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

[Miller]

Hi Chris, I still look in at the AAR now and again. Sorry to see that the game seems to be coming to a tedious conclusion.

I think bigbaba has several other games of WITP and AE on the go and he sees this one as a time filler after he has done his other turns.....dont know why he bothered taking it over if he was not going to give it 100%.

Its looking like AE will be playable after the first patch comes out, perhaps its time to start in pastures new - not against me though, one ass whipping is enough![&o]

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Miller

Hi Chris, I still look in at the AAR now and again. Sorry to see that the game seems to be coming to a tedious conclusion.

I think bigbaba has several other games of WITP and AE on the go and he sees this one as a time filler after he has done his other turns.....dont know why he bothered taking it over if he was not going to give it 100%.

Its looking like AE will be playable after the first patch comes out, perhaps its time to start in pastures new - not against me though, one ass whipping is enough![&o]

Hi Paul

bigbaba is still constantly sending me turns, if I´m available usually more than just a couple a day. The turn frequency isn´t a problem, what seems to be a problem is the fact that neither his strategy nor his tactics seem to be what I would call "advanced". [:(] There have been so many things that were just plain wrong that it really seems like if I would play the AI. I don´t want to offense my opponent and I don´t want to be misunderstood, but what has happened after he took over again is just a mistery to me.

Perhaps I´m the one that is wrong and he will crush me in the next 6 months, but as it stands now, I´m sure that we will either see no action or something crazy. Crazy would mean IMO that I will be able to either stop it cold or in the best case turn it into another Allied disaster. The highlight in Allied insufficiency seems to me the ongoing evacuation of Port Moresby. I don´t know if I should laugh or cry...[8|]

I´m not happy about AE at the moment and I surely won´t start a PBEM until some more patches have been released. Did the same thing with WITP and waited until 1.5 IIRC to start a PBEM. Didn´t regret it.

[castor troy]

The good news of the day is the fact that R&D of the Frank was succesful already and the arrival date moved one month, now being at 7/44. I´m sure we will get it at 6/42 at the latest, if we would be really lucky, we could see the first fighters coming out of the factories in 5/44 already. Upgrading my IJAAF fighters Franks will be a big leap.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/13/44

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 217
J1N1-S Irving x 27
D3A Val x 27
D4Y Judy x 102
A6M3a Zero x 116
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 120
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 3

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

elsewhere there´s not much happening...

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Ground combat at Malir

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 139412 troops, 1359 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2941

Defending force 248755 troops, 1260 guns, 1530 vehicles, Assault Value = 4292



Allied ground losses:
62 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 71626 troops, 782 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1828

Defending force 60611 troops, 254 guns, 170 vehicles, Assault Value = 1226



Allied ground losses:
74 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8282 troops, 282 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3622

Defending force 174364 troops, 1793 guns, 570 vehicles, Assault Value = 3200



Allied ground losses:
178 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 48660 troops, 238 guns, 119 vehicles, Assault Value = 1226

Defending force 91139 troops, 988 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1828


Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Malir

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 129861 troops, 1105 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 4292

Defending force 147560 troops, 1475 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2941


Japanese ground losses:
322 casualties reported
Guns lost 9


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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 98322 troops, 1324 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 3195

Defending force 192715 troops, 2497 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 3622


Japanese ground losses:
420 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/14/44

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 213
J1N1-S Irving x 27
D3A Val x 27
D4Y Judy x 102
A6M3a Zero x 112
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 35

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 183
Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 1

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

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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 63
Liberator VI x 28


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 18 damaged
Liberator VI: 10 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 42

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 15000 feet

one Wellington was shot down over the atoll, three more crashed on their way back. Don´t know why there are still Wellingtons in the air to bomb my bases when the Allied could use sturdy 4E bombers...

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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 48
J1N1-S Irving x 27
D4Y Judy x 54
B6N Jill x 122
P1Y Frances x 210
Ki-61 Ic x 71

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 166

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

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 24
J2M3 Jack x 90
D4Y Judy x 29
A6M5c Zeke x 36
B5N Kate x 6
Ki-61 Ic x 90

No Japanese losses

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

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Ground combat at Malir

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 139186 troops, 1352 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2929

Defending force 248731 troops, 1256 guns, 1533 vehicles, Assault Value = 4296



Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported

the damage done by all my guns is really ridicoulos... Japanese artillery wasn´t THAT bad...

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 71611 troops, 782 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1826

Defending force 60212 troops, 249 guns, 169 vehicles, Assault Value = 1221



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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8269 troops, 281 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3623

Defending force 174316 troops, 1788 guns, 571 vehicles, Assault Value = 3197



Allied ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Guns lost 5


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 48479 troops, 233 guns, 119 vehicles, Assault Value = 1221

Defending force 91070 troops, 989 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1826



Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 5


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Ground combat at Malir

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 129853 troops, 1102 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 4296

Defending force 147344 troops, 1468 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2929


Japanese ground losses:
202 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 98293 troops, 1323 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 3192

Defending force 192266 troops, 2479 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 3623


Japanese ground losses:
222 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

funny turn...


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/15/44

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 179
J1N1-S Irving x 25
D3A Val x 25
D4Y Judy x 78
A6M3a Zero x 44
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 3

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 95
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 2

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

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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 25
J2M3 Jack x 134
J1N1-S Irving x 26
D4Y Judy x 52
A6M3a Zero x 27
B6N Jill x 124
P1Y Frances x 260
Ki-61 Ic x 107

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
119 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 19
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 323

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x J2M3 Jack bombing at 2000 feet

full training strike...

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Day Air attack on Petropavlovsk , at 84,32


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 14
PB4Y Liberator x 27
B-24J Liberator x 31


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 3 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 85

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 10000 feet

base forces alone just can´t do anything against bombers... we have three base forces here but they are even more ineffective than stock base forces it seems... [:(]

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Day Air attack on Petropavlovsk , at 84,32


Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 3
LB-30 Liberator x 28


Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet


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

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 29
J2M3 Jack x 85
D4Y Judy x 32
A6M5c Zeke x 32
B5N Kate x 6
Ki-61 Ic x 82

No Japanese losses

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

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Ground combat at Malir

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 139058 troops, 1367 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2919

Defending force 248864 troops, 1263 guns, 1534 vehicles, Assault Value = 4300



Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 49183 troops, 527 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1828

Defending force 59779 troops, 236 guns, 167 vehicles, Assault Value = 1219



Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8306 troops, 282 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3617

Defending force 179614 troops, 1844 guns, 571 vehicles, Assault Value = 3330



Allied ground losses:
173 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 48156 troops, 221 guns, 117 vehicles, Assault Value = 1219

Defending force 91063 troops, 988 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1828



Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Malir

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 130067 troops, 1109 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 4300

Defending force 147216 troops, 1483 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2919


Japanese ground losses:
233 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 98250 troops, 1323 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 3323

Defending force 192031 troops, 2474 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 3617


Japanese ground losses:
298 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Port Moresby [:D][:D][:D]

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 849 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 34

Defending force 832 troops, 1 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Japanese max assault: 26 - adjusted assault: 6 [:(]

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 5

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 9)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 8


Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

as you can see, Port Moresby has been nearly completely evacuated... can you imagine that? This is absolutely off IMO. But perhaps I´m the one that is wrong. We dropped a para unit (without it´s 47mm AT guns and without most of it´s support) and the 40 combat squads have not been able to achieve anything (well, we dropped a fort level) against the defender with an unadjusted av of 0 (Z E R O). Oh well, I can send in more troops and we´ll take the base back...

It´s mid February 44...

[rominet]

A small raid on PM should help

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: rominet

A small raid on PM should help

already been ordered for tomorrow... [;)]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/16/44

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ASW attack at 2,21

Japanese Ships
SS I-40, hits 11, on fire, heavy damage[8|]

Allied Ships
AK Samovar
MSW Baroda
DD Roebuck
DD Rocket
DD Relentless
DD Redoubt
DD Rapid
DD Quilliam

sub is confirmed sunk of course... whenever more than one or two Allied DDs end up in the same hex as an IJN sub you have a fair chance the sub gets sunk immedietely... [8|] this is West of Ceylon, bigbaba seems to be completely evacuating Ceylon... another mistake...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 44
D4Y Judy x 27
A6M3a Zero x 79
Ki-61 Ic x 32

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 67
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

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

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 14
Ki-61 Ic x 81
Ki-46-III Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

ordered a sweep from Lae while I´ve kept the fighter sentais on 50% Cap. The result is that nearly 40% of my fighters are damaged now. Aviation support there is above the required level. This is once more an example of what is going on in this campaign. While there weren´t any problems with damaged fighters/bombers/recons from flying Cap/nav search/asw, all my daitais have huge problems now to keep their aircraft operational. If I want to keep my fighter sentais undamaged I can´t afford more than 20% Cap and this is nothing but a JOKE... [:@][:@][:@][:@][:@]

how many stupid hardcoded things I´m not aware of after having played this game for years??? [>:][>:][>:]

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
P1Y Frances x 56

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 46

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x P1Y Frances bombing at 6000 feet

there´s no flak left so it wasn´t a problem to send in the bombers low...

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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 86
A6M3a Zero x 27
B6N Jill x 27
P1Y Frances x 52
Ki-61 Ic x 36

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 99

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

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Day Air attack on 8th Ind. Brigade, at 22,4


Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 10
Hurricane IIc x 2


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on 9th Division, at 22,4


Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 17
Hurricane IIc x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 16 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet

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

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 89
D4Y Judy x 20
A6M5c Zeke x 36
B5N Kate x 6
Ki-61 Ic x 79

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported

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

while I should have lots and lots of fighters that I could use at the front, the game design obvioulsy wants to avoid such a situation as half of my fighters get damaged from flying Cap... this then means I´m back at the numbers of early 42...

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Ground combat at Malir

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 138838 troops, 1358 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2912

Defending force 248762 troops, 1263 guns, 1532 vehicles, Assault Value = 4300

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 49195 troops, 529 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1349

Defending force 59394 troops, 232 guns, 168 vehicles, Assault Value = 1207



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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8316 troops, 283 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3602

Defending force 179492 troops, 1843 guns, 571 vehicles, Assault Value = 3328



Allied ground losses:
143 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 47821 troops, 217 guns, 118 vehicles, Assault Value = 1207

Defending force 68703 troops, 737 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1349



Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Malir

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 130078 troops, 1109 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 4300

Defending force 146996 troops, 1474 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2912


Japanese ground losses:
146 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 98175 troops, 1321 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 3318

Defending force 191728 troops, 2470 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 3602


Japanese ground losses:
151 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Port Moresby

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 823 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 32

Defending force 820 troops, 0 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Japanese max assault: 26 - adjusted assault: 6

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 8)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 6



Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

There´s no doubt that we will retake Port Moresby...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/17/44

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 12
Ki-61 Ic x 81
Ki-46-III Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

forgot to set my fighters on escort again so they´ve swept PM again... even though there isn´t air support left at the base I´ve feared enemy fighters at the base last turn possibly taking on my transports flying in supplies for the paras. That´s why I´ve ordered a fighter sweep...

after two days of sweeps (without enemy opposition) and flying 50% Cap, my fighter sentais now need at least 10 days to repair all their damaged fighters. This if I stand them DOWN!!!!
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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 74
J1N1-S Irving x 27
D4Y Judy x 54
A6M3a Zero x 9
B6N Jill x 43
P1Y Frances x 57
Ki-61 Ic x 44

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 130

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


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

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 89
D4Y Judy x 20
A6M5c Zeke x 29
B5N Kate x 6
Ki-61 Ic x 80

No Japanese losses

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

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Ground combat at Port Moresby

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 823 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 32

Defending force 780 troops, 0 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Japanese max assault: 66 - adjusted assault: 64 [:D]

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1 (fort level 6)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Port Moresby base !!!



Allied ground losses:
478 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 18

suddenly we get a doubled adjusted av and the base fell to my surprise already this turn... it´s 2/17/44 and Japanese troops take back Port Moresby. Doing this without any losses... this makes it even more a shame when I think how many ships Miller lost during his succesful attack on the base. I´ve mentioned it earlier and I still don´t get it. Either I have no clue at all or it is my opponent that doesn´t know what to do at all. Port Moresby was the PRIMARY place on the whole map where he could exploit his position, using the level 8 airfield there to lay waste to every base in range of 11 hexes (P-38J range). And out of this base it would have been easily possible to mount offensives, first targets would have been Thursday Island and Gili Gili. But my opponent does think different... obviously...

sorry, but he really seems to miss how WITP has to be played, in my oppinion it more or less looks like he´s playing an Axis and Allies or Hearts of Iron style game. [:(] The Allied had to take some serious blows so far in this campaign but everything that has happened since the unsuccesful invasion of Makin was avoidable. Now that PM has been evacuated, this makes the Allied situation "hopeless". What can they do now? Nothing... Out of PM, offensives would have been easily possible, even without carriers. With the available carriers (probably mostly CVLs and CVEs) it would have been a cakewalk. Not even the fact that the Allied "lack" ground troops would have made this problematic, landing 1000 av would have been enough to take one base after another in this area. Of course the lack of ground troops would have made it slower than usually, but it would have nevertheless easily been possible.

There was only one reason for me to order most of the Southern Area Army to march on Townsville to take Charter Towers and siege Cairns and Townsville: I wanted to put pressure on the Allied to enable me to prepare for an assault on Port Moresby. I had no less than 2500 av prepping to be thrown at the base. The plan was to use my upgraded carriers in two big CV TFs, nearly all my capitol ships, put hundreds of fighters into the bases surrounding PM. Two big sweeps on PM (where I would have suffered hundreds of fighters destroyed against the Corsair/Thunderbolt Cap) followed by massive bombers attacks should have gone in the day when two big cruiser TFs would have done naval bombardments, followed by BB bombardments the day after. PM´s airfield had to be knocked out after one day, otherwise it would have been costly. My carriers would have been 6 hexes away from PM the first day, but would have been in Corsair range the next day. It was all about when we would have been spotted. All my capitol ships would have moved in at full speed, while the amphibious TFs would have been in close range of PM three or four days later. With PM´s airfield knocked out there would be Cooktown left as the major airfield that could launch P-38J escorted 4E strikes on KB and all the other TFs. Townsville and Cairns could only launch unescorted 4E strikes that would hopefully have been shredded by massive Tony/Jack/George LRCAP over my TFs. I expected to encounter 600-800 Allied av at PM (when thinking about the 50.000 troops we spotted there) so my first wave would have consisted of 1500 av going in, keeping 1000 av in reserve. If my bombardments would have been nukes, then the flak defenses would have suffered and I would have switched hundreds of bombers on ground attacks, attacking the (hopefully) max 2 Allied divisions there, rendering them useless due to disruption above 70.

Everything would have been a gamble, if something would have gone wrong, the consequences would (could) have been catastrophic. In any case, it would have been a max effort again and losses would have been high if the Allied commander would have done what I think he should have done. All of those assumptions are now uninteresting though as the Allied have given up their most important base... lol

This means I can now take my troops back out of the Charter Towers area and bring them into defensive positions. This now also means that an Allied assault into my territory would be more or less suicide without major CV support. Major CV support is something the Allied don´t have anymore after the defeat near the Gilberts just a couple of months ago. [:D] It´s still amazing to me how one can misidentify the situation that bad...

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 49180 troops, 528 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1351

Defending force 59229 troops, 228 guns, 167 vehicles, Assault Value = 1204



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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8246 troops, 282 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3604

Defending force 180022 troops, 1853 guns, 570 vehicles, Assault Value = 3339



Allied ground losses:
188 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 47666 troops, 213 guns, 117 vehicles, Assault Value = 1204

Defending force 68705 troops, 736 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1351



Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 5


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Ground combat at Malir

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 126954 troops, 1100 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 4659

Defending force 146862 troops, 1464 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2904


Japanese ground losses:
162 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 98676 troops, 1332 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 3335

Defending force 191521 troops, 2460 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 3604


Japanese ground losses:
178 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[rominet]

ORIGINAL: castor troy

after two days of sweeps (without enemy opposition) and flying 50% Cap, my fighter sentais now need at least 10 days to repair all their damaged fighters. This if I stand them DOWN!!!!

I noticed in my own game that % of fighters in repairing when fighter groups only perform CAP may depend on the weather.
In T or R, more damage.
It is just an impression.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: rominet

ORIGINAL: castor troy

after two days of sweeps (without enemy opposition) and flying 50% Cap, my fighter sentais now need at least 10 days to repair all their damaged fighters. This if I stand them DOWN!!!!

I noticed in my own game that % of fighters in repairing when fighter groups only perform CAP may depend on the weather.
In T or R, more damage.
It is just an impression.

the problem is that this didn´t happen until the beginning of 44 so there must be some hardcoded trigger I don´t know of and I have never heard of it before. Anyway, it´s BS and if I can´t set my Cap higher than 20% then I can already surrender...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/18/44

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 231
J1N1-S Irving x 27
D3A Val x 27
D4Y Judy x 102
A6M3a Zero x 115
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 35

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 187
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 4

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

the game is going on a slow pace at the moment with only one turn a day during the week and this turn takes me... 5 minutes... [8|]

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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
J2M3 Jack x 63
J1N1-S Irving x 27
D4Y Judy x 54
B6N Jill x 76
P1Y Frances x 211
Ki-61 Ic x 100

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 173

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

pressing "esc" during my training raids and the usual bombardments...

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 49150 troops, 528 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1349

Defending force 58989 troops, 214 guns, 165 vehicles, Assault Value = 1204



Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 47476 troops, 201 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 1204

Defending force 68675 troops, 736 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1349



Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

the funny thing is the Allied are out of supply and starving but are still ordered to bombard. Just to take losses... [;)]

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Ground combat at Malir

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 140200 troops, 1149 guns, 524 vehicles, Assault Value = 4661

Defending force 147040 troops, 1466 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2911


Japanese ground losses:
175 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Allied ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Guns lost 7


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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 98773 troops, 1336 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 3337

Defending force 191357 troops, 2453 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 3606


Japanese ground losses:
657 casualties reported
Guns lost 17

Allied artillery stays to be a killer. All my troops have been ordered to move back to Charter Towers. No sense getting killed off in Townsville by Allied artillery only...



and this is one of those bases where I would bet my car, my house, my right arm and left leg that bigbaba just doesn´t care about stacking limits at all. And everytime I notice it, it again pisses me off. How can one be so stubborn in violating agreed rules and in the same time so "stupid" to think I wouldn´t notice it.

Sidney is a level 9 airfield, makes it big enough to see a maximum of "around" 495 aircaft there (9x50 + "around" 10%). Well, an airbalance of above 3000 means that there are so many ac there that the number is closer to 1000 than to 500 for sure. Probably overstacked by 100% again and this goes just on and on. As you can see, the airbalance number isn´t influenced by the airfields nearby as they are all empty and mostly not even built up. I can only say it again, the only reason why I still continue this game against my opponent at the moment is the fact I don´t want to drop the game and I wouldn´t find an opponent to take over anyway I gues... [:@]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/19/44

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 41
D4Y Judy x 26
A6M3a Zero x 81
Ki-61 Ic x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 71
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 3
J2M3 Jack x 90
D4Y Judy x 18
A6M5c Zeke x 33
B5N Kate x 6
Ki-61 Ic x 88

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported

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

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 49224 troops, 528 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1351

Defending force 58730 troops, 208 guns, 165 vehicles, Assault Value = 1191



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 47237 troops, 195 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 1191

Defending force 68769 troops, 736 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1351



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Malir

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 140096 troops, 1142 guns, 524 vehicles, Assault Value = 4661

Defending force 173810 troops, 1869 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 3553


Japanese ground losses:
158 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 4



other than me getting pissed off due to violating agreed hrs, nothing is going on...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/20/44

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 235
J1N1-S Irving x 27
D3A Val x 27
D4Y Judy x 101
A6M3a Zero x 114
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 156
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

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

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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 40
Liberator VI x 16


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 3 destroyed, 12 damaged
Liberator VI: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 15000 feet

occasional attack on Baker again, nearly no damage and it costs the Allied a couple of bombers... I can´t identify any clear Allied strategy, to be honest, I doubt there is any. The Allied are low on CVs and lost more than just a couple BBs. Still, the Allied have a fully functional airforce and if they want to get going offensively again, then using the airforce en masse concentrated on one area is the only possibility for them to advance somewhere. Well, at some point I bet I will see some sudden "rabbit out of the box" advance against a well defended target without having it bombed to dust before.

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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
J2M3 Jack x 163
J1N1-S Irving x 27
D4Y Judy x 54
A6M3a Zero x 27
B6N Jill x 108
P1Y Frances x 250
Ki-61 Ic x 142

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported

Airbase hits 20
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 227

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

and then my airforce will be ready. At the moment, I would say we will see one big battle again (wherever that will be...) and the Allied will be finished off. This will then be the end of this campaign, so I´m probably spending lots of time for nothing until then, just to see fireworks going off and five or six turns later the game will be over. It´s a pity, there was more potential in this campaign...

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Day Air attack on Petropavlovsk , at 84,32


Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 2
LB-30 Liberator x 18


Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 5 damaged

Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Ulan-Ude , at 61,10


Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 37
Yak-9D x 32
Pe-2 x 241
Pe-2R x 8
R-12 x 9


Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
Pe-2R: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
169 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 8
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Pe-2 bombing at 20000 feet

with some 3000-3500 assault points left in Irkutsk I don´t really consider the Russian a major threat. And those bombing runs are worth nothing anyway...

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

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 4
J2M3 Jack x 81
D4Y Judy x 18
A6M5c Zeke x 30
B5N Kate x 6
Ki-61 Ic x 82

No Japanese losses

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

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Day Air attack on TF, near Colombo at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 23

Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 11 damaged [:(]

Allied aircraft losses
Corsair IV: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Rapid
AK Samwater
AK Samoa
AK Sambridge
AK Samphill

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 3000 feet

mmm... should have known it better. bigbaba keeps on evacuating Ceylon and I left him alone doing it (because it´s a huge mistake again, Ceylon was one of his chances to put pressure on me, but he missed that, same as Port Moresby [&:]). This turn I flew in some 100 Helens to Madras and Bangalore and set them to nav attack. There are still some ex-carrier based Corsairs at Colombo and they take out two Helens while another three are lost to ops. Makes it a disaster for this sentai as it loses 5 crews and with an experience of 84 we achieve 0 (Z E R O) hits... what a result...

the IJA can´t be used for much more than ASW, with the Peggy going online in half a year we have another competitive torpedo bomber (to support the IJNAF Frances bombers), but I´m not sure this game will last that long. We´ll see...




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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 49198 troops, 529 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1349

Defending force 58322 troops, 201 guns, 165 vehicles, Assault Value = 1186



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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 47030 troops, 188 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 1186

Defending force 68743 troops, 737 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1349



Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Malir

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 140155 troops, 1138 guns, 523 vehicles, Assault Value = 4665

Defending force 154905 troops, 1776 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 3143


Japanese ground losses:
186 casualties reported
Guns lost 17

Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/21/44

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 44
D4Y Judy x 27
A6M3a Zero x 75
Ki-61 Ic x 33

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 105
Port hits 1

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

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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
J2M3 Jack x 24
J1N1-S Irving x 19
D4Y Judy x 7
B6N Jill x 43
P1Y Frances x 152
Ki-61 Ic x 63

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 96

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

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Day Air attack on TF at 94,103


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 9
P-40N Warhawk x 39
P-47C Thunderbolt x 11
P-47D Thunderbolt x 13


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Risen Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

I´m sneaking in two small AKs to Wallis Island (base South West of Canton) to bring out the remaining parts of three base forces that were cut off there and nearly starved to death. Only some support squads and the damned sound detectors are left and those never vanish, so the parent units won´t ever get radar sets. Even if my AKs will die, when they are already loaded with the sound detectors than this will also kill the sound detectors and it met our goals. The Wellingtons all missed to my surprise...

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 49155 troops, 529 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1350

Defending force 58182 troops, 195 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 1181



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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 46900 troops, 182 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 1181

Defending force 68700 troops, 737 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1350



Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Malir

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 140198 troops, 1139 guns, 523 vehicles, Assault Value = 4663

Defending force 154620 troops, 1758 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 3136


Japanese ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/22/44

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 237
J1N1-S Irving x 27
D3A Val x 27
D4Y Judy x 102
A6M3a Zero x 114
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 32

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 242
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 42


No Allied losses

Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 5000 feet

I was also able to bring out the two sound detectors that were left back at Luganville... [:D] this shouldn´t be possible under the LBA umbrella of Allied bomber hordes but it was an easy task... seems like I could land five divisions on New Caledonia and bigbaba would only notice it when my troops are coming ashore... [:D]

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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 179
J1N1-S Irving x 36
D4Y Judy x 27
A6M3a Zero x 27
B6N Jill x 54
P1Y Frances x 79
Ki-61 Ic x 72

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 267

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

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Day Air attack on 9th Ind. Brigade, at 41,29


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 10


Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet

the Chinese have sent 51!!! units across the river going North from Chungking, target Chengtu... and Chinese bombers are attacking one of my brigades at Chengtu... our units in China have also be set to march and are on the offensive now again, the time has come to finish the Chinese off once and for all. Either that or they will shock attack me to death with out of supply units, just like we have seen it before...

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

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 9
J2M3 Jack x 90
D4Y Judy x 18
A6M5c Zeke x 36
B5N Kate x 6
Ki-61 Ic x 87

No Japanese losses

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

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 49158 troops, 526 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1349

Defending force 57780 troops, 189 guns, 162 vehicles, Assault Value = 1178



Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 46589 troops, 176 guns, 115 vehicles, Assault Value = 1178

Defending force 68699 troops, 733 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1349



Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Malir

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 140146 troops, 1140 guns, 524 vehicles, Assault Value = 4666

Defending force 154644 troops, 1752 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 3139


Japanese ground losses:
177 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Perth

Allied Bombardment attack[:D]

Attacking force 4441 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 117

Defending force 663 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20


Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

an Australian bgd has entered Perth again and didn´t dare to deliberate attack immedietely. This is good news as we´ve already picked up 35.000 resources and 60.000 supplies with AKs that are still loading. Gives us another day to load up our ships and then head out. The base will fall tomorrow though.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/23/44

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 231
J1N1-S Irving x 27
D3A Val x 27
D4Y Judy x 100
A6M3a Zero x 116
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 31

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 139
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 39


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 38

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 26
J2M3 Jack x 178
J1N1-S Irving x 62
D4Y Judy x 27
A6M3a Zero x 23
B6N Jill x 54
P1Y Frances x 50
Ki-61 Ic x 66

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 217

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

It´s still winter in Russia and this means that usually one or two of my four bases that launch training raids are clouded in. My pilots are making good progress though...

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

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 9
J2M3 Jack x 88
D4Y Judy x 20
A6M5c Zeke x 31
B5N Kate x 6
Ki-61 Ic x 82

No Japanese losses

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

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Day Air attack on TF at 93,100


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 10
P-40N Warhawk x 39
P-38J Lightning x 4
P-47C Thunderbolt x 11
P-47D Thunderbolt x 13


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Nasusan Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

another attack on one of my two AKs going to Wallis island, two 500lb bomb hits but the ship is still seaworthy and should arrive at Wallis in two days (if not attacked again)...

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 49187 troops, 528 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1350

Defending force 57345 troops, 183 guns, 160 vehicles, Assault Value = 1168



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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 46294 troops, 170 guns, 114 vehicles, Assault Value = 1168

Defending force 68722 troops, 734 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1350



Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Malir

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 140113 troops, 1141 guns, 525 vehicles, Assault Value = 4663

Defending force 154470 troops, 1749 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 3133


Japanese ground losses:
208 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Perth

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4457 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 117

Defending force 689 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

Allied max assault: 108 - adjusted assault: 12 [:D]

Japanese max defense: 22 - adjusted defense: 5

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Perth base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
78 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported


as expected, Perth fell today. The result of this small scale operation is that we´ve captured 35.000 resources and 90.000 supplies. We had only very few losses within this fragment of a nav guard unit and my AKs have picked up all my troops and they are now heading back to Northern Australia. With 4.000.000 supplies total for the Empire (sounds a lot but isn´t that much for the whole map and considering the fact that I nearly overran the whole map), capturing 90.000 from the enemy is very welcome. The AKs will directly head to Northern Australia too to unload their supplies there as the ground war around Townsville really sucked up a lot of supplies (hundreds of thousands supplies!!). With the recapture of Port Moresby we have achieved all our goals and we can now concentrate on a defensive strategy, sit back and wait is the motto now. In the next two months alone, we will get inf units with together more than 2000 av. And there are many more inf units to come until mid 44. MANY MORE! [:D] At Charter Towers I have now 8.000 av, Northern Australia has 2.000 and in the Alice Springs area I have another 1.500. The Allied have a total of 4.500 sitting at Cairns and Townsville. Anoteher 4000 at Malir in India. I´ve got 6.500 in India. The Russian have something like 4.500 (1.000+ cut off and out of supply in Blogoveshchensk, the rest in Irkutsk). I expect the Allied to have another 4.000 dispersed on the map that could be used for offensive operations in the Pacific. And there´s China of course, some 7.000 - 10.000 Chinese av left, mostly without heavy weapons and mostly starving I guess.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/24/44

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 231
J1N1-S Irving x 27
D3A Val x 27
D4Y Judy x 98
A6M3a Zero x 113
G4M1 Betty x 20
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 13
Runway hits 147
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 2

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

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 35


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 27
J2M3 Jack x 80
J1N1-S Irving x 60
D4Y Judy x 27
B6N Jill x 27
Ki-61 Ic x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 102

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

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

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 10
J2M3 Jack x 82
D4Y Judy x 20
A6M5c Zeke x 30
B5N Kate x 6
Ki-61 Ic x 81

No Japanese losses

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

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 49252 troops, 527 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1352

Defending force 57030 troops, 178 guns, 159 vehicles, Assault Value = 1162



Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported

Russian av is going down by half a dozen av daily, in six months the majority of the Russian troops here will have starved to death and we will only need a bgd to keep the rest of this POW camp honest. Same as what we´ve done with Manila. I´ve thought I would not be able to use Manila as a training target for longer than mid 44 maximum (then I would have taken the city with a nav guard unit) and this was one of the reasons I attacked Russia. Ohka´s 400 oil centers was another one, all the resources and HI is just a gift. Blagoveshchensk is the only base on the map that has three bases in one hex range which is optimal for training raids. And it´s so far North, it will be out of range of Allied bombers more or less until the end of the war. This couldn´t been said about the Philipines or China and in China I don´t have a base near an enemy base anyway, so the chance to do training runs in China isn´t existing. 100+ fighters over Chungking daily (upgraded to spits and Warhawks [X(] - must meand there´s still over 20.000 supplies) would make it costly anyway, so no sense looking for training opportunities in China anyway. So far, strategically spoken, everything has gone just perfect... [;)]

A note on my industrial situation: everything´s going just fine, we produce 5000 oil per day more than we need, HI is 15.000+ and is accumulating slowly, we have a couple of hundred thousand HI in the pool, going up daily. We produce enough ac and have enough reserves in the pool to have no need to keep the aircraft production running full speed, we have switched over hundreds of fighter factories to R&D of new types already. When I had 600 Tony factories running when the fighter has gone online, we scaled max production back to 260 already. Same goes for the IJNAF fighters, from a total of 800 (Zeke, Jack and George together) we now have a max capacity of 600 with 50% Zeke production halted already as we only need the Zeke for carrier based daitais, land based daitais on the front will only be equipped with Jacks and Georges. Frank R&D is running full speed and in mid 44 I will be able to upgrade all my IJAAF fighters to Franks within two months. If I get the fighter three months earlier (chance to achieve that is there) then I will have upgraded all my front line IJAAF fighters to Franks in 7/44. Helen pool looks good, production capacity is around 140, Peggy R&D is running but I don´t expect much so it will come online in 9 or 10/44 with the Helen factories auto upgrading we will be producing some 250 if I don´t change anything of the current situation. Got 300 Frances´ in the pool and enough capacity to produce enough to reequip all my IJAAF bomber daitais within a day but I hope this doesn´t have to happen. Still enough Betties in the pool for training daitais. The only downside at the moment is the fact that we won´t get the Reppu until mid 45 so the carriers are stuck with obsolete Zekes until then (and who knows if the campaign will reach mid 45). At the end of 44 we would get the c version of the Frank with an armament value of 14 (more than most Allied fighters with 12), this should be a nice bomber killer.

Naval construction is running full speed, have accelarated three remaining Unryu class carriers and should get them all within the next 7 months. Same goes for Shinano which was never stopped and always has been being built at normal speed. There´s one more Agano class CL in the queue which has also been accelerated. To do all this I had to stop a nearly a dozen subs due to their high endurance, two subs need as many shipyard points as does one Unryu class carrier. All 3.500 endurance RO class subs have been halted right from the start. Naval shipyards have also been increased right from the start. Merchant shipyard is running hot with not enough points to produce everything in the queue at the moment. As soon as the modern PCs can be accelerated they get accelerated. Already received some three dozens of them, but no Allied subs are around. LOL. Makes it easy for me to run my economy full speed. [;)] Got 190.000 armament points in the pool, have shut down several factories. 40.000 vehicle points in the pool, shut down 85% of my total capacity, only one armored div is missing, will receive that in something like early 45.

The Allied have been missing the chance to draw me into an atrittion battle right from the start and therefore everything´s just fine when looking at the overall situation. The fact that we will get lots of bgds and divs will make the situation even better as I will then be able to not just prepare a first line of defense (that has been ready since months already) but also a second line of defense with strategic reserves in key positions.

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 37361 troops, 164 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1162

Defending force 68791 troops, 734 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1352



Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Malir

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 136985 troops, 1132 guns, 521 vehicles, Assault Value = 4662

Defending force 154277 troops, 1747 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 3129


Japanese ground losses:
324 casualties reported
Guns lost 15

Allied ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/25/44

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 230
J1N1-S Irving x 27
D3A Val x 27
D4Y Judy x 102
A6M3a Zero x 91
G4M1 Betty x 21
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 34

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 134
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Iloilo , at 42,56

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 23

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40N Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x A6M3a Zero bombing at 2000 feet

oops! Moved a new training unit to Bataan for enhanced training and only set it on "airfield attack" instead of also setting Manila as target. The fighters flew six hexes and bombed an airfield that has some damaged Warhawks...

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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 12
Liberator VI x 47
Ventura V x 15
A-20G Havoc x 200
B-25C Mitchell x 51
B-24J Liberator x 16


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 13 damaged
Ventura V: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged
A-20G Havoc: 8 destroyed, 26 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
963 casualties reported [8|]
Guns lost 43

Airbase hits 26
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 125

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 20000 feet

our airfield gets nuked and we suffer more ground casualties than we could inflict when 500.000 Japanese troops attacked Irkutsk. A dozen AA units scored some kills at least, we can take down 2E bombers, 4Es are a different story...

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 31


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 5000 feet

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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
A6M5 Zeke x 27
J2M3 Jack x 180
J1N1-S Irving x 58
D4Y Judy x 27
A6M3a Zero x 24
B6N Jill x 107
P1Y Frances x 233
Ki-61 Ic x 141

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Airbase hits 19
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 241

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 9
J2M3 Jack x 92
D4Y Judy x 18
A6M5c Zeke x 36
B5N Kate x 6
Ki-61 Ic x 82

No Japanese losses

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

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Day Air attack on TF at 93,104


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Nasusan Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet

compared to the 0% hit rate of 84 exp Helens just recently I think a 100% hit rate of 3 Mitchells is quite good? [8|] This is one of the 2 AKs I tried to sneak to Wallis Island... AK sunk...



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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 49268 troops, 526 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1351

Defending force 56753 troops, 172 guns, 159 vehicles, Assault Value = 1157



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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 37201 troops, 158 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1157

Defending force 68796 troops, 734 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1351



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Ground combat at Malir

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 137079 troops, 1130 guns, 521 vehicles, Assault Value = 4667

Defending force 154089 troops, 1735 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 3123


Japanese ground losses:
224 casualties reported
Guns lost 9
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/26/44

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 229
J1N1-S Irving x 27
D3A Val x 27
D4Y Judy x 101
A6M3a Zero x 91
G4M1 Betty x 19
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 148
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Iloilo , at 42,56

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 24

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40N Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M3a Zero bombing at 2000 feet

still haven´t changed the orders of this training unit... they torch another Warhawk though without losses. Changed it this turn...

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 34


No Allied losses

Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 97
A6M3a Zero x 27
B6N Jill x 27
P1Y Frances x 46
Ki-61 Ic x 32

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 78

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

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 49272 troops, 527 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1352

Defending force 56509 troops, 173 guns, 157 vehicles, Assault Value = 1152



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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 37032 troops, 159 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1152

Defending force 68797 troops, 735 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1352



Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Guns lost 5


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Ground combat at Malir

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 137206 troops, 1127 guns, 521 vehicles, Assault Value = 4669

Defending force 153933 troops, 1729 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 3111


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

Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Guns lost 2