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

[castor troy]

Here's Jupiter's experience development... note that the night naval engagement, when four freighters and a PB were sunk, didn't result in a single frigin experience point increased... anyone arguing that the way this is modelled really works? Anyone arguing why ships being at sea with a dozen naval combats still suck late war because their experience never ever reaches the levels of those that are comissioned from mid 44 on?

The daylight engagement resulted in a jump from 72 to 77 which is huge, asuming experience isn't modelled linear but not a single point for the night engagement... pretty much the same as having subs with two dozen kills having their exp going up from 55 to 57 in two years of war... it just doesn't work correctly, ships may get a veteran status for a player but the game doesn't mirror this as the experience increase is borked...

[Dan Nichols]

I see you complaining about the straro sweeps. You do know that both the B-339D and the CW-21B Demon can fly higher than the A6M2 and they both have better maneuver values there? You are flying your fighters in a band where the A6M2 enjoys a large maneuver advantage.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 21, 42
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Submarine attack near Tockangbesi-eilanden at 71,109

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

Allied Ships
SS S-38

we finally get another freighter...

xAK Takao Maru is sighted by SS S-38
SS S-38 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Takao Maru


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Sub attack near Koepang at 68,116

Japanese Ships
DD Tachikaze

Allied Ships
SS KXI, hits 1

and miss another destroyer... senseless to attack these ships...


SS KXI launches 4 torpedoes
KXI bottoming out ....
DD Tachikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tachikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tachikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tachikaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tachikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Rabaul at 106,124

Japanese Ships
xAK Tatukami Maru
xAK Anyo Maru
DD Hayate

Allied Ships
SS KXVIII



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


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ASW attack near Rabaul at 106,124

Japanese Ships
xAK Tatukami Maru
xAK Anyo Maru
DD Hayate

Allied Ships
SS KXVIII



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


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TF 106 encounters mine field at Balikpapan (64,97)

Japanese Ships
TB Kamo
xAK Ryuun Maru, Mine hits 1

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



2 mines cleared

enemy invasion of Balikpapan starts...

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TF 47 encounters mine field at Balikpapan (64,97)

Japanese Ships
DD Arashio



2 mines cleared


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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23



No Japanese losses


first sweep from Rabaul against Port Moresby, no reason for us to have any fighters in the air... I guess at this stage I haven't had a single fighter on the map not set to 100% training...


Aircraft Attacking:
23 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 32000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 118 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 39 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 32000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 17
B5N1 Kate x 20



Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate: 1 damaged


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


Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 21

sending torpedo bombers to support the IJA against Singapore seems to be another desperate sign... [:D]

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x B5N1 Kate bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
17 x B4Y1 Jean bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Singapore Fortress, at 50,84 (Singapore)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 55
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 19



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 15 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 8 damaged


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


Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
15 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
8 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
4 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

looking at the disruption levels of the attacked units I can asure you that these kind of ground attacks are 100% useless, my units stay around 5 disruption which is literally nothing...

Also attacking Singapore Base Force ...
Also attacking 27th Australian Brigade ...
Also attacking Singapore Fortress ...
Also attacking 22nd Australian Brigade ...
Also attacking 11th Indian Division ...
Also attacking Singapore Fortress ...
Also attacking 27th Australian Brigade ...
Also attacking Singapore Fortress ...
Also attacking Singapore Base Force ...
Also attacking 27th Australian Brigade ...
Also attacking Singapore Fortress ...
Also attacking 27th Australian Brigade ...


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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 31
Ki-36 Ida x 12
Ki-51 Sonia x 14



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
14 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb
12 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 9th Indian Division, at 50,84 (Singapore)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 13
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 10



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 3 damaged


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


Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
13 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Balikpapan at 64,97

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9



Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 18
L-212 x 7


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 4 destroyed, 3 damaged
L-212: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
BB Kongo

the enemy was spotted moving onto Balikpapan yesterday and I tried to send in my Dutch bombers once more (for the last time)... the enemy manages to put 14 fighters on LRCAP into the air over Balikpapan and those fighters manage to completely shred my bombers...

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb
7 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet *
Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb
2 x L-212 bombing from 1000 feet *
Naval Attack: 1 x 15 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000
Raid is overhead
1st Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Balikpapan at 64,97

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 1



Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 6


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Tohuku Maru



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 1000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
1st Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 1000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 121 minutes



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 50,84

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 18



No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AMc Jarak, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
AMc Klias



Aircraft Attacking:
18 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 TF, near Bataan at 78,77

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 82 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 12



No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
PT-41
PT Q-112, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk



Aircraft Attacking:
1 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
7 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 29



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 4 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 9

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



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Balikpapan at 64,97

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9



Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 3


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 2 destroyed



CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000
Raid is overhead
1st Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead



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Pre-Invasion action off Balikpapan (64,97)

44 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
xAKL Kosho Maru, Shell hits 1
TB Kamo
TB Kiji
xAKL Korei Maru, Shell hits 5, heavy fires
xAK Hokutatsu Maru

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


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

our CD being nearly as ineffective as the air attacks... mines, CD and useless air attacks will probably result in a total loss of three freighters...

75mm CD Gun Battery engaging xAKL Kosho Maru at 8,000 yards
TB Kiji firing to suppress enemy battery at 8,000 yards
75mm CD Gun Battery engaging xAKL Korei Maru at 8,000 yards
TB Kiji firing to suppress enemy battery at 8,000 yards
120mm CD Gun Battery engaging xAKL Korei Maru at 8,000 yards
TB Kiji firing to suppress enemy battery at 8,000 yards
120mm CD Gun Battery engaging xAKL Korei Maru at 8,000 yards
TB Kiji firing to suppress enemy battery at 8,000 yards
TB Kamo fired at enemy troops
TB Kiji fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards


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Amphibious Assault at Balikpapan (64,97)

TF 106 troops unloading over beach at Balikpapan, 64,97

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



17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost in surf during unload of 146th Infantry Rgt
17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 146th Infantry Rgt /6
17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad accidentally lost during unload of 146th Infantry Rgt


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Ground combat at Soerakarta (53,103)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3403 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 122

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 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Soerakarta !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
143rd Infantry Regiment


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Ground combat at Rarotonga (157,177)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1586 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 59

Defending force 151 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6

Japanese adjusted assault: 3

Allied adjusted defense: 10

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

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



Assaulting units:
51st Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
Rarotonga Det.


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Ground combat at Lomblen (68,113)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 231 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 13

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 13

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Lomblen !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
III/81st Naval Guard Unit


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Ground combat at Balikpapan (64,97)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1298 troops, 30 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 38

Defending force 4697 troops, 32 guns, 158 vehicles, Assault Value = 222


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


Assaulting units:
VI KNIL Battalion
Samarinda KNIL Battalion
Balikpapan Base Force

Defending units:
8th Tank Regiment
146th Infantry Regiment

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Dan Nichols

I see you complaining about the straro sweeps. You do know that both the B-339D and the CW-21B Demon can fly higher than the ZA6M2 and they both have better maneuver values there? You are flying your fighters in a band where the A6M2 enjoys a large maneuver advantage.

the Dutch fighters are gone already, those that weren't destroyed have been disbanded... I don't like strato sweeps, for no side but this is how this PBEM will be played from turn one until the last day of the war... bluebook said he has no problem with it and he wants to use it now, so I just have to do the same later on, or give away the advantage... no hr about it as I have never found one that really works for me I would just like to have both sides going with realistic altitudes but this seems not to be possible in a PBEM... so we just have to live with zoom and boom IJ fighters that dive down from 38000 ft and later on we will see P-38 at 44000ft... [8|]

the change that was done with increased fat for flying high got no notable effect for the sweeper at all, it does for the Cap though, so the intend to make it harder for strato sweeps actually has turned out to be an advantage for the strato sweeper and a disadvantage for the strato Cap because Cap has to be up every day and the sweeper can choose when to fly and rest in between [:(] can only go with what has been said on the forum about increased fat, haven't tested it though...

[EUBanana]

The stratosweep doesn't bother me too much i have to say. You do need lower altitude fighters to stop bombers effectively. Very high altitude fighters incur greater fatigue. So at least some CAP will not be at max altitude, and for the Japs, tbh, I wouldnt even bother putting them up high because even at the ceiling it won't be high enough.

And due to the fact that sweeps come in piecemeal to eat the full CAP, which in the late war can be very bad for the sweepers, they need every advantage they get. 25 T-bolts at 44k feeet running into 100 Franks, Jacks and Georges at 10k feet will usually end quite badly for the t-bolts, given how few of them you get.

It is not very historically accurate to have fighting at 40,000' admittedly but I don't think the impact on the game is that great - just some silly numbers in the combat reports. Bottom line is a t-bolt should get the bounce because a t-bolt performed better at high altitude, the game lets you do this.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 22, 42
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Submarine attack near Toboali at 51,93

Japanese Ships
xAK Kusuyama Maru, Torpedo hits 1

Allied Ships
SS O23

can only hope a torp for a freighter is enough to sink it nowadays...

xAK Kusuyama Maru is sighted by SS O23
SS O23 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Kusuyama Maru


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TF 106 encounters mine field at Balikpapan (64,97)

Japanese Ships
xAK Hukuzyu Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

now the minefield comes into play at Balikpapan, the only threat there...


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Amphibious Assault at Biak (87,110)

TF 13 troops unloading over beach at Biak, 87,110





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Sub vs Sub: SS S-35 attacking SS RO-33 at 68,116 - near Koepang

Japanese Ships
SS RO-33

Allied Ships
SS S-35



SS S-35 launches 4 torpedoes at 4,000 yards

missed... [:@] have replaced all my sub skippers with the best I could find but it doesn't make any difference to me...


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TF 106 encounters mine field at Balikpapan (64,97)

Japanese Ships
TB Kiji
xAK Hokutai Maru, Mine hits 1, heavy damage



1 mine cleared [:D]

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TF 106 encounters mine field at Balikpapan (64,97)

Japanese Ships
TB Kamo
TB Kiji



4 mines cleared


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TF 106 encounters mine field at Balikpapan (64,97)

Japanese Ships
TB Kiji



1 mine cleared


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TF 106 encounters mine field at Balikpapan (64,97)

Japanese Ships
TB Kiji
xAK Kinryu Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage



1 mine cleared really?

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TF 106 encounters mine field at Balikpapan (64,97)

Japanese Ships
TB Kamo
TB Kiji
xAK Tohuku Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage


2 mines cleared

while my CD and my bombers were totally useless, at least the minefield accounts for a couple of freighters lost... total loss for the Japanese probably six freighters in the Balkipapan operation...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Bataan at 78,77

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 54 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 12



No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
PT Q-111
PT-35
PT-41



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
3 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 20
B5N1 Kate x 20



No Japanese losses


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


Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x B5N1 Kate bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
20 x B4Y1 Jean bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
2 x B5N1 Kate bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23
Ki-30 Ann x 31
Ki-36 Ida x 12
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 26
Ki-51 Sonia x 13



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 4 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
31 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
13 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb
12 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Singapore Base Force, at 50,84 (Singapore)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 39
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 23



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 21 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 12 damaged


Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking Singapore Fortress ...
Also attacking 11th Indian Division ...
Also attacking Singapore Fortress ...
Also attacking 27th Australian Brigade ...
Also attacking 22nd Australian Brigade ...
Also attacking Singapore Base Force ...
Also attacking Singapore Fortress ...
Also attacking Singapore Base Force ...
Also attacking Singapore Fortress ...
Also attacking 27th Australian Brigade ...
Also attacking Singapore Fortress ...
Also attacking Singapore Base Force ...


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Morning Air attack on Singapore Base Force, at 50,84 (Singapore)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 12



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 5 damaged


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


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

Also attacking 9th Indian Division ...
Also attacking Singapore Base Force ...
Also attacking 9th Indian Division ...
Also attacking Singapore Base Force ...
Also attacking 9th Indian Division ...
Also attacking Singapore Base Force ...


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Morning Air attack on 9th Indian Division, at 50,84 (Singapore)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 12



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


Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

quite some bombers flying against Singapore now...

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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 32000 feet



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Pre-Invasion action off Rarotonga (157,177)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
DD Yakaze
xAK Kureha Maru #3



DD Yakaze firing at Rarotonga Det.


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Amphibious Assault at Rarotonga (157,177)

TF 336 troops unloading over beach at Rarotonga, 157,177

Japanese ground losses:
27 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 from landing craft during unload of 4th/A Div /3
12 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 4th/A Div /4

and the next base in the South Pacific...

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Ground combat at Balikpapan (64,97)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 4748 troops, 32 guns, 158 vehicles, Assault Value = 227

Defending force 2355 troops, 49 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 39

Japanese adjusted assault: 182

Allied adjusted defense: 10

Japanese assault odds: 18 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Balikpapan !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

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


Allied ground losses:
1675 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 70 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 59 (49 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2
Units destroyed 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
8th Tank Regiment
146th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
VI KNIL Battalion
Samarinda KNIL Battalion
Balikpapan Base Force

and that's it, Balipapan falls on the first attack, not a single IJ soldier KIA... many times a single LMG did more damage in real life than thousands of troops in the game...

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Ground combat at Prome (55,50)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 568 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 23

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 12

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Prome !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
55th Cavalry Regiment



seems like we spotted a raider SAG South of Ceylon, heading West...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 23, 42
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Submarine attack near Lomblen at 68,113

Japanese Ships
xAK Daigen Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
SS S-18

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



xAK Daigen Maru is sighted by SS S-18
SS S-18 attacking on the surface
Clark D. decides to submerge SS S-18 due to damage [:@][:@]

this is just ridicoulos, the sub isn't damaged... [:@] and so an unescorted IJN troop transport gets away... attacking on the surface actually is a disadvantage for Allied subs, the fact that not a single torp was fired tops the idiody...

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ASW attack near Kendari at 70,106

Japanese Ships
DD Minegumo
DD Natsugumo

Allied Ships
SS S-38



SS S-38 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Minegumo
DD Natsugumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Natsugumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Natsugumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Natsugumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Natsugumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Amphibious Assault at Gorontalo (72,99)

TF 202 troops unloading over beach at Gorontalo, 72,99





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Submarine attack near Kendari at 70,106

Japanese Ships
xAK Bunzan Maru

Allied Ships
SS O21



xAK Bunzan Maru is sighted by SS O21
SS O21 attacking on the surface
van Dulm, J.F. decides to submerge SS O21 due to damage [:@][:@]

and the same idiocy another time in the same turn, also this sub isn't damaged at all, a couple of sys points and that's it... didn't know Allied subs have to return to port with 3 sys points... [:@] another well working routine for sure... is this another Allied feature only in the Allied [8|] Edition? IJN subs seem not to suffer from the same feature...

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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23
Ki-30 Ann x 31
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 26



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 5 damaged



Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
31 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-36 Ida x 12
Ki-51 Sonia x 13



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb
12 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 24



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Naval bombardment of Diego Garcia at 11,62 [X(]

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso
BB Nagato


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


Port hits 12
Port supply hits 7

BB Fuso firing at Diego Garcia
BB Nagato firing at Diego Garcia

ok, seems like we haven't spotted just raiders East of Diego Garcia yesterday...

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Pre-Invasion action off Diego Garcia (11,62) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CA Nachi
CL Natori, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Kamo Maru
DD Fubuki
DD Nagatsuki


Allied ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


CA Nachi firing at DG RN Detachment
DG RN Detachment firing at CA Nachi
CL Natori firing at DG RN Detachment
DG RN Detachment firing at CL Natori
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 Diego Garcia (11,62)

TF 53 troops unloading over beach at Diego Garcia, 11,62

Japanese ground losses:
35 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 from landing craft during unload of I./4th Infantry Bn
19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad accidentally lost during unload of I./4th Infantry Bn

obviously bluebook keeps going wild using the fantasy amphib bonus... all of the South Pacific not enough? but hey, already 23th Jan and with the fantasy amphib bonus still going for two months there won't be enough bases left for bluebook to invade...


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Ground combat at Malaybalay (80,90)

Japanese Shock attack [:)]

Attacking force 6715 troops, 63 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 210

Defending force 5493 troops, 23 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 170

Japanese adjusted assault: 90

Allied adjusted defense: 160

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
1593 casualties reported
Squads: 58 destroyed, 77 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 15 (8 destroyed, 7 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

shock attack in the mountains -> bad idea... the enemy isn't amused about the next stronghold he has to take out and this has just yet starten... he's still stuck at Singapore, on Mindanao and hasn't tried at Clark Field and Java yet...


Assaulting units:
15th Naval Guard Unit
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
91st Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
2nd/101st PA Battalion
3rd PA Constabulary Regiment
103rd PA Infantry Regiment
102nd PA Infantry Regiment
3rd/101st PA Battalion
Cagayan USAAF Base Force
III Philippine Corps
1st /101st PA Battalion


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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2742 troops, 268 guns, 56 vehicles, Assault Value = 2016

Defending force 45287 troops, 482 guns, 298 vehicles, Assault Value = 541

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
124 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


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

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


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Ground combat at Diego Garcia (11,62)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 2470 troops, 8 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 127

Defending force 180 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 141

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 141 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Diego Garcia !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 2 destroyed [:(]

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


Allied ground losses:
192 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1


Assaulting units:
I./4th Infantry Battalion
14th Tank Regiment
1st Raiding Rgt /1

Defending units:
DG RN Detachment

damn it, thought it would be a raid into my shipping lanes and so I've transferred my only Brit Catalina squadron to Diego Garcia to keep an eye on the supposed raiders... now that the enemy invaded Diego Garcia and it being an atoll I lose the squadron unfortunately...


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Ground combat at Rarotonga (157,177)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 2544 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 79

Defending force 151 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6

Japanese adjusted assault: 13

Allied adjusted defense: 4

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Rarotonga !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
111 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
130 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1


Assaulting units:
51st Naval Guard Unit
4th/A Div /1

Defending units:
Rarotonga Det.

none of my garrisons is able to kill a single IJ soldier... so with the amphib bonus, the enemy gets everything for free...

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Ground combat at La Foa (114,159)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 709 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 9

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE La Foa !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
53rd Naval Guard Unit


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Ground combat at 51,103 (near Tjilatjap)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1641 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 118

Defending force 1302 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 47

Allied adjusted defense: 11

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1

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

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


Allied ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF

Defending units:
Tjilitap Base Force

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 24, 42
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Sub attack near Kendari at 70,106

Japanese Ships
xAK Bunzan Maru

Allied Ships
SS O21, hits 1



SS O21 attacking on the surface
van Dulm, J.F. decides to submerge SS O21 due to damage


more of the same idiocy as last turn... last turn twice, yet again this turn... this "feature" may be a nice idea if the sub would actually be damaged but the end result with the additional "damage" from this 8cm was 5 sys damage... is this a ridicoulos attempt to nerf Allied subs completely or what is behind that well thought out routine? Subs breaking off their attacks as soon as they reach 2 sys points (that's the sys dam the subs had yesterday)? the way it is now means it plays out totally dumb, would there be an escort for the freighter, the sub would just attack submerged and wouldn't suffer from this non working routine... the routine may work as designed, the values put into the routine are totally bullocks then or is anybody - fanboy or not - around who really thinks a sub should not attack if it has 2 or 3 points of sys damage?



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Sub attack near Rabaul at 106,124

Japanese Ships
APD Tsuga

Allied Ships
SS Narwhal



SS Narwhal launches 2 torpedoes at APD Tsuga
Narwhal diving deep ....
APD Tsuga fails to find sub, continues to search...
APD Tsuga fails to find sub, continues to search...
APD Tsuga fails to find sub, continues to search...
APD Tsuga fails to find sub, continues to search...
APD Tsuga fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Amphibious Assault at Bima (63,110)

TF 258 troops unloading over beach at Bima, 63,110





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Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 26
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 20



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23
Ki-30 Ann x 31
Ki-36 Ida x 12
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 27



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 6 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
31 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
12 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 13



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23



No Japanese losses


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


Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Sub attack near Kendari at 70,106

Japanese Ships
xAK Bunzan Maru

Allied Ships
SS O21



SS O21 attacking on the surface
van Dulm, J.F. decides to submerge SS O21 due to damage


it is truly super stupid as it is now... but hey, probably noone ever noticed this? eh? 4 potential sub attacks on unescorted freighters were ruined in the last two days due to this nice feature of UNDAMAGED subs breaking off their attacks due to ghost damage... nice tip for the JFBs, send out your convoys UNESCORTED as this means a sub stumbling into them would attack on the surface and that would mean you are safe of all subs having sys damage of 3 or more points, means literally all subs as soon as they reach their patrol area... oh I know, no reason to complain...

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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 81524 troops, 904 guns, 296 vehicles, Assault Value = 2106

Defending force 45532 troops, 482 guns, 298 vehicles, Assault Value = 553

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 1383

Allied adjusted defense: 2663

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

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
5486 casualties reported
Squads: 134 destroyed, 245 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 67 disabled
Engineers: 12 destroyed, 56 disabled
Guns lost 58 (3 destroyed, 55 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
3180 casualties reported
Squads: 99 destroyed, 98 disabled
Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 113 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 59 disabled
Guns lost 48 (11 destroyed, 37 disabled)
Vehicles lost 21 (2 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

the disaster at Singergrad continues for the Allied... have never seen my troops put up such a fight, not even when the enemy attacked with a normal amount of troops, bluebook heavily reinforced his Army for the assault on Singapore and still gets horrible results... it seems this really results from the change of the important LCU commanders at Singapore, nothing else different from what I have done in the past but each attack is bloodily repulsed this time... another 134 combat squads KIA... wow...

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

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


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Ground combat at Gorontalo (72,99)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 450 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

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 Gorontalo !!!

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



Assaulting units:
III/66th Naval Guard Unit


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Ground combat at Biak (87,110)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 450 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

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 Biak !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
Bandasan SNLF


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Ground combat at 51,103 (near Tjilatjap)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1632 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 118

Defending force 1242 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 22

Allied adjusted defense: 11

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1

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


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


Assaulting units:
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF

Defending units:
Tjilitap Base Force


intel:

38th/B Division is planning for an attack on Port Moresby.

guess the enemy will recombine 38th Div before it will be sent to PM and probably that won't be the only div for this task...

[EUBanana]

Looks like Singers is toast now with the forts at 1, but still, at least they did not go gently into that good night. Like everywhere else.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: EUBanana

Looks like Singers is toast now with the forts at 1, but still, at least they did not go gently into that good night. Like everywhere else.

Singergrad isn't done yet, takes only two days to reach lvl 2, even with the air attacks as most of them target my ground units - for no effect. [:D] At some point it will fall of course but that moment hasn't come yet. Don't want to take away too much, the AAR being still behind the game.

[Historiker]

CT ranting ftw!

[EUBanana]

ORIGINAL: castor troy
Singergrad isn't done yet, takes only two days to reach lvl 2, even with the air attacks as most of them target my ground units - for no effect. [:D]

Nice to see bluebook is capable of mistakes then. [;)]

[crsutton]

As for your subs attacking on the surface. I am amazed to see that your opponent ever sees the need to send out an unescorted convoy. I never seen this in my game as my opponent never sends out ships without escorts. Ane even in mid 44 an escorted convoy is very safe as the sub shoots at the escort most of the time and misses. At least the super Es are nerfed in dababes. There is no Allied sub war after 1/44 in stock. However in my other game I got enough surface sub attacks to know that at least in 42 they were more effective than submerged attacks. Usually, they shoot the gun and then fire some torpedoes as well. Most of the time, I sank the ship. Don't know whats going on with you as it looks odd. If if keep happening you might want to save a file and post it. Sometimes a little change in a patch will mess up something else. Actually, I forgot that this was dababes. You might need to bring it up with them.

[EUBanana]

ORIGINAL: crsutton
There is no Allied sub war after 1/44 in stock.

I've found that wolfpacks rather than single sub TFs really do work. They seem to make the subs more resistant to attack and they can do terrible damage to convoys that sail over them.

[Captain Cruft]

By wolfpack do you mean multiple subs in a single TF or multiple single sub TFs?

[EUBanana]

ORIGINAL: Captain Cruft

By wolfpack do you mean multiple subs in a single TF or multiple single sub TFs?

Multiple subs in a single TF.

I did try having multiple single subs in the same hex but in my experience at least they were FAR less effective.

I have them patrolling mostly in pairs, now, though even in '44 there arent enough to pair up every sub, so there are some singles running around still. I dont' think I've actually lost a single wolfpack submarine yet... either thats some amazing coincidence or wolfpacks really do work.

I've also regularly seen multiple subs in a wolfpack attack on the same day, while if you have multiple single sub TFs in a hex it seems only one of them typically will attack a passing convoy.

[castor troy]

Raised the issue with totally undamaged subs breaking off surface engagements in the tech forum, reason for the behaviour seems to be a die roll that looks at the agressiveness of the sub skipper + damage of the sub... and the routine seems to use values that are IMO a bit off as no matter how agressive (or not) a skipper is, a sub should NOT break off it's surface engagement when there is no damage at all... that's my opinion but my opinion won't change things, so we have to continue with something that has no realistic evidence at all I guess, have never heard about sub skippers fleeing from unescorted freighters while staying on patrol when their sub is in PERFECT shape...

I am totally fine with the routine having this happen when sys or flt reaches 20 as Don mentioned which is very much apreciated info... still I definitely see a need to adjust the third trigger, which is damage + agressiveness rating of the skipper, especially when you see that 75% of the highly skilled sub skippers got LOW agressiveness ratings...




AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 25, 42
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Pre-Invasion action off Addu (16,52) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! [X(]


13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso
BB Nagato, Shell hits 1
DD Hatsukaze
DD Natsushio


Allied ground losses:
266 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


BB Fuso firing at Addu RN Base Force
Addu RN Base Force firing at BB Fuso
BB Nagato firing at Addu RN Base Force
Addu RN Base Force firing at BB Nagato
Addu RN Base Force firing at DD Hatsukaze
DD Hatsukaze firing at Addu RN Base Force
DD Hatsukaze fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards


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Amphibious Assault at Addu (16,52)

TF 16 troops unloading over beach at Addu, 16,52


god damn, the enemy picked up troops from Diego Garcia and now throws them onto Addu, totally unprepared... oh how I hate the silly amphib bonus feature in PBEM...

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Submarine attack near Kendari at 70,106

Japanese Ships
xAK Bunzan Maru

Allied Ships
SS KX, hits 1



xAK Bunzan Maru is sighted by SS KX
SS KX attacking on the surface
de Back, P.G. decides to submerge SS KX due to damage [&o][&o][&o]

the idiocy continues, another sub with the same behaviour, as UNDAMAGED as the other ones doing this... like I've said, the way to go for the IJN would be to use UNESCORTED convoys as this would mean the subs would attack on the surface and would immedietely flee... not realistic but it would be a nice exploit of this "feature"... oh come on, this can't be serious... and me being a ranting bitch or not, I dare to say that this is just not correct as it is set now... NOT CORRECT! [:(]

the funny thing about all this, if I would use low naval skill skippers and I would complain about my subs missing even more (with an insane miss rate anyway) someone would pop up asking about my skippers and I would post low naval skill skippers I would get an answer like "no wonder your subs miss all the time, look at the low naval skill of the skippers"...


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Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 24
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 19



No Japanese losses


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


Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Singapore Fortress, at 50,84 (Singapore)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 20
B5N1 Kate x 20



Japanese aircraft losses
B4Y1 Jean: 1 destroyed by flak
B5N1 Kate: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
20 x B5N1 Kate bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x B4Y1 Jean bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 9th Indian Division ...
Also attacking Singapore Fortress ...


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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23
Ki-30 Ann x 31
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 24



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


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


Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
31 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Singapore Base Force, at 50,84 (Singapore)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 52
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 18



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 25 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 8 damaged


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

a hell a lot of aircraft are flying against Singergrad now... those Kates/Jeans further above are taken off some CVL to support the attack on Singergrad, what about that? [:D]

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

Also attacking Singapore Fortress ...
Also attacking 27th Australian Brigade ...
Also attacking Singapore Fortress ...
Also attacking Singapore Base Force ...
Also attacking Singapore Fortress ...
Also attacking Singapore Base Force ...
Also attacking Singapore Fortress ...
Also attacking 27th Australian Brigade ...
Also attacking Singapore Fortress ...
Also attacking Singapore Base Force ...


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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-36 Ida x 12
Ki-51 Sonia x 12



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-36 Ida: 1 destroyed by flak



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb
12 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Singapore Fortress, at 50,84 (Singapore)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 13
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 19



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 8 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 8 damaged


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


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

Also attacking 11th Indian Division ...
Also attacking Singapore Fortress ...
Also attacking 11th Indian Division ...
Also attacking Singapore Fortress ...


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Afternoon Air attack on Addu RN Base Force, at 16,52 (Addu)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
B5N2 Kate x 18
D3A1 Val x 15



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

as you can see, enemy CVs are supporting the enemy's assault far into the Indian Ocean, nothing I can do about...

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
8 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb




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Amphibious Assault at Christmas Island IO (45,104)

TF 72 troops unloading over beach at Christmas Island IO, 45,104

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



7.7mm T99 AAMG lost in surf during unload of 22nd JAAF AF Bn


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Ground combat at Samarinda (65,96)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 914 troops, 0 guns, 141 vehicles, Assault Value = 74

Defending force 918 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10

Japanese adjusted assault: 98

Allied adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 32 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Samarinda !!!

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


Allied ground losses:
562 casualties reported
Squads: 24 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 26 (26 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2
Units destroyed 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
8th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
Samarinda KNIL Battalion
VI KNIL Battalion
Samarinda Base Force


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Ground combat at Madioen (54,104)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 973 troops, 4 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 37

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 13

Allied adjusted defense: 1

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Madioen !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: op mode(-), leaders(+)



Assaulting units:
22nd Recon Regiment


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Ground combat at Sidate (75,100)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1171 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 32

Defending force 1145 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 29

Japanese adjusted assault: 13

Allied adjusted defense: 10

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

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


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


Assaulting units:
Sasebo 1st SNLF

Defending units:
Manado Garrison Battalion
Manado Base Force


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Ground combat at 51,103 (near Tjilatjap)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1641 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 119

Defending force 1230 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 19

Allied adjusted defense: 7

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1

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

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


Allied ground losses:
172 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Assaulting units:
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF

Defending units:
Tjilitap Base Force


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Ground combat at Bima (63,110)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 217 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 4

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Bima !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: supply(-)



Assaulting units:
III/81st Naval Guard Unit


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Ground combat at Addu (16,52)

Japanese Shock attack [X(] nooooooo


Attacking force 783 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 40

Defending force 1260 troops, 6 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 8

Japanese adjusted assault: 28

Allied adjusted defense: 5

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Addu !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 10 destroyed [:(]

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

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


Allied ground losses:
1323 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 124 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 16 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

sh*t... a) I didn't expect him picking up some of the troops from Diego Garcia to throw them onto Addu immedietely (fault number one, have you never heard about the fantasy amphib bonus feature in this game?) and b) while not expecting this to happen straight away, I didn't check if Addu would be an atoll that triggers a shock attack, which means I don't have time in between the enemy invasion and the first attack to move out my search aircraft...

same as on Diego Garcia when I expected only a raiding SAG I lose aircraft on the ground... silly me... 1300 Allied soldiers manage to kill a single enemy squad at least, I expected no enemy KIA... [8|]

If anyone brings up a discussion about this being an Allied Edition again I seriously will ask him/her if he/she is braindead, the amphib bonus enabling the Japanese to take 2/3 of the map in the first 2 months is enough of an argument...

Assaulting units:
1st Raiding Rgt /2

Defending units:
Addu RN Base Force

[Historiker]

Raised the issue with totally undamaged subs breaking off surface engagements in the tech forum, reason for the behaviour seems to be a die roll that looks at the agressiveness of the sub skipper + damage of the sub... and the routine seems to use values that are IMO a bit off as no matter how agressive (or not) a skipper is, a sub should NOT break off it's surface engagement when there is no damage at all... that's my opinion but my opinion won't change things, so we have to continue with something that has no realistic evidence at all I guess, have never heard about sub skippers fleeing from unescorted freighters while staying on patrol when their sub is in PERFECT shape...

If you consider that one lucky hit may render the sub unable to dive, that makes some sense to me.

[Schlemiel]

If that were the skipper's concern though, why would that skipper engage on the surface in the first place? It might be a reasonable concern, but anyone who weighed it seriously would have the option of launching torpedoes from afar and simply wouldn't start a surface run.

[Capt. Harlock]

If that were the skipper's concern though, why would that skipper engage on the surface in the first place?

There are two plausible reasons. First, torpedoes are expensive and subs can't carry nearly as many of them as they can carry deck gun shells. Second, the sub may not be operating under "unrestricted submarine warfare" rules yet, and the international conventions suggested that the crews of isolated merchant ships should be given time to abandon ship before it was sunk. This last is unlikely to be part of the AE code, I grant you.