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

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/17/42

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Day Air attack on Dacca , at 31,24

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
G3M Nell x 75

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 11 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G3M Nell bombing at 21000 feet

lol, Nells can´t be used for anything else than attacking shipping I guess. 2 Wellington III destroyed on the ground, 2 Nells lost including the crew. Not worth it...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 103
D3A Val x 24
G4M1 Betty x 25
Ki-27 Nate x 82
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 140
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 152
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 47,29 [&:]

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-30 Ann x 12
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 12
Ki-21 Sally x 70
Ki-49 Helen x 15

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
190 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

oh how do I hate this stupid ground attack routine! We keep on attacking the 53 Chinese Corps... [:@]

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Day Air attack on Americal USA Division, at 98,99

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
G4M1 Betty x 26

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
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ASW attack near Singapore at 23,50

Japanese Ships
DD Namikaze
DD Nokaze
DD Tachikaze
DD Hokaze
DD Yukaze
DD Yakaze

Allied Ships
SS Gar

result? as usual...[8|]

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Ground combat at Canton Island

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22670 troops, 162 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 460

Defending force 4627 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 42



Allied ground losses:
120 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13916 troops, 431 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2734

Defending force 75779 troops, 321 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2130



Allied ground losses:
537 casualties reported
Guns lost 5


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8299 troops, 283 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2861

Defending force 43329 troops, 331 guns, 248 vehicles, Assault Value = 834



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


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 133435 troops, 1472 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4193

Defending force 119550 troops, 1260 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2469


Japanese ground losses:
190 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Canton Island [X(]

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 4472 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 35

Defending force 29525 troops, 162 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 460

Allied max assault: 14 - adjusted assault: 0

Japanese max defense: 461 - adjusted defense: 1675

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 8)


Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
187 casualties reported

guess Miller wants to kill off this unit now to see his AmericaI division being completely rebuilt...

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[Ambassador]

I'm waiting for the tank battle between all of your armored units and the Desert Rats.[:)]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/18/42

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Sub attack at 15,15

Japanese Ships
SS I-16

Allied Ships
AK Empire Purcell, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Agra
MSW Goulburn
MSW Burnie
MSW Bendigo
MSW Cromarty
MSW Romney
MSW Poole
MSW Cromer
AK Kiangsu
AK Empire Pennant
AK Empire Strength
AK Empire Bell
MSW Cochin
MSW Baroda
MSW Toowoomba
MSW Latrobe
MSW Ballarat
DD Inconstant


Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported

wow, look at those escorts! We were twice lucky I guess, first that we succesfully attacked a troop loaden AK and then to come away with it... all those British MSW are sub killers... this TF is heading South, perhaps to Ceylon, perhaps to Madras. Must be a high value troop transport with so many escorts... hopefully the AK won´t make it´s destination...

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Day Air attack on Dacca , at 31,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 76
Ki-21 Sally x 38
Ki-49 Helen x 86

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 17 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 4 destroyed
Wellington III: 6 destroyed
Beaufort I: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 48

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

damn flak, damn hit rate... only three units reported at Dacca but they´re really putting a lot of flak into the air... but we destroyed a dozen Wellingtons today and that is very good news...



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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 105
D3A Val x 24
G4M1 Betty x 27
Ki-27 Nate x 82
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 105
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 65
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-30 Ann x 12
Ki-32 Mary x 7
Ki-51 Sonia x 12
Ki-21 Sally x 76
Ki-49 Helen x 26

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

why, just why is this stupid game attacking the same unit on and on and on and on... this routine stinks! [:@]

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Day Air attack on 1st DAF Base Force, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
C5M Babs x 1
Ki-49 Helen x 84

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported

Port hits 7
Port supply hits 2

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

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ASW attack at 15,15

Japanese Ships
SS I-16

Allied Ships
MSW Agra
AK Montgomery City
AK Edward Luckenbach
AK Empire Elk
MSW Goulburn
MSW Burnie
MSW Bendigo
MSW Cromarty
MSW Romney
MSW Poole
MSW Cromer
MSW Cochin
MSW Baroda
MSW Toowoomba
MSW Latrobe
MSW Ballarat

the enemy escorts tried again but our sub succesfully evaded...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13983 troops, 437 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2750

Defending force 75178 troops, 325 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2123



Allied ground losses:
415 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

the enemy reinforcements are only three hexes out, we won´t take the base early enough. We will nevertheless keep attacking as we have to try to bring the forts down as much as possible...

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8377 troops, 286 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2867

Defending force 43249 troops, 337 guns, 252 vehicles, Assault Value = 829



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


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 133593 troops, 1470 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4214

Defending force 119559 troops, 1254 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2470


Japanese ground losses:
137 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

I'm waiting for the tank battle between all of your armored units and the Desert Rats.[:)]

the next two turns should show my troops moving across the river...

[jwilkerson]

why, just why is this stupid game attacking the same unit on and on and on and on... this routine stinks!

I used to think this way too. But in my game with Moses, I became an "expert" at having my ground units pounded by his LBA and I finally figured out the "pattern". While the selection is "random" .. it is "random with a bias" ... and that "bias" is to go after the "best unit" in the stack. I was rotating my units at Akyab (I was Japanese and I was defending Akyab) and whenever the "new guy" showed up - he got about half the strikes for the next month - until he got pounded down to be as bad as the other units. One way I was able to "exploit" this knowledge, was to pair up a "flak" unit with some of the divisions in smaller stacks around Burma. The "flak" unit didn't do much "flakking" but by taking about 1 or 2 out of every 4 or 5 strikes, it absorbed more than its share of attacks, thereby keeping my Division intact for longer. Kind of a novel way of looking at flak unit utilization!

But no doubt one has to be very patient to pound down a big stack with LBA - but I can attest that it can be done. My divisions would eventually be ground down to about half their strength and then I would rotate them back to Rangoon to rebuild. Needless to say that was a multi-month process. But so was pounding them down. But Moses was the most patient player I've seen, he just kept hitting my stacks in Burma turn after turn, month after month. I cycled through thousands of IJA fighters distracting him away from bombing my troops, but eventually he realized ignoring my fighters and focusing strickly on the troops caused more lasting damage. It is just very hard to see this when thinking about things one turn at a time. But crippling the LCU is something that takes a long time to recover from.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: jwilkerson

why, just why is this stupid game attacking the same unit on and on and on and on... this routine stinks!

I used to think this way too. But in my game with Moses, I became an "expert" at having my ground units pounded by his LBA and I finally figured out the "pattern". While the selection is "random" .. it is "random with a bias" ... and that "bias" is to go after the "best unit" in the stack. I was rotating my units at Akyab (I was Japanese and I was defending Akyab) and whenever the "new guy" showed up - he got about half the strikes for the next month - until he got pounded down to be as bad as the other units. One way I was able to "exploit" this knowledge, was to pair up a "flak" unit with some of the divisions in smaller stacks around Burma. The "flak" unit didn't do much "flakking" but by taking about 1 or 2 out of every 4 or 5 strikes, it absorbed more than its share of attacks, thereby keeping my Division intact for longer. Kind of a novel way of looking at flak unit utilization!

But no doubt one has to be very patient to pound down a big stack with LBA - but I can attest that it can be done. My divisions would eventually be ground down to about half their strength and then I would rotate them back to Rangoon to rebuild. Needless to say that was a multi-month process. But so was pounding them down. But Moses was the most patient player I've seen, he just kept hitting my stacks in Burma turn after turn, month after month. I cycled through thousands of IJA fighters distracting him away from bombing my troops, but eventually he realized ignoring my fighters and focusing strickly on the troops caused more lasting damage. It is just very hard to see this when thinking about things one turn at a time. But crippling the LCU is something that takes a long time to recover from.

Hi!

Thanks for your input, it´s very appreciated.

Unfortunately for me it is not the strongest unit that is attacked on and on. Not the strongest at all as you can see in my screenshot. It´s one of the corps that was forced to retreat and is only about half in strenght compared to the well rested and 100% combat ready corps that are stationed at Sian. I used to think the same as the "common knowledge" on the forum about the best unit being target of A2G attacks but it soon turned out that this is just another "myth" (sorry if I don´t hit the right words, I´m not a native speaker [;)]) in MY special WITP edition.

I don´t want to wear down a unit with air attacks and I don´t expect to kill those 100.000 enemy troops at Sian with air attacks. But I do want to see more than one unit disrupted by those daily air attacks. I´m happy with how the A2G attack works in WITP, disruption is surely bigger than the actual damage done but I´m not happy with it attacking one single unit on and on. This way I have this unit probably 90% disrupted and nearly combat ineffective but that means that there 8 other units being 100% immune to my A2G attacks, which means my attacks are totally useless.

As you can see there are 5 units "better" than the one that is attacked on and on and on.

[castor troy]

unfortunately, the game showed it´s uggly face twice this turn... and I could scream!!! [:@]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/19/42

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ASW attack at 14,17

Japanese Ships
SS I-1

Allied Ships
MSW Agra
AK Paul Luckenbach
MSW Goulburn
MSW Burnie
MSW Bendigo

only four of the dozen escorts tried to attack my sub...

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ASW attack at 13,19

Japanese Ships
SS I-168

Allied Ships
MSW Agra
AK Oklahoman
MSW Goulburn
MSW Burnie
MSW Bendigo
MSW Cromarty
MSW Romney
MSW Poole
MSW Cromer
AP Taiyuan
AK Kiangsu
AK Hinsang
MSW Cochin
MSW Baroda
MSW Toowoomba

the enemy TF is going over my subs one by one and again the escorts prevent my sub from attacking. We´re lucky, none of my subs has been hit by this big escort so far... Convoy keeps on heading towards Ceylon...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 105
D3A Val x 24
G4M1 Betty x 24
Ki-27 Nate x 47
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 152
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
57 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 74
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st DAF Base Force, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 38

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported

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

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
C5M Babs x 1
Ki-49 Helen x 88

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 2

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

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14089 troops, 443 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3278

Defending force 74904 troops, 329 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2133



Allied ground losses:
549 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 22,20 [:@]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 4477 troops, 0 guns, 303 vehicles, Assault Value = 178 [&:][&:][&:][&:]

Defending force 8116 troops, 40 guns, 419 vehicles, Assault Value = 253

Japanese max assault: 162 - adjusted assault: 52

Allied max defense: 266 - adjusted defense: 297

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
474 casualties reported [:@]
Vehicles lost 27 [:@]

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

GOD DAMN!???! This is the first happening that made me pretty upset this turn. Hopefully AE has not just the new types of movements included but also the old broken movement types fixed. Unfortunately, the follow unit movement has been broken sometime when the ZOCs were included with a patch, since then, sometime it works, sometime not. Most times it doesn´t work when it would be important that it should work. I know how it is supposed to work, therefor I can say: IT DOESN´T!

Well, the reason my troops are still mostly at Yanam is the fact that first I have set them to follow the slowest unit North WEST into the hex where this Indin TK btn sits. What happened? After two days my units suddenly showed moving North EAST!!!!!!! [8|] even though the target hex was still the hex to the North WEST!

Okay, we´ve lost two days, I ordered them again to move into the same hex, the travelled distance was immediately set to 0 again... [8|] Everything worked fine until today! Today two TK rgts crossed the river! Hell, what´s going on? The slowest unit that was ordered to be the lead unit reset itself to defend this turn, two TK rgts crossed the river (and got SHREDDED!!) and the rest of my 4800 assault points is now at 75!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MILES... [8|] Isn´t it just laughable when a unit can move 75 miles when it´s a 60 mile hex? hey, those routines work really good...

I have again set them to march... for the third time... seems like Miller knows how borked the game movement is and it was a WISE decision to place this single TK btn there, not like I have thought that it would be a rather "unlucky" decision...

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8385 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2874

Defending force 43080 troops, 336 guns, 248 vehicles, Assault Value = 819



Allied ground losses:
303 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 133817 troops, 1473 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4225

Defending force 119474 troops, 1253 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2466


Japanese ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


now there was another happening today that made me pretty unhappy. Those incidents are severe enough that it could make an operation like invading India a disaster. Today my combat and carrier TFs returned to Rangoon. So far so good. Well, they wanted to refuel. So far so good. Well, THERE WERE ONLY 35.000 FUEL LEFT!!!! Knowing that the game is dumb I didn´t unload the fuel there two weeks ago, but two DAYS ago to have it there as soon as my TFs would arrive. I brought over 150.000 fuel! And what is this stinking routine doing? Moving it out, dispersing it at places like Bangkok, Saigon, Camranh Bay and other empty bases! [8|][8|][8|] Very smart routine, very smart...

I have now the whole IJN combat force sitting at Rangoon without any fuel! [>:][>:][>:]

At least this is changed in AE, or is there only an adjustable supply level?

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/20/42

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ASW attack at 28,34

Japanese Ships
DD Yukikaze
DD Natsushio
DD Hatsukaze
DD Oyashio
DD Kuroshio
DD Kagero
CA Atago

Allied Ships
SS Gato

have moved out a cruiser TF to take position South of Madras as I have thought the big TF that was spotted could move there. Today, the big Allied troop convoy was spotted West of Ceylon, it looks like this TF is now heading towards Australia! [X(] Is this already an evacuation of troops in India? Would make sense if Miller really has written the subcontinent off, he could use those Indian troops out of Australia then. I could move out a couple of CVL/CVE to hunt them down, I´m unsure if I could catch them though and my CVL/CVE are... well, out of fuel... [8|] but hey! Bangkok has 50.000+ fuel now, what a pity there isn´t a single ship there that needs fuel...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 105
D3A Val x 24
G4M1 Betty x 27
Ki-27 Nate x 47
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 152
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
64 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 128
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st DAF Base Force, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 38

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported

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

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 175321 troops, 2111 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 3729

Defending force 74425 troops, 341 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2132

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Japanese max assault: 3143 - adjusted assault: 1862

Allied max defense: 2095 - adjusted defense: 2797

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


Japanese ground losses:
4124 casualties reported
Guns lost 123
Vehicles lost 4

Allied ground losses:
2387 casualties reported
Guns lost 26

ouch again... it doesn´t seem that we can take the base early enough, losses on our side are just too high. I guess it would take another three attacks until the defense collapses and the Allied reinforcements are only 120 miles away. Means we will have to adopt our tactic here again, it wasn´t possible to do a blitzkrieg assault, we will now work on surrounding the base, cutting it off. This should be possible. Then we will face some 3000+ assault points in the town as there are 3 or 4 Chinese units coming North. We will see how long the supplies at Sian will last then.

Miller also has moved 5 units into the hex next to Chengting (the base SE of Yenen) but they are just sitting here. I guess he wants me to panic to bring reinforcements to Chengting but there are a couple of units there with a total av of around 800 behind level 9 forts and well supplied. Nothing he can achieve here.

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8349 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2885

Defending force 42739 troops, 329 guns, 249 vehicles, Assault Value = 799



Allied ground losses:
189 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

enemy av dropped again by 20 points in one day. What is happening here?

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 115190 troops, 1269 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4231

Defending force 119739 troops, 1257 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2470


Japanese ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

[castor troy]

getting quiet again...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/21/42

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 81
D3A Val x 24
G4M1 Betty x 23
Ki-27 Nate x 47
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 152
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 107
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Darwin , at 36,84

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 125
Ki-49 Helen x 36
Ki-46-II Dinah x 6

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 19 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 3 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 33
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 100

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

recon says 100+ enemy aircraft at Darwin, guess most of them are at nav search as we would have destroyed far more with this very good hit rate today. 9 enemy aircraft destroyed on the ground, we lose 4 bombers and 2 escorts, which isn´t worth it...

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Day Air attack on 1st DAF Base Force, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 38

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13832 troops, 426 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2815

Defending force 71848 troops, 291 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2038



Allied ground losses:
200 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8389 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2895

Defending force 42462 troops, 325 guns, 248 vehicles, Assault Value = 791



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


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 115231 troops, 1269 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3807

Defending force 119841 troops, 1255 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2472


Japanese ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

another two inf units have left Chungking to the North... more and more troops are now going there... not good...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/22/42

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 105
D3A Val x 24
G4M1 Betty x 24
Ki-27 Nate x 47
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 152
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 114
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-30 Ann x 12
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 12
Ki-21 Sally x 102
Ki-49 Helen x 25

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
145 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

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

attack on the 53 Chinese Corps? Tell me something new... [8|]

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
C5M Babs x 1
Ki-49 Helen x 89

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 62

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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TF 17 troops unloading over beach at Dadjangas, 41,62


Japanese ground losses:
92 casualties reported

Want to get rid of those Allied bases on Mindanao, there are four units spotted at Davao. We are moving in a bgd after this NLF has seized the empty base of Dadjangas...
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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13918 troops, 432 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3256

Defending force 71494 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2038



Allied ground losses:
283 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

guess the first Allied reinforcements will arrive within the next two or three days...

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8399 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2904

Defending force 42407 troops, 322 guns, 250 vehicles, Assault Value = 780



Allied ground losses:
185 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Myitkyina´s troops are evaporating... I´m still scoring 10 points on average each day for Allied ground losses, currently at 9043! [:D] Means that there are a lot of Allied ground unts starving all over the map...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 115458 troops, 1268 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3686

Defending force 119770 troops, 1254 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2467


Japanese ground losses:
123 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/23/42

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TF 17 troops unloading over beach at Dadjangas, 41,62


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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 105
D3A Val x 21
G4M1 Betty x 24
Ki-27 Nate x 47
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 120
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 116
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-30 Ann x 12
Ki-32 Mary x 8
Ki-21 Sally x 106
Ki-49 Helen x 25

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
145 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

no we won´t attack anything else here than the 53 Chinese corps... [8|]

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Day Air attack on Kendari Garrison Battalion, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 48

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

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

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13981 troops, 434 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3728

Defending force 71418 troops, 304 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2044



Allied ground losses:
404 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

at least we do a good damage while bombarding only...

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8361 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2911

Defending force 42279 troops, 321 guns, 253 vehicles, Assault Value = 774



Allied ground losses:
190 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Vehicles lost 1

and the troops at Myitkyina die away anyway...

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Ground combat at Dadjangas

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 275 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10

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 Dadjangas base !!!

empty base, we can now land our bgd...


news on the India front: our troops are moving at 7 miles a day [8|] out of Yanam, will take us months at this speed to get anywhere... in the meantime Miller is moving an Indian division (probably not a 100% strenght) into the hex where his TK btn is blocking the river crossing. Well, if the follow unit order works this time, then 4500 assault points will cross the river. Should be sufficient to kick the enemy out of the hex, even when we have to cross the river into a wooden hex.

we have also embarked the second wave of troops in Rangoon, the TFs will set sail within the next three days, we are only waiting to get a couple of small AKs being filled with supplies...

[johnbmac]

Castor,
 
i see that you are not having much luck with your ASW.  I have two questions if you would be so kind.
 
1. Do you still think it was worth it to hit manilla instead of pearl?
 
2. Are you flying a lot of air search with all of your land based float planes to try and detect his subs first?

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: johnbmac

Castor,

i see that you are not having much luck with your ASW.  I have two questions if you would be so kind.

1. Do you still think it was worth it to hit manilla instead of pearl?

2. Are you flying a lot of air search with all of your land based float planes to try and detect his subs first?

Hi!

1. Yes, as my ASW seems to be doing exagerated bad it was even more important to hit Manila instead of Pearl Harbor on day one. Imagine that there would be two and a half dozen more subs around! This would be probably twice the number of subs Miller has now. I will never attack Pearl Harbour in PBEM on day one again.

2. Yes, all the SRA and nearly every spot around my bases in the Pacific is covered with float planes. I´m not using the "Japanese medium bomber - sub vacuum cleaner tactic" though. I do have a couple of bombers on nav search 6000 ft but I guess I have not hit more than a couple of subs in the last 6 months. It´s not the problem that I don´t spot the subs, I guess I spot 90% of them as soon as they are in areas I want to spot them. It´s also not the problem that I don´t find them with my ASW TFs, the only problem is that my ASW TFs have been totally useless so far. I had never real Japanese ASW killer TFs but as bad as it is in this PBEM... [8|]

I can only be happy that there don´t seem to be a lot combat ready subs around at the moment, within the SRA there is NO sub at all and in the Pacific there are perhaps 3 around my bases now. Probably a dozen+ on transfer from and to their patrol areas.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/24/42

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ASW attack at 63,79

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 24
PC Showa Maru #3
PC Showa Maru #5
PC Takuna Maru #6
PC Takuna Maru #7
PC Takunan Maru #10

Allied Ships
SS Trigger

Trigger is sitting one hex SE of Truk, being spotted by Jakes yesterday. The ASW TF that was sent out couldn´t locate the sub...

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Day Air attack on Davao , at 41,61

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 27
Ki-49 Helen x 24
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 38

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

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 105
D3A Val x 24
G4M1 Betty x 21
Ki-27 Nate x 47
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 152
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 108
Port supply hits 1

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

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Day Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 47,29 [&:]

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-30 Ann x 12
Ki-32 Mary x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 12
Ki-21 Sally x 91
Ki-49 Helen x 15

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
257 casualties reported

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

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Day Air attack on Kendari Garrison Battalion, at 33,70

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 48

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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ASW attack at 63,79

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 24
PC Showa Maru #3
PC Showa Maru #5
PC Takuna Maru #6
PC Takuna Maru #7
PC Takunan Maru #10

Allied Ships
SS Trigger

same as during the attack at night, the PC couldn´t locate the sub...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13982 troops, 435 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3761

Defending force 88565 troops, 453 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2589



Allied ground losses:
384 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

two new Chinese corps arrived at the base... and more to come...

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8405 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2912

Defending force 42013 troops, 320 guns, 255 vehicles, Assault Value = 759



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

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/25/42

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 105
D3A Val x 24
G4M1 Betty x 27
Ki-27 Nate x 47
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 152

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
58 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 116
Port hits 1

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

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Day Air attack on Darwin , at 36,84

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-21 Sally x 41
Ki-49 Helen x 19
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 20 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 8 damaged

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
ML Rigel, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
SS S-46, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 5
Port supply hits 3

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

unfortunately this time only 45% of my strike aircraft found Darwin, all were set to port attack as we have constantly spotted half a dozen ships there, reported as CA but I was sure that Miller uses Darwin as frontline base for a couple of subs. Well, we hit subs but the bombers focussed on ML Rigel. We lose 4 Sallies to flak and 2 to ops but ML Rigel and SS Porpoise are confirmed sunk so it´s an acceptable trade. S-46 will probably make it I guess. Rather careless to keep his subs at Darwin after seeing my bombers from Timor attack Darwin´s airfields earlier and with no Cap over the base.

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Day Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 2
Ki-51 Sonia x 2
Ki-21 Sally x 47
Ki-49 Helen x 12

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
236 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

HEY! Looks like the arrival of new Chinese units triggered a change in the attack routine and after dozens attacks on the 53 Chinese Corps, the bombers switched over to a new target... [&o]

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Day Air attack on 78th Chinese Corps, at 47,29 [&o]

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32
Ki-30 Ann x 10
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 10
Ki-21 Sally x 61
Ki-49 Helen x 15

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
211 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14060 troops, 439 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3781

Defending force 100997 troops, 495 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2849



Allied ground losses:
386 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

together with the air attacks, the enemy suffered nearly 850 casualties at Sian today. Would be great to keep up that level of attrition.

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Ground combat at Chengting

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 35641 troops, 551 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 810

Defending force 40723 troops, 280 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1153



Allied ground losses:
58 casualties reported

so the enemy is now sitting with 4 corps at Chengting without having a chance to achieve something but the same is true for our troops. The biggest problem I see at the moment is the fact that those Chinese units now stopped the HI and resource center at this base from producing. Means some 500 supplies each day lost, of course also the HI and resources. The offensive on Sian has priority though. And if I were Miller, I would use those 4 fresh Corps to defend the surroundings of Sian, not trying to mount an "offensive" 400 miles further North East.

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8409 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2919

Defending force 41733 troops, 314 guns, 251 vehicles, Assault Value = 745



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


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Ground combat at Chengting

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 35963 troops, 280 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1153

Defending force 43213 troops, 607 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 810


Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported

[castor troy]

Some bad things happened again... [:(]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/26/42

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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 92

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 46
Beaufighter VIF x 6
P-40B Tomahawk x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 9 destroyed, 16 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 20 destroyed, 6 damaged
Beaufighter VIF: 3 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 13 destroyed

Yanam turned into a level 3 airfield yesterday and we launch a sweep against Colombo, which is the only base that seems to have fighters on Cap in India. Purpose of this sweep is to bring down the enemy fighter squadron´s morale to see them turn back when they will be escorting the inevitable attacks on my next wave of troops being shipped to India. Well, the sweep wasn´t unsuccesfully even though those numbers of high exp Zeroes lost is not something I can really afford. F2 Yamada daitai got bounced during a long phase and lost 10 Zeroes including the pilots. Haha, so much about the "myth" that a sub in the same hex saves you 1/3 of the downed pilots. I´ve got 2 subs at Colombo, not a single pilot was saved - 100% loss rate!

But that wasn´t the worst thing that happened this turn. I recognized a lot of my own troops at Rangoon and was shocked to see that two of the three TFs that left Rangoon three days ago have unloaded 80% of the troops again! [X(][X(][:@][:@] God damn! All three TFs were set to "do not unload", destination was Yanam, home port Yanam. And still nearly 200 ships started unloading at Rangoon. God, this sucks. Due to the totally borked ship loading routine of this game, I had to create some 30 TFs to load one unit on each TF and then form them into three big TFs which took me about half an hour time. What is even worse though is the fact that it now takes my TFs two days to return, another one to load the troops, so I have again lost a WEEK! And not just do I need my troops in India, I also desperately need the next delivery of supply! [:@]



even though we achieve a 3,7:1 in A2A kills today, one elite daitai of Zeroes was wrecked, losing nearly half of it´s pilots. We can´t afford that.

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Day Air attack on Davao , at 41,61

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 27
Ki-49 Helen x 25
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 42

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

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 78
D3A Val x 24
G4M1 Betty x 22
Ki-27 Nate x 47
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 152

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 98
Port hits 1

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

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14067 troops, 441 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3538

Defending force 100756 troops, 507 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2859



Allied ground losses:
234 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chengting

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 35681 troops, 551 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 810

Defending force 40617 troops, 279 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1153



Allied ground losses:
65 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8403 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2928

Defending force 41686 troops, 318 guns, 252 vehicles, Assault Value = 744



Allied ground losses:
111 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


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Ground combat at Chengting

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 35917 troops, 279 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1153

Defending force 43246 troops, 606 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 810

[castor troy]

Here´s the current intelligence screen, haven´t posted one so far, thought that could be interesting:



I´ve seen more impressive results at this date of the war but we´re not doing bad I guess. In air losses I couldn´t do much better as it´s Nikmod and losses tend to be far smaller than stock and the fact that Miller is nearly not using his airforce at all at places I can oppose him.

He didn´t lose that many ships either, I have yet to spot a big TF somewhere in the Pacific, the only ones I´ve spotted were the invasion TFs at Midway and Canton Island. I have subs dispersed over the whole Pacific, they have spotted... nothing... The Allied have lost Repulse and POW as well as two US fleet carriers, which makes the Pacific pretty much safe for us and enabled us to mount the invasion of India as we don´t have to fear a counter attack in the Pacific for the next months.

The Allied ground losses are severe already, they will grow by a couple of thousand points I guess if we are able to achieve our goals in India and we may not forget that we are planning to kill of a couple of hundred thousand Chinese troops in the next 6 months.

All in all we have already a 5.4:1 lead in victory points, I expect this ratio to grow. If there won´t be a wonder, we will achieve a decisive victory on 1/43. Autovictory is and never was the goal of any of my PBEMs and none of my operations was planned to achieve autovictory though. Needless to say that I expect the game to go on after the expected auto victory.

[castor troy]

there won´t be much happening in the next 10 days as this is the time it will take me to see my TFs return to Rangoon, have them loaded again and moving near India´s coast.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/27/42

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Day Air attack on Davao , at 41,61

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 26
Ki-49 Helen x 26
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 31

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

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 51
D3A Val x 24
G4M1 Betty x 25
Ki-27 Nate x 47
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 152

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 74
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 1

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

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Day Air attack on 78th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-30 Ann x 12
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 12
Ki-21 Sally x 65
Ki-49 Helen x 15

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
102 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 19
Ki-49 Helen x 3

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at 22,20

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 255973 troops, 2634 guns, 1824 vehicles, Assault Value = 5503

Defending force 16960 troops, 150 guns, 431 vehicles, Assault Value = 457

Japanese max assault: 4436 - adjusted assault: 5192

Allied max defense: 477 - adjusted defense: 95

Japanese assault odds: 54 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
490 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Vehicles lost 22

Allied ground losses:
1342 casualties reported
Guns lost 51
Vehicles lost 10


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

We cross the river North West of Yanam with all troops available, except the two TK rgts that crossed the river a couple of days ago. The TK rgts were taken back to Yanam as I have feared them being attacked by the enemy and forced to retreat. This time the results are as expected as the full might of the invasion forces hits the Indian TK btn and the understrength (around 50%) Indian division. Both units retreat on the road to the West. We will now try to use our TK rgts to chase the enemy units to shock attack them back to Madras. Guess the enemy TKs will be too fast, we will have a chance to wreck the enemy inf division though.

What makes the situation a bit problematic already is our supply situation! I have brought 75.000 supplies with our first invasion wave and now that my troops have left Yanam, there are only 8.000 !!!!! [X(] supplies left! OMG, we´re already running out of supplies. At the moment my troops are fully supplied, the inf divisions have some 3.000 supplies each but we´re in desperate need of supplies! Therefor we will ship in another 70.000 supplies with our next wave which won´t be available within the next 14 days I guess. Not good, we´re already in the situation I didn´t want to be: we need to seize supplies from the enemy.

After seeing that 75.000 supplies seem to be not sufficient to even supply the first wave of troops I´ve thought that you would need to bring some 150.000 supplies for an attack on India. Seeing the current supply situation, I would now say you need at least 250.000 supplies for an invasion and you will still be in need to capture enemy supplies or at least bases that produce a good amount of supplies each day.

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14041 troops, 441 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3884

Defending force 104697 troops, 559 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2987



Allied ground losses:
239 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Chengting

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 35775 troops, 551 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 812

Defending force 40449 troops, 277 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1150



Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8403 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2932

Defending force 41650 troops, 321 guns, 252 vehicles, Assault Value = 745



Allied ground losses:
162 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Chengting

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 27061 troops, 208 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1150

Defending force 43367 troops, 607 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 812

[castor troy]

A bad day for us...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/28/42

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Day Air attack on Yanam , at 22,21

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 52

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 34
Blenheim IV x 3
Wellington III x 84
P-40B Tomahawk x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 22 destroyed, 8 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 10 destroyed, 14 damaged
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 31 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 5 destroyed, 10 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
204 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 57

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

that´s the reason I call this day a bad day. We´ve got 4 high exp Zeroe daitais at Yanam, some 108 fighters set to 90% Cap to see 52 in the air, roughly 50%. Ok, that´s not unusual and surely seems realistic. As a side note, as Japanese I´ve never been able to nearly achieve the Cap levels of the Allied which usually are around 90% or even 100% later in the game. Now the mod works good but as it is working good, it also increases the problems of the stock WITP engine as all those fighters that are not engaging the incoming strike are counted as grounded! Grounded means that most of them will be destroyed. And that´s the point where I say the game engine is wrong. Not being able to engage the incoming strike does not necessarily mean grounded to be bombed by the enemy. No problem to see fighters destroyed on the ground, but not those numbers. IMO there should be far more in the air (not saying engaging the enemy) and not waiting on the ground to be destroyed. Out of the 56 Zeroes on the ground, 40 get torched... too many...

we shoot down 1 Wellington A2A, 2 are lost to flak... not many as 31!! were damaged. Of course, non was lost to ops as the enemy´s aircraft are far too durable. We´re now running into the problem the Japanese have to face in Nikmod. The enemy´s bombers are far more dangerous than your own fighters, which means if you want to take down 1 enemy bomber, you will lose 10-15 of your fighters in that process. Not that they would be shot down A2A but they are destroyed on the ground as the Japanese is not able to get his fighters airborne when the enemy shows up.

I´m amazed that it took Miller so long to find that out (while I don´t know if he found out already! [;)]) that his bombers are so mighty, you just have to abandon every airfield in range, this is already true for this stage of the war. Miller must have some 150-200 4E bombers already, I´ve yet to see the first real 4E bomber strike. When I just look at Northern Australia, he could already lay waste to all my bases North of Darwin up to Kendari. He has enough 4E and 2E bombers, all that he lacks are his long range escorts. The only way to counter those nukes from the air are flak stacks, but I´m not a fan of using half a dozen flak units in some jungle bases on Timor.

From my experience I know that the Tojo won´t be any better for air defense when it comes to taking on Allied bombers, so there´s no hope at all that we could deal with them the next 2 years until the Frank will be available. [:D] LOL! By that time the Allied will field hundreds of better long range fighters already.

It´s 5/42 and we´re already aware of our desperate situation when it comes to fighting Allied bombers. And we´ve only faced some 80 Wellingtons today! [:D]



what Miller also could have found out today is the fact that he would have lost far fewer aircraft if he had ordered this strike going in UNESCORTED. That way he would have probably lost 7-10 bombers, would have destroyed nearly the same number of fighters on the ground but would not have lost those 19 escorts! In Nikmod the Allied is normally far better off to send unescorted strikes than to send escorts, the bombers always get through without much losses and if their morale is low, then they turn back without much losses. This is only a problem if you want to fly ongoing attacks on a target which most often isn´t necessary.

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Day Air attack on 59th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-30 Ann x 10
Ki-32 Mary x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 11
Ki-21 Sally x 64
Ki-48 Lily x 3
Ki-49 Helen x 20

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
133 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14077 troops, 445 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3475

Defending force 108523 troops, 612 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3115



Allied ground losses:
284 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Chengting

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 35829 troops, 551 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 814

Defending force 40378 troops, 277 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1149



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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8379 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2940

Defending force 41368 troops, 318 guns, 250 vehicles, Assault Value = 740



Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chengting

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 26999 troops, 208 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1149

Defending force 43405 troops, 606 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 814


Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

needless to say that Miller was very amused about seeing his bombers torching 40 high exp Zeroes on the ground last turn... forgot to mention that I´ve lost also a dozen pilots, so much to the "you don´t lose pilots of torched ac on the ground myth".

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/29/42

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 55
D3A Val x 24
G4M1 Betty x 26
Ki-27 Nate x 47
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 152
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 100
Port hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Darwin , at 36,84

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-21 Sally x 120
Ki-49 Helen x 33
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 19 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied Ships
AS Zuiderkruis, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SS S-46, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 11
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet

this time we came in higher than last time, didn´t help us at all, we have lost 5 high exp Sallies and 2 Helens. At least we have sunk S-46.

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Day Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 2
Ki-21 Sally x 9
Ki-48 Lily x 2
Ki-49 Helen x 10

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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

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Day Air attack on 78th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-30 Ann x 10
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 12
Ki-21 Sally x 46
Ki-49 Helen x 8

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

I´m happy that 53 Chinese Corps isn´t the target anymore...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14134 troops, 444 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3485

Defending force 108346 troops, 616 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3125



Allied ground losses:
353 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chengting

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 35947 troops, 549 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 818

Defending force 18329 troops, 133 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 589



Allied ground losses:
557 casualties reported
Guns lost 18


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8373 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2944

Defending force 41396 troops, 322 guns, 251 vehicles, Assault Value = 738



Allied ground losses:
91 casualties reported


my second wave of troops and the desperately needed supply for India has left Rangoon and is now heading to Yanam. Should arrive in the hot zone in the next 7 days... Miller did not attack Yanam today, perhaps he has stopped his attacks. Would be a BIG mistake if he doesn´t close this airfield as it would give me a place to fly in 150 Zeroes to fly LRCAP over my ships which would nearly double the available fighters that cover my ships. We will see...