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

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/26/42

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 5
B-25C Mitchell x 18
B-17E Fortress x 40
LB-30 Liberator x 3


Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 5 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 6 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 11 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 38

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 15000 feet

Miller is doing round the clock bombing now...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 38
Wellington III x 24
Hudson I x 14


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 6 damaged
Wellington III: 5 damaged
Hudson I: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 45
B-26B Marauder x 78


Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 6 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 16 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed, 19 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 66

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 15000 feet
13 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 15000 feet

After losing quite some bombers yesterday, Miller slightly increased his bombing alt. Doesn´t make much difference in his hit rate (if it makes any difference), but again he lost 11 bombers today and I do like that. I guess it´s not the flak that is causing him trouble but more his fatigue that must be well around 40 from flying day after day at extended range. I think I figured out why all my flak guns at Koepang and Lautern aren´t causing him as much trouble as I´ve thought: all my base forces have high disruption, 60+ and while I know that disrupted ground troops have their assault value lowered by their disruption as a percentage, I didn´t think that the programmers thought about decreasing the flak fire due to disruption. This would really surprise me (positively) and when I look at the flak fire that is put up over Timor this really could be the case.

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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 86


Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 21 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
55 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 61

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 15000 feet

what doesn´t surprise me is the fact that 100% damage isn´t the max a base can get... [8|] Both runways are 100% damaged so they must have more than 100% damage after the attack as at the end of the turn, the eng at the bases start repairs. So.... I´ve got 300+ eng at both bases and at the start of next turn, one shows still 100% runway damage (the runway is always the first thing that is repaired) which means that it was 100%+ damaged and the eng couldn´t even get it to 99%... [8|]

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 84
B5N Kate x 4
G4M1 Betty x 36
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 140

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 80
Port fuel hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14098 troops, 456 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2700

Defending force 118605 troops, 688 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3738



Allied ground losses:
63 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15856 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3318

Defending force 212054 troops, 655 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4624

[vaned74]

Hi Castor - I follow your AAR quite a bit as this is a NikMod game and I am in one as well.
 
You are correct on the flak, I have noticed that after a big raid, and I am guessing I am facing about 1,500 4EB bombers available to the Allies in my NikMod game versus Bill (Spruance) the flak guns are pretty much disrupted.  In lots of cases, many of them are disabled if the strike hit the airfield.
 
So, you have a double whammy - your damaged fighters appear to land before the bombers drop their bombs (yes, on the rare occasions I have had full CAP I still have lost planes on the ground...) so they can be destroyed there and your flak is disrupted against follow on raids.  Additionally, by watching carefully it appears to me that the group number order factors in as well - later numbered bombing groups tend to not get as much flak damage; I believe this is because the flak is disrupted by the lower database number bombing groups.
 
The same thing is probably happening to your engineers as the raids tend to hit support troops and that is what they are classed as - I see most of my construction bns and base forces carrying high fatigue & disruption following 2 days of 300+ bomber raids and thus the repair rate is very slow.
 
There's not much you can do about it, and bringing in lots of planes to an airfield just makes the airfield symbol go dark red and invites an attack before you can react do to turn entry order.  I have tried LR CAP from multiple locations over a base, but, I have found the Ops losses to the Japanese fighters to be higher than the bombers shot down and I'd rather just lose the planes on the ground and save the pilots than lose them to crashes.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: vaned74

Hi Castor - I follow your AAR quite a bit as this is a NikMod game and I am in one as well.

You are correct on the flak, I have noticed that after a big raid, and I am guessing I am facing about 1,500 4EB bombers available to the Allies in my NikMod game versus Bill (Spruance) the flak guns are pretty much disrupted.  In lots of cases, many of them are disabled if the strike hit the airfield.

So, you have a double whammy - your damaged fighters appear to land before the bombers drop their bombs (yes, on the rare occasions I have had full CAP I still have lost planes on the ground...) so they can be destroyed there and your flak is disrupted against follow on raids.  Additionally, by watching carefully it appears to me that the group number order factors in as well - later numbered bombing groups tend to not get as much flak damage; I believe this is because the flak is disrupted by the lower database number bombing groups.

The same thing is probably happening to your engineers as the raids tend to hit support troops and that is what they are classed as - I see most of my construction bns and base forces carrying high fatigue & disruption following 2 days of 300+ bomber raids and thus the repair rate is very slow.

There's not much you can do about it, and bringing in lots of planes to an airfield just makes the airfield symbol go dark red and invites an attack before you can react do to turn entry order.  I have tried LR CAP from multiple locations over a base, but, I have found the Ops losses to the Japanese fighters to be higher than the bombers shot down and I'd rather just lose the planes on the ground and save the pilots than lose them to crashes.

Hi!

I can only agree. I don´t have much disabled guns at my bases but disruption at least halves the flak effects at the moment. LRCAP isn´t an option at all, as you say, the op losses aren´t worth the non existing effect on the enemy bombers.

I´m not facing that many 4Es yet as we´re still in an early stage of the war but I know how it will look like. It´s severe enough to face hundreds of 2Es in a raid, but the 200+ 4E raids will kill everything in the range of 13 (B-17) or 14 (B-24) hexes and with strong opposition you can take down perhaps 20 of them, for the loss of 100 fighters on the ground. If you don´t lose that many on the first day, you lose them with the next raid at the latest as they are then sitting damaged on the ground.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/27/42

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ASW attack near Kendari at 33,71

Japanese Ships
AK Sansei Maru
MSW Wa 6
MSW Wa 3

Allied Ships
SS Albacore

Albacore moved to Kendari and it´s funny that this low quality escort attacked the sub as I also have 3 DD/APD TFs in the hex which unfortunately did nothing...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 14
B-17E Fortress x 40
LB-30 Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 3 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 3 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 13 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 15000 feet
8 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 15000 feet

Miller is moving two big TFs along the coast of Northern Australia so he wants to keep my bases closed. Walrus and Seagulls have spotted one of my subs in this area so this means there are cruisers also. Is this an invasion already??? [X(]

I mentioned in my email that Timor isn´t a nice place to be at the moment and Miller told me he has to keep my bases surpressed to bring supply to Northern Australia. I´ve got the feeling it´s not just a supply convoy.

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 35
Wellington III x 29
Hudson I x 14


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 10 damaged
Wellington III: 2 destroyed, 10 damaged
Hudson I: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 15000 feet
4 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet

the hit rates are enough to keep my bases 100% damaged...

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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 31
B-26B Marauder x 29


Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 3 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 13 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 15000 feet
20 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 15000 feet

even thouh flak fire wasn´t really severe today, the enemy still lost a lot of ac today! I´m absolutely satisfied with this kill rate. That way the enemy loses over 100 ac in a week for no losses on my side. It takes 250 fighters on a base to kill 50 bombers in one day with 100+ fighters lost so it seems we´re doing better when NOT trying to defend our bases. Although 7 of the ac losses over Timor were Catalinas.



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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 2
B-25C Mitchell x 51


Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
76 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 15000 feet

and the last raid today... the strikes became smaller and smaller, I´m sure the Allied squadrons have the majority of their bombers damaged and the crew´s morale surely doesn´t look good. The question now is if we´re really facing an upcoming invasion of Timor. If not, then I´m not sure if it is really worth all those losses just to keep my Timor bases surpressed to move in a supply convoy.

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Day Air attack on 116th Division, at 41,35


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 20


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x SB-2c bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 32nd Division, at 41,35


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SB-2c bombing at 10000 feet

I´ve been trying to fly ground attacks in China for days already without any bombers taking off... same in India... [:@]

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14189 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2698

Defending force 118452 troops, 680 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3741



Allied ground losses:
89 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Yenen

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 64705 troops, 687 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 3390

Defending force 44052 troops, 243 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1251



Allied ground losses:
112 casualties reported

ordered a2g attacks here as it seems we can´t defeat those Chinese troops here but my bombers just refuse to fly...

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Ground combat at Dimapur

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 24100 troops, 313 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 490

Defending force 5712 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18



Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15865 troops, 199 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3327

Defending force 211772 troops, 651 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4637

[Xxzard]

If it does come down to an invasion, what do you have to counter at Timor?

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Xxzard

If it does come down to an invasion, what do you have to counter at Timor?

see my next post!

[castor troy]

ALERT! ALERT! ALERT!

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/28/42

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Naval bombardment of Karachi, at 21,3


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 4 destroyed
Swordfish: 7 destroyed
Catalina I: 3 destroyed
Spitfire Vb: 3 destroyed
Hudson I: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato


Allied ground losses:
5388 casualties reported
Guns lost 21
Vehicles lost 6

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 26

Miller obviously tried to ambush our BBs with his Swordfish but they didn´t attack yesterday (or he moved them in "today") and we torch a lot of ac on the ground with another nuke. Those base forces suffered ten thousands of casualties already but are still putting up a hell of a flak fire if we go in lower than 21.000ft...


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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 138
B5N Kate x 4
Ki-27 Nate x 34
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 210

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 67

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 51st Division, at 41,35


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SB-2c bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 32nd Division, at 41,35


Allied aircraft
SB-2c x 23


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2c: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SB-2c bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 16th Division, at 33,23


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 21


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 5th New Chinese Corps, at 50,26

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 30
Ki-21 Sally x 52
Ki-49 Helen x 69

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
211 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

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

finally, we´re flying ground attacks against Yenen again...

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Day Air attack on 99th Chinese Corps, at 50,26

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 6
Ki-21 Sally x 22
Ki-49 Helen x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 25th Indian Division, at 21,3

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 33
Ki-21 Sally x 20
Ki-49 Helen x 58

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 6 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 21000 feet

the airfield isn´t completely knocked out and we engage some Buffaloes over Karachi but they weren´t that much of a threat. As long as the enemy holds Delhi (we will never take the urban hex with 600+ assault points) he can move in aircraft from the South to Karchi as he did this time...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14149 troops, 456 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2698

Defending force 118301 troops, 673 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3739



Allied ground losses:
127 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Yenen

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 64903 troops, 694 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 3422

Defending force 43771 troops, 238 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1241



Allied ground losses:
217 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Dimapur

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 24133 troops, 312 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 892

Defending force 5595 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15893 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3334

Defending force 211657 troops, 649 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4653



INVASION!!!!

Look at this! There´s no doubt that Lautern will be invaded next or in two turns. I´ve got 300+ assault points at Lautern but 200 of those assault points is from base forces and as Miller used the diddly diddly du trick of using dozens of float planes to recon Lautern this turn I´m 100% sure he will set off half a dozen nuke bombardments next turn and my base forces will be 100% destroyed as they have been on Midway and on Canton... [8|] it´s wonderful... when I look at how many different TFs he has here then I have to think about my invasion of India when I put 250.000 troops in three TFs... we will see, I´m sure we won´t see any CD fire at all, as the nukes... well, you know... [:o]

[castor troy]

Here you can see the losses for the float planes, but as you get as many nukes as you wish the turn after it will be worth it...

[castor troy]

What a shit turn...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/29/42

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TF 1056 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

Allied Ships
DMS Elliot
DMS Dorsey
DD Benham, Mine hits 1
DD Meredith, Mine hits 1, on fire

got 3800 mines at Lautern, this is my major defense, but it´s not worth much as Japanese Type 4 mines are only like hand grenades... I´ve also got a lot of CD guns, but they will evaporate...

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TF 1062 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

Allied Ships
DMS Wasmuth
DMS Chandler
DD Balch, Mine hits 1

the DDs aren´t even on fire when they hit such a mine...

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ASW attack near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
SS RO-67

Allied Ships
MSW Agra
DD Rathburne
DD Kane

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ASW attack near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
SS RO-67, hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DMS Perry
DD Reid
DD Preston
DD Smith
DD Perkins

the sub is dead after two hits...

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ASW attack near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
SS RO-67, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DMS Wasmuth
DMS Chandler
DD Isaac Sweers
DD Clark

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ASW attack near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
SS RO-67, heavy damage

Allied Ships
AK Empire Antelope
AK American Press
AP McCawley
AP Barnett
MSW Agra
DD Rathburne
DD Kane

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ASW attack near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
SS RO-67, hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DMS Wasmuth
DMS Chandler
DD Isaac Sweers
DD Clark
DD Balch
DD Walke
DD O'Brien
DD Russell
DD Mustin

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Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

20 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Achilles, Shell hits 5
CL Leander
CL Detroit
CL Marblehead
CL Concord
CL Raleigh
CL Hobart
CL Perth

Japanese ground losses:
471 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

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

cruisers trying to nuke Koepang but without that much effect...

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Naval bombardment of Lautem, at 33,78 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

40 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CLAA Van Heemskerck
CA Exeter, Shell hits 1
CA Canberra
CA Australia
BB Ramilles
BB Royal Sovereign, Shell hits 7
BB Revenge

Japanese ground losses:
3952 casualties reported [8|]
Guns lost 50

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 31
Port hits 7
Port supply hits 23

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Naval bombardment of Lautem, at 33,78

Allied Ships
CA Cornwall
CA Devonshire
CA Dorsetshire
BB Valiant
BB Warspite
BB New Mexico

Japanese ground losses:
3411 casualties reported [8|]
Guns lost 26

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 27
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 5

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Naval bombardment of Lautem, at 33,78

Allied Ships
CA Northampton
CA Indianapolis
CA Portland
BB Arizona
BB West Virginia
BB Maryland

Japanese ground losses:
3110 casualties reported [8|]
Guns lost 23

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 8

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Naval bombardment of Lautem, at 33,78

Allied Ships
CA Chicago
CA Chester
CA Houston
BB California
BB Oklahoma
BB Nevada

Japanese ground losses:
2217 casualties reported [8|]
Guns lost 6

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 42
Port hits 6
Port supply hits 10

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Naval bombardment of Lautem, at 33,78

Allied Ships
CL St. Louis
CA Salt Lake City
BB Mississippi
BB Idaho
BB Tennessee

Japanese ground losses:
1391 casualties reported [8|]
Guns lost 10

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 29
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 5

the losses from the nukes only decreased as there is from nuke to nuke fewer left to destroy. My support troops are 100% disabled/destroyed, just like at Midway, just like at Canton. This is the third invasion of Miller and the third time he does the trick with the float plane to be 100% sure to 100% destroy ALL my support troops and CD guns. I´m sure this will be the same for the rest of the war.

Ha! Another Allied fanboy should tell me that only the IJN is able to do nukes in the game. [8|]

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ASW attack near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
SS RO-67, hits 4, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DMS Wasmuth
DMS Chandler
DD Isaac Sweers

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TF 1054 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

TF 1054 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78


Allied Ships
MSW Penguin
DD Aylwin
AP Empress of Asia, Mine hits 2, on fire
DD Monaghan


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Coastal Guns at Lautem, 33,78, firing at TF 1054
6 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied ground losses:
625 casualties reported

There is no CD fire! CD is 100% destroyed... [:o]

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TF 1054 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

TF 1054 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78


Allied Ships
MSW Penguin
DD Monaghan
AP Empire Chivalry, Mine hits 1
AP Zealandia, Mine hits 1


Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Coastal Guns at Lautem, 33,78, firing at TF 1054

Allied ground losses:
522 casualties reported

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TF 1059 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

TF 1059 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78


Allied Ships
MSW Agra
DD Kane
AP McCawley, Mine hits 1, on fire
DD Rathburne
AK American Press, Mine hits 1, on fire
AK Silverado, Mine hits 1


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Coastal Guns at Lautem, 33,78, firing at TF 1059

Allied ground losses:
638 casualties reported

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ASW attack near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
SS RO-67, hits 4, heavy damage

Allied Ships
PG Jasmine
PG Nigella
AK Manoa
AK Carolinian
AK Canadian
AK Californian
MSW Rampur
MSW Patna

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TF 1057 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

Allied Ships
MSW Turkey

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
Ki-27 Nate x 35
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 210

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 68

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 20,6 [:@][:@][:@]


Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 15


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage [:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@]

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Swordfish launching torpedoes at 200 feet

SUNK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG! 15 low exp Swordfish attack and sink my BB... Well, the luck has switched sides again! The enemy airfield shows 94% damage but this is wrong intel it seems and the enemy achieves a wonderful hitrate with his low exp bombers. I´m quite pissed of as you can imagine. This is my first major loss and what really pisses me off is the fact that I was just dumb enough to send the BBs in again instead of bombing the airfield to be sure the Swordfish are destroyed.

Everything went wrong this turn...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14102 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2700

Defending force 117958 troops, 663 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3730



Allied ground losses:
137 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Lautem

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2924 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 147 [8|]

Defending force 9991 troops, 112 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 510



Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Miller landed parts of the 2nd USMC and parts of an Australian division. Nothing else ashore so far but I´m sure there´s more to come next turn. As it looks like, he uses one TF for each unit that he lands. We had not a single airstrike today, I hope to see one next turn. [>:] We spotted Hornet sitting four hexes South West of Lautern, I´m sure all available Allied carriers are nearby. We have only some 100 assault points from inf units, the rest is from the wrecked base forces which aren´t existing anymore. I have no doubt that Miller will take the base. This means from now on it will get an interesting game as we now have real war going on!

IMO Miller attacked a tad too early. Even if my defenses in this area don´t look how they should, he has no P38 yet, he has no Corsairs and of course he has no Hellcats. But he also is short by 3 US carriers at the moment. If he doesn´t get Lautern operational soon and keeps it operational then he´s in trouble. I´m already thinking about giving up the assault on Karachi and just keep the base sieged forever and move out 3000 assault points after securing the rest of India (except Karachi and Delhi) and throw it against the Allied invasion. We will see...

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Ground combat at Yenen

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65092 troops, 700 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 3453

Defending force 43841 troops, 239 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1252



Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Dimapur

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 24157 troops, 313 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1844

Defending force 5586 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18



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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15892 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3346

Defending force 211178 troops, 644 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4664



Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

[castor troy]

BB Hyuga sunk after an attack by obsolete British torpedo bombers. After the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck in which the Swordfish played an important role, the biplanes now sink the Japanese battleship Hyuga as the admiral in command underestimated the threat of the outdated aircraft.

[castor troy]

We´re pretty much screwed...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/30/42

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TF 1051 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78


Allied Ships
MSW Cuttack
MSW Baroda
AP Pijnacker Hordijk, Mine hits 1
DD Humphreys
AP Rochussen, Mine hits 1
AP Van Landsberge, Mine hits 1
DD Crane
AP Van Imhoff, Mine hits 1, on fire
AK Silksworth, Mine hits 1


Allied ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

those mines are 100% useless... as my base forces are destroyed, there is of course no CD fire...

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Coastal Guns at Lautem, 33,78, firing at TF 1051
21 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
MSW Cuttack, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Humphreys
DD Crane
DD Kennison
AP Ariadne Moller


Allied ground losses:
738 casualties reported

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TF 1052 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

TF 1052 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78


Allied Ships
MSW Rampur
MSW Patna
PG Nigella
DD King
AK Arkansan, Mine hits 1
PG Jasmine, Mine hits 1, on fire
DD Sands


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Coastal Guns at Lautem, 33,78, firing at TF 1052

Allied ground losses:
126 casualties reported

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TF 1053 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

TF 1053 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78


Allied Ships
MSW Kingfisher
AP Empire Attendant, Mine hits 1, on fire
DD Hull
AP Van Overstraten, Mine hits 1


Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported

Coastal Guns at Lautem, 33,78, firing at TF 1053
4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied ground losses:
496 casualties reported

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TF 1054 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

TF 1054 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78


Allied Ships
MSW Penguin
DD Aylwin, Mine hits 1, on fire
AK Dorothy Philips, Mine hits 1
AK Eldorado, Mine hits 1, on fire
DD Monaghan

Coastal Guns at Lautem, 33,78, firing at TF 1054

Allied ground losses:
308 casualties reported

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TF 1057 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

TF 1057 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78


Allied Ships
MSW Turkey
DD Dewey
DD Farragut
AK Willimoto, Mine hits 1

Coastal Guns at Lautem, 33,78, firing at TF 1057
3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
MSW Turkey


Allied ground losses:
497 casualties reported

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TF 1058 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

TF 1058 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78


Allied Ships
MSW Rail
DD Dale
DD Worden
AK Idaho, Mine hits 1, on fire

Coastal Guns at Lautem, 33,78, firing at TF 1058

Allied ground losses:
541 casualties reported

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TF 1059 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

TF 1059 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78


Allied Ships
MSW Agra
DD Kane
AK Empire Tower, Mine hits 1

Coastal Guns at Lautem, 33,78, firing at TF 1059

Allied ground losses:
435 casualties reported

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TF 1051 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

TF 1051 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78


Allied Ships
MSW Cuttack, on fire
MSW Baroda
DD Crane
AP Westralia, Mine hits 1, on fire
DD Humphreys
AP Van Riebeek, Mine hits 3
AK Kwangtung, Mine hits 1
DD Kennison


Allied ground losses:
46 casualties reported

Coastal Guns at Lautem, 33,78, firing at TF 1051
7 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied ground losses:
96 casualties reported

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TF 1052 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

TF 1052 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78


Allied Ships
MSW Rampur
MSW Patna
DD Sands
PG Nigella

Coastal Guns at Lautem, 33,78, firing at TF 1052

Allied ground losses:
195 casualties reported

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TF 1053 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

TF 1053 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78


Allied Ships
MSW Kingfisher
AK Liberty, Mine hits 1

Coastal Guns at Lautem, 33,78, firing at TF 1053

Allied ground losses:
534 casualties reported

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TF 1054 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

TF 1054 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78


Allied Ships
MSW Penguin
DD Aylwin, on fire
AP Dardanus, Mine hits 1, on fire


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Coastal Guns at Lautem, 33,78, firing at TF 1054
3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AP Talthibius, Shell hits 1


Allied ground losses:
327 casualties reported

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TF 1057 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

TF 1057 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78


Allied Ships
MSW Turkey
DD Farragut
AP Empire Trooper, Mine hits 1
AK Sawokla, Mine hits 1, on fire


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Coastal Guns at Lautem, 33,78, firing at TF 1057

Allied ground losses:
441 casualties reported

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TF 1058 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

TF 1058 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78


Allied Ships
MSW Rail
AP President Monroe, Mine hits 1


Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Coastal Guns at Lautem, 33,78, firing at TF 1058
2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DD Dale


Allied ground losses:
591 casualties reported

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TF 1059 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

TF 1059 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78


Allied Ships
MSW Agra
DD Kane

Coastal Guns at Lautem, 33,78, firing at TF 1059

Allied ground losses:
400 casualties reported

there won´t be a single ship sinking due to mines or CD fire. Well, only some 3500 mines there (that have no effect) and over 50 CD guns, that aren´t existing anymore due to half a dozen nuke naval bombardments in one night... [8|] That way the enemy can land like at a hostile base without an enemy present. This is somewhat depressing. It´s really a good way to use those float planes, unfortunately this will mean I will never have a CD gunfire for the rest of the war. With this landing here and Allied 4E bombers able to reach Borneo´s South coast and the Japanese inability to do something against them... well, we have lost the war... yesterday...

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ASW attack near Kendari at 33,71

Japanese Ships
APD APD-31
APD APD-32

Allied Ships
SS Finback, hits 2

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Day Air attack on Karachi , at 21,3

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 39
Ki-49 Helen x 116

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 3 destroyed, 16 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 3 destroyed
Swordfish: 3 destroyed
Hudson I: 1 destroyed
Catalina I: 2 destroyed
Spitfire Vb: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 53

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

We attack at 16.000ft and lose 8 bombers today... [8|] against two base forces that must be totally wrecked...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
Ki-27 Nate x 35
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 210

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 81

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

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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 48
G3M Nell x 16
G4M1 Betty x 31
Ki-21 Sally x 3
Ki-49 Helen x 34

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Silksworth, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
AP Van Diemen
AP Ruth Alexander, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Rooseboom, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Van Rees, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1
AP Meigs, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Humphreys, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Jalarajan
AP Pijnacker Hordijk
AK Kwangtung
AP Orungal, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Rochussen
DD Kennison
AP Westralia, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Ernest Meyer
AP Buyskens, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Ariadne Moller, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Crane
AP Mijer, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet

and here we go. After we didn´t launch a single strike yesterday due to whatever reason we start with most of my bombers failing to locate the target. The IJA bombers are useless at extended range, even though they all have 80+ exp... Miller has taken back all his carriers and combat ships, only the invasion ships remain at Lautern... as only two of the eight TFs unloaded yesterday, we could have killed a lot of troops on the ships yesterday...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 44
G3M Nell x 25
G4M1 Betty x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Arkansan
DD Sands
AK Canadian
AK West Camargo, Torpedo hits 1
PG Jasmine, on fire
MSW Rampur, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK West Nilus

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet

15 low exp Swordfish scored 4 hits on Hyuga yesterday and 33 high exp Betty/Nells achieve 2 hits on slow moving merchants today... hurrey...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
Ki-49 Helen x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Robert Morris, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Admiral Y. Williams
AK Empire Lapwing, Bomb hits 1
AK Sea Thrush, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Aylwin, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Mauna Ala

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

now we get all those small strikes. Miller didn´t overdo with the number of TFs, I guess I can´t really blame him for using 8 TFs for his invasion, even though I used only 4 TFs to land 250.000 troops in the first wave in India.

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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Mauna Ala, Torpedo hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied Ships
AP W.A. Holbrook
DD Farragut

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Red Jacket
AK Legazpi, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
G4M1 Betty x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
AP Esperance Bay, Torpedo hits 1
DD Worden

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Kane
AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 2, on fire


Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet

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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 52
G3M Nell x 19
G4M1 Betty x 24
Ki-21 Sally x 16
Ki-49 Helen x 38

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AP William Ward Burrows, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Henderson, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Wanganella
DD Humphreys, on fire, heavy damage
AK Jalarajan
AP Ruth Alexander, on fire
AK Silksworth, on fire
AP Rochussen
AP Ormiston, Bomb hits 3, on fire
AK West Shipper, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
MSW Cuttack, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Kennison
AP Van Riebeek, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Ariadne Moller, on fire, heavy damage
AK Ernest Meyer, Bomb hits 1
AP Taiyuan, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kwangtung
AP Bloemfontrin, Torpedo hits 1
AK Shinkuang
AP Orungal, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet

afternoon strike! We achieve a 20% hit rate with torps, not good, not bad...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 35
G3M Nell x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Kwangtung, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP William Ward Burrows, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 4 damaged

Allied Ships
AK John C. Fremont

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
AP Empire Pride, Torpedo hits 1


Allied ground losses:
46 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
G3M Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged

Allied Ships
AK City of Elwood
DD Dale, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Worden

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet

and that´s it! The empty enemy invasion TFs are far from being wrecked, the IJA bombers proved to be more or less useless at 7 hexes. Miller will lose two dozen ships I guess when they will probably retreat tomorrow, so this invasion is already a full success for him.

Well done Paul! [&o]

Unfortunately, I have ordered KB to move out of this area a week ago, so this was absolutely bad timing I guess.

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Ground combat at Dimapur

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 75729 troops, 612 guns, 1471 vehicles, Assault Value = 1969

Defending force 5614 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Japanese max assault: 3234 - adjusted assault: 3892

Allied max defense: 12 - adjusted defense: 7

Japanese assault odds: 556 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Dimapur base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
827 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

another Allied base in India falls. The plan now is: sieze all those bases East of Calcutta (shouldn´t be a problem) and then crush Calcutta. Urban hex with 200+ assault points. Will be a tough nut but with all the tanks it should be possible.

RETREAT from Karachi! Not with all troops, but with the majority. We will keep 2000 assault points at the base, this will mean the enemy won´t be able to break out with his ground forces. Of course he will be able to move them out with his ships. Two reasons for this: the first and major one is that defeating an enemy that gets an adjusted av of 12.000+ is near to impossible and Nikmod makes two wrecked Allied base forces (from my nuke naval bombardments) so strong that we can´t use our bombers against the ground troops from an altitude that makes it worth attacking. Even 16.000ft is too low. [8|] The second reason is of course the Allied advance directly into the SRA from Northern Australia. Miller can now move up to Java without having much problems as soon as he gets the level 6 airfield running on Lautern as he doesn´t need carriers here. He can stack 300 bombers on Lautern and send them unescorted on raids up to 14 hexes. 10/42 will make it even worse as then he will have Lightnings available. But I guess he will be better off sending his bombers unescorted...

I guess there´s not much doubt that I will win in game terms as I will surely achieve a decisive autovictory on 1/43 but this says nothing. In fact when Miller gets his machine running out of Timor in early 43 (when the Corsair arrives) then I have lost and I must admit defeat then.

No matter in which mod, Timor and Northern New Guinea seems always the best option for an attack into vital areas of the Japanese. The stronger the Allied bombers are, the worse for the Japanese. In my case, it is really bad as Nikmod is the mod I´ve played so far that makes the Allied bombers the strongest of all mods.

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14163 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2698

Defending force 117562 troops, 663 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3717



Allied ground losses:
149 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Lautem

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2964 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 167

Defending force 46469 troops, 693 guns, 107 vehicles, Assault Value = 1598 [X(][8|]

well, there´s no doubt that I lose this base within the next couple of days. When I look at all those Allied divisions that landed totally without opposition and therefor in perfect shape (as they did in the two previous invasions) I´m happy now that I have not more troops at the base.

The base is 100% damaged but all those troops will have it repaired within 7 days at the latest. Then the enemy will have a level 6 airfield 7 hexes from my next major resource base (Kendari). I can put 300 fighters there but 300 fighters on 90% Cap will mean 150 in the air and 150 fighters can´t even stop one attack of 300 bombers. After this one attack, Kendari is toast and Miller can move to the next base. Taking Koepang is no problem, then there will be 600 bombers on Timor... and so on... lol - game over![:'(]



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Ground combat at Yenen

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65415 troops, 700 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 3516

Defending force 43936 troops, 240 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1261



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15907 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3352

Defending force 210802 troops, 638 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4679



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

[Ambassador]

Well, I just love the Stringbag, and here's why.  It's slow, it's unmaneuverable, it's fragile, it's obsolete... but it was so successful.[&o]
 
However, I'm sorry for your loss.[:(]

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

Well, I just love the Stringbag, and here's why.  It's slow, it's unmaneuverable, it's fragile, it's obsolete... but it was so successful.[&o]

However, I'm sorry for your loss.[:(]

It was my own fault. You´re stupid if you know that there are torpedo bombers and you still send in BBs...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/31/42

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TF 1052 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

TF 1052 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78


Allied Ships
MSW Patna
PG Nigella
PG Jasmine
DD King
DD Sands
AK Canadian, Mine hits 1

Coastal Guns at Lautem, 33,78, firing at TF 1052
2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DD Sands


Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported

the mines seem to really have NO effect at all...

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TF 1053 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

TF 1053 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78


Allied Ships
MSW Kingfisher
DD MacDonough
DD Hull, Mine hits 1
AK Exmoor, Mine hits 1, on fire

Coastal Guns at Lautem, 33,78, firing at TF 1053
2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied ground losses:
335 casualties reported

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TF 1054 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

TF 1054 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78


Allied Ships
MSW Penguin
DD Monaghan
AK Sea Thrush, Mine hits 1, on fire

Coastal Guns at Lautem, 33,78, firing at TF 1054

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

with all those CD guns I had there it would have been nice if they wouldn´t have been 100% knocked out by the enemy´s nuke nav bombardments... no counterfire from CD guns at all...

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TF 1057 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

TF 1057 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78


Allied Ships
MSW Turkey
AK Legazpi, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Coastal Guns at Lautem, 33,78, firing at TF 1057
2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
MSW Turkey


Allied ground losses:
436 casualties reported

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TF 1058 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

TF 1058 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78


Allied Ships
MSW Rail
DD Worden
AK Idaho, Mine hits 1, on fire
AK Jeff Davis, Mine hits 1

Coastal Guns at Lautem, 33,78, firing at TF 1058
4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DD Worden


Allied ground losses:
182 casualties reported

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TF 1059 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

TF 1059 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78


Allied Ships
MSW Agra
AP Crescent City, Mine hits 1


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Coastal Guns at Lautem, 33,78, firing at TF 1059

Allied ground losses:
256 casualties reported

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
CA Kumano, Shell hits 3
CA Aoba, Shell hits 3
CA Kinugasa
CA Furutaka
DD Fubuki
DD Kisaragi
DD Yayoi
DD Fumizuki
DD Nagatsuki
DD Mochizuki

Allied Ships
DD Kennison, Shell hits 36, and is sunk
DD Crane
MSW Baroda, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Cuttack, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
AP Ormiston, on fire, heavy damage
AP Orungal, on fire, heavy damage
AK West Planter
AK West Shipper, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AK McCormick Terminal, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AK Ernest Meyer
AP Meigs, on fire, heavy damage
AK Silksworth, on fire, heavy damage
AK Shinkuang
AK Jalarajan
AP Taiyuan, on fire, heavy damage
AP Buyskens, on fire, heavy damage
AP Van Riebeek, on fire, heavy damage

We send in two cruiser squadrons today, this one is lead by Admiral Tanaka! Miller has retreated all his warships to Darwin to keep them safe. This way our cruisers get a chance to shoot up the more or less empty invasion TFs without being in real danger... CA Kumano lost a 8 inch turret to a 4 inch hit...



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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
CA Kumano
CA Aoba, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire [>:]
CA Kinugasa
CA Furutaka
DD Fubuki
DD Kisaragi
DD Yayoi
DD Fumizuki
DD Nagatsuki
DD Mochizuki

Allied Ships
DD Sands, Shell hits 47, on fire, heavy damage [8|]
DD King
MSW Patna, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK American
AK Arizonan
AK Arkansan
AK Californian
AK Canadian
AK Carolinian, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Manoa
AK San Rafael
AK West Camargo
AK West Ira
AK West Nilus
PG Nigella
PG Jasmine, on fire

another round and this time Tanaka ordered his cruisers to close in to 2000 yards to make use of the newly equipped Japanese secret hyper weapons: the 25mm AA gun and the 13.2 mm MG!!! DD Sands is made a Swiss cheese, DD King answers this attack with an ancient weapon: 15 inch torpedo! [8|] CA Aoba is retiring on fire, will end up with sys damage around 30...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami, Shell hits 1
CA Mikuma
CA Suzuya
DD Wakaba
DD Yugure
DD Ikazuchi, Shell hits 2
DD Inazuma
DD Shinonome
DD Mutsuki

Allied Ships
DD Hull, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD MacDonough, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
MSW Kingfisher, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
AP Tasker H. Bliss
AP President Fillmore, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP President Johnson, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP American Legion, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK John C. Fremont
AK Robert Morris
AP Empire Attendant, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
AK Boero
AP Le Maire
AK Sinabang
AK Sipirok
AP Van Cloon
AP Van Neck
AP Van Overstraten
AK Exmoor, on fire
AK Liberty
AK Haraldsvang


Allied ground losses:
476 casualties reported

this is the second cruiser TF and it engages another troop convoy... but that´s it then. Out of 6 or 7 TFs still being in the hex we engage only 3. Killing those ships remains mainly a task for the airforce...

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TF 1057 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

TF 1057 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78


Allied Ships
MSW Turkey
DD Farragut

Coastal Guns at Lautem, 33,78, firing at TF 1057
6 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
MSW Turkey


Allied ground losses:
299 casualties reported

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TF 1058 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

TF 1058 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78


Allied Ships
MSW Rail
DD Worden

Coastal Guns at Lautem, 33,78, firing at TF 1058
8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
MSW Rail, Shell hits 1, on fire
AP President Garfield


Allied ground losses:
222 casualties reported

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TF 1059 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

TF 1059 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 33,78


Allied Ships
MSW Agra
DD Rathburne
DD Kane
AP McCawley, Mine hits 1

Coastal Guns at Lautem, 33,78, firing at TF 1059

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on Karachi , at 21,3

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 37
Ki-49 Helen x 100

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed
Hudson I: 1 destroyed

Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 21000 feet

I will soon retreat those bombers... doesn´t make sense to attack anyway... [8|]

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Day Air attack on Maumere , at 28,73

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 98
LB-30 Liberator x 29

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
209 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet

the usual affairs... I move aircraft to an airfield, Miller can see it immediately, the bombers show up and kill my ac on the ground as they didn´t attack in the morning...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 19


Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 6 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 17 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
Ki-27 Nate x 34
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 209

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 83

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kainan Guard SNLF, at 33,78


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 23
B-26B Marauder x 23


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 10000 feet

Miller has no problems launching ground attacks on extended range... doesn´t matter, my troops have no chance against the force Miller has landed anyway...

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Day Air attack on Kainan Guard SNLF, at 33,78


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 55
Wellington III x 28
Hudson I x 21
B-25C Mitchell x 79


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
119 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 35th Division, at 50,26


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 10


Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x IL-4c bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 26th Division, at 50,26


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 13


Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x IL-4c bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 10th Tank Regiment, at 34,23


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 20


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 5th Base Force, at 33,78


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 26
B-26B Marauder x 43


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 69th Chinese Corps, at 50,26

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 69th Chinese Corps, at 50,26

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 48
Ki-49 Helen x 59

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 99th Chinese Corps, at 50,26

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 99th Chinese Corps, at 50,26

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 30
Ki-49 Helen x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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

lots of ground attacks today...
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and now our airstrikes against the helpless but empty invasion TFs begins again...

Day Air attack on TF at 34,78

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 10

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AP Taiyuan, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Ormiston, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Jalarajan, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK West Planter

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 34,78

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
PG Nigella, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 32,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 39
G3M Nell x 4
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AP President Fillmore, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
G4M1 Betty x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Sea Thrush, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 48
G3M Nell x 25
G4M1 Betty x 53

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 3 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Lepus, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Largs Bay, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Red Jacket
DD Dewey
AP Manunda, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Royal T. Frank, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Farragut
AP Chaumont, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Luzon, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Moreton Bay, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Willimoto, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Sawokla, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet

first big raid today, this TF is pretty much obliberated now. Am using only Betties/Nells from Kendari and Amboina as the Helens/Sallies can´t achieve anything with their reduced bomb load...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AP Largs Bay, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Latouche, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
G3M Nell x 26
G4M1 Betty x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
AP President Polk, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Jeff Davis, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Worden, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Mauban, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP President Monroe, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP President Hayes
AK Kanlaon II, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK City of Elwood
AK Magallanes, Torpedo hits 2, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet

next TF hit hard... seems to be a good day...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
G4M1 Betty x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AP Crescent City, Torpedo hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 34,81

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 14

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AP Talthibius, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Empress of Asia, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Dardanus, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet


this invasion will cost Miller a lot of APs, for his next attacks he will have to rely on AKs I guess as there are not hundreds of APs around for the Allied at this stage of the war...

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Day Air attack on TF at 32,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 83
G3M Nell x 33
G4M1 Betty x 28
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11
Ki-49 Helen x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Sipirok, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Boero, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Van Cloon, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Le Maire, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP President Fillmore, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Robert Morris, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Van Overstraten, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP President Johnson, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Exmoor, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Sinabang, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Tasker H. Bliss, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
AK Haraldsvang, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
AK Liberty, Torpedo hits 1


Allied ground losses:
100 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
1 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet

combined strike out of Maumere and Kendari. The IJA bombers are based at Maumere. A lot of shipping is hit again, our main problem will be the fact that those ships only have to go 6 hexes and they can be disbanded at Darwin. Another problem for the Japanese when the Allied attacks out of Northern Australia, he can make use of his ports there. When the Allied attack in the Pacific, they have most times a looong way to the next level 6 or higher port and one torp can be devastating for an AK. In this case, one torp won´t sink a big AK/AP.

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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
G4M1 Betty x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Latouche, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Sawokla, on fire, heavy damage
AP Empire Trooper, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Farragut
AP Thomas Jefferson, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Lepus, on fire
AP Largs Bay, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
64 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet

what would I have given for such attacks the first day when not a single bomber launched and 80% of the enemy troops were still on the ships waiting to get unloaded. We could have sunk a lot of troops on their ships as Miller did nothing with his carriers other than positioning them 5 hexes off the invasion site. This could have caused a lot of casualties but once again, he gets away with it. Of course it would not have had any influence on the invasion being a success, even 1/3 of the troops that were landed on the beaches could take the base.

I have to go up with the numbers of expected sinkings, I guess in the end Miller will something around 40 ships. Sounds high for one invasion, is nothing for this war winning move though...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14254 troops, 460 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2697

Defending force 117242 troops, 657 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3710



Allied ground losses:
60 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Lautem

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2803 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 157

Defending force 64283 troops, 781 guns, 142 vehicles, Assault Value = 1648



Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Yenen

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65565 troops, 704 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 3551

Defending force 43809 troops, 233 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1256

deliberate attack tomorrow...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15923 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3362

Defending force 210780 troops, 631 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4710



Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Lautem

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 64153 troops, 781 guns, 142 vehicles, Assault Value = 1647

Defending force 14330 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 157

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Allied max assault: 2644 - adjusted assault: 2588 [8|]

Japanese max defense: 108 - adjusted defense: 49 [8|]

Allied assault odds: 52 to 1 (fort level 4)

Allied forces CAPTURE Lautem base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
774 casualties reported
Guns lost 14

Allied ground losses:
311 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 6


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

this retreat costs us 200 points for ground losses, this is 40% of our total losses so far...


The Allied units landed until today and they get a higher adjusted av with a deliberate attack than their base av... what can I say, it doesn´t matter anyway, even if they get their av halfed, they still easily take the base.

The plan was to sink ships during the landing with mines and heavy CD fire but this plans are just phantasy as Miller will be able to always nuke my bases and therefore he won´t ever see real CD gunfire, no matter if I place 1 or 20 CD units in a hex. If I place 20 units there, only my losses will be 20 times higher.

Miller now have 5 division and a lot of artillery sitting here, I didn´t spot a single base force but I´m sure those will come in soon and then he has a level 6 airfield ready to bomb Kendari and Maumere to dust with unescorted bomber raids. All bases up to Kendari can also be reached by 4Es from Northern Australia and this means I will have to evacuate those bases in two months at the latest! LOL

Like I´ve mentioned earlier, IMO this attack was a war winning move. Not points wise, but campaign wise. We will still trigger autovictory in three months (if we don´t lose all of KB) but the game was won by Miller today! Therefor it proves now that my invasion of India was wrong. Not because I could use those divisions on Timor. Using them there is senseless when you have your troops in range of 1000 undestructable Allied bombers so I couldn´t use them there anyway. Wrong because my first plan was to attack Northern Australia as I always see an attack out of this area as the MOST dangerous! I´m all the time amazed that many Allied players don´t seem to realize that it´s the BEST direction of attack as you are immediately within the heart of the Japanese most important area. If you manage to advance up to Maumere, it means game over for all your oil and resources in Sulawesi, Java and Southern Borno as then your ships are in range of Allied 4Es - which can´t be stopped at all in Nikmod but I´m only repeating myself on and on.

As it stands now, I will thrown in the kitchen sink as I´m sure that Mille won´t ever change his major attack direction. The problem are still the same though. He can trash my bases just like he wishes to without having to fear my flak nor my fighters. He can also trash KB with one strike as KB´s fighter can´t defend KB against 150 Mitchells. I can attack his shipping... and that´s it! I can not attack his bases! Why? Because of Allied flak! What do you think I will achieve with 200 medium bombers from Kendari when they attack Lautern at 11.000ft? I will achieve 50 runway hits and will lose 30 bombers to flak in one attack with 90% of the rest being damaged. Then the 4Es will show up over Kendari and torch 150 of the damaged bombers at Kendari. The 50 runway hits will be repaired by a dozen sea bea units in one day.

In stock, this wouldn´t be a real desperate situation as we´re still early in the war and I could easily counterattack. Nikmod flak and Nikmod Allied bombers unfortunately don´t give me this possibility. If he gets just ONE succesful attack on Kendari then he will keep it closed easily... one attack and he can make his next jump another 7 hexes North...

I guess it will be a bloody fight the next weeks, perhaps two months, then my airforce, navy and perhaps the army will be totally exhausted and I will just have to wait for the autovictory to pop up and to ask Miller for peace and admit that I can´t stop him from moving into the SRA. It´s depressing that employing 600! fighters on two bases in Timor where not enough to keep us in the game against unescorted bomber strikes. And those bomber strikes are the reason I have to give up sooner or later.

Miller won´t have many more divisions available than those he commited at Lautern, so he probably will have to bring some of them out again, at the latest when he starts his next invasion. This could be the time when I could throw 10 of my divisions at Lautern for a counterattack but I´m 100% sure that the enemy 155mm guns from several of his art units, USMC CD units and USN base forces would eat my ships alive during the landing and my divisions would come ashore at perhaps 50% combat readiness. Then 600+ medium bombers from Wyndham and Darwin and 200 4Es from Derby would attack my shipping... this is when the IJN will go down in a blaze of glory.

[bigbaba]

god damnd dont be so pessimistic, chris...or is it just understatement?[;)]

-you destroyed a big part of the allied carrier force, while the KB is intact.
-you destroyed alot of allied shipping.
-you are at advance in china.
-you are close to secure india and burma.
-you have a strong position in SWPAC.
-and miller can not attack your ressource/oil centers with his 4E because of the HRs.
-you will get better protected fighters with more punch soon so the allied unescorted bomber attacks will be more expensive from then.

even at timor, you have the ability to turn the tide and to destroy the enemy troops there in some weeks.

btw: enjoying to follow this AAR from the beginning.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: bigbaba

god damnd dont be so pessimistic, chris...or is it just understatement?[;)]

-you destroyed a big part of the allied carrier force, while the KB is intact.
-you destroyed alot of allied shipping.
-you are at advance in china.
-you are close to secure india and burma.
-you have a strong position in SWPAC.
-and miller can not attack your ressource/oil centers with his 4E because of the HRs.
-you will get better protected fighters with more punch soon so the allied unescorted bomber attacks will be more expensive from then.

even at timor, you have the ability to turn the tide and to destroy the enemy troops there in some weeks.

btw: enjoying to follow this AAR from the beginning.

partially correct, but... [;)]

- the only place the Allied can advance without carriers is... exactly where Miller is now attacking...

- a lot of shipping would be 300 ships! Below that number, it´s nothing for the Allied. Two dozen APs lost, well he now has to use more AKs for troop shipping...

- China does help me nothing when the Allied move on Sulawesi and Java

- same goes for India and Burma, does help me nothing when 4Es will be in range of Soerabaja and Balikpapan soon

- The Pacific is secure, without his carriers he won´t attack anyway. Why should he, taking Canton Island means nothing. Two goals for the Allied in the game: attack the SRA, attack Japan. One goal already achieved, he´s already attacking the SRA. Kendari, Amboina, Sorong - all part of the SRA and they are now in full range of heavy AND medium bombers.

- correct, he can not bomb oil/resources of Japanese held Allied territory. But he can sink ships, especially TK! Move a dozen big TK to Soerabaja and then watch 100 B-17/B-24 (high exp by then) dropping bombs on your ships from 10.000ft. Those bombers are more a threat than Betties for everything smaller than a heavy cruiser as they can kill those ships, but they can´t be held off by fighters. The Betties can kill all ships but you don´t want them to meet 50 Allied fighters...

- the better protected fighter with more firepower is the Tojo! The Tojo is a killer against unescorted bombers in stock just like the Zero is... in Nikmod, the Tojo won´t help you against the bombers. Not at all. With the Tojo, the Allied would perhaps have lost 40 more bombers over Timor, but the end result would be the same. There is no chance to stop more than 50 bombers other than to see them turning away right at the start due to low morale. Morale can be recovered within 10 days and then launch one big strike. This strike takes out your airfield and that´s it... and you lose half of your fighters on the ground on the first day if all ordered strikes go in. On the second and third day, you lose the other half of your fighters that are now damaged and grounded...

- like I´ve posted in my previous threat, I don´t see a real chance to turn the tide at Timor as I can´t see how I should surpress his single base. lol I just don´t have the bombers to do that as mine are fragile and the enemy flak is using SAMs. I would need at least 10 divisions to attack those 5 divisions there. Wooden hex, I would probably need 15-20 divisions. I don´t have that many, nor do I have the shipping to bring them in. Miller must play it out absolutely poor if he ever gets in danger of losing Lautern again. It will be the opposite IMO, he will soon seize Koepang on the West end of the island and then he has 2 level 6 airfields... means 600 bombers on Timor! Dili in between is a cake walk for him and can be built up to level 4 within a couple of weeks with half a dozen sea beas. Then we´re talking about 800 ac on Timor. I can base 300 at Kendari, hopefully soon 200 at Maumere and at the moment 150 at Macassar (also Sualwesi). Means I can soon base 650 aircraft North of Timor. Try to do something with 650 aircraft against 800 Allied with the Allied having their absolutely deadly flak. It´s a hopeless fight, I can´t even keep my bases secure if I would use 650 Tojos on them but then I don´t have spare room for a single bomber. The only thing I can use are naval bombardments and KB´s Kates that use laser guieded bombs even when attacking at 26.000ft where we don´t have to fear the Allied SAMs anymore... but what when I don´t get nukes constantly? And what means constantly? Can I do nav bombardments of Lautern for the rest of the war? What when PTs show up? How many DDs am I ready to lose against them? A dozen? 20? All of them?

you see, it´s a war winning move and not even 2000 assault points dispersed over Koepang and Lautern would have helped me, it would only delay the fall of Timor for a couple of weeks but then it´s the same. The war losing move was the fact that I didn´t attack Northern Australia first! When I look at how Miller acted (by not acting) in India, it would have been no problem to attack Northern Australia first and seize those four bases. A ground offensive is very difficult for the Allied as they won´t get much supplies from the East coast over the railline and we could hold those bases for a long time with only nav guard units behind high level forts. It would have delayed my Indian invasion by two months and it would have been worth it.

With 12.000+ adjusted av at Karachi I would have stopped at exactly the same line I do now, keeping Karachi and Delhi sieged, while conquering the rest of the subcontinent. It´s impossible to take an urban base when the enemy gets an adjusted av that is higher than your complete Kwangtung army has! And as mentioned, a2g attacks are no option, two wrecked base forces would take down 12-20 bombers every turn if I would attack at 11.000ft. That´s the dilemma...

I can only repeat myself again, my main - no, my only problems - are the undestructable Allied bombers that hurt you more when attacking unescorted than you hurt hem when you put 300 fighters at a base and the Allied flak that makes it more or less impossible to attack their bases. Voila, that´s it then...

I´m happy that you enjoy the AAR, I´m enjoying both the game and doing the AAR. It will be bloody months ahead but at the moment I can´t see how the game should go much longer than mid 43. If I would be in the position of Miller I would expect my troops sitting in Northern Java and Southern Borneo within the next 6 months. If something goes bad, then perhaps within the next 8 monts. As soon as they have Batavia, nothing is safe up to Singapore! Any more questions? [:D]

[bigbaba]

hi chris,

my only remaining question is:

why do you play nikmod?

i know that you find the weakness of "uber-CAP" in nikmod good, but imho, the develoüpers went too far and did not considered that their changes will cause a huge imbalance in air combat what is THE key aspect of WITP.

although it is not ok, when 100 zeros shoot down 100 B-25, its also wrong that 200 japanese fighters destroy 10-15 allied 2E bombers in the CAP role.

it seems realy that the nikmod "forgives" even more mistakes of the allied player, then stocks do.

have a nice day, chris.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: bigbaba

hi chris,

my only remaining question is:

why do you play nikmod?

i know that you find the weakness of "uber-CAP" in nikmod good, but imho, the develoüpers went too far and did not considered that their changes will cause a huge imbalance in air combat what is THE key aspect of WITP.

although it is not ok, when 100 zeros shoot down 100 B-25, its also wrong that 200 japanese fighters destroy 10-15 allied 2E bombers in the CAP role.

it seems realy that the nikmod "forgives" even more mistakes of the allied player, then stocks do.

have a nice day, chris.

good question and to be honest, I´ve asked this question also in the past. I´ve played this version of Nikmod from both sides so I wasn´t only on the receiving end of the all mighty Allied bombers and Allied flak. I´ve played stock of course, then switched over to mods. Started with an early Nikmod 5.x or so which worked quite good. Then I´ve switched to BigB, which also worked quite good but soon it was as bloody as stock, at least that was my feeling. So changing to Nikmod again with a version that totally damaged fighters from flying cap - PBEM quit. BigB again, too bloody.

Well, the last games with this Nikmod version and I can say that fighter vs fighter really seems to work very good. Also Allied fighters vs Japanese bombers seems to work quite good. But as you say, hundreds of Japanese fighters vs unescorted Allied bombers doesn´t work at all IMO. This is probably a big problem until mid 43 when the first Japanese fighter with at least gun value 10 shows up - the Tony. I´ve never seen it in combat all my NM games ended just before that date so I´m not really sure it will make that much of a difference. But, when you see the fights at places the Allied "usually" advance, means through the Pacific, from atoll to atoll and from the Solomons up to New Guinea then it also works! Why? Because in this area you can´t mass the 800+ bombers Miller can mass at his bases in Northern Australia and then it´s not that much of a problem. Of course Northern Australia and Timor and the bases further North are close enough together and big enough to really mass numbers of aircraft.

[anarchyintheuk]

Hard choice . . . on day one hit Manilla to take out the subs or PH to take out the nukes?

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk

Hard choice . . . on day one hit Manilla to take out the subs or PH to take out the nukes?

I would still attack the subs. If I would have sunk ALL BBs at Pearl, this would have no impact on the nukes - well, only a small one... One nuke or max two are enough and there is nothing shooting back anymore and you can achieve that with having all your float planes from the BBs and CA/CL flying recon the day before. If you see 40+ float planes over the enemy´s base then this raises the detection level that high that you ALWAYS trigger a nuke. The more support troops your enemy has at the base, the bigger the casualties from the nuke. There is only one way to avoid a nuke, as the receiver: don´t put ANY support troops at a base, as inf units aren´t targeted anyway.

So Miller needs, let´s say 4 BBs and a dozen CAs and he could nuke Lautern four times. 2x2 BB TF, 2x6 CA TF = 4 nukes = 20.000 casualties within the support troops on Lautern = 500 hits on the airfield = game over for the defense. Of course he could also repeat that a couple of times in no time because his CAs can go in and out from Darwin (6 hexes) in one day).

And he has far more than 2 BBs, no matter if you attack Pearl Harbour or not. In fact, I think CAs are most times even better for bombardments than BBs, at least I have had the overall better results with them when it comes to achieving hits on the airfields.

The problem isn´t the number of BBs, the problem is that the float planes enable his bombardments to be nukes all the time. I´ve played a lot of PBEMs so far but I have never seen naval bombardments that have such an effect on the game, because in his three invasions so far, we have seen the nukes completely wiping out the coast defense, meaning the landing at a hostile beach (bristling with CD guns the day before) is just like as if the enemy would land at an empty enemy base, taking some casualties but not at all comparable with a landing when at least a couple of the 50+ CD guns would fire at the landing. NONE of my CD guns fired at Midway, Canton and Lautern because they were ALL wiped out the night before due to the nukes.