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

[castor troy]

Here are the air losses. As you can see here also, Swift was very passively. Those losses mostly result because of my offensive actions, not because he tried to strike back.

[castor troy]

And here are the ship losses:


The IJN has lost:

BB 1
CA 1
DD 21
APD 3
SS 2

Allied losses:

CV 1
BB 3
BC 1
CA 14
CL 13
DD 58
SS 41





the rest are transports, MSW some patrols... especially the cruisers that are lost must hurt Swift, he needs them to escort his CVs in the coming year. Perhaps this gives my Betties some more chances...

I guess I have sunk nearly two dozen subs at Manila, therefor the high number of Allied subs lost. I can only hope that Swift will keep thinking that his sub mine laying campaign is a success (never seen Allied subs doing so few damage = no damage) than in this game. If I compare it to my IJN game against Hortlund, my Allied subs on patrol have sunk 150 Japanese ships more than Swift´s subs have sunk at this date. Several of his BBs were damaged during his attack on Johnston Island, so IMO the situation isn´t really bright for my opponent. I have already informed him that I will attack Russia, after activation he will have two weeks time to redeploy his troops.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/01/43

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TF 1152 encounters mine field at Midway (95,61) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

26 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
MSW Vireo, Shell hits 12, on fire, heavy damage

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ASW attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
SS I-153

Allied Ships
MSW Grebe
MSW Tern
MSW Rail
MSW Turkey
MSW Penguin
MSW Skylark

wow! [X(] Can´t Swift believe that it´s suicide to send MSWs to Midway? He´s lucky that they didn´t start sweeping mines as they would have been shot to pieces like the TF yesterday...

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 177
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 36
Ki-30 Ann x 9
Ki-32 Mary x 11

No Japanese losses

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
35 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Midway , at 95,61


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 25
B-24D Liberator x 36


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on 20th Mixed Brigade, at 46,113


Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 3
Vengeance I x 2
Wellington III x 6
F-5A Lightning x 1
A-20B Boston x 28
B-25C Mitchell x 13


Allied aircraft losses
Vengeance I: 1 damaged
Wellington III: 2 damaged
A-20B Boston: 4 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
118 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 23rd Mixed Brigade, at 46,113


Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 5
Hurricane IIb x 31
Vengeance I x 9
Wellington III x 14
F-5A Lightning x 2
A-20B Boston x 93
B-25C Mitchell x 37


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged
Vengeance I: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
A-20B Boston: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
386 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Australian Division, at 44,102

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 54

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 44,102

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 53
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 157

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
120 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet

would like to see my attacks concentrating on the 3 divs there and not on a unit with 0 assault value...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Rockhampton at 46,109

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 78

Allied aircraft
Avenger I x 3
CW-21B Demon x 2
Brewster 339D x 3
Kittyhawk I x 20
Beaufort V-IX x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Avenger I: 2 damaged
CW-21B Demon: 1 damaged
Brewster 339D: 1 damaged
Kittyhawk I: 16 destroyed
Beaufort V-IX: 3 destroyed


why keeps Swift those bombers on nav attack. What is he doing?

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Ground combat at 44,102

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1640 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1149

Defending force 43426 troops, 153 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1050



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Ground combat at 46,29

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7413 troops, 82 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 161

Defending force 1477 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 28

Japanese max assault: 135 - adjusted assault: 128

Allied max defense: 24 - adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 42 to 1



Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/02/43

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Rockhampton at 46,109

Japanese Ships
CL Naka
CL Nagara
DD Natsugumo
DD Yugiri
DD Amagiri
DD Oboro

Allied Ships
PT PT-144, Shell hits 14, and is sunk

A PT comes in again. If it would survive it would have to drift home without fuel... [8|]

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Sub attack near Victoria Point at 25,39

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Truant

Truant on the usual mine laying mission. As usual the MSW waiting there already is attacked and sunk. This is the only time when those mine laying missions achieve at least a little success. Once again, I can´t believe that Swift is still using 100% of his subs for mine laying missions...

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 180
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 36
Ki-30 Ann x 9
Ki-32 Mary x 12

No Japanese losses

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Midway , at 95,61


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 22
B-24D Liberator x 29


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Australian Division, at 44,102

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 31
Ki-49 Helen x 126

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
219 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 44,102

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3
Ki-49 Helen x 77

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
62 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Imperial Guards/A Division, at 46,113


Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 2
Hurricane IIb x 11
Vengeance I x 3
Wellington III x 9
F-5A Lightning x 1
A-20B Boston x 37
B-25C Mitchell x 15


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 2 damaged
Wellington III: 2 damaged
A-20B Boston: 4 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
178 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 16th/A Division, at 46,113


Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 3
Hurricane IIb x 22
Vengeance I x 6
Wellington III x 7
F-5A Lightning x 1
A-20B Boston x 61
B-25C Mitchell x 25


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Vengeance I: 2 damaged
Wellington III: 3 damaged
A-20B Boston: 2 destroyed, 17 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 10 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
281 casualties reported
Guns lost 9
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Rockhampton at 46,109

Japanese Ships
CL Naka
CL Nagara
DD Natsugumo
DD Yugiri
DD Amagiri
DD Oboro

Allied Ships
PT PT-150, Shell hits 9, and is sunk

and a PT out of fuel comes in during daylight...

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Ground combat at 44,102

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1640 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1149

Defending force 42988 troops, 143 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1039



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Ground combat at 46,29

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7463 troops, 84 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 161

Defending force 1433 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 24

Japanese max assault: 137 - adjusted assault: 262

Allied max defense: 21 - adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 87 to 1



Allied ground losses:
3195 casualties reported

Remnants of a Chinese corps finally surrendered...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/03/43

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Naval bombardment of Midway, at 95,61 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

33 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
BB Washington, Shell hits 7

Japanese ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Only one BB left doing bombardments at Midway. And my CD guns are still firing...

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TF 14 encounters mine field at Cooktown (48,98)

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 2

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Day Air attack on Midway , at 95,61


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6
B-24D Liberator x 13


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet

port attacks for weeks... Swift will soon regret that the airfield is open again... [:D]

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Day Air attack on 20th Mixed Brigade, at 46,114


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 3
CW-21B Demon x 3
Brewster 339D x 11
Hurricane IIb x 16
Spitfire Vb x 18
Kittyhawk I x 19
Vengeance I x 8
Wellington III x 7
F-5A Lightning x 1
A-20B Boston x 58
B-25C Mitchell x 25


Allied aircraft losses
Vengeance I: 2 destroyed
Wellington III: 2 damaged
A-20B Boston: 10 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
154 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Darwin Defense Brigade, at 44,102

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 4
Ki-49 Helen x 68

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
90 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 7th Australian Division, at 44,102

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 51
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 32
Ki-49 Helen x 141

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
132 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Imperial Guards/B Division, at 46,114


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 2
CW-21B Demon x 3
Brewster 339D x 7
Hurricane IIb x 10
Spitfire Vb x 9
Kittyhawk I x 10
Vengeance I x 3
Wellington III x 6
F-5A Lightning x 1
A-20B Boston x 36
B-25C Mitchell x 15


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 2 damaged
A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
125 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Ground combat at 44,102

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1640 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1197

Defending force 42563 troops, 139 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1028



Allied ground losses:
1 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Brisbane

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14056 troops, 114 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3004

Defending force 94407 troops, 518 guns, 395 vehicles, Assault Value = 748 [X(]

The Aussie division that was forced to retreat and two dozen of base forces are defending Brisbane and that´s it. Wooden hex and level 9 forts probably but what if I get in some good naval bombardments? Will start flying some recon to prepare a nuke... First I have to fight down the two dozen mini TFs that are sitting there though...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/04/43

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TF 14 encounters mine field at Cooktown (48,98)

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 2

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TF 34 encounters mine field at Brisbane (46,114)

Japanese Ships
CL Nagara, Mine hits 1

VH2...[8|]
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I´ve mentioned it before, I really would like to have a working AI as the AI wouldn´t lose harder than my opponent but in any case it wouldn´t use such "tactics" a PBEM opponent can come up with. Voilà, the next round again three dozen mini TFs at Brisbane... [8|] I told Swift that I will ignore any rants about me using the same tactic later on. I will just laugh when he will meet two dozen 2 barge TFs at a base...

Night Time Surface Combat, near Brisbane at 46,114


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
C.XI-W: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CL Naka, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CL Nagara, Shell hits 2
DD Natsugumo
DD Yugiri
DD Amagiri, Shell hits 5, on fire
DD Oboro

Allied Ships
CL Sumatra, Shell hits 68, and is sunk
DD Vampire, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Tenedos, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Brisbane at 46,114

Japanese Ships
CL Naka, on fire
CL Nagara
DD Natsugumo, Shell hits 2
DD Yugiri
DD Amagiri, on fire
DD Oboro

Allied Ships
PT PT-143
PT PT-145
PT PT-164
PT PT-167, Shell hits 8, and is sunk

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Brisbane at 46,114

Japanese Ships
CL Naka, Shell hits 1, on fire
CL Nagara, on fire
DD Natsugumo
DD Yugiri
DD Amagiri, on fire, heavy damage
DD Oboro

Allied Ships
PG Kiwi, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
PG Moa, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
PG Tui, Shell hits 28, and is sunk

once again we have the we start burning by ourself phenomena... Nagara not on fire before, no hit, now on fire... the game is so bugged...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Brisbane at 46,114

Japanese Ships
CL Naka, on fire
CL Nagara, on fire
DD Natsugumo, Shell hits 1
DD Yugiri
DD Amagiri, on fire, heavy damage
DD Oboro

Allied Ships
PG Cyclamen, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
PG Thyme
PG Jasmine

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Brisbane at 46,114

Japanese Ships
CL Naka, on fire, heavy damage
CL Nagara, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Natsugumo, on fire
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 1
DD Amagiri, on fire, heavy damage
DD Oboro

Allied Ships
PG Swan, Shell hits 27, and is sunk
PG Warrego, Shell hits 12, on fire, heavy damage
PG Yarra, Shell hits 9, and is sunk

Nagara takes two non penetrating hits and as she started burning from a "ghost hit" before, she´s now heavily damaged... [8|]

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another TF? Hey, why not. This is the "we Allied sailors give our live to save Brisbane and throw ourselfs against the Japanese to die tactic..."

Night Time Surface Combat, near Brisbane at 46,114

Japanese Ships
CL Naka, on fire, heavy damage
CL Nagara, on fire, heavy damage
DD Natsugumo, on fire
DD Yugiri
DD Amagiri, on fire, heavy damage
DD Oboro

Allied Ships
MSW Bundaberg, Shell hits 16, and is sunk

We spot another 20 TFs at Brisbane... [8|] Please give me a challenging AI!! Or at least a working AI...

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TF 14 encounters mine field at Cooktown (48,98)

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 2

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 210
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 36
Ki-30 Ann x 8
Ki-32 Mary x 12

No Japanese losses

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Rockhampton , at 46,109

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 87

Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 3
B-17E Fortress x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F-5A Lightning: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress laying mines at 6000 feet [8|]

why I´m not surprised that I see mine laying bombers now... I´m no fan of those we are immune when laying mines missions but here Swift seems to think different. No house rule, go ahead...

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Day Air attack on Midway , at 95,61

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 47

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 12 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 16 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet

Midway has aircraft again. 2 B-17 are shot down.

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Day Air attack on 1st Australian Cavalry Division, at 44,102

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 51
G4M1 Betty x 17
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 32
Ki-49 Helen x 140

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
94 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 5th Australian Division, at 44,102

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
G4M1 Betty x 17
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 4
Ki-49 Helen x 53

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 47,112


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 20
Avenger I x 7
CW-21B Demon x 9
Brewster 339D x 19
Spitfire Vb x 28
Kittyhawk I x 35
Vildebeest IV x 11
T.IVa x 3
Beaufort V-IX x 5


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CL Nagara, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CL Naka, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Avenger I launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x Vildebeest IV launching torpedoes at 200 feet

the TF ends up 2 hexes from Brisbane, both ships are dead of course... I really love this stupid tactic of creating dozens of one, two or three throw away ships TFs... [8|]

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Day Air attack on TF at 47,110

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 33

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 4
Kittyhawk I x 2
Beaufort V-IX x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Kittyhawk I: 1 destroyed
Beaufort V-IX: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Natsugumo, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at 44,102

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1640 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1199

Defending force 42263 troops, 134 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1019



Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Brisbane

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 128750 troops, 1247 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 3099

Defending force 94751 troops, 520 guns, 401 vehicles, Assault Value = 757



Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/05/43

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Day Air attack on Rockhampton , at 46,109

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 93

Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 2
B-17E Fortress x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F-5A Lightning: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress laying mines at 6000 feet [8|]

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Day Air attack on 23rd Mixed Brigade, at 46,114


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 2
CW-21B Demon x 3
Brewster 339D x 6
Hurricane IIb x 11
Spitfire Vb x 9
Kittyhawk I x 12
Vengeance I x 3
Wellington III x 6
F-5A Lightning x 1
A-20B Boston x 35
B-25C Mitchell x 12


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged
Vengeance I: 1 damaged
A-20B Boston: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
157 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 56th Division, at 46,114


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 3
CW-21B Demon x 6
Brewster 339D x 12
Hurricane IIb x 22
Spitfire Vb x 17
Kittyhawk I x 24
Vengeance I x 9
Wellington III x 7
F-5A Lightning x 1
A-20B Boston x 62
B-25C Mitchell x 18


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged
Vengeance I: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Wellington III: 2 damaged
A-20B Boston: 13 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
221 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Brisbane

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 153166 troops, 1251 guns, 620 vehicles, Assault Value = 3114

Defending force 95122 troops, 524 guns, 407 vehicles, Assault Value = 765

Japanese max assault: 2028 - adjusted assault: 518 [8|]

Allied max defense: 814 - adjusted defense: 6423 [8|][8|]

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


Japanese ground losses:
7696 casualties reported [:(][:(][:(]
Guns lost 70
Vehicles lost 58

Allied ground losses:
758 casualties reported
Guns lost 26
Vehicles lost 1

an understrenght Australian div a couple of units with assault value 0 and 20 base forces, mostly understrenght in infantry is holding Brisbane. No comment on the outcome. We can´t do bombardments as our enemy has still two dozen mini TFs there that act as anti bombardment shields... [8|]


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Ground combat at 44,102

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1640 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1201

Defending force 42184 troops, 134 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1012



Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/06/43

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TF 75 encounters mine field at Victoria Point (25,39)

Japanese Ships
MSW Toshi Maru #2

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 180
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 36
Ki-30 Ann x 8
Ki-32 Mary x 12

No Japanese losses

Port hits 4
Port supply hits 1

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

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Ground combat at 44,102

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1640 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1202

Defending force 42304 troops, 134 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1012



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Ground combat at Brisbane

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 129977 troops, 1095 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2625

Defending force 94237 troops, 496 guns, 409 vehicles, Assault Value = 754



Allied ground losses:
129 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

the deliberate attack yesterday cost us 400 assault points = a whole IJA division... [:(]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/07/43

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TF 75 encounters mine field at Victoria Point (25,39)

Japanese Ships
MSW Toshi Maru #2

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Sub attack at 47,110

Japanese Ships
AR Akagi Maru

Allied Ships
SS O16

torps miss, lucky AR. Swift has parked a couple of subs in and around Rockhampton. Moved in two ARs to save the CL that is still afloat but at 74 sys, 78 flt. Also moved in a nav HQ. Port is a level 5, so chances shouldn´t be that bad to save the ship but who knows. We have spotted CL Newcastle and CL Adelaide at Brisbane now, this means my opponent has moved in more ships. So a couple of CLs (probably with DD escort) and two dozen mini TFs consisting of one or two MSW, PG, barges... are now shielding Brisbane from naval bombardments. We have half a dozen CAs with a dozen DDs on the way to Rockhampton at the moment. The Allied will lose a lot more throw away ships and we will lose more precious cruisers and destroyers I fear. BB Musashi was completed today. With one BB lost and Yamato and Musashi completed we have now one BB more than at the start of the war.

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TF 75 encounters mine field at Victoria Point (25,39)

Japanese Ships
MSW Toshi Maru #2

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Sub attack at 47,107

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 2

Allied Ships
SS O20, hits 1

O20 missed. Isn´t O20 a mine layer sub? O19 and O20?

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 176
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 33
Ki-30 Ann x 9
Ki-32 Mary x 12

No Japanese losses

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Rockhampton , at 46,109

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 86

Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 3
B-17E Fortress x 9

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress laying mines at 6000 feet [8|]
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Day Air attack on 56th Division, at 46,114


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 2
CW-21B Demon x 3
Brewster 339D x 7
Hurricane IIb x 11
Spitfire Vb x 9
Kittyhawk I x 9
Vengeance I x 3
Wellington III x 9
F-5A Lightning x 1
A-20B Boston x 32
B-25C Mitchell x 12
B-25J Mitchell x 2


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged
Vengeance I: 3 damaged
Wellington III: 3 damaged
A-20B Boston: 7 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
159 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 48th/A Division, at 46,114


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 3
CW-21B Demon x 6
Brewster 339D x 12
Hurricane IIb x 23
Spitfire Vb x 18
Kittyhawk I x 24
Vengeance I x 6
Wellington III x 7
F-5A Lightning x 1
A-20B Boston x 57
A-20G Havoc x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 22
B-25J Mitchell x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Vengeance I: 3 damaged
A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
211 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

Brisbane will be impossible to take if we have to face all those mini TFs shielding the port against naval bombardments. But we have 3 AA units on the move to this stack and they will arrive within the next 5 days. Then I guess this will at least stop the daily air attacks on our inf units. If not, then we will take down 100 aircraft within a week or force the bombers to bomb at heights where they don´t do much damage...

Soon we will have to take our divisions back to use them to defend the Empire at already prepared positions.

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Ground combat at 44,102

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1640 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1203

Defending force 42295 troops, 132 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1015



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Ground combat at Brisbane

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 130202 troops, 1098 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2668

Defending force 94561 troops, 509 guns, 414 vehicles, Assault Value = 770

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/08/43

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TF 75 encounters mine field at Victoria Point (25,39)

Japanese Ships
MSW Toshi Maru #2

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TF 75 encounters mine field at Victoria Point (25,39)

Japanese Ships
MSW Toshi Maru #2

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Day Air attack on Rockhampton , at 46,109

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 90

Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 2
B-17E Fortress x 9

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress laying mines at 6000 feet [8|]
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Day Air attack on 56th Division, at 46,114


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 3
CW-21B Demon x 7
Brewster 339D x 12
Hurricane IIb x 20
Spitfire Vb x 18
Kittyhawk I x 26
Vengeance I x 4
Wellington III x 15
F-5A Lightning x 1
A-20B Boston x 49
A-20G Havoc x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 18
B-25J Mitchell x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 4 damaged
Vengeance I: 1 damaged
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
144 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 44,102

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
G4M1 Betty x 10
Ki-49 Helen x 37

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

why the aircraft attack a unit with 0 assault value is a mistery for me...

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Day Air attack on 5th Australian Division, at 44,102

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
G4M1 Betty x 24
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 49

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet


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Ground combat at 44,102

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1640 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1203

Defending force 42089 troops, 128 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1007



Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[anarchyintheuk]

Using small tfs like is definitely in the gamey area. But I think it serves to at least partially alleviate the joke that is the nuke bombardment.

Besides he has to run out of ship eventually. [;)]

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk

Using small tfs like is definitely in the gamey area. But I think it serves to at least partially alleviate the joke that is the nuke bombardment.

Besides he has to run out of ship eventually. [;)]

yeah, I have thought about the nuke as well. [8|]

I doubt that he will run out of barges or the throw away ships he has there. Situation has changed today though! BB Valiant was spotted at Brisbane. CL Newcastle and Adelaide are probably escort for Valiant.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/09/43

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TF 14 encounters mine field at Rockhampton (46,109)

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 2

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TF 14 encounters mine field at Rockhampton (46,109)

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 2

clearing the mines dropped by the Fortresses...

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Day Air attack on 56th Division, at 46,114


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 8
CW-21B Demon x 10
Brewster 339D x 19
Hurricane IIb x 28
Spitfire Vb x 27
Kittyhawk I x 39
Vengeance I x 7
Wellington III x 13
A-20B Boston x 80
A-20G Havoc x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 34
B-25J Mitchell x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 4 damaged
Vengeance I: 4 damaged
Wellington III: 5 damaged
A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
292 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Australian Division, at 44,102

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 8
Ki-49 Helen x 32

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 5th Australian Division, at 44,102

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
G4M1 Betty x 24
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-49 Helen x 59

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
35 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Rockhampton at 46,109

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 2, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk

Allied Ships
PT PT-143
PT PT-145
PT PT-164

out of fuel PTs attack my MSW and sink it...

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Ground combat at 44,102

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 54688 troops, 604 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 1203

Defending force 41797 troops, 123 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1000

Japanese max assault: 1158 - adjusted assault: 1106

Allied max defense: 722 - adjusted defense: 80 [X(]

Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
1564 casualties reported
Guns lost 53
Vehicles lost 2

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


the Australian Army that I have cut off West of Charter Towers gets a horrible adjusted av. They are surely completely out of supply and the nearly daily air attacks seem to have paid off. We still take more losses with our attack, while the two attacking divs took only very few casualties, the three para regiments and the nav guard unit (worth some 220 assault points) got completely shredded, now being nearly 50% disabled with 5% deaths.

Non of the defending units surrendered so far, but with this result I´m pretty sure that I will get them to surrender within the next month. This will mean we have accomplished one of our goals with our invasion of Australia (at first only aimed at taking the bases in the North). In this pocket the enemy will lose 3 Australian divs, a bgd and several smaller units like the Darwin defense bgd.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/10/43

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TF 89 encounters mine field at Rockhampton (46,109)

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 10
MSW Wa 19

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Sub attack near Rockhampton at 46,109

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 19, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wa 10

Allied Ships
SS S-36

as in 90% of the cases when a sub sits in one of my base hexes, this doesn´t mean the sub is more vulnerable, no, it only is more dangerous. Countless MSWs were sunk already when sitting in a base hex waiting for a sub coming in to lay some mines... [8|]

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Day Air attack on 56th Division, at 46,114


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 7
CW-21B Demon x 9
Brewster 339D x 17
Hurricane IIb x 28
Spitfire Vb x 20
Kittyhawk I x 37
Vengeance I x 5
Wellington III x 13
A-20B Boston x 57
A-20G Havoc x 7
B-25C Mitchell x 23
B-25J Mitchell x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 2 damaged
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
A-20B Boston: 2 destroyed, 10 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
177 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

in three days we will have our AA regiments in the hex...

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Day Air attack on 5th Australian Division, at 44,102

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
G4M1 Betty x 33
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 94

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
171 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
18 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at 44,102

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1250 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1066

Defending force 40667 troops, 101 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 956

with our deliberate attack yesterday, the enemy lost 44 av and we lost 137...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/11/43

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TF 89 encounters mine field at Rockhampton (46,109)

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 10

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TF 89 encounters mine field at Rockhampton (46,109)

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 10

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Day Air attack on 56th Division, at 46,114


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 6
CW-21B Demon x 3
Brewster 339D x 7
Hurricane IIb x 11
Spitfire Vb x 9
Kittyhawk I x 11
Vengeance I x 3
Wellington III x 6
A-20B Boston x 36
A-20G Havoc x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 11
B-25J Mitchell x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 3 damaged
Vengeance I: 2 damaged
Wellington III: 1 damaged
A-20B Boston: 6 damaged
A-20G Havoc: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
111 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Australian Division, at 44,102

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
G4M1 Betty x 31
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 59

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
110 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 7th Australian Division, at 44,102

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3
Ki-49 Helen x 28

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Imperial Guards/A Division, at 46,114


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 3
CW-21B Demon x 7
Brewster 339D x 13
Hurricane IIb x 23
Spitfire Vb x 19
Kittyhawk I x 30
Vengeance I x 6
Wellington III x 6
A-20B Boston x 47
A-20G Havoc x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 15
B-25J Mitchell x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 5 damaged
A-20B Boston: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged
A-20G Havoc: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
182 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Naval bombardment of Brisbane, at 46,114 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

21 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Newcastle
CA Devonshire, Shell hits 13
BB Valiant

Japanese ground losses:
151 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

the Royal Navy is now bombarding our troops at Brisbane during daylight.

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Naval bombardment of Brisbane, at 46,114

Allied Ships
DD Tjerk Hiddes
CL Mauritius
CA Exeter
CA Cornwall
BB Warspite

Japanese ground losses:
146 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

two British BBs here now, makes bombardment of the IJN impossible now. Well, the dozens of mini TFs made it already impossible...

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Ground combat at 44,102

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1276 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1079

Defending force 40436 troops, 98 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 948



Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/12/43

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TF 89 encounters mine field at Rockhampton (46,109)

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 10

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Rockhampton at 46,109

Japanese Ships
CL Agano
CL Kuma
CL Tama
CL Kiso
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 2
DD Oboro
DD Ushio
DD Kisaragi

Allied Ships
PT PT-170, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
PT PT-176, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
PT PT-177

Swift keeps sending in PTs that are operating outside of their range and I, once again, do find it strange... [8|] the next three PTs are already spotted coming North from Brisbane. Yugiri takes a hit from a 20mm Oerlikon and a .50 cal that knocks out two 5 inch guns and cause 8 sys points... [8|]

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Rockhampton at 46,109

Japanese Ships
CL Agano
CL Kuma
CL Tama
CL Kiso
DD Yugiri
DD Oboro
DD Ushio
DD Kisaragi

Allied Ships
PT PT-177, Shell hits 6, and is sunk

the third PT is sunk... guess we will see an endless number of PTs that are coming in, operating outside of their range. Who cares, out of fuel ships can still move 120 miles a day in WITP. Another example of how game features can and will be exploit by players.

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Naval bombardment of Brisbane, at 46,114 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

22 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Newcastle, Shell hits 6
CA Devonshire
BB Valiant

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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TF 21 encounters mine field at Rockhampton (46,109)

Japanese Ships
DD Hatsuharu, Mine hits 1, on fire
DD Shiratsuyu

new cruisers with destroyers arrive and a DD hits a mine that was dropped by the B-17s... [8|]

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 148
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35
Ki-30 Ann x 8
Ki-32 Mary x 12

No Japanese losses

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 3

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

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Day Air attack on 51st AA Regiment, at 46,114


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 4
CW-21B Demon x 7
Brewster 339D x 13
Hurricane IIb x 22
Spitfire Vb x 18
Kittyhawk I x 31
Vengeance I x 6
Wellington III x 7
A-20B Boston x 53
A-20G Havoc x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 9
B-25J Mitchell x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 3 damaged
Vengeance I: 2 damaged
Wellington III: 3 damaged
A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged
A-20G Havoc: 3 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
464 casualties reported
Guns lost 18

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

3 x A-20G Havoc bombing at 6000 feet

my AA rgts moved in to Brisbane and one gets wiped out by a concentrated bomber attack. Looks like the bombers are operating below the effective range of the flak guns as I can´t see much of an improvement of my flak defense here. Not good...

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Day Air attack on Sparrow Force Battalion, at 44,102

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 32
Ki-49 Helen x 89

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
171 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet

we bomb again a unit with 0 assault value...

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Ground combat at 44,102

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 52848 troops, 549 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 1097

Defending force 40160 troops, 95 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 945

Japanese max assault: 1031 - adjusted assault: 445

Allied max defense: 631 - adjusted defense: 39

Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
1892 casualties reported
Guns lost 36
Vehicles lost 1

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

amazing to see that even though the units only have an adjusted av of 39 they still inflict horrible losses within my units. The para rgts and the nav guard unit are down to an average of 15/85 strenght... and still no sign of the cut off defenders to surrender...

[castor troy]

I´m really sick of PBEMs when I have to keep on arguing about players endlessly trying to exploit the game engine. My "he has just suffered a 6:1 autoloss" opponent Swift just keeps sending out of fuel PTs to attack my shipping.

How can someone really think that it´s okay to operate ships out of their range? [8|] WHO CARES? I WON, he´s the loser...[:@]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/13/43

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Rockhampton at 46,109

Japanese Ships
CA Takao
CA Maya, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CL Agano
CL Kuma
CL Tama
CL Kiso
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Yudachi
DD Samidare, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DD Oboro
DD Ushio
DD Kisaragi

Allied Ships
PT PT-143
PT PT-145
PT PT-164, Shell hits 10, and is sunk

but of course I could endlessly argue about the id*otic routine that overrated those PTs. Have done that often enough, it´s BS to lose the whole IJN for the loss of 250 Allied PTs. We had TACTICAL ADVANTAGE...

OH! Perhpas I should mention the super duper tactic of three dozen mini throw away TFs at Brisbane...

You know what? I´m really sick of it...

Impossible to come up with 300 hrs at game´s start as you can´t think about every BS people can come up with. Hey, new hr: "don´t use ships outside of their range"...


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Rockhampton at 46,109

Japanese Ships
CA Takao
CA Maya, on fire
CL Agano
CL Kuma
CL Tama
CL Kiso
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Yudachi, Shell hits 2
DD Oboro
DD Ushio
DD Kisaragi

Allied Ships
PT PT-143
PT PT-145, Shell hits 117, and is sunk

one DD lost, Yudachi out of action with 26 sys from 2 hits from a 20mm Oerlikon, CA Maya heavily damaged with 34 sys...

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Sub attack near Singapore at 23,50

Japanese Ships
MSW Hinode Maru #20, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Shonan Maru #7
MSW Shintohoku Maru

Allied Ships
SS KXVII

and the never ending story about a mine laying sub entering a base hex (where subs are soooo vulnerable ! LOL) and attacking a MSW there. 90% of the time is this happening. But hey, of course I´m the only one that is recognizing this. The rest of the players say: subs in base hexes are more vulnerable. That´s what the "devs"? told them and THEY know the code

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Day Air attack on Brisbane , at 46,114

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 45
G4M1 Betty x 90

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 7
CW-21B Demon x 6
Brewster 339D x 15
Hurricane IIb x 18
Spitfire Vb x 22
Kittyhawk I x 26

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x G4M1 Betty laying mines at 15000 feet

HEY, using the same BS as my opponent. Sending in bombers at bright daylight to mine a port, completely immune to enemy CAP...

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Day Air attack on 8th Reserve AA Regiment, at 46,114


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 9
CW-21B Demon x 7
Brewster 339D x 17
Hurricane IIb x 29
Spitfire Vb x 22
Kittyhawk I x 35
Vengeance I x 9
Wellington III x 3
A-20B Boston x 62
A-20G Havoc x 8
B-25C Mitchell x 13
B-25J Mitchell x 8


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged
Vengeance I: 3 damaged
Wellington III: 3 damaged
A-20B Boston: 3 destroyed, 19 damaged
A-20G Havoc: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
319 casualties reported
Guns lost 15

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

another attack that proves that the common thinking on the forum is so often wrong. HEY, always the strongest unit in a stack is attacked. There are 2000+ assault points in this hex, but as yesterday an AA rgt with 0 assault value is attacked... and wrecked like the one yesterday of course.

Hey, I know, it´s the special WITP copy...

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Day Air attack on 1st Australian Division, at 44,102

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-49 Helen x 116

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
185 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/14/43

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Naval bombardment of Brisbane, at 46,114

Allied Ships
CL Newcastle
CA Devonshire
BB Valiant

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Day Air attack on Brisbane , at 46,114

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 49
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 177
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 9
CW-21B Demon x 7
Brewster 339D x 16
Hurricane IIb x 23
Spitfire Vb x 25
Kittyhawk I x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 22 destroyed, 30 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 9 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 4 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 13 destroyed
Hurricane IIb: 14 destroyed
Spitfire Vb: 23 destroyed
Kittyhawk I: 21 destroyed

Want to know why we sweep Brisbane? Because KB parks 4 hexes North of Brisbane to launch 200 bombers against BB Valiant but you know what? Swift´s Bull Shit exploit of having three dozen mini TFs there just screws up everything again.

Excellent weather and all the blah blah... of course we have seen this before... of course this BS tactic has nothing to do with the fact that everything gets screwed up! no no!

It´s a pity that half of the PBEMs end up with "trollelites" playing each other, trying to exploit every single BS routine the devs came up with. Swift told me he thinks it´s okay to use PTs that are out of fuel because they still operate near the coast. I didn´t tell him what I think he is, I only told him he should drive his out of fuel PTs up the coast and past all the islands right to Singapore to attack my shipping there... out of fuel stays out of fuel and all he´s doing is to completely exploit the game...

Hey, remember, I´m the one who has won 5,9:1 just 14 days ago... man, I must be the number one trollelite exploit gamer of the world... It will be a pleasure to crush the Russians in three months with every exploit I can find. And I´m sure I will find a silly explanation for everything. Perhaps I will just say: this game is so far away from reality anyway, I will conquer the whole map. Possible against the AI why shouldn´t it be possible here. The only time I seem to get my a$$ kicked is when my opponent comes up with such a BS to save his a$$ because 100 previous decisions were just plain wrong.

Can you hear how pissed I am? This is not my usual rant, I´m just pissed.

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Day Air attack on 20th Mixed Brigade, at 46,114


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 9
CW-21B Demon x 7
Brewster 339D x 14
Hurricane IIb x 21
Spitfire Vb x 18
Kittyhawk I x 29
Vengeance I x 5
Wellington III x 3
Liberator VI x 3
A-20B Boston x 38
A-20G Havoc x 8
B-25C Mitchell x 13
B-25J Mitchell x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 10 damaged
Vengeance I: 4 damaged
Wellington III: 2 damaged
Liberator VI: 3 damaged
A-20B Boston: 3 destroyed, 16 damaged
A-20G Havoc: 5 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 8 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
251 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/15/43

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Day Air attack on Rockhampton , at 46,109

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 65

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress laying mines at 6000 feet

I don´t like this kind of minelaying...

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Day Air attack on Midway , at 95,61

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 54

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 73

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed, 21 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 destroyed, 53 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
34 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 36600 feet [X(]

Don´t know what Swift is up to but the worst height he can attack is at max height, even though the 2 Zeroes can´t reach the bombers. Though the Tojos can, claiming two kills over the atoll and another 7 bombers lost A2A and another one to ops bringing the total B-17 losses to 10 today. We lose two Tojos on the ground, one pilot is killed. Would he attack at 10000 ft he would lose 2 or 3 bombers more to flak but would torch 50 aircraft on the ground. Serves me well... 53 bombers damaged 10 destroyed buys me a week time...

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Day Air attack on 48th Heavy AA Battalion, at 46,114 [8|]


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 7
CW-21B Demon x 6
Brewster 339D x 11
Hurricane IIb x 16
Spitfire Vb x 13
Kittyhawk I x 27
Vengeance I x 7
Wellington III x 4
Liberator VI x 3
A-20B Boston x 63
A-20G Havoc x 12
B-25C Mitchell x 12
B-25J Mitchell x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 3 damaged
Vengeance I: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Wellington III: 2 damaged
Liberator VI: 1 destroyed
A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged
A-20G Havoc: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
327 casualties reported
Guns lost 15

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

we moved in 3 AA rgts and now the third is totally wrecked, down to 12/89... [8|] can´t believe that in four days all 3 AA units were wrecked... so much to the myth about what units in a stack get attacked...

[anarchyintheuk]

ORIGINAL: castor troy

we moved in 3 AA rgts and now the third is totally wrecked, down to 12/89... [8|] can´t believe that in four days all 3 AA units were wrecked... so much to the myth about what units in a stack get attacked...

I've kinda given up on trying to figure out which units are more likely to get hit on ground attack. I used to think it had more to do w/ unit is freshest (lowest disruption/fatigue) than which one is the strongest. Never believed in "strongest gets attacked" myself.