Ending an IJ wet dream - bluebook (J) vs castor troy (A)

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 02, 42
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ASW attack near Coal Harbour at 205,50

Japanese Ships
SS I-19

Allied Ships
YP-250



SS I-19 is located by YP-250
I-19 diving deep ....
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Shortlands at 109,131

Japanese Ships
xAKL Katsura Maru

Allied Ships
SS KXVIII, hits 2



xAKL Katsura Maru is sighted by SS KXVIII
SS KXVIII attacking xAKL Katsura Maru on the surface
Ver Brugge S. decides to submerge SS KXVIII due to damage

that routine is so silly... the sub is NOT damaged... could anyone fix that flawed routine at some point? Like I've said, the IJ player is better off sending his convoys without escorts as this will mean the Allied idiot subs will be kept from attacking due to non existing damage... if they would be damaged, I wouldn't have them out on patrol god damn... as silly as the routine that forces a sub into the nearest harbour which makes it impossible to send them to a port big enough to actually repair any damage... omg... [:@]



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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 116 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 21
Ki-36 Ida x 9
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 33



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged


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


Airbase hits 29
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 46

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb
11 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Pre-Invasion action off Jesselton (68,86)

6 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
xAK Meisho Maru
xAK Midori Maru



xAK Meisho Maru fired at enemy troops
xAK Midori Maru fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards


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Amphibious Assault at Jesselton (68,86)

TF 256 troops unloading over beach at Jesselton, 68,86

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



17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy
17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy


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Ground combat at Suva (132,160)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12577 troops, 112 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 391

Defending force 5600 troops, 59 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 87

Japanese adjusted assault: 169

Allied adjusted defense: 89

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
176 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Allied ground losses:
112 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Assaulting units:
4th Division

Defending units:
8th NZ Brigade
1st RNZAF Base Force
Nandi Base Force


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Ground combat at Shortlands (109,131)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 743 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 10

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Shortlands !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
53rd Naval Guard Unit


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Ground combat at Watampone (66,105)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 265 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 2

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Watampone !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-), supply(-)



Assaulting units:
III/81st Naval Guard Unit

[Omat]

Hello

Nice aar. I like you style.

What dou you think about this idea:

What do you know about his air search capability between wake and Marcus Island? If he wants the south pacific than there will be some Convoys between Japan and Truk. An Idea is to send a carrier task force once in that region. From Pearl Harbour sailing north west and than change direction to Saipan. You will need an replenish tf. It is very risky.

You should do this only if
a.) his KB is too far away
b.) his air search in this "gap" is weak

Do not stay there..simply in and immediately out. Do not expect to hit something..

but maybe stops being to be aggresive because he send units to protact this gap.
And Maybe you find something..

In way very risky and a little bit suizidal

Omat

[EUBanana]

ORIGINAL: Omat

Hello

Nice aar. I like you style.

What dou you think about this idea:

What do you know about his air search capability between wake and Marcus Island? If he wants the south pacific than there will be some Convoys between Japan and Truk. An Idea is to send a carrier task force once in that region. From Pearl Harbour sailing north west and than change direction to Saipan. You will need an replenish tf. It is very risky.

You should do this only if
a.) his KB is too far away
b.) his air search in this "gap" is weak

Do not stay there..simply in and immediately out. Do not expect to hit something..

but maybe stops being to be aggresive because he send units to protact this gap.
And Maybe you find something..

In way very risky and a little bit suizidal

Omat

You can do the same sort of thing with surface raiders. A single CL or CA with floatplanes aboard set to patrol on a likely convoy route... admittedly much less chance of finding anything but much less to lose as well. Old rubbish like Omaha cruisers have a pretty limited set of uses.

Mind you. I think castor knows my love of surface combat so I am biased, I have DDs avidly raiding even in 1944 with airpower everywhere. When it comes to ships and raids, I am the Field Marshal Haig of WITP. He loved raids as well, albeit trench raids...

[castor troy]

Hi Omat and welcome to the AAR

I'm not really a fan of sending anything too far out into enemy controlled territory, not much to gain IMO and I don't like losing ships. And Betties can be flown in in one turn from nearly anywhere. Sending my carriers is something I am not willing to do as I have other plans with them and even if I would do nothing with them, this still means the enemy has to keep KB with his bigger invasions as he did near Fiji when KB was actually occupied for two weeks guarding the convoys going in and out. If he spots my carriers passing Wake, he can send KB to raid my lines, which is worse than raiding his.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 03, 42
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Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19
Ki-36 Ida x 6
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 25



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb
8 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Amphibious Assault at Culion (76,80)

TF 88 troops unloading over beach at Culion, 76,80

Culion? Lol, bluebook is invading places in the first four weeks I have never heard of before...

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Ground combat at Suva (132,160)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 12498 troops, 112 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 384

Defending force 5604 troops, 59 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 83

Japanese adjusted assault: 282

Allied adjusted defense: 81

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Suva !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
S.19 Singapore III: 1 destroyed

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

Japanese ground losses:
477 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 30 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled


Allied ground losses:
5432 casualties reported
Squads: 90 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 410 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 54 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 37 (37 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 12 (12 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 3


Assaulting units:
4th Division

Defending units:
8th NZ Brigade
1st RNZAF Base Force
Nandi Base Force

that's it, for the loss of 8 or 9 squads and 1 gun the enemy took Fiji on 3rd Jan 42...

[SeethingErmine]

Hi castor troy, I wanted to say I really enjoy this and all your AARs, even though I'm cheering for the other team sometimes. [:)] (Poor mortar...)

I've been playing BabesLite, and I'm pretty sure it's based off Scen 1. 3k AV in Malaya is most everything if you reinforce it (HK, etc) and go light on Luzon. I bet the road to Burma is quiet.

The main thing I wanted to comment on is the Fiji invasion -

Ground combat at Nadi (131,160)

Japanese Deliberate attack
[...]

Assaulting units:
4th Division
10th Shipping Engineer Regiment
28th Shipping Engineer Regiment
21st Air Flotilla
5th Fleet
15th Air Defense AA Regiment
7th JNAF AF Unit
4th JAAF Base Force
2nd JAAF AF Bn

5th Fleet is one of only two unrestricted command HQs, so that's about as serious as it gets in terms of commitment. I wonder if he will still be able to get the historical perimeter finished in DEI and Burma on time. (Or really, if he might only be limited to the historical perimeter there.)

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: SeethingErmine

Hi castor troy, I wanted to say I really enjoy this and all your AARs, even though I'm cheering for the other team sometimes. [:)] (Poor mortar...)

I've been playing BabesLite, and I'm pretty sure it's based off Scen 1. 3k AV in Malaya is most everything if you reinforce it (HK, etc) and go light on Luzon. I bet the road to Burma is quiet.

The main thing I wanted to comment on is the Fiji invasion -

Ground combat at Nadi (131,160)

Japanese Deliberate attack
[...]

Assaulting units:
4th Division
10th Shipping Engineer Regiment
28th Shipping Engineer Regiment
21st Air Flotilla
5th Fleet
15th Air Defense AA Regiment
7th JNAF AF Unit
4th JAAF Base Force
2nd JAAF AF Bn

5th Fleet is one of only two unrestricted command HQs, so that's about as serious as it gets in terms of commitment. I wonder if he will still be able to get the historical perimeter finished in DEI and Burma on time. (Or really, if he might only be limited to the historical perimeter there.)

thanks and welcome aboard Seething Ermine

yeah, he really seems to be serious about the South Pacific, guess an IJN Fleet HQ got lots of naval support so he thinks about replenishing his ships down there. Oh I am sure he will finish the historical perimeter and he will do so far earlier than real life. [:D] Not wanting to take away too much from what have happened in the game already when the AAR is a month behind but basically I stick to my tactic of building strongholds in terrain that favour my defenders but this also means I give up all the ground literally everywhere so taking the SRA and Burma would be doable with a couple of SNLF. But then it's kind of Asterix and Obelix, the whole country is conquered but there is still a small village that keeps fighting, which are my strongholds. I've got one on Java, I've got Singapore, Malabatay (Mindanao) and I've got Clark Field. He can't ignore all of them and if he does, he still has to keep prison guards there, which would accumulate and sure exceed 2000 av to keep me honest.

The only exception to my tactic is Burma, which I don't care much. Burma is only needed for a couple of weeks to bring lots of supply to Rangoon that flows to China and so far the enemy didn't intervene, he didn't even spot my convoys going to Rangoon. Burma will be important again in late 42/early 43 when you can think about a come back there when China will probably be in need of supplies again in mid/late 43.

I always try to trade land for units. I rather get out without a fight instead of fighting a couple of days and have my units destroyed. Of course, only until a certain line.

[castor troy]

really amazing turn...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 04, 42
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ASW attack near Trivandrum at 27,42

Japanese Ships
SS I-122 <-- mine layer sub...


Allied Ships
xAKL Larut
xAKL Pahang
xAKL Raub
AM Toowoomba
AM Cromer



SS I-122 is sighted by escort
I-122 diving deep ....
AM Toowoomba fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Cromer fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Toowoomba fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Toowoomba fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Toowoomba fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Toowoomba fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Pre-Invasion action off Koepang (68,116)

10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
DMS W-14
DMS W-13
DMS W-4
APD Nadakaze
APD Shimakaze

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


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


DMS W-14 fired at enemy troops
DMS W-13 fired at enemy troops
DMS W-4 fired at enemy troops
APD Nadakaze fired at enemy troops
APD Shimakaze fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards

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Amphibious Assault at Koepang (68,116)

TF 90 troops unloading over beach at Koepang, 68,116

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



19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost overboard during unload of 33rd Infantry Rgt /5
19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad accidentally lost during unload of 33rd Infantry Rgt

there goes Timor... but there's also going to be some surprise for the enemy today...

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Amphibious Assault at Pare Pare (66,104)

TF 258 troops unloading over beach at Pare Pare, 66,104

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



17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost in surf during unload of III/81st Nav Gd
17 troops of a SNLF Squad accidentally lost during unload of III/81st Nav Gd


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Submarine attack near Tahiti at 174,177

Japanese Ships
SS I-3

Allied Ships
AP President Polk, Torpedo hits 1



AP President Polk is sighted by SS I-3
SS I-3 launches 2 torpedoes at AP President Polk

pity, empty AP is hit and while she looked like to make it, flooding increased a couple of turns later and she sunk...

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Koepang at 68,116, Range 21,000 Yards



Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
BB Haruna
DD Michishio, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Arashio
DD Yamagumo, Shell hits 2, heavy fires

Allied Ships
CL Java
CL De Ruyter, Shell hits 1
CL Tromp, Shell hits 3
DD Piet Hein
DD Kortenaer
DD Evertsen, Shell hits 1


we have spotted the enemy going towards Koepang and due to the fact that we need a little more time in this area I thought about trying to interrupt enemy operations a little... we have Dutch, British and Australian forces in the area and formed up a Dutch and a Brit/Aussie cruiser SAG to go in one after another, with the Dutch showing up first to fight it out with the expected enemy cruisers (which turned out to be two BB) and then the Brit/Aussie SAG to trash the transports... that was the plan and the plan saw my Dutch cruisers as victims that had to be sacrificied while making the sacrifice worth it as I expected to see the enemy SAG that covers the invasion to either run out of ammo or would move out of the hex as happens most often...

the plan works as far as the Dutch show up first and unexpectedly enough they meet Kongo and Haruna and SURVIVE!!! [X(] That engagement pretty much equates the engagement between Louisville and the two Kamikaze DD as both Kongo and Haruna just fail, completely... guess I hit the 1:50 chance to see the Dutch surviving that engagement...

and when the engagement was over, we see the enemy SAG moving out of the hex, retreating North! [X(] Hey, this works even better than planned because at this stage the Dutch were expected to be gone already... [:D]

only three DD as escorts for two BB seems a bit light to mee btw...


Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 21,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 21,000 yards
BB Kongo engages CL Tromp at 21,000 yards
CL Tromp engages DD Arashio at 21,000 yards
DD Piet Hein engages DD Yamagumo at 21,000 yards
Range closes to 16,000 yards
BB Kongo engages CL Tromp at 16,000 yards
BB Kongo engages CL Tromp at 16,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Piet Hein at 16,000 yards
DD Arashio engages DD Piet Hein at 16,000 yards
DD Michishio engages DD Piet Hein at 16,000 yards
BB Kongo engages DD Piet Hein at 16,000 yards
Range closes to 13,000 yards
DD Michishio engages CL Tromp at 13,000 yards
BB Haruna engages CL De Ruyter at 13,000 yards
DD Piet Hein engages DD Yamagumo at 13,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Evertsen at 13,000 yards
DD Kortenaer engages DD Michishio at 13,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Piet Hein at 13,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards
BB Kongo engages CL Tromp at 10,000 yards
BB Kongo engages CL Tromp at 10,000 yards
DD Michishio engages DD Evertsen at 10,000 yards
DD Michishio engages DD Kortenaer at 10,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Piet Hein at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
BB Haruna engages DD Kortenaer at 8,000 yards
BB Kongo engages CL De Ruyter at 8,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Kortenaer at 8,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Evertsen at 8,000 yards
DD Kortenaer engages DD Arashio at 8,000 yards
DD Piet Hein engages DD Arashio at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
BB Kongo engages CL Tromp at 10,000 yards
CL De Ruyter engages DD Yamagumo at 10,000 yards
DD Kortenaer engages DD Yamagumo at 10,000 yards
DD Arashio engages DD Evertsen at 10,000 yards
DD Michishio engages DD Kortenaer at 10,000 yards
DD Piet Hein engages DD Arashio at 10,000 yards
Range increases to 14,000 yards
CL Tromp engages DD Yamagumo at 14,000 yards
CL De Ruyter engages DD Yamagumo at 14,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Piet Hein at 14,000 yards
DD Piet Hein engages DD Arashio at 14,000 yards
DD Michishio engages DD Kortenaer at 14,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Piet Hein at 14,000 yards
Range increases to 16,000 yards
CL Tromp engages DD Yamagumo at 16,000 yards
CL De Ruyter engages DD Arashio at 16,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Evertsen at 16,000 yards
DD Evertsen engages DD Michishio at 16,000 yards
DD Kortenaer engages DD Yamagumo at 16,000 yards
DD Michishio engages DD Piet Hein at 16,000 yards
Range increases to 19,000 yards
BB Haruna engages CL Tromp at 19,000 yards
BB Kongo engages CL De Ruyter at 19,000 yards
DD Piet Hein engages DD Yamagumo at 19,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Evertsen at 19,000 yards
DD Michishio engages DD Kortenaer at 19,000 yards
DD Michishio engages DD Piet Hein at 19,000 yards
Range increases to 22,000 yards
BB Kongo engages CL Tromp at 22,000 yards
BB Kongo engages DD Evertsen at 22,000 yards
BB Kongo engages DD Piet Hein at 22,000 yards
Range increases to 26,000 yards
BB Kongo engages CL Tromp at 26,000 yards
BB Haruna engages DD Piet Hein at 26,000 yards
Task forces break off...

[castor troy]

The day isn't over yet of course and I was absolutely excited when I saw my two cruiser TF being in Koepang's hex with the enemy SAG retreating out of it, this could be the next massacre of an IJN amphib TF, even though it was able to unload already - which was expected anyway as I wanted to go in during the day and not showing up at night...


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Day Time Surface Combat, near Koepang at 68,116, Range 19,000 Yards




Japanese Ships
CVE Taiyo, Shell hits 7, on fire
DD Suzukaze, Shell hits 1 [X(] <-- one escort?


Allied Ships
CL Java
CL De Ruyter
CL Tromp, on fire
DD Piet Hein, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Kortenaer
DD Evertsen, on fire

the Dutch didn't move out of the hex after engaging Haruna and Kongo so also the next engagement saw them attacking, this time a CVE with a lonely DD as escort? Wow, this clearly shows how overstretched bluebook is with his invasions happening all over the world at the same time, as he only got 3 DD for 2 BB and 1 DD for a CVE to operate in this area...

now what two Kongo class BB and three DD weren't able to do, Suzukaze could as she single handedly took out Piet Hein while our ships tried to hit the enemy escort carrier... during the replay Suzukaze alone fired more rounds on our SAG than we did in return but the Dutch light cruisers managed to put several shells into Taiyo that finally managed to get away together with Suzukaze which was a bit depressing as I hoped to sink it right away with the involved forces on both sides... nevertheless, this is all going very well (far better than expected - I didn't expect the CVE here anyway) and we still have the Brits/Aussies...


Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 21,000 yards
Range closes to 19,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 19,000 yards
CL Java engages CVE Taiyo at 19,000 yards
Range closes to 16,000 yards
CL De Ruyter engages CVE Taiyo at 16,000 yards
DD Evertsen engages CVE Taiyo at 16,000 yards
Range increases to 17,000 yards
CL Java engages CVE Taiyo at 17,000 yards
CL De Ruyter engages CVE Taiyo at 17,000 yards
CL Java engages CVE Taiyo at 17,000 yards
DD Suzukaze engages DD Kortenaer at 17,000 yards
CL Java engages CVE Taiyo at 17,000 yards
DD Suzukaze engages DD Evertsen at 17,000 yards
DD Suzukaze engages DD Piet Hein at 17,000 yards
DD Kortenaer engages CVE Taiyo at 17,000 yards
DD Suzukaze engages DD Evertsen at 17,000 yards
DD Suzukaze engages DD Kortenaer at 17,000 yards
DD Piet Hein engages DD Suzukaze at 17,000 yards
CL Tromp engages CVE Taiyo at 17,000 yards
DD Suzukaze engages DD Evertsen at 17,000 yards
CL Java engages CVE Taiyo at 17,000 yards
Range increases to 18,000 yards
CL De Ruyter engages CVE Taiyo at 18,000 yards
CL Java engages CVE Taiyo at 18,000 yards
DD Suzukaze engages DD Evertsen at 18,000 yards
DD Suzukaze engages DD Piet Hein at 18,000 yards
CL De Ruyter engages CVE Taiyo at 18,000 yards
Range increases to 19,000 yards
DD Suzukaze engages DD Piet Hein at 19,000 yards
CL Java engages CVE Taiyo at 19,000 yards
DD Evertsen engages CVE Taiyo at 19,000 yards
DD Suzukaze engages DD Kortenaer at 19,000 yards
Range increases to 20,000 yards
DD Evertsen engages DD Suzukaze at 20,000 yards
Range closes to 19,000 yards
CL Java engages CVE Taiyo at 19,000 yards
Range closes to 18,000 yards
DD Piet Hein engages DD Suzukaze at 18,000 yards
DD Suzukaze engages DD Piet Hein at 18,000 yards
CL De Ruyter engages DD Suzukaze at 18,000 yards
DD Evertsen engages DD Suzukaze at 18,000 yards
DD Kortenaer engages DD Suzukaze at 18,000 yards
Range closes to 17,000 yards
DD Kortenaer engages CVE Taiyo at 17,000 yards
CL De Ruyter engages CVE Taiyo at 17,000 yards
Task forces break off...


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and then? what happens then? NOTHING!!! The other (far stronger) cruiser SAG is also at Koepang and nothing happens while the IJN amphib TF just also sits there... [:@] what kind of frigin joke is that now again? Each and every TF of mine trying to flee the SRA was intercepted and each and every time a naval engagement pops up and now my cruisers just sit there together with the Japanese in the same hex and nothing happens... this game really is driving me mad...

Morning Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 68,116

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 63 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 25



Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 10 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
CA Exeter
CA Cornwall
CL Glasgow
DD Banckert
CL Enterprise, Torpedo hits 1

here you can see that my cruisers also sit at Koepang... just like the Japanese still sit there... this TF had more than enough op points and there is just no reason why nothing happened other than yet another flaw... you can choose, either the flawed naval movement gets you or some other flaw if naval movement works as it should... grrrr... it really seems like it is just not worth the risk to use your ships...

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 68,116

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 62 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 19
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 13



Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 14 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
CL Enterprise
CL De Ruyter
CA Exeter
CL Glasgow

thank god we had rain in the morning and thunderstorms in the afternoon, otherwise our cruisers could have been in real trouble... I was totally impressed about flak, we shot down quite a lot of Betties, this with a SAG I wouldn't really bet on it's flak, let alone when you look at the date... seems like Babes really fiddled with flak... this will be really interesting to see how i turns out over the course of the campaign...

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 104 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 21
Ki-36 Ida x 6
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 17



Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
O-47A: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 8



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Pre-Invasion action off Pago Pago (148,161) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

60 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CL Kuma, Shell hits 1
xAK Aki Maru, Shell hits 1
PB Yodozo Maru
xAK Yasuteru Maru

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


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

early January, the enemy lands at the next base far away in the South Pacific...

CL Kuma firing at 7th Marine Defense Battalion
7th Marine Defense Battalion firing at CL Kuma
6in M1903 CD Gun Battery engaging xAK Aki Maru at 8,000 yards
PB Yodozo Maru firing to suppress enemy battery at 8,000 yards
PB Yodozo Maru fired at enemy guns
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards


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Amphibious Assault at Pago Pago (148,161)

TF 345 troops unloading over beach at Pago Pago, 148,161

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



17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost overboard during unload of Maizuru 1st SNLF /1
17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost from landing craft during unload of Maizuru 1st SNLF /1


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Ground combat at Dili (71,115)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1435 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 54

Defending force 60 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 13

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Dili !!!

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


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


Assaulting units:
Kure 2nd SNLF

Defending units:
Lautem Base Force


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Ground combat at Pago Pago (148,161)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1522 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 65

Defending force 967 troops, 17 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 48



Assaulting units:
Samoan Marine Battalion
104th USN Base Force
7th Marine Defense Battalion

Defending units:
Maizuru 1st SNLF /3

had no chance to reinforce Pago Pago but bringing only a SNLF is not enough, looks like hindsight wasn't good enough here...
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Ground combat at Koepang (68,116)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 429 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 46

Defending force 3816 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 121



Assaulting units:
Timor Garrison Battalion
Dili Detachment
Koepang Base Force

Defending units:
33rd Infantry Regiment

no chance to hold Koepang though...

[castor troy]

Pago Pago invasion with KB sitting next to the invasion convoy and a picket PB further East as usual... am going to heavily rely on picket TFs now too...

[castor troy]

Enterprise suffers severe damage from the torpedo attack and will retire to Darwin, the other SAGs are all set to full speed, hopefully they can make it out as I expect bluebook to order all his available ships to intercept my now fleeing cruisers... looking at Koepang, you can see the enemy invasion convoy sitting in the hex with our cruisers... dumb...

North of Koepang are the two BB, the cripples and the damaged CVE...

the reason for me intervening here can also be seen, it's that convoy North of Wyndham that is heading to Darwin and I feared it being spotted and attacked next turn or so if I don't act myselve...

in the end, we get away absolutely ok as the Dutch survived and we damaged a CVE but the cruisers' mission wasn't accomplished as the game just failed to have my Brit/Aussie cruisers engage the enemy invasion convoy sitting at Koepang happily unloading during the day...

also interesting to see in this picture, while no ammo was spent from the main armament due to the not happening engagement, Enterprise spent nearly halve of her AA ammo against two small Betty raids, same as did the whole TF... this again makes me wonder how well ammo on ships is modelled... subs run out of gun ammo after lightly damaging a single small freighter, cruisers run out of main gun ammo after firing some rounds at enemy DD and ships running out of AA ammo in no time isn't something we haven't known earlier either...

[castor troy]

ok, it's 5th Jan 42 and Timor is lost too... what now? Mind you, Timor is not on my list of important targets to defend... [:)] still, a nice fast grab once more... if my cruisers would have attacked the amphib convoy it would have had it's price...


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 05, 42
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Invasion Support action off Pago Pago (148,161)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CL Kuma
PB Yodozo Maru
xAK Yasuteru Maru



PB Yodozo Maru fired at enemy guns
40mm M1 Bofors battery firing at xAK Yasuteru Maru
6in M1903 CD Gun battery firing at xAK Yasuteru Maru


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Morning Air attack on Tjilatjap , at 51,102

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 31



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
31 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 25000 feet

wrong setting or what?

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 38 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-36 Ida x 9
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 23



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 3 damaged


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


Airbase hits 9
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb
3 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 119 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 37 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 8



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 17,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 31



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 13500 feet

had only some patrols there...

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Ground combat at Koepang (68,116)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 3810 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 121

Defending force 1332 troops, 8 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 46

Japanese adjusted assault: 91

Allied adjusted defense: 9 [8|]

Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Koepang !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Do-24K-1: 1 destroyed

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

Japanese ground losses:
163 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
840 casualties reported
Squads: 70 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 74 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 3

the Japanese must have used bullet prove iron suits à la Ironman, next target lost without a single Japanese soldier KIA... did Allied troops ever receive bullets when the war broke out?

Assaulting units:
33rd Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
Timor Garrison Battalion
Dili Detachment
Koepang Base Force


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Ground combat at Jesselton (68,86)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 484 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18

Defending force 417 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Japanese adjusted assault: 0

Allied adjusted defense: 7

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 99 (fort level 0)

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

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


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


Assaulting units:
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy

Defending units:
108th RN Base Force



wonder if the Japanese will now jump onto Darwin... probably not yet as the single rgt that took Koepang and the couple of SNLF available probably wouldn't be enough for Darwin but with the speed the enemy moves forward he might visit Darwin within the next two or three weeks already...

[EUBanana]

In game in my experience AAA ammo on ships is good for 1 day of fighting and thats it really.

Aaaaages ago in WITP I tested British armoured flight decks versus Japanese CVs - two 15 ship carrier TFs going for it (each side had 2 CVs, 1 BB, a couple of cruisers and the the rest DDs). I just wanted to see how the small complement but armoured ships would work - of course in game you'd be lucky to amass a proper purely British CVBG anyway but just to see.

So happens the Brits did surprisingly well but a lot of it was down to the much heavier AAA armament on the British ships. And it also so happened that they blew through that ammo in 1 day. So on day 1 the exchange would be about the same even with less aircraft, on day 2, the Brits got drilled.

Thus, I think the AAA ammo issue has always been so.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: EUBanana

In game in my experience AAA ammo on ships is good for 1 day of fighting and thats it really.

Aaaaages ago in WITP I tested British armoured flight decks versus Japanese CVs - two 15 ship carrier TFs going for it (each side had 2 CVs, 1 BB, a couple of cruisers and the the rest DDs). I just wanted to see how the small complement but armoured ships would work - of course in game you'd be lucky to amass a proper purely British CVBG anyway but just to see.

So happens the Brits did surprisingly well but a lot of it was down to the much heavier AAA armament on the British ships. And it also so happened that they blew through that ammo in 1 day. So on day 1 the exchange would be about the same even with less aircraft, on day 2, the Brits got drilled.

Thus, I think the AAA ammo issue has always been so.

yeah, ammo has always been what it is now

[crsutton]

On the bright side, you may have sunk that CVE. They really are easy to sink and if any of those were six inch shells I would say yes. He got lucky there and dodged a disaster. But you were lucky as well as the two Kongos in daylight could have eaten up your Dutch boys. Call it a wash.

[derp]

ORIGINAL: crsutton

On the bright side, you may have sunk that CVE. They really are easy to sink and if any of those were six inch shells I would say yes. He got lucky there and dodged a disaster. But you were lucky as well as the two Kongos in daylight could have eaten up your Dutch boys. Call it a wash.

Can't agree with that - Taiyo/Unyo/Chuyo are converted liners and pretty sturdy - durability 53 against f.e 33 for the Casablancas. Not much aircraft capacity for being as big as they are, but they're pretty well put together.

(I know this first hand, having inserted three torpedoes into Taiyo at once, which it survived...)

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: crsutton

On the bright side, you may have sunk that CVE. They really are easy to sink and if any of those were six inch shells I would say yes. He got lucky there and dodged a disaster. But you were lucky as well as the two Kongos in daylight could have eaten up your Dutch boys. Call it a wash.

yeah, that's correct. But according to what was planned, the Dutch were supposed to be trashed - by enemy heavy cruisers [:D] - and then the Brits and Aussies should have wiped the floor with the invasion convoy, which didn't happen because the game decided to forget about the naval engagement to pop up. As it stands now, the trip didn't do us much good, except having damaged a CVE. We'll see.

[crsutton]

Well, you showed the flag anyways...[;)]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 06, 42
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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 113 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 35 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-36 Ida x 9
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 31



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-36 Ida: 1 destroyed by flak
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 11
Runway hits 27

I'm quite pleased that these bombers attack Clark Field instead of Singapore as Singapore still builds up forts and Clark Field is done already as jungle rough usually is good enough not to need high fort levels anyway...

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb
11 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Tjilatjap , at 51,102

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet



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Amphibious Assault at Penrhyn Island (168,159)

TF 92 troops unloading over beach at Penrhyn Island, 168,159

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



37mm Type 01 AT Gun damaged beyond repair during unload of 52nd Nav Gd /2

the assault on the South Pacific continues... looks like he wants to take each and every island... thanks amphib bonus... if I wouldn't have to train each and every of my units for three months to take every silly island back I wouldn't care but the onesided way it is modelled makes it just ridicoulos...


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and here it comes...

Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 93523 troops, 920 guns, 398 vehicles, Assault Value = 3118 [X(]

Defending force 53392 troops, 517 guns, 356 vehicles, Assault Value = 1290

Japanese adjusted assault: 1065

Allied adjusted defense: 2395

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
9968 casualties reported
Squads: 167 destroyed, 1021 disabled [:D]
Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 208 disabled [:D]
Engineers: 18 destroyed, 283 disabled [:D]
Guns lost 113 (10 destroyed, 103 disabled) [:D]
Vehicles lost 146 (123 destroyed, 23 disabled) [:D]
Units destroyed 1 [:)]


Allied ground losses:
2727 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 545 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 73 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 91 disabled
Guns lost 49 (3 destroyed, 46 disabled)
Vehicles lost 57 (8 destroyed, 49 disabled)

bluebook's comment: dreadful losses at Singapore... [8D] what can I say, wow, seems like my tactic of building a stronghold instead of trying to do a fighting retreat pays off, as well as the change of commanders in my bigger combat units at Singapore, which is the first time I have done this... spent quite a lot of political points but it was well worth it... seeing more than 3000 enemy av attacking Singapore was quite a shock though... now I know why bluebook estimated only a week until the surrender of Singapore, but as it looks now, it will take a couple of days more... [:D] one unit was outright wiped out attempting to cross the river, don't know which one, guess one of the art or eng units, or probably that fragment of 1st Raiding Rgt...


Assaulting units:
1st Tank Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
11th Infantry Regiment
II./4th Infantry Battalion
56th Recon Regiment
12th Engineer Regiment
Imperial Guards Division
56th Engineer Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
56th Infantry Regiment
33rd Division
114th Infantry Regiment
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
5th Recon Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
55th Infantry Regiment
21st Infantry Regiment
2nd Engineer Regiment
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
16th Infantry Regiment
21st Division
42nd Infantry Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment
18th Mountain Gun Regiment
25th Army
84th JAAF AF Bn
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
1st RF Gun Battalion
1st Raiding Rgt /2

Defending units:
11th Indian Division
3rd Cavalry Regiment
27th Australian Brigade
1st Malay Battalion
SSVF Brigade
1st Hyderabad Battalion
5/14th Punjab Battalion
22nd Australian Brigade
FMSV Brigade
3rd SSVF Battalion
2/17 Dogra Battalion
2nd Gordons Battalion
2nd Malay Battalion
1st Mysore Battalion
1st Manchester Battalion
2nd Loyal Battalion
9th Indian Division
109th RAF Base Force
112th RAF Base Force
Malayan Air Wing
III Indian Corps
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
Malaya Army
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
AHQ Far East
Singapore Base Force
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
110th RAF Base Force
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
Singapore Fortress
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd ISF Base Force
224 Group RAF
111th RAF Base Force
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
223 Group RAF
1st ISF Base Force
109th RN Base Force


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Ground combat at Pengpu (90,50)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 5958 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 211

Defending force 900 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 408

Allied adjusted defense: 2

Japanese assault odds: 204 to 1

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


Allied ground losses:
1305 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 79 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1


Assaulting units:
13th Ind.Mixed Brigade

Defending units:
Lusu War Area


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Ground combat at 45,90 (near Benkoelen)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 675 troops, 0 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 58

Defending force 264 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3

Japanese adjusted assault: 8

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1

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


Allied ground losses:
101 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1
Units destroyed 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
6th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
Teloekbetoeng Base Force
So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion
Palembang Base Force


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Ground combat at Pago Pago (148,161)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 984 troops, 17 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 51

Defending force 2663 troops, 42 guns, 57 vehicles, Assault Value = 66

Japanese adjusted assault: 46

Allied adjusted defense: 97

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
282 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 30 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


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


Assaulting units:
Maizuru 1st SNLF

Defending units:
Samoan Marine Battalion
104th USN Base Force
7th Marine Defense Battalion

Pago Pago also causes more headache to the enemy than he expected... no doubt he will just pick up some other unit in the area to throw it unprepared onto the island too... no chance to do anything during the fantasy amphib bonus phase...

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Ground combat at Bandoeng (50,100)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3279 troops, 38 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 118

Defending force 674 troops, 25 guns, 68 vehicles, Assault Value = 31

Japanese adjusted assault: 64

Allied adjusted defense: 16

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Bandoeng !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
127 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 28 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 25 (25 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 47 (47 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF

Defending units:
Mobiele Eenheid Battalion


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Ground combat at Pare Pare (66,104)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 242 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 5

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Pare Pare !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
III/81st Naval Guard Unit


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Ground combat at Penrhyn Island (168,159)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 745 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 33

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 16

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 16 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Penrhyn Island !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
52nd Nav Gd /3


it seems to have been a very succesful turn for us, not only were the losses at Singapore a shock for the enemy, we also received intel about high Zero losses on the ground, which made me think that the CVE that was shot up at Timor sunk and bluebook admitted the escort carrier made Kendari but sunk... woooot? [X(] Not only is this my first carrier that was sunk purely due to damage done by a SAG, it was sunk by DUTCH ships!!!! means the Timor operation now has actually cost him something... the CVE does not show up in my sunk list though... the loss of one of the very limited Zero daitais at this stage must hurt too...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 07, 42
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Morning Air attack on Tjilatjap , at 51,102

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 119 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 37 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 24
Ki-36 Ida x 6
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 30



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb
11 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 34
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 19



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 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 4
Runway hits 19

we are very close to lvl 4 forts, without bombings it would only take 4 or 5 days to reach the fort lvl we aimed at... we could need bad weather...

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2698 troops, 269 guns, 56 vehicles, Assault Value = 1973

Defending force 50015 troops, 513 guns, 349 vehicles, Assault Value = 868

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 8 (4 destroyed, 4 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

from over 3100 down to 1973... mostly disablements but they need time to recover and all WE need at this stage is time... it wasn't the Raiding Rgt that was wiped out last turn...


Assaulting units:
21st Division
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
56th Recon Regiment
5th Recon Regiment
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
2nd Engineer Regiment
21st Infantry Regiment
Imperial Guards Division
11th Infantry Regiment
12th Engineer Regiment
114th Infantry Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
56th Infantry Regiment
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
33rd Division
42nd Infantry Regiment
55th Infantry Regiment
16th Infantry Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
II./4th Infantry Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
25th Army
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
18th Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st RF Gun Battalion
84th JAAF AF Bn
56th Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Field Artillery Regiment
1st Raiding Rgt /2

Defending units:
1st Malay Battalion
11th Indian Division
SSVF Brigade
2nd Loyal Battalion
1st Hyderabad Battalion
27th Australian Brigade
2nd Malay Battalion
3rd Cavalry Regiment
2/17 Dogra Battalion
2nd Gordons Battalion
3rd SSVF Battalion
22nd Australian Brigade
1st Manchester Battalion
1st Mysore Battalion
5/14th Punjab Battalion
9th Indian Division
Malaya Army
Malayan Air Wing
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
Singapore Base Force
Singapore Fortress
109th RAF Base Force
112th RAF Base Force
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
224 Group RAF
FMSV Brigade
223 Group RAF
111th RAF Base Force
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
110th RAF Base Force
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
1st ISF Base Force
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
III Indian Corps
2nd ISF Base Force
AHQ Far East
109th RN Base Force


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Ground combat at 45,90 (near Benkoelen)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 675 troops, 0 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 57

Defending force 156 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 53

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 53 to 1

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


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


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
6th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
Palembang Base Force