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

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 7:54 am

SS Runner has been reported sunk by IJN ASW forces. Note that Runner was presumable sunk by an IJN mine in real life, the chance to see an Allied sub being sunk after hitting an IJN mine in WITP is about 1:6... how can that be...

Runner (SS 275)

On 28 May 1943 Runner (Lieutenant Commander J.H. Bourland) left Midway to proceed to Latitude 48°-30'N, Longitude 154°E and begin her third patrol. She was to patrol south and west from this spot, until she came into the area south of Hokkaido and east of the northern tip of Honshu, where she was to patrol from about 8 June to 4 July 1943. The submarine was never heard from following her departure from Midway.

She was expected at Midway about 11 July, and not later than 15 July, and should have made a transmission when approximately 500 miles from this base. She was ordered on 11 July to make an immediate transmission, but no reply came. Although a careful lookout was maintained in the hope that Runner was safe but without transmission facilities, results were negative. On 20 July Runner was reported as presumed lost.

A summary of Japanese antisubmarine attacks received since the close of hostilities contains no mention of an attack which could explain the loss of Runner. Thus her loss must be ascribed to an enemy mine-field, of which there were at least four in the area to which she was assigned, to an operational casualty, or to an unreported enemy attack. Destruction by a mine is considered the most likely of these possibilities.

This ship sank three ships, totaling 19,800 tons, and damaged three more, for 19,000 tons, on her first two patrols. Runner patrolled the Palau area on her first war run in February 1943, and all of her sinkings were made here. She sank three medium freighters, and damaged two more. During her second patrol off Hong Kong in the South China Sea, Runner damaged a freighter.

veji1 · Post by **veji1** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:46 am

how many IJA and IJN bombers are you using on nav search to hunt and hurt his SS ? I mean since he does stratospheric bombing with regular 4E bombers, you using the ahistorical capacity of the IJAAF and IJNAF to hunt his SS would only be fair, if only as a bargaining tool : "I'll stop doing it if you stop doing the strat bombing except with B29" ?

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:24 am

ORIGINAL: veji1

how many IJA and IJN bombers are you using on nav search to hunt and hurt his SS ? I mean since he does stratospheric bombing with regular 4E bombers, you using the ahistorical capacity of the IJAAF and IJNAF to hunt his SS would only be fair, if only as a bargaining tool : "I'll stop doing it if you stop doing the strat bombing except with B29" ?

I don´t use a single IJN medium bomber daitai at all as they wouldn´t hit enemy subs anyway. Guess I´m using something like 10 daitais/sentais on the whole map for nav search. Means that´s something like 325 IJA bombers in total. Sounds a lot in the first place but the map is big, two sentais are stationed in India for example. I´ve got a hr for myself of never using more than one IJA medium bombers sentai per base and not using them on bases when their range is overlapping more than 2 hexes. If memory serves correctly (I´m at work at the moment) then I have 5 daitais/sentais within the SRA. One at Singapore, one on Java, two on Borneo and one on Sulawesi.

It´s funny that you mention my IJA bombers because yesterday during exchanging turns I stated that it seems all his subs were heading home (the game is actually more than a week ahead of the AAR at the moment). Miller said that it doesn´t make sense due to the fact that his subs usually only hit with one torp (which is often not enough to sink a ship) and that my 90 exp Helens keep on hitting his subs and his work is mostly to send his subs in, they get hit by a Helen and then have to head home. I can´t say that the Helens/Sallies achieved excessive hits though (and they are not at 90 exp anyway) but they regularly spot and often also attack subs. My stomach tells me that one out of five t seven attacks achieves a hit and then surely 80% of the subs manage to make port easily if not attacked by ASW or airsearch again. I have sunk a lot of subs in port early on and when looking at the sunken ships, then those that were not destroyed due to my port attacks then kills from bombers are around 50% and the other 50% goes to my ASW forces. When looking at the Allied and Japanese sub losses than I have lost more subs to bombs from nav search ac than the Allied and I´m usually not operating within the enemy´s bomber´s range.

Miller must have a hundred subs by now (just a rough guess) and lately something like two dozen seemed to operate in my waters achieving a kill now and then. What strikes me is the tactic of how he employs his subs which is totally different from what I´m doing as the Allied (and to a far lesser extend also as the Japanese early on). Miller seems to use single subs that are always moving somewhere. It seems he orders them to go to a destination (most times one of my bases) and then they are immedietely ordered to move to another base or place. This surely makes them harder to catch but they are also not really effective. If you play as the Allied your first task in the sub warfare is to figure out which shipping lanes the Japanese use. Better say, how does one get all the stuff to Japan, where are the hubs, are there small TFs, big ones, separate escort TFs, etc. As soon as you have figured that out you can employ your subs efficiently. I´m usuall using them in Wolfpacks of at least four subs (not in one TF and only one sub per hex of course) to operate in a shipping lane I know that is in use. If a Japanese TF runs across four or even more Allied subs in a row then you can be sure that this TF will end up with two or three ships less when the subs have radar and working torps. Then move on before the ASW forces show up or the Japanese uses five Helen sentais in this area alone (which is something I don´t do anyway as I find that absolutely off). Even though five subs sunk by Helens in one turn might be fun for many Japanese players, it´s far from fun for me, that´s just off and doesn´t show how good a player you are at all. Sink five subs with ASW TFs in one turn shows that you´re a good player... [;)]

Using the Wolfpacks works pretty good for me and that´s what usually causes the Japanese headache. Sending two dozen subs around on their own from one place to another is not really effective as this PBEM shows pretty well. Most times the subs just stumble over one of my TFs but they aren´t really "hunting" in my shipping lanes. Use more subs in one area and it´s easy most times. One sub attacks or spots a TF, five more subs are around. Then guess where the TF is going (most times not that hard inside the SRA) and send all your subs flank speed into the expected path of the enemy TF. BOOM... a succesful attack by three or four subs on a Japanese TK convoy can ruin the day of the Japanese. Not just the day, the whole year.

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:39 am

We enter Oct 43 and in just 7 months the skies will be full of B-29s... I see my Empire going down rapidly... In three months we should get our first Type 13 land based radar sets. 30 each month... We should also get Jacks and Georges in 1/44 as the Jack R&D was already succesful and moved the arrival date by one month. With some luck, we could get the Jack even before Christimas 43. This new fighter will be the back bone of the IJNAF fighter daitais.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/01/43

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TF 1037 encounters mine field at Pago Pago (98,110)

Allied Ships
MSW Agra

sub laid mines, no luck this time...

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Sub attack at 48,100

Japanese Ships
SS I-174

Allied Ships
AK Mauban, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

but another AK is hit near Cairns... no ground losses, either empty or a supply transport...
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Sub attack near Cairns at 47,100

Japanese Ships
SS I-39

Allied Ships
AK Mauban, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

the AK enters Cairns´ hex and is sunk by another sub waiting there... I´ve mostly withdrawn my subs from dangerous areas after the disaster during the Allied attack on Canton when Allied ASW forces sunk or heavily damaged two dozen subs in three days...

task of my subs for now are mostly patrolling to alert me when enemy attacks are going into my territory and to attack a TF with hopefully just a few escorts now and then... we won´t really see excessive kills from IJN subs anymore... enemy ASW forces are just too powerful...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
A6M5 Zeke x 24
D3A Val x 126
A6M3a Zero x 116
B5N Kate x 125
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 35

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
84 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 129
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 36
SBD Dauntless x 30
TBM Avenger x 18
PBY Catalina x 4

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 31

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

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 40
Beaufighter VIF x 19
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 12
P-38G Lightning x 31
P-38J Lightning x 15

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 34

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

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 59
Kittyhawk I x 15
P-38J Lightning x 24

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 14

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
PBM Mariner x 3
P-35A x 57
P-40N Warhawk x 95
P-47C Thunderbolt x 42

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 46

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

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 41
P-40N Warhawk x 31

No Allied losses

Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
28 x P-40N Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 15th Division, at 71,25

Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 6
Pe-2 x 30

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Pe-2 bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 56th Division, at 47,100

Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 36
P-40E Warhawk x 3
F4U-1 Corsair x 134

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort I: 1 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
180 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Beaufort I bombing at 25000 feet

56th div should have a lot of AA units in the same hex but the Corsairs get away nearly unharmed...

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Day Air attack on 42nd Division, at 46,103

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 82
B-25J Mitchell x 23
IL-4c x 6

Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
184 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet
6 x IL-4c bombing at 20000 feet

nothing to achieve against the high flying bombers...

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Day Air attack on 43rd Division, at 46,103

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 24
B-25J Mitchell x 24
IL-4c x 3

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 38
Liberator VI x 6
Beaufighter VIC x 29

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 41

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 59,90

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 80

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9 [X(]

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 Ic: 13 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 8 destroyed [8D]

Japanese Ships
AK Yamafuji Maru

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

Miller has set a squadron of B-17 from Port Moresby on nav attack and they come in unescorted to meet a lot of angry Tonies. First it looked like as if the fighters couldn´t take down the incoming bombers but in the end 9 out of 9 were shot down... the one that attacked the AK TF that´s bringing supplies to Gasmata missed...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22604 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3524

Defending force 325143 troops, 981 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 8854

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5325 troops, 52 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1875

Defending force 87814 troops, 1001 guns, 314 vehicles, Assault Value = 1530

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Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 20982 troops, 204 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1251

Defending force 62773 troops, 643 guns, 223 vehicles, Assault Value = 1185

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 115818 troops, 1373 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 3498

Defending force 62654 troops, 544 guns, 63 vehicles, Assault Value = 1124

it took me 10 days to move one hex on the road into Cairns, for whatever reason... [8|] this delay was very welcome for Miller as I guess he was able to move in another division or at least some bgd sized units as there were at least two bigger TFs going to Cairns. And there are still some of my units on the road crawling to move on Cairns... ridicoulosly slow...

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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6977 troops, 215 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4279

Defending force 93206 troops, 603 guns, 444 vehicles, Assault Value = 1570

Allied ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22933 troops, 255 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1295

Defending force 126551 troops, 212 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 2473

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 50019 troops, 585 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 1185

Defending force 61614 troops, 520 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1251

Japanese ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 58810 troops, 572 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 1568

Defending force 224805 troops, 2145 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 4279

Japanese ground losses:
138 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:48 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/02/43

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ASW attack at 47,101

Japanese Ships
SS I-159

Allied Ships
AK Joseph Holt
AK Jeremiah S. Black
DE Austin
DE Jaccard

ASW attack near Cairns, looks like this TF is leaving the area again...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
A6M5 Zeke x 24
D3A Val x 132
A6M3a Zero x 116
B5N Kate x 148
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 69
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 35

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 127
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103

Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 5

Allied aircraft losses
Boomerang II: 3 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Boomerang II bombing at 2000 feet

don´t sure about what this should be... looks like Miller forgot about this squadron...

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 7
Beaufighter VIF x 14
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 8
P-38G Lightning x 32

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 35

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

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 58
Kittyhawk I x 15
P-38J Lightning x 19

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 14

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-35A x 55
P-40N Warhawk x 98
P-47C Thunderbolt x 45

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 44

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

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 22
P-40N Warhawk x 27

No Allied losses

Runway hits 7

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

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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 45
Ki-49 Helen x 220

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
R-12: 1 destroyed
Pe-2: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 26000 feet

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Day Air attack on 38th Division, at 47,100

Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 13
P-40E Warhawk x 3
F4U-1 Corsair x 21

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort I: 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 2 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Beaufort I bombing at 25000 feet

as long as we take enemy aircraft down I´m happy...

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Day Air attack on 48th Division, at 47,100

Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 24
P-40E Warhawk x 3
F4U-1 Corsair x 118

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort I: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 5 destroyed, 20 damaged [:D]

Japanese ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Beaufort I bombing at 25000 feet
3 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
13 x F4U-1 Corsair bombing at 2000 feet

enough flak defense to hurt the fighters again...

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Day Air attack on 60th Division, at 71,25

Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 4
Pe-2 x 23

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Pe-2 bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 37
Liberator VI x 6
Beaufighter VIC x 22
P-40N Warhawk x 24

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 33

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 161412 troops, 1872 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 4032

Defending force 62876 troops, 543 guns, 62 vehicles, Assault Value = 1124

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Ground combat at Khomsomalsk

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 76456 troops, 901 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1608

Defending force 15096 troops, 48 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 84

Japanese max assault: 1026 - adjusted assault: 551

Allied max defense: 91 - adjusted defense: 1201 [X(]

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 6) [8|]

Japanese ground losses:
284 casualties reported
Guns lost 15
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
149 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

lol, we have five IJA divisions that are fully combat ready and try another time to take this base from two Russian base forces... again a try that achieved nothing at all... what do I need? Another five divisions to achieve a 1:1?

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Ground combat at Mutanchiang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4888 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 103

Defending force 1973 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 56

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22639 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3525

Defending force 324685 troops, 970 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 8848

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5331 troops, 53 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1876

Defending force 88305 troops, 1011 guns, 314 vehicles, Assault Value = 1548

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21002 troops, 206 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1253

Defending force 62429 troops, 638 guns, 222 vehicles, Assault Value = 1168

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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 225199 troops, 2149 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 4704

Defending force 93727 troops, 620 guns, 448 vehicles, Assault Value = 1579

Japanese max assault: 3640 - adjusted assault: 1772

Allied max defense: 1613 - adjusted defense: 2707

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 8) [8|][8|]

Japanese ground losses:
2928 casualties reported
Guns lost 155
Vehicles lost 4

Allied ground losses:
2406 casualties reported
Guns lost 48
Vehicles lost 4

what can I say... we are unable to take down a fort, this is a problem we have been facing all the time in this PBEM... that way, we will never have a chance... pretty sure that we will see level 9 forts in the next couple of days again...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22899 troops, 255 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1294

Defending force 126466 troops, 215 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 2471

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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 49725 troops, 580 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 1168

Defending force 61647 troops, 523 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1253

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 57430 troops, 522 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 1505

Defending force 238503 troops, 2053 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 4363

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:52 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/03/43

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Sub attack at 32,71

Japanese Ships
DD Shikinami, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Asagao
DD Fumizuki
DD Minazuki
DD Shirayuki
DD Hatsuharu

Allied Ships
SS Crevalle, hits 7

not good... this is one of my ASW TFs that is following the obvioulsy retreating Allied subs. This is near Hokkaida, Crevalle was spotted heading directly towards Kiska and our ASW TF was sent into it´s path... the DD is heavily damaged but should make Wakkanai port (level 9) and should make it. 7 near misses on the sub means the sub will make it too... [:D]

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
A6M5 Zeke x 24
D3A Val x 132
A6M3a Zero x 62
B5N Kate x 152
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 35

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
61 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 88
Port hits 10
Port fuel hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103

Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 2

Allied aircraft losses
Boomerang II: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Boomerang II bombing at 2000 feet

the Booerangs are still not stood down...

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 7
Beaufighter VIF x 15
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 14
P-38G Lightning x 30

No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16

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

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 55
Kittyhawk I x 13
P-38J Lightning x 17

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 8

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 2
P-35A x 55
P-40N Warhawk x 101
P-47C Thunderbolt x 46

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 34

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

it´s really amazing that the Allied are flying so many attacks and in total they are only flying half of our daily sorties... don´t know how that can be...

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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 67
Ki-49 Helen x 220

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 3 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 26000 feet

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Day Air attack on 16th Division, at 46,103

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 27
B-25C Mitchell x 115
B-25J Mitchell x 39
IL-4c x 11

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
IL-4c: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
250 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 102

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported

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

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 32
Liberator VI x 6
Beaufighter VIC x 24
P-40N Warhawk x 23

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 31

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Khomsomalsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 75770 troops, 876 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 1577

Defending force 14904 troops, 44 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 84

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Mutanchiang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4888 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 103

Defending force 2046 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 59

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22643 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3517

Defending force 324600 troops, 957 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 8856

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5331 troops, 53 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1873

Defending force 88728 troops, 1019 guns, 313 vehicles, Assault Value = 1566

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21064 troops, 208 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1264

Defending force 62128 troops, 633 guns, 220 vehicles, Assault Value = 1154

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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6355 troops, 176 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4410

Defending force 90018 troops, 548 guns, 442 vehicles, Assault Value = 1527

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22919 troops, 255 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1290

Defending force 126426 troops, 214 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 2468

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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 49420 troops, 577 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 1154

Defending force 61817 troops, 519 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1264

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 56522 troops, 528 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1527

Defending force 246685 troops, 2158 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 4410

Japanese ground losses:
254 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

jwilkerson · Post by **jwilkerson** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:50 pm

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Ground combat at Khomsomalsk

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 76456 troops, 901 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1608

Defending force 15096 troops, 48 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 84

Japanese max assault: 1026 - adjusted assault: 551

Allied max defense: 91 - adjusted defense: 1201

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 6)

Japanese ground losses:
284 casualties reported
Guns lost 15
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
149 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

lol, we have five IJA divisions that are fully combat ready and try another time to take this base from two Russian base forces... again a try that achieved nothing at all... what do I need? Another five divisions to achieve a 1:1?

Are you sure you have all your guys set to attack here???

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:50 pm

ORIGINAL: jwilkerson

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Ground combat at Khomsomalsk

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 76456 troops, 901 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1608

Defending force 15096 troops, 48 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 84

Japanese max assault: 1026 - adjusted assault: 551

Allied max defense: 91 - adjusted defense: 1201

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 6)

Japanese ground losses:
284 casualties reported
Guns lost 15
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
149 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

lol, we have five IJA divisions that are fully combat ready and try another time to take this base from two Russian base forces... again a try that achieved nothing at all... what do I need? Another five divisions to achieve a 1:1?

Are you sure you have all your guys set to attack here???

yes I really had all my guys to attack... [:D] this was just one of the attacks, there werre no less than five highly experienced and fully combat ready (not prepped for this base at all though) IJA divs attacking... and... failing... where the game is now, I was able to take it finally though. The only good thing is that at least an insane high adjusted av of the defender still doesn´t mean that your attacking troops get shredded. You´re just not able to take the base and that´s it. Nevertheless a really surprising experience.

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:00 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/04/43

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
A6M5 Zeke x 24
D3A Val x 132
A6M3a Zero x 62
B5N Kate x 152
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 35

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 100
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 115
SBD Dauntless x 73
TBM Avenger x 44
PBY Catalina x 4

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 76

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x TBM Avenger bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 30

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 8

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

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 54
Kittyhawk I x 15
P-38J Lightning x 15

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
13 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-35A x 60
P-40N Warhawk x 102
P-47C Thunderbolt x 41

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 40

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

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 29
P-40N Warhawk x 34

No Allied losses

Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x P-40N Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 86
Liberator VI x 110
PV-1 Ventura x 21
PB4Y Liberator x 24

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 7 damaged
Liberator VI: 19 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 10
Port supply hits 21 [X(][X(][X(]

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet

this attack has cost us no less than 7.000 supply points!!! [:(] Supply dropped from around 40.000 to 33.000. Thought this base would last forever with such an amount of supply but I´m apparantly wrong...

amazing number of 4 bombers out of 200+ was lost in this attack... there are at least four dozen big calibre AA guns on the atoll but that means nothing... and the enemy is only coming in at 10.000ft...

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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 44
Ki-49 Helen x 223

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 4 destroyed
R-12: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 26000 feet

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Day Air attack on 25th Division, at 71,25

Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 4
Pe-2 x 10

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Pe-2 bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on 38th Division, at 47,100

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

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 6 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet

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Day Air attack on 21st Division, at 47,100

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12
B-25J Mitchell x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 3 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet

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Day Air attack on 16th Division, at 46,103

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 98
B-25C Mitchell x 100
B-25J Mitchell x 38
IL-4c x 9

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged
IL-4c: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet
3 x IL-4c bombing at 20000 feet

all the flak we have is just useless... in the Cairns/Townsville are we have something like 70% of all our AA rgt/btn on the whole map. Yes, I have nearly stripped Japan and completely stripped Manchuria of all AA units and they are just useless... give me five Allied base forces and I would trade all my Japanese AA units for it... the efficiency per gun tube is surely 10+ higher when you compare one Allied to one Japanese AA gun and I´ve been wondering since this PBEM´s start if this is correct. The difference between Allied and Japanese flak guns is even higher in this mod than it is in stock. In stock you could still attack Allied bases, in this Nikmod this is impossible...

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 36
Liberator VI x 8
Beaufighter VIC x 27
P-40N Warhawk x 24
B-25J Mitchell x 31

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 62

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 204578 troops, 2149 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 4372

Defending force 63292 troops, 549 guns, 61 vehicles, Assault Value = 1131

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 8

Japanese max assault: 3314 - adjusted assault: 2111

Allied max defense: 1124 - adjusted defense: 3131

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

Japanese ground losses:
3077 casualties reported
Guns lost 198
Vehicles lost 17

Allied ground losses:
1077 casualties reported
Guns lost 52

first deliberate attack and I´m not sure if I should be happy about the outcome or not... wooden hex could prove as a problem... at least a fort level is down...
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Ground combat at Khomsomalsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 75833 troops, 872 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 1914

Defending force 14876 troops, 46 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 84

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Ground combat at Mutanchiang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4908 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 103

Defending force 2077 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 60

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22661 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3519

Defending force 324092 troops, 948 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 8845

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5339 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1876

Defending force 89106 troops, 1028 guns, 314 vehicles, Assault Value = 1582

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Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21070 troops, 212 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1269

Defending force 61567 troops, 624 guns, 218 vehicles, Assault Value = 1138

Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6542 troops, 186 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4451

Defending force 90730 troops, 563 guns, 445 vehicles, Assault Value = 1550

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22911 troops, 254 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1292

Defending force 126494 troops, 214 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 2470

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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 49029 troops, 569 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 1138

Defending force 61917 troops, 524 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1269

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 56894 troops, 534 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1550

Defending force 247301 troops, 2174 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 4451

Japanese ground losses:
334 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

veji1 · Post by **veji1** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:16 pm

at least if i understand correctly he has to juggle his airbridge between townsville and cairns... this should help you.

Xxzard · Post by **Xxzard** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:22 pm

Well, we've seen a good deal of ground combat and land air force action recently, but how are your carrier forces doing?

When do you get to upgrade to D4Ys, and B6Ns? How many carriers are you at now, and do you have any new ones being built up now?

Even facing such a difficult challenge as the new allied CV's your carriers should still give your opponent something to worry about.

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:05 am

ORIGINAL: Xxzard

Well, we've seen a good deal of ground combat and land air force action recently, but how are your carrier forces doing?

When do you get to upgrade to D4Ys, and B6Ns? How many carriers are you at now, and do you have any new ones being built up now?

Even facing such a difficult challenge as the new allied CV's your carriers should still give your opponent something to worry about.

my carriers are sitting in port waiting for the Allied to come. This means we plan to do the same as last time near Darwin and what is usually the plan of Japanese high command: wear down the Allied carriers with LBA first and then send in the carriers to cause major trouble. The only new carrier we received was the Unryu and we got it nearly half a year early. The two Chitose CVLs will show up within the next three weeks and another Unryu CV as well. The converted (by accident) BB Hyuga (or is it Ise?) will show up within the next two months also. Two more CVs are accelerated and will show up within the next 6 months. CV Taiho isn´t accelerated but will show up in 4 months.

Getting new carriers is fine, but they aren´t combat ready within the first two to three months after comissioning as we have to train up the aircrews. At the moment I guess we are at least on par with the Allied when it comes down to carrier based ac. We haven´t lost a single carrier of course so far.

All my carrier based fighters have been upgraded to the Zeke already, this is the carrier based fighter for the next 1.5 years as the A6M8 and the Reppu won´t show up before end of 44 or early 45. [:(] The Judy will go online next month, some 130 or so will be produced per month. Another big improvement will be the Jill which will give us a torpedo range of 5 hexes. The Jill will show up within the next two months, also here something like 130 per month in production. This means we have a slight advantage against the Allied CVs as the TBFs have a torp range of 4 and max range of 5 but IIRC the Hellcat only has a range of 4. I could be wrong about this and have to definetely look it up again because if I´m correct, then the task would be to launch a strike from 5 hexes with Judies and torp carrying Jills, while the Allied CVs could not launch at all or at least not escorted. This would be the Jackpot but that´s just plain luck I guess as either my carriers or the Allied ones usually react to close the range.

In any case, my carrier force is definetely something the Allied have to worry about, especially when I stick to my plan not to use them without LBA support. When looking at the performance of my Tonies so far then my carriers and two or three hundred IJAAF Tonies could be a problem for 200 Hellcats per hex (depending how the ratio between CVs and CVLs is in the hex). I expect to see Miller showing up for the next big invasion with one (or more) carrier TF with 450 ac in the hex (due to the house rules we have) and another one with 250 or more carrier based ac in another hex.

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:13 am

ORIGINAL: veji1

at least if i understand correctly he has to juggle his airbridge between townsville and cairns... this should help you.

unfortunately it doesn´t help me at all as Miller can react to my attacks and as soon as one base seems to fall (which will never happen due to the Allied building forts from 8 to 9 in a week) he can fly in a division in two days. And I would need at least 4000 av more to knock out both bases at once it seems. Again, this is due to the massive effects of Allied engineers. We have at least a 2 or 3:1 advantage in attack strenght at both bases but if we can´t take down the forts fast enough then we will fail.

We will probably fail to take the bases but we won´t fail to absolutely achieve our main goal which is to delay the Allied in total. After the fall of Port Moresby we had to fear an ongoing offensive out of this base but there is no sign of such a thing. And Miller has to use a lot of divs now in Australia that can´t be used elsewhere to attack me. So the grand situation is fine, but the curtain will soon be falling. The next major problem will start in 4/44 with 150 B-29s being produced per month. Everything will be burnt within 20 hexes of an Allied level 6 base.

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:55 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/05/43

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Sub attack near Apamama at 86,92

Japanese Ships
ML Toshima, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW W.6
MSW W.5
MSW W.3
MSW W.2
MSW W.1
APD APD-2

Allied Ships
SS Capelin

mmm... one of my small handgrenadelayers is sunk... sub has been spotted for days before and I thought this TF would be more of a threat to the sub than the other way around... once again this proved to be not the case and I should know better anyway...

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TF 1036 encounters mine field at Pago Pago (98,110)

Allied Ships
MSW Robin

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
A6M5 Zeke x 24
D3A Val x 132
A6M5c Zeke x 46
A6M3a Zero x 62
B5N Kate x 152
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 34
Ki-61 Ic x 35

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 138
Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 128
SBD Dauntless x 86
TBM Avenger x 52
PBY Catalina x 5

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 144

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x TBM Avenger bombing at 15000 feet

pretty sure there won´t be an Allied invasion attempt somewhere important as long as we see the carrier based ac flying training runs... my best intel...

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 7
Beaufighter VIF x 18
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 15
P-38G Lightning x 30

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 35

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

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 40
Kittyhawk I x 14
P-38J Lightning x 14

No Allied losses

Runway hits 8

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 2
P-35A x 56
P-40N Warhawk x 98
P-47C Thunderbolt x 41

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 45

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

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 14
P-40N Warhawk x 30

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

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

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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 73
Liberator VI x 83
PV-1 Ventura x 20
PB4Y Liberator x 19

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged
Liberator VI: 12 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 23 [X(][X(][X(][:(][:(][:(]

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet

those daily raids now will result in our troops starving within no time... four bombers lost today...

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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 67
Ki-49 Helen x 219

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed
Pe-2: 3 destroyed
R-12: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 26000 feet

Miller hasn´t flown any stratosphere attacks in the last days and I will soon stop them also again...

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Day Air attack on 41st Heavy AA Battalion, at 46,100

Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 37
P-40E Warhawk x 19
F4U-1 Corsair x 154

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 3 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
174 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Beaufort I bombing at 25000 feet

the only effect sometimes from lots of AA units can be seen when fighters go in... which they shouldn´t anyway IMO...

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Day Air attack on 16th Division, at 46,103

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 85
B-25C Mitchell x 91
B-25J Mitchell x 40
IL-4c x 4

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 6 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
330 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet

the flak has no chance to harm the bombers...

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Sub attack at 76,35

Japanese Ships
DD Akikaze, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

DD Yukaze
DD Yakaze
DD Shiokaze
DD Okikaze
DD Sawakaze

Allied Ships
SS Pollack

another hit on a DD, this one will be saved for sure...

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ASW attack at 76,35

Japanese Ships
DD Yukaze
DD Yakaze
DD Shiokaze
DD Okikaze
DD Sawakaze

Allied Ships
SS Pollack

then we get a chance but the DDs do nothing...

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Ground combat at Khomsomalsk

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 91829 troops, 1084 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 1917

Defending force 14956 troops, 46 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 84

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Japanese max assault: 1362 - adjusted assault: 558

Allied max defense: 90 - adjusted defense: 1525

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

Japanese ground losses:
598 casualties reported
Guns lost 20
Vehicles lost 5

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

another time when our divs fail to achieve much. They took down a fort level though, seems like a success against the two base forces... [:D]

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Ground combat at Mutanchiang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4908 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 103

Defending force 2110 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 63

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22602 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3523

Defending force 323453 troops, 941 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 8820

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5339 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1877

Defending force 89526 troops, 1034 guns, 315 vehicles, Assault Value = 1599

Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported

I´m pretty sure that Miller is flying troops from Iman to Blagoveshchensk. Iman´s av and troop number is going down while Blagoveshchensk´s is going up and we´ve spotted two dozen aux aircraft at Iman... won´t interfere with this as I don´t care about any of those two bases... as soon as Khomsomalsk is ours I consider the operations against the Russian in the central area a full success... Blagoveshchensk and Iman will just be starved, leaves Irkutsk then...

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Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21101 troops, 213 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1277

Defending force 61044 troops, 614 guns, 218 vehicles, Assault Value = 1123

Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 150936 troops, 1699 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3909

Defending force 61516 troops, 471 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value = 1062

Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6711 troops, 190 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4497

Defending force 106134 troops, 773 guns, 449 vehicles, Assault Value = 1968

Allied ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22911 troops, 254 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1292

Defending force 126220 troops, 212 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 2466

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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 48690 troops, 562 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 1123

Defending force 62078 troops, 530 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1277

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 57434 troops, 551 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1966

Defending force 247721 troops, 2213 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 4497

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

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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 46646 troops, 449 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1058

Defending force 242918 troops, 2262 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3909

Japanese ground losses:
80 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:11 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/06/43

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 24
D3A Val x 84
A6M5c Zeke x 47
A6M3a Zero x 62
B5N Kate x 51
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 30

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 85
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
32 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 101
SBD Dauntless x 70
TBM Avenger x 44
PBY Catalina x 4

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 75

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x TBM Avenger bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 7
Beaufighter VIF x 18
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 15
P-38G Lightning x 30

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 19

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

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 2

No Allied losses

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Kittyhawk I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
PBM Mariner x 2
P-35A x 54
P-40N Warhawk x 97
P-47C Thunderbolt x 43

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 33

Aircraft Attacking:
38 x P-47C Thunderbolt bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 15
P-40N Warhawk x 30

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x P-40N Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 72
Liberator VI x 85
PV-1 Ventura x 18
PB4Y Liberator x 14

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 9 damaged
Liberator VI: 9 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet

those bombers must be fatigued well over 40 by now from the daily raids (16 hexes each day) but that isn´t reflected in the losses at all...

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Day Air attack on 41st Heavy AA Battalion, at 46,100

Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 37
P-40E Warhawk x 20

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Beaufort I bombing at 25000 feet
2 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet

as my AA rgts are useless anyway, it doesn´t matter if they are directly targeted...

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Day Air attack on 16th Division, at 46,103

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 53
B-25C Mitchell x 77
B-25J Mitchell x 21
IL-4c x 6

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 9 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
124 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on 65th Brigade, at 47,100

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12
B-25J Mitchell x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet

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Day Air attack on 56th Division, at 47,100

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 14
B-25J Mitchell x 17

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 6 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet

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Day Air attack on 35th Heavy AA Battalion, at 46,103

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 30
B-25C Mitchell x 20
B-25J Mitchell x 17
IL-4c x 4

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
174 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

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

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 157

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
122 casualties reported

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

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Day Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 59,90

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 70

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 Ic: 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
AK Yamafuji Maru

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

after having lost 8 B-17 a couple of days ago, it seems Miller kept his bombers on nav attack. They´ve launched again today and we only manage to take two of them down. I´ve counted 9 separate messages of a B-17 being damaged, which means each of the two bombers that were shot down has been at least 4 times damaged before being downed...

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 43
Liberator VI x 9
Beaufighter VIC x 28
P-40N Warhawk x 26
B-25J Mitchell x 28

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 46

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Khomsomalsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 91217 troops, 1058 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1886

Defending force 14557 troops, 40 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 81

Allied ground losses:
43 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Mutanchiang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4908 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 103

Defending force 2163 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 66

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22639 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3524

Defending force 323204 troops, 932 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 8812

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5344 troops, 55 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1876

Defending force 89841 troops, 1039 guns, 315 vehicles, Assault Value = 1613

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21161 troops, 214 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1287

Defending force 60638 troops, 603 guns, 218 vehicles, Assault Value = 1109

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Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 151141 troops, 1702 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3947

Defending force 63429 troops, 482 guns, 61 vehicles, Assault Value = 1068

Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6882 troops, 203 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4539

Defending force 106820 troops, 787 guns, 447 vehicles, Assault Value = 1981

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22934 troops, 255 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1293

Defending force 126071 troops, 211 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 2465

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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 48351 troops, 552 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 1109

Defending force 62288 troops, 532 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1287

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 57744 troops, 564 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1979

Defending force 244373 troops, 2207 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 4539

Japanese ground losses:
204 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 46823 troops, 458 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1063

Defending force 243742 troops, 2275 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3947

Japanese ground losses:
226 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:14 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/07/43

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 8
Beaufighter VIF x 18
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 14
P-38G Lightning x 30

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 22

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

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 61
Kittyhawk I x 16
P-38J Lightning x 17

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19

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 2
P-35A x 52
P-40N Warhawk x 103
P-47C Thunderbolt x 42

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 45

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

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 22
P-40N Warhawk x 27

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x P-40N Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 66
Liberator VI x 74
PV-1 Ventura x 19
PB4Y Liberator x 8

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 4 damaged
Liberator VI: 9 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet

and the daily strike on Baker Island... fourth strike in a row and today not even one of the bombers is lost... lol

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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 23
Ki-49 Helen x 222

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 2 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 26000 feet

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 116

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
72 casualties reported

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

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Ground combat at Khomsomalsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 91378 troops, 1067 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1894

Defending force 14569 troops, 42 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 81

Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Mutanchiang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4908 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 103

Defending force 2203 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 66

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22642 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3525

Defending force 322687 troops, 927 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 8796

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5344 troops, 55 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1875

Defending force 90257 troops, 1046 guns, 314 vehicles, Assault Value = 1628

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Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21188 troops, 216 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1292

Defending force 60307 troops, 596 guns, 219 vehicles, Assault Value = 1095

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 151444 troops, 1712 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3980

Defending force 65314 troops, 487 guns, 62 vehicles, Assault Value = 1079

Allied ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7130 troops, 212 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4584

Defending force 107441 troops, 798 guns, 450 vehicles, Assault Value = 1997

Allied ground losses:
255 casualties reported
Guns lost 19

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22942 troops, 256 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1293

Defending force 126018 troops, 209 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 2468

Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 48002 troops, 543 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 1095

Defending force 62397 troops, 540 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1292

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 47033 troops, 462 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1074

Defending force 244137 troops, 2294 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3980

Japanese ground losses:
60 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 57657 troops, 549 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1980

Defending force 245367 troops, 2223 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 4584

Japanese ground losses:
96 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:24 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/08/43

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
A6M5 Zeke x 24
D3A Val x 132
A6M5c Zeke x 47
A6M3a Zero x 62
B5N Kate x 120
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 34

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 121
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
32 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 96
SBD Dauntless x 87
TBM Avenger x 53
Avenger I x 8
PBY Catalina x 5
P-38J Lightning x 20

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 148

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Avenger I bombing at 5000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 7
Beaufighter VIF x 18
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 13

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16

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 63
Kittyhawk I x 13
P-38J Lightning x 19

No Allied losses

Runway hits 6

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 2
P-35A x 6
P-47C Thunderbolt x 4

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P-35A bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 32
Ki-49 Helen x 221

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 10 destroyed, 62 damaged [8|][8|][8|]

Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 13 destroyed
MiG-3: 1 destroyed
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed
R-12: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 19
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 54

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

at this base the combat replay shows two AA units and two Russian base forces. They put up a year 2009 style flak defense and if we wouldn´t have attacked from just one hex, this would have cost us three dozen bombers. Well, that way it "only" [8|] has cost us 13 bombers with 10 crews lost over the target... is this only for me insane??

oh boy. A dozen AA rgt/btn that are fully combat ready can take down a Mitchell at 20.000ft if the Japanese gunners are totally lucky and Allied flak is just insane... too insane in comparison. Just toooooo insane, I can only repeat myself on and on and on....

I´m not arguing that Allied flak wasn´t far more deadlier than Japanese but surely also due to the number of gun tubes but IMO an Allied flak gun shouldn´t be treated as a SAM...

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Day Air attack on 38th Division, at 47,100

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12
B-25J Mitchell x 16

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet

dozen flak units...

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Day Air attack on 21st Division, at 47,100

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 11
B-25J Mitchell x 8

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet

dozen flak units...

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Day Air attack on 16th Division, at 46,103

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 99
B-25C Mitchell x 109
B-25J Mitchell x 36
IL-4c x 11

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 6 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet
4 x IL-4c bombing at 20000 feet

dozen flak units...

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Day Air attack on 48th Division, at 47,100

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12
B-25J Mitchell x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet

dozen flak units...

I do think that this is a joke... a bad one...

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 151

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
81 casualties reported

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

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 42
Liberator VI x 9
Beaufighter VIC x 29
P-40N Warhawk x 30
B-25J Mitchell x 32

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 99

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 207881 troops, 2086 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 4016

Defending force 65397 troops, 495 guns, 62 vehicles, Assault Value = 1083

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 7

Japanese max assault: 3393 - adjusted assault: 1709

Allied max defense: 1142 - adjusted defense: 2771

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 7)

Japanese ground losses:
2389 casualties reported
Guns lost 154
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
1183 casualties reported
Guns lost 28
Vehicles lost 3

another fort level droped and losses within our troops are somewhat acceptable...

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Ground combat at Khomsomalsk

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 91574 troops, 1067 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1902

Defending force 14563 troops, 44 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 81

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Japanese max assault: 1447 - adjusted assault: 1260

Allied max defense: 78 - adjusted defense: 358 [:D]

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 5)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 5

Japanese ground losses:
122 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
279 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

wow, does this mean that we will have a chance to take this base with 5 IJA divs against two Russian base forces? looks good...

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 89189 troops, 1033 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 1876

Defending force 90499 troops, 1049 guns, 313 vehicles, Assault Value = 1641

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Mutanchiang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4908 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 140

Defending force 2267 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 70

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22625 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3525

Defending force 321978 troops, 924 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 8783

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Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21238 troops, 216 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1297

Defending force 59914 troops, 591 guns, 220 vehicles, Assault Value = 1084

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7270 troops, 217 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4625

Defending force 107192 troops, 789 guns, 452 vehicles, Assault Value = 1991

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22922 troops, 256 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1293

Defending force 126494 troops, 211 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 2481

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 47672 troops, 539 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 1084

Defending force 62580 troops, 543 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1297

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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 43912 troops, 435 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1023

Defending force 236972 troops, 2071 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 3642

five times more troops and guns on our side looks good first but with the wooden hex and the forts this can still be not enough...

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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 57833 troops, 561 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1991

Defending force 246040 troops, 2234 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 4625

Japanese ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Guns lost 15

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 4:53 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/09/43

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
A6M5 Zeke x 24
D3A Val x 132
A6M5c Zeke x 47
A6M3a Zero x 62
B5N Kate x 152
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 34
Ki-61 Ic x 32

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
79 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 134
Port hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
31 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 93
SBD Dauntless x 83
TBM Avenger x 51
Avenger I x 8
PBY Catalina x 5

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 93

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Avenger I bombing at 5000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 28
Beaufighter VIF x 12
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 14

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Kittyhawk III bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 59
Kittyhawk I x 15

No Allied losses

Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
16 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-35A x 52
P-40N Warhawk x 94
P-47C Thunderbolt x 38

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 56

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

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 32

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4

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

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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 27
Ki-49 Helen x 174

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
R-12: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 26000 feet

as there are no super high bomber attacks from the Allied on Charter Towers anymore, I will stop them also now. The half dozen 200 bomber strikes from one hex range didn´t do as much damage than one 200 bomber strike on Charter Towers anyway...

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Day Air attack on 62nd Division, at 47,100

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 75
B-25C Mitchell x 123
B-25J Mitchell x 60

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 10 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
243 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet

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Day Air attack on 63rd Division, at 46,103

Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 8

Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 4 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x IL-4c bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on 40th Rifle Division, at 65,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 137

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
168 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 43
Liberator VI x 9
Beaufighter VIC x 29
P-40N Warhawk x 32

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 59

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 59,90

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 70

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 Ic: 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 destroyed

I don´t understand why Miller keeps this B-17 squadron on nav attack...

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Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 187252 troops, 1862 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 3678

Defending force 65674 troops, 469 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value = 1036

Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 62682 troops, 548 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1303

Defending force 59522 troops, 587 guns, 220 vehicles, Assault Value = 1074

Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 373426 troops, 4455 guns, 1347 vehicles, Assault Value = 9406

Defending force 152192 troops, 1930 guns, 210 vehicles, Assault Value = 3050

Allied ground losses:
1351 casualties reported
Guns lost 13

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Ground combat at Khomsomalsk

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 91442 troops, 1065 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 1892

Defending force 14278 troops, 44 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 78

Japanese max assault: 1642 - adjusted assault: 1049

Allied max defense: 80 - adjusted defense: 1114 [8|][8|]

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 5) [8|]

Japanese ground losses:
291 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
248 casualties reported

lol, when it goes on like that then we will never take that base when we "only" have 5 divisions assaulting the two Russian base forces. We didn´t even take a fort down...

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 89223 troops, 1035 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 1876

Defending force 90781 troops, 1057 guns, 313 vehicles, Assault Value = 1654

Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Mutanchiang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4908 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 139

Defending force 2099 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 66

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22598 troops, 266 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3521

Defending force 321178 troops, 915 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 8777

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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7423 troops, 226 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4662

Defending force 107981 troops, 802 guns, 454 vehicles, Assault Value = 2007

Allied ground losses:
186 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22939 troops, 256 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1293

Defending force 126891 troops, 216 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 2485

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 47336 troops, 536 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 1074

Defending force 62682 troops, 548 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1303

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 44164 troops, 445 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1034

Defending force 237499 troops, 2075 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 3678

Japanese ground losses:
106 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 58197 troops, 569 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2000

Defending force 245895 troops, 2234 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 4662

Japanese ground losses:
418 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 4:58 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/10/43

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Day Air attack on Heiho , at 69,22

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 45

Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 3
Pe-2 x 11

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
MiG-3: 3 destroyed
Pe-2: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

looks like Miller wants to get rid of his remaining airforce at Blagoveshchensk. There´s not much left anyway. The bombers are unfortunately very low on morale so only very few were shot down before they turned back...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
A6M5 Zeke x 24
D3A Val x 129
A6M5c Zeke x 47
A6M3a Zero x 62
B5N Kate x 128
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 32

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 102
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

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

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 32
Beaufighter VIF x 19
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 14

No Allied losses

Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Kittyhawk III bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 61
Kittyhawk I x 16

No Allied losses

Runway hits 3

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-35A x 53
P-40N Warhawk x 89
P-47C Thunderbolt x 35

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 42

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

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 32

No Allied losses

Runway hits 6

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

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Day Air attack on 38th Division, at 47,100

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 27
B-25C Mitchell x 35
B-25J Mitchell x 12

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on 21st Division, at 47,100

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 28
B-25C Mitchell x 48
B-25J Mitchell x 29

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 11 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet

20.000ft renders my flak more or less useless... as if it would be really better at lower alts... [;)]

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Day Air attack on 16th Division, at 46,103

Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 2
IL-4c x 8

Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged
IL-4c: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

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

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Day Air attack on 40th Rifle Division, at 65,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 116

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported

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

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 46
Liberator VI x 6
Beaufighter VIC x 29
P-40N Warhawk x 31
B-25J Mitchell x 25

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 75

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 187526 troops, 1864 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 3716

Defending force 67797 troops, 481 guns, 61 vehicles, Assault Value = 1043

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 62706 troops, 555 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1305

Defending force 59045 troops, 582 guns, 217 vehicles, Assault Value = 1061

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 373417 troops, 4445 guns, 1348 vehicles, Assault Value = 9405

Defending force 150390 troops, 1907 guns, 209 vehicles, Assault Value = 3041

Allied ground losses:
238 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 89302 troops, 1040 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 1876

Defending force 91164 troops, 1066 guns, 314 vehicles, Assault Value = 1661

Allied ground losses:
46 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Mutanchiang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4908 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 139

Defending force 1995 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 66

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22619 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3522

Defending force 320916 troops, 909 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 8775

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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7551 troops, 228 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4324

Defending force 108190 troops, 806 guns, 455 vehicles, Assault Value = 2020

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22939 troops, 256 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1293

Defending force 127086 troops, 220 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 2489

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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 107442 troops, 1759 guns, 133 vehicles, Assault Value = 3033

Defending force 461609 troops, 4498 guns, 3391 vehicles, Assault Value = 9405

Japanese ground losses:
137 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 46935 troops, 528 guns, 178 vehicles, Assault Value = 1061

Defending force 62706 troops, 555 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1305

Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 44405 troops, 455 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1042

Defending force 237869 troops, 2079 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 3716

Japanese ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 58467 troops, 577 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2020

Defending force 227460 troops, 2164 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 4324

Japanese ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 5:08 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/11/43

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TF 1009 encounters mine field at Nukufetau island (87,103)

Allied Ships
TK Halo, Mine hits 1, on fire

sub laid mine hits a hopefully fuel loaden TK...

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Day Air attack on Heiho , at 69,22

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 58

Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 1
Pe-2 x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
MiG-3: 1 destroyed
Pe-2: 3 damaged

another attack out of Blagoveshchensk that achieves nothing...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 24
D3A Val x 105
A6M5c Zeke x 47
A6M3a Zero x 62
B5N Kate x 51
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 69
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 31
Ki-61 Ic x 35

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 92
Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
31 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 109
SBD Dauntless x 85
TBM Avenger x 61
Avenger I x 8
PBY Catalina x 5

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 144

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Avenger I bombing at 5000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 35
Beaufighter VIF x 19
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 11

No Allied losses

Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Kittyhawk III bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 62
Kittyhawk I x 14

No Allied losses

Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
16 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-35A x 52
P-40N Warhawk x 87
P-47C Thunderbolt x 39

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 41

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

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Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107

Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 35

No Allied losses

Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x P-40N Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92

Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 6
Wellington III x 91
Liberator VI x 112
PV-1 Ventura x 22
PB4Y Liberator x 20

Allied aircraft losses
PB2Y Coronado: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Wellington III: 10 damaged
Liberator VI: 10 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet

Baker gets attention again...

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Day Air attack on Khomsomalsk , at 71,25

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 34
Ki-49 Helen x 193

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 22 damaged

Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 62

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

as our five divisions can´t achieve anything against the two Russian baseforces we had to fly an airfield attack to disrupt the base forces... the difference between Allied and Japanese flak is obvious again as here are only two Russian baseforces are defending while we have nearly a dozen AA rgts defending against the strikes in Australia...

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Day Air attack on 65th Brigade, at 47,100

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 24
B-25C Mitchell x 28
B-25J Mitchell x 20

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 5 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet

...like here...

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Day Air attack on 31st Division, at 47,100

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 31
B-25C Mitchell x 48
B-25J Mitchell x 27

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet

...and here...

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Day Air attack on 42nd Division, at 46,103

Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 3

Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x IL-4c bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 41
Liberator VI x 10
Beaufighter VIC x 27
P-40N Warhawk x 33
B-25J Mitchell x 29

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 87

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 187953 troops, 1865 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 3756

Defending force 68131 troops, 491 guns, 62 vehicles, Assault Value = 1054

Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Iman

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 62744 troops, 561 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1302

Defending force 58606 troops, 579 guns, 215 vehicles, Assault Value = 1044

Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 373488 troops, 4456 guns, 1347 vehicles, Assault Value = 9402

Defending force 149896 troops, 1905 guns, 209 vehicles, Assault Value = 3042

Allied ground losses:
558 casualties reported
Guns lost 14

we have moved on Irkutsk again...

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 89308 troops, 1038 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 1876

Defending force 91426 troops, 1073 guns, 314 vehicles, Assault Value = 1674

Allied ground losses:
160 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Mutanchiang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4908 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 139

Defending force 2035 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 66

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22559 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3521

Defending force 320462 troops, 901 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 8758

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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7512 troops, 231 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4362

Defending force 108763 troops, 820 guns, 456 vehicles, Assault Value = 2037

Allied ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22914 troops, 254 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1292

Defending force 127349 troops, 223 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2480

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 107277 troops, 1747 guns, 133 vehicles, Assault Value = 3029

Defending force 461291 troops, 4509 guns, 3388 vehicles, Assault Value = 9402

Japanese ground losses:
514 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 9

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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 46576 troops, 526 guns, 176 vehicles, Assault Value = 1043

Defending force 62744 troops, 561 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1302

Japanese ground losses:
105 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 44670 troops, 464 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1052

Defending force 238082 troops, 2081 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 3756

Japanese ground losses:
149 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 58660 troops, 582 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2032

Defending force 228118 troops, 2175 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 4362

Japanese ground losses:
169 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

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