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

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/16/42

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TF 29 encounters mine field at Victoria Point (25,39)

Japanese Ships
MSW Bisan Maru

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TF 29 encounters mine field at Victoria Point (25,39)

Japanese Ships
MSW Bisan Maru

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Sub attack near Palmyra at 106,85

Japanese Ships
AP Yamakuni Maru
MSW Wa 9
MSW Banshu Maru #52
MSW Asahi Maru
PG Choan Maru #2
MSW Choun Maru #6
MSW Atsu Maru
MSW Wa 20
MSW Wa 6
PG Choko Maru #2
PG Chokai Maru
PG Chitose Maru
PG Busho Maru
MSW Rikusen Maru
MSW Keinan Maru
MSW Banshu Maru #56

Allied Ships
SS Silversides, hits 1

even a super escort doesn´t prevent a sub, that has been spotted for weeks in the base hex, from an attack. Silversides misses luckily and is hit by a real hit (if not FOW).

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TF 62 encounters mine field at Palmyra (106,85)

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 9
MSW Banshu Maru #52
MSW Asahi Maru
MSW Choun Maru #6
MSW Atsu Maru
MSW Wa 20
MSW Wa 6
MSW Rikusen Maru
MSW Keinan Maru
MSW Banshu Maru #56
PG Choan Maru #2, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PG Choko Maru #2
PG Chokai Maru
PG Chitose Maru

then we see our MSWs endlessly sweeping mines... until... PG Choan Maru#2 hits a mine... hits another mine... no mines left... [8|] the PG is dead... once again the sub laid mines are 1.000% or perhaps 100.000% as effective as mines laid by mine layers... for what reason ever - only the devs know...

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 71
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 17
Ki-27 Nate x 118
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 67

No Japanese losses

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 3

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 53
Ki-49 Helen x 151

Allied aircraft
Mohawk IV x 6
Buffalo I x 5
Hurricane IIb x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 9 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Mohawk IV: 8 destroyed
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Hurricane IIb: 28 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 11 destroyed
IL-4c: 1 destroyed
Beaufort V-IX: 3 destroyed
Blenheim IV: 3 destroyed

Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 77

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

for what reason ever, the British airforce in India still takes on the fight and has been really bleeded the last turns. Hundreds of British aircraft destroyed in the air and on the ground. Hopefully a lot of British pilots died, the British replacement rate is only 30 a month so it´s definetely possible to empty the pool - IF the British decide to fight on!



the Allied losses over the last couple of turns were really severe... the replacement rate of the Hurricane is 75/month so the British won´t run out of Hurricanes, it´s all about his pilot replacement pool. A pilot in the mid 30s isn´t a match for our fighter pilots... but I think Swift will retreat his aircraft before his pool would be anywhere near depleted...


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ASW attack near Palmyra at 106,85

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 9
MSW Banshu Maru #52
MSW Asahi Maru
MSW Choun Maru #6
MSW Atsu Maru
MSW Wa 20
MSW Wa 6
PG Choko Maru #2
PG Chokai Maru
PG Chitose Maru
PG Busho Maru
MSW Rikusen Maru
MSW Keinan Maru
MSW Banshu Maru #56

Allied Ships
SS Silversides, hits 2

2 near misses...

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Ground combat at Changsha

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 205239 troops, 2633 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3846

Defending force 79250 troops, 421 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2156

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Japanese max assault: 3795 - adjusted assault: 2398

Allied max defense: 2038 - adjusted defense: 1503

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 5


Japanese ground losses:
7369 casualties reported
Guns lost 141
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
2863 casualties reported
Guns lost 64

our first attack at Changsha and we are surprised to see that the Chinese only built level 6 forts (amazing, as Hengchow further to the West already had level 8). Our engineers took down a fort level and we easily achieve a 1:1 in adjusted av. The losses spread over our leading units are severe though, they have to be rotated out against troops that aren´t prepared more than 50%. Most troops in this attack were already 100% prepared.

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2132 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1684

Defending force 73785 troops, 436 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1771



Allied ground losses:
93 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Merauke

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 432 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21

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

Japanese max assault: 20 - adjusted assault: 11

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Merauke base !!!

parts of the 2nd Parachute regiment took Merauke on the South West tip of New Guinea. Tomorrow we will drop on Thursday Island, then Port Moresby is completely isolated. But Swift hasn´t tried to reinforce or resupply PM anyway so it doesn´t look like he would want to fight for it.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/17/42

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TF 29 encounters mine field at Victoria Point (25,39)

Japanese Ships
MSW Bisan Maru

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Derby at 24,85

Japanese Ships
CA Kako
DD Akatsuki
DD Inazuma

Allied Ships
AK Malda, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk

Swift keeps sending around single AKs to the bases in Northern Australia. Another one is killed...

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Naval bombardment of Wyndham, at 30,86 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya, Shell hits 1


Allied ground losses:
106 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

we spotted a ship here also but it had left before we could go in position. So I ordered a bombardment of the 3 base forces there, there are also around 50 aircraft spotted. We tangle around with a navy base force that shoots back and the bombardment result is poor.

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 71
D3A Val x 16
B5N Kate x 17
Ki-27 Nate x 116
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 66

No Japanese losses

Port hits 6
Port supply hits 3

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

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Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 224

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 6 damaged

Airbase hits 20
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 85

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 28,83

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 18
G4M1 Betty x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Indora, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet

attacks on single ship TFs are rare but this one is obviously sunk...

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2132 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1681

Defending force 73723 troops, 434 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1779



Allied ground losses:
98 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Thursday Island

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 422 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

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

Japanese max assault: 16 - adjusted assault: 10

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Thursday Island base !!!

2nd Parachute regiment takes the empty Thursday Island...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/18/42

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 71
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 17
Ki-27 Nate x 80
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 71

No Japanese losses

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 4

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

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Day Air attack on Changsha , at 47,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 230

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 5 damaged


Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported

Airbase hits 19
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 117

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dacca , at 31,24

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3
Ki-21 Sally x 19
Ki-49 Helen x 41

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 4 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 24

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

The majority of the strikes fails to locate Dacca. But Dacca is nearly empty now anyway, the British fighters had enough from the last attacks where they really had to suffer.

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Ground combat at Changsha

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12082 troops, 371 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3644

Defending force 76245 troops, 344 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2007



Allied ground losses:
579 casualties reported
Guns lost 20


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2112 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1684

Defending force 73741 troops, 435 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1781



Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/19/42

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 71
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 17
Ki-27 Nate x 82
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 73

No Japanese losses

Port hits 4
Port supply hits 1

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

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Ground combat at Changsha

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12152 troops, 377 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3660

Defending force 75476 troops, 323 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1988



Allied ground losses:
446 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

The Chinese av dropped below 2000 already. Not bad considering it started somewhere around 3000 when the siege began! [X(] I have no idea why the artillery bombardment is SO effective. There seem to be no HQs in the lead and the first FOUR inf units are all around ZERO assault value now only from my bombardments. This while being behind level 6 forts. I have never seen this before.

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2112 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1684

Defending force 73828 troops, 434 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1784



Allied ground losses:
286 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/20/42

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Day Air attack on Ledo , at 36,25

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 64
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged

we sweep Ledo with a bad result. While we take down 3 Hurricanes, we lose an Oscar A2A and another 2 to ops...


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Ground combat at Changsha

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 201385 troops, 2444 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 3680

Defending force 75398 troops, 334 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1989

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Japanese max assault: 3663 - adjusted assault: 3548

Allied max defense: 1979 - adjusted defense: 1213

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 5)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 5


Japanese ground losses:
5738 casualties reported
Guns lost 153
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
2552 casualties reported
Guns lost 29

second deliberate attack on Changsha. While the first one achieved a 1:1 the second one already achieves a 2:1. I´m already thinking about doing a shock attack after four days rest to take down more than one fort level with every attack.


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2132 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1684

Defending force 73702 troops, 433 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1794



Allied ground losses:
119 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/21/42

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Naval bombardment of Norfolk Island, at 60,119

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
DD Voyager
CL Perth
CL Java

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 8
Port supply hits 1

we spotted this TF already last turn but it was out of range of torp bombers from Noumea. The damage isn´t worth mentioning anyway. The base has a base force that supports my Alf and Emily search chutai there...

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Day Air attack on Darwin , at 36,84

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 46
Ki-21 Sally x 62
Ki-49 Helen x 54
Ki-46-II Dinah x 7

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 4
Buffalo I x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 3 destroyed, 18 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 3 destroyed
Buffalo I: 3 destroyed
Blenheim I: 3 destroyed
Hudson I: 4 destroyed
A-20B Boston: 2 destroyed
B-26B Marauder: 9 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 2

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 97

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

ouch, pretty heavy flak fire over Darwin! The number of Allied aircraft in Northern Australia seems to grow steadily and we´re a bit concerned about that, so we will start a little air offensive. After my BB bombardments I thought flak fire wouldn´t be as intense as it was but in the end only 5 bombers are lost today (all to flak). So none lost to ops. Wouldn´t I have lost them to flak, then they would have been lost to ops anyway... [:D] More than 40 Allied aircraft were lost today...


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Ground combat at Changsha

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12172 troops, 377 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2339

Defending force 72969 troops, 280 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1902



Allied ground losses:
387 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

we are rotating some units again and will then SHOCK attack. Once again, no ground support missions were flown by the 250 IJA bombers in China... [8|]

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2132 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1682

Defending force 73610 troops, 433 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1803



Allied ground losses:
85 casualties reported

A div has entered the cross road hex 2 hexes North of Wuchow. Wuchow isn´t surrounded but hasn´t a supply path to the North. It really seems, that Swift is only watching me moving around, showing no reaction or if he shows a reaction he IMO absolutely does the wrong moves. At the moment it looks like it was never as easy for me to take ground in China than it is in this game.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/22/42

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 71
B5N Kate x 17
Ki-27 Nate x 84
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 92

No Japanese losses

Port hits 3
Port supply hits 5

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

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Day Air attack on 40th Division, at 45,30


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 22


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 2 damaged

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

attack from Chengtu on our stack of divisions at the crossroads between Chungking and Sian...
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Day Air attack on 55th Division, at 30,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 7

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet

The British are flying ground attacks with a small number of obsolete bombers at long range. We are moving a couple of units towards Akyab to force the Royal Air force to fight or to give up Akyab. One Blen is lost A2A...

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Day Air attack on 44th Chinese Corps, at 47,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 60

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
103 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

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

A2G attack on Changsha...

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Day Air attack on 55th Chinese Corps, at 47,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 146

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 8 damaged


Allied ground losses:
215 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 25,83

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 25
G4M1 Betty x 25

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
ML Prins van Oranje, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet


a ML cruises around the Northern coast of Australia and is sunk by a big torp bomber strike... wonder if there was a MLE also as the next port 9 would be Brisbane...

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ASW attack at 40,126

Japanese Ships
SS I-122

a ghost ASW attack, but our opponent knows now that our sub is in the area...

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Ground combat at Changsha

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12169 troops, 379 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3125

Defending force 71757 troops, 275 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1888



Allied ground losses:
436 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

shock attack in a couple of turns...

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2132 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1681

Defending force 73483 troops, 434 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1807



Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 42,37

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9775 troops, 69 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 602

Defending force 20509 troops, 256 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 421


Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

2 hexes North of Wuchow. Only two Chinese corps are defending here, the troops at Wuchow will be dead also... I don´t understand Swift at all. My troops are already marching against the lightly defended Kweiyang and are also moving North on Chungking to block any units going out of the main Chinese base...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/23/42

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Naval bombardment of Paramushiro Jima, at 82,34 [X(]

Allied Ships
BB Tennessee

Japanese ground losses:
164 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1


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Naval bombardment of Paramushiro Jima, at 82,34[X(]

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
CL Honolulu
CL Helena
BB Idaho

Japanese ground losses:
255 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

those attacks must be to raise Allied morale a bit. I can´t believe he will be really going to mount an invasion here. Would be cool to see what the 16x240mm howitzers from the static CD gun units could do against an invasion. Mountaineous hex with level 3 forts at the moment. 100+ assault points. Would need 2 divs+ to take the base. But who knows...

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 70
D3A Val x 17
Ki-27 Nate x 84
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 96

No Japanese losses

Port hits 5
Port supply hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 40th Division, at 45,30


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 15


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SB-2c bombing at 14000 feet
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Day Air attack on 6th Division, at 45,30


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 12


No Allied losses

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


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Ground combat at 44,35

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 171685 troops, 1744 guns, 753 vehicles, Assault Value = 3982

Defending force 40106 troops, 148 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 973

Japanese max assault: 3618 - adjusted assault: 2189

Allied max defense: 930 - adjusted defense: 44

Japanese assault odds: 49 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
1272 casualties reported
Guns lost 51
Vehicles lost 5

Allied ground losses:
2397 casualties reported
Guns lost 36


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

I just don´t know what Swift is doing in China. It´s not like I´m rushing through the country, I´m not doing shock attacks with the order to pursue the enemy. Those Chinese units had two weeks time to move out of the hex. They just had to move on the road to Kweiyang but Swift lets them sit there, waiting until all my units have entered the hex to kick them out... [&:] China is completely lost for him. All he will have is Chungking in the end with all his units trapped in that area...

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Ground combat at Changsha

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12222 troops, 379 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3469

Defending force 71402 troops, 281 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1878



Allied ground losses:
343 casualties reported
Guns lost 6


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2132 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1681

Defending force 73484 troops, 437 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1807



Allied ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at 29,31

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 60971 troops, 532 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 1162

Defending force 4432 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 118

Japanese max assault: 1232 - adjusted assault: 819

Allied max defense: 113 - adjusted defense: 85

Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
461 casualties reported
Guns lost 19
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
128 casualties reported
Guns lost 5


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

those are my divs crossing the river towards Akyab. The bgd defending the hex was forced to retreat...

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Ground combat at 42,37

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9756 troops, 67 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 602

Defending force 35771 troops, 436 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 748

[castor troy]

oops, wrong thread...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/24/42

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 64
B5N Kate x 17
Ki-27 Nate x 76
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 91

No Japanese losses

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Calcutta , at 29,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 30
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

the last days we´ve always seen 15+ Hurricanes on Cap so we decided to sweep the base. Only a tiny cap, this attack wasn´t worth the risk of op losses...

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Day Air attack on 44th Chinese Corps, at 47,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 123

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 5 damaged


Allied ground losses:
243 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 55th Chinese Corps, at 47,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 80

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

good to see the Helens flying today as we´ve ordered a shock attack...

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Ground combat at Changsha [X(]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 192315 troops, 2285 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 3486

Defending force 70817 troops, 285 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1854

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 <----- the engineers reduced 3!!!! fort levels!!!!

Japanese max assault: 7128 - adjusted assault: 6048

Allied max defense: 1656 - adjusted defense: 1399

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Changsha base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
6670 casualties reported
Guns lost 110
Vehicles lost 4

Allied ground losses:
101996 casualties reported [X(][X(]
Guns lost 437

good that there are so many Chinese! [8D] Changsha fell easier than I thought. The 100.000 Chinese troops were worth some 700 points, we lost around 25 points all in all in the attack on Changsha. We have now nearly 5000 assault points that could further advance as our troops are all combat ready and we have yet to take a beating in China. Supply situation for the Chinese must be absolutely hopeless by now. We have to at least take one Chinese base with a 300 ressource center, then we´re still around 300-400 ressources short to feed all of our HI (I haven´t expanded it)! This is the result of the British being able to destroy all their ressource centers. [8|] So in fact the British are responsible for our major attack on China. Swift hasn´t made it really hard for our troops so we will reduce China to a not anymore dangerous side show...

Nik has reduced the bases in China that produce ressources to only a couple. Kunming far West, Chungking and Chengtu and Lanchow in the North, so if you want to take resource centers you have to take all of China. It was a good idea of Nik to swap the ressource centers with auto supply but now the wished effect is exactly the opposite as I have to advance further than I initially wanted to. At the moment we have shut down 250 merchant shipyard to see our HI pool increasing slightly every day and in return the ressources are going down.

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2132 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1682

Defending force 73538 troops, 435 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1811



Allied ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Wuchow will be the next target! At the same time my troops are already advancing towards Kweiyang and then further West. Afterwards we will take out Nanning in the South - there are still some 40.000 troops (again, not understandable IMO). Our troops from the Changsha assault will be brought to the places with "heavy" resistance.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/25/42

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Sub attack near Victoria Point at 25,39

Japanese Ships
MSW Bisan Maru

Allied Ships
SS O24

sub mine layer attacks a MSW already waiting to clear the mines... always the same... absolutely ineffecient use of the Allied subs so far, but that´s fine with me... I just wonder why those subs are always sent to the same locations where MSW are already waiting... [&:]

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TF 29 encounters mine field at Victoria Point (25,39)

Japanese Ships
MSW Bisan Maru

mines were placed and we begin to clear them 10 minutes later...[:D]

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 70
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 16
Ki-27 Nate x 81
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 103

No Japanese losses

Port hits 5
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 40th Division, at 45,30


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 21


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported

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

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Day Air attack on TF at 33,79


Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 27,80


Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 4
Martin 139 x 6
Hudson I x 15


Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 3 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro
CA Mogami
CA Aoba

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet

so far, there´s nothing that could really hurt our BBs/CAs in this region...
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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2132 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1682

Defending force 73616 troops, 437 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1812



Allied ground losses:
125 casualties reported

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/26/42

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TF 29 encounters mine field at Victoria Point (25,39)

Japanese Ships
MSW Bisan Maru

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we ordered some heavy naval bombardments this turn... only one TF was spotted last turn...

Naval bombardment of Wyndham, at 30,86 [:D]


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
CW-21B Demon: 3 destroyed
Hudson I: 2 destroyed
Martin 139: 4 destroyed
Hawk 75A: 1 destroyed
Wirraway: 5 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Takao
BB Kirishima
BB Hiei


Allied ground losses:
1125 casualties reported
Guns lost 33
Vehicles lost 2

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 43

with the recon flown every day, most of our bombardments look like tactical nukes...

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Naval bombardment of Darwin, at 36,84 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 3 destroyed
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed
Hudson I: 3 destroyed

7 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CA Maya, Shell hits 3
BB Fuso
BB Nagato


Allied ground losses:
3009 casualties reported
Guns lost 66
Vehicles lost 14

Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 75

not the first time Darwin´s garrison really suffers. Wonder why those 9.1 inch CD guns there were so inefficient so far...


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Naval bombardment of Derby, at 24,85 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

7 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CA Kinugasa
CA Aoba, Shell hits 1
CA Mogami
BB Yamashiro


Allied ground losses:
891 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Vehicles lost 3

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

the airfield is empty. This is the TF that was spotted last turn and Swift moved out all his aircraft to other airfields on the Northern Australien coast... and three out of four were heavily bombarded this turn! [:D][:D][:D] Around 40 Allied aircraft were lost today...

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Coastal Guns at Port Moresby, 53,91, firing at TF 61
TF 61 troops unloading over beach at Port Moresby, 53,91


83 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
PG Kyo Maru #10, Shell hits 1

Japanese ground losses:
689 casualties reported

we´re going in at PM... We have a cruiser TF to cover our invasion TF. No damage was done to our invasion TF from CD fire.

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Coastal Guns at Port Moresby, 53,91, firing at TF 61
TF 61 troops unloading over beach at Port Moresby, 53,91


24 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
PG Taiko Maru

Japanese ground losses:
687 casualties reported

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TF 43 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34)

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


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2132 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1684

Defending force 73588 troops, 439 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1814



Allied ground losses:
189 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Port Moresby

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3182 troops, 41 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 89

Defending force 8957 troops, 116 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 272


Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/27/42

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Coastal Guns at Port Moresby, 53,91, firing at TF 61
TF 61 troops unloading over beach at Port Moresby, 53,91


48 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
AP Nanrei Maru, Shell hits 1
PG Taiko Maru

Japanese ground losses:
344 casualties reported

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TF 29 encounters mine field at Victoria Point (25,39)

Japanese Ships
MSW Bisan Maru

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TF 43 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34)

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

mines placed always at the same ports aren´t really effective...

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ASW attack near Georgetown at 23,44

Japanese Ships
MSW Choyo Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Truant

Truant at Georgetown?? Ahh, laying mines...

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Naval bombardment of Wyndham, at 30,86


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 4 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 2 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 2 destroyed
Wirraway: 1 destroyed
Martin 139: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Myoko
CA Ashigara
CA Haguro


Allied ground losses:
438 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 4

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 38
Port supply hits 1

after the BBs we sent in another cruiser TF and again the airfield is hit hard...

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Coastal Guns at Port Moresby, 53,91, firing at TF 61
TF 61 troops unloading over beach at Port Moresby, 53,91


16 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
149 casualties reported

nearly all of our bgd has unloaded, we suffered nearly 20% of our troops disabled. Preparation was 50+...

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TF 29 encounters mine field at Victoria Point (25,39)

Japanese Ships
MSW Bisan Maru

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 71
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 17
Ki-27 Nate x 48
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 108

No Japanese losses

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wyndham , at 30,86

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 68
Ki-49 Helen x 54
Ki-46-II Dinah x 7

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 4
Hawk 75A x 2
CW-21B Demon x 2
Brewster 339D x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 3 destroyed
Hawk 75A: 2 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 3 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 2 destroyed
Martin 139: 1 destroyed
Hudson I: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 50

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

after the 2 naval bombardments, there wasn´t flak fire anymore. We achieve a good hit rate on the airfield at extended range and destroy more aircraft on the ground and in the air. Another 30+ Allied aircraft were destroyed today - mostly obsolete types though. But it seems Swift already has retreaten some of his bomber groups as the Marauders seem to not be in Northern Australia anymore...

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Day Air attack on 40th Division, at 45,30


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 18


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
2 casualties reported

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

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Day Air attack on 109th IJA Base Force, at 45,30


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 7


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SB-2c bombing at 14000 feet
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Day Air attack on No. 112 RAN Base Force, at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 32
B5N Kate x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 8 damaged
B5N Kate: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged


Allied ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x B5N Kate bombing at 5000 feet

2 bombers lost today. I didn´t expect flak fire anymore.... a pity we bomb the unit with the lowes assault value... shouldn´t the unit with the HIGHEST av be the target?? [&:]

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2132 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1683

Defending force 73352 troops, 439 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1816



Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Port Moresby

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2436 troops, 27 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 52

Defending force 12390 troops, 140 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 271


Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

we will rest our bgd and then shock attack...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/28/42

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Coastal Guns at Port Moresby, 53,91, firing at TF 61
TF 61 troops unloading over beach at Port Moresby, 53,91


10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
PG Taiko Maru, Shell hits 1

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported

All of our bgd has unloaded. Disruption is very low, we have ordered a shock attack next turn...

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TF 33 encounters mine field at Georgetown (23,44)

Japanese Ships
MSW Choyo Maru #2

[8D]

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Naval bombardment of Akyab, at 30,29 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CL Oi
CL Kitakami
CL Yura
CL Sendai
CA Mikuma


Allied ground losses:
198 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 3

lvl 1 port at Akyab makes naval bombardments nearly impossible...

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Naval bombardment of Paramushiro Jima, at 82,34 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Honolulu, Shell hits 1
CL Helena
BB Idaho

Japanese ground losses:
161 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 3

the US bombardment TFs are back again, another one was spotted today... wonder if he will really get serious in this region. I´m not really interested in a fight up there and will let him do whatever he wants. We will start to fight 6 hexes West at the earliest. 4E bombers could reacht the HI from Paramushiro Jima though. Max airfield would be a level 4. Still, I won´t put a div at this damned place in the far North... better to place a lot of flak guns in the HI that would be in range of 4Es from Paramushiro Jima...

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TF 33 encounters mine field at Georgetown (23,44)

Japanese Ships
MSW Choyo Maru #2

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TF 43 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34)

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

[8D]

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 18
Ki-21 Sally x 48
Ki-49 Helen x 38

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


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Port hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 40th Division, at 45,30


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 18


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

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

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2132 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1684

Defending force 73293 troops, 440 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1821



Allied ground losses:
82 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Port Moresby

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1826 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 26

Defending force 12639 troops, 138 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 271


Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

I doubt the Allied can withstand our shock attack next turn... no retreat path either so the Allied troops should surrender...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/29/42

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TF 33 encounters mine field at Georgetown (23,44)

Japanese Ships
MSW Choyo Maru #2

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Naval bombardment of Paramushiro Jima, at 82,34 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
BB Tennessee, Shell hits 2

Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

here´s the next Allied bombardment of Paramushiro, doing nill damage... without recon, naval bombardments are not worth the sys damage most of the time...

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TF 33 encounters mine field at Georgetown (23,44)

Japanese Ships
MSW Choyo Maru #2

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Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 34
Ki-49 Helen x 107
Ki-46-II Dinah x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 7 damaged


Allied ground losses:
105 casualties reported

Airbase hits 23
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 98

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

the air offensive against Wuchow has begun. Easy to hit this time, as we´re attacking a level 5 airfield.

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Day Air attack on 6th Division, at 45,30


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 19


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2132 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1685

Defending force 73162 troops, 438 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1823



Allied ground losses:
105 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Port Moresby [8D]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 12739 troops, 135 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 274

Defending force 3199 troops, 14 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 11

Japanese max assault: 522 - adjusted assault: 224

Allied max defense: 5 - adjusted defense: 17

Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Port Moresby base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
129 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
4527 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

our adjusted av looks awfully, but it´s still easily enough to force the defenders of Port Moresby to surrender. The Allied prisoners were worth some 150 points!

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/30/42

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Naval bombardment of Paramushiro Jima, at 82,34

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed
E7K2 Alf: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
DD Gilmer
BB Colorado
DD Clark
DD Tucker
DD Preston

Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 5

again a pathetic result. Wonder why Swift is even doing those bombardments... To gain night exp? At the moment this is the only positive aspect for him that I can see. Nearly no damage again, we did lose 4 float planes though... the float planes must have sit at the airfield... [8|]

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TF 33 encounters mine field at Georgetown (23,44)

Japanese Ships
MSW Choyo Maru #2

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 71
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 17
Ki-27 Nate x 84
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 144

No Japanese losses

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-49 Helen x 201

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


Allied ground losses:
93 casualties reported

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 118

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 6th Division, at 45,30


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 19


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3072 troops, 120 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2184

Defending force 73098 troops, 436 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1829



Allied ground losses:
129 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/31/42

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 69
D3A Val x 16
B5N Kate x 17
Ki-27 Nate x 82
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 143

No Japanese losses

Port hits 7
Port supply hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 40th Division, at 45,30


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 10


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SB-2c bombing at 14000 feet
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Day Air attack on 6th Division, at 45,30


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 7


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SB-2c bombing at 14000 feet
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Day Air attack on 69th Division, at 45,30


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 6


No Allied losses

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

2 IJA base forces in the hex but it seems they aren´t doing anything against bombers at 14.000 ft...

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10912 troops, 356 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4547

Defending force 73051 troops, 432 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1828



Allied ground losses:
450 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/01/42

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Naval bombardment of Paramushiro Jima, at 82,34 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Honolulu, Shell hits 2
CL Helena
BB Idaho, Shell hits 2

Japanese ground losses:
152 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

again a pathetic naval bombardment. But Swift is now using a Catalina unit to recon Paramushiro Jima... no carriers or invasion TF spotted up to now...

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Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 204

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


Allied ground losses:
58 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 121

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 40th Division, at 45,30


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 18


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 3 damaged

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


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14261 troops, 465 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4896

Defending force 72476 troops, 427 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1827



Allied ground losses:
505 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/02/42

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Sub attack at 49,49

Japanese Ships
DD Mochizuki
DD Oite
DD Yuzuki
DD Mikazuki
DD Minazuki
DD Mutsuki

Allied Ships
SS Grayling

Grayling´s torps failed to detonate... lucky Mochizuki...

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Naval bombardment of Wyndham, at 30,86


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 2 destroyed
Martin 139: 1 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 1 destroyed
Wirraway: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Myoko
CA Ashigara
CA Haguro


Allied ground losses:
637 casualties reported
Guns lost 16
Vehicles lost 3

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 84
Port hits 1

this time we sent in the cruiser TF again and it seems we hit the airfield hard... Allied aircraft aren´t spotted in big numbers as before we started our bombardment runs... we bombard Northern Australia with far more effectiveness than the Allied are doing that at Paramushiro Jima...

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ASW attack at 49,49

Japanese Ships
DD Oite
DD Yuzuki
DD Mochizuki
DD Mikazuki
DD Minazuki
DD Mutsuki

Allied Ships
SS Grayling

Grayling gets away again...

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
Ki-27 Nate x 84
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 144

No Japanese losses

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 6

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

5 Oscars lost today... [:(]

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Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 252

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 4 damaged


Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 165

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

we will switch to A2G attacks now...

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Day Air attack on Calcutta , at 29,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 4 destroyed, 3 damaged

one daitai failed to locate the target and the battle is over soon, in the end 4 British fighter bombers are lost A2A and a Zero to ops...

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Day Air attack on Wyndham , at 30,86

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-21 Sally x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 28
Ki-46-II Dinah x 5

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 1 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19

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

most of our strike fails to locate the target but there isn´t much left to be destroyed anyway...

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Day Air attack on 109th IJA Base Force, at 45,30


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 17


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported

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

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Sub attack near Paramushiro Jima at 82,34

Japanese Ships
AK Brisbane Maru

Allied Ships
SS Herring

we tried to send in reinforcements as those never ending bombardments created a "strange" feeling in my stomach. Herring misses, 2 TFs heading West are already spotted again a couple of hexes East of Paramushiro Jima, so this TF moves out again without having unloaded a single squad. It´s a pity we haven´t built the airfield to at least level 1 as we can´t fly in troops now with our transports and I don´t want to use my patrols...

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14323 troops, 466 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4922

Defending force 71960 troops, 423 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1821



Allied ground losses:
437 casualties reported

we have now more artillery than we had at Changsha but don´t achieve the same huge casualties every turn... 1000+ casualties like at Changsha would be great though... [:D]

[castor troy]

A great day for the Japanese Empire! The news are announcing another big victory for the Imperial Japanese Navy!!

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/03/42

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Naval bombardment of Paramushiro Jima, at 82,34

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed
E7K2 Alf: 2 destroyed
H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CL Honolulu
CL Helena
BB Idaho

Japanese ground losses:
277 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 3

at some point my fellow opponent will regret doing these endles bombardments... 6 aircraft lost...

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ASW attack at 33,79

Japanese Ships
DD Amatsukaze
DD Shiranuhi
DD Maikaze
DD Natsushio
BB Mutsu

Allied Ships
SS S-39

I could have regret my naval bombardments of Darwin at exactly this point but before the sub could attack it was chased away by our escorts... Darwin will be hit tomorrow...

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
Ki-27 Nate x 48
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 140

No Japanese losses

Port hits 4
Port supply hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
35 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 104

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
187 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 39th Chinese Corps, at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 116

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 3 damaged


Allied ground losses:
238 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 33,79


Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 2
Blenheim I x 5
Hudson I x 8


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 4 damaged
Hudson I: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso
BB Nagato
BB Mutsu

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet

3 BBs should know out Darwin for the next week+...

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Day Air attack on TF at 33,79


Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 2
Blenheim I x 5
Hudson I x 8


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 4 damaged
Hudson I: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso
BB Nagato
BB Mutsu

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 85,35 [X(][X(]

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
B5N Kate x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Tennessee, Torpedo hits 1, on fire [:D][:D][:D]

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

I bet this is already the point where Swift regrets his bombardments of Paramushiro Jima... Those were the 5 Kates of Hosho... I was shocked to see only this small airgroup attacking... until...

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we saw the full strike of our two other CVEs... this must be definetely the point where Swift regretted his attacks... [:)]


Day Air attack on TF at 85,35

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 54

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 2 destroyed, 16 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Idaho, Torpedo hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
CL Honolulu, Torpedo hits 1
DD Hull, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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

needless to say that Idaho was sunk after taking 7 torp hits... I was amazed how intense the flak fire of this TF was but in the end we lose only 4 Kates, though most are damaged now... Honolulu took another dud...

this was the morning phase! Wonderful weather by the way! [:)] Will all our bombers try to attack the already sunken BB in the afternoon and then fail to find the target instead of going after the rest of the enemy TF?


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NO... [:)]


Day Air attack on TF at 85,35

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 13 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Honolulu, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
DD Cushing
CL Helena, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

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

Also the modern CL Honolulu is sunk after 6 torps struck her... To top it off, the modern cruiser Helena also takes a fish! BANSAI!

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Day Air attack on TF at 85,35

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
B5N Kate x 21

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
BB Idaho, on fire, heavy damage

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

the rest of the bombers that were still operational tried to attack the Idaho that was already sunk at this point!

A great day! BB Idaho, CL Honolulu sunk, CL Helena damaged and a DD in danger of sinking, all for the loss of 4 Kates. A B-17 strike tried to engage our CVEs in the afternoon but failed to locate them at 10 hexes range. So if there aren´t the US CVs popping up now, it was a complete success for the IJA. Our CVEs are retiring full speed to the West. The enemy TFs were also in range of 54 Nells that I´ve brought in a couple of turns ago but the Nells refused to attack the high value ships...

as I have said before, I was (and am) not really interested in fighting up there and in the beginning I really thought we would see one or two bombardments and then the slow US BBs would disappear again. But they came back again and again, so I slowly moved my CVEs from Truk up to the North (on MISSION speed), even refulling them at Saipan. Then they joined Hosho that was in port of Hiroshima. In the meantime also the Nells came in, just to be sure to at least do a little damage to a possible invasion TF. All in all I can´t be really proud of outcome as I haven´t had a cunning plan that worked, IMO it was "not smart" to do those endless bombardments just a couple of hexes away from Japan. What if I had a couple of fleet carriers at Tokyo for repairs or upgrades? Then I would have sunk more than "just" a BB and a CL. I would even pursue them now...

but hey, it was nevertheless nice to watch the replay! [8D]

Swift sent the turn back without saying a word... [;)]


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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14363 troops, 466 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4938

Defending force 70924 troops, 408 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1793



Allied ground losses:
280 casualties reported
Guns lost 1