AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/23/42
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TF 1002 encounters mine field at Wyndham (30,86)
Allied Ships
MSW Kalgoorlie
MSW Tamworth
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ASW attack at 9,88
Japanese Ships
SS I-153, hits 3, on fire
Allied Ships
MSW Burnie
MSW Goulburn
MSW Maryborough
MSW Bundaberg
MSW Poole
those MSWs keep being a pain... one real hit and the SS has to head home full speed...
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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10
Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 2
Blenheim IV x 12
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
new training target for the Allied bomber at Karachi...
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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 148
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 19 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
386 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 6
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
Miller now attacks the port, don´t know why...
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 158
B5N Kate x 4
G3M Nell x 48
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-27 Nate x 69
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 70
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 99
Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 69
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 51
Allied aircraft
Albacore x 18
Kittyhawk I x 44
P-40E Warhawk x 32
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 14 destroyed, 19 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Albacore: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Kittyhawk I: 32 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 14 destroyed, 4 damaged
Japanese Ships
MSW W.7
AK Hiyama Maru, Bomb hits 1
AK Hankow Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Yubari Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Albacore bombing at 5000 feet
my ships at Koepang are attacked again, again the fighters on Cap are a wet joke, we´re below 40% again, this time I´ve set them to 90%!!! [:@] The Kittyhawks had no chance but hey, the Warhawks got the bounce and achieved a kill ratio in their favour... We´re not getting our fighters airborne and we´re not even getting the bounce above our own base, even when our fighters are set to 15.000ft and the Allied escorts are flying at 8.000ft. Well working design...
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 62
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 41
B-24D Liberator x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 20 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 4 damaged
Japanese Ships
MSW W.17
MSW W.7
AK Canton Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Yubari Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
26 bombers manage to get through the Cap and sink another small AK... our fighters once again prove to be useless against the 4Es...
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Day Air attack on TF at 29,72
Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 18
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AK Shinsei Maru
AK Sansei Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Mayachi Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
AK Muko Maru
Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
Miller now has moved Marauders to Lautern, attacking a troop convoy at max range. The ships should make it...
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Day Air attack on TF at 28,75
Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 23
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
DD Kazegumo, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
Kazegumo is dead of course but the DD was already in sinking condition after the murderous attack yesterday...
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 75
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 53
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15
LB-30 Liberator x 23
B-24D Liberator x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 7 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 destroyed, 10 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged
Japanese Ships
AK Hiyama Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
slightly more fighters on Cap in the afternoon, the rate still keeps being a joke... an airfield attack could destroy 150+ undamaged fighters on the ground... I could just 
total losses of today:
the last days have clearly showed what I knew the first day when Miller landed troops at Lautern, it will be impossible to do anything in this region as soon as he begins flying attacks out of his level 6 airfield of Lautern. Even though I take down more aircraft than I lose, I also lose precious pilots and I now I also have started losing ships. Soon the Allied Army will have marched to Dili, coming over 120 miles of trails and being very well supplied it seems. Then Dili will fall soon and with another level 5 airfield on Timor, there will then be 550 Allied aircraft on Timor that will lay waste up to an area around Java and South of Borneo! The fact that my fighters don´t get airborne will be the biggest issue and will make defense impossible.
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Sub attack at 11,86
Japanese Ships
SS I-170
Allied Ships
MSW Latrobe
MSW Shepparton
MSW Lismore
MSW Launceton
MSW Kapunda
MSW Katoomba
2 torps miss Latrobe...
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ASW attack at 12,86
Japanese Ships
SS I-1, hits 1
Allied Ships
MSW Burnie
MSW Goulburn
MSW Maryborough
MSW Bundaberg
MSW Poole
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Sub attack at 11,86
Japanese Ships
SS I-170
Allied Ships
AK West Planter, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
but one out of two torps hit the already damaged big AK...
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and here comes the big joke of the day (as if the other happenings wouldn´t be ridicoulos enough...)
Day Time Surface Combat, near Koepang at 28,77
Japanese Ships
MSW W.7
MSW W.17
AK Hankow Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AK Indus Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Yubari Maru, on fire
AK Hiyama Maru, on fire
AK Shoko Maru
AK Canton Maru, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
PT PT-67
PT PT-78
PT PT-84
PT PT-116
PT PT-117
PT PT-161
Miller moved in his PTs! Next Allied base is 6 hexes away so I wonder how those PTs are expected to return to their home port? Paddling? Using drifts??? Using PTs offensively that end up out of fuel is away from my understanding... [8|] They sink an undamaged AK of course...
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Ground combat at Delhi
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22362 troops, 255 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 482
Defending force 21556 troops, 80 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 188
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
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Ground combat at 47,28
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 78476 troops, 927 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1668
Defending force 23990 troops, 137 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 715
Japanese max assault: 1654 - adjusted assault: 1952
Allied max defense: 738 - adjusted defense: 218
Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
814 casualties reported
Guns lost 35
Allied ground losses:
824 casualties reported
Guns lost 13
trying to kill off the three units North of Sian...
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Ground combat at Sian
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 14244 troops, 459 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2881
Defending force 98080 troops, 278 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3247
Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Chungking
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 15850 troops, 183 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1524
Defending force 223318 troops, 1605 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4184
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Ground combat at Myitkyina
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 8446 troops, 290 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1530
Defending force 30539 troops, 214 guns, 232 vehicles, Assault Value = 479
Allied ground losses:
264 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Kweiyang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 16049 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3438
Defending force 222028 troops, 819 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5731
, this was totally crazy and again proves that the Tojo seems to be that bad that it can´t be used at all in Nikmod as soon as enemy fighters are near. Don´t forget that my pilots are still in the 80 exp range and the Warhawks at 60 (according to info from Paul). The Zero was more or less unbeatable and killed the Warhawks 8:1 or better. Well, the first appearance of the Lightning was depressing also, kill rate was 7:1 in favour of the Lightning. With the given aircraft stats, Nikmod seems to be producing some radical results.
Op losses yesterday and today? Nothing more to say...
