Waiting for 3rd AE patch - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/27/41

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TF 35 troops unloading over beach at Sag Sag, 57,88


Japanese ground losses:
84 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Johore Bahru , at 22,49

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 53
Ki-15 Babs x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged


Allied ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet

I´m not sure where the Allied will fight in Malaya. First I thought at Malacca, but they withdrew. Perhaps they will now fight in Johore Baru. If not, they can only fight at Singapore...

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Ground combat at Malacca

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 5004 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1623

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

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese max assault: 44 - adjusted assault: 46

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 46 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Malacca base !!!

taking the empty base of Malacca...


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Ground combat at Midway

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2601 troops, 76 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 36

Defending force 2664 troops, 23 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58

Midway reinforcement invasion will go in tomorrow. South Sea detachment will land after a cruiser TF will bombard the enemy positions. Hopefully this will then crack the defenses... The TF that was spotted yesterday disappeared, guess it headed full speed towards Hawai again...

[Xxzard]

He didn't even defend Rangoon? [&:]


I mean perhaps it is inevitable RG will fall, but usually there is at least a delaying action, and it is very strange the location of his build ups remain unknown.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Xxzard

He didn't even defend Rangoon? [&:]


I mean perhaps it is inevitable RG will fall, but usually there is at least a delaying action, and it is very strange the location of his build ups remain unknown.

yes, it´s totally unknown for me where he will intend to hold. In the Philipines it looks like he will hold at Clark and Manila, in Malaya I thought he would hold at Malacca but his troops are now falling back to Johore Baru, don´t know if he will fight there. Three of my divs were sent to Burma just to find the whole place emtpy, there hasn´t been a single Allied unit spotted so far in Burma. Target for the next weeks will be Java, at the moment there are a lot of troops in Batavia and Soerabaja. In China I have ordered my troops to assault Changsha as there are some 140.000 reported enemy troops there (so I guess we will face some 100.000). With the abandoned Ichang and Homan I can already defend a buffer zone if the enemy tries to counterattack further North.

Don´t know if it is because of his assumed inexperience in PBEM or if it´s only a good tactic to confuse me, but at the moment my opponent is far less predictable than the most experienced opponent I could think of.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/28/41

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Sub attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
AK Canton Maru
MSW Tama Maru
MSW Noshiro Maru #2
MSW Seki Maru #3
MSW Fumi Maru #2
MSW Banshu Maru #8
MSW Asahi Maru

Allied Ships
SS Plunger

torps miss, this is my reinforcement for the Midway invasion going in...

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


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed

33 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CA Kako
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 7
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 12


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

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 2

not really encouraging to see the Allied defenders returning fire at my cruisers...

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Coastal Guns at Midway, 95,61, firing at TF 103
TF 103 troops unloading over beach at Midway, 95,61


910 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 6
AP Shofuku Maru, Shell hits 6, on fire
CL Yubari, Shell hits 1
MSW Tama Maru, Shell hits 27
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 14
AP Katsuragisan Maru, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
1130 casualties reported
Guns lost 20

and again, my invasion is shot to pieces. The Midway nightmare continues, just like in every other PBEM I´ve had so far...

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TF 1052 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84)

Allied Ships
MSW Colac

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Sub attack near Midway at 95,61

Japanese Ships
AK Canton Maru
MSW Tama Maru
MSW Noshiro Maru #2
MSW Seki Maru #3
MSW Fumi Maru #2
MSW Banshu Maru #8
MSW Asahi Maru
AP Kunimitsu Maru

Allied Ships
SS Plunger

torps miss again...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 37
Ki-21 Sally x 138

Allied aircraft
no flights

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

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
274 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet

hit rate is poor, lost 4 Sallies today, not worth the results...

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Day Air attack on Midway , at 95,61

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
B5N Kate x 133

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 1 damaged


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

Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B5N Kate bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Sag Sag at 57,88


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 8


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Wuhu Maru
AK Kunitama Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hudson I bombing at 5000 feet

those Hudsons are now operating out of Rabaul...

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Ground combat at Midway

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 8879 troops, 99 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 192

Defending force 3239 troops, 75 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 37

Japanese max assault: 234 - adjusted assault: 18 [8|][8|]

Allied max defense: 21 - adjusted defense: 20

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


Japanese ground losses:
589 casualties reported
Guns lost 15

Allied ground losses:
202 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

well, what more can I say? With such a modifier I would need 1500 assault points landed to overcome the defenders. At least we now have nearly 200 assault points on the island, I´m confident to take the base when disruption has come below 40. But it will take time... [:(]


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Ground combat at Sag Sag

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 670 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

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

Japanese max assault: 18 - adjusted assault: 6

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Sag Sag base !!!



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Ground combat at Midway

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2323 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 33

Defending force 8123 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 152

[Ambassador]

The hit rate over Manilla may be low, but at least they do some damage.  Damage that is being repaired by engineers, instead of building fortifications.  Or making them burn supply.
 
Did your CAs off Midway really suffer ?

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/29/41

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Day Air attack on Johore Bahru , at 22,49

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 113
Ki-15 Babs x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 8 damaged


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

Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 48

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet

Johore Baru seems to be the line of defense for the Allied in Malaya. It seems, tomorrow, everything could be different again...

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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32
Ki-21 Sally x 108

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
536 casualties reported
Guns lost 20
Vehicles lost 5

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 68

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 37
C5M Babs x 5
Ki-21 Sally x 61
Ki-49 Helen x 27

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort V-IX: 2 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
68 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 64

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet

first attack on PM (Lae´s airfield was built up to level 4 yesterday). I want to knock out the airfield to interdict those nuissance airstrikes. Shouldn´t be much of a problem with those IJA medium bombers at Lae and there are nearly no engineers at PM to repair the damage. One more attack on PM and the af should be closed, then Rabaul will be targeted...

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Sub attack at 93,61

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

Allied Ships
SS Triton

Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported

Triton kills an AP with a small contingent of the South Sea detachment that wasn´t unloaded at Midway... Unfortunately it carries the "parent unit" so if this ship goes down I fear to see the ghost unit bug then or the bug when the rest of the unit (which will be 99% in this case) won´t turn into the parent unit... [8|]

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TF 35 troops unloading over beach at Arawe, 57,89


Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Nanning

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 57674 troops, 744 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1697

Defending force 23076 troops, 121 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 508



Allied ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Moved a couple of divs, a HQ, some arty and engineers to Nanning to clear the road from China into Indochina. Only two Chinese corps there, in total 4 units so there must be two HQs also. Attack next turn, I expect the enemy to be forced to withdraw to the base one hex South where they will be destroyed then.

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Ground combat at Nanning

Allied Deliberate attack [X(][X(][X(]

Attacking force 16146 troops, 118 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 507

Defending force 92946 troops, 977 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 1697

Allied max assault: 491 - adjusted assault: 57

Japanese max defense: 1807 - adjusted defense: 2909

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Allied ground losses:
1621 casualties reported
Guns lost 43

Now what´s that? Bigbaba sees nearly a dozen units marching into the base and the first turn he can attack he does so! How can he think that he could do damage to a dozen defending units with two understrenght and undersupplied Chinese corps? Well, it will make it even easier to destroy those units. Those units should have been immediately withdrawn on 7 Dec.


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Ground combat at Midway

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2333 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 34

Defending force 8256 troops, 79 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 158

With those troops at Midway now I expect to see the base falling...

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

The hit rate over Manilla may be low, but at least they do some damage.  Damage that is being repaired by engineers, instead of building fortifications.  Or making them burn supply.

Did your CAs off Midway really suffer ?

It will stop them from building more forts and this is the reason why I fly those attacks. And the fact that I can achieve supply hits. But repairing damage doesn´t use up any supply, only building uses up supply.

My CAs didn´t suffer at all as the 155mm guns can´t really harm them, but it´s a very bad sign if your bombardment TF goes in and gets heavy return fire. Your invasion TF following will then be hit hard most certainly, as seen in this invasion also.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/30/41

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Day Air attack on Bandoeng , at 19,61

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 18
Ki-21 Sally x 74

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 3 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed
Blenheim I: 1 destroyed
T.IVa: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet

after first having most of the Allied airforce in the SRA stationed at Batavia, my opponent took the aircraft further back to Bandoeng to have them save against shore bombardments. But after having Palembang, Bandoeng is now in normal range of IJA medium bombers, so some 110 bombers were ordered to attack Bandoeng´s airfield after having it reconned for the last days. 74 bombers locate the target and we destroy a dozen aircraft on the ground but only one of the dangerous [;)] Dutch torp bombers was destroyed. Hit rate on the airfield wasn´t satisfying but I´m now starting on seriously wearing down the Allied airforce within the SRA - if bigbaba this time decides to fight and not withdraw the airforce immediately, like it was done in Malaya.

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Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 49
G3M Nell x 63
G4M1 Betty x 35

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 3
Hawk 75A x 7
CW-21B Demon x 3
Brewster 339D x 3
Buffalo I x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
G3M Nell: 11 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 4 destroyed
Hawk 75A: 5 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 3 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 4 destroyed
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed
CW-22 Falcon: 3 destroyed
Lockheed 212: 2 destroyed
Martin 139: 3 destroyed
C-60A Lodestar: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
289 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
Vehicles lost 2

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 52

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G3M Nell bombing at 11000 feet

This was a better strike, coming in from Balikpapan. Normally I really don´t like using IJN torp bombers for anything else than nav attack but in the case of Java, there´s not much else I can do than also using my long range bombers. The defending fighters weren´t a threat at all, flak is far more dangerous here. And still, this attack was a total success, we´ve destroyed a lot of aircraft in total, while still we haven´t destroyed enough bombers in total today. Only bombers are a threat to my upcoming invasion of Java.

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 53
C5M Babs x 5
Ki-21 Sally x 62
Ki-49 Helen x 27

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


Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 54

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet

no enemy bombers destroyed today but the airfield should be closed now...

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Ground combat at Nanning

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 89420 troops, 976 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 1697

Defending force 20657 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 329

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese max assault: 1775 - adjusted assault: 1296

Allied max defense: 207 - adjusted defense: 365

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3


Japanese ground losses:
539 casualties reported
Guns lost 23
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
122 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

hmm... I was amazed to see the base NOT falling today with this force attacking and the failed Allied attack yesterday. Doesn´t matter, casualties within our troops are light, disruption is very low and the base should fall tomorrow.

BUT! I proved to be a dumb ass again, no matter how many thousand PBEM turns I´ve played already. Imagine that: I forgot the division under Southern Area command that is scheduled to attack Hong Kong (38th div?). Instead of moving this unit out to be deployed somewhere else, I just wondered why it seems that I´m not having the troops on hand for my conquests that I normally have... [8|] After more than 3 weeks of war I figured out that I was missing this division... now it will take a week to have the lift capability in position to take up the division and at least another 10 days to have it redeployed... [>:]

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Ground combat at Arawe

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 624 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17

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

Japanese max assault: 16 - adjusted assault: 6

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Arawe base !!!



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Ground combat at Midway

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2342 troops, 64 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 35

Defending force 8484 troops, 78 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 164


Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported

ordered a deliberate attack tomorrow and hope that the base will fall after three attacks... it will take me at least two weeks to long to take this base...

[Ambassador]

Ow, bad news for the 38th , good news for the CAs.  And bad news for bigbaba's air force.  Good luck for Midway.[:)]

[Lecivius]

My vote on Burma is a stand at Akyab.  Rangoon will never hold up during the initial attack, so defending it is a sink of scarce resources.  A determined defence at Akyab will start to stretch the Japanese neck, an if you make a mistake he can crucify you there.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Lecivius

My vote on Burma is a stand at Akyab.  Rangoon will never hold up during the initial attack, so defending it is a sink of scarce resources.  A determined defence at Akyab will start to stretch the Japanese neck, an if you make a mistake he can crucify you there.

Akyab can turn out to be a torn in the a$$ of the Japanese in Burma. But it can alos turn out to be a blood bath for the Allied when they have to bring in troops and Rangoon is full of IJN bombers. [;)]

Two of my divisions in Burma are one hex South of Mandalay now and we spot ONE [:)] enemy unit there. The third division that was sent to Burma is now at Rangoon, waiting to get shipped out again.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/31/41

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Sub attack at 105,74

Japanese Ships
SS I-174

Allied Ships
AK Steel Exporter
DD Allen
DMS Long
DMS Trevor
DMS Hopkins

[X(] this is East of Johnston. We´ve spotted at least a dozen ships moving towards Johnston (ended up one hex East), so this must be a reinforcement convoy for the atoll. Torps hit the target but failed to detonate... Bold move because he knows that KB is still in the area... If KB doesn´t resupply the escorts then the carriers will be in range of this TF next turn. I do expect them not to be though...

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TF 35 troops unloading over beach at Gasmata, 59,90


Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on 104th Division, at 40,38


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 5


Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 3 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x IL-4c bombing at 5000 feet

Couple of Chinese bombers try to disrupt my divs that will attack the Allied positions at Nanning today...

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Day Air attack on 38th Division, at 40,38


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 5


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x SB-2c bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Balikpapan at 31,64


Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 2


Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet

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Ground combat at Midway

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8662 troops, 83 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 168

Defending force 2932 troops, 64 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 35

Japanese max assault: 128 - adjusted assault: 37

Allied max defense: 25 - adjusted defense: 11

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2


Japanese ground losses:
146 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Allied ground losses:
125 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

no doubt, Midway will fall...

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Ground combat at Nanning

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 88579 troops, 956 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 1648

Defending force 20447 troops, 46 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 322

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese max assault: 1630 - adjusted assault: 1105

Allied max defense: 217 - adjusted defense: 143

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Nanning base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
480 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
192 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

two HQs and two corps retreated to Pakhoi and will be destroyed within the next week. There are a lot of Chinese units moving towards Canton now, I guess this is an attempt to divert my forces but I´ve got enough troops at Canton to hold off the Chinese for the whole century there. In Central China, my troops are marching on Changsha...

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Ground combat at Midway

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2179 troops, 58 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 30

Defending force 8397 troops, 68 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 154

[Xxzard]

Good moves in China, sometimes it is hard to keep focus because of the large scale of that theater.

[castor troy]

A good and somewhat bad day today!


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/01/42

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Day Air attack on Bandoeng , at 19,61

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 25
Ki-21 Sally x 123

Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 4
Brewster 339D x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
CW-21B Demon: 2 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 5 destroyed
T.IVa: 1 destroyed
Blenheim I: 3 destroyed
Martin 139: 6 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
158 casualties reported

Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 14
Runway hits 69

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet

The Allied airforce on Java is hit hard... good to see a lot of bombers being destroyed...

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Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
G3M Nell x 67
G4M1 Betty x 35

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 3
Hawk 75A x 8
CW-21B Demon x 3
Brewster 339D x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 7 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 4 destroyed
Hawk 75A: 7 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 2 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
C-60A Lodestar: 1 destroyed
Lockheed 212: 2 destroyed
F.K.51: 1 destroyed
Martin 139: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
574 casualties reported
Guns lost 13
Vehicles lost 7

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 39

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x G3M Nell bombing at 11000 feet

At Soearabaja there are mostly fighters other aircraft but not many bombers. But also here, the enemy is hit hard. Today has been the day with the highest Allied aircraft losses since the attacks on 7 Dec.



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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 48
Ki-21 Sally x 47

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


Allied ground losses:
345 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Vehicles lost 5

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 104th Division, at 40,38


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SB-2c bombing at 15000 feet
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This is the happening when I think we had a good (and at the same time bad) day:

Day Air attack on TF, near Johnston Island at 102,74

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
D3A Val x 76
B5N Kate x 114

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
DD Allen, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DMS Trevor, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK William Luckenbach, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Alabaman, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK J.L. Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DMS Long, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Steel Voyager, Bomb hits 1
AK Steel Trader, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Steel Exporter, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Julia Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DMS Hopkins, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Steel Navigator, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
419 casualties reported
Guns lost 26

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet

As mentioned yesterday, our subs reported a big convoy heading towards Johnston Island (where it arrived tonight) and KB was still sitting near Midway to cover the still ongoing supply unloading and fights on the atoll. I´ve ordered a full speed run towards Johnston and unbelievable, KB managed to move 9 out of the max 10 hexes and ended up just in the hex 240 miles North of Johnston, which means that the torp bombers would drop torps. 114 Kates dropped torps, means 3 times more than what KB will have available in AE [;)] The convoy was hit hard.

BUT, as expected it was a reinforcement convoy and this convoy had time to unload in the night phase and even though many ships sunk outright, I fear that the enemy landed a couple of thousand troops. When the ships were reported sunk we got the message that parts of the 25th USA / C division and parts of the 3rd USMC def btn were rescued. When you see what the USMC def btn is able to put up for a fight against my invasion of Midway, then I have to really think about attacking Johnston when there are now more troops than on Midway. Even though our opponent lost his convoy and a big part of the troops, he can consider this operation a success because I am now thinking of not going in against Johnston. I expect him to also reinforce Palmyra and Canton, which would probably be the A and B of the 25th USA division. With 100+ assault points on an atoll, I would have to bring at least a div and a bgd - which aren´t available of course. But we have time and who knows what I will decide to do in two months time as there will be a lot of divs available coming from the Philipines and Malaya.



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Sub attack at 94,62

Japanese Ships
AK Canton Maru
CL Tatsuta
MSW Tama Maru
MSW Noshiro Maru #2
MSW Seki Maru #3
MSW Fumi Maru #2
MSW Banshu Maru #8
MSW Asahi Maru

Allied Ships
SS Plunger, hits 1

Near Midway... torps miss, DCs achieve a near miss..

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Ground combat at Midway

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8517 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 159

Defending force 2723 troops, 60 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 30

Japanese max assault: 137 - adjusted assault: 75

Allied max defense: 22 - adjusted defense: 21

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1


Japanese ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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

I expect the base to finally fall tomorrow....

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Ground combat at Taung Gyi

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3468 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 109

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

Japanese max assault: 96 - adjusted assault: 48

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 48 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Taung Gyi base !!!

empty base in Burma...

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Ground combat at Gasmata

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 572 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17

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

Japanese max assault: 15 - adjusted assault: 9

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Gasmata base !!!



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Ground combat at Naga

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17097 troops, 233 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 470

Defending force 15444 troops, 164 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 472

two days ago I spotted 8 Allied units marching down the railroad from Manila to Naga and I was highly alerted! This was a move I didn´t expect my opponent as I thought he would just sit at Clark Field and Manila. I´ve only landed minor troops at Naga, biggest unit was a nav guard with some 100 assault points. So all available transport aircraft were flown into the area to bring as many troops to Naga as possible and we were able to raise the assault points from 200 to 450+ in three days and there is also a bgd coming in with a convoy that should arrive in two days. I expected some 800 Allied assault points but as we can see now, not even 500 are attacking and even if there are no forts, I don´t see a chance for the attacker as it is a wooden hex. When our bgd arrives, our assault value will be around 700.

Even though bigbaba seems not to be up for a fight on the whole map, he still surprises me with unexpected moves like this one. Another unexpected move (and here the question is if it is a good one) happens in Malaya. First the Allied troops abandoned Malacca and I moved in to take the empty base with level 3 forts. Then the Allied troops sit at Johore Baru and now bigbaba decides to move against my troops at Malacca again! This will be the easiest way to attack them...

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Ground combat at Midway

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2104 troops, 55 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27

Defending force 8390 troops, 67 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 152

[castor troy]

One of KB´s victims today:

USS Allen (Destroyer # 66, later DD-66), 1917-1946
USS Allen, a 1071-ton Sampson class destroyer built at Bath, Maine, was commissioned in January 1917. She operated along the U.S. east coast and in the Caribbean area during her initial months of service, performing patrol and escort missions after the United States entered World War I in April. In June 1917 Allen escorted a troop convoy across the Atlantic and then began began combat service out of Queenstown, Ireland. Until the fighting ended in November 1918 she escorted shipping and made anti-submarine patrols in the waters off the western British Isles and France. In December Allen was one of the many U.S. Navy destroyers that escorted President Wilson, embarked on the transport George Washington, into Brest, France. Less than a month later, she returned to the United States.

In 1919 Allen resumed peacetime operations in the western Atlantic and in the West Indies area. She was designated DD-66 in July 1920, when the Navy implemented its hull number system, and was placed out of commission in June 1922. She returned to commissioned service three years later as a Naval Reserve training ship, based at the Washington Navy Yard, D.C. Allen was again decommissioned in March 1928 and spent the next dozen years laid up in the Philadelphia Navy Yard's "red lead row".

In August 1940, when Allen was the last survivor of her class, she was placed back in commission in response to the growing crisis that followed the outbreak of World War II in Europe. Shortly afterwards she was sent to the Pacific and was thereafter based at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. She was present there on 7 December 1941, when Japanese aircraft carriers delivered a devasting raid that formally brought the United States into the war. Allen's crew claimed assists in shooting down three of the attacking planes. For the rest of the Pacific War, the old destroyer was employed on escort and patrol duties, mainly in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands, but with some voyages to and from the U.S. mainland. In September 1945, with hostilities concluded, she steamed from Pearl Harbor to Philadelphia, where she was decommissioned in mid-October. USS Allen was stricken from the list of Naval vessels at the beginning of November 1945 and sold for scrapping in September 1946.

[castor troy]

an unexpected good day...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/02/42

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Naval bombardment of Johore Bahru, at 22,49

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 16
Port hits 8
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 4

we start off with a bombardment that hits an empty base though. [8|] When I´ve ordered the attack three turns ago, there were some 40.000 troops at Johore Baru... then I forgot about the TF...

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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 48
Ki-21 Sally x 154

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 9 damaged


Allied ground losses:
823 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
Vehicles lost 6

Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 58

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near French Frigate Shoal at 104,68

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
D3A Val x 114
B5N Kate x 132

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Kilty, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DMS Boggs, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Waters, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kahuku, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Nebraskan, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DMS Hovey, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Walter Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Steel Seafarer, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
240 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet

now this more than surprises me! [X(] Yesterday I´ve beat up this big TF with a US Army rgt and a USMC btn at Johnston Island and what is bigbaba doing? He sails another convoy just right into KB´s range! [&:] My position yesterday was between Johnston Island and FFS and there is KB also today. We shoot up another TF with a huge strike and see most of the 115 USN base force going down with the ships. I´ve asked my opponent yesterday if I´m right in saying that he seems to be defending the Pacific atolls and he told me that when I invaded Midway I crossed the red line and he won´t accept losing those atolls in the Pacific. Either his troops will hold or they will come back in body bags. Well, it´s only early Jannuary, so he will have to bring a lot of body bags then!

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Sub attack at 93,61

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

Allied Ships
SS Triton

Triton kills off the already dead Amakasu Maru. So far, more than 50% of the MK14 torps that hit the target exploded...

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TF 107 troops unloading over beach at Hansa, 53,83


Japanese ground losses:
70 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Malacca [:D]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 138027 troops, 1322 guns, 646 vehicles, Assault Value = 2825

Defending force 25707 troops, 212 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 404

Japanese max assault: 2767 - adjusted assault: 1619

Allied max defense: 393 - adjusted defense: 197

Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
1716 casualties reported
Guns lost 52
Vehicles lost 11

Allied ground losses:
2279 casualties reported
Guns lost 45


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

this is what I´ve found so strange! First my opponent let´s me take all those bases in Malaya without a fight, then when I´m just 180 miles North of Singapore, he decides to move his troops back North. 12 units were at Malacca and they were easily forced to retreat South again. Like I´ve said, this is making it easy for me, even though we´ve took some casualties. With the forced retreat the Allied took a beating though.

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Ground combat at Midway

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8452 troops, 70 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 157

Defending force 2534 troops, 55 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 27

Japanese max assault: 156 - adjusted assault: 69

Allied max defense: 20 - adjusted defense: 9

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Midway base !!! [&o]



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 3 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
163 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
3965 casualties reported
Guns lost 85
Vehicles lost 1

after a long and hard fight, the atoll finally fell. One of my nav guard units is completely beat up and will stay as garrisson on Midway and will get back to strenght with a couple of support units and enough supply...

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Ground combat at Mandalay

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 44897 troops, 508 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 983

Defending force 2434 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 68

Japanese max assault: 1054 - adjusted assault: 586

Allied max defense: 63 - adjusted defense: 27

Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Mandalay base !!!


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

Allied ground losses:
150 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Two IJA divs shock attack across the river into Mandalay and force a small unit to retreat. We take the oilfields nearly intact 48 (50).

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Ground combat at Naga

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17182 troops, 233 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 473

Defending force 15375 troops, 161 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 470


Japanese ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Johore Bahru

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 408 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27

Defending force 8237 troops, 88 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 159

Japanese max assault: 48 - adjusted assault: 0

Allied max defense: 154 - adjusted defense: 129

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


Japanese ground losses:
261 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

yesterday the base was empty. Today during the night naval phase the base was empty. Unfortunately it wasn´t empty anymore when my paras were dropped in. The paras were completely destroyed. Goal of this attack was to take the empty base to destroy expected forts but as you can see, there are no forts at all. This means, the enemy in Malaya has no chance to hold this line and will soon be driven back to Singapore... [:D]

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One of the DMS that was sunk today. Fine with me if he sacrifices those valuable ships...
USS Boggs (Destroyer # 136, later DD-136, IX-36, AG-19, DMS-3 and AG-19), 1918-1946
USS Boggs, a 1090-ton Wickes class destroyer built at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, was commissioned in September 1918. She performed her initial active service in the western Atlantic during the spring and early summer of 1919, then returned to the West Coast where she operated until decommissioned in June 1922. In mid-1931 Boggs was reclassified as an auxiliary (first as IX-36 and very soon afterwards as AG-19) and converted for employment as a radio-controlled target ship. She served in this role, as well as being used for towing targets and for minesweeping, for nearly a decade. In November 1940, after being transferred to Pearl Harbor from California, she was reclassified as a high-speed minesweeper, with the new hull number DMS-3.

Boggs mainly operated out of Pearl Harbor for the first two years of World War II, performing minesweeping, patrol, towing and transportation duties. In April 1944 she joined the Operational Training Command at San Diego, California, serving as a fast target tug. She was redesignated AG-19 in June 1945 and shortly afterwards sent to the central Pacific to provide target towing services closer to the combat zone. Returning to the United States early in 1946, USS Boggs was decommissioned in March and sold for scrapping in November of that year.

USS Boggs was named in honor of Rear Admiral Charles S. Boggs (1811-1877), who commanded several ships during the Civil War and led the European Fleet in the early 1870s.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/03/42

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TF 107 troops unloading over beach at Hansa, 53,83


Japanese ground losses:
64 casualties reported

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TF 92 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.2
MSW W.1
MSW W.19
MSW W.16
MSW W.20

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Naval bombardment of Mersing, at 23,49

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Ise


Allied ground losses:
180 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

pretty pathetic result. Been reconning this base for weeks now, there are 5 units (15.000) troops reported at the base...

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TF 90 troops unloading over beach at Dagua, 51,81


Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported

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TF 90 troops unloading over beach at Dagua, 51,81


Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

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TF 107 troops unloading over beach at Hansa, 53,83


Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Bandoeng , at 19,61

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 24
Ki-21 Sally x 120

Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 2
Brewster 339D x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
CW-21B Demon: 6 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 2 destroyed
Martin 139: 4 destroyed
Blenheim I: 2 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
175 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 77

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet

don´t know why we still hit so many aircraft at this base, would be better to spread them out as he could use the rail transfer...

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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 48
Ki-21 Sally x 153

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged


Allied ground losses:
495 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Vehicles lost 2

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 67

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 65th Chinese Corps, at 43,41

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 56

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet

The Chinese are pretty self confident. They moved a dozen units to Canton! Lol, they can´t achieve anything here and my huge Army is marching on Changsha...

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TF 110 troops unloading over beach at Wewak, 52,81


Japanese ground losses:
152 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Hansa

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1278 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7

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

Japanese max assault: 7 - adjusted assault: 5

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Hansa base !!!



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Ground combat at Pakhoi

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 24980 troops, 334 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1025

Defending force 14330 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 243



Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

deliberate attack tomorrow...

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Ground combat at Naga

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17295 troops, 233 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 476

Defending force 31082 troops, 359 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 789


Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported

nothing to achieve for the Philipine divisions here...

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Ground combat at Canton

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15039 troops, 135 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1508

Defending force 69118 troops, 645 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1055

one Chinese unit seems to try to flank Canton, no idea for what reason. He can´t circle those troops as we have Hong Kong in the South were we "could" [:D] retreat. With the urban bonus he would need some 10.000 assault points to achieve anything as we have also some forts. And he can´t starve me because I can ship in supplies if he manages to cut the town off from the road heading East. Instead of marching on Canton, bigbaba should concentrate on Changsha as this is the place where he could lose some 100.000+ troops if he doesn´t act.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/04/42

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TF 90 troops unloading over beach at Dagua, 51,81


Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported

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TF 92 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.2
MSW W.1
MSW W.19
MSW W.16, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW W.20

[:D] a rare occassion in WITP, a minesweeper hits a mine and sinks immediately... the only loss at Rangoon!

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Naval bombardment of Johore Bahru, at 22,49

Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso


Allied ground losses:
1306 casualties reported
Guns lost 22
Vehicles lost 5

Runway hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

most of the enemy troops in Malaya are at Johore Baru again...

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 34
Ki-21 Sally x 144

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged


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

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 50

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
G3M Nell x 69
G4M1 Betty x 36

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 2
Hawk 75A x 4
CW-21B Demon x 4
Brewster 339D x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 13 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 1 destroyed
Hawk 75A: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
CW-21B Demon: 2 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 5 destroyed
CW-22 Falcon: 1 destroyed
Blenheim I: 3 destroyed
C-60A Lodestar: 1 destroyed
F.K.51: 3 destroyed
Lockheed 212: 1 destroyed
T.IVa: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
320 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Vehicles lost 2

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G3M Nell bombing at 11000 feet

I guess there won´t be much of the enemy airforce left on Java when I land on the island...

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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 47
Ki-21 Sally x 158

No Japanese losses


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

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 104

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Balikpapan at 31,64


Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 5000 feet

this strike came from Soearabaja though...

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Coastal Guns at Rabaul, 61,88, firing at TF 8
TF 8 troops unloading over beach at Rabaul, 61,88


4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
488 casualties reported

Rabaul will be Japanese next round...

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Ground combat at Wewak

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1260 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 41

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

Japanese max assault: 42 - adjusted assault: 21

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Wewak base !!!



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed


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Ground combat at Changsha

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 196067 troops, 2690 guns, 38 vehicles, Assault Value = 4842

Defending force 80600 troops, 582 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2202



Allied ground losses:
1289 casualties reported
Guns lost 23

nice casualties, but those are surely all within the leading HQs... a big enemy troop concentration is spotted marching from Sian to Homan now...


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Ground combat at Pakhoi

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 57959 troops, 592 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1030

Defending force 14221 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 249

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese max assault: 1020 - adjusted assault: 782

Allied max defense: 221 - adjusted defense: 39

Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Pakhoi base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
288 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Allied ground losses:
25621 casualties reported
Guns lost 31

cleared our Western flank in China, two HQs and two corps surrendered... I can now whip out the 38th div...

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Ground combat at 32,62

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1370 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 39

Defending force 1498 troops, 20 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Japanese max assault: 29 - adjusted assault: 13

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 5

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

mopping up Dutch units on Borneo...

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Ground combat at 34,30

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 22183 troops, 255 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 485

Defending force 1603 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44

Japanese max assault: 414 - adjusted assault: 230

Allied max defense: 40 - adjusted defense: 19

Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1


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

Allied ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

crossing the river towards Lashio. Burma road is closed soon...

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Ground combat at Dagua

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1334 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3

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

Japanese max assault: 3 - adjusted assault: 3

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Dagua base !!!



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Ground combat at Naga

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17356 troops, 234 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 478

Defending force 31196 troops, 358 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 788


Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Changsha

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 63209 troops, 479 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2180

Defending force 263707 troops, 2982 guns, 337 vehicles, Assault Value = 4842



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Ground combat at Rabaul

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 965 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 48

Defending force 6737 troops, 74 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 204



Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/05/42

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TF 8 troops unloading over beach at Rabaul, 61,88


Japanese ground losses:
359 casualties reported

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Naval bombardment of Johore Bahru, at 22,49

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato


Allied ground losses:
2206 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Vehicles lost 2

Runway hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

the support troops at the base are hit hard it seems...

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Day Air attack on Wuchow , at 42,39

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
I-16c x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-16c: 10 destroyed

don´t know why but bigbaba has some three dozen obsolete fighters stationed at the level 1 airfield of Wuchow. Nice training for my IJA pilots...

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Day Air attack on Bandoeng , at 19,61

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 25
Ki-21 Sally x 125

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 2 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 2 destroyed
T.IVa: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 52

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 21st Division, at 33,30


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 21
Hudson I x 15


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
60 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Blenheim IV bombing at 11000 feet
12 x Hudson I bombing at 11000 feet

The RAF starts flying ground attacks out of India into Burma. I have only inf units on the front but base forces and AA units are on the way.

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Day Air attack on 7th Chinese Corps, at 43,41

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 60

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

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet

attacking the units that were moved to Canton. There are also base forces now and a Nate is shot down...
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Ground combat at Changsha

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 168689 troops, 2326 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 4210

Defending force 79166 troops, 556 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2186



Allied ground losses:
818 casualties reported
Guns lost 9


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Ground combat at 32,62

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1353 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 38

Defending force 216 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese max assault: 29 - adjusted assault: 30

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 30 to 1



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Rabaul

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 9437 troops, 84 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 214

Defending force 2688 troops, 15 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 49

Japanese max assault: 224 - adjusted assault: 177

Allied max defense: 45 - adjusted defense: 55

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Rabaul base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
4134 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

looks like landing a bgd wasn´t that much overkill when we only achieve a 3:1...

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Ground combat at Naga

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17395 troops, 234 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 477

Defending force 31175 troops, 357 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 783


Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Changsha

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 70879 troops, 525 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2170

Defending force 234442 troops, 2617 guns, 175 vehicles, Assault Value = 4210


Japanese ground losses:
118 casualties reported

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/06/42

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TF 92 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34)

Japanese Ships
MSW W.2
MSW W.1
MSW W.19
MSW W.20

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 142

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 10 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 2 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
363 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 24
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 70

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet

with the forced retreat the Allied troops suffered at Malacca I´m now sure that they won´t be able to hold on to Johore Baru (level 0 forts) so the enemy will be pushed back to Singapore easily I guess. With the unconventional moves of my opponent I have now again changed my plan for Singapore. Therefore my airforce is now attacking Singapore. While it first looked like that all enemy forces on Malaya will retreat without a fight to Singapore (where I just wanted to starve them), the enemy now took serious losses while achieving nothing. This means the troops that will be at Singapore can be worn down pretty fast I guess as we have nearly 2500 assault points on the island. Instead of starving the enemy in Singapore I have now decided to take the base. The plan to just starve the Allied troops on the Philipines is still valid though.

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Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 48
Ki-21 Sally x 161

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged


Allied ground losses:
376 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 123

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet

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Day Air attack on 51st Division, at 40,38


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 4


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SB-2c bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 21st Division, at 33,30


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 24
Hudson I x 14
P-40B Tomahawk x 13


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
80 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Blenheim IV bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on 48th Chinese Corps, at 44,40

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 52
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Changsha

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 188918 troops, 2580 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 4134

Defending force 78293 troops, 537 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2181



Allied ground losses:
885 casualties reported
Guns lost 10


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Ground combat at 32,62

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1357 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 38

Defending force 177 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese max assault: 29 - adjusted assault: 16

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 16 to 1



Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Naga

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17393 troops, 233 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 476

Defending force 26382 troops, 265 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 666


Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Changsha

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 70484 troops, 506 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2156

Defending force 232387 troops, 2616 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 4134


Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported