AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/25/43
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Coastal Guns at Babo, 42,77, firing at TF 1107
TF 1107 troops unloading over beach at Babo, 42,77
24 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Richmond
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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 15
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
9 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Naval bombardment of Andaman Island, at 23,34
Allied Ships
CL Newcastle
CL Glasgow
CL Hobart
CL Perth
CL Achilles
CA Exeter
CA Cornwall
CA Devonshire
CA Dorsetshire
CA Australia
CA Shropshire
Japanese ground losses:
645 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Runway hits 18
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 3
I wasn´t happy about the increase in flak fire over Andaman, so I decided to send in the British cruisers once again. Result is okay...
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Day Air attack on Andaman Island , at 23,34
Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 16
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 24
B-25C Mitchell x 64
B-25J Mitchell x 59
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-57-II Topsy: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 6 damaged
Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 13
Aircraft Attacking:
26 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
what a hit rate... want to close all three airfields in the region (PM, Thursday and Gili Gili).
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Day Air attack on TF at 42,72
Allied aircraft
Seafire x 11
F4F-4 Wildcat x 45
SBD Dauntless x 36
TBF Avenger x 18
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Midori Maru, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Ryugi Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Otake Maru, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
2 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
the enemy TF that went to Sorong decided to retire North and today my carriers launch a small strike. Not a single British torp bomber launched (as usual...)
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Day Air attack on TF at 42,72
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 5
SBD Dauntless x 29
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Otake Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Ryugi Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
another small strike and that´s it for the whole day... while Hortlund can be more or less sure that he hasn´t to fear much from my carriers, I still have no clue why he moves in a dozen empty ships within range of 500 carrier based aircraft... [&:]
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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 19
PB4Y Liberator x 31
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-57-II Topsy: 1 destroyed
L2D2 Tabby: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y Liberator: 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 19
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PB4Y Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35
Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 50
P-39D Airacobra x 44
B-25C Mitchell x 61
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 34
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 106,119
Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 4
E7K2 Alf x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 2 damaged
E7K2 Alf: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
LST LST-32, Bomb hits 1, on fire
LSD Carter Hall, Bomb hits 1
Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet
4 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
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Ground combat at Babo
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 12565 troops, 92 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 573
Defending force 83375 troops, 607 guns, 554 vehicles, Assault Value = 1687
Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
the Japanese lost nearly 90 assault points from our deliberate attack yesterday. Ordered another one tomorrow...
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Ground combat at Babo
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 3060 troops, 78 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 1686
Defending force 21704 troops, 104 guns, 82 vehicles, Assault Value = 573
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
The rant goes on... PBEM QUIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/26/43
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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 7
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 6th/A Division, at 42,77
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 143
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
105 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
not much damage done by 143 heavy bombers...
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35
Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 42
P-39D Airacobra x 35
B-25C Mitchell x 49
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 17
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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ouch!!! [:(]
Day Air attack on TF at 50,92
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 37
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 27 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Caldwell, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Cony, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Morris
DD Saufley
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Cony sunk, Caldwell has good chances to make it. This is what I was talking about all the time! As long as I haven´t secured the shipping lanes between Brisbane and Darwin, it will be hard to move further North. It seems it took Hortlund an eternity to notice that too as this is the first strike in this region. I´m so glad he evacuated most of his troops in Southern New Guinea. This strike came from Lae. I moved those DDs into this hex to attack a sub that has been sitting here for a week. This strike clearly shows: no more convoys without carrier escorts between Brisbane and Darwin. Attack on Thursday, PM or Gili Gili has just become priority again... With one of those bases I will be able to surpress Lae and the other bases and this should make my shipping safer.
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ASW attack at 50,92
Japanese Ships
SS I-36
Allied Ships
DD Morris
DD Bancroft
DD Welles
this is the sub I tried to engage...
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Sub attack at 50,92
Japanese Ships
SS I-36
Allied Ships
DD Saufley
DD Morris
DD Bancroft
DD Welles
the sub then even attacks one of our DDs... lost one DD and another one heavily damaged for no gain. I hate losing ships for no gain... [:@]
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Ground combat at Babo
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 12154 troops, 91 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 593
Defending force 84043 troops, 614 guns, 569 vehicles, Assault Value = 1710
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Ground combat at Babo
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 73589 troops, 602 guns, 515 vehicles, Assault Value = 1710
Defending force 21868 troops, 103 guns, 82 vehicles, Assault Value = 593
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 6
Allied max assault: 1642 - adjusted assault: 1373
Japanese max defense: 453 - adjusted defense: 605
Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 6) [:D]
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 6
Japanese ground losses:
1829 casualties reported [:D]
Guns lost 22
Vehicles lost 7
Allied ground losses:
373 casualties reported [:D][:D]
Guns lost 23
Vehicles lost 9
we achieve a 2:1 already, inflict heavy casualties within the defenders and take only minor losses! This is excellent news, we will now keep on attacking. The base will fall soon and we will have our fist stronghold on New Guinea. Couple of seabees were landed already and more are ready to be shipped in as soon as the base is ours. Expect to see a level 5 airfield within the next 3-4 weeks.
Situation: the first Corsair IV (80 / month) for the British carriers will leave factory in 4 days, the Hellcats (187 / month) for the US carriers in 7/43. My carriers are due for the 4/43 upgrade, as well as a lot of cruisers, BBs and DDs. The sys damage within my ships in this region (means most of the US Navy, all Brit BBs and all but one Brit CVs) is between 4 and 10 points, means most of those ships need an overhaul too. The repairs, upgrades of the ships and upgrades of the carrier fighter squadrons will take at least a month, so in 8/43 the IJN has to fear a far more dangerous US Navy. My ships are retiring from bringing the reinforcements to Babo now and I will launch one more invasions in this region before sending my ships back to Brisbane and Sydney. The question now is if I will do an invasion in Southern New Guinea before or after upgrading my ships and squadrons.
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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 7
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 6th/A Division, at 42,77
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 143
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
105 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
not much damage done by 143 heavy bombers...
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35
Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 42
P-39D Airacobra x 35
B-25C Mitchell x 49
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 17
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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ouch!!! [:(]
Day Air attack on TF at 50,92
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 37
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 27 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Caldwell, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Cony, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Morris
DD Saufley
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Cony sunk, Caldwell has good chances to make it. This is what I was talking about all the time! As long as I haven´t secured the shipping lanes between Brisbane and Darwin, it will be hard to move further North. It seems it took Hortlund an eternity to notice that too as this is the first strike in this region. I´m so glad he evacuated most of his troops in Southern New Guinea. This strike came from Lae. I moved those DDs into this hex to attack a sub that has been sitting here for a week. This strike clearly shows: no more convoys without carrier escorts between Brisbane and Darwin. Attack on Thursday, PM or Gili Gili has just become priority again... With one of those bases I will be able to surpress Lae and the other bases and this should make my shipping safer.
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ASW attack at 50,92
Japanese Ships
SS I-36
Allied Ships
DD Morris
DD Bancroft
DD Welles
this is the sub I tried to engage...
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Sub attack at 50,92
Japanese Ships
SS I-36
Allied Ships
DD Saufley
DD Morris
DD Bancroft
DD Welles
the sub then even attacks one of our DDs... lost one DD and another one heavily damaged for no gain. I hate losing ships for no gain... [:@]
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Ground combat at Babo
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 12154 troops, 91 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 593
Defending force 84043 troops, 614 guns, 569 vehicles, Assault Value = 1710
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Ground combat at Babo
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 73589 troops, 602 guns, 515 vehicles, Assault Value = 1710
Defending force 21868 troops, 103 guns, 82 vehicles, Assault Value = 593
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 6
Allied max assault: 1642 - adjusted assault: 1373
Japanese max defense: 453 - adjusted defense: 605
Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 6) [:D]
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 6
Japanese ground losses:
1829 casualties reported [:D]
Guns lost 22
Vehicles lost 7
Allied ground losses:
373 casualties reported [:D][:D]
Guns lost 23
Vehicles lost 9
we achieve a 2:1 already, inflict heavy casualties within the defenders and take only minor losses! This is excellent news, we will now keep on attacking. The base will fall soon and we will have our fist stronghold on New Guinea. Couple of seabees were landed already and more are ready to be shipped in as soon as the base is ours. Expect to see a level 5 airfield within the next 3-4 weeks.
Situation: the first Corsair IV (80 / month) for the British carriers will leave factory in 4 days, the Hellcats (187 / month) for the US carriers in 7/43. My carriers are due for the 4/43 upgrade, as well as a lot of cruisers, BBs and DDs. The sys damage within my ships in this region (means most of the US Navy, all Brit BBs and all but one Brit CVs) is between 4 and 10 points, means most of those ships need an overhaul too. The repairs, upgrades of the ships and upgrades of the carrier fighter squadrons will take at least a month, so in 8/43 the IJN has to fear a far more dangerous US Navy. My ships are retiring from bringing the reinforcements to Babo now and I will launch one more invasions in this region before sending my ships back to Brisbane and Sydney. The question now is if I will do an invasion in Southern New Guinea before or after upgrading my ships and squadrons.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/27/43
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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 17
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77
Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 24
B-25C Mitchell x 95
B-25J Mitchell x 27
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 29 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
143 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 108
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 24
B-25C Mitchell x 186
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-57-II Topsy: 3 destroyed
L2D2 Tabby: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 40
Aircraft Attacking:
41 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
9 bombers lost today... too many...
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91
Allied aircraft
PB4Y Liberator x 32
Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y Liberator: 6 damaged
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 20
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x PB4Y Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35
Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 64
P-39D Airacobra x 42
B-25C Mitchell x 55
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 45
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
19 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 134,89
Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Betelgeuse
AK Alhena
AK Electra, Bomb hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet
the annyoing CS found one of my fast AK TFs. 30kg bomb doesn´t really hurt an AK...
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Ground combat at Babo
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 67103 troops, 557 guns, 499 vehicles, Assault Value = 1645
Defending force 19313 troops, 75 guns, 64 vehicles, Assault Value = 468
Allied max assault: 1514 - adjusted assault: 1707
Japanese max defense: 359 - adjusted defense: 511
Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 6)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 5
Japanese ground losses:
1339 casualties reported
Guns lost 9
Vehicles lost 11
Allied ground losses:
1280 casualties reported
Guns lost 42
Vehicles lost 16
3:1 and forts are now at 5. Expect to see the base falling within the next days...
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Ground combat at Babo
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 9241 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 396
Defending force 81745 troops, 538 guns, 546 vehicles, Assault Value = 1510
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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 17
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77
Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 24
B-25C Mitchell x 95
B-25J Mitchell x 27
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 29 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
143 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 108
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 24
B-25C Mitchell x 186
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-57-II Topsy: 3 destroyed
L2D2 Tabby: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 40
Aircraft Attacking:
41 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
9 bombers lost today... too many...
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91
Allied aircraft
PB4Y Liberator x 32
Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y Liberator: 6 damaged
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 20
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x PB4Y Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35
Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 64
P-39D Airacobra x 42
B-25C Mitchell x 55
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 45
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
19 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 134,89
Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Betelgeuse
AK Alhena
AK Electra, Bomb hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet
the annyoing CS found one of my fast AK TFs. 30kg bomb doesn´t really hurt an AK...
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Ground combat at Babo
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 67103 troops, 557 guns, 499 vehicles, Assault Value = 1645
Defending force 19313 troops, 75 guns, 64 vehicles, Assault Value = 468
Allied max assault: 1514 - adjusted assault: 1707
Japanese max defense: 359 - adjusted defense: 511
Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 6)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 5
Japanese ground losses:
1339 casualties reported
Guns lost 9
Vehicles lost 11
Allied ground losses:
1280 casualties reported
Guns lost 42
Vehicles lost 16
3:1 and forts are now at 5. Expect to see the base falling within the next days...
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Ground combat at Babo
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 9241 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 396
Defending force 81745 troops, 538 guns, 546 vehicles, Assault Value = 1510
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/28/43
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TF 1155 encounters mine field at Brisbane (46,114) [X(]
Allied Ships
APD Crosby
APD Stringham
pfffff... we´re lucky, this is a CVE TF that entered Brisbane and obviously there was an IJN sub bringing some Type 88...
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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 16
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
don´t know if my nightfighters will ever achieve a hit...
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 20
F-5A Lightning x 5
B-24D Liberator x 174
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 19 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
86 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 189
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 16000 feet
wow, what a hit rate! Not bad from 16.000ft...
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35
Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 64
P-39D Airacobra x 43
B-25C Mitchell x 52
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 52
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Ground combat at Babo
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 71868 troops, 537 guns, 501 vehicles, Assault Value = 1548
Defending force 17893 troops, 58 guns, 47 vehicles, Assault Value = 402
Allied max assault: 2880 - adjusted assault: 1866
Japanese max defense: 307 - adjusted defense: 867
Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 5)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3
Japanese ground losses:
1450 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Vehicles lost 16
Allied ground losses:
2638 casualties reported
Guns lost 53
Vehicles lost 28
shock attack only achieved a 2:1, deliberate attack yesterday achieved a 3:1. Our troops are not even 20% disrupted after such an attack and we keep up attacking. At least we took the forts down by two but also took far more losses.
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Ground combat at Babo
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 8210 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 303
Defending force 79650 troops, 469 guns, 531 vehicles, Assault Value = 1319
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TF 1155 encounters mine field at Brisbane (46,114) [X(]
Allied Ships
APD Crosby
APD Stringham
pfffff... we´re lucky, this is a CVE TF that entered Brisbane and obviously there was an IJN sub bringing some Type 88...
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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 16
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
don´t know if my nightfighters will ever achieve a hit...
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 20
F-5A Lightning x 5
B-24D Liberator x 174
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 19 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
86 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 189
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 16000 feet
wow, what a hit rate! Not bad from 16.000ft...
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35
Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 64
P-39D Airacobra x 43
B-25C Mitchell x 52
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 52
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Ground combat at Babo
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 71868 troops, 537 guns, 501 vehicles, Assault Value = 1548
Defending force 17893 troops, 58 guns, 47 vehicles, Assault Value = 402
Allied max assault: 2880 - adjusted assault: 1866
Japanese max defense: 307 - adjusted defense: 867
Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 5)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3
Japanese ground losses:
1450 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Vehicles lost 16
Allied ground losses:
2638 casualties reported
Guns lost 53
Vehicles lost 28
shock attack only achieved a 2:1, deliberate attack yesterday achieved a 3:1. Our troops are not even 20% disrupted after such an attack and we keep up attacking. At least we took the forts down by two but also took far more losses.
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Ground combat at Babo
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 8210 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 303
Defending force 79650 troops, 469 guns, 531 vehicles, Assault Value = 1319
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/29/43
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ASW attack at 40,66
Japanese Ships
PC Iki
DD Kisaragi
DD Yugure
DD Yamakaze
Allied Ships
SS Narwhal, hits 4
Narwhal left Darwin for a patrol 4 days ago and meets an ASW force. 1 real hit and 3 near misses cause only 9 sys damage but the sub will retire to home port... lots of air attacks against my subs as usual...
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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 11
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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TF 1137 encounters mine field at Brisbane (46,114)
Allied Ships
DMS Wasmuth
DMS Long
DMS Elliot
DMS Chandler
DMS Perry
DMS Dorsey
DMS Lamberton
DMS Boggs
DMS Hamilton
DMS Trevor
DMS Zane
DMS Hopkins
DMS Hovey
DMS Southard
sub laid minefield is cleared...
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TF 137 encounters mine field at Saipan (63,64)
Japanese Ships
MSW Kyo Maru #5
MSW W.22
PC Shonon Maru #10
PC Fumi Maru #3
sub on transit laid some mines at Saipan...
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 75
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 21 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 4
Port supply hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
30 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
44 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
not impressing this hit rate. Wanted to hit some ships in port. 3 B-17 are lost...
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Ground combat at Babo
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 67851 troops, 466 guns, 490 vehicles, Assault Value = 1371
Defending force 15967 troops, 37 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 307
Allied max assault: 1179 - adjusted assault: 1166
Japanese max defense: 233 - adjusted defense: 371
Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 3)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2
Japanese ground losses:
1556 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Vehicles lost 5
Allied ground losses:
754 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
Vehicles lost 8
we keep attacking daily and again achieve a 3:1. Still not enough to take the damn base...
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Ground combat at Babo
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 7345 troops, 27 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 249
Defending force 79337 troops, 452 guns, 535 vehicles, Assault Value = 1281
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ASW attack at 40,66
Japanese Ships
PC Iki
DD Kisaragi
DD Yugure
DD Yamakaze
Allied Ships
SS Narwhal, hits 4
Narwhal left Darwin for a patrol 4 days ago and meets an ASW force. 1 real hit and 3 near misses cause only 9 sys damage but the sub will retire to home port... lots of air attacks against my subs as usual...
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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 11
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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TF 1137 encounters mine field at Brisbane (46,114)
Allied Ships
DMS Wasmuth
DMS Long
DMS Elliot
DMS Chandler
DMS Perry
DMS Dorsey
DMS Lamberton
DMS Boggs
DMS Hamilton
DMS Trevor
DMS Zane
DMS Hopkins
DMS Hovey
DMS Southard
sub laid minefield is cleared...
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TF 137 encounters mine field at Saipan (63,64)
Japanese Ships
MSW Kyo Maru #5
MSW W.22
PC Shonon Maru #10
PC Fumi Maru #3
sub on transit laid some mines at Saipan...
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 75
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 21 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 4
Port supply hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
30 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
44 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
not impressing this hit rate. Wanted to hit some ships in port. 3 B-17 are lost...
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Ground combat at Babo
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 67851 troops, 466 guns, 490 vehicles, Assault Value = 1371
Defending force 15967 troops, 37 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 307
Allied max assault: 1179 - adjusted assault: 1166
Japanese max defense: 233 - adjusted defense: 371
Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 3)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2
Japanese ground losses:
1556 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Vehicles lost 5
Allied ground losses:
754 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
Vehicles lost 8
we keep attacking daily and again achieve a 3:1. Still not enough to take the damn base...
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Ground combat at Babo
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 7345 troops, 27 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 249
Defending force 79337 troops, 452 guns, 535 vehicles, Assault Value = 1281
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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/30/43
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TF 115 encounters mine field at Namlea (38,73)
Japanese Ships
AG AG-2061, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
with barges sunk by mines and hits from patrol aircraft we hope to reduce the Japanese transport capacity by barges in this area... Only some 100 barges left... [:D] using PTs against barges in WITP doesn´t work unfortunately, PTs only work against DDs, CLs, CAs and BBs of course...
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Sub attack at 43,73
Japanese Ships
AP Tatuho Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW W.26
MSW W.25
MSW W.24
Allied Ships
SS S-41
two MK10 should be enough to sink a medium sized AP...
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Sub attack at 42,70
Japanese Ships
AP Kashiwara Maru
DD Urakaze
Allied Ships
SS O23
the famous O23 misses a big AP though.. both attacks are in the Amboina area. Lots of enemy TFs around again but even though they were in range of my bombers and it was excellent weather, none of the TFs was attacked...
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 22
F-5A Lightning x 5
B-24D Liberator x 172
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 25 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
155 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 143
Aircraft Attacking:
26 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 24
B-25C Mitchell x 173
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-57-II Topsy: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 9 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 20
Runway hits 91
Aircraft Attacking:
48 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 139,85
Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 16
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Rowan
AK Harry Luckenbach
AK Matthew Lyon
AK Empire Voice
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94
Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 6
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 1
PB4Y Liberator x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y Liberator: 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 24
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PB4Y Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35
Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 14
P-39D Airacobra x 113
B-25C Mitchell x 45
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 25
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
19 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 139,85
Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Adoniram Judson
AK Arkansan
AK Matthew Lyon, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Empire Rowan
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet
the enemy CS launches raids every time one of my TFs is spotted though...
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Ground combat at Babo
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 67539 troops, 453 guns, 489 vehicles, Assault Value = 1329
Defending force 14416 troops, 28 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 256
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 1
Allied max assault: 1182 - adjusted assault: 739
Japanese max defense: 189 - adjusted defense: 293
Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1
Japanese ground losses:
1184 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 8
Allied ground losses:
442 casualties reported
Guns lost 11
Vehicles lost 3
god damn! The base still holds. Tomorrow we will overwhelm the defenders...
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Ground combat at Babo
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 7384 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 210
Defending force 79520 troops, 442 guns, 542 vehicles, Assault Value = 1275
June is nearing and this will mean that the first Corsair IVs will leave factory to upgrade my Seafire squadrons.
It also means that our truce in China is over and we have spotted already 50+ enemy LCUs marching towards our bases. At the moment we see 25 units next to Ichang and 25 next to Homan. Also got intel about a lot of troops preparing for targets in China, North China Army is prepping for Sian for example. Sian? Makes me wonder if Hortlund wants to bypass Homan completely when he has this HQ prepping for Sian already. 5 units are next to Yenen but 5 units can´t achieve anything up there. Guess they´re only there in a defensive position as he perhaps will guard his fronts this time. During the Japanese spring/summer offensive we were able to take the whole North and march to Peking when we were stopped because Hortlund told me he would use Kwangtung area units even though we have a hr against it. This then lead to the truce until 6/43 where I had to give up the conquered territory in the North and abandon the bases conquered historically in the South. All our bases have level 9 forts, my troops are 100% prepped and nearly all are 100% combat ready. Supply is good (for Chinese terms) and we have already moved 200 Allied fighters from India into China as we see a lot of crowded Japanese airfields in China. If Hortlund attacks (and I guess there´s no doubt he will) then we will strike back against his industry in this region, forcing him to use A LOT of his fighters to guard his bases. We have British Libs and Wellingtons, US LB-30 and B-24 and we will mostly use US fighters (P-40, P-47 and even two Corsair squadrons) in China as I want to preserve my British fighter pilots. If needed I can also shift in 150 high exp Spits for point defense and 200 Beaufighters for long range escort. I´m confident to lay waste on the Japanese industry, preferrable attacking enemy resource centers. Should be possible to destroy some 1000 resource centers which means something like 8% of the total Japanese resource production. The enemy airforce didn´t want to fight in Burma, if Hortlund attacks, then the enemy airforce MUST fight in China!
IMO, best choice for him would be to NOT attack as in that case I would just do nothing. If he attacks, then we will have the chance to wear down his airforce (as he has retreated all his aircraft from the frontlines or at least out of range of my fighters) and we can kill off a lot of his industrial potential. Of course there´s the chance that China will get wiped out but this will be as hard this time as it was in real life. For sure it won´t be a cake walk if I don´t do a couple of very stupid things. If he attacks in China then this will really weaken his overal position. We will see...
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TF 115 encounters mine field at Namlea (38,73)
Japanese Ships
AG AG-2061, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
with barges sunk by mines and hits from patrol aircraft we hope to reduce the Japanese transport capacity by barges in this area... Only some 100 barges left... [:D] using PTs against barges in WITP doesn´t work unfortunately, PTs only work against DDs, CLs, CAs and BBs of course...
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Sub attack at 43,73
Japanese Ships
AP Tatuho Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW W.26
MSW W.25
MSW W.24
Allied Ships
SS S-41
two MK10 should be enough to sink a medium sized AP...
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Sub attack at 42,70
Japanese Ships
AP Kashiwara Maru
DD Urakaze
Allied Ships
SS O23
the famous O23 misses a big AP though.. both attacks are in the Amboina area. Lots of enemy TFs around again but even though they were in range of my bombers and it was excellent weather, none of the TFs was attacked...
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 22
F-5A Lightning x 5
B-24D Liberator x 172
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 25 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
155 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 143
Aircraft Attacking:
26 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 24
B-25C Mitchell x 173
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-57-II Topsy: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 9 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 20
Runway hits 91
Aircraft Attacking:
48 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 139,85
Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 16
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Rowan
AK Harry Luckenbach
AK Matthew Lyon
AK Empire Voice
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94
Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 6
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 1
PB4Y Liberator x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y Liberator: 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 24
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PB4Y Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35
Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 14
P-39D Airacobra x 113
B-25C Mitchell x 45
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 25
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
19 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 139,85
Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Adoniram Judson
AK Arkansan
AK Matthew Lyon, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Empire Rowan
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet
the enemy CS launches raids every time one of my TFs is spotted though...
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Ground combat at Babo
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 67539 troops, 453 guns, 489 vehicles, Assault Value = 1329
Defending force 14416 troops, 28 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 256
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 1
Allied max assault: 1182 - adjusted assault: 739
Japanese max defense: 189 - adjusted defense: 293
Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1
Japanese ground losses:
1184 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 8
Allied ground losses:
442 casualties reported
Guns lost 11
Vehicles lost 3
god damn! The base still holds. Tomorrow we will overwhelm the defenders...
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Ground combat at Babo
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 7384 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 210
Defending force 79520 troops, 442 guns, 542 vehicles, Assault Value = 1275
June is nearing and this will mean that the first Corsair IVs will leave factory to upgrade my Seafire squadrons.
It also means that our truce in China is over and we have spotted already 50+ enemy LCUs marching towards our bases. At the moment we see 25 units next to Ichang and 25 next to Homan. Also got intel about a lot of troops preparing for targets in China, North China Army is prepping for Sian for example. Sian? Makes me wonder if Hortlund wants to bypass Homan completely when he has this HQ prepping for Sian already. 5 units are next to Yenen but 5 units can´t achieve anything up there. Guess they´re only there in a defensive position as he perhaps will guard his fronts this time. During the Japanese spring/summer offensive we were able to take the whole North and march to Peking when we were stopped because Hortlund told me he would use Kwangtung area units even though we have a hr against it. This then lead to the truce until 6/43 where I had to give up the conquered territory in the North and abandon the bases conquered historically in the South. All our bases have level 9 forts, my troops are 100% prepped and nearly all are 100% combat ready. Supply is good (for Chinese terms) and we have already moved 200 Allied fighters from India into China as we see a lot of crowded Japanese airfields in China. If Hortlund attacks (and I guess there´s no doubt he will) then we will strike back against his industry in this region, forcing him to use A LOT of his fighters to guard his bases. We have British Libs and Wellingtons, US LB-30 and B-24 and we will mostly use US fighters (P-40, P-47 and even two Corsair squadrons) in China as I want to preserve my British fighter pilots. If needed I can also shift in 150 high exp Spits for point defense and 200 Beaufighters for long range escort. I´m confident to lay waste on the Japanese industry, preferrable attacking enemy resource centers. Should be possible to destroy some 1000 resource centers which means something like 8% of the total Japanese resource production. The enemy airforce didn´t want to fight in Burma, if Hortlund attacks, then the enemy airforce MUST fight in China!
IMO, best choice for him would be to NOT attack as in that case I would just do nothing. If he attacks, then we will have the chance to wear down his airforce (as he has retreated all his aircraft from the frontlines or at least out of range of my fighters) and we can kill off a lot of his industrial potential. Of course there´s the chance that China will get wiped out but this will be as hard this time as it was in real life. For sure it won´t be a cake walk if I don´t do a couple of very stupid things. If he attacks in China then this will really weaken his overal position. We will see...
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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/31/43
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Sub attack at 45,74
Japanese Ships
AP Tatuho Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Perch
the medium AP damaged yesterday is finished...
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ASW attack at 46,74
Japanese Ships
MSW W.26
MSW W.25
MSW W.24
Allied Ships
SS S-39
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Day Air attack on TF at 136,87
Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 14
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Rowan, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Empire Voice, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Empire Rani
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet
more of the annyoing attacks...
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77
Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 33
B-25C Mitchell x 95
B-25J Mitchell x 21
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 8 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 11
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35
Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 15
P-39D Airacobra x 46
B-25C Mitchell x 55
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Runway hits 9
Port hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
19 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 138,80
Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
TK S.C.T. Todd
SC SC-520
TK Edward L Shea
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet
hits on fuel loaden tankers wouldn´t be nice. One hit and the whole load of fuel is set off...
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Ground combat at Babo [8D]
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 67497 troops, 446 guns, 494 vehicles, Assault Value = 1318
Defending force 12563 troops, 23 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 216
Allied max assault: 1169 - adjusted assault: 697
Japanese max defense: 163 - adjusted defense: 123
Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 1) [:D]
Allied forces CAPTURE Babo base !!!
Japanese aircraft
no flights
No Japanese losses
Japanese ground losses:
1107 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 4
Allied ground losses:
521 casualties reported
Guns lost 27
Vehicles lost 3
Japanese units retreated onto the trails. They now have to march 240 miles to their next base in the north and I´m sure there will be a lot of squads and equipment lost... Babo will reach level 2 airfield in two days, level 3 three days later...
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Sub attack at 45,74
Japanese Ships
AP Tatuho Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Perch
the medium AP damaged yesterday is finished...
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ASW attack at 46,74
Japanese Ships
MSW W.26
MSW W.25
MSW W.24
Allied Ships
SS S-39
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Day Air attack on TF at 136,87
Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 14
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Rowan, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Empire Voice, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Empire Rani
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet
more of the annyoing attacks...
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77
Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 33
B-25C Mitchell x 95
B-25J Mitchell x 21
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 8 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 11
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35
Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 15
P-39D Airacobra x 46
B-25C Mitchell x 55
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Runway hits 9
Port hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
19 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 138,80
Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
TK S.C.T. Todd
SC SC-520
TK Edward L Shea
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet
hits on fuel loaden tankers wouldn´t be nice. One hit and the whole load of fuel is set off...
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Ground combat at Babo [8D]
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 67497 troops, 446 guns, 494 vehicles, Assault Value = 1318
Defending force 12563 troops, 23 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 216
Allied max assault: 1169 - adjusted assault: 697
Japanese max defense: 163 - adjusted defense: 123
Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 1) [:D]
Allied forces CAPTURE Babo base !!!
Japanese aircraft
no flights
No Japanese losses
Japanese ground losses:
1107 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 4
Allied ground losses:
521 casualties reported
Guns lost 27
Vehicles lost 3
Japanese units retreated onto the trails. They now have to march 240 miles to their next base in the north and I´m sure there will be a lot of squads and equipment lost... Babo will reach level 2 airfield in two days, level 3 three days later...
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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy
June 43!! The Corsair IV enters production and the truce in China ends...
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/01/43
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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 14
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Sub attack at 32,56
Japanese Ships
TK Kaijo Maru
PC Ch 10
PG Hayakafuku Maru
MSW W.17
MSW Wa 7
MSW Wa 5
Allied Ships
SS Kingfish, hits 1
damn, Kingfish missed with 4 torps. This is North of Brunei...
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Day Air attack on Hanoi , at 36,37
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 42
Liberator VI x 67
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 1 damaged
Resources hits 38 [:D]
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet
as you can see, the truce ended and as the IJA is marching I knew my opponent would attack. So I sent my bombers to destroy the resource center at Hanoi. 600 resource points there but no fighters and nearly no flak... amazing as I have already attacked here months ago, destroying a lot resource points (which ALL were repaired!! This took a lot of supply).
This strike came from Kweiyang (China).
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Day Air attack on Hanoi , at 36,37
Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 40
B-24D Liberator x 78
Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 3 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
Resources hits 36 [:D]
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
12 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
and this strike came from India! We destroyed 250+ rescource points today! Wonder why one hit isn´t destroying one resource point...
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Hortlund told me it´s Adlertag and it really is...
Day Air attack on Yenen , at 50,26
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 2
Ki-49 Helen x 23
Ki-15 Babs x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 13
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 107
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 20
A6M3a Zero x 7
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 5
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 20
Ki-49 Helen x 193
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 6 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Airbase hits 28
Airbase supply hits 13
Runway hits 163
Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
20 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick bombing at 2000 feet
Sian airfield is completely destroyed, only one base force there that couldn´t put up a lot of flak fire. China really lacks flak and air support...
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 148 [X(]
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 73
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet
unbelievable, Hortlund even uses Betties in China! They were coming from Manchuko on a long range strike. Don´t understand why he takes this risk. Would there have been 4 base forces at Sian then half of the Betties would have been damaged and a lot lost due to the very long range to the target...
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 81
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 34
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet
another strike out of Manchuko... total overkill and I´m not sure what he´s up to.
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 95
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 14 damaged
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 27
Aircraft Attacking:
28 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 24
B-25C Mitchell x 123
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-57-II Topsy: 3 destroyed
L2D2 Tabby: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 58
Aircraft Attacking:
45 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 38th Chinese Corps, at 48,30
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 5
D3A Val x 18
J1N1-R Irving x 1
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 31
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 30
Ki-30 Ann x 133
Ki-51 Sonia x 55
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 4 damaged
Ki-45 KAIb Nick: 1 damaged
Ki-30 Ann: 20 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
Allied ground losses:
122 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
27 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
attack on my troop stack between Sian and Homan... could need more flak here too...
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Day Air attack on TF at 136,84
Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
TK S.C.T. Todd
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet
and the CS is still striking...
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Day Air attack on Sining , at 44,23
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 18
Ki-46-III Dinah x 1
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94
Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 6
Allied aircraft
PB4Y Liberator x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Waura Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Shiganoura Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Samarang Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PB4Y Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
couple of merchants are still sitting at Gili Gili. Careless but Hortlund seems not to be in need of his cargoes... [:D]
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Day Air attack on TF at 139,76
Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 1
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AP William P. Biddle
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 139,76
Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 1
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AP William P. Biddle
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet
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Sub attack at 32,50
Japanese Ships
DD Kazegumo
DD Kuretake
DD Namikaze
DD Hayate
Allied Ships
SS Whale, hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
ouch, Whale is in danger of sinking... she was sitting in the shipping lanes to Singapore and it seems this is the escort for same major IJN warships...
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Ground combat at Homan
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 74039 troops, 974 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1801
Defending force 106519 troops, 575 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2694
Allied ground losses:
146 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
There are 50 IJA units in the area Homan - Ichang. It really seems at the moment that the drive will go directly to Sian. We have IJA troops in Homan and Ichang, but some 25 units try to flank Homan, seem to go to Sian. We have some 4000 assault points available to stop the IJA outside of Sian...
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Ground combat at Sining [:D]
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 916 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 37
Defending force 1730 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 55
Japanese max assault: 34 - adjusted assault: 3
Allied max defense: 53 - adjusted defense: 13
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 3)
Japanese ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
I was 100% sure that we will see a para attack. This time it was at least a full strike and not just 30 men. Impossible for him to take this base with paras. Important to defend it though as we get some auto supply in this base and every single supply point counts in China...
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/01/43
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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 14
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Sub attack at 32,56
Japanese Ships
TK Kaijo Maru
PC Ch 10
PG Hayakafuku Maru
MSW W.17
MSW Wa 7
MSW Wa 5
Allied Ships
SS Kingfish, hits 1
damn, Kingfish missed with 4 torps. This is North of Brunei...
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Day Air attack on Hanoi , at 36,37
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 42
Liberator VI x 67
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 1 damaged
Resources hits 38 [:D]
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet
as you can see, the truce ended and as the IJA is marching I knew my opponent would attack. So I sent my bombers to destroy the resource center at Hanoi. 600 resource points there but no fighters and nearly no flak... amazing as I have already attacked here months ago, destroying a lot resource points (which ALL were repaired!! This took a lot of supply).
This strike came from Kweiyang (China).
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Day Air attack on Hanoi , at 36,37
Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 40
B-24D Liberator x 78
Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 3 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
Resources hits 36 [:D]
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
12 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
and this strike came from India! We destroyed 250+ rescource points today! Wonder why one hit isn´t destroying one resource point...
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Hortlund told me it´s Adlertag and it really is...
Day Air attack on Yenen , at 50,26
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 2
Ki-49 Helen x 23
Ki-15 Babs x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 13
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 107
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 20
A6M3a Zero x 7
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 5
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 20
Ki-49 Helen x 193
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 6 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Airbase hits 28
Airbase supply hits 13
Runway hits 163
Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
20 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick bombing at 2000 feet
Sian airfield is completely destroyed, only one base force there that couldn´t put up a lot of flak fire. China really lacks flak and air support...
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 148 [X(]
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 73
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet
unbelievable, Hortlund even uses Betties in China! They were coming from Manchuko on a long range strike. Don´t understand why he takes this risk. Would there have been 4 base forces at Sian then half of the Betties would have been damaged and a lot lost due to the very long range to the target...
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 81
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 34
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet
another strike out of Manchuko... total overkill and I´m not sure what he´s up to.
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 95
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 14 damaged
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 27
Aircraft Attacking:
28 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 24
B-25C Mitchell x 123
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-57-II Topsy: 3 destroyed
L2D2 Tabby: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 58
Aircraft Attacking:
45 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 38th Chinese Corps, at 48,30
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 5
D3A Val x 18
J1N1-R Irving x 1
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 31
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 30
Ki-30 Ann x 133
Ki-51 Sonia x 55
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 4 damaged
Ki-45 KAIb Nick: 1 damaged
Ki-30 Ann: 20 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
Allied ground losses:
122 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
27 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
attack on my troop stack between Sian and Homan... could need more flak here too...
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Day Air attack on TF at 136,84
Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
TK S.C.T. Todd
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet
and the CS is still striking...
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Day Air attack on Sining , at 44,23
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 18
Ki-46-III Dinah x 1
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94
Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 6
Allied aircraft
PB4Y Liberator x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Waura Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Shiganoura Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Samarang Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PB4Y Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
couple of merchants are still sitting at Gili Gili. Careless but Hortlund seems not to be in need of his cargoes... [:D]
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Day Air attack on TF at 139,76
Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 1
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AP William P. Biddle
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 139,76
Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 1
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AP William P. Biddle
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet
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Sub attack at 32,50
Japanese Ships
DD Kazegumo
DD Kuretake
DD Namikaze
DD Hayate
Allied Ships
SS Whale, hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
ouch, Whale is in danger of sinking... she was sitting in the shipping lanes to Singapore and it seems this is the escort for same major IJN warships...
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Ground combat at Homan
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 74039 troops, 974 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1801
Defending force 106519 troops, 575 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2694
Allied ground losses:
146 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
There are 50 IJA units in the area Homan - Ichang. It really seems at the moment that the drive will go directly to Sian. We have IJA troops in Homan and Ichang, but some 25 units try to flank Homan, seem to go to Sian. We have some 4000 assault points available to stop the IJA outside of Sian...
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Ground combat at Sining [:D]
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 916 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 37
Defending force 1730 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 55
Japanese max assault: 34 - adjusted assault: 3
Allied max defense: 53 - adjusted defense: 13
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 3)
Japanese ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
I was 100% sure that we will see a para attack. This time it was at least a full strike and not just 30 men. Impossible for him to take this base with paras. Important to defend it though as we get some auto supply in this base and every single supply point counts in China...
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/02/43
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TF 42 encounters mine field at Morotai (43,68)
Japanese Ships
MSW W.15
AP Meiu Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported
sub laid mine claims another victim...
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Day Air attack on Yenen , at 50,26
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 54
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 27
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 49
Ki-49 Helen x 102
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 3 destroyed, 21 damaged
Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 84
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 20
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 19
Ki-49 Helen x 169
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 2 destroyed
Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 94
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
for what reason ever, Hortlund keeps attacking Sian, even though he scored enough hits yesterday to close it down three times... the supply hits hurt though... if I would be him, I would try to close as many airfields in this area as possible as he knows I have moved a lot of aircraft to China to take on the IJAAF/IJNAF. The more airfields I have, the easier it will be to hurt him. First attempt to hurt him tomorrow...
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Day Air attack on Sining , at 44,23
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 15
Ki-46-III Dinah x 1
No Japanese losses
don´t know whay he LRCAPs Sining...
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77
Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 41
B-25C Mitchell x 94
B-25J Mitchell x 83
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 10 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 5 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet
totally useless attack. Wanted to destroy supply but we don´t even achieve a single supply hit... 5 Mitchells lost for nothing... bomber attacks against bases in Nikmod are only really worth if there are enemy aircraft to be destroyed on the ground.
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 32
No Japanese losses
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Ground combat at Homan
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 74028 troops, 973 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1802
Defending force 106277 troops, 571 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2693
Allied ground losses:
272 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
losses are 95% within our HQ units in the lead. Will move out two corps as the enemy has no chance to break through 2000 assault points behind level 9 forts. And I don´t even expect him to attack, this is just an Army to siege Homan, while the majority of the IJA is trying to attack Sian.
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TF 42 encounters mine field at Morotai (43,68)
Japanese Ships
MSW W.15
AP Meiu Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported
sub laid mine claims another victim...
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Day Air attack on Yenen , at 50,26
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 54
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 27
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 49
Ki-49 Helen x 102
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 3 destroyed, 21 damaged
Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 84
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 20
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 19
Ki-49 Helen x 169
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 2 destroyed
Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 94
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
for what reason ever, Hortlund keeps attacking Sian, even though he scored enough hits yesterday to close it down three times... the supply hits hurt though... if I would be him, I would try to close as many airfields in this area as possible as he knows I have moved a lot of aircraft to China to take on the IJAAF/IJNAF. The more airfields I have, the easier it will be to hurt him. First attempt to hurt him tomorrow...
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Day Air attack on Sining , at 44,23
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 15
Ki-46-III Dinah x 1
No Japanese losses
don´t know whay he LRCAPs Sining...
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77
Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 41
B-25C Mitchell x 94
B-25J Mitchell x 83
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 10 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 5 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet
totally useless attack. Wanted to destroy supply but we don´t even achieve a single supply hit... 5 Mitchells lost for nothing... bomber attacks against bases in Nikmod are only really worth if there are enemy aircraft to be destroyed on the ground.
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 32
No Japanese losses
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Ground combat at Homan
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 74028 troops, 973 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1802
Defending force 106277 troops, 571 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2693
Allied ground losses:
272 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
losses are 95% within our HQ units in the lead. Will move out two corps as the enemy has no chance to break through 2000 assault points behind level 9 forts. And I don´t even expect him to attack, this is just an Army to siege Homan, while the majority of the IJA is trying to attack Sian.
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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy
Other than relieving boredom, I don't really understand the offensive in China either.
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castor troy
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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy
ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk
Other than relieving boredom, I don't really understand the offensive in China either.
If he succeeds in China then there are surely some advantages, but if he doesn´t wipe out the Chinese thean he will lose A LOT! If he knocks out China except Chungking, then he frees up some 8-10.000 assault points. If he keeps 4.000 to garisson China (that´s the av I use in my game against Swift to garission China, but that´s far more than the garisson requirements are) then he still has some 6000 assault points to use on the continent. Either he tries to knock out Russia or he just uses them against an invasion out of India. With 6000 additional assault points it will be impossible to achieve something on the continent for me. He could also lift out all the Southern and Burma area troops from Burma to use them elsewhere and replace them with China command units. And of course there are also some HI/oil/ressource centers in China.
On the downside he now has the problem that I´m wearing down his airforce in China and he will also lose A LOT of HI/oil/ressources from my strategic bombing. If I would be him, I would have just done nothing in China at this point.
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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/03/43
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Sub attack at 49,55
Japanese Ships
TK Teiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
TK Nikkoku Maru
PG Taiko Maru
PG Okuyo Maru
MSW W.9
MSW W.7
Allied Ships
SS Hoe
Yes! A sub on transit hits a big but empty TK East of the Philipines. Long way to the next major port and Hortlund has always been very careless with his ships so perhaps the big TK is lost...
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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 17
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 20
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 20
Ki-49 Helen x 174
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 5 damaged
Allied ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 128
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
Horltund absolutely keeps concentrating on bombing Sian. No sense in doing that but with all the sigint I got about divisions and HQs prepping for Sian, this makes it more and more obvious that he just wants to bypass Homan and go directly to Sian. This will be interesting how he will try to pull that one off...
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 90
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 5 damaged
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 37
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet
instead of waging war in China with his airforce he should throw in the kitchen sink against my invasions going out from Northern Australia. Not to understand but it makes it really easy for me...
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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 23
B-24D Liberator x 137
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 17 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 63
Aircraft Attacking:
27 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 38th Chinese Corps, at 48,30
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 9
D3A Val x 17
J1N1-R Irving x 1
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 29
Ki-30 Ann x 129
Ki-51 Sonia x 60
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 2 damaged
Ki-45 KAIb Nick: 2 damaged
Ki-30 Ann: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 11 damaged
Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
With more hindsight I would have airlifted some AA units from India to China to aid the Chinese as it was clear that Hortlund didn´t want to fight for airsuperiority over Burma nor India...
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Day Air attack on TF at 46,74
Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 21
P-47C Thunderbolt x 15
F4U-1 Corsair x 31
Allied aircraft losses
Barracuda: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Nissen Maru
DD Manazuru
DD Urakaze
AP Taiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Barracuda launching torpedoes at 200 feet
first attack from aircraft based at the recently captured airfield of Babo. The agile DDs escaped a hit but the big AP is finished off... like I´ve said, with the loss of the first base on New Guinea it will just become more and more dangerous for IJN shipping in this area. Without any sign of aircover the IJN´s ships are just sitting ducks. Either he fights to the death here and at least killing lots of aircraft and ships of mine or not sending ships at all into this area would be better than only sending uncovered ships into their death. Would my aircraft launch more frequently and in bigger numbers, then it would look even more severe...
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Day Air attack on Yenen , at 50,26
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 14
A6M3a Zero x 16
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 20
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 13
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged
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Here comes our first counterstrike in China:
Day Air attack on Wuhan , at 48,35
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 26
A6M3a Zero x 33
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 17
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 17
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 52
Liberator VI x 67
Beaufighter VIC x 38
P-40N Warhawk x 21
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 6 destroyed, 6 damaged
A6M3a Zero: 4 destroyed, 7 damaged
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 11 destroyed
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 4 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 18 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 8 damaged
Liberator VI: 14 damaged
Beaufighter VIC: 9 destroyed, 20 damaged
P-40N Warhawk: 12 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 57
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
Wuhan´s Cap did get quite some reinforcement from other bases around but our escorts did well, achieving a 1:1 due to the fact that most of them were very experienced. With the loss of those 20 pilots their average exp drops though. The bombers get through nearly unharmed and torch 3 dozen of aircraft on the ground. Not as many as I´ve thought as there are over 300 aircraft at this base. We had P-47 and Corsairs ordered for a sweep but bad weather prevented their strike so it didn´t work as well as planned. Still, this is exactly what I was talking about. We now have the chance to really hurt the enemy´s airforce and without on map fighter pilot training (hr proposed by Hortlund), every Japanese fighter pilot will be replaced by crap. If he loses half of his airforce in China then there´s nothing that can stop my drive deep into the SRA. But thinking about it, he doesn´t try to stop me anyway. At least it seems so...
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35
Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 16
P-39D Airacobra x 119
B-25C Mitchell x 63
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 24
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Ground combat at Homan
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 73860 troops, 974 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1799
Defending force 102758 troops, 552 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2647
Allied ground losses:
144 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Ichang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 45190 troops, 532 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 942
Defending force 67902 troops, 377 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1685
Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Yenen
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 43980 troops, 467 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 801
Defending force 78568 troops, 452 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2081
Allied ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
as you can see at those three bases, there are only "minor" Japanese forces, they won´t even think about doing an attack. The majority of the IJA seems to try to march directly to Sian.
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Sub attack at 49,55
Japanese Ships
TK Teiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
TK Nikkoku Maru
PG Taiko Maru
PG Okuyo Maru
MSW W.9
MSW W.7
Allied Ships
SS Hoe
Yes! A sub on transit hits a big but empty TK East of the Philipines. Long way to the next major port and Hortlund has always been very careless with his ships so perhaps the big TK is lost...
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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 17
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 20
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 20
Ki-49 Helen x 174
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 5 damaged
Allied ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 128
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
Horltund absolutely keeps concentrating on bombing Sian. No sense in doing that but with all the sigint I got about divisions and HQs prepping for Sian, this makes it more and more obvious that he just wants to bypass Homan and go directly to Sian. This will be interesting how he will try to pull that one off...
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 90
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 5 damaged
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 37
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet
instead of waging war in China with his airforce he should throw in the kitchen sink against my invasions going out from Northern Australia. Not to understand but it makes it really easy for me...
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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 23
B-24D Liberator x 137
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 17 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 63
Aircraft Attacking:
27 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 38th Chinese Corps, at 48,30
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 9
D3A Val x 17
J1N1-R Irving x 1
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 29
Ki-30 Ann x 129
Ki-51 Sonia x 60
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 2 damaged
Ki-45 KAIb Nick: 2 damaged
Ki-30 Ann: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 11 damaged
Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
With more hindsight I would have airlifted some AA units from India to China to aid the Chinese as it was clear that Hortlund didn´t want to fight for airsuperiority over Burma nor India...
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Day Air attack on TF at 46,74
Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 21
P-47C Thunderbolt x 15
F4U-1 Corsair x 31
Allied aircraft losses
Barracuda: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Nissen Maru
DD Manazuru
DD Urakaze
AP Taiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Barracuda launching torpedoes at 200 feet
first attack from aircraft based at the recently captured airfield of Babo. The agile DDs escaped a hit but the big AP is finished off... like I´ve said, with the loss of the first base on New Guinea it will just become more and more dangerous for IJN shipping in this area. Without any sign of aircover the IJN´s ships are just sitting ducks. Either he fights to the death here and at least killing lots of aircraft and ships of mine or not sending ships at all into this area would be better than only sending uncovered ships into their death. Would my aircraft launch more frequently and in bigger numbers, then it would look even more severe...
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Day Air attack on Yenen , at 50,26
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 14
A6M3a Zero x 16
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 20
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 13
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged
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Here comes our first counterstrike in China:
Day Air attack on Wuhan , at 48,35
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 26
A6M3a Zero x 33
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 17
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 17
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 52
Liberator VI x 67
Beaufighter VIC x 38
P-40N Warhawk x 21
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 6 destroyed, 6 damaged
A6M3a Zero: 4 destroyed, 7 damaged
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 11 destroyed
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 4 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 18 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 8 damaged
Liberator VI: 14 damaged
Beaufighter VIC: 9 destroyed, 20 damaged
P-40N Warhawk: 12 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 57
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
Wuhan´s Cap did get quite some reinforcement from other bases around but our escorts did well, achieving a 1:1 due to the fact that most of them were very experienced. With the loss of those 20 pilots their average exp drops though. The bombers get through nearly unharmed and torch 3 dozen of aircraft on the ground. Not as many as I´ve thought as there are over 300 aircraft at this base. We had P-47 and Corsairs ordered for a sweep but bad weather prevented their strike so it didn´t work as well as planned. Still, this is exactly what I was talking about. We now have the chance to really hurt the enemy´s airforce and without on map fighter pilot training (hr proposed by Hortlund), every Japanese fighter pilot will be replaced by crap. If he loses half of his airforce in China then there´s nothing that can stop my drive deep into the SRA. But thinking about it, he doesn´t try to stop me anyway. At least it seems so...
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35
Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 16
P-39D Airacobra x 119
B-25C Mitchell x 63
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 24
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Ground combat at Homan
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 73860 troops, 974 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1799
Defending force 102758 troops, 552 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2647
Allied ground losses:
144 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Ichang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 45190 troops, 532 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 942
Defending force 67902 troops, 377 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1685
Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Yenen
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 43980 troops, 467 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 801
Defending force 78568 troops, 452 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2081
Allied ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
as you can see at those three bases, there are only "minor" Japanese forces, they won´t even think about doing an attack. The majority of the IJA seems to try to march directly to Sian.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/04/43
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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 20
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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TF 1059 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77
why don´t we unload troops?? [8|]
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Coastal Guns at Koepang, 28,77, firing at TF 1107
TF 1107 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77
3362 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
MSW Lithgow, Shell hits 24
CL De Ruyter, Shell hits 3
CL Detroit
AK Arizonan
Japanese ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Allied ground losses:
3546 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
the next invasion is going in... Hortlund spotted most of those TFs a couple of days ago, but again, there´s no sign of any attempts to act against this invasion on Timor. Lautern has far more troops so I decided to go for Koepang on the far West of the island. Dili and Lautern can be surpressed and I guess I will just bypass Lautern. Dili seems not to be held that strong and two of the three bases on Timor are easily enough to then go further North. Some 50-70.000 enemy troops are then trapped at Lautern, doesn´t see much of a chance for Hortlund to bring them out. At the first moment I was shocked about the high number of shots fired, but it seems there´s no dedicated CD unit as my ships took nearly no damage. Later it turned out that there are mostly AA rgts at the base with another base force and an IJA division...
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Coastal Guns at Koepang, 28,77, firing at TF 1107
TF 1107 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77
409 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AK Archbishop Lamy, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Haraldsvang, Shell hits 12
Allied ground losses:
240 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
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Coastal Guns at Koepang, 28,77, firing at TF 1109
TF 1109 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77
2061 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Concord, Shell hits 4
MSW Geelong, Shell hits 31, on fire
CL Richmond
MSW Echuca, Shell hits 27
AK Waipo, Shell hits 3, on fire
AK Steel Worker, Shell hits 6
MSW Deloraine, Shell hits 6
Allied ground losses:
3855 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
then my second TF also started unloading. More than 80% of my troops unloaded on day one, we had nearly 200 ships in two invasion TFs with one dedicated supply TF, a surface combat TF with two BBs as cover at the landing site and three CV TFs with another SC TF one hex North of Koepang to take on incoming airstrikes - of which none showed up...
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Day Air attack on Hanoi , at 36,37
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8
Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 34
B-24D Liberator x 74
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 5 damaged
Resources hits 45
and we strike again against Hanoi. Even though Hortlund moved some fighters in, it was only one Oscar Chutai. Would be the same as moving in no fighters. After this attack, we have destroyed 340 of 600 resources at Hanoi... and this base won´t be the last one to lose it´s important resource centers...
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
6 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 5
A6M3a Zero x 131
B5N Kate x 54
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 34
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 28
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-S Irving: 1 damaged
B5N Kate: 13 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 4 damaged
Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 47
Aircraft Attacking:
28 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick bombing at 2000 feet
24 x B5N Kate bombing at 11000 feet
Hortlund keeps flying massive strikes against Sian. Again, there´s no sense doing that as the airfield and airbase was 100% destroyed after the first strike already. No supply hits, so this strike was a total waste. A lot of escorts...
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 79
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 11 damaged
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 41
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet
and he keeps sending Betties from Manchuko... I like it!
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77
Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 27
B-25C Mitchell x 68
B-25J Mitchell x 34
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 7 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 50
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet
3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet
we will soon switch to ground attacks...
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Day Air attack on 2nd New Chinese Corps, at 48,30
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 13
D3A Val x 18
A6M3a Zero x 12
J1N1-R Irving x 1
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 16
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 31
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 25
Ki-30 Ann x 116
Ki-51 Sonia x 53
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-30 Ann: 14 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 8 damaged
Allied ground losses:
205 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
22 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
I´m amazed to see that Hortlund didn´t upgrade his dive bombers to Lilies or Helens as those dive bombers aren´t much of a use in Nikmod. I would not have a problem at all if he would upgrade all of them.
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Day Air attack on Yenen , at 50,26
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 15
A6M3a Zero x 11
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 17
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 11
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 1
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94
Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 3
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 1
PB4Y Liberator x 34
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
AK Samarang Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Waura Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 6
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PB4Y Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
Hortlund keeps having ships in front line bases. All ports with ships will be targets in the coming turns. Probably those are ships that have been damaged before but they should be moved out as soon as possible, otherwise I will kill all of them...
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Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94
Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 1
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 95
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged
Japanese Ships
AK Samarang Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Shiganoura Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Waura Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 8
Aircraft Attacking:
41 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
Gili Gili´s ships are finished...
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Ground combat at Homan
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 73928 troops, 973 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1797
Defending force 92000 troops, 481 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2321
Allied ground losses:
546 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Ichang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 45183 troops, 529 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1752
Defending force 67809 troops, 375 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1684
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Yenen
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 43931 troops, 465 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 800
Defending force 81551 troops, 463 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2119
Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Koepang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22504 troops, 270 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 518
Defending force 54737 troops, 490 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 964
Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Sining
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1739 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 54
Defending force 771 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 30
Will move in a Chinese division to finish the enemy paratroopers...
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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 20
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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TF 1059 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77
why don´t we unload troops?? [8|]
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Coastal Guns at Koepang, 28,77, firing at TF 1107
TF 1107 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77
3362 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
MSW Lithgow, Shell hits 24
CL De Ruyter, Shell hits 3
CL Detroit
AK Arizonan
Japanese ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Allied ground losses:
3546 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
the next invasion is going in... Hortlund spotted most of those TFs a couple of days ago, but again, there´s no sign of any attempts to act against this invasion on Timor. Lautern has far more troops so I decided to go for Koepang on the far West of the island. Dili and Lautern can be surpressed and I guess I will just bypass Lautern. Dili seems not to be held that strong and two of the three bases on Timor are easily enough to then go further North. Some 50-70.000 enemy troops are then trapped at Lautern, doesn´t see much of a chance for Hortlund to bring them out. At the first moment I was shocked about the high number of shots fired, but it seems there´s no dedicated CD unit as my ships took nearly no damage. Later it turned out that there are mostly AA rgts at the base with another base force and an IJA division...
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Coastal Guns at Koepang, 28,77, firing at TF 1107
TF 1107 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77
409 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AK Archbishop Lamy, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Haraldsvang, Shell hits 12
Allied ground losses:
240 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
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Coastal Guns at Koepang, 28,77, firing at TF 1109
TF 1109 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77
2061 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Concord, Shell hits 4
MSW Geelong, Shell hits 31, on fire
CL Richmond
MSW Echuca, Shell hits 27
AK Waipo, Shell hits 3, on fire
AK Steel Worker, Shell hits 6
MSW Deloraine, Shell hits 6
Allied ground losses:
3855 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
then my second TF also started unloading. More than 80% of my troops unloaded on day one, we had nearly 200 ships in two invasion TFs with one dedicated supply TF, a surface combat TF with two BBs as cover at the landing site and three CV TFs with another SC TF one hex North of Koepang to take on incoming airstrikes - of which none showed up...
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Day Air attack on Hanoi , at 36,37
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8
Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 34
B-24D Liberator x 74
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 5 damaged
Resources hits 45
and we strike again against Hanoi. Even though Hortlund moved some fighters in, it was only one Oscar Chutai. Would be the same as moving in no fighters. After this attack, we have destroyed 340 of 600 resources at Hanoi... and this base won´t be the last one to lose it´s important resource centers...
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
6 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 5
A6M3a Zero x 131
B5N Kate x 54
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 34
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 28
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-S Irving: 1 damaged
B5N Kate: 13 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 4 damaged
Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 47
Aircraft Attacking:
28 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick bombing at 2000 feet
24 x B5N Kate bombing at 11000 feet
Hortlund keeps flying massive strikes against Sian. Again, there´s no sense doing that as the airfield and airbase was 100% destroyed after the first strike already. No supply hits, so this strike was a total waste. A lot of escorts...
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 79
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 11 damaged
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 41
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet
and he keeps sending Betties from Manchuko... I like it!
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77
Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 27
B-25C Mitchell x 68
B-25J Mitchell x 34
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 7 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 50
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet
3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet
we will soon switch to ground attacks...
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Day Air attack on 2nd New Chinese Corps, at 48,30
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 13
D3A Val x 18
A6M3a Zero x 12
J1N1-R Irving x 1
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 16
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 31
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 25
Ki-30 Ann x 116
Ki-51 Sonia x 53
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-30 Ann: 14 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 8 damaged
Allied ground losses:
205 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
22 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
I´m amazed to see that Hortlund didn´t upgrade his dive bombers to Lilies or Helens as those dive bombers aren´t much of a use in Nikmod. I would not have a problem at all if he would upgrade all of them.
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Day Air attack on Yenen , at 50,26
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 15
A6M3a Zero x 11
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 17
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 11
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 1
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94
Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 3
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 1
PB4Y Liberator x 34
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
AK Samarang Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Waura Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 6
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PB4Y Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
Hortlund keeps having ships in front line bases. All ports with ships will be targets in the coming turns. Probably those are ships that have been damaged before but they should be moved out as soon as possible, otherwise I will kill all of them...
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Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94
Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 1
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 95
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged
Japanese Ships
AK Samarang Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Shiganoura Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Waura Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 8
Aircraft Attacking:
41 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
Gili Gili´s ships are finished...
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Ground combat at Homan
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 73928 troops, 973 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1797
Defending force 92000 troops, 481 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2321
Allied ground losses:
546 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Ichang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 45183 troops, 529 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1752
Defending force 67809 troops, 375 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1684
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Yenen
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 43931 troops, 465 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 800
Defending force 81551 troops, 463 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2119
Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Koepang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22504 troops, 270 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 518
Defending force 54737 troops, 490 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 964
Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Sining
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1739 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 54
Defending force 771 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 30
Will move in a Chinese division to finish the enemy paratroopers...
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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/05/43
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Coastal Guns at Koepang, 28,77, firing at TF 1107
TF 1107 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77
Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
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Coastal Guns at Koepang, 28,77, firing at TF 1109
TF 1109 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77
506 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
MSW Deloraine, Shell hits 2
Allied ground losses:
209 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
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Sub attack at 44,122
Japanese Ships
SS I-178
Allied Ships
DD Abbot, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
wow, 3 out of 6 torps hit my DD... not surprising that Abbot immediately sunk. Happened between Brisbane and Sydney, Abbot was going to Sydney for repairs...
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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 14
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Wasile at 41,69
Japanese Ships
PG Daido Maru, Shell hits 2
AK Aden Maru
AP Anyo Maru, Shell hits 5, on fire
AK Genoa Maru
AP Heiwa Maru, Shell hits 35, on fire, heavy damage
AK Italy Maru, Shell hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kamogawa Maru
AK Kinugasa Maru
AP Kuretake Maru
AK Mantai Maru
AK Nana Maru
AK Nanman Maru
AK Norway Maru
AK Sinsei Maru
AK Soyo Maru
AK Syogen Maru
AK Tamon Maru
AK Tatsuura Maru, Shell hits 1
AK Toyama Maru
AK Toyohasi Maru
AP Shinyo Maru
AK Teibo Maru
Allied Ships
CL Honolulu
DD Bache
DD Eaton
DD Taylor
huge tranport TF at Wasile. Strange composition with two APs in the TF. Don´t know if this TF was bringing troops in or if it just was a supply TF. Only two ships are in trouble and once again all our torps missed. The DDs used 60% of their torps. Torp hit rate of the IJN and the Brits in WITP is just too high, while hit rate of the USN is just too low.
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Coastal Guns at Koepang, 28,77, firing at TF 1107
TF 1107 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77
83 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Coastal Guns at Koepang, 28,77, firing at TF 1109
TF 1109 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77
432 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AK Robert C. Grier, Shell hits 4
CL Concord, Shell hits 1
Allied ground losses:
114 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
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Sub attack at 34,55
Japanese Ships
TK San Luis Maru
TK Kuroshio Maru
TK Hokki Maru
PG Shoei Maru
PG Santo Maru
PG Muro Maru
PG Koei Maru
PG Keijo Maru
MSW W.3
Allied Ships
SS Haddock
Pity, Haddock missed a big TK...
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Day Air attack on Yenen , at 50,26
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 18
A6M3a Zero x 14
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 18
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 17
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-15 Babs: 1 damaged
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 5
A6M3a Zero x 132
B5N Kate x 45
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 39
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 20
Ki-49 Helen x 100
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 8 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 7 damaged
Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 91
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
as the days before Hortlund bombs Sian. Reason is unknown for me, he can´t damage the airfield more than 100%. Still it´s an easy target for him as I don´t have enough flak there. This will change...
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Day Air attack on Amboina , at 39,73
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 64
F4U-1 Corsair x 18
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Hikade Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AP Igasa Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Batavia Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire
AP Koan Maru, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AK Nittatsu Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Enju Maru, Bomb hits 1
MSW Ataka Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Port hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
63 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
we spotted ships disbanded in port and launch a nice strike from Kai Island. Again I don´t know if those ships were damaged and therefor disbanded in port, but again, if they were damaged then I guess at least some of them could have been brought away from the front line already. Nice way to lose ships... If you lose ships en masse in late 44 or early 45 then it doesn´t matter, but IMO the ship losses of Hortlund are really getting more and more severe...
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Day Air attack on 76th Chinese Corps, at 48,30
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 8
A6M3a Zero x 9
J1N1-R Irving x 1
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 24
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIb Nick: 7 damaged
Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-45 KAIb Nick bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 42,73 [X(]
Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 23
P-47C Thunderbolt x 13
F4U-1 Corsair x 23
Allied aircraft losses
Barracuda: 6 damaged
Japanese Ships
CL Yubari
CA Furutaka, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Ayanami
CL Nagara, Torpedo hits 1
CA Chikuma
CA Mikuma, Torpedo hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Barracuda launching torpedoes at 200 feet
This big cruiser TF took position one hex North of Sorong, so only 4 hexes away from Babo´s airfield where I´ve got Corsairs, Thuds and Barracudas (torp range 5!!). Don´t know what he was up for but I guess my Barracudas disturbed his plan... [:D] All I can think about is a bombardment of Babo or Kai Island but in both cases the cruisers would be in range of my torp bombers BEFORE they can move in as in the best case it´s (for the IJN) it´s 5 hexes for my torp bombers whereas it´s still 6 hexes for the ships to close in to my bases as they have to move around and island...
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35
Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 14
P-39D Airacobra x 119
PV-1 Ventura x 12
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 41
Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 42,73 [8D]
Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 15
P-47C Thunderbolt x 12
F4U-1 Corsair x 23
Allied aircraft losses
Barracuda: 8 damaged
Japanese Ships
CL Yubari, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CA Mikuma
CL Nagara, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Barracuda launching torpedoes at 200 feet
I was already happy with my Barracudas in the am phase but to my surprise they took off also in the pm phase putting another two torps into the enemy cruisers. Nagara now takes her second torp and could be in trouble... My level bombers from Kai Island were set to port attack Amboina... exactly the wrong day it seems... [:D]
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Ground combat at Homan
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 73936 troops, 972 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 1797
Defending force 91928 troops, 506 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2314
Allied ground losses:
232 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
losses are only within my HQ units in the lead. I´m already thinking about moving them out...
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Ground combat at Ichang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 83061 troops, 958 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1748
Defending force 67795 troops, 378 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1685
Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Yenen
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 43902 troops, 460 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 800
Defending force 78590 troops, 453 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2082
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Koepang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22508 troops, 271 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 518
Defending force 57857 troops, 617 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 972
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Koepang
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 4006 troops, 129 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 972
Defending force 33878 troops, 361 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 518
as you can see in the screenshot, there are 5 AA units at Koepang and this is what I was always talking about. No wonder this base puts up a flak defense like Berlin in mid 44...
But the composition of LCUs here also makes me optimistic to take Koepang faster and with fewer troops than Babo which had a similar assault value while I nearly had two times as many av. I will soon order a deliberate attack which probably will take out A LOT of the AA guns as the AA units are the ones in the lead in the troop stack and are therefor the ones who will get hit the most. Then it will be the time to fly daily air to ground attacks with my Mitchells which will most of the time hit the division which will lead to a high disruption of this unit. As this is the only high assault value unit here, a disruption of 70% of this unit will result in only some 200 assault points left for the defender. This is my theory! [:D] We will see, I´ve got three more RCTs prepped for Koepang which I could bring in within 8 days. Note that I have brought a lot of heavy artillery but all those 155mm guns are doing nearly no damage. This once again shows me that it´s just not necessary to bring art units in an invasion. I would have been far better off to use those ships that brought the artillery to bring TK units. TK units are the ones who cause the most damage to the enemy while they take not many casualties and even with 50% disablements, they are 100% combat ready in no time again.
EDIT: graphic upload is impossible due to the borked forum change at the moment. The Matrix forum works as good as WITP worked in the first two years... [8|]
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Coastal Guns at Koepang, 28,77, firing at TF 1107
TF 1107 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77
Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
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Coastal Guns at Koepang, 28,77, firing at TF 1109
TF 1109 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77
506 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
MSW Deloraine, Shell hits 2
Allied ground losses:
209 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
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Sub attack at 44,122
Japanese Ships
SS I-178
Allied Ships
DD Abbot, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
wow, 3 out of 6 torps hit my DD... not surprising that Abbot immediately sunk. Happened between Brisbane and Sydney, Abbot was going to Sydney for repairs...
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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 14
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Wasile at 41,69
Japanese Ships
PG Daido Maru, Shell hits 2
AK Aden Maru
AP Anyo Maru, Shell hits 5, on fire
AK Genoa Maru
AP Heiwa Maru, Shell hits 35, on fire, heavy damage
AK Italy Maru, Shell hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kamogawa Maru
AK Kinugasa Maru
AP Kuretake Maru
AK Mantai Maru
AK Nana Maru
AK Nanman Maru
AK Norway Maru
AK Sinsei Maru
AK Soyo Maru
AK Syogen Maru
AK Tamon Maru
AK Tatsuura Maru, Shell hits 1
AK Toyama Maru
AK Toyohasi Maru
AP Shinyo Maru
AK Teibo Maru
Allied Ships
CL Honolulu
DD Bache
DD Eaton
DD Taylor
huge tranport TF at Wasile. Strange composition with two APs in the TF. Don´t know if this TF was bringing troops in or if it just was a supply TF. Only two ships are in trouble and once again all our torps missed. The DDs used 60% of their torps. Torp hit rate of the IJN and the Brits in WITP is just too high, while hit rate of the USN is just too low.
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Coastal Guns at Koepang, 28,77, firing at TF 1107
TF 1107 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77
83 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Coastal Guns at Koepang, 28,77, firing at TF 1109
TF 1109 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77
432 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AK Robert C. Grier, Shell hits 4
CL Concord, Shell hits 1
Allied ground losses:
114 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
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Sub attack at 34,55
Japanese Ships
TK San Luis Maru
TK Kuroshio Maru
TK Hokki Maru
PG Shoei Maru
PG Santo Maru
PG Muro Maru
PG Koei Maru
PG Keijo Maru
MSW W.3
Allied Ships
SS Haddock
Pity, Haddock missed a big TK...
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Day Air attack on Yenen , at 50,26
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 18
A6M3a Zero x 14
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 18
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 17
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-15 Babs: 1 damaged
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 5
A6M3a Zero x 132
B5N Kate x 45
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 39
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 20
Ki-49 Helen x 100
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 8 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 7 damaged
Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 91
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
as the days before Hortlund bombs Sian. Reason is unknown for me, he can´t damage the airfield more than 100%. Still it´s an easy target for him as I don´t have enough flak there. This will change...
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Day Air attack on Amboina , at 39,73
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 64
F4U-1 Corsair x 18
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Hikade Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AP Igasa Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Batavia Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire
AP Koan Maru, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AK Nittatsu Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Enju Maru, Bomb hits 1
MSW Ataka Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Port hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
63 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
we spotted ships disbanded in port and launch a nice strike from Kai Island. Again I don´t know if those ships were damaged and therefor disbanded in port, but again, if they were damaged then I guess at least some of them could have been brought away from the front line already. Nice way to lose ships... If you lose ships en masse in late 44 or early 45 then it doesn´t matter, but IMO the ship losses of Hortlund are really getting more and more severe...
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Day Air attack on 76th Chinese Corps, at 48,30
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 8
A6M3a Zero x 9
J1N1-R Irving x 1
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 24
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIb Nick: 7 damaged
Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-45 KAIb Nick bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 42,73 [X(]
Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 23
P-47C Thunderbolt x 13
F4U-1 Corsair x 23
Allied aircraft losses
Barracuda: 6 damaged
Japanese Ships
CL Yubari
CA Furutaka, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Ayanami
CL Nagara, Torpedo hits 1
CA Chikuma
CA Mikuma, Torpedo hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Barracuda launching torpedoes at 200 feet
This big cruiser TF took position one hex North of Sorong, so only 4 hexes away from Babo´s airfield where I´ve got Corsairs, Thuds and Barracudas (torp range 5!!). Don´t know what he was up for but I guess my Barracudas disturbed his plan... [:D] All I can think about is a bombardment of Babo or Kai Island but in both cases the cruisers would be in range of my torp bombers BEFORE they can move in as in the best case it´s (for the IJN) it´s 5 hexes for my torp bombers whereas it´s still 6 hexes for the ships to close in to my bases as they have to move around and island...
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35
Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 14
P-39D Airacobra x 119
PV-1 Ventura x 12
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 41
Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 42,73 [8D]
Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 15
P-47C Thunderbolt x 12
F4U-1 Corsair x 23
Allied aircraft losses
Barracuda: 8 damaged
Japanese Ships
CL Yubari, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CA Mikuma
CL Nagara, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Barracuda launching torpedoes at 200 feet
I was already happy with my Barracudas in the am phase but to my surprise they took off also in the pm phase putting another two torps into the enemy cruisers. Nagara now takes her second torp and could be in trouble... My level bombers from Kai Island were set to port attack Amboina... exactly the wrong day it seems... [:D]
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Ground combat at Homan
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 73936 troops, 972 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 1797
Defending force 91928 troops, 506 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2314
Allied ground losses:
232 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
losses are only within my HQ units in the lead. I´m already thinking about moving them out...
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Ground combat at Ichang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 83061 troops, 958 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1748
Defending force 67795 troops, 378 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1685
Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Yenen
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 43902 troops, 460 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 800
Defending force 78590 troops, 453 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2082
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Koepang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22508 troops, 271 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 518
Defending force 57857 troops, 617 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 972
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Koepang
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 4006 troops, 129 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 972
Defending force 33878 troops, 361 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 518
as you can see in the screenshot, there are 5 AA units at Koepang and this is what I was always talking about. No wonder this base puts up a flak defense like Berlin in mid 44...
But the composition of LCUs here also makes me optimistic to take Koepang faster and with fewer troops than Babo which had a similar assault value while I nearly had two times as many av. I will soon order a deliberate attack which probably will take out A LOT of the AA guns as the AA units are the ones in the lead in the troop stack and are therefor the ones who will get hit the most. Then it will be the time to fly daily air to ground attacks with my Mitchells which will most of the time hit the division which will lead to a high disruption of this unit. As this is the only high assault value unit here, a disruption of 70% of this unit will result in only some 200 assault points left for the defender. This is my theory! [:D] We will see, I´ve got three more RCTs prepped for Koepang which I could bring in within 8 days. Note that I have brought a lot of heavy artillery but all those 155mm guns are doing nearly no damage. This once again shows me that it´s just not necessary to bring art units in an invasion. I would have been far better off to use those ships that brought the artillery to bring TK units. TK units are the ones who cause the most damage to the enemy while they take not many casualties and even with 50% disablements, they are 100% combat ready in no time again.
EDIT: graphic upload is impossible due to the borked forum change at the moment. The Matrix forum works as good as WITP worked in the first two years... [8|]
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ny59giants
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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy
One of the reasons I like to save the 4 large Aviation Rgt from the SRA ( 1 - Malaya, 2 - Dutch, 1 - Luzon) is China. They have no high load cost equipment, so they are easy to transport into China and then around the country as needed. I use them initially in other countries, but by this time in the game, I have enough of the other types and use them here. Nice to be able to move 100 to 150 Aviation Support in one or two days.
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Those artillery regiments are nearly worthless in attack, but are very useful during the deffence. I don´t know if they are as good as tank regiments, but if you fear you might be kicked out fom landing zone sometimes, those artillery regimnets can save your day.. Especially against shock attack!
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castor troy
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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy
ORIGINAL: ny59giants
One of the reasons I like to save the 4 large Aviation Rgt from the SRA ( 1 - Malaya, 2 - Dutch, 1 - Luzon) is China. They have no high load cost equipment, so they are easy to transport into China and then around the country as needed. I use them initially in other countries, but by this time in the game, I have enough of the other types and use them here. Nice to be able to move 100 to 150 Aviation Support in one or two days.
yes, would be fine to have them available in China. Even though I do have enough aviation support in the two major bases I use (Chungking and Kweiyang) I don´t have a lot of aviation support in all the other bases. I lack flak in most bases. I didn´t plan to wage war in China and I could have never thought of Hortlund using all his airforce in China instead of defending the SRA... [X(] If he keeps up with this tactic then he will be in serious trouble in 6 months...
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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/06/43
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Coastal Guns at Koepang, 28,77, firing at TF 1109
TF 1109 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77
216 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Concord
Allied ground losses:
96 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Sub attack at 42,63
Japanese Ships
TK Kiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PG Taiko Maru
PG Okuyo Maru
MSW W.9
MSW W.7
Allied Ships
SS Pike
we kill another fat TK... the one that has been hit just recently sank off the Philipines... [&o]
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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 15
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77
Allied Ships
BB Tennessee
BB California
Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
what about my bombardment results?
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ASW attack at 18,30
Japanese Ships
SS I-169, hits 13, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
DD Rocket
DD Redoubt
DD Racehorse
DD Panther
DD Paladin
DD Norman
this is the sub that attacked one of my AKs South West of Ceylon, ît has been spotted SE of Ceylon and we sent out a potent ASW force. DD Panther finished off the sub alone. I-169 sand with her captain FO Baker...
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Coastal Guns at Koepang, 28,77, firing at TF 1109
TF 1109 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77
177 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
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Sub attack at 53,47
Japanese Ships
AP Heiyo Maru
AP Sanko Maru
AP Nojima Maru
AP Kashi Maru
MSW Fukeui Maru #7
MSW Fuji Maru
DD Yugumo
Allied Ships
SS Hoe
Hoe missed a big AP South West of Japan...
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Sub attack at 41,63
Japanese Ships
TK Kiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Porpoise
Porpoise puts another 3 torps into Kiyo Maru. 5 torp hits to finish this big TK...
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Day Air attack on Yenen , at 50,26
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 14
A6M3a Zero x 18
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 21
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 13
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 4
A6M3a Zero x 111
B5N Kate x 46
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 49
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 19
Ki-49 Helen x 96
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 3 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 121
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
I´m so glad he keeps bombing Sian...
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Day Air attack on Amboina , at 39,73
Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 4
B-24D Liberator x 92
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 22 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Batavia Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Nittatsu Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Enju Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Hikade Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
AP Koan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 16000 feet
what the Mitchells started is nearly finished by the Libs today. Another two APs reported sunk here. Guess it will take one or two more visits to finish off all ships in port at Amboina. Hopefully Hortlund thinks it won´t be a problem to keep ships in front line bases in future also...
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 24
B-25J Mitchell x 4
B-24D Liberator x 78
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
165 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 44
Aircraft Attacking:
27 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 26000 feet
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Day Air attack on 56th Division, at 28,77
Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 2
P-40N Warhawk x 24
B-25C Mitchell x 57
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 4 destroyed, 14 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 57th Chinese Corps, at 48,30
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 13
A6M3a Zero x 14
J1N1-R Irving x 1
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 30
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 19
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIb Nick: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-45 KAIb Nick bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 41,70
Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 11
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
CL Oi
CA Nachi
CA Atago
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 6000 feet
the undamaged cruisers retreat North...
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ASW attack near Wasile at 41,69
Japanese Ships
AK Sinsei Maru
PG Daido Maru
Allied Ships
SS O20
as every time, subs stay in the base hex after laying mines instead of sprinting in and out as it should be... so many things to fix...
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Ground combat at Homan
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 73915 troops, 971 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1799
Defending force 92073 troops, 544 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2311
Allied ground losses:
433 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
too many losses within my HQ units...
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Ground combat at Ichang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 60574 troops, 698 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1748
Defending force 67677 troops, 377 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1682
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Yenen
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 43871 troops, 462 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 800
Defending force 78643 troops, 453 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2085
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Koepang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22394 troops, 260 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 516
Defending force 59121 troops, 699 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 984
Allied ground losses:
116 casualties reported
one IJA div bombarding...
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Ground combat at Koepang
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 4193 troops, 137 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 984
Defending force 33896 troops, 353 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 516
Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
5 artillery units bombarding...
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Coastal Guns at Koepang, 28,77, firing at TF 1109
TF 1109 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77
216 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Concord
Allied ground losses:
96 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Sub attack at 42,63
Japanese Ships
TK Kiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PG Taiko Maru
PG Okuyo Maru
MSW W.9
MSW W.7
Allied Ships
SS Pike
we kill another fat TK... the one that has been hit just recently sank off the Philipines... [&o]
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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 15
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77
Allied Ships
BB Tennessee
BB California
Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
what about my bombardment results?
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ASW attack at 18,30
Japanese Ships
SS I-169, hits 13, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
DD Rocket
DD Redoubt
DD Racehorse
DD Panther
DD Paladin
DD Norman
this is the sub that attacked one of my AKs South West of Ceylon, ît has been spotted SE of Ceylon and we sent out a potent ASW force. DD Panther finished off the sub alone. I-169 sand with her captain FO Baker...
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Coastal Guns at Koepang, 28,77, firing at TF 1109
TF 1109 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77
177 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
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Sub attack at 53,47
Japanese Ships
AP Heiyo Maru
AP Sanko Maru
AP Nojima Maru
AP Kashi Maru
MSW Fukeui Maru #7
MSW Fuji Maru
DD Yugumo
Allied Ships
SS Hoe
Hoe missed a big AP South West of Japan...
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Sub attack at 41,63
Japanese Ships
TK Kiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Porpoise
Porpoise puts another 3 torps into Kiyo Maru. 5 torp hits to finish this big TK...
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Day Air attack on Yenen , at 50,26
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 14
A6M3a Zero x 18
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 21
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 13
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 4
A6M3a Zero x 111
B5N Kate x 46
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 49
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 19
Ki-49 Helen x 96
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 3 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 121
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
I´m so glad he keeps bombing Sian...
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Day Air attack on Amboina , at 39,73
Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 4
B-24D Liberator x 92
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 22 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Batavia Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Nittatsu Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Enju Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Hikade Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
AP Koan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 16000 feet
what the Mitchells started is nearly finished by the Libs today. Another two APs reported sunk here. Guess it will take one or two more visits to finish off all ships in port at Amboina. Hopefully Hortlund thinks it won´t be a problem to keep ships in front line bases in future also...
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 24
B-25J Mitchell x 4
B-24D Liberator x 78
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
165 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 44
Aircraft Attacking:
27 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 26000 feet
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Day Air attack on 56th Division, at 28,77
Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 2
P-40N Warhawk x 24
B-25C Mitchell x 57
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 4 destroyed, 14 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 57th Chinese Corps, at 48,30
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 13
A6M3a Zero x 14
J1N1-R Irving x 1
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 30
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 19
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIb Nick: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-45 KAIb Nick bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 41,70
Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 11
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
CL Oi
CA Nachi
CA Atago
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 6000 feet
the undamaged cruisers retreat North...
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ASW attack near Wasile at 41,69
Japanese Ships
AK Sinsei Maru
PG Daido Maru
Allied Ships
SS O20
as every time, subs stay in the base hex after laying mines instead of sprinting in and out as it should be... so many things to fix...
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Ground combat at Homan
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 73915 troops, 971 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1799
Defending force 92073 troops, 544 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2311
Allied ground losses:
433 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
too many losses within my HQ units...
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Ground combat at Ichang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 60574 troops, 698 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1748
Defending force 67677 troops, 377 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1682
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Yenen
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 43871 troops, 462 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 800
Defending force 78643 troops, 453 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2085
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Koepang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22394 troops, 260 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 516
Defending force 59121 troops, 699 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 984
Allied ground losses:
116 casualties reported
one IJA div bombarding...
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Ground combat at Koepang
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 4193 troops, 137 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 984
Defending force 33896 troops, 353 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 516
Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
5 artillery units bombarding...
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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/07/43
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Coastal Guns at Koepang, 28,77, firing at TF 1109
TF 1109 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77
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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 14
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
7 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Hanoi , at 36,37 [>:]
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 6
Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 44
B-24D Liberator x 78
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
J1N1-R Irving: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 8 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 20
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 87
Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
6 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
I must have fallen asleep while giving orders. Strike came from Imphal and instead of hitting the resource center, I attacked the airfield. Oh boy... Will hit the resources in two turns again...
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Day Air attack on Kaifeng , at 51,32 [:D]
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 62
Allied aircraft
P-47C Thunderbolt x 63
F4U-1 Corsair x 23
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 50 destroyed [X(][X(]
Allied aircraft losses
P-47C Thunderbolt: 6 destroyed, 22 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 damaged
This is one of the reasons I´m thinking it was a huge mistake of Hortlund to bring back the war to China. The first sweep that reached an enemy base and the Thuds clear the skies over Kaifeng. The Oscar performed better than the Tojo which seems to be completely useless. Wonder if the reason for that is the low maneuver rating of 29 of the Tojo. Seems like the Tojo can only fly straight ahead. Most kills were achieved by the P-47, the Corsairs shot down "only" half a dozen enemy fighters. In the end we lose 8 P-47 (a weeks replacement, but it was surely worth it). Like mentioned before, even if Hortlund would be able to take ALL of China, it will take time and until the situation gets absolutely desperate I will have the possibility to strike back hard with my airforce and that is exactly what I will do. I guess the enemy pilot pools are empty by now and so all those fighter pilots will be replaced by pilots in the 30s! [:D] This makes it then even harder for him to defend the SRA but it seems he won´t fight anyway. If he takes all of China and gets all HI/oil/resources undamaged (which I highly doubt), then he would get as many as he will lose due to my bombing of his production centers. And I´m only bombing the ones that were Japanese in 12/41 already.
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Day Air attack on Kaifeng , at 51,32
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 19
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 12
Liberator VI x 83
P-40N Warhawk x 29
B-25J Mitchell x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 13 destroyed
Ki-46-II Dinah: 3 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 3 destroyed
Ki-15 Babs: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 6 damaged
P-40N Warhawk: 8 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
168 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Airbase hits 27
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 66
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
6 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet
6 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet
then the follow on airfield attack goes in... the Warhawks performed very well, taking down half a dozen fighters for no loss and we torch nearly two dozen aircraft on the ground. Not as many as I hoped but the enemy was out for a strike the same time we went in to attack the airfield. Still, todays air operations were a clear success...
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Day Air attack on Yenen , at 50,26
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 18
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 23
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 13
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 1
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 5
A6M3a Zero x 108
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 45
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 19
Ki-49 Helen x 57
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-S Irving: 1 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 4 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 8 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 28
Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick bombing at 2000 feet
he keeps bombing the 100% damaged airfield of Sian. Fine with me!!!!
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 6
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 6
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 20
Ki-49 Helen x 167
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 23 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 93
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick bombing at 2000 feet
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
as soon as there will be more flak units, this will get more dangerous...
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Day Air attack on 51st AA Regiment, at 28,77 [8|]
Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 2
P-40N Warhawk x 23
B-25J Mitchell x 94
Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
105 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 23800 feet
ordered some Mitchells on ground attack and was sure my bombers would attack the only combat worthy unit at Koepang, an IJA division. No, my bombers attacked an AA rgt with 0 assault value. Now that will help my deliberate attack later in the day... [8|]
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Day Air attack on 89th Chinese Corps, at 48,30
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 6
A6M3a Zero x 12
J1N1-R Irving x 1
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 5
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 20
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 15
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIb Nick: 4 damaged
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-45 KAIb Nick bombing at 2000 feet
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Ground combat at Homan
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 74005 troops, 973 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1797
Defending force 90694 troops, 509 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2306
Allied ground losses:
164 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
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Ground combat at Ichang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 60560 troops, 699 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1749
Defending force 67584 troops, 375 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1678
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
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Ground combat at 45,31 [:(]
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 18950 troops, 84 guns, 949 vehicles, Assault Value = 823
Defending force 10715 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 334
Japanese max assault: 604 - adjusted assault: 914
Allied max defense: 357 - adjusted defense: 31 [8|][8|][8|]
Japanese assault odds: 29 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1
Allied ground losses:
730 casualties reported
Guns lost 20
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
ouch! The enemy has moved half a dozen units (all TK units, including a TK div) onto the street North West of Ichang. They entered yesterday when a Chinese corps on transit entered the hex also. Clear hex and my corps had no chance. Why a fully supplied corps, that was 100% combat ready, gets an adjusted assault value of 31 is a mistery for me. We lose 1/3 of the corps and 800 supply points...
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Ground combat at Yenen
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 43894 troops, 467 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 800
Defending force 78705 troops, 455 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2087
Allied ground losses:
60 casualties reported
will order one or two corps out of Yenen to support the fighting in the South...
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Ground combat at Koepang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22324 troops, 260 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 517
Defending force 59304 troops, 708 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 987
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Ground combat at Koepang
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 44682 troops, 652 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 987
Defending force 33735 troops, 348 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 517
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 7
Allied max assault: 813 - adjusted assault: 1487 [X(]
Japanese max defense: 351 - adjusted defense: 1441 [X(][X(]
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 7) [8D]
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 7 [8D]
Japanese ground losses:
422 casualties reported
Guns lost 9
Allied ground losses:
467 casualties reported
Guns lost 15
a couple of really surprising things here. Thought we would have serious problems due to our bombers attacking the AA unit instead of the IJA division. But then our adjusted av looks very good, the Japanese adjusted av looks very, very, very good but still we achieve a 1:1. Surprising also that the forts weren´t at 9 and now are at 7. Our losses weren´t severe and I´m not sure if I have to bring in more troops as planned. Some 400 assault points are still waiting to be lifted in.
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Ground combat at Chengtu
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 278 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15
Defending force 3072 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 41
Japanese max assault: 22 - adjusted assault: 16
Allied max defense: 43 - adjusted defense: 70
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 5)
Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported
why I´m not surprised to see this paradrop? Only a base force defending but the BF has inf squads and in a wooden hex and with some forts, the enemy would never have a chance. I guess this paradrop was only ordered to stop supply production in the hex. Will have to dispatch a division to destroy those paras. Means no supplies here for two weeks.
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Coastal Guns at Koepang, 28,77, firing at TF 1109
TF 1109 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 28,77
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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 14
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
7 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Hanoi , at 36,37 [>:]
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 6
Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 44
B-24D Liberator x 78
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
J1N1-R Irving: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 8 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 20
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 87
Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
6 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
I must have fallen asleep while giving orders. Strike came from Imphal and instead of hitting the resource center, I attacked the airfield. Oh boy... Will hit the resources in two turns again...
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Day Air attack on Kaifeng , at 51,32 [:D]
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 62
Allied aircraft
P-47C Thunderbolt x 63
F4U-1 Corsair x 23
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 50 destroyed [X(][X(]
Allied aircraft losses
P-47C Thunderbolt: 6 destroyed, 22 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 damaged
This is one of the reasons I´m thinking it was a huge mistake of Hortlund to bring back the war to China. The first sweep that reached an enemy base and the Thuds clear the skies over Kaifeng. The Oscar performed better than the Tojo which seems to be completely useless. Wonder if the reason for that is the low maneuver rating of 29 of the Tojo. Seems like the Tojo can only fly straight ahead. Most kills were achieved by the P-47, the Corsairs shot down "only" half a dozen enemy fighters. In the end we lose 8 P-47 (a weeks replacement, but it was surely worth it). Like mentioned before, even if Hortlund would be able to take ALL of China, it will take time and until the situation gets absolutely desperate I will have the possibility to strike back hard with my airforce and that is exactly what I will do. I guess the enemy pilot pools are empty by now and so all those fighter pilots will be replaced by pilots in the 30s! [:D] This makes it then even harder for him to defend the SRA but it seems he won´t fight anyway. If he takes all of China and gets all HI/oil/resources undamaged (which I highly doubt), then he would get as many as he will lose due to my bombing of his production centers. And I´m only bombing the ones that were Japanese in 12/41 already.
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Day Air attack on Kaifeng , at 51,32
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 19
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 12
Liberator VI x 83
P-40N Warhawk x 29
B-25J Mitchell x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 13 destroyed
Ki-46-II Dinah: 3 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 3 destroyed
Ki-15 Babs: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 6 damaged
P-40N Warhawk: 8 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
168 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Airbase hits 27
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 66
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
6 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet
6 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet
then the follow on airfield attack goes in... the Warhawks performed very well, taking down half a dozen fighters for no loss and we torch nearly two dozen aircraft on the ground. Not as many as I hoped but the enemy was out for a strike the same time we went in to attack the airfield. Still, todays air operations were a clear success...
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Day Air attack on Yenen , at 50,26
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 18
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 23
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 13
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 1
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 5
A6M3a Zero x 108
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 45
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 19
Ki-49 Helen x 57
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-S Irving: 1 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 4 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 8 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 28
Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick bombing at 2000 feet
he keeps bombing the 100% damaged airfield of Sian. Fine with me!!!!
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 6
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 6
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 20
Ki-49 Helen x 167
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 23 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 93
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick bombing at 2000 feet
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
as soon as there will be more flak units, this will get more dangerous...
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Day Air attack on 51st AA Regiment, at 28,77 [8|]
Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 2
P-40N Warhawk x 23
B-25J Mitchell x 94
Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
105 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 23800 feet
ordered some Mitchells on ground attack and was sure my bombers would attack the only combat worthy unit at Koepang, an IJA division. No, my bombers attacked an AA rgt with 0 assault value. Now that will help my deliberate attack later in the day... [8|]
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Day Air attack on 89th Chinese Corps, at 48,30
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 6
A6M3a Zero x 12
J1N1-R Irving x 1
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 5
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 20
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 15
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIb Nick: 4 damaged
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-45 KAIb Nick bombing at 2000 feet
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Ground combat at Homan
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 74005 troops, 973 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1797
Defending force 90694 troops, 509 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2306
Allied ground losses:
164 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
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Ground combat at Ichang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 60560 troops, 699 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1749
Defending force 67584 troops, 375 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1678
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
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Ground combat at 45,31 [:(]
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 18950 troops, 84 guns, 949 vehicles, Assault Value = 823
Defending force 10715 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 334
Japanese max assault: 604 - adjusted assault: 914
Allied max defense: 357 - adjusted defense: 31 [8|][8|][8|]
Japanese assault odds: 29 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1
Allied ground losses:
730 casualties reported
Guns lost 20
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
ouch! The enemy has moved half a dozen units (all TK units, including a TK div) onto the street North West of Ichang. They entered yesterday when a Chinese corps on transit entered the hex also. Clear hex and my corps had no chance. Why a fully supplied corps, that was 100% combat ready, gets an adjusted assault value of 31 is a mistery for me. We lose 1/3 of the corps and 800 supply points...
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Ground combat at Yenen
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 43894 troops, 467 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 800
Defending force 78705 troops, 455 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2087
Allied ground losses:
60 casualties reported
will order one or two corps out of Yenen to support the fighting in the South...
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Ground combat at Koepang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22324 troops, 260 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 517
Defending force 59304 troops, 708 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 987
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Ground combat at Koepang
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 44682 troops, 652 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 987
Defending force 33735 troops, 348 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 517
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 7
Allied max assault: 813 - adjusted assault: 1487 [X(]
Japanese max defense: 351 - adjusted defense: 1441 [X(][X(]
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 7) [8D]
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 7 [8D]
Japanese ground losses:
422 casualties reported
Guns lost 9
Allied ground losses:
467 casualties reported
Guns lost 15
a couple of really surprising things here. Thought we would have serious problems due to our bombers attacking the AA unit instead of the IJA division. But then our adjusted av looks very good, the Japanese adjusted av looks very, very, very good but still we achieve a 1:1. Surprising also that the forts weren´t at 9 and now are at 7. Our losses weren´t severe and I´m not sure if I have to bring in more troops as planned. Some 400 assault points are still waiting to be lifted in.
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Ground combat at Chengtu
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 278 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15
Defending force 3072 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 41
Japanese max assault: 22 - adjusted assault: 16
Allied max defense: 43 - adjusted defense: 70
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 5)
Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported
why I´m not surprised to see this paradrop? Only a base force defending but the BF has inf squads and in a wooden hex and with some forts, the enemy would never have a chance. I guess this paradrop was only ordered to stop supply production in the hex. Will have to dispatch a division to destroy those paras. Means no supplies here for two weeks.
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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/08/43
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TF 2 encounters mine field at Palembang (20,55)
Japanese Ships
MSW W.21
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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 20
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Sub attack near Buru Island at 38,72
Japanese Ships
AG AG-5189, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Tautog
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Day Air attack on Yenen , at 50,26
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 18
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 30
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 17
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 1
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 5
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 17
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-S Irving: 4 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 24
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Ichang , at 47,33 [X(][X(][X(]
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 72
D3A Val x 18
A6M3a Zero x 108
J1N1-R Irving x 2
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 22
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 25
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 82
Ki-30 Ann x 131
Ki-51 Sonia x 57
Ki-49 Helen x 143
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 14
P-47C Thunderbolt x 12
F4U-1 Corsair x 34
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
D3A Val: 2 damaged
A6M3a Zero: 4 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 46 destroyed
Ki-30 Ann: 3 destroyed, 10 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 8 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 9 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 15 destroyed
P-47C Thunderbolt: 21 destroyed
F4U-1 Corsair: 35 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 34
Airbase supply hits 16
Runway hits 171
Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
19 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
I expected a strike against Ichang as this is the base my sweep was based. I didn´t expect such a huge strike (combined from to big airfields). The Tojos were eaten alive, our fighters achieved a kill rate of something like 10:1 but then the super Zeroes showed up achieving a kill rate of 15:1... [8|][8|][8|] Can you believe what results this game is coming up? But still, this is exactly what I want, an attrition battle. Only I can win this battle in the long run and airlosses don´t look that bad today. Hortlund has stripped his carriers of fighters, there are several fighter daitais from IJN CVs in China.
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Day Air attack on Ichang , at 47,33
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 105
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 59
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Ichang , at 47,33
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 84
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 7 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-47C Thunderbolt: 5 destroyed
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 41
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 3rd Tank Div , at 45,31
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 24
Kittyhawk I x 7
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35
Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 16
P-39D Airacobra x 118
PV-1 Ventura x 11
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 32
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 46,70
Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 14
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Kaihei Maru
AP Surabaya Maru
AP Meiu Maru, Bomb hits 1
AP Kasima Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 6000 feet
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Ground combat at Homan
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 74033 troops, 974 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1798
Defending force 89888 troops, 483 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2312
Allied ground losses:
239 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Ichang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 60577 troops, 702 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1748
Defending force 67356 troops, 371 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1681
Allied ground losses:
53 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Yenen
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 43929 troops, 467 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 798
Defending force 78619 troops, 455 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2089
Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Koepang
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 4360 troops, 135 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 956
Defending force 33030 troops, 344 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 514
Japanese ground losses:
183 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
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TF 2 encounters mine field at Palembang (20,55)
Japanese Ships
MSW W.21
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Night Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 20
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
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Sub attack near Buru Island at 38,72
Japanese Ships
AG AG-5189, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Tautog
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Day Air attack on Yenen , at 50,26
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 18
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 30
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 17
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1
Ki-15 Babs x 1
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-S Irving x 5
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 17
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-S Irving: 4 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 24
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Ichang , at 47,33 [X(][X(][X(]
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 72
D3A Val x 18
A6M3a Zero x 108
J1N1-R Irving x 2
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 22
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 25
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 82
Ki-30 Ann x 131
Ki-51 Sonia x 57
Ki-49 Helen x 143
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 14
P-47C Thunderbolt x 12
F4U-1 Corsair x 34
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
D3A Val: 2 damaged
A6M3a Zero: 4 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 46 destroyed
Ki-30 Ann: 3 destroyed, 10 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 8 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 9 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 15 destroyed
P-47C Thunderbolt: 21 destroyed
F4U-1 Corsair: 35 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 34
Airbase supply hits 16
Runway hits 171
Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
19 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
I expected a strike against Ichang as this is the base my sweep was based. I didn´t expect such a huge strike (combined from to big airfields). The Tojos were eaten alive, our fighters achieved a kill rate of something like 10:1 but then the super Zeroes showed up achieving a kill rate of 15:1... [8|][8|][8|] Can you believe what results this game is coming up? But still, this is exactly what I want, an attrition battle. Only I can win this battle in the long run and airlosses don´t look that bad today. Hortlund has stripped his carriers of fighters, there are several fighter daitais from IJN CVs in China.
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Day Air attack on Ichang , at 47,33
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 105
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 59
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Ichang , at 47,33
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 84
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 7 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-47C Thunderbolt: 5 destroyed
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 41
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 3rd Tank Div , at 45,31
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 24
Kittyhawk I x 7
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35
Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 16
P-39D Airacobra x 118
PV-1 Ventura x 11
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 32
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 46,70
Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 14
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Kaihei Maru
AP Surabaya Maru
AP Meiu Maru, Bomb hits 1
AP Kasima Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 6000 feet
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Ground combat at Homan
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 74033 troops, 974 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1798
Defending force 89888 troops, 483 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2312
Allied ground losses:
239 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Ichang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 60577 troops, 702 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1748
Defending force 67356 troops, 371 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1681
Allied ground losses:
53 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Yenen
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 43929 troops, 467 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 798
Defending force 78619 troops, 455 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2089
Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Koepang
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 4360 troops, 135 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 956
Defending force 33030 troops, 344 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 514
Japanese ground losses:
183 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
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