AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 01, 42
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Darwin at 76,124, Range 11,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CL Kashii
DD Okikaze
DD Hakaze
DMS W-1
DMS W-4
Allied Ships
PT-36, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-37
PT-38
PT-39
PT-40, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-43
last month of the IJ fantasy bonus and we start off with a SC TF trying to clear the PT at Darwin with the enemy invasion convoy currently South of Timor... 100% moonlight and excellent weather means the worst possible situation for the PT boats and two are sunk... all torps missed...
Improved night sighting under 100% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 100% moonlight: 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
DD Hakaze engages PT-40 at 11,000 yards
DMS W-4 engages PT-40 at 11,000 yards
DMS W-4 engages PT-36 at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
DMS W-4 engages PT-43 at 8,000 yards
DMS W-1 engages PT-40 at 8,000 yards
DD Okikaze engages PT-43 at 8,000 yards
DMS W-1 engages PT-43 at 8,000 yards
DMS W-1 engages PT-36 at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 4,000 yards
CL Kashii engages PT-40 at 4,000 yards
PT-40 engages DMS W-1 at 4,000 yards
DD Okikaze engages PT-36 at 4,000 yards
DMS W-1 engages PT-38 at 4,000 yards
PT-36 engages DMS W-1 at 4,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
CL Kashii engages PT-40 at 2,000 yards
DD Hakaze engages PT-40 at 2,000 yards
DD Okikaze engages PT-39 at 2,000 yards
PT-40 sunk by DMS W-4 at 2,000 yards
PT-36 sunk by DMS W-1 at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 4,000 yards
DMS W-4 engages PT-43 at 4,000 yards
PT-38 engages DD Hakaze at 4,000 yards
Range increases to 5,000 yards
CL Kashii engages PT-38 at 5,000 yards
DD Hakaze engages PT-39 at 5,000 yards
DMS W-1 engages PT-38 at 5,000 yards
PT-43 engages DMS W-4 at 5,000 yards
DMS W-1 engages PT-39 at 5,000 yards
DD Hakaze engages PT-43 at 5,000 yards
DD Okikaze engages PT-43 at 5,000 yards
DMS W-4 engages PT-43 at 5,000 yards
PT-37 engages DMS W-1 at 5,000 yards
Range increases to 7,000 yards
CL Kashii engages PT-43 at 7,000 yards
DD Hakaze engages PT-43 at 7,000 yards
DD Okikaze engages PT-38 at 7,000 yards
DMS W-4 engages PT-39 at 7,000 yards
Range closes to 5,000 yards
DD Hakaze engages PT-39 at 5,000 yards
DD Okikaze engages PT-37 at 5,000 yards
DMS W-4 engages PT-43 at 5,000 yards
PT-38 engages DMS W-1 at 5,000 yards
Range increases to 6,000 yards
DMS W-1 engages PT-39 at 6,000 yards
DD Okikaze engages PT-43 at 6,000 yards
DMS W-1 engages PT-38 at 6,000 yards
DMS W-1 engages PT-39 at 6,000 yards
DMS W-4 engages PT-38 at 6,000 yards
PT-37 engages DMS W-4 at 6,000 yards
Erickson W. orders Allied TF to disengage
Range closes to 5,000 yards
CL Kashii engages PT-39 at 5,000 yards
DD Hakaze engages PT-43 at 5,000 yards
DMS W-1 engages PT-38 at 5,000 yards
DMS W-1 engages PT-37 at 5,000 yards
Range increases to 11,000 yards
DD Hakaze engages PT-39 at 11,000 yards
DMS W-4 engages PT-38 at 11,000 yards
PT-43 engages DMS W-4 at 11,000 yards
Task forces break off...
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TF 15 encounters mine field at Darwin (76,124) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
24 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
DMS W-4, Shell hits 15, heavy fires, heavy damage
DMS W-1, Shell hits 19, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Hakaze
DD Okikaze
lol, when I saw those two DMS in the SC TF I thought by myselve that this probably won't be a good idea and it happens exactly what I have thought, those DMS try to clear mines at Darwin and are targetted by my CD guns there... 24 shots score 34 hits... [:D] both DMS are done for sure and I'm quite happy about trading two PT with two DMS today...
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Emery Point Fortress firing at DMS W-4
DMS W-4 firing at Emery Point Fortress
Emery Point Fortress firing at DMS W-1
DMS W-1 firing at Emery Point Fortress
Emery Point Fortress firing at DMS W-4
Emery Point Fortress firing at DMS W-1
Emery Point Fortress firing at DMS W-4
DMS W-4 firing at Emery Point Fortress
Emery Point Fortress firing at DMS W-1
Emery Point Fortress firing at DMS W-4
Emery Point Fortress firing at DMS W-1
22 mines cleared
still some mines cleared though...
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Sub attack near Darwin at 76,124
Japanese Ships
DD Hakaze
DMS W-4, heavy fires, heavy damage
DMS W-1, heavy fires, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS KXV
SS KXV launches 2 torpedoes at DD Hakaze
DD Hakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Darwin at 75,123, Range 21,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CL Kashii
DD Okikaze
Allied Ships
PT-37
PT-38
PT-39
PT-43
the usual funny way the naval movement is handled, while only one PT squadron engaged the enemy at night (there are four squadrons and all moved ot of Darwin [8|]) the one that engaged ends up perfectly in the way of the retreating IJ task force... how often have I seen this already...
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 21,000 yards
Allied TF attempts to evade combat
Range increases to 21,000 yards...
Allied PT Boat TF evades combat
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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 28
Ki-30 Ann x 29
Ki-36 Ida x 11
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 23
Ki-51 Sonia x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
Ki-36 Ida: 1 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 24
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
28 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
29 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
12 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb
11 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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Morning Air attack on Malang , at 55,105
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 65
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Malang ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Malang ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Malang ...
Also attacking MLD ...
Also attacking Malang ...
Also attacking MLD ...
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Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 21
Ki-30 Ann x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 3 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 7
Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
25 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Moa at 72,120
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 21 [8|]
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 3 damaged
Japanese Ships
BB Haruna, Bomb hits 1
CVE Hosho, Bomb hits 2
APD Nadakaze
DMS W-5
xAK Taian Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Mansei Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
have moved my 50 available Marauders to Darwin, all set to nav attack... 21 decide it would be worth to fly to attack the most important target on the map at the moment... this is what surprises me so much, bluebook has Hiryu and Co NW of Perth and sends his invasion convoy without proper air cover towards Darwin... only Hosho is covering the convoy and no LRCAP from Koepang either... the bombers mostly evade the Zeroes and drop their bombs achieving an absolutely ok result, you couldn't expect more from 21 bombers... two bomb hits on the CVE sound nice, you have to remember the halved bomb effect in this mod though so the CVE is actually hit by two 250lb bombs we are used and this isn't much to be honest...
the longer I play and think about this decision, the more it worries me because it makes IJ convoys even more immune than they are already (at best you get 50% of the bombers attack them) and while it nearly 100% aims at Allied anti shipping strikes (how many torp bombers do the Allied have?) it nearly doesn't effect the enemy at all as the numero uno anti ship weapon is their aerial torpedo dropped by Betty & Co... so if the torpedo effect hasn't been touched, it only hampers the Allied IMO and increases the already existing inbalance of naval strikes even more towards the Japanese with their all destroying anti shipping air force... I sure support toning down air attacks against ships but this has to be true for both sides so if bomb effect is halved, the same has to be true for IJ aerial torps as their in game hit rate is even more ridicoulos compared to real life than bomb hit ratios...
hmm, this will lead to pretty strange number of torp and/or bomb hits though, when you notice you would need 12 torps to sink a BB (I probably need 12 1000lb bombs to sink a carrier now anyway) but needing twice the number of bombs now while still needing the common number of torps would be even more strange... wonder why not leaving the bomb effect as it was and tone down the accuracy (after all why is this factor there?) to have fewer hits? Wouldn't fewer hits be more realistic than far more hits needed to sink a ship with bombs having their effect halved?
Anybody knowing more about this and why it was decided to do the way it was done? Otherwise the mod really is great but this issue really concerns me and makes me thinking about it...
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
6 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
6 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
CAP engaged:
Yamada Det S-2 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 4 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Moa at 73,120
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1
Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 6
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
CL Kashii
DD Okikaze
6 of the available bombers attack the SC TF that swept Darwin, makes it 27 out of 50 bombers attacking in the morning... why the rest wasn't flying at all is a non explanable mistery as always, it wasn't like they failed to find the target, they just didn't take off at all, no overstacking, or any other problem...
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
CAP engaged:
Yamada Det S-2 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Moa at 73,120
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 23
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 3 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese Ships
CL Kashii
DD Okikaze, Bomb hits 1, on fire
OMG what a frigin silly target selection, the bombers attack the CL and DD while not attacking the big invasion convoy with at least one BB and a CVE at all... well done boys... 50% of the bombers decided not to fly in the afternoon either despite huge high value targets with a detection level of 10 sitting just off the base of the bombers... 
as you can see, CVE Hosho (the crappiest of all IJN CVE) is still able to operate aircraft after being hit by two 500lb bombs... yes all this really is concerning for me... pretty much like fighting with Hudsons and their crappy 250lb bombs only in stock...
I've asked bluebook why he sends his avaible carriers in the area to raid my lines near Perth when he sends his invasion convoy towards Darwin without air cover at the same time and he also thinks he needs some air support for his invasion... [;)] until at least three IJN fleet carriers show up I will have air superiority around Darwin and I've also got 50 USAAF Banshees read to be flown in and those drop 1000lb bombs so might at least do some harm to a CVE or the freighters, all those bombers got pilots with 60-65 nav bomb skill so they should hit something...
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
5 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
CAP engaged:
Yamada Det S-2 with A6M2 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
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Ground combat at Pingsiang (82,54)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 6015 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 210
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese adjusted assault: 213
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 213 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Pingsiang !!!
Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(+)
Assaulting units:
12th Ind.Mixed Brigade
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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 2538 troops, 239 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value = 187
Defending force 33680 troops, 306 guns, 124 vehicles, Assault Value = 521
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
143rd Infantry Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
2nd Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
1st KNIL Regiment
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Marinier Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
Mobiele Eenheid Battalion
Barisan KNIL Regiment
2nd KNIL Regiment
1st Regt Cavalerie
4th KNIL Regiment
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
1st KNIL Landstorm Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
MLD
North Java Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
KNIL Army Command
ABDA
South Java Base Force
Batavia Base Force
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
ML-KNIL
Commandement Marine
Soerabaja Base Force
Bandoeng Base Force
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Ground combat at Taberfane (82,117)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 395 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12
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 Taberfane !!!
Combat modifiers
Attacker: supply(-)
Assaulting units:
Bandasan SNLF
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Ground combat at Lifou (116,159)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 346 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12
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 Lifou !!!
Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-), fatigue(-), supply(-)
Assaulting units:
5th Indpt SNLF Coy
here are the screens with the promised air losses, starting with total air losses... as you can see it is far more dangerous to fly nav search than it is to fly 400 bomber sorties every day as the leading Allied aircraft is once more the PBY-5... nothing new, am used to the fact and it always has been this way, there is just no reasonable explanation for it but hey ho...
