is a small one) for the Allied, but in the end 3 P-40B crash and are lost to ops, so it was a 3:1 for our side! [8D]

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Ground combat at 46,29

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 79772 troops, 943 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 1764

Defending force 15543 troops, 60 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 273

Japanese max assault: 1737 - adjusted assault: 786

Allied max defense: 278 - adjusted defense: 123

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
198 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
68 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

we try to force those 3 units to surrender before the reinforcements from the South are arriving up here...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11579 troops, 341 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2979

Defending force 110056 troops, 570 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3074



Allied ground losses:
68 casualties reported

Sian´s av is growing steadily again...

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Ground combat at Clark Field

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 56031 troops, 666 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 1649

Defending force 45232 troops, 448 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 816



Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported