Miller and I have done a couple of turns yesterday with some interesting developments...
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/18/42
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TF 151 encounters mine field at Soerabaja (22,65)
Japanese Ships
CA Mogami, Mine hits 1
[:(] MK6 mine hit, we were really lucky, the heavy cruiser ended the day with 11 sys, 7 flt. So the mine hit did only some 4 or 5 points of sys damage as the cruiser started the day with sys damage from previous operations already...
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ASW attack at 103,73
Japanese Ships
SS I-4, hits 3
Allied Ships
DMS Chandler
DMS Lamberton
DMS Zane
DMS Elliot
DMS Southard
my subs around Johnston are still target of the enemy ASW forces...
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Naval bombardment of Soerabaja, at 22,65
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
Hawk 75A: 1 destroyed
Do 24K-2: 1 destroyed
Wirraway: 1 destroyed
CW-22 Falcon: 1 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 1 destroyed
Lockheed 212: 1 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed
Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami
CA Chokai
Allied ground losses:
6221 casualties reported [X(][X(][X(]
Guns lost 49
Vehicles lost 15
Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 65
I didn´t expect such a result, not at all after Mogami hit a mine. Lots of support troops, lots of recon and lots of bombers going in in the past raised the detection high enough to enable a nuke bombardment...
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Naval bombardment of Canton Island, at 98,99
Allied Ships
CA Minneapolis
CL Helena
CL St. Louis
CA San Francisco
CL Honolulu
CL Phoenix
CA Astoria
CA Salt Lake City
CA Chester
CA Northampton
CA Indianapolis
Japanese ground losses:
216 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 15
Port hits 6
Port fuel hits 4
Port supply hits 9
whereas a big Allied cruiser sqadron only does little damage to the two naval inf units that took Canton. We were lucky here, a supply TF with 4 AKs left the base yesterday... Too many cruisers in one TF for my taste and I wonder how the enemy CV TF(s) look like...
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Sub attack near Rabaul at 61,88
Japanese Ships
AK Tsukikawa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS O23
All my ports are flooded with enemy subs. Truk, Rabaul, Palembang, Lae, Wake, Kwajalein, Gili Gili, Toboali, Canton Island... all ports where Miller thinks IJN ships could go has a sub sitting there. Nearly all of those subs have ASW forces above them but this helps nothing. Every time again I can only shake my head about the myth that you shouldn´t keep subs in a base hex... [8|]
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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
Ki-21 Sally x 206
Ki-15 Babs x 6
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 5 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 12 destroyed
I-153c: 1 destroyed
IL-4c: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
105 casualties reported
Airbase hits 24
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 103
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
brought a lot of bombers to China and until yesterday, Chungking had 3 times more aircraft at the airfield. Me thinks the Allied ability to see the Japanese aircraft movements strikes once again as Miller dispersed his aircraft on a couple of airfields exactly the turn we move in a lot of bombers...
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Day Air attack on Ichang , at 47,33
Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 6
Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 4 damaged
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x IL-4c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
G3M Nell x 45
G4M1 Betty x 30
Allied aircraft
Hawk 75A x 1
CW-21B Demon x 1
Brewster 339D x 2
P-35A x 2
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Hawk 75A: 1 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 2 destroyed
P-35A: 2 destroyed
F.K.51: 1 destroyed
C-60A Lodestar: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 38
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G3M Nell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 84
Ki-21 Sally x 143
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged
Allied ground losses:
327 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 22
Aircraft Attacking:
26 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 54
G3M Nell x 89
C5M Babs x 5
Ki-21 Sally x 35
Ki-49 Helen x 53
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 4 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 3 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
134 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 1
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 98
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 48th Chinese Corps, at 44,40
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 140
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32
Allied aircraft
I-153c x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 3 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 15 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-27 Nate bombing at 2000 feet
after disappointing results with the AVG on LRCAP, Miller swapped them out with obsolete Chinese biplanes! [8D] They take even more losses for no gain - not surprising though...
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Day Air attack on TF, near Palmyra at 106,85 [:D]
Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 38
B5N Kate x 21
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Porter, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
AO Kaskaskia, Bomb hits 10, on fire, heavy damage
DD Phelps, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
1 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet
after my sub attacked an AO at Palmyra I set KB on full speed to move towards the atoll. KB ended up only in bombing range but Kates bombing from 10.000 ft is like using laser guided bombs, don´t know why but I always have the feeling that high exp, level bombing Kates from 10.000 ft hit more than high exp, dive bombing from 2.000 ft Vals...
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Day Air attack on TF, near Palmyra at 106,85 [:D][:D]
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 28
D3A Val x 65
B5N Kate x 96
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 3 damaged
B5N Kate: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Drayton, Bomb hits 1
DD Case, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Lamson, Bomb hits 13, on fire, heavy damage
DD Mahan, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
DD Conyngham, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
DD Cummings, Bomb hits 10, on fire, heavy damage
DD Dunlap, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
4 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet
There´s also a big TF consisting of DDs and the TF is hit hard! [:D]
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Day Air attack on TF, near Palmyra at 106,85
Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 22
B5N Kate x 21
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
PG Dawson, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
AP Mount McKinley, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
251 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet
2 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
We´re still in the morning phase and a small troop convoy is attacked. Interesting, 250kg AP bombs couldn´t penetrate the belt armor of PG Dawson! [X(] Both ships should be finished. The bad news is though, that Palmyra was reinforced. Reason for KB being in the area was that we had an invasion TF heading towards the atoll (some 7 days out) to take the base, while hoping to face only a base force. I´m not interested in atoll combat and the 120 assault points I´ve planned to throw at the base won´t be enough, even if there are only minor troops at the base. Means that after Johnston Island, also Palmyra is save now!
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Day Air attack on TF, near Palmyra at 106,85
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
D3A Val x 76
B5N Kate x 86
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Case, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Cummings, on fire, heavy damage
DD Conyngham, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
DD Lamson, on fire, heavy damage
DD Drayton, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
DD Dunlap, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
DD Mahan, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
1 x B5N Kate bombing at 10000 feet
This is the afternoon strike and in the end we see 8 DDs going down. Losing 8 DDs in one day isn´t something to be happy about, not even for the Allied. Even when playing the Allied side, I always kinda feel short of DD escorts until mid 44 so sinking those 8 DDs is something I really like. Even though that our plans to take Johnston and Palmyra by coup de main failed I´m still happy with the outcome. The reason I wanted to take those bases is not to hold them at all costs but to inflict casualties on the Allied when they take them back. Casualties, escpeacilla within the enemy Navy. Sinking those 8 DDs and not taking the base is also fine with me as it would be fine if I would have inflicted those losses when the Allied take the base back. We will find another target for my invasion TF...
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ASW attack near Balikpapan at 31,64
Japanese Ships
PC Shonan Maru #7
PC Shonan Maru #2
PC Shonan Maru #6
PC Shonan Maru #1
PC Kyo Maru #13
PC Kyo Maru #12
Allied Ships
SS KXVI, hits 5, on fire
1 hit, 4 near misses. Guess the sub has to retire...
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Sub attack near Rabaul at 61,88
Japanese Ships
AK Tsukikawa Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS O23
O23 attacks again, finishes the AK...
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Ground combat at Clark Field
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 137556 troops, 1856 guns, 37 vehicles, Assault Value = 2950
Defending force 50844 troops, 589 guns, 219 vehicles, Assault Value = 1304
Allied ground losses:
281 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
Vehicles lost 1
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Ground combat at Changsha
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 11346 troops, 349 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2981
Defending force 63640 troops, 283 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1709
Allied ground losses:
645 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
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Ground combat at Lunga
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 728 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese max assault: 21 - adjusted assault: 22
Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Lunga base !!!
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Ground combat at Changsha
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 46908 troops, 266 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1680
Defending force 194237 troops, 1996 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 2981
Japanese ground losses:
74 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Clark Field
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 34918 troops, 475 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1303
Defending force 180943 troops, 1875 guns, 37 vehicles, Assault Value = 2950
Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
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