AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy

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A day after the IJN has attacked my ships at Sydney and KB has done a full speed run North East today. My subs from Brisbane won´t catch KB. Have spent 15 min to order patrol zones for two dozen subs on the expected path of KB. Another side note on yesterday´s happenings: Rainer said that the game screwed up his orders and he didn´t want to launch a strike on Sydney. The only reason why all this happened was KB reacting towards Sydney after my ships being spotted. He had planned to stay further off and has limited the range of his bombers. I can´t follow this at all and I wonder if he didn´t do something wrong, due to the fact that FIRST his bombers on nav search spotted my carriers and then his carriers reacted, not the other way around. So his carriers were to close to Sydney or his bombers were set to a too long range. Anyway, I can´t see the game having screwed up something here.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 13, 42
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ASW attack near Hengchun at 83,68

Japanese Ships
DMS W-9
DD Hatakaze
DD Harukaze

Allied Ships
SS Triton, hits 1



SS Triton is sighted by escort
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Harukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Harukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Harukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Harukaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Harukaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Harukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Harukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Triton takes a hit and has to retire...

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Sub attack near Sapporo at 119,50

Japanese Ships
xAK Samarang Maru
PB Teshio Maru

Allied Ships
SS Pickerel



SS Pickerel launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Samarang Maru
PB Teshio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Teshio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Teshio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Teshio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Teshio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Pescadores at 84,62

Japanese Ships
PB Banshu Maru #56
PB Shonan Maru #2
PB Shonan Maru #1

Allied Ships
SS Gudgeon



SS Gudgeon is sighted by escort
PB Shonan Maru #2 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Shonan Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonan Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonan Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonan Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonan Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

lots of ASW TFs around and most enemy convoys in areas that have gotten dangerous have at least one escort...

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ASW attack near Sapporo at 119,49

Japanese Ships
xAK Sumiyoshi Maru
PB Uruboko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Pickerel



SS Pickerel is sighted by escort
Pickerel diving deep ....
PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Taihoku at 88,62

Japanese Ships
xAKL Hokuhi Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Muroran Maru

Allied Ships
SS Saury



SS Saury launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Hokuhi Maru
Saury diving deep ....
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

another xAKL sunk...

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ASW attack near Maryborough at 100,158

Japanese Ships
DD Kagero
BB Hiei
CA Aoba
CA Chikuma
DD Ariake
DD Yugure

Allied Ships
SS S-28



SS S-28 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Kagero
DD Ariake fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yugure fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugure fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugure fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugure fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugure fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

KB stumbles over a returning sub... the MK10 salvo missed of course...

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Sub attack near Taihoku at 88,62

Japanese Ships
xAKL Hokuhi Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Gudgeon



SS Gudgeon launches 4 torpedoes

followed by a MK14 dud salvo...

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Morning Air attack on 84th Chinese Corps, at 85,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 26000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 84th Chinese Corps, at 85,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 16
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on 48th Division, at 54,43 (Cox's Bazar)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 2



Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 15
Blenheim IV x 35
Hudson IIIa x 17
Hurricane IIb Trop x 30
Hudson I x 19


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 damaged
Blenheim IV: 11 damaged
Hudson IIIa: 5 damaged
Hudson I: 7 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
Tainan Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 31000
Raid is overhead
11th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Raid is overhead

Also attacking 9th Division ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 9th Division ...
Also attacking 27th JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 9th Division ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 48th Division ...
Also attacking 9th Division ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...

one of those attacks that had five bases combining up their strikes... Oscars and Zeroes on LRCAP but our big escort took care of them... insane damage done to the ground units again... 67 bombers causing not one casualty... [8|]


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Morning Air attack on 5th Guards Division, at 54,43 (Cox's Bazar)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 15
Blenheim IV x 49
Hudson IIIa x 9
P-40B Warhawk x 19


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 damaged
Blenheim IV: 5 damaged
Hudson IIIa: 3 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
12 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
11 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
9 x Hudson IIIa bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
15 x Blenheim I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking Imperial Guards Division ...
Also attacking 9th Tank Regiment ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking Imperial Guards Division ...
Also attacking 9th Tank Regiment ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking Imperial Guards Division ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking Imperial Guards Division ...
Also attacking 9th Tank Regiment ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...


followed by 70+ bombers causing not a fucking single casualty... insane... if heavy rain makes hitting something impossible anyway, perhaps we should revert back to not fly at all like in WITP...

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Morning Air attack on 5th Guards Division, at 54,43 (Cox's Bazar)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 16


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Wellington Ic bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

wow, the end result of 150 bombers attacking are two disabled Japanese squads... [8|]

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Ground combat at Cox's Bazar (54,43)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 70201 troops, 707 guns, 352 vehicles, Assault Value = 2413

Defending force 13873 troops, 332 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 266

Japanese adjusted assault: 840

Allied adjusted defense: 347

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Cox's Bazar !!! [:@][:@][:@]

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
446 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 34 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
7773 casualties reported [:@]
Squads: 617 destroyed, 318 disabled
Non Combat: 626 destroyed, 253 disabled
Engineers: 242 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 420 (418 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 184 (165 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Units retreated 7
Units destroyed 2


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
9th Division
48th Division
38th Division
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
9th Tank Regiment
Imperial Guards Division
5th Guards Division
35th Field AA Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
27th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
3rd Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment surrendered [:@][:@][:@]
17th Indian Division surrendered [:@][:@][:@]
1st South India Base Force
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
RAF 221 Group Base Force
4th NW Frontier Base Force
103rd RAF Base Force
223 Group RAF
Pathan Construction Battalion

boy this turn pisses me off... not just that 150 bombers don´t do any damage, they also don´t cause real disruption within the attackers either... but the most funny thing were my two units that didn´t retreat but surrender. Damn! Has been useless to get 17th Indian div out of Burma when the noob unit surrenders now at Cox´s Bazar. We had a perfectly fine retreat path North and South but the two units surrendered while the others retreated... SOUTH [8|]... the fact that units are surrendering without being cut off now isn´t a bad idea though... this makes the Japanese attack more of a tragedy now due to the div surrendering instead of retreating...

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Ground combat at 85,43

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1224 troops, 137 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 3511

Defending force 111948 troops, 738 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3154

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
311 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
36th Division
7th Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
35th Division
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade
32nd Division
110th Division
41st Division
69th Division
59th Division
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
12th Army
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
11th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
15th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
90th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
61st Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
43rd Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
89th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
19th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
7th Group Army
36th Group Army
6th Group Army
21st Group Army
15th Group Army
24th Group Army
14th Group Army
8th Group Army
Jingcha War Area
1st War Area
4th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
39th Group Army
10th Chinese Base Force


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Ground combat at Soerabaja (56,104)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8867 troops, 71 guns, 77 vehicles, Assault Value = 329

Defending force 2515 troops, 41 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 45

Japanese adjusted assault: 272

Allied adjusted defense: 14

Japanese assault odds: 19 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Soerabaja !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
1512 casualties reported
Squads: 71 destroyed, 40 disabled
Non Combat: 90 destroyed, 71 disabled
Engineers: 58 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 62 (62 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Units destroyed 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
148th Infantry Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment

Defending units:
Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion
Tjilitap Base Force

one static unit surrendered, the other became non static and retreated into the mountain fortress to the West...

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Ground combat at Salajar (66,108)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 504 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 21

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Salajar !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(+)



Assaulting units:
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy






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And that´s how Yorktown looks now while being in the shipyard. We had Saratoga being torpedoed by an IJN sub and she´s out of action for over halve a year with comparable damage. Therefore I thought the same would be true for Yorktown but now the absolutely surprising repair time, 86 days! [X(] Now Saratoga has a tonnage far above 30.000ft and that´s the only thing that counts in the new repair routines of AE it seems. That´s also the reason why subs that return in totally wrecked state are 100% repaired in no time again.

Was tonnage really the major factor about repair time in WWII? Repair time of subs in AE and all other ships with a small tonnage surely is off, no way were subs repaired in such a time. Just because a ship is "small" doesn´t mean you can repair it from completely wrecked state to brand new. I´m happy that Yorktown will be repaird in less than three months which seems quite fast after being hit by a torp and two bombs though. Which means we´ve wrecked KB´s bomber force for very small damage done to our carriers when speaking about when all will be available again. To repeat myselve, weather saved our a$$.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 14, 42
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ASW attack near Tavoy at 53,57

Japanese Ships
xAK Amakusa Maru
xAK Azuchisan Maru
xAK Tone Maru
xAK Jusan Maru
xAK Hakonesan Maru
xAK Eihuku Maru
xAK Fushimi Maru
xAK Ayatosan Maru
xAKL Hachirogata Maru
xAKL Shingetsu Maru
DD Mikazuki
DD Nagatsuki

Allied Ships
SS KXVIII



SS KXVIII is sighted by escort
KXVIII bottoming out ....
DD Mikazuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nagatsuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

big convoy passes a once more useless Dutch sub...

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ASW attack near Tavoy at 53,58

Japanese Ships
DD Nagatsuki
xAK Amakusa Maru
xAK Azuchisan Maru
xAK Tone Maru
xAK Jusan Maru
xAK Hakonesan Maru
xAK Eihuku Maru
xAK Fushimi Maru
xAK Ayatosan Maru
xAKL Hachirogata Maru
xAKL Shingetsu Maru
DD Mikazuki

Allied Ships
SS KXVIII, hits 4



SS KXVIII launches 4 torpedoes at DD Nagatsuki
KXVIII bottoming out ....
DD Mikazuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Mikazuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nagatsuki attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

the useless sub then attacks a DD but Dutch subs keep improving their miss rate to something like 60%+... [8|]


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Submarine attack near Colombo at 27,48

Japanese Ships
SS I-158, hits 2

Allied Ships
xAKL Washingtonian, Shell hits 4, heavy fires



xAKL Washingtonian is sighted by SS I-158
SS I-158 attacking on the surface
Nagaishi K. decides to submerge SS I-158 due to damage

no torps fired and the freighter made Colombo later that day...

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ASW attack near Tavoy at 53,58

Japanese Ships
xAK Amakusa Maru
xAK Azuchisan Maru
xAK Tone Maru
xAK Jusan Maru
xAK Hakonesan Maru
xAK Eihuku Maru
xAK Fushimi Maru
xAK Ayatosan Maru
xAKL Hachirogata Maru
xAKL Shingetsu Maru
DD Mikazuki
DD Nagatsuki

Allied Ships
SS KXVIII



SS KXVIII is sighted by escort
KXVIII bottoming out ....
DD Mikazuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nagatsuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Nagatsuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Nagatsuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the Dutch subs deserve to be hunted down... never saw such a bad performance of those subs... working torps don´t help if you can´t hit anything...

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ASW attack near Pescadores at 86,62

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 14
SC Ch 13
SC Ch 17
SC Ch 15

Allied Ships
SS Grouper, hits 4



SS Grouper is located by SC Ch 14
Grouper bottoming out ....
SC Ch 17 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC Ch 17 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 17 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 17 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 17 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 17 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Grouper is rattled...

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Milne Bay , at 101,133

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 15
B-17E Fortress x 27


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Port hits 20
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

quite a good result for the US bombers...

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Morning Air attack on Milne Bay , at 101,133

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 14


No Allied losses



Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Milne Bay , at 101,133

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 5


No Allied losses



Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on 93rd Chinese Corps, at 85,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 26000 feet



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Afternoon Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 35,400 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 27


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
27 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 32400 feet



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Afternoon Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 38,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 16


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet

escorts are split off the bombers today...

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Afternoon Air attack on 93rd Chinese Corps, at 85,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 9
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 33,400 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 27
P-40B Warhawk x 27


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
27 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 32400 feet
27 x H81-A3 sweeping at 32400 feet



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Afternoon Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 16


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet

more of the same, all escorts lose track of the bombers...

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Afternoon Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 12


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet



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Afternoon Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 16


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet



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Ground combat at Buitenzorg (48,99)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 28347 troops, 341 guns, 339 vehicles, Assault Value = 1037

Defending force 10645 troops, 220 guns, 64 vehicles, Assault Value = 112

Japanese adjusted assault: 482

Allied adjusted defense: 319

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
363 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 35 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (6 destroyed, 8 disabled)


Assaulting units:
5th Division
1st Tank Regiment
18th Division
6th Tank Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
Mobiele Eenheid Battalion
Batavia Coastal Gun Battalion
1st Regt Cavalerie
2nd KNIL Regiment
1st KNIL Regiment
Van Altena Battalion
ML-KNIL
Batavia Base Force
3rd KNIL AA Battalion
KNIL Army Command
Kalidjati Base Force
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
Merak Base Force
Bandoeng Base Force


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Ground combat at 85,43

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1227 troops, 137 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 3517

Defending force 111996 troops, 738 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3161

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
460 casualties reported [8|]
Squads: 4 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 33 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
36th Division
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade
41st Division
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
110th Division
69th Division
7th Ind.Mixed Brigade
32nd Division
35th Division
59th Division
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Army
11th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
19th Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
43rd Chinese Corps
15th Chinese Corps
89th Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
90th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
24th Group Army
36th Group Army
4th Group Army
21st Group Army
14th Group Army
7th Group Army
39th Group Army
15th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
1st War Area
6th Group Army
Jingcha War Area
8th Group Army
10th Chinese Base Force

the Japanese would be dumb to deliberate attack, we´re crawling out of the wooden/rough hex and suffering thousands of casualties a week...

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Ground combat at 43,71

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3263 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 119

Defending force 2067 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 69

Japanese adjusted assault: 77

Allied adjusted defense: 79

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
123 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
113th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
Korps Marechausee Battalion
Sabang Garrison Battalion
2nd Garrison Battalion
Sabang Base Force
Langsa Base Force


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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 15, 42
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ASW attack near Ominato at 118,52

Japanese Ships
DD Kuretake

Allied Ships
SS Pickerel



SS Pickerel is located by DD Kuretake
Pickerel diving deep ....
DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuretake attacking submerged sub ....
SS Pickerel eludes ASW attack from DD Kuretake
DD Kuretake cannot establish contact with SS Pickerel
DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Pescadores at 85,62

Japanese Ships
PB Bisan Maru #3
PB Shonan Maru #2
PB Shonan Maru #1

Allied Ships
SS Grouper



SS Grouper is sighted by escort
Grouper diving deep ....
PB Shonan Maru #2 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Shonan Maru #2 cannot reach attack position over SS Grouper
SS Grouper eludes ASW attack from PB Shonan Maru #2
PB Shonan Maru #2 cannot establish contact with SS Grouper
PB Shonan Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonan Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonan Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonan Maru #2 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Shonan Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonan Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonan Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonan Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Nago at 95,62

Japanese Ships
xAK Hiyama Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Hakusika Maru
DD Tatsukaze

Allied Ships
SS Gudgeon



SS Gudgeon launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Hiyama Maru
Gudgeon diving deep ....
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

well done...

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ASW attack near Hengchun at 84,68

Japanese Ships
DD Harukaze
DMS W-9
DD Hatakaze

Allied Ships
SS Triton



SS Triton launches 4 torpedoes at DD Harukaze
Triton diving deep ....
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

also those torps hit but fail to detonate... hit rate of MK14 torps stays insane...

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ASW attack near Saishu To at 99,56

Japanese Ships
xAK Nichiyu Maru
xAK Melbourne Maru
PB Chitose Maru

Allied Ships
SS Stingray



SS Stingray is sighted by escort
Stingray diving deep ....
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Submarine attack near Port Kembla at 90,169

Japanese Ships
SS I-169

Allied Ships
AMC Kanimbla, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage [:@]



AMC Kanimbla is sighted by SS I-169
SS I-169 launches 4 torpedoes at AMC Kanimbla

damn it... one torp would probably have been not enough but two send the ship down immedietely... not far from Sydney, will form up two high value ASW TFs to hunt the bastard down... had 3 AMCs in this convoy and exactly the one that could be upgraded to an LSI later on is sunk... grr...

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ASW attack near Hengchun at 84,68

Japanese Ships
DMS W-9, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
DD Hatakaze

Allied Ships
SS Haddock



SS Haddock launches 4 torpedoes at DMS W-9
Haddock diving deep ....
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

we take revenge and sink a DMS...

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Sub attack near Toyohara at 125,47

Japanese Ships
PB Teshio Maru

Allied Ships
SS Thresher



SS Thresher launches 6 torpedoes at PB Teshio Maru
PB Teshio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Teshio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Teshio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Teshio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Teshio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and score some more duds...

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Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Corps, at 85,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 19



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 26000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

wonder why Rainer still not tries to take my base... he´s got quite some troops there, he doesn´t even do bombardements...

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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 240 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 83 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 38000 feet

the Sputniks are back...

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Morning Air attack on ML-KNIL , at 48,99 (Buitenzorg)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 21



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 damaged


Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking Batavia Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking ML-KNIL ...
Also attacking Batavia Coastal Gun Battalion ...
Also attacking ML-KNIL ...


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Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Corps, at 85,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 16



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 19th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 9th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 19th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 9th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 38,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 37



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
37 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 38000 feet



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Afternoon Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 16


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet



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Afternoon Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 21
P-40B Warhawk x 27


Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 6 damaged



Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
11 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

finally some bombers show up...

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Afternoon Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hudson IIIa x 26
Hurricane IIb Trop x 16


Allied aircraft losses
Hudson IIIa: 7 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hudson IIIa bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
12 x Hudson IIIa bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb



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Amphibious Assault at Rekata Bay

TF 308 troops unloading over beach at Rekata Bay, 113,134





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Ground combat at Buitenzorg (48,99)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 28344 troops, 341 guns, 339 vehicles, Assault Value = 1037

Defending force 10409 troops, 219 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 98

Japanese adjusted assault: 516

Allied adjusted defense: 256

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
203 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
950 casualties reported
Squads: 30 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 38 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 21 (20 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
5th Division
18th Division
1st Tank Regiment
6th Tank Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
1st KNIL Regiment
Batavia Coastal Gun Battalion
1st Regt Cavalerie
Mobiele Eenheid Battalion
2nd KNIL Regiment
Van Altena Battalion
3rd KNIL AA Battalion
KNIL Army Command
Batavia Base Force
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
Merak Base Force
ML-KNIL
Kalidjati Base Force
Bandoeng Base Force

one more attack and the mountain fortress Buitenzorg will surrender...

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Ground combat at 85,43

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1235 troops, 137 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 3717

Defending force 111833 troops, 738 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3155

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
320 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
36th Division
110th Division
15th Tank Regiment
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade
41st Division
7th Ind.Mixed Brigade
35th Division
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
13th Tank Regiment
32nd Division
12th Tank Regiment
69th Division
59th Division
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Army
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
11th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
84th Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
15th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
43rd Chinese Corps
90th Chinese Corps
89th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
19th Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
36th Group Army
7th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
24th Group Army
1st War Area
6th Group Army
39th Group Army
4th Group Army
Jingcha War Area
15th Group Army
21st Group Army
14th Group Army
8th Group Army
10th Chinese Base Force


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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 16, 42
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ASW attack near Shikuka at 126,45

Japanese Ships
DD Sanae
SC CHa-2
SC CHa-26

Allied Ships
SS Drum



SS Drum launches 4 torpedoes at DD Sanae
Drum diving deep ....
DD Sanae fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

of course we hit the destroyer and of course we fired duds... the IJN will be whiped out when the torps will start to work better in early 43... MK14 torps are like hellfires...

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Sub attack near Pescadores at 86,62

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 14
SC Ch 13
SC Ch 17
SC Ch 15

Allied Ships
SS Greenling



SS Greenling launches 6 torpedoes at SC Ch 14
Greenling bottoming out ....
SC Ch 17 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 17 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC Ch 17 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 17 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 17 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

same here, the escort was hit but the torps were defective...

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ASW attack near Canberra at 89,172

Japanese Ships
SS I-169, hits 6, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Express
DD Ellet



SS I-169 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Express
I-169 diving deep ....
DD Express fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ellet fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Express attacking submerged sub ....
DD Express fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Express attacking submerged sub ....
DD Express is out of ASW ammo
DD Express is out of ASW ammo
DD Express is out of ASW ammo
DD Express fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Express fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

I guess we took revenge in sinking this sub that killed our precious AMC yesterday... DD Express scored two hits and four near misses and then she ran out of depth charges... British ASW rocks... [:D]

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ASW attack near Wakkanai at 122,47

Japanese Ships
PB Tenshin
xAK Hokkai Maru
xAK Nitiho Maru
xAK Momoyama Maru
xAK Norway Maru
PB Tokihime Maru

Allied Ships
SS Thresher



SS Thresher is sighted by escort
Thresher diving deep ....
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

IJN ASW isn´t as good... [;)]

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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 21


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
12 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38000
Raid is overhead

Rainer is flying Sputnik LRCAP over Cox´s Bazar and we send our own Sputniks in on a sweep... actually this isn´t intended to be a sweep, just another example of the fighters not joining the bombers... the Hurricanes were only bounced for a short while and during the engagement at 36.000ft [8|] we took down more Oscars than we lost Hurricanes... the Japanese fighters are unbeatable if they are on a sweep and come in at Sputnik alt, if they are on escort or Cap and aren´t bouncing our fighters that can´t go as high as the Oscars then it´s an even fight or we even have an advantage already...

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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 33,400 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 1



Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 19


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
18 x H81-A3 sweeping at 32400 feet

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38000
Raid is overhead

more fighters coming in without bombers... the remaining Oscar was shot down after two of our fighters were damaged...

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19



No Japanese losses



Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on KNIL Army Command , at 48,99 (Buitenzorg)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 21



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 11 damaged


Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking ML-KNIL ...
Also attacking KNIL Army Command ...
Also attacking ML-KNIL ...
Also attacking KNIL Army Command ...


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Morning Air attack on 7th Chinese Corps, at 85,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 17
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 9th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 9th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 15
Blenheim IV x 38
Hurricane IIb Trop x 11
Wellington Ic x 16
P-40B Warhawk x 19


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 damaged
Blenheim IV: 6 damaged
Wellington Ic: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 81

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
14 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
9 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
16 x Wellington Ic bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x Blenheim I bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

here comes today´s main strike combined from several bases... hit rate was excellent, no wonder, it´s been one of those rare days without rain...


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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 16
Blenheim IV x 25


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 damaged
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 60

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
16 x Blenheim I bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
12 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

same here, mega hit rate, the airfield is done...

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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 16


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

every British bomber lost is a tragedy though... the British bombers are all crap (exept the Wellington) but the worst thing is the replacement rate... we nearly get no bombers and within a couple of days of fighting (even without heavy opposition) we´re losing more bombers than we get as a monthly replacement... the Japanese are lacking aviation support at Cox I guess (only one IJA base force spotted there) so we probably won´t see fighters based there... the enemy ground units are reported to move South... so this attack isn´t aimed at India but to destroy both the troops at Cox´s Bazar and Akyab... if we won´t be able to retreat out of Akyab then this whole IJA operation will turn into a disaster for us... [:(]

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Morning Air attack on Milne Bay , at 101,133

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3



Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 17
B-17E Fortress x 30


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Port hits 8
Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Milne Bay , at 101,133

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Port hits 5
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead

what would I give to see combined strikes... it just doesn´t work

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Morning Air attack on Milne Bay , at 101,133

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1



Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 5


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged



Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead

the Liberators NEVER joining anything that could be seen as a "main strike" is the biggest joke... you have to be happy if they don´t go in completely alone, which is what they do most of the time, therefore sooner or later running into a massacre... [8|]

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Afternoon Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 12


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet
5 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet

more of the "escort-sweeps" in the afternoon but no more Sputniks on LRCAP...

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Afternoon Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 37,400 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes


Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 13


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
13 x H81-A3 sweeping at 32400 feet



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Afternoon Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hudson IIIa x 9
Hurricane IIb Trop x 5
Hudson I x 13
P-40B Warhawk x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Hudson IIIa: 4 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
7 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
9 x Hudson IIIa bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

the afternoon sees Dacca´s Hudsons attacking the airfield... at the end of the day, the airfield is trashed...

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Afternoon Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hudson IIIa x 10
P-40B Warhawk x 13


Allied aircraft losses
Hudson IIIa: 4 damaged



Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Hudson IIIa bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

LRCAP isn´t the way to go for the IJNAF... while we only shot down two or three Sputniks during the replay, halve a dozen more seemed to have crashed due to damage... so it has been a good turn... we don´t have to fear the IJAAF if they aren´t doing massed 38.000ft sweeps...

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Ground combat at Buitenzorg (48,99)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 28206 troops, 341 guns, 338 vehicles, Assault Value = 1025

Defending force 9666 troops, 219 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 73

Japanese adjusted assault: 691

Allied adjusted defense: 208

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Buitenzorg !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
68 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
25105 casualties reported
Squads: 200 destroyed, 152 disabled
Non Combat: 2063 destroyed, 460 disabled
Engineers: 118 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 462 (449 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Vehicles lost 72 (67 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Units destroyed 13


Assaulting units:
1st Tank Regiment
18th Division
5th Division
6th Tank Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
1st Regt Cavalerie
2nd KNIL Regiment
Batavia Coastal Gun Battalion
1st KNIL Regiment
Mobiele Eenheid Battalion
Van Altena Battalion
Kalidjati Base Force
Merak Base Force
3rd KNIL AA Battalion
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
ML-KNIL
KNIL Army Command
Batavia Base Force
Bandoeng Base Force

mountain fortress Buitenzorg finally surrenders... it took the Japanese quite some time to take the base, even though no Allied unit can really inflict losses on attacking Japanese units early on, we delayed the enemy a bit... even though it doesn´t matter when he can throw 5.5 divisions onto Cox´s Bazar and Akyab at the same time... lots of victory points for the Japanese again...

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Ground combat at 85,43

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1232 troops, 137 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 3737

Defending force 111854 troops, 738 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3157


Allied ground losses:
413 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
15th Tank Regiment
32nd Division
41st Division
7th Ind.Mixed Brigade
13th Tank Regiment
35th Division
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade
36th Division
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade
12th Tank Regiment
110th Division
69th Division
59th Division
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Army
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
11th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
9th Chinese Corps
19th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
15th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
43rd Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
89th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
13th Chinese Corps
90th Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
39th Group Army
Jingcha War Area
7th Group Army
6th Group Army
1st War Area
15th Group Army
24th Group Army
8th Group Army
36th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
21st Group Army
14th Group Army
4th Group Army
10th Chinese Base Force

we have to get away from that artillery... [:(] we keep on losing our monthly combat squad replacements to IJA artillery only...

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Ground combat at 78,85

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 630 troops, 0 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 53

Defending force 483 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14

Japanese adjusted assault: 27

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 27 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
200 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
4th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
73rd PA Infantry Regiment


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Ground combat at Rekata Bay (113,134)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 280 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 3

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Rekata Bay !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
4th Indpt SNLF Coy




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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 17, 42
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ASW attack near Wakkanai at 122,47

Japanese Ships
xAK Tatuha Maru
PB Yachiyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Drum



SS Drum is sighted by escort
Drum diving deep ....
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Chefoo at 99,49

Japanese Ships
xAK Anzan Maru
E Susuki

Allied Ships
SS Stingray



SS Stingray is sighted by escort
E Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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TF 219 encounters mine field at Soerabaja (56,104)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-3
DMS W-2
DMS W-1



48 mines cleared

Rainer does good to send in his minesweepers before sending in any transports... he´s going forward very methodically...

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ASW attack near Balikpapan at 66,97

Japanese Ships
AO Toho Maru
AO Kokuyo Maru
AO Ken'yo Maru
DD Shigure

Allied Ships
SS O20



SS O20 is sighted by escort
O20 diving deep ....
DD Shigure fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shigure fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shigure fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shigure fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shigure fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

high value targets moving to Balikpapan but the Dutch sub proves to be useless once more...

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ASW attack near Ominato at 117,51

Japanese Ships
DD Wakatake
DD Kuretake

Allied Ships
SS Trigger



SS Trigger is located by DD Wakatake
Trigger diving deep ....
DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuretake attacking submerged sub ....
DD Kuretake cannot reach attack position over SS Trigger
DD Kuretake cannot establish contact with SS Trigger
DD Kuretake cannot reach attack position over SS Trigger
DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

not really a good day for the silent service today...

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Amphibious Assault at Banjoewangi

TF 128 troops unloading over beach at Banjoewangi, 57,107

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ASW attack near Sapporo at 119,49

Japanese Ships
PB Yachiyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Thresher



SS Thresher is sighted by escort
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the single escorts prevent us a lot of times from attacking...

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19



No Japanese losses



Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 90th Chinese Corps, at 85,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 14
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 93rd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ...


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Afternoon Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 21
P-40B Warhawk x 14


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
12 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

the only airstrike that has been flown today due to all our bases being clouded in... while Cox´s Bazar had clear sky today... [&:]

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Sub attack near Sapporo at 119,50

Japanese Ships
xAK Akasisan Maru
PB Uruboko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Drum



SS Drum launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Akasisan Maru
Drum diving deep ....
PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


one of the rare occassions when MK14 torps missed...

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Ground combat at 85,43

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1232 troops, 137 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 3755

Defending force 111720 troops, 736 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3164

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
300 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled


Assaulting units:
32nd Division
41st Division
110th Division
15th Tank Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade
69th Division
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade
35th Division
13th Tank Regiment
36th Division
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
7th Ind.Mixed Brigade
59th Division
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
12th Army
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
11th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
19th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
15th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
40th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
90th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
43rd Chinese Corps
89th Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
1st War Area
Jingcha War Area
4th Group Army
8th Group Army
7th Group Army
15th Group Army
21st Group Army
14th Group Army
39th Group Army
36th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
6th Group Army
24th Group Army
10th Chinese Base Force

will take us over a week more to move out of this hex...


here´s the actual victory points comparison... the Japanese are constantly gaining points, note the step up couple of days ago from trashing KB´s airwings...

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 18, 42
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Submarine attack near Victoria Point at 49,65

Japanese Ships
xAKL Akita Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KIX



xAKL Akita Maru is sighted by SS KIX
SS KIX launches 2 torpedoes

wow, one of the useless Dutch subs actuall hit an xAKL that was showing black smoke when being shot at... the freighter went down...


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ASW attack near Christmas Island at 182,141

Japanese Ships
SS I-19, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Schley, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
AP Tasker H. Bliss
xAP Montoro
AM Grebe



SS I-19 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Schley
AM Grebe fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Grebe fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Grebe fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Grebe attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-19 eludes AM Grebe by diving deep
SS I-19 eludes ASW attack from AM Grebe
AM Grebe loses contact with SS I-19
AM Grebe attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-19 eludes AM Grebe by diving deep
SS I-19 eludes ASW attack from AM Grebe
Escort abandons search for sub

and the IJN takes revenge by killing a destroyer... an empty, low value convoy taking a more direct route back to Pearl Harbour... proves that we have to keep important convoys far off the usual shipping lanes...
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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 15
Blenheim IV x 47
Hurricane IIb Trop x 11
Wellington Ic x 16
P-40B Warhawk x 19


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Wellington Ic: 9 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
14 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
16 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
16 x Wellington Ic bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x Blenheim I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 9th Tank Regiment ...
Also attacking Imperial Guards Division ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking Cox's Bazar ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking Cox's Bazar ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking Cox's Bazar ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking Cox's Bazar ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 27th JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 48th Division ...

we launch huge combined strikes out of India today, doesn´t make sense though as we have severe storms today (clear yesterday)...

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Morning Air attack on 9th Division, at 54,43 (Cox's Bazar)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 12
Hurricane IIb Trop x 11


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 4 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

ground attacks stay 100% useless...

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Morning Air attack on 9th Division, at 54,43 (Cox's Bazar)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 12
Hurricane IIb Trop x 11


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 11 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 16


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 3 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Blenheim I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 9th Division ...
Also attacking Imperial Guards Division ...
Also attacking 9th Division ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...


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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 16


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 6 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...

lots of strikes flown for no result...

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3



Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 16
B-17E Fortress x 29


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 61

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb


CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

Even though PM has severe storms too today, the base looks like the moon now...

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 7



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed




Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 3


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

the combined main strike is followed by the usual piece meal strikes and the Liberators are doing their lonely ego strike as usual...

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Afternoon Air attack on 80th Chinese Corps, at 85,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 12
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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ASW attack near Hirosaki/Aomori at 117,53

Japanese Ships
DD Kuretake

Allied Ships
SS Trigger



SS Trigger is located by DD Kuretake
Trigger diving deep ....
DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Amphibious Assault at Denpasar

TF 342 troops unloading over beach at Denpasar, 58,108


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Ground combat at 85,43

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1230 troops, 137 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 3779

Defending force 111754 troops, 734 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3170


Allied ground losses:
371 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Assaulting units:
35th Division
110th Division
41st Division
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade
13th Tank Regiment
36th Division
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
12th Tank Regiment
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade
69th Division
15th Tank Regiment
32nd Division
7th Ind.Mixed Brigade
59th Division
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
12th Army
11th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
61st Chinese Corps
15th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
43rd Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
19th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
38th Chinese Corps
89th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
90th Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
21st Group Army
Jingcha War Area
6th Group Army
7th Group Army
15th Group Army
39th Group Army
8th Group Army
36th Group Army
14th Group Army
4th Group Army
1st War Area
24th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
10th Chinese Base Force


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Ground combat at Banjoewangi (57,107)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1523 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 63

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 60

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 60 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Banjoewangi !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(+)



Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 4th SNLF


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Ground combat at Nanning (72,55)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1769 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 92

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 84

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 84 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Nanning !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
2nd Militia Regiment
32nd JNAF AF Unit


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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 19, 42
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ASW attack near Sapporo at 120,49

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-25

Allied Ships
SS Drum



SS Drum is located by SC CHa-25
SC CHa-25 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-25 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-25 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-25 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-25 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Northern Japan becomes more and more unsuitable for my subs... even though most of them have upgraded to carrying radar but the ones being on patrol still haven´t been upgraded... too many escorts and two or three ASW TFs patrolling in this area...

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ASW attack near Ominato at 117,51

Japanese Ships
PB Yamabato Maru

Allied Ships
SS Thresher



SS Thresher is sighted by escort
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

at least our subs can dive deep in this region and therefore the ASW vessels aren´t that much of a threat...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Cox's Bazar at 54,42, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
BB Haruna
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano
DD Yugumo
DD Makigumo
DD Kuroshio
DD Yukikaze
DD Hayashio
DD Maikaze

Allied Ships
xAKL Mabella, Shell hits 2, and is sunk



Reduced sighting due to 14% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 14% moonlight: 7,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 7,000 yards
Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 7,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
xAKL Mabella sunk by BB Haruna at 6,000 yards
xAKL Mabella sunk by BB Haruna at 6,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...

two heavy shells sink the small freighter... I reall don´t like the all time we meet and kill all ships in our way routine... it´s just too effective, this BB TF is NOT going to Cox´s Bazar but was passing through this hex... 9 out of 10 times there seems to be a surface engagement if TFs, no matter what size, end up in the same hex... as if a 45 mile hex would be small...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Christmas Island IO at 45,104, Range 3,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu
DD Shinonome
DD Shirakumo
DD Murakumo
DD Uranami

Allied Ships
PT TM-10



Reduced sighting due to 14% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 14% moonlight: 3,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
DD Shinonome engages PT TM-10 at 3,000 yards
DD Shinonome engages PT TM-10 at 3,000 yards
Range increases to 4,000 yards
Range increases to 5,000 yards
Range increases to 9,000 yards
DD Shinonome engages PT TM-10 at 9,000 yards
Task forces break off...

the PT survives again, I´m amazed that Rainer wants so stubbornly kill this useless PT...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Chittagong at 55,41, Range 3,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
BB Haruna
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano
DD Yugumo
DD Makigumo
DD Kuroshio
DD Yukikaze
DD Hayashio
DD Maikaze

Allied Ships
xAKL Belawan, Shell hits 7, and is sunk



Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Allied TF begins to get underway
Reduced sighting due to 14% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 14% moonlight: 3,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
xAKL Belawan sunk by BB Haruna at 2,000 yards
xAKL Belawan sunk by BB Haruna at 2,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...

this is where the BBs were heading too... another one of the xAKL I´ve used for supplying Akyab is sunk... but it aint over yet... [:(]

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ASW attack near Truk at 111,109

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba
CA Chikuma
DD Kagero
DD Ariake
DD Yugure

Allied Ships
SS Narwhal, hits 1



SS Narwhal is sighted by escort
DD Ariake attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yugure fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Ariake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ariake fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

cruiser squadron sighted near Truk...

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Naval bombardment of Akyab at 54,45

Japanese Ships
CA Maya
CL Jintsu
CL Naka
CL Sendai



CA Maya firing at 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
CL Jintsu firing at 103rd RN Base Force
CL Naka firing at 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
CL Sendai firing at 3rd Carabiniers Regiment

a 100% useless naval bombardement at Akyab...

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Naval bombardment of Chittagong at 55,41 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! [8|]

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground
H81-A3: 2 destroyed on ground
C-47 Skytrain: 2 destroyed on ground
Hurricane IIb Trop: 2 destroyed on ground

16 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna, Shell hits 2
BB Kongo
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami


Allied ground losses:
137 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (0 destroyed, 5 disabled)


Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 43

BB Haruna firing at Chittagong Fortress
BB Kongo firing at Chittagong
CA Kumano firing at Chittagong
CA Suzuya firing at Chittagong
CA Mikuma firing at Chittagong Fortress
CA Mogami firing at Chittagong Fortress

followed by a perfectly working bombardement at Chittagong... the base is hit hard and we lose halve a monthly fighter replacement of frontline fighters to this attack... I haven´t spotted the battlewaggons coming in and therefore I was absolutely unaware until tonight... Considering that bombardement TFs only spend parts of their ammo (instead of 2/3 like in WITP) I would consider this definetely being a nuke as this TF could do one or two more bombardements... multiply the damage done by three and the losses could not be sustained... guess recon made Rainer´s day here...

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Sub attack near Wakkanai at 121,47

Japanese Ships
xAKL Nitiyu Maru
PB Taikei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Drum



SS Drum launches 6 torpedoes at xAKL Nitiyu Maru
PB Taikei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taikei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taikei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taikei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taikei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

unfortunetely another dud salvo...

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Pre-Invasion action off Dumaguete

Japanese Ships
DD Numakaze
DD Shiokaze



DD Numakaze firing at 73rd PA Infantry Regiment
DD Shiokaze firing at 73rd PA Infantry Regiment
DD Numakaze firing at enemy troops


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Amphibious Assault at Dumaguete

TF 48 troops unloading over beach at Dumaguete, 78,86





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Pre-Invasion action off Mataram

Japanese Ships
PC Sumire



PC Sumire firing at enemy troops


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Amphibious Assault at Mataram

TF 233 troops unloading over beach at Mataram, 59,109





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Invasion Support action off Mataram

Japanese Ships
PC Sumire



PC Sumire firing at enemy troops


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Day Time Surface Combat, near Chittagong at 55,42, Range 20,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
BB Haruna
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano
DD Yugumo
DD Makigumo
DD Kuroshio
DD Yukikaze
DD Hayashio
DD Maikaze

Allied Ships
xAKL Kalgan



Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
Allied TF attempts to evade combat
Range increases to 21,000 yards...
Range increases to 22,000 yards...
Range increases to 23,000 yards...
Range increases to 24,000 yards...
Range increases to 25,000 yards...
Range increases to 26,000 yards...
Range increases to 27,000 yards...
Range increases to 28,000 yards...
Range increases to 29,000 yards...
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
Allied Cargo TF evades combat

and also on their way back, they can´t miss any small ship... TFs in AE would discover a life raft on their way through a hex, no matter what speed... the freighter got away only due to luck... hiding is impossible and the ocean is a pond... no mid ocean intercepts possible in WITP, more or less bullet prove we find and fight everything in AE... the pendulum swings too far from one to the other side IMO... mid ocean intercepts are surely a good idea, they are just happening far too often...

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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 33,400 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 8
Hurricane IIb Trop x 6


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x H81-A3 sweeping at 32400 feet
6 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet

the usual fighters that got split from the bombers...nothing new here...

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Morning Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 11 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 35



Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 4
Hurricane IIb Trop x 10
P-40B Warhawk x 7


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed


Aircraft Attacking:
23 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 32000 feet [:D][:D][:D][:D]

CAP engaged:
AVG/1st Sqn with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32400
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
AVG/2nd Sqn with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32400 , scrambling fighters to 32000.
Raid is overhead
AVG/3rd Sqn with H81-A3 (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32400 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 32400.
Raid is overhead
No.27 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
No.136 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (1 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 36000.
Raid is overhead
No.258 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters between 32000 and 36000.
Raid is overhead
No.273 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

why so many smileys behind the Zeroes sweep altitude? Well, the answer is simple when you look at the altitude of all my fighters on Cap... all our fighters are set to maximum altitude of course and we BOUNCED the Zeroes which led to a DISASTER for them and the bounce was the only reason for this... we achieve an insane kill rate... this clearly shows again what is important, no, what is the most important in AE´s air routines... height... forget about the man rating, forget about speed, get up as high as you can... of course if you can go higher, are faster, more maneuverable, got better firepower, this makes it even easier, but having the altitude advantage alone is the winning factor already... therefore the Zeroes are more or less useless in this PBEM because both players have figured out right from the beginning that the bounce still is so uber (similarity to WITP) that the most important thing to achieve is to make sure you fly higher than your enemy... and the Zero got a max ceiling that is lower than the max ceiling of our fighters... on the other side, the Oscar will bounce all of our available fighters until we get second generation fighters like the P-38 or P-47... total disaster for the Zeroes, the fact that we were outnumbered 1.5:1 didn´t help them either... if we would have had more fighters in the air, the Zero losses would just have been worse... Sputnik meeting Hubble in the Pacific...

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Morning Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 29



Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 1
Hurricane IIb Trop x 5


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
27 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 32000 feet

CAP engaged:
No.27 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes
No.136 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
No.273 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes
AVG/3rd Sqn with H81-A3 (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32400
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes


didn´t help this strike that nearly no Allied fighters were left that could engage them because those that were in the air were again flying higher than the sweep and the Zeroes get a beating again... altitude, get your fighters up as high as they can go...

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19



No Japanese losses



Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 240 NM, estimated altitude 38,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 83 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 34
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 103



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 38000 feet *
39 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 38000 feet *
35 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 38000 feet *
34 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar sweeping at 38000 feet *

we would have been completely shredded by the Sputniks that came in at 38.000ft... 137 Sputniks in one stratosphere sweep would have easily taken out a monthly fighter replacement rate... wonder if any later changes of the routines (other than bug busting) will result in more realistic altitudes for air engagements in AE... as it is now, you can only blame the two PBEM players for doing what they were told, look at the aircraft stats and chose the best altitude... and the max altitude is the best one...

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Morning Air attack on 90th Chinese Corps, at 85,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 14
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 26
Hudson IIIa x 6
Hurricane IIb Trop x 11
Hudson I x 15
P-40B Warhawk x 16


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 5 damaged
Hudson IIIa: 2 damaged
Hudson I: 3 damaged



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Hudson I bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
7 x Hudson I bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
12 x Blenheim IV bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
14 x Blenheim IV bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x Hudson IIIa bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x Hudson IIIa bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

nicely combined strike but useless due to weather...

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Morning Air attack on 38th Division, at 55,44

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 27
Wellington Ic x 16


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 5 damaged
Wellington Ic: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
98 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
13 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
16 x Wellington Ic bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 9th Division ...
Also attacking 48th Division ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking 48th Division ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking 48th Division ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking 48th Division ...

one hex away from Cox´s Bazar (sever storms) we have clear sky... amazingly enough, the Blenheims do some damage today...

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Morning Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 55,44

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 14
Blenheim IV x 16


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
14 x Blenheim I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 9th Tank Regiment ...
Also attacking Imperial Guards Division ...
Also attacking 9th Tank Regiment ...
Also attacking Imperial Guards Division ...
Also attacking 9th Tank Regiment ...
Also attacking Imperial Guards Division ...


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Morning Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 55,44

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 15


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 2 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Blenheim I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hudson IIIa x 6
Hurricane IIb Trop x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Hudson IIIa: 2 damaged



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hudson IIIa bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 48th Division, at 55,44

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 15


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

the rest of the strikes came in independently, this just asks for a disaster sooner or later... but the same goes for the Japanese of course...

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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hudson IIIa x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Hudson IIIa: 2 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hudson IIIa bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

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Sub attack near Shikuka at 125,45

Japanese Ships
xAK Akasisan Maru
xAK Sumiyoshi Maru
xAK Sansei Maru
PB Uruboko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Drum



SS Drum launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Akasisan Maru
Drum diving deep ....
PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

more duds...

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ASW attack near Yokohama/Yokosuka at 114,62

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-21
SC CHa-29
SC CHa-27

Allied Ships
SS Tarpon



SS Tarpon is located by SC CHa-21
SC CHa-29 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-27 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-27 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-27 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-27 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Invasion Support action off Mataram

Japanese Ships
PC Sumire



PC Sumire firing at enemy troops


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Ground combat at 85,43

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1225 troops, 137 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 3791

Defending force 111824 troops, 732 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3178

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
455 casualties reported [8|]
Squads: 8 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Assaulting units:
32nd Division
36th Division
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade
69th Division
13th Tank Regiment
41st Division
15th Tank Regiment
110th Division
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade
35th Division
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
7th Ind.Mixed Brigade
12th Tank Regiment
59th Division
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
12th Army
11th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
27th Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
43rd Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
15th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
89th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
19th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
90th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
7th Group Army
8th Group Army
1st War Area
4th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
39th Group Army
21st Group Army
14th Group Army
6th Group Army
Jingcha War Area
36th Group Army
24th Group Army
15th Group Army
10th Chinese Base Force


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Ground combat at Dumaguete (78,86)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 630 troops, 0 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 52

Defending force 286 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7

Japanese adjusted assault: 53

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 53 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Dumaguete !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(+)


Allied ground losses:
657 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 39 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1


Assaulting units:
4th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
73rd PA Infantry Regiment


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Ground combat at 53,104

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1025 troops, 4 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 38

Defending force 208 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 17

Allied adjusted defense: 4

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)


Allied ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
56th Recon Regiment

Defending units:
Semarang Base Force


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Ground combat at Denpasar (58,108)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 504 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 19

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 19 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Denpasar !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy




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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 20, 42
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TF 219 encounters mine field at Soerabaja (56,104)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-3
DMS W-2
DMS W-1

57 mines cleared

mine field will soon vanish...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Christmas Island IO at 45,104, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu
DD Shinonome
DD Shirakumo
DD Murakumo
DD Uranami

Allied Ships
PT TM-10



Reduced sighting due to 25% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 25% moonlight: 8,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages PT TM-10 at 6,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards
CL Isuzu engages PT TM-10 at 3,000 yards
DD Shinonome engages PT TM-10 at 3,000 yards
Range increases to 4,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages PT TM-10 at 4,000 yards
Range increases to 7,000 yards
DD Shinonome engages PT TM-10 at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 11,000 yards
CL Isuzu engages PT TM-10 at 11,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages PT TM-10 at 11,000 yards
Task forces break off...

and the PT survives another round...

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TF 219 encounters mine field at Soerabaja (56,104)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-3
DMS W-2
DMS W-1



21 mines cleared


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Sub attack near Nago at 95,64

Japanese Ships
TK Kuremente Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage [&o][&o][&o]
DD Kuri

Allied Ships
SS Spearfish, hits 1



SS Spearfish launches 4 torpedoes at TK Kuremente Maru
DD Kuri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuri attacking submerged sub ....
DD Kuri fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

ahhh, I love the look of a burning, fuel laden Japanese tanker... [:D] only one of the small ones but every single one counts... such a tanker is 100% lost when fully loaded with fuel...

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Morning Air attack on 90th Chinese Corps, at 85,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 15
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 38th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 38th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 28
Blenheim IV x 46
Hurricane IIb Trop x 16
P-40B Warhawk x 8


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 5 damaged
Blenheim IV: 16 damaged [X(]



Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Blenheim IV bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
13 x Blenheim IV bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
15 x Blenheim I bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x Blenheim IV bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
13 x Blenheim I bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x Blenheim IV bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

looks like the Japanese have drastically increased the flak defense here... air transport??

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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 12
Hurricane IIb Trop x 5


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 4 damaged



Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Blenheim IV bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 10


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Blenheim IV bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb


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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 16


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged



Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Blenheim IV bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

all those air attacks are just useless today... and mostly split up...

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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 15


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 5 damaged



Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Wellington Ic bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Ground combat at 85,43

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1220 troops, 137 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 3805

Defending force 111728 troops, 732 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3169

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
482 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 53 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Assaulting units:
35th Division
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
12th Tank Regiment
13th Tank Regiment
36th Division
7th Ind.Mixed Brigade
41st Division
15th Tank Regiment
69th Division
110th Division
32nd Division
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade
59th Division
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Army
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
11th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
84th Chinese Corps
90th Chinese Corps
19th Chinese Corps
15th Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
40th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
43rd Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
89th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
14th Group Army
39th Group Army
1st War Area
36th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
7th Group Army
4th Group Army
24th Group Army
21st Group Army
6th Group Army
8th Group Army
15th Group Army
Jingcha War Area
10th Chinese Base Force


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Ground combat at Mataram (59,109)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1184 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43

Defending force 638 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18

Japanese adjusted assault: 30

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 30 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Mataram !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
1501 casualties reported
Squads: 50 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 53 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1


Assaulting units:
III./4th Infantry Battalion

Defending units:
Prajoda Garrison Battalion


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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 21, 42
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ASW attack near Taihoku at 88,62

Japanese Ships
PC Kaki
xAKL Gyokurei Maru
xAKL Suez Maru
xAKL Taiyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Gudgeon



SS Gudgeon launches 6 torpedoes at PC Kaki
Gudgeon diving deep ....
Sub escapes detection

duds, what else?

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ASW attack near Wakkanai at 123,48

Japanese Ships
PB Fumi Maru

Allied Ships
SS Trigger



SS Trigger is sighted by escort
PB Fumi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fumi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fumi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fumi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fumi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Sapporo at 119,49

Japanese Ships
PB Tenshin
xAK Hokkai Maru
xAK Nitiho Maru
xAK Momoyama Maru
xAK Norway Maru
PB Tokihime Maru

Allied Ships
SS Drum



SS Drum is sighted by escort
Drum diving deep ....
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Pescadores at 85,62

Japanese Ships
PB Banshu Maru #56
PB Shonan Maru #2
PB Shonan Maru #1

Allied Ships
SS Gudgeon



SS Gudgeon is located by PB Banshu Maru #56
PB Shonan Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonan Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonan Maru #2 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Shonan Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonan Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonan Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonan Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonan Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

another day that went to the escorts...

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 84th Chinese Corps, at 85,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 16
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3



Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 9
B-17E Fortress x 7


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 4 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

unfortunetely we don´t even get the first strike combined out of the two bomber bases... if the enemy would have some decent Cap in this area, we would long have run out of heavy bombers... just not possible to fly combined strikes... this must be an example of the famous "strike pack" routines that see bombers trickling in in bits and pieces...

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8



Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 3


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
1 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

the Liberators always come in alone... of course, how could it be else? two were shot down over the target and the third one crashed... the only possibility you have is not flying any strikes... lol... [8|]

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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 13


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

then the other one of the two bases decided to send some bombers in bits and pieces...

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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 7



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 11


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

and some more bombers... [8|]

the end result is the meager Cap taking down the three Liberators... also two PBYs crashed again today... nothing unusual either... also here, the only possibility would be to stand them down... [:(]

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Ground combat at 85,43

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1225 troops, 137 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 3818

Defending force 111542 troops, 731 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3160

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
322 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 36 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Assaulting units:
15th Tank Regiment
35th Division
7th Ind.Mixed Brigade
32nd Division
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
36th Division
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade
12th Tank Regiment
69th Division
13th Tank Regiment
41st Division
110th Division
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade
59th Division
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Army
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
11th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
34th Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
84th Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
19th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
89th Chinese Corps
43rd Chinese Corps
90th Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
15th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
21st Group Army
7th Group Army
8th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
6th Group Army
14th Group Army
39th Group Army
4th Group Army
1st War Area
36th Group Army
24th Group Army
15th Group Army
Jingcha War Area
10th Chinese Base Force


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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 360 troops, 29 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 388

Defending force 19828 troops, 206 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 487


Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
56th Engineer Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
4th KNIL Regiment
Marinier Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
Soerabaja Base Force
ABDA
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
MLD
Loemafjang Base Force
Djojakarta Base Force
Banjoewangi Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Tjilitap Base Force
Commandement Marine
Madion Base Force
Malang Base Force




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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 22, 42
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Amphibious Assault at Russell Islands

TF 308 troops unloading over beach at Russell Islands, 113,136

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ASW attack near Hirosaki/Aomori at 117,53

Japanese Ships
DD Wakatake
DD Kuretake

Allied Ships
SS Drum



SS Drum is located by DD Wakatake
DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuretake attacking submerged sub ....
DD Kuretake is out of ASW ammo
DD Kuretake is out of ASW ammo
DD Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

several of Rainer´s ASW TFs seem to be moving around while being out of ASW ammo already... looks like he didn´t pay attention or thinks that they would replenish automatically... serves me good... [:D]

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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 80th Chinese Corps, at 85,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 14
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...


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Afternoon Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 15



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Lashio , at 62,46

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3



Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged



Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38000
Raid is overhead

great, been reconning Lashio for weeks and all I got was the info that there are 9 aux...

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Afternoon Air attack on Lashio , at 62,46

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 6



Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 38


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 4 destroyed, 13 damaged



Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 45

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
14 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
12 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38000
Raid is overhead

we of course don´t launch a combined strike (all bombers coming from the same base with all the conditions met... blah blah blah... strike package... blah blah blah) and the second strike then faces a much bigger Cap, which is leaking Cap from Magwe IMO as the 9 aux at Lashio are obviously a Dinah chutai and not Oscars as we´ve destroyed a Dinah on the ground... at the beginning of the replay I´ve got the message "raid was detected by radar" [&:] and this "radar" obviously is covering all of Burma and the Japanese awacs of early 42 are then ordering fighters from a base 135 miles away to intercept the incoming raid... oh well...

the Blenheim is a death trap and the bombers were shot down in droves by the Sputniks on Cap... so much about the "your bombers will slip through low when the Cap is up high" (sidenote: no single fighter on the map can go higher than the Oscars at 38.000ft)... 9 rifle calibre armed Sputniks at 38.000ft were guided by the Japanese radar to intercept this raid 3 hexes from their staging base, they were diving down on the obsolete bombers, taking down 8 of them...[&o]

edit: Oscar Ic so not rifle calibre but 12.7mm...

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Ground combat at 85,43

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1225 troops, 137 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 3827

Defending force 111505 troops, 731 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3162

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
116 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
35th Division
36th Division
12th Tank Regiment
110th Division
15th Tank Regiment
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade
13th Tank Regiment
41st Division
69th Division
32nd Division
7th Ind.Mixed Brigade
59th Division
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Army
11th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
48th Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
19th Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
89th Chinese Corps
90th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
61st Chinese Corps
15th Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
43rd Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
21st Group Army
7th Group Army
24th Group Army
4th Group Army
15th Group Army
39th Group Army
1st War Area
8th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
6th Group Army
14th Group Army
Jingcha War Area
36th Group Army
10th Chinese Base Force


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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 360 troops, 29 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 389

Defending force 19847 troops, 206 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 486


Allied ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
148th Infantry Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
Marinier Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
South Java Base Force
Tjilitap Base Force
MLD
Commandement Marine
1st KNIL AA Battalion
ABDA
Djojakarta Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Soerabaja Base Force
Malang Base Force


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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10383 troops, 146 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 482

Defending force 9915 troops, 100 guns, 168 vehicles, Assault Value = 389



Assaulting units:
Marinier Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
4th KNIL Regiment
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
Tjilitap Base Force
Commandement Marine
1st KNIL AA Battalion
MLD
South Java Base Force
ABDA
Soerabaja Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Djojakarta Base Force
Malang Base Force

Defending units:
8th Tank Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment




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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 23, 42
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ASW attack near Pescadores at 84,62

Japanese Ships
PB Konei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Gudgeon



SS Gudgeon is sighted by escort
PB Konei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Konei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Konei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Konei Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Konei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

single escort was enough to protect the convoy... at least we only spotted one escort...

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ASW attack near Ominato at 118,52

Japanese Ships
DD Wakatake

Allied Ships
SS Drum



SS Drum is located by DD Wakatake
Drum diving deep ....
DD Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

same here, this is the compagnion of Kuretake (which is out of ammo [:D])...

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Amphibious Assault at Sinabang

TF 26 troops unloading over beach at Sinabang, 42,76

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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 25



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
25 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet *

the usual "escort split off from bombers" affair... it "works" for both sides, or should I say it doesn´t work for both sides? [;)]

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Corps, at 85,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 16
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 9th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 58 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 77
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 24



Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 destroyed, 17 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 14 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish I: 2 destroyed on ground
Fulmar II: 1 destroyed on ground



Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 38

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
24 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

but here come the bombers and they are escorted by a lot of Oscars, so the Zeroes wouldn´t be needed anyway... but the constant screwed up attacks and not working escorts will sooner or later again lead to a disaster for either Rainer or for me... I´ve got the feeling that we´re both preferring not to have our aircraft in the air due to the 85% chance of having it screwed up...[:(]

Seems like Rainer was attracted by the airfield symbol (recon ac spotted over Akyab daily) and he kills a couple of ac on the ground... on one side I guess it was a fault to move precious torp bombers to Akyab to see a couple of them being destroyed on the ground but on the other side Rainer is aware now that I´ve got torp bombers in the area and while the Blenheims and Hudsons can´t do anything against his shipping, the Swordfish could... guess he will be more cautiously with his battlewaggons in moving them further North than Akyab... have decided to move more US squadrons (both bombers and fighters) to India as the British bomber force is useless (except the single squadron of Wellingtons) and the British fighters (Hurricanes) don´t get enough replacements (16 per month at the moment), while the Hurricane (in AE) itselve is definetely superior to all available fighters the US can field... and I don´t have any other use for my US squadrons at the moment anyway as other than the 4Es, none of my aircraft can reach the frontline... will see how the P-38 will perform, I´ve got 38 "prototypes" in the pool at the moment and in 5/42 the production will start. No upgrades were done so far as I don´t want to commit a foul using them before May when production starts. So 1st May I will upgrade one of the AVG squadrons to P-38 and will use them offensively against enemy Cap. This doesn´t mean I will attack Magwe (with some 100-140 Oscars) directly but will use the Japanese "Awacs" against them... how? [:D] I will do sweeps against bases around Magwe and will try to pick up leaking Oscar Cap. While knowing that people have achieved awful results with P-38, I will use them differently and hope that I will engage leaking Cap of halve a dozen or a dozen Oscars at 38.000ft while we are sweeping with 27 P-38 coming in at 40.000ft... [:D] (if the sweep of a single squadron goes in as a combined strike)... or was the max ceiling 39.000ft for the early model of the P-38? Doesn´t matter, if we can go only 100ft higher than the Oscars then it will enable us to bounce them and hopefully shoot them to pieces. The Lightnings definetely can go higher than the Oscar and they won´t be used for Cap (if possible) as their service rating is just too bad. The base the Lightnings are coming from has to be defended at all costs against enemy air attacks as the fighters on the ground could become targets for enemy air attacks. Lots of flak and lots of Hurricanes, Airacobras and Warhawks will do this job. This pretty much sounds like Bf-109 and FW-190 guarding Me-262 airfields. [:D] Killing Oscars during our Lightning-sweeps and having the enemy face heavy fighter resistance and heavy flak over our Lightning staging base "should" lead to victory, of course it could also lead to complete defeat of Allied fighter forces in India. [:D] If his attacks against this base are screwed up he could lose a hundred ac in one day though. So this is the plan in theory... in about two weeks we´ll see how it will turn out. Should be possible to maintain one squadron of Lightnings with 38 starting pool and 20 being produced each month. IIRC one month pause sometime in summer and then the next model will produced for two months with 40 per month to have the production going down to 20 for quite some time again...

a Sally was destroyed by a balloon today [X(] and two more were damaged... some things really are NICE in AE... [&o] 9 enemy bombers were lost today and total IJAAF bomber losses are going up... no idea how many ac the Japanese actually produce, will have to check it at some point...

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Morning Air attack on Milne Bay , at 101,133

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 10
B-17E Fortress x 17


No Allied losses



Port hits 10
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Milne bay has no fighter cover and we do a split up training bombing run... out of the dozens of crews involved today, only a total of 6 have increased their experience after this run, most of them being in the 50s exp and 60s for navbomb, grdbomb and def...

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Morning Air attack on Milne Bay , at 101,133

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 6
B-17E Fortress x 14


No Allied losses



Port hits 5
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Milne Bay , at 101,133

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 11


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Port hits 4
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

three "strike packages" isn´t a good nor one of the bad results which can be up to five or six from those two bases...

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Sub attack near Wakkanai at 121,47

Japanese Ships
xAK Senko Maru
xAK Amagi Maru
PB Yamabato Maru

Allied Ships
SS Pickerel



SS Pickerel launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Senko Maru
Pickerel diving deep ....
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

D U D... I need a shortcut for "dud"...

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Ground combat at 85,43

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1230 troops, 137 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 3838

Defending force 111547 troops, 730 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3173

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
245 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Assaulting units:
35th Division
15th Tank Regiment
32nd Division
12th Tank Regiment
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade
36th Division
7th Ind.Mixed Brigade
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
69th Division
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade
13th Tank Regiment
41st Division
110th Division
59th Division
12th Army
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
11th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
90th Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
15th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
89th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
19th Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
43rd Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
4th Chinese Base Force
4th Group Army
24th Group Army
Jingcha War Area
15th Group Army
8th Group Army
6th Group Army
7th Group Army
21st Group Army
39th Group Army
14th Group Army
1st War Area
36th Group Army
10th Chinese Base Force

not much longer and we´ll finally have moved out of the damn Verdun hex...

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1009 troops, 97 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 391

Defending force 19855 troops, 206 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 482


Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
148th Infantry Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
4th KNIL Regiment
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
Marinier Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Commandement Marine
Tjilitap Base Force
Soerabaja Base Force
South Java Base Force
Djojakarta Base Force
ABDA
MLD
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Malang Base Force


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Ground combat at Russell Islands (113,136)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 280 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 6

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Russell Islands !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
4th Indpt SNLF Coy


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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8987 troops, 125 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 479

Defending force 10594 troops, 168 guns, 192 vehicles, Assault Value = 391

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Assaulting units:
Marinier Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
6th KNIL Regiment
South Java Base Force
Commandement Marine
Soerabaja Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
MLD
Djojakarta Base Force
ABDA
Tjilitap Base Force
Malang Base Force

Defending units:
8th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion




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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 24, 42
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ASW attack near Rangoon at 50,53

Japanese Ships
DD Tadeshiwa, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Fuso
CA Ashigara
CA Nachi
CA Haguro
CA Myoko
DD Hagikaze
DD Suzukaze
DD Samidare

Allied Ships
SS KXVIII, hits 3



SS KXVIII launches 2 torpedoes at DD Tadeshiwa
KXVIII bottoming out ....
DD Suzukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Samidare attacking submerged sub ....
DD Samidare attacking submerged sub ....
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Nice one, not just has a Dutch sub achieved a rare hit, we also get intel about another bombardement incoming, expected target: Akyab... not just my Swordfish bombers but also my subs are there to scare Rainer... if he isn´t scared to stop those bombardement runs, we at least have a chance to put some torps into his ships... not far from Rangoon so if the destroyer isn´t sinking instantly (which it wasn´t) then the ship has a fair chance to make it back to Rangoon... haven´t checked the repair facilities there though... the sub takes three near misses in return but suffers nearly no damage...


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ASW attack near Toyohara at 125,47

Japanese Ships
xAK Ishikari Maru
PB Yamabato Maru

Allied Ships
SS Drum



SS Drum is sighted by escort
Drum diving deep ....
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamabato Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Yamabato Maru cannot reach attack position over SS Drum
PB Yamabato Maru cannot reach attack position over SS Drum
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Christmas Island IO at 45,104, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Natori
DD Tawakaze

Allied Ships
PT TM-10, Shell hits 1, and is sunk




Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 64% moonlight: 7,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 7,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 7,000 yards
DD Tawakaze engages PT TM-10 at 7,000 yards
CL Natori engages PT TM-10 at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 8,000 yards
CL Natori engages PT TM-10 at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
CL Natori engages PT TM-10 at 10,000 yards
Range increases to 11,000 yards
PT TM-10 sunk by CL Natori at 11,000 yards
Task forces break off...

and finally, the last PT here dies...

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Submarine attack near Truk at 112,103

Japanese Ships
xAK Nitimei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KXV [X(][X(]



xAK Nitimei Maru is sighted by SS KXV
SS KXV launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Nitimei Maru

wow... this can´t be real! Two Dutch subs score the same day??? Probably means no more hits the next ten weeks... [;)] the freighter should be history...

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Morning Air attack on 93rd Chinese Corps, at 85,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 14



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 26000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 69 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 38000 feet

ordered Sputnik sweep but no Allied fighters at Akyab...

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Morning Air attack on 93rd Chinese Corps, at 85,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 16



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 93rd Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on 11th Tank Regiment, at 55,46

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 8


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

clear sky but no damage done...

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Morning Air attack on 11th Tank Regiment, at 55,46

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 15


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

another attack, another time no damage... my bombers are useless...

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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 37



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
37 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 38000 feet



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Afternoon Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 8 damaged



Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cocos Islands at 33,101

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
B5N1 Kate x 9



Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
xAKL Boelongan, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B5N1 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

Boelongan caught transferring cargo ...

had two small freighters bringing fuel to this base in the Indian ocean and hoped to do so unspotted... unfortunetely exactly now the mini KB is out for a raid in the IO... nothing else around but Rainer now knows that I´m using this base... it was intended as an emergency refuel base for subs operating in the SRA and due to the fact that the routine for subs returning home when they "should" not being really reliable I thought I could use this base now and then... guess it won´t take long and a couple of Jap soldiers will occupy the place... a pity...

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ASW attack near Hirosaki/Aomori at 117,53

Japanese Ships
DD Wakatake

Allied Ships
SS Pickerel



SS Pickerel is sighted by escort
Pickerel diving deep ....
DD Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Wakatake attacking submerged sub ....
DD Wakatake cannot establish contact with SS Pickerel
SS Pickerel eludes ASW attack from DD Wakatake
DD Wakatake cannot reach attack position over SS Pickerel
DD Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1235 troops, 123 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 393

Defending force 19882 troops, 206 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 486


Allied ground losses:
110 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
148th Infantry Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
Marinier Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
6th KNIL Regiment
Djojakarta Base Force
ABDA
Commandement Marine
South Java Base Force
MLD
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Tjilitap Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Soerabaja Base Force
Malang Base Force


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Ground combat at Sinabang (42,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 504 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 21

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Sinabang !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
III/81st Naval Guard Unit


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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9024 troops, 125 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 481

Defending force 10849 troops, 194 guns, 192 vehicles, Assault Value = 393

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Assaulting units:
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
Marinier Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
ABDA
Soerabaja Base Force
Tjilitap Base Force
MLD
Commandement Marine
1st KNIL AA Battalion
South Java Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Djojakarta Base Force
Malang Base Force

Defending units:
8th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion


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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 25, 42
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Submarine attack near Addu at 13,57

Japanese Ships
SS I-30

Allied Ships
xAK Ekma



xAK Ekma is sighted by SS I-30
SS I-30 launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Ekma

wow, one hit... dud...

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ASW attack near Toyohara at 125,47

Japanese Ships
PB Yachiyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Trigger



SS Trigger is sighted by escort
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Sapporo at 120,49

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-18
SC CHa-30

Allied Ships
SS Pickerel


SS Pickerel is located by SC CHa-18
Pickerel diving deep ....
SC CHa-30 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

not much than escorts around Northern Japan to shoot at...

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Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 35,400 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 14



Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 22


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed



CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38000 , scrambling fighters to 38000. [:(]
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes

this was a test for my later planned Space shuttle sweeps at 40.000ft against bases nearby Magwe where we get intel about some 150 Oscars there... the theory about drawing out leaking Cap worked, unfortunetely (for us) the Oscars are of course also set on 38.000ft when flying Cap... and this meant our Warhawks got bounced of course, a hell a lot were damaged... in the end the losses here evened out though...

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Morning Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 55,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 36
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 1


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 38000 feet
8 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar sweeping at 38000 feet

CAP engaged:
No.27 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Raid is overhead

I´m moving two Indian divs together with two Indian bgds onto Cox´s Bazar that is held by three Japanese units, total strenght 7.000 troops when following our recon... we´ll surely take the base back as the enemy divisions all have moved down to Akyab already... the enemy units at Cox´s trying to flee South... we´ve got leaking Cap from Chittagong over our troops but fortunetely for us there´s only one Hurricane on Cap when the Sputnik sweep comes in...



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Morning Air attack on 93rd Chinese Corps, at 84,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 15
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 14



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 84th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 93rd Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on 26th Indian Division, at 55,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 25



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 2
Hurricane IIb Trop x 10


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed



Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
No.67 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIa Trop (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 35100
Raid is overhead
No.136 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Raid is overhead
No.258 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Raid is overhead
No.273 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Raid is overhead
No.27 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Raid is overhead

not surprising though, the Sputniks were only the beginning and when the bomber strike showed up there were more of our fighters in the air... our fighters could not break through to the bombers and the Oscars did a good job...

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Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 37,400 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12



Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 27


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 32400 feet *

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes

oh well, we can´t even fly a combined sweep from the same base... in this case, we had the same ac type and the most experienced pilots on the map (except carrier based pilots)... so exp can´t be the missing factor to fly combined strikes... it just doesn´t work and I guess it shouldn´t as AE was designed with "strike packages" and that´s exactly what I´ve been seeing since Dec 7... drawing leaking Cap into a hex works fine though... let´s wait for our Lightnings to come into play...

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Morning Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 55,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 19



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 4
Hurricane IIb Trop x 17


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 38000 feet

CAP engaged:
No.67 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIa Trop (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 35100
Raid is overhead
No.136 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
No.258 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
No.273 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
No.27 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes

another sweep and this time we suffer some more losses... lots of Oscars were damaged though and in the end the Oscar losses have been quite today... guess losses like today are hard to sustain, even if you have free access to production...

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Afternoon Air attack on 11th Tank Regiment, at 55,45

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 8


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed




CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes



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Afternoon Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 15



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 9 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on 11th Tank Regiment, at 55,45

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 7
Hurricane IIb Trop x 5
Hudson I x 12


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
6 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

third strike against this unit today, third time no damage... boy... [8|] well, we´re attacking TANKS...

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Afternoon Air attack on 11th Tank Regiment, at 55,45

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8



Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 7


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes

and then, this just had to happen... [&o][&o][&o] the "strike package" fun hit us once again and three Blenheim were shot down... not possible to coordinate anything with the given routines... and yes, I am meeting all requirements, all official and even the inofficial in this case... doesn´t work...

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Pre-Invasion action off Pamekasan

Japanese Ships
PB Taiko Maru



PB Taiko Maru firing at enemy troops


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Amphibious Assault at Pamekasan

TF 128 troops unloading over beach at Pamekasan, 57,105

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost from landing craft during unload of II./124th Infantry Bn


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Pre-Invasion action off Pamekasan

Japanese Ships
PC Sumire



PC Sumire firing at enemy troops


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Amphibious Assault at Pamekasan

TF 233 troops unloading over beach at Pamekasan, 57,105





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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1240 troops, 123 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 857

Defending force 19853 troops, 206 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 486


Allied ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
18th Division
148th Infantry Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
4th KNIL Regiment
Marinier Battalion
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
6th KNIL Regiment
MLD
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Djojakarta Base Force
Commandement Marine
Soerabaja Base Force
Tjilitap Base Force
ABDA
South Java Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Malang Base Force


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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9061 troops, 125 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 485

Defending force 24379 troops, 318 guns, 234 vehicles, Assault Value = 857

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
Marinier Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
6th KNIL Regiment
Tjilitap Base Force
Djojakarta Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Commandement Marine
ABDA
South Java Base Force
Soerabaja Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
MLD
Malang Base Force

Defending units:
56th Engineer Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
18th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion


another month has passed and it´s time for the sub statistics again...

starting 25th Jan 42

MK14

total attacks 147
exploding hits 30 (22.06% of total hits)
duds 106 (77.94% of total hits)
miss 11 (7.48% of total attacks)

22.06% exploding hits is slightly below what I would expect from torp salvoes with torps with a dud rate of 80%... the hit rate stays insanely high (something Rainer doesn´t like at all), especially compared with our other torps... no matter if we attack freighters or agile destroyers, usually you can bet for a hit when a 6 torp salvo is fired at the target, more or less the same is also true for the 4 torp salvoes... in two weeks all our USN subs will have radar...


MK10

total attacks 18
exploding hits 9 (90% of total hits)
duds 1 (10% of total hits)
miss 8 (44.44% of total attacks)

our S-class subs stay more or less disappointing, mostly due to the fact that they aren´t meeting any targets to shoot at... the skippers are complete noobs when looking at the hit rate though. 44.44% misses is just a bad joke, though it can be even worse as you can see below... [8|]


53.3cm/45cm/21MKVIII

total attacks 35
exploding hits 12 (75% of total hits)
duds 4 (25% of total hits)
miss 19 (54.29% of total attacks)

Dutch and British subs, the most useless on the map... two hits the yesterday from Dutch subs has increased their hit rate a bit but come on, nearly 55% misses is just a joke... a bad one... 25% of the rare hits then result in duds which is again frustrating considering the set dud rate for those torps... roughly only 1/3 of the attacks (34.29%) has lead to a hit and a hit doesn´t always mean the ship is sunk... frustrating performance by my Dutch subs (the couple of British subs have done nearly nothing so far)...


starting 25th Feb 42

IJN

total attacks 11
exploding hits 8 (88.89% of total hits)
duds 1 (11.11% of total hits)
miss 2 (18.18% of total attacks)

IJN statistic started a month later but isn´t really amusing for Rainer either... the IJN subs just don´t get a shot at my ships as the subs aren´t where my ships are [:D] though when they meet my convoys they are by far deadlier than my subs alltogether... both their hit rate and dud rate is excellent... hit rates and duds look very good and especially the ability to place more than one torp into the target makes the IJN subs very dangerous... good thing my convoys are far off the expected shipping lanes and they are constantly using different paths... with the months going by, I will also get more and more escorts... many DDs are undergoing (or have already completed) their upgrades to DEs with an ASW value of 8...

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Haha, that's the first time I"ve heard of 7 Blenheim IV's referred to as a "Strike Package".
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Haha, that's the first time I"ve heard of 7 Blenheim IV's referred to as a "Strike Package".

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 26, 42
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ASW attack near Akyab at 54,46

Japanese Ships
DD Arashi
CA Nachi
CA Haguro
DD Samidare

Allied Ships
SS KIX


SS KIX launches 2 torpedoes at DD Arashi
KIX bottoming out ....
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

dud Dutch torp... grrrrr....[:@] bombardement coming in...

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ASW attack near Akyab at 54,46

Japanese Ships
CA Nachi
CA Haguro
DD Arashi
DD Samidare

Allied Ships
SS KIX



SS KIX is sighted by escort
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Samidare fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

second attempt of closing in to attack the cruiser squadron was driven off by the escorts...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Malang at 55,105, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Naka
CL Jintsu
CL Nagara
DD Harusame
DD Yudachi
DD Shirakumo

Allied Ships
PT TM-4
PT TM-6
PT TM-7
PT TM-8
PT TM-9



Improved night sighting under 82% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 82% moonlight: 12,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
Van Kooten R. gains tactical advantage
CL Nagara engages PT TM-8 at 8,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages PT TM-4 at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
Range increases to 8,000 yards
DD Harusame engages PT TM-9 at 8,000 yards
CL Jintsu engages PT TM-8 at 8,000 yards
DD Harusame engages PT TM-8 at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages PT TM-6 at 10,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages PT TM-8 at 10,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
CL Jintsu engages PT TM-9 at 12,000 yards
CL Nagara engages PT TM-8 at 12,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages PT TM-6 at 12,000 yards
CL Nagara engages PT TM-4 at 12,000 yards
DD Harusame engages PT TM-7 at 12,000 yards
Task forces break off...

still got some Dutch PTs in Java... not for much longer...

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Sub attack near Sapporo at 120,49

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-25
SC CHa-13

Allied Ships
SS Trigger



SS Trigger launches 4 torpedoes at SC CHa-25
Trigger diving deep ....
SC CHa-25 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-25 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-25 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-25 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-25 attacking submerged sub ....
SC CHa-25 is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub

and the usual MK14 dud...

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Naval bombardment of Akyab at 54,45

Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso
CA Ashigara
CA Nachi
CA Haguro
CA Myoko


Allied ground losses:
372 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 46 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 6 (0 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 33
Port hits 17
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 1

BB Yamashiro firing at Akyab
BB Fuso firing at Akyab
CA Ashigara firing at Akyab
CA Nachi firing at Akyab
CA Haguro firing at AVG Ground Echelon
CA Myoko firing at 106th RAF Base Force

not just cruisers involved but also some battlewaggons... damage done is quite substantial... will take us around 3-4 days to repair the damage and revert to building forts... don´t like the supply hits as supply has been critical all the time at Akyab... enemy naval bombardements in this area have been quite lethal...

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Amphibious Assault at Christmas Island IO

TF 342 troops unloading over beach at Christmas Island IO, 45,104

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Soerabaja at 56,104, Range 15,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Naka
CL Jintsu
CL Nagara
DD Harusame
DD Yudachi
DD Shirakumo

Allied Ships
PT TM-4, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT TM-6, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT TM-7
PT TM-8
PT TM-9, Shell hits 1, and is sunk



Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 21,000 yards
Range closes to 15,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 15,000 yards
DD Harusame engages PT TM-9 at 15,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages PT TM-8 at 9,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages PT TM-9 at 7,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages PT TM-6 at 7,000 yards
DD Harusame engages PT TM-9 at 7,000 yards
Van Kooten R. orders Allied TF to disengage
Range increases to 9,000 yards
PT TM-9 sunk by DD Shirakumo at 9,000 yards
CL Jintsu engages PT TM-8 at 9,000 yards
CL Naka engages PT TM-4 at 9,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages PT TM-6 at 9,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages PT TM-6 at 9,000 yards
PT TM-4 sunk by DD Harusame at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 13,000 yards
CL Jintsu engages PT TM-8 at 13,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages PT TM-8 at 13,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages PT TM-6 at 13,000 yards
PT TM-6 sunk by DD Harusame at 13,000 yards
Range increases to 16,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages PT TM-8 at 16,000 yards
DD Harusame engages PT TM-8 at 16,000 yards
Range increases to 21,000 yards
CL Jintsu engages PT TM-8 at 21,000 yards
Task forces break off...

now that was great, our PTs were attacked at Malang during the night, retreated away from it, move back during the day and have to go through the Soerabaja hex... having enemy TFs in the same hex results in engagements more or less all the time of course (even if they are made up by small PTs) and during the day, our PTs are dead meat...

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Sub attack near Hengchun at 85,68

Japanese Ships
TK Tonan Maru #3
PB Choko Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Haddock



SS Haddock launches 4 torpedoes at TK Tonan Maru #3
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

come on... another dud...

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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged



Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 93rd Chinese Corps, at 84,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 14
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 14



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 93rd Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3



Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 18
B-17E Fortress x 40


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 110

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead


huge strike out of Australia, nearly all our bombers flew in the main strike today... result was devastating to the enemy base... Rainer isn´t building PM´s base facilities up (pretty sure he´s building forts though) and as there´s only a base force and a div at PM I doubt he will use it as a bomber base...

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 6 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes

nearly all bombers were coming in with the main strike, but the small follow up strike again met more fighters than the main strike...

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Afternoon Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 15



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Sub attack near Rangoon at 53,55

Japanese Ships
DD Tadeshiwa, heavy damage
DD Suzukaze

Allied Ships
SS Truant, hits 3



SS Truant launches 6 torpedoes at DD Tadeshiwa
DD Suzukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suzukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suzukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suzukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suzukaze attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

What the hell is wrong with the dice... this was a fridging dud also!!! [:@][:@] This heavily damaged DD was hit by a Dutch sub earlier and could now have been finished just outside Rangoon... 6 torps fired and all I get are duds... [:@] As if the dud rate of Dutch/British torps wouldn´t be bad enough already with 25% the last months... so the DD will live on... [8|]

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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 67602 troops, 658 guns, 345 vehicles, Assault Value = 2390

Defending force 40028 troops, 581 guns, 676 vehicles, Assault Value = 1101

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese adjusted assault: 601

Allied adjusted defense: 1463

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
1741 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 308 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 263 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 39 disabled
Guns lost 12 (0 destroyed, 12 disabled)
Vehicles lost 54 (1 destroyed, 53 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
1854 casualties reported
Squads: 39 destroyed, 46 disabled
Non Combat: 55 destroyed, 240 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 14 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 34 (6 destroyed, 28 disabled)


Assaulting units:
Imperial Guards Division
9th Division
9th Tank Regiment
38th Division
48th Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
4th Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Burma Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
7th Armoured Brigade
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
Rangoon BAF Battalion
45th Indian Brigade
BFF Brigade
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
Railway BAF Battalion
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
44th Indian Bde /1
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
RAF 223 Group Wing
103rd RAF Base Force
101st RAF Base Force
1st Madras Construction Battalion
102nd RAF Base Force
108th RAF Base Force
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
104th RAF Base Force
223 Group RAF
1st South India Base Force
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
AVG Ground Echelon
RAF 221 Group Base Force
107th RAF Base Force
21st Light AA Regiment
Burma Corps
103rd RN Base Force
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
4th NW Frontier Base Force
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
100th RAF Base Force
95th Heavy AA Regiment
Pathan Construction Battalion

here comes the Japanese attack and it´s repulsed... the losses are severe, but the Japanese suffer more assault value lost (disabled)... makes Akyab a tough nut to crack for the Japanese divisions but not impossible I guess... the fact that we once again have more squads destroyed than the attacker is again depressing...

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1240 troops, 123 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 855

Defending force 19903 troops, 205 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 490

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
148th Infantry Regiment
18th Division
56th Engineer Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
4th KNIL Regiment
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
Marinier Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
6th KNIL Regiment
Tjilitap Base Force
MLD
Commandement Marine
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Djojakarta Base Force
South Java Base Force
Soerabaja Base Force
ABDA
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Malang Base Force


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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9100 troops, 125 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 489

Defending force 24353 troops, 318 guns, 234 vehicles, Assault Value = 855

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Marinier Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
6th KNIL Regiment
Soerabaja Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Commandement Marine
South Java Base Force
Djojakarta Base Force
ABDA
MLD
Tjilitap Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Malang Base Force

Defending units:
56th Engineer Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
18th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion


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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 27, 42
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Malang at 55,105, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Naka
CL Jintsu
CL Nagara
DD Harusame
DD Yudachi
DD Shirakumo

Allied Ships
PT TM-7
PT TM-8



Improved night sighting under 89% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 89% moonlight: 11,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
Allied PT Boat TF evades combat

the last two Dutch PTs... I won´t create any new PTs in this campaign I guess...

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Submarine attack near Sydney at 91,168

Japanese Ships
SS I-23

Allied Ships
xAK Steel Ranger, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage



xAK Steel Ranger is sighted by SS I-23
SS I-23 launches 6 torpedoes

another IJN sub shows up near Sydney and kills a lonely freighter... this is just two hexes outside of Sydney, within the range of about four dozen aircraft on naval search... we haven´t spotted the sub before but after this attack we´ve formed four ASW TFs to hunt the sub down...

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Pre-Invasion action off Pamekasan

Japanese Ships
PB Taiko Maru



PB Taiko Maru firing at enemy troops


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Amphibious Assault at Pamekasan

TF 128 troops unloading over beach at Pamekasan, 57,105

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost overboard during unload of II./124th Infantry Bn /1
10 Support troops lost overboard during unload of II./124th Infantry Bn


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Invasion Support action off Pamekasan

Japanese Ships
PB Taiko Maru



PB Taiko Maru firing at enemy troops


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Sub attack near San Francisco at 215,70

Japanese Ships
SS I-17

Allied Ships
AV Pocomoke, Torpedo hits 1



AV Pocomoke is sighted by SS I-17
SS I-17 launches 6 torpedoes

mmm, an attack just outside of Sydney and now this one just outside of San Francisco... also this sub wasn´t spotted before... looks like Rainer has changed his tactic again, he couldn´t find my convoys going far off the shipping lanes so he now concentrates his efforts near my major bases... and it obviously pays off... if not attacked again then the AV will make it...

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 55,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 24



Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 4


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 4 destroyed, 6 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
AVG/1st Sqn with P-40B Warhawk (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 32400
Raid is overhead

Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...

we´re moving two divs and two bgds towards Cox´s Bazar and Rainer attacks them... I´m not sure if he has not just forgotten about his Lillies... they come in unescorted and four fighters on Cap take down 7 of them with another one being lost to flak fire... Lillies are the Japanese equivalent of Blenheims...

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Afternoon Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 18



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 9 damaged


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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ASW attack near Truk at 109,113

Japanese Ships
xAK Kuraido Maru
xAKL Kanaiyama Maru
xAKL Kaijo Maru #2
DD Yunagi

Allied Ships
SS KXVII



SS KXVII is sighted by escort
KXVII diving deep ....
DD Yunagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yunagi attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yunagi attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yunagi loses contact with SS KXVII
SS KXVII eludes DD Yunagi by diving deep
DD Yunagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yunagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Invasion Support action off Pamekasan

Japanese Ships
PB Taiko Maru



PB Taiko Maru firing at enemy troops


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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 380 troops, 12 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 2136

Defending force 37947 troops, 579 guns, 671 vehicles, Assault Value = 1022

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
201 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
9th Tank Regiment
38th Division
Imperial Guards Division
9th Division
48th Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
45th Indian Brigade
1st Burma Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
BFF Brigade
Rangoon BAF Battalion
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
Railway BAF Battalion
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
7th Armoured Brigade
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
44th Indian Bde /1
104th RAF Base Force
RAF 221 Group Base Force
RAF 223 Group Wing
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
4th NW Frontier Base Force
106th RAF Base Force
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
223 Group RAF
95th Heavy AA Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
103rd RN Base Force
107th RAF Base Force
101st RAF Base Force
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
21st Light AA Regiment
1st Madras Construction Battalion
108th RAF Base Force
AVG Ground Echelon
6th Medium Regiment
103rd RAF Base Force
1st South India Base Force
Burma Corps
100th RAF Base Force
102nd RAF Base Force
Pathan Construction Battalion

it just stays amazing what Banzai spirit can achieve... this is only the artillery unit bombarding and 12 tubes cause heavy losses within our fortified positions...

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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1222 troops, 123 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 1339

Defending force 19860 troops, 205 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 490


Allied ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Assaulting units:
148th Infantry Regiment
18th Division
8th Tank Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
5th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
25th Army
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
4th KNIL Regiment
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
Marinier Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
South Java Base Force
Djojakarta Base Force
Tjilitap Base Force
Soerabaja Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Commandement Marine
MLD
ABDA
Malang Base Force


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Ground combat at Loemadjang (56,106)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1528 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 63

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 30

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 30 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Loemadjang !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: fatigue(-)



Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 4th SNLF


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Ground combat at Christmas Island IO (45,104)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 504 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 20

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Christmas Island IO !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy


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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9082 troops, 124 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 486

Defending force 40706 troops, 441 guns, 383 vehicles, Assault Value = 1339

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Assaulting units:
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
4th KNIL Regiment
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Marinier Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
MLD
Djojakarta Base Force
South Java Base Force
Soerabaja Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Commandement Marine
ABDA
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Tjilitap Base Force
Malang Base Force

Defending units:
5th Division
56th Engineer Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
18th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion


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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12999 troops, 225 guns, 365 vehicles, Assault Value = 1019

Defending force 64163 troops, 658 guns, 344 vehicles, Assault Value = 2136

Japanese ground losses:
125 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled)


Assaulting units:
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
Railway BAF Battalion
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
7th Armoured Brigade
Rangoon BAF Battalion
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
BFF Brigade
1st Burma Division
45th Indian Brigade
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
44th Indian Bde /1
103rd RAF Base Force
107th RAF Base Force
1st South India Base Force
108th RAF Base Force
102nd RAF Base Force
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
104th RAF Base Force
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
95th Heavy AA Regiment
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
100th RAF Base Force
103rd RN Base Force
RAF 221 Group Base Force
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
4th NW Frontier Base Force
1st Madras Construction Battalion
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
RAF 223 Group Wing
101st RAF Base Force
Burma Corps
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
AVG Ground Echelon
21st Light AA Regiment
223 Group RAF
6th Medium Regiment
Pathan Construction Battalion

Defending units:
9th Division
Imperial Guards Division
9th Tank Regiment
38th Division
48th Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment


while our halve dozen artillery units on the other hand can´t do what the Japanese can do with 12 guns, we´ve got 225 guns, ranging from 3.7" mountain guns, to 18 and 25 pounders and 4.5" guns... And the 3.7" and 18 pounder guns aren´t really inferior to the 25 pounder as they nearly have the same effect (to my surprise)... we are sitting in fortified positions, the Japanese just moved in... funny... really... most of India´s artillery is sitting at Akyab and it´s not even nearly as effective as a single IJA artillery regiment... didn´t know Japanese artillery was so superior...

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The AVG now has another ace, 2nd LT Bartling shot down three Japanese medium bombers near Cox´s Bazar today!

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 28, 42
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Amphibious Assault at Siberoet

TF 26 troops unloading over beach at Siberoet, 42,85

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Balikpapan at 65,100, Range 17,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Naka
CL Jintsu
CL Nagara
DD Harusame
DD Yudachi
DD Shirakumo

Allied Ships
PT TM-7, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT TM-8, Shell hits 2, and is sunk



Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards
Range closes to 19,000 yards...
Range closes to 17,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 17,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 17,000 yards
Murakami E. crosses the 'T'
PT TM-8 sunk by DD Yudachi at 17,000 yards
Range closes to 15,000 yards
Range closes to 12,000 yards
PT TM-7 sunk by DD Yudachi at 12,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...

I wondered where my two PTs ended up yesterday as I couldn´t find them anymore around Malang... they decided to change their homeport to some base far outside of their range [&:] and they have a mid ocean intercept (yeah, it just stays bullet prove - no wonder PTs are big ships and a hex is only a small area of sea) somewhere South of Balikpapan which means their end...

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Submarine attack near Kodiak at 182,40

Japanese Ships
SS I-170

Allied Ships
xAK Dorothy Philips, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage



xAK Dorothy Philips is sighted by SS I-170
SS I-170 attacking xAK Dorothy Philips on the surface

attacks near Sydney and San Francisco yesterday, today a freighter is blown up near Kodiak... looks like all eventual locations where my convoys could eventually go are covered by IJN subs now... will increase the ASW efforts near my bases again...

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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 17 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Horn Island , at 91,128

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 12
B-17E Fortress x 35


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 37

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

training raid against Horn Island... 5 pilots today ended up with a higher experience at the end of the day...

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Morning Air attack on Horn Island , at 91,128

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Horn Island , at 91,128

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 6
B-17E Fortress x 3


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

it will take forever to increase exp when only 5 out of 65 crews increase their exp (by one point probably)...

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Amphibious Assault at Larantoeka

TF 309 troops unloading over beach at Larantoeka, 67,113


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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 37919 troops, 441 guns, 302 vehicles, Assault Value = 1337

Defending force 19856 troops, 204 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 489

Japanese adjusted assault: 796

Allied adjusted defense: 1168

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
946 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 29 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 52 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Vehicles lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
2187 casualties reported
Squads: 29 destroyed, 110 disabled
Non Combat: 36 destroyed, 123 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Vehicles lost 32 (32 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Assaulting units:
56th Engineer Regiment
18th Division
8th Tank Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
5th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
Marinier Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
Tjilitap Base Force
Commandement Marine
Djojakarta Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
1st KNIL AA Battalion
ABDA
South Java Base Force
MLD
Soerabaja Base Force
Malang Base Force

we hold but it´s the same old story, our entrenched troops sitting in a mountain hex are shredded while it´s just a sake party for the Japanese... our units get whiped out and the attacker just doesn´t suffer at all... no matter if the defenders are Dutch, British, Indian or US units...

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Ground combat at Pakanbaroe (46,83)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3545 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 120

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 57

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 57 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Pakanbaroe !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment


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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 380 troops, 12 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 2167

Defending force 38034 troops, 578 guns, 671 vehicles, Assault Value = 1026

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
38th Division
9th Tank Regiment
Imperial Guards Division
48th Division
9th Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
Rangoon BAF Battalion
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
BFF Brigade
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Burma Division
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
Railway BAF Battalion
7th Armoured Brigade
45th Indian Brigade
44th Indian Bde /1
1st Madras Construction Battalion
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
102nd RAF Base Force
Burma Corps
95th Heavy AA Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
107th RAF Base Force
103rd RN Base Force
RAF 223 Group Wing
101st RAF Base Force
108th RAF Base Force
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
100th RAF Base Force
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
4th NW Frontier Base Force
21st Light AA Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
RAF 221 Group Base Force
104th RAF Base Force
223 Group RAF
103rd RAF Base Force
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
1st South India Base Force
AVG Ground Echelon
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Pathan Construction Battalion

amazingly low casualties today...

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Ground combat at Pamekasan (57,105)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2926 troops, 26 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 117

Defending force 1483 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 46

Japanese adjusted assault: 74

Allied adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 24 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Pamekasan !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), leaders(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
1577 casualties reported
Squads: 131 destroyed, 105 disabled
Non Combat: 94 destroyed, 63 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1


Assaulting units:
II./124th Infantry Battalion
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF

Defending units:
Barisan KNIL Regiment


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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8502 troops, 124 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 369

Defending force 40005 troops, 441 guns, 381 vehicles, Assault Value = 1294

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)



Assaulting units:
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
Marinier Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
Tjilitap Base Force
MLD
Commandement Marine
ABDA
South Java Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Soerabaja Base Force
Djojakarta Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
Malang Base Force

Defending units:
148th Infantry Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
18th Division
8th Tank Regiment
5th Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion


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Ground combat at Akyab (54,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 12988 troops, 224 guns, 365 vehicles, Assault Value = 1025

Defending force 64448 troops, 658 guns, 343 vehicles, Assault Value = 2167

Japanese ground losses:
154 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (0 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
45th Indian Brigade
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
Railway BAF Battalion
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
1st Burma Division
BFF Brigade
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
7th Armoured Brigade
Rangoon BAF Battalion
44th Indian Bde /1
6th Medium Regiment
103rd RAF Base Force
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
100th RAF Base Force
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
108th RAF Base Force
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
21st Light AA Regiment
104th RAF Base Force
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Madras Construction Battalion
RAF 221 Group Base Force
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
102nd RAF Base Force
106th RAF Base Force
107th RAF Base Force
AVG Ground Echelon
1st South India Base Force
RAF 223 Group Wing
4th NW Frontier Base Force
101st RAF Base Force
Burma Corps
223 Group RAF
103rd RN Base Force
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
95th Heavy AA Regiment
Pathan Construction Battalion

Defending units:
9th Tank Regiment
38th Division
48th Division
Imperial Guards Division
9th Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment


Current shipping loses (I really love tracker [&o]). Note that we haven´t lost a single BB during the PH attack even if it looked like we would lose at least 4 or 5 of them. The damage done looked so devastating that Rainer also must have thought it wouldn´t be worth to do another strike as the BBs would be finished anyway. We were absolutely lucky there. I´m amazed to see that we haven´t even lost halve a dozen DDs and only two CLs are lost (Dutch). All in all, I´m very pleased about our losses so far. With KB´s air wings being massacred over Sydney, the Japanese also have the lead (by 200 ac) in air losses.

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