The rant goes on... PBEM QUIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 9:27 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/27/42

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Coastal Guns at Cebu Island, 42,58, firing at TF 7
TF 7 troops unloading over beach at Cebu Island, 42,58

25 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DD Shirakumo

Japanese ground losses:
290 casualties reported

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TF 57 troops unloading over beach at Kuala, 20,43

Japanese ground losses:
95 casualties reported

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ASW attack at 12,21

Japanese Ships
SS I-155

Allied Ships
DD Panther
DD Paladin
DD Pakenham
DD Stronghold
DD Van Ghent
DD Piet Hein

sooner or later it would be time to get a couple of hits...

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Coastal Guns at Cebu Island, 42,58, firing at TF 7
TF 7 troops unloading over beach at Cebu Island, 42,58

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 14
Blenheim IV x 55
B-25C Mitchell x 43

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 5 destroyed
C5M Babs: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 2 damaged
Blenheim IV: 6 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
111 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Blenheim I bombing at 16000 feet

Recon showed aircraft at Mandalay but no Cap so I decided to send in my bombers and we were able to destroy 9 Oscars on the ground...

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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 79
P-40E Warhawk x 71

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 9

No Allied losses

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kure 2nd SNLF, at 30,76

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 93

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Maizuru 1st SNLF, at 86,112

Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 14
Hudson I x 8
P-39D Airacobra x 54

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 81st PA Division, at 42,58

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48 Lily x 39

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 32
P-40E Warhawk x 22

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Iloilo at 42,56

Japanese Ships
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Kiji
AP Hakozaki Maru
AP Hikade Maru
AP Kiyozumi Maru, Shell hits 2
AP Koan Maru
AP Kogyo Maru
AP Komeyama Maru
AP Konzan Maru
AP Koryu Maru
AP Kyuden Maru
AP Meiko Maru
AP Montoiru Maru
AP Netsuda Maru
AP Nihonkai Maru
AP Ryuosan Maru
AP Shinai Maru
AP Shirashika Maru
AP Teikei Maru
AP Tempei Maru
AP Tenran Maru
AP Yamakisan Maru
AP Zenoa Maru
AP Zuiho Maru
AP Niitaka Maru
AP Meizan Maru
AP Kikukawa Maru
AP Nekka Maru
AP Ronsan Maru
AP Osaka Maru
AP Rakuto Maru

Allied Ships
PT PT-60, Shell hits 17, and is sunk

John Wayne went down with PT-60...

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Ground combat at Singapore

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 144450 troops, 1082 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2378

Defending force 62125 troops, 116 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 768

Japanese max assault: 2225 - adjusted assault: 1469

Allied max defense: 746 - adjusted defense: 661

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Singapore base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
1568 casualties reported
Guns lost 29

Allied ground losses:
87580 casualties reported
Guns lost 314
Vehicles lost 3

late February and Singapore surrenders after having caused the Japanese a lot of headache...

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 38489 troops, 609 guns, 33 vehicles, Assault Value = 732

Defending force 63689 troops, 512 guns, 66 vehicles, Assault Value = 1401

Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Cebu Island

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 17074 troops, 160 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 355

Defending force 3174 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 78

Japanese max assault: 636 - adjusted assault: 418

Allied max defense: 38 - adjusted defense: 4

Japanese assault odds: 104 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Cebu Island base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
113 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
4319 casualties reported
Guns lost 30

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Ground combat at Kuala

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 7625 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 159

Defending force 1876 troops, 11 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 33

Japanese max assault: 192 - adjusted assault: 316

Allied max defense: 27 - adjusted defense: 11

Japanese assault odds: 28 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kuala base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
2544 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 9:28 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/28/42

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TF 70 troops unloading over beach at Medan, 20,45

Japanese ground losses:
132 casualties reported

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ASW attack at 12,19

Japanese Ships
SS I-154, hits 6, on fire

Allied Ships
DD Panther
DD Paladin
DD Pakenham
DD Stronghold
DD Van Ghent
DD Piet Hein

the replay showed 4 real hits, but that must have been bullsh*t...

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TF 70 troops unloading over beach at Medan, 20,45

Japanese ground losses:
91 casualties reported

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ASW attack at 12,21

Japanese Ships
SS I-155, hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Express
DD Encounter
DD Electra
DD Tjerk Hiddes

another sub takes two near misses...

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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 78
P-40E Warhawk x 71

No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 33

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 2

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 94

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on 1st NS Garrison Battalion, at 20,45

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32
Ki-21 Sally x 48

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 6th Dutch Naval Base Force, at 20,45

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
Ki-21 Sally x 35

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 4
Hudson I x 23
A-20B Boston x 36
B-26B Marauder x 29

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 38654 troops, 610 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 742

Defending force 63508 troops, 502 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 1397

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 9:35 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/01/42

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TF 70 troops unloading over beach at Medan, 20,45

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ASW attack at 109,64

Japanese Ships
SS I-15

Allied Ships
DD Case
DD Conyngham
DD Shaw
DD Reid
DD Tucker
DD Cassin

as usual... [8|]

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ASW attack near Rabaul at 61,88

Japanese Ships
MSW Tomozono Maru #3
MSW Wa 19

Allied Ships
SS Pompano

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TF 88 troops unloading over beach at Medan, 20,45

Japanese ground losses:
162 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 12

No Allied losses

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77 [8|][8|][8|][8|]

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 34
G3M Nell x 87
Ki-21 Sally x 134
Ki-49 Helen x 113
Ki-46-II Dinah x 15

=383 aircraft in this strike... means probably 500 aircraft at Kendari... L E V E L 4 airfield... [8|]

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 10 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed
Hudson I: 7 destroyed
T.IVa: 1 destroyed
Martin 139: 2 destroyed
Hurricane IIb: 2 destroyed
A-20B Boston: 4 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 26
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 166

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

oh man. All I can say is that I already regret having started a game that´s going with "the usual house rules"... I´m used to stacking limits and always had them in EVERY game I had. The funny thing is that once again I can only wonder what some players feel what is gamey and what is not gamey. Placing 500 aircraft at an airfield that has room for 200 isn´t gamey at all, no no... [8|] But me, moving 4 Chinese corps in China 60 miles South on day one is super gamey...

grumble, grumble... never ever start a game again that hasn´t each and every house rule pointed out BEFORE starting the campaign...[8|][8|]

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Day Air attack on Kure 2nd SNLF, at 30,76

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 94

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Maizuru 1st SNLF, at 86,112

Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 14
Hudson I x 12
P-39D Airacobra x 58

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 61st PA Division, at 42,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48 Lily x 48

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 8
Hudson I x 30
A-20B Boston x 47
B-25C Mitchell x 15
B-26B Marauder x 35

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 17
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
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ASW attack at 99,98

Japanese Ships
SS I-8

Allied Ships
DD Kane
DD Humphreys
DD Schley
DD Chew
DD Litchfield

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 38854 troops, 615 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 752

Defending force 63489 troops, 497 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 1393

Allied ground losses:
64 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Medan

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 7253 troops, 36 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 351

Defending force 1751 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

Japanese max assault: 434 - adjusted assault: 224

Allied max defense: 18 - adjusted defense: 4

Japanese assault odds: 56 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Medan base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
3392 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 2:18 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/02/42

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ASW attack at 12,21

Japanese Ships
SS I-155, hits 3, on fire

Allied Ships
DD Express
DD Encounter
DD Electra
DD Tjerk Hiddes
DD Barker
DD Alden

one real hit, sub will probably have to retire to it´s home port...

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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 80
P-40E Warhawk x 63

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 30

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 12

No Allied losses

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
G3M Nell x 84
Ki-21 Sally x 213
Ki-49 Helen x 97
Ki-46-II Dinah x 17

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 10 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 4 destroyed
T.IVa: 2 destroyed
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 173

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

the mega strike from last turn grew into a super mega strike this turn... [8|] 465 attacking aircraft from a level 4 airfield. If you think about the penalty than there must be something like 700 ??? aircraft?? [&:] pfffff... We now have the house rule about stacking limits of af size x 50 + 10% max.

The penalty you take from overstacking are a joke. Only a dozen bombers were lost so what´s about the op losses?? Glad AE will change that... What really concerns me is the fact that my flak is doing nothing and I thought this would be a real dangerous flak base... Half a dozen base forces there with 60+ flak guns but we do no damage to bombers coming in at 11.000 ft. Really concerning...

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Day Air attack on Maizuru 1st SNLF, at 86,112

Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 13
Hudson I x 9
P-39D Airacobra x 62

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 61st PA Division, at 42,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48 Lily x 48

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Thursday Island at 49,90

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Nissin Maru
AK Hokuroku Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hudson I bombing at 1000 feet
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 30
Blenheim I x 3
Blenheim IV x 55
P-40E Warhawk x 15
B-25C Mitchell x 30

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet

Hortlund thought my strikes from India were bigger than the af size x 50 but I checked it and they weren´t. Anyway, we now have our house rule about aircraft stacking...

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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 30
A-20B Boston x 46
B-25C Mitchell x 15
B-26B Marauder x 35

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 7
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 39111 troops, 619 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 766

Defending force 63107 troops, 492 guns, 64 vehicles, Assault Value = 1389

Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 2:21 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/03/42

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ASW attack at 109,64

Japanese Ships
SS I-15, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Case
DD Conyngham
DD Shaw
DD Reid
DD Tucker
DD Cassin

one near miss...

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Sub attack at 131,88

Japanese Ships
SS I-19

Allied Ships
AP Dardanus
AVD Williamson
AVD McFarland
DD Kennison
APD Stringham

torps miss. We wer lucky, Dardanus was carrying 10% of a US division...

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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 11

No Allied losses

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Maizuru 1st SNLF, at 86,112

Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 14
Hudson I x 9
P-39D Airacobra x 54

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 61st PA Division, at 42,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48 Lily x 49

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 29
Blenheim I x 16
Blenheim IV x 50
P-40E Warhawk x 35
B-25C Mitchell x 44

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported

Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 36
A-20B Boston x 41
B-25C Mitchell x 16
B-26B Marauder x 37

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 16 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 3 damaged

Runway hits 6
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet

surprise, surprise! Hortlund put 3!! Zeroe daitais from Kendari on LRCAP. 7 or 8 hexes. All Zeroes were damaged but only 1!!! is lost to ops. Hortlund must be a god! If I would put 81 Zeroes on LRCAP 8 hexes and they wouldn´t see combat than 10 would be lost to ops. He has 16 damaged and only suffers O N E op loss... damn it... we lose 5 bombers today... and the hit rate is a f***ing joke...

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 39195 troops, 620 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 772

Defending force 63011 troops, 486 guns, 64 vehicles, Assault Value = 1388

Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 2:26 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/04/42

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Coastal Guns at Iloilo, 42,56, firing at TF 7
TF 7 troops unloading over beach at Iloilo, 42,56

110 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DD Samidare, Shell hits 3
DD Otori, Shell hits 1
DD Shirakumo

Japanese ground losses:
695 casualties reported

All the Philipines will be cleared soon...

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Coastal Guns at Iloilo, 42,56, firing at TF 7
TF 7 troops unloading over beach at Iloilo, 42,56

49 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
259 casualties reported

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Sub attack at 138,69

Japanese Ships
SS I-23, hits 2

Allied Ships
AK Mormacwren, Shell hits 6

I-23 shoots it out with an armed AK on the surface. The sub was hit by a 5 and 3 inch shell but while it should probably sink in RL (or at least not being able to dive anymore) it will probably only have 2 points of sys damage... the torps launched missed...

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Sub attack near Kwajalein at 79,79

Japanese Ships
AK Tihuku Maru

Allied Ships
SS Finback

our torps miss too...

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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 80
P-40E Warhawk x 69

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 39

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Maizuru 1st SNLF, at 86,112

Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 14
Hudson I x 9
P-39D Airacobra x 53

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 23

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 61st PA Division, at 42,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48 Lily x 33

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
B5N Kate x 23

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Sipora, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet

IJN baby carrier shows up a couple of hexes from Koepang... Hudsons fail to locate the ship...

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 28
Blenheim I x 16
Blenheim IV x 53
P-40E Warhawk x 33
B-25C Mitchell x 40

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
46 casualties reported

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
B5N Kate x 17

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Sigli, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 26,79

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Empire Lightning

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet

it was a very bad idea of mine to try to fight for Koepang. In the end all I will achieve is to lose a lot of ships, planes and ground units... [8|]

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 39365 troops, 623 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 1332

Defending force 62736 troops, 480 guns, 63 vehicles, Assault Value = 1389

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Iloilo

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2591 troops, 34 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 89

Defending force 17122 troops, 134 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 319

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 4:42 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/05/42

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Coastal Guns at Iloilo, 42,56, firing at TF 7
TF 7 troops unloading over beach at Iloilo, 42,56

19 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DD Shirakumo

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Coastal Guns at Iloilo, 42,56, firing at TF 7
TF 7 troops unloading over beach at Iloilo, 42,56

13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
AP Tientsin Maru, Shell hits 2

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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 79
P-40E Warhawk x 69

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Maizuru 1st SNLF, at 86,112

Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 14
Hudson I x 9
P-39D Airacobra x 58

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet

mostly training raids this turn...

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Day Air attack on 61st PA Division, at 42,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48 Lily x 44

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 39528 troops, 625 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 1371

Defending force 62596 troops, 476 guns, 61 vehicles, Assault Value = 1389

Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported

looks like there are 2 more IJA divisions at Manila now...

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Ground combat at Iloilo

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 17158 troops, 132 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 321

Defending force 3397 troops, 35 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 88

Japanese max assault: 554 - adjusted assault: 342

Allied max defense: 45 - adjusted defense: 11

Japanese assault odds: 31 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Iloilo base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
143 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Allied ground losses:
2944 casualties reported
Guns lost 47

no chance for the defenders...

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:29 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/06/42

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Day Air attack on Maizuru 1st SNLF, at 86,112

Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 15
Hudson I x 13
P-39D Airacobra x 68

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 23

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 16,82

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 19

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
TK Empire Airman
TK Empire Druid
TK Spirilla, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet

IJN baby carriers move further towards Northern Australia. Wonder if I should call it bold to move into Allied bomber range... the TKs are empty and were moving back from the front with only the small one lost... my Hudsons try to engage but fail to locate the TF of course...[8|]

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Day Air attack on TF at 16,82

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
B5N Kate x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
TK Spirilla, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 32
Blenheim I x 15
Blenheim IV x 55
P-40E Warhawk x 41
B-25C Mitchell x 48

No Allied losses

Port hits 3
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18

Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 61
B-26B Marauder x 44

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 10 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 15 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 6 damaged

Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 6000 feet

Hortlund keeps flying LRCAP (7 hexes!!) from Kendari. We lose another 8 bombers today and the IJN?? .... loses one Zero... [8|][8|][8|][&:][&:][&:] Can someone explain me how Hortlund is doing this? When I play the Japanese I lose half a dozen aircraft just from transferring them unfatigued to a base 3 hexes away and Hortlund is flying LRCAP with 81 Zeroes day after day, having a dozen Zeroes damaged by the bombers and loses 1 plane?? I don´t get it...

As a side note, I lose an average of 5 aircraft every day just from doing my training raids and I´m the Allied commander... [8|]

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Sub attack at 61,89

Japanese Ships
AP Keisyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Pompano

torps miss...

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Sub attack at 105,99

Japanese Ships
SS I-1

Allied Ships
DD Chew
DD Kane
DD Humphreys
DD Schley
DD Litchfield

torps miss, as do my DDs...

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 39704 troops, 628 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 1773

Defending force 62423 troops, 473 guns, 59 vehicles, Assault Value = 1385

Allied ground losses:
105 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Hengchow

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 20540 troops, 198 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 469

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

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Japanese max assault: 473 - adjusted assault: 433

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 433 to 1 (fort level 5)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Hengchow base !!!

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:56 pm

bad day for us...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/07/42

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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 55
P-40E Warhawk x 42

No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 31

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 15

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 16,82

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 50 [X(]

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVE Taiyo, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CVE Hosho, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 3000 feet

here you can see that it isn´t really bold to move carriers into range of Allied bombers... 50 Hudsons at 3000 ft achieve 2 hits... [8|] oh come on... those slow CVEs were even damaged before. The Allied exp. is pretty much a joke...

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Day Air attack on TF at 17,85

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
B5N Kate x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Empire Latimer
AK Empire Steelhead, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Audacity
AK Delawarean, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK West Isleta, Torpedo hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 44

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 31
Blenheim I x 15
Blenheim IV x 52
P-40E Warhawk x 37
B-25C Mitchell x 47

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 5 destroyed, 21 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 3 destroyed, 19 damaged
Blenheim I: 7 damaged
Blenheim IV: 4 destroyed, 28 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 17 destroyed, 3 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 16 damaged

Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet

this just had to happen sooner of later. I´ve seen 100+ fighters at Mandalay for days now and was prepared to see them flying LRCAP over Akyab. But I just can´t stop doing training raids because in Nikmod the Allied squadrons have an average exp of something like 50... [8|] 50 means completely trash in WITP. I even get replacement pilots (US pilots!!!) that are below 50. [8|] And therefore the bombers can´t hit anything (look at my airfield / port attacks, not even talking about the 50 Hudsons achieving 2 hits on the damaged CVEs). It just doesn´t matter if I use P-40s or Wirraways, they all are sitting ducks with pilots in the low 50s when facing Oscars with pilots in the high 70s or low 80s. [8|] I have no problem to see the IJA / IJN somewhat more exp than the Allied at start of the war but I really think that Nik overdid it here when the average Japanese pilot has 25 or even 30 points more exp than a USAAF pilot... and I´m not even taking the losses my Allied opponent Swift had to take so far in A2A. The A2A ratio in my game against Swift is 10:1 in favour of the Japanese...

with 1500 Japanese pilots in the pool I have to lose 10.000 planes first before the Japanese pool will be empty (when I multiply the kill rate of 7:1 for Oscars against the "normal" US pilot in a P-40 which is the best Allied plane at the moment). Means I just have to lose the P-40 replacement of 200 months... lol [:D] With an empty pilot pool the Japanese get pilots that are the same exp than a US pilot if the Japanese pilot is doing 15 training bombing raids... oh well... I have around 150 US and British fighters that are in the low 70s now and I will use them in the near future, then we will see if it is worth it. They reached this exp after doing 40 training missions on average, which only was possible because the Japanese weren´t interferring with those raids so far...

I lost around 30 aircraft today... really hard if you get absolute rookie pilots which then have to face 500 clones of Erich Hartmann in at least equally good aircraft... IMO an exp difference of 25 is too much and I can´t really see a reason for such a high difference...

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Day Air attack on TF at 16,80

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
TK Spirilla, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 17,85

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
B5N Kate x 16

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Empire Steelhead, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Delawarean, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet

no problem being in range of dozens of Allied bombers with 1

Zero on Cap when you know that the Allied pilots are in reality only truck drivers... in the meantime you can pick off shipping that felt safe while being under an LBA umbrella... just propagande for the sailors...

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 39767 troops, 629 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 1789

Defending force 62094 troops, 470 guns, 59 vehicles, Assault Value = 1381

Allied ground losses:
95 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Amboina

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 818 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 26

Defending force 202 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Japanese max assault: 24 - adjusted assault: 24

Allied max defense: 2 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 24 to 1

Allied ground losses:
427 casualties reported

our troops surrendered...

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:04 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/08/42

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ASW attack at 102,99

Japanese Ships
SS I-1, hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
DD Kane
DD Humphreys
DD Schley
DD Chew
DD Litchfield

one real hit, if not FOW then I-1 has to retire home...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 91
G3M Nell x 53
G4M1 Betty x 6
Ki-21 Sally x 52
Ki-49 Helen x 34
Ki-46-II Dinah x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 9 damaged

Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 60

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

now, with our stacking limits, we don´t see 400+ bomber raids from a level 4 airfield anymore...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 41

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 3 destroyed, 15 damaged

Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x G3M Nell bombing at 11000 feet

with the number of flak guns at Koepang it still isn´t as effective as I´ve thought before as I didn´t expect raids below 15.000 ft to be worth it. Still, today the Japanese lose 9 bombers to flak and 6 to ops. Good result, only one Zero is lost to ops...

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Day Air attack on Maizuru 1st SNLF, at 86,112

Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 14
Hudson I x 12
P-39D Airacobra x 64

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 20

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 28,74

Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Ikazuchi

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 3000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Labao at 29,74

Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 9

Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
APD APD-36
DD Hatsuharu
DD Wakaba, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 3000 feet

we have moved 3x8 Bostons to Koepang as the airfield was medium damaged (airbase is heavily damaged) but while launching from the base, most bombers failed to locate their targets. One hit on a DD with a 500lb bomb is all we get. Moving out the bombers as the Japanese airforce will surely be back with more strikes. It´s a cat and mouse play now, we´re moving in a couple of bombers when the damage on the runway allows it, but if they don´t launch against naval targets then they get torched on the ground. Hortlund obviously is preparing his invasion as he sent at least 3 ASW TFs into the are to clear it from my subs. Why sending ASW TFs if you won´t move into the area... I expect to see BBs/CAs soon to nuke Koepang, but as long as I have subs in the area (and I flooded it with subs) Hortlund could be scared. Perhaps he has some respect of my subs with the sinkings they achieved so far....

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Shock attack [X(]

Attacking force 99277 troops, 1230 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value = 1793

Defending force 61994 troops, 466 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 1373

Japanese max assault: 3524 - adjusted assault: 848 [X(]

Allied max defense: 1274 - adjusted defense: 2045 [X(][X(][X(]

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

Japanese ground losses:
6749 casualties reported [X(][X(]
Guns lost 177
Vehicles lost 12

Allied ground losses:
904 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
Vehicles lost 1

my completely out of supply troops at Manila wreck havoc with the attacking Japanese IJA divisions... the urban bonus is a killer, makes troops without ammo absolutely combat effective... [8|] With all the failed attacks here so far I really wonder why Hortlund isn´t seriously reinforcing Manila. It does not make sense to wreck 1500 assault points until only 800 are left and then bring in another 800 to wreck them again. With this attack Hortlund has lost (disabled) around 400 assault points. Assault points worth another IJA division. My opponent is always speaking about where he could move after Manila and Koepang is taken but when I look at the assault values of the IJA divs in the combat replay than I´m not really scared as many of them already have lost 100-200+ assault points due to failed attacks... [:D] It would be real fun if he would go for India... [:D] I really doubt it...

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:52 am

interesting turn...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/09/42

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 60

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 62
CW-22 Falcon x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 70

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 26 destroyed, 8 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 11 destroyed, 38 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed, 38 damaged

we decided to mass our US/British fighters and fighter bombers at Imphal, a level 3 base a couple of hexes North of Mandalay. After one turn of rest we ordered a massive sweep to Mandalay to meet the Japanese aces... As you can see, the Japanese achieved far more hits on our aircraft. 89:34 but with only 2x12,7mm MGs the Oscars are mostly only able to take down one of our heavily armoured fighters/fighter bombers when hitting with a long burst from behind. The Hurricane pilots were on average 8 points higher exp than the P-40 pilots but the P-40 proved to be a far superior plane than the Hurricane, so 70% of the kills went to the P-40s while suffering fewer losses. The combat started with a bounce for the Oscars when our aircraft had NO chance at all followed by an engagement where noone had an advantage with our aircraft not achieving much but getting damaged. Then we had a couple of phases where our fighter groups got the bounce and while the Hurricanes still had a hard time, our P-40s really took a toll on the Oscars. 5 P-40s were lost in the end but they probably took down 15 Oscars while the Hurricanes lost 11 aircraft for taking down a dozen Oscars. This engagement was important for us to examine if we can stand a fight against the superior IJAAF pilots if we outnumber the defenders and can determine the conditions. So the conclusion is that it is possible, even though in reality we can´t afford to lose 20 fighters in one day, while the Japanese have no problem to reequip their sentais. Our pools are empty again of course and we had to replace the pilots lost with rubbish flyboys in the low 50s again. Losing a British pilot is a disaster, as we only get 30 per month. If used in numbers and on a sweep the P-40 is clearly the better plane compared to the Oscar because it´s very hard to down for the undergunned Japanese fighter and with a gun value of 12 it makes a hit on a fragile Japanese fighter mostly a kill. So when the pilots are equal experienced (I would guess my P-40 pilots are on average 15 points less exp than the Oscar pilots) than the P-40 will eat the Oscars for breakfast. While the Oscar will still achieve more hits, the P-40 will clealy win in kills...

All in all this attack is seen as a victory in the air and will boost our morale... [:D]

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 150
G3M Nell x 8
Ki-21 Sally x 47
Ki-49 Helen x 22
Ki-46-II Dinah x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 4 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 3 destroyed, 15 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 34

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

238 aircraft coming from Kendari where 220 max can be placed with our stacking rule. Wonder how many there are when 238 fly in the strike...[8|]

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Day Air attack on Maizuru 1st SNLF, at 86,112

Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 16
Hudson I x 9
P-39D Airacobra x 70

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 11
Blenheim IV x 59
P-40B Tomahawk x 40
B-25C Mitchell x 39
IL-4c x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 3 destroyed, 8 damaged
C5M Babs: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 4 damaged
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed, 17 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 6 destroyed, 16 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
IL-4c: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
161 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x IL-4c bombing at 11000 feet
9 x Blenheim IV bombing at 11000 feet
8 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet

after our sweep in the morning we fly an attack against the airfield to take out damaged and grounded IJA fighters. This is nearly all we´ve got regarding bombers, even Chinese bombers joined the attack as they carry 5 times the number of bombs than a British bomber. Our BEST squadron (on paper), the AVG, flew close escort for our bombers and once again the AVG proved to be not worth it´s reputation. The Tomahawks are shot to pieces by the Oscars and we lose 7 Tomahawks for no Oscar lost A2A. [8|] At the moment the AVG has an average exp of 73 so I don´t understand why they are performing sooo bad. Okay, they were on escort but the Oscars were disrupted due to the former sweep. Also the hit rate on the airfield was really disappointing. We´ve been flying recon with Dutch recon planes for a long time now and the bomber pilots are on average in the high 60s exp. What was impressing was the flak fire the Japanese put into the air. When I look at what I have at Koepang and that my flak should be more effective than the Japanese, then they must have half of all their flak guns stationed at Mandalay. It´s a wonder that we lost only 2 bombers to flak... Recon showed an airfield damage of 20 afterwards...

So the plan for the next couple of weeks is to try to further do training attacks to get our pilots in the mid 70s range. In May the British are allowed to upgrade, this will bring us around 100 Hurricanes more (but with pilots in the high 50s) but the most important fact will be the upgrade of the obsolete Blenheims to Wellingtons. 30 Wellingtons have been produced per month since the start of the war and we will be able to upgrade all our British bombers to Wellingtons in May. They carry 9x500lb bombs compared to the Blenheim with 2x500lb bombs, have about the same range, have a higher durability and a better defensive armament. So all in all a clearly superior aircraft. With the Wellingtons we will drop 5 times more bombs than now. Coupled with the 48 B-25c in India we should be able to bring in a nice number of bombs to the targets Burma.

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed

this shows up in the combat report because 14 Zeroes were over Koepang flying LRCAP...

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ASW attack at 102,99

Japanese Ships
SS I-1, hits 5, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Kane
DD Humphreys
DD Schley

even though this sub was spotted several times and even attacked by our DDs (one real hit last turn) Hortlund hasn´t moved it. He seems to be very careless with his subs, this serves me good. Would he move them more often, then he wouldn´t have lost a single sub so far as my ASW efforts have been very poor. But when we get 10 times the chance then even our poor performing DDs are able to sink one. 3 real hits and 2 near misses and I-1 is confirmed sunk with the captain going down with her...

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13511 troops, 165 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 110

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

Japanese max assault: 121 - adjusted assault: 123

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 123 to 1 (fort level 5)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Wuchow base !!!

next abandoned Chinese base is lost. This hurts us, Wuchow generated 300 auto supply a turn... with our agreement of taking the Chinese units back from the rail we lose around 1200 supplies a day. This doesn´t make the bad supply situation in China nowhere better...

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9227 troops, 294 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1216

Defending force 60580 troops, 438 guns, 56 vehicles, Assault Value = 1323

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

As you can see, the Japanese really suffered from their attack last turn. Before the shock attack their assault value was nearly 1800!!!! [X(] My units are down to perhaps 5% of their needed supply so in fact I should offer Hortlund my surrender in the Philipines, move the troops to Clark that he should abandon, then let him take Manila and attack me at Clark where my troops would immediately surrender. Even though he didn´t really bring sufficient forces so far, I think it would just be fair to offer a capitualtion when there´s no or nearly no supply left, just to compensate the bad game design when it comes down to such fights. No question, combat in urban areas is bloody but as soon as there´s no supply left the defender just has to surrender. Or at least he should not be able to disable assault values equal to a whole IJA division in one day... we will see how it will go on...

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:01 am

Here´s the aircraft loss list of last turn:

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 5:49 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/10/42

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TF 1004 encounters mine field at Wyndham (30,86)

Allied Ships
MSW Eland Dubois
MSW Abraham Crijnssen
MSW Pieter de Bitter
MSW Jan van Amstel
MSW Latrobe

we clear some sub laid mines... none left in the evening...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 74
G3M Nell x 3
Ki-21 Sally x 35
Ki-49 Helen x 21
Ki-46-II Dinah x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 3 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 16 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

then a small raid with a huge escort comes in from Kendari. Compared to the huge raids a lot of aircraft are lost. Again 9 planes are lost either to ops or flak...

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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 7

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet

there´s a disbanded ship spotted at Dutch Harbour, but only 7 out of 32 bombers take off (after doing nothing for a week) and we hit... nothing... heavy flak fire over the base... we stop any further attacks in the North, just not worth it...

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Day Air attack on Maizuru 1st SNLF, at 86,112

Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 12
P-39D Airacobra x 64

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Zuid Garrison Battalion, at 18,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 32
Ki-15 Babs x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lark Force Battalion, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 20

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9261 troops, 295 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1246

Defending force 60276 troops, 431 guns, 55 vehicles, Assault Value = 1314

Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 5:04 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/11/42

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TF 149 encounters mine field at Soerabaja (22,65)

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 2
PC Shonan Maru #1
PC Kyo Maru #13
PC Kyo Maru #11

Hortlund hasn´t made an attempt to send a couple of MSWs and his ships are still encountering mines at Soerabaja. But instead of seeing one hit a mine they destroy them... so in some way they do hit them... [:D]

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TF 14 encounters mine field at Soerabaja (22,65)

Japanese Ships
APD APD-36
DD Oboro

it would be great to see a precious APD hit a mine and sink in port... I have the feeling that there must be a lot of shipping in the Soerabaja area. Probably preparing for an invasion of Koepang. Today a Jake spotted an Allied sub around Koepang but the sub was 10 hexes away from the next Japanese base with aircrafts so this means a Japanese ship carrying the Jake must be 6 hexes away from the sub - means this ship is 8 hexes away from Koepang now. Probably a big IJN bombardment force on the way to Koepang which will 95% sure nuke the base after weeks of recon...[8|] perhaps a sub gets a shot at an IJN capital ship, this could change Hortlunds plans perhaps...

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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 26

No Allied losses

Warhawks still set on sweep by accident... luckily they were moved out of Imphal as they would have swept Mandalay instead and would have met nearly 100 IJA/IJN fighters on Cap. Seeing such a high cap on a lev 3 airfield is amazing as I most times nearly need 200 fighters to have a cap of 100...

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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 24

No Allied losses

Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Zuid Garrison Battalion, at 18,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 32
Ki-15 Babs x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
Ki-48 Lily x 36

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
58 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet

Lilies at PM now for training... will take a long time until my units there will be wiped out...

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9316 troops, 296 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1273

Defending force 60070 troops, 427 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1311

Allied ground losses:
81 casualties reported

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 6:08 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/12/42

The REAL battle for Koepang begins...

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ASW attack at 26,77

Japanese Ships
DD Asagao
DD Yakaze
DD Isokaze

Allied Ships
SS Seawolf

At this time a TF of unknown strength moves in to Koepang from the WEST... [&:] Of course I expected the enemy coming from the North or North East. Two subs were in the way of this TF and one is attacked by 3 DDs without success though...

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and we start off the battle with a success... [:D]

Sub attack at 26,75

Japanese Ships
DD Hamakaze, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
DD Tanikaze
DD Urakaze
DD Shiranuhi
DD Kagero
DD Akigumo

Allied Ships
SS S-27, hits 3

This is a big TF coming from the North and it has to move through hexes in which we have subs on station. S-27 fires a salvo of 4 MK10 torps and Hamakaze is struck by two... Hamakaze didn´t sink but I don´t expect her to live much longer... S-27 in return receives 3 near misses, she ends up with 10 sys damage at the end of the day... those attacks make me hope that Hortlund will soon start to think it won´t be worth bringing his BBs in danger of sub attacks... all other ships can be hurt by my airforce if they come in range, but the BBs are bomb prove. I moved 8 obsolete Dutch torp bombers to Koepang this turn...

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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 62
P-40E Warhawk x 29

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 24

No Allied losses

Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 34
Ki-21 Sally x 40
Ki-46-II Dinah x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 24 damaged

Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 22

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

wonder why those strikes are getting smaller and smaller... will Hortlund rely on his naval forces?? 5 Sallies and 2 Zeroes are lost in this attack... the number of lost Japanese aircraft over Koepang is going up steadily...

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Day Air attack on Zuid Garrison Battalion, at 18,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 32
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-48 Lily x 48

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
53 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet

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Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CL Tama
CA Furutaka
CA Aoba
BB Hyuga
BB Ise
BB Yamato <-------------------- YAMATO!!!!! date is 3/12/42... I´m impressed...BB Mutsu
BB Nagato

Allied ground losses:
838 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Vehicles lost 8

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 14
Port hits 6
Port supply hits 3

more than half of the IJN BBs are doing a bombardment at daylight... wonder why? [&:] We come away with relatively few casualties, at least fewer than we expected...

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ASW attack at 26,75

Japanese Ships
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
DD Tanikaze
DD Urakaze
DD Shiranuhi
DD Kagero
DD Akigumo

Allied Ships
SS S-27

the succesful S-27 is attacked again but she comes away unharmed... wonder what this TF consists of... KB?? Another bombardment TF? Can´t be a pure ASW TF, max number of ASW ships would be 6...

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9324 troops, 297 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1314

Defending force 59729 troops, 422 guns, 51 vehicles, Assault Value = 1303

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Rabaul

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4964 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58

Defending force 394 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

Japanese max assault: 44 - adjusted assault: 86

Allied max defense: 12 - adjusted defense: 4

Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 6:14 pm

Situation overview:

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 7:10 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/13/42

all action around Koepang...

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Sub attack near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
MSW Takasago Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Shanan Maru #16

Allied Ships
SS S-28

the small TFs we spotted weren´t APs but MSWs... the IJN seems to seek for mines at Koepang... Takasago Maru is the next victim of our subs... later in the day S-28 was hit with a 250kg AP bomb from a Val... KB is in the area...[8|]

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Sub attack at 29,75

Japanese Ships
MSW Toshi Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS KXVI

Toshi Maru is hit with a dud... seen to many non MK14 duds... [&:]

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ASW attack at 49,91

Japanese Ships
PC Showa Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Plunger

this is at the sound between New Guinea and Australia... wonder what the PC is doing there... more subs are going into the Koepang area as this seems to be the place where all the IJN is at the moment... would be a good opportunity to go on the offense somewhere else...

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Sub attack at 25,73 [:(][:(][:(]

Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro
DD Hatsushima
DD Nenohi
DD Kawakaze
DD Shigure
DD Arashi
DD Maikaze
CA Mikuma

Allied Ships
SS Pollack

damn! Torps fail to detonate... Pollack launches 2 MK14 from her rear tubes, but Hortlund is lucky... I knew we would get a shot at some point, it´s a pity we don´t score...[:(]

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 22

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Imphal , at 33,26

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 120

No Japanese losses

The IJA has reconned Imphal for a long time already with no cap in the air all the time... wonder why he sends 120 Oscars for a sweep... base is nearly empty...

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Day Air attack on Zuid Garrison Battalion, at 18,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 31
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lark Force Battalion, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
Ki-48 Lily x 15

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
Ki-48 Lily x 28

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 12
Blenheim IV x 69
P-40B Tomahawk x 40
B-25C Mitchell x 40
IL-4c x 15

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Port supply hits 4

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

we got a sigint of a construction battailon being shipped to Akyab. Looks like Hortlund wants to build up the base. We have 150 bombers waiting for the TF to show up...

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 81779 troops, 1016 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 1724

Defending force 59420 troops, 416 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 1293

Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Kweilin

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1714 troops, 0 guns, 115 vehicles, Assault Value = 71

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

Japanese max assault: 60 - adjusted assault: 67

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 67 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kweilin base !!!

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Ground combat at Rabaul

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4944 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 57

Defending force 383 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14

Japanese max assault: 44 - adjusted assault: 86

Allied max defense: 11 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 86 to 1

Allied ground losses:
425 casualties reported

NVGR battailon surrendered...

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 7:59 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/14/42

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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 80
P-40E Warhawk x 38

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 36

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

I wonder when the IJA will be the first time flying LRCAP over Myitkina...
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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 1
P-39D Airacobra x 3

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet

90% of the strike failed to locate the target...

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Day Air attack on Zuid Garrison Battalion, at 18,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 31
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
Ki-48 Lily x 38

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Allied aircraft
T.IVa x 7

Allied aircraft losses
T.IVa: 6 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x T.IVa launching torpedoes at 200 feet

when will be luck on my side? [:)]

For me it would be far too dangerous to have all those capital ships in this area...

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Day Air attack on TF at 26,75

Allied aircraft
T.IVa x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Nissen Maru #3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x T.IVa launching torpedoes at 200 feet

the invasion is coming in... parts of the 56th division were rescued... only a small AP so only a max of 3% of this division is lost... but at least a small success...

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ASW attack at 27,76

Japanese Ships
APD APD-39
APD APD-36
APD APD-35
DD Oboro
DD Hatsuharu

Allied Ships
SS Grayling, hits 4

one of the super ASW TFs moves one hex in front of the invasion TF... 4 near hits but Grayling is out of the battle... retiring with 15 sys and 10 float... [:(]

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Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
T.IVa: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
DD Hatsushima
DD Nenohi
DD Kawakaze
DD Shigure
DD Arashi
DD Maikaze
CL Kuma
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami
CA Ashigara
CA Nachi
CA Maya
BB Yamashiro
BB Haruna
BB Kongo

Allied ground losses:
958 casualties reported
Guns lost 24
Vehicles lost 10

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 18
Port hits 8
Port supply hits 10

again the bombardment at daylight... would this have happened at night, my torpedoe bombers would have been probably not been able to launch... but who cares, they don´t hit anyway... [8|]

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 82310 troops, 1028 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 1900

Defending force 59412 troops, 410 guns, 51 vehicles, Assault Value = 1286

Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:52 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/15/42

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Sub attack near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
DD Nenohi
DD Hatsushima
DD Kawakaze
DD Shigure
DD Arashi
DD Maikaze

Allied Ships
SS KXIV

4 torps miss... [:(]

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Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77

Japanese Ships
DD Hatsushima
DD Nenohi
DD Kawakaze
DD Shigure
DD Arashi
DD Maikaze
CL Kuma
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami
CA Ashigara
CA Nachi
CA Maya
BB Yamashiro
BB Haruna
BB Kongo

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

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 21
Port hits 5
Port supply hits 4

wonder how many more bombardments we will see...

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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 1
P-39D Airacobra x 24

No Allied losses

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 52

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 9 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
47 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet

16.000 ft but the flak is as heavy as I would attack at 2.000 ft it seems... 4 Mitchels are lost... will be tough to try to close airfields in Nikmod... 1 airbase and 1 airfield hit for 4 bombers lost isn´t encouraging...

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-48 Lily x 46

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Sub attack at 27,76

Japanese Ships
AK Syozin Maru
AK Fumishima Maru
DD Satsuki

Allied Ships
SS Seawolf

torps fail to detonate... Hortlund stated it would be hard for my subs to be succesful as they are spotted and even attacked every turn. Well, I move them every turn and they are still attacking. It´s just bad luck for me or luck for him if the torps miss or fail to detonate... So this turn he was lucky with both attacks failing...

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Sub attack at 21,47

Japanese Ships
PG Aso Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PC Ch 12
PC Ch 11
PC Ch 10
PC Ch 6
PG Kamitsu Maru

Allied Ships
SS Truant, hits 1

but we are succesful near Singapore... a PG is sunk... one near miss in return...

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Coastal Guns at Koepang, 28,77, firing at TF 79
TF 79 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77

180 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DD Isonami, Shell hits 2

Japanese ground losses:
394 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

hmm... we have lots of CD guns but they don´t seem to fire at the ships... again, CD or no CD... [8|] The 56th division came ashore but without any support troops...

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 82726 troops, 1044 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 2120

Defending force 59040 troops, 399 guns, 51 vehicles, Assault Value = 1278

Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported

the Japanese are increasing their troop numbers at Manila again...

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Ground combat at Koepang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15147 troops, 155 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 414

Defending force 14975 troops, 131 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 331

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

the combat replay shows the 56th division with an assault value of around 250. We will see how big the av will grow but as it is now the single division won´t have a chance to take the base...

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 5:19 pm

Including the disappointing attacks, all in all a good turn for us...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/16/42

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ASW attack at 27,77

Japanese Ships
DD Akatsuki
DD Asagiri
DD Hibiki

Allied Ships
SS Triton

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Coastal Guns at Koepang, 28,77, firing at TF 3
TF 3 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77

688 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CA Kinugasa
DD Satsuki, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage
CL Yura, Shell hits 1

Japanese ground losses:
953 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported

The second invasion TF goes in, carrying the Imperial guards division... oh no, why do we have to face one of the best IJA divs... our 6inch CD guns did a better job this turn... Satsuki is dead...

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Sub attack near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
AP Suwa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Isonami

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise

Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported

then we hit a big AP with a MK14... with big APs, perhaps he has to unload next turn also...

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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 64
P-40E Warhawk x 62

No Allied losses

Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Zuid Garrison Battalion, at 18,56

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 31
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-48 Lily x 35

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 8

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Yura
AK Tyoko Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CA Kinugasa

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 3000 feet

Before this attack we have seen half a dozen messages of bombers failing to locate one of the 6 or 7 spotted TFs... [8|] strike came from Derby...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 7
Hudson I x 9

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Kinugasa
CL Yura
AK Kasyu Maru, Bomb hits 1

Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet

hit rate is mmmm...

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Day Air attack on TF at 29,30 [X(]

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 6
P-40B Tomahawk x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Takao
AP Denmark Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet

this is the TF that moves to Akyab. We have spotted at least 10 ships, covered by a couple of CA/CL... more than 100 bombers are set to nav/port attack but we launch a laughable strike... depressing, not a single hit... [8|]

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Day Air attack on TF at 29,30

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 4
Blenheim IV x 32
IL-4c x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 3 damaged
IL-4c: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Takao
CA Atago
DD Hatsuyuki
CL Naka, Bomb hits 1
AP Denmark Maru
CL Jintsu

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

the joke gets better and better, just after our first strike, an unescorted strike launches against the same TF from the same base...

can´t they fly together?? hit rate is again a f***ing joke but Naka was hit with a 500lb bomb that penetrated the deck armor...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Koshin Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 3000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 27,77

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 20

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Hibiki
DD Asagiri, Bomb hits 2, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 3000 feet

then we attack an ASW TF 8 hexes from Derby... Hortlund knows now that he isn´t save while hunting my subs...

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 21

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 15
Blenheim IV x 58
P-40B Tomahawk x 31
IL-4c x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
IL-4c: 1 damaged

Port supply hits 2

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

[:@][:@][:@][:@][:@] what´s wrong with that game?????? Why the hell are those bombers now attacking the port of Akyab when they are set to nav attack as primary mission???????? They should attack this big TF just 2 hexes West of Akyab... but hey, while we have seen only small strikes on the TF, the port is attacked by ALL available bombers... with this attack for nothing my bombers accumulated another 10 points of fatigue...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 17
Hudson I x 4

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CL Yura, Bomb hits 1
AK Milan Maru
CA Kinugasa

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet

hit rate??? lol... 250lb bomb hit can´t do anything to a CL...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 4

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Anrugu Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 3000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Koshin Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 6 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Asagao
BB Nagato
BB Yamato

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 3000 feet

YAMATO BB group again??

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ASW attack at 29,75

Japanese Ships
APD APD-2
APD APD-1
DD Asagumo
DD Yamagumo
DD Hatsukaze

Allied Ships
SS O23

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Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! [X(]

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
T.IVa: 1 destroyed

135 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DD Karukaya, Shell hits 12, on fire, heavy damage
DD Fuyo, Shell hits 12, on fire, heavy damage
DD Asagao, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
DD Wakatake, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
DD Nokaze
DD Yakaze
DD Minekaze, Shell hits 2
DD Asanagi
DD Kamikaze, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
DD Isokaze
CL Tama
CA Furutaka
CA Aoba
BB Hyuga
BB Ise
BB Yamato
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato

Allied ground losses:
1778 casualties reported
Guns lost 31
Vehicles lost 12

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 35
Port hits 5
Port supply hits 11

[:D][:D] looks like Hortlund felt save due to our non existent CD gunfire so far and wanted to achieve more hits on my base... He achieved more hits, but this time our 6 inch CD guns fired back. A dozen is still ready to take on the fight. Two DDs sank this turn but I think that all 5 DDs are write offs... Means with the one that was sunk due to a sub attack, Hortlund already has lost 6 DDs in his Koepang adventure. Another DD was hit by 2 500lb bombs today...

But isn´t it amazing that the Yamato BB group already does another bombardment? They must have picked up 14, 16 and 18 inch shells somewhere at a secret IJN jungle base that has those shells available. [:D] If we will face BB bombardments nearly daily in the near future than perhaps we have to talk about min port size to replenish BB/CA ammo but we´ll see...

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Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 130289 troops, 1370 guns, 47 vehicles, Assault Value = 2153

Defending force 58712 troops, 392 guns, 51 vehicles, Assault Value = 1281

Japanese max assault: 1961 - adjusted assault: 780

Allied max defense: 1180 - adjusted defense: 1981

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

Japanese ground losses:
3399 casualties reported
Guns lost 147
Vehicles lost 4

Allied ground losses:
1155 casualties reported
Guns lost 47
Vehicles lost 2

even though we are nearly out of supply (2500 at Manila) Hortlund doesn´t have to wonder why he always fails... He hasn´t brought enough force with any of his attacks so far. All he´s doing all the time is to bring in one or two new divisions to wreck them with attacks with far insufficient force... He should have brought in more troops, wait until he really has enough and then attack... if he wants to take Manila then he shouldn´t just have thrown 2 divs at Koepang... with failed attacks due to insufficient force in the past in Malaya, at Hong Kong and on Java he does the same error in the Philipines now too...

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Ground combat at Koepang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14304 troops, 139 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 394

Defending force 29119 troops, 232 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 721

Japanese ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

wooden hex and level 3 forts but no chance to further improve them with a completely wrecked base due to the naval bombardments. We will see if we can hold, supply shouldn´t be a problem...

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1st DAF Base Force Wiped Out at Kendari by attrition!!!

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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy

RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy

RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy

RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy

RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy