Stopping an Invidious Empire.

aztez · Post by **aztez** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:38 pm

Excellent stuff! The tide is definately turning and soon Jagdfluger will be an punching bag! [:D]
 
I doubt he maintain those losses now that you have firm foothold in the DEI region. I assume that everything there is going on as planned?

Capt. Harlock · Post by **Capt. Harlock** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 8:47 pm

Allied aircraft losses
Brewster 339D/F2A: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged

The Brewsters did poorly against the Me-264s cannon-based defensive armament. Excellent! The Me-264s are working as expected --- they can brush through light CAP composed of outdated fighters with little loss and even penetrate heavier CAP composed of modern fighters but ONLY at prohibitive cost. So in 1943 and onwards the Japanese player can hit vital Allied targets but he can only do so rarely and at great cost, as it should be.

It occurs to me that this is exactly what the P-39 Airacobra was originally designed for. It was one of WWII's more unusual configurations: the engine behind the pilot so a large gun could fire through the propeller hub. 37mm shells should impress even the Me-264's. But of course, historically no Axis country ever built serious numbers of 4E strategic bombers, so the P-39 found its niche as a ground attack fighter in the Soviet Union. Any squadrons the Russians can spare?

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 12:38 am

Aztez,

Yeah I'm up to 96 fighters in a flying circus there and will build it up to 250 over the next week while his elite carrier-based Zero units rebuild. My fighter mix policy for the invasion of Java ( using Canadian, Oz, British, US Army, US Navy and USMC units to spread the pilot and airframe losses amongst my contingents such as to maximise my staying power ) has really paid dividends. Over the past 3 days I've increased my fighter numbers in Java from the 60s to the mid-90s. In another 4 days I should be at about 200 fighters and then I should be able to withstand even a carrier-based fighter sweep ( just today I saw the massive IJN CVA Musashi sweeping past Northern Australia on its way to interdict my supply runs into Java ).

I have two basic plans at the moment:
a) If it doesn't look like Java can really hold then I'll evac by air and sub to Rangoon and overland from there into India.

b) if it does look like Java can hold then I'll take the Andaman islands whilst pushing a ground force to Tavoy and seeking to push through it to the rail-line running from Singapore to Bangkok. With the rail-line blocked I can land on the Malaysian peninsula at little cost ( well, a cost which would probably horrify 99% of people here but which I'm quite happy to pay as it furthers my overall strategic goals ). At that point in time I'll get another great shot at the IJN as it tries to bring reinforcements into Malaysia, I'll weaken his forces in China as he redeploys them westward and so long as my forces can hold in Malaysia I'll have another large number of bases from which to strike at Japanese resources in the DEI and, with a bit of luck, drive eastward to China - solving China's supply problem once and for all.

Obviously that's all dependent on holding in Java and IF it comes to pass it would be supported by my navy making short little leaps forward along southern Borneo on the way to relieving Manilla --- which I am actually fairly confident can hold out until January 1st 1943 under current circumstances.

Harlock,
Good point... I upgraded 2 US fighter squadrons to P-39Ds yesterday after the Colombo raid. Expect to see them meeting Me-264s in the air in times to come [:D] [/b]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/06/42

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Sub attack near Prince Rupert [BC] at 127,33

Japanese Ships
AK Genkai Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS SHCH130

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Sub attack near Prince Rupert [BC] at 127,33

Japanese Ships
MSW W.13, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS SHCH130

SHCH-130 has a great day's performance sinking another MSW and an AK.

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Day Air attack on Rahaeng [Thailand] , at 31,36

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 10
P-39D Airacobra x 15
Kittyhawk I/P-40 x 4
Wirraway CA-1 x 12
IL-2 Shturmovik x 96
MiG-3 x 25
Yak-1 x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 1 damaged
Wirraway CA-1: 1 destroyed
IL-2 Shturmovik: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
51 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 26

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Day Air attack on Pisanuloke [THAI] , at 31,37

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 3

No Allied losses

Resources hits 1

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 41
Ki-21-II Sally x 108

Allied aircraft
no flights

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

Allied aircraft losses
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 125

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

Japanese aircraft
G3M2/Ki-42 Nell x 6

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

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

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Day Air attack on Madicen [Java] , at 22,65

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-I Oscar x 6
Me-109E-4 Mike x 22

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Makale/Papolo [CLB] , at 32,68

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 9
E13A1 Jake x 9

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

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

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 25
Ki-27 Nate x 68
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 42
Ki-48-I Lily x 41

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 38

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Day Air attack on Adelaide [Australia] , at 26,117

Allied aircraft
Hudson IV x 13

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 3, heavy damage

Port hits 3
Port supply hits 2

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Day Air attack on Adelaide [Australia] , at 26,117

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 12
B-17E/F Fortress x 15

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 3, heavy damage

Port hits 5

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Day Air attack on Hobart [Tasmania] , at 28,132

I'm hitting Hobart now so that if the Japanese try to dock there I won't be facing land-based Zeroes in addition to what's on-ship. It probably won't work but it can't hurt to try.

Allied aircraft
Hudson IV x 6
Wellington IC x 9
IL-4C/DB-3F x 10

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 18

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-II Sally x 21

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

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Day Air attack on Prince Rupert [BC] , at 127,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 2
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 4
Me-109E-4 Mike x 82

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 15

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on KNIL Menado Gar Battalion, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 12
Ki-43-I Oscar x 5

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Wau [New Guinea] , at 55,90

Japanese aircraft
G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 55

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Adelaide [Australia] , at 26,117

Allied aircraft
TBF/TBM-1 Avenger x 2

No Allied losses

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Sub attack near Christmas I [IO] at 15,62

Japanese Ships
TK Nanei Maru, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KIX

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Ground combat at Ulan Bator [MON]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9479 troops, 152 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 679

Defending force 22753 troops, 298 guns, 115 vehicles, Assault Value =
690

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Ulan Bator [MON]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17480 troops, 267 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 690

Defending force 18831 troops, 216 guns, 109 vehicles, Assault Value =
679

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:26 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/07/42
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ASW attack at 26,132

Japanese Ships
DD Yunagi
DD Yuzuki
DD Oboro
DD Yugure
DD Hatsushimo
DD Yamakaze
DD Murasame
DD Asagumo
DD Amatsukaze
DD Oyashio
DD Kagero
CVL Chitose

Allied Ships
SS O23

CVL Chitose got lucky yet again and dodged torpedoes from the only submarine I have on patrol in Australian waters - the rest are focused on CONUSA and Java..

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Day Air attack on Sian [Central China] , at 47,29

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 15
TBF/TBM-1 Avenger x 45

Allied aircraft losses
TBF/TBM-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Oil hits 7

Oil, must destroy oil points.

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Day Air attack on Hong Kong [UK] , at 43,42

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 12

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 13

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Rahaeng [Thailand] , at 31,36

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 57

Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 7
A-24 Dauntless x 9
P-39D Airacobra x 17
Kittyhawk I/P-40 x 7
Wirraway CA-1 x 12
IL-2 Shturmovik x 99
MiG-3 x 33
Yak-1 x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
Me-109E-4 Mike: 21 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 1 damaged
A-24 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
Kittyhawk I/P-40: 3 destroyed
Wirraway CA-1: 2 destroyed
IL-2 Shturmovik: 8 destroyed, 1 damaged
MiG-3: 5 destroyed
Yak-1: 24 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 20

The Yak-1s didn't do too well today but they did help down another score of Ki-109s and every bit helps. Jagdfluger has pulled Ki-109s out of China to bolster the defence at Rahaeng. In response I'm going to pull out my Il-2s and bring in my Pe-2s and conduct fighter sweeps. That ought to maximise my killing at a minimum loss.

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 34
Ki-21-II Sally x 115

Another major assault out of Singapore... Only escorted by 34 Zeroes though.

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

Airbase hits 9
Runway hits 135

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Day Air attack on Madicen [Java] , at 22,65

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 20

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Makale/Papolo [CLB] , at 32,68

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 9
E13A1 Jake x 9
Ki-43-I Oscar x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val/Ki-52: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 1

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

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 25
Ki-27 Nate x 71
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 38
Ki-48-I Lily x 43

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 1 damaged
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 destroyed

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

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 44

The Ki-48 IIs are gone from the Phillipines. I expect to see them over either Rangoon or Java ( probably Java ) in the next couple of days. Since his Me-264s and Ki-48 IIs are his only armoured bombers and the FlAK over Batavia will be murderous to unarmoured bombers I expect jagdfluger to preferentially use his Ki-48 IIs and Me-264s over Batavia. Thus their disappearance points to a raid over Batavia. Consequently I will bring my fighters into Batavia tomorrow to meet this expected raid.

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Day Air attack on Adelaide [Australia] , at 26,117

Allied aircraft
Hudson IV x 11

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
AP Daihachikyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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Day Air attack on Adelaide [Australia] , at 26,117

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 14
B-17E/F Fortress x 18

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Daihachikyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kasuga Maru #2, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 4

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Day Air attack on Hobart [Tasmania] , at 28,132

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 21

Allied aircraft
Hudson IV x 8
Wellington IC x 10
IL-4C/DB-3F x 18

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

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson IV: 2 destroyed
Wellington IC: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
IL-4C/DB-3F: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged

An expensive raid.

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-II Sally x 24

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

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 16

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II/C7M2 Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on KNIL Menado Gar Battalion, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 10
Ki-43-I Oscar x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on TF at 121,45

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 26
D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 22
B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 24

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
SC New Westminster, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

I've been evacuating a Regiment of US Army troops from Kodiak but, unfortunately an IJN CV TF intercepted them. Never one to let an opportunity go to waste I've been dancing around for the past two days ( didn't mention it as no succesful strike had been launched yet ) edging ever closer to CONUSA while I've been waiting the arrival of 3 x USMC F4F4 squadrons. Tomorrow I'll be 8 hexes from CONUSA and sprint in toward it with the intention of drawing a strike onto my TF while these newly arrived F4F-4s fly LRCAP over my TF. 50+ F4F-4s should be able to do quite a bit of damage to another IJN CV's airgroup.

P.s. While I am using a regiment of troops as bait for this I have made sure to detach two APs to unload a fragment of the regiment so that no matter what happens I will have survivors.

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Coastal Guns at Pearl Harbor [Oahu], 114,72, firing at TF 113

TF 113 encounters mine field at Pearl Harbor [Oahu] (114,72)

TF 113 troops unloading over beach at Pearl Harbor [Oahu], 114,72

357 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
AK Shinju Maru, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 1

I think jagdfluger simply forgot that this ship would end its turn in the PH hex and unload. Either that or its a test of my defences. 357 coastal gun shots should convince him my defences are still active [8D]

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Ground combat at Ulan Bator [MON]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9590 troops, 152 guns, 55 vehicles, Assault Value = 682

Defending force 22761 troops, 301 guns, 115 vehicles, Assault Value =
690

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Pearl Harbor [Oahu]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 44917 troops, 1604 guns, 411 vehicles, Assault Value =
688

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

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Ground combat at Ulan Bator [MON]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17431 troops, 268 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 687

Defending force 18942 troops, 218 guns, 112 vehicles, Assault Value =
682

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 4398 troops, 229 guns, 89 vehicles, Assault Value = 648

Defending force 29672 troops, 514 guns, 273 vehicles, Assault Value =
680

Japanese max assault: 10 - adjusted assault: 0

Allied max defense: 640 - adjusted defense: 3953

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

Japanese ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Ground combat at Hami [Central Asia]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1174 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 72

Defending force 4088 troops, 49 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 116

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:51 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/08/42

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Sub attack at 24,60

Japanese Ships
AG RTN Pangan, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KXVIII

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Sub attack near Kendari [Celebes] at 33,71

Japanese Ships
AR Yusho Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KXVII

An AR !!! Excellent work. I had been working under the assumption that jagdfluger was smuggling damaged ships into Kendari to patch them up a bit on the way home but I never expected to catch an AR. Cool !!!

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Day Air attack on Rahaeng [Thailand] , at 31,36

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 28

Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 2
R-12/Yak-4 x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 1 damaged

Airbase supply hits 1

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Day Air attack on Rahaeng [Thailand] , at 31,36

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 28

Allied aircraft
B-17E/F Fortress x 17

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Pisanuloke [THAI] , at 31,37

Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 8
A-24 Dauntless x 8
P-39D Airacobra x 4
MiG-3 x 12

No Allied losses

Resources hits 6

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Day Air attack on Batavia [Java] , at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 39
Ki-48-II Lily x 83
Ki-49 -I Helen x 3

Well guess my read of his indicator units is right. Here are the Ki-48 IIs.

Allied aircraft
Martlet II/III x 2
Seafire I/II x 2
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat x 32
P-36A Mohawk x 2
P-39D Airacobra x 1
P-40B Tomahawk x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 1
P-43A Lancer x 15
Hurricane I x 2
Kittyhawk I/P-40 x 1
Spitfire VB x 1
I-16 Type 4 x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke: 16 destroyed
Ki-48-II Lily: 16 destroyed, 9 damaged
Ki-49 -I Helen: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Seafire I/II: 1 destroyed
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat: 5 destroyed, 6 damaged
P-36A Mohawk: 2 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
P-43A Lancer: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Kittyhawk I/P-40: 1 destroyed
I-16 Type 4: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB Ramilles, Bomb hits 1
BB Resolution, Bomb hits 1
BB Mississippi, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
DD Tartar, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported

Port hits 1

Well I downed 16 Zeroes and 16 Ki-48 IIs ( 13 A2A and 3 to FlaK ) in return for 15 of my own. The bomb hits were all 100Kg APs and thus did no harm except for minor damage to the DD Tartar. Again I am thankful for the decision to drop down from 250 Kg bombs as it really does prevent the issue of IJA bombers being used as ueber-port attackers. Obviously though the IJN has to have that capability and that's why it has the Me-264 Behemoth armed with multiple Hs-293Xs. A plane which should be entering service in IJN bomber units any day now as it came online on 1st June 1942.

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Day Air attack on Batavia [Java] , at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 60
Me 264 Angel x 71

Well, the elites came calling and for some reason the majority of my fighter defence did not rise to contest the raid.

Allied aircraft
Martlet II/III x 1
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat x 13
P-43A Lancer x 6
Hurricane I x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke: 7 destroyed
Me 264 Angel: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Martlet II/III : 1 destroyed
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat: 18 destroyed
P-43A Lancer: 8 destroyed
Hurricane I: 2 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed
Spitfire VB: 1 destroyed

32 fighters downed in return for just 8 enemy planes. I don't know what happened to the F4F4s.

Allied Ships
BB Ramilles, Bomb hits 2
BB Mississippi, Bomb hits 3, heavy damage
BB Resolution, Bomb hits 3
AP Koolama, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tulagi, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
CL Nashville, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage
CL Emerald, Bomb hits 1

Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 2

Damage was, again, negligible as the Me-264s only carry 100 Kg bombs.

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Day Air attack on Soerabaja [Java] , at 23,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 15
Ki-43-I Oscar x 31
Me-109E-4 Mike x 45

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 9
B-17E/F Fortress x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1

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Day Air attack on Makale/Papolo [CLB] , at 32,68

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 9
E13A1 Jake x 21
Ki-43-I Oscar x 3

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I/P-40 x 1

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 6

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Day Air attack on Davao [Mndno] , at 43,61

Japanese aircraft
G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 11

No Japanese losses

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

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 24
Ki-27 Nate x 73
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 41
Ki-48-I Lily x 44

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 1 damaged

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

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 39

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Day Air attack on Adelaide [Australia] , at 26,117

Allied aircraft
Hudson IV x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage
AP Daihachikyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Port supply hits 1

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-II Sally x 20

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Runway hits 17

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Day Air attack on TF, near Bangkok [Thailand] at 29,39

Allied aircraft
Wellington IC x 7

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Kiyozumi Maru
AP Zukai Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

The Wellingtons prove their worth yet again with another nice long-range anti-shipping strike. 30 or 40 Wellingtons doing strikes like this won't prove decisive but filling dockyards with damaged ships is helpful in the extreme. The only problem is I need VERY secure bases in order to base these Wellingtons etc as a single enemy airfield attack can destroy almost all of them on the ground if it breaks through my CAP.

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Day Air attack on Madicen [Java] , at 22,65

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 16

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Wau [New Guinea] , at 55,90

Japanese aircraft
G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 59

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Ground combat at Ulan Bator [MON]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8681 troops, 141 guns, 53 vehicles, Assault Value = 677

Defending force 22730 troops, 300 guns, 115 vehicles, Assault Value =
687

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Ground combat at Ulan Bator [MON]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17486 troops, 271 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 687

Defending force 18839 troops, 216 guns, 110 vehicles, Assault Value =
677

Japanese ground losses:
126 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 5

Capt. Harlock · Post by **Capt. Harlock** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 2:50 am

Very insightful commentary as always. Kinugasa is proving capable of taking quite a bit of punishment, but your bombers' experience should be going up nicely.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:46 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/09/42

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Day Air attack on Kungchang [N China] , at 46,27

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 7
TBF/TBM-1 Avenger x 57

Allied aircraft losses
TBF/TBM-1 Avenger: 1 damaged

Resources hits 12

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Day Air attack on Hong Kong [UK] , at 43,42

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 12

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 13

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Rahaeng [Thailand] , at 31,36

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 49

Allied aircraft
R-12/Yak-4 x 1

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Rahaeng [Thailand] , at 31,36

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 49

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 8
Kittyhawk I/P-40 x 22
MiG-3 x 52
Pe-2 x 12
Yak-1 x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
Me-109E-4 Mike: 21 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 6 destroyed
Kittyhawk I/P-40: 9 destroyed
MiG-3: 13 destroyed
Yak-1: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

My MiG-3s didn't do too badly and I've decided to run one of my MiG-3 units into the ground in the search for Ki-109 casualties. It's all about the RATE of casualties. Now that I'm causing a lot of casualties I need to keep up the rate of losses or jagdfluger will get a chance to recover.

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Day Air attack on Batavia [Java] , at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 34
Ki-48-II Lily x 55
Ki-49 -I Helen x 2

Allied aircraft
Martlet II/III x 3
Seafire I/II x 4
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat x 10
P-36A Mohawk x 3
P-39D Airacobra x 2
P-40B Tomahawk x 4
P-40E Warhawk x 2
P-43A Lancer x 5
Hurricane I x 3
Kittyhawk I/P-40 x 1
Spitfire VB x 4
I-16 Type 4 x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke: 10 destroyed
Ki-48-II Lily: 13 destroyed, 10 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Martlet II/III : 1 destroyed
Seafire I/II: 1 damaged
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB Resolution, Bomb hits 1
CL Birmingham, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Port hits 1

Another good day for my fighters. While I'm suffering equal losses in the air I'm killing more pilots than him AND by virtue of the fact that I have more than 12 fighter squadrons repairing damaged planes etc so long as my losses stay below 30 or so per turn the actual number of fighters I have serviceable should rise. What that means is that even a couple of days respite will allow me to field a significantly stronger force. At this stage I've got to say that Java is beginning to turn strongly in my favour. So long as he can't mount some massive 200 Zero sweep or something crazy like that I should do ok.

23 Japanese planes vs 5 of mine... but this is only the first strike of the day.

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Day Air attack on Batavia [Java] , at 20,60

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 51
Me 264 Angel x 68

Allied aircraft
Martlet II/III x 1
Seafire I/II x 3
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat x 4
P-36A Mohawk x 2
P-40B Tomahawk x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 1
P-43A Lancer x 3
Hurricane I x 2
Spitfire VB x 3
I-16 Type 4 x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke: 6 destroyed
Me 264 Angel: 4 destroyed, 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Seafire I/II: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
P-36A Mohawk: 2 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 3 destroyed
P-43A Lancer: 2 destroyed
Hurricane I: 2 destroyed
Spitfire VB: 2 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
AK Straat Malakka, Bomb hits 1
BB Warspite, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
TK Empire Beresford, Bomb hits 1
BB Resolution, Bomb hits 2
AK Empire Impala, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AS Colombia, Bomb hits 1, on fire
BB Mississippi, Bomb hits 3, heavy damage
CA Portland, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
CL Emerald, Bomb hits 1
AK Virginian, Bomb hits 1
BB Ramilles, Bomb hits 1

Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 2

9 Japanese planes vs 16 Allied ones. The enemy bombers continue to inflict minimal damage. In about a week's time when I have worn out some of his bomber forces I'm going to stage a mass evacuation toward India and flush almost all of my shipping to India. With 200 vessels on the run I would expect at least half will make it and that's good enough for me as it'll give me enough to ship everything waiting in Aden to India and consider my next major invasion in a couple of months time.

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Day Air attack on Makale/Papolo [CLB] , at 32,68

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 9
E13A1 Jake x 21
Ki-43-I Oscar x 3

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

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Day Air attack on Dili [Port Timor] , at 32,76

Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 27
Ki-43-I Oscar x 5

No Japanese losses

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

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 24
Ki-27 Nate x 74
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 42
Ki-48-I Lily x 43

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

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

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 45

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-II Sally x 20

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 14

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Day Air attack on Prince Rupert [BC] , at 127,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 2
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 4
Me-109E-4 Mike x 66

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 15

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on TF, near Bangkok [Thailand] at 29,39

Allied aircraft
A-24 Dauntless x 6
Wellington IC x 9

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Tsuruga Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Humburugu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Jusan Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Giyu Maru

Bangkok's a BAD place to be these days. Jusan Maru gets hit by 2 x 1000lbers from the Dauntlesses while the Tsuruga and Hamburger Maru ( sic [:D] [:D] [:D] ) each take some 500lbers.

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Day Air attack on TF, near Anchorage [Alaska] at 113,28

Allied aircraft
Beaufort VII x 9

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Kamikaze Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Koan Maru, Torpedo hits 1

Another couple of ships making for Alaska proper get nailed by bombers flying into Kodiak for a day's worth of quick strikes.

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Day Air attack on Wau [New Guinea] , at 55,90

Japanese aircraft
G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 59

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 1

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Day Air attack on TF, near Bangkok [Thailand] at 29,39

Allied aircraft
Wellington IC x 7

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Uchide Maru
AP Aiyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Wellingtons --- when you really, really need to kill unCAPed enemy shipping more than 600 miles from your nearest base [:D]

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Day Air attack on TF, near Bangkok [Thailand] at 29,39

Allied aircraft
A-24 Dauntless x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Humburugu Maru, on fire

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Ground combat at Changsha [S China]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 181491 troops, 2863 guns, 1527 vehicles, Assault Value
= 4676

Defending force 54572 troops, 819 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value =
2690

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Japanese max assault: 9192 - adjusted assault: 2581

Allied max defense: 2898 - adjusted defense: 1631

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 5

Japanese ground losses:
9799 casualties reported
Guns lost 195
Vehicles lost 11

Allied ground losses:
420 casualties reported
Guns lost 36
Vehicles lost 6

Well, well, this is a surprise. My adjusted AV absolutely sucked... Still, I've got about 1500 AV within easy reach of Changsha and will bring them to bear ASAP. With the Japanese taking a few days to recover from this attack, the gains in experience my lads will get from surviving the attack AND the reinforcements I'll bring in I think I should be able to turn Changsha into a meatgrinder which will take the Japanese quite some time to capture.

Eventually though they'll capture it which is why I've been prepping my 2nd line of defences for the past 3 months... Its all about buying time.

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Ground combat at Ulan Bator [MON]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8423 troops, 142 guns, 43 vehicles, Assault Value = 665

Defending force 22766 troops, 303 guns, 114 vehicles, Assault Value =
688

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Ground combat at Ulan Bator [MON]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17541 troops, 274 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 688

Defending force 18577 troops, 216 guns, 101 vehicles, Assault Value =
665

Japanese ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 2

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:55 pm

And here's the situation at Changsha. As you can see over 12 divisions of Japanese troops are trying to take the place. I have 4 armies 2 days away which should bring the total Chinese strength to about 4,000. Add in a few more troops over the next 6 days as more of my armies move from Liuchow to Changsha and I might well hold and gain lots of experience. Even if I don't I should be able to retreat in good order.

I'm bringing up reserves to reinforce Liuchow and replace the troops headed to Changsha.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:27 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/10/42

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Day Air attack on Coal Harbor [BC] , at 130,37

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 37

Allied aircraft
B-17E/F Fortress x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E/F Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

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Day Air attack on Hong Kong [UK] , at 43,42

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 12

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 13

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Rahaeng [Thailand] , at 31,36

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 32

Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Me-109E-4 Mike: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

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Day Air attack on Rahaeng [Thailand] , at 31,36

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 32

Allied aircraft
B-17E/F Fortress x 23

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1

As you can see I'm slowly bringing more B-17s online. I amn't wasting them in low-level raids but high-level raids act as a nuisance and recon both in one.

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 19
Ki-21-II Sally x 73

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

Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 64

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Day Air attack on Madicen [Java] , at 22,65

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 7

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Soerabaja [Java] , at 23,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 15
Me-109E-4 Mike x 56

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 6
B-17E/F Fortress x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 1

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Day Air attack on Makale/Papolo [CLB] , at 32,68

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 9
E13A1 Jake x 21
Ki-43-I Oscar x 34

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I/P-40 x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

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Day Air attack on Makale/Papolo [CLB] , at 32,68

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 18
B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 56

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 16

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Day Air attack on Dili [Port Timor] , at 32,76

Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 27
Ki-43-I Oscar x 3

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Davao [Mndno] , at 43,61

Japanese aircraft
G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 11

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 1

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

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 24
Ki-27 Nate x 74
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 39
Ki-48-I Lily x 43

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged

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

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 32

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-II Sally x 20

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 25

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Day Air attack on Prince Rupert [BC] , at 127,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 4
Me-109E-4 Mike x 73

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 15

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on IJA 48th Division, at 45,37

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 10
TBF/TBM-1 Avenger x 54

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 6 damaged
TBF/TBM-1 Avenger: 5 destroyed, 19 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Wau [New Guinea] , at 55,90

Japanese aircraft
G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 60

No Japanese losses

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Ground combat at Ulan Bator [MON]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8302 troops, 143 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 662

Defending force 22821 troops, 302 guns, 110 vehicles, Assault Value =
695

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Ground combat at Ulan Bator [MON]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17613 troops, 273 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 695

Defending force 18472 troops, 216 guns, 97 vehicles, Assault Value =
662

Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported

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Ground combat at 46,36

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 26623 troops, 408 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value =
1385

Defending force 16924 troops, 240 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value =
448

Allied max assault: 2802 - adjusted assault: 1004

Japanese max defense: 468 - adjusted defense: 874

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
427 casualties reported
Guns lost 21

Allied ground losses:
941 casualties reported
Guns lost 41
Vehicles lost 2

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Ground combat at Adelaide [Australia]

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3288 troops, 43 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 108

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

Allied max assault: 104 - adjusted assault: 106

Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 106 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Adelaide [Australia] base !!!

Kinugasa has slipped her moorings during the evening and is making her escape. Let's see if she makes it --- multiple torpedo-bombers are on the watch for her.

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Ground combat at Malang [Java]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 164 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11

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

Japanese max assault: 11 - adjusted assault: 26

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Malang [Java] base !!!

Only about 20 planes lost between both sides today. We're both taking a breather and the fighter defence at Batavia increases in strength a little. Let's see what jagdfluger sends against us over the past 2 or 3 days.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:38 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/11/42

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Sub attack at 88,44

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

Allied Ships
SS Herring

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Day Air attack on Coal Harbor [BC] , at 130,37

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 47

Allied aircraft
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat x 47
F-4 Lightning x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Me-109E-4 Mike: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat: 19 destroyed

*chuckle* Not a great result. For some reason the USMC squadrons I received today only had 40 Exp pilots so rather than try to train them over the next month I just threw them into combat and will replace my losses from my USMC pilot pool ( 60 Exp pilots ) and bring them up to strength that way.

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Day Air attack on Coal Harbor [BC] , at 130,37

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 46

Allied aircraft
B-17E/F Fortress x 16

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

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Day Air attack on Changsha [S China] , at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II/C7M2 Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Hong Kong [UK] , at 43,42

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 12

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 13

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Bangkok [Thailand] , at 29,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 7
A5M4 Claude x 20

Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 1 destroyed

Port fuel hits 1

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Day Air attack on Rahaeng [Thailand] , at 31,36

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 54

Allied aircraft
B-17E/F Fortress x 26

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Runway hits 2

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 24
Ki-21-II Sally x 71

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

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 57

Hmm, only Rufes... The Zeroes from Singapore appear to have moved to Soerabaja. This leaves the raid on Palembang vulnerable. one of these days jagdfluger may find it LRCAPed from Batavia if he isn't careful. I'll see if this pattern continues and if it does I'll take advantage of it.

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Day Air attack on Madicen [Java] , at 22,65

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 5

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Soerabaja [Java] , at 23,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 55
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 15
Me-109E-4 Mike x 60

Here are all those Zeroes.

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 9
B-17E/F Fortress x 14

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
LCM AG-1732A, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Port hits 1

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Day Air attack on Dili [Port Timor] , at 32,76

Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 27
Ki-43-I Oscar x 4

No Japanese losses

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 8
A5M4 Claude x 24
Ki-27 Nate x 70
Me-109E-4 Mike x 3
Ki-48-I Lily x 42
Me 264 Angel x 74

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 3 destroyed, 6 damaged

Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 85

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Day Air attack on Bacolod/Iloilo [PH] , at 43,56

Japanese aircraft
G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 13

No Japanese losses

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II/C7M2 Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Prince Rupert [BC] , at 127,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 4
Me-109E-4 Mike x 68

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 15

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Changsha [S China] , at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 3

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Changsha [S China] , at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II/C7M2 Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Wau [New Guinea] , at 55,90

Japanese aircraft
G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 55

No Japanese losses

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Sub attack near Toboali [Banka] at 21,57

Japanese Ships
LCVP AG-1442A

Allied Ships
SS KXV

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Ground combat at Changsha [S China]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 166701 troops, 2566 guns, 1412 vehicles, Assault Value
= 4147

Defending force 59593 troops, 880 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value =
2969

Japanese max assault: 3450 - adjusted assault: 2166

Allied max defense: 2986 - adjusted defense: 2382

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 5)

Japanese ground losses:
6913 casualties reported
Guns lost 188
Vehicles lost 8

Allied ground losses:
1166 casualties reported
Guns lost 21
Vehicles lost 5

Well, well, a deliberate attack appears to have been the wrong choice here. By the time the Japanese recover their disruption and fatigue I'll have additional armies in place. Hopefully it'll be enough to hold the Japanese in place and buy even more time [8D]

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Ground combat at Sining [North China]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 11161 troops, 200 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 295

Defending force 1705 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 36

Japanese max assault: 480 - adjusted assault: 307

Allied max defense: 33 - adjusted defense: 34

Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Sining [North China] base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
224 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Allied ground losses:
2037 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

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Ground combat at Ulan Bator [MON]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17679 troops, 274 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 702

Defending force 18466 troops, 210 guns, 98 vehicles, Assault Value =
663

Japanese ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

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Ground combat at 46,36

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 25131 troops, 348 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value =
1283

Defending force 26135 troops, 353 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value =
717

Allied max assault: 2222 - adjusted assault: 391

Japanese max defense: 679 - adjusted defense: 1174

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
284 casualties reported
Guns lost 13
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
1860 casualties reported
Guns lost 23
Vehicles lost 1

Ah well my own attack failed. It was worth a try though as it would have taken pressure off my forces at Changsha.

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Ground combat at Ulan Bator [MON]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7685 troops, 138 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 659

Defending force 22926 troops, 304 guns, 111 vehicles, Assault Value =
702

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Capt. Harlock · Post by **Capt. Harlock** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:42 pm

ORIGINAL: Nemo121

Kinugasa has slipped her moorings during the evening and is making her escape. Let's see if she makes it --- multiple torpedo-bombers are on the watch for her.

It should be a splendid foxhunt -- given the damage she took I imagine her primary method of propulsion is a swimming detail pushing against the stern.[:D]

Only about 20 planes lost between both sides today. We're both taking a breather and the fighter defence at Batavia increases in strength a little. Let's see what jagdfluger sends against us over the past 2 or 3 days.

Don't you mean over the next 2 or 3 days? [;)]

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:57 pm

Operation FOXHUNT is cancelled. Kinugasa slips under the waves after making only 60 miles. Cool !!! I'm always happy to see IJN capital units ( CAs and BBs ) which are proof against my level bombers and dive-bombers slipping beneath the waves as every one of them which is lost is one less to absorb my 500lb dive and level bomber bombs when I'm level and dive-bombing his fleets.

Harlock. Good catch, unless of course we're using some weird form of temporal displacement machine during our game. I could tell you if we are but then I'd have to kill you [:D]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/12/42

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Day Air attack on Coal Harbor [BC] , at 130,37

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 34

Allied aircraft
B-17E/F Fortress x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E/F Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 2

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Day Air attack on Changsha [S China] , at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 12
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 24
Ki-48-II Lily x 21
Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 31

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Day Air attack on Hong Kong [UK] , at 43,42

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 12

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 13

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Dimapur [India] , at 35,25

Japanese aircraft
Me 264 Angel x 78

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Me 264 Angel: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Li-2VP/C-47: 12 destroyed
Dakota I/C-47: 16 destroyed

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 100

Lots of dead C-47s... This hurts my pool pretty badly but it isn't disastrous at all. I'll be moving some proper fighters in to protect this base in the future though.

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Day Air attack on Bangkok [Thailand] , at 29,39

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 15

Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 11

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Tsuruga Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Takuei Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Jusan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Zukai Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported

5 x 500lb hits out of 11 Pe-2s. Not bad, particularly a they are ROC pilots I've trained up from 25 Exp to 75+ Exp.

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Day Air attack on Rahaeng [Thailand] , at 31,36

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 39

Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 39
Yak-1 x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
Me-109E-4 Mike: 14 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
MiG-3: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged
Yak-1: 15 destroyed

1.5 to 1 exchange rate. The Yak-1s did most of the dying while the MiG-3s did most of the killing [:D]

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Day Air attack on Rahaeng [Thailand] , at 31,36

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 25

Allied aircraft
B-17E/F Fortress x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Me-109E-4 Mike: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Runway hits 4

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 6
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 24
Ki-21-II Sally x 124

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

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 133

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Day Air attack on Soerabaja [Java] , at 23,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 40
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 15
Me-109E-4 Mike x 37

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 6
B-17E/F Fortress x 18

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Makale/Papolo [CLB] , at 32,68

Japanese aircraft
B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 75
Ki-43-I Oscar x 27

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 18

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Day Air attack on Bacolod/Iloilo [PH] , at 43,56

Japanese aircraft
G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 14

No Japanese losses

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II/C7M2 Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Prince Rupert [BC] , at 127,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 4
Me-109E-4 Mike x 59

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 14

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on IJA 13th Division, at 46,36

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 15
TBF/TBM-1 Avenger x 58

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
111 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on Wau [New Guinea] , at 55,90

Japanese aircraft
G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 58

No Japanese losses

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ASW attack at 83,44

Allied Ships
SS Herring

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Ground combat at Ulan Bator [MON]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17704 troops, 276 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 704

Defending force 18412 troops, 213 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value =
659

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Ulan Bator [MON]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7707 troops, 138 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 658

Defending force 22953 troops, 306 guns, 112 vehicles, Assault Value =
704

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:34 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/13/42

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Day Air attack on Coal Harbor [BC] , at 130,37

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 44

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 4
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat x 18
F-4 Lightning x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 2 destroyed
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat: 5 destroyed
F-4 Lightning: 1 destroyed

More 40 Exp pilots die in order to let 60 Exp replacements in.

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Day Air attack on Coal Harbor [BC] , at 130,37

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 44

Allied aircraft
B-17E/F Fortress x 6

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Runway hits 3

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Day Air attack on Changsha [S China] , at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 18
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 47
Ki-48-II Lily x 27
Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 14

Hmm, no Zeroes or Mikes... I could ambush this force if I cared to free up the forces to do so... I think I may just let it slide for a few days though as Changsha should be fairly safe now no matter what his bombers do.

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-II Lily: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 58

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Day Air attack on Rahaeng [Thailand] , at 31,36

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 49

Allied aircraft
B-17E/F Fortress x 29

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 13
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 44
Ki-21-II Sally x 126

Allied aircraft
Martlet II/III x 2
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat x 15
P-43A Lancer x 6
Kittyhawk I/P-40 x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe-FF: 13 destroyed
Ki-21-II Sally: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Martlet II/III : 2 destroyed
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat: 9 destroyed
P-43A Lancer: 3 destroyed

14 of my fighters downed in return for 17 enemy planes. Not bad, not bad at all, particularly as Batavia is repairing my remaining fighters at a great clip.

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 103

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Day Air attack on Soerabaja [Java] , at 23,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 43
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 15
Me-109E-4 Mike x 45

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 9
B-17E/F Fortress x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke: 1 destroyed
Me-109E-4 Mike: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1

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Day Air attack on Makale/Papolo [CLB] , at 32,68

Japanese aircraft
B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 71
E13A1 Jake x 20
Ki-43-I Oscar x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17

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Day Air attack on Dili [Port Timor] , at 32,76

Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 27
Ki-43-I Oscar x 3

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 1

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Day Air attack on Bacolod/Iloilo [PH] , at 43,56

Japanese aircraft
G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 21

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 2

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46-II/C7M2 Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Prince Rupert [BC] , at 127,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 4
Me-109E-4 Mike x 73

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 14

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on TF, near Lahaina [Maui] at 115,73

Allied aircraft
OS2U-3 Kingfisher x 6

Allied aircraft losses
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 destroyed

I got a squadron of Kingfishers as reinforcements at Pearl so I figured I might as well make use of them while they lasted.

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 26

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Day Air attack on TF, near Lahaina [Maui] at 115,73

Allied aircraft
OS2U-3 Kingfisher x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Oyama Maru, Bomb hits 1

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

Japanese aircraft
G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 44

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 3

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Day Air attack on TF, near Lahaina [Maui] at 115,73

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 8

Allied aircraft
OS2U-3 Kingfisher x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
AK Shojin Maru

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Day Air attack on TF at 110,68

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 3

Allied aircraft
OS2U-3 Kingfisher x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Jinshu Maru
AK Olympia Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

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Ground combat at Borzya [Siberia]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 102600 troops, 1721 guns, 178 vehicles, Assault Value =
3469

Defending force 602 troops, 0 guns, 57 vehicles, Assault Value = 3

Japanese ground losses:
280 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 21

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Ground combat at Ulan Bator [MON]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17733 troops, 277 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 706

Defending force 18465 troops, 216 guns, 92 vehicles, Assault Value =
661

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Ground combat at Malang [Java]

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 32647 troops, 1015 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value =
1098

Defending force 164 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11

Allied max assault: 2040 - adjusted assault: 1509

Japanese max defense: 11 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 1509 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Malang [Java] base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
104 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

I'd abandoned Malang to tempt the Japanese in. I'd hoped for a couple of regiments at least but I'm not above swooping in and killing a weak Thai unit and sending it scampering back to Batavia. I'll pull out again and then let jagdfluger retake Malang. I don't need to hold it, I just need to keep things in a state of flux. Holding it didn't create flux, ceding it to the Japanese does.

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Ground combat at Ulan Bator [MON]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7759 troops, 139 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 661

Defending force 22984 troops, 307 guns, 113 vehicles, Assault Value =
706

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Borzya [Siberia]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 160 troops, 0 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Defending force 118343 troops, 1856 guns, 178 vehicles, Assault Value =
3469

Japanese max assault: 0 - adjusted assault: 0

Allied max defense: 3799 - adjusted defense: 17488

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 9)

*chuckle* 17,488 AV... I doubt the Japanese will be able to overcome that, especially when their shock attack will face fire from 3799 Soviet AV.

In other news: I just heard Avril Lavigne's "When you're gone" again for the first time in months. I highly recommend it for anyone who is missing a loved one in their life or, particularly, knows people who are on deployment in Iraq or Afghanistan.... When it came out last year I was in that situation and, to be honest, it made me give up WiTP for a few months as I couldn't face the thought of sending virtual soldiers out to die while I worried about someone dear to me who was deployed to Iraq. She came back physically safe --- although whether she survived mentally is a very different question [:(] [:(] [:(].

Anyways, if you haven't heard the song and are in that position give it a listen - it's on YouTube. I'm a pretty tough SOB - I had to be to deal with breaking bad news during my ER and general medical time - but it still makes me remember and feel maudlin every time.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:00 pm

Contemplations on airfield size.

Let's examine Batavia in this game. It can be swept by 100 Zeroes on any given day which means that my aerial garrison needs to be roughly double that in order to fight off the Zeroes and get significant numbers of fighters in amongst the bombers whilst ensuring enough planes survive that I can put up a reasonable CAP against another bomber attack the following day.

This dictates a fighter force of 200 fighters ( less if I have fighters far superior to the Zero, more if all of my fighters are far inferior ). As things stand about half the fighters are equal to the Zero ( roughly ) and half the fighters are definitely inferior so 200 or so fighters is a good number to stand against the 100 Zero escort which is my maximal threat estimate.

200 fighters require a Level 4 airfield to operate at maximal efficiency. Batavia is a Level 4 airfield at present and can be built to a maximum of Level 6. The interesting point is that since 200 fighters are required to mount a defence Batavia is, at level 4, ONLY able to mount a defence. It is not able to base any worthwhile number of bombers at all and thus a Level 4 airfield in Java is a purely defensive proposition. At Level 5 it can carry 50 bombers and at Level 6 it can carry 100. Thus with increasing airfield size one experiences massively disproportionate increases in offensive capability.

Taken to the extreme ( a situation which won't pertain to Batavia as it cannot expand beyond Level 6 ) a Level 9 airfield with 200 defending fighters ( adequate to fend off an enemy attack ) will have 5 times the offensive power of a Level 5 airfield, not to mention the fact that at Level 9 it will also be able to avail of the multipliers of simultaneity, operating all bombers at maximum bomb loads and the ability to base longer-ranged bombers thus complicating and spreading out the enemy's defensive dispositions.

Let's look at Batavia for a second as my force mix bears some explaining....

1. 2 x F4F-4 squadrons. Well what's there to say? These two squadrons draw on my USN pilot pool ( spreading my pilot attrition ) AND draw down on fighters with an excellent replacement rate ( 96 per month ) so overall they are great choices for attritional aerial warfare - which is one of the primary goals of my invasion of Java.

2. Spitfire VB. Apart from the MiG-3 this is the best fighter I have. Fast, manoeuvrable and cannon-armed this fighter is shooting down far more than it loses. I have very low replacement rates BUT its effectiveness in combat helps keep losses to a manageable level so long as it isn't in combat every day.

3. Seafire. Pretty much the same as the Spitfire. It also has a pretty low replacement rate but seeing as only a single squadron is feeding off that replacement rate Fleet Air Arm Squadron 882 has a fair bit of staying power.

3. Martlet II. A bit of an obsolescent design but one which is only a little worse than the Zero. Why choose that rather than just equipping FAA No 880 with Seafires? Simple, I'm fighting an attritional battle and thus I want to spread my losses amongst as many plane pools as possible to give myself the greatest staying power possible. I am sacrificing peak strength ( fielding the highest number of the best planes at a particular point in time ) in order to maximise long-term strength. The Japanese can win any point battle by concentrating their force for a couple of days. Long-term Guadalcanal-style battles are their weakness and that's what I've designed Java to be. Java is to be the Guadalcanal of this alternate history.

4. Hurricane I. Not quite a match for the Zero but, again, it lets me spread my losses amongst multiple pools and, to be honest, the Hurricane takes down a fair share of Zeroes... It dies in droves against the Mike but that's one of the reasons why I have taken great pains not give the Japanese an airbase within 2 hexes of Batavia.

5. P-40E. Fully a match for the Zero. A good plane in the hands of good pilots. It is a 1:1 match for the Zero. I am consciously building up my P-40E pools and in 3 months time I should have about 300 in my pools ready for mass conversion of USAAF squadrons in time for my late September/early October aerial offensive.

6. P-40 B. Well, I have a few of P-40Bs in the pools and I might as well get some use out of them. They aren't quite a match for Zeroes but with the range at which the Japanese are having to fight I'm hoping they can get some kills against fatigued IJN pilots. In addition it spreads my losses amongst multiple pools and no matter how outclassed they are now they'll just be even more outclassed in the future so I might as well use them while I have them.

7. P-39D. I actually think these aren't that bad. Sure Zeroes tend to butcher them but get them in amongst the bombers ( as they should do given my force mix ) and I'm sure I'll see quite a few bombers going down.

8. Kittyhawk--- Umm, these guys got trapped on the island. I'm going to fly them out to Oz over the next few days in order to garner the fruits of the first US Pacific Fleet offensive of the war --- which kicked off yesterday [:D]

9. P-36A... Well I have reserves of them and I might as well use them up. Against enemy bombers they are as good as anything else which only has MGs and I have enough other planes to tackle the Zeroes. Again, as with the P-40Bs they are only going to become more useless as time goes on so I might as well use them up now as let them rust.

10. I-16 Type 4... Armed with cannons they actually don't do a bad job against enemy bombers. I am considering upgrading them to P-66s when I scrounge 12 of those planes together. The P-66 should be almost a match for a Zero.

Il-2s... Well once Batavia becomes a Level 5 airfield ( about a week from now ) I plan to upgrade this to a Pe-2 squadron and will then unleash them on Soerabaja turning the port and airfield into no-go zones for the Japanese as they fly above the IJA and IJN CAP. That ought to guarantee a major IJN and IJA bomber and fighter offensive against Batavia and that will lead to massive losses for both sides --- which is exactly what I want in order to pave the road for my aerial offensive in September/October 1942.

As regards the US Pacific Fleet offensive...
Well mostly it involves sub minelaying all over the map and the rebasing of large numbers of my subs to Manilla in order to wreak some havoc around the DEI.

It also does involve a sortie by a USN CV TF comprising 2 of my 3 US CVs with a view to shuttling fighters from one isolated Allied base to another and finding some IJN warships to tangle with. Only one of my CVs actually has planes on board but I figure if I run into trouble the 2nd can take the surviving planes on board and keep up the fight. Plus I have a cunning plan to reinforce my CVs while they are at sea if the situation warrants it. What can I say? No-one ever accused me of not being aggressive enough [:D] [:D] ---- and I've spent the last month sitting around pretending to be a wimp in order to create this situation. Yesterday I got confirmation of a juicy IJN convoy within striking distance and I'm taking it. It is escorted by CVLs and possibly CVs but, hell, I figure if I put my CAP to 0% and sortie everything I can get some hits on those CVLs

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:57 pm

Well I figure you guys can sweat the intercept with me...

Over the past month I've been at pains to do nothing really aggressive around Oz. I have even moved my fighters to India via the Phillipines in order to make Oz look like an even more juicy target than ever. My hope was to get a situation in which a major Japanese convoy would swing within "dashing distance" of New Zealand with insufficient escorts.

I think that time has come. A major Japanese convoy dropped troops off at Tazmania over the past couple of turns but was covered by IJN CVLs ( Chitose and Chiyoda ) and land-based Zeroes. It is making for the Japanese bases at New Caledonia while another convoy brings more troops and supplies to Tasmania. Meanwhile the IJN CVLs are covering Tasmania itself.

I have been hoarding two fully functional USN CVs and their escorts ( CAs and DDs ) in the waters off New Zealand for the past month. I have been running AOs to them and running them with 0% naval search in order to keep them resupplied and invisible and now, I think, their time has come. They are two days sprint away from the hex bounded in green in the picture.

The red lines show the directions of travel of the Japanese resupply convoys with the single crossed line showing where they will be in one day and the double-crossed line showing where they should be in two days. The remaining IJN TF at Tasmania is the weak CVL TF featuring DDs and two CVLs. The BLACK Line shows the range of my torpedo-carrying Beauforts operating out of Melbourne and Sydney.

My plan is to sprint into range of the two convoys in two days time, fly my 32 Kittyhawks off one of my CVs to bolster the defence of Australia and fly 40+ dive and torpedo-bombers onto my CVs. That'll give me 20 fighters for defensive purposes and 90 attack planes.

I plan to hit as many of the transports as possible and then go CVL-hunting. jagdfluger can't run east with his CVLs unless he wants to run into my CV TF, he can't run north as I have a LOT of level bombers based in Oz just waiting to pound on his shipping and he can't run west as he doesn't have enough fuel to make it around the edge of Perth to Java so, all in all, I think I have an opportunity to sink a lot of shipping here at minimal cost. I also think his CVLs won't be able to run fast. They only moved at minimal speed 2 to 4 hexes per day on the way to Tasmania so I think they must be very low on fuel at the moment and probably aren't up to high speed manoeuvring. I was itching to hit them when they first took Tasmania but I wanted to have his shipping attrit itself on my coastal defences and aerial defences first before bringing it to battle with what is, essentially, a CV TF which can only mount 20 fighters in self-defence.

The only thing which could spoil this is if he could see me coming BUT since all of these TFs are being spotted by land-based Catalinas and since I'm sprinting in from 20 hexes away ( well outside of the range of his C3Ns ) my CV TF should still be invisible and a major surprise for him.

If I spot a major CV escort tomorrow I can still run away at high speed ( I have fuel stockpiled in New Zealand and AOs posted along the route back to Panama to ensure that I can run away at full speed all the way to Panama.... I also took the precaution of topping up my fuel bunkers today to ensure I have the maximum fuel levels for sustained fleeing possible). If it all goes to plan though I'll hit him hard 2 days from now, move east and try to mop up survivors for another day before heading into Melbourne, refuelling and re-arming. At that point in time I'll try to run my CVs to Perth and from Perth to India to join up with the UK carriers in a 5 CV TF which will have some hope of covering resupply convoys into Java in the coming months.

Capt. Harlock · Post by **Capt. Harlock** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:47 pm

Looks very interesting. Have you got any kind of intel on the location of the Japanese CV's?

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:05 pm

Harlock,

Well I think there are at least 2 CVs blockading CONUSA with another 3 or 4 operating off Java. That leaves another 4 CVs free to operate --- in addition to the CVLs ( two of which are at Tasmania ) ---- in the slot between Oz and New Zealand. So, could I run into far more than a single CV can handle? Sure but c'est la guerre and there's very little enjoyment to be had or skill to be shown in playing it safe and running operations with massive safety margins.

This operation will be risky in the extreme with no real margin for error and, as such, it is an interesting operation to run - will it be succesful ? Possibly not but success isn't actually the final arbiter of my enjoyment ( or hopefully of those who may read this AAR )... E.g. The most certain way to proceed with things in February 1942 would not have been to plan an invasion of Java in May 1942 in the teeth of a strong IJN and IJA naval and aerial resistance BUT it was an interesting gambit and has, I think, yielded quite a unique game situation --- which helps keep the game interesting, different and open to situations where skillful play can garner rewards.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/14/42

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Day Air attack on Coal Harbor [BC] , at 130,37

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 40

Allied aircraft
B-17E/F Fortress x 21

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E/F Fortress: 1 damaged

Runway hits 1

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Day Air attack on Hengchow [S China] , at 44,37

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 12
Ki-43-I Oscar x 5
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 46
Ki-48-II Lily x 21

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 24

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

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 18
TBF/TBM-1 Avenger x 50

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged

Resources hits 6

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Day Air attack on Hong Kong [UK] , at 43,42

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 12

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 13

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Soerabaja [Java] , at 23,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 18
Me-109E-4 Mike x 63

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 3
B-17E/F Fortress x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
Me-109E-4 Mike: 1 destroyed

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2

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Day Air attack on Makale/Papolo [CLB] , at 32,68

Japanese aircraft
B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 72
E13A1 Jake x 20
Ki-43-I Oscar x 33

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 20

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Day Air attack on Dili [Port Timor] , at 32,76

Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 27
Ki-43-I Oscar x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed

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

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 26
Ki-27 Nate x 83
Me-109E-4 Mike x 4
Ki-48-I Lily x 42

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 4

Runway hits 33

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Day Air attack on Cebu [Cebu] , at 43,57

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 57
Ki-27 Nate x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val/Ki-52: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 36

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Day Air attack on Prince Rupert [BC] , at 127,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 4
Me-109E-4 Mike x 73

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 14

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on TF, near Lahaina [Maui] at 115,73

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 22

Allied aircraft
OS2U-3 Kingfisher x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 3 destroyed

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 27

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Day Air attack on Makale/Papolo [CLB] , at 32,68

Japanese aircraft
G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 7
Ki-43-I Oscar x 22

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Dili [Port Timor] , at 32,76

Japanese aircraft
G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 40
Ki-43-I Oscar x 3

No Japanese losses

Airbase supply hits 1

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Day Air attack on Darwin [Australia] , at 36,84

Japanese aircraft
Me 264 Angel x 73
G9M1 Marlina x 3

Allied aircraft
P-35A Hawk x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Me 264 Angel: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-35A Hawk: 1 destroyed
B-17E/F Fortress: 3 destroyed
TBF/TBM-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed
B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed
Beaufort VII: 2 destroyed

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 63

Well it seems Phillipino P-35s aren't proof against heavily-armed and armoured four-engined bombers. Not a huge surprise there then [:D]

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

Japanese aircraft
G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 57

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

Runway hits 1

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Day Air attack on TF at 27,134

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 27
F1M2 Pete-FF x 1
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 4

Allied aircraft
IL-4C/DB-3F x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
IL-4C/DB-3F: 3 destroyed

Well that's it, the IJN CVL TF can mount a CAP of about 30 planes. I can break that.

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Ground combat at Ulan Bator [MON]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17726 troops, 281 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 705

Defending force 18590 troops, 217 guns, 93 vehicles, Assault Value =
667

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

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Ground combat at Ulan Bator [MON]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7804 troops, 140 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 665

Defending force 23017 troops, 311 guns, 115 vehicles, Assault Value =
705

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:15 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/15/42

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Night Air attack on Bangkok [Thailand] , at 29,39

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IF-NF x 7

No Allied losses

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Sub attack near Hobart [Tasmania] at 28,132

Japanese Ships
AO Sensai Maru I, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Interesting this is one of the ultra-fast AOs I added to the IJN. It has a top speed of over 30 knots and thus can accompany KB's fast CVs on deep strikes. As such it is a high priority target for my forces.

Allied Ships
SS O23

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Day Air attack on Sinyang [Cent China] , at 49,34

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 3

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 15
TBF/TBM-1 Avenger x 61

Japanese aircraft losses
Me-109E-4 Mike: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed
TBF/TBM-1 Avenger: 2 destroyed

Resources hits 1

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Day Air attack on Kweilin [S China] , at 42,37

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 15
A5M4 Claude x 4
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 42
Ki-48-I Lily x 36
Ki-48-II Lily x 23

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

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 59

I'll shuffle some fighters around to try and collect a few bombers. I think this has to be a trap though as there are just too few Zeroes committed to escort duties.

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Day Air attack on Hong Kong [UK] , at 43,42

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 6

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 13

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Teloekbetoeng [SM] , at 19,58

Japanese aircraft
Me 264 Behemoth x 12
Ki-48-II Lily x 50
Ki-21-II Sally x 100

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
CL Tromp, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 18
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

162 bombers do pretty much nothing [8D]. Good news for me.

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Day Air attack on Makale/Papolo [CLB] , at 32,68

Japanese aircraft
B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 72
Ki-43-I Oscar x 20

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 9

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

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 30
Me-109E-4 Mike x 3
Me 264 Angel x 81
G9M1 Marlina x 3

No Japanese losses

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

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 59

Well, well, over 100 four-engined bombers are now in action and working up for major raids in the future.

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Day Air attack on Cebu [Cebu] , at 43,57

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 56
Ki-27 Nate x 9

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 15

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Day Air attack on Makale/Papolo [CLB] , at 32,68

Japanese aircraft
G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 9
Ki-43-I Oscar x 25

No Japanese losses

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

Japanese aircraft
G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 61

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1

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Sub attack near Hobart [Tasmania] at 28,132

Japanese Ships
DD Oyashio
DD Yunagi
DD Oboro
DD Amatsukaze
DD Yamakaze
DD Yuzuki
DD Hatsushimo
DD Asagumo
DD Yugure

This appears to be the extent of the escort for the two CVLs at Tasmania. Easy pickings for my CVs.

Allied Ships
SS O23

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Ground combat at Ulan Bator [MON]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17788 troops, 285 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 707

Defending force 18605 troops, 220 guns, 92 vehicles, Assault Value =
666

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Ulan Bator [MON]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7855 troops, 140 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 664

Defending force 23049 troops, 315 guns, 114 vehicles, Assault Value =
707

Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:29 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/16/42

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Night Air attack on Bangkok [Thailand] , at 29,39

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IF-NF x 7

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IF-NF: 1 destroyed

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Day Air attack on Coal Harbor [BC] , at 130,37

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 34

Allied aircraft
B-17E/F Fortress x 30

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Runway hits 5

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Day Air attack on Kan Hsien [C China] , at 45,39

Allied aircraft
TBF/TBM-1 Avenger x 56

Allied aircraft losses
TBF/TBM-1 Avenger: 5 destroyed, 6 damaged

Resources hits 2

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Day Air attack on Changsha [S China] , at 45,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 47
Ki-48-I Lily x 39
Ki-48-II Lily x 111
Ki-49 -I Helen x 3
Ki-46-II/C7M2 Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 83

Well it looks like the Japanese faked me out and hit Changsha with 200 bombers after he faked my fighters to Kweilin.

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Day Air attack on Hong Kong [UK] , at 43,42

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 12

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 13

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Kampong Chnang [CMB] , at 31,42

Allied aircraft
SB-2M x 23

No Allied losses

Resources hits 2

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Day Air attack on Phuket [Thailand] , at 23,41

Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 9

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Singapore [UK] , at 22,51

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 16
Me-109E-4 Mike x 38

Allied aircraft
B-17E/F Fortress x 12

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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

Japanese aircraft
Me 264 Behemoth x 18
Ki-21-II Sally x 129

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 158

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Day Air attack on Makale/Papolo [CLB] , at 32,68

Japanese aircraft
B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 72
E13A1 Jake x 20
Ki-43-I Oscar x 27

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 16

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Day Air attack on Dili [Port Timor] , at 32,76

Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 22
Ki-43-I Oscar x 11

No Japanese losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1

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

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 20
Me-109E-4 Mike x 3
Me 264 Angel x 81
G9M1 Marlina x 3

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 78

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Day Air attack on Cebu [Cebu] , at 43,57

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 57
Ki-27 Nate x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val/Ki-52: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 43

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Day Air attack on Bacolod/Iloilo [PH] , at 43,56

Japanese aircraft
G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 27

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Prince Rupert [BC] , at 127,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 4
Me-109E-4 Mike x 66

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 14

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on IJA 56th Ind Inf Brigade, at 30,122

Just training my Beauforts in Oz on the trapped IJA elements.

Allied aircraft
Beaufort VII x 26

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on IJA 56th Ind Inf Brigade, at 30,122

Allied aircraft
B-26A Marauder x 3

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on TF at 11,59

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 85
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 4
D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 31

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Barry, Bomb hits 21, on fire, heavy damage

One of my AKs got caught escaping from Java --- but not before it unloaded several thousand tons of supplies. My supply situation, which had been precarious, is now pretty healthy again - healthy enough that I have over 200 serviceable fighters and 70 or so bombers in Java and will, over the next week or so, expand Batavia airfield and begin striking Soerabaja's airfield.

I'll also begin pumping out heavily damaged AKs in an effort to draw IJN and IJA bomber strikes down on my shipping and wait for my CAP to butcher the IJN and IJA strike wings.... at which point the real mass exodus will begin [8D]

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Day Air attack on Makale/Papolo [CLB] , at 32,68

Japanese aircraft
G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 15
Ki-43-I Oscar x 23

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Dili [Port Timor] , at 32,76

Japanese aircraft
G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 42
Ki-43-I Oscar x 13

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 1

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Ground combat at Ulan Bator [MON]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17850 troops, 286 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 711

Defending force 18571 troops, 218 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value =
666

Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

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Ground combat at 23,65

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 9916 troops, 292 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 435

Defending force 362 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Allied max assault: 566 - adjusted assault: 250

Japanese max defense: 3 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 250 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
93 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Just clearing the lines of communication again.

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Ground combat at Ulan Bator [MON]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7855 troops, 140 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 663

Defending force 23119 troops, 316 guns, 114 vehicles, Assault Value =
711

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Tomorrow my USN CV TF should find the enemy transports --- OR, if it is a trap, the enemy CVs. Well, either way, tomorrow we'll know.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:17 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/17/42

Well, it looks like it wasn't a trap and I timed my intercept perfectly. Two big fat, almost defenceless IJN convoys are within a few hexes of my CVs. One is covered by clouds and escapes attack but the other gets hit hard.

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Night Air attack on Bangkok [Thailand] , at 29,39

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IF-NF x 9

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Coal Harbor [BC] , at 130,37

Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 46

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 11
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat x 39
F-4 Lightning x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Me-109E-4 Mike: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 6 destroyed
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat: 20 destroyed

Its not nice but by sending the newbies off to their deaths I am bringing the experience of these 3 airgroups up from the low 40s to the low 60s. I'll load them onto transports, bring them to Oz and then from there fly them to Java. In a month's time my fighter defence over Java should climb from its current level of 250 to about 350.

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Day Air attack on Kampong Chnang [CMB] , at 31,42

All of the following raids originate from Rangoon - which is now basing A-20s, B-25s, B-17s and SB-2Ms. It won't be decisive but it builds experience and should draw another IJN and IJA fighter and bomber attack --- which will help keep the enemy's teeth pulled.

Allied aircraft
SB-2M x 26

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Phuket [Thailand] , at 23,41

Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 20

No Allied losses

Oil hits 1

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Day Air attack on Ubon Ratchathani , at 33,40

Allied aircraft
B-26A Marauder x 24

No Allied losses

Resources hits 9

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Day Air attack on Singapore [UK] , at 22,51

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 14
Me-109E-4 Mike x 35

Allied aircraft
B-17E/F Fortress x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
Me-109E-4 Mike: 1 destroyed

Runway hits 4

At present I have almost 100 B-17s in action in-theatre but I need to begin bringing them together so that by mid-July I am able to wield those 100 B-17s en masse at a single target --- whilst I'm building a second group of 100 B-17s.

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Day Air attack on Makale/Papolo [CLB] , at 32,68

Japanese aircraft
B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 74
E13A1 Jake x 20
Ki-43-I Oscar x 26

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 16

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Day Air attack on Dili [Port Timor] , at 32,76

Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 22
Ki-43-I Oscar x 13

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Cebu [Cebu] , at 43,57

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 59
Ki-27 Nate x 15

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 36

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

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 9
B-17E/F Fortress x 12

No Allied losses

Runway hits 1

Merely a distraction.

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Day Air attack on Prince Rupert [BC] , at 127,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 4
Me-109E-4 Mike x 66

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 13

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on IJA 56th Ind Inf Brigade, at 30,123

Allied aircraft
B-26A Marauder x 5

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on TF at 43,136

Allied aircraft
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat x 8
SB2U-2 Vindicator x 24
TBF/TBM-1 Avenger x 8

Allied aircraft losses
SB2U-2 Vindicator: 1 damaged
TBF/TBM-1 Avenger: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
APD Patrol Boat No. 35, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DMS Ishigaki, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Sanfuku Maru
AP Kotobuki Maru #5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Katsuragisan Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Kidokawa Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

A nice little ambush. It wasn't all that decisive as only a single CV's worth of strike aircraft could participate. today I flew the Kittyhawks off the other CV and flew another 60 strike aircraft onto my CVs from Oz. Tomorrow's strikes will be significantly stronger.

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Day Air attack on TF at 109,73

Allied aircraft
OS2U-3 Kingfisher x 3

Allied aircraft losses
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
AK Akitsu Maru, Bomb hits 1

This will now have to make for Lahaina --- which I've just mined for the first time in a few months.

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 40
Ki-48-I Lily x 18
Ki-48-II Lily x 55
Ki-49 -I Helen x 3

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 9
I-16 Type 4 x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke: 1 destroyed
Ki-48-II Lily: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
I-16 Type 4: 5 destroyed

Runway hits 6

I'm losing absolutely worthless planes here so even though I've lost 8 planes I've really lost nothing of worth while the Japanese have lost 3 pilots and 3 front-line planes.

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 23
Ki-48-I Lily x 12
Ki-48-II Lily x 24
Ki-21-II Sally x 2
Ki-46-II/C7M2 Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 3
I-16 Type 4 x 1

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

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 6 destroyed
I-16 Type 4: 2 destroyed
Mosquito NF: 2 destroyed

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 9

Hmm those Mosquito losses hurt as there are no replacements for the Mosquito for quite some time.

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Day Air attack on Makale/Papolo [CLB] , at 32,68

Japanese aircraft
G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 13
Ki-43-I Oscar x 27

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Dili [Port Timor] , at 32,76

Japanese aircraft
G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 41
Ki-43-I Oscar x 8

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 1

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Day Air attack on Davao [Mndno] , at 43,61

Japanese aircraft
B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 11

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 6

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Day Air attack on Bacolod/Iloilo [PH] , at 43,56

Japanese aircraft
G3M2/Ki-42 Nell x 7

No Japanese losses

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

Japanese aircraft
G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 53

No Japanese losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3

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Day Air attack on TF at 43,136

Allied aircraft
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat x 8
SB2U-2 Vindicator x 22
TBF/TBM-1 Avenger x 5

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Kotobuki Maru #5, on fire
DMS Ishigaki, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kidokawa Maru, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage

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Ground combat at Ulan Bator [MON]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17869 troops, 291 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 708

Defending force 18522 troops, 221 guns, 93 vehicles, Assault Value =
663

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Ulan Bator [MON]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7876 troops, 142 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 661

Defending force 23140 troops, 320 guns, 115 vehicles, Assault Value =
708

Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

My options tomorrow are:
a) head for Taz and kill some CVLs,
b) run away,
c) hunt down the cripples and the other convoy.

Since I need to refuel and my AOs are nearby I'm going to hunt down the cripples, refuel the day after and then try to intercept some fleeing CVLs.

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