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

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/01/42

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TF 1027 encounters mine field at Koepang (28,77)

Allied Ships
CL Achilles, Mine hits 2, on fire

Type 4 and Type 93 mine hit...

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ASW attack at 34,72

Japanese Ships
APD APD-38
APD APD-36
APD APD-35
APD APD-33
APD APD-32
APD APD-31

Allied Ships
SS Albacore

a pity none of the APDs in my premium ASW TF attacked...

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Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77

Allied Ships
CL Leander
CL Detroit
CL Marblehead
CL Concord
CL Raleigh
CL Hobart
CL Perth

Japanese ground losses:
480 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 36
Port hits 18
Port supply hits 12

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Sub attack near Amboina at 39,73

Japanese Ships
ML Kurosaki
APD APD-2

Allied Ships
SS Grayback

MK14 torps failed to detonate...

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Sub attack at 33,79

Japanese Ships
SS RO-66

Allied Ships
AK Jeff Davis, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

I´ve got my second class RO boats in this area. The short ranges from the homeport into the patrol area makes it possible to use those subs around Timor. And they are "expendable"...

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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 209

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 79

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 48th Division, at 34,23


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 20


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 34,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 34
G3M Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Sipirok, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Haraldsvang, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Robert Morris, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Liberty, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tasker H. Bliss, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Boero, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

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

it turns out now that it was very good to send my surface combat TFs into Lautern as they´ve forced out a couple of enemy TFs and two of them ended North West of Lautern last turn. This means they were still in range of my Betties (I´ve kept them at only 8 hexes which means one hex further than Koepang is away from Kendari). Miller told me he lost any joy of taking Koepang with the massacre of his ships already. Well, I would have preferred to hold Koepang and sink none of the ships.

In the end he really lost a lot of his APs and IMO he shouldn´t have used any APs in the landings as he needs his APs to ferry troops from the West Coast to Australia and he can use AKs for his invasions. And he used once again far too few ships for his landing. Would he have had three times more ships, he would have been away with them after one day or two, not staying in range with them for several days...

But that´s not really counting, 40 ships or so lost for taking Koepang is a good trade IMO...


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Day Air attack on TF at 34,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 53
G3M Nell x 33
G4M1 Betty x 29

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Boero, on fire, heavy damage
AK Haraldsvang, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Liberty, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Robert Morris, on fire
AP Tasker H. Bliss, on fire, heavy damage
AK Sipirok, on fire, heavy damage

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

even though not a single bomber launched on the first day of the invasion, since then we always had most of the bombers taking off, not a single day when we had our bases clouded in...

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Day Air attack on TF at 34,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 40
G3M Nell x 24
G4M1 Betty x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Sinabang, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP American Legion, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Le Maire, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP President Johnson, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Exmoor, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 35,82

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
G3M Nell x 6

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 13 [X(]
P-40E Warhawk x 2 [X(]

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged
G3M Nell: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 damaged

strike from Amboina, range 10, means we attack ships two hexes North of Darwin and we encounter leaking Cap. The Zeroes can´t do much and the bombers turn around immediately anyway... low morale can also help you... [;)]

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Day Air attack on TF at 34,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36
G3M Nell x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Haraldsvang, on fire, heavy damage
AK Liberty, on fire, heavy damage

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

both ships were sunk already...

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Ground combat at Yenen

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 192873 troops, 1637 guns, 643 vehicles, Assault Value = 3581

Defending force 44096 troops, 234 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1267

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese max assault: 3418 - adjusted assault: 3128

Allied max defense: 1114 - adjusted defense: 659

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0)

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


Japanese ground losses:
2292 casualties reported
Guns lost 78
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
1097 casualties reported
Guns lost 23


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

finally, a little morale boost for the high command of the Japanese. While the Navy is blamed for not being able to defend Timor against the Allied counterattack, the Army shows that they still are the ruling party on the continent with finally taking Yenen in North China. We will now follow the retreating Chinese troops to the bases North of Sian and hope to thake those three bases there soon... then it´s time to kill the defending troops of Sian...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14174 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2652

Defending force 116777 troops, 647 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3701



Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15880 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3366

Defending force 210767 troops, 624 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4718



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Ground combat at Kohima

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 876 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 29

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

Japanese max assault: 28 - adjusted assault: 30

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 30 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kohima base !!!

Para drop into empty Kohima...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/02/42

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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 112

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

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

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

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

those attacks will be halted and my bombers withdrawn from India. I have already only three divs left at Karachi to block the enemy there...

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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 245

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 72

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 14156 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2649

Defending force 116751 troops, 642 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3695



Allied ground losses:
217 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15924 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3382

Defending force 210698 troops, 621 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4743

we have spotted the Allied carriers moving West from Darwin again, also several transport TFs. So either Miller is withdrawing his carriers again or this is the upcoming invasion of Koepang already. I just don´t know why he should withdraw his carriers, but I also can´t believe that he can already mount the invasion of Koepang after he threw 2000+ assault points at Lautern...

we´ll see...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/03/42

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Day Air attack on Yenen , at 50,26


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 18


Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x IL-4c bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 89
Ki-27 Nate x 35
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 245

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 108

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 14164 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2648

Defending force 116421 troops, 636 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3688



Allied ground losses:
85 casualties reported

the Allied assault value at Sian is dropping by around half a dozen points a turn now... looks like the troops there are slowly beginning to starve...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15929 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3392

Defending force 210527 troops, 618 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4754



Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported

The Allied troops at Kweiyang are recovering from their failed attacks here though. Will take a while until they get above 6000 assault again, if they will ever again...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/04/42

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TF 1005 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

Allied Ships
PT PT-121, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

oh no... Miller moved 6 PTs from Darwin to Lautern... this is not good, means he has brought "American supply" to Northern Australia and he can now create as many PTs as he wishes there. Will be a huge problem for us... [:(]

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ASW attack near Kwajalein at 79,79

Japanese Ships
PC Shonon Maru #11
PC Shonon Maru #10
PC Shonon Maru #3
PC Sonan Maru #6
PC Sonan Maru #5
PC Nichi Maru #1

Allied Ships
SS S-27, hits 3

the Allied subs are still heading to their very well known targets... a PC TF was already waiting... three near misses...

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 65
Ki-49 Helen x 65

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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

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Day Air attack on 72nd Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 18
Ki-49 Helen x 13

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

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


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Ground combat at Jorhat

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 75764 troops, 617 guns, 1471 vehicles, Assault Value = 1841

Defending force 5740 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44

Japanese max assault: 1520 - adjusted assault: 771

Allied max defense: 36 - adjusted defense: 2

Japanese assault odds: 385 to 1 (fort level 6)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Jorhat base !!!



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed

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

Allied ground losses:
1664 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

our troops cross the river and kick out the defending base forces... Guess all of India except Karachi and Dehli will be Japanese soon...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14264 troops, 459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2648

Defending force 116094 troops, 627 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3684



Allied ground losses:
57 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15969 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3403

Defending force 210070 troops, 612 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4771



We have a plan! Look at the map below, we are trying to hit the Allied hard tomorrow! We have spotted Martlets and Seafires flying Cap over Wyndham and we got recon about CVs being in port. There´s no doubt I guess that there are two or three British carriers disbanded in the level 4 port of Wyndham with nearly no Cap over the base. Nearly no Cap is something like 50 fighters. Seems very careless to me, or Miller feels absolutely safe it seems. He also didn´t keep up the constant bombing of Lautern and so our base is ready for 200 ac to be moved in and strike tomorrow.

The plan is as follows: KB (with 450 ac) and another CV TF (CV, CVL, CVE with another 300 ac) will move to a position North of Timor, 11 hexes from Wyndham. The fighters will be set to sweep Wyndham with 50% Cap as I don´t want to run uncovered into 300 bombers at Koepang if Miller decides to move a couple of squadrons to this base. To make sure we won´t have to fear Koepang´s airfield, two CA bombardment TFs will bombard the airfield during the night, we hope to take out the airfield. In the morning, the first strike should come from Lautern as this base is the closest to Wyndham. 100 fighters on escort should enable 100 bombers to break through the Cap and put a dozen bombs into the carriers. Either 800kg AP bombs or torps! [:D] Then my carrier TFs should both launch their sweeps on the remaining Cap. Hopefully weather doesn´t cloud in both of my TFs. After those two sweeps I don´t expect any enemy fighters on Cap anymore and then 200+ unescorted bombers from Kendari should arrive over the base to finish off the already burning British carriers. This is an all out effort! As mentioned before, Miller arrived at an area where I will throw in the kitchen sink to "stop" him. Stopping him is impossible but I will surely wreck havoc on his ships a couple of times. His ground troops and aircraft are untouchable over the long run in this mod but I can and will hurt his navy which is easier in this mod as there´s nothing like an Uber Cap. There´s Uber flak though! [;)] To be more precise: ALLIED Uber flak...

I´m 100% sure that the airfield symbol at Lautern will atract hundreds of Allied bombers tomorrow (thanks to this special feature...) so the port strike MUST launch in the morning, otherwise all my ac will be destroyed on the ground. 150 fighers from Maumere will fly LRCAP over the base. I don´t expect them to achieve a lot, they will probably achieve nothing I guess. We will see what tomorrow will bring, either a hurting Japanese defeat or a hurting hit for Miller!

[Ambassador]

Hmmm, I'm eager to see the result !  I hope it'll go according to plan...[:)]

[veji1]

it is going to be interesting...

[castor troy]

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK!!!


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/05/42

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TF 76 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome, Mine hits 1
DD Ikazuchi, Mine hits 2, on fire
DD Wakaba, Mine hits 1

the first of our bombardment TFs moves into Lautern and hits.... our own mines...

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TF 89 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

Japanese Ships
DD Yayoi, Mine hits 1, on fire
CA Kinugasa, Mine hits 1
DD Kisaragi, Mine hits 1

the second bombardment TF moves into Lautern and hits... our own mines... what kind of stupid feature is this that your own mines suddenly turn into hostile mines? The base is lost and everyone has now forgot where our own laid minefield is now???? I´ve never understood this "feature"... well, I guess it´s no feature it is just something noone has thought of... I wreck 6 of my ships due to mine hits, one DD is in sinking condition, all other DDs and the CA has 30+ sys damage... [8|][8|][8|] STUPID!!!

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma
CA Suzuya
DD Wakaba
DD Yugure
DD Ikazuchi, on fire
DD Inazuma
DD Shinonome
DD Mutsuki

Allied Ships
PT PT-122
PT PT-123
PT PT-124
PT PT-125, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
PT PT-126, Shell hits 22, and is sunk

I´m sure PTs will cause me major trouble in the next months/years... the SRA is just perfectly suited for them with all those bases...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma
CA Suzuya
DD Wakaba
DD Yugure
DD Ikazuchi, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Inazuma
DD Shinonome
DD Mutsuki

Allied Ships
PT PT-122, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
PT PT-123
PT PT-124, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

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Naval bombardment of Lautem, at 33,78

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami


Allied ground losses:
267 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

what a result, not a single hit on the airfield... daily recon by a dedicated recon aircraft (Dinah II) didn´t help...

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Naval bombardment of Lautem, at 33,78

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
CA Kumano


Allied ground losses:
191 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

and another useless bombardment with no result at all... well, the result was half a dozen ships wrecked due to the hits on our own minefield... Miller thanked me for laying the minefield in his next email...[8|]

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Day Air attack on Yenen , at 50,26


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 20


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x IL-4c bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77 [8|]

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 25

Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 4
B-25C Mitchell x 188

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 14 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 4 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 15 destroyed, 143 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
309 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Airbase hits 9
Runway hits 129

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 12000 feet

as mentioned in the last post, of course the enemy bombers are attracted by our airfield symbol... god do I hate this feature... [:o] 33 fighters on LRCAP? LOL, nice rate when you set over 100 to fly LRCAP...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 91
Wellington III x 54
B-17E Fortress x 130
LB-30 Liberator x 46

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 11 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 34 damaged
Wellington III: 2 destroyed, 29 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 37 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 11 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
150 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 280

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Wellington III bombing at 12000 feet

300+ more bombers? We do no damage it seems, just look at the loss rate of the damned B-17 again... 2 lost??? [8|][8|] The only thing that is positive is the fact that NONE of my ac is destroyed on the ground - this means all have launched to strike Wyndham´s port... [&o]


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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 117
Ki-27 Nate x 36
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 252

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 124

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wyndham , at 30,86

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 105
G3M Nell x 52
G4M1 Betty x 63

Allied aircraft
Seafire x 33
Martlet II x 20
Spitfire Vb x 6
P-40E Warhawk x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 19 destroyed, 17 damaged
G3M Nell: 3 destroyed, 33 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 5 destroyed, 28 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Seafire: 13 destroyed, 7 damaged
Martlet II: 9 destroyed, 2 damaged
Spitfire Vb: 4 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 8 destroyed

Allied Ships
CLAA Capetown, Bomb hits 1, on fire [&:][&:][&:] [:@][:@][:@]

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x G3M Nell bombing at 10000 feet
7 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet

looks like my plan works with Lautern´s airfield launching the first strike! It´s the usual happening, the Allied fighters get the bounce and and on and on and only a short time we don´t have to suffer from the Allied never ending bounce. This was the phase when we then were able to hurt the Allied fighters also. I guess during the bounce phase, the Allied fighters achieved a 10:1 kill rate which is quite amazing considering the fact that our Zeros are 80+ exp. Of course the British carrier pilots are well skilled also. The Seafire proved to be far deadlier than the Martlet!

Our fighters succesfully held off most of the Allied attackers on our formations and the bombers were able to push through and they soon sighted Wyndham´s port to drop their loads! BUT WHAT HAPPENED THEN??? [:@][:@] Achieving one f*cking (sorry) hit on a CLAA???? 115 high exp IJN bombers drop their bombs on at least a dozen ships in port and we only achieve one f*cking hit? None of the CVs hit??? This is ridicoulos! I´ve never seen something like this before! Imagine your PH strike on turn one would only see one bomb hit from your Kates? Would you ask if the game is broken? Well, this result is not that far from a broken game it seems to me...

THIS IS JUST SO DEPRESSING... [:(]

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Day Air attack on Wyndham , at 30,86

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 76

Allied aircraft
Seafire x 13
Martlet II x 7
Spitfire Vb x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Seafire: 19 destroyed
Martlet II: 9 destroyed
Spitfire Vb: 2 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed

Now one of my CV TFs launched it´s strike, it wasn´t KB but the high exp KB pilots aren´t needed anyway, as multiple strikes really kill enemy CAP! It was a totally amazing result as those Zero pilots are nothing better than the escorts of the first strike, but not being on escort and being the second strike helped a lot. AND the Allied didn´t get a never ending bounce phase! There shouldn´t be any enemy fighters left for my next sweep or the bomber strike from Kendari...

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Day Air attack on Wyndham , at 30,86

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 131
G4M1 Betty x 85

Allied aircraft
Seafire x 1
Martlet II x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 9 destroyed, 69 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 6 destroyed, 28 damaged


Allied Ships
CLAA Columbo, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CV Illustrious, Bomb hits 4, on fire [>:]
CV Formidable, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Mauritius, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CL Birmingham, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire [>:]
CLAA Ceres, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CL Glasgow, Bomb hits 1, on fire


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

Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G3M Nell bombing at 10000 feet
5 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet

KB was clouded in so here we go with our strike from Kendari. The bombers only meet 3 fighters that are no threat and then 216 bombers drop bombs and torps (around 25 bombers attacked with torps). I thought, well, the strike from Lautern was a very, very rare result and now the enemy high value ships at Wyndham are toast... bomb after bomb and torp after torp splash and nearly no hits... I began to wonder and in the same moment I got more and more upset! What the hell is going on? Why aren´t my bombers hitting something? Then we saw more hits and I thought it would be enough to cause major damage on the enemy carriers, as we are dropping 800kg bombs!!!! Well, it was NOT enough, it seems that a 800kg bomb is worth nothing! Just look at those carriers, they don´t even show up as heavily damaged! This means they don´t even have a combined sys and flt damage of 50!!!! This game is nuts!!!

Besides that my bombardment TFs were shredded by our own mines and that KB was clouded in (we didn´t need those fighters anyway) everything worked as planned and then I get such die rolls? Am I drunk? First I get ridicoulosly low hit rates and then 4 x 800kg bombs and a torp doesn´t even heavily damage a British carrier? I can´t believe it!

I thought that if both bomber strikes would arrive in full strenght over Wyndham that I would sink at least two of the three carriers, more probably would be all carriers sunk... and then this sh*t happened. 331 high (means 80+) exp IJN torp bombers achieved 17 800kg bomb hits and 3 torp hits! This would be the same as if your PH strike on 12/7 would achieve three bomb hits and one torp hit. What would you think about?

I just don´t get it! This is a level 4 port and there is not even nearly enough Cap and we launch the maximum of bombers we can launch (I guess all but 27 Nells on the whole map were attacking Wyndham in this turn) and all this for no result. Don´t know what is more depressing, the hit rate or the damage die rolls... never seen that before...[:@]

I guess even in real life 331 high exp bombers would have been able to achieve more hits on those big static targets in port. And in real life I guess 4 of those bombs (even if they would have been the 500kg bombs used in real life) would cause major damage to a British carrier even if it wouldn´t sink it would be no surprise if it would be a write off...


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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 29,23


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 40
Hurricane IIc x 14


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed, 18 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on TF at 31,73


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 2


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CL Kashii

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet

Miller only had a couple of bombers on Timor, two attack our mine layer TF...

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Day Air attack on Wyndham , at 30,86

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 77

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 5
P-40E Warhawk x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Martlet II: 5 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 4 destroyed

KB launched the sweep in the afternoon, the British carriers with Seafires aboard weren´t able to launch fighters but the one with Martlets could still launch fighters. This after suffering at least 4 800kg bombs... [8|][8|]

Miller stated in his email that it was a bold move and that he now has two heavily damaged carriers but it could have gone worse. He asked if I would try to finish them off next turn. I won´t, the airfield at Lautern is 100% inoperational and all my other pilots need rest from flying at looong range. And I guess Miller would have 200 fighters on Cap next turn (to take away that info, he didn´t!!!! Next turn we spotted only a good dozen fighters over the damaged carriers!!! What is he thinking?)

But look at the losses of this turn... what can I say about Allied flak and what about Allied heavy bombers. I guess we would have to be super lucky if at least CV Formidable would go down, I seriously doubt it. So this means we have probably two CVs over 50 sys damaged and one below 50 sys and so those carriers won´t show up in the next 6-10 months. This leaves the Allied with 2 operational US CVs at the moment and this will also give us the chance and time to prepare against the Allied offensive out of Timor. With only 2 CVs it´s impossible to advance further. But of course the airfield at Koepang will cause us major trouble, especiall if we can´t bombard it due to mines (our own) and PTs or we don´t do any damage with our bombardments.



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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14240 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2645

Defending force 115776 troops, 620 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3674



Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15989 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3405

Defending force 209902 troops, 606 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4778



Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/06/42

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Sub attack at 32,75

Japanese Ships
AG AG-352, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Albacore

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Sub attack at 32,75

Japanese Ships
AG AG-5033, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Albacore

Albacore operates succesfully against our barges North of Timor... everything else than barges is in danger of being sunk by Allied bombers in the Timor area... We will have to rely on the 50+ barges we have...

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Day Air attack on Yenen , at 50,26


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 20


Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x IL-4c bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 116
Ki-27 Nate x 35
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 203

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 107

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 54
Ki-49 Helen x 57

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
88 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 87th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 23
Ki-49 Helen x 18

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported

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


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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14217 troops, 459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2648

Defending force 115498 troops, 606 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3666



Allied ground losses:
238 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16009 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3407

Defending force 209573 troops, 601 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4781


no confirmed sinking of the yesterday attacked ships and like mentioned last turn, there was nearly no Cap over Wyndham today... [&:] I don´t understand Miller, did he really gamble that I would not launch another strike immediately?

[veji1]

god this is awful, it reminds me of Sneer's result when a perfect attack of his slammed itself on a weakened yet impenetrable ubeCAP against Raverdave.. you should have sunk all those buggers.. I don't get it..

[Ambassador]

Ouch!  Twenty hits out of 331 bombers ![X(]  Around 6% hit-rate, on a static target, that's quite depressing...[:(]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/07/42

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Sub attack at 29,75

Japanese Ships
AG AG-123, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Albacore

Albacore keeps killing my barges... others are hit by Coronados on patrol... that way I will run out of barges soon... [:(]

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Sub attack at 110,119

Japanese Ships
SS I-26

Allied Ships
TK Gulfdisc, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
TK Spencer Kellogg
DD Buchanan
TK Muskogee

one of our picket subs far down in the South East Pacific attacks an empty TK convoy obviously returning to the West Coast. The TK sinks immediately and the single DD as escort is not really a threat... nice but also pure luck that the TF ran over my sub...

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Day Air attack on Yenen , at 50,26


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 14


No Allied losses

Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x IL-4c bombing at 10000 feet

I like it when Allied bombers are using up supplies in China...

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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 29,23


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 38
Hurricane IIc x 9


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 2 destroyed, 26 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on TF at 29,73

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 16

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 68 [X(]

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 7 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Tatsuho Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire
AP Akashisan Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire
AP Toko Maru #2
AP Taian Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
163 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet

now Miller has moved major numbers of bombers to Koepang! This troop convoy is one hex off Maumere, bringing in a nav guard unit. Looks like nothing is save anymore when within 8 hexes of Koepang... major problem... We´re just lucky that the Allied bombers still have a low exp, otherwise this TF would have been 100% obliberated by this big number of attacking bombers... unfortunately it´s impossible to close down Koepang... I guess not even for one day...[:(]

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Sub attack at 29,76

Japanese Ships
AG AG-5112, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
SS Albacore

Albacore... [:@]
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Sub attack at 110,119

Japanese Ships
SS I-26

Allied Ships
TK Gulfcrest, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Buchanan

[8D] I-26 attacks another TK and sinks it! Nice!

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ASW attack near Kendari at 33,71

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

Allied Ships
SS S-35, hits 8, on fire, heavy damage

and one of the subs sitting at Kendari finally is finished off! 3 Type 91 hits are enough to get a confirmed sinking! [&o]

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Ground combat at 36,24

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 75199 troops, 611 guns, 1452 vehicles, Assault Value = 1821

Defending force 2352 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 13

Japanese max assault: 1268 - adjusted assault: 655

Allied max defense: 5 - adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 655 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
190 casualties reported


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

we again cross a river and again the Allied base forces have to retreat...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14180 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2647

Defending force 114849 troops, 592 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3647



Allied ground losses:
186 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15992 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3409

Defending force 208982 troops, 586 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4779

with the upcoming Allied assault on the SRA with all it´s major resource bases soon (guess within the next 6 months) being in range of Allied heavy bombers we have to seriously think about where to get the resources and oil from. From India resources (which we have conquered already and where we can draw a lot of resources from - at least for the next 12 months hopefully) but where do we get the needed oil when shipping to Palembang will be in danger of being attacked by Allied bombers. I hope to at least hold off the 4Es on long range naval attack but as soon as the enemy is 8 hexes from Palembang, there won´t be a real chance to bing out the oil. Soooo, only other place with oil is: RUSSIA!!! [:D]

China also has a small oil field at Lanchow and we will take that base within the next couple of weeks hopefully if the Chinese aren´t able to stall our offensive in the North again. While I absolutely denied of even thinking about an invasion of Russia a couple of months game time ago, Miller´s move on the SRA more or less forces me to think about attacking Russia to seize the oil we need. Of course this could give Miller also the chance to fly in heavy bombers from Alaska and also the P-38 will reach Russia from Kiska. But the P-38 numbers are limited and we would of course throw more or less all we have at the Russian airfields in the first days to keep them down.

We will see... This new situation just forces us to think different! [;)]

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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 43049 troops, 388 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1106

Defending force 71379 troops, 847 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 1471


Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: veji1

god this is awful, it reminds me of Sneer's result when a perfect attack of his slammed itself on a weakened yet impenetrable ubeCAP against Raverdave.. you should have sunk all those buggers.. I don't get it..

I don´t get it either, there´s no real reason I can see why this is such a bad result. All bombers reached the target, they were nearly not attacked by the enemy fighters and all are 80+ exp! Still, they didn´t hit anything it seems... [8|]

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

Ouch!  Twenty hits out of 331 bombers ![X(]  Around 6% hit-rate, on a static target, that's quite depressing...[:(]

it is depressing...

All I can say is that Miller must have had super duper lucky die rolls and I must have had the 100% opposite... [:(]

[Ambassador]

Yes, certainly.  It's even worse, since if you had sunk those CVs, they would not respawn.  And, you know it already, they have Swordfishes...

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

Yes, certainly.  It's even worse, since if you had sunk those CVs, they would not respawn.  And, you know it already, they have Swordfishes...

the Swordfish aren´t my problem, they will upgrade to Avengers in a year and if those Swordfish run into Cap, I guess the Swordfish is the ac in the game that can take the least damage and it´s dead.

The problem will be the 30+ Corsairs for each carrier in 10 months...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/08/42

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Day Air attack on Yenen , at 50,26


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 18


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x IL-4c bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Malir , at 22,4


Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 9
Hurricane IIb x 45
Spitfire Vb x 13
Hudson I x 3
P-40B Tomahawk x 11
Hurricane IIc x 26


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 36

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x P-40B Tomahawk bombing at 2000 feet

as you can see, the Allied aircraft at Karachi are now using our base for training raids... will need flak in this area...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 3
Brewster 339D x 52
B-25C Mitchell x 92

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 2 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 1 destroyed, 18 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 3 destroyed, 36 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
241 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 64

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
15 x Brewster 339D bombing at 2000 feet

I´ve got at least a dozen units at Koepang that have flak guns, including three AA rgt and a big base force... this doesn´t mean we could hurt the attacking aircraft. Heck, Miller even uses his obsolete Dutch fighters for airfield attacks now! [X(] And it seems we can´t even harm them...

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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 46
B-17E Fortress x 124 [8|]
LB-30 Liberator x 42 [8|]

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 46

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet

attack on my level 1 airfield... only to be used as recon base...

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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 29,23


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 26
Hurricane IIc x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Malir , at 22,4


Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 35
Hudson I x 1


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged

Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Swordfish bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 34,72

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 140

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

couple of Mitchells attack KB... they all turn back before bein shot down... I guess the only thing that stops Miller from a bombing offensive out of Lautern is the fact that he probably hasn´t really a lot supplies there...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14223 troops, 455 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2648

Defending force 114356 troops, 580 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3636



Allied ground losses:
89 casualties reported

Enemy av seems to be dropping fast now...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16009 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3411

Defending force 208560 troops, 578 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4790



Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 43419 troops, 389 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1114

Defending force 71354 troops, 846 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 1471


Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


Seems like Miller has a new wonder weapon... Coronados out of Northern Australia are spotting EVERY single of my ships in range, they sink at least three barges every turn and today they put a bomb into CVE Chuyo that was sitting at Kendari under an umbrella of at least 250 fighters...

the only good thing was that I had luck with the damage die roll... only 14 sys damage in the end...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/09/42

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TF 76 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami, Mine hits 1
DD Mutsuki, Mine hits 1, on fire

I´m beginning to really get upset about this total bullsh*t... [8|]

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ASW attack at 34,81

Japanese Ships
SS RO-66, hits 12

Allied Ships
DD Isaac Sweers
DD Stuart
CL Leander
DD Panther
DD Paladin

OOOoooo.... this is South East of Lautern and means no good! Looks like a British TF is heading to Lautern... [X(]

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78 [X(]

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CA Mikuma, Shell hits 2
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 4
DD Yugure, Shell hits 2
DD Inazuma, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Nagatsuki, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Mochizuki, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CA Dorsetshire, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CA Devonshire, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
CA Cornwall, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA Exeter, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Leander, Shell hits 3
CL Perth
CL Hobart, Shell hits 1
DD Stuart
DD Arunta
DD Le Triomphant
DD Isaac Sweers
DD Pakenham
DD Paladin, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Panther

Unfortunately I was right with my assumption when my sub was attacked by the British! I have to say I was shocked to encouter this British cruiser sqadron... we had Admiral Tanaka in command of our bombardment TF and thank god we launched a long lance attack at the beginning of the engagement. Nevertheless of the hits we achieve on the enemy cruisers, we really suffer also. I had this TF going into position yesterday and I´m really getting predictable... this was the alert for Miller that I will try another (desperate) naval bombardment and so he ordered his cruisers to engage our TF.

The British are as experienced in night battles as we are and it was a good idea of Paul to send the Brits instead of the Yankees. Guess we were lucky in the end that we did not suffer more damage on the cruisers while the British cruisers suffered a couple of hits. We did lose two DDs in this engagement though, second class DDs but still DDs that are precious for the fight against Allied subs...



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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78 [X(]

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami, on fire
CA Mikuma
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
CA Furutaka
DD Yugure, Shell hits 1
DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Nagatsuki, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Mochizuki, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Dorsetshire, Shell hits 3, on fire
CA Devonshire, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
CA Cornwall, on fire, heavy damage
CA Exeter, on fire, heavy damage
CL Leander
CL Perth, Shell hits 1
CL Hobart
DD Stuart
DD Arunta
DD Le Triomphant
DD Isaac Sweers
DD Pakenham, Shell hits 1
DD Paladin, on fire, heavy damage
DD Panther

another round and I was not really happy to see the nav battle screen popping up again... We put a couple of 8 inch shells more into the enemy cruisers but none is confirmed sunk. The enemy DDs sink two of my DDs, in total we lost 3 DDs today. Two of my heavy cruisers were damaged (bringing the total of damaged heavy cruisers to 6 now!). The enemy lost a DD (probably) and had 3 heavy cruisers heavily damaged with another one on fire. I hope that at least one will be lost, otherwise it was a clear Allied victory...

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Day Air attack on Yenen , at 50,26


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 16


No Allied losses

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x IL-4c bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 [8|]

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 60
G3M Nell x 126
G4M1 Betty x 79
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIF: 3 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G3M Nell bombing at 26000 feet

two things are disturbing here. First: I was dumb enough not to set my bombers on nav/airfield attack and so my bombers did not go after the damaged enemy cruisers and second: we only destroy 4 bombers while we lose half a dozen ac to ops...

it´s just not worth it... [8|]

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Day Air attack on TF at 33,74

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18

Allied aircraft
Albacore x 4
Martlet II x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Albacore: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Martlet II: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 8 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Albacore launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet

Miller moved some of his ex carrier based fighters and torp bombers to Koepang and they attack our burning cruiser just four hexes away from their base... the torp bombers miss and the 500lb bomb hit doesn´t do much damage while bouncing off... the 18 Zeroes leeking from KB helped a bit...

KB was set to nav/airfield attack and while it was good weather in the am phase, KB was clouded in the pm phase and therefor didn´t launch the airfield strike... [8|]

a bad day Gentleman!

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14287 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2388

Defending force 114324 troops, 575 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3637



Allied ground losses:
157 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16029 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3410

Defending force 208440 troops, 567 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4803

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/10/42

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Sub attack at 34,81

Japanese Ships
SS I-123

Allied Ships
DD Paladin, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Paladin was already in sinking condition and while limping back to Darwin our mine layer sub finished off the DD...

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TF 1004 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78) [X(]

Allied Ships
DD Kane
DD Rathburne

two obsolete US DDs move into Lautern! Reinforcement? Surface combat TF? Of course the Allied don´t hit MY former minefield! But WE do all the time! STUPID ROUTINE!!!!

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Sub attack near Kendari at 33,71

Japanese Ships
ML Kurokami, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage [8|]
APD APD-2

Allied Ships
SS KXV

the usual happening in one of my ports where at least two dozen DDs are sitting... one of my second class MLs is lost... perhaps that´s good to lose MLs, so I can´t lay many mines that my own ships will hit as soon we lose a base... [:o]

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Sub attack near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
SS RO-64, hits 8, on fire

Allied Ships
AK Red Jacket, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Adelaide
DD Rathburne
DD Kane
AK Timber Rush

This must be a resupply attempt! Even a light cruiser is in this TF... Didn´t spot the damn TF moving towards Lautern bt RO-64 hits a big AK. In return the sub receives a lot of near misses and a hit, forcing the sub to retreat to Kendari with 40+ sys damage. Another sub was hit by a Catalina West of Broome today... and of course the Coronados scored two times on my barges...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 2
B-25C Mitchell x 86

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 4 destroyed, 54 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
171 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 80

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet

6000ft... I´m soon starting to wonder why I can´t even attack at 21.000ft while the Allied attack a heavily defended target at 6.000ft... thought I wouldn´t play stock...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 116
Ki-27 Nate x 35
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 210

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 141

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

our IJA fighters are still attacking Manila while waiting to get Tojos as replacement for their obsolete Oscars... the Tojo is still scheduled for 10/42...

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Day Air attack on 4th Division, at 27,10


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 22


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 29,23


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 18
Hurricane IIc x 13


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 3 destroyed, 10 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9
Ki-21 Sally x 21
Ki-49 Helen x 25

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

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Day Air attack on 79th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 24
Ki-21 Sally x 59
Ki-49 Helen x 62

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
95 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 108
G3M Nell x 63
G4M1 Betty x 40

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
G3M Nell: 3 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIF: 3 destroyed

Allied Ships
CL Adelaide, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Timber Rush, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Potter
AK West Nilus, Torpedo hits 1
AK Arizonan, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Lapwing, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK West Planter
AK Silverado, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK West Ira, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK San Rafael
AK John C. Fremont
AK Californian

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

we launch 103 bombers against this resupply attempt and if you wonder why we don´t score more hits, easy explanation: CL Adelaide was sunk quite fast and then 80% of my bombers still tried to attack it and so didn´t attack the TF... this is one of my favourite features of the game... still trying to attack sunken ships and then turning home with the bombload instead of dropping it on the ships of the same TF just 200 feet next to the sunken ship...

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Day Air attack on Malir , at 22,4


Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 36
Hudson I x 1


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 5 destroyed, 11 damaged

Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Swordfish bombing at 10700 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 82
G3M Nell x 9

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIF: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CL Adelaide, on fire, heavy damage

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

afternoon strike out of Kendari... instead of 100+ bombers, only 9 attack... all trying to attack the sunken CL... [8|]

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
G4M1 Betty x 6

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIF: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
AK West Nilus
CL Adelaide, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet

attack from the level 3 airfield at Macassar (West of Kendari) without a result...

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ASW attack near Darwin at 36,84

Japanese Ships
SS I-123, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Isaac Sweers
DD Stuart
DD Panther
DD Pakenham
DD Le Triomphant
DD Arunta

and my mine laying sub stayed during the day as usual... [>:]

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Ground combat at Ledo

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 75409 troops, 612 guns, 1464 vehicles, Assault Value = 1836

Defending force 11740 troops, 5 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 10

Japanese max assault: 1340 - adjusted assault: 648

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 13

Japanese assault odds: 49 to 1 (fort level 5)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Ledo base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
18866 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Vehicles lost 4

we shock attack over the river into Ledo and we easily force nearly a dozen base forces to surrender... The Allied lost nearly 400 points for ground losses today and are now at 13.347... Imphal is left, there are reported 15.000+ troops and then we will attack Calcutta...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14245 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2880

Defending force 113915 troops, 569 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3631



Allied ground losses:
102 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16029 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3415

Defending force 208395 troops, 565 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4811



Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported

[castor troy]

Japanese long range torpedo bombers sunk the light cruiser Adelaide during attacks near Koepang! Banzai! Banzai! Banzai!


"BIRMINGHAM' Class Cruiser ordered from Cockatoo Island Shipyard, Sydney, and Australia in 1914. Build was delayed until adequate material was available and the ship was laid down on 20th October 1917. Although she was launched on 27th July 1918 her completion was leisurely until 5th August 1922 when commissioned for training duties. In 1924 she was deployed with HM Battlecruisers HOOD and REPULSE, HM Cruisers DANAE, DELHI, DAUNTLESS, DRAGON and DUNEDIN as part of the Dominion Cruise Squadron during tour by HRH The Prince of Wales. Later she served on the China Station. Old design made her of small value as a fighting unit and she was withdrawn from service to refit and placed in Reserve. In view of the political situation the ship was taken in hand to modernise the ship, which involved reducing her armament and conversion of all boilers to burn oil fuel. As a result only three funnels were needed. Three 4" HA guns were fitted for AA defence and the submerged torpedo tubes were removed. This work began in late 1938 and was completed in March 1939.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/11/42

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TF 1022 encounters mine field at Broome (21,85)

Allied Ships
DD Dewey

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ASW attack at 31,84

Japanese Ships
SS RO-60, hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Inconstant
DD Jupiter
DD Griffin
DD Hotspur
DD Meredith

I don´t want to see British DDs attacking my subs... they achieve a hit and a near miss, the sub heads for it´s home port...

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Sub attack near Darwin at 36,84

Japanese Ships
SS RO-62

Allied Ships
CA Devonshire, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage [&o]

I was sure one or two heavy cruisers were limping back to Darwin after the night battle with Tanaka´s cruiser squadron. Heavy cruiser Devonshire is caught without any escorts at the entrance of Darwin´s port and is sunk after two torpedo hits! Banzai! Means we lost three DDs, while the Allied lost at least one heavy cruiser and a DD...

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TF 1044 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84)

Allied Ships
DD Nizam, Mine hits 1, on fire
DD Van Ghent, Mine hits 1

sub laid Type 88 mine hits... Van Ghent isn´t even on fire...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 116
Ki-27 Nate x 35
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 210

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 128

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 41st Division, at 48,26


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 8


Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x IL-4c bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 5th Engineer Regiment, at 48,26


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 6


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x IL-4c bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 29,23


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 20
Hurricane IIc x 13


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 2 destroyed, 9 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 33,74 [8|]

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 94

Allied aircraft
Seafire x 10
Albacore x 24
Martlet II x 3
F4F-4 Wildcat x 14
Spitfire Vb x 7
P-40E Warhawk x 67

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 16 destroyed, 16 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Seafire: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged
Albacore: 3 destroyed, 13 damaged
Martlet II: 3 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 6 destroyed, 2 damaged
Spitfire Vb: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 32 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVE Hosho, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CVL Zuiho
CA Atago
CVE Unyo, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CV Hiryu

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Albacore launching torpedoes at 200 feet

We had to move out our carrier TFs to attack the shipping at Koepang but of course NONE of my carriers launched a strike the whole day even though weather would have allowed it! Hurrey! But of course Koepang launched a strike, unfortunately against my weaker TF with the CVEs in it. Allied fighters even get the bounce when being on escort and so even the low experienced land based US pilots are performing very well against my high exp carrier based pilots... this attrition will make us teethless within the next couple of weeks... both CVEs are hit hard but will make it. One Allied torp is enough to nearly sink a CVE but 4 x 800kg AP bombs AND a torp isn´t even enough to heavily damage a British carrier as seen at Wyndham...

Luck has definetely switched sides since day one of the invasion of Koepang...

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23
G3M Nell x 42
G4M1 Betty x 24

Allied aircraft
Seafire x 7
Martlet II x 1
F4F-4 Wildcat x 5
Spitfire Vb x 4
P-40E Warhawk x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed, 5 damaged
G3M Nell: 20 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Seafire: 2 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 damaged
Spitfire Vb: 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed, 12 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Rathburne
AK Timber Rush, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Arkansan
DD Kane
AK West Planter
AK Nightingale, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK City of Dalhart
AK City of Elwood
AK Californian
AK American Leader, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Potter

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

strike from Kendari with a more than poor result...

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Day Air attack on Malir , at 22,4


Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 17
Hudson I x 1


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Swordfish bombing at 10700 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 34,80

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 6

Allied aircraft
Seafire x 1
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1
Spitfire Vb x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Red Jacket, on fire, heavy damage
AK West Nilus

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet

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ASW attack near Darwin at 36,84

Japanese Ships
SS RO-62, hits 2

Allied Ships
DMS Dorsey
DMS Perry
DMS Chandler
DMS Elliot
DMS Lamberton
DMS Zane

would be nice if Miller would use those DMS to sweep the mines at Koepang... MY mines, that hurt me more than they hurt him... idiotic!

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14225 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2880

Defending force 113778 troops, 568 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3628



Allied ground losses:
137 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16012 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3414

Defending force 208058 troops, 564 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4822