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[siRkid]

The storm rolls on...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/03/43

Sub attack near Rabaul at 21,28

Japanese Ships
DD Minekaze

Allied Ships
SS Gato


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Sub attack near Ganai at 20,29

Japanese Ships
SS I-168

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


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ganai at 20,29

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, Shell hits 41, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
CL Noshiro, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
DD Fujinami
DD Fubuki

Allied Ships
CL Honolulu, Shell hits 14, and is sunk
DD Jenkins, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
DD Waller
LST 340
LST 396
LST 399
AK Mintaka


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Sub attack near Rabaul at 21,28

Japanese Ships
DD Fujinami

Allied Ships
SS Gato


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Sub attack near Kavieng at 18,24

Japanese Ships
ML Niizaki, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Ray


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Air attack on Fourth Air Fleet , at 21,28

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 3
A6M2 Zero x 18
A6M5-B Zeke x 4
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 18

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 20
B-17E Fortress x 4
PB4Y Liberator x 3
B-24D Liberator x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning x 1 destroyed
P-38G Lightning x 4 damaged
B-17E Fortress x 2 damaged
PB4Y Liberator x 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator x 1 destroyed
B-24D Liberator x 5 damaged

WO P.Miyabe of 68th Sentai is credited with kill number 6

1LT K.Atkins of 40th FS bails out and is CAPTURED

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 49

Attacking Level Bombers:
2 x B-24D Liberator at 10000 feet
3 x B-24D Liberator at 10000 feet
4 x B-24D Liberator at 10000 feet
4 x B-17E Fortress at 10000 feet
3 x B-24D Liberator at 10000 feet
3 x PB4Y Liberator at 10000 feet
3 x B-24D Liberator at 10000 feet

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Sub attack near Ganai at 20,29


CPT C.Kira of 68th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
Japanese Ships
SS I-168

Allied Ships
AK Kenmore, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage


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Day Time Surface Combat at 0,0

Japanese Ships
DD Fujinami, Shell hits 21, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Baltimore
CLAA San Diego
DD Philip
DD Ammen
DD Bush
DD Beale
DD Brownson


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Day Time Surface Combat, near Rabaul at 21,28

Japanese Ships
DD Harukaze, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CA Baltimore
CLAA San Diego
DD Philip
DD Ammen
DD Bush
DD Beale
DD Brownson


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Day Time Surface Combat, near Rabaul at 21,28

Japanese Ships
CL Noshiro, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CA Baltimore
CLAA San Diego
DD Philip
DD Ammen
DD Bush
DD Beale
DD Brownson


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Day Time Surface Combat, near Rabaul at 21,28

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, on fire
DD Fubuki

Allied Ships
CA Baltimore
CLAA San Diego
DD Philip
DD Ammen
DD Bush
DD Beale
DD Brownson


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Naval bombardment of Rabaul, at 21,28

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-C Irving x 1 destroyed
J1N1-C Irving x 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 15

Airbase hits 19
Runway hits 47


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Sub attack near Rabaul at 21,28

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
SS Gato


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ganai at 20,29

Japanese Ships
CA Chikuma, Shell hits 3
CL Kiso, Shell hits 2
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1
DD Oyashio, Shell hits 3
DD Matuskaze

Allied Ships
DD Waller, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
LST 340
LST 396
LST 399, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Mintaka, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ganai at 20,29

Japanese Ships
CA Chikuma
CL Kiso
CL Tenryu
DD Oyashio, on fire
DD Matuskaze

Allied Ships
AK Leonis, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AK Kenmore, Shell hits 15, and is sunk


Allied ground losses:
Men lost 40
Vehicles lost 1


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Sub attack near Kavieng at 18,24

Japanese Ships
ML Niizaki, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Ray


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Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 21,28

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 5
A6M2 Zero x 12
A6M5-B Zeke x 4
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 16

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 17
F4U-1 Corsair x 6
SB2C Helldiver x 18
TBF Avenger x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe x 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat x 2 damaged
SB2C Helldiver x 1 destroyed
SB2C Helldiver x 1 damaged
TBF Avenger x 2 destroyed
TBF Avenger x 2 damaged

CPO H.Tokuda of EI-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 3

Japanese Ships
CL Noshiro, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage


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Air attack on Rabaul , at 21,28

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 4
A6M2 Zero x 17
A6M5-B Zeke x 3
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 15

Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 45

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe x 1 damaged
A6M5-B Zeke x 1 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger x 18 destroyed
TBF Avenger x 11 damaged

WO P.Miyabe of 68th Sentai is credited with kill number 7

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 2

Attacking Level Bombers:
6 x TBF Avenger at 5000 feet
0 x TBF Avenger at 5000 feet
0 x TBF Avenger at 5000 feet
2 x TBF Avenger at 5000 feet
8 x TBF Avenger at 5000 feet
9 x TBF Avenger at 5000 feet
5 x TBF Avenger at 5000 feet

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Air attack on Fourth Air Fleet , at 21,28

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 4
A6M2 Zero x 17
A6M5-B Zeke x 3
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 15

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 20
F4U-1 Corsair x 10
SBD Dauntless x 12
SB2C Helldiver x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe x 2 destroyed
A6M2 Zero x 5 destroyed
A6M2 Zero x 1 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat x 1 damaged
SBD Dauntless x 1 destroyed
SBD Dauntless x 7 damaged
SB2C Helldiver x 1 destroyed
SB2C Helldiver x 6 damaged

ENS P.Hardy of VF-18 is credited with kill number 4


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[siRkid]

The battle is still raging. The US forces have landed an marched to Rabaul. They are awaiting reinforcement before launching the assault. The Japanese have decimated the US transport fleet and this will be the last major offensive of the war for the US. However, the Japanese have suffered huge loses in aircraft and carriers. Crocky is only ahead by 1000 points I feel that if I can take Rabaul (2700 pts) and hold on to it I might get a tie out of the game or even a marginal victory. Time will tell.
Rick

[Raverdave]

WOW !


The loss of Japanese aircraft is staggering! Not to mention ships!:eek:

[Crocky]

Dont sweat it I have 2 divisions of troops waiting for the right time to strike at this impudent upstart who would try to take Rabual....now if only the weather would clear I could transfer the 500 aircraft from Truk to Rabual to replace the 1000 I have lost.

This battle is it both sides are throwing everything they have left into it........the result is in the balance.....

My losses in aircraft are hurting badly but now is not the time to hold back....

[Luskan]

Just a quick question for you two: considering the absolute blood bath this has turned out to be (loving the AAR) if one of you had played a "conservative" style, would the score be much clearer?
I guess what I'm asking is, does a conservative player (on either side) ever beat an aggressive one or vice versa?

[siRkid]

I am playing my other games much more concretive but not because of points. In this game I have lost almost complete control. I have troops stranded all over the place, hundreds of aircraft grounded because of lack of supplies, and most of my remaining ships are damaged. If this was real life, I would have been tried and executed. I keep thinking man if I can still do this much damage with the little I have left, what if I had all my aircraft supplied and all my bases functional, and all my ground units organized. This was our first game and we learned as we went along not to mentions the 8 or nine patches (Beta) we have been through.

The one major sticking point I have is that there are 91 transports sitting at pearl and I have about 15 left. All that I am getting are subs from Pearl.

Rick

Edit: I will say that this has been a very exciting game.

[Crocky]

I have been reasonably conservative apart from when I tried a major gamble earlier on..but I was forced into that by Kids island hopping campaign thru the Solomons.....other than that I to have naval units sitting in Japan that are sorely needed

The bloodbath thats occuring now is because Rick wants Rabual and I dont want to give it to him

[siRkid]

I want it bad....

[Crocky]

Well you still aint got it

How longs this assault been going on now 14 days give up before I sink your whole fleet

[siRkid]

Well looks like I will not be able to take Rabaul. Now what? I'll just have to hope Pearl releases the transports I need sooo very badly. I have the air power. I have the combat ships. I have 4 transports. ahahhahaha

[Luskan]

Over a week and no new posts! What has happened to my favourite AAR??? I have to know how this ends!!!:eek:

[siRkid]

The battle for Rabaul goes on. I have landed enough troops so I can't be pushed off but not enough to take it. I have strong air cover over the area and I am trying to put Rabaul airfield out of action. We have been having major air battles with Crocky coming up on the short end most of the time. He has been running in supplies and men every night in an attempt to build up his forces. We just got a beta patch that should improve the release of transports from Pearl. I have 91 of them just sitting there. If I can get them, maybe I can make a new drive. In the mean time I am building up supplies at nearby bases to keep up the pressure from the skies. I am using all my short range bombers to fly supplies.

Rick


I just got a turn I'll post again after I see it.

[siRkid]

Bad weather not much action this turn. See attcahed graphic.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/07/43

Air attack on Buka , at 26,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 6

no losses

Attacking Level Bombers:
6 x Ki-21 Sally at 6000 feet

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Air attack on Rabaul , at 21,28

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
A6M3 Zero x 3
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 6
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 4

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 19

no losses

no losses


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Air attack on TF at 24,22


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 9
TBF Avenger x 6


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless x 1 destroyed
SBD Dauntless x 5 damaged
TBF Avenger x 1 destroyed
TBF Avenger x 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Nachi
CA Atago
DD Asashio, Bomb hits 2, on fire
CL Kinu
CA Suzuya, Bomb hits 1


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Air attack on Buka , at 26,30

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-C Irving x 3
Ki-21 Sally x 15

Allied aircraft

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally x 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses


Allied ground losses:
Men lost 10

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1

Attacking Level Bombers:
15 x Ki-21 Sally at 6000 feet

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Naval bombardment of Rabaul, at 21,28

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero x 2 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 80

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 20


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Air attack on Rabaul , at 21,28

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
A6M3 Zero x 6
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 6
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 4

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed
A6M3 Zero x 3 destroyed


ENS E.Emerson of VF-9 is credited with kill number 3


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Air attack on Rabaul , at 21,28

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
A6M3 Zero x 3
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 4
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 3

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 19
P-38J Lightning x 16
F-5A Lightning x 1
B-17E Fortress x 9
PB4Y Liberator x 6
B-24D Liberator x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress x 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator x 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 89

Attacking Level Bombers:
3 x B-17E Fortress at 12000 feet
3 x B-24D Liberator at 12000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 12000 feet
3 x PB4Y Liberator at 12000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 12000 feet
3 x B-24D Liberator at 12000 feet
3 x PB4Y Liberator at 12000 feet
3 x B-24D Liberator at 12000 feet
3 x B-24D Liberator at 12000 feet
3 x B-24D Liberator at 12000 feet

[wpurdom]

Why did the US not take Ganai to have a retreat square and a place to bring up supplies by PBY?

[siRkid]

Originally posted by wpurdom
Why did the US not take Ganai to have a retreat square and a place to bring up supplies by PBY?

Ah, because if I captured that as a base then all my ground units would have droped off half of their supplies when they landed. This way the units are holding onto all the supplies. As it is now I can not ferry in any more supplies. I am hoping to bomb Rabaul into the stone age while waiting for the transpors that the new patch should make availible. In the mean time my inits at Rabaul shuold have enough to hold them.

[XPav]

Originally posted by Kid
I am hoping to bomb Rabaul into the stone age while waiting for the transpors that the new patch should make availible. In

BONES: Lieutenant, you are looking at the only Starfleet cadet who ever beat the no-win scenario.
SAAVIK: How?
Kid : I reprogrammed the simulation so it was possible to conquer Rabaul.
SAAVIK: WHAT?!
DAVID: (laughs) He cheated!
KIRK: I changed the conditions of the test. I got a commendation for original thinking.

(pause)
I don't like to lose.

[wpurdom]

quote:
Ah, because if I captured that as a base then all my ground units would have droped off half of their supplies when they landed.

I had in mind one fast transport or a sub with a handful of troops to "take the dot." But to be fair, that doesn't seem to be consistent with the swashbuckling style of this game.

[siRkid]

Originally posted by XPav


BONES: Lieutenant, you are looking at the only Starfleet cadet who ever beat the no-win scenario.
SAAVIK: How?
Kid : I reprogrammed the simulation so it was possible to conquer Rabaul.
SAAVIK: WHAT?!
DAVID: (laughs) He cheated!
KIRK: I changed the conditions of the test. I got a commendation for original thinking.

(pause)
I don't like to lose.

lol well, if it makes it sound better how about this. "I am waiting for those bone head admirals in pearl to release more transports. I'm holding the men one the beach as political hostages ."

[siRkid]

Originally posted by wpurdom
quote:
Ah, because if I captured that as a base then all my ground units would have droped off half of their supplies when they landed.

I had in mind one fast transport or a sub with a handful of troops to "take the dot." But to be fair, that doesn't seem to be consistent with the swashbuckling style of this game.

I still land troops there and march them into Rabaul. Rabaul has too many mines to land there. By not taking the hex the new arrivals hold onto their supplies.

[Luskan]

Xpav, I was thinking along exactly the same lines.
Last man standing at Rabaul wins!