Two days ago I admitted defeat. In war things can change pretty fast, it now turns out to become a glorious Japanese victory.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/13/42
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TF 80 encounters mine field at Gili Gili (56,94)
Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 2
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TF 75 encounters mine field at Cairns (47,100)
Japanese Ships
MSW Asahi Maru #2
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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
B5N Kate x 12
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 107
No Japanese losses
Port supply hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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look what KB encountered at Brisbane defended by only a small number of fighters:
Day Air attack on TF, near Brisbane at 46,114
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 48
D3A Val x 64
B5N Kate x 77
Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 12
Brewster 339D x 6
Buffalo I x 5
Kittyhawk I x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged
D3A Val: 11 damaged
B5N Kate: 3 destroyed, 23 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
CW-21B Demon: 6 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 3 destroyed
Buffalo I: 3 destroyed
Kittyhawk I: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied Ships
CA Canberra, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CL Java, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CA Australia, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CL De Ruyter, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Piet Hein, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CL Sumatra
DD Tenedos
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
none of the cruisers is confirmed sunk and I doubt if any of them sinks as they were disbanded in Brisbane´s level 9 port. I´ve got now idea what those cruisers were doing there when Swift knows KB is coming towards them.
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Day Air attack on TF at 47,110
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 59
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 2 destroyed, 23 damaged
Allied Ships
CA Northampton, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
CA Astoria, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Lamson
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
the next two heavy US cruisers are sunk... [:D]
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Day Air attack on TF at 47,110
Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 17
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
CA Astoria, on fire, heavy damage
CA Northampton, on fire, heavy damage
DD Flusser, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
the cruisers were already sunk...
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Day Air attack on TF at 47,110
Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 17
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
CA Astoria, on fire, heavy damage
CA Northampton, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Townsville at 46,103
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 3
Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 12
Hurricane IIb x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Mahan
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 48,102
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Wow, Prince of Wales is till afloat and only 4 Nells attack the most important target in this area. We have to sink the beast to take revenge for the loss of BB Nagato!
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Day Air attack on 48th Division, at 45,103
Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 1
No Allied losses
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Day Air attack on TF, near Cairns at 47,100
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 56
Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 8
Hurricane IIb x 11
Beaufort V-IX x 10
A-20B Boston x 11
B-25C Mitchell x 8
B-26B Marauder x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Brewster 339D: 6 destroyed
Hurricane IIb: 4 destroyed, 3 damaged
Beaufort V-IX: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged
A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 3 damaged
Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu
CL Kinu
CL Natori
DD Yukikaze
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 6000 feet
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 11000 feet
looks like Swift is slowly getting serious with his attacks against my ships but it´s far too late already. He should have sent in everything he has while I was still trying to take Cairns.
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Day Air attack on TF, near Cairns at 47,100
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 55
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 3
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
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Day Air attack on TF, near Cairns at 47,100
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 55
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
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Day Air attack on TF, near Townsville at 46,103
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 21
Ki-49 Helen x 14
Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 6
Hurricane IIb x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Brewster 339D: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
CL Marblehead, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
have flown in a Helen group, Marblehead is now probably disbanded in port...
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Day Air attack on TF at 47,107
Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
Allied Ships
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Townsville at 46,103
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 6
Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 6
Hurricane IIb x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Brewster 339D: 2 damaged
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Ground combat at Chengtu
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 87566 troops, 945 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1798
Defending force 14024 troops, 36 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 107
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 5
Japanese max assault: 3352 - adjusted assault: 3268
Allied max defense: 109 - adjusted defense: 66
Japanese assault odds: 49 to 1 (fort level 5)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Chengtu base !!!
Japanese ground losses:
547 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Allied ground losses:
7979 casualties reported
Guns lost 29
This last Bastion in China outside of Chungking has fallen. Resources were 60% damaged, only some 100 are left. China is reduced to Chungking now and I won´t attack that base with 140+ units there at the moment. My 2000 assault points will just sit there, blocking every movement of the Chinese troops. Now it´s time to redeploy my troops for the assault on Russia. Guess there will be some 20.000 assault points marching into Russia, the majority will attack in the South.
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Ground combat at Charter Towers
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 23346 troops, 270 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 936
Defending force 46179 troops, 356 guns, 349 vehicles, Assault Value = 379
will wait for another div to move to this base and then we will shock attack the Allied defenders, consisting of mostly base forces and understrength units.
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Ground combat at 44,102
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 69373 troops, 805 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 1606
Defending force 60442 troops, 517 guns, 63 vehicles, Assault Value = 1486
Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1
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Ground combat at Charter Towers
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 10256 troops, 141 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 379
Defending force 44885 troops, 485 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 936
Japanese ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
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Ground combat at Chungking
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 102206 troops, 674 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8920
Defending force 101874 troops, 1217 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 2131