Defeating the Devil !!! ( aka Damian )

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:29 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/17/42

3 Brigades are pretty much loaded at Rangoon. First landing is going to be in Tavoy in a couple of days and then we'll just march down the coast --- drawing bombers in.

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Day Air attack on Sovetskaya Gavan , at 73,30

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 23
D3A2 Val x 6

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 10

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Day Air attack on Sovetskaya Gavan , at 73,30

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 34
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 11

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Day Air attack on Tavoy [Burma] , at 28,37

Allied aircraft
I-16 Type 24 x 9
IL-2 Shturmovik x 27

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 19

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Day Air attack on Tavoy [Burma] , at 28,37

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 11
B-19A x 23
Hudson IV x 30
Wellington IC x 41
SB-2M x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
125 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1

Runway hits 89

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Day Air attack on Koepang [Timor] , at 29,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 27
Ki-32 Mary x 19
Ki-48-I Lily x 39
Ki-48-II Lily x 17
Ki-21-II Sally x 48
Ki-46-II Dinah x 8

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 118

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

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 41
Ki-27 Nate x 17
Ki-32 Mary x 41
Ki-48-I Lily x 30
Ki-48-II Lily x 12
Ki-15II Babs x 4
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

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

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

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 67

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Ground combat at 35,41

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 50656 troops, 687 guns, 237 vehicles, Assault Value = 1427

Defending force 44324 troops, 547 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 2221

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Skovorodino [SIB]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 152510 troops, 1704 guns, 1114 vehicles, Assault Value = 3081

Defending force 73006 troops, 1013 guns, 108 vehicles, Assault Value = 1982

Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 69172 troops, 695 guns, 760 vehicles, Assault Value = 1839

Defending force 57631 troops, 1229 guns, 380 vehicles, Assault Value = 2202

Allied ground losses:
98 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

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Ground combat at Suva [FIJI]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15601 troops, 243 guns, 130 vehicles, Assault Value = 498

Defending force 4602 troops, 43 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 170

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Ground combat at Canton [S China]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22672 troops, 274 guns, 107 vehicles, Assault Value = 860

Defending force 25741 troops, 259 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1325

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

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Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9489 troops, 38 guns, 549 vehicles, Assault Value = 958

Defending force 29941 troops, 628 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 1055

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Hailar [Manchukuo]

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 2238 troops, 9 guns, 134 vehicles, Assault Value = 178

Defending force 11608 troops, 105 guns, 71 vehicles, Assault Value = 94

Allied max assault: 84 - adjusted assault: 48

Japanese max defense: 97 - adjusted defense: 261

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

Allied ground losses:
202 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 4

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Ground combat at Haiphong [Tonkin]

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7070 troops, 96 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 366

Defending force 8516 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 38

Allied max assault: 389 - adjusted assault: 736

Japanese max defense: 34 - adjusted defense: 65

Allied assault odds: 11 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported

Capt. Harlock · Post by **Capt. Harlock** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 5:20 pm

Ground combat at Hailar [Manchukuo]

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 2238 troops, 9 guns, 134 vehicles, Assault Value = 178

Defending force 11608 troops, 105 guns, 71 vehicles, Assault Value = 94

Allied max assault: 84 - adjusted assault: 48

Japanese max defense: 97 - adjusted defense: 261

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

Allied ground losses:
202 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 4

Better than 6 AAV against 399 AAV -- but you're gonna need a bigger stick.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:13 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/19/42

My CVs etc are spotted and the enemy CVs have left Japan again. I doubt they had time to refuel and due to the fact that I don't think they have much pre-positioned fuel in Aleutians I am hopeful that by drawing the Japanese out into the deep ocean after my CVs I'll run down his fuel bunkers, add in a bit of system damage and, when I do make for the Aleutians, this will all combine to ake him BINGO for fuel much earlier than necessary ---- which should limit the amount of time he can sit around pounding my helpless merchants with his KB airgroups.

In the meantime this whole shell game in the Pacific has:
a) kept him from doing ANYTHING aggressive with his CVs ( which outmatch mine be at least 100% ) for over a month --- there's more to good play than winning actual fights.
b) kept him from covering invasions of NZ, Oz or anywhere else over the past month
c) concentrating his CVs and just butchering my forces off Burma/Malaysia.
d) allowed me to bring 1 USN CV, 2 more BBs, 3 CAs, 6 CLs and about 18 DDs into my TFs. The Royal Navy CV TF is about 4 days out now and will add another 2 CVs and 1 CVL to the mix. All in all the last couple of weeks of dancing will allow me to augment my fighter cover from 144 fighters to just over 200. That's well worth having.

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Naval bombardment of Tavoy [Burma], at 28,37

Hey, hey look at me. Send Mr Betty in and see if you can't sink me. Obiously doing that will result in a massive CAP and LRCAP ambush over Ye -- which is covered by some 200 fighters at Ye and another 200 flying LRCAP from Rangoon.

I'm seeing enemy bombers at Ban Don and a big increase in plane numbers at Bangkok and Rahaeng. I think I wll be facing fighter sweeps to pave the way for torpedo strikes over the next day or two.

Allied Ships
CL Bermuda
CL Fiji
CL Capetown
BB Ramilles
BB Royal Sovereign

Japanese ground losses:
745 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 6

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 30
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 14
Port supply hits 10

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TF 90 encounters mine field at Umnak Island [AK] (101,37)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.16
MSW W.13
PC Ch 2

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Sub attack near Umnak Island [AK] at 101,37

Interesting, I wonder if this force is bringing troops in or moving troops out of Umnak. Umnak is on my list of targets in the Aleutians so this question is not just of academic interest. I'm beginning to think of just landing in overwhelming force in 1 or 2 bases and conducting a slowish ( for me ) march across the Aleutians.

A tip: If you don't want to tip your opponent to your desire to recon a particular base then why not just station subs at those bases. If you can base subs at that base and its subsidiary/hub bases you can pretty quickly build up a good picture of whether or not he is building it up ( making it into a major base ) or is content to leave it a small base with few troops and few supplies. Sometimes you also get a good read on the number of units there... and all of that intel is gathered without having to do a single overflight and alerting the enemy to your interest as no-one seems to worry much what a sub at a base means since they only ever look at the obvious answer "He wants to sink my ships" and don't delve deeper.

Japanese Ships
AP Nichibi Maru, Torpedo hits 1
AP Nichiryu Maru
AP Mitsu Maru #3
PC Ch 2
MSW W.16

Allied Ships
SS SHCH137

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Sovetskaya Gavan , at 73,30

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 23
D3A2 Val x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A5M4 Claude: 1 destroyed
D3A2 Val: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 7

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Day Air attack on Sovetskaya Gavan , at 73,30

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 33
D3A2 Val x 17
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
A5M4 Claude: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 13

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Day Air attack on Yangku [Cent China] , at 51,29

Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 24

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

Resources hits 13

Just inviting him to place a fighter unit here to prevent further raids --- thinning his spearpoint.

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Day Air attack on Padang [Sumatra] , at 18,51

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-43-I Oscar x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Ki-43-I Oscar: 1 damaged

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

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 41
Ki-27 Nate x 5
Ki-32 Mary x 42
Ki-48-I Lily x 53
Ki-48-II Lily x 12
Ki-15II Babs x 4
Ki-46-II Dinah x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 1 damaged
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 3

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 124

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Day Air attack on JAAF 51st Engineer Aviation Battalion, at 28,37

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 38
B-17E Fortress x 58
B-25D Mitchell x 39
B-19A x 7
Lancaster III x 3
Wellington IC x 12
IL-4C x 6

Sent in at 6,000 feet in order to pave the way for ground attacks AND give Damian some rationale for continuing to base fighters on CAP over his bases. Why give your enemy hope? Simple, hope isn't synonymous with doing the right thing so giving him hope of ambushing my bombers means he might divert his fighters from smashing my groups in Burma - I'm down to no more than 200 first-line fighters and another 200 second-rate fighters. 2 days of ruthless sweeps could wipe out my entire air force in Burma beyond hope of salvage for the next month. -- which will play into my hands and prevent him using them appropriately in sweeps to break my back.

Its also why MOUT manuals always talk about leaving one avenue of escape seemingly open as it is much easier to shoot down men/insurgents running away from an attack than it is to go into that house and take them on room by room. Of course the easiest thing of all is to get some fancy Russian late-model RPGs with thermobaric warheads and simply incinerate everything inside the house but that's a discussion for another day.

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
158 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on Red 43rd Guerilla Regiment, at 51,28

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 12
Ki-32 Mary x 25
Ki-15II Babs x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on ROC 52nd Field Army , at 43,41

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on IJN Saigon Base Force, at 28,37

Allied aircraft
I-16 Type 24 x 18
IL-2 Shturmovik x 90

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on IJN Saigon Base Force, at 28,37

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 19
B-17E Fortress x 27
B-25D Mitchell x 15
B-19A x 3
Wellington IC x 3
IL-4C x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-15II Babs x 1
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Ground combat at 35,41

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 51162 troops, 701 guns, 237 vehicles, Assault Value = 1444

Defending force 44462 troops, 561 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 2226

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Skovorodino [SIB]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 157601 troops, 1789 guns, 1123 vehicles, Assault Value = 3262

Defending force 73513 troops, 1025 guns, 109 vehicles, Assault Value = 2001

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 70396 troops, 727 guns, 759 vehicles, Assault Value = 1891

Defending force 57661 troops, 1225 guns, 381 vehicles, Assault Value = 2208

Allied ground losses:
60 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at Suva [FIJI]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15600 troops, 245 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 497

Defending force 4593 troops, 42 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 170

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Ground combat at Sinyang [Cent China]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 67400 troops, 964 guns, 62 vehicles, Assault Value = 1776

Defending force 563 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 32

Japanese max assault: 1912 - adjusted assault: 5799

Allied max defense: 31 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 5799 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
316 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Canton [S China]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22886 troops, 279 guns, 112 vehicles, Assault Value = 868

Defending force 25819 troops, 257 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1334

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

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Ground combat at 63,20

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 18210 troops, 381 guns, 175 vehicles, Assault Value = 2864

Defending force 124651 troops, 1889 guns, 429 vehicles, Assault Value = 3365

Allied max assault: 73 - adjusted assault: 2

Japanese max defense: 3495 - adjusted defense: 2947

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
109 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
764 casualties reported
Guns lost 18
Vehicles lost 2

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Ground combat at Haiphong [Tonkin]

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7004 troops, 97 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 360

Defending force 8411 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 38

Allied max assault: 392 - adjusted assault: 300

Japanese max defense: 34 - adjusted defense: 70

Allied assault odds: 4 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:26 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/20/42

The slow crawl north-eastward toward Kodiak continues and the IJN CVs are following slavishly some 12 to 18 hexes away. How do I know this? Well he hasn't turned his Kate and Val searches off and by seeing which subs are spotted by Vals I can draw a circle on the map telling me his location to within 3 or 4 hexes. Its actually such a rookie mistake that I've emailed him telling him about it and suggesting he may want to ameliorate this oversight. It'd be no fun at all taking advantage of this rookie mistake by sprinting westward and launching a devastating raid from point-blank range.

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Day Air attack on Sovetskaya Gavan , at 73,30

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 22
D3A2 Val x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
A5M4 Claude: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

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Day Air attack on Sovetskaya Gavan , at 73,30

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 3
D3A2 Val x 17
B4Y1 Jean x 8
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
B4Y1 Jean: 1 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17

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Day Air attack on Yenan [Cent China] , at 50,28

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 12
Ki-32 Mary x 16
Ki-15II Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9
B-19A x 24
Hudson IV x 30
Wellington IC x 43

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 2 destroyed
Ki-109E Mike: 1 destroyed
A6M2 Zeke: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-19A: 1 damaged
Hudson IV: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Wellington IC: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 66

Lots of fighters in Bangkok... Why aren't they hitting me? It can only be a matter of time. Tomorrow I'm holding most of my shipping in Ye and I'm going to put all my CAP and LRCAP over that base. With a little luck I should be able to bag a load of fighters and bombers, IF they come. I've laid this trap 3 times now with no result recently but the enemy buildup is just too large right now to be a mere feint. Damian's not like me, he doesn't feint with 80% of his force. He feints with small forces.

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Day Air attack on Padang [Sumatra] , at 18,51

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-I Oscar x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-I Oscar: 3 damaged

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Day Air attack on Koepang [Timor] , at 29,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 13
Ki-32 Mary x 18
Ki-48-I Lily x 30
Ki-48-II Lily x 8
Ki-21-II Sally x 39

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 damaged
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
Kittyhawk I: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 81

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

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 41
Ki-27 Nate x 17
Ki-32 Mary x 41
Ki-48-I Lily x 56
Ki-48-II Lily x 12
Ki-15II Babs x 5
Ki-46-II Dinah x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
B4Y1 Jean: 1 damaged

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

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19
Port hits 19
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 4

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Day Air attack on ROC 38th Field Army , at 43,41

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ROC 65th Field Army , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-109E Mike x 7

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on TF at 27,38

Japanese aircraft
F1M2 Pete-FF x 4
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 2

Allied aircraft
IL-4C x 3

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Minegumo

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Day Air attack on TF at 27,38

Japanese aircraft
F1M2 Pete-FF x 4
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 2

Allied aircraft
IL-4C x 10

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
IL-4C: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
CA Nachi
BB Nagato

hmm, is this a major naval action I see before me. Well, my Avengers and Beauforts are available in strength and if he comes for me I think he's going to lose these BBs and CAs. So, let him come. I'm sure he'll destroy most of my fleet if he attacks now but he'll lost most of his fleet too and then he'll have to replenish this from his forces facing me at the Aleutians, weakening his force at a time and place when he'll need them most ( the weather in the Aleutians is really not favourable for CV raids and so a lot of battles there tend to be surface actions.

If he's smart he'll withdraw these surface forces and just use them to protect against me if I decide to "go deep" and land in mainland Malaysia somewhere.

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Day Air attack on Victoria Point [BMA] , at 25,39

Allied aircraft
B-26A Marauder x 16
Beaufort VII x 17
Pe-2 x 77

Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
59 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 44

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

Allied aircraft
IL-4C x 6

Allied aircraft losses
IL-4C: 2 destroyed

Runway hits 5

NO fighters on CAP. The only way this could happen is if they were all on SWEEP but, for some reason, didn't fly. That does it he MUST have them set to sweep Ye but they didn't fly today. So, tomorrow I max out the CAP and LRCAP over Ye.

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-15II Babs x 1
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Ground combat at 35,41

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 51352 troops, 707 guns, 238 vehicles, Assault Value = 1450

Defending force 44527 troops, 567 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 2228

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Skovorodino [SIB]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 159593 troops, 1840 guns, 1127 vehicles, Assault Value = 3339

Defending force 73663 troops, 1033 guns, 109 vehicles, Assault Value = 2004

Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 70924 troops, 737 guns, 761 vehicles, Assault Value = 1917

Defending force 57655 troops, 1227 guns, 377 vehicles, Assault Value = 2213

Allied ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

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Ground combat at Suva [FIJI]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15646 troops, 243 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 518

Defending force 4549 troops, 41 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 170

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Ground combat at Canton [S China]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 23030 troops, 279 guns, 112 vehicles, Assault Value = 874

Defending force 25807 troops, 258 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1332

Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Tatung [Cent China]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 29043 troops, 447 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 759

Defending force 12657 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 670

Japanese max assault: 25 - adjusted assault: 21

Allied max defense: 568 - adjusted defense: 19

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
100 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
72 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Yangku [Cent China]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 19115 troops, 242 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 523

Defending force 443 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 26

Japanese max assault: 537 - adjusted assault: 796

Allied max defense: 21 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 796 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
348 casualties reported

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma]

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 25905 troops, 549 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 1110

Defending force 2078 troops, 27 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 87

Allied max assault: 2174 - adjusted assault: 4122

Japanese max defense: 81 - adjusted defense: 19

Allied assault odds: 216 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Moulmein [Burma] base !!!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 4 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
487 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
Vehicles lost 10

Allied ground losses:
229 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

I noticed that several of the IJA formations in Moulmein had pulled out today so I attacked before the rest could get away. It didn't destroy any major units but every little bit helps.

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Ground combat at Haiphong [Tonkin]

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6942 troops, 96 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 355

Defending force 8437 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 39

Allied max assault: 390 - adjusted assault: 165

Japanese max defense: 36 - adjusted defense: 89

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Andy Mac · Post by **Andy Mac** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:58 am

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:46 pm

Well, about three days have passed and as I slowly retreat toward Kodiak ( at a rate of 3 hexes per day in order to protect my slowest ships from Betty strikes ) the IJN CVs inexorably close. It is the 24th and tomorrow I expect the enemy to be in range. In order to protect my CVs I am running them a few more hexes east and will cover my transport only with LRCAP. Its unfortunate as in just 1 more day my entire force would have been under cover of my USAAF LRCAP and that would have made the cost of launching attacks too high for him to pay.
 
Ah well, 120 miles is going to cost me a couple of dozen ships badly damaged. C'est la guerre.

Capt. Harlock · Post by **Capt. Harlock** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 5:27 pm

ORIGINAL: Nemo121

It is the 24th and tomorrow I expect the enemy to be in range. In order to protect my CVs I am running them a few more hexes east and will cover my transport only with LRCAP. Its unfortunate as in just 1 more day my entire force would have been under cover of my USAAF LRCAP and that would have made the cost of launching attacks too high for him to pay.

Ah well, 120 miles is going to cost me a couple of dozen ships badly damaged. C'est la guerre.

From the AAR on Damien's side I note impressive A6M2 casualties. At this rate, your CV's may not need to be protected much longer.[:D]

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:32 pm

Harlock, aye A6M2 csualties are massive. When I took over some 400 had been lost ( mostly to OPs ). At this stage his losses are about 1975. So, that's 1600 Zeroes lost in the past 2 months. Not at all a bad showing considering that this is the period of time when Zeroes normally run riot oer weaker Allied planes. His Betty losses are also serious having risen from a bit over 100 to over 800.

He has a good pool of Mikes at Bangkok but I'm planning major Pe-2 and continuous B-17 raids to close Bangkok and once that's done I can exploit deeper from Tavoy ( which I expect to take tomorrow.... I landed 2 Bdes there today under LRCAP and covered by 2 BBs ).
 
In other news... He nibbled at my forces around the Aleutians yesterday and inflicted a little damage on 2 transports, a couple of patrol craft and 2 BBs ( both will have to dock for repairs and will be out of action for a month or two but its nothing serious ). Today he sank one of the damaged AKs and a couple of detached MSWs but, really, losses to my fleet amount to less than 1% of the fleet. My F4F numbers are critical with the F4F4 proving no match at all for the Japanese Zeroes and often being shot down at a 2:1 or worse exchange rate. Fortunately pilot experience is building and many of my squadrons now have an experienced core of 70+ Exp pilots who can meet the Zero on equal footing.
 
Fortunately I have numbers available to make up for the lack of experience. Rebuilding my F4F4 squadrons will take a few days by which time the British with their excellent Seafire fighters should be at Kodiak. They ought to help tremendously.
 
Overall Japanese losses are now 6300 to 5011 Allied losses. At restart the loss rates were about 2,200 vs 2600 so I've lost about 2,800 planes in return for 3,700 in the past two months. The most important thing is not the actual numbers ( although they are pretty horrific and the Allied fighter pools are at breaking point with many squadrons being short on planes right now ) but the fact that this loss rate far exceeds Damian's ability to replace pilots and planes. So, right now, any pilot kills in excess of 6 per day results in a loss of trained pilots to his squadrons. I think he might JUST be able to replace his recent KB losses by saving pilots and production for a couple of days ( as his Zero losses weren't excessive and he has lost few Kates and Vals over the past 2 months s his stocks of those should be pretty good )  but I think that should be the end of his logistics tether. After this battle he should only be able to make good further losses by waiting for new production and new trainees to come online.
 
 
So, what's my plan?
1. Take Tavoy.
2. Bring in two major convoys from Aden which will allow me to sealift several divisions at the one time and then consider making for Victoria Point.
3. Preceding any invasion of Victoria Point launch Fast Transport invasions along the Malaysian and Sumatra coasts.
4. Exploit through victoria Point while anchoring the Japanese in the Malaysian peninsula to contain those seaborne landings.
 
5. Push the Chinese into Thailand through the trails from Vietnam.I should be capturing Ubon Ratchatani tomorrow and with enough air transport I should be able to fly in enough troops to allow me to push toward Bangkok from the East at the same time as I push toward it from the north-west. I don't really care too much about advancing from Ubon Ratchatani though as it has the potential to be a Level 7 airfield ( which can be built to Level 9 obviously ). Currently it is only a Level 1 airfield BUT the A20B can reach Brunei ( 16 hexes ) from Ubon. Manilla and Clarke Field are only 15 hexes from Ubon and thus well within range of high-level B-17 strikes or low-level B-25 raids and many of the SLOCs to Japan from Java run within 11 hexes and thus within range of prowling Il-4s.
 
Overall from Ubon Ratchatani I have the ability to bomb the resources and training bases in the Phillipines back into nothingness, the ability to bomb OIL in northern Borneo back into nothingness and can begin extracting a significant toll from his Tanker convoys back to Java. Ubon Ratchatani is out of the way etc etc BUT its capture is an utter disaster for the Japanese. Now my recon might be wrong but I have an army in the hex beside it and have spotted no troops there so I'm hopeful it will be completely ungarrisoned. Even if it is garrisoned my troops ought to be able to handle a small construction Bn or somesuch.
 
 
6. Aleutians.... Well, I'm going to try to unload some 3,000 AV on each Japanese base in series. The plan isn't to be fast but to capture Cold Bay ASAP and then advance down the Aleutians chain under the cover of massive USAAF CAP. Once I take Cold Bay I can island-hop under cover of LRCAP the whole way down the Aleutians and there is no way he can afford to take my USAAF fighters on in such circumstances any more. I've made sure he no longer has the pockets to win such a battle.
 
7. Soviet Union. Somehow the Japanese were able to move from borzya into an Allied-controlled hex... something the rules say they shouldn't be able to do. So, it looks like the Allied army might escape. Still, I have other options for going around them so it isn't an utter disaster yet. I'm still hopeful of forcing them out of Hailar. If I don't then I'll just begin manoeuvring again and create a new opportunity. Mostly though this is just a sideshow and the real action is happening in Burma/Thailand now.

Capt. Harlock · Post by **Capt. Harlock** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:28 pm

ORIGINAL: Nemo121

7. Soviet Union. Somehow the Japanese were able to move from borzya into an Allied-controlled hex... something the rules say they shouldn't be able to do. So, it looks like the Allied army might escape. Still, I have other options for going around them so it isn't an utter disaster yet. I'm still hopeful of forcing them out of Hailar. If I don't then I'll just begin manoeuvring again and create a new opportunity. Mostly though this is just a sideshow and the real action is happening in Burma/Thailand now.

Just to be sure, you meant that the Japanese army might escape, right? That said, I believe you are entirely correct about the Soviet Union being a sideshow. If you can control Burma and Thailand then the Malaysian peninsula becomes very hard to hold -- and if THAT falls, Damian will have major shortages of oil in fairly quick time.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:31 pm

Harlock... Yes, you are right. The Japs might escape into Hailar from Borzya but even if they do they'll be on the back foot and I'll still have options to flank. With that said Manchuria is definitely a side-show right now... I'm making extremely good progress in Thailand. I have about 600 AV of tank formations ready to race down the paths from Ye towards the west of Bangkok and another 3,000+ AV ready to push down the trails from Moulmein to Rahaeng. I'm also airlifting a few hundred AV into Ubon. Essentially I'll hae three points of pressure on Bangkok ( directly west, north and east ). I'm also pinning a few BBs and several CVs/CVLs/CVEs at northern Malaysia  --- these ships seem to be trying to prevent me capturing Victoria Point.... fine, I'll just go by land instead [:D]
 
In other news.... As the Japanese CVs have withdrawn to try to replenish and refuel I've sent my transports and surface combat vessels in. In response it seems the Japanese are moving east again ( without refuelling or rebuilding their airgroups ). My forces are positioned 4 hexes from Cold Bay and tomorrow they will dash in there and begin unloading. They will be NOT be CAPed at this time as I don't want to risk my CVs and am still rebuilding F4F4 airgroups so they'll have to withstand 2 days of unopposed IJN airstrikes. With that said I expect Cold Bay to fall on Day 3 and once it falls I have some 450 fighters ready to rotate in and out of Cold Bay in order to stand CAP and write down the IJN airgroups unto impotence. So, 2 days of heavy losses of ships followed by a couple of days of losses of airplanes. Once that's done I'll be able to LRCAP future invasions and will take the Aleutians relatively cheaply and easily. Shouldn't take me more than a month to be knocking on the door of Petropavlovsk.
 
By this stage the IJN carrier groups should be savaged and I should have made progress in Thailand and various other options will be opening up to me as:
a) KB's ability to defeat me in a mid-ocean engagement ( currently KB is at least double to triple my combat capability ) will be eroded,
b) his ground forces will be even more fully committed as I open up more axes of advance which he must commit reserves to close and
c) I get major reinforcements of new planes ( I get my first P-38s at the end of July and begin getting B-24s at the beginning of August) which will allow me to more easily bridge the gaps around Petropavlovsk.
 
I'll post a combat report tomorrow as I expect it to be a day of major action --- very one-sided in favour of Japan but this is like Ye... In the short term the losses will look massive but in the long run this is going to break the CV-based airgroups as thoroughly as Ye has broken the land-based ones.
 
 
My only slight concern is that he might commit all his BBs and CAs to this battle. If he does this I only have 4 BBs and about 8 CAs available to cover the landings. I have lots of CLs and DDs but in heavy units he should be able to outmass me. If this happens then he can force me away from the landing sites and could threaten the success of the invasion. To guard against this I've brought overwhelming numbers so that my ships can just outlast the Japanese and bury them with sheer weight of numbers.  Still though his best chance of success is to simply send a battleline of ALL BBs and CAs into Cold Harbour in an effort to force me away from the landing sites on Day 1. If he does this and prevents me capturing Cold Harbour on Day 2 then he might just be able to hold out. If he doesn't then the instant Cold Harbour falls I'll have Avengers there torpedoing everything within 6 hexes.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:08 pm

Well, things get interesting. Mostly the Japanese actions today didn't achieve much of anything EXCEPT or their crippling of the Lion ( which has over 70 flotation damage and which I expect to sink. This is a real pity as I was going to link it up with one of the modern 16 inch USN BBs and create a 2nd BB TF. As it is I have 3 BBs at Cold Bay ( 2 x old 14 inchers and a modern 16 incher ) with another 16 incher on the way. I am expecting the majority of the IJN BBs and CAs to hit Cold Bay tomorrow as:
a) they aren't at Burma --- I see 3 BBs off Burma which would give him the ability to mass 7 BBs here. So, I expect to be hit by 7 BBs tomorrow.
c) there are about 3 to 5 CAs off Burma as escort for the CVs there so I can expect the rest to all be at the Aleutians.

In terms of CVs I expect that the total IJN build at present comprises 8 CVs, 2 CVAs, 8 CVLs and about 6 CVEs. I am expecting 2 CVs and the 6 CVEs to be off Burma and the other 6 CVs, 2 CVAs and 8 CVLs to be at the Aleutians. This would give the IJN a total of 350 fighters, 300 torpedo bombers and roughly 160 Vals plus whatever Bettys and Zeroes they can mass on the islands themselves. I have a total of about 250 carrier-based fighters and about 300 available land-based fighters. I have almost no reserves for the F4F4s as I've thrown away about 250 in attempts to increase my fighter pilot experience. The cost was heavy but I'm glad to say that my USN experience has increased from the mid-50s to high-60s and low-70s now. That extra experience should be absolutely crucial.

I've reached the island today, tomorrow I should land 2,000+ AV and then the day after I'll attack and capture the island. The day after that I'll have fighters there and be able to seriously attrit any enemy strikes. So, I have to weather today and then two more days. After that I can begin to attrit the Japanese heavily in the air and a week after THAT I get my first P-38s and start getting significant numbers of newly-arriving P-40E squadrons with which to keep my strength up and allow me to keep the pressure on.

So, onto today's battle.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/29/42

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Sub attack at 108,36

Japanese Ships
SS I-5

Allied Ships
AK Arizonan, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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Day Air attack on Sovetskaya Gavan , at 73,30

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
A5M4 Claude: 1 damaged

Runway hits 6

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Day Air attack on Sovetskaya Gavan , at 73,30

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 33
D3A2 Val x 8
B4Y1 Jean x 8
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
A5M4 Claude: 1 destroyed
B4Y1 Jean: 1 damaged

Runway hits 15

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-II Lily x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-II Lily: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 6

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

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 30
B-17E Fortress x 45

No Allied losses

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

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 22

Just trying to keep the base closed now that I'm making serious land advances toward Bangkok.

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

Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 42

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 9

A similar story, in about 10 days time I am going to be attacking through Rahaeng with over 3,000 AV and having the option of sending in 250 Il-2s, 100 Pe-2s and over 300 level-bombers on ground attack missions could well be the difference between suffering a bloody repulse and pushing through quickly and cleanly.

Why am I so focusse on Bangkok? Well, if I take Bangkok I will have a land route running through Burma and into China itself in addition to the Burma Road. This will enable me to begin basing bombers etc in China and opening up an entirely new theatre of war... again stretching Damian thinner and thinner.

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9
B-19A x 20
Beaufort VII x 18
Hudson IV x 30
Wellington IC x 36
SB-2M x 12

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 94

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

Allied aircraft
B-19A x 7

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

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Day Air attack on Koepang [Timor] , at 29,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 23
Ki-32 Mary x 22
Ki-48-I Lily x 50
Ki-48-II Lily x 18
Ki-21-II Sally x 49

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 destroyed
Ki-48-II Lily: 1 destroyed
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 100

He's keeping Koepang closed but since I've almost finished moving a Filippino division in there behind Level 6 forts I think Koepang should continue to hold for the forseeable future.

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

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 42
Ki-27 Nate x 27
Ki-32 Mary x 67
Ki-48-I Lily x 52
Ki-48-II Lily x 12
Ki-15II Babs x 6
Ki-46-II Dinah x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
B4Y1 Jean: 1 damaged
Ki-32 Mary: 1 destroyed
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 158

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Day Air attack on Cold Bay [Alaska] , at 105,36

Allied aircraft
TBM-1 Avenger x 25

Allied aircraft losses
TBM-1 Avenger: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

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Day Air attack on Cold Bay [Alaska] , at 105,36

Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 23
B-17E Fortress x 63
B-25D Mitchell x 43

Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Port hits 18
Port supply hits 14

This was an attempt to lessen the effectiveness of enemy CD units. Tomorrow I stop hitting Cold Bay and begin striking a little deeper. After all there's no point bombing port facilities and airfields I will own 2 days from now.... and I NEED that airfield to be Level 4 ASAP and that port to be Level 3 in order to provide berths for my damaged ships ( right now the port is Level 1 and the AF is Level 2 ). Still, I'm landing enough engineers that I can build a port or AF level in no more than a day or two. I have a LOT of engineers

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Day Air attack on IJA 18th Division, at 30,35

Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 76

Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 1

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Day Air attack on RTA Guards Division, at 34,32

Allied aircraft
IL-2 Shturmovik x 110

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on RTA 4th Division, at 35,31

Allied aircraft
SB-2 x 28

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on ROC 62nd Field Army , at 43,41

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

And here the attacks begin.

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-II Sally x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 4 destroyed, 9 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Farragut, Bomb hits 1
DD Huron
CA Astoria
CA Vincennes, Bomb hits 1
CA New Orleans
CL Honolulu, Bomb hits 1, on fire

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 3
G4M1 Betty x 8
Ki-21-II Sally x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 3 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-21-II Sally: 4 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Chicago
CA Louisville
CA Astoria, Bomb hits 1

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 7 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Helena
BB Lion, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Bugger!!! The Lion was my best BB. Ah well, c'est la guerre. I amn't planning to defeat the IJN battleline by matching them BB for BB and CA for CA. No, instead I'm planning to just exhaust them by forcing them to fight through wave after wave of individually weaker USN TFs. I will go into my precise deployments at the end of this post

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 7
G4M1 Betty x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 3 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Ravnaas, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Mormacwren
AK Empire Confidence
AK Murada, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kansan, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Tasker H. Bliss

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported

Oh no, 1% of the transports committed to this operation have just been torpedoed. I must admit one of my primary emotions when playing as the Allies is a sort of over-arching amusement at just how profligate the Allies can be. It really is interesting to be in a position where the loss of 6 APs doesn't seriously curtail 2nd phase operations. I'm more used to playing the Japanese and husbanding planes and ships a lot more.

Still, different situation, different approach.

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AP Lancashire

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Day Air attack on TF at 106,36

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 99
D3A2 Val x 22
B5N2 Kate x 66

IJN CV-based strikes. There's a good fighter escort here. His CV fighters aren't as attrited as I would have imagined. I'm not quite sure what has happened here. It does seem that some of the airgroups he was flying a couple of days ago have been replaced with fresh airgoups. Hmm, I still think he is right at the edge of his logistics tether and, tentatively, I am interpreting the presence of a large number of IJA airgroups as meaning that his IJN pilot pools are very low and, allied with the fact that his Zeroes are no longer anywhere to be found in the air near Burma I think that he has concentrated all his Zeroes in the Aleutians.

So, my response remains the same... I'm going to continue writing his pools down at a rate he can afford less than me. Even if his reserves are deeper than I think my flow of reinforcements is about to increase significantly and that ought to allow me to outlast him even if I'm out with my figures.

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val: 1 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Rhesus
AP William Ward Burrows, Torpedo hits 1
AK Mormacsul
AP Mataroa, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Empire Eagle
AK Admiral Wood, Torpedo hits 1
AK Don Isidro, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Andrea Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kaula, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Speelman, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Lahaina, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Admiral Chase, Torpedo hits 1
AK West Ira, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Van Diemen
AK Manini, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Coast Farmer, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Mormacgull
AP President Coolidge
AP Ormiston, Bomb hits 1
AK West Ivis, Bomb hits 1
AK Prusa, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Meigs
AK Elna, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Orungal, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Allied ground losses:
210 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

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Day Air attack on TF at 106,36

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 13
B5N2 Kate x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Strathcone Park, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK William R. Gibson, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on TF at 106,36

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Lahaina, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Idomeneus, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK American Press, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on TF at 106,36

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Waipori, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Quincy

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-15II Babs x 1
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
CA Astoria

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-II Sally x 3

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

Allied Ships
CLAA Atlanta

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CLAA Atlanta

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied Ships
AP Tasker H. Bliss
AK Murada, on fire, heavy damage
PC Tiger, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-II Sally x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AO Tippecanoe, Bomb hits 1, on fire

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AO Ramapo

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Lion, on fire, heavy damage

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-II Sally x 5

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

Allied Ships
AV Pocomoke
AP West Point

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Day Air attack on TF at 106,36

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 113
D3A2 Val x 20
B5N2 Kate x 76

Hmm, the PM strike is weak also and doesn't contain enough Vals... Since only CVs carry Vals I think that his CV TFs must not have launched and what I am seeing is mostly CVLs + maybe 1 ( perhaps 2 ) CVs. Tomorrow there'll be fresh strikes from up to 4 uncommitted CVs and the 2 CVAs. They'll be truly devastating.

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Makawao
AK Barwon
AP Hugh L. Scott
AP Siberg
AK Nisqually, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Ormiston, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Waimea
AP Mataroa, on fire
AK American Press, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK West Cape, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Makiki, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Rhesus
AP Camphuys
AK Sarpedon, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK West Ira, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Admiral Nulton, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Admiral Day, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Boreas
AP Wharton
AP Speelman, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Robert Morris
AK American, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK City of Dalhart, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Allied ground losses:
209 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-II Sally x 4

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

Allied Ships
DD Brooks

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3
Ki-21-II Sally x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina, Torpedo hits 1

Gees, do these guys have "Modern-BB seeking warheads" or something? North Carolina is still in the fight though and remains in the battleline for tomorrow.

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Sub attack at 90,36

Japanese Ships
AK Nitiro Maru

Allied Ships
SS SHCH134

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ASW attack near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese Ships
SS I-5, hits 7, on fire, heavy damage

Bye, bye.

Allied Ships
CL Trenton
CLAA San Juan
DD Philip
DD Renshaw
DD Buchanan
DD Farenholt
DD O'Brien
DD Walke
DD Morris
DD Bagley
DD Gridley
DD Maury

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Coastal Guns at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36, firing at TF 1011
TF 1011 troops unloading over beach at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36

Allied ground losses:
108 casualties reported

Only 1 TF unloaded and its troops were eliminated by the end of day so I can't order ALL to Shock Attack and have it apply to what unloads tomorrow. Pity, if I'd been able to do that I might hae taken the base tomorrow and that would have helped protect my shipping.... Still, we're on target for the original timescale and that's fine enough. I knew my losses would be heavy when I set this in motion.

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Ground combat at 35,41

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 52780 troops, 763 guns, 242 vehicles, Assault Value = 1483

Defending force 45217 troops, 596 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 2265

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Skovorodino [SIB]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 178096 troops, 2166 guns, 1165 vehicles, Assault Value = 4144

Defending force 73047 troops, 1058 guns, 91 vehicles, Assault Value = 2043

Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 75511 troops, 836 guns, 763 vehicles, Assault Value = 2109

Defending force 58007 troops, 1246 guns, 381 vehicles, Assault Value = 2218

Allied ground losses:
80 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

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Ground combat at Suva [FIJI]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 17438 troops, 245 guns, 167 vehicles, Assault Value = 466

Defending force 3690 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 136

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese max assault: 838 - adjusted assault: 853

Allied max defense: 116 - adjusted defense: 151

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Suva [FIJI] base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
762 casualties reported
Guns lost 20
Vehicles lost 6

Allied ground losses:
4095 casualties reported
Guns lost 16

This had to happen. Since I have no plans to attack here it is really just a sideshow.

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Ground combat at Canton [S China]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 24087 troops, 295 guns, 125 vehicles, Assault Value = 920

Defending force 26033 troops, 258 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1343

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Arshaan [Manchukuo]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7586 troops, 66 guns, 100 vehicles, Assault Value = 448

Defending force 8753 troops, 144 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 335

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Ground combat at Cold Bay [Alaska]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3161 troops, 79 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 182

Defending force 363 troops, 35 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported

LOL! AV of 1.

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Ground combat at Haiphong [Tonkin]

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7084 troops, 99 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 366

Defending force 505 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied max assault: 402 - adjusted assault: 366

Japanese max defense: 1 - adjusted defense: 2

Allied assault odds: 183 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
1224 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Vengeance for Suva.

So, about my TF organisation. I'm a believer in the 8 ship TF thing. I don't claim it is realistic but I do think that that's the way the game engine functions.

So, since the Lion is no longer available to create a 2nd BB TF I am creating the following:
1. ONE BB TF comprising 3 BBs, 2 CAs, 4 CLAAs and 3 DDs - to give a total of 12 ships. I went for twelve because I wanted a few DDs as ASW and wanted the 4 CLAAs for AAA work.
2. 3 x TF with 3 CA and 5 DD each.
4. 5 TF with 2 CL and 6 DD each.
5. 3 TF with roughly 12 DD each.
6. I also have two late-arriving TFs. One comprises about 10 CLs and the other comprises a BB, a couple of CLs and a gaggle of DDs.

Basically my plan is that IF the Japanese arrive over-night or tomorrow that the BB TF will meet their BBs head-on and inflict damage to both their BBs and light support ( DDs and CLs ). The BBs are there to hit IJN BBs while the CLAAs and DDs are there to kill enemy DDs and CLs.

After having their BBs damaged a little and a lot of their light escorts roughed up the enemy will run into my CA TFs. Each CA TF should be pretty much overwhelmed by the IJN ( just like the BB TF ) but by the time they are through my CA TFs I figure that the enemy CAs will also be pretty banged up and a good portion of their DDs will have been stripped away. In addition I feel that the BB main gun ammo should all have been fired by this stage.

In Phase 3 the enemy battleline ( up to 7 BBs and at least 10 CAs + a commensurate number of DDs and CLs ) should comprise:
a) enemy BBs who have no main gun ammo left
b) enemy CAs who are lightly to moderately damaged but fairly low on main gun ammo
c) enemy CLs and DDs who have all been pretty badly mauled by my DDs and CLAAs.

At this point in time they will hit my CL TFs whose purpose is to complete killing the enemy DDs and CLs, stripping the enemy BBs of their light supporting units.

IF the enemy continue then they will run into DD TFs whose only purpose is to close on the damaged, on fire CAs and BBs and pour torpedoes into them. Given the lack of escorts I think these DD TFs actually have a chance of success. To be honest though I expect the enemy ammunition and morale to give out somewhere during Phase 3 and the enemy battleline to retreat after sinking a few CAs, CLAAs and CLs and badly damaging my 3 BBs as well as sinking a dozen DDs and leaving another dozen to two-dozen crippled but before actually engaging the landing forces.

With their ships out of ammo the enemy will have to retreat and that will give me time to take the base and force his shipping to retreat completely out of torpedo attack range.

The IJN will win the battle in that it will sink BBs and CAs and a lot of CLs and DDs BUT I will have achieved my strategic objective and will be able to fully protect all future landings in the Aleutians chain from enemy battleline interference. I would, of course, organise my TFs differently if I was going for a win in terms of meeting him head-on with TFs which were BB and CA-heavy ( e.g. 3 BB, 5 CA, 2 DD in one TF and 8 CA and 2 DD in another TF ) BUT meeting him like that would run the risk of him running into my transport TFs while he still had ammunition and morale left and I'd rather accept surety in defending my transports than go for a "win" in a naval battle at the risk of losing the battle to capture the island ( which is the strategically decisive thing ).

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 2:49 pm

Well the surface battle happened today and it was a bit of a tactical disaster for the Allies - as expected - but also, most importantly, a strategic victory. The transports were untouched and while losses in CLs were very heavy overall losses were acceptable.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/30/42

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Coastal Guns at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36, firing at TF 1011
TF 1011 troops unloading over beach at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36

Allied ground losses:
95 casualties reported

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Coastal Guns at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36, firing at TF 1026
TF 1026 troops unloading over beach at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36

330 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AD Whitney, Shell hits 3
AK Kentuckian

Allied ground losses:
1147 casualties reported

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Coastal Guns at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36, firing at TF 1034
TF 1034 troops unloading over beach at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36

1182 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
SC Dundas, Shell hits 1
AK Lazar
AP Buyskens
MSW SN BTShch-8, Shell hits 2
SC Vancouver
DE William C. Cole, Shell hits 3
SC Timmins
PG Onondaga, Shell hits 4
PG Haida
PG Taney, Shell hits 1

Allied ground losses:
2519 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Vehicles lost 5

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ASW attack at 104,37

Japanese Ships
DD Fubuki
DD Akizuki
CA Aoba

IJN vessels on the way into Cold Harbour.

Allied Ships
SS S-33

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Sub attack near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese Ships
SS I-26

Allied Ships
AK Empire Eagle
AK Barwon
AK Makawao
AK West Cactus
AK Mormacsul
AP Rooseboom

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ASW attack near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese Ships
SS I-26

Allied Ships
DD Meredith
DD Buchanan
DD Farenholt
DD Bailey
DD Warrington

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Coastal Guns at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36, firing at TF 1001
TF 1001 troops unloading over beach at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36

Allied ground losses:
140 casualties reported

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Coastal Guns at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36, firing at TF 1011
TF 1011 troops unloading over beach at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36

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Coastal Guns at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36, firing at TF 1026
TF 1026 troops unloading over beach at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36

301 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AD Whitney, Shell hits 6
PC McLane, Shell hits 1
PC Aurora, Shell hits 6

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
1366 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

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Coastal Guns at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36, firing at TF 1034
TF 1034 troops unloading over beach at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36

497 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
PG Onondaga
DE William C. Cole, Shell hits 1
AP Mijer, Shell hits 1
PG Taney
MSW SN BTShch-8, Shell hits 2
AP Boissevain, Shell hits 2
PC Sonoma

Allied ground losses:
2720 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 1

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Coastal Guns at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36, firing at TF 1040
TF 1040 troops unloading over beach at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36

200 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied ground losses:
1624 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Coastal Guns at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36, firing at TF 1054
TF 1054 troops unloading over beach at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36

16 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied ground losses:
448 casualties reported

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Sub attack near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese Ships
SS I-26

Allied Ships
AP Mount Vernon, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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Day Air attack on Sovetskaya Gavan , at 73,30

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
A5M4 Claude: 1 destroyed

Runway hits 8

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Day Air attack on Sovetskaya Gavan , at 73,30

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 8
B4Y1 Jean x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
B4Y1 Jean: 1 destroyed

Runway hits 9

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-II Lily x 5

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3

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

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 51
B-17E Fortress x 102

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 42

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

Allied aircraft
B-19A x 11

Allied aircraft losses
B-19A: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 16

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Day Air attack on Umnak Island [AK] , at 101,37

Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 21
B-17E Fortress x 59
B-25D Mitchell x 38

Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 101

The little island between Cold Harbour and Umnak Island has a Level 4 Port and so once Cold Harbour falls I'm going to load 1st USMC back up again and send it in to capture that Level 4 port. The idea here will be to immediately capture a little bastion into which i can filter the most heavily damaged of my ships. Won't this draw enemy airstrikes? Sure but I can post 50 fighters there as CAP and LOTS of AAA which will help kill lots of those enemy strike planes... in essence striking those ported ships will carry the opportunity cost of missed potential strikes against my CVs.

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Day Air attack on IJA 18th Division, at 30,35

Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 84

Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on RTA 2nd Division, at 34,32

Allied aircraft
IL-2 Shturmovik x 110

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on RTA 4th Division, at 35,31

Allied aircraft
SB-2 x 24

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-II Sally x 3

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

Allied Ships
BB Colorado

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-II Sally x 3

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

Allied Ships
CL Hobart

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB New Mexico

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-II Sally x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Lion, heavy damage

She's still here. Pretty amazing.

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 2
D3A2 Val x 13

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AP U.S. Grant
AP President Coolidge
AP Van Rees, Bomb hits 3, on fire
AK Malama, Bomb hits 2, on fire

Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-II Sally x 3

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

Allied Ships
CL Achilles, Bomb hits 1, on fire

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-II Sally x 4

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

Allied Ships
CA Chicago

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-II Sally x 2

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

Allied Ships
DD Cassin

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-II Sally x 3

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

Allied Ships
DD Sands

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-15II Babs x 1
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Colorado

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied Ships
BB New Mexico, Torpedo hits 2, on fire

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-II Sally x 3

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

Allied Ships
BB Lion, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 8
Ki-21-II Sally x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Lion, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Yet still she lives.

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-II Sally x 10

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AP Rochussen, Bomb hits 1
AK San Rafael
AK Tjisaroea
AP Chateau Thierry

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Hughes

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Helena

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3
Ki-21-II Sally x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 4 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Raleigh
CL Richmond, on fire

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-II Sally x 3

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

Allied Ships
DD Patterson

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Day Air attack on TF, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-II Sally x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-II Sally: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Honolulu

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 3
BB Ise, Shell hits 8
BB Fuso, Shell hits 5
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 5
CA Chikuma, Shell hits 3
CA Myoko, Shell hits 8, on fire
CA Suzuya, Shell hits 5
CA Aoba, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1
DD Akizuki, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Fubuki, Shell hits 2, on fire
CL Kasuga Maru, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage

Kasuga Maru is a converted merchant ships. She is really not suitable for battleline duty like this. Weird....

Allied Ships
CL De Ruyter, Shell hits 1, on fire
CL Hobart, Shell hits 2, on fire
CL Enterprise, Shell hits 2, on fire
CL Ceylon, Shell hits 1
CL Newcastle, Shell hits 2
CL Boise, Shell hits 1
CL Newfoundland, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Electra, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Encounter, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD FF Le Triomphant, Shell hits 1
DD Mongol, Shell hits 2
CL Birmingham, Shell hits 2

This TF just arrived today so jumped ahead of the BBs in the surface combat TF queue. This is unfortunate as it means that they get toasted utterly by the IJN.

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
BB Ise, Shell hits 2, on fire
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 3
CA Chikuma, Shell hits 4
CA Myoko, Shell hits 3, on fire
CA Suzuya
CA Aoba, on fire, heavy damage
CA Furutaka
DD Akizuki, on fire
DD Fubuki, on fire
CL Kasuga Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CL De Ruyter, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Hobart, Shell hits 1, on fire
CL Enterprise, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Ceylon
CL Newcastle, Shell hits 1
CL Boise, Shell hits 1, on fire
CL Newfoundland, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Electra, on fire
DD Encounter, on fire, heavy damage
DD FF Le Triomphant
DD Mongol, heavy damage
CL Birmingham, Shell hits 1

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

And the 2nd BB TF now strikes. So far that's 7 BBs and 8 CAs. A VERY heavy surface strike force but, once I get airfields established only so many targets for my own strikegroups.

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna, Shell hits 2
BB Hiei, Shell hits 5
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 6
CA Takao, Shell hits 4
CA Maya, Shell hits 7
CA Mogami, Shell hits 5
DD Usugumo, Shell hits 3
DD Sazanami
DD Ushio
DD Minazuki, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
CL De Ruyter, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
CL Hobart, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
CL Enterprise, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
CL Ceylon, Shell hits 3, on fire
CL Newcastle, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CL Boise, Shell hits 3, on fire
CL Newfoundland, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
DD Electra, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Encounter, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
DD FF Le Triomphant
DD Mongol, on fire, heavy damage
CL Birmingham, Shell hits 4, on fire

Really heavy damage from only a small number of hits per ship. I am interpreting this as meaning that the CLs got hit by main BB and CA rounds and this should mean that those BBs and CAs are pretty short on ammo right now.

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna, Shell hits 2, heavy damage
BB Hiei, Shell hits 1
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 2
CA Takao, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CA Maya, Shell hits 2, on fire
CA Mogami, Shell hits 1
DD Usugumo
DD Sazanami
DD Ushio
DD Minazuki, Shell hits 2, on fire

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina, Shell hits 2, on fire
BB New Mexico, Shell hits 4, on fire
BB Idaho, Shell hits 1
CA Astoria, Shell hits 1
CA Quincy, Shell hits 1
CA Vincennes, Shell hits 2
CLAA Atlanta, Shell hits 1
CLAA San Diego
CLAA San Juan, Shell hits 2
CLAA Montpelier
DD Gwin, Shell hits 1
DD Grayson, Shell hits 1

Excellent, an IJN BB and another CA are heavily damaged.

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 1
BB Ise, Shell hits 2, on fire
BB Fuso, Shell hits 2
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 1
CA Chikuma
CA Myoko, Shell hits 1, on fire
CA Suzuya
CA Aoba, on fire, heavy damage
CA Furutaka
DD Akizuki, on fire
DD Fubuki, on fire
CL Kasuga Maru, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina, Shell hits 2, on fire
BB New Mexico, Shell hits 6, on fire
BB Idaho, Shell hits 4
CA Astoria, Shell hits 2
CA Quincy
CA Vincennes
CLAA Atlanta
CLAA San Diego
CLAA San Juan, Shell hits 1, on fire
CLAA Montpelier, Shell hits 3
DD Gwin, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Grayson

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
BB Ise, on fire
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro
CA Chikuma
CA Myoko, on fire
CA Suzuya
CA Aoba, on fire, heavy damage
CA Furutaka
DD Akizuki, on fire
DD Fubuki, on fire
CL Kasuga Maru, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD King, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Litchfield
DD Chew, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Schley
DD Ward
DD Waters
DD Dent
DD Crosby
DD Kennison
DD Crane
DD Kilty, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Brooks

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
BB Ise, on fire
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro
CA Chikuma
CA Myoko, on fire
CA Suzuya
CA Aoba, on fire, heavy damage
CA Furutaka
DD Akizuki, on fire
DD Fubuki, on fire
CL Kasuga Maru, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD King, on fire
DD Litchfield
DD Chew, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Schley, Shell hits 1
DD Ward
DD Waters
DD Dent, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Crosby
DD Kennison
DD Crane
DD Kilty, on fire
DD Brooks

After a couple of rounds of intense combat things degenerate into inconclusive sparring and by the end of the day the IJN just doesn't have the heart to push through the seemingly endless TFs of Allied shipping and leaves my transports alone.

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Sub attack near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese Ships
SS I-26, hits 7

Allied Ships
AP Warwick Castle, Torpedo hits 1
AP Van Landsberge
AP Van Imhoff
AP Van Overstraten
AP Van Neck
AP Mount McKinley
AP Esperance Bay
AP Empire Pride
AP Zeilin
AVD Ballard
AVD Chincoteague
AVD Mackinac
AVD Casco
AV Pocomoke
MSW Caraquet
MSW Bellechasse
MSW Chignecto
MSW Quatsino
MSW Outarde
SC Dundas
SC Timmins
SC Moncton
SC Vancouver
PG Haida

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at 35,41

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 52954 troops, 766 guns, 243 vehicles, Assault Value = 1488

Defending force 45323 troops, 600 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 2272

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

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Ground combat at Skovorodino [SIB]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 179707 troops, 2216 guns, 1165 vehicles, Assault Value = 4197

Defending force 73066 troops, 1061 guns, 91 vehicles, Assault Value = 2045

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 75916 troops, 839 guns, 764 vehicles, Assault Value = 2128

Defending force 57997 troops, 1242 guns, 381 vehicles, Assault Value = 2219

Allied ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Canton [S China]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 24155 troops, 295 guns, 125 vehicles, Assault Value = 924

Defending force 26008 troops, 256 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Arshaan [Manchukuo]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7638 troops, 66 guns, 100 vehicles, Assault Value = 456

Defending force 8763 troops, 143 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 337

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Cold Bay [Alaska]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3118 troops, 78 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 178

Defending force 49651 troops, 1413 guns, 485 vehicles, Assault Value = 2142

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Ground combat at Hailar [Manchukuo]

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 5241 troops, 18 guns, 364 vehicles, Assault Value = 133

Defending force 13562 troops, 149 guns, 72 vehicles, Assault Value = 192

Allied max assault: 204 - adjusted assault: 62

Japanese max defense: 196 - adjusted defense: 1077

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 6)

Allied ground losses:
592 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 16

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:55 pm

Another day of minimal strikes from KB. I think that picking the Aleutians as my searoute into Japan has paid massive dividends. Out of 3 days in which they could have struck only half of KB struck on a single day. That's only one-sixth of the potential strikes and obviously has kept a lot of Allied ships in action.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/01/42

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Coastal Guns at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36, firing at TF 1026
TF 1026 troops unloading over beach at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36

765 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AK Mormacgull, Shell hits 1
AD Whitney, Shell hits 4
AK Prusa, Shell hits 3

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
2840 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 2

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Coastal Guns at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36, firing at TF 1034
TF 1034 troops unloading over beach at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36

569 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
MSW SN BTShch-8
SC Vancouver
PG Taney
PG Onondaga
AP Mijer
DE William C. Cole

Allied ground losses:
638 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Coastal Guns at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36, firing at TF 1040
TF 1040 troops unloading over beach at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36

58 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DD Tartar
AVD Hulbert

Allied ground losses:
119 casualties reported

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Sub attack at 29,34

Japanese Ships
SS I-4

Allied Ships
PG Tulsa, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Well, most of the action may be in the Aleutians but things are still progressing in Burma/Thailand.

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Coastal Guns at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36, firing at TF 1026
TF 1026 troops unloading over beach at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36

618 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AD Whitney, Shell hits 11

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
2850 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

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Coastal Guns at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36, firing at TF 1034
TF 1034 troops unloading over beach at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36

241 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
MSW SN BTShch-8
SC Vancouver, Shell hits 2
AP Fuller
SC Timmins
PG Onondaga
DE William C. Cole

Allied ground losses:
215 casualties reported

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Coastal Guns at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36, firing at TF 1040
TF 1040 troops unloading over beach at Cold Bay [Alaska], 105,36

4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied ground losses:
83 casualties reported

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Sub attack at 103,37

Japanese Ships
CL Kasuga Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-33

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Sub attack at 103,37

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-33

Brilliant !!!

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Day Air attack on Sovetskaya Gavan , at 73,30

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
A5M4 Claude: 2 damaged

Runway hits 8

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Day Air attack on Sovetskaya Gavan , at 73,30

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 8
B4Y1 Jean x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val: 1 destroyed

Runway hits 6

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-II Lily x 2

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

Runway hits 1

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 43
B-17E Fortress x 73

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-15II Babs: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Runway hits 31

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

Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 47

Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 34

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 12
B-19A x 21
Beaufort VII x 18
Hudson IV x 24
Wellington IC x 42
SB-2M x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 103

I should have Rahaeng by the end of the week so while I hate ordering these strikes it is still necessary to prevent Japanese fighters suddenly sweeping Rangoon or Moulmein from Rahaeng. I'm down to only 100 first-line fighters in the whole of India/Burma --- although Damian doesn't know this as I'm front-loading these fighters --- so a single day's sweeps could ruin my air force for the next month. But, so long as I can keep the enemy pinned back in bases beyond Mike sweep range ( 2 hexes ) then they'll never have the chance to cripple me like this.

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

Allied aircraft
B-19A x 6

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 6

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-264 Angel x 5

5 strategic bombers? This is a waste. If he's going to send them in he should send 50 or 60 at a minimum. 5 just can't achieve anything worthwhile.

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-264 Angel: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-25D Mitchell: 2 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 8

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Day Air attack on Umnak Island [AK] , at 101,37

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 48

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 21

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Runway hits 2

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Day Air attack on IJA 1st Heavy AA Battalion, at 102,37

Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 11

Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on IJA 18th Division, at 30,35

Suppression of the enemy forces on the road to Rahaeng continues apace.

Allied aircraft
IL-2 Shturmovik x 96

Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on IJA 18th Division, at 30,35

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 24

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on IJA 4th Tank Brigade, at 30,35

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 4

No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on IJA Hirosaki 1 RpU Regiment, at 102,37

Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 6

Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
1 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on ROC 62nd Field Army , at 43,41

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on IJA Imperial Guards Division, at 34,32

Allied aircraft
IL-2 Shturmovik x 56

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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ASW attack at 95,37

Japanese Ships
DD Shiranuhi

Allied Ships
SS SHCH135

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Ground combat at 35,41

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 53124 troops, 775 guns, 242 vehicles, Assault Value = 1492

Defending force 45351 troops, 604 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 2275

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Skovorodino [SIB]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 181440 troops, 2253 guns, 1165 vehicles, Assault Value = 4265

Defending force 73187 troops, 1064 guns, 91 vehicles, Assault Value = 2049

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 76227 troops, 847 guns, 765 vehicles, Assault Value = 2139

Defending force 58033 troops, 1244 guns, 383 vehicles, Assault Value = 2219

Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

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Ground combat at Canton [S China]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 24248 troops, 298 guns, 125 vehicles, Assault Value = 926

Defending force 25959 troops, 261 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at Arshaan [Manchukuo]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7687 troops, 68 guns, 100 vehicles, Assault Value = 458

Defending force 8733 troops, 142 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 337

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Ground combat at Cold Bay [Alaska]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3082 troops, 77 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 177

Defending force 92860 troops, 3603 guns, 956 vehicles, Assault Value = 2705

Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Cold Bay [Alaska]

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 75911 troops, 3166 guns, 786 vehicles, Assault Value = 2705

Defending force 6019 troops, 95 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 177

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Allied max assault: 3066 - adjusted assault: 2789

Japanese max defense: 122 - adjusted defense: 139

Allied assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Cold Bay [Alaska] base !!!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
286 casualties reported
Guns lost 24
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
677 casualties reported
Guns lost 49
Vehicles lost 5

Cold Bay falls today. Tomorrow about 3,000 AV are going to try to blow the doors open on the road to Rahaeng. Basically I have the entire British ( and a fair bit of the Chinese Army --- all transferred to UK South-East Asia command as per house rules ) footborne army beating down that path while the British armoured forces ( abotu 500 AV ) make their way west of Bangkok from Ye and a Chinese army moves in from the East. If things work out just right I should be able to isolate Bangkok on three sides.

The Japanese ground situation here is pretty catastrophic. If I were the Japanese I'd be pouring reinforcements into Malaysia with the mission of halting me at Bangkok. There's no point trying to hold Vietnam or anything east of Bangkok anymore as that will just result in him being trapped between two forces ( The Chinese Army at Hue and the British Army at Bangkok ) and, eventually, having to be sealifted out--- something which he'll find very costly once I get airbases established ---. No, he needs to send troops into Malaysia so that he can most assuredly hold the Malaysian peninsula north of Singora.

So, time to enact a little sub-plan to prevent his forces streaming northward in sufficient force to hold me at a chokepoint. That plan should be put into action over the next 2 days, depending on the movement of the IJN CVs off the Malaysian coast.

In the Aleutians 1st USMC is loading up again in order to bounce westward before the IJN can get back into port and refuel and reprovision. So, speed as armour. It didn't work for the Leopard I but maybe it'll work for the USMC? [8D]

Capt. Harlock · Post by **Capt. Harlock** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:53 am

Japanese aircraft Ki-264 Angel x 5
5 strategic bombers? This is a waste. If he's going to send them in he should send 50 or 60 at a minimum. 5 just can't achieve anything worthwhile.
Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 15
Japanese aircraft losses Ki-264 Angel: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Only one undamaged Angel? Looks like the Airacobras are proving their worth.[;)]

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:49 am

Aye, so it seems. I think the FlAK did some of the damage though. I'm awaiting his first raids on Cold Bay with anticipation. I have stacked it with so much FlAK that I barely need fighters to defend it [:D]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/02/42

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Sub attack near Adak Island [AK] at 97,38

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Fubuki
CA Suzuya

Allied Ships
SS SHCH131

A good day's work for the Soviets.

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Sub attack near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese Ships
SS I-175

Allied Ships
DD Cossack
DD Shaw
DD Lamson
DD Drayton
DD Cummings
DD Mahan
DD Craven
DD Monssen

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TF 26 encounters mine field at Adak Island [AK] (97,38)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.16
MSW W.13

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

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Sub attack near Adak Island [AK] at 97,38

Japanese Ships
CA Takao, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Usugumo

Allied Ships
SS SHCH131

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Day Air attack on Sovetskaya Gavan , at 73,30

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 32
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
A5M4 Claude: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-II Lily x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-II Lily: 2 damaged

Runway hits 13

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Day Air attack on Koepang [Timor] , at 29,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 23
Ki-48-I Lily x 56
Ki-48-II Lily x 10
Ki-21-II Sally x 51

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

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 124

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

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 42
G4M1 Betty x 34
Ki-27 Nate x 68
Ki-32 Mary x 66
Ki-48-I Lily x 52
Ki-48-II Lily x 12
Ki-15II Babs x 6
Ki-46-II Dinah x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Ki-27 Nate: 2 destroyed
Ki-32 Mary: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
130 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 5

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 184
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1

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Day Air attack on Umnak Island [AK] , at 101,37

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 56

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Runway hits 2

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Day Air attack on IJA 18th Division, at 30,35

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 40
B-17E Fortress x 60
B-25D Mitchell x 42
B-19A x 6
Wellington IC x 18
SB-2M x 45

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-25D Mitchell: 1 damaged
SB-2M: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
238 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Some nice softening up on the road to Rahaeng.

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Day Air attack on RTA 4th Division, at 35,31

Allied aircraft
SB-2 x 27

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on IJA Imperial Guards Division, at 34,32

Allied aircraft
IL-2 Shturmovik x 56

No Allied losses

Now that I have four functional airbases within range of Rahaeng/Bangkok I can begin to bring the full weight of my Il-2s to bear. This ought to enable me to keep the Japanese on the road to Rahaeng suppressed whilst keeping the level bombers free for such targets of opportunity as might present themselves.

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-15II Babs x 1
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on TF, near Dutch Harbor [AK] at 102,37

Allied aircraft
Martlet III x 1
Seafire II x 3
F4F-4 Wildcat x 9
P-40E Warhawk x 15
P-43A Lancer x 3
Kittyhawk I x 6
SBD-3 Dauntless x 10
TBM-1 Avenger x 2

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CL Kasuga Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

These Dauntlesses and Avengers were unloaded from AKs docked at Cold Bay. ALL of my CVs are now at Cold Bay also getting reacquainted with their escorts etc. I was going to send them westward a little to cover the transports moving to the little island east of Umnak BUT I spotted 8 IJN TFs just 5 or 6 hexes from Cold Bay. It looks like the Japanese are coming back so I'm unloading the 1st USMC and withdrawing my CVs - but allowing them to LRCAP Cold Bay from out at sea. Well, we'll see how it goes.

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Day Air attack on TF, near Dutch Harbor [AK] at 102,37

Allied aircraft
Martlet III x 3
Seafire II x 10
F4F-4 Wildcat x 27
P-40E Warhawk x 28
P-43A Lancer x 4
Kittyhawk I x 6
SBD-3 Dauntless x 54
TBM-1 Avenger x 34

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba, Bomb hits 23, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Ah and here's the strike from my CVs at Cold Bay. When I took over the IJN had only lost a single CL and 4 DDs. It is hard to beliee but this CA is the FIRST heavy unit the IJN has lost all game. Crazy. Damian really protects his navy well - sometimes too well. After all a navy IS an expendable asset.

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ASW attack near Cold Bay [Alaska] at 105,36

Japanese Ships
SS I-175, hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Buchanan
DD Laffey
DD Grayson
DD Meredith
DD Renshaw
DD Philip
CL Raleigh

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Ground combat at 35,41

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 53208 troops, 775 guns, 243 vehicles, Assault Value = 1495

Defending force 45417 troops, 609 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 2284

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Skovorodino [SIB]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 183106 troops, 2302 guns, 1173 vehicles, Assault Value = 4326

Defending force 73226 troops, 1063 guns, 91 vehicles, Assault Value = 2052

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 76783 troops, 857 guns, 765 vehicles, Assault Value = 2161

Defending force 57879 troops, 1243 guns, 378 vehicles, Assault Value = 2219

Allied ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

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Ground combat at Canton [S China]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 24333 troops, 300 guns, 128 vehicles, Assault Value = 928

Defending force 25925 troops, 258 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1342

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

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Ground combat at Arshaan [Manchukuo]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7687 troops, 68 guns, 100 vehicles, Assault Value = 460

Defending force 8736 troops, 141 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 337

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Cold Bay [Alaska]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2089 troops, 26 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 142

Defending force 114287 troops, 4234 guns, 1291 vehicles, Assault Value = 2409

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Ground combat at 30,35

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 72033 troops, 1471 guns, 38 vehicles, Assault Value = 3488

Defending force 26322 troops, 254 guns, 751 vehicles, Assault Value = 734

Allied max assault: 6380 - adjusted assault: 7932

Japanese max defense: 533 - adjusted defense: 375

Allied assault odds: 21 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
1379 casualties reported
Guns lost 30
Vehicles lost 26

Allied ground losses:
1128 casualties reported
Guns lost 30
Vehicles lost 1

The road to Rahaeng is open. Excellent.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:32 pm

Over the next two days things have been pretty light. The expected IJN attack didn't develop and I've taken the opportunity to send my fleet back to Kodiak for resupply. I've also debarked my CV planes and gotten my CVs refuelled and on their way out of range. The Japanese focus remains on Cold Harbour and my fleet manoeuvres while, all the time, the real threat is developing through the machinations of my next two operations - aka Operation "He's behind you" and Operation "Q The Flying Serpent".
 
Operation "Q The Flying Serpent" is going to be prepped tomorrow and kick off the day after and basically comprises paradrops on everything in the Aleutians which isn't heavily garrisoned while Operation "He's Behind You" results from Damian failing to secure all the bases in his rear and thus allowing me to freely air transport forces onto one of them.... One which can be built up to the sort of airbase which can dominate the entire Aleutians. This represents an extremely serious error on his part although, to be fair, the action at Cold Bay would be enough to fix almost anyone's attention wholeheartedly there.
 
In other news: In a day or two I expect the total air to air losses total to shift in the Allies favour. As of today the Allies have lost 3,011 planes in A2A while the Japanese have lost 3,008. For the middle of 1942 it is pretty damned respectable to be shooting down more Japs than one is losing so I'm looking forward to this milestone.
 
So, basically, I'm dodging his carriers and sneaking around complicating his operational picture with low-cost, medium return operations which synergise ( I hate the word but its apt in this case ) to rapidly deteriorate his operational picture.
E.g. Let's say I infest a base in his rear and threaten to build it up to house bombers. He can either abandon the front line bases he DOES hold ( a bad option since that will result in me advancing speedily ), fight an air battle to keep the base closed ( a bad option since that will allow me to fight defensive air battles ( which gives me a major attritional advantage ) to protect a base which isn't crucial to me ( and thus even if I lose but attrit him a lot I've actually won ), OR he can counter-invade it with forces taken from Umnak or Adak Islands ( a bad option since that weakens those bases and makes it more likely that a direct assault by my forces will capture him ).  This ( creating a situation in which each of his possible reactions to my moves creates a situation even more favourable to me ) is what I mean when I talk about:
a) shaping the battlefield and
b) complicating his operational picture
c) allowing him to keep his options open /retain the initiative since having options doesn't matter much when the only thing exercising those options does is to weaken your situation even further.
 
Well, that's enough for now. I get P-38s in about 6 days and I can't wait to try them out. This version of the mod features major fixes to twin-engined and four-engined plane combat factors such that twin-engined fighters should now be much more of a match for their single-engined opponents. No longer will the P-38 fly like some unmanoeuvrable bomber. No, now it will fly like a fighter --- although it won't be some ueber-plane like some people seem to want.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:03 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/07/42

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TF 8 encounters mine field at Adak Island [AK] (97,38)

Japanese Ships
APD Patrol Boat No. 39
APD Tachikaze

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-II Lily x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-II Lily: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 3

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Day Air attack on Ye [Burma] , at 29,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-II Lily x 12

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 10

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

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
Beaufort VII: 1 destroyed

Runway hits 4

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Day Air attack on Ye [Burma] , at 29,35

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 6
G4M1 Betty x 84
Ki-21-II Sally x 34

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-21-II Sally: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-26A Marauder: 7 destroyed
Beaufort VII: 2 destroyed
IL-4C: 6 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 37

A very successful raid by Damian. It won't achieve too much though as I'm about to enter a cycle of upgrading and that should suffice to utterly blunt this sort of thing.

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Day Air attack on Koepang [Timor] , at 29,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 23
Ki-48-I Lily x 52
Ki-48-II Lily x 18
Ki-21-II Sally x 56
Ki-49 -I Helen x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-I Lily: 1 destroyed
Ki-21-II Sally: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 67

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

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 41
Ki-27 Nate x 72
Ki-32 Mary x 68
Ki-48-I Lily x 53
Ki-48-II Lily x 20
Ki-15II Babs x 6
Ki-46-II Dinah x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 2

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 170
Port hits 3

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

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 82

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 30

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 24 destroyed, 9 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 3 destroyed, 10 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 5 destroyed
B-19A: 2 destroyed
B-17D Fortress: 2 destroyed

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 19

He lost a third of his Bettys to do this. That's a Daitai of Bettys which won't be torpedoing my ships in a couple of days. Admittedly he has more than enough Kates to seal the deal but every little bit helps.

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-264 Angel x 15

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 29

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-264 Angel: 3 destroyed, 9 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 4 destroyed
B-19A: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 18

The Ki-264s are successful but at an excessive cost. Still, they show they are far better strategic bombers than the Bettys he has been using so far.

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Day Air attack on IJA Hirosaki 1 RpU Regiment, at 102,37

Allied aircraft
B-25D Mitchell x 49

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1

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Day Air attack on RTA Guards Division, at 34,32

Allied aircraft
IL-2 Shturmovik x 54

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on RTAF 2nd Engineer Aviation Battalion, at 29,33

Allied aircraft
Swordfish I x 6
Buffalo/F2A x 86
Vildebeest IV x 16
TBM-1 Avenger x 5

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported

RAF pilot training.

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

Allied aircraft
B-26A Marauder x 26
P-39D Airacobra x 4
Beaufort VII x 20
IL-4C x 14

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3

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Day Air attack on Adak Island [AK] , at 97,38

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 32
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 2

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 5 destroyed
A6M2-N Rufe-FF: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Mosquito NF: 1 destroyed

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Ground combat at 35,41

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 53724 troops, 793 guns, 245 vehicles, Assault Value = 1504

Defending force 45803 troops, 623 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 2306

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Ground combat at Skovorodino [SIB]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 190217 troops, 2465 guns, 1192 vehicles, Assault Value = 4598

Defending force 73720 troops, 1075 guns, 91 vehicles, Assault Value = 2068

Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 78208 troops, 910 guns, 765 vehicles, Assault Value = 2202

Defending force 57769 troops, 1227 guns, 378 vehicles, Assault Value = 2212

Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at 46,36

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21054 troops, 328 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 953

Defending force 42861 troops, 636 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 2177

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

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Ground combat at 46,37

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 54489 troops, 773 guns, 559 vehicles, Assault Value = 1338

Defending force 53749 troops, 943 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2737

Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Canton [S China]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 24769 troops, 310 guns, 133 vehicles, Assault Value = 943

Defending force 26021 troops, 263 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1353

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Cold Bay [Alaska]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2211 troops, 33 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 148

Defending force 156482 troops, 5044 guns, 1703 vehicles, Assault Value = 2837

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Ground combat at Cold Bay [Alaska]

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 130822 troops, 4555 guns, 1445 vehicles, Assault Value = 2837

Defending force 4503 troops, 34 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 148

Allied max assault: 2696 - adjusted assault: 3428

Japanese max defense: 151 - adjusted defense: 43

Allied assault odds: 79 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
797 casualties reported
Guns lost 25
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
338 casualties reported
Guns lost 31
Vehicles lost 4

I'm just attacking to gain experience for my LCUs here. If I can increase experience from 60 to 90 then that's a 50% increase in combat power and nothing to be sniffed at.

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Ground combat at Yangku [Cent China]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 30845 troops, 504 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1558

Defending force 21013 troops, 293 guns, 57 vehicles, Assault Value = 517

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Atka Island [AK]

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 417 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 23

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

Allied max assault: 24 - adjusted assault: 3

Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Atka Island [AK] base !!!

Q The Flying Serpent strikes.

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Ground combat at Kiska Island [AK]

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 424 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20

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

Allied max assault: 22 - adjusted assault: 7

Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Kiska Island [AK] base !!!

And strikes again.... I don't expect these strikes to be decisive but they do invite the Japanese to counter-invade ( a major error ) and just psychologically make him feel more and more outnumbered in the area... when in reality his surface fleet and CVs are far, far stronger than anything I can muster.

Capt. Harlock · Post by **Capt. Harlock** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 5:31 pm

You've really taken my advice on P-39's to heart -- but maybe you might want to assign other fighter types to CAP duty as well?[;)]

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:14 pm

LOL! No, there's no need to over-react to this. In fact the true mistake here would be to take fighters from the front line and put them into rear echelon bases where their impact on the war would be far, far reduced.
 
No, in moving forward I'm going to take pressure off the rear echelon bases. Next invasion due in a couple of days.

Nemo121 · Post by **Nemo121** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:09 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/08/42

Well, his best option was to do nothing and realise that the invasion of two bases which could never be more than Level 3 airfields was not the decisive move in this theatre. Instead he has counter-invaded. Since each counter-invasion is going to take a Bde or so ( 100 AV ) that means that he has to remove 200 AV from Adak Island - THE crucial fulcrum on which this theatre will turn. In short he hasn't looked at the greater strategic picture and is, instead, focussed on the minor tactical possibility of kicking me out of 1 or 2 worthless islands.

Very well, I'll continue with my primary operations. 4 Division equivalents are loaded onto ships and on their way to their target zones. Do I expect them to succeed greatly? Not really but they will bring the enemy fleet and air force into action and that will certainly allow me to cause them considerable loss. Over the next few days I would expect that you will see the Allied fleet alternately dashing in bravely and then slinking away and refusing battle as I use the fleet and tens of thousands of troops as a cape with which to goad the bull of the IJN CVs and battlefleet into a fatal charge which will end up coming out in my favour.

Obviously though this could all go wrong and Damian could catch me out and sink 3/4 of the remaining USN fleet. That would be disquieting [8D] BUT that potential is why we play the game. After all, if success was certain I'd quit since the certainty of success negates the possibility of challenge and without challenge there's no point.

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TF 90 troops unloading over beach at Atka Island [AK], 98,38

Japanese ground losses:
319 casualties reported

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TF 90 troops unloading over beach at Atka Island [AK], 98,38

Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Hanoi [Tonkin] , at 36,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-32 Mary x 75
Ki-21-II Sally x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32 Mary: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Resources hits 39

Ah, resource bombing. I spy with my little eye something beginning with "the input of forumites into Damian's planning process". Someone's obviously had a chat with him about resource bombing and the centrality of logistics --- or he has just remembered his van Creveld. Based on whom I know has been pointing to his AAR I'd say ny59giants and AndyMac made the suggestion. Alfred would have if he'd posted but I have only observed him posting to 2ndACR's AAR ( hiya BTW, and yes since I've seen him post I've begun to take account of it in my planning... hence some of the recent reshuffling of forces to account for his probable advice ).

In any case this is good advice ( and I certainly encourage people to continue posting such advice ) and Damian should engage in resource bombing. The only problem with that is that if he engages in resource bombing of me then I'm going to redouble my efforts to secure a nice base within range of Japan and reduce it to ruin. Still, resource bombing is a good gambit for him although one which, I think, will be less successful than he would wish as I'm about to get a big glut of reinforcements and that will enable me to guard against this sort of thing much better.

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Day Air attack on Hanoi [Tonkin] , at 36,37

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 74

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Resources hits 14

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi [Cent China] , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-II Lily x 8

No Japanese losses

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Day Air attack on Pucheng [Cent China] , at 49,40

Japanese aircraft
Ki-32 Mary x 11
Ki-51 Sonia x 21
Ki-48-I Lily x 29

No Japanese losses

Resources hits 14

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Day Air attack on Pucheng [Cent China] , at 49,40

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-II Lily x 12
Ki-21-II Sally x 37

No Japanese losses

Resources hits 7

I'll let these attacks continue for some days so he feels regularity and derives comfort from it and then I'll smash them with massive fighter ambushes. But, for now, let him bask in a good plan put into action and uncountered.

From a psychological point of view it is far more devastating to lose 100 bombers in a day on missions which you FELT were beginning to turn the tide than it is to lose those 100 bombers on those same missions before you got that glimmer of hope. This is why, often, one sees great generals turning down the possibility of gaining a slight military advantage in favour of letting things go against them for a short while in order to gain the opportunity of gaining a psychologically crushing advantage later. In war the moral is to the physical as 3 is to 1. It is a very insightful statement.

And no, I'm not comparing myself to Barca the Elephant-lover but there's no harm in pointing out the precedent I'm following in allowing Damiang to see a glint of success before I slam the door shut--- on his fingers.

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Day Air attack on Koepang [Timor] , at 29,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 23
Ki-48-I Lily x 48
Ki-48-II Lily x 24
Ki-21-II Sally x 49
Ki-49 -I Helen x 9

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

Runway hits 111

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

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 42
Ki-27 Nate x 86
Ki-32 Mary x 70
Ki-48-I Lily x 50
Ki-48-II Lily x 19
Ki-15II Babs x 6
Ki-46-II Dinah x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
B4Y1 Jean: 1 destroyed
Ki-27 Nate: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged

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

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 198
Port hits 2

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Day Air attack on RTA 2nd Division, at 35,32

Allied aircraft
SB-2 x 21

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on IJA Imperial Guards Division, at 34,32

Allied aircraft
IL-2 Shturmovik x 53

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on RTAF 2nd Engineer Aviation Battalion, at 29,33

Allied aircraft
Swordfish I x 6
Buffalo/F2A x 90
Vildebeest IV x 18
TBM-1 Avenger x 4

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Adak Island [AK] , at 97,38

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 63
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 1

Allied aircraft
Mosquito NF x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Mosquito NF: 4 destroyed

I'm just using the Mosquitoes until they are used up. No point keeping them as the night bombing threat really hasn't shown itself and, soon enough, I'll get the Night-fighter variant of the Beaufighter.

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Ground combat at 35,41

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 53768 troops, 791 guns, 246 vehicles, Assault Value = 1507

Defending force 45919 troops, 620 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 2312

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Ground combat at Skovorodino [SIB]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 191281 troops, 2494 guns, 1192 vehicles, Assault Value = 4633

Defending force 73685 troops, 1076 guns, 89 vehicles, Assault Value = 2071

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 78459 troops, 913 guns, 764 vehicles, Assault Value = 2218

Defending force 57657 troops, 1226 guns, 379 vehicles, Assault Value = 2208

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

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Ground combat at 46,36

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21041 troops, 329 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 953

Defending force 42812 troops, 631 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2179

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Ground combat at 46,37

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 54836 troops, 777 guns, 559 vehicles, Assault Value = 1357

Defending force 53729 troops, 941 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2734

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported

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Ground combat at 48,40

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3349 troops, 32 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 107

Defending force 4493 troops, 87 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 155

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Ground combat at Canton [S China]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 24827 troops, 311 guns, 133 vehicles, Assault Value = 948

Defending force 26026 troops, 263 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1358

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Hailar [Manchukuo]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 24801 troops, 133 guns, 640 vehicles, Assault Value = 620

Defending force 5278 troops, 23 guns, 355 vehicles, Assault Value = 139

Japanese max assault: 609 - adjusted assault: 281

Allied max defense: 140 - adjusted defense: 167

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
232 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
709 casualties reported
Guns lost 14

Hmm, it won't be long now before he re-opens the road to his troops north of Hailar. Well, c'est la guerre. The gambit failed but it did succeed in taking the initiative away from him in yet another theatre. I'll try again once the situation stabilises.

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Ground combat at Arshaan [Manchukuo]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 19975 troops, 102 guns, 492 vehicles, Assault Value = 439

Defending force 8542 troops, 134 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 335

Japanese max assault: 34 - adjusted assault: 53

Allied max defense: 344 - adjusted defense: 119

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1

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

Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Ground combat at Lop Buri [Thailand]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12262 troops, 42 guns, 721 vehicles, Assault Value = 706

Defending force 6169 troops, 105 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 324

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Hmm, it would make sense for Damian to attack here. On this bases I'm assigning my bomber forces in this theatre to leave Rahaeng alone for a couple of days and concentrate their strikes here. If I can hold it'll make the job of running down to Bangkok from Burma much easier. It won't be at all disastrous if I don't hold as the main job of this army's advance on Lop Buri was simply to keep the Japanese far away from the Level 7 airfield ( potentially ) I capture inland. I have finished airlifting the 93rd Field Army in from Rangoon and have another Army about 2 or 3 days away on the overland route from China with 2 Divisions and 1 Army on the road in China towards the inland base. That ought to be more than enough to hold it.

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Ground combat at Cold Bay [Alaska]

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1352 troops, 1 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 92

Defending force 157010 troops, 5040 guns, 1702 vehicles, Assault Value = 2836

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Cold Bay [Alaska]

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 114954 troops, 4061 guns, 1296 vehicles, Assault Value = 2835

Defending force 3104 troops, 1 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 92

Allied max assault: 2331 - adjusted assault: 1439

Japanese max defense: 60 - adjusted defense: 25

Allied assault odds: 57 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
548 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 5

Allied ground losses:
94 casualties reported
Guns lost 24

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Ground combat at Yangku [Cent China]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 30811 troops, 499 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1559

Defending force 21013 troops, 294 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 517

I'm pretty much at full strength in the air over Kodiak and I think that the day after tomorrow I'll move out, on a deceptive route, toward my next objective. The IJN CVs are parked only 6 hexes from Cold Bay and so everyone is well within range of everyone else. If I was feeling particularly suicidal I could make a strong raid even now with my Wildcats, Avengers and Dauntlesses but I think that I'll wait to draw the IJN surface fleet in first with some feints and, eventually, real landings.

In other news: I'm almost out of F4F4s but I've decided to downgrade the USMC squadrons once battle is joined and hope that the huge number of F4F3s in the stockpile ( over 300 ) will help eke my front-line squadrons through this next battle. In 4 weeks time I get so many USAAF units that replacements shouldn't be a problem at all in the future but right now things are VERY tight for my fighter units.

Tomorrow I get the P-38s and I really want to see how they do in the upcoming battle. I think I can have them in action in 3 days which ought to get them into action after the first day or so of major aerial action. This ought to compensate for their low experience levels by letting them face fatigued IJN pilots.

On that note: The P-38 has a speed of 400 mph. The best IJN fighter has a top speed of about 375mph ( round figures here ) and is the Ki-44 II. The next best is the Ki-109 which has a speed of about 350mph and last is the A6M2 which has a top speed of about 325mph. Right now, in the Aleutians I am ONLY facing A6M2s. This is a major error. In a defensive battle the Ki-109 is so far superior to the A6M2 that it results in an entirely different battle occuring. Sure the P-38 pilots are low in experience BUT I'm expecting great things from them since their speed advantage is going to be triple what it should really be and I'm willing to bet that that's going to result in a pretty cool exchange rate, particularly since those Zero pilots are going to be tired.... Can you tell I'm excited? [:D]

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