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

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/27/43

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ASW attack at 70,41

Japanese Ships
DD Kisaragi
DD Ushio
DD Yugiri
DD Yugure
DD Umikaze
DD Samidare

Allied Ships
SS Gato, hits 9

Miller floods the waters around Japan with his subs at the moment. Looks like he´s started a sub offensive as we spot half a dozen subs daily. Guess that means there are something like a dozen or more subs around. 30 DDs in 5 TFs were sent out to take care of the threat. Gato takes 9 near misses today and is probably out of action and has to return. Expected sys damage 10-20.

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
D3A Val x 108
A6M3a Zero x 78
B5N Kate x 82
G3M Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 190
Ki-61 Ic x 34

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 217
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Makin , at 85,89

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 103

Allied aircraft
PB4Y Liberator x 2 [&:]

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 Ic: 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y Liberator: 2 destroyed

pretty much looks like Miller forgot about his PB4Y squadron and left it on port attack. Both bombers were shot down...

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 105
SBD Dauntless x 30
TBF Avenger x 121
PBY Catalina x 5


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 132

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x TBF Avenger bombing at 22400 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 33
Beaufighter VIF x 15
Liberator VI x 9


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Brewster 339D bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 1st Reserve Tank Regiment, at 59,7


Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 54
Yak-9D x 192


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x MiG-3 bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 46,104


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 14
P-39D Airacobra x 189
P-40E Warhawk x 16


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 46,104


Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 33
P-40N Warhawk x 20
A-36A Apache x 12


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
63 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Beaufort I bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 46,104


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 92
B-25J Mitchell x 83


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
316 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet

daily, massed air to ground strikes against my division South of Townville... [:(]

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Day Air attack on Hyderabad , at 20,17


Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 1
Liberator VI x 11


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Salamaua , at 54,88


Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 27
Spitfire Vb x 18


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Barracuda bombing at 16600 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 39
Beaufighter VIC x 31
B-25J Mitchell x 79
PB4Y Liberator x 9


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 80

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

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ASW attack at 65,44

Japanese Ships
DD Tomozuru
DD Hatsukari
DD Manazuru
DD Chidori
DD Tachikaze
DD Hokaze

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon

another ASW TF tries to engage a sub but all DDs fail to locate the sub...

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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9099 troops, 265 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7177

Defending force 130164 troops, 1655 guns, 204 vehicles, Assault Value = 2680



Allied ground losses:
198 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

7000+ av at Irkutsk now, another 1000 as reserve at Ulan Ude, the base four hexes South of Irkutsk. I´m unsure if I should start a serious of attacks now that probably will wreck my troops or if I should wait for the engineer rgts from Derby that should arrive within a month or so at Irkutsk.

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22637 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2454

Defending force 203505 troops, 244 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 5635



Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22710 troops, 254 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1664

Defending force 125624 troops, 218 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2475



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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 96663 troops, 1519 guns, 134 vehicles, Assault Value = 2671

Defending force 364113 troops, 2805 guns, 3294 vehicles, Assault Value = 7177


Japanese ground losses:
168 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 61418 troops, 657 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 1290

Defending force 76813 troops, 844 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1565


Japanese ground losses:
211 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Allied ground losses:
1 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[Cribtop]

Point taken. I was thinking Miller's few successes have come from his atoll assaults using the patented "search plane empowered bombardment" technique. However, when he hits an IJA division on one of those atolls it could get ugly. Still, he may think the same way I did. Perhaps a trap can be baited in the Gilberts?

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Cribtop

Point taken. I was thinking Miller's few successes have come from his atoll assaults using the patented "search plane empowered bombardment" technique. However, when he hits an IJA division on one of those atolls it could get ugly. Still, he may think the same way I did. Perhaps a trap can be baited in the Gilberts?

The first time that the massed Kingfishers weren´t used pre bombardment were during the attack on Canton Island. And it was obvious that the bombardments did not have such an effect as if he would have used three dozen floatplanes. But the outcome was the same. After "normal" bombardments of one and a half dozen BBs there was nothing left on the atoll. All CD units and base forces were 100% knocked out and the inf units mopped up my base in no time.

I won´t really fight for anything until a line Marcus Island - Guam - Truk - Rabaul. If he comes island hopping then this will be the line I will draw and that will be strongly defended. This doesn´t mean I will just watch the Allied taking Tarawa or Kwajalein but I won´t throw in the kitchen sink like I did it at Timor for example.

One IJA division would not have been enough to stop the assault on Canton Island for example as I had 400 av from inf units at the base and another 100 from base forces. The base forces were wiped out by the BBs which left 400 from the inf units but they could do nothing. So we are more or less speaking of 2 IJA divs on an atoll to really cause trouble.

[EUBanana]

638 Tonies a month?

<censored> [X(]

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: EUBanana

638 Tonies a month?

<censored> [X(]

have ramped up production to get results with R&D, that was the reason for having so many. Have already switched nearly 100 over to R&D of the Frank and in something like a month or so we won´t have more production capacity than 350-400 anymore. With that production capacity I plan to actually build something like 200 a month.

[anarchyintheuk]

It's been two days, I'm starting to get withdrawal shakes.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk

It's been two days, I'm starting to get withdrawal shakes.

that´s because we only did a couple of turns the last two days and not much happened, but there you go... [;)]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/28/43

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ASW attack at 64,45

Japanese Ships
PC Kanju

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon, hits 2

a single new PC was ordered to move from Tokyo to Singapore and on it´s way out from Japan it stumbles across a US SS. Two near misses with a ASW mortar...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 57
A6M3a Zero x 75
B5N Kate x 8
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 218
Ki-61 Ic x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 188

Aircraft Attacking:
28 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 91
SBD Dauntless x 31
TBF Avenger x 119
PBY Catalina x 5


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 111

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x TBF Avenger bombing at 22400 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 32
Beaufighter VIF x 15
Liberator VI x 9


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Brewster 339D bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 85
P-47C Thunderbolt x 19


Allied aircraft losses
P-40N Warhawk: 2 damaged
P-47C Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet

it´s nice to see the three base forces on Wallis Island achieve some kills from time to time... problem is I can´t pick them up even though the airfield is only 30% damaged... [:@] not with transports, not with patrols... this just sucks once again... pick up unit order doesn´t work where it should work but does work for picking up units that are 10 hexes out of range of US transports... love it...

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


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 32
Hurricane IIc x 27


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
163 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

Miller has ordered the British fighter bombers at Chungking to attack my troops at Kweiyang... clearly one more sign that he wants to kick me out of the town... if he succeeds, this would me the worst that could happen at the moment I guess...

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Day Air attack on 27th Division, at 59,6


Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 36
Yak-9D x 129


Allied aircraft losses
MiG-3: 1 damaged
Yak-9D: 1 destroyed, 17 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x MiG-3 bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Kwantung Defense Brigade, at 59,6


Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 18
Yak-9D x 65


Allied aircraft losses
MiG-3: 2 damaged
Yak-9D: 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Yak-9D bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 46,104


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 14
P-39D Airacobra x 195
P-40E Warhawk x 18


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 46,104


Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 27
P-40N Warhawk x 21
A-36A Apache x 13


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Beaufort I bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 46,104


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIC x 26
B-25C Mitchell x 71
B-25J Mitchell x 46


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
173 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Hyderabad , at 20,17


Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 1
Liberator VI x 7


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet

air attack out of Ceylon...
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 35
Beaufighter VIC x 31
B-25J Mitchell x 76
PB4Y Liberator x 8


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 89

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at 67,31

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 98185 troops, 1139 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 2046

Defending force 5652 troops, 60 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 109

Japanese max assault: 2047 - adjusted assault: 2848

Allied max defense: 112 - adjusted defense: 109

Japanese assault odds: 26 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
183 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
163 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

that´s the last region fortress on the way to Imam...

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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9178 troops, 270 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7209

Defending force 131147 troops, 1672 guns, 205 vehicles, Assault Value = 2692



Allied ground losses:
80 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22660 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2446

Defending force 248469 troops, 459 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 6767



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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22693 troops, 254 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1664

Defending force 125947 troops, 220 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2479



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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 97371 troops, 1543 guns, 133 vehicles, Assault Value = 2692

Defending force 364551 troops, 2830 guns, 3299 vehicles, Assault Value = 7209


Japanese ground losses:
310 casualties reported

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/29/43

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Day Air attack on Ahmadabad , at 24,8


Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 13
Barracuda x 16
Vengeance I x 16
P-40E Warhawk x 62
Hurricane IIc x 16


Allied aircraft losses
Corsair IV: 1 destroyed
Vengeance I: 3 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet

Miller has picked a new training target for his aircraft at Karachi... will have to do something against that...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
D3A Val x 108
A6M3a Zero x 78
B5N Kate x 82
G3M Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 217
Ki-61 Ic x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 86

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 177
PBY Catalina x 4


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 70

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x F6F Hellcat bombing at 2000 feet

looks like pretty much all carrier based fighters of the USN are now training East of New Caledonia...

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 35
Beaufighter VIF x 15
Liberator VI x 12


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Brewster 339D bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 57
Kittyhawk I x 12
P-40E Warhawk x 89


Allied aircraft losses
Boomerang II: 5 damaged
Kittyhawk I: 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Boomerang II bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
P-47C Thunderbolt x 2


Allied aircraft losses
P-47C Thunderbolt: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 21st Mortar Battalion, at 59,7


Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 51
Yak-9D x 179


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
110 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
34 x MiG-3 bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 10th Division, at 41,35


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 34
Hurricane IIc x 26


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 46,104


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 200 [:(]
P-40E Warhawk x 21


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 46,104


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 15
Beaufort I x 34
P-40N Warhawk x 24
A-36A Apache x 17


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
42 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Beaufort I bombing at 15000 feet

The Allied get massed daily a2g attacks...

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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 46,104


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIC x 31
B-25C Mitchell x 97
B-25J Mitchell x 52


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
314 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 33
Beaufighter VIC x 29
B-25J Mitchell x 68
PB4Y Liberator x 7


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 68

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at 67,31

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 98043 troops, 1129 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 2038

Defending force 5453 troops, 49 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 102

Japanese max assault: 2017 - adjusted assault: 2744

Allied max defense: 80 - adjusted defense: 31

Japanese assault odds: 88 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
352 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
337 casualties reported
Guns lost 5


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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11567 troops, 353 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7249

Defending force 132038 troops, 1690 guns, 207 vehicles, Assault Value = 2718



Allied ground losses:
448 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Vehicles lost 2


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22516 troops, 262 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2438

Defending force 264285 troops, 609 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 7141



Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Chinese av is going up and up and up... more units to come... we´ve got two bgds one hex out...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22658 troops, 255 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1663

Defending force 126166 troops, 221 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2484



Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 97845 troops, 1553 guns, 133 vehicles, Assault Value = 2712

Defending force 367293 troops, 2932 guns, 3300 vehicles, Assault Value = 7249


Japanese ground losses:
117 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 67,31

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4899 troops, 30 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 90

Defending force 97607 troops, 1124 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2014

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/30/43

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Day Air attack on 23rd Army, at 59,7


Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 108
Yak-9D x 183


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
124 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x MiG-3 bombing at 2000 feet

would like to bomb Irkutsk but there´s just too much flak there... flak alone is enough to keep a Japanese player in this mod from attacking...

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Day Air attack on Ahmadabad , at 24,8


Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 6
Hurricane IIc x 2


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Barracuda bombing at 16600 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
D3A Val x 108
A6M3a Zero x 78
B5N Kate x 82
G3M Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 220
Ki-61 Ic x 47

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 248
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 225
PBY Catalina x 5


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 110

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x F6F Hellcat bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 29
Beaufighter VIF x 15
Liberator VI x 6


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Brewster 339D bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 77
P-47C Thunderbolt x 10


Allied aircraft losses
P-40N Warhawk: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
P-47C Thunderbolt: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet

again two lucky hits... a Kingfisher has flown a recon mission over Wallis today... bombardment coming up?

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Day Air attack on 32nd Division, at 41,35


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 32
Hurricane IIc x 26


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
73 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 26th Division, at 69,21


Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 9
Pe-2 x 76
R-12 x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 5 damaged
R-12: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Pe-2 bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 46,104


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 14
P-39D Airacobra x 204
P-40E Warhawk x 21


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Kittyhawk III bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 46,104


Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 39
P-40N Warhawk x 22
A-36A Apache x 12


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Beaufort I bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 167

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 21000 feet

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Day Air attack on Salamaua , at 54,88


Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 38
Spitfire Vb x 12


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Barracuda bombing at 16600 feet


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Ground combat at 67,31

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 97710 troops, 1126 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2022

Defending force 4899 troops, 30 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 90

Japanese max assault: 1995 - adjusted assault: 2550

Allied max defense: 56 - adjusted defense: 4

Japanese assault odds: 637 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
93 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Allied ground losses:
7484 casualties reported
Guns lost 55

this region fortress surrendered quite quickly... 60 points for ground losses today, now at 25.635 [:D]

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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11653 troops, 359 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7281

Defending force 132042 troops, 1697 guns, 205 vehicles, Assault Value = 2727



Allied ground losses:
133 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22578 troops, 263 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2437

Defending force 281213 troops, 724 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 7671 [X(]



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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22684 troops, 254 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 1665

Defending force 126043 troops, 220 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2475



Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 98132 troops, 1564 guns, 132 vehicles, Assault Value = 2722

Defending force 371257 troops, 2956 guns, 3304 vehicles, Assault Value = 7281


Japanese ground losses:
101 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 46,104

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14159 troops, 118 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 408

Defending force 13353 troops, 36 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 298


Japanese ground losses:
151 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

lost the last cr, not much happening anyway...

entered 9/43 and that´s a very bad date for the Japanese as the Allied now get 90 P-38J and 90 B-24 a month... Miller already told me he´s looking forward to a more intensive bomber campaign...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/01/43

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Sub attack at 65,55

Japanese Ships
AK Komaki Maru, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1

Allied Ships
SS Scorpion, hits 1

East of Iwo Jima... one salvo missed, one salvo failed to detonate, the third one did... and the AK ends up with 6 flt damage... just strange... [8|]

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TF 1044 encounters mine field at Efate (73,109)

Japanese Ships
AG AG-2088, and is sunk

Allied Ships
MSW Cromarty
MSW Bendigo
AK Solviken, Mine hits 1, on fire

an AK was pulled into a minefield by the MSW... Type 88 sub laid mine, no biggy...

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Day Air attack on Ahmadabad , at 24,8


Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 2
Barracuda x 14
P-40E Warhawk x 47
Hurricane IIc x 13


Allied aircraft losses
Barracuda: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 81
A6M3a Zero x 79
B5N Kate x 8
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 190
Ki-61 Ic x 44

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 191
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Apamama , at 86,92

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 118

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 Ic: 1 destroyed
H8K Emily: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 17 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 49

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet

big style airattacks today... with the usual nearly non existent losses of 4Es...

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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 79
B-17E Fortress x 65
B-24D Liberator x 52
IL-4c x 11


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
434 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 164

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x IL-4c bombing at 20000 feet

20.000 ft attack alt and still a nuke... there are no less than 8 AA rgt/btn at the moment... not counting the base forces...[>:]

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 166
PBY Catalina x 4


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 64

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x F6F Hellcat bombing at 2000 feet

guess as soon as the Hellcats don´t show up in the training runs anymore I can count on the CVs leaving port to attack me... I´m safe as long as I get the info of those squadrons doing training runs...

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 38
Beaufighter VIF x 16
Liberator VI x 10


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Brewster 339D bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 64
Kittyhawk I x 16
P-40E Warhawk x 88


Allied aircraft losses
Boomerang II: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Boomerang II bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
PBM Mariner x 3
P-40N Warhawk x 37
P-47C Thunderbolt x 14


Allied aircraft losses
PBM Mariner: 2 damaged
P-40N Warhawk: 3 damaged
P-47C Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 124
PV-1 Ventura x 24
PB4Y Liberator x 10
B-24D Liberator x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K Emily: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 11 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 85

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet

hundreds of 4Es are in the area around Canton Island...

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Day Air attack on 51st Division, at 41,35


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 32
Hurricane IIc x 26


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Kwantung Defense Brigade, at 59,6


Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 33


Allied aircraft losses
MiG-3: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x MiG-3 bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 46,104


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 13
P-39D Airacobra x 209
P-40E Warhawk x 21
P-40N Warhawk x 18
A-36A Apache x 11


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Kittyhawk III bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 46,104


Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 11
Beaufighter VIC x 28
B-25C Mitchell x 85
B-25J Mitchell x 35


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
161 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 118th IJA Base Force, at 59,7


Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 46
Yak-9D x 173


Allied aircraft losses
Yak-9D: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x MiG-3 bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 40th Rifle Division, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 235

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
385 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

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

attacking a cut off division North of Vladivostok... don´t have anything else to do for my medium IJAAF bombers... at this stage they are useless more or less as you can´t attack flak defended Allied bases anyway...



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Day Air attack on Salamaua , at 54,88


Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 40
Spitfire Vb x 12


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Barracuda bombing at 16600 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 34
Beaufighter VIC x 14
P-38G Lightning x 39


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

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Sub attack at 34,78

Japanese Ships
AK Shoyu Maru, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Bowfin

East of Timor is a small supply loaden AK sunk...

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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11669 troops, 361 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7381

Defending force 133610 troops, 1726 guns, 208 vehicles, Assault Value = 2755



Allied ground losses:
94 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22602 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2439

Defending force 295821 troops, 853 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 8158 [X(]

nearly 300.000 Chinese troops but only the number of guns like 3 IJA divisions... hopefully they are all out of supply and hopefully the wooden hex will help us... another hope would be to see the two bgds arriving here soon... would boost our av to 3000 at least...

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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 96804 troops, 1054 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2059

Defending force 66394 troops, 547 guns, 452 vehicles, Assault Value = 1001



Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22726 troops, 254 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 1333

Defending force 126072 troops, 217 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2476



Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 99005 troops, 1594 guns, 133 vehicles, Assault Value = 2751

Defending force 374947 troops, 3001 guns, 3304 vehicles, Assault Value = 7381


Japanese ground losses:
320 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 47518 troops, 532 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 1001

Defending force 98256 troops, 1102 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2059


Japanese ground losses:
224 casualties reported
Guns lost 19


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Ground combat at 46,104

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14133 troops, 117 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 408

Defending force 12400 troops, 27 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 269


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

[anarchyintheuk]

Woohoo!

[Ambassador]

I bet you'll carefully monitor the first deliberate attack at Kweiyang.&nbsp; Do your units there have any forts ?&nbsp; enough supply ?&nbsp; and enough supply in the closest bases ?

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

I bet you'll carefully monitor the first deliberate attack at Kweiyang.  Do your units there have any forts ?  enough supply ?  and enough supply in the closest bases ?

the troops there are fully supplied and fully prepped for the base. While I never got a good answer if being prepped for a base you don´t own does you any good when being on the defense in that base. All units have one or two forts, no more possible for big inf units when not owning a base. The base force there has fort level 7 though. We will have 3000 base av and a wooden hex with at least 1 fort for the units that already have been there for some time (not for the newly arriving units though). But overall the enemy should have to achieve at least a 3:1 to kick us out.

Should be quite hard to achieve that if out of supply, being in a wooden hex and facing 3000 av.

[jwilkerson]

I've been wondering ever since Castor started this game, whether we would finish AE first or he would finish the game first. I still wonder!
[:D]
Castor's game is halfway done - AE is more than halfway - but when doing a project the last 10% takes the longest!
[:)]

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: jwilkerson

I've been wondering ever since Castor started this game, whether we would finish AE first or he would finish the game first. I still wonder!
[:D]
Castor's game is halfway done - AE is more than halfway - but when doing a project the last 10% takes the longest!
[:)]

it´s been a really fast paced game (and still is) but it nevertheless took us 8 months of real time to get nearly two years of game time done. So hopefully you will have finished AE first as it surely takes another year to finish the campaign. [:D] If it´s going all the way through...

[bigbaba]

ORIGINAL: jwilkerson

I've been wondering ever since Castor started this game, whether we would finish AE first or he would finish the game first. I still wonder!
[:D]
Castor's game is halfway done - AE is more than halfway - but when doing a project the last 10% takes the longest!
[:)]

NOOOOOO..i heard something about "nearly completed". you better release AE ASAP! or castor will invade the west coast![:D]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/02/43

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Naval bombardment of Wallis Island, at 93,107

Allied Ships
CA Wichita
CA Vincennes
CA Quincy
CA Chester
CA Northampton
CA Indianapolis
CA Portland
BB Pennsylvania
BB Arizona
BB Maryland

Japanese ground losses:
1859 casualties reported
Guns lost 25

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 87
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 15

as could have been expected after we spotted a Kingfisher on recon, here comes the bombardment... another nuke so to say... it´s really amazing that it seems the Allied do get really good die rolls all the time when it comes down to doing bombardments in this campaign... there won´t be anymore flak defense I guess...

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Naval bombardment of Wallis Island, at 93,107

Allied Ships
CL Glasgow
CL Mauritius
CL Hobart
CL Perth
CL Achilles
CL Leander
CA Canberra
CA Shropshire
BB Ramilles
BB Royal Sovereign

Japanese ground losses:
722 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 74
Port hits 6
Port supply hits 16

the base stopped existing...

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Day Air attack on Ahmadabad , at 24,8


Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 12
Barracuda x 13
Vengeance I x 14
P-40E Warhawk x 42
Hurricane IIc x 13


Allied aircraft losses
Corsair IV: 1 damaged
Vengeance I: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
D3A Val x 105
A6M3a Zero x 80
B5N Kate x 82
G3M Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 221
Ki-61 Ic x 45

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 226
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 99
B-17E Fortress x 57
B-24D Liberator x 42
IL-4c x 14


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 3 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
639 casualties reported
Guns lost 13

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 133 [8|]

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x IL-4c bombing at 25000 feet
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 25000 feet

the enemy has now gone up into the stratosphere but that doesn´t stop him from nuking my base...
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 29
Beaufighter VIF x 16
Liberator VI x 7


No Allied losses

Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Brewster 339D bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
PBM Mariner x 2
P-40N Warhawk x 63


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x P-40N Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 5th RF Gun Battalion, at 59,7


Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 152
Yak-9D x 172
R-12 x 2


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
146 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x MiG-3 bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 10th Division, at 41,35


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 32
Hurricane IIc x 24


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 46,104


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 14
P-39D Airacobra x 213
P-40E Warhawk x 21
P-40N Warhawk x 14
A-36A Apache x 11


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
64 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Kittyhawk III bombing at 2000 feet

at the end there won´t be much left from my division... got 50% disablements from the air attacks alone... Miller lost the chance to wreck my division completely though as he only attacked once with his two tank btns and stopped it. At the moment there´s also an Australian div in the hex and it would have been absolutely easy to force my div to retreat. Well, today three more of my divs entered the hex... [:D]

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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 46,104


Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 31


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Beaufort I bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 46,104


Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 11
Beaufighter VIC x 31
B-25C Mitchell x 104
B-25J Mitchell x 67


No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 210

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
167 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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

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and here comes the bug of the day...

Day Air attack on TF at 97,97


Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 101
PV-1 Ventura x 23
F4U-1 Corsair x 52
B-24D Liberator x 15


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Rozan Maru, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
AP Hokutatsu Maru, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
AP Saiho Maru, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
AP Iwaki Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Daihachikyo Maru, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tientsin Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
696 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet

that´s two hexes off Canton Island. I´ve got three TFs that can be seen as ghost TFs as I can´t get access to them but obviously they still exist and the game treats them as being Japanese. This one moved all the way from Kwajalein to Canton and got trashed today... there´s nothing on AI control...

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Day Air attack on Salamaua , at 54,88


Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 40


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Barracuda bombing at 16600 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 33
Beaufighter VIC x 26
P-38G Lightning x 40


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 40

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x P-38G Lightning bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11719 troops, 364 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7419

Defending force 134515 troops, 1740 guns, 208 vehicles, Assault Value = 2767



Allied ground losses:
346 casualties reported
Guns lost 10


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22497 troops, 263 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2764

Defending force 298363 troops, 851 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 8168



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 96723 troops, 1043 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2058

Defending force 66436 troops, 542 guns, 452 vehicles, Assault Value = 1003



Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported

with the Aussie div moved out into the hex South of Townsville the enemy av doesn´t look that high anymore... but I´m expecting lots of enemy LCUs being moved in with convoys. Just can´t believe he wouldn´t fight for this area... but this also would mean that his offensive capability would be smaller and that´s good news...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22668 troops, 254 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 1328

Defending force 126042 troops, 219 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2473



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 99265 troops, 1599 guns, 133 vehicles, Assault Value = 2763

Defending force 375238 troops, 3023 guns, 3307 vehicles, Assault Value = 7419


Japanese ground losses:
203 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100689 troops, 826 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8168

Defending force 131582 troops, 1444 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 2764


Japanese ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Guns lost 13

one of my bgds entered the hex, another one to follow in two days...

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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 47619 troops, 530 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 1002

Defending force 98042 troops, 1083 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2058


Japanese ground losses:
185 casualties reported
Guns lost 5


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Ground combat at 46,104

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14159 troops, 118 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 408

Defending force 57471 troops, 545 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 1228


Japanese ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: bigbaba

ORIGINAL: jwilkerson

I've been wondering ever since Castor started this game, whether we would finish AE first or he would finish the game first. I still wonder!
[:D]
Castor's game is halfway done - AE is more than halfway - but when doing a project the last 10% takes the longest!
[:)]

NOOOOOO..i heard something about "nearly completed". you better release AE ASAP! or castor will invade the west coast![:D]

lol, I actually was thinking about invading the West coast, no joke! [:D] what kept me from doing it (or preparing for it) after the fall of Wyndham was the fact that the Allied would get too many LCUs too soon and so the plan died before going into detail. But would surely be fun, imagine how few enemy LCUs are there at this date...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/03/43

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ASW attack at 53,45

Japanese Ships
DD Sagi
DD Hato
DD Hayabusa
DD Hiyodori
DD Kasasagi
DD Otori

Allied Ships
SS Grampus

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Naval bombardment of Wallis Island, at 93,107

Allied Ships
CA San Francisco
CA Minneapolis
CA Astoria
CA New Orleans
CA Salt Lake City
CA Chicago
CA Houston
BB Mississippi
BB New Mexico
BB Idaho

Japanese ground losses:
1063 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 98
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 6

even though there´s nothing left on Wallis that is able to put up a fight, here comes another nuke...

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TF 24 encounters mine field at Goodenough island (56,93)

Japanese Ships
AG AG-354, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

we clear another sub laid mine...

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Day Air attack on Changchun , at 63,28


Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 30


No Allied losses

Oil hits 4 [:@]

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Liberator VI bombing at 5000 feet [X(]

looks like I know now why there are those British Liberators in Russia... that way he can bomb my oil sites out to ten hexes... with his ultalow level attack the enemy achieves 4 hits which means 8 oil points are destroyed, means 48 oil per day less... the more he annoys me with those attacks, the more effort I will put into killing off his troops/aircraft/bases... of course it´s not always like "the more you annoy him, the more he will give you back" because I can´t do that in the Pacific against the US forces but I definetely can do it against the Russian... there are not really a lot bases he can reach from the staging base of his Liberators and the most important are capped anyway... with all the resource sites we capture(d) in Russia it won´t be a problem at all to repair the damage to my oil sites...

it was nevertheless a surprising attack...


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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
D3A Val x 108
A6M3a Zero x 80
B5N Kate x 82
G3M Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 222
Ki-61 Ic x 47

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 292
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Salamaua , at 54,88


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 48
F4U-1 Corsair x 145


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 37

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Spitfire Vb bombing at 2000 feet

unfortunately Miller now uses every base or LCU in range of his aircraft to do training runs and the total numbers of training runs per day is already higher than ours... not good... especially not if he´s already so confident that he also uses PM as staging base for hundreds of training runs per day...

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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 91
B-17E Fortress x 58
B-24D Liberator x 33
IL-4c x 14


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 8 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
293 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 80

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x IL-4c bombing at 25000 feet

[8|]
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 269
PBY Catalina x 5


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 128

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x F6F Hellcat bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 38
Beaufighter VIF x 13
Liberator VI x 9


No Allied losses

Runway hits 34

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Brewster 339D bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 64
Kittyhawk I x 16
P-40E Warhawk x 84


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Boomerang II bombing at 2000 feet

hundreds of figthers in training mode...

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107


Allied aircraft
PBM Mariner x 2
P-40N Warhawk x 62


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x P-40N Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 109
PV-1 Ventura x 22
PB4Y Liberator x 5
B-24D Liberator x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K Emily: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 1 destroyed, 19 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 20
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 164

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet

flak just has no effect... a big base force, a big CD unit and two IJN base forces and flak is not existing... who said that you have to increase attack alt in Nikmod... it´s even the other way around, you can DEcrease it as I definetely achieve far better results in stock with mass employment of flak guns... with the uber durability in Nikmod flak is no issue. No issue because soon I won´t be able to mass all my flak in just a couple of bases so flak effects will be even less during the next year...

this of course isn´t valid for the Japanese as Allied flak is so mighty, you can´t attack an Allied base with more than one base force... lol lol lol

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Day Air attack on 15th Field Artillery Regiment, at 59,7


Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 156
Yak-9D x 184
R-12 x 2


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x MiG-3 bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 46,104


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 14
P-39D Airacobra x 212
P-40E Warhawk x 21
P-40N Warhawk x 19
A-36A Apache x 13


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
125 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Kittyhawk III bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 46,104


Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 27


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Beaufort I bombing at 15000 feet

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Day Air attack on 12th Rifle Division, at 70,22

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 12
Ki-49 Helen x 61

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
155 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 32nd Rifle Division, at 70,22

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 15
Ki-49 Helen x 74

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 3 damaged


Allied ground losses:
195 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

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

we´ve also ordered ground attacks and attack two Russian inf divisions that were moved out from Blagoveshchensk into the hex North of it... no idea what Miller thinks he´s doing because this is a clear hex and he knows (from recon and bombing) that I have at least three divs one hex further North on the railline. Well, they will arrive in this hex today and with both enemy divs being attacked by our bombers I´m sure we will knock them out with a shock attack tomorrow... can´t understand that move at all...[&:] especially as he can just sit back and relax at Blagoveshchensk behind his level 9 forts...

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Day Air attack on 40th Rifle Division, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 46

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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

North West of Vladivostok...
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Day Air attack on Salamaua , at 54,88


Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 39


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Barracuda bombing at 16600 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 31
Beaufighter VIC x 19
P-38G Lightning x 39


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 40

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x P-38G Lightning bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13473 troops, 416 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7499

Defending force 135111 troops, 1745 guns, 207 vehicles, Assault Value = 2778



Allied ground losses:
316 casualties reported
Guns lost 15


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22527 troops, 263 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2765

Defending force 311254 troops, 914 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 8480



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Ground combat at 46,104

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 45524 troops, 514 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 1707

Defending force 21059 troops, 118 guns, 106 vehicles, Assault Value = 408



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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 96672 troops, 1046 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2056

Defending force 73741 troops, 626 guns, 453 vehicles, Assault Value = 1187



Allied ground losses:
178 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22674 troops, 254 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1330

Defending force 125986 troops, 218 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 2468



Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 99631 troops, 1598 guns, 134 vehicles, Assault Value = 2775

Defending force 382460 troops, 3097 guns, 3302 vehicles, Assault Value = 7499


Japanese ground losses:
165 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100284 troops, 820 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8480

Defending force 131490 troops, 1435 guns, 31 vehicles, Assault Value = 2765


Japanese ground losses:
103 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Vehicles lost 1

it doesn´t look like Miller really wants to attack here... more troops coming in but with every day that passes by, also my av will go up and his chance (if there is one) is too attack asap...

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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 47545 troops, 527 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 1183

Defending force 97382 troops, 1068 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2056


Japanese ground losses:
681 casualties reported [8|]
Guns lost 31
Vehicles lost 2

those losses are all within the leading inf division... just give me Allied artillery... I definetely understand that the Allied had far more firepower in their divisions compared to the Japanese, what I don´t understand is why an Allied 150mm gun is 5 times more effective than a Japanese 150mm gun. When I have all the Souther Area Army artillery units in one hex doing bombardments than I still don´t achieve what two US art units can do... and I can´t say that I think this is right... [&:]

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Ground combat at 46,104

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14159 troops, 118 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 408

Defending force 81147 troops, 851 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 1707


Japanese ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Guns lost 5